texts: Problems connecting to IMAP email account on 3G/4G

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Ever since I got the JRO03O OTA from Verizon on my Galaxy Nexus, I've been having problems retrieving email over a 3G/4G connection.  After the sync times out (I assume it times out, because it takes awhile to give up) I get the message "Couldn't connect to server."  When I'm on a WiFi network, email retrieves without problems.

The account in question is on my own IMAP server, running on Ubuntu 12.04 server on a VPS.  The server configuration has not changed in any way since long before I started having these problems - this started when the OTA came through.  My server listens on the newer non-standard ports, 587 and 993, so Verizon doesn't block them - they no longer allow the standard ports 143 and 25 in my area, and more and more ISPs and coffee shop hotspots are blocking them now in favor of the secured IMAP ports.

I do have a secondary account on this phone - a corporate Exchange account, which has no problems retrieving email regardless of what network it's on.

This leads me to two conclusions:

1) The problem isn't in the server or the network. I'm not seeing it with my tablet (Nexus 7), only on my Galaxy Nexus - and only when on the Cell tower networks. Even if I have my tablet tethered off the GNex, indirectly using the cell networks, the tablet has no problems connecting to my IMAP server, but the phone fails to connect.

2) The problem is not related to Exchange, as my corporate account has no problems over either WiFi or 3G/4G. The problem is restricted to my personal IMAP account, which is set as the default email account on this phone.

I'm not sure if it's relevant, but the company Exchange account is not configured on the Nexus 7, just the IMAP account, and of course, my Google account, but that's through the GMail account.

I've done a lot of searching, but can't seem to find a solution.  Does anyone have any ideas?

Cheers!
Lou


texts: How to change book language in Google Play Books

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Does anyone know how to change the language of a book in Google Play Books?

I uploaded a portuguese book (epub) to Google Play Books, but when I highlight a word, the app does not recognize that the word is in portuguese and returns me the definition as if it is an english word.

When I buy a portuguese book from Google Play it works properly, but not for uploaded files.

The epub file language is correctly set to Portuguese.

Any way to solve this problem?


texts: Motorola G4 refuses to connect to iPhone's Hotspot

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I have an odd situation, I recently purchased an iPhone XS and for some reason, my older Moto G4 cannot connect to the hotspot provided by the new phone.

The situation is odd because other phones, both Android and iOS,  can connect and use the internet from the iPhone XS without any issues. yes I do have a sharing data plan.

The Motorola G4 seems to be working fine as it can connect to other hotspots,  iOS devices, Android devices, and routers from my home and coffee shops, and use their internet without problems.

The Moto G4 can connect to the 2Ghz and 5Ghz networks in my house correctly.

I've hard reset both the Moto G4 and the iPhone phones.

I changed several times the password on the iPhone XS hotspot as well as the phone name. I tried setting passwords with all caps letters, all numbers, all lowercase, 123456789, a mix of both, but it just refuses to connect.

The Moto G4 always says authentication failed, but I am 100% confident that the password is correct.

If I swap the sim cards to use the Moto G4 as a hotspot then, the iPhone XS can connect to the G4 without problems.

My mobile provider is T-Mobile.

The MotoG4 can also get internet from the iPhone using Bluetooth connection but this is a less than an ideal scenario.

I'll appreciate any clues to solve this mystery.

Edit: Additional information from someone with the same problem:

Getting the same problem with iPhone Xs and iPhone 11 as hotspots

Moto E4 getting Authentication Failed, if verbose is enabled in developer mode it goes authentication failure 1-5 before quitting

I have done a Direct Firmware Update on the iPhone Xs with no change. I have factory reset 2 of the Motos and no change.

All devices running the latest OS that auto-update allows.


texts: Can an app get root access on rooted phone if I don't grant it?

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If I root my phone, are there any ways (except for, of course, Android bugs -> exploits) for an app to get root privilege without being allowed (through the SuperUser app popup) to do so?

Followup - if I root my phone but don't allow any apps to use it, is the phone as secure as it was before rooting?


texts: Removed storage/emulated/0 file and lost access to all files

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I was cleaning up my files using the PC and I accidentally removed storage/emulated/0 file completely.

I can no longer access images, music or files in general.

Is there anything I can do at this point?

Android 4.4.2, original, untouched.

The phone is a Nexus 5.

Using ES File Explorer going to storage/emulated/0 (the 0 here is a folder) shows me and Android folder. This is where my data was. The 0 I removed didn't look like a folder on Windows, it looked like a file with no extension.


texts: FRP bypass on droid turbo lolipop 5.1 build su4tl-49

texts: on build SU4TL-44 the method works but not on this build 49. You can tap build# all day with nothing happening. I can search google and goto rootjunky but cant download. I can goto play store but cant install any apps. Any other suggestions. My bootloader is locked and I cant bypass FRP.


texts: there is an internal problem with your device

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When I install my custom kernel i got this message after reboot.
The phone working normal no kernel panic or etc.

system/build.prop

vendor/build.prop


texts: I have a Motorola Moto G 3-TE with Android 6.0.1, Few weeks back I thought of rooting it and tried several methods. I tried using Kingroot app from my phone and also tried KingoRoot from PC. My fault was that my pc was connected to the same device's Hotspot. Although my phone restarted few times, the root attempt failed and unfortunately my phone's Hotspot stopped working. Everything else is working fine. I just want a way to repair my phone's Mobile Hotspot. Please Help


texts: YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp are not working right and internet is not working

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YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp are not receiving and sending until I restart my LG G5.
I was trying to delete some of the unused apps. Now my Facebook, YouTube says my internet is not connected even though the setup says I am connected to the internet.


texts: Android Samsung TAB e auto turn on Hotspot?

texts: Is there a way to automatically turn on the hotspot when my samsung tab e starts up?


texts: Making Android phone locked using the SIM card password

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When I press the power button. the Android phone will go into sleep mode.

When I press the power button again, the Android phone will wake up and ask me a password.

So, how do I make the Android phone ask me the password that belong to the SIM card instead of the phone itself?

What I mean is that the SIM card was locked with a password. The phone itself was not locked with any password (also not locked in pattern password). So, how do I make the Android phone prompt me the password of the SIM card every time when I wake it up regardless if I just power up the android phone or I just wake it up from a sleep?


texts: How can I control the order in which my mp3 files are played?

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I ripped an audio book consisting of two CDs and copied the mp3 files to my android smartphone but they don't appear in the right order: they are sorted by track number, so the second title is the first chapter from CD 2 rather than the 2nd from CD 1.

I used k3b on linux for ripping, converted the files to mp3 using lame and copied them to my android smartphone via usb. The meta information has been obtained from CDDB. The file structure now looks like this:

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd1/01-titleA1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd1/02-titleA2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd1/03-titleA3

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd2/01-titleB1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd2/02-titleB2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/cd2/03-titleB3

Of course this is the order in which I want to hear them. When I close the usb connection and start the music app the new files are recognized correctly but the order is different: the directory is ignored for sorting and the titles are orderd by track number:

titleB1
titleA1
titleA2
titleB2
titleB3
titleA3

within groups of equal track numbers the order seems to be random.
In order to fix the order I renamed them likes this:

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/101-titleA1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/102-titleA2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/103-titleA3

/Music/interpret/albumTitle/201-titleB1
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/202-titleB2
/Music/interpret/albumTitle/203-titleB3

but the result is the same. Directory and filename seem to have to influence. I guess the order is defined by the track number taken from the headers of the mp3 files but how can I modify it? Do I have to rewrite the mp3 headers?


texts: Is it possible to remove the ":-)" smiley key in Swype for stock Messaging?

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I love Swype but have a minor gripe with it.

Many times a word will be completely messed up so I hit the backspace key but instead accidentally hit the :-) key.

In almost all programs there will be a return key instead. It appears to only be in the stock messaging application (though it's where I spend most of my time!).

This is extremely annoying, as I never use the built in smileys (I prefer them without the nose, e.g. :)). Is it possible to remove that key and make the backspace key bigger or something similar?

My phone is a rooted Motorola Defy with a stock ROM.


texts: How do I disable the power off warning for android?

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This is NOT a programming question, just a user question.

When I hold down the power button to turn off my Samsung Galaxy S, I get a prompt to select power off, airplane mode, etc. Fine. I pick power off. THEN, I get a second prompt telling me "The device will power off" and I have to click "Allow". I just want the ability to turn off my phone quickly. Can I disable at least the second prompt? Or is there a way to just press one button and turn off my phone without all the nag screens?


texts: Is it possible to record calls on Galaxy S3

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I want to install a working call recording application on Galaxy S3, but I have found problems with a few apps.
I have tried Auto Call Recorder but it doesn't allow me selecting more than Mic as audio source. Perhaps I can record only my own voice (I haven't tried further and I obviously haven't bought the full program)
I have previously tried Call Recorder Pro but it only recorded my own voice and not the other party's.
I have read here that most call recorder apps require root (OK for me) and Requires the kernel with 2-way call recording patch
The question is, then
How do I make a call recorder fully work on a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) with only root for now?
Do I need to flash a custom firmware? Or won't it just work at all?


texts: How to change Android default-natural orientation?

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I have my device running android Jellybean 4.2.2 with Landscape as the default/natural orientation.

How can I change the default/natural orientation of the same to portrait?

Here is what I have tried till now,

1) Added setprop ro.sf.hwrotation 90  to build.prop and it did nothing.

2) changed user_rotation value in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db and it changed the orientation of apps only. the orientation of Home screen and launcher are still landscape.

3) Modified PhoneWindowManager.java similar to the one given in link : changing phonewindowmanager to change natural orientation

The third option works. But it still shows the bootanimation in landscape and after the animation is finished, the display rotates(with rotate animation) to portrait. How can I avoid this rotation and change the default/natural orientation before boot animation?

Is it something related to SurfaceFlinger? I would also like to point to this article in android website. pre rotation in hardware composer


texts: How to fix sudden charge drop in stand by?

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I have an android device running Lollipop 5.1 (the brand is local in my country) which has a battery draining problem in stand by mode.

