texts: Phone boots very slow and restarts by itself

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My problem is when I turn on the phone, the Google logo stays stuck and after unknown minutes boots in with the software animation, but very slow and then starts over again! First a little history of my upgrades with this phone.

My friend bought me Nexus S T-mobile version for US 6 mounts ago, and the phone was with Gingerbread 2.3.4. After reading many post from xda-developers , I decided to upgrade because I can't upgraded 2.3.6 OTA. After many hours I finally upgraded it to 2.3.6.
Then ICS came out, and again, I upgraded to 4.0.3. Then, a few weeks ago, I got the 4.0.4 OTA notification. Happily I taped yes. And then before two days ago, my phone just died. I don't know how and why.

I have 115 installed application, no music inside, no ROOT - just pure stock. I was in my college room and I left my phone on the desk right in front of me and after few minutes when I looked at the phone, the Google logo was there. I didn't give the phone to anyone to picks or anything. When I get home, I turn the phone on and still the Google logo just was there doing nothing and like I said before, after unknown minutes the phone boots in with very slow animation of the ICS software. I decided to install Clockwork Mod recovery 5.0.2.0 and root the phone. After reading many tutorials I installed CWM recovery successfully. Then I tried to downgrade to 2.3.4 and successfully I did that to.

Now after doing all this things to this phone, after so many hours in pain, the phone is nothing like one week ago. The booting is very slow, the animation is veryyy slow, and I don't know what to do anymore... I think this is hardware problem.

[edit] I send it to Samsung and they send me a new one, so definitely is a hardware problem.


texts: Can I add my own notification ring tones from MP3 files?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I set a custom MP3 as a ringtone for other notifications?

I've been easily able to add call ringtones but is there a way to add notification ringtones from an MP3?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S Advance Continuous Focus in Video Recording

texts: I am interested in Samsung Galaxy S Advance. But I noticed that this phone does not have Continuous Focus function in the Video Recording. How can I have Continuous Focus function in Video Recording? Is there any apps that can solve this?


texts: How to prevent a Tasker profile from toggling back-and-forth?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Tasker 4.0u1 installed. I have a "Low Light" profile which activates ScreenFilter when %LIGHT == 0 (and I'm not in certain apps which don't react well to the filter being turned on).

In dark situations, this works quite well and prevents the S3's bright (even on minimum brightness setting) screen from hurting my eyes.

The problem I have is that in dim-light situations, the filter keeps turning on and turning off, which gets so annoying I have to pop into Tasker and shut the profile off.

How to prevent the profile from toggling back-and-forth?


texts: Prompted to enter new password for Gmail on Android for no apparent reason

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In just one of multiple Gmail accounts on my cell phone, I noticed that an outgoing email sent while away from home (probably over 4G) got stuck on the Outbox without being sent. At first I attributed it to cell phone data coverage issues in the area I was in, but even after connecting to WIFI it didn't send.
When I tried to sort out what was going on with that account, it prompted me to verify it, and didn't recognize the password, having to enter a new one after typing the one that I thought was still valid to verify my ownership of the account. After that everything was good until it happened again twelve hours later (and again, everything went back to normal after changing the password, which at this point, I have changed multiple times from a PC to try and avoid being tracked).
None of the interfaces seemed out of the ordinary within standard routines within Google. The other email accounts worked without a glitch on the same phone.
I don't use 2-step verification for this particular account.
I looked for any POP or forwarding, or other sharing settings that could show that the account was compromised, but everything was fine. And I looked under the account activity, and all the changed password events were done by me.
There was only one thing unexpected under the Access tab: an address from out-of-state that I couldn't reverse ID:

Mobile United States (PA) (2600:1002:b117:ccd7:e506:e318:fc5c:a2cf)

I don't recognize this address, but it doesn't show like there was any password change done by this address, and there were no emails sent or received during that time. Critically, I did not received any notification of an unrecognized new device logging on to my account, and all the devices listed as having accessed my account are mine (under a separate tab in the Settings - not in the list of recent activity, where this IP address appear). In terms of the time, I could have accessed the account from my phone, and only from my phone, which appears elsewhere but not in that entry. One option is that the IP address changes when not using the home network WIFI - so it was possibly my activity using cell data. But that doesn't explain why I was prompted to enter a new password.
I checked my android for malware with no returned flags.
What could be going on? If the account was compromised, how can I prove it, and how can I find out what sort of access the intruder could have gained? And are the steps I took good enough?


texts: How Do I Activate 3G Only On Samsung Galaxy A5(2015)

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I use Samsung Galaxy A5 (2015) and I have just upgraded the firmware to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). The phone supports 3G but the option to set it is LTE/3G/2G (auto connect) on Network mode.

How do I get the phone to use 3G only?


texts: I'd like someone tell me how to erase the recovery partition in Kyocera phones. The thing is that I need to power it in fastboot mode, and that is the only way, it's only possible if the recovery partition is empty. Thanks


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Is there any way to change my own caller ID so the person I'm calling sees my Google Voice number instead of the number associated with my SIM card?

My Google Voice number is my primary number and I prefer everyone to use it, so I can receive calls on my PC, while travelling internationally etc.


texts: Hi I have a kindle fire 5th gen that is on 5.4.0.0 fire os is there any way I can root or downgrade to a rootable version?


texts: Why copy within or upload to ES File Explorer rename php file as txt?

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I am using ES File Explorer FTP service to upload php scripts, to be used with a web server on my android device.
I noticed all php files get renamed with .txt suffix, which make them unsuable.
Files with another extension do not seem to be affected.
This problem only occurs when copying or upload to extSdCard, on a non-rooted device, but allowed by a permission workaround.

Is it a bug? How could I fix this?


texts: The only way I found to do it is by installing a 3rd party file explorer software. Isn't there a default app that does that? At least for media files?


texts: How to hide / show the pull out drawer that is pre-loaded on some Samsung devices

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Some newer Samsung devices have a pull out tab that stores some of the commonly used applications. I have accidentally enabled and disabled it a number of times, but I don't know how. I don't see anything related to it in device settings or any of the installed apps that would control it.

How do you hide / show this pull out bar?

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texts: Why is a Moto X2 continue to eat up storage?

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I have a couple Moto X2 phones, which seem to have a common problem and I am looking for some understanding as to why.  They run out of memory.
I do a factory reset, load them up and use them for 3 or 4 weeks, and soon the internal storage (no SD card slot) reads something like:

OS 5.67
9.70gb used of 10.32gb
Apps 3.70gb  Images 0   Videos 0   Audio 0  Other 3.01gb  Cache 40mb

Running gets slow, and nothing can be done so I do another factory reset, load apps and use the phone again.  After a fresh start, the apps are more like 1.9gb, and other is very small.
After another three or four weeks, things become unusable.
I have searched rather extensively, but cannot find someone describing the exact problem.  This just isn't an issue of really needing 32gb of memory rather than 16gb, which is the size of the phones.
What is consuming storage, primarily in the other category, and how can I limit that, or houseclean?
System specifics: Moto X2 (unlocked factory versions), 16gb, Android 6.0


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I'm using one plus 6 and I'm facing issues with my gallery. If I save pictures from Facebook, Snapchat or any other app it doesn't show up in gallery. Only screenshots and camera pictures are showing
I've tried almost everything clearing cache, uninstalling installing apps, force stop, .nomedia (It wasn't there )


texts: Wifi drops out only when I go to the play store? Any fixes?

texts: On my Nexus 7 whenever I go to the Play store I get a "no connection" error and I look up and the wifi icon shows me there is no connection. I leave the Play app and go look in setting and before I know it, I have wifi again. I got to Chrome and sure enough, wifi is working fine. Then I go back to the Play store and the wifi icon goes blank and no connection. In settings I have 4.2.1.


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I have seen apps that lower the brightness, but is there a way to get rid of all light colored backgrounds such as (selectively?) inverting the image colors? For instance, I have an app that only provides black ink on a white background; this emits a lot more light at any brightness level than if I could reverse it to show white ink on a black background while in night mode.  Ideally even all light colors would turn to solid black and all dark ones to a gray light enough to see. Some apps provide the ability to control these colors, but others do not.

Is there some in-built way to accomplish this starting with any specific Android version, or some other way to accomplish this? Simply reducing "brightness" is insufficient when the goal is to be able to use the tablet for short periods during the night without disturbing one's partner or even affecting one's own sleep cycle.

Update: Also, it seems the backlight by itself emits a lot of light even on a black screen, and the filter approach does not seem to affect this at all.


texts: How can I most effectivly secure and anonymize my specfic Android device?

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I would like to setup my phone to be able to browse/use apps as anonymously as possible. I realize that will require Tor/VPNs, and I am working on getting that information elsewhere. Here I am focusing on the phone itself.

It will be a new Samsung Galaxy S8 on Verizon (I realize not many people will have hands on with this model yet, so just reference what you would do on the S7 if need be). I would like to anonymize and secure it as much as possible. For example, I know that Verizon and Google are shipping new phones with spyware and other tagging features. I am not very tech saavy (I cant code), but I am a fast learners.

I will be trying to avoid using Google products at all costs (No Play Store, GMail, etc) - except for Android system updates (I assume this is a necessity?). I am willing to do anything, except: Replace the OS - it has to be regular Android (Unless someone can show me an add-on/alternative that wont require constant maintenance/detailed knowledge of how a phone OS works), or compromise the basic software so that it become unstable or wont work with basic apps.

I assume rooting is a must - but I will need some direction as to how this can be done safely, and what I will then need to do to keep the phone updated and stable.

Specifically I am looking for:

How to remove all native spyware/malware/unnecessary apps (without accidentally deleting something critical).
Remove any features that could ID my device over the internet
What kind of software/app I need to set up to protect against future malicious software (some kind of anti-virus/malware scanner?).
How to most securely encrypt the phone and any data on it (so that if someone was able to get control of it, accessing it's contents without the pass key would be as difficult as possible).
Any general tips that might help with this.

Thank you.


texts: Galaxy s5 stuck in reboot loop after root

texts: Today I tried to root my galaxy s5 with Kingo Root for android. My phone restarted during the rooting process, but it keeps looping over and over. I have tried resetting the cache and even factory resetting it (by booting it up in recovery mode), but after the reset the same reboot logo appears. Any help at this point would be great.


texts: Why is the "Google Service Framework" APK not available on APKMirror and others?

