texts: Cyrillic font not displaying properly in Android

texts:
I have installed Evernote on a Lenovo P770 (running Android). The problem is, some Cyrillic text is displayed with strange hardly readable font. At the same time Cyrillic text with another font is displayed correctly. Other applications are having the same problem, so this is not specific to Evernote.

Screenshot below:

The device is not rooted.

Is it possible to replace this font with another in Android? Can I do it without rooting the phone?


texts:
When I listen to Spotify, I all the time modify the lound-speaker button on the side but it is irritating when someone calls and the Ringer Volume is low so cannot hear it. Is it possible to set the Ringer Volume high so that Spotify or accidental side-bar -button pressing does not distrupt the listening and incoming calls?

Method 1: In contacts, one can specify Ring Tune but I would like more advanced settings, perhaps configured in Desktop -- possible?

  My Phone

Phone Model: U8800 (Huawei)
Android version: 2.3.5
Baseband v: 404020
Kernel v: 2.6.35.7-perf

  Perhaps related

  How to set in-call volume


texts: How do I bring custom app (activity) atop of lock screen?

texts:
Some applications (for example, MortPlayer Music and other music players, Camera app, etc.) can work atop of lock screen, without requiring to enter PIN.

How do I force existing app to show an activity even if screen is locked?

For example, I have some custom Calculator app and I think it is secure enough to be callable without unlocking the device. I can already start it without unlocking (method of doing so is out of scope for this question), but it's window gets visible only after closing lockscreen.

To do this I suppose one should "inject" android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission and WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED and WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DISMISS_KEYGUARD window flags.

Is this already done by somebody? Maybe there is some XPosed module for this?


texts: GT-I9001 (galaxy S plus) not recognized in Windows 8.1

texts:
I installed the ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.4 and tried to install a cyanogen mod on my Galaxy S plus (GT-I9001), but now my phone is stuck in a reboot-loop where the OS doesn't start and I just come back to the ClockworkMod screen.

I tried putting it into "download mode" and linking it via usb to my Win8.1 laptop (I was going to use Odin to install a new bootloader) but Windows says "USB Samsung Composite device - failed to load" and won't show in Odin. One weird things is that if I use another version of Odin (Odin3 v3.09) and I leave the phone usb connected in the CWM screen, Odin3 detects it, although afterwards is uncapable of carrying out the re-flash.

I'm a newbie with phone rooting and mod installing and I wanted some help on how to get my phone out of the reboot-lock into CWM


texts:
Need assistance. If I power on or restart my GT-P7500 10.1 Samsung tablet, it takes an awe full long time to become usable. It keeps coming up with messages like "Messager is not responding" - with pop up to "close or report or wait choice". This carries on for a while with pop ups for various apps before it becomes stable and usable. Even then occasionally a pop up still appears.
I have cleared no of apps so that only half of the 32Gig Mem (stil got 11.7 Gig free). Running

Any help will be appreciated as this is very frustrating


texts:
The STREAM X GL07S is a mobile phone manufactured by Huawei.
It is similar (but different) to the Huawei Ascend P2.

QUESTION: How to root the Huawei STREAM X GL07S?


texts: Enable gesture (swipe) input (on Fairphone 2) without Google Keyboard

texts:
I have Fairphone 2 running Fairphone Open OS, and I'm making a quixotic effort to avoid installing non-free (as in freedom) software on it and to optimize privacy.

I want swipe input, but I don't want to install Google Keyboard, (LatimeImeGoogle.apk) By default, the OS has AOSP keyboard. I've also installed the wonderfully code-friendly AnySoftKeyboard (which also has awesome themes) and Hacker's Keyboard from F-Droid, but though they are useful to me, they don't have swipe input.

I've read this post which makes me think I have to get the source and compile the keyboard. I don't know how to do this at the moment, but I'm prepared to learn. I tried just replacing the library (by cheating and taking the correct library from the Google apk) mentioned in the post, and nothing changed (if I delete the library the keyboard stops working completely, so clearly I am making a system change by replacing it - it just doesn't do what I want).

I would like any of the following, in order of preference

a nice code-friendly FOSS keyboard with gesture input
a simple* way to enable gesture input for AOSP
confirmation that I do, in fact, need to build AOSP myself to do what I want
any other relevant advice(!)

Obviously, I have root :)

*I have an Ubuntu system to play with on my laptop if it helps...


texts: What happens in background when an app is linked or unlinked to/from Play Store?

texts:
If you are rooted, you can use Titanium Backup to link or unlink an app to/from Play Store. What does Titanium Backup do for it? I don't think Android API supports this directly. It alters a file or database or something else?
I am just curious...


texts: Is it possible to migrate apps and their data from one unrooted Android phone to another?

texts:
I would like to migrate apps and their data from one phone to another without too much faffing around, like:

rooting (very convoluted device specific process with a lot of ambiguity around it and often involving running closed source software from random vendors that you have to believe does the right thing),
using app specific backup export/import facilities if at all exist (too manual, seems the only option though).

I am ok with:

using a PC to help facilitate the process,
manual copying/pasting files (within reason).

Ideally, I would like to have a process that works something like this:

select apps that I would like to have in their current state on the other phone,
bundle them together and store somewhere (external SD card or PC),
put that bundle on the other phone and somehow install and recover their state.

A bit like PortableApps works.

So far I have tried :

Super Backup - unfortunately, like many others, requires rooting,
Helium - seemed promising but Helium has never been, nor ever will be, compatible with any device running anything less than Android 4.0 and it does not work on certain phones.
App Backup & Restore - Q: Does it backup data of apps? A: No, currently it only backup the apk files of apps.
and skimmed through a number of articles including this one (looks like even if I was willing to root I would have a hard time).


texts: How to install cyanogen mod 12 lollipop?

texts: I have an unrooted Samsung ace 2. How do I install cm 12 lollipop on it ?


texts: Help. Tried to return phone to stock. Now only see LG logo. When trying to power down it just restarts. Cannot boot to recovery

texts: However, If I hold the power button to power it off and then hold off and down it turns on for a split second and then off permanently.


texts: Can't setup phone because Google play store has stopped working

texts: After doing a factory reset of my phone, I'm trying to set it up and going through the initial steps. After logging into my google account, the next page shows options for restoring the phone using a previous backup. Before I can choose any option, a message appears saying, "Unfortunately Google Play Store has stopped". I have no option but to press ok, this then returns me to the previous screen. I can't get passed this step. There are solutions to the google play store issue but they involve changing settings on a setup phone. Can anyone help?


texts: Stuck into bootloop, adb sideload failing

texts:
I got a Nexus 5X, completely stock, no root or unlocked bootloader.

So, yesterday I remember installing a couple of games. A bit later, out of the blue, my phone reboots and I get "Your device is corrupt" message. The phone wouldn't boot past the Google logo and it would restart.

I went into stock recovery mode, made a wipe data and rebooted. Now the corrupt message is gone, but the phone still bootloops. It goes past the google logo, to the animation of the rotating colorful circles. However, after a few seconds the animation stops, I get a few weird lines, and the phone restarts. And this happens over and over.

I went into recovery mode again and tried to adb sideload the OTA. However it either gets stuck around 18%-19% or I get the error failed to read command: no error.

Someone suggested that my EMMC is failing. Is that true? Is there anything else I can try?


texts: How do I delete just one specific auto suggested URL from android chrome browser

texts:
I would like to remove only one particular URL from auto suggestions in my mobile (android) chrome browser. U know how embarrassing it gets sometime when u forget to use incognito mode and don't know how to delete the auto suggested website. The shift+delete can't work with mobile as highlight option is not possible. Also I would like to keep all my other browser suggestions in tact.

Anyone can help? Please...


texts:
I am using Nexus 10 with android 5.0.1

I recently purchased a bluetooth keyboard to go along with the tablet. The keyboard I was using (soft) beforehand was O Beta keyboard, which does not function very well with bluetooth hard keyboard.

Is it possible to switch keyboard to the Google Keyboard automatically when the physical keyboard is paired and revert to O Beta keyboard when I don't use the physical keyboard anymore?


texts: Block access to Google Play Store app from Wi-Fi router

texts:
I was wondering how can I block the Play Store Android app from the router itself?
My router has a function to block a web address or an IP address.
So does anyone know what website/IP address should I block to make the Play Store app not able to connect?


texts: Google Play Store stuck on "Pending" (Android 10)

texts:
The issue with Google Play Store being stuck on "Pending" has been discussed a lot. We all know the solution: clear the cache.
But I'd like to delve deeper into this problem. I'd appreciate a serious explanation:

Am I doomed to forever needing to clear the cache before ever doing anything with Play Store? All the "clear your cache" solutions posted on the Internet kind of imply that you should do this once, or at worst maybe once every several months. But me, I need to install stuff from the Store thrice a day! And it just doesn't work unless I clear the cache each and every time.

What crime have I committed that my Android behaves this way? Why do some phones do and some don't? Why isn't Google able to come up with the solution for this seemingly simple issue after all these years? Is there some workaround that I'm not aware of? After all, one (not me) could write a macro or something that automatically clears the cache when you click on Store. Would you advise me to purchase a new phone? It's very difficult to work like this.

Thanks y'all!


texts: Change screen unlock method (old Symbian style) on KitKat

texts:
Ever since I switched from Symbian to Android I missed a feature that I consider to be of extreme handiness.

On my old Nokias, I had a short timer (like 10 seconds) that locked the screen in a simple way (the standard two-key combination) and then a longer timer (like 15 minutes) that locked the phone with my personal code. The two-key combination was very fast and also unlikely to happen by accident.

Now I'm running Android 4.4.2 on a Samsung SM-C101 and I have this problem: the "simple" lock method is pressing either the home key or the power key, which is bound to happen when I put the phone in my pocket.

I would like to "swipe to unlock" every time the screen goes off, and to "enter a code" if the screen stays off for some minutes.

But that's not an option on Android 4.4.2 , you only get one unlock method.

I don't want to perform a complicated unlock action every time I put my phone in and out of my pocket and I don't want to leave it unprotected in case it gets stolen.

I can't find an app that replicates the Symbian lock properly. I tried some but they behaved poorly. Do you know some app that does what I want? My phone is rooted.

