texts: How to decrypt Island / Work profile and Parallel Apps user in TWRP?

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TWRP 3.4.0.0 release introduced multiuser decryption which means no more error 255 or other multiuser backup errors on devices with multiple users setup. The problem is, TWRP requires all the users to be decrypted in order for the backup to be successful. But, I can't seem to decrypt Island / Work profile user (user 11) and Parallel apps user (user 999) in my OnePlus 6 running Android 10.
Note: Parallel apps user is specific to OnePlus devices.
Here's what happens when I enter my PIN in TWRP on boot or through command-line:

Attempting to decrypt data partition or user data via command line.
Attempting to decrypt FBE for user 0...
User 0 Decrypted Successfully
Attempting to decrypt FBE for user 10...
Failed to decrypt user 10
Attempting to decrypt FBE for user 11...
Failed to decrypt user 11
Attempting to decrypt FBE for user 999...
Failed to decrypt user 999
Data successfully decrypted
Updating partition details...
...done

I can explicitly decrypt secondary user 10, so no problem there, but I am unable to do that for Work Profile / Island user and Parallel Apps user (user 999).
Doing twrp decrypt MY_PIN_FOR_USER_0 999 doesn't work. Running locksettings verify --user 11 and locksettings verify --user 11 gives me
Profile uses unified challenge

So, how do I decrypt these user accounts so that I can make TWRP backups?
I am unable to put the answer to this question to my use. What is a "synthetic password" and how is it used by Android?

Edit: From the TWRP issue tracking link shared by alexcs, the solution for work profile is to separate its lockscreen credentials from the primary/main user. This seems to work so far. However, it doesn't not work for decrypting parallel apps user (999).


texts: Data deleted after encryption - recoverable?

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My device (Android 8.0) is encrypted with the default encryption (no startup password).
As far as a I know, when I have data on my phone and factory-reset the phone, the data is unrecoverable, since a new key for the encryption is being created and the old one is getting deleted. Am I correct?

Now, what happens when I delete data on my phone and then reset the phone - can the deleted data be recovered?


texts: How to backup apps and data on non-rooted Android without needing a PC?

texts: I know there's ADB backup and Helium and something called Droid Explorer that can help you backup your Android software and data to some extent using a PC, but I want a fully functional non-root, Android-only backup solution (basically, a replacement for Titanium Backup which does it all but requires root). It needs to be able to fully backup and restore apps and data in state. Any ideas?


texts: Can I keep my WhatsApp videos on the cloud?

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My Android smartphone only has 4 GB and the WhatsApp folder already has 500 MB in the WhatsApp Video sub-folder.

I know I can make a one-time back up my WhatsApp data on the cloud but I need a permanent solution like keeping all the videos older than 3 days on the cloud, in order to permanently save my storage space.

Does WhatsApp have such a feature? It should not be very difficult for them to do that because WhatsApp can keep a single copy for each video shared by millions of different users (and the people share mostly popular videos, not personal videos), therefore the space consumed per user should be quite low.


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I have 2 mobile phones, a Samsung Galaxy S II and a Galaxy Grand. The Galaxy S2 has Android 2.3.6 and the Galaxy Grand has Android 4.2. When I am trying to connect the Grand to my PC, it gives me 2 options: MTP and Camera. MTP is media Transfer mode, and when I select it, restricts speed. On the other hand, the S2 has USB mode which works fine for me.

So is there any way that I can connect the Galaxy Grand with USB mode?


texts: Is there a way to toggle a secure lock screen without having the feature built into a custom ROM?

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Benzo Rom for the Nexus 6 running 5.1.1 Lollipop allows the ability to toggle a secure lock screen from the quick settings in the notification drawer. For example, from the launcher, I can pull down the notification drawer to access the quick settings panel and tap the lock screen option and it will automatically engage the lock screen even if there was a password/pattern/gesture/pin, etc. previously setup. If I tap it again, it will remove the secure lock screen.

My concern is that this feature was built into the custom ROM itself and I don't know an alternate solution to this. Is there any solution to achieve this?

Edit #1

I was hoping for a solution that was not related to Tasker or Secure Settings. Something that's more clean and integrated.


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I have an HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus (Google Nexus 3) with T-Mobile USA online-and-walmart-exclusive 30$/mo 5GB@4G unlimited data plan, and I was disappointed to find out that I cannot use the official Google Voice app to perform Click2Call and make calls by receiving SIP INVITE's through an IPKall DDI number tied to an Internet Call Account within the official/default Phone app.

Why the Click2Call feature is available only in the iOS version of Google Voice, and is missing from Android?

How can I make Click2Call work without having to use any third-party apps or solutions with unclear security clearances?

I thought I could easily create an icon-app from https://www.google.com/voice/m, similarly to how it's done from Safari on iOS with the Add to Home Screen option, but I didn't find any similar options when visiting the web-app in the default Browser app on Android.


texts: Lineageos + opengapps: remove gapps, dirty migration to lineageos-for-microg fails

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I've got a motorola g4. Bootloader unlocked, twrp installed, lineageos installed, opengapps installed, non-rooted. Been using it for about a year.

I want to try lineageos-for-microg: https://lineage.microg.org/

I want to keep my current data/apps (including some enduser google apps like their pdf viewer) as much as possible and migrate to microg, removing only the "core" google stuff a user doesn't generally care about directly that will be replaced by microg. So, I'm following the dirty install process.

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I have none of the listed apps installed.

I have tried removing opengapps, but it doesn't seem to work. Using the aroma installer to choose settings until the config at the end is "Include" with no apps listed, some google apps are still installed (notably, the play store) after rebooting. The opengapps installer process also mentions removing existing/obsolete apps for only a short time, then moves to the next step "installing gapps" which takes a long time. This seems to contradict the settings I gave it, namely to leave none installed, but is consistent with the fact that they don't seem to get uninstalled.

I have also flashed https://github.com/CHEF-KOCH/Remove-Gapps to try to get rid of them but some gapps (like the play store) still survive.

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After any combination of attempts to follow the instructions and remove the gapps, I flash the key migration zip followed by the lineage-microg zip for my device (athene). I also make sure to wipe the dalvik and cache partitions before rebooting.

After all this, every time I reboot, my system is almost exactly like it was before I did anything: google services installed (though the play store does not actually work, it's still there), the microg settings app is not installed, etc. A few things are broken (some notifications of apps crashing) but overall nothing noteworthy has happened.

I've resorted to even wiping /system before a migration attempt, but even this achieves nothing.

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I got a partial success once by manually going through /system/app, /system/priv-app, and /data/app and removing anything that looked google-y, then performing the migration. Upon rebooting, the microg settings app was present and the self-check section looked like it should look on a clean install, but the play store was still present. I don't know to what extent this migration was a success.

I'm not familiar with the android/google ecosystem's insides and app politics, just the userland, so when I'm manually going around deleting files I have little knowledge of what I'm doing, so I don't consider this attempt a success.

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Now that all the info has been laid out, could someone please help me cleanly perform the migration to lineage-microg, without excessive butchering of my system or leaving things that should not be left? Why does the dirty install procedure laid out by the lineage-microg team fail? Why do the gapps removal tools fail? What exactly is necessary to correctly and cleanly migrate lineage to lineage-microg?


texts: Unable to get songs onto my phone without breaking them

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All of them are in mp3 format and are perfectly playable on my PC. Here are the ways I tried.

Connect both devices via USB. File transfer is enabled, I can see the filesystem of my phone on my PC. The copying process always stops midway, even when I tried to copy one song by one song.

I took out the micro SD from my phone and put it in the PC which has an micro SD slot. Copying works?, but destination files are all broken and unplayable.

I went to the place where I originally downloaded the songs onto my PC, which hosted them as an rar archive on Google Drive. I tried to download the archive directly to my phone, but the archive disappears from my phone's filesystem after the download is done.

What is happening to my phone? It's a Asus Zenfone 5 running on Android pie. The micro SD card is about 7 years old.
Edit: I tried a few more things after posting the question initially:

Checking the filesystem of the micro SD card on Windows 10 reveals no errors.

Using FTP inbuilt on my phone, I can copy the rar archive from my PC to my phone's internal storage. After that I tried copying it to the micro SD card with a file manager on my phone. After the copying process is done, the archive is no where to be found on the micro SD card.

It seems like the problem is not my phone, but the micro SD card making the files disappear after copying the files onto it.


texts: How can I easily edit / add contacts to my phone book without them showing on Google?

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I got my Galaxy Nexus and now I'm stumped how to get my contacts right? There's no phone book anymore here. These are just my Google contacts of which I have just a handful with phone numbers.

What's the best way to get my phone numbers into those contacts without editing every and single one? So merging phone numbers on my SIM with google contacts.
Add new that are missing in my google contacts but are present on my SIM?

Why can't I have separate phone contacts from Google contacts? And what's the rationale behind the decition they've made with this?

Is it also possible that phone-only contacts (with name of course) woudl not show on my gmail afterwards? I mean on the web. On my computer...


texts: Whatsapp backup and restore not working (Tested both local and google drive) - Bluestacks

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How to do a whatsapp local backup and how to restore whatsapp using local backup.
I followed the steps mentioned in https://www.business-standard.com/article/technology/how-to-back-up-restore-whatsapp-chat-history-using-google-drive-storage-119072500591_1.html#:~:text=To%20find%20the%20local%20backup,folder%20inside%20the%20WhatsApp%20folder.
How to restore WhatsApp backup using microSD card

If you remove WhatsApp for any reason and install it again on the same device, the instant messenger notifies about the existing local backup and takes your permission to restore messages from it. Follow the steps below in case you switch to a new device and seek to restore WhatsApp chat history from local backup:

Step 1: Insert a microSD card in your old phone, if it has a slot

Step 2: Go to the phone’s file manager

Step 3: In the file manager, locate WhatsApp folder in root

Step 4: Copy the WhatsApp folder and transfer it to the microSD card

Step 5: Eject the microSD card safely and insert it in your new phone, if there is a slot

Step 6: Download and install WhatsApp on a new phone. Set it up and then uninstall it

Step 7: Replace the WhatsApp folder in your phone’s internal storage with the one saved in the microSD card

Step 8: In the file manager, navigate to sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases

Step 9: Rename the backup file you want to restore from msgstore-YYYY-MM-DD.1.db.crypt12 to msgstore.db.crypt12. It is possible that an earlier backup may be on an earlier protocol, such as crypt9 or crypt10. Don't change the number of the crypt extension

Step 10: Download and install WhatsApp again and select the option to restore the whatsapp data from "Google drive". But this time it will identify your local backup and notify if you would like to restore from it instead of visiting Google drive.

