texts: Why do applications enforce read-write and read-only permissions for other apps to use it?

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While reading a book, Android Wireless Application Development, it tells that

  Applications might also enforce their own permissions by declaring them for other applications to use. The applications can declare any number of different permission types, such as read-only or read-write permissions, for finer control over the application.

I couldn't get why do applications need to set read-write or read-only permissions for allowing another application to use its applications.

For example, as illustrated in Android Developer, it shows how an application uses another Map application to show its address. But why do the app needs to set read-only or read-write permissions for allowing another app to use it?


texts: On Firefox on Android, how to disable DNS over HTTPS and do normal DNS lookups via port 53?

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I want Firefox on Android to be able to browse to local domain names on my LAN: http://koffiezetapparaat.lan should resolve to http://192.168.1.120 for instance.
This works on desktop Firefox, but doesn't work on Firefox on Android. I suspect that this is because of DNS over HTTPS.
What I tried:
I installed Firefox Beta on Android, went to about:config and set network.trr.mode to 5 as described here. Then, I removed all DNS cache present in Firefox on Android itself.
Then, I 'hard reloaded' http://koffiezetapparaat.lan by long pressing the reload button.
I still get a 404.
Network traffic analysis with tcpdump on my OpenWrt router showed no port 53 traffic, but a lot of port 443 traffic.
Please bear in mind that navigating to http://koffiezetapparaat on Chrome on Android works as it should, it resolves to http://192.168.1.120.
I supect that Firefox on Android still uses DNS over HTTPS and want to know a definitive way of disabling that.


texts: How to make Android WIFI connection static and use always mobile internet?

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I want to use always my mobile internet although I am connected to the wifi network.
So I want to make my connection static.

OS: OO 3.1
Phone: Oneplus 2
Related thread: here


texts: How to factory reset a Xiaomi Mi9T with broken screen?

texts: I want to sell my defunct phone. The display is broken. No debugging enabled (so no adb I guess). The bootloader is locked (so no fastboot erase). What can I do to wipe all userdata so I can finally sell it?


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I have an Xiaomi Mi 6X which is the Chinese version of A2. There is a way to convert it into A2, but OTA updates won't work because 6X has only A partition. I'm not sure, but I've read, it is possible to create/delete partitions on an Android device.

So I want to create A/B partitions manually, but I have no idea how it looks like.


texts: Burger King App not giving permission to download

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Any thoughts on why the burger king app isn't giving me permission to download on my Android? It says that this app is not available in my country.
I'm based in the UK looking to download burger king UK.

Any suggestions welcome....


texts: How do I get quick access to common text snippets?

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When filling out an online shopping form the other day via my browser, it sucked that I needed to manually type my email address, street address, postal code, etc.  Even credit card number (though I realize there are security implications there).

Is there a way to store commonly used snippets of text somewhere for quick and easy cut & paste?  Perhaps something integrated via a soft keyboard and key combos?

This relates a bit to Share (through share menu) directly to own email address, but I want my email address to be accessible from any application.


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In my contacts, I generally display only contacts stored on my phone.

(My gmail contacts include practically everyone I've ever sent an email to. They're nice for auto-completing the recipient when I compose mail, but I don't want to see them when trying to find someone in the contacts list on my phone.)

However, here and there I find a gmail contact I'd like to be on my phone. How do I copy a single contact to my phone? I've seen ways to export them all, but I don't want to do that.


texts: Which system process do I block from the internet to prevent ads from showing up?

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Yes, this is similar to my own previous question on the subject.
I'm being very specific here though - despite having wrapped ad blocking with hosts file and firewall, some apps (several more now) are able to merrily display banner ads even when they are explicitly blocked from connecting to the net. My firewall (Droidwall) works, because if I block a legitimate app it gets blocked.

How are they doing this?? Is there some Google made common system process that they access?


texts: Facebook messenger 196.0.0.29.99 keeps crashing

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I am using LG G6 Stock Oreo 8.0 and everything is working fine except Facebook messenger, it keeps crashing after a while without returning an error. I then took log from my phone and attached here. Please if anyone could read it and help me out to fix the issue. Facebook version below 189 and lite version are working fine. Only this version is crashing.

Logcat: http://saadtariq.net/logcat.txt


texts: How to mount my Galaxy Nexus storage under Debian?

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I can't copy anything to my Galaxy Nexus right now. I've installed mtpfs 0.9-3 and tried to mount the storage of my Galaxy Nexus with mtpfs -o allow_other /media/phone. When I try to change to the mount point now, the whole terminal instance hangs, unless I kill mtpfs.

Sometimes I get cannot access phone: Software caused connection abort.

How can I solve this problem?


texts: Remove Google Account from old Phone after reset

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I have Huawei P20 (EML-L09) without the account information, password or PIN. ADB is disabled.
Is there a way to bypass the logging in with the original account? I would like to add a new one. Alternatively, what can I do to make the phone useable? (Is there an OTG way? Or can you recommend a program or a service?)


texts: Why video made with iOS can't be read on Android but the inverse works

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I'm currently testing why a video made with an iOS device does not seems to work on my Galaxy S3.

Here's the file info from ffmpeg :

Video took with Galaxy S3:

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '20130715_151126.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: isom3gp4
    creation_time   : 2013-07-15 13:12:08
  Duration: 00:00:41.33, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 17143 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p, 1920x1080, 17015 kb/s, 30.01 fps, 30 tbr, 90k tbn, 180k tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      rotate          : 90
      creation_time   : 2013-07-15 13:12:08
      handler_name    : VideoHandle
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 48000 Hz, stereo, 123 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-07-15 13:12:08
      handler_name    : SoundHandle

Video took with iPhone 4S:

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'trim.BE866F9A-654A-4C76-AC43-5CDF4923A2F0.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 0
    compatible_brands: qt
    creation_time   : 2013-11-15 12:44:22
    encoder         : 6.0
    encoder-fra     : 6.0
    date            : 2013-05-31T14:22:11+0200
    date-fra        : 2013-05-31T14:22:11+0200
    model           : iPhone 4S
    model-fra       : iPhone 4S
    make            : Apple
    make-fra        : Apple
  Duration: 00:00:21.79, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4221 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Audio: aac (mp4a / 0x6134706D), 44100 Hz, mono, 62 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-11-15 12:44:22
      handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler
    Stream #0:1(und): Video: h264 (High) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuv420p(tv, bt709), 1280x720, 4147 kb/s, 29.97 fps, 29.97 tbr, 600 tbn, 1200 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      rotate          : 90
      creation_time   : 2013-11-15 12:44:22
      handler_name    : Core Media Data Handler

They seems to be fairly the same video and audio encoding using h264/aac
The only thing that differs I can see are :

The resolution (It should not be a problem)
The FPS (should not be a problem)
In iOS the audio is stream 0:0 while in Android it is 0:1

The thing is, a video took with a Galaxy S3 does work fine on iOS without recoding it.

Anyone knows why ?


texts: Does allowing Bluetooth discovery consume more power?

texts: Privacy issues and of course turning Bluetooth completely off-- all aside, if I enable "Make device discoverable" will that draw more power than not? As long as Bluetooth is "on", is it always drawing the same power regardless?


texts: I just started using GMail on my Galaxy J3, just like the built-in email app if I turn off sync in GMail it still sync's.  If I turn off sync in built-in app then I can't send/receive - that's why I tried GMail - at least in GMail w/sync off I can send/receive.


texts: Maps voice directions revert to a different language

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Often when I use Google maps voice navigation from from LG G2 phone, the voice will change to a different language (should be English but seems to be French).

I can't find a setting or cause for this?


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I'm looking for a simple to-do list, that preferably is cloud-synced. I'd like something with a relatively light-weight, simple interface, similar to Any.Do or #fetchnotes. I was using CheckMark Pro, but it is really WAY overkill for what I want.

My biggest criteria is that I want to be able to set a task to repeat, some interval from the date it is completed. Most of them let you repeat every 6 months or 2 weeks or whatever, from the due date. But take this example:

Task with due date of 5/30.
Task set to repeat every 6 months from completion.
I complete the task, marking it done, on 5/13.
The next occurrence should now repeat 6 months from 5/13 (the completion date), not from 5/30 (the original due date).

And of course whatever reminder is set (2 weeks for example) should be relative to the new due date, 5/13 in the example above.

Most of the one's I've looked at either are not cloud-synced. And I've not found any others than CheckMark Pro that allow the next occurrence to repeat based on COMPLETION date rather than DUE date.


texts: Picture attachment download keeps using same file name

texts: with my Samusung Galaxy S II Epic 4G (Sprint) every time i go to save an attached picture from a text message the menu pops up with the same file name (everytime!) and a checkbox. i have to remember to go into my downloads picture folder and change the previous picture's file name, which is stupid and tedious. is there anyway to reset this for downloaded pics? or set it to auto assign a different file name each time??


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For some reason I have 10 contacts in my Google Contacts account, but I have 50 contacts on my Android phone.  I have signed into my Google Account from my Android phone and I have enabled

settings > accounts & sync > background data
settings > accounts & sync > auto-sync
settings > accounts & sync > oshirowanen@gmail.com > sync contacts

Why are my contacts not syncing?

I have tried switching my phone off and on, and I have also tried deselecting and then selecting

settings > accounts & sync > oshirowanen@gmail.com > sync contacts

to force a sync, but nothing has worked so far.


texts:
I am having samsung galaxy ace GT-s5830i.
The phone is restarting again and again after installing a game from 4shared.com.please help me out.
Phone is rooted one.


texts: What config files are involved in master volume levels?

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I recently took the plunge and installed LineageOS on my Nexus 5X. My hope was that this would allow me to increase headphone volume as my favourite headphones are not loud enough with the stock volume controls.

After much googling and trying of apps pre-root, I concluded that I would need to delve deeper. I've now tried a couple of methods touted as solutions, namely editing build.prop and mixer_paths.xml but neither of these approaches has influenced volume levels.