Since the phone is rooted, is there a way to change the standard behavior of the power and home key? Like, press them in sequence to turn the screen on, or at least disable one of the two (I guess the Home key is more likely to be pressed when the phone is inside a pocket).

Thank you very much.


texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime with the following specs -

Model - SM-G610F
Android - Oreo 8.1.0
Samsung Experience - 9.5
Patch level - 1 April 2020
RAM/ROM - 3/32GB

My device works flawlessly, but sometimes, my back button start acting like Recents Button. All the behaviour is Recents button. I can activate MultiWindow too.. Infact, the back button in the Assistant menu also behaves like Recents.
Also, it gets triggered automatically.
This happens rarely, but after I clean the bottom dashhoard area containing buttons with a cloth, it works normal again..
Any clue why?
I think its at softwrae level, as back button in Assistant menu also behavea like that.


texts: Can I safely downgrade my Sony Xperia SP?

texts:
I just upgraded my Sony Xperia SP (C5306) with Sony's horrible tool from 4.1.2 to 4.3 (build 12.1.A.0.XXX to build 12.1.A.1.207), but my phone now runs worse, and I don't like the changes at all!  Unfortunately, it seems there is no legal/official way to revert.

I am not computer illiterate, but have no experience with rooting and such, and everything I read warns about possible bricking and whatnot, so I am a bit weary of jumping into something and breaking my phone.

Is there something I can do that is safe to return to the old OS?  I'm so bummed as I seem stuck with this OS and I've deleted all my stuff when I tried doing a factory reset. :(

Thanks for any help!!!


texts: "Unfortunately, IMS service has stopped" after Marshmellow upgrade

texts:
My Galaxy Note 4 was "upgraded" to Marshmallow today and I immediately started getting the popup notification "Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped." This occurs as a popup about every two seconds, which effectively bricks the device. The problem occurs even if I boot into Safe Mode.

Things that have not helped:

restarting after taking the battery out.
wiping the cache for the Messages app.
changing my default messaging application to Messages+.
wiping the cache partition.
checking for application updates.
uninstalling Facebook Messenger.

I found this thread which suggests turning off "rich communications," for an S5 Neo, but the Galaxy Note 4 doesn't appear to have that option anywhere.

At this point the only thing I can think of is a factory reset, which I'd very much like to avoid.


texts: ICS: Add Google Contact Group To Home Screen

texts:
Please note I'm using Ice Cream Sandwich.

I'd like to add a shortcut to a Google Contacts Group such as 'Co-Workers' to my home screen.  Can I do that?


texts: How to install xapk, apks, or multiple-apks via adb?

texts:
xapk, apks, or multiple-apks is the new standard for apps that is basically one folder and multiple apks in it.

I know there are apps like apkpure or SAI that can do it, but I want to know how to it manually.

I know we can use adb install-multiple to install signed apks but if they are unsigned how can I do it if I have the root?

I used to be able to copy and paste single apk to /system/priv-app/${folder} to bypass the signature check but simply copying and pasting multiple apks under the same folder doesn't seem to work in this case.


texts: ADB Shell In Recovery Mode - Error:Closed

texts:
I smashed my display pretty good today and am unable to use the digitizer. The upper half of the screen is barely visible and the lower half is black. I have debugging enabled on the phone but I can't push the button to accept the key when the phone is connected to the computer. So, I am unable to gain access to my data/texts while I wait on my new phone. I found a blog post where the guy walks through a whole series of commands to permanently enable debug mode on his phone through use of adb in recovery.

Fortunately I am able to use the volume, home and power keys to boot into recover. I am also able to read enough of the screen to make the selection to "apply update from ADB". Once I select this I run...

adb devices

...where my device is listed with a status of sideload. All seems good until I attempt to do anything else. Issuing...

adb shell

... returns error:closed as does pretty much any other command.

Any thoughts as to what I may be doing wrong?


texts: WiFi sometimes only uploads but does not download

texts:
No matter in which network I am, at seemingly random times my WiFi connection cannot download anything but the upload arrow of the WiFi icon is constantly active. So I guess, uploading should work but I have never uploaded anything when this happened, so who knows.
Reconnecting sometimes helps at the first try but sometimes it takes 3 reconnects or even more (time) to work again. Mobile Internet is fine.


texts: Galaxy S5 / Lollipop: video player not showing video, only audio

texts:
I have a strange problem with my Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android Lollipop 5.0 with all available OTA updates up to today.

I wanted to remote control a specific app from my Mac and tried out a few 'remote control' apps from the App store for the purpose. Some of them required access to the screen (recording / screenshots) upon first start. Unfortunately, none of them worked properly, so I uninstalled all of them again.

But since then (I think this is related but I don't really know), I cannot play my recorded videos any more using the built in "Videos" app. I only get a black screen with a large grey "screen mirroring" icon and I can hear the sound. It seems something activated screen mirroring but I cannot deactivate it in the app or in the settings, and there are no mirroring devices attached either.

Youtube and other video apps seem to work.

What went wrong here? How can I completely disable this feature and get my video screen back on my smartphone? "Screen mirroring" in the Android settings is disabled and was never enabled (by me).


texts: Why 360 photo in Google Street View is supported only in phones with gyroscope?

texts:
I got few phone but all without gyroscope. In all of them, Street View app says:

  360 photo capture is not supported on this device.

Why gyroscope is a must, are the gravity & compass not reliable to make 360 pictures?

Update:

Both gravity & compass have (x,y,z) components and I know both have some drawbacks:

gravity sensor is affected by acceleration (motion).
compass sensor is affected by metals and sometimes get locked is a direction. (move device in 8 path to free it).

Also:

gyroscope has little drift with time (may not affect in this case)

Anyway, are these enough reasons to drop phones without gyro from 360 photo capturing?


texts: I don't know what happens but the camera is sideways. No matter the way I hold the phone, it will always show the image and the resulting photo sideways. If I point to the computer screen right now for example, it will show me the basis of the screen pointed to the direction where the wall actually is


texts: Private setting in standard calendar from ICS

texts:
I switched from 2.3 to 4.0 on my SII and miss an option in the standard calendar app: There used to be a setting for private appointments, which could be seen at the very end during creating a new appointment after selection of extra options. Neither the option, nor the setting seem to exist anymore.

Does anyone know how to set this or has the option been deleted? I need the feature, since I use my synchronized company calendar for both work and other appointments, where privat ones are marked as private in Outlook. I know that there are other calendar apps around, but I like to keep the setup as it was before if possible.


texts: Is there any Android distribution statistic for single countries?

texts:
I'm looking for statistics for android distributions for individual countries but the main source of information, Google themselves, only have information for the entire world. There was also this stack exchange question but it hadn't really received a satisfying answer (it points to a blogpost with statistics for specific apps which is not terribly useful).

If I'm making an app for a single country I need information about what distributions are being used in that country. Google doesn't seem to be releasing such information, even if we were willing to pay for it (which we might if pricing was reasonable).


texts: Automatically, seamlessly block Google-suspected spam calls

texts:
The Google Phone app now reports when a suspected call is spam. Right now when I receive such a call, I have the choice to block that number. But what I'd like to do is pre-emptively set it up so that any such call is automatically blocked without my intervention.

I've investigated apps like Root Call Blocker Pro, and while they seem to do the silent, transparent blocking I'm after, it seems to require me actively maintaining a black list, entering the phone numbers I want to block. I'd like to rely on the Google's suspicions to block them. How can I set this up?

Alternately, might this be something my carrier can handle on a network-level? I'd be happy to pay for a relatively cheap app or work up a tasker/etc solution, but I'd rather not pay AT&T for a monthly service.


texts: How to identify fake call log entries in the Android call log database?

texts: Is there a way to discriminate between real call events and fake call log entries (made using some app) from the call log database in Android?


texts: Change Grid Size of Home Page without rooting phone?

texts: Is it possible to change the grid size of the home page using Jelly Bean 4.2.2 without rooting phone ?


texts: How to sync Thunderbird calendar on laptop with calendar on Samsung Galaxy S III

texts: I want to sync my Thunderbird Lightning calendar on my office laptop with my Samsung S III calendar. How can I do that?


texts: Which kernel versions does the udev exploit work? Upon googling this, I found articles claiming that it works on Android 2.1 and maybe 2.2, but there is no information about the kernel versions.


texts: What causes Android to have slow WiFi performance?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII (GT-I9100 with Android 4.0.3) and a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1(GT-P7500 on Android 4.0.4). They both perform awfully slow on WiFi for internet related Apps.

Either Facebook, YouTube, Any web browser (Chrome, Mozilla, Dolphin and native) perform like if the WiFi connection was a slow one. Frequent time-outs in Play Store, videos taking forever to buffer, etc.

I Know for sure that at least at home the router/modem is not the issue, as I can have two laptops running Windows consumming WiFi at normal speeds, i.e. each one streaming a video on YouTube without pauses for buffering, but at the same time, one of my androids woul not even be capable of playing the same video, or take, say 1 minute to load a page that on my laptop loads in 2-3 seconds. The same happens in other WiFi Networks I connect them to. My devices have developed this behavior from 10-8 months ago and it has slowly worsened over time,

Is this something related to the Android Operating system? Could it be one of my apps? And if it is one of the apps, how can I identify and kill it?

It does not seem to be a disconnecting from network problem, I get steady connection indicator.

Note: I consider myself almost a lean user: I don´t keep a lot of apps and dont usually leave running the ones I use (i.e. I close the browsers, the facebook app, etc, and constantly check whether apps are running with the app manager).

Note 2: These devices sometimes work faster on 3G, wich doesn't make much sense because here in my country the provider is not very good and many of the cell towers(antenas) are clogged with a too many users. In these cases I normally get the normal, expected lag of such network.


texts: Notes and Contacts Recovery (Huawei P6 Android 4.4)

texts: I have a Huawei Ascend P6 with 4.4 Android sutcking on the start up logo. I have many important notes (saved by default notepad app) and some unsynched contacts in there. so I have access to the location of them (if it is correct: /data/data/com.example.android.notes/com.android.contacts/com.android.provides.contacts) using aroma file manager. the rom I installed is root and has TWRP recovery so I copied those folder. I was wonder will they be back if I replace the mentioned files after flashing a new rom?


texts: EzCast | How to cast to a projector by connecting to it's Wi-Fi Hotspot and still keep internet Wi-Fi connection?

texts:
Two days ago, my dad brought a projector that has a weird miracast system that works when something connects to it's wifi network and mirrors the screen using an app called EzCast.

