texts: "Can't connect to camera", Nexus 6 - Lollipop 5.1

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My Nexus 6 is unable to start the camera. The google camera app hangs when it starts and nothing shows up. Earlier the camera used to open but it lagged a bit when HDR was on. Now the camera isn't opening anymore. The other apps like Instagram that use the camera are also not able to open it. The app opens up and hangs, nothing shows up just black screen and sometimes the message "Can't connect to Camera" appears. This issue came after 5.1 and I also had buzz launcher installed once but then I removed it. The phone is less than 7 months old.

What I've tried:

Forced stop the app (Google Camera)
Cleared cache of the app
Booted in recovery mode and wiped cache partition
Factory reset the device

Nothing worked for me, I tried these steps one by one and then tested the camera but it is still not working. Please help me with this, I paid a lot of money for this phone on my own and it feels really bad and annoying that the camera isn't functional anymore.

Thanks in advance.

Update: after no solution was found and no help from Motorola, Google or flipkart, I have sent the phone for repair to the service center.


texts: How can i transfer phone memory apps to external SD card

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I am getting very low space please help.
I want to install or transfer apps on external SD card completly.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy 10. Somehow, my ex has gained access and is able to see my texts and video calls in Whatsapp and Telegram, etc. He is listening to or watching every conversation. I became suspicious when he mentioned details from private conversations. He admitted to mirroring my device but will not provide details and says he has stopped. However, I believe it is still happening. When I am on video calls in WhatsApp and Telegram, the calls freeze and it seems the signal is bad even when I am on WiFi or have full bars. How can I stop this? Please help.


texts: Is it possible to use NOGAPPS and Maps API with Uber app (or apps similar to Uber)?

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I have installed LineageOS 14.1 on a Wingtech 88047 (Redmi 2 Pro), without Gapps. I installed microG UnifiedNlp, and my phone finds its location correctly. I also tested some proprietary apps that I need (mostly bank apps), and they do work perfectly. However, I cannot use apps that need the Maps API.
For example, neither the Uber app nor an app by on of their competitors in Brazil will work (the app opens, but gets stuck and doesn't show the map).

I do have  NOGAPPS version of Maps API installed (version 0.5, which is the only release available from Github. But maybe there is an updated version? It seems that version 0.5 only covers MAPS API v.1, not v.2.

So -- is there any way to get apps like those (which need MAPS api) without installing Gapps?


texts: Using Google Play Music on Galaxy S6 WITHOUT starting subscription

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This is so annoying. I am trying to add music to my mothers Galaxy S6 and play it with the default player: Google Play Music. But despite getting all the files onto the phone in the music directory, I CANNOT GET Google Play Music to do  ANYTHING but show an invitation to start subscription (besides looking into the settings).

Can anyone confirm that it is possible to use the player without a subscription - and possibly how to do this?


texts: Reason for process stopped unexpectedly?

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What is the reason for the process stopped unexpectedly error?

Is it based on that particular android app or the android os or a particular android device?

Example:

I installed smash hit on my Xperia U and I transferred the apk to a
moto g. It was working fine in moto g. But after sometimes it
started to showing process stopped unexpectedly. After sometime it
will start working fine.
Whenever I flash a mod example for camera initially it will show process stopped unexpectedly but clearing the data helps.
I also read somewhere that if you uninstall and install the app again it will start to work.

So what is the cause for this problem


texts: How can I disable automatic Facebook photo sync?

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Device: XPeria P
Android: JB 4.1.1

I recently enabled automatic photo sync, but I could not remember how I did it. Now, all of my photos gets synchronized to Facebook, and my data/3G charge is skyrocketing as the photos are always get synced.

So, how can I disable this feature?


texts: Recovering a deleted text message on Android

texts: I accidentally deleted a very important text message that I received that included a link. I need to locate this text message. Is this possible on my Android Alcatel chatr wireless (cell provider) phone?


texts: Apps suddenly stopped starting automatically when my phone boots

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I have two apps that I expect to start when I boot my phone: AccuBattery and Weatherbug. A few months ago though, Weatherbug stopped starting automatically, and AccuBattery stopped a couple days ago. I've been needing to remember to manually start them when I boot my phone, which is a pain.

Neither app lists such a change in functionality in their changelogs, and I haven't done a firmware update that would change how Android functions.

Does anyone know why these apps stopped starting automatically?

Note 8, Android 9


texts: How to make Android Lollipop remember wifi password?

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I recently upgraded my Motorola Moto G OS to Android Lollipop. It works pretty well. However, one of the features I am missing is my corporate wifi being remembered that I used to enter from the browser. The browser used to ask if I want to remember the password and accordingly do so. I am not talking about saving the password while configuring the wifi in the settings UI.

However, since lollipop has this new UI opening up for entering password for wifi requiring authentication, I can no more save my password.

Is there anyway I can save my wifi password?


texts: None of the apps installed on my SD card work anymore

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The apps worked this morning for a bit, then I plugged my phone in to charger and grabbed it right before I left for work.

When I was checking it on the way to work, most if not all of my apps, said 'Application is not installed on your phone'.

I've tried restarting many times and un-mounting and mounting the SD card again.

Can anyone help, please?!


texts: Hi guys. I am new to Android. I wanted to know, when I root my phone, will I be receiving pure android os, and get constant update whenever Google releases new OS? Also, will I be able to revert back to the original UI of the manufacturer?


texts: How do I get more immediate word suggestions in Android 4.4 Kitkat?

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On my previous phone with the Android 2 stock keyboard, when typing, above the soft keys there was a list of word suggestions as long as the screen allowed.

In Android 4.4, there seems to be a maximum of 2 or 3. I know that you can press and hold one of the two suggestions on either side to get a few more, but this does not help speedy typing, as you may view these in vain, type a few more characters, try again, etc.

Does anybody know if/how I can get more suggestions to display immediately on the bar above the keyboard as the older Android versions helpfully did?


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I have a phone with 3.7v, 1500 mAH genuine battery.

This being said, the maximum power that this battery can hold can be calculated easily:

3.7 v *1500 mAH = 5550 mV.

I'm trying to see what battery actually tells the Android when it's charged by %100 by using Nema's very known battery calibration app and it, unfortunately, says only about 4800 when charged %100 (I'll provide a definitive screenshot soon)

So,

Here is my question:
Is it possible, that the battery never charges to it's maximum and leaving about %10-%20 uncharged at each charge? And
If so, is there any way to tell the system to charge the battery until it reaches 5550 mV?

I'd also want to know if people can observe their battery-stated power limit when their Android device charged %100.

I'm talking about this battery http://www.batteryforum.org/t1356-alcatel-ot-995-battery-tli5baa on Alcatel OT-995.


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I have a 3 port USB-C charger from Aukey that for the past weeks worked well with my Nexus 5X when used with an old ATX power supply as power source.

I found critical reviews on Amazon (link to US website, but same type of issues on DE and IT as well) where the product stops working or even fries the phones after some time.

I am using exclusively the USB-C port, the other ones cannot charge the Nexux 5X as fast. I am using the original Nexus 5X USB-C cable, not the one provided by AUKEY (it is said to be low quality).

I decided to take it apart and I measured the voltage on the power pins of USB-C while charging and while the charger is powered by 12.2 V from a DC-DC power supply. The source is therefore cleaner than a car electric circuit would be.

I measured with this conditions on the output port 5.10-5.38 V. The tester gives me 5.01 on a LM7805 used as calibration.

Nexus 5X is not Quick charge 3 compatible, therefore it does not negotiate voltages continuously variable above 5 V, in theory it should only jump to 9 V but I haven't seen it, even if the charger could provide it.

Will the 5.4 V damage my Nexus 5X, as it happened to (other) smartphones from the reviews? After all, USB tolerates up to 5.25 V only.


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This started out with me wanting a calendar on the lockscreen.  Not a list of events, mind you, but a calendar.  You know, the kind that looks like the periodic table of the elements but with day numbers in the boxes and day-of-week down the columns.  Currently I open up the terminal and type cal to get this.

Then I thought "shouldn't I just be able to put cal on the lockscreen?"  More generally, I could make a shell script that would print the calendar and maybe some other nice stuff that suits some whim of the moment, and have that show on the lock screen.

Does such an app exist already?  I am using the lockscreen that comes with CyanogenMod 11, if that matters.


texts: When I am installing my apps from Playstore its not getting installed and the previous apps which are already installed or not getting updated I brought a new mobile from a store recently but I am facing this issue:


texts: Internal storage full but explorer shows less

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My space in the internal storage is full and I can't install any more apps or even updates. But when I open the storage in Windows explorer I can't find the folder that cotains so much data. There are bunch that sum up to 50 MB only (the total size is 1,13 GB) and many folders show up as "0 bytes" in usage, which is strange.

DiskUsage app shows that "system data" takes 90% of the storage, but I can't figure out what to delete or uninstall to free some space. How or what can I delete to free up space (I believe that apps themselves can't take up this much storage, I don't have that many I think).

NOTE: I moved hopefully all the apps to the SD card before.

EDIT: Connecting my phone with USB to the computer and opening the device and the storage in Windows explorer.

Android version: 4.1.2

HTC Sense version: 5.0


texts: Make back button black on Nexus 4 Lollipop?

texts: I would like to make the three on-screen buttons pitch black, their appearance is redundant anyway. Is there a way to do that on a Nexus 4 running Lollipop?


texts: text messages beginning with '!' trigger automated responses?

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Whenever I send a text message to my friend with an Android phone (further testing has shown this happens with iPhones as well, though not blackberries) that starts with '!', I get an automated response. I've detailed it in full, but to summarize:

Me sending an SMS to my friend:
"!test"

results in me receiving an immediate response:
"message test to XXXXXXXXXXX succeeded"

and my friend receives:
"test"

XXX is where the destination phone number is. I find it concerning because I suspect it is the phone itself that is sending this automated reply, and for anyone who has to pay for outgoing text messages this could be an avenue for a third party to inflate their bill without them even knowing.

Does anyone know what this is, why it's happening, or how to disable it?


texts: Stop Google Photos app from deleting a local album

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I have a lot of cool projects which I like to show off when I am on the road. On my phone, I have a 'demo' album created in Google photos.

