texts: Why am I getting shopping trolley notifications about local store savings?

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I am getting "Shopping Trolley" notifications appearing regularly.
The notification looks like this:

The notification is about "Store savings" at a local supermarket and that is it!

Is this notification from Google Maps or another application like Google Assistant? I'm struggling to find the specific setting to disable the notification.

I am also interested to know if this notification could in any way be targeted advertising generated by the store. My marketing preferences with the store are opt-out and this strikes me as very dumb advertising. Surely Google isn't doing this? Is there a means that a store can generate notifications like this? Could it be targeted if they have my email address?

These are pain and I want to understand why they are spamming me and disable them without disabling everything else.

I can see various options under Google Maps, settings, notifications. Which setting would apply? Could it be "New on maps, Get occasional updates about new features in your area"? I can't see what setting to suppress!

Thanks for all help.


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I have serious problem with my Galaxy S2.

Some guy stole my phone. With help from Samsung Dive, I gained his phone number because he put his Sim card in my phone. Then, with help from police, I got my phone back. Just today, I went to shop for a new Sim card because my old one was lost (thanks to that guy!). First, I did factory reset without any Sim card inserted. Then I put in my new Sim card in it. Here comes the problem - it doesn't recognize my Sim card! First I thought that I did put it in somehow wrong, but after few tries - I think that it isn't the case. I remembered that it asked me something about missing Sim card when i booted up phone after factory reset so I did factory reset again with Sim card in it. Still, problem remains. When I try to call someone it says Mobile network not available. When I try to select my network operator under settings, it says Unable to connect. Try later.

What could be the problem? Is it possible that my phone is blocked? If so, where can I unblock it?

Thanks for any advice!

P.S. Are there any steps to find why I cannot connect to mobile network?

Edit:

When turning the phone on, it shows yellow warning icon.

When phone is on, near clock in top bar there is like phone icon.

If that anyhow helps, guys!


texts: How can I use Allshare Cast feature on my Samsung Galaxy S III? I have a samsung LCD with internet, Do I still need allshare dongle to use this feature?


texts: My galaxy M10s stuck on download mode showing 'error verifying vbmata image'. Samsung galaxy M107f

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I had rooted my galaxy m10s with eftsu to fix Imei NG status. then I wiped EFS but no longer started, just stack on samsung logo even if i wipe data. then I locked bootloader in download mode. and now it just keeps on download mode and shows 'error verifying vbmata image' and 'vbmata:no sign info'.
so guys please help me what shall i do?


texts: I know that Opera Mini is available on Android. Are there any other browsers available that compress content to work faster when not on Wi-fi or 3g?


texts: Impossibly difficult to track down original rom I8262BUUBAMG1

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I have had no luck in trying to find a site that hosts the ROM for my galaxy core. Is there someplace that I am missing?

I8262BUUBAMG1

I love the modded rom  that Omkar$ mas made but the latest update broke the google play store connection and I am not having any luck trying to get it to work.

If someone has some insight on how to attempt a fix without installing stock firmware that would be awesome. But if not stock will have to do until he fixes the problem with the gAPPs.

Thanks ahead of time guys!

EDIT:

I did find the ROM here but links are broken -.- fml


texts: Undo or reverse YouTube update on my Samsung Galaxy S4

texts: I recently updated YouTube on my Galaxy S4 and I don't like the changes. Can I undo the update or return my android to a couple of days ago? Or do I have to live with it as it is? Thanks for your suggestions. BTW, please give me directions step by step. I'm technologically illiterate.


texts: Transfer adoptable SD card to another ROM

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Is it possible to use an adoptable SD card on another ROM, by copying the encryption key located at /data/misc/vold/*.key?

According to the Android documentation :

  .. Keys are associated with adopted devices based on the adopted partition GUID...Because the contents of an adopted storage device are strongly tied to the
  Android device that adopted it, the encryption keys should not be extractable
  from the parent device, and therefore the storage device can't be mounted elsewhere.

Apart from some errors that may be caused by the different ROM, is it possible to access the SD card across ROMs? Or is adoptable storage only accessible on the ROM it was created with?


texts: Google Play say "You dont have any device"

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I've just bought Ewing I960 android tablet. strangely this device does not come with google play store. So I try to install directly from google play site.
But could not install any of the android apps. Got this message from google when installing the apps. So not apps can be install.

I did download latest google play apk. It got installed but fail when opening the apps.

Hope I can get some light on how to resolve this.
thank you.

ag.


texts: On my Note 4, even when I set the lock screen to fingerprint, if I turn it off and then on, I can unlock it by swiping. Please advise

texts: I set the unlocking to fingerprint. I set 3 fingerprints. I activate them. Then I can unlock my phone by swiping. What is the use?


texts: How much user-available memory do you need?

texts:
How much user-available memory is needed in an android phone that runs Gingerbread and is likely to be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich in order to be able to install and work with a reasonable number of apps.

Of course, the answer might differ depending on the usage profile of the specific user so 2-4 number ranges would be useful (e.g., light, typical, or heavy user).


texts: Can I change the NAT type when using my phone as a tether for Gaming?

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I want to play online with my Switch while I'm on the go, but it seems my NAT type is D, which is too low to enable online play.

So is there a way to change that NAT type while tethering to my Android phone? Can I change the NAT type from my phone, or do something in my Switch parameters to force another NAT type?

PS: If the solution could not involve rooting my phone I'd prefer it.


texts: Default mode with USB, charging + USB Tethering?

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Is there anyway to make it so that my phone, when connected with a USB Data Cable to a computer automatically turns on USB Tethering?

Currently using Cyanogenmod 13.

I tried changing the option in Developer Options to RNDIS however it doesn't seem to work (by that I mean it doesn't seem to do what USB Tethering does), and it doesn't hold when I unplug and plug back in.


texts: Will Google Play Services work on Yun OS phone?

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I have this Chinese Phone which is a Yun OS, I've tried all different types (Architecture, Android Version, Screen DPI) of Google Play Services from APKmirror site but all goes "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped".

My phone is also not rooted. Tried many root apps (kingroot, kingo, etc.) mobile/pc but no luck.


texts: How can I turn off speaking of incoming caller?

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I can't figure out how to change the settings on my Samsung Galaxy S phone to actually have a ringtone when receiving a call.

When receiving a call a voice says "call from 123-456-7890" or "call from Fred". I know how to set the ringtone which has been set but I don't know how to take the voice off.

I tried accessibility and talk back, there are no option for driving mode but it is still speaking caller name.

What to do??


texts: How can I keep my mobile data connection up when establishing a non-internet capable WiFi connection?

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I'm using a Raspberry Pi to stream music wirelessly inside my car. The Pi has a wireless network without real a exit to the outside world. I want to connect to that 'internet-less' network and still be able to stream music with my mobile LTE connection. The PI works perfectly with iPhones. I set a static IP on the iPhone without specifying DNS and works as intended. I can't achieve that with my Nexus 5 (Android 5.1). As soon as I connect to the Pi network, the LTE network is gone so I cant stream Pandora, GMusic, nothing.

How can I achieve this in Android 5.1? Is it possible?


texts: Nexus 7 issues with lagging, boot-loops, NFC greyed out, and depressed CPU states

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I have a Nexus 7 16GB which behaved wonderfully for a few months.  I used an NFC app once and the tablet began boot-looping, and lagging.  I turned off NFC when I could and reset the tablet.  It was fine for a day or two but then started locking up again.  I've changed the bootloaders to try to recover it, to no avail.  After attempting to upgrade the OS and it totally locked up, I finally RMAed the tablet (PAIN IN THE BUTT!!!, Thanks Asus...) I finally got my tablet back and the same issues have started again.  I do have NFC turned on, but haven't installed the app that caused the issue last time (NFC tag writing apps)

I downloaded CPU Spy and have tracked the CPU states to find that my CPU isn't throttling up very much, and it hardly reaches Deep Sleep either.  Instead, it spends 7+ hours (not touched by me) at 475 MHz.  It doesn't respond to the unlock very quickly, and it often gets stuck in a screen orientation.

The RMA apparently didn't do anything, although they didn't charge me for anything, so they must have found something.  Is there anything I can do to see if somehow software I've installed is causing this?  Any suggestions?  I'm really frustrated.  I've attached the CPU spy screenshot, and have a logcat file as well.  Is there anything more I can do to track this down?

See also my LogCat results: LogCat

EDIT: Further information: I've gotten it to consistently boot now, but it still falls into a 'always on' with "Android OS" being a major draw on the battery.  It will say something like "keep awake for 7+ hours".  I'm attempting to chase down an app which has the 'stay awake' permission and see if it is something like that.

EDIT: updating to Android 4.2 increases the stability, and the battery usage is more specific.  The NFC service is keeping my tablet awake all the time.  Battery use screenshot


texts: What does aspect ratio has to do with the megapixels?

texts: See this pic, and why 4:3 AR has more MP than 16:9? This is my Moto G4 Plus's default camera app.


texts: Why doesn't the Android Studio include the google play store app for tablet AVDs?

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I am using Android Studio 3.5.2
Build #AI-191.8026.42.35.5977832, built on October 30, 2019
JRE: 1.8.0_202-release-1483-b49-5587405 x86_64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o
macOS 10.13.6

Some of the virtual devices (the phones) include the Play Store components, but none of the Android TV or Tablet images do. Why is that?

Furthermore, is there a way to add the google play store components to a virtual android image?

Is there somewhere to download an image for an Android tablet or TV that includes the google play store components?


texts: pictures takes too much storage despite saved on cloud

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I have a storage problem and that is because my pictures and videos takes too much space.
The thing is that all my pictures and videos are automatically loaded to Google plus. so why do they also take such a large storage on my device (Nexus 4)?
I want to enjoy both words: low storage and access to all my images and I am willing to pay by waiting for images to download if it is not viewed often (caching?).
what am I missing?


texts: Htc one m7 International not recognized in adb mode

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I have an htc one m7 running bootloader hboot 1.56.
I unlocked the bootloader via htcdev.com
The bootloader now shows Unlocked
My phone is recognized in adb when the phone is turned on.
But when i go into the bootloader and get into the fastboot mode, the command "adb devices" returns blank in the command prompt.

