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I have a freedom pop HTC EVO LTE (Jewel), and I have erased the image and no OS is installed.  I have TWRP installed and I can boot to recovery, but I am unable to flash any ROMS.  I have tried MeanBean, but the kernel install is not working and errors out.  How can I get the Kernel and or a new ROM installed so the phone will boot?

TAMPERED
UNLOCKED
S-ON
HBOOT-2.1.0000


texts: Two phones appearing on android device manager

texts: I lost my phone last month and was desperately looking for ways to track it. I never installed any apps to track it and so I got online to see if there were other options and found 'Android Device Manager'. After the remote download, I tried locating it, but then the internet was turned off and a few days later with no success, I decided to go for the factory reset. I was talking with a friend today and he told me that, he got a call from someone saying I had given that person his number, so I decided to get on ADM to see if I could maybe track it this time or check what was going on. To my surprise, I now see two phones listed under my account. I have not bought a new phone yet. I am just wondering why does it show another phone under my account.


texts: How to open SD cards as a drive in Windows 7?

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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini with CyanogenMod 10 and I would like to connect its SD cards (internal and external) to my Windows 7 x64 machine as a harddisk drives via USB cable.

Now when I connect S4 to PC it shows as portable device, but a lot of applications cannot work with that (i.e. Total Commander synchronize dirs).

I tried uninstalling the devices drive from Device Manager, (I also checked "
"delete the driver") but it always uninstalls and again reinstalls the same version of the driver.


texts: How to get Android Pie style recent apps on Android 5?

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I'm back with another question. Let's make it simple. I want to have the horizontal style recent apps view ie Android 9+ style recent apps view in my rooted Android 5.1 phone. I have searched both on Google and YouTube but no solutions found. Any answers to this?
I am looking forward to the community's answers.
Edit:
After a comment from William, I am adding the picture of what I mean.
Recent apps preview:
How I have it now:

How I want to have it:

I hope this helps to further understand my question.


texts: How to create shortcuts to a certain subset of files

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I have a large collection of books on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, organized by topic in many nested folders. I have a certain subset of them (coming from multiple folders) that I expect to refer to frequently, let's call them the "popular" books for convenience.

I'd like to have a single icon I can press on my home screen that will, one way or another, bring up the list of popular books, from where I can select a book to open.

I want to preserve the organization of the folders, so creating a separate folder containing the popular books is not an option.
I want to save space, so I don't want to make copies of every popular book and put all the copies in a separate folder.

Given these constraints, there are two approaches I can think of to do what I want.

First way:

Get an app "A" that can create shortcuts to individual files, and puts the shortcuts on the home screen.
Get an app "B" that can take arbitrary items on the home screen, and bundle them together into a single folder on the home screen.
Use A to create shortcuts to all the popular books on the home screen, then use B to bundle them together. Clicking the icon created by B should bring up a list of the popular books that I can then select from.

Second way:

Get an app "C" that can create shortcuts to individual files and put them in the file system, like (for example) Windows can - in Windows Explorer, I can right click on any file and choose "Create Shortcut", and the shortcut appears right there next to the file, not on the desktop.
Get an app "D" that can create shortcuts to folders in the file system, and puts the shortcuts on the homescreen.
Use C to create shortcuts to all the popular books in the file system, move them all to a single folder in the file system, then use D to create a shortcut to that folder on the home screen. Clicking the shortcut created by D should open the folder, which contains links to the popular books (this, presumably, does not have the same space issues as having two copies of every popular book).

So, here are my questions:

Are there any other approaches you can think of to doing this?
Do you have any recommendations for apps that would fill the role of B or C? I currently have Linda Manager, and it is only able to do A and D, as far as I can tell. For B, I have looked at Folder Manager, whose purpose is to create folders of apps on the home screen, but (as far as I can tell) it can't see the home screen shortcuts that Linda Manager creates to individual files.
Are there any issues with either approach I proposed above that might prevent them from working? For example, are shortcuts "in the file system" even possible in Android?

Many thanks for your help.


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In this tutorial is the method I am currently following to unlock the bootloader.

Just before Step Four there is a paragraph that says:

"The Command Prompt will spit out a token in the form of a very long string of characters. Select it, copy it, and paste it into the applicable box on your manufacturer’s website–make sure there are no spaces!–and submit the form...."

This is the stage I reached. I cannot however find that "applicable box" after numerous searches! Could someone help me find it? Or suggest a better way altogether to unlock the bootloader?


texts: Android phone water damage or changed setting?

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TL;DR: Recently I dropped my phone into water and ever since then I've been having 2 problems. The display has some darker spots, but they are clearing out so I don't even pay attention to them and the microphone volume is extremely low. You can barely hear what I scream to the phone. I've been looking for ways to increase or boost my microphone volume but I haven't found anything. I've tried the "secret" dial pad codes, of which none worked - the code is deleted from the dial pad and nothing shows up and some applications that let you increase your voice volume - the volume was set to 5 by default and did not change at all. The phone model is Huawei Ascend Y511.

My question is: is there a way to increase the volume back at it's normal or should I orient at buying a new one?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Cannot unlock tablet as have no internet connection?

I have had a very unfortunate accident with my Samsung Galaxy S2 and the screen has suffered a complete shatter (top to bottom! - was closed in a car door)

I have downloaded and am running Droid@Screen to make sure the phone itself isn't damaged and can see that the screen is sat on the pattern lock screen. Is there a way I can simulate a touchscreen input from the PC?

I just need to unlock the screen then can use Kies Air to remove all of my pics and videos and important files.

Any help would be appreciated, I really need to get these files off :(


texts: Open Chrome URL home screen shortcut in incognito mode

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I have a shortcut to a Google Form on my home screen. For a couple of reasons I would like for it to open in incognito mode (to prevent the option of editing the form, and so that once the Chrome app is closed the tab will not still be there the next time I open Chrome), however there doesn't seem to be a straightforward way to achieve this.
I do also have Tasker but I'm completely unfamiliar with it's capabilities, so if it can help in any way that's fine.


texts: For custom scripts at boot, we have init.d. I want to know if there's a possibility of executing a custom script when shutting down, something similar to init.d or by using an APK?


texts: Galaxy Note3 is not recognized by Odin ("SeAndroid not enforcing: set Kernel")

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My Galaxy Note3 is not recognized by Odin because its stuck in recovery with SeAndroid not enforcing: set Kernel. When I reboot into TWRP recovery, it's recognized by the computer but still fails to acknowledge on Odin.

Device: SM-N9005T Samsung Galaxy Note3.
Odin Downloader: 3.10 (I also have version 3.07)
Computer: desktop running Windows 7 Ultimate


texts: Getting message "Unknown id: netcfg" while setting up usb0 interface for reverse tethering

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I am trying to setup reverse tethering between Sony Xperia 4.0.4(rooted) and Linux 12.04. I'm following steps from Matthew Read's answer on this post, How to set up reverse tethering over USB?

All steps work but when I execute "su netcfg usb0 dhcp" in root shell of phone then I get message "Unknown id: netcfg".

  130|root@android:/ # su netcfg usb0 dhcp
  Unknown id: netcfg

I'm not sure what this message means and how to fix it. I could not find anything related in Google search. Can anyone please guide me about it.


texts: How to reach local computer via machine name instead of IP?

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Developer here prototyping a mobile app, somewhat new to mobile:

I have a simple HTTP service running (currently) on my main laptop with machine name latitude.
Another laptop named vaio sharing the same WiFi network can access that service via http://latitude:8080 -- in other words, it can easily resolve the (current) IP 192.168.x.y (or whatever dynamic IP it has at that moment) of latitude somehow.
Now my HTC Android phones, connected to the same WiFi network, can reach the IP address of latitude so opening in its browser http://192.168.x.y:8080 works.
But I'd like to use the machine name here, too, like when I access the HTTP service from vaio, simply by typing http://latitude:8080 and have the phone resolve the current dynamic IP of latitude. This doesn't work, only get the standard browser error page: "Webpage not available".

Is there some DNS setting in Android I need to tweak? Haven't found anything from playing around with Settings, and a question like this is notoriously hard to google, too...

The One V has Android 4.0, and the One M7 has Android 4.2 in case that makes a difference.

(Note, this should work even when the Android is not USB-connected to my computers and is not acting as a WiFi Hotspot -- obviously, since it's consuming my main WiFi network anyway).


texts: Can I manually download my wifi settings to my Android device from my Google account?

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I just purchased my fourth ever Android device - An HSPA+ Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone.

When I purchased my second and third devices (Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and an Asus Transformer Pad TF300T), I found that after I logged into my Google account during my device setup, my devices downloaded all my known wifi hotspots and the network passwords to them, and could immediately connect to any private wifi network that had been saved on my first Android device (An HTC Nexus One).

However, for some reason, this didn't happen on my Galaxy Nexus when I set it up. In fact, when I set up my Transformer Pad, not only did it download my wifi settings, but it also automatically downloaded the apps I had installed on my other devices. My new Galaxy Nexus didn't do that either. I know I checked the box to 'restore backup from Google account' when I set up the device. I did have some trouble logging in at first, so maybe that's the reason?

I'd really like to get my wifi network settings downloaded to this device. I have dozens of hotspots from friend's houses, client's offices, etc, that I don't want to have to re-enter the information for. Is there some way to manually restore this information to my Galaxy Nexus since it wasn't restored during my initial setup? I tried removing my Google account from the device and re-adding it, but that didn't work. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.


texts: How can I install apps onto my 2nd partition of my SD Card?

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I created a 2nd partition on my SD card. It has the FAT32 file system. Then I used Link2SD to create the mount scripts. In the settings, I changed the default install location to External. The below summary gives an overview of my storage capacity.

However, when I try to install an app from the Play store, I receive an Insufficient storage error message, despite having 94% free space on my 2nd partition.

How can I install apps directly onto my 2nd partition?

Internal /data (10% Free)
SD Card /mnt/sdcard (72% Free)
SD Card 2nd Part. /data/sdext2 (94% Free)
System /system (15% Free)
Cache /cache (97% Free)


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I have a Samsung S3 GT-i9300 which has an error on booting up. It goes through the Samsung splash screen then displays the following:

Device Memory Damaged
The data partition has been corrupted. You need to reset your device to factory defaults. This will erase all your
data.

