texts: Why can't I update my Nexus 4 to Lollipop?

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As I understand it, Android Lollipop (5.0) is now generally available over-the-air. My Nexus 4 briefly offered for an hour or two to install it. I said yes, and watched it start to download. When I next went to unlock my phone, it obviously wasn't installed. Now, when I go into the Settings app, and manually check for updates, it says my phone is up-to-date. It's still on Android 4.4.4.

I don't particularly want to install the developer image, as that'll wipe all the data from my phone. Is there any way I can encourage it to update?

I'm in the UK, if it's relevant.


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I've tried waiting for the reset via google account to show up, but it didn't. I've tried to use Android Device Manager, but when I try to reset the password, it says "Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed." and nothing happens to my phone.

This is with Android 5.0 lollipop.


texts: How to properly close a program in Samsung Galaxy S3?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What is the right way to close apps in Android?

After using my Samsung Galaxy S III for a while, closing apps and dialogs with the "back" button (front-right), I pressed and held the front-middle button, which brought up a list of all windows and apps I had been using.

I suppose that means that they were still running in the background. How to close them properly?


texts: Nexus S bootloops after trying to apply OTA update

texts: I have a Samsung Nexus S which I bought off my friend. A system update popped up and I hit accept without even thinking about it but the phone said I had to charge it so I did and left it for an hour or two. When I came back and went to turn it on it just went midway through the reboot and turned off again, then without even touching it it would repeat this process over and over. I have absolutely no clue what to do - how can I get it booting again?


texts: What is the cause of a "No network connection" banner?

texts: This banner randomly appears, persists across mobile and WiFi networks, and then randomly disappears, and I don't know where to begin to search for the issue.


texts: Workaround with root for inability to set file timestamps

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A bug or unfortunate design choice in Android since forever ago prevents non-root users from setting file timestamps to times other than the present.

Apparently this issue has been fixed and the fix is rumoured to have found its way into 8.0 Oreo.  However, I don't have that version of Android (yet).  Anyway, it sounds like it only works for certain apps.

For a different issue, that of write access to the external SD card, there is a workaround that allows this permission to be granted to individual apps provided the phone has been rooted.

Is there a way to allow an app to modify file timestamps on a rooted phone, perhaps by adding a permission to the appropriate section of packages.xml?  Having to copy files over as root is quite cumbersome and insecure.


texts: Can I setup an Android 7 box play all movis in a usb drive upon start and infinite loop through them?

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I bought an Android 7.1 box and I like to use it for a marketing event.

The idea is to have a few mp4 files in a usb drive and setup the android box such that it infinitely loops through all the movies in the USB drive upon start.

Is that possible?

Can I add a few images to the loop as well?


texts: Is the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime S82OL capable of wifi tethering, if so, how?

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I want to make a wifi hotspot because there is no internet access where I live. I rooted the phone using kingroot.

I started searching for a good app to use and figured I'd start with FoxFi which seemed to have a decent reputation. Got it installed, tryed to start it up and it tells me within 30 seconds to "turn on my mobile hotspot function" on my phone.

Since my particular model doesn't have that standard, after searching I came across a workaround by downloading a hotspot toggle widget. Tryed again, FoxFi seemed to be satisfied with that widget being used in place of an OEM toggle.

Attempted to connect to the new wifi hotspot using my pc and it would not identify the network, thus resulting in no internet connection. So I figured there was a problem with FoxFi and my phone and must've tried at least 10 other wifi hotspot apps both with root and without with good reviews. Still, to no avail has any one worked, most just crashed, another had the same issue as foxfi.

I'd greatly appreciate any help, I have been trying to figure this out for the last 10 hours and am at a loss. If it matters, it's a straight talk phone running off of a verizon network, but I do believe that is the only option for this particular model of the samsung galaxy core prime, being the S82OL version.


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I have a problem with my asus zenfone 5 (root). I think it's hard bricked. I will explain better, yesterday I did a restore to "clean" the system, while restoring freezes, then I try to boot into recovery mode. I long ago, installed a custom recovery, the fact is that by inserting the recovery.img and trying to start it from the custom recovery. I get errors and does not install, so start in droidboot mode to adjust all manualmente by pc (GNU / linux), with fastboot flash recovery.img, but when I have to do the last step described by driving mistake.

Now I do not have a chance to get more in recovery mode, in fact, when I press power + vol appears the Android logo with red exclamation point, if I try to start it normally there is a loading of the asus logo with the infinite wheel, but when there is asus adb logo detects it, it just says chen is not "authorized", the phone has to be thrown away? There are hardware / software solutions ?
thank you so much


texts: How can I back up files from LG's Browser?

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In anticipation of my phone dying soon, I've been backing up every file on it. I'm using an LG G Flex, and it comes with a generic browser. Browser came with a "save for offline reading" function, which I used to use regularly, until I found out that nowhere in the file manager can I view or access these saved webpages, which makes backup much harder.

Since then, I've been using a separate app to save new webpages, and to back up the old ones I've been individually saving every page to Capture Plus (the browser's full page screen capture function).

I'm now down to my last webpage, but Capture Plus tells me that there isn't enough memory when I try to capture it as a screenshot.

This doesn't mean that there isn't enough memory in the location I'm saving to, because I know there is, so what gives?

The saved webpage that I'm trying to back up is one that has been removed from the internet, so I can't just go back to the same website and download it again.

I could take about 3,000 screenshots of the page and later assemble them into one (it's a pretty long page), but if there's a way around that approach, I'd like to know about it.


texts: What does TouchWiz actually DO?  In plain English.  And if it's really necessary to have, why is it made an option?


texts: I recently rooted my Samsung Exhibit II. and was going through and deleting some bloatware and accidentally fat fingered and deleted the MediaScannerService not realizing what I was deleting.  Does anyone no how to reinstall the service?  I have tried downloading applications but they are just accessing the service and restarting it.  Since the service has been deleted the applications essentially do nothing.


texts: Is there any software for Tablets to edit PDF or PS -files?

texts:
I am using Samsung galaxy tab 8.9.
Assume you read your lecture materials with your tablet.
You see a mistake. You would like to fix it.
You are using Adobe reader tablet version.

Is there any software by which you can simply add text on PDF or PS -files?


texts: Stop Evernote from using Location based services?

texts:
Here is a screenshot from Evernote app:

How do I stop Evernote from using this service? I have looked around the settings but did not find anything.


texts: Battery Statistics Viewer crashes every time

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I have a DroidX with Android 2.2

I went into the Battery Usage settings

Settings > Battery Manager

See a fual cell looking battery image that says Touch for usage statistics, so I was like awesome let me nerd out and look at my battery usage statistics.

Then when I touch the image I get an error The application Settings (process com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. and the only thing I can do is Force Close.

Anyone have any insight into this issue?

I tried using aLogCat to find the error log after I got it, but it won't pause so I can read anything :-/ Where can I report this bug to Google, if there isn't a fix out there already?


texts: File transfer works only with specified suffixes

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No problems to transfer files with some extensions like .jpg via bluetooth.

But for files with majority of other suffixes (e. g. .avi, .apk) I have first rename them, then transfer them and finally on the target device rename it back:

name.apk ---> name.jpg ----- bluetooth transfer ----> name.jpg ---> name.apk

Is there any more simple way to do it?

(For example from Adroid 5.0 to Android 2.2.)


texts: I have a GT-I9100G and the screen went bad, I'd like to replace it but all the screen replacements on amazon are for the GT-I9100 version. They look the same but I am still not sure if this will work with my GT-19100G? Any ideas?


texts: Help! Renamed /system/bin/sh to sh.old.bak, lost root, can't rename, no nandroid backup

texts: I did something incredibly stupid today.   I renamed /system/bin/sh  to /system/bin/sh.old.bak on my rooted Huawei y536a1 running 4.4.3 KK.  I was going to install a app I thought might overwrite it and wanted a backup. I intended to copy it to another location in the path or link it, then rename in bin. In my haste,  I simply renamed it and couldn't install app w/o shell,  lost root,  thus eliminating any easy method I know of to fix.  I rooted with kingroot (not kingo)  because I currently do not have a computer.  I have no system backup,  foolish,  I know. I do have the original factory  .img file,  a pre-rooted .img file, (the only way to properly root and install a recovery) twrp recovery and a code to unlock the bootloader.   Since I didn't have a computer I used kingroot.  The phone is still functional.   Unfortunately I don't know what to do now. I have limited linux knowledge (obviously).  I am afraid to reboot,  not knowing what will happen. I can get access to a computer. The file needs to be renamed,  but I lost write access to the system. Is there anyway to use adb to rename or push another file on there,  or fix by rebooting into recovery?  I would prefer a solution the wouldn't wipe my phone, but I realize my options are quite limited. I don't even know if a factory reset or flashing either of the images will work. Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.


texts: How to remove app-malware-virus that's not visilbe in the app list

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I downloaded an apk from this site that it was supposed to be a modified app for a game (Candy Crush Saga). Here you can find the download link.

The problem is that not only the app doesn't do what it was claimed to do (i.e. provide you with tricks, unlimited lives, etc) but most importantly it is a malware-virus.

So after installing this app, I get pop up windows with ads.

First of all I removed the apk and tried to search for the installed app through settings. Surprisingly I couldn't find anything apart from the apps I have installed through PlayStore!

Then I installed Clean Master and AVG Antivirus but neither managed to find any problem.

I also tried using DEBLOATER (I installed it through wine on my fedora 25 laptop) but this didn't work either.

I also connected my phone to my laptop and tried to find and delete the bloatware but I wasn't able to find it.

So my question is how can I remove this "app" when it's not visible in the app list?

For reference I am running Android 6.0 and my phone is Oukitel k6000pro and my PC runs fedora 25.


texts: Google Assistant routine only executing first command?

