texts: On Android Pie, everytime we take a bugreport, it generates a temporary file in data/anr. This temporary file is not cleared and stays on the device. Its size is around 2MB. This means everytime I take a bugreport on my device, the data/anr folder will have dumpstate_XXXX file that is taking up some space. How does Android clean this file and how often does it clean this file if at all? Else won't it cause my device to run out of memory eventually?


texts: Nexus 7: Can I set its WiFi to monitor/promiscous mode? If so, how?

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Related question: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/21057/nexus-7-or-any-other-good-android-tablets-for-pen-testing

I need to turn a Nexus 7 with Android in it into a wireless packet sniffer. I need to keep track not only of my own traffic but also of the traffic my WiFi interface can capture (hence the need to set it in monitor mode)

I've installed the Cyanogen mod to gain root's access so that's not a problem. It also has BusyBox to get some command line tools. Heck, I even compiled wireless-tools (following this thread)

I'm not even certain that even doable with the embedded wireless card in the Nexus 7 allows monitor mode? If it does, would it be possible setting it using regular commands (such as iwconfig, ifconfig) I'm old, and that's what I'm used to :-D (opening a terminal and typing things)

The about tablet says:

Kenel version: 3.4.0-cyanogenmod-gb7efce1
               build03@cyanogenmod #1
               Mon Feb 3 15:26:37 PST 2014
CPU:           ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7)
CyaongenMod version: 10.2.1.-flo

I know it only has a WiFi interface (no 3G/4G) and also that it's a 2013 model Since my Wi-Fi's MAC address starts with AC:22:0B, I guess I have some kind of ASUSTek card, but I haven't been able to find the specific model.

Thank you in advance.

PS: If I can't monitor wireless traffic with a Nexus 7, I'm open to buy a new tablet with a network interface that accepts monitoring. I'm open to suggestions about what to get.


texts: How do I connect to a jabber.org account with Chatsecure?

texts: When I set up my jabber.org account in Chatsecure it doesn't connect. Another account on jabber.ccc.de works.


texts: How to add multiple apps to the homescreen(s) at once?

texts: I have a bunch of apps installed. I don't want to add them one by one, but I need many of them directly on my homescreen(s). Is there a faster way? This is Nexus 7 2013.


texts: How to erase unsued space so that dumping userdata partition creates a sparse file of small size?

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When I create a gzip image of userdata partition (/dev/block/mmcblk0p29) it creates huge 6.8GB image, previously it was 350MB.

Is it possible through command-line to erase or wipe or delete space on userdata partition? I want to keep small compact compressed gzip or shadow images of clean unrooted and rooted partition on various dates and times.

I tried the following commands but nothing worked for me:

fastboot erase userdata
rm -r /data/*.*
rm -r /sdcard/*.*

Still image is 6.8GB.

dd if=/dev/zero if=/dev/block/platform/7824900.sdhci/by-name/userdata bs=8192
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/block/platform/7824900.sdhci/by-name/userdata bs=8192

/dev/zero and /dev/urandom not found in device.

newfs
iShredder 3 app
Secure Eraser app
Andro Shredder or Disk Sanitizer

But how will I format in unrooted while working in the Android userdata partition?

Any adb shell command to clear, format or zero fill


texts: Can I connect my Android device to a laptop via WiFi to use file sharing?

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How can I connect my Sony Xperia U to my laptop using WiFi to use file sharing?
I tried normal connectivity by sharing my laptop WiFi and connect my Xperia U to the laptop -- but it only accesses the internet, not the file sharing.

What should I do to access file sharing and managing my laptop using my phone? Is there any application, setting, or procedure that can help me connect my laptop and my phone?


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It doesn't look like UbuntuOne has a sync app for contacts. Files and music, yes, but not contacts. Are there any workarounds to this?

I've successfully avoided linking my phone to a google account thus far and I'd like to keep my contacts off of Google.

I'd like a good way to sync my Ubuntu One contacts to my phone without going through google.


texts: How to sync contacts in one direction only -- from phone to Google?

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Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Android 2.3.

I just lost a lot of time after syncing contacts -- executed from the phone. I assumed that all the changes will be transferred to Google account (as initially) but the effect was reversed -- my changes were deleted, and what I got was simply an undo function -- the old data from Google were transferred back to phone.

So how can I transfer contacts from phone to Google account -- I mean copy them only in this and only this direction?

All my contacts are of google type, so when I say "from phone" it means they are stored at phone memory, but they are not "phone type contacts".


texts: Need some clarification on Developer Settings

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We have a bespoke app that uses a WebView to play some locally stored CSS animations.

I'd like to get full clarification on whether the following Developer options can have any impact on the animations playing in the WebView:

Animation and transition scales
Forced GPU Rendering
Disable Hardware overlays
Do not keep activities
Limiting background processes

EDIT - Can I also get an explanation as to what "Disable Hardware overlays" does exactly? Would checking it help in any scenario?


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My device is already rooted, this is why I'm asking.

Do you need root to monitor the logcat stream on the phone? If I ran the logcat command from within a Terminal on the phone, would that work?


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I am trying to upgrade my Nexus 6 with version 5.0.1 (Build number LRX22C) via OTA to Android 5.1.

The OTA update is downloaded successfully and after pressing "Restart & Install" I see a dead droid with the message "Error!".

The phone was rooted and I unrooted it via SuperSU. Did not help. Wiping cache partition also did not change anything.


texts: No sound through handset speaker of Nexus S

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Suddenly when I was playing music on my Nexus S it stopped playing all sounds through the handset speaker. It still works though if I use an external headset though.

I don't really have that much knowledge of the Android internal workings to see what the problem is, although I tried rebooting it.

I also can't really leave it for warranty repair because the boot-loader is unlocked (although I later reflashed back to the stock ROM).


texts: How to dismiss non-removable notifications?

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So I've got a new Android phone like a week ago. But still couldn't get used to it. Still, couldn't figure out some part that how is it workes. Now, this is about notifications I get by installed apps. On the drop-down menu, I get it usually but some of these notifications are not removing even if I try to remove it. Most of them are saying that some kind of app running. And it won't dismissive.

Does anyone have any idea how to remove these non-removable notifications?


texts: Accidentally Deleted Voice-to-Text app for Samsung Galaxy SIII

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I was running out of memory on my phone, and so went through all my apps and deleted those I didn't use to create more room....apparently, by doing so, I deleted the app that lets me voice-to-text on text messages or even search by voice in google chrome.

Can someone help me fix this without resetting my phone to factory settings???


texts: Effect of Background Color on Battery Life in Android App

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I am studying about the effect of different parameters of Android app on Power Consumption and tips for optimizing them . I came across this
paper which states that ligh background color consumes less power than dark bg color.
I wonder whether We can apply the same logic for apps. When I measured the power consumed by changing the back ground color of a mock Android App , I couldn't notice any change .
Is the change too small to notice or it didn't occur at all?


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I have a new android 10 based smartphone and and after I enable a vpn connection, I simply loose all connectivity. Without VPN it works fine. The same VPN app worked flawless on my old phone.
I'm looking for solutions and also info how to troubleshoot network issues on an unrooted android device. All I can see is that the vpn client states "network unreachable". But the network certainly is working correctly with other devices, hence it's an issue with the specific phone and vpn app (in fact I tried 2 vpn apps and both have the same issue so it's not the app itself causing the issue.) It also happens immediately without truing off the screen, eg. no "sleep-state" issue. Additional it's more problematic on WLAN. On mobile data connection is lost to but vpn app can reconnect again. With wlan, I actually have to turn off the vpn and wlan and then turn wlan back on to make it work again.
Any advice?


texts: Trying to get a PC to boot off a bootable SD card that is inside an USB attached Android device

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First, I'd like to make myself look less a madman than I may have appeared to be.
I wanted to have a bootable USB stick with me at all times, but it's less convenient because it's an extra object and it's easier to lose, forget etc. Then I thought, I have an Android phone, and it has a micro SD in it; perfect.
Not all PC's can boot off a card reader, but the phone itself is a card reader when attached as a disk drive.

Or at least so I thought. Turns out that my netbook BIOS (tested on Asus eeePC) refuses to see it as an external harddrive; it only recognizes it as a generic USB device and doesn't offer an option to boot from it.
The device has a name "Android phone" or smth, so it seems to me that it doesn't work as a "pure" card reader, and instead still manifests itself as a phone.

Can it be somehow overridden?


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I want to use my phone as a wireless router. Since I am on a time-based data plan, I want the phone to automatically shutdown after a specified amount of time (or at least close the data connection after a specified amount of time).
Basically, I want to prevent to exceed the data limit, and the shutdown is a plus. The phone is running gingerbread but I will probably install cyanogenmod 7.2.


texts: Read product reviews and find better alternatives by scanning barcode

texts: Is there a way to read product reviews and find alternative products/suggestions by scanning a barcode with my Galaxy Nexus? I found searchreviews, but it was not so good. If not, are there any web services to achieve this?


texts: Can Android 6 backups be manually deleted?

texts: When using the new backup service introduced with Android 6, is there any way to explicitly delete an existing backup of an Android device stored in a Google account?


texts: Can I Delete a WhatsApp Message After 7 Min. Deadline?

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So I know that if I send a WhatsApp message to someone, I can delete the message on the recipients phone within 7 minutes, using the new "delete for everyone" option in WhatsApp.

Is there a way to get passed this limit, and delete the message a few hours or days later?


texts: How do you undo a Bootloaded Android Device?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Android tablet won’t reboot after rebooting using volume and power buttons

I 'think' I have bootloaded my device after pressing the Power+Volume buttons simultaneously to reboot it.

Now, it isn't detected by my cmd adb devices and fastboot devices, this is even though I loaded the 'Android Bootloader Interface' as its driver.

