texts: still a mystery . thumbdata3 file space & performance hog

texts:
I just don't know how to fix this issue.
I have tried almost everything and give up.
I have read other threads on what to do if there is .thumbdata3  file that occupies a lot of space. my file occupies almost 20 gb and I cannot afford that space waste.
I have done the following to try and circumvent but nothing works

create an Empty file with the same name.
that empty file will eventually increase to the same size
stick a  .nomedia  file in every folder that contains an image so this file does not grow in size.
and then I repeated the above first... the file is still created.
there are some observations have had in that regard.
initially the dummy file I created remains as it is. then as soon as I try and open or call in Explorer through some third party app for example there is an app that needs of photo to upload so Explorer is invoked through the app to choose the photo the phone then  completely freaked out and Will hang and forces a reboot
why this hung state happens I open up process monitor which unlike other apps will run regardless of how hung the phone is... I find the process download manager and under that the process name is android..process.media
this process strikes out as the highest CPU consumer. and within a matter of minutes the hounded  20 gig   .thumbdat3 file is back.
I am rooted on an  Xperia Z3 Running Android 6.0.
another thing that I observed -if I use any third party app that is supposed to let me CHMOD and C H O W N even though an attempt to remove write permissions. for everyone, will run without errors the file permission will remain the same they will not change. dytto experience when you use terminal emulator and SU on the prompt

I wonder

-if I disable manual this process

android..process.media

then what happens.

why is it that in spite of sticking in a ..nomedia file in each and every folder in spite of that the process will build the 20 gig file.


texts: How to transfer BlackBerry 9700 contacts to Android phone?

texts:
I have a BlackBerry 9700 BOLD and a Samsung Galaxy SIII and I need to transfer as much of my contact info from the BB to the Galaxy SIII. I already know that if I save numbers on my SIM card they will be transferred but I can't save everything on it.

I read a lot of articles about using "Google Sync" app for BlackBerry to sync with Google's cloud and then back to Android again. But the problem is that I went there now http://www.google.com/mobile/sync/ and it seems they stopped BlackBerry support for Google Sync.

So my question is how to sync as much of my data from BlackBerry to my Android phone without using Google Sync?


texts: Galaxy S9+ can't play music through my dac/amp

texts:
I have my phone connected via USB-C to USB-B into my dac/amp. When I try to play any sound, all I get is a crackling sound, which doesn't stop once I try to play sound. I saw another question about this, but the answer in that thread doesn't apply, as I can't find any hardware acceleration option in dev. options.
I've also tried using a Pixel 2 with the dac/amp, and get the same result.


texts: Help automating Wi-Fi Calling or Airplane mode toggle with Tasker

texts:
I am absolutely 100% new to Tasker. I have bought and install this app to automate a few things which IFTTT simply can't.

Here is the situation :

My bedroom is in a basement apartment and so I do not get good cell service reception at all while I'm down there, and since it doubles as my office space (on days I work from home) and my gaming area, I tend to spend a decent amount of my time in my room. This being said, I have an LG V30 ThinQ with android 8.x Oreo and my current service provider offers a Wi-Fi Calling service. Naturally, I turned it on and bingo... Calls are now crisp and text messages send without a hitch! Well... that's at home at least. You see, at my work the opposite is true : The Wi-Fi is shit, but the cell service reception is always super strong. Yes, my phone does have a setting to use Wi-Fi calling as a second priority to my cell service (meaning that it will use my cell service before using the Wi-Fi Calling) but instead of switching intelligently based on the strength of the cell service reception strength, it only switches to Wi-Fi Calling once I stop having cell service reception period! Which doesn't work well in the basement, since sometime I get just enough signal to toggle it back to the shitty cell service for calling!

So, I would like to create a task with Tasker that, once connected to/disconnected from my home network, would allow either the Wi-Fi Calling to be toggled ; or for the airplane mode to be toggled. That way, as long as I'm connected to my home network, my phone will be using the Wi-Fi calling capabilities, without having to toggle them on and off again manually.

Problem is, since I'm new to this, I don't know the first thing about programming a task in this version of Tasker. All tutorials I came across were very little helpful.

Could somebody work me though setting up something along those lines?

Thanks,

Nikolas Desforges


texts:
My phone keeps going to sleep within a minute or so despite the fact that it is set to not go to sleep for 10 minutes. Why is it doing this? This is an Asus ZenFone Live V running Android 7.1.1.

To be more clear, the screen goes black and locks shortly thereafter in about a minute. I'm not sure this is technically sleep mode, but it is sure annoying to have to unlock every time something steals your attention for a minute.


texts: Why doesn't my "Trusted Places" work anymore in my Samsung Galaxy s7?

texts: Since I just got an update for my Samsung Galaxy s7, my trusted places quit working. In fact, I cannot even find the setting in my settings section.


texts: My old tablet was a LePan II from QVC.  It quit on me.  It wasn"t worth the money to have a pro look at/repair it. So, I got a Proscan PLT9045K (from ShopNBC).  After I got it charged, I went straight to Google Play, but I do not see how to add a new device.  I understand that there's not really a way to delete the original device from my account (and if there is I'd like some help there).  How can I connect my new tablet with my existing Google Play account.  I really don't want to set up a new gmail.


texts: How to hide cookie warnings in Chrome for Android?

texts:
On Chrome for desktop I use the extension "I Don't Care About Cookies" to hide cookie warnings that I personally don't care for.

I'd like to do something similar in Chrome for Android.

I've tried searching around for a way to do it, but nothing has come up so far.

I have root and Xposed Framework so I wonder if some adblocker that uses those may have some list I can add to block at least some of the most widespread templates for cookie warnings.

Or there may be some other way to do it.

My phone runs Nougat and the latest stable version of Chrome.


texts: Where does your Samsung phone store its default ringtones?

texts: So my grandma gave me a Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime from 2017, and it doesn't have any SD card inserted. So where does my phone store its defalt ringtones and notification sounds? I tried going to Android>data>system>media>audio>ringtones but it seems it doesn't have the system folder. Can someboy help me with this?


texts: How can I see what the search results in GooglePlay are in different countries for the same search term?

texts:
I have an app and I am wondering where it ranks for a certain GooglePlay search in different countries.

Is there a way to determine that?

Thank you!


texts: How to determine which version of TWRP has been installed?

texts:
A secondhand phone looks to have TWRP already installed:
thufir@dur:/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=HTC_Android_Phone_SH4AYWM01306/Internal storage$
thufir@dur:/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=HTC_Android_Phone_SH4AYWM01306/Internal storage$ ll
total 53
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir    0 Dec 31  1969 ./
dr-x------ 1 thufir thufir    0 Dec 31  1969 ../
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 Alarms/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 Android/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Nov 26  2019 .data/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Dec 18  2019 DCIM/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 Download/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 Movies/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 Music/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 _nero_sync/
-rw------- 1 thufir thufir   38 Oct 26  2019 nmdsdcid
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 Notifications/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Mar 31 17:31 Pictures/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Oct 26  2019 Podcasts/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir    0 Oct 26  2019 Ringtones/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir    0 Apr 12 13:34 .showme/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Mar  4 14:34 TWRP/
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Nov 27  2019 WhatsApp/
thufir@dur:/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=HTC_Android_Phone_SH4AYWM01306/Internal storage$
thufir@dur:/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=HTC_Android_Phone_SH4AYWM01306/Internal storage$ ll TWRP/
total 5
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir 4096 Mar  4 14:34 ./
drwx------ 1 thufir thufir    0 Dec 31  1969 ../
-rw------- 1 thufir thufir  973 Apr 12 13:27 .twrps
thufir@dur:/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=HTC_Android_Phone_SH4AYWM01306/Internal storage$

How do I determine which the version number for TWRP which is already installed?


texts: Why do apps legitimately purchased from Android Market warn about missing license?

texts:
A few weeks ago I purchased two paid apps, 3G Watchdog Pro (3GWP) and The Photographer's Ephemeris (TPE). Both of them displayed warnings that the license is missing, and advised to visit Android Market for purchasing the product. 3GWP issues the warning at startup and won't start unless I buy the app. TPE does start, but issues the warning occasionally.

I had actually bought 3GWP a few months earlier but soon uninstalled it, then decided to install it again a few weeks ago. I purchased the app again after the developer, whom I had contacted, refunded the previous purchase for troubleshooting. He said that refunding/repurchasing usually fixes the issue, and had no other suggestions.

I thought this issue was app-specific, then it occurred with a different app, TPE. I posted a query to the Google Mobile help Forum and was contacted by the TPE developer. He did some troubleshooting, i.e. checked the aLogcat output and whitelisted my account. But the problem persisted.

Today I launched the Wolfram Alpha paid app, which I hadn't used in a while, and it displayed the warning "Application Not Licensed - This Wolfram | Alpha app has not been licensed. Please login to the phone using correct credentials or purchase it from the Android Market", and didn't start.

Why do unrelated, legitimately purchased apps report licensing issues? I suspect the problem is at Google's end.

I have a Nexus S phone with Android 2.3.6. My mobile carrier is Vodafone IT.


texts: How to upload images onto Google Glass device and view them?

texts:
The first part of the question: I've got a Google Glass device and I plugged it into the USB port. The drivers install fine on my WinXP. I do see the Glass directory pop up in My Computer. I'm able to take a picture, as well as copy it to my PC. However, how do I copy or upload a picture to the device? It does not allow Paste. Right-click -> Paste option is disabled. Dragging a file also doesn't work.

I've looked at the following links, here and here, but that's not what I want.

The second part of the question is how to view all images on the Glass device, with something like VLC APK?

Update: A workaround that I've found is to share images/videos from another Google+ account to your Glass device Google+ account. This seems to be the easiest way so far that I've encountered.


texts: can't log in to Snapchat - Problem connecting to the server

texts:
Firstly, apologies if this is the wrong site to ask this question. I didn't have a clue which site, this seemed most realistic.

Problem :

Snapchat was working fine. I logged out of my account and when I try log back in I get the error: There was a problem connecting to the server. Please try again.

I have tried multiple solutions such as clearing the cache snapchat, reinstalling google play services, clearing data on snapchat, rebooting device. None of which work.

