texts: Factory reset in phones that don't support SD-cards

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Does factory reset on a phone without SD-card support delete the files stored in the ExternalStorageDirectory?

Explanation : Say I have a device like the Galaxy S or an iPhone(I know, sacrilege) both devices don't support SD-cards(Not sure about Galaxy S, definitely about the iPhone). My question is if such a device which doesn't support SD-cards is factory reset, then do your files and media stored in this device's "External Storage Directory" which actually happens to be on the phone get deleted?

My guess is no, am I right?


texts: Secure boot while still being able to keep up with nightlies

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Following this great answer, I've secured the bootloader on my Nexus 7 deb by using fastboot oem lock and installing the original Google-provided recovery image.

However, I now have a dilemma. Here's my setup:

My device is encrypted with a very strong passphrase.
I'm running a CyanogenMod nightly, but I'm planning on sticking to more stable releases as they become available. (The nightly which I'm running is because it provides keyboard layouts as imported from AOSP that were previously unavailable)

Every so often, I'll get a crash and the device will reboot itself, there are weirdness with Bluetooth, etc. This I have accepted with running nightlies, I know what I'm getting myself into.

I just realized the terrifying truth: in order for me to fastboot oem unlock my device, a user data wipe is necessary. That really, really stinks.

Is there a way for me to do this without wiping my data? Moving forward, is there a way for me to both maintain security of my device and be able to flash new updates to my ROM?


texts: What is Google's OTA phase deployment strategy?

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I have always wonder what is Google's deployment strategy for OTA for latest software updates.
I do know that they do it in phases but, do they do it base on time zone? model's serial numbers?
In other words how do they pick who gets it first or not. I have a 2013 Nexus 7 and it has been about 2 weeks since the release of Kit Kat 4.4 and I have not received it yet.


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Unable to restore your chats from this backup. Do you want to restore your chats from an older backup? Skip? Restore from older?
This is the error which appears all the time.
After trying all the possible options.
Backup in Google Drive and restore
Backup in media card and restore
Deleting old backups
Deleting major chats and media
Deleting backups and databases from WhatsApp.
I do a fresh backup and restore in new phone
With same Gmail ID.
And Google Drive ID.
Again it shows same error.
What to do?


texts: Does wi-fi sleep policy "never" mean that my phone's battery will be drain a lot faster?

texts: I have just decided to change my settings on the wi-fi, because it seems to give me a hard time regarding the fact that the some application are "unable to connect to server".  However, I am worried about the battery life. Does the setting "never" mean that the phone will scan non-stop, draining my batter like crazy?


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I'm trying to communicate with the modem of my Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 over the ADB tool. My galaxy is rooted and is accessible through adb.

I'm attempting to execute AT-commands over the adb-tool.
I already tried a few AT-commands but the modem doesn't respond.

First of all I was running cat /proc/tty/drivers to get the right driver. my output:

root@m0:/ # cat /proc/tty/drivers
/dev/tty             /dev/tty        5       0 system:/dev/tty
/dev/console         /dev/console    5       1 system:console
/dev/ptmx            /dev/ptmx       5       2 system
/dev/vc/0            /dev/vc/0       4       0 system:vtmaster
rfcomm               /dev/rfcomm   216 0-255 serial
g_serial             /dev/ttyGS    250 0-3 serial
usbserial            /dev/ttyUSB   188 0-253 serial
s3c2410_serial       /dev/ttySAC   204 64-67 serial
serial               /dev/ttyS       4 64-67 serial
pty_slave            /dev/pts      136 0-1048575 pty:slave
pty_master           /dev/ptm      128 0-1048575 pty:master
unknown              /dev/tty        4 1-63 console

Consequently my driver address is /dev/ttyGS0, so I run the next command echo -e "AT\r" > /dev/ttyGS0 but the modem doesn't respond and nothing happens:

root@m0:/ # echo -e "AT\r" > /dev/ttyGS0
root@m0:/ #

So I quit the tool and tried another command service check phone:

130|root@m0:/ # service check phone
Service phone: found
root@m0:/ #

It looks like it at least found a kind of a modem.

So, I Google a bit and I find a nice tool called microcom, which is included in busybox. I installed busybox and tried busybox microcom -t 5000 /dev/ttyGS0, but the output was

root@m0:/ # busybox microcom -t 5000 /dev/ttyGS0
microcom: applet not found
1|root@m0:/ #

I really hope you can help me to find my problem with my code or suggest some better commands.


texts: Gingerbread Claims Support for Arabic, but I Don't See the Language in Settings

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Gingerbread claims to have support for Arabic, but I have 2.3.4 installed on my Google Nexus One, and Arabic is not an option when I go to my language settings.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3.4.html#locs

Anyone know how to enable the Arabic language or is Google not giving us the straight truth?

Thanks!


texts: How do you continue to cast video with Google Photos after 5 mins

texts: When you play a video in google photos and your casting it to chrome cast the screen will shut off stopping the cast. So I end up having to use Wakey to keep the screen on. But that just heats the device up, draining the battery. Any ideas how to set it to continue to cast after 5 mins


texts: Why is Google Play Books incompatible with my Nexus 5?

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Today, I have bought a Nexus 5, and I want to download Google Play Books from Google Play, but I get the prompt message as seen in the above image.

Why am seeing this message and how can I install the app on my phone?


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I have an old Android phone with a broken USB port so that it doesn't charge properly.  There are multiple Google accounts so that different contacts are associated with different accounts.  Possibly, some contacts have no association.

Can I hook up the phone as a USB mass storage device and off load all the contacts?  Based on similar questions, I'm primarily concerned with "Device Contacts" which were never associated with an account.

Having contacts spread across multiple accounts is a secondary concern.

I synced the accounts and will look into uploading the account contacts to Google contacts.  Still unsure how to deal with device contacts.


texts: Why handset manufacturers releases new versions of android several months after Google?

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I have a nexus device. Whenever new version of android is released, the phone gets it almost instantly. I want to know why other manufacturers doesn't update their software in the same timespan. For some manufacturers, this process can take several months.

Is there a technical challenge that prevents them to do this? or is just matter of not allocating enough resources to do this?

I know about the differences between different ROMs and manufacturers, UI layers and so on... I'm asking is if so difficult (and why), or if manufacturers just don't want to do it, to release the new ROMs earlier.

To give an example about what I'm saying: when I updated from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 in several computers (MSI, Acer, Lenovo, and custom build), I just clicked the "update" button and all the computers updated fine, without drivers problems... Why android is not the same case? Every major release introduces several breaking changes that makes it difficult for manufacturers?


texts: How to let 2 split screen apps run at top performance?

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I noticed that on my Xiaomi 11i with the Snapdragon 888 processor, it is supposed to be one of the current top Android phones, with 8 cores and that only the Apple A14 Bionic has slightly higher performance than it.
However, if I run two Pokemon Go using its Dual App split screen, then I noticed, if we look inside a gym, and a Pokemon (Venonat or Exeggutor) is swinging left and right, then every few seconds, on the top or bottom screen, the Pokemon would have a slight 0.2 second pause, so both apps are choppy every few seconds.
If I use the app Activity Monitor, right after I boot up the phone so that no other app is running, I did see that every 6 to 10 seconds, all the cores of the processors would ramped up to 100%, so it looks like it is doing some work in the background.
I noticed if I run one single instance of Pokemon Go, then it is smoother.
But my question is, how can 8 cores not able to handle some slowing animating graphics. If anything, the swinging left and right repeatedly can even be "set it and forget it" -- everything done by the GPU (Adreno 660).
So trying to solve it, I tried to tap the Version number of the system for a few times and went to Developer's Options, and from there, I set the background app to be: Running only 1 process at a time.  So that should mean I have 7 cores running now for the 2 apps on screen? But after rebooting the phone and trying again, the same issue was still there.  Is there a way to make it able to take 2 cores (or 3 cores) for each app, or just make them run at top performance and let any background process run with the remaining 2 cores?  Or another way is, if there is a way to set the background processes only use up to 50% of the cores, so the main apps can always have 8 cores to use.


texts: Will WhatsApp verification delete my contacts & messages?

texts: I have a WhatsApp account in my old phone, but I have put my SIM card in my new phone. Now when I opened WhatsApp in my old phone its asking for verification. Will verification delete my contacts & messages?


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After upgrading to marshmallo i get that notification (mobile data is disabled) ,when i swipe it , it appears again,  for sure I know that mobile data is disabled ,i use mobile data rarely. It keeps bothering me.
How to stop it


texts: Is there a video player that supports the orientation flag?

texts: My camera takes videos that save the orientation of the video. I'd like to have them play with the correct orientation on my phone. Is there a player (paid or free) that does this?


texts: Disable (dead) phone number? Retaining for historical benefit. Is this possible, how can I request this feature?

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I am hoping to find a way to keep but disable phone numbers in Google Contacts.

For example, several people I know have at least 6 numbers in my contact for them, where often of those only a single one is the "right" number, where many of the others are their former mobile numbers.

I prefer to retain the (now dead / invalid) mobile number(s) on the contact so that this user's texts / calls / activities that I backup via apps all "stay together", but at the same time, I would like it to be impossible to call or send a NEW text to that number (since it is marked as "former" or "disabled" or "retired" or something to that effect).

This has been something I've been searching for for quite some time, but it has recently become more important as my sister forwarded a picture of my niece I'd taken opening Christmas presents from my phone to hers, not seeing that she picked the wrong phone number (for herself), and in so doing sent the photo to a totally random person (who simply by chance has been assigned her old mobile number).  This is the scenario I'd very much like to prevent.

Of note, I'm using a Nexus 6 w/ latest (Marshmallow) OTA Android (6.0.1).  I use mostly stock apps with the exception of VZW Messages for SMS.

I believe that this would need to be an OS-level feature for it to be effective, and I have to imagine other people have wanted the same thing.


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I finally managed to unlock the bootloader of my HTC One S.

Now I want to root it to install CyanogenMod but I can only find guides for the normal HTC One S. However, it is a One S VilleC2. As far as I know, flashing the wrong ROM could brick my phone.

Well, I was able to find exactly one guide but I would have needed the HTC Sync Manager which I cannot install because the installation gives me a Blue Screen of Death on windows 8.1... So I'd need a guide that works without the Sync Manager (Windows 8.1 or Linux - Linux preferred).

