texts: Accessing battery usage graph on Android 8

texts: How can I access the battery usage graph on Android 8? This is the graph that shows the battery drain since last the last charge and estimates the number of hours left on the current charge.


texts: What is this icon in my status bar that looks like a finger pointing at 3 horizontal lines?

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Can anyone identify this icon?

here again with context:

I can't find anything online and no one at Verizon or Kyocera can identify it either. I need help figuring out what this icon is and what it means.

I have contacted the Verizon Tech's, Kyocera and personally searched online, with no positive ID. Deleted all apps, factory reset, and even safe mode start up, and the icon remains at the top of the screen in the status bar. The only time the icon is not at the top of the screen is when you click on the drop down for the status bar icons. This phone is the newest Kyocera Duraforce Pro-2. Glove mode nor the underwater camera mode have any affect on the icon when switching these two selections on or off.

Any information on what this is would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and help with this.


texts: Gmail app vs. browser, in terms of data consumption

texts: Does the Gmail app use more data than just using a web browser to check my emails?


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To clarify, two things:
1. I mean auto-updates to the app itself, not syncing to receive emails.
2. I'm not sure if there's a *difference, but I'm more interested in knowing about the stock apps/versions of stock apps that don't seem to have any way for you to manually update them yourself. For example, on my Galaxy S7 Edge (running Android 7.0), in the stock Email app, I can go into the Galaxy Apps store, or through the email app settings to the Galaxy Apps store to update the app; but on an Alcatel OneTouch Elevate I have (my previous phone)(running Android 5.1.1), there appears to be no way at all for me to update the stock Email app.

So, my question turns into: Do stock email apps, like the one on my Alcatel, auto-update? Does it perhaps get updated as part of the system update?

*by this, I kind of meant that I'm not really interested in knowing whether the stock email apps that you can manually update will also auto-update. So perhaps another form of the question is: If you can't update it, does it auto-update?


texts: Multiple keyboards for multiple applications

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Is it possible to have different keyboard for different apps, say I want to have Emoji Keyboard for facebook and twitter but Google Indic keyboard for my whatsapp is this possible.

Mobile : HTC Desire 820

OS : Android 5.1


texts: how to identify and change apps which are set as startup items

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I am coming from Windows back-ground (never used Linux), and HTC Wildfire is my first Android phone.

I can see that many app like Facebook for HTC Sense, Flickr, Footprints, Friend Stream, Gmail, Peep, Stocks and many more as start-up apps.

How can I find which apps are start-up apps, and how to remove a particular app from starting up at boot (or say soft reset)


texts: Default video player not automatically expanded since last update?

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Lately I've noticed that the default video player on Android is not automatically expanding to the full size of the screen, instead it is playing videos at the original resolution (which can be quite small). We noticed this problem on our tube site, and since confirmed it happens with every other tube site that we've tested.

We also tested on 2 different Galaxy S3's, one with the latest updates and one without any updates in the last few weeks. The one with the latest updates plays the video at the original resolution (very small on these phones) and the one with the latest updates plays the videos automatically expanded to use the full screen.

I'm wondering if there is a way to force Android (from a website) to always play the videos expanded, and if not, if this is a bug of one of the latest updates?

Thanks!


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Last week I lost my phone, so I borrowed a phone from a friend.
The phone already add the Gmail app with my friend's Gmail account (a Gmail account that my friend does not care much about so there was no privacy issue). I added my Gmail account into the app so that I could check my emails.

Problem: I had to take a plane in a rush and forgot to sign out from my Google account on that phone.

Question: How do I sign out myself?

I could just ask my friend, but I would prefer something more reliable (and that does not trigger their curiosity).
On a desktop computer I clicked "Details" then "Sign out all other Gmail web sessions", but it only says "web" so that probably does not sign out mobile sessions? By the way, my friend's device does not show up in this list.
On a desktop computer I changed my password, but that did not sign me out of Gmail on my own phone (yes I found it back!), so I guess that does not sign me out of Gmail on my friend's phone either?

At https://myaccount.google.com/security "Your devices" still shows my friend's phone (screenshot on Firefox 66.0.3 JavaScript enabled addons disabled):

The date and time shown in the screenshot above is well after I left. The "Lost this device?" page only gives useless advice such as "Try calling your phone" or "Reach out to your carrier", with no button to remove that session.


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I've just bought a device commercially known as "Zelig Pad", which reports to be "XZPAD700" in settings screen. The device looks made by Hamlet but distributed with Exagerate brand.

It carries Android 4.0.4.

Anybody knows how to root that device?

For sake of curiosity: the device goes in download mode by pressing VOL- + Power. Seeking for something to download into its ROM without bricking it.


texts: Can I suggest autocorrect change "u" to "I"?

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My Hangouts typing often sees me missing i for u and moving on with a new word. If I correctly hit i autocorrect always capitalizes it to "I" and my sentence reads correctly. If I hit u however autocorrect does nothing. "u" is a valid letter and becomes a word once I lift my finger to start the next word. It is not, however, a valid word (and it's not in my dictionary nor contacts). Has anyone been annoyed by this AND found a way to stop looking a little crazy?

EG "No I was in the coffee shop" reads "No u was in the coffee shop" and the reader gets confused as to why I am asserting that they were in the coffee shop when they asked if I ran in the park yet today... even though I never use "u" to mean "you" it's still very confusing.


texts: How to update custom ROM with Clockwork Mod. Currently I have amzen 5 kitkat and want to update to version 6. I know how to flash ROM but I don't know how to update it. Does install .zip from sdcard overwrite earlier ROM or will make bootloop. Other option is to update in settings 'system's updates' but I don't have Internet connection and also this custom ROM probably doesn't support reverse tethering (Internet USB)


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I noticed that almost all apps request the Storage permission, and this is quite OK since they need to store stuff to function properly. But it's a bit bugging me that they have access to all of my data. Mainly because most apps need storage for their own files, and have nothing to do with my pics, songs, etc. So ideally I would like to grant apps the permission to write any amount of data to the storage, but that it cannot read/modify any other data.

Is there an alternative permission that grants access to write any file to the storage, but read and modify only files the app itself has created?


texts: What storage data does keyboard apps on Android accumulate?

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On my Android phone I have installed the Gboard keyboard. After some small use, I see that it has accumulated 20 MB of data!
Why can a keyboard app accumulate 20MB of data?


texts: Possible to change an apps SSAID aka Android_ID without rebooting? Which service handles this? Fast rebooting with Zygote kills my shell script

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This may seem like an odd question, and I apologize for that. I am currently debugging an application and I am having trouble getting new Android_ID's to stick without rebooting.

To be specific these are the new app specific android ID's introduced in 8.0. The location for these ID's are in the following file: /data/system/users/0/settings_ssaid.xml

I am able to change the app specific ID just fine but it doesn't actually change unless I reboot the device.

Is there a certain service or process that I can force-restart to make the new ID to take effect? Or possibly some type of cache that needs cleared?

I am mainly using adb shell commands. So far the best method is to run the following command:

adb shell setprop ctl.restart zygote

This does a 'soft' reboot, so it's much faster but unfortunately it completely kills my shell script that is debugging as well and it's a pain to keep restarting everything.

Is there a way to see what services or processes are being restarted when restarting 'zygote'?

Much appreciate the help in advance.


texts: Android browser that prevents zoom and is always fullscreen

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I'm trying to use an interactive HTML site and it keeps on zooming in and out whenever i accidentally touch it with 2 fingers, is there a way to make a browser prevent the zoom behavior? Similarly, the topbar url keeps on showing and disappearing as I scroll up and down. I need a browser that goes full screen all the time. Finally, it needs to support text sizing to make the text size bigger (ctrl+ equivalent), though most browsers support this.
How do I make a browser that works like this?


texts: How to test SD card for suspected fault, or validate correct performance, within Android?

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I have a Samsung S7 running LineageOS 14.1 (=Nougat 7.1). Since purchase I've used it with a 60GB Samsung SD card. I know that fake SD cards are out there, so on this one I bought direct from Amazon as vendor, rather than as middleman, to be more sure it was indeed a Samsung card. The card has always been formatted within the phone itself, and as portable storage.

Recently, a number of errors make me suspect the card could have a fault. An ADB push that failed halfway... a TWRP restore that couldn't read the source file... both with IO error of some kind,  etc. The card is probably under warranty, but that's useless unless I can confirm a fault.

The trouble is, I'm not sure how to test whether or not that's so. Most questions about card testing seem to relate to data recovery, and use fsck which tests the file system rather than sector-by-sector testing the card itself as a storage device (the approach wouldn't quite be the same for these). They don't provide an automated way to test the full card itself. I don't want to plug it into Windows for testing, since that doesn't actually test if it's good in my phone- I'd like to test it in the phone itself. The one test app I've found, "SD Card Test Pro", limits testing to a 4GB file on FAT32, but there isn't an option in Lineage to format a portable SD card with anything else.

What is my best way to test it?

Ideally I'd like a good quality test, a bit like memtest or other memory testers - a way to try and fill the card, and report any "difficult" sectors that didn't write first time, or any that don't read/verify correctly - and then repeat this 2 or 3 times with different/random bit patterns to catch "hard to get" issues which depend on previous RW data.

I'm happy to run in terminal/adb rather than an app, if it's easy to do.

But I'll settle for anything that's generally seen as a good test to catch and identify faulty cards.

What should I do?


texts: Port-forwarding on Android 2.3.6 wifi-tether using Port Forwarder app

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I'm having trouble port-forwarding connections from outside my network when tethering with my phone. I have a bad understanding of routers and networking in general, so please bear with me.

My Android device is the one directly connected to the Internet. To enable access to my computer from the outer world via the Android device, I'm currently using the free app called Port Forwarder and my phone is rooted so I have the authorization I need. The port on which I handle connections on the server is 80. Accessing the Server's IP address (inside the network) with <local_ip.addr.ess.here>:80 I can access it, so that works.

The problem is when I'm trying to access it from outside the network, the app tells me to set the source to 80, and the destination whatever it is (their example is 8080); of course I set it to 80 since that's what the server is listening to. So I try to access the server from outside using <phone.public_ip.adr.ess>:80 but it doesn't work.