So how do I undo this state?


texts: How do I authorize my device for ADB if I have only the recovery installed (no ROM)?

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I'm using a Nexus 5 (hammerhead) and was running CyanogenMod 13. I used CyanogenMod Recovery to wipe /data and /system, but to sideload a different ROM, a quick Google search told me I needed to update adb on my Ubuntu 14.10 install.

However, after updating adb to 1.0.32, doing adb devices shows my phone as unauthorized, and thus I cannot flash, push or sideload to the device whatsoever. I can't authorize it either, because I have no Android or CyanogenMod on the device to receive the authorization request.

How do I fix this?


texts: Does the API expose the ability to use multiple network interfaces simultaneously?

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I'd like to know if it's possible for an Android application to transfer data via WiFi and mobile simultaneously, or any other network interface such as USB or Bluetooth tethering, without requiring root privileges.

Enabling WiFi appears to disable the mobile data connection, but I want to know if this can be overridden using only the API. I'm only interested in individual applications doing this, such as the possibility of multihoming-capable VoIP or Bittorrent clients, or other peer-to-peer applications, in order to aggregate throughput capacity, improve reliability, and enable seamless handover. All ordinary ‘naïve’ applications should behave as they do currently.


texts: I have credit on a Google Play account. How do I send it to my primary account?

texts:
So here's what happened:

I got a $25 Google Play card. I tried to redeem it on my account, but I got an error due to my country. I used VPN. It still didn't work. Trying to solve the problem, I went into my secondary account, and I wanted to see if it would work, but I would cancel it before it got redeemed. But, it turns out I redeemed it on my secondary account.

So how can I transfer the credits? Can I?


texts: Options in Settings not persisting in Stock Android 5.1.1

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I've Yu Yunique which comes with stock Android 5.1.1 installed. Some options in settings though being enabled in UI View aren't actually enabled.
For instance, take Blacklist option. When I switch it ON, and come back, it still shows

Blacklist
Disabled

When I click on Blacklist again, the switch is turned ON indeed, just that that isn't being reflected in the previous screen, aka Settings -> Security
I suppose the same bug is making most of the app locks not work on my phone. For instance, CM Security repeatedly asks me to
"Turn on the CM Security"

and shows me the Apps with usage access option repeatedly, even though, I've already switched it on.
Being a first-time android user, I didn't expect such hurdles that too with Android Lollipop.
What's the solution to persist these changes for I suppose they're not being persisted or saved as of now?


texts: Google Photos can't free space when pictures are on SD card

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I'm using Google Photos and I love the automatic backup and free-space feature. Lately (from the day I got a SD card into the phone, which could be meaningful) I see google photos is backing them up but NOT freing space automatically.

I try to free space from the menu, it says "24 photos to be deleted" (but I got thousands of photos) and then it says an error occurred while deleting those 24.

You can find the screenshots here: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNEwrDRm6gO0D0LrW9YgnI1RA_Ddz-3NvbuZzxTAPy2hLolpUd4MC_x-YwQEyua4A?key=Nlo4WkI0WmxhdWNhUFlEVXE5TGZ1cU9UVXVfZ2ZB

A friend suggested that probably since I got the SD the phone is saving the photos in the external memory. From there, Google Photos can backup them but can't delete them (don't know why).
I went into settings -> memory -> default memory, changed to "External memory" and rebooted the phone. Still Google Photos can't delete them, I get the same "24 photos to be deleted"/"can't delete them" message.

Did this ever happen to you? How did you manage to solve the issue?

Thank you
Marco


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I cannot find where to configure DNS settings for this device:

Model number:        astar
Processor type:      QuadCore-A33
Android version:     4.4.2
Firmware version:    v2.0
Kernel version:      3.4.39
                     mmy@ubuntu #1
                     Fri Sep 25 14:17:42 CST 2015
Build number:        astar-rt18703-eng 4.4.2 KVT49L 20150925 test-keys

Based on a previous question, it seems possible -- I've looked all through settings on wi-fi, ethernet, etc.


texts: How can I uninstall updates to Google Play Services? The buttons are greyed out

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I'm trying to uninstall updates to the Google Play Services app but the Force Stop and Uninstall updates buttons are greyed out.

"Android Device Manager" was set as a device administrator but I've unchecked it and it hasn't helped.


texts: my galaxy tab s only showing todays emails in outlook, email received from same account is ok on pc and smartphone

texts: Email inbox only showing todays email not those received yesterday or last week etc. Tried settings to increase number of messages etc but no joy. The same account working fine on pc and smartphone problem only on my tablet


texts: How do I view hidden folders with Solid Explorer?

texts: It's easy to create hidden folders/files by starting their name with a dot (e.g, ".nomedia"). Once created, how do I view/delete them using Solid Explorer?


texts: Why does my Nexus 4 not support WMA audio files?

texts:
My LG Nexus 4 (Android 4.2.2) does not play my .wma audio files. However, my generic/budget Android 4.0.3 tablet plays the same .wma files just fine.

Why?
How can I get my Android device to play .wma files?


texts: How can I undo the “Do Not Ask Again” for using my home screen wallpaper as my lock screen wallpaper as well?

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I use an app called "Live Video Wallpaper" or LVW which is basically a live wallpaper that allows you to select a video as your live wallpaper.

I have no problem with it but I accidentally checked the "Do Not Ask Again" option when I was asked whether or not I'd like to use my home screen wallpaper as my lock screen wallpaper too before I pressed no.

Now I have the problem that I can't set my home screen as my lock screen as well. Before, I used LVW as my home then set my Galaxy S2 to use it as my lock screen wallpaper as well but now with the option set to "NO" and the default set to "Do Not Ask Again", I can't do it anymore since live wallpapers normally cannot be set as lock screens (LVW was my way to get around that).

Is there a way I can "Unset" that "Do Not Ask Again" option for using my home as my lock screen wallpaper as well? Sorry if I'm redundant.


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My wife's nexus 4 has a dead area across the middle of the screen. There's a 1 cm strip running horizontally across the screen that doesn't register clicks.

A few weeks ago, her screen broke. We had it repaired, then two weeks after that the dead area emerged. (The technicians will not fix the issue, I've tried that). The dead area covers digits that are in her pin. On a nexus 4 the lock screen is only in portrait mode, so I can't access the dead area by turning the phone.

The dead area doesn't cover the on screen keyboard, so if I can get to that I think I can unlock the phone.

What I have tried to fix the issue:

punch in a bunch of invalid pins hoping that the phone would become locked and we could unlock it using the associated account with the on screen keyboard. I've tried probably 50 times but the phone hasn't stopped offering PIN authentication yet.
Using the android device manager, lock the device. The problem here is that I lent her my phone in the interim and it locked my phone. We unlocked that and removed her account but the android device manager still isn't locking the right phone. This is kind of weird because she never set my phone up to allow the remote control, I did that with my account. Somehow the phone or google's server must be confused. Two Nexus 4s in the same room is a problem apparently.
If you go to the camera, you can get the phone to go into landscape mode. Take a picture, then view the gallery. Anything from before your taking pictures while the camera was locked is hidden, and a lock shows. Tap the lock, and you are taken to a lock screen in portrait mode. But before you can key in any digits, it flips you back to portait.

The phone was never in USB debug mode, and I can't connect to it via USB while it is locked.

Does anyone have any idea how I can fix this?


texts: SUPolicy to allow custom service to read and write from Internal Storage

texts:
I'm setting up custom service with custom sepolicy using this as a base:
How to fix SELinux "avc: denied" errors when launching DNSCrypt as init.d script?

In 99% I follow the quick summary from link 1:1 except some small, irrelevant differences like naming, paths, etc. My issue is that now I want config and log files to be read and written (respectively) from the internal storage /sdcard aka /storage/self/primary

Custom sepolicy looks like this

supolicy --live 'allow init my_service process *'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service my_service * *'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service node tcp_socket { node_bind }'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service node udp_socket { node_bind }'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service port tcp_socket { name_bind name_connect }'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service port udp_socket { name_bind }'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service proc_net file { open read }'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service proc_stat file { read }'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service properties_device dir { read }'
supolicy --live 'allow my_service devpts chr_file { open read write }'

dmesg shows me permission denials for
avc: denied { search} [...] scontext=u:r:my_service:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:storage_file:s0 tclass=dir

How can I update current custom policy I load on boot via:
exec u:r:magisk:s0 root root -- /system/bin/load_policy /system/etc/selinux/sepolicy

with new additions? And how would I specify storage_file? Does this object covers whole internal sd memory access or I somehow need to specify path?

UPD:

I collected all selinux denials and allowed them and now I'm in the clear in terms of selinux permissions. Still, I dont have access to storage, process reports error:

[FATAL] open /data/media/0/config/my_config.cfg Permission denied

which makes no sense to me. chown for the file is root/everybody and chmod is 660


texts:
I am running Google Chrome 56 on Android 4.4.4 and starting today I am no longer able to add bookmarks. Every time that I click the star a nessage pops up that says "Failed to add bookmark.". I do not know what is causing this.

Note that:

I am NOT using syncing, so syncing is not the cause of this problem.
I do not want to use syncing.
I tried rebooting, but that did not fix it.

How do I fix this?


texts: New cable modem giving Android Phone time outs on sites

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I just changed from DSL to Cable Broadband and I'm having a rather peculiar problem. Most of the time I get time outs from hosts using my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone while my other wireless devices work fine (Win Laptop, Ipod). My phone works well on WiFi at work, but it's not getting along with my Arris (Model: TG862A) Cable modem. I haven't updated the phone's firmware (5.0.1) or anything. I can ping sites and other devices in my network, but a lot of times can't access websites. I have even thought if it was the DNS server and I have changed to Google's DNS Servers and entered the server's IP address, but nothing. I get brief moments where everything works fine and then it's gone.