The thing is, I want to use it to stream videos on my phone while mirroring my screen. The projector does not connect to normal wifi networks, but instead, it hosts its own network where the device to be mirrored/ cast from is to be connected to.
So If I have to watch something on the projector, I lost my internet connection.

Is it possible to connect to two wifi networks at the same time? Or
Is there any other way to get the desired result?. (stream videos
online to the projector).

Thanks. Please pardon the messy wording. I'm typing this on my phone and am an ESL speaker.


texts: Downgrade Galaxy Ace to stock rom without Odin

texts: I' install the CM7.2 on it using the CWM v5.0.2.6 Well now I'd like to retun to stock rom I found that I cannot connect my phone to the computer(I have a damaged micro usb on the phone) to use Odin Well is there any way to return to stock rom without odin, by using the SD card? Thank's


texts: How can I tell CWM to perform a full backup instead of an incremental backup?

texts:
A recent update to CWM touted the ability to perform incremental backups instead of full ones.  Having performed those for a while, I find that I have quite a few old backups that I don't know if I can remove, since newer backups may depend on them.

Last time I was in this situation I deleted all of the backups and made one full clean backup.  That, however, carries the risk of some failure before the new backup is complete.  Is there any way to tell CWM to perform a full backup, so that I can safely remove all of the old ones?


texts: Does Android's implementation of SELinux's MAC inhibit apps with root privileges from accessing other app's data?

texts:
Starting with Android 4.4, SELinux's MAC is enforced. Does this mean that if an app somehow can get installed and exploit the kernel to get root privileges, that MAC will still prevent that app with root privileges from accessing private app data?

Android Documentation says,

  SELinux can be used to label these devices so the process assigned the root privilege can write to only those specified in the associated policy. In this way, the process cannot overwrite data and system settings outside of the specific raw block device.

As a reference, I am implementing a Mobile Device Management system and in the process I have to determine how secure Android OS is itself. That is why I need to know how secure corporate data stored on a device is to rootkits, spyware, and other malware.

P.S. This was posted on the 'Unix & Linux' site but no one has been able to answer it, and I was suggested by one of their users to ask this community, any help is much appreciated. Thank you.


texts: My rooted tablet running 4.2.2 won't Factory Reset? How can I create whatever file might be missing?

texts:
I have ADB enabled and wiped data but my tablet is still in a boot loop. I have another tablet that's been altered nearly identical to the boot looped tablet so I'm wondering if I can copy a file using my cable that'll fix my issue.
I don't believe a recovery.img file exists on either tablet or idk how to find it as I'm VERY NEW to any type of mods.
When attempting factory reset with hard buttons the recovery screen flashes for a split second but tablet immediately reboots into a boot loop.
ADB command wipe data did a wipe but tablet still won't boot up completely.


texts: SD won't encrypt or decrypt or work after removing phone battery

texts:
I removed my phone battery when the phone was on without turning it off first, my SD card was encrypted, so now I cannot access my SD card contents on my phone while phone detects the SD card.

Moreover, when I turn my phone on, encryption page shows after boot, giving me the option to encrypt or decrypt the sd card and selecting either encrypt or decrypt won't do anything.

So how can I decrypt my SD card and access my data?

My phone uses android version 6


texts: How to install recovery and rom on blank Samsung i9000

texts: I wanted to install CM on my Samsung Galaxy S, and while trying to enable ClockworkMod recovery, I somehow managed to partition it. Now the only thing that appears is the screen with the model number, and I can enter download mode (but not in recovery mode). I tried to install recovery with Odin (I found a tar file) but that failed. Is there any chance that I can get my phone working again?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I keep my wi-fi on in sleep mode

It seems to me that the wifi on my phone goes off when the screen gets locked. That way it's not syncing and I don't get notifications. Can this be changed so that it stays on all the time except when you manualy turn it off?

(htc hero, android2.2)

thank you


texts: Which Android spin-off can I use for the possible maximum privacy?

texts:
Complete mobile phone privacy is a near impossible feat, but I would like to have as much privacy as one can have.
Which smartphone OS or version can get me close enough, while allowing for dependable functionality?


texts: Why doesn't Cyanogen support Droid 2 Global (droid2we)?

texts:
Why can't I use the latest version of Cyanogen ROM for Droid 2 Global? The latest available version for this phone is CM 7.2, while the current version is 10.2. The wiki page just says 'hardware limitations', but is not explicit. I'm not aware of any limitations other than it might go a bit slower than a new phone.

What would happen if I installed the latest Android Open Source Project on a D2G?


texts:
I'm on T-Mobile, running Android 4.1.2 on Samsung Galaxy S2.

I have had this voicemail notification stuck on my home screen for the past two days. I can't swipe it off the notification screen (can't dismiss it), and when I check my voicemails it says I have none, so I'm unsure why it's still there.

I've tried multiple times reaching my voicemail inbox, to see if that would correct it... and I've reset my phone a couple times as well and still no luck.

Anyone else having this issue, or have any idea how to get rid of it (aside from completely resetting the phone, or calling T-Mobile and having them reset it)?

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


texts: Why does my Nexus S not see the Jelly Bean update?

texts: My Nexus S is running the stock "soju" build of ICS from Google (build IMM76D). However, I have not seen the OTA update for Jelly Bean. Am I running the wrong version? Do I need to change some settings? Or should I expect the device to see the update soon?


texts: Does disabling stock apps cause problems with phone on Android 6.0

texts:
So I disabled all the stock apps and other apps I don't use or need in my phone and I am just curious if that could cause issues with the phone where audio eventually breaks.

I've been on support with verizon and after several resets I've ran my phone without any apps installed and the issue came back and the only thing I've done was use blue tooth with my car and disable stock apps.

I'm trying to convenience them that my Refurbished Droid Turbo 2 is a bad phone and while the issue seems like it would be software I can't explain what is triggering the issue software wise that even makes sense unless it was a bad firmware/software upgrade from 5?

The weird part is even if audio breaks, if you blue tooth up to the car it works just fine.

EDIT:


texts: Installing SuperSU -- I found a binary problem

texts:
Hi I am following Android Central's guide to root my HTC One Mini.
I got to this part:

  After installing the Custom Recovery, Your phone is now ready to get root access!

  Step 1: Connect your Phone to PC and Copy the SuperSU zip package to your phone SD Card.

  Step 2: Next, Reboot your HTC One Mini into Recovery Mode, Here is how to boot it:

  Power off your phone
  Now Press and Hold the Volume Down+Power buttons simultaneously for a few seconds.
  Using the Volume Up/Down and Power button, Select the Recovery option from the menu.

  Step 3: Once booted into the Recovery Mode, Select the Install option and browse and select SuperSU zip file from the location where you’ve placed it.

  Step 4: Swipe the button which says, "Swipe to Confirm Flash".

  Step 5: Once it is done, Using the Reboot option, Reboot your phone.

The SuperSU zip file is in my internal memory but when I use "install" in TWRP and click on the zip file, it shows as empty in the folder (I know it's not empty).

Can I just unzip it on my PC and place the files in the right location on my phone?

I have downloaded the app SuperSU from the play store, tried running it only to get the message "there is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it, this is a problem. If you just upgraded to android 4.3 , you need to manually re-root — consult the relevant forums for your device."

Could there be a problem with the way I unlocked the bootloader or would I not been able to have installed TWRP if I had screwed that up too?

Only my third root and I am no pro keyboard jockey so please, an idiots guide, if you would be so kind!


texts:
I backed up one galaxy S3 and did a restore on another. Then I try to boot the new one and I get a message "Unfortunately the process android.process.acore has stopped". After hitting OK a few times I get Unfortunately TouchWiz has stopped. Then back to the first message. I can't get past this msg.
I thought that maybe I should do another Restore but I can't get to anything cause this happens as soon as I boot.


texts: How do I configure Dropbox in my Galaxy S III so that it does NOT automatically upload every photo/video I take?

texts: How do I configure Dropbox on my mobile - Galaxy S III so that it does not automatically upload every photo and video I take?


texts: Is there a way to preserve my configuration between firmware updates?

texts:
I had some apps installed on my Galaxy S2 and configured them on screen the way I liked to have them.

Today, the firmware got updated (it looks cool) and all my installed apps are gone from my workspaces. They are still available in the application menu. Also, a load of Samsung and Vodafone (my carrier) apps were put in the workspaces.

Is there a way to preserve my configurations between updates, and if not... why?

I usually use about five apps, so it's not such a big deal for me, but it's annoying. I can imagine some other users freaking out over this.


texts: Do all USB C data/charge cables support Quick Charge?

texts:
I have a Xiaomi Mi 8 which uses a USB C connector for charging. As long as my phone supports Fast Charging, do I need any sort of special USB C cable to take advantage of the fastest charging speed that my device supports?

I read in Wikipedia that "All USB-C cables must be able to carry a minimum of 3 A current" however I see some USB C cables advertised as supporting up to only 2A.

NOTE: my charger supports 3A 5V, 2A 18V, and 1.5A 12V


texts: Does "fastboot oem lock" prompt to confirm?

texts:
I want to run fastboot oem lock (or fastboot flashing lock) on my Oppo Find 7 to see if I can reproduce the behavior in this post.

However, I don't actually want to go through with the bootloader lock; I don't want my device to be factory reset at the moment, since it would take a significant amount of time to back up.

So, do either of the above commands prompt you before going ahead?


texts: htc desire z cannot receive exchange emails completely

texts: My HTC Desire Z has the latest Android 2.2.1 system, and my company's exchanges is the latest Exchange 2010. After I set up the Exchange Sync, I am able to receive email. People in my company loves to send long emails, and Android is so smart that it did not download the email at once, but allowing me to download the remaining part of the email as I scroll down. And there comes the problem...no matter how hard I scroll down, it just cannot get the missing part.


texts:
I'm trying to edit the hosts file on a Kindle Fire.

I should say that I'm not interested in rooting the device (unless I have to) and am not trying to hide adverts or prevent software updates etc. I just use the device for web development and use hosts to route made up domains to a server.

I've pulled the hosts file using ADB, but I can't push it back as I'm unable to mount it with write permissions.