You might say why not reinstall snapchat? Well my device is on 4.1.2 meaning if I uninstall and go back to the play store to reinstall it, I wont see snapchat there because snapchat has updated further than my phones version.  (I don't have the filters on my device because it doesnt support the filters too)

I tried contacting snapchat, but alas, no reply.

Any suggestions?


texts: If I uninstall an app do I lose the data?

texts: I want to install Angry Birds from the Amazon App Store but all I get is errors. My guess is it's because I already have it installed. I'm afraid to uninstall just in case I lose the data. Any ideas?


texts:
Is there a way to send a text to more than one recipient in the new Hangouts/GVoice integrated app?

I see how you can send a plain (phone) SMS to multiple recipients, but can you do it using through the Google Voice number(note, I don't want a MMS group text. Just a plain SMS)


texts: Deleting Hardware files leads sometimes to brick the phone

texts:
I started recently to look up for a way to permanently disable my wifi, bluetooth, NFS, Network and GPS. Unfortunately I didnt find a proper method to do that. There was the option to physically break the hardwares, but I didnt want to risk that, if I get something wrong there I wouldnt have a 2nd chance. Except of that, there was only some ways to disable the wifi but it was easy to re-enable it again.
Anyways I figured out, that I need to root my device in order to remove hardware files, but the problem is I dont know WHICH files would be okay to remove.
I'm using a samsung galaxy s8 with Android 9 Pie
Till now I rooted my device twice and deleted hardware files,
the first time I deleted wifi hardware files from the system/etc/permissions folder. That lead to brick my phone.
The second time I deleted hardware files of bluetooth and nfc from:
system/lib
system/lib64
system/vendor/etc/init
system/vendor/etc
system/vendor/lib64
system/vendor/permessions
surprisingly it worked, I totally disabled bluetooth and nfc.
Then I wanted to proceed to remove gps (I figured out S8 aint using gps but gnss) so I removed the gnss files and folders. But this time, it bricked my phone, so I had to reinstall the samsung firmware again and now I rooted my device again.
Before I start trying again, I would like to ask you, if any of you have some knowledge about this and if there is any no-go files, which I should never remove or smth.
I dont really just want to try out over and over, it is taking much time to do all this... I hope somebody can help me out.
Additionally, do any of you know how the network hardware is called? basically the hardware which lets you call people or just the hardware which connects to a network provider.

The reason why I want to do this shouldnt be important right? but if you want to know why:
I want to keep my privacy. I want to be able to connect to the internet only via ethernet cable and also I want to use my device more as a map to plan routes, camera, calc etc.
ALOT of other people want to do this too, but nobody (after searching for over 20 hours) had the right solution. Every way I found, it was possible to reenable it easily.
Thank you for taking your time and reading my issue! I hope you can help!!
I will give an update about this anyways!


texts: Does Android 3.2.1 support auto-complete feature?

texts: When I type with a keyboard in any app on my older Acer Android Tablet, I don't get any words automatically suggested (above the keyboard), although auto-correct does work. I can't find a setting for this feature either. Is this feature not supported in Android 3.2.1?


texts: SD Card installed and still saying insuffisient storage

texts: trying to update apps and it tells me i have insufficient storage. We bought a 64 SD Card and tried again and it's still saying no storage.  Does this SD card not work for apps??


texts:
Having issue since update to Lollipop on Samsung Galaxy S5.
When phone rings, sound comes on for 1 second, off for 3, one for 1, off for 3. This happens with Zedge and system ringtones.
I have changed ringtone to one from the system. Checked settings til I'm almost blue in the face. Thought it might have something to do with motions, but no.
any suggestions?


texts: How to connect two phones via SSH with a central SSH server?

texts:
I have two phones A and B which use Mobile Data. I would like to connect from phone A to phone B, the later has an SSH server running on port 8022. The central SSH server is running on AWS and has an Elastic IP.
Phone A can connect to AWS Server directly at port 22, so can phone B.

AWS Server configuration:

GatewayPorts yes
TCP forward yes
Password Authentication Yes

Further I have forwarded port 9099 on AWS SSH server to local port 8022 on phone B:

~$ ssh -NR 9099:localhost:8022 user@Remoteip

By running netstat -tpln on AWS SSH server I can see that 9099 is in listening mode.

But when I ssh from phone A into AWS server at port 9099 it says timed out.


texts: Meaning of two low battery screens on Acer Iconia tablet?

texts:
According to https://community.acer.com/en/t5/Android-Tablets/Iconia-tab-10-A3-A20-won-t-charge/m-p/513098/highlight/true,

Hello, my tablet was working fine for a year and suddenly won't charge up.
When plugged in while turned off, the screen will power up, showing the empty battery icon then another icon with a low battery and a power plug.
Then the screen will turn off and start over alternating both icons and so on.

I am going to upload the two screens the OP was talking about:

"Empty battery icon" // "Icon with a low battery and a power plug"

Do the two screens have different meanings?  If yes, then what do they mean?  Are they "charging" and "connect to power"?


texts: I can't seem to find a kexec-hardboot patched kernel compatible with CM 13 for the Nexus 5. Is there such a thing? What should I do to getmultirom working on Nexus 5 with CM 13 as the main rom?


texts: What am I supposed to do with Bug reports captured?

texts:
From time to time I get a notification on my phone which says:

Bug report #1 captured
Tap to share your bug report

When I tap, it warns me about the possibility of sensitive information being in the report.  I tap on "Ok" to continue.

But now, instead of the report being submitted somewhere automatically, like it would under something like Windows or Mac OS X, it pops up a "Share with" prompt, asking me how I want to share it.   I have no idea, I don't even know what caused the bug report!

The choices I see are Gmail (who am I supposed to send it to, especially given that I don't know what the report is even about?), Add to Dropbox (what good would that be?), Android Beam (never used this, but it sounds like maybe I would need to be in the same room as Android developer for this to be useful), and Save to Drive (again, seems about as useless as adding to my Dropbox).

I'm not even sure why I'm being prompted to do this, given the complete lack of instruction on what I should be doing.

Update: I tried e-mailing the report to myself. The bug report contained an empty (black) image, and a zip file containing a 16.4MB log file (which appeared to just be a dump of various process info - I didn't look at the whole thing due to length, but I couldn't find any obvious indication of what the problem was) and a FS directory containing a path FS/data/tombstones containing 10 separate files ranging between one month and one year old (nothing from today!).  The newest of these files appear to be system related (/system/bin/rild, com.android.nfc, system/bin/netmgrd, ...)


texts: Android JellyBean stock keyboard capitalizes first letter of word before question mark

texts: On my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 running Android JellyBean 4.1.2, when I add a question mark after a word, the first letter of that word gets capitalized. Do you know why this happens and how it can be Solved? See the last Sentence? It's happened there too.


texts: I can't re add google account after factory reset , edited host & after clear cache and data. Pls help

texts:
i changed my simcard last month and since then i have noticed that i can't log in to my google account, gmail and also instagram. Play store always stopped as well.

I tried some of the solutions provided on youtube like editing host (my host is already 127.0.0.1 local host), i dont know whether i should change it or just remain it like that coz some said delete everything and type host (127.0.0.1 local host) and some need to add the # (but i don't have the other line).
I've already clear cache & data, force stop Play store, Google play services, Google Framework, Google account manager &  remove google acc (my account already unable 2 steps verification) then tried to re add again but failed.
I've already factory reset my phone as well and try to re add google account but still failed. Now im using application which I downloaded thru apkmirror.com.(play store didnt work). I really appreciate anyone experts could help.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Android Pay now requires me to enter my pin twice

texts: Usually when using Android Pay I would unlock my phone with a pin and then be able to pay. Since the switch to Google Pay I have to unlock my phone with a pin, try to pay, get a prompt asking me to enter my pin, enter my pin, push the green button on the terminal, and then i'm able to pay. Does anyone know of a fix for this as it would be quicker to just use my card.


texts: Google Sky Maps does not follow pointing direction. How can the sensors be calibrated?

texts:
I have a new Lollipop device (Moto G 2. Gen) and wanted to use Google Skymaps. This worked like a charm on my old device. Now the display is not following the movements of the phone in the right way.

I think this is due to missing sensor calibration. I am missing a corresponding item in the Sky Map menues and I neither could find it in the general settings. How can i calibrate compass and accelerometer on my Lollipop device?


texts: Is there anyone that knows how I can convert ASEC files to APK?


texts: What do apps designed for small screens look like on tablets?

texts:
Do they get scaled or do they just occupy part of the screen? I mean apps that were designed for 4-5" phones running on 8-10" tablets.

UPDATE: Let me give some details to better explain my question. Given the application developer has provided one layout only (for small devices) and the app is being run on a large display. Scaling may will look terrible (especially if the scale factor is in range 2-3), because it was not designed for this, so maybe a better solution is to show a smaller version of the app in the middle of the screen. Then it will look as designed, except that it will make poor usage of the available space. However, scaling it a little bit should be fine (scale factor in range 0.8-1.5), so that the app occupies entire screen. The question is what Android is doing? Does it scale the app even if it's scaled by a large factor (over 2) or will it stop at some factor and simply place smaller version of the app in the middle of the screen?


texts: How to move app data to external SD card without root

texts:
I have a Karbonn A15 with Android ICS (4.0.4), it's not rooted.
I want to move the app data to my external sd card. I tried to move the /mnt/sdcard/data folder, just to check whether it releases any memory in the storage section in phone settings. But the internal storage was same, there was no change. Can anyone tell me where the app data resides in the internal memory? It's fine if I can move app data manually to the external SD card.


texts:
I have 2 different Android devices: a Samsung Galaxy Reverb phone and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 tablet.

On both devices, I have just recently noticed that the official Gmail app is no longer showing new email messages in the list.  When new emails come in, I get Android notifications. If I select the email in the notification bar, then it brings up the new email.

But if I just go to the Gmail app, then I don't see new emails in the list. I have to manually change from Priority Inbox to Normal Inbox (or vice versa) in order for the new emails to show up in my list.

Is this happening for anyone else? Is there a fix for it?


texts:
I had an HTC one M8, used to backup everything to G Drive. I will receive my new Oneplus One tomorrow, and was wondering if I will be able to download my stuff back.