As you have noticed, I've got no clue what I'm doing and finding guides has been difficult, even for standard routers. Has anyone successfully used this app and maybe could help me out? I probably left out important info because of ignorance, if so, let me know and I will update the question.


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In the stock messaging app on my LG-G3 I have the following problem:

Suddenly, all my conversations is displayed with a font size that is incredibly large. This happened out of the blue. On the other hand, a lot of times when I have been speaking in my phone (and I do not speak for a long while) my cheek has navigated the phone into some app and possibly into some settings.

How do I make it like before? Preferrably at the same size as in the popup window  that pops up and dissapears when I get a sms.

I have not found a setting for the font size or that I should be able to set it using the volume key.


texts: Mute Phone Audio when Headphones are Unplugged

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I only ever unmute my phone when my headphones are plugged into it. I'm looking to automate this process. Here's what I want to happen:

if (headphones are unplugged) {

  mute all audio on the phone

} else {

  play audio through headphones

}

I've heard of automation apps like Tasker and Task, but I don't really know how to use them, or even if this is possible.


texts: Can spammers use the phone number being called as their spoof number?

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I originally bought Tasker several (5?) years ago to screen calls by:

1) blocked name/number--hang up

2) not in my contact list

3) family

4) friends (in my contact list but not family or Professionals)

5) Professionals

6) Previously blocked callers
Within the last few days I've received calls which ring in as family and the number is apparently the same as the number being called.  Have you experienced that and is there anything that Tasker can do about it?


texts: I wonder if there is a way to simulate NO GPS signal without going in the basement. As if you were inside a tunnel or under the earth surface. I am not talking about location mocking. I wonder if we can leave the GPS turned on but prevent application from getting a GPS fix.


texts: How to update my moded Nexus 4 to Android 4.3?

texts: I'm going to want to update to android 4.3 when it comes out. I have rooted my Nexus 4, flashed Paranoid Android and Franco Kernel. Can I just use Root Keeper to temporarily un-root, then install update from settings>about phone>system updates, and turn on root in Root Keeper? Ultimately I want to have the latest android and paranoid android version and keep all my data.


texts: How can I disable voice commands when double pressing the home button on the Galaxy S 4?

texts: How do I disable the Voice Command on my Galaxy 4s when pressing the Home key twice?


texts: USB drivers for using ADB with Samsung Galaxy S on CyanogenMod 7.1?

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I recently installed CyanogenMod 7.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000 and I have some problems now to get ADB on my Windows 7 64-bit computer to recognize the device.

Currently, adb devices returns no entry for my phone and the Device Manager shows a device called "Galaxy S" but with a yellow exclamation mark because a driver is missing.

I've tried to install Samsung Kies as well as the Google USB driver for Windows Revision 4 and point the device manager at the directories with those drivers. It doesn't find anything it can use there.

Which drivers do I actually need for the phone now that it is running CyanogenMod 7.1? And where do I get those and how can I install them?


texts: Extract a presentation file as PPT on SlideShare app

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I am using SlideShare to view presentation. Sometimes I want to transfer the presentation to my PC and view it on projector. However, in the Android app, there is only a save feature to view it offline.

I know I can use its website to download the .ppt files, but is there any way to get the .ppt from the app?


texts: Are there any apps for storing SMS online for latter viewing and searching?

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I like how Google voice stores all my text messages online so I can search them and store conversations for ever. But I am not a fan of Google voice and want to use my own number etc.

I saw a few apps that upload texts to Gmail but I don't want to clutter my gmail inbox. Any separate apps that are specialized in this?


texts: Can I use ADB wirelessly on an unrooted phone via SSH without a USB connection?

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My phone, an LG V10, is unrooted, something that I intend to fix. However, I appear to have a catch-22 ...

To put simply, it has a broken USB port, ergo the common recommendation of using USB debugging + 'adb tcpip 5555' to bootstrap a wireless adb connection seems to be a non-starter. My Warranty is non-existent. I reiterate for clarity's sake: it has not a single connection via ADB, it is not nor has it ever been rooted, and the bootloader is pure and virgin (i.e., locked). Would it be possible to send ADB commands to my phone via a non-root SSH connection (presumably with PuTTY and SSHDroid)?


texts: I am using a government ZTE Qlink phone and the WIFI randomly turns itself off. I have too many contacts to perform a factory reset! I need help figuring it out!


texts: Mount USB OTG to specific destination folder

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I've got a Moto G with 4.4.2 and, as stock OTG functionality is broken in the latest android version, I need a way to mount my mini USB card reader (meenova) to /sdcard folder.

From what I've found on the internet I have to use this shell (I'm trying to use it with tasker):

"mount -o rw /dev/block/sdb /storage/emulated/0" or "mount -o rw -t vfat /dev/block/sdb /storage/emulated/0" Neither of them worked for me

/deb/block/sdb is the location of my sd when plugged in and /storage/emulated/0 is the phone internal memory (or at least I think so, I've also tried using just /sdcard but no luck either)

I was able to mount the sd card using Stickmount app from Chainfire but it mounts it to /sdcard/usbStorage/sda and I need it to be just /sdcard (plus if I manage to do that with tasker I don't need another app installed).

What can I do? Thanks.


texts: How to recover data from corrupt SD Card formatted as Internal?

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My mother has been using the Moto G3 Turbo Edition for almost 2 years now.
The device has 16GB of internal memory, but she is using an external Samsung Evo 32GB class 10 memory card as her INTERNAL MEMORY (Thanks to the memory-switching feature of Marshmallow). She has been using the phone with Evo as her internal memory since the phone was first bought.
Today while she was using WhatsApp, suddenly she noticed that she was not being able to download any media (music, videos, songs). And when she checked her gallery, she found it empty! Out of nowhere! After further checking it was discovered that the G3 Turbo was not detecting the Samsung Evo at all, eventhough the card was still inside the device. It was showing "No Internal Memory Detected".
I tried various solutions like switching off and turning the device back on, cleaning the memory card, clearing cache...nothing works! This has led me to doubt that the problem might be with the SD card. I inserted it into my PC and it wasn't getting detected.
The Card has lot of important files in it. What should I do?


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For presentation purposes I want to mirror the device screen to a (very large) screen connected to a pc, so multiple people can see it at the same time.

What is the best way to do this. I have seen some apps but they either require rooting, signing up for accounts etc.. I don't mind buying some cable if they exist but chromecast is a bit excessive (need to switch device often and don't always run the presentation on the same pc).

Any suggestions or hints to get me in the right directions would be much appreciated.


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There are several captive portal parameters one could apply to an Android device via settings put global – the most famous probably being

settings put global captive_portal_detection_enabled 0

to completely turn off captive portal check (for Android < 8). Can someone explain how to use the others – e.g. to define a "custom captive portal server for tin-foils"? For example, one cannot simply do a

settings put global captive_portal_server example.com

as that would, in most cases, cause captive portal check to permanently fail (background: doing so, portal check would construct an URL http://example.com/generate_204 and check against that, expecting a specific response).

So apart from simply deactivating captive portal check altogether (which might, as I've read, lead to other issues like not being redirected to the correct portal in some cases), what else can one do to enhance privacy in this context?

Examples (if I got them right):

captive_portal_mode (Android 8+?):

0: Don't attempt to detect captive portals
1: Prompt the user to sign in
2: Immediately disconnect from the network and do not reconnect to that network in the future

captive_portal_detection_enabled (Android <8?):

0: Completely disable captive portal checks
1: Enable it (default)

While these examples are pretty much straight-forward: How to use the other parameters?


texts: What does the green/amber/red light next to the time remaining in navigation mean?

texts: I think it's something to do with how fast/slow you're going, but some clarification would be nice.


texts: Manage file access for apps (Linux user accounts/groups)

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I recently realized that Xprivacy is not capable of restricting the file storage access. So now I'm looking for a reliable way to do that.

I guess denying the general storage permission would prevent apps from accessing it, but I have yet to find an app that doesn't immediately crash or become useless when you do that. ...So that's definitely not the way to go.
Also, I want way more fine-grained control. For instance I might want WhatsApp to be able access /storage/emulated/0/WhatsApp and /data/data/com.whatsapp, but deny access to everything else.

Xprivacy seems to be able to do that using its whitelisting functionality. But sadly it doesn't actually work.

I found out that every app in Android has it's own Linux user account.
And this got me wondering:

Shouldn't it be possible to use standard Linux file permissions to manage which app can access which folder? If that requires changing the file system (e.g. switching from FAT to EXT4 for the SD card, as FAT wouldn't support those permissions), can that be done and how?

Has anyone tried that before?
What would I have to do? (Root access and a terminal are not a problem.)


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I tried to download Remix OS from http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc#downloadNow

The links to mirror downloads lead to a non-existent domain:
"This site can’t be reached www.support.jide.com’s server IP address could not be found. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN"

The Torrent links don't seem to work either - zero peers, nothing downloaded, ETA infinity.

Is there any other source for Remix OS, or is it discontinued?


texts: Android Phone's Homescreen Shortcut to File on OneDrive

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I would like to put a shortcut on my Android phone's homescreen to a Word document file on OneDrive. When I touch the shortcut, the Microsoft Word app should open and allow for editing the file. If I save in Word, then the document should be uploaded to OneDrive online storage.

The OneDrive app allows me to put a shortcut (widget) to a folder but not a file. ES File Explorer allows me to put a shortcut to a file stored locally on the phone but not on a file stored on OneDrive.

I figure I need to download an app. Which app will work?

This question is similar except it is for Google Drive.


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Is there a launcher software for my Android device (in this case Galaxy S2) that doesn't have a home screen, but only the App drawer?

If I can give example it would be an iOS; you unlock and you are instantly on applications. The reason for this is I don't really use widgets at all, and I don't see the point in having a home screen only for apps shortcuts if I would have only menu (app draw).


texts: How big is Gingerbread 2.3.5 on internal 8GB memory?

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How much space does the Gingerbread version 2.3.5 occupy on the internal memory drive ?
I've bought the Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 and it promised  8GB, when I checked the size it said 5GB and only 4.85GB are actually available. What's going on ?


texts: Rooted phone Uber and Lyft can find my location

texts: I have a rooted phone.  My navigation app can see where I am, but Uber and Lyft cannot.  I have a Samsung.  What system apps are necessary for these apps to see me.  Yes, I have given Location permission to both apps.


texts: Very high mobile data usage reported by carrier, no evidence in phone

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My phone is a galaxy Note II, I found out yesterday that I breached the 5 GB limit of data usage for the month when the carrier completely cut my data connections.
I went to check the reported usage in the system settings and it just shows 687 MB used for the month, the highest usage app is facebook with just a little over 100 MB used.

