texts:
I have a Moro G5 and would like to know if there is any way I can disable the Android drag-n-drop Uninstall feature from the homepage which allows little fingers to uninstall parental apps by just dragging the appropriate icon to the uninstall at the top of the screen.
At times it makes me wonder why Android has this feature. Is it a life and death situation that requires apps to be uninstalled so easily?
I've tried to install different apps which claim to prevent uninstalling of apps but all fail and again uninstalling anything is as simple as dragging an icon to the uninstall.


texts:
Yesterday, we changed the service provider of the office wi-fi and since then, my Samsung Galaxy Tab3 (8.0) working with Android 4.2.2, has stopped recognising my office wi-fi.

It is working well on other wi-fi connections. My cell, my laptop recognise the office wi-fi but its my Tab that refuses to play ball.

Could someone help me out here ?


texts:
Occasionally, I am unable to send SMS to a phone number and the error message just says "Error 21".

I have read that it may be due to having space character in phone number. But Contacts app itself adds space while saving a number as a contact.

I also suspect that this error comes when I include a HTTP link in the message text.

How to solve this?


texts: What is the difference between Calendar and Google Calendar in Account sync settings

texts: In Settings > Accounts > Select Google Account > Account sync. There are switches for synchronizing various content of the account, such as Contacts, Drive, etc. I also have Calendar and Google Calendar in there. What is the difference, why is there two?


texts: How can I use my PC's keyboard on the Android emulator?

texts: I want to run/test Android apps on the Android emulator and I want to type using my PC keyboard, as it lets me type and test faster. When I use the emulator though, it only accepts input from the native Android (on-screen) keyboard. How can I enable my PC keyboard for use within the Android emulator?


texts: Enable navigation bar on CM10/10.1 on Samsung Galaxy S (1)

texts:
After my phone got wet, all my lower buttons (Home, Back, Options) on my Galaxy S (the first one) are broken and do not work anymore. I already did a factory wipe and re-flashed CM10, but nothing changed, so I think it is a hardware problem.

However, recent Android does have this navigation bar on Tablets and newer Phones with those buttons. Is there some way I could enable this bar permanently on my Galaxy S? I can still go into the settings menu, and I have SSH access to the phone. It would also be possible to flash to CM10.1 if that is required.

Any help greatly appreciated, as I don't want to buy a new phone!


texts:
I recently installed philz touch 6 recovery on my galaxy tab 3 lite, with the main purpose of rooting.

When I downloaded it over ODIN it was fine, and booted into recovery.

Now, when I try to boot (at all) it goes to recovery when I want to use the OS (without pressing any buttons other than POWER) it boots to recovery still. any help?


texts: How to root Vodafone 858 (froyo) / Huawei u8160

texts: I have a Vodafone 858 smart phone running Froyo (Android 2.2). Manufacturer is Huawei (u8160). How can I root this device?


texts:
I'm using a Motorola Citrus.

Basically my alarm volume is low.  It is low in settings, but it is even lower, barely audible when I run a timer.

In settings I have the volume bar maxed out.

I also have the volume bar maxed out when I press the volume button on the upper right side of the phone

The phone is fully charged.

I'm using the sound of an alarm clock.

I'm new to Android and smart phones.

Any ideas on how I can make the alarm louder?

Thanks


texts: When I want to add a Google account on my Samsung M31, I am stuck in repeat

texts:
When I click on add account, it prompts me to Enter your current password.

When I enter it, it says, Try again.

In a few seconds the Try again. prompt changes to Enter your current password., during the duration I am entering the password.

When I enter the password, again 2 happens and 3 happens. I am stuck in repeat, and am not able to add a new account or remove current account. I checked the password on desktop, and it's correct.


texts: Rooting an RCA, RCT6303W87M7 Android 6.0 Tablet

texts:
This Tablet is sold as "Viking" at Walmart. I want to root it
Without a PC and then find a program that will reveal username
And password for local Wi-Fi users to share their internet.
That's the goal, but I cannot seem to find any common apps that
Will root this tablet. I may be neglecting to turn some tablet
Selection switch on or off. I need someone to tell me the process
Step by step. I'm a BASIC user. Thanks, Bill.


texts: Phone manufacturer prevents installation of apps signed by third paries, does anyone know a way around this?

texts: I'm trying to put apps on an LG Exalt VN220, which is a flip phone that runs on a limited version of android. Whenever I try to install an apk using adb I get the following message: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_INCONSISTENT_CERTIFICATES. From a quick Google search I learned that this usually occurs when you try updating an app with an update that has a different certificate. This can not be the case because these apps were never installed on the phone before. When I pulled stock apps from the phone and tried to install them I got: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_UNEXPECTED_EXCEPTION. However when I install apps by LG that did not come on the phone they successfully install. Does anybody know if there is a way to get around this?


texts: set pr_set_dumpable value to any apk on android device

texts:
I am trying to debug sigsegv errors in different apk files and found that many apps disable dumping the logs by setting prctl(pr_set_dumpable,0). Is there any way to get around this and get the complete log data?
PS: I dont have source code for any of the applications


texts: How to stop "Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped" in Moto E?

texts:
Today I flashed AOKP Marshmallow ROM in my Moto E. After that I flashed Nano GAPPS from OpenGapps. Since then this message keeps popping up for about 2-3 minutes after I launch any Google Play related app.

I have tried every conventional solution. I wiped cache and data of Google Play Store, Google Play Services and Google Play Framework, but to no avail. Just now I flashed another GAPP (pico). But still the problem is there.

So what can I do to make it stop?


texts: How can you tell if you've been a victim of the recent sms bug?

texts: How would one know if their phone was or is afflicted by the recent bug (sending sms to the wrong people)?


texts: What does Settings->Privacy Settings->Back up my data do?

texts:
I'm Running 2.3 Gingerbread.
There is a setting
Settings->Privacy Settings->Back up my data

If checked, what data does this back up?
Where is it backed up?
How do I restore it?


texts: How do I redirect speaker output to microphone input for a Redmi Note 4?

texts:
I have a Redmi Note 4 android device and I have installed LineageOS 16.0. The phone is rooted. I want to redirect the speaker output to the microphone. Could you please suggest the change required in /etc/ to make those changes?
My requirement is as below: I am a live streamer. I want to play music on my Redmi note 4 android phone. The live streaming app is also installed on the same device. I need to send the output of those background music as input to my phone microphone and avoid any surrounding noise. (i.e. the phone microphone should not capture any noise and it should only capture the output of background music).
Reference 1: LineageOS Source https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/mido
Reference 2: Mido Kernal https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/mido-m-oss


texts: Is it possible to change which output the audio is played through?

texts:
Is it possible to reroute audio (i.e. music) through the phone earpiece instead of the speaker? I've searched this site and Google extensively and haven't found anything yet.

If it matters, I'm on the HTC Evo 4G LTE (Sprint). I'm also rooted and have CM10.1 on my phone.


texts: Gmail: "Couldn't sign in" error with latest version, but other google apps sync just fine. Older Gmail version works fine

texts:
While using the latest version of the Gmail app: 6.3.117716127, I cannot sync my mail whatsoever.

Update: 6.4.120760496 has the same issue.

Please note that this is NOT a universal "Google" sign in problem, where you get a black background with white text and you have to enter your credentials, although the message is the same ("Couldn't sign in")

This is for the Gmail app only. Observe the error in my screenshot below:

Tapping "Sign in" just makes the message at the bottom go away, but nothing else happens, and it doesn't sync. If I try refreshing my inbox, it will bring that sign-in message back.

My last sync with the newest version was April 13th. Then I reverted back to an older version of Gmail from November of 2015. That version syncs just fine.
You can see email from April 19 in the screenshot, because I tried upgrading back to the latest version, but it still wouldn't sync.

Deleting the cache and data doesn't help.

I did not change my Google password.

My phone is a Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4.2 (Hyperdrive)


texts: How to limit Google account access to selected apps?

texts:
I have used Google Photos App on iOS and the google account there allows me to disable access to the other google services where I don't see my other accounts in all Google Apps like Youtube, Gmail, Drive etc.
This can't be done as far as I know on an android device. Although I can turn the automatic sync off but the account is pretty much there on all apps.
Is it possible in some way that I achieve the same behavior as in iOS. It's pretty strange that google apps are giving more options on iOS than on Android.


texts: How to keep useful but rarely used apps uninstalled in the phone (ready-to-install, ideally including their settings)?

texts:
Currently I have installed ~500 apps, mostly productivity apps and tools of various types.

I would like to have only ~100 most frequent apps installed and keep the rest (~400) uninstalled, stored in the file system along with their settings. If needed, I would like to restore such a stored app (ideally including its settings), use it and when no longer needed, archive + uninstall again.

The sample of such an app is a Latin lexicon or some infrequently used measurement tool.

Is there an app or some procedure for this task? Or the truth is that there is no tool which can easily backup and restore settings of 3rd-party apps (only the APKs themselves)? Could you refer to a tool who could at least partially automate this? At least some APK install+deinstall tool keeping user-friendly record about each app and showing Archive/Restore button next to it?

The reason of my expectation is unnecessarily high battery consumption with ~500 installed apps, because many of them also install their own services, slowing down the device. I want to have them at hand if needed (including their settings) but normally keep them away from the OS.

The phone is not rooted.


texts: Move Mail storage from phone's internal memory to the SD Card

texts:
I am not too concerned with the security aspect of putting my mail on the SD card, I am however very interested in moving the mail storage from the phone's internal memory to the SD card.

I have looked at the Gmail app and the stock Mail app and neither of them seem to be movable to the SD card so does anybody know if this can be done?

To be more specific, I really do not need to move the app itself, only the mail storage so if there is a way to move the storage location of mails from the internal memory to the SD card I would be very interested to know how that is done.


texts:
The icons changed to a green scheme instead of the normal blue scheme, and it persists even after reboot. The autocomplete text is yellow now, as is the browser loading bar.  What happened??

This screenshot is from a while ago, when I was using a different launcher, but it shows how the colours were until yesterday. (There's also some unrelated background corruption.)

