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I currently have the Swype beta installed on my EVO - not the pre-installed one that comes with the newer updates, the actual beta from their site. I noticed yesterday that if I launch the Swype Installer it will check for updates to itself, then download and install the new version for me. This is nice, since it is not distributed in the Market.

However, I can't seem to find the same functionality in Swype itself. The Installer doesn't check for updates to the actual keyboard, and it just greets me with the "Congrats! Swype is installed!" screen after launch (even after updating). The only way I can figure out to update Swype at this point is to:

Find out if there's a new version somehow (Google, Swype's website, etc)
Uninstall Swype
Reinstall Swype

Is there an easier way to do this? It seems odd that they have no update feature built in since they deliberately chose to distribute Swype outside of the Market, but if such a feature does exist I have no idea where it is.


texts: How to disable notifications per app and time frame?

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I would like to know if there's any app or any tasker plugin that would allow me to block notifications on the weekends.

I got two email accounts, one personal with gmail app and the other work related with inbox app. I receive like eighty emails on the last one per day ( even on weekends ), I would like to automatically block the inbox app notifications from friday night to monday morning. Right now I do this by hand every weekend ( and sometimes I forget to enable them again on monday ).

I found plenty of answers on how to block notifications per app, but not per time frame.

( the phone is a non-rooted Samsung S6 )


texts: Offline map app capable of using Garmin Custom Maps / KMZ?

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Does anyone know of any map apps for off-line use with GPS support that can view Garmin Custom Map kmz files?

The maps I want to use are the NZ Topo Map ones described here:
http://nztopomap.tumblr.com/post/15386610778/free-linz-nztopo50-based-garmin-custom-maps

Custom Maps is an app I already regularly use which uses the kmz format itself. Apparently the next release will support these kmz files but each image tile in the kmz will show up as a separate map so you'll have to open and view each tile individually - not ideal.

I know there's some map apps out there that will allow you to consume off-line maps created using MOBAC etc. but ideally I'm after one that doesn't require me to play around with file formats - just consume the kmz files as-is directly.

Cheers,
Gavin


texts: SMS messages are coming slower after moving from S8+ to S10

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Recently I moved from my Samsung Galaxy S8+ to Samsung Galaxy S10.

One thing that caught my attention is the time required for an SMS to arrive after being sent by a service that uses SMS messages to 2FA logins.

On S8+ the SMS would come about the same moment I click the button on the website. On S10 that process takes some three seconds.

Is that normal? Maybe S10 is a smaller device with less powerful hardware to talk with the provider. Maybe the same SIM card* that I have been using for the last six years needs to be replaced. Or such.

* This card originally came in the standard size. It had been cut down to the nano size.


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I do not use my android phone for anything but making phone calls and browsing the web not logged into anything.

Is there an Android phone version or phone that is not upgradable.  I have noticed as the phone upgrades on both my iPhone and Android the versions of the phone gets slower.

Maybe android go or android one?

The Google Pixel works because you can install any ROM but is slightly to expensive.


texts: How can you make calls with Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 with 4G/LTE?

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I am looking for a way to make calls from an Android tablet, namely Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 which has 4G/LTE support and thus has a SIM card slot. Do you know any ways of making calling from the Android tablet which are either official or not?

I am open for rooting, installing custom ROMs and using external equipment like headphones.


texts: how to recover password android with permission denied?

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I get the following message:

adb: error: failed to copy '/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf' to '.\wpa_suppl
icant.conf': remote Permission denied

I can not copy nothing from my android to recover my password of mi wifi


texts: Can't retrieve contacts from a locked HTC 300

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So... here's the story. My father had his HTC Desire 300 for ages and he stored all of his contacts on the phone, not on the SIM card. One day, my unreasonably curious mother wanted to unlock it and she locked the phone because she attempted to guess the pattern way too many times.

It would've been easy to unlock it if only my father knew his gmail account info. I tried all sorts of combinations, he's an older fella so I figured I could maybe brute force it, but to no avail.

To make things even worse, the phone isn't even rooted. He got a new phone, but he wanted me to salvage his photos and contacts. I managed to pull all the photos using adb, but I just can't find a way to extract his contacts. I tried everything but I always bump into issues with permissions, since the phone isn't rooted and there's no custom recovery and the bootloader is locked.

Any ideas? :/


texts: Where to download and install Google Apps on Android 4.0.4 device?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, …) on my Android device?

I have an international android smartphone which doesn't have anything related to Google Play Store installed. So I have to install  GoogleLoginService.apk, GoogleServicesFramework.apk, Vending.apk, ... by myself. I was able to find information about how to do it online but I cannot find where to get those apks for my version of Android, which is version 4.0.4.

If I download them, how can I know/verify they are the right version for the android 4.0.4?


texts: how to retrieve data stored in android apps

texts: I am using Moto G. downloaded a video through android app.I am able to play video through app. Where to tracethis video in phone memory and get this video for using in other devices


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I'm new to the Android community and I've just got my new Lenovo P2. I'm really happy with it but there is one thing that bothers me.
I cant personalize the LED notification settings. For example WhatsApp has no access to the LED control.
I've tried many apps like light manager and others but without success.

I've seen other P2 phones where the LED control worked properly, so I guess it should work somehow.
Has anyone an idea how I can fix this problem? Possibly without root.


texts: HTC sensation XL android 2.3.5 infinite download process of any app

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Friend of mine gave me HTC sensation XL with android 2.3.5 and asked one question: why I can't install any app from market?

I understand that device and adroid version are old enough for mid of 2016. But I can not find out what is exact problem. I've tried to clear cache/data/etc of market app and etc hundred times but no luck. Market doesn't say that your device is incompatible or doesn't support anymore, just stucking on download process. Otherwise some "base" apps were updated normally. Also I've tried to download some data directly from browser and it was ok.

So, all I want a small message that I own old piece of... hardware.


texts: Show Fullscreen Portrait Layout with Miracast

texts: I'm trying to display my phone's screen on a monitor. Landscape works correctly but when I flip to portrait the screen fills a small portion in the middle of the screen instead of changing orientation. I plan to turn the monitor sideways to display the device screen and lock it in portrait. Has anyone come up with a way to change the orientation? I'm using the netgear ptv3000. I'm considering purchasing the allsharecast hub, but I'm not certain that will work either. Thanks!!


texts: Called 112 (emergency) but no record in call log?

texts: Last week I called 112 for an emergency. Later I saw that this call was not logged. In the past these calls were logged. Any ideas why this happens?


texts: Google Keyboard vs Android Keyboard (AOSP)

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Is there a difference between Google Keyboard, which was recently release on the Play Store, and the Android Keyboard (AOSP) in the open source project?

Update: I need the difference from a feature prospective


texts: GT-S7572 Samsung App Store instead of App China

texts: I've bought a Samsung GT-S7572, Android version 4.1.2 in China and thus just have an App China Store which is only in Chinese. How can I get the Samsung App Store from my own country?


texts: What can be done with a phone that has an encrypted bootloader

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I am trying to get a rooted android phone set up for reverse engineering purposes. I tried to root two separate phones (SM-G925A and a Google Pixel 2) but they both turned out to have locked (meaning, encrypted by the carrier) bootloaders.
Is there really no way to get around this without finding an exploit? I have tried everything short of taking the phone apart and flashing the ROM in (whatever device you use to flash a ROM chip.) Would that even work? I can't even find a single example of someone doing this for any model of phone on the internet.


texts: As the title reads, I cannot install apps. Plenty of space available, shows the downloading bar but does not show the downloaded/remaining bar and does not start downloading at all.


texts: Lollipop hide quick settings on Lock screen

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I'm sure this would have been asked before. But I couldn't find out yet.

I recently updated to Lollipop in my Sony Xperia Z phone. The notification bar and pull down settings are great.

But on lock screen, I don't want to turn on/off any WiFi, Bluetooth or any  settings. Simply pull down settings should not be allowed on lock screen. How can I do that? Is there any option?

I have pattern lock already.


texts: Nexus 7 ('13 CM11 Nightly) keeps waking up while charged

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The tablet has been plugged into the wall and left alone. Every minute the screen turns on, and I have to press the power button to turn it off. This started last night as the tablet was quite warm from being turned on all last night.

What's the best way of detecting why it's turning on so often?

Looking at the running apps I don't see anything asking for permission.


texts: Is there an alarm clock app that takes account of personal and/or public holidays?

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On my current and previous Android phones (HTC Magic with stock Android 1.6, and Samsung Galaxy S with 2.1 and TouchWiz) there have been pretty good alarm clock apps that allow you to set a a variety of alarms with a variety of timing and days. This gives you the handy ability to set different alarms for weekends and weekdays, for instance. Unfortunately, I often have the experience of looking forward to a nice lie-in on a holiday but getting blasted awake too early, because I forgot to switch off the alarm.

What I'd like is an app that either adjusts the built-in alarm clock to automatically set the weekend alarm when a personal or public holiday falls on a weekday, or one that replaces the built-in alarm clock and offers this facility.

I guess it could pull info on public holidays for my country from a public feed (pretty sure Google Calendar publish one for most countries) whereas for my holidays it could pick up specific all-day appointments with certain text in from a nominated Google Calendar.


texts: Send file via NFC from Galaxy S2 Plus and Sony vaio with Ubuntu OS

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I have a problem with sharing files between my Galaxy S2 phone and a Sony Vaio model SVF1521DCXW with NFC support1. I am using Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop version and I don't have any idea how can I use NFC to send a single photo to my PC. When I enable NFC on my phone and put it on the NFC sign on my laptop nothing happens.

I also enabled NFC on my Ubuntu machine, and I see my NFC is ON in Ubuntu. As it is usually done between Android devices, I've held my S2 back-to-back on the Vaio while running Ubuntu and Win8. I hear a sound on my Win8 and it opens a url on chrome browser – but I get nothing to transfer.

1: To be clear: both devices have NFC support, see the specs at GSMArena for the S2 and at Sony for the Vaio.


texts: Will Android be able to install OS updates without Google account?

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I am working with android phones at work, we want to remove all google accounts from the phones before we give it to our customers.

