texts: I cant find firmware for RCA Tab voyager android go edition

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In my tab's recent update it does run to problem the first thing I got was the tab never opens to the main screen(ui) it just stacked to manufacture logo page then after a week instead of stacking it start showing this kind of error
the thing I planned to do was flashing it unfortunetlly I cant find the same firmware as in my tab I searched and got http://gofirmware.com/post/rca-voyager-rct6873w42bmf8 still it doesn't work the download button is full of redirection instead of providing download link.
So finally, the idea it came to my mind was to download and flash the nearest version and model possible from android MTK then I selected rct6873w42m f7 which has the nearest android v(7.0) .
however the problem are still there while flashing

I have tried: rebooting, repluging usb, removing batteries but none of it work
it kinda showing the version are not meting
what should i do now?
models:

android v : android go edition with v8.1 (oreo)

tab model/v: RCA voyager model

rct6873w42bmf8; from the boot page

rct6873w42; from the back of the tab


texts: Android Password Recovery + 2 Step Auth. What happens?

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I recently enabled two-step auth for my Google account, and I'm happy to say it works fine. However:

Application specific passwords, like for Android are temporary, and the guide makes it obvious that you aren't supposed to write them down or save them anywhere.
When someone fails to unlock a password protected Android phone too many times, it allows the user to connect to a WiFi network and login with his/her Google account.
How does this apply to an account with two-step auth? Has anyone had this sort of an issue before? Is generating a new app-specific password enough?


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I have a bluetooth headset for voice calls on my HTC EVO 4G. When I connect it, voice calls work well, and other audio works before I try pressing the "call" button on the headset.

The first time I press this button, the built-in voice recognition cuts out. After that, it works fine, but no more audio will be routed through either the speaker or the audio jack on the phone, and although the headset still works for voice calls, it is stuck to that stupid "BT profile", so it dosen't get the audio for music and such.

A few notes

this only happens with the headset, no other bluetooth device (such as keyboard), but I have not tested it with a bluetooth sound system.
this does not occur with any other audio connection, i.e. headphones etc.
switching sound modes (vibrate, loud, silent) has no effect
the only solution I have now is resetting the phone, which I would love not to have to do every time I use my  headset

I am running Cyanogenmod 7.1 (stable). Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround or a patch?


texts: How to unlock phone using ADM application?

texts: I'm using Asus Zenfone and I'm not able to unlock it. I've tried ADM but without success. Utility says that password wont be used when there is a lock pattern. How to use this application?


texts: Setting "phone ringing" sound for outgoing calls

texts: When I place a call I hear the traditional rotary dial phone ringing sound until the person at the other end, whose ringtone most likely is completely different, answers. What I was wondering is, can I set a ringtone for the person placing the call to hear until the other party answers? If so, can such "ringtone" be set differently for every person called?


texts: Can I use my Samsung SM-J700P on the ATT network?

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It was locked to the Boost Mobile network (Sprint) before I supposedly unlocked it with Odin, but using the ATT SIM card says it's not supported for the device.  I've spoken to both companies and neither seems to be able to help.
Thanks for any advice


texts: How do I send a YouTube video from my desktop to my Android tablet?

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Apps such as YouTube and Netflix use the X protcol to conect to smart TVs so you can send (a link to) the video you're watching to the TV, and it starts playing on the TV right away. I'm looking for something like the reverse of this: if I've started watching a video on the YouTube website on my Ubuntu PC, I'd like to have that start playing on my tablet (e.g. so I can take it with me to the kitchen as I cook). Ideally, it should start playing on the tablet at the same point I was at on the website.

The simplest workaround I can think of would be to use the "Watch later" playlist to save the video, and then open it on the tablet. That's quite long-winded, and I'm hoping there's something easier.


texts: How to download a phrasebook from google translate

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So i've been using google translate for a while and there are a bunch of translated words and phrases that i have asked for to date stored on the device. I now want to take a copy of them to my PC (in any tractable text format) so that i can use a decent text editor / script to convert them to anki format (a flashcard app) so that i can memorize them.

Does anyone know how to get at this data? I had a quick look through the file system on my android phone (which incidentally, is a samsung galaxy S III) and i couldn't see anything obvious there. I reason that the phrases i have used must be in there somewhere because they are displayed on the phone even when there is no internet access from the device.


texts: [re]mount the internal sdcard on the Huawei U8836D (G500 Pro) please?

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Good day

re: Huawei U8836D (G500 Pro)   ICS

It is an old phone now I realise, however until I [ignorantly] ruined it yesterday mine was going strong.

As I understand, it has ~1GB of RAM and a ~4GB in-built SD card....I think. There is the external SD card slot, where I have had an 8GB card in.

The internal card ,as I call it, used to show up in the storage details screen until I stupidly repartitioned it following link2sd article(s), in the hope I could 'expand' the available space.

The internal card does not now show up in the storage details and appears not to be mounted (is that the correct term).

I am not confident on android, but can get around ADB, linux etc reasonably ok. Rather than start to dump extra info right now, please let me know what I need to provide as I/we go along.

Therefore, I would really appreciate if some knowledgeable kind soul will spare some time and guide me through getting each storage area back and working as it should please ?  - if that all makes sense.

Thank you.

continue after the reply post (my apologies if this is not the correct way to add more details):

Thank you for the reply. I am a bit puzzled.

I have removed the external card - as for one i was getting a 'low space' message which has ceased now it is out and for another reason, to remove its affects on the output to the system tools just leaving the phone and its internal storage however that is.

Now, when I connect phone  with USB to linux, I was able to fdisk the device listed in /dev, but the print showed its size at a little over 2Gb.  I was then able to format the one primary partition to vfat and reboot successfully.

Yet when using adb shell and running mount and df, there is no info reported on the existence of that 2Gb vfat partition. Under /dev/block on the phone, there is only the mmcblk0 entry and its associated parts 1 to 6 (im not familiar with this structure so sorry for being vague). If I fdisk that mmcblk0 the print displays a size of just under 4GB. I'm not sure what that all means yet (need to try find some articles on how android uses storage).

My question now, is with the phone connected in adb shell, can I safely repartition that mmcblk0 (removing the I presume the boot time setup partitions of type id's 5 and 83) into 2 partitions of types 83 and 0b, reboot and the machine will sort itself out accordingly using those?

If not, how do I get the 2Gb of that 4Gb showing up to use, as 'storage menu option' from the android ics menu doesn't show it, file manager app doesnt show it etc (even link2sd cant see it)  ?

I am making progress even if I seem to be wafting about in the air :-)


texts: Frequent WiFi disconnects with my WiFi router

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I recently purchased Wireless Router and When I connected Wirelessly through my mobile(Sony Xperia P, android ver: 2.3.7), keeps on connecting and disconnecting for every 2mins. Whereas from other mobile(Samsung Galaxy Y) its perfectly connecting w/o any issues. Can someone pls tell me how to resolve this issue?

Router details:

D-Link, Model No: DIR-600L, H/W ver: B1, F/W Ver: 2.00


texts: How to keep screen OFF while charging (S3 and Note 2)

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Don't know if all the Galaxy phones have this behaviour, but it sure is annoying.
I like to keep my phone plugged in until I need it, as there is no harm done. The battery won't get "overcharged" or anything, and I'll have 100% juice with me when I leave.

But both phones keep lighting up that they are done.
And it lights up the phone every few seconds, it's really, really annoying.

Is there a way to disable this behaviour?


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Ok so I rooted my samsung galaxy note 10.1 today. I immediately bought the full version of adw launcher and installed it. Now I have a bit of experience with Android and launchers so I have tried all the usual methods of setting a default launcher.

I tried the home key then "always use" method. I tried clearing the default on the stock launcher. And I've been looking at other methods but none sound like anything I want to risk doing with my new 500 dollar tablet.

Does anyone know of a simple and straight forward method of setting a default launcher?

EDIT:: It was asking me to select a default launcher despite the fact that i had said that i want it to always use ADW EX. In the end the solution was to simply use Titanium Backup and remove all the other launchers. =)

(Sent from my rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 using Google Chrome)


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I want to format (factory reset) my device (Lenovo K3 Note). I have saved some offline videos from YouTube and I am afraid that I might lose them after the device format.
How to back up those videos and save them?


texts: How to Install our android image in laptop ? How to make android boot-able image for laptop?

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I have Android Source Code image and i want to install it on Laptop . I want to know how we made bootable image for laptop with android image.
What I have to do so that laptop detect the android image.
There is some site which provide android image for laptop , in which i have to download image but i want my android image been install in laptop. Is any tool is present which make boot loader for android image.GUIDE ME


texts: Is there a solution/app which allows that the contact and calender data from one account (Exchange) is synced or mirrored to an different account (preferable owncloud)?


texts: Looking up words easily in the dictionary

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Would it be possible for an entry to be installed on the menu that shows up when I highlight a word, so that I can look up the word on a dictionary, for example from an installed app such as Merriam-Webster dictionary. The app could show the definition inside a bubble.

If course, the installed app would have to support this, and install the behavior onto the operating system UI.

How can I achieve the behavior I'm looking for?

Thanks.


texts: Apps offering free data or money based on using and sharing

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I have been hearing about some android apps which give you free money or data by installing, using and sharing. Many of my friends have been asking me to install such apps so-that they get benefits of sharing app with trying to convince me like "share to others and get free benefits". Such apps also gives benefits if you install other apps or click on some links through them.

But I've been refusing to install or use such apps thinking following reasons:

It should be nothing but pure advertising app for app maker
It may get our personal information like email, phone, contacts and even some may get usage and information of other apps, files etc.

