texts: I need to know which app to download, how do i select the right one?

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I have an AT&T tablet I have inserted my sim card correctly. Now I need to know which app to get from the playstore that will give me a keypad so I can dial out and receive calls. Please help.
Thank you,
Marci


texts: Samsung Note 8 GT-N5110 restarts by itself

texts: My Note 8 (stock android 4.4.2) worked perfectly until one day it decided that it would restart by itself every time after I shut it down. To make a long story short, if I reset the device to the factory settings and leave the battery disconnected for a few days the table will work fine after reconnecting the battery. However, if I connect the device to the internet it updates untold thousands of applications and the problem reappears. I have repeated this process about four times and have concluded that there is an update that is causing the problem, but have no idea of how to identify the problem application(s). I have also decided that there are applications like Allshare Controlshare Service that will update themselves once they see the internet even if you tell the device not to update anything. They will also reinstall the update even if you roll it back to the factory default. I would appreciate any ideas on how to safely reconnect this tablet to the internet.


texts: Is dhcpcd used in newer Android versions? How to configure new DHCP client?

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Basically, there's a file /etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.conf . Is this file or dhcpcd used at all? My phone runs Android 7.1.2 and I wanted to change the default hostname using the hostname somename line in this file, but it looks like it was ignored (there was no change in dhcp request).

I've read something about "legacy Android DHCP client" in the dev options, but I don't have this position there, and also I couldn't find anything about the modern DHCP client, which I think is used now - does it have any config file like dhcpcd?


texts: Is there a Chrome / Chromium extension to, by default, open links in a new, background tab?

texts: I am running, on an Android tablet, the Kiwi browser  (which can install Chrome / Chromium  extensions) and want to, when browsing a news website, have every time  I click a link of a headline, have that page open up in the background in a new tab, so I may read it in the background later at my leisure.  Is there an extension which can accomplish this? I have tried installing both the Open in new tab and Force background tab extensions, but to the two do not work well together.  (I am aware that many sites may have javascript etc. which breaks any solution, but I simply need a mix of extensions/solutions that changes the default for "normal" browsing)


texts: What program owns the Save As PDF routine in my Samsung S7?  And how can I update or reset that one?  It used to work well, but has recently taken to making unreadable files.


texts: Can video recording be auto activated when camera app is started?

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In Nougat, the camera app can be started by double pressing the physical middle button on the phone. Many times I forget to press the video recording button and keep holding the phone up, thinking video recording is going on and much later realize it wasnt started.

Is there a way to start the video recording without having to explicitly press the record button? Ideally, I'd want to take my phone out of my pocket, press just one button and that should be enough to start the video recording. I shouldn't have to spend time typing my pin to unlock the screen or searching for the brightness slider when running from an indoor location to an outdoor location and then start the camera app and press the record button.

If it would be possible to program a patch for it, I should be able to do so, but I need to know what would be an efficient way to get the one-button-press-video-record functionality.


texts: Device won't boot - Shows g.co/ABH secutiry error

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Device is a pretty much new LG V30 from verizon, running android 8.

I have done pretty much nothing with the device yet. No root, no tinkering, nothing. I accidentally accepted the software update request it showed me today, which I didn't want. I shut the device down but every time I would turn it on it would start the update progress.

The only other option I had was booting into recovery, so I did that. I was presented with the following options:

So I went with factory reset. After that the phone won't boot anymore, and all I see is this screen:

What can I do now? I could use warranty, but is there anything I can do myself right now?

Again: No root. No unlocked bootloader. Nothing. I used LG's "require password on boot" feature though, which I assume is equal to android's full disk encryption. (?)

Edit: Just talked to LG. Since my phone has [very minor] physical damage on its back, the warranty stands void per LG. What can I do now?

I can't even access fastboot. It just puts me into recovery. What am I doing wrong and what do I need to flash, assuming I can make it into fastboot?


texts: Autocorrect is not working for Huawei Ascend G600 (U8950N)

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I just bought a new Huawei (running Ice Cream Sandwich). When I use the keyboard (both the Android and Huawei IME), the photo does not recognise any common words in English, and so it underlines them all as errors. It recognises the names from my contacts, but not the main dictionary.

I could, over time, add the whole English language to my personalized words list, but I would rather not!

Any suggestions for the problem?


texts: How to power-off Motorola phone without screen

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How would one power down an Android phone (Moto X 2nd gen - Android 5.1) without the ability to interact with the screen? USB debugging not enabled, nor is custom recovery.

I know how to reboot it, that is not the question.  The question is about turning off, not restarting, the device.

The phone has a broken screen (black screen, blank screen, cracked screen) and also does not respond to touch, so the answer should not include any screen interaction.

Is there a series of button presses, timings, and preconditions (if applicable) if executed will leave the phone in a true power off state?


texts: Android Revolution HD on GT-N8010 wifi won't turn on

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I just flashed the Android Revolution HD rom on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8010). My device was in 4.1.2 and now is on 4.4.2. I seem to have one big problem: After pressing the wifi toggle slider it looks as if it would turn on but immediately goes back to off.

I've checked that the rom I used is the right one. So, what would be the cause of this? And more importantly, how could I solve it?

Thanks in advance!

Schlotty.

Link to the ROM thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119547


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If you go to Settings -> Apps -> All, you'll be able to find the "Sound Recorder" built-in application in JB 4.2.2, but it's not shown on the app drawer.

Curious, how to run it?!

PS: it's not a question about choosing recording application, but about curiosity of running the built-in one


texts: How do you animate when you press the power button to lock the screen on s10?

texts: On my old j3 when I press the power button i get this cool transition/animation when the screen locks. The black thing that covers the screen vertically from the right and left side. Similar to how you get it with samsung tv but it does it from top and bottom.


texts:
I migrated from Android 4.1 (Omega) to Android 4.2.2 (SuperNexus) on my Samsung Galaxy S3.

Before I did the migration I did a backup of apps with Super Backup. After this was done I moved all the files from the SmsContactsBackup folder to SDCard.
After flash, I've installed Super Backup again from the Play store and putted the SmsContactsBackup folder in /storage/emulated/0/SmsContactsBackup. Now I see all the backups in the Super Backup app.

After I do a restore/install of an app, the settings are not being picked up by the apps.

Plague Inc.: I see the settings in data/data/com.miniclip.plagueinc. But the app crashes on launch.
Lazors: I see the settings in data/data/net.pyrosphere.lazors. But my progress is gone.

Do they need to be somewhere else? Or do I need to use some other tool which can use my previous backups


texts: Push notifications for Google Hangouts unreliable on WiFi

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I just got a Moto E and am attempting to use Hangouts as both my chat client and my SMS client. This works well except for the fact that it is unreliable about receiving push notifications. The notifications for Twitter, Zoho, Slack generally work fine.

I am running Android 5.0.2. I have not rooted the phone though it is unlocked.

I made sure I had every possible setting I could find turned on.

In Settings -> Sound & Notification -> App notifications -> Hangouts I have its notifications set to priority.
I have Messages turned on as an allowed interruption in Settings -> Sound & Notification -> Interruptions.
In Settings -> Apps -> Hangouts I have "Show Notifications" checked.
In Hangouts -> Settings -> SMS I have SMS enabled. I also have Auto retrive MMS checked, though not Roaming auto-retrieve because that seemed unnecessary.
In my account settings in Hangouts, I have hangout notifications turned on.
In Settings -> Account -> Google Account -> Sync I have everything checked except "Google Play Movies & TV" though I do not see one specifically for Hangouts (could that be a problem?). Also, when I do a "Sync Now", that does not seem to sync Hangouts.

Most recently, I installed Push Notification Fixer (PNF No-Root) and set the WiFi heartbeat to 1 minute. After a reboot I did receive one notification but I am not yet confident that it is working consistently.

My WiFi during work hours is coming through Connectify on my laptop. Sometimes my phone randomly disconnects by I reconnect it as soon as I see it.

I have seen people trying everything under the sun for this but before I just start randomly trying something I would like to have some reasonable confidence that it may be effective. Anyone know what might be causing this?


texts: How can I change the default currency key on Swype keyboard?

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In Swype Settings I have the language set to "UK English" yet for some reason when I'm typing the currency symbol (long-press on s) is a dollar sign ($) not a pound sign (£), if I press SYM the dollar actually has its own button $ on the left-hand side, and I have Euro (€) and Yen on the top row for long presses on # and 3, and the pound is relegated to the right hand side for a long-press on ".

Is there any way that I can set it to replace the $ on the main screen with a £ sign, and replace the dollar on its own button on the symbol screen with a pound sign?

Am using the built-in Swype keyboard (v1.64.40.9754) on a Vodafone UK Samsung Galaxy S (Eclair 2.1 update 1, build JM4).


texts:
I have a Turkish device named General Mobile e-Tab 7 B and I want to root it , How can I do that ?
I tried SuperOneClickRoot and it didn't work for me


texts: I stumbled upon property "ro.usb.vid=2970" so anyone know what it means and where it gets stored in which file because it's not in build.prop or default.prop..?


texts: Extracting code from lk.bin (little kernel binary file) & preloader.bin - MTK6572, mediatek


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In places where there's no wi fi, wired internet connection is sometimes available. But reading around it seems there's a bug in my Nexus 7 (2013) - Android updated to 4.4.2 - that prevents an ethernet connector from working.

Is this correct? Has there been any response from Google about it - a firmware fix? I'm not really up to doing my own patching.


texts: Marshmallow: Adding system-wide custom root certificate

texts:
On Android 6 if I move my own root CA from

/data/misc/user/0/cacerts-added

to

/system/etc/security/cacerts/

it doesn't work anymore.

It is in the system list and active, but my browser says certificate missing. Why?


texts: Huawei - replicate "battery saving" mode

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Huawei Mediapad has a dedicated "battery save mode" that does a variety of things to help conserve battery. It's working pretty well, I can probably get two weeks of runtime with what little I use it for in the kitchen.
But Huawei limits the screen time to 30 seconds when the battery saving mode is enabled. I'd like to extend the screen time while keeping all of the other battery saving measures.
Can I configure the same options this one-in-all button does? Is there a full list of things of options to enable? This way I could get the most of the battery saving features plus extend my inactivity timer.


texts: How to set As Lower Brightness as in Clock application, without rooting

texts:
I noticed that with the Froyo "desk clock" application, when you put it in low light mode, it forces the back-light far darker than you can manually make it in the settings.