Thanks for all the help!


texts: Windows cant see my android phone. SM-J200F

texts:
I reinstall my windows today, and i try to install my phone drivers. when installing drivers I accidentally closed automatic driver install window. So, i try to reinstall but not work. I tried installing Samsung official drivers from their website, it install successfully but not connect to Kies or Smart Switch (samsung new software) so i cant browse my phone files..
I tried remove all drivers about samsung and android then cleaned temp files, and run Cclaner for registry fix, still i cant see my phone..

I think need full removal also from Registry but i dont know how to.

Can someone help me for fix this?

Thanks!

(sorry for my bad english..)


texts: Synchronise intervall for Facebook for HTC Sense

texts:
I'm pretty new to the world of Android. Though I managed to solve almost all of upcoming problems on my own, I'm having troubles with this one.

I'd like to increase the number of synchronisations of HTC Sense with Facebook so its updates are in line with those of Twitter.

In Settings --> Accounts and Synchronisation --> Facebook for HTC Sense --> Update Frequency (the terms might be different; I've got a German UI and translated just on the fly) I can switch between

every 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 hours
once a day

On the other hand for Twitter for HTC Sense, I've got

every 5, 15, 30 minutes
manual

in addition.

As I'm using the Friend Stream Widget, I'd like to have the Twitter and Facebook synchronisations of the same frequency.

How can I achieve this? Preferably without installing any additional apps or widgets.

Thanks for your answers.


texts: Is it possible that I unrooted my device after changing the build.prop?

texts:
I had rooted my device, I have Titanium Backup, Superuser, and ES File Explorer.
I changed the android version, phone model and sdk version in the build.prop file. Now I can't open any app other than Titanium Backup, which tells me it wasn't granted superuser permissions, and that I should check if my ROM is rooted.
When I access the files through my computer with Android Studio, I can see the root files.
Is my phone not rooted anymore or is Superuser just not working properly due to the build.prop change?


texts: How can i get apps on my phone from ONLY my other phone, and not my tablet?

texts: I am going to get a replacement phone and i only want apps from my old phone to be downloaded to the new one, and not my tablets apps. i know there is "google play-my apps-all", but that includes my tablets apps too. they are all on the same account. (the reason for this is my phone has very little storage and i dont want my tablets 3GB apps taking up my phone.) my phones are both on android 4.0.4 (sony xperia tipo) (ICS). i do not want to root but i will download any app (no apks please, sorry). thanks in advance!! :D


texts: How to get the information of users connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot?

texts: How can I get the IP address, MAC address, etc. of a user connected to a Wi-Fi hotspot? ( Using Karbonn A21 Phone running Android 4.0.4 with minor changes to the skin)


texts: Is there a fix for intermittent "[app name] succesfully updated" notifications?

texts:
It's not a big deal, but I'd like to know if someone has figured out the logic behind the disappearing update notifications?

For example, recently I set 10 apps to be updated and kept the Play Store app active (no screen timeout or anything). After the apps had been updated I saw only 3 notifications, even though all the apps appear to have been updated. The same has happened almost every time I update multiple applications.

I'd understand it if there was only one notification, or as many as updates, but the number is seemingly random.

I've seen this on my Galaxy Nexus on both 4.0.1 and 4.0.2.


texts:
I have created a hidden folder using .FolderName technique in File Manager. How do I make all my downloads from a particular APP in this hidden folder (If at all this is a possibility) ?

Android 4.4.2
Micromax A315 (If this matters)


texts:
On my Lenovo K3 Note, apart from Boot (16MB), System (2169MB), Data (5584MB) and Cache (0MB);
I can see many more partitions (in TWRP) like:

Logo (8MB)
Nvram (5MB)
Recovery (16MB)
Uboot (0MB)
Proinfo (3MB)
Protect (0MB)
Parametr (0MB)
Secro (6MB)
Tee (10MB)
Frp (8MB)

I'm referring to this article: http://www.cyanogenmods.org/forums/topic/take-nandroid-backup-twrp-recovery/

Which talks about PDS partition that's supposed to keep your IMEI, modem information and all which does not affected as part of a custom ROM flashing.

Looking at the list of partitions on my phone, I don't see PDS. So:

Where does it store IMEI and other such details?
If I flash a custom ROM (Lineage OS 14.1 @ https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=133902&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC) will it be able to access IMEI and other details?
What all these (above mentioned) partitions do?
Is there a way I can remove any of them (that are not needed - if any, which ones) and merge it into data partition?

Note: I've checked following questions, but couldn't really get any clarity regarding my questions.

Lenovo Tab 2 Partition Layout

How to list all major partitions with their labels?

What are the Android system default partitions

What Android parts do these terms describe?


texts: How to change photo storage path for LineageOS 16's Camera app?

texts:
I am running the latest LineageOS 16.0, and have specified SD Card as my photo storage location for the built-in Camera app.

When I was using LineageOS 15.1, the app saved photos on my SD card's "DCIM" directory, but in 16.0, the app now saves photos in "Android/data/org.lineageos.snap/files/" (also on my SD card).

Is there a way to change the path back to "DCIM"?

Thank you!


texts: Why do applications update when I have declined the Google Play terms of service?

texts:
On my Samsung Note 3 I have declined the Google Play terms of service. Despite this, the system has connected to Google Play to download updates for all the bloatware preinstalled on the system, and a few other third-party applications such as JuiceSSH that I've installed.

By whose authority are these updates being made, after I've explicitly denied their terms?


texts: Files and folders are visible on computer, but NOT visible on Android's file explorer

texts:
I have Nexus 6 running on Lollipop. I am seeing folders in Android File transfer on the computer which are apparently not real, or at least not visible on the phone in file explorer.

Here, you see the "Music" folder on PC,

But not on Android,

In addition to seeing the folder only when I look from the computer. This seems to be the opposite problem everyone else has. What is going on here?


texts: Galaxy s2 stuck on samsung logo after installing an app

texts:
I installed a game on my Samsung galaxy s2 using an .apk file.
I was playing a while, and after a couple of minutes my phone rebooted and got bootlooped.
Now there is no boot-loop anymore, but it stucks on Samsung logo.

I can get into Recovery mode/Download mode.
My phone has a "PhilZ Touch 5" recovery.

How can I revive my phone?


texts: Rooted Kindle Fire - Mounting Filesystem from Ubuntu

texts:
I have a first gen Kindle Fire that has been flashed with Android 4.0.4 (hashcode's of course).

The device was rooted using my thoshiba NB305 netbook running ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid).

While the original OS was still installed, I could mount the kindle's filesystem over a usb connection using

 mount -t ext3 /dev/sdc /mnt/kfire

Now I'm trying perform another rooting operation from the same laptop, to upgrade android to 4.2.2, and cannot get the kindle's file system mounted with this command.

I checked dmesg and the devices is still being detected as SCSI device on /dev/sdc

 sd 11:0:0:0: [sdc] Attached SCSI removable disk

however, a

 ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/

reveals that

 usb-Am_File-CD_Gadget_0123456789ABCDEF-0:0 -> ../../sdc

The thing is, mount isn't even detecting that a device is present at /dev/sdc,
I simply get the error

 mount: no medium found on /dev/sdc

I'm not sure how to mount a usb-Am_File-CD_Gadget, or why I'm not at lest getting a "wrong filesystem type" error from mount.

Also, the kindle is not showing up when running

 adb devices

and so figured I needed to mount it in order for adb to be able to see it. However, I just tried my LS970, and its showing up in adb devices, but also cannot be mounted with the above command (or mtpfs -o allow_other /mnt/kfire).

So, I'm looking to get the kindle discovered and communicating with adb first and foremost (I thought mounting was required for this, but apparently isn't).

I found this article to be potentially helpful, but still need to give it a through reading:

https://developer.ridgerun.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_use_USB_CDC_ACM_and_MS_composite_Linux_gadget_driver

Any help is much appreciated, Thank you.


texts: How i can solve this issue of USB data transfer?

texts: I am using oppo A1k cell phone,Its Android version is 9. But when i try to connect it with my Laptop running windows 10, and out of 3 options(charge only,transfer files,transfer photos) i select transfer file option because i want to transfer files from my mobile to Laptop but i still couldn't see my phone appearing in my PC. It does appear but only for a very small instant, and then the window shown in attached snapshot keeps opening again and again


texts: I downloaded a song from the Play Store to use as my alarm on my S3 but for some reason can't find it. When I go into Play Music it's there along with all my other downloaded music, but when I go into my alarm and try setting it it doesn't appear. Some of my other music appears, but not my music I've downloaded from the Play Store. Has anyone got a solution to this for me?


texts: Missing Quick Settings Panel in Ultra Power Saving after upgrade to android 6.0.1 (Samsung S5)

texts:
I have recently upgraded to Android 6.0.1 in Samsung Galaxy S5. After the upgrade the Quick Settings Panel in Ultra Power Saving Mode has disappeared. The panel was available before by swiping the top of the screen, just like in the normal Non-Power Saving Mode. Currently there is only

time and date,
a gear icon for accessing settings,
a button to turn off the Ultra Power Saving Mode.

How can I bring back the "Quick Settings with a swipe" feature in Ultra Power Saving mode?


texts: Is it possible to remove a team from the Slack app for Android, without uninstalling and reinstalling the app?


texts: I installed the Android WhatsApp app on my Blackberry but some features don't work

texts: I downloaded an android version of WhatsApp Messenger on my Blackberry Z 10 but I am unable to send any audio or video files. Why? What can I do about it?


texts: Does moving an app to external (SD) storage also make it write application data and cache to external storage?

texts: I have very little internal storage installed on my Nexus One. Almost every app I am installing fires a system low on internal storage notification. I moved all applications to external storage but it seems like the application is still using internal storage for application data and cache. Is it possible (on a non-rooted or rooted phone) to make an application run completely from external storage?


texts: Copy a complete chat from whatsapp to PC

texts:
Anyone an idea how I can download a complete conversation with voice messages and pictures to an xls file with date and time? I can do it manualy by copy paste and save every individual voice message but that is a lot of work. Can this be done on another way?
Thanks,
Jan


texts: What to do after:" No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext"?

texts:
I want to update to cyanogenMod 9. But before doing this, I've done a nandroid backup.
After the backup was created I saw this output:

ClockwordMod Recovery v2.5.1.8
SD Card space free: 1296MB
Backing up system...
Backing up data...
Backing up .android_secure
Backing up cache
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...

