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Fixing your Android phone

Every Android fix on the site in one place: notifications, audio, video playback, maps and the model-specific problems that send people looking for an answer.

11 articles · updated August 23, 2026

Android problems are rarely unique. The same handful of faults account for most of what people search for, and the fix is usually the same regardless of handset. This page groups everything on the site by the problem you actually have, rather than by when it happened to be written.

01

Things that stop working

The faults people actually search for, each with the steps that clear them.

  1. A woman wearing headphones and listening to musicNo sound, distorted sound, or audio only in one earWorks through the causes in order, from the obvious to the ones that need a reset.4 min read
  2. A man looking at his mobile phoneVideo stutters and lags in VLC4 min read
  3. Playing YouTube with the screen offlink target not found
  4. A young person relaxing with a phoneNotifications interrupting music4 min read
02

Model-specific problems

Faults common enough on one handset to have their own answer.

  1. OnePlus 3: the recurring faultsThe longest guide on the site, covering battery, Wi-Fi, camera and touch issues.link target not found
  2. OnePlus 5T: the recurring faultslink target not found
03

Getting more out of the phone

  1. A smartphone held outdoorsTurning off app notifications properly4 min read
  2. A smartphone showing messaging and social appsRunning two accounts on one phone4 min read
  3. A smartphone screen held in one handGoogle Maps features most people miss4 min read
  4. A young woman using a smartphonePlayStation emulators that actually run wellThe most-read page on the site.4 min read
  5. What Android 7 Nougat changedlink target not found