But/Now, I want to know more about such apps like how do they work? what are the major and possible disadvantages (malicious, spy etc.) of using such apps, etc. so that I can keep way from  possible temptation/seduction and can preach my friends with better understanding.


texts: moving apps to my SD card on my Xperia E 4.1.1

texts: Okay, I have an Xperia E android 4.1.1. It has 2 GB internal space and so I got an 8 GB SD card. I noticed that any app I download occupies space in my internal memory. I tried moving them to SD card but I can't do it in the way given on Google - Settings>apps>manage>move to SD card. When I go to my settings I don't get any Manage Applications. I just get my apps and there are options like Move to phone or Move to Internal Storage. I also tried App2SD. But it didn't work. Isn't there any other alternative than rooting my mobile? Please help


texts: How to connect a different phone to the "Nexus One Desktop Dock"

texts: The original HTC/Google Nexus One Desktop Dock is a bluetooth device and has audio line out. I would love to still be able to use this with my new phone. Anyone know how to connect this with a Galaxy Nexus?


texts: Android wireless debugging on multiple devices

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By following Google ADB Documentation i am able to connect to device wireless . But i want to connect more than one device.

For adb wireless to work i have to restart adb in tcpip mode

Once i did that i can connect to a device but to connect to another device i will have to restart adb in usb mode again which will disconnect the first device.

Simple solution would be to connect both device with usb and then restart adb in tcpip. But i don't have any extra set of usb cable right now.

So is there any other way to connect more than one device except for the method i mentioned above.


texts: How to change the email adress on Latitude?

texts: I took over the phone (Samsung) from my mom. It still shows her address on Latitude, even though it's my email address on the Gmail account.


texts: Android x86 and Remix OS stops at booting flash screen

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I got a new Tecno Winpad 2 x64-based processor with 32bit Windows 10 OS and wanted to load Android and Ubuntu from external SDCard. I have no problem booting Ubuntu but Android stops at flash screen.

The Android I tried using is Remix OS and Android-x86. I also tried both 32bit and 64bit version and same problem.

I later decided to try via VMware but still the same issue while Ubuntu boots properly with VMware.

Could this problem be from the type of SDCard or am I missing something?
Have any one tried booting Android from a cherry trail Tablet?
I appreciate any useful help.


texts: Write Error during flashing stock ROM through SP Flash Tool

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I am trying to install the stock ROM of my xolo a500s ips by using the Smart Phone Flash Tool. i downloaded the stock ROM of my device from this link http://androidxda.com/download-xolo-stock-rom-model. The SP Flash tool and USB drivers were also included in the zip package.

When I try to flash the ROM, the progress is stopped at 70% and then this error is displayed on the screen: BROM ERROR : S-DA_SDMMC_WRITE_FAILED (3149).

Anyone knows how to fix this issue?


texts: Unsupported File Type: Why did my Samsung Galaxy S suddenly stop supporting MP3s?

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All of a sudden my Samsung Galaxy S claims to not support mp3 files (the phone has been idle for a few hours, I did not touch anything). Ogg files however still play without problems. When this happens, no app can play mp3 files, e.g. my custom ring tone is not played anymore (it just vibrates as if it were muted). A reboot of the phone fixes the issue but within 3-4 days the problem comes back. It does not make a difference if files are stored on internal or external sd card.

This also affects video playback, I'm just not sure if it happens at the same time or independent of each other. The youtube app can no longer start videos (unknown playback problem), and the video player app claims all video files as unsupported. I suppose the issue may not be the video playback itself but the audio codec used in the video (mp3).

Any idea how to fix this or debug this? I don't want to reboot my phone every couple of days - it takes 2-3 minutes to do this and a phone should just work.

I applied 2.2.1 firmware lately and this only seemed to make the problem worse. I had this before 2.2.1 (with 2.2) but only very rarely.

I'm curious if TitaniumBackup may be the culprit as the backup scheduler seems to stop processes sometimes. Maybe others experiencing this issue use scheduled TitaniumBackups, too? The hint was that since upgrading to 2.2.1 I also upgraded to the licensed TitaniumBackup version and scheduled daily backups. But this may just be coincidence. What contradicts this theory: Backups are scheduled at night but last time I saw this issue it happened during the day - mp3 worked in the morning, failed in the afternoon. The phone was idle during the time it "decided" to no longer play mp3.

Looking at forums (I only found a few hits in Google), people having the same problems suggest to simply reboot the phone - but that is no fix at all. Or they suggest to send the phone back for replacement - and guess what: It has not fixed the problem for people experiencing this issue. So I suggest it is not a hardware issue (neither related to sdcards nor to the phone itself).


texts: what is an offline transcription or dictation app which respects privacy?

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Looking at software to transcribe or dictate mp3 files, what are the android options which respect privacy?
Looking for something which at least purports to not upload either the audio file or the transcript of that audio to the cloud.  Preferably, which also doesn't do so -- and if reasonable precautions are taken to prevent this generally, all the better.


texts: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini (E10i) stuck on boot logo after installing a custom ROM using CWM Recovery

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I was trying to install a custom ROM on my Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini (E10i) by flashing the ROM with the .zip file in ClockWorkMod Recovery, but after installation the device doesn't boot. It hangs on the Sony Ericsson boot logo.

What can I do to recover from this situation?


texts: How do I use a joystick connected to a PC with an Android wirelessly to play a flight simulator game?

texts: So I play a flight simulator game that I downloaded from play store on my android phone. Now I want to use my joystick which is connected via usb to my laptop with my phone wirelessly. Is there any software that allows me to do that. I tried searching on Google but results were oppposite of what I was expecting.


texts: Dalvik vm heap props resetting on reboot

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I am running android 9 and I tried changing heapsize prop by the following command

setprop dalvik.vm.heapsize 384m

and then verifying by

getprop | grep heapsize

which returns 384m so it works.

But after a reboot the value returns to its default 768m.I also tried to modify the build.prop file by adding the lines but still the props revert on every boot (the file itself still shows the change).

Any help ?


texts: I can't find the /system/media/ folder in any root browser or TWRP File Manager

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I was recently thinking about getting a custom boot animation for my phone, so I installed a root browser and looked for /system/media/ but it wasn't there! I also tried the file manager built into TWRP, but I couldn't find it there either. When I tried to use the "Boot Animations for Superuser" app, it ran into an error trying to backup the existing boot animation. If the /system/media/ folder is missing, how am I still getting the default boot animation that comes with Evolution X? Anyways, I just need help on how to replace the boot animation.

I'm running Evolution X 4.3 (official) for zerofltexx (Samsung Galaxy S6) with MagiskRoot and a few Magisk Modules.


texts: Disable system apps without closed-source tools?

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After spending more than an hour searching through F-Droid for an app to disable system apps, I gave up. The only thing I was able to find was Disable Manager and that doesn't seem to be able to anything that I can't already do using Android's Settings ui.
I know there are quite a few tools on the Play Store that can disable system apps, but I couldn't find one that is open source.

So I was wondering if it would it be possible to force Android's Settings ui to enable the "Disable/Enable" button for system apps.
Or, if that's not possible, if there is an open source app that would allow me to do it.

My phone: OnePlus One; Running CyanogenMod 13 without gapps; Rooted
Using microG, F-Droid and Xposed...


texts: Changing Your MAC Address/Without Root Privileges

texts: I want to change the mac address of my phone without making any android rooting.


texts: Exporting Chrome bookmarks from Android to PC to import to IE11

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Here's the scenario.

I have a Google Nexus 6 with build MOB30D and Android version 6.0.1. I am at work with a desktop PC that only uses Internet Explorer 11. Therefore, I cannot access my Google Chrome bookmarks using Google Chrome brower.

To resolve this, I would like to export my Google Chrome bookmarks from my Google Nexus 6 to an .html file. I would like to e-mail the .html file to my GMail e-mail account, and then I would like to download the .html file from my GMail e-mail account to my work desktop PC. I would then like to import the .html file to my Internet Explorer 11 bookmarks so that I can have access to the same bookmarks that I had on Google Chrome.

When I exported my Chrome bookmarks at home last night to a CD, it was in an .html file, as seen below. And, IE 11 has never had an issue before when I imported bookmarks from an .html file, so I know its a patent file type to import bookmarks to IE 11.

I see no way to export bookmarks from my Android phone. Any solutions?

P.S. My phone is rooted.

FYI: I did export Google Chrome bookmarks to .html file and save to a CD at home which I brought to work, but when I imported the bookmarks from CD to IE 11 on my work PC, it turns out that it did not import them all, for some bizarre reason. Hence my current predicament. I'm not sure if the fault occurred when I initially exported Chrome bookmarks to the CD, or if it occurred when I imported them to IE 11. In any case, at some point in the process, not all Chrome bookmarks are importing to IE 11 from the CD, so the CD is useless at this point.


texts: Creating a .dd image of a Galaxy S3 without rooting the phone

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I'm working for my university's CS Department, and we've got a Digital Forensics project which requires us to create a one-to-one .dd image of a T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (Jellybean 4.1), so that we can recover some deleted data. I've done some Googling, and called Samsung, but I haven't been able to find any way to create an uncompressed image without rooting, and we can't root the phone without dealing with some legal ramifications.

Does anyone know of a program that can get the image without rooting?


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I really want to avoid factory resetting the phone since I know the password but just cant type it in.
Things I tried and failed:

rebooting my phone
adb since no usb debugging

Phone: Huawei Honor V10 on EMUI 9


texts: App saves to SD card, phone has no SD card slot!

texts: I am currently using to JBTimer app to time Rubik's Cube solves on my Droid Maxx, and wanted to export the data to do some analysis. The app has a few built-in options for exporting, but every single one of them will only export to an SD card which, if you've ever used a Droid Maxx before, you'll know there isn't a slot for in the phone. The app doesn't give any errors or anything, but I can't find the data on my phone when I connect it to my computer. I would really rather not type 300-something numbers into an Excel spreadsheet manually. Any ideas?


texts: Why are APK'S buggier than Play store downloaded apps?

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I had downloaded an early copy of some game, as its apk was put on apitoide after the app was available for 15 mins. Its an app that allows you to fling spheres at imaginary monsters.

Anyway (Ha-Ha!) The apk was a horrible, buggy mess, whilst the play store version was significantly cleaner.

** Is there any reason to why APK's are more 'broken' than their play-store versions? **


texts: Connecting phone to PC internet using Connectify

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I am trying to connect my phone running ICS to my PC running Windows 7 to the internet using Connectify. Everything goes fine except when the phone tries to connect to my laptop wifi hotspot, it gets stuck at obtaining IP address . I tried to set the ip address to static in android but now it says connected but actually the phone is not connected to the internet.

