texts: How to access the full file system in Android 7 and higher?

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I am running Android Nougat x86.But in Android Nougat, one of the adverse changes is the inability to even view the files. They are invisible, apparently even to root app.

I already tried root explorer in the VM. But that failed. /storage/emulated appears as empty, despite there is a directory called /storage/emulated/0.

How do I show all files to the file managers?

Update: The terminal emulator in superuser mode actually shows these hidden files.


texts: How to stop screen from coming on with intermittent charging

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I know we have this very old question and answers
How to keep screen turned off when plugging charger?
but why isn't this implemented by Android?
My scenario is that I use my phone for navigation on my bike, and it's connected to a hub dynamo charger.  The charger output isn't buffered so it will stop charging if I go too slowly (a hill or traffic lights, etc), and then start again when I'm up to speed.  This can cause the screen to come on a lot.  Ideally I would like to disable this behaviour.
What's the current best solution and why doesn't Android have a check box to disable this annoying behaviour?


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I have an HTC Hero (Europe) with Sense with used to run 2.1. A few days ago it said it wanted to update.
I allowed it and now the SMS widget is missing. The widget on the startscreen that also has weather information is missing as well.

How do I get those back?


texts: Galaxy S4's LCD broken. How do I access hidden folders in the storage using computer?

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I recently broke my screen entirely so the touch function and LCD do not work at all on my Samsung Galaxy S4.  I managed to plug in a keyboard to my phone to input my pass-code in order to unlock the phone so I could access the files on the computer.  However, I do have some files on my phone that are hidden (with the . file prefix I used to hide them in a separate file manager app).  I can not figure out how to access these files.  I am willing to download any program necessary to get these off my phone!

Again I can not use my phone at all as the screen is broken.  Possibly if I can remotely control the phone via my computer?  Any help is appreciated.  If absolutely necessary I will have to replace the digitizer and LCD.


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I got Sony m4 aqua with locked bootloader, android 6.01 and july 1 2016 security patch, no DM verity...
I would like to freeze few factory apps via adb's pm disable command (or any other way possible).
I've tried to run "su pm disable package.name" but the su command is not recognized for some reason.
I am Linux noob but I got android studio with SDK and NDK installed on lubuntu machine (got it also on win7 machine).
Can someone explain me the steps to take in order to gain root shell access with DirtyCow exploit (or any other way) to be able to freeze apps?


texts: Is there a way to copy files directly between two Android devices on the same wifi network?

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I now have a Samsung Galaxy S Android phone running Froyo 2.2.1 and an Archos 101 Android tablet - also running Froyo.

Both are 'connected' to the same home network via wifi.

Is there a method by which I can copy files directly between the two devices using Wifi?

Bluetooth is also an option, but since I want to copy a lot of thumbnail images, I think this is too slow.

UPDATE

The solution I choose:

I managed to copy files using the ftp protocal , using swiFTP as ftp server on my Archos table, and using Ghost Commander on my Samsung phone.

If you want to try something similar: you might look at my comments to the accepted answer on my other question: question about a 550 error I received during my initial ftp testing in order to see what I had to do to make it running.


texts: not registered on network and seems the imei is changed

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I have an international version of galaxy s3 gt i9300 it had android 4.0.4 working fine when i bought it(second hand) then i upgraded it to 4.3. Since then it performs as a normal device would but can not connect to network with error NOT REGISTERED ON NETWORK. I've searched a lot and not successful but with a clear cause of all this. It seems the IMEI in the device differ from the one on the back under the battery.

So how do i restore the original imei? I've seen a couple of solutions that don't work.


texts: Note4 freezes and crashes except when running aLogrec

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My Note4 started locking up and crashing after the last OS update a week or so ago (to 6.0.1). I ended up having to do a factory reset twice. The first time I tried to restore from Google's backup and had the same problems.

I also installed aLogrec and found that the problems seemed less frequent.
Unfortunately i never managed to get at the logs before the reset.
After the last reinstall I just kept aLogrec running and had no problem for about 2 days. Today I turned off  aLogrec and had 2 lock ups within several hours.

The lockup are so severe that I need to remove the battery. Holding down the power button for over a minute does not help.

What would explain this behaviour?


texts: Difference between preferred network types

texts: What's the difference between GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, EVDO, and LTE? How do they relate to the network icon labels? Which one is 3G? Which ones are E, H and H+?


texts: I am on Miui and the default setting for the Preferred Network Type doesn't want to save. I want to change it but when ever I close it it won't save. Anyone knows how to fix it?


texts: adb shell sends \r\n instead of \n. Can I tell adb to not change the datastream (just like I can with ssh)?


texts: How can I get photos and videos to directly save in system folder? (phone is rooted)

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I integrated the SD card with phone memory to get more storage. Well, stupid decision.
Now something went wrong and only the system folder can be seen. Nothing anywhere else.
Thus, I can't save anything on the phone because it says memory full.
Untill I can figure out out how to extract my files from the SD or to fix this issue, I want to be able to take photos and videos.
How can I get the media taken to save in system folder? Perhaps an app that could do that? I'm guessing it'd need superuser (root) privileges do do so. My phone (Moto C Plus - Android 7).is rooted already.
Appreciate any help I can get!


texts: Using Android Mock Location + Usb Tethering

texts: I need to have a different location on my Pc , maybe a 5km diffrent , so my question is , if i use some app from the market (example: FakeGPS) and use usb tethering ,  will my Geolocation Ip be on the lat&lon that i set from the app ?


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$ cp a b
Cannot write to 'b' (Quota exceeded).
# df -h .
Filesystem     Size  Used  Avail Use% Mounted on
/data/media    110G  102G  7.8G  93%  /storage/emulated

I can copy the file perfectly fine in the app's filesystem so it isn't a hardware failure

/dev/block/dm-2 /data


texts: Buy Android phone, install Android from source, have Nexus S -like experience?

texts: I'm new to Android. I understand that although the Nexus S is built by Samsung that it has a stock standard Android image (whatever that means) and so it considered a "pure" Google phone. If I were to buy any Android phone and install a clean Android image from source (I assume this is possible... I heard it is fully open sourced) then do I effectively get a "pure" Google experience a la the Nexus S? Compared to the Nexus S, would I be lacking anything (software-wise)?


texts: How can I unlock and configure my Nexus One without a SIM card?

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I have a Nexus One which I want to send to my mother.  Where do I go to have it unlocked?

Does it run the latest version of Android and can I install apps without a SIM card?


texts: Will WhatsApp deliver a message that was accidentally sent while data was off?

texts: I'm using Whatspp on a Moto G (1st Gen) mobile. Today I've accidentally sent a message to my friend while my mobile data was in off mode. I have deleted that message immediately. Now will the message be delivered to my friend if i turn on the mobile data?


texts: Stuck in twrp after trying to root Samsung A7(2018)

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I tried to root my samsung A7 yesterday, I flashed twrp with odin and when I try to install magisk it says "Zip file is corrupt",
I don't have any OS now and I'm left with only twrp.
I flashed twrp again different times with odin but same.
I can't boot in fastboot and when I tried with adb sideload my device is not discoverable.
I followed all the steps from this video Youtube Video when I tried to root my device.
Is there anyway to bring my samsung back or it's bricked?
Device Model: A750FN


texts: I was trying to secure me phone. I had turned on pattern. Then thought for extra security I would turn on Smart Lock. Note the pattern lock is gone. I want to feel that I can leave my phone on the coffee table and walk away.


texts: Saving Notes when I change an Android phone

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I have a Xiaomi MI3 and I'll buy the new Xiaomi MI6. In my current phone I have many notes (about 150 notes that I have to save).

Is there a way to save notes in order to have them in the next phone? Because I dont'know how to save them using the google account or the Mi account.


texts: Tasker profile to turn off WiFi if while on the move (e.g. on bus) so open networks don't temporarily connect

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I'm trying to get into Tasker. It seems useful but fairly buggy. Maybe because I'm on Android 11 with root.
When I'm on the bus playing games, it gets interrupted when an open WiFi comes in range and the phone tries to switch to it over data. I have tried a few profiles/task but they're unreliable.
Where I live there's a very common ISP provided WiFi with SSID ShawOpen. So the logic I'm thinking of
when Chess, ClashOfClans launched
if wifi not connected OR ssid eq "ShawOpen"
then turn off wifi

I have two profiles, both started when game is launched. One links to a task which turns off wifi if %WIFII doesn't contain "connection". The other task contains "test net > store wifi ssid in %ssid" then turn off swifi if ssid eq "ShawOpen".
I also tried this solution from UnkleMike
Profile: Wi-Fi Off (537)
    Restore: no
    Application: Barcode Scanner
Enter: Anon (577)
    A1: Test Net [ Type:Wifi SSID Data: Store Result In:%ssid ]
    A2: Flash [ Text:%ssid Long:Off ]
    A3: If [ %ssid !Set | %ssid eq ShawOpen ]
    A4: WiFi [ Set:Off ]
    A5: End If

Here is an error message it sometimes got
18.58.24/E Test Net: %ssid -> %ssid
18.58.24/TD getStatic: Active load: true - ExecuteService
18.58.24/E result: stop task (error)
18.58.24/Variables doreplresult: |%ssid| -> |%ssid|
18.58.24/E Error: 1
18.58.24/MacroEdit action finished exeID 1 action no 0 code 341 status: Err next 0

I think there's sometimes an error in obtaining SSID and it sometimes has value of <unknown> I have an always-on VPN which may mess things up.
In Tasker what's the best way to 1) test if WiFi is connected to anything and 2) get the SSID if connected. Does Tasker have types for example should it be nescecary to check if %ssid is set before checking if it's value is "ShawOpen"?


texts: Galaxy Note 3 (5.0) crashes when moving apps to SD ~30% of the time; latest crash lost some system settings & home button is now being weird

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Got a bit of a hopefully-not-too-interesting one :)

For reasons unknown, my (secondhand) Note 3 seems to have a bit of a tendency to crash when I use the "Move to SD card" button in App info. Doesn't happen every time.