I have reinstalled the htc drivers thrice already. Twice using the latest version of HTC Sync Manager and once separately from a link on xda.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
Can somebody tell me where I might have gone wrong?

P.s. - Running windows 7 x64


texts: Unable to run su in adb shell on an Ubuntu machine

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Device: Unbranded Android tablet
Android: 2.2

I was trying to root my tablet using my Ubuntu 11.10 machine.

I followed the following instructions from a site:

1. adb Install Superuser.apk
2. adb push busybox /sdcard/
3. adb push su /sdcard/

In the same terminal, now we open adb:

adb shell

Enter the command for superuser

su

Now, you will copy and paste these commands:

1. mount -o remount,rw /system
2. mv /system/xbin/su /system/xbin/oldsu
3. cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
4. cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
5. chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
6. chmod 0755 /system/bin/busybox
7. ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
8. exit su (may say something about a bad number
9. exit
10. adb reboot

I could not run the first mount command, but still continued with rest of the 9 commands. Then, I ran a root checker app after reboot to check whether my device was rooted. It indicated no root access.

I then again ran adb shell, and then on running su, it gave an error:

su: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

Now, I am not even able to delete this file. I am stuck and since it's my first time trying to root an Android device. I have no idea what should be done now to resolve this problem and successfully root my device.


texts: Why is checking Android filesystem possibly harmful?

texts:
I just had an idea to do a filesystem check of all Android partitions when I noticed there is an option to do that for /data /system /cache in STweaks app (which comes also with Dorimanx Kernel) but it warns:

!WARNING! This is a VERY DANGEROUS OPTION![...]

So why is it so dangerous?


texts: Word Suggestions not working after ICS on AT&T Galaxy S 2

texts: I recently updated to ICS on my AT&T Galaxy S 2 but since then the word suggestions has been working intermittently even though it is turned on while using Swype keyboard. Is anyone else facing this problem?


texts:
I recently flashed my HTC ONE X ATT with CyanogenMod 10.1 and noticed that Flash Player is not installed. I tried to find it on Google Play, but it says that Flash is not compatible with my handset.

How can I install Flash Player on my handset, so flash content works on all my browsers (Browser, Dolphin, Firefox and Chrome)?

I manually installed Flash Player 11.1.115.36 for Android 4.0, but it's only working on Firefox.


texts: Do Magisk modules pose a privacy risk? How to overcome?

texts:
Further to this excellent answer here by Irfan Latif How Magisk works? and considering that Magisk modules need not be open sourced (Are all Magisk Modules Open Source?), the question is

Do they pose a privacy risk?

(Risk as defined here)

I guess the answer is yes, for instance a battery performance module needs to know the device identifiers to tune the parameters (Lspeed d, FDE etc) but wanted to be sure

and if so, what can one do to protect privacy - outside of not using them :(

Note:Some modules like Lspeed create an app too but restricting app using XPrivacyLua seems pointless if the module itself is a risk.


texts: How to understand the confusing naming conventions of modern Android companies and prevent getting ripped off?

texts:
Here's the reason for this post and my annoyance -
There is a phone called Redmi 9 whose codename is Lancelot and there is a decent amount of community support for it, TWRP is available as well as some ROMS.
Seeing this I was impressed and ordered it off of Amazon. It clearly said Redmi 9 and the same model with the same price is available on Redmi's official site as well.
However when I got the phone, enabled USB debugging connected it to my pc and ran adb shell, the name I got in the prompt was cattail and not lancelot!!!
And cattail has next to no community support for rooting and stuff, no TWRP either.
Googling cattail vs lancelot gives a bunch of results and there is a difference in camera alignment in the two phones.
Further while Lancelot is a decent enough phone in itself, cattail is absolutely disappointing. Searching for lancelot on amazon or redmi shows up nothing and when I search "Redmi 9 code name" in any search engine, I got lancelot!! I bought the Redmi 9 believing it was something it was not.
Is Redmi and Amazon straight up lying or am I missing something here? Where is the guide to understanding naming conventions of smartphones? How do I and everyone else who uses Android prevent companies from ripping me/us off?


texts: battery is getting discharged in one minute when it is around 30 %

texts: My Samsung duos s 7582 is getting discharged very quickly in about a minute when the battery percentage shows in between 25 to 30 %. When the battery is fully charged it runs the mobile for 8 to 10 hours till the battery shows 30 % . But after that battery gets discharge in a minute.


texts: Access dropbox on phone instead of installing PC client

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I have the Dropbox app installed on an Android phone. I connected the phone to a PC via the USB cable. I'd like to use dropbox through the phone so I don't have to install the client on the PC.

How do I easily push and pull files from dropbox through the phone using my computer?


texts: Is there an app to take a photo and add a comment to it

texts:
Does anyone know of an app, which allows to take a photo and add some comment or notes to it?

Doesn't have to be anything fancy. I'd just like to take a picture of something and add some comments/notes (e.g. while shopping, take a pic of something and make a note of its price).


texts: Anyone tried to root their Samsung Galaxy 5 (five) device? If so, what is the procedure?


texts: Office 365 can't modify files directly on dropbox

texts:
I try to get my office 365 installation on my Android 10 (Huawei) Smartphone to modify excel files that are stored on dropbox.
But the files are allways read-only. Even if I create a new one on the android smartphone, they are read only after saving.
I can't find something about this via google, thats why I think it is some minorr issue.


texts: Can I install applications in memory card in Samsung Galaxy 3

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to install APK files on SDCARD.

Hi ,
   I ran out of phone memory installing various applications . Looks like there is no obvious way to install apps into my memory card ?

Is there any way to do so ?


texts: Can't reset Android tablet into factory setting

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I'm trying to factory reset my Android tablet but I can't get it to work. I have tried to press power and volume down to make the device go to boot configuration but it only shows the Android logo and doesn't give me a any options to choose to wipe all data or restore it back to factory setting. My tablet is a A710, I don't know the brand.

I want to reset the device to factory settings because I can't  remember the pattern to unlock it. I have tried searching and tried everything I can, such as install Android Sdk Tool, run Android Multi Tool but the device cannot enter adb shell and I get an error. My android device has not got usb debugging enabled so it's more difficult.


texts: How can I change the notification sound to a custom but non-default sound?

texts:
Ok, so the title isn't as clear as it probably could be, but here goes:

In the Facebook Messenger application you can click the profile/settings button (top right on latest version) and there is a menu option for "Notifications & Sounds".

In this sub-menu there is an option for "Notification Sound" which allows you to select the sound that will be played when you receive a new message.

This list appears to be a list of 'built-in sounds' with one exception... "Default ringtone (name of current SMS notificaiton sound)"

Basically what I am looking to do, is to change the notification sound to be different from my SMS message sound. (I actually used to have this working great somehow, but then my phone went for a repair and had factory reset).

The facebook app has a similar setting, but allows me to select from ALL my custom sounds. This is what I am hoping for.

Is it possible to get other sounds to be available in the list? How can I make it different from SMS notifications?

Samsung S7 Edge, Android 6.0.1


texts: How do I copy/move contacts from phone to my exchange account?

texts:
My contacts are stored on a (Open-)Exchange server, so they are synchronized between phone, the server and my other mail clients (e.g. on my desktop PC).

However, I have some "phone-only" contacts and I want to copy or move them to my exchange server contacts.

How can I achieve this?


texts:
I have a problem with syncing with the Google calendar. Although the syncing in most cases does work, for some events it just doesn't sync. I create events on Google Calendar, but they don't show up on the phone. Actually, I create them over iCal, which is also synced to Google Calendar, but that shouldn't matter. I checked and all events are online on Google's servers.

Do you have any idea what could be wrong and how I can force it to sync?

(HTC Desire)


texts: Can't download from Play Store - need new ideas to try

texts:
I've had this Moto X (1st ed) for a few years. For the last 3 weeks or so I've been unable to use the Play Store to update any of my apps or to download any new ones. The store otherwise works just fine: I get notification of updates, I can browse the store...

Problem is, once I hit Update or Accept to update or install, the status shown is stuck at Downloading... indefinitely with no progress; even if I let it sit for hours, there is never any error message.  Here's what I've already tried:

Made sure there is enough space to install/update apps
Cleared the cache for Play Store and Play Services apps, and restarted the phone.
Uninstalled Play Store updates Settings >> Apps >> Google Play Store >> Uninstall Updates and restarted the phone. Even the old version of the store wouldn't download anything.
Used a mirror site to download and update Google App, Google Play Store, and Google Play Services to the most recent version (more recent than what I had before #3). I think these APKs were genuine since the signatures must have matched what was already installed or the update would have been blocked
Switched from WiFi to Cell data.

I've gone through the similar questions from the troubleshooting FAQ but didn't come across something else to try.  Any help would be welcome.

Moto X on Android 5.1
Google Play Services 10.5.53
Google Play Store 7.7.09.N-all


texts: How do I get a ROM onto my ICS (Android 4.0) tablet?

texts:
I have a Galaxy Tablet 10.1. I decided to root it, that went fine. Then I decided to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. That also went fine.

It was only after upgrading that I discovered the camera does not work (yes, the warnings were there, but they weren't made very obvious). That sucks, so I wanted to go back down to an earlier version. I seem to have lost the ROM for my earlier version on the tablet, so I went to copy it back to my tablet, thinking that would be simple...

But ICS doesn't let me connect to my computer via USB.

After looking around the web, this is apparently because of a change in the way ICS is going to handle USB connectivity, which is an issue I don't want to embed myself into. All I know is I want to get out of ICS and back to Honeycomb.

How can I get the ROM onto my tablet so that I can install it?


texts: How do I collapse outlines in OneNote app?

texts: I understand OneNote for desktop can collapse/expand outlines to any levels. However, I failed to find this feature in OneNote Android app (version 15.0.2727.2300). Did I miss it?


texts: Where's the stock keyboard's predictive dictionary located?

texts:
As a native Spanish speaker, a lot of words in my language have accents on them and writing SMS with this shortens its length to half, due to unicode conversion.

My idea is to edit the predictive dictionary and remove all the special characters, in order to avoid getting them while writing.

