texts: Android Studio (Windows 7) does not detect ASUS Zenfone. Cannot run my app

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So, I will list the problems one by one. Please help.

I plug phone into laptop's USB using Phone's own data/ charger cable. Everything is ok. Phone is in MTP mode.
Android Studio does not detect the phone when I try to run my app.
Device Manager shows an exclamation mark on ADB Interface, but my ASUS is connected as a portable device. (I downloaded the exact drivers for the phone, however, manually trying to select those driver to update the ADB interface fails)
ADB Wireless (No Root) is installed on phone, but my computer fails to do a detection with the adb commands: devices, tcpip 5555, and usb, giving the message Error: device not found.
As some solutions suggested, switching to PTP mode does not help either.
The ASUS phone always wants to install a Share Link software when it's connected. Is this what is blocking a simple USB data connection?

Question: What might be the problem, and the workaround?


texts: How to run app on one device from another device?

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Is there a way to run an app (for example Gmail app) on a different device in the same wifi network? Conditions:

Two Android smartphones are in the same with network.
The devices are controlled by the same person.
The user runs the script/app on one device that starts Gmail app on the other device.
There is no Internet connection in the network. Just the connection between the devices via WiFi.
No root access to both devices.


texts: Rooting HP Slate 21 all in one with built in Android Jelly bean 4.2.2

texts: Any ideas on how to root a HP Slate 21 all in one with Android Jelly bean 4.2.2? I am going crazy trying to find a solution for this.


texts: How to check if my Xperia M4 Aqua is unlocked without a SIM card

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I need some help! Can someone tell me if my phone is unlocked?

Here is a screenshot


texts: 15 minutes ago - I could download apk files & they would immediately show up in the file manager & all I had to do was install them. I seemingly deleted some relevant files (I cannot remember which exactly but they were data log related) while clearing up my phone & now they don't show up here when I download them & I get an error stating that there is now application to open this (apk) file. I would like to resort to my old seamless access to apk files via file manager. Please help!


texts: How do I prevent apps from automatically closing during updates?

texts: I don't use my Android tablet very often, usually only once every week or two.  Therefore, when I do use it, it likes to pull down a bunch of updates each time.  That I don't mind.  What I do mind is that I'll be using apps and this updating is happening in the background, so all of a sudden my app goes away and I lose all my work.  Is there a way to tell the system, "hey, don't just blow away apps I have running to update them without me OKing it first"?


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I discovered this while trying to send friends URLs ending in .xyz. The texts appeared to be sent, but no one was receiving them. At first I assumed it was because the link was blacklisted somewhere along the line, but further experimenting showed that I cannot send a text containing the string ".xyz" anywhere in the message.
I am able to receive such texts though.
The phone is a moto g(7) power running Android 10. A friend has a Samsung Galaxy S10E and also can't send .xyz.
Sending other tlds such as ".com" etc works fine. Any guesses about what's going on?


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I was attempting to upgrade the os to 7.1.1, but after downloading, installing the os and restarting the device, the screen shows "No command" with a dead android icon.

The "No command" screen is like this:

I followed this link to install TWRP instead, everything works fine, but at the end the screen still shows "No command", how could I escape from it?

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/how-root-google-nexus-5x-install-twrp-recovery-1525518

Actually, I tried this
http://forums.androidcentral.com/droid-razr-m/332350-wipe-cache-no-command.html, but still in vain


texts: How do you disable the phone's microphone when a bluetooth headset is connected?

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I would like to be able to disable the phone's microphone while a bluetooth headset is connected. The phone's microphone is disabled during phone calls but not when using voice command apps (Cyberon Voice). I've tried looking through lots of settings but to no avail. I'm on android 4.0.3 with a Samsung Galaxy S2.
I want to do this so that I can use the headset while on my motorbike.


texts: Samsung S screen turns off while calling

texts: during a call, the screen turns off and I become not able to click(touch) any button on the screen. PLEASE help if there is any solution cause it makes me crazy. Thanks.


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I just got an android 2.2 prepaid phone (no data plan, so I'm planning to have 3G off). I would like to find some service/android app combination that would let me receive calls over Wi-Fi on Skype or Skype-like app if I'm connected; and then redirect to the phone itself if I'm not. I looked into Google Voice, but it doesn't appear that there is a way to set up an order preference...

Ideally, I'd like to be able to port my old phone number (from my service that I'm about to disconnect) to this service.

Does anything like this exist?


texts: Is there a way to hack Accountable2You on a Samsung Galaxy S10 phone?

texts: The accountability software Accountable2You was recently installed on my Samsung Galaxy S10 phone. I do not want my activities to be monitored like this, however. Is there a way to hack the program or for me to conceal the usage of certain apps from it? I feel like it is an invasion of my privacy. I appreciate any help anyone can offer me on this. I have looked all over the internet and have not been able to find any help.


texts: /data and /storage/sdcard0 seems to refer to the same place? Why?

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On my "8GB" device (which I believe doesn't have an extra physical sdcard installed (I have to unscrew it to see that)) I have the following df output:

Filesystem             Size   Used   Free   Blksize
/dev                   402M    32K   401M   4096
/mnt/secure            402M     0K   402M   4096
/mnt/asec              402M     0K   402M   4096
/mnt/obb               402M     0K   402M   4096
/mnt/shm              1024K     0K  1024K   4096
/system                503M   297M   206M   4096
/data                    6G   344M     5G   4096
/cache                 495M   186M   309M   1024
/device                  7M     1M     6M   1024
/storage/sdcard0         6G   344M     5G   4096

I am confused though, because /data and /storage/sdcard0 are exactly the same (suspiciously the same!), but as I understand it though: /storage/sdcard0 should refer to an external physical sd-card, and not refer to the same place as /data. What is going on?


texts: Is it possible to keep phone plugged in a powerbank when the battery is worn out?

texts: Is it possible to glue a powerbank to the back of a phone, and keep it plugged in permanently, if the battery has been worn out?


texts: Has anyone been able to confirm the usage and operability of the fstrim (TRIM) functionality in the latest Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) release? I have seen multiple articles mention the operability of the TRIM function when certain prerequisites are met in the latest release but I have also read a few comments/blogs where they state that the functionality was added and functional in Android 4.1.


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I know this question has been asked here before, but there hasn't been a solution besides to factory-reset the phone.

My phone recently reviewed a SMS/MMS with a title 'No Subject' from a number not on my contacts.

The problem is I cannot open or delete the message. Is there any thing I can do to get rid of this message. My phone is a Huawei Y6 2018

Thnx in advance


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I'm using the Limbo PC Emulator on my Samsung I9305 running rooted stock 4.4.4.

If I plug in an external mouse through USB OTG or (I presume) Bluetooth, there are two cursors on the screen. Limbo's cursor, and the Android cursor. In order to move the Limbo cursor, I have to click and drag with the mouse just as I would have had to using the touch screen.

Is it possible to just have once cursor, that responds directly to the external mouse?


texts: Why is my android phone portscanning my PC?

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I have bitdefender whining about my PC being portscanned.
The logs show that it is coming from my android phone (which has static address).

Is that normal?
How can i figure out the app that is doing this?

Asked over at the superuser forums but it was suggested that here i could get more detailed information.


texts: Displaying profile photo on others' phone when called

texts: I am using Android 6.0.1. How and where to set my profile image, so that the image is seen by the opposite person when he is called on the phone?


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I want to remount a read-only partition in read-write mode, but I want it to be writable for all users.

So far I've got this:

mount -o bind /someplace /someplace_else
mount -o remount rw /someplace_else

The first command creates a new mount point from a directory. The second one remounts the new mount point as rewritable. This all works.

Problem is, the new mount point has uid=1000,fmask=0222,dmask=0222, so the non-root user still can't write anything, and root can't give it permission.

How do I change the fmask and uid when remounting, or is there something else I can do to make the mount writable for the normal user?

Also, note that the command that worked for me is this:

mount -o remount rw /someplace_else

...with no comma between "remount" and "rw," as I've seen in almost everything my searches turned up. Does anyone know anything about this discrepancy in syntax?

Update

Ok, I guess had a strange version of mount. Now I'm using busybox mount, and I can do this:

busybox mount -o remount,rw /someplace_else

It accepts this version of the command, but the masks don't change:

busybox mount -o remount,rw,fmask=0000,dmask=0000 /someplace_else

Storage is vfat, maybe that has something to do with it?

suid and dev options also work, but the fmask and dmask won't change (I want them 000, that should leave files with 777).


texts: Incorrect "Google Maps" section in Gmail contact

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My contact suddenly has a new section titled "Google Maps" and this section shows information for a random business located in another state (this "Google Maps" section is between "Contact details" and "Google profile".
When I click on a link icon within this section, it takes me to the Maps listing for this business. AS far as I can tell, there is nothing in there that could possibly link my contact to it.
It's important for me to fix this because I have a business and this messes with my local SEO. Thanks in advance for any help.


texts: Constant app crashes + google play error 960

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I recently got a new Nexus 5 and I have a lot of issues with the software.

Basically I have 2 major issues which I guess are likely related:

Google play store very often gives me an error Unknown error code during application install: "960"
Many applications often crash with the error message Unfortunately application <insert-app -here> has stopped working. I'm under the impression these are mainly stock apps but I'm not 100% sure.

Next I also see some side issues in google chrome, which I suspect have the same reason:

Sometimes while browsing the whole phone crashes, I haven't pinned this down to a single action, but it only happens while using chrome, not with any other app or while idling.
I often get an error stating "this page cannot be loaded, please reload", after 5-6 times reloading it finally works (or the phone crashes...).

To me it looks like there is some error with a basic android support app (maybe services) that messes everything up but I really can't figure out what it is. I have tried already:

Factory reset several times, including using recovery mode
Adding/removing my google account
Clearing app caches of several apps like google chrome and google play services
Clearing the cache partition using recovery mode
Rebooting in safe mode


texts: How to keep the phone screen on while charging?

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I have Moto G gen 3 updated to latest system update, not rooted.

I need a simple solution to keep my phone's screen awake when it's plugged in.


texts: HTC One M7, "Other" storage category seems too large

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It hasn't become a legitimate problem but I'm on my way there because I met a person who showed me how their HTC One ended up with really large Other category size in Settings -> Storage free disk space report.