By "crash", I mean that: everything freezes for about 5 seconds (I often notice this and go "...ah, it's gone again"), the screen goes black momentarily, the Samsung bootup animation runs for about a minute, and then it's back at the lockscreen. It doesn't show the Android logo/splashscreen that I see if I perform a device restart, just the Samsung animation.

I'm actually new to Android, so I don't know if I'm witnessing some sort of respring sort of thing or what. In any case the above is what happens.

I knew that something was a bit wonky/flaky, but I just accepted it as "normal" for this device (put it down to "eh, it's an old version of Android") and I figured the reboot-thing it was doing was resolving whatever the issue was.

The app transfer process seems to make the CPU get mildly impressively hot, but I don't expect that this has any impact. (Translation, I hope very very much that this thing was system-integrated properly and I didn't make it legitimately overheat ;))

IIUC, on Android 5, moving apps to the SD card can only be done via App info, manually, on a per-app basis. All AppMgr III can do for me to batch-move apps over is queue up hundreds of App Info windows so I can hit the Move button myself. Each transfer takes about 2 minutes and that's annoying enough, but the semi-continuous reboots meant I had to keep opening AppMgr, reselecting everything, ...

Soooo, I finally finished a script this afternoon (...:D...) that uses ADB to poke around in the package list, figure out what's on internal storage, open the App info window using the ActivityManager, figure out whether a given app is movable (based on whether the Move button is clickable), and if it is, click the Move button to move the app over. (The script also implements a bunch of heuristics to figure out when the phone has "crashed": it's actually accessible via adb shell the entire time, but a bunch of services stop then restart.)

To clarify, this script basically just poked the screen at the right moment so I didn't have to keep staring at the phone. After some final tweaks it happily dug its way down my list of (way too many) games and apps all afternoon. My guess is that the CPU was sitting at a minimum of 60° for a while. :/

I happened to check in on the phone after probably the 4th or 5th move-induced crash, and noticed it was behaving very strangely: the font settings were wrong, some persistent notifications I have open (system monitors) were gone, and the Home button wasn't doing anything.

My launcher configuration was still intact (whew), my phone still knew its lock code and my Wi-Fi's PSK. But things like font settings, keyboard preferences, etc etc were all gone.

Hard-resetting (Power+Home for 30sec), standard restarts, and wiping the cache partition from the recovery options have not restored my Home button's functionality.

What's really weird is that

Pressing Home when the screen is off wakes the device up
Pressing Home repeatedly enables Talkback
Pressing Home twice doesn't do anything
Pressing it once doesn't do anything
Long-pressing doesn't open the recent activity view

Also - the quick-access buttons in the pull-down menu have all reverted back to factory settings, and the Settings and Show-All buttons have stopped working.

My next expected step is backing everything up and doing a full reset.

Just thought I'd share where I'm up to in case anyone has any other ideas.

Thanks for reading!


texts: What are the features that Motoblur has that vanilla Android does not have?


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My Sony Z3 Compact is currently unusable and I would like to flash the Marshmallow version of FXP.

Unfortunately it seems like I can't find any fastboot (or as device manager calls it: S1Boot Fastboot) driver for Windows 10.

Am I looking somewhere wrong or is there simply no fastboot driver out there for Windows 10 yet?

Regards


texts: Does turning "Background Data" off for an app apply to music?

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I'm trying to limit the chance of me accidentally using mobile data when I don't want to, and one of my techniques was going to be turning off the "Background data" option for most of my third party apps by individually toggling the setting under System > Apps & notifications > {app}. However, while testing this toggle, I noticed that it appeared as if Spotify was still downloading and playing music while my screen was off.

At first I thought maybe it was playing some cached music, so I decided to force stop the app to clear all memory usage, turn off my cell data and wifi, record the amount of background data the OS claimed it had currently used (25.00 MB), attempt to launch the app an play a song, background the app (bring up the home screen), and hit play on my headphones.

As I expected, Spotify didn't play anything when I relaunched the app w/o any radios on, but when I backgrounded the app and turned mobile data back on, it started playing music.

To make sure I wasn't being tricked by cache again, I checked what the OS recorded for background data and it said 25.92 MB (or, more than before I started - 25.00 MB).

I don't think I've conducted this experiment incorrectly, so is my understanding of the "Background Data" toggle incorrect, does this not apply to music (and third party streaming apps such as Spotify), or is there perhaps something wonky with my mobile device?


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I feel my old mobile with android 2 or 3 got bricked as it get stuck on boot logo each time but I can easily got into fastboot mode but in fastboot mode I can complete following commands like:

fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash splash splash.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img

But each time I run the following command

fastboot flash system system.img

The fastboot command stuck on

  Sending 'system' (124183 KB)

I can easily erase the system but cannot flash it.


texts: How to make the best out of the Samsung Galaxy SIII camera application

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Where can I find some good documentation concerning how to use the
features of the camera application installed on the Samsung Galaxy SIII
and how these features work under-the-hood? I would like to improve my
shots taken with the cameraphone.

Thanks.


texts: How can I remove com.android.service, launcher3, Medias and Shell?

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I own a cheap Chinese android phone which I use for my everyday tasks and I am having issues with what I understand is malware.

Frequently, Google Play informs me to

  Disable harmful app "com.android.service" can damage your device

which I proceed to do but to no avail; this happens around 5 to 10 times in a single day and I suspect it has to do with how often I enable my Wi-Fi and/or restart the device but I could be wrong.

I have installed Malwarebytes, AVGAntivirus and CCleaner. Occasionally, Malwarebytes and AVGAntivirus will identify some malware which will then go on to remove successfully.

I have had these applications occasionally flag something (app?) on my phone entitled launcher3 and Medias which I have unsuccessfully tried uninstalling.

Recently I found out I could restrict "launcher3"'s permissions which I went on and did.

I'm not sure if this is the case but since then, I have been experiencing pop-ups from something (app?) entitled "Shell" with ads and usually when firing Firefox (I don't use Chrome) and/or when I enable my Wi-Fi and/or when I restart my device, Firefox opens a some random add-like tab.

I don't know if it's for the better or for the worse but in the majority of cases whatever ad content I'm being served doesn't display correctly, only partially.

My question is pretty straightforward:

What do I have to do to get rid of all these nuisances and be able to use my phone as intended?


texts: Clone userdata from xcover-3 to xcover-3ve g388f -> g389f

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I have some very special questions for you.
My friend gave me a broken xcover-3 g388f.
He wants the data on it, so I "Chip off" the internal memory and read it out with a  chip reader. Now he came to me with a newer Xcover-3 model, the g389f and want his data on it. Is there a way to copy the userdata like phonecalls, adressbook and aps from the imagefile of the userdata area on the new model?
I´ve made a backup from the newer phone with twrp an if I compare the two userdata partitions the newer has a smaller size than the older g388f.

Is there a way to mount the backup from the g389f in linux and copy files into it from the chip-off image and write it back to the phone?

Thanks in advice, hope someone can give a good answer.


texts: Can I use Jio SIM in the second slot of my Redmi 3s Prime phone? The second SIM slot is a nano type SIM slot. Please clear my doubt as soon as you can.


texts: android app install overwrites /data/data/com.my.app

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Background: As part of an upgrade to A6/MM, I ended up having to wipe my phone. I did however back up /data/app and /data/data before I wiped. After the upgrade I rsync'ed /data/data back to the phone. Then I proceeded to re-install some apps from google play.

I expected the app data in /data/data to be used, but instead the app install first failed, but on 2nd attempt the install worked (finished), BUT it overwrote all my settings (etc) that I had restored into /data/data. My question is, how do I avoid this? Was the first install fail because the app installer saw the old data?

The app in question was Zoiper Lite, but I don't think the specific app is terribly significant. Is there something about wiping (factory reset) that causes the apk install process to expect no data and therefore fail, but then erasing data if you insist with a 2nd attempt? Of course, what I really want is a workaround so I can install the app AND keep the old data. I have lots of apps for which I would like to do this, so it is definitely a problem...


texts: How to use Android phone desktop fix-rotated?

texts: I have Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos GT-i9082 Duos Android 4.2.2 mobile phone. Normally whether I open "Screen Rotation" or not, the desktop holds itself as vertical. (Picture 1) Today, in faulty maybe, I captured rotated desktop screen (Picture 2), and I thought, why couldn't we use our phone screen fix-rotated? Is there a option to select that? Can I rotate it without any app. installed?


texts: Port to port routing in rooted android device locally

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I want to route the incoming TCP packets of one specific IP.
Packet can arrive on any port on android. Packet needs to be forwarded to one specific port on the same device, Without using middleware server (router etc) .
Can SSH server or firewall be used? Or is there any other solution to this problem?


texts: Lack of available storage on my Samsung Galaxy Tablet

texts: My samsung galaxy tablet is low on storage and i have no idea where the storage is being used.   When I go into setting and look up storage I get a reading for the various sources documents,apps,pictures, etc.  When I add up the usage I get about 5G.  The usaged defined on the tablet is 15G.  Where is the other 10G being consumed.  Cache has all been cleared so I know it is not that and that should have been in the 5G anyways.  Is it the operating system?


texts: How do I prod my Droid 2 into resync'ing Facebook profile pictures?

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The Motorola Droid 2 supports, from out-of-the-box, the notion of logging in with not only a Google account, but also a Facebook and Twitter account, and maintains three separate groups of contacts for each of those. It also supports the notion of both manually and automatically linking, say, a Facebook contact to a Google contact. This merges all of the information into a single contact. As this is my first Android phone, I cannot be sure how much of this is basic Android functionality, but I am under the impression a lot of it is from Motorola's MOTOBLUR, and is specific to Motorola handsets.

One problem with it, however, is that a Facebook contact's profile portrait never changes once it's set! When someone changes their Facebook profile portrait, I even get a notification in my timeline that they changed their portrait, with a clickable thumbnail of the new portrait, but their contact image in my phone doesn't ever actually change!

Is there a way to prod MOTOBLUR into resync'ing Facebook profile portraits? I am not looking for a basic Android application that will try to manually download images and manually match Google names to Facebook names, which would cause more problems than it would solve. I am looking to leverage the functionality already inherent in my MOTOBLUR contacts, and just prod the phone into realizing all of it's images are grossly out of date.


texts: Can I install Ice Cream Sandwich on my HTC Wildfire?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?
  Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

Please, I want to install Ice Cream Sandwich on my HTC Widlfire, can I do?
If I can, how?