It drains about 10% of battery every hour or so without having any custom launcher
The battery capacity is 1850 mAh
WiFi is turned off. I only use one SIM
I have been monitoring the phone since I bought it, I haven't used it to call someone and my network signal is completely stable and the only time spent on screen is to check battery percentage.

Should I be worried or is it okay for such a device to consume this much battery in stand by mode?

Note: I tried installing launchers which seem to be causing more battery consumption in stand-by.  I uninstalled all third party battery saver apps and turned android integrated power saver on.I also tried factory resetting the phone twice.


texts: Logout from Gmail account without logging out Google Play Store account

texts: I tried logging out the account on Gmail, but it logged out the Play Store as well. How can I logout of my Gmail account without logging out of the Google Play Store? Is it possible?


texts: How to create a big panic button on the home screen that, when touched, makes a phone call to a specific person?

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As an elderly is going to use the smartphone, and has difficulty using technology, I would like to create a big panic button on the home screen for her, in order that she can immediately make a phone call to a specific person when touch it, without doing any more thing, only touching the panic button.
It is desirable that, when the smartphone is seemingly off (I don't know the proper name. Is it "standby"?), if the user presses the power button once, the panic button will appear and can be used, without the necessity to unlock the smartphone.


texts: How to disable Developer options on Moto E4 without clearing settings storage data?

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In order to speed up my Moto E4 (Android 7.1.1), I followed this advice:

Settings > About phone > Build number (tapped about 3 times) which enabled Developer options. Then hit the back button >  Developer options.

One by one I opened three animation scales and brought them down to .5x:

Window animation
Transition animation
Animator duration

Then at the top of the screen I turned Developer Options off. However, it is still available now in my settings menu when previously it was not (before I hit "Build number" 3 times).

When I did this I didn't realize that I was opening a mode that wouldn't just close back when I was done. In searching for how to disable what I enabled, I read that I can disable developer options (remove it from the settings menu) by going to:

Settings > Apps > Settings > Storage > Clear Data

However, I am hesitant to do that because it says:

All this app's data will be deleted permanently.
This includes all files, settings, accounts, databases, etc

I'm not sure what files are included and how that will affect my phone.  It's only 700 kb though.

Is there another way that I can disable/close the Developer options that I inadvertently opened? If not, how can I know what the affect will be when I clear the settings storage data?

Thanks!


texts:
For the past few days I have been googling the different ways to root my LG Optimus Logic, and have come up short handed. There doesn't seem to be a help forum for this phone anywhere, or at least not one that I've found.

Does anybody have this phone or know what rooting method will work? I have tried several already with no luck.


texts: My mobile screen touches itself repeatedly(Ghost Touches)?

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I have Swipe Elite Note android mobile phone.
My mobile screen touches itself repeatedly. I tink it might be a hardware issue.
However, it is working well today!
How can I confirm if it was an hardware issue or a software problem?


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I am using LineageOS 16.0 (android 9) on my Huawei-Honor5x. When trying out the app NetGuard last night I could get it to work properly. It consistently blocks all traffic of all apps except Google play store. Here are my current setting, but I tried many variations of different setting an none seem to have an effect except when I turn NetGuard off. Maybe I am misunderstanding the app completely. IMO the following setting should allow Brave to have access to the internet, however, tapping on the WiFi and mobile logos changes the logo but has no effect otherwise

I also had a look into the settings.
Settings -> Defaults should be stock setting with only
Apply 'when screen on' rules

activated.

In Settings -> Network Options, I disabled
Lockdown Wi-Fi
Lockdown mobile

which resulted in every option in Network Options being disabled, however there was no effect noticeable

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Why can't Android device use Google service without permission?

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Now Google doesn't allow HuaWei to ship their services with the phone and the install-after-shipment route is blocked too.

I think Google apps like Map/Gmail/Search/Youtube/Drive/Docs/Play/Assistant are all standard Android applications that can be installed on any Android compatible (no need to be certificated) devices.

Does the above fact means that Google's Android apps will use some DRM like mechanism to first verify whether the device is certificated or it won't run? If so, does this apply to all Google Android apps, or only some apps?


texts: Can I make eBuddy be the default instant messanger?

texts: Was wondering if anyone knows of a way to make eBuddy be the default instant messenger. I'm running on a Galaxy S Captivate. When you click on a contact's icon, it pops up a little toolbar with actions, such as: Call, View, Text, Email, IM, Navigate. Clicking on IM launches the built in IM client from AT&T. I'd like it to message the contact using eBuddy instead.


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The docs explain that an app can ask the API to ask the user to choose an email address to use:

I am always thrown off by that thing popping up after I started typing my email address (in some apps) and in others I still prefer typing it manually to choosing in that huge list (because google adds every address without asking once it is set up in gmail).
How can I make my device act as if I pressed "None of the above" whenever that dialog would pop up?
I am running LineageOS 17 (Android 10), rooted with Magisk.


texts:
How Do we find what level of Android permission is required for a specific permission.

Lets say we have android.permission.SET_ACTIVITY_WATCHER(docs)

What permission group does it fall into?(docs)

Regular
Dangerous
System or Signed
Signed


texts: Recover files of encrypted SD card after factory reset without decrypting the card

texts: I own a Samsung ON 7 phone and I was using a class 10 Sandisk memory card which was encrypted by the device in the lock screen and security menu and with no other third party software. Now I have done factory reset on my phone and accidentally forgot to decrypt the SD card, now SD card is detectable and all the files are there and visible as well. but i can't open any file. What to do, please help !


texts: problems with sync of contacts to google

texts: my samsung galaxy europa seems to sync ok with my google account. but the contacts do not appear in my google account on the web [whereas updates to calendar and email do]. any advice appreciated.


texts: Android virtual keyboard app that support physical keyboard language and layout change

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Apparently on many Android phones on Android OS 7+ there is no option to change external physical keyboard language/layout without going into device settings.

Is there a good virtual keyboard, which also supports changing layout/language for the attached physical keyboard on wide range of devices?

Solutions that I found:

Dedicated keyboard app for typing with physical keyboard. Popular recommendation is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apedroid.hwkeyboardhelper&hl=ru. There are other options like Logitech Keyboard Plus app on Google Play. This is inconvinient, as you have to switch between input method every time you plug the physical keyboard.
Install two keyboards for every language you want to support. Assign proper layouts for them in the settings. Switch between keyboards with Command + Space. This is a kludge and inconvinience.

A few additional points:

SwiftKey does not support this feature. Changing language with the globe icon does not affect what you type on physical keyboard at the moment of writing this question. See https://support.swiftkey.com/hc/en-us/articles/201591341-How-to-use-SwiftKey-with-physical-external-Bluetooth-keyboards-on-Android . Same with Google Keyboard at least on One Plus 3 and Xiaomi MI5 with latest OS updates.
There are multiple threads suggesting to add several language in physical keyboard settings. However most of them are for Anrdoid 5-6, where keyboard layout switch with Ctrl-Space appeared to be standard feature in most ROMs. It appears that this is no longer the case.


texts: Where are update files stored in android?

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I recently tried to update my Samsung galaxy S4 from Android Kitkat to Android Lolipop.The process downloaded a large file ( Around 1.1 GB ).But the dowload failed when it was almost 99% due to some unknown reason.However on checking the update again , it restarted the download from 0%.
But i'cant download it anymore due to some other reason.I would like to know if it is possible to find & delete the downloaded file ( The files from 99% download ) ?

Is there any way to continue the process from the 99% ?

Any advice is appreciated.Thanks in advance.


texts: Why network activity is detected from apps after VPN firewall blocks them?

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A few non-rooted (no rooted) Android 7 and 8 phones from (Huawei, ZTE, Neffos and Samsung) were tested in this simple firewall (NetGuard) experiment. A selection of apps (including apps from the phone manufacturer) was chosen to be blocked from accessing the Internet regardless using Mobile Data or WiFi, by using NetGuard.

Before the experiment, NetGuard and GlassWire for Android were installed. The GlassWire is activated to monitor if these apps still can access to the Internet. Throughout the experiment, GlassWire reported that some apps, that were blocked by NetGuard, had network traffic to the Internet.

Therefore, it seems that users who buy any Android phones are denied full control of the phone, even if they have installed privacy protection apps such as NetGuard. So, to make the experiment fair enough, this question is posted here, requesting help from experts out there, on whether what is the actual problem(s).

Is the problem caused because GlassWire reports false positives? Or NetGuard requires special configurations in order to block Internet for selected apps? Or Android phones disregard users and allow apps to access Internet even though NetGuard was installed?


texts: How to recover game data from a smashed phone?

texts: Hey guys so it happens my Dad has been having a huff lately because he smashed his phone screen and he can't remember the password to his gmail account however he has months of game data stored on the device snd he's angry because he doesn't want to start again lol any advice?


texts:
A friend asked me to help fix her phone. She left it with her kid and they put it on safe mode.

I restarted it and it went into a smaller screen display like this.

(Tap to enlarge)

Without trying a factory reset anyone know how to resolve this?


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I am using Kitkat 4.4.2 on my android device.

When I mount USB drive to my device then all the images,videos in USB drive are shown in the Gallery. After unmounting USB drive, images,videos are still there as a thumbnails.

Can't I refresh my gallery without rebooting?


texts: Are there any torrent clients allowing you to choose one file from a list?

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I currently use uTorrent but I need to be able to choose one file to download instead of all the available files in a folder. I can't seem to find one Play.  Any way to achieve this?

OS: 4.1.1
Samsung S3


texts: What's a good "if found" wallpaper for Android?

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This is where I saw the terminology "if found wallpaper".

Basically, since we're all locking our phones, you want a wallpaper that contains contact information, in case it's lost. Is there such a wallpaper for Android?


texts: How to resize the notification area (width)?

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On my Tablet¹, notifications seem to have a fixed width – even when in landscape mode. That looks like in the following "borrowed" screenshot:

This is especially annoying as some notifications are not expandable – so their messages become meaningless. Example: "Action failed. There is a problem with f" – yeah, a f..reaking problem. One doesn't always have the possibility to cross-check them with logcat, as for one the ring buffer might already have been "run over" until one sees the notification, and for the other there isn't always a corresponding entry which one can easily identify.

TL;DR: Is there a way to resize the notification box? Solutions requiring root or even XPosed are acceptable.