So, my question is, where's the dictionary located? I'm currently using the LG Optimus Me stock keyboard. I did a little research inside the system folders and found a couple of xt9 folders but no traces of the Spanish (or other languages) dictionary.


texts: Just upgraded to Nougat - Textra notifications disappearing from tray

texts:
So I LOVE the Textra app, but after I just upgraded to Nougat on my OnePlus 3T - I noticed that my text message notifications disappear form the notification tray on my main screen after a while. It used to be that they would stay in the notification bar until I accessed/dismissed them and then they'd disappear.

Now I get a message and it temporarily shows the Textra notification icon in the tray at the top of the main screen, but if I lock the phone without answering and then unlock again the notification disappears.

This is inconvenient because after a few hours away from my phone, I have no indication that I got any texts unless I remember to open up the textra app and see what's new. I liked it better before!

I couldn't figure out where to ask Textra directly - so I came here! Thanks.


texts:
Yesterday, I upgraded my Nexus 6 from stock Android Marshmallow to CyanogenMod. I have managed to get everything working properly except for controlling the built in LED that is not used by the device's stock Android build. I do not want to use the LED at all, and I've tried disabling it in the settings, but flipping the switch to off did not work, so I instead changed the LED color to black and flipped the switch off. That seemed to solve the problem, until I powered my phone off and tried charging it, at which point the LED came on. When I restarted the phone, it was on again, and the only way I could shut it off was to reboot the phone without it plugged in.

What can I do to solve the problem?


texts: How to update samsung galaxy tab p1000 i.e. 2.2 to 2.3. using ADB?

texts:
I am updating the OS of my Samsung Galaxy tab p1000 (i.e. 2.2) to 2.3.6 using adb.

I am using the steps below:

Check whether device is connected or not using ADB.

C:\Users\PC>adb devices
List of devices attached S6802084d305f device

Push 2.3.6 OS (i.e. update.zip) OS to SD card.

C:\Users\PC>adb push C:\Android\update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
2765 KB/s (2260360 bytes in 0.798s)

Go to recovery mode

C:\Users\PC>adb reboot recovery

After selecting Apply sdcard: update.zip, I'm getting the screen below. But it shows it for long time. There is no response from device. We waited for 5 hours. No response.

How can I flash my Samsung Galaxy tab? Let me know if I am missing a step.


texts: The Android root firewalls didn't work on my android emulators, How can I limit app using wifi using shell?


texts:
I want to use the phone as backup line for my Linux server. Can I do this by using the adb? I mean forward everything to a socket and route the traffic there. I also need some port forwarding, would be great if it could be transparent. Or do I have to use the tether option on the phone and configure a interface?
Cheers


texts:
Xiaomi redmi 2 runs MIUI 6.2.4.0(KHJCNBK)

I ran a zip file in CWM, and had a success done!:

Then installed SuperSU from google play, it wanted to update binary, so I clicked normal. It said failed and wanted me to reboot. I did, tried the second option (CWM). It says SuperSu will attempt to reboot. I click ok and nothing happens. What's the way out?


texts: How to fix the "Andy Installation failed - Please verify your connection" error when installing Andyroid?

texts:
I'm getting this error whenever I try to install the Andyroid Android Emulator:

I'm using macOS 10.13.2 on a MacBook Pro (2016, with Touch Bar, 13", 512GB SSD, 8GB RAM).

I've tried the following:
1. Verifying my internet connection
2. Ensuring I have the newest version of VirtualBox installed
3. Ensuring VirtualBox has been installed properly
4. Reinstalling VirtualBox
5. Ensuring the installer is proper and functional

I am certain that the problem in not caused by network connectivity as the same message shows up when VirtualBox has not been properly installed.

I have already installed Andyroid once on this MacBook using the same installer but removed it.

Could anyone please provide some insight on what other problems may be causing the installation to fail?


texts:
My phone suddenly stopped booting. When I press power button to turn on my phone, I see manufacturer animation in a loop and phone doesn't start.

I didn't do any thing like flashing custom ROM. I don't know what happened to my phone. What should I do now? Is there any hope to fix this?

Phone model : HUAWEI ASCEND G610 U20

Android :     Version 4.2

Internal Memory: 4GB (1.5 GB Usable)

RAM: 1 GB


texts: Update Samsung s5300 to android Honeycomb 3.2

texts: Is it possible to update Samsung s5300 to Honeycomb? I've only found that it can't be updated to Android 4.0.


texts: How to run commands as root in Connectbot?

texts:
My phone is rooted CM7 and Superuser.apk has Connectbot in the allowed list.  Titanium backup reports that it has root access, to prove that I actually have root working.  I seem to remember being able to run commands in Connectbot as root in the past.

But now, I go into Connectbot → Local, and try to run a command using sudo, and it just says "permission denied".  No pop-up or anything.   Same for the Terminal Emulator app.  How do I run commands as root?


texts: I have Samsung Glaxy S5 device with some other devices. The Wifi is working every device except in Glaxy S5 device. But when I go to Wifi settings I see 2 connections 1) MyWifi 2) NVRAM Warning: Err = 0x10. When I select MyWifi and put the password. It says 'Authenticating' then it will show 'Not in Range'. Tried everything but nothing is working for me.


texts:
I recently bought a 32 GB capacity USB 3.0 OTG SanDisk pen drive model number  SDDD2-032G-G46.

When connected I was able to view the files in the pen drive and even copy some files, however when I copy relatively bigger files the drive gets ejected.

I tested the same pen drive with Lenovo K3 Note and the original Moto X, in both the devices it worked perfectly fine and fast.

Does this mean my mobile has a problem with handling USB 3.0 devices? Because when connecting the same drive through OTG cable this didn't happen.


texts: Moto G not showing up properly in Android Device Monitor after upgrade

texts:
I was able to enable USB debugging, download, and run a an app I wrote in Android Studio when it was running KitKat.  I have since upgraded to Lollipop.

I also changed from 32 to 64 bit Linux Mint due to warnings in Android Studio and the need to -force-32bit in the debugger.

Now my Moto G shows up in Android Device Monitor as shown in the attached image.

Any ideas on what might be causing this?


texts: Android OS on VirtualBox very slow mouse

texts:
I am running Android x86 on Virtual Box 5.2.0.
After disabling mouse integration and setting up Pointing Device to PS/2 Mouse, I have a mouse when I start Android OS but it is so slow that it is impossible to click on any icon.
Is there any solution?

Thanks, T


texts: Low internal storage, message memory full and sluggishness problems on Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite

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I currently fixed that error by uninstalling all internal memory programs and re-installing them (In other words, formatting their data cache). I also found that you can solve this problem by using Link2SD Pro (which also moves the app's data files). I am leaving this thread open so that anyone can answer it with a better solution in the future.

I am using a Samsung Galaxy Y Duos Lite (GT-S6102) phone rooted and Link2SD. I am always getting the error that my internal memory is always full, and after many factory resets, I installed Link2SD. I linked all the apps that can be linked and after finding that linking takes some space in internal memory, I app2sd all the apps that would and the rest of the user apps except Play Store, which I converted to a user app and I have on my ext2 partition. I ran the inbuilt cleaner on Android Assistant.

Recently it is giving the error Message Memory Full. I have 9 mb free of 170 mb.This time it won't go at all no matter what I do. I need to receive my SMSs on my phone. It is also very sluggish.

I appreciate any help.

Thanking you in advance,

Sanoo


texts: Can Android Tablet can work on Windows 10 like Wacom Tablets?

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Wacom Tablets are very expensive. I cannot afford it. I have right now Samsung Tab S6 Lite. I usually draw in Ibis Paint X with S Pen. I want to use different apps like Paint Tool SAI as it is not available in Android and I am bored working with the Ibis Paint. Can Samsung tablets change like Wacom tablet in the way that it connects to the laptop and I can use my tablet for this?! If anyone knows about the process please Can you tell me how to connect and which cable wire I have to connect with?
I hope you reply me because I HAVE THIS CRAZY WISH


texts: Where does "Save media" store pictures in Hangouts?

texts: In Hangouts (in KitKat) if you long click a picture in an MMS you can "Save media". Where is the picture saved to?


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When I use Youtube on my computer, they have a stack of older movies available for free, in the Movie section.  (Ghostbusters for example!  Who ya gonna call?)

To be clear, they still had the rentals, but they had a way to filter or search for free ones as well.

When using the Youtube app on my Android 3.2.1 ASUS Eee Transformer tablet, I cannot find this manner of filtering Youtube in the Youtube app.

Is this a limitation?


texts: What else is occupying my android phone's internal space

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Possible Duplicate:
  HTC Desire low on internal storage, I'm clueless — Any help?
  Something is secretly eating up my tablet memory and I need help finding it

I have a HTC Desire phone with android system, which has 148M internal storage and 250M system storage. My internal storage usually works well, but as times goes on, it become less and less, and finally I have to uninstall some software in order to install a new one, and update several app at one time is not even an option as the storage limitation. But:
I only have 17 apps installed, each on average is less than 3M, and I even installed most of them in SD card, I really don't see any reason that my apps will eat up all internal storage, but, what else could it be?

Thanks.


texts: Resetting the (non-gmail) email application

texts: I am using the non-gmail email application to connect to get email from my university, but the app seems to have a bug and sometimes (probably when there are connection issues) doesn't properly delete emails. These would be deleted from the server, but get stuck in the app. Every time after a refresh operation they reappear even if I delete them over and over again. They reappear even if their date is older than the defined relevant window (e.g. last month). How can I refresh the app to get rid of these zombie emails?


texts: How to tell when Google Play Store credit will expire?

texts:
For Google Play Store credit that does expire, how does one see when it expires?

For credits that do not expire, see this QA.


texts: LG Optimus G Pro E985 - How to make pictures more colorful

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I have this phone and it takes good pictures, but they are too bland - there is no life in colors, and they are low contrast and too white-ish. How do I increase the colors presence?

Here is one of the images I've taken


texts: Missing space/Storage space running out Galaxy S2 [tried almost every solution I can find!]