Now the Wi-Fi and cell and messaging and browser icons are green:

I tried reflashing the same version of CM7, and it's still green:

I don't care too much about the color, but I don't know how this could have happened and wonder if it indicates some kind of corruption of the phone's Flash, etc?


texts: Is there any relation between charging rate and discharging rate?

texts:
Sometimes when I do not use the  original charger but a different one it would take less time to fully charge the device than the original charger would do. But I can feel that discharging rate is higher after using these chargers.

Is it true?  If it is true, then what is the actual reason?


texts:
I use Google Voice for my phone, for voicemail and SMS. It is very convenient to read and send texts from my computer, but if I do not use the Google Voice app on my phone (which, unfortunately, is rather ill-designed in my opinion), the texts I send from voice.google.com or the Chrome extension (or, incidentally, the Google Voice app on my phone) do not show up in my SMS thread, in the stock messaging app or any replacement one (I use GoSMS).

Is there a way to make Google Voice sync with these somehow, so I can see the messages I send through Google Voice without using one of their apps?


texts: Is there a service that rates app security/permissions?

texts:
Is there a service/company/app that vets Android apps and reports on their "trustworthiness"?

I recently moved from Blackberry to a Galaxy S2 which does not have an LED indicator light.  I searched the market and found an app that is highly rated and uses the screen to mimic this functionality.  This app requires an abundance of permissions that I don't see a need for.  I don't want to compromise my data if

I understand that the granularity of permission-granting leaves a lot to be desired, so I'm hoping there's a service that rates whether these apps are "good actors"...


texts:
I have a lot of problems with my phone, and so I have a number of nandroid backups with different sets of overlapping SMS messages saved in them.  I've also made a few copies of the data folder when the thing wouldn't boot.  I like to have all my SMSes backed up to my Gmail for posterity and searchability, using SMS Backup Plus.

What's the easiest way to recover messages (and maybe other data) from my backups?  Is it possible to open or run nandroid backups inside an emulator?  Are they in a format that can be extracted to a filesystem, and then take the database files out and merge them with some kind of database tool and then put the merged file on my phone?  Would it handle duplicates?


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy SL running Android 2.3.6.

I bought a new battery and it was working perfectly until I put on recharge. Immidiately after I put it for recharge, it started showing "No Service". It does not receive any network coverage.

Everything else is working fine.


texts: Can't find Google Now in CyanogenMod 10.0 for Galaxy S2

texts:
I flashed CM 10.0 (Android 4.1.2) to my Galaxy S2 (i777), and it doesn't seem like Google Now is installed. It doesn't show in the list when I go to Google Play, but I do have Google Search v1.4.1.299849 installed.

Any idea how I can install Google Now?


texts:
I have a Teclast X80h and I flashed the Android 5.0 v7 mirek's ROM to it. It's original stock ROM was 4.4 Jellybean. With the new firmware the display resolution and the touchscreen resolution is not the same. If I move my finger on the screen then the contact indicator moving only on a pretty smaller area, maybe 20% of the display size.

See the attached picture. (If I touch at the big dots, it reacts at the small dots inside the yellow marked area.) It is almost useless. At the moment I navigate with a mouse on the OTG.

What I tried:

Download a calibration software. Failed it. I can not found any. Only sensitiveness calibrators exists for Android. On Windows You can calibrate coordinates, but on Android... Somewhere I read that the calibration data is hardcoded in the kernel.
Compare the stock ROM with the newly installed one, search for differences on drivers or config files. The .idc files are the same in /system/usr/idc, and the .drvb files are the same in /system/vendor/firmware.
Modify the .idc file in /system/usr/idc I found some content at Android's site about the Input Device Configuration files. I tried the following parameters:

touch.scale (but it is corresponds to contact area size)
raw.x.max (the maximum of the raw value received from the touchscreen)
output.width (the displqy coordinate to associate to the max raw value)

Anyway I tried almost all touch.* raw*. and output.*

Nothing helps. BTW the uploaded firmware was created for another but very similar model X98 Air. This firmware must work on this model as shown in a Youtube video "X80h Android 5".

Note: I have the skills to extract a ROM or decompile an .apk!

Should I replace a driver? Or is there a handy software?

Should I modify another config file? Or the kernel?

Thanks guys


texts: make website offline available and browse later without 3G connection

texts:
I have a Nexus 7 (wireless only) and no smart phone. How to make a web site offline (mirror) available that I later can read it without internet connection?

  example site http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch

I don't wish articles, I wish full web site with all articles. Tried several apps from Play Store, but they crashes when feeding with my URL.


texts: How to root samsung Galaxy Note 2014 edition?

texts:
I searched the forum but there was no entry for my specific device.

I have an unlocked Galaxy note 10.1, 2014 LTE edition which I'd like to root. Motivations include ability to install a Linux virtual machine and getting rid of the enormous amount of firmware installed (plus remapping the keys, etc).
So I wanted to ask

1-How I can root my device.

I also have a few related questions whose answers I couldn't find by searching the internet:

2-If I root, will I be using the same OS that I have now, just with superuser access, or would I get "vanilla Android"? I saw a video on youtube about rooting the same device but it needed downgrading to a lower version of Android??? Among samsung's firmware I only use those for the S pen, and I'd like to have them available after rooting.

3-It seems that I need special PC programs for rooting my device. Is there any such software for Linux?


texts: How can I prevent lag when recording video on HTC Desire S?

texts:
I have lags after recording and playing back videos on my HTC device. Look at this video capture:

˃ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmOAr476DHc&hd=1

I thought it had something to do with autofocus but it is only available in shoot mode. Maybe it is still active in video capturing mode but without ability to let user change settings so they can only be changed in shooting mode? This happened with stock Sandisk 8GB Class 4 SD card and happens with Sandisk 16GB Class 4 SD card that i bought recently.

HTC Desire S
Android 2.3.3 (stock)


texts: How to auto-backup my phone internal storage to my PC (not cloud), using WiFi?

texts:
I'm looking for a method to automatically backup my internal storage from my Nexus 6 directly to my PC (not cloud), using WiFi, but I haven't really found a solution for it. I see most solutions use the cloud, but I hate using the cloud. I would like to have it done automatically, on a schedule so I don't ever have to bother remembering. Basically I'm trying to do a PC-like backup (like macrium reflect), but for an Android phone.

Running Nexus 6 with Pure Nexus ROM on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit


texts: completely remove kingroot when I can't find it

texts:
I installed kingroot and tried it, I closed it thinking it finished and rebooted my phone.

After reboot root checker says I have su binary but not root access.

My problem is I can't find kingroot, not in launcher nor in Settings->apps it doesn't appear anywhere yet when I install it from apk it doesn't say "Install" but "Replace", I tap on replace and wait until it says "application install failed".

I want to remove it completely But I don't find it , how do I uninstall it ? and if I can't find it then how the packaging tool detects it's installed ?

my phone is sony xperia P with android 4.0.4.

EDIT :

I have found Kinguser.apk in /system/app not /data/app so That's why I can't find kingroot, it installs itself as system app(and apparently sets some permissions to not allow me to even see it)

So I need root to uninstall it, unfortunatly when I try su in terminal I get this :

[-] Connection to ui timed out.

So what to do?

EDIT 2

Ok after I rebooted I can find kingroot in my Settings->apps->all now for some reason, I can disable it but not remove it (because As I said it has installed itself as system app).


texts: What is "http://www.168077.com/12078/index.html" this webpage on my Tab browser

texts:
I am getting this web page,titled "smart Site"
http://www.168077.com/12078/index.html on my Android Tab. Even After resetting to factory setting, it keeps popping up after some time.
After selecting any browser it redirects above link. Like This,

I am afraid if it is something like any hack ware or something, I don't know.
My tab also lags after  opening this site

I am using BSNL PENTA T-PAD 83AAQ1 purchased from Amazon. Android Lolipop with 1 GB RAM.
Thanks. Sorry for bad English


texts: Facebook on Nexus 4 looks different than on Nexus 5

texts:
I have a Nexus 4 and Facebook looks like the picture on the left; while on my Nexus 5, it looks amazing, like the picture on the right (with fixed tap and native Android version):

I tried re-installing the application and changing the device language with no luck. How can I get the Nexus 5 version?


texts: How to auto-sync photos on Android [replicate Samsung Cloud]

texts:
On the Android phone Samsung Galaxy you can use Samsung Cloud which will sync your photos to online. Can we replicate this on a personal level to just your computer (and not going through Samsung Cloud). Here is how I imagine this:

You are outside somewhere and take some photos.
You come home and your Android connects to your home wifi.
Then an app or service wirelessly transfers the new photos to a folder on your laptop.

Thank you.


texts: Spell Check app or setting while using drop down keyboard

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I get word completion with physical keyboard?

Is there anyway to get spell check functionality while using the drop down keyboard?


texts: action to share location with specific user via google maps

texts: I'm looking for a way to start sharing my location with a specific user via google maps (preferably for a certain period of time) after receiving a SMS from specific contact. Explanation: During the fire alarm, i need to know on firestation the location of everyone who receives the SMS.


texts: Uninstalling Ubuntu Touch From ClockWorkMod

texts: Hi I have a HP Touchpad running jelly bean 4.1.2 and I just installed Ubuntu Touch through Clockwork Mod 6 and I was wondering if I can remove Ubuntu from Android or ClockWork mod?


texts: After upgrade to 4.2.1 how to get "settings" and "screen lock" back in pull down menu?

texts:
After upgrading my Nexus 7 to 4.2.1, which was an adventure in itself, I noticed that in the pull down menu at the top of the screen (notification bar), where you get to see notifications about updated programs or even available updates, I don't see the icon for "settings" and for the screen lock (so it doesn't readjust when I tilt the screen) anymore. Up to now I was able to use this as a convenient and quick shortcut to go into the settings. Do I now have to pin it to my dock or the home screen in order to have a quick way to access the settings?

How can I get this back in Android 4.2.1, or was this functionality completely stripped from the new release?


texts: How to get black keyboard layout for Lollipop keyboard?

texts:
I just updated my Nexus4 from Kitkat to Lollipop. The most obvious change for me is the background color of the theme and especially the keyboard. It used to have a black background, now its color is the brightest of whites hurting my poor eyes. Can I change the background color back into blackness, and if so, how?