In case the old phone or the new phone does not have a microSD card slot, copy the WhatsApp folder from your phone’s internal storage on a desktop. Perform the step 6 mentioned above before transferring the folder in the new phone’s internal storage. Once you transfer the folder, perform Step 8 and onwards.

I have an Android device (actually I am using Bluestacks Android emulator but I expect the process to be the same). I have setup WhatsApp on this device. Now I want to move to another device. So I did a whatsapp local backup using WhatsApp -> settings -> Chat backup -> Backup
Now I manually copied the WhatsApp folder in the Andoid file system which has the folders Backups, Databases, Media
Now I manually transferred these folders and then installed Whatsapp on new Android device using the same phone number. But when I open Whatsapp in this new device, then I only see the option to restore from Google drive backup but not from local backup. So I clicked Skip but then I dont see my chats
What is the process to successfully backup and restore whatsapp data locally using Android emulator?
Edit:
I think there is an issue with the Whatsapp backup I am using. For example, the Whatsapp folder that was restored from Google drive is detected properly by whatsapp when I copied it to local storage. But the Whatsapp backup that I copied from Bluestacks is not detected I dont know why
Edit2:
I have opened whatsapp from my old Bluestacks device and backed up all whatsapp data to Google drive. Now in the new Bluestacks device I selected the Google drive account to restore the backup. But whatsapp is still not able to restore my chats etc. So this is probably a Bluestacks issue where I am not able to move the whatsapp backup from one device to another if I am using whatsapp on Bluestacks
So it looks like the whatsapp backup taken from an Android phone can be imported into Bluestacks. But the whatsapp backup taken from Bluestacks is not detected anywhere so I will loose the chat history, but atleast media is available in the whatsapp folders which I copied from my old Bluestacks device's Android file explorer.


texts: Searches and locations I didn't do and never went to

texts: How is my phone in Google search showing I searched places that I never searched and shows I went to locations where I have never been? There are local places but not me. I changed my password several times and always have my Samsung Android phone on me.


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Before Android L update my mobile(Nexus 5) used to use around 1GB RAM.
Now, it's using around 1.6GB RAM leaving me only 250MB free memory. When I look into device memory, it's showing System is using around 1GB RAM.

Is it normal for Android 5 to use 1GB for System and why is that? If not, what wrong with my device? I updated my device using factory image from android download page.


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I need some help or clarification on if I can change my Gamertag in the few games that I play on my Android Device.  For example, my First Name last Initial shows up along with my Picture in all the games when I log in.  However, I would like it to show the picture but have a gamertag or use a different name other then my own.

Real Racing 3 is a prime example.  There are a ton of users using Gamertags/Avatars, however, you can only login using Facebook, some chinese website and Google +.  There is no where in there to change your name.  I have looked everywhere.

Also if you look at your trophies I would like it to show my NEW USERNAME.
Does anyone have an answer or suggestion?

Can I create a second Google+ account and not lose all the points I have acquired?  I have searched everywhere for months actually as the answers to most questions are usually found with a simple search.


texts: Creating a symlink (symbolic link) to files

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I'm looking for a way to create a symlink with Android. I know I can write a  script but I don't want to spend so much time when perhaps somebody has a better solution?

I know app2sd and link2sd, but I need to link all files, not just what the application sees. My internal memory is full and I have already app2sd installed. I need to free more space (for example, dalvik-cache). Unfortunately hardlink doesn't seem to work, so I need a better solution. When I softlink the cache, I can't install anything. The path seems to make a problem to Android.


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my phone samsung SM G361H had stolen while travelling.

any possibility to locate it.

Any possibility to get the backup of contact numbers , photos saved in it.


texts: Widget to toggle "OK Google" detection always on/off

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I am looking for a widget which toggles my Nexus 6's option for "OK Google" always listen on/off.

Usually when I am in the car, I need the phone to always listen for "OK Google" and easily turn it on before I get there. After I leave the car, I need to turn it off, because it detects random sounds as the command and never stops listening for noise sounds.

I think such widget does not exists and I do not know if Android exposes API calls for this. I am web developer and I am willing to try to code this widget myself (never tried to code for Android), but I have the will if someone points me to the right direction.

Thanks!


texts: Find when an app was released on the google play store

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I tried searching for a tool online but couldn't find how you can find out when an android app was first released on the google play store?

On google play it just mentions when it was last updated. Any ideas how I can find the first release date ?


texts: Suppose I use Google Voice for text messaging rather than my carrier's SMS plan. Would it be possible to use SMS Apps such as Handcent etc. as the interface or front-end to GV's text messages?


texts: Can the WhatsApp group icon or title be locked?

texts: Is there a way for a WhatsApp admin to lock the group icon and title? As of this time, any group member can change the group icon or title.


texts:
I have flashed Custom ROM on my S3 Neo using CWM recovery.
Now after flashing the rom,I want to get the root access,so I tapped on the build number several times and activated the developer options,where I get an option of enabling root access.I enabled it for Apps and ADB.Naturally I expected root access after this,but unfortunately while checking by root checker(several best root checkers in play store) whether I got root access or not,it says no su found,and no root access.
What should I do now?Am I to Root the device again? Is it safe??


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I'm trying to connect my 2014 Macbook pro to a Pixel C tablet. The tablet  has developer settings enabled, usb debugging enabled and unknown sources enabled. 'adb devices' shows nothing and there is no debug icon shown on the tablet.

I'm using a usb 3 type C connector that works Perfectly from my Macbook to my Nexus 5x

I've tried resetting the PRAM/NVRAM and the SMC to no avail.

The strangest thing is that we have 3 developers here with 2 ports per macbook. It does work on ONLY 1 port on one macbook, a 2015. We have a second exact same macbook bought on the same day that this tablet doesn't work on either.

Since it works on 1 port on one macbook, we know that the tablet is configured correctly for debugging. But why can't we connect it to the second port on the same machine or to another macbook??

We've never had any issues connecting any other Android device to any of these macbooks before.

Updates:

Got a different usb C cable and still have same issue.
Default USB Configuration (from Dev Options) is MTP, tried other USB config PTP and didn't help
After testing again on the 1 port that it worked in the past, trying 'adb devices' shows the Pixel C about 3 out of 5 times (in the span of 10 seconds). Trying to deploy to the device fails every time, presumably due to the flakey connection...


texts: Can't figure out how to play steaming video from a url with MoboPlayer

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How can a video player like MoBo Player play content from a URL?

I am not seeing any option after installing the app. Also, the search icon does nothing.


texts: Can my location be tracked/can my phone be duplicated

texts: I believe someone is keeping track of me via my phone. Is this possible and, if so, what can I do to disable that? Also, is it possible for someone who has had access to my phone to duplicate it so that they can see my texts?


texts: Mobile data on but not working (Resurrection Remix)

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I am using the official Resurrection Remix 5.8.0 on my unlocked Moto X Play. I am experiencing an issue with mobile data; every so often the data won't connect when I enable it. The icon in the quick settings panel shows the data transfer icon but neither does the statusbar icon show transfer nor do I have actual internet connection. This happens about 1 or 2 times a day and I have to reboot my device to fix it. Resetting the APNs did not help and airplane mode is also useless.

Is this a software issue? If so, should I switch from Resurrection Remix (which is based on CyanogenMod) to an AOSP ROM. Are there any possible fixes?


texts: How to make Skype Mobile for Android permit PC-to-PC calling?

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I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab from Verizon Wireless without a contract, so no 3G support -- only WiFi. I went to Skype.com/m and installed Skype Mobile for Android. After installation, it lets me only do Skype Chat. If I try to do a Skype Call (PC-to-PC calling), it won't let me -- the call just dies. Does anyone know how to make it permit PC-to-PC calling, even though this "PC" is actually a Galaxy Tab on my end?

I mean, Android is built on Linux, and my Linux PC has a version of Skype that permits PC-to-PC calling, so I don't understand what the issue is here for Skype.com on this.


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How to adb pull on galaxy s1 i9000 please?
I need to install TWRP but no s1 i9000 (classic ) version was ever made due to lack of a certain recovery partition structure on s1 .
But it is available on S1 Blaze and S1 Fascination which were newer but lower in specs.
Clockworkmod for XXJJVQ Baseband version of i9000 is in many places as a notworking link on forums.
Anybody have Clockworkmod for s1 i9000 XXJJVQ please ?
Or a workaround to make partition image on s1 i9000 ?
I recorded a very important proof today and the file was not saved.


texts: S-On, No OS, UNLOCKED, No TWRP and want to install custom OS on HTC One M8

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I have a HTC One M9 and would like to install the cRDroid ROM.
When going into the bootloader I see:

Software status: Modified
UNLOCKED
S-ON
(Now the options)

REBOOT
REBOOT TO BOOTLOADER
BOOT TO DOWNLOAD MODE
BOOT TO RECOVERY MODE
POWER DOWN

I have tried to flash the OS via fastboot fastboot flash boot boot.zip this returned:
FAILED (remote: cannot flash this partition in s-on state).
When I tried to boot with fastboot boot boot.zip I got:

creating boot image...
creating boot image - 381388800 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 12.064s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: dtb not found)

Also booting to download mode got me Failed to boot to download mode


texts: Restrict app's background battery usage using terminal (root granted)

texts: Is it possible to change this setting using termux?


texts: Is it possible to auto-update selectively? For example, if I want to allow an anti-virus app to update, but no others. Can this be done? Android 4.0.4


texts: In my contact list when I access it I see the person name along with details of list in which it is listed like Google contact & WhatsApp etc. Is there a way that I can download contact in excel along with info about listing I. E. Google or WhatsApp etc?


texts: Droid Explorer app does not show hidden files

texts:
Droid Explorer does not show hidden files. Some "root explorer" apps show hidden files, e.g. on /data/data etc., but Droid Explorer does not. Of course, ES File Explorer also does not show these, it shows only files which can be seen by the phone's own file explorer, but some "root explorers" show these.
How I can adjust Droid Explorer to show hidden files?


texts: Can I create a stock recovery from Nandroid backup or from OTA? How?