Backup complete!

I'm not sure, but I believe this means that the external sd-card partition wasn't backuped.
Will this be a real problem, if I want to backup my phone? And how shall I solve it, if it's a problem?


texts: Why does MTP show wrong directory location?

texts:
MTP (Miserable Transfer Protocol) failed once again.

After moving a directory to a different path, it is still on the same path as before according to MTP.

I already tried re-plugging the USB port and reading it from a different computer. Same result.

Why is MTP so bogus that it shows a moved folder on its previous path?


texts: How to a use android debug bridge on my frozen phone without usb debugging

texts: My AZUMI IRO A4Q crashed. I tried to access the recovery menu  using the volume up/down/power button combinations but non of them work. It goes directly to the Digicel screen and freezes there. Is there anyway to access the recovery menu using adb without USB debugging, which I didn't enable prior to the crash?


texts: Dropped cell phone in water.display is working but touch is not responsive

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I accidentally dropped my Sony Xperia XA2 in water. I quickly picked the phone switched it off and tried to dry by using hair dryer for few seconds. Then wiped it with a cloth.
After which I accidentally switched on the phone and went to sleep.
When I woke up after 5 hours.only to check that my phone display is Working fine however the touch is not responsive.
Now I kept it in rice.Will my phone work fine or should I have to take it to expertise. As I am from India and this is imported phone.I am not sure if authorised service center will help me.
Thanks in advance,
Zack.


texts: When will Gingerbread be release on UK HTC desire

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?

Does anyone know when the 3 network will release Gingerbread for the HTC Desire?


texts:
I've got a Samsung Galaxy 3 tablet (the 10 inch one) running android 4.4.2.
My wife would like to be able to see the time on it while playing her apps. Is there a way to do this? I couldn't see anything to do it in the settings. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


texts: Nexus 7 , Android Ver. 4.2.2, Locking icons down on home screen

texts: We have a set of 30 Nexus 7's that are checked out by students who constantly delete/move/add icons on the home screen.  We would like to lock the home screen icons so that they cannot be deleted/moved or added to.  Is this possible?


texts: How to connect to multiple VPN in android

texts:
My university has a VPN and we need to connect to the VPN in order to get access to three internet. But, I want to contact to a workplace using internet.
Is there any way to have multiple book in android. I mean like a VPN through another VPN?


texts: How to run a script in background from adb shell?

texts:
I have a problem with USB tethering on my rooted Nougat phone (LineageOS). After some time phone stops USB tethering. To fix that I run the following script like this:

adb shell
su
nohup sh tether.sh &
exit
exit

tether.sh

#!/system/bin/sh
service list
while true;
do
  if ! pidof -s dnsmasq > /dev/null
  then
    echo -n "Connectivity lost at "
    date -u +%FT%TZ
    echo "Waiting 3 seconds..."
    sleep 3
    echo "Calling ConnectivityManager.setUsbTethering(false)"
    service call connectivity 33 i32 0 2>&1
    sleep 3
    echo "Calling ConnectivityManager.setUsbTethering(true)"
    service call connectivity 33 i32 1 2>&1
    echo "Waiting 3 seconds..."
  fi
  sleep 3
done

Problem: If I use nohup my call to service call connectivity fails with service not found. And I put service list on top of the script which returns Found 0 services:. However the same commands work when ran directly from adb shell; su.

Why service call doesn't work inside this background script? Does it need the same tty to work?


texts: Lg stylo2 moving apps to sd card problem

texts:
I have an lg stylo2 from virgin mobile running android 6.0.1. I'm trying to free up some internal space by moving some apps to the sd card. Everything i have seen says that you go to apps, storage and click change. There's a problem. There is no change button on my phone, for any app.

Is this something that virgin mobile turns off or what? If i have to root the phone, which i am not opposed to, does anyone know how for this particular phone? I haven't been able to find a tutorial yet.

Thanks


texts: How could I make "Do not Disturb" block Facebook Messenger popup?

texts:
I have DND (Do not disturb) enable from 8:00 - 17:00 (Priority only), but the Facebook Messenger still can popup, how could I make Do not disturb feature to work on Facebook Messenger?
I'm using Sony Xperia XA1Plus on 8.0 Oreo


texts:
I have bought a new samsung s4.

I try to change the OS settings to be in hebrew.

I remembered how to do it from another s4 my sister has.

Went to settings --> Languages and input ---> but there was no "hebrew" to choose.

Then I have tried "more locale 2" but it should solve some other issue, no?

anyhow either i did it wrong or it didn't help as well.


texts: Why do Samsung Apps not support the Galaxy S?

texts: Why is the Samsung Galaxy S i9000 not supported by Kies or Google, I have tried to download apps from the Samsung apps list but I get a warning that the Galaxy is not supported by Kies or Google.


texts:
I updated my Sony Z1 Compact to 5.0. And now every 50ms I see message in LogCat

Unable to read from '/sys/class/leds/wled:backlight/max_current'

What's the problem? And how can i resolve it?


texts: Accidentally i have uninstalled my home launcher

texts: there is no launcher in my phone.i also switched off and switched on . it showed only samsung nothing else.My device was already rooted and i thought by factory data reset it would work but now i can't  even open the recovery mode.i guess my phone is empty. please help me to fix it.


texts:
I need help with my lg g stylo. I was using one click root Kingo root and when it was 66% done it was rebooting my phone into firmware download and my computer running Windows 10 froze to where I had to hard reset it, and my phone froze on firmware update.

Now my phone is stuck in a bootloop on the LG life's good screen, I've tried hard resetting it ( with the volume down and power button combo) the Android guy pops up for one millisecond and disappears going back to the LG screen, not doing anything the only other the only other thing I can do is go into downloading mode( while connected to a computer hold the volume button up) but when I do that my computer does not recognize my phone saying code 10 device cannot start up.

I have called LG they refused to help me get into recovery mode. I have called Google Android support they don't know how to help, I have also called windows trying to see if it was my computer's fault and they decided it wasn't. I am kind of out of options, I'm hoping someone knows how to help me.


texts:
my phone was stolen month ago and despite all my contacts were google contacts, I cannot find them in my account. I thought that if I save my contacts as google contacts, they will automatically appear in my new phone.
But there is no backup. When I go to contacts.google.com I cannot see them. Nowhere. There are only mail contacts but not my phone contacts. No backup folder found in google disk also. How is this possible?


texts: screen lock and not displaying lock pattern in android 2.2 (Eclair)

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I have HTC Wildfire and one feature I don't like is that it displays the lock composition when I enter incorrect one people knows see the correct one even when displaying password is turned off.

Is it possible to turn it off and/or change to different method of locking screen?

Edit: As people didn't notice I HAVE "USE VISIBLE PATTERNS" TURNED OFF. It is just when I made mistake it is shown.

Edit 2 In Froyo I have option to enter just PIN or even password.


texts: Incoming call notification that supports landscape mode

texts: With my HTC One V in the car dock in landscape mode, incoming call notifications still appear in portrait mode. Is there a way I can configure or replace this with something that will display properly in landscape mode?


texts: Lock screen without using physical button Android 10

texts:
I am looking for a good way to lock the screen on my phone without using a physical button (the botton is on the edge of dying so I am preserving it for turning the phone on).

I would like to lock the phone by movement or tapping somewhere on the touch screen.

(I prefer it if this can be done without using external apps but if necessary I prefer free ones without ads.)

The f-Droid app FLock seems like it would have been ideal, but it crashes before I even have the chance to test it ().


texts:
I'd like to filter some web sites I visit by running a local web proxy like Privoxy to get rid of the ads and simplify the layout.

Does someone know of a good web proxy for Android?


texts: How to change the compression and format settings of images taken in 8k+ 64MP on my Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G

texts:
The Camera App natively supports 64MP and I have read that my phone (Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G) may be able to go even higher.
I'm taking lots of pictures in 64MP and it's great, but I've noticed an issue.
The images appear to be compressed with visible compression artifacts in the lossy jpeg format.
I'd much prefer that that they are stored losslessly when taken and later I can deal with how I want to compress/handle them.
I have not yet found an app or setting that can do this.
Most of the apps and settings I've used to get a RAW image generally work, but none have preserved the capacity to take pictures in 64MP, instead they apply to 4k, which is not what I'm interested in especially.
I've tried the Camera App's Pro Mode, Open Camera, CameraMX and Lightroom. I even tried using a special build of Google's Camera App for my phone that I got from XDA Developers. And CameraMX just crashes at start.


texts: Is SIM network unlocking using app normal if phone simply expects a code?

texts:
I bought a rare version of Galaxy S10 which was out-of-stock in my country so the distributor got it for me from another country. But by mistake the phone is locked to original network operator in the country of origin. I was offered to send the phone back for unlocking/change but it can take a few weeks. So I decided to try online unlocking service. All looks good except of the requirement to do the unlocking via side-loaded app instead of entering the code directly. Is it normal that the 8-digit unlock code does not work directly in unlock screen but it needs a helper app?

Their e-mail after purchase of unlocking code contained instructions similar to these:

  Please make sure that your phone is on the stock factory firmware. Unlock code will work correctly only on the stock factory firmware.

  Connect your phone to Wi-Fi network and download and install  official Unlocker tool:
  https://www.htconlineunlock.net/---path-was-removed---
  Power off the phone by long pressing power button and then Power off icon.
  Remove the sim card from the phone and switch on the phone.
  Run the Unlocker tool you installed.
  Tap 'Proceed' button. Wait until your phone communicates with servers.
  The phone will ask you to enter SIM Network Unlock Pin. Enter the code, tap 'Unlock' button and wait for result.
  Message "Your device is now unlocked" appears. Long press the power button, choose 'Restart' and confirm.