I would like to know:

Is this technically possible by editing config files?
Why don't apps claiming to boost volume on the play store actually work?
What settings/files do those apps try and alter?

Although I am specifically looking for information for LineageOS 14.1 / Android 7.1, this information might be useful to a broader audience.

I have tried:

Manually editing mixer_paths.xml and adjusting Headphone volumes in <path name="headphones"> and also editing earpiece and headset values in build.prop.

N.B I am not looking to increase the granularity of control over the volume but to boost the volume level beyond the loudest setting in stock Android


texts: Desktop/homepage shortcut to send pre-built email in one click

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I'm trying to set up a way to send a pre-defined gmail email to a pre-defined recipient with a single tap from the home screen. Essentially, I'm going to use emails to trigger macro events on another device, and as I will be regularly sending these emails, (sometimes multiple times per day), I do not want to have to continuously recreate them manually. I want something like Compose Email Shortcut, only I would like the recipient, subject and body to all be filled in already and for the email to be sent as soon as the shortcut is pressed. Email Yourself is the closest thing I could find to this, but that app is rather expensive for what should be a pretty basic function, and it still requires the user to press send after the shortcut is pressed.

Any help/advice appreciated...


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I've tried many different things to delete my SMS/MMS messages but nothing has worked. Things I've tried so far

History Eraser https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.eraser&hl=en_US

tried deleting them manually one by one.

and I tried creating an Android app and getting the following line to execute

mContext.getContentResolver().delete(Uri.parse("content://sms/"), null, null);

But no method was successful. Are there any other options worth a try? I don't want to do a factory reset or root my phone.


texts: Can I install packages to external SD card on Termux in Android?

texts: I am using Termux in my Android device and it is awesome. I've installed it from Google Play. Now the packages that I install using the command pkg install ..., install those to the internal storage. Since my internal storage space is running low, I am thinking to install these packages to the external SD card. Can I do it? Thank you.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930V) through Verizon.  Every once in a while an app will request the phone's location.  The notification area will then display Location Found.

When I long-press on the Location found notification, I get the App notifications screen for System UI.  I don't think it would be wise if I disabled notifications for System UI.  It seems like this would block other useful notifications.

I could uninstall or disable the apps which are using Location Services and hence triggering the Location found notification.  However, I want the apps to run and use Location Service

How do I keep the Location found notification from appearing even though I am using the Location Service?


texts: How to enable Play Store auto-update for just a few apps?

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As the title says, I'd like to enable auto-update for trusted apps (e.g. Google apps), but if I open the app in Play Store and check Auto-update, I get the question "Auto-update is currently disabled for all apps. Do you want to enable it? You can always change this in Settings. Data charges may apply." Now, if I select Yes, auto-update is turned on for all apps and I have to deselect each one separately.

What I'm looking for is a way to enable auto-update, deselect all apps from auto-update and manually select which apps are allowed to auto-update (i.e. opt-in instead of opt-out).

Running stock 4.2.2 on Sony Xperia Z. I haven't rooted the device so solutions without root are preferred.

EDIT: The situation turned even worse. Now, if I have several apps waiting to be upgraded and I select Update all, I get a popup for each and every app asking "Auto-update has been disabled for [app], are you sure you want to update?". Seems like we're being driven to enable auto-update for all apps, and I don't like it.


texts: How to factory reset without data loss and undue pain?

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I ran into a serious SMS bug, which knowledgeable users seem to be saying means the SMS message database is corrupt (source 1, source 2).  This is consistent with my current experience.  In my case I lost all ~1000 messages and still have some issues after that.

So I want to factory reset my phone.  While I have not rooted my phone, I have performed significant customization, and have somewhere around 150 apps installed, including a few paid apps (UltimateJuice, ...).  What things do I need to explicitly backup?  What can I do to minimize the pain?  I don't care about save points in games.

Surprisingly, I cannot find any good documentation of this using any obvious Google search terms.  (I am aware of How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone?, which doesn't really offer an answer to my question.)

For Google cloud things such as contacts, do I need to backup the cloud version just in case, so the phone doesn't wipe them from the cloud?  Fortunately, most of my personal notes are stored in cloud applications like Catch and Evernote.  I presume these should be unaffected.

As far as I can tell the BackupMySettings option is not available for my phone (Samsung Epic running 2.1).  My paid apps come back from Market anyway, right?  I guess I could pay $4 for MyBackupPro if it really made things simpler, but there would need to be some way to NOT backup the corrupted SMS database files.  Also I am assuming carrier-bundled apps such as Swype will automatically work.

P.S.  I have Marigold Android Backup and backed up to the SD card (except SMS/MMS).  I also have mIQ but I'm not sure I trust that to do a restore.  Factory resetting the phone will not affect the SD card, correct?

P.P.S.  I have AppBrain.  Is that automatically remembering all apps I have on the phone, so it will suggest installing all of them if I just install AppBrain?  Or will it only do that for apps installed through AppBrain?


texts: Instagram keeps sending me text messages

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I turned off all my push notifications, and I still keep getting text from Instagram, e.g. when someone liked my photos or left a message. But I also keep receiving txt messages from Instagram telling me about things like whats new on instagram, or for me to check out a someone i have no interest is doing.

I still have my Instagram and like the service just want Instagram to stop txting my in the middle of the night with things I don't want to be informed with.

How can I stop them from texting me all night long?


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I use Cyanogenmod profiles (on a Galaxy S2).

I've created a couple of custom profiles, "Silent" and "Totally Silent", and I switch to them by doing a long press on the power button. But I've noticed something disturbing: At the bottom of the dialog, there are 3 icons: A speaker with a cross over it, a vibrating phone, and a speaker. These look suspiciously like my profiles. When I switch to "Totally Silent", the icon gets switched to a vibrating phone. But when I switch back to default, it doesn't switch back to the speaker!

What's going on? Are there 2 separate profile selections? I want to have just one place where I set the profile, not two.


texts: What does the "eye" symbol mean at the bottom of Telegram messages?

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In Telegram Messenger, at the bottom of each message, there are two numbers. One is the time that the message has been sent, and the other is a number near an eye symbol. Does anyone know what this number means?

Note that this number is in all messages, not only messages released in groups or channels.
These are two screenshots:


texts: How to maintain established connections android when changing wireless network

texts:
I need to resolve the following problem. I runs my application android conected with my server on cloud, but my established connections disappears when I switch the (Wi-Fi) wireless network.

Why this problem? In notebooks and tablets does not happen.


texts: I have upgraded whatsapp on my phone but i dont like the new emojis on whatsapp so the quesition is : Is this possible to get my old emojis back using whatsapp's latest version apk with apktool debugging?


texts: Tethering using bluetooth via Galaxy Nexus to Galaxy Tab 7(P1000) tablet

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Here is the point there is a secured WiFi connection - which password I don't know - but there is an device - Galaxy Nexus smartphone which is already connected to that WiFi and my Galaxy Tab tablet.
There is any change to set GN as Bluetooth modem, to tether WiFi connection, for Galaxy Tab?


texts: Google play does not recognize wifi on note tablet

texts: I have 2012 note tablet. After some software update google play stopped working. It cannot recognize any wifi. (Home or hotspot). Tried resetting to factory settings. No luck. All existing apps work well. Any ideas


texts: Nexus 5 device wifi is not turning on even after rooting and flashing the mobile

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Sometime back my Nexus 5 phone's wifi suddenly stopped working. Now I am not able to enable it.

Its showing turning on when clicked on wifi.
Mac address is now turned to series of 2.0.0.0.0. which is strange.
Tried rooted the phone and flashed

Need to resolve this issue, can anyone pls help.
Some tried solutions that didn't worked for me.
http://www.thinkoholic.com/2015/05/27/fixed-problem-nexus-5-stuck-turning-wifi-solution/comment-page-1/


texts: How to create a POI database for OsmAnd?

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OsmAnd is a map/navigation app.

On top of the map, I would like to display "Points of Interest" (POI), for instance my city's best restaurants.

I already have a CSV file containing for each POI: name, latitude, longitude.

How to make OsmAnd use this data?

The wiki page How To Use Your Own POI Database suggests it is possible but does not give any specific instructions.

By reading this unanswered question, I get a feeling that somehow converting my CSV to ODB might be part of the solution.

I would like the database to be easily downloadable/usable by anyone.

For the curious: Actually, my long-term goal is to create a database of all POIs in the Wikivoyage travel guide (maybe split by country if too big).


texts: How to prevent the OTA Jellybean update on Droid RAZR Maxx

texts: I have a Motorola Razr Maxx with ICS (4.0.2) on it.  It went and downloaded the JellyBean upgrade, which I do not want to happen.  Each hour the phone prompts me to upgrade.  How can I keep this from happening?  Can I delete the new files for JB and stop the hourly message?  Thanks in advance.


texts:
I have a problem with my gallery thumbnails for a few days now. Thumbnails are generated in the .thumbnails folder but they are not displayed in the gallery, there is instead a picture with a lock.

How can I solve this? I have already tried to clear data but it didn't work. It seems like there is a broken permission in the gallery application.


texts: What will the "last seen date" on WhatsApp be shown when a user uninstalls the app or deletes their account?

texts:
I have a WhatsApp user on iPhone with last seen date 5 days ago. I wonder if the user has uninstalled the app, removed their account, or just simply not connected to the internet.

I have read:

Still visible after I deleted my WhatsApp account
Whatsapp - last time seen online - what does it mean?
WhatsApp FAQs with "delete" keyword

but still unsure. I assume the user didn't block me since I can see their last seen date.