This is the single most used album on my phone, which I generally show off once per week.

The app continually deletes the local cached copies, meaning that each time I try to open my demo album, it needs to download the media from remote.

My phone has 128GB of storage, and have >100GB free.

How can I stop the Google Photos app from erroneously deleting local media?


texts: Galaxy S3 mini only boots to recovery - how can I fix it?

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I was installing CyanogenMod when something went wrong and now my phone will only boot to recovery mode. I had made a backup but it somehow got deleted, I don't know why that happened. My computer doesn't recognize my phone when I connect it.

My phone is the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini and I used ClockworkMod recovery. What can I do now, to fix my phone?


texts: Is it possible to install Android Go Edition in Xiaomi Redmi 2 pro?

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I have an old Xiaomi Redmi 2 pro from 2015.

This phone has Android 5.1.1 installed, 16MB capacity and even with a fresh install there's only about 2GB left. I read Android Go is lighter and leaves more space available.
How to install this in this phone? any suggestions?
Thanks a lot.


texts: Is there a minimum app price at app stores?

texts: Is there a limit on minimum app price? I ask as I never saw any app less than .99 in any app store (apart from free apps). Can an app be like .49 for example in Google or Amazon app store?


texts: Does the alarm work when my phone is turned off?

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Will the alarm still go off if I turn off the phone before?

Example: when I have low battery, I have to go to sleep and wake up at X o'clock, and there is no charger around. Should I turn off the phone?

Note: If it makes any difference my phone is Galaxy S running froyo


texts: Why doesn't my downloaded file appear in the Download folder?

texts: I've downloaded a Powerpoint presentation of the Facebook mobile app and when I go to the downloads folder and search up the name of the file, it doesn't appear. It just says "No results found. I use a Samsung A6.


texts: There are a lot of wi-fi connections around my phone. I want to use only one of them. Is there a way to block those unwanted connections so that they don't appear in existing connections in wi-fi settings?


texts: I have a Karbonn S5 Titanium. Whenever I try to open the Google Play Store, it gets closed within a second. A notification saying 'your google store has stopped unfortunately' keeps coming every 2 minutes. I can't download any apps or access a few of them. What can be done to set it right ?


texts: How to remove the white frame around icons on Mi Pad 2 running MIUI 8.5?

texts: I've noticed my Mi Pad 2 running MIUI 8.5 has this ugly white frame (certainly a poor design choice from Xiaomi's under-qualified design director). I can use a different launcher but when the share menu (for example if I like to share a Youtube video on Facebook) pops up, the icons on the menu still have this ugly white frame (and the icons look very tiny as the result). I tried using the theme manager (link: http://en.miui.com/thread-563883-1-1.html) and it does not show any theme in the store (because there is no theme for Mi Pad 2) and I tried to import themes (.mtz files) via both theme manager or theme editor (link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mixapplications.miuithemeeditor), but when I chose the theme, the theme manager will show an alert and tells me it has failed (likely because the theme doesn't work on a tablet or because they are designed for the ARM architecture). Is there a workaround to this?


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How do I run a Google Calendar app on B&N Nook Simple Touch?

I never had a Nook, but I'm interested in buying it to use as a dedicated e-ink wall calendar; I heard it can run Google Calendar; if it indeed does, then all I need is to run it once and leave it alone, given the screensaver is disabled. Making it autorun on startup would be even better.

I have asked about disabling the screensaver elsewhere.


texts: How can I check if a device is booted into safe mode from adb?

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Is it possible to use adb to detect whether a device is booted into "Safe Mode" or normal mode?

I've looked through the output of getprop and other command-line tools and haven't found any good indicator of safe mode, at least not on my N5/hammerhead device.

Update: I'm trying to check whether or not the device is in Safe Mode, not to force it into Safe Mode. Putting the device in Safe Mode programmatically is relatively straightforward and well-documented.

Any ideas?


texts: Where can I find the ANDROID_ID on my device?

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I know that you can find IMEI and MAC address and others by going to Settings -> About phone -> Status. You can also find IMEI by typing *#06# on the keypad. Is there any way to get the ANDROID_ID on the phone itself, as opposed to via this bit of code?

Secure.getString(getApplicationContext().getContentResolver(), Secure.ANDROID_ID);


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I have tried kingoroot, Towel Root, Framaroot as well as WMShua to root Xolo Q1010i but at last stage the message "Sorry Root Failed" appears.

Kernel version : 3.4.67

Please provide me with other ways.


texts: How do I get a USB stick with an adapter to work with an Android phone (rather than a tablet)?

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I have a USB stick that lights up when it is plugged in.  I have attached it to laptops and tablets (with adapters), and it lights up and works well.  When I attach it to cell phones (through the same adapter that I do with tablets), it does not light up.  Is there a setting to enable the Android 7.x phone to give power to the attached devices (the way Android tablets do)?
Update: My phone does not support OTG.


texts: Wifi turns off when phone sleeps - Not Duplicate

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This is NOT a duplicate, I have read the other posts on this forum site and none of them have helped me. I've gone to the wifi settings and made sure Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is ALWAYS and I've tried the WifiFixer, that didn't work. So I have no idea what to do. I don't have any of those crummy battery saving apps either.

If this helps, I tried switching to the guest profile once, and it was solved (but I obviously don't want to use the Guest profile all the time. So maybe it's linked with my Google Account?

I'm on a Motorola Moto G (1st Gen) and I'm on Android 5.1


texts: Is there a way to sort apps in Google's app store by size? I would like to know what are the heaviest apps and the lightest apps from a search result. For example, to search for a lightweight RSS reader.


texts: How do I block "you missed a call from..." messages for blocked spam calls?

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Android does a great job of blocking spam callers. However, my phone provider sends me messages when I miss calls, so while I don't receive the spam calls themselves I always receive these follow-up sms in my inbox;

Note that while this SMS is sent by my phone provider (Telstra) the number appears as the number of the caller (in this case 02 9133 5694), not the number of my phone provider.
I don't want to disable these SMS as they're genuinely useful to receive when I miss calls from people I actually know. Also, clearly Android knows that this message is related to a spam caller, since it has flagged the message, so how can I get Android to just block these messages?


texts: How do I make "Emergency Call" harder to hit? I keep pocket calling 911!

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I have a Samsung Captivate Glide phone running 4.0.4 on the AT&T network.

Unfortunately, I have pocket called 911 at least four times.  To call 911 on my phone you have to:

Activate the lock screen
Swipe near the bottom of the screen on "Emergency Call"
Press on the screen

I think that this is how it happens:

I unplug the phone from the charger (which wakes the phone up from sleep and shows the lock screen)
I slide the phone into my pocket without looking at it (which does the swipe)
The button gets pressed in my pocket

How can I stop this from happening?    I'm hoping for something like an app that replaces the lock screen, or a setting to change it from a single button press to actually dialing 9-1-1.

For clarification, I have not rooted this phone.


texts: Does flashing stock ROM via Odin delete phone data?

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So my Galaxy S6 is stuck in a boot loop and I've literally tried EVERYTHING already and nothing will solve the problem. Safe mode won't work, clearing the cache partition won't work and USB Debugging was turned off so adb wasn't seeing my device either. I also tried Kies and Smart Switch. I am convinced my phone is soft bricked and I need to recover some very important pictures and files from it. At this point my last hope is to flash the stock ROM via Odin and I saw that some people have said that they have successfully done this without losing any of their data. Is this possible? If so how do I go about doing it properly? If you can give me a step by step of what settings to use in Odin to not lose my data I would greatly appreciate it!!

Thanks for any help!

Phone is not rooted and 100% stock. Recovery and Download screens are working.

Phone: T-mobile Galaxy S6 with Lollipop


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Is there any way to hide the "Online" status on the Telegram application, and possible as well also the "Last seen" time stamp?

If this is not possible, is there a way to contact the developing team to ask them to include this feature? I haven't found like a forum or a place to put requests.

It seems weird that for an app that is supposed to be so privacy-centered, as opposed to Whatsapp, they have left in this really intrusive feature.


texts: Cant login to games via Facebook in parallel space

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I am trying to login to a game using facebook in parallel space but it is not working. It's stuck at loading (white screen).
As a workaround I tried to clone Facebook too in parallel space but it still isn't getting connected.


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I recently mounted an SD card to my phone. But when I tried to download an application from the play store, a message popped up saying my phone didn't have any storage on it, saying my internal storage was low, but my SD card had 28.2 GB on it left, which my phone had recognized. Yet applications weren't being installed using the SD card, whilst any photos taken are stored using the SD card.

Any advice of what to do or how to fix this problem?


texts: message saying "disable harmful apps Galaxy apps can damage your device"

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I got this message on my Samsung Galaxy trend Plus but not sure what to do. Not very tech savvy anyone got any advice?

thank you


texts: Galaxy s9+ not charging via USB-C cable and not quick charging at all

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I ran into a problem with my Galaxy s9+ recently, it won't charge at all using my Samsung 25 Watt Wall Charger and also won't charge using my Aukey 26800mah power bank when connected via USB-C. It however will charge when I connect my phone to the power bank using a USB-A to USB-C cable. As of right now there is no way I can quick charge my phone, even using a brand new Samsung charger that came in the box will not quick charge my phone, only cable charging.

What chargers I tested:

The in the box Samsung charger

This will charge my phone, but only "cable charging", no fast charging

Samsung 25 Watt Wall Charger

This one won't charge my phone at all

Aukey PA-6Y

This one charges my phone with quick charge, but only when using the USB-A connector, and won't charge my phone when using the USB-C port
This one is also an interesting case, as it has a USB-A and USB-C plug

Lenovo 65 Watt laptop charger

This one won't charge my phone at all

I tested all of these chargers at 2 different physical locations and 2 different sockets at each location so I cannot possibly be a problem with the Socket. I also tested all these chargers with my brothers Galaxy s10+ and each of these chargers charge his phone with quick charging.

But I have also been seeing some very weird behaviour from my phone. For example: I bought the 25 Watt Samsung wall charger brand new and tested it out, it worked perfectly. A day later I wanted to plug in my phone again and it won't charge anymore, just for me to unplug it, turn around the USB-C connector and plug it in and to work again. Once more a day later I wanted to charge my phone again, only for it to not work at all, no matter the USB-C orientation (which shouldn't matter anyways).

