texts: Upgrade android 4.2.2 to 4.4 (MHTMID-B718DC8 DualCore-A23)

texts: I was trying to look up some way on upgrading this device I have to a later version (kitkat) so I'd have more functionality with this tab. I know it is a bit of a low end device but is highly able to be overclocked. The build version is MHTMID-B718DC8_20140716 and android 4.2.2. Kernel Version 3.4.39 swtest@swtest-desktop #37. I also was looking for a custom recovery as cwm doesn't support my device. I have rooted the device using Kingo Root. Hopefully its possible. Its a Mikona brand tablet


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I'm using a flashlight app on my Xperia L phone. I accidentally turned on the flashlight, but noticed it only 4 hours later. I turned it off then.

Is this keeping the flashlight on for a long period of time harmful for my phone or flashlight?


texts: How to Automatically Connect as MSD on Android 7.0

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There is another similar question for an older version of Android and instructions here for Android 6.0 but neither work, plus I would like to have the entire phone connected, not just the MicroSDHC card.

How can Android 7.0 be force to automatically connect as USB Mass Storage Device?

It would be nice to have solutions for both standard and rooted phone but mine is currently rooted.

Right now, it is a pain since it automatically connects for charging and one must unlock the phone to get to the notification to open the list of options to select Use USB to Transfer Files. This is too much work as the only reason I am connecting the phone to a computer and not a charger is to get files.


texts: thl 4000 can't install apps - insufficient storage

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On my thl 4000 I can't install apps - I get 'insufficient storage' massage, but I have 168M of free storage and the apps are 2 - 8 M

I tried to follow all the instructions on the different forums, it helped at first but now nothing works.

android v - 4.4.2


texts: Why my sdcard suddenly re-mount when phone in use to play game, watch movie or idle?

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I'm still newbie to android, I'm a little confused whether my android phone fine or damaged, or my sdcard is broken, because when I use the phone to play games, watch movies, or is in the idle position, sdcard suddenly unmount and then mount again (like doing re-mount). When running game or watch a movie suddenly close itself, and a notification appear "Preparing SD card". Anyone know why this could happen?

Here my phone information :

RAM : 256MB, ROM : 256MB, Model number: Device-01, Android Version: 2.3.6, baseband version: VENUS_BP_00.03.63.b501, Kernel Version: 2.6.38.6-perf zly @ HL120 # 1

My sdcard : V-Gen 2GB.

Thank you.


texts: I have been searching for answers and some suggestions doesn't seem to work.  I can connect to WiFi but I am not able to use it, (Facebook, Play store, Etc.) because the WiFi icon seem to turn into gray. What will I do??


texts: KitKat exploit for reading fils in /data

texts: My Motoroa Droid MAXX  is running a version of Android that has no rooting method. All I want to do is read Chrome's backed up file of tge list of open tabs. Does Android 4.4.4 have any known exploitthatcan get me read access to the files in /data? Remember, this doesn't need to be a vulnerability through which I can gain root access.


texts: Factory reset phone with bottom part of touchscreen not working so I can't set it up. ADB functions not working properly

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The bottom half inch of my phone screen isn't working. Before I factory reset I got around the issue by using the adb command

adb shell wm overscan 0,0,0,200

I have twrp installed but when I try to use that command I get an error

  /sbin/sh: wm: not found

The device does show up in adb devices

Things I did after this:

try same command with different phone and it worked
Reflash ROM
Accidentally delete OS
Reflash OS
try again with same error

The device is a OnePlus One


texts: Micro USB cables that only charge but no data, no mounting etc (Samsung Galaxy S)

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Not all cables seem to be created equal but I've never got to the bottom of why so many (cheap) cables I try only charge - no data. Anyone know why? Certain pins not connecting?

I do know that longer cables or car to usb converters fail to transmit enough power for the phone to register and not charging but I'm getting the opposite. I don't think I am alone (same problem for Nexus One users here)


texts: 'adb backup -apk -shared -all -f "D:\backup.ab' initiates backup, completes, but produces a file that is only 1kb

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I'm attempting to backup my old Android device, a Samsung Galaxy S3, so that I can lend it to my friend while his is away at repairs, then restore it when he's done with it.

I have the Samsung USB drivers installed, and the device is recognised.

C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
4df7f9574edecf7f        device

I set a developer password, as per this post, which caused the "Backup starting..." to last about 3 seconds longer than before. It completes successfully, then produces a file that is 1kb.

C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb backup -all -f D:\backup.ab
Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation.

C:\Users\...\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>

Does anybody know what's going on?

Thanks in advance.


texts:
How can I block outgoing caller ID on a Nokia 7.2 with Android One 10?

I've tried to do the following:

Open the phone app
Click the three dots menu, choose settings

Now I see many options, including Caller ID and Spam. I don't see any option to block Caller ID.


texts: Phone randomly black screens, forced to remove battery and reboot

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I have looked through the site, and it doesn't seem this has been answered yet.  Once a day, at some point I pull my phone out of my pocket and it refuses to wake (black screen only).  It isn't off, because the power button does nothing. I have to remove the battery in order to reboot the phone.  I have looked for an app to help me find the cause (i.e. Log Collector) but it doesn't help because this isn't as simple as an FC, I am unaware when it happens until I pull my phone out.  Is there a way to debug/find the culprit?

My info: Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660, Froyo, rooted
Note: I am running SetCPU (no profiles) and Tasker, they are suspects but I haven't been able to get an app to give me a continuous log.


texts: How to autorun apk on android by plugging usb?

texts: I have an APK file and i have a 4GB usb stick that could be plugged into an Android phone via USB-OTG  and a PC.  I've been wondering how could i plug the usb into the android phone and have the apk be auto installed without doing it manually. I'm asking for something like the autorun script we use on PC but I need one for android. I'm interested in having it work on Lollipop in particular, if that makes a difference.


texts: Prevent Android ICS downloading updates automatically

texts: Can I prevent automatic update(system and app updates) downloads on Android ICS in order to reduce the bandwidth usage while using volume based internet data packages?


texts: Chrome on Android has just eaten all my data plan

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I am using Chrome on Nexus 5X.
Nothing like this ever happened until the last 2 days - my data plan was depleted suddenly, the carrier's app claimed that I have no more data, and when I checked my data usage in Android Settings, I got this:

WTF?
I didn't do anything special with Chrome in the last 2 days, my occasional Facebook browsing (no videos) has no way to reach that amount.
Is there any way to check inside Chrome which website did this? Or is it a Chrome bug?


texts: Can't boot into fastboot from Error Mode screen

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I have a Huwaei P9 Lite (2017) with unlocked bootloader, build number PRA-LX1C432B172. Both recovery partitinons probably got damaged and the phone just hangs in the Error Mode screen (just like in the photo attached). Rebooting and pressing any combination of buttons just causes it to go into that screen. If I discharge the battery completely, it will boot into system, but I forgot the password (stupid me). Now even when I am in the system, I can't use adb reboot fastboot, because USB debugging isn't enabled (ADB doesn't even see the phone), so all I can do is turn it off/reboot it, it then goes into Error Mode screen, then wait for it to discharge and I am at the beginning again.
What I've tried so far:

Pressing volume down (or up or both) and Power when in Error Mode screen -> just reboots into Error Mode again

When completely off (discharged), pressing vol. down and quickly inserting the cable into the PC -> boots into system

When completely off (discharged), pressing vol. up or both and power -> goes into Error Mode

When completely off (discharged), inserting charging cable -> after a while, it boots into system

When in system, adb reboot fastboot -> no way, can't even see it using adb devices

Connecting it to HiSuite both in Error Mode and system -> it doesn't see anything

Data in the phone is my main concern. All I really need is one time fastboot access, I can figure the rest out on my own then


texts: Anyone know what happened to this setting? I can't seem to find it any more. Has it been removed?


texts: Is there a way to check what storage a third party application is using? i.e  which of these it uses?


texts: Screen light is on as long as the charger is connected

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My Samsung Android GT-S5660 running 2.3.4 has its screen light on permanently as long as the charger is connected, and I don't know how to make it go off.

I admit fooling around with buttons, settings etc and somehow caused the problem in the first place. I must have gone into some 'setting' somewhere but can't recall where. Which control should I go back to so as to fix the problem?


texts: In my terminal app when I type ls /? it gives me ls /d. Where can I find the other options?  For example I want  to list the file attributes  and file length.  I have tried also busybox to no avail.


texts:
I can't seem to find an answer to this question using my favourite search engine.

Is it possible to use a Pebble watch with an Android phone running CyanogenMod, assuming that it is possible to install the Pebble App via an APK file?

I'm wondering whether anyone has got this working, or knows that it definitely won't work because CyanogenMod does not include 'features' which are in the normal Android operating system it's expecting to be there.

I can provide more information about which specific phone and CM version if this is necessary to answer the question.


texts: How the f*&% to stop voice-to-text from censoring profanity?

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The voice-to-text feature is very useful, but every once in a while when sending an SMS or email message to a friend, I want to really let loose.

However, Google, in their defense of my virginal eyes, replaces such words with hashes (####) if it recognizes the word at all.

How do I turn off this ####### "feature"?


texts: How to use external SD card on Ehndroix?

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I can't access my SD card via USB. When I plug in to computer it reads only the internal SD. In recovery mode "mount sdcard" doesn't help.

Phone: Samsung S Galaxy GT-19001
Rom: Ehndroix IV


texts: Backing up/save files on android with a broken screen

texts: My phone's screen is broken and is useless, but it has important files on it. Is there a way to back the files up or get the phone back?


texts: What are the exact files in /system folder used to start internet connection on Android Lollipop?

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I need this info to fix internet in a ROM by me.
I can turn on data but the speed meter always shown 0.10-0.50 kbps,
Nothing works. I thought it's a DNS problem & did a ping to google's ip address but failed to connect again.
I did replaced apns-conf.xml in /system/etc/, changed apn settings but failed.
Then i changed all binaries with net* in /bin/ & their corresponding libraries from /lib/ from stock rom which results :

ping 216.58.220.174
PING 216.58.220.174 (216.58.220.174) 56(84) bytes of data.