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I am looking for the packages I need to get the Google Play Store running on a device (Android 4.4.4), and while I could find the Google Play Store and Google Play services, I cannot find the Google Service Framework, except on "unreliable" sites that I don't trust. However, this package is required for running Google Play Store, as I was told.

Was the Google Services Framework superseded, or canceled? Does it even exist at all? Is there a different reason?


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I have installed cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1-bravo on my HTC Desire.

For messages received before today the messaging app shows only the date without the time.  (For today it shows only the time.)

Furthermore there is no "message details" option in the menu to view the complete date+time for any message.

How can I view the time of older messages?


texts: Hide birthdays from MS Activesync calendar

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I've a Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) with Android 6.0.1

I've added recently my Microsoft Live account to it as MS ActiveSync to be able to synchronize calendar (Samsung S-Planner).

The calendar is synchronized correctly, however I can't hide birthdays and national holidays.
I want to see only my appointments, and not all those community ones.

For other accounts on my phone I can control synchronization for events / birthdays / Contacts ..., however for live account there are only "Calendar" and "Task" options.
Everything is categorized under "Calendar" if it's on I see everything, otherwise nothing.

(in web access, or MS Outlook on pc I can hide birthdays and holidays correctly).

I've searched the web for a solution, however the advice for similar situations was always to go to settings and hide holidays, which option I don't have.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. It has it's own charger with a detachable cable, able to go to USB ports. This one to be exact, it works perfectly. I also have a Surface pro 3 and it's charger. As can be seen from the picture, it has a USB port for charging, it also works. It's when I combine my Surface charger and my Samsung cable, that I get a problem. The lightning icon appears on my phone, but it's not really charging at all. Changing the cable with my other cables fixes it.


texts: Galaxy Ace Duos S6802 jelly bean support

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)?

Is Android 4.1.X support available on Galaxy Ace Duos S6802? Can the device be successfully upgraded to Jelly Bean?


texts: Contact names not showing for the calls and messages

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My Galaxy S3 was working great until I installed a firmware update on 26/11/12. Immediately after, the names dropped off the calls and messages and it is now showing phone numbers only. When I dial somebody or receive an incoming call, only the numbers are displayed not the contact name.

Please help....


texts: Changing contact to canonical form (adding + country_code)

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I am using Samsung Galaxy S2. Is there any automated way or app to change all my contacts with appropriate country code into canonical form.

I just found that lot of my contact are there without the country code. And few apps like whatsapp, viber etc does not recognize the contact unless + is appended with country code.

Is there any better way to do it than editing all my contacts?


texts: How can I access data (such as WiFi keys) in an encrypted Titanium backup?

texts:
How can I decrypt an encrypted "Titanium Backup" backup using standard (linux) tools?

Example:

Wi-Fi serves as a practical example, many other uses may apply to the solution I'm looking for.

If I quickly want to access backuped Wi-Fi credentials from my Linux box I know a fast way. With encrypted backups I'm currently out of luck.

That's my quick&dirty way how to do it without encryption so far:

  me@local:~$ adb shell
  root@android:/ # cd /sdcard/TitaniumBackup/
  root@android:/sdcard/TitaniumBackup # ls *W*46.*gz
  com.keramidas.virtual.WIFI_AP_LIST-20120622-105046.tar.gz
  root@android:/sdcard/TitaniumBackup # gunzip -c *W*46.*gz | grep -C1 MyAccessPoint
  network={

    ssid="MyAccessPoint"
    psk="supersecrecretpassphrase"

Some details on the company's site: http://www.titaniumtrack.com/kb/titanium-backup-kb/titanium-backup-cryptography.html


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I am pretty much new to the packet sniffing. I found some application for the same Shark for root. I have rooted my phone for the application and I tried logging the packets being transferred from my mobile using the start button available in the application. But all in vain I was not able to log even a single packet, and All the time I open the .pcap file with the sharkreader It gives error as Empty file opened.

I am using Android Gingerbread on my mobile.

Also while stopping the logs, it gives some error executing some Shell commands like killall.

Thanks in Advance.


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I'm experiencing trouble with the 2.1 to 2.2 update. It looks like this advice doesn't work for me as I have no Software Update button. I also tried this advice but it seems that I'm not able to put it in the download mode (it just doesn't apper). Can someone help me with the issue?

I also have next message in KIES:

As to KIES:

My firmware version is 2.1-update1.


texts: How to determine the cause behind various apps freezing, including system apps?

texts:
I understand if this is too broad a question, but on the off-chance there is at least a broad category of problems anyone could point me to...

I've had a problem with the phone after asking a third party file managing app (FX File Explorer) to look for duplicate files (usually quite a long operation). It failed to complete, and since then nothing has been working on the phone and it keeps restarting. The weird thing is (or at least weird in my experience). It hasn't frozen or crashed. It's just that everything seems to be finding it hard to do anything. It's exactly the same in safe mode.

I turned on some developer tools (CPU indicator and notification for unresponsive apps). I don't really know what the CPU indicator is showing me (having no point of reference), but it spiked very quickly one time to cover almost the whole screen then calmed down to sit about a quarter along, so I'm presuming CPU usage is far from full. The unresponsive app notification is more telling as every minute or so a new app comes up with "... is not responding. Would you like to close it?". Basically everything is not responding.

I also tried checking running apps and cached processes, the third party app is not still running, just the usual set of background Google apps.

I can't do any USB debugging or software repair because "USB connectivity is not responding". I can't uninstall or re-install anything because "Settings is not responding" and "Google Play is not responding". I can't even use certain developer tools because many of those are "...not responding"

I realise this means I'm probably out of options, but before a factory reset (or the bin!) I'd just like to try and understand what could have happened. At least I could possibly avoid it next time.

Just to add - I've just done a Factory Reset. The problem is still there, apps don't respond, I can't uninstall anything, USB connection doesn't respond (or does respond but keeps dropping out) and after a while it will spontaneously restart. How on earth can one operation do this to a phone?


texts: Copying DCIM/Camera images causes hang/reboot

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In 5.1.1 lollipop, I'm trying to transfer to a Windows 7 PC via USB some 19GB of images/videos using either Windows copy or Picasa Import. Whether or not I use MTP (Media device) or PTP (Camera) on USB, the result is the same:

after some time 4+ minutes, the connection drops;
it's not always the same file that is copying when the failure occurs;
the phone becomes unresponsive -- sometimes the screen freezes, sometimes everything just slows down;
eventually, Android reboots.

I have Android Studio and looked at the adb log. Here are messages just around the crash time (I think the stack trace is when Android reboots):

08-29 17:21:44.108      199-264/? I/ThermalEngine﹕ TM Id 'SKIN_THERMAL_management_1' Sensor 'xo_therm_pu2' - alarm raised 1 at 40.0 degC
08-29 17:21:44.112      199-264/? I/ThermalEngine﹕ ACTION: CPU - Setting CPU[0] to 1958400
08-29 17:21:44.112      199-264/? I/ThermalEngine﹕ ACTION: CPU - Setting CPU[1] to 1958400
08-29 17:21:44.112      199-264/? I/ThermalEngine﹕ ACTION: CPU - Setting CPU[2] to 1958400
08-29 17:21:44.112      199-264/? I/ThermalEngine﹕ ACTION: CPU - Setting CPU[3] to 1958400
08-29 17:21:44.123      199-264/? I/ThermalEngine﹕ ACTION: LCD - Setting max LCD brightness to 229
08-29 17:22:05.211      906-906/? I/Choreographer﹕ Skipped 3428 frames!  The application may be doing too much work on its main thread.
08-29 17:22:06.098      199-264/? I/ThermalEngine﹕ TM Id 'battery_LCD_monitor' Sensor 'batt_therm' - alarm raised 2 at 340.0 degC
08-29 17:22:06.111      199-264/? E/ThermalEngine﹕ override action 7500
08-29 17:22:06.112      199-264/? E/ThermalEngine﹕ Thermal-Server: Thermal received msg override 7500
08-29 17:22:06.115      199-264/? E/ThermalEngine﹕ override_notify : SS mode 1 override 7500
08-29 17:22:19.346      745-813/? I/Process﹕ Sending signal. PID: 906 SIG: 3
08-29 17:22:19.349     745-1049/? I/Process﹕ Sending signal. PID: 745 SIG: 3
08-29 17:22:19.354      745-751/? I/art﹕ Thread[5,tid=751,WaitingInMainSignalCatcherLoop,Thread*=0xb4828c00,peer=0x12c020a0,"Signal Catcher"]: reacting to signal 3
08-29 17:22:19.354      906-916/? I/art﹕ Thread[5,tid=916,WaitingInMainSignalCatcherLoop,Thread*=0xb4a23000,peer=0x12c000a0,"Signal Catcher"]: reacting to signal 3
08-29 17:22:19.356      745-751/? I/art﹕ [ 08-29 17:22:19.356   906:  916 I/art      ]
08-29 17:22:19.385      745-751/? W/art﹕ Suspending all threads took: 28.517ms
08-29 17:23:14.174      906-916/? I/art﹕ Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'

Because the device is not rooted, I can't view /data/anr/traces.txt.

I see a similar problem has been logged in the Picasa forum. There's also one reported on Androide.SE here.

Is my device overheating?


texts: How to launch the hidden Sound Recorder on Froyo?

texts:
I discovered a "Sound Recorder" in the application list on my Froyo handset. Why is it hidden like that with no 'launcher' or app icon to start it?

I'm curious.. also because of this app;
I need to open this thing and I want to know how to do it since it is already on my phone. I don't want to pay for an app that is just a shortcut.

NOTE: I recently flashed an unofficial cyanogenmod ROM for my phone and it has the hidden sound recorder shortcut now on the application drawer.


texts: Unbelievable fast battery discharge on some games

texts:
I've submitted an issue about my phone crashing: Issue Link which nobody here was able to help understand and resolve.