Unfortunately I'm completely new to rooting Android and don't know what to pay attention to while doing so.


texts: How to use a custom notification sound in gmail when email received from a specific contact

texts: I am a volunteer firefighter and when we get an alarm, I receive an email from a specific address.  I would like to be able to change the notification sound the gmail android app uses when any email from this address is received.  I believe there used to be a way to configure a label in gmail and set a custom notification sound for that label, but that feature seems to have been removed in more recent versions of android.  Is there any way to do this with the current gmail app?


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(OnePlus7 Pro, Android 11, everything updated)
Hi,
My camera doesn't work in any application (apart from the default camera app). E.g. in WhatsApp, I can't take pictures directly from the app or I can not use Snapchat etc. at all.
Snapchat says: "Snapchat was unable to open the camera. You may need to restart the application or your device)
In WhatsApp, I just get a grey screen, when I open the camera.
When I open the default camera app, everything works perfectly fine. No other app can access the camera though.
I already tried:
deleting app cache, deleting app data, restarting app, reinstalling app, safe mode (still didn't work), rebooting
Possible reason: I was using "Camera Block Pro" which blocks the camera in software in order to not enable spying. I already uninstalled this app.
What I couldn't try: I couldn't try to remove the battery and keep it removed for some time for a soft reset, because the battery is not easily accessible. (OnePlus 7 Pro)
Thank you in advance for any help!


texts: if my phone shuts down, does my google incognito tabs stay up?

texts: My phone received water damage and I had some stuff up that i don't want my parents to see if they manage to make it working again? Do my tabs stay open or do they close?


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Recently, I tried to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab E T-560 and I was unsuccessful. This is the first device I tried to root so I do not have much knowledge about this topic. I decided to root the tablet because the tablet stuck on Android 4.4 and I cannot launch many apps from the Play store.
I followed one tutorial which was specifically for this tablet. First I installed USB Drivers on my notebook, installed software Odin3 v3.14.4, and downloaded Samsung Auto-Root pack and unpacked files.
On the tablet, I opened Settings, enabled Developer settings, and turned on OEM LOCK. Then I opened the Odin software and with the AP button, I selected a file with .md5 extension (CF-Auto-Root-s5neolte-s5neoltex-smg903f.tar.md5). Next, I turned my tablet into download mode and connect it to my notebook with a USB cable. Last, I pressed the Start button, and after some time rooting failed.
Now my device is bricked and it stuck on the screen with the message:

"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in
Kies & try again."

Can someone please tell me if I can unbrick my device and what I did wrong? I suppose that I chose the wrong .md5 file but unfortunately, I believed what the tutorial says.


texts: Can't update android 4.4 to 4.4.2 on nexus 7 2012

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I have a rooted nexus 7 running android KitKat 4.4.
On my notification bar there is an update message to make o.s 4.4.2 , when I click on it to install the update, it restarts the tablet and the screen says installing the update, after 2 minutes the screen says the message "install error" and it forces me to restart the device.

The o.s doesn't update and notification stays on top.

I installed twrp and through that I tried updating the device but that didn't work either.

Is there any solution to this problem?


texts: Is there a way to set the maximum total cache size?

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The cache on my device (Samsung Galaxy S5, unrooted!) grows very quickly. Is there a way to just set the maximum allowed system-wide cache size?

My device always restarts (and takes a while restarting too!) whenever I manually clear the whole cache.

Edit: I have an external 128GB SD card too but S5 only treats it as a simple mount, not as an automatic extension of regular device storage (16GB capacity!)


texts: Is it possible to share a VPN connection over WiFi Hotspot?

texts: I have an S8 And a Nintendo switch, The switch doesn't support VPNs. Is it possible to share the VPN Connection to my Nintendo switch over hotspot? My PC Can already do this but I want to play outside!


texts: Error while installing APK without Play Store

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I've downloaded some app* from the play store via the bluestacks emulator and then copied the apk off the emulated system to my android phone. But when I want to install it, I'll get an error which correspodends to the code 'INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY'.

Note: On my phone (GT-I9195) I'm running CM without gapps.

My guess is that the app is using libraries which are provided by the gapps.

Does anybody know how to fix this or another way to install apps from the play store without gapps?

*https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.hafas.android.db


texts: Can I use an Android OS card on the new Nook Tablet?

texts: I am debating between purchasing the Kindle Fire or the Nook Tablet for my son.  My main concern with the Kindle is the limited memory.  I love the fact that the Nook has the slot for an SD card.  However, I've noticed that the prices on many of the games and such on the B&N Nook store are much more than those on Kindle.  I read somewhere that there is an Android OS card that can go into the Nook MicroSD slot to make it a full Android tablet.  Is this true?  Where would I get this card and how much is it?  (I'm really totally new to this... sorry).  Would this mean that I would be able to go to any Android App store and download games and such from there?  Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!


texts:
I have an old Tracfone LG L33L and have discontinued service on it.  I can access it with USB or wifi.  And there are memo files on it that I was planning on pulling off via USB.  I can't find them.
How to I find and then transfer those files to my laptop?  Or will they even be readable, if I can find them?
I added a memo file and then searched for files created today, and nothing was found.  I searched by file name, and found nothing.  I'm looking in Internal Storage, which is all I see when connected via USB.


texts: LG L3 : difference between system memory and internal memory

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I'm using LG L3 E405, and when I see memory usage in App Manager. I see there three sections: First is system memory (just about 200M), second is internal memory (1 GB) and last is my sd card (8GB).

I know difference between internal memory (is internal sd card) and normal sd card. But I don't know purpose of system memory. It's too low, and often applications are installed to there. After install, I must move those apps again to internal memory, but not all I can do this.

Please help me figure out this point.


texts: Picasa photos in gallery don't show up in photos app or google+ photos

texts: I have some photos that show up in gallery>picasa, but not in the photos app. I know these photos were downloaded pictures from a previous phone, off a received email I believe. I may or may not have deleted them before on the google+ photos list on the web. After switching to a new phone with the same SD card, they are still there, unable to delete in gallery because they supposedly come from picasa web. Please help.


texts: How to install Magictricks from recovery mode?

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I am trying to root my old OPPO F1s following the tutorial on this link.

I am stuck on step two of rooting using fastboot.
When I enter the recovery mode and try to install the Magictricks.zip in my phone storage, it gives me the error message saying installation failed.
I also tried many other tutorials providing different packages and each time I try to install them using recovery mode it just always fails.
Currently, I haven't done anything that I can think of that may result in this failed installation cycle.

Any Idea how to install .zip on Oppo phones in recovery mode?

Also, I can't see SD card option in recovery mode while installing files.How can I get that as in most of the online tutorials and demos people do get this option?
My phone configurations:
Model: Oppo f1s A1601
Ram: 3GB
Android: 6.0
and enough space in both SD card and phone internal.


texts: How can I stop my phone from thinking it's connected to a computer?

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I plugged my phone into my TV's USB port hoping to play video from my phone on the TV. This was not successful. It's been about 4 days since I disconnected from the TV and it still thinks it's connected.
I have turned the phone off and on, it may go away for a little while but keeps coming back. The top left status bar will have 2 arrows spinning in a cirle and when I drag downwards to see my notifications I see this:

MTP service status:
Connected to computer

Any ideas?
My phone is an HTC Incredible 2 running Android 2.3.3.


texts: Stable Android version with a gallery for Nexus 7 2013

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So I got a Nexus 7 2013 tablet recently for my sister. Upgraded it to Android 6.01 (which is the last OTA upgrade available). My sister didn't like it for the reason that there is no Gallery. She was a heavy Gallery user in her earlier tablet. Other than that it worked fine for a few weeks. Yesterday, it went into the circles loop - https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/03/92/2703922d465e0d968762093b2c1443df.gif - this animation kept going on & on & on - in between it would say updating app 16 of 16 & then again the animation starts again.

I am thinking of doing a factory reset - I assume factory reset would take it back to the 4.x version it came with. Post that I want to upgrade it again but to some version lower than 6.01.

Which is a good stable version before 6.01 which also has the gallery which I can update to?


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I've never rooted android before, as I considered it too risky for the device I'm actually using, but I just realized I have an older android phone (a GT-I5800) sitting around, so I thought I might as well make use of it. So I have been searching around for what I could do with it, but most questions ask this from the perspective of actually having a phone you use for calling people, so I thought it might help me, if I asked what people would recommend for me.

My perspective: I'm a PhD student in physics, I work on Ubuntu on my laptop, and various linux distros on large university clusters, I have a Galaxy Note 10.1 tab and a Galaxy S advance beside the above mentioned gt I5800, I can code in python and c++.

What I would be interested in (and anything else that might come to the mind of those more at home in the subject):

being able to access it through wireless to run stuff from my other android and laptop (ssh?)
having on OS on it, that does the bare minimum needed to access all the devices on the phone (turning them on or off too) and to run code (if possibly retaining the ability to use it as phone, i.e. dualboot, or some thing that has a minimum running mode and an "I'm a phone now" mode)
using it as a mini server
anything that seems like fun from a geeky point of view:)


texts: Sony Live With The Walkman : Phone is restarting continuously

texts: I have a problem with my Sony Live With The WalkMan phone, it has Android 4.0 (ICS) and was working well before last week, the problem started a week before when I tried turning on my phone's Bluetooth. When I turn it on, my phone just restarts, and the things happened around 10 times and stopped. Again I turned my phone on and then everything was normal until I found that my Bluetooth is showing me "Turning on.." and I just couldn't turn it off, so I restarted the phone again, and now its starting and restarting continuously!  I don't know what's wrong with the Bluetooth and my phone? Does anyone have any idea?


texts: Certain "core" apps lost access to media files

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At some point in time (about a week ago) something happened to my Motorola Moto Z2 Play / Android 8.0 that caused my base apps to not have access to my media files (i.e. audio, photos etc.).
Examples:

all my custom ringtones (i.e. based on my own media files) were reset to default sound:

Contact apps reset custom ringtones for contacts to default one,
Alarms & Clock app reset custom alarm tone to default one,
SMS (Messages) app reset custom message notification tone to default one,
system-wide default notification tone (set by me to custom) was reset as well,
system-wide default ringtone (set by me to custom one) was reset,

I cannot pick a photo for a contact because my contacts app keeps saying: "No pictures are available on the device".