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I periodically get this error on my phone. It will say the internal storage is running out but when I check the storage use it will say:

Total space 1.97 GB
Available: 182MB
Apps: 622 MB
Cached 11.70 MB

This time, I checked my android/data folder and it said Spotify was using 1GB of space (in addition to all the space it is using in my other storage), so I deleted the Spotify cache and uninstalled it, then wiped my cache in recovery, but I didn't end up with any extra space afterwards.

I've deleted the log and LOST.DIR folders.

I can't seem to free up any more space. Every time this happens I have to factory reset and reinstall cyanogen (I'm running CM 10.1.3 now) to recover storage space, but each time it happens again eventually. I tried updating to a newer version of CM 10.1.3 but that doesn't help either.

UPDATE: I went through my apps to see if there was data I could get rid of there. I found 268MB in my Twitter app cache, but when I tried to clear the cache it wouldn't move. I uninstalled twitter but it didn't free up any storage space...

What am I doing wrong?

(Thanks!)


texts: HTC Cha Cha hard reset - stored phone numbers

texts: My HTC Cha Cha won't turn on, so I want to hard reset it to factory settings. Is there a possibility of losing contacts stored on the phone? (They are very important to me).


texts: How can I run Google's apps without Google play services?

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Most of the Google apps (nearly all) require Google play services to run, like YouTube.I never liked Google play services and play store but I've to keep them because I can't run gmail and YouTube without it.
Is there any way to run those apps.
 without Google play services.

P.S.- Device is rooted,xposed  enabled, runs on CM12.1


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I am using quite nice timer for measuring my Rubik's Cube solve time: http://mzrg.com/qqtimer/
I want to use it too on my Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, when I don't have access to computer. Problem is, that site wants you to press space to start and stop timer. Is there possibility to emulate pressing space in Android browser? If this needs to install some specific browser that's fine.

PS. I know there are some Cube timers in market, but I can't find one with all handy statistics that this site has.


texts: My new HTC One is great, but I do have one weird question.  If there are pictures in a document it gives me an option to see the pictures, but it doesn't appear to show HTML on some e-mails.  Instead it shows the subject in a link, but if I go in my desktop it shows the html look and feel.  Any suggestions.


texts:
What is the name of the flat port (that you use for charging) that comes with Samsung Galaxy Tab 2? I bough a USB keyboard and I'm looking forward to buy an adapter for it.

I'll attatch some images of the port I've found on the internet:


texts: Resetting Nexus 6 requires previous account

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Same wifi
previous person registered on the phone left
I reset the phone
after language selection (and wifi selection), I get the problem

Device says

This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device.

Does anyone know how I might fix this problem? It's an important test phone for me.

Again it’s the same wifi as previously.

I looked How to bypass "Verify your account" (Factory Reset Protection) but Nexus 6 does not have such a home button.


texts: Calendar alerts stopped working after upgrading my Galaxy S3 to 4.3

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I recently upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S3 to Android 4.3. Now my calendar alerts don't pop up anymore.

Any ideas on how to get my calendar alerts working again?


texts: Can't create files on Galaxy SIII via USB

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I just got a Samsung Galaxy SIII and connected it to a Windows 7 PC. I installed the Samsung Andorid (sic) USB drivers for Windows too.

When I connect the phone, I get the typical popup asking me whether I want to view the files. I do, and Windows Explorer lets me view the contents of the (emulated) SD card.

I can create folders there, but I can't create any files. What gives? How can I create files on the phone then?

Via adb I can see that there are no write permissions for other users:

ls -la
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-06-10 09:47 .downloadTemp
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-14 16:32 .face
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-06-05 15:53 .thumbnails
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Alarms
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Android
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:13 Application
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-14 16:30 DCIM
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Documents
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-06-10 09:47 Download
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Movies
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Music
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:38 Nearby
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Notifications
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Pictures
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:33 Playlists
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:12 Podcasts
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:13 Ringtones
drwxrwxr-x root     sdcard_rw          2014-03-09 23:10 Samsung

I've also tried to restart Windows, install the drivers from here, and still no dice.


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I have bought the Xperia ZQ (Xperia ZL's alias in Brazil) C6503. I am experiencing a very annoying problem: from time to time the audio playback in any audio app just stops. If I hit play again it will resume normally but I still need to tap the play button which can be a pain specially while driving. I can't remember when this started but I think it is from the first time I tried to play any audio on it.

I think it is an issue with 'Audio Focus' since the playback pauses and will resume gently from where it stopped if I hit the play (or unpause) button.

I used adb logcat to register the events logged by the OS while listening to music. When it happened I checked the log and found these lines (which I think represent the moment it stopped playing):

D/PowerManagerService( 581): acquireWakeLock flags=0x1 tag=NetworkStats
D/ConnectivityService( 581): Actual State: DefaultConnectivityState, Current State:DefaultConnectivityState.processMessage what=113
D/ConnectivityService( 581): Actual State: DefaultConnectivityState, Current State: DefaultConnectivityState.processMessage what=113
D/PowerManagerService( 581): releaseWakeLock flags=0x1 tag=NetworkStats
D/PowerManagerService( 581): releaseWakeLock flags=0x1 tag=AlarmManager
I/AudioService( 581): Remote Control registerMediaButtonIntent() for PendingIntent{441a9fa0: PendingIntentRecord{441adea8 deezer.android.app broadcastIntent}}
I/AudioService( 581): Remote Control registerMediaButtonIntent() for PendingIntent{42519fe8: PendingIntentRecord{441adea8 deezer.android.app broadcastIntent}}
I/AudioService( 581): AudioFocus requestAudioFocus() from android.media.AudioManager@426dc7a0gu@42659da8
D/@ AudioController(17666): AUDIOFOCUS_LOSS
D/@ AudioController(17666): Pause requested.
D/PowerManagerService( 581): releaseWakeLock flags=0x20000001 tag=android.media.MediaPlayer
I/AudioService( 581): AudioFocus abandonAudioFocus() from android.media.AudioManager@42944af0com.n7p.atj@425206b0
I/AudioService( 581): AudioFocus abandonAudioFocus(): removing entry for android.media.AudioManager@42944af0com.n7p.atj@425206b0
D/PebbleWatch(17666): Sent com.getpebble.action.NOW_PLAYING for Ambitions from Dead End Kings

I was using n7 player (which I guess is com.n7p.atj@425206b0 in the log) when the playback was interrupted. I think that I/AudioService( 581): AudioFocus requestAudioFocus() from android.media.AudioManager@426dc7a0gu@42659da8 did interrupt the n7 player.

I'll try to get more events like this using other apps. Anyone have any clue on how to solve this? I thought I would find some lousy app requesting audio focus randomly but what I got here is AudioManager messing my playback... (assuming I did interpret this correctly).

Thanks in advance for any help.

Some information about my system:

Android: 4.1.2
Phone model: C6503
baseband model: 9x15A-ACEFWMAZQ-30110017-11
Kernel: 3.4.0-g298631f-02021-gc1b7814
Version: 10.1.A.1.434


texts: Android L 5.0.1 wont unlink my exchange account from GMail

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I updated my Nexus 5  to L5.0.1. No problems except my Outlook exchange account is now linked to GMail which I really do not want. There seems to be no way to unlink it either despite deleting the exchange account!

In the Help section it says Goto Settings/Accounts and look under POP3 or IMAP but neither of these are visible.

Any suggestions??


texts: Change the splash screen on moto e4 plus owens

texts: I was rooting my device and I screwed it up but I got twrp to runs and I installed Lineage OS. But after I restarted my device, there is a tiny n/a in the corner until the Lineage's logo appears. I searched for a while but came up dry. It's not that bad but I would like something else to be shown instead of n/a. Thanks for any help.


texts: How to change the call location identifier language?

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I have changed everything in my rooted HTC One SU (t528w) mobile to remove chinese characters. There is no chinese display in my mobile except one thing. When I call to anyone or gets call it shows the number location identification in Chinese.

I asked my Chinese friend to tell me what is it. He says its caller location display like India, Shanghai

How can I change this chinese in English? I am on Android 4.1.1

Thanks


texts: How to Root Sprint Galaxy S6 5.1.1 with build G920PVPU3BOL1?


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I have updated my Moto G (2nd Gen) to the new version of Android (5.0.2), after which I am facing hang and slowness issues.

How can I revert this back to my old version of Android?

Thanks in advance.


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The General Question: Is it possible to install custom kernels on a Rooted Stock ROM?

The Example: I have a Nexus 7 which I have rooted running 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean JRO03D) would it be possible to just flash a custom kernel,
say this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831780,
on my stock ROM using Clockwork Recovery?

Sorry if this is obvious, but I've only really done it on custom roms, and I couldn't find a definite answer on the interwebs


texts: USB debugging on Samsung Galaxy Tab -- How do I prevent it from resetting debug setting?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy tab that I'm using for development purposes.  For some reason, when I choose 'Enable USB Debugging' in the settings menu, it turns off after a random period and drops whatever USB connection I have.

I'm debugging on a Macbook Pro, and have one coworker who has similar problems.  Other coworkers don't have this issue.


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We are about to develop an application for one of our client, to be deployed on over way over hundreds of new phones.

I would like to know if can could use google for work (or any other method / service) to "remote mass deploy" this app with no user interaction, or at least minimal interaction (like just accept installation popup) using a list of device ids ?

Thanks in advance for the help


texts: How can I start GPS track logging from an intent?

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I'd like to automatically start and stop recording a GPS track by sending an intent, e.g. from Tasker. I don't care what app is used to record the GPS track, and it's OK if I have to set it up myself beforehand, but it shouldn't require any user interaction when I send the intent. I just want to send the intent and have it start recording right away, and later (when my Tasker profile has detected that I've reached the end of the route) stop recording automatically and save the track so that I can review it later.

I also don't care whether the end result is a track that I can only access within the app that recorded it, or a GPX file that gets saved somewhere, or something that gets uploaded to a website automatically.


texts: How to move apps on SD-card to bigger SD-card without PC

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I need simple steps to switch full sd card that have some apps on that sd card larger memory I need to switch from fullsd card to my new 128GB sd card but i have no computer at all, no laptop as well.

