texts: Rooting note 3 - fastboot not unlocking or detecting

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I have been reading so much trying to find the answer to this problem, but I can't find any. I am not quite sure what to do at this point.

I am running XUbuntu and I am trying to to root my SM-9005 note 3 international version. My problem is my device isn't being recognized by fastboot (I tried windows and odin never recognized my phone either).

My device is has USB debugging on. It gets recognized in adb. It gets detected in heimdall when in ODIN mode. But doesn't get detected in fastboot.

Here is some information that might be useful:

Phone running in OS

  $lsusb

  Bus 001 Device 018: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II], GT-I9300 Phone [Galaxy S III], GT-P7500 [Galaxy Tab 10.1]

  $adb devices

  List of devices attached

  ddd0b685   device

  $adb reboot bootloader

Now in Odin mode

  $lsusb

  Bus 001 Device 019: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)

  $heimdall detect

  Device detected

  $sudo fastboot devices

Nothing shows up

  $sudo fastboot oem unlock

  < waiting for device >

It gets stuck on this and nothing happens. And there is no indication that anything is happening on the phone.

I am lost and would appreciate all the help I can get.

Thank you,

UPDATE:

I can't even get the pit file using heimdall

  $sudo heimdall print-pit

  Heimdall v1.4.0

  Copyright (c) 2010-2013, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna

  http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

  This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
  encouraged.

  If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
  development please consider donating:
  http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/

  Initialising connection...

  Detecting device...

  Claiming interface...

  Attempt failed. Detaching driver...

  Claiming interface again...

  ERROR: Claiming interface failed!


texts: Detect damage to device after dropping it?

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I dropped my Pixel. The screen is cracked and doesn't light up.
But the phone still works - it rings and vibrates when I get a call.

I'm considering replacing the screen myself, but before I buy the part, I'm wondering if there is any way to have confidence that the screen is the only problem.

Can I connect my phone to the computer via USB, and then run some kind of diagnostic software from the computer, to tell me exactly which parts are damaged besides the screen (if any)?


texts: How to make custom apps to appear by default in the lower dock panel in my custom ROM

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At the very bottom of my device (MT6577 + ICS + TouchWiz Launcher) are the default icons for "phone", "contacts", "web", and "applications". I want to replace them with my own apps in my custom ROM so that the custom apps appear by default on the dock.

Now, the problem is for instance, I removed stock "phone" and "Contacts" apps from /system/app and copied new phone and contacts app in there. Then I created the build, flashed the ROM and rebooted.
After reboot, the places for phone icon and contacts icon were empty.
It's like:

Before replacing the dock was - phone - contacts - web - App

After replacing the doc is -  empty - empty - web - App

Is there any specific file I need to edit to do the trick ?

Any help/suggestion would be immensely appreciated!

Thanks.


texts: Htc Desire 820 - 'eh' word replaced by 'V'

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Texting, whatsapp, url of browser, dictionary app or anywhere in the phone, the combination of letters 'eh' when occurred is always replaced with the letter 'V'.
please help. Not sure why this is happening.


texts: Asus Transformer 4.1.1 Email Widget shows "Waiting for sync" forever

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I have the Asus Transformer running Android 4.1.1.  I'm trying to use the email widget to check my mail.  When I enter in my account information, I get a screen that looks like this:

All my settings work in any other mail client, but I'd obviously prefer to use this one.  Anyone else have this problem?


texts: fastboot does not recognize my LAVA Iris Atom

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I've been doing quite the research on this error, but couldn't find a solution that could help me  with my device.

Adb commands works fine, but not fastboot commands.

I have tried several sites for the fastboot drivers, in case that's the problem, but it didn't work. (I still have an exclamation mark on Android ADB Interface icon in device manager.)

My phone gets stuck at boot logo when I try flashing a custom ROM and I have to re-insert the battery to solve it. I rooted my phone using the KingRoot app. Does this have any relevance?


texts: Nexus 6 has Still not Received Android Marshmallow November Update

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Whenever Google released Android Marshmallow, I sideloaded it on to my Nexus 6 using adb sideload. After the release of Android Marshmallow, it took Google a few days before they released the OTA update packs for the Nexus 6, but as soon as they did, I jumped on the opportunity to upgrade to build MRA58K.

Since then, Google has released the November update for Marshmallow (there are two builds listed here for the November update, MRA58N and MRA58R) but I have still not received the OTA for it by waiting.

Although I was patient, I'm somewhat concerned now that we are gearing up for the release of the December patches while I still haven't received the November patches.

Should I be concerned about this, or is this normal? I found a nice list here of all the new builds added with the November update, and I'm unsure of whether I should sideload them or just wait in hopes of receiving the update in the standard way.

I also sideloaded the initial OTA for Marshmallow on my dad's Nexus 6, and he has also not received the update.


texts: How to enable device administrator for specific apps using Tasker?

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I would like to make a profile in Tasker to enable device administrator privilegies to "Android Device Manager" when a text message is received. This way I could keep Device Manager disabled, while I can re-enable it remotely (by a text message for example) in case I lost my phone.

Is there any way to do that using Tasker?


texts:
Is possible to set my Android(Asus Zenfone 2) to only boot with it's connected to a specific computer via usb.

No problem if root is needed.


texts: What's the difference between Wanam Xposed and Wanam Kit?

texts: Is there a difference between Wanam Kit and Wanam Xposed?


texts: How do I stop ads interrupting my music player

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I have a Galaxy Note 9 where I usually have music playing in Amazon Music Player in the background while I play games. In the old version of the OS (Samsung's version Android 8.1) when I am playing a game and an advert starts, it would pause the music, but I could just slide down the notification area and unpause it. Since the recent upgrade to Android 9 (again Samsung's version which it automatically upgraded to), I have to wait until the advert has finished before I can unpause the music. This is ultra annoying!

I don't mind the advert, or even the advert playing its sounds while the music is in the background, but completely taking over the sound like this just wrong!

So is there a setting or app-permission or anything I can change to disable ads from stealing exclusive access to the audio?


texts: How to find UID of an app installed on Android and use it as a shell user?

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I am trying to find a way to determine the user name of the current shell user from within a shell / terminal on an Android device.

The Android environment that I have in /system/bin and /system/xbin does not have the unix user command. Overall, it appears that the concept doesn't quite exist on Android, but at least, on my rooted device, there is a user root and also there are groups such as shell and everybody, based on the permissions of files on the system.

The background is the following:
I want to run an ssh command (I installed a version of OpenSSH also) on the Android that uses a local private key. The key has file permissions and those are required to be restrictive by OpenSSH for good reason (the UNIX group of the file should not have permissions to access the key, only the owner).

Since I know only the user root, I can set the owner of the key to root and run ssh as root. However, I don't really want to run ssh as root.

I am issuing the shell command from within Automate which has that option. Apparently, it's possible to execute the command without root permissions. However, if I add the key file to the ssh command, it can't get access to the file that is accessible only by root. Thus I would like to set the owner in the UNIX file permissions of the key to the shell user used by Automate, but I do not know how to find out who that is.

EDIT:

~# grep automate /data/system/packages.list
com.llamalab.automate 10106 0 /data/user/0/com.llamalab.automate default:targetSdkVersion=24 3002,3003,3001

I assume 10106 is the UID, but is that a static value? If yes, could I add a line to /etc/passwd by using adduser command from busybox or Termux?


texts: No Keyboard on Android Device Manager lock screen in Cubot X9 running Kitkat

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I have locked myself out (forgot numeric PIN) of my Cubot X9 running Android 4.4 (probably, I am not 100% sure, but as it seems there is no vendor update on Lollipop available, and I definitively didn't update it manually).
So I logged in into Google's Android Device Manager and replaced my PIN code with the password specified in the form. It gets applied, as I see the new lock message, but there is no keyboard to input anything. It looks like this:

But no keyboard is showing. When I hit the return button or the home button I get back to a screen where I can enter a numeric pin (the original password)? But no letters are available.
If I press on "Emergency Call" and go back, I also come back to the PIN lock screen.
How can I enter my ADM password? Is there anyway to bypass the locked screen without losing data?


texts: dpkg does not work using Termux Ubuntu installation, returns tar errors and exits with error code 1

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I have tried to use Termux to install Ubuntu on ChromeOS without developer mode or root priveleges, and was successful up to this point. I accessed an Ubuntu shell from Termux but dpkg returns this error for any package, rendering the system useless:

root@localhost:~# apt install nano
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  spell
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  nano
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 243 kB of archives.
After this operation, 823 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 nano i386 2.9.3-2 [243 kB]
Fetched 243 kB in 1s (198 kB/s)
debconf: delaying package configuration, since apt-utils is not installed
E: Setting in Start via TCSAFLUSH for stdin failed! - tcsetattr (13: Permission denied)
dpkg-deb: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 wait for tar subprocess failed: Unknown error 512
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nano_2.9.3-2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nano_2.9.3-2_i386.deb
tar: .: Cannot mkdir: No such file or directory
tar: ./conffiles: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: ./control: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: ./md5sums: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: ./postinst: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: ./prerm: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


texts: How to edit /sys/ files properly without root?

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I have android device with version 5.1.1 . The device is not rooted, but root can be accessed on /system or /data partition files from the custom TWRP recovery using adb.

The device has SELINUX enabled and is set to Enforcing (getenforce shows enforcing).

I have rooted this device by flashing SuperSU previously, but currently the device is not rooted and Im not willing to root it, TWRP still present.

My phone's minimum brightness is a way too much that it hurts during night. By editing the /sys/ file, i want to achieve the low brightness.
Specifically, I want to edit the file
/sys/class/leds/lcd-backlight/brightness
which takes legal values from 1 - 255. But my phone will set this file's minimum value to 10 and not less than that. When I previously rooted this device and echoed 1 to this file, the brightness is comfortably low.
So, I want to achieve this without root.

Normally, this file is owned by system:system with permissions rw-r-r . The directory containing this file is owned by root:root with permissions rwxr-xr-x .

Im ok with unpacking, editing, and repacking boot.img files.
Actually, I did unpack the boot.img and edited the init.rc file to make the file permissions to rw-rw-rw and directory permissions to rwxrwxrwx . But still, I wasn't able to echo any value to this file. I tried both from adb shell and terminal app. The error I'm getting is "Permission Denied".

