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There's an old PDA/smartphone operating system named "Palm OS". It's included with PalmPilot, Palm, Visor, Tungsten, Zire, Treo, and Centro devices.

One of the apps which comes with a Palm OS device is called "Memo Pad" or "Memos". It synchronizes with desktop PIM software such as Palm Desktop or J-Pilot.

On my Palm Treo, in my Memos app, there are about 2200 memos. They're all plain text. Some of the memos hold dozens of kilobytes of text. In total, my MemosDB-PMem file is 6.5 megabytes. I still use the Memos app regularly.

I think I'd eventually like to migrate all memos over to Android.

Evernote is nice, but as Wikipedia writes: "The service has experienced several cases of losing customer data."

Also, the free version of Evernote for Android doesn't work so well during times when you're offline. It works better if you pay for a monthly Evernote Plus subscription.

Finally, I know that Evernote supports file attachments, voice memos, photos, and other bells and whistles. But I don't need these features.

I think I'd rather use Simplenote, which I hear works well for plain-text memos.

How can I migrate my Palm OS memos over to Simplenote?

[Edit: To learn about one possible solution, see my comment below.]


texts: Did factory reset, attempted to flash CWM using SP Flash Tools and fastboot but to no avail. How to unbrick Lenovo A316i than?

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Phone isn't mine, nephew got it bricked and doesn't know what was the  reason of it.

Well, phone shows some life, if booted in normal way logo appears (for some reason instead of "Lenovo for those who do" there is "Globe" text appears) and it probably indicates custom firmware, though I didn't found one with this name in internet. Now - list of what I can:

Can start device in normal way,  but it freezes on logo screen
Can enter the recovery mode, but it is stock version and capable of quite few things!
Can enter the diagnostics mode, but it's quite useless.
Can charge phone, related animation with battery shown whilst.
Can do something with ADB or fastboot, as Ubuntu recognizes device normally (I've set up /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules)
Can do something with SP Flash Tool 5.1532 (and probably older versions of 5.x, but I didn't try them).

Device is - Lenovo A316i, based on MediaTek MT6752, with Android 4.4.2.
PC: Ubuntu 14.04.1 x64

What I've tried:

To wipe all data and set settings to factory default - didn't change a thing
To change default Recovery with CWM Recovery using SP Flash Tool, but it freezes on red load bar, console output tells that COM Port is opened and program is waiting for something:

USB port is obtained. path name(/dev/ttyACM0), port name(/dev/ttyACM0)
USB port detected: /dev/ttyACM0
BROM connected
Downloading & Connecting to DA...
COM port is open. Trying to sync with the target...

This doesn't help much and doesn't hurt too;
To flash Recovery with fastboot tool, using command
"fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and here some bug appears too:

  sending 'recovery' (5394 KB)... OKAY [  0.252s] writing 'recovery'...
  FAILED (remote:  partition 'recovery' not support flash) finished.
  total time: 0.267s

I spent about 6 or 7 hours on it, reading tons of text and my head slowly started to melt, so I decided to ask about this to specialists.

Is there any way to upload firmware knowing there is no way to root it first since OS doesn't load, probably impossible to upload CWM Recovery tool, and there is fastboot mode which doesn't work properly?


texts: I haven't yet seen my exact question asked (but many close), so forgive me if it has been already answered. is it possible to duplicate an android display on a non pc, stand alone, powered display ? and if so, how ? and are there multiple ways ? thx


texts: Why do I need to turn on location services to pair with a Bluetooth device?

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Whenever I try to connect my Samsung Galaxy S6 with Android 6.0.1 to a Bluetooth enabled device, it tells me to enable "location services".

When I complained about this, the software vendor replied: "Recent updates to the Google Android API affecting Bluetooth LE technology requires location permissions to be granted in order to use the app."

I fail to see the need for this.

This discussion talks about this. The technical reference says the apps need to have certain permissions, not that location services be active.

  To access the hardware identifiers of nearby external devices via
  Bluetooth and Wi-Fi scans, your app must now have the
  ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION or ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION permissions

Question: Does this mean the software vendor's statement is incorrect?


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I absolutely can't push to /system/app/ using adb
on a rooted S4 with rw remounted filesystem.

adb says:
Read-only file system

Mounts:

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system /system ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata /data ext4 rw,seclabel,relatime,discard,journal_checksum,journal_async_commit,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0

Nothing helps! What is wrong? I can't use adb root, because it gives me:

adbd cannot run as root in production builds

I have following permissions:

drwxrwxrwx root     root              1971-01-17 12:49 /system
drwxrwxrwx root     root              1971-01-17 12:49 /system/app
drwxrwxrwx root     system            2014-10-28 14:15 /data
drwxrwxrwx shell    system            2014-10-28 15:02 /data/app

Now I just installed Cyanogenmod, but it doesn
t work either.


texts: Approaches for diagnosing input lag / performance problems

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Recently, my phone (A non-rooted Note 4) has begun to exhibit widespread performance problems.  All apps and interactions are affected: the UI pauses frequently and even lightweight soft keyboards (like Samsung's and Google's) struggle to accept my inputs, which are often delayed by 2-3 seconds.

There's clearly something wrong.  I'm not trying to fix this so much as I'm looking for a way to get insight into what it might be.

Before you flag as a duplicate -- after all, this question HAS been asked before -- please note that I'm not looking for the kinds of non-answers that have plagued similar questions, such as:

Suggestions as to what might be wrong without guidance on how to validate or eliminate the theory.  I know what might be wrong but I need to find a way to measure and understand what is actually wrong.
Tips and tricks for improving performance in general.  Yes, I could uninstall stuff, free up space, hard reset, or take any number of other measures that will speed things up incrementally or drastically.  But a spray-n-pray approach misses the point: this question seeks a rational approach for understanding what the right measure to take would be.
Pointers to task-killing, cleaning, or other meddlesome "management" type apps.  This is a clumsy and naive approach that represents a band-aid to the problem at best.

Diagnostic app suggestions are certainly welcome if they provide meaningful insight into resource usage, performance metrics, or other information that can be applied toward a larger diagnostic process.  But this question's goal is that process, or substantial components of it.

As an example, two components of this process would certainly be:

The Application Manager in Android settings has a running process list. This list would show if a single process running in the background was taking up a large amount of memory.
The 'logcat' command in ADB can be used to retrieve (massive) system logs, which may show error, warning, or info messages that expose  processes or services that are thrashing and reducing CPU availability and degrading UI responsiveness.

Beyond that, what else needs to be in one's toolbox in order to tackle this problem?


texts: Vysor app isn't working for chrome on windows 7

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I referred this site to install and run vysor app but it turns out that it needed a graphic card instead of using integrated graphic cards on my windows 7

there was solution on how come over this error

but that solution was only for the windows 10 users to turn on multiple displays and that option isn't available in windows 7
help me please


texts:
My nephew parents had bought their son a new tablet, and while I snooping around his device and checked about tablet's information, I saw under kernel version option, it has:

root@tom-desktop #116

Does this mean the seller has rooted the device?


texts: WiFi Connection problems Samsung Galaxy S3 mini

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 mini. The wi-fi is turned on and the phone is not detecting my Trendnet 3G router at home. All my other devices e.g. laptop and BlackBery's are connecting seamlessly with the router, but not the S3 mini. How do I ascertain that the phone's wifi is working correctly. There are no other routers in range to cross reference with those.


texts: Nexus one hack to work on 8500/1900 freqs

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I have a nexus one that (by default) does not support 8500/19000 3g frequencies.

That forces me to use EDGE or lower with my carrier.

The question is: Is this something that can be modified or is it a hardware limitation?

Note that I don't mind rooting the phone to get 3g support


texts: Using a cell phone to make calls without signing into Google account. Possible?

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I intend to close my Google account for personal reasons.  No part of it will I leave operable.
But, I use an Android phone.  I am not asking about Google apps here.  I am asking if the phone will still work for making phone calls.  Mind you if I have it my way there will be no Google account for me to login to.
I am dumping Google in it's entirety.


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Can I remove icon for this from my start up screen? Am using android 4.1.1 on asus transformer'prime tf201.
Also can I make firefox my default with an icon on start up screen?


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I'm currently using the Android Smartphone Management Software Moborobo and was amazed of what it can do. But I noticed that everytime I send a SMS, the time in my message is not synchronized to the one either in my PC or in my smartphone.

Please help, Thanks! :)


texts: Translation issue MS Exchange and Samsung Tab 2 10.1

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I recently purchased a Samsung tab 2 10.1.  Everything seems to be working fine except that it does not properly sync with Outlook calendar and contacts -- the text on the notes section of both the calendar and contacts do not translate properly in Samsung Galaxy.  This is what I see:

<meta name="Generator" content=Microsoft Exchange Server">

Another instance of this infamous HTML code that shows up:

<meta name=”Generator” content=”Microsoft Exchange Server”>

Monday, January 11, 2010 3:53 PM:

Other devices like Motorola Droid4, Palm and iPhone have no problem syncing with the exchange.  It's just this Samsung tablet that can't seem to sync properly.  I called Samsung, Verizon and our Exchange server specialist.  Samsung and Verizon asked me to do a factory reset.  The problem not solved.  I got a new Samsung unit, the problem remained.  No one seems to know what, why and how.  Can anyone help me?

Thank you.


texts: Windows cannot detect the Galaxy S I9000 when connected through USB

texts: When I connect my Galaxy SI900 with the PC, I get the message, "A USB device connected cannot be recognised". I reinstalled drivers on the PC and it resintalled Kies. Thses didn't resolve the problem. Any suggestions.


texts: Galaxy Nexus going into Airplane mode on its own

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Sometimes I will notice that my phone has no signal and if I hold the power button down it will tell me it is in airplane mode.  To fix it I need to reboot the phone.

Clicking the airplane mode option once, waiting and clicking it again will fix it but often not.  While in this mode wi-fi continues to work fine, just connectivity to the phone network is gone.

This is a pain because I could be missing calls etc while this is going on.

