texts: Can't see Android Emulator when apparently it already is running

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I am trying to start learning how to develop Android apps, and I tried to make a new project and navigate through Android Studio. I tried using the Emulator by creating a new virtual device and running my new test project with it, but no matter what i seem to do it never actually does anything once I click the "Run" button on both the AVD Manager and the main one you see on the top right area of Android Studio.

I keep seeing this after i try to click the Run button again after not seeing anything happen. and i can't seem to delete any of the files this is pointing to since Windows keeps complaining its being used by another application even after I close Android Studio and terminate adb.exe
I've been looking around for an answer and i've found things like "Uncheck Enable ADB Integration", or "Changing the Emulated Performance Graphics to Hardware/Software", but a lot of these answers are from threads that are 3+ years old so I don't think these are applicable anymore. can someone provide some insight to how to get this working? I am using Android Studio 3.6.3
PS: I want to make it clear that even after i restart my pc and delete these so called "*.lock" files, this changes absolutely nothing
EDIT: As requested here are some screenshots that hopefully answers some questions I was being asked.
My PC specs:

Android Virtual devices i have set up so far:

my installed SDK Tools:

As for the BIOS Virtualization question, if "Intel Virtualization Technology" is the same thing then yes it seems to be enabled for me


texts: Can I download Android apps to a computer and then transfer to my phone

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to download APK file on PC from Market?

I'm wondering if I can download Android apps to my computer then transfer to a phone because I don't have a wifi connection on my phone to download.


texts: Whatsapp doesn't run on background on new Xiaomi

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I got a new phone yesterday, Xiaomi Mi A1, and installed Whatsapp on it. Now I only get notifications when the app is open and a few minutes after I turn off the display (or go do some other thing). On my Whatsapp Web it says that the phone isn't connected, and I have to manually reopen the app in order to get any recent messages.

I figured it's some sort of restriction the Android places on background processes, but how do I remove it? I'm pretty sure I haven't messed with any sophisticated settings up until now


texts: How to remove Google Play sample books from my library without them coming back?

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I have the Google Play Books app on my Android tablet, and there are three books included with it: Alice in Wonderland, The Three Musketeers, and Treasure Island. When I go to my library and hit the three-dot icon, then Delete from library, it removes them.

However, in about 2-5 minutes, I get a notification that they were added to my library, and when I look back in, they're there once again. How do I make them go away?


texts: Knox official warranty statement from Samsung

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (N9005), and it has a problem with GPS. It's definitely a hardware problem, as I changed the software and did everything, software-wise, to fix it, but no use.

I would like to send it for repair, but my knox bit is 0x1. I searched A LOT... on how to reset that, and I couldn't find a clear answer. (if you know one that's working, I'd appreciate that).

My question is: What is Samsung's statement on knox warranty? Is it that I lose warranty on everything if my knox bit is 0x1 or just to software issues? Many people have said many different things and I'm confused! I couldn't find any official source from Samsung explaining this... could you help me find one?

Thanks.


texts: How to hide or spoof bootloader info from any app?

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I have spent hours trying to perfect build.prop and when I finally was at the end I forgot about this leakage. Any app can easily know device's bootloader info. I realized this when I ran CPU-Z. Installed Magisk and Xposed in systemless mode. Running Lineage OS 14.1. I by no means an expert as it is clearly evident from my question otherwise.

Idea is to hide or fake this information from any app including system apps. But I am failing miserably at achieving this since I have no deep understanding of Android.

I searched Git and XDA but answers were not met with requirement. Final search with keywords "getprop ro.bootloader" shade some light about the fundamental commands about getting this info. I am exhausted right now and I might be not thinking in the right direction so your input matters a lot.

I await your instructions!


texts: Need to mount htc one m7 as usb mass storage

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So I have read that android have removed the ability to use an android as a usb drive. I've read all the posts about how MTP is soooo much better. But unfortunately, in my case, none of this means anything if you can't get your pc to boot. For one reason or another when swapping up out a SSD, the system refuses to boot. No problem I though, just download a copy of Kali, mount the phone as a USB and boot from that. Apparently I am SOL, plenty of posts talking up the wonders of MTP, none of which remotely apply in this circumstance. As its a clean phone I'm booting off, it's not rooted so I can't use DriveDroid, and I can't root it without a pc.

Some two cents rant: I buy android specifically because they aren't easy to use, but because they are functional. This seems like a criminal dumbing down/Apple style walled garden of android. I mean why would you take away the ability to mount the phone as a drive; this is THE feature of android, being able to flash on OS as you go.

My question is: how can I use my droid, a htc one m7, to mount a Linux image so my pc can boot off it via USB. I have tried looking for it in bios, fiddling with numerous options, but apparently some wise guy at Google thought this wasn't an important feature. Hell even if there was a way to root the device from itself I could get somewhere.

Regards


texts: Why does adblock plus ask if I want to update every day?

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I have a Galaxy S4, nonrooted and with Adblock Plus installed. However, every day (or every 2 days at most) ABP asks me if I want to install a new update. However, the build number never seems to change. It's been on 318 for a while now, and even if there were to be changes, this smells like a Beta product, which I'm not comfortable with.

I want to keep using Adblock Plus to avoid the obnoxious ads, but I also prefer to not get daily updates. any fix for this?


texts: System crashed and not rebooting on Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus

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I have a Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus with MIUI 8. My system crashed today and then the phone tried to reboot but is stuck eternally in the boot screen with the Mi and Android logo. I only had 100 MB free space, so maybe the system cannot boot because of that? I tried to clear caches with fastboot but it says "device is locked. Cannot erase". Also flashing TWRP is not possible. When trying to start adb shell it only says "error: closed". The newest version of Mi PC Suite cannot connect and an older MiPhoneAssistant version is only able to flash the ROM.

So I really tried a lot, but maybe someone has another idea with which I don't lose my data?

EDIT: So, instead of starting the bootloader I left the phone in the booting process and then I could connect with adb shell. But without root permission I don't have access to user data.


texts: LG V20 turns off wifi when phone goes to sleep

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LG V20 WiFi turns off sometime while in sleep mode.  Have to go into settings, Turn on WiFi and Connect to available WiFi when I want to use the phone.
I found other people that have the same problem on other brand phones but answers to the problem do not help me with the problem no matter how I try to apply those answers. My phones settings options are not the same as other brands/models.


texts: Do virtual space apps in Android provide a fully virtual environment?

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There are virtual space apps for Android, such as Parallel Space or Dual Space. I know that we can't access outside files in a virtual environment, but I was able to access them in Dual Space's virtual environment.

Do such virtual space apps provide a fully virtual environment?


texts: Is there a way to disable all functionality on the lock screen?

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I have a Nexus 6, and have noticed that even on the lock screen, there are still things you can do besides enter the passcode.

You can turn the wifi/bluetooth and airplane mode on/off, use the torch, use the camera, turn the phone off.

I don't want to be able to do any of this. The only functionality I want on the lock screen is to be able to enter the passcode to unlock.

In the instance my phone is stolen, I want my phone to remain on, and online, for as long as possible.

Is this possible?

Thanks


texts: Is it possible to create a HTML signature for the Outlook for Android app?

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I have been trying to get the full signature that I normally use on desktop Outlook to work on my mobile phone for the Outlook for Android app. So far I have tried multiple solutions such as
facemail however I don't really want to pay to get it working.

This website says that the Outlook for Android app does not have HTML support but I was hoping there was some way to get it working.

Another thing to note is that my business will not allow an app other than Outlook for Android so I am limited from getting other android apps which can do the job.


texts: google play doesn't work on my home wifi but works fine on every other wifi

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I bought a new phone yesterday and i've had this problem since i got it. the phone works great with all wifi connections but not with my home wifi connection.
when it's connected to the home wifi i can use the browser to surf the web and some apps work fine like facebook - messenger - twitter (which i had to download them as apk) but google play doesn't work, at first it couldn't even get me to the page where i should sign in with my email and was giving me this error " there was a problem communicating with google servers.. " so i connected the phone with another wifi network, and could sign in to google play and downloaded some apps too and everything seemed to be working perfect, but not on my home wifi.

i should mention that when i update apps and switch to my home wifi the app which is being updated doesn't stop but continues to update through my home wifi, but when its done updating and the phone tries to update another app it gives an error msg again.

i've tried so many thing to solve this but none have fixed this for me.
please help me.


texts: Playing offline YouTube videos with screen locked

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I am using OnePlus Two and I want to play the offline videos from YouTube in the locked screen.

The solution mentioned in the below link does not work:
Lock screen while playing YouTube video

Is there any way that it can be done?


texts: Recover Hangouts data using Android File Transfer

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My nexus 5's screen just went black :( ... In the past days I noticed a bit of flickering and was planning to do a full phone backup, but didn't get to it on time.

Luckily, I removed the passcode (just in case) and that allowed me to connect the phone to my mac and back up basically everything using Android File Transfer.

The only thing I haven't got to are the text messages and images stored in the Hangouts app. I know I could use something like this, bud sadly my phone's screen is completely black.

I can't seem to find them in the filesystem,

and the SMSBackupRestore is from a previous backup.

Is there a way to get all of the texts and images directly to my mac using Android File Transfer?

I found online a bunch of links (listed below), but they all seem to require to install a program on the mac (which I most definitively do not want to do):

http://www.androidphonesoft.com/resources/backup-sms-from-android-to-pc.html
http://www.android-file-manager.com/resources/transfer-text-messages-from-android-to-computer.html
https://www.recovery-android.com/transfer-sms-from-android-to-computer.html
https://www.mobikin.com/android-backup/transfer-text-messages-from-android-to-computer.html
https://drfone.wondershare.com/message/recover-messages-from-broken-android.html


texts: What should I try to bring a rear camera back to life?

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I have been handed an H801+ Android phone, where the rear (main) camera has stopped working, and I have been trying to fix it without much success. I am looking for ideas as to what to try next.