As a static IP and DNS1, I set the address provided for the connectify network created in windows. I set the network length to 24 cuz without setting any value for network length, I wasn't able to save the setting in my phone.

How can I solve this problem?


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I just got my Galaxy from eBay.
The auction said it's 16GB, but I am afraid I was a fraud victim; I'm checking at Settings->SD card and device storage->USB storage, and Total memory says 5.01GB.

Am I missing something?


texts: How to get fm radio back after Desire X was updated to Android 4.1?

texts: My HTC Desire X recently updated to android 4.1. With that update, the FM radio disappeared. How can I get it back? I can't find an app the does this in the Play Store. Are there other ways?


texts: I am looking for a simple way to translate words highlighted in the browser

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This is my use case: I'm trying to improve my Spanish so I've started reading Spanish-language newspapers in the browser on my phone. What I'd like to do is this: when I need a word or phrase translated to English, highlight the text, hit the settings button, and have a translate option show up. Or something comparably simple.

Currently the only options that show up under settings when a word is highlighted are: Share, Find, Web Search

I have Google Translate installed and I realize that I could copy the highlighted text and then paste it into that app, but I'd prefer something that didn't require jumping between apps.


texts: No longer able to create Gifs with last update

texts: I cut videos to under 6 seconds but the gif button doesn't appear. This function has been disabled?


texts: No encryption option on Huawei g510 and Android 4.1.1

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I recently bought a Huawei g510 with Android 4.1.1 and I was going to encrypt it, but I just can't find the encryption option in the settings panel or any other place.

I looked around on the net but I just can't find a solution.

Is it a limit of the rom that comes with the phone?


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I am using Android 8.1 in a Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime.
Some apps show a Storage used option. This means they can be stored in Device memory or External storage.
I mean to move all apps to External storage whenever possible.
In some cases, when I select
Storage used -> CHANGE to move to SD card, after 100% completion the app is still in Device memory.
Is there any way to solve this?
Notes:

Cannot move app to SD card: "Not enough storage space" is a similar question from me (although not the same).
I would avoid removing the app and reinstalling, just to try, since I have this problem.


texts: Help identifying tablet manufacturer and model to get specs

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I received a 7" tablet as a "gift" when I attended a presentation recently. I'd like to find out some specs about it (processor details, who the manufacturer is in case I need support, etc.). I hope someone can help point me in the right direction...

The device came in a white and blue box that said "Android" and "Tablet PC" on it. There is no mention of any manufacturer, so my guess is I got an extremely cheap Chinese tablet. The instructions seem to indicate so...the English in it is horrible.

Based on the "About tablet" section in Settings, it seems to be running stock Android 4.0.4 and its model number is "TWD_MID". I did some searches but couldn't find any conclusive manufacturer/specs.

It has 1GB of internal storage, another "internal storage" worth 1.71GB, and it has a "TF Card" slot...which takes MicroSD cards.

Thanks in advance...

Kevin


texts: Wileyfox Swift won't boot, identifies as QHSUSB_BULK

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My most reliable device until now, this morning suddenly remained black: the screen didn't turn on. Long-pressing the power button didn't yield any reaction – nor did removing the battery (and SIM plus µSD card) for half an hour. Battery is at least half full, and the reaction is the same with a power cable connected. As at the other end of that cable currently is a Windows machine (not mine, so I cannot install anything on it), surprisingly that one was instantly searching for drivers – and the device identified is named QHSUSB_BULK. So something must be still working there.

Any idea what's going wrong there and how to fix it? As I wrote, that Windows machine isn't mine – so if a computer must be involved, it should work on Linux.

What I tried without success:

long pressing power button to provoke a restart/boot
at the same time, holding either vol-up or vol-down to see if it at least boots into fastboot/recovery. Nada.
pluggin into USB (just in case the battery suddenly discharged). Not even the LED lit up (which it normally does, indicating the device is charging)
removed battery, microSD and SIM for about half an hour, put it back – no change.
searched the web for possible solutions; only found that QHSUSB_BULK mentioned with solutions on some Nexus and/or LG devices, involving the install of very (LG) specific Windows software (not possible for me, and won't help anyway as in my case it's no Nexus or other LG device). Reading between those lines, it seems to indicate trouble with the bootloader. Confirmed by other findings of the problem (without solutions) involving devices from Huawei and a Moto G with a solution again not applicable to my case (similar thing for a Oneplus). Found one mention of the Wileyfox Swift on a Russian forum (4PDA) mentioning some special software (QFIL) again but no details, quote: "it is possible to try to flash through QFIL. In a personalized reply."

Device is a Wileyfox Swift (1st gen), still running its original CyanogenOS 12.1 (Android 5.1.1). Bought in 2015, so AFAIK warranty just run out (hm, suspicious).


texts: Android 7.0 drops wifi connection to router without internet connection

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I use a TP-Link TL-WR702N mini router to provide a wireless connection to my Nikon D4 DSLR to operate the camera remotely via my phone or tablet. The camera acts as a server when doing so.

This worked for: Archos Titanium running Android 4.3; Asus Zenpad running Android 5.0; Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3

It does not work for: Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 7.0; Motorola Moto E running Android 6.0; Huawei P8 Lite 2017 running Android 7.0

So I believe this is an Android problem, rather than a problem with the router or device model.
What happens is that I can connect to the router, but the connection drops out after a few seconds, then searches for an IP address and reconnects, and so on. Where a dialogue pops-up asking to keep the connection alive even though there is no internet, I have clicked 'yes' only for the problem to persist. I have also enabled the wifi connection to stay on when the device goes to sleep.
The devices have no problem staying connected to our home router.

Does anyone know a solution?


texts: Easy question: How do I search for apps on my S3?

texts: I know (N00b) but I see the Google search bar for performing internet searches. But I don't see where a quick search for my phone's content is, like you would find on an iPhone by moving to the search screen. (Which searches through all of the phones content-contacts, apps, email, etc.)


texts: What is “logo” partition on lenovo phone?

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Don't remove this question please, it was previously removed from a programming board and I don't know where else to ask.

What is a logo partition and what is the format of it?

The header of the 8Mb partition:

00000000   88 16 88 58  C2 8A 0A 00  ...X....
00000008   4C 4F 47 4F  00 00 00 00  LOGO....

I guess it is a bootscreen picture, right ? What is the format of this image ?


texts: I have a Galaxy Tab S6, initially I was able to use smart casting and then enabled Dex mode. However it doesn't let me do that anymore, is there any way around that? If I'm in Dex mode, there's no smart casting toggle available at all, and if I start smart casting first, it just tells me that I have to disable it to enter dex mode. Not sure when it changed, probably wasn't recent.


texts: Is safe to give my IMEI to LeadBolt to enjoy apps without advertisement?

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On the LeadBolt opt page you can specify your IMEI number in order to opt out from their service:

  The IMEI/MEID is a number, usually unique, to identify GSM, WCDMA, and
  iDEN mobile phones, as well as some satellite phones. It allows us to
  identify your device and ensure you are opted out from our services.
  Importantly, the IMEI/MEID is only used for identifying the device and
  has no permanent or semi-permanent relation to you as the subscriber
  protecting your privacy.

Is this safe? Would let me enjoy Android apps without annoying and invasive ads?


texts:
I followed the guidance here to do a FreeOTP backup with adb backup -f <backup path> org.fedorahosted.freeotp. After I wiped my phone and tried to do an `adb restore  I get the message "Now unlock your device and confirm the restore operation." but nothing on my phone happens or prompts, nor does FreeOTP have any keys installed.

I am on Android 8.1 with adb 1.0.32 on Ubuntu 14.04.


texts: Is it possible to "mirror" my smartphone SIM into my smartwatch eSIM?

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I am wondering whether, with eSIM technology, I would be able to mirror my smartphone physical SIM to my smartwatch eSIM (as if I had cloned my phone, like in the movies).
Telling you my final goal could explain better what I am trying to achieve.
Basically I am trying to understand if I could leave my smartphone at home (SIM included), then going out with my smartwatch (e.g. running/cycling/etc) and still receive my smartphone's notifications, texts, etc from the 3G/4G network (essentially I'll be out of bluetooth range).


texts: How do I make the music player display on the lock screen?

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When I'm listening to music on my Android using Music Player, I want to see what song I'm listening to on my lock screen, and maybe even play/pause and go forward/backward on the playlist, but not change the playlist.

How can I get this kind of a setting? Do I have to write my own app?


texts: How to filter the contacts by phone number on Android 5.1

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I am running Cyanogenmod 12.1 and it appears that there is no option to filter my contacts only with phone numbers:

PS: Local phone account is only for locally stored phone numbers which I have none. The Customise menu only offers to filter thru these options which you already see on the image.


texts:
With my android device attached over USB, I entered the following commands:

adb pull /dev/block/by-name/boot ./boot.img
adb reboot bootloader
sudo fastboot boot ./boot.img

and I received this output from fastboot:

downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.782s]
booting...

After this, nothing happens. I would expect the stock android system to boot on the device. I don't know where the boot process could have failed, since neither the device, nor fastboot is giving any useful output. My end goal would obviously be to boot modified images, but right now I can't even seem to be able to boot the stock one.

Is this supposed to work generally? If yes, what are some reasons it could have failed? Are there ways to obtain additional useful debugging information?

(My device is a low cost Allwinner A31s based tablet, so I don't expect to find any device specific help on the internet. I can't even find the website of the manufacturer. ro.product.model= Navon_Predator_7, ro.product.device= fiber-wt7028, ro.product.name= fiber_wt7028 [I used getprop in the adb shell to obtain these values.])