I only have 1 tablet Samsung Galaxy Tablet model SM-T580??!! Can I just uninstall those apps before switch and insert new 128Gb sd card, but what happens to all my downloaded music, podcasts, etc. If I switch cards can I still listen to them if I was to later insert into another media player?

I'm beyond a newbie to using any computer (only have SM-T580 Tablet) If I uninstall my apps would I lose all my saved music& podcasts (there's a lot).

I need to know exactly step by step info & exactly what to be aware of I'm so new to my device, new to files and even how to identify them system/mine.


texts: How to stop microphone or app on screen lock?

texts:
Discord talk channel stays broadcasting indefinitely in background even if the screen is locked.

Note that I write "background" from the user's point of view. The app has a persistent notification so that makes it technically non-background on Android.

I would like to know if there is a setting or app that could be used to prevent this privacy issue.

For example to stop apps on screen lock, or to auto-disable microphone after some time.


texts: Oreo 8.1: Day of the week not displaying in notification drawer

texts:
I'm running Android Oreo 8.1. How do I have the day off the week show up next to the date in the notification drawer drop-down?

Thanks.


texts: How do I troubleshoot the touch screen on an HTC Evo Shift?

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My husband's HTC Evo Shift took a swim in some iced coffee and the touch screen doesn't work at all anymore. I did a full factory reset, which didn't accomplish anything. The screen doesn't respond at all. I can flip it open and use the keyboard, but that's not hardly convenient.

So ... what do I try next?  I'm game to experiment -- he got a new phone. I just can't accept that this one is kaput.


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I own a Sony Xperia Z5 dual SIM phone. Phone is unlocked and running Android 5.1.1

I always used it with the same SIM card (3 Network) and it always worked well. Yesterday I tried to add a new SIM card (Vodafone) in hope of using both SIM cards in my dual SIM phone. Unfortunately the experience resulted in only the Vodafone SIM working. 3 Network SIM stopped working and now even after removing Vodafone SIM it still doesn't work. When I say "doesn't work" I mean that I can see "emergency calls only" displayed on my screen.

What I tried:
-Reboot and hard reboot (yellow button near SIM slot)
-3 card still works in another handset
-Vodafone card works in this and in another handset

Clearly SIM card slot is not damaged seeing that Vodafone card works and 3 SIM card must be fine as well because I tried it in another phone. Phone cannot be SIM locked because I used 3 SIM card there for months or could it got locked somehow?

What should I do to make my phone work with my old 3 SIM card again?


texts: SP Flash tool mediatek - cannot add download agent

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I need to flash a new firmware for my china X-302 Tablet (detail below). From the producer i have got a package containing firmware, stock rom, sp flash tool, drivers etc. When I want to use flash_tool.exe select and add download agent (for example MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin or more) then pops up an error:

ERROR BROM: S_FTHND_FILE_LOAD_FAIL (5008)

[HINT]:

Tablet at that moment I connected. Usb driver da Vcom I have installed.

tablet: x-302 of Dragon - h701

Android 4.4.2
kernel 3 April 67

Build ALPS.KK1.MP1.V2.11

Tested on Windows 7 32bit, Windows 10 64bit (I also tried compactibility mode).

UPDATE

Standard drivers are installed. The tablet normally communicate, install apk using adb, run and Debug android/Xamarin applications using Visual Studio. This is all OK. If you think MediaTek USB VCOM drivers, so you've got installed:

MediaTek DA USB VCOM (Android) (COM18)

MediaTek Preloader USB VCOM (Android) (COM19)

MediaTek USB Port (Android) (COM22)

MTK USB Debug Port (COM20)

MTK USB Modem Port (COM21)

I had to allow installation of unsigned drivers, and then writes were installed OK. But device has warning "This device can not start. (Code 10). I tried different ways to install or other version, but always writes this warning. However, on the forum, I found it's not a problem. SP Flash tool may work...


texts: Is there an equivalent for coconutBattery (Mac) on the Android?

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My G2 android used to last an entire day without charge for the past year, now it appears that it gets to very low energy at about halfway through the day, is there something like coconutBattery (Mac) for the Android? Not sure if this question belong on SO or somewhere else?

I am essentially looking for original Design Capacity (ie. 6900 mAh) and now the Current capacity (6559 mAh)?

Thanks.


texts: IBCI custom android 5.1.1 missing Developer mode

texts: I have a handheld POS terminal with a custom ICBC android 5.1.1 "TERMINAL VERSION" installed. A lot is missing in the version, tapping "about terminal", then "build number" shows a page but the "developer mode" option is missing. the ADB is off as well. Side loading apps using OTG results in the "App not installed" error. What can i do to get to developer mode or turn on adb or install apps?


texts:
I have a 64 GB micro SD card.
I partitioned 1.2 GB as Ext2 with Mini Partitioner (highest option was about 4 GB).

This is great and all, but from all of the literature I've read, Link2SD seems like it would utilize the entire SD card, not just that second partition.

If what I'm seeing currently is correct, the only thing that Link2SD does, is give you an extra GB via the Ext2 partition, and imposes a dependency so that you're never able to actually remove the card due to the links.

I believe my thinking is wrong so any help is appreciated.


texts: where does default setting for Command Line Switches is set in kernel source code in android

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My android device is quad-core . But during booting only 2 cores are up . CPU_HOTPLUG is enabled . In dumpstate i found :

maxcpus=2

in command Line options.
I wanted to make this maxcpus=4 . I have all source code with me . I wanted to set this maxcpus value in source code (especially in default settings) .

So my question is : In which file does this default value setting is done ? I grep'ed it through source in platform and kernel. But i didn't get any clue .I think this code lie in bootloader .If so please guide me


texts: How can I upgrade to the latest Android version?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I update the OS in my device?

I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace and would like to upgrade to Android 4. How can I do that?


texts: Battery drains very rapidly on my phone (Oppo F1). What could be the reason? (Please read details before answering)

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There are no apps running in the background (I recently factory reset it, no third party apps have been installed except one or two; and I am sure they are not the ones draining battery) and I have tried replacing the battery too; but the drain is 5℅ per hour when the phone is idle. The network signal is strong all time. I have never faced such issues earlier.

The phone is around 2 years old and the new battery is 3 days old. The new battery is genuine. Even the older battery (genuine) is perfectly alright, I know that.

Every app that I use drains up lot of battery, say for instance I use Calculator for 5 minutes, Whatsapp for 2 minutes (making sure that after using they do not keep running in the background) and Chrome browser for 5 minutes, battery drain will be: for Calculator 25%, Whatsapp 20%, Chrome 30℅.
What could be the reason for such an issue?


texts: Remove badge (notification count) on home application icons

texts:
How is it possible to disable the "unread notifications count" on app icons, like the Facebook icon here?

I have an Android 5.0.2 (not rooted) on a Samsung A3 2015.

PS: I have already done this: hold Facebook icon during 2 seconds, swipe to "App  Info", then uncheck the checkbox "Show notifications", but it did not change anything about the notification count on the icon itself.


texts: Total Commander, is Move supposed to work over FTP?

texts:
I'm using an AT&T Note 4 with Total Commander (the latest according to Google Play) and sending files to FileZilla server 0.9.41 on Windows.  The user has read, write, delete, and append for files, and create directory permissions

The move command on Total Commander does not seem to work.  It's copying the files, but not deleting them from the Note 4 after the copy.  I can manually delete the files.  Occasionally I get an error about permissions where it says it can't delete the folder.

I was trying to move things from Downloads, and now I am moving other things.

It took me a while to figure out how to move things with Total Commander (it's backwards), so I wonder if my expectations are also misplaced.  Should a move command to an FTP server work like a regular move command anywhere else?

EDIT

It seems like there are special permissions for Android installed/default directories.  I'm so used to root access that I forget this phone isn't rooted.  Directories and files within those behaved as I expected.


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Total noob here, sorry... I've spent the last three weeks reading up on my issue with no progress at all. I think I have the answer, but need to run this by someone who probably knows!

I modded a stock UK Nabi 2 with nabilab2 from the xda forums, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2101277 I needed to do an ota update from Nabi and needed the device to be returned to stock. I lost my original backup so I used the generic stock backup that comes with nabilab2. This put the device back to US stock, with no root privileges or serial number.

There were three ota's, during the instal of the third one, the device crashed - a ton of text sprawled up the screen the device shut down-restarted and booted into <3e> recovery. At that point I had lost TWRP recovery.

Several weeks of reading and falling at every turn... Here is where I am now; The device boots and is usable, I can install apk files and use the tablet normally, however I cannot update. The last ota I need to install downloads via the update service, but fails with errors upon install. I also downloaded the ota manually via the xda forums nabi 2 wiki page and tried to install from the sd card but that fails too. (maybe as my UK stock with serial device, is now a US stock with no serial device, which is causing a signature fail during install of the latest ota?). The device is no longer rooted, so no shell r/w access. I cannot see the device in fastboot. Using the command 'reboot recovery' reboots the device but then it freezes up and is no longer seen via usb. When 'Fastboot recovery' option is chosen in <3e> recovery the device locks up, and the same thing happens when choosing 'Forced recovery'. All signed recovery .zips I have tried to install through <3e> recovery fail with the message 'file verification failed'.

I'm kinda going round in circles with this... I know I need to root to get TWRP back, which allows a custom kernel/recovery to be used, but as I have no Su permission I have no r/w privileges to install the super user files and/or recovery image files to the necessary places. So unless there is some way to get the required recovery files onto the device by the adb command without su access (I'm doubtful of), or via a modded/signed recovery image zip file within <3e> recovery (which again I'm doubtful of, as other signed .zips fail), I'm guessing that the device is bricked?

Any feedback to help solve/answer will be gratefully appreciated.


texts: Why a Samsung J3 wont call/text but data works

texts:
A friend and I own the Samsung J3 model phone.  Both phones shared this exact problem within a day or two.

The issue was the phone could not call or text.  Neither incoming nor outgoing attempts were successful.  The kicker was the internet still worked without WiFi.  Any outgoing call failed saying there wasn't service.

The problem was resolved by manually switching a setting in 'mobile networks'.  Taking it off the network and putting it back on after a few minutes.

I'm wondering why this would happen to both phones in short time, and why changing that setting solved it.  Maybe the phone had an update that causes a glitch in that area?