What happens with the last seen date if the user uninstalls WhatsApp or deletes their account? Do I see the last timestamp that the user became online, or is it visible at all?


texts:
My android phone 'Redmi Note 9 Pro Max' changes orientation more often than needed and at the same time I do want auto rotate to work when it should i.e. I don't want to lock rotation.
First I would like to increase time threshold i.e. if device remains in a specified angle range upto x (milli)seconds, only then change the orientation. If it still doesn't improve, then I would like to change the range of angles also. I couldn't find anything related to it apart from this question
Also I'm looking for opposite of this question. If only I could switch this particular behaviour of device with him. :-D


texts: Factory reset needs gmail account password but i cant recover gmail account

texts: I want to factory reset my samsung A3 2016. It asks me to enter the gmail account password but awhile ago I removed that gmail account and now I cant recover it. How can I remove this gmail from my phone?


texts: Software update never worked in Samsung Galaxy S2

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Whenever I try
Settings -> About Phone -> Software Update -> Check for update
I get the error message "Connection failed"

More Information -

I am connected to Internet. and Internet works in my phone.
I have configured Samsung account in my mobile.


texts: Problem with internal memory of a S4 mini

texts: I have 1 month old S4 mini with 32 gb of internal storage. . I have only installed 3 apps on it and now it tells me it has insufficient internal memory to install any more. I have 20 photos on it and no contacts. When I go to the storage section of the settings it tells me I have 32.00 of total space and 31.87 gb of available space. It says there is only 185 mb of apps and 13.63 kb of cached data. How can I correct this problem and download more apps? I do not have an sd card installed.


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I have just downloaded uTorrent on my Galaxy S running Android 2.3. The .exe file has been downloaded and is in the download folder, but when I open the download folder on my SD card and click it, it gives only one option: "Delete file".

I'm not able to run this on my phone? What do I have to do to run it?


texts:
Right now, to list all the settings of System namespace I can do:

platform-tools/adb shell settings list system

To list all the settings from Global namespace I can do

platform-tools/adb shell settings list global

But I want to explore all the settings from all the namespaces currently installed, and for that I need to list all the available namespaces, so how do I do I get this list?


texts: Purchased music from Google Play - they are nowhere to be found

texts: I purchased 3 x albums 4 days ago using Play Store. It advised that the purchase was successful and the money was debited from my account - but it never actually said it was downloading anything. These albums are not in my Play Music...and if I go back to Play Store it says that they have been purchased - when I click on the album i get the option to listen. When I press listen it opens up in a web page "google play music" and has the option to Buy or Listen. I press listen - the screen refreshes. Absolutely nothing happens. How do I get these albums into my Play Music?? thank you


texts: Recovering a video that was deleted from a micro SD card after a factory reset

texts: I have an LG G5.  I recorded a video interview I had with Bruce Campbell.  The video was slightly over 20 minutes long recording at 1080p at 60fps.  I noted while it was recording that the video was automatically split into two separate videos.  The first video is the lion share of length at about 20 minutes long and around 4gb in size if I recall correctly.  The second video is about 17 seconds long.  A few days after the interview the audio on my phone stopped working.  I was googling around how to fix the issue and I saw that factory resetting the phone was a common fix.  I did a factory reset, it said that it would not affect data on the SD card.  After the factory reset the 17 second video appears to be intact and working.  The longer 20 minute video seems to show a file size of 0kb in the file manager.  Whenever I try to play the video I get a message that says Android does not recognize the video file type.  I have been doing some googling around and thankfully there does seem to be ways to recover lost data from an Android phone after a factory reset.  What I am looking to do is recover the lost video that was in the Android Phone after the factory reset.  Thank you for your help, I will gladly provide any further information or screenshots if you need them.


texts: Updating phone-firmware based on phone carrier

texts:
A while ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge with a a dutch site called BelSimpel. This phone came with an contract from a dutch carrier called "Simpel", which is using the T-Mobile network.

When the phone arrived, it was still sealed and wasn't a dutch device based on the EAN number, it was delivered like buying a phone without a contract. A week later my sim-card came in, from the Simpel provider, so this was a SIM-only contract.

The phone is originally from Czech Republic.

When checking for updates on the live samsung updates feed for my phone, I see all updates getting released for a specific region (per provider per region).

Since my phone was delivered without a contract, how are updates getting released for my phone? Because I have a dutch carrier, using the T-Mobile network.


texts: Enabling Google Maps inside TripAdvisor app on CyanogenMod

texts:
I have recently flashed my Asus Zenfone 2 Laser with a custom CM ROM. I am going abroad and will need offline maps. I have decided to use TripAdvisor, but when I want to open an offline map I get the error message that you can see below:

  Themes on devices running Cyanogen OS are known to cause crashes with embedded Google Maps. Maps on TripAdvisor will be disabled on this device.

Has anyone found a workaround this issue?

(I am also using offline maps from Google Maps, but they seem to be limited badly in China.)


texts: Is it possible to batch remove apps in the Web Google Play

texts:
This question has been asked in the past (together with several duplicated pointing to it) but the answer is not relevant anymore (as of March 2015). The current version is 5.3.6 while the solutions are for 3.9.16 and not forward compatible.

I have lots of apps visible in the Web Google Play (under My Apps -> All Apps) and I would like to get rid of them (among others so that new devices do not try to install them).
They are not visible on my phone (neither in the 'Installed' nor in 'All' tab).

Is there a way to do that? (when clicking on the app on the web I just see an 'Installed' status (which is not correct, it is not installed anymore, anywhere) without the possibility of changing it).

The only idea I have is to force a synchronization between my device and the web Google play (via Titanium Backup for instance), clean up on the device and hope that the changes will be reflected back in Web Google Play.


texts: Unable to enable hotspot option in android 4.4

texts: The device of mine is Lenovo A5500 and I used to see tethering and hotspot option in setting but I am now unable to locate that. Actually it is I here but I don't see any option to configure and enable it. Screens are included for more information.


texts: Second instance of Instagram on Android 11

texts:
Does anyone know if I can install 2 different instances of Instagram on Android 11 (like you can do with some other apps?
I know that I can have up to 5 account on Instagram, but I would like to separate my work and personal accounts separate to manage it more effectively.


texts: Generally speaking why do tablets have lower quality cameras than phones?

texts: I've done some comparisons looking at the specs on wikipedia and generally speaking tablets that have come out around the same times phones did, have cameras that are a few megapixels fewer than the ones on phones. Is there a technical reason why it's harder to have a camera in a tablet?


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I am trying to resize my /system partition on my Galaxy S2 and as soon as I partition /system using various sizes I lose all of the mobile data connectivity & IEMI number is invalid (missing)

However, returning back to stock partition and re-flashing stock ROM returns the IEMI number and mobile data connectivity is fixed.

I need to change my /system partition to 6GB but I can't find any way to stop this partition "bug". I tried hundreds of ways to fix this but none of them worked.

For the mean time I'm just running stock with root (King Root) & I have installed TWRP via the TWRP App.


texts: Install specific versions of AOSP Calendar

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I would like to use an older version of AOSP Calendar. Namely a good version before the 2019 update that is described here as follows:

New events cannot be created and existing events cannot be edited or deleted.

There are many branches and tags here, but some of their titles are not clear, and I don't see APK files there. How exactly can I install specific versions?


texts: Can a device running Android OS record a stereo audio source?

texts:
This question is very old. Time to ask again, because hardware and software changes. The question is simple.

What have I tried?

Searched here. Dead links.
Read up on OTG.
Got a Roland Go Mixer. Monitor jack outputs stereo, specialized app records mono, other apps still record the phone mic.
I find out that this is a long standing issue, and that neither the OTG USB sound card nor the specialized app is to blame.

So the question is simple, and I suspect the answer is very simply, no. Not on any device running Android OS, with any audio hardware, with any audio driver, with any specially written app therefor.

So, as per the title: Is there an exception?


texts: My Moto G MTP is not working in windows xp for any files transfer from pc to device. I tested the same device on Windows 7 and ubuntu, and it worked like a charm . Does Windows XP needs any special drivers to detect the device MTP ?


texts: How do you pair a Device for Wireless Debugging with a QR Code?

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There doesn't seem to be much written on this, but I see an option to pair my device with a QR code scanner. Is there a way to pair my phone with my computer by generating a QR code on my computer and scanning it from my phone?
I'm running Ubuntu 20.04.
I'm using the Pixel 4a running Android 11.


texts: Identifying the existence of hwcomposer of Project Butter in Jelly Bean

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I've heard that some 3rd party ROMs for some devices, such as the Galaxy S3, are based on Jelly Beans. But when asked why it's not as smooth as what the makers of Jelly Bean claim they would say it's because hwcomposer, the primary component of Project Butter that makes everything smooth, is not yet there.

How do I tell if my currently installed Jelly Bean ROM has the hwcomposer? I just couldn't tell the difference in smoothness coming from ICS. I'm not saying it's laggy but I was expecting an improvement and no more occasional lags.


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The touch screen has stopped working. The side buttons still work.

No backups to any cloud services/pc and no sd card. No special apps installed.

Am I able to recover the data? I don't have any special equipment.


texts: It seems that GS3 doesn't sync Facebook contacts' birthdays. Has anyone else had the same issue? How did you fix it?


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I tried out the screenrecord command through adb and executed it while my device was still locked (not sure if thats what caused it).
Now my lockscreen is in landscape mode with black bars around the side, and I can't use my touchscreen. I tried rebooting, but the problem persists. I currently can't use my device because of this, does anyone know how I can resolve this?


texts: Disable the "screen is pinned" toast notification not rooted tablet

texts: I want to disable toast "Screen is pinned" message.


texts: Using both a firewall and vpn on android

texts: Is there a way to use both a firewall and a vpn app on android. I have tried allowing the vpn through the firewall but one invaraibly goes off when I start the other. Is there some way around this -- to establish two tunnels at the same time.


texts:
Do Apps like Google Assistant work on Blloc Zero18?
Because this is a minimalist phone with its own UI


texts: Lenovo S5 storage filled with invisible files

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I have a Lenovo S5 with 64gb internal storage. I had this problem for a while now, so i really need some help.
Any file manager that I can find sums up all my files and aplications at under 20 gb, however i only have 3 gb free.
About 40 gb are filled with invisible/unfindable files. I looked online for answers many time, and I tried using "Android terminal emulator" with the command "df -h" and got this result, can anyone make something of it?


texts: autocorrect proper word into another proper word

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I have typed the word "ill" mistakingly enough that my phone auto corrects it to "I'll". I can't figure out how to make it stop making the switch. I don't want to delete either word because they are both words that I will use.

