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I have been running flash files and sites on Android 6 very smoothly using Dolphin video or dolphin browser. After upgrading into Android 8, none of these apps are running well: Dolphin browser is unable to install from google play or from APK, and Dolphin video is unable to work porperly.

Does anyone have any solution for flash files?


texts: How can I backup my Fennec profile, properly?

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I need to backup my Firefox/Fennec profile folder.
One way to achive that is by copying it into an external storage. Although, I'm affraid restoring it will not be easy, due to file permissions.


texts: What is the browser engine on Android devices?

texts: Different vendors send non-Chrome browsers by default. Can I assume all of them to be Chromimum based?


texts: How can I delete all mail from gmail stored on my Android device?

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There seems to be quite a lot of similar questions but I haven't found one which covers my situation.

I have an android device on loan to do some development testing and at some point I opened the standard Mail account and connected to my Gmail account.
Obviously all my mail was synced.

Now I need to return the device and I have set Aeroplane mode to avoid any further access to my WiFi.

However, when I run the Mail app all my previously synced emails are there, obviously stored somewhere on the device.

I need a way of deleting all those emails from the device only.
Maybe deleting a file somewhere on the device or something else ?


texts: How to unroot HTC Droid Incredible rooted to Unrevoked?

texts: How can I unroot a Droid Incredible with Unrevoked Forever to CyanogenMod?


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I tried a CyanogenMod 11 to upgrade from 4.1.2 to 4.4 on Samsung S3 Mini i8190. When the phone rebooted, my pin no longer worked. The 3 button hard reset has never worked on my phone. This mod is supposed to have TWRP but can't get to recovery mode. I tried a few flash options for hard reset and one jacked the phone turning on and off repeatedly. I tried flashing a 4.1.2 stock ROM but the phone would endlessly reboot. Heard this was a common problem when downgrading. So went back to 4.4. I don't believe debugging was enabled, since the instructions I followed didn't say to do that. So adb shell won't work. WiFi and data transfer were disabled so Google Manager idea won't work as well.

Any ideas? Thanks


texts: Remove the "silenced", "4G", "Battery symbol" and "AM/PM" from notification bar

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I want to modify my notification bar so it's more something like this:

Is this possible?

I'm using a rooted 4.4.2 M8 on Verizon.


texts: What are some use-cases for FireFox|Chrome-to-Phone?

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According to FoxToPhone (presumable, ChrometoPhone is similar)

you can

Send current page with address bar button
Right click on any link/image to send to your Android phone
Highlight any text and right click to send to the clipboard in your phone (Max. 1024 chars)
Click on market:, smsto: and tel: links to open them in your phone
Best of all it’s free and open source

mmmmm. nice. Okay. It's installed in FireFox and on my phone. I highlight text, right-click, send to phone. Blammo! It's on my phone's clipboard!

But..... what are the uses for this? WHEN does anybody need to send a block of text TO THE PHONE'S CLIPBOARD?

If anything, I'd want this the other way around -- when browsing a page in Dolphin, I'd rather read in on my desktop later, or something.

What do y'all use this for?

See also: Sharing Browser Links between PC and Phone


texts: Google apps timeline inaccurate location

texts: My Google apps timeline says I went to a postcode and stayed there for 3 hours when I never left my house which is 4 miles away from where it says I was it was in the middle of the night when I wasn't even on my phone I was asleep. But on the following date it says I was at my house from 1200am-135pm which was obviously the start on the next day and which means I was at both locations at the same time. Any light shredded on this would be great. Is there anyway to prove I didn't leave my house


texts: How do I keep my camera active on Android even when the phone is locked and screen sleeps?

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When I play Ingress, Ingress remains active. Even when my screen goes black, if I push the power button, Ingress is still active. I do not need to unlock my phone nor wait for it to "wake up". (The phone is locked though - to use any other app I need to unlock the phone.)

How do I get the same functionality for my camera app?

If I'm using the phone as a camera, with the camera app active, if the screen goes black, when I hit the power button, I want the camera to be open and active.

Things I've tried:

Keeping my phone unlocked when in paired to a trusted Bluetooth advice. Then when I push the power button, I get a screen where I have to swipe to wake it up. With Ingress, I don't have to swipe the screen nor wait for anything.
Snapshot. I've tried using the Snapshot app, but I have to wait for the phone to launch the camera app.
The camera on swipe from the lock screen ... and again I have to wait for the camera app to launch.

I'm willing to figure out how to build my own app if needed. (But would rather find something.)

I'm willing to take a battery hit.


texts: Is it posible to change the locale of my device?

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In my Android phone when I go to Settings -> Language and Keyboard Settings -> Select Language I see "Locale" as the title on the top row and see that only few languages are listed. I suspect its because of this "Locale" setting.

Where I can change it so that all supported languages will be listed? Under Settings -> Language & Keyboard I don't see a "Locale" option.


texts: Upgrade FreeLander PD80 Vogue QuadCore 9.7 inch Android 4.0 tablet to Jelly Bean

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I'm about to buy a FreeLander PD80 Vogue QuadCore 9.7 inch Android 4.0 tablet, but it has ICS. Can I safely upgrade to Jelly Bean? The website where I am buying from says that the warranty will be void if I upgrade to another Android OS.

I am a complete novice. So, I'd be grateful if you can help me.


texts: Can you disable a activity with the pm disable command without having root privileges?

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Is there a way to disable an a activity with the pm disable command (example: com.example/.activity) without having root access? Is there a difference if it’s a system app or a user app? Is there a difference which android OS it is 8 9 10 etc.
Thanks


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I am using RED MI Note.

All my applications are installed in internal storage.

I have 2GB of space available in internal device.

But when i try to install Any.do and Greenify I am getting error that

"Not Enough Space Available"

  I tried Many ways:

  Uninstall lots of apps (Cleared almost 1 GB)
  Uninstalled Play Store and Re-installed
  Cleared Cache of Play Services.
  Uninstalled Play Services.
  Cleared Data of Play Store.
  Install older version of play store.
  Cleared App cache of all apps.
  Downloaded apk and then installed (not worked)

  9.Installed older version of apps that work earlier (not worked)

I am searching for this solution from several days. I tried almost every Possible solution on net.

I am asking it here so that i can get the solution.

NOTE I even tried complete factory reset. But It also doesn't work


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I have a MIMAX3 phone, recently, I changed my app for SMS to "Messenger for messages" from "messaging" that is, I assume, the app from Xiaomi.
For the login of Dropbox or a Credit Card, I usually receive a SMS from a foreign country (I am living in Israel) and the message, instead of e.g. a six digit number is as this

My question is what can I do to repair it?
For SMS from my country, e.g. to enter in gov. sites with an SMS code, it works fine.
After reading in the chat about the possibility that the problem is linked to the app, I deleted the messenger for messages, and the messages I receive are the same.
Edit. I came back to the regular SMS app for xiaomi phone and the problem weren't solved. I contacted my telephone operator and they say that if a SMS is received, it's not a problem related to them. They have nothing to do with the content of the messages.  I contacted the support team of Dropbox, and they weren't able up to day to understand what is the problem. I am very surprised. I have also uninstalled and reinstalled the dual identification and the problem remained.


texts: How to install cyanogenmod on LG P690 optimus net: how to know which ROM?

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I would like to install an android 4.x ROM on my Optimus Net (P690) Android 2.3.4.

When I go to the CyanogenMod downloads page at http://get.cm I see various phones but not mine. However this youtube video shows that such an installation is possible. Alas this page does not show where to get the ROM image from.

Could anyone suggest where to get it from?


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Have a new zenithink C95 tablet.Getting insufficient storage space error when installing apps.Have 16 gig internal flash drive and 16 gig SD card which still have 12 gig and 14 gig still available.Have nearly a page of apps loaded.Going into storage menu there is a 1 gig partition that the apps are loaded into,which is now full.Even though it is advertised as having 16 gigs internal storage for apps ,music,videos etc,you can't get any more than 950mb of apps on it,which is pretty useless for a tablet. EBay supplier of tablet says they are all like this,but will try and contact zenithink for maybe a firmware update.
Any ideas on sorting this out?
Thanks steve


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I noticed a strange behaviour. I am fixing different bug, so I am trying different version of adb one by one on my phone.

I tried 1.0.26, 1.0.29, 1.0.31, 1.0.32, 1.0.36, all except for 1.0.31 are able to detect my device.

my phone is
MI4LTE

Android
6.0.1 MMB29M

and I am using MIUI
MIUI 8.1 | Stable 8.1.3.0(MXDCNDI)

Anyone has an idea what could possibly cuase that?


texts: mobile network problem after jellybean upgrade

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I upgraded my sony tipo dual to jellybean using cyangenmod 10 using this tutorial. I was able to do most of the things without any problems.

But after upgrade I am unable to connect to mobile network. Even unable to save APNs in the phone. I tried restore factory settings. I tired to set my network APN to default but am entirely unable to save my APNs (any APNs). I tried re-installing the whole process again. But nothing has helped yet.


texts: Removed trusted CA's now can't use Google.........Anything!

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My boyfriend accidently hit the 'Remove all stored credentials' and now he can not access anything Google, but most importantly the Play Store.

OK it might have been on purpose, don't ask, but now it's (as usual) up to me to fix it and really I don't have a clue what to do.
I have been searching and searching for an answer and have tried many different fixes, none of which have worked obviously.
I guess I'm asking if there is an updated list of Stock Trusted CA's or certificates or SSL's or whatever they are, that come with the most current Android OS? This is specifically for a Motorola Xoom Tablet but that shouldn't matter because this list i'm hoping for would be for Any Android device.
And....
If this is not what/where I should be looking into/at in relevance to making Google 'work' again, what should I be doing?

Thanks for any and All help in advance!

Oh, and No, this is Not a rooted device, I don't think that would be a good idea for him right now!  :-)


texts: How can I see what exactly an application does?

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I'm a bit surprised I couldn't find this answers myself.  I am a major minimalist when it comes to computers (my desktop and laptop both run strip-down Linuces) and I wanted to get rid of some of the bloatware that came with my new Android.
My only problem being that I'm not entirely sure what some of the applications do and whether I need/want them.  Is there any way to get details on what an application does?

Edit: For clarification: when I say "details" I mean some description of what the application does.