I know that the phones are not able to receive app updates, but what about os update from android?


texts: Connecting a Galaxy S3 to my MacBook Pro 10.10.5

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I am trying to connect my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone to my OS X 10.10.5, with no luck.

I have tried all sorts of different cables, and have checked USB debugging. The phone successfully charges when plugged in to my computer. But it doesn't show up in Android File Transfer or adb devices.

What should I do? Do I have to install a driver of some sort? I have read mixed reviews of something called Kies, some saying DONT install it, others saying DO install it.

Update: I tried downloading Kies, and not only can I still not see my device, but Kies says that I cannot use Android File Transfer as long as Kies is installed, and that I need to uninstall Kies. WTF Samsung?


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I run a PC which controls my astronomical telescope equipment, it works off batteries as there is no mains power at the site. There is mobile service at the site and I've successfully tethered my phone to the windows 10 PC via a USB cable tether, so I can get internet access using a browser on the PC.
I would like to use my PC at home to control the remote PC via its phone tether and I usually use Microsoft's Remote Desktop software to do this when connecting to PCs on a LAN or over the internet, but I can't seem to find the tethered PC's connection credentials. I'm probably missing something I guess.
I've searched for solutions on the internet such as ' how to rdp to a phone tethered PC', but not had any luck with that.
Could anyone explain how to use the remote desktop client to login to my tethered PC?
Many thanks for help.


texts: How can I save taken photos and recorded videos out of DCIM folder?

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How to save taken photos and recorded videos out of DCIM folder, in custom locations? Or, is it ever possible to DCIM separate photos and videos into different subfolders?

In my phone, a Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman, there's a folder 100ANDRO within DCIM storing all of videos and pictures together. I would like, for example, for videos to go to /sdcard/Videos, and photos to /sdcard/Pictures/Photos. I would like to at least save the videos somewhere else.

Applications such as SugarSync get confused and think everything in DCIM is a picture. Regardless, I want to know how the path is determined and ideas on how to achieve this, either by some hidden configuration or modification of source code.

The DCIM folder is mounted on a FAT filesystem, so symlinks are not supported. I have heard about using mount --bind /old/dir /new/dir, so is it possible to do this without rooting and on system initialization? That would allow me to a least make DCIM point somewhere else, or make other folders like Pictures and Videos point to DCIM. Thanks in advance!


texts: How to remove a large sim card from a Samsung Galaxy S8

texts: Someone put a large size SIM card into the card slot of my Samsung Galaxy S8 without using the tray. How do I get it out?


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How do you disable message preview in the Android 4.0.x stock email app?  The only message preview options are "Small", "Medium" and "Large".

(Android 4.0.4 on a Droid Bionic.)


texts: Android OTA update fail when increased the system.img size

texts: I am working on IMX6Q with Android 7 for OTA update. Current system.img size 499 MB with this OTA update work. I increased this due to compilantion error. If system.img is above 499 MB ota update fail.


texts: How to disable vibration on widget drop?

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Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.

I set vibration to activate only in silent mode. I am not in silent mode, and yet when I drag and drop a widget from desktop to desktop, or to trash, on each drop phone vibrates.

How to stop it, i.e. how to disable this kind of vibration?


texts: Spica i5700: How to downgrade from froyo 2.2 to eclair 2.1

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I have a Spica i5700 with Froyo version of 2.2.2.

I want to downgrade it to Eclair 2.1, because I find the screen often produces erratic movements such as auto-input to my password even if I am not inputting anything. It also auto-scrolls, even if I am not scrolling it.


texts: How to speed up Android during bootup time?

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I'm looking at the bootup time of Android on my embedded device and I'm trying to get a sense for where I can save some time.

1) What are some things that you've done to really help speed up the bootup time?

So far I looked at the bootup animation time. If I remove the bootup animation all together then I was saving about 6 seconds, which seemed like a lot to me. Then I replaced the bootup animation with just one picture that will be shown for the duration of the bootup animation time and that lost any previous time savings. But the actual bootup animation process was only taking ~1 second to run. (I attached a picture generated with Bootchart. for now just on an emulator)

2) Is it worth looking at the Android bootup animation time? Any clue as to why the bootup animation process affects bootup time so weirdly?

Thank you for your time.


texts: ADB Push not keeping file permissions, specifically execute permission

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I "inadvertently" wiped system on my tablet with adb. No critique needed. I've already called myself all the names. What I need now is a way to put at least the "sh" program back on using adb or other program with “x” permission so that I can adb shell once again. Currently, adb removes the “x” permission when using the push option. I examined the adb source code and found one line in the sync section that seems to change permissions to 644. This is a project/challenge to recover this brick. I already have a replacement. Any solutions are welcome. Motherhood comments are not necessary please. Thanks.

P.S. The recovery mode is not working on this tablet (i.e. pwr/vol+/vol-, fastboot, etc.).


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I have a Marketless tablet (Coby Kyros), and I bought a Samsung Captivate (AT&T).

Will I be able to copy the apk's I download from the phone into the tablet?


texts: My phone screen keeps randomly going black

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(If there is another post which can answer my question please feel free to direct me to it.)
Recently my phone has started to go to a black screen for a few seconds before going back to normal. The closet question I could find which was similar to mine is this one
However I don't have any magnets near my phone. If anyone is having a similar issue or nows that cause of this I would be glad to know. Thank you!
(The image from the previous link is similar to what my phone looks like when the issue occurs)


texts: Custom ringtones don't work on Cyanogenmod 9

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I'm running Cyanogenmod 9 on my S3, and want to set an mp3 file as the ringtone. As this wiki page suggests, I've created the directory '/sdcard/media/ringtones` and put the sound files in there.

Just to be sure, I put both an mp3 file and an ogg file (of different songs) there. They're world-readable. The ogg file does not show up in the "choose ringtone" dialogue. The mp3 file does show up. However, when I choose it, there's no preview sound, as there is with the other ringtones that came with CM9.

What could I be doing wrong?


texts: Generic way to access Android protected filesystem (Not to be confused with rooting)

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I'm trying to get full access to the Android file system on a device without actually rooting the device. Something that could get me into the file system at boot time for example. Looking for a generic way, not just working on single device.

The goal is to remove some protected apps. And because I don't trust KingoRoot.

Phones have a way of updating themselves and this means that the update package should have rights to do anything.

Half-answers are also welcome, as in pointing me in the right direction.


texts: How to make everything play on a different pitch?

texts: Is there a way to make my Android play all music/sounds a tone lower than is normal? Thank you  very much.


texts: Samsung S3 asks for mobile data when I try to receive using ShareIt

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A friend has Samsung S3 phone. Whenever he tries to activate receiving using Lenovo ShareIt, a pop up message raises asking to activate mobile data. Even after enabling mobile data, the WiFi spot is not created if mobile data is not connected.

Is it a firmware problem, that the phone can't enable WiFi spot without mobile data active?
Is there any fix or a workaround to make it works?


texts: How to access a video file that an app is hiding

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There is this app that uploads some videos. You can watch the purchased ones only through the app! (free videos can be downloaded in pc with IDM)

So I purchased a video and downloaded it so I can watch it offline, and my phone's free space decreased by 1G. I want to copy and save that video on my laptop, but it's not accessible in the phone nor the laptop. Is there any way to find that file?

My phone is a Galaxy Note 3. I checked some programs ("Wondershare MobileGo for Android" and "YouWave Android") but they didn't work...

The app is V – Live Broadcasting App. For the other videos I need at least 7G free space!! I was thinking about moving the videos to my laptop so I can download the other 6 episodes :(


texts: Android 4.1.1 system is consuming 4GB of my memory?

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I bought an Android 4.1.1 tablet, the ad said "comes with 8 GB". But when I go to the system configuration I get:

INTERNAL
1,18 GB total
Apps 0,90 GB
Available 161 MB

NAND FLASH
Total 4,55 GB
Free 4,17 GB

I ask the vendor where is the 8 GB, and they said: "the tablet comes with physical 8GB, but the Android System makes a partition for different purposes (Recovery, Loader, Apps, etc.) letting available for the user only 4 GB. The others partitions are not visible for the user. This is the same for all Android devices".

They are telling me the truth? or just are a bunch of liars and sold me an 4GB tablet ?

Android 4.1.1
Core 3.0.8+
Compilation P758.6.01.01.20
Brand: NOBLEX - Model: T7014AR
(official specification: RAM 1GB - Internal 8GB)
http://www.noblex.com.ar/tablets/T7014AR

Thanks a lot.

EDIT:

u0_a78@android:/ $ df
Filesystem             Size   Used   Free   Blksize
/dev                  443.2M  36.0K  443.2M   4096
/mnt/asec             443.2M  0.0 K  443.2M   4096
/mnt/obb              443.2M  0.0 K  443.2M   4096
/system               607.4M  440.2M  167.2M  1024
/data                 1.2 G   1.0 G  153.8M   4096
/cache                629.9M  16.5M  613.4M   4096
/mnt/external_sd      941.7M  16.0K  941.7M   16384
/mnt/sdcard           4.5 G   382.1M  4.2 G   8192
/mnt/secure/asec: Permission denied
/mnt/asec/com.robotinvader.fooding-1  36.5M  34.8M  1.7 M   4096
/mnt/asec/com.vkcode.SpaceTube-1  14.2M  12.6M  1.6 M   4096
1|u0_a78@android:/ $


texts: What does "Voice Command" "Unexpected server error occurred. Please try again." mean?

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When I restart my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100), I get an error message:

Voice Command
An unexpected server error occurred. Please try again.
[OK]

This started ever since I download the trial version of (redacted) earlier tonight, but its still happening even after I uninstalled it.
I've not accepted the Voice Command agreement. Whenever I accidentally activate it by pressing the home key the wrong way, I select Decline.
What does this error message actually mean?


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Does anyone know of an app which will allow you to place live folders on your home screen which are tied to a specific contact group? That is, when setting it up you would choose a group from your address book, and it would then show you all the contacts in that group, when opened.