Note: I like to avoid keyboard apps from third parties. I know they exist in different flavors, but I like to keep it native.


texts: I am trying to install ClockworkMod's Superuser on an HTC Droid Incredible running an older leaked Gingerbread build from Verizon labled TMartin GingerInc. I keep getting the following error:There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log of the error to the developer..I cannot, however, find a log to send. ChainsDD Superuser and SuperSU lock up often.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Apollo (GT-I5801) doesn't connect to WiFi connection. What should O do?

texts:
Currently my phone doesn't connect to WiFi connection, it always on and off everytime I open my WiFi connection.

What can be possible solutions or what do I need to check in order to connect my Samsung Galaxy Apollo (GT-I5801) to WiFi connection and to stick to on when I open my WiFi connection?


texts: Does it highly affect the stand-by time to leave wi-fi open all the time on my phone?


texts: Google's Mail app does not send messages anymore

texts:
I cannot send mails anymore using a Motorola Moto G. Pressing the Send Button leads to nothing happening, the window stays and the email is neither sent nor saved in Drafts.

Receiving mails works and I did not change anything in the settings.

What do I need to change?


texts:
What is com.google.android.ext.services? I accidently found this app in the running list and when I open it contains a settings and then it have opening links option inside it that contains the apps that I have installed in my phone and this help me to disable some of Google apps that I can't do in settings.

I have provided the screen shots of my phone, I disabled about 4 google apps with this and it can also have the option to disable the sytem's important apps like "message" etc. When I searched it in google and mi community I can't find anything and I want to know the thing behind this.

It also contains an option "special acces" which contains details about apps usage and battery optimisations etc.


texts: What is the typical Android OS Upgrade policy?

texts:
I noticed that our HTC Thunderbolts were upgraded from Android 2.3 to Android 4.0. That is very nice, I thought it would never upgrade.

Now that it did, I am wondering, why / what rules qualify an upgrade? Is it once every 18 months regardless? Is it diverse depending on which phone you have? Does it also depend on the carrier and/or brand? (are the HTC phones generally this way, or is it Verizon's choice)

Please clarify the Android OS update policy for me.

It would be extra good if you knew the policy on the iPhone OS, and how it compares.

Oh, and I already know that apps (YouTube, Play Store, Play Music, Gmail, Games) are not part of the OS, except for certain bundled apps. (Camera, Internet, Phone, etc.)


texts: How to repair an i Robot tablet which won't boot?

texts: My I.Robot 7180 ICS OS4.0 tablet was drained, when charged I tried to open it again but it was only stucked loading in the black screen with android logo showing. How to make this work again?


texts:
I accidentally ran fastboot erase all and now the IMEI isn't being recognized on stock ROM. fastboot getvar imei returns the correct number, but no matter what ROM I try, it doesn't show in settings or when I dial *#06# (showing as 0). I've flashed the stock 5.1.1, 6.0.1, and the 7.1.1, ROM, but to no avail. My device is the XT1563.

Is there any way to get back my IMEI number?


texts: Automatically add installed app icon to first screen with space

texts:
I have 5 home screen pages in my Note 5.

When a new app is installed, its icon is added to the last page and not the first one, even though there is space in the first page.

Anyone know how to fix that so the shortcut will appear on the first page (or in the nearest page which has empty spots)?


texts:
So I just bought a new phone last week and I'm in the process of downloading all my apps and setting it up. I was trying to log into the Slack app when this pop-up appeared with a list of all the emails that I've ever used.

Half of them were old email accounts that I haven't used in a while and they ranged from Gmail to Yahoo to Outlook and even my old college email address showed up. Where are these emails stored and how can I remove them from my device?

I've wrecked my brain and could not figure this out. Any help would be appreciated!


texts: Why Android x86 9.0 boots in command line and not in GUI?

texts:
i just installed android x86 9.0c and i don't know why it doesn't boot on GUI mode and it boots only in commandline then after some seconds i can only see just a dash appearing and disappearing. I have tried to put my graphics settings to vboxvga and disabled 3D acceleration but it still doesn't work. What else i can do to fix this problem?

here you can see that its booted in commandline , after some seconds it becomes black and all i can see is just a dash appearing and disappearing


texts: Droid - what won't function properly on device if I disable background data usage for google play store?

texts:
I just upgraded to a new droid razor maxx from an older version.  With the older version I never went over my 150 mb of data.  Since I received the new phone Google Play Store is eating up my data and I went over my limit within 3 days.

Why does google play eat up all my data using mostly "background" usage, when I am not even accessing it?

What won't function properly on device if I disable background data usage for google play store?


texts: What does a streaming application do when I switch from mobile data to wifi?

texts:
If I am watching/listening to streamed video/audio whilst on mobile data and then become  connected to a wireless network, what does my phone do?

Does it keep streaming through mobile data or does it switch to wireless? Or is this something that's different across different applications.

My phone is a Galaxy S3, running Jellybean stock.


texts: Stock dialer app on Andorid Kit Kat does not like to bring up the num pad

texts:
Device: Note 2 (Verizon i605)
Rom: CyanogenMod 11 (Kit Kat 4.4.2)
App; ASOP dialer

Whenever I fire up my phone app to call someone, and click on the keyboard, a white box (1/5 of the screen) pops up. I have to click on it again to make it go away, then click on the dial button and the buttons show up. Does anyone have any thoughts and suggestions how to go about fixing this?
Screenshots (click images for larger variants):

dialer / phone app // pressing the num pad on the bottom gives me this little box

pressing BACK (or tapping anywhere else) shrinks the little box, and then I can hit the num pad to get the numbers back up


texts: Can't move any applications to SD Card- "Couldn't Move App" error

texts:
I'm trying to move any application that I install to my SD card (Nexus S, so its technically internal storage) and regardless of what I choose, I get a

"Couldn't Move App"

error. I fired up logcat and got the following output:

 I/DefContainer( 1273): Copied data/app/de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1.apk to /mnt/asec/de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1/pkg.apk
 D/VoldCmdListener(   81): asec finalize de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 E/Vold    (   81): Failed to chmod /mnt/asec/de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1 (Read-only file system)
 E/Vold    (   81): ASEC finalize mount failed (Read-only file system)
 W/Vold    (   81): Returning OperationFailed - no handler for errno 30
 I/PackageHelper( 1273): Failed to finalize container  e.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 I/PackageHelper( 1273): Forcibly destroying container de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 D/dalvikvm(  250): WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 0ms
 E/DefContainer( 1273): Failed to finalize de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1 at path /mnt/asec/de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 D/dalvikvm(  250): GC_EXPLICIT freed 48K, 26% free 14596K/19591K, paused 4ms+5ms, total 64ms
 D/VoldCmdListener(   81): asec destroy de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1 force
 I/PackageHelper(  250): Forcibly destroying container de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 D/dalvikvm(  250): WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 0ms
 W/ActivityManager(  250): No content provider found for permission revoke: file:///data/app/de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1.apk
 D/dalvikvm(  250): GC_EXPLICIT freed 13K, 26% free 14595K/19591K, paused 3ms+6ms, total 63ms
 D/VoldCmdListener(   81): asec destroy de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1 force
 E/Vold    (   81): Couldn't find ASEC de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 I/PackageHelper(  250): Failed to destroy container de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 I/PackageHelper(  250): Forcibly destroying container de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 D/dalvikvm(  250): WAIT_FOR_CONCURRENT_GC blocked 0ms
 D/dalvikvm(  250): GC_EXPLICIT freed 8K, 26% free 14594K/19591K, paused 3ms+8ms, total 69ms
 I/PackageHelper(  250): Failed to destroy container de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1
 D/VoldCmdListener(   81): asec destroy de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1 force
 E/Vold    (   81): Couldn't find ASEC de.joergjahnke.gameboy.android.free-1

It seems to be a permissions issue of some kind. I've tried booting into CWM and resetting permissions, but that doesn't seem to do anything. Even re-formatting the storage doesn't seem to do anything. If anyone has any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it!


texts: Sound detection library for android without using mic

texts:
I am creating an android application that plays a beep sound whenever it detects a pre-defined sound. In another way, I have three drum/piano/vocal sequence mp3 file with me which is stored along with the apk assets. After installation, the three files moved to the internal memory. Whenever I play any song/video in any of the video/audio player(eg:youtube/vlc) on my mobile, if the music sequence of the playing audio matches any of the already stored three mp3 files, Then a beep sound should produce. This is my aim. But I am hard to find such a library to compare a music which is playing inside the mobile with another app. Google assistant and Shazam app just listen to audio from the mic and compare the audio. But in my case, I need to compare audio which is the playing device itself.
Note: The app will be running 24X7 by listening to the sounds played on the device. This application is not intended to build an unethical product. This is used for an industrial purpose.
If somebody needs more clarification, I will update the question


texts: Setting VPN when the built-in setting is absent/hidden

texts:
I know Android has native support for PPTP VPN, but I'm trying to set a custom PPTP VPN on an Android TV Box which has the setting hidden. Does anyone know if there's another way to enable this (without rooting)?

Any thought appreciated.


texts:
My android 9 phone acting slowly yesterday, so I restarted it. Then its cellular signal icon on top get crossed from left to right. I googled it and that is a "Signal Cellular off" icon. Now my phone could not connect to any cellular signal or WIFI(could not find any AP), but it could still acting as AP hotspot(and my laptop could connect to it).

I tried to turn on and off airplane mode, go to safe mode, reset APN, my signal icon remain crossed. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Anything without doing factory reset please.

Phone: HTC U12+
Kernel: 4.9.112
ROM Version: 2.50.709.3 10.0_g CL1099005 release-key
Last system update: Oct 2019
Something before error: misclick an ad on chrome, close it, tap my FB app to foreground and it shows me session expired and need to relogin. Then my phone seem a bit slow when I do APP switch, so I cleared all background and press restart. After passed PIN check at boot up process, my signal icons get crossed and no wifi can be found(even I'm sitting next to my WIFI AP).


texts: As a non-developer, how do I download logs so I can help diagnose why an app is crashing?

texts:
I am not an Android developer, but one of the apps I use is now saying "Unfortunately ... has stopped."
I would like to look at the system logs to help figure out why, but all I can find is references to logcat and it would be a lot more convenient if I didn't have to download Android Studio just to do this one thing.
Is there a way to get the logs without using Android Studio?


texts: Please help! What should I do before unrooting?

texts:
I accidentally deleted my Photo Album in Gallery, unfortunately I never backup any of my photos. I tried to recover my photos using Android Recovery Data Software but required rooting.