Edit: My device is a Samsung S4 Mini from AT&T.


texts: USB debugging in lenevo vibe p1 through android studio

texts: I am using android studio in dell inspiron laptops. I want to use my lenevo vibe p1 phone for usb debugging. I have installed oem usb driver for my phone in my laptop. Also enabled usb debugging option in my phone. But if I try to test the app through usb debugging, it shows no device connected or found etc.(even though I connected my phone through a usb cable.


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Before Jelly Bean forced us to use MTP mode (mass transfer protocol) instead of Mass Storage Device, It was dead simple to backup my phone to my pc, because I only needed to plug it in, and sync the contents of the SD card to my PC.

I used an app called "Free File Sync", which basically just syncs any two folders in windows.

The problem now is, that MTP mode doesn't assign drive letters to the phone's memory (internal and SD), which causes that my syncing program simply doesn't recognize the device.

I have the same problem with other programs that I use to manage my phones SD card, namely "TreeSize free", which analyses any folder or drive and gives you an oversight of the space consumed by folders, etc. Again, since the phone is not assigned a drive letter, the program simply ignores it, as if it wasn't there.

So what are my options? Is there a default way of syncing MTP drives with Windows?

I also have tried to enable Mass Storage in my phone, but it doesn't work (the option is simply no longer there in Jellybean 4.1.2, or at least in my model)

Note, I don't want apps to make backups of my stuff (apps, pictures, etc), I already have them (Titanium Backup, etc), what I want is to be able to SYNC everything in my phone (backups included) to my pc automatically.

I could simply copy ALL files from Windows Explorer every single time, and then manually syncing it to the destination backup folder, but obviously is not convenient and loses the point of SYNCING.

So what can I do? I just want to once in a while sync everything in my phone to my pc as a backup.

Thanks!


texts: Android Screen In virtualbox Rotate 90 CCW?

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I install Android 4.4 x86 on virtualbox in windows 8.1
That was Ok But when I install my first app pheed on it .
now when I run pheed app my screen rotate 90 ccw like as image .

I try some stakoverflow post about android screen landscape and portrait but none of them help me .
I tried some shortcut key like as :

  ctrl+f9
  ctrl+f10
  ctrl+f11
  ctrl+f12
  Or press them twice in lessthen a second but none of theme fix it ?!!
  have any idea to fix it ?


texts: Is it possible to install a clean Android on new Amazon Fire HD 10?

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I see that Amazon is selling Fire HD 10 for $99. Aside from not wanting to see their ads I am deeply suspicious of Alexa spyware and not interested.

I have seen claims that FIre HD 10s 2017 could be rooted, but don't know what model the current ones are:

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Fire-HD-10-Inch-Tablet-32GB-Black/dp/B01J6RPGKG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fire+hd&qid=1555563314&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Is there a known way to ideally install a clean Android on the new Fire HD, or worst case, is there a way to disable the ads, the Alexa spyware etc.

https://www.tweakhound.com/2018/12/18/hacking-my-amazon-fire-hd-10/


texts: How to query/change the default gateway via bash on CM12?

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When i do a 'busybox route' on CM12 i get this:

localhost / # busybox route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.100.0   *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 wlan0

There is no default gateway defined. Practically there must be one as internet connection works properly (it is also set in Android WiFi settings). Other users seem to have the same routing table behavior (like here). It seems that this behavior started with Android5 as i can see standard "linux style" routing tables (with default gateway) on previous Android versions (like KitKat) on several places on the net.

Anyone know how to query/set/change the default gateway on CM12/Android 5 via shell/bash (not just adding another route with 'route add' - it's more about the specific one that is already set)?


texts: Why can't I link contacts? (Moto G Stylus)

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I just started to use a Moto G Stylus. I copied my contacts over, and several contacts are linked (like Gmail, Signal, WhatsApp, Exchange, etc.). This is how I had it on my previous phone and is as it should be.
However, I can't create new links -- neither completely new links, nor adding contacts to already linked contacts. The only things I can do is display the links of already linked contacts and unlink them.
Does anybody know what I could do to be able to link contacts? Is this a limitation of this specific dialer?
The odd thing is that the Verizon help for this phone mentions the "Link" feature (https://www.verizon.com/support/knowledge-base-230168/), but the Motorola help page for the Contact app doesn't (https://support.motorola.com/us/en/solution/MS149789). I got my phone through Google Fi, FWIW.
(Note that I'm not talking about merging contacts. Merging only works within a given account; linking contacts is provided specifically to be able to link contacts from different accounts into a single entry in the contact list.)


texts: Android PandaBoard: Linux terminal output for debugging?

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My research team is currently considering investing in a PandaBoard for Android b/c we are developing a custom kernel/sys-image and would like Linux terminal output.

Does the Pandaboard give me booting information?  Such as printing kernel messages to the Linux terminal as the board loads up the system image?  So for example, if the phone crashes, I can at least see how far the phone made it in the boot process.


texts: Edit hosts file from terminal IDE with root accessed

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My terminal IDE accessed root but cannot edit hosts file.

root@172.16.0.151:/system/etc #vim hosts

But vim just opens hosts file as readonly. Where do I missed here?


texts: How to use "street view" in Google maps on Xperia Mini ST15i?

texts: I'm unable to switch to the street view when using the Google maps on my android phone. I updated the Google maps to the latest version and also the street view but unable still though. I turned off the satellite view and tried but the street view was still disable. I tried to finding informative videos regarding this and some forums but they didn't helped me. I would really appreciated if any one help me about this.


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I just bought a Nexus S from the USA and it works fine here (Spain). Just realised its version of Gingerbread is 2.3.1 though. While it's no surprise it finds no OTA updates with the local carriers, I wonder how could I get the phone up-to-date, offline style.

Suppose I don't have to root and tinker with it right?


texts: Mounting an encrypted filesystem from the terminal

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I have a USB-OTG device with an encrypted LUKS filesystem. Typically, on Linux you just run cryptsetup luksOpen ... to open up the device.

On Android 4.4.4 (CyanogenMod 11M9), how can I unlock an encrypted filesystem? I know this is possible because the encryption option provided by the OS uses dm-crypt/LUKS.


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Saturday at 10pm I checked the calendar and my events were there. When later, at 1am I checked again, all the events in the android calendar disappeared, while in the web calendar are still there.

How I can restore them?

I disabled autosync and did a manual sync, let some day to pass, did not resold the problem.


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I am using the Moto G 4G (Peregrine, XT1039). Cyanogenmod 12.1 latest nightly. I update once a week. Widgets are not updating post-boot on CyanogenMod nightlies. Do you know why?

I have not deactivated background data and no battery saving plan is running. I can receive WhatsApp messages and emails but my homescreen widgets stay the way they were when I started the phone. So today it is still Thursday on my calendar widget.


texts: Galaxy Gio doesn't find GPS satellites after minutes of searching

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I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Gio (GT-S5660). When I try to connect to the GPS satellites, 75% of the time the built-in GPS is unable to locate me within a few minutes. I keep seeing the blinking GPS icon. The other 25% of the time I get a GPS signal within 15 seconds.

Is this unusual behavior? If yes, what can I do to find the cause of the problem? Are there any known "death grip" issues related to GPS chips?

I should note that I don't have a data subscription for my phone and I've disabled mobile internet on my device, but I have offline maps (certain areas in Google Maps and my entire country in MapDroid) so the GPS chip should be able to operate without data or WiFi.


texts: I installed TWRP 3.1.0-0 (unofficial, from here) on my Redmi 3S Prime and tried to make a Nandroid backup. I've never taken Nandroid backup before. I have a linux PC. On my PC, I installed adb and fastoot drivers and used took the backup by typing adb backup --twrp in the terminal. My phone showed that the backup size was 9757 MB but the backup.ab file created was only 2.1 GB. Where is the problem? Did I do anything wrong? By the way, I backed up the boot, system and data (excl. storage) partitions. Doing backups on internal storage works fine. So, what is happening?


texts: Does my Galaxy S6 have an unlocked bootloader?

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I want to install the Resurrection Remix custom ROM on my SM-G920I (Australian Version). Before I start doing anything, I need to make sure that the bootloader is unlocked, so I don't brick my phone.

To find out the state of my bootloader, I tried doing a few things that I read online. First, having a look at download mode, by holding home, power and volume down on startup. It instead goes to "Odin Mode" and lists these items.

ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G920I
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
SECURE DOWNLOAD: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:4 K:2 S:2

Do any of these items tell me about the bootloader?

I then tried using the ADB and fastboot method. Fastboot refused to work for me, saying no devices found. I later found out that Samsung devices do not have a fastboot mode at all.

Lastly, I tried just going to Developer Options and enabling "Allow OEM Unlock", but this feature was nowhere to be found on my device.

How am I able to check if my bootloader is unlocked, so I can root and flash a custom ROM on my device?


texts: New keyboard app not listed in Language & input settings page

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I downloaded and imported Android SDK's Softkeyboard example (an app) to Android studio and installed it into my Sony xPeria Z3 running Android 5.1.1. That said, I do not see the app name in Language & input settings page.

I checked the list of installed apps on my phone and I see that SoftKeyboard is installed and in Android Studio, there is no error.

Can you show me a way to fix this problem?


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In the program LG PC Suite I used the option to recover upgrade errors. Now the phone (LG E975) is in Recovery mode. There are no options it only shows the following message:

  Using this mode, service center can back up and recover your data.
  Press and hold the POWER key more than 8 seconds to reboot and
  continue using phone.

I searched after this software but it seems that only the LG service team has such one. I want to backup the data on my phone but I don't know what the LG PC Suite has already done.

How can I backup the data on the phone if I'm in Recovery mode?

EDIT:
Solved my problem with the LG PC Suite. I don't need the backup option in recovery mode anymore. I tried a few things, but none of them worked.


texts: How to transmit calls only (not the rest of the device's audio) to a bluetooth receiver?

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When my phone is connected via bluetooth in my car, I'd like the Phone app to be the only one to output through the car's sound system, and let the rest going through the phone's speaker.
Right now the whole phone's audio goes through the car's sound system which prevents me from, for instance, listening to music from a USB key (plugged in the car) and listening to Google maps (running on my phone) instructions at the same time.  I have to chose between the bluetooth and the USB media.