I tried this app: Groupie, but it has a number of problems. The groups it lists are NOT the groups that are in my contacts (it seems to only list some common groups, but not the ones actually in my contacts). Even for a group with the same name as one in my contacts, it does not actually show any contacts when I clicked on the folder.
Plus, while admittedly minor, the icon for the folders is dorky.  ;)  Ideally would like one that uses a variation on the standard live folder icons (like All Contacts, Contacts with Phone Numbers, Received from Bluetooth and Starred Contacts)

Running on a Galaxy S Captivate, unrooted.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570) and the ROM I'm using is CM10.1, I was messing with the developer options and I saw an option called "simulate second screen" and I  clicked that and selected 720 then it froze. I rebooted it and stops at the end of the boot animation and get stuck there.

Any ideas please?


texts: App2SD doesn't work - I don't even have the option

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So I got a Verizon Samsung Stellar (it has Android 4.0.2) a few days ago. All's going well, but I don't have the option to transfer an app to my sd card. However, I can move files etc with a file manager, so the phone recognizes the SD card is there.

On my old phone (an ancient MyTouch 4G, it was 2.3.4) there was a button in the Application Manager to move an app to the SD card. If the app didn't have App2SD supported it would be grayed out.

I called Verizon to see why I don't have this option on my newer phone (you think that with a 1GB internal hard drive and an included SD card they would support moving apps to your SD) and the person said that I just hold down the app name and a bar would come up with options. Holding down an app did nothing, no quick vibrations like when you move an icon on your home screen, etc. I've looked and about 80% of apps I have support App2SD so it's not that. How do I fix this? My phone is already full.


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I was try to change some value like vm, lowmemorykiller, adj, and net using shell script, then save it to init.d folder and execute it as root.

after reboot, it always back to default.

And i was trying to do this :

adding this command :

busybox sysctl -w or sysctl -e -w

busybox chmod 755 or 777 /path

mount -o remount, rw/system

and doing this :

set permission to 755/777

give a number in name like 99userinit

i have busybox installed and init.d support too

but it still can't changes, so what shoud i do ???


texts: I have a Galaxy S3 and if my screen won't turn on but it vibrates when I press the power button does that mean I have a dead screen? Or is there someway that I can fix it? I've tried it over and over and over again but it won't do anything but vibrate when turning on. The first few times the LED light would turn on but now that won't even work. I even tried the rebooting process and the screen still won't turn on. Anytime I plug it in to a USB or charger it just vibrates 4 times.


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Under Winodws, if I want to enter extended characters (such as "«") I canuse the Character Map application and the Alt+keypad numbers (such as Alt+0171 for the "«").

How can I do this under Android?  I know there are ways to do this under Linux, but is this infrastructure there under Android?

Especially with tablets and phones and their special Android keyboards - which typically don't have Ctrl or Alt keys.


texts: What reasons would an Android Phone's Network Radio turn off Sporadically

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I have an android phone that is experiencing an issue that I suspect is hardware related. Randomly, service will no longer work on the phone and the only way I have found to temporarily resolve the issue is to dial *#*#4636#*#* and manually turn the radio back on. This will restore functionality, but only temporarily. It seems to be indeterminate when it stop working again.

I can't think of a good methodology to pinpoint the issue, so any insight would be helpful


texts: entered recovery mode by mistake stuck in boot loop

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I have accidentally put my phone into recovery mode, and I cannot exit from it. Rebooting doesn't solve anything, it opens to recovery mode again.
I believe that, it happened since I hold the power button too long and accidentally pressed volume button at the same time.

I have checked a lot but couldn't find how to fix this. Since I haven't backed up my pictures yet, I want to know that if there is a way to exit from this mode without deleting my pictures(data)? I couldn't understand if installing from adb (I don't know what it does) or fastboot to reboot will delete my data? In addition, I haven't been able to install the latest update since my phone didn't have enough memory. Could this situation be related to that? Sorry for asking lot of questions but I am really worried since I don't have any service to have it checked up .

P.S:my volume button is not stuck.


texts: Photos show up as blank after putting them on SD card

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Inserted a 32 GB Micro SD card. Phone recognizes it and I can copy photos on to it and they all appear to be there.

But when I restart the phone many of the photos show up blank. Any way to fix this?  I tried another card with similar results.

My phone runs Android 4.4.


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I am running out of Ideas how to get MTP working again... I am simply not getting the dialog again on my android, asking me wether I want just charging, or MTP or Picture mode...

Until most recently, it was easy: Use a USB cable, concect it to my Ubuntu 16.04 Laptop, get the mentioned choice/approval box... and voilà the Tablet appeared as an MTP device in the Ubuntu ‚file explorer‘ (caja) nicely auto-mounted.

got an Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet
running Android 6.01
it worked until recently in this configuration

I already followed some advice:

I made the developer options visible (by tapping the about device info thrice)
enabled USB debugging (which some sources say, is something to watch out for)
dialed on the phone menu *#0808# → which shows I'am on (o)AP and on MTP + ADB mode just like I should (this radio box btw only holds its state, if USB debugging is enabled)

also...

tried different USB ports
tried different cables
tried with another device (MacBook. Thus I have no reason to believe, I messed something up on the host machine OS side... Ubuntu is very stable anyway)
External Store (4kb) under Settings→Applications→“Show System Apps” is on

well, one last clue:

Settings → Tethering has the USB switch grayed out „USB cable not connected“. Althoug it clearly is. And I can recharge my tablet through it (otherwise I would have certainly noted...)

Device is not rooted. No other glitches.
Are there maybe some log files (now that Dev mode is enabled) to check out what might got wrong?

Not looked/understood ADB yet. So I couldn't tell you, if that works. Anyway, no dialog to choose upon connecting.

I am out of ammo :-( Thank you for any piece of advice...


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I use my phone mainly for wifi use and I know it is a battery hog. However, what I would like to know is how much time it takes for the battery to charge. I guess it is supposed to take like 4 mins to charge 1%.

I plugged in my phone at 11% battery at 1.00 am and at 7.00 am it was still charging at 65%. What seems to be the issue here ?

Update 1:
Going by a comment on the post here, it is because of the sequence in which I connect the phone to the charger. The comment goes as follows:

  Hi I think I found the problem as to why mine was charging slow.  Make
  sure the USB end is unplugged from the charger BEFORE plugging the
  phone end. After plugging into the phone, plug the USB to the charger
  while the charger is into the wall. Not sure why but the sequence is
  Important and affects charging rate big time.

  Alex

This is in the manual, too. Unsure as to what the internal mechanics of the charging are.


texts: Grant an app write access to external storage that does not request it?

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I would like to grant the Syncthing app write access to external storage in Marshmallow.  The app does not request it explicitly (unlike other apps that seem to use the Storage Access Framework to do so).

In the app permissions screen, there is no permission listed for external storage, only for 'storage' (which seems to mean internal storage).  So there does not seem to be any direct way to grant this permission.

My phone is rooted and I could just run Syncthing as root - but this option creates many problems and sometimes results in the app hanging indefinitely.

Is there any other way around this problem?


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With apologies for my naivete:

I want, insofar as possible, to periodically back up the data on my non-rooted Samsung Galaxy S8.  To this end I do two things:

1)  I periodically do adb backups with the command

adb backup -all -apk -shared -f backupfile

2)  I mount my phone as a network drive on my Windows machine, where I use robocopy to maintain mirrors of the directories /sdcard and /storage/0000-0000.  These mirrors are updated nightly via a script containing the commands

robocopy z:\sdcard d:\phone /s /z /zb /mir /xx /xo /fft  /r:0 /w:0 /min:10

robocopy z:\storage\0000-0000 d:\phone /s /z /zb /mir /xx /xo /xd mp3s /fft /r:0 /w:0 /min:10

Thanks to Izzy's very helpful answer here, I am aware that some apps store data in directories such as /data/data that are not accessible to me without root access, and also that some apps might have opted out of making their data accessible to the adb backup.

Question 1:  To clarify:  Is the adb backup (at least potentially) capturing at least some data beyond what I'm able to capture in my mirrors?

Question 2:  Is the adb backup restricted to data that has been created by apps?  For example, if I've manually copied a file from my computer to my phone's SD card, is that file included in the adb backup?

Question 3:  Does any of the above strike you as insane, and if so, what strategy would be saner (short of rooting, which I prefer to avoid)?


texts: How can I watch movies offline on my Android tablet?

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How can I watch movies on my tablet (Asus Transformer tablet with Android 3.2) offline?

I recognize that this is a very basic question, however, I can not find any step-by-step instructions on this site or online. It is also not clear if any popular sites such as Netflix, Amazon, or Hulu support offline viewing. I think that it would be useful to have step-by-step instructions.

If I had the tablet in my hands, I would probably be able to figure something out - even though it is a new device and my first experience with Android. However, my wife has taken it and the children on a trip, and would like to use it for entertainment on the flight home.


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Does anyone know how secure Facebook Messenger communication is? If you are having 1x1 chat (writing messages) or making a voice call, is it encrypted (end to end)?

I know if you are using facebook.com for chat, it is on HTTPS and that is secure.  My question is related to the Messenger app on Android.


texts: Why does stock email app only keep 25 latest emails?

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Why does the stock Galaxy / Android app only keep the latest 25 emails?

Its pretty annoying and lame for me who receive well over 50 emails per day in my work email. That means I cant even see a whole day's email without "loading more" and I don't always have Internet connection where I am.

Is there any way to work around this issue?

Edit: I am on ICS


texts: Customize number display on dial pad on Android 4

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Is it possible to customize how numbers are displayed when dialing a number?
For example:
Instead of grouping them with spaces like 555 123 123, I'd like it to have no grouping: 555123123.

On 2.3 you could do that from the locale, US had spaces and UK did not.
On 4.1 it seems that both US and UK have the same spaces.

Can it be changed?

Thank you.


texts: What the differences between cSIPSimple and Android's SIP stack?

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What are the differences between Android's SIP stack and CSIPSimple's? One thing that I know of is that Android lacks STUN support.

I've used both but the call quality is far, far better on cSIPSimple and I'm curious as to why?


texts: Keep Hangouts from opening links inside the same task?

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I just opened a link to a friend's Medium post inside Hangouts, and when I view all running apps (the recent-tasks list), the task with the Medium post in it is my Hangouts rather than a separate Medium window. Opening Medium, it's doing its own thing. Opening Hangouts, it shows the Medium post -- I can't go look at other chats or anything without closing the Medium post I'm reading. This is frustrating, as I might want to switch between typing comments in Hangouts and reading the article (for example).