What am I doing wrong? How to properly edit this file without root?


texts: Can I connect existing USB mouse and keyboard and VGA monitor to my Nexus 6

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I guess question title sums it all. I have USB mouse, keyboard and VGA monitor. I am ready to buy couple of new adapters/cables. Will it be possible to connect all things up to my Nexus 6. I was thinking to do following:

Buy Micro USB to USB 3.0 Hub something like this
Buy USB 3.0 to VGA cable something like this
Connect Hub to phone
Connect mouse and keyboard to hub
Connect USB3.0-to-VGA cable to hub
Connect monitor to USB3.0-to-VGA cable

Will this even work?


texts:
Awesome people! I need help!
My wife's old Xperia z1 has a broken digitizer, the phone is pattern locked without showing the path. Of course, no one can remember the pattern, USB debugging is not enabled, no root and no google account shows that it is paired with this device. I care about photos so is there any way to take a memory dump to an SD card or to clone the phone content without debugging mode? If I wipe the data in the boot menu, will I be able to recover the photos using e.g. Recuve? Can I run some script from SD card without permissions in the system? Or any other way to bypass pattern lock without debugging and root?


texts: New Phone - Google location not syncing/sharing to desktop

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I've just got a new phone (Oneplus 3 from old Samsung S4), and I'm having issues with location in Google Maps - I'm trying to share my location with family (via G+ app), but overall I'm seeing some odd behaviour.

If I go to Google Maps on my device, my location is correct.

If I go to Google Maps on my desktop machine, my location is wrong (out of date from the time at which I swapped mobile devices)

My G+ location is also refusing to update - showing the out of date location on my desktop, and on the G+ app on my device putting a red dot for me in the correct current location but with the text of 'old location 19h ago'.

Stuff I've tried:

Check location sharing is on (both pinpoint and city) in G+
Check location is on in Google Maps 'Google location settings'
Check location history is on in Google Maps
Logging out of Google Maps (on device) and logging back in again
Closing Google Maps (and G+) apps on my device
Check correct device enabled on Location History (via Google Maps)
Check location is correct in Google Maps (on device)
Check I'm signed in on the same account with device, G+ and Maps (I only have one)
Try Android device finder from desktop (it is correct!)
Try 'Your Timeline' >> 'Today' in Google Maps on desktop (it is correct!)
Turning device off and on again (multiple times)

I'm running OxygenOS (3.2.5), with Marshmallow (6.0.1)

Any ideas?

Thanks!


texts: Use existing contact for "Me" in Ice Cream Sandwich

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My Nexus S has just been updated to Ice Cream Sandwich, and I notice that in contacts there is a new space for "me". Is there a way to assign the existing ordinary contact  for me (a contact with my name and details that I sometimes use for sharing with people, and sync with Picasa Photos etc.) to this slot?

It seems related to this question, but that is about the similar HTC specific feature found on some phones.


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In theory, should it be possible to root your device with an APK file? Or possibly create a potential harmful application?

I know that APKs can be used as apps you can install offline, but I'm assuming it could be used to be malicious. But what all could it do? How destructive could it be? And is there even a limit; a system to protect you from stuff like this?


texts: What is the minimum number of modifications in order to install a custom ROM?

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I am planning to upgrade my wife's Galaxy Ace II from 4.1.2 (the latest official firmware offered by Samsung, installed via Kies)  to 4.4.4, which is available via http://novafusion.pl/downloads/ as an unofficial CyanogenMod 11.0 variant.  I have tried to gather as much information as possible, but some things are not clear yet.  I am seeking short, precise, technical answers; there are enough "10 steps for ... your phone" out there already. ;-)

I know what rooting means, but apparently it is not always necessary in order to install a custom ROM? (This seems to differ from Jailbreaks on iPhones.)
However, I probably have to "unlock the bootloader" in order to make the phone accept a firmware that is not signed by Samsung? (I understood that this is what "unlocking" the bootloader means.)
If I understood correctly, the (/a) recovery mode is always available and mainly offers the features to a) wipe the data partition, b) wipe a cache partition (which seems to be hidden from the UI, so I did not know about it before), or c) install an update.zip from an SD card.  Apparently, there are more advanced custom recovery ROMs/firmwares out there, too, which is probably analogous to installing Grub instead of Windows' default bootloader.  But do I need no install a custom recovery ROM, too?  (Why) Is that recommended?


texts: Is it possible to limit power supplied by host connected with OTG cable?

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Is it possible, to lower the power that is supplied to the devices through the OTG Cable by messing around with the host?
My Galaxy S3 is the host and this connection is draining battery well to fast, the device has it's own source of power but I can't disable the drain on this side.


texts: Delete files automatically if certain actions are not taken

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Is it possible to delete/wipe files on device offline, if on certain time, certain action is not performed?

For example, if my phone is stolen, I would like to have a chance to delete certain sensitive data from device. But regularly, I can "check-in" to prevent the deletion.


texts: How to modify CSC file of samsung sm-j500fn?

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My phone origin is the UK and I am in Sri Lanka now. My phone modemst1, modemst2 were reset and also I forgot to backup.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2

After reset it has asked to unlock the network.
I've tried many solutions such as flashing stock ROM of UK before I had custom rom(arrow os), zx3 tool pro. I could not do it. I don't plan to buy a code since I think, It can be recovered.
I think it can be done via modifying the CSC file since it is specific to geographical region and carriers and it contains the software packages specific to that region, carrier branding and APN setting but I don't have enough knowledge to modify the CSC file.
Another possible solution may be flashing the living country CSC file but I could not find CSC file only for my j5nlte phone with Sri Lanka.
Can anyone suggest how to modify the CSC file or provide any solutions to unlock the network in my device?
Thanks in advance.........


texts: Modify framwork-res with same signature?

texts: According to this post, you can modify the framework-res.apk to remove carrierIQ software from the phone. Unfortunately a lower post, and others, suggest that this doesn't work, causes infinite boot loop, since recompiling it will make a different signature. If true, is there a better way to do this?


texts: How do I use Google Talk with only one Google account?

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I have two Google accounts set up on my Verizon Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX.

I wish to use Google Talk with only one of the two accounts, but not the other. But I still want to use Google Talk with the second account when I use it from the desktop and in other places.

Is there a way to have Google Talk sign in to only one of my two Google accounts?


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I have developed an application which creates an account in "Account & Sync"

Some users on Samsung Galaxy SIII report that this account occasionally disappear (maybe at each reboot).

Of course, this doesn't happen with other phones.

Has anyone encountered a similar issue, ie an account disappearing?


texts: how to combine Android phone's wifi hotspot and USB tethering so that they are in same network?

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I want to transfer files from one Windows 10 computer to the another, for this I usually use Ethernet crossover cable but its transfer speed is (100/100 Mbps)

I have a 5Ghz wifi adapter in only one of my PCs and 5Ghz wifi hotspot in my Android 10 phone which gives speeds upto (433/433 Mbps) also when I use USB tethering from Android Phone it gives speed upto (425/425 Mbps)
So, What I'm trying to accomplish here is to connect one of the PCs to 5Ghz wifi (Remember I have only 1 adapter of 5Ghz) network  and another to USB tethering network using the same phone so that they are both in the same network and hence I may transfer files.
But the problem I am facing here is that the Android 10 phone is providing Different networks (IPv4 network addresses are different) for both the Wifi hotspot and the USB tethering in both the PCs.
Wifi Network Details:
USB tethering network details:
So what can I do? so that both the computers are in same networks using such connections from Android 10 phone.


texts: Mounting .img from internal storage as USB Mass Storage

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I am trying to mount an .img file from my internal storage as Usb Mass Storage.

There is an Android App named DriveDroid which does exactly what I wanted. I tested with this app and the app successfully mounted an .img file as USB Mass Storage.

But I am unable replicate the same manually.

Anybody having any information on how to mount .img as UMS ?

Phone Details:
      Model : Moto G 2013
      Device Name : falcon
      Rooted : YES
      OS : CyanogenMod 13.0

Thanks.


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I have a Google Nexus 7, unrooted, running stock 4.2.1. I have set it up for two user and we seems to be enjoying it.

Recently I ran into an issue about sharing files. In User1's account I copied few PDFs into \sdcard\PDFs folder and was able to use it well.

When I switched to User2's account, I could not see the folder \sdcard\PDFs at all. Surprisingly, I could not see it even when through computer when Nexus 7 is connected as Portable media player.

I guess this can be achieved by granting sufficient access by escalating to root, which needs rooted device - but I am not sure.

My questions:

Are there any way I can share files between users of the same tablet without using Internet (like using email, dropbox etc) or transferring to some repository like PC etc?
If I root, can I change the permission to such user created folders and access files from other user's account or elevating as root?

Update: Found a link that asks same question - but the answer given is not applicable for files rather works for apps, not useful.


texts: How to set a device-wide in-app-purchase block?

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Similar to the Apple iOS' "restrictions mode", is there a way to bar in-app purchases device-wide?

Would prefer a solution for unrooted devices, but if the only way is by rooting, so be it.

The play store is password protected for every purchase, so the main issue is not preventing the purchase itself,
 but something like blocking the opening of the play store or the forwarding of the screen to the store, something in that line.


texts: How to disable the charge indicator on the GS7 lock screen

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I'm getting a charge indicator on my Galaxy S7 lock lock screen.  When the screen blanks I have to go through and extra step to get to the home screen.  It has a new step with white fonts on a blue screen.

The writings are:

  Full Charged Left
  Speed Continue Trickle

At the bottom of the screen it says:

  Slide to unlock

Does anyone know what app is causing this screen to come up and how to disable it?


texts: Android requires at least one-working Gmail that is apparently tied to the default email. Now I would like to have that email under K9 but I cannot because Android instructs me to hard-reset my device if I remove the Gmail from the default Gmail. Now the problem is that I get two notification from Default client and from K9. So how can I have all emails under K9?


texts:
I've got a rooted Samsung Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean).
Since a week I can't find the contacts app. Seems like it disappeared.
It is NOT disabled (I've already checked).
I also tried to re-install it, using the .apk placed in /system/app, but the installer fails ("Application not installed").
Does anybody know how to fix, or should I better factory-reset my phone? I know this is a solution, but I'd prefer to fix it...