The phone has been obtained from eBay and seems to be of no-name Chinese manufacture. It has 2GB of RAM and a 4-core CPU. It has three SIM ports, two cameras, a 2800 mAh battery, and all the usual wifi/bluetooth/GPS/gyro interfaces. The screen is approximately 6 x 2.5" in size and supports full HD. It is running Android 4.2.1 (I believe this is Jelly Bean).

I am told that the rear camera used to work, but now no longer does - I am wondering whether my friend received an Android update via her provider, which stopped it working. The front camera seems to work, although (since I am not used to large-screen devices) it seems to be permanently auto-focusing and clicking every few seconds. I don't know whether this is a feature or a fault!

Having done some research, I believe a "swirl" arrows icon should appear superimposed on any live camera image to toggle between camera devices, but I cannot see this anywhere. I have tried the following apps:

Camera (stock app) - front camera works fine, no way to switch to rear camera
HD Camera Ultra - crashes
Camera (downloaded) - only front camera
Dual Camera / Double Shot - crashes

Both of the crashy apps seem to have a lot of Play reviews, so I am minded to think there is a problem on my device specifically, rather than just that these apps are of low quality.

I notice that if I put Camera (the non-stock version) into Panorama mode, it tries to connect to the rear camera, whereas for movie and pictures it uses the front camera. However it seems to fail to connect to the rear camera:

  Camera error

  Can't connect to the camera.

I suspect this is a good sign - it is perhaps "half connected"!

I wondered if it just needed a factory reset, so I have done one, taking it back to "here's a demo of your device" state. However this hasn't made any difference.

My thoughts on the reasons why I cannot get this to work:

The rear camera has developed a hardware fault
The whole phone is fussy about what version of Android it uses and/or — given that it is unbranded — has not been tested as well as it should have been
The front camera is stuck repeatedly auto-focusing and as a result does not give the rear camera an opportunity to initialise (update: I don't think this is the case now; if I hold the phone far enough away, and focus on something in good light, the focus box goes green and the front camera stops auto-focusing)

There are a few things that might be worth a try:

Find a test (camera) app to give me techie info about the devices the phone can detect. I have looked for such a thing but cannot find one
Do a hard reset with a pinhole switch, though I cannot find one, and presume this is not an option
Downgrade Android an official way (using my SIM). This might bring the camera back to life, but possibly it may be overwritten when my friend puts her SIM back in
Upgrade Android the approved way. Using my SIM I have searched the Play store for "upgrade Android" but cannot find anything useful. I believe (from material on the web) there should be an upgrade option in "About this phone" but I don't seem to have that
Root the phone and try a later minor version
Root the phone and try a later major version

I haven't asked whether my friend would mind me rooting the phone, but I am given to believe it is safe these days. What do you suggest?


texts: How to clean the voice mail in the notification screen?

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How to clear the notification screen, without listening to the voice mail?

The phone is Galaxy Ace GT.


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I have seen the Question: Is there a one-click widget to make my phone completely silent? and this is not a Duplicate Question.

In my, Samsung Galaxy Y phone, when I completely reduce my volume, it goes to the "Vibration" mode. Turning the volume down again after the "Vibration" mode appears has no effect in my phone.

I have look around and found no option to mute at all. My Question is whether is it possible to completely mute an Android phone without downloading/installing any extra app?

Doing everything mentioned in: What is the fastest way to turn the phone into silent mode? puts my phone to "Vibration".

I can't believe that there can exist a phone in today's world without such a basic feature.


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I'm a Android user. I've used both G1 and my current phone Nexus One. The one problem I see in Android is that it lacks a good translation for my native language (Spanish), so the question is: where do I have to go to help with Android platform translations?

Thanks!


texts: How to differentiate between two LINE friends with the same name?

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Most users of the LINE messaging app have nicknames and profile pictures showing cats or characters.
Also, people switch names and pictures often, and profiles contain almost no info.

As a consequence, it can be very difficult to remember who is who:

Is there any way to differentiate between the two?
The long-press menu does not reveal any labelling/metadata option.
In the UI there is no visible ID or anything similar.


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In terms of using android.os.build serial as a unique identifier

How/when is it generated
When does it change
Is it possible to manually change the value back to something that I had before
Is it something that can be expected to be available across devices and operating systems


texts: Where does android store the missed/incoming/outgoing calls?

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I am looking for the database where android actually stores its call lists. My dialer currently does not store any call there and I want to debug the problem.

I already looked in com.android.dialer/databases/dialer.db but it does not seem to be the database I am looking for. In /data/data the only thing with call in the name is callbackup. I looked into the data of the contacts apps as well, but this seems to be the wrong place, too.


texts: How can I disable locations in Android 11(API 30) using adb shell command

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The following commands do not disable location services on API 30. Although they do work on other API levels.
adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -gps
adb shell settings put secure location_providers_allowed -network

They do not throw any error message, but they do not turn off the location services either.


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I currently bought a tablet Onda v919 from China. When I received it I realized that the installed android did not contain Google Play, and after reading about it I found out that you could make an upgrade with a later rom to fix this. I followed a guide to do this, but after I finished my tablet will not start.

When booting I enter what I think is the efi console.

To fix this I have tried to reinstall windows from backup images. However I have not been able to make a bootable usb drive.

Does anyone have any tips on how to reinstall my tablet?

Best regards
David


texts: Increase Samsung s20+ Twitter notification limit to more than 24

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i noticed that my Samsung S20+ Twitter notification is set to 24 limit only and i do not receive more notifications until i view/remove some twitter notification to allow the device to receive more.
Request: how can i Increase Samsung s20+ twitter notification limit to more than 24, with most minimal action/changes/coding possible?
Appreciate your help.
Thanks.


texts: Blocking hard and master reset or internet access permanently on Samsung Galaxy phone

texts: I have a porn problem and I want to either disable the ability to do hard or master resets on the Samsung Galaxy phone (the only way to get by certain site blockers of which I have setup an undecipherable password), or simply block all internet access on the phone while still allowing calls to be made. How can this be done so that I will never again be tempted to view obscene material?


texts: easy and simple way to test/automate Android app

texts: There is an app that I need to automate. I only have the APK, I do know there is UIAutomator, but there is not much info about how it can be used with an APK (no source code). Are are some tools available to automate a simple process on Android?


texts: Not able to reach recovery or TWRP on Redmi 4A Only blank screen

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One week back I successfully unlocked,rooted,put TWRP and flashed LineageOS 17.1. Today morning i read [GUIDE] How to Create Custom Splash Screen (… | Xiaomi Mi 5. After following the link now the device is not recognised by ADB,Fastboot on attachment with usb cable or no System boot. Stuck on black blank screen. Long pressing of power key or any other combination of keys give a flash of a static screen. Googled to get disapointment.
P.S. After opening of device and googling some more now device is visible in  Windows Device Manager as Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E. It is still not visible to adb or fastboot by adb devices or fastboot devices which was responding to same commands previously.


texts: What is YGPS and why does it have every permission that's in the book?

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I have a FairPhone One. From time to time I look in the system settings and the battery usage to see what is draining the battery. I've disabled anything I don't use, including a number of builtins from Google. I've also looked at other apps and if their permissions are in balance with what they're supposed to do. (Simple games should not have access to my phone calls.)

What is YGPS and why does it have the longest possible list of permissions? Can I safely disable it?


texts: How do I troubleshoot inconsistent call quality?

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I have a OnePlus One phone that has worked great for a long time, but for the past few months, my call quality has been inconsistent. I am on the newest stock rom - Cyanogen12.1.1-YOG7DAS2K1, build LMY48Y - Android 5.1.1. Even though my signal bar shows strong signal, the person on the other end says I keep cutting out and they can't hear what I'm saying. I can always hear the other person fine. This continues for the duration of the call. If I call back, they can then hear me okay. If not, I'll call back a 3rd time. Once connected, my voice either cuts out the whole call or it doesn't. (This doesn't change during the call).

How would I go about troubleshooting this? I'm on Straight Talk with AT&T coverage, and my signal strength is always showing very high. I get 20+ Mb/s download speeds with LTE. I'm not sure if this is a hardware, software, or cell service issue. Is it worth doing a factory reset on my phone or changing the ROM, such as going to their newer OxygenOS?


texts: How to find out if note 10 lite is fake?

texts: If I'm going to buy used note 10 lite, what's the way to check is original and not fake?


texts: Android lost, Gmail password changed. Can Gmail still be viewed?

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I lost my Android phone today so I changed my Gmail account password.

Will whomever that finds it be able to view my offline Gmail (cached) content, even though I changed my account password?

I'm concerned because I'm not usually asked for the password and whenever I'm offline I can see the offline cached content.


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For some reason the Droid Explorer (and other apps) wont show my Samsung device at all.
The button "Restart ADB" works, but doesn't accomplish anything.

Using adb manually works perfectly and the device shows up too.


texts: Confirm if apps have successfully installed from Google Play (Without looking at the phone)

texts: My girlfriend recently had her phone stolen and I'm trying to track it down by remotely installing apps on her phone via Google Play, but I can't tell if the apps are successfully installed.  For example, if I turn off my phone completely, and install an app on it from Google Play, it will still report "installed" even though my phone's turned off.


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How could you scrape data from an Android app (one without an available API)?

There are some apps that contain personal data I've entered that I'd like to be able to hook into and extract (rather than manual transcribing by hand).


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I've bought a Samsung Galaxy S 3 device today, but found out that I could not get my PC with Fedora 18 (Gnome 3) to recognize it (nothing happens when I plug it in).

As file transfer etc is essential to me, this renders my device pretty much useless (I don't have an SD card slot on my PC at the moment).

Android lets me choose how I connect though: as a "media device (MTP)" or a "camera (PTP)".

Is there a way to simply access the storage on my phone from a Linux machine?