I would like more generally to stop apps from doing "this sort of thing" if possible (though I expect this isn't possible). When Twitter introduced an in-app browser, I turned that off as fast as I could find the setting -- I want to be able to open links and then switch right back to Twitter, letting the link load in the browser while I read a few more tweets. Hangouts appears not to have introduced any setting to disable this behavior. I've noticed a couple other apps do "this sort of thing" as well, though specific instances slip my mind now; a general solution would be great.

I've checked, and this (new?) behavior in Hangouts is identical on my (Cyanogenmod) phone and my (Samsung) tablet.


texts: Android N Flashing, (FAILED: Remote Size Too Big) How to increase partition size?

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So im trying to flash my phone to Android N.

Im going to be manually flashing each img file, however when I use the fastboot flash bootloader (location).img. It gives me this error:

target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (1434 KB)...
OKAY [  0.047s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: size too large)
finished. total time: 0.062s

I can clearly understand that the pre-allocated space for that partition on my phone is less than the one it requires.

So how do I re-partition them, so that I can go ahead and install Android N.
I have no problem if this reduces my usable memory, but I can't figure out how to re-partition.


texts: I formated an 8gb sd card as internal storage out of the blues the adaptable storage is almost full. What might be causing that? The files iIstored are less than 3gb


texts: How to get root privilege in recovery mode?

texts: I have copyed the 'su' command to /system in adb. but i cannot run the 'su', 'su' says: Permission denied.


texts: Can I bruteforce adoptable-storage SD card to recover data?

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I got an LG G4  (locked bootloader, no root),  on which I enabled adoptable storage on with adb a few months ago.

Today, I tried to put a SIM card in the first SIM card slot, which was under the SD card slot (of course my phone was turned off). I removed the SD put the SIM in the other slot and put my SD card back in. Since my SIM card was the wrong size , I removed it. But when I turned the phone on , my SD card wasn't showing up. Even the file manager was not showing either my internal and my adoptable storage .  I tried to put another SD card , it didn't show up too. So, I think I damaged my SD card reader in some way. I know since device is not rooted I can't get the .key file to recover my SD card.

So my question is : Can I bruteforce the SD card to get the .key so that I can recover my data?


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Is there really no way to make the volume rocker on the side of my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 control ALL volumes at once, every time?
I really don't understand why the volume rocker doesn't just control the speakers like normal volume control knobs instead of having separate controls for different applications and the rocker only working on whatever app you're in at the time.
I want to be able to turn the volume of the device, and everything on my device, up and down, simultaneously, with the volume rocker.
Can anyone help?
Running 4.4.2 "Toothache"


texts: Where to find downloaded firmware update package?

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I have been using rooted Lenovo K3 Note k50a40 ( Android version 5.0 firmware S117 ROM) , system shows a notification for a firmware update I have downloaded it but I am unable to locate the package so that I can flash it manually.
I've looked at /cache partition(as suggested in this post  did not find any OTA file but it has an empty directory called OTA)

Finding - On another forum somebody suggested that the file can be found at /lenovoota folder but I can not locate the folder itself let alone the package file.


texts: How to record video from an Android phone directly to a cloud?

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Perilous times...
I have to be able to record/stream a video through my Android, just like anyone does to its local storage, but instead, directly to a file somewhere on the cloud. What's most important to me is, if while recording a video the recording stops, there's a guarantee that's what's been recorded till the last seconds is already in the cloud, and is a playable file.
Realtime playable streaming is not essential. I want to make sure that while I'm recording a video I know that most of the video is already on the cloud, and the video extends while the Android phone is in the recording state.
What are the solutions to this?
Ideally, I want to be able to record to a shared directory on the google drive.


texts: How to listen to loud music from an android device?

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I have a music app on my phone. I want to listen to it through nicer speakers than the phone's built-in speakerphone. If I had an iPhone, I'd either use a speaker dock (which both charges the phone and receives music through one port on the bottom of the phone), or I'd use AirPlay.

Neither of these options seem to be available for Android devices. So, what are the alternatives? Note, this is NOT a request for recommendations of specific products, but a list of available options.


texts: Installing stock Android on Galaxy S3 fails. How to see why?

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I have tried installing AUT-I9300XXUGNA5-20140129183554.zip and O2U-I9300XXUGNA5-20140224162541.zip on my S3. They both fail with "Installation aborted", but I have no problem installing cm-10.1.3-i9300.zip. I have tried both from external_sd and sideloading. Same problem.

I can see the information from the screen in /tmp/recovery.log:

-- Installing: /external_sd/O2U-I9300XXUGNA5-20140224162541.zip
Finding update package...
I:Update location: /external_sd/O2U-I9300XXUGNA5-20140224162541.zip
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.

The most prominent difference between AUT&O2U and cm-10 is size: The AUT&O2U are around 1 GB whereas cm-10 is around 200 MB.

Can I somehow do the installation by hand through the shell, so I can see exactly why the two zips fail to install?


texts: Prevent other users to get Whatsapp notification

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Is there is any way to prevent other users to get notification when I joined Whatsapp?

Apparently, I don't want others to announce I'm using it as I'm trying to join it for only selective friends and family members.


texts: Can I mount /data/data/(app_name)/ on external sd card?

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Can I mount /data/data/com.termux/ folder on external sd card? My phone is rooted Android 10 and running low of internal storage.
As I read from How to bind mount a folder inside /sdcard with correct permissions? mounting to /sdcard requires permission to mount because /sdcard is emulated from /data/media/0 and /data/data/ is not.
And from Can the Termux environment be put on an external SD card? it can mount /data/data/com.termux/ using ln -s because ext4 support links while fat doesn't.
I don't know how /data/data/ directory works but is it possible to mount /data/data/com.termux/files/home/ directory to external sd card without formatting it as adoptable storage or making ext4 partition?


texts: How via "a script" to move files (pics and videos from Camera) from phone to SD card?

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A user may have a slow SD card. So taking pictures and videos on internal storage solves the problem nicely. It has 100GB. However, it can get big. And the SD card is 256GB. So the user wants to free up space and (once a week or month) move pics and videos to SD card. That is what is desired. Please advice.
In windows, I would create a .bat file and put to desktop and execute when I need it.
something like
copy c:/fast_storage/DCIM/Camera/*.* c:/large_storage/DCIM

How can I put a similar script on my Android home screen?  (not a rooted phone). It can be inside some program that supports such simple script. (but not tasker or some too fancy solution that drains battery and runs all the time). The copy action is on demand (not scheduled).
It seems silly to do the steps repeatedly manually and not use a script approach. Can android do this?


texts: Why doesn't my computer list Android devices in Device Manager, or detect my Sony Xperia Play (R800)?

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I have an ancient Sony Xperia Play that I am trying to root. However, I can't even get it to show up on my computer.

It's possible that I accidentally deleted my drivers by running an unroot script. However, since then I've tried the following:

enabling mass storage mode, debug mode and unknown sources on my phone;
installing Android SDK, the usb drivers, and multiple versions of abd;
removing superfluous drivers (but I can still run "Minimal ABD & Flashboot"...?) & installing Koush's adb driver.

Absolutely no option for "Android Device Bridge" (or its various aliases), nor the phone itself, shows up in the device manager when I connect the phone via USB. When I run abd devices, no devices show up. I don't really know what I'm doing, any advice as to what could be the problem?


texts: Virus on an Android Phone from viewing Goolge Images

texts: so earlier this evening I browsed through some playboy images on Google Images. I have to do a project on Women as a Sex Symbol. Now I just viewed the Images on Google Images without clicking any image to get a preview. Is there a danger that I could get a virus by just viewing Images of scantily-clad women or other content such as logos or cars or something like that. Only viewing the google images  and not clicking on a preview and all this on my android phone.


texts: Non-root tethering app with Ubuntu client for Moto Droid on Verizon

texts: I love PDAnet for android, works great on my Windows machine. Unfortunately, I just found out (after installing Ubuntuon my HP mini) that there's no Linux client. Can anyone recommend a tethering app,  non-root, with a Linux/Ubuntu client?


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My microSD card doesn't work on my android, Alcatel One touch Pixi 3 4.5. It first came up with the error message "Damaged SD card". I have searched online and discovered the way of plugging it into your computer, opening command prompt and typing in "chkdsk f: /f". It "resolved" the problem, but then when I put it in my phone, it said "SD card safe to remove"?????

It did not work as I could not access any photos in the memory card and soon after trying to find out what is going on, the "Damaged SD card" notification popped up again!!!

How can I resolve this problem?


texts: Use Android phone as Android Wear device

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I would like to install my old Android phone as a bike computer. As many apps now have support for Android Wear, it would be cool to be able to use that phone as a display for Google Maps Navigation and Runtastic tracking.

Is there any way to run Android Wear apps on an ordinary Android phone?


texts: How to access functions previously assigned to the hardware Search button on HTC Sensation XE

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I presently have an HTC Desire handset which has a physical Search button. If I long-press on that search button I get a pop-up screen titled "Complete action using" and then I have three options of programs to run. I have the options of running my AutoRotate Switch program, running the Quick Compose feature of my SMS program or running a Voice Search.

I find this jolly handy mainly for the auto-rotate Switch fast access.

However, I understand that the HTX Sensation XE handset doesn't have a hardware Search button, ( or maybe no dedicated UI search button at all) so is there an alternative method of getting at this list of application short cuts on the new handset?

Alternatively does the version of Android on the Sensation XE ( ICS I believe) have any kind of QuickLaunch feature that applications can be added to?

Rob


texts: How to use ADB to list remote directories?

texts:
I used adb push lol.png /storage/sdcard0/ to push a test file to my Galaxy S6, and the file was transferred successfully while failed to show up in my Android File Transfer. This is probably due to the fact that S6 doesn't have sdcard0 directory.