Is there a simple method for me to push the file using ADB without having to go through the whole process of rooting? Any simple way to get write access?

Cheers,

Matt


texts: When I am away from WiFi, I do not want to receive nor send messages or media on WhatsApp.  Where on my Moto G can I make this setting?  Thanks !!


texts: Link2SD cannot mount second partition after re-flashing CM 11

texts:
After re-flashing a version of CM 11 I'd been using for a while with no problems on my Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, I can't get Link2SD to mount the second partition. I'd been using Link2SD with no issues at all before.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Link2SD and tried Ext2 and Ext3 just to be sure (the partition formatted Ext4) but I get this error every time I try to mount the card in Link2SD:

"Mount Script Error - mount script cannot be created. Can't create handler inside thread that has not called Looper.prepare(0)"

I don't know what this means, or what to try next. Help please?


texts:
I made a font, but I didn't build it, instead I used this website to do it. The apk install seemed fine. I wanted to try it out on SG2, so I sent it to my Gmail account in an email, I tried to download it and the file install couldn't go through because of the parse error pop up. If its an apk file, why isn't this working? Is there something wrong with the font? (Lookout scanned and said it was a safe apk).

I even put it on my 4shared account and tried to download it that way, still get parse error. Did Gmail corrupt it perhaps?


texts: I downloaded a compiled lynx binary from XDA and everytime I start lynx it tells me that it is unable to connect to remote host. I changed the lynx.cfg to use localhost and it loads, but when I enter an URL, nothing. I tried it with 3G, 2G, and WiFi, and had no luck. What should I do to get it work?


texts: How do vendors flash ROM in Android phones during manufacture?

texts:
When Android phones are manufactured, during their factory state they are just an electronic hardware with no piece of software in them. How does a vendor install its stock ROM if those new phones cannot communicate with PC? Is it done through a specialized flash tool which programs the chip for the first time?

Vendor's service centers even recover completely hard bricked Android phone and cost you high price for that. If flashing stock ROM in an empty hardware is so easy for them then why a normal user has to go in so much trouble to treat his hard bricked phone when an easy and free online solution can be provided by the vendor itself.

In my view completely hard bricked phone is equivalent to the newly manufactured device which is yet to be flashed with stock ROM because hard brick loses its ability to boot or enters into recovery mode.


texts: Can a device turn on by itself without any buttons being pressed? Assume there aren't any custom ROMs


texts: Encryption and Screen Lock without SIM card

texts:
I'm have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.1.2 which I am trying to encrypt through Settings -> Security -> Encrypt Device. The process I am following is described in this article at Step 2.

Upon entering the Encrypt Device screen I am told to "Set an unlock password". How is this password set? My first guess was the Android Screen Lock, but within Settings -> Security I have no Screen option as I would have expected (shown in above article at Step 1). Could this be because I am using the device without a SIM card? If so, is there any other way of using this encryption method, potentially with an inactive SIM card that is not connected to any network?


texts:
I have a Galaxy Note 3 FM-N9005 which had base band version N9005ZHUDMJ9 and build number JSS15J.N9005XXUDMK2 running on jelly bean 4.3.

I searched for its latest firmware on Sam Mobile and there was KitKat 4.4.2 update available for it having build number KOT49H.N9005ZHUENF1. I downloaded this firmware and flashed it using Odin. Everything was successful and firmware was downloaded successfully.

When I restarted the mobile, the baseband and IMEI was unknown. I hadn't backed-up the EFS Folder but it is mounted in CWM Recovery. I am unable to restore the baseband and IMEI number.
Please suggest a solution to recover IMEI


texts: Something is opening Spam URL in my Browser, how do I find out what did this?

texts:
Sometimes, when using my phone, suddenly my browser (Google Chrome) opens up and tries to open a Spam URL. This will occur again and again, until I restart the phone.

It does not seem to be related with the app I am using at that specific moment, and it keeps happening even if I kill all running apps.

Now I wonder: Is there a way to find out what is making my browser open this URL? Is this logged somewhere, or can this be logged somehow?

Android Version is 5.0.1, device is a Samsung Galaxy S4.


texts: How to disable Battery running low message in ES File Explorer

texts:
I have installed ES File Explorer and I disabled almost all of its alerts.

When my battery charge is below 15%, an alert appears:

I can't find where to disable it, and when I press View, it shows the main launcher of my Android.

Do you have any idea how I could disable it?


texts: Why don't all android apps use fullscreen and fitSystemWindows?

texts: As Android 10 comes with the iOS like gesture navigation, the gesture pill appears like the traditional navigation bar, taking up the whole width at the bottom, just less height, leaving a stupid black bar at the bottom in nearly every apps. While in iOS, all apps draw their background under the pill and keep the UI control components above the pill. After some researching, I figured out to achieve the same behaviour as iOS, Android developers should enable fullscreen and apply fitSystemWindows for UI control components. This could make the apps look so much better without the stupid wasted area at the bottom. So why there are not many apps doing that? Not even some "supposed to be fullscreen games" like Pokemon GO.


texts: samsung galaxy s gt-19000 is not starting

texts:
I tried to install an OS update by updating it manually. After the installation, my phone got stuck on the Samsung logo.

I visited a mobile repair shop. They told me that this repair may take 3 days. After three days, when I came back, they told me that they couldn't fix it.

Before they tried to repair it, ClockWorkMod started. After they tried the repair, it goes into Download mode by pressing keys.

What should I do?


texts: How can I change my location on Tinder (free version) on a rooted phone?

texts:
Android 7.0. Using GPS spoofers doesn't seem to work. It works on Google maps though. I don't know what Tinder uses to know where you are but it's pretty good. How can I bypass it?
Things I've tried:

VPN
GPS spoofe and (Lexa).
Airplane mode (WiFi only).
WiFi off and data only.
Device only location mode


texts: How to change contact colors with Messages 3.5?

texts: I used to be able to change my contact/conversation color in Android Messages. With that latest update I can't find this feature. Where should I be looking?


texts: ICS device name not recognised under adb

texts:
I have a device to which I recently flashed CM 9 which I use for testing backward compatibility in apps. However, adb doesn't seem to recognise it.

adb devices outputs the following when it is connected:

List of devices attached
????????????    offline

And also sometimes this:

List of devices attached
????????????    device

When it says device, I can use normal adb commands, however, if I connect another device it will stop working (because the device has no identifier so adb will always prefer the other device). I've tried this on both OS X and Linux, and the same device running CM11 works fine with adb. I've tried several different USB cables and also other devices, all of which work.

So, has anyone else had this issue/resolved it? Any other ideas on how I might try and work out the cause of this issue?


texts: Does disabling mobile data when I'm connected to wi-fi conserve battery?

texts: I always do this out of habit, but it recently occurred to me that Android might be clever enough to automatically turn it off when I've got wi-fi access. Is it?


texts:
I know we can download it in a zip format in order to flash in recovery mode, for exemple from opengapps project.
What are others solution to install GApps on any android device without to flash?
Edit : without root and without flash

GApps : Google applications + Google play services and framework


texts: How to edit build.prop without root and without custom recovery?

texts:
I have an old Motorola-Verizon phone. Since it is a Verizon exclusive model, they didn't left any chance of rooting phone, unlocking bootloader or installing custom recovery. So my question is Is it possible to have build.prop edited in these circumstances?

I have searched everywhere and tried almost everything but could not have the job done. Every time some adb command is rejected by an indefinite <waiting for device> printed on the command-line or it just reboots to get back normal. No change.

My phone details if they are relevant:

Phone: Motorola Droid Turbo 2
Model : XT1585 (Kinzie)
OS: Nougat 7.0

Another thing to mention is there is another phone sold by Motorola outside US i.e. Moto X Force which is essentially the same device without Verizon and Droid logos on it. And I can confirm that it is perfectly bootloader-unlockable. If it is helpful.


texts: I.Robot 7180 ICS OS4.0 tablet stucked loading in the black screen with android logo showing. How to make this work again?

texts: My I.Robot 7180 ICS OS4.0 tablet was drained, when charged i tried to open it again but it was only stucked loading in the black screen with android logo showing. How to make this work again?


texts: Google Play Games profile fails to change my game profile to public

texts:
I've been experiencing a problem with the 'Play Games' app from Google on my tablet.

When I go to my profile, I see a message showing me

  Your Game Profile is hidden
  Touch to change this setting

In order to make it public, I touch the option,
and press the Make Public button. Then, I see a popup saying that my profile is being updated and then a toast appears telling that my profile has been updated.

However, when I go back and re-visit my profile, the message still persists meaning that my profile is still hidden.

Also, my friend told me that he can't see me in his 'Players' list even though he follows me on Google+. This means that my profile is not public.

So, How do I make my profile public?

My tablet is running Android Kitkat 4.4.2 and has all the apps (Including Google Play Games) updated.


texts: Restoring an ADB backup onto a different phone of the same model?

texts:
We have several Android 4.0 phones of the same model, from the same manufacturer, purchased at the same time, from the same factory batch. We have created a backup of one of the phones using ADB.

Can the backup file from one of these phones be applied to all of the phones, or is there uniquely identifying information in the backup that will make it inapplicable to the other phones?


texts: Internal and SD Card Storage SAVING Write of Files

texts: I have a question over Internal and SD Card Storage, mainly on how they store files. I lost my SD Card where most of my videos and photos were of course, saved. I was just wondering if, do android phones create a temporary saving write up files or temporary save files for files written and saved to the SD Card? Say for example, the photos I took and were on the SD Card. I just want to know since I want to recover them via EASEUS.


texts: My Phone Installed a Duplicate System on Top of Existing One. Uninstall How?

texts:
My phone has been randomly restarting by itself and after its last restart, the screen showed the "New Phone" setup wizard like what you'd see when you get a new phone.

I went through the setup process since it wouldn't go away despite force restarting or removing the batteries. Now my media files from my then existing system are invisible when you check gallery, but the internal storage still says it's fully occupied.

It's a Note 4 T-Mobile Lollipop 5.0.1 N910T and it installed/duplicated that same OS version I currently had on top of my existing system (not Note 4's factory android version of KitKat). It installed a duplicate new clean slate of the phone with only the native apps it came with, while the memory still seemingly has my files but are hidden (or encrypted?) and not classified as anything else but just "Others" when you check it in the My Files app. It's no longer asking for my then screenlock password or fingerprints since it's booting the duplicate install.