The boot image does look like it's in the android mkbootimg format (here are the first few bytes):

00000000: 414e 4452 4f49 4421 a49f 8600 0080 0040  ANDROID!.......@
00000010: 5663 0d00 0000 0041 0000 0000 0000 f040  Vc.....A.......@
00000020: 0001 0040 0008 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ...@............
00000030: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000  ................
00000040: 636f 6e73 6f6c 653d 7474 7953 302c 3131  console=ttyS0,11
00000050: 3532 3030 2072 7720 696e 6974 3d2f 696e  5200 rw init=/in
00000060: 6974 206c 6f67 6c65 7665 6c3d 3420 766d  it loglevel=4 vm
00000070: 616c 6c6f 633d 3338 344d 2069 6f6e 5f72  alloc=384M ion_r
00000080: 6573 6572 7665 3d31 3238 4d00 0000 0000  eserve=128M.....


texts: I have 16 Gb of internal memory available with 4.52 Gb used and when I try to add a simple app told to delete files to be able to do so.  I moved every app that I could to my SD card and it freed up some space. I tried All-in-one Toolbox, Disk Usage and Total Commander and none can find the 10 Gb missing in internal storage.  Thought it was some sort of delete issue as the table does not have a delete app icon or a delete file that I could find looking at both open and hidden files.   Any ideas of what to try next?


texts: My Galaxy Nexus can't hold on to a signal

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I have an unlocked international-version Galaxy Nexus on the German T-Mobile network.  It's only about a week old, but more than once in that time I've seen the signal drop completely out, and won't come back until I reboot -- and sometimes not even then.  In the same location, my old AT&T Captivate (rooted, running a custom ICS ROM) gets 2-3 bars of signal, around -100dBm.  I've read a lot of Verizon users complaining about the GN's radio, but I haven't heard of people having problems with the International version.

Is this fixable?  Are there newer revisions of the phone where this issue is fixed?  If not, does it vary between individual handsets?  Would exchanging it for an "identical" handset stand a chance of getting better hardware?


texts:
Is there any WEP cracking application available for android?

If not is WEP cracking technically possible with the API's and hardware available on your average android phone?

This is a purely academic question please leave ethical arguments out of it.


texts:
I have a bluetooth speaker with default passkey 1111 rather than 0000.
I'm not able to connect to it using my android tablet because of this error:

  Couldn't pair with SP104B because of an incorrect PIN or passkey

How do I specify a different PIN than 0000 when pairing a bluetooth device on android 4.2.2?


texts: Is it possible to use Android Emulator to pass identity confirmation via Android Device?

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My google account is requiring I confirm my identity using an Android device, but I have no android devices.  I had logged in with one over 4 years ago, but no longer have any (switched to IOS for work).  I do have some Windows VMs and thought to possibly run the Android Emulator to simulate an Android device, but had thought from past experience that Google Play Services wouldn't run through the emulator, so likely many of these types of features wouldn't work.

Thoughts on how to get past it without having to buy a $50 TracPhone, which just seems like simple extortion?  I see no google-groups or other means of contacting google-account-services support.


texts: I want to use market place on my cheap tablet

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Alright I'm cheap bought a couple cheap tablets for my kids. We have enjoyed alot of the apps ava on the Market Place but it will not work with the tablets. (Something about "Honey Comb".

My question is there a work around or someway to get the apps I want or upgrade my os so I can get the market place?


texts:
I have an app called "podcast" on my phone. unfortunately, when i try to open it, android closes the app because "it slows down my device" and gives me this notification: "Podcast was closed. to use it again, deactivate automatic start of the app".

I downloaded autorun manager to do this task, but it doesn't seem to work with my phone because it's unrooted and has a android-version which is too new.

what can i do to get my app running again?

I think it's an absolute joke that my phone deactivates an app automatically and i have to put so much effort into finding a solution.


texts: My Nexus 6p went into Bootloop while installing os

texts: I wanted to install the Pixel dust OS in nexus 6p, for that I had unlocked the bootloader and I had install TWRP and rebooted meanwhile it went into boot loop can anyone please tell me how get out of this and use my phone with full explanation


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I am using an original RAZR that is partitioned using Safestrap running stock 4.1 on one partition and CM10.1 on the other.

My problem is the internal storage (internal SD card I believe) partition running CM10.1 has a corrupt file system and I am having trouble running a check and repair. The internal storage always shows 0.0b available and no files can be saved to that disk space. The OS restores to default on every reboot, I'm guessing the config files are failing to save when I get through the setup.

Troubleshooting steps/questions so far...

Using Safestrap I have tried to wipe the system and all caches, then reinstall CM10.1 but no luck. The version I have of SS does not provide a file system check.
I can connect using shell and ADB, just not sure exactly what commands to run from there. Specifically how do I find out what file system to mount and how do I type that out as an argument?

Do I use the fsck_msdos program that I have available in the /system/xbin folder?
If so how do I find the file system information to complete the syntax for running the fsck?

If fsck is the correct method to repair where do I run it from? Stock or CM installation? ADB shell or terminal from a running droid OS?


texts: I uninstalled all apps on LG E440 using Es file explorer

texts:
I uninstalled all apps on on rooted LG E440 using Es file explorer.
then phone can not boot . it restarts within a second .
I need help.
Android 4.1.2


texts: Would the TWRP for Trend Lite work on Trend 2 Lite?

texts:
I obtained a secondhand Samsung Galaxy Trend 2 Lite and I am not sure whether this TWRP recovery for Trend Lite is compatible with Trend 2 Lite.

It mentions it is for Samsung Galaxy Trend Device, but I do not know when it mentions Trend also includesTrend 2 as well. Can you help me with that?


texts: Unable to locate the android SDK tools error

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I have Windows 7 64bit. Installed Android Studio. SDK path is indeed C:\Users\bill\AppData\Local\Android\sdk. Copied pasted from explorer address bar to avoid a typo. Ran the SDK Manager and updated. Still getting the unable to locate the android SDK tools error. Registry is correct too.

Any idea what I am missing ?


texts:
the BLU Dash X2, Android 6.0, has a known adware app shown as Preinstall Data2 in the Settings | Apps list, and I finally figured out this is the same as com.android.packages.oseasapps shown in pm list packages -d by disabling and reenabling it. the problem I'm having is that recently killing it with Force stop and Disable no longer seems to do anything. it's still injecting ads into other apps which I can see happening using adb logcat, and still is shown in the process list using adb shell ps.

how can I kill it for real without having to root the phone?


texts: Removing stock apps from pixel factory image

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I'd like to take a factory image from [0] and unpack it, remove pretty much all preinstalled apps except for play store and play services, repack it and flash it to my pixel device. However, after removing the apps from /app/ and /system/app/, repacking and flashing the unwanted apps still get installed.
My google-fu has failed me, can anyone point me to a guide on achieving this, or detail what I'm missing?
[0] https://developers.google.com/android/images


texts: Device not booting and not allowed me to unlock boot loader

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Everytime I try to boot the device HTC Desire 728 I am getting a white screen with
*** Software status: Modified ***
*** Locked ***
HTC_AS0CML 128 SHIP S-ON
*** Security Warning ***
CID-HTC__J15
LK-1.01.0000
OS-1.36.401.4

VOL Up to previous item
VOL Down to next item
Power Key to select item

REBOOT
REBOOT TO BOOT-LOADER
BOOT TO DOWNLOAD MODE
BOOT TO RECOVERY MODE
POWER DOWN

Tried Booting into recovery and selecting "wipe data and factory reset" but still the same problem.
Tried to fastboot boot .. but it says
FAILED (remote: 'download for partition 'unlocktoken' is not allowed')
fastboot: error: Command failed

I searched the web and found that I must first unlock bootloader (see this link) But however my device is locked and I cannot even boot it to enable "Developer Mode" and "Enable OEM Unlock" options from settings.
Can you suggest what to do?


texts: What does the ROM files (FACTORYFS, HIDDEN, CACHE, PARAM, etc.) mean?

texts:
Flashing my Galaxy S 2 i9100 (after breaking with CyanogenMod update CM-13.x) I used the following command:

sudo heimdall flash \
    --FACTORYFS factoryfs.img \
    --CACHE cache.img \
    --HIDDEN hidden.img \
    --MODEM modem.bin \
    --PARAM param.lfs \
    --BOOT boot.bin \
    --SBL1 Sbl.bin \
    --no-reboot \
    --KERNEL zImage

Question

I'm wondering what's the role of the different files?

update: I encourage you to use CM-12.1 instead of CM-13 for your i9100 as the later is not officially supported.


texts: How to show media controls on lock screen when playing music?

texts:
I'm using a Nexus 4. When I play music from the Play music app, the full screen lock screen music controls or music art will not show, only the lock screen shows, as if I am not playing music at all.

I do have doubleTwist installed (wanted to try it) but I have the doubleTwist lock screen controls off.

How can I get lock screen controls back?


texts: How can I access Google Docs spreadsheets in Android?

texts:
I have spreadsheets in Google Docs and I want to access them without using the browser.  How can I do this?

There is an application on the Android Market called "MS GDocs" which is good but it's only for documents, not for spreadsheets.


texts:
I would like to find a way to reduce the global number of notification sounds my phone (4.0) plays, setting a maximum number of plays per minute to avoid multiple applications sending a bunch of noisy messages.

Is there a way to do this?


texts:
I don't have an SD-card as I got my Karbonn Smart A10 Dual SIM Android based on Android Jelly Bean v4.1 and 1 Ghz Dual Core processor out-the-box.  There are two things which appear to need an SD-card:
1 - camera:  when I select camera, I get "No Storage - please insert an SD card"
2 - whatsapp:  when I download and install whatsapp, I get "Error - application cannot be installed in the default install location."
Is there no work-around?  Is the best solution for me to run off and buy an SD card?


texts: How can I stop the Android Market from showing bad/naughty apps?

texts:
I am using Honeycomb with Xoom, it's very annoying to see all the bad naughty apps all over the market, for example in the category "Libraries and Demos". Although we can ignore them and not download, I do not think those things should be there, because children also use the OS.

Is is normal for the Market to have all these (e.g. Korean Sexy girls, etc.)? Or is my Xoom breached? I also have an HTC Desire, and these apps do not appear on that device.


texts: my android phone keeps asking sign in to wifi network.

texts: My android phone keeps asking "sign in to wifi network" I'm wondering because I have a signal but I can't access. Please help to fix this problem


texts: How to stop uploading pictures on Google Photos on Pixel 2?

texts:
I've been using Android for 7+ years and now got a Google phone. There are several things I like but one I didn't is that any picture I take on my phone, it is uploaded to my Google Photos account. In the past, I used to create Picasa web albums to share with family.