Now I have better observations: after starting a game with almost full battery, and about 5 minutes of gaming, my device after connecting to charger shows 15% of battery. It means that 80% of battery was gone within 5 minutes of gaming!

Is it really possible that some heavy dynamic graphic game drains the battery to this extent, or is it  physical damage of the phone? Other than games applications on my phone seems to function normally, for example Endomondo will discharge phone to null after running about 5 hours in background.


texts: How can I remotely trigger a video capture with adb?

texts:
Currently, I'm using DroidCam to expose my cell phone as a webcam to Linux, and recording a stream with VLC. This works, but when mastering a video (and not streaming live), I don't need a webcam. I just need a raw video file.
Is there anyway with ADB to trigger recording a live stream and just saving it under /data?


texts: Why are individual apps not listed in my battery usage statistics?

texts: I'm using an Asus Transformer TF300 running Ice Cream Sandwich. When I check Settings->Battery the only things listed are Screen, Tablet Idle and Wifi. Why aren't apps that I use being shown in these statistics?


texts: Heimdall firmware package of cyanogemmod

texts:
How I can get a Heimdall firmware package of CyanogenMod?

For example, I want get this firmware, convert it to Odin images, and package and flash it with Heimdall.

Is it possible?


texts:
My Samsung S7 is seriously overheated. Battery is being consumed super quickly. I need to see a simple list of applications with percentage of CPU usage. I am desperate because all attempts  and advices from Internet failed :( I tried:

use top command on termux. Doesn't work. Shows only 2 processes with 0% CPU usage.
activate the developer mode and go to Running services. There is no CPU usage whatsoever! Only RAM usage.
I tried to install several recommended apps like Simple System Monitor (doesn't show the actual CPU usage of app), Legacy OS Monitor (same problem as the top command), System Info for Android (only shows itself in the task list!)

I don't get it. Why is it so difficult to do such an easy thing? I remember it was sooo easy on Androd 2.3!

I have Android 8.0.0. Thanks in advance for help!


texts: What is causing my screen to not turn off after the established time?

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Screen is set to turn of in 2 minutes. But this does not happen.
How to find the cause?
If relevant I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab P7500 running Android 3.2.

UPDATE
To clarify questions from the comments:

Device is not connected
I have numerous apps installed, so I can't check who is holding the screen by uninstalling it one by one. I want to find the possible malware by some tool or programmatically.


texts: How do I prevent a bluetooth headset from muting when it hears sound

texts:
I have a Plantronics M50 headset, which works wonderfully on my Android 4.0.4 Sony Xperia Ion LT28at.  However, it mutes its output anytime it detects a loud enough sound.  If I type during a business call the incoming signal becomes choppy, and high wind sometimes causes callers to disappear completely for seconds at a time.

I have no other headset to test whether this is due to Android or the device, though I have tested with another Plantronics M50 with the same result.  I assume the headset is a simple receiver/transmitter, and so assume that this is probably a setting in Android, but I don't know for sure.

How do I turn this feature off?  How do I cause my bluetooth speaker to continue outputting regardless of what its microphone picks up?


texts: I want to do a factory reset with recovery system. Recovery "enter" button is the home button. My device doesn't have a home button

texts:
Good day.
I want to enter the recovery and do a factory reset, because I've been locked out.
As stated, my device doesn't have a home button , but the "enter" button in recovery mode is the home button, not the power button. There's a reset pinhole, tried it , but I'm still at the lock screen that requires my email and password. My device can't be connected to Wi-Fi anymore. The Volume Up & Down scrolls through the options.
Device is NOT rooted
Device Model: DINAMIK M2in1  (Don't bother trying to find it, it's extinct even on the net)
Android version Unknown
Android System Recovery 3e


texts: How to access / open Google Chrome cache on my android?

texts:
I'm trying to get access to the Google Chrome cache on my android phone. I want to view all links that i had opened before.
Can someone please explain how can i do it?! I'm wiling to take the time to do it...
There just has to be an option.


texts: Can't change MAC address on Rooted Android Nextbook Ares 8

texts:
I rooted my Nextbook Ares 8" tablet, model NXA8QC116, so I could change the MAC address and host name, as I hate personal data mining and user behavior monitoring.

Device specifics: Model NXA8QC116S, Android Version : 5.1.1, Build # : V3.0.?

Rooted with the binary "Nextbook Ares 8 Stock 5.1.1 Rom modified boot.img" from forum.xda-developers.com

Commands (terminal app):

u0_xxx@NXA8QC116:/ $: su
root@NXA8QC116:/ #: busybox iplink show wlan0
[reports the MAC address]
root@NXA8QC116:/ #: busybox ifconfig wlan0 hw ether fa:8e:f0:f2:14:27
root@NXA8QC116:/ #: busybox iplink show wlan0
[reports the original, unchanged MAC address]

I tried this with the WiFi both on and off.  I also tried leaving "busybox" out of the commands.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Nexus 7 (2013) 32GB Wifi only - difference between 1C010A and 1A034A?

texts: I’m seeing these two codes appear in the product descriptions on various sites in my country (Croatia). What do these codes mean, why is the same product available via two separate codes and which one should I buy?


texts: Tesco Hudl adb sideload Gets error "installation aborted"

texts:
I have a Tesco Hudl HT7S3 which was rooted and i corrupted a file in the system and it is stuck in a bootloop. All i can use is adb sideload.
I found the stock image and have sent it to the device with adb, but when it opens it i get this error:

In case you can't see the image, here's what's on my hudl's screen:

Recovery system v4.2.41

Now send the package you want to apply
to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installation aborted.


texts: My Samsung tablet just fell down and now the power button doesn't work. Is there any other way to shut it down?


texts: How do I force Google Play Store to download new apps on a roaming mobile connection?

texts: I am often on a roaming mobile connection, and I have found that Google Play Store does not allow you to install apps while roaming. Clicking the "Install" button puts the app in a "Downloading..." state, but doesn't progress until you switch to a non-roaming connection (mobile or wifi). How do I force the Google Play Store to download the app while roaming? This issue occurs on and may be specific to Android 7.0.


texts: How to add contacts using adb without user interaction?

texts: Following this I found out how to add a contact using adb. The only thing that's bugging me is that the user has to okay/cancel the action, because a create-contact dialog appears on the screen. What I want is for the command to automatically add the contact without waiting for the approval of the user. I've already looked through this, but couldn't find a way. Does anyone know how to do this?


texts:
In "battery history" I have found that the app with UID 10058 is using a lot of battery.

How can I find the name of the app with UID equal to 10058?


texts:
I'm using Android x86 emulator on a Dell Vostro 3500.
I installed 8 Ball Pool by Miniclip
When I try to run the app, I get a message saying I need 20mb additional space before I can continue, but that's ridiculous because I'm using a 1TB drive.
What is wrong and how do I fix this?


texts: Can I share files over WiFi as a Windows share with my Nexus One?

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I have a Nexus One full of songs and when I go to my friend's house I would like to play songs off of it.  Since I have my phone connect to my friend's WiFi, the phone has a local IP.  If my phone's IP address is 192.168.1.101, I would like to be able to navigate to the phone via:

\192.168.1.101\Music

And have it open up a windows folder like any other share.  Then I could copy my songs, play songs off the share, etc.   Is something like this possible?  Is there an app I can buy?


texts: Is it possible to automate a complex task without using apps or rooting? If not, which is recommended?

texts: So, we are part of a company that provides VPN services to retailers. One of our clients doesn't want to have their employees open up the VPN and login every time they turn the device (an Android tablet) on. This involves opening up OpenVPN, putting in credentials and clicking the Connect button. Is this possible natively, without rooting - opening up an app and putting in credentials automatically - or do I absolutely need an external app? If so, which app is the most recommended in this case?


texts:
I have a problem I hope it has solution. I broke a display on my Note4. Phone works in behind but display is not activated at all. I went to shop but the repair cost is not worth it.
I want to sell the phone to repair dealer, but I want to bring the phone to factory settings and delete ally media.
How can I do that when the display broken?
I tried to connect it to PC. Windows 10 recognizes it and I get an icon of the phone. But when I click it no content is shown


texts:
I'm kind of used to linux. I'm using Busybox from the Busybox Free installer, with Busybox 1.21.0-Stericson. Trying to chance my shell to the Busybox shell using busybox ash gives the following error after every single command:

ash: precmd: not found
echo $PS1
$(precmd)$USER@$HOSTNAME:${PWD: -?} $

I tried to go back to the normal shell and find out WHERE precmd is:

which precmd

It just changes the prompt to have "1|" in front of it, without giving me WHERE it is. I found a solution here, but have no idea where to put it. I'm basically trying to do the same as this question (make Busybox shell the default).


texts: What's the relationship between a custom recovery and rooting?

texts:
So I want to make sure I understand everything.

If I want a Recovery, I need to root my phone. I have an LG G2. Clockwork is a recovery; If I download ClockworkMod recovery and use Flashify without rooting my phone, will that eventually root my phone through ClockworkMod flashing? Or should I root my phone with ioroot.zip first, and then flash a recovery?


texts: Exchange Active Sync email on Galaxy 10.1 disappears.

texts: One of our reps has a Galaxy 10.1 and she has now for the 3rd time in two months complained about her corporate email disappearing, I’ve read a few of the posts here and on other sites and the one thing that keeps coming up is the security remote wipe that needs to be activated before the Active Sync setup completes, I doubt if the tech guys at our head office even knows how to wipe someone’s mail from a tablet, so my question is, is there any way to use Exchange Active Sync with the default email app but bypass the activation for the security policy?


texts: How to synchronize gmail calendars in davdroid 1.10.1.-gplay using caldav in android 6.0.1?

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I am trying to synchronize my calendars using caldav in davdroid, using the following account credentials:

  "login with URL and user name"

Where the url is based on this google caldav-api guide on how to use caldav for apple and or thunderbird:

https://apidata.googleusercontent.com/caldav/v2/calid/user
https://apidata.googleusercontent.com/caldav/v2/calid/events

Where calid is substituded by either my google calender id in form:

<26-character long calender id>

or

<26-character long calender id>@group.calendar.google.com

As found in the google calendar settings in:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/settings/calendar/

I have tried entering the 4 combinations into davdroid and the peculiar thing is that it works for 1 calendar for which I am listed as owner in the https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/settings/calendar/ link for that calendar, but it does not show the calendars in davdroid for calendars for which google calendar says it is "subscribed".