They claim they bought the code directly from the operator. So why direct unlock does not work (I made one attempt) but I am instructed to run an app?


texts:
I'm kinda in an argument here and I want a definite answer

On any device I've used, adb can't be used before I unlock my screen. I'm being told it can, you just can't access storage

So can adb be used before screen unlock, or is it OEM dependent?


texts: modify the HTC unlock system on an HTC Android 2.3.5 phone?

texts: My HTC Unlock system comes with "Phone", "Mail", "Camera" and "Messages" options on top of the bubble-thingy that one has to move around to unlock. How can I modify the options in this menu to add new app icons or remove any of these four?


texts: How can you uninstall an app that you didn't install on your Droid?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?

I want to uninstall the facebook app, as I don't use facebook. The phone won't let me uninstall that app.

I have a Droid Eris and a Motorola Droid. I want to get rid of it from both these phones.


texts: is there a way to know what CPU, GPU, RAM my phone / tablet has?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to get hardware specs of Android device?

I have a generic "cheap" tablet, running ICS; but I'd like to know what GPU does it have.

The box says it has an Allwiner A10, Cortex-A8 1.1 Ghz CPU, but doesn't mention anything about GPU.

I think (not sure) that most of the time, GPUs are "associated" with CPUs, since they are SOCs, but i am not sure. Either way, i do not know is those A10 have an specific GPU.

The same goes for the RAM, I'm not sure the OS can tells us directly. I want to know it other than the specs in the box (or manufacturer website, etc).

So is there a way to know within the operating system? Maybe somewhere in the settings, or with an app, or even a command somewhere? Something like in windows, where you can directly know what specs the computer has with simple steps.

In my case, it is an ICS tablet, but I'd like to know if i could find out the specs of any phone or tablet, on any version of Android. Mainly because it would be extremely useful when playing around with the devices in stores, or to find out the specs of friends' androids without even knowing the brand / model but having access to it.


texts:
Please help guys, I was trying to flash a rom, I deleted OS, All I get is Samsung Logo, I cant get into download mode(hard key combo dont wotk) I have no recovery on, and my PC wont recognise tablet, I have already tried a few things.  Any help to recover this would be really really appreciated.

Regards

Steve


texts: How to Backup and Restore Android OS without Rooting

texts:
I want to find a way to restore my phone in case the process of rooting my phone or dual booting a custom rom breaks it. However, most of the ones I've looked at require the phone to be rooted before installing. I know I can create a nandroid backup through system settings, but I don't know how to recover that without rooting my device, or if there are better options. I'm not terribly concerned for any personal data on my phone (I can backup my pictures pretty easily), but I mostly just want to be able reinstall Android OS or reset to factory default in case my device breaks. Thanks!
Edit: I am going to ask a new question (one different enough to justify not simply modifying this one) with the new info I learned from the possible duplicate.


texts: How to ensure that the digitizer is faulty?

texts:
My HTC Evo 3D sometimes doesn't react when i press certain areas of the screen. I noticed it happens mostly on the part where the letter 'e' is, when i'm holding the phone in landscape mode.

So, i did a factory reset, wiped out SD card as well during the factory reset, and the problem still persists.

It sometimes happens for a certain period of time, and it starts to work after a while.

I did a line drawing test, and on some places it doesn't draw the line correctly (it is continuos but it's drawn with sharp angles, i don't know how to explain it better).

I read somewhere it is most probably a hardware problem, with a digitizer. Is there any way to be sure, or is it best to take it to a repair shop?


texts: How transfer documents (not music/video/photo) from Mac to Tab S 10.5?

texts: HELP:  Really stuck just can't seem find a solution to move documents (powerpoint etc) from my Mac to a new Galaxy Tab S 10.5 - nothing seems to work - any suggestions please (of course i can fall back on dropbox I suppose but why can't the device be seen as an external memory source same as the Galaxy Note??


texts: Android Nexus 5 knows password of WiFi he was never connected to!

texts:
I just bought a new Nexus 5 after using a Nexus 4 for about a year.

After turning it on and using it at work, I go home and as soon as I turn the WiFi on the phone it connects to my home network without having to insert any password.

I have never used it before at home and I did not insert the password on that phone. To verify I went to a friend of mine's place where I had used the old Nexus 4 and tried again and voila' the phone connects to the network again.

Does anybody know if it's an expected behaviour or does it sound strange to you as well?

What could be the reason? The only thing I could think of is that Google is storing details about the WiFi you connect to on your Google account. Can anybody confirm? Is this even legal?


texts: Why does Google play services stop working in restricted accounts?

texts: With many apps, my son's restricted account gives an error about Google play services having stopped, and the game quits.  I'd there a way to fix this?


texts: What is the way to debug multiple android device ie more than number of ports in PC in parallel?

texts:
I need to connect 10 device via usb at once. Does adb detect multiple android devices connected via usb hub?
I have explored connecting via tcpip one by one using the existing ports, but the problem is if the LAN is not very stable , it gets disconnected and I have to connect all over again. If I could connect all my devices via usb hub I wont have that issue.
I have gone through this issue: Using USB peripherals with hardware debug


texts: Editing Android phone contacts on the fly from a Windows PC

texts: Is there any way to edit contacts on my Android phone from a Windows PC and without internet connectivity? Perhaps by using USB debugging?


texts:
I flashed custom rom on my device,and while doing so by recovery,there were some steps,viz.
1.wipe data
2.wipe cache partition
3.install zip.
My question is what does wipe data actually do? I know that it takes back my phone to factory version. But does wiping data,or wiping cache partition means that all of my device's internal memory is released, i.e is my device's default o.s is also gone ??


texts: Are Old Samsung Galaxy Phones Being Programmatically Disabled?

texts: I have several old Samsung Galaxy phones lying around (particularly S4 and S5 models from various cellular providers) and have noticed as of late that after returning to these and placing new batteries in them, they turn on for a while and then totally stop functioning. Their screen goes dark and they don't respond to any button presses. I don't know what they were doing prior to croaking, but I've only managed to witness that they were pretty hot before expiring. I now have no working S4 or S5 models in my possession. I know of no inherent hardware defects that could cause all of these to die like that. Do you? Or are certain cell phone companies (or the manufacturer itself) causing these devices to completely stop working after a certain period of time? Could you please point me to any legitimate further sources on this?


texts: Alarm is intermittently not sounding since Marshmallow update

texts:
I have a Samsung Note 4.  Since the upgrade to Marshmallow 6.0.1 the built in Clock app's alarms do not sound consistently in the morning.

This only ever happens in the morning (wake up alarm) making it hard to debug.  The phone is plugged in, set to vibrate only, and the Do Not Disturb setting allows Alarms and calls/texts from my favorite contacts.

I get a notification that the alarm was silenced after 1 minute, but there's no way I slept through a minute of it sounding.  I cannot reproduce during the day however.

[The alarms in the "Sleep as Android" app work just fine under the same conditions.  I have been backing up my Clock alarms with Sleep as Android alarms.]


texts:
I'm having trouble using the Seagate Media to cast to ChromeCast. I was using this tutorial http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/006027en?language=tr-tr with no luck. The problem is that in the app, the cast button isn't available.

When using the YouTube App, I haven't got any problem. The phone and Seagate Personal Cloud are on the same Wireless network.

Would there be anyone knowing what I'm missing to use this feature to stream from a Seagate Personal Cloud?

Thanks in advance!


texts: My Galaxy S4 shows a black screen with clock. What is this?

texts:
It looks like this:

I can't unlock or do anything with it. My Android version is 4.4.4 running CyanogenMod


texts: Unlocking my sony xperia M5 DUAL's bootloader

texts:
Can anybody explain me how I could unlock the bootloader of my Sony's Xperia M5? Because in your developer website, there's not my phone in your unlockable bootloader list. And when I type this code into my dialpad (##7378423##), I see that it's unlockable.

I have already tried to search the way to but I can't until now.

Please help me if someone knows how to unlock it


texts: Chose which player is activated by headphones play/pause buttons

texts:
I have 3 pairs of Bluetooth headphones:

Sony WH-1000xm4
Jabra Elite Active 65t
Cardo PacTack bold (motorcycle communicator, works as Bluetooth headset)

On my Pixel 5 I have 2 sound players installed:

YouTube Music (for music)
Smart AudioBook Player (for audiobooks)

Whenever I am listening to music using YouTube music and press the pause and then resume button on any of my Bluetooth devices, it switches to playing audiobooks in Smart Player! This is very annoying, especially on a motorcycle where I need to stop to be able to unlock my screen to switch back to YouTube!
If there is a way to set up which player is activated when a play button on Bluetooth headphones is pressed? Or at least disable some players from being ever activated by a button?


texts: Changing/reverting Samsung's "Recent tabs" color theme to Nougat (based on app's theme) on Oreo device

texts:
On Samsung devices running on Android 7.0 Nougat, the recent tabs have different colors based on the apps' theme. On Android 8.0 Oreo, they are all the same color.

I want to find a way to revert to the Nougat version. I plan to install Magisk, but rootless solutions are preferred.


texts: MarketMarks app: How to perform Backup and Restore

texts:
MarketMarks is an excellent Android app to create a sortable wishlist for apps offered in the Android Play Store, complete with editable tags, update dates, prices, and custom notes.

I can't get the Backup and Restore functionality to work in it.  How do you get that functionality to work properly?

I want to be able to backup the MarketMarks list and then restore it.

Here's what I've tried, in order:

Select Backup
Select Restore
Select Check Updates

Each time I do this, MarketMarks crashes on step 3.

How do you accomplish this essential task?

Please specify the version of Android you used in your answer as well as the version of the Play Store (the Play Store version number is indicated at the bottom of the Play Store's Settings page, under 'Build version').

Thanks for your answers!


texts: Error while running debian on Arm6 based phone

texts:
I have cynogenmod7 on my optimus one phone. I followed this guide to run debian on it. When I give this command:

busybox mount -o loop,noatime $kit/debian.img $mnt

I get a no loop device, file doesn’t exist error. I tried setting up more loop devises like loop1, loop2 so on, even tried loop99 but still I got the same error. Is there any work-around this issue?


texts: I have a rooted device that runs our custom app in the system/priv-app folder. I would like to enable OTA updates, but would need to give SureMDM Nix app SU privileges. I am told the package name is com.nix. Does anyone know how to do this with ADB. I have root level privileges via ADB remount or SU commands.


texts: Android 6.0 Marshmallow SD Card Not mounting

texts:
I was having problems with my 32gb sdcard from day 1 . It use to unmount suddenly and I had to re boot to mount it.