Thanks so much.


texts: Unpinning apps when using Gesture-based system navigation

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I've recently acquired a Redmi Note 5, and I quite appreciate the gesture navigation. (Settings -> System & Device -> Full screen display -> Full screen gestures) However, I also like using app pinning when friends borrow my phones.

Traditionally, to unpin an app you have to hold Back and Overview at the same time. But in gesture mode, there is no navigation bar to press buttons in.

As it currently stands, I have to reboot the phone to unpin an app, which is impractical for various reasons.

Is there a way to unpin apps using gestures? (Or perhaps unpin with the fingerprint sensor or something like that, anything not involving the navigation bar. Or maybe even disabling gesture mode when an app is pinned)


texts: How to reuse phone board without casing, screen

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I have galaxy j7 2016 board with this rom installed. I have a lot of knowledge about hardware but my question is how to access shell without screen if usb debugging is not enabled? I basically want to control system via adb. I have board, both cameras, both speakers and vibration motor. Im planning to add antennas.

Board rev: SM-J710F_REV03 2016.03.15 V10

Can someone explain me how to take control over phone without screen and digitizer?


texts: How to easily access and browse 100GB of photos of the local network's NAS?

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I don't use Google Photos, iCloud photos or any other (distant) cloud photos storage service.
All my 100 GB photos are stored on a hard drive connected on a NAS of my home router (of course, I have backup on other disks distant from home, etc. but that's another off-topic question...).
From my Android phone, how to easily browse the photos of my local network's NAS? With thumbnails, etc. like most photo browsers.

NB: my NAS is a DIY-NAS made with a Raspberry Pi, with a SMB Samba server, but I can easily install another server on this Raspberry Pi if needed.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to easily record a phone conversation in-progress?

What I mean is, to record by default all incoming and outgoing phone call (both sides of the conversation), without having to do any manual action in every call.

Secondly, is this legal?


texts: Password too long to type in android device.Locked out from android device manager

texts: I have set a password from android device manager but it is too long to type from the phone - i cant change the password from the device manager. What do i do?


texts: Xperia V require root permissions every time

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I have Xperia V 9.1.A.1.140 and I just rooted it using "Root Many Android" (see closer decription on XDA), and now I installed Titanium Backup and every time the app loads it requires permissions multiple times and every time I try to uninstall and app, why is that?

EDIT: And here is the solution - I also rooted it with motochopper (again described at XDA) which installs the SuperSU, and in now only asks the SuperSU for permissions only once and it's working fine now.


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My HTC One (M8) is a little soft-bricked being that the drive is encrypted.
I can't factory reset in CWM recovery because it says

formatting /sd-ext
E: Unknown volume for path /sd-ext
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure
Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure
skipping format
formatting /storage/sdcard1/.android_secure
Data wipe complete
press any key to continue

I can flash ROMs but my Hboot is 3.16 and I have S-ON. Since firewater is discontinued I can't use that to S-OFF and update.

I have a feeling that my options are to get a Lollipop ROM and then unencrypt (KK uses password not pattern) or have to wipe the device some how.

I do have a custom recovery installed, and the device is rooted.


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I am messing with an old Android my Little Sister had before she switched to the “darkside” (iPhone).

It has a 4 pin lockscreen (Not 3rd party) and my sister forgot the pin. I removed it from device manager years ago cause she didn’t use it, so I can’t remote whipe or anything.

Being a casual user, my sister never enabled USB Debugging, so I can’t connect to a PC and access it that way.

The WiFi is off and her service was discontinued 2 years ago so I can’t do anything that way.

Tracfone also disabled recovery mode, so holding Power+Vol+ sends it into a bootloop until I let go and it boots to Android. I tried every possible combo and even letting go and clicking them again to no luck.

It’s an LG Optimus Fuel running non-rooted Android 4.4 with the LG Optimus UI Launcher.

I assume it’s a brick, but is there any thing I can try?


texts: Images have disappeared from gallery, but still in "My Files" (Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, 5.0.2)

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (64GB) running Android Lollipop 5.0.2 which I've had since release day (April 10th 2015) and as the title mentions, there seems to be an issue in that my images are no longer displaying in the default gallery app. I also have quite a lot of music on the phone which doesn't display in the "Music Player" anymore. I'm not sure what causes the photos and music to disappear as it seems to be totally random. I can still see the files in the default file manager "My Files".

The first time it happened I thought that it may have been a glitch so did a factory reset and everything was fine again (although it does take about 3 hours for me to get the phone just how I like it). It then happened a second time a few days later and so I did another factory reset. When it happened the third time I was getting pretty annoyed and took it to my local Samsung Repair Centre where they said it was a software problem and they would have to reinstall Android and it would be sorted. However, 5 days later it happened again so I went back to Carphone Warehouse where I purchased the contract from and demanded a new phone as it had to be an issue with the phone as I couldn't find a record of it happening to anyone else and Samsung had already eliminated a software problem.

NOW, 2 weeks after I got a new phone IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN! The images were there this morning and come this evening they have all disappeared from the gallery and again the music has disappeared. I've done nothing out of the ordinary with my phone today so cannot identify what has happened.

If I take new pictures on the camera, they appear in the gallery fine, but the old ones do not. If I look in "My Files" I can see that the old images are in the exact same location as the new photo that I've just taken... It's almost like they are hidden from the gallery. If I install an app such as QuickPic all the images are displayed in there, both new and old however I cannot use this for sharing images to facebook etc so it's not ideal.

The same applies to the music files that I have. If I look in "My Files" I can see them but they do not appear in "Music Player" which means that all my alarm tones have been set back to their default tracks i.e. "Morning Flower".

The screenshots below shows all the images that are currently in the Camera folder where only the top one appears in the gallery and only the top one is in the Images Category in "My Files".

I've had a play around with all sorts of settings, cleared the cache partition, clicked "Show Hidden Files" in "My Files" and rebooted the phone several times but there still seems to be an issue. I've also deleted the "Media Data" from the "Media Storage App" which emptied my gallery but on reboot didn't do a rescan (or at least didn't get any results). As it's an S6 Edge there is no SD card so it shouldn't be an issue with mounting the disk (although it wouldn't make sense since the new files are in the same location as the old ones).

I've managed to find a couple of people with a similar issue on AE but they've not had a response see here and here.

Is there some sort of debug log that I can create and upload to somewhere? Could it be a specific combination of apps that I've got since there are minimal people with the same issue?

I'd be grateful for any ideas as it's driving me insane!

Thanks in advance,

Adam.

EDIT: I've linked up my phone to the computer and run adb logcat but the log is huge and I'm not sure what I'm looking for. The following error appears fairly frequently:

  < 6>[18330.193843] [6:MediaScannerSer:22775] binder: 3874:22775
  transaction failed 29189, size 416-0

If there is a specific bit in the log that would be helpful, please let me know and I'll do my best to extract it.

EDIT 2: Is there a procedure that I can follow to create a bug report that I can then send to Google or Samsung?


texts: Can I access the filesystem of an android device?

texts:
I have an android device that doesn't start because it tries to activate carrier's network.  Its out-of-contact CDMA mobile which was ported to another carrier. I accidently did a reset and after that it awlays tried to activate carrier.

Currently when I connect it, I can see it as MTP Device, but I don't see the filesystem. Is it possible for me to go to the filesystem directly and remove possible apk's that cause this?

I am thinking of chroot-ing or something similar into the system and remove all the stuff that could trigger this activation. Do I need to use ADB shell or to connect to the device?


texts: Sending intents with adb with ACTION_VIEW, setData, and putExtra?

texts:
How do I convert the following java code to an adb command?

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(Uri.parse("com.glass.videoglass://"));
intent.putExtra("startFromWS", true);
startActivity(intent);

The only thing I've seen so far is

adb shell am start -n com.package.name/com.package.name.ActivityName


texts:
Can anyone explain me how to use Skype app on Android 2.3.5, because it is no longer available on Play Store for this Android version?

Thankful in advance


texts: I have a problem with an Android device when it pairs with a Bluetooth dongle. This device (Honda Connect) shows up a dialog asking to put a certain pin on the bluetooth dongle to pair (0000) ... unfortunately this dongle has a different pin and it's not possibile to 'change' such pin (AFAIK). Is there a way to change the default pin from 0000 to a different one?


texts: How To enable The "disable factory reset disabled by kill switch"

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I am trying to block some one who has physical access to the device from factory resetting it- in the settings menu and by pressing Power_key + Volume_Down_Key and resetting  it there.
I Have Seen This Done In The Past.
This device is a LG Exalt Flip Phone - it has no google account assigned to it as a owner
I Would Like To Do This Without Any 3rd party Software, Rather in a custom app i would make OR any Other Admin Control
Any Information Would Be GREATLY Appreciated
Thank You


texts: Accelerometer on Moto G is bad from factory?

texts:
I got a Motorola Moto G a few weeks ago and unfortunately it came with what I suspect is a failing accelerometer. I say that because when I open any level (bubble) application it reads random numbers in a wide range, even after the app calibration and on a flat surface (no sensor calibration on the phone settings).
Let me show you the video to make it easier to understand: http://youtu.be/FD35Uk4HmXo
I tried four different applications and all of them show the same symptoms- the bubble moving randomly in almost one full degree. When I talked to Motorola technicians they blamed the application(s), so they recommended me to return the phone and get a new one. To my surprise the new device (the one shown in the video) does the same exact thing!
Now I wonder, do I have bad luck and got two defective Moto G? Or they messed up and put a bad sensor in the devices? Or I am doing something wrong!?
Does anyone have this issue with their own Moto G? Thanks :-)


texts:
When I bought my Samsung Galaxy SIII, there was a big buzz about the new phones
on the market supporting NFC (Near-Field Communications). However, given that
Blutooth exchange of files and even the somewhat more powerful Wi-Fi Direct
protocols were already available to allow files to be exchange, it seems
to me that yet another technology (NFC), when used to transfer files,
doesn't add much to what was already available.