¹ Lenovo Tab3-7 Essential, running Android Lollipop 5.0.1


texts: Is there a way to change resolution on a Note 4?

texts: Currently everything is huge, I would like to know if I can change my resolution.


texts:
I have questions about delta update:

Is delta updates world wide?
What version of Android work with delta updates?
Are all apps supported for delta updates?
Is there any work to do to activate this feature?

I ask this question because I can't use this feature and still have to download whole size of app for updates


texts:
I'm trying to left align text in card but with no luck.

Tried changing text-align to left in Anki desktop, the card in desktop working fine, but it doesn't affect the card in mobile - it's still center aligned.

Also tried add html tag as follows, but still not working. (AnkiDroid version 2.3.2)

use p align / still centered (click images for larger variants)


texts: Transfer WhatsApp chat from iPhone to Android

texts: I recently moved from iPhone to Android, now I want to transfer all my WhatsApp chats to my new Android phone from iPhone, but the problem is WhatsApp doesn't have any feature to transfer chats between different platforms, so I was looking for third-party apps which can make this possible, but no luck till now, please share your thoughts and experiences.


texts: Importing photos finds all image files, not just camera pictures, with windows 7

texts: Importing files with windows7 will detect all phone photo files and not just those under camera/DCIM directory , want to use windows so can change files names same way as when importing from camera, I know there are other programs, thanks, would appreciated tips how to do it importing with windows 7 resident program.


texts: How can I monitor Android device's battery status through LAN or the web?

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I would like to know if there is a way to monitor the battery status of different Android devices across a LAN network. Ideally it would be a web browser interface that shows the battery level of each device on the network that has this app installed.

Is there a native approach or, if not, an app for this?


texts: Opening a pdf file duplicates it on android

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Whenever I open a pdf file in adobe reader in Android and then close it, the pdf file duplicates itself in the same folder. This happens again and again as I open and close the file.

I tried searching google but found nothing relevant.


texts: VS98523c updated successfully but 4G Data doesn't work

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The 4G connection is there but I can't use it.

I went into the Mobile Networks to check the signal strength and there is a 4G signal, but the phone doesn't want to use that connection for data.

I am not roaming
Mobile Data is turned on

I turned it off and then on again twice with no results.

I switched the "System Select" to all the options and no results

default was global - didn't work.

Airplane mode is turned off
I am able to make phone calls

What other troubleshooting steps are there?

Is this a known issue and is there a solution?


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Earlier today, I was using my tablet. It ran out of battery so I charged it.

Then my tablet got stuck at the logo screen. I booted into recovery and cleared the /cache partition.

Finally, I realized that the tablet was not stuck, it was taking a very long time to boot!

I wait at the boot screen for about 3 minutes, then it changes to the loading image (which for me is a lot of moving tiles).

Why does it take so long all of a sudden?

Specs:

Tablet: Kobo Arc original White 32GB version
Processor: TI OMAP4470
RAM: 1GB
Graphics card: PowerVR


texts: Camera doesn't save with new SD card and how to decrypt files from old SD card

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it seems I had a bad idea yesterday. I got a new SD card for my Fairphone 3+ (running Fairphone OS/Android 10). There was already an SD card inserted I assumed not to be in use. So I turned off the phone, exchanged the cards, booted the device and when asked to extend the phones memory I confirmed that.
Now I have two problems:

I'm missing a couple of pictures.
I wondered if these were on the old (luckily only 8GB) SD card and recognized that there are two partitions on it: android_meta and android_expand. As far as I learned, this means the SD card also was used as phone memory extension and thus encrypted. And the posts on Android Enthusiasts read like the phone has only one encryption key and won't recognize the old SD card anymore.

The Camera can't save pictures anymore.
Whenever I take a photo I'm able to immediately open it by tapping its preview. Then I see a black picture, I'm told its size is 0 bytes and it's located in /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera. Using the cx File Explorer I'm able to open that directory, but it's empty. And I'm not able to create files there.
Using the ADB shell I was able to ls -la /storage the directory and got this:
total 7
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root        80 2020-12-21 06:52 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root      4096 2009-01-01 01:00 ..
drwx--x--x  4 root sdcard_rw 3488 2021-01-12 21:38 emulated
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root        60 1970-01-01 01:00 self

So only root is able to write in /storage/emulated. BTW: "total 7"?

Currently I'm trying to find out the following:

is it possible to decrypt the pictures on the old SD card? Would be fine for me if it meant some work :)
is the encryption key for the old SD card still on the phone or could I reset the phone without making things worse regarding the old encrypted SD card?
is the phone in a bad state?

The Camera doesn't save pictures.
All other apps seem to work as expected.
The SD card overview in the Memory settings tell me there are apps on the new SD card (about 5GB). But when I tap the App category to get all apps listed, the list is empty.
When I eject the SD card, a couple of apps start, but only show a blank canvas.

if the phone is in a bad state: could this easily be fixed? If yes, how?

Would be great to get some hints. Thank you very much in advance.


texts: How does Android Chrome send newline from soft keyboard?

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I am attempting to access an ESP32 microcontroller running MicroPython over a web interface using the following page WebREPL which within my local network using Chrome on my PC is all fine.
The problem arises when I use the same page from my Android using Chrome and attempt to input the password, followed by the 'enter' key which is promptly rejected as the wrong password - the password I have configured uses only upper and lowercase with no symbols so the only way I can see things getting FUBAR is with the line ending being sent.
Can anybody shed some knowledge on what ascii or whatever code the keyboard would be sending back through the connection, or if there is any possibility there is a space being appended first (the web page does not echo the password keys being entered) - also are there any apps or hacks to give more transparency to what the keyboard is sending in general for non alphanumeric characters?


texts: How can't install a 338KB app when I have 474MB free?

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I have a Motorola phone, with 8GB of internal memory.

To my surprise, in a few days, I had 474MB of free space, but couldn't install a 338KB app!! So, clearly the limit of ~25MB referred to in some comments (here and here) are not always the case. A user just told me the following:

  Actually it's "25MB or 10% of the storage", whichever is hit first. So
  with e.g. 10 GB internal storage, it would hit you as soon as you drop
  below 1 GB free. Crazy, but that's what it is.

Actually, that's not correct, because I didn't have to free up 1GB of internal memory. But anyway, half a gigabyte is enough to run a full operational system. I've seen similar complaints of hundreds of MB not enough to install apps ~ 1MB or similar small operations (here and here).

What's wrong here?


texts: How to unroot and lock bootloader in HTC desire 820?

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I have unlocked the bootloader with windroid, then I flashed TWRP recovery,
then I flashed supersu zip file through TWRP to root my phone.
Now I want to Unroot and relock the bootloader, but when I press 'Full Unroot' option in supersu it automatically reroots after a reboot.
How can I unroot and relock the bootloader in my phone?


texts: Internal storage shows is mounted twice on a Pixel 4a

texts: I have a rooted Pixel 4a on LineageOS 18. For some reason, whenever I plug my phone into my PC for file transfers I am seeing two internal storage drives being mounted. The Pixel 4a doesn't support SD cards, it's all internal storage. How do I make it show just 1 internal storage drive?


texts: Is there a way to download and use an app from Google play store with the creators of the app getting any information about me?

texts:
Basically without the app knowing anything about my Google account and consequently anything else other than the information I directly provide it.
Is there a way to achieve that?
Phone is rooted.


texts: How is the default launcher set after a factory reset

texts:
I would like to know how is the default launcher set after a factory reset. What files are in charge of telling the OS, for example, that the Touchwiz app is the default launcher for Samsung devices.

I do not want to replace the launcher, that is something I already know how to do. This is a very specific question regarding how the os works. I am interested in doing a system update via recovery and changing the files that tell the OS which app is the default launcher, in order to tell it that my newly flashed app (flashed in system partition) is.

I look forward to your response. Thanks in advance.

EDIT:

As stated, Samsung is just a given example but it is one of an endless list. This is an os general-behaviour related question not manufacturer specific.


texts: Samsung S3 I9300 - screen freezing several times

texts:
I'm a Samsung S3 user.
After I updated the OS to 4.1.2 (official release), my screen keeps on freezing. I'm fed up with those freezing situations. Any solutions for that?
Thank you.


texts: Internal and external SD storage inaccessible as root

texts:
I'm having a bizarre issue where apps, adb, etc. can properly access my internal and external SD storage without issue unless they are running as root, in which case they are completely inaccessible.  This is on my Oppo Find 7 running ColorOS 1.2.7i (Android 4.3), and I've verified that I am not suffering from this issue with WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE.  I am not sure when this started occurring but I think it was after an OS update quite a while back.

When I run mount in an unprivileged adb shell, it has these entries that do not appear when I run it as the superuser:

/dev/block/vold/179:65 /storage/sdcard1 vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1023,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:29 /storage/sdcard0 ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,discard,nodelalloc,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/vold/179:29 /mnt/secure/asec ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,discard,nodelalloc,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0
tmpfs /storage/sdcard0/.android_secure tmpfs ro,seclabel,relatime,size=0k,mode=000 0 0

I can remount those partitions elsewhere while root and access them just fine within the same shell, but the permissions are funky and no other root apps can access them:

$ su
# mkdir /storage/sd_test
# chmod 777 /storage/sd_test
# ls -al /storage | grep sd_test
# drwxrwxrwx root     root              2015-05-28 15:17 sd_test

... good so far ...

# mount -o rw,user,umask=0000 -t vfat /dev/block/vold/179:65 /storage/sd_test
# ls -al /storage | grep sd_test
d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          2015-05-28 15:00 sd_test
# chmod 777 /storage/sd_test
# ls -al /storage | grep sd_test
d---rwxr-x system   media_rw          2015-05-28 15:00 sd_test

... different permissions, but I can see and read/write the files inside ...

... Root Explorer shows it with the "original" permissions but the folder is empty ...

# mount | grep sd_test
/dev/block/vold/179:65 /storage/sd_test vfat rw,dirsync,relatime,uid=1000,gid=1023,fmask=0702,dmask=0702,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro 0 0

... hmm.