While first situation is resolved. I see my custom ringtone files in the list and I can go through my contacts and assign them again. But second situation is not resolved. I see this error all the time and I cannot change any contact's photo.
This is verified as not a bug (tested three different contacts-like applications and all of them shows exactly the same message, when trying to change contact's photo). But still, it seems that problem is limited to contacts-related apps only. Other apps still has read and write access to my custom files.
For example: :

(read) I can pick any photo or other custom file and attach it to an e-mail, send it as MMS or share it in any other way or
(read) upload it to OneDrive or Google Drive etc. or
(write) my Camera app is still able to make new photos and store them in "DCIM" or
(write) my sound recorder is able to record sound and write audio files.

The only thing that has changed on my phone recently and that I suspect as the cause of above metioned situation was Android 7.1.2 --> Android 8.0.0 update.
Is there anything I can do (since replacing contacts app didn't resolve the situation) or check in this case? Or resetting the phone to factory defaults is the only option that I am left with?
EDIT: I have cleared cache and data of media app, as suggested in comment. It didn't help.


texts: How can I retrieve home screen icons after I delete them?

texts: I accidentally put all my wifi/gprs/etc icons in the trash can. How can I retrieve them? I'm using Android 2.1.


texts: How can I uninstall this app which keeps getting reinstalled?

texts:
Hello I'm running android 4.2 Samsung rooted. There is an app which always appears on my data/app folder and always runs at start-up. When I go to app manager I can uninstall it however the next time I reboot it's still there. I cannot change its permission and I suspect it's malware since it's not in system/app folder I do not consider it a system app.
How can I get it off my android system? It always reinstalls during reboot.


texts: Turn off GPS, when the mobile is switched on

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When ever my mobile is switched on/restarted GPS is automatically enabled. Is there a way to turn it off till the time its explicitly enabled?
Is this because of any of the third party apps?

Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Jellybean 4.1.2


texts: How do I cancel password request on my lock screen?

texts: I have tried using the security features using Device Manager on my Hudl 2 to Sony Xperia E1 running 4.4.2 KitKat. When I tried the lock feature, it made my phone ask for the password, but is there now anyway to stop that as it is a pain every time my screen locks? I have tried settings - security - screen lock but the none option is greyed out. I have also tried the "clear credentials" option, but no change.


texts: Why my Android 5.1 MEDION E4506 smartphone fails to detect BLE smart band?

texts:
Why my Android 5.1 MEDION E4506 smartphone fails to detect BLE smart band ?
from
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth-le
"Android 4.3 (API level 18) introduced built-in platform support for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) in the central role and provides APIs that apps can use to discover devices, query for services, and transmit information.
and next
"Set up BLE
Before your application can communicate over BLE, you need to verify that BLE is supported on the device, and if so, ensure that it is enabled. Note that this check is only necessary if <uses-feature.../> is set to false.
If BLE is not supported, then you should gracefully disable any BLE features. If BLE is supported, but disabled, then you can request that the user enable Bluetooth without leaving your application.
I have installed Lefun Health, Yoho Sports, which should work with my BLE smart band.
Unfortunately, my smartphone, installed apps fails to discover my smart band.
I have bluetooth enabled in smartphone and smart band is not discovered.
Since my ffriend, using iPhone succeeded to connect to my smart band, so it looks BLE is enabled and on
Are you aware of any BLE service generic app to detect, where is the problem ?
My smartphone is MEDION E4506 (Lenovo, so Android 5.1 should support BLE, so let me know what fails
and do I really need to get a newer smartphone ?
similar question
Detect Android device from BLE device (How bluetooth works ?)
thank you


texts: Changing the input language of physical keyboard on Android TV box

texts:
I have an Android box TV with Android 9.0, and I would like to add a physical keyboard, but there's no option for that. When I press the "manage keyboard" option, it shows what's in the picture.

I have a Microsoft keyboard connected with a USB adapter WiFi to the box. When I want to write in Portuguese, the physical keyboard it's in another language, but the on-screen keyboard is in Portuguese.


texts: My cellphone Galaxy S4 fell out of my pockets, bottom lights turn on but my screen is black, if i shut it down and turn back on, can see the Samsung logo fade, is it possible to open my phone by using my pc, whatsapp, sms


texts: So, I've tried flashing CMW a few times with different files, etc. ODIN says that the flashing was a success, and according to ROM Manager, it's installed. However, when I hold volume up and power and home to boot to CWM, it just boots to the Samsung recovery. ROM Manager also says I have TWRP installed. My phone is not rooted. Could that be why? If no, why isn''t it working


texts:
I am using connectify + proxy droid, yet only proxydroid seems to connect to the internet, while nothing else works.

Proxydroid connects in the sense that, it loads ads.

Nothing else works.

I'm rooted.

Is there any alternative way to set system wide proxy access? Nothing seems to be working. I tried autoproxy also.

Help.


texts: Problem with updating CyanogenMod - Phone will no finish booting up

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TL;DR Updated CyanogenMOD with ROM Manager and when it rebooted it is stuck on this screen:

I have an EVO with cyanogen 7. The ROM Manager app notified me of of an update. I clicked through everything to proceed with the update and everything seemed to be going fine; it shutdown, started back up, then showed a screen with a lot of text and an Installation Progress bar. Once that finished, it rebooted, showing the initial white EVO 4G screen. It then goes the screen above where it has been stuck for more then half hour (the blue arrow is still circling in the circle).

Does anyone have any suggestions on what went wrong and what I can do to fix it?


texts: How to make bind-mounted (mount -o bind) folders visible for non-root users?

texts:
I want to mount-bind an app data folder in /data/data/... to a user subfolder in order to automatically synchronize the contents for backup purposes. As root I use the following command:

mount -o bind /data/data/org.blabla.app/database/ /storage/emulated/0/blabla_database

The command seems to work and I can access the files in the mounted folder as long as I am root. However, as soon as I exit root, the files become invisible and the bind-mounted folder is empty.

How can I make the files visible for non-root users so that my sync app can access the files for backup?


texts: Google took me to this site. Gmail app download button is opaque. Apparently sdcard/Downloads is the plaCe to look. Download exists on my Sony tablet but does not include the file I "downloaded". is it just a typo by your colleague? Anywhere this stuff is documented? We shouldn't just have to guess. Makes me nostalgic for Windows or old bog-standard Unix!


texts: Is there an app like Touchwiz Blocking Mode?

texts:
I have a Galaxy Nexus and I want the features of Touchwiz Blocking Mode.

I have done lots of googling but can find only spam call and text blockers.

I want this functionality to block all communications while I sleep except from my fiancee. So basically flight mode but with an exception for one contact.


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I am considering a new phone and right now my choice is between iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S3. I'm not overly concerned about apps since most of the stuff I use is available for both environments. I like the Samsung for its larger screen (4.8" vs. 3.5") because I use the phone to read email and web sites quite often, but I use a Mac at home and so I'm a little worried about connectivity / compatibility.

What I'm looking for is a worry-free, as automated as possible, solution to the following questions. I'm not afraid of spending some time setting stuff up, but after that it has to work reliably and automatically. I don't want to spend half an hour daily to manually connect USB cables, copy or convert files and sort out duplicates.

If there are third party apps that do all or most of this (e.g. SyncMate, MissingSync, etc) that you have personal experience with, please share it. I know these apps exist, but I don't know how they perform in practice, and they don't say whether the Galaxy S3 is supported (yet).

Calendar sync: AFAIK, works if you sync iCal to Google and Android to Google. Right?
a) How about multiple calendars?
b) How about recurring events?
c) How about reminders, notes attachments to events?
d) How about multiple participants and their acceptance / refusal replies?
EMail sync: I do not use GMail and don't plan to, mainly because I run my own mail server which can do IMAP. Is it possible to use your own IMAP service under Android, without losing any other functionality?
Contacts sync: The most important feature (this is what brought me to get an iPhone originally). Has to be 100% reliable, I have >500 contacts in OSX's Address Book, all with multiple phone numbers, addresses, photos, and notes. Is it correct that you can only sync your Android address book with Google if you use GMail for your email?
Data backup: ITunes takes care of backing up your whole iPhone setup when syncing so you can restore everything to a new device when necessary with a single mouse click. Also, there are apps that can restore and extract infos (like SMS, addresses, etc) from the backups on your Mac. How does the Galaxy, or Android in general, handle backup of data, apps, settings and the like?
Tethering: When I'm on the road I want to go online with my Macbook using the phone. With my iPhone 3G, this works beautifully. How does Android handle tethering and is it usable with OS X?
Notes and todo sync: Is there anything that can sync with the default Mac Note and Todo list or suitable third party apps?

Any other things I might miss when switching from iPhone to Android that I might have missed?


texts:
I'm trying to figure out how to set items to individually auto sync.

On the HTC M8 under accounts & sync in both 4.4 and 5.0, I noticed I cannot select items to auto-sync individually. I can only manually sync individual items when I have auto-sync turned off. If I turn on auto-sync, it automatically wants to sync everything under those accounts and Google account which is what I do not want.

I only want certain things under these specific accounts to auto-sync. For instance, all I use is Gmail and Google Play Music. I do not want anything else on my phone to sync to Google, but I can't figure this out since it doesn't ask what I want synced before adding an account.

I know in older versions of android, it always asked what I wanted to have auto-synced and what I didn't when adding the account. I could also go in that account under settings and select what I wanted to auto-sync before turning on the phones sync.

How can I get around everything trying to sync at first, if I cannot even choose what I want to sync when adding a Google account?

I've even tried sighing into these separately instead of adding the main Google account through accounts & sync. It still does the exact same thing and it adds everything from my Google account ready to be synced as soon as I turn on the phones auto-sync.


texts: How to fix crashes on "Checking info" screen when trying to add a Google account?

texts:
I had to remove my Google account to sign out of Gmail, but when I try to log back in I see this screen and then it crashes:

Without this, my Keep, Gmail and even Play Store isn't working and I'm unable to sign into YouTube.

I've tried restarting my phone, clearing app data for all Google apps. I thought this was a Google Play Services problem, so I tried to update it by installing via the latest APK but it always says that "the package is corrupt"

This started when my Gmail app started crashing out of the blue. I tried restarting my phone which didn't help, so I thought I'd sign out and sign back in.