Also, the sdcard all folders where not showing when I connected the phone to PC.To fix this problem I followed the answer here and cleared data of External Storage App and I can no longer mount the sd card.

Moto g2 no longer detects the sd card. I have tried re booting many times.

EDIT

Sdcard getting read in other android phone but not in my moto g2


texts: Programmatically speaking, how is Android set to be "unrooted" by default?

texts:
I am not asking what the process is to undergo doing it, but how it is programmed in the first place to prevent certain actions, such as:

1.Downloading to SD card from Google Play store.

2.Accessing/modifying files mounted on the /system directory, and such directories like that.

3.Modifying text, GUI components, etc.

REALIZE that I am NOT asking for code, samples, etc., I just want to know the general idea of how this would be implemented in the source, i.e., hierarchial system, privilege blocking code on the GUI end, or possibly code running in a kernel process, etc.


texts:
I have a 3G modem, and have tried it's sim card in a couple different modens with success.

However, I tried to put in on my Nexus S and use wifi tether, but it didn't work - although it seemed to have network signal, the data was not working. My guess was it misses the authentication part (for each different modem I tried, I had to add the operator's credentials).

I was wondering how do I configure my smartphone so it would act like a modem?

I have a Nexus S with Android 4.1.1


texts: Auto start an "add to homepage" link on desktop

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Is there a way to have a link created via Chrome's "add to homepage" auto start on bootup?

I've tried apps that allow you to set this up, but they don't work because the link I am trying to open is not recognized as an app.


texts: How do I access the new Oculus Browser in the Samsung Gear VR?

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I've come across a lot of news articles, like this one and this one, which say that the newly updated "Oculus Home" interface for the Samsung Gear VR headset comes with a built-in new web browser that's superior to the "Samsung Internet" browser which was the default way to browse the web in Gear VR until now.

My question is, how do you access this built-in web browser?  I have noticed other changes in the updated Oculus Home interface, like the ability to create Avatars and the "Hey Oculus" voice control feature.  But I don't see a built-in Oculus web-browser anywhere.  There's just the old "Samsung Internet" app.  Is the Oculus browser something you need to install separately?

EDIT: Here is what Oculus itself says:

  Navigate the Web in VR with the Oculus Browser
  The Oculus Browser launches today on Gear VR. A fully native app that renders incredibly sharp video, images, and text in Gear VR, the new browser lets you search the web directly from Home.

  Using the keyboard, navigate to your favorite sites like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube just like you would on a desktop. The browser brings 2D and most 360 video content right into Oculus Home, with all the benefits of our newly built experience.

But I'm not sure where this "Oculus Browser" and "keyboard" are located.


texts: Using USB On The Go files with the stock android music app?

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I have a Huawei Accend Mate 2.  I have a flash drive with a micro USB connector (as well as a USB connecter).  I have music files on it.  Is there a way I can get the stock music app to "see" these files?  I would like to include them in playlists etc. without loading them all to the phone itself (micro SD card).

The only name is Music and it is version 4.7.16. The only way I can see the files is with ES File Explorer. If I tap a music file when I am in ES File Explorer, it will play but only after a little pop-up message saying something like connecting to 127.1.1.1 or something like that. It does not seem like the apps on my phone see the files on the USB drive.

I could but I have a bunch of playlists set up in the stock music player. I would also run into the same problem with other files like pictures and video. I expected the On The Go function would have made this a bit more seamless.

The phone does see the flash drive is there since it does power it.  However, I can only access the files with ES File Explorer.  Accessing them from that APP will let them play but I can not access the files without going to ES File Explorer to find them.


texts: Entering Samsung Codes on the Galaxy S4 - Verizon

texts:
This is likely an embarrassing question, but I may not be the only one struggling.

I am trying to figure out a problem with my phone by using these secret dialer codes. I am entering these codes into my phone, but nothing is happening. When I call the entered number, I get the typical Verizon lady saying "The call cannot be completed as dialed..."

I specifically have used a code from this link (this addresses the problem I am having) and have tried multiple others from here*, but all give that same problem. Is there something that I am missing? Do I have to be a super user or something along those lines?

*Note: I know these may not be specific to my device, but some of these look to be universal regardless of manufacturer or model.


texts: What is the process to install cyanogenmod to a galaxy tab 10.1?

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I am new to this flashing business for the Android tablets. I did some of those flashing on a PanDigital tablet previously, but it's been a while. My tablet is the standard 32G WiFi tablet, and it's been rooted. How can I get the cyanogenmod ROM installed, and how does this fastboot thing work ? I also have the recovery.img file.

BTW: How can I backup the existing ROM, so I can restore if something goes wrong ?

Thanks :-)


texts: How to limit data usage of individual apps?

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There are many apps out there to limit data usage of entire system. Using Firewall, I can block an app from accessing Internet, too.

But, I don't want these. I want to limit data usage of individual apps. e.g. - AppX should be firewalled if it comsumes 1GB within a day or month etc.
How can I achieve this?

I am rooted on ICS. I have tried to use Tasker but without luck.


texts: Replace lockscreen background image using adb

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I am using a Lenovo Vibe Shot phone, which has Android 6.0.1 on it. In one of the updates, the change lockscreen background feature stopped work, so I can't change the background, now, regardless of where I try to do it from: settings, gallery, Google Play or 3rd party apps that are made to do that or try to implement the functionality(trust me, if there was a normal way to do it, I'd have found it).

So I've figured out I could maybe use adb to replace my lockscreen background.

Basically, what I'm asking is if there are any special commands in adb shell to do this? If not, does anybody know the location, where Android 6.0.1 stores its lockscreen image? Or if that's not the case, does anybody know the file, which has the string/line that points to the location of the lockscreen background file?

Any of the above mentioned methods are good enough for me. As far as I can see, adb is basically a limited bash shell, or at least has a mode similar to that. So if I get the file location, command or string location, I'll probably be able to continue by myself.


texts: If I hide a contact on the LINE app can they still send me messages?

texts: If I hide a contact for LINE can they still send me messages?


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In older versions of Android, the package installer used to show all permissions an app requested – and so did "Android Market" and later also "Google Play Store". A few years ago, the latter started to only show selected permissions, or rather permission groups ("uses one of those permissions" – without saying which). Now it seems with Marshmallow the package installer followed on that insane road, only showing permission groups.

I don't want a "guess", I want facts. When I install an app, I want to see what permissions it requests – exactly. Especially when I apply an update, I not only want to be informed about additional groups requested from, but exactly what permissions have been added – even if some other permission of the same group has already been granted before.

TL;DR: How to make the package installer show all permissions an app-to-be-installed requests?

Rooted approaches acceptable, also if requiring Magisk or Xposed. If doable without any of those, all the better.


texts: Hide the ETA screen in Waze when starting a new navigation

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When starting a new navigation, I want to drive right away: I don't want to have to click on Go or wait ~ 13 seconds to remove this screen:

(Click the image to see its larger variant)

Is there any way to automatically bypass / hide / remove that ETA screen?


texts: Google+ not working with proxy server since last update

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Google+ on my device has stopped working since the last update. Every time, I get the message: Can't load data. Check your connection. All apps other than Google+ work absolutely fine.

My device details are as follows:
Model: Google Nexus 7 (2012)
OS: Android 4.4.2
Google+ Build version: 4.2.3.56698342

Edit: I use a Wifi on a proxy server for connection, and that's when the problem arises. When on a direct connection, the app works fine. But on proxy server, it has stopped working since the last update. Prior to this update, the app worked fine even on a proxy server.


texts: Play Store is not loaded, showing a blank screen instead

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I am on an LG G4 running on Android 7.0 Nougat.

Whenever I try opening Google Play Store, I only see a blank screen, even after waiting for more than 10 minutes with the screen on:

I have tried the following:

Rebooting
Clearing cache
Deleting data
Uninstalling updates
Doing all the above with reboots between.

Yet nothing works, I still get the blank screen.

Is there a way to fix this without going through a factory reset?


texts: space storage running out - "used space" using a lot of storage

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Today my phone (galaxy s4 i9505) got some type of space storage problem, i removed a lot off apps and clear all the cache, first when the problem didn't start, i had 1,5GB space available, but now it stay between 5.5MB~0.0KB.

i tried to restart my cellphone, didn't work

So, i go into storage and my "used space" is using between 6,73GB to 8,72GB, a large part of this space is in using by "contact storage" - 2,93GB

i don't know what can i do, and i can't take pictures on my screen phone to show the problem because of this little amount of storage space

(sorry for bad english)


texts: Is it appropriate to heat the device using CPU when it's cold?

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If I want the device to heat up for some reason (to warm my hands, to keep the display responsive below 0 centigrades, to avoid battery frost damage), is it appropriate to load all cores of CPU and let it heat up?

Can it damage the phone (or damage it more than the frost can)?


texts: How to find in page in google chrome mobile? You used to be able to type in the omnibox and an magnifying glass icon would appear on one line.  Clicking on that would enable one to find in page.  In the new version it has disappeared so how does it work now?


texts: How to mirror an Android Screen on Laptop

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My Android device screen touch is not working, it's just damaged, so I have done the hard reset on it. But it still doesn't work. And now when I start the device I'm not able to proceed further from the Language Select option due to touch not working. So I need help, if someone can tell me how I can mirror my screen on laptop in this situation, if possible.

Thanks in advance


texts: How to add root permission to some app by myself?

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Is there any way that I intentionally grant root permission to some app? Not automatically via SuperSU when a specific app asks for root permission, but in a way to pick an app via some tool and grant it root permissions.

For example, I add my favourite text app to the approved list and then I can open root files via that app.


texts: Is there a way to get Google Calendar reminders to act like Alarms?

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I miss many calendar reminders because they're just too subtle. I might put my phone down and walk out of the room for 5 minutes, missing the reminder, then come back and not touch my phone again for an hour; completely missing an important appointment.

If reminders worked like alarms, they would make their notification sound continuously (up to a point, like alarms: ~10 minutes), and take over the whole screen, until silenced. That would be preferable to me. Is there an app that can do this?


texts: How can I revoke an app's permission to access USB after granting it permanently?

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I have an app that requested USB access, and when prompted I selected "Yes, allow this app to use USB" and checked the "permanently" checkbox.