Now here's some facts:

Running Ditto Note 3 v 3.2 (android 4.3) (based on XXUEMK9) (Baseband: N7100XXUEMJ9)
Never used tethering this month
I always keep 3G off at night and when I'm on WIFI

How do I find out what could have caused all this data usage?
The detailed connections report from the carrier will come in 2 months so I can't know anything yet from that, I'd like to try and figure out something now.

I will be getting a data plan upgrade that will allow me 500 more MB for the month but I'm afraid that if I don't do something fast I might end up wasting all the data again, for now I'm planning of clean flashing the newest release of the rom but I'd like to know if there is some app that will let me monitor data usage in a more detailed way as it seems the built-in android graph doesn't record this hidden data that was used.


texts: Parts of touchscreen not working and progressively getting worse - what's causing it?

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First it was like this, then this, and now this. The white part is the part that's not responding to touch. Notice how it increases by an entire row in each picture. This is over a span of 3 weeks.
It's driving me crazy! What's causing it? I didn't drop the phone or get any water in it (as far as I can remember). It just happened suddenly. Does the digitizer go bad by itself without any physical damage? And why is it increasing like this?
It's the same in safe-mode and recovery. How do I diagnose this? I already ady cleaned the connector. I really don't want to get a new digitizer and then it turns out to be not it.
Thanks for any help!
Moto C Plus | Android 7 | Rooted


texts: Where to place a binary file to make it executable from all apks on device?

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I have a binary that I want to make executable by all Applications on my Android device, just like the commands in /system/bin (ls, etc.).

What is the best way of doing this? Does it have to be in the /system/bin folder and does the device have to be rooted?


texts: Changing User Agent in Chromium browsers on Android

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Is it possible to change Chrome, Bromite or Brave browser user agent? I am on Android 10 AOSP rom. Rooted device.

It can be done easily on Android Firefox or Kiwi browser with addons and extensions. But what about the chromium browsers which dont support extension.


texts: Help with resizable widgets on Samsung Galaxy S 2?

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I'm using the default launcher (TouchWiz 4.0). Some of the widgets can be resized which is great, but unfortunately it seems many others cannot be resized at all.

What causes this discrepancy?
Is there any other way to resize those seemingly non-resizable widgets?
Is there a way to tell in advance whether a widget (for example, one I am seeing on the market) is resizable this way?


texts: Is the save data for Angry Birds still there even if the app isn't?

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Recently I've been playing around with the Cyanogen nightlies on my N1. Nightly cm7 1-8 were fine but then one day I lost the home button so I had to backup and then wipe and then eventually everything was fine. But after the wipe Angry Birds was gone and even after I restore I don't have Angry Birds installed. If I install it is the save data still there?

Side note, when you do a backup with one Titianium, does it backup the save data too? Is that only if you have root? How would a non-root user do a backup? And why is the save data not just a database file somewhere that is easy to backup? Is the integrity of scores at risk or something?


texts: Getting Android error message "App not installed"

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I'm having trouble installing some APKs on my ASUS tablet.  To avoid confusion with other posts, and to help clarify the specific problem, let me eliminate some things right away.

I do have the Security setting to accept apps from "Unknown sources".  I can install many APKs without a problem; I have hundreds on the tablet.  I do not have a rooted device, and have never made any system-level changes to my software.  And the very same apps that fail on my tablet will install on my Galaxy S4 phone, as well as a different (older) tablet.

It would appear that there is something "intervening" during the install process.  When I tap on the APK file (which I have tried from both the internal, as well as external, storage), it begins as normal:  I see the Installer come up, I am presented with the Privacy and Device Access parameters, and I tap on "Install".  Within a second or two, I get a pop-up saying "App not installed", and the only option is "Done".

The APKs that fail do not come from a single source.  Some have come from my Amazon Android library; some have come from well-known Android game sites (e.g., the Humble Bundle site).  I am not able to nail down which will, and which won't, install (the list would be too long).  However, whenever there is one that will not install on the ASUS tablet, it will NEVER install.  (I.e., the error is reproducible.)

And to avoid a few other rabbit trails, I am not re-installing any of these apps; they are all new, with no naming conflicts with existing apps.  Some of the apps are installed by sideloading (i.e., copying the APK to the device and clicking on it); the Amazon apps that fail have used the standard Amazon Install process (i.e., the Amazon app on my tablet).  I use Lookout to scan my apps, and there are no problems.  And all of my devices are running Android 4 -- they range from 4.1 to 4.4.4.  All are kept as up-to-date as possible.

Can someone give me an idea of what is happening, what causes the "App not installed" message, and why all of my other devices will install the same app?

Thanks.


texts: Media audio plays through front speaker?

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I've got a Nexus 5 running stock 4.4.2, not rooted. Sometimes, seemingly at random, I will go to do something that plays sound (watch a YouTube video, play a podcast, etc) and the audio comes through the front speaker (the earpiece, where you'd normally hold it up to your head) instead of the bottom speaker.

When this happens, the volume buttons always change the "phone" volume (handset icon) instead of the media volume (speaker icon). Stranger still, some applications still use the right output - Amazon MP3 will play through the normal speaker, but Pocket Casts won't, and because of the volume button issue there's no easy way to change the actual loudness of the former.

I'm having trouble finding this issue on forums. Does anybody else get this? Is it special to the N5? Is it caused by a specific app? Can I stop it from happening, or at least recover from it without rebooting?


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I have Cyanogenmod 14.1 installed on my Samsung SM-G900f. After installing SuperSu from Phillz recovery, Wifi try to start, but no success. I found the same post here WiFi doesn't work when SuperSU 2.72 binaries are installed on Android 7

The last comment sugest to "Better you uninstall SuperSu app and binaries and use CM's Default Root Access (from Developer Settings) till the issue is fixed"

I've tried to uninstall SuperSu the normal way and from the app settings: SuperSu > Settings > Switch superuser app, but when SuperSu is uninstalled and in the CM settings the root access is set to disabled, it is ignored and every app that granted root permission from SuperSu before, seems it has it now and use it without asking.
Root access from CM settings is ignored.

That being said, how can I uninstall SuperSu app and binaries and use CM's Default Root Access?
Or even better, is there a fix to a non working Wifi?


texts: Impossible to set a new SD card as adoptable after successfully using the first card as adoptable

texts:
I have successfully expanded the internal storage of the phone with an sd card using the "sm partition DISK mixed" command in adb:
mido:/ $ sm list-disks
disk:179,96

mido:/ $ sm partition disk:179,96 mixed 50
mido:/ $ sm list-volumes
private:179,99 mounted 0e05b528-c814-4078-b7ef-1a0f95260531
private mounted null
public:179,97 mounted F227-1806
emulated mounted null
emulated:179,99 unmounted null

My phone is Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x MIUI Global 11.0.2 (android 7.0). Sd card used: Kingston 8GB MicroSDHC class 4.
I successfully used this mode for a while (transferred applications to sd) until I saw that class 4 memory cards are really very slow and bought a new class 10 memory card: Smartbuy microSDHC 64gb class 10.
And here, unfortunately, it was not possible to expand the internal memory with the new SD. Before using new SD card I undo adoptable storage on the 1st SD-card: "sm partition disk:xxxxx public" and also formated it using “Settings” -> “Storage” -> “SD card” -> ”ERASE SD-card". As I saw after these steps, the phone stopped distinguishing the SD card as adoptable.
Then I inserted the second SD card into the phone and started converting it into adoptable:
mido:/ $ sm list-disks
disk:179,64

mido:/ $ sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 75

mido:/ $ sm list-volumes
private:179,67 unmountable null
private mounted null
public:179,65 mounted C1B0-1F00
emulated mounted null

We see that private volume is not set, unlike it was on the 1st card. Moving applications to the sd card does not work (the "change storage" button disappeared in the interface)
I tried to
mido:/ $ sm format private:179,67
mido:/ $ sm mount private:179,67
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: command '328 volume mount private:179,67 0 -1' failed with '400 328 Command failed'

The "set-force-adoptable: setting also failed, but the error code changed:
mido:/ $ sm set-force-adoptable true
mido:/ $ sm mount private:179,67
Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: command '336 volume mount private:179,67 0 -1' failed with '400 336 Command failed'

How can it be that this procedure worked with one memory card, but did not work with another? Perhaps the phone still thinks that it works with the first SD card as adoptable, but how can I reverse this?
Thank you very much in advance for your help!


texts: sharing network using adb port forwarding

texts:
A bit of background
I have an Android phone, which unfortunately cannot usb-tether while it is connected to the internet (using wifi or mobile data, but it works when the device is not connected to the internet. Wifi and Bluetooth tethering have this problem too). Now I want to connect my PC to the internet using my android phone (using only wired connection).
The unideal solution
I came up with a rather hacky solution which has a minor problem: I compiled gost - a proxy server - for my device (FYI, I used GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm environmental variables to build the binary) and ran the binary on my Android phone on port 8080 (I placed the binary in /data/local/tmp. I ran it the obvious way using adb shell without superuser privileges). Then I used adb forward tcp:8080 tcp:8080 to forward device's port 8080 to my PC's port 8080. After that I used localhost:8080 as a socks5 proxy on my PC and could access the internet.
The problem is that I cannot use certain applications as they don't support connecting through proxy (some of them run on a lower network layer than a socks5 proxy, so there is no way for them to work).
My question
Is there any way to run a VPN server on my Android phone (which conveniently has root access too) and use it like the way I currently do? If so, I'm only interested in solutions using well-maintained opensource software.


texts: How can I send my 4.4.2 device's SMS from the Web without changing the default app?

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I would like to be able to send SMS from my phone via the Web.

I used to use MySMS, however, since upgrading to 4.4.2, the app demands that it be the default messaging app due to messaging changes introduced in 4.4. I'm quite happy with using GoSMS and don't want to change.

What options do I have?