My question is: is there an application or a non-root hack that can make the back-light really dim just like in the desk clock application?
As that clock can set brightness lower without rooting, there should be a way to do that without rooting.


texts: What does it mean when appears a no Sim/SD Card when I turn on internet

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I got a Lollipop 5017 A, and sometimes when I use the phone internet it appears a little ícon close to the internet one that shows a card with a diagonal risk as if the phone can't find the SD/SIM card (one of the two, I'm not sure which).

When I go to Settings > Storage the option to activate SD card is grey and I can't click it.
My question is: is this SD card (the one mentioned in the Settings) a external one (the black one that we can plug in PC) or is it a reference for the SIM card, like in the folder /storage/sdcard0 ?


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I recently bought a Samsung GT i5800, ok. It has Android 2.1 update1 installed. ok.

If i need to connect to the internet through wifi, then i can, ok!

If i need to connect through a vodafone mobile internet connection, then i just can't!! What could the problem be? I tried to reset the phone to factory settings, and then power off, power on, then enter PIN, then? it should work, no? Why does it say's "the page cannot be displayed"? why isn't working?:O

Are there any tips? Can i provide you guys with more info? [what info?]

this is getting urgent, and i spent all the dawn with this problem.

There is an icon at the top displaying that it has enough signal strenght, but it doesn't displays an icon @the top that says it's connected through 2g, or 3g.

:( please help!


texts: Android does not boot because of missing apk files in system/app folder

texts:
I moved the question from https://stackoverflow.com/q/15872848/1665807

I have a rooted Huawei u8825d phone.I want to know if there were no apk files in "/system/app/" folder.

So,I moved these apk files from /system/app/ to internal sd-card.When I tried to reboot the phone,it didn't succeed.I hanged up with a white screen.

Then I tried to push the apk files from the internal sd-card into the /system/app/ folder by using "adb".

D:\MTH\update>adb devices

List of devices attached

78F5FD6420D5 device

D:\MTH\update>adb remount

remount failed: Operation not permitted

Then,in another way,

D:\MTH\update>adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount: Operation not permitted

This is another way.

D:\MTH\update>adb shell

shell@android:/ $ su

su

Segmentation fault

139|shell@android:/ $


texts: Figure out why the "System" process on Android is using a lot of CPU

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android Lollipop.  My phone was feeling sluggish.  Using an app called "OS Monitor", I see that the "System" process (not to be confused with "Android System") is using a lot of CPU time.  The CPU percentage goes as high as 50% on a quad-core processor.

I looked at the Battery screen in settings and it says the "System" process  is using the most of the battery.  How do I figure out what inside "System" is consuming so much CPU time?  What app will reveal what is going on inside?

Rebooting the phone temporarily fixes the problem.

Note: The app or solution has to work on a non-rooted phone.


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Recently I have observed some of the apps (Photo editors) asking for permissions like 'creating bookmarks' at the time of installation from google play.

How can I disable a particular application from creating a bookmark on the home screen, like in disabling notifications on per app basis.

Thanks in advance


texts: Forcing system upgrade despite "Battery too low"

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I have a 2013 Nexus 7 running Android 6.0.1 which has survived a lot of physical distress (being dropped, being partially immersed in the bath one time, and an amateur screen replacement). For the last few months, the battery constantly indicates 0% charge regardless of the actual charge state.

This prevents the Android System Update process, which gives the error "Battery too low to install updates", whether or not the charger is connected.

Is it possible to force the update to proceed anyway, or to fake the battery charge level so the update can proceed?

I've attempted to follow the steps from the first answer, but this is the result:

Discharge your phone fully until it turns itself off. OK
Turn it on again and let it turn itself off. Can't turn on again, it's completely dead.
Plug your phone into a charger and, without turning it on, let it charge until the on-screen or LED indicator says 100 percent. There was no screen indication. After waiting a few hours, I pressed the power button and the lock screen came on instantly as if it was asleep
Unplug your charger. OK
Turn your phone on. It's likely that the battery indicator won't say 100 percent, so plug the charger back in (leave your phone on) and continue charging until it says 100 percent on-screen as well. Battery indicator still says 0%

The tablet does not gracefully shut down when the battery is low. It just powers off instantly.


texts: Add to contacts from recent numbers in Galaxy S9

texts: When I am listing the recently called numbers, how do I add such a number to the contact list?


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I bought a Nexus 5 just a few weeks ago and it died miserably yesterday without any apparent reason at all. I've read quite a few threads around the net about this and I haven't been able to power on the phone with the method suggested.

What I'd like to do now is trying to recover as much data as possible and/or wipe the phone completely [without losing warranty]. Is there a way to do so considering that:

connecting the phone to the computer won't work
I can't power on the phone in any way
I can't reach the boot loader

What I've tried so far:

holding the power button down for 10+ seconds
holding the power and the volume (+ and -, either together or one by one) buttons for 10+ seconds
did the steps above when disconnected from a/c, when connected to a/c and when connected to usb.
phone recharged for a 10+ hours and did again all the steps above
tried at different time of day with different stars configuration, swearing and being nice, swearing and being nice at the same time too.
asked the help of all gods I'm aware of without any luck (does this suggest google is evil?)


texts: Installing system update bricked an unrooted LG K7

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I have an unrooted LG K7 metroPCS phone running Android 5.1.1.  Earlier today a notification popped up that a system update with security patches was available.  I clicked "Download and Install", and the usual "Installing System Update" animation displayed for a few minutes, after which the phone restarted.

But on restart the phone gets stuck at the splash screen, and will not get past it.  I know I can do a hard factory reset and start all over but I'd really prefer not to.  Any suggestions on

Why this happened?
What I can do about it?

For what it's worth, I use a Mac, so any suggestions that require using a PC to access root functionality are probably non-starters.

Edited:  It's worse than I thought.  I got impatient and decided to do a hard factory reset anyway, but after that it is still getting stuck on the splash screen.  Help!

Edit 2: And when I say "stuck at the splash screen", I mean stuck.  I have to remove the battery just to turn it off.


texts: LineageOS 14.1 browser keeps saying "Download Unsuccessful" at 30-35%

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I recently installed LineageOS 14.1 x86 (Android 7.1.2), and have been having issues downloading with the default browser.

Every download starts working, but then fails at around ≈30-35%. I have:

Checked connection. All downloads were happening on a reliable 4/4 bar Wi-Fi connection.
Retried downloading. Same issue.
Tried a different file. Still, the same issue.
Downloaded an app from the Google Play Store (since it uses the Download Manager as well). It works just fine.
Used an app with a built-in download manager (Google Chrome). Successfully downloads the files I was having troubles with.

Is there some way I can make the built-in browser properly download files?


texts: Why can't I turn off vibrate while keeping audio on when a e-mail comes in?

texts: After my Galaxy Nexus upgraded itself to Jelly Bean last night, my phone refuses to turn vibrate off! It's set to Vibrate Never when email arrives, but it vibrates anyway. I've restarted the phone, taken the battery out, etc, but it still happens.


texts:
I am using Iball Andi 4.5 K6 (Android 4.4). Well my phone doesn't have OTG support but has root access. While deleting some bloatware apps I deleted some apps which has made the screen disabled(touch is not working). Hence I decided to flash the ROM. I was able to open the recovery but the screen was not working so I was not able to flash the ROM.But then I left the phone for about an year.
Now I am not able to go to the recovery since my volume buttons seems to be not working. Hence I tried connecting my phone to laptop and tried to go to recovery or fastboot using adb commands but it didn't worked as my USB Debuging options is turned OFF. Hence,

I cannot go to recovery / fastboot manually.
I cannot make adb commands work until my USB Debugging is turned ON, and my phone doesn't support OTG so that's not an option.
My screen is disabled. Only power on button is working

So is there any way thorugh which I can completely format whole phone and install the Recovery and ROM without using screen.


texts: Will Samsung Galaxy Nexus i9250 work with Indian SIM Cards?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I use my device on a different carrier?

I understand that Samsung has stated they will not launch Samsung Galaxy Nexus i9250 in India and hence am planning to buy it from Amazon. Was just wondering if the unlocked version of the phone would work well with Indian SIM Card? Please advise.


texts: Can I download whole folders in Dropbox app?

texts: Is it possible to sync whole folders in Dropbox app? I currently download file by file a slow process


texts: Why are apps on Aptoide newer than the Play Store?

texts:
I have seen many of the usual apps such as YouTube, Facebook and Google Maps even, that have a newer version in Aptoide rather than Google Play Store.

How is this possible since Google Maps and YouTube originally come from Google Play Store? Are these apps safe to download from 'apps' store in Aptoide?

Also on the YouTube app in Aptoide, it doesn't have the 'Trusted' shield, it says 'Unknown'.


texts: Nexus 7 2013 error upgrading to 5.0.2 OTA

texts:
I updated to 5.0.1 via OTA sometime ago, and it worked fine. Now I got a notification that 5.0.2 is ready but when Android shuts down to install update it returns error (with no other message. My Nexus 7 is rooted but has the stock recovery.

Is there an easy fix that doesn't require factory reset or installing recovery?


texts: Reverse Tethering over USB with non rooted Android 5.1 Phone and Linux PC

texts:
I have a PC running Slackware Linux and a non rooted Motorola Moto-G with Android 5.1.
Following this guide I should be able to share PC internet connection with my phone. But when I finally launch last command from PC as root:

# adb shell netcfg usb0 dhcp

It says that operation is not permitted, I think due to lack of privileges:

action 'dhcp' failed (Permission denied)

I think may be the phone has to be rooted.
I saw some question like this but related to older Android versions, so I ask you a confirm:

Is there any way to share PC internet connection with my Moto-G over USB without root permissions on the phone?


texts:
I've been trying to unroot my HTC One M8 (India) for a long time and get it to 100% stock so that I can receive OTAs. It took me some time to get it all together but I still have the wrong stock recovery.img.