Thanks in advance

Giacomo


texts: KitKat - How to identify the REAL size of apps (app + datas + ...) to be able to install other ones

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I had an iPhone for 4 years and I now have a Samsung Galaxy S5 running KitKat 4.4.2.
I've started the migration from the one to the other downloading my prefered apps.
I've just downloaded 40 little standard apps, half of the work, and my S5 already tells me that it cannot donwload any more apps from the Playstore, not enough space on the phone. What ??? But... I still have gigs of space... and I already moved out all possible apps from internal memory.

I've seen that I could bypass this by rooting the phone, but I can't deal with that. That's not a solution.

So I've started to search which are tha apps that take the more space.

On the iPhone, when I wanted to know the exact size that an app, I could see this onto the settings or into iTunes, giving the size of the app + its datas.

On KitKat, I don't see this information anywhere. As an example, I have "Maps with Me" installed, from which I have donwloaded around 1 gig of maps. It should be the one and largest app I have. But the best I can see about its space see is into the Application settings panel the following informations :

Total : 60,41 Mo
Application : 5,11 Mo
Stock on phone app : 55,09 Mo
Datas : 116 Ko
Stock on phone datas : 96,00 Ko
Cache : 64,00 Ko

Where are my gig of maps ? How can I sort my apps by their real space usage ?
And more, how can I install more than 40 littles apps on such a phone ? That seems incredible... There must be a standard way of doing that ?

EDIT 1

Clean Master tells me that "Maps With Me" is 656 Mb large. Well, OK, but isn't the default marvelous system able to do that ? Because I don't want such apps on my phone, just to do what the basic OS should do and bore me with other functionalities I don't want.

Clean Master also tells me that I have 64 apps occupying 2,5 Gb.
And that My free system space is 120,32 Mb.
After a clean with this app...
I only have my phone since 1 week, and I've nearly done nothing yet with it.

FYI, I've made a factory reset at the first use, and deleted any possible unwanted apps.


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this is my first post here. I hope there is someone to answer my question.
First, I want to understand Android OS better not just copy some files and be finished.

I am attempting to root my Nexus 6 beginning with compiling Android for it. I was able to compile and upload all necessary images. Now I would like to root the AOSP configuration for shamu.

Currently I am able to access ADB root by replacing the boot.img with root access but how do I do a proper Android Root and not ADB root.

SuperSu: How to install it properly from ADB for Nexus 6 and which version!

Thanks in advance!


texts: I am looking for an app that can send a text to multiple recipients without them being able to respond back to all the other recipients. And also not see who else received the message. Similar to sending out an email with BCC recipients.


texts: My Galaxy J7 keeps shutting down even with 60 to 70 percent battery life. What is the cause?

texts: My galaxy J7 that I bought from China about two months ago keeps shutting down even with 50% of battery life. Can someone please help out. I am depressed about this situation. What can I do to resolve this??


texts:
I would like to start using twitter on my smartphone but I do not want to share info with my contacts.

Does Twitter app for android suggest to my contacts to link to my accounts?


texts:
I have a Chinese Tablet that was working till last night. I did a factory reset and now it is stuck in small Android logo. I have tried all key combinations to enter into recovery with no success. Please help. Do let me know what information can I provide about the tablet.

System (Android 4.0.4)
Model- L26
Manufacturer - unknown
Device - crane-a088
Product - crane_a088
Brand softwinners
Android Version - 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
API Level - 15
Build ID - IMM76D
Fingerprint - softwinners/crane_a088/crane-a088:4.0.4/IMM76D/20120924:eng/test-keys
Display (800x432)

Processor (ARMv7)
Processor - ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7l)
Cores - 1
Max Frequency - 1200 Mhz
Instruction Sets - armeabi v7a, armeabi
SIMD Instructions - NEON

Memory (306 MB)
System RAM - 306 MB
JVM Max Memory - 48 MB

Internal Storage - 639 MB
External Storage - 935 MB

Back Camera - (1.9 megapixel)
Front Camera - (0.3 megapixel)

Sensors (2)
MMA 3-axis Accelerometer
Vendor - Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
Broncho 2-axis Orientation
Vendor - Topwise 3G Inc.

OpenGL 1.X (Mali-400 MP)
General
Renderer - Mali-400 MP
Version - OpenGL ES-CM 1.1
Vendor - ARM

OpenGL 2.0 (Mali-400 MP)
General
Renderer - Mali-400 MP
Version OpenGL ES 2.0
Vendor - ARM
GLSL Version - OpenGL ES GLSL ES 1.00

Features (20)
Graphics
OpenGL 2.0
Android Hardware
android.hardware.bluetooth
android.hardware.camera
android.hardware.camera.autofocus
android.hardware.faketouch
android.hardware.location
android.hardware.location.gps
android.hardware.location.network
android.hardware.microphone
android.hardware.nfc
android.hardware.screen.landscape
android.hardware.screen.portrait
android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer
android.hardware.touchscreen
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch
android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct
android.hardware.usb.accessory
android.hardware.wifi

Android Software
android.software.live_wallpaper

Model number
L26
Android version
4.0.4
Baseband version
M1190_V1.0.3
Kernel version
3.0.8
lihongling@lihongling-desktop #30
Mon Sep 24 19.53.13 CST 2012
Build number
Ubuntu-L26-B-20121016


texts: Where to get the release version of lollipop for Nexus 7

texts:
I'm looking for the Lollipop OS that I can sideload to my Nexus 7 2012 and supposedly they released Lollipop for Nexus 7 2012 today (Nov 3, 2014).  Is there a site I can go to download the OTA file?

The official version is not here yet.


texts: Bought an app, uninstalled it and automatically got a refund - how to disable?

texts:
Few hours ago I bought an app on Google Play Store that I don't need at a moment, but it looked handy and was on sale. I have installed it, fiddled with it for a few minutes and then uninstalled it. As soon as it finished uninstalling, I got an email that my order was cancelled and refunded. The app isn't in my library anymore and I can buy it again.

I don't remember it happening previously when I uninstalled apps just after buying, so it looks like this automatic cancellation was introduced recently. (Or perhaps it's configured per app by developer?)

Can I opt out of this feature and not get refunds automatically?
Is there any official statement from Google that such feature was enabled?


texts: Galaxy S7 Edge will not stay in software installation mode

texts:
I've been suffering through this for a couple weeks now, hoping that an update would fix it, but now I don't know who to turn to. So, I develop apps for android and iOS. Typically I just test on my own phone, which is a Galaxy S7 Edge. When I got it, I looked up how to access developer mode and did that. I then turned on USB debugging, however, when I hooked up my phone, my Android Studio could not find the device.

I looked at my options under the "Use USB for..." menu and picked 'Software installation'. My Android Studio found my device and I started using it to test apps. It worked great, so I didn't ask any questions, until a couple weeks ago, after a security update I started getting a weird error. Every time I was connected to my computer and I set my usb mode to Software installation, after about 30 seconds it would change to File Transfer mode on its own.

I cannot be in Software installation mode for more than a minute at any given time, and when I am in File Transfer mode, my Android Studio won't register my phone as a debugging device. I downloaded the most recent update today, but that didn't fix my issue. I Googled the issue, but I can't find anyone who seems to have had this problem. Has anyone had this problem? Does anyone have a clue how to fix it?

Tl;dr: My phone cannot stay in Software installation mode long enough for me to download an app from Android Studio to test. I'm using 6.0.1


texts: Android virtual keyboard (Rugby Pro) types j when I press g (and other keyboard mismaps)

texts:
This description is bad but I have been struggling with finding the right words. I searched SE for "android virtual keyboard loses touch mapping" and nothing that looked right came back.

Have a Galaxy Rugby Pro with Android 4.2 stock. Using standard Samsung keyboard app with occasional Google Voice.
Every three months or so, my Android phone virtual keyboard seems to lose its mappings.
Meaning, when I type a g, the keyboard actually registers a j. Same with other keys, usually in the central row but also has included backspace, space bar.
This only happens in the keyboard that comes up in portrait mode for messaging and Facebook, etc. Does not happen in landscape (which I don't use much, unless the problems with portrait are significantly hampering me).
I've tried app manager/samsung keyboard/reset keyboard. No luck.
The only thing that works for me is to reset the phone completely with a factory reset.
That always fixes it, but reinstalling apps, redoing logins, etc is a PITA. I don't think backups are the answer because reinstalling would just reinstall the bad keyboard mapping.

So, two questions
A. Is there any way I can prevent the problem from happening without doing a full phone reset?
B. What terms should I use in googling this problem? "Android keyboard mapping" just leads me to links about, well, keyboard mapper apps. "android keyboard wrong letters" brings me to the link about the factory reset and other not-useful items about installing non-english keyboard layouts, which is not my issue.


texts: Changing SIM card reset/lost stored google password

texts:
For troubleshooting reasons, T-Mobile gave me a new SIM card.

After swapping the card, my phone did not know the google password, I had to enter it again.

I tried to research the linkage (is it stored in the SIM, does the phone reset the stored password for a new SIM, etc.)

I am pretty sure that it does not happen on removal of the SIM, because I had taking my old SIM out several times, to ferry data from my old handset.


texts: How to convert PDF to read on Android Kindle?

texts:
I can convert my PDFs to the nice AZW format through the Amazon Kindle free email converter.

However, I did not yet figure out how I can add the resulting .azw file to my Android Kindle app as well - does anyone know how to do this?

I've tried copying it to the /kindle directory where the .mobi files are, but it does not recognize it


texts: Is there a different fastboot command for the Google Pixel and the oem-off-mode command?

texts:
I'm trying to set a Google Pixel to boot when the power is connected. I found discussion of using the fastboot oem-off-mode charge = 0 command, but when I reboot the device into the bootloader and try the command I get a fastboot: usage: unknown command oem-off-mode error.

Is this command no longer supported or did they rename the command?


texts: Unexpected reboot during app install has left phone with no space

texts:
My wife recently went to install a game on her phone (Sims Freeplay) from Google Play. She tells me the phone had enough memory for the install (~15MB free for a 13MB app), which is why she tried.