Any ideas are welcomed.

Edit: wanted to also add the LTE data was on and operating with no Wi-Fi being used.


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I am using android Marshmallow. I want to know about a shortcut method to power off my phone without power button. Without using any external emulators as explained here. I searched it for many hours couldn't find any solution.

I like to use a solution without any app using.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Mysterious vibrations from "System Interface"

texts:
For some time my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 vibrates for no apparent reason. It's a very short vibration with no notification of any kind so at first I thought I'm imagining things. But I noticed it's really there so I tried to find out which app is to be blamed - using Nice Catch I got a Vibration history for my phone (please excuse polish language on the screenshots):

Here comes the issue: these irregular vibrations come from Interf. sys. which I presume stands for System Interface. But as you can imagine googling "Android System Interface" wasn't very successful. Logo is just an Android Q logo so that doesn't help either.
I found this app among system applications, but it's Notifications settings are all locked (except for Screenshots and App icon notifications):

So now I'm kinda stuck and have no idea how to proceed. Any ideas on what I can do to disable those irritating vibrations?


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I am asked to buy the Huawei Nova CAN-L12...it has to be above CAN-L12C635B140......

But merchants of the Huawei Nova do not specify if it is CAN-L12, or L02, or L(other)..What is the CAN-xxxx coding? -> is it a software version that I don't really have to worry about and can be achieved through updates?

Thank you for your help!


texts: Can I update my Rooted Nexus 5 4.2 to 5.1 without bricking it?

texts: I'm scared of updating my nexus 5 4.2 system as i've read reports of people's rooted system going into a boot loop when doing an update. Is there a safe way of upgrading when my system is rooted?


texts: is there any way of getting all the music I downloaded in the past from Google Play on an old device?

texts: I want to know if the hundreds of songs I downloaded in the past on an old device that was stolen or broken can be recovered somehow? do I have really have to download all that again?


texts: Sync read mails in systray & pulldown menu

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On a normal day, my phone is laying next to my laptop. Both are syncing emails and most of the time I read my emails on my laptop. The connection protocol is set to imap on both devices so when I open the email APP on my phone, the emails that are already read are marked as such. One problem is that this sync of read mails only happens when I start the email app. For each new mail , the systray is updated with the new mail icon and when I pull down the top overlay it keeps telling me there are X new email while they are all read(and also marked as such when i start the android email app).

This is really annoying as the blue LED is also flashing telling me there is something new while there isn't

Not sure if this matters but it's a samsung S4

Thx in advance!


texts: After rooting with Kingo Root, do I need to leave Kingo Link on the device?

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I successfully rooted an Azpen 746G using Kingo Root on a PC.  It placed an app on the tablet called Kingo Link.  Once the rooting process is complete, can I delete this app off the tablet?

Because the word "link" is so common, googling for this was not helpful


texts: Android 11 "raw/:storage/..." file paths

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Hello Android community!
I am trying to recreate a way of putting a file on my emulator in a location, so that when picked it produces the following uri: "raw/:storage/..."
My challenge right now is I do not have a reproducible way of doing this. I have only gotten this raw uri once in my testing and can't anymore.
This is react native app, and we're using a forked version of image-crop-picker library.
Function: https://github.com/aarongrider/react-native-image-crop-picker/blob/master/android/src/main/java/com/reactnative/ivpusic/imagepicker/PickerModule.java#L369
This is the function that returns the uri of the selected file: https://github.com/aarongrider/react-native-image-crop-picker/blob/master/android/src/main/java/com/reactnative/ivpusic/imagepicker/PickerModule.java#L672
We're getting the following error from line 691 probably:

from calling the resolvePath which has a specific way of resolving the uri for Android API 19 and above: https://github.com/aarongrider/react-native-image-crop-picker/blob/master/android/src/main/java/com/reactnative/ivpusic/imagepicker/PickerModule.java#L546
I am a complete newbie with Android, and just need a consistent way of producing the raw/:storage/.. file uris. I appreciate any guidance provided here! Thanks :)


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Possible Duplicate:
  How will a swap partition/file affect the system?

so what do you think, is it better to use swap space or not for small memory phone such as T-Mobile G1 to increase responsiveness and overall performance?


texts: will i lose my photos, voice recordings, videos and notes if i reset my samsung galaxy s1

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If I reset my Samsung Galaxy S1 to factory reset mode will i lose my photos my voice recordings and my notes?
Because i really need those, but its been so long since i've used this phone and i forgot my password to the account and the only way to delete the account is to reset the phone to factory mode i have another account but it wont let me use it. Can someone help me?


texts: How to prevent Galaxy S4 from connecting as "Connected as Installer" instead of "Connected as Media Device"?

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I have my Verizon Wireless Samsung Galaxy S4's developer options enabled with USB debugging turned on. Whenever I connect it to my machine, it displays "Connected as Installer" in the notification window. However, after about thirty seconds, it switches to "Connected as Media Device" without me having done anything. This behavior is seen no matter which operating system I connect to (tested in OSX and Windows with appropriate drivers installed). I would like it to connect as a media device by default.

Does anyone know how to permanently keep the phone in "Connected as Media Device" mode?


texts: How to remove old Android images/packages/apps?

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The initial setup on my Android device was using 4gb of space. After several upgrades it's using 7.5gb and most of that is Android OS crap. Personal files and non-Google apps are on an SD card. I need to clean up internal storage. This is the equivalent of finding an old Linux image in synaptic and then remove completely.
Is there a tool similar to synaptic for Android?


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The screen of my samsung S6edge is showing black but the rest of the lights work if i push the hardware buttons. I don't seem to be able to get my touch screen to respond at all.

The autobackup wasn't able to work while I was away because it never had access to WiFi.

Is there any way that i can pull my photos off it? I have a mac with dual boot windows and am happy to add a linux boot if that will make my life easier.


texts: How do Xiaomi and YU! (CyanogenMod) phones have Google Play Store in India?

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Earlier I had asked a query on how CyanogenMod is it from Android. The answer mentioned an interesting point:

  CyanogenMod is not permitted to ship the Google-Apps with their ROMs,
  you have to install them manually (if you want them), or leave them
  out.

Now phones like Xiaomi and YU! are being launched in India, both running forked version of Android - Xiaomi's own MIUI OS and CyanogenMod respectively.

From the earlier answer and this article I understood that the forked versions of Android will not be Google approved and thus will not be able to access Google Play Store. But both these phones have access to Google Play Store and come pre-installed with them. How and why?

Also why does Amazon's Fire OS still is unable to access Google Play Store (hope I am right on this one)?


texts: 3 android devices possibly hacked and data compromised. Is it possible for devices to be hacked whilst offline?

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In a museum we have 3 android tablets, 1 Samsung tablet and 2 commercial tablets. The tablets don't have internet connection, wifi is disabled, bluetooth is disabled. the tablets auto boot when power gets on, and autostart a fullscreen application to play video's.

A few weeks ago one of the tablets was missing his video files (stored on the external SD card). A few weeks later, one tablet was missing files again and the other tablet has the default videoplayer of android to play video files. After putting back the files everything worked again.

But this weekend, 3 android devices were not working. One commercial tablet is missing the video files on the sd card and .fuse_hidden file was on the external sd card, the samsung tablet is also missing video and photo files, and the other commercial tablet is giving the message Unfortunately, the process com.android.system.ui has stopped.

When I click ok the screen goes black and comes back with the same message. In the back of this message I see a unlockscreen, clock and text connect your charger. So so strange. After clicking multiple times ok, the message disappears but I don't have access to the tablet, because I don't know the unlock pattern, because I did not make that. On the external sd card no files are missing but a extra folder is there with the name .android_secure.

Are the tablets hacked? Is this possible offline? I am really frustrating about this, because I don't know what is going on. I hope someone knows.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Im using wifi internet on android mobile. Watching youtube video after few 3-5 minutes the video shutdown and it comes on the main screen of the mobile. Whats the problem how to solve it. Any suggestion. Thanks


texts: Do OTA updates accumulate if you let them be? Or are they strictly incremental?

texts: I'm on a Nexus 5 running 5.0. I used to get a system update notification for 5.0.1, but since I have Xposed, I decided to wait. After a while, I started getting an OTA notification for 5.1. What will happen if I choose to update? Will it automatically first install 5.0.1 and then 5.1? Or do I need to search online for an OTA zip for 5.0.1, install that and then proceed with 5.1?


texts: Android Software or Device to present Application on Screen

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Well this is something that came to my mind, Does anyone know if there is a Device or a cable that i can plug to a DataShow so it is possible to present an Android Application live and fullscreen, doing all the tap and swipe events?

If not at least is there is something that its able to record a Screencast of an android application for presentation purpose  of course?

PD. BTW i did not found right tag for this question, so if someone can retag it it would be nice too :D


texts: How to repartition Google Nexus 4 (aka. LG E960)?

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Over a month ago, LineageOS rolled out Oreo (I think) update for the Nexus 4 (mako), but there's a catch - the system now takes up so much space, that even the nano version of open-gapps package can no longer be installed without manually removing application in-between the installations. I thought, rather than shooting down apps from default LineageOS, I would rather bump the system partition's size by another 200 MiB.

I haven't attempted anything yet, as information how to achieve this on a snapdragon device seems to be very sparse - is it even possible? I've done repartitioning on a Mediatek device, where doing so involved hand-editing an MBR-like partition table and uploading it to the device using SP-flashtool. Is there a similar, or perhaps an easier-to-use tool for Snapdragon devices?

P.S. - I've read the answers/suggestions to question 65781, and none of them are helpful to my question.


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When I purchase an item from Google Play, I get the following message;

This message seems to indicate that I can somehow get a refund for my purchase by performing an action on my device within a specified time frame.

What exactly is this message implying I have to do in order to get a refund? How do I refund a purchase made through Google Play?


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I have samsung S5 running android marshmallow. I have connected it to my TV via hdmi cable.  Whenever I make a  whatsapp video call to S5,    video is shown on TV but call audio comes only from phone speaker, not from TV speaker.