If the phone is put into airplane mode by me I get the little plane icon.  This does not happen when it goes into airplane mode on its own.


texts: I would like to have 2 separate gmail calendars, one for work and one for personal.  I have 2 different gmail accounts but I can only find how to sync them together instead of going back and forth between.  Is it possible to keep them separate but both still visible on my phone?


texts: Home shortcut on Apple bluetooth keyboard

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I'm using an Apple Bluetooth keyboard with my Android 7.0 tablet. The software keyboard I'm using is Swiftkey. I use Swiftkey because it's one of only two keyboards capable of typing the Maltese language (the other being Multiling keyboard). There's no Maltese layout in Android.

Everything works fine, but I cannot find a shortcut to go to the Home screen. I've searched on the web and most sites suggested that the Esc key should do that, but in my case it functions as a Back button.

I tried Fn + Esc, Cmd + Esc, Alt + Esc, Ctrl + Esc to no avail.

Any suggestions?


texts:
I successfully installed Lookout but when I try to open it it says "Unfortunately Lookout, has stopped. I tried reinstalling it. I can see it running in the notification bar e.g. it says it has finished scanning apps
What can I do to use it?


texts: How to stop apps from asking permission about learning contacts?

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I've been getting an overlay notification on many apps (Textra, Dropbox, Instagram, others) whenever I try to exit out of it (usually hitting the back button). The notification text is:

  Did you know?

  We can learn your contacts and give you the choice to quickly contact your friends. We just need your permission first

  Never |  Maybe Later | Cool!

[Edit - screenshot: https://prnt.sc/iklfbt ]

I hit "Never" every single time, but apparently the word "never" has lost something in translation since it comes up repeatedly.

I've searched Google and found no reference to this message.

How do I get it to stop?


texts: How to switch(not only on or off) the mobile data and wifi using adb?

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First main question:
is it possible to switch(not only on or off) the state of the mobile data and wifi using adb?
(for example for wifi: if you don't know the state of the wifi now. you send several commands and then you are sure that the wifi state changed.)
if this is not possible then the question is how to find out the state of wifi and mobile data using adb?
second:
is it possible to switch the state of the wifi-hotspot and the usb-modem via abd?
what can I do:
I'm use
adb shell svc data enable/disable
adb shell svc wifi enable/disable

To turn on/of wifi and mobile data. But I don't know a way to switch the state with one command like "adb shell svc data toggle". Maybe there is a command that returns the state of the Wi-Fi or mobile data? Like adb shell svc data state. and it returns "on" or "off".
is there a way to switch it when the phone is locked?
I also use such commands to switch the wifi-hotspot and usb-modem
(unlike first two commands above the screen may be off, but the phone must be unlocked):
adb shell am start -n com.android.settings/.TetherSettings
adb shell input keyevent 20
adb shell input keyevent 20
adb shell input keyevent 20
adb shell input keyevent 66

first line opens the settings page. keyevent 20 - simulates key press down, keyevent 66 - enter. it's for usb-modem. for wifi-hotspot i use same first line,key20 key66 key20 key66.
i have samsung a50(android 10) and ubuntu 20. the modem state switching bash script is located at /usr/local/bin so I can run it from the console just by writing the filename.


texts: How to transfer SMS message store to new phone which does not have an SD card

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I backup and restore SMS Messages?

There have been many duplicate questions asking about transferring SMS messages from one Android phone to another. The agreed answer recommended using SMS Backup & Restore.

However, it involves the use of an SD card.

My old HTC T-Mobile G2 has an SD card. The new Samsung Galaxy Nexus does not have an SD card slot.

Can I transfer the message store through USB mass storage on a computer? I have access to Windows, Mac and Linux boxes and will use whichever is easiest.


texts: how to connect blue yeti mic to galaxy nexus

texts: I'd like to use the blue yeti as audio input for recording video on the galaxy nexus. How can I achieve this? I know thus far that I need a USB otg cable, but when I plugged it in it didn't seem to be recognized. I'm running android jelly bean 4.2 and am using stock camera app for video recording.


texts: How to get back pattern lock with Exchange/ActiveSync account?

texts:
I have added an Exchange/ActiveSync email account to my Android phone. This required me to set the email application as a device administrator so that ActiveSync can control certain features of my phone.
One of the controlled features is the way I can unlock my phone (from the lockscreen). Exchange seems to limit me to the "PIN" and "Password" options. But I prefer to use a pattern lock.

Please note that I have administrative access to the domain in which the Exchange server is running and I would like to control this behaviour from the server side. I do NOT want to circumvent restrictions on my device.

I have already created a new ActiveSync profile (which doesn't enforce any password restrictions) for my user account, but it doesn't seem to affect the issue. It seems like ActiveSync in general restricts me to a password/PIN unlock and the profile can just control the complexity rules for those.

I realize this isn't really an Android issue, but I assumed this would be the best place to ask.

Update: Please note that this seems to be a new feature introduced with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). When I was using Android 2.3, I was able to use pattern lock just fine.


texts: Support for Ultra High Speed MicroSD cards

texts:
I am going to buy a new MicroSD card for my Motorola Milestone. The phone has Cyanogenmod 7. The upper limit as told by the manufacturer is 32GB, and because they got cheaper now, I'm going to buy the maximum possible. However, there are those new types of cards called “Ultra High Speed” which, I believe, weren't available when the phone came out.

Questions: Will those cards work with my device? Do they need any special support from the OS? Will I benefit from extra speed?


texts: Can I use different countries version of the Play Store on different accounts?

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I recently moved abroad and I need to change the country of my Play Store (for mobile/banking apps), I also need to keep the apps from my home country.

Can I use two different Android accounts (with two different Google account) each with their own countries? Will they interfere with each other?

Thanks.


texts: Transfering app data to other android device

texts:
I have lot of data written by ColorNote application. Now I installed the ColorNote in other Android device, too.

Now, how to copy my ColorNote data to from the original device to that device (with the fresh installation of ColorNote)?

I don't know where ColorNote writes data written by its user :-(


texts: My RedMi phone is facing lots of problems!

texts: When I recharge my Xiaomi Redmi phone with some data balance, it shows speeds like 720 MBps and my data balance gets over really fast. Plus the data also gets switched on itself and the balance gets over in addition with lots of disapproving ads. I tried factory resetting two times but even then the phone displays lots of bad apps which were not there at the beginning and the data gets switched on by itself and phone hangs. I didn't use any of those bad apps nor have i ever browsed them in my web browser. It's totally not my fault. Please help!!!


texts: How can I allocate more than 1024 MB of RAM to an Android Virtual Device?

texts:
I want to work with 1024MB or higher RAM sizes but when I try to start my Virtual Device it is giving the error:

Failed to allocate memory: 8

I researched many thing about this issue;

Some releated solutions are;

Manually change the AVD's .ini files etc.
Run emulator as Administrator
Run from commant line

All of them did not work for me.

My system is:

64bit Windows 7
i7 3610QM CPU
8GB RAM
2GB Graphic card

Android 4.2 is the version that I am trying to use.


texts: My default voicemail number somehow changed to *74274, which gives an error message. How do I switch it back to *86?

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At some point during the past 2 months the drag-down default voicemail number on my Droid X inexplicably changed from *86 to *74274 - a number that returns the pre-recorded message: "Your feature update could not be completed."

How do I change the default voicemail number back to *86?


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My wife and I just bought new android phones for the first time, and are new to the google play store, and I am wondering the best way to manage app store purchases.

Occasionally I'd like to have an app that she has purchased and vice-verse.

Currently we both to manage our own google ids on each devices and make separate purchases on each id.

In the event I wanted both devices to have the same purchased app, is it advisable to switch the google account in google play store, install the app in question, and then log back in with the primary google account? Will this mess with anything important? Will updates still work, etc?


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(I just updated my post to clarify my questions. Hope that can help to make myself clearer.)

My phone is Kyocera Hydro Icon with Android 4.3.

The website where I bought the phone says

  Memory

  Internal: 8GB, 1.5GB RAM

The 1.5GB RAM isn't part of the 8GB "internal", correct?
On my phone, I go to Settings -> Device -> Storage which says:

Are "internal storage" and "phone" two partitions (and thus two file systems)? If yes, what are their mounting points (directories), or how can I find out their mounting points?

Both "internal storage" and "phone" store "Apps (app data & media ...)". What are the differences between the apps stored on the two places?

Where are the firmware and OS (Android) stored in my phone, "internal storage", "phone", or somewhere else?

The total space of "internal storage" is 4.42GB, and the total space of "phone" is 1GB. But the website says I have 8GB "internal".
Is it correct that there are still 8 - 4.42 - 1 = 2.58GB left?
Has the remaining 2.58GB been used to store some files? If yes, what files are stored there, or how can I find it out?
Is the remaining 2.58GB a partition (and thus a file system)? What is or how can I find out its mounting point?
Output of Diskinfo (under the expert setting, unmounted and other partitions checked)

The sum of the listed partitions' sizes is (800+643)MB + 4.5GB + 1GB = 1.41GB + 4.5GB + 1GB = 6.91GB, which is still smaller than 8GB "internal" given by the shopping website.
Output of df

 $ df
Filesystem               Size     Used     Free   Blksize
/dev                   672.6M   128.0K   672.5M   4096
/sys/fs/cgroup         672.6M    12.0K   672.6M   4096
/mnt/asec              672.6M     0.0K   672.6M   4096
/mnt/obb               672.6M     0.0K   672.6M   4096
/system                786.5M   768.0M    18.5M   4096
/data                    4.4G     3.6G   802.9M   4096
/cache                 632.1M    25.7M   606.4M   4096
/persist                 7.8M     4.8M     3.0M   4096
/firmware               64.0M    56.9M     7.1M   16384
/sysprop                 7.8M     6.0M     1.9M   4096
/carrier                19.6M     4.0M    15.6M   4096
/mnt/media_rw/sdcard0: Permission denied
/mnt/secure/asec: Permission denied
/storage/sdcard0         1.9G   170.4M     1.7G   32768
/mnt/media_rw/sdcard1: Permission denied
/storage/sdcard1      1023.7M   825.6M   198.1M   16384

The sum of the file systems' sizes is (672.6*4 + 786.5 + 632.1 + 7.8*2 + 64 + 19.6 + 1023.7)MB + 4.4GB = 5.11GB + 4.4GB= 9.51GB (note I convert from a MB value to a GB value by dividing MB value by 1024. I also didn't add /storage/sdcard0 into the sum , which is for the external SD card). It is greater than 8GB "internal" shown by the shopping website. Why is that?