So when I download the OTA and the phone goes into recovery to install it, the error message says:

  Package expects build fingerprint of htc/htc_asia_india/htc_m8:4.4.4/KTU84P/405596.1:user/release-keys or htc/htc_asia_india/htc_m8:5.0.1/LRX22C/454154.8:user/release-keys. This device has htc/htc_asia_india/htc_m8:4.4.2/KOT49H/330216.6:user/release-keys.

Where can I find the correct recovery (KTU84P)?


texts: Is the Voodoo lagfix compatible with Darky's ROM?

texts:
My SGS has awful lag, and I'm considering my steps.

The first step I want to do is install Voodoo, because I'm under the impression that it's relatively easy and will not require my to reinstall everything on my phone (though I asked about that in a related question to make sure).  If that doesn't provide the desired results, I want to flash a custom ROM.  The one I'm looking at is Darky's ROM.

Will I have to uninstall Voodoo before installing Darky's ROM, or can I install Darky's on top of Voodoo?


texts: I have a Motorola Moto Z but I can't find the official Camera app by Google. Can anyone provide me with the Play Store link?


texts: ADB constantly disconnects, shows device offline

texts:
I'm not 100% sure if this should go here or the main Stack Overflow, but I decided to go with this area in hope I might catch someone with more specific experience with a similar problem.

I have a Samsung Captivate (love it minus it's crappy GPS). I do development for it from 2 different computers, one at home, one at work. The machines are both Windows XP, Service Pack 3, 32 bit. I have the same Samsung drivers installed, same versions of Eclipse, etc. The phone is currently rooted running the Serendipity mod, though this issue was exactly the same on the stock firmware.

My home machine (the problem one) is an Athlon 64 2.2 Ghz.
My work machine is a Core 2 Duo, don't recall the model.

At work, I can do anything, mount the sdcard on the phone and copy easily, use adb to push, pull, uninstall, install. I can debug in ddms, install through Eclipse, etc, etc...

At home, if I reboot both the computer and phone and pull up a command prompt without having Eclipse open, I MIGHT be able to see the device by typing adb devices. Usually then, I can clear the logcat or run the logcat fairly stable. If I open Eclispe (my development IDE) and try to run a new build of an app, I'll generally lose the connection. The same thing happens if I try to copy files either via mounting or using pull with adb. Some files will copy, and suddenly the connection will be gone and the device will show offline to adb, or not in the list at all, or listed offline twice. Rebooting the phone sometimes helps, but not always. There are times I close Eclipse and every other app, reboot my phone and still end up having adb completely unable to detect the device. I'll use adb kill-server and adb start-server but this generally doesn't help. I use Avast for my anti-virus at home, but have tried without any anti-virus installed at all and it's the same. I've recently reinstalled Windows due to a hard drive crash and it was the exact same. I've tried every different USB port on my tower.

I hope VERY much someone can tell me what's wrong as I've been dealing with this for a year and a half now and it's about to make me lose my mind.

-Jeremiah


texts: Can I access the phone calendar whilst on a call on a Samsung GT i8500.  If so, how?


texts: Can I change the language for the Android Market website?

texts:
I've just visited the android market website from my work computer and the website is displaying in German. For what it's worth, I have an Ubuntu box and tried in both Firefox and Chrome (both browsers have en_GB as the first language preference followed by en). I suspect the website tries to be clever and uses my IP address instead of the browser's language settings - all PCs at work (no matter which country) are set to a German IP range.

Is there a request parameter I can add to the URL (or something else) that will force the language to English?


texts: Why does Pandora advance songs randomly?

texts:
I use Pandora a lot. Unfortunately, I've noticed that when using headphones at work it randomly skips songs very often. It might jump to the next track after just 30-90 seconds, etc.

It's very, very annoying. What is going on?

I'm usually on solid 3G when this happens but not exclusively.


texts:
I've rooted my worlds-lowest-end-tablet the Azpen A727 successfully a while back.  In my quest to recover as much of its tiny memory as possible, I came across a folder called /system/preinstall which has several .apks in it, for software that came with the tablet, that I don't want, and have uninstalled.

When I try to delete them using ES File Explorer, the app successfully gains root, but I get a message "[filename].apk cannot be deleted".

Is there a power greater than root?


texts:
Whenever I plug a USB cable into my Samsung Galaxy S5 device, it won't show the USB icon, I don't see anything happening on my computer either, all that shows is that it's charging.

I tried plugging another android device into the same usb cable, and that works, so I conclude that there is a problem with my device.

I tried rebooting my device into download mode and then plugged the usb cable in, and suddenly my computer reacts!

Is there some setting that I've made that could block the device? I've set and unset USB debugging (I have been able to load apps from Eclipse earlier) but that didn't make any difference.

I heard that someone with similar problems solved it by reflashing the device, is this necessary? I would like to avoid that if possible.


texts: What's the difference between these two volume bars in Android Marshmallow?

texts:
What's the difference between the top volume bar (squiggle) and bottom volume bar (bell)?

I think they both have something to do with notification volume, and most of the time changing one also changes the other. I am running Cyanogenmod 13 (but I don't think it is a Cyanogenmod-specific feature).


texts: How to find downloaded .apk files on my Android phone

texts:
I usually download apps and games from Google Play but I wonder if i could reuse these files and find them again if my application has been removed?
Please help. Thank you in advance.


texts: Are they any browsers without double-tap zoom feature?

texts: I am looking for a browser to use on an Android tablet or mobile device that either does not have a double-tap zoom feature or where the double-tap zoom feature can be disabled. There are  other uses for "double clicking" on the web, but is currently impossible when a "double tap" always zooms the page instead.


texts: Android camera shoots with the same sensor

texts: I have a question, some says that two different Android smartphones with the same sensor have different picture quality because of the software.What do they mean? The software, in this case, it's a camera app or something low-level, OS specific, drivers etc? I totally understand that the camera great in a smartphone because of: lens, sensor, pixel size, ois and software. So what is software in that case? Thanks


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So I recently bought a new phone and there's this app I have on my old device that is not available in the play store anymore and that I should nonetheless like to move to my new device.

I'm confident that if I searched for it on the net, I'd be able to find the .apk of the app.

However, I also know that after installation, the app used to connect to a server to download additional files necessary for the app to work (once). That server doesn't exist, anymore. The data, though, must of course still be on my old device, somewhere.

Where do I find that data and how can I move the app?

Note: neither device is rooted.

Note: I cannot root the new device


texts: Is this behavior normal for lock screen and Phone app for android 4.1.2?

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Is this the normal behavior for the LOCK SCREEN?

Scenario

When on Phone app, after disconnecting the call.

Tap on Call button again
Mean while Screen times out, and device shows lock screen (for fraction of seconds)
But, skips the lock screen and shows the phone app again.

Basically it is like skipping the lock screen without passcode.

Device: Samsung Galaxy Note2, 4.1.2 Jellybean, with the latest update of 'XXDMC3'.
Observed this scenario before and after this particular update is installed.

Edit:

My intention here is to know why some times the default 'Phone' app bypasses the LOCK SCreen.  In the scenario I mentioned, when I again tap on the call button, The screen timeout should be calculated from that instance of time. But that doesn't happen.


texts: I have a special scenario in which I should be able to update an app without getting any access to the phone. So I think of another app (something like a boot loader for the original app) which is installed side by side. So my question is whether an app can stop another app, update it, and start it back or is it completely out of question for a non-rooted phone?


texts: How to prove an Android device is hacked? Retrieving logs from recovery booting

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I'm having trouble with my new branded Vodafone Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.

How can I get a copy to the full logs (and other files), without rooting, for places I do not have the required access? I can read the logs in recovery booting, but how can I transfer digital copies of these logs as text to for example my email?


texts: Help - MotoG8 stuck on bootloader screen after toddler messing around with phone

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As above, my daughter was messing around with my wife's phone and now the phone is stuck on this screen:

Bottom 3 lines read:

Power low
oem_locked
Connect usb data cable

I've tried both holding down the power button and both volumes but it isn't rebooting.  Is is bricked?
Thanks


texts: Backing Up to SD Card Using TWRP and No Display

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I have a device with a broken display. The only way I can initiate commands on it are with the power, volume, and home buttons, and with adb. I've installed TWRP on it, and I'm able to boot into it. I'm trying to back up everything on the device I can to a 32GB SD card in the device's SD card slot. But when I keep getting the following result:

~ # twrp backup SDBOM

Setting backup options:
System
Data
Boot
Compression is on
Digest Generation is off
Updating partition details...
...done
 * Total number of partitions to back up: 3
 * Total size of all data: 7976MB
 * Available space: 496MB
Not enough free space on storage.
Backup Failed
Done processing script file

The SD Card has more than enough space for the backup (several times over, in fact), so clearly TWRP is attempting to save the backup to the device's internal storage. I've heard tell (I'm afraid I can't find the link right now) that twrp backup in the command line saves to the Storage last selected in the graphical version, but since my device's display is broken I can't select the SD Card as the storage for the backup.

Since I have no display, I also can't do adb backup --twrp, since that requires confirmation on the screen.

Is there any way to select the storage for twrp backup fully through the terminal? For example, is there an environment variable I can set, or something I can pass twrp backup?


texts: Upgrade Samsung Galaxy Tab to Android 2.3.3

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Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?
  How do I update Android on my device?

I live in Uruguay and I've recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab. The device's system is Android 2.2 and I want to upgrade it to 2.3.3 so I can deploy an app I've been working on, that won't run on previous versions of Android.

I've read on the internet that it's possible to upgrade the device by doing it through Samsung Kies or on the device settings. The problem is that the device says that it's up to date and that there are no updates available. I'm positive that the device's firmware version is 2.2 so I'm starting to think that this upgrade is not available on my region.

Does anyone knows how can I upgrade my device or the reason why I can't upgrade it?

Thanks in advance.

Mikywan.


texts: Will skipping Play Store updates cause problems?

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I have found that auto-updating apps from the Play Store sometimes causes me an inconenience: A newer versions of an app sometimes doesn't have the features I liked in the older version. Thus, I selectively update my apps

I'm wondering what happens in this scenario: Let's say I download an app today, call it version 1.0, that I do not auto-update. An update to 1.1 is released some time later, then a release to 1.2, then 1.3 etc. So let's say I decide to update when 1.3 comes out. Does updating then cumulatively capture changes from 1.2 and 1.1 as as well? Or have I missed functionality in 1.1 or 1.2?