Devices infos:

Phone: Android 5.0.1 on Nexus 4
Receiver: Volvo Sensus Connect (I think)


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Nexus 7 is only charging if it is connected to my mac. It is not being detected in Android Studio nor Android file transfer and there isn't anything popping up or showing a USB symbol on the Nexus. I enabled the "USB debugging" option in the Developer menu.
The connection mode was set by default to MTP.

Is there a problem with the cable, port or OS?


texts: How to actually delete SMS/MMS messages using third-party SMS applications like Pulse SMS?

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A while back, I switched from Samsung's default SMS app (Samsung Messages) to Pulse SMS.
For many months, I've been using Pulse SMS to delete old SMS and MMS messages.  After deleting almost all MMS messages and thousands of SMS messages, I backed up Android's SMS/MMS database using Epistolaire.  Much to my surprise, the backup was over 500GB.
Given that SMS messages are tiny, I immediately knew something was wrong.  So I loaded up Samsung's default SMS app, and sure enough, every one of my supposedly-deleted SMS and MMS messages are still technically on the Android device (even though thousands of them had supposedly been deleted by the Pulse SMS app).
Besides going through tens of thousands of SMS and MMS messages again, how can I remove all the supposedly-deleted SMS/MMS messages from Android without removing the thousands of messages I want to keep?
Also, how do I prevent this mess from happening in the future?


texts: Are all apps on Google Play compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S4?

texts: I wanted to know whether the Samsung Galaxy S4 will run every app from the play store or not? I had done a lot of googling but failed to find an answer.


texts: How to recover completely darkened screen on Moto G (Lollipop) due to setting brightness to zero?

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I have Moto G on Lollipop, and I mistakenly set the brightness bar to zero. Now, the screen is completely darkened and I'm not able to see anything.

How to set back the brightness to usable mode without hitting factory reset?


texts: Do rooting applications read as malware?

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I DLed a root application at XDA-Developers and my Malwarebytes and Virus Total say it's malware. I suspect this is normal given what it does, but what I've read of rooting, never has it said, 'your anti-virus will flag it.'
v. 5.3.7 at https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=9793#downloads


texts: How can I change pointer locations setting in developer options from adb shell?

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I need to be able to select and deselect "pointer locations" from the developer options menu using adb.  adb shell am start -n com.android.settings/.DevelopmentSettings, but once I'm there I can't figure out how to select and de-select pointer locations.

I tried just using shell keyevent 'xx' to move the focus, but it seems problematic and unreliable.  Is there a simple set of commands that will allow me to just jump to the selection?


texts: How to change phone hardware configuration as per requirement of Android Nougat?

texts: I am using Micromax android one. Till now my phone upgraded from 4.4.4 (KitKat) to 6.0.1(Marshmallow). But since my hardware configuration was getting low to get ready for N, How can I change my hardware configuration? I also want to know what hardware configuration required for Android Nougat.


texts: Galaxy S5 SM-G900F soft-bricked & stuck on Samsung logo screen

texts: Hi may can someone to help here. Today i restart my phone don know why will stuck on SAMSUNG screen like the picture. I see a lot tutorial say have to factory reset. Is that anyway I can make backup now?


texts: How to remove magazine unlock on huawei p9 running nougat

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How can I completely remove the magazine unlock that comes with Android 7.0 (nougat) on a huawei P9. I want my phone to go directly to the pattern unlock screen and not show the magazine unlock.

I am willing to root the phone if required to delete/replace this screen.

I am running build EVA-L09C432B386 and have TWRP recovery installed.


texts: IR blaster of Xiaomi Redmi 3s prime is not working properly. What to do?

texts: I am trying to use the IR blaster to control my set top box and TV. While the remote for TV is working fine. But the remote for Dish TV set top box is not responding. How to solve this issue? Any help would be great. Thanks.


texts: Connecting to a private IP over WiFi and public IP over LTE simultaneously

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I'm designing an Ubuntu app for Android which is running through a Termux chroot jail. The app requires the phone to be connected to a drone through the drone's generated Wifi network. This network does not provide internet access (obviously). Unfortunately, I still need the app to have general internet access while connected to the drone network. This means I need to be able to designate certain address accesses to use LTE and others to use Wifi. Any idea how to set this up from within the chroot jail (or externally)?
Note: I saw a question similar to this one answered 4 years back. However, it doesn't seem like an up-to-date answer was provided. Here's the post.
Thanks for your help!


texts: Why to get Mobile Broadcast notices in OxygenOS 3.x abroad?

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I am abroad and get such notices about cell broadcast etc when in Baltics in Fig. 1. My SIM card settings are in Fig. (2-3).
Fig. 1 Broadcast-notice visible often in Baltics,
Fig. 2 Settings > SIM Cards > Sim Card 1,
Fig. 3 Settings > SIM cards > Sim card 2

I googled the [city] 14442 but could not find anything about it.
Perhaps, it is some piece of information about radio channels but could not find about it.
Some threads recommend to configure Call Settings (here thread Turning off cell broadcast in HTC Desire 816).
To turn them off in OxygenOS, you can go to Settings > More > Mobile Broadcast settings > choose there appropriately.

Turn off Amber alerts.

OS: OxygenOS 3.1 (Android 6.x)
Phone: Oneplus 2
Related: Examples of mobile broadcasts being used, Turning off cell broadcast in HTC Desire 816


texts: I'd like to check the manufacturing date of an Xperia Ray. The easy way is by looking at the sticker under the battery, but I'm trying to convey this to a potential seller, and I would prefer something that doesn't involve taking apart the phone. I've read on Yahoo answers that *#9999# should do it, but it's normally a Nokia service code so I doubt the accuracy. I've also found *#*#4636#*#* (info) and *#*#7378423#*#* (service), which may have what I need inside of a menu. Can anyone give me a more reliable answer?


texts:
I bought a Google Nexus 5X a week ago, and I'm surprised by the autonomy. Being 100% charged at 9:00 AM, at ~7:00 PM the battery is empty. I use about an hour of Spotify a day and Facebook & Messenger are installed.

I run on a Android 6.0.1 that seems to be fully updated.

I can give it back to my reseller, but it is really an anomaly ?


texts:
I now have Lollipop on my phone, I wish I hadn't as it seems to have messed with the way I set my phone up. I am using the calendar for mine and my children's appointments, so some events were set up as busy and some as available. During the busy events my phone would be silenced, during the available events my phone wouldn't be silenced.

I might be wrong but I seem to be unable to do this and now all the events put the phone into silence. I do not want have my phone silenced when my children are at Tae Kwondo, but I want to be able to use the calendar to keep track of their busy social lives.


texts:
I will be at a solar eclipse festival where there is no cell service (it's waaaaay out in the boonies). I would like to distribute a viewing guide (PDF) for attendees to view on their mobile devices.

What would be the best way to do this? Can it even be done? Can I create a mobile hotspot from my Android or Windows device even though there is no cell service? If so, can I create a simple page to allow them to download the document? How would I do that?


texts: 32-bit and 64-bit Android: how to tell before buying a phone

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I have been looking into 32-bit or 64-bit Android versions for phones. It seems to me that the information on the number of bits of the installed Android version is always missing from phones' specs, unlike what happens for the CPU. Googling around, the ways I have found to understand whether a phone is running a 32-bit or a 64-bit OS all include actually doing something with the phone, like looking up the kernel version or downloading some app, like AIDA64.

How do I know if a phone I want to buy will come with a 32-bit or a 64-bit Android before I buy it? It would be interesting to find a layman-friendly criterion or resource that allows me to know this in advance, especially to be able to look into the cheapest phones running a 64-bit Android.


texts:
I accidentally flashed a Qualcomm rom to a Pixel device.
After which, neither does my device not boot and nor does power button work. It is most likely hard brick.

Running lsusb shows: "Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)"

Is there any solution to fix this issue?
Someone please help me out.

This is the script I ran to flash the rom.
Output printed during flash is available at here.

After some research on internet, I found this tutorial.
Now I am able to put device in EDL mode.
On a Windows machine, I could see device under COMMS as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM11).

What should I do next?


texts: Every time I close my wifi, it switches back on straight away. I got a Moto G 2nd generation with android 6.0. How do i stop this? Thanks.


texts: How to get the Pixel Android 7.1 Navigation bar back?

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My brother has recently used the "factory reset" option on his Google Pixel XL phone, this made the navigation bar to change from the traditional

to one where the circular one in the middle is a solid disk (as in the first bar below).

I have been looking for a way to get the original navigation bar back, but all I found were "artificial ways" whose purpose is to get this navigation bar to other Android phones. Is there a natural way to get the default navigation bar back? Thank you!


texts:
I recently upgraded my Galaxy S2 from Android 2.x to 4.0.3.

I had, and still have, two keyboards installed & enabled - MultiLing Keyboard, and Swype.

In my previous ROM, long-pressing an input field let me switch keyboards. This method now stopped working, and the only way I found to switch them is via the setup menu.

Has the method to switch inputs changed in ICS?


texts: Do apps that claim to increase SD card performance really work? Strain on card?

texts:
I was recommended an app today that supposedly increases the r/w cache on the SD card. By default it's set to 128kb.

I'd imagine this works in a similar fashion to a BufferedReader (in java).

My questions are:

Does this really work as advertised? Will I see increased I/O performance?
What effect, if any, does this have on the SD card? Can it cause premature failure?

Below is the Android Market description for SD Speed Increase
:

  SD Speed Increase

  This application allows you to make more powerful the using of SD Card. This is changing a parameter in a file system (thus the need of Root access) that manages the size of the cache on the memory card. By default, this value is set to 128 (kb) but it was found that changing this value in 2048 (kb), the performances are optimized, making read-write on our external memory faster. Many thanks to brainmaster, XDA Member that discover this.
  Note that if you reboot/turn off your device, you lose the setting that you did, so you can click on the dedicated box to allow this app to set on every boot the value that you choose.

  This function may be not work.

Device: ZTE Blade. Rooted and running CyanogenMod 7.0


texts: I keep having apps on phone I didn't install yet cannot disable. Phone screen keeps doing its own thing. Google maps timeline keeps being edited. Lots of unusual stuff like that.


texts:
I have a Motorola Moto E (Gen 1). I've observed that the gallery app from Motorola takes up 50.13 MB under 'Data'.