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A desktop or server computer can be backed up, in whole or part, with only 3 components: the computer, backup software, and a connected storage device.

How do I accomplish the same for an Android device?

All of the answers and discussions I've come across so far rely on having a PC or a cloud service or both present.

A complete answer collection would include bare metal backup and restore, but for the moment I'm most interested in backup of user data, that is everything added and configured after one logs in to new device for the first time. Apps installed, docs and settings for those apps; wallpaper, icon and launcher layout, and so on.

There should be at least some ability to pick and choose what to restore from the backup archive.

I'm on Lollipop 5.1, but please don't feel need to restrict to that version unless necessary. I am partial to using sdcard as backup storage destination, while being open to other possibilities such as a USB device or LAN share.


texts: Pressing volume keys causes songs to skip

texts:
Device: Motorola Defy (MB525), running Android ICS (4.0.4), CyanogenMod 9-20121116-NIGHTLY-jordan

Issue: Whenever I'm listening to songs on any song app, If I press either volume up or down keys when the screen is on, it works fine. However, if the screen is turned off and I press volume keys, it either returns to the beginning of the song (on vol down) or skips to the next song (on vol up).

Apps affected: This behaviour is verified on Google Play Music, Doods Music Streamer, and pretty much any app that has support for skipping songs while the screen is locked.


texts: How do I get Android 2.3 on my Verizon Droid 2?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?
  How do I root my device?

I have a Droid 2 with Verizon and the Android version is 2.2 (froyo).

I am looking to update to 2.3 (gingerbread) but when I go to the check for updates section it says it's up to date. How can I get 2.3? I have never rooted before but if that's what I have to do to get it then I will. Any resources that could point me in the right direction would be much appreciated.


texts: Holding power button doesn't work on Nexus 4

texts:
My Nexus 4's power button's hold function is not working. I can lock my screen, but anything which involves me having to hold the power button isn't working.

I'm scared to even wait for my phone to drain all the battery and shut down because I have to hold the power button for it to start. I'm stuck.

Is this a hardware break or a software bug?


texts: reverse usb tethering works, but no internet

texts:
For a hobby project I'm building a system manager for a gaming pc.

Instead of a custom touch screen and microcontroller I'm trying to use an old Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100). For useabilty I'm trying to use reverse usb tethering to use the LAN connection of the pc.

I've managed to install LineageOS 14.1 with Gapps and Xposed framework.

Via the network settings on the S2 I've activated usb tethering

On the windows pc, a network adapter is added: NDIS based ethernet port with ip adress 192.168.137.1 and the local ethernet port is set for sharing the connection

Via Terminal Emulator for Android on the S2 with command ifconfig all the ip settings are confirmed and the NDIS is set to UP. I've also tried to reconfigure the default network route. Via the Xposed framework fakewifi connection is running for all the apps.

Still the S2 doesn't get internet connection. What am I doing wrong?


texts: After upgrading to Jellybean(4.2) my device became slow. I have done several resets, but  still have the same problem. How do I go back to 4.1 or can this issue be fixed?


texts:
My question is:
Is there any way to use Tablet as a hands free adapter by Wi-Fi?

With Access point created in the Tablet? "No internet" Device-To-Device lan connection.

For Example:
call (smartphone) ---> Internal Forward ---> Skype (smartphone) ---> Wi-Fi (Forward) ---> Skype (tablet)

And the other way around:
Skype make call (tablet) ---> Wi-Fi (Forward) ---> Skype (smartphone) ---> Internal Forward ---> Phone call (smartphone).

Offline point-to-point VoIP call over Wi-Fi is possible: How can I make a point-to-point VoIP call over Wi-Fi?

And receiving a call and transfer in the same phone to voip system... Is this possible?


texts: KitKat "new" Launcher - non English (US) language

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I have a Nexus 4. It was updated to KitKat last night.

From what I've gathered from the reviews, I should have a new Launcher. But my phone is still using the old one.

Does anyone know if the launcher is not available for pt-br phones? Or I am missing something?

Thanks!

Edit

Forget it. It seems that the new Launcher (and some other stuff) are exclusive to te Nexus 5. :(

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/11/22/psa-what-some-device-owners-wont-see-in-their-kit-kat-update/


texts: Samsung Galaxy S6 on Verizon - capable of simultaneous voice and LTE w/o having to use VoLTE?

texts: Does the Samsung Galaxy S6 on Verizon support using 4G LTE data while on a voice call without having to use VoLTE mode? It seems like a lot of newer phones don't support this.  VoLTE might be fine if in an area with uninterrupted 4G signal, but last I read, switching to 3G while on a VoLTE call will cause the call to drop.


texts: Get data/backup out of a bootlooping Nexus6P

texts:
My phone got stuck in a bootloop since yesterday and now I am trying to get out any data/backup I can. After dozens of tries (most of the times it just reboots when I choose to get into recovery from the bootloader), I managed to get to recovery and get the whole sdcard contents with adb pull. I am now trying to get backups of some, if not all, apps.

I tried adb backup -all -apk -f -backup.ab but since my phone has the TWRP recovery, this doesn't work.

Is it ok if I just get a backup of the data partition? Will I able to restore apps from this partition to a new phone (possibly not a Nexus6P). Do encryption/lock settings have a role in this?
Is it a good idea to try and flash a factory image, so that I have the factory recovery, and try running the same adb command? I am not even sure I will be able to get into recovery again after that.

I am really afraid to anything at this point, before I know that there is a good chance I'll have any success. I can get to the bootloader easily, but trying to get into recovery fails most of the times.


texts: How do I use only fingerprint to unlock my phone?

texts: I got a Moto G4 Plus recently. It has a pretty fast fingerprint sensor. For my own reasons I don't want a secondary/backup(pattern/pin/etc) method to unlock my phone. I want to unlock it solely using my fingerprint. I'm ready to root it if needed. I know this comes with risks of being locked out of my phone or other emergencies, I'm ready for it. Does anyone have a way of achieving this?


texts:
A leap second was recently added on June 30, 2015 23:59:60 UTC.

How are leap seconds implemented on Android (specifically Lollipop)?


texts: My Android screen is not responding. I cannot even draw the pattern to unlock the phone. I have powered it on and off, it still is not responding. I have removed the battery and still no response. I have removed the SIM card and still no response. The screen has become non-tactile.


texts: Over the last couple days, my phone has been acting weird. I have the Galaxy S6 Active. Over the last couple days, whenever I try to open something, rather than opening the app I want, it'll go directly to Uber in my play store. I haven't had any problems before. My phone did an update about 1 1/2 weeks ago and I didn't have problems then. I looked in my device manager to see if anything looks out of the norm or if anything downloaded that shouldn't and that's not the case. Is there anything that can be done?


texts: How to restore/add google search to android browser - Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830L

texts:
I own a rooted Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830L.
My carrier decide it was a good idea to remove Google search from the default android browser replacing it with a absolutely useless search engine they provide (which I hate with the burning passion of a thousand suns).
If I go into the browser's settings > Select search Engine, I get the carriers engine as the only option.

Is there a way to install google search or restore the browser back to a non carrier customized version?

I already have Opera mini installed but I want to use both so please do not suggest this as a solution.


texts: Is there a way to image an android phone and flash that image onto another Android phone WITHOUT rooting the device? I don't want to just backup the data onto a new phone. I want to completely clone the system. If you know of a way to do this by rooting the phone, please also include that. If I absolutely have to root the phone, I will, but I want to do it without rooting the device.


texts: Is there a way to display Interstate Rest Areas on Google Maps Navigation?

texts:
I've had several instances where this information would have been useful when navigating w/ Moto Droid, but I haven't been able to figure out a way to get to interstate (USA) rest areas in Google Maps Navigation.  Are they grouped in with something else? Called something else?

I was thinking of suggesting this to Google, but I wanted to make sure it wasn't already there and missing it.


texts: Contacts on Android: Delete limit exceeded

texts:
A few days ago I deleted all of my Android contacts (using the "Delete Contacts" app). Not a mistake, I really want to delete them.

From that day, Android always shows a notification "Sync: Too many contacts deletes".
When I click on it, a menu comes:

Delete limit exceeded
There are 3960 deleted items for contacts, account xxx.xxx@gmail.com. What would you like to do?
- Delete the items.
- Undo the deletes.
- Do nothing for now.

When I click Delete the items, the menu disappears, and nothing seems to happen. The contacts are gone but the notification still sits there. It has been like this for days. What should I do?


texts:
I found these related questions on the same issue:

How do I disable the data usage warning and notification in ICS?
How to turn of Google Samsung Nexus Galaxy 3g/mobile data usage warning?

But, my problem is the graph doesn't show up the limit lines. How to disable the notification now?

Screenshots (click for larger variants)

When I try to set mobile data limit I'm getting the message from the second screenshot and it backs to the first image. It is not enabling.


texts: Sunspider : performance of 3rd party apps relative to stock browser

texts:
Hi my aim is to get an idea of the slowdown 3rd party apps face on android, relative to the stock browser, on the SunSpider JavaScript benchmarks. In this post I would like to focus on Twitter since it is available on both iPhone and android.

As everyone is aware there are restrictions on iOS which means that 3rd party apps perform significantly slower on JavaScript functionality relative to Safari (the stock browser on iPhone).

I have an iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.3. When I run the benchmark SunSpider 1.0 JavaScript Benchmark (see lower down for how I run SunSpider inside Twitter) then I get the following :

  Safari : 1833ms +/- 1.3%
  Twitter  : 6900.1ms +/- 0.3% (Chrome browser etc also perform around this time).

Therefore I see a slowdown of 6900.1/1833 = 3.7 times.

What sort of slowdown do people get on Android (when comparing Twitter to the stock android browser)?

Note I run sunspider inside twitter by doing a search for "sunspider
h". Then the 5th result from the top is :

  "The H - News
  JavaScript benchmark Sunspider reaches version 1.0..."

I click the hyperlink and then in the resulting webpage scroll down to
the hyperlink in the line : "The new version of Sunspider is available
to use...". In this way I run sunspider from within Twitter.


texts: Turn off blue "1" symbol next to texts on Samsung Galaxy S7

texts:
I just recently got a Samsung Galaxy S7.