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I am looking for a stock recovery for my phone (HTC One M7, rooted, s-on,CID: HTC__102, Software number: 4.19.401.11). But I cannot find it. The reason I want this recovery is that I want to experiment if it is possible to keep my phone rooted but going back to Stock recovery so that I can get OTA updates.

I have a nandroid back up of my stock ROM (I created it in TWRP, so it is after flashing the TWRP recovery),  and also I have downloaded an OTA for my phone from forums.

Is it possible I can get an stock recovery image from OTA zip file or Nandroid backup?

Thanks.


texts: Getting call options such as skype/viber again

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My question is similar to this :

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-international/473947-calling-dialer-viber-skype.html

But not quite the same. I've chosen phone as my default calling options, and I'm ok with that. Now my question is that, what do I press when I want to call a contact via Viber/Skype/Other app again? What do I press to get asked again?

Without resetting the default calling option, is there a such option ?


texts: Root Samsung Galaxy S2 with unconventional kernel version

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My Galaxy S2 is running Android 4.1.2. I am following the howto here. I am trying to look for the corresponding CF-Root download, by looking in the xda-developers forum. The problem is that the kernel version of my device does not match the format given in the forum. Here are the details of my kernel:

Model Number     : GT-I9100
Baseband Version : I9100BULS1
Kernel-Version   : 3.0.31-889555 dpi@DELL228 #3 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 31 14:48:54 KST 2013
Buildnummer      : JZO54K.I9100XWLSD

How can I choose a CF-Root download based on that kernel version?


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Every time I recieve a call or a text message my phone audibly says out the name of the caller/sender.

How can I stop this?


texts: How to fetch tracked data from *mi Fit* Android app?

texts: I have a fitness tracker band from mi (Xaomi). It has an Android app associated with it on my phone called mi Fit. Now, I want to know how to fetch all or some of the tracked data i.e sleep quality, steps taken, calories burned, distance covered etc. into a file that could be read by Windows or Android programs to create a graph out of it. If not, then is there any way to just combine and fetch the data?


texts: Spoof WiFi settings as 'On' but use Cellular Data (for specific apps or in total)

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Alternatively, can android force an app to use Cellular data?

The app in question: Amazon Video [Version 3.0.57.30110 "Prime Video for Android Software"]

**Device in use:**Samsung Galaxy Note 4 - Android Version: 5.0.1 Build LRX22C.N910TUVU1COG2 (USA TMobile Completely Stock, No Root etc)

Issue: AV doesn't allow 'download for offline viewing' of media larger than 50mb in size. The app wants to see the device is connected to a WiFi network to allow downloads.

Why this is an issue: When travelling, I use my unlimited network to download media for offline use when leaving network coverage areas (wilderness, trains/planes etc) - with an unlimited cellular plan, I don't care about what size file I'm downloading; Amazon is undoubtedly attempting to help users from inadvertently maxing out their data plans and blaming Amazon in the process (yes, those users exist)...

Interestingly, a cellular hotspot will allow download - as the app see's the device as being on a WiFi Network.

Restating the Question:
Is there a way to either, force the app into using cellular data, or, spoof the phone's wifi state as 'on' but use cellular data anyway?

Research:
Reading other threads, this problem is unique in the sense that wifi is not an option to use - assume i only have cellular data; how can i use apps that request wifi for their functions?


texts: I tried to root my phone and it worked only with Kingo Root and after I reboot my phone, I do not have root-access. I have tried several times, please answer me. I really need to root my phone. It's Vonino Jax QS.


texts: How to manually turn on the screen during a call, while proximity sensor thinks I'm too close?

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Something's wrong with my phone's proximity sensor and it sometimes thinks I'm too close to my phone even when I'm not.

Unlike the five related questions I found (1, 2, 3, 4, 5!), including one with the same model of phone, I don't want the screen to always be on, and I don't want the proximity sensor to be completely disabled (it sometimes gets it right). I want the screen to be off as normal during a call, and I'd like the proxmity sensor to continue turning the screen on if it thinks I'm "far", but I'd like to also be able to turn the screen on manually when I press a button (I'm not fussy about what button) and overrule the sensor during a call.

I thought this used to be standard... I'm sure my first few Android phones could turn the screen on manually during a call by pressing a button, but no button I've tried does anything (one exception - in Skype and only Skype, pressing the power button turns the screen on for half a second, then it turns back off again).

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, Android 5.1.1, not rooted (and ideally I'd keep it that way).

I've tried using MacroDroid, and while it can respond during a call, it can't turn the screen on. For example, if I create a macro to enable Bluetooth and turn on the screen if I shake the phone during a call, then I shake the phone during a call, the screen stays off but bluetooth does turn on.

There's no option "Turn off screen during calls" in my phone's Call Settings, nor do I have a "Turn on proximity sensor" option under Additional Settings. I do have an option to make the power button hang up during a call, but not to turn the screen on.

To re-iterate, unlike the existing questions, I don't want to stop the screen turning off or disable the proximity sensor completely, I just want to be able to manually override it and manually turn the screen on during a call, using a button.


texts: Seems like I can't find out how to do the basics on my Honeycomb tablet.  How do you rate an app in the Market?


texts: Android du and df very different: File System Corrupted?

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On an Android Nougat (7.1.1) set top box, du and df of my /data partition are very different:
$ adb shell du -sh /data
1.0G    /data
$ adb shell df -H /data
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/sda9  10G   10G  469M  96% /data

I don’t think that anything else is mounted under /data:
$ adb shell mount | grep "\/data"
/dev/block/sda9 on /data type ext4 (rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,discard,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered)
$ adb shell mount | grep "sda9"
/dev/block/sda9 on /data type ext4 (rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,discard,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered)

lsof indicates to me that there are dozens of processes holding hundreds of small deleted files of the sort
init          1       root    3w      CHR               1,11       0t0      14517 /dev/__kmsg__ (deleted)
ueventd     391       root    3w      CHR               1,11       0t0      14593 /dev/__kmsg__ (deleted)
  . . .
main        756       root  mem   unknown                                         /dev/ashmem/dalvik-large object space allocation (deleted)
main        756       root  mem   unknown                                         /dev/ashmem/dalvik-large object space allocation (deleted)
  . . .
omm.times  3934     system  mem   unknown                                         /dev/ashmem/dalvik-mark sweep sweep array free buffer (deleted)
omm.times  3934     system  mem   unknown                                         /dev/ashmem/dalvik-mark sweep sweep array free buffer (deleted)

Using busybox, results are different (df shows much less usage), but there is still a large discrepancy between du and df:
$ adb shell busybox du -sh /data
389.4M  /data
$ adb shell busybox df -h /data
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata
                          9.7G      8.6G      1.1G  89% /data

And using toybox, the results are similar to busybox:
$ adb shell toybox du -sh /data
389M    /data
$ adb shell toybox df -h /data
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/sda9  10G  8.6G  1.1G  89% /data

It think that it's important to note that these numbers remain similar after a reboot.
Also, I wish to note that I cannot OTA update this device's Android due to running out of disk space, even though the OTA image is only about 1GB in size. This fact leads me to believe that the results of df are accurate in terms of actual available disk space.
All adb commands are run as root i.e., I did adb root before executing them. But at risk of making this question be too verbose, here's everything run at the adb prompt:
$ adb shell
Z:/ # whoami
root
Z:/ # du -sh /data
389M    /data
Z:/ # df -h /data
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/sda9  10G  8.6G  1.1G  89% /data
10.197.12.14:/ # busybox du -sh /data
389.4M  /data
Z:/ # busybox df -h /data
Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata
                          9.7G      8.6G      1.1G  89% /data
Z:/ # toybox du -sh /data
389M    /data
Z:/ # toybox df -h /data
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/sda9  10G  8.6G  1.1G  89% /data
Z:/ #

A user in comments has asked for the following:
Z:/ # while read num; do (( sum += num )); done <<< $(find /data -type f -exec stat -c%b {} +); expr $sum / 2048
393

I understand that du reports free space by scanning reachable nodes, and that this could therefore mean that my file system is corrupt. However, unfortunately, this is for devices in the field, and I don’t want to have to (and don’t think I can) run fsck or e2fsck.
What might be causing the huge difference between du and df on this device, and how might this problem be resolved? I’m happy to provide further logs.


texts: CM13 on Nexus 9: Any app that internally opens a webpage or otherwise uses System WebView crashes

texts:
CyanogenMod 13 nightlies on Nexus 9 with Gapps installed.

I've been dealing with a persistent issue where any app that uses Android System WebView will crash. This means that any app that opens a webpage internally or otherwise tries to render HTML-based content internally (e.g. Email) will crash, rendering a large number of apps unusable.

Installing and updating WebView from Google Play does not help. In fact, it seems that the system is not using the downloaded WebView at all as there is no indication that the WebView app had ever opened at all.

An example error generated when this happens is as follows:

*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Build fingerprint: 'google/volantis/flounder:6.0.1/MMB29K/2419427:user/release-keys'
Revision: '0'
ABI: 'arm64'
pid: 12135, tid: 12667, name: RenderThread  >>> com.android.email <<<
signal 6 (SIGABRT), code -6 (SI_TKILL), fault addr --------
Abort message: '[FATAL:gl_fence_egl.cc(65)] Check failed: g_ignore_egl_sync_failures.
'
    x0   0000000000000000  x1   000000000000317b  x2   0000000000000006  x3   0000000000000000
    x4   0000000000000000  x5   0000000000000001  x6   0000000000000000  x7   0000000000000000
    x8   0000000000000083  x9   0000007f7581a4bd  x10  0000007f7581a470  x11  0000007f7581a772
    x12  0000007f7581a4bc  x13  0000000000000054  x14  0000007f7a78c4f8  x15  0000007f8f772aa8
    x16  0000007f8f7646a0  x17  0000007f8f726b6c  x18  0000007f8f772a98  x19  0000007f7581c510
    x20  0000007f7581c450  x21  0000000000000000  x22  0000000000000006  x23  0000007f7581ad38
    x24  0000007f7ad78000  x25  00000000000005db  x26  0000007f7adab930  x27  0000007f7ac2b0f0
    x28  0000007f7581b14c  x29  0000007f7581a7b0  x30  0000007f8f724308
    sp   0000007f7581a7b0  pc   0000007f8f726b74  pstate 0000000020000000

backtrace:
    #00 pc 000000000006bb74  /system/lib64/libc.so (tgkill+8)
    #01 pc 0000000000069304  /system/lib64/libc.so (pthread_kill+68)
    #02 pc 00000000000211e0  /system/lib64/libc.so (raise+28)
    #03 pc 000000000001b980  /system/lib64/libc.so (abort+60)
    #04 pc 00000000006e0bc0  /data/app/com.google.android.webview-2/lib/arm64/libwebviewchromium.so

Any ideas?


texts: What device is listed only as Android on list of devices that accessed my account?

texts: I have an LG Optimus Zone 2. On the list of devices that have accessed my account one shows up as Android, but no other information is given. What type of device is this? Why aren't there any details shown for the device?


texts:
Every single tweet right now seems to be about "Lipp":

It says "LiPP is the app to dub your voice over the videos you like! Become your favourite character!"