So I thought it could be a permissions-issue. So I made a new test calendar to check whether that was indeed the case. I ensured for that calendar, I was listed as "Owner". Added the calender with the above 4 options but it again did not show the calender.

After revisiting the test calendar, I noticed, this too was added as a subscription where I am listed not as

  email@gmail.com (Owner)

But as:

  email@gmail.com with a grayed out dropdown box with "make changes and
  manage sharing" next to it.

The synchronizing of the calender for which I am owner worked already before I enabled the google caldav api, but just to be sure I enabled the google caldav api. It did not affect the outcome of my attempts so far.

So the first step is to this problem is I think, how to create a calendar that lists me as owner, also after creation.

But the main question is a generalized procedure on describing a way to add a calendar to davdroid for a 2-way sync to which which my google account is subscribed, (for example a calendar that is shared by with me by another gmail account).

If you know how to do either the partial step, the generalized procedure, or spot an error in my attempt/approach please let me know, so I can adapt.


texts: How to visit the /data folder on my Android on my PC?

texts:
For example

  /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db

I cannot see it both in Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04.


texts: Is there an easy way to switch render effects?

texts:
I find myself changing render effects a lot on my Nexus One. During the day brightness is ok, but to read on bed it's extremely bright even on the lowest setting.

I find that going to options, cyanogen, interface (why not under display?), render effects, and selecting either night mode or blue works wonders. Even if still too bright, it's worlds better than before.

But going to that menu all the time is a pain.  Is there a widget or a patch to add to the notifications power bar or something?


texts: Running services in developer options is missing

texts:
I want to check the apps that are running in the background to stop them.
Android 10
MIUI 12
redmi note 7s (NOT ROOTED)
i tried a lot of apps from playstore they doesn't seem to work properly (Doesn't show the amount of ram used and not able to force close or end the background apps).
I also tried the developer options but there was NO option for "running services" in the developer options, is there a way to enable this in developer options.


texts: Can an app find out if the Android phone it's running on supports Bluetooth 4.3 privacy extensions?

texts:
I need to find out if the phone my app is running on supports the BT 4.2 bluetooth privacy extensions. If so, it will tell a BT connected device to do the same, if not it will not enable it.
Is there a way to find out by means of a script if the underlying Android supports the privacy extensions?
My assumption here is, based on two low cost phones, that for some mobile phones BT4.2 compatibility is claimed, yet enabling it on the slave device voids the communication with the device.


texts:
I'm trying to run a program which has its own directory. Termux doesn't allow creating the directory nor accessing the folder (permission denied error) after moving it to the Termux home directory with a root file explorer app. Also with p7zip (command line port of 7-Zip) I can't create a new directory with 7z x -o <folder name> <archive name>, I can only extract to the Termux home folder.

Termux FAQ has a page for the error, but the chmod command results in operation not permitted. I wonder if this issue is related to the differences in Linux distributions and Android:

  Why do I keep getting 'No such file or directory' when trying to
  execute binary (it's file exists) ?

  This happens when you are executing binary compiled for Linux
  distribution, e.g. Ubuntu or Arch Linux. This is caused by ABI
  difference between GNU libc and Bionic libc.

  Create a proper chroot (proot) environment and try to execute binary
  from it.


texts: Is there an app/tool/setting for reading tiny websites?

texts:
I hate visiting websites that lack mobile views. Two examples are Phoronix and Gamasutra. They have huge amounts of navigation/advertising on the sides, and the actual article text is ridiculously small. Even zooming in does not help.

Is there something on Android similar to iPhone's reader feature? I'd like to strip a site's bad layout and read just the main text (larger font, wrap-around based on my screen width, etc.).

For what it's worth, I'm on a Galaxy S III.


texts: When I had 2.2 on my Desire, the album view of the stock music player would show each of the albums on the device.  Now I've upgraded to 2.3 (CM7), albums which have tracks by more than one artist appear multiple times in the list, once for each artist.  I'm using the same SD card with the same files -- what do I need to do (preferably to the app, not the files) to have them appear in a similar way to the way they looked under 2.2?


texts: Ghost touch... Could it be software if problem persists in safe-mode and recovery?

texts:
This part of my screen is not working (white part). Weird thing is that it used to be only this part just less than a week ago.
In safe mode it's the same thing. In TWRP as well.
Is there any chance that is could be a software issue? This happened suddenly. I didn't drop the phone or get water in it.
What makes me think it could be software is that there are strange behaviors, such as not being able to click allow on the permission pop up regardless of where it is on the screen. I have to bypass it by going to Settings>Apps>[the app]>permission>and then allow it from there. This being strange because had it been a hardware issue than I don't see how it won't let me tap on this dialog box but no problems on the same spot when dialog box is not there. However when lock the phone/turn of the screen (press power button) and unlock, it clears.
Another thing is that the touchscreen freezes or it's continuously pressed at one point which is in the white area. I can tell it's pressing there because I enabled show taps from Developer options.
I've already cleaned the connectors. Made no difference.
Phone has been rooted for a while. Android 7. Moto C Plus.


texts: Help! 25 unkown apps messing with my phone

texts:
These apps keep showing up in my data usage screen. I have no idea what they are or where they came from. There are 25 of them by the way. All they seem to do is use up data and interfere with my phones operation. I.E. slowing it down, closing other programs, opening Google play asking me to download one thing or another, pretty sure they've ended a couple of my calls. Though I can't prove it. NO anti-malware picks them up.

If it is an app I've installed causing the problem how do I figure out which one (short of installing them one at a time)? Is there anyway to get rid of them (short of formatting phone again or performing a factory reset)?

I'm not a pro so I need it simply explained. Not dumb either. My phone is not rooted and I'd rather not if I don't have to. It looks like a pain and I'm not great with Linux systems. My phone it a ZTE Rapido LTE model Z932L, Android version 4.1.2. Any help would be great.

Edit: I don't think the question that is similar to mine answers my question. Tho the are very similar. I did not have my phone updated or messed with by the company I bought it from. Its a straight talk phone. To my knowledge there isn't anywhere I could take it. I have factory reset my phone twice and the problem continues. It could very well be something I did (infact that's the most likely conclusion). If it is I need to know what so I don't do it again lol. Also added screen shot of "removed apps," and two more have popped up since I posted this question. I have not uninstalled anything.

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texts: Commands run on terminal but throw errors in shell script

texts:
I created a .sh script which sets app permissions on Android devices.
If I push the script on /sdcard and run it through adb shell with command sh ./test.sh, the following error occurs on each permission:

Bad argument: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown permission: android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Here is my Script:

#!/bin/bash
pm grant com.android.camera2 android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO
pm grant com.android.camera2 android.permission.CAMERA
pm grant com.android.camera2 android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
pm grant com.android.camera2 android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
pm grant com.android.camera2 android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

pm grant com.android.chrome android.permission.CAMERA
pm grant com.android.chrome android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
pm grant com.android.chrome android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
pm grant com.android.chrome android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
pm grant com.android.chrome android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO

So every time the same command for different permissions and different apps. If I'm using these commands manually on adb shell it works.

I don't have root permissions and the device OS is Android 8.1.0


texts: How to rotate display output but not touch input

texts:
I recently bought a Tolino Shine. I wanted acces to the underlying Android System, so I opened the device and enabled adb. Now, the display shows everything rotated by 180 degrees. The touch input is still unrotated. It bothers me that input and output are not in sync.

I should mention that there is Android 2.3.3 installed on the device and I successfully rooted the device.

How can I rotate either display output or touch input?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (SM-T210R) won't turn on or charge

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 and for years it worked very well until last year, out of a sudden, it stopped working. It didn't want to charge or turn on.
When I plugged it to my PC, the PC wouldn't detect that it was connected.
I returned back on the issue to try to fix it but the problem is that I don't know what I can do to fix it.


texts: Android phone wi-fi not connecting with perticular network only

texts:
Please refer me to right portal if this is not a right one.

I am having android phone HTC one +. Now problem is that when i am in office and trying to connect with Wi-Fi then it not connect but when i try to connect with any other Wi-Fi network then it easily connect.

I also had visit the service center and Wi-Fi connected easily in their network.

What i can do to solve this issue.


texts: We all have heard of "fastboot boot xxxx" command. How does it work when you use it for kernel (fastboot boot boot.img)? Is it simple as this: it boot Android with that kernel if possible or it make that kernel permanent, if not how does it work? Does it just put kernel you specified in RAM instead of one in internal memory? Also what happens if kernel can't boot for some reason does it soft-brick device or just boot existing kernel? And if kernel is ok and it boot how to get back to using kernel from inernal memory?


texts: How can I create a second instagram account?

texts:
I want to create a second instagram account. I already have my personal instagram, and I want to create a second one for an art project.

For the art project, I'm not necessarily planning on using my phone to upload the pictures, instead I'd use a web browser based client like Gramfeed.

However for that I'll still need the existing account. How can I do that?


texts: I would like to search my past text messages.  I often forget which person I was talking to about the different issues and global search is helpful.  Here is a picture of the equivalent functionality on the iPhone.


texts: Warn or Block Internet Access When No VPN?

texts:
I use a paid VPN service (TorGuard) and when I run it on my computer, I am able to configure the client to completely block Internet access if the VPN is disconnected...

The Android version of my VPN client does not have this option, so my question is, is there another way I can completely block Internet traffic if my VPN is disconnected?

Alternatively, is there a way I can get some sort of warning when the VPN is disconnected?

I'm using a Kogan Agora 6+, running Android 6.0 ("Marshmallow").


texts: I want to upgrade my samsung s3 mini sd card

texts: How do i change the sdcard without losing all my games pictures ect and does every thing on the phone on on the chip or do you need to do something to put it all on the chip (YES im thick when it comes to phones LOL thankyou paula


texts: Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) - Encryption, select different PIN than Screen Lock

texts:
I was wondering if one can select different passwords for device encryption in ICS?

Having the same password for encryption and unlocking the screen isn't quite that secure...

