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I am trying to backup contacts from my phone (Galaxy S, Android 2.2.1) to Gmail account. The procedure I found on the Internet goes as follows:

  Open Contacts
  Menu -> Import/Export -> Export to SD card
  Menu -> Import/Export -> Import from SD card -> Google (i.e. save imported to Google account)

For some reason I don't have option to use SD card, so I use SIM instead. However, when I import contacts, they save to the phone (there is no prompt where to store them). I changed settings to automatically save contacts to Google and it works for newly created ones, but doesn't affect importing.

Am I missing something? Or could you verify this behavior on your phones?


texts: Stuck at boot screen after adding multi-user account

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I attempted to add a multi-user account to my device, and after it automatically restarted, it has been stuck in the boot loading sequence. I tried un plugging it and running over night, it simply ran out of power. It is currently plugged in and booting. My device specs are;

Nexus 6 Midnight Blue 32GB
Unlocked and Rooted
Android 5.0.2 LRX22G
Chroma 02-17-2015 ROM
Franco kernel


texts: How can I efficiently move 40+GByte of mp3 data to my phone?

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My entire music library is sitting on a server that I access through SSH (could be setup for HTTP) and I would like to copy it to my Xioami Mi A1 (running Nougat).

What would be the best way to accomplish this without using an SD card?  I installed Termux, and an rsync client, but:

I don't know the location of where I should download too, and
there seems to be a permission issue anywhere outside Termux's home directory ('whoami' reports my user credentials as "u0_a###")

I would like to transfer the music to the "proper" directory (not just the downloads directory).

With 50+G of unused storage space, I'd really like to make use of it.


texts: Locking individual files on micro sd card

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I have Galaxy S2 running on android 4.0.3. I have a number of photos, videos, pdf and word files stored on the micro sd card.

I am just wondering if there is a way to password protect individual files.

Many thanks


texts: Android Whatsapp constantly notifying about web login

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I tried Whatsapp web using chrome browser in Windows and it works great. But, I don't like my android app notifying often that 'there was an active web login'. I am using Samsung A7 and my other friend uses Oneplus. He says he don't get any notifications regarding whatsapp web. I believe it could be a settings issue but not able to figure it. Any idea?

We both are using Oreo.

Note: I am new to Android ecosystem


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After reading the "benefits" that I could have after changing the kernel of my phone I would change the actual one that my phone has.
I've already flashed custom roms in the past and my question is if the procedure to change kernel is more less the same , so do I have just to flash it ?


texts: Is there a way to share or transfer wishlist from one account to another on google play store?


texts: I have 32 GB external, but my internal is only 4GB!

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My mom bought me a phone. It's Samsung Galaxy J1. And It says that it has only 4GB in my internal storage. But I have 32 GB external storage.

So, I downloaded all apps that I wanted then I  moved it all (that can moved)to the external storage.

But when I tried to download a new app, it says that my internal storage is full! And now, I can't download some apps nor pictures and music.

Yes, I do have a lot of space left in my external memory. But it looks like nothing because it's useless now.

So please, help me from my problem. And w/o rooting my phone. Thanks in advance.


texts: Is it possible to run Android applications on (normal) Linux?

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Since Android is a forked Linux kernel plus software stack I am wondering whether there are any projects or ideas regarding creating a version of Android that can be added to a Linux system to allow a Linux system to run Android applications (compiled for, say, x86).

Does anything like that exist or would it be possible?

(I don't mean the emulator that comes with the SDK.)


texts: Is it possible to use an Android phone as network disk, so I can browse it on my TV?

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Is it possible to connect an Android phone to my TV with a USB cable, and then browse a network disk instead of the SD card?

To answer comment questions: HTC Desire HD, TV is able to browse USB storage devices. At the moment I go to my PC, connect to my phone with the USB cable, and put a video file on the SD card. Then I walk to my TV and plug the phone into the usb port. Then I browse the SDcard to find the video file, and open it. Every once in a while I connect my phone to the TV, and then find out that I need to go upstairs to my PC again, because there are no video files left to watch. And then I think "If I only could use a network file explorer (like ES) and use it to browse it on my tv"...

The TV supports none of the protocols since it has no network connection (no cable/WiFi). It has a USB port to browse usb storage devices.


texts: How can I disable mobile data connectivity on my Sanyo Zio?

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I have a pay as you go Android phone. I only pay 10 dollars per 3 months (or something like that). That means that every cent counts before I run out of money.

I want this phone for emergency reasons only and for internet so I don't use it to call. Yet my money on the account still runs out. When I check my statement I see a lot of charges for few to as much as 30 cents. I use my internet when I'm connected to wifi only but I think I'm still getting charged for connecting through my 3g network.

Is there any way to disable the connection with the data plan so the only internet that will work is wifi? This way I will not get charged.

I have tried changing the apn under settings and with apps. My phone seems incapable of even doing that. I wonder if it's some scheme to get me to pay for data without me noticing. I would still prefer a solution that allows me to call and receive calls at all times since I might receive emergency calls or need to make them.
.

Update
I downloaded an app called easyswitch and it allowed me to disable the 3g network the problem is that it's a trial that lasts a week. if anyone knows a free app that will do it please let me know. I also rooted my phone but don't really want to install a whole new rom on it.

After using easy switch for a while i realized that it keeps allowing 3g sometimes (sometimes it doesnt) I dont know what its depended on maybe if my phone restarts the easy switch settings restart as well? I think i will just install a new rom.


texts: How can I turn on text to speech in Android?

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I'm not an Android user and I'm stumped. I've got a friend who wants to turn on text-to-speech on his new phone.

His old phone has a "speech" icon on the screen. When he taps that and then taps text, the text is read out loud. In the screen shot below, the "speech" icon appears near the bottom of the screen between the Música and myMetro apps.

I can't find a way to turn this option on on his new Android phone. Even worse, I haven't been able to find that "speech" icon anywhere on the internet. What is that and how do I turn it on? Help!


texts: How can one know if one's battery is damaged

texts: What are the signs of a damaged or completely drained battery for Samsung Galaxy Note II? The battery displays it is empty and yet does not charge. It does not power the phone either. Am confused


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My SM-J701F (Android 7.0) stopped connecting to any PC after a failed root attempt using KingRoot(PC). I have been using the official Samsung cable, and the phone used to connect just fine before i tried Kingroot. Now the phone just charges itself after being connected via USB.
I've tried setting USB config as MTP, installing MTP drivers in PC, uninstalling phone drivers from my PC, changing cables, changing PCs themselves- nothing works. Neither the PC nor the phone detects any connection.
The phone can't be rooted now, so I can't find a way to restore it to a previous backup either.

Please help.


texts: Does rooting an android phone effectively also unlock it from network

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If you root an android phone does this also unlock it from a network?

I.e. say you had a moto g locked to the vodafone network, and then you rooted the phone, would it then be unlocked from vodafone?


texts: How to enable USB debugging with broken touchscreen?

texts: I have an Infinix Zero phone whose touch screen is broken. The screen calibration got affected, so the touch screen is not responding. I tried pushing a calibration APK to the phone from my system, but the process requires the USB debugging to be turned on. However, I'm unable to turn it on from my phone.


texts: How can I auto rotate in Samsung Galaxy?

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Coming from a Huawei P9 Lite, I recently moved to a Samsung Galaxy A30s.
While on my other phone it had an Auto rotate icon, I can't find one at the moment.

I've gone to Settings and searched for the term "rotate" but no results were found.
So, when I'm on a webpage

And rotate it, notice that it appears a new icon in the bottom right

And I need to click in it to actually rotate

During the first days, this was kind of ok, but now I'm tired of having to click always in that icon and waiting for it to appear (sometimes even requiring to do the rotation movement multiple times).


texts: .hidden folders not showing in Windows Explorer

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I have a Samsung s5 running Android v6.0.1 and a Samsung s9+ running v8.0.0.  Neither are rooted.

When I plug either phone into PC running Windows 8.1, I can't see any .hidden folders on the phones via Windows File Explorer.

Folders that don't start with a . are visible.

I've made sure that the phones are connected in USB "File Transfer Mode"

And that Windows File explorer is configured to show hidden files.

I know I used to be able to see all folders, even the .hidden ones on the s5 at least.

I've tried clearing the Media Storage app cache, and rebooting both the phone and the PC.

Any other solutions to get access back.


texts: Where is the layout file for the Sony Xperia launcher?

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Due to unrelated reasons my homescreen may reset sometimes. I do not seek help with that, and in fact I am already sure it cannot be fixed right now. However it is annoying to put everything back all the time.

So here's my idea: to work around this, I need to make a backup of the layout file whenever I change it, and when it resets, restore the backup. This way, I won't have to put everything back myself, just restore the file, restart the launcher, and everything is back to normal.

However, I cannot find this file. Where is it?


texts: How to restore SMS from adb backup file without root

texts:
Similar question to this one:

I have an ANDROID BACKUP file containing SMS history, produced from phone A using adb. That phone is gone, and this file is the only record I have of that history.
I have another phone B, to which I would like to restore that SMS data, without rooting the phone.

I know that an adb restore of SMS data is not possible without root, and I'd be perfectly happy to have an app-based solution. Unfortunately, all of the SMS backup/restore apps I've found so far use their own file format. Is there one that will restore from adb-created ANDROID BACKUP / .ab files?


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The device model is Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 (gt n5100)
It's not booted yet had developer mode activated.

The flash memory is completely broken (which probably means the bootloader is gone as well?), and since a simple repair at a shop would cost more than 150 USD, I've decided to give it a last try by copying an Android system onto the SD card to make the device at least function again.

I think I will kind of figure out the last step by myself since I'm on Linux all the time, but I'm not quite sure how to change the boot order or whether it is possible at all.

Is it possible to create a "bootable SD card" to boot Android from on this device – and if so, how is this done?


texts: How do I bookmark a page in Google Books?

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Google Books has a feature whereby you can bookmark a page by tapping any corner of any page of a book you're reading. However, I was unable to do this. Could someone please provide some help as to what I might be doing wrong, perhaps with a few images illustrating what should be happening in the user interface?