I like to remove the file I transferred (and the sdcard0 directory I accidentally created. But I don't know how to list remote directory via ADB. Is that possible? And How?


texts: I just got a samsung Indulge this weekend and I’ve noticed that the biggest power drain on the battery is from the display. I’m blind, so I really don’t need to be able to see it at all. Is there a way for me to turn it off completely like I do on other devices?


texts: In a Google account (sync), what is the difference between Contacts and People details?

texts: For a Google account, you are allowed to sync Contacts and People details. What is the difference between these two?


texts: Add new Locale on android 2.2 HTC Wildfire phone

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I entered a competition and won an HTC Wildfire. However it's branded french. i've changed the language to English, but under 'Select Language' it says 'English (France)'. Several apps also tend to think i'm in france some of the time.

How can i add/change the locale to be whatever english is normally for a United Kingdom phone?


texts: Working inside VPN using an unrooted Android device (or Genymotion)

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I am trying to use an unrooted Android device (or alternatively, a Genymotion emulator) to run an application that needs to be connected to a VPN. On my PC, I only need to connect via Cisco's AnyConnect, and to use a RSA token generator.
However, I'm finding it quite hard to have VPN access in my device. Here are all the approaches that I've followed.

Installing Cisco AnyConnect for Android didn't work for me, since this can't be done without a token. I can use the generator from my PC, but I don't have a similar software in the device.
StackOverflow's questions about the "Genymotion approach" don't have any answers, unfortunately. For example, this older question and this newer question.
Reverse tethering also didn't work. This seems to require a rooted device.
The last approach I tried was using a laptop as a hotspot, and then connecting to this newly created WiFi network. However, although the network was created, and the Internet connection was succesfully shared, I wasn't able to connect to AnyConnect from the laptop after setting up this network.

Any additional ideas on how to share this VPN access to the device will be highly appreciated. On a final note, the VPN I'm trying to connect to is a customer network, so unfortunately I'm not expecting too much help on they side.
Regards


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Play Google does not show apps for my country. I visited another country and came back and store is stuck to that country, I tried clearing data, removing my addresses and cards from Google wallet (and adding them again), I have made purchases before and now when I try to purchase it show no availability for my country. Any help would be appreciated.

tinder gives next error: labResult: Error checking for billing v3 support. (response: 3:Billing unavailable)

Edit: there is restriction for every app which is paid or has in app purchases, country is Georgia


texts: XBrowser app: where are bookmarks stored?

texts:
I have been using this browser for a while now and I am somewhat impressed. I've added some bookmarks which I'd like to import to the browsers on my laptop.
So where do I find them? Or are they in the app itself?


texts: How to add link2sd to cyanogenmod custom_backup_list.txt?

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I'm using link2sd installed on /data

Every time I update the CyanogenMod rom I need to recreate the scripts and reboot to recover all the applications that are on the ext3 partition.

¿Can I edit the /etc/custom_backup_list.txt file to preserve the link2sd scripts?


texts: For my purposes, I want to create a simple bash script, that will notify me when appropriate conditions will meet. Is there a way to make a sound alert from Android Terminal Emulator? I'm running Cyanogenmod 10.1.


texts: Getting rid of the Google Search bar in home screen? (stock Android 5.1.1)

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I've got a Nexus 5, freshly factory reset, with stock Android 5.1.1. When searching around how to disable the Google Search bar on the Home screen, all solutions I find recommend to go Settings→Apps→All, find the 'Google Search' app and disable that. But in my App list, there is no 'Google Search'!

Yet the Google bar is most definitely on my home screen. How do I get rid of it?


texts: How to enter IP address with port into Google Chrome for android?

texts:
When I type IP address and port (eg.: 192.168.0.9:15672) on android google chrome 60, I am redirected to google search on that IP address and port.

I want to access that as URL, not as google search. How to do that?


texts: How do i fix low storage space so i don't have to reset my phone?

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I have an android Samsung Intercept SPH-M910 and I have read all the directions for resetting and clearing apps and cache. However I still have to reset my phone every three days because the low storage error comes back because what I have cleared out doesn't seem to really clear.

I have gone to settings and then applications, but there is no storage space after that... it is however after settings but does not let me change anything it just shows how much is available. How can I get my internal storage back to normal?


texts: Soft Brick? I closed the magnetic case cover of my Nexus 7 while my newly flashed Rom was optimizing apps and....Brick

texts:
I bought a Nexus 7 2012 grouper.
 I used wug's nexus 7 rootkit tool for windows on WinXp.
The drivers took a bit of tinkering but eventually I got the Raw drivers configured.
Everything was going along just fine, unlocked, rooted, flashed recovery happy day!
Downloaded and flashed Paranoid Android it booted up.

Paranoid was optimizing my apps (it had a couple hundread to do) so i figured I was past the critical part so I closed the case and put it down to do other things...

Aparently this was a bad idea. It boot looped when I turned ir back on. Tried to optimize apps again for a secons then went back to the boot animation. I turned it off and back on and it never went to app optimization again just boot animation. Now it just fails to boot and I cant get past the bootloader.

Recovery mode wont load but bootloader will.

I tried to flash recovery but adb says it cannot find the device.
I had this problem before until I got the right drivers installed and updated and the kicker that made it all work was my pc's signature popping up on my nexus and I said ok to give access. Because im stuck in bootloader mode it doesnt give me the option to allow the pc access, this seems like a problem.

I tried to use wugs tools for softbricked devices, flash stock with wugs but I get

Writeing bootloader FAILED
Invalid State

And the .bat hangs and cannot be closed without a reboot.

I also tried from linux where I have the android dev setup. Before I started this process it allowed me to access the nexus file system pretty reliably. Now linux does not notice that anything is plugged in and adb says Device Not Found.

So this is where I am at. Please and thank you for your help.


texts: How to sync between PC and android by WiFi File Explorer PRO?

texts:
I bought the app because it says "In this PRO version, you can also upload, sync, delete, copy, and zip or unzip all the files on your Android phone and computer"

I can download, upload, but I don't know how to sync a folder.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004OZOTSQ/ref=mas_ty


texts: Is it possible to view detailed GSM information on my Android phone?

texts: I'm trying to find such an app, but I can't, which leads me to suspect that it's not possible, either because of software or hardware limitations. What I'd like to see is a list of cell towers that my phone can reach (both from my carrier and other carriers); signal strengths from each; perhaps an option to lock on to a specific tower or forbid the use of some tower. And, generally, the more data available, the better. So - have I just missed the right app; is there no such thing out there (and I'm free to write the first one); or is such data simply unavailable and I can just give up?


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Target:
Perform IP forwarding for devices within the same local network. (The real target is transparent proxy but the IP forwarding is a prerequisite)
Network setup:
All devices are in the same local network 192.168.0.0/16.

main router 192.168.1.1
Android phone 192.168.2.1 (network interface wlan0)
computer 192.168.2.10 gateway set as 192.168.2.1
others like Raspberry Pi at 192.168.1.11

Android setup:

Data disabled, only WiFi connects.
rooted Android 10 (Pixel 2 XL)
enabled ip forwarding by sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
netfilter: on all tables of nat, mangle, filter and raw, run iptables -F -t <table_name> and iptables -X -t <table_name>
rp_filter: Disable by sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter=0 and sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.wlan0.rp_filter=0

Result:

the computer cannot access to the Internet, ping, dig, browser, nothing works.
the computer connects to local devices without any problem (like ping router 192.168.1.1, SSH to the Raspberry Pi, or use FireFox through the SOCK5 proxy hosted on the Pi).
Android phone connects to the Internet perfectly.

Debug:

using iptables -t <table_name> -L -v to show packet count, all chains have some packets, *except the FORWARD chain of both raw, mangle tables shows Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes). After some googling, rp_filter is the suspect but I'm sure it's turned off.


texts: How do I stop my note 4 from activating the screen when it is done charging?

texts: When I charge it at night and its finished the screen will stay on all night unless I plug it out. How do I stop this from happening.


texts: ASUS Slider Sl101 Driver letter access? rather than MTP in Android 4

texts: I know that Android 3 and 4 use MTP on Windows to allow access to the storage, I have tried the developer switch and the only connection you get is still MTP.. I really need a drive letter to enable several programs that I want to use with my ASUS slider (this question has a good chance of being needed on many Android 4 systems). is there any app or driver that will allow mass storage / drive letter access to Android 4


texts:
It all started about three months ago when my HTC One (M8)'s USB charging port died. At first the port would sometimes not work, you just have to move the cable around a bit for it to charge, then you had to hold the cable down to make it keep charging, and finally device wouldn't charge at all.

The same exact thing happened to my HTC Vivid. When I got the Vivid fixed, the technician said it was water damage.

Anyway, after the local phone repair shop successfully installed the new USB port on my One phone, failing on the first try as it was still in the same condition, everything was fine. For a few weeks. Then the phone started shutting down as if it had no battery left, at 20%. I immediately plugged it into a charger, turned it back on, and the phone read 1%.

Its been doing that ever since. Some days it goes down to 0%, some days it goes down to 20% or 25% and dies.

Here's a screen shot of what is going on.

Under device settings, it says that the battery condition is good.

So I'm just wondering why my phone may be doing this, and what do you think the best option is to fix this.

I tried recalibrating the battery, clearing the cache, and installing a new ROM. None of the above worked.


texts: What kind of pressure does it measure? Air pressure? Finger pressure on the touchscreen?


texts: How are internal components of Android tested before releasing?

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How are the internal components of Android such as Zygote and Binder tested before being released?

I tried looking around for answers to this but most resources (blog posts and research papers) I could find dealt mostly with Android application testing and/or verification techniques for Android applications and not the system itself.

A (somewhat) related official information I found was Android Compatibility Test Suite(CTS). I suppose this is aimed at hardware vendors who customize AOSP code for their devices. CTS performs high level compatibility checks from user applications only but not all code of internal components is tested.

If there are no publicly known techniques currently being used in Android, are there any known techniques proposed for other operating systems which would be applicable for Android?

I am working on replacing some components of Android entirely and looking for efficient ways to test them (correctness, compatibility, security and more perhaps).

Edit: It is sufficient for me to know how internal components of Android such as Zygote and Binder are tested when changes are made to them. Since they are internal components, the testing could be very likely automated. Also, I am hoping to replacing these components with functionally equivalent code so these tests will help establish that no critical functionality has been affected.


texts:
My problems is my phone keep showing 'ANDROID' after I'm resetting it.