I've exhausted every opportunity at my disposal and don't know what could possibly be the problem. I also brought in my phone to my cell carrier (where I have it insured) only for them to say "it quick charges with this charger, I don't see a problem". The only constant I was able to find was that my phone won't charge when using a USB-C to USB-C cable, but will charge (and sometimes quick charge) when using a USB-A to USB-C cable (I tried this on the Aukey charger and the two Samsung chargers back this up)

So my question is this: Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this and how I could fix this?


texts: Android USB reverse tethering: How to fool the apps

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USB reverse tethering = Cellphone gets network connection from PC via USB.

I know how to do USB reverse tethering except for one problem: Many Android apps will check network connection using the code below before doing any useful work:

ConnectivityManager connectivityManager = (ConnectivityManager)context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
NetworkInfo info = connectivityManager.getActiveNetworkInfo();

The problem is that, when using USB reverse tethering, the above code will report no network connection. However, there IS a network connection (which is the USB reverse tethering itself), and ping, wget and all programs not doing this stupid check work well.

So the question is: How can I hack the system to let this network connection check return success (so that I can fool these apps)?

BTW. I use Cyanogenmod 7. And any solution specific to this MOD is also welcome.


texts: Isn't Factory Reset exactly the same as wiping /data and /cache?

texts:
According to this article,

  /data ... Wiping this partition essentially performs a factory reset on your device, restoring it to the way it was when you first booted it, or the way it was after the last official or custom ROM installation. When you perform a wipe data/factory reset from recovery, it is this partition that you are wiping.

What about /boot, /system, and /recovery, and /cache?

If Factory Reset wipes only /data, then I wish it were called something else, because if you've rooted your phone, it will still be left with whatever custom ROM you flashed even after a Factory Reset.

On the other hand, if Factory Reset does indeed wipe /boot, /system, and /recovery as well, especially /boot, what does it restore those from?  Do all phones come with stock images in a real internal ROM somewhere that it can re-flash those images from?

I can somehow imagine manufacturers not wanting be burdened with the extra cost that such a spec for hardware-recoverable images might have cost them, so it got left out of the standard and left out of most phones, which is why it's so easy to brick them.  So, instead, they give you the option to wipe /data and /cache only, and call that a "Factory Reset" because you're not supposed to be foolish enough to root your phone in the first place according to their way of thinking.

Since rooting my Android and reading hundreds of posts, I've found that many of the terms I learned and accepted as a Computer Science grad student in the 80's don't quite mean the same thing anymore so I have to verify what everything really means before I do something.

Comments to this post answer the first part of my question.

But they don't really answer the second part of my question which is really a complaint:  Why call it "Factory Reset" if it doesn't really restore your phone to it's stock factory state?

At this point, the question is merely rhetorical.  I think I already answered this in my question, unless someone can correct me.


texts: How to transfer and install an older version of Whatsapp from one phone onto a another phone?

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My whatsapp auto-updated to the new version yesterday which has the blue ticks. Since I am not a big fan of this version, I was wondering if I can install an older version of this app on my S4. One of my old phones(S3) has the previous version of whatsapp. Is there a way I can transfer this version to my S4?

Thanks for your help.


texts: What are the problems of rooting device?

texts:
I want to root my android device (Samsung Galaxy On7, 6.0 Marshmallow) to move my inbuilt apps to sd card to free up space.

I'm doing this as per this site:

http://techgage.com/article/moving_your_non-movable_android_apps_to_an_sd_card/

What are the potential problems I might face?

Will I lose data?

Is this process reversible?


texts: Multiple User Accounts on Galaxy S10/S10+/S10e

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Samsung has disabled the Multiple User Accounts feature on the Galaxy S10.

How to set up multiple accounts? I mean the ability to create a separate Android home with their own app settings.

I want to be able to lend the phone to a kid or friend for a day without worrying about them messing with my files or banking accounts.


texts: How do I find the right GApps for my CM?

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I've chosen https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?ty...&device=encore
(cm-11-20160815-NIGHTLY-encore.zip)

What GApps should I download?

PS: I've tried a random one (Gapps file), and it didn't work.


texts: Bluestacks can emulate Android and play Angry Bird but not Pokemon Go?

texts: It is a bit strange Bluestacks (4.270) can run on the Mac, and run Angry Birds, Cut the Rope, but when Pokemon Go is run, the spinner just spins and cannot log in.  Is there anything special about this app and is there a way to make it work?


texts: Use sd card as internal storage and stop writing to internal memory for good

texts:
Smartphones seem to die after two years of usage, as if they knew that you just have paid the last instalment.
The common reason seems to be the failure of internal memory.
I'm desperately trying to have my phone escaping from this cruel destiny.
The idea I initially had seemed simple, but the web didn't seem to share my optimism.
This is the idea:
- create ext4 partitions in sd card
- mount at boot sdcard partitions to /data and /cache (and maybe /preload and /efs if they ever get written)

I'd like to know what's wrong with this idea and why it cannot work, but the main question is:
Can I stop writing to internal memory for good?

I've seen all the apps out there (app2sd, link2sd, DirecoryBind, s2e , you name it) and all of them seem to relocate subdirectories, never the main /data .
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thank you!


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I'm trying to pull SMS messages from an old Nandroid backup, but need to find the database before I can. I found an article listing its location in Kitkat, but can't find anything for Nougat/Oreo. (Or even Marshmallow for that matter.)

Anyone happen to know where the files for SMS/MMS messages are actually stored?


texts:
I have a Nexus 6p, and I unlocked it's bootloader. There is a message saying that my phone can't be checked for corruption since the bootloader is unlocked. I am a little confused because when I flashed Paranoid Android, the first time it booted into it, the message said that it was corrupt (so far I don't see anything wrong).

How does it know that my phone is corrupt if it can't check for corruption?


texts: How to access Remote Desktop from Android 2.1?

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Suppose I am developing my application in WPF, for windows 2008 R2, and the tablet will be running Android in a LAN with Wi-Fi, and I would like to try to use the existing .net technology via RDP on the Android Emulator.

How to install Remote Desktop Client on Android 2.1?


texts: Motorola Moto G2: Unable to pick incoming calls most of the time

texts: I'm unable to pick incoming calls, nearly 8 out of 10 times on my device. The calling party thinks that I am trying to avoid them.


texts:
is it possible to assign the different SIM cards in a dual-sim phone to different users in Android?
-- I tried this with my Moto G4 Plus phone, but did not manage to set this up.  It seems that the SIM card settings are global and not per user.

What I'd like to achieve is having one user profile and SIM card to private usage, and the other SIM card assigned to a separate user for my work.

Is this a systematic Android limitation, or is it only that the Moto G4 Plus does not support this kind of setup?

Thank you.


texts: What is this cloud-with-sun icon meant to represent?

texts: Can you tell me what this symbol is for?


texts:
I'm trying to reinstall Android on my first-gen Nexus 7. I'm using adb to do so because the install is so corrupted I can't even use the touch screen.

I use Ubuntu 13.10 and I have adb and fastboot installed. My Nexus is plugged in. This is what I type:

sudo adb kill-server
sudo adb start-server
adb devices

And... nothing shows up. How do I fix this?


texts: How can I restore the display of the battery status on the lockscreen?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit - GT S5670 model. When I charge the battery, there used be a percentage on the pattern screen. Somehow it is not showing now. All it is showing the word "Charging" but no numbers. Any ideas how can I get back the percentage status?


texts: Can I set Calendar default reminder to "none"?

texts: This question has been asked recently, and the answer was "Menu->More->Settings->Default Reminder Time". On my Galaxy S II running 2.3 there is no "More" on the Calendar Menu. There is a "Settings" which allows the Default View to be set but no Default Reminder Time. Under Notification settings is the option to Set alerts and notifications, but that is simply the choice between alert and status bar. Like the previous poster I set most of the entries via the web and it is extremely frustrating to have every one appearing on the phone with a 10 minute notification set.


texts: Where can I find old cyanogenmod notification sounds?

texts:
I recently had to reflash my phone. And am now missing my old default notification sounds.

I originally flashed CM10 and later upgraded to CM11. Now I wiped the phone and CM11 directly. In this new installation I am missing the notification sounds I used before (namely something like "cm-chime" and "cm-prechime").

How can I get them back?

Is there a repository on the internet, where I could download them?
Where in the ClockworkMod backup I made before wiping are the notification sounds stored?


texts:
How can one remove the animation when searching for a string in a web page in Google Chrome for Android?

For example searching for "law" with the "Find in page" Chrome feature on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States takes more than three second of scrolling down animation before showing the first occurrence of "law" in the page:


texts:
On Ice Cream Sandwich (CyanogenMod 9), Under Settings > Security there is an option to "Encrypt phone". I understand that this will require me to provide a PIN whenever I start up my phone. But what wasn't explained was if it covers the micro SD data as well?

I want to make it so that in case my phone gets stolen, the thief won't be able to simply get my micro SD card and pop it in to a card reader and view its contents, some of which may be sensitive.


texts:
I'm trying to configure Android M

I would like to set erase a persistent property like

getprop | grep dhcp
.../...
[dhcp.wlan0.domain]: [acme.com]
.../..

I would like this property became like this :

[dhcp.wlan0.domain]: []

I tried the setprop command with a blank argument and I got an error message :

 setprop dhcp.wlan0.domain
usage: setprop NAME VALUE

Sets an Android system property.

setprop: Need 2 arguments

I tried [] as argument and the property has been changed like this :

 [dhcp.wlan0.domain]: [[]]

I believe this last  property is occurring error

Thanks for you help


texts: How to limit a specific apps maximum memory usage

texts:
I have an app that I'm using (basic dreams) for a lock screen background, and it appears to have a memory leak. It has reached a peak of almost 800mb in ram, and I only have two GB. Is there a way to limit it's maximum ram usage without actually killing it/force closing it, because it has to always be on. I can upload a screen shot if necessary. O can't find any apps related besides "ram boosters" which I know are unnecessary. Any advice? Thanks,

(This is on android marshmallow/6.0, cyanogenmod 13 rooted)

-J


texts:
Is there a way to make Android think it has a different screen size and dpi than what was programmed in its factory settings?