How do I uninstall only this duplicate system and recover my files? I had some files not synced in the cloud when it happened so I didn't want to do a factory reset yet. I've tried Kies and SamsungSwitch to explore the phone and all the folders would just show up empty yet still say the internal memory is fully occupied (~23GB out of the 24 usable GB). The external microSD's files can be read just fine. Tried calling Samsung and they don't know how either. Screenshot below shows that the phone can see its memory is full but couldn't classify the files in it so it just says "Others" (gray bar; the "SD Card" in the graph stands for the External MicroSD)

When explored via PC (Win), folders are empty (pointing to that duplicate install, while the existing files seem to be hidden:

Screenshot of My Files app showing internal HD is full but could not distinguish what those invisible files are, Gallery is also empty. The "SD card" stands for the external MicroSD files which had no issues and I can access just fine:

Screenshot (click to enlarge)


texts: How to transfer files from BlueStacks to another BlueStacks on different PC?

texts: I have been playing a game called Star Wars: Commander and I got a new laptop, and I thought BlueStacks would transfer my file to my new laptop from my old laptop and it didn't. I really don't want to start over. Could someone tell me how to transfer my data to my new laptop?


texts: Any information on when ICS will be available for the Nexus S GT-I9020A (AT&T/Fido/Rogers)

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

I know the version for T-Mobile (GT-I9020 or GT-I9020T) Nexus S has been available for download since December, but is there any information on when a similar update will be available for the AT&T/Fido/Rogers (GT-I9020A) Nexus S?


texts: Can't boot Android 6.0.1 Dirty Unicorn Custom ROM

texts:
Trying for hours to install the new Dirty Unicorns Custom Rom with Android 6. Used to have the Lollipop version for more than a year and loved it.

However, I get into a bootloop and don't know what else I can try. First, I wiped all data from my phne, including /system and /boot.
After flashing the extracted boot.img I flashed DU_m8_6.0.1_20160910-0239.v10.6-OFFICIAL, the newest release for my model HTC one m8 and also wiped the dalvik cache.

Now my phone won't boot, it always starts up the bootloader. The following line wasn't here when using my former DU Rom: *** Software status: Modified ***

HBOOT-3.19.9
S-ON
tried Recovery TWRP-3.0.2 aswell as ClockworkMod Recovery 6

I also tried older releases of DU with Marshmallow. When using other custom roms such as CyanogenMod everything works fine..

Anyone has an idea what else I could try ? Thanks a lot!


texts: How do I install a sticker app directly into gboard?

texts:
With the recent announcement of stickers for Google's keyboard I decided to try it and installed the NBAmoji, which states in the information:

  You can share emojis across social media, messaging apps (where the copying and pasting of images and GIFS is supported) or install them as a keyboard on your device (see settings for instructions).

After opening the app I don't see anything of use in the settings (top right three dots) menu, which only lists:

Using BNAmoji (useless dialog without information)
NBA app (url to google play store)
Privacy Policy
Push Notifications

When I try Gboard's settings I don't see either any option to select NBAmoji as the keyboard, and it doesn't show up in the emoji keyboard or language choice.

Is the app just not working? Does it require a special app supporting some Gboard feature that others like Telegram or Whatsapp don't?


texts: Torch Toggle via Volume Buttons Double-Long-Press

texts:
I'm looking to create a macro that will toggle the torch when both volume buttons are long-pressed, while retaining the current volume level. Additionally, I'd like the macro to be "disabled" if either of the volume buttons are long-pressed individually, thereby allowing my device to raise/lower the volume without needing to press the up/down button repeatedly.
Included here are screenshots of my current macro attempt, which includes the IF clause configuration settings. As it stands, the macro I've created is not exhibiting the desired behaviour I've described above.


texts: Can't update or uninstall built-in Whatsapp

texts:
I have an iBall Slide 3G 7334i tab which has a built-in Whatsapp v.2.9.5196 which has provision to Force Stop and Disable but not Uninstall. I can't either uninstall or update and the message:

  "Your phone date is inaccurate.Adjust your clock and try again"

keeps on coming.

I have searched all over and I can't get the remedy.


texts: CM12.1 - My lock screen is not working at all!

texts:
I recently updated to the CM 12.1-20151024-NIGHTLY-d851 build (I have an LG G3, D851) and also flashed gapps with the a recent "nano" version. Since then, I have noticed that the lock screen does not work at ALL. Whether I choose PIN or swipe or whatever, it will not lock the phone. (The option for "none" disappeared too, but it became available again after removing an active guest session on the phone.)

I've tried rebooting the phone after choosing different lock screen settings and enabling the PIN again. I also tried updating to 12.1-20151101-NIGHTLY-d851 (thinking maybe it was a nightly bug that got fixed). I also reverted to the earlier working version of gapps, but that did not help. And let's not mention the other "solutions" I stumbled across via Google which did not help either. The phone simply will not lock at all. This is driving me crazy.

The only thing I can think of is that it MIGHT be related to an error I saw while flashing my phone during the upgrade: unable to mount /radio (or something like that).

What can I try next?

EDIT -- UPDATE: The other day my lock screen started working again, without me having to change anything. I suspect that the problem was due to some type of app that has an ability to block the lock screen (for example, I think Google Maps can disable the lock screen temporarily so you're not fiddling with unlocking your phone while driving, as that would be rather dangerous). I'm guessing some app (hopefully not malware!) was blocking the lock screen and got updated in the background, and it started working again. I have no clue how to verify this. At least I did not have to downgrade or flash back to an earlier builld. I am presently running the 12.1-20151104-NIGHTLY-d851 build.

EDIT #2 -- UPDATE #2: I just noticed in my quick settings (i.e. the pull-down from the top of the screen) that there is now an icon to turn lock screen on/off. I guess this is a new addition that I failed to notice, and 99% sure this is what caused the "problem" -- which was really a feature. I must have accidentally tapped it off and then back on before even noticing it was there.


texts: Unable to mount and failed to install custom ROM in Droid XT912

texts:
I have a Droid Razr XT912 which was bricked but now recovered after some effort followed from XDA.

Now I'm trying to install a new custom ROM to my device with Safestrap, but it's giving me a message about failure on every action, such as  failed to create backup, failed on wipe and failed to install.

(Click image to enlarge)

Can anybody tell me what should I do?


texts: Turn off cell broadcast messages in my Xolo Q500

texts: I just unselected all the options in the Settings menu but afterwards it still shows the notification. What can I do now?


texts: Why does my headset swallow the notification sounds?

texts:
I've used the Blueparrott B250-XT+ headset for many years now. I love this headset, and I found it after trying a bunch of other models. I have 4 of these now.

(My phone is a OnePlus 5T, OxygenOS version 9.0.5, Android version 9.)

I've been using it happily for years, but now there's a new problem when using it. All notification sounds, such as ringing in case I get a call, or message notifications, are being heard on the headset instead of on the phone's speaker.

I discovered this after a few days of frustration where I would miss phone calls and messages. I thought I was maybe on "Do not disturb" mode, but I wasn't. After some trial-and-error, I discovered that I don't hear the notifications only when the headset is connected, and that the notification is being heard in the headset, which isn't usually on my head.

In the Bluetooth configuration, the headset has "Phone calls" on but "Media audio" off.

Why is this happening and how do I fix it? I'm afraid to connect my headset right now because I don't want to miss calls and messages.


texts:
My lenovo k8 plus is not booting. Its only showing Orange state, device is unlocked and can't be trusted.
I tried rooting the device hence this happened. Can anyone help?


texts: Does upgrading bootloader wipe your data?

texts:
I'm about to flash an update to Android 4.4.2 on my Nexus 4, downloaded from Google Developers, and one of the files that it's going to flash is the new bootloader version.

I wanted to know if flashing a new bootloader will re-lock my fastboot, which will require me to unlock it wiping my data, or if it will in any other way cause my data to be wiped.


texts: What's an up-to-date method of getting S-OFF on a HTC One S?

texts:
All the instructions I can find for getting S-OFF on a HTC One S seem to be out-of-date.

These instructions ask you to download soffbin3.zip but the link takes you to website which thinks it's streaming you a video and the mirror link is dead
Rumrunner is available but soju.exe frezzes on "please wait"
firewater redirects to Sunshine which is a paid service. The Wayback Machine has a copy of the executable but when I copy the executable to my device and run it, it just... deletes itself.

I'm out of ideas. How do I get S-OFF on my HTC One S in this day and age?

(The only reason I want S-OFF is to install HBOOT 2.16.)


texts: Using Tasker to know if I'm at work for more than a minute

texts:
I use Tasker's Wifi Near option to activate some tasks in my phone when I arrive at my workplace. My problem is that sometimes I pass by my workplace, with no intention of entering, and the tasks get activated.

Is there a way to make Tasker activate the tasks IF I've been near my workplace's wifi spots for more than a minute?


texts: I want to execute a shell script on an Android device when it boots up

texts:
I want to run a shell script on my Android device every time it boots.
What do I need to do?
The script is stored on the MMC of the device and looks like this:

#!/system/bin/sh
MUXPORT=`/system/bin/getprop hn.gsmux.port`
Modemport=`/system/bin/getprop hn.gsmmux.modem`
/system/bin/setprop hn.gsmmux.mux-exit""

/system/bin/log -t gsmmux "port: $MUXPORT"
/system/bin/log -t gsmmux "modemtype: modemport"

/system/bin/hn_gsmmux -p $MUXPORT -b 115200 -s/dev/hmmodemmux -m Modemport

/system/bin/setprop hn.gsmmux.mux-exit $?
#exit $?


texts: Why is my phone's battery draining automatically?

texts: I am using a Samsung Galaxy Core prime for about 3 years. The problem is that firstly, it gets charged very slowly (takes 7-8 hours to get fully charged) after that battery backup is fine,  nothing unusual happens. But suppose if I charged my phone up to 65% at 9pm and when I see my phone in morning it automatically gets reduced to 32% or when at night it is 27% in morning it will be only 2%. What is happening? Will battery replacement be the solution?


texts: How to remove google apps from /data/data directory?

texts:
Rooted (w/ SuperSU + TWRP Recovery) Nexus 7 (2012 Wifi, Grouper)

I am unable to remove apps from the /data/data folder on my tablet. When I remove them then reboot the system, they reappear. How do I permanently remove them? I tried deleted them from packages.list as well.