My question is: Is it safe to select the 'Clear Data' option? Will I lose the pictures stored if I click on it?


texts: 2019: Can Google Assistant send a message from lock screen?

texts:
I'm looking for a way to allow Google Assistant's speech-to-text to send a message while phone is locked, preferably only to certain contacts and without being able to read past messages.

I've googled and all solutions seem no longer valid.


texts: The Tab Switcher in Google Chrome on Moto G(3rd Gen) is stuck in accessibility mode

texts:
Ever since my phone came from Motorola service centre after a SIM slot repair some things are wrong with it.

1)Like the title says, Google Chrome's tab switcher is stuck in accessiblity mode. I've tried uninstalling and updating, factory reset, chrome://flags accessibilty setting and also upgraded to Marshmallow but it's still the same.

Here's a screenshot from an XDA-Thread.

I've looked at many places but haven't found a solution. Seems like only some people are having the problem.

2)Google now offline commands have stopped working as well and "Ok Google detection" from any screen option is missing as well.

Can anyone suggest any solutions?


texts: Disable all but a few applications from accessing mobile data connections

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I would like to disable all of the applications on my phone from accessing my mobile data connection, except for a select few applications that allow me to remotely control my phone, and thus, require a data connection. Is there any way to do this?

Im using an HTC One M8, running stock (non-rooted) Android 5 with HTC Sense 6.


texts: Torrent speed slow on Android mobile device

texts:
I have installed BitTorrent on my Xperia Z. While downloading I observed that it limits speed to 100-130 kbps max. It's same for all torrents irrespective of the number of seeders.

When I tried from a laptop with same torrent and the same Wi-Fi connection, I get up to 2 MBps.

Can anybody help?


texts: Unexpected random shutdowns in Galaxy S2

texts:
Recently my Samsung Galaxy S2 has been doing this very strange thing, it just switches off on its own. However the screen flickers like two or three times really quickly before it switches off.

It all started when i went on holiday and the signal was poor up in the mountain (not sure if this helps but i'm gonna type it anyway). so since then I've had it on flight mode accessing WiFi only and making use of Bluetooth, yet it still randomly does it. are there any logs I can check to maybe see what the problem is!?


texts: Music Player with a smart Shuffle option

texts:
One of the feature that I love on Amaro (Linux) or Winamp (Windows) is the ability to shuffle the playlist, ie take all the songs in the playlist and shuffle them like a deck of playing cards. That way, when I play the list, the same song never repeat after the whole playlist have been played once.

In the basic music player on Android, and the few ones I've tried from the market, the behavior is the classical "Pick a random song" each time the previous one is ended, meaning sometimes the same song gets played 10 times in an hour, and others never get played.

Is there an app that provide this feature?


texts: Is there anyway to filter only for honeycomb optimized apps no market? I have a Motorola Xoom and wants to filter for all apps that looks good on my device.


texts: How do I remove parental control without the password and without resetting it on a kindle.because everything I try to do needs parental control and I want to remove it without the password and resetting it


texts: How to access IPv6 websites via the mobile network

texts:
my landline only has an IPv6 address (well in addition IPv4 via crappy DSLite). I'm anyway trying to set up an owncloud server at home and access it from remote locations. So the task by now is to access the owncloud server via IPv6 using my Android 5.0.0 phone (Moto G 2014).

If I open the IPv6 address in my browser on the phone while connected to the same WiFi as the owncloud server everything works fine. But once I turn off WiFi and switch to cellular data the server can't be accessed anymore even though my router is configured to pass every connection to the owncloud servers IPv6 address range. This result is still reasonable since via the mobile network I only have an IPv4 address and no IPv6 address, so I can't communicate directly with an IPv6 target.

Are there some tricks to still reach an IPv6 host through an IPv4 connection on Android? Using tunnels ect? Or is this completely impossible by design?

Thanks a lot for replys!


texts:
I've set up a L2TP/IPSec VPN server with pre-shared keys, and everything works fine when I connect to the VPN manually.

However, when it's set to be the always-on VPN, everything changed. It seemd that no traffic was sent to the Internet anymore. If I opened a URL, the browser would return Error code: ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED.

Is there anything wrong with my configuration of my phone or the VPN server?

I'm running android 4.4.4 with a recent CM nightly build.


texts: Will Android read any other non-FAT file-system on SD card?

texts:
I use Sound Juicer to rip all of my music. I have a lot of songs that published in a different language, and moreover that use different characters. I find the native file system doesn't support much in the way of file names...

cp -R /home/ecarroll/Music/Tom\ Morello\:\ The\ Nightwatchman/ .
cp: cannot create directory `./Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman': Invalid argument

It just doesn't like a lot of characters,

mkdir "foo:bar baz"
mkdir: cannot create directory `foo:bar baz': Invalid argument

cp: cannot create regular file `./Rebel Diaz/Otro Guerrillero/1 - Which Side Are You On?.flac': Invalid argument

Currently the device is mounted as VFAT

/dev/sdc1 on /media/87B0-1816 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks)

Can I possibly reformat my SD memory stick, and put a different non-FAT FS on it that the Android can read? For reference I'm running on Ice Cream Sandwich but wouldn't object to rooting the phone if required to get around this crap. I even pay for these songs...


texts: treat wifi network X as cellular OR disable background wifi upload for one particular app on one particular network?

texts:
On a Nexus 5 running 5.1.1, I have the DS Photo from Synology set to do automatic background uploading of new photos/videos that show up to my NAS.  Normally works great.  The app includes a setting for whether to upload only over wifi or to upload over both wifi and cellular.

The one problem is that the phone uses cellular data via a hotspot, so while the phone sees it as just another wifi network, I really want it to be treated like cellular.

Even though I went into settings -> data usage -> network restrictions and marked the hotspot as 'metered usage', the DS Photo app still uploads new videos over it.  I'm guessing DS Photo would need to change to actively check this 'metered usage' flag and behave differently.

The 'best' fix would be to somehow have that hotspot's wifi connection treated like cellular across all apps.  Since DS Photo already has the 'wifi-only' support, that would be sufficient for this scenario.

Lacking that capability, I'm trying to figure out how I can make it so that one app isn't allowed to talk over that one wifi connection.

I tried Tasker, but it appeared to only trigger the profile of an app when it was the foreground app.  It would disable fine if I actively switched to the DS Photo app, but if it was just starting an upload in the background like normal, Tasker didn't didn't prevent it.

I also tried the approach from this answer and had it disable Auto-Sync when connected to that particular wifi network, but the DS Photo app still uploaded even though Tasker had disabled Auto-Sync :(

Thanks!


texts: Using a keyboard to send Volume Up signal to confirm flash on device without volume rocker?

texts:
Background
I have a tablet that I am trying to fastboot flash a custom ROM on. The problem is this tablet has no volume rocker. In order to flash, fastboot requires you to press volume on the device up to confirm the flash. My question to bypass this is in a different post.
Device is very obscure: An Eewrite (manufactured by Alps) e-pad pro by Wisky (sold by novadealshop) bought from Hong Kong, running Android 7.1.1 with a Type-C adapter, a physical home and power button.
Question
Would it be possible to send the volume up signal using a usb-c splitter/hub and a keyboard that has a volume up button?
I want to ask before I buy the keyboard and thunderbolt-3 hub. I am also worried that many of these hubs might not be recognized by the lowlevel stock recovery environment.


texts: Why does my YouTube app have performance problems and outright failures?

texts:
I have a stock Captivate on AT&T.  I've tried to watch videos at least a dozen times, and maybe twice it's worked as I would like it to.

Problems include:

"This video cannot be played".  I saw the question about "allow mobile playback" flag, but I get it on user-created stuff too (not just commercial stuff).  Is there a way to check if the flag is set, say from the desktop web interface?
20+ second load time before playback starts, even for short videos, if it works at all
Sometimes I wait over a minute and the "spinner" ("Loading video") never goes away
Once it starts playback, if the buffer runs out, I can't get it to start again.  The buffer indicator might start growing again (pale red line appears again and gets bigger) but nothing I do can make it start actually playing.  I hit play/pause, scan forward/backward, tap the time bar, etc; nothing happens.

Some notes:

I have tried HQ and not-HQ; both have issues though HQ is worse (not surprising)
I have tried it on WiFi and 3G; 3G actually seems a little better
I can watch YouTube just fine on my laptop, etc, over the same wifi connection
I have used the wifi analyzer app (forgot the name) to inspect spectrum; there are no conflicting / overlapping networks in my area
I can download podcasts on Listen at ~10+ MB/min (estimated by my watch) so it's not something wonky with my wifi connection
I've rooted the phone but only so I could fix a corrupt wifi settings file  (known issue, but I'm having trouble finding a ref link right now).  I'm pretty sure the issue is not related, and I'm not running any other superuser stuff.

I'm at a loss.  I have no idea how to track this down -- there's no particular error to look up, just general crappiness.  Is it just me?  Does everybody have this terrible of an experience?  Would the "lag fix" do anything for me?  Is there a better 3rd-party player? (someone mentioned sideloading VLC)

I don't view a lot of YouTube videos generally, but when I do get a chance to look at them it'd be nice to be able to do so on my "super" phone...


texts:
I'm currently trying to enable the full disk encryption in Android on my custom board.
Some informations:

The /data Partition is the 4th Partition on my SD Card.
after the /data Partition there is >2MB free space
the /data Partition is ext4

If I run vdc cryptfs enablecrypto inplace 1234 I get

logcat | grep crypt
E/Cryptfs ( 2407): Orig filesystem overlaps crypto footer region.  Cannot encrypt in place.

If I run vdc cryptfs enablecrypto wipe 1234 I get

device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table
device-mapper: table: 254:0: crypt: Error creating IV
device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table

and the device reboots afterwards...

Some extended information:
fstab

cat /fstab.boundary
....
$BD4    /data    ext4    nosuid,nodev,nodiratime,noatime,nomblk_io_submit,noauto_da_alloc,errors=panic    wait,encryptable=footer
....

init.rc

cat /init.boundary.rc
...
mount_all /fstab.boundary
...