& then it stopped.
Thanks in Advance.


texts: Can't pass the initial setup wizard on SG3 with broken screen digitizer

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So i burned digitizer on i9305 by flashing corrupted recovery. Then i flashed new working custom ROM and recovery, after Stock JB tried some KitKats like MoKee, Omni, CyanOgen 10/11 but i'm facing the same problem with all of them. After booting fresh android i got stuck on the welcome screen / first run setup wizard, cuz can't click anywhere. This phone supports USB OTG so i am able to use mouse in TWRP recovery for example, but the driver is not working on the welcome screen yet. Also i cant use ADB to simulate screen touch cuz it doesn't connect when the initial setup is active. I don't have any backup of initialized/configured android so this is no go either.

Any ideas how to get further?
Thanks for any tip.


texts: Is there a maximum number of files per directory or maximum directory size?

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Recently I made a directory with > 20,000 small mp3 files in it. Not all the files successfully copied across from my desktop computer and if I tried to add any more I received an error message similar to - 'Unable to create the file'.  I assumed I had reached some sort of system limit, but I was just guessing.
Samsung galaxy tab.


texts: Can android smartphones (with Wi-Fi enabled) be detected by other WiFi devices?

texts: So that the other Wi-Fi device knows an android phone (with wi-fi enabled) is nearby?


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How do I copy all the content from /data/data/ from a rooted android phone to the PC or SDCard ?

ES file explorer so far is unable to copy
adb pull does not find the content of that folder
adb shell does not seem to have a pull or push command

Or I'm doing both wrongly...

After copy, how do I put the files back (and replace, if needed) ?


texts: Terrible SD card performance after enabling encryption

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Device: Samsung Tab A7 2020 - purchased less than 1 week ago
OS: Android 11, April 2021 patch
Files used to test: three zip files totalling 613 MB
Micro SD cards which have been tested:

Unbranded 256 GB
Sandisk Extreme Pro 128 GB

I have run CrystalDiskMark on the cards (in Windows over USB 3) and they have the performance you would expect; 70-90 MB per second.
Before Encryption:

From Windows 10 over USB 2 to SD card = approx 27 MB per second
From tablet internal storage to SD card = approx 56 MB per second
From SD card to tablet internal storage = approx 67 MB per second

After encryption:

From Windows 10 over USB to SD card = approx 1.2 MB per second
From Tablet internal storage to SD card = approx 0.2 MB per second
From SD card to tablet internal storage = approx 56 MB per second

That last one above isn't a typo - reading from the SD card does not seem to be affected by encryption.
If I format the cards to a state without encryption, the performace returns to normal.
I have tried doing a factory reset on the tablet - it had no effect.
Can anybody offer some insight into how to fix this?


texts: ZTE Blade/San Francisco memory cards that work

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I'm looking out to extend the card memory for my ZTE Blade phone.

Can anybody who has experience with this tell me which SD cards (preferably 16GB and above) certainly work well for the San Francisco/ZTE Blade phone? If you're using this phone with an SD card model that works, please tell me which one.

Note: many people seem to report that some SD cards do not work well with this phone.

Thanks!


texts: How to emulate camera input in Android? (To activate Whatsapp Web)

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I have an Android device without a camera and I run Whatsapp on that device.

I want to activate Whatsapp Web from this device. Unfortunately, the only way to do this is to scan a QR-code, and I can't do that as I have no camera.

So, if I just could emulate camera input, that means use an image or video file of the QR code and have that be taken by the OS as camera input, then I would solve the problem.

This is doable on Windows. I'm sure it should be doable on a rooted Android device as well, especially if we can use Xposed Framework.

But the question is, does anybody know how to?


texts: How to recover data from a device with broken touch screen and no OTG support?

texts:
A friend of mine owns a ZTE T84, also known as the Telstra Tough Max. Unfortunately, he dropped the phone and cracked the screen which resulted in a non-responding touchscreen. The screen itself does work.

In the meantime, he has bought a new phone, but still wants to restore all his contacts from the old phone. So I promised him to take a look at it.

At first I checked his Gmail account with him to verify if all his contacts were backed up in that account. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

I am able to connect the phone to a PC and it is connected in PTP mode, which gives the possibility to copy all the photos but not the rest of the data stored in the phone.

Then I tried to use an OTG cable with a mouse connected to the device. Unfortunately, this didn't work either, because the phone doesn't function as a USB host.

After that, I ended up trying things via the recovery mode menu. I tried to access the device via ADB, but it doesn't show up in there. It looks like USB debugging is not enabled. I noticed, when choosing "Apply update from ADB", it does connect and shows up in adb devices as sideload. But I can't use adb shell from there on, only the sideload things.

When I choose the option "Reboot to bootloader" it gives me a black screen, but I noticed it popped up in device manager and fastboot list it in the devices. However, commands such as fastboot oem device-info don't work.

I also tried to wipe the cache partition in the hope that the usb-connection mode would change, but no luck with that.

I did a lot of Googling on this subject but, so far, no luck in finding the solution. Does anyone have an another idea of what I can try to gain control over the phone or at least restore his contacts?


texts: I want to give root permission to my Android Nexus One phone. I tried several links to give root access, but could not find any single working solution. Most links suggest to download a copy of a superboot image matching my kernel version. I could not find one that matches the kernel version with steps to give root permission. Any help?


texts: If I buy a software and change smartphone, should I buy it... AGAIN?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Reinstalling purchased apps on a new phone?

I've just tweaked my Google Play application to believe I have an HTC Desire S so I can buy all the games that I can't buy with my Acer Liquid Metal.
No problem with that...
Then I saw that all my old purchased software was not purchased.

Now two solutions are there:

I just made an happy mess --> no problem.
If you buy any app for your phone and then buy a new one you should buy that app... AGAIN?!?!


texts: Why can I receive a 7mb video text but it is too large to forward?

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Problem: I have an A51 Samsung. I can't forward a text video that was attached and text to me from another A51 (my wife's).
What I tried: I tried saving smaller since I cannot trim it.
It just doesn't make sense to me that my wife can attach and text me a 7 MB video but I can't do the same, having the same identical phone.


texts: Can I install Cynogen OS on my Yu Yuphoria 5010A?

texts: Basically I have multi touch issue on YU yuphoria,I recently googled and found that custom ROM can remove this problem,cyanogen in my case but all the tutorial were for 5010.So I need to know whether I can flash cyanogen or not?


texts: Why does otg mount take long time on some mobiles? Can it be sped up?

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I have an external 500GB SSD drive. I connected it to android devices via otg cable.
It works fine. Once it's mounted, it's pretty fast.
The only problem is the mounting time. At some devices, the mounting time is fast and about 6 seconds. This is fine to me. But at some devices, the mounting time will take up to 50 seconds. They are all running Android 10 with different models and brands.
I am wondering why the moutning times are so different among devices and is that possible to speed up the speed on the slow devices (without root).
Thank you very much.
Edited:
Some more information:
The LOST.DIR folder will be created at the first time mount.
The partition map/scheme is Master Boot Record.
The file system is FAT32. The reason why I don't use exfat is because some mobiles do not support exfat.
It doesn't matter what files inside the drive, the mounting time will not change. Even with a empty drive, the slow mobiles will still take about 50 seconds to mount. (so far).
For instance, for one slow mobile which is Sony brand. It can mount the drive really fast when it's exfat file system. I forgot to count the time, might be less than 10 seconds. But when it's fat32, it will take about 50 seconds to mount. I can not test it again because I have put data in the drive. If it's not necessary, I don't want to cut them out and reformat.
Thanks a lot.


texts: how to always ask password in k-9 email app android

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I have installed K9-mail in my android phone and mapped my 2 email accounts. When I open the K9-mail app, it opens without asking the email account password.

But I want to make the settings to always ask for the password before it opens an email account in that app and before its sync with the respective servers.

I have Thunderbird on my desktop and have this setting, which always prompts me for a password for the respective email accounts before it syncs (connect to email server). Could anyone help with this, please?


texts:
I don't know how I managed to delete all my pictures and unfortunately, it took me a few days to find out they where gone. I tried to recover them with DiskDigger, but I didn't have much luck with it (most of them were damaged).

I found 2 400Mb+ files called .thumbdata in the DCIM\.thumbnails folder and I was wondering if there is a way to extract data/thumbnails from it.


texts: This problem is very weird for it has never happened until now. Whenever I want to play a video in chrome it starts to load the video after which it stops and shows the play button again but it does not function when tapped and this happens for every video. What is causing this?


texts: Android cant access play store after installing app from outside the play store

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I have a rooted android phone where i install an app from outside the play store. and now I cant access play store anymore. I search for solution and found this. But I can't even edit the host file. I use ES file explorer to edit.
This are in the host file.

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.124.218.80
android.clients.google.com
mtalk.google.com

My questions is

How to edit the host file?
What can I delete from the host file?(what are the extra lines apart from default in the host file?)


texts: WhatsApp doesn't open on Android 2.3.6 - says "switch to a supported phone"

texts: Whatsapp say app supported to 2020 but won't open from 2018-02-06


texts: How to reinstall android to the fresh stock?

texts:
I have recently bought a used HTC Evo 3D from the internet. The phone itself is in perfectly working condition and the software is in its original state; that means it's not rooted, it's not running any custom rom and it's not branded.

However, the previous owner seems to have installed many apps from the market, the launchers are kinda different and generally the phone is very 'customized and seems sloppy.'

My question is: How do I get the device to its original, fresh, stock state? I don't want to install a custom ROM, I want to have the original android provided by the device manufacturer.

I know the device has the "factory reset" option in the menus, however I don't know what it really does and how thorough it is.

Wiping the phone and installing the system from scratch would be the best option for me, however, I don't know whether it's possible.

What are my options here?

Notes:

I know what rooting is
I know what custom ROMS are
I can root the device if necessary, but I don't plan on doing so if not necessary
Android 4.0 gets an official release for HTC Evo 3D soon - does this change anything related to what I need/want to do?