Hence, the true value of NFC should be its ability to read RFID (Radio-Frequency
Identification) tags. However, I have not been able to find any of these devices
anywhere, and I'm not sure if it's because these are less used abroad where I am
living or not. So, where can I find these devices?


texts: Unlock bootloader using fastboot using Ubuntu/Linux

texts:
I am trying to unlock bootloader for my HTC Legend.

I have ADT (Android SDK according to release 21.1) on my Ubuntu/Linux box.

While following the HTCDev instructions to unlock bootloader of HTC Legend.

I can adb devices that results as under

List of devices attached
HTXXXXXXXXXX    device

But fastboot devices does not result any thing.

When I reboot my phone to FASTBOOT USB mode and plug in the USB cable to phone and connect to PC/Ubuntu.

fastboot oem get_identifier_token
results as following and sit idle.
< waiting for device >

I have cross checked for certain things:

The default USB mode is Charge Only
The USB Debugging is enabled

But on my ubuntu box there are no drivers and no HTC Sync installed.

What am I missing here?
Can I do it from Ubuntu, as I don't have windows?

UPDATE: My device's HBOOT is 1.00.0000

UPDATE2: I just tried with sudo fastboot devices and returned.

HTXXXXXXXXXX    fastboot

Now when I do sudo fastboot oem get_identifier_token it returns:

...
(bootloader) [ERR] Command error !!!
OKAY [  0.010s]
finished. total time: 0.010s


texts: How to access home screen settings with Galaxy S5 Neo?

texts:
I just bought the new Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo that has Android 5.1.1 as the default OS OOTB.

First thing I noticed is that the home screen transition effects are gone (3D rotation/card stack) so I wanted to turn them on. This proved hard as I can't find how to access the home screen settings where the transition effects can be enabled/disabled.

I tried to press and hold on empty home screen (the way it was done with my previous phone Galaxy S3) but the only options there are themes, widgets and wallpapers so home screen settings is missing.

Does anyone know where I can turn on those transition effects?

EDIT: It also seems that there is some micro lag and stutter when quickly swiping home screens or application menu screens. I tried out a few custom launchers and I noticed that the micro lag is gone. I can only assume that the problem lies within the TouchWiz version? Maybe some bug?

Thank you! :)


texts:
Can I send an SMS message via one click or touch?

Can I have an icon or shortcut that would let me send an SMS message to a certain phone number with predefined text?


texts: How can I turn off android market sync while roaming?

texts:
I had an issue with an travel now. I turned off sync on my android device and urned on data while roaming.

I expected that no sync would occur while in this setting, but suddenly the automatic marketing updates turned in and before I could turn it off it had downloaded a large number of MB's of automatic upgraded apps at a ridiculous rate.

I find it terrible hard to believe that Google has let this issue slip? Is this a known issue with Android or a bug?


texts: Contacts backup with multiple Google accounts

texts: How can one manage backup when you have one device or two devices and 2 or 3 Google accounts? (Work, personal, family)


texts: How to play single album on Spotify when bluetoothed?

texts:
When I am riding in my car I have my android phone hooked up to the sound system via bluetooth. I download an album to the Spotify app my phone at home on wifi because I am cheap and don't want to pay data costs. When I listen to a downloaded album on repeat, then only the downloaded album plays. However, if I do not have the album set on repeat, then, when the album is over, Spotify starts playing something else. Usually it is something on a different album by the same artist. This incurs data costs, which I would like to avoid. So, is this a bug or a feature? How can I listen to a single album with Spotify and have it stop playing when the album is over when I'm hooked up to bluetooth in my car?

(NB: I haven't tried this outside of my car using cellular data, so I'm not sure if that detail is spurious or important.)


texts: apps automatically open in my cell phone screen how

texts: In my cell phone Micromax canvas L A 108, Apps automaticall open and in my messaging screen "i" text automatically typing continously. is it a software problem or display problem. please give the answer


texts:
How can I turn on google maps speedometer alerts on exceeding the speed limits?

waze has a good system , it shows your speed and puts a red circle around it if you go over the speed limit.

But I don't see it on google maps

I am in the Uk and have read that google maps has rolled out that feature for the UK..
https://www.slashgear.com/google-maps-on-screen-speedometer-will-warn-you-if-youre-speeding-06579422/
"Aside from not being available on Android Auto yet, this new Google Maps feature is rolling out to users in limited markets rather slowly. Those include Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, the UK, and the US. No need to update anything as it seems to be a server-side switch that only Google can flip.
The on-screen speedometer is just the most recent Waze feature added to Google Maps"

I see the speedometer, just not the alert when over the speed limit.

I see pictures on google images like

But not on my phone

I have gone to settings..navigation setings..driver options.. and I have speedometer turned on and 'driving notifications' turned on, they were on anyway by default. But still it doesn't show me speed limit.

As a workaround I wouldn't mine an app that shows the speed limit in the corner of the screen but I don't know of such a thing either. The closest I have is Waze which has the speedometer with alerts, and I can make google maps small and sit it in the middle of a waze window. But then google maps is very small. I don't like waze that much i'd rather not have to use it just for that.


texts:
On my Nexus 5 phone, WIFI and Bluetooth services stopped working all of a sudden. I recently got an update for 5.1 version, but could not update as some system files got corrupted. I tried a factory data reset but the issue still persists. Now I am trying to flash 5.01 OS and it is failing. Below is the log I have. Can anyone please suggest a solution to get my nexus back into working?

target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (3807 KB)...
OKAY [  0.363s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: invalid bootloader image)
finished. total time: 0.543s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [  0.098s]
finished. total time: 0.098s
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'radio' (67169 KB)...
OKAY [  2.907s]
writing 'radio'...
FAILED (remote: size too large)
finished. total time: 3.088s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [  0.097s]
finished. total time: 0.098s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 1679613116 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Press any key to exit...


texts:
Keyboard application uses 845 MB of my phone data which is really too much.
I want to delete data, but I am afraid that I will delete words predictions too.
Is there any solutions for me? Maybe there is option to decide what will be deleted. Cache memory is only 300 kb. I tried to move app to SD card but that option moves only application not data, and I started getting message that SwiftKey stopped working. After moving it back, works correctly again.

Hope someone can help me,
tnx


texts: why can't I download apps with 29 gigabytes of free memory on sd card

texts: I have 29 gigabytes of free storage on my sd card yet when I try to download more apps I get the insufficient storage message. All apps that I am able to move to sd card are. No matter how many apps I download the amount of free storage on sd card remains at 29 gigabytes.


texts: How to Pause Chromecast Screen Mirroring

texts:
TL;DR: How do I, when casting my device's screen through the Chromecast app to a Chromecast, pause the stream? Aka, the Chromecast shows a fixed image of my screen while I change screens on my phone.

More Info

Specifically, I've been using my phone to help me run a D&D campaign. I want to be able to show pre-designed maps on the screen, but also be able to swap to my notes on Google Drive (obviously without the players seeing those notes). I know I can stop/start streaming, but that doesn't leave the image on the screen, and is a lot of extra work.

The low-tech solution I have right now is just using a notebook for my meet notes, but I would like to be able to use my phone for most of it if I can.


texts: I have never flashed rom or anything close to it on my mobile so far. I have a nexus-4 and would like to install 4.4 KitKat from the factory image published by Google. Is there any site that provides detailed steps on how to do it?


texts: Adopt storage on Samsung Tab S6 - do migrate step from terminal

texts:
I tried using my sd card as internal storage on my Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 using this guide. But in the gui there is no option to "Migrate data", so I cannot do the last step.

It still worked in the sense that I can move apps to the SD card and they work. When I go to the Anroid system settings I get 150GB of 640GB used (i.e. total on both) and if I select the SD card I get the option to format as portable storage, so it's definitely recognized as adopted storage.

But the Samsung file manager now doesn't work anymore (keeps crashing immediately after launch, never displays) and the shared storage is still only the internal storage, i.e.

$ df -h
Filesystem                             Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root                              5.8G  4.7G  1.1G  82% /
tmpfs                                  2.4G  1.5M  2.4G   1% /dev
tmpfs                                  2.4G     0  2.4G   0% /mnt
tmpfs                                  2.4G     0  2.4G   0% /mnt/secure
/dev/block/dm-3                        477G  4.1G  473G   1% /mnt/expand/64d7c406-5e2c-40e8-9cb9-b96d10aff34a
/dev/block/dm-1                        969M  855M  113M  89% /product
/dev/block/dm-2                        1.2G  1.0G  206M  84% /vendor
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/dsp       59M   28M   31M  48% /vendor/dsp
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/cache    390M  8.7M  381M   3% /cache
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/sec_efs   16M  1.0M   15M   7% /efs
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata 110G   94G   16G  86% /data
/data/media                            110G   94G   16G  86% /storage/emulated

And I can't access /mnt/expand/*, permission denied.

Any ideas how to fix, i.e. probably run the migrate step from terminal somehow?


texts: Mount Samsung S10 file system to Windows 10

texts: Is it not possible to mount and browse the file system with Samsung Galaxy S10 if I connect it to Windows 10? With Galaxy S8 it was possible and I could easily traverse the file system of the phone to make sure that I did and did not have files in the phone before I erased and reset it. Now I want to erase and reset my S10 but I find no good way of checking its file system the way that I did with the S8.


texts:
How can I erase my phone completely and securely before selling it for someone else? I have read that secure deletion procedures used on regular hard disks are ineffective on flash drives connected through USB, due to inability to tell the embedded controller to effectively erase all of the data, or something like that.

Not sure about internal storage though (both phone storage and internal SD card), however both of this and the SD card should be erased securely, so that I can be absolutely sure that none of my private data will be available to the next user.


texts: Apps aren't auto updating despite of setting and of notifications

texts:
Every morning I turn off the alarm on my phone, look at it, see there aren't any updates and unplug it.

A few seconds later I'll start to receive several notifications about apps that need updates. These updates will not automatically download or install even though I've set that option in the Play Store; instead they sit waiting until I manually go to the Play Store and hit "Update All."

My phone spends all night plugged in and on Wi-Fi; why aren't they updating then?