Not sure what to do, so I rooted my Galaxy Nexus using Kingo Root via computer. I successfully recovered almost 90% of my photos now and I want to get my phone back to its condition before rooting. I'm not sure what to do next as this is my first time doing rooting.

Anyone can help?
What should I do before unrooting my phone using Kingo Root to make sure I get back to the version before rooting, not to lose any data and not damage my phone?
How to safely unroot my phone?


texts:
Is there a way to exclude some apps from "close all"?

I sometimes have many apps open on my device and want to quit them all except Spotify (for example) because I am listening to music while doing that. Spotify in this example could be "force closed" manually, not with the other apps (as default now) .

Edit

Device: Sony Xperia XA1

OS: 8.0.0

"close all" option is seen when clicking the right key on lower status bar

Reason why I'd like to close apps: I have a battery issue, and if I leave my most-used apps in background, it negatively affects battery life on my device


texts: How do you transfer a programs database to another device

texts:
I am using the Book Catalog program to scan and enter my collection of books.

This program provides an export/backup and import feature, so I can transfer the entered data onto another device.

But I am wondering now: programs can create databases on one device. Can you transfer these database onto another device ?

More specific, could I buy another Samsung Galaxy (or any other Android powered device) and transfer the database onto it for use with the same program (without the export/import feature ) ?


texts:
If I disable Location History and keep Location Reporting enabled, will Google still save the Locations I've been to? I am purchasing an Android phone for the first time and I am quite paranoid about security.
If I use plain GPS and not Google Location Services, will I be missing anything?
Is using Google Maps on Android secure, or should I use any alternate apps. I am looking for an offline GPS that I can use for apps like Runtastic etc.


texts: Why is adb backup with system apps unsafe? (Holo backup)

texts: In holo backup, adb backup with system apps is said to be unsafe. I was and am not sure why it is. But I tried it anyway, and slept then when I woke up in the morning, my computer crashed. So I am wondering what is going on. (I tried other "safe" adb backup methods, and they did not crash my computer :) )


texts: How to uninstall ice cream sandwich update on huawei ascend g300?

texts:
I have an ascend g300 from vodafone which I have unlocked and moved to another provider.

Yesterday I updated the os to ice cream sandwich following these instructions.

Since then the phone intermittently does not recognise the SD card when it wakes up from sleep. Sometimes it "prepares the SD card" and sometimes it says blank SD card or unrecognised format. Often if I restart the phone it starts working again.

The phone has also twice spontaneously restarted itself when it was supposed to be asleep.

I tried formatting the sd card in the phone and then reset to factory defaults. The phone was reset, but it didn't reformat the sd card, all my data was still there.

I'm now thinking I'd just like to uninstall the update, but how would I do that?


texts: android studio will not recognize my device and my emulator will not load

texts:
Android studio recognized my device before, but now it doesn't. It is an HTC One. I have the driver downloaded, so it's not that.
I am trying to use an emulator but it won't load either. I have to use ARM because my computer can't use HAXM.  It starts to load but never finishes.
I need help.


texts: How to remove the Google Now search bar from Nexus 5

texts:
My Nexus 5 has a useless and space-wasting Google Now search bar:

QUESTION: How can I remove the Google bar?

My rooted Nexus 5 runs stock Android 5.1.1, and I would rather get rid of Google Now if possible. I would rather not use a third-party launcher.

Notes:

Disabling Google Now bricks Nexus 5 phones, so I want a procedure which is certified to be safe on Nexus 5 explicitly.
This wild procedure for Nexus 5 is hard to trust (anonymous comment), and it requires two phones. The different procedure below does not sound more trustable.
Remove Google Search Bar on Nexus devices running on stock Lollipop is for Nexus 6 and Android 5.0. Hide search google search bar on nexus 5 is different because the asker wants to keep Google Now, I don't. How do I remove the search bar? is for Android 1.5


texts: Is it possible to have the alarm sound in Max Power saving Mode?

texts: My Samsung A3 has a function called Max Power Saving Mode which I assume is Samsung's version of Ultra Power Saving mode. I find it very helpful sometimes but when this mode alarms dont go off. Is there any way to allow alarms ( set in the clock app) to go off in this mode? I've checked through the settings for this mode and I can't find anything which allows it. I've searched the web and I couldn't fine anything about this though I did find some stuff on UPSM but the settings didn't seem to match.


texts: Lenovo A8 Android Tablet froze. The reset button did not reset

texts:
My Lenovo A8 Android tablet froze without any reason. I had purchased it a week ago. The previous night it was working just perfectly. Then I put it aside and went to sleep. Today I slided its screen lock and it worked. The list of apps appeared. I tapped on my desired app, but nothing worked ever since.

I found a solution online to RESET the tablet, using the tiny button besides the SIM card. I pushed that tiny button, and the tablet went off immediately (no need to hold it down). However, unlike the online solution, it did not restart, but just got shut down.

I started it again using its power button. It started to show a small video of Lenovo and played its song. Then at the screen with the motto "Lenovo, for those who do" came at the end of the video, it froze again.

I pushed that tiny button for several times, and the exactly same thing happened. It just shut down the device, and when I manually restarted it, it froze at the very same stage again.

My questions are:

Why does it happen?
How to fix or unfreeze it? I don't want to Factory-Reset my device by holding volume up and down keys etc because I have a lot of app data. I want a soft reset.


texts: By default Hangout send messages via my carrier as SMS. It's OK for me in most cases, but sometimes I want to send message (with photos, for example) to a another Hangouts user and not want to paid for this. How to send regular Hangouts message instead of SMS?


texts: How can I install pure android and get rid of bloatware?

texts:
I am new here and already posted question on one of the google group,
I am curious to know few things regarding android OS.
I have Micromax Canvas HD 116 with Android 4.2.2 installed on it. What I hate is the unnecessary software offered by them, which is not occupying only space but also RAM and affecting speed of device. I just want to get rid of those bloatwares somehow.. I know if I follow some good rooting procedure, I can achieve it.. but is there any way, or official way so that I can manually re-install original pure android OS in my device.

I would be very much obliged if someone would provide some good resource about it.. and which is applicable to any device.

Thanks


texts: Is there any way to do automation/repetition based on user input?

texts:
Like iMacros in Windows, is there any way which can automate my task?

I had tried so many application like MacroDroid but hadn't got my aim to be complete. As I want similar work like iMacros, I want to open one link and then click some elements and then save the webpage to external storage and I want this task to repeat. Is it possible?


texts: How to save Google search to My contacts

texts: Is it possible to, after searching for people or business on Google maps or on Google, to save the info to my contacts directly without typing in the info yourself? Unfortunately no longer have the option on Google maps to save contact, and I'm not sure I why Google removed that option. Maybe a different app would be an option, if anyone know one that would work? I have a Galaxy S5


texts:
I am new to Android. Using shared preferences each application can store key-value pairs and it can be in several modes (private, public read, etc) and the default mode is the private mode because of security issues.

I understand that if an application set the mode to 'public', it would be readable by other apps. But I am wondering if there are any system-wide shared preferences that can be read by all the applications by default? How can I find the list of all readable preferences (of other apps)? Should I enumerate all /data/data/*/shared_prefs/*.xml and see to which one I have access?


texts:
I've a very dramatic problem. I don't know how it could happen but sice a week the internal storage of my Cubot X20 Pro with android 9 is in "read only" mode. That's mean that I couldn't reset (anytime I tried, after restart, I found all like a week ago) or do something else. I spending last week looking and searching on web for a solution. I tried every guide. But nothing. The problem is that I can't switch on OEM unlock.

Without this all command on fastboot or adb will fail because the system is read only. Is a snake that eat his tail. So the question: there's a saint thatknow a program or procedure that surely work toescape that enpasse? Please I'm desperade, the phone has only 2 months of life and I can't take it on a assistance cause i've bank app and all accounts visible.


texts:
Device: Nexus 7 2013
Android: 4.3

How do I delete a desktop home screen on Nexus 7 2013? I tried everything: pinch zooming, double tap, etc. Nothing seems to work.


texts: HI my mobile is stuck on twrp I tried to installed custom rom and stock rom and it do installed successfully but when I reboot it reboot into twrp only


texts: Add an app to the Google Playstore installed list

texts:
I have recently have had to flash my GApps package on Cyanogen. As a result all the application that were previously listed in the installed apps section are no longer present any more.

Is there any way I can add them back there so that PlayStore will continue to track updates for them ?


texts: Use AVD Manager without Starting Android Studio

texts:
I would like to use the Android Emulator to work on some APKs. In order to start the Android Emulator, based on the instructions here: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds.html

So, I need to start the AVD Manager from Android Studio, then create a device and start the emulator.

Now, the issue is, when I open Android Studio, it asks me to create a new Project or open an existing one before continuing. This takes a long time. Isn't there a way to just start the AVD Manager without opening the Android Studio GUI?

Probably, there is a way to start AVD Manager from command line?

Thanks.


texts: How to create manually create my own ᴏᴛᴀ update file to be used for adb sideload?

texts:
In my case, I don’t want to permanently root my own device and if possible, I want to modify the /data partition directly.

In order to do so, I want to add a single file to the /system partition or even apply capabilities on a single executable. That means no apk ; no new apps ; no bootloader changes.

But everything I found for creating my own ota for rooting explains how to use adb to apply it, not how to build such a file myself. Or suppose that I’m building for a firmware I designed myself for which I have the signing keys (whereas the aim is to do it for stock Samsung).

So how to create my own file‑based (with the aim to modify file permissions to existing files) ota zip file which can be installed through adb sideload on all devices as SuperSu does ?


texts: Whatsapp keep asking to set up backup then stucks at setup screen

texts:
Everytime I open whatsapp it goes to the setup backup screen. After selecting backup frequency and clicking done, it goes no further.
If I want to read a message I have to go from the message alert at the top of the home screen then after reading it as I exit whatsapp it goes to the backup setting first then I have to exit again.
I have installed a new version over the old but same error.
just so you know it was working fine up to a week ago
Apart from uninstalling then reinstalling any suggestions?
Reason why I dont want to uninstall at first is because its a phone that was marketed for the domestic Chinese market and I had to go tru various options to get the google play store and such installed.
any help would be greatly apreciated.


texts: Restrict access to safe mode in the Android 6.0+ devices without rooting

texts:
I locked down my device (running Android 6.0+) so that only my application can run on it. I have to give these devices to the employees in my firm. Now I have implemented an Enterprise Mobility Management(EMM) solution to run only one application. But I'm afraid the employees still have access to Safe Mode through which they can uninstall my company app and get access to the entire device.