Thanks.


texts: Screen casting/mirroring between Nexus devices and Samsung TV

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I have a Nexus 4 and a Nexus 10, both running latest version of Lollipop.  I just bought a H6400 series Samsung TV, which supports "Screen Mirroring" aka "AllCast" in Samsung terminology.

If I try to cast the screen from the Nexus 4, it just says connecting for ever and nothing happens.

Trying on the Nexus 10, it does connect but is quite laggy and often drops the connection.  When it manages to keep the connection, the internet wifi speed on the 10 goes from 20MB/s to 0.2MB/s (using speedtest.new), which makes the internet unusable.  This is with all devices (inc router) within about 3m radius.

I have an old 802.11bg WiFi router, so was going to upgrade that, but have found out that screen casting uses a direct WiFi connection between the device and TV, it doesn't use the WiFi router at all.

Does anyone know how to make it work with the 4?  And with the 10, is the WiFi becoming unuseably slow a common problem or anyone have a fix?!  Would upgrading my router to one that supports both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz help?  i.e. can I run the screen casting over one freq, and the internet wifi over another one?


texts: Is there a way to change the default mic source system-wide on Android?

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I have a bluetooth mic (that can act also as earphones) that I would like to use for recording video from various apps. Most apps don't have an option for using a bluetooth mic source and only use the phone's internal mic, and for certain recording activities I can only use the bluetooth mic. Example apps include Snapchat, Twitch streaming, etc.

Is there some way I can tell the android system to use the connected bluetooth for all mic recording, that all android apps can use? Surely this is a common enough use-case, what with all the bluetooth devices being used, that is should be possible?


texts: I would like toknow if my kernel supports FUSE. If not, how do I build or download one with FUSE support, where on the FS do I place the kernel? I don't want to install CyanogenMod. I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo, KitKat 4.4.2. Thanks.


texts: What affect does a dual SIM have on the apps and software?

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Some Android phones have dual sims. I'm curious what difference this makes? For example are any special apps required? Do regular apps work on dual sims or do they have to be a special edition?

Is the standard versions of Android (e.g. Kitkat, Lollipop, Marshmallow) compatible by default?


texts: Multiple devices associated with a single Samsung account

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I am transitioning from iPhone to Samsung.
I mean to setup Find My Mobile.

For iOS, I can have one account and link many devices to the same account. Then, I can monitor/operate any of the devices from that account.

Is that possible with Samsung?

I read that something can be done with Android Device Manager, but I am asking specifically about Samsung accounts.


texts: Does Android allows to lock the touch screen, without interfering with any physical button?

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I read Kindle books in my Android 9 tablet. Kindle has an option to go to the next/previous pages of the book using the volume up and down keys.
Using third-party apps for "touch lock", I realized a behavior common to all of them: When the touch lock is active, the volume buttons behavior change to the default: Increasing or decreasing volumes.
As a developer, I think that the "touch lock" app might act as an overlay to the actual app I'm using, thus being able to ignore touches. Is it possible for this app to relay volume buttons behavior to the app being used, instead of interpreting it itself how to handle those buttons? Given that different apps might have different uses for the volume buttons.


texts: How to know which Dock Connector my Galaxy S2 has?

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There are several revisions for Dock Connects/Charging Ports per model. I would like to know if there is a way to find which revision is installed on my phone without opening the device. If that's possible.

Phone: GT i9100


texts: Getting adb root: I did unpack and repack the boot img yet adb root doesn't work

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my android is a Marshmallow 6.0.1 (EDIT: It is Samsung!) I just unpacked the boot.img and edited the build.prop by setting:
ro.secure=0
ro.debuggable=1
ro.adb.secure=0

repacket it, flashed it and everything is in it's place.
I no longer get the adbd cannot run as root in production builds error
BUT If I run adb root I get the restarting adb as root and nothing happens afterwards.
Can't adb remount because Not running as root. Try "adb root" first.
what else do I need to change?
EDIT: I just ran adb root again and this time the phone disconnected the USB:
error: protocol fault (couldn't read status): Connection reset by peer
error: write failure during connection: Connection reset by peer


texts: Is it possible to connect to multiple mobile devices non-wireless and run tests

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Is it possible to connect from computer to multiple mobile devices via USB and run tests on mobile devices while they (devices) are connected to Wireless network of another device.?

Scenario: We have some proprietary devices that have their own WiFi radio signal. We need to connect mobile devices to that signal. Then, we need to connect to that mobile device at the same time and inject tests. I've added a diagram to explain our need. Is it possible?

Any help/ pointers would be appreciated!!


texts: How to change default keyboard on Android N?

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Somehow my default keyboard got changed.  I used to be able to go to Settings -> Language and Input and then there was something that would let me change the keyboard.  Now under "Keyboard and input methods" I only see "Virtual keyboard" and "Physical Keyboard".  When I select the former it lists all the keyboards I have installed and enabled, but doesn't show me which one is the selected keyboard.  If I tap any of the keyboards it takes me to the settings for that keyboard, which doesn't provide me with any way to make that keyboard the default.  Long pressing does the same thing.  There is nothing helpful under the menus.  If I tap on "Manage keyboards" it shows me all the keyboards installed, and a mini-slider showing if each is enabled or not and allowing me to change.  But again, nothing to set the default!

How do I change the default keyboard in Android N?

Update: Apparently Google doesn't even know how to do this - I contacted chat support and the agent wasn't able to help me!


texts: Using SD-Card as internal memory, but how?

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I am confused, I installed today the Marshmallow update on my HTC One m8. I knew that there is a feature to use my SD card as internal memory and I was awaiting this feature. I did what I expected formatting the SD card and I can see the memory but dammed my internal memory is still full. Not more memory at all! Just a second non removable storage which is empty.

I tried to install a huge game (<1GB) but it failed since I have not enough memory. Dammed I just formatted a 64GB SD card! Sh...

So my question is did I something wrong or is it intended that I cannot use the SD card for games?

What is with other media? Can I store files on the "extended" internal memory?

For now it looks like I just reduced my internal memory by installing marshmallow without any memory related benefits. (I am a developer so I know other cool things)


texts: Changing reply header text in default mail app

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When I reply to mail in the default (non-gmail) mail application, the "RE:" text in the header, and the "xxx wrote" text before the quoted message are in Hebrew.

How Can I change them (I would like them to be the standard English texts, as not all of my recipients read Hebrew).

I have a Samsung Galaxy S, and it is rooted, if that helps.


texts: Creepy caller blocked, but still gets through to my voicemail

texts: I gave my phone number to someone who turns out to be unstable individual...crazy dude. I blocked him from my android phone, blocked from calls and messaging. Somehow he managed to call me, doesn't show the call on my call log at all..never heard or was alerted of the call. And he then left a voicemail and when I go through the menu to get the callers number it is silent..blank. How is this happening? And how can I block him all together? Seriously, this guy is freaking me out. Help please if you can.


texts: Problems after rooting with TWRP and SuperSU

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I'm having some problems with my Samsung A3 2016 (A310F), on Android 7.0.

I rooted the device using Odin3 v3.12.3 and flashed TWRP 3.0.2.1 SMA310, and then installed SuperSU v2.76 using the TWRP that had been installed.

Unfortunately, whilst the phone had become rooted, there were a number of problems with the device. The Wifi button became stuck and greyed out in the "off" position, the camera wouldn't work, SD Card storage is not showing, and when connecting the phone to my PC via USB it doesn't open Explorer like it did before rooting (I can see it in Device Manager, but it is impossible to access the phone). Furthermore, the phone cannot access the Internet using mobile data either.

I have tried to clear the Cache and Dalvik Cache via TWRP, and reset network settings, neither of which has worked.

My research has suggested that perhaps SuperSU v2.76 is the problem, and that I would need to use SuperSU v2.82. However, I cannot find any way to get SuperSU v2.82 onto the device.

I suspect I need to start from scratch somehow, but I'm very new to Androids and rooting and I'm not sure what to do.

Can anyone please give me some advice?


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My HTC desire has problems with the texting (sms). Sometimes it doesn't show the thread of my text messages or if it does and I try to click the person to see what they've texted, its a white screen and doesn't do anything. Then sometimes it does go to its original screen and when I click SEND to send a text, it says please wait for a very long time until I click the home button and it goes back to a white screen and its only the texting that is messed up.

Does anyone know how to fix these issues?


texts: How to disable usage of background data of all apps?

texts: Some networks charges high in cellular data...so disability of background data is great money saver.


texts: Non-root methods to mount USB storage devices

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From my understanding, one can use StickMount to mount USB Sticks / Thumbdrive. However, StickMount require one to root phone.

So, are there ways that I can mount a USB Sticks / Thumbdrive to a Android phone / tablet without rooting the phone?


texts: Where to do I find my saved book files on my root device?

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I have a book app that downloads book files from the Internet. It stops working and the developer wants me to root my phone and find those downloaded files for him so that he can debug.

I've rooted my device and have ssh onto my rooted device. I made myself a root by "su" so there is nothing that I can't access. The problem is that I have no idea where those book files are saved physically. It must be somewhere because I can view those books on my phone.

It would be good if I can use the "find ..." unix command, but my Android device doesn't have the "find" installed.

Thanks.


texts: How to disable the "sign in to wifi network" page?

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How can I disable the page "sign in to wifi network" that appears when connected to a wifi network that requires login?

I dont want to disable wifi. I just dont want this page to appear. Is it possible?


texts: Is there a way to have access to the file/s that list the contact details on an Android 2.3.5 phone? My contacts storage is growing up to many MBs, and I would like to be able to delete some of these contacts from the stored files with a scripted solution.


texts: How can I increase the maximum speaker volume?

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Is there a way, maybe even with root, to increase the maximum speaker volume?

I own a Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet, which are known for their crappy and quiet speaker. There are ways to replace the speaker with another one. But I'd like to know a generic, not device related, software based method to increase the maximum volume on Android (if there is one).


texts: Acer Iconia Tab A500 - Rooting & Honeycomb 3.2

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I just bought a brand new Iconia Tab A500. I just unboxed it and it shall be charging for the next 14 hours :)

While I wait for first booting it, I have a question on rooting with 3.2. The tablet comes with Honey 3.0, but I read that the 3.2 update is ready to be delivered OTA. But I absolutely want to root it!