Since they are both actual words, neither show up in my personal dictionary, which is what other were told to do when I was looking into it autocorrect problems. I have cleared the cache and the data in my settings under the keyboard app. I have unchecked personalized suggestions when looking at autocorrect features. Still, "ill" is automatically corrected to I'll. I don't know what to do.


texts: very very slow contact lookups when typing names in messages for txts

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I have android on a blackberry key2.  I noticed after and update a while back it would literally take a minute for name lookup on my phone.  Now I do have my phone connected to caldav using baikal for most of my contacts.  But this was never a problem before...
I'm just wondering if anyone has had this problem as well?


texts: S10 draining over 10% battery per hour while idling

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My phone is less then a year old and I had my Screen replaced by Samsung about 2 months ago.(they also changed the battery and aluminium body).So the battery is almost new. About a week ago something happened to my phone while i was using google maps and and it started daring battery at extremely high rate. it's was using almost 20% battery per hour with no use at all and it was getting hot while idling. Since like 4 days ago phone wouldn't even charge to 100%, it would get stuck at 70-80% because it was discharging faster then it could charge.(maybe it was getting too hot and stop charging). I had to revoke alot of location related permissions to slow the discharge to get battery to 100%.
It's not as bad as before but it's still completely discharging from 100% to 0% is less then 10 hours with no use at all. It used to last almost 2 days with quite high usage before this bug.
here's what I tried so far.

restarted the phone,
put every app to sleep and deep-sleep,
disabled allow location to apps even when location is turned off (same for Bluetooth and wifi)
turned off Bluetooth and wifi scanning even when they are turned off
disable the google app and google play services app.
did a settings reset.
factory(data) reset the phone.

non of this fixed the issue. Even put the phone on medium and maximum power saving and the did nothing, discharge rate is still exact same about 10% per hour while idling.
I took a few bugreports and viewed them in battery historian (online version). I don't know what I should be looking for. Is it safe to post bugreport file here, i don't know what kind of info is in it.


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My device (Moto G5 Plus/Android 7.0) has two users: Foo and Bar.

Foo is the default one, created when I've setup my phone.

How do I set Bar as the default one and change Foo to be the secondary one?


texts: Repeating “Unfortunately Google App has stopped” error on Nexus 5

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My Nexus 5 stated acting strange in the past few days.

Here's the short history:

A few days ago, I was prompted to install a new version in OTA update. Done.
Yesterday, phone shut off just like that by itself. When powered on, it has a message on a black screen saying "optimizing app x/150". When it was done, phone booted.
This morning: wanted to access Google Now, but it wasn't there - I couldn't flick to the left. Was prompted to 'reactivate' google Now, which I did. I should mention it was there after the OTA update.

Since then, every few seconds, and pretty much whatever I try to do, the error message in the title pops up. (side note: strangely, it says Google App and not Apps). Extremely hard to use the phone when every few seconds this pops up. Help, anyone? Thanks!


texts: LG G3 (d852), no OS, not loading into TWRP

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So I have been having troubles with my ROMs, and I decided to format everything to clean it up and do a fresh install. PC wasn't copying rom zip to the device, so I tried to use ADB Sideload and push the zip through that. Something happened on the Device's side, and I cancelled it, but it wasn't going back or finishing. I took a risk and pulled the battery, but now the phone boots up into the LG Logo boot screen, but does nothing from there. I am unable to boot into recovery from there, as if the buttons don't work. PC doesn't connect to the device, so I am unable to boot into recovery via ADB. Does anyone have suggestions or is the device completely bricked?

edit: phone's LEDs starts cycling colours after a few minutes, and device manager detects something, refreshes, but nothing comes up. I'm assuming these LEDs mean that the phone is trying to boot, but can't boot into anything due to no OS installed. ADB still doesn't detect any devices, and I am still unable to get into TWRP from here.


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I am using this task to say loud numbers from SMS:

Variable Section: %SMSRB From 1, Length 6, Store Result in %SMSNUM
Variable Search Replace: %SMSNUM (?!^), Replace Matches, Replace With ,
Variable Split: %SMSNUM, Splitter ,
Say: %SMSNUM(1), Pitch 5, Speed 6, Respect Audio Focus
Say: %SMSNUM(2), Pitch 5, Speed 6, Respect Audio Focus
Say: %SMSNUM(3), Pitch 5, Speed 6, Respect Audio Focus
Say: %SMSNUM(4), Pitch 5, Speed 6, Respect Audio Focus
Say: %SMSNUM(5), Pitch 5, Speed 6, Respect Audio Focus
Say: %SMSNUM(6), Pitch 5, Speed 6, Respect Audio Focus

It's working and my question is if there is more elegant way how to read number from SMS. If I wouldn't split it, it'll automatically read number as whole (thousands, hundreds, etc ..) and I want to have number read/said one by one. Also, I've noticed that there are pauses between numbers and I cannot find why, can it be configured ?


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When online

When I am connected to Wi-Fi, I am able to say "Okay Google" from any screen and it will automatically start a voice search for me and look up whatever I say. I am also able to manually start a voice search by tapping the microphone button at the top of my homescreen on the right side of the Google search bar, and my phone will search for anything I say. Lastly, when I am using the on-screen keyboard to type I can hit the small microphone button in the corner and speak whatever I want to type (which it will instantly change to text, but I have to hit the "x" with my finger to make it stop).

When offline

When I go offline (not connected to Wi-Fi or data), however, things start getting weird. I can bring down the white pull-down menu for voice search by saying "Okay Google," but after I am finished talking it will stay stuck loading on "Recognizing" for a while, until finally it will say "Can't Reach Google at the moment" (see image 2).

After messing around with things for a while, I finally got it so that when I am offline and hit the microphone button on the keyboard, I can speak my sentence and then after an absurdly long wait it will translate it into text (I don't know if this is normal or just my phone).

What I've tried/what my specs are

I have a Moto-X (second gen.). My OS is fully updated (as far as I'm aware – Android 5.1.1), and I have the most recent version of the Google app (version 5.7), the most recent Google Now Launcher app (version 1.3.large), and the most recent version of the Google+ app in case that matters (version 6.9).

In my Settings>Language & input>Google Keyboard, it is set to "English (US)."

Settings>Language & input>Google voice typing, it is set to "Automatic" and inside that the "Languages" is set to "Default language: English (US)."

Settings>Language & input>Google voice typing>Offline speech recognition, I have "English (US)" installed.

My Question

Why do the Google offline voice commands not work when I am offline and how do I make it work?

*Answers as to why the keyboard text-to-type takes forever when offline are appreciated to but they're not my main concern for this question. Thanks! :)

Screenshots - Click to enlarge

EDIT: As of October 2016, I got a new phone (the Moto G4 Plus) and it has the exact same problem. All the symptoms are identical and I cannot use the voice commands unless I have Internet connection, and the offline voice-to-text is really slow (still not my main concern). It has the most recent version of Marshmallow (Android 6) installed.

EDIT 2: Occurs on Android 7 now as well. But I found out it was the Google App, not the phone or OS specifically. (see answer below)


texts: Why do some applications have `Move to SD card` button disabled?

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I've just downloaded an app, and I want to move it to SD card. At the application setting, the app has data like this:

Total       ... 10.05MB
Application ... 9.97MB
Data        ...  80.00KB

Next to 'Clear data' button, 'Move to SD card' button is disabled. Why?


texts: Can you change the runtime on an encrypted phone (KitKat)?

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Nexus 5 owner here.

Basically, I encrypted my phone a while back while on Dalvik Runtime and recently wanted to give ART a try again (to check app compatibility).

The problem is that when I set ART as the default runtime and reboot, it doesn't try to apply to change and reverts back to Dalvik. [it worked fine prior to encryption]. Is this a known/common occurrence (search engines didn't give me much)?

Thanks!


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I am also having this frustrating issue where, during any call dialed or incoming, the screen would completely go blank. Pressing the power button also doesn't do anything.
I have a newly purchased Nokia 5.3 and it was updated from android one to Android 10. The problem occurred one week after! Any help please! Noting that I’m not an Android expert!


texts: Using same google account on multiple devices

texts: So I have a digital signage application installed on my android tv devices, which I install at various offline stores, which show ads at their stores (remotely configured by me) with my apk (preinstalled from play store). Now this will be across many stores, and I would be using the same gmail account to sign in to play store on those devices. This causes a popup on other devices showing did you login on another device? How to prevent this and solve this problem which I am facing? I doubt even G-Suite allows this.


texts: Once uninstalled, is data stored by an app on SD card also removed simultaneously?

texts: As an example - newer games once downloaded and installed from the Market (Play Store), also subsequently download extra data to a user's SD card. When one opts to uninstall said app/game, is the additional downloaded data also deleted off the SD card?


texts: Delete a specific web page from history in Firefox Aurora for Android?

texts: Is there a way to delete a specific site visited from the browsing history without needing to clear it completely?


texts: How to add many notification sounds or ringtones in one go?

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I downloaded an archive with a bunch of notification sounds (the ones from Cyanogenmod which I'd like to keep on my new Pixel 5). Unfortunately just putting them in the Notifications folder didn't work. They do not show up under "My sounds".
I can of course add them one by one, but for obvious reasons that's not an option when there are about 100 sounds I'd like to add...
Is there any way to bulk-import the sounds? I expected putting them in the folder to be enough, but apparently that's not the case?!


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Some applications do not allow you to choose an application such as fake camera to take photos (such as verification app), they only allow you to use the default camera of the smartphone. Is there a way to set photos or videos as the default camera? so that any app that has the use of the camera only see the photo I selected? the phone model is indifferent, please tell me the most suitable.
Thanks for your suggestions :)


texts: Where do I store my files such that they can be found?

texts:
I'm trying to install an app from an apk file, and I've moved it to my phone via USB; however, I cannot locate it.  What would be an easy location to which I could move the apk file such that it would be simple to find via a file browser?
This is what I'm looking at in USB on my PC.