The sizes of /system, /cache and /data given by df are 786.5M, 632.1M and 4.4G, while the sizes of System,  Cache and Data (userdata) given by Diskinfo are 800MB, 643MB and 4.5GB. why do they not match? (The size of /storage/sdcard1 given by df and the size of SD card (internalstorage) given by Diskinfo match. )

Thanks.


texts: Stagefright security issue: what can a regular user do to mitigate the issue without a patch?

texts:
There appears to be a giant security vulnerability with Android that seems to basically affect all phones. PC World wrote:

The vast majority of Android phones can be hacked by sending them a specially crafted multimedia message (MMS), a security researcher [Joshua Drake] has found.
...
Drake found multiple vulnerabilities in a core Android component called Stagefright that’s used to process, play and record multimedia files. Some of the flaws allow for remote code execution and can be triggered when receiving an MMS message, downloading a specially crafted video file through the browser or opening a Web page with embedded multimedia content.
...
The MMS attack vector is the scariest of all because it doesn’t require any interaction from the user; the phone just needs to receive a malicious message.
For example, the attacker could send the malicious MMS when the victim is sleeping and the phone’s ringer is silenced, Drake said. After exploitation the message can be deleted, so the victim will never even know that his phone was hacked, he said.

What can a regular user do to mitigate the issue? Disable Google Hangouts?


texts: Galaxy Nexus 6:30 minutes to copy 128MB over WiFi, is it normal?

texts:
I use the Galaxy Nexus GT-I9250 and the WiFi is very slow, I copied a video (128MB) from my computer and it completed in 6:30 minutes, is that normal? It seems slower than over 3G.
I used ES File Explorer to copy and I was logged in with the Windows User/pass.


texts: Samsung galaxy s2 (i9100) part of touchscreen unresponsive

texts:
Just about week ago my phone started to randomly ghostclick in certain parts of touchscreen, so i started to debug issue and came to conclusion that part of touchscreen has became unresponsive and also phone sometimes click on those unresponsive areas by himself.

Here is affected areas:

As you can see the two vertical areas are unresponsive.
Top part of screen is okay (that's why i did not include).

Anyone has encountered such problem?
I have tried, full wipes and different ROM's nothing fixed problem.

Should i consult some sort of mobile technician?


texts: Android Pie keep reinstalling Google Chrome even disabled

texts:
I've got Brave as my primary browser for my LG V30 (H93230d) running on Android Pie several months ago with Chrome disabled in my settings.

However recently I started to see Chrome appearing in my app drawer with latest version installed even it was previously disabled with Don't auto-update apps preference in Play Store.

I tried to disable it and force stop but the issue returns after several days. Any idea how to prevent Chrome to update/install automatically?


texts:
I need a TTS program to read my PDF files. I tried several programs, but all convert PDF to raw text, then read it. My PDF files have lots of pictures and designs, and I need to look at the PDF file when the TTS program is reading the text.

Is there any TTS program to read a PDF file when viewing the original PDF?


texts: Can't open Market application after updating my Samsung Galaxy Tab

texts:
Just updated firmware for my Samsung Galaxy Tablet.

Now I can't enter Market application. When I click the Market application icon, I get this message "Application not installed". And update was completed successfully with Kies.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I backup and restore SMS Messages?

Is it possible to move/backup txt/sms message from my phone to my PC?  I have Android 2.2  If this could be done via a usb cable, that would be ideal.


texts: What information is available to an app from the magnetometer?

texts: I would like to know what other functionality is provided by the magnetometer inside android devices besides allowing applications to display a compass. Can an app do anything else with it besides display compass functionality?


texts: Any way to flash a custom rom without twrp recovery?( It doesn't work on my device)

texts:
I am trying to root my Galaxy Note 10.1 (sm P605). I've already upgraded the firmware with odin and flashed twrp with odin as well. Now after flashing twrp it boots normally then I switched it off and tried entering recovery mode. It shows me 'Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing'. Now after getting this error multiple times I flashed the twrp again with auto reboot unchecked in odin. I keep getting the error again
I followed some steps on the XDA forum for this device and it said uncheck auto reboot but that I've already tried. I tried kingsroot but it just doesn't work as well.


texts: Apps are continuously getting crashed one after the other

texts:
My android phone (Motorola moto g) is behaving weird from few days. After successful boot of the phone, all the apps in the phone started crashing. I only see "unfortunately some-app is stopped working" message in the middle of the screen. I don't have any way other than to tap on "ok", doing this the same message appears again.

When I try to factory reset phone from boot menu, the phone reboots automatically. If I connect the phone to a computer using USB the device is not getting recognized by the computer.

I am not sure on how to solve this issue or factory reset the phone. Please let me know alternatives you have to solve this issue.

The screenshot of fastboot screen:


texts: How do I install OS in Andriod phone without using fastboot and TWRP?

texts:
I've tried to upgrade the rom in MOTO G4 Plus using TWRP version of 3.2.1.0 and during installation process I wiped out the existing android 7.0.1 without backup(understood the cost of backups now). As I faced error while installing android 9.0.1 with error 255 code because of TWRP some upgrade issue couldn't complete the installation process successfully.

I tried multiple ways to upgrade TWRP which was not successful and even fastboot commands aren't working now. Whenever I try fastboot + combinational command like devices and etc it goes into an infinite loop with an error code iterator not found. After a good amount of search found about ADB and happily can connect to my device using ADB now. Then started trying with multiple options like adb side load after reading multiple forum answers and posts I did pushed a rom to scared/data/media after reading this forum NEED HELP: Accidentally deleted OS in TWRP/Cant install Rom which was successfully pushed but didn't do any thing nor I couldn't understand what to do after pushing it.

Then started search again to install stock rom in any different ways before coming here and stumbled at this question which is similar did read the question and included forum post in it to go start the process when I did download stock rom stock rom download couldn't find any flashall.sh file to start the process

Now I'm stuck and couldn't find better place to find a working solution for this situation. Can somebody help me? What can I do while my phone is in this state?


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I have Android 4.2.2, Nexus 4 and I would like to setup an adhoc network. Firstly I rooted the device, secondly I tried to create an adhoc network in Android phone: I create an adhoc network in an Android smartphone like below:

shell@android:/ # ip link set dev wlan0 down
shell@android:/ # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
shell@android:/ # iwconfig wlan0 channel 6
shell@android:/ # iwconfig wlan0 essid 'Test1'
shell@android:/ # ip link set dev wlan0 up
shell@android:/ # ifconfig wlan0 192.168.65.129

when I typed iwconfig wlan0: the result is:

Qcom:802.11n ESSID:"Test1"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.437 GHz Cell: 02:82:5F:C1:4B:C1
Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=0 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=8000 B
Encryption key:off

Secondly, in my laptop, I could see "Test1", so I connected to "Test1" and I configured a static ip address 192.168.65.128. In this case, the smartphone created the ad hoc network and my laptop joined it, then I can ping from my laptop to mobile and vice-versa.

However,in other case when my laptop creates the ad hoc network and later in an Android mobile, I tried to join it :

shell@android:/ # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
shell@android:/ # iwconfig wlan0 channel 6
shell@android:/ # iwconfig wlan0 essid 'Test1'

But, when I type iwconfig wlan0, ESSID is still off/any.

Qcom:802.11n ESSID:off/any
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.437 GHz Cell: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=0 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=8000 B
Encryption key:off

It seems that an Android mobile can create an adhoc network but can not join an existing one. I found the same result when I tried to setup adhoc network between two Android mobiles. Can anybody tell me what is wrong here, and if there is any possible solution, I tried many methods to setup an adhoc network in Android, and only this method seems to work, but there's still something wrong that prevents an Android phone from joining an existing adhoc network.


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Some days ago I updated my phone to marshmallow, but after the discovery of some bugs I would return back to the previous version.
The problem is that when the phone start flashing the old android version something goes wrong and the installation aborts.
So, is it possible that this android version doesn't permit me to return back to previous ones?


texts: Market not working on droid 2 with 2.3.3 after factory reset

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I did a factory reset on the phone, to switch to a different email account. Since it's cell service contract expired a while ago, I used this to bypass activation and get to the home screen, then connected my google account. Before the reset, I had the google play app, and had used it without a problem. Now it's gone, replaced by the Market app.

Whenever I try to open the Market app, it sends me to a web page with the google Play TOS, but no "Accept" button. How do I update to the google Play app?

EDIT

Nevermind, my phone seems to have re-installed all of the apps from before it's reset, including google Play.


texts: Let's say I have a number in my country and WhatsApp account associated with it. I want to travel far away, where roaming would be ridiculously expensive. Is it possible that I can buy a SIM card local to that country I choose to travel to, and still be able to use my home country's WhatsApp number?


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I'm trying to check my historical data usage on my OnePlus 6 (OxygenOS 9.0.6).

I used to be able to go to the Data Usage settings and use a drop-down list at the top to select different time periods, but trying this just now it only shows me the usage since the start of my current billing cycle, with no option to show any other period.

This is not the behaviour I was expecting, so I wonder if this specific to Android Pie on my OnePlus 7, or has Android Pie (or earlier) removed the ability to display data usage history.

Noticing that my billing cycle start date was wrong, I corrected it and found that the usage data shown now goes back to the start of the new billing cycle start date, so obviously it stores more data than is displays.

If more history is still recorded somewhere, how can I get access to it, and how far back would the history go? I'm comfortable with using adb if necessary.

My device is not rooted, nor can it be, but I'm comfortable with using ADB if necessary.


texts: Sony Smartwatch compatibility with regular headsets

texts: I bought a Sony Smartwatch and I wonder if it can be used with any bluetooth headset to take the calls. I know there is a Smart Wireless Headset pro but it costs almost as much as the watch. Can I use the smartwatch with a regular bluetooth headset like Samsung HM1200?


texts: Pixel Launcher crashing due to missing STATUS_BAR and MANAGE_ACTIVITY_STACKS permissions

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I'm running LineageOS 16 on a OnePlus 3T. Whenever I try to open the Pixel Launcher, it crashes. In adb logcat, I saw the following lines that looked relevant:

05-25 16:13:31.293 16356 16356 W TaskStackChangeListeners: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: registerTaskStackListener() from pid=16356, uid=10003 requires android.permission.MANAGE_ACTIVITY_STACKS
05-25 16:13:31.476 16356 16356 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resume activity {com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher/com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher.NexusLauncherActivity}: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: setShelfHeight() from pid=16356, uid=10003 requires android.permission.STATUS_BAR

I tried running these commands to fix the problem:

adb shell pm grant com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher android.permission.MANAGE_ACTIVITY_STACKS
adb shell pm grant com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher android.permission.STATUS_BAR

However, they failed:

java.lang.SecurityException: Package com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher has not requested permission android.permission.MANAGE_ACTIVITY_STACKS
java.lang.SecurityException: Package com.google.android.apps.nexuslauncher has not requested permission android.permission.STATUS_BAR

I searched for this and found a post on XDA with someone having the same problem: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/pa-gapps-continuation-t3098071/post77695616#post77695616

Responses weren't very useful though. They basically boiled down to "your ROM is broken; ask your ROM developer to fix it."