What do I need to do to route call audio to tv speaker ?
I have tried soundabout app from playstore, but it does not seem to be working. I have rooted it. Any command from terminal that could do the trick or any other app ?


texts: Amazon Appstore reports "payment issue" when I try to update an app I bought a while ago

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I remember having this issue months, possibly years ago. The error message is poorly worded and I forget what I did to resolve it last time...

http://note.io/1818dqP

Clicking the link takes me to a page (in the browser) that says that the digital orders page has moved, with a link to the new location. Following that link just shows me my order history and the "pending orders" that the app alludes to don't seem to be available anywhere.

My only thought for a resolution was that maybe it was looking at one of the expired credit cards I lazily hadn't removed from my account yet. I removed all expired cards, and I still have the issue.

What's most frustrating is that this is an app update. It should be completely free.

Anyone got any ideas?


texts: How to disable apps from using "keep screen on"

texts: Some apps use FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON to stop the screen from turning off -- is there a way as a user to override this (would be useful when going to sleep)


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I want to transfer files to my Nexus 4 using the Mac Terminal.

I tried to use the adb shell with adb push, but because I'm not root I'm not allowed to push to the sdcard.

Is there any way to mount the device as a regular drive or to use adb push without root access?


texts: Why does Hangouts give my contacts a different # when starting from Voice?

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Sometimes a texting conversation on android hangouts says my friend's number is something I've never seen before - a 678 number.

I think this occurs when I began the conversation using my desktop chrome google voice.

Is this a know issue?


texts: Stream audio from external hardware to android phone via USB

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What I have done till now

I am able to connect an external hardware to my android device via USB.
After detection of external hardware, I am establishing an USB connection.
After connection I am able to read/write data through app.

Now what I need is to stream FM modulated audio to android device speaker and audio port.

Does android automatically does it for us, as we do stream music over BT headset using A2DP profile or we need to create some sort of player and enable some functions of device ?

After going through multiple docs and android developer site itself, I come upto AOA2 protocol that allows android device to stream audio to its attached accessories via USB.

As per the docs an Android device can't act as USB speakers.

Is there any alternative way we can make an Android device as USB speakers for any external Hardware.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Cannot set up a yahoo email account with @yahoo.com.au address (.au not accepted)

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The mail app on my Samsung note does not allow me to set up my email account with the full Yahoo address: it does not permit adding the .au at the end of the address. If set up the account like this, then I receive all my emails, but any I send out from my samsung misses the .au domain suffix -- resulting in anyone replying, not being able to respod without it bouncing back to them. They obviously do not notice the .au is missing.

I've contacted Yahoo, who say my address is with .au and anything without that will not get through.

I've tried resetting my samsung by removing my yahoo adress, and replacing it, but it will still not accept setting up the account with the .au and only simply as @yahoo.com.

Is there any solution known?

Tim


texts: I have a file exploring program, but I can't find the folder with my google play music.  I used google play to download music to my phone (not the SD).  I would like to transfer the music to my SD, but I can't find it on the phone's memory?  Which folder is it in?


texts: Can I bypass the Google Verification on my Huawei Mate 8?

texts: I just bought a Huawei Mate 8 and I can't set it up due to the Google account verification in the setup process. I've messaged the seller asking for the account details but he doesn't know. I don't have an OTG cable or USB and I need a way to get past this so I can do a full reset of the phone. Please help! (This is different to the other questions as the factory reset option still leaves me with the same problem with FRP and I can't use ADB because I can't enable USB debugging)


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Can anyone tell me How to implement OTP authentication?
How to implement two-factor authentication?
How many API android has for OTP verification?
Which encryption technique is used to secure it?
Which technique or method is used to generate random number and send
it to user for authentication? Is there any API for generate such
random number?


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I am trying to find a way to organize picture metadata in my Android phone. By default, it adds location and time data, so that the photos are easily searchable on the phone. I can also tag people and the software recognizes faces and suggests people name.

Unfortunately, it seems that both people name and location data are not available when I donwload the photos on my computer. The metadata should be written in the photos in EXIF, IPTC and/or XMP format, so that other tools on my computer will recognize them.

Also, I can only tag people when the software recognizes that there is a face, and many photos of people are not correctly recognize as such.

Is there some way I can tag and organize pictures, storing the metadata correctly in the photos themselves?


texts: Hangouts doesn't show the content of vCard

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When I receive a vCard (.vcf), Hangouts does not show the content of it! Is there a setting for this or simply this feature is omitted in Hangouts?

Here, in this picture I sent a vCard and the other persons sent another vCard. I cannot see the content of either of them.

And when I tap the message, I still cannot see the content from there.


texts: Cause and solution of "Error: Unknown operation string: "

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First of all, the following command works perfectly fine on Android 5.1.1 (CM, PA and Tesla ROM builds):
adb shell su -c 'appops set android SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW deny'

The said command blocks Android System (android) to draw over other apps (show overlay).
The same command on execution in COS12 (Android 5.0.2) throws the command's usage and the error:
Error: Unknown operation string: SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

(SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW henceforth as <OP> here)
Per the info in the source code of AppOpsManager.java, the error should show up when <OP> is null which it is not in my opinion.
Series of failed attempts

I tried with multiple types of operations with no avail, both in uppercase and lowercase characters.
I also unsuccessfully tried with interactive shell session, that is, adb shell → su → command.
I replaced single quotes with double quotes and also attempted with enclosing <OP> with double quotes.
I hopelessly tried android:system_alert_window as <OP> too. Same goes for using OP_<OP> as <OP>.
While I didn't need to change the SELinux status to Permissive in CM12.1, I did set it to Permissive and tried aforesaid steps with no success.
Tried for a change: I thought App Ops by nowsky and App Ops  [Root] by Droid Mate might help but they simply showed what Privacy Guard of CM gives.
I edited /data/system/appops.xml and reflected the changes found in the same file for CM12.1. Since I was not clear on what I was doing, it partially worked.
There is the system service appops and I've no idea how to make good use of it.

So, what is wrong in my command and how do I make it work?
My original goal
The problem posted here can be solved by that first command in all of my Android 5.1.1 builds. (There may be side-effects of it.) Now I need to find a way to port my solution on Android 5.0.2 build.
Note: the device is OnePlus One.
Update: I've now tested the command on stock Android 5.0 (running on Nexus 6) and the situation remains same.


texts: Dialog boxes only work when tablet is tipped! DDouble letterss?

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One of my Samsung Galaxy Tabs v10.1 will not accept certain dialog input unless the tablet is some other direction than right-side up (left portrait, right portrait or upside down all work fine). For example hold the power button to turn it off, it asks "are you sure you want to shutdown?" It ignores all touches including "Ok" or "Cancel".

Also when you use the keyboard it often inserts two letters on one key push.

Thinking that this HAS to be a software issue I rooted and installed clockwork Mod ROM manager and restored an image from another working tablet. No change. This is the weirdest issue to date with my tablet adventures. Any idea what is going on?

UPDATE: Samsung repair said the screen was bad. They didn't elaborate but at least I have a working tablet now!


texts: Change functionality of menu key to recent apps

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phone: Samsung Ace 3 (gt-s7272) android: 4.2.2 (rooted)

Is there anyway than I can remap the functionality of the capacitive keys of my phone? Currently one touch on menu key obviously will load the menu in the foreground app but I want to change it to launch recent apps(be default it is done with holding the physical home button) and if possible, for not losing the functionality of loading the context menu, holding the menu key itself launches the menu.

How can I do that?


texts: There is no System Updates when I go to About Phone, please help?

texts: recently I bought YotaPhone 2 from Aliexpress, and I wanted to update its android which is currently version 4.4.3, and when I go to Settings and About Phone, the first thing from the top is Status, and there is no System Updates option, my phone's processor is Qualcomm MSM8974PRO-AA. please help me.


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What is the reasoning behind Samsung being against rooting?
Why does rooting cause your warranty to be voided?
Isn't rooting a good thing for the user, since you have added functionality?
I understand that there comes security risks with rooting, but I'm sure if Samsung gave their full support to users that want to root their phone by making it an option, that they could avoid/fix security problems that come with rooting


texts: Where does WhatsApp store Images/Videos when Media Visibility is disabled?

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WhatsApp has a Media Visibility feature which if disabled, hides the media files from phone gallery. It is claimed that "apparently" it reduces file storage.

But WhatsApp still has to store media in some location, otherwise how would it show in chats. I am able to access the media while scrolling through a whatsapp chat, even while offline, so the media is definitely getting stored somewhere on my phone. Can I access this location? I have to access many media files that whatsapp must have downloaded somewhere on my phone.

I am using parallel whatsapp on my One Plus 5 android phone. It creates a "999" directory under emulated.


texts: My Google account was deleted, how do I sign into phone with that account

texts: I am giving away one of my older android phones that was signed into one of my older Google accounts. The thing is that that account was deleted and I can't sign back into the phone, does anyone know how to fix this/bypass this?


texts: Why is my Xoom showing up as a Windows Portable Device?

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I have connected my Xoom to a Windows XP64 machine, and it shows up in the device manager as a Windows Portable Device.  However, it does not show up in My Computer as a Windows Portable Device as the Motorolla site says it will.

I'm unable to access the files on the Xoom, although the device shows up in Windows Media Player as a device I can sync.  However, it tries to convert files to fit onto the tablet rather than just copy the files over like I'd like to do.

Is this how this device is supposed to work, or is there something going wrong with my PC?


texts: Why does the Kernel and Android System/Android OS drain my battery?

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3 hours since unplugging my phone, and at light usage it's at 61%. It is the kind of problem I've had with my previous phone, and I have with my current phone, often starting a few months in and intermittently.

GSam indicates that app usage is 88% of it, with Kernel (Android OS) being 38% and Android System being 21%.

I know it is probable that "some apps" are using some OS functions and that would be the culprit.

Seeing it's a problem that hasn't been solved in more than a year, (even in Lollipop) I'm submitting it here so there's a definitive place to show the solution when it's found, instead of checking endless forum threads on XDA. (Hence note the answer must offer some kind of solution instead of "it's impossible")

I am not willing to take stabs in the dark such as disabling Google Now or Location tracking without a definitive proof. I have Wakelock Detector and it does not show anything unusual.