I'm asking because we bought a 7-inch tablet recently, and its interface is too large for a 7-inch tablet. I installed System Info Droid and it confirmed what I suspected: The tablet thinks its screen is 4.86 inches with 192dpi.

Is there a way to fix this and tell it its screen is 7 inches and 133dpi?

The tablet is Genx GX7-3GS running Android 4.2.2.


texts:
Nokia 1
Android 9
Storage shows one SD card in use and a second SD card not inserted.
There is only one SD card in the phone...
Please see image.


texts: "Slide to answer" alternative on Lollipop

texts:
I'm using ZTE Maven running Android 5.1 Lollipop, and while there are 3 physical buttons on the front of the phone beneath the display, by default to answer a call you have to touch a green virtual button on the display and "slide to answer".

I get calls very infrequently and when I do I have a lot of difficulty answering calls.  At first I concluded that I have to hold on the green virtual button until it activates, and then slide it, but recently that doesn't work either and I end up missing the call.

I understand there are apps for changing this behavior, but I'd prefer a configuration solution.  I think once I found a mention of an accessibility setting for this, but the only documentation I can now find is for pre-Lollipop versions of Android and it doesn't seem to apply.

Is there a way to configure Lollipop with an alternative way to answer calls?


texts: Is it safe to use an old mobile phone as modem / router for Wifi?

texts:
(Related to A phone as a home 4G modem/router?)
I was wondering if it is plausible and safe to keep an old phone charging all the time with a sim card in order to use it as a modem/router for Wifi.
I thought about this idea in order to have a low-cost Wifi for an alarm system. However, my mother is afraid the mobile phone, if left all day charging and running, might explode and start a fire. Is it possible this would happen?


texts: How to stream sound from Android phone to PC?

texts:
Is there a way to stream all sound from an Android phone to a PC to be played by the boxes of the PC?
At best wirelessly?


texts: Why is Amazon Shopping app showing 'null' after the product price?

texts:
I've heard that if a website or an app appears in a weird way, it means that your device might have been hacked. I have Android 8.1 Oreo, and below is the Amazon Shopping app showing 'null' after the product price.

What is the cause? Is my device hacked or infected with malware?


texts: How can I tweak my kernel to use all CPUs in my rooted device?

texts:
I have Huawei ALE-L21 alice (2015) Magisk-rooted Bootloader-Unlocked Xposed-Installed but it's somehow slower and I decided to tweak my CPU but here is what ES Kernel Manager shows:

Also, I can't actually use the governor

This is my ROM info:


texts: Anonymous Battery Removal - Side effects

texts:
I am working with an embedded system with BeagleBone (White) as physical framework and Android JellyBean 4.1.2.

For some reasons I have to drop the entire power in the system (like anonymous battery removal).

Are there any side effects to doing this?

Like:

Issue with settings (not saving every time )
Database crash

or any other issues?


texts: Accessing environment sensor data from a web page (HTML/JS/PHP)

texts:
Is it possible to fetch the temperature info on the device from a web page using html/javascript/php?

Or would an app be required to do this?


texts: Can I run Android from an SD Card? The eMMC in my phone is dead

texts:
I have a Mediatek based phone, Alcatel 4030x, and it is slowly dying.

The System partition is now mounted as read-only, then apps start crashing after a minute or two.

I've tried SP Flash tool, restore stock rom, and numerious other methods, but I'm 100% sure the eMMC is the dead so these methods do not work.

Right now I do not have the equipment or skills to replace the eMMC, so I was wondering if I can run Android from the SD-card?

Someone else on this site managed to run Android on his Samsung phone using the SD card, so I tried his method, but it does not seem to work for my phone, here is the method I found:

Use sd card as internal storage and stop writing to internal memory for good

I partitioned the card, edited 'fstab', but the phone does not boot from the SD card, is simply sits there with a grey screen when I turn it on.

Has anyone else managed to do this as right now the phone is about as useful as a chocolate teapot! Thanks


texts:
I have a Dell Venue 8 tablet with Android 4.4.2. Today the Facebook Messenger application started to crash whenever I try to open it.

The crash doesn't happen in my phone (a Moto G running Android 4.4.4 and the same version of the FB messenger). From what I understand, libhoudini.so is the ARM emulation layer (this tablet is a x86 device).

No other apps (not even the main Facebook app) seem to present the problem.

I tried cleaning its cache/data and uninstalling/reinstalling it but didn't work. What else besides resetting the device can I try?


texts: Is it possible to backup Whatsapp Contact Photos?

texts:
As the title says, is it possible to backup my Whatsapp contacts pictures?

I'm not talking about pictures and photos shared between us, I'm referring to the contacts' profile pictures.

All the solutions that I have found are focused on backing up chat histories, shared pictures and so on, but nothing that can perform this task.


texts: Alcatel Onetouch Idol S malfunctioning battery

texts:
My battery on my Alcatel Onetouch Idol S (running Android 4.2.2) is behaving oddly. It will discharge normally, then all of a sudden go from 55% to flat (0%) in seconds. I would put it down to finally rooting it, but I have no cold evidence to prove it. Does anybody know how it can be fixed, or how to figure out why it is happening?

Additional info:

I believe the CPU governor should be set to ondemand
It was rooted via KingRoot v4.6.0 132, and the KingRoot kernel version is 4.6.0 47
The SU version is 3.54


texts: How to upgrade Xiaomi Redmi 3 to Android Marshmallow?

texts: I have recently updated the MIUI 7 to MIUI 8. Thought it was based on Android Marshmallow. But it is on the same Lollipop version. How do I update it into Marshmallow? I know there is no official way to upgrade. So looking for other ways.


texts: Caller or Receiver can't hear my voice in Moto G 2nd Gen 2014 running Lollipop

texts:
The Caller or Receiver can't hear my voice but I can hear them. It seems to be a kind of software bug because when I do some recording the mic works perfectly.

The only problem that I noticed is my voice is not getting through on the phone calls. I checked the microphone sign in the dialer mode, and it is not disabled too. I have all my contacts and important messages, and I simply don't want to do the factory reset, unless it is really required and is helpful too. I'll appreciate any help.


texts: Issue with Viewing Netstat Process Info on Android

texts:
I am unable to view the PIDs or process names associated with network activity on my android device. I was wondering if there is another way to go about doing that, besides netstat? Or if anyone might know what netstat: '234/nvram_agent_binder' > 21 bytes means?

Below I have a copy/paste of the help message of my android device's version of netstat, followed by my attempt to run netstat with the -p flag. This is being performed over adb with root access:

1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -h
netstat -h
usage: netstat [-pWrxwutneal]

Display networking information.

-r  Display routing table.
-a  Display all sockets (Default: Connected).
-l  Display listening server sockets.
-t  Display TCP sockets.
-u  Display UDP sockets.
-w  Display Raw sockets.
-x  Display Unix sockets.
-e  Display other/more information.
-n  Don't resolve names.
-W  Wide Display.
-p  Display PID/Program name for sockets.

netstat: Unknown option h

It doesn't like when I use -p:

1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -tulpn
netstat -tulpn
netstat: '234/nvram_agent_binder' > 21 bytes
1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 #
1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -p
netstat -p
netstat: '234/nvram_agent_binder' > 21 bytes

Other options appear to work fine:

1|root@DEVICE:/proc/234 # netstat -t
netstat -t
Active Internet connections (w/o servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State
tcp        0      0 ::ffff:192.168.1.x:33380 xxxxxxx.net:xxx ESTABLISHED
root@DEVICE:/proc/234 #

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


texts: Rooting and updating to Official Updates

texts: I have a S2. I want to root my phone to use the amazing apps out there Not to install custom roms. Can i still get access to the official updates from Samsung ?


texts: Encrypted SD card data recovery with broken display (S9+)

texts:
my phone (Galaxy S9+) was recently stolen, and thankfully I got it back, but it was completely destroyed when I got it back. I'm not sure what they did to it (looks like they took a hammer to it), all I know is the display no longer turns on. It will still power up though.

I need to somehow retrieve the data from the encrypted SD card, and as I'm aware, the only way to do this is with the device that encrypted the card.

As far as I remember, the old phone has developer mode + remote debugging turned on, however I cannot access it via adb (presumably because I can't press the button to allow data transfer that pops up when you plug the phone into a computer). Its not rooted either.

Buying a new digitizer or paying for data recovery is simply out of the question as both are very expensive.

I do have some phone repair experience, and I see my last resort as disassembling my new s9 and using that screen to either decrypt it or copy the contents, but I'd really rather not take my brand new phone apart + these newer galaxies are among the hardest phones I've ever repaired.

Do I have any other options?


texts: How can I block annoying SMS From all numbers that start with a specific numbers?

texts: I received a lot of spam SMS from a lot of numbers which are started with 60 , so is there any android app that allow me to block all sms came from any number start with a specific number like 60  ?


texts:
I have recently bought YU yuphoria which came with CyanogenOS 12 . But I am having so many issues with Android Lollipop like many other users.

Now, I want to install CM11 which is working great on my friend's YU Yureka. I have downgraded YU Yureka from CM12 to CM11 by following this link.

Can I do the same with the YU Yuphoria?


texts: How to use MMS with disabled data roaming?

texts:
Can I disable all data except for MMS in roaming on Android 4.4 KitKat (Xperia Z1 Compact)?

Disabling Data Roaming disables also MMS. I want to use MMS, but not any data (because of high expenses).

I realized that in phone there are two APNs: one for internet and MMS. Active is Internet APN, which has settings for MMS empty. Can't this be leveraged somehow?

Or any other ways to use MMS with data disabled?


texts: Why does an app read my phone's IMEI number? An awful lot of them do

texts: What reasons should an app have to need my phone's International Mobile Equipment Identity number?  I noticed that unreasonably many of ordinary apps have the "phone state and identity" permission.  For example, Remember the Milk.  What do they ask it for?  Am I insufficiently paranoid?


texts:
I really hope someone can help me, this is becoming infuriating. My Samsung Galaxy Note 7 keeps turning wifi off all on it's own. I have searched until blue in the face trying several things I've seen suggested on various forums. Nothing works. I wasn't able to track down another case of this happening on the Note 7, although I'd seen other phones from samsung as well as other manufacturers, but none of the fixes I came across worked for me.