So how can I fix this crash?


texts: I share my phone at home and I know sometimes some of my WhatsApp messages are deleted from my chat history. Sometimes I end up dieting some videos from WhatsApp myself due to lack of space on the device. I would like to know whether it is possible to perform an incremental backup to Google Drive, so that I can restore a video or part of a chat from any date in case I decide to delete it locally and the standard WhatsApp backup to Google Drive deletes this part. Thanks.


texts: How to launch app when phone is connected to a specific Qi wireless charger?

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I have a Qi charger in my car and I wanted that my phone launched the dash cam app when the phone starts charging on this base.
Is there any API to detect the ID of the Qi charger? Besides the API, is there any way to generate an event when the phone starts charging?


texts: Is there a way to know when updating an app will wind up in it being deleted?

texts: When I update apps sometimes that get deleted. Can I know when an app is going to be removed if chosen to be updated (so that I would know not to update it)?


texts: How can I get daydream mode to remain active throughout the night when using the wireless charger?

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Daydream mode is working as it should on a stock Nexus 4 4.2 device using the wireless charger however after a period of time daydream mode will shut off and put the screen in to sleep mode. This is not very conducive to being used as a clock in the middle of the night and thus I need to determine how I can get it to remain active throughout the evening, for an indeterminate amount of time.

I believe this is occurring after the phone reaches a certain charge, power delivery is suspended at which time once the sleep threshold is reached the phone will turn off, unless charging resumes. I could in theory set the sleep time to 30 minutes but would prefer a more elegant option.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 camera light keeps flashing

texts:
Ever since I updated the software on my Galaxy S3 the camera light flashes randomly all day, it also flashes when my alarm goes off.

I cannot find anywhere in my settings how to disable this annoying light. My flash notification is not checked off. Please help!


texts:
I have a strange problem and I am not sure how to debug this.

My Android phone (OnePlus One, Android 5.1) is connected to my WiFi (FritzBox 7490) at home. Everything works fine except connections to my own server which is used for ownCloud, e-mails, and other services. Every connection attempt results in a timeout, regardless of the service used (HTTP, HTTPS, IMAPS).

The first attempt to find the cause for this was to try other devices in the same WiFi network. And yes, every one of them is able to establish the connections. However, if I try to connect with my OnePlus One using another WiFi or mobile data, connections are also possible.

So now I am in a bad position. The manufacturer of my WiFi router says "Other devices are working, it must be the fault of your phone.". And I already hear CM developers say "Other WiFi APs or mobile data works, it has to be your WiFi router".

My last attempt was to reset both the phone and the router to factory settings, without any luck.

Does anyone has a clue about how to debug this kind of problem?


texts: On my Android Gingerbread device (keep in mind that it is the pratically extinct Walkman, which is basically Android's attempt at a iPod) my wifi keeps on going white, and when it happens I can't use Text+ and stuff like that. I have no idea why, but it keeps on doing that. When its green though, it lets me go on it. It toggles from normal connection to only games, basically. Anyone know why my wifi won't work?


texts: How can I verify that a widget updates only when it's visible?

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I've installed a task manager widget that shows me the amount of free memory I currently have in the icon of the widget. When I look at it it updates every ~3 seconds, so it definitely drains some battery and consumes some memory when it's active and updating.

I want to make sure it doesn't update when the widget is invisible:

When screen is turned off.
When another app is running.
When widget is placed on another (invisible) home screen tab.

How can I check whether the widget updates only when it's visible or even when it's invisible?


texts:
I am learning about networking, specifically the data link to session layers. I have an extra android phone I have been learning with on various things, and I am at the point where the application framework layer is simply using other references to really 'do the work' of listening and handling wifi data. I am willing to code with android studio's NDK, or even use the uncompiled kernal code. However, I just need to know where should I look to see the inner workings of how android receives and handles wifi data?
I think what I would like to do as a test project is set up a 'mobile hot spot' that grabs wifi data and sends it to my router. Any help would be appreciated; thanks!


texts: Integrating CalDav event sources with Outlook in the Calendar application

texts:
My calendar is a conglomerate of different event sources (personal, work, etc). I bring them together using the CalDav standard - on Android using the DAVdroid application.

There is however an event source that does not support CalDav natively: Outlook. On PCs this is easily manageable with a programme like DavMail, that serves as a gateway to Outlook, providing a CalDav interface.

I would like to do something similar on Android in order to integrate CalDav event sources with Outlook in the Calendar application. Which method(s) could achieve this goal?


texts: How do you extract the boot.img from a samsung g4?

texts:
I don't image the adb command is able to access that sector of the device but for the record, when I connect, I can see the device but

C:\Users\Brad2\Downloads\adbUnzip2Cdrive\adb>adb kill-server

C:\Users\Brad2\Downloads\adbUnzip2Cdrive\adb>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

51cfe754        offline

I can connect to the device with Odin in download mode, but I do not see a 'pull' or extract feature on Odin, only push.

What is the trick to extracting the boot files from the device?
All drivers and sdks are installed and using the current adb.


texts: Upgrade Sony Xperia M Dual C2005 to Lollipop CM12

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want to upgrade my Android OS from Jellybean 4.3 to Lollipop but unfortunately Sony has ended it's support for my phone, Sony Xperia M Dual-SIM C2005. I've searched in google about Sony Xperia M upgrade to Lollipop but the result always for single-SIM. My question is can I still upgrade my phone (Sony Xperia M Dual C2005)? If I can, how? Do I have to format all internal memory and can't be backed up?

Thanks


texts: Encryption of offline mail, calendar, contacts data on Android

texts:
I'm very new to Android and I wonder what I can do in terms of encryption.

As I read it seems that only Android >= 2.3.3 supports encryption but my new device will be running Android 2.3.1. So I think there's no native solution to encrypt offline mail, calendar and contact data.

What solutions are there to protect my offline data?

Is it possible to encrypt the folders belonging to mail, calendar, contact? Decrypting should always happen when the screen is not lcoked.

Any ideas?


texts: If we install the apk outside the Play Store, does it affect Google Play statistics?


texts: Why i am not able to open my archieved chats?

texts: My archieved whatsApp messages not opening at all. I am not able to click it and open it(convert)


texts: App drawer doesn't allow scrolling by letter on Android M Dev Preview 3

texts:
I just flashed the newest Dev Preview of Marshmallow, but I found the App Drawer looks different than most screenshots.

Mine:

Screenshots:

Is there a setting I need to set?


texts:
I have a new HTC Desire S in the UK unlocked from Amazon running Android 2.3.3 and HTC Sense 2.1.

When I charge the phone the touchscreen is non responsive. I have tried changing Settings > Applications > Development > Stay Awake (screen will never sleep whilst charging) but this makes no difference.

The touch screen does not respond, whether the phone is dark, lit up looking for my lock pattern, or unlocked and on the home page.

If it is charging and I press the power button the screen will wake up, but still the touchscreen is disabled completely.

Hopefully I have been clear that this is not solved by the "stay awake" function (seen elsewhere).

So, in summary, when charging the touchscreen is completely disabled and changing the "stay awake" checkbox makes no difference.

Any other ideas welcome.

THANKS IN ADVANCE.


texts: I recently lost my phone with WhatsApp on it. Is it possible someones else is using my WhatsApp?

texts: I lost my phone and had to lock & cancel the phone (deactivate the number). I've been able to notify many who are contacts in my WhatsApp. Some of those contacts say they still see me "online" or having a recent "time stamp" but I haven't accessed my WhatsApp from my computer since I don't have my phone (or a new phone yet). Is someone else using my WhatsApp?


texts: Does charging a phone with another phone's charger affect it in any way?

texts: I have a Samsung S4 and because its charger is short I charge it with a Samsung Wonder charger. I am afraid that it can damage the battery or something. Will it?


texts:
I have a google drive backup for my whatsapp, and I think it also includes media (Photos). But my phone is also filled with whatsapp photos and I want to backup it to google photos, Now I am confused as how the restore will work in case I lost my phone, will I only backup from google drive and it will include all the media? or will I have to synch it with google photos as well.?
please help
sorry for my poor language as I am not native speaker
Thank you


texts: Device confusing internal storage with external storage

texts:
Ok! I'm going to try my best to explain this but it will be hard because it's sort of confusing. It's confusing to me in the least so it's hard for me to explain.

Device: Proscan PLT1066

Andriod Version: 4.1 Jelly Bean

A few statements:

My device is showing two internal storages but there is only one.
My device is reading a SD card but I have no SD card mounted in the device.
When mounting my SD card into the device it reads it but it doesn't?

I have two Apps installed.

ES File Explorer
Google Play Games

My ES File Explorer shows only one SD card that is named sdcard0.

sdcard0 - 108.15 MB/4.79 GB

My Apps in my system settings show:

Downloaded - Internal Storage - 752 MB used - 130 MB free
ON SD CARD - SD card storage 108 MB Used - 4.7GB free

What I have posted above is all before I mount my 16GB SD card. After I mount my 16GB SD card it doesn't change much. It shows that the SD card is mounted and how much space it has but once I go back into my App settings it still says

ON SD CARD - SD card storage 108 MB Used - 4.7GB free.

Also when I go into my ES File Explorer it shows the SD card and it is named external_sdcard.

ES File shows: external_sdcard - 8.00 KB/14.71 GB

It's clearly able to read my SD card. Both the device and ES File Explorer can see the SD card perfectly and can read the amount of space I have on the SD card.