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I saw it here:

http://theunlockr.com/2011/04/12/android-101-how-to-scan-use-a-qr-code/

Watch video and you will see. I want to know how to create this effect on Android Gingerbread.

Thanks.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket SII (yes, quite old now) and it's had a litany of issues as of late, but the one I find curious of all is the issue with my Google Play app. Every bit of text within the app (and the actual name of the app underneath the icon) has a bizarre use of accent marks over all the letters in the title, within brackets, and ends with the words, "one two." Installing something from the store is impossible as it always says that there's insufficient space for them, but that's inaccurate. I'm not sure how this affects my phone beyond the program, itself, but I'd be interested to hear if this is something I can repair or if it is the act of something malicious. Thank you.


texts: Wow, my Android OS used 1.75GB in 5 days

texts: I just purchased a samsung galaxy s2 from Virgin Mobile on the 7th of May 2013. Have it activated on the 8th of May 2013. Can anyone tell me why my Android OS would have used up 1.75 GB of data in that amount of time. Not to mention the slow data speeds I am  receiving I could barely download anything unless I waited a very long time and had very poor internet connections. was constantly getting webpage not available every time I used the Google search. Have had many conversations with virgin mobile to no avail. Can anyone help or at least explain to me what is happening here?


texts: Chinese Galaxy note has no google account

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I am using a Galaxy note [GT i9220], it has samsung account for cloud synchronization but no google account.

I9220ZCLSF

It supports Chinese / Korean / English language only.
using Android 4.1.2

It seems I could set up gmail through exchange synchronization which is not so efficient.

Is there a way to enable google account ?
Once solved, can I sync contact both to Samsung and Gooogle cloud ?

UPDATE: I just want a google account for email, addressbook and calendar sync. Do I necessarily need to flash cyanogen mod to enable google account ?


texts: does factory reset delete my gmail contacts, drive files, google plus photos e.t.c?

texts:
I have a Note 4 and this is my first smartphone ever. So I'm illiterate about all these sync, backup, restore, reset stuff on smartphones. I setup the phone to sync all my contacts, google drive, google photos etc with my phone and it works fine. I even setup remote lock, locate my phone thing online. Now if I loose my phone or sell/give it to somebody else, I need to make sure I'll erase everything on my phone but keep all my data on gmail contacts, drive, photos untouched. I'm not using SD card.

If I do factory reset

Do my gmail contacts, files in my drive, photos will be erased too or not?
Do I need to change my google password or my other accounts passwords after factory reset?
Wipe my device on findmymobile.samsung.com does it erase my online contacts, files in drive and photos?


texts: Accessing web server application from server itself?

texts:
I have downloaded a web server program, and when launched it gives an IP address to access it through port 8080. However, nothing happens, so I can draw the conclusion at these possible problems:

The server is not pointing to any files, hence, nothing shows when you type that IP address and port number in the browser. In such a case, I can't figure out how to configure the server, and the developers do not explain in good detail.
There's an issue with accessing port 8080, which would be a restriction by the kernel or a related sort(unrooted operating system).
The server doesn't work correctly.

Now, in general, the program is installed in the SD card, the SD card is obviously mounted, and it automatically is set to access itself in directory format as follows: mnt/sdcard/server/

However, the HTML files are stored following: /server/HTML/index.html

I do not know how it is, by default, configured, and there's very many configuration files in Extensive Markup Language(XML). So, these following questions I directly ask:

Is there any default blocking of port 8080, or otherwise noteworthy issues that could explain this port number, the local machine connection to it, etc.?
Is accessing data from the server while on the server problematic?
Is there any standard way server software is configured/set up(so I could maybe tweak around with a goal specifically in mind)?

The server app is: PAW server. Despite following its instructions just fine, nothing loads when the IP address is typed in, and a "welcome page" reportedly should.

What I've tried:

Accessing the IP address without the port number; nothing happens.
Changing the directory the app points to; app doesn't work then.
Changing the files in the HTML directory; still nothing.
Digging through and editing some presets that seemed off in some XML files; still nothing.
Changing the port number; still nothing.
Accessing from another device; still won't load the page.
Using HTTPS instead of HTTP; still doesn't work.
Adjusting browser's settings, trying different browsers, etc.; still doesn't work.

Screenshots (click to enlarge)

PAW is supposed to show a "welcome/sign in" page by default configuration, I believe.


texts: Current leaks while charging. Is the device defective?

texts: During charging(first charge), there is a vibration sense(on my fingers) with my moto x4's metallic sides. Is this shows that the device is defective? What may be the reason?


texts: How to get OK Google from Lockscreen back? OnePlus One CM 12.1 nightly

texts:
I recently updated to the new CM 12.1 nightly on my Oneplus One from the official version because of constant touchscreen issues. The touchscreen issues are now fixed, but OK Google doesn't work from the lock screen any more. I also can't select it from the Google Now voice options or through settings>language and input. The device is rooted. I've googled this issue a lot, yet no one else seems to be having this issue. I also know a lot of people don't rate OK Google, however I'd love to have the functionality as I recently got a Bluetooth stereo for my car.

Anyway. would be great if anyone had an idea. Cheers!


texts:
Howto get device's features with adb i.e. whether it has e.g. accelerometer, screen is capable landscape mode, etc.

These values are set in XML during build:

<feature name="android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer" />
<feature name="android.hardware.screen.landscape" />


texts: Corrupted Images on S4 on Android Lollipop 5.0.1

texts:
I am experiencing issues with my S4 and the images I am taking on it.

Over the past week nearly all the images that I have taken have been corrupted when I go into Gallery or Photos to look at them.

I have had images sent to my via WhatsApp that I can save that do not become corrupted.

I'm using a 32gb sd card and I'm on Lollipop 5.0.1.

Is this a botched software update or a failing SD card?


texts: Making network drive share accessible from Android device and part of its media library

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I would like my Android devices to be able to play music that's stored on a Windows PC's network shared drive.

The important thing to me is that the Android device not only be able to access the network share (I know there are lots of apps that will do this), but that the Android operating system consider the music files on the network share to be included in its media library database. Most music playing apps use the device's official media library database as the source of available music.

I am not interested in suggestions for media playing apps that will play from a network share. I want to be able to use ANY music playing app that uses the Android media library, so I am only interested in solutions that will actually affect the media library database.


texts: Is there any way to get Swype on my Moto Droid?

texts: Is there anyway to get Swype from outside the Market? Its not available there, and I see its already running on Droid X, so I was thinking it'd probably work on Droid as well.


texts: What happened to camera search on Google Now?

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It used to be under Settings, there was a Search With Camera option which would boot up the camera and allow you to take a photo which you could search with.

Since the last google now update, I can't find it.

Has it been moved to another spot or did they get rid of it?


texts: Unable to change tab in Google Chrome when swiping from side to side on the toolbar

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I have Google Chrome v35.0.1916.141 installed on my HTC One X running Android 4.2.2 with HTC Sense 5. One of the previous updates introduced a nifty feature to change tabs by swiping from side to side on the toolbar. But now with the current version this is not working.

I cannot find any setting to turn this feature on/off. Has this feature been removed?

Update

I checked on HTC Desire 500 and it works there.


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I have 200 Russian Phones to flash with UK Firmware. Now when i flash the UK firmware through Odin, it works fine but Russian firmware is still on it, however it does become UK if i factory reset the phone after that.

Now my question is that if there is any way where I don't have to factory reset the device and it automatically does it after Odin flash. That way I will save a lot of time.

I have tried these things:

"adb --wipe_data", this doesn't work because I don't how to really send a command to Recovery.
Cygwin terminal to break down firmware file into 4 file (AP, MODEM, BOOTLOADER and CSC). this doesn't work either.

Any help will be great. Many thanks


texts: Custom Boot animation slows, freezes and crashes phone

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I've created a custom boot animation:

Create animation with Blender, render all the frames 1080 x 1920, PNG.
Convert them to JPG.
Store frame 0 to 123 to folder part0, store frame 124 to folder part1.
Create desc.txt with content (every line ends with <LF>):

1080 1920 24
p 1 0 part0
p 0 0 part1

Store all that into bootanimation.zip (mode: Store), almost 10 MB.
Copy it onto the SD card and copy it to /system/media/ with TWRP.

When I reboot the phone, it displays the animation okay, but then slows down (still during the first loop), halts, and reboots after a few seconds.

Is there anything I've done wrong? The phone is a Fairphone 2, running Fairphone Open with the newest TWRP and encrypted data partition.


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Is it possible to export the S-Health data from a Samsung S6 into a usable data format?

For example, to CSV or similar, so I can import into Excel


texts: How to enable USB debugging on a soft-bricked Huawei phone?

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Yesterday, i rooted my phone with KingRoot and downloaded a SoftKey Enabler because i wanted to play Uplink on my Huawei Y560 (a.k.a. Y5). The SoftKey Enabler edited the build.prop file. It restarted my Huawei Y5, but after it showed the Huawei logo, the screen flashed and turned dark. I panicked a bit, took out the battery and restarted into Recovery Mode with pressing Vol + Power. I formatted everything, cleared the cache, but it still didnt work. Then i found that i can fix it by using ADB, but it required USB debugging enabled, which i dont know how to make.

My goal is: To repair a soft-bricked Huawei Y560 (Y5) file so it can boot again. It has no USB debugging enabled, and the firmware on the official site is outdated. Please, somebody help me!


texts: Android speech recognition - how to get access to the audio files?

texts: When doing speech to text using android mobile phone application, I've heard that the files are temporarily stored in /data/data/com.google.android.voicesearch/files after the user makes a recording. How I would get read access to those files?


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Problem at hand: I keep pressing volume button on my Nexus S when it is in my pocket. Most notably when playing music. More often than not it results in increasing volume, which is incredibly irritating.
Had exactly the same issue with Nexus One.

Desired solution: A tweak/app that simply disables volume button when the screen is off (or locked?)