How do I definitely find out which app is responsible for the drain?

Similar questions

Battery draining fast because of Android System - Question regarding an HTC Droid on 4.4
How to troubleshoot overheating and high battery drain in an Android Device? - while thorough, does not address the share of the "Android System/OS/Kernel" items, specifically
Why do "android system" and "androd os" take 30% battery - accepted answer says "we're not there yet", I'm looking for the way or a workaround to get there
What can cause "Android OS" process to use high percentage of battery? - Is from 2011/Gingerbread and discusses possible example causes rather than a solution


texts: Can I hide a program from ongoing activities in the notification bar?

texts: Is there a way to hide the notifications that a given application shows in the Ongoing Notification bar?


texts: Seemingly dead Sony Z5 Compact gets detected as QHSUSB Bulk

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My 2 year old Z5c (E5823, non rooted, official Sony Nougat update) died while updating some app, and doesn’t show any signs of life since then. Connecting the charger doesn’t turn on LED indicator, but it does consume about 0.90A. I have tried all different reset procedures, and only the first time I tried the 2-minute reset did it vibrate once or twice. Since then it doesn’t ever vibrate either.

If I don’t press the power button before connecting to Linux, then it gets detected as QHSUSB__BULK (Manufacturer: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM) only. However, if I reconnect it , then it gives a USB error related to "USB power limit exceeded” :

device descriptor read/64, error -110

I need to then either disconnect the batter or press the off button next to Sim. My first priority is to recover its data (the phone was encrypted however). And if possible, fix it. I couldn't find its schematics to confirm if it's a hardware issue or bootloader (hard bricked), and would greatly appreciate any tips or advice to further diagnose or fix it.


texts: Playing all sound from one device to another

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Let me explain my situation first. I have a tablet that is connected to a Bluetooth device that is connected to my auxiliary of my car speakers. I can only connect one device at a time. I have a tablet in the back of my car that my customers, as an Uber driver, can use to listen to their own preferred music or media. It's too complicated to switch back and forth each time I pick up a passenger.

I tried solving this by getting a auxiliary spliter. So when the customer in the back starts playing their music, all I have to do is turn my music off and we can hear their music or media. Otherwise both of our music plays simultaneously.

I could deal with that but there is a static interference from using the splitter, which I can't seem to eliminate, unless I manually disconnect the splitter. Interference seems to come from having two devices connect to one line, even if one device is not having any sound output. I can disconnect any one of the two devices and the static interference goes away, so it's not the splitter itself in question.

So without installing some manual switch to switch back and forth to keep from having a cross connection interference, I'm trying to find an app that works kind of like Spotify new connection does. Where I can play audio from my back tablet and it plays through my front tablet.

After a bit of research, I come across a lot of apps that come close but not exactly how I need it to. I need to make it convenient for the customer because they tend to shy away from making me feel uncomfortable in my vehicle.

Preferably I would like my back tablet to take over the sound of my front tablet. So even if I'm playing music on my front tablet and someone starts the tablet in the back it will turn my sound off and start playing through my tablet in the front which has a constant connection to my Bluetooth.

Anybody know a way that I can accomplish this even if not the way I intended originally. If not a app maybe a specific Bluetooth device that will allow one device precedence over another without having to manually switch back and forth. Or maybe something that I haven't even thought of.

By the way I have SureLock installed on the tablet in the back. So whatever suggestions you might come up with it has to be able to run through that.

Thank you for your help and I appreciate any suggestions you might offer.


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Where can I find the documentation for fastboot in Android SDK's platform-tools?

I know that running fastboot on its own gives a quick help for the different commands, but I'd like to know about details such as:

update: What does update.zip need to look like
flashall: Where do the flash boot + recovery + system come from, what format, etc.
boot: What is the format of <kernel> and what is the <ramdisk> option
flash:raw boot: What is the difference to boot and what is it used for

I am surprised that in the Android Developer's Tools Help there is documentation for adb but not fastboot.


texts: When do Force Closes imply hardware problems?

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In general: how do you know if random Force Closes (FC) are due to faulty hardware or not?

I experience a few FC's per day on standard apps (Skype, Facebook, Chrome) using stock Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 (ICS) on my Galaxy Nexus.

If it was another random Android device I would get it, but not on Google's flagship with this much development behind it.


texts: Can I undo the upgrade to Lollipop and go back to Kitkat?

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I have updated my Samsung S4 to Lollipop. And I don't like it. I need go back to Kitkat. I thought if I do factory reset I will get back to Kitkat, but that doesn't work, I'm still with fresh Lollipop. How to get back Kitkat?

My actions:

power + volume up+home
wipe data/factory reset
Confirmation - Yes

After restart I got back to Lollipop


texts: Android Strange Display Multipled [virtualbox]

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I don't know what's the category of this problem. But i only encountered this in several apps that runs under my emulator of Android 4.1.1 under VirtualBox.

What should i do to resolve this problem?


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I am having troubles for weeks and still can't do anything

I can only go into Android recovery, and can wipe data. Then after 2-3 restarts, Huawei X5 boots. If I restart phone, a lot of windows showing stop activities shows. I can't even click restart button.

So, I put 2.3.5 first, then Gingerbread "custom app" to download in external and internal SD. After wiping in Android recovery, I power off. With + - and power, I made it update. This time, updates were successful. Before, it was always failing.

It could make updates. But after updates, it could not start again. After loading Huawei logo, it restarts and can't go to homescreen. So, I had to go to Adnroid recovery again and wipe data.

I can't change recovery because I can't install superuser. Superuser should be restarted, but if it is restarted, phone can't start.

I can only use SD card, after wiping data, until one restart. How can I change without rooting recovery? And I change recovery, does this help? I don't know what the problem is.

In my sd card, there are dload s, aurora 4.0 s, cyangane , partition zip and like that a lot of zips but in android recovery , when i try to install, it fails. Only i can install in update mode (Volume up volume down and power), the one in dload file.After updating that (to 2.3.5.), it restarts 1-2 times maybe, then i can go into desktop and settings. But if i restart again, it breaks. I am bored of this. What is wrong with phone? I downloaded a lot of dload files, maybe i am not using the proper one.


texts: Opening .sa files from old android(broken) to newer android

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I have some *.sa files on my devices. These files which were saved by me are either images or PDF. But these files do not open with a photo viewer or PDF reader. So how to open and read files these files on my device?
The device in which the files were initially stored was an Android which was transferred to another Android via SD card. These were important documents and images which were in a hidden album of Redmi 5 which due to some reason(fell in water) were transferred to another device (Android).


texts: How to multiboot 2 Android-X86 distro? (for instance PrimeOS and Bliss OS)

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How to multiboot 2 Android-X86 distro?

I tried to make a dual boot with Bliss OS and PrimeOS.

I installed Bliss OS to its dedicated partition on my hard drive.
It was perfectly booting and working.
Then, I installed PrimeOS.
It was perfectly booting, but it changed the GRUB config and made it only possible to boot Prime.

I reinstalled Bliss OS, same thing.

I edited the GRUB config files, as mentioned here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/492587/add-prime-os-android-x86-x64-to-grub-menu/519867?noredirect=1#comment1090351_519867

It seems only one of the occurrence of an Android-X86 ISO is able to boot in a given system.
How to fix the config file to boot several of them?


texts: I didn't spot an option for this in a quick review, but my 3 year old would like for all the apps and/or all the videos in the Kids Mode application to get re-wrapped so she can open them again.


texts: Disable vibrations for notifications on Xiaomi Mi A3

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I have a Xiaomi Mi A3 on Android 9. I want to disable the vibration when a notification arrives for all apps.
I did not know that by disabling notifications, I won't be able to receive calls since notifications for the calls also did not appear, only the ringtone played, and upon unlocking the phone there was no display of who was calling.
Somehow I enabled notification for all apps but it is vibrating each time.
How do I disable vibrations for notifications like messages on Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp?


texts: How do I get my device detected by ADB on Linux?

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I just got my shiny new Wileyfox Swift – and before putting it to use I want to oem unlock and root it (as I usually do with new devices ;) Trouble is, though usb-debugging is enabled on the device, and a corresponding line in /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules exists, the device is not seen by adb devices.

I know there are several answers scattered around this site, but they are either hard to find, just cover a specific device, or don't cover all steps I finally needed. So I take this as a chance for a canonical, device-independent question and give it a detailed answer below:

How can I get my Android device seen and used by adb on Linux?


texts: What can cause "Android OS" process to use high percentage of battery?

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I've read a bunch of forum posts about the Android OS battery drain bug. This is where the 'Android OS' process is showing large percentages in the battery statistics.

For me, I'm running 2.3 Gingerbread. I don't use bluetooth or GPS. I'm on 2G most of the time. Some days I get 40 hours out of a battery. On these days in the battery usage settings, the 'Android OS' process uses about 3% of battery. However other days I get about 8 hours with similar use. On these days the 'Android OS' process uses about 35% of the battery. I really want to find out what causes this.

The fixes suggested so far are:

Reboot (Temporary).
Turn off and remove battery for a couple of minutes.
Reset battery stats.
Change WIFI sleep policy.
Use a task manager
Flash stuff to the phone.
Revert to older versions of the OS (not really a fix).

Does anyone know the definitive cause of this problem and the correct fix? Or is it possible there are multiple issues that cause this so different things will work for different people?

Here are some of the threads:

FIX and INVESTIGATION: Android OS (battery drain) problem on Gingerbread
Fix- Battery drain 2.3.3 - high android OS
S2 Battery Drain Problem - solved for now
Issue 16721:     Android OS 2.3.3 Battery Drain


texts: How do i keep an app open whilst also browsing on chrome?

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Dumb question but...

So i'm using the app but want to research something related on the web , and switch back and forth between the two.

Thanks


texts: Turn android into server to livestream its own camera and serial data

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In my project, I need to turn an old android into a web server. I need to be able to access live video from this phone and be able to send/receive data to/from a mobile app.

Data received from the app will be sent via serial to an Arduino to carry out a respective task, and likewise data received by the Arduino will be sent to the app.

After a lot of Googling, I still can't figure out a solution.
How can I accomplish this?