For reference, I'm running an LG V20, with Android version 7.0. Play Store is version 8.5.39. If it matters, my alarm is set for 3:45 am. I didn't see any option in the store to change the update time.


texts: I've killed my phone. I tried to install CyanogenMod following a tutorial, but now my phone won't start. How can I recover it? Is there a tool can I can use to reflash it?


texts: How does Whatsapp use my mobile fingerprint in their app?

texts:
How does Whatsapp access my fingerprint?

WhatsApp did not ask permission to use my fingerprint.

Then how do they use my fingerprint for unlocking?


texts: Can an app with root permission access another app data?

texts:
I have an rooted android phone and use root apps like greenify regularly.

Recently i have installed my Bank application on my phone and the bank application is not allowing me to login as my phone is rooted. Even in last pass also it gives an warning that it is vulnerable as my phone is rooted.

I wanted to know whether one app with root permission can access other apps data.

For Example:

I have given complete root permission to greenify and can greenify access the stored files on some other application just like lastpass(I haven't given root permission to lastpass. I knew lastpass encrypts data on client side too. But i wanted whether it can access the data irrelevant of its encryption ) .


texts: What is "Common data service" app in the preinstalled app list?

texts:
when I searched for installed app from setting>App then under ALL heading I found the "Commmon data service" app with unknown/suspicious icon.
is it a android pre-installed system app?
or something from unknown sources?
Device is: HTC Desire 620g, dual sim with Android version=kitkat 4.4.2, & Kernel version=3.4.67

pls help..


texts:
I want to find way how one may export and import data from gboard app.

I want to make backup of my data and in future have an ability to move my words to a new phone

Also, I need an way to mass-add done words and remove some of my misspellings that gboard keeps recommending after I used them.

In case that it is relevant - I am using a Xiaomi Redmi 4 phone, without root access.


texts: How to view a website containing Indic fonts in Android browser?

texts:
Recently, I tried viewing a website on my Android device. Some of the content of the website contains text in a specific Indic font. I noticed that the website is not displayed in the Android browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etcetera) as it is displayed on my PC. The intended font (Indic font) is replaced by another font, when viewed in any browser on my Android device.
As I have root access on my Android mobile, I moved the indicfont.ttf file (which I downloaded from the Internet) to the /system/fonts folder and restarted my phone. Now, I can view the website perfectly (but only on Firefox browser for Android).
I have the following questions to ask:

Can someone please explain all the steps involved in the process of displaying the Indic font by Firefox browser (in the particular scenario explained above)? The indicfont.ttf was placed in the /system/fonts directory.
Why does the previous solution only work on Firefox browser and not on other mobile browsers?

Most importantly, could you suggest a possible solution for non-rooted Android phones? It is okay even if it is a difficult solution to implement.

My device: (Android 4.4.4, Firefox 32.0.1)

EDIT:
There are many fonts for Sanskrit (Devanāgarī script) among which the following two are the ones in the scenario: Sanskrit2003 and Mangal.

These are some important facts that are derived from a good
source about Indic fonts available on this site.

  From Android 4.0 on wards, Tamil and other few languages are supported through browser as said in Android 4.x API overview as
  seen below.

  Support for Indic fonts (Devanagari, Bengali, and Tamil, including the complex character support needed for combining glyphs) in WebView and the built-in Browser.

My issue is that the default support given by the browsers display the Sanskrit text in Mangal font and not in Sanskrit2003 font (a superior font compared to Mangal ).

  Source of the image
The whole issue is to let the android mobile browser display Sanskrit (which is intended to be displayed in Sanskrit2003 font) to be displayed in the intended font and not in Mangal (which is very less superior in comparison with Sanskrit2003 ).

Thanks.


texts: Where is my TWRP backups on encrypted Android?

texts:
I encrypted my Android tablet which is a nexus 7. After that I did couple backups. Today I wanted to see the size of the total backups  so I open the TWRP folder on my sdcard. There is nothing there. I do not see them anywhere else either.

I made backups before encrypting my device. and TWRP backups always resided in the TWRP on the sdcard.

So where are the TWRP backups  after I encryted my device (via standard android enc).

I am using TWRP Cyanogenmod11 Android 4.4.4 , using a recent build from this month.

thanks


texts: How to synchronize Chrome web history on different Android devices?

texts:
In Chrome, I can find options to synchronize bookmarks, passwords, web search (nice feature) but nothing about my web history synchronization.

Am I missing an obvious option ? Is there an external application that could do that or should I try to synchronize manually my history ?

This is particulary annoying when doing a search in my desktop Chrome, looking for some results, trying one website, another... then later doing the same research on one of my Android device and re-trying the same websites and discover after loading that I already visited this site with no luck.


texts: To restore my newborn photoes: How to root LG G3 D852 (Canadian variant)?

texts: I connected my LG D852 with MM to the LG software, I had a pop-up that there is an upgrade so clicked OK thinking that the data will not be wiped as long as I will be still on MM. That was wrong! ALL data are wiped including my newborn first photos which are priceless to me. I tried some apps like diskdigger and some software on the PC but all of them require root to perform. I tried all rooting methods that I am aware of, but nothing is working. I can't downgrade to LP since writing on the internal memory is not a wise move to restore my data. Any ideas how to root that without having to downgrade?


texts: Blue pointer in Google Maps isn't moving, but stays still

texts:
I'm using Redmi Note 4 on Android 5.0 Lollipop. When I enter into the navigation mode of Google Maps, the pointer doesn't move at all. But when I exit the navigation mode, the pointer moves on the map.

The GPS is working finely, and the map is getting the info but doesn't work for the navigation mode only.

What is the reason, how to fix it?


texts: Internal Storage has no space even with SD card?

texts: So I have an LGK4 android phone with 8GB of storage, and lately I've been having really weird storage problems; When I try to install or update an app I can't because the storage is full; thing is, I've already cleared my cache, deleted unnecessary apps, and all my photos/videos etc are on the SD card. The apps I do have installed all come to 3.16GB, which theoretically should be the only things on the internal storage, but it still says I just have 611MB available? What happened to those 4GB? To top it all off, I can't access any files on the internal storage, it literally doesn't have any icon or button to access it, so I can't see what's causing this. Any ideas? Should I do a factory reset?


texts: Android - Check whether an app was sideloaded or installed via play store

texts:
I recently installed a third party application and never looked at its name or icon it came up with in the screen. But, after installation, I saw a notification from an app, that says Google Play Services had been updated.

This made me nervous that, the third party app I use was actually got updated through google play services. I have checked in Settings -> Apps -> Google play services, and at the bottom it says where it was installed and it says google play store.

Does this bit of information only mean when it was originally installed or does it also account for updates. For example, if I originally installed an app from the play store but then side loaded an update would it say installed through the play store or via a third party.

I also use solid explorer and checked the SHA1 hash of the app which matched with the hash I found online for that specific version of google play services.

Am I safe? And if so, does Google play services usually update in the background due to being prompted to check when you are updating other apps or is it just a coincidence.

Thanks. Sorry for the wall of text but I want to be sure i'm safe.


texts: My phone loses connection after sending 150-200 sms

texts: I'm sms spamming to my business number (because of a campaign from my provider). But after sending 150-200 sms from my personal number to any number my phone loses connection. I called the service provider of my personal phone that I use to send sms. They said it shouldn't happen. I'm using an application for sms spamming and it is sending 1 sms per second. Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32GB Android 7.0 rooted.


texts: What is the path of the bookmarks file for Chrome in Android 4.1.2? eg is it in the /sdcard/data directory or somewhere else?


texts: How can I check which mobile frequencies my phone supports?

texts: I received a Samsung Galaxy Nexus as a present (in Australia), however I'm not sure where it came from so I'm not sure what mobile frequency bands it supports. Is there a way to check which frequencies it supports so I know which mobile networks I should be looking at?


texts:
The navigation bar at the bottom of the screen has started flickering on my Samsung Galaxy S10. Sometimes more and sometimes less. When the screen light is set to low, it's barely visible and when set to high it's like the bar completely changes color from black to very bright but only for a short moment each time (not enough time to see what it actually is).
I've tried booting in safe mode, change the recommended developer options, uninstall recently installed apps, etc.
The problem started randomly and I have never dropped the phone or damaged it in any way.


texts: Light Flow not pushing email notifications to my Pebble

texts:
I've been trying to get everything set up on my new Nexus 5, and one of those things is getting notifications working properly, both on the phone itself as well as on my Pebble watch.  One problem I'm having right now (which I basically bypassed with my previous phone) is getting Light Flow to push notifications to my Pebble.  I know that Light Flow is handling notifications because the notification LED and vibrate settings are being used, but despite setting the "Send to Pebble" checkbox for the desired notifications, I'm not getting anything on my watch.  I did have it working with my past phone, though.

Before people ask in the comments, yes, I can still get notifications on my watch if they originate from the Pebble app.  However, I can't set the Pebble app to a sleep mode like I can with Light Flow.  There are also notifications that I can get from Light Flow that I can't get from the Pebble app, for instance low battery warning and lost cell connection that I also want.  Also, 3rd party notifications are enabled in Pebble.

Since I know that both Light Flow and Pebble are working independently, why can't I get them to work together?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S in boot loop after following cyanogen mod's full update guide

texts:
I have been following this guide to root my Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. I've followed it to the letter, but after I load the new kernel to the phone, the phone gets stuck in a boot loop. The phone restarts after the kernel is loaded, it gets to the "Galaxy S" splashscreen, and then it goes off and restarts. Nothing else happens.

I have tried to get in to the recovery mode by holding the power, home and volume up button, and all this seems to do is hang the phone when it displays the same splashscreen. It does nothing else.

I'm really stuck, I've tried reloading the kernel several times since but nothing happens (I can get in to Download mode). I've also read on another forum that you can press the power button and the volume up and down buttons, but these don't do anything.

Many thanks for the help!


texts: Can I Install Only The Google Account rather than the entire stack?

texts:
I am currently running an Aosp-based custom rom on Android 4.4.2 with zero bloatware, yeah, I detest bloatware. After going through struggles with the amount of resources Google's play services do to my phone and my phone's data usage.

I had to get rid of the entire gapps package for good by re-flashing the rom without flashing the gapps package. I've also had to do offline install of Android packages, and all apps requiring I've got an Active google account have had to suffer an unpremeditated uninstall.