I looked through the android market and found a few half baked solutions... I don't really need a widget or a prompt to revert volume change or a being have to run an extra app when I actually want to change volume.


texts: App notifications block setting not set after phone restart

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I updated my Sony Xperia Z1's Android to Lollipop (official update from Sony) a few days ago, and just noticed that the applications having their notifications blocked reset back when my phone is restarted. The Priority and Sensitive options are saved but the Block option appears to be not. For your information, the app I'm blocking is Psiphon – but testing this with other apps revealed it affects almost all of them, with a few exceptions only.

What could be the problem? Possible bug of Android?

Thanks


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I got here an ePad running Android 2.3 and I want to set up Market on it for its owner. He doesn't have a Gmail account, neither he wants one. I have just made a Google account that is associated with an existing ISP email address.

I can successfully login with my personal email address (someone at mydomain.org) from my Iconia tablet, but this doesn't seem to be the case of older Android versions. I made the Google account from the plain old ISP address because I thought it would have worked like my case!

Am I missing something about logging in to Market with a non-gmail account? Googling around I found that somebody fixed by joining Google+, so I did with the tablet's owner, but the tablet still requires me to open a new account with a gmail email.

Thank you


texts: "Account unlock" when not connected to internet?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone. I see this screen when I press "Forgot Password" in the pattern lock screen that comes by default with the phone:

My Question is: How would my account be unlocked when
(i) "Wifi" is turned off and
(ii) "Packet Data" is disabled?


texts: Performing key combinations in connectbot?

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Does anybody know how to perform key combinations in ConnectBot?

Examples:

Ctrl+Z

Ctrl+F2

Ctrl+Alt+Del


texts: Phone won't boot/start after successful flashing through QFIL

texts: My phone was bricked, so I decided to flash my phone LYF f1s with the stock ROM through QFIL, but after after successful flashing it won't start !! Nothing happens, no matter which combination of volume and power buttons I press, only the charging light blinks or keep flashing when I connect it to my charger or laptop. Please help !!


texts: Navigation bar and pull-down menu eerily brighter

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Occasionally, my phone's display goes significantly dark. However, the navbar and the pull-down notifications menu are very brightly lit up. Any idea why?

I'm running Android 10 on Samsung M30.

P.S. Sorry about the terrible quality.

P.P.S This is not some setting, as it happens and disappears on its own. I'm trying to trace what stimulates such an eerie UI get-up.


texts: What do "Installed", "Running", and "All" apps mean in Android Settings?

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I have an Android device running on Android 4.4.4. In the Settings, I have no idea what "Installed", "Running", and "All" apps are.

What do those mean?


texts: Is a device Unlock Code required when changing providers?

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So... I just switched from AT&T to Cricket Wireless. They gave me a new SIM, and AT&T gave me an Unlock Code. I have an Android Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket S2.

I use Cricket Wireless.

I put in the new SIM, and was never prompted for a Code. I was able to get hooked up to the Cricket network and make calls just fine.

Am I good to go? Or will I be screwed if I don't get my Unlock Code entered?


texts: How can I move installed apps from the old microSD card to a new one, as I swap the cards inside my phone?

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In my Android phone, I have moved some installed apps from the internal storage to a MicroSD card. Now I swapped the microSD card with another microSD card inside the phone. How can I move the installed apps from the old to the new microSD card?

My phone is Kyocera Hydro Icon with Android 4.3. It seems to only have one microSD card slot and a SIM card slot inside. I can't find a second microSD card slot.

I can't move installed apps from old microSD card to my internal storage, because my phone doesn't have enough space.

Will it work if I copy the files from one sd card to the other, file by file, by connecting both microSD cards to a computer simultaneously:

inserting one microSD card to a computer, via microSD-to-SD adapter, and
inserting the other microSD card to the same computer, via keeping it inside the phone and connecting the phone to the same computer via USB cable?

Update: copy file by file from a sd card to another by connecting both to a computer doesn't make the phone work with the new sd card.


texts: Android continues rebooting and 'optimizing'

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My S5 was running Fusion ROM 5.0.   I downloaded 5.1 and installed using ROM manager.  After the installation, Android continues rebooting and saying "Optimizing app 1 of 8.   Facebook...", then reboots a few seconds later into the same process.

What do I do to break this cycle and get my phone back?


texts: I have a mytouch 4g running gingerbread.  I want to set up adb to work with the phone over usb, but I can' figure out how to do it.  Frankly, I don't really know anything more so I'm not sure what else to say.  Any help is greatly appreciated


texts: Is it possible to create shortcut in Android file system without root?

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Android system doesn't provide ways to  create shortcut in file system.
I have tried using termux to create shortcut in my file system, but I don't have the authority.
Is there a way to create shortcut of files and directories in Android file system without root?


texts: Check if Google Play Service is up to date

texts: I have a Sony Xperia Z3 compact, and when I trying to broadcast my video live on YouTube from Xperia , I sign in with Google+ account and I received "Error when trying to sign in, please check if Google Play Service is up to date",what to do? ... When I buy my phone I updated all applications.


texts: Google Maps shows wrong location on Android 2.2

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For the last two weeks, Google Maps (Latitude) reports that I'm still at my old house. I'm not - I moved 6 months ago, but my "location" says that I'm still there. I tried clearing the maps cache, manually setting my location to somewhere else, and then activating auto-detection.
Still nothing.

What could go wrong?


texts: I lost access to my account due to someone else getting into it. Google locked my account. When I finally got it back I was instructed to change my account password. Now I am trying to put my account on new phone and cannot remember my new password. How can I get or change my PW without going through google recovery, last time used recovery took 3 weeks to get my account back. Is there another way?


texts: How to store list of installed (paid and unpaid) apps to a log file?

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I would like to store a list of all paid and unpaid apps in a log file (which I would then upload to Google Drive or FTP to some other server). This way if my phone is lost, stolen, or breaks, I will still have a list of the complete set of apps I had been using, so I will not forget any app I installed. I know Google Play keeps a list of purchased apps in its database, but it does not store the unpurchased ones.

So, is there a script somewhere which will allow me to generate this list (I didn't see anything supporting this functionality in the stock UI, using Android KitKat 4.4.2).


texts: Doing a clean install of Android on a Nexus phone or tablet

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Recently I had a problem where my Nexus S phone would not upgrade to Jelly Bean. During the upgrade process I was getting an error message saying one of the files on my current system is corrupted, so the upgrade cannot be applied.

I knew clean install (instead of an upgrade) would fix the issue, but I had a really hard time finding clear information on how to do this. Most tutorials require you to download the new OS from untrusted sources (shady download sites) and assume your phone is rooted.

Thankfully as it turned out you can do this using official Google software only and you don't need to root your phone (you can - it doesn't matter).

I post instructions for the method I used, as an answer below. This is also useful when you need to do a true factory reset. The "factory reset" function in Android only clears user data, leaving the OS as it was - useless if your operating system is damaged or if it was modified and you would like to bring it to an original, stock state. This solves the problem.

This instructions should work for any Nexus phone or tablet.


texts: How to optimize all my apps in “Battery Optimization”?

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I have xiaomi mi max 32gb -Multirom 8.4.26
I make all my apps "battery optimized" except these apps: (Greenify+amplify+powernap+Launcher+Appops+Magisk+ Xposed).

But after rebooting my mobile, apps returns non-optimized. So I need to make all my apps optimized after every reboot. This task is tiring and wastes my time.

My Question: Can you help me batch optimize all apps after every reboot, please? By using tasker or terminal commands or adb commands or mod or anything
Please help me


texts: How to force shutdown a android phone? (ZS570KL specifically)

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My phone fell several days ago, and the screen didn't display anything now.

The model is ASUS Zenfone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL), and I didn't root, flash recovery, or turn on debugging mode on it. The Android version is 8.0.

I've talked to customer service of phone manufacturer and was told that there's no more spare screen.

I tried to shut it down, but long pressing power button can only make it reboot. Is there any way that can force shutdown the phone?


texts: Show whole of image on screen in any orientation

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I'm using Firefox version 44.0.2 on the Galaxy Note 4. I cannot zoom out enough to view the whole of images on the screen - so I have to scroll to get a glimpse.

It seems the image is zoomed to fit the height of the phone in portrait mode and zoomed to the width with the phone in landscape mode. End result is I cannot ever see the whole image at once.

For testing I used this image.

Attempted solutions:

I have tried to change a few of the zoom-settings such as browser.zoom.full, toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues, and zoom.minPercent in about:config, to no avail.
I have also tried disabling all add-ons.
With an image (example) with 16/9 aspect ratio and the add-on "Full screen mobile", I can actually see the whole image.

So how to make it show the whole image on the screen, no matter how you hold the phone?

In general it would be nice to have kind of indefinite zoom in and zoom out on all content on the web - both images and web pages.


texts: Google Play store detecting installed apps

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I wanted to know how Google Play app detects already installed apps so i ran a test. First, I installed an app from Google Play and extracted it's APK file. Then i started decompiling the app using ApkStudio and modified some strings. Then i did rebuilding and signing. At last, I installed the newly created APK and opened Google Play, searching app name it said that it's installed although the newly created APK file had a different hash.

Before doing this test, i thought that Google Play checks installed apps by comparing hashes of APK file but now i think it only checks by package name. Is there any reason why the checking isn't performed using hashes? I know that using hash instead of package name introduces storage overhead (as an extra hash string must be saved for every version of an app) but by doing so, one can easily find that an APK file is a modified version of another app, it's important as modified apps are malicious generally.


texts: Does Google+ to new Photos app "cut & paste," or "copy & paste" archives?

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Does the new Photos app duplicate photos from Google+, or does it move them completely over?

I pay $1.99/month for my Google Storage and was wondering if current system will delete the copies in "traditional" Storage of photos, when it transitions my media into the new Photos app. I was hoping to avoid duplication.


texts: Broken Phone Power Button and ADB not detecting device. NEED HELP!

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So the power button on my phone (Asus Zenfone 3 laser) no longer works and the phone is powered off. I have charged it up and gotten it to the android recovery menu by holding down power and simultaneously plugging it into my laptop. Unfortunately, I don't think USB debugging is turned on as adb devices and fastboot devices comes up empty. The phone does charge from being plugged in.