Thanks


texts: After splash screens, Moto G screen goes black. Stock recovery won't start either. What to do?

texts:
I have a one-year old Moto G (1st Gen) that suddenly today refuses to boot usefully (a boot loop? Not sure.), has a blank dark screen but backlight stays on. Tried to restart it using the power off button.

I get the splash screens & a startup vibrate but then the same dark screen.

Succeeded in getting it to the boot menu (Version 41.13; Battery OK; Device is locked; Status Code 0) using power + volume key press. If I try selecting recovery it reports "Boot up failed".

Selecting any of the other options on the boot menu just brings me back to the original dark screen + backlight.

Any other things I can try? Phone is out of warranty so trying doesn't hurt me.

If I keep the phone on the dark screen it gets warm. Not sure if that's merely the backlight or there's some hung processes running.

Ideas?

Edit 1:

Some more information:

Yes, I've an alternate phone that I can use in the meantime.

No custom ROMs etc. were ever installed on this phone or even attempted to be installed. The phone was purchased new without any contract. It is running the Stock Google-Motorola Android.

Have not tried installing any custom recovery MOds yet.

Tried contacting Motorola using their online chat and went through the troubleshooting steps he advised. Nothing fruitful. He has asked me to call their Level 2 Support. I will on Monday.

The only procedure I found to get into Safe Mode asks to keep the on screen soft power off  button long pressed and wait for a prompt. I cannot get an on screen power button so not sure how I can get into safe mode.

History before the problem occurred: Phone was in  a call in progress. Suddenly had a lot of popups warn that various applications were being terminated. After that it went into this blank screen unresponsive state. No recent phone drops or other mishaps.

The one thing that I have gotten to work from the boot menu is a menu item that shows the IMEI / Sr No. / SKU / Purchase Date in Bar Code Format and Text.

Edit 2:

More Progress. Got fastboot. Posting some basic output below. If any other fastboot / adb commands will help in getting more debug info I'd love to know.


texts: Default user after reboot in multi-user CM 12.1

texts:
I setup a new user on my tablet in order to use it as a wall tablet with some smart home informations und buttons.

Unfortunately after reboot the Owner is always the user who is started first. So I have to change to another user in order to run the information app after every reboot.

Is there a way to change the default user which the CM is starting by after reboot?


texts: Mobile connectivity can break when WiFi goes out of reach

texts:
In Android 6.0 the Internet connection is meant to be provided seamlessly by either the WiFi or the mobile network. Sometimes this breaks, when connected to the WiFi and moving away from the Hotspot (e.g. on a train) , the WiFi disconnects and the mobile network never takes over (despite full signal) . The only way to fix it is to toggle airplane mode on and off to reset the networking. Does anyone know a better work around? [Phone: Alcatel pixi 4]

I saw this also on Android 4.4 and phone Samsung Galaxy Note 2. But on 4.4, the seamless switching could be turned off in the settings while on 6 it's always enabled.


texts: Tasker | Keyboard | how to bring down keyboard in Dropbox?

texts:
Dropbox for Android does not have a "do not automatically open keyboard" option. So we'll have to do this via Tasker.

Keyboard for Dropbox only pops up when your opening a word-doc (like a .txt file) and continues to do so when re-focusing back to Dropbox while the word-doc is still open regardless of the user bringing it down.

In Tasker how can we bring Keyboard down when ever dropbox is put to focus? (and/or when ever Dropbox is launched).


texts:
First off, this isn't directly Android related, I browsed through the humongous list of Stack sites but couldn't find a better fit. If this isn't allowed, move/delete/eat this post before reading on.

Now - how does Tablet RAM work? Is the hard drive (SSD?) shared with the system memory? I can't seem to find any info on this.


texts: How can I get shell access on my almost dead phone

texts:
My phone broke, so I have been messing with it and from the errors I can see, it looks like all the system folders are missing. /system /data etc.

I saw a YT video where the guy used ADB shell to gain access then just ran some cd commands to create the missing directories (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-LZvVLEC5o)

adb shell isn't working for me. Currently, I have 'Philz Touch 5' running and I have a working Odin connection.

How can I restore an empty file system?

thanks!


texts: Does "Block connections without VPN" prevents Google from knowing my IPv6 address?

texts:
I need to use multiple Android user profiles* sharing the same physical device, without Google (or any other party) knowing that the device is shared--essentially to make Google think that the accounts are completely independent from each other, and not connected in any way.
Per my earlier question, Google is able to cross-match user profiles (accounts used to sign in) based on equal IPv6 address.
Now, if for each user profile I set up a separate VPN service, each with its own provider and VPN user account, and enable "Block connections without VPN" for each of them, will that prevent Google from cross-matching those user profiles by IPv6? Looks like I will need to temporarily enable Airplane mode for every profile switch, and for every system reboot.
[*] As managed in Settings > System > Multiple Users as of Android 11; not to be confused with Settings > Accounts.


texts:
I have got the following android model (Acer DA220HQL) with  Android Ice Cream installed (Android 4.0.4). Unfortunately this version is quite outdated nowadays and all android apps  do not work. I would like to know, if there is any new official Android version or even a custom android rom that would be compatible with this specific model (image attached for better assistance) and which one.
That would help me a lot!

Regards


texts: Does Samsung profile sharing work on other Android devices?

texts:
The Contacts app on Samsung Android phones has a feature called profile sharing. If you enable it, it lets you share your name, phone number and profile picture with all your contacts. Your contacts will now be able to see your profile picture in their Contacts app, presumably, similarly to WhatsApp or Signal.

Does this feature in Samsung Contacts app work on other phones? Is there a way to get it to work on other phones? Do other brands have similar functionality?


texts: LG G5 Slowing Down house internet (Problem found)

texts:
2 days ago I posted a question

LG G5 Slowing down the house internet

regarding an LG G5 slowing down the internet drastically. After a suggestion I saw in the comments to see what is using the most data I found a suprising result.

My sister owns a lot of photos, but we know people who do the same and won't experience this issue.

Is this a problem with the application itself? something in the settings that is wrong? How do I fix that?


texts:
I understand that being root, applications can do a lot more with your device, but an application first needs root access, so what is the problem? By that logic, Linux as a whole is a dangerous environment since you can give root access to commands by using "sudo". Wouldn't it be more correct to say that root access is as dangerous as the user? If the user is stupid and gives root access to all applications, then yes it is dangerous, but stupidity of users will always be present in the IT. field.

If you know what you give root access to, in what way is rooting your device more dangerous than not rooting?


texts:
I have HTC Sensation 4G. I have a very peculiar issue with the battery. I've been using the phone for just over one year now. There are some periods (about 7 to 15 days) when battery performance is absolutely fine.

But then after certain days of good performance battery starts behaving weirdly: Phone gets switched off even at over 60% battery. Restarting it shows about 5% battery, again switches off, restart shows around 20% etc.

So I guessed there is some calibration issue. Taking out the battery at the time of this erratic behavior makes it work fine for a little while (half an hour to a couple of hours) then again the stupidity starts. I have tried draining the battery to 0% and then a full charge, tried various usage models (not using wifi, disabling animations to reduce usage etc.) nothing seems to work.

I can't properly debug this issue properly as connecting to computer starts charging and when its charging there are no such issues. This is REALLY frustrating, Any one has any idea how to debug it?

(I have come to know that certain batch of HTC sensation has this issue, not everyone has experienced similar problems but there are people and no one has been able to point me in the right direction)


texts: Is it okay to delete CWM backups after copying them to my pc?

texts:
Recently, I installed CWM (Rom Manager) and a custom recovery in my Xperia SP. Then I went to Rom Manager and pressed 'Backup Current ROM' which took me to a screen that backed up everything. Then I used adb pull /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup to copy that backup into my PC. Now, the copied files in my PC are:

Now,

First thing, from what you see, can you tell me if the backup is complete (it is about 2 GB)? Well, this is the content of the recovery.log file.
Can I delete the backup present in my phone(because it is occupying a
large amount of space ~2 GB)? Or should I keep it there. I have
heard of mysterious evil things like bricking, bootloops etc.
(which I am REALLY scared of). And in many places I've found that
the best way to recover from those scary things is to use the backup
of the ROM. Now, please tell me that if such a disaster happens to
my phone, can I transfer the files from my PC to the phone or do
they need to be in the phone for me to be able to recover from the
disaster?


texts: Difference between ADB shell and TWRP terminal

texts:
TLDR:
When booted into TWRP (not the Android OS), is there a difference between running a command on an ADB shell and running it in TWRP's terminal? Specifically something that messes with partitions? Is it safe? Are different results to be expected?

Background:
I'm having a problem with my OnePlus One. It seemingly randomly reboots or turns off instantly. Sometimes refusing to start again unless the power button is pressed for about 30 seconds or the battery connector is disconnected and connected again. According to this article, the issue might be a corrupted partition. It suggests running:

`make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p15

over ADB. Unfortunately it is impossible for me to get ADB to recognize my device properly. I did everything that this article suggested, but it didn't help. I tried to scan for ADB devices while in booted into TWRP (no devices showed up) and I tried to scan for devices while booted into Android, but as soon as I enable USB debugging the phone constantly disconnects like multiple times per second. I tried using a powered USB extension as suggested here, but it didn't help. I also measured the current draw and it constantly switched between ~230mA and ~270mA (the PSU would have allowed up to 5100mA). Also, I refuse to do ADB over WiFi for security reasons. It would also most likely be a pain to get the firewalls to allow it.

I also wonder if there is a way to find out if any of the other partitions are corrupted (there are like 50 devices listed under /dev/block/).


texts: Can I safely charge a SGS9 device with a 5.2V MacBook Pro 2018 USB-C charger?

texts:
Can I use 87W USB-C Power Adapter for MacBook Pro to safely charge a Samsung Galaxy S9 device? I'm curious as on the charger it says the output is 5.2V, while the phone seems to require 5V.

The specs of the Mac's charger can be seen on this image:


texts: Can I restore a single app backup without impacting other apps?

texts:
This may be a stupid question in the sense that it is obvious to everyone who has done it once - but I haven't.