It's pretty ironic because both my PC and my phone are actually running Linux, yet they can't communicate. For a large company like Google/Samsung there's pretty much no excuse for this, as Linux is quite popular nowadays, especially because Google already does most of its work on Linux.

lsusb:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1058:0748 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. My Passport 1TB USB 3.0
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II], GT-I9300 Phone [Galaxy S III], GT-P7500 [Galaxy Tab 10.1]
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c077 Logitech, Inc.
Bus 006 Device 003: ID 046d:c312 Logitech, Inc. DeLuxe 250 Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

It would seem that the device is somehow recognized.


texts: Stuck into "Obtaining IP address" when connecting to WiFi

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I have a Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.3 on it.

I can't connect anymore to my home WiFi. I've done no update, and I was actually able to connect several weeks ago. I've done anything special.

Today I've tried to change my WiFi access name, reboot many times, turn on and off the WiFi, change the name of my phone but nothing works. I'm stuck at "Authenticating..." or "Obtaining IP address" when connecting to the WiFi.

I saw I'm not alone to have this problem on the Internet but I can't find a solution to my problem, so if anyone knows !


texts: Using Android 2.3.4 (stock) as a WiFi Hotsport

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I am using Nexus S on Android 2.3.4 GingerBread. I'm setting it up as WiFi hotspot. I can connect other devices to this phone (they get an IP/subnet/gateway), but they can't access the internet. However, accessing the internet (3G) from my Android phone works fine though.

Any suggestion on how to proceed/analyze this issue?


texts: How do I force timer volume on, regardless of Vibrate or Mute mode in Android 7.0?

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I always keep my phone on Vibrate.

That being said, I've never had this issue before until I had to get a new phone on 7.0. Previously, the phone I had from 6.0 through the upgrade to 7 would always make noise with the timer in the default Clock app while set to Vibrate. Now that I have a new phone (same model), it's never made noise with the timer unless my phone's sound is on.

The same questions were asked for 4.4 and 5.1, so this will be the 7.0 version.


texts: VLC for Android: Where does it stores playlist files?

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I want to edit playlist files of VLC in Android as we can do in windows (.xspf files)
I have searched in Android/data/org.videolan.vlc path but did't find anywhere.


texts: Where are the Game save files located in PC?

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I have installed Bluestack on my PC and I began by installing a game called Townsmen and I played nicely. However, I want to backup the files that are created by the Bluestack program since I regularly restore my PC due to it get infected with Adwares and Malwares. I do not want to start the game again from scratch.

I know the default location for the installation is C:\Program Files\BlueStacks in Windows XP and some of the settings are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data. But I can't find that particular file with the name Townsmen.

Where & how can I access them from the PC?


texts: How can I turn OFF Google Lens search, permanently

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I really don't like google lens.  I've been searching for ways to turn it off.  Searching on line usually brings up an answer like this:

On your Android phone, you go into your settings/apps and click on the 3 dots at the top right of the screen. Choose show system. Scroll down to the Lens, Qlens (or both depending on your phone) and then click Force Stop and Disable (if available). This should stop the service from running until you click on it again or it updates.

The problem is, when I do that on my Andriod phone there is no Lens nor Qlens listed among the apps (even after clicking show System Apps).
I did find one thing that says to "Disable" (or Uninstall, but Uninstall is not an available option, but disable more-or-less the same) the Google App, and re-enable it.  This works, but only for about 1 day, after which Google Lens magically re-appears.  For three days now I have Disabled the Google App once a day.
Is there any way to permanently get rid of Google Lens?   It's horrible.


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There is a new Huawei Honor 9 with Google services pre-installed.

When I download/update an app via wi-fi it gets "Downloading..." for a long time and then it finishes as:

  Can't be downloaded. Try again, and if the problem continues, get help troubleshooting. Error 503

Other phones/notebooks consumes the same wi-fi internet without a problem. Honor's Chrome can access internet normally. Google Play app can access wi-fi internet too (loading app info and pictures) except the one thing - downloading/installing an app. There is no such error via mobile data.

To make the things yet more complicated I am able to install certain apps but the majority still fails.

I cleared Google Play cache. Also the wi-fi permission is given to every app listed.

Model STF-L09 / Build STF-L09C10B170 / EMUI 5.1 / Android 7.0


texts: Well I am not able to understand why is this happening? When I connect to a particular router this continuous state of switching happens and there is no problem with other routers. What are the possible reasons of this? How to avoid it happening?


texts: Backup of internal and SD storage via script (USB)

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tl;dr

I want to backup my internal storage and SD card contents when connected via USB cable
due to potentially large amounts of data I don't want to use WiFi-based programs
failed attempt at using rsync and gvfs

Is there anything I can do?

Full story

I would like to backup data from my Android based phone (5.1.1 that is currently). I do not want to use an WiFi-based unstable and insecure hacky solutions with SSH and server here and client there (you name it - actually Samsung's very unreliable kies software made me think that way).

By now I used a current Linux Mint (18.2), I tried to read data from the phone using rsync and the mapped storage from gvfs which failed miserably (permission issues, unstable connection).

I would like to script which directories I backup and automate that process as far as possible. Can I make Android act as some sort of virtual device on Windows/Linux that allows some sort of file based access? Or a Web-DAV server connected via USB cable? No free cloud solutions (Google, OneDrive, Dropbox), either, please!

Thank you for your help.


texts: How can I open data/data/com.termux/files

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I am unable to access com.termux/files folder. I want to access it because I want to do a change in writer.js files.

I tried cd.. and cd - codes to go back to files folder from home folder.


texts: Android and DEX files handling at runtime

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I'm trying to understand a few things around how dex files are handled by android.

What I do know is that an APK ships a dex file, the system gets it, optimises it at install time, and stores the resulting ODEX file (optimised dex) at /data/dalvik-cache/myOdexfile and then runs the application from there.

Is that really how it works?

What happens when a dex file downloads and opens a new dex file from the internet? is that optimised as well?

Also - the system, afaik, keeps the original APK around, right? I think that is kept at /data/app/myAPK-1.apk. Is that used in any way by the system? When?

Can you somehow manually force regeneration of the odex file from the stored APK file after installation?


texts: mounting google nexus s on linux at fastboot mode screen

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I have looked at similar questions but could find an answer.

Device: Samsung google nexus s i9020
OS: Android 4.1.2

The phone mounts when the OS has loaded and when there is an option to enable usb storage.

I am trying to root my phone and boot loader is locked. I need to connect to my computer (Linux Mint) to run a program to unlock the boot loader. for some reason, the phone does not get mounted automatically anymore.

log from a previous successful mount on OS load

Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.795791] usb 1-1.1: >new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.889485] usb 1-1.1: >New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=4e21
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.889489] usb 1-1.1: >New USB device strings: Mfr=2, Product=3, SerialNumber=4
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.889493] usb 1-1.1: >Product: Nexus S
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.889496] usb 1-1.1: >Manufacturer: samsung
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.889498] usb 1-1.1: >SerialNumber: 3630F20CB6EF00EC
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.951562] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.951755] scsi6 : usb-storage 1-1.1:1.0
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.951876] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.951879] USB Mass Storage support registered.
Apr 13 20:20:25  kernel: [   93.955427] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
Apr 13 20:20:26  kernel: [   94.951743] scsi 6:0:0:0: >Direct-Access     Google   File-CD Gadget   0000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Apr 13 20:20:26  kernel: [   94.953211] sd 6:0:0:0: >Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Apr 13 20:20:26  kernel: [   94.955200] sd 6:0:0:0: >[sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

log from an unsuccessful usb mount during fastboot mode

Apr 13 22:33:07  kernel: [ 8051.407340] usb 1-1.1: >new high-speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd
Apr 13 22:33:08  kernel: [ 8051.500735] usb 1-1.1: >New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=4e20
Apr 13 22:33:08  kernel: [ 8051.500743] usb 1-1.1: >New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Apr 13 22:33:08  kernel: [ 8051.500748] usb 1-1.1: >Product: Android 1.0
Apr 13 22:33:08  kernel: [ 8051.500752] usb 1-1.1: >Manufacturer: Google, Inc
Apr 13 22:33:08  kernel: [ 8051.500756] usb 1-1.1: >SerialNumber: 3630F20CB6EF00EC
Apr 13 22:33:08  mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 9: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1"
Apr 13 22:33:08  mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 9 was not an MTP device

fastboot unlock software waiting for the phone

~/android/nexussrootICS$ ./fastboot-linux oem unlock
< waiting for device >

Can someone suggest how could I mount (manual/automatic)? Thanks


texts: What limits the stated maximum capacity of supported microSD XC cards in smartphones?

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microSD XC specification technologically supports capacities up to 2TB. However, a sizable number of even the top smartphone models are stated to only support capacities up to a lower boundary (but still higher than 32GB which is the hard limit for microSD HC).

What specifically is limiting this number? Logically speaking, if the onboard devices conform to the new standard, they shoudn't have any additional limitations, no? E.g. can this restriction be lifted with an alternative firmware?

A side question (comment if you feel it warrants a separte question): What would happen if I insert a larger card into one of these models?


texts: System crash log in Android 4.3 ( cm 10.2 )

texts: My rooted HTC Sensation with android 4.3 has started crashing recently. Is there any crash log where I could find out where is the problem? I'm using not-so-recent nightly version of cyanogen mod 10.2. Anyone knows?


texts: Force Google Chrome to load background pages

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I open links via context menu item Open in background but background pages begin to load only when tab is selected.
Is it possible to force Google Chrome for Android to load pages which are opened in background?


texts: Android Tablet (Sony Tablet S) with USB Barcode Scanner

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I have a USB barcode scanner which, when plugged into a Windows PC works fine, just as a keyboard it 'types' the barcode into whatever software is open.