I really don't want to delete the data and am looking to recover the media from the device. I'm not bothered about getting the phone working again really.
I can boot into download (ODIN) mode, but this doesnt really assist (or does it?). I can also boot into recovery mode but I get the following errors also:
E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)
can't mount '/data'(Invalid argument)
E:failed to mount /data (Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /data/log/recovery_log.txt

The device shows in Nautilus on my Ubuntu system but fails to mount. I can select the option to 'Apply update from ADB' and running adb devices shows as:
$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached
4df74280146d3071    sideload

Is this of any use to me? Is there a way I can get into the storage to salvage what's there. Can I load a custom rom without deleting everything, or if I do delete everything is there a way to recover the deleted files?


texts: Audible difference in bluetooth A2DP sound quality - how change A2DP settings?

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After moving from Symbian to Android, I noticed an audible* drop in audio quality when listening to music via bluetooth (A2DP). I woudn't say the quality is poor, but bad enough for me to investigate the issue. While it probably is audible all the time in some way, it's not easy to pinpoint - I can only notice the difference in some music passages. Unfortunately it's usually most audible in the passages with most impact, where it also bothers the most.

As audio quality issues are notoriously subjective, I did wonder whether I'm just imagining the effect or not. Turns out, I'm not - I haven't done any blind testing or anything, but comparing the same file A2DP streamed from my computer to the one streamed from Android (and for control doing the same comparison with wire-plugged headphones) it's easy to spot the difference.

Doing a bit of research into the issue, it seems A2DP can be used to stream audio into bluetooth receiver with multiple different codecs and setting. As far as I've understood the discussions related to this, it looks like this could be either caused because Android is using SBC codec instead of MP3 or because it fails to use high enough bitpool setting. There seem to be multiple reports of this problem around the net.

So my question is: How do I fix the sound quality?

Is it possible to change A2DP settings to get bluetooth audio quality matching that of Symbian and my laptop?

My Android device is GT-S5570 running 2.2.1.

* - I don't consider myself an audiophile, and I don't spend money of pro audio gear. This isn't something that's hearable only in perfect conditions at a sound analysis studio - I hear it using the cheapest stereo bluetooth headset I could find (BH-505 at 50€).


texts: Disable Briefing Notifications on Galaxy S8

texts:
It seems once or twice a day, I get some Briefing notifications on my Galaxy S8. The icon for these notifications appears similar to Flipboard, though I don't have Flipboard installed as a standalone application.

I believe these notifications may instead be coming from Bixby, which appears to use Flipboard for its news feed. Right now, I'm really not interested in using Bixby or its Briefings. I have the Bixby Home Screen turned off, and would probably even disable its dedicated hardware button if I could do it without rooting.

However, I can't find any options to disable notifications from Bixby nor any options related to turning off Flipboard/Briefing alerts. Is there something I'm missing?


texts: Gmail notification sound only for new mail

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I am using the Google Gmail app, which I've configured to play a notification sound for new mail.

However, it actually plays the notification sound when there is any change at all to the account while I use it on the computer -- reading messages, deleting messages, etc -- in addition to when new mail actually arrives.

It's driving me crazy! How can I configure this so it only makes a sound when a new message arrives in my inbox?


texts:
Does Android support Connection oriented Channel for L2CAP in BLE?
What about in Android M ?

Thanks !


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So, say I have a folder on my home screen. In it I have a bunch of shortcuts. If I click one of those shortcuts it runs the program. Now when I come back to the home screen the folder is still sitting there open. Most of the time I want to go to something else on the home screen when coming back to it, not something in that folder. To that end is it possible to make it so that upon clicking a shortcut in a folder, after launching the app (or before, doesn't really matter) it would also close the folder, so that when I come back to the home screen I am actually AT the home screen without needing to manually close the folder?

Running rooted, but otherwise stock Galaxy S Captivate.


texts: How to switch from camera mode to media device?

texts:
Device: Samsung Galaxy S4
Android: 4.4.2 (KitKat)

I can't switch from camera mode to media device when plugging the phone to my computer. How do I do this?


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Device Pre-installed Apps(Camera, Calendar, file manager etc. ) have options for 'Force Stop' and 'Enable/Disable' app. And, for User installed apps(from PlayStore etc.) have only options 'Force Stop' and 'Uninstall'.

I have set some applications to start from boot. Mostly, user apps are set to start, while  I touch them only. But, some user apps start automatically, and consumes RAM. I will Force Stop/remove those apps from RAM. But, it starts again after few hours.

Is there any method to disable such apps rather than uninstalling those apps.

Device : Xiaomi Redmi 1S - Lineage OS 14.1(rooted)


texts: Is there a way to enable the "reduce blur" VR mode outside of VR?

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I haven't been able to find out anything about this setting outside of vr.

It's fine if this method requires root. Ideally this would be enabled by my app, though it's fine if I can enable it globally too.


texts: Webpage objects extend beyond visibility

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Usually, when I see mobile webpage issues, I chalk it up to the site's developer not making the page universally mobile-friendly. Sometimes it's videos that extend beyond the bounds of the screen and I'm unable to zoom out, sometimes it's text.

However, I came across this page which is Google's own page. Why is it that on Google's Nexus 6P (with Google's Android) using Google's Chrome browser, the page ends up looking like this:

I can't even watch that video correcty, let alone pause it, without blowing it up to full screen.

If Google can't even keep issues like this from cropping up, part of be thinks it must be pretty difficult from a development standpoint. I don't know if there is any user-end methods to avoid this, so I guess my question is: Is there some way I can force Chrome to always display objects like this in a usable fashion?

Note: I have force zoom enabled, but unfortunately that only guarantees the ability to zoom in and doesn't allow the option to zoom out far enough to enclose all content on the pages I'm referencing.


texts: Unlock Moto E OEM Bootloader without the Passcode from Motorola

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I need to unlock my Moto E phone(2nd Gen). To do this, I want to unlock the bootloader first. I got the 'get_unlock_data' and sent it to Motorola, But I did not get the passcode from them :(

Could someone tell me how to unlock the bootloader without the passcode?

Thank You

(I'm ready to take the risks - could be blown away!)


texts: i have downloaded an unofficial build of resurrection remix 7.0.1 for my phone,and i just cant use my USB as file transfer (also tried a mouse,but it just had power no data),i have tried everything from google but nothing worked,( USB debugging is set up correctly before asking)and my pc doesn't even recognize my phone,doesn't even show up.i have root BTW


texts: How can I stop being redirected to the App Store/Google Store by dodgy ad-scripts?

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There are a load of sites that do this now, and it's really annoying:

I visit a content site on my Android device.
10-15 seconds after loading starts the site hangs for a few seconds.
Google play store loads with a garbage app (usually some awful FTP or useless battery app) pre-selected.

This appears to be because a dodgy ad-script (i.e. Javascript running in the web page) is somehow able to redirect my device to open a link to an application in the store without me selecting it directly.

I consider it to be a critical security fail that Android lets this happen, but then Iphones do the exact same thing (but hang for much longer opening the app store).

This isn't me accidentally clicking on anything - the site loads, then the play-store redirect fires, every time.

Is there any way to stop this? Any option I can set in the store or browser to stop this incredibly annoying behaviour?

I'm on a Nexus 7, but I've seen this on lots of other Android devices.


texts: USB driver for Verizon's Samsung Galaxy S4 SCH-I545VRUFNK1

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I have a verizon S4 with which I plan to do some android development. Samsung's download website doesn't have a usb driver for the above mentioned model number.
I installed SCH-I545ZKAVZW's usb driver because it is for 16gb black mist devices, but android studio doesn't pickup my device.


texts: Decryption process was interrupted and "Device memory damaged" message is shown.

texts:
-Phone model: Samsung Galaxy Note 4

-Rooted.

-USB debuging was active before the problem.

-TWRP is installed. version 3.0.2-0.

-rom is stock android forgot the version.

-I know the encryption key.

It has been a week that Im trying to recover and couldnt do yet.

Here is the summary of the story.

Problem:

I encrypted the phone and due to the lack of performance wanted to take the encryption off (decrypt it). For some reason decryption didnt end even after 15 hours. It was obvious that there was a problem. it was stack on the samsung logo. So I decided to reboot it.
It said "Device memory damaged.The data partition has been corrupted. You need to reset your device to factory defaults. "

when I open in recovery mode via TWRP it says
Failed to mount '/data' (invalid argument)
Unable to recreate /data/media folder.
Unable to mount /data/media/TWRP/.twrps

When I tried to wipe only system data it also gives the same error.

What I have found so far?

Most of the methods includes wiping before getting backup. However I know the encryption key and I want to recover my files.
Some of the topics also says there is no way to recover this data, but until this day whenever someone said its not recoverable I always found a way to recover. This is linux and I believe there should be a way to recover this data since I have a encryption key. It shouldnt be that hard. My files are inside internal memory.

What I have tried?

I tried to follow this topic on xdadev. To do this I installed ubuntu on virtual machine. After some processes I managed to get a backup of /userdata directory which was located at /mmcblk0p27. However it cant be mounted and it cannot be repaired with e2fsck -f -y command.

So I'm stacked. I dont know how to recover this data. Any ideas?


texts: How to swap an encrypted SD card without losing data?

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I have a Fairphone 2 running their OpenOS.  It is Google-free and rooted.  I have a 128GB SD card installed, added to the 32GB that comes with the phone.

I suspect that my SD card might be failing.  I would like to test this by switching to a new card.  I do have a 64GB card I can use, and I do have enough free space that it'll all fit.

The question is, how?  I use both TWRP and Titanium Backup, but neither of them backs up the majority of my data.  They basically just do apps.

I can rsync from the phone to a computer, but it's far from clear how I would restore.  I guess I'd end up having to piece things back together one directory at a time.

I really want something that will backup and restore the entire phone.  Is there any way to do this cleanly?

Alternatively, is there any way to fsck the SD card?


texts:
I make lists and I'd love to have a keyboard with a TAB key that actually puts \t character within a text field without switching to the following field. I tried most keyboards and I'm dissatisfied over the lack of that feature. Some have the TAB key, but these don't work as expected (pressing TAB switches to the next input field).