So, currently my 32GB storage is consumed like this:

8.03GB Apps
5.64GB Music
1.87GB Photos & Videos
7.21GB Other
9.24GB Available

So, that looks insanely large to me. More than Music or close to Apps.

I'd like to be able to review somehow what takes up those 7.21GB. Does anyone have an advice as to how I could see what exactly is those 7.21GB of data? Because it keeps growing over time. I do use the Clean Master app, and it saved tens of gigs of space but still Other keeps growing and I don't want to wake up one day to a phone that is full of data I can't manage.


texts: Does rooting stop OTA updates for nexus 5

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I have nexus 5 with 4.4.4 and rooted it with towelroot.
will i be able receive a lollipop OTA update or should i flash a factory image manually.
my build number is KTU84Q.
Will i get lollipop 5.0 for my rooted nexus 5.
i didn't use any custom recovery ..please answer my question.


texts: How to adopt SD card as Internal Storage

texts: I currently own a Samsung J3 emerge with Android version 6.0.1 (Marshmallow). However, I cannot format my AD card as Internal as I do not have that option. I cam only format it as portable. What must I do?


texts: How to get Feitian MultiPass FIDO U2F working with OnePlus 3T?

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Feitian MultiPass FIDO has 3 ways to work as a hardware token: BLE, NFC and USB. I'd like to use it either with NFC or BLE because the USB input can be occupied, and I have a feeling anyway that the USB usage would require some udev rule modifications (https://github.com/Yubico/libu2f-host/blob/master/70-u2f.rules) just like it did with my other token for my Linux desktop.

NFC: simply didn't work. I held the key to the back of the phone, moving it around a little (not sure where is the NFC sensor exactly). Since I read somewhere that the NFC is very weak in the key (which can be an advantage for security because an attacker would have a harder time to pick the signal up from distance), I even stripped my phone of it's thin OnePlus carbon protective cover, but didn't help either.
BLE: I press the button long and the BLE pairing icon starts to blink on the key. The Google U2F BLE setup page shows the device. Here you'd click on the device and you'd need to enter the 6 digits on it. When I select the device from the list though, the app errors out with the very descriptive "Something went wrong" error message. (That's what the Linux desktop Chrome did as well, extremely descriptive error message for sure).

So how can I get this to work? Here is some logcat: https://pastebin.com/X6HLK7a0

Two errors I see:

Not sure how related it is:

E WCNSS_FILTER: do_ioctl,tty_clock_flag=USERIAL_OP_CLK_OFF,clock=USERIAL_OP_CLK_ON
Related for sure:

E BluetoothEventManager: Got bonding state changed for 78:8C:EB:56:23:F1, but we have no record of that device.

D StatusBarManagerService: manageDisableList userId=0 what=0x0 pkg=Window{3d9a72b u0 Something went wrong} token=android.os.Binder@20e9287 which=1

E BluetoothEventManager: Got bonding state changed for 78:8C:EB:56:23:F1, but we have no record of that device.

The debug entry wedged in between the two errors might be accidental. I don't see it always. Any help is appreciated, I'd like to transition to hardware tokens to be protected against SIM hijacks.

One more thing: my OxygenOS is rooted because I had to use a hack to be able to run DayDream apps. Because of that I cannot use Google Pay. I hope rooting is not the reason why I cannot pair the key.


texts: Turn off "Unfortunately [app] has stopped" popup

texts: I'm wondering if it's possible to disable this popup. I've an old phone that I use rarely where I uninstalled some critical apps, that I don't use. Phone works flawlessly apart from constant popups. Maybe there is a Magisk module or something. Thanks


texts: SD card not detected after re-partitioning it, FAT32 + EXT4

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I followed the steps here to add an EXT4 partition on my 8gb sd card:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/properly-partition-sd-card-for-app2sd-android-roms/

Now I have 6.xGB FAT32 as the primary partition, and a 1GB EXT4 logical partition.
But my Samsung Galaxy Ace (running on CyanogenMod-7.2.0-C1-cooper, official nightly build) doesn't recognize the sd card anymore.

Please help. Thanks.

Update: I gave up and reformatted it back to a single FAT32 partition, copied my backup into the sd card, now the apps don't get recognized. Please, please help me. :(


texts: If I buy an Android phone today and want security updates for as long as possible, how should I choose a phone? I'm willing to use custom ROMs.

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Background

Quite a few software developers offer special "long-term support" (LTS) or "extended-support release" (ESR) editions of their products. You install the product once and get security updates for up to ten years, without having to upgrade to the next major version of the software.

Here are some examples: You can install one version of Firefox ESR and then get security updates for version for about a year. Or you can install one version of Ubuntu LTS and then get security updates for that version for five years.

Unfortunately, Google doesn't offer a special long-term support edition of Android. Security fixes get backported to your device's Android version until Google stops backporting them. These patched Android versions get built into new firmware images for your device until your device manufacturer or third-party ROM builder stops building new images.

(For example, it looks like Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow" is still getting security fixes. The latest versions of Android 6.0.1 are android-6.0.1_r56 through android-6.0.1_r63. Each of these eight Android versions was released on the same day: on Aug. 1, '16. Each of the eight was designed to support a different set of Nexus devices. Device makers can pick any of the eight and then port it to other Android devices. As of this writing, it looks like Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop" may also still be getting security fixes. The latest version is android-5.1.1_r38, which was released July 19, '16; it may also be known by the build code LMY49M.)

iOS

Apple tends to support iOS devices for three to five years after their initial release. (Source.) They ship both new features (which slow down your device, thereby encouraging you to upgrade) and security updates. But I want a device which is more open and expandable than an Apple device.

My question

If I'm buying an Android cellphone today, and I want to get security updates for it as many years as possible, how should I choose?

(Monthly security updates are nice, but today I'm not asking about monthly security updates. My question is not about which Android phones get security updates the most frequently. Instead, it's about which Android phones get security updates for the greatest number of years after purchase — even if I must wait six or twelve months between updates.)

Please don't recommend a specific make and model of mobile phone and leave it at that. Such an answer would be useful to readers today, but not to readers who view this question a few years from now. Instead, please tell me how to compare products myself. How important is it for me to choose a best-selling device? Does it matter whether I buy a midrange phone (US$100-$200 with no contract) or a high-end phone ($600-$800 with no contract)? Must I choose hardware from manufacturers who get their drivers into the Linux kernel, and if so, which manufacturers are these? What other criteria should I use in order to make my choice?

Please assume that I'm willing to download and install custom ROMs in order to get security updates, but that I'm not willing to compile anything myself.

I know that you can't predict the future with perfect accuracy. Please just try your best.


texts: Why is "Android OS" uploading so much data?

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After switching from my Nexus S to a Nexus 4 I noticed that my phone was transferring huge amounts of background data.  Like 70 MB in 15 minutes.  As my data plan only allows 300 MB per month I was not amused.  Even when connected to WiFi, it often (but not always!) was uploading tons of data.

According to the "Network Usage" the culprit was "Android OS".  So I tried to limit the background data of it only to find that "Android OS" seems to be the only "app" which doesn't offer this option.  Great.

Well okay, that's what firewalls apps are made for.
I configured AFWall+ but that only cured the symptom not the cause.

Next I redirected the traffic to a laptop with a WiFi card and used the usual tools (tcpdump, wireshark) to analyse the traffic.  Result: many many uploads to some Google servers but SSL encrypted so no chance to see the contents.

I kept investigating and found this very interesting article on Android data usage.
Apparently Google has began expanding its cloud-based backups of the phone settings so that it now also does backups of the data of some apps.  So, I turned off "Back up my settings" in the Privacy settings and whoopiedoo, the sending stopped and the data traffic returned to a normal amount!

There is a post in a Google forum with similar experience: Something within the Android System—maybe Backup—is using up all my data allowance.

I started looking in the Android documentation and found that there is such a thing as "Android Backup Service" which apps can use to backup their application data to the Google cloud: Data Backup

And there is even an CLI utility "bmgr" to interact with the Backup Manager.

But I cannot find any information about how the phone owner can find out which application is backing up which data, or how to influence or stop this.  I'd be happy to use the backup service—it saved me a lot of time when switching to my new phone—but the way it is implemented now it's definitely unusable.

After talking to my former coworker and Android expert Izzy who was clueless too, I decided to post this issue here as—like he said—I will find the best experts here.  Well, let me know if you have any idea about this.  Any hint is welcome!


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In order to use the remote debugging WebKit's feature, I'd like to launch android's browser (from emulator) with the --remote-debugging-port option.

How can I do this?

Thank you.


texts: Lost RAM after using phone for a day or two

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I have a Sony Ericsson Live with walkman phone (model WT19i), running on Gingerbread.

When I restart my phone, it shows about 220MB RAM as free and 80-300MB RAM being used. After using it for - say 2 days - it only shows RAM capacity of about 200MB (80MB free and around 120MB being used). When I cleared all the running apps, (Settings > Applications > Running services), I do not get the full RAM. My phone gets slow. I am left with no other option but to restart it.

This is my first Android device. Is this a common thing with Android devices, or does my phone have problems?


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I have a cheap tablet with Android 4.4.2.

Manufactorer: JTY
Model: KT07B

I need some help understanding the Storage and how to organize it. Here is a screenshot of the "storage"-item in the settings:

The storage is divided into Phone Storage and Internal Storage
There is an SD-Card slot at the tablet, but there is no card inserted, so there is no "SDCard Storage".

My first question is: What is the difference between those 2 storage-types?

As you can see "Internal Storage" is pretty full. I tried to move every app into the "Phone Storage". But for almost every app, the option "Move to Phone storage" is disabled. So my second question is: Why is this option disabled?

When I try to install a new (big) app from the playstore, I get the error message, that there is not enough space. So my third question is: How can I install new apps to "Phone storage" where there is a lot of space left, instead of the almost full "internal storage".

Under "Default Write Disk" there already is "phone storage", but nevertheless every app that I try to install warns about the few remaining storage.

On the 2nd Screenshot you can see an example: I cannot move this (freshly installed) app to the phone storage...

EDIT:

This other link doesn't help at all. E.g. it does not explain, why I can't save most of my apps on the "phone-storage", but some few apps can be stored there...


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Got a Moto E recently.