It is a nice feature in some ways but I've set up albums in Google Photos in the past and now every random picture I take with my phone is uploaded there. I also get a lot of pictures from WhatsApp etc. which I don't want to be merged with Google Photos.

How can I separate phone pictures/albums from Google Photos?


texts: Mirror Android Tablet to VGA monitor via Cable- NO DiSPLAY

texts:
Specs:  Samsung Monitor S222B300B,
        Samsung GalaxyTab 2 (micro usb slot),
        Monitor cable,
        Male micro usb to Female HDMI w/usb power slot,
        Male HDMI to Female VGA port

notes: all connections has been connected, power was switched on the monitor, power on the male micro usb to female hdmi cable was plugged, monitor tested with laptop to display screen and working fine

problem: monitor does not mirror tablet's screen which should easily be detected but it does not.

question: i bought the 2 sets of conectoon cables thinking there might be a defect 2nd one - same thing. does my monitor have a problem or does all monitors works for this kind of set up? is there anyhting that i should have done to make it work?

hoping for someone's help. getting me crazy. iwanted to watch on a bigger screen dont like wireless options for the meantime.


texts: Change the Samsung's "Quick Settings" background color Or Remove Quick Settings

texts:
I have Samsung galaxy core 2 Phone. I just want to change the background color (The Dull Blue Colored one) of the quick settings tab. I tried it by using Wanam Xposed. It has many options, but I can't change the Quick Settings background color using it.

Can anyone help ?


texts: How to set the google maps app foremost while driving

texts:
I have been using google maps for a while now as my driving guidance/maps app. It does have one slight inconvenient, while you are driving you'll get all notifications to still crop up space on your screen, and for some apps they might even get in the way of your maps.

Is there a way to keep google maps, or any other maps app for that matter, foremost on my screen?

If I set the phone in driving mode, can I stop other apps from getting screen space/time all at once or is it in a per app basis?


texts: Why does installing applications freeze my DroidX running Froyo 2.2?

texts:
I noticed recently that installing any applications caused my Droid X (Stock rooted Froyo 2.2) to freeze for a while - I mean completely freeze, can't go to home screen or pull down Notification bar or anything.

It may possibly be correllated time-wise with installing Lookout Security app, but I am not certain if the time matches.

This seems to be 100% unrelated to a specific installer application I use, but I haven't conclusively ruled it out.

Could this plausibly be caused by Lookout? If so I'll try to un-install it to verify
If it's caused by Lookout, are there any suggestions for making this less painful? I was thinking along the lines of loweing "nice" priority for Lookout scanner process somehow if Android allows that, being based on Linux.
If not Lookout, what else could it possibly be and what troubleshooting steps can I take short of flashing back to SBF and trying to install my apps again from backup?

Details:

Rooted Stock Froyo 2.2 on DroidX.
Source of installation is irrelevant (Android Market, or Amazon Market, or GetJar). I didn't test SD/Dropbox APK installs, but fairly certain that they are freezing as well.
I have several installer apps available, but default to stock one. I don't know how to un-default it to test if it's a specific installer.
As noted, I have Lookout Security running, set to scan any installed .apks.

It is possible that the freezing didn't happen or was much quicker before I installed it, but I don't have proof. Also, installing NUMEROUS updates of Lookout didn't affect the freezing.
Freezing is 100% independent on what else is running - I can kill 100% of non-Market apps and the freezing will still happen with almost full memory available
Freeze period seems to be correllated to .apk size, but I don't have a firm proof. Usually lasts between 30 secs and 2 mins.
This seems to be NOT related to having to start other apps (e.g. Amazon Market/GetJar) that are started by "Application Installed"/"Application changed" intents, since the freeze happens for EVERY app installed among several, not just the first one in a row.


texts: Sound too low when making calls on Moto G smartphone

texts:
Everything is perfect, except that the call volume is way too low. I can barely hear it when it is completely silent, and if I'm at a coffee shop or something, no chance.

Now, this would seem to be a hardware issue except that plenty of people seem to have the problem and it has only occurred since the latest Kit-Kat update.  Solutions seem to vary, from hitting both volume buttons at once, to resetting the device to factory settings.

Suffice to say, none of these have worked for me and has really put a damper on my otherwise awesome Android.

So my question is, does anyone have a solid solution to the problem, or should I just wait around to see if Google deigns to fix it at some point.


texts: Installing applications with larger size on S DUOS

texts:
I am using Galaxy-S-Duos
Android 4.0
Internal memory 1.8 GB !

What if I want to install application like Modern Combat-4 (1.9 GB)

These applications require to be installed in phone memory for their 1st run.
After that the can be moved to SD card..

Is it possible to install them directly to SD card?


texts: SIM card not detecting and imei null after flashing recovery (intex aqua i5-not i5 HD)

texts:
I wanted to flash custom ROM .

Before that I flashed a custom recovery img.
Then I tried flashing custom ROM zip file using flashify. It said

  flashing completed and reboot to continue.
  When rebooted, it didn't enter Recovery mode. So I installed CWM recovery for my model and tried entering recovery. It still did not enter into Recovery mode.
  Now I flashed TWRP recovery IMG and tried entering Recovery mode. A black empty box showed up instead of Recovery menu.
  Then I booted phone normally and there was no Sim card detection.
  I tried restoring recovery but sim card detection problem still persist.

  My android is rooted . I can enter into Safe mode easily but not able to enter Recovery mode nor able to Factory Reset my phone. Except Sim detection problem everything works fine. WiFi apps, movies everything. I need help.


texts: How to keep two versions of an app installed?

texts:
Android Market has just updated an app in my device. I liked the update, but its fully different from last version which was also my favorite. So, I want to keep last version too. I have last version's apk thanks to Titanium Backup. But, I can't install it without replacing current one (Android architecture sucks). Is there any way to do this? Hacks etc..
Note: I want to keep current version which must be connected with Market to receive future updates.


texts: Upgraded to 8.0.0 (Oreo) and Notification Vibrations Won't Stop

texts:
I didn't change any settings between 7 and 8, but suddenly I'm getting overwhelmed with my phone vibrating for every single notification. I still want to get my notifications (of which there are many) but I can't stand having my phone vibrate nonstop.

The way it used to work (for me) was that my first Gmail notification would vibrate; but then subsequent emails wouldn't trigger the vibration until I had cleared out all of the old notifications. Also, none of my Twitter accounts ever made any vibrations, but now they are all making them, for every single tweet. It's insane.

I've searched around in the App menues, in the phone settings, and online, but I can't seem to figure out what I need to do to turn off vibrations (but still get notifications.)

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Nexus 5 volume-down button stuck, cannot boot non-safe mode

texts:
I got a bit of liquid onto my phone, and now the volume-down button on my Nexus 5 doesn't seem to work.  The button itself doesn't bother me much, but every time I reboot the phone, it goes into recovery mode, and it appears that it can only be booted into safe mode.

What can I do to stop it from always booting into safe mode?


texts: I accidentaly clicked on http://127.0.0.1:5555 this link on my android phone what should i do? i don't know anything about coding so please write with simple words to me


texts:
Is there any way to know when I flashed my last custom ROM?

Atleast a smart way to find the approximate date/time using some logs deep down in my android would be good.


texts: Problems accessing message logs on Jelly Bean with aLogcat

texts:
Summary

I have been having problems accessing the K9 log messages using aLogcat, see below for more details. What I would like to know is:

Why are no log messages from K9 appearing in the aLogcat log viewer?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can see the full text of the errors which are occurring when trying to sync my K9 folders?
Could something have changed in Jelly Bean which lead K9's logging to stop working?
Since there seem to be remarkably few messages being shown by aLogcat in general, has something has changed in Jelly Bean which could mean that it is no longer able to access all messages?

Detail

I have recently been having connection problems with K9. My folders fail to sync and the folder list ends up full of socket errors (libcore.io.ErrnoException:) or ssl errors (javex.net.ssl.SSLException:) etc. where the last checked time should be. I get different messages depending on which problem is occurring at the time, but I can't see the full text of the error message, so it's difficult to guess what the cause might be.

Thinking that the log files might contain more information, I followed the instructions at Recording a debug log, enabled debug logging in K9, installed aLogcat and tried to look at the logs. Sadly, whichever log buffer I select (Main, Events or Radio), there appear to be no messages from K9.

If I add the suggested (k9|AndroidRuntime) regex filter then I see nothing in any of the logs. If I remove it then Main contains mostly garbage collection messages, Events seem to contain mostly messages from aLogcat itself and I haven't seen a log message in Radio yet.

If it makes any difference, I'm using a Nexus 7, but I would have thought that logging would have been to a standard location which wouldn't change between android versions.


texts: How do I stop my text messages from coming through my emails?  Text messages are coming through my work email computer.  I am trying to unsuccessfully find the turn off for the sms.  However, I cannot find it or directions.  I have found directions for the S4, but those are incorrect.


texts: Where does SafariOnline (Safari Queue) store downloaded books?

texts: I used the Safari Books Online "Safari Queue" not Safari to Go app to download a book to its "Offline Bookbag". In what format is the book stored? I ask because I'm hoping to use a reader other than Safari's own app to read the downloaded book.


texts:
I found a contact that I don't recognize. Is there a way for an Android phone malware to add to my Google Contacts?

I generally only run Skype and YouTube on the phone. Occasionally I use the default browser.


texts: Can the Nexus 6P use GSM data if the connected Wifi has no route to the internet?

texts:
I have a Nexus 6P and use it to connect to a Phantom 3 4K drone using WiFi. Obviously, because it's a private WiFi network with no external connectivity my phone can not contact the internet via WiFi.

This wouldn't be a problem but the app that I need to use, DroneDeploy, requires a connection to the drone via the DJI Go app (which needs to use the WiFi to connect) and the internet to pull down waypoint settings and to use mapping images.

I have a 4G connection however when my phone connects to the WiFi it doesn't seem to try and fall back on the GSM for external connectivity.