Since the power button doesn't work, I can move up and down in the recovery menu all I want using the volume keys, but cant select an option (which requires the power button).

Does anyone have a method of just getting it to turn on that doesn't require opening up the phone (as I don't want to buy the special screw driver to do so). I just want the photos inside, the phone is pretty much scrap metal.


texts: ADB "screenrecord" not working when executed form device

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I recently found out about the screenrecord feature of ADB on Android since API19.

If I try and execute this from Android Terminal Emulator on my device, I get the response from the device I would expect (identical to what I get on my CMD window when executing from Windows) but the file it creates does not work. The file is always ~3.3kb in size and VLC gives me the error:

VLC can't recognize the input's format:
The format of 'file:///C:/Users/Jonny%20Wright/Downloads/videoo.mp4' cannot be detected. Have a look at the log for details.

(I have not checked the VLC log as from what has been happening it seems it is a problem with the recording of the video by the device as when executing from Windows it works fine.)


texts: Is the data associated with an app cleared when an app is uninstalled?

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The data associated with an app which we see when we go to Applications > Manage Applications > application, is it cleared when we hit "Uninstall" or is it left untouched by the uninstaller?

The reason why I'm asking it is, I've heard from a lot of people who first hit "Clear data" and then hit "Uninstall" mostly because they're not sure so they just ensure that they get rid of the data and then uninstall!! So do one need to hit "Clear data" before uninstalling.


texts: Google Play deducted extra Rupee 50 after first-time Play Store purchase of an App/Game. Why is that?

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Today I bought Temple Run: Oz from Google Play. When I filled all the credentials in to pay rupee 53.18 for this application then it automatically deducted rupee 50.00 from my credit card and after submitting it again deducted rupee 53.18 from the credit card. But the original price of this game is rupee 53.18, why did the extra rupee 50.00 deduction happen?

How can I get this money back?

Is buying an application on Google Play not secure?


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I want to root a Galaxy Ace S5830, Android 2.3.6 Build Number GINGERBREAD.DXKT5.

I've seen some tutorials that says specific build numbers while some says nothing specific.

Does build number matter when rooting phone?

BTW if you have any tips on how to specifically root this (2.3.6 GINGERBREAD.DXKT5), that would be cool.


texts: How to prevent a folder being backed up in Photos but still seen in a gallery app?

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I am on Pixel 3 XL. I found that Google Photos recognizes the Facebook photo folder (and some others, such as Screenshots) the same as the "Camera" folder because they are within the DCIM folder. Therefore, we cannot tell Google Photos not to backup these folder within Google Photos settings.

The only option I have come across is to put a .nomedia file in the Facebook folder. That does prevent Google Photos from backing it up, but it also prevent me from seeing that folder in any other app. As you know, the Pixel does not include a traditional photo gallery, as they want you to use the google photos app so I use a photo gallery app from the play store. Either way with the .nomedia file in that folder I cannot see the images in that folder anywhere.

Is there any other way to stop Google Photos from backing up this folder without making the images invisible on my device? Google photos should not be treating all folders within DCIM as "Camera" and instead it should be looking specifically for the camera roll folder.

Related post: Change Facebook (and others) photo saving folder


texts: my phone froze over night (i have a galaxy s7) and is on a black screen

texts: I woke up and my screen is black but the green charged led is on and my phone is no longer plugged in. I've tried multiple things to fix it such as holding the power button, holding volume up and the home and power, I've let it sit for an hour off the charger, I've tried to connect it to google play.... i'm not sure what I should do any help would be appreciated.


texts: unfortunately settings has stopped when adding widgets to nova launcher

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I have a problem with my launchers. Every time I try to add a widget in my Nova launcher it says Unfortunately settings has stopped. Not just Nova launcher, but I have this problem with every launcher. I download except my stock launcher, widgets are working great. I tried to force stop settings and clear data, but it didn't work.
Please help.


texts: Installing TWRP on a locked OnePlus One without wiping data

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I am trying to upgrade my OPO's operating system from CyanogenMod to the latest nightly version of LineagOS.

As a first step, I tried installing TWRP, by executing from my shell the command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

But I got the following message:

FAILED (remote:         Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase)

I read in a few places that I should first unlock my device by executing the command fastboot oem unlock, but that it is going to erase all my data.

Is it true? Is there a way to avoid the erasure of the data?


texts: Magisk will fail Safety-Net hereafter. Why?

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Recently, Google made security changes which make sure safety-net fails check when Magisk is installed.

This was Tweeted by John Wu (Magisk developer) , here and here. Some excerpts:

  So here we go, after years of fun messing around using Magisk, it seems that Google FINALLY decided to "fix" SafetyNet to something useful, and that is to use key attestation to verify device status (after 3 years since introduced to Android's platform!)

  Let's face it. Fun is over guys.

(Emphasis added)

Edit: From Github

  Disable MagiskHide by default

  Since SafetyNet CTS is impossible to achieve, leaving MagiskHide on
  by default no longer serves a purpose.

  For more details regarding the latest SafetyNet changes, please check:
  https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1237656703929180160
  https://twitter.com/topjohnwu/status/1237830555523149824

  MagiskHide's functionality will continue to exist within the Magisk
  project as it is still extremely effective to hide modifications in
  userspace (including SafetyNet's basicIntegrity check).

  Future MagiskHide improvements may come, but since the holy grail
  has been taken, any form of improvement is now a very low priority

It looks to me that Google could/should have implemented this earlier but didn't and the CTS check being done from within Magisk wasn't comprehensive.

Please demystify this in simple terms (to the extent possible) for folks who don't understand the innards of Android (like me).


texts: Data Recovery - How to Restore Deleted / Formatted Files on HD Micro SD Card

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Background:

I put in a friend's SD Card to format it because it was having problems. Then I put mine back in and I think my phone formatted my SD Card. I had a ton of pictures on there that are now gone! I put the card into the computer and there's only 2mb of cache files on there and none of the original directories.

I already tried the following freeware recovery applications:

Undelete 360
Recuva

Neither of them were able to retrieve any files.
Undelete took 1minute to scan for files and came up with 0 files.
Recuva took 10 minutes for their "deep scan" which doesn't seem thorough enough at all for this 8GB SD Card. I need something that's a lot more heavy duty.
I don't mind paying for an application to get the data back if necessary...

Questions:

Which application can I use to recover my deleted picture files from my 8GB HD Micro SD Card?
Why did Anroid format my SD card?
How can I tell if it's a phone problem, data problem, or SD Card problem?


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I have a Nokia 6 and whenever I try to unlock my device I am facing error.

The command

sudo fastboot oem unlock

The result

(remote: oem unlock is not allowed)

Any suggestions?


texts: Ideas on how to recover data from a screenless/headless Android device?

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I have an unrooted Nexus 5—big mistake, I should have rooted it—due to some unfortunate circumstances my phone screen ripped off from the phone leaving the phone functional but “headless.”

I want to scrape off (download) my data and move off things from my phone. I do have backups on but the last backup was taken half a month ago since when I have only been travelling with 2G data on

It clearly has no screen.

The solution I tried.

I have an AirDroid account and using that am able to perform basic phone stuff make calls, read reply to SMS message. With screen mirror there is a possiblity that I can use the phone normally remotely and move my data and be happy. The dead-end: AirMirror requires root.

I tried to root the phone purely via ADB shell but the step will require flashing a templated image, which will destroy all the data on the phone.

The other solution is if I can turn on Wi-Fi via ADB shell, I can copy most of its contents I need via AirDroid. It won’t be feasible enough on mobile data.

Any suggestions?


texts:
I'm searching for a way to display a couple of calendar events on the lockscreen of Android 4.x ICS.

I found Lockscreen Calendar but it doesn't support ICS.


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I am using Orbot to torify the traffic of a certain app. To be sure I selected the option 'Tor Everything', because I dont need high speed internet on this phone anyway.

Now besides using this browser and checking my ip is there any way is there anyway to prove tor is working for all the other apps aswell ?

Best regards


texts: How to tell which application has pushed a notification

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Android allows notifications to be pushed and some times when we install certain applications, they push adverts to the notification bar.

For example, this screen shot shows a notification icon that a download is in progress (and the notification is also shown in more detail when we expand the notification area).

My question is, how do we find out what posted any given notification. You can probably guess that I'm getting unwanted notifications (adverts/spam).

The advice is usually start uninstalling apps, reset the OS etc and whilst I don't disagree that those methods don't work, they're not easy either.

So, is it possible on stock Android 5 or higher to find out what application sent the notification?


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I would like to be able to upload photos with geotag data to an online database that gives access to a controlled audience.

For example it is possible to use Picasa with a joint Gmail account that the photographer uploads to, but the viewer will have the login credential to the Gmail account and therefore can edit/delete these photos.

Is there a way I can accomplish this?


texts: AppMgrIII doesn't uninstall android bloatware - only disable

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I have an old LGLS660 with 4 MB internal memory making install of new apps almost impossible - added MicroSD card to expand by 16 GB - rooted successfully with kingoroot.

So I d/l this app I was able to move some apps but not uninstall the android ones I don't use which was the entire point of all this fiddling.

How should I get rid of the unwanted apps?


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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I change the default Complete Action With?

I've accumulated a number of programs that do the same thing (browsers, mp3 players, video players etc), and some of are set as defaults.

How can I change the defaults?  For instance, let's say I'm tired of Opera and want to to switch back to the stock browser, but I want to leave Opera installed, how can I do that?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S with Froyo.


texts: How do AOT and JIT work together in Android Nougat and later?

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The Android OS was using interp years ago, then they added Just-In-Time (JIT). However, since Android 5.0, they replaced JIT with Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compilation which increased app installation time quite a bit, so I wasn't following its development. Then in Android 7.0, it seemed JIT had come back, but I cannot understand how JIT and AOT would be able to work together.

Does this mean they finally ditched AOT and switched back to JIT? (I have read some articles but since I have detached myself for a while from the follow ups to development, I am not sure if I still understand everything correctly.


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I have a force close loop on my galaxy s2.