Just wanted to know if anyone has had a similar problem.


texts:
I am trying to install TeX Live using Termux. It's in the Package Manager, but unfortunately the package has some faulty instructions.

Specifically, the package calls wget with a faulty option. If you view https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/tree/master/packages/texlive then the package maintainers have notice this.

So, my question is, does it take a few days to get the new package?
It appears the wget change was made 12 days ago, but I tried to install it today with the same old error.

Second, I can simply issue the wget command manually to get the package, but I don't know where I can put it and force apt to use that package.


texts: What does the "modify/delete USB storage contents" permission really mean?

texts: What does the modify/delete USB storage contents permission really mean? Does it grant access for the application to read, modify and write all the data on my USB storage? Maybe it is this only limited to a subset of that data (e.g. only data written by the application itself)? Or does it mean something else entirely?


texts: SwiftKey: Keyboard completely gone after update!

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To all SwiftKey users who stumble accross this post: Do not update your SwirftKey app at the moment!

Hello everyone

Today I updated several apps on my Android 9 Huawei Mate 20 Pro (non-rooted), among them also the SwiftKey application. After this update my keyboard was gone, completely. Unfortunately I had the great idea that this could be solved by restarting my phone. But after the restart, when asked for the password (the entering of the pin worked fine; there was a numpad) there was and is no keyboard to enter anyting. i.e. the password.

This issue renders my whole device useless. In addition I have no clue on how to solve this and even if I did, I wouldn't be able to access my phone in any way (I think? Because even a connection to a computer would be denied without allowing USB debugging... Am I right?) - e.g. update SwiftKey again. SwiftKey is the stock keyboard of the Huawei Mate 20 Pro...

I wrote something very similar on the SwiftKey "Support" Page (here) - which is a community-help-itself-site, i think. (It's incredible that there is absolutly no possibility to contact SwiftKey directly, or am I mistaken?) But I thought the kind people here might be (way) more competent, especially if will I have to access my phone through a USB connection without the possibility to enter my password...

Any help is greatly appreciated. :) Many thanks.

Solution:

Use OTG adapter with an external keyboard. For details see accepted answer and this Reddit thread.


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Is there an audio app that will play a stereo file in the background, even if I start playing audio in another app?  In other words, when I try this using Google play music and Poweramp, Google play will do it but pauses itself when I start a new track in Poweramp.  I would like it to continue playing as background to everything I'm doing.

Thanks!


texts: How can I set a default contact for a phone number?

texts:
In my contact list I have a number of contacts that share the same home phone, because they are family members.  For instance:

my mother
my father
my brother
the family's house

I keep the home phone number for each contact so that when I want to speak to one of them, I can choose the contact and then where to try to reach them.  I keep a separate contact for the house so that I can call there when I don't want to talk to anybody specific.

When anybody calls from the family home phone, I want the phone to display the family house contact, not anybody in particular.  Is there any way to specify that a phone number has a default contact?


texts: HTC Dream - Upgrade Android OS and driver for 64-bit Windows 7 Home

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I have just bought an unlocked HTC Dream G1 android cell phone. It has Android 1.5 installed. Can someone guide me as to how to upgrade to Android 2.X series? Also, which android 2.X OS would be the best choice? I have heard Android 2.2 is best for this cell phone compared to Android 2.3 or 3.0.

Also, I have been unable to find drivers for this cell phone to connect my micro-SD memory card in cell phone to my Windows 7 Home 64-bit OS. I believe the problem is because I have a 64-bit OS. Where can I find the drivers?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Any idea how can I connect my Samsung Galaxy S II to Freebox server? I have no idea how to set up wifi connection between them. Please note that I want to connect my phone to Freebox server as described here, I just want to get pictures straight off of my phone onto the Freebox server to TV.


texts: How to show "sent" timestamp in messages app

texts:
With both my previous HTC One S phone's default OS and the cyanogenmod I put on it a few months later, it was possible to choose the time stamp that shows under received messages in the default messaging app. Specifically, you could choose between displaying the timestamp of the message when it was sent, or when you received it.

I now own a Samsung Galaxy S4, and the messaging app shows the timestamp that you received messages. I really would like to see the timestamp that the message was sent at here instead. But I can't find an option for it.

Is there a way, and if so, how?


texts: Run Android app on PC but outside of Emulator screen

texts:
I know we can Android apps on PC using emulator like Andy or Bluestack.

What I really want to know if there's a way to run the app using the emulator but outside of Emulator screen.

For example - I use fooview app which floats on screen and I want to run that on PC. Using the emulators, I'm able to run it but only inside the emulator's screen not PC GUI.


texts: Android 4.0.4 tablet WiFi fails to connect due to bad authentication

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I was already using the android 4.0.4 tablet with WiFi at my home. Very frustrated that when I just turned it on again today it was not able to connect.

Actually, it does connect - There appears to be two phases:

Connecting to WiFi
Authenticating
a.  "Authenticating.."
b. "Saved secured with WPA/WPA2"
c.  "Authenticating"
d.  "Authentication problem"

The first step is successful. The second fails at the step d.

Now, I had saved the password for the WPA/WPA2 network. So this is NOT a wrong password issue. But even so I did a "forget" and re-entered the password (with "show password" turned on to be sure).

What really bugs me here is there is no further information on "why" the authentication failed.

There are several other laptops in the home. They have not changed any settings for months (all DHCP with long leases).


texts: Lost password on Galaxy S2, can't shut down

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My new Christmas Galaxy Tab S2 7":
I was prompted to download an updated OS. I did so successfully and was prompted to restart. Okay, now I need my password.  That is ONLY the password works, since the fingerprint won't work until the TAB is restarted after the update.  But what WAS my password???  The information on the web says I can factory reset easy enough, but step one is to shut it off.  I can't do that without getting past the password input stage.  So far my Galaxy is a lovely-to-look-at, high tech paperweight.

So how do I either force it off so I can continue with a factory reset (including password) process, or go from where I am (at the password input stage) to a factory reset?  (I think the password was among the Christmas wrapping that went as smoke up the chimney.)


texts: Enable SMS count on galaxy s3 lock screen?

texts: When I first got my galaxy the at the lock screen I could see an icon with a count of unread text messages on the right side of the screen, but now it has disappeared and I did not see any settings for it in the lock screen menu under settings.  Is there a solution to this or was this the result of an update?


texts: ext sd card is not working at all and not appearing

texts: all other sd cards are working but my card is not showing....neither on mobile or laptop.what to do my all data is in the card.the data card being inserted in my GT-S7562 mobile phone and laptop is not being recognized and neither the data


texts: Is there a way to save profiles on Motorola's Droid X?

texts:
When I had an HTC Eris I could change "profiles".  Each profile was basically:  wallpaper + screen lock image + all apps on your desktop.  So, I could have a work profile that had my apps that were geared for while I was at work, a social profile to switch my phone to having FB, Twitter, etc on my desktop with a different wallpaper, etc.

Is there an app for that?  ;)


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I have CWM already installed on my Android device.  To upgrade my CWM version, do I simply boot into fastboot and cd the new .iso over to my device?  Is it realy that simple?

EDIT -- The new file that I have is an .iso not a .zip so when I boot into CWM it doesn't see the .iso.

2nd Edit ---
I used this command when booted into fastboot to flash my recovery

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-olympus.img


texts: Can I convert a Google Drive spreadsheet to Excel format from my phone?

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My work has blocked access to Google Docs. I need to print off something which is on there.

At my laptop at home, I normally just export a google document to excel format but on the app version, it allows me to "send" it to an email address but it seems to send it only in PDF format.

Is there a way I can export it into excel spreadsheet from the android app and send it to my work email.


texts: Factory reset is disabled by kill switch on LG L16C

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I cannot do a factory reset on a LGL16c, it comes up with screen to confirm reset and agreeing to wipe data, I say yes to both. Then it comes up with a screen that says

  Factory reset is disabled by Kill switch

I reboots and nothing happens. I cannot reset through settings on phone, security, it says factory reset disabled by server policy.

I found out that all new smartphones have this new "Kill switch" installed by all manufacturers because a new law passed prevents a thief from accessing a phone if there is a password on it and trying to factory reset it.

Is there a way to bypass the kill switch if I have the phone and there is no password and I want to wipe data and reset phone?


texts: Does Android keep deleted photos and images from the phone?

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I heard from a friend that android phones can trace deleted photos and images and videos back even after deleting.  Is that true?

If so, how can it keep things there unseen until a technician finds out in service centre?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Syncing playlists between Ubuntu and Android smartphone

texts: I'm looking for a simple and reliable way of syncing music playlists between Ubuntu and an Android smartphone. Some time ago I was using Banshee, but then it suddenly stopped working. My understanding is that Banshee still puts *.m3u files to Music/Playlists folder but the smartphone does not see them. I tried to use Rhythmbox instead but it also does not seem to work.


texts: I sometimes stream video using the Kodi app for my android Note 4.  I will be traveling on a plane and would like to know if there is a way to capture and record a few movies and view them later.  Does anyone know of such an App?


texts: What is this "Rowhammer" vulnerability in news said to affect millions of devices? Is my device affected?

texts:
Rowhammer vulnerability is making news and blogs/ websites claiming millions of Android devices could be affected?

What is it? How does it work?
How do I test if my device is affected?

While this is is a self answered question, updates / additional inputs are welcome


texts: Facebook app appears twice in "Open With"

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I was trying to open a link to a Facebook post sent in Facebook Messenger recently, and I got an unexpected "Open With" dialog, asking whether I wanted to open it with...

Facebook

com.facebook.katana
Facebook

com.facebook.katana

The exact same app entry repeated two times, like so:

This looked suspicious to me. Is this possibly a sign of some malware that's masquerading as Facebook on my phone? Or is it just an innocent bug/confusion within the Facebook app or Android system?