I'm using Android 7 on Redmi Note 4


texts: What is the support timeline for Google Play System Updates (GPSU) from Project Mainline?

texts:
Since Android 9 more and more core components can be updated by Google by the Google Play System Updates (GPSU) that come from Project Mainline (https://www.xda-developers.com/android-project-mainline-modules-explanation/)
Do you know how long Google will provides these updates? I hope that there will be updates even after the phone manufactures have stopped providing the "normal" android (security) updates. If this is the case the updates of the phone manufactures would be less important since you get important updates directly from Google.


texts: ADB driver for Samsung does not respond in remote debugging

texts:
To summarise the situation, I tried all the steps and quirks to make remote debugging work for a Samsung Galaxy S4, and Galaxy A3, the chrome://inspect page never picks up anything, I tried with different data cables and different PCs, finally, when I tried with a Huawei mobile, it immediately picked up.

The ADB device in Device Manager does not seem to have any issues, it shows under group: Samsung Android Phone

Huawei on the other hand installed Universal Serial Bus devices > ADB interface, which is never active while connecting the Samsung.

What is so different about Samsung? What else does it need?


texts: Can apps with Baidu Web Push work on non-Chinese devices out-of-the-box?

texts:
For our client, we are developing an application where the majority of the users are located in Mainland China and we need to support push notifications for this group. Since Google and GCM (Google Cloud Messaging) is blocked in China, we are looking to implement Baidu Web Push.
In the Amazon documentation, handling Push Notifications from Baidu Cloud Push, they state the following:

Install your app on to a Baidu-enabled device and capture the generated device token.

Is Baidu Web Push only supported on certain Chinese devices? GCM requires the Google Play Services to be installed and we are wondering if Baidu needs something similar?


texts: How to delete a notebook in Evernote for Android?

texts: I accidentally create a duplicate notebooks using Evernote app. I want to delete one of them. When I open my Notebook list, the options that I can see are just 'rename notebook', 'move to new stack' and 'sharing setting'.  where can I find 'delete' option?


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I have a galaxy ace s5830i .I have done rooting and linking the sdcard after partitioning .But in the beginning it was working fine from few days back when i downloaded  apps and link it to the (ext2) sdcard,it shows me the that it has got linked.But the internal phone memory(i.e just 180 MB approx) decreases .also i have tried remounting the script and relinking the new installed apps but still not able to solve..
.please help me solve this problem.


texts: Does turning off the "Show notifications" settings for apps improve battery life?

texts:
I recently found that there is a "Show notifications" settings for individual app in my HTC One X. I have turned it off for some applications like Subway Surfers (which tries to sell me coins in notifications).

Will disabling notifications improve my battery life? How does Android handle if notifications are turned off for a particular app - does it only hide notifications from notification bar or it really does not allow the app to create any notifications in first place (so in this case I presume that it would save battery life)?


texts: Transferring data (contacts, SMS, call log(s), browser history, application data) from rooted phone

texts:
My understanding is that, even with access to the filesystem exported over USB, one still does not have access to SMS data, for example. I have a phone that needs to be sent back to my insurance company (the screen broke and I received a replacement), but it is important that I get the data off of the phone, mainly so that I don't lose it.

I've tried a recommended app for saving SMS data on the filesystem with no luck (its output was garbage). Is it impossible to just dump the phone's internal storage, or wherever such things reside, to an external medium for later analysis/extraction?


texts: NVIDIA SHIELD tablet, how do I return to 4.4 KitKat from Lollipop?

texts:
I mistakenly installed 5.0 Lollipop on my NVIDIA SHIELD tablet, and I hate it. Is there a way to revert back to KitKat? I've tried finding a way, but no luck so far.

This was the original post:
Downgrade nVidia Shield to Android 4.4 KitKat

StackExchange doesn't let me comment or reply to this question because I don't have enough reputation... so I am forced to create a duplicate.


texts:
I have been trying to flash GSI (Havoc) rom to my Doogee N20 pro. Unfortunately something went wrong and i found myslelf in boot loop without any possibility to enter any mode with any key combination.
Only thing which helped me was (format and download) rom with SP Flash tool. Unfortunately i have not created backup before so i had to download stock rom for my device.
After flashing stock rom downloaded from internet iam stuck with annoying red message  appearing on my screen:
Tee key not write  Gooogle key not write.
i have tried several methods to remove it:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/doogee-n20-tee-key-not-write-google-key-not-write-message.4071039/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/ulefone-power-3s-problem.3794521/#post-77513923
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cj491Mz-Qc&ab_channel=JamietheTechGeek
Removing the Chinese text "未写入google key和tee key" watermark on the screen
and pretty much everything else i could find on google and youtube but none of that helped me to ged rid of that "red overlay"
which led me in to learning about nvram, and missing IMEI.
i have managed to write back IMEI via SN Writer however i could not find over entire internet Attestation key/google key/tee key  for my Doogee N20 pro:
which was part of the solution for removing Tee/Google key problem.
It supposed to be in downloaded stock rom but all i could find there was this:
logo.bin, logo-verified.bin, preloader930.bin

Is here any good soul which can point me out to that key, have link, extract it from his Doogee N20pro?

Is here any doogee N20pro owner which can extract nvram and upload it for me somewhere?
https://romprovider.com/backup-nvram-mediatek-mt67xx/

if somebody have solution to simply remove TEE/Google key message from Doogee N20pro - that would be sufficient and i would not bother to try 1. and 2.However my bluetooth is not working so probably 1 and 2 would be best.

Best regards Michael


texts: Without switching on, charger lights turns ON when phone gets connected?

texts:
It's kinda bad day today as i dropped my phone into a water for 5 sec. Phone turned on & I tried to clean it.

Since the battery gets low, i plugged the charger cable to my phone. Without switching ON the charger, the light turns ON in Charger but the truth is i didn't switched ON.

What issue is this? Is my phone discharges the battery when something gets connected without Turning ON anything? Also, i can't charge the battery. Please help!


texts: Myy phone model is HTC desire 526 g plus.when I rang called it from another phone  in showed ring is going but on the phone message appeared,"Unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped. Very confused. I remember I installed an app call name announcer. First it worked but after few minutes this problem has risen.NEED UR HELP pls do reply


texts: can I connect Samsung Galaxy M21 Android smartphone to external monitor or TV?

texts: Is it possible to connect Samsung Galaxy M21 Android smartphone to external monitor or TV? I would like to use apps from my phone (specifically: MS Teams) on a big screen. I know that Galaxy M21 does not support MHL, but maybe there is some other way of connecting a phone to an external monitor?


texts: How to stop Vlingo Voice Talk coming up on double-tapping?

texts:
Maybe my home button is getting a bit bouncy but I'm getting this annoying app constantly coming up, blasting out "What would you like do". O/S 2.3.5.

Is there a way of reconfiguring double-tap or disabling this app without going a custom ROM?


texts: Does Android support the external USB devices?

texts: Does Android support the external USB devices like PC keyboard, joystick, camera or other devices that can be connected to the PC? If so, then do I need some additional software, or is it enough to connect external device via Standard/Micro USB adapter?


texts: How to avoid application autostart when a usbdrive is plugged to tablet

texts:
When I plug a USB drive to my Samsung tablet (using USB connection kit), my Android 4.0.4 automatically starts the Archive application, in order to see which is the content of the pen drive. The same happens with an application that I wrote, Android popup a message to match plugged device with my application.
Is it possible to avoid this autostart? How?
Thanks


texts: I am a relatively new tasked user and need a little help. I installed the AutoShortcut plugin to allow Tasker to expand my notifications through the nova shortcut. I would like to have tasker expand the notification bar once on the launch of a certain app, then wait until the app is closed. However, with a simple launch app>expand notifications>stop task, the notification bar will continue to drop down over and over because the app is still open. How can I configure tasker to expans the notifications only ONCE, and then not again until the app has closed?


texts:
Just bought myself a Desire C, pretty decent as far as I've played around with it, but I have a problem with WiFi (this is pretty much the case with all my phones). I can't connect to home network by any means. The network though is totally fine because my pc (from which I type this) is connected, my laptop can connect, my other pc can connect and my old HTC Wildfire (the original one) can connect totally fine. I have searched the web for about 4 hours now to no avail. All I can do is ask here for some solution. I will try to get (in a pirate-like way somehow) the WiFi fixer programs to my phone from my pc but still this is not sure to work, so I expect some help.

Now for the specs of the whole network problem:

Device: HTC Desire C (obviously) using Android 4.0.3 (out-of-the-box)

Router: Netgear DG834G v5 (if you want to ask anything about config, do so)

Router protection type: WPA2 PSK (that's what my phone tells me, I will go with this)

Notes:

I have an HTC Wildfire that can connect to the very same connection and a couple of Windows 7 machines that can do so as well.
I used to have the exact same problem with my previous device (Samsung Galaxy Ace rooted with SanGingerAce) but assumed it was the root config as a friend told me, so did not bother. Said device couls connect totally fine in any other network it has been (including the one of th university I am in), which I will try on my phone tomorrow if that makes any difference).


texts: Possible to restore phone-only contacts from PC backup?

texts: I have a Samsung S4 which I did factory reset on, after backing up my data to my PC via USB.  I grabbed everything off the "phone" and "card" directories and backed up to an external drive on my PC.  I assumed that this would be enough to protect my data, but it looks like the phone-only contacts (not the ones synced with Google) are no longer available. (I didn't have Verizon backup assistant turned on lately enough to catch the contacts.) I've read that there should have been a db file in one of the directories, but I don't see anything like that in what I backed up.  Someone else wrote that I needed "root" to get to those files, but wouldn't those files have come through the USB backup?  Any help would be appreciated, thanks.


texts: how can i acces files on my pc remotely from my android?

texts: i want to get files from my windows vista pc directly to my phone. i dont want remote control like i get from teamviewer. there are people using the computer while i am using my cell phone and i need to acces certain files without bothering them. also i want to gain aces to the entire hdd without any permision. something similar to wifi file explorer but from pc to phone. something like airstream (for some reason it doesnt work on my pc).it doesnt have to be free dont mind to spend a few dollars. and i DONT want a external server to contain all my files like mega or dropbox. Also it would be good to have an opsion to do it offline, or only being conected to the router since i need to moove farely big files too.  any ideas??


texts: What is the meaning of the set of Play Store icons at the top of the screen?

texts: Why are there a set of Google Play Store icons at the top of an Android (Nexus 10) screen?  What do they mean?


texts:
I don't know what's changed and I cannot figure out how to set it up but my S2 no longer lets me swear.