Except I can't use the SD card. When I'm try to install an app I get an error "Insufficient Storage". By the amount of space the device has and the amount of space my SD card has I'm pretty sure I have enough storage space to download just about any game. Yet, it won't let me download anything.

I guess to make it simple. There is one internal storage on my device but it's reading two and has mistaken one for the SD card. My device can read that there is a SD card mounted when there is not and when I actually mount one it won't use it.

Any help into solving this is greatly appreciated. If you need any more info feel free to ask and I'll answer as fast as I can.

Note: I would provide more images but I'm limited on how many I can post.


texts: Why to create and use a Samsung account (on a brand-new S4 mini)?

texts: Are there any real benefits of (creating and) using a Samsung account? Or is Samsung just offering inferior services (e.g. "synch") in an effort to deepen its marketing clout?


texts:
RedPhone and TextSecure was migrated to Signal, but I'm a little bit worried about all the permissions Signal app requires. Why does signal require ex. location and calendar? I have tried to search for it, but cannot find any information about it.

Signal Private Messager required permissions:

Device & app history // Identity // Calendar // Contacts // Location // SMS // Phone // Photos/Media/Files // Storage // Camera // Microphone // Wi-Fi connection information // Device ID & call information // In addition to «Other» permissions.

Can anyone explain to me why this app needs so much permission?


texts: How does Avast Anti-theft Survive a hard reset

texts:
So, I came across Avast Anti-theft a few days ago, they flaunt a feature of surviving a factory reset, how is this possible without having root access ?

I looked up a few threads and could not find a good explanation, can someone tell me how it might be able to do that ?


texts: How do I get Samsung Pay on the Galazy S6 920f?

texts: Based on what I've been reading, it seems like it should be preloaded, but my 920f doesn't seem to have it.  I also checked my disabled apps list and it isn't there.


texts: Recompile kernel: no errors but it doesn't work

texts:
I'm a beginner, and at the moment I'm trying just to repack original boot image. I've discovered that boot partition is on the "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7", so I pulled it with adb pull /dev/block/mmcblk0p7 original_boot.img
Then with tools from https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2319018 I've unpacked original boot and then recompiled it. But then my image don't boot. Flashing it with TWRP caused bootloop. Where am I wrong?


texts: Formatting external sd card as an internal storage

texts:
I'm on Samsung Galaxy On7, Android 6.0.1-Marshmallow. My phone has a small internal memory, due to which I'm thinking of converting the sd card to an internal storage facility.

I read this article, where they've explained how Android 6.0.1 allows one to convert a sd card to an internal storage facility by formatting. They've also stated in the article as to how to rollback the formatting.

Suppose I've formatted my sd card, and moved several applications there. Now, I want to rollback the formatting. As they've written in the article, I'll have to move my apps to internal storage before I format again. But, is it possible to move apps to internal storage after moving them to the formatted sd card? That is, after formatting, will I still be shown an option of moving an app back to internal storage?

Moreover, can this method bypass the developer's setting which prevents an app to be moved to sd card? I mean, if I have an app that cannot be ordinarily moved to sd card, then after formating, will I be able to move it to sd card?


texts: How to deal with dm-verity on a Samsung S7 Edge when installing a custom recovery like TWRP

texts:
I'm just starting to explore how to customize my Samsung S7 Edge and I'm interested in moving an application over to the system partition. It's currently running Android 8.0. I've been doing a lot of research on the process before I just dive in and I feel like I have a good understanding of the process using ODIN, installing TWRP for my particular device, and using TWRP to move the installed app into the system partition.

However, what I'm struggling to find detailed information on is dm-verity and if/how it would impact what I want to do. I know my device utilizes it, but the sources I'm reading boil things down to "download and install this file using ODIN" and provide a handy link to the file without talking about the file at all or otherwise explaining what is being changed. I struggle to find those sources trustworthy since the file details are completely unknown.

I'm assuming I'll need to circumvent dm-verity in order to utilize TWRP. Is this assumption correct and, if yes, what are the detailed steps to do so?


texts:
So I had this crazy idea: I could play GBA games on my computer AND phone, using Dropbox to sync the save files, and a symbolic link to get the emulator app on my phone to find the save file. However, I neglected to consider that the way Dropbox works on my phone is significantly different than the synchronized folder on my PC. So, is it possible to keep an actively synced copy of a file (perhaps using favorites) from Dropbox in the filesystem on the phone? Where would that file end up?

TL;DR: Can I symbolic link to a file in Dropbox on my phone?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible record in-game videos?

I don't know where exactly to ask this question:

How can i make gameplay video from android device ?
I need to capture video


texts: Rerouting Mobile Data Connection as WiFi (Fake-WiFi)

texts:
I have data connection (via rmnet0 interface)

Is it possible to reroute it as WiFi (via wlan0 interface), so that it is detected as WiFi connection by some apps?

I tried the Fake Wifi Reworked Xposed module, it didn't work on Nougat.

Is there a way to do it via shell from ADB or Terminal?

What I tried:

su -c ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0

(To reach the local IPv4 address) But it didn't help.

Or is modifying it at the Android API level the only way to achieve this? (Like how the Xposed module does)


texts:
All phones with Mediatek processors have this pre-installed logging application and the data it collects is massive,right up to the plugging/out of the phone from the charger.
What is this service targeted towards? One could say for troubleshooting and modding purposes but Mediatek generally targets the lower end (limited-capabilites but affordable) market.
Besides,I don't think I've heard of any other chip maker that ships out built-in data loggers.
EDIT:My question does not pertain to what this service does(which has been covered in other questions) but to the reason for the existence of such a program.I understand that it's difficult to answer this question so even headers would do the job.


texts: How can I attach a web page to an email?

texts: I need to send a web page as an email attachment using GMail, not as a link to the page, but the entire page saved and attached to the email. I don't see any way to do this with the Android web browser. Is there a way to do this that I've missed, or are there other browsers that can accomplish this?


texts: Exclude folders from LG G6 stock gallery app

texts:
I'm really enjoying the stock gallery app on my LG G6, but I can't find away to exclude folders (or "albums") from the default view.

This is really annoying, since it's showing album art and basically adds every music folder with album art in it to that view:

Does anyone know how I can hide those?


texts: Is there a way on Android (I've got Samsung Galaxy S3) to read SMS message headers? If yes,  how can I do this?


texts: How can I delete synchronized Google data? (contacts, app data etc)

texts:
Apparently Google synchronized various data without my explicit permission. I don't want Google (and any parties that will ever have access to their data) to fetch any of my personal data without me allowing it!

Now I would like to at least transmit to them to delete it. How can I do that? I didn't find anything in the Google Dashboard. And there's no option to delete under Settings->Accounts->Google where I expected to find such a setting.


texts: Restore "loud volume, long periods" notification in Lollipop

texts:
I am running Lollipop 5.0/CloudyG3 2.5 and G3 Tweaksbox. Is it possible to restore the "loud volume, long periods" notifications?
I would like to have the volume limiter that this notification provides.

I've tried rebooting my device and restoring the setting via Tweaksbox, but neither action helped.


texts: "sendmsg: Connection refused" trying to root a Nexus One

texts:
Following the link taken from this question, I got the following error.

$ ./freenexus
[*] Android local root exploid (C) The Android Exploid Crew
[*] Modified by ak for HTC Nexus One
[+] Using basedir=/data/local/tmp, path=/data/local/tmp/freenexus
[+] opening NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT socket
[+] sending add message ...
[-] sendmsg: Connection refused

Does this mean that method is now outdated?


texts: How do certain apps record everything we type in android?

texts:
Certain apps like Type Machine claim to be able to record everything you type. You have to install it and activate it from the device's accessibility settings, then it can somehow record typed text.

How is this even possible? It is not a keyboard app , so it is not directly accessing the keystroke information. Also, according to the android documentation "Only the system is allowed to directly access an IME's InputMethod interface" and 'Only the active client's InputConnection will accept operations'.

Given that a 3rd party service like Type machine is neither a  system app or the active client, how  is it able to record typed information?


texts: Set two different lock setting on different triggers

texts:
I am using Android L on Lenovo phone. Mostly I don't hand out my phone to anybody or keep it unattended. So, I prefer not to bother myself with a lock (password or pin) and just keep swipe lock screen. But while many a times when I have to keep my phone away from my attention, I want to put lock password over it.
For this I have to go to the settings and change it and change it back when I am done.
Is there a way to keep two different lock screen setting(say swipe and pass) on two different triggers (say power button and option on long press power button menu)?


texts: Galaxy S7 can't reboot. E:failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)

texts:
I got a brand new Verizon(unlocked) Galaxy S7 with Marshmallow on it. Tried to upgrade to Nougat using Smart Switch which got stuck at 36% for hours. Had to unplug and plug back back for recovery but in vain (my device didn't show up in Emergency Recovery).
I went into recovery mode and wiped cache and Factory reset but no use. My device refused to boot.

At the top of recovery screen, I see this

Verizon/heroqltevzw/heroqltevzw
7.0/NRD90M/G930VVRU4BQH4

And, at the bottom, below Error:

No Support SINGLE-SKU
dm-verify API: 3
E:failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)

Is there any way to fix it?


texts: Google Authenticator: Why does the backup code contain unallowed characters?

texts:
I want to restore my Google Authenticator entries but it's not allowed to enter the characters '8' and '9'.

Is there a solution?

Thanks for help!


texts: Does ClockworkMod Recovery's "Wipe Data" command also wipe the SD card?

texts:
I've been playing with rooting and custom ROMs for a while now. I'm fairly comfortable and knowledgable about it all. However there is one thing I haven't really found the answer for nor have I gotten a chance to test for myself to answer it.

When you use the "Wipe Data" command in ClockworkMod Recovery, does it also format the SD card?


texts:
I have been using android auto using car display for more than a year on nexus 5. No problems at all, well except from huge battery drain on Nexus.

Couple of weeks ago updated the phone to Samsung Galaxy s8. Android auto connects and works except for the one part. If I get any notification e.g. on WhatsApp, phone goes in non stop notifications tone. By that I mean, whatever sound phone plays for WhatsApp message notification keeps on playing. I have tried disconnecting phone from android auto, killing all applications. Nothing works. Only recourse is to reboot the phone.

This only happens when phone is connected to android auto display in the car. Otherwise notifications are normal.