Are there particular steps I should take to fix it?

Facebook appears only once in my "App info -> All apps" list.

I'm running Android version 9 on a Google Pixel 2. My Facebook app is version 232.0.0.35.115 - I'm happy to dig up any other diagnostic information that might be useful, just please let me know in a comment what needs to be added/clarified.


texts: HOW DO I FIX IT? When I was texting my local radio station (which had a less than 7 digit number) my phone said this may add charges to your account  (aka may cost money). And my being quick pressed "never ask me again" then okay but instead I hit declined and it won't let me text any number that has less than 6 numbers and charges me. How do I fix it so I can again?


texts: Samsung s-planner as interface to google calendar, miss 3-day layout

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S-planner app lost 3-days layout after last update.

That made me cry.

I want to solve it with anyway, change calendar app, or rollback to old s-planner version, or something else?

Please point me to any solution.


texts: receive/make calls on my pc via my android phone

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is it possible to receive / make calls on my pc via my android phone. if so how? i have been searching the internet for a while now to find a solution for this.
I have a rooted HTC Desire and i live in Denmark if that changes anything.


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I have an HTC 10 running stock Oreo with Sense, not rooted and S-ON. I bought this second hand and don't know whether the issue came up as the phone was upgraded to Oreo, or whether it had always been an issue (which would solve my case).

The issue is that the battery seems to work fine, although mobile network standby appears to take an uncomfortably large amount of power, however when it gets to a lower percentage, it shuts off unexpectedly then bootloops when you try to turn it on again. When you plug it in, it shows that the battery is at about 1%, but in a matter of minutes, it charges up to around 40% - this is on a 1mA 5V charger - and then proceeds to charge normally.

I can temporarily solve the issue by calibrating my battery, and that makes the mobile network standby drop back to normal, and my battery works fine, and the phone shuts down as expected when it reaches 0%. The problem is that the next time I charge the battery, no matter whether I charge it from nothing to 100% or from 65% to 85%, the problem gradually comes back, and I have to once again drain my battery to calibrate it properly, then wait for it to charge up to 100%.

I've heard online that many other HTC 10 owners have experienced similar issues with their device, but the fixes only work for some people sometimes, so this could easily be a software issue or a problem with the battery itself. Which is it?


texts: App keyboard has a done button instead of return

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Terminal emulator usually has a return button that works fine. But after opening another app then going back to terminal emulator the return is replaced by a Done button, that obviously doesn't work.

Can i stop this happening in settings or do i have to modify the APK source files?

Thanks


texts:
I used shazam sometimes ago but I deleted in a while and reinstall it but since that time to now the shazam still offline what can I do I tried VPN and the older shazam version but it has the same result.
How Can I solve this problem?


texts: How to setup employee device without Google Cloud

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My organization has several phones which I would like to setup for employee use.  It appears that the Google Admin app has this functionality but requires a Google Cloud subscription.
If possible I would like to know what my alternatives are.  I want to be able to manage what apps are installed on the devices and allow app installs but be able to at least monitor what is being installed allong with basic features as an admin.


texts: How do I get my Clock & Weather widget on my homescreen?

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I used to have a widget for Clock & Weather on my home screen but it vanished. I am trying to set it up again, but I am not successful. I am seeing that you need to press down on home screen and select widget am on Android 4.0.4, but all I get is "Choose wallpaper from".
I miss my widget. How can I get my widget back?
My device is an Infinix Race Bolt 450 running Android 4.0.4. The "App Drawer" has a widget tab, but the widget is not listed there. It is installed, however, as the app providing it is still there and working.


texts:
I want to test the emergency broadcast notifications (those for extreme weather and similar) to make absolutely sure that they work and everything is set up correctly.

How can I do this? Google only tells me how to disable them, when test broadcast for the entire USA happened in the past or gives me an app that produces fake alerts that don't use the builtin system.

Fairphone 2, LineageOS 18.1 (Android 8.1), rooted and XPosed installed with Magisk


texts: How do I hide the SSID of an Android phone?

texts: I sometimes use my phone as an ad-hoc WiFi network, however there is no option in the settings to hide its SSID. How can I achieve this?


texts: Connect camera to the Android phone via cable

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When travelling I usually bring my camera for pictures and my Android phone for communication. Camera is better than the phone for pictures, since it works faster and has better quality sensor. But what if I want to send fresh pictures to someone? Then I need to transfer the files from the camera to my phone in some way. Since the camera doesn't have any wireless connection, the only way is to connect it to the phone is via cable.

I can of course purchase a micro-SD card and put it into an adapter to fit into my mini-SD slot in the camera and then put it without adapter into the phone. However, I would rather avoid this as exchanging micro-SD on my phone is not easy and requires me to open the case that is kept together with some fragile pieces of plastic. If I do this too often, it will break soon.


texts: Gmail app: How can I view the email addresses?

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In the gmail app, how can I view the actual email addresses an email has been sent to, rather than just the name. Sometimes the person in question has more than one email address and it would be useful to see which email address was used.

The only method I've come up with so far is to hit reply all and then scroll around the cc: field, but that is clunky, particularly if there are quite a few recipients. Any better options?

I am using Android 1.5 on a T-Mobile Pulse (aka Huawei U8220).


texts: How can I use 'Nook for android' to read non-latin encoding epub books normally?

texts: I installed Nook for android on my P1010. When I use it to read English epub book, no problem. But when I read a Chinese book with GB2312 encoding, there are lots of irrecognizable characters. How can I solve this problem?


texts: I have 1gb of traffic per month. Internet speed is 2.2mbits, so it's pretty easy to waste all gb in a few days. I don't usually watch youtube from my phone, and 500-700 kbits would be pretty enough for me. Is there an application or way I can manually limit 3g speed manually, without rooting the phone?


texts: How to delete my @gmail account from GMail client while leaving on Email client?

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I'm have a Samsung S5 which has two (preinstalled, I suppose) email clients, GMail and Email. GMail client has a white envelope with thick red edges icon, while Email has a white envelope with monkey sign in red&white in the middle like a stamp.

Upon setting up my @gmail account and my @company account in the Email client (which is the only one I wish to use) I noticed I started getting notifications from the GMail client as well from my @gmail address. I tried deleting my @gmail account but that deletes it from both email clients.

How can I delete my @gmail account for just one client (GMail) without affecting the other. I originally wanted to just uninstall GMail client but that seems to be impossible since it came preinstalled on the S5, along with a lot of other applications.


texts: How do I backup app data from a secondary account and move it to a new phone

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My son has been using a rooted Galaxy S4 with Resurrection Remix Nougat 7.1.1_r6. He is under 13, so my user is the primary account, and I created a secondary account for him.  I am now switching him over to my old Nexus 9, but now that Google has accounts for kids, I have made his account the primary account on the Nexus 9.  How do I backup the app data from the secondary account on the Galaxy S4 and move it to the primary account on the Nexus 9 under a new google account?  This is what I have tried so far:

Titanium only works in the primary account and doesn't seem to let me back up data from the secondary account.
Helium only runs in the primary account, and doesn't seem to let me back up data from the secondary account.
When I connect my PC to the phone, I can view photos, but I cannot view the app data directories.


texts: error on "install and update" to lollipop 5.1.1 in nexus 6

texts: I have nexus 6 with lollipop 5.0.1. There is setting to install and update to 5.1. I download and install. But facing error on half way. Showing android icon with error text. How should I do that?


texts: How to block all messages and calls from any numbers?

texts: I want to block all kinds of messages and calls from any numbers that come into my tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, rooted), but I still want to have mobile data available. What should I do?


texts: Is it safe to buy a second hand/opened box Android phone

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Is it safe to buy a second hand Android phone off of eBay? As well as second hand ones, there are also those advertised as "new but in opened box".

Is it possible that they could be loaded with malicious software (malware, spyware, or similar)? If so, would a factory reset protect me or are there versions of such software that cannot be removed even with a factory reset?


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First of all, I am a newbie to Android. I am using Ubuntu Gnome 14.10 to run all the commads.

I am trying to unlock the bootloader of my Lenovo A536 (stock Android 4.4.2 aka KitKat). Here is what I am trying to do:

$ adb devices              # lists the devices, apparently working
 List of devices attached
 0123456789ABCDEF   device

$ adb reboot bootloader    # no terminal output; phone enters fastboot
                              (there is written '=> FASTBOOT mode...' in the
                              bottom-left corner

$ fastboot oem unlock      # and here it stops without exiting; I have to force quit
 ...                          the fastboot by holding the phone power button for over
                              10s and then the command in terminal ends'

Before doing this I checked the USB debugging in the Developer’s menu.

Update #1
lsusb output (part of it) while the phone is connected to pc and booted in fastboot:

$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 064: ID 0bb4:0c01 HTC (High Tech Computer Corp.) Dream / ADP1 / G1 / Magic / Tattoo

Update #2
I found out that after installing a USB VCOM Driver on a Windows machine I was able to flash TWRP 2.7.1. I think Linux somehow does not recognise my phone.

Here is the link with tutorial to flash TWRP 2.7.1 using Windows. Note that before running SP Flash Tool, you must connect phone without battery to the computer, and after selecting the scatter file, you must insert battery into phone, otherwise SP Flash Tool would not flash anything.


texts: Oneplus One only working in 2G, loses carrier with 3G/4G

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Unless I select 2G as the "preferred network type", my oneplus one disconnects from the carrier. Not just the data connection, even the phone one.

My operator is I WIND.

It's not a SIM problem, since that same SIM works fine on my old phone, and it's not a "it's not inserted well" problem, since if I select 2G it works.

What can I do to investigate the problem? Is this operator not supported or is the phone defective, or maybe some strange misconfiguration? On the official site they claim it is supported "with limited LTE", but it doesn't work with 3G either, while I obviously assumed it did.