Can I root the device after the OS upgrade?
Or should I root it first?
Or, does upgrade remove rooting and currently there's no [yet] rooting for HC3.2?

Thank you


texts: Can I share my wifi connection to wifi tethering?

texts: Can I do it on my android? I seem can't find any reference for it.


texts: How to get contacts from an Android phone to an iPhone?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I transfer my contacts from an iPhone to an HTC Inspire?

I use Google to maintain my contacts, which syncs to my Android device. However, I'm switching to an iPhone 4. Will it be easy to transfer contact information?


texts: Should I do the factory reset? If yes, what will I lose?

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My HTC Desire S is working fine when I don't put my micro SD card in it (this card was free with the phone). But the phone keeps restarting every few minutes if I keep the memory card in it. By that, I could say that the phone is fine, but the issue can be either with the memory card or the phone not supporting memory card anymore. The phone and memory card worked completely fine for 8 months.

The thing is, if the same memory card is inserted in any other mobile, be it an Android or any other smartphone, that phone will not restart and the data is completely readable too. So, the memory card is fine. When I insert some other memory card on my phone, then my phone does not restart too. So that means the issue is with my phone & that particular memory card combo.

I am ready to uninstall each and every app from my phone, but will that solve my problem? Should I perform the factory reset? Will it solve my issue? What will I lose if will do the factory reset? Like: contacts, SMS, call logs, APN settings, etc. Any free software to backup all these?

But maybe I am going in the wrong direction. Maybe there is some easy way to get the phone and memory card working.


texts: Can I use LOS on Samsung S4 Mini GT-I9195I?

texts: I have successfully installed Lineage OS on Samsung S4 Mini GT-I9195, but now I got a GT-I9195I which should be a more advanced model with better CPU. I can't find any reliable informations, if this model is also suitable for Lineage.


texts: Nexus 4 screen got hung until battery drained and on restart stuck on flying dots

texts: I have nexus 4 with lollypop installed on it. Yesterday while operating its screen just went to hung state and stopped responding. I could not even power off the phone. Therefore, I let the phone to drain out battery and switch off itself. Then I charged it started using power button. But it is stuck on 5 flying dots, more than an hour. The power key is not responding now. How should I deal with this problem?


texts: Why does Tinder constantly appear on my Opera mobile home page without me adding it?

texts:
I've been using Opera Mobile on my phone for roughly two months now and lately I've noticed that Tinder repeatedly appears on my Opera mobile browser homepage without me adding it.
The first time, I didn't pay it much attention. I thought perhaps I'd clicked on a website that somehow added Tinder on there. I removed it and moved on.
The second time, I got a bit more suspicious, so I reinstalled the app.
Tonight, the third time, my boyfriend saw it and I had to explain to him, in a very awkward and unpleasant conversation, that I'm not actively using Tinder.
Again, I don't and have never used Tinder in any way whatsoever, mobile, desktop, you name it.
This is my homepage right now, with the unwanted Tinder app included:

Is there a way to completely disable this? I don't want to have to uninstall this browser.


texts: Google Maps appears to be turning off any other media

texts: I'm using Gone Mad Music Player for music and Podcast Addict for podcasts and recently I've been having this problem where Google navigation will stop those apps from playing when it wants to give me a notification. When I restart the music/podcast app, Google navigation stops giving me notifications, forcing me to restart that thing.  I'm not sure how to fix it.  I do have navigation set to talk over anything that's playing.


texts: Can any Android device be set to not auto power-off?

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If I buy any no-name Android tablet from ebay etc, is there a chance it will not allow me to force it to stay on all the time?  In other words, is "never auto sleep" a universal feature of any android device?

If not, how can I tell?


texts: Flash Galaxy S3 with Broken Screen and Debug Mode Not On

texts:
I have a completely broken screen/lcd/digitizer on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Debug mode was not on. The phone works as it will still vibrate when turned on and the LED / Menu / Back buttons light up during a boot. USB connector works as well. The phone was not previously rooted.

I had most important data on the sd card and I've already wrote off any other data on the phone as I've since moved on to a GN2. I would like to make use of the S3 (not necessarily as a phone but a server, security camera, etc.). I've read several posts here about my options and looked at numerous google articles, all seem to require debug mode being on; however, all also seem to assume the data/OS must remain as this is what the user is trying to recover.

Am I out of luck if debug mode was not enabled or can I flash through adb or fastboot via some obscure mechanism?

Thanks in advance for any help and/or suggestions.


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What application turn on wifi/GPS at specific moment (adb logcat  or what tools to use, what strings look for)?

What installed application able to turn on wifi/GPS? Or more generally how I can get list of all installed application permissions by adb, adb shell or another tools from Android phone/SDK?


texts: I have a Dell Venue 7 (only Wifi) which is a piece of crap - too many bugs and Dell has stopped supporting it. Is there a way to put Cyanogen or anything else on it?


texts: Questions about phone migration using rsync

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I'm planning to get a new android phone and I'm wondering what's considered best practice to move all data and settings. I know that lots of stuff goes to google, but I'd like to migrate app data as well. I know that I can do an rsync of the SD card and move things like pictures, but which directories should I move? Could anything bad happen from me just doing an rsync of the entire old card to the new one?

My old phone isn't rooted (yet) so I can't access /data, but if I did root it to grab that stuff, I'm not sure how I would feel about rooting the new phone - is there somewhere I could drop the files grabbed from /data on the  old phone to somewhere on the new one to get things to "just work"?

I'm migrating from Moto Droid 1 to 4


texts:
Today I found an LG Watch R W110 while hiking. It's not screen locked, so I've poked around to try and identify the owner. There's only one number in the call log (other entries are all names) and I called it but it was a business that couldn't narrow down the search.

I thought I might be able to pair it with my own phone and redial "Mum" from the call log, but couldn't get it to pair with my iPhone. If I were to pair it with an Android phone, would doing so wipe the existing call log, or might I then be able to call "Mum"?

If not, is there any other way to find information about the watch's owner?


texts: Googly Play Store won't open. I'm unable to get stated with my MM installation, please help

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I have a OnePlus One. I installed CM 13 nightly, the relevant Slim GApps Nano, and Xposed v80 last evening. Ever since the setup screen, the pop-up saying "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped working." has been harassing me. It goes away before I press the OK button.

Here are the things I've tried:-
- Clear Dalvik/Cache again
- Couldn't clear App Data because it's a fresh installation containing the latest versions.
- Manually installed Play Store and Services using APKs from APK Mirror.
- Restarted my device countless times.

Here is the crash log/bug report:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create application com.google.android.finsky.FinskyApp: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.app.AppOpsManager.checkPackage(int, java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4754)
    at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.invokeOriginalMethodNative(Native Method)
    at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.handleHookedMethod(XposedBridge.java:681)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(<Xposed>)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap1(ActivityThread.java)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1424)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5461)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
    at de.robv.android.xposed.XposedBridge.main(XposedBridge.java:117)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'void android.app.AppOpsManager.checkPackage(int, java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1626)
    at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1573)
    at android.content.pm.IPackageInstaller$Stub$Proxy.getMySessions(IPackageInstaller.java:385)
    at android.content.pm.PackageInstaller.getMySessions(PackageInstaller.java:415)
    at com.google.android.finsky.installer.v.<init>(SourceFile:77)
    at com.google.android.finsky.FinskyApp.onCreate(SourceFile:18023)
    at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1014)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4751)
    ... 12 more

I have absolutely no idea what else I can do, except wait for Cyanogen OS 13. Please guide me towards a quick, and efficient solution. Thanks in advance! :D


texts: Cannot log in to my android phone anymore

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Few days ago I got firmware update in my S3. After update, I realized the default QWERTY keyboard is lost. There was only voice input. Then, I downloaded painfully "Go Keyboard" with voice search in android market then everything was fine.

Today, I had to encrypt my phone because I wanted to use my company's Google app service in my phone as well. I encrypted phone with password given. When phone re-started and asked me password, there is no keyboard to type in. Go Keyboard probably doesn't appear before decrypting phone because it is an installed app.

Now I have many, files, pictures which are not in cloud. What should I do in this case. Can't I enter password from my PC someway.

Please help me if you can.


texts: Is there an android phone that fits these criteria?

texts:
I'm not asking for recommendations, just if there is a phone that fits these criteria, and if so, what is it?

Android (preferably 2.2+)
Physical Keyboard
HTC
Verizon


texts: Wired connection to Bluetooth earphones that doesn't have a headphone jack

texts: So I have this pair of bluetooth earphones that only has a micro usb port for charging and it does not have a headphone jack. If the battery runs out, is it possible to use a micro usb to headphone jack adapter to connect it to my phone using aux? Like can the micro usb port of the bluetooth earphones be used for music input?


texts: Is there a way to change the cover photo in Gmail app's menu?

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Gmail/G+ allows you to change the cover photo along with the profile photo. I already changed both. The profile photo will also be used in the Gmail app on most (every?) Android. But what about the cover photo? I don't want the Google default cover photo on my Gmail app.

I'm on a Samsung using Android 5.0. Gmail app is currently on 5.6.103338659.release.

Is there a way to change this?


texts: Mobile Data blocked while getting/sending phone call and message

texts: I have 2 sim cards in my phone Samsung J7 Pro. Whenever I used the packet data for internet using sim 2 and there's phone call or message coming in my internet got blocked. I used packet data because it's the only reliable internet connection I have right now. How to totally block all incoming call or messages to avoid my packet data blocked while using the internet?, Thanks in advance.


texts: Prevent background execution in Android 9

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Is there a way to choose what apps are allowed or denied to run background services in Android 9? I know that I can kill them in Settings > Apps & notifications > 〈 app 〉 > Force stop, but I need that

the service is never started until I open the app;
it is run when I open the app;
it is killed when I close the app.