I want to retrieve my data which isnt stored on an sd card.
But I cannot get into my phone.

I tried plugging into my laptop but it doesnt pick up the phone.
I tried booting in safe mode to disable the apps. But the phone just turns off again even in safe mode.

I dont care about the phone, only the data, which I stupidly havnt backed up anywhere.

Would appreciate any help.


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Does anyone know if there is a method to disable device mac randomization on a Samsung note 10,
The devices in question also have Android 11 which could be the problem,
This is not MAC Randomisation for WiFi, it is physical device MAC,
Currently this changes after every reboot of the system.
There does not seem to be a single mention of this issue anywhere that I can find but is causing an issue that needs a resolution one way or the other,
This causes a program that is essential to our business to not allow a registration to our services.
Thankyou in advance!
Cheers


texts: How to batch delete files in several folders on Nexus 9

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On a Nexus 9, using bookshelf with fbreader, I have copied lots of folders from Calibre on a PC to Books folder. Each folder contains a metadata.opf file which the bookshelf for some reason considers and shows as a separate book, but when opened it shows nothing.

So I want to delete all these metadata.opf files, but going in succession to all these folders and deleting them one by one would take ages.

If I could get into the Books folder from the command prompt on the pc I could issue a single shell command to do what I want.

But I don't know how to do it. Windows Explorer shows portable device Nexus 9 connected, I can get inside from Windows Explorer, I can search for all metadata.opf files in Windows Explorer, and it gives me a long list of these files, but I cannot delete them all - I can delete them one by one but when I select them all and choose delete, a window pops up telling

An unexpected error is keeping you from deleting the file. If you continue to
receive this error, you can use the error code to search for help with this
problem.

Error 0x80004002: No such interface supported

What can I do?


texts:
I broke my Coby Kyros' screen and now I want to make an emulator console out of it.
The problem is my model did not have an HDMI out.

I noticed that there is a ribbon cable connecting the tablet screen to the rest of the tablet.
So I need a way to connect my tablet's ribbon cable to a television.

Is there any way to convert that ribbon cable slot to a VGA/HDMI/RCA port?
Or is there some sort of ribbon cable to VGA/HDMI/RCA cable?


texts: Kindle Fire's actual name on the ADB Devices List Not user-friendly

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When I connect my Kindle Fire and give the "adb devices" command this is what pans out:

aneesh@nb-14:~$ adb devices
List of devices attached
D026A0A0305501NC        device

If there is no other USB device online, I can get away by simply typing adb -d followed by the command, as say developer.android.com, or if there is no other device online, no issues at all!

If there is more than one USB device online, then I have to type the name to uniquely specify the device to operate on. The name is some combination of upper-case characters and digits as seen above. Can anything be done to make it name the Kindle Fire in a more user-friendly manner, the way it names emulators?

Any help is greatly appreciated!


texts: How to search entries in the dialer contacts by both first name and last name?

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I have Android 10 on my Nokia phone which uses AndroidOne program, i.e. it has the standard Google dialer app installed.

The display settings in the app are set to "Sort by Last Name" and "Display first name first".

I have the following issue: When I search for a contact in the dialer app and type a last name of the contact in the search field, the correct contact is not found. Only if I type the first name in the search field, does the contact get found.

If I search for contacts in the Contacts app (also by Google), the contacts are correctly found regardless of which part of the contact I type in.

Why is there this difference? I'd expect the dialer app to also find contacts by any part. The dialer app has the access permission to contacts on the phone.

Thank you for any hints!


texts: what will i loose during the root process?

texts: when i root my device what will i loose ?? will rooting wipe my device ?? i don't care about contacts nor applications data the most important this is my media !!! it means a lot for me no just media !! PDF files and everything else i added to the phone storage other then the application ??? please can somebody help because i want to root my phone to use titanium backup so i can have access to all my backup data anywhere ??


texts: Why does the Google Play Store sometimes not list an app update?

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I've noticed that the Google Play Store sometimes does not list an update for an app.

For example, I'm working on a stock, non-rooted, Android Nougat device on which Firefox Focus was installed through the Google Play Store.

The version of Firefox Focus installed is v8.0.5.  When I go to the Google Play Store, I see that v8.0.6 has been available for about a month.  Furthermore, if I manually type Firefox Focus into the Google Play Store, it will allow the app to be updated.  Yet, despite all this, when I click on My apps & games in the Google Play Store, Firefox Focus does not appear in the list of apps with updates available.

This seems to happen fairly regularly for different apps.

Rebooting does not help.  The device does not have removable storage.  I've tried clearing the data and cache for the Google Play Store.  This sometimes fixes the issue temporarily, but then the issue returns.  Similarly, uninstalling and reinstalling the affected app fixes the issue temporarily, but then the issue returns.

Why does the Google Play Store sometimes not list an app update that is available?  Can this be fixed so it doesn't happen anymore?


texts: Ubuntu one app: how can I sync a text file edited on my android device with ubuntu one?

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I've just got ubuntu one app on my android device to sync file between my android device and my desktop computer. I see that the app has the ability to automatically sync uploaded photos, can it also sync other files?

If I download a text file from my ubuntu one with this app and edit it on my android, how do I sync that file? I'd appreciate any help


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Hi would check the badblocks in my android with the badblocks tool, but I cant found the binary for my:

armv7 with mt6582 - lollipop 5.1, and TWRP 3.0.1.

How could compile or get it (the badblocks for execute from /sbin/)?

Note: I want not use e2fsck neither fsck.... I would like check it through of badblocks


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How do I view the files on my tablet from my phone? Do I have to connect wirelessly? I am working on a translation and would like to see the original on one tablet and the file I'm working on on the smartphone or other tablet.

Do I need an app or is this service part of the OS? I would like to just use Bluetooth.

Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to force a new update to show up on Google Play?

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Since apkmirror.com is not an official source, I would like to download directly from the Google Play Store.

But say, Pokemon Go updates have always been announced, and not available on Google Play but available on apkmirror.com

Wouldn't there actually exist a way to force a new update to show up on Google Play?  Maybe Google Play doesn't want a large amount of traffic to happen all of a sudden, so it does the release worldwide, region by region. But right now is 4am Pacific time. If it is open 4am in Pacific time, it really should not be too much traffic downloading it. If an update can be forced to show up by some advanced user during the non-peak hours (such as 1am to 6am), the traffic really should not be that much.


texts: Android phone images are not the correct resolution

texts: My android phone has an 8 megapixel camera meaning the resolution of the images should be 3,264 x 2,448. However when i plug my phone into my computer and view the details of the pictures, some are 1920 x 1080 but most of them are 1280 x 720. If someone could explain why this is happening that would be great.


texts: Why are there 2 boot partition on mediatek devices, both of which contain the same preloader?

texts: On Mediatek devices, the same preloader.bin is in mmcblk0boot0 and mmcblk0boot1, why does it need to be in both partitions?


texts: Simultaneously connecting USB mouse and VGA monitor?

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Is it possible to simultaneously connect a USB mouse and VGA monitor to an Android tablet?

Because of my physical disability, I would like to operate an Android tablet using a standard USB mouse, rather than the usual touch input. At the same time, I would like to mirror the tablet's display onto a standard VGA monitor.  Is this possible on an Android tablet?

From reading a HowToGeek article, it seems that mouse input is possible if I use an adaptor from standard USB to USB OTG.  If I insert a USB hub between the adaptor and mouse, can I also connect a VGA monitor to the tablet using a VGA to USB adaptor?

I've also heard of Chromecast.  Is this needed to mirror the tablet's display onto a VGA monitor?


texts: su (sudo) command not found Galaxy S Vibrant

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I was wondering if any of you has seen this behavior:

I have an unrooted Galaxy S Vibrant and I was trying to root it permanently with z4root, unsuccessfully. While I try to do it permantly it seems to do it, but when I try to run Titanium Backup or any app that requires root permissions, it won't gain privileges. So, I installed a terminal app, and when I tried to run the su command it displays a command not found error.

My question is, what is missing from the OS? Any Idea? I know that you must have to be root in order to run certains commands but in that case it should display another error message?


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I just bought a Samsung Galaxy S8+. Everything is working great, but there is one little thing I can't seem to figure out and that is the ringtone uses only the speakers.

Can I route the ringtone through a headset when it is connected?


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Outlook is eating up space in my Samsung J7 prime. I am currently working with something between 100Mb and zero free space.
If I free up some space, it seems Outlook increases its occupied space.
Is there any way to tell Outlook which folders I want it to sync?
Or any other way to limit (e.g., from the OS) the space it takes?


texts: Why I can't install apps in my phone even sufficient space is available?

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So I own Moto E 1 gen, running now Android 4.4 stock

I tried to install Adobe reader,Jiotv I end up with a message "Out of space"

I used both ways,APK and Playstore both ways don't work.
Although I could install  big games and apps I could not install few selected apps like Jiotv and Adobe Reader and some few..

I formatted my phone twice, Cleared cached memory.Still it says out of space.I did everything right and still my phone got issues. The phone is rooted, running on stock ROM.

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I don't know what is the problem. With Adobe reader and Jiotv apps

Do u have solution or cause of problem ?


texts: What does the Storage Manager setting actually do?

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I'm trying to understand what the Storage Manager option in the Storage settings is supposed to do. The text says "Remove photos & videos" and I chose the option "Over 90 days old". So far, it hasn't done anything. My phone is an HTC 10.

I've found some articles introducing the feature that seem to imply that ALL backed up photos will be removed every 30/60/90 days.

In Photos, the "Free up space" option removes anything that's already backed up, regardless of age.

