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From: Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: What do you prefer for reading & saving PDFs on Android?
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:23:05 +0000
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Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> writes:

> Richmond wrote:
>>> If there is a way to SAVE the PDF directly from WhatsApp, I don't see it.
>>> Still, we need to VIEW the PDF, and WhatsApp, for me, asked for a viewer.
>> 
>> Why isn't Samsung Notes in there, as you have a Samsung phone?
>
> You're new here, huh? :)
>
> Since it's a USA-spec Samsung, the bootloader isn't known to be unlockable.
>  <https://xdaforums.com/t/is-my-almost-3-year-old-t-mobile-network-unlocked-samsung-galaxy-sm-a326u-bootloader-still-unlockable-and-hence-is-my-sm-a326u-still-unrootable.4638955/>
>
> But, even so, with adb/shizuku I've degoogled & de-samsung'd my phone to
> the point I accidentally disabled the capability of ever showing
> advertisements, which I still don't know how I managed that, but I've
> removed all the bloatware that adb can find, and I don't have any accounts
> on my phone either, so there's no Samsung or Google account set up.
>  <https://xdaforums.com/t/psa-non-root-adb-debloat-without-fear-by-reinstalling-problematic-system-packages-using-pm-install-existing-after-uninstalling-one-too-many-packages.4789795/>
>
> I install via Aurora which scrapes the Google Play store without us needing
> to set up a Google account on the phone, so I can run anything I want.
>  <https://xdaforums.com/t/app-5-0-aurora-store-open-source-google-play-client.3739733/post-89547905>
>
> What's odd is some payware actually works, but it complains that it has no
> way of charging me, which I never did understand but which is not frequent.

You did all that and then installed Whatsapp??