There is SwiftKey and is the only one that does this, but it has no option to disable predictions, which I find annoying.


texts:
I encrypted my device then I changed the password. The encryption password changed too, but I can't remember to what, I thought I changed the password back to what it was. I tried default_password twice and it didn't work. I have 15 guesses left.

I encrypted my Galaxy Stylo phone using Google's encryption option.

Later, I changed my password, then I turned my phone off. I can't remember the password. I'm at the encryption screen with 15 more tries before I'm locked out. I have no idea what to do
I booted in safemode, but that still puts me at the decryption screen


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I am using CM10 nightly version and TWRP for tf201. Wanted to try the unofficial CM11 version android 4.4 on my tablet and it says that is not compatible with this recovery, so I downloaded the latest version of CWM 5.8 from its website and using adb fastboot (and second time with the tablet terminal) flashed the new recovery over the older one.
Now the problem is I can't enter the recovery mode, it gets stuck while entering the mode. I tried that procedure with two more recent version of CWM (both touch and classic) and also its ROM manager but the problem persists. Some info:

1- I have my device unlocked, rooted
2- adb fastboot said completely Done while flashing
3- i could see the blue bar completed on the tf201 device and then i used fastboot reboot.

Any suggestions?


texts: Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 10" (YT3-X50) factory image, OTA update or backup needed

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I was playing around with some modifications to my rooted Yoga Tab 3, and I messed up - the tablet wouldn't boot anymore, even after a factory reset. I could still boot into recovery, so I was not too worried until I realized that I can't just download a factory image or an OTA update for my tablet in order to restore everything.

In desperation, I tried flashing the update image for YT3_850F, which was available online. This made the tablet boot again (I can hear the sound and I can see it through ADB), but without anything being displayed on the screen, which is strange, since both tablets seem to share the same graphics card (Qualcomm Adreno 304).

I think my only remaining option is to locate a factory image, or an OTA update for my tablet and flash it in recovery. Does anyone know where I can get an image for YT3-X50?

Or maybe someone with a rooted tablet could do me and the rest of the Internet a huge favour and make a backup image of their tablet available?

Are there any other recovery options that I am missing?


texts: Whatsapp not loading images nad not creating back up on my htc explorer (Cyanogen mod 11 CR4)

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I have installed Cyanogen mod11 CR4 on my htc explorer.
Also I have increased my internal memory via partitioning the sd card and merging it with internal memory.

When I installed Whatsapp. It is not creating its folders (of conversations, images, videos). Due to this, I cannot download or upload images. Also it is not allowing to back up conversation.

Can anyone help me in this regard?
Thank you.


texts: Recover photos from locked Android (Galaxy S5 Verizon)

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My mom passed tonight and there are some photos of her on this old phone I have. Losing them is not an option but I only have 1 attempt left on the lock code before it factory resets the data so I can't attempt that or do the Google account unlock or anything.

I read a bit about yodot or something that may be able to help, but I wanted some help from the experts before I dive in and screw it up because like I said if I mess this up I will be absolutely devastated.

I really hope you guys can help me out. Thanks in advance, I really appreciate it.


texts: What does this icon indicate it is coming in my statusbar recently and its worrying me..


texts:
I am following this tutorial for moving apps to sd card.

How to Install Android Apps to the SD Card by Default

But My Default Location is not changing. And My Phone Memory is full and unable to install new apps.


texts:
I rooted my device, then I go to adb shell and type su to enter wpa_cli.
I was surprised that wpa_cli: not found appeared, although I get information when I type wpa_supplicant.

I know that wpa_cli is from same library wpa_supplicant from this  link


texts: TWRP loop after factory reset from stock android on moto m

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I just used the factory reset from the android backup and reset option to reset my moto m. But there seems to be a problem.

It automatically restarted into TWRP, so I did a factory reset from there from the wipe section. But after all this, I cannot boot into the OS. I have stuck in the twrp loop.

What I have understood is that the OS is looking for a return code from the recovery after which it can boot up but the custom recovery is not able to return that code which could earlier be returned by stock recovery.

And the phone does not even power off now!
Please help me

Thanks in advanced.


texts: How to create a "pipe character" with the HTC Incredible (ConnectBot)?

texts:
I am trying to use the | (pipe) character in ConnectBot on my HTC Incredible, but everyone says to use Shift + Alt + ',' but that doesn't seem to work.  I have tried multiple different combinations to no avail.  Any solutions for this?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Why my phone is always out of space recently, but I didn't install any new software

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I free some disk space without deleting my apps?

I've installed such software as Shazam, Baidu Map, QQ, HiMarket, MeiTuan, UC Mobile, etc. At first everything is fine, but nowadays the phone always says "Low on space". What should I do?


texts:
Dear Android enthusiasts,

I have a landline telephone with expensive calling rates, while the contract in my android smartphone is quite cheap. In order to save money I would like to call with my handy, but showing the telephone number of my landline.
In that way people can call me back and I avoid revealing my smartphone number.

Do you have any idea, how to show another telephone number when calling? I know how to hide the number, but that is no solution.
Thanks!


texts: My Phone restart automatically in loop without pressing power button?

texts:
Without pressing power button, my phone restarts again and again. It restarts automatically after showing the asus logo. Since the mobile restart immediately after showing asus logo, I am unable to go into fastboot mode or recovery mode.
Is there anyway I can fix this?
This is happening since 20th April and my 1 year warranty ended on 26th April. Due to lockdown, I am unable to go to service centers as service centers are closed. I am not sure if they will consider my phone warranty period after lockdown.
What should I do?


texts: How to extract a system image made with FlashTools?

texts:
I have a system image made with FlashTools. The image and tool are available here

Since I have a Mac I can't run FlashTools, also what I need to extract is just an apk that I accidentally deleted from my device.

Can the system.img file be extracted from a Mac?


texts: Flash OS firmware on an OS corrupted device via TWRP

texts:
I have a big issue: I got 2 units of the Android TV device called "Stream+" sold by Channel Master, manifactured by Technicolor (https://www.channelmaster.com/Stream_OTA_DVR_p/cm-7600.htm)

One is perfectly working.
The other one has the OS files completely corrupted and does not even allow me to complete a factory reset successfully (and that's out of warrancy as well, so I have to fix by myself).
All it does when is switched on is showing a welcome logo, then attempts to load the OS but stays stuck forever, freezed in a black screen.

The following is the menu with the options shown when I load it on recovery mode: https://images2.imgbox.com/c9/0e/E947NI4Z_o.jpg

What I want to ask is...
Can I use TWRP to flash a copy of the OS Firmware from the device 1 (the fully working one) and then flash the defective one with it?
Defective one, as said, DOES NOT load the OS, all I can do is using one of the options shown in the above pic.

Have I got any chances to solve this through TWRP? (Or anything else)


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I have an HTC One M9, I can tether a laptop via USB cable, and an iPad via Bluetooth, but the Portable Wifi Hotspot will not allow connection from either. I have renamed the SSID and set a new access key, but still no joy. Any suggestions?

Chris


texts: Factory reset (including USB storage) prompts for password after I already typed it in

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I went into Settings->Privacy->Factory reset and checked "Format USB Storage". Then I pressed the button to continue and it prompted for my PIN (just numbers) as usual. Then it said it was formatting the USB storage as I told it to. And then it just shut off. So I started it back up and it prompted for a password (full keyboard; any characters you want).

I don't know what I had set that password to (I haven't used that kind of a password in a while) so now I'm stuck. Going into recovery mode does the same thing. Download mode works just fine.

So now what do I do? Is there some way I can format /data manually from my computer?

Here's some more info about my device:
Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0
Samsung Galaxy S build.prop
Rooted
Stock Gingerbread ROM, stock kernel, stock recovery


texts: Change .pdf-file-icon under Total Commander

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I have recently installed the Dropbox app and it overwrote the standard pdf-file-icon my file manager was displaying. i don't like the dropbox-pdf-icon and would like to have the previous one back.

  Is this possible w/o uninstalling the Dropbox app?

p.s. I have a rooted device


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I wanted to understand how to work with IMEs. More precisely, I was trying to figure out how to disable in a single command one can disable all the input methods so that the hardware keyboard takes over. I thought that the detailed description given about each input method on giving the

adb shell ime list -a

command (with an emulator instance running on my 12.04 64-bit Ubuntu machine) might help me.

Here I accidentally observed (see the pic below) that in spite of the disabling the various IMEs and then giving the IME listing command, enabled=true stays!

Is this a bug?


texts: Reboot encrypted phone without having to enter password and PIN after crash

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Last week my phone crashed when using Amaze File Manager. This Xperia Z1 Compact phone with Android 5.1 is encrypted. It rebooted automatically. I see the encryption lock and expect a password request. Then I see the normal lock screen. After a while I see that the network is up without having to enter the PIN to unlock the SIM card. Only one device manager is active, F-Secure Antivirus. Normal restarts require me to enter both the encryption code and PIN.

Phone crashes
Reboots without having to enter encryption code
SIM is unlocked automatically
No device manager is active that should do this

How can this happen? Shouldn't a crash result in a compleet restart? Can you explain this?


texts: Where did Wikipedia Pro app disappear to?

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There was this Wikipedia Pro app (paid app; official app by Wikimedia Foundation) coexisitng with the free Wikipedia since long ago app that I purchased. Suddenly, it just seems to vanish from the surface of the earth. Googling hasn't helped me yet.

Anyone with any ideas?

A few bucks is not a big deal but I don't feel like getting fooled.

The sneaky part about his act is that the Wiki Encyclopedia Pro app disappeared from Google search results as well. I understand if some nobody contributes a free app and decide to pull out for whatever reason but big names doing things in secrecy behind their paying customers' back is different.

Updates

I've doubled-checked and the app was not made by Wikimedia Foundation so apologies. It appears Excelentia did it and their account got shut down by Google. So apparently 9 million users don't matter to Google.


texts: In a burst of energy in the past I installed twrp. But when I attempted to install 5.1 on my nexus 7 2012 by following the prompts, it dumped me into twrp with no information on how to proceed. Do I just hit the install button and find the update in my downloads folder and install that way?


texts: MMS Downloading Hangs on Data State Change

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As a general rule, I turn my data off and pretty much force everything to be done via WiFi unless I am out and about, at which time I have data turned on obviously.