Let me make an example with WhatsApp (which is not an app I'm having problems with but makes it easier to explain what I need):

when I boot the phone it shouldn't check for new messages
when I open WhatsApp it should download them
once I closed the app new messages shouldn't check for new messages until I open it again

If possible I would prefer a non-root solution.

Update

That's not a duplicate of Disable autostart on boot: I need not only to prevent autostart at boot, but also to kill all the background processes of the app when I close it.


texts: CM11 com.android.themes.provider and com.android.settings crash

texts: Dirty updated from OmniROM to latest CM11, fixed permissions, and got crashes. Firstly crashed com.android.phone, I have removed some files and managed to fix it. After it I have tested a little and experienced other crashes: com.android.themes.provider (when trying to enter to any submenu of themes menu) and com.android.settings (when trying to enter cellular network settings) . What files should I remove to fix it? I tried to clear .themes.provider's folder and .settings' folder, it doesn't help.


texts: How to debug inetd server on rooted Android phone?

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I would like to run an inetd server on my rooted phone to accept incoming connections and launch an application in response.  I've installed BusyBox since it includes inetd and I created a file /etc/inetd.conf/myApp with the contents:

service myApp
{
    socket_type = stream
    protocol = tcp
    wait = no
    user = root
    server = /system/app/com.mydomain.myApp-33.apk
    port = 2345
    disable = no
}

I then ran this command from the adb shell:

shell@jfltevzw:/ $ su
root@jfltevzw:/ # busybox inetd -q 2345 /etc/xinetd.d/myApp

I then tried to test by using telnet from my Macintosh:

bash-3.2$ telnet 192.168.1.29 2345
Trying 192.168.1.29...
Connected to android-1c7bde8dccfe2a27.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

I tried other not-configured ports (e.g. 2346) and get the same result, so it is failing at a very basic level and not getting very far at all.

How can I see any log files to figure out what is going wrong?


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I used to have Silet Time on Android 4.4 and it worked really well.

The application sets silent mode or vibration at scheduled time of the week.

I now have Android 6 and that application does not work anymore; I also tried Silent Hours and several others.

The Do not disturb mode works but it doesn't allow setting vibration, only full silent mode which is good for sleeping, but not in other occasions (office hours, meetings, etc).

Is there a way to achieve this on Android 6?


texts: Wifi problem on the first start droid turbo

texts: I reseted to factory defaults and in first boot in initialization step it requires wifi connection to setup but not detecting wifi network, how to get through this help please


texts: cannot access phone directories using adb shell after upgrading to android 11

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I recently upgraded to android 11. Ever since I did that I cannot adb shell into any of the directories inside the /mnt directory:
adb shell
taimen:/ $ cd mnt
taimen:/mnt $ ls
androidwritable  appfuse  asec  expand  installer  media_rw  obb  pass_through  product  runtime  sdcard  secure  user  vendor
taimen:/mnt $ cd sdcard
/system/bin/sh: cd: /mnt/sdcard: Permission denied

What do I do to regain my access?


texts: How to use Android modem without using PC

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I have rooted my mobile. I wanted to use modem of Android phone without connecting to PC. How to give AT commands without connecting to PC, because in http://atinout.sourceforge.net/, it is suggesting to use '/dev/ttyACM0' file which is not present in Android device.
I am not sure, but it seems ttyACM0 is related with USB, how to use same command in Android mobile, if I have rooted my mobile successfully.


texts: Android browser's about:debug, what do those settings do?

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I have just found this hidden setting:

Open Stock browser (Not Chrome on ICS. about:debug doesn't work in Chrome. Use remote debugging instead.)
In the address bar, type about:debug, nothing should happen, there will be no confirmation screen or flashing green box telling you that you've done anything.
However, there should now be a few new options in the browser's Settings page.

(Click image to enlarge)

In Menu > More > Settings:

(Click image to enlarge)

In Menu > More, there is also:

(Click image to enlarge)

probably there are other new menus showing up that I haven't noted and the menus are very likely to be version specific.

While, I understand some of these settings, there are many of these settings that I don't understand, like where can I find the Javascript Console, what is being traced, what light touch and nav cache dump does, where do the dump files being saved to, what are the valid JS (Javascript?) flags, etc.

I find it difficult to Google what these setting do. I'd like help from others to play/experiment/Google with about:debug and write up what these settings do. Any bits of info you can gather is helpful.

Please have one answer per setting, unless you're describing interrelated settings.


texts: Finding IP of a raspberry pi connected to wifi hotspot/usb modem

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I am working on a project where a raspberry pi hosts a webserver to display some data. Since the Pi doesn't have a screen, the way to access this server is to create a wifi hotspot or connecting the phone via usb and enabling USB modem, and introducing the IP of that LAN connection to access it.
However, finding out the IP of the raspberry in this local connection is not trivial, usually requiring sketchy third party apps full of advertisements.
Is there anything I can make to make the process simpler to a user?


texts: How to open winmail.dat file email attachment?

texts: My boss can't open attachments in his Lenovo K3 NOTE and all he got was a winmail.dat file. What settings should I use to get rid of winmail.dat file and open the attachments?


texts: Does Samsung galaxy 7 turn itself on once dies and plugged up to chrger?

texts: Will my Samsung galaxy 7 turn itself on once plugged into wall, or do I have to turn it on myself ?


texts: What can I do to make only the active app use Internet?

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I know there are few apps that can restrict apps from access internet, but I just want a simple app or a solution so that only the active app say WhatsApp uses the Internet and the rest apps don't access the Internet at all?

I am using MotoG3 with Marshmellow (6.0.1)


texts: How to restore adb backup on Nexus 4 (boot loop)?

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Recently I have flashed unofficial cyanogenmod 10.2 for my Nexus 4. After testing some features I the device came into a "bootloop" (stays on cyanogenmod logo launcher).

I tried to reflash it with cm 10.1 (wipe dalvik cache and /cache partition) but the same effect.

Now I have completed the adb backup but if I restore it I get the same effect as described above.

I can launch the device successfully on clear cm 10.1 but it won't boot after restore of my backup. What can I do now ?


texts: App not installed error on Huawei Mate 9

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I downloaded apk files from Chrome. After the downloads completed, I pressed Install. But after 2~3 seconds, it just said App not installed. For example, I downloaded an app called "TutuApp". It won't install and doesn't give any information on why so I can fix it.

Anyone knows how to fix this?

My phone is Huawei Mate 9 with Android version 8.0.0.
I'm new to Android and a complete noob.


texts: Disable android.hardware.foo feature to hide hardware from ROM?

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Is it possible to tell an Android ROM (without recompiling it, but repacking is okay, I guess) that the device it runs on does not have a certain android.hardware.something feature?

I want to disable android.hardware.telephony, so that the ROM (CM11) does not start the telephony infrastructure (RILJ etc.) at all.


texts: Possible to charge one phone off another?

texts: What's stopping the ability of charging a cell phone from another cell phone? If I were to create a crossover/patch USB cable and connect it between two phones or tablets, would there by any way to have one of their USB ports provide a charge to the other?


texts: Cannot install from market applications I used to have

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I changed my ROM to cyangenmod 7, and I cannot install some of the applications I used to have (like skype for instance).

Here's what I got so far:

When I'm downloading it from the market it starts to download and than it disappears, and thats it.

When I am using root explorer, looking for files with the name "skype" in them I find a skype classes.dex file in sd-ext/dalvik-cache/.

So here are the questions:

Does anyone know this problem and has any idea how to fix it?
I'm thinking that deleting the dalvik-cache will fix it, but I'm not sure, and I don't know what it means (its consequences on the device and other apps).

Thanks a lot for your help! :-)


texts: How can a complete web page be saved and viewed on an Android device?

texts:
There are situations I require to save a "complete" web page for offline reading. I can easily do that on Windows by saving the web page, but not on Android.

I am using Chrome on Android and I don't see a "save" option. Instead, I see "Save link" which, I believe, saves "only" the "pure HTML" version of a site of which the link leads to.

I have tried this but, when I view it in the HTML Viewer a lot of necessary CSS formatting and all the images were lost, which made the information misleading and incomplete respectively. (PS I thought I downloaded the complete page and the fault was that of the HTML Viewer for not rendering every thing, but I was wrong, as the desktop Chrome also displayed the "only HTML" version when I transferred those pages to my laptop through Bluetooth).

So, my question is: How can I download "a complete" web page on my Android smart-phone. It's OK if I can't view it on my smart-phone, but every thing should be in place when I view it on my laptop after transferring it. It is also OK if it is saved as a PDF file.

(PS I'm asking this as I use internet very often in my smartphone because my laptop is not connected to the internet. Also I want to transfer it to my laptop because I don't want to view those "important" pages on a small screen, it's inconvenient).


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I have a copy of the boot.img from my HTC M8 one.
I unpacked it and discovered that it is mostly empty directories and one binary "init" file. I was hoping to find an init.rc in there.
Any ideas?
:/tmp/ramdisk$ cpio -idv < ramdisk.cpio
apex
debug_ramdisk
dev
init
mnt
proc
sys
2690 blocks

:/tmp/ramdisk$ find
.
./init
./mnt
./ramdisk.cpio
./proc
./debug_ramdisk
./dev
./sys
./apex


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I have my own Root certificate that signs user certificates.

I have a site that will only allow you on with a user certificate which is signed by the root ca.

I have managed to get this site working in Ios and Windows, but just can't get it working from Android (4.2.2)

I have tried many different methods of importing the certificate including converting between formats - I get as far as it being recognised and "installing", but, it never actually seems to get installed or be visible anywhere (checked under trusted credentials > user).

I have read here and the only solutions seem to involve downloading/modifying files and reuploading then restarting - or to have modified firmware/similar.... I really want a supported way of doing this and don't really want to consider a hack as I need a scalable solution.


texts: Tablet with very long boot time, what can I try?

texts:
I apologize if this question is too open-ended, but I wanted to collect different ideas regardless of the specific tablet model.

I've owned an Android 4.1 tablet for quite some time now. When I first got it, the boot time was very quick. Lately, however, it takes much longer to boot. The lengthened time is not spent during the boot-animation, it's spent on the splash screen that appears before the animation.