I was checking out the Google voice commands. It works great. But offline commands are not working. As soon as I open the voice search/Google Now offline it gives error saying not connected. I tried downloading offline language and installed the same. But still not working. Anything else am missing here?


texts: Fix Google Play insufficient storage error without rooting my phone

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This question is essentially the same as Google Play: Error downloading app - insufficient space, but I want to fix it without rooting my phone. Clearing Cache, uninstalling Google Play updates and using cache cleaner apps do nothing. Any suggestions?
Background
My Sony Xperia T has over 10GB of free internal space and so does my SD card. Also, I have about 280MB of available RAM at any given point in the day. Despite this, every time I try to download another app of anything larger than about 24MB, the following error message appears,

ERROR, Error downloading. There is insufficient space on the device.

Although this message appears, I can go into Settings > Storage and see that I still have over 10GB of internal storage available on the device. The picture below shows my Internal storage. Please note the available space:

One solution I have found is Something is secretly eating up my Acer Iconia A500 internal memory and I need help finding it, but unfortunately this specifically applies to someone who has 379MB remaining and can't find why there is not more. This is not the case with me because my phone clearly states I have 10GB of available internal storage.
I have already looked through insufficient-memory tag, which simply explains that I should either delete apps or move them onto my SD card. As you can see, neither of these suggestions apply to my problem because I already have over 10GB of available internal storage and over 10GB of available SD card storage space.
I have also looked through questions such as "Insufficient storage" when trying to install new app. The best answer given here is to clear data on Google Play. I have done this. It still doesn't help.


texts: OTA Gingerbread 2.3 update fails to install on DroidX (rooted stock Froyo 2.2.1 / unrooted back)

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I was trying to install the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) OTA update available from Verizon for my Droid X.

However the update ALWAYS fails to install. It downloads fine, pops up a message saying that the update (4.5.605.en.US) is about to install and needs a reboot, then reboots when I OK it.

After the reboot, it pops up "Update Status: The Software Update Failed" error box.

My only possible suspicion as far as the reason is that my DroidX is rooted via z4root - I posted a separate question on how to un-root it ( Is there an easy way to un-root Android 2.2 on Droid X rooted via z4root? ) in case that suspicion is true.

UPDATE - I unrooted using latest z4root version. The problem with OTA was NOT fixed.


texts: Downgrade skype on Android to before Microsoft ruined it

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I have downloaded a few apk's from APKmirror

removed skype from my Nexus 5x

adb install -r -d com.skype.raider_7.34.0.114-119668850_minAPI15\(armeabi-v7a\)\(nodpi\)_apkmirror.com.apk
5486 KB/s (37425319 bytes in 6.661s)
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE]

Is there any way to downgrade without error?  I do not like what Microsoft did to skype at all.


texts: Flashing update.zip signed with OEM keys return "failed to verify whole-file signature"

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I have an update.zip which include an APK in the system/priv-app/ folder, a boot and shutdown animations and an SSH server among other things. I have the private and public keys of the OEM who sold me tablet so I used sigapk.jar to sign the update.zip file. The command I used is the following:

java -jar signapk.jar -w certificate.x509.pem key.pk8 update.zip update-signed.zip

Then after trying to flash this file via stock recovery using sideload (adb sideload update-signed.zip) I get the following error:

Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Restarting adbd...
Installation aborted.

Previously, I was trying to flash the update.zip without signing it and the result was the following:

Verifying update package...
E:footer is wrong
E:signature verification failed
Restarting adbd...
Installation aborted.

Actually I do not know if the difference in the error (footer is wrong --> failed to verify whole-file signature) is because the keys are working or not, or maybe because the file didn't have any signature at all. Can someone help me with this and tell my why is it not working if I am using the OEM's .pem and .pk8 keys?

EDIT:

I also tried adding the certificate.x509.pem file inside the META-INF/com/android/otacert folder inside the update.zip file and then sign it, but that also didn't work.


texts: After upgrade, every phone call displays an ad?

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Running on an LG Stylus 3 on Android 7.0 security patch date Oct. 1, 2017.

After a recent upgrade every time I make a call, after hanging up I see a notice

"Quickly record a Voice memo"
@   Writen an email

and then an ad.  I don't think this is an app, I think this was done to me by the update.  But if there is any way to get rid of it, I would like to know.

I don't want to be offered a choice to record a voice memo, when I'm done with a call I want back to the main screen.  And I certainly don't want to see an ad.

Is this google or some third party? Is there any way for me to tell who is benefitting/originating from a given ad?


texts: HTC One X soft keys not working for 4hours now

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The soft keys of my HTC One X aren't working for 4hours now. I've restarted it many times but still the problem persists. The screen is normal, just the back, recent app and home key aren't.

Could it be the screen? What can I do to get it back to normal?


texts: After update from Android 5 to 6 new permission model does not affect application

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I had an application installed on HTC M8 Android 5.1, e.g. app was able to read Contacts.
Device was updated to Android 6.0.
I want to check how new permission model works so in app's settings I disable Contacts.
Then I go to app and try to read Contacts and ... it works but AFAIK it should not.
However I can't make phone calls from within the app (SecurityException happens).

Why is that?


texts: Should I be cautious about Huawei-modifications for popular apps?

texts:
What's the difference between Booking app on Huawei app store and the version on Google play store. Why Huawei always wants to update Google Play version to their Huawei app store version. As soon as Google Play publish new version. Immediatly Huawei release a newer version than the one on Google play. For example the Google Play version is 12.0.0  Huawei will update it  to be like 12.0.0.0.1

Should I cautious of these modified versions of the same app from Huawei? I choose Booking as an example but there are some other apps like CamScanner ect.


texts: How to delete auto backup pictures on samsung s4

texts: I have a Samsung galaxy s4. I have a bunch of pictures I would like to delete. They are in a folder named auto backup which has NO delete button. How do I get rid of them? I do not know how to find where they are stored Help!!


texts: Paragon NTFS doesn't work on enforcing mode

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I need to mount 2TB SeaGate external HD to my Galaxy S4 LTE, and I'm using Paragon NTFS for that. The app worked when I was still using EchoeROM. I recently switched to Paranoid 4.4.4 and now this app won't work.

Is there any way to make it work again?


texts:
I have an image on my smartphone and I want to paste it into Google Image Search to see if I can get similar images.

I can do this by pasting the image using desktop but not using Android ...

Is there such a possibility?


texts:
I got a Lenovo K3 Note with Android Lollipop 5.1, my problem with this phone is the hugely modified Android system. For example, there's no Settings > Applications or Settings > More menu in the Settings app.

How to restore the default Android settings manager so I can unlock these settings features?


texts: I've lost my storage to update the phone Android

texts:
yesterday update the phone of a friend by clicking on software updates.
The phone is a Cubot s308 and the update version is v6_cq_4137c_v0.1.3_20150721 (4.4 Android).

After upgrading to pass to have 16 gb of storage to 1 gb. I can not install any app or do anything because the storage is full. It is as if had a partition that is not mounted and I think that on that partition will be photos, music...

Any thing that can be done to recover the lost storage and its contents?

Thank you!


texts: What will happen if I "Clear data" for the "Settings" app? (com.android.settings)

texts:
I'm on a stable (Installer) build of Cyanogenmod 11 on a Galaxy Nexus, and for a while I've not been able to access 'Settings' at all - tapping on it to try to open it, gives me a "Unfortunately, Settings has stopped." crash.

I'm not a fan of unnecessarily wiping and re-flashing ROMs unless I absolutely have to - and I've got an idea, which is to 'Clear data' for the 'Settings' app (com.android.settings) and maybe that will make the crash go away and me be able to finally access Settings once again.

But what will I lose by doing this?

Will I lose important settings such as my (finely tuned) customised home screen icon layout, or my saved Wifi network passwords? Will it even delete my saved Google account(s) in the OS and possibly cause havoc as a result?

And furthermore, Could backing up the 'Settings' app in Titanium Backup Pro (then restoring), be a solution to fully restore the app's settings if it does?


texts: App site with reliable ratings + comments?

texts:
While Android Enthusiasts is nice, it's still a very small site.

I need to find some applications for Android smartphones, and was wondering where people went for ratings + reliable comments from users? PlayStore? Other?

Incidently, I need to find two applications for a friend who wants to study English and Chinese, but don't know where to go to find the best apps for this.

Thank you.


texts: Android 6 on screen keyboard not enabled

texts:
When using the Android 6 (Moto G2) only the voice option was given for user input.
A device reboot failed to fix the issue.


texts: Where I can find my own Google+ Play reviews and ratings?

texts: I know that now Google Play reviews and ratings are connected with my Google+ account and my name. But where exactly I can find list of my own reviews and ratings Google Play apps?


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I have recently purchased a new phone (Laude M8), which is the first Android 5.1 phone I have used, and also the first phone I have used which supports dual SIM cards.

I have only one SIM card inserted, which is from a Lithuanian carrier. When I restart my phone, it boots with the Lithuanian language selected and I have to manually change it back to English every time in Settings -> Language & Input. Disabling the SIM card in the options makes no difference to this behavior, but physically removing the SIM card works to stop it changing the language.

Is there a way to force it to always boot into the English language with this SIM card inserted?

My previous phone, a single-SIM model (LG L70) running Android 4.4 KitKat, did not have this problem with the same SIM card.

I haven't found any setting anywhere in the UI that would control this, including using the search feature inside the Settings menu.

EDIT: I have just discovered that coming out of aeroplane mode also changes the language to Lithuanian.


texts: Nexus 6 E: Unable to mount Storage error in TWRP

texts:
Before I ask, I have very limited knowledge of ADB and have been using "interface" like programs for all my Android root/flashing/pushing.

I bought a stock Nexus 6 and knew I wanted a custom ROM.  I settled on Cyanogenmod.  Somewhere during the process I messed up and had to start over.  I must have unchecked/checked a box I should have because I kept getting the E: Unable to mount Storage and cannot see my phone in Windows Explorer as an MTP device.  So I did a complete factory reset, flashed the stock ROM and it seemed to resolve the error.  I then flashed CM 12.1 again and started the daunting process of reconfiguring my phone.  I chose not to restore my backup because I wasn't sure if the error would come back too (n00bie, I know).  Then I also made the mistake of allowing the OTA CM update.  Well I lost root as a result.  So I attempted to root again but it got stuck at the boot logo.  In a panic I booted into TWRP and dirty flashed CM 12.1 using ADB sideload.  All was good, I re-rooted again successfully, but now I am getting the same E: Unable to mount Storage error again.