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I have a Google Assistant routine with 2 custom actions: Navigate to home and Play Spotify music.
For some reason, only the first action ever completes when I execute the routine via voice command. If I swap the actions around, the first one always completes. So if I have playing music first, it plays music but does not navigate. Vice versa, if I have navigating first, it navigates but does not play music.
Any way to fix this?


texts: Moto G2 doesn't boot, fails to load recovery

texts: Everything was fine till yesterday but suddenly my moto g2 got stuck and when i tried to go to recovery mode it didnt get started and a message was displayed "failed to load recovery image" and normal boot and factory reset is also not working.Please help me.


texts: Android Market on Google TV not working after update to Google Play

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I have both a Sony and a Logitech device. Yesterday I opened the Market from my Google TV and it immediately began updating it to Google Play. It looked like was not updating for very long time but was showing me the "Updating" message so I though it may take time and left both devices on overnight. When I checked in the morning I think it was installed incorrectly on BOTH devices

So now when I open the Market on either device it shows me this:

When I try searching for something in the provided text box it shows this page:

I am not able to use the Market at all now. I tried to uninstall it but was unable to do so.

How can I fix this issue?


texts: Setting ethernet proxy settings without WiFi

texts:
I'm playing around with the latest android-x86 (4.4) in virtualbox. The setup can connect to the external network only through a NAT ethernet device that is emulated by virtual box. This gets autoconfigured just fine and i can ping computers on my LAN.

If I export http_proxy=<host>:<port> in a terminal, I can wget web pages. However I am unable to set the proxy settings globally for all apps.

The proxy settings are displayed only after a wifi network is connected, and I lack any wifi devices in the virtual machine.

I have tried the following in the root terminal accesible from alt+f1:

setprop global_http_proxy_host <host>
setprop global_http_proxy_port <port>
setprop net.gprs.http-proxy http://<host>:<port>

But this fails to have any effect. Even new terminals lack the env variable for the proxy. These settings appear to be set when I check it by executing getprop

I found this link to the fragment that seems to display the proxys selector for the wifi.

Is there any way that I can manually set all the settings that are affected by this fragment?


texts: Forward button functionality in the Play Store

texts:
l was watching one of the Play Store app videos on Note 3 and accidentally touched the back button twice. And That's when I realized HARD one more time that I can not do a forward (back to what I was watching). As a result, I could not locate that app again.

This ( not being able to go forward ) becomes an issue on many other situations too..

So, forward button is definitely has its own place in the UX. ( Imagine not having the forward button on the internet browsers, that's exactly the situation here. )

Is there a history of visited apps on the play store on the device that I can navigate back and forward through?


texts: Unable to accept SSL certificate (k9mail)

texts:
I am setting up k9mail on a 4.2 device (rooted Sony Xperia Mini Pro with stock ROM and crap removed) and it complains about the IMAP SSL certificate not being valid.

This happens with both a self-signed certificate, and also on a different IMAP server with Comodo-signed certificate (which is normally accepted by browsers and other mail clients).

  Unrecognized Certificate

  The server presented an invalid SSL certificate. Sometimes, this is
  because of server misconfiguration. Sometimes it is because someone is
  trying to atta you or your mail server. If you you're not sure what to
  do, click Reject and contact the folks who manage your mail server.

  (java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: Trust anchor for
  certification path not found.) Certificate chain[0]:

  ...

Clicking "Accept Key", however, make the same dialogue come up again and again in a loop.

What is the problem? Can it be that k9mail is unable to add the key to the cert store? How to debug this?


texts: Share my account info doesn't appear in Account menu

texts:
My wife doesn't to share her Whatsapp account information with Facebook. When she  got the Whatsapp notice, she clicked the phone's back button. We tried to follow the official FAQ or any number of article repeating the same insstruction, but Whatsapp's Account menu doesn't have the new Share my account info checkbox shown in the article. Is this because of Whatsapp version? What can I do to stop this sharing?

On my phone I cleared the checkbox and clicked "I agree". I don't see this option in my account menu either...

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3 i9305, Android 4.3, Whatsapp version 2.16.225
My Phone: Nokia Lumia 920, Windows Phone 8.1, Whatsapp version 2.16.172


texts: Phone unable to recover after app crashes

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I am using a rooted S4 device for app development purpose. I have joined a new team and working on their Android app. I see a weird issue on my phone, that if my app crashes, after the ANR, the screen goes blank, back/menu/home buttons dont work at all. At best I can suspend/screen lock my phone - but even after unlock, the state of the phone doesn't change (sometimes it returns to a normal state after 1-2 minutes).

What worries me most i that this does not happen to the other members of the development team; nor does this happen if I crash any other app on my phone.

I am concerned more about is this a problem with my phone, my app, or rooting ? Logs are not showing anything unusual.


texts: Will constantly having Bluetooth on drain my battery too fast?

texts: I'm thinking about making an app which will require Bluetooth to be available at all times.  However, if this reduces battery charge life significantly, then that's kind of a show stopper.  Can anyone give me a general idea about how much drain constant Bluetooth use will put on the battery?


texts: How to update the software of an unrooted device? (Error Message)

texts: My device is recently unrooted, so I decided to update the software of my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3V (SM-T116BU) but this error message (The operating system on your device is modified in  an unauthorized way...) always shows up each time I tried to update the software even though I have unrooted my device. Is there a solution for this problem?


texts: CM7: How to enable passwordless SSH login on same network?

texts: I'm running CyanogenMod 7 and I'd like to enable passwordless SSH login to my main Linux computer on my network, but only when the phone is accessing the server over the same network. How/where should I put my .ssh/known_hosts file to enable this?


texts: "Your time is close enough" notification

texts: I am running Android Jelly bean 4.2.1 on my phone. Once in a while, I get this notification "Your time is close enough" with an android emoticon. This notification then disappears without any explanation what is happening. I searched the internet and saw some other people also got the same notification but no one knows why this happens. Can someone explain what this might be?


texts: I'm using glaxy grand (I9083). I was facing this touch problem. For example, if i touch and hold letter 'e' on my keyboard to enter number 3, it will type bunch of letter e's (eeeeee). First I thought it was some software problem(touch driver). But today I found out that if I remove the back cover and use the phone, problem goes away. Weird right?. Anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Twitter app: Is it possible to switch accounts while viewing a tweet?

texts:
I have the Twitter app for Android, and I use 2 accounts. Both are configured in the app.

How can I switch accounts while viewing a single tweet (if, for instance, I'm viewing a tweet in account A but want to retweet it from account B).

I used to be able to do it, but they seem to have removed it a few updates ago.


texts: Recommended steps for securing a lost phone

texts:
According to Android Device Manager you have several options when it comes to a lost or stolen phone.

However it's not clear to me if you are supposed to select just one of them (lock your phone or erase the phone's data for example) or you can select both.

If you select one, there's no doubt about the expected behavior.
However, it's not clear what to expect if one first selects erase phone's data, and then selects lock the phone, or viceversa. Does the second option interrupt the first one? Or do they both remain active?

To complicate things a little more, what would happen, if additionally, you changed your google password in the process? In a logical attempt to prevent any further unauthorized access to any of your google products ...

So, in the simpler case of just telling ADM to delete everything, what would happen if:

you changed the google password "before" confirming the deletion process? Would a password change at this stage interfere with google's ability to contact the phone before it had a chance to receive the deletion trigger?
you changed the google password "after" confirming the deletion process?
Would a password change at this stage interfere with google's ability to contact the phone before it had a chance to receive the deletion trigger?

If anyone has had any experience with ADM I'll appreciate your feedback.

Thank you.


texts: Google app displaying temperature in Fahrenheit

texts:
When I use widget for voice search and say 'weather' I get the results, but it is shown in Fahrenheit, even though,in settings it is chosen to show in Celsius.

Any solution?


texts: How to turn my Android tablet into general Wifi IP camera with AP?

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I would like to turn my Android tablet into general Wifi IP camera to be accessible as a standard wifi camera from another wifi enabled tablet, smartphone or PC.

There is a number of Android apps on Google Play, called Wifi camera, but to stream video GSM connection is required and login to gmail on both devices is required either.

All I need is to have my tablet to act as a general WiFi camera , supporting wifi pairing
and access from VideoLan VLC media player via
rtsp (example rtsp://10.1.1.20:554/ch0_0.h264).

I want to stream not encrypted video   at a selected resolution ( HD or above)

I need such appl to come with AP, I can set multicast mode, to let 2 or more devices to access the same video stream
I am interested to have such Android appl to feature and support ONVIF wifi camera standard to let me run more ONVIF tests.

darius


texts: How do I tell which Nexus 5X 6P stock firmware variant to download?

texts:
I need to restore my factory image, but there seems to be many version of the images: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en

This is for the Nexus 5x and 6p. How do I know which variant do I need to download? Where do I compare these variant numbers? And what is the difference from each image?


texts: What can I do with an Nexus One with a broken LCD?

texts: I've managed to acquire a Google Nexus One, that had an unfortunate encounter with a car door.  The screen still accepts touch input, but the LCD itself is broken - no display at all.  What is something "cool" I can do with it?  My main concern is, is it possible to root it and get a remote shell without being able to see the screen?


texts: Micro SD Card Suddenly not Recognized in Phone Slot Only

texts:
This has been bothering me for weeks. I have an android phone (Moto X Pure) that allows for an external storage card to be added. I have one SD card that I was using for a while but I got a new one that I wanted to switch to. The first time I put this card in my phone, it saw it and was happily ready to format it and everything. I accidentally formatted it as a media transfer card instead of an addition to internal storage so I took it out to format it on my computer (with fat32) but when I put the card back in the phone, it wasn't detected. At all. All of my computers seem to like it just fine, a friend's phone was even okay with it. It is literally only my phone that seems to have issues with it. My other micro SD cards are fine in my phone as well. If I connect the SD card through the USB port, the phone recognizes it, but only as a file transfer drive.

I've tried rebooting the device, formatting the card, formatting the card from another phone, and trying to find the card with a file manager from both the phone and a computer with the phone hooked up to it. It seems as though that one SD card just refuses to work with that one slot!