I have rooted this tablet and am willing to pry deeply into the system files to try and resolve the problem.

What steps can I try?


texts:
When I go to flash with Odin, I see an option for "T Flash". What does it do?

Other options include,

Auto Reboot
Re-Partition
F. Reset Time
Device Info
Nand Erase All
Flash Lock
T Flash (this option)
Phone EFS Clear
Phone Bootloader Update


texts: How do I check who is connecting to my hotspot?

texts:
Is there any way to check who is connecting to my hotspot? I am using a rooted Samsung Galaxy SII.

I use the SII's tethering feature in: Settings > Wireless and network > Tethering and portable hotspot > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot to create my hotspot.


texts: How can I find out what devices support Skype video calling over Wi-Fi?  (I'm particularly interested in tablets.)


texts:
Android 4: Under Mobile Network Settings I have Access Point Names menu, which lists 4 APNs, first one's got a radio button selected next to it.

I'm trying to select one of the other APNs - which takes me to edit mode for that APN, however there doesn't seem to be a way to select an active one (as in - put a radio button selected next to it).

Long tap and menu options don't provide that ability either.


texts: Does my Android phone uses battery or outlet power to operate while being charged?

texts:
I am curious about knowing which power source does my android uses up, while it is being charged while switched on..

I know i can test it by keeping it in charging and pulling the battery.. but i am unsure if its safe enough..

Anyone having any ideas??

If it uses outlet/USB power for operation,then i can be assured of keeping it plugged in and use wifi tethering for net surfing for long periods.. without thinking of any battery damage due to prolonged charging..am i right on this?


texts: How use the Samsung Galaxy S3 stock contact/phone app with custom ROM?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Verizon with the custom ROM Cyanogenmod 10.1. It has it's own people app and dialer.

Previously, before I rooted my phone and installed the Cyanogenmod, the S3 comes with Samsung's TouchWiz along with all of Samsung's built-in apps. One of the apps was their dialer and contacts app.

Is there anyway, while using the Cyanogenmod, to replace the Cyanogenmod's default phone app with the original S3's phone app? Is there an apk file of the phone app I could install?

Thanks!


texts: Why does OK Google voice search unlock Moto G4 Plus?

texts:
So my phone (Marshmallow) was locked. I said Ok Google, to search something. It searched directly from the lockscreen and when I tapped home, it actually unlocked the phone.

Is it a security hole or something?

My phone is Moto G4 Plus


texts: Is it possible to convert the filesystem from ubifs to ext4?

texts: because i want to install a custom rom for my smartphone (MT6572 based) i need my smartphone to be in ext4-fileformat (currently it is in ubifs) because all the ported ROMS for MT6572 are ext4-based. Is it possible to change the filesystem of a smartphone?


texts:
Who runs the Android market?
Does Google run the Android Market?


texts: How to blacklist some cell base station on Android 9

texts:
As far as I know, one of approaches for disabling of mobile data traffic during public protests is use a  fake cell base station with strong signal at local area.
I did some research, but I did not find any ways to blacklist some base stations, only tools to monitor them (like Network Cell Info, etc).
Is it any way to block some base station with some tool/programmatically with Android API?


texts: Does Samsung Galaxy Grand Support USB OTG?

texts:
Hii Everyone iam Using Samsung Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082) Duos Model and it is running with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Version. I Just Wanted to know whether my device supports USB-OTG Cable Support For Connecting USB Drives i have Searched for the same in google and found different answers like this
video from YouTube is saying that my device doesn't support OTG and in other site here saying that my device will support OTG

Please Help Me to know whether my device supports OTG or not

Thanks in Advance


texts: How to verify a backup file from ADB backup

texts:
I have backed up my phone via adb to my computer by doing the command:

adb backup -all -apk -f C:\myfolder\backup.ab

I went to look at the file it had created when it said the backup was finished, but it says it is 0 bytes big.

Is this because of the encryption? I am worrying if my phone is backed up properly...


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I have a unrooted nexus 5 and i want to analyze google play downloaded app source code but i cannot find any of my apps when i connect my phone to the computer...
any one know how can i:

Save google play app without extracting the apk file...
finding the app when connecting in to computer.
check the app source code in the computer

the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ignite.lottosheli


texts: Setting the Alarm Clock's Bluetooth volume

texts:
I have LG G3 with CyanogenMod 13 (Android 6.0) and a Bluetooth speaker.

In the phone settings I have chosen maximum alarm volume. When the alarm rings through the phone's internal loudspeaker the volume is maximum (which I can get from the phone's loudspeaker).

When the alarm clock rings and my phone is connected to the Bluetooth speakers the volume of the Bluetooth speakers is not at its maximum (in fact the volume of the Bluetooth speakers is at the level it was left when listening to music).

Is this a common issue on Android 6.0 (are other users having this issue as well or am I the "only one")?


texts: RCA maven pro Android tablet not totally recognizing USB drive

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RCT6213W87 DKF.....There is also a letter M sticker a couple of places on the original pkg.

Device is using Android 6.0

Using a 32 gig USB drive, SanDisk, USB 2.0/3.0

Installed the memory zone app. When USB drive is plugged in, this app will detect it BUT when I high lite a file, and choose either "move to" or "copy to", it does not show the USB drive as an option. Tried the drive in a desk top, no probs.

Tried to access it thru settings....USB and storage. No to USB but yes to micro sd. Same with file manager...Internal....No to USB, yes to micro SD.

Just wondering if I am going crazy. Want to move files from internal HD to free up space.

Can anyone offer a suggestion or two.

Thank you in advance!!


texts:
My friend has Cloudfone excite prime.
He can record the Facebook messenger, whatsapp calls using his phone's default voice recorder.
I have Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
If I try to record the messenger call, it says "Unable to record during call".

The question is why my friend's phone can record the call but not mine?

And he can also play music while on the call. But my phone says "Unable to play during call", why?


texts: Suddenly my phone does not detect my SIM while it detects service providers' names

texts:
I am using rooted but stock Nexus 5 D820 with service provider Airtel in India.  When I occasionally glanced my phone it said that the SIM is not detected.

I soon discovered by various means that my phone is accepting the SIM while there is no problem with the SIM and the network. I isolated these by trying other working SIMs in my phone and my SIM works on other phones.  Also switching from 4g->3g->2g also tried.

IMEI is okay and not changed. EFS folders are backed up.  This issue did not happen during any tweaking operation, rather should have happened after few minutes after receiving the call.

Service center staff said they had to replace the entire board.

Question: If you are still reading, though my SIM is not detected, the phone can still search network providers when I choose manual option for network selection.  When I choose my service provider manually it fails to register.
My question is if the hardware or the SIM has gone defective, how it can scan for available networks but not register with my network?


texts:
On my Alcatel U5 I keep getting a massage saying that a system update has been downloaded, press instal. When I do that it fails saying the file is corrupt and it will download again, same thing happens over and over again.

So, two questions:

What is the latest Android version available for my U5?
How can I get the download and install to work?

Thank you.


texts: Sounds for Charging the Samsung galaxy s 3

texts:
Can someone tell me how to turn( on) the sound for when my Samsung galaxy s 3 is charged.        Please,
                       than you!


texts: I have to talk in an American accent despite setting voice recognition to English UK

texts:
Is there a way around this, or perhaps a 3rd party voice recognition app that gets around it?

I also ran a few tests in a Scouse accent and it didn't like any of them - are people with strong regional dialects ever going to be able to use this technology?

Is there a way of training it to better recognaise the nuances of your voice?

In the past this sort of technology works best with:-

no training but a low number of words
high amount of training allowing a larger recognaised vocabulary

It's fair to assume the technology has moved on a lot but there's still scope for it to be trained to an extent. We'd all prefer it to work out of the box of course.


texts: How to pass all throttled data traffic to an unthrottled port and browse internet at full speed

texts:
There are multiple TCP/UDP based VPN apps which can provide free internet. I'm no expert in this field but according to what I understand is that these apps can work if you are able to browse at least one website without any internet plan. They pass all the normal internet traffic through that one website so that your operator thinks you are still browsing that one free website.
Can someone throw some light on how this process exactly works and can I use it to make my internet work faster because when I exhaust my data limit still some websites work at full speed.


texts: Is there a way to see the top apps across all categories?

texts:
Is there a way to see some stats about the top apps in the Android Market across all categories?

The Google Play Store gives me some top paid and free apps per category.  How do I get the overall stats?


texts:
let us start with ground zero, so I had my Gionee P5W running very well until the update for nougat came.

Actually my phone is rooted and we should avoid such stock updates, but my brother wasn't aware of this, and he downloaded and clicked install which took him to Teamwin recovery and there it shown that it is updating, but finally it failed and from there, whenever we try to reboot, first it shows the Gionee logo and then goes to Teamwin recovery.

And let me tell you data for me is not important, only I need that my phone should start.

I have tried many solutions to get out of Teamwin recovery, but nothing works, I tried to flash custom recovery along with required open Gapps, but it also failed.

So ,this is all I did with my phone, please help me as I am losing my hope and its been a two weeks since finding solution but again no success.

Thank you in advance.


texts: Repairing a suddenly dead Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2

texts:
Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2
(1,
2)
bought used for diversity of Android tests during app development. Died suddenly a year later.

Would still like to keep it running. It now has no sign of life when plugged in, but
because the battery was still holding a 3-hour charge when last used, I suspect that the sudden death is
not caused by the battery. The battery would have dwindled more slowly.

Net chatter suggests that the USB connector is prone to breaking. Have you been there? Is this repairable?
I am content to use it with the power cord attached. Yet replacement battery sellers suggest that presence of a working battery is necessary. Have you been there? Can you confirm one way or the other?

I used the 10.1 tag because the 12.2 is identical in build quality (or lack thereof) to the 10.1. Your experience with the Samsung Galaxy Note pro 10.1 is likely very relevant.


texts: Why do I need to confirm my phone number to send a group SMS?

texts:
I am using the Android Messages app to send an SMS to more than one person at a time. I get prompted with a message that "Messages needs your phone number" and a button labelled "Fix". I then get this dialog:

I have two questions:

Why does Android Messages need my phone number? Doesn't it know it already? Will I have to change it later if I change SIM card? I don't get this prompt when sending an SMS message to one person.