My /etc/vold.fstab just has one line:

dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host

And /fstab.qcom:

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system         /system      ext4    ro,barrier=1,discard                                wait
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata       /data        ext4    nosuid,nodev,barrier=1,noauto_da_alloc,discard      wait,check,encryptable=footer
/devices/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host                          /storage/sdcard1   vfat    nosuid,nodev         wait,voldmanaged=sdcard:auto
/devices/msm_sdcc.1/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0:0001/block/mmcblk0         /storage/sdcard0   ext4    nosuid,nodev,barrier=1,noauto_da_alloc,discard        wait,voldmanaged=sdcard:29

How can I fix this?


texts: What file system for Asus Zenfone 2 on CentOS 6.9?

texts:
I'm trying to mount my Android Asus Zenfone 2 on CentOS 6.9. I created a folder in /mnt/android as the mounting point. I edited the /etc/fstab file in the following way because somewhere in some forums I read that jmtp  file system correctly handles the Android phones' file system. But now the OS doesn't automatically read the file-system of my phone when I connect it via USB to my PC. Can you help me figure out what file system I could use in the /etc/fstab in order for me to access files correctly?
Thank you.

[dolly@centos mnt]$ sudo cp android/"Internal storage"/WhatsApp/* ~/Pictures/
[sudo] password for dolly:
cp: cannot stat `android/Internal storage/WhatsApp/*': No such file or directory
[dolly@centos mnt]$ sudo cp android/'Internal storage'/WhatsApp/* ~/Pictures/
cp: cannot stat `android/Internal storage/WhatsApp/*': No such file or directory
[dolly@centos mnt]$

/etc/fstab/ file

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Fri Oct 27 00:03:17 2017
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/mapper/vg_hpdv6000-lv_root /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
UUID=8b4c9d1b-6bcb-4bfc-b48f-146a415fb8f3 /boot                   ext4    defaults        1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_hpdv6000-lv_swap swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/sda1           /mnt/win ntfs-3g rw,umask=0000,defaults 0 0
jmtpfs                  /mnt/android fuse nodev,allow_other,rw,user,noauto,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0

===

EDIT 1

I've got Andoroid 5.0 Lollipop. I had chosen it among the tags for this question but I can understand if someone missed it.

The filesystem I'm looking for is one that allows me to copy some old classical music, from the PC into the phone. I have Fuse package installed and it allows me to read/write files from my Windows 7 partition.


texts:
I purchased a SWM 8802 double din automotive head unit from ebay and I was under the impression that it would have android 7.1 installed as advertised. Turns out it actually has android 5.1, which has a tonne of limitations. I found a few forums online that contain some updates, but many members have bricked or bootlooped their units.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-auto-general/failure-swm8802-t3750908/page4

https://www.needrom.com/download/swm-8802/

I am wondering if anyone has been able to successfully update the SWM 8802 headunit to android 8.1 and if so, what is the exact process?

More specifically I have a couple issues I need to resolve:

Bluetooth - I cannot connect to my OBDII bluetooth device or control any bluetooth settings as there are no options for this.

Touch Beep - The head unit beeps every time I touch it and there are no settings to disable it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Is deleting our gallery after having saved our photos in Google photos safe?

texts: I wanted to know if it was possible to delete our gallery after having saved all our photos in Google photos ? Will our photos be saved in like our Google account or something like that ? Or it will delete all our photos in our gallery and in Google photos ?


texts:
I can't remember the pattern to my phone anymore. How can I bypass it? I've looked at my options but they've been whittled down. Android debugging isn't enabled, so I can't use the Android SDK to access the console, as one article suggested. And I'm unable to use the "Bypass Screen Lock" app on Google Play to get in, as I can't remember my google account info- which means, of course, that I can't just use the "forgot your password?" option, either.

The phone in question is a StraightTalk Galaxy S2 running Anroid 2.3.6

Can anyone help me?


texts: Phone's battery is draining unusually fast even when not in use

texts:
The hardware I'm using:

OnePlus One, bought late december 2014
Stock Cyanogenmod, version 12.1 - YOG4PAS1N0 (= Android 5.1.1)
no apps to improve battery life in any way

Basically, the battery is just draining without any obviously strenuous activity. Previously, I would have competitions with a fellow OP1 user about who could push their battery life beyond the 3 day threshold. Now I go to work fully charged, the battery drops by 10% while I'm still on the 45min train ride to work and I return home with single digits or an empty battery.

After having a look at the battery stats I noticed this:

During work, I turned the screen on and off periodically to check WhatsApp and a little Fallout:Shelter (5min) on the loo but beyond that nothing happened. Screen battery usage was at 6%, so that can't be it.

Details for "Email" (Email, app version 2.6.1 (237), Boxer Inc):

CPU total/foreground: 2h 16m 30s / 52s
Keep awake: 1h 55m 54s
Mobile packets received/sent: 1655/1985
Mobile radio active: 53m 2s
Wi-Fi packets received/sent: 58/68

Details for "Android OS":

CPU total: 2h 3m 12s
Keep awake: 23m 48s
Mobile packets received/sent: 3293/3039
Mobile radio active: 1h 1m 15s
Wi-Fi packets received/sent: 293/282

Does anybody have a clue what's going on here? Because I'm straight out of ideas after checking if the Boxer Email has a recurring memory leak, restarting the phone, looking for a way to disable syncing the entire email archive in the app (who knows, might just be it) or testing if it is caused by push synchronisation...


texts:
Often when someone phones me, the phone just locks up. I can't slide the ring up to answer.

Sometimes the ring moves a little.. sometimes not at all. I just can't do anything until the caller stops ringing. The phone becomes responsive again and I have to call them back.

I have just upgraded to 4.0 from 2.3 and the problem is still there. I haven't rooted the phone or done anything special to it..

Apart from this the phone is always responsive and I don't really have any other problems.

How can I sort this out?

Phone: HTC Sensation-xe


texts: How do reset my phone when it won't go past the sercurity check and wont let me type

texts: It's not letting my type anything and it's been turned off for a while and this screen is still here


texts: Received Contact via WhatsApp is stored in Phone - How to move it to Google without losing the image

texts:
For some time now I'm experiencing the following issue: When someone sends me a contact via WhatsApp it is stored in my phone and not my Google address book.

How can I move this thing to Google or configure WhatsApp to save it to Google? When I use the *.vcf export I get mail and phone number but the image is lost somewhere in Nirvana...

Any ideas what I can do?

Thanks!


texts:
Today, my Samsung S5 suggested that I might want to try MS Excel:

A few days ago, it did the same with MS Word. Back then, I just dismissed the message and thought that I'd be done with it, but now this is getting annoying.

How do I turn off these ads? Where is the "Yes, I know that MS Office is pre-installed and I'm quite happy about it and I'll surely use it when I need it, so stop bugging me" button?


texts: How do I make my phone remind me how long I've used it for (in 5 minute intervals)?

texts:
I once had an application that was able to remind me of how long I'd been looking at my screen, through toasts in 5 minute intervals. The app has since removed this feature, so I'd like to re-create it. I'm wondering if it can be done with Tasker or a similar app.
I want it to tell me every 5 minutes how long time the screen has been on through a toast:
»You've used your phone for {x} minutes.«

I haven't used Tasker before and after having watched some basic tutorials I'm still not sure what the best way would be to go about or if it's even possible to recreate in Tasker.
How could I set it up?


texts: How can I view history of application updates/installations?

texts: I erroneously updated an application in the Google Play store. The update appears to have deprecated some features and I'd like to revert back (e.g. sideload the APK) of the previous working version. Unfortunately I have no idea what version it was and it would be an exhausting task to determine it through trial and error. Is there any log or history of previously installed application versions? I'm on a custom ASOP 4.4.2 ROM with root access, Xposed framework, adb, and all the normal tools of the trade. Is there any way to definitively resolve this?


texts: Change SM-G530H Memo App Limit of 1500 Characters (rooted phone)

texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G540H lollipop version 5.0.2, rooted... I have also Titanium Backup Pro and ES Root File Explorer...
Stock Memo App has limit to characters per each unit, I think 1500 characters...

1- Can I modify or edit something in files with ES Editor to make Memo App support more than that limit?!!

2- I went to root/data/data/com.samsung.android.app.memo but I didnt find where that "limit of 1500 characters" is written to edit it...

3- Also concerning Memo App... one can only each Memo alone share via bluetooth, one can't select all then share via bluetooth.

PS: I am familiar a little with .xml files and csc features

Thanks a lot in advance for everyone :)


texts: How to install Android from Google on a Chinese Android phone?

texts:
I have Android v85a bought from China. It has FuntouchOS installed. I want to change that to some latest compatible version of Android from Google.
Is it possible?


texts: Find applications causing a particular advertisement and get rid of latter?

texts:
See screenshot:

(Click image to enlarge)

That  ad seems to be the the one causing any application to die abruptly for absolutely nothing.

I saw that ad when I was using Skype. I also saw it when I was playing Clash of Clans and other games.

How do I get rid of it? What applications have that ad?

EDIT:

I restored factory settings and an app tried to ask permission to send ads. I click cancel. After a while that app tried to ask permission again. I have no idea what ad it is.
I did a factory reset. Now the ad is gone. However it is replaced by annoying permission request.

The problem with the permission is it's not clear which app ask for that permission.

Also, I do not think this question is a duplicate because I got the problem even after factory reset and I see that this app is supported by airpush notification. Obviously, as a user, I just want to delete the app. What app?

Furthermore, I can't scan my Android. Every scanner, malware anti virus, airpush detector fails and crashes.

I think some apps are embedded in my ROM. That's why the price is a bit cheaper.


texts: Android mail client not deleting emails on IMAP server

texts:
I have a new Samsung Galaxy S2 SkyRocket and the native mail program doesn't delete my IMAP mail from my server. When I view my mail on my PC, I'm still seeing the emails I deleted on the phone.

The Samsung tech told me I needed to uncheck the "Leave a copy on server" option in my mail client on my PC; however, Thunderbird 12.0.1 doesn't have that option (and personally, I fail to see how that has anything to do with my phone's mail client.)

Does anyone have an idea on how to set my phone so that it deletes those emails?