(As an aside, I'm assuming it downloads the package, then installs from that, so you need at least twice the final space to unpack the thing correctly.)

It downloaded successfully, but when the phone tried to install the app the phone unexpectedly self-rebooted.

After booting, the game wasn't installed and the phone is reporting low memory, with <1MB of phone memory free. She's using an app to check this usage (called DiskUsage), which is reporting "System Data" as using 28MB - she's sure it was much smaller when she checked the space before attempting the installation.

Assuming she's right, I'm thinking maybe the downloaded package is still sitting around somewhere consuming space. Is this possible (given it crashed mid-install)? If so how can we get rid of it?


texts: Disable "com.package.name has stopped" pop-up notification

texts:
I am typing, and then, a pop-up flies into the screen, telling me that a random application in the background has halted.

Starting with Android Lollipop, the "OK" button of the pop-up is terribly small, and is greyed out for one second. Tapping on the background behind the pop-up does not work.

Apparently, Android is unable to send a notification instead of pop-up on app crashes, so it decides to block the screen like the infamous iOS volume indicator.

How do I disable the app crash pop-up?

I am tired of waiting one second and pressing "OK" each time.


texts: Why can't this application be deactivated after screen is locked?

texts:
I recently installed WhatsApp. I thought it would be clever to deactivate it while my screen is locked to save battery: data can update when I have my screen active.

But it looks there is something special about this application that prevent it from being deactivated.

I often get notifications involving WhatsApp in high consumption while my phone is locked
there is a red message Can't refresh when closed on it's side when I go to "Battery > Close apps after screen lock" ... well, that's pretty much what I would like!

Anyone knows what I can do to avoid this? (apart from uninstalling this tyrannic application)? Is there a feature I'm missing and that I should change?


texts: How can I block Play Store from installing a specific app

texts: Is there any option that doesn't allow me to install a specific app from the Play Store ever again on that device? How can I do that?


texts: AnySoftKeyboard: How do I reorder/remove the keys from the long-press option? I am using Alternate (no mic) layout

texts:
My ASK keyboard currently looks like this:

There are two parts to this question:

How do I control (easily) what characters show up when I long-press on a key?
How do I re-arrange those options?

Language pack: English QWERTY Latin Keyboard
Layout: Alternate (no mic)


texts: How do I find out alternative apps from Play Store that have same functionality and LESS permissions?

texts:
Users often tend not to look at App permissions, while installing from Play Store, either out of ignorance or for other reasons. Permissions in Marshmallow are less granular and bundled compounding the problem

Is there a way to easily find alternative apps ( within Play Store) having same functionality but asking for lesser permissions?


texts: Minimum volume is too high with headphones

texts:
Got the HTC Sensation XE recently. Liking the phone and the beats headphones/ear-in phones that come with the phone.

However, the minimum volume is just too LOUD!!!

The beats integration was one of the reasons I bought the phone so I don't want to buy different headphone with volume control.

Is there a way around this?


texts: Access and modify files on the SD card of my mobile using WIFI tethering

texts:
I am looking for an application for my Android 2.3.5 Sony Xperia X10i.

I want an app that will mount my phone on my hot spot as eg: http://192.36.02.08 , which will have both download and upload functions.

I want this so that I can quickly transfer files from my computer to my mobile in a hurry, as I have found out that WiFi speeds for file transfers are much faster than that of an USB cable.

Are there any apps that can do it?

I appreciate any help.


texts: Does "clear data" of a running app also "force stop"?

texts:
In settings, if you go to an app and click "clear data" does that also cause the "force stop" function to be activated?

I'm thinking that when you clear the data of an app, the app is basically returned to the state it was in when you just installed it, so it necessitates a "force stop". Is this correct?


texts: How to delete downloaded files on Android TV

texts:
I have a Sony Bravia TV with Android.

When trying to install a new app from the Play store it says I have to free up some space, as my storage is full.
When checking storage in the settings, it says the cca 5.5GB are in the Downloads folder.
But I have no option to delete it, as there is nothing like a file manager.
I also cannot download any file manager, or cleaner etc. as it won't install anything, cause the storage is full.
Any ideas how to solve this?


texts: I don't know what my credential storage password is. Can anybody help?

texts: I want to change the VPN on my Samsung Galaxy S but it keeps asking me for my credential storage password. Does anybody know how I get this?


texts:
I was playing with Android Bluetooth API on HTC Desire. Bluetooth was working fine, then suddenly it stopped. Now I cannot turn it on, even manually from the Settings menu. Here is something from Logcat,

01-06 07:34:37.208: ERROR/bluedroid(96): bluetoothd stop timed out
01-06 07:34:47.215: ERROR/bluedroid(96): btld start timed out
01-06 07:34:47.215: ERROR/bluedroid(96): $#$#$#$#$# Stopping btld because of starting btld fail...

What should I do? Please help!! :(


texts:
I've a Vonino Luna 70C tab with Android Ice Cream 4.0.4. Today, while watching an YouTube video, my WiFi connection went down all of the sudden. After restarting the tablet, I couldn't turn WiFi on anymore: the status button was going from "On" to "Off" all by itself and the message was stuck at "Turning WiFi on...". I've tried several methods to get this fixed, yet none of them worked. Any help is much appreciated! I have to mention that I bought my tablet yesterday, so I doubt there's anything wrong with the hardware.

PS: While logging the connection process with LogCat, I ran into this error: "failed to read proc/net/wireless/". It spams it a little bit, after which it returns a fatal error: time out. I've tried creating the directory myself, hoping that it would fix the problem, but I cannot create it. (I have to mention that I am not on a rooted device.) Can it be something related to permission issues?

Thanks in advance,

EDIT: I thought a log would come in-handy. Pastebin ->


texts: WiFi network not accessible with modified MAC address

texts:
I've recently bought a Nexus 7 to use as a demo client for a system I am currently developing. For the time being, the system requires the client to have a particular MAC address in order to work. I've rooted the Nexus (still with the Android 4.4 stock ROM), and am using ip link to change the hardware address of wlan0. I am aware that this will be reset on reboot, but as I'd rather not recompile my Android kernel right now, that's okay.

The issue I am seeing is that I am unable to get an IP address from my (open) WiFi network with a modified MAC address. If I set a static IP, I can connect successfully with the modified address, but no packets are getting through.

Hopefully the below transcript will shed some light on exactly what isn't working and what I've tried.

First, I "forget" my WiFi connection and reboot my device just to start from scratch. Then:

$ adb shell
shell@flo:/ $ su
root@flo:/ # ip link | grep -A1 wlan0
22: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DORMANT qlen 100
    link/ether ac:22:0b:9f:37:f7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
root@flo:/ # ip link set dev wlan0 addr ac:22:0b:9f:37:f0

Here, I connect to the wireless network. If DHCP is selected, I am simply shown "Obtaining IP address" until the connection fails. If I set a static IP, the network is shown as connected, but:

root@flo:/ # ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.113: icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.113: icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 1004ms
pipe 2
1|root@flo:/ # ip route
default via 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0
192.168.1.0/24 dev wlan0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.1.113
192.168.1.1 dev wlan0  scope link
1|root@flo:/ # ip n
192.168.1.1 dev wlan0  INCOMPLETE
255|root@flo:/ # ip n change 192.168.1.1 lladdr 10:0D:7F:4D:1C:D0 dev wlan0
root@flo:/ # ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 6006ms

So, still no connection.
Let's see what happens if I change my MAC address back to the real one without even disconnecting from the wireless network:

root@flo:/ # ip link set dev wlan0 addr ac:22:0b:9f:37:f7
root@flo:/ # ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=13.0 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=9.82 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=9.49 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 9.491/10.793/13.061/1.609 ms

Does anyone have any idea what might be going on here?

For what it's worth, I am running DD-WRT on my router, no MAC filtering is enabled, and there should be no other "weird" rules set.

UPDATE:
After some further investigation, I have noticed that it seems like the Nexus 7 isn't using the spoofed address at all when talking to my AP. I have enabled MAC filtering and only allowed the spoofed address, and then adb logcat shows a CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT message. I'm wondering whether this might somehow be related to this wpa_supplicant question, but there weren't any answers to be had there either...


texts: How do I disable Touchwiz Easy Home on Galaxy S5

texts: I got message to pick either "Touchwiz Easy" or "Touchwiz Home" - didn't know what to do so picked Easy. Now have lost the appearance of my Home Pages?  How can I get this back?  HELP!!!


texts: Format android to join internal memory partitions?

texts:
I have searched around the net but not really finding exact problems nor solution related to mine.

I have a tablet which should have 8gb of internal memory but the problem is that it have divided memory onto 2 partitions as data storage and internal storage and i have lack of space on my data storage as its only 1gb while other partition uses rest of the internal storage.

So i cant install any more apps as my data storage is full while second partition is almost empty.

I have actually tried to flash emmc and new android but i got the same partition sizes.

My device is BlueBerry Netcat M-28, this should be rebranded chinese Cube tablet as i know. Anyway the model is from 2014 and uses:

Android 4.2.2
Baseband version MOLY.WR8.W1315
Kernel version 3.4.5 build Jan 2014 HKT(i guess this is hong kong time)

Mediatek ARM Dual Core MT8312 1.2GHz

Mount points in the screenshot below

Click on the image to enlarge

Just for the note:
I don't know much about android except that it's based on linux, at least the same kernel? But i do know my way around the linux, still android is unfamiliar to me. I had a same problem with space on my mobile phone Nokia N900 which runs on linux maemo, the phone have 32gb memory which was divided into 2gb and 26gb and 2gb was not enough. But on Nokia there was no problem, i was easily able to find flash tools, new firmware, modified kernel. It was just needed to ,modify file with hex editor and flash emmc with new settings od 8gb and 20gb partitions.

Why isn't possible something like this on tablet too?


texts: (adb) How to Backup things from /data/data using a shell terminal emulator on the same device without root?

texts:
~ I have Nexus 5 running Android L 5.1.1

~ I want to backup one App cach from /data/data

~ I don't concider rooting my device

~ I installed a Shell Terminal Emulator from the app store.