Put another way, I would assume an update at that time would make that app identical to what is available on the Play Store that day. Is that correct?


texts: How to delete a Play store accpunt through system

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I have sold my old android mobile to a person and made sure that the mobile was completely formatted.

But, when I try to view the list of devices in Play Store it is listing both my new and old mobile phones.

Is it possible to remove this old phone from the list so that the other person doesn't use my account?


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In using cm 10.1.3 for the Samsung galaxy tab 2 p3110 I noticed the boot animation was off center. How could I fix this?

EDIT
As discussed in comments, rotation failed. Link to unedited boot animation here


texts: Contact or application-specific vibration "tone" (pattern)

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to customize vibrate patterns?

I want a custom vibration "tone" (pattern) for different callers or applications.

Does Android have any facility for this? Can contacts hold custom information like this?

Thanks


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Is it possible to customize the format in which Android displays the current date?

I'm interested mainly in:

the date format at the top on screen when pulling down the notification menu (currently for me, it's "DD/MM/YYYY")
The date format at the lock screen (currently for me, it's "Weekday, D Month")

I would like to have all dates displayed in ISO 8601 format, YYYY-MM-DD. The global date format can be changed from settings, but the only available options are MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY and YYYY/MM/DD, and it seems there's no way to define a completely custom date format or set - as a custom field separator. This also doesn't affect the lock screen.

I'm using a rooted Android 2.2 (Froyo) with Samsung TouchWiz 3.0. I'm also insterested in answers that require CyanogenMod or other custom ROMs.


texts: Have to turn on-off mobile data every now and then so that mobile data works!

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phone: Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 (gt-s7272) (rooted)

From the moment that I have bought my phone the speed of internet via mobile data is so weak; other phones in the same location as mine can use the same APN settings without any problem and their net speed is good. But the strange thing about my phone is that I have to turn-on and off mobile data now and then(after for example 10 minutes) to prevent internet speed from dying! after re enabling mobile data net speed is good but as I said just for nearly 10 minutes and I had to turn-on and off mobile data again!

any idea why it is so and how to resolve it?


texts: How can I tell if an Android app supports Wear, before installing it?

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Is there a way to tell if an Android app has Wear support, before installing the app on a phone paired with a Wear device?

Shazam for example supports Wear, but there's no metadata (apparently) in its Play listing indicating Wear support. Yes, the description says "Wear", but that is up to the developer, and may be missing - Foursquare doesn't have "Wear" in its description, but they did publish a Wear app.


texts: Inbox messages auto remove once read Samsung s3

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Have tried droid mail, k9 mail, as well as the local email app. My outlook is set to leave a copy of message on server. Emails that have been read, disappear when updating or polling for new messages. Verizon tells me gotta talk to google tech support. Does anyone know how to, or of a program, that will allow my messages to be saved locally and accessed even when outside of cell service range?

My droid and droid 2 both had no problems keeping inbox messages, read or otherwise, in my inbox.


texts: App names are not shown on the home screen of Trebuchet launcher

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All my apps lost their text labels!

I tried rebooting, but it didn't help.


texts: Google Voice : Your phone number couldn't be verified

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After I sign in, i'm asked to set a voicemail PIN, and immediately after that i get the error:

  Your phone number could not be verified. Please try again.

How do I verify my phone for Google Voice usage on my Android?

Note: I'm using Nexus one with the latest 2.3.6 update. I'm not a US citizen. And I can make calls from my PC.


texts: If we upload video to youtube using youtube official video, should we keep the app foreground?

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I did  a few tests. it seems that if I go to another app, then the video is not uploading.

Can youtube app keeps uploading videos while it's not the foreground app?


texts: Super old email contacts suddenly appears in my phone contacts

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When I woke up this morning I suddenly had 6 new contacts added to my contact book on my phone. All of them were emails, some of them I recognize from WAY back but I sure haven't had contact with them in a LONG time. I guess they were added in some kind of sync activity, but I'm pretty sure none of these addresses that were added, is featured in any of the accounts I'm currently using (gmail, yahoo) etc. I had contact with these people way before this
Why did this happen?
Is there any way to find out where a specific contact were synced from?


texts: Getting an error message COMPLETE NAND_WRITE_FAIL while trying to flash galaxy R via Odin I9000

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I tried to flash the samsung galaxy R device but build transfer was successful but at the end i got the above message. Also, unlike normal odin, it has flash lock option. I think Nand_write_fail was occurred because my device could flash locked. Can you help it unlock?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Why is this app install failing as incompatible and can it be force installed?

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I've used the Yell app for ages (com.yell.launcher2). It's recently updated and should be compatible with modern android (and is listed as compatible with 4+). I'm using LineageOS (=7.1) on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S7, which is certainly up to date. But the installer (when I open the APK) says it didn't install as it's incompatible, which surprises me.

Is there a log, or a way to tell, what the exact conflict is, either via GUI or terminal, and based on that information, is it likely that I can force it to install (perhaps it won't work once installed, but I suspect it will, but for sure it can't run if it doesn't get installed in the first place). If so what might work?


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My daughter will be in Japan soon, studying abroad. And she just got a Macbook Air. Meanwhile, I have Android 2.2 and a Samsung Galaxy Tab. I don't mind paying for an app, but am not too keen on monthly service bills. I want to be able to have video conferencing with her on Wi-Fi only. I imagine SIP would be the way to go.

So what is the best app out there for Android right now for doing Wi-Fi video conferencing between a Mac and a Samsung Galaxy Tab, and which lets me do unlimited calling, not charged by the minute? I don't mind paying even up to $50 for the app on each system, just to not have to pay the monthly fees. I looked at the Tango app, but it said it only installed on iPhone and Android. I didn't see a Mac or PC version for it.


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Is it possible to record uncompressed or > 150000 kb/S video on a smartphone or tablet?
If so, how and what devices are compatible? I am able to do this with cheap logitech webcams, however the best I was able to get with multiple smartphones/tablets was with a Moto G, which recorded compressed (mp4) video at 50000 Kb/S using UHD.
Intuitively, I expected to get higher quality video from smartphones and tablets. Am I missing something?


texts: ISIS under NFC in features.xml Galaxy S4 -- Can I enable Google Wallet

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I rooted my phone again (I accidently downloaded the update that caused me to loose root). I was looking to add features to my TouchWiz like infinite loop for the home-screen and that information is stored in features.xml.

I found the NFC location and ISIS was under one of the tags. Is it possible to make Google Wallet work by changing some of these values?

Here's a screen shot:


texts: E-mail links do nothing when I click on them

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Some links in my yahoo email will not open or do anything when clicking or long pressing on them .
Ones that work are in emails that I have clicked on always show pictures .
The emails that did not pop up that window I cannot get links to open.
They all worked fine on my Maxx but my new Moto z is where I'm having these problems.


texts: Getting the Europa notification tone off my old phone

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I'm moving from a Nexus 5X to a shiny new OnePlus 5T. I like my old Europa notification tone, but it's not on my new phone, and I couldn't find a way to find the file on my old phone without rooting the device, which I want to avoid doing.

Any idea how to get that sweet Europa tone?


texts: My sony xperia tx lt29i wouldnt charge yesterday. So i took the battery out for a few minutes and then i placed it back in and it started to charge until it was full. The next day the battery died (cause i was playing on it) and i put it on again, but wouldnt charge. Now it wont turn on, ive tried taking the battery out for a whole day and came back from school and wouldnt charge. Some people say that the problem is the motherboard?is it, or is it something else?


texts: How to receive notifications when an app goes on sale on Google Play store

texts: I would like to know if there's a way to receive notifications on the computer (online) or smartphone (offline) when a customized list of apps goes on sale on Google Play store. (Maybe through e-mail, RSS feed, SMS, etc.)


texts: HTC XE turned itself off and won't turn back on

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I charged my phone overnight for at least 6 hours. It was working fine when I checked my emails first thing this morning.

Then, the phone restarted itself (not uncommon!). Since then, I can't turn it on. I have taken the battery out and left it out for around 2 hours; it still won't turn on.

I have tried to turn it on in recovery  (holding the down volume button and the power on button) and still nothing happens.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nick


texts: Is it possible, or is there an app, to remote desktop into an android device from a Windows or Mac computer?  I would like to be able to see and control the screen.


texts: Setting Android 10 Dark theme on and off with adb shell - how to do it without reboot?

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To Enable Dark Mode:

adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 2

To Disable Dark Mode:

adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 1

For Auto Dark Mode:

adb shell settings put secure ui_night_mode 0

and then

adb reboot

My question is how to change Dark mode without abd reboot ?


texts: Cannot get rid of CM10 / cannot reset the device (Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, GT-P5110)

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, GT-P5110
Android version: 4.2.2.

Hi there, I have a rooted device running on CyanogenMod 10.1.3-p5110, with a custom recovery CWM 6.0.2.7
After 3 years (or so) of smooth operation it started to slow down and getting unstable from time to time, so I decided to factory reset.
I did the factory reset from CWM following the regular regular instructions, however after reset completion the devices booted back to the original CM10, with all the original data (nothing was cleaned at all or reset). I tried several times from - cleaning cache, date, system, dalvik cache, factory reset ... still the same result.

I also tried to replace the CWM with TWRP (GT-P5110_TWRP_3.0.0-0.tar.md5) - same result, it shows success but if I restart to recovery, it goes to CWM 6.0.2.7

If I boot into recovery (CWM) and flash any rom, it shows success and then reboots (guess what) into the original CM 10 like nothing happened.
I tried to flash the stock firmware using Odin. I got an original firmware "P5110XXDMI1_P5110OXXDMJ1_HOME.tar.md5" from a reliable source (http://www.sammobile.com/)

Model:GT-P5110, Model name:GT-P5110, Country:Czech Republic, Version:Android 4.2.2, Changelist:1709803, Build date:Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:13:11 +0000, Security Patch Level: N/A, Product code:XEZ, PDA: P5110XXDMI1, CSC:P5110OXXDMJ1

Every time I flash the original stock rom with Odin, the ID:COM box in Odin goes green and everything looks just fine but after reboot the tablet restarts to the original CM10. I was using Odin3-v1.85, as well as newer versions of the tool - namely Odin3_v3.07, Odin3_v3.11.1, all with the same result.