Thanks for hints.


texts: How to download everything off broken Samsung when screen won't turn on?

texts:
Last week I dropped and broke my Samsung galaxy s5. The screen won't turn on, but it vibrates/rings whenever I get a call or message, so I know the phone still works. All I want is to download my photos and notes onto my computer. How do I do this?

Also, I've read that I'm meant to allow USB debugging, but since I can't use my screen is there a way to do it on the computer instead of via settings?

Thanks!!


texts: Is there an Android open source alarm clock? I want to log whether or not I press snooze

texts:
I want to add custom features to an alarm clock in a way that it logs whether or not I press snooze every day.
Is there a good open source alarm clock that I could use as a basis?


texts:
I'm going to make this short and sweet:

I have a Galaxy S4 AT&T on 5.0.1 variant that I want to install Resurrection Remix on. I cannot find any way to do this. This phone has a locked bootloader.

How can I unlock the bootloader, and install a custom recovery as to flash the ROM? [Possible to downgrade to 4.4.2 and then install it??]


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible to block ads in Android applications?

Is there a way to disable in-app ads (on a rooted CM7 phone)?

I am NOT talking about the ads in browser.
Blocking ads is legal where I live.


texts: Progress of Google Play to Game Centre in iPad

texts: I used to play Clash Of Clans on Android phone has have my progress saved in google Play Store but now I want to play on iPad. Is there any way to transfer the progress from Android to iPad?


texts:
I am having issues flashing my Samsung Galaxy S5 with a new firmware.

Whenever I use odin to flash the new firmware it would say Failed (size)

This lead me to issues with the PIT file, alas flashing that by its self did little other than make the phone stay on the splash screen.

Following more information I was told the issue could be with hidden.img.ext4 which I should flash separately as a .tar file.

However if I flash the tar.md5 and then flash the 'hidden' the tar.md5 still fails and the flashing of hidden puts me back to the continuous splash screen.

Any idea what I should do?


texts: WhatsApp using microphone in the background

texts:
Got a notification today that whatsapp is using microphone while not using the phone.

To view it again I got under  settings/lock screen/app permission monitor/permission history and during the day whatsapp used contacts several times.
I am using samsung s7 (sm-g930p), running on android 8.0.0 (august 1 2018 security patch level)

Can someone explain what is happening? Is anyone else experiencing this?


texts: Bootloader unlocking with a locked bootloader, unlock tool inop

texts:
I have a Asus tf700t tablet running 4.2.1,i want to upgrade to 7.0,bootloader locked, I tried the V8 Asus unlock tool,
Received "unknown error,possibly network problem, try again later,
Researched, couldn't really find a solution,essentially said server issue with Asus
Debugging enabled, unknown sources enabled, Play store Play protect off, there's a setting in Google Chrome, but I can't remember what it is, maybe someone here can help with that also, I'll change it if I can find it,
Developer options enabled, no option for OEM unlock
I would like to unlock the bootloader so I can use Twrp to update the OS, no longer any updates available
BTW,device is rooted,SU installed
Thank you for any help or advise, if needed I can provide build number and kernel version, it's an older tablet,but does have the good Tegra chipset, and definitely works well, but slowly,,,,


texts: Android screen rotation takes too long to get triggered

texts:
When I rotate my screen to 90 degrees, the screen rotates but it takes 3 seconds to start rotating. (This doesn't mean it rotates for 3 seconds. This means it waits 3 secs to starting rotation.) Can this be set in any property or any code related to do this setting?

I understand that this might be related to the sensor sensitivity, please let me know how to configure this if you know how.


texts:
I have a galaxy s2 and can't take a screenshot.

I've tried taking a screenshot with vol-down+power and power+home. both don't work.

What is the proper combination ?


texts: What happened to the 'Emoji for English Words' add-on dictionary?

texts: On my Nexus 5 running Lollipop, google keyboard had an add-on dictionary that would suggest emoji in the suggestion box along the top when you swiped a word. I recently upgraded to a 6P with Marshmallow and this dictionary isn't in the list of add-on dictionaries. Was it removed or am I missing something? Is there another way to get this functionality in Google Keyboard? I would prefer to stick to Google's keyboard rather than using a third-party app.


texts: Searching and filtering Android Market app reviews

texts:
There seems to be no way of filtering or searching the app reviews in Android Market. This is a problem because it's usually the low-scored reviews that are most useful - they give an idea about what people are finding as disadvantages, so I can decide whether or not those are relevant to me or not.

Is there some way around this restriction? Does Google provide the review data in some way that could be searched, for example all reviews on one big page?


texts: Bootloop issue and can't go to recovery mode

texts:
I am using Asus Zenfone 3 ZE552KL, it got hang and then i tried to restart the phone but it get stucked in, Also I can't get in to recovery using standard method. Generally I keep USB debugging mode off that's why my device not listed in adb devices list but, i can go into CSC Fastboot mode.

Text in the image.
csc fastboot mode!!! long time press power button to restart
I tried below solutions

Used Asus Flash tool as per its help doc the process takes 10 to 15min but i wait around more than 2 hours it shows "Uploading OS Version"
I downloaded Firmware zip file from asus official site, but in zip file only boot.img is present other two requried files are missing recovery.img and fastboot.img

Kindly suggest me some workaround.


texts: How do I remove a Google Account from my phone?

texts: My gal pal used my Galaxy S5 to sign into her Gmail.  She Added "another account' to my g-mail but could not find a way to sign out when done. Now, all of her mail and calendar stuff is showing up on my phone!  Help me stop this!


texts: On Pixel 5 phones, how to re-order home screen pages? For example, my home screen have 5 pages, and I want to swap the 4th page and 3rd page. How to do it? My Pixel 5 phone is using the default system softwares if that matters.


texts: Galaxy s7 edge. I want to receive and send emails. NOT SYNCHRONISE. How please?

texts:
I need to keep emails on my S7 Edge that relate to current, active projects only. Some have short timelines, some are months long. I want to be able to receive emails and send them but NOT keep getting emails that are archived. Those go to my corporate computer which holds all the emails. So synchronising isn't the answer. I get all the emails all the time plus it's chewing up tons of data when I'm out of office. The emails only get deleted from the mail server (not exchange, pop) when they're downloaded to the corporate computer. Worse, the sent emails don't synchronise at all, not from the sent folder, so I wind up bcc myself (which is what I prefer), but then I get the emails twice - once for sent folder and once in the inbox. It's a royal pain. So ideally, I'd like only the NEW emails to be pushed (or pulled) into the S7 and when I answer, I'll bcc - which puts them back on the server to go to the corporate system when I get into the office. Then I can delete them. BUT that also means I retain copies on my S7 for as long as I need them. BlackBerry 10 used to do that just fine, as it never really synched with Outlook. On the S7, syncing is overkill and difficult to manage. Frankly, I don't believe all the emails are co-ordinating. But my way, they do.

Ideas, anyone?

(Sorry, no gmail, hotmail, outlook.com, live.com etc. - just my phone and pc-based Outlook 2013.)

Thanks for any help.


texts: Open local file from Excel Cell in Android

texts:
In Android, I wish to open a local file from a Hyperlink in Excel. XLSX file and the linked image are in the same directory folder. I've tried the following:

=HYPERLINK("cat.jpg", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK("./cat.jpg", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK(".\cat.jpg", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK("file://\storage\emulated\0\Download\Cat.jpg", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK("file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/Cat.jpg", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK("/storage/emulated/0/Download/1.png", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK("file://storage\emulated\0\Download\Cat.jpg", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK("file://storage/emulated/0/Download/Cat.jpg", "Cat")

=HYPERLINK("storage/emulated/0/Download/1.png", "Cat")

I get the same error message on all Cells:

Is it possible to achieve the above result? If Android as an OS restricts launching another app programmatically, can we we have the open with dialogue similar to the one in ES Explorer.

If it affects - I downloaded MS Excel via Play Store and I'm not a Office 365 user.


texts: How can I get my Android Phone to use its SD card by default?

texts:
I've installed an Android ROM on my HTC HD2, and it's working smoothly and responsively. I've gotten calling, SMS, MMS and internet to work flawlessly. I do however have one small problem. With only Android installed, my phone only has a few hundred kilobytes of space left in it's internal memory. I have an SD card inserted with 16GB available that's not being used.

After 6 hours of use I'm already getting error messages about SMS message memory being full, and I can't download apps due to the lack of space.

Any way I can get my Android phone to treat the SD card as "default" location for saving files, including images from the camera, images recieved from MMS, apps, text messages, mails and application data?


texts:
I have a HTC Incredible running 2.2, and i understand you need to Root first before anything else, got that, but now I am confused about the ROM thing.

I would like to Root to uninstall the default HTC apps that keep causing my 'Low Memory Errors'.

If i install Gingerbread, is that a ROM like CM7 is?

Confused as to what exactly to do after a root, can i install Gingerbread without rooting?

If i want to install HTC sense, is that a ROM??