Is Android Messages doing something other than sending normal SMS messages here?

I'm using Android 6 and the latest version of Android Messages from the Play store.


texts:
I'd like to check some log files of a app I've downloaded from the browser.
I rooted my device already and saw in the "SuperSU"-App a Logs-Tab. How can/do I use that? Or do I have to do something more?

Thank you


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I'm new to android and new to anything related to soundprocessing.
The thing is, I have a simple deep learning model to eliminate noise (barking dogs, cars, ...). I want to apply (use) it to the sound output on android phone (ex: when I call messenger, the sound comes from my friend have barking, I will turn on my app to get rid of dog barking, I will turn on my app to eliminates dog barking) but I don't know how to do it. I have found an architecture on Windows that shows where my model is located:

On picture display shows both incoming and outgoing sound for a conversation, It adopts the driver and IOCTL protocol to interfere with the transfer of sound from user mode to the kernel and vice versa, is it the same in android? . Can someone tell me how it looks in android or any information, I've seen something here but for a novice like me it's too little information. Thank everybody!


texts: I have an Samsung S5 running Lollipop v5.  Does Lollipop have a concept of a "Recycling Bin" where deleted files go?  Or is a file/picture really deleted when I delete it?


texts: Top draw stopped working. 'No notifications'. Gear icon for settings also is gone

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I have an HTC One M8 running Marshmallow 6.0, kernel 3.4.0-perf-gd7aafa47 and build MRA58K.H15, unlocked bootloader but non-rooted device. The device is a tab over 2 years old now, and the system has been shutting down on its own when the battery charge gets closer to 10%.  Yesterday, after charging up and powering on, I've noticed no more notifications are shown.  The sounds are played, but no icons are displayed at the top left. Further, when I try to draw down to see more information, nothing other than 'No notifications' message displays.  Also noticed that the gear icon on the top right has disappeared, I actually have to go the long route to access settings now.  Another thing I've noticed is that the 'developer options', which were always enabled, now display '...not available for this user'.  I've tried wiping the cache partition, but that made not difference.

Any ideas?


texts: What is the difference between fastboot command flashing and flashing using a flash tool(like mi flash tool flashing)?

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BACKGROUND

Xiaomi has its own Mi Flash Tool in which we select the .bat and flash.

But if we use fastboot commands then we only need system.img, boot.img, recovery.img, cache.img and userdata.img

So I checked .bat files using notepad++ and they contain commands for various other files too like modem etc that are present in images folder.

But phone gets booted perfectly with both methods!

QUESTIONS

Are those other files not important?
How the fastboot mode that uses less files work too?
Does those images only flash the other files? Because in tutorial the person said to copy all files of images folder to adb folder.


texts: I have a GALAXY S6. I have rooted it and have made use of apps such as Greenify, Servicely and Pixel Battery Saver to save battery. The only thing not working is Bluetooth. It is not turning on. I checked Servicely to see if some bluetooth service was blocked but nothing. If I try to share a file through bluetooth it says: "Turning on bluetooth", but after that nothing. I have tried through settings and it does not turn on. At root browser system > app there are: Bluetooth, Bluetooth MidiService and Bluetooth Test. Maybe I have deleted something I shouldn't. Can you help me out? I will not factory reset cause that will delete everything. Thank you!


texts: How can I stop facebook's notification about continuous contact uploads?

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Every day I receive something along the lines of this (often it's just "1 new notification"):

Seem pretty exciting, maybe I should see what it is. But it turns out it's just facebook pestering me to fork over my contacts list and takes me straight to this page:

There seems to be no way to say "no". Either I turn this feature on or I have a daily notification from facebook. Is there a workaround?

If I can't stop it, I guess I'll just uninstall the app. The only reason I have it is to get infrequent notifications and if most of the time it's spam it's not useful to me.

Some people have suggested accepting the contacts upload and then disabling the feature. However the notification comes straight back. Also, this isn't a solution for the people who don't want facebook to have their contacts at all.

Not sure if this is the right place to ask. If not, where's appropriate?


texts: What would it take to turn my Android phone into a full-fledged TV gaming console?

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I recently found an app called DroidEmu which basically lets me play any GBA, GBC, GameGear, Genesis, Nes, or Snes game I want on my phone. I also discovered a way to connect PS3 controllers to my device so I can play those games with a physical controller.

This got me thinking; what would it take to turn my Android phone into a full-fledged TV-based gaming console? Is that even feasible right now? I know that's its fairly easy to connect Android devices to TVs using an HDMI adapter so that shouldn't be a problem, but what about native Android games that work with a controller, are there many of those? If so, are there any that support split-screen gaming with multiple controllers or online/lan-based multiplayer? What are the chances of this situation improving in the near future?


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I have installed Android-x86, version 4.3 Jellybean iso image into virtual box, and want to run some applications that require root privileges.

Is there any way to root it?


texts: I have a Micromax Canvas spark 2 q334 running android 5.1 and it has a very low internal storage.so I need to root my phone to use link2sd. some guides suggest Kingroot but it doesn't work for my phone..also there is no custom recovery available for my phone so I couldn't root using recovery method.can someone guide me on how to root my phone.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 infinite login redirect with 2 step authentication

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I've just bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and tried to login with my google (gmail) account (which has 2 step authentication) and it redirected me to the web login which I completed (with the text message for the code because it's an unrecognized device). It then returns me to the OS login which I try again which then redirects me back to the web login.

So I get stuck in this infinite loop when trying to login. I assume that this is because I've got 2 step authentication enabled. Any idea how to login in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with 2 step authentication?


texts: Can I set the alarm to stop after some time?

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I’m Sabbath-observant, and in my tradition that includes not manipulating electronic devices.

I set the alarm clock on my new phone for a convenient wake-up time, and expected the alarm to eventually turn off on its own as other alarm clocks do. It didn’t; it was beeping—ten minutes on, ten minutes off—until nightfall when I could turn it off.

Is there a setting, or an alternate alarm clock app, that will turn the noise off after some specified time of being ignored?


texts: Can my Whatsapp calls and messages be tracked and recorded by my mobile network carrier?

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First of all sorry if this is the wrong section cuz I don't know where to post this question :/

I have been using Whatsapp for a while now and I'm wondering if it ever possible for my mobile network carrier to know who am I contacting on Whatsapp and record my call and text?


texts: Phone uses 3G even when connected to WiFi

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I've a Moto-G XT1033. When I connect the phone to WiFi, it connects fine, shows the WiFi icon but uses 3G for internet. H+ or E is shown over mobile signal icon and an exclamation mark on WiFi.

Here's a screenshot:

I've to manually disable mobile data to force the phone to use WiFi. Then it works just fine.

Here's with data disabled

Also, this problem appeared only after I upgraded from kitkat to lollipop official ROM. Now I've switched to CM12 but the problem persists.

My WiFi uses proxy to connect to the internet and this problem is only on WiFi networks that use proxy.

Any idea what causes this or how to fix it.


texts: What Happens when I change processor frequency of my android phone

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I have Xolo x900 phone. I have settings to set the processor frequency.

It is defaulted to 600mhz, yet my phone has a maximum of 1.6Ghz.

Can I change to 1.6 GHz? What would be the side effects of increasing the frequency?

Will it overheat, drain my battery?

Also, would like to know what would be the advantages on increased frequency.


texts: Phone Screen Blackouts and respond only to Power Key Long Press

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I have Moto G with Bootloader unlocked and I have installed TWRP Recovery and I was using CM-12 Nightly Build.

The device was working fine but now The device just Blackouts after reboot and I am unable to access any control of device but when I press Power button for couple of seconds, it shows Reboot/power off/Airplane mode option.

I am able to hear caller ringtones and everything seems to be working fine except the screen is completely black.


texts: I am using Samsung Galaxy Core GT I8262, I had a problem rooting my device. I rooted my android device before but now there is a problem when rooting my device with kingo android root and with any other apk application my phone is hanging and cannot be rooted anymore. Can I able to root my phone in future, what is the problem, why I cannot root my phone now ?


texts: How to disable company starting screen when the phone is switch on

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I am using a Samsang Galaxy Ace. When I switch my phone on, it takes too much time. The Samsung screen comes for approximately 30 seconds or more before the phone is on and usable.

Can I change this setting so that the home screen will appear directly when the phone is switched on?


texts: How to switch default home launcher at macrodroid

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I use several home launcher apps.
At my school, i use system launcher.And at my home or any other cases,i use nova launcher.
And,ther are secret apps that i don't want to show my friend in nova home.
So,i want to swich default launchers automatically at a certain time.
I think i can use macrodroid.But I'don know how.
Are there any shortcut to swich  default launcher in app?
(it's not good idea to touch the app icon to swich to go to nova or another home)
(I don't  want to root if possible)--edited


texts: I want record screen on my andriod phone. Without root permission. How can i do that. ( Galaxy s3 mini. Jelly bean. )


texts: Update/Reset android firmware by SD Card. Verizon Samsung S4

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I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 that was rooted on the 4.3 build with the saferoot method (I think, it's been awhile). I had since installed Xposed framework and installer, etc.  I unrooted with the supersu unroot method. Now I can't connect my phone via USB in either Ubuntu or Windows 7 (it shows unknown device).  Another S4 shows up and installs drivers just fine on my computer, and my phone isn't recognized by other computers running windows. Basically, no matter what I've done with ADB and Windows drivers, my phone will not talk with my PC and I cannot connect to Odin. I've factory reset my phone, and I just want to be able to communicate via USB.

I'm looking at taking some of the firmware I've found on XDA-forums and installing that through the stock recovery with the SD card. SCH-I545_VZW_1_20131023084910_v4vth34m5z_fac.zip is the package I have.

My question: is this okay to just push this .zip via stock recovery?  Is there anything else I need to do, like install other packages, etc?

EDIT: After factory resetting both in the android OS AND in stock recovery, trying to take the OTA fails.