Any help getting the micro SD card to work in my phone would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Does my stepdaughter have a way to tell I'm using Find My Device?

texts: Similar to this question for Apple, is there anything that my stepdaughter can look up or turn on that shows her I am currently checking her location using Find My Device such as notifications, a log, etc?


texts: How can I select a calendar to get alerts when I have more than one?

texts:
Say I have 2 calendars. 1 for my personal stuff and 2 for my work related.
Is there a way that I could only choose to get alerts from one for time being. Later, add or switch calendars?
I am using Google Calendar.


texts: Play notification alert sound when a message is still open

texts:
I recently switched to an Evo from an old flip phone.  My only problem so far has been this:

When I finish sending a message, I'm used to just sending a message and putting my phone down.  I don't lock the phone or exit the messaging application.  As a result, if I receive a reply from that person before the phone automatically locks itself, it will not play the text received notification.  This has caused me to miss a few texts completely and is rather irritating.  Is there any way that I can set the messaging app to play the notification sound even when it's for a conversation that's currently on the screen?


texts:
I have xperia z2 and recently updated to lollipop 5.0.2.

Now everytime I press the home button it asks me whether I want the simple home or the normal one, it's very annoying.
I tried to select the default but it's not working.


texts: Space used in internal memory but nowhere to be found

texts:
I own a Samsung Galaxy S5. I noticed that there is not much internal memory left (ES File Explorer reports 8.54 GB used out of 11.56 GB so about 3 GB left). Also, connecting my phone to my Windows 10 PC reports a consistent amount of free space.

3 GB Left according to ES File Explorer and Windows File Explorer

The strange thing is this: I can't seem to find where those 8 GB of files are! If I drill down by double clicking on my internal memory and select all the files and folders in it, the number of used bytes is completely different! Only 556 MB!

I have gone and make sure that my View Settings on Windows does not prevent me from seeing hidden and system files... so, where are the files that are taking all the space in the internal memory?

Anybody with any ideas willing to help would be appreciated!


texts: Prevent factory reset after 10 wrong password attempts on LG G3

texts: My LG G3 does a factory reset every time you get the password wrong 10 times. It has happened twice and I have lost everything that wasn't backed up along with at least half an hour to redo everything. Is there a way to stop this, without rooting it?


texts: Where is the backup folder of TextSecure and Signal?

texts:
In TextSecure, you can choose to backup your SMS to the SDCard.

It says "Success" but there is no evidence where it does store it on the SDCard.

I cannot find it.


texts: Backup link between gmail, facebook, twitter contacts

texts: I have contacts from my GMail, Facebook and Twitter account. In my GMail accounts, I've saved my contacts with their first names or nicknames, so I end up having to manually link most of my Facebook & Twitter contacts with my GMail contacts. If I do a factory reset I have to repeat this process all over again. Is there a way I can backup/maintain the link between my contacts so that, after a factory reset, I can simply restore the links between contacts?


texts: Running Android on a PC as a nondeveloper, just to run apps

texts:
I am an Android user running Android 7.0 (Nougat) on a Wiko Sunny 2 Plus device with 4GB internal storage, most of which is taken up by pictures and WhatsApp data. I have purchased this device because I was tired of mobile phones breaking down at home due to carelessness and am now stuck with this cheap model meaning that I now cannot run several nifty apps I had purchased.

However my home computer has about 300GB internal hard drive and I was thinking that even though I cannot carry my computer around the same way as a mobile phone or use touch screen since touch is missing from the screen not use GPS or a back camera nor use the cellular network for phone and messages as it does not have a sim card, I could still download some apps such as edutainment and dictionary apps and use them there.

So, I was wondering, as a nondeveloper, what is the easiest way to download the latest Android OS to your computer, in my case Windows 7 64-bit, and run an Android emulator or full screen tablet app on my computer, so that I can still make use of my purchased apps and what not?

Also, will I be able to use the same Google account name on the emulator without running into problems of conflict with my main smartphone?

Is there an easy emulator setup for nondevelopers, app testers for instance, that does not require a download of all the tools involved?

Thanks.


texts: How to stop google translate from translating youtube title

texts: I've just got annoying things in my entire life. Youtube keeps translating my youtube title and it's totally annoying. Is there a way for google translate not translating my youtube title. I tried to change my country and language and it didn't work(Its only work yesterday). Did Google make another annoying update and how do I stop this translation from happening.


texts: How to Pinch Zoom on device with no touchscreen, like an Android Stick?

texts:
I have some Android TV "sticks", such as the RK3188, which is basically a tablet minus the screen. You control them using keyboard and a mouse.

The problem is, I have no way to zoom in or out in the browser. There's no way for me to do a "pinch" gesture, and Ctrl +/- etc. don't seem to work in any browser, like Chrome, FireFox, and Dolphin.

I'm using the box as a display screen in a public area and not being able to scale the content to fit the whole TV is a serious limitation.

EDIT: Double tap only offers 2 zoom levels "close" and "far".


texts: Android phone does not know its location despite all the sensors being turned on

texts:
We are facing a very strange problem while fetching device location in Android 2.3 handset. Google Map does not show proper location too. I have turned on Gps, mobile data and agreed to Google terms for the wireless based location calculation.

Rebooting the phone also did not help.

Right now, I have no idea how to make the device location-aware.


texts: Disable loudspeaker usage for audio playback?

texts: I get my voicemail messages by e-mail (using K-9 mail), however, when I play the attached wavefile, the loudspeaker is used for the playback, so everyone around me can listen to the message, that's not what I want. How can I make sure, that the "phonespeaker" (the one used during calls) is used? I assume that K-9 mail uses a default android app for playback, so this should be about Android (Jelly Bean in my case), not about K-9 mail. Thanks :-)


texts: Is it safe to remove "thermal-engine" from system/vendor/bin

texts: I want to play PUBG on LG V20 so I renamed this file. Is it safe? Maybe it's safe until phone doesn't start turning off? Using LOS 15.1.


texts: How does it looks like on the galaxy tab?

texts:
Im wondering about the filesystem on the galaxy tab, could i for example connect it to a camera, transfer some images, fix red eyes and transfer the images to a storage device like a usb pen or a western digital passport, would it be possible?

How about connecting it to a NAS, transfer a episode on my favorite show, watch it and then delete it?


texts: Is it possible to get root permission using Magisk in Work Profile?

texts: I had flashed Magisk in the recovery, but when I run Magisk Manager in Work Profile it says Magisk is not installed. Does this imply that there is an independent recovery for Work Profile as well? Is there any way to gain root access in Work Profile?


texts:
So my mom has been using an ASUS Memopad 7 for a while now, and she's been having some trouble with it lately. Namely, many of the apps are now basically unusable and almost always crash with "Unfortunately, [app] has stopped". I've tried checking it before but couldn't find any obvious problems (like lack of disk space, etc). I also tried installing an app to check the system logs (I believe it was named CatLog) but couldn't find anything relevant.

During the past couple of days, the problem became significantly worse. The tablet would always pop an alert "Unfortunately, Contacts has stopped", and after you dismiss it with [OK], the alert pops up again, repeat ad infinitum. The tablet is practically unusable now.

Complicating things is that it's difficult to get the thing to even boot. If I restart it, it loads into a black screen with the Asus logo and a spinning loading icon and stays there forever. Image for reference: http://i.imgur.com/NBhvZ2T.jpg . My mom says she can get it to boot sometimes but only after restarting several times (I don't have the patience for it, I've never gotten it to boot)

I've already managed to back up her relevant data, so I suggested that I do a factory reset. So I hold Power and Volume Up during startup and boot into the following menu: http://i.imgur.com/Anb5Kjl.jpg  There's an error message there, IDK if it's relevant.

From the Droidboot Menu, I choose "Recovery" and it reboots again. This time it boots into a screen with a dead Android mascot and the text "No command". Here's a shitty cameraphone image for reference: http://i.imgur.com/QgOvHkm.jpg  At this point, I'm not sure how to proceed. The Volume buttons are unresponsive. Tapping Power does nothing. If I leave it in this state for a while, it proceeds to try to boot and gets stuck again at the loading icon I showed in the first image.

Any advice as to how I can get this tablet back into a usable state?


texts:
Tasker doesn't change neither %VOLA or %VOLM when i lower them on volume panel.
It is a problem since i have a bad habit of setting alarm volume to 0 when i am at school.


texts: Nowadays, flip phones run android. You are able to install any app, as long as it supports the framework. But, the one problem is that there is no touchscreen on flip phones. Is there a way to add "D-Pad" functionality to a common android app, much like the way you use the remote to navigate on AndroidTV?


texts: SU binary installed, it runs from ADB, but SuperSU wont accept it

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I installed SuperSU on my dev phone (ro.debugable=1). I have the proper su binary (PIE OK) installed in BOTH /system/xbin and /system/bin. The SuperSU APK is installed in /system/priv-app. The APK is the only one on my device (I don't have any other SU apps installed).

When I restart and open SuperSU, it tells me "No SU binary installed, I cant install it etc."

I am running Android 5.1 and using SuperSU 2.27 beta.


texts: Retrieve my phone contacts lost in previous phone

texts: Please send me _ how to ? I don't want to lose info stored on lost phone


texts: How can i change default user of ADB daemon

texts: When i use adb shell i am logged in as user shell who is in lot of groups and have a lot of permissions. My question is if i can change default user which ADB daemon use to have less permissions. For example to use application user. Is this possible without rooting device?


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I have a new Samsung Epic 4G which has a clock on the top of the unlock screen. For some reason, however, most of the date gets cut off. So what I see is "Fri May." and the time. It seems like a font problem, but the phone is brand new.

I'm not even sure where to look for fixes or insights.


texts: How to pair a symbol CS3070 bluetooth scanner with a nexus 7 (2013) tablet

texts: The pairing code asks me to type on the device which has no keys.  Is there a work around?


texts: Does automated mapping with voice come pre-defaulted in Android without needing a data plan?

texts:
Navigation is yes -- Does Android come with free navigation in non-US contries?

And it has voice -- Talking GPS software for Android?

But do you need a data plan?


texts: How to see other partitions using the Terminal Emulator and mount them?

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I just installed Android on my netbook and it caused it to not see Linux Mint on my machine and I'm assuming it removed it from the GRUB.