I am attempting to use this with an Android tablet (Sony Tablet S running ICS 4.0.3) - to no avail.  I can plug in a USB Keyboard and that works fine, but the scanner just doesn't work. (I get a beep when scanning, then the laser goes out and won't react to any further presses of the trigger until I unplug the USB cable.)

Any ideas? I've tried with a Nexus 7 and that works fine. Surprised it doesn't on the Sony as I thought the scanners just emulated a Keyboard anyway. If no specific solutions, is there any reason to be hopeful that the upcoming Jelly Bean update for the Sony could help? (Nexus is JB) or is it more likely to be hardware related?


texts: Samsung S3 4.3 update - Cannot change notification sound?

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My phone is a T branded device. It's got that AWFUL loud and NOISY notification/startup sound. It wakes the dead as well.*

Back with the 4.1.2 update, I changed it to one of the stock notification sounds, and it was working. Just as you would expect it to be. Now, after the update, even if I set my new notification sound, it won't change. Even settings say I have "Temple bell", but then I get this aaaaawful T-mobile sound.

[*] When I bought the phone I set up an alarm. The alarm was so loud I almost had a heart attack. Yes, that default sound is that bad. It's terrible.


texts: Why cannot I open an .apk file though download "unknown sources" is checked?

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On my S8 I wanted to install "Blockada" (an app that needs to be sideloaded) but when I click on the .apk to install it says "can't open file".  I have "download from unknown sources" chosen in Settings too!

What is the cause and how do I fix it?


texts: How to make unlocking the phone using the password perform a specfic function?

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Okay so I was thinking about this, and I can't seem to get my head around how to do it, so your help will be micy appreciated.

Basically, I have an android phone and my password is a pin that I use to unlock it. My question is, how do I edit the code so that:

I can have two seperate passwords,
One of the passwords will have a specific function such as deleting an application, so for example

If input is 1234, unlock the phone and uninstall Facebook?

I'm pretty certain this is doable, but I am a programming novice which is why I'm asking the experts! Thanks in advance!


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I had to factory reset my Samsung galaxy J5. While doing that it automatically upgraded my operating system/software.Can I restore old/previous one?
Thanks


texts: Does Chrome's reduce data make browser faster?

texts: I was wondering if using "reduce data"-function under bandwidth management would make the browser load pages faster on slow connection like mine ~512kbit. I have unlimited data so the pure amount of data doesn't matter. I just wonder if it makes loading pages faster.


texts: ur college provides wifi,but it cannot be used by mobile devices.. Wifi is connected.. Only app notification are received.. Whatsapp works(images/videos can't be downloaded.. Only text ) have tried many vpn and proxy apps.. Lately tried using psiphon.. For pc authorities have provided us with proxy: port to access Internet..tried those on mobile as well.. Doesn't work. Any solution to use the campus wifi?


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I just purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note last night so I do not know much about the phone.
When handling and not charging it shuts off on me. It has charged and there is battery life of 70 lets say. When I try to turn it on my battery has completely ran out. Wont even turn on unless it is on the charger. I ordered a new battery but now I am not so sure that is my problem.
As you can imagine I am not a happy customer at this point and will more than likely not be buying from other people any longer.  Any help would be just peachy.  Thank you!


texts: SGS2 I9100 Suddenly relocked itself (network)

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I was just using my phone, when the network dropped out completely. I rebooted, but it just wouldn't connect.

When I toggled airplane mode, it asked me for my network unlock pin (my device is SIM-locked to the provider) - I had already had my device unlocked.

Luckily, I was able to use an app to get my unlock code.

Has this ever been reported to have happened before? How did this happen?


texts: Mount SMB storage on shiled TV accross subnet

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I have a setup like this :

[Shield TV 2015] 10.10.2.112 <---> [OpenWRT Router] <---> [Synology SMB Share] 10.10.3.11

I want to be able to access all my NAS files with any apps on the shield TV, so, I want to mount permanantly  the SMB share on the Shield.

So after confirming the connection was router correctly usig solid explorer integrated smb client, I went into the shield settings > Storage > add new network storage and inputed the NAS path (\10.10.3.11\Public) and the associated credentials.

However, it can't mount it, and according to logcat, it can't find the NAS netbios name locally, which is normal as it's in another subnet, but abnormal as I inputed it by IP.

Moving the nas to the main subnet is out of the question for multiple reason.

In the end, is there a way to force the mount with just the IP ?

I'm open to all suggestion, even root or scripts ones.


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I upgraded my Samsung Galaxy Note GT N7000 from Gingerbread to ICS. (Had used the software update option:

Settings → About Phone → Software Update → Update[check for updates]

And thus the Google Play Store app also got updated to the version 3.8.17 which is compatible with ICS.

But the app on my phone plus the Play website apparently still have the old Android version. As a result apps which are now compatible with ICS (for example Adobe Photoshop Touch) are still:

Shown as incompatible on the website and
Not even displayed in the app on the phone.

I have already tried:

Clear cache and data of the app;
Uninstall all updates of the app;
Installed the app version 3.8.17 again via another source on the net but it did not help. So now I also, don’t have the original app provided by Samsung.

Question: How do I solve this? Is there someway I can download the app via Samsung without installing the whole of ICS again?


texts: How can I tell if I have Samsung or Google calendar app installed?

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I have a calendar app installed (rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Android 4.3)

App Info shows version "4.3-N900VVRUBMJ7", which matches Samsung's instaled Android version.

How can I tell if it's a standard Google Calendar app, or Samsung's version of it or Samsung's proprietary app?

(the main reason is that I need to ask questions about it here, and I need to specify which calendar app I'm using :)


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(Nexus 6 on rooted stock Android 7.1.1)

I have a feeling a rogue app is turning on auto-sync, but is there any way to discover which one?

I checked that it was switched it off this morning and at some point in the last 4 hours, it has come back on without me doing anything.


texts: how to link contact with facebook, gmail etc?

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I am on cm7 & HTC Desire. Old HTC Sence was linking my contacts with Facebook, Gmail etc. It gave me good suggestions what could be linked or an easy way how to link a contact item with some other kind of account. The current contact manager has a 'join' feature which I am not sure if I can use for Facebook.

Are there any advanced contact managers?


texts: Does a carrier know I am tethering via Wifi Hotspot?

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I am using my phone's built in Wifi Hotspot to share wifi with my laptop and my other devices.  I am using android 2.3 (Gingerbread), and the phone I have is the HTC Desire Z.

Questions

Is it possible for a carrier to detect that I am using "Wifi Hotspot" and sharing my mobile data connection with other devices?

Furthermore, is Wifi Hotspot a feature that most android devices have? and is it a feature that can be disabled by the carrier (on a phone-by-phone basis)?


texts: System UI has stopped working Oneplus 2 running Paranoid Android 6.01

texts: I flashed the PA 6.01 ROM a few days ago and every time I reboot and the device turns on and an error pops up saying System UI has stopped and when I press OK it just starts the bootanimation again and after the animation has finished the error pops up again and I click OK and the process just keeps repeating in a loop. The first time this happened, I went to my recovery wiped everything but internal storage reflashed the rom, gapps bank ARM64 and SUPER SU. then just reboot. The error has popped up again and again even after doing the wipe and reflash many times do any of you guys know how to fix it? Because I really like PA the battery life it give is just amazing and I find the floating peek feature very very useful. And if any of you guys cant figure it out can you please tell me how to flash oxygen os?


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I have a very old version of Tasker I use to create apps for an e-ink reader running Android 2.1 (Eclair). After a recent (security) update to the OS, I found I could not install Tasker unless I resigned it.

This worked OK except that apps which function as plugins would not work in tasks (although they do work if the tasks are compiled as apps with App Factory). This makes debugging very tiresome. I've tried resigning the apps used a plugins with the same key to no effect.

Based on my reading this might be an issue with "shared user ID", but I don't know where to go from here to see if there might be a "fix".


texts: I have factory reset my phone, there is almost a gb of app installation space

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My 16gb SD Card got corrupted today, so I lost all of my data as I was unable to format it.

The real problem is, I also factory reset my phone just now, so there is 16gb internal memory amd 1.5gb app installation memory, out of which only 400mb is used.

When I attempt a download from Google Play Store, they get downloaded completely however while installing, it gives an error message "Insufficient storage". I'm fed up with this issue, I don't know what to do.

Let me also tell you, my SD Card data was encrypted, so I was unable to format it, should this be a problem. However, I factory reset my phone and now internal memory can do nothing with it.

My phone is Intex Aqua Power HD running Android 4.4


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Some contact pictures from Facebook are never updating, while others are working fine. The "google" part of the account have no picture set, the one showing is an old Facebook picture.

This problem appears both in the contacts, and in the Facebook application itself when you look at the contact list. Visiting the contact's personal page shows the correct picture, though. The Messenger application for the Facebook messages is showing the correct pictures.

I've tried to clear the cache (not the "data") of the Facebook application, to no avail.

Vanilla Android 2.3.6 on an unrooted Nexus One.

Any clue?


texts: Turn Android phone in call proxy from internet call to GSM call

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Grandmother of my friend lives in mountains where is no internet but there is GSM cover. My friend lives abroad and GSM calls cost too much. He asks to find some way to make a bridge from internet call to GSM call.
Internet call could be what's ever Viber, Telegram, Whatsap, custom SIP.


texts: How do I get the standard default.prop file back on the root file system?

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At the root file system on my Android phone, there's a file called default.prop.  Right now that's a non-standard file because of CF Auto Root, but I want that file to be the stock version (1).

After what I have understood, /default.prop file is overwritten on every boot from a default.prop file within the boot partition.

My phone is rooted with CF-Auto-Root, but I've replaced the boot and bootloader partitions with factory image versions:

$ fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
$ fastboot flash boot boot.img

But still I get the non-stock default.prop file.  What am I doing wrong?