I search for the directories shown in my file browsers, like acct, cache, config, d, data, dev, etc, mnt, proc, ...  None of these can be found on my PC.  I search for the PC directories on the phone, and I can't find them.  So, where can I find an overlapping directory?
I'm on 4.2.1 HM2013002 (China Unicom).  China Mobile MIMU, model 2013022.
Alternatively, as a workaround, might somebody be able to post an Android Enthusiast-local tutorial describing how to remotely install an app?


texts: Why should I trust SuperSU / TWRP / Clockwork / ...?

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One more phone, same questions. Despite being a developer myself, I am quite a bit far from Android development. However I prefer having something from SlimRoms rather than stock bloatware. But the question arises:

Is there any sensible reason to trust my credentials and privacy to popular software like SuperSU, TWRP, ClockworkMod, custom CyanogenMod builds and so on?

I am also aware that TWRP is open source. Though I have no clue how to build it, and who did it for me with which modifications.

Sorry if the question sounds a bit unethical for somebody.


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Hi guys i've been trying for quite a while to unlock the bootloader of the phone i've bought. It's from hong kong and branded to vodafone it's not sim locked as I tried an optus sim and it worked.

I press and hold the search button and plug the usb in and I get a blue light but when I try to check if fastboot can find it, it can't.

Any ideas what the problem is?


texts:
I got one article about Android Device manager for find losing your Android device, either to theft or your own forgetfulness. The Link

How its ringing my mobile and giving correct location in map. its may cause any privacy issue?? or they may stole my data???


texts: Moto X won't default to SD card for internal storage

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Insufficient Storage

I've been getting this error message constantly and it's extremely aggravating. I've got a 16 GB Moto X Pure running Android 6.0 with a 32 GB memory card.

My internal storage is getting filled but there's barely anything on my SD card and the phone won't default over to it. I can only move certain apps over manually but my biggest chunk, Google Music, apparently got rid of that feature.

Is there anyway to make the phone default to the SD card as a preferred storage location?


texts: Making the white bar below the keyboard black

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I just got a new OnePlus 5T. I like to use a dark theme whenever possible, including the Android keyboard. In many apps, the bottom bar is white. (I'm talking about the navigation bar which has the three buttons, back, minimize and show active apps.)

Here are a couple of examples:

Any idea how I could make it black?


texts: How do I project the screen of my Android phone for a presentation?

texts:
How can I project my Droid Incredible screen so I can demonstrate the smart phone to a room full of people?

Does anyone know how I can link the phone to a PC? To a TV?


texts:
Sorry for the long, difficult problem. Anyways...
Hello, I recently dropped my phone in the pool. I wasn't too concerned because I was about to get a new phone anyway, but it turns out at some point about 2 years ago I had accidentally turned off auto-sync on everything and I lost a bunch of contacts, photos, memos, texts, etc. The display and touchscreen are both not working, but I know its on because it still vibrates for social media notifications at the same time my new phone does. I took it in to UBreakIFix and they said they tried to replace the screen and battery but that it didn't help. Something they did must've revoked USB debugging for my laptop which is my problem. Beforehand I could plug my phone in no problem and do whatever I wanted. Now I have to click "Allow USB debugging" which I obviously cannot do because I can't see the display and the touchscreen is broken. Does anyone know a way to force my phone (Galaxy S8+) to authorize my laptop? I'm trying to use Vysor to control my phone with my laptop and then I'll just SmartSwitch everything I need to my new phone. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated and any other ideas to get my data off my phone would be appreciated, too.
Thanks.


texts: Notification on Connecting to Network Carrier

texts: Simple question. I work in a basement office and my network signal is very patchy at best. Is there a way to get a notification (buzz preferably) when it finds a signal? I have an HTC One running Kit-Kat (4.4.3). My favourite search engine hasn't given me any joy.


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I'm trying to get hold of one specific app: LV Watch Faces 2. I cannot find this anywhere. It's possible to extract it from an LV Wear OS watch, but I don't have them. I got an idea, maybe it's possible to change the device name/model on the Wear OS emulator for an app to appear on the emulator's Google Play Store.
I tried changing build.prop that's located in C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\system-images\android-28\android-wear\x86, but it seems like it didn't work (it shows the same default name sdk_gwear_x86)in the Settings)

Could anyone help with changing Wear OS's AVD build properties or generally suggest - does this idea make sense (changing those properties for having hardware limited store apps to appear).


texts: How to clear cache of Android's built-in podcast player?

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In 2016, Google launched a secret unnamed podcast player. If you search for a podcast, a special player app will appear. This app lets you:

play podcasts in the background
with the phone locked
remembers where you are
offers to add a link to your home screen

The problem i'm having today is that it's not letting me scroll back to older episodes of the podcast i've been listening to. And any attempts to go back to the web-site causes the "secret" player to appear, where it again only lets me see the last few episodes.

I want to clear the cache for this app, so that it doesn't think i've seen it before.

The only problem is that this secret unnamed podcast player doesn't have a name; i don't know what App to clear the cache for.

Bonus Reading

Media.info: Google launches podcast player for Android
Google Developer Docs: Podcasts
Google Blog: Listen to podcasts in the Google App on Android
YouTube: Android's New Secret Built In Podcast Player? Here's how to use it!


texts: Do prepaid phones have issues with downloading certain Apps in the Android Market?

texts:
My company has written and published some Android Apps on the Android Market. A couple of times now we've had complaints from customers who are not able to download and install the App - I believe the Android Market website is not letting them download it to their phones.

We're still trying to get more details from the customers but one thing I've noticed in common is that these customers are on prepaid providers (specifically, Boost Mobile and Cricket).

One of our App's requirements in the store is "full Internet access" (the android.permission.INTERNET intent must be doing this). I have no idea how these prepaid providers tend to handle data usage. I can't imagine that they have unlimited data but they have to have something, right?

Has anyone run into a problem with using a prepaid Android phone and trying to download Apps from the Android Market?


texts:
I have an original Pixel, running Android 8.1.0(OPP5.170921.005), but the update seems to have added the Verizon app. (I'm in/from the UK and use EE.)

I have 2 questions:

Is this expected behaviour?
Can I remove it without rooting my device?

Screenshot of added app:


texts: Why my phone is sending some other phone number as my caller ID and for SMS?

texts:
I've been using LineageOS 14.1 on ZUK Z1 for quite a while now. One problem I am facing is, sometimes my phone sends text messages from some other number which I don't even know. This also happens to the calls, my phone number is replaced with someone else's number.

Couple of days ago I did a fresh install of LineageOS 15.1 hoping this will fix the issue with my phone, but that had some other problems attached with it. I wasn't able to connect my phone to PC through USB cable, lots of apps were crashing making phone unusable. I had to go back to LineageOS 14.1 but this is not the main question. I wanted to ask what can be the issue which is causing the phone to use someone else's phone number as my phone number while calling or for the SMS purposes?

My friends pointed this thing lots of times and also referred the numbers through which my SMS or call was delivered. After calling those numbers I got to know they are people within my area at the time of my messages being delivered from their numbers. This problem is not on some specific region, I travel a lot and this happens no matter where I am which makes it clear it is not fault in my area's network coverage.

I tried searching for problem like this but I wasn't able to find any single, that's why I am posting this.

There is also another problem which I forgot to mention earlier, my phone restarts on its own sometimes.

Any help would be appreciated!

By the way Lineageos 14.1 is basically Android 7.1 and Lineageos 15.1 is Android 8.1.


texts: Gesture to repeat invisible recaptcha audio challenge while using TalkBack

texts:
When I am on an invisible recaptcha audio challenge (see image below) and I am using Google TalkBack is there a gesture to repeat the voice saying the numbers? When I press the play button focus seems to go to the textfield below and TalkBack describes the change of focus at the same time with the recaptcha voice saying the audio challenge making it difficult for me to hear both voices at the same time and solve the 'puzzle'.

When I use VoiceOver on Mac, if I press ctrl button, the recaptcha voice repeats the audio challenge and I can solve the puzzle without having to hear both voices simultaneously.

Is there a gesture for TalkBack to repeat the challenge without moving the focus somewhere else?


texts: Is there a way to mount a Windows shared drive so I can access those files on my phone?

texts:
I have a shared network drive full of files I want to access from my phone over wifi.

Is there a easy way to mount it on my phone?

I have a rooted Motorola Milestone.


texts: I have oppo A37f. My accebility option is again and again getting disabled what I have to do to make it always on.


texts: Is any way to lock Android KitKat to a certain frequency/band?

texts: Normally we can lock our mobile to either LTE, WCDMA, or GSM thorough Network Mode option from setting. But I would like to lock specifically 900MHz and/or 1800MHz band, which they are included as GSM in the Network Mode. Then my question is: is any way to do that way? Prefer if I can do with command or script only without installing any application. But thorough application also will be fine too.


texts: Caterpillar s50 stuck at fastbood mode - bootimage is not signed

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I need a little help here since i just started messing with android phones and i guess i messed up this one a lot. I rotted it fine and then i tried flashing a rom through flashify. When the phone restarted i am stuck at the CAT logo and on the top there are two lines of text with red fonts. Top line says fastboot mode, second line says bootimage is not signed.

I have downloaded fastboot and i am able to get some info out of it, so fastboot sees the phone, but when i am trying to flash a boot image or a recovery image on the phone i get the message remote: device not support flash command. The answer is equivalent when i am also trying to erase, boot, recover etc. it says device not support.

Is there any way i can get out of this mess? Really appreciate your help and feedback.

Best wishes guys and happy new year.


texts: Stop from Samsung Galaxy S4 turning on when receiving text message

texts:
Summary: Is there a way to stop the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen from turning on when receiving text messages (without disabling the notification light)?