So I have come across various third party Kiosk Applications like Mobilock Pro who gives the functionality to restrict safe mode without rooting. The link to their Blog is here. Android has itself posted here that this restriction is possible with Marshmallow.

I have searched for similar questions but None of them used Marshmallow APIs.

So my question is how can I implement this restricted access of safe mode on my own? Any Help would be appreciated!


texts: Is there any way to sync wifi between devices?

texts: Are there any apps or methods to sync saved wifi between Android devices? Basically it would remember the wifi name and password if you logged into it once from one device on all devices synced.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 froze during firmware upgrade

texts:
I accessed Samsung Kies and a screen message said that there was a firmware upgrade needed. I followed the screen prompt exactly and during the update a drop down message came up saying that there was a problem and to disconect the phone from the pc,remove battery and switch on again. The phone screen had a large triangle saying "Do not disconnect the phone during upgrade" I left the phone connected  but still the notice showed to disconnect the phone.I disconnected the phone as stated and removed the battery,then reinserted the battery and switched on the phone.All I got was a black screen with a phone icon - a yellow triangle with an exclamation marke init and an icon of a computer screen.
Now all I get on the phone are the icons as just stated. Removing the battery and leaving it disconnected for 10 minutes before switching on only gerts those icons again.
In Kies,it still shows "Connect a device"
Any idea how I can sort this problem out ?


texts: Slow internet connectivity on samsung galaxy j7 prime

texts:
It has been a month since I am facing slow internet connectivity issues on my samsung galaxy J7prime even on jio4g data plan. I contacted Jio helpline twice and they said they 'll try to rectify if there's any problem. But to no avail. Other ppl in my area have no problem with jio connectivity. So, I believe that the problem is with my phone,but cant find out where exactly. I have tried almost all solutions given on the internet. I also did a factory data reset. It increased internet speed a little but not significantly. Earlier it was nearly 128 kbps now its 220 or something. Also i need to refresh my mobile data very often to catch a little speed but it again slows down in a minute or two.
I am really frustrated. Please help me out here.


texts: No full disk encryption in Samsung Galaxy A71

texts:
I just started using my brand new Samsung Galaxy A71 (Android version 10) by doing an initial setup, and it seems it does not support full disk encryption at all. On the contrary, on Samsung Galaxy A7 it was pretty easy to enable it. As it is impossible that in 2020 mobile devices without encryption being sold, I have done a google-fu, and, weirdly, there is no indication that anyone already searched for this feature.

Where is this function hidden then?


texts: adb install apk successful on device (or emulator), but not found

texts:
I am using command line to install apk on devices and emulators. There is only one device at one time, so I don't have to specify the device's name.

adb install file.apk

output:

Performing Streamed Install
Success

I check on the device (or emulator), but can't find the installed app.
Could you please help?


texts:
I use a Korean version of Galaxy S (SHW - M110s) phone which runs on android 2.3.6., I want to update it to ICS or JB.

I have rooted the phone with major sufferings and flashed with Nakyup ROM. XDA dev people strongly advised me not to update the phone and that may cause a phone brick. But yet I have seen some videos of people in youtube has installed ICS on SHW M110s and they are reluctant to reply my queries.

I understand the hardware architecture may difference for mine and the international Galaxy S. If anybody is there to help me in order to update my phone ? Anyone done it before ?


texts: Is there a stopwatch app that also records time of day timestamp?

texts:
I've looked all over Google for a stopwatch app that records laps (which they all do) but also records a time of day timestamp. If it can't do the example below, at least record the initial start time of day (and I can figure out the rest).
i.e.

Start (10:09:00 am - I want to know I started at this time)
Lap 1 - 00:01:02 (10:10:02 am)
Lap 2 - 00:12:12 (10:22:14 am)


texts: Google now crashes on sony xperia m after update to JB 4.3

texts:
I have got Sony Xperia M (C1904) it was first with JB 4.1 update. I got very soon update to JB 4.2.2 and google now crash when keep long touch on home button. I got another update to JB 4.3 same problem continued but now after some usage of phone.

Anyone who know how to get rid of this?

I want Google Now launches after long touch of home button or swipe home button as it was working on JB 4.1


texts:
My android cell phone was lost an year ago. But I can see someone has started using it, and that person has not yet removed my email ID. I am looking for a way to turn ON the location services of the device to get the approximate location of the phone.
Is there any way to turn ON the location services of the device remotely?

I thought of using OLA can app. But it is too heavy, I am looking for a light weight app available on play store.


texts: Samsung galaxy grand 2 slow downs after upgrades

texts: i was using grand 2 for 6months and was running on jellybean, and after upgrade to kitkat it is too slow to operate. is there any way to downgrade my cell without rooting the cell. Or any other suggestion to speedup my cell.


texts:
I got a Verizon SCH-I545 Galaxy S4 and tried to unlock the bootloader and accidentally hard bricked it. I can't even go in to download mode or recovery mode either. Is there a way I would be able to fix it? I heard that using a USB Jig would fix it. Are there any other way to fix this issue?

I'm not sure if this would help but some additional information:

Baseband Version: I545VRUFNC5
Kernel Version: 3.4.0
Android Version: 4.4.2
New Phone.

I rooted using towelroot. I remember disabling Knox while rooting.


texts:
I was running out of storage space on my phone, mainly due to photos, so I decided to sync all my pictures and "home movies" to Google+ and then delete all the photos/movies from my phone (deleting using the "On Device" option in the Photos app main menu) to recoup space.

This process didn't require much manual labor, but it did take a very long time. Unfortunately, the result was unsatisfactory because my phone is still nearly full. Now, when I look at how my device storage is being consumed, I see almost nothing under "Pictures, videos," but instead Google+ (which is now full of photos) is using up all my phone storage space.

So, in essence (and I believe I read this somewhere but can't find the link right now), it appears that Google+ is still keeping a copy of the photos on my phone, as part of the Google+ app. This doesn't do me much good in terms of clearing space on my phone. My intention with syncing to Google+ was to remove the photos completely from my mobile device.

My questions are

Is it possible to sync photos from my phone to Google+, delete
"On Device" photos through the Photos app, and have those photos
completely off my phone?
If I move all photos from my phone to my laptop and sync from my
laptop, will the Google+ app still fill up my phone? (I ask this
rather than try this because there are no more photos in the Photo
app on my phone and trying to recreate the sync scenario would take
even more time than it took me the first time.)
Is there another alternative that I am not considering? My
qualifications here would be that the service would have to offer
similar appealing features to Google+. Namely, unlimited (or a very
large amount) of photo storage, web-viewable photo pages, and the
ability to share photos with exactly whom you want to share with.


texts: Stop text messages from going into my Exchange account's Inbox

texts: When a text message comes in, the stock email app throws a copy into my Exchange email accounts that are on the phone. I want to turn this feature off but cannot find a setting for it anywhere. I have a Galaxy S5.


texts:
I tried to install CM11 on my Nexus 10. But, I wasn't able to install the boot.img with fastboot (Rooted, CM11 flashed with Clockworkmod recovery):

[root@xx temp]# fastboot flash bootloader boot.img
sending 'bootloader' (5100 KB)...
OKAY [  0.708s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: partition table update fail!)
finished. total time: 0.726s
[root@xx temp]#

The boot.img is from cm-11-20140405-SNAPSHOT-M5-manta.zip.

Any ideas, why this doesn't work?


texts: Extremely heavy CPU usage (Google Photos 2.4.0.138833446)

texts:
The other day, I noticed that my phone was very warm and the battery was going down fast. A quick look at htop showed it was Google Photos. /system/bin/logd also has high usage when Photos is busy. The combined load spikes three of the CPU cores to nearly 100%.

This activity seems to happen regardless of whether there are photos to back up, and it continues even when Photos is in the background (swiping the app away from the Recent Apps list, however, is enough to stop it).
Backing up photos doesn't seem to work properly either, as the app claims I have 105 to back up even after being left open to do so overnight. I've even tried removing all pictures from the folders to be backed up, and it has yet to update that status.

I have tried clearing all of Photos' app data (twice!) and all cache data for apps (but not the /cache partition, at least not yet), to no avail.

Phone is a Droid Turbo (XT1254) running Android 5.1.1 (stock firmware). Photos version is the latest available to me (Photos 2.4.0.138833446).

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Are there any known solutions to fix the problem?


texts: Upgrading Unrevoked Desire from Eclair to Froyo

texts:
I'm currently running my HTC Desire on 2.1 (O2 branded from the UK, if it makes a difference) which has been rooted via Unrevoked. I've just now been prompted to upgrade it to what I assume is 2.2 via an OTA update. I'd quite like to do this but I'm assuming this will cause me to lose my root. Unrevoked seems to now say it supports 2.2 as well as 2.1 so would it just be a matter of doing the OTA update and re-rooting with Unrevoked?

Also, I've never performed an upgrade before, do I lose all my apps/data/configs? How long does it normally take?

Thanks.


texts: How to make ringtones louder so that I can hear it in a loud environment?

texts:
It seems that the only ringtone I was able to hear was the one in my old Nokia phone, 10 years ago. Nowadays, in the era of smartphones, no matter which ringtone I chose, I have problems hearing it when I am out in a loud environment. And yes, regardless of the fact that the audio level is set to max.

How can I make my ringtones louder on my phone so that I can hear them easily on a noisy environment? Maybe there is a setting to make ringtones high-pitched?


texts: Where is the old DDMS debugging log (logged before I my smartphone gets turned off)

texts:
Where are old DDMS debugging logs that are logged before my smartphone is turned off? I forgot to keep my logs before I turned it off yesterday. I usually enable debugging mode in case of suspicious situations.

I want to debug my phone as a very strange thing happened yesterday, my smartphone was operated by microwave remotely.