So, I know that adb backup -f myAndroidBackup.ab com.corp.app can back up a single app's data without root. Will restoring this backup with adb touch only com.corp.app, or will it wipe other apps first?


texts: Delete a spreadsheet cell in Google Drive for Android

texts:
Please forgive me if this is considered off topic, but is it possible to delete a cell/row/column in a spreadsheet of Google Drive for Android? If so, how do I do it? I have tried "long-pressing" but there does not appear to be an option to do it.

Also, related to that, is it possible to change the cell formatting (e.g. remove cell highlighting)?


texts: How can I backup and restore Google Now Launcher home-screen layouts?

texts:
The only times I've seen a successful restore of the Google Now Launcher home-screen layout is when it is the default launcher from the onset as the installer goes through it's motions.

Restoring a backup from Titanium Backup does not work.

I've also tried making a recovery flashable update.zip via Titanium Backup but it still won't restore the home-screen layout


texts: How can I view Google My Maps on my phone (Nexus One)?

texts: I have a collection of locations in Google My Maps but I don't know how to access it from my phone. Using the browser and go to google map site doesn't help at all. Do you have any idea?


texts: How can I restore the original ringtones and sounds?

texts: Without really thinking, I used the "clear data" command on the Media Storage app, which deleted all the stock ringtones and notification sounds from my Nexus One. How can I get them back?


texts: List of all actions protected by given permission

texts:
I am supposed to perform static analysis of an APK that has a lot of permissions requested in the Manifest.
I would like to find out whether all the permissions requested are really needed by the app to perform some action.
When I read documentation for a specific permission, it hardly mentions what actions (API calls, object initiations, broadcasts etc.) are specifically protected by that permission.
For example: When I read the docs of READ_PHONE_STATE here, it never mentions the actual API calls protected by the permission. I need to google and find that the user needs this permission to call some methods of TelephonyManager, which is something that I can try to find in the Smali code of my APK to verify that the permission is really needed.
So my question is: Is there some documentation, website or list, where I could easily find all assets protected by various Android permissions? The documentation usually contains all permission needed by a specific call, but it does not contain all calls protected by a specific permission.


texts: Faced alot of bugs fter uninstalling root firewall

texts:
Since I uninstalled root firewall, I'v been facing alot of bugs concerning network connectivity;
I lost tethering access and the interbet became so slow. Even browsers have reported "connection refused" issues.
How to fix this?


texts: How can I change SELinux from Enforcing to Permissive on Samsung Galaxy Note 3?

texts:
My device is Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005.

This phone comes with SELinux set to Enforcing by default.

I have been trying to change this to permissive but to no avail.

I built the kernel from source code following Samsung instructions, and added a line to init.rc file in the ramdisk: "setenforce 0" and this worked, however WiFi broke and I am not clued up on kernel development.

I have tried, as root, running "setenforce 0" in terminal and via adb. There is no error, however it stays Enforcing.

I am running out of options have looked through the init files in the Samsung source code and cannot find anywhere where Samsung set SELinux to be Enforcing.

Any help will be vastly appreciated!


texts: List of purchased apps and app install/uninstall history log anywhere?

texts:
My device was damaged and since then I've had to order a hardware replacement.
Given that all purchases and application installs/uninstalls via Google Play Store
are carried out in connection with my Google account, I would like to know whether
there is a way to:

How can I view a list of apps I purchased, perhaps arranged in reverse chronological
order according to purchase date? The Google Play Apps site displays all applications I've ever installed, including free ones. WHen I go to My apps on the Android Google Play Store applications, I don't see the apps I paid for which were on my old device (same Google account).
Is there an application with a graphical user interface which displays all the
history of installed/uninstalled applications linked to my Google account?
This thread seems to suggest that this is possible via the DOS command-prompt on Windows using the adb (Android Debug Bridge) tool, or even on Android with BusyBox. But I am looking for a GUI application, possibly one that uses info stored on the Google account in the cloud rather than in a log file on the device.

Thank you for your help.


texts: Prepare SD card for removal from Cyanogenmod 13 HTC Desire HD A9191

texts:
I installed CM on the above phone. I wanted to remove the SD card, but when it boots up again the phone says 'Encryption unsuccessful'. It works again if I put the card back in and reboot the phone.

I want to move the SD card to another phone, and have this one without an SD card. I know that it works without an SDcard, but how? Do I need to move the /data partition somehow? How do I do that?

Edit: It was the CM build I used, which was aceopt. The opt part means that it uses the SD card as internal storage. So I need another build if I want to take the card out. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a non opt version of CM 13 for this device, so I'll have to go with 12.


texts: adb and platform-tools not working anymore on Mac Lion

texts: Ok, I had that eclipse + SDK + all projects working fine on my Mac (Osx Lion). After updating the SDK recently, everything stopped working. It seems that some very smart guy there forgot to allow adtand platform-tools to Mac Osx Lion (possibly because he has a newer version and he didn't care too much that other people don't. So, now I am stuck because I can't find a way to downgrade it back to where I was before the update. It seems there's no page from where I can download just the platform-tools in the version I had before. Any hint? Does anyone have a previous version of that folder?


texts: Why do we need Kies (ADB driver) in Windows but not in Linux?

texts:
Why do we need an ADB driver in Windows but not in Linux?

I have been working on Android for the past few months in Windows. To run my project on my Samsung device I had to install Kies first. Similarly for my LG device there is a LG ADB driver, and another for HTC.

But when I shifted to Ubuntu Linux recently, I didn't require any other drivers like Kies and ADB. I was able to debug directly without any third party driver. Why is that?

I know it is something very common, but I haven't found anything which explains why this is the case.


texts: Cannot install separate user account profiles on Fusion tablet running Android 4.4.2

texts:
We have a Samsung Chromebook and a Nexus 7 in the house that both allow us to set-up distinct different user accounts on them which we find most useful.

We have just acquired a new non-brandname tablet (Fusion) running 4.4.2 KitKat, and it will not allow us to set-up separate accounts as we have been able to on other Android devices.

I assume that must be something to do with the way that the manufacturer has set up Adnroid 4.4.2 on their device as opposed to a a problem with the OS.

Can anybody recommend a workaround that a non=technical novice could manage without too much pain being involved?


texts: Re-lock and unlock bootloader on the Nexus 5X for Android Pay

texts:
A very recent change in Android Pay means I can no longer use it on my Nexus 5X that has an unlocked bootloader (http://www.androidcentral.com/android-pay-no-longer-works-if-you-unlock-your-bootloader-and-thats-good-thing).

I don't have root, and I don't actually use my unlocked bootloader at the moment, but I like that it's unlocked, because it gives me the option to get root later without wiping the device.

Is there any way to re-lock the bootloader, and then unlock it again without wiping?  Or is that impossible by design?


texts: How to access the internal memory if the screen is blacked out?

texts: I dropped my Samsung Note 2, and the screen is now completely black. The phone opens & touch the screen seems to be only partly responsive because I can see the white previous & menu icons appear on the lower half of the phone.  I want to access the internal storage of the phone and store it in a different Note 2. How can I do that?


texts: I have an HTC Incredible S and want to install Ice Cream Sandwich, which I don't think is officially available right now. How can I root it?


texts: Decrypt SD Card Files Encrypted by Samsung Note 8

texts: Few months ago I encrypted my Micro SD card on my Samsung Note 8 for security purposes, and 2 days back the phone overheated and asked me to turn off. After awhile I was trying to turn it on but got no luck. I brought the phone in the Samsung Service Centre and they fixed it by replacing the motherboard. And now the problem is, of course, I didn't get any chance to decrypt the SD card and now I cannot decrypt it because the phone kept telling to me that I have to use the same phone I used for encryption. I have tried a solution from this (https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/116750/how-to-decrypt-a-microsd-card-after-a-factory-reset-of-the-device-used-to-encryp) but no luck. Where I copied the encrypted files on my PC then format-encrypt-copyfiles... etc... Or maybe because the guys uses S5 here and I have Note 8. Whew! I really don't know what to do. I need some important documents in that SD card and even Samsung cannot give any solution about my problem. Hope you guys can give me some solutions. Apologies to all because I know that this issue has been asked here many times but I cannot comment in that so I've decided to make a new one. Thanks in advance.


texts: Where do you publish information about a vulnerability you have found within android?

texts:
I found a small vulnerability within the default web browser, here is the ticket. Submitted last year.

  Issue 42647: Android Web Browser, JavaScript Popup Bug. Tested on 11 Jan 2013.
  Vulnerability on Android OS 4.1.2 jelly-bean on the samsung galaxy s3, this may also work on other phones.

  Loop vulnerability in mobiles default browser.

  I also created a method, on how to fix the vulnerability.

  Type-Security
  Priority-Medium

  Submitted to: Android https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/list

E.g. Was this the correct place, to submit, as the bug is still active. Tested on the Sony Xperia M. 05/11/14.


texts:
I brought a new Samsung Galaxy Y inbuilt with Android 2.3.5 some month ago and sold it recently. But after selling I noticed that in that Android I left my email ID (email ID that is used to log in to android for the first time).

I don't worry about the my email ID as I have changed its password but Can I locate my android device with that email? or by any other way? on any Google Maps like service?


texts:
I am trying to root my android 6.0.1 phone using the following method:

I first booted into a TWRP image using fastboot boot, then using the TWRP terminal I copied the su binary from the SuperSU kit to /system/xbin/ and ran chmod 6755 ./su, chown root:root ./su and chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 ./su. Now I booted into Android and opened a terminal emulator and goto /system/xbin/ and see that the SUID bit is set for su. But when I run su, nothing happens and the binary exits with a 0 value.

Running strace su shows that the setresuid() and setuid() calls are failing. I suspect this is because of SELinux contexts.

What should the SELinux contexts be for the binary?


texts: How to add different languages to wireless keybord (foldable arteck wireless)

texts:
I received a gift - a wireless keyboard that I can write on the go, directly on my phone.
The issue is - I am Bulgarian and there is only one layout for that language which is not very common. I am accustomed to different ways of finding my letters so I will be very grateful if someone could help me in finding a way to install/add new languages/layouts for it.
We tried on different android phones and the issue is the same - when it is paired with a laptop - it recognizes different layouts and all is OK there.
I remain open to further questions or comments!


texts:
I came across a how-to guide for running Android 1.7 in a virtual machine (VirtualBox), but 1.7 is old. I haven't been able to find a Android 2.2 or 2.3 image anywhere, does anyone have any ideas on how to virtualize newer Android OS's? Preferably a free virtualization solution like VirtualBox.