Thanks for the clarification here, i've searched numerous forums, but can't seem to find specific answers.


texts: Just got a HTC one m8, have some questions about the keyboard

texts:
Just got a htc one m8 and the lack of keyboard options is really annoying me... First im not sure how to turn off the replacing "mistakes" thing. Im fine with having predictive typing on because its quite handy, but i prefer to just tap the predicted word at the top bar instead of it automatically doing it for me...
Also the emojis just look horrible on the keyboard (its android 6.0) they just look all blobby and i just want simple ones like the ones on the samsung galaxy... Ive downloaded a few extra keyboards but the ones that even work show the emojis on the keyboard but if im on snapchat and i put a caption on a picture the emojis will still come out as the blobby htc ones... It would be okay but a lot of them i cant even tell what emotion they are actully supposed to represent... Please help


texts: Understanding Android app data storage areas

texts:
Android stores some application data in non-volatile memory that can be accessed without needing root privileges.
Android stores other application data in non-volatile memory that can only be accessed with root privileges.
What is the correct terminology to use to describe each of those storage areas, and what determines in which location an app stores its data?


texts: How can I search for a contact by its phone number?

texts: Is it possible to search for a contact by phone number in Froyo ? How ?


texts: How can I stop a Galaxy S7 from connecting to multiple Bluetooth sources?

texts:
In my front room I've got a Bluetooth sound bar under the TV. I also have a portable Bluetooth speaker that I use around the house a lot, mostly in the kitchen.
However the reception from my sound bar weakly reached the kitchen. So when I'm listening to music while moving round preparing food, my phone regularly picks up the sound bar and connects to that too. When that happens the music stops and neither device plays. I have to turn Bluetooth off and on again and reconnect to the portable speaker.
This is super annoying and I find it hard to believe there's no setting to turn off multiple connections or auto connect to stop it happening. Is there anything I can change so that my phone will stick to one Bluetooth device at a time?


texts: How to use wired and wireless headphones simultaneously?

texts:
I have both wired and wireless headphones. I thought of sharing the both to see a movie.
To do that, can we get the audio output of both at same time.
I can able to switch the output but not access at same time.


texts: Change ROM of Galaxy Nexus Yakju with CyanogenMod of Maguro

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I have a Galaxy Nexus "yakju" model and I want to replace the stock Android with CyanogenMod, but I have found only this page which talks about the "maguro". After some research it looks like it will not be different (only where the phone is sold and who update it) and looks like "maguro" is the generic name to mean the Galaxy Nexus phone. My problem is that i'm not really sure if i'm right or not.

Can I flash CyanogenMod without problems? Or could it brick my phone?


texts: minecraft and pvz backups transfer to new tablet

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My son has been using a Samsung Tab A for the last year.  I set him up (and his sisters) with a child google account which I monitor with Family Link. Unfortunately the tablet port charger broke (little piece inside bent and even if you can put the charger in, it won't charge).  I took it to be fixed and they told me I should just buy a new one since the cost of fixing would be the same.

I bought a new Tab A and was able to get his profile on.  However, none of the progress from his games was kept: I was able to reinstall all his games but he's at ground zero after years of progress (and lots of $$).  He doesn't play through the Google Game app, since apparently that doesn't link to Family Link.

We tried putting the apps from his old tablet on a card but the progress didn't transfer that way either.

I would hate to have to return the new one and get the old one fixed just because I don't want to lose his progress.  Is there anything else I can do?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 and figured out how to connect to WiFi, but I want only the data to go through WiFi, not the telephone calls. (I have had trouble w/ phone over wifi; the data is fine though + it saves me money going through WiFi.)

Is there a way to do this?


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How many cores does the Asus 7" MeMO Pad have? Is it only single core?
The specifications only state that the CPU is VIA WM8950.


texts: How to test internet speed using terminal emulator on Android

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I have Termux app installed on my Android phone. Is there a speed test tool that I can install and use from the command line? I have tried speedtest-cli, installed it by:

pip install speedtest-cli
pip install speedtest-cli --upgrade

I also have python installed.

When trying to use speedtest-cli it gives me error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1401, in shell
    speedtest = Speedtest()
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 743, in _init_
    self.get_config()
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 765, in get_config
    raise ConfigRetrievalError(e)
speedtest.ConfigRetrievalError: The read operation timed out

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/speedtest-cli", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1498, in main
    shell()
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1402, in shell
    except (ConfigRetrievalError, HTTP_ERRORS):
TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

How do I get a working command-line speedtest tool in Android and Termux?


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I had my tablet at around 90% charge with nothing running on it and went to bed. I wake up in the morning to find it will not turn on. When I plugged it in the battery icon would appear showing it was charged, and would not display any charging animation. I tried holding the power button for up to a minute including with the volume keys and nothing would work. After letting it charge for an hour it finally came back on displaying 0% battery and the charging animation finally started after I turned it back off. I checked my battery stats later when I turned it back on to see that the battery instantly went from 90% to 0%.

What could cause my battery to drop from 90% to 0% as shown in the link below (click image to get to the gallery with connected screenshots)?

Basically I just want to know if I have a defective unit or battery (this has only happened once in the 3 weeks I've owned it) or if it's a known bug, or simple a glitch and not to worry about it.


texts: Running applications from a terminal emulator

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I have a rooted Nexus 7 Jelly Bean tablet and whenever I attempt to run an application from a terminal emulator app after chmod 777ing it and using the syntax ("./applicationName") it insists that I do not have permission to execute even though I granted my self superUser privs using ("su"). After that I did a little research and I learnt that if you copy the file to the (/data/local/temp/) directory you should be able to execute the application. So when I tried that it said that the file does not exist even though it shows up when listing the directory contents using ("ls")

I have no idea what steps to take, if it helps I am tried to run (scp) as a test but I wish to be able to run a custom compiled version of dns2tcp. I know I could have used better applications such as a hello world compiled natively onthe device but i couldnt get my hands on a C compiler for android such as gcc.

Thanks for any advice


texts: How to upgrade Galaxy Nexus to android 4.3

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I am trying to upgrade Galaxy Nexus to 4.3 from factory image.

I reboot my phone using adb reboot-bootloader. It boots to a screen with the android robot.
And then I go to the directory with the build, and I type 'flash-all.bat'

But then the prompt just sits and says 'waiting on device'.

How can I fix this?


texts: For basic users - Any reason to install mobile security App?

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For users that play it straight, never going to doubted sites, never enabling APK from non-play sources... (e.g typical seniors)

Any reason to install a mobile security app?

Because

Such users always surf magazines and news sites. Maybe YouTube.
As for Trojans: Official APKs are inspected by Google. Non official APKs are disabled by Settings. Seniors hardly install what they don't know. It's mostly WhatsApp, maybe some 2D game from Play, and that's all.
Worms & vulnerabilities: If your phone is old and stops getting security updates, nothing can help you. Antivirus apps are apps. Hence, they can't protect you because they can't monitor and filter traffic.

Under those assumptions, for senior users, Antivirus for mobile is nearly useless. What am I missing?

Thanks


texts: Transforming SMS conversation to Inbox and Sent Items

texts: Is it possible for me to receive the SMS not in a conversation style, but in a traditional way like what NOKIA does? Inbox is separated from the Sent items.


texts: Save (not just show) device contact only in device

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Device : samsung galaxy note 3 neo
Os : kitkat 442

Short : I wanna get rid of every non-device contact (mainly gmail) from my device. So they won't shows up even if I use the search.

Long : So, I want to SAVE only my device contacts in my device. I want to get rid of all facebook and google contacts.

I've succeeded in unsync and removing facebook contacts. But it seems my google contact (the gmail contact) is still there, while not seen if I browsed through the contact, if I use the search feature (in contact) the gmail contact still shows up.

Checking or unchecking "show contact with phone number only" doesn't affect this at all. Neither with unchecking sync contacts via setting > account.

If I want to delete the contact, it said that the original source will also get deleted when sync turned on again.

Any idea??


texts: Modifying hosts file does not have any effect

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Since I spend too much time on websites such as 9gag.com and the like, I decided to try and block them by modifying the hosts file on my rooted Nexus 5.

So I created a new hosts file using notepad++, which looks like this :

127.0.0.1 board.4chan.org
127.0.0.1 4chan.org
127.0.0.1 9gag.com
127.0.0.1 www.9gag.com
127.0.0.1 www.4chan.org

etc., saved it as a file without extension, and replaced the original "hosts" file found in system/etc with the new file. However, it does not have any effect and I can still access all those websites as easily as before. I'm using Chrome as my browser.

I checked that the new lines are LF and not CR+LF (read somewhere that it could make the hosts file work not properly) and that the file has no extension (File Explorer shows it as a "file", that's all). When I try to edit the hosts file with an app called Hosts Editor, it looks like everything is good and like my device should redirect the websites I'm trying to reach to localhost.

So my question is : why is this not working? What have I done wrong?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Print via ad-hoc network to wireless printer?

texts: Is there a way to print from an android device to a wireless printer connected to the ad-hoc network being broadcast by the android device?


texts: Installing an app after deleting its apk using Bloatware removal tool

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I'm working on Samsung Galaxy On7, Android 6.0.1-Marshmallow. It's unrooted.

My phone has a lot of apps preinstalled that I don't use, like Google Play music and movies and TV. I want to remove these apps completely as they use up a lot of space on my phone'so internal memory.

I found here a tutorial on how I can remove such bloatware without rooting my phone. However,  my question is: if I completely remove the app files from my phone, then will I be able to install them later, if need arises?

For example, in my phone, MS Word and Excel are preinstalled, which is why I can't move them to sd card. If I remove the apk files, and later try to install it again, will I face any trouble, and will I be able to move it to the sd card?

N.B.: I don't want to root my phone.


texts: replace native samsung galaxy s3 email app for gmail app?

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Is it possible to disable the native email application that comes with the samsung galaxy s3? I feel that the UI is inferior to the gmail app.

If so would this require rooting into my phone?


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I'm new Android user and want to root my Motorola XT316 with Android 2.3.4.

I found this guide but is based on Windows XP, and I use Linux (Fedora 16). Is there another method?


texts: Lately I've noticed that some apps get constantly uninstalled from my sd card. I figured it had to do with little free space left but apparently I had almost 3 GB left and after monitoring for a couple of days. The apps that get uninstalled like this are not the most space consuming ones, after all; looks completely random to me but starts to get really annoying. I think it started about the same time some apps and/or their icons disappeared from the home screen (not from the phone though) - but that was some Google issue I think. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.


texts: Accessing the home screen without the capacitive home button?

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I dropped my OnePlus One, and now the bottom half of the touchscreen doesn't work. I connected a mouse to disable the lock screen, and I can now work with most apps (apart from Strava and the Camera) by rotating the screen 180 degrees (turning my phone upside down). (By the way, the phone is running a recent build of LineageOS.)

My main issue now is that I can't switch between applications. When I receive a notification, it appears at the top of the screen, and I can pull down, and touching the message opens the app. But I can't open other applications, as I can't access the home screen. The only option I know of is to reboot.