I have to manually type in the words every time, it doesn't seem to be updating any dictionaries anymore, it used to just fine before the update to Jelly Bean.

My default keyboard is Swype.

No matter what I do checking Swypes dictionary is always "(empty)"


texts:
tl;dr: After 2+ months of using my Kodi 18.1 started to get a complete wako, by playing different movie than description, image, scoring etc. says. For example, it plays "The Hunt for the Red October" when I select "Zootopia".

Tried everything (rebuilding library, removing and adding the source), all for nothing.

My SMB/FTP server structure:

Movies:

Animated
Drama
Political
...

I have added two sources to my Kodi 18.1:

"Animated" --> SMB/Movies/Animated,
"Movies" --> SMB/Movies.

So, in fact, all animated movies can be listed / accessible through both sources (if that matters).

Now, in Kodi I am selecting first source ("Animated") and browse to the end of list ("Zootopia"). I see everything perfectly: description, movie poster, ratings, year, actors everything is correct.

The only problem is that when I start playing it, "The Hunt for the Red October" plays.

This problem occurs for most of the database entries in the "Animated" source (but not for all). For example "Jason Bourne" places when "Shrek" is excepted etc.

"Animated" folder in SMB/FTP is accessible both through "Animated" and "Movies" source in Kodi, but not the otherwise. I.e., if you open up the "Animated" source in Kodi, no movies from i.e. "Drama", "Political", "Action" etc. folders in SMB/FTP are accessible AFAIK.

And yet, Kodi gets wako and plays movies from different source than use is actually browsing.

Filenames are "purified" manually by me and files are named matching patterns "English title (Year)" exactly. So there is no way Kodi can get confused:

it claims that it is going to play movie "Zootopia (2006)" in "Animated",
it actually plays file SMB/Political/The Hunt for the Red October (1992).mp4.

I have tried everything that came to my mind. I have cleared the database (but this seems to be only deleting references to non-existing files, it does not recreate / verify references to existing files). I have removed "Animated" source and added it again. I have used "Look for a new content"-like options. All for nothing.

I have noticed that after removing the source and adding it back, Kodi still keeps information on what was watch and upon which time watching of given movie stop, i.e. still offers to "restart" watching from given position. So, it clearly suggests that removing and adding the same source again does not clear any cache or stuff like this.

Any idea what I can do in this situation except for throwing Kodi to hell and start looking for some alternative player for my Android-TV home player?


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I am trying to install this certificate on a Google Nexus 7 tablet.

I have copied the certificate file (from Win7x64) onto its internal storage and opened it in a file manager to install it. This procedure worked for the previous (now expired) version of the certificate (which I have removed on the device before attempting to install the new one).

However, for this new certificate, the following message appears:

  Couldn't install because the certificate file couldn't be read.

The same file could be installed flawlessly into various certificate stores on the computer that I connected the tablet to (hence, the downloaded file is not corrupted). I copied the file several times to the tablet and tried again, always with the same result (hence, the copied file is most probably not corrupted, either).

The tablet had Android 4.4.4 at first, then I upgraded to Android 5.0.2. I am getting the same error message on both systems.

The administrators reponsible for providing the certificate had not received any such reports so far, and the certificate seemed to install flawlessly for other people on Android devices of different types.

I could not find many related issues on the web; googling for the error message quickly led to the localization resource files that specify that message (usually a bad sign with respect to frequency of users out there to encounter an error message). The most promising links still seem to be dead-ends:

The error message is mentioned in a Forum post, but the only reaction to it seems to be hmm...not really sure what that is. I'll look into it though (from December 2013). I couldn't find any follow-up to that issue, and the rest of the thread appears to be unrelated chatter.
There is an open SO question citing the same message (though referring to something called "Android Moto G") from March 2014, but no-one has provided an answer so far.

Hence, my questions are:

What issue does the error message actually point to?
How can I install the certificate file?

EDIT: Here is the log output of what happens when I try to open the certificate in a file manager app on the device:

I/ActivityManager(  540): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.VIEW dat=file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/infcacert.crt typ=application/x-x509-ca-cert flg=0x10000000 cmp=com.android.certinstaller/.CertInstallerMain} from uid 10083 on display 0

E/ActivityManager(  540): Invalid thumbnail dimensions: 720x720

I/ActivityManager(  540): Start proc com.android.certinstaller for activity com.android.certinstaller/.CertInstallerMain: pid=11644 uid=10008 gids={50008, 9997} abi=armeabi-v7a

E/CertInstaller(11644): Failed to read certificate: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Download/infcacert.crt: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

D/OpenGLRenderer(11644): Render dirty regions requested: true

D/Atlas   (11644): Validating map...

I/Adreno-EGL(11644): <qeglDrvAPI_eglInitialize:410>: QUALCOMM Build: 10/28/14, c33033c, Ia6306ec328

I/OpenGLRenderer(11644): Initialized EGL, version 1.4

D/OpenGLRenderer(11644): Enabling debug mode 0

I/ActivityManager(  540): Displayed com.android.certinstaller/.CertInstallerMain: +362ms (total +453ms)

V/RenderScript(11644): Application requested CPU execution

V/RenderScript(11644): 0xa330c400 Launching thread(s), CPUs 4

D/TaskPersister(  540): removeObsoleteFile: deleting file=7_task.xml

D/TaskPersister(  540): removeObsoleteFile: deleting file=7_task_thumbnail.png

The crucial part of which seems to be java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Download/infcacert.crt: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied). I do not understand this message - I have successfully copied and opened other files to the device the very same way as I did now with the certificate file. Moreover, how would I even set these file permissions appropriately when copying them to the device via Windows Explorer?


texts: So, I am looking into getting devices with a custom app pre-installed from factory on the system image in a "device as a service" scenario. I am specifically interested in the app having system privileges without rooting the device. From some initial research, I believe solutions like Knox (MDMs) would not be able to cover this. What kind of solution would this be? What is the correct industry terminology here?


texts: Ringer not ringing when phone call comes through

texts:
I have a Nexus 6 running the latest version available to it (5.1.1). All of a sudden, a few days ago, the ringer has stopped ringing when I receive a phone call. I have the volume turned all the way up, and when I listen to the sample ringtone in the settings screen, it's audible.

I'm sure I must have accidentally changed something, but have no idea what. Any ideas?


texts: How do I disable the bootup sound on (TMO) Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge?

texts: I have a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge that I would like to disable the bootup T-Mobile 'jingle'.  How do I disable this?


texts: Does AVG have any features that Lookout doesn't have, or vice versa?

texts:
I'm trying to decide which antivirus/malware protection I should use on my android phone.

It looks like the best options are either Lookout or AVG.  Where can I find a list of features that the one has and the other doesn't, or vice versa?


texts: Recover Android 9,0 SC9863A Octa Core system?

texts:
I just bought a Xiaomi Qin 2 Pro, took out the SIM Card  of my old Samsung, put it in the new one and it works  perfect. On my PC appears a site of Google and asked, if I would like to delete the old Samsung Phone? I pressed the button „Yes“. Later  understand this was a huge mistake. Since, the new Xiaomi  starts and ask for the PIN but dose´nt accept any PIN or PUK.
Is there any chance to recover the Android  9,0 SC9863A Octa Core system?
Thanks.    Sammy


texts: flashing twrp on lg g4 no error, but no twrp

texts:
I'm trying to flash twrp to my lg g4. I've reached the part where I run

fastboot flash recovery twrp.img

And everything seems to work fine, but when I try to enter recovery mode, I get the default lg recovery (restore factory mode options) and not twrp.
Here's what it prints out when I run the flash command:

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (32060 KB)...
OKAY [  0.827s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.341s]
finished. total time: 1.168s

What am I doing wrong?
I tried doing it from a different computer and tried flashing older version of twrp.


texts: How to unbrick phone when both recovery and system are abcent?

texts: I have Lenovo A328 phone, after trying to upgrade to cyanogen it has no system and no recovery, when turning it on there is only loading screen. ADB asks to authorize the phone, but no dialog appears on the phone's screen.


texts: Folder becomes invalid after trying to create a nameless folder inside it by mistake!

texts:
My first post on stackexchange.
I was trying to change the name of a folder inside another folder in my extsdcard. I cut the name. But unfortunately pressed the rename button before inserting  a new name for the folder. Now the parent folder becomes empty, only a file named "invalid " (0.0 byte) is in it.  Other files & folders are not there.
Is it possible to recover the files?


texts:
So here is my problem: I cant get in to fastboot mode on my wiko tommy 3 android 8.1.0
Here is what I'm doing:
adb and fastboot are installed on pc (windows)
I have developer options and OEM bootloader unlock enabled
In terminal adb devices shows my phone
I enter adb reboot-bootloader but it does not say "fastboot mode" on screen like I have read it is supposed to. It just restarts my phone. ( note I have tried variations like reboot_bootloader; same result).
W
So my question is am I doing it wrong or is fastboot not on this phone. Or is it hidden somehow?


texts:
because i have a small business I get lots of calls, but sometimes I want a day off... so on these days I would like to be able to forward all my calls to my office, BUT allow ONLY my office number to call me in case of an emergency...

so how can I forward all incoming calls to my phone, but exempt a single number so as to allow it to be able to ring thru to my phone?

does the phone have this capability, or is it possible with an app?   Thanks


texts: how to reinstall os in samsung galaxy sII GT1900

texts:
How can i reinstall android 4.4 in Samsung galaxy s2 GT1900.
when i turn on on logo appear and off automatically.
I try odin but it cannot scan id com .


texts: How do I remove the confirmation alert when choosing Silent mode?

texts:
SG2 with ICS 4.0.4: When I long press the power button and choose Silent mode, I get a confirmation alert stating that "Silent mode will be enabled".Then, I get to choose between "OK" or "Cancel", like I'm some clumsy child making bad decisions...

After long pressing the power button, and chosing Silent mode, I think that is one step too many, and it annoys me to have to confirm what I already confirmed that I wanted to do.