Thanks!


texts: I don't want to use fat32, I want use the more stable ext2.


texts: Whatsapp Backup and Restore with number change and phone change

texts:
I needed to change my phone and mobile number both so this is how I proceeded:

I did an initial backup, which got saved both locally and on the G-Drive.
I used the Change Number feature to change my mobile number. Happened fine. Sent a couple of messages to check, and it was all okay.
I did another backup. This time, it only backed up locally, for some reason. My G-Drive was still connected though. Every time I clicked "Back Up", it would create a local backup and then just get back to the backup and restore screen as if nothing was amiss. Anyhow, I thought the local backup would be enough so I just continued.
I changed smartphones and loaded my sim into the new one(BTW, same google account used as the old phone). I downloaded whatsapp and opened it up till the phone number verification page. Then I connected my phone to a PC and replaced the Whatsapp folder in the internal storage with the Whatsapp folder from my previous phone.
I verified my number and it searched for my backup. It found the backup and asked to restore. I tapped Restore.
It started restoring messages and at some %(I did not note it at the time), it stopped and gave the following error message:

  Sorry, we were unable to restore any of your message history backups.

On clicking OK, it got to the Restore Backup page with no option but to click Next. (Under the Next button, "0 messages restored" was written)
My whatsapp did get activated and all(with my new number getting added to all groups and stuff), but with none of the previous messages.

Information:

Old Smartphone- ASUS Zenfone 5 (Android 5.0)

New Smartphone- Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo (Android 5.1.1)

Old Number and New Number are from different countries, and currently because of my geographic location, old number cant be used

What all have I tried:

In the Database subfolder in the Whatsapp folder of my old phone, there are several msgstore-201X-XX-XX.1.db.crypt12 files, and in the Backups folder, one 'wallpaper.bkup' file.

I tried to rename the latest one (based on date written on file name) to msgstore.db.crypt, didn't work.
I created copies of the latest one and gave them different crypt extensions (msgstore.db.cryptZ, where Z is 8,9,10,11,12 and 13) to give the app all the options it may want. Didn't work. [This is the method I tried last, and I took a screenshot of the error message: http://pasteboard.co/iTeMJc92e.png ; I also noted that the restore process stops at 32%, after a pause at this percentage for a while]

Other info:

My whatsapp account has been through five smartphones and four mobile
numbers successfully, and contains a lot of messages precious to me.
Also, another issue that has come up as a consequence of this is that
my verifications are getting limited (because after every failed
attempt, they make me wait till I can verify again, right now I need
to wait 24 hours for my next "attempt")
The Old phone has been formatted, so the Internal Memory is changed now. However, I did copy the Whatsapp folder from it to my PC, and still have it.
I also e-mailed support@whatsapp.com, but they gave me a generic FAQ
filled reply (to which I replied again, to which they have not yet responded). Their first reply did mention, however, that the verification process cannot be hurried up.

So, how do I fix this and restore my message backup? Please help!


texts: Understanding Sync & Transferring one account to another

texts:
I've tried to find information about understanding syncing account information on Android but cannot find any definitive guide to answer the below questions

What does syncing actually mean? Is it the act of an app contacting a server in the cloud and making sure they are both have indentical information?
What information can be synced on Android? The obvious ones are Contacts, Calendars, etc, but can any information be synced?
How do you determine what accounts information is synced to:

Contacts
Calendars
SMS/texts? Are these tied to a specific account or is it just on the phone.

Is syncing limited to Google, or can an App use a properity server?
When deleting an account, all of it's associated information is deleted. So does that include SMS messages, apps?
How do you just transfer all information from one email address to another?

Excuse my ignorance regarding the above, again I couldn't find any information on these topics.

All of these questions have sprung from changing my Gmail account from googlemail.com (which was originally used to activate my phone) to gmail.com and it's caused some side-effects when I've added my new gmail account to the phone, such as calendar no longer syncs, contacts are now duplicated on the phone, etc. I'd like to transfer my googlemail account to gmail on my phone.


texts: External keyboard and ESC key on Android

texts:
https://www.logitech.com/en-hk/product/k580-multi-device-wireless-keyboard

This bluetooth keyboard (probably many others) has the back tick ` and Esc keys on it. Will these ` and Esc work on Android Apps such as Termux with Vim? Linux on Dex?

I think External Keyboard Helper Pro is an app that can help with this as well browsing the Play Store.


texts:
The big problem: Like a lot of people, we are finding that our tablet does not maintain charge when connected to USB (PC or other device, not AC jack, we need data and charging simultaneously).

What has worked so far:  On two tablets, we have been able to successfully force the tablet to draw a higher current by writing a higher value to the files

on Acer Iconia Tab 8: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:18.1/i2c-1/1-0035/power_supply/smb34x-usb_charger/
on Samsung Galaxy Tab A: /sys/devices/soc.0/i2c.65/i2c-13/13-0066/max77849-charger/power_supply/max77849-charger/

on those tablets in the above directories, after setting the appropriate permissions (Acer: chmod 777 input_cur_limit, Tab A: chmod 777 current_now) we can change the USB charge current by writing to the files with the commands:

Acer: echo "1000" > input_cur_limit
Tab A: echo "1000" > current_now

This works great on these two tablets.  An inline meter on the USB shows the current going higher (close to 1000mA, or whatever we specify) and we are not frying anything (PC, OTG device, tablet) and when the battery fills up itself regulates to a lower value.  All good.

The Problem now: We have a new tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 - 7" (also tried on an 8" with the same results).

We found the file we thought we should modify:

current_now in sys/devices/platform/3.i2c/i2c-8/8-0049/power_supply/sec-charger

We changed the permissions and used echo "1000" > current_now to try and modify the file and nothing happens. It keeps returning instantly back to 450 and the meter reading does not go up.

Any ideas? It worked on the first two devices we tried, but not on these last two (Tab 4 - 7" and 8").  Maybe someone has a completely different method?  Maybe there is another file to change (we have tried several other similarly named files). We understand that this breaks the USB 2 spec, but we need to charge the tablets and send data at the same time.


texts: How to go into recovery mode? Intex Cloud Cube v08

texts:
I rooted Intex Cloud Cube v08 and installed an xposed module. After restarting the device it says

  "unfortunately system UI has stopped"

and after tapping on ok it again shows the same. It is still the same after restarting.

I tried key combinations

volume down + power key
-: It is going into safe mode but not recovery mode

volume up + power key
-: Just restarting normally

I don't have custom recovery

How to solve this problem and go into the stock recovery mode?


texts: Could a faulty SIM card cause my android to spontaneously reboot

texts:
My android (Sony Xperia 10a) spontaneously reboots on a 1m to 15m cycle.   I had a Nokia before and I think it rebooted more often than expected as well.  My Google contacts, a SIM and AT&T are the only things I brought forward from one to the other so I suspect all three.

Does anyone know if a bad SIM can cause rebooting?


texts: Can I delete my original gmail account associated with my android & use my other gmail address

texts: I originally set up my android with my original gmail account. I've since added a second gmail account & I'd like to switch my android over to the second account without repercussions. I'd eventually like to delete the initial gmail account, as that address is no longer useful.


texts: Enable notifications for some emails in gmail application on Android

texts:
I am not sure this is good place for this question, if not, if you could please route me to right page.

So the thing is, I have android phone, and I have GMail account, and application GMail installed on my phone. I get notifications but only for mail that is arriving in Primary Inbox.

Since I am programmer and I have my team on my job and we are using GitHub, and any time someone changes something in the project I get email notifications. But, this email notifications goes into Forum section, and I do not get notification on my phone?

Is there any way I can change settings so that emails from GitHub still get into Forum section but for me to get push notification of GMail application informing me I have new email from GitHub...?


texts: Is it possible to update android version in Motorola xoom tablet?

texts:
I have a tablet of Motorola (XOOM MZ604), it is rather old but for me looks and behaves like new, except of one big problem that I cannot install important applications on it because the android version of the android there doesn't support those applications (such as google docs). My question is if it possible at all to update the version of the android in this tablet, and if it is possible then how to do that?

By searching on this site I found the following 2 questions and answers (This question + this question) but they don't help me because the answers there are about chrome while my wish is to update the version of the android. Beside of that, I've searched a lot on google but not really found an answer to my question. I'll appreciate a lot a clear answer.


texts: color os to cyannongenmod on one plus phone

texts:
I just bought the one plus phone.
It comes with Color OS which is mostly in chinese and I want to convert it to Cyanongenmod.

There are several guides on the web:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H60fcm0ujqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDKOEtN9pbo
for example.

BUT, each time I try to install the file from sd I get "installation failure" message without any further explanation.

Can anyone help me with installing this OS?


texts: Tired of having no data despite having plenty of bars

texts:
I'm on T-Mobile US with a Google Galaxy Nexus, I don't use WiFi, and I've grown to be very tired of very often having some spots around town where I get great (or sometimes even excellent) HSPA+ reception, yet, nonetheless, get basically no data working at all -- even phone calls don't connect.

Going into the *#*#INFO#*#* Testing menu, Phone info screen, and selecting GSM only in place of WCDMA preferred, and then, after the phone connects onto EDGE, then manually selecting to go back to the WCDMA preference as above, generally fixes the issue, and data starts flowing again.  I also recently noticed that every time this has happened, the Location CID value when in UMTS/HSPAP, is different between the working and non-working states, and, in a given geographical location, some CIDs always appear to not work, and some to always work.

Why is this happening?  Why is the phone/baseband not smart enough to abandon the broken cell towers, and automatically connect to working ones, if that's actually what happens once you force it into EDGE, and then back to WCDMA?  (I guess the better question would be -- why isn't TMUS monitoring these broken cells, but that'd be for a different SE property.)


texts: Google+ auto backup jams up my WiFi network

texts:
For months I tried to track down a ping issue (high ping; disconnect & reconnect my router; low ping for about 20 minutes; high ping again). Turns out, thanks to this answer, it was the Google+ auto backup feature (that, for some reason, seems to kick in several minutes after it gets a connection).

The Google+ auto backup feature is enabled on my phone. It is configured to upload in "standard size" (not "full size"). Also, it is set to only upload if charging and if on WiFi.

During backup, the ping time (from my laptop, but the same applies from the router's admin page) goes up to over 7000 ms, see:

If I disconnect my phone from WiFi, the ping time goes down to about 50 ms.