However, as many know, messaging app (in my case the default Google one) requires data for some reason to down the MMS and won't do it over WiFi (if there is a way to change that behavior, please share) but since my data is off while at home/work, if I receive a MMS message, then it will just sit there with "Tap to download" as the option.

So far that's fine, but when I turn on data at this point and then click on Tap to download, it will just sit there forever saying downloading but not actually downloading anything. It is not until I restart the phone that clicking Tap to download instantly download the MMS. This makes no sense to me and I would like to understand what's going on here.

My question is basically, WHY doesn't turning the data back on not successfully download the MMS without having to restart the phone? What is preventing the system from honoring/recognizing the data state change and availability here? TIA


texts: What is special/different about CyanogenMod's kernel? (especially compared to. DroidX GB kernel)

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In an Phandroid article announcing the first successful attempt to run CyanogenMod on DroidX thanks to cvpcs's breakthrough, I noticed the following quote:

  CyanogenMod 7 will unfortunately be limited to running on the DROID X’s stock kernel.

Assuming that this is accurate, what (if any) of the main features of CM7 would be missing compared to normal phones' CM7?

In other words, which features of CM7 depend on CM7's own kernel code as opposed to non-kernel?


texts: What app does this notification icon belong to?  Upper left (x shouldn't be there). Looks like a chat bubble or ribbon. Thanks!!


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I have a daydream enabled, and I have enabled the setting "When to daydream"->"When charging". The daydream starts and displays as expected, but when I tap on the screen to read my notifications, the screen turns completely off rather than turning on and hiding the daydream.

Is there a way to change it so it does not turn off the screen when I tap the daydream? I guess it's a bug...?

I've tried with both the stock clock daydream and a third party one from the store and they behave the same in this manner.

Also - sometimes, this does work (the screen turns on), in exactly the same configuration.

This is on my Nexus 6P with Android 6.0.1


texts: What does a lock icon on a contact mean?

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One of the contacts in my list has a little lock symbol on it. What does it mean?

Android version: 4.1


texts: A way to get location coordinates from command line

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I'm looking for a command line, or a series of commands that can dump or list the latitude and longitude on a rooted device.

I connect to a device using ADB shell.
A way that will cause the coordinates to be logged to the command line is also good for me.


texts: Why has the emergency contacts functionality been removed?

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According to some users at What is an "Emergency Call," and can I  set number for it? there used to be a feature to add emergency contacts that can be dialed without passing the lock screen.

Does anyone have knowledge of why this was done?


texts: Unable to change country. Tried everything

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I had made some purchases on my daughter's US credit card initially when in US. So my location was tagged as US. Recently when I tried to download one Indian app from India, it was showing not available in your country.
So I removed my daughter's credit card, added my Indian card and also made a purchase on my card.
Still Google Play is not changing my country.
Pl help.


texts: How to Retrieve SD Card Files via fastboot or recovery?

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I have a Nexus 4 (LG E960) running rooted stock 4.2.2/JDQ39. The phone fell from a foot high and the screen cracked. The touchscreen no longer works.

I have a full Nandroid (TWRP type) backup under /storage/emulated/0/TWRP which I want to retrieve to install in the replacement phone.

I can connect via fastboot but I cannot connect via ADB (neither via Command-line OR Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit). ClockWorkMod v6.0.2.3 does not give the option to mount USB storage.

I need to retrieve those files. I need to either connect via ADB (in recovery or use fastboot to enable ADB in booted up mode) OR mount USB storage. What are my options?

PS: This thread on XDA Dev does not help in my case as I do not want to erase my phone.


texts:
How can I configure BlueStacks to have Android use dark mode?
On Android 10 I can use:

but I can't see the option on Android on BlueStacks:


texts: Motorola Defy Gallery app is crashing upon start

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I have for a couple weeks a Motorola Defy with Android 2.1 (Eclair), since today the Gallery app crashes upon start, the screen is shown for a less than a second and then it dies.
The only odd thing I did was adding a ".nomedia" file to directories where I store music so that the disc covers would not show up on the Gallery app.
How can I fix that? Can I reset just that app?

Thanks


texts: Is it possible to have a phone without a voice plan?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I receive phone calls through WiFi on an Android phone?

I have an unlocked Nexus One.  I barely use the voice function, mostly just use data.  However, I'd like to have the voice function just in case.

Is it possible to use something else (possibly VOIPish) to replace the voice plan that I am currently paying?  Perhaps Skype, or Google Voice or something else.  Has anyone had an experience with this?

Thanks


texts: 'android' and 'emulator' commands not found

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I have installed android-sdk-linux on my ubuntu 12.04 netbook and I see that the commands android (which opens the AVD Manager) and emulator (to which on appending the name of a specific AVD, the AVD boots) are not found! It suggested qemulator But that turned out to have nothing to do with the android-sdk-linux.

I do know how to boot it via eclipse, where you open the AVD list and then select an AVD and click Start and then Launch.

But I don't want to go through these many stages. Instead I would like Launch it using a single command line viz. the emulator command, which I found on the website developer.android.com. I followed installation instructions. Yet I didn't get success.

UPDATE: As our friend suggested, I updated the $PATH variable and had partial success. However there is still an error and I have to get that rectified. Here is what panned out.

aneesh@nb-14:~$ export PATH=$PATH:android-sdk-linux/tools
aneesh@nb-14:~$ emulator @Andreud
emulator: ERROR: This AVD's configuration is missing a kernel file!!


texts: I have USB cable meant for Sony Xperia, the USB cable can be detached. Will using this USB cable to charge other phones like Nexus cause any issue?. I am not using the entire charger, I am just using the USB cable to charge through PC. Will it cause any issue to the battery in long run?


texts: Nexus 5 crashing regularly after Marshmallow update

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After upgrading to my Nexus 5 to Marshmallow, I find myself experiencing crashes regularly. The phone screen will go black, and attempts to restart will make it to the home screen for a few seconds before the screen goes black again (regardless of power levels). The only way to restore normal functionality is to hook the phone up to a charger, at which point it will boot without issue.

I have tried clearing up disk space, which did not seem to help. I have tried doing a factory reset (the one via "Settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset"), but that also does not seem to have stabilized the environment any more. It doesn't happen at regular intervals, nor does it always happen with the same app. I have noticed that it often happens while I am using SuperCell apps (CoC or Boom Beach), but that my be correlation rather than causation. It has never happened while my phone is plugged in.

All this said, anyone have ideas on what may be causing it or diagnostic steps to take? I tried looking for logs, but haven't found much. Could also be a hardware issue and the update is a red herring, but thought I would ask those with more knowledge before writing my phone off as lost.


texts: accidentally deleted the samsung apps app that I need to use for my phone and gear2 watch. how can it be reinstalled?

texts: accidentally deleted the samsung apps app that I need to use for my phone and gear2 watch. how can it be reinstalled if it's not in Google or anywhere else?


texts: Using two tablets simultaneously as a dual-screen

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I have had a Nexus 7 (2012 version) for quite some time now. Recently I saw an offer for a really cheap refurbished Nexus 7. Since I've been really happy with my tablet, I decided to order an additional one.

Not really having a plan in mind, I'm now looking for cool projects to use my second Nexus 7 for. So my question:

Are there possibilities to use both tablets simultaneously in a dual screen setup, sort of like extending one screen onto the other, for some real multitasking? I know I can just open a browser on one, and edit text on the second, but then there is no interaction between them, like sharing the clipboard or dragging files to one another.
I have been searching, but all I could find was extending screens between some PC OS and a tablet/phone, but not between tablets themselves.


texts: Bluetooth keyboard won't re-pair to my Galaxy Note 10.1

texts: I bought a Bluetooth keyboard and it worked beautifully for 2 days. I then unpaired it to use on my friend's tablet and it worked amazingly well on hers as well. When I went to re-pair the keyboard to my Note 10.1 it shows up in the Bluetooth devices list, but the box to type in the code will not come up and there is no settings cog next to the name like there should be. So the keyboard has become useless as I can not for the life of me find a way to re-pair and connect it to my tablet. I am running android 4.1.2. Please help as I need this to work for school. I purchased this to take notes in class.


texts: Does the Google Authenticator app negatively impact a fully charged device

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I have the Google Authenticator installed on my phone. I notice the codes are generated constantly. It appears the app is running constantly in the background.

Does this app has a major impact on a fully charged android device?


texts: Extend pc monitor on 2020 generation tablet, by cable

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Do tablets released in 2020 have a technology that allows to use them directly (no sofware to install, only cable) as a PC secondary monitor?

I want to buy a tablet to use it as secondary screen for my pc by cable and I want to know which features/hardware must have to be use it as secondary PC monitor.

I am asking because I have been using spacedesk to connect my tablet to PC via Wi-Fi. It works fine but if the connection is not good or the tablet processor is not powerful enough, there is too much delay between PC and tablet monitors.


texts: Can I see what apps I own that have been pulled from the market by developers?

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Last year I purchased the app grüvtron by Sound Trends LLC. Presumably they later removed the app from the google play store / market. Their website used to have a "buy android version" but now only mentions ios.

The app can no longer be found by searching the market (neither on the device, nor on the web). I can no longer see it under "all apps" / "my apps" (again, neither on the device, nor on the web). The only reason I knew this app was "missing" was because I remembered owning it.

Using google I could find an old market link in a forum to
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.soundtrends.gruvtron
This link normally gives "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server".

However, if I happen to be logged in to my google account that owns the app, I get a market page for the app (!) from which I can chose to install it! Doing so, it indeed gets sent to my device and 'everything works' (though, the app graphics are broken -- but I don't think that is relevant here.)

This is worrying. Obviously I have no idea how many of the ~100s of apps I own that have silently disappeared from "my apps", and thus are left out when I browse that list for things to re-install. And even if I remembered a specific app, how would I find the corresponding market link so that I could re-install it?