I even tried form very scratch - repartitioning the device using a .pit file "signed_espresso_20120220_16G.pit", flashing stock using Odin, same result.
I also tried flashing rom Heimdall Suite - same result

I have no problem to connect to the device using ADB shell and communicate with the device ... to get the partitions details using these instructions How can I view the Android internal partition table?
However, I am not any Android guru, so I cannot "decode" what I get.

To me it seems like I somehow messed up my partitions or mounts and thats the reason for the strange behaviour.
So now I am stuck in strange state, which I cannot call a bootloop ... seems like I am running some sort of cached system or someting and I am unable to get out of with any standard tool available. As I said ... device is rooted, running CWM and I can boot to any mode I want ... download, recovery, system.

Any help will be more than appreciated.


texts: How can I load a Project Gutenberg book on my phone's Kindle app?

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The Gutenberg site's guide to Mobile devices doesn't address this question. It recommends the FBReader which I may install if else fails, but I'd prefer to use the Kindle app.

Assuming it is possible, can somebody enumerate the steps to loading a book from the Project Gutenberg site to the Kindle App on my phone?

My phone is a Nexus 4 running Android 4.2.2.


texts: Click to ROOT even without PC? How is this possible?

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There are many apps which says you can root in single click, like framaroot, one click root, kingo root.
I'm not sure whether everythings works, but, YouTube videos claim that.
How these apps root a phone with just a single click?
If a app can root a phone with a click, it can also do that without the knowledge of a user.
So, How do these apps work?


texts: Can I safely use root for I9500, if I have a GT-I9506?

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Can I safely use root for I9500, if I have a I9506?
Or will it cause any problems?
If not, what root can I use?

I can't seem to find the I9506 anywhere on the internet. Is it a new edition or is it because it's nordic?

EDIT: Bear with me I'm new to android.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone?

Indeed, this is a duplicate of: Does constant charging harm my Android cellphone?

Just for the record -- let's say I leave phone charging for 8 hours, it will charge to 100% in 2 hours, so for the last 6 hours would be over charging.

I used dumb phones (Nokias) this way for years, and nothing bad happened. I did it few times with Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, but after I heard some rumor it could damage the phone I try to disconnect the phone once it reaches 100%. Yesterday after 5 minutes of over charging the battery dropped from 100% to 77% in few hours in pure stand-by mode (no net, no gps, no calls, nothing, just waiting for action).

No wonder I am now afraid of the battery life and also interested in getting facts. So far I found only just statements -- in case of iPhone "overcharging means no harm", in case of Android "oh God, no, it will ruin your battery".

So -- can over charging damage battery? I am only interested in facts (no "no/yes" answers please, explanation "why" is needed here) and/or also long-standing experience.

I am interested in this issue, because as developer I will connect phone to computer for longer than 2 hours, and charging is unavoidable.


texts: How to keep my whatsapp on the new phone in a new country?

texts: If I have WhatsApp number from abroad where I lived before, and I have a new phone in the new local place, is it possible to pass my WhatsApp number from the old one to the new without verification? (I'm not in the previous country where I lived but I want to keep using this number in use also in the current country with the new phone. Currently, I use it with my old phone because I don't know how to transfer it the new phone without deleting it)


texts:
I need a Handbrake preset for a Samsung GT-i5500 Europa please?
This is to convert video clips and movies etc into a format that can be viewed on my phone.
Many thanks


texts:
On my android 5.0 phone (nexus 5), the sms app shows sms from some (but not all) senders within a wrong conversation view. The sender's numer is +49171xyz, which is also shown in the details view if I long tap on a message. In the header of the conversation, the number shown is 09171xyz (android just bites the "+9" off and adds a "0").

Using the direct answer field in the bottom will send the message to the wrong number.

I checked the contact and did not find anything special, nor the number is longer than others.

Is there a solution for that problem?


texts:
Suppose my phone is connected using adb over wifi....will I have to repeat the process of connecting the usb cable if I switch to my carrier network by chance?...or will it remain forever and I can just reconnect wirelessly by using
adb connect

Thanks in advance.


texts: How does Google Maps estimate my location without GPS?

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I was wondering how Google Maps on my Android phone can locate me with a good accuracy when my GPS is disabled.

At first I though it was with the cell tower but I'm not sure it can achieve this precision and it is way better when the wireless is enabled (the accuracy go from 1600m to 100).

What I don't understand is that I have a dynamic IP - it's not supposed to be linked to my address. For example wolframalpha locates me with a very bad precision (the country is correct) and it's the same for all other IP location services.

How does this work?


texts: Moto G Unable to Factory Reset "boot failed"

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I have a Moto G which spontaneously went to a white screen with a blue "M".  It will only display that screen or a battery level screen.  If an attempt is made to recover or factory reset, it either shows the blue M, or the fastboot program says the boot failed.

What are the tools which are used to recover from this type of a condition, perhaps to load a boot image which will work?


texts: Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?

texts:
I've had my Droid for nearly a year now, and in the process of installing and uninstalling apps, moving data to and from my SDCard, and all the various things one does with a phone the SDCard has become a little unruly.

It's time for a little file system maintenance.

It won't be difficult, but I only know enough about Linux file systems to be dangerous and I don't want to delete something important from my SDCard on accident.  I couldn't find anything on Android's site about how an SDCard is formatted, so is there anyone who can tell me which files/folders are off-limits or point me in the direction of a good resource?

Please note, I don't want to know which files/folders are safe to delete.  I know I can delete /Epicurious since I've uninstalled the app already, etc.

I'm running CyanogenMod 6.2.1 (based off Android 2.2.1) on my Motorola Droid.


texts: Why screen turns on while connecting/disconnecting charger?

texts:
Even if it's (somehow) understandable to turn screen on while connecting charger, why it turns on also on disconnecting? Whats behind the design decision for this?

Is there native way of preventing this behaviour?


texts: How to restore files on SD card protected by NQ vault?

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I changed my Android mobile phone from one carrier to another. I installed Vault app from the Google Play store, and placed the old SD Card from the previous phone into this new phone. After installing the vault software in the new phone, I am unable to restore data (photos, videos) from old SD card.
My old phone isn't in working condition so how do I restore these files?


texts: Can't explore files on my Sony Xperia U using my Ubuntu 12.10 laptop

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I previously used Ubuntu 12.04. When I connected my phone (Sony Xperia U) in MTP mode, I would be able to see it in Nautilus as a "SEMC HSUSB device" and browse files, copy files, and so on.

Now, I have a new laptop and I've installed Ubuntu 12.10 on it. My device is not recognised any more by Nautilus - I can see that the OS recognises it by seeing the entries that appear in /var/log/syslog - but the phone does not get mounted and I can't think of any way to access the files on the phone and put new files there except the terribly slow Bluetooth.

Has anyone else faced such an issue? Can you help?


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I am trying to root my HTC One S. The bootloader is *** UNLOCKED ***, TWRP is installed, and it's S-ON.

From these instructions:

I downloaded SuperSU-v2.82-201705271822.zip from the TWRP / FlashFire installable ZIP link.
I did adb push SuperSU-v2.82-201705271822.zip /storage/sdcard0/foo
I booted into TWRP and installed the above zip. Apart from complaining that /data could not be mounted (EDIT: fixed this by turning off encryption), it claims to have worked.
I wiped the cache and rebooted.

Nevertheless, if I adb shell and su I get /sbin/sh: su: not found.

There is a /supersu/ directory which contains su and some other stuff, but I can't run /supersu/su: permission denied. The find command finds no other file on the device matching /su$/.

I also tried flashboot boot superboot.img to get Superboot, but if I do this, the device does not boot past the initial splash screen (the one saying "This build is for development purposes only...").

What went wrong?


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Just started installation of cm12 via tool from http://www.cyanogenmod.org/ on my Nexus 4
At some point during installation ive got message that it lost connection to the device and i need to reboot or switch usb port.

I rebooted and only thing that i can get now is bootloader. If i go with normal load or recovery it the same screen with "standing cynagenmod guy". And device is doing nothing.

Im running Windows 8 and in fastboot its not detected.

I have tried both adb and fastboot but it seems that they do not see the device.

Is it the end of my phone? Thanks.


texts: Using MyWi USB 3G Tethering from iPhone to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1

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I've been using MyWi on my jailbroken iPhone 4 for over a year now and it works great giving me a 3G connection to my laptop anywhere I am via the USB tether.

Is this possible to do on my Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet the same as I can on my laptop?  When I enable MyWi and plug the USB into the Galaxy Tab, nothing happens where I would expect it to pick up on the 3G connection my iPhone has just like my laptop does...

Has anyone got this to work?  The tablet is not rooted and is not part of any Verizon or AT&T plan, no SIM in the tablet...

Anything would help!

Thank you,
-Derek.


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So, as everyone already knows, when tethering data over WiFi your battery may overheat/lose battery/etc. What I want to do is while in my car:

Stream internet over WiFi to >1 person
Navigate with GPS (a.k.a. screen on the whole time)
Bluetooth music to my car for Pandora or something

As you can see this will take my phone(Galaxy Nexus) to the max, but I think it should be able to do it. I'm open to other ideas, but what do people think about powering the phone with a battery bypass and charging the battery with a different circuit?


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Most questions I can find related to this are dated 2011 and thereabouts, so perhaps it's not too surprising that things have changed since. I've tried a whole bunch of things, with no results whatsoever.

There are some scripts in /system/etc/init.d (which also appears under /etc/init.d on my device). In particular, there is a 00banner script which is supposed to log a welcome message. The welcome message never appears in logcat.

I've placed my own script here, which was eventually reduced to nothing but this:

#!/system/bin/sh
log -t mytest Testing

Nothing. Never appears in logcat unless run manually via terminal. Then it works.

There is also a 90userinit file here, which invokes /data/local/userinit.sh if it exists. I've created it with the same contents as above. Again, nothing ever appears in logcat. Which is not surprising, really, since if 00banner won't run then this wouldn't either.

I searched for anything named "init.rc" but nothing like that exists anywhere on my device.

All of my scripts have 755 permissions.