(1) This is because I'm trying to upgrade to Android 5.1, and right now I'm getting an error because "this device has google/omni_hammerhead/hammerhead:4.4.4/KTU84P/eng.dees_troy.20150214.172938:eng/test-keys".


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I was flashing a custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy Star Pro and now it is stuck in boot loop.

I don't have a backup of my previous ROM.
I can not boot into recovery as one of the volume buttons is damaged yet I can boot into odin mode.
I tried flashing stock ROM with Odin but it didn't work.
Inspite of all that, the phone charges when I connect charger when and it is off.

Can someone help me fixing it? Thanks in advance.


texts: Gmail account from old phone to new Galaxy S7

texts: Ive just recently updated my phone from a motorola to a Galaxy 7 and now my husband has my old phone. How do I remove my gmail account from the old phone please without removing it from my new phone?


texts: Cannot rate some installed apps on Google Play Store

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It looks like I can rate some apps on Google Play store and cannot for some other ones while both are installed on my smartphone.
Here are two examples.

InShot app is installed on my phone. But, Google Play Store does not list it under Installed tab. And it is not allowing me to rate or review this app.

Kinemaster app is listed under Installed tab and I can give it rating.

I tried all the solutions in the question Cannot rate apps on Google Play. But, these aren't working.
This issue exists with quite a few of the apps on my device. So, why isn't Google Play Store allowing me to rate some installed apps? Is there any solution?
EDIT: From this Google Play thread, it looks like many people faced the same issue.


texts: Why do "android system" and "androd os" take 30% battery

texts: in the battery stats "android os"  takes 16%, "android system" takes 14%. How can i know why?


texts: What is "Easy mode" (during initial phone setup) and are there any problems with it?

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I just got a new Samsung Galaxy Core Duos running Android 4.1.2, and put a new sim card in it. The phone has taken me through some initial set up screens for a Samsung account, Gmail account, and name, and is now asking whether I want to enable "Easy mode", for which it says "Easy mode helps you to use your device more easily with the easy widgets feature and the ability to customise the font size."

Does anyone know more detail on the difference it makes?


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I have the following system: Galaxy SIII i9300 with LineageOS 14.1 (latest Nightly), rooted. I would like to play a particular game (I usually do not play browser games) against some one to show him that my S3 is still able to handle it. It is not a Flash game, but pure JavaScript.

I've tried to play the game in Chrome. It is pretty fast but very - I do not know how to describe it in English - jumpily or shakily which does not do good for the eyes after some time. Jelly, in turn, which is based on Android WebView is able to render the game smoothly without jumps but is a bit slower than on Chrome.

I am certain that you can tweak Chrome somehow to render the games better on older phones. I played with some flags (GPU flags and so on) but could not achieve any improvement. Do you have any ideas?


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I removed 'MusicFX' via

adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 'musicfx package'

And now I'm having issue with playing Bluetooth media audio, so I thought maybe it's that

Can it be reinstall, maybe an ADB command? The APK is still in /system/priv-app, but trying to install from there won't work (says app not installed)


texts: Remove unneeded 'system apps', and notifications (tool)

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There does appear to be cumbersome methods: (that you may not know of ..)
(1.) Goto: Settings > Applications Manager
For each application, un-tick 'Show notifications', press 'Ok'.
( repeat 100 times )
(2.) Goto: Settings > Applications Manager > (scroll to right) (select ALL)
For each SYSTEM application (you don't want, eg. Google+):

un-tick 'Show notifications', press 'Ok'
click 'Force Stop', wait .., click 'Ok'
click 'Remove Updates', wait .., click 'Ok'
click 'Disable', wait .., click 'Ok'  (option not visible, until updates removed)

( repeat as needed, for: Chat On, Group Play, Hang Outs (Talk), You Tube, Game Hub, WiFi Direct + WiFi Direct Share )

My real question ..
Is there a tool to automate this? (global disable-notifications, simple un-tick for system 'bloatware')

Why is this not in Google Play (from desktop browser)? More of a philosophical question.
What portion of (unwanted) data traffic is caused by this 'bloatware'?


texts: Android Tablet Restored, Can't Reinstall Same Apps

texts: My Android tablet 'broke'.  Sent it in to the OEM and they fixed it under warranty and shipped it back.  Now, when I go to re-install certain apps, they won't install to my tablet because Google Play says they're "already installed".  But the OS was reloaded and they are no longer installed.  How do I re-install my apps without repaying?


texts: Is it possible to run an app directly from a USB flash drive (OTG)?

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I'm almost giving up on this, can anyone help me?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 which means that I can't get an external sd card mounted to my phone. So I bought an OTG flash drive with the hope that I can install or run apps and games from there so my storage problem is solved. But after researching on several forums I'm still getting no answer for this.

Is it possible to run or install apps on a USB flash drive?


texts: How can I enable Wi-Fi calling only when I'm at home?

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I have a phone running Android Nougat. I live in location with poor cell service, so I'd like to use Wi-Fi calling at home. But I want to use cell service for phone calls everywhere else, especially when I'm at work or connected to a public hotspot with questionable bandwidth. Is there a way to automate this?

In the Wi-Fi calling settings, I can tell the phone to prefer Wi-Fi or cellular, but it always uses the preferred service if it's available, even if the quality is terrible. So I'm hoping for a solution that automatically enables or disables Wi-Fi calling based on location or network name.


texts: I recently bought another android device. How to add my 2nd number to Google play account? So that, I can easily choose to install apps from google play into my 1st number or 2nd number.


texts: Missing Google Apps after 4.1.2 was built in Nexus S

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I built Android 4.1.2 from source for my Nexus S using these instructions. Later I found that there are no Google Apps on the phone and so I cannot set up my Google account or use the Play Store or Google Maps. I tried to download the Google Apps from here and installed them from the SD card but nothing happened. How can I get them installed?

Also, is there any other way I can install Google Apps?


texts: Private communication over wifi but internet over 3G

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I have a raspberry pi which creates an WiFi hotspot and I want my android app to communicate with the pi over that connection. The big problem now is that the pi has no internet access so I would like to use the wifi connection only for my app and the phone should still be able to use 3G.

Is there any way to achieve this?


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I don't know what's going on with my phone. All processes crash after each other when I wait some seconds after turning it on. I can't even Factory Reset it at all!! When I do it, nothing has changed! After all processes crash, it hangs on the boot screen. I have a Haier W716S. Any possible troubleshoot (don't say buy another phone)?
By the way, that happened after Chrome crashed and I also deleted GPlay Services too.


texts: Rooted Verizon S4 on OC1 Accidentally Took the OF1 OTA and Now I'm STUCK

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I just installed OC1 a few months ago and re-rooted with King Root a month ago.

Everything was going fine until a few weeks ago until I started getting OF1 OTA pop-ups from Verizon.  I was on the stock rom.

Now I never remember hitting the, "yes, please install this and mess up my phone," button but I believe after a while it just installs automatically.  I was very busy Saturday night and finally unlock my phone late Saturday night to have it automatically restart on me and begin to install the OF1 update.

I didn't want to brick my phone so I just let it install and now it gives me a prompt that says, "Android is Updating," after playing the boot sequence audio to a blank screen.  That's it.

Every time I try to go into stock recovery it just installs the OTA again.  I can go into Download Mode but that's it.

Any help is appreciated.  I just want to back up all of my texts, calls and files from memcard0 before I just wipe everything and install a rooted OF1 through Odin like I probably should have weeks ago.

Thanks.


texts: Skype cutting out on Samsung Galaxy Ace III

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I've had my phone (Samsung Galaxy Ace III) for around 3 weeks now. Ever since I received it I instantly installed Skype and for some reason, when ever I'm calling any of my friends their voices cut out.

I have borrowed several other devices in my house to try and see if it was a local/generic problem but that was inconclusive as Skype worked fine on all of them.

It's really quite irritating when I'm trying to talk to my friend and when he replies I don't hear him, either at all or only a little bit. What's my problem?

Also I've tried re-installing Skype several times as well as cleaning caches etc.


texts: How to mount an external USB drive on a Sony Z3?

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I have a Sony Z3 which is supposed to support OTG and therefore it should be possible to use an external flash drive. However I can't find the "Detect USB drive" quick setting which is supposed to enable the flash drive once it's connected in the USB port.

Is there any setting I need to toggle in order to mount the USB drive?

I'm using stock Android 5.1.1.


texts: How do I get any browser available on Android to open a fixed set of urls on startup?


texts: Backup a Samsung phone before switching to Nexus?

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I used to backup my phone through Kies. Now I'm switching to Nexus5, and I guess Kies won't work anymore to get my stuff back to phone. What should I do?

Also, I know that some data is automatically stored by Google and associated with my account, so as soon as I login with my new phone it should get it back to me. What is this data?

I could also backup my files by hand, but I would like not to lose apps and app data. Thank you!


texts: How repair sd-card locked read-only mode? Its probably file system error

texts: I have alcatel onetouch pop with jellybean 4.2.2. I put into 32 Gb sd hc card. Card did not work correctly.  Sometimes (specialy when i tried write more that one file) card has blocked with something like read-only mode. In that sitiation I used to connect my phone to computer (win 8.1) and run disk checking from properties. thats usuly had fix problem. Now my friend have switched on developer mode on my phone and my computer stoped seeing phone. I can't switch off dev mode, and I don't know how to repair sd card. Sorry for my English. Anyone can help me?


texts: APN setting is missing on Nexus 5 bought from US

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I have an unlocked Nexus 5 handset bought from Google in the USA. I just wiped it and installed Android 5.0 on it. However, the UI to edit the APN settings does not appear. By that, I don't mean that the APN info is gone, I mean that the actual UI to view/edit APNs is missing.

If I go to Settings -> More -> Cellular Networks, I see only the 3 settings shown in the picture below: Data roaming, Preferred network type, and System select. This meant there was no way to get the phone working with my SIM card using only the stock Android installation.