~ I've already tried some commands like:

  adb backup -noapk com.google.android.app

But it didn't work (gives a 0kb file)

And sometimes gives error: (adb: unable to connect for backup) {I'm already a developer and debugging is on}.

Then I tried this one:

  time adb shell ls -l -a | grep '^[^l]' | sed -e 's/^d.* ([^ ])\r$/mkdir -p sav/\1; adb pull /\1 sav/\1/' -e 's/-. ([^ ]*)\r$/adb pull /\1 sav/\1/' | /bin/bash
  It gives some not found errors !

Is that possible? 'Cause I heard that a lot of people succeed to backup things without root, but using adb with android sdk on a PC.


texts: How does the Android 7.0 Nougat Easter Egg work?

texts:
I just installed the newest version of Android (Nougat) for my Sony Xperia Z5 and I know that in each version of this OS there is an easter egg in the options menu, so I tried to activate it by tapping on the right menu items, it shows the Nougat logo but after that nothing happens.
Does anyone know how it works?


texts: Home and Search don't work on my Nexus One

texts:
I'm using a beta of Cyanogenmod 7 and it seems unlikely they would leave out home and search button functionality. I tried rolling back to the RC and then getting the latest nightly and then wiping the data and cache and then getting the latest RC and nightly. But still, when I press Home or Search, the phone vibrates as if I pressed something but doesn't go home or bring up a search box.  Thankfully, "back" still works.

Is the hardware defective??


texts: System ui crashing after installing cyanogenmod

texts:
This is my first time installing a custom image, so I am really just looking for a nudge in the right direction.

I have a moto x developer edition 2013 that I installed cyanogenmod 12.1 on. However, after its been running for a few minutes, I will get a error that the system ui crashed. It then goes into a loop of crashing.

I tried installing cyanogenmod 11 with the same results. I gave tried wiping the cache (which is the suggestion I see elsewhere about issues like this).

I must have done something wrong if this is happening on two different versions. Any suggestions?


texts: Make website think you have a different size screen

texts:
If you really want a desktop version of a website to load you need it to think you have a desktop size screen.
The resolution of your screen is irrelevant

I've been told that changing the user agent isn't enough.
I've been told asking for desktop version does not work 90% of the
time.

The website measures the actual size of the screen. It does not care about DPI.
So, this  Change the screen size and dpi does not answer this question.
How do you change the screen size in android. Or trick it.
I'm open to any suggestions. I would like a rooted and unrooted method if possible. I don't mind downloading 3rd party applications either to get this to work.
End goal is to get desktop website to load.


texts: How to view internal AND SD card storage on my Moto e4 when I connect it to my computer?

texts:
Up until a couple of hours ago I have been able to view my internal storage and SD storage on my phone when I connect it to my computer via USB. I simply swipe down on my phone, click USB for file transfer and select "transfer file." Since formatting the SD card I can view my SD card storage but NOT my internal. Should I still be able to see the internal storage after I do that?

Other than formatting the SD card, there are a few things that I did to my phone since being able to view internal storage:
1) I moved some apps to the SD card
2) I activated/enabled developer options (sorry I did that) but nothing is changed, that I know of
3) I cleared the settings storage cache (not data)
4) Some apps updated but I don't know which ones, I didn't pay attention to the notification

I'm not sure which, if any, of these things would cause me to no longer be able to view my internal storage.

I tried:

restarting my phone
unplugging and replugging the usb cable
restarting my computer (which also updated)
uninstalling the device driver (I did not get the checkbox option to delete driver but I did get this warning letting me know that I was uninstalling the device from my system and I continued with the uninstall)


texts: Turning off sensors on Android devices that doesn't support turning off sensors from system settings

texts: Turning off all sensors is possible on devices running Android 10 and higher from the system settings. I have a 2016 Mediatek phone running Android 5.1.1 with root privilege. I was wondering if it was possible to turn off all sensors with a one liner command or each one of them manually with seperate commands.


texts: Clean way for flashing factory image on Samsung Galaxy Nexus?

texts:
Is this the correct and clean way for flashing factory Jelly Bean image on Samsung Galaxy Nexus, without using any external tool (apart from Android SDK)?

I don't want to to break my phone, so I'm asking this. I've collected these informations from various sources, but I need a confirm that all the steps and commands are correct and needed.

Step 1: Download and install Android SDK for Windows. Start Android SDK manager, select Android SDK platform-tools and Google USB Driver (this should be already selected) and install. It will take a while.

After packages installation, add the folder:

C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

to your PATH variable, to make command fastboot available in command prompt.

Step 2: Download a factory image from official Factory Images for Nexus Devices. For me is "yakju" for Galaxy Nexus "maguro" (GSM/HSPA+), file yakju-jro03c-factory-3174c1e5.tgz

Make a new folder, say C:\jro03c. Open yakju-jro03c-factory-3174c1e5.tgz and extract bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img along with radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img to C:\jro03c. Folder now contains two image files:

C:\jro03c\bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img
C:\jro03c\radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img

Then inside the .tgz file itself, open image-yakju-jro03c.zip and copy all *.img files to C:\jro03c. You will end up with six image files:

C:\jro03c\boot.img
C:\jro03c\bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img
C:\jro03c\radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img
C:\jro03c\recovery.img
C:\jro03c\system.img
C:\jro03c\userdata.img

Step 3: Power off your Galaxy Nexus. Press and hold Volume Up and Volume Down then press and hold the Power button; the Galaxy Nexus will now enter "fastboot mode". Connect your phone using the USB cable.

Then open a command prompt (Windows Key + R opens "Run", then type in cmd) type:

cd C:\jro03c
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primelc03.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxlf1.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock
fastboot reboot


texts:
If I install CyanogenMod, will I have 'rooted' my phone? Is CyanogenMod a rooting program, or is the procedure of installing CyanogenMod rooting, and CyanogenMod is something needing root?

Is CyanogenMod a type of android release? Considering to install it is similar to a new android update?


texts: How to use, learn, and practice Dvorak layout with hardware external keyboards?

texts:
I have an hardware USB keyboard I want to practice Dvorak using my Android device. I've tried several games and such that purport to be typing games or tutors and they are all horrible, or at least clearly designed for other purposes. (Some of them even disable external keyboards because they have leaderboards for speed).

I'm looking for a gimmick-free typing tutor for Android that teaches Dvorak layouts.

Also, how do I convert qwerty input to dvorak?


texts:
I've been trying to connect my Droid Razr running 4.0.4 to record its screen, but have had no luck. I've tried VNC server, Tight VNC, and just tried the android adk using the adb or monitor tools, and nothing. I did list devices in adb, checked see devices in android debug monitor, and noticed that my device was not there. I have USB debugging and connected as media device when USB is pluged in.

Can anyone help me with this, so I can use something to record my screen?


texts: Initial setup: Google Assistant isn't available for this account

texts:
Getting the following error when I try to active my new One Plus 7 Pro,

  The Google Assistant isn't available for this account

  The Google Assistant needs Activity controls that your device administrator has limited on this account. Check with your administrator or switch accounts and try again


texts: Poor NFC recognition after replacing Nexus 4 back cover

texts:
After replacing the back cover on my Nexus 4, the ability to read NFC tags has decreased significantly. I replaced the back cover of my Nexus 4 with an original(!) replacement because the glass had broken. Yes, the new back cover has NFC and I've confirmed that by scanning the tags I used even before the cover replacement. It does work, because the tags can be scanned, but it takes a lot of tries and often I have to give up.

I test NFC capability by holding a known valid NFC tag at the center of the phone's back, and if that doesn't trigger then I very slowly slide the tag around the back, and repeatedly remove/reapply the tag. All my tags are the "sticker" type, and they're placed on a wooden surface (not metal), so it's not a matter of material or thickness.

I don't think I did the cover replacement badly, because it does work occasionally. Is it possible that the replacement is a poorer quality than the first? What can cause this problem, and how can I determine & fix it?


texts: Bluetooth audio connection confirmation with Tasker

texts: Just bought Tasker, my goal is that when I get into my car I have a Jabra Freeway, it has a motion sensor and turns on when it detects motion. But my VZW Galaxy Nexus won't always connect. I get tired of checking, how do I go about creating a task or profile that would allow me to hear a notification sound to act as a confirmation that the phone connected. I'd like to get in, and hear for example a text tone on the Bluetooth to let me know it's connected. I need a step by step walkthrough. I haven't found one online?


texts: Is there a way in Facebook messenger to customize the message tone for individual people? I can change the Default tone for everyone but I want to change for individual people.


texts: Screen won't rotate in any apps on my Nexus 6

texts: So, quite some time ago I upgraded my Nexus 6 to Android 6.0.1. At that time, my screen rotation worked fine. A few days ago, I noticed I couldn't rotate the screen in Snapchat or on other social media apps. Even things like YouTube wouldn't rotate automatically. I know the hardware is working fine because there are readings from the gyroscope sensor and the screen breath's when its picked up or moved too much. Any one have any idea?


texts:
Apple iPhone apps also run on iPads. I don't know if the same is true for Android.

Do Android phone apps run on Android tablets? I figure the API is the same but are the two formats interchangeable at all?


texts: some apps enabled in restricted account get "download failed because the resources could not be found"

texts:
I installed a few tocaboca games for my daughter from the admin account on her Samsung S5e tablet running Android 11 from the google play store. These are installed on the internal storage and there is about 80GB free. I then enabled these in her restricted account. When opening most of these within the restricted account I receive "download failed because the resources could not be found".
Some of these games do work. All apps work in other accounts on the tablet but many fail in any restricted account. I created a new restricted account to test there as well and saw the same issue. It would be nice if you could temporarily enable "Play Store" within a restricted account and do the install from there - I feel that this would possibly work around the issue but this ability is disabled.
I have seen others on this site state that one should just give the child access to the admin account. Giving a child access to the admin account is not an option as they can gain access to the internet, YouTube and install apps willynilly. Thank you in advance for your wisdom in this issue.


texts: Is possible to change an app icon on 4.1 on my S3?

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I have an app that I downloaded from the Play store and it's icon is very visually unappealing and I wanted to know if there is way to replace the default icon with one from an icon pack without a launcher.  Like, can I permanently associate a new icon with the app I want to change?  How can I do it? Or will the default icon always  show up in say, the Share menu but remain different on the homescreen?   Any tips?