Details:

I've got a Samsung Galaxy S4 on Verizon.  I've noticed that sometimes when it's in my pocket that it will turn on and access apps, etc. (for example one time I saw it had posted something to Facebook).

I think that the problem is when I receive a text message that the phone turns on and then from there the touch screen might do whatever it wants.  The reason I think the phone screen turns on when I receive a text message is I've noticed that happen sometimes.

So really what I want to do is prevent the phone from turning on in my pocket, but I don't think that is an actual option.  But I thought there should be a way to stop incoming text messages from turning on the screen, while still allowing the notification light to flash.  But I haven't found an option that does that.


texts: Connect with the Filezilla Server Software to a FTP Server

texts:
I'm running a FTP Server on my Android device, there I want to change the options, but this is very uncomfortable, and I want to have a more overviewed Log, so I tried to connect with the FileZilla Server to this Android FTP Server, but it couldn't connect.

It showed me this error:

  Protocol error: Unknown protocol identifier (0x50 0x50 0x48). Most likely connected to the wrong port.

I used the Standart Port from FileZilla (14147) and the port which I have choosen on my Android FTP Server.


texts: How to recover deleted photos which are shown as 0 bytes by data recovery softwares?

texts:
A relative of mine accidentally deleted the "DCIM/Camera" folder with all her photos, and asked me if it's possible to recover them.

I copied the 'userdata' partition (ext4) to a VHD image at once and tried to recover the files (Recuva, R-Studio, Photorec, DiskDrill, DiskDigger, DiskGenius, etc., were used but to no avail). Nearly all the photos were of 0 bytes in size, like they were securely deleted.

Several years ago I encountered a similar issue (the photos just vanished, I believe it was some SD card issue) and recovered files were 0 bytes in size too.

Is there any way to recover the files?

Unfortunately, sync with Google Photos cloud was not set up as well.

Edit: this is how I pulled the image:

Installed BusyBox in the phone;
Installed Filezilla Server on desktop. Settings: listen on those ports: 40, all timeout settings: 0, create new user ("user", "pass") and give him rights for the chosen shared folder ("read write delete" for files and "list + subdirs" for folders);
Disabled Windows firewall;
Checked adb (adb devices);
Enabled USB tethering, got the new desktop IP via ipconfig (192.168.42.79);
Found the userdata partition (mmcblk0p17):

adb shell
cat /proc/emmc | grep userdata

Pulled the dump:

adb shell
su
mkfifo /cache/myfifo ftpput -v -u user -p pass -P 40 192.168.42.79 mmcblk0p17.raw /cache/myfifo

And then:

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/cache/myfifo

Voila! We've got a 27 GB mmcblk0p17.raw image.


texts: Pixel 3a XL repeatedly crashes and reboots when connecting to a specific Wi-Fi network

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I ran into an issue with my Google Pixel 3a XL phone where it repeatedly crashed and rebooted. After looking into the issue, I remembered that the crashes started as soon as I connected to a specific Wi-Fi network.

The issue began as soon as I connected to it. I tried rebooting in Safe Mode to see if that fixed the problem, which initially disabled all networking features, but as soon as I switched them back on, the crashes started again. I was able to stop the crashes by disabling Wi-Fi immediately after the next restart, forgetting the network it was trying to connect to, then re-enabling Wi-Fi.

The issue seems to occur only when I connect to that specific Wi-Fi network; connecting to other networks doesn't create any problem. I was reading another help guide that said to reset the network settings to fix problems with it, but I doubt that will fix the issue as it just resets the saved networks. I already deleted the info about the problematic network by forgetting it, so I don't think this will resolve it.

The network is an unsecured network, and is a public network (so I don't have access to router info, etc.)

What could be causing the phone to crash and reboot when I connect to that one specific Wi-Fi network, and not any other network?


texts: What folders does TitaniumBackup need to survive a wipe?

texts: I'm thinking, if I want to do a complete wipe and also format the SD card to get rid of a bunch of old crap, what do I need to extract from the phone and then put back in for TitaniumBackup to still work? Is there a single folder that contains all of TB's settings and backups that you can just copy and then put back in to restore apps and system settings? Or does TB stash settings/backups in several places on the SD card?


texts: How to play 5.1 audio direct to speakers

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I have an audio file recorded in 5.1 surround sound. I'd like to play this from my Android Device.

The issue I have is the various Android devices I have (tablets/phones) all contain the standard 3.5mm jack, which I think means stereo only! I'm not after a simulated surround sound, I need access to the outputs! Maybe it's possible via the USB?

My exact requirement (if it helps) is to end up with 4 outputs. Front left and Front right as a stereo pair and Back left and Back right as a stereo pair (I don't need the sub channel). However, being able to some how split the signal so each goes it's own speaker is also fine, I can worry about the rest. The focus is how the Android device can provide this signal(s).

The device I want to connect to is http://www.myxlshop.co.uk/j-s-external-sound-card-with-usb-51.html?id=50345220&gclid=CjwKEAjw1qHABRDU9qaXs4rtiS0SJADNzJis52lt2Cd65VkwFDc-wj4r9nsE6FUmd-g0prtGSYITjRoCz3fw_wcB (note it's USB input). Maybe with the new USB DAC input?


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I am using Celkon Q54+ running Android 4.4. When I copy some JPEG images from my computer to my phone via USB Storage mode, those images are displayed as broken images in the Gallery app.

I have tried clearing the data for the Gallery app. I have also tried installing third party Gallery Apps like QuickPic from the Play Store. No app seems to detect my photos. But the photos are looking fine when opened from my computer.

How to fix this?

Edit: Only HD images shot with DSLR cameras are not showing up in gallery. They have resolutions of the order of 5000 pixels. Images of resolution less than or equal to 1600x1200 are perfectly displayed in Gallery.


texts: How to access "Apps with usage access" setting on LG G3?

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I have an LG G3 with Android 5.0, but I can't find this setting.
I read it's in Privacy → Security, but the setting doesn't seem to be there:

Screenshot (click for larger variant)


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The company I work for likes for us to use Outlook to schedule everything. If we aren't going to be at work at a specific time, they ask us to create an event spanning that time, and mark it as "Out Of Office". That way, if anyone attempts to schedule a meeting with you, or checks your schedule, it will inform them that you won't be there.

I am working part-time to fit a schedule around my school schedule; as a result, I have a lot of blocked off events on my calendar. Basically, all the times I'm in class are blocked off. I am syncing my Outlook and Google Calendar to my Android phone.

Now, all of those blocked off time slots are rather annoying to me because it causes everything else during those times to be scrunched up. It's hard to just look at my calendar on my phone and tell what is going on next. Basically, I want the "Out Of Office" events removed from my Android's Calendar display, without removing them from Outlook.

So far, I have tried to delete the event from my phone, but that syncs with Outlook, and causes it to be deleted from my Outlook account. I then tried to create a new calendar in Outlook called "Out Of Office" and add all of the events to that, then hide that on my phone. However, when I do that, it won't block people from scheduling meetings with me. I guess Outlook only uses your main calendar for that.

Hiding the whole calendar from my phone isn't really an option; I still need to see the other events on my phone, such as when I have to be in meetings.

Basically, my question is: How may I hide select events on my Outlook Calendar from my Android Calendar?


texts: Samsung galaxy 3S, battery is good, phone won't charge or power up

texts: I have a samsung galaxy 3S, about a week ago it rebooted itself, since then it will won't charge or turn back on, I have tested the battery to see if it was that, the battery works perfect, I have cleaned the connections to the battery and the battery itself, when i do plug it in the red charge light will come on for about 2 minutes then goes off, but still won't power up, please help, i have lots of picutures i would like to get off the phone


texts: The new Moto G4 and Moto G4 plus made by Lenovo,  unlike the other Android Motorola phones, is incapable of texting for you and answering your calls while driving, unlike the predecessors Motorola Turbo 2,  Motorola X pure,  Moto X etc etc. I've tried finding apks online that will install a different version of the app as what can be found in the Turbo 2 but they never installed successfully. Does anybody have any insight as to how I can get the full features out of the Moto apps that are not found in the G4 but are found in most other iterations of the Motorola phones? These features are why I wanted to get another Motorola phone and I was disappointed to find that this is the only one that does not support it.


texts: Apple Mac will not see HTC Desire 620 via USB

texts: I have used HYC Sync manager previously but now both this software and double twist will not recognise my HTC Desire 620 when plugged in via USB.I have used both MTP and PTP settings on the phone but still the mac will not allow me to access it. Thoughts please!


texts: Is there any quick way to delete the standard emails trash files.

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I have had a Galaxy S3 for some 3 years and I have recently noticed that I have in excess of 45,000 emails in the standard email's trash folder.

I have tried selecting the trash folder and then using the "delete all" option but the speed of deletes is staggeringly slow, one every five to ten seconds.

It is synchronised with an Office365 account, and I have checked on the server side to see if the same folder exists but it doesn't, it is only on the phone. (Note that this is the standard email app, it is not Gmail or anything similar).

Is there some quick way to empty the email trash folder, either through a file app, or a third party app?


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I have various Android devices, rooted, with version ranging from Android 4.1 to Android 6.0. I want to enable 4x MSAA using shell/ADB.
The code below is used to enable Hardware Overlay through a shell script
service call SurfaceFlinger 1008 i32 1

But is there a way to enable 4x MSAA?


texts: Long text messages, photos - all show up as a five second long "video" (still image). Happens with received MMSes and the ones from me that I've sent. Using a galaxy s2. This is really annoying, my shoddy old nokia brick just opened them up how they were meant to be and then offered 'save to gallery' when I left the text. Why would such a better phone use such a worse approach? At first I thought it was that for some stupid reason it couldn't read normal pictures, but it does the same with my sent messages so unless it converts pictures out of readable format and back into a still video, that's not it (and that was also the only answer I could find on google).


texts: Whatsapp chat history Transfer to android phone

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Presently, I am using WhatsApp on my Nokia Xpressmisic 5530. Earlier, I had used it in Xiaomi. I need to transfer chats from Nokia to my android phone.