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Something that has been extremely aggravating me recently is that my HTC Thunderbolt seems to be automatically killing the home app whenever it needs space in it's ram.

I notice that this happens when I do something processor intensive like downloading a new app. When I press the home button, it will just display a white screen that says "HTC" on it, and then go to the home and open up a toast saying "loading" just like when the phone first boots up.

At first, I thought it was some of my other apps that were causing it, such as "advanced task killer" and "juice defender ultimate", but I uninstalled Advanced Task Killer, and disabled Juice Defender, and it is still happening.

Is there a way to stop this?


texts: Returned One M8 to stock but can't install OTAs

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My UK EE One M8 was unlocked, rooted and running a custom ROM.  The CID is ORANG001.

I wanted to return it to stock so installed stock recovery and a stock ORANG001 nandroid, relocked the bootloader and returned to S-ON.

It all looks OK but when I start receivng the OTAs, I get this error.

We have determined that your phone may be running a modified version of it's system software.

What have I missed?


texts: download several files to tablet from drive

texts:
I would like to download approx. 100 pictures from google-drive to my tablet.
I found only one way, only one picture by one.
Is there a way to "download all"?


texts: "Obtaining IP address" when connecting to WiFi

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My phone is suddenly stuck at "Obtaining IP address" when trying to connect to a WiFi. I've tried rebooting, deleting and re-adding the WiFi networks, restarting the router (all other devices connected to the router work fine), to no avail.

I'm running Android 7.0. I'd like to avoid a factory reset, so if anyone has an idea what else I could try, I'd appreciate it.


texts: Unable to update the Android system updates after installing Despair on Nexus 5

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I installed Despair kernel in Nexus 5 by following this guide. Then I installed Clockworkmod Recovery 6.0.4.5. I'm trying to update the system, but when I try to install, it brings me to Recovery and an error "Unable to verify signature" shown during install. The update does not get applied.

How do I resolve this update issue?

More information:

Android OS: 6.0
Android security patch level: 1 October 2015
Baseband version: M8974A-2.0.50.2.27
Kernel version: 3.4.0~Despair.M.HH.R1.9
Build Number: MRA58K


texts: Battery on Samsung Galaxy S2 on ICS likes to drop after reboot. Actually it happened when I was on Gingerbread as well. Anyone can help me fix this? Screenshots:


texts: Recently, I have just installed Samsung J5 firmware manually, because there was a problem in updated Marshmallow. Now, whenever I try to use Skype on device it says something went wrong try again later. I tried many times, but still issue is same. My Skype account works well on PC. Before installing firmware, it was working well on J5. But, now I don't know what happened. Have I lost connection with server network forever? I searched on Google but found nothing useful. What should I do now?


texts:
After recording with Field Recorder, I connect my Lenovo S6000L via USB to my PC. However, the newly recorded audio files in WAV format are not visible until I reboot the tablet. Android version is 4.2.2.

Is that likely an OS or an app issue? Can I avoid the lengthy reboot?


texts: Is it possible to install a custom Android ROM if the bootloader is locked?

texts:
Suppose the bootloader of an Android device is locked.

Is there any way to install a custom ROM without unlocking the bootloader? If yes, then how?


texts: Notification if battery drains faster than N% per hour?

texts:
Is there any app or other tool to trigger a notification if the phone's battery drains faster than a certain amount per hour?

Note that I am not looking for notifications about apps using too much CPU. I don't want a CPU measurement, I really want a battery measurement: I'm specifically only looking for a way to get a notification when the drain is too fast over some period of time (e.g. say 10% over 1 hour), especially when the phone is idle, regardless of what the phone is doing or not doing.


texts: Difference between /system/build.prop properties and setprop persist.adb.tcp.port (example) properties?

texts: What is the difference between properties manipulated in /system/build.prop file and properties manipulated by setprop, for example setprop persist.adb.tcp.port? Where is the latter property stored? Is there another properties file somewhere?


texts: How to cancel email account setup without accepting server specified security policies?

texts:
This is a similar question to How do I avoid the server-specified security policies for my work e-mail? but whereas they are trying to use an Exchange email account without accepting the server's stringent security policies, I'm trying to cancel setup of the account.

The problem is, I can't open my Mail app without accepting these security policies. I get a dialog:

  [Server] requires that you update your security settings

...with two options - accept the security policies, or cancel, which simply closes the app.

How can I remove this half-complete Exchange account from my Mail app, when the Mail app won't open without accepting the policies and completing the setup of the account I no longer want to set up?

I'm on Android 5.0.2, non-root.


texts: How can I zoom without multitouch in Adobe PDF Reader?

texts: How can zoom in Adobe PDF Reader without using multitouch? I can double-tap to zoom but it is just one level of zoom. How can I zoom more?


texts: Since updating to Jelly Bean, I can no longer change the settings of my alarms on my S3 i.e snooze (time in between, length), activate smart alarm, change the alarm tone etc... When I click more, it just lets me change the volume. Can anyone help?


texts: Oreo 8.1 - Trouble enabling ADB for system by modifying /system/build.prop in TWRP adb shell

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I've followed https://gist.github.com/varhub/7b9555cdd1e5ad785ffde2300fcfd0bd and have doublechecked that the build.prop is indeed modified i.e. system was mounted in read-write mode.

Unfortunately after reboots, the /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config resets itself to just mtp (instead of mtp,adb).

Any ideas what I am missing? I have to do this via adb since I am working on a headless phone with a broken screen (touch/display not working at all).


texts: Wi-fi wont turn on after root. Not even with factory reset!!! please help me

texts:
so, my phone went completely bananas today. It was charging and i swear out of the blue a messange showed up saying the sd card memory was being deleted. So in panick i turned it off.
The cellphone then turned itself on and showed a message saying android was being deleted, again in panick i took the battery off.
When i turned it on, a message with a "dead" android avatar showed on the screen and the boot options screen showed up. I clicked on reeboot and it had been reseted to factory settings.
I was so angry and upset because my whole life and work was on my phone.
I spent the entire afternoon dedicated into recovering the data. The only software that seems to find my files costed $50. i live in a 3rd world country so thats impossible for me to pay. Then looking online i found another one that seem promising but i had to root my phone for it. in the past i used to be really afraid of doing it but as i had an old phone i rooted once for some trivial stuff i decided to do it.
Big mistake.
After rooting my  wi-fi turned off...for good.
When i click the wi-fi switch it turns on for a  aplit of a second and back off.
i CANNOT turn it on.
So i decided to hard reset it again, i mean, i had nothing to lose.
NOTHING.
I STILL CANT TURN IT ON.

i really need this phone for work, and i do not have money to get a new one. im desesperate. really.
i reaaly hope someone can help
I understand so little about this but im great at following intructions. I will be so thankfull if anyone can help.

its a samsung Galaxy J5, with android 6.0.1


texts: CA certificate somehow not taken by browsers on android

texts:
This is a follow up question related to this answer.
In short: I am importing the self signed Root CA certificate into android system via
Settings -> Security -> Trusted Credentials -> install from SD
path slightly differs on different android versions.
Then point any browser (tested with Firefox, chrome and opera) to the secure (java script based) resource and I receive a socket error. The resource is an index.html with js web-socket logic to securely connect to a mosquitto broker.
If I on the other hand point the browser to "https://myserver:<mysecure port>" I receive a privacy warning, can continue unsafe and this somehow sets a cookie or other storage thing thus I am able to do future requests over the js based secure resource.
It feels, that browsers on android do not make use of the system's user imported CA certificates although they are listed in the trusted certificates "user" tap and in the trusted credentials area.
Tested with android 7.1.2 and 10. All desktop browsers work fine, tested on ubuntu / mint & raspi.
How to accomplish browser based TLS requests on android without accepting unsafe privacy risks?
Additional test:
I've tested the same thing on a ios 13.3 IPhone 7, importing the CA certificate, putting the secure resource on a proper web space since local file access isn't possible on ios. Worked out of the box.
So it seems to be a real android issue. It might make sense to put this question to an android space. Could someone make a suggestion please?
Further research:
Here is a detailed explanation, on how to get a custom certificate into the system's certificate section. But to be honest, that's not a usual way to go. Root access is not for ordinary mortals plus it might not work for more recent android versions.
User certificates are for android applications written by your own. You can have a view lines of property settings in app.config to work with your self signed user certificates.
Chrome browser and others on the other hand are kind of system applications or applications from vendors not being made to be aware of specific user certificates. And that's the only valid reason, why it will not know of certificates in the user section. It only knows of system certificates.
So the only way remaining, seems to be making your own application or somehow recompile a whole browser application configuring it to look for user certificates.
This is quite cumbersome and unsatisfying, since the web would give you all you need on any device, except android of course, which forces a detour.


texts: Hide the address bar ("omnibox") in Chrome for Android without scrolling?

texts:
I'm dealing with a web app that I can't scroll up and down or zoom (scale) in and out, and there is just a tiny bit of the bottom of the page that doesn't fit on the display. Since scrolling and scaling is unavailable, there is simply no way to access it.

However, if I could just hide the Chrome address bar (I believe it's technically called the "omnibox"), then everything would fit. Unfortunately, the only way that I've been able to figure out to hide it is to scroll down the page--which, again, I can't do.

Is there a way to auto-hide the address bar in Chrome for Mobile, without having to scroll down?


texts: How do I backup and restore a Moto X to a replacement Moto X? (Apps, icons, and SMS)

texts:
I used the Motorola Migrate utility to copy my data such as SMS, photos, and other stuff to my replacement phone.

What I'm missing is my apps (Google Authenticator) and the data that goes with those apps (all the saved OTP pins in Google Authenticator).

Id also like to keep all the icon positions and not have to re-drag them into the specific places I'm used to.