So my primary question is:
Is there a list anywhere on the web or on the android device that lists all apps I own -- including the ones pulled from the market? and preferably with market links?

I have the google market receipts, but those are a pain to go through (it is not really a "list") Worse, in there I only see a company name and textual app name, i.e., no market link. If there had been any reference to the app id (e.g., here, 'com.soundtrends.gruvtron') I could at least have re-constructed the market url.

Edit: a few clarifications follows:

A satisfactory answer must describe a way to get a list of apps which includes those I have purchased, but which after the date of purchase have been pulled from the market by developers. The list should include either market URLs or package-names.
The single one of my purchased apps where I know this has happened (grüvtron) does not appear under my "my apps" list (Menu > My Apps in market app), and I assume this is intentional design for apps that have been pulled (though I find it an odd design choice).
I am currently on ICS, with market 3.7.13. The device is the ASUS transformer TF101 tablet.


texts: My android tablet is displaying an error message 'Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped'. The message occurs so quickly that I am unable to touch any application.


texts: Using another phone's GPS signal as location

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I have an android phone (Device A), and an android tablet (Device B). Device B has a decent GPS, but Device A's is pretty much unusable. I would like to use Device A for navigation, but to do so I need a GPS quality only Device B has.

Is it possible to make Device A accept Device B's location as an external GPS signal (i.e. with the usage of mock location) while none of them being rooted? If not, does rooting Device A help?

I am interested in a general answer, but also in a more device-specific one if it is better:
Device A: Prestigio 5517; Android 4.4
Device B: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.4 WiFi; Android 5.0


texts: Unresolvable Sync Problems - Xiami Max 2 with MIUI Global 11.0.2

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I have a Xiaomi Max 2.
I recently updated to MIUI 11.0.2 (Global), and since then have noticed several problems.
The most serious is: MIUI Sync (Mi Cloud Backup) doesn't sync my text messages and call history.

So, I'm concerned that if I were to lose my phone, and get another Mi phone, and then recover from my saved backup, I won't get my text and call history back.
My Questions:

Is there a fix for this syncing issue?
I also have something called "Google Backup & Restore" which is enabled. Does this backup all my Android settings (including which apps are installed), or just Google's apps / services.
Is there some way for me to ensure that my text messages and call history are indeed backedup / synced to either Mi's cloud or to Google's cloud?


texts: How to root Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro with linux computer

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I have found a lot instructions, but most (or all) of them use a Windows GUI application to root the device. The Linux scripts, that I found did not work.

My telephone:

Model: Xperia Mini Pro (SK17i)
Android-Version: 4.0.4
Kernel-Version: 2.6.32.9-perf
Build-Nummer: 4.1.B.0.587

How can I root this phone with a linux computer?

HINT
This is not a duplicate question, because I want to do it from Linux (not Windows) and second the alleged solution does not contain an answer for my phone!


texts: Misc. files that I can't find but that take up about a half of available storage

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I have the following problem: about half of my phone storage is filled by files that grouped as Misc in Android Storage app. The problem is that I can't find these files. If I open the Misc. category there is no files displayed that can fill up that much space (the same thing goes for ES File Explorer SD card analyst).

So the question is how I can find this files.
(I have a suspicion that it's some kind of remnants from BOINC application,  but this is not helping me in any way)

Storage screenshots (click images for larger variants)

Here should've been another image to illustrate the situation with analysis from ES File Explorer SD card analyst, but I don't have enough karma for that.


texts: Changing default view mode in Firefox to Desktop

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Using Firefox Mobile for Android. I want to lock the option for Desktop mode on by default. The menu option only applies per-tab and is forgotten if I open a new tab.

I have looked around at extensions and in about:config without finding anything.

Can anyone help?


texts: How to fix "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped"?

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I am using a Sony Xperia C3 running Android 5.1 Lollipop. I had done a reset of my phone as it was getting hanged. When the reset completed I tried to assign my Gmail ID with the Play Store but at the final stage it says

  Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped

I tried every option shown on your website but the problem is not solved.


texts: ADB - Android emulator - Unable to record video - screenrecord not found with Android 5.11

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I installed android emulator, the SDK Tools v24.1.2, Android v5.1.1.
After all this the emulator is UP and I am able to run my app.

Where I ran into problem was while trying to do a screenrecord using adb. It gives the following error:

$ adb shell screenrecord /sdcard/demo.mp4
/system/bin/sh: screenrecord: not found

I can see screencap under /system/bin but no screenrecord.

I have the below installed:

Android SDK Tools v24.1.2
Android SDK Platform Tools v22
Android SDK Build Tools v22.0.1
Android v5.1.1 SDK Platform
Google APIs Intel x86 System Image

Emulator is running for Nexus One.

I already found this question on SO and verified that I have required Android version.
What am I missing?


texts: What's the point of encryption with 3x3 in OnePlus 5 if it has 409104 combinations meaning it can be cracked under a second with any modern processor?

texts:
I am not sure what I am missing, but decryption the sdcard should be as easy as opening it if it it that few possible combinations. So what's the point of it?

To clarify I mean booting into recovery mode, ADBing, and trying to decrypt the partition directly, without artificial timeouts that OSes do.


texts: Will wiping data from recovery while flashing ROM on device with non-sd-slot also wipe user data?

texts: I have a noob question. I'm planning to buy an android phone which doesn't include sdcard slot. Only internal memory. I am now using HTC Desire S which include sdcard slot. I change ROM on my phone so often. What I'm worried about is, will formatting data before flashing ROM going to remove all data in internal memory as the one I'm planning to buy rely only on internal memory. Or does HTC make some partition for something like virtual sdcard space that is stay untouched even wiping data from recovery?


texts: My LG X Charge phone dropped in water, and I had some trouble after fishing it out! Help?

texts:
OK, so I accidentally dropped my LG X Charge (Android) smartphone in water, & I fished it out, but I had some trouble & fumbling & rigamarole to go through afterwards:

I had trouble getting the phone cover & case off, & I struggled for about a minute to remove them
The phone was turned on when it fell in the water, & after I fished it out, the home screen turned on like normal, & I could access what I had been doing for a few seconds, until the screen turned black with little gray stripes; this happened a couple of times, until the screen didn't turn on at all (but the phone still made noises & things like nothing had happened)
I then remembered that I should have kept the phone powered down as soon as it had been retrieved from the water, & I pressed the power button for a few seconds to turn it off
3B. However, my phone buttons are very sensitive, & even when I just barely grazed the power button without meaning to touch it, the phone would power back up, & I'd have to turn it off again; this happened a few more times (but not all consecutively) until I finally managed to get it in a Ziploc bag full of rice (see below)
I gently shook the phone to get the water out, per the instructions that one website provided; I managed to get some of the water out, but not all of it, I fear
My smartphone is one of those that doesn't have a removable battery cover, so I was unable to remove that to get rid of any water that might be trapped underneath it
I know the LG G6 smartphone is waterproof, but I don't think the LG X Charge is...
I wasted valuable minutes calling my daddy on the phone, & telling him what happened
With the help of my grandma, I put the phone in a bowl full of rice...but I initially forgot to put it all in a Ziploc bag, & I had to go back & fix that!
Not only that, but at least one website I saw, said that your phone should be facing screen up at all times...& I realized too late that I occasionally had my phone facing downwards while I was tending to it post-retrieval!  Not to mention, it had been facing downward in the bowl of rice before I transferred it all into the Ziploc bag!

All in all, from the time I fished my phone out of the water at approximately 8:50 A.M., it took 17 minutes for me to go through nearly all of the above issues...with the phone & rice finally transferred from the bowl to the Ziploc bag no later than 9:40 A.M.

Tell me the truth, folks: What are the chances that my phone will make it out all right when I check on it at 9:30 A.M. on Monday morning? I'm really worried... :-(


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Is there any way to check VPN stats for stock PPTP VPN applet? Maybe some stat-file or GUI-way? If not, can we utilize Tasker for that?

I particularly interested in uptime indicator, i.e. was my VPN disconnected during last 24h or not?

I saw this question and this app, mentioned in the question, but it was last updated in 2015 and seems to be not working on Marshmallow, which I am on (LG G3).


texts: How to remove contacts from who can see your status list

texts: I deleted a few contacts from my phone and went to Whatsapp to check if it updated there, and it did, but when I go to my status privacy to exclude people on my contacts from seeing my status, people that I already deleted show on the list. How do I remove those contacts?


texts: Updating any app is retaining its older version?

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I am using android 4.4.2 on my Asus Zenfone 5 (not rooted). It seems that when I am updating any app from play store, it is installing a newer version without removing the older version.
Before updating total space occupied by all apps was around 400MB, after updating all the apps successfully the occupied space for apps increased to 1.1GB. As my internal memory is limited, I am little worried.
Is this behaviour normal? Can I get rid of old versions of those apps? What is the way to avoid such situation in future?
Additional question after reading the answer

Can the default apps be removed?
What if one tries to install the same app after removing the default app in /data?


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i recently factory reset my phone and wiped everything off it.
i have re-installed my phone and logged back in to the play store with the same Gmail account. my question is , why is it when i look up installed apps and come to re-install them again does it say the in app perches price of 2.99 ? does this mean i have to pay for it again ? , because i thought if you buy it once you never have to buy it again if you re-install on the same account!.


texts: How to upgrade Android on Nesus 6 after it`s downgrade

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I have an Nexus 6 phone in my company which is used for automatic testing purposes. After release of Android 6.X our framework was not ready to work with new permission system so we downgraded Nexus 6 to Android 5.X official images.

Now we have deal with permission problem and now want to make Nexus 6 run on Android 6, but inside menu Setting -> About Phone -> System Update there is no available updates. What is the best way to install Android 6 with ability to automatically be informed when new updates will be released (6.+ and android 7.+)


texts: Can there be malicious apps on Google Play?

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Do I need to worry about malicious apps on Google Play, or can I trust everything I install, so long as I install it from Google Play?

And if I need to worry, what red flags should I look for - number of downloads, ratings, how old the app is, what permissions it requires?

On a practical level, would you say that it is as safe as Apple's App Store?