On the lighter note, first time this happened, it was almost comic for me. By sheer coincidence I had low fuel signal and WhatsApp message within seconds of each other. Unfortunately, the tone setup for WhatsApp is very similar to car warning. I thought my car has developed some sort of issue and warning me about it and decided to pull over. Only after killing the engine, I discovered that noise was not stopping and found the phone was the actual culprit.


texts: Can I recover Android for Galaxy S4 after installing other operation system?

texts: I want to try to use ubuntu on my Galaxy S4 Active. Is there possible to recover Android from Samsung for Galaxy S4 after my using Ubuntu?


texts: TWRP Backup of encrypted files or decrypted ones?

texts:
I'm using File Based Encryption on data partition and I want to backup it with TWRP. In this kind of encryption, there are two possibilities to backup files. First, one does not decrypt files in TWRP and take backup files as they are, backup of encrypted files. The second solution is to backup decrypted files, so I need to decrypt files with PIN code in TWRP and then take backup.
Which solution is better and has fewer cons while restoring a backup?


texts: Generic version of Cyanogenmod for any Android device?

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Are there "generic" versions of the Cyanogenmod that would work on any device? (My device isn't officially supported.)

If not, why? (If Windows and Linux distros have images that work on any computer – as long you choose the version for the right architecture (x86, ARM, 32bit, 64bit) – then why not Android?)

EDIT

If the issue is mainly that drivers might not work, is there a way to save the drivers that came pre-installed on the device, and install them after Cyanogenmod'ing?


texts: How can I make Dolphin open bookmarks in the current tab?

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I have loaded the Dolphin browser on my HTC Android phone.

Each time I open my bookmark it loads a new tab in the browser which means I have many running and I have to go in and close the tabs.

Does anyone know how to make it use an existing tab of the browser? I don't want the browser to have so many tabs open. I realise this will mean if I have TWO apps the previous will show then open the bookmark. Alternatively, is it possible to have Dolphin close my tabs when the Home button is pushed?


texts: How to find my own mobile number on Huawei P30 Pro?

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Is there any way to find the number of my SIMs? I tried to find it on the "about" page of the phone, but it's not there.

Any suggestion?

Android version = 9


texts: I own a Motorola Moto G 3rd generation upgraded to Marshmallow with an SD card plugged in (formatted as internal storage) and I am not able to get the apps to install there. I tried app2sd and I am able to relocate some of them but the sheer amount of the ones I cannot has filled my telephone's internal storage to the brim. I know that I could solve it by rooting the phone ( it's risky and warranty is voided), however I was looking for another way.


texts: Android restore bootstrap nandroid backup after a failed rom flash

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I was trying to flash my Droid X2 to CM7, but it failed. Before I attempted the flash, I did a nandroid backup using an app called "system recovery" (MOTODX2_Bootstrap_signed.apk).

I want to restore to that backup, but I cannot seem to boot into the same recovery menu.

Someone please help me. My phone gets to the boot animation and keeps resetting.


texts: Do I need to create an App just for this?

texts:
hope ok with a low level and probably confused question :)

I co-run an online local magazine, including events listings for my local area. I'd like people to be able to have an icon on their phones (or computers) of our mag that takes them with one click to the Events section.

Do I need to make an app for that and then distribute it through App Store and Google Play - just for an icon that's a simple web link?

Is there snother way? Other suggestions v v welcome

Thank you in advance


texts: Is there an app for quickly toggling between different settings presets / profiles?

texts: I am aware of apps such as Power Toggles, Extended Controls etc.. All of there however allow you to toggle each setting as a separate entity. I was wondering if there is an app which allows you to save custom presets of settings and then quickly toggle between them. For example - home (wifi on, mobile data and gps off), car (wifi off, mobile data and gps on), mountain (wifi, mobile data off, gps on) etc..


texts: Hotspot message "Maximum mobile hotspot connections reached" spewing

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When I turn on hotspot,
This message
"Settings
Maximum mobile hotspot connections reached
Please disconnect one device to enable the new d..."
Appears in bursts of three or four. Sporadically, intervals of a few seconds to a couple of minutes.
Can't click it, it simply disappears.
The procedure "resetting network connections & Doing a hard reset (press & hold power till reboot) & resetting network connection" recommended to clear microcode issues doesn't seem to do much. The connection does work. I'd ignore it if I could turn it's sound off (uses the texting sound). There's only one W10 PC connecting to it.
Moto G7 Android V10 fully updated. I keep hoping they will fix this stuff in an update.
I've looked for methods to show what's connected, most google hits are worthless - whatever versions they are running don't apply. Some sites say there's no limit on hotspot connections, others say one, but there's a limit on wifi connections. Whatever.
I have no problems tethering internet via USB, but that's not the point.
Thanks.


texts: How do I load android 2.3.4 onto my dev phone?

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So, I have an original Droid (rooted), that is also my working cell phone. Can I load 2.3.4 onto it to develop accessory apps?

If so how do I load the new OS?


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This issue I noticed,once i updated my android to 4.3.
The issue is after every 1 min the lock screen automatically turns on.
There was no problem before.
Please help,i dont want to degrade to 4.1 again.

Device-Samsung Galaxy Note 2.


texts: I have multiple email accounts set up on Honeycomb. To my disappointment, I couldn't find any way to search my email. On my Froyo phone I can do this from the options menu. How can I do this on Honeycomb?


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I have an android tablet (1) and phone (2). Using the phone as a wireless hotspot drains the battery almost as fast as having the phone screen on. I'd like to be able to use it as a tethered hotspot and charge the phone from the larger battery in the tablet (3) but I have two problems - micro usb to micro usb cables don't seem to exist and i'm not sure that a micro to usb converter + a micro usb to usb cable is worth setting up - does it do anything useful?

motorola xoom - answer may be honeycomb specific
nexus one
Copying files would be nice but is a plus.


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first time I ask a question here so I'll try to explain myself at my best. English is not my native language, so please bear with me.

In 2017 I had an Asus Zenfone 2 that got bricked plus it doesn't charge anymore, pc doesn't even detect it, usb port is broken I think, nor enters in recovery mode.
Lucky me, when it started having problems 2 years ago, I entered recovery mode and did a backup on an sd card from the RM menu.
Now I found the backup files and I thought it would be nice to recover my old pictures.
Shame is that I don't have the slightest idea on how to use these files.

These are the backup files. In the folder "abba" there are four more folders containing several 1KB files.
Does anyone know if I can still recover something and how to do it?
I thought maybe by using an Android Virtual Machine but I wouldn't know how to do it...

At the time I think my Asus mounted Nougat, don't know if it can be a useful information.
Thank you in advance!


texts: edited outlook reminders not synced to Android device

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My work laptops Outlook Calendar is synced with my Android calendar. new appointments show up, and also edited timeslots are updates on my device. But when I remove the alarm to remind me of an event then this removal is not synced to my phone

my phone: HTC Desire HD running Android: 2.3.3


texts: Is there a flash lite installation package for smartphones of android 2.1?

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I don't know whether installation package for different smartphones of the same OS/version is the same.

But if that's not the case,mine is HTC g3.

Note: I've already tried to install flash player 10.1 but failed,so I'm targeting flash lite now.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

My uncle recently bought a China copy of Samsung Galaxy Note II. It does not have Android. Is there any way to install Android OS on it?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 'Not Registered on Network'

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that I want to sell.  I have reset it to factory settings.  However, I have a problem.  When I bought the phone new, it was on O2.  I changed fairly recently to Virgin Mobile.  Now, however, I have taken the SIM out of it to put it in my new phone.  The original SIM (O2) was PAYG, which changed to SIM only contract and that was still the case when I changed to Virgin.  Now, when I put the old (O2) SIM back into the phone, it says Not Registered on Network.  I've tried a factory reset and messing with the APN settings but nothing seems to work.  I'm at my whit's end. Please help.


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I recently migrated from Linux Mint 18 to Debian 8.7.1 (Jessie), with Xfce as desktop manager and Thunar as file explorer.

To my dismay, while Mint recognized my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (CM13 stable) while in MTP mode, Debian blatantly ignored the device.

My question is simple: I was able to interact with my phone by means of adb, but this is a rather cumbersome way of moving files around. Is there a way to make Debian (and Thunar) recognize my phone, while using the MTP protocol?

The only installation disc I used when installing Debian was the DVD 1.


texts: What way of controlling volume is more battery efficient?

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I have a headset with it's own volume control, and I can also control the volume of the music through the android's volume control keys.
But which way of controlling is more battery efficient?

Have my android device on full volume and control it with my headset's control.
Have my headset on full volume and control it with my android device.
None of the answers above. (if so, then which?)

EDIT: I'm not talking about an electronic controlled headset, I'm talking about a headset controlled by a dial resistance.


texts: Tablet won't connect to any WiFi network anymore, always shows "saved"

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My tablet will not connect to ANY WiFi network anymore. Everything was working perfectly for about a month. But now, the WiFi icon has disappeared, and every time I try to connect to a network it simply shows "Saved." I figured maybe it was an issue with my network, so I went out and tested it with other WiFi connections. It can scan and detect everything, but the same thing happens while trying to connect to anything. My Nokia phone and laptop are able to connect to everything perfectly, but the tablet will not, even to the networks which it has previously connected to.

Things I have tried:

Deleted all networks by using the "Forget network" option and tried connecting again.
Tried "open" type networks without any passwords.
Rebooted the tablet several times.
Done a factory reset, twice.
Tried to analyse logcat data.

Here is a screenshot:

I also tried connecting to my laptop using Ad-hoc (with the laptop using a wired ethernet connection and transmitting it to the tablet wirelessly) but no use.

As you can see in the screenshot, the WiFi icon which turns blue and gray is GONE from the notification bar. It never shows up anymore. And the "Saved" result is what comes up every time I try to connect to a network.

I switched the WiFi on and tried connecting to the network while logcat was running, here is the text: http://pastebin.com/9pUba6Tt

The D/CommandListener(   79): Clearing all IP addresses on wlan0 is what happens every time I attempt to connect to any network. Always the same thing.

I have gone through dozens of XDA threads and such with this issue. Many people have gotten the "Saved" problem, but it's only been for people who have UPDATED to ICS 4.0.4 from Gingerbread or something. My tablet CAME with ICS 4.0.4.