As shown in the pictures, there is a blue 1 symbol next to all of my texts. I only found one forum online that said this was due to the "dual sim". However there were no comments as to how to turn it off. Does anyone know?

Also, do anyone know what the symbol means next to the left of mute symbol on the top part of the screen? I tried to indicate it with blue


texts: Does Wiping Data/Internal SD in TWRP Remove files Permanently?

texts:
I am selling my Moto X Play and want to make sure all my personal files were permanently removed from the device.

I did a Factory Reset from within the OS twice and noticed that my photos would still appear after the reset was completed.

So then I booted into TWRP recovery mode and went to wipe and wiped the internal SD and Data on the device, booted back into the system and the pictures were all gone. I then flashed a completely different rom and pictures are still gone now.

I just want to confirm that at this point that my files are completely erased and could never be recovered.


texts: Why is it that many Android apps do not feature a true close application feature?

texts: I was wondering why it seems many applications in the Android eco-system come without a true "close" feature?  It seems "different(to be politically correct)" to have to manage if an application is running through the OS rather than the actual application itself.


texts: Tasker - Advance Settings - Export App Package Name?

texts:
I've deactivated beginner mode on tasker and noticed now when I try exporting a task as an application it requires a Package name, I've tried following their instructions and have been unsuccessful, I don't want to go back to beginner mode therefore it is not an option

Does anyone know what's needed in the Package name with examples of what would work?
Thanks


texts: Maximum number of possible playable songs

texts:
I have a library of over 100,000 mp3 songs. I have tried and failed to modify an iPod to be able to accommodate this number, but a friend recently suggested I store them on a 1TB micro SD card, and use an Android device to play them. Is this possible? I am afraid that the limited RAM could be a potential problem in traversing through this vast number of files.
Any help is appreciated!

EDIT: Let's simplify the question. I have 300 GB of music that I want to have all on one device which I can use like an MP3 player. How can this be done?


texts:
I have installed a few new SMS management apps to test them and uninstalled them because they were not better than the original SMS app. But now I no longer receive any SMS notifications. No alert sounds, no notifications.

How can I turn on notifications again.


texts:
I've a YU Yureka AO5510 and I've flashed custom ROM and thing were working fine. But once I pressed restart and phone never started again. I thought it was low battery and tried charging. Whenever I connected the charger, LED notification light turns red and after few minutes it gets turned off. When the charging cable is unplugged and plugged again, red LED notification light comes up again and turns off after few minutes.
Could help me to enter fastboot or recovery in this situation?


texts: How do I create a new route table on rooted Android?

texts:
On Linux I can type something like echo 202 my_table >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables and voila, I can use my_table in commands like ip route add 1.1.1.1 dev eth0 table my_table.
But my rooted Android phone doesn't have /etc/iproute2. And even if I create this directory (mkdir -p /etc/iproute2/), then echo 202 my_table >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables and run ip route add 1.1.1.1 dev eth0 table my_table I get :
Error: argument "my_table" is wrong: "table" value is invalid

How to create and delete route tables on Android?


texts:
I am using Bluestacks to play a game.But every time i try to play game "Mini Motor Racing" it shows;

I also went to settings >Apps >Mini Motor Racing > but there is no selection of permissions so i can't change permission.I also search for it on google but nothing helped. Plz guide me if u can thanks bye.


texts: Do unlocked phones get re-opened at the factory?

texts:
This question is so borderline, I hesitate to ask it but will anyways. I recently received a new phone from a reputable online retailer, but when I opened the box there appeared to be a fingerprint and another smudge already on the device (before I touched it). I called the retailer and the customer service rep suggested that unlocked phones may be re-opened at the factory to be unlocked... which seems strange, because I would have through they are already unlocked and would only need additional work on them to load carrier skins.
I know I'm unlikely to get a completely satisfactory answer, but was hoping to tell if it's normal to see smudges on a supposedly new phone from the factory - maybe someone has worked in one before. While I think it's unlikely they need to re-open and seal the box, I would have thought they would use gloves (now and before to prevent any fingerprints). My main concern is someone loading malicious software/firmware on the device although I could factory reset it again (setup was not complete when I started the phone).

I left the retailer and phone manufacturer anonymous here to start, but can add it later if appropriate.


texts:
pm install /mnt/sdcard/Documents/ClientFrontEnd.apk command excuted on rooted device. This command is working via terminal. but when it comes to installer application it gives error.

$ pm install /mnt/sdcard/Documents/ClientFrontEnd.apk
Error is pkg: /mnt/sdcard/Documents/ClientFrontEnd.apk Killed.


texts: Cast screen on Samsung Television from Moto G7

texts:
I have a Samsung smart TV. I want to cast the screen of my Moto G7 Power running Android 9 onto the TV. I have made sure that the TV and the cell phone are on the same Wi-Fi system. When I go to Connected Devices -> Connection preferences -> Cast, then I can't find my TV there. However, when I try the same thing with my Nokia 6.1 Plus then I can find my TV there and can easily cast my screen. Also, when I cast from within the Youtube app on Moto G7, then I can find my TV and can successfully cast just the video being played on the app (but this doesn't cast the entire screen). Has anyone experienced something similar? is there some settings that I need to change to be able to cast the entire screen of my Moto G7?

Also, I don't own a Chromecast and don't want to purchase one either. I want to make my Moto work the same way the Nokia does.


texts: How to connect to multiple hosts through SSH, with the "same ip", with "Better Terminal Emulator Pro"?

texts:
I'm trying to set up SSH connections to my home network. The application I'm using is Better Terminal Emulator Pro. But it only allows me to connect to one host with the same IP address(the external IP), it doesn't understand that it's a different port.

I created 3 shortcuts for the SHH sessions, but only one works.

The network is a LAN behind a router. I need to connect to multiple hosts on this network.

I can do this with another terminal, don't remember which one. But I like Better Terminal Emulator Pro so, any ideas?


texts: How to search for Android apps "with" ads?

texts:
Is it possible to search for apps within the Google Play Store that contain ads?
If it's not possible within the Google Play store, is there another effective way to accomplish this?
I want to place Ads, but need to short list the apps in which Ads are to placed?


texts: The default notification bar in Nexus S is very basic. It doesn't have any toggle buttons like others do. Can I replace it?


texts: Is it possible to change mount points of internal storage?

texts:
I have an off-brand rooted tablet built on MT8389 with 8GB internal memory. The problem is that manufacturer partitioned this in some weird way making /data folder mounted to a partition that is only 1GB large. Basically I have approximately 4GB of free space mounted as /storage/sdcard0 but it sits unused while all installed apps occupy /data making the device close to useless as only core apps after updates eats over 60% of available space.

After all Android is just another Linux flavour, so I would expect I could run console and do this:

Copy /data to /storage/sdcard0.
Umount /storage/sdcard0.
Mount /data to the partition that was mounted as /storage/sdcard0.
Mount that 1GB partition as /storage/sdcard0 instead.

Is it possible? How to do it "safely"?

Note that I don't want to change partition sizes - I only want to swap mount points or create symlink to make /data point to a larger partition. In theory this should be pretty straightforward ;)


texts: How to know how much recent activity has been seen by a person having access to my Gmail account?

texts: My estranged wife has possession of my phone. I locked her out of Gmail access as soon as possible. Despite my efforts I can't view from my PC in my security settings how much recent activity she saw on my Gmail and what she was browsing while on my device. I'm afraid that my opportunity to obtain this info has passed because I didn't check the history before I signed out of all devices. Is there still hope ?


texts:
I rooted my phone and, perhaps over-zealously, removed many of the system apps which I deemed junk.

But, now I'm trying to restore one of the apps I removed, but simply restoring the file to the /system/app directory and giving the right permissions (rw-r--r-- to root:root) does not allow me to use the app on my phone.

I am trying to restore the Gallery3d.apk app file (from a backup) to my LG P509 phone. I am not sure if this solution will have general application or will only apply to this particular app.

I have already tried copying the app to the user-accessible storage and trying to install it as a User app, but the install fails.

How do I restore this app (or these types of apps) so that my phone will be able to use it again?


texts:
I'm running WhatsApp on Android 8.

I've archived all my chats on WhatsApp , and I have continuous automatic backups switched on. Will the archives and their media also be backed up on WhatsApp along with all other chats and all other media ?  Is there anything specific I should know ? This is the first time that I've archived anything on WhatsApp.

Any help and shedding some light on the question and related issues would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.


texts: silk full screen actual resolution on kindle hdx

texts:
OK, the silk browser goes 'full screen'. But there is a margin. Argh! Can I get rid of the margin, or get it into full full screen (2560 X 1600)? Or find out what the actual size is (2560-mw,1600-mw) ?

I am going to have to write my html to handle this. But maybe there is some setting on the Kindle Silk browser that tells the full screen mode to not have that margin.

Why do I not want the margin? Because I have an image exactly 2560 X 1600, and I want to view it full screen, pixel for pixel.


texts: Open android app on another phone via bluetooth?

texts: I am trying to get past FRP on an LG M430 (Stylo 3, I am also the owner of it), and the only method that would work seems to require a bluetooth headset to open Google via its mic. Trying to get back into chrome via talkback doesn't work once the phone is restarted, so I'm asking if there's a way to have a second android phone act as a headset to open Google on the LG one.


texts: samsung galaxy note pro 12.2 won't play videos in youtube app without stopping

texts:
I am on a 100mbps internet. When I start playing youtube video it shows that it buffered a lot of it quick, but it is impossible to watch/listen to videos at it stops once in 10 sec and then autoplays in a few sec. itself.

I tried some other app to play youtube videos and they play fine.

What's wrong with my youtube??


texts:
MY phone (Samsung S3) just went off today and started flashing the Samsung logo. I have taken out the battery multiple times and tried to restart the phone. Only once did it restart but then after ten minutes went back to the logo.
I tried to press HOME VOLUME UP and PWOER and nothing happened. Then i tried HOME VOLUME DOWN and POWER and i got the screen for Support Help! Warning!! A custom OS can cause critical problems....after a while it goes back to the logo flashing.
I cant restart or reboot my phone.

Please help.


texts: Getting "???" and no permissions when using 'adb devices' on Linux

texts:
I am new to Android and ADB. This is my first time trying to install Linux on an Android device. I have been stepping though this tutorial.
I am at step 5, where the tutorial claims I will need to authorize USB debugging connections. I'm not sure it is accurate, when I booted, the device simply informed me that there was a USB connection.