I'm interested to know how this app works - does it have it's own built in audio / video encoder, or is the video uploaded and downloaded to a server (using data / WiFi), or does it use another app that already exists as part of Android and has an API for this?


texts: How can I transfer blocked numbers/phrases?

texts:
I have many blocked numbers/message phrases list on my Samsung S8 Plus phone. Never rooted it and it has still official rom. I will use with the same rom. I will just format it but I don't want to bother with
insert the numbers one by one after formatting. So, is there a way to restore numbers/phrases with a JSON/XML file or something else on stock rom?


texts: Closely monitoring charging (with bike charger)

texts:
I bought a bike charger for my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro sk17i . When I cycle, the phone says that it is being charged, but apparently it is not because the battery percentage doesn't increase.

It is hard to find out anything with the built in battery utility. Is there any way to monitor charging more closely, such as reading the charging current or some other useful indicators?


texts:
I own a LG G Pro Lite which came with default android version 4.4.2 (Kitkat)

sometime back, it was upgraded to lollypop and was working fine.

Recently I had to reset the phone to restore factory settings which rolled back the upgrade.

In software update section, it is saying "Not updated yet" but when I try to upgrade the OS It is saying "You are using the latest software version for current OS."
What is causing this issue and how can I upgrade to latest android version?


texts: "SD card is blank or has unsupported filesystems" message in Samsung Galaxy S4

texts:
My Samsung Galaxy S4 showed  "SD card is blank or has unsupported filesystems". It then gave me the option to format my SD card, to which I reluctantly consented.

After having done so however, it proceeds to present me with the same message, "Blank SD card", regardless of how many times I insist in formatting.

After searching on Internet, I  found that apparently I should format the SD card from my computer. I don't have an adapter for microSD cards, so I connected my phone with a USB cable to my computer, and apparently my SD card refuses to show up there.

Also, for your information, it seems that neither my phone wants to recognize the SD card, for example if I try to transfer apps to my SD card my phone tells me I don't have a SD card.

So, is there anything I can do to resolve this issue? Should I buy a microSD adapter and hope that my computer will recognize the SD card then, or should I just buy a new SD card? Or is there something else I can do?


texts: How Recover deleted data from internal memory of non rooted Moto G device?

texts:
This is my first post here :). My question is to recover accidentally deleted data from a Moto G (the device is not rooted and has Android 4.4.4 inside) with avoiding any potential data loss.

So the trivial question will be must I absolutly root my device I'm asking that because the tool (Dr.Fone for Android) prompt me a message so that device must be rooted and it not succeed to recover deleted data. So if rooting is mandatory how achieve this without loss any data ?

Unfortunatly Moto-G seems to need a custom boot. I heard about clockworkmod, what if I cutom the boot of my device, can I still get my deleted data back after this operation

Suggestion may be clone internal memory of device with adb tool then use a data recovery tool :so my question will be first how backup internal memory of the device or clone it ?

Thank you in advance


texts: File signature for .db file needed after failed restore

texts:
I have just performed a factory reset and restore using CWM on Android custom ROM 'Neatrom'.

The restore deosnt seem to have completed properly, as the apps are there but the app data seems to be missing.

As a result, I have lost my notes and tasks ('My phone Explorer NOtes' and 'My Phone explorer Tasks').  I am trying to recover deleted and lost files using Yodot Data Recovery for android.  The files are , I believe, 'notes.db' and /or 'notes.db-journal', but '.db' or '.db-journal', are not default file types in Yodot, and need to be entered as a 'new file type'.

It asks for:
1) the file signature of this file type, in Hex,
2) THe file size
3) THe file offset
4) A Description of the type

Could anyone let me know what these details would be?  I have tried with the information on .db and .db-journal files in the online file signature database, but 'db-journal' isnt a file type in the database.  'db' has various signatures.  Using them, the 'notes.db' file wasnt found when I performed the search.

Thanks!


texts: Add peripheral Hardware where screen was

texts:
I have been playing around with some old android devices.

I took a broken screen / digitization off one LG and the device is fine. Running in shell and voice assistance do describe screen.

My question: Can I hook up some peripheral input or output where the original input / outputs were and write new drivers. I know this is a daunting task. But someone has to do it.

Basically the display should have a power + and power - I could hook a different device up to and when I unlock screen the device receives power. The input method is much more complex, I know. Looking for somewhere to start. Been googling for hours.!

I am keeping a journal of my activity here:
Google Doc


texts: Uninstalling app from specific device only

texts:
Is there a way to remove an app from only one device when using the same account over two devices?

I've just got a tablet - which is currently syncing settings and downloading all the apps that I have obtained from the market on my phone.  I won't need all these apps and would like to remove some from just the tablet (but leave them available for restore on the phone etc).

Is this possible?  Does the phone have an independent "installed app" list to the tablet?

Thanks.


texts: Got mail from Google: Google Mobile Maps Location Reporting Reminder. How to I stop location reporting?

texts:
I just got the following mail:

  Google Mobile Maps Location Reporting Reminder To protect your privacy
  we would like you to know that Google Mobile Maps is running on your
  mobile device and reporting your location. This is just a privacy
  reminder - if you did not enable this or want to stop reporting your
  location, disable location reporting in Google Mobile Maps location
  settings. Thanks, Google Mobile Maps Team

And I also got a broken link to how to stop that. So my question is, how do I stop that? Searching google wasn't really helpful.


texts: Does a Nandroid Backup contain Language files?

texts:
I know that a Nandroid backup is a snapshot of a system image. I wish to know if this backup will also include language files if Backup was made from a multi-language ROM.

For Example:

I bought a Lenovo phone (S890) but it only came with Chinese and English, My friend has the same phone but his came with a Multi-language ROM. I thought since we both have the same phone we can try and install the same recovery software on both phones. I can then create a Nandroid backup on his phone and use that backup on my phone to get Multi-lang too.

Is my assumption here correct ?


texts: What features distinguish Oxygen OS and Lineage OS on the OnePlus 3T?

texts:
When deciding which operating system to use one the OnePlus 3T, what are the specific differences in features, hardware support etc. between Oxygen OS and Lineage OS?

I found older threads that say that the camera app on Oxygen OS is better, but since this information is more than 6 months old, I don't know if it is still accurate. I was not able to find an exhaustive comparison.

I am specifically interested in the comparison of OxygenOS 4.1.6 (Android 7.1.1) and Lineage OS 14.1 which are both, as of now, the most current versions.


texts: Is it possible to crack encrypted device?

texts:
I have device powered by Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 cpu and running Cyanogenmod 13 (6.0.1 android) rom with unlocked bootloader and TWRP (3.0) recovery.
ROM has security patch level December 2016. Device is encrypted by FDE (Full-disk encryption) and using same PIN for lock-screen and booting.

Let's say attacker has full psyhical access to this device. The point of attack is decrypt data. Attacker has unlimited tries of entering password:

devicepolicy/java/com/android/server/devicepolicy/DevicePolicyManagerService.java:

DEF_MAXIMUM_FAILED_PASSWORDS_FOR_WIPE = 0

Based on that article if am understanding correctly the only possible way is exploiting TrustZone or Keymaster vulnerability and then just bruteforce psyhical dump on powerful machine.

But thats seems like got patched in January 2016 and May 2016 security bulletin (CVE-2015-6639
CVE-2015-6647 CVE-2016-2431 CVE-2016-2432)

So the question is it still possible without OEM help of course?


texts:
I've got tablet Asus MeMo Pad 7 (ME173X). I don't know what happened with him (is it broken physically or by software). Tablet don't respond on buttons, or charger. I connected it to computer dmesg shows (device also disconnect after one second and connect again):

usb 2-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ehci-pci
usb 2-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0e8d, idProduct=0003
usb 2-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
cdc_acm 2-1.3:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device

Sometimes but very rarely dmesg shows also (including above):

usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
cdc_acm: USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
usbcore: registered new interface driver option
usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)

I found stoc firmware, to flash preloader but every time I got error

Storage type mismatch!
scatter storage type is hw_storage_emmc
target storage type is hw_storage_none

I was looking some more info. I read some info about meta mode. I tried connect device holding vol up or vol down (both) but device is always recognize as above and flashing also return the same error.

Is there any chance to unbrick this tablet?


texts: Can't run Linux over Android 4.3 after official update

texts:
I used to run a Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) on a S3 running android 4.1. I updated the device today with the official rom, android 4.3, then rooted it again. But now I can't run linux anymore.

Any ideias, why this is happening?

Thanks!!


texts:
I have a nexus 5 for about a year now and recently strange problems began to occur.

The phone sometimes just reboots by itself, even when i don't touch it.
Sometimes a power off button appears on the screen and when i try to do something, the phone turns off/reboots.

I have noticed that the power button has became very sensitive, pressing it too hard to lock the screen would result in the screen being shut off and then turned on again, to actually lock the screen i have to press the power button very very gently.

Yesterday i had to format the phone in order to get it to turn on, it just wouldn't turn on otherwise, i would press the power button as gently as i could, the google logo appeared but it would shutdown a second later...

After formating and reinstalling the os, i was able to turn on the phone and use it, but ten minutes ago the phone shutdown itself and now it won't turn on again...