Now, I have so far survived without a google account on this phone, I miss Chrome's Sync with my PC though, but I was just thinking if the gapps package could be extracted from the Android OS, is there an alternative/mod for those of us who only want explicitly a google account in Settings > Account without Play Store, Gmail....etc


texts: Is there really no true FM radio without earphones?

texts:
I am looking for an offline FM radio without antenna.
It was definitely possible on older devices with Android Jelly Bean, but I look for a non-root solution.
I know that FM radio requires a 75 cm antenna, that's why the stock FM radio app is forcing me to plug in earphones. But I need another app which ignores this physical requirement.
I see no reason why it shouldn't work for Android 7. But all the offline UKW/FM radio apps I found in Playstore are lying, these are just online radio apps, not using the built-in fm radio hardware.


texts: A way to play Viber Push To Talk Files with Sentimental Value

texts:
I have a folder with a bunch of Viber (the communication app) Push To Talk audio files, in a PTT folder.

They are from conversations between myself and my partner, who passed away a year ago. They were on a phone (Moto G 2nd Gen) that had a dead battery that I couldn't fix but somehow managed to resurrect itself last night after I charged it nonstop for 4 weeks. I was overjoyed and found my conversation with her in tact. However after browsing it a bit, as soon as I connected my old phone to the internet (I was planning to backup the conversation to my google drive), it seemed to overwrite my conversation with her, possibly as I have Viber installed on my newer phone (Moto G 3rd Gen) that I have been using for the last year. I now only get the 'Welcome to Viber' message when I open the app. Surely the entire conversation wasn't deleted in that split second? I see that viber has 404mb taking up the misc folder but I think that is mostly images (which I have saved)/ It could be in the cache but not sure how to access that.

So anyway, I find myself trying to salavage both the text messages and the audio files. I can't find the text messages so I fear they were immediately deleted when my phone synced. However I salvaged the PTT folder and I need to try and find a way to play these files outside of Viber, or convert them. Anything! There are over a thousand of these files of our voices. I need to hear her voice again.

I mailed Viber support but no luck there so far (though I'm still waiting for their latest reply).

It's so frustrating to have this surface after a year and then lose it again in the same evening.

Any help appreciated (and that is an understatement) with how to play or convert these push to talk files or locate the text messages.

Tony


texts: How to get specific contact's "+1" Play Store applications list?

texts: I would like to get list of "+1" Play Store applications of specific contacts. Are there any ways to do this?


texts: Factory Reset not working on moto Z3 play (beckham)

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I have a moto z3 play (device name beckham) which I can't factory reset now. What happens is when I go to Settings > Advanced > Reset options > Erase all data (factory reset) but the phone simply restart back. I also tried going to fastboot mode and running the command from there and the behavior ends up the same. My third try was to just do like this post but when I run the fastboot commands it fails with the error:

$ fastboot erase userdata (bootloader) has: not found Erasing
'userdata'                                 FAILED (remote: 'unknown
command') fastboot: error: Command failed $ fastboot erase cache
(bootloader) partiti: not found Erasing 'cache'
(bootloader) Invalid partition name cacheiti FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed

Any idea on that? Thx
Edit All attempts were made in both USB 2.0 and 3.0
Tried in another pc (all of them linux) and also with older version (r30 and r25.0.4) of fastboot, the error gets even stranger since each time gives a different output for same input:
[$ platform-tools]$ sudo ./fastboot devices
0048267113 fastboot
[$ platform-tools]$ sudo ./fastboot erase userdata
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) Invalid partition name userdataon-type:us
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.001s
[$ platform-tools]$ sudo ./fastboot erase userdata
(bootloader) slot-co: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffi: not found
(bootloader) partition-typ: not found
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) Invalid partition name userdataon-typ
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.001s
[$ platform-tools]$ sudo ./fastboot erase userdata
(bootloader) slot-counttyp: not found
(bootloader) slot-su: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffi: not found
(bootloader) partition-typ: not found
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) Invalid partition name userdataon-typ
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.001s
[$ platform-tools]$ sudo ./fastboot erase userdata
(bootloader) slot-counttyp: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-su: not found
erasing 'userdata'...
(bootloader) Invalid partition name userdataon-typ
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.001s
[$ platform-tools]$ sudo ./fastboot erase cache
(bootloader) slot-counttyp: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) slot-suffixes: not found
(bootloader) has-slo: not found
(bootloader) partition-: not found
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.000s


texts: Will Rooting android give me access to Google Play?

texts:
If I were to get an android tablet that uses an app market like GetJar, would rooting it allow me to use the google play store?

I want to get a Android Hipstreet Flare, but I am hesitant because it uses GetJar.
If I'm going to dive in to the android world, I want to be able to use the legit app store.


texts: Is it possible to install the Android browser and email app if they weren't built-in?

texts:
As far as I know, older Android tablets/smartphones have the Android web browser and email app as their built-in web browser and email app.

But my Android smartphone does not have those. My Android smartphone's built-in web browser and email app are Google Chrome and Gmail. I guess that is because the version of Android OS of my Android smartphone is a bit newer (Android 7.0).

Is it possible for my Android smartphone to install the Android web browser and email app?


texts: Coding across the room while walking, possibly using AIDE, TeamViewer, Chromecast, or other mechanism

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Why is it that only certain apps can Chromecast to a TV with a Chromecast device? I would like to open AIDE and cast my code onto the television so that I can code on my smartphone as I walk around the room and look at the code on the television. Is it possible to do this? Alternatively, I would like to cast my AIDE code to a laptop or tablet on my desk and let in the keys on my Android smartphone, using it as a keyboard, so that I can type as I walk.

Note, as I code I might only need to view the current line of code on my smartphone and look at the rest of the code on the TV, PC, or tablet, across the room, maybe even sitting down at my desk occasionally.

This way the smartphone is used mainly add an input keyboard for my other devices.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks.


texts: Removing Gmail account from Gmail app, but keeping it in Google Inbox app

texts:
On my Android I run the Google Inbox app as my personal email client. I run the Gmail app for my company mail. Problem for me is that since I have my personal Gmail account synced with my phone it will automatically show up in Gmail, causing double notifications to show up for each new email I receive, one from Gmail and one from Inbox.

How do I remove my Google account from Gmail, and only keep it in Inbox?


texts: How do I start my new icraig net book, what can I do to start it up or do I have to return to the dealer. The battery is fully charged but i can't go beyond the first screen displaying jelly bean.


texts: How Do I change from PTP to MTP mode? Cannot find options in settings

texts: That may be the issue why I can't see my captured videos from my phone when connected to my pc. How do I access PTP and MTP modes? Can't see any options in settings.


texts: How to disable integrated Avast antivirus inside EMUI 5.0 (Android 7.0)?

texts:
I have the following phone:

Honor 8; FRD-L09

Official website
Information about integrated Avast antivirus inside EMUI 5.0
Picture with basic information:

Picture with integrated Antivirus from Phone Manager (Virus scan):

Once I click on the Virus scan, I get a very quick scan with the Avast logo at the bottom:

Important note:

As this device is new and under warranty, I cannot root it.

Intention:

I have my own trusted antivirus solution, it does not matter which one at this point.

I want to use it instead of the integrated Avast solution.

Question:

How to disable integrated Avast antivirus inside EMUI 5.0 (Android 7.0) ?

I called various local support lines, but to no avail.

In settings there is no available option as far as I can see.


texts: Automatically data and wifi are being activated

texts: few days ago my lg e420 with android 4.1.2 version had to be restored due to following few problems, firstly its data services and wifi settings get automatically activated. By this the battery life is rapidly decreased. When i switch them off by myself,all happens again by itself..is there any solutions,? Please help me.


texts: Adjusting between Group & Single text messaging on Galaxy S4

texts:
I recently got the Samsung S4 on AT&T. I used to have the Motorola Razr M on Verizon. On my Razr M I was able to switch between group text and individual text messages at the time of sending. So if my main setting on my Motorola was to send individual text messages, I was still able to receive group messages as a group and the default was to respond individually, but I had the option to respond as a group also. Does that make sense?

Example 1:  I could send a picture to 10 people but those 10 people would think they were the only people who got the text message.

Example 2:  If I receive a group text message that someone wanted 10 of us to get and we all need to be able to respond for a work project we were able to with the Motorola.  With my Samsung if I disable MMS then I am only able to see who sent me the message but not everyone who was included so I am not able to respond all.

Example 3:  If I needed to send a group text message and have it sent as a group I was able to adjust at the time of sending by clicking on group instead of individual and all the people who received the message would see who was included on the text.  Even if the main text message default setting was individual.


texts: Why I am seeing every letter capitalized while browsing in chrome?

texts:
I'm using android 5.1(Gionee p5 mini)  and chrome 58.0.3029.83
While I am using chrome i am seeing every letter capitalized. Even i got the same thing on play store and also Mozilla Firefox.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 that is receiving unknown bluetooth pairing requests with a confirmation code every 60 seconds. I do not know what this device is, and I don't want to have to cancel these numerous requests. I use the bluetooth for my car and also my ASUS Zenwatch, so I don't want to have to turn off my Bluetooth all the time. My Bluetooth is only visible to paired devices, and this request from "Sparrow" does not show that it is one of my paired devices. I had my bluetooth turned off all weekend thinking it was something close to my house, but it has continued today even though I am not at home. Is there any way to block these requests without having to reset the whole phone?


texts: Unknown Baseband i9300 after flashing CM11?

texts:
I flashed my rooted i9300 to go from stock to CM 11. I used TWRP twrp-2.8.6.0-i9300
 to flash it. Previously, I did a nandroid backup using CWM but since CWM had problems with flashing GApps, I had to switch to TWRP.

Flash successful. GApps successful. However, I have:

"No Service" problem
"Baseband Unknown" in the "About device" section
I have a non-blank /efs folder. I read that a lot of times people have issues because the folder is empty after flashing.

Having gone over this XDA HOW-TO, I am guessing that I need to flash a modem for my particular phone. I even managed to locate a collection of modems on XDA.