So I guess my question is, how do I do a backup so I do not have to reconfigure everything again and still be able to flash the stock ROM.  Or do I even need to flash the stock ROM again, can I do a factory reset and flash CM 12.1 or will my error not be resolved?

Thanks in advance.


texts: I'm in the process of putting a large amount of music ~1.5TB (in many folders) into a samba share on ubuntu. I'm wondering what a good application to stream this to android would be, currently I can access the samba share with es file explorer, but I don't think it will be good for playing albumbs. Testing it out, it could play individual tracks quite well, but I could find no play all option for a folder in any of its play options. I don't need album art or search by artist, just want to be able to play all songs in a folder quickly/flexibly. Thanks in advance for any tips.


texts: Open Engineer Mode and run other hidden codes on Moto G 3rd generation device?

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I'm running LineageOS ROM on my Moto G 3rd generation smartphone and recently I wanted to run some hidden codes of Android like *#06# for IMEI and so on.
However, none of this ones works correctly on my phone:

  Phone information
  *#*#4636#*#*
  IMEI Info
  *#06#
  Calendar
  *#*#225#*#*
  Debug info for Google Play Service
  *#*#426#*#*
  Access Google Partner Setup
  *#*#759#*#*
  Engineering Mode
  *#*#2486#*#*

The IMEI closes the dealer/phone app, while the engineer/service mode codes (the one in which I'm more interested) don't activate anything. Let's say that the dealer interprets correctly the code but doesn't run this tasks.

So knowing this, I would like to know if there is a way of looking if the relative services are on my phone? If it isn't the case, how I can add them or run from PC with USB maybe? Are the secret codes dependent on the ROM like I imagine or not?

Notes:

I tried hidden codes of other manufacturers like Samsung, HTC, ... too but no result obviously.


texts: Does syncing a telegram account with a phone with no contacts (recently reset to factory defaults) delete contacts from server?

texts:
I am installing telegram on a new android device (sony xperia v, 4.3); The phone is reset to factory defaults with no contacts on it. If I sync the contacts with telegram account what happens? Does it transfer contacts FROM TELEGRAM SERVER and saves them TO THE PHONE? or stupidly does a one-way transfer FROM PHONE TO SERVER and DESTROY everything??

Its very important, because if it wont work I'll lose my only source of saved contacts(telegram server).

Thanks in advance


texts: voice actions limited to only a certain person

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Voice actions are great on Android and switching on personal setting it can even learn how you say or pronounce things. But is there any way of taking this a step further and limiting voice actions to only one person so nobody can interfere with your actions?
Take the ok google command for example if its activated anybody around you can say the key word and set off your phone.
I want to be able to set key words that only respond to me and nobody else., can it be done? if so how?
Thanks


texts: Bootloader is unlocked, fastboot returns ''FAILED (Remote: Verify state locked)

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I am trying to root my Vivo V11 with Android 10. The bootloader is unlocked. It says so in the dev settings, and I have to go through the warning prompt every time I reboot my device. When I run the fastboot command to flash the patched_boot.img file, it returns:
C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot getvar unlocked
unlocked: yes
finished. total time: 0.002s

C:\Program Files\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
target reported max download size of 134217728 bytes
sending 'boot' (38579 KB)...
OKAY [  1.269s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Verify state locked)
finished. total time: 1.276s

Things I've tried to troubleshoot:
Running cmd as Administrator (im using win10)
Confirmed OEM unlocking is turned on in the dev settings (it is, it says "bootloader is already unlocked"
Confirmed USB debugging is on
Disabled "Verify apps over USB" and "Verify bytecode of debuggable
apps" in the dev settings.
Confirmed file transfer is enabled from my PC and my Phone (it is, I can transfer files back and forth between them)
Tried a different USB cable
[EDIT]
PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools> .\adb devices
List of devices attached
ZDIBLVIRY5DIJBEI        device

PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools> .\adb reboot-bootloader
PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools> .\fastboot devices
ZDIBLVIRY5DIJBEI        fastboot
PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools> .\fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
Sending 'boot' (38579 KB)                          OKAY [  1.272s]
Writing 'boot'                                     FAILED (remote: 'Verify state locked')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools> .\fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB)                            OKAY [  0.009s]
Writing 'vbmeta'                                   FAILED (remote: 'Verify state locked')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools> .\fastboot --disable-verity flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB)                            OKAY [  0.010s]
Writing 'vbmeta'                                   FAILED (remote: 'Verify state locked')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools> .\fastboot --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.i
mg
Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB)                            OKAY [  0.009s]
Writing 'vbmeta'                                   FAILED (remote: 'Verify state locked')
fastboot: error: Command failed
PS C:\Users\Himanshus\Downloads\platform-tools_r30.0.5-windows\platform-tools>


texts:
It has been a long time since the 5.3.1 update for the Amazon Fire 7 Tablet came out and there's no way to root it.

How to root Amazon Fire 7 5.3.1?


texts: Stuck in bootloop Neffos X1. No recovery mode

texts:
My phone (Neffos X1) is stuck in a bootloop since yesterday evening. I haven't done any updates (at least not manually) or new installations recently, so it just happened out of the blue. It loads till the Neffos logo and then restarts over and over again.

Since I can't take the battery out, I tried letting it run out of energy and then restart, but as soon as I connect it to a power source the bootloop will start again.

My Phone won't react to any button combination, so I also can't access recovery mode, or any other mode by that matter.
I tried flashing it via SP Flash Tools, but the phone doesn't react to it.

My laptop actually doesn't seem to detect my phone at all, so I can't use ADB as well, can't unlock bootloader or get into fastboot. At least I don't know how.
I tried removing my SD card, since that seems to be the problem sometimes, but it also didn't help.

Is there anything I can do to get out of the bootloot or is it beyond fixing? Like I said, it just happened out of the blue, so it would be pretty upsetting, if my phone just broke for no reason.

I would appreciate any help very very much, so thank you in advance.


texts: Download files from a .txt or .list file containing lines of URLs

texts: I am trying to download all files from a downloads.list file which contains about 60 lines of URL to download .deb packages from my Ubuntu computer which is not connected to the internet due to lack of wifi. I have internet access to my phone. My question is, is there an app or binary to download the URL of files listed on a .txt or .list file?


texts: How do I send multiple pics via email on my Android Samsung S5? It says only 10 pics can be sent... when they are attached and emailed... recieve error 'failed' as a result in the outbox. Is there a setting that needs to be turned on and if so where?


texts: Nexus 4 Stuck at “Checking connection..” after factory reset

texts:
My Nexus4 mobile is on android-5.1.1 version. Today I tried to factory reset my mobile and completed reset. After reset rebooted my mobile and it went through language selection screen. Selected wi-fi connection and clicked on next, it stuck on "Checking connection..." screen. I tried with mobile network as well, but no use.

Tried restart no luck. Tried factory reset again still facing the same problem.

How to fix this ?


texts: Why am I unable to get my nook to remap the upper left button to work as a CTRL key?

texts:
Recently, I had to re-root my nook simple touch after the stock recovery removed the su binary. Unfortunately, it deleted my settings for remapping my upper left page button to use as a CTRL key. I would love to go back to using the terminal app running an Ubuntu Distro.

I tried fixing the problem by installing the patched jars needed for nook touch tools. Although, I successfully installed them but when I go to the app to do the remapping the CTRL option no longer exists in the list of options!

I already found my keymap file in this directory

  /system/usr/keylayout/

The file is named TWL4030_Keypad.kl

The content of the TWL4030_Keypad.kl file is here.

    key 399   GRAVE
key 2     1
key 3     2
key 4     3
key 5     4
key 6     5
key 7     6
key 8     7
key 9     8
key 10    9
key 78    0
key 158   BACK              WAKE_DROPPED
key 14    BACK              WAKE_DROPPED
key 230   SOFT_RIGHT        WAKE
key 106   SOFT_RIGHT        WAKE
key 107   ENDCALL           WAKE_DROPPED
key 62    ENDCALL           WAKE_DROPPED
key 60    ENDCALL           WAKE_DROPPED
key 229   MENU              WAKE_DROPPED
key 139   MENU              WAKE_DROPPED
key 59    MENU              WAKE_DROPPED
key 127   SEARCH            WAKE_DROPPED
key 217   SEARCH            WAKE_DROPPED
key 228   POUND
key 66    POUND
key 227   STAR
key 65    STAR
key 231   CALL              WAKE_DROPPED
key 102   CALL              WAKE_DROPPED
key 232   DPAD_CENTER       WAKE_DROPPED
key 108   DPAD_DOWN         WAKE_DROPPED
key 103   DPAD_UP           WAKE_DROPPED
key 63    HOME              WAKE
key 105   DPAD_LEFT         WAKE_DROPPED
key 106   DPAD_RIGHT        WAKE_DROPPED
key 115   VOLUME_UP
key 114   VOLUME_DOWN
key 116   POWER             WAKE
key 212   CAMERA
key 148   DPAD_CENTER
key 149   SEARCH
key 202   EXPLORER
key 203   ENVELOPE
key 102   HOME
key 16    Q
key 17    W
key 18    E
key 19    R
key 20    T
key 21    Y
key 22    U
key 23    I
key 24    O
key 25    P
key 26    LEFT_BRACKET
key 27    RIGHT_BRACKET
key 43    BACKSLASH
key 30    A
key 31    S
key 32    D
key 33    F
key 34    G
key 35    H
key 36    J
key 37    K
key 38    L
key 39    SEMICOLON
key 40    APOSTROPHE
key 61    DEL
key 353   ENTER
key 44    Z
key 45    X
key 46    C
key 47    V
key 48    B
key 49    N
key 50    M
key 51    COMMA
key 52    PERIOD
key 53    SLASH
key 28    ENTER
key 56    ALT_LEFT
key 100   ALT_RIGHT
key 42    ALT_LEFT
key 54    SHIFT_RIGHT
key 15    TAB
key 57    SPACE
key 150   EXPLORER
key 155   ENVELOPE
key 58    SHIFT_RIGHT
key 12    MINUS
key 13    EQUALS
key 215   AT
key 407   RIGHT_NEXTPAGE
key 412   CTRL_LEFT       <----------Here I tried to edit the file in adb
key 139   LEFT_PREVPAGE              but is not recognized by the nook.
key 158   RIGHT_PREVPAGE


texts: Help, I Accidentally Corrupted my MediaTek Preloader

texts:
Please help me, I have an Ulefone Note 7P and I wanted to upgrade my firmware, so I downloaded the latest of this ROM and I got the SP Flash Tool and followed the guide on that forum.
So after loading Scatter and everything, I pressed start. The red line loaded (I marked Preloader) and after a while, I received an error (I have forgotten the error now) and now my phone won't boot. I think I loaded the preloader halfway and now my phone won't boot, or charge, or turn on, and my computer does not recognize my phone. It just says unrecognized device.
I have installed the Mediatek VCOM Drivers many times, it does not recognize my phone, the VCOM Drivers don't even work, they say "device cannot start."
Please help me, I really need this phone to work.
Edit: Thanks for the help, i followed the guides and opened up my phone but i did not use soldering iron, i just touched around inside with my fingers and i tried to connect and it worked, luckily i already started sp flash tool and put it in download mode to install the preloader so my phone is up and running now. And i've learnt my lesson and i'm never selecting preloader ever again.