The OnePlus One has 3 capacitive (touch) buttons below its screen, and these also don't work. The middle one of these would normally bring me to the home screen. Is there another way to access the home screen other than using these 3 touch buttons?


texts: DoubleTwist sync fails after Froyo Update

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I updated my Galaxy S Captivate on Rogers to Froyo last week. Debating whether the upgrade was worth it or not. There is one thing that's been really irking me since I did the upgrade:
DoubleTwist no longer successfully syncs songs from iTunes onto my Galaxy. On my PC, I set up the playlists I want to sync, and tell it to go, and it only syncs about 1/3 of the songs, telling me that the others failed with unspecified errors, and only 1 of the 5 playlists I selected appears to be able to play.

I've done factory resets of my phone data twice now, and I also tried to format the internal SD card as well (Settings --> SD Card --> Internal SD --> Format SD card). Hasn't helped. I'd switch to WinAmp, but that's having it's own problems (it's not saving when I change the sync options and wants to put all of my library on the phone).

Anyone seen this and/or know how I can fix it. Even a lower level log file so I can get more information rather than some unspecified error would be good.

Thanks


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I am using Android 6.0 on C5302 Xperia SP. For some unknown reason, all the contacts in my phone show up twice with a few exceptions. I tried to manually delete the duplicates but that resulted in both the duplicate and the original one getting deleted. I tried out many apps from the play store to merge or delete duplicate contacts but no duplicates were found. Can someone help me out on this.

Under contacts to display option, I just have my google account selected.


texts: Newest whatsapp messages lost after I moved to new mobile

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Today is 26th of August. I bought new phone and installed WhatsApp on it. During installation I tied it to the same phone number. It asked me to restore from Google archive from 8th of August and I did it.
Now WhatsApp on old phone doesn't show anything, including message history and new one shows only messages up to 8th of August.
How to get lost messages back?


texts: How to use NFC tags to trigger profiles and tasks in Tasker?

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I am planning to get some NFC tags which I want to use to control some profiles in Tasker. Where in Tasked can I choose NFC tag as my trigger? If that does not exist, how can I turn tasks on and off for free using NFC tags? Any plugins?

Thanks.


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A strange request I know... but I am quite keen to disable mobile data from my phone permanently (as opposed to just switching it off in the settings) so that I can only browse the internet when I'm connected to Wifi.

I've tried getting my network provider (O2) to do this with my account but they said it's not possible.

Is it possible to achieve this in Android instead? I'm basically just looking for a way to 'break' it... whether that's by installing some kind of app then that would be fine (perhaps if I could then return it back to normal with a factory reset)


texts: An android device with no internet connection and a Windows PC with ethernet connection. Is there any way to connect the android device to internet using bluetooth connection between that device and PC?


texts: Offline Spanish voice recognition: "no connection for speech input (E4)"

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I am trying to set up a Google Nexus 7 (kitkat) and a Samsung Note 2 (jellybean) for offline English-Spanish Translation using the Google Translate app. Both devices are usually set to UK English. On each device, I have downloaded the offline spanish translation data, and that works fine in the translate app in flight mode. I have also downloaded text-to-speech data in English and Spanish, and that will output audio in both languages from the translate app in flight mode.

I have google voice typing set as a generic input method on each device, and I have downloaded the Espanol (Espana) Offline speech recognition pack for google voice typing. Choose Input languages is set to automatic, although changing it to English and Spanish makes no difference.

In the Google translate app, when I touch to recognise a voice in English, it works fine.

When I touch to recognise a voice in Spanish, in flight mode, on either device, I see the message,

No Connection for speech input (E4)

Spanish voice input works when not in flight mode. Can I make the app recognise Spanish voice offline? Thanks!


texts: How to install LineageOS in TWRP using `adb push`?

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Question (TL;DR)
How can one (manually) sideload a LineageOS zip file that is pushed on the phone using TWRP?
Context
while installing this lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip, with the following command:
adb sideload lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip

I observed that the lineageOS hangs in the loading screen for several hours. So first I verified that the zip file is correctly downloaded, using the sha256, which it is. Next, I noticed that the cause might be that the zip is streamed directly from the host to phone. So I learned an alternative option might be to use:
adb push lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip /sdcard/

Followed by a command to sideload the zip from the phone.
adb sideload method
For completeness, the direct adb sideload lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip was performed using the following steps:First, I wiped the system using Wipe>Advanced Wipe> select: Dalvik, System, Cache, Data, and swiping right, then  manually activated sideload mode by pressing (and swiping): Advanced>ADB Sideload>Swipe to Start Sideload which outputted:

Updating partition details...
... done
RescueParty
Full SELinux support is present
MTP Enabled
? Starting ADB sideload feature...

An observation is made here that the loading indicator keeps on loading without any progress. This might also be a reason the sideload does not yield a successful boot up of LineageOS.
Next, I tried I first tried the CLI approach:
adb sideload /sdcard/lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip

Which outputs:

Installing zip file /sideload/package.zip
Unmounting System
Warning: no file_contexts
Target: Fairphone/FP2/FP2:6.0.1/FP2-gms-18.04.01/FP2-gms-18.04.01:user/release-keys
Patching system image unconditionally
Script succeeded: result was [1.000000]
Formatting Cache using make_ext4fs...
Wiping Cache & Dalvik...
Cleaned: /data/dalvik-cache...
-- Dalvik Cache Directories Wipe Complete!

And I pressed Reboot System. This results in the (seemingly) endless booting of the LineageOS loading screen.
adb push method
Before I tried other builds for the FP2, I was mainly curious to learn how the sideloading would work using adb push. Hence, I tried:
adb push lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip /sdcard/

And started looking for ways to sideload that zip from the phone. The first thing I tried was, after starting the sideload mode manually and verifying that the TWRP was in sideload mode with command adb devices:
adb sideload /sdcard/lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip

Which returns:

adb: failed to stat file /sdcard/lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip: No such file or directory

Next, I tried exploring the TWRP options manually. One of the options could possibly be: Install>browse to /sdcard> and tap the: lineage-17.1-20210430-nightly-FP2-signed.zip. However that yields a warning:
This operation may install incompatible software and render your device unusable

And I think installing might be something else than sideloading, hence I think this might brick the device/not be what I am looking for.
Note
This is not about the xy-problem of making LineageOS boot on the Fairphone, it is about how to load LineageOS using TWRP from the phone instead of from the host.


texts: Why does heat problems cause purple tint / pink spots on my camera (HTC One)?

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A while ago, I got a new HTC One m7, It is the best phone I've had, but it has one BIG issue, its camera sucks on low light.

I've investigated the issue, and I was told it could be alleviated with a software update, and it's been almost a year, and nothing.

The problem is in fact a hardware issue, where heat causes something on the camera, so it adds this annoying purple stripes/haze: Stripes Image, Tint image. And this hardware issue comes, apparently because there is a lot of strain on a chip (Zoe?).

Photos taken with flash look extremely good though. So my question is...
Why does this happen?

I'm not looking to know what causes the phone to heat up. I'm asking why would purple tint/stripes appear there.
What is happening to the lens? or... is affecting the image processor chip? if so, in what way?
Or... is it caused by something else?
And... How come it does not affect my flash-taken-photos?


texts: Media Storage: what is it, and why is it using all my data?

texts: I am only 5 days into my Billing cycle, and noticed that already like 1/3rd of my data has been used (thanks to My Data Manager)... So I looked to see what has used all this data, and it says it is "Media Storage" that has used up most of my data (it's used up over 35 MB!). This is a system process if i'm not mistaken, so my question is: is this in fact a system process? And why would it be using up so much of my data? What exactly does this process do? Would it be safe to deny it network access?


texts: Samsung GT-i8262 only boots into recovery after flashing

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I have issue with this phone, flashed the recovery to CWM using the Rashr application and rebooted. Now my phone only boots into recovery anytime I turn it on.

The USB port is damaged, now I decided to flash with CyanogenMod but no avail.


texts: My laptop used to detect my nexus7 tablet but for some reason its stopped detecting it. Any way to try and get it to start detecting it again?


texts: Is the encryption automatically turned on or do i have to physically tap it to turn it on? I have sent some inappropriate messages to one of my contacts on Whats app and don't want ANYONE to see it. I cant remember if I turned on the encryption physically and I am afraid that that contact may show the messages to the wrong people or that someone can access the messages from another device or app


texts: I know there are many equalizers on Android. But are there any preamp filters to make sound distorted a bit?


texts: How can I make Google Now talk back in other languages than English?

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My brother is getting gradually blind from diabetes and I want to help him setting up his phone (Samsung S6) with Google Now so he can voice-control it.

Apparently Google Now can only talk back if you set the voice language to English only. In Danish, everything is half-baked. For example, with English as the only language enabled in Now, I can say "What time is it?" and have Now speak the time. If I add Danish, it still understands the command, but it just shows a google search with "What time is it". It doesn't matter if I ask in Danish or English, it just performs the search.

Likewise, with English only, I can say: "Please text Michelle" and it will respond "What's the message?". I then say the message and it will ask if I want to send it now or change it etc. In other words, you can have a dialogue with Google Now.

Not so if I enable Danish. I can still say "Please text Michelle" (or the corresponding phrase in Danish) and it will prepare a message. But I will have to enter it manually and then press send. I cannot continue with voice commands.

My brother has no problems interacting with the phone in English, but without adding Danish to the voice language, he will have to stick to English text messages to all his friends and acquaintances which seems pretty awkward. Also, without Danish, it is almost impossible to ask questions involving Danish place names, like "What's the weather in Århus".

Is there a way I can make Google Now understand Danish without loosing functionality?


texts: high volume warning window cause system halt

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I'm using Nexus 6 for a long time, but after some safety update, a problem came up. Before, when you raise the volume above a certain level, the system would warn you that it is bad for your hearing abilities. But now, the warning is gone, and instead, it would make the system app stop, like an unhandled exception is thrown, and the app will reboot. I guess the app is called System Interface or something similar.