OS: 4.1
S3


texts: Lenovo Vibe K5 Note USB connection issue

texts: Whenever I connect my mobile to Laptop I'm not able to view mass Storage option. Instead of that only getting "Lenovo CD" option which includes USBdrivers and other Lenovo softwares. (MTP option is already enabled). Current Android Version: marshmallow 6.0


texts: How can I see the pointer location, and simulate it?

texts: I want to see the X and Y axis of my touch location in Android, and want to use the x and y axis by typing it into a shell extension, to simulate an actual touch on the screen. Can anyone help?


texts: How to gain access to Android GUI having only remote root access to console?

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I have remote root SSH access to my Android device, i.e. can upload and start programs there.

How to get GUI access, i.e. view the screen and press buttons there remotely.

For X11, x11vnc can be used to attach to X session. Are there analogues for Android?


texts: How can I unlock my Samsung S5 after too many wrong finger prints?

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I have a Samsung S5 with a finger print lock.

After so many attempts (5) it locked and asked for an alternate password which, unfortunately, I did not set up.

Now I cant unlock my phone. I called my server and they advised me to go on here.


texts: Brightness level stuck at minimum after upgrading to Android 5.1.1

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I have Sony Xperia Z (C6603, 10.7.A.0.222) and the brightness level is stuck at minimum after update to 5.1.1.

I have tried:

sensor test - light sensor is OK.
set brightness via ADB (settings put system screen_brightness 200) - didn't work.
using brightness control apps (like LUX for example) - didn't work.

Using stock ROM without root, any apps or functions that could set brightness to low for saving battery are either uninstalled or turned off? Any suggestions?


texts: Select which Dropbox account to synchronize with when camera upload is on

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I installed Dropbox on my rooted Samsung Galaxy SIII that runs Android 4.1.2.

I have 2 Dropbox accounts, one personal, one Dropbox account for business. When turning on the camera upload, how can I choose which account to use? I would like to choose the Dropbox account for business ("MIT" in my case), not the "Personal" account as by default.

My 2 accounts:

Turning on the camera upload:

I don't see anything in the settings:


texts: Does switching my phone from 3G to LTE only matter if I use mobile data?

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I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro with Android 5.1.1 and MIUI 7.3.2.0. In my settings I have the option to choose a network type. The options are "2G", "Prefer 3G", and "Prefer LTE". I only use WiFi to connect to the internet so my mobile data is off all the time although my phone automatically turns it on while downloading/sending MMS, then turns it off again). In my APN settings I have set the APN type to "mms" to ensure that my mobile data can only be used for MMS (so only my Messaging app can use data).

Does choosing LTE only affect mobile data?
I read that LTE is a faster network than 3G. Will I notice any improvements in my phone if I switch from 3G to LTE? (faster MMS download?)
Will it consume more battery?
Is my signal strength more likely to increase or decrease?


texts: What is the "Attempting HD" icon when placing calls?

texts: I have an HTC One with Sprint, and I recently updated to Android 5.0.2.  After the update, my calls now say "Attempting HD" in the corner.  I tried googling for "attempting hd android", "attempting hd htc one" and "attempting hd sprint" with poor results. What is this?  Can I disable it if I don't want it?


texts: Wake up android device by microphone or camera

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I would like to install a Android tablet on a wall.
So I would wake it up by looking in to the camera(distance ~0.5 - 2 meters), by clapping my hands or something similar.
Now I'm searching for an app or a service who can handle this.
Something like ISeeYou, but working...
I will only awake my device, not unlock it.


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Is it possible to disable the disable option for a system app?

For example, if I turned Google now launcher into a system app, the disable option is grayed out. However, if I do the same for Google keyboard, option to disable is still there. So is it possible to disable the disable option for an app?

Note: I have a  rooted Android lollipop device.


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is there a way to record a video just like if I would record with a normal camera app but with the difference, that I can observe the image on the PC? I've tried IP webcam and droidcam, but both created videos with very bad quality compared to normal camera recording, I guess due to streaming limits.
But streaming is not my aim, I just would like to have a preview and then simply start recording locally to the phone.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S Captivate stuck at the boot screen

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I have a Galaxy S Captivate and it has been problematic ever since. I flashed various stock roms (with and without bootloaders) in download mode and the phone always gets stuck at the boot screen (AT&T logo).

Here is a video posted by someone else which shows the same problem I'm facing.

I'm guessing that I messed up the bootloader and I need to reflash/fix it somehow but can't seem find a specific targeted tutorial/guide for this issue. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.


texts: How do I backup and restore SMS Messages?


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I have the standard Weather calendar added to Google Calendar, and I can see the weather for today on goocal in my desktop browser just fine.

I noticed that the weather was no longer showing up on my calendar.  It was showing the weather for last week - Mon-Tue-Wed, but there was no entries for this week.
So I deleted the weather calendar completely.  Verified it was no longer showing up on my Android.  Then I added it back again.  Now I can (still) see it on my desktop in the browser, but in Android the calendar no longer shows up at all.  The Weather calendar is quite definitely selected as "Synce, Visible" in the calendar settings.  I also tried another calendar app that uses the Google Calendar database (Business Calendar); again, the Weather calendar is selected to be shown, but it does not show up.

Before you ask why I don't just use the weather widget, to be honest I don't particularly care about the weather, I just like having something on my calendar every day - it makes it more obvious in "Agenda" view that I have nothing going on today

UPDATE: I just tried the "Day of the Year" calendar and that shows up just fine.  My speculation is that the weather calendar requires your current location, and that's the source of the problem.  I'd rather see the weather, which is at least marginally useful, than the day of the year though.


texts: How to mark and delete some or all contacts?

texts: I've accidentally "imported contacts from storage" and now all my Gmail contacts I've ever emailed to are in my contacts on my phone! Now I can't find any option to be able to get rid of them, "export from storage" doesn't work as expected. What should I do?


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I am using a Nexus 5 D820 rooted stock Android 6.0.1 MOB30D.  The YouTube app version is 11.x and is the latest as I checked for the updates today.

The app pauses the video at random. I had to tap the play symbol at the center to start it to play.  This is not same as buffering as in buffering one would see a progress and the play symbol does not come up when the video is stopped.

I tried this with my headsets and without headsets to rule out the
press of headset button or something allied to cause the issue.
I also tried this in 3G and in WiFi, both in high res and low res.
I also tried this in offline mode.

In each and every case, the YouTube app pauses the video almost for once for every minute.  I do not want to switch over to another app and I cannot uninstall it as well.

Does anybody have any solutions? Thanks.


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I have a DX2 I recently rooted (2.3.5) with some self root package.
However, I didn't realize virtually all of the CM roms require 2.3.4. So now I need to SBF back to 2.3.4, re-root and flash. I'd like CM7, and maybe even try CM10.
Is there a comprehensive site with all the necessary files in 1 location? I've searched all over forums and so many sites have dead links. I'm a bit of a noob, but have flashed the optimus elite once before..this motoblur crap is annoying..

Edit :
DX2 = droid x2
CM = cyanogenmod
SBF = system boot file
noob = beginner or novice


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Is there a way to swap the audio channels coming out of the headphone jack on my tablet? A third-party app would be acceptable.

For some context: My tablet has a pop in the left channel and I need it to pop in the right instead. I'm using the left channel to play background music through a large PA system and the right channel with notes to myself that only I can hear. I separate the left channel out to the PA and then plug them both into a mixer for myself. The PA gets the left (with the pop) and I get both. Since the pop is only in the left, if I could swap the channels, I could just swap my external wiring and voila, only "I" hear the pop, not the PA system.


texts: Android phone discharges when it has 20%

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Possible Duplicate:
  Why does my Nexus One power off with 15% power remaining?

I've noticed that when my Google Nexus One phone is showing ~20% of the battery, after using it for a minute or two it completely discharges to 0%. Everything started before two weeks or so. Before that phone was fine, but now if it's showing ~20% of battery, after a few minutes it turns off and when you turn it on, it shows that there are 0% left in a battery and turns off... Where's the problem?


texts: My Xperia tablet Z is set to sleep after 30 seconds of inactivity. However starting yesterday it no longer goes to sleep at all and the battery just goes flat. Is there any way to fix this?


texts: Galaxy S4 - Exchange ActiveSync picks wrong Display Name

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When I add an MSN @live.com email account the Galaxy S4, it doesn't pick the Display Name set by Exchange.

From the web interface, it shows the Display Name set as the full name (e.g. John Smith), but on Android, all out-going emails have the username set as the Display Name (e.g. jsmith).

The Display Name for office365.com email accounts seems to be working fine, but not for @live.com email accounts.

Further more, Android doesn't give the option to re-set or update the Display Name in Exchange ActiveSync email accounts. That options is available under IMAP and POP3 email accounts only.

Is this a new issue?

Has anyone been able to fix this?

I called Samsung and they couldn't find a solution in their support knowledge base, asked me to contact my Cellphone Carrier. I called my Callphone Carrier and they said it's out-of-scope for their Support and that I should contact Samsung.


texts: compile apk for Android 5 from the source code of an app for Android 6

texts: Is it possible to compile apk for Android 5 using the source code of an app for Android 6?


texts: Top part of my touchscreen is not working

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Moto C plus | Android 7 | Rooted
Suddenly top part doesn't work. In the test, if I keep on moving in the white area, evetually, one random one will turn green. Also a few minutes before, it was only one white row. I didn't drop the phone or get water in it when this started.
Any idea what it could be and how I can fix it?


texts: Syncing Firefox Android downloads in Dropbox

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I use an Android phone. I use Firefox and Chrome as browsers on it. I want to set the download location for Firefox to a location on Dropbox installed on my phone, such that all my downloads are directly synchronized to a folder which I can even access on my PC.

I am unable to do so. I have tried doing the instructions posted here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1028808

The other option is dropsync. Is there any option which doesnot involve using Dropsync?


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Are all Android apps device dependent ? Like for example if two different devices run the same version of Android can I interchange the app apk files ? Like the camera app ? Can I take the camera app of device A and install it in device B ?