So then, I gave the Linux command:

~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
????????????    no permissions

So then I thought it might be a Linux permissions issue, and gave it sudo, but I still get the same gibberish.

~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
????????????    no permissions

when I unplug the device, and run the command adb devices nothing shows up... a blank line. So it would seem ADB is detecting something.

What is this output telling me? How might I get my device recognized?
Are there any additional settings I should enable for this to work?
This Android device, is an Nextbook Ares 11.


texts: My Kyocera Hydro has a weird doubling effect on status bar; I would send a screen shot I have if I knew how. I looked at everything in the settings and just can't figure it out.


texts: How to create app-like Chrome shortcuts?

texts:
I have a Chrome application which, at some point, I added to my home screen and it was behaving like a real application: there was no Chrome toolbar (for the URL and other settings). The icon was also a "native one" (the difference will be clear in a second).

For various reasons I removed it from my home screen and also upgraded to Pie (I am not sure if this matters).

I then tried to re-create the "app" by adding, from Chrome, a shortcut to my home screen. This is how it looks now:

Please note the Chrome thumbnail which was not there previously.

The app itself does not look "native" anymore:

The part between the status bar and the blue line used not to be there, completely hiding the fact that this is a web page running in Chrome.

What is the correct way to get back this "native app" behaviour?


texts: No Google apps and no install zip option in recovery mode

texts: I have a galaxy s3 and I put CyanogenMod on it but there are no google apps and when I boot into recovery mode there is no install zip option to install the gapp ROM how do I get the Google apps on there


texts: ES Chromecast Player no longer works for ES File Explorer

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The brilliant ES File Explorer has been my go-to app for quite some time now. I particularly liked using it for Chromecast. However the ES Chromecast Player has recently stopped working for me.

When I select ES Chromecast Player the screen goes black and I no longer get the dialog popping up that allows me to select the device to cast to.

I've tried uninstalling both the ES File Explorer and ES Chromecast Player apps and then re-installing them, but the problem still persists.

Any idea what the issue might be, or things I might try to fix the issue? All other apps are still able to cast to my Chromecast device.

My device is a Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. The device is not rooted or anything like that.


texts: Default kernel version of Android-x86 ISO

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I know that android-x86[...]-k49.iso means it is using kernel version 4.9, but for some ISO like android-x86[...]-r4.iso, the kernel version is not mentioned.
Since 64-bit isn't booting for me, it might have kernel version 4.9+ but not 4.19 since 4.19 is also available for download.
How can I know what is the default kernel version?


texts: K9-Mail does not detect PGP encrypted mail automatically

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I have a bit of a problem with PGP and K9-Mail on my Galaxy S3.
I'm using the GPG Mail plugin on my computer (Mac OS X 10.8) and can read and write mails just perfectly.

Today I decided to setup PGP on my phone. It's rooted and runs the ParandoidAndroid 3.55 custom mod. I did the setup as shown in this guide: http://cariadus.com/blog/2010/07/how-to-set-up-your-android-phone-to-enable-sending-pgp-signed-emails-to-nominets-automaton/
and everything went fine.

I can encrypt and decrypt mails sent from my phone (to myself). BUT, here is the problem. As soon as I send myself (or got a mail from a friend) that wasn't sent via K9-Mail and Android it doesn't recognize the signature. FOllowing screenshot will explain:

It shows me the attachments but the usual "Decrypt" button that I get from mails sent from my phone itself doesn't show up. I update my public key + the public key from the friend that sent me a mail from the keyserver and have both of them stored in APG.

Well, I hope you understand my problem now and have advice on what I can do to fix this :P Thanks!


texts: Samsung Galaxy S5 deletes email from server

texts: Just recently I have noticed that emails downloaded on my Galaxy S5 are being deleted from my server so I cannot view them on my laptop.  How do I change this?


texts:
I took some photos and when I went back to look at them the thumbnails are black and corrupted.
How does this happen and can they be repaired?


texts: Remove Google Search Bar from LG W10 Alpha running Android 9

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I have a LG W10 Alpha running Android 9. I think it's close to stock Android.
I tried various suggested ways to remove the search bar on the home screen but none of them seem to work.

Go to Apps -> Google -> Disable. There isn't such an option at all. Only Force Stop is available in Apps -> Google

Long Press & drag the the search bar to Remove. Long Press doesn't allow you to drag or show the Remove option.

Didn't find any other option to remove the search bar either.
Are there any other ways which will work with Android 9 running on the LG W10 Alpha?
If not, which Custom Launcher should I install to remove it? I am pretty much happy with the default launcher & am not looking for any new feature with a custom launcher. So I would prefer a Custom Launcher which is really lightweight & works more or less like the default launcher except it allows me to remove the Search Bar. Any suggestions?


texts: I have a Galaxy S4 Active and I cant find emails that are older than 30 days. How do i get them back? I didn't delete them.


texts: Honor 7 Boot-loop after changing display+frame

texts:
A few weeks ago my friends Honor 7 display cracked. So I ordered a new display+frame from "Ali" as I already have done a few times before.
After transferring all the hardware to the new frame and connecting everything as it was before, two issues arose:

1) the battery seems dead. When plugged into a charger, the battery does not charge. But I found a useful thread which might work, so this is not the main issue.

The more pressing issue is:

2) the phone enters a boot-loop when powered up (it does not matter if I power it up with or without battery). SD-card and Sim-card are not in phone when powering up. The boot-loop consist of a short vibration and then showing the first screen "Honor - powered by android", then going dark and starting over. It is to be noted that no rooting or flashing was done to this phone.

I already tried the old display again but now the same issue arise there too.

It can only enter "Fastboot mode" not "Huawei eRecovery". When trying to enter "Huawei eRecovery" it just vibrates really short and then does nothing.

Since the phone is still Locked and I can't power it up, my hands are kinda tied up.

Any advice would be great. Even if it is just telling me that nothing can be done here.


texts: How can I fix small image size issue in Chrome (only Facebook website)?

texts:
Firstly I know StackExchange have a similar question. But I'm unable to comment on that question due to low reputation.

Coming to my issue Chrome browser showing images in small sizes since last week. I have tried clearing cache, site settings and also tried clearing all my chrome data from settings-apps menu. I'm using updated Chrome browser (v62.0.3202.84) and my phone model is Moto X Pure (Nougat 7.0 updated)


texts: Android Pie on Pixel 2 keeps wanting to restart

texts: I bought a Pixel 2 a few weeks ago and upgraded it to Android Pie, but about every three days it comes up with a notification asking me to restart (I forget the exact wording of the message). Have done this about five times now. Any idea why this is happening and if there is a fix?


texts: Turn off Bluetooth and WiFi on a Android TV

texts: I just saw that you could turn off Bluetooth (and probably also WiFi?) on a Sony TV using Android OS. So I'm wondering whether this is true for any TV running on Android OS, or can this functionality be changed/removed from the TV manufacturer?


texts: No wifi for importing google data in lineageos gapps setup wizard

texts: After fresh install of lineageos 14.1 and gapps ROMs, the gapps setup wizard asks whether to perform a fresh setup or to import data from the cloud, e.g. google backup using your google account.  Unfortunately, wifi is not setup yet by the wizard ensuring that any import from the cloud will fail.  Does this mean it's not possible to directly import your data from the cloud during lineageos gapps setup?


texts: Flashing Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with Android on Linux

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Is there a way to flash my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with stock rom(Android KitKat 4.4.2) in Linux(any distribution)?

EDIT: I can't figure out how to flash this firmware with Heimdall. All I can find is different files and different devices.

EDIT:Here are the instructions building a Heimdall firmware package.

EDIT: I found a post on XDA saying that Heimdall doens't support KitKat 4.4.2, I got the same error as that guy:ERROR: Failed to send request to end PIT file transfer!
ERROR: Failed to download PIT file! When trying to download the PIT file for my device.


texts: Enabling Android as USB host on Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 10

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I'm trying to develop applications that talk to USB devices, but nothing works. I installed a USB Host Diagnostics app, and it tells me that there's no OS support for device detection on the Galaxy Nexus or the Nexus 10. I'm running Android 4.2 on both.

I tried the AdbTest sample application, but that doesn't respond when I connect the devices together. I tried updating the files in /system/etc/permissions as discussed here, but that doesn't do anything.

Can anyone get USB device detection to work on these devices? Thanks!


texts:
In the Android 5 camera app, if you browse the photos taken, there appear also photos from Whatsapp, music album covers, etc.
Can you make the camera app only display photos taken?


texts:
Exactly what the title says.  I've got a 1.5 gb zip file on my sdcard that I would like to extract via adb (not pulling to pc and pushing back).  Is there a simple command to unzip a file?

Thanks!


texts:
I have a Samsung tab s 10.5 inch. Once I try the Samsung code *#0*# and try to check the red color it gives a black screen, but all other color tests working fine – even tab working fine but any red color showing black  in all pics. I went to Samsung, they told problems is in Lcd or digitizer.

Any one can help please?


texts:
After leaving my Samsung Galaxy A-30 phone (with Android 9) for a few hours unbelievably I understood all of my internal storage is cleaned! I don't remember that I have installed any suspicious app but I just attached a USB flash to my phone for some data transferring last day.

Now I just want to know what happened to my phone's internal storage data, is there any system log file for Android 9? How can I find if an app with storage permission has done this?


texts: Zeki TBDG773B Doesn't Recognize External SD card

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I have a Zeki TBDG773B which isn't allowing apps to install because of a lack of space.
Error:

Insufficient storage
This device doesn't have enough space to download "App Name".  Consider deleting apps or content you no longer need and try again.

