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Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by S_A_P »

crehn wrote: post #256
_odey wrote: post #27

You can use scrcpy ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy ) to bypass the policy if you really need to have a screenshot. All you need is to have a Linux laptop at hand, debug mode enabled, and a USB cable plugged in. Super simple stuff right? (this is satire!) Now, I'm as frustrated as anybody else here that I'm forbidden to use whatever feature I want from MY phone, for which I paid, with MY MOENY (and nobody else'…

Is there any situation on iOS where a screenshot cannot be taken? (serious question)

Netflix(and I suspect anything displaying streaming media) is one for sure. The screen record only displays a black screen, but you can capture audio...

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by literallycancer »

zrobotics wrote: post #143
_odey wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live in the UK and have used 5 banking apps so far (not all of them at the same time): - Barclays (App won't work with LineageOS, website is horrible). - Monzo (App only, no website, works with LineageOS). - Revolut (App only, no website, works with LineageOS). - TransferWise (Web and App, both work well, but never tried it on LineageOS). - ING Home Bank (App won't work with LineageOS, website is manageable, but st…

Question: if there's no website, how TF are you supposed to use Monzo or Revolut from a proper computer? Is there really no way to do something simple like xfer money or view balance without using your phone? If so, why did you even open an account, I'm assuming that since you are on this site you are at least a little bit technically inclined. Just looked, and apparently Revolut is 1) app only 2) tied to a mobile nu…

Revolut app doesn't break itself just because the phone is rooted though. It's mostly the dinosaur banks trying to do your thinking for you.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by l3s2d »

crehn wrote: post #256
_odey wrote: post #27

You can use scrcpy ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy ) to bypass the policy if you really need to have a screenshot. All you need is to have a Linux laptop at hand, debug mode enabled, and a USB cable plugged in. Super simple stuff right? (this is satire!) Now, I'm as frustrated as anybody else here that I'm forbidden to use whatever feature I want from MY phone, for which I paid, with MY MOENY (and nobody else'…

Is there any situation on iOS where a screenshot cannot be taken? (serious question)

Yes, try taking a screenshot of DRM protected content (Netflix, Hulu, etc.). The content will be blacked out.

That said, because of how DRM works, I doubt the video data is available to any userspace applications.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by eznzt »

toast0 wrote: post #236
reaperducer wrote: post #202

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What's old is new again? I'm not so sure. Back in my Windows days (95? 98, maybe?) if I played a DVD on my computer, the window that the video was playing in would be black if I took a screenshot.

A lot of early computer DVD playing was using hardware accelerated decode, with the resulting images bypassing the framebuffer. That means it won't show up on your screenshots, but it wasn't necessarily detecting a a screenshot and blanking the output (although, once software decoding was feasible, that may also have happened).

I remember this. I also remember the colour of the video window was something like 030303 and if you had that colour on any other window (including your wallpaper) you would see the video there as well.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by tpxl »

rightbyte wrote: post #55
tpxl wrote: post #44

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>DRM is good In principle is DRM bad? Sure, the current implementations are pure cancers, but if they weren't, wouldn't DRM be a rather good thing?

Why would the user want DRM.

In general paying content producers allows them to produce more content. If it's neutral for the (legitimate) end user, but positive for the creator, why would you not use it?

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by secondcoming »

_odey wrote: post #27

You can use scrcpy ( https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy ) to bypass the policy if you really need to have a screenshot. All you need is to have a Linux laptop at hand, debug mode enabled, and a USB cable plugged in. Super simple stuff right? (this is satire!) Now, I'm as frustrated as anybody else here that I'm forbidden to use whatever feature I want from MY phone, for which I paid, with MY MOENY (and nobody else'…

I'm looking at Nokia again for my next phone. Just need to wait for reviews to start.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by zrobotics »

ffpip wrote: post #243
zrobotics wrote: post #196

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Huhh? I mean, I wouldn't trust any porn site with app permissions, but how does that logic even make sense? The inevitable conclusion would be that Chrome should be banned as well, since I'm sure there's some sketchy corner of the internet with that crap available.

> Chrome should be banned as well, since I'm sure there's some sketchy corner of the internet with that crap available. Do you know the difference between a open browser and a app store meant to distribute apps? Chrome is not responsible for the website's content. But the app store will be help responsible for an app's content.

Maybe I'm obtuse, but I don't really see the difference between downloading Firefox from the play store or downloading a porn app. In either case, I downloaded an app from Google's servers that allows me to view objectionable content.

If the objection is that Google doesn't want to provide an app that can be used to access illegal content, then why provide a browser? I would think that there is less of a chance of finding child porn on a major porn site app than what would be avaliable via a browser.

The only difference I can think of is that a browser has other functionality besides adult content.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by literallycancer »

inquirerofsorts wrote: post #104
grishka wrote: post #35

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> But then again, what choice do I have? Unlock the bootloader, install Xposed and this module: https://repo.xposed.info/module/fi.veetipaananen.android.dis...

> Unlock the bootloader A dangerous game on anything other than Xiaomi phones these days, the only company to provide official bootloader unlock software, but yeah otherwise, go download it from some shady website and not have a care in the world about the most sensitive device you own. > install Xposed Last updated 2014 :\ You'd be safer shooting heroin into your eyeballs than installing Android root software from 6…

There are definitely more manufacturers that provide an official way to unlock. For some others you have to remove the backplate and short some pins or whatever. These days it's probably more convenient to just use one of those root boxes though.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by umvi »

roywiggins wrote: post #246
umvi wrote: post #194

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> "Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app or your organization." To me that implies Android supports individual apps locking down your device so that you can't use certain features (like screenshots) while the app is open.

Android has had that as a feature for quite a while.

Well if it does, I should have absolute power to disable it. My phone, my screenshots.

Re: Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11

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Post by grawprog »

I'm a bit confused, reading through comments here, this seemed like some nefarious issue, reading the conversation thread in the op though it seems like an error with the .nomedia file in the folder that's fixed by either appending a second dot to the front of the file name or removing the file.

I'm still unclear whether this was some intentional issue or an error.

The fix seems easy enough, if a bit opaque and non-obvious.

That thread's also from September, does this issue still exist?

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