What can I do to avoid this from happening? I tried to search for some way to set WiFi bandwidth limits for a specific app, but I couldn't find any.


texts: Which apps are affected by the SYNC icon in Power Control Bar?

texts: I can turn sync on/off in the Power Control bar. Which applications actually use this sync setting? Is that only Google-based products (calendar, contacts, gmail) or does it also influence apps like IMAP email, Evernote, etc?


texts: How do you select a large number of rows in Google Sheets without endless scrolling downward after selecting the first row?

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In a spreadsheet of 40,000 rows, I want to select the first 2,500 rows to copy them to another sheet. The only way I've seen is to
select the first row and tediously scroll the
"dot" down to include all 2,500 rows. On a computer, this would be a breeze with the
Shift key. How to accomplish something similar in Android Sheets? The keyboard doesn't open unless I'm editing a cell, so any keyboard-based solution seems to be a non-starter. Thanks.


texts:
is out there any Android application that would tell me what sound tone makes my Singing bowl?

HTC Desire on Android 2.1


texts: Titanium Backup Locks Up When Trying To Restore System Upates (com.samsung.apk)

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Okay, so in an attempt to stop the OTA notification, I un-installed System Updates 1.0.0 (com.samsung.apk) using Titanium Backup. Well, that didn't help, so I'm trying to restore the app in-case I ever need to update my Profile or PRL. But, when I try to use Titanium Backup to restore this app, it just sits on the "Restoring..." screen and I have to use the task manager to kill it in order to ever do anything.

I've tried both restoring "App only," and "App+Date"
I've tried pushing the com.samsung.apk directly to my phone (/system/app/com.samsung.apk) using ADB.

The only idea I have left is to re-flash my phone. Is there anything I can try before reflashing?

Phone Information:

Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D700)
Android  2.2.1 (FROYO.EC05)
Kernel 2.6.32.9
Titanium Backup 4.6.7 (Free version)
Rooted using One Click Root v2.5.5

Answers to questions I know are going to be asked:

Q: Why don't you just update? A: Because there is something wrong with EI22, and every time I do I lose service until I flash back to EC05
Q: Do you have trouble restoring any other apps using Titanium Backup? A: No, I tried restoring two other system apps and they restored fine.
Q: Did you make sure Debugging Mode was on? A: Yes, I tried with it both on and off
Q: Why didn't you just "Freeze" it instead of uninstalling it? A: Because, the free version of Titanium Backup doesn't allow Freezing, and I just felt like using a GUI method at the time. I didn't really think that un-installing it would be much different than freezing it.


texts: Can't boot to Clockwork Recovery on Atrix (several methods tried)

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I have a Motorola Atrix 4G, with AT&T Carrier.  Android 2.3.4

EDIT 11/6/2011: I don't know if this means anything, but I don' have an sdcard in it.

I have rooted it using this tutorial.

I installed Rom Manager and installed the Clockwork Recovery Image, with success (supposedly).

Here are where the problems occur.  When I turn off the phone and turn it back on, while holding the volume down button, I get the big red M and scroll down to "Android Recovery" and select that.  I then get "Failed to boot 2".

Ok, so I reboot and go back to my stock rom and try reinstalling the rom, and it down nothing to change the situation.

Next, I try running the fastboot software in the command window on my pc using the command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (recovery.img is the clockwork mod).  On my phone it says "Flashing Partition Recovery" then "Flashing MBR to device" and finally "Failed to process command flash:recovery error(0x180002)".

Any suggestions?  I did google the problem, but the answers I have found didn't apply or didn't work.

Please help, Thanks.


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I recently bought Samsung Galaxy tab s5e , and configured my account for it. Afterwards I created account (using android multiuser feature ) for my wife.
Hovewer the second account is very limited due to android security features . It lacks some serttings, Samsung DeX, and access to SD card. I do know the security reasoning for it ,and I don't care about them.

Is there some ADB command, tweak or some other way( for example after rooting device) to make the second account also a device owner (administrator ), grant access to sd cards and stuff , otherwise the security feature is kind of usseles if you realy want to have multi user experience on tablet


texts: Can I increase the screen dimming in Android v4?

texts:
I've noticed that Android v4 on a Samsung Galaxy Note does not dim the screen nearly enough in darkness or very low light, even when the auto dimming feature is turned on.  Are there any controls I've missed?  Are there any applications that increase the screen dimming?

If not, can anyone make comments on trying to write such an application?  Would I need to modify Cyanogen to do this?


texts: What should I do if my (Exynos SM-N900)Note 3 has bootloop?

texts: I have experienced bootloop, it only shows SamSung Logo... And if I download ROM from SAMobile, how do I know if that Rom is not corrupted. Also, how do I know if Odin is stuck/hang or not? Because I thought it hanged so I pulled the cable and it showed crappyKies thing ( when I flashed CFAutoRoot ) then I bring that to Samsung and they fixed it (before root) now I am rooted.. What to do? I am scared


texts:
I purchased a unlocked Samsung Galaxy 3 mini from the internet. Worked fine until I went abroad and change the SIM card. Now I am back in the UK, I am having trouble charging the phone.

The charging symbol remains on the screen after charging and sometimes it indicates its charging. When I remove the charger, the phone has not been charged. I can get the phone to charge and remove the charge symbol buy removing the battery and rebooting.

Will a reset fix this problem? I'm running android 4.1.2


texts: My daughter has accidentally purchased a stack of coins from Google Play Store for a very heavy amount. Is there a way to revert this transaction?


texts: Bluetooth audio as input for video recording

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Apps like Bluetooth Mono Router & BTmono let you hear music on old Bluetooth (BT) earphones that were mono (meant for voice calls only since they support Headset Profile (HSP) and don't support A2DP profile) . (Edit : MonoBt play is another such app)
So, if you have such mono sets lying around, you can use them for listening to music, YouTube, etc which is good.
There is a more interesting aspect to it - these allow you to use your BT ear sets  (whether mono or the latest ones supporting BT 5.0 ) to input audio into a video recording on your cell phone. You can comfortably record videos with your BT audio input as long as you are in range, without using wired microphone or UHF transmission. See Bluetooth input for video recording : Android 10, One Plus 7
How does this work?. (I've spent several hours unsuccessfully searching the net and sister SE sites) .


texts: Configure audible alarm in cyanogenmod's silent mode

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I recently installed cyanogenmod 12.1 (snapshot, 2015-09-01) on my HTC One M8. Following my habits, I tried to activate a silent mode. There was the first problem: CM only has a normal and a (total) silence mode. I was used to normal, silent but vibrating, silent and non-vibrating.

The silent modes on stock android I knew before (and on HTC's android), all made an exception for alarms, you could hear them even though the phone was silent (and I don't mean just vibrating).

What do I have to do to get a silent mode, that allows audible alarms on CM?


texts: How to choose which joined contact to use for contact image?

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Okay, I'm running a Galaxy S III with the TouchWiz ROM.

I knew how to do this in AOSP ROMs, but cannot find it in the Samsung people app.

If I have an aggregate contact with numerous joined contacts, and more than one of the joined contacts have photos, how do I specify which joined contact's photo should be the photo for the master/aggregate contact?


texts: Galaxy S6 Active stuck at No Command/Downloading

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The problem as it stands

My Galaxy S6 Active is stuck in a sort of bootloop, except it never seems to attempt a boot. If it was turning on, without any combination of keys, it would go to the "No Command" screen. From there all I can do is force reset (power + volume down) to get it to restart to the same place or as it displays the Samsung splash screen, press volume up + power + home, it goes to the download screen. From the download screen, I can use my pc to flash a rom (that may not be correct) to the device and according to Odin, that is a success but my device freezes on "erasing".

Imgur album with pictures of the accessible screens

Description of the problem when it was booting

At seemingly random times, the device would freeze and the only way to get it to do anything was to reset it. Sometimes it would enter a bootloop but through key combinations, I would be able to get it out. One time after a bootloop, I had the sense to back up the device's storage, so luckily I have that.

What I've done

I have tried wiping the storage in device recovery -- when it was accessible, I can no longer get to it.
I have tried using Kies/Smart Switch emergency software recovery -- but when provided with the model name and serial number they would both crash.
When the device booted, I tried using the standard recovery feature in Smart Switch. I can't remember the exact message but it was something along the lines of "This device does not support initializing"
I have tried using Odin to flash ROMs (again, I may be using this incorrectly) to the device. I have only tried Samsung release ROMs, meaning ones that have not been modified by a 3rd party. I followed the second and third methods of this guide. Odin never throws an error and it always says it was successful. During the device's initilization with this new ROM, it gets to 32% then goes to "Erasing". A few seconds later the animation freezes. I can leave the device here for hours but nothing happens. So I believe more than the animation is frozen.
I tried using ADB recovery via the device's recovery mode (when it was accessible) but from what I can gather, Samsung uses a proprietary ADB interface that would not work with what I was trying to do (I was following method 3 of the previously mentioned guide (I can't post more than 2 links). I would always get a message saying "ADB server out of date".

I may have done more than that but that's what I can recall.
Any help would be appreciated. Even if you know of a better place to post this, let me know.

Thanks


texts: 2-Step Verification code not automatically detected on Android

texts:
I just got a new Samsung Galaxy S5 and had it activated on my carrier. I opened the Play Store and entered my gmail and password. Next it says:

  2-Step Verification

  Verifying your phone automatically via text message

  This may take a few minutes...

  Having trouble?

Within seconds I received the 2-step verification SMS text message, but the app does not seem to be responding to it. A simple bar animation shows that it's still waiting.

I tried following the "Having trouble?" link but the only option there is to resend the message. I've tried that a few times and received the verification code again, but it still would not continue.

The 2-step verification process worked fine on my previous phone (S3), but I used to enter the code manually.

The phone is running Android 5.0. This problem occurs whether I'm on WiFi or Network.

Any advice would be much appreciated!


texts: How long does the Android browser keep its history files for?

texts:
I'm one of those people who actually likes to keep all my old history files, since I like to see what sites I was browsing 6 months ago.