Screenshot from the partition layout:

Any help is very welcome.


texts:
I'm using Android 2.3.3 and I want to copy the iwconfig file to /system/xbin.
First I tried doing it with adb push using this:

adb push iwconfig /system/xbin

But in return I had: failed to copy 'iwconfig' to '/system/xbin/iwconfig': Permission denied

So I made my research and finally found this mount command that actually worked (most of them returned the usage: mount []... line)

mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system

But even with that I'm still having the "Permission denied" line.

I also tried
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system/xbin

Buth it returned "Invalid Argument"

Any ideas?


texts: Video stopped recording after ~31 minutes

texts:
I attempted to record a long video with my Nexus 5, only to discover that the video stopped capturing partway through.  I searched for a possible explanation, but nothing I found seems to match this particular case:

It doesn't appear to be a file size limitation, because the recording stopped at 3891MB (4,081,007,519 bytes), a ways off from 4GB.1
It doesn't appear to be a storage capacity limitation, as I had ~10 GB of free storage before the recording began
It doesn't appear to be a time-based limitation, as the recording stopped at 31:50, not a "rounded" number like 30:00 or 60:00
It doesn't appear to be a battery limitation, as I had ~47% battery after the recording had finished
I am not inclined to suspect a heat limitation, as I don't remember the phone feeling particularly warm when I picked it up -- although that wasn't until a couple minutes later

1 Additionally, the Nexus 5 stores to internal memory rather than an SD card, and I understand that the filesystem is ext4, which supports files well over 4GB

For what other reason would video stop recording?  And how could I prevent this issue from occurring in the future?

This question and this question suggest installing a separate camera app; that will be the next thing I try. However, both of those questions solve a slightly different problem and do not offer an explanation as to why my video stopped recording.

For more information:  I am running OS version 4.4.3 and I am using the default camera app.  When I returned to the phone, the screen was still on, the app was still running, and I was able to record more video.  The video saved properly and does not appear to be corrupt. I am fairly certain that the screen was not touched during the recording process.  I was recording in 1080p from the back-facing camera.


texts: Sony Xperia Z3 flickering between charging and discharging

texts:
When I plug my phone in it often has problems charging.  Both the green led light and the charging icon will flicker on and off every half a second.

This seems to happen at different times during charging.  Sometimes when I first plug it in, but will also do it for seemingly random intervals whilst plugged in. It seems to be always doing this when I wake up (having plugged it in the night before).

I have tried an assortment of charging cables and methods (not limited to):

Supplied charger and cable.
Supplied charger from Sony Xperia Z3 tablet
Official magnetic charging dock with charger supplied with phone
From PC & Mac via micro USB port
From PC & Mac via magnetic charging cable
Magnetic charging cable with supplied charger

It seems to me that it is not the chargers or cable (as my tablet charges from these perfectly fine).
Nor is it the ports as this happens with both the microUSB port and the magnetic charger.

Phone works fine otherwise I still get 90%+ charge, but never get it fully charged because of this. Just concerned this is bad for the battery, plus the flickering LED is pretty annoying at night ;)

N.B while writing this it has gone from flickering to, charging fine, to flickering again without me touching it.


texts: Where did the lock screen ring go to with Lollipop, and how to get it back?

texts:
Up to Android Kitkat, there was the lock screen ring:

Lock screen with activated unlock ring

One could define up to 4 apps to be directly started from here (plus the option to simply unlock). This seems to have changed with Lollipop: there's only the phone symbol in the lower-left and the camera icon in the lower-right corner which one might redefine. When I discovered that on my first LP device I thought it might be due to the specific ROM (CyanogenOS 12.1) – but after having another device updated to Lollipop, I see it's the same thing there.

Two shortcuts are simply not enough for me – so I ask myself whether I've missed something (e.g. didn't find the corresponding setting), or if it's really gone for good. I want the ring back – so how to achieve that? Two possibilities which are not a real option: third-party lock screen apps (which usually want access to a bunch of things to work properly), or the Gravity Box XPosed module (doesn't work with CyanogenMod: device becomes unstable and behaves weird).


texts: How can I turn my android phone into a remote control (mouse/keyboard) through bluetooth for ubuntu/linux

texts:
There are a lot of apps that turn an android phone into a remote control for a desktop system, but only for windows based systems.

I use ubuntu and I only find Remote droid , works ok but only through a wifi network.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.joshsera&feature=search_result

I tried to used blueputdroid, and the app told me that didnot have support for my rom. My phone is a samsung galaxy S with android 2.1

https://market.android.com/search?q=blueputdroid&so=1&c=apps

Are there other apps that I do not know?


texts: How to transmit audio wirlessly from a non bluetooth device to a bluetooth phone?

texts:
I want to transmit audio from a device having an earphone jack to an android phone wirelessly. How to accomplish it over Bluetooth.

I looked at ED05 Bluetooth board and A2DP, H2DP profiles but could only make out that audio can be transmitted from a phone to these devices.


texts: DLNA device is requesting access to media files on your phone

texts:
I got home from the airport today and I keep getting this "Grant access" pop-up ...

Did my phone get hacked? Did some device in my house get hacked? Or am I just paranoid?


texts: FOTA download stays at 0% and can not get rid of it on Verizon Ellipsis 7

texts:
I have Verizon Ellipsis 7 (QMV7A) running on Android 4.2.2. I've been stuck with FOTA downloading for 3 days, and it's draining my battery. The download will not progress past 0%. I have tried to stop the download but it just pops back up. I found the same issue on AndroidCentral, but there's no solution either.

Is there anything that I can do to fix this?


texts: Bluetooth and external speaker loosing audio data

texts:
I'm experiencing a weird problem. When I connect my android phone (Android version 10) to a bluetooth speaker, for some MP3, the ones where there are pauses inside a track (for instance, for languages courses), the sound is not reproduced correctly.

Basically if a track is composed by sentenceA pause sentenceB
the very first beginning of sentenceB is lost. An example:

  Hello, how are you.........I'm fine and you?

In this case I can hear:

  Hello, how are you.........m fine and you?

Do you know how to fix this problem? I couldn't find any option in the phone.

Thank you

[edit]
Android version 10
Kernel Version 4.14.113


texts: Dangers of Apps running in "Hidden mode"?

texts:
I have downloaded an app to record all my calls. The app is working great but the trouble is that it doesn't shows up under the "Ongoing" in the notification bar nor does it shows up in "active applications" in the task manager also they do not require root access to run. I have tried  many different apps that does the same thing. I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y phone running android 2.3.

What bothers me is the thought - "It's possible that the chess playing app(say) that I have in my phone, also records my calls and send it to remote servers - without my knowledge"

There is a posibility of giant security and privacy compramise here.

My question is:
1. Are there any similar loopholes that can be dangerous?
2. What should I do as an android user?
3. What has Google done/planning to do to prevent such apps in Google Play?


texts: There is no driver for my phone's model number

texts:
I use a Samsung J7 mobile phone, model number SM-J700F (checked both below the battery and in the "about phone" section). I live in Israel, so I don't use one of the four big main carriers.

I tried inputting my model number in the Samsung website
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/ but right as I enter the last character in my model number ("F") i get "please enter a valid model number.

What do to?


texts:
I downloaded Tasker for Android and I'm trying to do the following:

Condition1:

On Chrome browser startup, go to "mobile network connections" and change from 3g to 4g.

Condition2:

On Chrome browser exit, go to "mobile network connections" and change from 4g to 3g.

Can you write the steps down for me to do the above please?


texts: How to remove a widget from the home screen on Oreo

texts: I used the  Widgets app (press and hold on the home screen) to install the calendar schedule widget. I no longer want it displayed. There must be a simple way of removing it, but I can't seem to do it.


texts: "There was a problem parsing the package" when uninstalling an app

texts:
I have Android phone which I flashed. Now, I want to download WhatsApp, but after downloading it, I can't open it. It continues to display "There was a problem parsing the package" when I try to uninstall the app, I can only disable it.

I'm trying to download again, but it is just showing me to update it, meaning that I still have the app on my phone. How to fix this?


texts: Control a Windows download manager using an Android device

texts:
Can anyone please tell me if there's currently a way to use my Android device to get my Windows PC to download a file?

For example, maybe I could use the Android "Share" functionality (with a Pushbullet-like app) to send a URL to a download manager app on a Windows PC, which would then proceed to download the file.

Thanks!


texts: Prevent LED flashing when tablet is on standby

texts: My Xperia Z tablet has a really bright LED that flashes when it is in standby (that is when the screen is blank). In fact, I am not sure it does it all the time, but it is very annoying if it is in the room at night. Is there any way to stop this from happening?


texts: Are there any applications that actually rotate an image?

texts:
I have Sketchbook Mobile, and I'll draw some image with my phone tilted on the side. Now I want the image rotated. Sketchbook Mobile doesn't have the option to rotate the actual image, and so far neither does any program that I've actually tried. They just rotate how the image is displayed but they don't modify the actual image, so when I upload it to Photobucket or something, it's 90 degrees off.

Are there any programs that actually rotate an image?


texts: Why does the email app on my Samsung Galaxy S4 keep loading old messages and telling me they're new?

texts:
So I've recently upgraded to the Samsung Galaxy S4 from the iPhone 4.  I seem to have correctly added my yahoo mail account.  However, every time the phone checks for mail, it will indicate that I have 17 new messages, when in reality there may only be three new messages. What is happening is that as I delete messages, the phone seems to be pulling older messages from my yahoo account and loading them as new, even though they have already been read on my PC.  At first I just re-read them on my phone to clear the icon number indicator, but the the minute the phone does another push from my account, it happens all over again.

The Verizon tech person there's nothing I can do about this, but I can't believe that's true.  Any help on how to solve this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Marcella


texts: Stock firmware does not do for unlocking a locked Samsung Galaxy S5 ? from a certain network providers.


texts: Sound via Bluetooth shuts off during quiet

texts:
We have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1, running Android 5.1.1 (U.S. Cellular, if it matters). We're connecting it to a Sony HT-CT80 Soundbar via Bluetooth.

While this works perfectly most of the time, during some shows that feature extended periods of quiet (such as Law & Order SVU, when there's an extended pause in the conversation, of about 5 seconds or so), the speaker appears to disconnect, in that the speaker is completely silent. When sound returns on the show we'll miss less than a second of the sound before the speaker starts back up. We've also had it do this while listening to the radio (WPR - Wisconsin Public Radio - via their Android app).