I believe the build has an issue with recognizing the difference between the internal storage and the external SD card.  Perhaps an issue with mounting the card correctly?
Zeki TBDG773B

"Internal Storage" 849MB Used / 143MB Free (just system apps)
"On SD Card" 2.1MB Used / 4.5GB Free (I believe this is the internal SD
card)
"SD Card" (External) Available 14.91GB

About:

Android Version: 4.4.2
Kernel Version: 3.10.33
Build number: KOT49H.Zeki.20140923.v001

No updates available.
Any suggestions to allow app installations to the external SD card?
Alternatively, any way to make the external card recognized as sdcard0 and the internal card recognized as sdcard1 as it seems the system wants to work with "0"?


texts: My android phone is not displaying apps in the sd card

texts: I open my settings and go to application manager. Then i move some apps to sd card. After that, i insert the sd card into another phone. But the apps doesn't appear. Help me pls.


texts: Prevent any Android app from changing WiFi state

texts:
At some point in the last year I noticed that my Android device (HTC 10, Android 8.0.0) WiFi would turn on even when I had it turned off. I found out there is a permission called CHANGE_WIFI_STATE, which allows apps to enable/disable WiFi on my device.

I don't want this to happen. I want to be in full control of the WiFi state, for several reasons including the desire to avoid using bad WiFi without forgetting the access point name and key.

Is there any way I can achieve this without uninstalling the guilty apps? Ideally, I'd like to revoke access to the CHANGE_WIFI_STATE permission for all apps present and future, but I would be OK with doing it per-app too.


texts: Need direction on best course of action with an lg16c with Kitkat

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I have recently started teaching myself Android systems, and I'm not sure if I bricked or what happened. Now I could seriously use some direction as to the best course of action.

Somewhere in the process of rooting, uninstalling, and tinkering, I lost the ability to use my on screen keyboard. Apps menu showed the keyboard as still working but it was and is unuseable  I got the bright idea to try factory reset, as I wasn't using ADB at the time  Now the phone is formatted but I can't get to menu to turn on developer options for usb debugging mode
The touch screen is still operational but the keyboard isn't functional so I can't even get past the initial setup screen.
Please someone, take pity on my stupidity and woeful ignorance. Any advice would be welcome. Its an LG L16C with kitkat
Oh yeah, before I had any idea what was what, I backed my phone up and then transferred the file to my pc. I haven't inspected the file as I have been tied up reading every piece of available literature on how to use ADB/SDK and trying to setup remote viewing/pc control and other such things.  Is it going to be possible to learn something from this other than don't make that mistake again?


texts: My IMEI was deleted, but I wrote down the number. Can I restore it?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I restore IMEI code after factory reset?

I have an SGS2.  During an OTA update the IMEI was deleted.  I didn't have a backup of the EFS directory, as the phone wasn't rooted.  However, I copied down the IMEI on paper beforehand.

Is there any way to restore the IMEI if I have the number?


texts: How can I update my rooted Moto G to 4.4.2

texts:
Every time I try the OTA download it gives me an error while installing, which I presume is because I've rooted the phone.

It's a European model if it matters.


texts: Importing contacts from SIM card results in only mobile numbers, and no home numbers

texts:
I needed to reboot my phone, (Galaxy Ace, Android2.3), but wanted to save all my contacts. So I did the following:

export contacts to SIM card
reboot phone
import contacts from SIM card

The problem is that only one phone number for each contact came back in when I imported. (When you enter contacts in Android, the default 'first' number is a mobile, and the second number is labelled 'home'. Ever wonder why the phone displays "call mobile" even when the number is a landline? This is why.)  Anyway, as I was saying, only the mobile or first phone number for each contact has been brought back in.  Any suggestions?  I have checked all the display options available.


texts: App showing battery charge based on its voltage

texts:
I have a xt894 with Android 4.3.

I bought an extended 3800mAh battery (Mugen) but the droid doesnt recognize it properly.

I tested a couple of battery manager apps, but I dint find what I am looking for.

I would like to know the name of an app that shows the current battery charge based on its voltage


texts:
Rooted my Tecno Spark K7 Android 7.0 Nougat (Stock ROM + Magisk + TWRP). Trying to reinstall my apps from backup apks but I'm getting this message App not installed. This app isn't compatible with your phone. Doesn't really make sense to me, since I'm using the same apks that were installed on the same phone with the same stock ROM.

Only difference is the rooting but my old phone was also rooted, and I had no trouble reinstalling its apps, so I honestly don't see how rooting is the cause of my current issue.
How do I solve this?


texts: CyanogenMod 12.1 on Samsung i9500 intl caller echo

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I've installed CM 12.1 nightly (currently nightly 20151013) and people who call me complains that they have an echo, and they hear them selves.

I already tried the following:

Update Nightly (started at 20151008)
Doing a fresh install clearing all cache.
Flashing the modem with different versions (currently i9500XXUBMG9)
Stop "Ok Google"
Changing the voice recognition to "Basic Google recognition"
Try different ROM (PAC Man)
Edit the build.prop and modify the persist.audio.fluence.voicecall=false

I'm 90% sure that the problem is with the noise cancellation, because when I mute my mic the echo on the other side stop.

This problem did not occur on the stock (4.2.2) I had before moving to CM.

On the stock ROM I had an option to enable/disable the noise cancellation, this feature seems to be missing on CM12.1 ROM.

Do you have any suggestions?
Do you know how to enable/disable the noise cancellation?

Update:
I've installed the stock rom with Android 5.0.1 and everything works well.

Thanks,

Liron


texts: My phone stopped remembering wifi passwords!

texts:
For some reason that completely escaped me, this here Samsung S3 mini stopped connecting automatically to my home network, always requiring me to re-type the wifi password.

Since then, I noticed that it's not just for my home network, but for all wifi networks.

More concretely, here's a sample of what happens:

I try to connect to a WPA-protected wifi.
Android asks for the password.
After I provide it, the phone connects successfully.
I turn off the wifi (on the phone).
I turn it back on.
The phone doesn't auto-connect to the wifi.
I explicitly select the wifi network to connect to.
Android again asks for the password I typed in a minute earlier.

Any idea how that can happen?  What could I have done to deserve this?  What could I do to redeem myself and fix this problem?

More details: "forget"thing ("disconnect"ing from) the network explicitly makes no difference (it still doesn't remember the password next time around), rebooting the phone neither.  This phone is running Android-4.4.2, is not rooted.


texts: How can I prevent a downloaded Google Play Book from being purged?

texts:
I have purchased a digital book on Google Play. To read a book, the Google Play Books application downloads a copy to my Android device. This all works as expected.

The problem is that I read this book only intermittently, and when I return to the Google Play Books application, sometimes the application needs to redownload the book. This is a problem in situations where data is unavailable (on transit, for example). I guess some kind of periodic cache purging is taking place.

Are there settings that will prevent the book from being removed from the Android device? I have plenty (~5GB) of storage space available, and I would prefer that the book simply be saved until I manually remove it.


texts: Find my mobile but on a different or second mobile

texts:
I have login or setup with my Google credentials into a different mobile. So now my profile is active in 2 different mobiles.
When I use Find My Device, only the second mobile sounds. Is there any way to select which one to find or how to select the desired mobile to find?


texts: From where I could get my own WhatsApp call recordings? I need only one call recording, it is very urgent, I am in problem. I have searched for too long but i didn't find the solution any where.


texts:
How do you set up a contact on a Motorola Moto G7 Power to dial in with pauses to a conference call?

I'm helping a colleague with her phone. We're all working remotely and we are dialing in for conference calls. To dial in, one enters 3 numbers (the phone number, the access code and #, then 1 to confirm. I have my phone (Pixel 4) set up with a contact so that this happens all with one press. It looks like this in the contacts entry:
5551234567, 987654#, 1

To do this, the Pixel 4 has a second screen on the dialer with more characters:

The dialer on the Motorola looks like this:

I don't see a second screen access, a comma, a pause or anything to string the numbers together.


texts: Why would an IPv4 APN work on a OnePlus One but not a OnePlus 5 with the same SIM?

texts:
I have a T-Mobile SIM that, on a OnePlus One, works perfectly fine on T-Mobile's APN in IPv4-only mode, with an IPv4 address and everything.

However, when I take it out and put it on a OnePlus 5, it doesn't work with the same APN settings unless I change IPv4 to IPv6 (or IPv4/IPv6).

I'm baffled at how this is possible. How is this possible? Shouldn't all phones be able to connect to the same APNs with the same settings?


texts:
I have to set up 50+ plus phones for my company, and I am allowed to root the phones. Each phone needs to have the exact same WIFI SSID's / passwords, account / privacy settings, brightness, input methods, etc. Repeating the exact same manual setup 50 times seems a bit tedious..

Where are the phone settings stored? Can I simply adb push the settings to each device? The phones are Samsung Galaxy Pockets.


texts: How to restore screen to normal size after turning off the MIUI optimization?

texts: My phone is Xiaomi Redmi Note 9, how can I restore the screen size of my phone after turning off the MIUI optimization even if I turned it back on? Before i have small screen size and small fonts 'coz it's what i prefer and now they got bigger. Please help i don't know what to do.


texts: format and install new OS to get rid of viruses

texts:
I have an android phone (my uncle's) that is full of viruses that display adds and reinstall themselves I'm guessing
there is no important/needed data on the phone

I tried factory reset, after used Dr Web to find viruses, and to root the phone (Kingo ROOT) in order to be able to remove some of them, 2 files identified by drweb couldn't be removed even though the phone was rooted because they were system files (priv-app/baseservice.apk and another one), I renamed them instead.

all this ^ didn't helped completely, they appear again somehow, so would like to format and clean install a new OS

is there a easy way to do that ?
my guess is I need some program on my pc (windows7) for this and connect the phone using usb and run some commands

the device is a fake galaxy S6, Android 5.0.2 kernel version 3.10.61


texts:
So both the Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 have dynamic capacitive buttons instead of actual physical buttons.  I was actually under the impression that this black bar was a separate capacitive display from the main display.  Now that I actually see a Nexus 7 in person, this black bar appears to be just a part of the screen.

So am I actually getting 1280x800 pixels?


texts: How can I cancel a Huawei system update?

texts:
This morning I turned I my Huawei Mediapad M8 and it tried to do a system update, although I don't remember seeing a notice about one. However it fails with the error "The update package does not exist. Please download the package again."

The only option available is to reboot the system, I cannot even turn it off.

The correct method to reach the android recovery menu I  this device seems to be different depending on which website I look at, but I tried them all and I always end up with the same screen.