My phone is a Nexus 5 (4.4.2)


texts:
I want to view Stanford's iOS programming course.

How can I see it without installing iTunes on my PC and on my Android mobile device?


texts: Why can't all rooted phones be unlocked?

texts:
I enjoy modding my phone with custom roms, kernel patches, and custom bootloaders.

I know that the bootloader/recovery can be overwritten, as can pretty much any partition that exists on the phone. Even the radio can be flashed, though this is not generally an option available since you could permanently brick a phone that way.

My question is how phone companies can lock down a phone (ie tie it to their carrier) if a rooted phone gets access to basically everything? I lack the knowledge in the architecture of how a locked phone works, so I'm guessing there has to be some chip that is not accessible.

Can someone shed some light as to how exactly a phone gets locked?


texts:
I cannot locate Google Pay on my Z971 ZTE phone in Apps, system, hidden, etc, however it is a device admin. If I attempt to click on it to remove it as an admin, the settings app immediately pops up a msg box - "settings has stopped". Trying to find an answer, I've attempted searches in FF & Duck but the results were rediculously unrelated.

Quite some time ago I stopped updating all google apps & disappointedly learned several apps cannot be; stopped, uninstalled or disabled!


texts: Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3...trying to change notification sound

texts: Phone has an annoying notification sound that I cannot get rid of.  Want to completely delete off my system if possible.  I've gone into settings under Sound and it has a different sound than the one that plays.  I have also changed to Apex Launcher and have no idea if that creates a problem.  I have gone into the Contacts and also changed the message alert but that hasn't made any difference. Can you please help before I lose my mind any further?


texts: Tethering issues on OnePlus 6T (not operator related)

texts:
My 6T (unrooted) Android 10.3.5, won't tether - not by USB, not by Wifi nor by Bluetooth.
Not a carrier issue - I can tether with my wife's phone.
Weird behaviour - occasionally the tethered device (PC) will have internet, but not the phone, sometimes the phone will have internet and not the tethered device.
I have AdGuard and NordVPN installed, but I turn them both off before trying to tether.
I have disabled Private DNS before trying to tether.
Doesn't work in Safe mode either. Shows connected device to hotspot on phone.
If I connect the phone to Wifi then the PC has internet and the phone does also - not very helpful.
It used to tether months ago.
Any ideas please?


texts: Samsung stock email application won't show "sent" email on phone (using gmail account)

texts:
I use a Samsung Galaxy S III and I use the stock Samsung email application and widget (which also comes stock on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2).

I have four gmail accounts linked to my phone and I have all four gmail accounts configured for use with my stock Samsung email app (this is different than the gmail app available on the Play store).

IMAP is enabled in my Google accounts and all settings match those recommended by Google.

However, when I send an email from my phone the message doesn't appear in the sent folder, in my phone.  Oddly enough, the message does appear in the sent folder on my PC when viewing gmail in Chrome.

I believe that this error is related to Google's 2-step verification security settings.  I remember having this problem about six months ago and that was about the last time I had 2-step security active.  I don't remember how I fixed the problem, but it hasn't been an issue for a while.  But since that was about the same time I tried (and then gave up on) 2-step verification, I'm guessing that this is the issue.

I recently enabled 2-step verification, then I had the problem with my email, then I turned off 2-step verification, and then the problem went away.

I am well familiar with application-specific passwords and I have set them up (properly, to the best of my knowledge).  I also have Google's Authenticator app, and have used that when required.

I believe there is a bug in Samsung's email app that prevents outgoing mail from being saved in the sent folder when 2-step verification is active.

However, if anyone knows for sure what causes this, and whether or not there is a fix for it, I would greatly appreciate any help.


texts: Will an Asus Transformer Prime bought in the U.S. work in Portugal?

texts:
I live in Portugal and I'm going on vacation to the U.S. in a few months.
I'd like to buy an Asus Transformer (Prime or 300) while in the U.S., but I don't know if the Wi-Fi or 3G will work in Portugal.  I only know for a fact that 4G doesn't work.

Can anyone help me on this one?


texts: Internal storage data disappeared, trying to dump

texts:
When I tried to use my SGS, it was unresponsive and didn't wake from sleep, then I rebooted it. After the boot, the desktop was like stock. I started checking my apps, some had its data intact and some lost all data. It seems that my data on the internal storage (NAND?) is gone. The internal SD card is ok.

The problem: I had hundreds of notes on the Notes app. I want to try to recover them.

The idea is to dump the internal storage raw data to the SD card (something like dd would do). My phone is not rooted.
Questions: any advices on this approach? Any ideas for a better approach?

Info:

Not rooted. Using stock Android 2.2 froyo.
Only a few apps installed.


texts: Can you use the screen on a Samsung Galaxy S as camera flash for the front facing camera?

texts:
The Samsung Galaxy S doesn't have a camera flash, are there any apps for Samsung Galaxy S to make use of the front camera and screen as a camera flash?

For a samsung galaxy s android phone.
could that work?
I couldn't find one.
it would be useful.


texts: can i change my battery with other mAh batteries

texts: My phone is ikon 787.its battery was recently damaged so i decided to change its battery. The original battery is 2600 mAh . I likes to change it with a 4100 mAh battery.Is it have any demerits. Do it have any problem on changing the battery with other specs.


texts: Is there a way to format numbers' font in Nexus One/Nexus S?

texts:
I love to see numbers in Georgia font and would love to see them auto-formatted into that font! If you know such tips, please share!

Update

I want just numbers to be formatted while other texts remain as-is.


texts: Gallery preview folder takes about 1GB, how to delete it?

texts:
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus (GT-I9105P) with Android 4.2.2 and I've got many photos. The folder with the Gallery previews (the one that stores thumbnail to load images faster) takes about 1GB of storage (815,9MB, precisely) and if I delete it, when I open the Gallery app it recreates.

Here you can see it (click image to enlarge)

"Anteprime galleria" in Italian means "Gallery previews". The folder itself is called "DCIM" and it's in the phone's memory (All my photos are in teh SD card) and it contains an hidden .thumbnails folder.

So, how can I delete it and make sure it won't recreate?


texts: Is there a way to change the "text to speech" person's voice?

texts: By default, it uses the robotic woman's voice for reading text to speech.  Is there a way to change the voice to something else?


texts: I wanted to know that how can I acquire Whatsapp for my Nokia X. My family and friends are both on Whatsapp and it causes a communication gap between me and them if I don't have it. I want to keep this mobile phone for a  I open to all suggestions on how to acquire it


texts: Move saved YouTube videos between devices

texts: Is it possible to move the saved/downloaded exo YouTube files (downloaded with the YouTube app) between devices to avoid having to download them again on other devices? If so, how?


texts: I have Android 5 on my HTC One M8. Only have a guest user and my own user. still there are apps - partly restored by titanium backup - listed in my app manager. They're marked as "not installed". They stay there even when I uninstall them. any idea? br Tom


texts: How does Android interpret physical keyboard inputs?

texts: I thought I had a grasp of how they work in a general sense, but I've been trying out several keyboards lately and have run into some inexplicable behavior.  For example, pressing the ESC key on one keyboard will functionally trigger the back function in Android, but on another keyboard it does not.  Same with mouse inputs' right clicks, seeing incongruemt behavior.  I know some keyboards have proprietary technologies that render special keys non-interoperable, but I thought the basic standard keys all trigger the same scan codes?  Why is this not the case?


texts: Why are some lollipop notifications able to be swiped away on lockscreen?

texts:
I have a pin set and privacy set to don't show sensitive content.

Some notifications such as tune in radio telling me about a recommended radio are able to be swiped away from the lockscreen where as some can't such as sky go notifications, texts email etc.

Why is this?


texts: Samsung Champ (GT-3303k) to be converted to Andoid?

texts: I have a Samsung Champ. Model number GT or CT3303k. I want to convert this phone to an android system. Can this be possible for my phone specifically ?


texts: "You must be a primary user to find this device" on Android Device Manager

texts:
Whenever I try to locate my new phone in the Android Device Manager, the following text is showed up:

Thing is, I am logged in as the primary Google account that my device uses. I also have the remote options in Google Settings > Security set to On, and the "Android Device Manager" checked in Settings > Security > Select Admins.

I don't really know what's going on, I've tried everything. Can someone help me? My phone is a Moto G2 XT1069, retail version.


texts: How can I share the internet connection of my HTC Wildfire ( Android 2.2 ) via  Bluetooth or USB?

texts:
I have HTC Wildfire and has Android 2.2 installed on it.

I have internet (GPRS,3G) on mobile. I want to share to my computer as windows XP.

Tried to figure out it first on other questions but didn't found the answer.

How could I share mobiles internet on XP PC ? (Please PC doesn't have wi-fi as its PC. May be some way to share via bluetooth OR USB)

Thanks,


texts: There is no emulator that can totally emulate an Android device?

texts:
Is it true that there is no Android emulator out there (as of May 2021) that can emulate an Android phone so that an app cannot detect it?
Of all the emulators out there (I saw a 15 best Android emulator list), they were not able to do it? The reason is it'd seem a bit strange why it is not possible to emulate such an environment totally, if a US$99 phone can do the job. (and that some developers may write the emulator with the original goal of: no code running in the emulator can tell it is an emulator).
I think probably the official Android developer emulator cannot do the job either (maybe intentionally) or else it would be recommended as the method on some forum.


texts: I have Opera Mini 7.6.3. I had saved some web pages that I was hoping to transfer to my computer but I can't locate them using File Manager. I have searched both Internal storage and external SD card. Where does Opera store saved web pages?


texts: Does the Android OS provide any overheating protection?

texts:
Apple iOS devices display the following warning and suspend operation should they overheat:

  Temperature

  [iDevice] needs to cool down before you can use it.

Does the Android OS contain similar functionality?

(For reference, I'm using a Nexus 7, running stock Android 4.2.2 without root or unlocked bootloader.  However, this question is intended to be device-agnostic.  I have not experienced any overheating—the tablet does get warm under load but by no means excessively so.  I'm just wondering if any protection exists at the system software level in stock Android.)


texts: running apps on WiFi with proxy or alternate to ad-hoc network between laptop and phone?

texts:
My home WiFi runs behind a proxy.