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I have flashed my ROM several times with different ROMS, and sometimes back to stock. I flashed roms, modems, kernels etc.

But the flashing never seems to totally format the device, because the folders of old software keep showing up on the phones hard drive.

Is there a way to completely format my device, and install a new rom afterwards.

I have a Samsung Galaxy 2s running gingerbread 2.3

If this question is already ask this can be closed and redirected. I could not find a similair question.


texts: Market Downloads, GTalk and GMail notifications fail when on company VPN

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I've noticed that when I login over WIFI to my company VPN the following problems occur:

GTalk does not login.
No GMail notifications received.
I can access the Android Market but when I attempt to download an application it fails.

All these work ok on my home WIFI and 3G connections.
Does anyone have any idea what would cause this?
What protocols/ports do these services use and is it possible to edit them?


texts: As of current versions, would any of these setups pass safetynet checks?

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Would these pass?

OP3T + LineageOS + Kernel that doesn't show bootloader unlocked status?
and also
OP3T + LineageOS + Kernel that doesn't show bootloader unlocked status + Magisk?

I'm currently on Marshmallow and am considering upgrading to 7 (through lineage) but I want to make sure I can pass checks because some apps are a royal pain to use/install if I can't pass the check.

(I would likely not be using Xposed at this time, so I'll leave that out of the equation).


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I installed KINGroot and regretted it. Now I can't remove all of its files because of permissions only KINGroot has. My friend tried to remove it by using towelroot and other methods but my phone crashes them. I need a PC method to remove all KINGroot files but also having my phone permanently rooted. The friend I mentioned and my other friend have rooted phones without KINGroot.

Can you please help me solve this issue.

I have:

Samsung Galaxy S3 mini - model number: GT - I8190
version 4.1.2
Phone manufacturing date: Jul 28 2013

If you require any other information about my phone please let me know. I messed up.


texts:
There are lot of free messaging Apps in the App store.

I would like to know whether the following two apps are genuine : way2sms and Kik

And I was just wondering, how are they able develop such apps and allow people to use it for free ?


texts: Why are my contact pictures blurry and how to fix it?

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Since the switch from Android 2.x (2.3.7) to  4.0.4 ICS I notice that all my contact's pictures are blurry.

Some of them come from g+ profiles but most are self added on a gingerbread phone.

Why are they blurry and how can I fix this?

PS: my own picture I reuploaded via the talk app is still low res and upscaled in the phone app. I also have a public profile pic that i updated at the same time.


texts: can you charge samsung tablet with samsung phone charger

texts: Someone told me that you shouldn't charge your tablet with your phone charger,it will ruin it. Is this true?  They're both Samsung.


texts: Can I undo the encryption on my Samsung Ace Style?

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I want to keep my info private, but I don't want to mess up accessibility or have trouble answering my phone when I'm driving.

Can I undo the phone encryption after I have applied it?


texts: Can I feed SwiftKey (or other keyboard) with a large body of text to train it?

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I find SwiftKey to be not that great in terms of prediction regarding technical language, both in English and Polish (which seems to be trained on news articles, so double useless). Is there an easy way to train SwiftKey with a large (order of megabytes) body of text to improve its prediction accuracy? If not, are there any keyboards out there that allow it?

Theoretically one could either emulate a physical keyboard and leave it overnight or dump the text into messages so SwiftKey could read it. No idea how practical that would be.


texts: Overview shows open apps that I closed a while ago

texts: I will periodically close any apps that I'm done using via the overview screen. Occasionally, I will see several apps open that I did not start, but had open days ago. Is this a bug or a virus?


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Possible Duplicate:
  How to make run only a single application with all other application stopped?

Background:

I would like to create a weather station alarm clock from an Android Tablet. This would sit on my bedside table. When I tap the screen or press the button or something, it would wake up and show me the local weather forecast.

Question:

Is it possible to make an Android tablet behave in a single application way like this? I.E. no apps, no app store, no 'slide to unlock', no other logos or screen clutter, that kind of thing?

Added:

This is more of a user interface question. I don't care if there are other applications on the device, I just want it to behave to the user as if this was a weather station device only, rather than an amazing multi-purpose computer.

I don't need it to be secure against someone who really wants to get past the main application, I just want to prevent it always annoyingly switching out of the main app. Since it's going to be a weather station only, I don't want it always offering me irrelevant things, like a handy screen saver, other apps, slide to unlock, etc. and making me have to do loads of interaction to get back to its main app.


texts: I want to remove one particular word (which is the name of someone) from appearing in atuo predict option

texts: There is a particular name of a person who was my EX and i used to exchange a lot of chats with him. Now that I have moved on, still my android suggests his name when i type certain combination of words. How can i solve this issue


texts: CM Security app on my galaxy 5 has an alert telling me my phone is RISKY, the wifi is not encrypted. How do I encrypt the wifi on my phone? I haven't tried anything because I do not know what to do.


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This is something that's been bugging me ever since the 3.4 kernel was released:

Problem:
I am getting intermittent reboots when using any ROM which is based on the 3.4 kernel. It happens totally at random, but only when I'm actually using the phone - never when it's locked, or in my pocket.

Here are my last_kmsg logs, but this is where it gets really weird - it reboots twice. Every time. Once I get the initial reboot, it reboots to the HTC screen, then immediately reboots again. So I'm not sure the last_kmsg will even be that accurate.

Things I've Tried

Returning to stock RUU/upgrading/reflashing
Not restoring apps
Switching off Wifi
Undervolting/Overvolting
Different CPU Governors/Clock Speeds
Many different ROMS
CM10.2 Kernel & also Bubba Kernel

Would love to hear anything else I could potentially try, or other users with similar issues.


texts: Some App keeps crashing / can't enter the settings

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I have a Pixel 3 XL running Android 11 security update March 5th 2021
I get constant popups that flash for a sec saying app stopped working and goes away, I can't tell which app it is.
Other things I noticed,
The google news feed (swipe left) is gone.  I tried to go to the home settings and toggle it back on and off and it doesn't come back.  But also in the home settings if I click At a Glance it sends me to a setting screen and then kicks me back out.
The app called Google (not chrome) does not open, if I go to the settings for that app and try to clear storage, a screen pops up called Google Search Settings but then kicks me back out to the previous screen
I did a clear storage on Pixel Launcher and I wiped out my home screen, but what ever the app is it keeps crashing.
How can I determine what app is causing the issue?


texts: How to root Samsung Galaxy S5 for AT&T with Lollipop

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I have Samsung Galaxy S5 for AT&T with Android 5.0 Lollipop upgraded.

Is there any way to root this phone?

PS.
How do I root my Android device?
This question is different.
I heard that rooting Lollipop is different from rooting previous Android version.


texts: After android update 6.0 on my sony xperia Z5 compact i can no longer get passed the lock screen

texts: I go to put in my pin and then the screen goes blank. It then returns back to the lock screen. Sometimes it says system UI has stopped. I have restarted it many times, put into safe mode, turned it off from the off button beside the SIM...Can anyone tell me what to do please.


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Everything was working fine until about a week or two ago. Earlier, the screen would wake when I got a notification or if I titled my phone a little, the clock out show.

Now, my phone constantly wakes about every 10 seconds. It happens even when I'm not getting any notifications, or moving my phone at all. I don't know what's going on. I'm pretty sure this is causing some battery drain. How do I turn this off?! Is there a way to fix this?


texts: Alarm silent, even when not in silent mode

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The alarm on my Samsung Note 3 makes no sound. Things that I've tried to resolve the issue:

Ensure that the phone is not in silent mode.
Ensure that bluetooth is not enabled, so the sound does not go to i.e. a headset.
Ensure that all the volume sliders are up (Ring, Media, Messages, System).
No task killer apps in use.
The alarm's volume is set as high as possible and the Alarm Type is "sound".
The alarm's sound is the default Samsung alarm sound Morning Flower.
No location-, time-, or event- based applications such as Tasker, Llama, or IFTTT are installed.
The setting Settings > Accessibility > Turn off all sounds is not set. In fact, other sounds (such as ringing) function as expected.

I see that the alarm 'goes off' in the sense that the screen shows an alarm event occurring which I can either close or put to sleep. However, no sound is produced. What else should I check? The phone is running the stock OS (Android KitKat 4.4.2) and is not rooted.

Additional informations as per the comments:

None of the alarm sounds play. I'm not sure where to find them outside the Alarm application. Additionally, custom sounds do not play either, even though I can play them outside the Alarm application.
The Lollipop update has issues that I do not want to deal with, thus I intend on staying with 4.4 until the unrelated Lollipop issues are dealt with in a future 5.x update.
I know of no special circumstances during which the alarm will sound. It hasn't made a peep in the few weeks that I've been trying to use it. I know that it did work when the phone was new (one year ago) but until recently I had no need to use the Alarm so I haven't used it in some time.
I have tweaked just about every combination of variables, and nothing makes the alarm sound properly. However, the preview sound does play when selecting the alarm sound.
I have not tried any other alarm apps. I do not install many applications on this device, and I will not go installing and uninstalling applications precariously, rather, I prefer to fix what is already installed on the device.
When pressing the Volume Up key, the Alarm seems to stop. It is the same effect as selecting the end alarm function
I have cleared the data from the Clock app. This removed all current alarms, and the new alarm rings! Please make this comment an answer so that I could accept it.


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I have a luks encrypted file in stock Android 4.4.4 that I want to mount to work with. It is located in the internal sd partition (/sdcard). I am able to mount it as root via su without problems.

However, other apps an users see the folder as empty. They can even write and remove files of the folder, so no permission problem. But they cannot see what root sees, nor root sees what the normal users do in the folder.

I tried mounting the encrypted file inside /storage, inside /storage/extSdCard and inside the /sdcard itself, always with the same result.

I'm not sure which data to provide, please ask.

Thanks!


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 rmnet0 interface non existent

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I was wondering, why in my Samsung Galaxy 2 tablet I can't see any rmnet0 interface after executing:

adb shell cat /proc/net/xt_qtaguid/stats

Or:

adb shell netcfg

I know this a wifi only device, so, is this maybe the reason behind this?