Now I would like to revoke this permission so that the app would always have to ask every time it wants to use USB.

Is to possible to do that by changing something in system settings? Where? Is there a permission manager built-in to the system? If not, then is it available as an external app?

I'm using a tablet running Android version 4.1.1.


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My Kid has been playing with my phone while it was on lock screen, my kid did not have the access code but somehow don't ask my how he somehow managed to factory reset my onePlus 6T.

I googled and found a few commercial programs all promising to solve the issue I tried one gihasoft, but when I try to connect my oneplus to my macbook it fails with "ftp or mtp must be enabled", and I cant find those settings.

Is there anything I can do to restore my device? I'm also quite shocked to learn that it can be factory reset that easy.


texts: Sony Xperia Tipo JB installation unsuccessful

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I was trying to install JellyBean on my sony xperia tipo and have suddenly come to a halt.
I was following this tutorial.
The only thing that differed here is I obtained the latest JB from Cyanogenmod.

I have successfully installed till the recovery image installation (CWM). Post that I tried selecting the zip which I had downloaded but the installation aborts.
Unfortunately it is not meant for tipo and I have come to a halt. I want to know what is the appropriate CM for Xperia Tipo and how do I transfer that appropriate cm_xx.zip to internal storage in the recovery mode.


texts: Does an android app show all permission it can access?

texts: Generally when you install an application, a list of permission is shown what thing that app can access in your phone. But do they show all the permissions? The app developer don't want you to know  some things their app can access like an app can read your contents in SD card but what if it can also read your device ID and MAC Address, will this be written in the list of permissions specially when the developers intentionally want to hide this? Does google allow such apps on play store which hide some app permissions?


texts:
Just upgraded the operating system on a Galaxy S II from 2.3 to 4.1.2.

After upgrading we are unable to update any apps because it says the phone is too low on memory. When I look at the storage breakdown I see:

Device memory has 1.97 GB and only 189 MB is available (which is where it says the issue is).
"USB storage": 9.86 GB free of 11.36 GB.

"USB storage" appears to be where picture/videos/music/ringtones are stored. Oddly enough, it also says that this is where the applications that are unable to be updated are stored.

We tried the solution found here, but it didn't seem to help.

Does anyone know what might be going on?


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I was trying to enable writing titanium backups to the SDCard by editing the file:

/system/etc/permissions/platform.xml

However I was not paying attention and now everytime I boot up I get spammed with error messages "Unfortunatley, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped". All apps also produce a force close saying about the same thing. Continuously. I can recieve calls and open up a couple of apps but only by the small window between closing error messages. Here are the steps I took when editing the platform.xml

First I edited the file as suggested:

Original:

Add the media_rw group:

Then I copied the file back to the SDCard. After that I overwrote it in /system/etc/permissions. Not realizing the permissions were incorrect. I restarted the device and started getting errors. I assumed it was the file permissions so I started up ADB and entered the following lines:

mount | grep system
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system
chmod 326 /system/etc

chmod 644 /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml
chmod 644 /system/etc

mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system

That changed the file permissions so I rebooted by my device and got stuck in a boot loop.

So I rebooted into Clockworkmod recovery and tried to restore a working backup of my stock ROM. Got past the boot loop but still spammed by errors, so I tried to restore just the /system partition from the recovery using Clockwork's advanced tab. Seems like the errors are even worse. I wanted to know if by my description someone could give me a push in the right direction. Does anyone know what permissions the /system/etc folder is supposed to have? I suspect the reason this is happening is because I changed the /system/etc permissions instead of just changing /system/etc/permissions. Please offer any knowledge you have. I've pretty much exhausted the first few pages of Google and I don't want to give up and factory reset just yet.

UPDATE:
I gave in and factory reset. However I still think the permissions remain incorrect. I get no errors or problems after factory reset and clearing of dalvik and cache. But if I try to restore my nandroid taken before the problems occured I get the same spamming of errors. A ls -l of those directories would give me some hope.


texts: How do i fix a white screen after replacing digitizer on Nexus 7?

texts: I replaced the screen and digitizer on my nexus 7. Now when I power up the nexus 7, it is only a white screen that flickers. I checked all wires and they are fine. How do I fix this?


texts: Lg Optimums L3 (e400f) Continuously Syncing Problem

texts: My Lg Optimums L3 (e400) Is Always continuously syncing, from when I boot up till I shutdown, even when the setting is turned off. I think this started happening after I used the inbuilt power widget to turn automatic syncing off and since then I have been unable to get the icon to disappear. How can I Fix this problem?


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i had my screen broken unfortunately. I received a replacement that i don't  know if it is an official one, that was excellent until i put it to charge. The screen lightly flickers.  I don't have an official charger and mine outputs 5v and 0.18A. when the phone is down the screen is ok. It flickers when i touch the metal to the side of the battery.

This happens even when minimal pressure which suggests a grounding issue? When non conductive materials touch the side - even if with a lot of pressure nothing happens. And finally, this happens only when charging. My phone is Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016).

EDIT 1: I can confirm it is a grounding issue because when i touch the metal surface with a metal connected to a GND, the flickering stops completely

EDIT 2: I went to the repair shop and got an official Samsung charger (5v, 1.55A). The flickering has almost vanished. You have to pay real close attention to see a very slight flickering when it charges and you touch the metal surface around the screen. Still no clue on what is happening.


texts: How to use Generic USB Joysticks in Android via OTG?

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I have a generic USB game controller (looks like a PS2 controller) and I just got my ordered USB OTG cable. So far keyboard and mouse work, however, when I insert the gamepad, I can't seem to make it work. Any thoughts? What can I do to make it work?

Some details about the phone:

Rooted
Unlocked bootloader
Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4


texts: What are the current rooting options for Galaxy S6?

texts: I've sort of been following the development scene for the A6, enough to know that there are multiple rooting options, each with their own pros and cons. What are the current ways people are rooting their S6s?


texts: Installing rsync on Android to transfer files from Android to OSX

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I am trying to use rsync to transfer some files from my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S10+ / Android V10) to my local machine (OSX / Mojave).
I did the following:

Installed SSH/SFTP server on my Android device and started the server

Verified that I am able to ssh into the phone (although it logs me in as user u0_a312 and not my_user?)

$ ssh my_user@192.168.0.16 -p 2222

The authenticity of host '[192.168.0.16]:2222 ([192.168.0.16]:2222)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is SHA256:3mNL574rJyHCOGm1e7Upx4NHXMg/YnJJzq+jXhdQQxI.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Warning: Permanently added '[192.168.0.16]:2222' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Password authentication
Password:
:/ $ whoami
u0_a312

Attempted to run rsync from my local OSX machine to copy remote Android files to my laptop

rsync -avzhP -e "ssh -p 2222" my_user@192.168.0.16:/storage/6632-6330/DCIM/Camera/* .

Password authentication
Password:
exec request failed on channel 0
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/rsync/rsync-52.200.1/rsync/io.c(453) [receiver=2.6.9]

As you can see, I ran into an error on step 3. From some basic snooping on forums, it seems like rsync needs to be installed on the Android remote device.
(That's also backed up by the fact that which rsync returns nothing when executed from the Android shell)
However:

How do I go about installing rsync on the phone? Is this even the right solution here?
I never needed to do this on my previous phone (Galaxy S7), the above rsync process "just worked". Did something change with the standard installation of Android with regards to rsync ?


texts: Uninstall TWRP application without PlayStore?

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I accidentally agreed to the annoying TWRP application (me.twrp.twrpapp: the android application that keeps TWRP Recovery up to date.). Is it possible to remove this application from the install? Is there an uninstaller? The "App Info" screen only gives me the option to Disable and Force Stop.

When I try to remove it with pm uninstall, I get an error,

$ pm uninstall me.twrp.twrpapp
Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]

The device is rooted, and uninstalling as root didn't seem to help

$ adb root
restarting adbd as root
$ adb shell
n1awifi:/ # pm uninstall me.twrp.twrpapp
Failure [DELETE_FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR]


texts: no notification for automatic upload of images and videos in google+

texts: How can I configure my 2.3.5 phone so that I don't get a notification for automatic upload of images and videos in google+?


texts: I would like to rip and watch a DVD on my new Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate variety) handset.  Sometimes I get a goofy sci-fi on Netflix that I would like to watch but the wife wouldn't bother. So I want to rip a copy to my PC and watch it later on my captivate.  What is the best format/method/player for me?


texts: LTE doesn't work after attemp of fixing hotspot using ADB

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I had problem with hotspot in Xiaomi Mi5s Plus after updating to MIUI10. I used ADB:

settings put global tether_dun_required 0

Unfortunately, after that mobile data and 4G network stopped working. Changing back this setting to "1" or "null" doesn't give any resoult.

2G and 3G network works (calling only, mobile data doesn't), I tried default settings, I tried restarting APN - no resoult. I got only notification, that system cannot install SIM Card.
I already reinstalled my system - also no resoult.

//Small edit:
I partly solved the problem by changing SIM port (my phone has dual-sim), but when I put SIM card to sim1 again - problem still exists.
When I put card to sim2 slot it says that it uses "default settings" and it works as should. What can I do to reset settings of sim1?


texts:
I would like to know if its possible to set up a generic sip account under "wifi calling" or Android sip accounts to use your phone as an extension with, say, Asterisk?

I can get the phone to register with Asterisk and when asterisk attempts to bridge a call to my SIP account I can see in the captured SIP packets, that the SIP packets are reaching the phone and being responded to. The packets returned from the phone are ringing sip notifications however the phone does not ring.

I also find it impossible to tell Android to use the SIP account for outgoing calls. I enable, "for all  calls" under SIP accounts but it still tries to dial over the SIM.

I can get everything working with a SIP client like csipsimple. It looks like the "SIP account" support built into asterisk is only for use with a cellular service provider that provides a SIP account in addition to their normal 3g/lte connection?