I don't want to format it everyday, i am really suspicious of the power button and think that the problem is related to it, not only because of its sensitivity but also because i read about similar problem on forums and in most cases people related it to the power button.

What can i do?

Thanks,
Arik


texts: Is it possible to disable Google Voice Search headset control in 4.1 Jelly Bean?

texts: I flashed my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 with the RemICS-JB 3.0 ROM, and now long-press on my headset is hard-coded to start Google Voice Search, which doesn't interest me. I'd much rather have long-press be available to other apps (I used it as "rewind" in my podcast player). Is it possible to disable this hard-coded headset control, or disable Voice Search entirely? There isn't a separate app for it, and I can't seem to disable the Google Search app.


texts: Can app access the text in my default memo app?

texts: I use Samsung Galaxy S2 and store some personal data in the default memo. I have updated the phone to the latest version. Can any app just access the data in my memo?


texts: S-voice on Samsung Galaxy S4 "No response from server..."

texts:
I saw similar post about this problem from 5 days ago (8/15/13). That is also when S-voice stopped working on my Samsung Galaxy S4, even though it was working perfectly for the past 3 weeks. My internet connection is working.

I spent 1 1/2 hours with AT&T Tech Support and Samsung Tech Support on 8/17/13 and they could find no problems with my phone settings or internet connection.  However, Samsung tech suggested doing a master reset on my phone. I did not do this yet because I do not believe it is a problem with the phone, especially since I now see another posting for the problem occurring on the same day.

Is this a problem with an AT&T Server or is it Samsung?  How can we get someone to check this out?

UPDATE 8/22/13: I spent another 2 hours on phone 8/20/13 with new Samsung tech.  He was convinced that it was not my phone after he also checked all the postings about this problem online, so he "elevated" the "ticket" to a "system" problem.  Yesterday evening, I found that my S-voice just started working again!


texts: Clear or reset my lock screen password/PIN

texts:
I have a similar problem as the one described in this question, but that question doesn't solve my problem. Summarized here:

I recently installed CyanogenMod 10 on my Galaxy Nexus. I enabled encryption. The first time I rebooted the phone, I was able to get past the lock screen with no trouble. I tried to change the screen lock PIN, but the settings app wouldn't accept my PIN.

Later, the screen locked due to the timeout being reached, and I wasn't able to unlock it. My password kept being rejected, and the "Forgot password" button that I read should come up never appeared. I rebooted my phone, and though I can easily decrypt it, I can't unlock it.

This answer suggested going through adb to fiddle with an SQLite database. However, I can't seem to access /data on my phone. I get the following error when I try to do an ls:

opendir failed, Permission denied

I tried to use su, but again, I got a Permission denied error. The phone is most definitely rooted, as I regularly use several root-only apps.

I really don't want to have to wipe the phone. Is there any other way to unlock this phone?

Edit

After posting this question, I came across this answer. I was able to get my phone unlocked by exploiting the phone hole mentioned (involving calling the phone and mashing the keys repeatedly--though instead of hitting the non-existent home key I swiped up Google Now). I deleted the password using the SQL mentioned in the answer I cited earlier. However, upon rebooting the phone, I'm back in an non-unlockable state.

In other words, I can exploit a hole to unlock my phone, but I can't reset the PIN, and I have to make sure to turn my screen on before 30 minutes elapses and avoid rebooting, or I'm toast.


texts: So something is wrong with either the partition or the eMMC. TWRP is unable to erase/reformat/repair any partition (console lists partitions that fail to mount: /data, /data/media, /system, /cache) and e2fsck -pcfv /dev/block/mmcblk0p27 says it is zero-length partition. In fact, under TWRP, the partition sizes are System(0MB), Data(0MB), Cache(12MB), Boot(22MB), EFS(6MB). Any help?


texts: How to unlock number lock in android 6.0

texts:
when i removed the SD card and restarted my smartphone , oddly the pattern lock that i had set was no more and i got a number lock instead.

I tried using googles device locater but it could not locate my device. How do I unlock my phone now


texts: How is WhatsApp able to receive messages when not in use?

texts:
I'm curious about how WhatsApp is able to receive messages when not in use.

I mean, I understand that WhatsApp works using the Internet connection rather than the cellphone network. Imagine that I haven't touched my phone in hours. At that moment, a friend sends me a message on WhatsApp. I get it immediately. Does that mean that WhatsApp is keeping the Internet connection connected at all times? Does that mean that WhatsApp acts as a server, opening ports on the phone? Or maybe a long-running HTTP request?


texts: How can I dump the fscrypt per-file nonce by getfattr command?

texts:
According to document of kernel about fscrypt: Filesystem-level encryption (fscrypt):

Per-file encryption keys
Since each master key can protect many files, it is necessary to “tweak” the encryption of each file so that the same plaintext in two files doesn’t map to the same ciphertext, or vice versa. In most cases, fscrypt does this by deriving per-file keys. When a new encrypted inode (regular file, directory, or symlink) is created, fscrypt randomly generates a 16-byte nonce and stores it in the inode’s encryption xattr. Then, it uses a KDF (as described in Key derivation function) to derive the file’s key from the master key and nonce.

It says that the nonce is stored in xattr. But I can not dump them by getfattr command with dump parameter.
How can I get the nonces?


texts: How to resolve that both Wifi Hotspot and USB Tethering need reboot to work?

texts:
I am using a Huawei Honor Device running the official Ice Cream Sandwich. I use the wifi tethering quite often to get my notebook online, and realized following behavior:

I am connected to Wifi. Everything works fine.
After a random while, between 15 minutes or 4 hours, the Internet connection times out on my notebook.
Internet is still working on the device itself though.
My notebook is shown as connected on the overview list via its MAC Address
Disabling, enabling Wifi Tethering does not resolve this.
Only cause of action: reboot the whole phone and then start wifi tethering again.

I am wondering if this is an issue known to multiple Android devices or if this is a hardware issue. If this is software-related, I also am wondering what I could do to resolve this. Factory reset should only be last resort and I am hoping to avoid that.

UPDATE: This also happens on USB tethering. This makes me think that the issue is unrelated to either wifi or USB, but resides somewhere in the way Android handles the Internet connection. It just suddenly loses connection.


texts: adb shell superuser access without approve from phone

texts:
I'm running MIUI 3.9.27 on my HTC Desire S.

I accidentally froze my miui launcher (com.miui.home) and after reboot, phone stuck on boot animation, but seems everything running except miuiHome.

I know that for defrosting app from adb I should run adb shell pm enable com.miui.home but it'd say Killed and nothing happen. I read somewhere that I should run it as superuser but when I run su adb wait for phone root access approval, and since phone stucked on boot animation I couldn't approve root access.

Is there anyway to access superuser without approving it from phone? or doing pm from recovery?

P.S: I think if I could push LBE Guard data (that adb root access has been granted and remembered) into /data/data it may work but I don't know how I could do this


texts: Sharing internet from PC (reverse-tethering) with hotspot mode

texts:
I have a HTC One V which runs the default HTC-supplied Android 4.0, not rooted. I occasionally come across situations where I've got a dialup (or non-GSM mobile internet) or other non-wireless network and wireless would be really useful.

Can I connect my phone to a computer on the internet through USB with USB passthrough - which is supported, then share that through hotspot mode?


texts: I just did a strange thing.I went to data/system, there was password.key file.It was consisted of almost two lines of text included more numeric and few alphabets.I just edited it and add "32" at the end of second line using ES file explorer.Then I locked my phone,now i am unable to unlock it. How can I unlock my android phone without factory reset?


texts: SD card formatted to ext4 and permissions

texts:
I'm using CyanogenMod 7.1.0 RC1 on HTC Desire HD. I've formatted SD card to ext4, because I wanted to use Fedora through chrooting  into it, and Fedora ARM image requires FS which can do symlinks.

Now, when various applications try to save data (reading works fine) on SD, they get permission denied (so, for example, downloads don't work, camera can't save images, etc.). I've chmoded everything on my SD card to 777, but that didn't help (I don't really understand why, as a guy with strong Linux background I've assumed that this would make it readable to everyone).
I've also tried fixing permissions through ROM Manager, but this feature seems not to care about SD card.
All files on SD card seem to be owned by root:root.

Now, how do I make my SD card usable again? Should I format it back to FAT?


texts: Access Sony Xperia S' internal storage without power

texts:
I had some struggles with my phone over the last few months, but now the power button isn't working anymore (button fell off and also this "power-button-mechanism" is broken.), I can't switch it on anymore and I would need to get some files from the device's internal storage. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a reasonably priced replacement.
There is a similar question here regarding Samsung Galaxy S2, but different to this, my phone is way out of warranty and I already disassembled it to the mainboard (should be working still as the red LED flashes and my PC recognizes an unknown device when connected via USB)

I guess I have three possibilities:

Replace power module: as mentioned above, I couldn't find a replacement for good value.

"Repair" power module: it seems that the power button (when pressed) only connects two conductors, but the flex band is torn, I tried to kind of reconnect them, but I don't really have the equipment for this tiny stuff.

Access internal storage directly (maybe via JTAG): it's also mentioned in the Galaxy S2 post from above:

... all you could do to access its storage is using some JTAG like device to get physically access...

I don't really know anything about that, does anybody have experience with that? And as I have disassembled the phone already, I'm quite interested in how latter approach would work.


texts: Why whatsapp with a specific contact fails to receive messages?

texts:
I am not able to receive messages from a specific contact using whatsapp, but I am able to send to the that same contact.

All other contacts appear to be receiving and no issues with the send process.

Ps: I haven't blocked the contact where the issue is being reflected.

If relevant, I'm using Android 4.0 (ICS)


texts: Any way to view or download Google Hangouts Call History?

texts:
The Android Google Hangouts Dialer app is very limited when it comes to VoIP call history. It only shows the last 100 (approx) calls, even though Google keeps a complete history. For calls made more than 24 hours in the past, it fails to show the time of day the call was made.

Is there any way to view or download the call history for the last several months for calls made via the Android Hangouts Dialer app, including the time of day each call was made?

I don't see any way to perform this essential task in the app or the Google Hangouts web site.