What else can I try? (other than apps that run scripts for me)


texts: How can I tell if someone has been going through my private data?

texts: After my Xperia Z3's screen was damaged I had to send it to repairs (an independendent repair provider). I was unable to log out of any accounts and while the phone was away, I noticed that my facebook messages were being read, so I logged out all device remotely by changing the password. When my phone returned however, it had tons of unread notifications - and the clock had been changed. Did the repair service change the time so I wouldn't see that they read my notifications/does changing the time make read notifications go unread again? How can I tell if they have been going through my messages and other data?


texts: Share known WiFi networks between own devices

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It happens every now and then that I connect to a WiFi network for the first time on my phone, but not on my tablet. The second time I visit the place I might not have the WiFi access key at hand.
Is there a way to "share" the known network information between own Android devices?


texts: The internet obtained via reverse tethering is not detected by my tablet.But i can access the web.But i cant download via the play store.So how to make it recognizable as a wireless fidelity connection ?


texts: Test app from Android Studio on device without USB

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I've started developing apps for Android with Android Studio. I've been using the emulator to test my app. Althrough it works fine, I want to test the app on my physical Android phone. The problem is, the USB connector of my phone is broken.

Is there a way to test my app without using USB, maybe with Wifi or Bluetooth?

Thanks in advance!


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I have Samsung GT-S7562. I did update the handset with KyleOPEN custom ROM. Was not satisfied with the custom ROM so again ported back to Original ROM.

I updated the ROM + Kernel using Odin tool. After I update, the network goes off suddenly. I have re-register with the service provider to gain the network back. This happened thrice.

Also, is there Cyanogenmod or any other custom ROM (Apart from KyleOPEN)for this handset.

Any suggestion will be helpful.

Thanks.


texts: Turn off the prompt asking "You usually dismiss these notifications. Keep showing them?"

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I often dismiss notifications from my home screen by swiping them. For example, I collaborate through google docs a lot, and get updates on when a document has changed. I like knowing when this happens, but often don't need to see the change itself so I just dismiss the notification by swiping. However, almost every batch of notifications I do this with, I get prompted with:

"You usually dismiss these notifications. Keep showing them?"

It interrupts me being able to dismiss notifications. And I get asked this constantly even after selecting "Keep showing".

How can I prevent these "You usually dismiss these notifications. Keep showing them?" notifications from appearing?


texts: How do I deal with unknown installation error code -505?

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I have a Nexus 7 and it has just been updated to Android 5.

Two apps give me trouble after the system upgrade, games that my kids play. Dumb Ways to Die and VVVVVV. Both of these had icons after the upgrade but when clicked a popup appeared saying "App not installed". I attempt to install them. The download is fine. The install begins. And then an error message:

  Unknown error code during application installation: "-505"

The exact same error for both apps. I've restarted the device to no avail.

I have no idea what to do next. Please could some kind soul give me advice on how I might remedy this problem.


texts: Transfer a large file from PC to smartphone

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, and a PC with Windows XP (I do not have WiFi). I want to transfer a 2.1 GB file from the computer to the phone. If I transfer the file as usual, I have the following error:

  Failed to copy the selected files. Not enough free space on the
  device.

I think my problem is related to the type of the file system. What is the solution of my problem is there?


texts: How many times can I install an application I've purchased on the Market?

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I have just bought an HTC HD2 and I immediately installed a custom Android ROM. I will probably change ROMs often.

If I buy an application from the Android Market how many times can I download and install it?


texts: Install messaging tablet app on non-network phone

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I've got a regular cell phone through Verizon. In addition, I also have a Galaxy Tab and a Galaxy S3, both of those using Wi-Fi only.

I use Verizon's messaging app on my regular phone as the default SMS app, and I have the tablet version on my Galaxy tab, which works fine - everything synchronizes, and I can send and receive SMS/MMS messages from the Tab over Wi-Fi.

I'm trying to do the same for the Galaxy S3, but it seems that the phone version of the app only works on a regular network phone - and since my S3 doesn't have a SIM, the app doesn't function.

Is it possible to install make my S3 install the tablet version of the app so this would work? Maybe some way to identify itself as a tablet instead of a phone? Or any other way that you know of to use Verizon Messages from a non-network phone over Wi-Fi?


texts: What are Android's secret telephony codes?

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What are Android's hidden Secret Codes?

There are a bunch of secret codes to access hidden features or perform special actions. They're entered into the dialer and have the following format:

*#*#<CODE>#*#*

What are the standard (vanilla) codes and what do various carriers and device makers add?

And how can I find out about them by myself?


texts: 1.5 GB in space used for system without installing any apps after using super su-me

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Hello everyone I used to have kingroot installed on my device and for some reason I thought it will be better to have super su so I downloaded super su-me and as promised it did remove king root and installed super su but after that I found the available storage for my device going from 1.2 GB to 18mb and I found that space was used in system as I found that the space used for system files increased from 3.3 to 5 GB so what happened and how I can undo this and. Any solution will be appreciated

Things I have tried:
1-Factory reset(it removed super su and king root so I installed king root again and space of system remain bigger)


texts: So i factory reset my J1 phone since it kept on turning itself on and off and then "The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" "Google play services has stopped" kept on appearing, and when I was about to sign in with my existing g-mail account, it got stuck with Signing in...This can take a few minutes. I just don't know what to do with it anymore. I tried everything i saw on the net and none of them worked. I can't even use my phone. :(Your response will be highly appreciated. Thank you in advancse


texts:
I want to root my Galaxy Ace but don't want to install Custom ROM or CWM!

Just only root so that, I can run some apps which requires root.


texts:
I got my Android 2.3.7 ZTE phone used on eBay, and it appeared to be completely reset.  However, sometimes hundreds of contacts with names like "brwlvweaace" show up.  They all have randomized emails, like "tcgege@hotmail.com".  It almost seems like a list of generated emails for spamming.  I can see them when choosing a contact to send a text to, and if I add the "All Contacts" folder to the home screen.  The SIM card is new, and shows 0/250 contacts.  The SD Card was new as well, and formatted on top of that.  I don't have these contacts in any synced account.  And I can't delete them, because they never show up in the main Contacts app.

How do I get rid of them?  I only have about 15 real contacts, so it's a pain to send a text message to one of them when the list has hundreds of fake names.

Here's a picture:


texts: In Chatsecure conversations, what is the meaning of the little ticks and crosses?

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I noticed that after each message when OTR is enabled, 2 little ticks or crosses appear in the message bubble. Sometimes they change color from black to white.

What is the meaning of these indicators?

I think it something to do with message delivery and /or to flag the recipient has read the message, but I would appreciate a definitive explanation!


texts: Bypassing a blocked port on a 3G connection

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I know this may seem illegal, but I just wanted to know how to bypass a blocked port on my Carrier 3G connection.

Sometime before I used to use some Android VPN app that gave me access to the Internet via my carrier, without Wi-Fi. I only use 3G data to connect to the internet and use all my apps, Facebook, Twitter and many others with no limits.

Then one day it stopped working and I couldn’t connect to the VPN server. I asked about it and I’ve been told that my carrier blocked the port I was using, and that it why I couldn’t use it anymore.

How does this port blocking work, and how can I bypass it, if it is possible?


texts: How to install Play Store on Alcatel OT 979

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I am switching from iPhone to Android. I do not speak Android/PC. I speak Apple. This has been a difficult transition, and I require a simple explanation (pretend I am 5 years old).

My new Alcatel One Touch 979 did not have Android Market / Google Play installed. After much searching, I figured out how to get the application. I downloaded it - safely - and it was a very slow start, but now it only crashes. I tried three different platforms, each having the same outcome:

Android Market 2.3.6.apk
Google Play Store 3.5.16.apk and 3.8.16.apk

The error message reads "Sorry! The application Google Play Store (process com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." My only option is to force close.

The phone is listed as a supported device on the Google Play help page. I suspect I'm accessing an incompatible version, but I just don't know - and there are so many versions from which to choose.

When I log into my Google account via the laptop, I see my phone's application activity! I have a lengthy Orders list, but nothing has downloaded to the phone. To that end, when I review the "Device Manager" option in my account, nothing is listed, but when browsing the Play store and selecting applications, the compatibility indicator recognizes the phone and states whether the app is a match. How and what is happening?! The user manual for the phone is in a foreign language (Mandarin) with no English translation, so I cannot use it to troubleshoot. Here is some information about the phone:

http://magazine.tcl.com/en/article.aspx?id=476
https://deviceatlas.com/device-data/devices/alcatel/ot-979/3638583

The phone has Kernel version 2.6.35.7+SW2SVR@Android-Server #1. The Baseband version is BCM2155x_CustomerRel_SS_1_3_9_P3. I have no idea what any of this means, but I'm sharing in case it matters. The micro SD is a 4GB memory and the internal memory is 126MB.

I have tried clearing the data and the cache. I have also tried a hard re-set, which reverts the phone back to its linguistic Beijing origins, and I needed assistance getting it to English language. I am out of ideas, except to wait for the iPhone 5S launch. I've only had the phone for 15 hours; I'm an Android infant newborn. My head is spinning, really. There must be a kinder, simpler way to use the application store on this phone.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!


texts: LG G4 Showing Wrong 'Recovery Mode' Screen

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I have a LG G4 (International) and I'm trying to boot into recovery to install Lineage OS. The instructions are to hold down the power button and the volume down button, which I do, I then get booted into what apparently is recovery mode but there's no options to do an advanced wipe and clear the cache etc. I found a picture online as to what it boots into:

As you can see it's still some LG screen, not the actual recovery mode screen you'd expect to see. Am I missing something here?


texts:
I connected my Galaxy Tab S2 to my (previously working) Ethernet adapter, only to find it would only charge (no Ethernet). However, charging (up to 2A) still works fine.

I've tried:

connecting a new Ethernet adapter, a generic OTG adapter, and a USB cable to a PC (these all worked before). None of these worked, but they all worked on other devices.
checking the Micro USB port for damage. There is none.
Connecting the USB cable to a PC would start charging, but data did not work (it would be read as an AC charger, there would be no "Slow charging" message, and there was no "USB charging only" or "USB debugging enabled" notification).

Everything else (including charging as mentioned above) still works perfectly.