Now, I was able to get on Wi-Fi, download the app Tweakker APN INTERNET MMS (removed from Play Store), configure the APN settings using that app, turn off the Wi-Fi, and confirm that I was online via the SIM card, using LTE. So the phone is working. But the APN view/edit UI is still missing from the Settings app, even after adding and activating the OCN MOBILE ONE data-only Japanese SIM card I have.

I googled the hell out of this in the morning, and there is every indication that there are supposed to be APN editing controls at the bottom of that "Cellular network settings" panel in Settings. But there are not.

Does anybody know:

A way to get the UI to edit those settings to appear?
Why they might not be there in the first place?

The only weird/unusual thing here is that I am using a US phone in Japan. I bought the OCN MOBILE ONE data-only SIM card from Amazon here. It seems unlikely, but I suppose there might be weird country-specific telecom regulations that for some reason make Android hide these controls on an unlocked foreign-model phone?

EDIT: I should have mentioned: this occurs with or without the (NTT DoCoMo) OCN MOBILE ONE SIM card in the phone. I even re-wiped the phone and re-installed with the SIM card removed to make sure.

(Click the image for its larger variant)


texts: My Huawei u8160(Vodafone 858) supports usb-host although not working?

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I have a Huawei u8160 running Psyke83's Cyanogenmod 7.2 14/8/2012 which had a package with it to apply usb-host mode kernel called usbhost1-cm-7-20120814-MADTEAM-u8160.zip.

So I flashed the zip using clockwork mod recovery (from Rom Manager) and was successful although when I started my phone and connected an USB mouse it didn't light(the mouse) and it wasn't working.

I want to ask here,what's wrong?

EDIT #1:

I downloaded the app USB host controller and when I opened it it told me that "S3C USB Host driver NOT found!"

EDIT #2:

I've found this blog (it's in Hungarian so I translated it using Google) talking about exactly my state and it says that I need a Y-Cable to feed the usb peripheral with power, so I'm going to try that and then I'll report here.

USB Y-Cable :


texts: How to start browser in incognito mode by default?

texts: I have a samsung galaxy tab 2 10" running Android 4.0.4. Is there a way for the default browser to automatically start up in incognito mode? Or, is there an alternative browser that can do it?


texts: How can I send all calls to voicemail during "busy" calendar events?

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Basically I'd like to have something that auto sends calls to voicemail when I'm "busy", and possibly as a bonus, send a reply text as well.

Is there any solution for this?


texts: Xperia L (C2104) unusual behavior when GPS is active

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Anyone with a Xperia L could help me confirm if this behavior is unusual? I just bought the phone (3 days) and noticed that, whenever the GPS is active, the wifi gets very unstable.

It goes like this: I connect to my Wifi, then open an application such as Google Maps. A few seconds later, the Wifi disconnects and the 3G data kicks in. Moments later, the phone identifies the wifi and reconnects.

Does anyone experience the same behavior? Is there a solution? I'm about to send it back to the store, but I want to make certain that this isn't a common issue or something I could solve myself.

UPDATE 1:

As requested, the Android version is 4.1.2.


texts: Is it possible to install a different settings app than the one my phone came with?  Specifically, I'd like the official Google one.


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Few days ago i updated my Samsung galaxy j5 into marshmallow version & now I'm unable to sign into google account, it gives an error
- "Sorry, there seems to be a problem. please try again"

I've tried hard reset, factory reset, other gmail accounts but i always get same error again & again. Please help me


texts: How to turn off ringer when connected to particular wifi network

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Is it possible (in built or via an app) to silence the phone when it's connected to a particular wireless network, and then unsilence it when the network is out of range.

Use case : When I'm in the office on the company's wifi I want my phone to be quiet, but when I'm back home (or not connected to a wifi, e.g. outside) I want the ringer volume back.


texts: How can I set a ringtone for a group of contacts with a certain label?

texts: I want to set the ringtone for each contact with a particular label on my Pixel 2 (Android 11). Labels are a thing that contacts can have in the default android contacts app (from Google). There seems to be a lot of answers out there about doing this, but only when the contacts app has something specifically named "groups". There is nothing called "groups" in the default Google contacts app, but I think that labels are basically the same thing as "groups".


texts: I was asked by my Galaxy Grand to update. It was a 608 MB build update. After done , now I got Android Jelly-bean 4.2.2 . It is making my phone very slow and uses too much phone memory. Want to uninstall, How can I do it without resetting device ???


texts: No fingerprint reader after adding self signed certificate

texts: Cyanogen OS 12.1 running on a ZUK z1. I added a self signed CA certificate to the "trusted credentials". Since then android doesn't allow me to use the fingerprint scanner to unlock the screen anymore. Is there any workaround to this security feature?


texts: How does the gmail Android App compare to the Webmail experience when using multiple gmail accounts?

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This is a "pre-sales" question as I don't currently have an Android device. I did try out one when Android was version 1.6, but was dissappointed. I am interested to know if 2.2 or 2.3 is better.

In particular, I use Gmail as my only email client. It operates all my email accounts (3 corporate and 2 personal). Every email is sent and received via the gmail server and is therefore filed and searchable in gmail. When I compose and email, I can choose which account to send it from and it comes via the domain server (i.e. not from gmail).

My impresssion of android is that is can set up seperate email (pop, imap etc) inboxes and operate them directly with each domain server as pop/imap - but I don't want that as emails will not be kept on the gmail server and therefore filed, backed up and searchable from the webmail client.

How does email account aggregation actually work in Android - is it true Gmail Webmail handling or is it just multi-account handling direct with domainemail servers missing Gmails servers in the process?

Thanks


texts: The easiest way to root a Moto G (XT1032) Android v. 5.0.2

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I have just rooted a samsung Lite 3 tablet...and it was simple. Really simple. Used Odin to install CWM, then installed a superuser app from a zip file. Really straightforward.

So I decided to look into how to root and get super user access to my Moto G. That's when I realized that rooting a moto G and getting super user access will be a pain.

Does anyone have a straightforward description with the apps/zips necessary to root and gain super user access to a moto G XT1032?

Cheers


texts: HP Stream 7 originally runs Windows - Can it run Android viably?

texts: I have an HP Stream 7 that I'm not using here (since I've bought my Asus T100), and I was thinking about putting an Android to run, instead of the Windows OS. I know that is possible, but my question is: is it viable? Has someone already tested this using the same model? Does it have any problems with drivers, or something that Android does not recognize? If it works, I'll definitely give it a shot.


texts: How do I Save the password to a friend's router on my LG REALM Smartphone?

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Each time I try to connect to this router it requires me to enter the (very long) password.

I do not have to do that when I use my own router; I get connectivity without entering a password each time.

What's going on?

Thanks. batpark


texts: New Samsung S6 tablet stuck on Samsung logo?

texts: I have bought 20 Samsung s6 and after every 4 of them got stuck on Samsung logo, I keep them on charging for 2 days. Nothing work for me.


texts:
I accidentally deleted all data from my htc one s, including the operating system. I tried to delete photos,apps and downloads, but it was still showing a memory issue (my phone has 16 giga memory and the "others" were using 10GB of it so i couldn't download more apps) and my phone was running very slow and even had some black outs.

I have team win on my phone. I went to factory reset which lead me to team win, and I choose to delete everything and didn't realize there was operating system in it too.

How can I reinstall my Android OS?


texts: what is rooting? Should I upgrade my Xperia U from GB to ICS?

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I have an Xperia U[GB] and there are certain apps which do not work on it[device is not rooted shows up everytime I try to open these apps]. So what exactly does it mean by rooted device. Should I root my device? Does it have any negative implications?
Also I still haven't updated it to ICS,since I've been told that Xperia U doesn't perform well with ICS.So should I upgrade it?


texts: Is there an Android equivalent of diskutil?

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I'm a Mac and Android user. I've used simple commands in the Terminal from time to time. But now I'm trying to understand the Terminal Emulator included in the Rom Toolbox app for my Android.

What I'm really trying to accomplish right now is finding if there's an equivalent of diskutil on Android. I just want something simple enough to do disk erases and formatting, etc..

Is this possible, or can I somehow use bash commands like on my Mac? (Sorry I'm very new to this)

Anyway, thanks for reading my question. If you have and questions for me, in order to progress my search, please feel free to ask.


texts: How can I deal with unwanted system applications without rooting?

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There are a lot of system apps in my mobile that I do not use, and have no intention of ever using. I know that is is possible to uninstall system apps and bloatware with root, but is it possible without root?

Are there any non-root options that will help me to deal with unwanted system applications?


texts: Turn off Yahoo News notifications without turning off email notifications

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I just recently downloaded the Yahoo app to get my email on, and I am constantly getting notifications from Yahoo News. I want to turn off the news notifications but not the mail notifications.

I turned off all notifications, but I get time-sensitive email messages and I am missing a lot of deadlines with the notifications off, so I turned it back on.

But now I'm killing my battery because I am constantly having to check my phone because I never know if it's an email or news that I don't care about.