I tried to restart but it keep showing the same.

What can I do?


texts: What is meant by "nightly" in the context of mods?

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I'm using CyanogenMod and all of the updates are always "nightly". What does this mean? I'd prefer a more stable update then the newest with latest features. Is there anyway to get this (I have noticed some stability issues)?

See here for what I'm talking about: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=nightly

By the way, I always update from my phones update feature for CM.


texts: How to install new Recovery image from .img file

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I recently found that I could upgrade to the new CWM touch recovery version for my EVO 4g! However, to do this through the ROM manager app or get it directly onto the phone at all, it required a payment, although they specified it could be found (the same version) for free on their website. So naturally, I went and downloaded it as soon as I could.

But instead of a .zip file, as things that I usually flash, it is an .img file. This made sense, since I figured I wouldn't be installing a new recovery through the current recovery version, but I am unknowing as to how to install this new recovery image.

Anyone know what my next step is?


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I recently updated my Samsung Galaxy 3 to Android 2.2 . After the update my fully charged battery dies in just 3 hours(without any use) and around 1 hour if I use it (talking,browsing etc). I am using the phone for the past one year. This is too annoying because I am not able to use it anywhere outside. The battery quickly dies.

When I used Android 2.1 , the battery used to come for 1 full day

Is this battery problem because of the updated from 2.1 to 2.2 ?

Are there any work arounds for this ?


texts: SD Maid on Rooted Roger's Galaxy S3 hanging on "System Cleanup" and "Duplicate"

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My phone is a rooted Canadian Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGH-I747M) running stock 4.4.2. I've had SD Maid installed for a very long time and it's worked great up until now. I've never had any issues with it. I hadn't used SD Maid in a couple of months due to carelessness so a couple of days ago I figured I'd give it a run.

Well, most of the scans to run as per usual but for some reason both "System Cleanup" and "Duplicate" seem to start but then shortly after hang and not complete. For example, I notice System Cleaner will start with a full 600 op/s but then it reaches the "cache" portion of the scan and then the op/s seem to drop steadily, all the way down to 5 op/s. I even let the phone sit for an hour or something, assuming for whatever reason, that the cache was massive but that doesn't seem to be the case. Shortly after, if you try to do anything, SD Maid crashes.

Something similar with the "Duplicate Finder" function happens as well. Start fast at around 120 op/s, gets to scan about 380-480 files and then the op/s drop to 2 op/s but the scanned files aren't moving at all.

I'm not sure if this is a bug with SD Maid, a problem with my phone or something else? I was curious about installing a older or beta version of SD Maid to see if that would help but I've been reluctant to do so. I've noticed my phone has also been somewhat more sluggish lately and that the battery has been dying much faster. I've been using Greenify for a year or 2 now and that always seemed to help. I added Hipmunk and Snapchat to the Greenify list a few days ago, thinking that they might be the culprits to the battery loss but it hasn't helped much.

How do I diagnose or fix SD Maid?


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My friends with iphones frequently group message me and I am never able to participate because when i hit reply it only sends the message back to the original person sending the message, not the whole group. Does stock android have a feature that allows us to group message other iphone users the way they group message one another?

If it helps I'm running an alpha version (albeit stable) of CM10.1 (android 4.2) on a Motorola Atrix.


texts: How to sync facebook contacts with ASUS ZenFone 5Z (Android 9)?

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ASUS ZenFone 5Z Android 9 and latest ZenUI

This question has been asked before, but none of the answers address what I'm seeing on my device.

I've added the Facebook App, and I've added my Facebook account, but I still don't have the option to sync my contacts from Facebook.

When I look at my Facebook account, I see this:

The menu ellipsis on the second screen only has one item: "Sync Now" which doesn't seem to do anything. I don't see the options to choose what automatically syncs and what doesn't, that are referenced in other answers.

I've looked through my mobile data settings, and I can't find anything that might be preventing Facebook from using data, AND I've been connected to WiFi all morning. I've tried removing the account and uninstalling the app, and then reinstalling/re-adding, but to no avail.

A lot of the other answers (like this one: https://android.stackexchange.com/a/123271/292111) reference an item in the "Network & Internet" menu. The "Data Usage" sub-menu is supposed to have a menu ellipsis with a toggle for "Auto Sync Data" which, when turned on, causes the sync options for the Facebook account to appear on the second screen I posted above. In my case, there is no menu ellipsis in the "Data Usage" sub-menu.

My expectation is that Facebook would eventually show up as one of the contact sources in my Contacts app.

Any suggestions?


texts: How can I stop an application from updating itself?

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Not to be confused with applications auto updates.

I have this application as an APK file, once I install the application and choose open it starts working perfectly yet it starts downloading a newest version of itself which I dont want to for a certain reason.

The application is a full screen IPTV application. It runs on an Android box. It can be rooted as it's version 4.2.2. The application has no menus or option, it's not available on the store nor it has a specific name.

Disabling the "Uknown Sources" is not a good solution as I would have the "install blocked" message popping up every two minutes or less since the application does NOT give up on trying to update itself.

Obviously disabling the Internet access is not a solution.

Is there any solution that does not require modifying the APK file itself? I know nothing about Java development and it is impossible for me to modify the source code unless it can be modified to achieve my goal using a for-dummies software like APK Editor


texts: How to move data between 2 Android phones?

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I'm trying to move data from a Pixel3 to a Pixel1.

Bluetooth

I am able to pair the devices, but for some reason they are disconnected as soon as I switch to another app (to a Files app to copy data). I'm not seeing any errors.

USB

I am able to connect the devices via USB, but only one way! So I can move data from Pixel1 to Pixel3, but I'm not able to move data from Pixel3 to Pixel1. In settings there is a "USB controlled by..." switch, but when I press it, it tries to switch for 10 seconds and then times out. Again, no error message to tell me what went wrong.

Surely there must be a way to move data between 2 Android phones? I don't want to use a computer/cloud as an intermediary step.


texts: Couldnt open connection to Outlook server in Nexus 5

texts: Using Nexus 5 running on 4.4.4 not able to connect. Password and username are correct(checked a 100 times), cleared the cache but still not able to connect to outlook server. I'm getting 3g data speed too.


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Is there a way to navigate to locations using Ok Google?

Similar functionality on the iPhone would be "Go Home."


texts: Using NetGuard, what app(s)/service(s) can be restricted to prevent system updates?

texts: I've been using NetGuard for a little while now, and I've really liked it so far. I hate the forced system updates which seem to come more and more frequently. For a handful of reasons, I'd like to prevent this from happening via NetGuard, if possible. I have to imagine there's a service or two which compares my Android version with the latest available version, and perhaps another which actually downloads the latest version. The problem is that the list of apps and services to restrict are vast, and I have no idea what most of them do. What on this list needs to be restricted in order to prevent all future forced updates?


texts: USB debugging permission alerts stopped although USB Debugging is enabled on android 4.4.2

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I was able to connect my android mobile to my computer as I enabled USB debugging from the developer options. I used to receive the USB debugging permission alert and from there I switch from charging to file transfer.

All of a sudden and while my device is having a low space problem, the USB debugging permission alert stopped appear when I connect it to my PC. That means I can not connect him to my PC as I can not give the permission as the default is charging. I tried two different PCs (Ubuntu based, and Windows 10 based) with no luck as well as two different cables. I used another android phone with the same cable and to the same PC and it connects OK.

My mobile has an Android version of 4.4.2 and updates stopped a while ago.
My other mobile (Android 7.0) is connecting with no problem. I connected several times before from this mobile with no issue.

I tried to restart the mobile and switch off and on the USB debugging option with no luck. I am trying to connect it to my computer to take some backup and free some space.

Here is the information of my mobile:

Huawei Honor 4C CHM-U1
Memory at the current time: 391 MB Free 8 GB total
Android version of 4.4.2

Can any body help me how to fix this?


texts: Possible to install APK from personal website?

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How can I allow a user to do web-install of Android APK file from my personal web page? Like to create a personal (private) APK repository where I could put APK files and send a client the link to the APK file. A client would then click on this file and install the Android app to its phone.

Is this possible/allowed on the first place?

Any cool tool a user should use for installing such apps?


texts: Error: An application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device.

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I am getting the following error message every now and then. As far as I notice, it only happens if my phone has internet connection mostly on Wifi.

an application has been forced to stop for an unauthorized attempt to access system in your device. it may be    safe to delete an application obtained from an unauthorized route. Check now?

When i click Check Now it just shows me list of all apps but don't tell me which is having problem. It is Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and it is not rooted or i don't remember i installed any application which is not from Play store.

I googled and researched and found other people is getting same problem but i don't see any way to solve it. Anyone here knows how to fix it?


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I, probably unwisely, configured a slow sd card in my Marshmallow for storing apps.  Now I want to change it for an ultra or extreme quicker sd card.
How do I prevent the loss of part or all of some apps?
I have an 8 GB Moto E (2nd Gen) with 4G LTE with Android 6.0 patched to 1 Feb2016


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Is it possible to set a HTML signature in the Android Gmail app somehow? I set something like

mytitle

as a signature but the HTML tags didn't parse.

If you can suggest another app that allows HTML signature that will also be cool.


texts: How to always use a particular browser for certain URLs

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I have two browsers on my device: Chrome and Firefox. I usually use Firefox, but I have to use Chrome for some sites to work around Firefox bugs. All the same, I get bored of having to choose the browser every time I click a link, when it would be simple to teach the computer which sites I want to use with Chrome.

Is there another way to handle links so that I can set up Chrome to open automatically for some websites and Firefox for others, instead of having to choose every time?


texts: Will JTAG wipe internal memory on Galaxy sII?

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I have hard bricked my phone by flashing wrong bootloader. My phone wont show any signs of life but warming of the back side.

I have some private photos, messages, etc  that i don't want the repair man see them. He said to me that when you JTAG the phone, all the phone memory contents such as ROM and internal memory are completely wiped. Is this true? Cant he recover internal memory sdcard before or after JTAG?