The tablet is connected via USB and fully charged, with the screen on the entire time. The soundbar is plugged in and doesn't lose power.

We've tried checking the bluetooth settings but don't see anything obvious, and suggestions online suggested that keeping the screen on might help with keeping the bluetooth connected, but as noted above the screen is definitely staying on.

Are we missing a setting that might explain why the tablet appears to be temporarily disconnecting during periods of quiet?


texts: Possible to restore calendar file from unit after update to 4.4.2?

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Is it possible to restore the calendar file from the unit's storage after update to 4.4.2?
The file was in Android/data/com.android.calendar. And no, I had no backup of the file...  :-(

I've rooted the the phone (Samsung Galaxy S4) and tried numerous ways of recovering without any success. Please help me!!


texts: Have transferred all music to SD card but still seem to have full system/ user data

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My galaxy S7 external SD card seemed to have stopped working. Which caused my phone to show full internal storage. I replaced the SD card with a new and larger one and transferred all my google play music to it. My phone is still showing full storage. 30.5 GB of storage is consumed by userdata/system. I removed the external sd card and checked if the google play music was showing any data still. No data is showing. So I can not for the life of me figure out what data and where is consuming all my storage.

Next step is clear the cache.

Last step is master/hard reset. Really don't feel like that though.

Ideas?


texts: Is there a way to have 2 devices on a single Google account

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My Mom has a Samsung tablet that she uses 90% of the time. I bought her a Chromebook before I knew my brother had gotten her the Samsung. She uses the tablet for quickly looking at Facebook and Gmail because she can walk around with it and the Chromebook at the table for Internet browsing because the Chromebook has a much larger screen.

Recently she wanted to be able to check her bank account so I thought it best to put it on the device used least and less likely to be lost, the Chromebook. But when I try and install the app from Google Play only the Samsung is listed.

Is there any way to add a device to that Google account. I already have it so the Chromebook logs in automatically to Facebook and Gmail for her, that way she can be up to date on either device because it is the same GMail and Facebook account. Is that the same as logging into the Google Account? If not how do I get there?

I do not want to copy paid apps to 2 devices or anything that would be seen as cheating, I just want it easy for her to check e-mail and Facebook from either device without having to teach her to log in and out.

Thank you for your help
Philip


texts: How to migrate call logs of 2 phones into a dual sim phone

texts: I have a galaxy note 3 and galaxy note 5, both are single sim devices. I'm now switching to galaxy note 10 plus, a dual sim device. I used smart switch to migrate all data from the old phones, however the messages and call logs always restore to sim 1 in the new phone. That is, the call logs and messages made from sim 2 is restored as sim 1 in the new phone. Is there any way to properly restore the call logs and messages of 2 separate devices onto the new dual sim device


texts: Downloading... don't turn off target (S7 Edge)

texts: I accidentally went to download mode and this "downloading don't turn off target message" appeared. It took me at least 20 seconds before I finally pressed volume down + home button + power button. My phone seemed to have rebooted after I did this. Was any harm done? Did my phone download something? Kinda worried because I'm not sure if it damaged my phone or something. Thanks!


texts: Is there a default "dark" theme (i.e. black background)?

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For the majority of its life Android has had a dark UI (color text on black background), then it switched to light background on Android 6.

Android 7 will feature a "night mode" which will permit to restore the black background, having the standard UI in reverse colors.

While waiting for it, is there a "dark" theme for Android 6 that would have the same effect?


texts: Face scanner usage with CM 10.1 on Galaxy s3 i9300

texts: I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1 ( cm-10.1-20130105-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip ) on a Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300, and I want to know if CM 10 supports the face scanner for things like screen on-time and setting passwords. If so, how do I access it?


texts: Improve load time/animation on lock screen (Samsung S7, Android Oreo)

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The animation of the lock screen takes a little while, maybe half a second before showing any information.

It's disguised as a fade in animation. This is annoying because pressing the home button to check my phone's status when the screen is off goes to the lock screen and then takes extra time to load up things like the time, the top bar etc.

My phone isn't slow, I don't know why it's forced me onto this slow animating gimmick from my Android Oreo upgrade. Everything was instant before hand.

The simple process:

-> Click Home Button

-> Shows wallpaper instantly

-> 0.5s

-> Fades in all text/buttons.


texts: TWRP unable to wipe or format `Failed to mount '/system' (Device or resource busy)`

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I'm trying to install LineageOS and then GAPPS on my Pixel XL from TWRP recovery. I'll try to Advance Wipe the /systems directory and Format Data, but I continue to get multiple errors:

Failed to mount '/system' (Device or resource busy)

Failed to mount '/vendor' (Device or resource busy)

And

Unable to wipe 'System'

Unable to wipe '/system'

If I just continue with adb sideload lineageos.zip most of the time it stops about halfway (PowerShell shows 47%) through and then TWRP shell  shows:

Installing zip file '/sideload/package.zip'
Step 1/2
Step 2/2

I then try to sideload the gapps.zip file and get another error saying /system doesn't have enough space. I've tried sideloading several different gapps versions including their smallest pico zip fie of 91.39 MiB.

I am able to then boot into LineageOS, but no GAPPS show and I'm not able to run any new apps installed via APK without them crashing.

My assumption is that I need to fully wipe system and format it, but I've been trying for two days now and still get the above (Device or resource busy) errors. Any help would be much appreciated!


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having a super weird issue with Google Pixel 4 XL.
Since yesterday my Chrome (tried later on Brave and something wild like Vivaldi) is acting out.
Opening new tab and going to website like facebook.com/instagram.com/index.hr would start loading the site then as soon as it is loaded it would return back to starting page. In the tab I can go "Forward" to were I was before but it would again go back.
Nice thing about it is that some websites like google.com/poslovni.hr work completely normal and this is not happening.
Then later that day all websites worked normal but now couple of hours later I open same tab again and it literally went back in history page by page to the beginning of the tab.
I've updated to latest Android, restarted, cleaned cache but no help.
Initially was thinking it's Chrome issue but seems that it's on mobile level because it's happening on all installed browsers.
Any idea on what to do in this case?


texts: Is it possible to disable Google Play apps remote installation?

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I would like to know if it's possible on a given device to disable the Google Play 'feature' to remotely install an app into it, once logged in from a browser.
I'm not interested in workarounds on how to prevent it (like installing a 3rd party app), I'm interested in disabling it, so I want to log into the Google Play in any browser, and either not to find a given device in the list of devices, or not to see the Install button at all.
My concern is about security, and any helpful answer is welcome! I googled already and couldn't find much info.


texts: Audit app permissions easily in one place?

texts: Is there anyway to list all the applications installed on your phone and the permissions they require all on one page, or export the list so it can easily be audited?


texts: Samsung tablet keeps asking to allow data access when plugging to PC by USB

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I cannot access data on my tablet by USB, because when I plug it in, it keeps popping a dialog to allow access, when I pick allow, the dialog pops up again, and so on endlessly.

This is a Samsung Galaxy Tab A, my PC is on Ubuntu.

Update: After some more tests, I determined that if when I plug the tablet to the PC by USB, the tablet screen is turned on, it works fine. However if I plug the tablet with the screen off, the issue described above occurs.


texts: How do I change my debit card details in Google Play?

texts: How do I change my ATM card details in Google play as my old card has been damaged and I cannot purchase anything from my Android phone?


texts: Debug APK with Android Studio without breakpoints

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I'm trying to reverse engineer a newspaper app.
I've decompiled it with apktool v2.4.1 apktool d APK_NAMEadded to android:debuggable=true in AndroidManifest.xml and changed one boolean method's return value to always true.
Then I recompile it apktool b APK_FOLDER -o APK_NAME I don't know if it signs it and if the signing issue causes the problem.
Then I go to Android Studio -> debug or profile an apk and USB debug it with my mobile device connected. After the app runs un my mobile i using it's UI when I go to the section I changed and press to read an article it suddenly loops and jams. I don't know what causes that loop so I don't know where to put the breakpoint(s)
What I need is to see the running code while the app runs or better to see the stack trace while the loop occurs. is that possible?
I'm running the whole thing under Kubuntu Linux 20.04 x64
Thank you


texts: How can an existing storage server in Solid Explorer be edited?

texts: In Solid Explorer (2.7.7), how can an existing network storage server (e.g. SFTP, LAN/SMB; all grouped by Solid Explorer into "Cloud Storage") be changed? ? How can one be deleted? Holding on the server name in the "Storages" list or the title bar has no affect.


texts: Which component of the Android protocol stack performs cellular encryption?

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I understand that the SIM Card plays a significant role in generating keys for the encryption and decryption of cellular traffic, but are these keys passed to the Android architecture so that it can use them?
Or does the actual encryption take place on the SIM Card?


texts: Whatsapp - last time seen online - what does it mean?

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I'm using whatsapp and some of my contacts have been seen online AFTER my messages have been delivered..

My question is: If I read something like this:

  [10:01] my message is delivered The contact has been seen online at
  10:08

Does this mean the contact has read my message/opened whatsapp by himself? Or does it mean that his Android OS has let Whatsapp application


texts: Turn on auto-correct when using a Bluetooth keyboard

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I have been using my Nexus 7 for schoolwork and I love it. One problem, however, is that when I connect to my Bluetooth keyboard I no longer get auto-correct suggestions. I then decided to install Swiftkey 3 and discovered that if I had SwiftKey set as the default I could see a prediction bar, but there was still no auto-correct/auto-completion.

How can I have auto-correct enabled when a hardware keyboard is connected?


texts: Android clearing recent applications list

texts: After exiting the applications on my Galaxy nexus, they appear on the recent applications list. Do they still use CPU/battery? Do I have to remove them from recent applications list in order to save battery?


texts: Can Not browse web from my PC tethered to my Android 4.1.1 phone via USB cable

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I have a Windows 7 PC connected to my HTC One X running Android 4.1.1 through the USB cable. I've also tried connecting through a wireless adapter. What I get is a connection to the wireless hub and "No Internet Access" message.