Is there a way I can get my phone to use the 4G connection for the internet connection while maintaining the private WiFi link to the drone?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Can't find music I downloaded from Google play music

texts: I just downloaded the Google play music subscription and downloaded a bunch of music that is supposed to download to my SD card but cannot find any of my music and its also not downloading to my SD card. Almost any app or music I try downloading or moving to my SD card says it's downloaded or moved but doesn't move it stays on the phones memory. Don't want to keep paying for this music subscription if I can't access my music I downloaded, and need to figure out why my phone memory doesn't free up space when I move to my SD card. I have the SD card and another external memory device that says I can transfer my media and most times it says I did move them but I don't get any free space on my phone afterwards. I also cannot find anything in downloading mainly music I'm worried about now since I'm paying for this subscription, if you can please help me out that would be great.  Thank-you for your time only got this phone less then a month ago and I'm having a lot of problems already, cannot receive texts or phone calls when I'm online or in a game. Pretty much of anything is running on the phone nothing will come through and phone won't even ring, only way I know I have a missed call is if a message is left and that takes awhile to come through.


texts: How to add a shortcut to the list of installed apps (or to a widget)?

texts:
I have an app (Pleco) which has created a shortcut (study flashcards). I want to execute that shortcut from the screenlocker (Go Locker), but it only allows to add either installed apps or widgets.

My idea to solve this issue was to create an app from the shortcut. I tried with Tasker and its AutoShortcut plugin as it is suggested here, but the built app simply does not work.

Is it a correct procedure to solve this issue? Another possibily would be to add the shortcut to a widget, but how?


texts: How do I know Google Play store apps are authentic and untampered with?

texts:
I use Linux a lot and Android on my phone only for a few things. However I want to install a new app (Signal) for the first time in ages.

Now... when I download and install linux apps I can check and verify authenticity of ISOs and other files with a hashing method (gpg, etc etc) and check the stuff I am installing is verified and kosher etc etc.

But... how do I know that the Signal app I download from Google play is authentic and un-adulterated with the same certainty?

Thanks


texts: How do I share my wifi with my ipod or netbook

texts: If my home network is down or if I am traveling, how do I use my phone to access the internet. Basically how would I tether it to my other devices.


texts: How to delete a file (e.g. malware app) that cannot be even removed with root access?

texts:
I have root access in my device, but there is a malware in /system/app/ that I can't delete. This malware installs TimeService, MonkeyTest, and also some other apps like DR battery and privacy guard, and also shows ads.

I'm  using ADB shell & I have tried Root Explorer in Android. Dr.Web also  can't delete it. When I tried to delete without root access, it gives the following error message:

rm failed for <filename>, Permission denied

With root access, I got the following error:

rm failed for <filename>, Operation not permitted

Is there a Linux command to delete this kind of files? Should I install BusyBox first?


texts: Where do I find the latest upgrade options for my phone?

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So, I got the Huawei Ascend G6 and I haven't been able to upgrade since Jelly Bean. Last month, my sister who bought the exact same phone just a week after I did, came to me complaining how her interface "suddenly" looked totally different. It looked like she updated her phone to Kitkat. She told me, the phone asked her to upgrade and she did.

Now, even when I try, I can't seem to upgrade. When I press "online update", it just says "No updates found". So how do I figure out, what the latest upgrade possibilities are for my phone? Maybe I did get a slightly older model after all, which can't upgrade for some reason?

We both haven't rooted our phone and I'm not planning on doing so.


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Samsung S5. I have Google Photos set to backup my Pictures folder when on WiFi and power.

Day 1: Take several photos. Backup takes place overnight.

Day 2: Take more photos and delete some photos from Day 1 from device. Backup overnight.

Day 3: All Day 1 and 2 photos are in the cloud. Those I deleted from the device are not/never deleted from the cloud.

How can I get Photos to sync with Gallery by also deleting photos I've deleted locally?


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I use my phone to hear music via bluetooth while doing my running training.
I always screen-lock the phone and put it into a hip belt, where it sits tight. Obviously it gets shaken while I'm running. I don't use a phone case.

It randomly happens that the phone all of a sudden changes music, stops it or even starts something else like a youtube video. It does completely random stuff like going into flight mode or writing ghost emails. :-)

When I notice it because the music stopped/changed I get it out of the hip belt and see that the screen is activated.

How can that happen and what can I do to avoid it?
I consider getting a case but since I wouldn't normally use one I'd prefer a simpler solution.

Thanks!

Galaxy S7 edge, Android 7.0
Screen unlock with either fingerprint sensor or pattern-unlock
Teufel AIRY


texts: Flashing Lineage OS 14.1 Nexus 5 hammerhead

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I am flashing my Lineage OS 14.1 on my Nexus 5 (hammerhead). It went without error, and I am now booting. However, the curved line with a circle cycling from right to left has been looping for >10 minutes. Is it still "working"? Has it frozen? Should I do a hard reset (hold power and volume down)?

Thanks.


texts: I've used a mobile phone with 16 GB internal storage where 4.81 GB used by OS and 10.72 GB out of remaining 11.19 GB. But when I calculate the total storage used by other features, only 8 GB (approx.) is found. Where are more than 2 GB memory used?


texts: My tablet has the English language as an option. but under keyboard and input methods, chinese is the only option.  Is there a way I can install the default android english ime?


texts: Galaxy S2 not switching on after being dropped

texts: My Galaxy S2 dropped today and will not switch on. I dropped it on a very soft surface when this occurred. It usually happens and I just press the on button continuously and this usually does the trick. This is not helping and at the moment if I try to connect it to the charger an empty battery signal is flashing on the screen continuously. Any ideas on what course of action I should take? Could it possibly be a dead battery?


texts: Stroke Patient - Android Ice Cream Sandwich TTS

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I have a friend who has had a stroke and can't speak any longer.  I have a Xoom with Ice Cream Sandwich (I can upgrade it anyway), and I'm just wondering if there are any built in, or inexpensive Text To Speech apps that someone can recommend.

I was thinking about using Google Translate, but unfortunately the hospital he's in doesn't have Wifi. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: JOdin3 and Heimdall - corrupt PIT file - Samsung i9300

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I'm running an Android 4.3 (never rooted) on my Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300).

I'd like to install a brand new CM 12.1 (Android 5.1).  Along with rooting, I need to install Clockworkmod Recovery to backup the system before wiping and installing the new system. To install Clockwordmod, I need to root the phone with CF-Auto-Root.

I'm trying to do this using JOdin3 on my Ubuntu. I can't do that, because JOdin3 says:

  The PIT file was corrupt. We cannot continue without a PIT file.

I created the PIT file using Heimdall, this works without error. Also, I can print-pit with Heimdall and everything seems fine.

It seems really strange for me, because the rooting has been done before thousands of times from other people using the phone.

Anyone knows what to do?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Android and Google contact sync: "Starred in Android"

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How can I sync Android contacts directly with Google?

The problem is I have several groups under my Google account ("contacts", "contacts2", "Starred in Android"). When I try to add a new contact from my Android device, under the groups tab I can see only "contacts" and "contacts2" named groups, but not "Starred in Android". And when I choose to sync contacts with Google, it syncs with contacts which are under the "Starred in Android" named group. So as you can guess every time when I add a new contact from my phone, I must change this contact's group to "Starred in Android" from Gmail.


texts: KitKat Lock Screen: Possible to remove bottom menu?

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I updated my Nexus 4 to KitKat. It adds a menu bar at the bottom of the lock screen. By default, it shows the camera on the right hand side and caret in the middle.

Is it possible to remove the bottom menu bar from the lock screen? Alternatively, is it possible to remove the icons on the menu bar.


texts: How to connect an Android phone to PC for internet via USB

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I need to share the internet connection of the PC with the smartphone, using a USB cable, is it possible to do that?

My router has some problems and the WiFi doesn't work. But on my computer, the internet works.

My phone is a Honor 7s

The Android version is 8.1.0


texts: How do I stop Google Play Services from being automatically installed?

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I've an old rooted Android 2.3 phone which comes with "Android Market" that is obviously updated with latest "Google Play Services". There is no "Google Play Services" installed on phone and strictly speaking I don't need it. But recently I've found that "Google Play Services" is automatically installed when connected to internet!

The problem is that phone becomes very slow (no issue with free space but I don't know why it becomes very slow after having play services). So, I've to uninstall "Google Play Services" but it is not the solution as it is automatically installed without prompting (say secretly).

As far as I know it is the "Google Play Store" which can do this as it has power (aka back door).

So, How do I stop or prevent "Google   Play Services" from being automatically installed? Or I've to uninstall "Google Play Store"? Or you can suggest the work around for the issue of phone's being slow down with "Google Play Service".


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I have a backup of my whatsapp database, however i accidently wiped the keyfile from the system partition when i tried to recover my phone that did not boot any more.

Does anyone know if there is any backup of this file somewhere on the internal storage of even in the cloud at whatsapp, or if it is somehow possible to decrypt the database without the file?

Thank you!


texts: 'Can't open microphone' in Google app, can't make calls s5

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The problem
I factory reset my s5 to sell, but now, after a week or so, I cannot make calls, use the Google app (pictured) or hear any sound from the speakers other than a very light static. When trying to make a call, pressing the call button clears the text field and nothing further happens.
What I've tried
I've restarted the phone, reset the phone, changed the Google voice settings, and wiped the cache.
Device information
Samsung G900V galaxy s5
Android version 5.0
Anker nfc battery

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texts: Whenever I am trying to connect my kindle to wi-fi it shows no internet found. Once my kindle got discharged to 0. So is that the reason why my kindle is not able to find any internet. If no, then why my kindle is not able to find any internet? And if yes, then what should I do so that it finds wi-fi again.


texts: I own Samsung Galaxy GT-i9082, Trust me, its really very slow due to its low RAM i.e 1GB only. I have Installed Custom ROM of Lineage OS From XDA but it still doesn't supports swapping which is the only way to increase my SMARTphone's RAM. How can I add Swap support to my Kernel? I am really a new born baby in android and don't know much about it.


texts: Why does Google Pinyin Input need to access my contacts?