Now the first problem is how do I see the contents of my Linux Mint partition and explore them in Android? Can I use a Terminal or Mount manager?

I dont see anything called /dev/sda as expected. How do I mount the Mint and the Windows partition within Android? What commands would be helpful? What are the names of the hdd device file?

If possible please let me know how to edit the GRUB also!
I think I can see them in /dev/block/sda5 - What exact command to mount it? I have superuser access.


texts: What does the blue 0 mean in the top right hand corner of my camera?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy s II and recently a 0 in a white box has appeared in my camera on the right hand corner. Why is this? What does it mean? How do I get rid of it?


texts: Can I move up and down an on-screen page by voice command?

texts: Can I move up and down an on-screen page by voice command within Google Now?


texts: Allowing restricted accounts to use gmail/hangouts

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I'm pondering deploying a fleet of nexus 7 tablets, but I'm running into a few hiccups on managing the fleet.

I would like to do the following:

Use multiple restricted accounts on each tablet
Allow access to the browser
Block google play store (easy enough with restricted accounts)
Allow each account access to individual gmail/hangouts for communication (not an option with restricted accounts - as it appears it is blocked and uses the primary user's info)

Is there any work around to allow restricted accounts to access gmail/hangouts?

Thanks,


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Sometimes I'm listening to music on my phone (running Android KitKat), and from my pocket the phone make a sound and the first screenshot shows up and then the second one appears:

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What makes this shows up and how can I stop it?


texts:
I got a samsung t-mobile tablet (SM-T807T) and I forgot the password I got it to reboot but now it's stuck on "downloading" "do not turn off target!"
SO What Do I Do now?


texts: Unable to access Play Store after CM12.1 upgrade

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Following this week's releases of CyanogenMod, there's finally CM 12 and CM 12.1 releases for the Samsung S4 Mini. Therefore, I upgraded from the latest 11 release to 12.1.
However, after installing, I was unable to access the Play Store, getting "No Connection" and a "Retry" button opening it up. Following instructions from various places, I tried changing the date and resetting it, and then tried removing my Google account from the device. This is where I am now stuck.
Opening the Play Store now, it sits "Checking info...", occasionally telling me "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped" (it's been prompting me to upgrade Google Play services ever since I installed CM 12.1, as one would expect, but I've been unable to upgrade it due to lack of access to the Play Store) a variable number of times while doing so. Eventually, I reach a screen telling me:

Can't establish a reliable connection to the server.
This could be a temporary problem or your Android device may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care.

However, internet access works fine in Chrome and in all non-Google apps. I can load play.google.com almost instantly in Chrome: there's no internet connectivity issue here.
Trying to add my Google Account from settings leads to the same "Checking info..." sequence of screens.
How can I re-add my Google account and regain access to the Play Store?


texts: Does Android store information about previous SIM cards?

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Does Android store any info about previous SIM cards that have been inserted into the phone?
Can the current mobile operator access this info?

Can the current mobile operator get my GPS location when I'm abroad or after I return?
Is it information stored anywhere?


texts: Setting Default applications through ADB

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I have an android device (Android 4.4) with two launchers. One comes with the device and the other one is home made. I have the following questions regarding this scenario:

How can I set the default launcher via ADB? (same as selecting one and pressing Always)
How can I clear the default launcher selection via ADB? (same as entering to Default Applications and clearing Defaults)

Please do not submit answers or comments that do not consider the use of ADB. I'm not interested in any of those.

Also, I already know about disabling one of the launchers via ADB (pm disable app_package_name) and then re-enabling it, but this is not the same as setting the default launcher or setting the preferred activity. You can see the difference in the next image:


texts: Can one download GMaps offline areas without signing in?


texts: By accident, on the Android ColorNote application, I changed the language from English to Chinese. How do I change it back to English?


texts: I want to carry on using hangouts for sms

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I assume i can install an older apk before the sms integration timer was added, freeze updates and use hangouts for SMS forever.

I have two questions

1) how can i find the most recent version that won't have the warning message
2) where are my SMS stored, will i lose the history?


texts: When trying to set up a S5 for adoptable storage with 6.0.1 opp sys. When I put in the sm list disks command I get a list of sm commands and an error.


texts: How to remove the picture next to my name in gmail

texts:
here is my problem. I recently bought an samsung s4 Active. When I started using it I noticed that there was a random picture next to my name on all my outgoing emails from my phone. The picture is a random screen shot from a youtube video I uploaded years ago. I come to find out that google has taken it upon themselves to somehow link all my stuff together and now assign this picture as my "profile picture"

After some internet searching i find that I need to delete the album inside of Picasa that is labled "profile pictures" that i never created. That didnt work.

Now im told to create a google+ account and then turn around and delete it to remove this picure association. That didnt work either.

So my question is:
If I dont have a google+ account, have deleted any folder that is called "profile picture", and gone into my gmail settings to select "no picture"...what else do I need to do to remove this random picture that appears next to my name on all my outgoing emails from my phone???


texts: On the Droid X I'm able to create contact groups. However I don't seem to be able to add/delete group members. What am I missing?


texts: I just reset my android phone, how do I recover my Chrome bookmarks?

texts: I just reset my Moto G, hoping that the Chrome bookmarks would be synced to my account but they haven't and I lost them all. They were extremely valuable and I want all of them back. Please let me know any methods to recover them! I am willing to root my phone for this!


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I just followed Sony's tutorial to unlock and flash the ROM to AOSP. I also compiled manually the kernel in the process. I imported my mmssms.db as well to keep my messages.

The stock messaging app kept crashing when opening a conversation, so I tried to clear the mmssms.db, but then I simply can't get to the redaction screen. I can select contacts but that's it. I tried another app that can send SMSes successfully, however I don't receive anything.

That's probably a bit confuse but I'd like to know where the issue could be, where to look and/or what useful debug infos I could get & share.

----- EDIT -----

I tried to put my sim in another phone: works
I put another sim in my phone: can send, can't receive as well.


texts: Is a factory reset from recovery different from one started in the OS?

texts:
Galaxy S4 I9505 on 5.1 Stock

Handset has stability issues and I can't find a clear answer if a factory reset started in the OS runs the same process as one started via recovery?


texts: Removing an android app making troubles from Recovery mode

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I have "Call Recorder" app installed on my android phone and changed the recording option to Kernel and choose another device name. It caused phone to stop its touch working and etc after auto-running this app when rebooting.... Now what can I do to solve this problem by preventing this app of running in start-up? Maybe these ways are helpful: 1- To remove app's files installed on storage from the file manager of recovery mode. but which folder or files? 2- Maybe using one of wipe options in recovery. but which one can help me? 3- Or every way else...

Thanks for your help...


texts: Galaxy S7 - How to back-up stored email mailboxes with ADB?

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I've been through several threads on Stackexchange / XDA to find a solution that yet eludes me for the following task :

As we all know, when we create and email account with our android devise and use the default email app, in my case Samsung Email, the synchronized emails are stored on our phone, in my case (rooted Samsung Galaxy S7 edge - Android 7.0), in this location :/data/data/com.samsung.android.email.provider/ with folders : App Cache App Databases

The idea, from what I have read, is to backup all those folders and the databases stored within them with ADB and then use SQLite tools to convert the databases into usable/readable information.

The problems I have encountered until now:

when I use ADB backup function, the stored backup is less than 1kb size, meaning the backup didn't work, this can be the result of wrong app name or no Allow_Backup Flag on that app (system app)
I have use several tools to get the exact name of the app, in my case com.samsung.android.email.provider or com.samsung.android.email.provider-1 but still no result
I have tried to use the backup -all command, and that's how I realized some apps where not backed-up in the resulting file, including the email app for my device.
I have read that in order to be backup and app, it needs to have the ALLOW_BACKUP flag, and the app (system app) does not have that flag

What do you think ? what should I do from here?
(Important : the idea is to extract/backup the whole mailboxes and be able to access the contents of these mailboxes on a windows/mac mail client. I have no use for the 'export email to file (.eml)' available in the Samsung app, as that would require to do it for each email one by one).

Sources:

Android email Extraction
How to backup with ADB
Backup problems
Backup FLAG info
SQLite database use


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I want to auto-refresh a particular URL every 5 minutes in my Android mobile which returns a specific webpage 90 percent of the time. But sometimes, the result of the refresh is a different webpage. When it is different, it will trigger a screenshot and send me a message/WhatsApp/Telegram/mail.
I found some Chrome extension to auto-refresh the web, but that does not do the next task. I downloaded MacroDroid app to try to automate my desired task. Please help me


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According to JuicePlotter, my HTC Evo's 3G radio is always on when the screen is on -- even when doing absolutely nothing.  I tested this by turning the brightness down to 1 and opening the settings menu and just leaving it there.  The screen was set to never shut off.  I got pretty significant battery drain.

I ask because I want to improve my battery life when reading downloaded books with the Kindle app.  It seems to me that the radio should be in sleep mode when not in use.  I'd rather not switch to airplane mode because I'd still like to receive calls/texts.

To clarify:

I have a strong signal at all times
When the screen is off, JuicePlotter says the radio is off (and the battery lasts practically forever)
When in airplane mode with the screen on, JuicePlotter says the radio is off (duh) and the battery life is much better.
Android reports that my display only consumes between 5 and 10% of power
Android reports that Cell Standby consumes 30% (and that's with great signal)

I think these tests demonstrate that the display itself is not the problem, the radio is.  So again the question is:  why does the radio use so much power when the screen is on but it's not being used?


texts: Websites suddenly inaccessible but Google search works

texts:
I'm using a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S running Android 2.3.4 as a secondary phone. I used to surf internet until recently without so much hassle (using WiFi, not mobile data). But recently, some strange issue showed up.

I can Google search anything. But when I try to browse certain websites from search results, I get the error "Web page is not available". However, this happens when browsing only some of the websites, including Wikipedia (strangely, when I turn the Extreme mode in the Opera Mini I can browse the website).

I tried force stopping the browsers, cleared their data and cache, even did a  reinstall of the two browsers, UC mini and Opera Mini. It is to be noted that I did root the phone sometime ago, but I was able to surf the web with this rooted device before this issue occurred.