So does anyone know how long the Android browser stores data for? Or is there a maximum file size of the history file that it collects? Are there also any Android history archival utilities available?


texts: How do I recover from a botched adopted storage migration? I can't take pictures or screenshots

texts:
TL;DR: I messed up. Now my phone won't store pictures because it's probably trying to write to some directory that doesn't exist. How can I fix this? What directory structure is expected? I caused it by maybe screwing up a bit when moving to Adopted Storage, but that may not be important for the answer.

I migrated to adopted storage this morning. I wanted a mixed partitioning, but accidentally got full-card adoption (i used the GUI). As part of that I suppose I migrated the existing /storage/emulated to the adopted storage.

Because I wanted a mixed setup and I had backups of my data, I just ran sm partition ... mixed 25 and nuked the existing adopted storage.

Now I can't take any pictures. If I do a screenshot, it says it couldn't save it. If I take a picture with OpenCamera, it says the same.

I would like to avoid the hassle of factory resetting if it's just a matter of creating some directories and/or creating some symlinks. I tried setting up a symlink /media/expand/&lt;my-adopted-storage>/user -> /storage/emulated and created DCIM (mode 1777) in /storage/emulated/0/DCIM (where it used to be). That doesn't help.

Am I on the right track and just getting the details wrong, or am I screwed?

As you can see from the tags, I'm on CyanogenMod 13 / Android 6 / Marshmallow.

Further investigation:

Looked where OpenCamera is looking, and it's looking at /sdcard/DCIM. /sdcard is a symlink to /storage/self/primary and that's a symlink to /mnt/user/0. Tried creating a symlink to the existing DCIM there, didn't help. Maybe it needs to point to the right place in the system to slip through the security tracks? Trying a reboot and seeing where things end up.

EDIT: It was /sdcard -> /storage/self/primary -> /mnt/user/0/primary. I created /mnt/user/0/primary -> /mnt/expand/*/user/0. No go.

There is a secondary user on the phone. When I switch to that, I get a bunch of "Unfortunately YouTube/Gallery/foo stopped." and I can't run any of the installed apps -- then I get the same message.

I had three SD "Cards" listed in Storage & USB: Purple (successfully adopted), Grey (first adoption, now abandoned, said "not mounted") and sdcard1. I figured that maybe it's still yearning for that unmounted (nonexistent) partition, so I clicked it and chose "Forget". Now sdcard1 is corrupt (!). Will reboot again and see what it makes of it.

Progress! After forgetting that original adoption and rebooting, now we have /sdcard -> /storage/self/primary -> /storage/emulated/0.

/storage/emulated/0 is a FUSE system that seems to have the same size as /data, so things look pretty normal now. I took a screenshot, and /sdcard/Pictures was created.

sdcard1 is back and looks fine.

Now there was a Migrate data command on both Internal storage and the adopted storage. When I clicked it on the adopted storage, emulated/0 was remounted as a FUSE proxy for the adopted storage and screenshots now go there instead of to internal-internal. I think this is like I want it now.


texts:
Synchronized video playback across multiple Devices (Samsung Gear VR)

Specs:

Samsung Gear VR (SM-323)

Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F)

OS: Android 6.0.1

The Problem:

I’m searching for a possibility to control one or multiple Gears via a single external device. The key feature I’m looking for is to start/pause/resume a video, while someone else is wearing the gear. (like in a representation) It’s not necessary to be able to start the app from externally, even if being able to do so could become handy. A different player which can be controlled in this way would be satisfying too.

The optimal solution would be to have one external device which acts as controller for multiple Gears at the same time. At least some kind of external controller for each single device would be a step in the right direction.

Here are the solutions I’m currently working on and tried so far:

1)    MilkVR / Samsung VR Apps

https://samsungvr.com/portal/content/gear_vr_synchronization

According to this official website from Samsung this would be the ideal solution to the problem. However, I found some information’s that Samsung renamed this app into “Samsung VR”.

So far, I couldn’t find much information’s about the “Samsung VR” app, like exact functionalities, hardware requirements or at least some official statement from Samsung whether or not this app is supposed to be the successor of MilkVR.

Besides all of this, it seems like MilkVR is only available within the USA. So even if MilkVR is still developed and can therefore be run on the named system, I’d first need to find a method to bypass the region lock.

2)    Controlling via Bluetooth

Another possible solution I’m researching at the moment, is using some kind of Bluetooth controller with build-in multimedia keys, since the official player is supposed to support those. The question in this case would be, whether or not it’s possible to link one of those controllers to multiple devices at the same time.

The first test with one generic Bluetooth-based controller (Hi-Shock PG-9033) was disappointing so far, since I was only able to control the volume, seek and going back and forth in the menus. But I wasn’t able to start/pause/stop the playback independent of the built-in menus.
Of course, the Bluetooth remote could be replaced with a computer or smartphone generated Bluetooth signal for example.

3)    Controlling via other transfer methods

Another thought I had was to send the commands via WLAN or USB, but since I couldn’t find any implementation of that within the built-in appstore I don’t expect this to be a possible solution.

Closing words

If someone has some information’s or experiences whether or not some of these ideas could possible work I would be glad to hear them. Even if there’s another entirely different approach to this problem I would like to hear that too since I’m starting to run out of ideas.

Thanks, in advance


texts:
Very frustrated so please forgive the rant.

I've given up searching Google because despite well written search queries such as

"How do I move everything from my SD card to my phone"

or

"How do I get rid of my SD card"

I get results that all have to do with moving stuff TO my SD card FROM my phone.

My SD card is flaking out on me and I have gone through several attempts to scan it and fix it and it never stays good for long.

My phone has plenty of internal storage I just want to completely get rid of my SD card but I don't want to lose the stuff I have on my SD card or break where things look to find stuff like pictures and music.

Does anyone know of ANY forums or tutorials to do the opposite of what it seems everyone else wants to do in relation to SD card storage.

Thanks in advance for the help.


texts: How do I disable the app switcher on Pixel 3?

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I'd like to disable fast app switching on pixel 3. My device is not rooted and I use nova launched.

I've looked through the settings and I've looked at the gestures folder and the nova launcher settings and I haven't found a feature that appears to do the trick.

Can you help me understand how I can get rid of the fast app switcher in pixel 3?

There are two things that I'm trying to stop

1- When you swipe up from the bottom of the screen and you see apps and can switch between them

2- When you swipe horizontally on the dock bar and it takes you to the most recent app


texts:
I have flashed CM13 onto my Samsung Galaxy S3, and since then, mobile data does not work. I am logged in into the network and I can make calls and receive SMS, so the IMEI / EFS data is still there and working. Connecting to the mobile network works, too, the "mobile data" button is enabled.

No matter which app I try to use, none of them can connect to the internet with mobile data. I only get error messages. However, resetting the mobile data statistics and then trying again still gives me error messages, but a few kilobytes of data usage appear in the statistics.

I already tried:
- Wipe Cache
- Re-flash CM13
- Restart phone a dozen times
- Enable and disable Airplane Mode a dozen times
- Deleting the APN and re-entering the exact information I got from my provider
- Completely disable and uninstall AFWall+
- Disable any "data restriction" / security / privacy settings I could find that could possibly cause this

What else could be the problem? Why does my mobile data not work?


texts: How do you capture video from the command-line on an Android device?

texts: How do you capture video from the camera on command-line of a rooted Android mobile device?


texts: Multiple times a day my Android device will pop up this annoying alert that the ringer is disabled and that I might miss calls.  I have the ringer off on purpose and the device doesn't even have phone capability.  Seems to have started with the last security update to Android 6 (maybe a month ago?).  How can I disable this annoying popup?


texts:
I'm android developer and normally monitor packets by WiFi+Fiddler in my laptop in order to inspect developing app communication.

Curiously, my phone (LG G2 Jellybean, Codename LG-F320S) continuously access http://www.un.org site with no reason, but don't know which app sends it.

Several android packet sniffers show data packet itself, but do not give which app send the data. Is it possible to know the sender app?


texts: Can I use an old SIM from a locked phone in my Redmi?

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I've never had a Smartphone that I used as an actual phone with a SIM before. I have a Redmi 6 I bought overseas (Android 9, MIUI 11) that's only been used with Wi-Fi. I just cut short a long overseas trip due to the COVID crisis. I can't go out to buy a SIM. I can't get one delivered.

I need a phone number to do government stuff online. The online stuff won't work with my sister's phone as a phone number can only be used for one account. My nephew has an old phone with SIM that fits in my phone. The SIM is or was registered to him but has not been used for six to twelve months. The phone was surely locked as is usual for cheap phone packages in Australia. I have no clue whether SIMs are locked to certain phones, or just phones are locked to certain SIMs or certain carriers.

Putting his SIM in my phone, it recognizes the SIM, but not the carrier, phone number, or anything else. I couldn't send a text or receive a text. It does say I can make emergency calls only.

Is it even possible to use a secondhand SIM in my phone? Are my problems due to this not being possible, due to phone settings, or to do with the SIM or the phone service provider (Telstra)?

I can't find anything on the phone about setting up a new SIM. Perhaps some SIMs can only be registered once and are locked to the phone they were packaged with?

Because I'm so totally clueless and my situation has more than a few unique characterists I haven't had any luck Googling a solution yet.


texts: How to import photos from a digital camera using USB OTG?

texts:
I have some simple digital camera for my kids with only internal memory. I do have some windows software for it to import the photos. The windows software looks a bit outdated, but it works.

When I connected it on an Ubuntu machine to read the USB ID ("ID 0979:0227 Jeilin Technology Corp., Ltd JL2005B/C/D Toy Camera") it worked instantly. The memory was mounted as a drive, I could see the photos and copy them!

But when I go on holiday I will have neither a Windows PC nor an Ubuntu machine nearby. I will only have my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, which supports USB OTG.

When I connect the camera via the USB OTG connector, the camera gives a bleep and on my tablet I see a message "USB connector attached". But I don't see a mounted drive (which I do see when I connect a simple USB memory stick).

Is there some kind of app to import the photos from a digital camera?

Regards,


texts:
My phone is a HTC Desire (model Bravo) and I previously rooted it (using tacoroot and revolutionary) and had the clockworkmod recovery (5.8.0.2) on it as well as the liquidsmooth v3.2 rom for the Desire.