How do I copy this data to my new phone?


texts: Contacts keep crashing. What are my options?

texts:
Using unrooted vanilla Android 8.1. The default Contacts app always crashes on start.

I have made sure to update to the latest version: 2.8.4.201036949
I have rebooted the device and installed all other available updates
I have cleared the cache for Contacts
I have tried to sideload the apk but got "INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE" error
I have used adb backup but the backup is only 1kb when the app's data is over 10mb on the phone so I'm worried that the backup doesn't include all my contacts

Interestingly, other applications that rely on Contacts such as Phone or Signal Messenger can see these contacts but I cannot create or modify contacts.

I am hoping for ideas on how to get out of this conundrum without losing my contacts.  I don't sync contacts with Google (would like to keep it that way) and wouldn't want to do it with another party either. Perhaps running in some kind of "Safe Mode" or using another app to read and copy contacts and create a vcf file that I can import from Contacts once I've uninstalled/reinstalled it


texts: Controlling the camera through phone keys

texts: I am an android novice. My question is : Is there any free app to take pictures or videos using any phone key, like power or volume up/volume down, without touching the screen button? I checked the other answers here, but they talks about cyanogenmod or a paid app.


texts: Eclipse AVD emulator stops at black screen with time

texts:
I've downloaded the latest Eclipse ADT bundle for linux and now I'm trying to run the "Hello world" project.
Whenever I run the application the emulator shows android splash screen and then stops at black screen showing time and a notice in the right top corner saying "Voice actions disabled in this preview. Swipe to dismiss". I've discovered that I can do following things:

Turn off the phone
Switch into airplane mode
Change the volume

I'm enclosing a screenshot of the situation.


texts: Why can't my contacts see photos I send via SMS?

texts: Trying to download SMS programs, tried a few, so to have better customizable color options as the new Samsung Galaxy sucks for that. Everything I have tried, whatsapp, GO SMS Pro, Viber, Hangouts, none of them let me send photos to my contacts unless they have the same SMS program. Why?  My basic SMS on the LG Android had all these basic properties and I never had issues.


texts: How do I temporarily prevent buttons to wake up screen?

texts:
Typically if any key on the [bluetooth] keyboard is pressed, except of volume-up, volume-down and such, Android turns on it's screen.

How do I make other keys behave like volume control keys (i.e. not wake up the device)? I want to bind other functions to them and don't want Android itself to react on them?


texts: Home Screen, Recent apps, pull down menu not working multi user nexus 6

texts:
Hi two days ago my phone shutdown due to low battery, charged it and powered it on. With the power on came all the issues listed below:

can not switch users (have three user accounts created each with their apps)
home and recent buttons do not work, but i hear the haptic when pressed except nothing happens.
pull down menu does not pull down completely: only displays a few icons and thats about it.
can not switch to debug mode, can not connect to pc.

I have seen similar issues over the internet and looked for over 18 hours but so far none has worked. the ones i have tried are:

Downloaded the Nova launcher app but doesnt work for me as there is
no SetupWizardTestActivity. i have one activity and that is the
carrierSetupActivity or the name is similar to that.
tried the Navigation bar and Activity Launcher apps.
Tried wiping the cache and rebooting in safe mode

If possible I do not want to factory reset the phone, but if there is no other alternative. Then it will be very helpful if someone can tell me

  how to back up the accounts data for all the three users and how best
  I can retrieve it after the reset. Also how to switch the user for the time being so that i can at least manually back up information from other users - if there is a way.

All suggestions are welcome. thank you all in advance. Am using the nexus 6 running android 7.1.1


texts: How to find out which app icons disappear after updating?

texts:
It happened a few times already that after updating my apps, I notice a gap on my homescreen where an app icon is missing (normally I have it completely filled so a single missing icon is easily noticed).
Is there a way to find out what happened to the app, and more importantly, which app it was? It's hard to keep track of all the stuff I have installed, but the apps I have on my homescreen are normally at least somewhat essential so I'd like to make sure I'm not missing anything important without knowing.


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I have an off-the-shelf Chinese call-touch c105i android tablet with an all-winner a10 CPU.

Out of nowhere, it crashed and won't start up. When I turn it on, it just gets stuck in the logo screen.

When I enter the reset mode (you know by pressing the volume up and power button together) and choose the factory reset mode, it doesn't seem to affect anything.

Also, when I try to wipe the data, it says that it cannot open the log and install files.

What's the deal in here? I'd like you guys to know that there's no rooting involved in here. Thank you guys for your help


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I am reading the following (mathematical) website https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/
in android (using chrome webreader).  The problem is that mathematical formulas and even simple symbols like integration sign do not show.  What can I do to repair this situation?


texts: Updated Galaxy Note 8 to 4.2.2: can't pair with Bluetooth devices afterwards

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With the previous version, 4.1.2, no problem to discover and pair with my Bluetooth speakers. However, after 4.2.2 upgrade, the Note 8 cannot find them when scanning. My phone, a Galaxy S4,(version 4.3), can however discover my Note and the speakers.

Note that the "multi-window" option was also greyed out after the upgrade, and only a factory reset could get it activated again.
Can't find a similar question on this forum so are there any ideas before I revert to a previous version.


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I have the paid version of Poweramp. I would like to know if I have the settings adjusted right. The thing sounds so good, but the settings terminology is a little over my head. I would hate to be missing out on something better because of a wrong adjustment. The Poweramp official site is a little generic.
What I would really like to know if there is an alternative to the Official Poweramp site where these technical settings are simplified for someone who cut their teeth on stereos back in the 60's. All you needed for an LP was a bass,treble  and volume control.


texts: cyanogenmod 7 mytouch 3g cannot connect to wireless

texts: Upgraded to cyanogenmod 7.0.3-slide a week ago. Just today the wireless (802.11G) quit working. Wifi Analyzer just shows "Nothing yet ;)". Rebooting doesn't seem to help. Any ideas?


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When I am in a call, whether it be through phone, Skype, hangouts, etc... it mutes all system alarms, except vibration.

I know this is probably intended behavior but is there anyway to reverse this functionality?

I am running Android 7.0 on a Galaxy S7, using the system clock app for alarms


texts: recovery of data on MMC protected internal memory device

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I have a broken HTC Sensation with a forensics lab who are trying to recover the data from the phone's internal memory chip. The technician says he is unable to recover the data on the chip because the chip itself is MMC password protected. This is the first time he has ever encountered this on an internal memory chip. He added that he was mystified as to how an internal memory chip could become MMC password protected in the first place.

I should add that this phone belongs to me. It is not nor was it ever password protected.

Can anyone here offer any guidance on solving this problem? I simply refuse to believe that HTC have for the first time in the history of civilisation, created a perfect security measure and then installed it into a mid-price mobile phone handset.

Many thanks


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4 only boots for 5 seconds, then dies

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Yesterday I was using my phone, and suddenly it shut off. I tried the power button, but it wouldn't turn on again. I then took the battery out, and put it back in. Immediately, the phone vibrated, and displayed the Samsung Galaxy splash screen (this happened without me pressing the power button). After about 5 seconds, it shuts off, and I have to start the process over again. I tried booting in safe mode, and recovery mode, and the same thing happened. Interestingly, If I take the battery out, plug the phone in, then put the battery back in, the phone doesn't automatically start, but it still doesn't boot either. I tried changing the battery, but that didn't seem to make a difference. Initially I thought it might be something wrong with the power key, however, I would expect that if that were the case, it should be constantly restarting, not shutting off and staying off.

What could possibly be causing this? Is this more likely hardware or software, and is there any way to fix it that isn't just replacing it?


texts: How does cLock retrieve the weather information?

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I'm running a Cyanogenmod 12.1 nightly with AFWall 2.0.0 installed. AFWall seems to work as expected, except for the Yahoo! Weather service integrated in the cLock widget!? Even if the firewall is enabled without any exceptions I am able to refresh the weather and retrieve possible locations.
This, however, is only possible using the Yahoo! Weather service. If I switch to the OpenWeatherMap service I am not able to update the weather information..

I already installed a network monitor (Network Log), but the log doesn't record any 'suspicious' traffic..
I was able to block the Yahoo! Weather service using AdAway together with a selfmade hosts-list.

However, I'm currently a bit lost. How does the cLock retrieve the weather information from Yahoo! Weather? Why is AFWall not able to block it? And why don't I see anything in the Network Log tool?


texts: Disabling Android Device Manager location notification on Galaxy S4

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. When you use the Android Device Manager to locate your phone it shows a notification that it was utilized, which is stupid in my opinion as it tells the bad guys/gals what you are doing.

I went to Settings, Application Manager and All and tried to locate the "Android Device manager and Device Manager" to disable it as was indicated by another responder, however I did not see either to be listed.

I would like very much to know how to disable this notification.


texts: The title is pretty much self-explanatory: is Android a 32- or 64- bit OS?  I assume that it is one or another and not both, as that would force both 32- and 64-bit binaries to be hosted on Google Play.  I know that this is a simple question, and that other people have been asking it, but for the life of me I have not been able to find an answer on the web, and there is certainly not one on this SE.


texts: Can Android devices access an iOS file system via USB-OTG?

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Using an OTG cable, Stickmount, and Root Explorer, I can view files on my USB flash drives with my Android device.

On Windows, it's possible to view an iOS device's filesystem using programs such as iFunBox or iExplorer.

When I plug my iPhone to my Android device using an OTG cable, it's recognised as a camera instead of a mass storage device.

Is there a way to view an iOS device's filesystem using an Android device and an OTG cable?


texts: Is it possible to install android wear apps on android smartphone?

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I'm an Android developer and recently I've started to develop apps to Android Wear. The problem is that I don't have an Android watch and the emulator is too slow.