What is wrong with my tablet?


texts: Sony F5121: Forgot Device Encryption Passwort, locked bootloader

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I forget the device encryption password for my F5121 (locked bootloader). Is there any way to hard-reset the device, so I can use it again (I don't care about the data on it)?

I already tried some combination with Power Button + Volumne Up/Down, but I don't see any options popping up.

Also, unlocking the bootloader does not seem to work (probably I should have enabled oem unlocking in the android settings before), it says:

FAILED (remote: 'Command not allowed')

Same error, when trying to flash TWRP.


texts: How to delete offline dictionaries in Google Translate?

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I have downloaded some dictionaries for off-line translation in Google Translate. Those dictionaries are quite big, and take precious internal storage - there is no option to move them to SD.

I'd like to delete those files, as it turns out that I never needed them - always was in range of WiFi. Google Translate doesn't seem to provide an option to do this. I'd rather not remove my configuration (that's what I think would be the result of deleting all user data for Google Translate).

How can I do this?

Samsung Galaxy S3 mini (GT-I8190N), with Android 4.1.2


texts: I would like to disable some services/apps on the Android. Some run that I do not want to.  I do not want to have to stop the service every time I turn off the phone for obvious reasons.


texts: When I connect my Nexus S to my computer I can see various files (media, LOST.DIR, DCIM...). If I copy a file here, I can't find it on the file manager (ASTRO) on my phone? How do I access these files on my phone?


texts: How to use existing Whatsapp account on new mobile with new SIM?

texts: I could not use my existing whatsapp account because My mobile have been stolen. I bought new mobile and new SIM as well, now I want to configure my existing whatsapp account on new Mobile with another SIM number. Can anyone please help me?


texts: How do I copy images in Firefox for Android/Fennec?

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I'm using Firefox for Android (also called Fennec) v.46 on Android Kit-Kat 4.4.2.

When I tap-and-hold on images in a browser in Android, I get a context-sensitive menu, as expected.

However, the menu in Fennec doesn't include an option to just copy the image to the Android clipboard (or do whatever it would normally do behind the scenes, such as producing a URI for the image). This is what I see:

The options available are:

Share Image
Copy Image Location
Save Image
Set Image As

I'm not interested in possible work-arounds in this particular case i.e. saving the image then importing it into another app is not a workflow I want to deal with.

I have two questions, then:

Is there something I'm missing that will enable me to copy images in Fennec?
If not, did Fennec ever support the copying of images, having removed it later due to bugs/instability/security issues?


texts: I want to receive SMS in two different phones simultaneously

texts: The messages sent to one phone meant for it only should also be received by the other phone. What is the way out?


texts: My android device is lava v2s. I have sufficient space of 5.67 GB on my SD card and even of 263mb but, still, when I want to download any app from Google Play Store, it is saying to free up space. It's really very much disappointing. please try to solve my problem and give me a quick solution.


texts: Can I update my Nexus One to Android 4.0, and how do I do it?

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Possible Duplicate:
  When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?

I've never even used Android before, and I've been given this Nexus One for app development by my supervisor.

I'd like to get it updated to Android 4.0 from 2.3.x, but I'm not sure how and I can't find clear-cut instructions.

Can it even be done?


texts:
I am trying to encrypt my rooted Nexus 5 (running CyanogenMod 13/Marshmallow).
Here is how I am doing:

With the phone running and connected to USB, make sure that /mnt/asec/ is empty
Long-press the power physical button, this makes the Power off dialog pop up
Long-press the "Power off" option of the pop up, confirm that you want to reboot in Safe Mode
Without starting any app, run adb shell on the computer then su to get root then pkill -KILL daemonsu to kill the SuperSU daemon
Settings > Security > Encrypt phone, confirm
The phone reboots, from the computer type adb logcat

Here is what I see:

I ServiceManager: service 'drm.drmManager' died
D libEGL  : loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libEGL_adreno.so
D libEGL  : loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_adreno.so
D libEGL  : loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so
I Adreno-EGL: <qeglDrvAPI_eglInitialize:379>: QUALCOMM Build: 09/02/15, 76f806e, Ibddc658e36
E BootAnimation: couldn't find audio_conf.txt
W BootAnimation: Audio service is not initiated.
D BootAnimation: Use save memory method, maybe small fps in actual.
D BootAnimation: Use save memory method, maybe small fps in actual.
E Cryptfs : unmounting /data failed: Device or resource busy
E Cryptfs : Bad magic for real block device /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/metadata
W vold    : type=1400 audit(0.0:19): avc: granted { read } for name="mmcblk0p28" dev="tmpfs" ino=6735 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:userdata_block_device:s0 tclass=blk_file
W vold    : type=1400 audit(0.0:20): avc: granted { read open } for name="mmcblk0p28" dev="tmpfs" ino=6735 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:userdata_block_device:s0 tclass=blk_file
W vold    : type=1400 audit(0.0:21): avc: granted { ioctl } for path="/dev/block/mmcblk0p28" dev="tmpfs" ino=6735 ioctlcmd=1260 scontext=u:r:vold:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:userdata_block_device:s0 tclass=blk_file
D Cryptfs : Just asked init to shut down class main
W vold    : emulated unmount requires state mounted
E Cryptfs : unmounting /data failed: Device or resource busy
W SocketClient: write error (Broken pipe)
W SocketClient: Unable to send msg '200 8 -

At that point the CyanogenMod loading screen keeps animating for 10+ hours and probably forever if I don't stop it. Pressing the Power physical button for 5 seconds makes it reboot and start normally this time. Obviously encryption has not been performed.

I tried the whole procedure twice.

What could be causing this Cryptfs : unmounting /data failed: Device or resource busy problem?


texts: Facebook stuck notification "cast device not connected"

texts:
I have a notification that can not be removed,created by the facebook app with message "Cast Device Not Connected".
I did notice that it happens any time I open a facebook video where catable device is available. (I use lg g3 with Lollipop 5.0)
How can I remove this notification?


texts:
The problem: I am trying configure my "Opera for Android", the "full" browser for the Android OS, to start at the "Speed Dial", and not at the last loaded website page.  This is an issue of saving data traffic.  I run a website where some pages are long lists, which I don't want reloaded the next time I start Opera.  Yes, I know I could (and do if I remember) close Opera by clicking on the red O, and pick "exit".  This works to close all tabs, but I would like to not have to be dependent on my remembering.  Any help will be appreciated.

I have found no answer for this issue. Usual search results are for everything else other than "Opera for Android".  My apologies if I missed an answer somewhere for "Opera for Android".

The "Opera Forum" is not usefull, because, again, all answers are not for the Category "Opera for Android". Also, this question is not for Opera-Mini.


texts:
I recently came across some free money and am considering buying a tablet.  Specifically, the entourage edge because it would be in my hands the day the money is.  What I'm curious about, however, is how well this baby can take notes.  The floor model had been on for several days and had had sever people screwing around with it and had hence crashed.

So:

Can the entourage edge take notes in real time (ie what is the latency when dragging my pen over the ereader screen) when it has not been abused?
how many pages of notes can it store without extending the memory?
how well does the edge sync with a parent computer, specifically a mac?


texts: How do Antivirus for Android detects a Malware application?

texts:
While researching about malware analysis for Android, I found that there are few applications that were removed from the Google Play Store because they were found to be malware.

I guess Android Antivirus applications running on a smartphone detects that these applications are malware.

Two cases:

Case: My guess is right:

I am wondering how these antivirus applications can suspect an application whether that is a malware or not.

What are the parameters they use to justify that the suspected application is a malware?
How does a real-time antivirus like Avast or Avg (for Android) works on this?
(Any link regarding this would be helpful).

Case: My guess is wrong:

Now, if these antivirus applications don't detect any application as malware, then how come these applications are removed from the Play Store?

P.S. I was able to search only about the malware applications and I could not get the answer for my question as how they are detected. Any references would be much helpful.


texts: Wi-Fi is connected but the device shows "Wi-Fi has no internet access"

texts:
I recently reconfigured my modem and now only my Nexus phone have problem in connecting to Wi-Fi but other devices work correctly. It  connects to Wi-Fi and works but a message appears in notification:

  Wi-Fi has no internet access

The next time when I turn on Wi-Fi  my phone  doesn't connect automatically to a Wi-Fi.

How can I fix this problem?

(Click image to enlarge)


texts: Is it possible to add a "clear all app button" in android stock

texts:
I'm using a moto G (2015) which has android 6 stock. There is no button to clear all apps launched.  By "clear" I mean quit and delete cache. Some skins have such button sometimes represented by a carpet sweeper icon.

I know there is no need to clear opened applications. Android is managed them, will clear them for you if needed, and if you quit an app manually, she will be slower to open.

But I don't like to have a list of recently opened apps (in order) available to whom take my phone. Sometimes, the browser (firefox) remember my last search and I don't want that (I use also inbrowser but needed firefox for the sync feature).

Is it a simple way to add a clear button to android stock?


texts: How do I log in to Android Messages for Web without my phone?

texts:
I recently discovered the Android Messages for Web service! My immediate thought was, awesome! If I forget my phone at home, I can still text when I'm at work. In an emergency, I could send a text message using a friend's computer.

However, when I logged in, I discovered that I needed to use my phone to log in by scanning a QR code on my computer screen. I'm afraid that this defeats the purpose for me.

(I'm aware that it has a "remember me on this computer" feature so it will work in some cases when I don't have my phone with me, as long as I've recently logged in on that computer with this option enabled. But this is not all computers at all times, so it defeats the "in case of emergency" situation.)

Is there any way to authenticate myself to Android Messages for Web without having my phone with me?


texts: Download seems to stop when screen is locked in Xiaomi device

texts:
I have a Xiaomi Redmi note 7 device global version which features MIUI 10.2.1.0 .

Now I see the MIUI 10.3.5.0 update, I press the download button and it starts downloading, I then leave it to download during night.

When I wake up I see it as it didn't even move when I expect it to be finished, if I leave the screen on it seems to continue so probably a power saving feature.

I searched and searched, since my android version is 9 wi-fi sleep policy option disappeared and PieWifi app didn't work.

People also said something about restricting background data usage which I think I found under Security -> Restrict Wi-fi but I can't find the system updater app there.