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I am trying to get back to menu screen of my tablet , T909/s but it stuck on just one screen when i start it , I dont know what happened with it but it just stuck on one screen which i uploaded below

I rooted the device using adb , It detect my device even eclipse detect my device and I use the software kingoapp to boot it , it booted successfully but still its not moving from this screen. How i can change its software or what i can further do with it.

Thanks millions


texts:
At completely random times the on screen volume slider appears and mutes the sound. Also the slider just stays on screen over anything I'm doing (as it is now) and will not disappear. Sometimes touching the volume rocker switch will work, often it doesn't. So even if I don't need any sound the slider is on screen interfering with whatever I'm trying to look at.

Rebooting doesn't help. This occurs whether any apps are running or none and there is no way of telling when this will happen.

Also if I do want to listen to something the slider will just appear and return to mute, so if I try to turn the volume up with the rocker switch it just immediately slides back to mute.

It's happening more frequently, pretty much all the time now. I had hoped the recent KitKat upgrade would resolve it, but no luck. I have taken it out of its case so there is nothing pressing on the buttons. This is the old style nexus with one camera.

What could cause this, and how can it be solved?


texts: I see lots of mentions of this option on Android sites, including Android.StackExchange.com, but I don't see any technical exploitation for what it does. What does this option actually do?


texts:
Looking for an application that use face recognition of the cellphone's owner wnen you are powering on your cellphone + activating the phone after being stand by with black screen.

Where can I find it?

I'm using Galaxy SII with android 4


texts: I have my mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy S2) running on ICS. Recently I activated Microsoft Exchnage ActiveSync to connect to my corporate email. It disabled all the security options like 'Pattern Unlock'. I hated it, and removed my microsoft active exchange account from the phone, but these options are still disabled. How do I get it enabled?


texts: Has the setting to disable icon frames been removed on the Galaxy S10 lineup?

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On previous versions of Samsung Galaxy phones I've owned, I had the option to enable/disable icon frames around the apps on my home screen. This setting could be found by navigating to Settings > Display > Home Screen > Icon Badges.

After digging around the settings of my Galaxy S10+, I have not been able to find such a feature.  Has this setting been removed with the launch of The S10 and One UI?

Below is a screenshot of the setting I'm referring to from my Galaxy Note 8:


texts: Increasing Partition Size using gparted on Android Tablet

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I have a Projector Tablet running android 4.2 on an Actions gs702a (Full AOSP on Leopard SoC).
The partitions for system, data and cache made by the manufacturer are too small for my needs (and I've verified that these are different partitions of the same physical storage device). The device has root access.

Is there some way I could access the whole of the disk and use gparted to increase the size of the partition/s as there's plenty of User Available Space (29 GB) on the internal storage?

Or/and,

Is there a tool I could use to modify its firmware to make partitions of sizes of my choice?


texts: how to enter bootloader with moboot in HP Touchpad

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I have a HP Touchpad that successfully installed webos and CM9 with moboot to select which to boot. Today, I want to update CM9 to CM10.1 or CM11, and here come the problems: it couldn't install the zip I downloaded and I thought it's because the recovery is too old, which is CWM v5.x(I can't remember precisely). so I install a CWM v6.x, but it can't work either.

Now, I want to flash the CWM v5.x back, and it seems using fastboot is the only way. But with moboot, I just can't enter bootloader mode, the only selections available are WebOS, CM and CWM.

Can someone tell me how to enter bootloader, so that I can flash the older CWM back, and restore my data? For now, I can only enter WebOS, and the Android system won't work: it just turns black after the splash screen.


texts: Why does my Iconia A500 occasionally stop responding?

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I have an stock-standard Acer Iconia A500 32G WiFi-only tablet.  The screen usually turns on immediately when I press the power button.

However, it sometimes refuses to respond and I have to hold done the power button for a few seconds, then release it and hold it down for a few seconds again.

At that point, there'll be a vibration and the tablet will boot through the Acer and android screens.

My thoughts are that the first sustained button actually powers it down forcefully and the second brings it back up (but I can't be certain of this).

Does anyone know why this would happen? Are there any things I can look at on the file system to see what's going wrong.

To elaborate on the non-responsiveness issue, while in most circumstances a quick push of the power button will bring up the PIN entry screen, it doesn't do so in the problematic cases.

In those cases, the screen just remains black no matter how many times I push the power button. That's why I then have to do the long-press twice to (presumably) force shutdown and restart.


texts: Phone not appearing in Android Device Manager

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When I go to Android Device Manager, my tablet is listed, but not my phone. I had signed up just as soon as ADM was available, and at that time both devices were listed. Now, for the last several days, I can only see my tablet. (For what it's worth, both devices appear in the "My Devices" section of the Google Play Store.)

I have done the following while troubleshooting:

Ensured that the Android Device Manager settings in Google Settings are both on. I have even toggled them off and back on again
Ensured that Location Services are on
Ensured that all sync services for my account are toggled on and work
Have connected to the Play Store several different times
Ensured Google Play Services is at the latest version
Made sure I'm using the right account. (In fact, I removed the other secondary accounts from the phone)
Power-cycled the phone several different times

I could understand if ADM couldn't find the phone due to it being off, out of range, poor signal, etc., but ADM would at least display the phone and tell me it couldn't find it.

So, any suggestions to get my phone to show up on Android Device Manager?

I would like this to be working before something happens to the phone. (Murphy's Law and all that.)

Although it shouldn't make any difference:

Tablet: Nexus 7 (2012) with Android 4.3
Phone: Verizon Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.2.2

Addendum:

There's apparently some (relatively new) advice on the Android Device Manager help page:

Open  Google Settings from your device's apps menu.
Touch Android Device Manager.
Uncheck Allow remote factory reset.
Go to your device's main Settings menu, then touch Apps > All > Google Play services.
Touch Clear Data. Note that this action doesn't remove personal data.
Go back to Google Settings and select Allow remote factory reset.
Restart your device.

I have followed these steps, but it doesn't appear to have worked.


texts: In ICS 4.0.3 using ADWLauncher EX, how can I make only three home screens instead of five?

texts: I just upgraded my android phone to ICS. When I had Gingerbread (2.3), I remember the option to change the number of home screens. I also had ADW launcher in 2.3 before. Now I can't find the option in ICS to change the number of home screens.


texts: Recovering data on Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100P without USB connection

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Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100P only goes as far as the "Samsung" logo, and remains there.  How can I backup the data on the phone before attempting get the phone working again?

I have attempted the instructions here:
Rooting Samsung Galaxy S II GT-i9100

It completed the "installing update", but after the reboot it got stuck on the "Android is upgrading starting apps" screen.  I waited for about 10 minutes before powering it off and on.  It now just gets as far as the Samsung screen and continues there, as before.

Kies doesn't connect to the device, hence why I assumed I'd need to do this without USB connection, perhaps via the memory card as per the link above.

Could clockworkmod help?

I have now:

accessed the Android stock recovery, and wiped the cache.
accessed the Android stock recovery, and installed "CWM-SuperSU-v0.97.zip" via the external SD card.
accessed the Android stock recovery, and installed "recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxys2.zip" via the external SD card.  This gave me access to the CWM recovery menu.

From the CWM recovery menu, I accessed the "backup and restore" option, which allowed me to attempt a backup with Nandroid.  The backup appeared to have completed.  I have since tried to backup again, but this time it says "SD Card space free: 0MB  There may not be enough free space to complete backup... continuing... Backup up boot image... Error while backing up boot image!"  How can I confirm if the initial backup was successful, and where does it back up to? It seems to imply it was backed up to the "SD Card" - I assume that means the partition of the internal memory chip that is labelled "SD Card" and not the external SD card.  If I do a "wipe data/factory reset", will the backup be preserved, or will it all be wiped?

I also notice while exploring the CWM menus, that if I look at "install zip from sdcard", and then go to the option "choose zip from sdcard", it allows me to browse the folders on part of the phones internal storage, and I can see folders relating to specific apps that I have installed.  It allows me to access the folders, and also the subfolders, but it doesn't show me the files (I assume this is because it is set to only show ".zip" files).  This indicates to me that at least some (if not all) of my data could be recoverable.  Is there any way to browse the folders and their contents so that I can see all the files, and then copy/move the files to the external SD card?


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 rooted. Is it possible to search for files using Droid Explorer and Windows 7? If it is possible, how can I do it?


texts: Is it possible to restore Google Authenticator on another phone?

texts: Suppose I lost the phone with Google Authenticator on it. How do I restore it on another phone?


texts: Where is Chrome's "Merge tabs and apps" option on Android Tablet running Lollipop?

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System:

Nexus 9 32GB Wi-Fi
Android 5.0.0 Lollipop LRX21R
Chrome 39.0.2171.93

While researching this myself, most questions I found are about how to disable 'Merge tabs and apps,' but I haven't found one that fits my problem, I'm trying to enable it.

For example, OMGChrome explains how to disable this as follows:

Open Google Chrome for Android
Open the menu
Select "Settings"
Tap "Merge tabs and apps"
Set the slider to off

Reversing these steps, for me, is unsuccessful. The "Merge tabs and apps" option does not exist for me, as far as I can tell.

This is a feature that I'd like to have, but don't know how to get.


texts: Where is the .config hidden on Samsung Galaxy S4?

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cat /proc/config.gz
  tmp-mksh: cat: /proc/config.gz: No such file or directory

Is there another place to find it?


texts: Definitive Way(s) Of Knowing That One Has Bought The Revised Model Of The Nexus 5?

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After complaints by many about the build quality of the Nexus 5, Google has apparently made certain hardware changes and released a revised version of its latest flagship handset in the last couple of days.

How can one ensure that they have the latest model of the Nexus 5 (or is it a given or matter of trust, that the Google Play Store and retailers will supply the latest). ?


texts: I'm trying to download Blue Kik, but it keeps giving me the 'App not installed' message

texts: I'm using a TCL LX (which I wouldn't doubt is the problem, due to how bad the phone is) and I'm looking for a simple solution. I've tried installing it multiple times, deleting and re-downloading the APK, but nothing seems to work.