How do I remove the confirmation box ?

In a perfect world, I wouldn't have to go trough that extra step, and instead I'd just get a confirmation stating : "Silent mode enabled" or something in that line.


texts: Cell Broadcasts for LG lucid with android 4.0.4

texts: I've looked at the wikipedia article and it is very informative.  But my husband had a Verizon LG Lucid with Android 4.0.4.  NO WHERE can I find a way to adjust the cell broadcasts!  I have a Samsung Galaxy and there is a page to check what kind of emergencies to receive notifications.  I can turn any/all of them off.  What about the LUCID??


texts: How to unlock bootloader on nexus from bootloader/PC command line

texts: I have a nexus 5X phone, which needs a factory reset to fix it's infinite boot loop. The problem is that the bootloader says DEVICE STATE - locked. Is it possible to fix this?


texts: When phone is off and I plug it in to outlet the phone turns on instead of charging

texts:
This might be hardware but I'm not sure so thought I'd ask.

Went to plug in to charger at home last night - noticed it didn't charge. Wake up in the morning though and the battery hadn't dropped (or raised)

At work I have a different charger and same thing seems to be happening.

I powered off my phone though, removed battery, put back in, and plugged in. This is where it gets strange - instead of showing me a large battery charging which is what use to occur it turns on immediately.

I checked Software Updates and everything is up-to-date. It is a Samsung Infuse.

update

WHILE PLUGGED IN:

Entered * # * # 4 6 3 6 # * #* to display battery info:

Battery Status: Not charging
Power plug: Unplugged
Battery level: 63%
Battery scale: 100
Battery health: Good
Battery voltage: 3810 mV
Battery temperature: 28.0 deg C
Time since boot: 11:50


texts: Is there an app for searching installed apps? (Dumb Search alternative)

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I have been a victim of the infamous "let's turn off anything that Apple might have a patent for" aka "dumb search" on the Galaxy S3, and looking for a simple way to return my phone to the 21st century

All I want is ability to find an App quickly and launch it by name, without visually finding the Icon

What I want is a set of features that existed in older versions of Android

In the Apps main screen, have ability to search (currently works only for widgets)
If I find an App, I can press and hold, and it will allow me to place it on any home screen

Use case #1 was removed and replaced by the Google search app, which was as mentioned above downgraded to stop including local search (only shows web results)

Use case #2 was removed and have no workaround, I need to visually find an app to add a shortcut to it

I have searched in the Android Play store for "App Search", but found nothing, should I start writing my own app?


texts: Is there an app or a way to transfer multiple apps to the SD card? It's slow and tedious to just use the "move" button in the app settings.


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I just bought a Fossil Gen 5 Carlyle. Before this, I used a Huawei Watch. I noticed they have a lot of builtin watch faces in common, so this must be builtin to Wear OS. The difference is, the watch faces on the Fossil watch show the Fossil logo, whereas the Huawei Watch doesn’t.

I don’t like having the brand name on my watch face all the time. Can it be removed (while using the builtin watch faces)?


texts: Photo contrast changes right before sharing

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I sometimes share pictures from the Gallery app (Samsung), but just before my sharing options come up, I can very clearly see that it increases the contrast (making it look unnatural). I have tried searching in settings, without any luck. Has anyone found a solution for this?

Samsung Galaxy
Android: 8.1.0
Samsung experience: 9.5


texts: With Android 4.4 (KitKat), my notification icons are always gray. Am I in trouble?

texts: With Android 4.3 and earlier, gray/white signal icons in the notification bar informed about connection trouble concerning the Google Services (see e.g. What does it mean when the connectivity icons in the status bar go white/gray?). If everything was OK, they were either green (before 4.x) or blue (4.0+). Now they seem to be permanently gray/white. Am I in trouble, or did I miss something?


texts: Android Mockup Tool that can read/write balsamiq files

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I've been testing some mockup tools for android but none seems to be able to import balsamiq mockup files. Has anyone found one yet or any converter out there?

I already tried "Mockups.me" and "Mockups for Android"


texts: How to convert and send HD video via SMS?

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I am running stock Android 4.3 and when I use the stock Camera app and record video the file size is huge. The Camera app also has a Record for MMS option that works well but this means I don't have a HD copy of the original footage.

What I would like to do is to record some footage using the stock HD Record mode and then have a "Convert for MMS and send" button.

Is there an app or process that will help me do this?


texts: Deleting unwanted contacts after accidental account sync

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A friend borrowed my phone when they forgot theirs. They had to log into their Gmail to get their contacts to find where they left the phone. When they added their account, it was synced to my phone.

I have deleted the account, but their contacts are still on the phone. I have tried to clear the cache and re-synced the account.

I do not want to do a factory reset unless that is the last resort. Any suggestions or ideas?


texts: How do you root the Samsung Galaxy Player?

texts: How can I root my Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0?


texts: Transfer music files from PC running WinXP to Samsung Galaxy S6

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Android n00b, here.  I finally got my PC to see the folder structure of my S6, but it won't allow me to paste files onto it.  When I go into the Music folder and right-click, the word "Paste" is grayed out.  When I try to drag-n-drop, it won't even let me hover over the S6 peripheral.

I'm doing all this via Windows Explorer, running on a machine with WinXP SP3.  Can someone tell me how to get my MP3's onto my S6?


texts: Backup all installed APK's from phone using ADB

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I have done many reinstalls of my OS on my Android phone in the last few months for various reasons. Every time, the biggest hassle is manually searching, downloading and installing all the apps I had in my previous installation.
I use a degoogled custom rom, downloading apps from F-Droid and Aurora Store, so no Google solutions are acceptable.
What I want, is to have a way to keep on my computer a copy of all the apks of the installed apps of my phone, and have it automatically updated too, so that when the time comes to reformat my phone and install everything all over, I will be able to simply adb install all of the apks in no time, instead of doing it all manually and waiting for them to also be downloaded. Any suggestions for how I can make that happen with existing programs, preferably open source?


texts: Outlook Android no longer synchronizes Office 365 contacts

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As of version 2.2.74 my Android Outlook does not sync any contacts.

The previous version has synced all of my coworkers from Office 365, but after a factory reset my coworker contacts are missing.

There is a setting in the application that shows if I enable contact synchronization and it is set on.

In Accounts and synchronization settings, I have an Outlook type account, and it has the Sync contacts set on and the last sync took place seconds ago.

In the new version of Outlook Android, there is a new tab called Persons, and it says I have 0 contacts. I guess this new feature is not working as expected.

Do you have any idea why these settings can't help?


texts: Can I increase the in-call volume of my microphone?

texts: I have a Sony Xperia Active which is barely 2 months old and its in-call mic volume is really low. Is there any way I can increase the volume?


texts: Where does the 'set as wallpaper' feature save your picture in Gingerbread (2.3)?

texts: I had an image from a website which I set as my background inside the browser. I am wondering now where I can find the image in the file system, because I can't find it online anymore. I already checked all the obvious folders including Downloads, but did not find it there. In fact there is an answer for a similar question on this forum, but that is for Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) and I am on Gingerbread, which is why that answer did not help me.


texts: Allow LED flashing for notification while on silent mode (interruptions: none)

texts: I use my phone in school. If I use priority mode or none mode, I can't see the notifications by front LED of my phone, which I could with Android KitKat 4.4. It was easy in school, there was no sound but I didn't had to check my phone every 5 sec to see if I had a message. Is there any way to do this?


texts: Loud speaker on my HTC One turns on almost every time I answer an in coming call

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My HTC One is about 18 months old.

On almost every in-coming call I receive, the loud speaker turns on.

Other than the fact you look like an idiot saying 'Hello' only to have your phone on loud speaker, as if you don't know how to work the thing... It's actually pretty sore when you get a full blast 'HELLO' directly into your ear.

Is anyone else experiencing this?

I'm wondering if it's an Android issue or specifically a HTC One thing.

I honestly can't remember if it happened directly after an update, and I don't really have any odd apps, at least none I think would affect in-coming calls anyway.

This question is very similar to mine, but the apps which were un-installed to rectify the problem, are not and have never been on my device.


texts: How to upgrade Android 2.3 to 4.0 on ARM 11 based Tablet?

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I have tablet which has a IAMPX200 Processor and a M718 Main Board.

The current OS is Android 2.3, and I want to upgrade it to Android 4.0. Is it possible? If yes, please give any suggestions.


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I am looking for an MP3 player that has a playlist and that automatically loads MP3 files from a given folder.

I'm using Winamp, but it's not loading my files.

PS I've asked this question so I don't lose time searching and testing software


texts: Is it a good idea/useful to use two Anti-virus apps on Android?

texts: Is it a waste to load two anti-virus apps on your mobile? Are two AV apps more effective than one?


texts: Is there a way to play sound from any two apps (or more) simultaneously on Android? For example I have Audible reading a book. I'd like to play sound from a relaxation app at the same time. Or from my music collection.


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I have two fresh Galaxy device on Android 9 , the difference is in storage , one is 512GB and another is 128GB. System usage in both is different , 128GB version uses 27GB on fresh but the 512GB version use up to 47GB. There is no installed app and both devices are just out of box.

My question is why Android uses more storage on 512GB version and how can I decrease the amount? If it's dynamic what's the reason and should it decrease if the device is out of storage?

I don't want to root both devices, so I checked it on another device which is previously rooted. By df -h I see it's about device partition, the rooted device is 32GB out of which only 25GB is available. Other partitions are listed as below:

As you can see there is some duplicate mounted partitions , but sum of their sizes will be 32GB.


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I have an OnePlus One phone that was then on an old version of Cyanogenmod I factory reset by accident a few years ago. I used the OS notes app back then (it wasn't backed up) and I would like to recover them.

When looking at the files on the phone from USB on my Macbook pro a while back, I noticed there was a folder called O which has seemingly a whole new OS file tree.

I used the phone after the factory reset and after a while when I ran out of disk space quickly (it has 64gb) and on using the space calculator in settings I found out 22gb was being used Misc! I am assuming this is the old OS and so wonder if the notes can be recovered. Looking through the files on my Macbook file explorer on the phone I have not been able to find the notes data files. I Googled a while back and I think the notes are stored in XML.

Is it possible to recover these?


texts: How to setup an alarm with no dismiss, no snooze and only one time media play?