The problem persists on other WiFi networks as well so this couldn't be an issue with my network. That said, other devices on the network works fine.


texts: How to copy all photos in gallery to linux desktop machine?

texts:
I have a bunch of photos on my Samsung Galaxy Tab running 3.2 which I'd like to copy over USB to my main machine running Linux so I can work on them with GIMP and other power tools.   Despite this seeming like a simple and common thing to do, I haven't found any way to do this after hours of googling and experimenting.

Some answers and articles already out there assume the existence of sdcard, which I don't have (AFIK), mention directories named /dcim or /emmc (sp?), involve Windows-only software such as Kies, or are about some specialized problem not relevent here.

I figured I could poke around the Galaxy Tab's file system with adb, but found no place holding .jpg or other image files, which I should have at least 30 or so of.  If I knew the path, I could just do an adb pull to get my photos.

If it's possible, I prefer to use adb pull, since it can be automated, but I also wonder how regular folk, the nontechies, get their photos off their tablets.  I have read about MTP and that the USB mass storage device way of doing things doesn't work with the Galaxy Tab (or anything Samsung?)

Just to be clear, my photos do exist on the tablet.  I can see them all in the Gallery, as a regular end user.   I do have the proper USB cable, and adb runs fine.


texts: How do I find APN settings to use with a 3rd party SMS app?

texts:
I'm using an admittedly old (Android 4.0.4) Samsung Galaxy Centura (Tracfone) and I've run into a problem with regards to text messaging. The default "Messaging" app is quite limited and is missing the one thing that I wanted:(group messaging), so I switched to Textra for messaging. Textra is almost perfect, except that it won't send or receive an MMS!

I figured it was a simple matter of updating the APN settings, until Tracfone support informed me that this phone "does not have adustable APN settings," and could not help me any further.

I experimented and found that the stock Messaging app can send/receive MMS, so it's not a system-wide problem, just a Textra problem. I experimented with a couple of other SMS apps from the Play Store, and they all exhibit the same symptoms. SMS works fine, but MMS fails.

Textra does have a place to input custom APN settings, but I can't seem to find the proper settings anywhere. I googled "APN settings for tracfone" and tried a couple of the common results, but no go. I did find out that the phone is apparently running on the Verizon network, (the gateways ##########@vtext.com and ##########@mypixmessages both work) so I tried Verizon APN settings too, but to no avail.

Any ideas on what steps to take next? Surely it is possible, I'm just missing a piece of the puzzle somewhere. :|


texts: Should I reset my phone and how do I back up my phone's data?

texts:
I've got a new Telstra Smart-Touch Next Generation and I logged on to my G-mail account so I could use the calender and other apps. After a while I realised that my credit was being eaten up bit by bit, a few cents an hour I think. I thought it must be my G-mail and I tried to log out but didn't know how. So, I went to my G-mail account on my Mac and deleted it. Now my phone says that I've entered an incorrect password and wants me to type it in, and most importantly my credit is still being used up and I don't know what to do. I was thinking that maybe I should reset my phone but I don't want to lose my contacts, messages and apps.

Should I reset my phone? Can I backup my phone's data beforehand if I do this?


texts: I encrypted my device on a lark, but it affected performance too much. I want to decrypt my device, but the place where I could previously initiate the encryption now just show "encrypted". I tried a factory reset both from the setting and from TWRP, but after the device boots back up, it's still in the encrypted state. Tried several times.


texts: Better folders, which support drag & drop: is that even possible?

texts:
I've tried three different folder widgets for Android 2.3, but I noticed none of them supports adding applications via drag & drop, like the native folders do.

Is that even possible to do?

I guess it isn't, or those application would be pretty stupid not to support it, but you never know.


texts: In AFWall+, how do you block everything by default?

texts: I want the default to be blocked unless I specifically allow that app. I understand you can tick all what you want blocked or not. But, what I want is for any app that gets installed to be automatically, completely, blocked from the git go - unless I get in AFWall+ and allow it. So if an app called X is installed, it wouldn't have any access to network without me having to block it. Appreciate any pointers.


texts: Is there a way to make all new Google chrome Windows on my Android be in incognito mode? Thank you!


texts: Can I get this latest update off my phone (Galaxy S4, Lollipop)?

texts: Can I get this latest update off my Galaxy S4 phone? I can't handle the color changes and need it off my phone.


texts: If you unlock you don't have to unlock again in X time

texts:
Is there a way to have my phone stay unlocked for some period of time after I have unlocked it once (via PIN, pattern or whatever). In other words, if I unlock my device with my PIN, if I turn the screen back on within the next 30 minutes I wouldn't have to re-enter my PIN.

If it matters my device is on Android 4.4.


texts:
My phone is 8 months old, and since I got it, I've had it suddenly die on me twice, but both times it came back to life within 2/3 days. After the second time it happened, I tried to bring it into samsung to get it checked, but they told me because my screen had a crack, they weren't able to honour my warranty anymore. Hence, I'm in this sticky situation where I still have 2 years and 2 months of my contract left before I can even consider getting a new phone.

This time, the phone has been dead for over a week.

I tried these commonly advised tips:

removing the battery, leaving it out for periods of 5 mins to even a day or two
holding the off button for 30 seconds
holding the off + volume (down) button
holding the off + volume (up) buttons
options 3 and 4 in various successions

And nothing works! Please help! Any suggestions or advice at all would be great!


texts:
I have a Samsung galaxy Ace, rooted.

I installed Final Fantasy Dimensions and Sandbox (both are games). They require intial net connection for registration, but I get an unable to connect to network every time.

I am using Wi-Fi. Downloading and browsing via browser works. So, why is the internet not working for the games?


texts: Unify SMS and signal-messages on both a phone and a desktop

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Signal Android app has a unified interface that groups SMS and signal-protocol messages in a user convenient way.
On the other hand, Signal desktop app handles signal-protocol messages only (messages are shared between devices).
However, Signal desktop app has no access to SMS messages (from other same-account phone devices), the way Google Messages (android default SMS app) does. Furthermore, since only one of Signal and Google Messages can access incoming messages (it needs to be the device default app), once Signal is fully functional, Google messages can no more be used as SMS proxy
there seems to be no simple way of both

accessing all (Signal-protocol and SMS) messages on a unified interface on the android phone
accessing all messages on desktop, even with several apps

Does anyone know of a workaround for this?

Is there some kind of addon for Signal that adds a (reasonably secure) SMS proxy?
Is there a SMS proxy that works without being the default app on the Android phone?
Is there any open source project aiming at that kind of unification?

Bonus: if any solution could also include whatsapp messages, it would be even more awesome!


texts: How do you view battery usage on Android Pie?

texts:
In old Android versions, I would commonly go to view my battery percentage in the options to make sure that none of the apps running in the background were burning out the battery. In Android Pie, however, this is gone from the battery screen in settings. It used to be at the bottom of the settings screen, but it is no longer there.

Has this moved somewhere else in Android Pie? I can't find it.


texts:
Want to use PC broadband connection on the phone connected via USB [no Bluetooth or wifi] to surf on the phone or install app.
The android device is running 4.0.4 and the PC running Windows 7
I dont want to root the phone. I've the phone driver installed.


texts: Does Android put wifi and other data networks to sleep when the display is turned off?

texts: I was wondering if stock Android puts Wifi and other data networks to sleep when the display of the device is turned off. If not, what app can help me do the same ?


texts: How do you trace incoming/outgoing HTTP connections on a rooted Android?

texts:
I would like to get a trace of any incoming & outgoing requests over HTTP from my android phone over a period of time (like you can do with Fiddler on a PC) - is there tool apart from WhisperCore that can do something like this?

The reason i don't want WhisperCore is because it needs to encrypt your whole device before it lets you use the tracer


texts:
I am using a gdoc quite often on my android smartphone. It's my basic ToDo-List. I have even put it on Keep on device.

However, the gdocs is still so large, so that it takes up to 5 minutes to load the doc.

Any recommendations how to fasten this process up?

I appreciate your answers!


texts: I had made a password for my Samsung galaxy s6 and I forgot it a few hours later and I don't know how to get into my phone and the thing where it say to sign into google is no working either i have been locked out for 3 hours it is a very stressful problem to have because all I wanted to do was get into my phone so someone please help me (btw I have the active)


texts: three sets of headphones not plugging into brand new lg optimus g phone

texts: I have 3 sets of headphones, being he exact same size. They all fit and even click into my old phone's head jack, where as with my new phone the lg optimus g they go in midway and the only way for the headphone jack to read the headphones I have to hold it in. There isn't dust in it or anything I don't know what is happening. This is ridiculous


texts: can I receive pending messages of whatsapp after I reactivate my account on new phone?

texts:
Can I receive pending messages from WhatsApp that was in my dead phone
 but still pending coz of the dead phone when I reactivate my account on the new phone??
I am mentioning again pending (undelivered) messages??
can I receive back after re-installing in the new phone???


texts: Phone forgetting networks after turning off wifi

texts:
Whenever adding a new wireless network, android seems to forget the network after disabling then re-enabling wifi. I am forced to manually connect to the network and enter the password each time. This also happens with open networks. The problem occurs on any wireless network, at home, work, public networks, etc.

Further inspection on the /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf file shows "disabled=1" added to the end of each network.

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This has been going on for weeks. Any help would be much appreciated.

Phone: Nexus 4
Version: 4.4.4


texts: Recover data from Moto X with broken display

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I have a Moto X (Lollipop 5.1) whose display is broken. I have some files and photos in it which are very important. Unfortunately, I didn't use Dropbox or Google Drive to backup my content. I tried the following ways to recover the data but with no help:

Control a device with a broken screen but unfortunately USB debugging is not enabled. Also, the pc doesn't recoganize the device (I figured that out with lsusb on my linux).
The phone doesn't have any apps like AirDroid installed to allow it to be accessed remotely on a PC.

The phone works and I was able to locate and ring it via Android Device Manager. Is there a way to get access to the phone's data in my current situation?