I don't know what's triggering it, I've tried to watch it closely and see what the problem may be but can't seem to pinpoint it. Power Save mode is off, I set a static IP for it, turned off the smart switch feature which swaps between wifi and mobile network to "make sure you have the best signal", nothing works!!

Looking forward to any suggestions or fixes anyone may know of! Thank you in advance!


texts:
I partitioned the sdcard with my linux box but it is not mounted by the system. I did fdisk in the phone's terminal and:

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7948 MB, 7948206080 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 242560 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes

             Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1   *          33      226176     7236608   c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2          226177      242560      524288  83 Linux

I have CM7 for Milestone, it should be supported. Tried with mount -a but there is not even a /etc/fstab. Any ideas? Thanks!

Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to have my Android device see hand gestures to turn on the screen and scroll?

texts:
While I am cooking with dirty and wet hands, I want to see the recipe on my smartphone without dirtying it.

How may I turn on the display and scroll without touching the phone?

Is there a setting or application that makes my device react on hand gestures to turn on the screen and scroll?

(I do not know how to categorize this question with the available tags if you know a better tag please feel free to improve the categorization)


texts: How to remove device access allows from installing Exchange Account

texts:
I allowed access to manage my Android device (Galaxy S7) when adding my Exchange account.

I've removed that mail account but I would like to make sure that the Exchange account or organization has zero ability to manage my personal device any longer.  Is there anyway to ensure this is true?


texts: Android - I modified vold.fstab and lost access to my SD card

texts:
I have samsung galaxy ace GT-S5830, it has very low internal memory (181 MB).
I have an external micro SD card of 16 GB, but still couldn't install many apps due to insufficient internal memory.
I read in internet that if i modify vold.fstab and replace the word sdcard with sdcard2 in it, then my external sd card
will act as internal memory.

So I rooted my phone and got superuser app (which can allow root access to various user apps)
But I haven't installed clockworkmod recovery or any other custom ROM yet.

I installed ES File explorer on SD card and allowed root access to it via superuser app.
I then went to /system/etc/ from ES file explorer , edited vold.fstab and replaced the word sdcard with sdcard2
Now i restarted my phone and the external SD is no more accessible. My "ES File Explorer" is also no more there for me to able
to undo the change that i did.
I tried intalling ES file explorer again from my data connection, but the installation fails (and phone reboots immediately).
I am not able to install any new apps.

I am unable to access my external SD card, so I can't put anything there via PC or via recovery.

I tried pressing the power button + home button to go into system recovery mode. I see only these options

Androd system recovery <3e>

reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition

When i try to select the second option, it says installation aborted as the SD card is no more accessible

I tried to select 3rd and 4th options, but that didn't help either - I think factory reset will not reset vold.fstab :-(

I only have the default apps + superuser app now

I somehow need to find a way to get write permission to /system/etc or to /system/etc/vold.fstab

Luckily I found "Android Commander". Installing it on my windows PC and I am able to connect my android phone
and I am able to access root folder. But I am not able to push a modified vold.fstab to /system/etc because
Android Commander says "no Root Access" - It is seeing it as read only :-(

can someone let me know how i can edit this file again ? I have a original vold.fstab in my PC, but I am not able to push
it to my phone via Android Commander as Android Commander is seeing it as Read Only.

Is there a way to give root access (aka read-write access) to Android Commander via superuser app on my android ?

Is there any other way to get write permission to /system/etc/vold.fstab so that i can modify it or replace it ?


texts: Should I buy a HTC Desire or an Nexus One (in Australia)

texts:
I've done some research and there seem to be advantages and disadvantages to each.  I'm fairly confident that I can physically run both in Australia, however which will give me the best experience given the mobile bands and technology available here?

The main things I'm concerned with:

Reception for phone calls - probably fine in the US, but what about AU?
Data speeds - Are 3G and/or HSDPA available?
Handset speed - specs are similar, but which one actually performs, and will it perform within Australia?


texts: What is the screen customization alternative for LineageOS?

texts: If you ever used Resurrection Remix ROM you see in the Settings app there's a Customization part where you can make some tweaks like add some buttons on navbar or maybe add a extra home/return button in another part of the screen, etc, etc... My question is, what is the alternative available for LineageOS 16? I'm asking because it doesn't have any customization app by default  and I need one because the Home button of my cellphone is broken (hardware stuff, not software) and when I used RR I just added a new home button on the bottom of the screen. How can I do the same for LineageOS? Thanks in advance.


texts: I can't remount /system as rw. I get an error message: mount: Read-only file system

texts:
I'm using a rooted Huawei G7 and i'm trying to install BusyBox, but I keep getting an error. I'm 100% sure this error is because there is some weird write protection on /system. I know this because every time I try to change it to RW in ES File Explorer it changes back to RO when I close the app.

I also tried some terminal commands but with no luck so far.

EDIT: Here is the full log:

u0_a161@hwG7-L01:/ $ su
root@hwG7-L01:/ # mount
…
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
…
root@hwG7-L01:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
mount: Read-only file system
255|root@hwG7-L01:/ # mount
…
/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,seclabel,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
…

EDIT: When I try the mount command, I always get the error Read-only file system. I don't know why, but could it be possible to put /system in RW mode from the recovery menu?


texts: How can I view contacts that were on my now destroyed device

texts: My cell phone was destroyed. I tried to view my contacts info on my wife's LG but the list of contacts that I viewed were far from recent. I logged onto Google and found no help in reference to viewing my current list of contacts.


texts: Is it possible use a different bluetooth codec than SBC on Android Lollipop?

texts:
I've been having trouble with the sound quality of with my Motorola Roadster 2. Basically this is a bluetooth In-Car speakerphone that can stream incoming media audio to my FM radio, so I can enjoy listening to my music library in my car that has no 3.5mm jack.

I always thought that the sound quality was mediocre due to the FM remodulation, that is, until I connected an iPad to it and played some songs over it. The quality was absolutely better than that of my Android phone.

Apple has a different bluetooth stack for their devices obviously, so I've started looking into this. I've used this Stack Exchange answer to find out what codec my Samsung Galaxy S3 was using when streaming to the device. It seems that the Roadster 2 uses the A2DP profile and supports SBC as well as MPEG-1.2 codecs, but the phone chooses the inferior SBC after checking the capabilities for some obscure reason. Some research suggests that SBC is not recommended for music streaming because quality is not ideal, so my guess was to try using the MPEG-1.2 codec instead.

However, after some very thorough digging, I cannot, for the love of God, find any configuration to try and force the MPEG-1.2 codec with the Bluedroid Bluetooth Stack that is used with Android 4.2+ . The old BlueZ stack had an option in its configuration file (/system/etc/bluetooth/audio.conf) to enable a different codec, but it doesn't work anymore with the new Bluedroid stack. Is there a similar way to force a different codec than SBC?

I'm using Android 5.1 (Cyanogenmod 12.1 to be exact).


texts:
No matter what I do, this app won't uninstall or deactivate.

I tried just uninstalling it, then went to phone administrator and tried deactivating it and every time I do, it shuts down my phone.

Any suggestions?


texts: Huawei G700 keeps asking permission to use mobile data after WiFi disconnects

texts:
I recently bought a Huawei G700. It's a fairly new and uncommon device. It runs Android 4.2.1 in combination with Huawei's own Emotion UI

When I have WiFi enabled and for some reason my Wifi disconnects (for example I go out of reach), my phone keeps asking me, each and every time, if it's allowed to use Mobile Data. if I don't answer, my mobile data does not connect thus I can't recieve any mails etc which is highly annoying.

This is the exact error/popup message that I get:

  Data connection change
  WLAN is unavailable, try to connect to mobile network?

I've googled this exact phrase, but I get 0 results. How can I prevent my phone from asking if it's allowed to use mobile data?


texts:
On a previous phone, the HTC One X,  I had the print screen option show up in the power menu. It was along side shut down,  restart,  etc..

I now have the Vodafone Smart 6 Ultra but I can't find any settings relating to the feature I want.

Is it possible to add the screenshot menu option without rooting my device?


texts: Can Google Find device triangulate location of my phone by cell tower signal?

texts:
I know it wouldn't be precise but can I find my [Not] lost Android 6.0.1 Lenovo P1a41 Turbo by Cell tower signals using Google Find Device ?

If not, can any other app do that ?


texts: An app that can give a clear overview of what exactly is eating up my phone space?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What can I do to manage my phone's internal storage?

I'm curious to know how my 2GB memory card could fill up so quickly as well as my internal phone memory. I already cleared up all SMS, taken pictures, taken videos that I can find. But it only changed to mere megabytes of space. I have the Xperia Active and I'm using the Sony Bridge for Mac. From there, it only says that the rest of the space is being occupied by "Others". No specific definition about what those might be.

On Windows, I use an app like http://windirstat.info/ to give myself an easily understandable overview of what's taking up the biggest space, etc. It would be appreciated if there's something like that for the Android or even just a simpler solution.

I just want to look at more detailed statistics as opposed to the one the Sony Bridge is giving me (see below).

http://i.stack.imgur.com/T46FY.png


texts:
Would Samsung Galaxy Note II battery work on Samsung Galaxy Note?
Would it fit and would the 3100mAh be a problem because the original of the Note is only 2500mAh?


texts: YouTube no longer available for old Android 2.2 devices?

texts:
I unrooted my HTC Desire today and restored the stock ROM image, recovery image, etc. It's running Android 2.2.2 now. I noticed that the YouTube app is broken. I can run it, but it complains about not having Internet access, even though WiFi is working perfectly fine and I can surf the web. It also shows no video content, not even video titles, nothing.

I have received the Play Store (came with Android Market app) and I have successfully updated apps like Maps, Facebook, etc. but I can't see any update available for YouTube. I can't even locate the YouTube app.

If I visit the Play Store on my desktop PC I can locate the YouTube app, it's right here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.youtube

I can't push install it from the desktop, because it says it's not compatible.

  This item is not compatible with your device.