Does someone knows if there is a way to install Android Wear apps on an android smartphone or install the android wear os on android smartphone


texts: Airtel 4g network not working on certain apps

texts: So I am using Vivo V7 on an airtel 4g data connection and every time I try to open apps like swiggy or foodpanda I get a message saying "there was a problem" "please try again later. However when I open these apps on a wifi they work fine. What is going wrong here??


texts: Google Play not responding after CM13 install

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Today I installed Cyanogenmod CM13 and Gapps on my Asus Zenfone 2. The install went fine, but when I booted my phone, I selected the language, then when it went to look for updates, a system message appeared "Google Play services has stopped". This has caused the phone to hang at the update page, and to top it off I forgot to install TWRP, so I think I'm going to have an issue installing a fresh install.

What can I do now?


texts: What are the minimum hardware specifications for Android?

texts: As per the title, what hardware do I need to be able to run various versions of Android?


texts: How to remove a song from Google Play Music without removing it from the storage?

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I recently added a couple of ringtones and notification sounds to my phone by placing them into my storage's Ringtone and Notification directories respectively, and I can select them from the sound settings dialogs without any problem.

The thing is that they also appear as songs on my Google Play Music's playlists, and of course I don't want to hear a 1 second long "jigglypuff!" notification sound every now and then when I'm listening to my music on shuffle.

I did search using Google for a while but it seems that there's no way of either removing the file from just the music database or from excluding those directories from the media search. I recall this didn't happen on an old 4.0 Sony Xperia phone I had with it's music player.


texts: Micro SD card stopped functioning after inserted when phone on. Android and Windows recognize the card, but can't read it. Can I recover my data?

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Android and Windows say I have to format the card in order to access it, but I don't want to lose my data. I have tried to read the card with Recuva and iCare Card Recovery Pro, but they can't access the card either. The card is partitioned, I don't know why. Disk Management, at Control Panel, shows one partition of 16mb and other of 7,2gb.

Is there a way I can recover my data?

Android version: 6.0

The card was used as internal storage.


texts: Soft key lights not turning on when touching screen of s7 edge

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I noticed that those 2 soft key lights back and recent button lights are not turning on when i touch the screen. They light up when i touch one of them but not when i touch screen.
There is no setting for that in settings menu.  I've googled and found app called galaxy button lights 2. It can be used to make it always on xhange the duration but not a setting to make it light when i touch screen
 How can i do that ? Please help


texts: Unable to copy certain backed-up folders from PC to new microSD card

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I bought a bigger microSD card for my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. I took out the old card and copied its content to a folder on my PC, via a card reader. Then I put the new card in the reader, formatted it and started copying the data back onto it. One rather irrelevant .jpg file was signalled as damaged, so I skipped it, then some folder required admin rights to be copied, so I clicked the "continue as root" button. So far so good.
But finally a folder named "cache" couldn't be copied or skipped, and the only option I was left with was to abandon the whole copying process. I searched my backup folder for "cache" subfolders and there are quite a few of them, but all are buried deep in the recesses of the directory tree, so none of them is THE Android cache that I hear a lot about when googling for a clue.
Any ideas what it is I'm up against, and how to solve it?
My PC is running Windows 10.
TIA!


texts: Prevent stock keyboard app from being activated while/after connecting physical keyboard?

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I have a Samsung I9305 with rooted stock 4.4.4.. I have Xposed framework.

I use SwiftKey.

When I use a Bluetooth or OTG keyboard, SwiftKey is automatically disabled and the stock keyboard is enabled.

Is it possible to

Prevent the change of keyboard and have SwiftKey continue even while using the physical keyboard?
At least make the system automatically change back to SwiftKey after the physical keyboard is disconnected?


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Device: LG Q6 M700DSK
OS: Android Oreo (8.1)
Root status: Unrooted
Q: Is factory resetting from recovery or settings better? (LG Q6)

On my device you can factory reset the device from the settings and from the recovery mode (power+vol-down and when on lg logo quickly let go of power and hold it again, it will give you an option to reset), is there a difference between the two? Is resetting from recovery better?


texts: Android-Studio in VM. Emulator: audio: Failed to create voice `goldfish_audio_in'

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Hello, I am trying to setup Android Studio 3.1.3 in a windows 10 x64 pro VM. I have installed Android 6.0 in AVD for ARM EABI architecture on a Pixel.

However, when I try to launch the emulator I get

Emulator: audio: Failed to create voice `goldfish_audio_in'

Emulator: qemu-system-armel.exe: warning: opening audio input failed

and the emulator is just a black screen that does not respond to anything.

I have everything enabled in Virtual Box regarding hardware acceleration.

I checked these posts:

Is it possible to run Android Device Emulator (via Android Studio 2) on VMWare?

“emulator: warning: opening audio input failed” displayed in the console while AVD is launching

Android Emulator: Audio Input Failed

but doesnt seem to get me anywhere...

I have also tried to disable sound in config.ini or disable the microphone in windows 10 VM but didnt change anything.

Am I missing something here?

Is it impossible to run android emulator for ARM architecture on a VM?


texts: Message "Uninstalling...", but no result

texts: I can't uninstall an application from my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. I go to Settings -> Applications -> Application manager, select any application and uninstall. I see a message "Uninstalling..." for a very long time, but no result. Sometimes the phone restarts without any reason during this procedure. How to solve this problem?


texts: Turn on bluetooth when USB is connected?

texts: Is there any app, or other method, that lets me automatically turn on Bluetooth if USB is also connected, and turn it off when USB is disconnected?


texts: Enable background usage of specific apps on Android 5: LG G3 skin

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I remember that on my previous phone running Android 4.3 I was able to disable background usage of mobile internet, yet enable it for specific apps. Instructions to do so can be found on the Google support pages.

  Open the Settings menu  on your device.
  Under Wireless & networks, touch Data usage.
  Make sure you're viewing the network for which you want to view or restrict app data usage. If more than one is displayed, you can switch between them by touching the tabs at the top of the screen.
  Scroll down to find the app whose data usage you want to view. The blue bar for each app shows its total data usage for the cycle displayed above the graph near the top of the screen.
  To see more data usage details for an app, touch its name.
  You’ll see a graph showing just this app's data usage for the specified cycle. Below the main graph, a pie chart breaks out foreground versus background data usage for this app.

  "Foreground" data usage means how much data an app uses when you’re using the app.
  "Background" data usages means how much data an app uses when you’re not using the app.

  To stop background data usage for this app, check the box next to "Restrict background data."
  Read the message that appears and touch OK.

Source: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2819524?hl=en

This however does not seem to apply at least on the LG G3 running Android 5. Is this something LG moved to some other place? Or has it moved on Android 5?


texts: Lineage OS : SD card as internal storage

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I have set SD card as internal storage on custom ROM Lineage 14.1. Today, I have installed a official nightly, no issues during installation(on twrp, I cannot read external SD card). And, after reboot the file explorer, shows only internal storage(external SD shows only in Settings->Storage).

Do I need to migrate data to shared SD card, each time, after Nightly installation?
Earlier, when I set SD card as internal storage, I moved about 700+ MB to shared, and after nightly installation, it took 800+ Mb.
Some applications can't move data to shared SD card (Whatsapp, Flipkart, Google apps). I know that it is decided by the android system. How to move them, without using root or any other application.
TWRP Recovery sometimes rarely not showing external SD card.(TWRP version 3.1.0). How to solve?


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For my noname low-cost android tablet i'd like to power and use keyboard at the same time - both have USB micro connector on it. But the problem is, that the tablet has only 1 usb micro socket, which gives me lotta trouble. I tried to do male - female - female adapter on my own (without OTG) and it just didn't work out. Guess that even charger uses communication lines to the tablet.
What can I use then, is there any finished solution out there, that's ready to use for this situation?


texts: How to update wpa_supplicant to version 8

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I am running LineageOS 14.1
I want to upgrade the wpa_supplicant so i can connect to my network with Management Frame Protection turned on.

I need to know how to update wpa_supplicant so i can connect to wpa3 when it get released with openwrt 19.01

This connecting to my network with my phone running android 8.1 has no issues connecting to my network with Management Frame Protection turned on.


texts: How to prevent CPU throttling after not poking at screen

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I'm trying to run some benchmarks on a Nexus 5 using GNURoot Debian. (The purpose of these benchmarks is to figure out which implementation strategy of an algorithm is the fastest on ARMv7, so the CPU needs to stay constantly clocked.)

I've set GNURoot Debian to take a wake lock and a wifi lock. In the system developer settings, I've prevented sleep when changing. (And I've connected a charger.) I've set the screen timeout to max (30 min).

Yet, when benchmark runs suggest that the phone still alternates between some kind of 100% performance, 80% performance and 75% performance modes.

Is there a way to tell the phone to stay in one of these modes consistently (when the screen is on and the charger connected)?

(I'm keeping the phone in a cool place and the phone isn't running hot, so I think this isn't thermal throttling. Also, the phone stays in the non-100% modes for longer than Raspberry Pi 3 stays in its 50% mode when doing presumably thermal throttling during the same benchmarks.)


texts: How to use Bluetooth headphones as only output?

texts: While using phone mic as input. My Bluetooth headphones don't support stereo and mic at the same time so I wondering if I could use phone mic while using Bluetooth headphones. I tried using SoundAbout but that doesn't work for wireless. Pls help.


texts: Locating stolen phone after factory reset

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I assume any reasonable thief will wipe the phone as soon as possible, thus removing any tracking apps and user accounts.

I there a method to track the phone any way?

A possible method is to use a tracking app (and it's configuration) that's embedded in a custom ROM.


texts: My contacts have dissapeared from my phone, over night, for no reason. (Galaxy S) Althoug nothing else in the phone has been affected. The messages still exist, the history is there, but only listed with phone numbers and not my contacts. I have pulled the battery, I have pulled the sim card and battery together and I have restarted the phone. Nothing seems to work. I beleive the contacts are in the phone because under my history some names appear but not all of them. How do I trace /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db  to see if my contacts exist at all. Where do I start?