P.S: My tablet is a cheap one, it's a Ubislate 7C+ from Datawind.

ANY help would be really, really, appreciated. I've been trying to fix this for about a week now. Thanks.


texts: Android Force Stop Button Not Working Samsung Captivate (A Galaxy S)

texts: Settings -> Manage Applications -> Third Party App -> Force Stop is not working.  On clicking, the Force Stop Button does not change.  No Messages either. I can however uninstall the app.  What could be wrong?   This is with a Samsung Captivate on AT&T. Thanks


texts: How to change calendar week start day in Android?

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I prefer my week view of my calendar to start on Monday rather than Sunday. I already have my Google Calendar set that way (to which I sync).

How can I do the same on my Droid (Android 2.2)?


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I'm helping out a friend with rooting Xperia play, I spent 5 hours trying to root it yesterday with him and we couldn't. We tried gingerbreak and z4mod but they did not work, so we tried the fastboot way and I can't seem to get the drivers installed properly.

Whenever I try the command to check for the phone in cmd the phone shows no response as if he wasn't connected.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: is there a reliable source of charging current?

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I am testing several chargers and cables to find the optimal combinations for a fast charge.

I was so far using CurrentWidget and was getting just a few values, (independently of how much the battery is charged, for several cables and the same charger, as if there was no losses, etc.). I then tried Charging Report which was giving the same value, but also a "Max" and "Avg" one.

I finally discovered that these values most probably come from

/sys/class/power_supply/battery/current_*

Since in my case Current > Max (1698 vs. 500) and the max current I get is always 1698 mA (and it is always that for a given charger) I have some doubts about the accuracy of the reported values.

Should I trust them?


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Now with Pokemon GO pushing the new update and not allowing rooted devices in the game, I want to reverse that.

So how do I unroot my device

Bonus: How do I manipulate the app into thinking I do not have root access

Edit: I used SuperUser's Full unroot option but it does not remove root access. Either SuperUser has a problem or my phone's jacked up


texts: How do one know which folder is created by which Android apps?

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From my understanding, a majority of Android apps may have created some folders on either local storage or the SD Card.

So, how do I know which folders belong to which apps? (I know that some apps have settings that show you which folder that they have created but are there any solutions where one can easily find all the folder corresponding to their apps in a list similar like the one shown below?)

====================================
| Apps Name |   Folder             |
====================================
| ABB       | \sdcard\actionbb     |
| ZZX       | \sdcard\zoneX        |
|           | \local\zoneXconf     |
====================================

This is because, sometimes, when one un-installs an app, the un-installation does not remove these folders.


texts: Display multiple app screens at the same time

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Is it possible to display multiple apps on the screen?

Normally, apps load fullscreen, and app-switching switches between fullscreen apps. Is it possible for an app to use only half of the screen and another one to use the other half?


texts: On OnePlus One w CyanogenMod, how do I add notes to a Google Contact?

texts: On oneplus one cyanogenmod 12.1 w Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, how do I add notes to a google contact? When I go to Edit the Google Contact, there is no Notes section and there is no button to add that section.


texts: Google Glass LED won't turn on when power button pushed

texts: My Google Glass won't turn on when I press the power button. The LED doesn't even light up when pressed. I charge it and the light stays on, solid, and not pulsating, so it is charged, but it just won't turn on. The LED nor the screen do anything when I press any buttons. Any ideas as to what the problem is?


texts: Notifications from other user accounts not clearing?

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I have made an account on my Nexus 7 for my mum, and she has set a password on it. Her GMail account syncs to it, and I sometimes see notifications on the screen when I am using my account.

This wouldn't normally be an issue, but it would seem that I cannot actually clear them correctly. Observe the screenshots below:

On picture one, you can see the GMail icon indicating that there is a notification there, and on picture 2 you can see the gap where the notification is supposed to be.

The gap appears when I select the notification, or swipe it away.

My question: Is there a way for me to clear the notifications from another user account properly?


texts: Find out which app is making notification sounds?

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I've got a samsung galaxy tab 8, and a few days ago it started making a notification sound but with no notification banner.. I don't know what app is doing it and I didn't install anything around the time in started..

Is there a way to trace this back to the source app somehow?

Thanks


texts: Remove KNOX from a pre-installed Samsung Galaxy Note II

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How should one remove KNOX from a pre-installed Samsung Galaxy Note II or similar?

As I understand it, Samsung's official instructions for removing KNOX do not even remove the KNOX installer, but merely turn the KNOX installation off.

I'm curious about this approach to removing KNOX from Samsung phones.  As I understand it, removing the aboot.mbn and sb*.mbn files simply prevents them from being installed.  I doubt this helps if your device already has KNOX installed.

Could I first downgrade my GT 7100 to a pre-KNOX firmware?  And then flash a new firmware with the KNOX bootloader removed?  Or could I simply substitute the aboot.mbn and sb*.mbn files from a previous Samsung firmware?

Also, how could I actually find an old firmware for the Galaxy Note II?  I must presumably identify a firmware that's suitable for the hardware somehow?

Also, I'm using heimdall under Mac OS X rather than Odin under Windows, so maybe I could just flash the ext4 .img file directly?  Is this a problem?  Is Odin required to avoid setting some warranty void bit or osmething?

Now my current firmware is N7100XXUEMJ9, which I've managed to download, appears Russian.  The most similar firmware available on Samsung's site is N7100XXUENC3.  It does not contain the aboot.mbn and sb*.mbn files.  Instead N7100XXUENC3 has sboot.bin tz.img boot.img recovery.img system.img modem.bin cache.img hidden.img.  I presume I could just flash the system.img from that without replacing the boot stuff?


texts: Retrieving contacts from Android phone (Sony Xperia Z)

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My Xperia Z recently suffered from a broken screen and is now not functional at all. YOu can see the screen, but the touch facility has completely gone. I can't even turn the thing off.

I have a really cheap alternate phone that I would like to use temporarily but I could do with getting the contacts from the Xperia, on to my SIM card, then in to this cheap phone.

This alternate phone I have has no functionality which will allow it to connect to a PC, so I need to get the contacts on to the SIM via other methods.

A couple of methods I have been thinking about, but don't know if they are possible or not are:

Connect the Xperia to my PC and some how manually move the contacts from the phone to the SIM (I am not even going to be able to enable USB Debugging so I doubt there will be a lot I can do with the phone connected to the PC except explore the files).
Move the contacts from the phone on to the PC, then some how store the contacts on to my friend's phone (Samsung S3 Mini), and copy them to the original SIM from there? (I have no idea of how contacts are formatted so unsure whether or not they could just be moved from Sony to a Samsung so simply).

They are the 2 main thought processes I have - any feed back on whether these are possible would be greatly appreciated as there are some very important numbers on this Xperia that I need for work!

Thanks in advance (Apologies if this is in the wrong section, or doesn't necessarily class as an Android issue!)

UPDATE: Seems I can't use adb Shell due to USB debugging being disabled and Screencast is a no go due to the phone not being rooted.

I can see files within the Internal Storage such as .anchor, Alarms, Albums), is there a particular file within these subfolders which may contain the contacts which coul potentially be read? Even if I had to manually enter the numbers in to another phone, that wouldn't be so bad!


texts: Want to programe my phone so that when i plug an aux cord the music app will automaticly start

texts: I want to programe my phone so that as i plug in my headset(aux) a music app will start simultaneously.


texts: How to check from where FWUpdate will check for updates?

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I bought a Samsung Note 3 from a non-carrier, and I am using it with a SIM from one of the cheap national carriers. I would like to know from where FWUpdate is checking and downloading updates. Is it getting the information from the carrier? From the default Samsung repo? Possibly from a repo as configured by the store that sold it? How can one check from which repository is the Note checking for and downloading updates?

Note that my goal is not "How can I get the update faster", but rather I'm actually trying to prevent the system from finding and installing the update. After installing Dcentral 1 I see that FWUpdate is trying to update itself at least once per day.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?

Recently I often get the popup ads like the snapshot as below.

I wanna get rid of it. Please help!


texts: Internet doesn't work when screen loses focus

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Running on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 Stock with no Custom roms / or root ( and never done , yet ;)
I have a problem with some apps like skype, dropbox and solid explorer ( and probably afew more but im too lazy to write all of them) those apps works fine as long as the mobile screen is on and they are opened in front end so at the moment i decide to press home to put them on background or the moment i close the screen ( by pressing the power button once ) whatever operation running fails ex. Call on skype , download from dropbox / on solid explorer.
The only error i was able to capture (from solid explorer)  is (same happened now while uploading screenshot to stackoverflow -android app- i must keep screen open for it to work) :


texts: Will "Contacts" permission allow reading contacts list on SIM?

texts: I denied "Contacts" perm of obvious reasons for an app. It won't work. I reached its developer and he said I am paranoid, that "Contacts" means just basic info about phone owner, like name and email, not contact list. But it says "Contacts", not "Basic owner info". Who is right? How to give app "Contacts" permission but hide contacts list from it?


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I try to play a .flac audio file on my htc sensation with the andLess player, but every time I try to open a file it just shows a "Decoder Error" with no further explanation. The .flac files work fine on my Creative Zen X-FI 2, so the files should not be the problem. I use android version 2.3.4.
Does anybody know this issue and/or have a solution for this?

Update:

Is it possible that I have to install the necessary codec on my own? From the description of the app, I assumed that it is delivered with the app.


texts: SMB/CIFS URL not working in Android browser. How to open SMB shared files and folders in Android browser

texts: I'm sharing some folders and files from windows in my LAN. I can access the files using ES-explorer and X-plorer apps. What I want is to open the folder in browser using URL. All laptop browsers can open the folder. The URL is like (file://sarath-69/e/), but android browsers cant open. I tried this way too (file:///sarath-69/e/) and I tried replacing file to smb, like (smb://sarath-69/e/), (smb://192.168.0.111/e/), (smb://null:@192.168.0.111/e/), (\sarath-69\e). Nothing works. Please help to resolve it. Thanks in advance.


texts: Galaxy S Duos 2 - No OS installed currently

texts:
Well I started with CWM to get Cyanogenmod 12 but all I did was remove any OS present.Now no OS is currently installed, and I cannot install any ROM as any installation fails with error 7. I tried to fix it with many possible solutions, none of which worked.

deleting assert,
updating binary file for patch,
replacing set_metadata with set_perm.