If that is not possible, is there a way to download any of the call history?


texts: I plan to purchase a new micro SD card for my phone, I use app2SD for most of my programs, so what I wonder is what will happen if I get the new SD card, will I be able to copy the content of the old card onto the new card and still operate the phone as if nothing was changed?


texts:
I factory reset my android phone. When I saw the log after formatting(yet no app installed), I was getting

Processing Container com.mapswithme.maps.pro
Container com.mapswithme.maps.pro-1 slate
..
..

and for other apps that i earlier installed. Why is android looking for it after i format the phone. If these files still exist on phone how to remove them. My phone is NOT rooted. {and i intend to keep it that way}. the apps are in mnt/secure/asec

any possible solution ?????


texts: Replacing Android OS on Android phone with Linux OS

texts:
I'd like to entirely replace Android on my phone, which I plan to eventually root.
I've learned so far that Linux Deploy can be used to run a full Linux distro alongside the Android OS, but really I want to replace Android OS.
I'm willing to put Mobian (mobian-project.org) on there or just pure Debian.
Is this possible yet in 2021?


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The Google voice search crashes after detecting the keyword ok google.
If, I tap on the mike button in the search app and do voice search, it works.
What could be the reason behind this app-crash?

Phone: Samsung Galaxy Note II (GT-N7100)
OS: 4.4.2 KitKat. (Rooted)


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I would add photos of what it says but it won't let me.

It's telling me that I have illegal content on my phone yet I don't to my knowledge, and I can leave the screen that it is locked on to check.

I just think it a virus but it will not let me check for viruses.

I have tried restarting it and removing the battery as that's all that it is letting me do.


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I'm using a stock Nexus 5X. I tried to edit build.prop the following way:

I unlocked the bootloader and booted into TWRP (not flashed)
I mounted system
I then adb pulled build.prop, edited it, then pushed it back

On reboot the changes are reverted. Write protection is not on (that I know of), what should I do?

I am not rooted.


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I am attempting to unlock my old galaxy s2 without needing to reset it. My original plan was to get the pin wrong 5 times, then unlock using google account. However, when I inserted the sim card I turned flight mode on to make the phone reset its network and use the sim card. it got stuck there. It would not let me press the flight mode button again, so I rebooted it.

Now the device says flight mode is disabled in the power menu, but displays the flight symbol in the notification bar.

There are two possible ways I can think of solving this. Firstly, if anyone could please suggest any way of fixing the flight mode problem I am having.

The second solution is I have the apk of screen lock bypass pro on my pc, but I haven't found a way of installing it on my phone from my pc as the phone is not connected to the internet and apowersoft's phone manager didn't actually install it.


texts: CyanogenMod 9 gives AuthenticatorException while adding account

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I had installed custom ROM CyanogenMod 9. But I am not able to make Google play work in it. It doesn't show Add Google Account option in the Accounts & Sync option in Settings.

I had also googled and found that I need the latest gapps to be installed. So, I downloaded the latest gapps from goo.im but still I am not able to setup my Google Account. When I installed google play apk and run it, it gets closed after few seconds. I checked the logs and it gave be below exception,

D/AccountManagerService( 276): there is no authenticator for com.google, bailing out
D/AccountManagerService( 276): bind attempt failed for Session: expectLaunch false, connected false, stats (0/0/0), lifetime 0.0, addAccount, accountType com.google, requiredFeatures null
I/AccountManagerService( 276): unbind() over.
D/Finsky ( 4061): [1] 13.run: AuthenticatorException while adding account: android.accounts.AuthenticatorException: bind failure. Finishing.

So, anybody had the same issue if future please let me know. What can be the way that I can solve my problem.


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Having a problem with a Droid X2 after installing the Eclipse ROM.  The Wifi connection won't connect, and upon looking in the settings window it just says, "Error".

Phone-> About shows version 2.3.5


texts: Is it possible to cancel out echo when using a bluetooth handsfree?

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Equipment used:
I just bought a cheap Bluetooth handsfree from china: http://www.miniinthebox.com/mini-stereo-wireless-v3-0-headset_p1187467.html

Explanation:
This works perfect for me, and i don't notice any problems at all.
The problem is that for people calling me, or i am calling hears them selves in an echo with about 1 sec lag.

I cannot hear this echo at all, but for everyone i talk to with the handsfree set hears this echo.

If i mute the mic, then the echo disappears.

My question is this: Is it possible to remove echo by using any software or android setting?

I think that there should be two ways of doing this:

1. muting my mic while the other part talks. (nearly like an automatic walkie talkie)

2. cancelling what is sent from the other part, and don't send the same sounds back to the other part again.


texts: Motorola Defy getting stuck at boot menu

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I successfully installed CyanogenMod 7.2 on my Motorola Defy MB525 using the instructions from here.

After a while, I wanted to install gapps, so I installed it from bootmenu. After this, it was always booting to boot menu and I didn't know how to make it boot into the system, so I changed the "Boot" option default to something like "Normal", I think.

Now when starting the phone, all I see is the Google logo which stays there indefinitely.

I can still boot to bootmenu and tried a number of times to wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and re-install the CyanogenMod 7.2 zip, but it still can't get out of the infinite loop.

Any ideas?


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I've had my Nexus 7 2013 for a few months. A few weeks ago, for some reason the battery started draining - it was empty after one day or so.

I the reinstalled whole tablet, and after that everything went back to normal, but after maybe 10 days I again faced the same problem with the battery. How can I find what causing this problem, and how to solve it?


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I recently installed the app 'Empty Folder Cleaner' from playstore. On running the app, I noticed that the majority of empty folders removed were from the parent folder called iSMS, in my external SD Card. Inside the parent folder, the empty folders were images, videos, etc. Does anyone have any idea regarding that? Is it some sort of a mischievous thing?

P.S - I'm running on Android 4.2.2(rooted), Sony Xperia C2305.


texts: Open current video in YouTube app from Firefox

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From a youtube.com page open in Firefox, is there a straight-forward way to open the video using the YouTube app?

Firefox version 43.0


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I have made many folders on home screen on froyo containing shortcuts of applications.

Is there any way  I can sort those shortcuts by names?


texts: How to attach multiple displays to Android?

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I would like to have an Android setup with one primary and two secondary hardware displays. I am wondering, if it is possible at all? I know you can have primary and secondary screens according to the documentation, and Android have Display Manager supporting multiple displays. But would a total of three displays work?
I am running Android 11.


texts: Whenever I connect to a network, my phone (Galaxy Note II running Jellybean 4.3) connects and establishes a solid connection, but then turns off the WiFi just seconds later. Restarting my phone hasn't worked and I'm not yet willing to do a factory reset unless its the only foreseeable solution to this problem.


texts: Will a license check fail if I am in a foreign country?

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I have an app that performs a license check and will not work if a check doesn't succeed within x amount of time since the last successful check.  Will this license check fail if I am connected to the Internet in a foreign country?

The app in question is Final Fantasy III (com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP).  However, most other paid apps perform license checks, so this is a question of broader scope.


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I have a problem with an Android device with multiple access points.
The device loses the connection to the Wlan network sporadically.

If I make the following setting, the wlan connection will persist permanently.

"Developer Options"
under System Turn on "Allow Wifi Roaming Scans"

After a restart of the device this setting is deactivated, is there a possibility to leave Wifi-Romaing switched on permanently?

Android 6.0
not rooted


texts:
I have Motorola Moto G XT1033, rooted. I installed CM12 Nightly. I am not able to download apps sized more than 200 MB from Play Store. No option to uninstall updates of Play Store.

How to fix it?


texts: CyanogenMod install failed on Samsung Galaxy S II, phone now shows boot screen and then a black screen

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I was trying to install CyanogenMod on my un-rooted  Samsung Galaxy S II using this installer.

I installed the app on the phone and the PC;
downloaded the data for the program;
plugged the phone and it started downloading;

I followed the instructions thoroughly and the phone restarted and started installing the ROM. First, it showed the "Downloading" with the green Android then showed the blue CyanogenMod man for a long while, then the app on the PC said it failed and I should try to restart my PC or disable the antivirus (already did).

So I restarted my PC. Now it said "If you tried all these things, it's safe to restart the phone". So I turned off the phone and now when I try to turn it on it shows the splash "Samsung Galaxy" then shows a black screen (not off).

I tried booting in Download mode ("Vol. Down" + "Home" + "Power" button) but the result is the same as turning it on.

Resuming the install process fails every time.

How can I revert back to the stock Android or continue the installation?

System info (before the attempt):

Model number: GT-I9100P
OS : Android 2.3.6
Baseband version : I9100P
Kernel version 2.6.53.7-I9100PXXKL1-CL761356 root@DELL131 #2


texts: In the HTC one X mail client there doesn't seem to be a way to move up and down to the next email from an open email (as i could previously do on my Desire). Is there a way to do this that i haven't spotted?


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I just received two scary messages on my phone LG VS980 running the Android Os

"[some name starting with H] has disconnected"
"MSN:[some name starting with H] has disconnected"
Back to back in like one second

How did they get connected in the first place? My Bluetooth is off
I am on wifi, and the phone is charging via the USB port of my computer.

How can I determine if someone is connected to my phone, and what can they see?


texts: An Android App for blocking trackers completely using AI

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About my device:

Android version: 10
ROM: Stock ROM(Android One)
Bootloader status: Unlocked and Rooted with Magisk 21.4 Stable

Tweaks that I've done till today:

AdAway
AfWall+
Warden
Ditched Chrome for Bromite, Brave(for syncing to pc) and Firefox Klar
NUKED script
And many more!

I'm currently searching for an Android app that can block ALL the trackers as well as hidden trackers on Android including Ads.
I, being a privacy enthusiast, have done a lot of online search, and currently using an open source app called Warden. It's good but, user needs to spend ton of time tweaking apps for better protection against trackers.
(If you're from India and you use Jio sim, then you'll have MyJio installed, their tracking is literally insane!).
I'd like know, is there any other Android App that can learn to tweak and disable trackers(privacy badger extension for browsers, for example) on it's own as the time passes, just like how Google Keyboard learns to personalize the dictionary.
Editings and Suggestions are always welcome:)


texts: How to enable USB host mode in Moto G4 Plus

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I have Moto G4 Plus device. I have to do some stuff by enabling USB host mode on my device. I have enabled USB debugging and it is on charging. I am using USB cable. My device is non-rooted

It shows these option on click on "USB charging this device"

Does anyone have any idea how to do this?


texts: Resolving SSL Protocol Error on data connection but not on wifi

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When I try to access secure web sites via https (ssl), I get an error.