When I connect to it from my Samsung Galaxy S with android 2.3.3, after entering the proxy and port number in the settings, I am able to run only the browser(not any apps). After searching on Google, I found out that the apps can be run behind proxy only if I root the phone. But rooting the phone would void its warranty. I don't want that to happen.

Instead I connected to LAN from my laptop and created a Ad-hoc network. I thought that if I connect to this network from my phone, I won't have to worry about proxy. Am I right ?

Now my phone was not able to discover this Ad-hoc connection. Again after Googling, I found that it is not possible to connect to ad-hoc without rooting the phone. Is there any other method than creating ad-hoc network to share the internet from my laptop to my phone?

Is there any way to run apps on my phone connected to my home WIFi without rooting my phone ?


texts:
I can't play any video online, not on YouTube or Chrome or stream via VLC player. But when try to play video which I have on phone it's ok. Also if I scrol to video on Instagram app freezes, same thing with 9gag. Does anyone have any clue how to solve this, without doing a factory reset? I've allredy tried clearing app cache and clearing cache and dalvik from recovery, I even changed kernel but everything is still same..

Edit: when device is freshly booted I can play videos on YouTube and from storage and Instagram, but when try to play any video in Chrome it becames unresponsive and after that I can't play any video anywhere - app freezes.


texts:
I have a Galaxy Nexus. However, I know someone that is having the exact same issue that has an older Android phone.

The account I want to remove is not the Google account. We have Lotus Notes Traveler installed. Recently there was an update and that's when the problem started. I am unable to uninstall the app because of the account it uses. When I try to remove the account it says that I cannot remove it without factory resetting the phone.

Neither one of our phones are rooted.

Is there some way to remove the account without resetting the phone?


texts:
I installed CM11 from this thread on my old Nexus S 4g, thinking I could use it as a tiny server or something. However, it seems that the /system mountpoint, where things like /etc live, is ~100% full:

Filesystem               Size     Used     Free   Blksize
/dev                   193.1M   136.0K   193.0M   4096
/sys/fs/cgroup         193.1M     0.0K   193.1M   4096
/mnt/asec              193.1M     0.0K   193.1M   4096
/mnt/obb               193.1M     0.0K   193.1M   4096
/mnt/fuse              193.1M     0.0K   193.1M   4096
/efs                     6.8M     1.6M     5.2M   4096
/cache                 469.5M     2.3M   467.2M   4096
/system                503.9M   503.9M     8.0K   4096
/data                 1007.9M   351.4M   656.5M   4096
/mnt/media_rw/sdcard0    13.3G     6.8G     6.5G   4096
/mnt/secure/asec        13.3G     6.8G     6.5G   4096
/storage/sdcard0        13.3G     6.8G     6.5G   4096

Is this normal, or a strange feature of the particular rom I have flashed?

Is there any way to expand /system without wiping my device?

Can I do an overlay mount and have files in some other directory automatically appear in /system?

Can I take the rom zip I have and modify its install scripts somehow, so that when I flash it I get a bigger /system?

Is there something I can safely delete to free up space on /system?

How do I effectively administer a Linux system where no files can be created under /etc?


texts:
I want to install standard android contacts app to phone which does not have such. I could not find com.android.contacts package via google search.

Where can I get it? (or it's part of android system and there is no separate apk file in existence?)


texts: The notebooks in Evernote seem to be arranged in alphabetical order. Is there any way to arrange the notebooks in another order, or maybe custom sort/arrange the notebooks?


texts:
I am using stock moto launcher on my device. And, the night drain is about 6%. So, I decided to use Nova launcher. Installed Nova launcher, and after that night drain is reduced to 3%. I need to know more about launchers.

Launcher's ram usage: Do both launcher's run same protocol/processes (eg: notification dots like processes).
Device running in Nova launcher, and started some apps. Then, I switched launcher to stock(uninstalled nova). Those, apps still remained in RAM. Why the apps not get reset while switching/ not removed from RAM.
Some widget features got reduced. For example, google widget. It always contain text "Say Ok Google" in stock launcher. But, it is not available in Nova or pixel launcher. Why?


texts: Can I use my phone as a WiFi-WiFi hotspot?

texts: I have a (non-rooted) Sony Xperia Z3 with default Lollipop installed. One challenge I often run into is that I can connect to a WiFi network, and my friends with iPhone cannot (I've also encountered the opposite, but that's another topic). It seems the hotspot functionality only works with connection to a telephone network, and not as a regular WiFi-WiFi hotspot. Do any of you know of a built in functionality that will do this, or an app I can download that will solve this issue for me? Thanks :)


texts: Is it possible to Share Android phone 3G internet connection to multiple clients (tabs/computers) via bluetooth

texts:
I want to share my android phone 3G internet connection (via bluetooth) so that multiple clients (other android phones/tabs/laptops) can access shared internet simultaneously.

Is it possible to have the above?


texts: Restricted profile can't unlock tablet in android 10

texts:
On a Samsung SM-T290 (Galaxy Tab A 8.0") with Android 10, there is regular user account and also a restricted profile for users to use in order to restrict what apps can be used.
In previous versions of android, the restricted profile could unlock the tablet. However, in android 10, I can't seem to switch to the restricted profile user on the lock screen, unless the regular user account unlocks it first.
Is there a way to allow the restricted user account to unlock the tablet, so the main user doesn't have to login/unlock it first?


texts: Why did the Market app disappear on its own, and how can I get it back?

texts: The Market application recently disappeared from my device. I did not install any OTA updates or other system upgrades to cause this. Why has the Market disappeared on its own, and how can I get it back?


texts: Install android 5.x.x on sony xperia tipo (non-unlockable bootloader) using a fake ota update via a dns sinkhole

texts: The sony xperia tipo is stuck on android 4.0.4 and it just so happens that my sony xperia tipo has a non-unlockable bootloader which means I am not able to flash any custom roms to the device. I was wondering if I could install a newer version of android using a fake ota update, when the device trys to check for an update instead of directing it to the legitimate update server the dns directs it to a local server which has a ota update stored on it. As far as I understand I could issue a full update package to the phone to completely rewrite the partitions on the device (https://source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/tools). But I would also need to know the sign keys for the tipo or else android won't even try to install my fake update. Would a process like this be achieveable?


texts:
This Community Wiki question is designed to be the "canonical question" for questions asking how to upgrade one's device to a new Android version.

I want to get a newer version of the OS for my Android device. How can I do that?

See also: Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?


texts: Restrict CPU frequency from going too high

texts:
I got a OnePlus 6 running on Snapdragon 845. The CPU can clock up to 2.8GHz, which is very battery-consuming. I want to limit the CPU clock frequency to, say for example, 2.2GHz or another value I desire. It's better if the frequency limit can be applied automatically at boot.

Phone is rooted with Magisk 16.6 and TWRP is installed. Is there anyway to achieve this?


texts: tried tracking my phone through android device manager. having trouble doing so.help!

texts:
i lost my s3 a few days back so i tried to locate it using the android device manager. it is showing the date i last used it on but not showing where it was last used. can someone suggest me way to see its last location?
also, i was registered with androidlost even that is not able to show my last location. keeps showing the message "message successfully sent to google who will forward it when it is online".i understand my phone needs to be online for it to show the location but it also says that if its not online my last location will be shown.


texts: Where can I configure SELinux in Cyanogenmod 10.1.3?

texts:
Cyanogenmod released the stable version 10.1.3 yesterday and it apparently includes SELinux enhancements running in permissive mode per default.

I thought that you could change the mode in the settings, but so far I have not found anything.

Is this possible at all using the graphical touch interface?


texts: I purchased an outside antenna for boosting reception as I live in a mostly dead cell zone now I get up/down/arrows from time to time by my reception bars.  Does this mean my antenna is actually working///


texts: Data connectivity disabled when phone mic is muted

texts:
This is a persistent and repeatable issue with my HTC One (Android 4.3) but I can't find any mention of it on forums etc. It would be great if anyone can tell me whether it's a known issue, specific to this phone model or perhaps the HTC Sense UI, or specific to some Android version.

Using the phone as a wifi hotspot with my mobile data plan, and simultaneously making a phone call, is a fantastic capability that I use often for conference calls when travelling. However, when doing this, if I mute the phone mic (using the usual mute button on the phone-call screen), data connectivity is immediately dropped. The hotspot remains alive, the phone call is unaffected, but mobile data is unusable and in Settings the "Mobile data" toggle is ON but annotated with "data conectivity is disabled". Un-muting the phone doesn't bring it back, but ending the phone call re-enables data connectivity which then works as normal.

I've observed this when a headset is plugged in to the jack. I haven't yet had a chance to test it without a headset and/or on speakerphone.

It seems obvious that this is a significant bug, and it's highly repeatable, so I'm amazed that I don't find more complaints about it.

Any ideas as how to avoid (or work around) this?


texts: How can I charge an ASUS Transformer while connected to USB?

texts:
Currently I'm developing with my Nexus S but would like to use Asus Transformer for that.

So far I figured that device won't charge from USB. And for me - I need to have it on USB for debugging while charged and ON all the time.

Is that even possible? How long device lives on battery when 100% on?

EDIT

I look at keyboard accessory and it looks good. It seems that I can charge and it will serve as a stand. But I'm not sure if USB in keyboard will work for debugging?


texts: Is there any solution to backup Locale settings? I've defined couple of rules and I don't want to lose them while I reinstall some custom ROM.


texts: How do I delete all data from my Android phone?

texts:
My phone has got some error and I am returning it to the service center. As my phone contains my personal data, images and videos I would like to erase them so that they can never be recovered (even after being rooted).

Is there any easy way to do that because I am not an Android developer.

Does factory reset do this trick for me?


texts: After update, car radio stopped playing audio through USB from my Samsung S5 using AOA

texts:
I've bought a Pioneer radio for my car that supports Android Open Acessory (AOA) 2.0. I was happily living with it playing my music through the USB cable to my Galaxy S5 phone. High quality connection and charging at the same time. Just one cable. It was great.

To configure it, it was just necessary to select the correct USB connection type (MTP, if I remember well).

Now here comes an update to Android 6.0 and everything stopped working. It still charges, but I can't make the music go through the car speakers. The USB options now are inside the developer mode. I've tried all the options, but can't make the music go through the USB cable.