I googled much and most options I see on internet I don't find on my phone.

So how to make download work even if screen turns off ?


texts: Viewing and Transfering files between Nexus 7 (13) and Win 7sp1 x64

texts:
Having difficulty with both USB and wifi file transfers.  I recently upgraded my desktop from XP to Win7, all was working well with XP.

Over wifi ES file explorer sees the shared Win7 HDDs but will not open them to view contents.  Permissions on the HDDs are set to allow all users full access.
From the Win7 end the Nexus7 does not show at all on the LAN.

Connecting USB and using ES file explorer I don't know how to make the Win7 PC accessible.
In Win7 explorer the Nexus7 shows up and when Nexus7 USB for file transfers is selected most folders and files are accessible.  The exception are uTorrent down loaded files, why are these not accessible?

If anyone can help with file transfers or provide edifying links it will be appreciated.


texts: Why Angry Birds App doesn't load / open?

texts:
I have a Prestigio Multipad PMP3370B and for some reason I can not play the Angry Birds app on it.

I have downloaded the app from the Google Play Store but when I try to play it the screen goes blank for approx 3-4 seconds, as if the game was loading but then it just returns to the home screen of my device.

I have uninstalled & re-installed the device several times but to no avail.
I have even done a factory reset of my device but again no luck.

This tablet was bought for the specific purpose of playing games now that the kids favorite app does not work there are two very disappointed children at home.


texts: Lately my new nexus 7 table's battery has been draining incredibly fast during idle. I noticed that the "tablet idle" item in the battery life menu is the highest out of all of them (sometimes up to 34%). Any idea why this could be happening? Additionally, I know what "tablet idle" means but what technical components actually summarize to that battery level.


texts: Device disappears from ADB devices when entering sideload

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I'm installing a rom on my Oneplus One, so I go in TWRP, wipe, plug in my phone and use ADB devices. The device lists as usually. When I enter sideload in TWRP though, my phone disappears from the devices, so I can't sideload a rom.

TWRP version 2.8.5.1
ADB version 1.0.32


texts:
I want to add a Google account to use as the primary (paying) account in Google Play.

I have tried to add the account in the Google Play app or in settings under Accounts and sync. I get no error, but after the sign in process, the account is never listed.

I am using two step verification. I am running Android 4.0.4 on a Samsung Galaxy S2 (build number IMM76D.XWLPY).


texts: How to bypass "Always on VPN" demand for numeric IP and use a domain instead?

texts:
I know that it is not required but still I want to use a domain name for VPN server address and be able to tick to "Always On VPN" on Android.

I am open to any Idea with advantage to idea that can be use also on unrooted machine?

The reason is that I want to connect to my home network that has a PPTP VPN server (on Asus router). I dont have fixed IP at home (its very expensive in my country), so I am using Asus dynamic DNS service configured on my router. I want my Android phone to be connected to the internet only via this VPN.

I don't mind using a 3rd party vpn client app (that has "Always on VPN" mode) as long as I can connect to MY own VPN server, not to another party server. Also, if there is a web browser that can be configured to browse the web only via custom VPN settings, it will also be good.

Any Idea will be appreciated!


texts: Temporary root Nexus 5 in adb shell to access a /data folder

texts:
I want to backup a data/data/com.package.name folder but the app manifest is set to backup=false.

To access the folder I want to temporary root the phone in the ADB shell and then access the folder to copy my files. There's no need for me to make root persistent.

The nexus runs on Android 5.0.1. Is there a way to get access to my data without installing a custom recovery, and others?


texts: with which encoding is my sdcard mounted by android?

texts:
I uploaded some music to my htc sensation (not rooted) by mounting the sdcard via usb as vfat from a desktop linux computer and copying the mp3 files and playlist files. This works fine as long as the song titles have only ascii characters. But often they have foreign characters (umlauts). So it's crucial to mount the device on my desktop with the same encoding as android mounts it, otherwise the titles looks scrambled and the playlists don't match with the song files.

So which are the mount options that android uses to mount the sdcard?
I tried the utf8 option on the desktop but it didn't work.


texts: Nexus 7 came with Superuser & ROM Manager pre-installed

texts: I just received my Nexus 7 from Google and I was surprised to see superuser and ROM Manager apps already installed. How normal is this? Does this mean my tablet is rooted out of the box? Does it mean it was used before? Does it void the warranty?


texts: Voice messages won't play through headphones (messenger)

texts:
I have the following problem: since yesterday in facebook messenger whenever someone sends me a voice message, I plug my headphones in and play it, but for some reason the sound comes from the speaker. Before it used to play through the headphones without problems.

I noticed that when I press the volume keys, it says the sound is identified as "sounds during conversation", which wasn't the case before. Before it came as "medias". This makes me believe the phone thinks I somehow told it to go through the loudspeaker as in normal phone conversations.

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy J5 by the way. Thanks in advance!


texts: Xiaomi stuck in fastbot mode while bootloader is locked

texts:
I've found my Xiaomi redmi note 4 stuck in fastboot mode after the battery had died. I tried different ways to unbrick it but nothing helps. The list of ways I tried:

platform tools fastboot binary. fastboot reboot bootloader - still
rebooting to fastboot.
 Also, adb binary doesn't recognize my device.
I can't use mi unlock tool because it doesn't see my phone.
Miflash doesn't recognize the device also.

Are there any other ways to unbrick it?
Edit: It's Mediatek Helio X20


texts: "Connect USB Data Cable" message on fastboot screen preventing recovery/reset of Nexus 6

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I have a Nexus 6 that doesn't boot after a failed Android M developer preview install (worked perfectly on my Nexus 5).

Booting into fastboot via power + volume down shows the device is unlocked but says "connect USB data cable". I believe "connect USB data cable" is the critical problem preventing any kind of recovery.

It is connected via the cable that I used to reboot it into fastboot successfully (and I've tried unplugging and re-plugging it in) so I think the cable is not the problem.

I'm guessing it's permanently bricked?


texts: Is there any way to turn an Android device into a Google Home speaker and thus add it to a speaker group in Google Home?

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In Google Home there is this feature called "speaker groups" which allows you to play the same music simultaneously on several speakers, in several rooms in the home, etc.
I use this to play music in my entire home. However, there are still some rooms to which I would like to add speakers.
AFAIK, only Google Home speakers and Chromecast devices can be added to speaker groups at the moment.
I could go out and buy even more Google Home devices, but I have some spare Android devices and good speakers to hook them up to, so I figure that would be cheaper, better (in terms of sound) and environmentally friendlier.
So basically, to be clear: I want to have an Android phone hooked up to a speaker behave pretty much like a Google Home, and play audio in a room. I want to be able to add it to my speaker group for the entire apartment, so that it can play music along with my real Google Home/Nest/Chromecast devices, in sync with them.
It seems that there previously was an app that made an Android device emulate a Chromecast. That app was called CheapCast but it now seems to have been taken down.
I also found an app that did let me receive Chromecast on my Android, but it did not show up in the Google Home app so that it could be added to a speaker group.
Is there any way to achieve this? I can use root, Xposed Framework, Magisk modules, custom roms, whatever is needed.
The Android devices I have lying around are running Android 9.


texts: Can't verify SHA256 fingerprint using apksigner

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Just wondering if anyone can help me with the apksigner command line tool. I have just installed 'android-sdk-build-tools r30.0.3-4' on my linux machine and have subsequently tried to run the command 'apksigner verify <appname.apk>' as demonstrated on the following page, under the examples section, https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/apksigner#usage-verify.
However, when doing so, I get the following output:
/usr/bin/apksigner: line 97: exec: java: not found
Am I missing a specific java package or something? I already have js78 and nodejs installed and updated.
Any help much appreciated :)


texts: Share location between iOS and Android..?

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My wife and I find it really useful to share our locations with each other. Until now we both had iPhone's and were using the "Find my friends" app, but my wife is now using Android (Samsung S8).

I've looked at the "Trusted Contacts" app, but that only seems to share the location temporarily. We want to share locations permanently, without manually authorising all the time, and without annoying notifications.

Is there any way,  that works on both platforms to permanently share your location with someone else ?


texts: I want to unlock my Samsung a70 without factory reset

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My son played with my phone and changed my password and I don't know what is it. I have tried for several months but nothing worked.
Can you please help me because my phone contains important images and files that I want to save.


texts: How to recover "data/data" folder from HTC Desire before rooting

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I've got an old HTC Desire with a bitcoin stuck on it. Trying to access "/data/data/de.schildbach.wallet/files" through ADB shell predictably gives me permission denied.

I tried using unrevoked but it says my firmware version is too new.

I've been following the guide to use revolution at "http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/579600-guide-s-off-root-htc-desire-revolutionary-updated.html" and have successfully got S-OFF, but I still can't access files in "data/data/..." through shell. Now HBOOT screen, although being tagged -Revolutionary- and having S-OFF doesn't have the recovery option.

The phone's current details are
Android version 2.2.2
Kernal version 2.6.32.15-gf...

The fastboot screen says

-Revolutionary-
BRAVO PVT1 SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-6.93.1002
MICROP-031d
TOUCH PANEL-SYNW0101
RADIO-5.11.05.27
Aug 10 2010,17:52:18

FASTBOOT

<VOL UP> to previous item
<VOL DOWN> to next item
<POWER> to select item

BOOTLOADER
REBOOT
REBOOT BOOTLOADER
POWER DOWN

I've followed the guide all the way up to point 6, Adding custom recovery.
That seemed to go well with the command prompt telling me

C:\Users\Dave\Downloads>fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA_2.0.1.img
  sending 'recovery' (3936 KB)... OKAY [  1.089s]
            writing 'recovery'... OKAY [  1.146s]
finished. total time: 2.235s

I couldn't find the "recovery" option before but have just found it by accidentally selecting bootloader.

What is the safest way now to fully root the phone without risking deleting that "data/data" folder?

Update:
From the point I reached in this post I proceeded to create a nandroid backup from BOOTLOADER and copied the *.img to a folder on my PC, then used unyaffs to extract the data from data.img. This worked a treat and I didn't have to fully root my phone to find what I was after.

One minor problem I encountered was that the first attempt at a backup said it was successful, yet gave me 0 byte files. I just had to free up space on my SD card to fix this.