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When I try to turn on my mobile hotspot, it simply turns back off says error under Mobile Hotspot at  Settings->Network & Internet->Tethering & Mobile Hotspot.  Is there a way to debug this issue (maybe with adb) and get a more specific error code?
Note that USB and Bluetooth tethering work, just not the mobile hotspot.  After factory resetting my phone, the hotspot works, however if I restore my backup, it stops working.  I assume there's an application that is interfering with starting the hotspot, but it's hard to tell with such a generic error code.
Phone Model: Kyocera Duraforce Pro 2 (Kyocera-E6920)
Network: AT&T
Android version: 9
Software version: 3.157AT


texts: How to save data while installing updates from the Play Store?

texts:
Every time there's an update in the Play Store the whole application gets downloaded again instead of some particular size.

For example, there are 45 apps installed from Play Store. The average size is almost 800Mb to 1Gb. So supposing that there are updates for all the applications then I will end up downloading 800MB or more depending on the update.

So why are updates full size? Why can't the updates be of some particular size so that we can save some data while updating?

I also tried Opera max data saver but it doesn't save data for downloads. It saves only when browsing or watching anything from  the browser.

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texts: Can I set up my Galaxy Tab to boot from the external SD card?

texts:
I'm having some issues with my Samsung Galaxy Tab, model SCH-I800 (VZW).

It started giving me a reboot loop one day (completely stock at this point). I've flashed ROMs and whatnot in the past, so I thought this would be an easy fix.

Based on the symptoms that this thing is exhibiting, I believe that the internal flash storage has gone bad. However, I do not have the desire to take this thing part and desolder the chip. So how do I get this Tab to boot off the external SD card? I've tried everything google has to offer thus far:

Manually (and correctly) partitioned SD card.
Edited /etc/fstab in addition to vold.fstab.
Flashed numerous ROMs.
Data/cache wipe in CWM 3.0.0.5 (for some reason, the newest version won't flash).

Running ls /dev/block in an adb shell shows mmcblk0, mmcblk1p1, and mmcblk1p2. For some reason, after every reboot, mount /sdcard throws an error that references mmcblk0 instead of mmcblk1. I am at my wit's end. I think /etc/fstab isn't sticking after reboot, but I honestly don't know. My knowledge of *nix-based systems is somewhat limited.

Is there any way for me to get this to boot from the external SD card?


texts: Bluetooth device only try to pair Samsung Galaxy S3 but not HTC Sensation or Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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Bluetooth device supports Bluetooth 2.1 so no keying PIN necessary.

All 3 Android phones Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2, HTC Sensation with Android 4.0.3 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.2 are running the same app - BluetoothChat app by Google targeting Android API level 15 (4.0.3). 3 apps on 3 phones were listening to incoming connections (Serial Port Profile I suppose) but only Samsung Galaxy S3 gets asked to allow or disallow pairing. I've tried doing the same test with each individual device and each pair of them but the result is the same.

Any ideas why this is happening?


texts: How can I make my samsung galaxy tab vibrate or ring when I click a link on a browser? thanks a lot for any help. :)


texts: Mere presence of SD card causes all sort of issues - what can be wrong?

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My Galaxy S II started to act weirdly recently - application can't be installed or updated neither in Google Play, nor locally, the Settings > Apps (Storage) says "Computing" forever, my SD card fails to dismount etc. But other than that, the phone operates normally - all files are accessible, all apps work etc.

As I needed the updates and installs to work, I needed to fix this. It appeared that when I physically take the SD card out, all is suddenly fine. When I put the card back in, I can access the data on it, the files are visible over MTP on my Windows machine etc. but the above mentioned problems are back again.

I've checked the card itself and it seems to be fine - it operates normally under Windows, the Windows check tool didn't find any corrupted sectors or anything like that. So I guess the fault is either in my phone or in Android - does this sound familiar to someone here? Is there anything I can do to try to fix this?


texts: Issue with Lollipop (Android version 5.0.2) on Moto G: unable to pick calls.

texts: After upgrading to Android Lollipop, I am unable to pick calls though the phone plays the ringtone for incoming calls and shows the call as 'missed' later. It does show anything on screen by which I can pick the call. Kindly help. Thanks.


texts: How to disable the notification badge on Facebook on Sony Xperia?

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I have Sony Xperia. I hope to disable all attention grabbing behaviour on my phone, and after disabling notifications from most annoying apps, the only thing left is the notification badge (red number) on the Facebook app.

Browsing for "turn off notification badge android xperia facebook" only gives me hits regarding Samsung TouchWiz and iPhone, and I so far haven't been able to locate anything in the menu of the app either.

How can I turn off the display of unread events on the icon of the Facebook app?


texts: Livestream to twitch from Sony Alpha Camera with WiFi API

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Sony cameras since ~2013 have a WiFi API. This is utilized by the official Imaging Edge Mobile app, but also open to third-party developers.
I own a QX1 and want to livestream to twitch from this.
Most search results use a computer and a HDMI capture card.
Are there any apps available which can connect to the camera through the WiFi API and then directly stream to twitch?
What (somewhat) works is just opening the Imaging Edge Mobile app, then using an app that can capture the screen like Streamlabs, but that sucks because I need to keep the screen on all the time, and the controls on the right side of the app are always visible.


texts: Relock bootloader - "FAILED (remote: unknown command)"

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I'm getting rid of my Sony XZ2 Compact. I just flashed the original firmware using Emma and now I'm trying to relock the bootloader.
I've tried running fastboot oem lock and fastboot flashing lock both as a normal user and root with no avail. I always get the following error:
>> fastboot oem lock
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.000s

When I run fastboot devices I can see my phone listed. USB-Debugging is active in the developer options.
How can I lock the bootloader so that I don't get the screen with "Your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader." when booting the phone?


texts: Do 4.3 JellyBean apps work on 4.4 KitKat?

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I am an android developer and would like to upgrade my Nexus 7(2013, JellyBean 4.3) to KitKat 4.4.2.

My apps are all developed to work on 4.3 fine. I'm just wondering if my 4.3 apps will work when I upgrade. Does anyone know?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT - I upgraded and all apps work fine, thanks for answers :D

EDIT 2 - Actually, one of my Bluetooth Low Energy Apps does not work. Any Help? I have changed the targetSDK version to 19, but should I install the SDK for 19 as well?


texts: Can I install an app directly to my SD card?

texts: I'm trying to install a large application (EA games' Scrabble free), but I have insufficient space on my phone, so I can't complete the installation. I have plenty of space on my SD card though, but I don't see any option to install the app directly there without passing through the phone. What can I do about this?


texts: linkledin learning file download location in bluestacks 4

texts: i recently downloaded linkedin learning app on bluestacks.  i cant find the the courses i downloaded in that app. where is the save file location of linkedlearning app. There is nothing on shared folder


texts: Can't login with Gmail App/Play Store on tablet; Username/Password OK on desktop web browser

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I've spent the last 15 or 30 minutes trying to login to the Gmail app and the Play Store on an ASUS TF-101 tablet. During the same time, I've visited a desktop computer, logged out, re-entered the username and password, and logged back in just fine.

Here's a cropped image after attempting to login to Play Store. I'm certain the username and password are correct from testing on the desktop:

The tablet has internet connectivity, and the time is set correctly. I even performed a factory reset and the problem still persists.

A few questions:

Any ideas why I've wasted 1/2 hour trying to login using this tablet?
How do I login into Gmail App and Play Store using Gmail credentials on an ASUS TF-101 tablet?
Why am I being forced to use a password mask created for a 1960s teletype terminal in 2014? I certify that no one is standing behind me.
How do I remove the password mask so I can actually see what's being entered?

Related: I found a similar issue at Can't log in via Gmail app but browser login is fine, but the time is set correctly and there are no other helpful answers.


texts: I'm seeing some cards from the Daily Mail when I look at Google Now. How can I prevent Google Now surfacing cards from sources that I dislike?


texts: I'm on vacation in the UK and the Galaxy Tab 10.1" is coming out here the first week of August. I was wondering if the tablet is locked to one of the networks here in the UK or if it's unlocked and I can essentially take it back to Canada or on the rest of my European travels and use on any 3G network with that counties providers?


texts: How do I switch from swipe-up to tap in order to answer a call?

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For some reason I can't always answer an incoming call by swiping up. I do it several times and the little green circle moves up with my finger but then back down again and the phone keeps ringing and I miss the call.  Then sometimes it does work and I swipe up once and I answer the call.  I can't figure out what is the problem. If I'm doing something wrong sometimes or if it is a glitch in the software or a screen sensitivity issue...I don't know.  Could it make a difference if my finger is cold or dry?  Sometimes my hands are cold, sometimes dry, sometimes sweaty. Does it matter how much pressure I apply to the phone when I swipe up?
It's a UMX phone.
Is there a way to switch from swipe-up to tap in order to answer a call? I could not find anything in settings that had to do with answering a call.


texts: Exclude possibility of damage of Android device while chargin with another charger

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Is it true, that if I have one Android tablet with mini-usb from Philips, one Android device with mini-usb from Sony, then if I connect Philips charger to Sony charger, then it is possibility for a device to blast or cause any damage?

I heard about a story, where woman connected charger of other manufacturer and during phone call device blasted. I don't know if it is a rumor, or this is truth?
In the other hand, workmate says that solution is on a hardware level and devices detect voltage and solve this issue automatically.

Is it safe to charge with different manufacturer charger or not?


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I'm trying to back up the apks and preference data for all of the apps on my device, but it only backs up about a third of them; the remainder all have allowBackup=false in their manifests, which disables the ability to back them up, either with adb or with Helium.

I'd much prefer not to have to go through each of the apks one by one, extract their manifests, change them, then make them apks and add them to my device again. So is there a way of ignoring allowBackup=false when doing adb backup? Or, is there an app or shell command I could run that would find all of the apps with allowBackup set to false and set them to true?

I checked out this app that's supposed to do just that, but was unable to run it since it doesn't have an activity specified. If there's any easy way of getting that to work, or any alternative to it, that would be great.