My old Moto G, with Android 5.1, successfully connects and plays through the USB cable.

Any fix, workaround, or help to debug is appreciated.


texts: Samsung mobile not getting charge when switch on

texts:
I am using SAMSUNG DUOS2. Its not getting charge when its switched on. But there is no problem in charging when switched off.

Not charging in both I tried USB as well as wall charger.
Android ver : 4.2.2

I suspect it could be virus problem so with the help of antivirus I cleared some thread. Even after the problem still persist.

Pls suggest what could be the problem?


texts: missed calls not appearing as notifications

texts:
I have a HTC one x with the default HTC sense. Missed calls do not appear in the notification list which is frustrating ... The calls appear in the call history log so it knows about them. I've also tried calling myself with a another phone and it all appears as normal but when the call is hung up, no notification appears.

I'm sure it use to show notifications and I cannot find any settings that would control this.

Will factory reset if this just seems wrong/buggy.


texts: Galaxy S3 Emails showing in different colours

texts:
This is an extremely minor but extremely frustrating issue with my Galaxy S3.

Basically the email client out the box (synced to my Exchange Active sync account) has a black background and white text...so far no problem.

However as people have been sending emails to me the phone seems to (arbitrarily is seems) to render either a white background or black background.

I then thought no problem I will switch the font colour to white...which works great when the email is rendered with black but renders the email text invisible when a white background email comes in.......has anyone had a similar issue??


texts: What happens to the battery during bootloader/recovery?

texts:
I want to know what happens to the battery (does it charge/discharge/stay constant?) when the device is in bootloader or recovery mode. In both of these modes, a USB may or may not be connected.

If the battery does charge, could that possibly be a feature that could be a result of the installed recovery/bootloader, or could the charging feature be hardware dependant?


texts: "Allow USB debugging" keeps on popping evene when "Always allow from this computer" is checked in automation testing

texts: We are doing automation testing on mobile devices with Appium but testing fails because of the popup 'Allow USB debugging' even though the device is already connected through 'adb connect' and 'adb devices.' I already checked the 'Always allow from this computer' but sometimes the popup would occur causing the test to fail and sometimes it will pass when it will not show up. Can someone enlighten me on how to address this issue?


texts: How can I uninstall Google Chrome on my Android and recommend a suitable replacement?

texts: I'd like to choose something other than chrome for my android. But, don't know what specifically I can do to uninstall it. Also, is my Google account automatically linked to my chrome? I'm not satisfied with either one but am apprehensive about removing both since I don't quite understand what the implications will be. I'm new to this platform and to being online so any feedback is of course welcomed!


texts: Does Unlocking bootloader affect network lock?

texts:
Will the bootloader unlock procedure as shown on the HTC Dev website affect my network lock?

I have an HTC Aria, which was originally SIM locked, but I got unlocked from a shop. Now, since I'm working on Android apps and HTC devices, I want to unlock my bootloader, but I'm worried that it will re-lock my device to the original carrier.


texts: How can I mirror my samsung phone screen on my Tv

texts: I have a upnp enable TV on which ImediaShare seems to work fine. But does anyone know how to mirror my phone screen on the TV


texts: How to enable 'install unknown apps' on Samsung mobile device?

texts:
My Samsung device is running on Android 10, One UI 2.0. I want to install apps using apk file via non-official platforms (the app is not published on Google Play, Galaxy Store). But it won't let me.

Settings > Biometrics and security > Install unknown apps,

All the listed apps there (e.g. Google Chrome, File Manager) are disabled by default and greyed out, stating:

  Installing apps from this source may put your phone and data at risk.

I googled a little, this forum discussed about the exactly same problem I am facing. One user there said that disabling admin apps can help. I went to

Settings > Biometrics and security > Other security settings > Device admin apps,

I see 5 listed apps (I think most Samsung device is sharing the same, except the Outlook's one because I installed Outlook).

I click into one, this shows up and 'deactivate' is greyed out as well. None of them can be deactivated.

I have absolutely no idea how to solve this. As previously when I was using Huawei device, I had no issue like this, system won't stop me from enable it. As far as I can tell from Google results, there are Samsung device users facing the exactly same issue. Official forum and YouTube are useless, solution given is just tell you where to find the settings, or just demonstrate you how to enable it without issue like this meanwhile under comment section people complaint about this issue, there was no solution. Send help. I apologize in advance if I posted the wrong question on the wrong forum category.


texts: Disable display countdown during the use of Google Maps

texts: When I use Google Maps for my Samsung Galaxy S, after a while the display goes dark and the GPS disconnects. Is there a way to disable the display countdown during the usage of Google Maps?


texts:
I have just installed Maru OS on my Nexus 5. When, in phone mode, I attempt to add my google account (for email and calendar access) it prompts me for my email and password. On entering this, it says username or password incorrect.

Back on my laptop, I get an email from Google:

  Someone just used your password to try to sign in to your Google account xxxxxxxx@gmail.com, using an application such as an email client or mobile device. Google stopped this sign-in attempt, but you should review your recently used devices:

The IP address shown for this access attempt is geolocated near me, but it not an IP address I recognise. It is not my external IP address. I have since changed my password.

Is it safe to connect Maru to Google accounts? If so, how is it done?


texts: How can I make GMail display whole email thread?

texts:
The GMail app groups together email chains in reverse chronological order.

The idea is good, but I am now missing emails. It says 10 emails in the header in the inbox, but it only shows the last 2 and I know there should be more.

Google's own mail does not allow switching off conversation view, I think? Their web mail has the same problem.

How can I see the remaining 8? Once I have opened the chain, there appears to be no buttons to press. The "..." one is not there.


texts: How to delete search history from Settings app?

texts:
In Android, it's possible to search for a specific setting by clicking the magnifying glass in the top right corner of the Settings app and typing. However, I haven't found a way to remove earlier search queries.

I have recently misspelled a word, and  it always pops up when I search for something else.

Is there a way to clear the search history, or, better, to remove a specific search?


texts:
I just updated my phone (Galaxy S3) and I don't like the new way auto prediction works, it keeps trying to predict the next word instead of giving me quick access to the punctuation. Does any one know if there is a way to have the auto prediction just give you a list of punctuation once you hit the space bar instead of trying to guess the next word?

When I originally got my phone last year when ever I finished texting a word and hit the space bar, the auto prediction bar would show all my punctuation and that was great. Than I did an update a several months ago, and the auto prediction started giving me next word predictions instead, the only way I could find around that was to double tab the space bar, than hit backspace/delete, and that would allow my auto prediction to once again show the punctuation available. It was a few extra clicks but at least it was still quick access to punctuation and didn't slow down the flow to much. But with this latest update auto prediction only seems to give word suggestions, I can't find anyway to make it show me punctuation. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks all.


texts: MY android samsung j5(j500h) is automatically rebooting. kindly let me know any suitable answer that will keep safe my Data


texts: Galaxy S3 heats up while using net or data

texts: My phone gets very hot while using internet or data and it starts going slow. Can you tell me if something is physically wrong or give any advice on how to rectify the problem.


texts: Chrome Tab Grid Layout can no longer be disabled via chrome://flags, is there another way?

texts:
I used to be able to disable Google Chrome on android from having the Tabs Grid, by disabling the flag.
That no longer seems to have any effect. Is there another way to change this setting?


texts:
I would like to have mobile Google Maps' content on my Moto Z2 Play in different language (Polish) than rest of the system (English). Is this possible? If yes, then how to achieve this?

Based on my research and previous tries, I managed to:

change language of audio guidance in mobile Google Maps to Polish,
change content in desktop / PC version of Google Maps to Polish (even though my Windows 10 and Google Chrome runs in English).

However, I can't / don't know how to change content's language in mobile Google Maps.

Edit: An answer suggested by Robert is out of option in this particular case, because it requires device to be rooted. I don't have an ability to root the device for which I want Google Maps to run in a different langauge than the rest of the Android system.


texts:
Android 5

Termux 0.54

Not rooted, no wish to

$ pwd
/storage/sdcard1
$ id
uid=10096(u0_a96) gid=10096(u0_a96) groups=1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3003(inet),9997(everybody),50096(all_a96)
$ ls -l python
total 0
$ ls -dl python
drwxrwx---    2 root     sdcard_r     32768 Sep 23 22:10 python

So according to permissions, I should be able to write to the python folder. But creating a file gives permission denied.

I have seen the platform.xml solution but can't edit the file.

I would like to write to card then easy to move card and files between machines.

Regards
John


texts:
I'm trying to detect laughs in Android. Something like a score if your laugh is louder or something similar.

Is it possible to detect laughs maybe through microphone, or facial detection through cameras? Any libraries/APIs or ideas how to achieve this?


texts: Location of files: Main Storage versus SD card

texts:
I'm trying to figure out what is stored where on my Android phone (an unrooted Samsung Galaxy S8 with an SD card).

I can examine the phone's contents either via any of the several file manager apps I've installed, or by mounting the entire phone as a network drive on my Windows 10 machine.

My File Manager App shows me the contents of "Main Storage" and the contents of "SD Card".

The contents of "Main Storage" show up on the network drive in a directory called /sdcard.  The contents of "SD Card" show up on the network drive in a directory called /storage/0000-0000 .

This is very odd, since the directory called "/sdcard" on the network drive is the opposite of the directory called "SD Card" in the File Manager app.

The File Manager app shows 57 gigs total in "Main Storage" and 256 gigs in "SD Card".  This suggests to me that the former is the phone's built-in memory and the latter is the actual SD card.  But I'm thrown for a loop by the fact that the former is called "/sdcard" and the latter is called "storage/0000-0000", which seems backward.

I could, of course, pull the SD card out of the phone and examine its contents directly on another device, but I'm squeamish about handling the card.  And no matter what I learned, I'd still be curious about the odd naming conventions.

So:

Question 1:  What's going on?  What's in which directory?

Question 2:  If I want to back up all of the data (but not the system files or software) on my phone, does it suffice to make copies of /sdcard and /storage/0000-0000, or are there other places data might be stored?

Additional Info:  The App X-plore confirms the odd naming, in that it shows me two directories, one named both "Phone Memory" and /sdcard (it shows the former in bold and the latter in roman, both labeling the same directory) and another named both "SD card" and /storage/0000-0000.