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A pop-up message says that Google Pinyin Input tries to access my contacts.  Does anyone know why an input method needs to access a user's contacts?
It is strange that this message popped up when I was NOT using the input method. I have never used it.  The app was installed by default on a tablet made in China.
Does anyone know if Google Pinyin Input is developed by Google's own engineers or outsourced to a certain country?  I will immediately uninstall it if it is effectively an app developed by a third party in a certain country other than Google's own staff.


texts: Loop device possible on Android 2.1 Hero?

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I'm trying to get Ubunto running on my Android after failing with Debian.

I couldn't mount the image. Now the Ubunto Tutorial says that the phone must support loop devices. How can I figure that out, or can anybody give my a yes or no? Thanks

EDIT: I already tried CM7, SalsaSense and some other one that looked very similar to CM7 but I forgot the name... CM7 extra stated that it supports loop devices but it fails on my hero. Could it be that there is some hardware issue that even the right ROM can't fix?


texts: Dictation (Voice Recognition) Function has Stopped Working

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I have a Samsung Galaxy J3 Luna Pro whose dictation listening function has recently stopped working.  When I press the microphone button now to dictate, the blue button indicating it is listening to dictation comes on for only a split second and then goes off, and the words "try again" appear on the screen. (Previously the blue circular button would stay on the screen for a while while I would dictate).
To try to remedy this, I have gone into settings > language and input > virtual keyboard > Samsung keyboard > reset settings, however it has not worked. I have also tried "clear personalized data," but this has not worked either.
Under virtual keyboard > Google voice typing, everything looks normal there too.
The Internet connection is not an issue, as it works fine. This has been plaguing me for about two months now through multiple reboots of the phone, yet I cannot figure out how to gain my dictation function back.
There is about 675 MB of free space on the device, which should be enough for me to dictate out a couple of sentences at least. Even if there are no apps open, or only one app open, it still happens, so it is not a RAM issue either.  I can't even dictate out a single word before the blue circle quickly turns off and it says "try again." It is 100% not working all the time. It does not 'sometimes work.'
Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?
Is the only recourse reinstalling Android?
If I have no choice but to reinstall Android, how do I backup all my apps before doing so?
I am running Android version 7.0.
Thank you very much.


texts: recursive adb pull a directory using $EXTERNAL_STORAGE parameter

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I wish to pull a directory from an Android device which contains screenshots, reason why, is that I don't know the name of these screenshots to pull them 1 by 1, so pulling the directory seemed a better idea.

My command is,

adb pull "\\$EXTERNAL_STORAGE/screen/" .

However I get the error,

remote object '\\$EXTERNAL_STORAGE/screen/' does not exist

I have tried with and without the trailing '/' but both same error message, and I have verified that 'screen' does actually exist.

My question, is it even possible to pull a directory, as opposed to individual files, and if so, what am I doing incorrect?

EDIT:
I have read a similar issue, but my device still shows the error above rather than "Is a directory"
Recursive adb pull

Thanks.


texts: Is there an App that can be used to check the status of the hardware? I want to know the processor and memory performance.


texts: Has device [storage] browsing through Bluetooth been disabled on Android?

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My mobile phone is a Motorola Moto G with Android 5.1 and I've just discovered I could no longer browse my phone storage through Bluetooth. I only use that feature infrequently yet I find it extremely practical. I usually connect to my phone from Linux Mint — which I love precisely for the hassle-free usage when it comes to such manipulations. The software I use is BlueMan Bluetooth Manager.

Today I uploaded a spreadsheet file to my phone, which I wanted to use as a temporary storage. As a side note, it refused the ODS extension (WTF?)... well, saved it as .xlsx (sighs) and my phone accepted it. As there's no [stock] application that allows me to browse my phone storage locally — hadn't needed any so far — I thought about retrieving the file on the other computer with Blueman «Browse device...» feature. I got an error such as this one:

  Oops, something went wrong. Service not available on the remote device.

I then removed my phone from Blueman's list, refreshed the list and added my phone to Blueman again.

Surprise: «Browse device...» is now grayed. I tried on another computer and it's the same issue.

The only way I could retrieve the file on a computer was to install Asus ZenUI File Manager on my phone, browse locally to find the file in question and send (share through bluetooth) it to the computer...

I wouldn't call this a hassle-free experience, especially given that remote browsing was possible some time ago.

So did Google actually remove Bluetooth Remote Browsing?


texts:
I have an ASUS tablet filled with bloatware which I would like to remove very much. I've read about having to root the device, which I am willing, since I think I left some corrupted files when I was about to reinstall an app and I could not delete it with normal access. But I need to know the risks of rooting an ASUS device, if it were the same as rooting a Samsung device of the same OS, or greater.

My OS is Lollipop by the way.

Thank you, thank you.


texts: How can I auto-end the media process on Android?

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Media is consistently topping the list for battery usage at 80%+. I can go and force stop it, but it restarts by itself, when I use things such as camera or download things etc.

Task manager does allow you to auto end applications, but as media is not an application it is not on the list. Is there and app or any other way to auto-kill media on a NON rooted phone?


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and I have a problem with the copy and paste feature. Since about 2 Weeks ago, I have been unable to copy by holding on the text and clicking copy. If I long press on text the blue cursor will appear, but no context menu will to allow me to copy the text.

How can I fix this problem?


texts: Does installing a terminal emulator from play store root my phone?

texts: I recently Termux terminal emulator in my phone to copy files from my phone to my mac through a ssh connection. But I fear whether installing such emulators root of damage the OS.


texts: How to enable Soft keys on Xiaomi Redmi 1S?

texts: How to enable Nexus 5 like soft keys(navigation keys on touch screen) on android devices? My device is Xiaomi Redmi 1S running Kitkat OS. And, can it be done without rooting my phone?


texts: Reverted Lollipop back to Kitkat - now I can't access the external SDCard

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I had a Sony Xperia Z2 running CyanogenMod 11 (Kitkat 4.4.4). I got curious about Android 5, which is still only in nightly. Before taking a look, I took a full backup in recovery, then upgraded to CM12.

I decided that for now I want to go back to CM11, so I restored my backup, and that worked fine. But after reboot, it's been unable since then, to read or write the external SDcard.

Diagnostic info so far:

1) Android "knows" the SD card exists, because "Settings -> Storage" can mount and unmount it, and File Explorer can see and navigate to it.

2) If I go back into Kitkat, Settings -> storage" lists it as mounted but capacity = 0, and ls -l /storage seems to be saying it has the usual drwxrwx--x permissions.

3) The SD card is listed as having no contents and no size. Log entries in both recovery and logcat suggest some kind of error has occurred during mounting.

The logcat errors are: status changed from unmounted->checking->mounted, but then that cutils "Failed to mkdirat"(/storage/sdcard1/Android), that Vold returned a failed operation (not specified what the operation was) with unhandled error 30, that "VoldConnector NDC Command took too long", and that mkdirat failed because of being a "Read-only file system".

The recovery (CWM 6.0.5.1) errors are that if I unmount and remount the SDcard, CWM log says it "cannot load volume /misc", that the card's status changed from unmounted -> checking -> checked, it reports "/storage/sdcard1 mounted", then "200 0 volume operation succeeded", and then again "cannot load volume /misc" followed by "can't partition non mmcblk device /devices/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host".

CWM can't list or read any files on the card either, perhaps making it likely to be a filing system issue rather than a hardware issue (odds of a sudden card fault exactly upon reverting OS seems small, card also a "known good" brand, Samsung)

Help really appreciated to fix this!


texts: Excessive "sponsored ads" in FB Lite on one of two tablets

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As an owner of very low end (Azpen) tablets the Facebook Lite app has been a godsend, requiring very little space and eliminating the need for separate Messenger app.

I have this app installed on a 4.2.2 tablet and a 5.1.1 tablet.  On the 4.2.2 it's awesome, what FB should be.  But on the 5.1.1 there are excessive "sponsored ads".  Every third or fourth post is one of these, always asking the user to install an app.  The number of ads coupled with the small screen makes the app almost unusable, since pretty much half of what you see are these ads.

I suspect that these ads aren't really coming from Facebook but rather from something sinister, since the "hamburger menu" at the bottom right of these ads does not work.  On a real FB ad this menu gives you the choice to say "show me less like this" or similar.  But on these ads, touching the hamburger menu just refreshes the feed.

How can I isolate what may be causing this difference in behavior, and put an end to it?

Note: both tablets are rooted.


texts: Configure email notification with Calendar app

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If I create an appointment in the Android* calendar application, I can add a reminder that will pop-up on my phone at the configured time.  It will automatically synchronise the event with Google Calendar (which is great!).

If I create the appointment with Google Calendar, I can add a reminder that will either be sent as an email, be sent as a text message or appear as a web-browser pop-up.  Again, the event will be synchronised with the phone.  I really like the Google Calendar email notifications as they appear in Gmail Manager as well as on the phone, so I'm much more likely to notice the reminders when I'm at work and have my phone on silent.

Is there any way to create an appointment in the Android calendar application and at the same time set up a reminder to come by email rather than as a calendar reminder notification?

Thanks in advance for the help.

* HTC Desire, CyanogenMod 7.1.0, Android 2.3.7


texts: Edit Word documents in Google Drive on Android

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Whenever I search for a Word document in Google Drive on the Android app I can view it in Google Docs. I can also open it with Word, but then it tells me that this is a read-only version and I cannot edit it.
Is there a way around this? It works on OneDrive, but I really can't find a way to edit my Word documents in Google Drive. Using other apps is Ok for me, but I am not rooted.


texts:
Whenever I watch any videos, either through the Gallery, Play Movies, or YouTube, my screen becomes substantially brighter. After searching online, I suspect there's a separate video brightness setting, but there's no apparent way of accessing it. It doesn't show up in system or any of the app settings. Does anyone know how to find and adjust this video brightness setting?

If it's of any concern, I have a Huawei Ascend P1 running almost-stock Ice Cream Sandwich, with auto-brightness enabled.


texts: Android VPN service's policy based routing relative to iptables (specific behavior question, android 5.0, 5.1)

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Background:
Several phones, different firmwares

Elephone p7000, Android 5.0 based rom

Xiaomi redmi note 2, three different roms (5.1 based Cyaonogen, 5.0 based AOSP derivative)

Rooted.