So does this mean that users who are stuck with an old device, and with older version of Android, are not able to use many of the Google apps such as YouTube?

IMHO, it should still be possible to download an older version of any given Android app, one that works with that particular Android version and device. This has always been the Achilles heel of Android, since its inception. Once you go up, to a newer version of an app, be it Google app or some other app, you can't go back.

But Google apps especially, should be made to work with older versions of Android, and users running old versions of those apps, such as YouTube, should be able to use the service without running into errors. In case the service has changed so much that it's no longer compatible with the old app version. The service should be developed to keep backward compatibility with old app versions.

Look at how the Play Store can be offered, installed, and run on old Android 2.2.2. I can even buy movies and music, despite this being an old device with limited storage space. Why can't they make YouTube work on old Android devices as well?


texts: Xiaomi Mi A1 - easy way to root and get OTA updates

texts:
I ordered Mi A1 which is the Android One offering in India at budget price point ( also in 36 countries going by the Wiki)

It is expected to get OTA updates for next two years , which means including Android P.

I would like to root it (looks to be straight forward) and

a) Install Xposed as long as it is on Nougat or if Xposed becomes available in Oreo

b) Continue getting monthly updates with minimal effort of unrooting or hiding root

My reading on XDA and internet shows possible approaches

Systemless root with Flashfire app
Systemless root with Magisk
Hybrid of above with flashing stock ROM with MiFlash  based tool

It's not clear to me and confusing to say the least as to which is the best approach and involves minimal effort and use of PC ( I have Windows XP 32 bit on which I understand MiFlash tool can run and Mint Linux for rooting )

Looking forward to a detailed reply , preferably based on user experience. The device should be with me in a week and I would like to implement the best approach earliest


texts: Generate a browser bookmark from file manager

texts:
We are developing a web site that will all be local to an android tablet. The idea is we create the web app, copy the web app to MicroSD cards and distribute the SD cards.

Right now, when you open the file manager and browse to the location and open index.html , the file manager does a terrible job and displaying any of the HTML.

In order to view the page in a browser, you have to type: file:///Removable/MicroSD/MyApp/index.html

That isn't very intuitive. Is it possible to create a file that gets executed from the file manager that will create a bookmark and place it on the home screen that points to the location I stated above? Thanks.


texts: I'm using linux kde, I was able to use mtp device on it but recently I'm facing problem error is mtp device access denied but it working with kde connect. How I can get rid it of ? I had also checked with live media if driver is corrupted but problem is still same.


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I have a tab S2 stuck on 5.02 I wanted to upgrade the software to lineagOS  There are lots of information out there but nothing that can help me. A few things first that I need to share. Im usung a MAC I once unlocked my device and knox is now void so must be unlocked. the bootloader I cant tell if unlocked. using an app I tried to check but came back with an error of " Sorry! root access is not properly installed on this device"
The tablet is in developer mode, there is no OEM mode or anything like that, usb debugging is turned on.
I have tried several things using terminal but didnt work with home brew an adb services. these installed on my mac but got as far as trying to add fastboot devices but denied on the terminal, but that probably makese sense if the bootloader is locked.

MOst insgtructions imply that you know what to do and dont exxplain much. Can anyone please assist with step by step instructions so I can complete the process of installing LineageOS.

Id appreciate your time if you can help me.

KInd regards


texts: Remove credit card from google wallet, will it affect purchased apps?

texts:
I use my credit card to buy app on Google Play Store and now that I changed my credit card, I want to remove my credit card info from my account, but Google gives me this message:

  You are about to remove the following credit card:
  Visa ending in xxxx

  The following orders will be affected by removing this credit card:
  [list of apps I purchased]

What happen when I remove my credit card, will I lose all my purchased apps? Or what will happen exactly?


texts: How do you remove Facebook birthday from "My Calendars"?

texts: My calendar is full of facebook friend birthdays! and worse, they are listed under "My Calendar", not Facebook calendar, so I can't hide them by unchecking Facebook in Calendar, Settings > Calendars. Even thouh they are listed under My Calendar, they still have facebook logos on the entry and a sync logo. I tried by turning off the sync option, but they are still there. How can I remove them from my calendars, and add them to the "facebook" calendar?


texts: Retrieve files from A5 with broken Screen

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 2015 (A500F) with broken screen and digitizer. The phone is simply locked (no password or pattern used) but I cannot scroll down to unlock in order to access the file system. I tried flashing a custom recovery (TWRP) in Ubuntu, MacOS and windows using Heimdall and Odin but they all fail to flash the rom. In Odin I get not errors. The Heimdall detects the phone in download mode but cannot retrieve the pit and it fails with an libusb error -7 to which I found no documentation, just some gh issues saying it is usb 3 that causing incompatibility.

I have also checked some issues for other phones (S4, S5) but I cannot get an answer. Is there any way to retrieve the data without flashing recovery or do I have to focus on solving the libusb issue?


texts: How to have isolated FIDO access in Android 7.x?

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I know the generic thread  How do I use my Google account when I have a FIDO U2F Key attached?
I would like to limit the access to two modes, such that creating an isolated access if you do not have the FIDO key connected to your phone

without YubiKey 4c connected, only basic phone capabilities like in Nokia phones
with YubiKe 4c Connected, all features allowed

I know that there are some custom applications which try to accomplish similar goals etc here.
However, I think the case requires an OS development approach to succeed.
I think the security team and OS development team should target the security tweak in current Android systems where they do not offer by default Android with keys.

Phone: any Android 7.x phone
Android: 7


texts: Can't install applications (not enough memory) but Storage shows there is free memory

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I'm trying to install an application from Play Store and after downloading it (about 25 MB) I'm gettin an error "not enough memory". My phone is Sony Xeria Tipo (ST21i) 4.0.4.

But in phone Settings I see that there is enough free memory:

Why it happens so?


texts:
I have a Galaxy Nexus with the stock firmware, it's a device that has been powered off for a long time. Currently I can't update any existing apps nor can I install new ones. I have tried with Chrome, Firefox Beta and Opera Mini, I also tried updating existing ones with no luck. Also there are apps that have updates available but Play Store doesn't offer the option to update (for example the version of Firefox is 16), others (actually just one) are listed as having available updates.

There are two different behaviors that occur.

When trying to install  Chrome

The Google Play says that the app is not compatible with the device, i don't think is the case. The same happens with Firefox which is listed as a supported device in the mozilla page

When trying to update an app or install Opera Mini

When trying to update an app with updates available or installing Opera Mini my device is recognized as supported but after clicking install and accepting the permissions an error occur, it says:

Error retrieving information from server. [RPC:S-3]

I have already deleted the Google Account and recreated it (password works)

Android version is 4.1.2 build number JZO54K. No carrier and no SIM, connected over a working wifi (I can surf the net with firefox)

Any ideas?


texts: Why are my SMS messages being sent automatically?

texts: When I start composing an SMS message on my Samsung Galaxy S2, if I pause for a couple of minutes  the SMS gets sent automatically, even though the message hasn't been finished (and I haven't hit the "send" button). Is there some way I can stop this happening, please?


texts:
When I try to turn on my GTS6312 this happens :-

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b7eBNPs2Oyvfs41c1BwzVSp4uEjCEErs/view?usp=drivesdk

I can not boot into recovery. I flashed the stock ROM but it does not solve my problem.
It just stucks on the samsung constantly glowing animation.


texts: How can I enable swipe for back in Chrome for Android

texts:
Recently bought a new tablet, its running Android 6.0. On my touchscreen Windows 10 laptop, I can swipe the screen with one finger to go back and forward in chrome.

How can I do the same the same on Chrome for Android?

I've searched the internet, but can only find custom apps to perform this function. I have never installed anything custom to get this working on Chrome for Windows.


texts: What is the internal storage being used for?

texts:
My Android phone is showing me a notification saying that the "Phone storage is low". So, when I click on the notification, it shows me this:

The total space used is 6.59 GB, but the space used by the apps (which, I suppose, include cache and data as well as the application binaries). So what is using the other 6 GB!?

Android version: 4.2.2
Manufacturer: HTC


texts: "Warning - You only have to install a Great App to get your phone fully functioned." Keeps popping up

texts:
It looks like this same thing happened to a user 2 months ago, but I can not reply to that question: Suspicious popup and 'Yellow Booster' installation.  This thing goes away for hours, so we don't ever really know if it's gone, and then it pops back up.  Was this ever solved?  If anyone has found a solution, we would appreciate it.

On a different Droid forum, a lot of us started getting this problem recently. I have noticed a lot of us are on Verizon and on fairly new phones.  Personally, I am on a HTC 10, but other users are getting this pop up on Samsung and LG phones as well.  If anyone has anything that could help, I would greatly appreciate it!


texts: where is factory data reset option on Android 2.3.5?

texts:
Where is the Factory Data Reset option on an HTC ChaCha Android 2.3.5 phone? I haven't been able to find the option anywhere, and it is recommended to free up memory, which is short in this phone.

Could it be that I can't do a "Factory data reset" on this model? I am looking at the Settings -> Privacy menu, and I only get:

Display message text [x]
Back up my settings [x]
Automatic restore [x]

nothing more...


texts: What is my overseas Hardware and how to Flash it?

texts:
My phone was bought online and it came from overseas. Various benchmarks have determined that my phone's Android system and hardware does not match the description given on the site or the About Phone section. The About Phone section says my system is an Android 10 and that I'm running an eight core processor with 12 gigs of RAM and 512 gigs of an internal storage.
The various benchmarks determines that I'm running Android 8.1. That I have less than 1 gig of RAM and only 8 gigs of internal storage and a 4 core processor.
I cannot get a clear-cut picture of my entire system to be able to Flash it properly. Is there an app or a website system that isn't going to charge me, that can determine any of the specifics that I need so that I can Flash a new ROM or Find and Flash for me?
I have done every possible search that I know of considering that I am not all that fluent with this area. Most of the benchmarks say that I'm running an Alps manufactured machine. But I can't verify that they are the manufacturer or that they even have manufactured a phone. So I really need some help. Any help that can be given, I would be greatly appreciative


texts: My Moto Z is stuck in a bootloader mode AND will not communicate with my Windows 10 PC

texts:
Before it became problematic, the bootloader on my Moto Z was unlocked, developer options were on and so was USB Debugging. Then a friend tried to root it and that's when my problems began.