But a couple of questions remain:

What modem do I flash? My stock was 4.2 bought in Saudi Arabia so I am guessing I will need a corresponding modem? but I have moved to India so what modem do I use? I believe the modem suffixes like JV, etc. have importance?
How do I flash that modem?


texts: Why are Dialer, Cell standby, and Phone idle killing my battery?

texts:
HTC G2 with Cyanogenmod 7.2.0, T-Mobile.  It used to last all day, I'd always plug the phone in before bed and it would rarely run out of energy before then.  Lately it runs out mid-day.

Today I disabled Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth, Mobile Data, etc, and it still emptied the battery in 5 hours, with Dialer, Cell standby, and Phone idle as the highest battery users.
It may be due to upgrading from CM 7.1 to CM 7.2?  I upgraded sometime after 2012-11-13 and noticed this around 2012-12-31.  Worked fine for more than a year before that.
Reception is 4 out of 4 bars, so it's not due to hunting for cell towers.
Phone is noticeably warm when it happens, so it's due to something using energy, and the problem appeared suddenly, so it's not due to a failing battery.

Update:

Today it was bad for an hour or two and then became normal (normal is a few percent an hour).  You can see the abrupt change in the image below.  I don't know why.  The battery usage list looks identical to yesterday, so if it's due to an app, it's not a visible app.  I realized I could click the graph and see a more detailed one, and it shows "Awake" during the part where the battery is being eaten while the display is off:

Is this a "wakelock"?

I did change the GSM preferences to "Auto mode" instead of "WCDMA preferred", but that was last night and it was still eating the battery quickly this morning for a while.


texts: If an app is written for Android 2.3 will it run on 2.1?


texts: secret test menu (ie *#*#4636#*#*) has no battery, network locks, or phone tests

texts:
just got a refurbished moto g4. I wanted to run some tests and check the battery health status, using the secret code, but there's only those 4 in there. How come?

In the mean time, I tried using apps to check battery health (not sure how accurate it was), and manually test other things (any tips?)


texts: How can I email large videos to someone else?

texts:
My sister took a minute long video on her new Droid Incredible 2 and wanted to share it with a friend.  The file size was about ~22 mb due to the higher quality of the recording. She's used to emailing videos with her blackberry, which produced far inferior quality videos (and much smaller sizes).  But if she tries to share this video via her gmail account, it won't attach the video because of its large file size.

Is there an easy way for her to share this video? Is there a way to shrink the size of the video on her phone by degrading the quality of video or similar?  She'd really like to just email it.

Other important information

She doesn't want to upload the video to YouTube (or any other service)
She doesn't have access to wifi, she uses her phone exclusively for internet access (no tethering, either).


texts: How do I answer phone on Honor 8 when screen is locked?

texts: I'm sure it's easy, but I have no idea how to answer my phone when the screen is locked. There is a circle in the middle and a green phone on the left and a red phone on the right. No matter what I press, it rejects the call.


texts: How can I update the Market app on my device?

texts: I have an HTC Desire S with Android 2.3. After I purchased my phone Google released an update for the Android Market, but I haven't receive this update. How can I update to the new version of the Market?


texts: Can't connect to Wi-Fi with special characters in the name

texts:
I have a Moto G running Android 4.4.4. I am trying to connect to a Wi-Fi network with an accented character in the name. The network's name is 'Sala de Reuniões', but it appears to the device as:

Note that the 'õ' became an 'unknown character'. As a result the device doesn't connect, but a PC can connect to the same network. I can't change the network name as the router is not mine.

What to do?


texts: K-9 Email App Not Finding All Folders - Labels/Folders

texts:
Quick question, I have a problem in that my K-9 mail application is not finding any of my Google Mail IMAP folders/labels.  Now I can send and receive messages without problem, however I'm curious as to why K-9 cannot find any of my folders such as [Google Mail]/-Poeticemails

Any ideas?  Am I getting confused between labels/folder and the two aren't interchangable?


texts: Risk of Installing a Custom ROM, with no more future updates

texts:
What is the risk of installing a custom ROM whose build has been terminated by the developer(which may be a stable). I think no more future build updates will be available. I know there will be having higher chances of security risk. What are the other risks should I bother?

As there is no security updates further, how to can I use it securely?
ROM is the one which I have previously used, possibly having least bugs. Is it safe for continuing or switch to other ROM?

Device : rooted Redmi 1S, nougat 7.1.1


texts:
My alarm clock stops working every now and then. I would say about once a month it will just stop sounding alarms. Sometimes the next day it will start working again, sometimes not. In googling it looks like there are a ton of people with similar issues and lots of people just saying to kill the app or clear the cache.

All the proposed solutions I read are after-the-fact fixes. I.E. once the problem happens then you fix it. I would like to find a solution that prevents this happening in the first place (I don't want to have to be late for work in order to know when my alarm needs fixing).

Anyone know what is going on here? It's the default clock app on a nexus 9 (i.e. vanilla android). I believe I also had the same issue with my Xoom, Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 though. It's been going on for years (heaven forbid google responds to user feedback).

I am thinking I might just have to switch to a third party app, but ugh.


texts: Can I get more RAM in emulator while still having a Google Play image?

texts:
I know how to make a new system image, by cloning an existing one...
But, I can't alter the amount of RAM in a Google Play-enabled image, without the clone being non-Google Play.
Is there a way to give more RAM to the image while keeping it Google Play-able, instead of the default 1.5GB?


texts:
So whenever I boot up my device or restart it I see a little yellow message in the top left corner of the screen that reads "Set Warranty Bit: Kernel." I have researched this issue and learned that I must reflash the firmware of the phone.

That being said. If I reflash the correct firmware for the same model for the same carrier, will my phone still have service following the procedure? Or will I have to work with my carrier to reactivate my phone?


texts: Add local pictures to iMindQ mind maps for Android

texts:
Almost all is in the title: iMindQ asks an URL when attempting to add a picture to a node. I would like to add a local picture...

I tried something like this:

file:///sdcard/pictures/position_-2101364257.jpg

but it does not seem to work.


texts: SOLVED: S7 Edge SM-G935S Soft-bricked: Unable to mount all partitions

texts:
The problem is solved, the solution is posted in the answer:

Problem

The device is unable to mount every partition, this includes:

/efs

/persdata

/system

/data

/cache

The credit goes to member greenman of sammobile forum.


texts: Is erasing the `misc` partition a solution to automatic/unnecessary boot into TWRP after having installed LineageOS 15?

texts:
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but I'm unable to find a good answer that I can understand, so bear with me:

I've recently installed TWRP & LineageOS 15 on my Moto G5 (cedric), although I'm sure I messed the process up a bit, because I had almost-bricked my phone in the meantime and don't really understand how I solved it either. Now everything is working again, except for the fact that when I (re)start my phone, it automatically boots into TWRP instead of LineageOS. The way I boot into LineageOS anyway, is to tell TWRP to reboot into the bootloader (or go to the bootloader directly with the volume key trick), and then from the bootloader I use 'start'.

A possible solution that I've found on the internet involved changing / erasing the misc partition, as it would be responsible for directing a boot to either TWRP or LineageOS. However, other google results tell me that erasing misc could gravely upset your phone.

The main question is: Is it correct that zero-ing the misc partition is a solution to this boot issue, as the possible solution states? Or is it misleading and the boot issue is probably something else entirely?

Here's the hexdump of the current contents of my misc partition (the result of first copying it to my computer with dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/misc of=/storage/FE84-1705/misc.img and adb pull ..., and then running hexdump -C misc.img):

hexdump -C misc.img
00000000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000800  62 6f 6f 74 2d 72 65 63  6f 76 65 72 79 00 00 00  |boot-recovery...|
00000810  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00000840  72 65 63 6f 76 65 72 79  0a 2d 2d 77 69 70 65 5f  |recovery.--wipe_|
00000850  64 61 74 61 0a 2d 2d 72  65 61 73 6f 6e 3d 77 69  |data.--reason=wi|
00000860  70 65 5f 64 61 74 61 5f  76 69 61 5f 72 65 63 6f  |pe_data_via_reco|
00000870  76 65 72 79 0a 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |very............|
00000880  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00001500  71 65 20 30 2f 30 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |qe 0/0..........|
00001510  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00001520  31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |1...............|
00001530  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
*
00100000

And this is the result of running fdisk -l misc.img:

Disk misc.img: 1 MiB, 1048576 bytes, 2048 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Furthermore, I've installed TWRP 3.2.1-0-cedric and LineageOS 15.0-20171125_073252-UNOFFICIAL-cedric.


texts:
Will it effect working of app if I change name of apk using apk editor?
It's an VPN app and I want to change apk package name.
I'm not the owner of the apk and using apk editor app to modify the name.


texts: YouTube "Connection to server lost" on WiFi and 3G, stock 4.3

texts:
I see the issue talked about online but none of the fixes work. I haven't been able to view for over a week. Does anyone have any other ideas? It also appears that some otherer html5 based videos aren't working but I can't think how to fix that.

Attempts:

Phone off and on
Clear YouTube cache
Uninstall YouTube
Check that my WiFi settings are suitable (no proxy)

Details:

Stock Nexus 4, android 4.3
Latest YouTube app
No adblocker
No root


texts: Samsung Galaxy S10+ Will not boot into Recovery mode from Download Mode

texts:
for the first time ever i'v tried to root my samsung device

I am running a Samsung Galaxy S10+ SM-G975F

I started by making sure OEM was unlocked + USB debugging put the phone into bootloader mode and unlocked it, then i proceeded to copy the AP firmware file across from my PC to the phone, Then used The Magisk Manager app to create the patched file, Copied this back over to my PC and flashed with ODIN v3.13

After the flash was complete for the root, the video i was watching mentioned you have to boot into recovery mode from download mode,

via

Hold Volume Down + Power button until the device restarts

Quickly Hold Volume Up + Bixby Button + Powerbutton, Until you see the bootloader warning flash then release all buttons except the Volume Up, until you boot into recovery mode.