Are the apps made by manufacturers or are they a part of the Android OS ? Like would it be possible for me to the get the Gallery apk of the Jellybean OS if I downloaded their SDK from Google ?


texts: Is there a way to preserve tabs that were open in Froyo 2.2's stock browser?

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When my Droid X's Froyo 2.2 browser gets killed for whatever reason (reboot, memory manager killing it), it loses 100% of its open tabs and reopens with Google's home page in a single tab.

If you have 7-8 open tabs, restoring them from History (especially if some were used via Google Mobile URL that all look the same in history tab) is a uber-major pain.

Is there a way to preserve tabs that were open in Froyo 2.2's stock browser, ala saving session state in Firefox, IR or Chrome (at least on desktop)?

NOTE: "Upgrade from Froyo" is not an option, neither is "use FireFox mobile" - for some reason FF and my Droid X don't play well (FF gets completely frozen once an hour usually requiring full battery pull). The question is specifically about Googe's Android Stock browser.

However, if the stock browser from Android 2.3 and on fixes the problem AND can be installed on Froyo 2.2, I'm quite happy with that as an answer.

P.S. Ironically, my problem is the opposite of the one discussed here.


texts: Is 150 MB / month enough for limited use?

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I've been thinking about getting a pre-owned Samsung Fascinate from Verizon for $40. I can't afford a $30/month unlimited data plan, but I was considering the $15/month 150MB data plan.

I'm planning on using it primarily as a phone/PMP, without heavy use of internet-related features. Most of my data usage will probably come from these things:

Downloading apps
Occassionally checking weather, maps, etc.
Texting through Google Voice. I plan all cancelling my texting plan and moving all my texting activities to Google Voice. I only use around ~300 texts (sent and received) per month.

Is it reasonable to expect these activities to remain within 150MB/month? On a related note, I am usually on my university's campus, which has wi-fi. Can I use the wi-fi network to avoid suffering data charges?

Update: Verizon ran a promotion this weekend. For upgrading to a smartphone with unlimited data plan, you got a $10/month credit for the next 24 months. So the $30/unlimited data plan effectively becomes $20/unlimited, and I went with that instead of the $15/150MB plan.


texts: Can applications access users information without having permissions?

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When i scan apps with
Am pre_release Some apps have this access, which is in the photo. My question is, what is this access?  Can you explain about it first?  And in the second place While camera permission is closed for the app ( in setting )
It can use the camera without user's knowledge or not? And if  app can not use it directly, is it possible to do this through intent?


texts: I have a Samsung J7 smartphone. It's currently running version 8.1 and I want to improve it to Android version 10. By clicking "update" in settings, it says "the latest version has already been installed". What would be the risks associated with installing manual updates?


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Could someone explain what does it mean that Galaxy S8 with Android 7.0 is encrypted by default even when the phone has no password.

I thought it is encrypted because of PIN. And you should type correct PIN to decrypt data.

But I was told that even if phone has no password it is encrypted by default.

By encryption I mean that my phone has protected / unreadable data and I need to somehow decrypt it - by typing the password (pin, pattern, etc).

What does it mean it is encrypted by default ? Right now anybody could take my phone, boot it because it has no password and get access to all my data (photos, movies, sms, etc)


texts: Swap z and y keys on Xperia Mini Pro with Android 4.0

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I got a Xperia Mini Pro with a hardware keyboard, which has a German layout. I switched to US layout on the computer and would like to use that on the phone as well.

Is there some way to change the layout of the phone? I do not care about the button labels.

Update

I checked the “Language and Input” section of the settings:

http://wstaw.org/m/2013/04/27/Screenshot_2013-04-27-21-48-01.png

For German (“Deutsch”), I can only select QWERTZ and AZERTY, but not the QUERTY that I want.

http://wstaw.org/m/2013/04/27/Screenshot_2013-04-27-21-48-13.png


texts: Increasing vibration intensity in pixel XL

texts: I can barely feel the vibration in my pixel XL. Is there any way to increase it? Some posts suggest there should be a "Sound and Vibration" setting but my O does not have one.


texts: rooted android JB 4.1.1 razr m , Map network drive with VPN

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So I established a VPN using openVPN app on my phone. My phone has an IP and everything on the network. What I would like to do now is browse the network drives remotely and possibly download files to my phone or open them using quick office. Is this possible?? I have done a bit of research but all the questions concerning mapped network drives are for computers.

I usually just use "net use" in my .bat file to automatically connect to network drives with a user name and password when I have a VPN running for the same network on my laptop.

Any help would be much appreciated!


texts: 'Languages and Input' sub-setting crashes Settings, need to enable it to install keyboard

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Alright so I try to get into the 'Language and Input' sub-setting on the 'Settings' menu, and when I click on it a message appears saying: "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped working".
This only happens with 'Language and Input'.

I have Android 4.2.2 installed, on an Acer V370 (Liquid E2) phone.

So far I've tried clearing data from the 'Settings' app and fixing permissions using ROM manager, both didn't work.

What I'm really trying to do is get a working keyboard on my phone, as for reasons unknown I have no keyboard to type on the phone. So, I don't really care about fixing the 'Languages and Input' setting as long as there's a way to put a keyboard app in my phone again.


texts: How do I install apps. from Android market on my Android tablet if the market is telling me that there's no android devices associated with it?

texts: Just bought a cheap MID 7" Android 2.2 tablet. Tried opening the icon on the desktop that says Install Apps and all I got was a page with a heading of AppInstaller and then /mnt/sdcard. When I tried to put in the URL for the Android Market, it didn't work. When I used the browser to go to the Market page and install an app, I get the message that there's no Android devices associated with this device. Any ideas?


texts: how to give airdroid root permissions on kitkat?

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i have a rooted S4 Mini on kitkat 4.4.2

now they have changed the permission so normal applications cannot write expect a given location on the external sd card. (which is not bad as security).

but now i cant use airdroid to upload files to my mobile.

so instead of allowing all applications to write on the external sd card.

i want to give airdroid root so it can write on the external sd card in any location while the  other applications are controlled by the new rule.


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My phone is a Motorola Moto G3. Sometimes, when I'm not using it, 'Ok Google' feature auto launchs and records my voice. I think it could be a bug. Is any workaround to prevent that and not disable the 'Ok Google' voice detection?

Or it's the NSA?


texts: How to stop getting internet through the prepaid card and use only my home wifi?

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I bought a 3G prepaid card that offers internet, but I want to stop getting Internet through the card and use WiFi to connect to his home router or certain WiFi networks of choice.

I know how to connect to WiFi. My question is how to shut off prepaid 3G internet, other than removing the card, which I find tedious.

The reason is simple, I want to use my card for phone calls only and I want to use the WiFi for Internet. Plus, my prepaid card internet is damn expensive.


texts: How do I REALLY sync ALL contacts to a new phone

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I have an old phone (LG P350) with Android 2.2.2, where I obviously have a few contacts. Most of them are contacts with telephone numbers, which I manually created (few got automatically imported from facebook or email).

Now I have a new LG phone with Android 2.3.6.
I want to have on the new phone all the contacts I had on the old one. I mean the contacts that you see when you tap on the Contacts icon.

It should be a complete no-brainer, but apparently it isn't.

Note: I don't use the GMail application neither on the old phone nor the new one, and I don't want to. I do have my @gmail.com account set as the main account for both phones.

On both the old and new phone, under Settings -> Accounts and Sync, the "Auto-sync" option is enabled.
Also, under the ...@gmail.com account listed below "manage accounts", I have enabled both "Sync people details" and "Sync contacts", both on the new and old phone.

However, my contacts don't get synced. I have a lot of contacts in the old phone that I can't find in the new one.
The new phone apparently has imported all the mess of useless contacts from gmail (i.e. email addresses some with and some without names) but no phone numbers.

So how do I sync, or export and then import ALL my contacts?


texts: Does my HTC Wildfire S data cable work with a Samsung Galaxy S2?

texts: I have a HTC Wildfire S and I was wondering if it works on a Samsung Galaxy S2. Sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum.


texts: Question on how to decrypt adopted storage

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In this answer post, user poqdavid gives an answer on how to decrypt adopted storage. In steps 5 - 8, it says to use a linux computer to perform the commands.

As I don't have a linux computer, I was wondering if those steps can be done on the Android phone, using Busybox and Android Terminal Emulator?  If so, what would be the steps to do it (assuming they differ some from the ones posted there)?

Maybe the better question would be, is there a straight-forward way to decrypt the storage ON THE ANDROID DEVICE, so the SD card doesn't have to be removed and read in another machine?


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I have a new phone as my old one was stolen, but I still have the SIM card with the phone number connected to my WhatsApp account.
I inserted that SIM card into the new phone, but none of my contacts, WhatsApp groups or pending messages can be seen.

Is it because I have not checked my WhatsApp messages for 60 days? How can I get all of my account back? I thought since I have the SIM card connected with the account, I could retrieve my WhatsApp account.


texts: How to lock network operator or to never go on roaming, or get out of roaming as soon as possible

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I work really close to a country border, and I do NOT want my phone to connect to other operators than mine.

Sometimes the operator from my home country will be unavailable for a brief period of time, and the phone will go on roaming. (and it's useless. no phone, no sms, no web. pointless)

When I'm back in a zone where my home country operator has coverage, the phone will stick to roaming for a good while (hours), and I have to notice it and manually select my operator.

Unfortunately when the phone reboots the "choose automatically" option is re-set, so if I reboot the phone (or when it reboots itself), I have to do this again.

I have tasker, but didn't find a way. I am also ready to root the phone if needed.
I just don't know how to select a network operator and prevent the phone to switch to "choose automatically" at every reboot. It's not about apn and roaming charges, I just want it to never go on roaming ever ever ever.

Any suggestion?

(device info: OnePlus One, android 5.0.1, cyanogenmod cm12)


texts: How to upgrade rooted HTC Desire with Unrevoked3 (Clockworkmod) to Froyo 2.2?

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I recently rooted my HTC Desire having Froyo 2.2 with Unrevoked3. Rooting was successful, however, after Unrevoked placed the recovery image, the system was back at OS 2.1 again.