Is there any way to escape from this wretched update that I never wanted in the first place, apart from to somehow flash the device through an external data connection?


texts: My tablet is an educational tab. They have removed much of the preinstalled apps like settings,launcher3,wallpaper. They have restricted any further priv-apps to be installed. I just want to get the com.android.settings folder present in /data/app or data/priv-app. Please help me.


texts: I installed another SMS application, now I get notified twice

texts: I have a Google Nexus One with Android 2.2. I didn't like the default SMS-application so I installed Handcent-SMS. Now when I get an SMS, I get notified twice. How can I fix this?


texts: How to use setprop via adb shell in recovery?

texts:
I messed up flashing a beta Android Q build on my phone.

After that, I can't flash my stable ROM without error 7 in TWRP - device mismatch.
Removing the assert works, but not a permanent solution.

So, I digged through google and my own phone for hours and found out why. My device is identified as raphael in recovery, but it is identified as raphaelin in fastboot and while the phone is booted.

In recovery:

# getprop ro.product.device
# raphael

In booted mode (i.e. while the phone is booted):

# getprop ro.product.device
# raphaelin

In fastboot:

> fastboot getvar product
product: raphaelin

I checked my build.prop and the value in that file is raphaelin too. I tried setprop and it showed that it can't set that property.

So, please advise me on how to set the value using setprop in recovery mode. Or, if you know, please let me know from where the recovery is pulling data for getprop and if I can change that file.


texts: How to check, if my ASUS Nexus 7 LTE really is LTE version?

texts:
Following this question and my many further tests, I begin to fear, that my ASUS Nexus 7 II (2013) LTE isn't actually a LTE version and I simply has been cheated, paying for LTE version and getting 3G one.

What is the best way to check / prove, that this device really is LTE version?

Does the facts:

phone detects network as LTE (though is unable to connect to it),
after upgrading system to 4.4.2 KitKat I have access to new option Settings > Wireless & networks > More > Mobile Networks > Preferred network and I can select 4G there.

are enough to be sure, that this is really an LTE-based version of ASUS Nexus 7 tablet?

My doubts come from three facts:

When I insert a LTE-compatible SIM card, tablet is able to detect, that it is in LTE signal range, but is unable to login to LTE network and obtain an IP address. The very same card inserted into another LTE device (some Samsung phablet) logins to LTE network at once and works like a charm.
Working Samsung was checked at provider's office and provider's representative did check APN. Beside, SIM cards used by this provider are somehow self-configurable. Once inserted, they set APNs by themselves and select the proper one.
I've checked and verified, that my network carrier (Polish Plus GSM) is using LTE on the 1800 MHz band, which is confirmed to be all fine with ASUS Nexus 7 II (2013) LTE tablet.

Are there any other things, that I can check to make myself sure, that I really have LTE model?


texts: Add a built-in app to Fire Kids profile?

texts:
I have a bunch of Fire tablets for my kids and we are using the FreeTime locked profiles for them. I can download 3rd-party apps and then share them on my kids profiles. But I can't do this with the built-in apps, like Clock. Do you know how I can do this?
I've chatted with Amazon support and they were no help. Here are the Amazon instructions for more details on how this works for 3rd-party apps: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202119930


texts: Is internet tethering possible on Android phone via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi?

texts:
I have HTC Desire and I use different Wi-Fi networks with it, but I don't have mobile internet access. My laptop is usually connected via a mobile modem.
Is there a way to share the laptop's internet access via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?


texts: SD Internal make my Motorola X Play 3rd generation reboot and unmount sdcard

texts:
I bought the fastest 32 GB SDCard : Sandisk Extreme USH-I card ( Ultra HD )

Then, I formatted it as Internal Storage ( I have Android 6)

Now, my phone reboots sometimes, and also my sdcard is unmounted frequently.

So, a lot off apps doesn't work, because they need data on the sdcard.

The only way I found to fix it, each time, is to extract phisically the SD, and insert it again... this works for like 2 hours....

Is there anything I can do about it???


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy s6 with Nougat.

When I connect,with cable,my phone to the pc in the window I can see "folders",on

the phone I can't (archive>documents).

How can I see or create folders on my phone?

Thank you


texts:
I have formatted the system using twrp now I can't flash the stock rom on my galaxy s3 sprint. I am getting the file_getprop: failed to stat "system/build.prop" status 7 every time I try to flash the stock rom.
Is there any possible fix for this problem.


texts: Mobile video player in Chrome doesn't work on certain site

texts:
I have a problem with build-in video player in Chrome.
For such sites, as  m.youtube.com  it's work correctly and looks like this:

It worked for site yummyanime.club as too.
But some days ago video player suddenly stopped working on this site in Chrome and other browsers. Instead, the video is played in the same player as on the computer (although I use a mobile version of the site). It looks like this:

Player stopped working only on this site.

It is inconvenient player on my phone. I want to use a player like in the first screenshot. I was surprised when I opened this site on my other old phone, and there this mobile player works:

In short, the problem is this: the mobile video player suddenly stopped working on a certain site on my new phone. This is a problem for all browsers. But on my old phone, everything works fine.

About system in old(correctly work) and new phone(have bug) accordingly:

So, main question is how to fix this problem and enable mobile video player on my new phone? But I will be grateful for any information about this: how this mobile player work, does it have any settings, related links and so on.


texts:
I use adb wireless tcpip connection but every time I connect my device to my router it assigns a new IP address to my android device which requires me to plug my phone again and restart adb in tcpip with the IP address provided, I dont want this to happen every time, I just want to enter the same IP address and put adb connect <ipaddress>:<tcpip_port> and connect to my device.
i tried to use static IP for the network using the mobile but due to some reason this restricted me to use  internet(it was connected to the modem but not able to use internet).
More info:
Android 10
MIUI 12
redmi note 7s
i use scrcpy and have created a bat file(.cmd file) which when clicked runs a series of commands to connect to my phone wirelessly using adb and mirror the screen and control it remotely but because my router assigns a different IP ever time i connect my phone i have to edit the bat file.
Even if I type the commands manually without connecting the device with USB cable (adb connect <ipaddress>:<tcpip_port>) it says: unable to connect to <ip addr>:5555: cannot connect to <ip addr>:5555: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061) , then i have to connect it with USB cable and again start the adb in tcpip.
What is the use of adb wireless connection if I have to connect it to pc by USB every time (at the beggining) to make it wireless for that specific time.


texts: Reconfiguring volume up and down buttons?

texts:
A few days ago, I came to know about apps such as Tasker and Locale. Today, I have purchased the Tasker app from Google Play. I have spent around more than an hour, going around and exploring the app.

I didn't find any option that would reconfigure/reprogram the volume up and down buttons (whereas camera button can be). Instead of having various different gestures and shakes to trigger/change/alter/start something, it would be lot more easier to just press the volume up and down buttons (or may be even different binary combinations of these two buttons).

Is it possible to reconfigure these buttons on automation app such as Tasker and Locale?


texts:
How can I take pictures while recording a video, similar to the feature introduced in the Galaxy S3 or is that a hardware feature?

If the feature is available (e.g., via an app), which handsets and android versions are supported?


texts:
When i got my gs3 i plugged it into my computer (Win 7) and drivers installed automatically. everything was perfectly fine i was able to access both sd and phone from my computer. i took it to activation with clear talk and it didn't recognize usb.
I have reinstalled proper drivers from samsung web page. i have also tried kies. kies wont accept it.
I have tried it on linux and didn't work.
Both computers recognize phone but phone wont recognize computers.
The thing is i won't get the option of mtp or ptp on the drop down notification menu.
this is not a matter of drivers or usb debugging.
i have tried to remove battery for 1 min and reset it.
any ideas how to fix?


texts: Internal memory decreased even if no apps is installed

texts: I have an Alcatel 918N Glory X with internal memory of around 320MB (160 of which goes to RAM) I have been installing quite a few apps and moved them to SD card and I notice that the internal memory free space has decreased even if I move it to SD card, is it normal? For the real problem, I have downloaded an app around ~40MB in size from Google Play (with ~50MB free internal memory). However, the app was not installed due to "insufficient memory". I decided to ignore it, but when I checked my internal memory's space, it was reduced to just ~8MB only, without even the installed app. I have set my default install location to SD card using ADB before I downloaded the said app. Can you tell me what happened here? Is it that the downloaded app resides in internal memory and I have to delete it? if so, please teach me how.


texts: How do I know 360 Security antivirus app really works?

texts: I have an Alcatel one touch fiercexl & 360 Security is the antivirus/cleaner app I have. I'm  not entirely sure it even works like it says it should. Aft I use it & leave the app, and then go right back to it, it seems like (almost always) it'll have just as much (if not the same) things to do. Like Clearing cache, cool down battery, boost,  etc. Also if I get a message that says"warning your alcatel has viruses, & You have to do an antivirus scan before phone is damaged" it always says phone is secure no viruses detected. Then why did I get the message in the first place?  Is it also fixing the problem while scanning? Also why doesn't cleaning junk also cover app cache? It makes you do it manually in advanced clear. How do I know if it is actually working correctly or if I need a different antivirus? Can you recommend one for me if I need it?


texts: Google play fails to install application with RPC:S-5:AEC-0

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Someone has reported me that he cannot install or upgrade applications on Google Play. It fails with error RPC:S-5:AEC-0

What does that mean? How to fix this?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S6, Stock ROM, running Android 5.1.1.

Last night, as I was browsing on my phone before I fell asleep, my battery dropped from 19% to 15% in an instant, engaging power save mode. It was concerning that the battery dropped like that, but I didn't think much of it. When I woke up this morning, I was using it again, starting at 9%. It then dropped instantly to 5%, engaging the Ultra power save.

I have never had my battery drop like this. I purchased the phone in November of 2015.

Attached are two screenshots, one from the Battery menu, and another from GSAM Battery Monitor.

Upon looking further at the stock settings graph, it seems to be dropping at other times too. Is this a sign of a failing battery? Should I bring the device in to my carrier for service?

Thank you!


texts: I am getting the latest OTA update(5.0.1) on my nexus 5, but when the phone restarts and goes to the recovery for the installation of the downloaded file, just 25% into the installation it gives me a error. I do not know what is going wrong. please help


texts: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Gallery not showing external storage images and videos?

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Prior to move my images and videos to External Storage via File Manager, I was still able to see them in Gallery, but not after I have moved all.

How to enable Gallery, to show my External Storage images and videos?