Now what to do? It will be great to get the stock ROM back.


texts:
I have an ASUS ZenPad 3S 10 (Z500M, model P027) and I can't add any shortcut icon from the app drawer to the home screen by pressing and dragging.

I know I used to have this option, but now something has changed and prevented it.


texts: How to connect soft bricked tablet to pc without USB debugging enabled

texts: I tried rooting my Galaxy tab a 9.7 using Odin and soft bricked it. I went into system recovery mode and clicked wipe data/factory reset thinking it would reset back to stock. My tablet is still bricked and usb debugging got turned off so now I can't connect to pc to install the original firmware. Is there anything I can do to connect my tablet to my PC so I can reset my device? Can I use ADB to turn USB debugging back on? I can still get to Odin mode and recovery mode on my tablet. My main problem is connecting my tablet to my PC. Thank you.


texts: How can I use my android GPS in my notebook through USB?

texts: How can I use my Android GPS in my notebook through USB? My notebook doesn't have bluetooth, and the wireless is not working.


texts: Is there any Android phone that can wake up for alarms even when the battery has died?

texts:
My old Nokia N95 used to wake up for alarms even when the battery had died.

Is there any current Android smartphone that can do this?


texts: How do I use my phone as a WiFi hotspot without using my data connection?

texts:
I know it sounds strange, but what I want to do is use my phone as a WiFi router to create a private LAN that doesn't use my data connection.  Basically, I'm at a hotel and need to do some testing using a HHC that is designed to connect to a LAN and talk to a database over that LAN; I'm hosting SQL Server on my laptop, but I'm not comfortable connecting my customer's HHC to the hotel's network in such a way that I can test.  I know that I can create and host a wireless LAN from my phone, but the option is disabled when I have data turned off.

I'm using a Galaxy Note 3 with Android 5.0


texts:
Re-post from StackOverflow, when suggested this was a more appropriate forum. I originally posted this on Whirlpool as well - I am very interested to see what new input I can get from this community.

I was looking at AVG by DroidSecurity in the marketplace today and am a bit confused. On the free version there is recent feedback saying that AVG isn't affiliated with the app and other comments saying it is malware that slows the machine, deletes data and sends spam. But my Googling skills reveal articles saying AVG acquired DroidSecurity.

So, has anyone on this forum had experience with this app?

And... do I really need an anti-virus on my Android device? Is it so bad? Are we talking about bad things coming from .. what, apps, email or web pages? I am coloured by my experience with iPhone, nothing evil to worry about so far.

Also, if there's nothing to worry about, what are these AV apps doing? Scanning with an empty database?


texts: How to remove bloatware in non-rooted android smartphone?

texts:
Is therr anyway to remove the system app via adb or else ?
I am not talking about disabling application!?


texts: How to control the volume of an Android device from an iPhone?


texts: How do I turn off suggestions to uninstall unused apps?

texts: Google Play Store prompts me on a regular basis to uninstall unused apps. This prompt is a little bit dangerous because without much thinking, I could tap the confirmation dialogue and uninstall apps which I am using rarely, but do need. How do I turn off these suggestions?


texts: Show Settings->Apps on desktop as a distinct icon?

texts:
Sometimes I want to kill a buggy application (ANR) I've deployed to my LG G3. This seems to be done on Lollipop via Settings->General->Apps. I find it quite tedious to get there, every time I have to kill something that isn't responding. Sadly, the Settings app resets the tabs each time, so once I enter Settings, I must change tab to General, scroll down, hit Apps, scroll down to find the app, enter its screen, and then finally kill it - tedious if you value a fast workflow.

On my old Samsung Galaxy S (Gingerbread), I could get to "Apps" much more easily.

What I'd really like is to have a desktop icon that takes me straight to the "Apps" part of Settings.

Is that even possible? Better yet, are there any nice shortcuts for killing the focused application?


texts: Earphone is not working well, volume is very low in Galaxy SIII

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII. Please help me to find the problem. I cannot hear well when I receive phone calls. This problem started recently, before that, the earphone was working perfectly. Does that mean that I need to change the earphone or it is a matter of something that I need to do in the phone's options?


texts: Is Xiaomi Redmi 2 truly 64-bit ? Seller says so

texts:
My Phone was sold to me as 64-bit architecture, but the Apps like device control, show that it is actually 32-bit. What is correct?

And if anything is wrong,  how should I proceed?


texts:
Is there a way to block eu cookie alert on android?

Tried Adblock browser - no luck. and i am using a cookie alert blocker on PC, which doesn't work on Android.


texts: Deleting Invisible Data On WhatsApp Business

texts: I tried sending a video files of about 716MB via WhatsApp Business. It obviously did not allow me to do so & it would basically freeze up on the loading screen until I closed the app. I deleted the video from my phone & the app's chat as well. But now, I have seemingly invisible 400MB of data in the app that I cannot get rid of. Presently, I do not want to reset the app despite having a backup as I do not have the SIM card to the registered line. Please help.


texts: Can't update Cyanogenmod on AT&T Galaxy S III

texts:
I updated to Cyanogenmod 10.1 RC 2 and can't update beyond it. When I try to update to RC5, I get:

assert failed: getprop("ro.bootloader") not matching
"I747UCDLK3" or "I747MVLDLK4" or "I747MUMBLK3" or "I747MUMBLL1"

Which naturally causes the update to be cancelled

Does anyone have a link that shows how to resolve this, or other suggestions to resolve it? Thanks.


texts: What Options Are Available For Viewing the LogCat?

texts:
I recently had to capture my logcat for my HTC EVO 4G device to try and identify the reason why updates sometimes fail claiming there is insufficient memory (issue discussed more extensively here).

However, the log captures EVERYTHING which means you have a lot of unnecessary information as well which makes it hard to look at the raw data without getting overwhelmed with the amount of data. I am trying to isolate the data relevant to the updating process so we can see what's going on that is triggering the error when there is enough space on the internal storage that can't be exhausted by the size of the installer and/or application size.

Does anyone have a suggestion for a LogCat viewer or recommendation? What solution works best? Preferably a visual (GUI) tool that can process the file with filtering capability and hopefully intelligent grouping and so on.


texts: Installed Gapps, but Google Play services is not there

texts: So I finally found a way to install CWM in my Lava Iris 430 which runs on ICS 4.0.4 and installed Gapps (gapps-ics-20120429-signed version). It was successfully installed, but it missed Google Play Services. What should I do?


texts: Speech recognition is not underlining and providing alternate interpretations

texts: I just broke my Droid Turbo and replaced it with another of the same model. On both phones I was/am using Android 6.0.1. On my old phone, whenever I used  speech recognition, some of the words would be underlined. Whenever I clicked one of these underlined words, a list of other possible interpretations would come up. This was extremely helpful for correcting mistakes on the fly. However, on my new phone, this capability seems to be somehow disabled. I'm not sure if it's a setting or something, but it seems odd that I should have the same phone, backed up the way it was before to the best of my knowledge, but behaving differently. Any ideas on what can I do to get this function back? I tried searching for a solution, but it's a bit difficult when I have no idea what this functionality is officially called.....


texts: How do I stop my Galaxy S5 phone from waking in my pocket?

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I had this problem when I had an HTC One M8 and now I have it with my Samsung Galaxy S5: I will get a notification and my screen will wake-up in my pocket and cause all sorts of bothers (skipping songs, taking pictures, etc).

Is there some option in Android OS to stop the screen from waking up when it receives a notification? I have googled this issue and all I see is suggesting involving rooting the phone and buying new cases, but nothing that directly addresses the issue. This is frustrating because it seems like it would be so simple to have the phone not wake upon getting a notification. Is there such option?


texts: Is screen mirroring only possible on enabled devices?

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I've owned an LG GX2, LG V20, and an LG G5m out of which the GX2 had a micro USB port to charge and a micro HDMI for video output, and the V20 and G5 had video output through USB type C to HDMI. I've recently got an LG G7 or whatever it's called, and it no longer works. I've read several articles that suggest that with the right combination of cord/adapter that any Android could be mirrored through HDMI to TV. I'm pretty sure I already know the answer just want to be sure.

Sources:

How to Connect Android to TV

How to connect your Android phone or tablet to your HDTV


texts: Contacts and telephone applications crash

texts: On my Galaxy Note 4, when I launch the phone and contacts apps, they say "Unfortunately, Phone has stopped" or likewise for "Contacts". I have to go through message program to make a call. What's the problem and how can I fix it?


texts: How can I get the location to update again in my News and Weather widget?

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On my Galaxy Nexus running stock Jellybean 4.1.1 the News & Weather widget thinks I'm in Hong Kong airport, and has for the last week.

I have been to Hong Kong airport 3 times in the last month (it's a hub airport for Australasia) but never stayed there for longer than 3 hours. I'm currently in London, and have been either here or elsewhere in England for the last 7 days.
If I tap the widget and tap the refresh icon (circled-arrows) it does show the correct location until the next auto-refresh interval (I have it set for 6 hours) when it will switch back to "Chek Lap Kok Airport" in Hong Kong again.
Following the instructions in this previous question News & Weather Widget Not Updating I have deleted the widget from my home screen, done a Clear Data and Clear Cache on the News & Weather app in the applications listing, and then re-added to my home screen. This sorted it out initially, and then 6 hours later it switched back to Hong Kong again.
I have all of the Location Services in the Android settings enabled, Google Maps shows me in the correct location whether I'm outdoors (on GPS) or indoors (using network location). I leave Wifi switched on for most of the day, and this happens during the day at work when I'm using mobile data, and overnight at home when I'm connected to my wifi.


texts: How to automate actions in certain apps?

texts: I have a Note 5 running Android 7.0. I use an app to get scheduled for work. Is there any app that could automate my scheduling in the app? Getting schedule is very hard if I do it manually by updating the screen manually for 30 minutes at least. I checked Automate and MacroDroid but could not find any actions that would control third party apps. If no app is available, is there examples of a Java code to see how controlling on Android works. I could modify the code for my use case. Thanks!


texts: remove or undo rating google playstore review

texts: due to privacy reasons - How do I remove a rating I put from the Android app in the Google play store?  I just realized people can see more of info and do not want that.  I can't find where to undo my rating.  I just clicked on the stars, did not write a review.