I formatted the SD card in clockworkmod, choosing 2G for the extended partition and 128M cache. This still works after flashing CWM: advanced -> Partition SD Card -> Ext Size 2048M -> Swap Size 128M returns the happy message

Partitioning SD Card... please wait...
Done!

But then with the new ROM when I tested the camera, it said that there was no SD card present.

So I went back to the recovery and re-partitioned the SD card with different sizes (not sure how to go back to the original setting). Clockworkmod said that the re-partitioning was successful.

But after that first re-partitioning the SD card has not been accessible. This also means that I cannot install a new ROM (the browser invariably crashes in LiquidSmooth).

I have now installed the -very user friendly!- TeamWinRecovery version 2.3.1.1 to try and re-format or re-partition the sd card, but it says E: unable to mount /sdcard and E:EXT + Swap size is larger than sdcard size. That is not right because the card is 16G.

The following Linux command tell me that the phone is connecting with my computer:

$ fastboot devices -l    # during boot loader
SH07XPL04124             fastboot usb:2-1.1

Sometimes (but not always) when I attach the phone to the computer, I get the dmesg lines

[2076992.175291] usb 2-1.1: new high-speed USB device number 70 using ehci_hcd
[2076992.280434] usb 2-1.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bb4, idProduct=0c87
[2076992.280442] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[2076992.280448] usb 2-1.1: Product: Android Phone
[2076992.280452] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: HTC
[2076992.280456] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: SH07XPL04124
[2076992.284078] scsi168 : usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
[2076993.285389] scsi 168:0:0:0: Direct-Access     HTC      Desire           0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[2076993.287105] sd 168:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
[2076993.295416] sd 168:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

And in the File Manager (PCManFM 0.9.10) the device shows up as 'HTC Desire'. Clicking on it gives no result though -- the program asks which application should be used to open this file.

Following the dmesg lines, the command gparted /dev/sdc results in

Error opening /dev/sdc: No medium found

During the recovery session, I can adb shell but nothing is listed in /proc/filesystem or /proc devices. With lsusb I get

Bus 002 Device 083: ID 0bb4:0c87 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) Desire (debug)

During fastboot, adb shell returns an error.

On the phone, in the TWR file manager, I can go to the directories /sdcard (which contains a directory /sdcard/TWRP with a file .twrps) and /sd-ext (which is empty). Using adb shell I can also delete /sdcard and /sd-ext --it turns out they are just directories created during the mounting attempts. Trying to mount them again re-creates the directories but also says:

E:Unable to mount storage
E:Unable to mount '/sdcard'

I just cannot partition or format the sd card to a usable state again.

My suspicion is that the previous partitioning in CWM causes it to mount as a system directory (or something like that) so that it is not available any more for mounting as external storage.

Does that make sense?

And has anyone an idea how to solve this?


texts: String of jumbled text is appended to every incoming SMS with Project Fi

texts:
I just picked up a new Honor 8 (running EMUI 5/Android Nougat) and I'm having an odd problem when receiving SMS messages.

Whenever I get a message, an odd string of text with a length of 16, starting with a tilde~, like ~l/Adk/ljAdADFWjlk, is appended to it. This is regardless of my SMS app (I've tried the preinstalled one, Pulse, and Google's Android Messages).

Here's an image of a conversation:

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

How can I stop that random string of text from appearing after the intended message?

Edit: For extra details, my carrier is Project Fi (reduced to just T-Mobile on the new GSM-only phone) and the issue occurs regardless of sender, be it an iPhone or Android phone.


texts: WiFi Tether Causes a BSOD in Laptop Using Intel WiFi Hardware

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On a rooted Nexus 4 using stock 4.2.2, if I enable Wifi tether then connect my laptop (a Lenovo T520 using Centrino Advanced-N 6205 hardware with driver v15.3.1.2) I get a BSOD within seconds. I am using the stock tether app.

I read elsewhere that I am not the only one with this problem, but Intel refuses to acknowledge it. I even waited for an updated Wifi driver to come out, which I installed today, but the problem persists. According a thread on XDA-Dev, the workaround is to set the Local IP to 192.168.1.100 instead of 192.168.1.1 and the DHCP starting IP to 192.168.1.101 instead of 192.168.1.10. But since I am using the stock tethering app these settings are not available. Is there a tweak app that would allow me to do this? Or are there other workarounds to this issue?

TIA


texts: Monitoring data transmission in my Wifi hotspot

texts: If I switched on my mobile wifi hotspot secured with a password and then if some intruder tried many passwords to connect to my hotspot.Is there any way I could know the list of incorrect passwords he tried to connect to my hotspot.I would prefer much if some android app is used in getting this.Hope I get an answer.


texts: What Is Using Up My Storage/Data on Android Phone?

texts:
First, I appreciate that there are lots of similar questions to this online, but they are often so specific that I haven't been able to solve this question myself (through online forums/questions/etc).

I have a phone with 8GBs of internal storage, as can be seen from the first picture below. ~3GBs of this is used up by Android OS; ~5GBs remains, of which I am using ~4.5GBs. (This leads to issues with not being able to update, etc, due to lack of space.)

All reasonable so far. However, as the next picture shows, of that 4.5GBs used (separate to the 3GBs for Android OS), Apps uses ~2.1GBs and Cached data only ~33MBs.
Hopefully my question is clear now:

  where is the remaining 2.4GBs?


texts: Why does my phone contain WhatsApp Images both on my SD card and in my internal storage?

texts: I know that WhatsApp Images are saved by default on the internal storage of my phone. However, on my phone there is also a WhatsApp media file on my external SD card. This folder contains the same number of image files that is also displayed in my Gallery App (when I click on WhatsApp Images). The WhatsApp Images folder on my internal storage also contains way more files than the one on my SD card. Can someone explain what's going on here?


texts: Push Notifications not working over WiFi on Google Devices

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I have 3 Android devices at home: Nexus 4 Android 5.1.1, Nexus 5 Android 5.1.1 and Lenovo Yoga 2 Android 4.4.2, all connected to my WiFi. The Nexus devices simply cannot receive Push Notifications (Gmail, Hangouts...GCM?) while the Yoga tablet can. On mobile data both Nexus devices can receive push notifications. If I connect them to my workplace WiFi everything is fine.

All devices have all the apps up to date. I've tried resetting the Nexus 5 to the factory defaults but it doesn't help. I've tried restarting the phones a couple of times but still no luck. The router is an ASUS AC68U, latest Merlin, on a 1Gbps internet connection. The only things that changed in my environment in the past 2 weeks are: 5.1.1 update and I moved to 1Gbps internet.

Is this related to the new Play Services Update? Or Android 5.1.1? Can I somehow look deeper into this? Logcat? Any help is appreciated.


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Posting this for the benefit of others, after failing to find the problem/resolution on my own.

Yesterday (Oct 2018), my Samsung J5 2016 phone failed to properly enable internet-wireless tethering. It never had a problem in the past, and I am fairly certain that I used tethering since date of the latest OS update (Jun 2018), at least in conjunction with an iOS device (iPad). But as of yesterday, tethering my Microsoft Surface Pro stopped working.

What actually failed:

DNS resolution

Things I tried:

I restarted the Android device
I restarted the client (Surface Pro/Win 10)
I renewed the DHCP lease. (ipconfig /renew)

What worked:

Pinging the device.
Pinging hosts by IP on the internet.
Manually configuring the interface to use a DNS server (8.8.8.8)
Manually configuring the interface to use the device as a DNS server (192.168.43.1)

What I did to resolve the issue:

First, on Windows, I used ipconfig /all to determine the DHCP assigned IP address and DNS addresses. I noted these two were different:

IP Address: 192.168.43.161
IP Address of Gateway: 192.168.43.1
DNS Address: 192.168.0.1

The DNS address looked bogus to me.

On the Windows device, I used Zenmap (nmap) to discover available ports, and saw that for 192.168.0.1, ports 80 and 443 were available, but not 53. I then did a scan of 192.168.43.1 and saw that 53 (UDP and TCP) were available.


texts: Switching from active call to a waiting call?

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I'd like to ask you if you know how can I change the line of calling. For example, a friend of mine is calling me and we have a talk. Meanwhile, another one is calling me and at this moment I'd like to start conversation with the second one and to put on hold the first one.
I guess there should be an app for this?
Thank you in advance.


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I have recently got a new phone and I decided to root it. I have installed custom ROM ( CM 12.1 ). I am now experiencing quite severe memory leaks.
When I open YouTube it plays the video for 7 seconds and then it force closes due to OOM state. I even tried to raise the maximum RAM allocated to Youtube and that didnt help either. Does that have something to do with zRAM compression or OOM grouping ?

Thanks for you answers !


texts: Is it possible to unlock my Samsung Galaxy 3(GT-i5801)?

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I moved to another country and absent-mindedly bought a SIM card for my GT-i5801 (from Orange UK) Now it's asking for a network lock code. I have searched the net and everything points to me going to a "phone" shop to unlock this, however I'm not conversant enough in the local language to understand people yet and want to carry on using my phone.
Is there anyway to unlock this phone? Either that or I have to wait a month until I can get back to the UK.


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Is it possible to run fstrim in stock android 4.3 from adb shell?

I understand it runs every 24 hours when the device is plugged in and idle but I would like to run on demand to test a few theories.


texts: If I set an Android 4.0 to use face recognition, after which I shave my head, will face recognition still work?

texts: I was reading about the new face recognition unlock of Android 4.0 and was just wondering that , if I should shave my head afterwards, the face recognition still would work ?


texts: Is there a way to set app-specific volume?

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I'm looking for a way to set the media volume depending on the app being used.

I generally keep my media volume down fairly low so as not to annoy my fellow humans overmuch; while playing Angry Birds, for instance.

When I go into Doggcatcher, though, I generally want to crank the media volume way up, because I'm listening through earbuds or my car speakers and need that volume way up.

Not such a big deal, but if later I go back to Angry Birds and I forgot to turn the volume back down it wakes up the whole house.

This is exacerbated by the fact that the media volume does not follow the "Sound off" setting (accessed by a long-press of the power button).

So, is there a way to do what I want?

(Android 4.0)