How can I upgrade again back to Froyo 2.2? Installing the normal OTA update doesn't work I guess.  At least it didn't when I tried. Can someone provide me some hints on how to do so? (Sorry, but it was my first rooting adventure.)


texts: Huge system data on my Blu quattro phone, #9009# does not work

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Most of my Blu quattro (not rooted) phone's storage is taken by system data. I checked it with the DiskUsage application (system data takes about 800 MB of my 1 GB of phone memory). I saw this to be a known problem due to some log files that keep increasing indefinitely of size.

In order to delete them, it is suggested to type in the code *#9009# and select from the menu "delete dumpstate/logcat". However, when I type it I  see "invalid MMI code".

Any suggestion on how to delete these logs? I'd like to avoid rooting. On the web I found that factory reset does not solve the problem permanently but it only frees space temporarily, since after reset the system data keeps growing. Therefore, I need a  one-click solution that I can use whenever the system data becomes too big.


texts: How to capture screencast video and root not required?

texts:
I found a lot of solution to make a screencast on Android but each time the root is mandatory.

Does anyone have the solution without root?


texts: Contacts sync stuck updating on Moto E 2G

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My mom's Moto E (2nd Generation) has the following problem: after an OS OTA update (to v 5.1 security fix 2016-03-16), the contacts refuse to sync. The sync rolling icon is constantly showing, there are no contacts available, and the battery drains like crazy. She tried several restarts, and also left it alone for almost a day - no dice; the app is currently still "updating contacts".

I logged into her Google account using a browser - all looks well, and all the contacts are there. My dad has the exact same phone and OS, and no issues with his contacts - so I'm clueless as to how to continue or who to contact.

Things I've tried (remotely with her :( ):

Turn contacts sync off and on under accounts
Remove the entire Google account and add it again  -everything syncs but contacts
Erase the cache of the contacts app

Any ideas how to proceed? Is this an OS, app, or Google account issue?


texts: How can I get a good route for many way-points?

texts:
I need an app that can search for me all the various places for different keywords like "beauty salon" and "web design" (the keywords are chosen by the user) in a specific region (e.g. my city) and then give me an optimum route for the "beauty salon" ∪ "web design" places in function of accessibility (the app has to know the public transport routes).

Is there any app that can do this for Android? It would spare me from making a lot of calculations. There are around 700 places in my city. Imagine doing an optimum route for all of them. If there isn't, then I got you a very good idea, for a possibly viral app.

I can't start making such an app, because I don't have time. I have to sell. That's it. So, there must be another solution. Did someone got into the same situation as mine?

PS: It's not like I don't know HOW to do it, it's the fact that I don't have time.

Programmatically you can do it by following a backtracking model. For every optimum route calculated, the app shall send the data to a server so the next time you won't be obliged to recalculate. For the server, you'll use a a search engine, so everyone can access a previous route. Afterwards, you can gradually implement stop lights, traffic. Gradually because you don't want to overstress the CPU at first.


texts: How do I change the Gmail account associated with the Play Store?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to change the account for Android Market?

I got on the market yesterday and it made me enter my password for my existing Google account but I had forgotten the password. I made a new one and tried to delete the old one but it wouldn't let me. I can't install apps now because I don't have the password. How can I set it to use the new account?


texts: Google Apps not responding even after factory reset

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I have a very annoying problem with my phone's Google Apps, which I cannot resolve or even diagnose. It affects Google Play, Google Maps, Chrome, YouYube, Google Settings, Account managing, and probably other apps. All of these freeze when I try to access them and after a while the message "(App) isn't responding" appears. Interestingly, the Google app (the search engine), the Gmail app, and Google Translate function properly.
At first, I though I got a virus or some new update caused the problem, so I cleared the data of Google Play and restarted the phone. Unfortunately, for no avail. Next, I thought it's an Internet connection problem, however, other apps which need web access work fine (e.g. Evernote, Duolingo, a racing game /Top Drives/ that I play from time to time, and even my secondary browser /UC Browser/). For this reason, I took drastic measures and reset my phone to its factory settings (without restoring any previous data). Again - nothing. On top of everything, my battery suddenly started draining away faster than usual and I suspect Google Play services to be the cause of that. When I checked my Battery history, I saw that even under idle mode, Google Play is using CPU for something.
I should point that after I reset the phone, I entered play.google.com from my other browser and noticed that the site still thought that my old apps (the ones which I used to have before formatting my phone) were still installed on my device. Clearly, this means that Google Play and my phone don't synchronize properly.
At this stage, I'm left in the dark. I have no idea if the problem is software, hardware, or authorization related. I should point out that I borrowed an old smartphone from a friend of mine and was able to load a functional android configuration on it with my Gmail.
Does anyone know what may be the cause of this issue or who has experiences something similar? I already read all standard solutions listed on the Google Support forum and none of them worked.
PS My phone is Lenovo P1 Vibe, less then 2 years old. My Android version is 5.1. Last time I could use the phone normally was 2 days ago, when I watched a show on the Internet before going to bed. I noticed the problem after I charged it the next morning.


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How to copy the phone number of the sender of a text message in Android default messaging program? Does one have to go through "create a new contact" through the + menu, or is there any faster way?

I use unrooted Android 6.0 on LG4.

I don't see any "people & options" in the menu:


texts: Is auto-sync really the biggest battery killer?

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I have been digging the archives for eternity to find that Location Services and Auto-sync (assuming we ignored other factors such as Bluetooth etc -- because my focus is mainly about auto sync) are extremely battery hungry.

Although, i manually toggle the switches (GPS, BT etc) based on requirement. I have paid enough heed to notice the battery gain and drain caused by auto sync enabled and disabled.

I have read somewhere people claiming innocence of autosync. Basically, Their idea is  that it doesn't constantly push all the data from server to my phone and vice-versa. instead, there is a thread meant to ask the server if there's something new (and events are created based on the responses).

So, shed some light on:

1) is auto sync really causing  the depression to my battery?

2) what does auto sync really do (perhaps a geeky explanation please) ?

3) how many minutes/hours am i actually gaining or losing while leaving it ON or OFF ?


texts: FM Radio is ruining my audio. How do I stop this?

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So after noticing the new app icon for the FM app in nougat I decided to give it a look. I listened to radio through my speakers AND my headphones and then exited the app to watch YouTube.

All of the dialogue in the videos are muffled but background music and other songs are just fine. This is also the problem in Google play movies.

I'm certain its the FM radio app messing with equalization. How do I fix this or reset audio settings? I've tried force stopping the FM app as well as disabling it (can't uninstall because it's a default app)


texts: Simplified prepaid phone balance with Tasker

texts: On my prepaid phone, I can receive current balance as text message responses. They are five messages, four indicating the balance itself and some additional bonuses, and one more indicating the remaining SMS count. However this requires sending a message to the balance number, reading each of the responses, then deleting them manually. How can I set up a simple notification as replacement for this using Tasker?


texts: android updated system app, how to remove the "updated" status?

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link2sd can list  all updated system apps. as this screenshot shows.

I thought that link2sd categorize an app as UPDATED when it finds the same app in /data/app and /system/app. So I deleted the Gmail app from /system/app, and the corresponding file from /data/dalvik-cache. but link2sd still say Gmail is updated.

I'm just wondering, based what criterion that link2sd categorize an app as UPDATED?


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I know that this question was asked for several times, but I tried almost every solution that was suggested and Android Studio  still doesn't see my device.   My configuiration:

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
ASUS ZenFone Go ZC451TG. Andrdoid ver. 5.1

 What I have already tried:

check usb3 or usb2. Lollipop doesn't work with usb3
check the orginal cabel
try reboot Windows, ASUS
try drivers from Google, ASUS
Install drivers from ASUS, only 2014 works on my device. Last Update from 2015 doesnt' work because of 64-bit system.
Turn on developer's mode on device
try MTP and PTP modes
Try PC Link standard utility form ASUS. It doesn't work properly on my PC

On this screen you can see how Windows detected my phone.

Is it right? I worry that Winodws see my ASUS as memory device not AVD.
Can you suggest any ideas how to fix it?
Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I find out if the Bootloader is locked or not?

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Is there a direct way to find out if the bootloader on a new unrooted device is currently locked or not? I would like to do this without the risk of clearing or bricking the device. I am looking for some command in adb or fastboot that will just provide this information.

The reason I ask this, is because all my rooting attempts have failed so far. I suspect a locked bootloader.


texts: Are there any background data limits on Android API < 21?

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As I know Android has two ways to stop the background networking:

Restrict background data - user can turn off the background data on any application

Power Saver Mode - stops the background data on all processes
As I know Android API 21 introduced a Power Saving Mode and access to a  PowerManager from the code to check if it's on or off.

I have two questions:

Is there something else that can stop the background networking in
Android? Any feature that user can enable?
How does background
data work before the API 21 when there isn't any Power Saver? Does
it have any limits?


texts: Will a firmware update erase my personal data?

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A friend of mine has a Samsung Galaxy S5.
It is actually prompting to update the firmware. But the updatetext (its actually in german) reads ambiguous. Translated it says something along the lines

Initalize the latest Version.
All configurations will be initialized and saved data will be erased.

The problem with the german text is it isn't distingtive this means just the Configurations data or ALL data. I wasn't able to find someone having this problem by googling (I'll just get spammed how to delete/erase the updateprompting...)
SO I'm asking here:
What kind of data is meant to be erased for a Samsung Galaxy S5 when performing the latest firmware update? (If it matters, current version: PDA:OJ1 / CSC:OJ1 / PHONE:OJ3(XEF))


texts: Can Material design be backported to older Android versions?

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With the introduction of Material Design in Android Lollipop, a consistency in app design was received quite well by the user community. However, most of these apps are showing their Material designs only when the Android version is 5.x. Is there any way to make these display the same way in Android 2.x to 4.x?

I mean, can't the design libraries be backported to older Android devices by embedding them in-app, so that the consistency is maintained across all Android versions?

I have heard about apps or more specifically, Xposed modules like Monster UI which theme your device to look like so, but System Apps aren't affected. Can't such libraries be included in pre-packaged System Apps?

For example, a normal app uses the Holo theme in Android versions 4.x, and the Material theme in 5.x. Can't it be made to use the Material theme in older devices?