Here is the link about virtualizing 1.7:

http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/14/run-android-using-a-virtual-machine-on-a-mac-or-windows-pc/

They send you to here to download Android disk images:

http://virtualboxes.org/images/android-x86/

But I can't find anything newer than 1.7, anyone have any ideas?


texts: How can I delete multiple emails on the HTC One X?

texts:
I just got the HTC One X and I cannot find a way to select all my emails and delete them in one go. I have to select them one by one the delete them, after which I have to repeat the process again the clear the trash bin. I had the HTC Desire before and that did it with no problems.

Has anyone found a solution or am I missing something?


texts: I checked The Master List of Rooting Techniques, and found nothing. This XDA thread looked promising.


texts: Contacts show gmail contacts instead of phone

texts: when i try to assign one image to a contact, then all i can see are gmail contacts instead of my phone contacts. I'm using Jelly bean version. Please help me in this. Phone is Sony xperia C.


texts: Failure during official firmware update - phone powered off and won't boot

texts:
Phone: Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML

Long story short: I tried to install official firmware upgrade using TWRP > Install > .zip. The installation was going on for a couple of minutes and then the screen blacked out. Since then, the phone does not boot.

So, I got bored of my Android 5 and decided to install a custom ROM, but I had to upgrade official firmware before that.

At first, I dove into how to install custom ROM tutorials, so I did the rooting first:

I downloaded a BootLoaderUnlocker program from the official Asus website and unlocked the BL. Then, I followed a tutorial for one-click-root, and succeded. Then I installed TWRP and flashed the Recovery to the latest available img for my phone and tried to install the Lineage OS 14.1 but got status 7 error, meaning something is incompatible.

This post states, that in order to install Lineage OS 14.1 I have to have a firmware at least MM 4.21.40.xx which is Android 6, so I went to the official Asus website and downloaded the Firmware upgrade. Since, I probably had the wrong BL at that point, I flashed the bootloader with TWRP for Z00A (Lollipop)    2.8.7.3 from here, which is the same website from which the post suggest to download a BL for MM (Android 6). I thought, since I currently have the Lolipop, should install the BL for that, just to be sure. Then I started the firmware upgrade, which rebooted the phone into the BL, I didn't think, and just pressed Normal Boot and the phone booted as usual in the old Android. Then I tried to initiate the instalation again but couldn't (it's supposed to auto-detect the file in the storage root), so I got an idea to just boot the Recovery, maybe it will continue. So, I did that, and the TWRP showed up (I forgot about it already and thought that the instalation would just continue), so I just pressed Install and chose the firmware upgrade zip manualy. The installation was going on for a couple of minutes and then the screen blacked out.

Since then, the phone does not boot. If I try to, it vibrates like it is going to boot, but then nothing happens (not even a logo).

I even tried to disconnect the battery: removed all the screws, removed the back panel and manually disconnected it. When I put it back the phone vibrated like it was going to boot, but nothing happened again.

P.S. I tried to boot into the Recovery, but that just does not work, and even did not work before the firmware upgrade (I googled, that I must press power and volume up and hold until the logo appears, but that doesn't happen).

upd: plugged into the charger, periodically shows the battery icon on the screen.


texts: Bootloader wont unlock on Google Pixel 2 (G011A)

texts:
I'm trying to root my Google Pixel 2 but I can't get the bootloader unlocked.
The phone is a renewed and unlocked international version, model number G011A.
From the bootloader screen, and connected to the computer, this is the result from the following commands:
fastboot flashing unlock

FAILED (remote: 'Flashing Unlock is not allowed')
fastboot: error: Command failed

fastboot flashing unlock_critical

FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')
fastboot: error: Command failed

It is communicating with the device:
fastboot devices

{{device serial number}}         fastboot

and unlocking the bootloader seems to be enabled on the phone
fastboot flashing get_unlock_ability

(bootloader) get_unlock_ability: 1
OKAY [ 0.000s]
Finished. Total Time: 0.000s

I've tried using a Windows 10 laptop and an Ubuntu laptop, both with the same results. I read that USB ports/cables can be problematic, so I've tried all the USB ports on both laptops using two different cables with the same result.
On the phone itself, developer options are enabled, USB debugging is enabled, and OEM unlocking is enabled.  Curiously, OEM unlocking becomes grayed out and disabled after enough failed attempts, but I've been fixing this with a factory reset.
The Android version is 11, build RP1A.201005.004A1
What am I missing here? Why wont this bootloader unlock? Thanks!


texts:
Hi I have a samsung galaxy s4 that is less than a month old

The s4 when idle is around 28°Celsius and around normal usage it's around 32°

The maximum the phone has ever got is 36° by using the street view on Google maps for 5 minutes

Normally when I keep the phone on while charging it gets quite hot so I keep it off it gets hot near the camera/earpiece not the battery

But today by accident I kept it on and after 10 minutes it got so hot that as soon as I held it for more than 2-3 seconds it felt like my hand would burn

The temp app read 39.2°c the hottest it's ever got

Now what I'm worried about is that could the phone getting so hot that it feels like it would burn your hand have done any damage to the phone already

After it cooled down I tested everything and it worked ok

Still worried things could be damaged inside


texts: Any way to set lockscreen notifications on AT&T LG G3 Lollipop?

texts: AT&T appears to have completely disabled the lockscreen notification settings in their LG G3 Lollipop update. Anyone know of any way to change which notifications are shown, which are sensitive, etc.?


texts:
Is there any way to use "Hey Google" instead of "OK Google" on my Motorola Z2 Play?

On my old phone Huawei P8 Lite from 2015 running android 6.0 i was able to use "Hey Google" instead of "OK Google"

I remember at some point when i clicked retrain voice model i was offered to say both "OK Google" and "Hey Google"

But on my new phone running android 7.1.1 no matter how many times i click retrain voice model it just keeps offering me to say "OK Google" 3 times.

I have all the latest software updates for my phone, and the latest available version of the Google app.
It is frustrating to see this option on much older phones, what am doing wrong here?

"OK Google" is very awkward for me especially after getting used to saying "Hey Google" on my 3 year old junk phone.

I tried asking this on the Google support site but they didn't read my question and just copy pasted the same response they give to everyone who reports any issue with Google Assistant.


texts: How to get Adoptable storage encryption key without root access after I "forget it"

texts:
My micro SD card (set as adoptable storage) was corrupted while I was using my phone (Wiko Tommy with Android 6.0) during a trip.
Probably because of a writing error on the filesystem, I guess.

I tried to unplug the SD card and to plug it again several times, but it didn't change nothing.

I should have stopped there, and wait in order to repair the SD card filesystem a few days later.
But my phone wouldn't let me take pictures with the SD card unplugged ("storage is full", even if the internal storage wasn't full).
So I unplugged the SD card, and told my phone to forget it. That way, I could use the internal storage again and take pictures.

Back with a computer available and with a SD card reader, I made an image of my SD card using the dd command.
I tried to analyse filesystem problems with Testdisk, recover files with Photorec...
But I realized that the SD card is encrypted and that this is probably my major concern.

I found this method that would enable me to get the encryption key and to read the SD card.
Unfortunately it requires root access to read the /data/misc/vold folder, and my phone is not rooted. I would happily do it but I couldn't find any path toward it (it's a Wiko Tommy).

So I'm stuck there. Do you think of a way to get the files on the SD card back?

Find a way to root my phone?
Reverse the "forget" action so that the phone would read again the SD card (when the corrupted filesystem is fixed)?
Find a way to get the encryption key without root access, and then read from the image I have on the computer?
Use another SD card as adoptable storage, replace its contents by the old one (when the corrupted filesystem is fixed)?

Thank you


texts: I forgot the Google account name that I used for buying apps on Google Play, can I recover it somehow?

texts:
I am not sure if this fits here, but I saw a couple of other account related questions, so I'm giving it a shot.

I just resetted my phone and forgot to take note of one of the two Google accounts I had on it, which I was using to buy apps on Google Play and to save some contacts.

The account is not linked to a recovery email, nor is associated with a telephone number. I fully remember the password but only a good part of the username. I never used the account to email anyone at all, not even my other Google mail account.

Do I have any chances to recover the account username given that the account also has a Google Plus profile, and that nobody else except me could be able to tell exactly the Google Plus profile associated with that Google account name for which I remember a substantial part (the G+ account has been configured to not pubblicly show email) ?

I also thought I could contact a developer for an app I bought, and see if they have access to the emails from which they receive a purchase. But I have been told that as a developer you can search order details only starting from the email itself...

Any other ideas? What else could I do? If I don't fix this, I will loose all the apps which I've bought on Google Play and all the contacts saved on that account... :\

I hope there's a a way. Thanks!


texts: How to buy application previously downloaded from GetJar?

texts:
I have Agenda Widget Plus downloaded from GetJar. Now I would like to pay for it, because I find it very useful and I would like to reword author of this app. On Play Store it is listed as already installed and I cannot pay for it.

Any idea how can I do it?


texts: Audio players read "Chromatics" as "The Chromatics" from ID3v2 MP3 tags

texts:
I've got an album by the band Chromatics in MP3 format with ID3v2 tags. On my computer the band's name appears as "Chromatics" in any audio player (foobar2000, VLC, MP3Tag). On Android, Shuttle Music Player and the default music player display this artist's name as "The Chromatics". Either Android is guessing that it should add the "The" prefix automatically, or there are hidden, incorrect tags somewhere in my files.

The files initially contained ID3v1 tags as well but I've deleted them. I don't know if the error comes from my files or from a database stored by Android. Most importantly I don't know how to fix it. I've already tried deleting the audio files and rebooting, and clearing the data of the "media storage" app and rebooting, but none of this worked.


texts:
I installed LinuxDeploy and got Debian Jessie up and running. It was all relatively easy.

The issue that I am having is that the user I define in the ui is not able to write to custom mounts (like sd card etc).

I can use the Root user in the chroot environment to read/write but that is not right. I want to be able to be a regular user with read/write permissions.

I am using Lollipop 5.1/LinuxDeploy on Samsung Note

thanks