Other info:

Phone: Nexus 6, not rooted
System version: problem occured at Android 6 (Marshmallow)
                but in Android 7 (Nougat) it is still there
Problem occur time: When earphone was plugged in, and volume is turned up.


texts: How can I get files off an Android phone without the ability to get into the phone?

texts: I have a phone the touchscreen of which does not work, and so I can't do anything like switching on debugging, or accepting notifications to share data, but the phone has no password and I can connect it to my computer without problems. How am I able to get photos, videos and notes off the phone without being able to use the screen? Thank you.


texts: Is it possible to run two instances of android on your phone at the same time?

texts: Sorry if I am misusing 'instances'. What I mean is the following: I want to run an master OS. The 'only' thing that master OS does is let me boot/kill/switch between  OS 1, OS 2, OS 3, etc. I want apps to believe they run on a normal Android phone. So if I run  app X on two OS, namely 1 and 2. I want each instance of app X to believe it runs on a different machine. I understand you can do this with a dual boot. However I want both OS at the same time. I interact within OS 1 and switch to OS 2 to continue where I left.


texts:
I noticed that, by default, the current version of the Google Play Store has access to the PHONE permission.

For what purpose does the Google Play Store use the PHONE permission?


texts: Is Android associated with a specific set of control keys?

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Windows systems typically have three control keys: Control, Alt, and the Windows key. Mac systems have Command ⌘, Option/Alt, and Control. There is historical precedent for a system having even more control keys.

Does Android expect, or is it designed for, a specific set of control keys?

This question occurred to me after trying to connect a wireless Bluetooth keyboard to an Android smartphone. I wondered as to whether there is a best practice as to whether or not a Mac layout keyboard or a PC layout keyboard (or even something else!) should be selected, all other things being equal and assuming that I want to connect the type of keyboard that is closest to that which the designers of Android were thinking about when they designed the system.

To be clear, I'm not asking for a hardware recommendation - this is more of a theory or general design question. I'm aware that most keyboards nowadays "work" (or can be made to work) with most systems with minor adjustments. So, something like, "Android is designed to be compatible with PC and Mac keyboards, but the original spec defines a set of five control keys consisting of Blue Squiggle, Red Squiggle, Wumpus, Marklar, and Shazbot, and having all five keys helps with some obscure shortcuts that most people don't need to use." would be a great answer.


texts: Can I install the Sinhala language without rooting my android device?

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I have an Android device which is running Android version 4.3, but when I'm using web browsing, Facebook, Twitter, etc., I can't see any of the content in the Sinhala language.

I found out that there are 2 ways to solve this problem:

Without root Device (Using Font Optimizer App)
By rooting the Device

I'm not interested with any of the above solutions since the 1st solution font style is filthy and due to the 2nd solution I'll face many problems such as warranty, updates, etc.

So I'm looking for a way that I can install the Sinhala font without rooting the device. I found this question which is similar to my problem,

Can I install additional language support (Russian) on HTC Desire HD without rooting?

Any suggestion or solution highly appreciated, since this is one of burning question of Sri Lankans.


texts: How do I create a ClockworkMod installation package?

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I'm a seasoned Linux veteran and recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 from T-Mobile.  I've been feeling the tinkering bug, so I opted to download the source code from Samsung's site and start fiddling.

My problem is that I've already got ClockworkMod installed on my phone, so I don't want to odin flash a new kernel and thereby corrupt ClockworkMod, so I'm looking for details on how to create a proper ClockworkMod install package (generally/always a zip file?) so that I can test the newly compiled kernels.

My searching on google thus far has brought up naught.  The ClockworkMod page seems to be pretty barren of documentation.  Can anyone point me to some documentation on the install package creation process?


texts: What build of ICS do I need for Nexus S baseband I9020XXKF1

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Baseband version: I9020XXKF1

Current software build number is GRK39F on Android 2.3.6

I seem to have a pretty much unrecognised baseband version of the Nexus S. I brought mine carrier-free in the UK.

There are a bunch of updates listed in this thread on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664

But there are 2 versions beginning with I9020, but they have extra letters on the end (no X like I do) : I9020A and I9020.

None of them match up perfectly, what update do I need/any dangers of using the wrong one?


texts: How can I safely test custom ROMs on an obscure device?

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I have a ZTE Blade A1 with pre-installed malware. I'm only able to identify and remove some of it. So, I want to delete everything on the phone and install a custom ROM. Unfortunately, I cannot find any ROMs which explicitly support the ZTE Blade A1.

I've decided to try putting CyanogenMod on the device (or possibly something else), as it does support older versions of the ZTE Blade. My plan is as follows:

Create a backup of the existing ROM using ROM Manager
Run the device in recovery mode (using the default Android system recovery - CWM or TWRP do not explicitly support the Blade A1, so I won't risk using them)
Use the fastboot commands fastboot -w and fastboot update rom.zip to install the custom ROM
Restart the phone, and if it has stopped working, repeat steps 2 - 3 using the backed-up ROM from step 1

I've read up on using custom ROMs, but have found a lot of conflicting information. So, my question is: Will this replace the pre-installed OS with a custom ROM? Is there a risk the phone won't be restored to its original state?

Update: I haven't been able to confirm whether the phone can be irreversibly bricked by installing a custom ROM. However, if anyone comes across this question wanting to remove malware from the ZTE Blade A1, I have posted a solution here.


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Holding the volume key then pressing the home on button does not work
Whether you hold the volume up or the volume down
Holding the Home Power Button Letting It Go And continue to hold the volume key up or down does not work


texts: what's necessary and what's not? stripping a rom to the bone

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I'm experimenting with using am alternate rom (cm13) as a stopgap method to play Pokemon Go between suhide updates. it's not ideal, due to the large downtime involved with backup and restore between roms just for 1 game, but it has 2 major perks:

if niantic's algorithms detect that users are identifying some players by the fact that they'll only log in when there's known working bypasses, then this will circumvent that (legitimately)
this complies with niantic's wishes to alienate rooted roms.

I've pretty much stripped all common apps, system and user, plus some audio files (ringtone, alarm, etc) and language files.

nano gapps was installed and I removed a chunk of what that added too. and this brings the total rom size down to about 1220mb installed (996 in system) or 627mb total as TWRP backup. that still seems rather large to me for the purpose of being a walking skeleton.

my question is:
what system files, be it libraries, binaries, fonts, etc etc etc can be straight up deleted without breaking cell, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Google Play, web browser (any), or any absolutely necessary core functionality? I want to butcher this rom.


texts: switch off sound effects, when headphones are connected to phone

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When I use headphones, music is only in headphones, but info sound(ie when I get  email our IM message) is playing to phone dynamics. How to change this behaviour?

Phone is Galaxy S plus.


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My Samsung galaxy a10 keeps giving overheating notification but phone is almost cold.
Any solution?


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I would like to do self-tracking on Android (ICS). Specifically: enter physical tension spots (forehead, hand, back, etc..) every hour or so, and then see plotted graphs and statistical insights on the accumulated data over days.

As an added bonus, I want to manipulate the data from SL4A scripts (e.g., read data and plot using PIL in Python, or jquery plot in webkit).

Is it possible? None of the Android apps listed in that site seem to do what I want.


texts: Why can't armv8a application can run on armv7a?

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I have a armv7a device and not able to install armv8a application. But I am able to install armv7a + armv8a applications.
How I am able to install
armv7a + armv8a and armv7a but not armv8a applications ?


texts: Do Apps restart after phone restart once "Force Stop" is enabled for them?

texts: Building the question on this What does the “Force stop” button mean? , If I restart the phone , do these Background Apps get started even when ForceStop is enabled?


texts: Phone makes sound when waving a credit card near it

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and the phone was in my pocket. I forgot that my credit card was also in the same pocket and just out of nowhere my phone played the notification sound, so I pulled it out of my pocket and there were no notifications; no new email or SMS, nothing.

So then I pulled the card out and swiped it near the back of my phone, and then the sound played again. I did it like 20 times and it always happens. Why does my phone play the notification sound when I wave the credit card at the back of it?


texts: Why did my Android's MicroSD Card just stop functioning properly?

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My Android Phone is a Motorola Moto G6, Software version 8.0.0. On this device, I have a 400 GB Samsung MicroSD Card [ https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-400GB-microSDXC-Memory-Adapter/dp/B074RNRM2B ] formatted as Internal Storage. This was to allow Syncthing, a peer-to-peer file synchronization app, to sync all of my files (~300 GB among 6 folders) between it and my 2 computers. I have had this setup running for 4 months, and it has been seamless.

This system appears to have stopped functioning.

For the past week, I have been taking screenshots of apps, and encountered what I presumed to be a bug. The screenshot (taken with the System's POWER+VOLUME_DOWN trigger) is taken, but for a moment the notification indicates that the screenshot failed to an unknown error. However, a moment later it reports "Click to View Screenshot." I confirmed that the screenshots saved, and synced, and brushed this off as an intermittent bug.

This morning, I attempted to save the screenshot as I always have. However, the phone reported "Insufficient Space" as the error. Curious as to if I accidentally moved some of my ML Data Sets to the Shared Download Folder, I checked my FX File Manager; it crashed. The system File Manager, Storage Management in Settings, and Google Chrome's Downloads Manager all report 90 GB free of the 366.8 accessible.

Additional Discoveries are as follows. In my attempt to get FX working, I tried to re-install it. Google Play repeatedly threw an unknown error. As an additional check, I opened Chrome to try to download a picture from a page. The download never moved beyond 0%, despite plenty of bandwidth being available to load additional web pages, and auto-play ads still loading. The Camera will not SAVE pictures anymore. I take a picture, and it goes to the corner as always for preview. This time, "Activity Not Found." The File Manager also reports that no new images were found.

In my search, I tried a recommendation to rename "Pictures" to "Pictures2", which many users reported to work for the Screenshot Issue. However, the file manager can not rename, move, or delete folders or files! Files can still, however, be viewed. I tried to do this from my computer. Despite the device being present, the machine reports "Unable to Access."

I have attempted to clear the System Cache, to no success. I have tried multiple reboots in between each effort. I have tried removing and re-inserting the MicroSD card.

These problems were not present as of 11:32 PM last night, when I last took a picture and it synced to my computers. As of this morning, the MicroSD card has become, functionally, read-only. To prevent any loss of data, in either direction, I have not run Syncthing since I noticed the problem.


texts: How to edit custom spelling dictionaries?

texts: Is it possible to extract the custom user spelling dictionaries from a rooted Android 4.0 phone? The built-in dictionary really sucks for languages other than English and I'd like to complement it with a few thousand more words.