Installed a VPN app (Shadowsocks, OpenVPN, reproduces on both)

Now added an iptables rule like that

iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT ! -o tun0 -p all -m owner --uid-owner [uid of an app] -j REJECT

1)
On elephone p7000 (android 5.0) and Redmi Note 2 (Cyanogen, A 5.1) the app now works only if VPN is connected

2)
On Redmi Note 2 (AOSP 5.0 based ROM) app no longer works whether VPN connected or not.

Questions:

a)
where does android VPN service's policy based routing stuff "normally" happen relative to netfilter packet flow ?

b)
Which one of the aforementioned behaviors is the "normal" android behavior?

c)
Is there a way (a clever ip rule trick, perhaps) to re-implement behavior 1 on systems exhibiting behavior 2?

Hope I was clear (not native speaker)

Thank you


texts: Permission denied for adb push file to /data/data/xxx/file/

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I used "adb pull" to backup Final Fantasy III saved data and it worked well, but it doesn't allow me to push it back after the factory reset.

D:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools>adb push d:\save.bin /data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP/files/save.bin
failed to copy 'd:\save.bin' to '/data/data/com.square_enix.android_googleplay.FFIII_GP/files/save.bin': Permission denied

My phone is Nexus 4 with latest stock rom (4.3), not rooted, and I don't want to root it only for a game's save files.

As a linux user, I understand the file/folder might have no 'w' permission for the adb user, but this link:

http://androidforums.com/nexus-7-gen1-2012-all-things-root/683029-titanium-backup-saved-games-can-restored.html

Says Titanium could restore the save file for Final Fantasy III, any idea how to do that with adb?


texts: App downloads big data again on every start

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I have changed many of the permissions (especially by Play Store and Play Store Services). Now many apps works unusual and many doesn't work but doesn't give any understandable error.

One of them is a game "World of Tanks Blitz". Whenever I open the app, it asks for Google account login and then it starts to download the big data like GBs for every tank.

How can I fix or at least how can I understand the problem exactly?


texts: How are "ShareIt","Xender" etc able to install APK without requiring "unknown source" permission?

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Normally, if I have to install an apk(say from SD card), I need to enable “Unknown Sources” in my phone's settings. But when I transfer and install any APK from another phone using "ShareIt", no such permission is required by my phone.

How is ShareIt able to bypass this permission?


texts: Flashing LG G4 H815(International Version) rom onto LG G4 H812 (Bell Canada) hardware

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I am going on a long trip to the UK and Middle East, and want to take my LG G4 with me and use foreign service providers. I am planning on flashing the H815T (Similar to H815 International Version but supports more bands) KDZ file onto my existing LG H812 (Bell Canada) hardware, so I can have support for those frequency bands in the UK and Middle East.

According to my understanding, the H815T rom is compatible with the H812 hardware, as both the Bell Canada and International Versions have the same underlying hardware, but I would gladly appreciate if someone can confirm this. I have attached the phone details below.

Thanks and all the best!


texts: Securely storing keyfiles with authentication and alike

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I am using Keepass as my password manager. I am using a keyfile for securing access to my database. However when I want to do the same on my android phone I have to store the keyfile in my phone storage. This is of course bad since technically losing my phone means that someone who finds it can have access to the keyfile and the database. So they only need to guess my master password to get all my passwords.

I am looking for a way to securely store the keyfile. Secured with a password or a fingerprint. Optionally restricting access to the keepass app only. I can encrypt and decrypt the file manually before each unlocking of the database but it is cumbersome to traverse the file system each and every time.

When choosing a file to open from any app there is the option to choose which app to use. Is there any software out there which could show in this dialog as well? In the app I could choose the file I want which would be temporarily decrypted after authentication. The temporary file would then be passed to keepass and used.

Is there any app out there I could use for this sole purpose?


texts: No "Encrypt Phone" option on Android 7.0 Samsung Galaxy S7

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In order to sell my Samsung Galaxy S7, I want to clear it of all personal data. I did a full factory reset thinking this would do the trick. But, after the full factory rest, I read this online

  ...a security firm has determined returning Android devices to factory
  settings doesn't actually wipe them clean. Security firm Avast
  purchased twenty used Android phones on eBay. Through extraction
  methods, they were able to recover old emails, texts, and even photos.

I then go on to read that a full file based encryption of the phone should make it safe for resale. I plan to fully encrypt the phone with file based encryption and then do another factory reset. However, I cannot find where to encrypt the phone!

I have tried every step-by-step guide I can find online and I simply do not see the "encrypt phone" option.

I've tried from here

  Launch the Settings Application
  Scroll Down and Tap on the ‘Lock Screen and Security’ Option
  Then Tap on the ‘Protect Encrypted Data’ Option

But there's no "Protect Encrypted Data" option!

I tried the answer from this StackExchange question. I went into developer options and there was no “Covert to file encryption” option anywhere on the phone!

In fact, when I search "encrypt" in settings the only thing that comes up is "Encrypt SD Card" (even when developer settings are on).


texts: WiFi Error: "Failed to connect to network"

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Intermittently, when I try to connect to a WiFi network, I get the following error message as a toast message:

Failed to connect to network

The message pops up immediately upon attempting to connect, so clearly it isn't trying and failing. I haven't found any mention of an error in the logs. The affected networks are ones that I've previously connected to with no change in settings.
How can I figure out what the problem is?
I've got a rooted Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.1.1 and the stock ROM. This question is related to another question that I posted earlier, but this one is more about how to find the source of a particular error message, so its focus is different.
Additional Details
Here are some more details based on the comments:

I've observed this on my home and work networks. One is identified as WPA2 PSK and the other is identified as WPA/WPA2 PSK.

I haven't powered off the phone as described in the troubleshooting guide mentioned in the comments. However, I have rebooted to no avail (using the reboot command that's available on rooted phones).

Forgetting the network and re-adding it has no effect. In fact, if I forget the network I can no longer successfully re-add it.

The wireless password hasn't changed.

There's no proxy configured when I'm on wireless. However, I run Onavo Extend when I'm on a data connection. Disabling it has no effect.

I've switched from DHCP to static IP addresses. Doing so reduced the frequency of problems and seems to have eliminated my earlier issue where wifi would be randomly dropped.

Wifi sleep is set to "Only when plugged in." I don't think it's relevant because my issue is establishing a connection in the first place (such as when I arrive at home or at work), not maintaining one.

Note that despite all these troubleshooting steps,my initial goal is to find an actual error message or log entry that gives useful information about the problem.


texts: SmartBook Surfer - Bootmanager broken after ROM-flash

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I recently installed the VegaComb ROM to my Smartbook Surfer MN10U.
Obviously I got the wrong ROM, which causes a boot loop.

The worse problem is, that I'm now unable to access the Clockwork Bootmanager. Since the Smartbook seems to have no connection options to a PC (as far as I researched, there is no cable to plug it to USB).

So what I'm basically asking is:

Is there a possibillity to connect the Smartbook to a PC?
Is it possible to make the Bootmanager accessible, without such a connection?
Is it possible to install a new ROM without said connection, and without the Bootmanager?


texts: How do I enable "Factory Reset Protection" in Lollipop

texts: I keep reading that Android 5.0 has "Factory Reset Protection", the so-called "Kill Switch" soon to be mandated in California, but that it's opt-in.  How do I opt in?  I've looked thru settings, including using the Settings search, but haven't found anything that sounds like this.  I'm on a Nexus 5.


texts: Snapshots suffer from Short Term Memory Loss?

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I have seen that despite repeatedly saving to snapshot, periodically (once in about 3 attempts to launch from snapshot) I get the error:

  emulator: ERROR: Unable to load VM from snapshot. The snapshot was saved for a
  different hardware configuration

This forces me to go the old way (boot and wait 150-200 seconds) again try saving to snapshot and then launch. This phenomenon has been happening for quite some time now.

That said, I have settled for a system configuration (after all the only change in configuration from the default is that in the preferred setting all IMEs are disabled). That is it. No system apps installed like Google Play, etc. No system apps removed either. I have not changed the system/hardware configurations for the last one week.

I later came to know a command whereby the emulator can load from snapshot so that on closing it, the SDK doesn't save it to snapshot. Just run

emulator -no-snapshot-save -avd Andreud

in the terminal. I was relieved sinceIt will be good to not save to snapshot and save processing time, when you know you aren't making any more system/hardware configuration changes.I suspected that there were some unknown aberrations in saving to snapshots sometimes and is what resulted in the error, so avoid it rather than cure it.

Yesterday I discovered that the problem persisted! It persists to this day! What amazes me is that when I no longer write to the snapshot image, it still forgets the configurations stored in the snapshot so soon! I even tried to do it after freeing up RAM space by running solely the emulator and none else!

Any help to rectify this is welcome.

P.S.: I have given -no-boot-anim option to the emulator command as well. So if not loading from snapshot, at least the boot happens in less time.


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The ring for 5 minutes function on Android Device Manager is a great tool that I have used multiple times to find my phone (which I happen to misplace quite often).

The thing is, it doesn't work.  Or rather, my phone will not ring even when given the cue from Android Device Manager to ring.  I have it set up on my phone, and am able to locate my phone just fine. However, when I click ring, my phone beeps once, and there is a notification that says "Android Device Manager" with the subheading "Ringing...", but my phone never actually rings.

Does anyone know why this happens, or better yet, how to fix this? Any help would be great.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S6, and yes, Android Device Manager is set as an administrator on my phone.

edit: Upon looking into the Phone Administrator settings in Security, I found that the permissions do not mention anything about ringing the phone (https://goo.gl/photos/gt1iE6piQTVfYvnHA).  Is this because that permission isn't at the administrator level, or do you think it is unavailable for some odd reason?

Update: So I managed to figure out that the only way it will ring is if my notifications volume is on.  However, I don't usually have that on, and it will not turn that volume on full or even on at all by itself.

I also disabled battery optimization for Device Manager, but unfortunately it does not seem to do anything.


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Screenshot (click to enlarge)

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