Chrome error message:

Error 107 (net::ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR) SSL_Protocol Error

Firefox error message:

ssl_error_rx_record_too_long

The website load correctly on Wifi, but this error shows up when trying to load pages over a cellular data connection.

I am running Cyanogenmod 10 (Android 4.1.2) from Bell (Canada), though the problem also happens on stock Android (according to other forums on other carriers).

I tried following one person's suggestion to modify the TLD settings in the about:config page for Firefox, but that did not fix the problem.


texts: How can I determine what app put a spam shortcut on my home screen?

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Recently, I discovered that some app on my phone had taken it upon itself to place a very nice "Free Games" shortcut on my home screen. I haven't installed any new apps in the recent past, so I would be very curious to find out what Application is behind this.

I've dumped logcat (with 'logcat -v time > log.txt') and gotten the last several hours of logs, but I have no idea what intent to search for.

Is it possible to find the culprit this way? If not, how can I proceed with my witch hunt?

Thanks for any advice!


texts: Share location in WhatsApp showing map on continental scale

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When I want to share my location with someone on WhatsApp, it gives me a list of places, two of them close to my home, and the third is Panama (the country! And I live in Brazil). I thought it was some cache issue on my phone, perhaps I've searched Panama in Google Maps recently, I wasn't sure. So I looked at the same option in both my father and my mother phones, and their WhatsApp have the same problem: Panama is also the third on the list. However, their app didn't zoom out to show Panama, as mine do. This is a nuisance, because I have to increase the zoom every time I want to share a different location browsing the map.

So, why is WhatsApp (or Google Maps?) so worried about Panama? And why will my phone zoom out to include this country in the visible map, while my parents' phones will not? Can I remove Panama from this list? (Or any other distant place, the other day it was a place I've never been to, in another Brazilian state.)

WhatsApp FAQ says: "Choose Location to send your location or a nearby place." I don't know why is it considering that Panama is "nearby" Brazil, but of course something is wrong here. Anyone have similar issues? Google only tells me about the "awesome new feature of live location", it doesn't matter if I included keywords such as "error", "issue", "strange behavior". Even the + that used to work behind a word to make it required doesn't work anymore...


texts: Change default application for handling headset controls

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I have a HTC Desire HD running stock 2.2

When using the HTC supplied headphones, the play/pause/nav controls only work with Meridian. I don't remember explicitly setting it up as such, although I may have missed it. I'd like to be able to use them with BeyondPod instead, as I'm about 10x more likely to be listening to a podcast than music.

Is there a way to change the default app for these buttons?


texts: Turn Samsung S6 tablet off after an hour of inactivity

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Is there a way to set my tablet off after a certain time of user inactivity? Say an hour?
My tablet use is quite infrequent and I think most of the time it's just waiting and draining the battery.


texts: Why are the app labels missing in "all apps" list?

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My "all apps" list doesn't show the app names and I have no idea how I turned it off. Because I'm using a theme I have a really hard time figuring out what icons belong to which apps.

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

How do I turn the labels/names back on for the apps in the "all apps" list?


texts: Stop Google Photos from Retaining Deleted Photos

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If I take a photo using my phones stock camera app, and then delete it using the stock gallery app, it doesn't get deleted from Google Photos. How can I change it so that deleting photos on my phone causes them to get deleted on Google Photos as well?

I'm using a Galaxy S9 with a stock ROM.


texts: I can't find the developer options in my tablet running Android 4.0.3

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I am starting to learn Android develpment and I bought a very cheap Chinese Android Tablet. It came with 4.0.3 and I can't find the developer option under settings!

I think maybe it's the custom ROM it has, does anyone knows how to solve this? Thanks!

PS: I wanted to post pics of the Settings to show that there isnt a Developer option in there...but I cant even do a printscreen with this tablet since it only comes with the power button, and printscreen requires power and volume buttons...this tablet was too cheap I guess...

PS2: In case it helps:

Model Number FS-MG789

Android Version: 4.0.3

Baseband Version: 0.51

Kernel Version: 3.0.8+ spreadwin version 2.4.10(S101_JH_B)

Build Number: nuclear_puppies-eng 4.0.3 iml74k 20120727 test-keys

EDIT:

I couldn't install the device on my PC either so I followed this answer and installed it like this (David Kreps answer)...which is basically to add your device's VID/PID manually to the android_winsub.inf (inside the sdk\extras\google\usb_driver folder).

I am using Android Studio, and it doesn't need a manifest with debugable added in it and I did a little test and apparently I can debug a code in the device....but still, I don't know the general implications of this no Developer option in the device.


texts: Google play services stopped Error popping continuously, tried with downgrading google play service and renaming the folder in "Android/data/com.google.android.gms-1.apk" but still this error popping. please help


texts: Installing cert files and connecting to wifi network on Touchpad running CM9

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Hi everyone I am trying to connect to my university wifi eduroam using the settings below:

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/it/wireless/technical.html

How can I achieve this? So far I've tried saving the crt file in the root folder of the SD card and installing it via Security > Install from SD card but I'm not sure how to take it from here.

Would appreciate any help on this matter.


texts: Mark as unread button in email application?

texts: is there a hidden "Mark as read" button I'm not aware of in the email app in Android?


texts: Samsung s6 edge battery drains super fast at 15%

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My battery lasts normally during the day however I am observing a weird issue where when my phone reaches 15% battery warning. It discharges in few minutes which to me is counter intuitive.

I had phone for about a year. I normally last working day without needing to recharge with 50% left. But sometimes if I am using phone a lot it drops to less. I think problem is not with battery but rather with it discharging really fast after warning. It's as if some mechanism starts using more battery after the warning.

I haven't reset phone since I bought it. I don't frequently get to 15% level though, only noticed this behavior recently, and had phone for a while.

I use normal charging mode and not 'fast charging'.

UPDATE: I had a theory that it's 'power saving' mode that was causing this so I changed setting to switch to it at 5% from previous 15% then drained battery and observed and it didn't matter - once battery got to 15% it discharged to 7% in ~3 minutes.

I am sure it's happening to others, why does it discharge so fast? How do I fix it?


texts: Removing a contact from "Direct Share" panel

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I just migrated to Android 6.0 and the 'Share to' panel has a new grey area on top of the various apps in which it puts contacts that, I assume, you pin there. This would be a good feature, except a contact ended up there and I can find no way to remove it. Is there one?

Specifically, the contact seems to have been put there by the Messenger app but there is no way to alter its pinning from the app, either.


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My Galaxy S2 is less than a year old. The battery sucks! I have to charge it more than once a day.

Tonight, while on the charger, the battery life is actually going down. It's also way too hot to touch. Any inputs?


texts: I wish to use wifi network in my university but the network resides behind a proxy server. So, how do I set my proxy settings (requires authentication) on my HTC Dream G1 (Android 1.5)?


texts: How to recover data from a screen-bricked phone?

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Situation

I've got a Samsung Galaxy Fame with a broken touch screen. The owner had it protected with a pattern, and as I am unable to make this pattern with a broken screen, I cannot mount the storage in order to backup/recover data.

Some information:

Power, volume and home button are still working
I can get into recovery and download mode
The phone is stock (No custom/unlocked bootloder and no CWM)
USB-debugging is (unfortunately) disabled

What I've tried:

Connecting a mouse using OTG
Connecting to the phone using ADB
This did not work because I could not mount the sd card because I had no sudo permissions.
Using a magnet on the screen

I would like to refer to the following question that concerns the same problem but did not give me a solution:
Android ADB Shell Recovery Mounting


texts: How can I enable blue/red 3D for yt3d videos in the YouTube android app? I tried watching a yt3d-enabled video on my Nexus 7 but it just plays normally, with seemingly no way to enable 3D.


texts: How to backup protected apps for later use?

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I there any way i can backup the protected apps as apks as it is possible to backup free apps using the avilable backups apps for later use.

why i want this: I don't want to download the apps again to save bandwidth as i have other devices too(with same email).


texts: How to disable backlight buttons in MTK 6577 phone?

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I want to get in control of the backlight for my phone buttons (It is a Runbo X5, MTK6577 based).

According to some tutorials I found, I should edit the content of this file:

  /sys/class/leds/button-backlight

that is actually a link to this one:

  /sys/devices/platform/leds-mt65xx/leds/button-backlight/brightness

I "cat"ted the content of the file when the backlight was off and on, and I read values of 0 and 255 respectively.
So far, so good: that file must be involved somehow then.

Now, all the documentation I found (for instance this one) states that I should manually change that file content according to my will (for instance, 0 if you I the lights to be off), then making the file non-writeable; so that the system can't override the settings.

I did, and it did not worked. Now the file content is not overridden; it stays fixed to 0. However, the button keep getting lit as if nothing changed!

I have the feeling that "/sys/devices/platform/leds-mt65xx/leds/button-backlight/brightness" is just where the information about the backlight status is written but not where it is set, at least here on my unit (that is, a Runbo X5 phone).

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I really want to turn those darn lights off at night.

Thank you!


texts: Motorola Defy stuck in animation loop with CynogenMod7

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I have installed CynogenMod7 (Jordan) on my Motorola Defy using ClockworkMod Recovery.

The phone boots up, first with a screen saying "Google" and then an animation of the Android mascot skateboarding into a cyan circle with "Cyanogen7(mod)" appearing at the bottom.

The phone then goes into a loop of this animation - the mascot skateboards in, the circle and name appears - repeat.

I have been unable to enter "fastboot" mode (by pressing power button along with volume up+down keys). I did do a back-up of my previous ROM onto my SDCard.

What should I do to fix this?


texts: Suppress calendar audible reminders at night? (HTC M10)

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By default, when an all day event is set for, say, Tuesday, at 11:50 PM on Monday, your phone goes "ding" to remind you.

If you phone is your alarm clock, and by your bed, you have now been woken up in the middle of the night, for nothing.

How to control/manager?


texts: Is it possible to designate a Wi-FI SSID as metered "mobile network"?

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I am wondering if there is a method by which I can designate a WLAN/WiFi connection as "mobile network" based on its SSID for the sake data usage policies by apps or the Android system in general.