Inside Nokia, it only have two options:

Via Bluetooth
Upload.

My upload function failed. Then, next option is to send through Bluetooth. How can it be send and load inside android device? Is this possible?


texts: How to search Games with "Google Play Game Services integration" in play store?

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Google recently introduced "Google Play Game Services integration" in play store games.
How can I list games that supports "Google Play Game Services integration" using play store App or using play store site?


texts: I am the owner of an ASUS SL101 tablet, runing Android 4.0 (ICS). Using the "GPS Test" app,  I cannot get any GPS signals, even when standing outside for extended periods of time. I have a standalone GPS that has no problems getting GPS signals under the smae conditions. Is this a harware or software issue, and is there any way to get any reception on the tblet? One of the tablet's primary purposes was to be a GPS, and at the moment the function is completely useless. Help is much appreciated.


texts: How to delete backups made using Clockworkmod?

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Splitting this question from the comments to my answer to How to install ClockworkMOD Recovery on Sony Xperia Neo V (MT11a)?

  Erik, one last thing. I accidentally made an extra backup which didn't even complete because my SD is full, how do I delete that backup, or any other previously done backup using CWR?


texts: Only google andriod apps wont connect to internet on my school network

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First off, im not a student or teacher, i am an IT trainee at a very large school. We have 8 IT personal including myself.

I have asked around but non of the other guys seem to know why it happens my 98% of the time google apps dont work on out network on amdroid devices, id imagine the same goes for chromebooks but im yet to test that.

I cannot use apps such as google now, google play, google+, ect. Is it possible that they use some sort of vpn features because i know that vpns are blocked on our network due to my testing.

Also would anyone have a list of addresses and ports that i could add to our whitelist, if so please share that with me.

Any help would be appreciated reatly. Students are allowed to bring their own devices so it causes issues with the students who have android devices and need to download an app for their class or so,e other task using a google app.

Thatnk you in advance for any help you could offer.


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I was trying to install 8676-I02 6.0 V22 Marshmallow  update on my Coolpad Note 3.
I installed the Drivers on my laptop with Windows 7 Ultimate, the drivers were installed successfully. I haven't attached the phone to the laptop while installing drivers.
Then i tried to backup nvram as described below:

Created file nvram.img
Clicked on readback button
Powered Off my phone, and attached it to the laptop, laptop showed installing drivers.
SP Flash Tool showed the Green Circle.
I found that nvram.img was created.

After closing SP Flash Tool, and disconnecting USB cable, I've tried to Power-On the phone, but it did not Power-Up, there is no charging sign, the phone is not showing anything.

I had not enabled USB debugging. so please help regarding this issue.


texts: Is there an Android app that scans a device for vulnerability issues?

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Is there an application that scan the phone or the phone image searching for vulnerability issues?
In the internet there are several tools that make Network scanning, but I found nothing specific for Android.
Any ideas please comment, I'll be very grateful.


texts: Can I disable charging peripherals via USB?

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I have an external DAC with it's own source of power. However when I connect it to the phone, it drains the phones battery.
Is it possible to disable charging via USB on a rooted phone? Or at least slow it down?

My phone is Samsung Galaxy S3, Android 6, CyanogenMod


texts: Porting cloud account information from ES Explorer

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I've been a pretty satisfied user of ES Explorer. When I wanted to add my MEGA cloud account I took the bait and paid for the pro version.

Problem is, their Google Drive (as well as DropBox) interaction is outdated. Google doesn't allow its authentication page to be loaded in a webview of another app. Now I can't add Google Drive to the new app.

The pro version is not an update up the ad-supported; it's another app. I still have Google Drive set up in the ad-supported app. How can I transfer the settings and account info from the old to the new? I do have root access and I've come across a file with the account information. I copied it over but it still doesn't show.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: What is "Android Night Mode", what triggers it, and what are the consequences?

texts:
I've just been reading in the tasker UserGuide on variables:

  Night Mode
  %NIGHT
  The current Android Night Mode.
  One of on, off or auto.
  If auto, Android will decide whether it should be in Night Mode itself.

Which raised the question: What is "Android Night Mode"? Obviously it is something Android itself implements and decides on whether it is active or not (mode: auto), and that decision can be overruled (mode: on/off). But what exactly does that mean to the user? What triggers it (time? light conditions?), and what are the consequences (mute? dim?)?

I've done a Google search on the terms – but all that came up with were either apps to toggle "night mode", or apps having a "night theme".

I've checked our site for questions on "night mode", but found no complete answer to my question there. Some indicators, though:

How does Google Maps Navigation know you are in a tunnel when it switches to night mode? indicates light conditions might be part of the equation, and the consequences involve adjustments to screen brightness – but I'm not sure whether that's all to it.
Is there an easy way to switch render effects? suggests there's a specific setting for it at least with cyanogenmod: Options › Cyanogen › Interface offers "night mode" and "blue" for "rendering mode" (uh?) at least. But seeing the path, this one is obviously a CM specific thing.
all other questions just had the words "night" and "mode", but were not referencing "night mode" (e.g.: "I have airplane mode enabled at night").

Is there any complete answer to my question?


texts: Is there a way to create virtual memory?

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I'm curious if there's a way to create virtual memory for an Android phone. I have a 4gb mirco sd card in my phone.
Any ideas?


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I live in Kiev, Ukraine. My device is Motorola Defy with CyanogenMod 7 (2.3.7). In time settings there's no Ukraine timezone so I use Minsk, Belarus timezone (GMT +3). After I locate my position using GPS my phone's timezone changes to African (GMT +2).

Is there any way to disable GPS time synchronization on android?

My phone is rooted.


texts: I was thinking what would be the best way to locate a stolen motorcycle. The simplest solution I tough of was to hide a small smartphone inside the bike and use it to locate it. The problem is that thieves often transport stolen motorcycle insides shielded vans to avoid GPS tracking. But GPS signals are "easy to be shielded", GSM less easy. So my question is: can a phone (tuned on) be located by law enforcement only with IMEI and phone number after having pressed charges (European jurisdiction)? I'm talking about grid location, even in case internet connection isn't available (no google location services).


texts: Control of apps while driving. (Macros?)

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I want to create a few simple macros which I can activate while driving. At the moment, for safety I would need to park the car in order to use the GUI.

What I'm after (if it's possible) is to assign to a trigger (such as shaking the phone, which I can do while driving without taking my eyes off the road) to a series of taps or the clicking of a button etc.

Can one app control another in this way? And can macros be recorded which would for example, click on an item in a list, and then when a new screen pops up, click a GUI button in it?

Specifically, I listen to a number of di.fm radio station streams in the car and want to be able to change between them. DI.fm has a custom app for this, but their stations are also available as standards-compliant streams (mp3, aac) for 3rd party programs like WinAmp (which might have more accessible controls for switching between streams which could be managed by an additional 3rd party app)


texts: Why are most of my Pre-Installed apps that connect to Google not working?

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Okay, I am using a Huawei m865c (Ascend II), running Android 2.3.6.

I am trying to open Google Play, but it tells me that there is no connection. I am connected to a 20 mb/ps with all bars. I tried connecting another account, but it would load for 5 minutes and tell me that my phone has no connection or isn't provisioned for data services (duh, that's why I have WiFi). Help! I've tried everything in my book to fix it, but it doesn't help.


texts: When I try to reboot it in recovery mode it always go in normal boot is it softbricked? anyone can help me please!


texts: changing cyanogenmod dialer behavior: screen goes blank

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I updated my Samsung Galaxy S4 with Cyanogenmod 12.  Phone is Sprint SPH-L720 dual band.

When I make or receive a call, when I put the phone to my ear the screen correctly becomes blank.  When I move it away from my face, however, it stays dark.  This thwarts any attempt to hit buttons, such as speaker phone or "press 1" for a menu option.  The screen returns once the call completes.

As I recall, on the stock ROM with the phone, this sort of behavior could be configured with options, but being new to cyanogenmod, I have not found such options.

Regrettably, "cyanogenmod dialer" searches only find things to install new dialers.  So I must rely on your expertise.  Are there options I can change?  Do I just not know the trick to get the screen back?  Any advice?

Thank you


texts: After installing CyanogenMod 12+ fastboot is not working

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I installed CyanogenMode 12+ in my S2 device. Every thing was working fine and I used fastboot to flash the ROM.

After installing CM when I go to download mode again, fastboot didn't detect the device. If I use heimdall it detect the device and also print the PIT information.

Now I am trying to flash ubuntu-touch on my device which requires fastboot to detect the device. How can I make fastboot working?


texts: Can I enable my fingerprint lockscreen whitout (!) enabling encryption

texts: I like to regularly backup my data partition using TWRP. I noticed once I enable my fingerprint screenlock, TWRP is unable to access my data partition because Android 8.0 encrypts it from the moment I set a lockscreen password (obligated when I enable fingerprint lockscreen). For the moment "preserve force encryption" is off in Magisk. Can I take the risk and enable my fingerprint screenlock now? Or will it encrypt my data partition again? I don't want to format my data again and reinstall everything. My bootloader is unlocked and my phone is a Samsung SM-G935E


texts: Voice Activation: Send Email: Recipient Name not working

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I have disabled Contacts sync with all my Google Accounts and deleted all my contacts. Then I added a simple email contact Type: Phone (as opposed to SIM or Google Account). Name Bob, and a valid address for Bob's company email.

I say "Send Email To Bob (pause) Test" And I get an email form with a blank To and a body that says "To Bob Test".

How can I fix this?

It is a bit odd, because it is obviously expecting a pause in the middle of the whole thing, but it still manages to not realize that "Send Email To Bob,,,, Test" means "Send Email To Bob,, and put Test in the body".


texts: Considering that charging over USB can take around 5 hours (to only 1-2 hours it would take from the wall mounted plug), can it be harmful for the smartphone battery if it's always charged from USB?


texts: How can I enable calling over Wifi for a T-Mobile based Moto X?