Is this true? I seem to remember earlier versions of asterisk supporting SIP accounts for PBX's like Asterisk in the early days without the need  for 3rd party apps?


texts: i have a boost maxx, I get the insufficient storage error.  I noticed when I looked at the storage  that there are 3 storage locations, i'm confused shouldn't there only be internal and external storage?  my phone shows internal storage, total space 1.49 available 233mb, then it shows phone storage total space 4.08 available 3.82 and then my sd card.  is this normal?


texts: Unable to confirm installation on program from unknown source

texts:
I have a few programs I want to install that come from "Unknown sources" (The latest Humble Bundle to be precise).

When trying to install the application, I get the normal "Do you want to install this application?" followed by the list of permissions required.

At the bottom, I can either "Cancel" the install, or proceed by pressing "Install".

Unfortunately, in my case, the "Install" "button", is not a button at all. It's a completely inactive text, and no matter if I tap it multiple times in different locations or long press it, it reacts in any way at all. Cancel works fine.

I've tried disabling the setting allowing installation from unknown sources and re-enabling it, and I've tried restarting the phone. Neither helped.

I've tried several of the humble bundle applications, and the issue is the same with all of them. Since the confirmation dialogue is a part of Android, I assume the issue is unrelated to Humble Bundle.


texts: GMail "couldn't sync", though I can watch long videos in YouTube

texts:
I have run out of space in my smartphone (got the message Storage space running out: Some system functions may not work). I know this is defined as a threshold of 10% of internal disk space (8 GB). So, I have ~ 800 MB of free space. I can watch YouTube videos in YouTube app (I'm watching Persepolis right now, which has more than one and a half hour). But GMail says it just "Couldn't sync", so I cannot see nor send any new emails.

If there's an emergency and I need to communicate by email, I just cannot, because Google has no option besides "sync" the GMail app. It could obviously show new emails as plain text, without saving anything to disk.

Is there any reasoning behind this absurd (emails are much smaller than a 1:35h video), or is it just another planned obsolescence behavior?


texts: Android: Change file-contents under /system/etc with Magisk

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I would like to change a configuration file under /system/etc or /etc. Neither of those locations are writeable and I can't make them writeable with a rw remount. The device is "rooted" with Magisk.
How can this be done?


texts: Is it possible to improve word suggestions?

texts: I used to use the "swiftkey" app for writing, and was very pleased with the suggestions they generated. I have now changed to 8pen "keyboard" instead I'm very pleased but miss the good autocompletes, is there someway to improve the autocompletes without using swiftkey? Changing suggestion engine, importing language from facebook etc. My phone is rooted


texts:
I would appreciate if someone could please let me know about the following:

When I block SMS messages from a contact and then eventually unblock it, then will I see all the messages that have been sent to me during the time the contact was blocked?
When I block a contact for incoming SMS messages, will the contact be blocked for incoming calls as well?
How do I know if my SMS messages has been delivered and/or read by the recipient?

[My device is BlackBerry Priv (Android)].


texts: z3c 5803 Lollipop 5.1.1 rooted -> TWRP Factor Reset -> Now Philz Touch 6 instead of TWRP

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I used TWRP to make a backup ( with the default options ) to make a backup to my external SDCard.

Then I used TWRP to perform a default factory reset

I did not manually touch anything else. I booted my android to check if I got a factory reset but I did not wipe anything else or install anything.

If I now boot into recovery I see "Philz Touch 6

Now I am confused, normally at this point I saw the TWRP GUI ?

Is TWRP still on my phone
Why is Philz Touch there now ?

PS: This was the first time I used the key combination to boot into recovery.
Before the factory reset I used the app "quick boot" to boot into recovery.

But I assume both methods ( app and physical buttons ) have the same results.

So my Question is where is TWRP after I performed a TWRP Factory Reset ?


texts: Making SMS sound and other notifications play in speaker with headphones inserted

texts:
I would like to be able to go to sleep with headphones plugged into my S4 so that I can listen to podcasts, but then there is the problem that I don't hear SMS messages or calls during the night, because the notification sounds are played in the headset also.

What I need is that every incoming SMS message and phonecall notification are played through the speaker and not the headphones. It is not a problem if this causes the podcast or music in the headphones to stop while the notification is playing in the speaker.

So is there an app or other method that fixes this?

I have checked Soundabout, but it seems that it is not able to force notifications to speakers, only phonecalls.

Edit:
There is a related question, but that one is limited to phonecalls, and it seems that there is a difference to routing the sound for phonecalls, to other notifications.


texts: Factory reset a rooted 4.4.4 and lost the keyboard

texts:
I factory-reset my Android 4.4.4 phone and lost my Swiftkey keyboard, which upon installing originally, I erased the standard Samsung keypad.

Now only only voice is available, and I cannot get into my Samsung or Google accounts to get things going again, because saying a password is impossible. All I want is access to a keyboard. What can I do?


texts: What information does stock Android send to Google by default, and how do I opt-out?

texts:
I'm about to buy my first Android phone. My understanding is that, in order to download apps and get updates from Google Play, I need to be permanently signed into a Google account that's linked to my name via credit card information.

I find Google's privacy policy too ambiguous to understand what data is logged from Android users. I don't want to share more information than the device needs to operate.

Here are some steps I plan to take already:

Turn off Google Now
Don't use Gmail
Use a non-stock browser
Use DuckDuckGo for search

My questions:

What other information does Android send to Google by default?
What actions should I take to minimise data collection from Google and other apps? (I'll be using stock Android 4.2 on a Nexus 4.)
Is Android still a good choice if I don't plan to use Google's services?


texts: Can't go live on Facebook while using Galaxy Camera 2

texts:
I'm trying to stream a live video using Facebook android app my galaxy camera 2 running Android 4.3.3, but I can't find the "live" option on it.

Is there a requirement for it to work? Will it work if I flashed a CM rom on it?

P.S it's not a regional issue; i can stream just fine using my Xperia Z5 and my galaxy s 5.


texts: Able to open existing files, but cannot download any new ones (e.g., pictures from Chrome or camera app)

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My (unrooted) Moto G4 currently has a 32Gb SD card formatted for internal storage. I can open files stored on the SD card (e.g., pictures, ebooks, etc.), so as far as I can tell the card itself is working fine. However, whenever I attempt to download a file in Chrome I get the following error: "download failed missing SD".

I thought this might be a problem with Chrome so I removed and reinstalled the app, but that didn't solve the problem. I also ejected the SD card, and then later remounted it, but I still got the same download error each time. It was at this point I realized that I can't save any new files to my phone. I can open old pictures, but I can't take a new one with my camera app. I can open old documents, but I can't save a new one in the Microsoft Word app. I even tried restarting in safe mode and I'm still having the same issue. The only thing I can download are new apps from the Google Play Store. Bizarrely, I can move apps from the SD card to phone storage, but not the other way around.

I've combed online forums and talked with Motorola tech support, but nothing has helped so far. Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Change adopted storage to a larger storage?

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I have Shield Android TV device. Everything was working well until I decided to adopt an SD card following Android 6.0 release. Everything still works mostly well, a little bit slower but OK. The problem I have is with the applications which need to write/read a lot of data.

I'd like to buy a faster external storage (probably an external SSD USB drive) and adopt it. Is there a way to clone the SD card to a new adoptable storage without resorting to moving everything from the SD card to external USB drive, changing the adopted storage and moving the data back? I'm not sure will it even work?


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I just rooted my Kindle Fire and installed QuickSSHd, an SSH daemon app.

I can log in via SSH (using Putty in Windows 7) and become root, etc. It appears, however, that the only shell installed is sh which lacks many of the niceties of other shells like Bash.

So, is it possible to install Bash (or a Bash-like shell with more features than sh) on a Kindle Fire?


texts: How to flashing bootloop Samsung Grand Prime SM-G530H with USB debugging Mode is disabled

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i need your help..

my device bootloop.
Stuck in Odin mode.

Product Name: SM-G530H/DS

Current Binary : Samsung Official

System Status: Custom

here'e some information about the device and the tools:

debugging mode : disabled
root status : Unroot
Firmware : Official KitKat 4.4.4. G530HDCU1AOF1 (Indonesia)
Windows 7 SP1 32-bit
Samsung-USB-Driver-v1.5.63.0
Odin 3.04, Odin 3.07, Odin 3.1, Odin 3.2, And Odin 3.3 patched.
Root file for Sm-G530
Official firmware file SM-G530 all version and Indonesian version.
TWRP file for SM-G530

And then I try to :

wipe data/ cahe in recovery mode(Press power+volume up+home), the result is none...
root device via Odin, failed.
Install TWRP via Odin, failed
Flash via odin with some firmware ( HDC, HXX, HXC) the result also failed..

When i try to root or install TWRP or flashing with stock rom Odin displayed same error log:

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 File analysis..

 SetupConnection..

 Initialzation..

 Get PIT for mapping..

 Firmware update start..

 SingleDownload.

 aboot.mbn

 sbl1.mbn

 rpm.mbn

 tz.mbn

 hyp.mbn

 NON-HLOS.bin

 sec.dat

 boot.img

 FAIL! (Erase)

 Complete(Write) operation failed.

 All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

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Now, after i repeate to Flashing with root file, flashing with stock rom official then i cant access to recovery mode (Press vol up+home+power) anymore, just stuck in Odin Mode like as i just switch on the device..always displayed "Firmware Upgrade ecountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."

If the USB debugging mode is the problem for this case, so what can i do to fix it?

I found this and i trying, but im still fail to follow the instruction.

https://www.isrgrajan.com/how-to-enable-usb-debugging-in-android-using-recovery-mode.html

Anybody can help me to fix my case?

Here's some Error pictures..

![flash official rom all version]
Flashing Official firmware with 4 files All country
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/MrOkU.png)

Flashing Official firmware with single file Indonesian version
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/2v6vC.png)

Installing TWRP

(https://i.stack.imgur.com/usJSu.png)

Rooting


texts: Nexus 4 not recognised by Windows 7 machine after KitKat update

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I have a Nexus 4, which I used to be able to connect to my Windows machine via USB, to test my code on. When I plugged it in, if I tried to run an application on it from Eclipse, Eclipse would tell me that there were no devices, and ask me if I wanted to start a virtual device, unless of course I waited a bit, until Windows popped up a dialog box asking me if I wanted to treat the Nexus 4 as a directory for photos, or audio, etc.

Now however, Windows never gets to the point of showing me that dialog box, so Eclipse will always tell me there are no connected devices. How do I fix this?