texts: Does turning off cpu cores will actually save power?

texts:
My phone is using custom kernel that has cpu hotplug in it. The hotplug name is AutoSMP and it has max cpu (big & little) core that should be online option in it. Currently I'm using 3 + 3 core configuration instead 4 + 4 core. Does it has impact on power consumption?
Note: big core is oc'ed to 1.79 ghz, stock is 1.58 ghz and little core I underclocked it to 1.35 ghz, stock freq is the same as big core.
gpu freq is oc'ed to 1.1 ghz, I think stock freq is 845 mhz for Exynos 7870.


texts: Which older version of YouTube for HTC Hero?

texts: I just put CM7 on my HTC Hero. Now I'm in the process of isntalling all the apps and the problem is that the YT app that's on the market is not compatible with HTC Hero. Does anyone have a clue which is the oldest supported YT app for Hero, and where I might get it?


texts: Is it possible to play music from an Android device to Airplay speakers?

texts:
I'd like to play my music, podcasts, pandora, etc. on a Libratone Airplay speaker in my house.

I bought the Airplay add-on for DoubleTwist thinking it would let me do this, but it appears to only support AppleTV http://www.doubletwist.com/help/question/what-devices-are-supported-by-doubletwist-airplay/

The reason appears to be that there's no UI to select a device in airtwist.  Instead, you have to broadcast your availability and then pick the device from the AirPlay device.  Sadly, most airplay speakers do not have a UI to select devices.

Is there a way to send music to my Libratone or other UI-less Airplay speakers?


texts:
After downloading and installing Android Dev Studio and Android SDK, a question arises:

Which System Images should one install?

For example, one would like to write a simple android game, that should be run mostly on mobile devices (e.g. pads and smartphones). I guess in this case most many Images are not needed.

Is there a good way or routine on how to choose which System Image to install? So the system is not over-flooded with unused tools.


texts: Galaxy S3 - high minimum volume through headphones

texts:
I recently purchased a UK Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.1.2, intending to replace my iPod as a music player. However, even with the volume slider on its lowest non-zero setting, the volume through my earphones is equivalent to about 45% on my old iPod Touch (or about 30% with all the sound enhancements/equalizer settings turned off). This is far too high for listening in an otherwise quiet room, and is physically painful with louder songs.

Whilst I know there is at least one app which gives finer control of media volume, it requires actually opening a separate app every time you want to adjust the volume. I was wondering if there was a more system-level solution to either provide finer control with the volume buttons/slider or somehow scale-down the volume in general when earphones are connected? Thanks for any help :)


texts:
On my Note 8 after the last software update (Jan 1, 2021) many of the apps have not been operating as they should or as they were before the update. I suspect the software has been corrupted?
How do I reinstall the Android OS?


texts: Is there any way to sync my Outlook calendar to my Samsung Galaxy S without Kies?

texts:
I am trying to sync my Outlook 2010 calendar to Samsung Galaxy S using Kies.  For some reason, it doesn't sync.

Kies has a nasty habit of hanging, so I would really like to use something else, if possible, instead of trying to understand why it doesn't sync to begin with.

Are there any tools out there that will sync the calendar directly to the phone without using Kies?


texts:
How can I limit data usage depending on whether the screen is on, or off/locked? For example, when the screen is off, data can only be sent and received at a reduced rate. Or, when the screen is off, data connectivity is reduced to 2G. I want to leave data on, but I don't want to let it chew through all of it.

I am aware of the data saver option, but it doesn't do what I want.


texts: A Windows PC software is pushing its app onto my android devices. How can I avoid it?

texts:
This weekend I installed a popular Windows antivirus in my PC laptop. The installer offered the android app, and I denied it.

Nonetheless, a couple hours later all my android devices had the antivirus' app pushed onto them, even the ones that were lying around unused for a week.

It means that none of the devices (three tablets and three phones) were ever connected to the PC in the previous or following days. And the installation notification for the antivirus app had Google play's icon.

I haven't order the download of the antivirus from the play store to the devices.

It seems the antivirus software or its installer did it from the PC. I have several google programs (drive, chrome, etc) installed on the notebook.

Due to Moderator request, the name of the antivirus is Avast free.


texts: Is there any difference between Samsung Galaxy S 3 GT-I9300 and I9300?

texts:
I've been looking into flashing a custom ROM on my Galaxy S 3, and most of custom ROM are only supported by the I9300 model of the Galaxy S 3.

When I went into my phone's settings, it said GT-I9300, so my question is: Are these two are the same and the HTC part is just being omitted, or these are two different models of the device?

Thank you for the attention, I.


texts: How to use a music player notification's play button state as an event for Tasker

texts:
Is it possible to read the state of the "play" button inside a music app's notification and use it as an event to activate/deactivate a Tasker profiles?

I need to run certain commands when playback starts or stops in a music app. I think Tasker can use notifications from specific apps as events for activating its profiles, or even look for specific text in the notifications. But can it respond to the media buttons in the music player's notification, or in the music app itself? I cannot use the %atmusicplaying variable from Autotools plugin or similar approaches to check if music is playing, because I use the device to stream the music over DLNA and for some reason the device doesn't return the music state as "playing" in this case (see another question and its answer's comments).


texts: Samsung Galaxy S6 no MTP,PTP connection error

texts: I am having trouble with my device when connecting it through usb. My device registers through odin in download mode but that's it. When i connect it to my pc my phone just notifies me that its charging. My pc will not detect it period even after uninstalling/reinstalling drivers. I've tried using Linux, MAC, Windows 7,8,8.1, and 10 still no luck. This is extremely frustrating considering i can not transfer anything unless i upload everything through some form of cloud storage. I have even tried changing the radio settings on my phone from MTP to MTP ADB and several others in hope that this would fix it. I have also tried flashing other versions of support OS versions even going back to 5.0.1.


texts:
I have a HTC G1 Dream device. I noticed that it has a problem.

When I unplug it from charger, about 15 minutes later it shuts down.

Is there any solution for this?

P.S Factory reset won't help here. I've tried this about 3 times.


texts:
I'm trying to have my Samsung Galaxy S7 phone start up into normal operation when USB power comes on. I have tested all the suggestions in this post and several others, but whatever I do the phone will not reboot into normal operation. My result is no reboot or reboot into Recovery mode.

I have also tested several ROMs with same result. There seems to be a problem when the \system\bin\reboot is called in LPM (Low Power Mode) mode.

Script:

#!/system/bin/sh
/system/bin/lpm_orig &
while [ true ]; do
  sleep 1
  ps | grep lpm_orig && sleep 3 && /system/bin/reboot
done

(The "lpm_orig" is the original lpm file). Linux owner and execution rights have been checked. Does anyone have an idea what to try next?


texts: Can't activate nor deactivate any administrator permissions outside of safe mode

texts:
I just upgraded my Nexus 5 from 4.4.4 all the way to 6.0.1 and ran into a problem: I can't change any administrator settings outside of safe mode. I wanted to activate it for a screen lock app but the 'activate' button and 'cancel' button don't respond to touch, the same with any app in the list, whether to activate or deactivate. Screen orientation does not matter. In safe mode I can only see the apps already activated, none of which I now dare deactivate fearing I won't be able to reactivate them.

Can anybody help me with this?


texts:
I get this error when trying to copy a large file (11 gb) from Windows 10 to an Android device (Nexus 7, Android 4.4, 32 gb)

Cannot copy item
The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected.

There is 26 gb available storage on the device. I can copy a small file with no problems. The device is connected via USB and USB debugging is enabled.

What is the problem?

Edit:
I am copying using File Explorer, i.e. drag'n'drop.
I was able to copy a 4.9gb file.


texts: Cell automatically phone powers down at certain location

texts:
Curiosity: at this location (False Creek, Vancouver, B.C.)

Google maps

my girlfriend's cell phone (Android Moto X; Android 6 Marshmallow) automatically powers down (off).  When manually rebooting (turning on again), once powered up it automatically powers off, again.

If we move e.g. ~75-100 feet away, the phone operates normally?

This has happened on the two separate occasions that we tried to photograph some foliage, there.

What would cause this?

Update (Mar 10, 2019).  My gf and I returned to this spot (~5 months later): her with new phone (Samsung Galaxy S7 Android 8 Oreo on a different wireless provider/account; GPS was ON).  This time, no problem.

That said, the GeoFence idea mentioned in the comments was likely the most reasonable explanation for the past behavior; perhaps that fence is no longer active.


texts: Is there an app to select who's going to make my phone ring?

texts: I usually sleep with my cellphone on silent mode, but some important people are allowed to wake me up whenever they want. When it's not on silent mode, some inconvenient people usually wake me up for nothing. Is there a way to make a call filter and allow only these important  people to make my phone ring?


texts: HTC Desire keeps restarting every 30 seconds

texts: My HTC Desire is 2 years old. I have had numerous issues over the last 2 years between random freezing, unmounted SD card etc.. But now my phone will start, stay on for 30 seconds, and then shut down. It does this over and over. I have tried the safe mode. It does the same thing.  I tried Recovery Mode, to no avail. I have tried removing the battery for hours, no effect.  I did not recently update any apps.  I did not recently add any apps.  It literally began doing this out of nowhere in the middle of my day. I can access anything on the phone as long as it is within 30 seconds, then the phone restarts.


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I have organized my Apps into several folders.  Every once in a while, I find that when I click on a folder, nothing happens (i.e. the folder does not open).  No matter what I do, I cannot open the folder until I reboot the phone.  Other folders still seem to open when this happens.