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T-Mobile allows for unlimited calling when I'm tethered over Wifi, on my old Blackberry Bold this was called "UMT" or something like that  (it would appear in the status bar).

Since I still have poor reception I rely on wifi calling to get signal in the basement of my house.

How can I enable this T-Mobile specific (and no it's not Skype) wifi calling to work over a standard Wifi connection?


texts: Launcher crashes when unlocking my x touch tablet

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When I unlock my tablet a "calendar has stopped working" message appears. After clicking "ok" I see another message "unfortunately launcher has stopped".

How can I stop this happening?


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I am frequently getting a message at the bottom of my coolpad note 3 lite screen. It says "send sms". See the attached pic:

I don't know what it is and whether it is sending something.
Pls help.


texts: How can you tell if your Nexus S is CDMA?

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I am trying to flash ICS onto my Samsung Nexus S, but I'm getting the error E:failed to verify whole-file signature.  Really irritating since this is described by many to work.

I'm guessing that my phone is the CDMA version, but how do you know for sure?


texts: New Note 7 Rebooted and Erased All Data on First Time Insert of SIM card. Why?

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I got a new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and I proceeded to do some configurations and download some apps on the device before putting in my SIM card.  Part of the install was setting up my company's Exchange account through ActiveSync - for which I agreed to all the security policies like allowing my company/ActiveSync to wipe the phone remotely and set security restrictions.

Then, I put in my SIM card for the first time.  The phone immediately rebooted and started to erase itself.  Why would this happen?  In what situations does this happen?

What I've done to investigate...

I thought that maybe the this was due to my company's Exchange ActiveSync policies thinking that my phone had been stolen because a new SIM was inserted.  So, I tested by

Performing some configuration and customization
NOT configuring Exchange ActiveSync
Swapping out the SIM card with that of a coworker's
Result: no reboot and no phone wipe
Configuring Exchance ActiveSync again
Swapping out the SIM card
Result: no reboot and no phone wipe

So I haven't been able to replicate the problem.  My coworker's SIM card is on the same carrier and my coworker's phone has definitely already authenticated to my company's Exchange ActiveSync server.   So perhaps not an adequate test but I don't have another SIM to test with at the moment.


texts: Google Sheets Android - Continuing Formulas

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I have the formula B6=((A6/A4)*B4)+A2 and I want to copy it throughout the rest of the column so that:
B7=((A7/A4)*B4)+A2,B8=((A8/A4)*B4)+A2, and so on. I know how I would do this on a computer but I do not have access to one. Any help?


texts:
What is leanest android mod out there?
I do not particularly like new Android or Cyanogenmod 12. Too much flashy animations and too much bloatware with tasks running in background.

Or if not specific mod, what are ways of achieving this?


texts: Stream audio from a smartphone to another smartphone over a Hot-spot based network

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The quandary is how! I want to play the audio from one phone to all other phones within the network (or even one of the phones). It is totally fine if I will have to download some application on all of the devices.

What I tried so far is BubbleUPnP. This did the job just fine (from my Huawei P20 Pro to my Y5 II), save that the interface is awful and the limitations arr endless of an amount--with maximum 16 songs in a playlist and maximum uptime of 30 minutes streaming per app launch.


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I was always curious to look into the current running apps in my Android device(running KitKat 4.4.4) and check which app takes up more ram.

As you can see in the screenshot, play music is running even when I'm not listen to songs and Google maps is running for hours when location is turned off (turned off WiFi search for location in advance setting too).

Can anyone explain why this is happening?

Thank you.


texts: Get rid of toast message when Spotify Track changes

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I am trying to figure out how to get rid of a toast message that pops up whenever a family member changes tracks in her Spotify app on her Galaxy S5 (Android 5.0).  It seems that most of the time when the track changes (either because the song ended or because she changed tracks), she would usually (but not always) get a toast message that says: MP:com.samsung.MusicPlayer.playstatechanged

I would appreciate any advice on how to get rid of this toast message.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S III Android phone and need to transfer my iCloud contacts to that phone. How do I accomplish this? Can you recommend a FREE app for this or some other method, please?


texts: How can I launch AVD Manager without opening or creating a project in Android Studio?

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Sometimes I just want to open the AVD Manager GUI that is reachable from Android Studio's Tools menu, but without having to start Android Studio and creating or opening a project.

How can I do this?


texts:
Is there a way to enter a username or password by voice?

Google's Voice Search only interprets entire words or phrases but I couldn't find any way to dictate letter-by-letter to an input field.

Is this at all possible in Android?


texts: Synchronizing cookies between Windows Chrome and Android Chrome?

texts:
Is there an app/hack which automatically synchronizes cookies between Windows Chrome and Android Chrome? That way there would be no need to login to websites twice.

History/saved passwords are already shared so perhaps someone went one step further.


texts: Unable to install on USB storage or SD card?

texts: I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360L),  which I recently factory reset. Now I have a problem: whenever I try to install most apps it gives the error " Unable to install on USB storage or SD card."  I Googled and found 2 solutions: one to delete a cache file, and the other to unmount the sd card while installing. The cache file was sm2dltmp or something like that located in either /sdcard/.android_secure or /mnt/secure/asec. I used rooted terminal emulator to look in both and I did not find the file. I did however, find a bunch of .asec files for apps I used to have before I reset my phone. I moved those to a backup directory, but still installing apps gave me the same error. So far I have only been able to install apps using the second method, unmounting the sd card. All help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Google Play UI language vs review language - what's happening here?

texts:
I'm Polish, in Poland, but use English for the interface. I posted a review on a Polish app (in Polish, of course)... and it's not visible to people with Polish UI language selected.
I've tried changing the language in Google Play to Polish, deleting the review, and writing it again. Still no change.
What must I do to make my comment visible in Polish?


texts: Samsung S5 compatible with tracfone and Verizon Wireless

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I currently have Verizon wireless. I want to switch to tracfone and change my cell phone at the same time. I'm thinking about getting a Samsung S5. My question is, can I get a Samsung S5 to use with tracfone that will also be compatible with Verizon if I choose to go back? If so, what details should I look online when I'm shopping for a phone?
I think I need an unlocked phone but some say that it won't work with Verizon. I'm unsure how to proceed.


texts: Is it possible to read IMEI from emergency call dialer?

texts: I am looking for the method to read IMEI from emergency call dialer, before the phone is activated. When I try *#06# it says that this is not emergency number.


texts:
Is there a way to disable the dialog below:

Android version 6.0.1


texts: Lollipop update - Where did my active display setting go?

texts:
I have a 1st gen Moto X (2013, Verizon). I received the lollipop update (5.1) and I want to change the notifications on active display. I don't see this setting anywhere.

How can I change my active display settings?


texts: Flashing Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (Verizon branded)

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We are attempting to flash a Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (Verizon branded) with a cutom ROM.  We get to the following screen:

Followed by

First, where is it looking to download?

Second, why is it hanging?

Stuck and looking for some guidance here.

Edit

I found this post that points to a locked bootloader:
Root and Unlock Bootloader on Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 (Verizon)

Edit 2

Following the aforementioned post:

I get this error on the Odin console..

<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CF-Auto-Root-espressorf-espressorfxx-gtp3100.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> recovery.img
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)


texts: FreeOTP or FreeOTP+ - Which is More Secure?

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I have been using FreeOTP by Redhat/Fedora for a few years now as my main two way authentication app. However, I have realised that the current version (1.5) is quite a few years old (having been released in 2016).

https://freeotp.github.io/

https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fedorahosted.freeotp/

There is however a forked version; FreeOTP+. This fork's latest update (1.7) came out in December of 2019, making it far more up to date than the upstream app.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.liberty.android.freeotpplus/

I am however concerned about security, due to the app playing a very important role in account security. I am also unsure as I am not too familiar with the work/trustworthiness of the developer of the fork (I mean him/her no offence when I say this, I'm just cautious when it comes to account security), where as I know Redhat to be a secure and freedom respecting company.

So which would be the safer option? Should I stick with the older FreeOTP? Do two way authentication apps need to have up to date security patches?
Or can I trust the more up to date FreeOTP+?

Also, even though I appreciate the help and good intentions of people who would recommend this; but please don't recommend that I use the Google or Microsoft authenticators instead. I want to use a Free/Open Source authentication app rather than a proprietary one.


texts: "Unfortunately, the process com.sec.ims.android has stopped." What does this error message mean?

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I have a Samsung Note 3. It normally works very well, but I just got this error message:

Unfortunately, the process com.sec.ims.android has stopped.

    OK

When I selected "OK", the error message went away for just long enough to do something very quick (such as a single button click, a small scroll, etc.), then the same error message came back.

After ignoring my phone for quite a while, I found a different error message:

Process system isn't responding.
Do you want to close it?

    Wait    OK

When I clicked "OK", the error message went away – and the original "Unfortunately" error message came back.

I tried a slow-click of the right button, and the "Device options" dialog box came up – underneath the "Unfortunately" error message. And this time, the "Unfortunately" error message wouldn't go away, not even long enough to select from "Device options".

My next step was a battery-pull power cycle. That appears to have resolved the problem – for now – but the few answers I found with a web search for the "Unfortunately" error message suggest it might recur again soon.

So, two questions:

Does anyone have a general solution to the problem? I can pull the battery, but that's a hassle (remove armor, remove back of phone, pull battery, put everything back together). Ideally I'd like a fix that makes it go away and not return. Failing that, I'd like a fix that minimizes recurrence.
Can anyone explain what the process "com.sec.ims.android" is, and what it does? (A web search suggests that "IMS" in this context means "IP Multimedia System".) Is it specific to Samsung?

Since I mention web search results, and they might not be there next time someone searches, here's a summary:

One reply suggests this [sic]:

Go into settings>General>app manager>All> find contacts and open it then clear cache. If that doesnt help. Clear cache and data. Fixed it for me.
Another reply says that clearing cache and data in contacts fixes the problem, but only for a call or two.
Yet another reply says that dismissing the error message once solves the problem.


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