So does the storage manager option do what it says it does? When or how often does it run? Does it instead clear all backed up photos every X days?


texts: ADB Reboot Failed: -1 When using "adb reboot bootloader". (Infocus M530)

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I have an Old Infocus M530 (Mediatek 6595) running on Android 4.4.2 (KK) (Which i believe is made by Foxconn), I've been trying to make some Custom Recoveries for this device for quite some time and i always end up leaving it because of this problem that I've been having for about a year now. This device just doesn't reboot into bootloader/fastboot.
I tried "adb reboot bootloader" and adb gives "reboot failed: -1", tried "adb reboot fastboot" then the device just reboots normally back to system.
Also this device uses a program called "SUTL" to flash it's stock firmware which i have used numerous times since I've bricked it by removing several apps via root. (I gained root via Kingoroot). The firmware image(archive) also can't be extracted via 7Zip or similiar programs because it probably have some modified or custom header.
Tho this device works fine i can't seem to get the bootloader unlocked on it. I can't even pull images of partitions via adb shell it gives me "Permission denied" error.
So all i wanted to know at the moment is how can i unlock it's bootloader so i can pull some system images. Thanks.


texts: How can I customize the list of services that pops up when I choose to "share" something in an app?

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Many apps give you the option to "Share" whatever it is you are looking at (or watching or listening to).  This usually manifests in the form of a popup list of services that include: Gmail, Facebook, Twitter...)  The list seems to be the same from app to app.  How can I change what services are listed on this popup screen?  Is there any way to change, add, remove, append this list?

I'm running Android 2.2 on a Moto Droid 1.


texts: Google settings account information showing error

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I am using Jio LYF LS4503 Mobile. It is re unrooted via kingroot App. Now the problem is that in Google settings Account information showing error. It is loading after a few seconds it shows error like screenshot.

I am using Jio 4G network. It works fine and i also tried using wifi but every time error appears.
What should i do to fix that?


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I am trying to get hourly precipitation probability from forecast.io 's api.  I am very beginner with tasker, without any idea of JSON.
So as given in the first profile of the blog http://blog.artesea.co.uk/2014/06/one-line-weather-summary.html,  I have changed the info.minutely.summery to precipProbability.hourly.data,  which is not working.

Kindly help.


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As you may know, you have to backup the TA-partition before you put a custom ROM on the Sony Xperia Z1. I've backupped the partition with this .bat file:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292598&highlight=ta

I've rooted my Z1 succesfully and flashed a custom ROM on it (PACMAN-ROM).
Right after that I've tried to restore the TA-partition with that same program (.bat file), because the camera didn't work well (the camera wouldn't focus and the flash wasn't working).

Everything went well untill the program asked me to reboot the device.
It shutted down and did not boot again.

I've tried to put a boot image (adv-stock-v3.img) on it again with CMD (sdk, platform-tools, ya know) while the Z1 is in fastboot-modus.

But I keep getting the "FAILED "-error.

C:\Users\Teake\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86-20130917\sdk\platform-tools>fastbo
ot flash boot adv-stock-v3.img
sending 'boot' (13254 KB)...
OKAY [  0.454s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED
finished. total time: 0.458s

How can I get my boot image working again on my Z1?


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how to root Samsung Galaxy XCover 3?

I tried one-click-root-apps as KingoRoot and OneClickRoot but it does not work for me.

I have Android 5.1.1 installed and I can connect to phone from Windows 7 or Ubuntu 14.04.

Is somewhere a guide to do it (I don't want to destroy my phone) or could you tell me how?

Thank you


texts: ADB- Cannot get the Path variable to work for ADB

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I am unable to execute ADB from CMD after adding it to the Path Variable. I am able to launch it from the folder when I open a Command Prompt there. But I am unable to launch ADB straight from CMD without first navigating to it.

My Path Variable:

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Program Files\Broadcom\Broadcom 802.11 Network Adapter\Driver;;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;%systemroot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Windows Performance Toolkit\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\;C:\Program Files (x86)\GtkSharp\2.12\bin; E:\Programs\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

My SDK path is at the end. How am I able to correct this so that I can launch ADB without first navigating to its folder.

Edit: The program is only my portable hard drive if this helps at all at diagnosing the problem.


texts: How to mute notification sounds during a call on Samsung Galaxy 6 Edge?

texts: While on a call, if I receive a text message, the notification sound for text message plays during the call. How do I mute the notification sounds for text messages while I'm on a phone call? My device is Samsung Galaxy 6 Edge.


texts: How to port forward UDP in local area network over wifi sharing/tether

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This is an offline situation.
The phone is already capable of tethering without an internet connection
I'm trying to setup a multiplayer game using an android phone as the router. It requires port forwarding with UDP.
How can this be accomplished?


texts: Always seeing "No connection: Retry" in Android Market

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I have an HTC Touch with Froyo installed that I use for app development. I haven't used it for a couple of months, and when I fired it up today I'm seeing the same error every time I launch the Market app: No connection and a Retry button. It doesn't matter how many times I hit Retry, I just end up back in the same place. The phone definitely has a solid Wi-Fi connection though and all other online apps (browser, Twitter, etc.) are working well.

I've tried force stopping the Market and restarting, clearing its data and uninstalling updates, all to no avail. What can be causing this error?


texts: How can I stop Friendcaster automatically attempting to upload every picture taken on my Samsung Galaxy S2 running Ice Cream Sandwich

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Every time I take a photo on my Samsung Galaxy S2 it then prompts me to Save or Delete the photo, and then a Friendcaster prompt asks me to give the photo a name to upload it to Facebook. While this could be useful in some situations, I do not want every photo I take to upload, and the only way I can seem to get out of uploading the photo is by closing the Take Photo app. This is obviously a little frustrating when trying to take multiple pictures.
I cannot seem to find any setting within the Take Photo app or within Friendcaster to prevent this. I currently back up all of my photos to Picasa where by default the photos are marked as private.


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On iPhone, in contacts, you can tap Groups, Global Address List, and then search the GAL for a contact.

I cannot find a way a way to do this on Android.

Is there a way of searching the GAL of a connected Exchange account?


texts: Replacing the flash chip on a Galaxy Nexus

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A little background

I have two Galaxy Nexus phones: one reported lost(was lost) 32GB and a current 16GB version.

Current Issue

I'm trying to put the 32GB flash chip into the current phone. Which means moving the SIM tray/flash card from the old phone to the new one. Shouldn't be too hard, just replace the circuit board and use the correct SIM card.

When I turn the phone on however, it says there is 0-1 bars of unusable signal(no data). I use the old tray and it works perfectly. Is there some chip in this board I don't know about?


texts: When my Google account is deactivated/expires, will my phone delete/lock my apps?

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Short version: I'm afraid my Android (HTC One M8) will freak out and delete/lock all the apps connected to my soon-to-be-deactivated Google account.

Long version: So my college email ("Account 1") is being deactivated next week (yay graduation!), and I want to make sure I'm taking all the right steps to save all my data (emails, Chrome stuff, Maps, apps, etc.). I created a new Gmail account ("Account 2") to transfer everything into. I've browsed the forums, and everyone says it's impossible to transfer Google Play Store data between accounts. However, I didn't find any discussions about what happens if my downloaded/purchased apps are connected to a DEACTIVATED account.

Most of the discussions I found talked about having multiple accounts on the same phone, and how Account 2 can still use apps downloaded/purchased by (still-active) Account 1 on the same phone. No problemo. However, I don't have this luxury, because my Account 1 will cease to exist next week.

My question is this: If I change my phone's primary account to Account 2 without removing Account 1, but then Account 1 ceases to exist in one week, will my phone freak out and automatically delete and/or lock all the apps that were purchased/downloaded by Account 1? Can I keep updating those apps after the expiration? And will it make any difference if I disable all of Account 1's syncing so that my phone "can't tell" that the account got deactivated?

Thanks for all your help!!


texts: Can't unlock bootloader for Lenovo a1000

texts: I have Lenovo a1000 which I need to flash.BIOS  isn't opening such that I could try wipe and reset,not even factory reset in settings is working....so I was left with none other option than flashing....but when I connect it to PC,instead of getting into flash mode,its charging...I guess my bootloader is probably locked....please suggest what's the problem and also ways tp tackle it.When I connect errors like code10,code 51,code 49.....etc. was shown individually....I thought the problem was in my PC but same problem occured in others too.


texts: What happens when an APK is installed on SD card?

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Say we want to install an APK named x.apk to an Android phone.

By default, at least two things will happen:

1. Copy x.apk to /data/app;

2. Create a package folder under /data/data as the private storage space;

However, if x.apk is to be installed on SD card,

What are the folders corresponding to /data/app and /data/data on SD card?


texts: Where are the developer options in Android 4.2?

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I wanted to access the developer options to enable adb access on Android 4.2 but cannot find it.

How can I enable that?

Once I've activated the menu, how can I hide it again?


texts: Can I navigate to a specific URL in Samsung Internet Browser instead of doing a Google search?

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Using Samsung Internet 11.1.2.2 on Android 8.1.0.
Whenever I type an URL in the top bar, it performs a Google search with that parameter. The worst thing is that in some cases, the target URL is not in the list of the search results. Thus, I cannot go to the intended URL.
Is there any solution for this, so I can visit the target URL in Samsung Internet Browser?


texts: Samsung galaxy a7 2018 hangs after update android 10

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Recently I updated my device from android 9(one UI 1)to android 10(one UI 2)
After updating to android 10 it freezes again and again,not the whole phone freeze, only display hangs but background working properly, when i push power button and lock device, and after unlock by power button it works normal, but after sometime it freezes again. I repeat this task again for unfreezing.
I checked device logs for hangs reason, where I found
EGLNativeWindowType 0x79466cd890 disconnect failed

It looks like openGL problem, is some driver corrupt or missing in new update,
Samsung block downgrade from bootloader,So I have no choice,
Note:*I updated with latest ota update,there is no new update from Samsung,
*Device was working well with android 9 one ui1(means there is no hardware fault)

Model: samsung sma750f


texts: Maintaing a list of "must install" apps for new Android phones

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Is there a option to maintain a list of must have apps which would always install on my phone when I loggin with that accounts email.
For example when you factory reset a phone or by a new one, it is really time consuming to remember and install all the needed apps by hand. How can I just say "hey phone, install this list of apps for me please".
edit : this apps need to be installed from google play not sd card


texts: Can I connect to a shell from a PC to my Android using bluetooth or USB?