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How can I remove vibration when the phone is turned off on my Samsung Galaxy S9 (non-rooted Android 9, One UI 1.0)?
I don't have any option item Settings app > Accessibility > Vibration.


texts: Get into fastboot mode (AOC Q70S15 model)

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Model: AOC Q70S15
Android version: 4.2.2
Tablet not rooted
Desktop OS: Arch Linux
Issuing the command adb reboot fastboot from my pc makes the tablet shut down but it doesn't reboot, the same happens with adb reboot, nothing change if I do it with sudo.
According to the manual: Press and hold the power button and volume button 3 seconds at the same time. Release the buttons and tablet will boot and an Android robot will be displayed. However 3 seconds doesn't do anything, two scenarios occur when I maintain pressed the buttons for longer time:

After some seconds (10-15) the tablet starts booting but not in fastboot but the normal way, however if I release the tablet buttons it goes off inmediatelly.

Sometimes nothing happens.


texts: Can user application enable mobile data even when they are user disabled?

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I am trying to localize app that is connecting to the internet even when I have mobile data disabled.
Is it possible that user installed app (on Android 9) can enable mobile data when they are turned off (probably on background)?

I think that only option is root access / system admin app only. Or device manufacturer preinstalled apps.

Is it possible on standart stock ROM? Does any of Android system privileges have access to such function?


texts: Android M : Application doesn't require any special access

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I have doubt with Runtime Permission Model on Android M . My app requires Location ,External Storage permission .
Above permissions are supposed to be requested from user as required i.e. just before the code which required these permissions.

Now , when app is installed I get a screen which say App doesn't require any special access . Is it the correct behavior ?


texts: Recently I bought a Chinese made android phone. Specifications of the phone is given here. The phone has mediatek mtk6577 processor. I been thinking to install different ROM in my device. But, I can not find source to download this ROM. Is it possible to install google stock rom in this phone and where can I find this rom? How do I know which rom is compatible with my device?


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Now that Google has extended the number of countries from which developers can sell paid apps, have they also extended the number of supported currencies?

I know that the Market now shows prices in the user's local currency; what I want to know is can developers now set prices in currencies other than US dollars, Sterling, Euros and Yen?  For example, what currency is used when an Australian developer sells an app?  Do they set the price in US dollars or are Australian dollars now supported?


texts: how to find out secret service codes for android

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I have a Spice Dream Uno (Android One) and none of the secret service codes I found on the internet (like ##197328640## and ##7378423##) work on it. Do I have to root my phone in order for these to work?

Is it possible to pull it from the source code (google has released the kernel source code)? Where should I be looking for?


texts: Unlocked HTC One X (AT&T) Jelly Bean update

texts: I just got my HTC One X from AT&T and have been using it unlocked on T-Mobile. Eventually, will I get the Jelly Bean update, or will I need to root?


texts: Can a blocked contact see any number changes?

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I would like to ask, whether a blocked contact will receive an information,if I change my Viber phone number?
Is it possible to make the change by only informing a selected group of contacts or everyone I had previous communication with, will get the notification of me changing the number?

Thanks


texts: Connect Android phone to PC network via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi

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I use a USB dongle to use the internet, which I connect to my laptop. Then, I share the internet via Adhoc Wi-Fi network, but the network is not searchable on my pone.

I searched Google and found some software like Connectify. With this software, the network appears on my phone, but it keeps on scanning and never gets connected. Also, the network which I have created does not share it with other laptops.

Is there a free software through which I can connect with the laptop internet through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi? I don't like the internet pass through because I was unable to move my phone on my apartment with that option.


texts: How can I use a custom prefix for international calls?

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In my country, we have to use a prefix before dialing an international number, depending on which provider we use. For example, I use an international calling company for which I have to dial 019 before dialing the international number.

Now, having to edit each and every international phone number in my address book to add a 109 would be annoying. And when I move providers, having to do the whole process again would be very annoying.

Is there a way to tell Android, "every time you see a +, just dial 019 instead"? Or any other solution?

(I use Cyanogenmod.)


texts: Any way to remotely turn on location services without root

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so I lost my phone this morning and I tried to use the standard android device manager to track it but it's useless without location services, which I turn off due to it draining too much battery power.

Is there any way to turn it on so I can used ADM or is there another method which can track my phone without location services, maybe using something like wifi hotspots?

I'm not sure which exact android firmware I have but it's above 5.0.0 if that's of any help and it's a xperia z1


texts: What is a 'global' phone? (ex: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge model SM-G935F)

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Is the 'global' model of a phone the same thing as an 'international version?'
I'm shopping for an S7 edge, and I've heard all over the internet that the international version doesn't work with Samsung Pay.
Also, this may be a dumb question, would a model such as the SM-G935FD (a Taiwan model) be considered an 'international version?'

Is the distinction thus:
--US--
SM-G9350
SM-G935A (AT&T, Cricket USA)
SM-G935P (Sprint, Boost, Virgin USA)
SM-G935R (US Cellular)
SM-G935T (T-Mobile, Metro PCS USA)
SM-G935V (Verizon USA)
--International--
SM-G935F (Global)
SC-02H (Japan Docomo)
SCV33 (Japan au)
SGH-N611 (Japan Docomo)
SM-G935D (Japan Docomo)
SM-G935FD (Taiwan)
SM-G935J (Japan au)
SM-G935K (Korea)
SM-G935L (Korea)
SM-G935S (Korea)
SM-G935W (Canada)

[I got this list from http://willmyphonework.net - I use this site as I'm phone shopping to check whether a certain model will work with my carrier]  (this example is to help me further understand, you see. Edit/shorten as you see fit.)


texts: I want to deinstall News Republic from my HTC U Ultra, how can I do that?

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I have one HTC U Ultra that has News Republic installed.

I want to disable the push notifications or deinstall this program. How can I do that? On another HTC U Ultra the program is not installed so there has to be a way to get rid of it. I found Notifications and chose Block all. Hopefully this is enough to disable the push notifications.

But better: Can I deinstall this program?


texts: Not able to connect xperia tipo to Ubuntu

texts: I can connect my Xperia Tipo to Windows but not able to connect Ubuntu. Why is it so? Is there any changes that I need to make to my phone ?


texts: Non google-playstore based community android-app rating website

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Is there any comunity based android-app rating web site where the app-popularity is not based on google-playstore?

The sites i found so far either indirectly uses google-playstore-ranking or some technical writer tells you "wich are the best XXX apps for YYY".

I am interested in community based ranking where even apps that are not available in google-playstore can be ranked.

I am thinking of something similar to *.stackexchange where registered user can either

up and downvote apps
or give an app a quality value (i.e. 1-5 stars)


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I have an Android device on which I want to pair phone/laptop and play songs:

When I pair my phone and I play a song, the song's metadata is displayed on the Android device.

When I pair my laptop to the Android device and I play the same songs, the metadata is not displayed.

Why? Any explanation?


texts: Card management with Google fit on Android

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Google Fit is an Android app. When you run it, on the first screen they have cards with weight graph and personal records. These cards may be deleted  by dragging them side ways. That is how i deleted them. How can I bring them back? I looked through settings menu but card management is not there.

Please help.

One of the cards namely "Your weight" is returned the next day I deleted it.

So far I rated the app as "one star" in Android-Store to send a message to developers that the card management is not that easy to find. If they reply to my review, I'll post it here.

Thanks.


texts: Why isn't my internal storage usage going down after adopting an SD card?

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I have an Honor 5X running LineageOS, and I'm trying to use an external SD card as adoptable storage. After migrating my data, my internal shared storage usage does not go down. Specifically, "Music & audio" shows up as 6.9 GB on both the internal shared storage and the SD card. There's also an unusual "-6.1GB" under "Other" when I look at the storage usage for the SD card.

I don't know if it's relevant, but the "Music" directory is being watched by Syncthing. Is there something I did wrong in setting this up?


texts: Phone creates a Wi-Fi network (i.e. WiFi tethering) while being visible on said network. Possible?

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I have a vague concept for a piece of software I want to write, but I'm facing a problem in that I'm not sure this is even possible with the way Android handles creating Wi-Fi hotspots in its current iteration.

Basically, the device needs to create a hotspot, while being present on the hotspot's network and visible to the other devices, since it needs to act as a server. Is this something that's currently possible on Android, or would you need two separate devices, one to create the network and another to connect to it and act as the server?


texts: After factory reset still language selected and confirmed End User License Agreement

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since I do some testing with my Samsung A21s, I have to do some factory resets, over and over again.
After the umpteenth reset, "German" is already selected as the language in the initial setup menu and the check mark for "I confirm the End User License Agreement" is in.
After say 7 factory resets everything was always empty, now these two options are suddenly preselected.
Isn't that strange? Maybe it's because I connected to the wifi once after the last time (when everything was still normal) and confirmed the EULA before.
How do I get these preselected points out again and the phone really RIGHT 100% factory resetted/wiped?
Thanks for your help
Nick


texts: How can you add an reoccuring appointment at the last day of every month in the calendar

texts: Is there a way to add a reoccuring appointment to the calender in Android at the last day of every month ?


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I've been trying to send an MMS on a rooted ST17i with the MiniCMSandwich Lite rom but for some reason, I can't send any MMS (no matter how big). It will just say "SENDING" on the messaging app but would stay that way for quite some time (probably around 30 minutes) then it would say that sending has failed. So far, I've already tried the following combinations:

wifi: on
data: on
wifi: off, data: off
wifi: on, data: on

All to no avail. It just won't send. However, I can browse the web without any problems using my data plan (no wifi) and I have assumed that data and MMS are somewhat tied together in a way. So since data is working (it's even on an HSDPA status based on my signal bar), why won't MMS work?

I guess it should be also beneficial that I state that sending MMS worked when I was still on stock. As for my service provider, I'm under a postpaid plan from Sun Cellular. My APN settings is as follows:

Name: Sun MMS
APN: mms
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://mmscenter.suncellular.com.ph
MMS proxy: 202.138.159.78
MMS port: 9201
MCC: 515
MNC: 05
Authentication type: Not set
APN type: mms
APN protocol: IPv4
APN enabled/disable: APN enabled
Bearer: Unspecified


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Basically I still want to receive the messages from a contact but on lesser priority. I don't want a notification to appear when this contact messages me.

It is possible to mute a group chat, but not for single contact. Or I haven't found it.