Please only answer if you are 100% sure

Thank you


texts: Using a barcode Scanner via USB OTG on Samsung Tab S

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I have a 10 Galaxy Tab S (Android 5.0.2) on which I am connecting a barcode scanner via USB OTG.

The problem is it does not read the barcodes (Line,2-D, QR ) accurately.  It missed out on some characters.

I have tried the same scanner with the same codes on a computer, a MI Phone & a Samsung Note -II Phone & it works there correctly.

Any Ideas ?


texts: Why the file path the phone tells me ,I couldn't find in 'adb shell'?

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I used my new Moto X phone, then I encountered a basic problem. It's running Android 4.4.2.

I take a photo, and want to send it to my PC. The Gallery app tells me the photo is at /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/, but in 'adb shell'... I cannot find it.

shell@ghost:/ $ cd /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/
/system/bin/sh: cd: /storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera: No such file or directory

I find it at /storage/emulated/legacy/DCIM/Camera/

Question 1: Why is the 'legacy' dir '0' dir?

Then I send it to the phone.

Question 2: Is there a convenient way to use 'adb pull' when I am in 'adb shell'?

exit;
➜  ~  adb pull /storage/emulated/legacy/DCIM/Camera/*.*
zsh: no matches found: /storage/emulated/legacy/DCIM/Camera/*.*
➜  ~  adb pull /storage/emulated/legacy/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20140302_105047591_HDR.jpg
5326 KB/s (2746404 bytes in 0.503s)

Question 3: Why can't I use '*' in adb pull?

Thank you for your reading this. Forgive my multiple questions. I really want to know why. Do you have any suggestions?


texts: When I connect via USB (Android to PC), it automatically starts charging. How do I transfer files?

texts: According to what I've read, a 'File Transfer' window should open.  Mine just says, 'slow charging'.


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Everytime i try to download anything it uses the built in android download manager.There is no download manager option at default apps . Is there anyway to force the use of my download manager?
My device is Realme 7 and it runs android 10
My download manager is advanced download manager


texts: Can I silence only certain notifications during the night?

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I would like to be able to set up a silent period (at night for sleeping) where email alerts - but ONLY email alerts - will be silenced.

I still would like to have text messages and phone rings be normal.

Is there any way to do this automatically, without needing to go into the email app every night and turn off notifications and then remember to turn them back on in the morning?


texts: How to turn off WhatsApp incoming message sound in Redmi Prime 2 / MIUI 7.1?

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I've turned it off in

Setting > Notifications > App Notifications > Whatsapp > Sound & vibration
Whatsapp > Settings > Notifications > Conversation Tones

And it still sounds. At one point I even tried to turn off all WhatsApp notif, but it STILL sounds even when no notification shown.

I just recently noticed this because usually I put my phone in Silent Mode. But now I'm waiting for a phone call, I can't do that, and suddenly noted how annoying this thing is.


texts: High resolution contact pictures in Marshmallow - what is their size and where are they stored

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Trying to answer this question How to backup large contact photos?, I wanted to compare the picture size after restore

I do see a database for contacts  , as mentioned in Narayanan's answer here -  location hasn't changed from Gingerbread days !

/data/data/com.Android.providers/contacta/databases/contracts.db

How do I see the picture and it's size ??

I gather one has to SQLlite viewer but Apps from play store didn't help and I am new to SQL stuff. It would be nice if I can get a way of doing this (preferably without using PC but if that's inevitable , it's fine )

Edit:

Android version 6.0, Rooted
When I see /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/files/photos/ they pertain to WhatsApp photos not contact pictures


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I have a Noontec A9 Android Smart Box TV thingy that needs to play a video on loop for a very long time.

I found multiple apps that can do this but I am looking for one that will start playing the video as soon as the app starts.

The device is going to be placed in a duty-free area. The problem is that between 12 and 6 AM the power is switched off so the player will turn off and on in the morning. Using Automateit I can start an app at boot but I just cannot find one that will auto play the video.

Any idea on what I should do? Maybe another solution? The device is rooted.


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When I get a call, I often can hear the other side just fine, but they don't hear me. This happens so often that I wonder if the problem could be my phone's sending signal strength. (There are tons of apps showing the received signal strength, but this is not my point.)

Is there a way to measure or configure this?
Is this a possible explanation at all?

Edit: should have added that the call is often dropped some seconds after I become inaudible. I hear the other side crisp and clear complaining about me not audible and then it drops.

Further I discovered the Settings -> About Phone -> Status -> SUBS Status (my translations from German) where I see that the connection is difficult in these situations (UMTS at -95dbm to -103dbm).

The model I am envisaging is that the receive (from cell) and send channels (to cell) are slightly asymmetric, due to walls, buildings and other obstacles, such that the phone software underestimates the necessary sending power by a few percent.


texts: Screenshot with power + volume down, what's the trick?

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I'm using a galaxy nexus.  I know the trick for taking a screenshot, with power button and volume down, but it's really flakey and only works some of the time for me (much less than half, maybe 1 in 10 attempts).

Even more annoying is that the volume down brings up a little dialog, and if I don't wait for that to disappear before I magically get the combination right, it often gets the volume slider into the screenshot.

I've tried holding the power button first, then pressing down.

I've tried holding the volume down first, then pressing power.

I've tried attempting to push them at exactly the same time (this one seems to work best).

Is there some sort of trick to this technique that I'm missing?


texts: How to reset Nexus One to Android 2.2.1 or 2.3?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

I have a Nexus One (with the radios for the AT&T network) which has an old beta version of 2.2 on it. It doesn't receive over the air updates, and I'd like to get it running something more recent.

Where can I find a download for Android 2.2.1 or 2.3? There's a link to an updater on Google's site that's given by numerous blogs but it's always broken. It's kind of bizarre to me that this phone is stuck in an OS limbo since it won't receive updates and there's no place to download the latest.


texts: My Device Keeps Rebooting (LogCat attached)

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For some reason, after I changed my device's battery. It just keeps rebooting and here's a LogCat of the error:

E/JavaBinder( 1305): *** Uncaught remote exception!  (Exceptions are not yet supported across processes.)
E/JavaBinder( 1305): java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: length=5; index=6
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at com.android.internal.os.BatteryStatsImpl.updateAllPhoneStateLocked(BatteryStatsImpl.java:1907)
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at com.android.internal.os.BatteryStatsImpl.notePhoneSignalStrengthLocked(BatteryStatsImpl.java:1937)
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at com.android.server.am.BatteryStatsService.notePhoneSignalStrength(BatteryStatsService.java:211)
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at com.android.server.TelephonyRegistry.broadcastSignalStrengthChanged(TelephonyRegistry.java:564)
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at com.android.server.TelephonyRegistry.notifySignalStrength(TelephonyRegistry.java:325)
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at com.android.internal.telephony.ITelephonyRegistry$Stub.onTransact(ITelephonyRegistry.java:95)
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:338)
E/JavaBinder( 1305):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)


texts: How do I stop a Google account from syncing contacts?

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I have multiple email accounts on my phone. Some are personal emails and one is for school.
The problem is that my school email is syncing all of my school contacts to my contacts. This is a problem for two reasons:

I do not want 2,000+ people that I do not know appearing in my contacts when I search and
I like to keep my school information and personal information separate. I only want to use my school email for email, docs, and drive.

When I go to my account, I unchecked everything except those three options and my school contacts are still synced. If there is anything I am doing wrong or something I can do instead, please let me know. Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I use the Android Paid Market from a region where it's not available yet?

texts: I live in scandinavia and the Market for paid applications is not available here yet. Is there any way I can enable it? Or a workaround?


texts: What do these screen mean black background yellow or blue with date and time?

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Some times my phone gets stuck at this screen. I can take a screen shot but it is otherwise unresponsive. What does this screen mean. It's usually yellow or blue with the time.

I want to think if I can take a screen shoot, I can otherwise recover from them. But each time I get it I have to restart the phone. I got these with Lineage 14.1, and now I'm getting them with 15.1 too.


texts: Which phones ship with manufacturer-provided root?

texts: I'd like to buy a phone that either ships with factory-installed su, or where the manufacturer provides official instructions/downloads for installing one. Do such phones exist?


texts: Home button, recent button, notifications, pull down menu all stopped working

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I have a Nexus 9 running Android 7.1.1, and the home button, recent button, all notifications, and the top pull-down menu all stopped working.

The home and recent buttons respond to being tapped in that the animation that indicates I tapped them runs (the gray circle expands out from the button), but nothing happens. I can open the top pull-down menu, but it always says that there are no notifications, and I can't pull the menu down further to expand the icons.

I have about 15 GB out of about 30 GB available, and memory usage is listed at 1.6 GB out of 1.8 GB. I've tried restarting the device multiple times.

If I remember correctly, I accidentally drained the battery before this happened, but I can't recall if the device was simply powered off. When I powered up the device, the PIN prompt buttons caused the device to vibrate, even though I had had previously had that setting turned off. I restarted the device, and that setting turned back off. Double-tapping to wake up the device doesn't work consistently.

Any ideas?


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I've recently updated Google Maps to version 9.16.2 and it is draining battery like anything.

I tried disabling it but it starts again and again and consumes battery

Screenshot (click to enlarge)


texts: Sony Xperia Z5 turning off after showing Sony Xperia boot logo

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Here we are, I have a Sony Xperia z5 dual. I do not want to use flash tools and lose my data. The problem is that my phone starts and when it tries to load android it turns itself off and the red LED starts to flash several times.
The problem might be one of these 2:
1-phone is hot then the phone shut itself off before start (it may not be the case cause I cooled it down and still have the same problem). I also notice that the phone gets hot very fast when I connect it to the charger and a boot loop starts, but I doubt if it is the normal heat problem of Sony phones or something about heat problem prevent my phone to start.
2-Recently my phone got full and reached the status which the memory got zero, so I had to clean some files. It may be the androids difficulty that when face zeroes storage and tries to load the app, but as the memory is full it crashes for this reason.
so my solution would be to find a way to clean some space without turning the phone on.
p.s. I read all related topics and could not find any solution, please do not deactivate this question before approval for a solution. (Xperia models have different procedures for boot and recovery.)


texts: What is this application from the Play Store?

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When looking to update apps, i noticed this application is claiming to be installed on my device.