Now, when I connect my Moto Z to my PC the usual "USB connected" sound is heard and the android device (Moto Z) appears without error under Windows Device Manager.

As far as I know, my major issue is that the phone only connects to the PC in charging mode. I've tried various cables, including one that specifically claims to be for data transfer. I also have the correct universal drivers installed. These were installed after I removed the Motorola drivers (they didn't seem to work, either).

Any idea how I can get my Moto Z to communicate with my Windows 10 PC so I can transfer the necessary files to the phone to get it out of this "soft-brick" mode?

Thanks.

John ODwyer


texts: Stolen phone: Is there any way to get Automatic Call Recorder recordings that were set to be stored in SD card?

texts:
I had extremely important calls recorded of ex-boyfriend threatening my life and admitting to the things he did that I'm taking him to court for. But my phone was stolen recently, and I had only set the app to save the recordings to my SD card.

Is there a  way to retrieve those recordings? Maybe they are saved somewhere I just don't know about?

When I got my new phone I downloaded the same app and these recordings are saved to my Google drive, but old ones aren't there.


texts: Turn off vibration when docking the phone

texts:
When I put my phone into the dock, it vibrates very strongly and for too long (IMO). Is it possible to turn that off or at least to decrease the intensity and/or duration of the vibration?

This is about a Samsung I9000 Galaxy S, with the Samsung ECR-D968BEG desktop dock/charger. The phone is running Android 2.3.3.


texts: Stock android camera app. How to prevent default settings from taking over

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I'm on Android 5 KitKat but I've seen this in Android 4.x  as well. The stock camera app has the settings for contrast sharpness brightness etc.

I always want the sharpness to be maximum along with the contrast, that is, high values for both these parameters. I change them and later on they will reset to defaults. I tried to use other apps like open camera but they are not native apps and their control of the camera is not that good.

My question is how do I permanently keep these high contrast and high sharpness settings without the defaults taking over periodically. And  corollary to that , I wonder what event causes the settings to be reset to default... is it a certain time period? Or after coming from sleep. I wanted to know if there's some sort of a settings file which I can edit to permanently keep these modified settings. I'm attaching a picture of what the look like. Please don't recommend an alternate app. I would like to know what I can do with this app.


texts:
What is Carrier Location Service in android?
If I try to allow it, there are 3 options:

Allow all the time
Allow only when using the app
Deny

What are the effects?


texts:
Lot's of web applications and other tools link to the calendar to add information.

Unfortunately Outlook Calendar doesn't seem to accept creating new events through an outside link.

Is there a way to fix this?


texts: How to dismiss Heads-up Notifications quickly without clearing them from notification bar?

texts:
In Lollipop, apps are able to use Heads-up Notifications over other apps. Sometimes it is useful and sometimes it pisses me off (especially during gaming).

I can always swipe them away, but it clears them from notification bar which I don't want. How to dismiss those notification quickly without clearing them from notification bar?

If the behavior is dependent on the app, the notification creator app involved here is Todoist.


texts:
I have an embedded Android system and I connect it to my TV via HDMI.

Also my system has an Optical audio port.

I would like to know...

Does Android support Dolby digital (via MHL or HDMI or any other option)?


texts: What rights do I have with music purchased through the Play Store?

texts:
I was about to buy an album that Google Play recommended, and I thought was good. Just as I'm about to enter my password, I noticed that nowhere does it show what type of music I'm getting. Am I getting DRM-free files, or DRM-enabled files? What are the restrictions? Can I play it in my car through a USB flash drive, if they're MP3 files?

Where can I get information about the usage rights of music purchased through the Play Store?


texts: Cannot find option to edit people in Nexus 4

texts:
My device is Nexus 4 with custom PACman ROM installed. It got into a bootloop while taking a pic,So I swiped the dalvik cache and system files using TWRP.
It booted up finely But since then i couldnt find the overflow button in people. Anybody have any idea...?


texts: Will play services run on a dual-boot device with 2 roms once I boot into a rom without play services installed?

texts:
I have an OnePlus5 device with installed lineageOs. Because of my company's and software development needs I need to run apps that require play services. But I do not want to run all over the time.
Therefore I thought to dualboot the OnePlus 5 with the stock rom thewrefore there will be 2 roms in my device:

The stock one with play services where apps will run.
The lineageOS one that wi will use personally wiuthout playservices.

But once I boot into lineageOS would result running the playservices as well?


texts: No way to access recovery menu in android china tablet

texts:
My Quest tablet is accidentally locked yesterday it asking for gmail and password but i forgot the gmail id and password.So after a long search i found lots of things such as unlocking tablet pattern lock,gmail lock,pin lock etc.These topics only be successfull only when the tablet is in recovery mode.So i tried to put my tablet into recovery mode by pressing vol + and power button.But there appears a android bot lying with red traiangle exlamation.So i simply tried to access recovery menu by pressing power and the vol + .But nothing happens neither than a dead android bot lying down with a red traiangle.

IS THERE ANYONE IN THE WORLD TO HELP ME!!!!.


texts:
I was just researching file system options for Android and came across this page. One of the articles I was reading points to a YouTube video which claims that Samsung Android devices are compatible with NTFS. I didn't watch the video because they don't help me when I'm looking for info, I like to read and be able to save text. I'm also prone to getting sidetracked on video sites and lose track of my original query.
Anyway, I would like to know if anyone has more information about this because I'd like to format my microSD card with NTFS for my Samsung Galaxy Note 9 if it's possible. I've read that Android devices in general don't recognize/use/format NTFS, they use exFat or a number of other formats but if it's a different story because I own a Samsung, I'd like to be able to.


texts: How to root Moto G 3rd generation running Marshmallow?

texts: For the past few months I have tried various methods of rooting my Motorola Moto G 3rd gen (Android 6.0.1) and they have all failed. How on Earth do I root my phone?


texts: I forgot my email address and password for my galaxy j7 how to bypass google verification

texts: How do I get I into my account when I forgot email and password. My 4/ year old messed up my phone plz help


texts: Is it possible to change navigation buttons after a Cyanogenmod theme has been applied?

texts: I'm currently using a Cyanogenmod theme (Lumin). I only checked the "Style" option in the Cyanogenmod theme selector. I really like how the status bar/ drop down menu looks and other elements. However, I soon realized that the app Softkeyz would not change my navigation buttons because it does not overwrite themes. Would it be possible to have a Cyanogenmod theme applied so I can have things like the custom status bar and custom menus and be able to set my own navigation buttons / softkeys?


texts: How to delete the Multiuser mode in my mobile?

texts:
I would like to remove(delete) the Multiuser mode in Realme XT.
I want my phone to be simple.
I have unlocked bootloader and rooted my phone and removed all useless bloatwares.
Can someone please give me an adb command or the file in root to delete, So There is no option for Multiuser mode in my mobile.


texts:
Android Wear has a new feature where you can connect to WiFi and get notifications even while away from your phone.  If the WiFi network is secure, then it uses the login credentials last used on your phone. However, some WiFi networks aren't secure, but before you use the network, you must log in from a browser, such as at public places like cafes or hotels.

How can I do this from my watch, since these credentials are not saved for use on wear?


texts: How to play multiple files on multiple Androids?

texts:
I have three Android devices and I have three tracks: a bass track, a drum track and a vocals track.
What I want is to play each track on each device simultaneously, like, one Android plays the drum track, the second Android plays the bass track and the third Android plays the vocals track, all of them simultaneously.
I can also use a Windows PC to stream or remote control the devices.
I've used many apps like AirFoil or SoundWire, but I can only play one track at the time.
Is there a way to achieve this?


texts:
Upgrading my ASUS ROG phone and I don't want to lose my wallpapers.
I did the Unlock Device App, which did a factory reset.
Which left me with the nice original wallpaper and lock screen and stuff. I backed up everything else, but now I'm going from O to P and beyond... And I want to keep my nice wallpapers.
But I can't seem to find where they're located, to back them up. Along with ASUS File Manager saying that I'm using ~20 GB of hidden files, that it's not showing me, even with System Files unhidden.
And I think that's where the wallpapers are...
I'd like to either know if upgrading won't wipe my wallpapers, or how to back them up.
And I don't even have the location mentioned in this answer for Get current wallpaper absolute path?.

Using "Files by Google", I can tell that I'm stuck seeing things only deeper than "/storage/emulated/0". That's my issue. ... Now, how to get past that... Without using any non-Google apps, hopefully...


texts:
I'm using 4 languages for writing on my phone on a daily basis. One of them is German. They use the qwertz layout by default.

I have set the German keyboard layout to qwerty in settings, but this setting only seems to work, when multi-language is disabled. When German is the first of the 3 currently enabled languages, the layout changes to qwertz, which is annoying, because I'm used to qwerty. Same with the special characters after a long press, only the special characters of the first language are shown.

How can I solve the two problems? Any ideas?


texts: What will happen if I do a "Delete for me" option to a WhatsApp message that doesn't have any ticks? Will it reach the recipient or will it be never sent?


texts: Google Play Store: Package file was not signed correctly

texts:
I'm using Lenovo A369i and my Android version is 4.2.2. When I install an app, after it's finished installing, an error appears,

  Package file was not signed correctly

First time, I thought maybe it's my connection problem. But when I try it again, Google Play Store shows the same error. How to fix that?


texts: "install zip from sd card" missing on Samsung Ace

texts: When I go into the recovery mode I am missing the option "install zip from sd card". I have installed the Android 2.3.6 DDKQ8 Fimware (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L_w-MNxAzE). How can I get this option to appear?


texts: If I delete Google account entirely will it delete all the photos saved on my phone?

texts: I want to delete my present google account, entirely, but I'm unsure as to whether doing so would delete all the apps on my phone, and all the pictures I've saved, from the Internet and screenshots and being sent them etc.


texts: Errors during factory reset on a device using encryption

texts:
Whenever factory reset is tried on device using encryption, the following error shows up:

wiping data...
formatting /data...
E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)
E:format_volume failed to mount "/data"
E:format_volume: wipe_data_without_wipe_media failed
Formatting /cache...
Data wipe failed.