Typically when you have a data plan with your mobile provider, your phone's LTE (or  3G ...) modem will connect to the provider to enable you to have internet access.

Now if I am using a mobile LTE/WLAN router instead, my phone assumes that it's on an unmetered WiFi uplink and apps/the system will (mis)behave accordingly.

Is there a way to tell the system that when it connects to a particular SSID it should treat that as "mobile network" in regards to how apps may use data?

Phone: Samsung S9+ (SM-G965F), Android 9

NB: the settings from this answer don't exist on my phone.


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There seem to be many app-locking applications out there but I wonder what do they really do? I imagine there might be many solutions to app-locking, but is it possible to really prevent someone from accessing certain apps without modifying their code? Is it not possible to just run the app e.g. from terminal or something like that?

Note that I'm not asking about a very secure solution (e.g. I know that if the memory is not encrypted then you can read from hardware). I would just like to know if disabling all locks is not as simple as disabling e.g. Ultimate App Guard where you can press back button to go to the "locked" app.


texts: How to disable earphones mic and use a mobile mic

texts: Is there any way where one can disable the microphone of the earphone and use the phone's microphone with the earphone plugged in to the phone? Also I searched on the net and found that it is a common problem, unrelated to the type of earphones or the android phone one uses.


texts:
I have locked some of my apps using Application Lock. Does this only lock the individual applications or does it also add a layer of encryption on the application data?
Just for clarification, I'm talking about the in-built setting, not an external application to lock other applications.


texts: Need Data off of a Locked, Unrooted Nexus 5 Stuck on Pre-Android Logo Splash Animation

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Alright, this is a long shot, but I really would like to get my data off of my old, soft-bricked phone.

It's a Nexus 5 (running Android 6.0.1), which has never been unlocked or rooted. It gets stuck on the spinning circles that appear after the Google logo (the ones that normally become the Android wordmark). What I do have is USB debugging enabled, an authorized private key for that debugging, a Windows 7 system, access to a MacBook, and access to a variety of... hardware tools at my disposal. ADB commands work fine at whatever point in the boot process that it reaches (e.g. adb shell, logcat). Stock recovery also runs, for whatever good that is (apparently nothing; what's even the point of being able to "Mount /system"?).

I was simply scrolling through my miles-long Watch Later playlist in the official YouTube app when the system suddenly rebooted. When it finished rebooting, the (stock) launcher and Google Play Services would continuously crash unless in another app (only accessible via the middle/app history button). I brought it to my workstation intending to do diagnostics on it, but I must have hit the lock button or something on the way over, or it otherwise turned off on its own. Since then it has not made it past the aforementioned point in the boot sequence.

The logcat output I've retrieved is located here. I'm scared that it may be hardware, or at least a corrupt filesystem.

I've scoured the net and all resources I find talk about how to get data off when either having root, an unlocked bootloader, a system with a working UI and Activity Manager and Package Manager, or just a custom recovery. I have none of those things. Anything that does mention a situation similar to mine gives a single option: full data wipe caused by unlocking the bootloader.

While I accept that it was foolish of me for thinking stock would be "less risky" than custom, I remain optimistic that, if it actually is a software issue and not a hardware one, there may still be some way out there way of getting everything off of here. This is a device that's rocking a relatively outdated version of Android. I'm interested in any way I can get my data off here, even if it's more black hat than not.


texts: Can I build an APK from an installed app and its data?

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I would like to take an installed app, including its data, from a rooted Android device and produce from it an APK suitable for installing on a non-rooted Android device.

Is this possible?

Edit: Existing answers/comments seem to reinforce the idea that existing apps do not support embedding an app's data within an APK.  Perhaps the more fundamental question is,can an APK embed files destined for /data/data/[appname], or are they restricted to being self-contained when installed?

Notes:

I assumed that, if it were possible, this functionality would be built into an app such as Titanium Backup.  Titanium Backup can back up app+data to a single file, but that file is not an APK and can only be restored by Titanium Backup itself - which is no help for me as the destination device is not rooted and so cannot run TB.
Solutions that require use of the terminal on the phone or ADB are fine.

Thanks.


texts:
I want to copy a zero width space to the clipboard and paste it somewhere else, but after selecting all, the selecting handle thing doesn't pop up. I'm trying on chrome on this site.

Edit: no, I wouldn't want to do it with a character map


texts: How can I root the Samsung Galaxy S4? Phone model: GT-I9505


texts: Is it somehow possible to change the format of a telephone number being displayed?

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On my Samsung Galaxy S phone a local telephone number is displayed in the format 999-999-999.

Is it possible to change this format ?

Our local numbers are normally displayed as 99-999-99-99 , certainly the first two numbers are the area code.

Maybe is has to do with my language settings, because I used English as language.


texts: How to delete saved wifi information when them disconnected and disappeared in network list?

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My Android phone saved some wifi information and all those wifi is disconected and disappeared when I want to delete them.
Can I delete saved wifi information by clear specific built-in application data without rooted?
I try pm clear $(cmd package list packages |grep settings |sed s/package://) in the adb shell to clear following package:
com.android.tethersettings
com.android.wifisettings
com.android.providers.settings
com.android.bluetoothsettings
com.android.settings

Seem just nothing happen.


texts: Turn notifications on and off based on time periods

texts: Is there a way to configure Android to turn off notifications at a specific time and turn them on at a specific time? Pretty much I don't want to hear notifications at 3 AM from anyone or anything.


texts:
My exact problem is how to find out the sequence of saving files in the /sdcard/Camscanner/.images dirs in batch mode scanning. File names are a 192-bit sequence of alphabets and numbers, like these ones:

WUeQbMPF6d1garTRJMyU6TF3.jpg
CULJYQf0QJbM5PLJhEJVCKYW.jpg


texts: How do I delete an email in Gmail from the notification screen?

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The latest Gmail app update (26 MAR 2013) introduced a feature for devices running Android 4.1 (Jellybean) and higher wherein a user could directly archive / reply to an email from within the notification pull down.

The "What's New" section on the Play Store however also lists the ability to delete an email.

  Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and up:
  • Reply, archive or delete from notifications - no need to open the app

I'm running CyanogenMod 10.1 (Android 4.2.2) on my Samsung S2 i9100 and the options for Archive and Reply show up when I pull down the individual email notification but nothing for Delete shows up, even while in Landscape mode. Any ideas on how this can be implemented or a setting that I've missed to enable this functionality?


texts: Can Gear VR on Galaxy S8 be used for Daydream apps

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I have an S8, but not yet bought any VR accessory; and I know that Samsung recently added Daydream VR support to the phone. From what I've read, Daydream case is far simpler with most of the sensors in the phone; while Gear VR has sensors in the headset itself.

So it appears to me that other than the controllers, Gear VR headset in hardware terms should cover everything the Daydream headset does. If I buy the 2017 Gear VR (for the controller), will I also be able to view Daydream VR titles, and how will the different controller affect the compatibility?


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In android emulator adb shell I send the following command:

input text \!\$\#\?\%shelllllllooo

And result:

All same characters(exclude special like !?#$) been ignored.


texts: Is it possible getting ims services with invalid plmn?

texts: I don't know its right place to ask this question. My problem is that I wanna use invalid plmn for test purposes. (Like 001-001). But when I configure sim with this plmn my android device does not attempt to get ims services. I can change internet apn's settings then I can get internet with invalid plmn. Is there any way to change ims apn's settings? And is there any plmn validation for getting ims services. If so how can I handle this situation? Thanks in advance.


texts: How to disable popup/heads up notifications globally in Android 9 Pie?

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I recently upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 9 Pie installed. It has an annoying feature, each time I e.g. get a message via Telegram, a pop-up window appears over any other application I am currently using on top of the screen:

I want to disable that for all apps. I found this reddit answer:

  When you're in notification settings for an app, there's the label for
  the notification channel and the checkbox next to it. Checking the
  checkbox enables/disables notifications entirely. Tapping the label,
  as unintuitive as it is, brings you to the advanced settings where you
  can disable pop up/sound/vibrations.

If I go to e.g. Settings>Notifications>Telegram, I can tap each single chat and disable pop-ups. This is tedious, surely there is a global option to turn this invasive feature off?


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I have an ICS tablet with HDMI output. I want to use it as a media center connected to my TV, but it would be ideal if I could control it without having to go back and forth from the couch. I have a laptop and an android phone. I'm looking for suggestions on how to control the tablet remotely.

My ideal usage is being able to play videos, pause, select new media, watch online videos (youtube, vimeo, etc) and listen to music (hype machine, soundcloud, bandcamp, etc), as well as use music and video apps.


texts: How do I download PDF documents from Gmail?

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When I receive a PDF attachment, the Gmail app only gives the option to preview it, not download. It opens in the default PDF reader (I have Adobe's reader).

How can I save the PDF instead?


texts: How can I recover my photos from the Vault app when the phone is lost?

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I'm a Samsung Galaxy Grand user. I loaded photos to the Vault app without any problems. However, I  lost my phone.

What can I do to recover my photos?


texts: How to use an android phone as a wireless webcam?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I turn my Android device into a webcam?

Is it possible? It is possible with nokia symbian phone using an Motvik's app wwigo. I am wondering whether a similar app exists for android.


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My screen is cracked and I'm using an app called Vysor to be able to view the phone and to transfer files when my new phone comes in.
The problem I'm running into is that even though I'm in developer mode and I'm allowing usb debugging, the phone is not allowing Vysor to connect automatically and asks me to hit the "allow this app to connect" prompt. As the screen has deteriorated I cannot see that prompt anymore. If I revoke the permissions, I won't be able to see where to always allow next time I try and connect because the screen is hosed.
Is there a way to do this through the ADB command line, to revoke and then allow the app always? Or is there any other way to work with this?


texts: Why does TitaniumBackup not allow me to restore apps after upgrading to 4.3?

texts: After upgrading to 4.3 from a previous version (in my case 4.2), TitaniumBackup might exhibit a behavior where restoring apps does not work and the process just freezes on some devices, in this case a Galaxy Nexus phone. It seems that restoring app settings might work, but when restoring the actual apps this triggers the freeze. Restoring XML data like Wi-Fi hot spots also works.


texts: Phone becomes slow after updating to Jelly Bean

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My Samsung Galaxy Note-1 becomes very slow after updating it to Jelly bean...what should I do???
Please can any body help me??