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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. White smartphone on a dark desk shows a music equalizer, wired earbuds tangled across its screenNo 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. Man in a dark suit stands at a bright office window holding a white phone to his earVideo stutters and lags in VLC3 min read
  3. Two hands tilt a white-framed smartphone with a blank dark screen against a plain gray backdropPlaying YouTube with the screen off4 min read
  4. Close-up of hands holding a dark smartphone with a white wired earbud cable plugged into the topNotifications interrupting music5 min read
02

Model-specific problems

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

  1. Sepia-toned vintage garage with an old car parked among shelves of tools, oil cans, and enamel signsOnePlus 3: the recurring faultsThe longest guide on the site, covering battery, Wi-Fi, camera and touch issues.10 min read
  2. Two hands hold a bezel-less smartphone displaying a lone tree in a green field under blue skyOnePlus 5T: the recurring faults6 min read
03

Getting more out of the phone

  1. Wild brown rabbit sitting upright in green grass, ears raised, against blurred yellow blossomsTurning off app notifications properly3 min read
  2. Close-up of a phone home screen with the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Yelp app iconsRunning two accounts on one phone5 min read
  3. Brass compass resting on an aged parchment world map with hemispheres drawn in faded brown inkGoogle Maps features most people miss5 min read
  4. A hand holds a black iPhone outdoors near water, its iOS home screen of app icons litPlayStation emulators that actually run wellThe most-read page on the site.5 min read
  5. Digital artwork of a woman whose open neck reveals gears and cables against a dark brown backgroundWhat Android 7 Nougat changed6 min read