Now I'v tried absolutely everything possible combination wise

Does anyone here have any solutions that may be of assistance as to me doing something incorrect?

the video i followed was this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3a8YnWT3yk

I can enter Download mode still with the Key Combinations, just i'm unable to reach Recovery mode with the combinations that are explained to use

Thank you.


texts: Is there an updated version of Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro that has been released?

texts: I went to the Taipei Computer Applications Show 2011 today and bought a Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro from the Sony Ericsson booth there. However, the specs don't seem to match the one on GSM Arena for Xperia X10 at all. Mine shows Android version as 2.3 Gingerbread, a 1 GHz processor, and an HVGA display instead. Is this a legit version or have I just bought a very sophisticated brick?


texts: App shortcut icons are changing from normal to the default app icon

texts:
I'm using an LG K10 LTE running Android 6.0, about two weeks ago I had the following happen to the apps on my phone:
1)The icons of each and every one of my apps changed from their regular image to the default Android Icon.
2)When I tried tapping any of the icons a small "app is not installed" message popped up.
At the time I managed to fix the issue with a full factory reset but about two days ago the issue returned, the first time this happened I ran a virus scan with Avast mobile and no threat was found.
This time around I did some digging online and found various methods none of which really work, the battery pull reset didn't help, neither did removing the app icon from the main screen(the app isn't installed according to the phone).
I think this might be a hardware or memory issue but I'm not sure, any help with solving this issue will be very much appreciated.


texts: How can I stop the lock screen locking itself every two minutes? How can I extend the time it takes to turn off automatically? I'm running Jelly Bean v 4.2.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S 4.


texts: Is there an app to play videos from Netflix and Hulu for the Android?


texts: recieving a 'Server password changed, please enternew password repeated request' on Samsung Galaxys S3 Mini

texts: My Samsung S3 Mini keeps emailing me to say my Server Password has been changed, please enter new password. I havent changed the password. My emails are from my Sky email account and have had no proplem previously accessing emails etc. How to I sort this problem out?


texts:
During Google I/O 2014, Google announced 'Android L' and a Chromecast update which will support 'Screen Mirroring'. This wasn't possible on earlier Android versions without rooting. The updates will be rolling out to users later this fall. However, they released an Android L Developer Preview for Nexus 5 and Nexus 7.

I own a Nexus 5 & Chromecast. I want to try this Screen Mirroring feature. I installed the Android L Developer Preview on my Nexus 5. Is there a beta release for Chromecast too? How can I start Screen Mirroring from my Nexus 5 (without rooting) to my Chromecast?


texts: Can I change the handset software operator?

texts:
I have an HTC One X on the Orange network here in the UK.

I sent my phone off for repair due to a bad screen. When it has come back 3 weeks later it seems to have been reloaded with T-Mobile software! My old Sim card will not work as it says it is network locked, and is asking for an 8 character unlock code.

Orange say I need to send it away for repair again to get this fixed, but I wondered if I could somehow change the software back to the standard UK Orange version suitable for this phone.

I don't want to jailbreak it or anything like that, just get the Orange software on it instead of the T-Mobile software.

Is this something I can easily do, or should I just bite the bullet and send it away for another 3 weeks?


texts: Blocked on android phone, will my messages ever be read?

texts:
Just to keep things short, I was blocked practically everywhere by someone.

I was drunk one night and sent some very very bad messages to this person via SMS!

I am just hoping that there is no change that they'd ever read it. I've read somewhere that Android pushes the SMS messages into a separate inbox, meaning that the person can view them one day if they access that inbox?

That would kind of defeat the purpose of the blocking feature a bit. I just hope they never get read!

If anyone can give me there 2 cents that would be great. Thank you.

EDIT: The phone in question here is a motorola phone, which I assume has very little bloatware (being close to stock android).


texts: I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 10 tablet. How can I get Chrome to automatically translate a web page? My laptop will do so, either on its own or by right clicking. I have turned on Google translate, but it never offers to translate anything.


texts: How can I download an MP3 to my phone instead of opening it in a music player?

texts:
I'm trying to download podcast MP3s to my phone so I can listen to them in my car. Ideally, I'd like to be able to Chrome-to-Phone them from my computer at home, and then choose  to download and play them back from my device once I get in my car.

The problem is that when I send an MP3 URL to my phone, the browser only gives me the option of playing the audio directly in a media player. This is a really poor experience because it can't properly buffer the podcast file for smooth playback and it doesn't seem to allow me to play in the background.

I tried both Download All Files and using ASTRO's "Enable Browser Downloads". The screenshot above was taken with both apps installed. I've also tried using Google Listen to download podcasts, but I can never seem to use that without the download getting corrupted or the app crashing in some way.

Does anyone know what I need to do to be able to download MP3s instead of just playing them back immediately?


texts: How to enable "Disable HW overlays" at startup?

texts:
Question is simple, is there an easy way to enable developer options on startup from a command line script or 3rd party app? I want to set the flag for 'Disable HW overlays' on startup because it gets turned off every-time I restart the system.
For reference I am on Android 10, with bootloader unlocked, custom recovery, and rooted.


texts: How do I secure/encrypt SD card data transparent to apps?

texts:
Are there any off-the-shelf options for securing the contents of an SD card so that files written by apps writing to SD are encrypted?  If so, what is the best option?

I'm looking for something for all apps. I would strongly prefer to do it without rooting.


texts: Hide contacts from Contacts, but still have them appear when the contact calls

texts:
There are some contacts I almost never dial, and never wanna dial, but I still don't want them to show up as unknown when they call me. Otherwise I could just put them in a group and hide them.

Would it be possible to just hide them but let call manager or whatever handles the incoming call still display their detail? (or is that too much having my cake and eating it too?)


texts: Galaxy Grand i9082 how to remove stability update package file

texts: Hii everyone yesterday night i flashed stock JellyBean 4.2.2 ROM using odin tool and i kept WiFi on whole night for restoring apps but unexpectedly 198.59 MB stability update package as downloaded (Which is the root cause for all the hang issues in device ) and it is showing popup for every 3 hours to install the package. please tell me whether there is any possibility to remove the stability update file from device before installing


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Since android 5 I must slide the screen before I'm able to enter the PIN

How to bypass this behavior ?

I am, of course, expecting a "hack", not a vanilla solution

Android 8

Rooted and Xposed

Motorola Moto G6 (XT1925-5)


texts: Compass only working in GPS status app, not in any other apps

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On my Nexus 5 (Android 6.0) the compass is working fine in the well known GPS Status & Toolbox app, but not in any other app like Google Sky Map.

To debug the problem, I installed a dedicated compass app called Compass, which displays the following:

This particular app happens to have a setting for sensor accuracy. When I set it to "Above medium", the compass suddenly works. Unfortunately many of the other apps I'd like to use the compass in don't have such a setting. I have also tried the calibration move a few times, but I don't think that's the problem, because it does work with the right settings. It's probably not related, but I have recently used my phone for Google Cardboard, which (ab)uses the magnetic sensor for user input.

What could be causing this?


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I was trying to unlock the boot loader of my Sony Xperia M.
May be I undertook a wrong step and bricked my phone.
It doesn't have recovery mode.
How can I solve the issue
Please help


texts: How to set HTTP proxy settings on Jelly Bean 4.1.1 on Galaxy SIII LTE

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I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII LTE (I9305) and I have set up my wifi to connect to my network at work, however I require a username and password in order to access the internet as all our traffic runs through a proxy server.
There appears to be no such functionality existing in the OS, so please let me know which app I can safely use (without rooting my phone) in order to input a proxy username and password so that I can access the interwebs.
Thanks in advance.


texts: Install loop Android 4.4.2 Galaxy Core II

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Yesterday I recieved an update for my Samsung Galaxy Core II(SM-G355HN). I downloaded the update and tried to install it. At about 94% I received an error code [6] in cache/fota/update.zip. I tried to do a hard reset, but I can't get into recovery mode. When the installation fails, my phone will reboot twice, once with just the screen that says Samsung Galaxy Core II, powered by Android. The second time it shows that as well, but then tries to install the update again, then it fails and reboots again. My phone is in a loop since last night.

I wonder whether someone knows how to fix this, because I can't use my phone.


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I have a Samsung Captivate.

This week, it's wi-fi stopped working.

To be more precise, it's wi-fi recognizes there is a wi-fi router nearby (my home's), and tries to connect.  But it immediately disables and tries again in an unending loop.

I have not tried connecting on another hotspot.
I have installed a couple of programs this week, but I don't remember any of them being wi-fi related.
I recently put JuiceDefender on aggresive mode, but now I've disabled it, and wi-fi still doesn't work.
Tried enabling/disabling Flight Mode, but no success.
I've restarted my phone a couple of times.

UPDATE (04/15/2011)

I managed to connect to a nearby hotspot, so I'm guessing the router is the problem.  It is a 5yrs+ old router (linksys).  What's strange is that my PC is connected to the router by LAN cable, and still works.  Also, I was able to enter it's configuration page (192.168.1.1).  Probably some hardware is damaged.

UPDATE (04/16/2011)

NOW I´m confused.  I connected to my router with an old low-grade tablet I forgot I had, with no problems.  I'm guessing now that the problem must be some app I installed on my phone.

CONCLUSION (04/16/2011)

I just had to press the router's reset button on the back, and now my phone is connecting.  Thanks to all who commented!


texts: How can I change the function of the volume key in messenges?

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I have a Galaxy S5, android version 5.0

When I have the default messenges app open, if I press the volume key it increases or decreases the size of the font rather than the volume. Is there a way to change the function of the volume keys


texts: USB OTG Hardware support on Galaxy Grand Duos

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Does Galaxy Grand Duos have hardware support for OTG ? Is it just restricted by software or is hardware support also lacking.

I am little bit confused after reading this post.


texts: Why I can't scan the Whatsapp QR from my inbuilt whatsapp scanner?

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My whatsapps apps has upgraded to version 2.12.94 and now i am no longer able to scan the web QR code from my whatsapp app inbuilt scanner.

The code is displayed from the web whatsapps but while using the mobile whatsapp to scan the code, the mobile(HTC M8 Android 5.0.1) and PC is not being paired.

Thanks to provide for a solution.


texts: How to disable Android Wear's "Listening via TCP" notification?

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I don't have an Android Wear, but I always get a notification from the Google Play Services app with this content:

  Android Wear
  Listening via TCP on 127.0.0.1:5601

I want to disable this tracking. Any idea? Also, how is it tracking my phone?

Quick fix: stop the process.

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