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Device details:

YU Yuphoria

Android 6.0 Marshmallow (AOSP custom firmware)

Root Access: Not yet

Bootloader: Unlocked

Recovery: TWRP v2.8.7.0

I made a flashable zip of my apps along with their data through this app while I was on CyanogenMod 12.1 (with root access). Now when I try to flash that zip file in the ROM I mentioned above, I'm unable to do so.. I get an error:

ZIP file is corrupt

I'm unable to make out what's causing this error.. I could assume that the app which I used is not a good option for me to make zips, but many users have tried that app & gained success.. Please help me troubleshoot this..


texts: My LG X Power volume keeps resetting to 2

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I turn down my ringer to 0, with no vibrate.  I leave it on my desk, and when I get a message,  I hear the message ding.  When I check, the volume is at 2 (i mean 2 levels higher than vibrate).

This is happening several times a day.  What could be causing it?

I'm using Android 6.0.1


texts: How do I run app shortcuts from a computer via adb am? I do know this can be achieved but don't know the syntex of the command.. The Intent task (a tasker plugin) shows some command related text which it uses to run the shortcut, i can't future out how exactly to use it


texts: Connectify and Galaxy Grand duos android 4.2.2 hotspot connectivity issue

texts: When using connectify for the first or after a long time, the mobile connects just fine to the hotspot untill 2-3 days pass by and it disconnects and stops displaying the name of the network in the wifi networks list. I tried switching off and then on the network and my mobile's wifi but no good. The mobile does display other networks but not the one it was using for the past 2-3 days.


texts: How to stream to my smartphone only what I see inside the bluestacks window

texts: I've just installed Bluestacks on my PC because I wanted to run whatsapp inside it. I have two whatsapp account. The first one on my smarthphone and the second one inside the bluestacks emulator. I want to do this because till now I used whatsapp desktop on my PC instead of using it directly on my smartphone. But the problem was that often the connection was lost and above all whatsapp for the smartphone eats a lot of battery from the phone. So I had the idea to use it directly inside the android emulator. NOW,a problem arises : when I'm at home,I kill whatsapp on my phone and I use that installed on the android emulator. BUT when I'm out of my home,I would like to see what my friends are saying in one of the two accounts. So,I have installed the "screen stream mirroring" app inside bluestacks. It says that the mirroring address is "http://10.0.2.15:5000/screen". I tried to connect a web browser from the pc and from the smartphone to that address but it refuses the connection. I have also registered a new dyndns account and I have installed a dns manager inside bluestacks because I wanted to point the address "10.0.2.15" to a domain name,but it didn't work. It says : "wrong ip address". I know that I could install a screen stream application directly on the host OS (Windows 10 in my case),but this has a big dis advantage : I should keep the bluestacks window opened and it takes a lot of space from my screen. I have also tried to run teamviewer on the bluestacks side and on the smartphone side,but I don't like this solution,because everytime I should understand where the pointer is positioned and I should move it exactly where I would like it to be. I would like also say that for me it's not useful at all using two android remote applications which works only inside the same network,because when I go out of my home usually I use the mobile connection that I have on my phone and not the wi-fi connection that's inside my house. So,the question is : how can I stream to my smartphone (samsung note 3) only what I see inside the bluestacks window ?


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I have a ZTE v9. I flashed it with CynogenMod7 from here. I have installed ClockworkMod recovery 4.0.0.2. Then I rebooted phone from recovery. Now, the phone keeps restarting.

I can't get into recovery mode using power + volume down button (earlier I could). I have a backup of previous rom. How can I restore it?


texts: How to use old phone (LG G3) as wifi client bridge via micro usb ethernet adapter

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Looking to see if I can use an android phone to "get the internet" from wifi and provide it to a ethernet cable that I intend to run way beyond my wifi range to another router I have configured as an access point. The single string data flow architecture is as thus:

[wifi device wanting WWW, e.g. iPad]<-wifi connection->["far away" wifi Access Point]<-wired connection->[micro usb ethernet adapter]<-micro usb charge port on phone->[Android phone (LG G3)]<-wifi connection->[primary wifi router]<-ethernet cable->[cable modem]<-coax->{WWW}

Does that make sense?
Is it possible?
I know I should be flashing DD-WRT to a wifi router and configuring it in client bridge mode but I don't have a spare DD-WRT compatible router lying around. I do have multiple un-used but working 2015 vintage android phones sitting unused.


texts: Difference between /mnt/sdcard and /sdcard

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I'm in the beginning of Android kernel study and I'm looking at every directory in rooted Android.

I realized that the same directories were in those two: /mnt/sdcard and /sdcard. What's the difference between them?

(The directories that I found were:

Alarms,Android, Audio, Books, DCIM, Download, Images, LOST.DIR, Movies, Music, Notifications, Pictures, Podcasts, Ringtones, Video)

I'm using Android 4.1.2.


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I have Android Emulator from Android Studio and from some days I have another basic controls tab (on dark gray background). I don't want it, because it's second tab to controls emulator. Anyone kwow where I can turn it off?

https://i.stack.imgur.com/UxS1D.jpg


texts: HDMI connected on Google Nextbook 8 when no HDMI connected

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Recently, my Nextbook 8 has been acting oddly. What it does is switches into HDMI mode, though there is no HDMI cable plugged in.

I first noticed this on Sunday. The screen was refusing to rotate, even for apps that required a different screen orientation. When I figured out that HDMI Switch was on, I turned it off and that fixed the problem. Temporarily.

Now, the screen flashes frequently as it "connects" and "disconnects" from HDMI, which makes using it next to impossible. Sound stutters when it does this, and if it's "connected," I can't watch videos on it.

I've never once connected HDMI to it, and I take care of my electronics. I've never dropped it, I have anti-virus on it that finds nothing wrong, and I haven't downloaded any new apps. I've found nothing online to help me solve what could be causing this, though I've been searching since Monday. All problems I've found through searching have been "HDMI not connecting" issues instead.

Any help would be greatly appreciated in this matter.


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Does anyone know of a call blocker that will let you create a voice message for blocked calls?

What I want is to block calls from hidden numbers. This is almost always salespeople so I want to just block them, but maybe once in a while someone with no ill intent might be calling from a line with a hidden number.

So I want the app to actually take the call, but not tell me about it. Then it should play a sound file that I make and then hang up.

This will let me tell the person at the other end, that I just blocked them to get rid of salespeople and that if they are not such a "person" then they should just use SMS.

I know that some of the apps will let you type in a text that will be sent to blocked callers, but as it will almost never be a cellphone, but an old land line with blocked number, then that will not help a lot.

If no one knows of an app that will let me do this, then I will just have to make it my self, but I thought I'd better ask first.


texts: Why phone screens have full brightness during boot time?

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A simple question.

Why do phone screens have to be set at full brightness during power-up? (Maybe at that time the hardware's light sensor/s is initializing?)

Why did the developer/manufacturers not set the display's brightness to a lower value to allow a better User Experience?

p.s.- this came to my mind when I was restarting my phone, multiple times while debugging my Xposed module and being terribly sorry for my eyes to be having to look at the bright display.


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I haven't updated my Google Music in ages (I still had the blue interface) but when I updated it to the latest version, I had to clear my song cache because some of my music weren't playing correctly. This time around, it seems to stream the music all the time. I only have internet when I'm around wifi and I rely heavily on its caching so I can listen while on the road or offline. I didn't even have to specifically mark my songs as "Offline" on the older version I had, they just get stored as soon as I finished streaming them once.

So, what gives? Also, I assumed that they simply changed the behavior so that I am required to tick on the "keep offline" option this time around but I can't even find that option anywhere. Is this issue happening to other Google Music users?


texts: Samsung X-Cover USB Debugging not turning on

texts: I just tried to root a friend's Samsung XCover, first connected it to the PC, windows recognized it and installed some drivers, then I turned on USB Debug and there was no indication it wasn't turning it on, neither the phone showed, nor the PC tried to install some drivers, BUT it was still connected as a media device.... What could be wrong?


texts: What's the difference between uTorrent and BitTorrent apps from the same developer?

texts: In Play Store, there are two apps with almost same descriptions from same developer: uTorrent and BitTorrent. What's the difference between them?


texts: Who is responsible for locking the bootloader?

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I was wondering who is in charge of the locking of bootloaders.

I recently chatted with a representative from LG-UK enquiring about the unlocking of bootloaders. I was told that I need to speak to Google about why the bootloader is locked. I suspect this information to be false but just to be sure I wanted to ask on here if anyone knows who is actually responsible for the locking of bootloaders?


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Does Nexus4 supports a use a USB pendrive (up to 64Gb)?

If yes, with the USB OTG is I can navigate in the folders of the pendrive from the smartphone?

Is it possible to copy file from pendrive to N4 and from N4 to pendrive?


texts: Wifi wont work in Samsung galaxy 3 even after a hard reset

texts: I have a samsung galaxy s3 which was in excellent condition when I sold it.  After 2 weeks, the buyer wanted a return, so, I got the phone back. Somehow, the wifi is not working. When I look at the firmware, it says 4.4.2 which believe is kit kat. It seems to me like he tried to hack it and now the wifi wont work. Plus, who knows which other program he altered? I end up paying him and end up with a phone I can't even use. Please help me. I followed the hard reset and it still wont fix the problem...:(


texts: Firefox Mobile doesn't highlight visited links

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Firefox for desktop changes visited links to purple but Firefox Mobile fails to mark visited links. The highlighting makes doing research easier.

Is this behaviour by design or is my install broken?

Finally, is there a way to enable marking of visited links in Firefox Mobile?


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I am using Android 6 on a Samsung J7.

When I edit a contact there are several "Tabs" that can hold information, e.g., DEVICE, VIBER, WHATSAPP, etc.

For some contacts, I see two or three DEVICE Tabs (which seems puzzling to me), and two WHATSAPP Tabs (equally puzzling).

Why is this, and how can I get rid of repeated Tabs? (I suspect I would like to do this, but I am not sure)

Morevoer, for one contact (say, George T.), one of the WHATSAPP Tabs holds a phone number that is not shown as George T. in Whatsapp itself. On the contrary, this phone number shows both in Contacts - DEVICE Tab, and in Whatsapp, as belonging to John W. (the number belonged to George before, but not anymore).