What is this application? I did not ever install it myself, and i have not authorized its update yet. Is this a glitch on Samsung's part? It looks like their memo application but i cannot be sure. Is it a virus intended to fool me?


texts: I was trying to install the Ubuntu touch into my Samsung galaxy s2 .. when I entered at the terminal 'adb reboot bootloader' the mobile rebooted but didn't enter the boot loader !! any help please? thanks :)


texts: Is it ok to delete this file from WhatsApp?

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I have 2 WhatsApp files in my system and one is massive and I'm trying to know if it is ok to delete it. The file in asking about is the 16GB one.
I am using DiskUsage and my phone is a Huawei Honor View 10 with emui 9.0


texts: What are the "Window animation scale", "Transition animation scale" and "Animator duration scale" settings in android developer settings?

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I have seen many posts suggesting to turn them off, i have them turned off and notice quicker transitions, no animations, etc. But in some places it is weird to see no animation.

I googled the terms to try to find what they meant, but could only find the above suggestions. Could someone explain what effects each setting has?


texts: I've a rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 device, and I don't like the stock dialer app; can I replace (i.e. remove it totally) it with another dailer without breaking the phone functionality?


texts: can you help me delete my contacts at once? I don't want to spend my whole day deleting them one by one. can you suggest a free application for me to use? thanks


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I'm experiencing a spot of trouble with my N7105 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 device. It boots up just fine, the screen works absolutely flawlessly for a few minutes, but then the problems start to appear. The screen progressively develops black bars, it stops refreshing in places, beginning from the bottom of the screen and moving upwards, and before too long the entire screen is covered in random noise.

Now, since this problem only manifests after the device has been turned on for some time, it makes sense to me if it were an overheating problem. I've pulled the phone apart and have thoroughly cleaned the cables and connectors to the motherboard with ethanol, but it doesn't seem to have improved the situation much.

If anyone has any kind of experience with this kind of problem, please report back.


texts: Is that only very few app really use mult cores power?

texts: I google this question but there is almost no discussion. So only very few apps really use more than one core?


texts: How to create an update.zip file that can copy & rename a file?

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Here's exactly what I'm looking for - I need an 'update.zip' file that can copy a file (example):

/system/framework/file-to-copy.apk

to another folder:

/system/

and then it would rename the 'file-to-copy.apk' in the 'system' folder to:

renamed-file.apk

and copy it back to:

/system/framework/

It would have to overwrite an already existing 'renamed-file.apk' in 'system/framework' folder.

Note: The permissions can NOT change.

Is it even possible to do this?

Any help would be appreciated!


texts: TF700 boot loop after update to CM10.1.2

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The Transformer Pad TF700T worked almost fine with the previous Cyanogenmod10. Today I updated the pad with the CM-Update Manager. It downloaded the cm10.1.2 update package and then booted recovery. After the installation was completed I found the pad stuck at boot loop.

The Cyanogenmod circle circuits but then stucks, waits for a few seconds and then the pad reboots and the same happens again.

I Hope anyone can help me.

Thanks in advance,
mrstrauss

EDIT:
I did a format of the cache partition as well as the dalvik cache. The result is still the same. It boots until the circle stops to circle and then it reboots.


texts: How to set android as internet gateway for my home network

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Title should say all, but here's some network topology:

Laptop(s), desktop(s) <-wlan/lan-> router <-wifi-> android <-internet->

So I'd walk into the reach of my wifi and my android would connect to the wlan automatically and voila, internet for the rest of the network.

I think this is a good approach https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing and I'll probably figure the rest out myself before long, but if someone who knows what they are talking about could create a better guide or even an app for android for this, it would be much appreciated.

As for the use of this. e.g. range, network resilience (when used in mesh networking).

Thank you


texts: why non rooted android does not support sdcard formatted with ext4?

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Prone to data loss, fat32 or exFat are the only options right?
I just lost many files on a sdcard.
Formatted on linux desktop, to ext4, android will not reconize the sdcard, despite it could.

my question is: why this non-sense?

lollipop here :(

is our only option for quality, to root the smartphone?


texts: Realistic preparations to be made beforehand to locate the device and/or ascertain identity of its holder?

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What can and should be done beforehand as a precautionary measure to locate the device or ascertain the identity of its holder, should a person unknowingly lose his/her device for any reason?

I am thinking of ways which provides features, such as:

keeping camera turned on nonstop upload data as much as possible to possibly capture holder's face and location along the way, or
perhaps prevent the phone from being turned off and create a loud sound "THIEFS" in the middle of crowded bus

If the solutions requires app, I would prefer such apps which can't be turned off.

Also, perhaps something we can put on our keychain that will cry out loud if the distance between the Android device and the keychain is above 1 meter.


texts:
Is it possible (using the native facebook app) to upload a video and tag it?

I know they recently included the ability to tag people in photos, but I'm not sure if you can do it to videos as well.


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I've a rooted smartphone with lollipop 5.1 and chip mt6537M...
Store:

Emulated legacy (5.35 gb media + store) and 1gb for system rom (300 free T_T)

Objective:
I would like change the size of partitions... Note: It haven't EBR Instead has tee1 and tee2, but I don't know about tee partitions...
Possible way and question:
I was thought maybe with cat or dd command could clone mmbclk0 and resize in a pc or with internal tools from recovery mode (TWRP 3.0)
example:
 "cat /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /external_sd/allpartitions.cat"

Someone could guide me by the best way...? Thanks


texts: My cellular networks slower than USB tethering, what shoud i do?

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In the first glance to my title, it doesn't really make sense because the hotspot itself should equal/faster than the client who borrow/tether the network, but due to unknown reason, it always slower, and not a bit slower.

I'm not the only one have this problem.

My phone model is Oukitel K4000(non-root). Originally i'm not even can access the https website, such as https://www.google.com:

But USB/wifi tethering works fine even though slow which take 1 minute to load mobile(spoof with mobile user agent) https://www.google.com.

Then i found it's because of Oukitel misplaced MMS proxy and port in normal proxy and port field, the https works after i remove this fields:

And it's faster, USB/tethering which take 1 minute to load https://www.google.com now only require 30 seconds.

But still, there's something wrong because cellular network is ALWAYS slower than USB tethering.

Speedtest app in my phone:

In average, downland speed is 3 times slower than my laptop who tethering:

I also test with chrome remote debugging, http://android.blogspot.my/ (no https), spends 25 seconds:

And the result of laptop chrome(mobile user agent) who use USB tethering(wifi tethering is slower but still faster than mobile), spends 1.5 seconds:

I perform a lot of testing, so i can conclude that my phone is abnormally slower than USB tethering. I also test my phone to connect wifi, it spends only 1.25 second to load http://android.blogspot.my/, so i can conclude that the problem only exist on cellular networks.

I tried to use DNS changer app but i think the app doesn't works because even i set custom DNS to invalid ip like 10.3.6.8, my phone still able to load web pages.

I failed to root my phone too.

I wonder it might because the app in my phone use ipv6 as first priority(which always fail if i request ipv6 in USB tethering), i'm not really sure.

I get lost, what should i do ?


texts: How to create a link on Android without installing a 3rd party app?

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I installed some apps but I do not have a shortcut to it anywhere (these apps include Google Maps). The only way for me to start those is through Google Play.

I want to create a link to an app on the "desktop" in Android (not sure what the thing is called on Android, it's the screen that you get back to when you press the Home button (the symbol with the little house)) without rooting or a 3rd party app (except maybe for a terminal app, like Terminal IDE, which does not have mklink which might be used to achieve this).

Any way of doing that?


texts: How do I setup a Gmail account with 2-step verification in K-9 Mail?

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I'm trying to setup my Gmail account in K-9 Mail, but when I'm setting up the incoming server, I keep getting the error: "Wrong username or password". When I'm trying to set up an outgoing server, I get an error which directs me to the two-step verification at Google.

I have 2-step verification configured on my Google account, but can't seem to get this into K-9 Mail. I've searched all over and tried following different guides, e.g. this question, and I've also tried to change the password on my Google account but nothing helped.

How can I properly configure K-9 Mail for my Gmail account with 2-step verification?


texts: How to stop Android from switching between Wifi APs automatically?

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I have several WiFi APs for different purposes. One is for printing, one is for smart devices with access to the internet, another for devices with no access to the internet for security concerns, and some others like repeaters, guest APs or streaming devices.
Android 7 always switches between these APs without asking for permission. The only time it asks for confirmation is when switching from WiFi to mobile data.
Using the wrong AP, is not only annoying but has unwanted consequences. Any idea how to stop Android from such nonsense move?

Ps: there is no smart wifi option but wifi plus which is off.
Ps2: Imagine an app does not have access to the AP or internet it needs or when setting up a device and the WiFi is switched to another AP or connecting to a server with the wrong IP, just because Android decides it wants to use a different WiFi AP.


texts: I want to transfer all SMSes from my old phone Nokia 6300 to Philips W626. I have tried several tools but all of them failed. Does anybody know tested way to do it?


texts: What App do I need to use NFC on an android phone to pay for things in the UK?

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I'd like to know if it's possible to use NFC on an HTC One X to pay for things in the UK and if so, what app do I use?

Google wallet doesn't seem to be supported here in the UK.


texts: Installing custom ROMs: since most Android systems don't have a ROM, isn't this a misnomer?

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My Samsung Galaxy SIII seems to have an internal SD card as internal memory,
and no ROM (Read-Only Memory).
As far as I know, ROM refers to a type of memory which can be only modified by attaching a cable from it to a special device and flashing; once the ROM is flashed, it is for all purposes read-only from the point of view of the users logging into the OS. Many sites report that one of the benefits of rooting is installing custom ROMs.
So why is installing an alternative system UI such as CyanogenMod still referred to as installing a custom ROM? Isn't it just replacing some files in the /system directory with some other files, i.e., deleting or backing up some old files and copying the replacement files to that directory?

Thanks.


texts: What is 0x10DB21 error code in Kingoroot?

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I'm currently using android 6.0
And i wanted to root it
I downloaded kingoroot apk
I installed it clicked one click root and it stopped at 90% and then said failed to root error
0x10db21 what do i do?