I have a Droid X, not rooted, runnning Froyo (2.2.1).  I am using the stock Home screen launcher, and have not installed any alternative launchers.

Anyone else have this problem?  It does not seem to be folder specific, as it affects different folders at different times.


texts: How do I have anonymous notifications (phone, text, ...) on Android 4.3 like 4.1?

texts:
So back in what I believe was Android 4.1, I had to swipe my lock screen to unlock my phone. Before swiping, it gives me the option of swiping into my missed calls, my text messages, and my applications. It did not show who I missed a call from, nor did it show the contents of my text message.

Now it shows both. How can I stop my phone from displaying private messages and communication?


texts: Samsung S3 GT-I9300 stuck on Download Mode, Failed in Odin

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Ive been trying to fix my Samsung S3 GT- I9300, stuck on Samsung Logo, Cant go to recovery mode anymore, can only go to download mode, and flashing thru Odin with stock firmware using only the PDA/AP

I9300XXUGNA5_I9300OLBGNB1_I9300DXUGNB1_HOME.tar

but gives me this error:

<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9300XXUGNA5_I9300OLBGNB1_I9300DXUGNB1_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> sboot.bin
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> FAIL!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Help!, i dont know what to do next.


texts: How can one add attachments from Google Drive in Gmail android app?

texts: In menu to attach file, it sometimes shows Drive as an option under recent if you have opened Drive recently. But other times it doesn't show Drive as an option to select from and then I couldn't find a way to select Google Drive. I am using Nexus 4.


texts: Do apps need to be started once to receive background data

texts:
I just recently bought my first Android based phone (Samsung Galaxy A3).

One thing I noticed (or maybe imagined noticing?) is that I appear to only receive notifications (like a new message in WhatsApp or a new email) if that app was previously started (and thereby listed in the "Running Apps" screen).

Is that true? Would that not defeat the purpose of notifications? I tried searching for settings that would imply such a behaviour, but couldn't find any.

Restrict background data is turned off
WhatsApp/Gmail, etc. all have background data enabled
Sync (from the top shortcut menu) is enabled
Accounts/Sync settings for WhatsApp and Google Accounts are enabled
I have a DataUsage warning at 400MB (reached) and a limit at 500MB (not yet reached)
Network connection is set to LTE/3G/2G (automatic) and I am in 4G currently

Thats about all I could think off / find... Is there more to check?


texts: Cannot use all cores on Honor5C (Android 6.0)

texts:
I am working on a rooted Honor5C phone in order to benchmark some computer vision algorithms. The basic idea is to see the phone as a all-in-one well optimized embedded board giving you all you might need in an IoT context (wifi, lte, camera, storage, performance...).

For those who might not know, the Honor5C has two ARM Cortex-A53 quad cores running at different speed. When reading the net, it seems one group is used for performance and the other one for battery saving.

During the different benchmarks I tried to do on the phone, it seems I couldn't get all the cores running for my application, basically a C++ binary. So I've tried running a simple script and check with top the core usage. Here is the script:

#!/system/bin/sh
i=0
while : ; do
  i=$(($i + 1))
done

When executing 8 of this script, only 50% of the CPU maximum usage is used letting me think only 4 out of the 8 cores of the phone are used for this.  Does the OS limit their use ? Is there any solution to force the use of the available cores ? Has anyone encountered this issue ?


texts: How do I move the clock back to the right in Android Pie?

texts: I have just installed Android Pie and the clock has moved from the right of the status bar to the left. Is there a setting to move it back?


texts: I want to know what the middle notification symbol means please. the one That looks like a sheild with lines in it

texts:
I want to know what the symbol inn the middle means..the one with the lines:

Screenshot (click image to enlarge)


texts: Help! Google is downloading books to me without my permission or involvement

texts:
I noticed I had updates the other day, and was surprised to see that my phone (Droid X, Gingerbread) was downloading Alice in Wonderland. I did not ask for this book, and I don't want it on my phone taking up disk space. When I checked, I saw it had also downloaded Dickens' Great Expectations and (as if in some kind of smirking insult) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. WTF?

Granted these books are in the public domain (i.e. free) but I really think I should be the one to decide what I want downloaded to my phone. Not Google.

What's worse, there is apparently no mechanism to prevent such downloads. The settings in the book and market apps make no mention of any of this.

Does anyone have advice on how to stop this behavior?


texts: Do Samsung batteries actually charge to 100% capacity?

texts: My understanding on Li-on batteries is that they don't like to be charged to 100% capacity and that it can prematurely degrade the battery. Something to do with voltage increasing and heat at the last 10% charging capacity? Do Samsung allow their batteries to be charged to an actual 100% capacity or do they actually only charge to 80% but appear as 100% to the user/consumer?


texts:
I have a profile set-up to activate when the phone is connected to power AND the time is between 10:30pm and 7:30am.  This shuts off autobrightness, dims the screen, shuts off vibrate, and lowers the ringer (except certain contacts).

This run an exit task to reverse all of this after 7:30am because both conditions are no longer met ... but it doesn't.  If I unplug the phone before 7:30am, it will exit the profile.  If the time passes, it won't exit even if the phone is unplugged.

Any suggestions?


texts: Is it possible to update HTC desire to 2.2 with unrooted?

texts:
I bought a new HTC Desire (will arrive in a few days).
The phone is not branded (or unbranded) will arrive with version 2.1, and I want to update to 2.2.

After a lot of reading I realized I need to create a goldcard. So I bought a 2GB microSD card and I will create the goldcard when the phone arrives.

I also read about rooting the phone, which means (from what I understood) to flash the phone's ROM.

What I want to know is do I have to root the phone in order to update to 2.2 ???

Thanks a lot !!!


texts: Will Samsung Fast Charge charge a QC 2.0 device as

texts:
I have seen that Samsung phones can fast charge on both Qualcomm Quick Charge  and  Samsung Fast Charge adapters.

But I am unclear if you want to charge a HTC/Sony etc Qualcomm 2.0 device if the Samsung Fast Charge chargers will charge the device similarly to a dedicated quick charge 2.0 charger?


texts: Unable to sign into my Samsung Galaxy Tab A

texts: I forgot my password and have tried to log back in I never saw anything to reset my password and now every time I try to sign in it states try in 60 minutes. I tried holding down the power and the volume button and I do not see anything to bypass the lock. How can I get back into my Samsung Galaxy Tab A


texts: Syncing music from device to cloud with Google Play Music

texts:
On my Android device, I've recently downloaded some music. The Google Play Music app recognized the music, and shows it within the app.

However, I am not sure how to sync this new music from my device to the cloud (thus making it available from the Google Play Music browser app on my PC).

Any suggestion?


texts: Phone got blazingly hot and started to act glitchy

texts:
My phone is LG D855 also known as G3 international variant. I had my phone in my pocket normally. After picking it up after 45 minutes, it was hand-burning hot and nothing on the phone was working correctly. This got fixed after a reboot but I realized my battery level had dropped from 53% to 17%. What could be the thing that caused it?

My initial theory was some problem occurred in the battery (some sort of sudden discharge) and it gave the phone's internal materials a bad time.

Can anybody come up with an idea or a similar experience?

Here's the screenshot of battery screen:

Click image to enlarge


texts: How to install ROM and Gapps through Adb & Fastboot without TWRP support?

texts:
I have a Motorola One Macro, I leave the firmaware for you to see what it is,

https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/lima/official/

I want to install a ROM according to this site: https://www.getdroidtips.com/android-10-motorola-one-macro/

However, there is no TWRP for this version of Smartphone.

The question is how to install ROM and Gapps through Adb & Fastboot?


texts: ask for app rating or review in Google Play, when uninstalling app

texts:
I vaguely fondly remember a time when Google Play (Google Store back then?) was pesturing me to leave a review every time I was uninstalling an app.

How can I enable this feature in Android 6?


texts: OTA WiFi vulnerability - what can be done?

texts:
Several Android phones appear to be vulnerable to an exploit in the WiFi firmware, allowing an attacker to run malicious code on the WiFi SoC, and even execute code in kernel space. Google patched its Pixel phones and some recent Nexus models, but older models such as the Nexus 5 have no patch available yet. It seems that no attack is known in the wild yet, but if there was one it could spread quickly from device to device.

I have a Nexus 5; what can I do to secure my phone? For now I have WiFi turned off, but that significantly reduces the usefulness of my phone. I'm comfortable running commands with adb to install drivers, if that's possible. I'm also willing to install another OS, although I'd rather not have to.


texts: "can't read /etc/fstab: No such file or directory" when mounting system?

texts:
I am running CyanogenMod 7.2, and when I type mount system in Terminal Emulator, it gives me

mount: can't read '/etc/fstab': No such file or directory

What's wrong? It obviously can mount the /system partition because the device boots fine, but yet I am getting this message.


texts: "Device Admin" apps are asking for permission to erase my data after failed login attempts! How can I confirm?

texts:
I was about to install the Outlook app on my phone, when it asked me to activate it as a device admin. (See image below):

I'm sure few people read the whole warning. One part greatly concerned me:

  Monitor screen unlock attempts
  Monitor the number of incorrect passwords typed. when unlocking the screen, and lock the phone or ease all the phone's data if too many incorrect passwords are typed.

Well shoot, if there's risk of all data being erased, I'm not really not that interested anymore! I often accidentally swipe patterns while I'm holding my phone in my hand. Plus a friend or young family member may be fooling around with my phone, unknowingly creating me a very long restoration process and lost data I can never get back.

What I'm wondering:

Is this just a generic warning given for any app requesting admin privileges? Perhaps it's possible that Outlook doesn't use the erase feature?
Is there a way to verify how many incorrect login attempts will trip the erasure?
Can I override the ability for it to erase my phone? (I'm guessing not.)


texts: Calls and texts in tablet with mini USB SIM adaptor

texts: I was hoping to find out if I can use my 10.1 inch Android tablet running Android 4.1 for calls and texts using a SIM card attached through mini USB (or if not, how?) Surely there must be a way.


texts: Cyanogenmod custom recovery can't backup, restore or apply an update!

texts:
I just installed Cyanogenmod. It's my understanding Cyanogenmod is a ROM so I was bit suprised when my TWRP custom recovery was replaced by Cyanogenmod's own recovery. Why is this?