How to mute a single contact on WhatsApp?


texts: I bought an Android ringtone at Google Play Store on my PC. How do I transfer it to my phone and select it as my ringtone? The song is Money Talks by ACDC. I bought it at this link: Google Play link to buy ringtone


texts: TWRP unable to mount anything except external-sd (invalid argument)

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I'm trying to install Magisk on my Leagoo T8s but there's errors even before Magisk installation:

E:Primary block device '/dev/block/platform/bootdevice/by-name/userdata' for mount point '/data' is not present!
Failed to mount '/data' (invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/cache' (invalid argument)
Failed to mount '/system' (invalid argument)

What can I do ?


texts: Homescreen toggle shortcut for color inversion under accessibility in Android 6.0

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Is there any way, shortcut or app which just toggles the color inversion option which is under Accessibility in Settings.

It is cumbersome to go to Settings ~ Additional settings ~ Accessibility ~ Color inversion.


texts: Is there a way to use a phone as a virtual keychain for NFC tags?

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So let's say I have a bunch of things that can be unlocked via NFC. Each thing would correspond with one tag and one tag only. The problem would then be that I'd have to carry a bunch of tags around. What would make this much more easy to manage, would be to use a phone as a keychain for these tags. A keychain in the sense that all tags would be virtually stored on the phone. When I then would need to use a tag to unlock its corresponding thing, I'd need to emulate the tag through the phone.

The question is then: is there a method available to store multiple virtual NFC tags on the phone, and can the phone in turn act as a tag emulator?

P.S. My current phone doesn't support NFC, but my near-future phone will (and it will of course have the latest Android version that's available at that time).


texts: Transcend SD card recognized as SanDisk card

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Recently I bought a Transcend SD card (32 GB) for my HTC One E8 dual sim, but Android recognized it as SanDisk card.

Besides, I noticed that in Google Photos it sometimes takes too long to move photos to trash (about 5 sec). Is this normal behavior?


texts: Name of the app which shows colorful Android and sweets in grid

texts: Can someone help me what is the name of this app? I can't find the name of it. Is it a spyware?


texts: Is it possible to reorganize the SD card? Because it is a mess in there

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One of the things I hate about Android is the folder organization. Each app creates its own folder, usually in the root of the SD card. When I'm trying to find something, I have to search it through long lists of app-specific folders.

Is it possible to reorganize these? For example, this is how I would like my SD card to look like:

Android: OS specific data
AppData: Application specific data. This is where every app puts its settings and data, not where they want
Documents
Downloads
Pictures
Music
Video etc.

So in other words, can I restrict where apps put their data?


texts: Unable to Decrypt SD Card after reboot my Samsung s7 Edge?

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I moved my important files in Encrypted SD card from my Phone & removed SD card for reboot the phone. After complete the reboot i am unable to find my files in encrypted SD card. When i put my SD card in same mobile which i use for encrypt SD card so it says
" This SD card can't be decrypted because it was encrypted in other device. SD cards can only be decypted on the device used to encrypt them. Decrypt the SD card on the device used to encrypt it, then reinsert in this device, and try again."
I have too much important data if anyone can help me to come out from this problem then kindly let me know.

Thanks.


texts: How to use an android phone as a game pad for another phone?

texts: So I have this game called eisenhorn xenos which has no touch screen controls it requires a controller but I don't have it at the moment is there any way to make my second phone act like a controller via Bluetooth?


texts: Why are bluetooth devices shown as paired, even though they are not even available?

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When you pair a two bluetooth devices (e.g., a sound system with your mobile phone), the mobile phone will forever list the sound system as a paired device, even if you're physically so far away (>10km), that it is obviously impossible that there is a connection betwen the two devices.

What is going on? Why is the device shown as paired? Is this just poor naming?


texts: I am using Android lollipop 5.1.1 on Google Nexus 5. I used to have a feature on Nokia feature phone, which would vibrate the phone when the person at other end picks up the call. I want this kind of feature on Nexus 5. I have no root. How do I do it?


texts: How to stop Firefox for Android from constantly displaying its Mozilla tab

texts: Every time I let my phone display turn off, and then unlock it and return to Firefox, or just go to another app or hit my home button and then go back to Firefox, it's showing its Mozilla tab. That's the one that lists the following items: About Firefox, FAQs, Give feedback, Show product announcements, Telemetry, Crash Reporter, and Firefox Health Report.  I can hit the back button on my phone and get back to whatever page it was viewing, but then as soon as I leave and come back, that list is up again. I'm using Android version 2.3.6 and Firefox version 32.0.3 on a MyTouchQ phone.


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I recently tried to install microsoft groove but the play store said, this app is incompatible with your device which is strange because. Im using Android 5.0.1 with all the latest updates.

Is there a way around this.


texts: Prerequisites of Installing New Launcher

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First of all, consider me noob in this launcher thing, as I have never installed any launcher on my Samsung Galaxy S2. But now, I'm thinking to take a plunge and download one, but have no idea what are the requirements for such things.

Mobile Information

Samsung Galaxy S2
Model No = GT-19100
Android Version = 2.3.3

Mobile is not rooted.


texts: No Internet using dual sim as mobile hotspot

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My phone has two sims both with large data caps that I'd like to use. I use my phone as a wireless access point for my laptop.

To switch between SIM 1/2 for data, I have to go to

settings-->wireless networks --> more-->mobile networks

and then set the network mode. The one which I wish to use for internet goes to GSM/WCDMA/LTE auto and the other 'just phone calls' I switch to GSM only.
I then go to

settings-->wireless networks --> dual sim cards --> data network

and set "Sim card to use" to sim 1 or 2.

This seems to work fine for access data on the phone. However, when I'm connected on my laptop via the hotspot, I only get internet access on SIM 2. With SIM 1, the computer wifi connects but says "no internet access". When I run the windows troubleshooting wizard, it says "failed to find DNS". I set my DNS to 8.8.8.8... but no joy.

I've also tried to connect via macs and Linux boxes with the same result. I think that the issue is in the droid.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance :-)


texts: advert web pages opened on phone by bg app

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I have some unwelcome behavior on my Samsung S4 AOS 5.0.1 (unrooted) phone. A few days ago I start to get attempts to open my web pages (up to 3 times a day so far) while my phone is idle. All cases have been bit.ly links for example:

http://bit.ly/2KG1tdA+ -- http://www.gohoi.com/jaguar-xj/
http://bit.ly/30muksQ+ -- http://www.gohoi.com/lincoln-mkz/
http://bit.ly/2nVdS4m+ -- https://t.co/leK1JpzypD
http://bit.ly/34WUUeL+ -- https://fb.itfactly.com/?url=https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u....

As I have no default browser I was able to capture URL and add "+" to end so I can get the detination URL on bitl.ly stats page as shown above in 2nd column. The first link went to at least 0.5 Million devices so somebody out there must have run into this phone abuse.

Is there anyway to trace what process is triggering the open web request (eg using logs, trace tools etc), so I can uninstall the app or disable it if it is builtin. Could it be "Peel remote".


texts: Erase successful, but not automatically formatting. Can't determine partition type - Jelly bean 4.1.2 with Nexus S

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While I ran the command - fastboot flashall -w I got the following error -

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Bootloader Version...: I9020XXLC2
Baseband Version.....: I9020XXKI1
Serial Number........: 3334E1630CFF00EC
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checking product...
OKAY [  0.001s]
sending 'boot' (3964 KB)...

OKAY [  0.693s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [  0.603s]
sending 'recovery' (4308 KB)...
OKAY [  0.541s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.652s]
sending 'system' (173123 KB)...
OKAY [ 22.336s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 24.196s]
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [  0.243s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [  0.001s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [  1.684s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
Can't determine partition type.
OKAY [  0.001s]
rebooting...

finished. total time: 50.956s

I'm trying the build Android jelly bean 4.1.2 in Nexus S phone.

Could anyone help please?


texts: Leagoo T10 (Android 6.0). Unable to connect to USB device

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I have a Leagoo T10 phone running Android 6.0.  I am unable to connect to a USB thumb drive using a USB type C OTG adapter.  I am also unable to connect to my Canon SLR camera using the DSLR Connect app (the camera and app works using another phone using a later version of Android).

There is no option on this phone under Settings -> Storage to connect to a USB device that I can see.

I've tried turning on USB debugging, and changing the USB configuration to MTP.  No joy.

The OTG device is working - I'm able to connect the phone to my DJI Osmo Pocket with it.  The USB thumb drive is also working.

When I open op OTG Disk Explorer, I get the message "Cannot mount the USB Drive.  No device found".

The specs of this phone state that OTG is supported.

I've tried everything that I know to get this working.  Does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: Galaxy ace camera app does not open and shows warning:  ErrorMessageHandler.handleMessage(-1)

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After dropping device in water, I am trying to open my galaxy ace camera app, but it doesn't open. rather than it shows a warning message:

 Warning:
   camera failed
   ErrorMessageHandler.handleMessage(-1)

How can I fix this problem and make camera launches properly, so I can take pics or record videos?


texts: after restart all media are gone from gallery

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(Im not an english user so ignore mistakes)
I have an old gts5360 phone and I add new media to sdcard like photo,video,music,etc. all of this media after restart are gone and not showed up in gallery, but the files still are in sd card.
I think if I run chkdsk solve problem but My phones usb mini socket is damaged so I cant connect it to computer.
any ideas?


texts: Why is the HTC Legend Froyo ROM labelled as being for Vodafone?

texts: I am currently using Optus and would like to upgrade to this ROM, but it is labelled as being a Vodafone ROM. Is this important? Is the ROM locked to the network or are there other issues it may cause if I installed it. Would this be any different from buying a phone from Vodafone then switching networks?


texts: Files show up on Nexus 5 but not in Windows 7

texts: I have a Nexus 5 running Android 6.0.1 and all of my files appear on the media direcotries within the phone, but when I plug it in as an MTP device in Windows 7, only some of the files show up. When I add new files over MTP the opposite happens, they don't appear on the device. I've tried rescanning the SD card, I've tried rebooting the phone, I've tried rebooting my computer, I've tried reinstalling the Nexus device drivers. Please help.