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I want to run some commands on my rooted android phone. It is not very practical to interact with a shell using the touch screen, therefore I wanted to run a daemon on it and connect to it from a PC. I can't use the wifi connection for that because it is not working properly. I figured that it should be possible to do it via bluetooth or USB, but I could not find information on how to do it.

Is there any ready-to-use solution?


texts: Google Keep, lost notes during upgrade because notes not saved in the cloud, Android backup in Google Drive available?

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I would like to know what happened to the option to keep Google Keep notes to Google Drive. I can remember seeing this option on a version of Google Keep on my previous phone that was reset (Android 6), but can't see the option on my new phone (Android 7).

I would like to know what happened to the option, and, since I lost my notes since the app was not working properly, I would like to see where I can find the backup in Google Drive. Anyone know where I can find it?


texts: How can I boost the mic level of my Bluetooth headset?

texts: When I make calls with my Bluetooth headset, often the person on the other end of the line complains that I am too quiet and it's difficult to hear me. How can I boost the level of my Bluetooth headset so I sound louder to others? (I looked at droid x bluetooth volume too low but that is the opposite of what I want: I don't want the headset's output louder, I want the input from the headset louder.)


texts:
I've downloaded an android application, then the application asked about this permission:

I've searched for it but there isn't any efficient answer. Does it mean that the application is able to send all of my files through the Internet?


texts: android 4.2.2 bluetooth NOT pairing problem (galaxy s4 i9505)

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i have an Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE (i9505) with stock rom + root (4.2.2 ME2 build).

i have issues from time to time with Bluetooth pairing. It stopped working a few months ago, then started working again by itself, then last month stopped working again.

When is not working , i have this issue when i try to pair a new device (the problem is with devices that have PIN code, the one without, pairs successfully) : it shows the 'Enter PIN' dialog, but when i finish it doesn't start pairing, it does nothing.

I attach a video to understand the problem, also a Verbose Logcat (logged when this issue happens)

It would be great if somebody finds the problem in the log, because if i can fix it without restoring/changing ROM would be great!


texts: Switch between normal and split-screen (vr mode)

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I have a virtual reality (VR) headset:

How can I change the mode of the phone so that I can use the phone and all the normal phone apps while wearing the VR headset?

In other words I need to switch the phone display between splil-screen (oculus mode) and normal mode. In other words, like for 3D, the display should be split into 2 smaller screens (but identical).

Related info for those who are interested:

It seems that there are a few apps available for watching normal videos in VR mode:

Any Youtube video on your device can be switched to VR mode.
Convert normal videos to VR mode by using HMD-Video-Converter.
Play normal videos on the VR headset using:

VR Cinema for Cardboard
CINEVEO - VR Cinema
Side-By-Side Video Player
MO3D for Cardboard VR Cinema (paid)


texts: Why does selecting the second use on the lock screen crashes OS?

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Running 4.2 on a new Nexus 7 with two users setup with individual google profiles. Both have basic setups (a few apps, sign in patterns, no widgets running).

Both profiles having been running fine for a few days, then after a restart (the first time since setting up multiple profiles) every time I select the second profile it crashes and restarts.

Notes:

I can log in fully with the first user
I have uninstalled the clock widget (after reading some google posts about it)
The second the second user profile image is tapped, the system stops, the pattern doesn't appear, I can't move back to the first user, etc


texts: How can I factory reset a European Huawei phone in China without access to Google?

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Well, as you can see in the title......I am having a hard time in China. :)
My phone is from Spain and I had to factory reset it (it got soft-bricked...just on its own. Weirdest thing ever). It is a Huawei P8 Lite 2017 with literally no support. Whatever is on the internet (PC suite) can't be used because it says it is not a supported phone.

Is there a way to continue the factory reset without the Google service? It is blocked here.

This is the screen where I am stuck atm:


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i have galaxy note 2(GT-N7100) with  Android 4.4.2(updated)
S note program is good for taking notes
but when I remove the S Pen this program is not running
also I can not find program in Menu
i go to application   manager but see that program is disabled and can't run it again

how can i re-enable it


texts: while hide the soft keyboard it leave's white space in the screen

texts: I am using bing map, in which when I  hide  the soft keyboard it leave's the white space in the Screen.This problem only occurs in Sony Xperia J handset


texts: compass in Google Maps stopped working (Xperia V CM 12.1)

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In the Google Maps app the compass of my Xperia V (model identifier: LT25i | codename: Tsubasa) doesn't work properly anymore (only 180 degree flips).

To be more precise the compass already stopped working in Google Maps a while ago when I still was on CyanogenMod 11 M12. At the beginning everything was fine then it suddenly stopped working (I assume due to some update of the Google Maps app... unfortunately I can't tell any exact version number).

I hoped it would work again after updating to Android Lollipop (custom ROM based on CyanogenMod 12.1) but it didn't (even after a complete wipe and reinstalling).

I guess the problem is not due to a hardware failure because I tested it with two different Xperia V phones and the problem occurs with both of them.

In other apps the compass works as it should (OsmAnd, GPS Status & Toolbox) but in Google Maps it only makes 180 degree flips which makes orientation very difficult. I've found a lot of similar complaints on the net regarding other phone models (as early as 2011) like this one but couldn't find any useful information regarding my case.

Does anyone experience the same problem? And more importantly, does anyone know a workaround or something?


texts: How to stop speech recognition download?

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http://postimg.org/image/qyxwjj2f1/

Here is a picture of the screen.
It says Downloading English (US) Offline speech recognition data 108%.

When the download started itself I lost the internet connection so it never succesfully downloaded. Now even after I restart I still get "Downloading..." in the status bar but nothing happens (even when connected to the internet).

I just want to clear the status bar of this stuck download.


texts: What does the "VimTouch Full Runtime" do?

texts: I just installed VimTouch; it works as well as you expect a text editor to work on a phone. What is the point of the separate "VimTouch Full Runtime" app?


texts: Getting "Authentication is required" when trying to access the Play Store

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Over the past week, whenever I try  to open the Play Store/Market app on my phone, the app thinks for a while and then displays this error message:

  Authentication is required. You need to sign into your Google Account.

But I am indeed signed into my Google account, as seen in other Google applications running on the phone, and as seen if I open the menu in the Market app and click the "Accounts" button.

I suspect this might be related to the fact that over the past few months I've had two different Google accounts synced to this device, and I have recently removed one of them from the phone. No other Google application has had any problems with removing one account.

Does anyone know how I can solve this issue? I can still install applications by using the market website (now "Google Play"), but this is still a big inconvenience. I also think I stopped getting updates.


texts: I am coming to Android from Windows Phone and trying to replicate my old experience, which included showing my next appointment on the home screen. I understand there are things called widgets that can do this. My problem is that every widget I've tried shows my "Google Calendar" (which seems to consist in its entirety of public holidays) rather than the events in my Outlook calendar. I've installed Outlook on the phone and if I click the Calendar icon at the bottom, I see the events. But how do I get those to show up in the widgets?


texts: How to always resolve a domain name to a fixed IP without rooting?

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The financial website https://wex1.in got it’s domain name deleted but it’s still possible to reach it by adding 104.25.31.35 wex1.in to etc/hosts files on a ᴘᴄ.

So how to access the website without editing /etc/hosts?


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After figuring out how to flash the official Cyanogenmod 11 to my GS3 I thought it was time to pick up a new project, the unofficial 12.

So for some reason I can't flash the unofficial Cyanogenmod 12.1 on my Galaxy S3.

I'm following these install instructions, along with the ones from the CM website because I'm still a bit new.

I flashed the TWRP recovery just fine, I've never used it before, and then pushed the zip to the phone and tried to install. But I get this error:

Updating partition details...
...done
Full SELinux support is present.
Running boot script...

Finished running boot script.
MTP Enabled
Installing '/sdcard/cm-12.1-20150516-UNOFFICIAL-temasek-i9300-V11.5.zip'...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found
This package is for device: m0, i9300, GT-I9300; this device is d2tmo.
E: Error executing updater binary in zip '/sdcard/cm-12.1-20150516-UNOFFICIAL-temasek-i9300-V11.5.zip'
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/cm-12.1-20150516-UNOFFICIAL-temasek-i9300-V11.5.zip'
Updating partition details...
...done

Now I realize that it tells me the issue is that the build is made for i9300 and not d2tmo.
I have the T-Mobile one. Is there a version for this phone?
Or have a just made a huge mistake and misunderstood what the issue is?


texts: How to search for a specific email in a long thread in GMail for Android?

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My inbox is full of long conversations (threads), each of them often having 50 or more emails. I find that the search function in the GMail app on Android is virtually useless with an inbox like this. Is there something I'm missing?

A bit more context: on the desktop web UI, searching for a specific phrase yields results that are conversations. Clicking on one of these opens up that conversation, expanding only the emails that match, as well as highlighting the matching parts. This is good.

On GMail for Android, the same search query yields the same results, and tapping on one of them opens that conversation, however, only the latest email in the thread is ever expanded. There's no indication which emails in the long thread actually contain matches. I need to expand each one in turn and read them myself to look for matches, which is of course ridiculous.

Note that refining my search won't help, here. The correct conversations are found, but that's not granular enough. I need the precise emails that match.

So again: what am I missing, if anything? Is the GMail app for Android capable of actually giving me precisely relevant results?


texts: Is there a way to use bit.ly account when shortening links in Twitter app?

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I have a bit.ly account, and I want to be able to track my shortened links. However, using the Twitter, it allows me to choose what shortening I use, but I can't seem to find an option to have any shortened links linked to my bit.ly account.

I know that my twitpic account is used to upload pictures (and I've set twitpic as the default), but I want to know if there is a way to do this with bit.ly


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I want to have Auto Sync on my android always enabled, but I want it to only work while on wifi. I don't want to enable/disable it everytime I am going from wifi to mobile data. So is there a way to configure it to only be executed while on wifi?

To clarify. I have restricted some apps from background data usage while on mobile networks. But what I want is accounts auto sync to be restricted.

Is there a built in way to do this without using any third party apps?


texts: How to disable third-party apps without uninstall?

texts: Is there a way to temporarily disable apps I downloaded from the Google play store without having to uninstall them?