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Is there a way to set an alarm or a notification that plays just one custom sound once on weekdays only and requires no snoozing or dismissing?

Following are the apps I've tried and the details of the problems I have with them:

Simplest Reminder - no custom sounds for individual alarms, shows a notification
Androids built in alarm clock - you must press snooze or dismiss it
Alarm and Pill Reminder - shows a notification (but doesn't interupt)


texts: Cannot access Google Play store on Bluestacks

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Got the dreaded "There was a problem communicating with Google servers, try again later" error. This all started with notifications stating my account could not Sync with any of my apps. Seen many posts with possible solutions ...
1.Removed the account, then tried to re-add it and got the above message. Tried to add other accounts ... same thing.

How can I fix this?


texts: How can I display Samsung GT-S5660 current screen desktop to my HDMI TV screen?

texts: I have pictures and videos with effects on my Samsung GT-S5660. How can I display those to my HDMI TV screen? The phone only has mini USB output.


texts: Sync setup question: will Android, Outlook 2010, Gmail, calendar and contacts sync?

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my previous phone was a windows mobile 6.5 from HTC. so I had it linked to my computer (windows 7 x64 pro) and it used windows mobility center to sync with outlook 2010. everything was fine. I also added Gmail by IMAP in outlook.

but now I have this awesome brand new HTC Desire with Android 2.2 (Froyo) so it asked for my Google account. Now I ended up with contacts in outlook, phone and Gmail. calendar in outlook and Google Calendar and I have HTC sync and Google Cal sync and I don't know what the best setup is. anybody an idea?

I'd like to have the same in my outlook contacts as in my Gmail, Google Cal, phone etc. so I'd like to sync everything with everything and could use some help. because I have contacts in outlook that are not in Gmail and people on my phone which are not in Gmail etc. and since I am an android n00b it's kinda hard to get myself an ultimate sync setup with outlook 2010 and my phone and Gmail stuff

Edit: as pointed out in the answers, I should NOT sync my phone with outlook, but should sync outlook to Gmail. Google has a calendar sync tool, which is great, but does not sync the contacts. No I've found KiGoo but I don't trust them yet. Does anybody recommend a good preferably free and/or open source application for syncing outlook 2010 with Gmail?


texts: How to clone an NFC tag (e.g. MIFARE Classic) to an Android device?

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I use a MIFARE Classic NFC access card.

Is there any way to clone my card on an Android device (e.g. on Samsung Galaxy Nexus or Asus Nexus 7)?

Note: this question is not about duplicating an NFC tag onto another NFC tag, but rather use the smartphone as an NFC tag. (This should be possible since it is possible to use the phone as NFC tag for contactless payments.)


texts: Recover files from encrypted Android MMC dump

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A friend of mine gave me his Samsung Galaxy S2 (with Cyanogenmod 10.1.3 installed and Full Disk Encryption enabled) because it bootlooped.

I made a dump of mmcblk0 (the internal Flash memory) just for safety.
While dumping the phone died completely and now only shows the first bootscreen and doesn't go anywhere.

Now I am trying to recover everything possible from the flashdump but testdisk does only see 3 partitions:

GUID Partition Table (EFI)
Offset Sector: 0
Units are in 512-byte sectors

     Slot    Start        End          Length       Description
00:  Meta    0000000000   0000000000   0000000001   Safety Table
01:  -----   0000000000   0000008191   0000008192   Unallocated
02:  Meta    0000000001   0000000001   0000000001   GPT Header
03:  Meta    0000000002   0000000033   0000000032   Partition Table
04:  00      0000008192   0000049151   0000040960
05:  -----   0000049152   0000106495   0000057344   Unallocated
06:  01      0000106496   0000311295   0000204800
07:  -----   0000311296   0000344063   0000032768   Unallocated
08:  02      0000344064   0001392639   0001048576
09:  -----   0001392640   0027419439   0026026800   Unallocated

Is there any way to find the encryption keys and decrypt the data that got copied to my PC before the phone died?


texts: I recently upgraded my Nexus 5 to Android 5.1. Now my corporate exchange email no longer updates.  I can not send or receive emails. I had my local IT department check it out and they can not find anything wrong.  All of the settings are exactly the same as they were prior to the update.  Any suggestions?


texts: System storage is showing full even when it is not. So I can't install apk as system app

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I have OnePlus 6 with latest Open Beta. It is rooted. I have done everything but I still can't install any app as a system app.

I have tried Link2SD and Titanium Backup. I have tried to copy/paste the apk using TWRP file manager and ES file Explorer. I have tried to move the apk using adb shell. Everything is giving the same error that /system has no space left.

Link2SD storage shows

Settings storage shows

Why it is giving me memory error when system has space?


texts: Set default app for file type NOT recognised

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I'd like to associate an app with a file type that android does not recognize.
I am using a samsung tab 3 with android 4.2.2.
In my case I have a .tex file and 2 apps that can read it, but when I click on the file from "My files" app, it says
"Open file
Unable to find application to perform this action"

How can I tell it it to associate the readers with this file format?


texts: How do I use my front facing camera on my Galaxy S?

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Possible Duplicate:
  My Samsung Galaxy S front-facing camera doesn't work in camera app, Gtalk or Skype — How can I use it?

It gives me the options of: single shot, beauty, smile shot, contiuous, panorama, vintage, add me, action shot, and cartoon. I can not find a way to use it. HELP???


texts: My son accidentally erased the play store from his next book tablet. Is there anyway I can get it back? Would resetting the tablet bring it back?


texts: Nexus 4 does not turn it on and blinking red notification light only

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This morning, my Nexus 4 (Android 5.0.1) had some issues about Google apps crashing. I decided to do factory reset, so I went to Settings and apply factory reset, it was showing power turn-off, then it has not been started again. I tried to plug charger and everything but nothing is worked out.

Now, when I plug it to wall USB charger or laptop USB charger, I can't see any charging icon. I tried to hold down power + volume down buttons, but nothing happen. However, when I hold power + volume down buttons and plug it to any charger, it shows red notification light which blinks for 10 seconds. Releasing the buttons made the light go off.

Tried below solutions, but nothing worked for me till now:

Put it charging more than 2 hours.
Checked solutions from Red notification light on Nexus 4, won't power on, device unresponsive too, but no success.
Checked this Deep Hibernate solution from here
Also tried XDA developers solution

Any other possible solutions?


texts: How to solve "Couldn't save screenshot storage may be in use"

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i have been experiencing an issue on my smartphone.Every time i try to save a picture it says"Couldn't save screenshot,storage may be in use"
I already tried to clean the whole cache but it didn't work.


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I know this might be duplicate but I couldn't find any relevant solution myself.

Today I tried to be adventurous and install Ubuntu Touch on my Nexus 7 and it was a failure. As a safety measure I backed up my device's data using the following command on a Windows 7 OS:

adb backup all -f ./nexus.ab -shared -apk

It took forever and created a 1.6GB file (sounds reasonable to me). But the thing is, when it was done even though the back up screen on my device was gone but the command didn't return in Windows and I had to press ctrl+c.

So I went through my adventure and in the process I had to unlock my bootloader and as a result all my data was wiped out (I read that it will happen and I was ok with it since I had already backed up my data). Once I was through with my adventure (and failed), I tried to restore my data using the following command (on the same machine as I created the back up):

adb restore ./nexus.ab

It takes for ages and after it is done, it prompts nothing (no success or failure). I can tell that it is done since the restore screen on device will be gone and the command will return in Windows. But when I turn on my device it's the same as it came out of the box. So is there any hope left? How can I make sure if my back up file is corrupted or everything is going fine? Do I need to do anything after my back up file is restored?


texts: How do I unlock bootloader and root LG Optimus Zone 3 (VS425PP)?

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How do I unlock the bootloader on LG Optimus Zone 3 (VS425PP) in a simple, easy to follow steps?

Then how do I root the device and return to a fully functional cell phone that is stable and rooted? Can't get any help from using FlashFire, KingoRoot, SuperSU.


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It seems someone, somewhere has removed the option to view remembered WiFi Networks in 6.0 (Marshmallow). I'm not sure if Android removed this feature, Samsung did, or Sprint did. How do I remove a remembered WiFi network if I'm not in range? This is for a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge with Android 6.0.1.

EDIT: Please also note that I do not wish to root my device to remove WiFi networks as I know that is possible.


texts: Why can't I copy files between the external & interal SD on an Android 4.2 tablet?

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When I insert a micro-SD card into the tablet, I can open the graphical "file manager" in the apps and view which files & folders are on the internal-SD and the external-SD. However I can not discover how to copy a file from the internal to the external SD or vice-versa. The File Manager lets me create a copy of a file in the same folder, but there was no hint given as to how to copy or move a file from one folder or storage medium to another.

The tablet I am trying to work with is apparently a FAST-TOUCH (??) which is running Android 4.2.2. I think it may be this 10" tablet, or at least it is very similar to it.

I did not purchase the tablet and I definitely do not have "admin" access. I have tried to locate a user manual, but I do not think one exists. It seems to be rather common for Android devices to come with little or no useful documentation.

I would normally never bother to ask about this since I always considered simple file ops to be very trivial procedures. But I have never used an Android tablet (or phone) before and, frankly, I do not find using it to be as intuitive as I think others assume it to be.

A Note About Edits

This question previously focused on asking about documentation. I have stripped most of that out and repurposed the question to ask only about how to do a simple file copy with the File Manager on the tablet.

Before I posted the question I attempted to locate previous questions about basic Android documentation, but failed to find them. For some reason, I only seem to be able to find the questions I am looking for if I first create and post a duplicate question.

I am posting links to the general documentation questions I found below for possible future reference since, frankly, I doubt my ability to find them again.

Where can I ask questions that aren't Android Enthusiast questions?

Where can I find a thorough introduction to Android?

Android Jelly Bean help or user manual


texts: Is there a way to enable WiFi-tethering without root access?

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Is there a way for WiFi-tethering without root access.

I mean before Froyo.

I have HTC Hero 2.1, and frankly, I don't want to root it for security reasons.


texts: Can any Google Pixel smartphones take 12MP or better photos in 16:9 aspect ratio?