I can perform google/bing searches through Chrome/IE and my Thunderbird email client sends and receives mail. When I click on a seach link I get "Web Page Not Available" message. I took a look at the IPConfig and it looks like the only DNS is the phone and that's where I think the problem is. I tried manually adding the IPs for a public DNS server but that didn't seem to make a difference.

I am not running any special software on the PC.

In addition I have a Windows 8.1 work laptop that works fine through the WiFi but I think it's getting DNS from our data center through the VPN connection I use.

I should point out that this is a temporary setup due to my Time Warner cable going out

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Can't sync my new Nexus S to Google Calendar

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First-time smartphone owner. I unboxed my new Nexus S and added my gmail account to it. So far, so good -- it sync'd my contacts perfectly.

But I'd never used Google Calendar (and in retrospect I think that's crucial).

So I signed on via my computer, went to Calendar, and set up a calendar with two events (one repeating, one not).

Then I went back to my phone and I find that in the calendar app I have no calendars. There are no events showing and I can't add events ("You have no calendars."). Moreover, in the Accounts & sync settings, under my gmail account, there is no Calendar item, just Books, Contacts, gmail.

I've waved every dead chicken I've heard of at this one, to no avail. The list of sync items won't grow a "Sync Calendar" item. To wit:

1) Obvious first choice, I thought. Power off the phone, power back on. Nope.

2) Read the FAQ Google Support FAQ
2a) Turned the auto sync off and on. Nope
2b) No notifications.
2c) Don't have a 2-step authentication.
2d) Cleared Calendar Storage data, power off, power back on. Nope.

3) Power off the phone, change my gmail password via web, power back on, re-authenticate. Nope.

4) Go to Accounts & sync, create a new google account, create a calendar in it, power down the phone, power back on. The new account has a Sync Calendar item that works, but not my real gmail account.

5) Go to Applications, all, and delete the data for "all the Google apps", power down the phone, power on. Nope. A caveat on this one, I don't know exactly what "all" means, so I hit Calendar & its storage again, Books, Contacts, gmail, everything whose name began with Google,...
see: Related Question
Ok, different device, but otherwise the description seemed a close match. Nope.

So...

Any other suggestions?


texts: How to write to / delete from external SD Card on Android 6.0 Marshmellow Huawei P9

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I'm coming from a rooted Samsung S4 to a non-rooted Huawei P9. With the rooted S4 I could do anything at all, the stock P9 is extremely restricted. I want to stay with stock because it's a phone that's been loaned to me and I don't want to risk breaking it, and I'd like the Android 7.x over the air update in a few months without having to unroot.

I would prefer not to mount the external SD as internal memory, as it's slower. I've tried creating files, deleting files, and changing permissions, I can't do anything.

Basically I would like to be able to do two things:

Add and delete files to the external SD card using a file manager,
such as Root Browser
Have Bittorrent Sync (or other apps) write to the external SD card

I know Android security was ramped up around Android 5, but this much restriction is crazy. Is there a way around to do this working within the stock OS? I may just have to give up on external SD, it seems pointless to have it right now.


texts: I got my Galaxy S3 about two weeks ago, and have been texting on it normally. Now, for some reason, when I look at my text log some of the names of my contacts are in blue, while some remain in white. It started with a few names becoming blue, and now the majority are. It's a completely random thing, but I'm just wondering why..


texts: How do I upload photos from Android phone to Google Plus without sharing?

texts: I would like to upload photos from my SGS4 to my Google+ without sharing to anyone. How do I do that?


texts:
I'm on day 2 of the great quest for permanant root.  I have followed the guides here and here to the letter and still my hboot shows "S-On".  Hboot says:

SPEEDY XE SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.93.0001
RADIO-1.07.00.1129
eMMC-boot

Visionary will temp root, I go through all the steps, the md5's match, but when I go into hboot, it always says S-ON.  How do I get this thing rooted?


texts: Is there a "Linux friendly" handset manufacturer for Android phones?

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My current situation is this: I use Mac OS X at home and Ubuntu Linux at work. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S. Whenever I want to update my firmware the intended way (i.e. using Kies, I am aware of Odin), I have to boot into an old Windows XP installation that I have lying around.

I was wondering if there is a handset manufacturer that embraces Linux. The Samsung phone seems to be just the wrongest choice I could have made with the windows-centric Kies software.

Edit: I should probably point out, that I live in Germany and I want to use a prepaid phone service without contract. Also, I am looking for a great "out-of-the-box" experience without too much hackery (i.e. without voiding the warranty).

Edit2: I was hoping to learn about brands which support Linux (like NVidia does with their proprietary drivers) or maybe learn about tools and techniques:

Heimdall is a nice tool, but I don't feel that it has Samsungs approval, and I feel that using it might void the warranty.
Over-The-Air Updates is something, that seems to be useful, but it won't work for me, as I don't have a contract with a cell phone provider. (Edit 3: This line is just non-sense, I receive OTA updates over wi-fi.)

Therefore I am still looking for some enlightenment about which direction I should go with my next phone.

Edit 3: After my recent purchase of the Samsung Galaxy S3 (I know... fool me once...), I would like to reopen the issue. My setup (except for the phone) is still the same (Mac OS X at home and Ubuntu Linux at home and at work).

In order to access the file system I either connect to an Ubuntu machine via USB. This is not ideal, because the drive size of the external sd card is not reported correctly, which makes me a little less confident in this solution.

On the Mac, I can only get iPhoto recognize the device in PTP mode. Android file transfer does not recognize the device after the latest OTA firmware update.

As an alternative to the USB connection, I found DigiSSHD as a workaround to transfer files wirelessly.

After spending hours of looking for a better solution and adjusting my workflow to workarounds, I would like to ask again: Is there a there a handset manufacturer that embraces Linux and provides native tools to interact with the device?

I don't mind if the tool is proprietary or free as long as it works.


texts: Huawei P9 lite enter bootloader without volume keys and access to system/recovery

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About phone: Huawei P9 lite VNS-L21C432B161 (central Europe)

First modifications
A long time ago i unlocked bootloader and successfully rooted the phone. I turned off OEM unlock option in settings after rooting, because someone said i should do so for security. Then came EMUI 5 OTA. It somehow updated itself without me agreeing. Android nougat detected, that the bootloader was unlocked and so it assumed that OEM unlock option was also ENABLED when it really wasn't, making me unable to re-enable the option.
So i used the https://forum.xda-developers.com/huawei-p9lite/how-to/tutorial-rollback-n-to-mm-c432-devices-t3563955432-devices-t3563955" <-- official rollback package and installed stock ROM through dload.

Here is the part where i messed up horribly
Now i wanted to update to android 7 again, but updater wasn't giving it to me and i was unable to flash it through TWRP. I installed the rollback package again through download mode as it said it allows any ROM to be installed, hoping i could then install android 7 through Download mode, which would in turn allowed me to install newer version of TWRP to then install a nougat based custom ROM.

Huawei's Erecovery and download mode

Erecovery: Accessed by pressing volume up during boot for 3 seconds, is supposed to download a working ROM for your phone, is saved in different place than recovery

Downlaod mode
By placing a folder with name 'dload' with supported OS on sd card in a form of UPDATE.APP, download mode installs this version, relocks bootloader and rewrites recovery with a normal one. (Relocking bootloader with custom recovery probably broke it, still doesn't explain why i can't access fastboot or download mode itself at all.)

Now i am stuck at the 'Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted. Can't access bootloader, phone doesn't seem to be detecting the Power+Volume down combination < not the case in duplicate post. Recovery doesn't boot at all, it just goes straight to the normal boot dialog

Using the Power + VolumeUp + Volume Down combination to enter the download mode yields a slightly different warning but still gets stuck at it as well.

I think that the only way to fix it may be to dead flash it with stock ROM. I found a program (IDT) for this but it requires a "image xml file" and i don't know where to find it.
Goal: to get to bootloader without using volume keys( it just doesnt work for some reason) and without entering system/recovery/erecovery as these broke as well.

Thanks in advance


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Does anyone know of an app for managing a reading list?

Features I'd like to get include being able search names and authors from some kind of book database, link to common book sellers (Amazon, Barns & Noble, etc.) and add books via an ISBN bar-code.


texts: I downloaded Angry Birds but can't actually find it on my phone (Samsung Galaxy Ace)

texts: I downloaded Angry Birds onto my phone, but I now actually can't find it anywhere. Does it go into a certain folder?


texts: What is the difference between my Android 7 x86 Live CD, and actual installation? (Stuck on Boot Logo after installing)

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I am trying to install Android from the Android-x86 project on my PC.  I successfully built an ISO from source, and I can boot from it.  The Live CD comes up without any issues.  My problem only shows up after installing Android on my computer.

Grub comes up, allows me to select Android, and starts the android boot process, but then I get stuck on the "android" logo animation screen.

I used GPT for partitioning, made one primary partition, and formatted it with ext4.

My problems sound very similar to this question, but the OP is in a Virtual Machine.  Is there some way that I need to "Accelerate 3D Graphics" or something like that?

It seems especially bizarre to me that it is booting successfully from the "live" system, but stops working when I install it...

Edit:

Looking into this some more, I found a workaround.  If I use ntfs or exfat instead of ext4 when formatting the partition, it works.  There is a catch: it becomes a read-only filesystem.  The x86 installer helps you set up another space for user data, so this just might be usable...  I am still open for answers on why ext4 will not boot though.


texts: Orange San Diego browser opening "goolgle"

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Using the Orange browser with Android 4.0.4 on the AZ210A I've noticed that sometimes when opening for the first time it tries to open goolgle.com.

I've restarted, force closed, cleared data and cache etc and yet every so often it just crops up.

Anyone got any ideas?


texts: How to delete Home and Work address from My Places?

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I was messing around on my phone and found "My Places" in the settings (Settings> Location> My Places). I set up a home and a work location thinking that I would be able to delete it afterwards.

However I have not found how to do this. I removed these location from Google Maps and Google Now, but I can't remove them from My Places. I also cannot change the method of them to WiFi or Bluetooth.

Device: Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F)

Android: 4.4.2

Thank you.


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A non-technical friend has asked me to solve a problem for him.  He has bought an Android phone (Galaxy S5) for his daughter, but he's very nervous about giving her such unfettered access to the Internet.  So before he hands it over to her, he wants to install MobileSpy, so he can monitor her internet usage.  At the same time, he does not want her to know that this app is installed on her phone.  But MobileSpy is not a hidden app; if she would open the "Applications" menu, it would be sitting there, staring her in the face.  And that would be awkward.  So he wants to rename the app to something really boring and non-eye-catching.  Not just in the "launcher" home page, but also in the "Applications" menu.