Can this be done?


texts: Toggling mobile data with tasker doesn't work, even with "write secure settings" enabled (Android 10)

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I'm on a UleFone Armor X7 (cheap waterproof/rugged thing) running Android 10.  I'm trying to use Tasker to conserve power for multi-day bike rides with no charging*, and one thing I'd like to do is turn off as much communication as possible for several minutes, then on briefly to pick up messages, then off again in a loop.
I know aeroplane mode requires root (edit: or ADB Wifi), and I don't want to lose Google Pay, but I should be able to toggle mobile data without it according to the following screenshot:

This says either root, or ADB WiFi, or Write Secure Settings should be enough.  ADB WiFi isn't an option, because it needs a PC at every boot, which is incompatible with turning the phone off overnight - to save power.  So I've installed ADB, granted the permission, and it still doesn't work. I can test that the permission is set: adb shell dumpsys package net.dinglisch.android.taskerm |grep SECURE_SETTINGS returns android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS: granted=true but when I try to test the task I get
Error: 1
Couldn't toggle mobile data on this device

I suspect a semantic error, meaning that ((ADB Wifi or root) and (Write secure settings)) is needed. Enabling ADB Wifi does indeed allow Tasker to toggle aeroplane mode - but while Tasker can keep ADB Wifi alive (even apparently with Wifi itself off), this doesn't persist over a reboot, such as shutting down overnight to save battery, and a PC is needed again on restart.  Enabling battery save mode overnight may be an option.
I'm thinking of trying something with AutoInput, but I'm not keen, as it (i) requires the screen to be unlocked, and (ii) can on toggle, not set a state. I also don't want to pay even a little (on principle) to test something with these issues.
I've seen a few similar questions for very old Android versions, but nothing recent.

* I will have an external battery, and a dynamo, but just assume they're not enough to keep everything charged, especially as I navigate on my phone.


texts: Unable to connect Galaxy S3 to PC via USB

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I've had my Galaxy S3 for a few months now, and have always been able to connect to my PC via USB. A few days ago, it suddenly stopped working. I've found many other Android.SE threads, but none have been able to answer my question.

Symptoms: when I plug the phone in via USB, the phone beeps, I get a lightning bolt on my battery, but that's it. There are no USB options in the pull-down status bar, and the PC does not recognize that a device has been plugged in. Click screenshot for full size.

PC System: Windows 7 x64 with the latest drivers and Kies software from Samsung.

Phone info:

Samsung SGH-i747
Android version 4.0.4
Baseband version I747UCLG1
Kernel Version 3.0.8-704434-user
Build number IMM76D.I747UCALG1

What I've tried:

My wife has an identical Galaxy S3--I plugged her S3 into the same cable, and it was recognized immediately. So I know the PC and cable are both working correctly.
Uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers several times anyway -- alone AND with the Kies software.
Every USB port on the box
Factory data reset--both from the setup menu, and the diagnostic bootup menu
USB debugging mode, both on and off.
Changing the UART and USB settings in the *#7284# PhoneUtil. After my last factory reset, it's set to PDA/MTP+ADB.

Anything else I should try? Is there a way to determine if the USB plug on the phone is bad?

Edit: screenshot from my wife's phone, using the same computer, same cable:


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I use Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 9.

Screenshot from the Google Drive Android application, which seems to indicate that it is possible to change the theme in the battery saver:

How can one change the battery saver to dark mode in Android 9 (Samsung Galaxy S9)?


texts: Do I need to wipe when upgrading from CM10 to CM10.1?

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I am using CyanogenMod 10 on my device and saw that CM10.1 (Android 4.2) is available on get.cm.

If I upgrade, do I have to wipe my phone or will it just work?

Or what problems will I have to expect if I don't factory reset it before?


texts: Frequency band mofications for Samsung Galaxy S4

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I recently purchased a used, unlocked Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M (for the particular model see here). The phones native bands don't include the 1700/2100 AWS required by the cell phone provider (WIND mobile). However, the phone is able to get both talk and data as desired. The previous owner told me that he modified the phone to allow these bands.

I'd like to know

Why was this possible? Is it because the phone has the bands but Samsung suppressed them or is the phone being hoodwinked into working without having both bands?
Whether there is a chance a firmware update or factory reset will undo this feature?

Background: I'm a bit familiar with unlocking AWS bands using qcn files


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After updating Android I got this error. During update android asked me to move some of app to sd card as there were not enough space for update. I moved some and after update and restart I can't enter contacts. When I press green button for calls (enter contacts) it shows error: android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly

I'm using HTC Cha Cha.

I try t reboot phone, to put battery out and back. Finally I try restore phone to factory settings by removing all apps and data.

And I still have this error - android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly

Can you please tell me how to fix it without taking phone to service.

Phone is brought from US to EU, so I would need to pay service if I can't fix it myself.


texts: Lost Native Dialer and Contacts App after upgrading to 4.0.3

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note GTN7000 Android Phone with Vodafone Connection in Mumbai.

I upgraded to 4.0.3 last Saturday after which the Phone and Contacts Icon at the Bottom disappeared.

I can't add it from App Menu either as it seems the application itself has been removed somehow.

I don't see them in the list of Application installed in ALL Tab.

Please help me restore it.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Samsung s5 server password has been changed. Input the changed password

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Suddenly my phone keeps popping up with this message in the notifications bar >sign in failed<.  I go to the email and the message says >password has been changed.  Input the changed password<.  At first I put in my password and it did not work.  I went to the internet to login and could not and then changed my password.

Everything seemed fine for about 20 mins and then the message popped up again.  This time I have not typed in the password and I can still access my email from the gmail app on my phone. But everytime i get an email my phone brings up this message!

I had just deleted an app that my phone said was a security risk so I am unsure if it had anything to with that? Although I can still use my account on both phone and tablet I am only getting the message on my phone.

Can you help?

yes I changed the password and signed in again to my accounts again including this one and then a little while later the message come up again.

I have often been confused by my email account on my phone so I will try my best to explain....the gmail on the phone is the one that says I can't access until I put in the changed password but the gmail widget on my phone works fine and I have this email address attached to Outlook with another email address (all working).


texts: Determine what APPS are Android Auto Compatible

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When I connect my cell phone to my vehicle, Android Auto displays a very limited list of APPs that are on my phone:

(The clipped APP at the bottom is weather).
Supposedly more APPs that are compatible with that interface will be released.
How do I determine if an APP on Google Play is compatible? I don't see anything on the Google Play webpage for a given APP that indicates it can be used or not used for Android Auto.
(In particular, I want navigation with offline maps beyond what Google Maps offers).


texts: How to attach/insert multiple images into a single text message

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My goal: to send, at my choosing, multiple pictures inside one [MMS] message, so that they arrive as a single text.  As you might guess, irrational behavior by my phone does not allow me to choose.  I want to figure out why.
I tap "attach", then "images", and I am directed to Gallery to select pictures.  Then, one of two things happen, depending on the color of the moon, which changes infrequently:

I select pictures, and Gallery shows "Send" -- If I tap that, the pictures are sent in individual text messages, and any text i have typed is not yet sent, but will be sent independently, if I send the text.
I select pictures, and Gallery shows "Done" -- If I tap that, the pictures are loaded into a single text message, but not sent.  I can add/text for the individual pictures, and send at my leisure.

I have NO KNOWN means to choose what happens, between 1 or 2.  For a while, one way happens, and then it won't.  And only the other way happens.
There isn't one single setting, anywhere, that I have found that can account for the difference. I want to assume I am "butt" setting preferences, or that a phone reset/restart will allow me to choose to send multiple photos, again, in a single text.  But I can find no rhyme or reason.  I considered, for a bit, that if I select photos with huge file sizes, that I am forcing one way or the other, but that doesn't seem to be the answer.
Sometimes, for a while, for a text, when I am the world of 2., there will be an "insert slide" on the menu/dropdown.  Other times not.
I note, this: I receive MMS messages, with multiple texts, from apple users, but can't send multiple pics back.
I've tried to send texts to my email as a second user, or reply to an MMS text I receive from my own email, and I wont get desired results, persistently, but still dependent on whether I am in mode 1 or mode 2.
I am using an old Galaxy S5, with the android 6.0.1, on TMobile.  [I know.... but it works as a phone, and takes pics, which is the scope of my use.  Not an app heavy device...]
SO.... who can untangle this?  I am a geek, and perplexed.  My thanks !


texts: What is it about Android that allows an application to "hard-crash" a device?

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I have a never-rooted Nexus 4 running latest stock (android 4.4.4). It has been "hard-crashing" lately. By "hard-crash" I mean the screen goes black and either the device restarts itself (I see the same splash screen that is displayed during boot), or I have to hold the power button for a long time to get it to start (longer than for a normal boot).

After evidence pointing to it being caused by Google's own "Google Now Launcher" app (even after a factory reset), I began to wonder what it is about an apk file installed from the Play store on a non-rooted device that could ever cause the phone to "hard-crash". I would think that the sandbox in which apps run would prevent any app from being able to hard-crash a device.


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I am using Sony Xperia M with Android version 4.3 (Jelly bean) with official update.

Android allows me to encrypt my files. You can get this menu: Settings --> Security --> Encrypt phone. Now I want to know, if I do this process, how is with sharing files by Bluetooth, e-mail or wi-fi?


texts: Copy private key from OpenKeyChain to tails GPG?

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I have a private PGP key on OpenKeyChain that I'd like to move to tails.
There only seems to be one way to export from OpenKeyChain - choose to make the encrypted backup file? But I can't get the process to work.

I made a backup from Android, "backup.sec.pgp" (Noting the passphrase of hyphenated numbers)
Transferred it to tails
Ran 'gpg --decrypt backup.sec.pgp | gpg --import backup.sec.pgp'

It returns:
gpg: unknown armor header: Passphrase-Format: numeric9x4
gpg: unknown armor header: Passphrase-Begin: 96
gpg: AES256 encrypted data
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0

Then I enter in the long hyphenated numerical passphrase and it spits out:
gpg: encrypted with 1 passphrase
gpg: decryption failed: Bad session key

Advice would be hugely appreciated


texts: How to disable additional app permissions?

texts: Some apps have annoying permissions like installing shortcut on the homescreen (everytime u open it). How do I disable these permissions? (see picture)


texts: How to choose my SD card type based on transfer speed?