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I have been considering buying a Google Pixel 3 or 3 XL Android smartphone to use primarily for photography and phone calls.  Google advertises that these phones have 12MP main cameras.  That's fewer megapixels than I would like in a camera, but I was still considering those devices as possibilities.
While performing research, I saw a short video clip that showed Google's UI.  From what I could tell, 12MP is only available in 4:3 aspect ratio.  In 16:9 aspect ratio, the resolution drops all the way down to a paltry 8MP.  That's much less resolution that what I what in a camera.
Is the resolution of the main camera in the Google Pixel 3 and 3XL only ~8MP in 16:9 mode?  If so, is this limitation true for their entire line of Pixel smartphones?


texts: How to boot in recover with Acer DA220HQL

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I would like to ask if there is any step by step guide to follow in order to get into boot recovery mode (Acer DA220HQL running Android 4.0.4). Additionally is there any specific version of TWRP suitable for this device?
Your help would be convenient to me!
Regards


texts: Is there any way I can mirror one android device to other Android devices in my local network?


texts: Disable all Samsung Stylus pen gestures (e.g. Samsung Galaxy Note)

texts: When I hold the side button of my Samsung Galaxy Note's stylus pen pressed, it doesn't draw anymore but starts interpreting any stylus movement as a gesture (e.g. "go back", screenshot). Is there any chance to disable all gestures? Background: I have a drawing app that allows changing drawing mode when I hold the side button pressed. Until now pressing the button prevents the stylus from drawing but executing gesture actions.


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Earlier versions of Android did have this "WCDMA only" option for connecting to cellular network. However with Jelly bean there's none.

Its really frustrating especially when the Android OS keeps on connecting to 2G where in the same spot 3G is very much available.

Is there a way to force WCDMA only with Jelly Bean, I've tried *#*#4636#*#* but nothing happened.

Update:

I'm using Android 4.1.1


texts: How to disable the Internet so that even I wouldn't be able to enable it for a while?

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As a productivity and impulse control measure, I'd like to be able to turn off the Internet in my Android 4.4 phone (unlocked but not rooted). I'd like to do it in such a way that even I wouldn't be able to turn it back on for a while, e.g. 24 hours.

I know how to do this on desktop Linux. If it's possible, how can I do this on Android?

(Please don't suggest some lame apps that can be circumvented by simply uninstalling them)


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I have a tablet not  two years old, a few days ago it was left in a hot truck for about two days. Now it won't go past "fast boot menu".

I have tried everything, I even tried charging it and the battery keeps saying 0%, how can I charge my tablet and turn it on?


texts: What data will be lost if I update my phone (WT19i)?

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I have this WT19i (currently on ICS). I use a phone lock (it was pattern lock). My friend tried 20 times and it made the phone go to only accepting answers to my security questions. Unfortunately I am unable to remember the answers.

I browsed and found out that I have to update the phone to be able to unlock it. I don't think I ever did backup my data. It said my personal data will be lost after the update. What kind of data is that will be lost?


texts: How can I contact Google in regards to an issue that I am having with the marketplace? I am trying to buy an application and it is not working. I tried to buy another one and that didn't work, so I need Google's help at this point.


texts: How do I know if my device's GPU (or graphics driver) is of subpar quality?

texts:
The other day I got a new tablet.  It's an Insignia Flex 10.1, a bargain Best Buy brand.  A tablet's a tablet, though.

Then I noticed, across several apps, this weird texture bleeding:

(Click image to enlarge for better resolution)

Notice the text. This didn't happen when playing this game on a different device.

(Click image to enlarge for better resolution)

Notice the dots.

Is this indicative of a cheap, crappy GPU or bad OpenGL drivers?  Or is it a coincidence and that the developers for these two apps use the same bad OpenGL techniques?  And by cheap and crappy I mean bad, not just mediocre or underpowered.


texts:
My LG Ally is out of battery and won't charge at all.  I know the outlet is working.  It's charged in the past just fine..

I gave it like 30 minutes plugged in, and power wouldn't do anything.  No type of light or indicator.


texts:
I have a Nexus 4 running CyanogenMod 10.2.1.-mako. While trying to figure out why my battery life seems to be shorter than usual, I have noticed that my Wi-Fi is constantly on.

Shouldn't the Wi-Fi turn itself off when the phone is not in use? Could this be responsible for my lower battery life? (I had much longer battery life on earlier CM versions)


texts:
I've been having some serious performance problems with my fairphone (wait times of 1 minute or more before apps open or switching apps, and general lack of responsiveness).

I installed System Monitor Lite, and it shows storage I/O maxing out (screen shot below).

Are there any tools I can use to trace which process(es) this I/O is coming from?


texts: I own an RugGear 702 Android phone. All of my apps get downloaded to my phone storage and not the SD card,  even when I select the SD card option form the phone settings. Is it possible to somehow treat apps like cloud services, where all the tasks of applications (or apps) downloading, executing apps, messaging (and other communication services) can be executed from the cloud?


texts: How to mount sdext2 partition by Apps2SD script, before system mount?

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Using Apps2SD Pro app on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005, Resurrection Remix Nougat v5.8.5 with Magisk v17.1.

I lose the linked apps  again & again after reboot. This happened several times already.

I tried all mounting script types, including the advanced one, but after several reboots, the linked apps are disappearing (errors attached). See the Storage screenshot, where you can see the sdext2 (labelled as EXT4) mounted by system, instead by Apps2SD.

The problem is that the sdext2 partition is mounted earlier than the Apps2SD is started and initialized, so Apps2SD can not mount the sdext2 partition, thus the system loses the installed linked apps.

How can I make Apps2SD started before sdext2 partition is mounted by the Resurrection Remix system?

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texts: Is there a way to replace the Android system file manager with a third-party file manager?

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I'm using an OnePlus 3 with Android 6 (Marshmallow). For me the standard Android system file manager that opens when you want to send a photo or video via WhatsApp is just horrible.
It's slow and you have to click several times to reach your desired folder.

So, is there a way to make a third-party file manager (SolidExplorer for me) open instead of the system file manager? I know I can open the file manager from the system file manager (bottom of the sidebar) but I would like to skip this two clicks.

Does anyone has a clue on how to achieve this?


texts: How to fix instant lock “unfortunately com.android.systemui has stopped” on Moto G with ART

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I have had this problem for a couple of days on my first-generation Motorola Moto G. Normally a restart would fix it. However now I am faced with the following error message when trying to unlock the phone after a restart:

  Unfortunately the process com.android.systemui has stopped.

The phone has reset the background to the default home screen which disappears when I unlock, going to a black screen. However, it still shows my apps and widgets. Then a second or so later goes back to the unlock screen.

I have tried clearing the cache partition multiple times which has not worked. Ss there any way I can fix this problem without a factory reset, or taking my phone to a phone shop?

Some additional information:

I have been using ART on my phone for the past couple of months, but the problem has only occurred recently
On boot-up I get the following message:

Updating Android. Optimizing app 1 of 1.


texts: Setup Motorola Moto G 2nd gen without sim card

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Can I reset and resetup my Motorola Moto G 2nd gen [XT1068] smoothly without having a sim card inserted? I don't want the setup system to want my sim card because every setup it auto enables the expensive mobile data with it in.

The moto g runs Android L 5.0.2 and is carrier unlocked.


texts: Restore android google drive backup after factory reset

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I have google drive backup. I am using android 10 on nokia mobile. I did factory reset / erase all data. during set up I skip restore backup.
I check on google drive. I have backup on 23 February. But How do I restore that backup.
I do not find restore backup option on device. I check in setting.


texts: Gmail closes when i touch icon in blue address bar

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I'VE have a dgm t909s tablet android 4, when I am in the gmail app and I press the icon in the blue address bar a box pops up with ( unfortunatly gmail has stopped) and closes down the app.
Anyone got any answers please


texts: What are the ways to increase device Screen On Time?

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I have a device with 2500 mAh battery and I usually get around 3hrs+ Screen On Time. Are there ways to gain some more juice...?
[I am a rooted user, so any method (root/non-root) are welcomed.]


texts: Can't sync or even access contacts of Moto G4 / E4 and fresh Android 7.1.1

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tl;dr I can't access or sync my contacts on two phones with freshly installed Android 7.1.1 while I can access and sync them without problems on third phone, with Android 6.0, connected to the same Gmail account.

Whenever I try to access contacts on my Moto E4 or Moto G4 with Android 7.1.1 I see following:

This process is endless. It last 12+ hours so far.

I have no problems accessing my contacts on my Moto E3 (Android 6.0.1), which is connected to the same Gmail account as my Moto G4 is.

It seems that contacts are inaccessible due account not being able to sync them:

As you can see (left screeenshot - Moto G4 / Moto E4), the Peoples details item cannot be sync for past two days (since getting this phone) and I don't even have Contacts sync item on the list.

Everything is OK on Moto E3 (right screenshot).

Steps taken so far:

phone restart,
removing Google account and adding it back again,
checking on different network access type (i.e. LTE instead of WiFi).

No luck so far. What else can I check or do?


texts: Importing messages from Whatsapp to Telegram has size and count limitation

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Telegram has recently announced that you can transfer chat history from Whatsapp and some other apps to Telegram. I tried to export a chat from one of my contacts in Whatsapp but I realized that it has not been exported completely.
On Whatsapp website, it says there is 10,000 messages limitation if you include media and a 40,000 messages limitation if you don't include media.
But actually after some research I found this post that says there is also a size limitation (how many megabytes) which can limit the number of messages to be exported way below 10,000 if you include media because you might have many images or voices.
Is there a workaround that I can export all the messages in a Whatsapp chat to Telegram?
For example a possible workaround might be that first I export to Telegram then come to Telegram and see what has been exported. After that, I go to Whatsapp and delete the previous exported messages and do this process for the remaining messages until no messages remains in Whatsapp. But I have not tried such a workaround.


texts: Is there any way to remove the timecode from an .srt file on my S3?

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I want to remove the timecode  from an .srt file so I can just copy and paste the text into a document.  Is there a way to achieve this without manually deleting each line?

S3
4.1.1


texts: What is the advantage of making f-droid a system app?

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F-droid (0.7) has two options:

One to grant it "root" powers, and another to give it "system-app" powers.

Just using it as a "root" app will let it install apps without going through the whole "Are you sure you want to install this app" page.

What does System-app give it?

I can't test it as it crashes on my phone