Cyanogenmod's recovery can't do anything; it has no backup or restore options and each time I try to apply an update it says-

  signature verification failed.

Is it possible to get back to CWM or TWRP or somehow get Cyanogenmod's recovery to work?

I can't flash a new custom recovery from the phone since Cyanogenmod's recovery fails at flashing, and I tried using fastboot from the computer and it appears to flash TWRP but then it just goes by to Cyanogenmod's recovery.

I once read that TWRP/CWM only work with stock kernel and Cyanogenmod has it's own kernel so they won't work. Is this true?

I don't think it's relevant to the question but my phone is Xperia Z2 D6503 and the CM is 12 (Lollipop)


texts:
I'm looking to get the standard Word fonts on QuickOffice for Android. Is it possible? All my searches on the internet have yielded nothing.

If it isn't possible, are the fonts that QuickOffice does have identical to any of the standards?

I mainly just need Helvetica, Arial, and Times New Roman. (Required for some classes.)

Thanks.


texts:
I want to transfer files wirelessly between my android phone and Linux computer (XUbuntu 18.04).  It works when I use SSHDroid as an SSH server on my phone and connect to it with sshfs to mount the phone's files as a disk on my computer.  But in order to create a script to regularly mount my phone as a disk, I have to enter the IP address of the phone in the options to sshfs.  The problem is that the IP address of my phone changes sometimes, so I have to keep changing the command to mount it every time.

Can I keep the IP address of my phone the same?  Or are there any other ideas to work around this problem?  I don't want to store my files in the cloud, I just want to sync them between my phone and computer.


texts: Signal, WhatsApp, etc. without Gapps on Copperhead

texts:
There is seemingly no way to install gapps on Copperhead OS anymore, as indicated by the Copperhead OS bugtracker.  Yet, Mike Perry does it by installing Copperhead piecemeal.  What is going on here?  What in Copperhead OS's unified install breaks gapps?  Is it just the android-info.txt file in the image zip?

As an aside, I only wanted to install Google Play Services because it sounded like Signal, WhatsApp, and maybe Wire might not receive messages in the background without gapps pico installed.  Signal warns about this, and asks to burn oodls of battery to fix it, but I do not know if this really matters.  I do know microG cannot be used to fix it currently because the way microG spoofs Google Play Services breaks security throughout the phone.


texts: How to track links that certain app accesses?

texts:
I always get concerned about backing up data that is relatively large, for the sake of bandwidth, which is kind of expensive in my area, really expensive.

For example, when I installed "Google Translate", I manually downloaded the language packs that I need, so I could install them whenever I want. I found the link browsing forums
http://dl.google.com/translate/offline/v3/r1/lang.zip

And now I've installed Google Text-To-Speech, and I wish to download High Quality voice data.
I haven't found any information about this on the internet.

So maybe you guys could help me, and tell me of possible ways to know, what url's or uri's are being accessed by a certain app while downloading cache or even just connecting for something?

Any advises appreciated


texts: I want to install 2 WhatsApp accounts in my mi4 mobile

texts: I want to install 2 WhatsApp accounts in one phone, iam using mi4 mobile phone, so please let me know the procedure and settings which should be used for the process


texts: When I back out of an app is it still using up my data?

texts: When I am coming out of an app such as facebook, do I just back out of it and is it still using up my data?


texts: Anything similar to InstaPaper/Chrome to Phone, but with reading (text-to-speech) capabilities?


texts: Cannot Connect to PC. No USB Connection Notification Bar on Device (Samsung Galaxy Tab S)

texts:
I updated my Firmware to 4.4.2 using Samsung Kies, and had just notice it recently that I cant connect my tab to PC again. Usually, the there will be a notification bar on the device (like to choose MTP or USB) but right now, I cant even find it, no clue either.

I tried to scan my device using adb.exe but it return empty information. Different case when I plug my nexus 5.

Does anyone have an idea why this is happen? Suppose this caused by firmware update, how to fix it? Is it possible to downgrade it without connecting it to PC? I tried to factory reset it several times, but it will return to 4.4.2 again.

Please help. Any comment will be appreciated.

Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab S


texts: Is there a way to see how many unique contact tracing IDs my phone has registered via BLE?


texts: Can I find out when a rom or recovery was installed?

texts:
I have purchased a totally new phone (G2) and when I got it, it was already with a custom ROM with SU and a clockwork recovery. I have a receipt from the purchase with date and time. I need to be able to prove that the ROM and recovery were installed before I made the purchase.

How can I find time of rom or recovery installation?


texts: Disable all in-app browsing while keeping Chrome as default browser

texts:
In previous versions of Android, in-app browsing was facilitated using WebView (1). Disabling in-app browsing system-wide could be achieved by uninstalling the WebView app (2).

Recently, an in-app version of Chrome, called Custom Tabs, took over the WebView app (3, 4). This meant the previous trick no longer worked.

How to disable in-app browsing has already been discussed previously (5). However, the answers included uninstalling Chrome and, thereby, uninstalling Custom Tabs.

Is there a way to keep Chrome as the default browser, while also disabling in-app browsing? Clicking on links in certain apps would, then, result in the full Chrome app opening and rendering the webpage.


texts: How to close the on-screen list of process

texts:
My kids played with my Nexus 7 and since then, I have a list of what I think is process on the upper right corner of the screen.

The first line is three numbers, like 4.38 / 4.7 / 4.77 and a colored bar.

And then, a list of process(?)
com.android.systemui
system_server
mpdecision
...
How can I close all that ?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I update the OS on my device?

Is it possible to upgrade unlocked Motorola Droid to any Android OS version. Can this be done through wifi or does it has to be pushed through Verizon?


texts: Do a Factory Reset on an HTC Desire 530 with a missing Recovery

texts:
I got an HTC Desire 530 for free with the data of the previous owner and I want to completely wipe it. The thing is, the device for some reason does not has the Recovery environment, which the 530 needs to do a factory reset.
How can I restore an HTC Desire 530 with a missing recovery? (either via installing a 3rd party Recovery like TWRP)


texts: How can I prevent the battery in my Nexus S from draining overnight?

texts:
I have a Google Nexus S and for the past 2-3 days whenever I go to sleep the battery drains completely overnight. I mean when I go to bed the charge on my phone is plus 90% but for the past 2 days it's dead when I wake up. Thankfully I didn't miss work these two days otherwise my boss is gonna kill me.

I have Android 2.3.7

Any advice?


texts: Does SuperUser (from koush) work on 4.4.2?

texts:
I've installed update.zip (from download.clockworkmod.com) via the recovery, /system/xbin/su file exists:

$ ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rwsr-sr-x root     root       311872 2015-12-28 00:28 su

But it doesn't work:

shell@lt033g:/ $ su
255|shell@lt033g:/ $ id
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),3006(net_bw_stats) context=u:r:shell:s0
shell@lt033g:/ $

Why? I'm using Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014, Android 4.4.2

P.S. I can not use SuperSU for some reasons, I can use SuperUser only.


texts: How can I delete a Whatsapp group of which, I am the administrator?

texts: I am the admin of a WhatsApp group. I found that there is another group with same members, so the group I made is of no use. Now, How can I delete it?


texts: What is this Overlay Application and How can I get rid of it?

texts:
Recently this "app" has shown up on my phone. Tapping it gives me access to things like the home and back button, as well as screen lock.

I can't figure out what app or setting has caused this to show up recently and I'd very much like to get rid of it as it gets in the way of using other applications. There aren't any apps that I see in the settings panel that I recognize as being this kind of tool (Lux, Twilight, Lumen, "toolbar", etc).


texts: Writing hebrew vowels with my phone keyboard

texts: With my phone I can easily write English, French and Hebrew.  But I'm wondering if there is a possibility to add vowels to hebrew words, as it's possible with a keyboard with Windows.


texts: Install CWM on Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-9100M)

texts:
I already soft bricked my Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-9100M two times (the M is important, it's Virgin/Bell Canada's version) when trying to install clockworkmod recovery (CWM) on it.

First time I think I flashed "GT-I9100_JB_ClockworkMod-Recovery_6.0.2.9" file via "Odin3 v1.85" (have two tars sitting here, could have been the other one), found at some Youtube video. My phone was previously rooted via framaroot.

Second time I tried GalaxyS2Recovery.zip from this page.

Both of the times the phone could not go through a normal boot procedure, so I had to go into download mode and flash Samsung original image (which I got from sammobile.com).

The phone is now working fine.

If it helps, I was able to flash Jeboo kernel, as suggested in some other tutorial, but it may have been overwritten when installing the original firmware (not sure how Odin works to that level of detail). It did not seem to help flash any of the clockworkmod recoveries I tried.

Did I miss any steps? Is it simply not possible to flash CWM for Canadian version of this phone? Another thing - most of the CWM images are ZIP files, and Odin needs TARs. Is there a better flashing program that works with ZIPs? Or is it possible to convert ZIP -> TAR? I was getting ZIPs from https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager.

I also tried ROM manager APK, which is supposed to load CWM via easy to use interface. It prompts to confirm my phone model, when I pick i9100 it says "not supported", also tried "galaxys2" it attempted to install something but failed. Reboot worked after that, so at least it did not break anything.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: How to send commands to android device using bluetooth module

texts: I want to add extra physical buttons to my old Samsung Galaxy Note 4 for a project that I'm doing. Essentially I want to be able to press one of the buttons that is connected to a Bluetooth module (GPIO pins of the module) and based on that specific button that is pressed, it will tell the Note 4 to launch a program or do a specific command. How can this be achieved? Here's the Bluetooth module that I've been looking at. Any help is appreciated, Thanks!


texts: Android runtime permission's internal working?

texts:
I was checking Android runtime permissions and was very curious about how Android runtime permissions work. Like if some application is asking for access to external storage, it will ask for permission, user will be presented with a dialog, and after pressing allow button, app will be granted read/write external storage. I just want to know what happens internally when user presses allow button on the dialog, what are the changes internally occur in Android.
I know permissions are stored in different files like /data/system/packages.list, /data/system/packages.xml and /data/system/users/0/runtime-permissions.xml but changing them manually does not effect app's permission preference. So what actually happens when user give permission to certain app, what corresponding file gets updated?


texts: Forgot Samsung Tablet password & do not want to do a factory reset

texts:
We have a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 ---- I've been reading some comments on what to do --- but a Google account was never set up (still do not know about how to do that) and there is no option now for a security question (did we overlook that in the setup?).
Are there any other options for resetting the password other than "factory reset"?  We don't want to lose the data we have.  We looked at the SD card - there are only pictures we took, but none of our stored files.  Lastly, once we do get in, how can I backup the data?


texts: How to make an android app access browse external SD card?

texts:
The apk im trying to get to work is exagear 3.0.1. It is the one with which you can get some things running on windows, including what i want to run but things I want to run are too big filesize to stay on my internal memory. Exagear is Wine based but dead project, whoever worked on it left it. Few tried to modify it by adding with extra MS frameworks but not proper access to all your folders.