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i have a cheap Kingstone SD card and an Android phone with small internal space. when it told me to free some space i partitioned my SD into 2 partitions one fat32 for personal data and the other ext2 for extending my internal memory. using the app "Link2SD" i moved all the apps and games, but i noticed that apps performance had a dramatic change of speed (to the worse of course) Facebook app for instance it lags alot when i scroll, like, comment and move between tabs. for games they worked fine but they have the loading screen for a longer time.
my phone is Sony Xperia M2 (if it matters). is there any SD card that has the same transfer speed as the phone's internal memory or even better.
Thanks


texts: What is the storage constraint for Micro SD cards on the LG Optimus L7 II

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What is the maximum capacity of the Micro SD card that the LG Optimus L7 II can accommodate?

According to the following review it's 32GB
LG Optimus L7 II & L2 II available next week

Is this accurate? I would much prefer to put 64GB in there. Is there any disadvantage to using the largest Micro SD card I can find.

I found the following question on this site

Will bigger Micro SD will slow down mobile

The answer to the question states that the phone in question can go up to 32GB, is this a coincidence or do most or all android phones have this limitation.

The product page on the LG site doesn't seem to indicate what the limit is or if there is one.

LG OPTIMUS L7 II


texts: How can I tell Google Play Music to store the audio files on the removable micro SD card (and not on the internal storage)?

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How do I set the Google Music Play app to store the local "offline" music on the SD Card? I've used up about 90% of my internal storage.

I've looked in the app Settings and don't see any options for that.


texts: How to correct issues of Proximity sensor

texts: I have Lenovo a1000.When I am calling,the screen doesn't turn off.I checked for proximity sensor error on Lenovo companion app,its not correct.Please help.


texts: Phone gets extra hot and connection problems with replacement ROM

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Ever since I upgraded my Galaxy S4 to Lollipop (CM12.1) I have had problems with the SIM card 'being removed'. It usually happens after a bit of use and the phone gets hot. I get a 'SIM card has been removed, please restart' error and I cannot connect to my carrier until I do (Wi-Fi and Bluetooth still work, as well as the SD card reader). I have tried an upgrade to Marshmallow (CM13) but the fault remains as well as inducing Bluetooth problems so I have rolled back to Lollipop. I have also tried replacing the SIM and SD card holder with no change.

I'm wondering if there was some power management Samsung had in their ROM that CyanogenMod hasn't implemented.

Is there a way to control the power consumption so the phone doesn't get too hot and possibly cause problems with the SIM card holder?


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I use Samsung Galaxy Note 5. I found a folder androidlav in the gallery section which has been formed automatically, and it contained a screenshot of MakeMyTrip app.

Does this happen to anyone? Can anybody explain this? Can I delete it?


texts: Error in Play Store: Insufficient storage available

texts:
I'm using a Moto E. A while ago, my phone decided to show me the following message when downloading apps, despite me having around 300 Mb more than was required:

  Error while downloading (Insert app name), Insufficient storage available

After some thorough internet research, I found that the best way to solve the issue was to install the App Cache Cleaner. This worked, and I was able to install apps once more.

However, after a while, the message started appearing again, except this time, it was just:

  Error. Insufficient storage available.

I researched this issue, and found that the only possible way to solve it was to clear the data from the Google Play app. This just made things worse, as it has gotten rid of the Google Play Services app, and I cannot do anything without reinstalling, and updating it, which I can obviously not do.

How do I solve this issue?

Edit: I have tried clearing all caches, clearing the Google play data, disabling and re-enabling Google play, deleting apps, and restarting my phone as suggested, all of which have not worked.


texts:
As solution for a problem at work, I need to find a way to send a SMS to a list of numbers if the mobile discharges for 1 minute or more

So is there any recommendation on how to achieve this?


texts: Virus keeps downloading "Female for Portuguese" TTS file while hijacking Chrome

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Device: Samsung Galaxy S4 mini [SCH-I435]

OS: Android 4.4.2

Problem:

When I try to open my browser (Chrome) it auto redirects to us.councilors425qd.top/.... and starts auto downloading "Female for Portuguese (..." [Voice data for text-to-speech]

while throwing up multiple un-closeable popups:

I can't seem to get rid of this issue. I've tried shutting off my device, clearing my data and even reinstalling Chrome. It keeps happening.

(By the way, this all started when I did a google search for "weather forecast Raleigh tomorrow" in my google search widget, which redirected me to Chrome and opened this mess... -_- )

Also, it finally successfully downloaded the "Female for Portuguese(..." voice data for text-to-speech (TTS) file, and now my phone just rattles off Portuguese non-stop. I've now muted my phone.

2 questions:

How do I get rid of this terrible thing?
How do I find and delete the Portuguese TTS file???

What else I've tried:

I've already downloaded and ran Malwarebytes and Norton Antivirus,
neither of which found/did anything.
I've done a search of my files using OIFileManager, but I could not
find the TTS file.
I've checked the download history in Chrome, but it similarly shows
no evidence of the TTS file.

Note: Looks like others had this problem in 2014.


texts: Using open-source ROM and social network activities

texts:
If you install a open-source ROM on your android. Can still an invisible rootkit (from manufacturer) monitor your tweets
Invisible means being invisible even in USB connection


texts: How do I provide internet access only to a single Android app?

texts:
I am currently using Android Smartphone.
I am currently having internet access for my Android Smartphone.
I would like to provide internet access to only a single android application, for example: WhatsApp.
I do understand that I need to provide internet access to some essential default system apps for the functioning of the phone.
Is it possible to selectively provide internet access to few apps and not for other apps?


texts: How do you remove words from Swype's dictionary?

texts:
I know how to remove words from Swype's user dictionary. I want to know how to remove words from Swype's built-in dictionary. I get very frustrated with all these random words that I know I'll never use! I can't tell you how many times I've had the word "Getty" show up instead of the word "get".

If there is really no way of removing words from Swype's built-in dictionary I'll probably need to find an alternative. That's probably another question though.


texts: Quickest ways to selectively sync iTunes artists (and ideally playlists) to Android?

texts: What are the quickest ways to selectively sync iTunes artists (and ideally playlists) to Android? Has anyone designed any software that provides a quick and semi-automatic interface to do this, other than https://www.doubletwist.com/desktop ? Or is that the best option?


texts: Using Android tablet/phone as a bluetooth or USB touchscreen monitor

texts:
I have an LG G Pad F 7.0 and a LG G4, and I'm wanting to know if I have any options that will allow me to make my tablet preferably into a second monitor with the touch screen controls?

I'm planning on using my device as a drawing tablet when I'm out all next week. I have a special fine-pointed stylus that allows me to use the android device like a wacom tablet instead of a device designed for fingers. My major limitation is that I will be in a no service zone for my data carrier when I'm out, also there is no wifi connections available, so therefor I will not have any sort of network to connect to.  I will need to be able to use my USB(preferred) or bluetooth(I'm a heavy bluetooth user). My laptop is running Windows mostly, although, I do have Linux I use semi-often, and I have a live Mac OS X bootable if needed. Solutions I have seen so far are geared to using a wifi network, which I can not use.


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Alpha G850A and while I've been able to adjust a lot of settings including the wallpaper for the home screen, lock screen, etc I haven't figured out how to get rid of the ugly Windows 8 4 bit color scheme. Other phones apparently have access to a theme option under settings, mine shows nothing when I search in the settings for 'color' or 'theme' and I've probably have gone through 95% of the various settings manually at this point.

How do I change the theme colors on my Samsung Galaxy Alpha?

I am completely willing to hook it up to my PC and manually edit configuration files if someone is that awesome to know where it is (and if it supports RGBA)?


texts:
Recently a short fall broke not only my Nexus 4's cheap phone case, but the digitizer as well. The LCD and everything else is perfect, however the touch screen only works on the top quarter of the screen. I have no bluetooth mouse/keyboard and USB On-The-Go doesn't work for Nexus 4.

Unfortunately USB Debugging is disabled (I really regret turning it off). How can I unlock it or back up the data on my phone?


texts: Where to find "adb" version 1.0.32 to install on Ubuntu?

texts:
My laptop has Ubuntu 14.04 as OS. I installed latest version of "android-adb-tools" available in "Synaptic Package Manager". After installation, adb command --help says that adb's version is 1.0.31.

I used adb sideload to install a new ROM on my Samsung device (with TWRP version 2.8.4.0 as recovery), but command returns error: protocol fault (no status) and TWRP says that I have to use adb with version 1.0.32 or higher! Where i could find "android-adb-tools" package with adb version of 1.0.32 or higher?


texts: Turning on Android device with motion detector (external device?)

texts:
Problem

I'm looking for a motion detector that can be set up to wake a rooted Android (4.3) tablet and turn the screen on when someone passes by it in a radius of maybe 2-3m.

Ideas

I'm definitely willing to get an external device for this and invest a (reasonable) amount of money, it would just have to be one that I can somehow connect to the tablet.

Are there maybe any proximity detectors from the home automation field with a decent detection quality (good angle and configurable distance) that can send Android push notifications?
I'm able to write some code from scratch if necessary, but I'm very clueless and unexperienced in the hardware field, so I wouldn't know how to hold a soldering iron, for example. ;)

Background

The idea here is to transform an old tablet into some kind of stationary dashboard screen, so I'm not particularly worried about battery wear (it's end-of-life now and will from now on be used with the power cable plugged in until it dies) or intense usage (unless we're talking about 100% CPU 24/7, which would probably kill it in a few days).

Previous research

I investigated a little bit whether this could be done with the existing sensors in the device and I believe that is not possible.

The problem with using the proximity sensor is that it really only returns whether something (assumed to be your ear while in a call) is right next to it (a few centimeteres away). But I'm looking for something in the 2-3m area.

The other idea would be the front-facing camera, but the problem seems to be that a) the camera in many devices automatically shuts off when the screen is off and b) only foreground apps can access the camera, but I want the tablet to show another app on detection.

I had a quick look regarding waking up the screen in response to push notifications and that doesn't seem too hard using the PowerManager API. Not sure how quickly the device would respond to a push when in deep sleep, but that's a secondary problem.


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In device manager (on win7 64bit):

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