The device is already connected to internet via my wifi router, I can navigate, see videos, etc etc

But for some reason I only got the wlan0 internal Ip from it, no rmnet0.

Is that a 3G network interface only?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Factory reset: will home screen order, file, and folder layout, and account usernames and passwords be restored after adding Google account back?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII device. I would like to know:

if I configure a Samsung account and factory-reset my device, then when I add the Samsung account back will I get my Android home screens, default home screen, and all the folders and free as well as paid apps they contain be restored so that everything looks exactly the same as it was prior to resetting my device, or do I need to add support for a separate cloud service in order for such configuration to be preserved?
Also, once I add my Samsung account back after the factory reset, can I also restore all other accounts (Facebook, Twitter, etc..., including these services' username and password) by restoring a single Samsung account?

As you can see, I have both Samsung account and Google configured under Settings | General | Accounts, but I'm not sure which does what:


texts: Why does my data plan need to be on to send pictures with text?

texts: I don't understand why data is needed to send a picture with a text or to send a text to multiple recipients. These things did not need data on a dumb phone. They just used texting.


texts: Can a Motorola Droid be in Landscape mode on the Home Screen w/out sliding out the keyboard?

texts: It's all in the title, but again for clarity: Is there any way to make my Motorola Droid  use Landscape mode on the Home Screen without sliding out the keyboard?


texts:
In an Android device, is it possible to port a URL such as www.example.com to a local network address such as 192.168.0.2:8081?

Do I need to install an application on that device?


texts: How to get a clean device tree to build the drivers of the msm8939/snapdragon 615

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I come to you with many interrogations about qualcomm msm8939 SoC.

I bought the Archos 50 diamond last year and have since been waiting for archos to make their move regarding android software updates.
As of october 2015 Lollipop has been released but in a beta version, no sign of any progress or any comunication ever since.

Whereas Samsung or others have released binaries and device specific configuration for their boards, archos on the other end seems to have other things on it's plate.

I know the binaries for a specific SoC wich is needed to build android or GNU/linux on embedded systems are sometime proprietary and surely in this instance they are, but..

Even if it's only for limited development purposes, would there be any way, known to man to acquire a personal license for a tailored driver binary?

Or maybe is it possible to get an exhaustive list of specific msm8939 device tree configurations options?

Is it safe to think that i can gather that exhaustive list of parameters from the various sources available on github?

Wherever I look for the device tree of the msm8939 I only find repositories for other phones based on this SoC... with a few minor differences. The only thing worth of mentioning (IMHO) is the work of cyanogen Inc. who signed a partnership with qualcomm regarding snapdragon SoC.

Then again even if Cianogenmod is an open source port of AOSP(Big up to anyone contributing), Cianogen Inc's work for those boards still remains behind closed walls.

That's why I would like to know if it is manageable to use another device tree (based on snapdragon 615/msm8939) to build something worth "risking" flashing?

The 50 diamond appears to be a rebrand of the chinese K-touch Touch7 and it would seem it didn't attract a sufficient amount of good FLOSS developpers for me to find the "good & easy to understand" informations in English or in French.

I've been puzzled about another thing in regard of this rebranding. In my build.prop the board name is msm8916(Snapdragon 410) instead of 39!!!!! How come? Is this a trap? Did they just tricked us Or even worse, did they advertise the wrong board ??

If Archos or K-touch or both did in fact used the msm8916 device tree to build the drivers and Android for this board, wouldn't it be missing a whole world of features?

Maybe someone knows of a good forum or repo wich might house the golden goose!? (not including the Cyanogemod repo)

And by that I mean any curated informations about embedded developement for GNU/linux and/or Android (free as in free beer if possible)

It's a shame for smartphone manufacturers that I can't progress on this matter, with a little luck i would brick the damn thing and would have to buy another one :D

I'll leave to it!
This community rocks!
Thanks in advance and see you around!!
Bye bye etc, etc...


texts: How can I change the MAC adress in Android 2.2. HTC desire wifi mac address?


texts: Running commands operating on files always results in permission denied errors

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When I try executing commands operating on files, they always fail. I can't check permissions on the terminal because I'd have to run a command that operates on a file (directory) in order to do so. Here is an example of what I mean:

Note that the terminal already shows a "Permission denied" error message when I open it.

According to my file browser, the /sdcard symlink (I suppose it's a symlink) has all permissions set. However, on the path to the linked locations, not all permissions are set. To test whether this is what's causing the problem, I created a new directory /t with all permissions set. You can see the result of me running ls in that directory in the terminal output above.

What do I have to do in order to be able to run commands that operate on files?

My phone is a rooted OnePlus 3 running OxygenOS 5.0.1 which is based on Android 8.0.0. BusyBox is installed.


texts: How to enable adbd to listen to a port at boot time in Android?

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I have a rooted HTC Hero, and what I want to do is to enable the adbd
to listen to a port at boot time.

I tried some code found here:

setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
stop adbd
start adbd

in an Android shell and it works great.

I tried to change the init.rc file. I added the above code in init.rc
and I replaced it with the original file, through these commands:

adb push init.rc sdcard

adb shell
adb su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /
adb cp sdcard/init.rc /

The file is replaced successfully, but when I reboot my phone and try to connect
through:

adb connect <IP>:5555

the connection is not being established.

Any ideas?

(PS. I don't want to use the remoteADB application and a shell command like
    am start -n ...
)


texts: Voice control of audio playback: seek within track

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I'm planning a lengthy cycling trip and I'd like to be able to listen to language training mp3s while riding.  I think the ideal way to do this would be to use voice control.  Is there a way that will let me

seek back eg 10 seconds
seek back 1 minute
repeat a section of, say 1 minute duration
seek ahead 10s, 1m, etc
skip to next/previous track
pause/resume playback

via voice commands?

For bonus points, I'd like it to let me set a bookmark at a certain point in a given file and then seek to that spot via voice command.


texts: Help setting up my phone or tablet as a hotspot

texts: Can someone help me on how to use my phone or new tablet as a hotspot, so I can connect my old tablet? (using either my phone, or new tablet) I just found my old Tablet, a Galaxy Tab E.  An old guy would really appreciate it.


texts: Can I have a folder (on the home screen) with more than the default amount allowed per folder on the Nexus 5, which is 16?

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I'm searching a way to make all my games into a single folder. Is there a tweak/app/root command to makes my folders (not storage folders, folders in which you can add shortcuts for apps n' stuff) have, for exemple, multiple pages, kinda like in the IOS system, or a scroll-able folder? Or a way of having a folder in a folder (which would be overkill but hey, it's still a way to enhance the capacity of the folders.)?

I'm using a Nexus 5 running the stock ROM with Android 5.1.1. And I would prefer staying like that, not using Launchers or custom ROMs.

Thanks! ^.^


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I just got the Samsung Galaxy s7 Edge like 2 weeks ago. Right now as I am packing up to school and I charge my phone plus turn it on I get in this "Download Mode". It has been stuck in this mode for about an hour. Did something happen to my phone or is it an android 7.0 nougat update? This is what it looks like:

Thanks for help!


texts: Change the filesystem mounted when plugged in to USB

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Is there a way to change the mount location when plugging a device into USB?

I want to move it to the root directory. I am rooted.

Please note that I want no setup done on the PC, that is, do not suggest methods involving changing the PC. If I have to, I will though.


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I am working on a small nonprofit project to bring educational tablers to rural areas of Thailand. I would like to ask you guys to help me out with the task. There are 100 chinese tablets donated. I am looking for a way to upload multiple educational apps at once and customize the tablet look and feel, so far I have found solution to upload multiple APKs with mass-apk-installer.

For customization I have found Themer, which unfortunately is not compatibile with the tablet. Then I came across Desktop VisualizeR this one looks promising, but customizing manually 100 tablets will be ages of manual work.

At the end I will have lets say 20 APKs with educational games. I would like to change the home screen so every one has different background and customized big icons, preferably 4x bigger than original size. The 'icons' should have custom descriptions. At the end I would like to fully customize one tablet and have some kind of solution to easily port all settings and customizations to rest 99 tablets.
I would kindly request specific answer to my problem, not links to general tutorials. Please help me out! The kids will grately appreciate your help.


texts: When I am downloading large files I need to stop my phone from sleeping , how do I keep my wi-fi on when the phone is in sleep mode.


texts: How to get spoken instructions from Google Maps while bicycling?

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I run Google Maps 9.57.1 on Marshmallow.

When I use directions in the "bicycle mode" I don't get any spoken directions. I only get this "ding" sound, without any audible indication as to where I'm supposed to go. This is a major inconvenience, as it's often very difficult to stop in the middle of traffic (losing all my speed, etc.) to take out the phone and look at the display.

When Maps is in "car" mode, spoken instructions work just fine.

Is this by design? Why is Maps like this? How can I get spoken instructions while bicycling?

FWIW, my phone is set to English language. I have had this problem in several countries, but I'm mostly based in Norway.

I'm open to using root access and Xposed Framework to fix this, should that be required.


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I have a problem where disconnecting from various bluetooth devices switches my phone into Silent Mode. This is causing me to miss important calls and messages. There are quite a few different devices that I connect to and disconnect from throughout the day (car, headphones, bluetooth adapter connected to stereo, etc.)

It's being suggested to me that Tasker might be a solution to this issue. But I don't see that Tasker can be set up to listen for bluetooth disconnection events. Can anyone help me with this?

Basic goal is to listen for any bluetooth disconnection event. When such an event fires, I want to switch the Sound Mode to 'Sound'. Can this be done?

I'm using Android 7.0 on a Galaxy S7.


texts: Cannot scan QR code for WhatsApp web even when mobile data only

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I am on the very last version of WhatsApp for Android: it can't no longer connect to WhatsApp Web (it worked fine for ages)
I tried all older tricks found in this forum: mobile data only(no wifi), rotate QR code by 90°, clean up camera lens, etc. Nothing works
Does anybody have this issue as well?  What else should I try ?
My phone is a Samsung S10 (patched to very last firmware & Android)
Thanks for your help!
Didier