What is the solution?


texts: How to send a flag/data as an input to installed android app?

texts:
Is there a way to send a flag or a single number or character to my app running on a device using android developer console or by using any other way, without touching the mobile device ?

Example :
Say I have a mobile. I install my app-test.apk in the device by downloading it from google play or by transferring it to the sd card.
Now the app is running in my mobile.
What I want is to send a message/a flag/a number/a character or anything to the app so that the app identifies it and perform some action, some sort of a trigger for some condition. Like app shows a toast messages saying "I am running".  All this without touching the device.
If it is not possible how can I achieve this by just shaking the device or pressing the volume button with device in locked state or by minimal touching the device ?
Is this possible ?

Thanks !


texts: How can i stop Android OS updare after tapping "INSTALL OVERNIGHT"

texts: So I'm running Android 6.0.1 and i don't want to update it, but when the notification popped up, i accidentally tapped "INSTALL OVERNIGHT", being 2AM to 5AM tomorrow. Is there anyway I could stop it? PLEASE HELP THANKS!


texts: Android Jelly Bean 4.1.1 on Galaxy Nexus showing droid

texts: I've been testing the Galaxy Nexus with JB 4.1.1 and this is what happened yesterday. Has anyone seen this screen?


texts: I'm looking at buying a new car.  Many of the cars I see now come "standard" with an audio-in jack.  The option of a Bluetooth connection is usually much more expensive.  My question is:  If I plug my phone into the audio-in jack with a cable to the headphones port, can I use the phone "handsfree" effectively while operating the vehicle?  That is, will the incoming sound come over the speakers, and not echo hopelessly into the input on the phone itself?  Or do I basically have to spring for the Bluetooth, either at purchase time or aftermarket?


texts: Avoiding incoming calls taking over the active app?

texts:
Can we avoid incoming calls taking up the full size of the display while we're in the middle of stuff in other apps?

I appreciate that was a natural feature 10 years ago, but right now displays are large and I fail to see why it's not possible to just have a notification (or an overlay of some 30% of the size of the display, without switching away from the active app) while one continues using the app they are currently using, as an optional alternative to this historical behavior? Is this supported in any version of Android?

While I appreciate audio calls are a special form of event and notification, phone calls are so 2000! :-)


texts: Where are the hidden videos and pictures from Camfiler's VS and/or PS apps?

texts: In Camfiler's PS and VS programs where are my hidden videos and pictures on my SD card for when I back up my card to my computer?


texts: Do we have to pay to install custom rom?

texts: So I want to root my Android and I was wondering: Do we have to pay for installing a custom rom or is it free?


texts: spy / invisible file occupying 4gb+ space in internal storage

texts:
I am running Android 6 Marshmallow on Sony Xperia z3.
I use my memory card second partition to link most of my apps and increase my space. (app2 SD / link2sd app)
some of my folders I link manually using a folder mount program. from internal memory to memory card first or main partition. for purpose of my testing I unmounted or delink all tgese linked folders.
so my internal memory shows as just 1.2 gig free from some 12 gig internal memory. matter of fact currently space occupied shows only has 4.5 gig . using any File Explorer. I am using this file explorer in root mode which means I am able to see all invisible or hidden folders..
in spite of that I am not able to account for the missing 4 + GB or space what is occupying this... there is some process That seems to be creating a totally invisible file which even I cannot see as root..
how to identify this kind of files and go ahead and delete them. if only 1.2 GB is free it means around 10 GB is occupied but in the attached picture only 4.8 GB are occupied. how do you account for the discrepancy ?


texts: So on my android tablet that I've had for about five months I'm getting an error in my notification bar that says storage space running out some system functions may not work. I don't know how to fix it. I first got this notification about a month ago and I managed to uninstall a bunch of apps and download clean master. It fixed the problem for a month. Then it did it again. So I used clean master and still it doesn't work. If I try to get a new app it says insufficient space on device or something like that. It won't let me download apps so don't tell me to download an app. I have downloaded many apps and had them on there at once. I uninstaled a bunch of them and it still won't let me download anything at all. Its not rooted so does any one happen to have a good you tube video or a good way that is fairly simple?


texts: Nexus 7 won't show up as a drive on Windows in MTP mode after update to Android 4.2

texts:
It used to work just fine then I upated to 4.2 and enabled developer options (one or the other must have broken it) and since then it has stopped working, it shows up as a camera device but if I change it to MTP it doesn't work.

I tried turning developer options off, I tried re-installing drivers and a few other things.

How do I make it work again like it was in 4.1 when it worked even when usb debugging was enabled? Now it won't work at all.


texts:
I want to perform a test: if a certain variable exists, is non-empty, and its value matches an existing directory, then "exists" should be outputted.

I did the following:

$ echo $var

$ if [ -d $var ]; then echo "exists"; fi
exists

I got "exist", although I did not assign any value to $var. Why did this happen, and how do I test this properly?


texts: How can i make samsung S5 to be shown as a drive when i connect it to my PC?

texts:
when i connect the phone via USB it shows as Portable device; but i want it to be as a drive so i can review my files on the labtop.
note: i have S3 and S5 with the same issue.


texts: How can I use internal sd for ClockworkMod on a Motorola Defy?

texts:
I've got a Motorola Defy I want to install CyanogenMod on. I have been following these instructions: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jordan?setlang=en

I have got as far as running ClockworkMod but when I select "choose zip from sdcard" I get the following errors.

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(no such file or directory)
Can't mount /sdcard

A bit of Googling suggests that I won't be able to access my SD Card using ClockworkMod on the Motorola Defy and need to use the internal SD instead.

So what I'd like to do is put my ROM .zip files in the internal storage and have ClockworkMod access them there.

There seems to be a reference to this on the CyanogenMod wiki instructions:

  "If you boot directly to recovery and have an internal sdcard, you may
  need to run adb shell mount /data or mount data through the recovery
  menu before transferring."

But I don't understand what I need to do for this to happen.

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: How to use android phone as a login key to your PC

texts:
Is there a way to setup a Linux box to enable authentication by inserting correct android phone with correct software in it to allow user to login?

So when there is a login prompt shown user should be able to just connect her/his android and voila; user has logged in.


texts:
I have bought a used Xperia X10 for development. It is locked to a network provider, and I need to unlock it. It does not show an option for a passcode or unlock code.

Is there any other way to unlock the phone?


texts: Deactivating Viber Account on my stolen device

texts: Is there any possible way to deactivate viber account on my stolen device.? I've tried to open it on PC but it keeps on asking for the code that was sent to my stolen device.. Wondering if deactivating SIM Card will help? Thanks!


texts: Why my Nokia 7.1 makes a sound every 30 seconds until I view the notification?

texts:
Since updating to Android 9 (Pie) a few days ago, my Nokia 7.1 makes alert noises every 30 seconds - 1 minute until I view the notification.

I think it has something to do with the Ambient screen notification setting. I used to have it set at "periodically" which is supposed to be every 2 minutes and would previously just illuminate the screen - not make noise. But now, I get a notification noise about every 30 seconds (37 seconds to be exact) until I acknowledge the notification.

I set the Ambient screen notification setting to be "once" and that seems to have resolved the issue of getting the notification sounds, which is why I believe that setting is no longer working properly.

I can live with that workaround for now, but it really would be ideal to have my screen light up every 2 minutes without noise in the many cases that I don't see it the first time.

I have seen a similar issue reported with a solution of "Tap your Settings, scroll down and tap accessibility, scroll down and tap notification reminder." but I do not have that setting.


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OS: 5.0 Lolly-pop
Device: Samsung Galaxy note 3

Using the terminal emulator "Material Terminal" is it possible to add an ssh command scp?


texts: Where did the internal space go on my HTC Desire?

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I know this a common problem, but my experience has been a little freakish.  I am using an HTC Desire 2.2 and usually try to maintain approximately 40 MB space free.  I have installed the bloody gigantic Google+ which took up about 20 MB and there was an option to move it the SD card, which I did.  Apparently only some of the 20 MB was moved, I think about 12 MB. Okay no problem, I thought, used Google+ for some time, not my thing, so I uninstalled it and couldn't believe that I'm still short the 8MB of space!

My question is where did it go? And can I get it back?  8mb is precious on the Desire.


texts: Can I disable MTP mode and just have a regular USB connection?

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I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1, and it's been rooted.

Whenever I try to connect it by USB, it goes into MTP mode, which isn't working for me when connecting to my Ubuntu Linux computer.

I'd really rather not have to deal with some software to make transfers. I'd rather just have it show up as a USB exernal drive like my phone does.

Is there a way I can disable MTP and make my tablet just show up as a USB external drive?


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Gboard has a toggle to disable/enable spellcheck completely, but using 3rd-party keyboards such as AnySoftKeyboard or SwiftKey shows this red-underline and suggestion-box that cannot be disabled.

The spellcheck is actually part of the Android system, not part of AnySoftKeyboard.

How can I disable spellcheck for the whole system? Or does the developer of the keyboard app always need to implement this feature?

In case it's relevant, I'm on Android 10, ColorOS 7.


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I have recently picked up a Nexus 4, on a carrier with a good DC-HSPA network (3 in the UK), and I want to check out the speed on that network. However, I don't know whether my phone has even picked up the DC-HSPA network. My speedtests have so far shown around 12Mbps down and 2Mbps up (one of which was in central London), so I can assume I'm only on HSPA+ at the moment.

I'd imagine DC would be roughly double that. The indicator next to the signal strength bar has only ever said H or 3G. Will it say something different when using DC? It's never even said H+, for that matter. Is it supposed to? Or is H just a blanket for all HSPA-related standards?


texts: Why do phone makers not let me uninstall their pre-bundled apps?

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When I got my most recent phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5, it came with all sorts of apps that I never touch. "Kids Mode", "Samsung Health", "Samsung Remote", and a host of other apps that I haven't used and will never use.

I understand why these come preinstalled. It's offering the option to use them, and I'm sure some users will find it convenient to have suggested uses for their phone.

What I don't understand is why I can't get rid of them. What is the value for anyone in forcing me to keep applications I will never use?

Bonus question: Can I get rid of them? My phone is rooted.