Easier said than done.

I have Googled around and most solutions I found required rooting the phone; he understandably does not want his daughter's new phone rooted.  I found one site that claims to have a non-root solution, but the 3rd party apps that it relies on are extremely buggy, and one of them was identified by Chrome as malware when I tried to download it.

Most of the answers I found online are pretty old, so I'm hoping someone will have developed something a little more reliable for renaming apps.

I am not any kind of Android expert, so please don't assume any basic knowledge when you answer.

DISCLAIMER: I personally do not think this is a good approach to managing one's children's Internet usage, and I have said so to my friend.  He is nonetheless pretty resolute about this, so here I am asking on his behalf.  That said, let's keep the answers to the technical rather than interpersonal advice.

Thanks!


texts: Google play services won't run unless you update Google play services

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I am constantly getting a notification about every 1 or 5 minutes since I had updated the Google Play Services app. It's a very strange type of notification. It says "Google Play Services won't run unless you update Google Play Services". See the screenshot below :

What is the cause of this problem and how to fix it ?


texts: I have a problem with the android internal memory allocation is permanent

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Has the android "internal memory allocation freeze" been solved?

Example: GS3 internal memory full with photos (picassa sync issue). After moving problem photos to SD card, the internal memory is still an issue due to the fact that internal memory used for the photos remains allocated.

Samsung's answer was to do a hard factory reset (LOL)


texts: Can I Install Stock Android 7 N On Any Device?

texts: I currently own a Redmi Pro running Android Marshmallow with MiUi 8.  Is it possible to install Android 7 Nougut on my phone.. I already have root...


texts: Gmail notifications aren't working as expected

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Gmail notification doesn't work correctly for me. I think it happened after the latest Gmail application upgrade.

I tried to clear Gmail data and cache, but to no avail.

I get new email notification after I mark read email as unread. It didn't used to happen before.
I have new email notification so I access inbox from android and the notification disappears. Then I get new email notification after I delete the new email from pc.

Any suggestion how to make the notification work the way I want/expect?

I have HTC Desire running cyanogenmod 7.1 with Gmail v2.3.5.2


texts: I havent used my LG Volt phone for a couple of months because i bought a ios phone. My ios phone broke and i tried charging my LG Volt phone over night and turning it on no response. I tried taking my battery out and holding power button nothing happened. Tried holding volume down and power button nothing happened. Just a black screen somebdoy help me please.


texts: stock email: activesync/exchange: selecting which folders to sync

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I have two devices getting email from the same exchange activesync server. same account.

One is an old 2.3.3 nexus, another is a samsung tablet with 4.1 (or newer, not 100% sure now.. it may be 4.2)

on the server i have lots of folders, in the following setting:

 - drafts
 - outbox
 - sent
 - trash
 - junk email
 - sync issues
   - server failure
   - sync issues 1
   - local failures
 - rss feed
 - FolderA
 - inbox
   - FolderB
   - FolderC
   - FolderD
   - FolderE

this is the inverse order it shows up on my outlook client... i don't think folders have an order as far as i can tell.

Anyway, on both devices, i get this:

 - drafts
 - outbox
 - sent
 - trash
 - junk email
 - sync issues
 - server failure
 - sync issues 1
 - local failures
 - rss feed
 - FolderC
 - FolderD
 - inbox

Note that sync issues was flattened. And that it choose two random folders (C and D) to display outside of  INBOX.

now, i don't care for any of those folders! but I need FolderA and FolderB badly.

I already looked on all options on both devices, and there is nothing to select more folders. All I can do is hide the folders it arbitrarily selected already. I have already went trhu the info on How can I select which folders to sync via Exchange ActiveSync?

I also do not think it is related to options on the client, as both devices have the same two folders selected. It may be something on the server... maybe a flag telling that those are to be synced? It is not based on age, or alphabetical order. i tried right-cliking all the folders on outlook and looking for anything, but the properties of them all are the same.

I tried deleting the Sync issues folder on outlook (i can't delete the others such as RSS feed even never have any use for those)... and reprovisioned one of my devices... and even though i don't have the sync issues folder on my outlook anymore, it still synced when i removed/added the account back.

I can move both folders that i want in or out of INBOX, i don't care.

Any ideas on how to get rid of the unwanted folders and sync the wanted ones?

EDIT:
I removed my account, renamed the to folders that do get synced to X_folderC... wipped all data for the stock android app. recreated the account. and bam. it synced X_folderC... i hate this phone.

So it is definitely something on the Folders meta data from exchange... how do i even check that? On the Samsung device with 4.1 or 4.2 i could generate a debug log of the app talking to exchange, what should i look for?

EDIT 2:
i created a new folder, Folder_D2, moved all mail from Folder_D there, moved the rules to move email there, and deleted Folder_D... now the phone has, Folder_D and Folder_D2!!! and still no sign of the folders i do want.

Also while doing it, i noticed that on the server email rules, the two top ones sent email folder_C and folder_D... so i thought this may be the deciding factor... so i moved the one that sends email to Folder_A to the top of the rule list... but no luck. nothing have changed.

EDIT 3:
finally found something! if i create a new folder, it syncs!!! so i can solve this recreating all folders I want synced. ...tedious but that should work. The ones not being synced are the ones migrated from the old exchange server... for some reason they have some property/flag that makes them not be synced on android. But i can't see anything from outlook.


texts: Samsung galaxy S freezes while upgrading to gingerbread and doesn't want to turn on?

texts: and the pc doesn't even recognise it (i've tried the volume and power buttoms but sure it didn't work because the phone didn't turn on) when i connect it to pc using kies it gives me a black screen on my phone with the drawing of my phone and pc with "!" between them but as i mentioned b4 the pc doesn't feel a thing plzz help me


texts: Is it possible to start SSH server on Android emulator? What is the app name? I've tried a few apps but neither of them could run on Emulator.


texts: Enabling Mixed content on Chrome Android

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Is it possible to enable insecure content explicitly for a site in android chrome? It's possible in desktops by going into site settings and allowing "insecure content" but when I checked the same in android it only has one option called sound in site settings.

Use case: streaming m3u8 files and browser keep blocking them, I want to enable insecure content for phones as well.


texts: Disable/enable second DualSIM card command

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I use the MarcoDroid app to change phone settings depending on events.
I want to turn on and off the second sim card depending on the event. I found a command option where I can type the command to enable/disable the second SIM card. I just don't know what the command will be for the Moto Z2 Play phone?
The settings are shown in the print screen. Can anyone tell me how to search for a command and its parameters?
EDIT:
I found a command that you can use to change whether the phone is to be multisim or singlesim.
For dual sim:
su -c setprop persist.radio.multisim.config dsds

For single sim:
su -c setprop persist.radio.multisim.config none

The problem is that when I run the command to turn off the second sim card from the console, in the settings there is no option to choose which sim card should be responsible for what, but the card itself remains turned on. Incoming calls do not show up, but the caller has a call tone.
Maybe someone has an idea what other parameter in the console is responsible for turning off the second sim card?


texts: Can my contacts know if I'm on another call when they try to call me

texts: Will they know if I'm at another call even if it's not using the whats up app? On a regular cell call it would just keep ringing if the person is on another call. If you have call waiting you know they're calling you. I don't know if I explained myself.


texts: Determining which app keeps asking me to choose a SIM card

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I have a dual-SIM version of Sony Xperia XZ Premium (G8142) running Android 9. In my "Dual SIM" settings I have explicitly asked the phone to use one of the two SIM cards for "Cellular Data", "Calls" and "SMS messages"

However, every time I reboot this phone, Android suddenly starts popping up a white box in the center of the launcher screen, listing both of my SIMs and asking me to select a SIM card for SMS.

Regardless of what I select, the box disappears for a few minutes, but then pops up again. And again... This happens a couple of times after each reboot, until eventually it stops. From that moment on everything behaves normally.

I would like to determine what is triggering this. I suspect that this is some background app installed on my phone that causes this to happen for some [indirect] reason after each reboot. Is there any Android software tool that would tell me what app (if any) is responsible for popping up such dialog boxes on the screen? The issue is 100% reproducible, meaning I'll have no trouble causing this box to appear.


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I got yesterday a Galaxy Tab 3 and I want to be sure what's the best way for the first battery charge. On the shop, they told just turn it on, wait for the battery to finish and then charge it to 100% (3 times!).

When I got home I turned it on and the battery was at 50%. But then I saw on the little book in the box that said: when you buy a new tablet, or the battery has not been used for a long time, charge the battery.

So, what do I do now?

The tablet is in sleep mode with 20% battery.

Should I turn it off and charge it? Or just charge it as it is (on)?


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How can I backup my Recovery image with the dd command? I have the PIT file, where recovery is listed as:

--- Entry #12 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 10
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 129024
Partition Block Count: 24576
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RECOVERY
Flash Filename: recovery.img
FOTA Filename:

What /dev/ file should I choose as my if?

When I cat /proc/partitions, I get some mmcblkXpXX, and mmcblkXbootX.

Since the identifier is 10, wouldn't the if be mmcblk0p10?


texts: How frequently are Android apps in Google Play updated?

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I wish to know how frequently apps in Google Play are updated on average? For instance, statistics such as average number of apps updated per day or number of days in-between 2 successive updates of an app (on average) might be useful to deduce this.

An example number that I wish to see is: 0.5% of apps in Google Play are updated every day (or something like this).

  I hypothesize that Android apps, given the easy development and
  distribution infrastructure, are updated much frequently than the
  desktop apps.

I wish to have more evidence to support this hypothesis. Please suggest link to any official information (or reliable from tech blogs) that would give insight into such statistics. Thanks.


texts: Is it possible to flash an app via custom recovery? If it is, will it become a system app?

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I wanted to have an app as a system app without rooting it. I was wondering if it's possible to flash/install an app through custom recovery as we do with Gapps and other stuff.
So, I came up with an idea to flash it via recovery, but I don't know whether it will work or not. If not, is there any other way to make an app a system app without rooting?