WHy is this, and how can I fix it?


texts: Android 7.0 on LG G-Pad X8.0 doesn't allow restricted profiles?

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I have followed the instructions on setting up a restricted account on Android 7.0, but on my LG G-Pad X8.0, the Add User section doesn't have an option to selected regarding restricting an account.

What gives? Was this feature really removed?


texts: Android device with 240x320 resolution and soft buttons

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We are designing an application, its bottom part currently gets cut by bottom bar with Android Navigation Buttons (back, home, recent) which are called "soft buttons" (because they are on screen).

I will add that this only happens with 240x320 screen resolutions.

We can reproduce this only on Android emulator which lets us choose resolutions and soft/hard buttons.

After a small research I doubt that this combination is possible in reality (240x320 device with "soft buttons"), even for old rooted phones? right?

Thanks


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An xposed module screwed my interface. It's all black.

I can't access /data/data from within TWRP due to some stupid encription problem.

Is there another way to disable xposed ?

Losing data is out of the question.

Can't access data through ADB either: debugging is disabled

Update:

Too late.

Did something on TWRP and lost everything. Even the ROM got corrupted. Had to reflash EVERYTHING

Chaos was going on: the screen was not only black, but completely irresponsible. The only dialog available was the Turn Off/Reboot. Safe mode useless.
TWRP showed Internal and External storages as 0MB. Couldn't mount either. Not even system could be mounted. Written... even less.

Maybe all this had something to do with encryption. I could never disable encryption on this phone (apparently it is impossible)

If it still has some use:

XT1925-5 (Moto G6)

TWRP 3.3.1.0

Boot, Xposed and Magisc were all flashed by either fastboot or TWRP

I can't remember the exposed version. The module was something like P-fy (change appearance of Oreo to look like Pie. Stay away from this crap)

Update 2:

There seems to be a way to disable xposed by machine gunning any hardware button after logo during boot. Can't test now.
I was trying to cripple xposed by modding something at data/data/. Hard way it seems.

Finally: For the reasons above, I can't evaluate the answers of those who attempted to help. Hope it helps the next guy. By me, the thread can be deleted.


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First of all:
Phone's model is Alcatel One Touch Idol Mini / 6012X
Chipset model is MT6572

The short version:

The device is in boot loop and to resolve this I must rename a file. The problem is that the file is in /system and I haven't granted ADB superuser permissions (So ADB simply hangs on "su", even when running scripts through ADB. Also "at" is not installed). Another problem is that I haven't installed a custom recovery and, more importantly, I haven't even unlocked the boot loader.

I can't manage to install custom images via SP Flash Tool (SP Flash Tool doesn't find the device although the VCOM USB drivers are installed).

What's worse than this? Alcatel doesn't provide a way to reflash the stock ROM.

So, my question:
Is there some kind of magic to force "su" to execute through adb without adb being granted permission by SuperSU?


texts: Phone number detected by a web page when browsing from chrome for android

texts: I recently got subscribed to some alerts by the mobile provider automatically and some amount deducted from my phone balance. I called up the customer care centre and they agreed to refund the amount, and said that it was activated from the internet, by some site which captured my number while browsing. Considering the customer care guy was right, isn't this a big security issue, if any website can access the phone number of their visitor?


texts: Remove Samsung Tab S3 SetupWizard Message 'Activation Incomplete' for Verizon service

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I just purchased a used Samsung Tab S3 which comes with Verizon network capabilities. I don't want to use cell capabilities, just Wifi.

After setup, on the lock screen and in the notification center is a message from "Setup Wizard" that says "Activation Incomplete" and to call Verizon support to activate the device (which I don't want to do).

Is there a way to remove this message without calling Verizon?


texts: How do you turn off all cellular communication but leave things like bluetooth and wifi enabled?

texts: I'm going to be traveling overseas and don't have an international roaming plan.  I would like to disable my cellular radio while I am there but I'd also like to use bluetooth and wifi.  I don't think I can enable bluetooth or wifi while in airplane mode, though.  How can I do this without physically removing my SIM card?


texts: How to prove that the bootloader of a device is unlockable when it currently shows as locked?

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A newly bought Pixel device from a random seller can switch between carriers but the bootloader shows as locked.
Are all pixel devices' bootloaders locked by default? And how to show that it is possible to unlock the bootloader? And how to re-lock it for Pixel 2 XL. Any sources would be appreciated.

This phone is model G011C.


texts: Is it possible to change Device's location?

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I want to change my device location (lat,lang, etc) to a different place. I don't want to mock. I want it to function like If I open Google Maps, it points to my desired location not the real location.

Is it possible?
If yes, does it require root?

Suggestions are welcome.


texts: HTC Incredible 2 clearing "App Associations" on reboot - why?

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My Friend has an HTC Incredible 2 that is clearing all app associations whenever the phone reboots. Does anyone know what is causing this? I couldn't find anything on google, or my phone (an HTC Thunderbolt) that would lead to a setting or something.

Thanks!


texts: Install older version of apk on to newer installed version or root SH-06E 1.00.08

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Is it possible to install an older version of an app (via .apk), when a newer version is already installed on the device – without rooting and patching system with Lucky Patcher or previously uninstalling the newer version?

Some background

This may be a weird question. I'm having the situation that I want to root Sharp SH-06E firmware 1.00.08, as described in this blog post.

Firmware newer than 1.00.07 has new root protection. This new root protection involved preventing installation of hacked VpnFaker.apk to data partition. Hacked VpnFaker is required for rooting process. The blog says that root is possible if VpnFaker is already installed (used to root on firmware older than 1.00.08), but VpnFaker in data partition on my phone is removed during firmware update. (I was on 1.00.01, root, then unroot to update firmware)

Sharp has a lot of root protection, even on firmware older than 1.00.08, the rooting process uses a workaround that mounts system image file in data partition on boot instead of directly writing file to system partition.

VpnFaker is indeed VpnDialogs of Android System 4.0.4, while newer version installed in system partition is version 4.2.2-1.00.08.

Final question

So, is there a way to sign 4.0.4 VpnFaker to have the same signature as 4.2.2 VpnDialogs. Here is the link to the files.


texts: Battery getting very hot and draining unusually quickly on the S2, S3, and now the S4?

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This is a pretty unusual problem, and I've encountered the question in various forums but never the answer. I've had this problem on and off since the Galaxy SII. What happens is I'll take the phone off the charger in the morning, and it will be extremely hot in my pocket all day, then it will die about 10 hours later. This is an intermittent problem. I thought it was loosely associated with the alarm clock, but I got a new phone yesterday because the SIII died a few months ago, and I have not had this phone for more than 24 hours and already it has the same problem.

I haven't installed anything on it, and I've barely used any data. I have a 200 mb plan, so I can't even use data that often. The only other weird thing that's persisted is that the red arrow on the wifi and on mobile data seems to always be lit when I turn on the phone.

Has anyone seen this problem or know how to fix it?


texts: Can I connect a Nexus 4 to 1080p hdmi screen (@1080p) with the phone screen off?

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I am interested in using a SlimPort adapter to connect my Nexus 4 to an external monitor. I'm exploring the idea of using an Android device as a simple workstation with an external screen, keyboard & mouse.

Can Android run external HDMI monitors at a resolution other than the
native resolution of the Android Device? As I understand it, the
default behavior is to show the scale the native resolutions on the
external monitor, but I'd like to output 1080p rather than the N4 native res.
Can I disable mirroring and use the HDMI device only? I’d like to
run it with the screen off on the N4. This should reduce
power consumption a bit and reduce to graphics workload. Is there something similar to linux's xrandr on Android that would allows
this?
Could I user Tasker or anything else to accomplish this automatically when the SlimPort adapter is plugged in?

Nexus 4 running rooted 4.4


texts: Can't turn on WiFi - Mac Adress Unavailable on Moto E

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Like the title says, i'm having trouble with the WiFi. I just can't turn it on, and i think it has to do with the Mac Adress, which is "Unavailable".

I have tried the following things:
1 - Use another ROM (Cyanogenmod)
2 - Get back to stock rom
3 - Searching around the internet found some post that said it could be a problem with a deleted file ("WCNSS_qcom_wlan_factory_nv.bin") in the "persist" folder". I copied the file in that folder, but it didn't work.

Any ideas? Could be a hardware problem?

Thanks! And sorry for my bad english.


texts: How to move google search bar to bottom of home screen?

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I have moto g4 plus rooted phone with Xposed installed. Google search bar is at the top of screen and it is inconvenient to reach it every time to search for apps.

Is there a way to move it to the bottom of the screen? I found several ways to remove google search bar but didn't find a way to move it. I don't want to use any third party launchers.


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Hi i wanna watch tv on my lapdock, this is what i have:

Motorola Lapdock 500 PRO
Motorola ATRIX 2 MB865 AT&T Android 4.0.4 +root
DVB-T Reciever for Android - CSL - mini DVB-T Stick (requirements - android 4.0 or high, dual core cpu (neon support) usb otg)
Handmade Y. USB OTG cable  (powered by wall adaptor)

After using chainfire diagnostic app for fix otg, I able to mount 2gb usb stick to phone, and can access files. means otg fix succesful and otg cable also works fine. Chainfire after check returns what is on screenshot

Then when i connect DVB-T Stick to phone by otg cable (else, if i connect it direct to microusb port - system not find device. possible just by otg cable) system popup message:

But after open Air Dtv (any other app which works with dvb stick simply cant find device) i get this message from app:

Reconnecting returns same error


texts: My apps close when I try to minimise them. How can I fix it?

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I have xperia xz (F8331) with 6.0.1 system. Phone is not rooted and developer options are active.

When I press the sauare button on the bottom of my screen as shown

And I go to another app This app restarts itself instead of running from the point where i left it. What I want to do is minimize the app and then come back to it. Sometimes it will happen, but most of the time as I said the app restarts itself. It is especially annoying when I play games. Is there anything that I can do to make sure the apps stay minimised and not closed. Thank you.