Exagear browses only your internal memory's Download folder, you cant even see dcim, pictures, etc all these common folders. Now I saw on a youtube video in spanish someone made some exe shortcut that works for older version but the Exagear version 2.9 crashes when start and obviously isnt a working version. I use an English version and 3.0.1.

An unpacking the apk shows the Mainfest has the  WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE which helps, nothing, nor if I added READ_EXTERNAL..

I have Magic Dosbox which asks you to grant access to folders, and when you do it from the program, it is added as Special apps access (using Android 9 Pie btw). I thought I needed to do same w Exagear.

I pulled data/system/urigrants.xml and added the line

<uri-grant sourceUserId="0" targetUserId="0" sourcePkg="com.android.externalstorage" targetPkg="com.eltechs.ed" uri="content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/tree/9C64-18E6%3A" prefix="true" modeFlags="3" createdTime="20482846090" />
</uri-grants>

great, that adds it to the list of Directory access (under Special apps access) just like Magic Dosbox. Alas, still see only root folder with mnt, storage, and in storage/emulated/0/Download

External SD card is usually storage/30D0-DS35  can be like that, instead of name that says 'external sd'

ADB shows me as I can access this folder just fine but Exagear refuses to show any other folder. Losing patience with this, any1 knows whats needed?


texts: WTF! How can a adware get installed inside system level folder on a non-rooted phone?

texts:
I dont know  how could this happen.The phone started popping ads randomly everywhere.I ran malwarebytes and found a RockClient.apk installed on my phone in the system level.There was another Dropper agent installed uninstalled it.But this was in systems so i disabled this for now.

I am curious how could this have occurred,did it replace my rom signature.Or is there a very genius guy behind it.Also is there a way to remove this without rooting the phone?(probably there isn't one).But still i am curious to see.Did this happen to anyone else?


texts: How to prevent an app from being uninstalled?

texts: Is there any permission or method to prevent an app from being uninstalled even after factory reset like system app that does not get uninstalled?


texts: How to mount disks of a Samsung Galaxy in a Linux System (connected with a USB cable)?

texts:
I have connected a Samsung Galaxy S i9000 to a Linux machine over the USB cable.

How can I access the disks of the galaxy from the linux machine through this cable (and not through wireless or by opening the cover and removing the sd card).

I cannot find anything under /dev/disk/by-id/ on the linux machine that could be mounted.

Edit: While connected via USB, there is a USB icon on notification bar of the galaxy android device. When I drag the notification bar down, you I see a "USB connection" item. But I cannot do or change anything with it.

The steps from the accepted answer:

1) Go to Settings - Applications - Development and turn USB Debugging to off.

2) Go to Settings - About Phone and switch USB connection to Ask on connection. Maybe mass storage could also work, but in my case there was some samsung app kies still blocking the connection with this setting, so I prefer ask

3) Connect the device to the linux box with the USB cable. The android device brings up a menu, select mass storage

4) There should appear a USB icon on the notification bar of the android device. Drag it down and select mount...

If nothing is mounted on the linux box automatically to /media/ you have to mount manually.

You can watch the syslog on the linux box with this command, type it into a console of a user that has sudo rights before you connect the USB cable:

sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog

Some messages should appear after you connect the cable that help you analyze the situation.

This link is also a good resource: http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/115574-solved-cannot-mount-android-device-via-usb-linux.html


texts: How do I sync Exchange contacts & calendar in Oreo?

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I'd like to sync my work contacts and calendar to my phone, but the option to add an Exchange account appears to have been removed in the version of Android I'm using (Nexus 5X running 8.0.0).

How can I do this? I'm not looking for a standalone app, I want something that will sync with the built-in dialer & calendar, like CalDAV-Sync does for a CalDAV account.

I've tried installing Exchange Services from APK Mirror but that didn't change anything.


texts: Android 5.1 : Cannot install, but I can Cancel

texts: I have a tablet named Samsung Galaxy Edge Max, I need to download and install Minecraft , and Install button doesn't works, while Cancel Button works in Android 5.1.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 “Not registered on network”

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It had stock 4.0.4 -> could call.

I've flashed FoxHound ROM -> after a while, when I try calling, it says "Not registered on network" .

Tried GalaxSim, but everything looks ok.

Restored back to stock and tried another SIM -> same error.

Do you have any clue? I cannot make any phone calls, nor access the internet.


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Installing the podcast manager Castbox, it has a setting to chose downloads location between internal and external card, but I cannot find them with a file manager. I would like to just copy/paste them on my computer and keep a copy (without the need to download them again on the computer).

Maybe are they trying to avoid the saving of the files?


texts: I googled for the answer, but kept getting sent in options,where I cant find how. Could you please help me? I have a Galaxy S3 Neo.


texts: Google two-step identification not working on my phone

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I just turned on two-step identification on my Google account. It works fine on my desktop. It also works fine on my iPad with help of application-specific password.

But I have troubles with my HTC One X. Once I've turned two-step identification on, it immediately displayed a warning in notification area, that it cannot log in with Google account. Ok, when I click on it, I'm asked for a new password.

If I enter an application-specific password, I have an error - password is incorrect. If I enter my account password, it asks me to log in through browser then and redirects me into browser. Then I log in with the browser, I receive my confirmation code by sms, all works fine. Then I redirected back from the browser and have the same error!

I tried to visit https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha from my phone with no success. The only other options I saw on the Internet about my problem is to reset the phone settings. It's too hard, I'd like to try other solutions first.

Any ideas?


texts: is there a less cluttered version of the Swype keyboard?

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I am new to Android.  I really like the Swype keyboard but wish I could remove certain keys on the bottom row (e.g. SYM, the "EN" language button, etc) so that the keyboard is less cluttered.

Is this possible?  Are their any Swype equivalent keyboards that aren't as compact?

Thanks!


texts: How can I use a bluetooth controller to skip back/forward a video 5/10 seconds?

texts: I've been trying to find an application that will skip a video backwards 5/10 seconds when I press a button on a bluetooth remote and maybe even save a bookmark to a list of bookmarks when I double click for instance play. I was able to do this on a rooted ios device using an app that remapped the forward/next track keys to short skip. I'm watching video lectures and want to control the playback. Is there any hack that will allow this in for instance VLC which already short skips when double tapping the side of the screen?


texts: Filesystem created and last accessed times

texts: Why doesn't Android keep track of the created and last accessed times as well as the last modified time for files in the file-system?


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I check my Moto G XT1033 phone on daily basis hoping that one day I will get Android 5.0. But I didn't haven't got the update yet.

Is there any current expected date it will be released in India?


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Does Google have access to the data stored in my Google Calendar?
As Google Calendar seems to be the best option for Android users and is widely used, I was wondering if Google actually uses your personal data of events and tasks for their personalized ads. Looking at how Google threads privacy with their Gmail service (e.g. a Report from the WSJ), it would be interesting to know if the same pracitces are applied with their Calendar application.


texts: Some file types copied onto phone always disappear

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Whenever I try to copy files onto my phone, depending on file type they almost immediately disappear.
I noticed this when trying to copy music files (mp3 and flac) from my PC to the phone via the USB cable, using total commander.

What works: png, doc, pdf, xlsx

What gets deleted: mp3, flac, wav, somefile.someextension

I copy the file(s), and they disappear. Sometimes it happens immediately, sometimes it needs a few seconds, a couple of refreshes, or navigating away from the folder and back in again. Sometimes I can see the file from my PC but not on the phone screen for a while (up to a minute). But the end result is always the same, the files soon disappear.
I don't think the files are being moved anywhere on the phone, as I tried searching the entire phone for the missing files and found nothing (no mp3 files on the entire phone), while I can still find other file types just fine.
The phone only has internal storage, no SD card. I can browse its contents just fine from the PC, and like I said this only affects certain file types.
I've also tried copying from a USB stick (one that has a mini-usb on one end so it plugs into the phone), and I also tried several file managers to do the copying, the results are always the same.
I tried copying to the Music folder, and to another custom folder, no change in behavior.
I tried adding a .nomedia file to the folder I'm copying to, it didn't help.
I tried using MTP or PTP connections.
I don't know if any apps are doing this, but I tried disabling the built-in "Files by Google" app, and stopping all other apps. I really don't have a lot of apps on this phone, and I have no idea which one could be doing something like this and why.
The only somewhat relevant question I found was this one , but that's about bluetooth, and I'm using a USB connection to a PC.
Please someone let me know how to use a modern smartphone to provide the functionality of a fifteen year old mp3 player.
Edit:
I did a factory reset, then tried developer mode and adb. I tried both before and after the system has updated.
ls doesn't show any of the files that I tried to copy.
Here is what I think is the relevant part of adb logcat while copying a file called Gemini.mp3: https://pastebin.com/bmTaLfgk
Basically there are a couple of these:
Access denied finding property "media.stagefright.extractremote"
Access denied finding property "media.metrics.enabled"
Access denied finding property "media.metrics.enabled"

and these:
mediaserver: type=1400 audit(0.0:524): avc: denied { read } for name="u:object_r:media_prop:s0" dev="tmpfs" ino=8498 scontext=u:r:mediaserver:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:media_prop:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
Binder:1257_2: type=1400 audit(0.0:525): avc: denied { read } for name="u:object_r:media_prop:s0" dev="tmpfs" ino=8498 scontext=u:r:mediaextractor:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:media_prop:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
Binder:1257_2: type=1400 audit(0.0:526): avc: denied { read } for name="u:object_r:media_prop:s0" dev="tmpfs" ino=8498 scontext=u:r:mediaextractor:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:media_prop:s0 tclass=file permissive=0

And then something called MediaSorter decides to remove the file.
MediaSorter: Removing /storage/emulated/0/Music/Gemini.mp3