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Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 (there is no such tag, and I have too little reputation here to create it).

On LG L5 when I type password I can see in the edit box the last character I typed. Better something than nothing.

However, with Ace 2 the story is worse -- all I see is sequence of dots, and I have real difficulties to type anything correctly.

Question -- how to show the password while typing?


texts: Which stable and modern custom ROM can I install on Galaxy Tab 10.1 (GT-P7500)?

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According to the device description at Cyanogenmod, the names for the device are:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1,
GT-P7500,
p4.

The listed Cyanogenmod ROMs for this device are all "nightly", based on Cyanogenmod 10.1.

Aren't there more stable than "nightly" builds for this device? Are there ROMs that are based on a more recent Android version than Cyanogenmod 10.1 is (or this doesn't make sense for this device)?

I do not specifically ask for an official Cyanogenmod ROM, but it is the first place I look for a open-source custom ROM.


texts: How to remove a certificate Authority installed on my Android mobile ( redmi note 5)

texts: I installed an app LUMEN that app installed a certificate, ever since it installed that certificate it is showing that your secure network maybe monitored or modified


texts: Creating and flashing image to Android device

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I have created an image of my Android device (Lenovo A6000) using the command

adb shell -c su 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 > data.img'

Now I would like to flash this image to the same device, and I am trying to accomplish this using fastboot in the following way

sudo fastboot flash data data.img

I am using the latest version of fastboot shipped with Android's SDK.

Doing the above command I get the error

    target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
    Invalid sparse file format at header magi
    error: write_sparse_skip_chunk:
    don't care size 4894735982 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
    fastboot: ../libsparse/sparse.c:143:
               write_all_blocks: Assertion `pad >= 0' failed.

I suspect it has something to do with the sizes, the image appears to have size ~5GB while the reported max download size appears to be ~2GB.

But I am not sure what the real error is and how to fix it?

Can someone tell me where the mistake is and how to solve it? It seems that if I make a smaller image I can flash it properly.


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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Y phone. I couldn't help notice that the Samsung Home app in my mobile phone misses a lot of features in comparison to that in more expensive models of Samsung phones.

I tried getting my hands on the .apk file of Samsung home, but apparently, it is not available in Google Play or any of the alternative markets that I know about.

My Question is, will the latest version of Samsung Home even work on my phone, if I am able to get it somehow? (From the /system/apps folder of some rooted Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone)


texts: Use scrcpy to connect to multiple smartphones

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I just learned how to use scrcpy. I successfully turned on ADB on the Android and am able to scrcpy to it from my PC. Now, I want to connect to multiple smartphones.
I notice it is a portable app, so is it a matter of duplicating multiple folders of scrcpy? Or can I connect to multiple phones from one instance of scrcpy?


texts: Authentication problem while connecting to WiFi hot spot!

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I just unboxed my androidOne device (Micromax Canvas A1) and while connnecting to my WiFi hotspot it loops through:

When entered the password, proxy etc: Saved, secured with WPA2
When tapped on connect: Authenticating...
and then: Authentication Problem

Note that my room-mates (and even I, with my other phone,) can use the hot spot.

Is this an indication of problem with device?

I tried:

1. Forgetting access points and resetting passwords.
2. restarting my phone several times
3. restarting my hotspot several times
4. factory resetting the phone once

nothing worked.


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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I do development on my Android device?

OK, so I've just got a new Kindle Fire (which I love), and I've been wondering:

Can I develop Java programs on my Kindle?

Is this even possible? Can a Gingerbread tablet do this?  I am looking for an offline solution.

Note: This is not a programming question, so it would be off-topic on any other SE site


texts: Why has my micro SD card suddenly stopped working in my Samsung Galaxy SIII?

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I bought a brand new Samsung Galaxy SIII on Tuesday and put my brand new 32GB SD card in it. It worked fine, populated my phone with all my music and movies etc.
I can even watch the movies on my TV wirelessly and view pictures... Amazing!

Anyway, I watched a movie through the new phone last night and reviewed my recent photos before bed. When I woke up this morning my phone said the SD card had been removed.

Now, the phone doesn't recognise the SD card anymore.

Can someone please advise me what has happened and how I can fix it?


texts: How to configure the system to choose apps to open links/files in one click?

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Every time I want to open a link or a file it asks me to choose which app to use and whether I'd like to use this app always or this time only. I want to be given the choice every time so I always click "just once". Can I hide the "just once"/"always" choice so that I'd be able to choose apps in one click, always assuming "just once"?

PS: I have no idea what tags to add to this question, please add some if you do.


texts: Why is my internal storage full if I dont even have any apps that is big im usibg a Huawei GT3

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As shown in the picture below:

Storage (click for larger image)


texts: Create 'Add to Home Screen' shortcut for local offline HTML page

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I have developed a web-based HTML and Javascript app which is distributed to company mobile phones via email or USB transfer as a zip file, which I would like to set up on people's devices with a shortcut on their home screen.

However, I can't get the option in the Chrome browser to add it as a shortcut for the offline page.

The option only becomes available if, for example, I upload the package to my online webspace and then load that URL in chrome. This isn't an option, as the app will load in confidential information which I don't want online.

Are there any solutions or alternative options for this?


texts: Why does my phone slow down after using internet and installing apps?

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I have Samsung Galaxy Y. I think that when I use wireless and installing apps, not immediately but after a while the phone slows down considerably.

When it happens I must restart and when it turn on, then continues to operate normally.

I don't know if this is caused by some applications I have installed or some other problem. When it occurs I try to free RAM memory with Samsung's task manager or fast reboot, but it doesn't help.

After I read some of your topics, I don't use task killer anymore. It happens to me two or three times a day!

Why my phone slows down, and only turning it off/on seems to solve the issue?


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I want to connect Kindle Fire with Eclipse to develop apps but I don't see any entry like "Development" in "Settings". What's wrong with it? If it doesn't exist on KF, is there any way to do that?
When I open Manage on Windows XP, a yellow exclamation mark appears on Kindle. Is its driver missing?


texts: consuemd power for Android phones in adhoc mode

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I want to know the following information:

1-The consumed power by the smartphone when send/receive beacons when connecting with other device in adhoc mode.

2-Is the consumed power is the same for all kind of smartphones?

I tried to search for the required information, but I didn't find a clear answer, I found some general information such as the consumed power when wifi is on.

Thanks in advance,


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I'm on Nexus S, 2.3.4, stock and rooted. BusyBox is v1.18.4 (2011-03-20 15:16:04 CDT). When I try to remount ANYTHING it just

$ mount -o remount,rw /system
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory

Any ideas how to fix that? Is it a BusyBox issue?


texts: Can't mount sdcard from Recovery Mode/Clockworkmod

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why can I not access the cyanogenmod zip on my sd card?

I'm trying to install a custom ROM on my rooted Galaxy S2, I've been following this guide:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/android-4-0-4-for-galaxy-s2-i9100-flash-the-f1-galaxynexus-rom/

I've placed the rom inside an external sdcard, entered Recovery mode (clockworkmod CMW-based Recovery) and clicked "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard", after that the console presented me with an error "E:Can't mount /sdcard/".

The sdcard works fine and I'm able to read/write from/to it without any issues.


texts: Disable back and recent keys while gaming

texts:
The title speaks of itself, I keep pressing them by mistake and lose my games progress , is there anything like Samsung game launcher to disable those keys? (I can't install game launcher for some reason)
My device is Samsung Galaxy J7 core and I have root privileges with magisk installed (and automagic if there's some automation trick)
Thank you


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4: Get files from broken & locked screen

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. I broke the screen a few days back and it was locked at the time. The phone is working because it can charge and I can hear the alarm and incoming calls and messages but I can't see a thing because it is all black. I can't possibly unlock the phone because the touch is not working too. I need to retrieve my files from the phone. So when I connect my phone using a USB to my MAC, it shows me absolutely nothing except this error:

 If your device's screen is locked, disconnect its USB cable, unlock your screen, and then reconnect the USB cable.

Like I said, I cannot unlock the screen. I can't use Samsung's Find my Phone application because I never added a Samsung Account to it and so my device is not registered for remote data recovery.

When I connect my phone to my HP laptop via USB, it shows nothing, not even an error.

Is there any way I can unlock my phone remotely and retrieve my files?


texts: Typing dialer secret codes in devices other than phones

texts: Dialer secret codes are fun and useful and all the rage, but how can I use them in my tablet, or my TV dongle, or any onther non-phone android device?


texts: Used dd to write userdata.img into phone, now asking me for password

texts: I used dd from twrp terminal to write to userdata on my phone using dd if=userdata.img of=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/userdata when I did reboot, it asks for my password. I tried all the previous passwords I used before, but to no veil. Why is it asking for my password? How to overcome this situtation? Reseting does not seem to be working.


texts: Is there a way to enter recovery mode without using home and volume keys?

texts:
I have a Samsung device and i need to use the Android recovery mode for some reason.As for Samsung, i have to use the volume-down and home key to enter recovery mode

But the problem is, my home key is broken and as a result, I can't use the normal way to enter recovery mode.

I can use ADB to do that with my PC but i can't do that every time when i need.

So, is there a way to do that without using the home key?

  Note: My phone is not rooted and i know that i can change the recovery mode entering configuration easily if i root my phone but i don't want to root my phone.


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Based on this cyanogenmod forum thread, I tried to address the delay in running applications and switching between applications on my Galaxy Nexus running cyanogenmod with Android 4.4.4 by running fstrim manually.

root@maguro:/ # fstrim -v /data
/data: 11649122304 bytes trimmed
root@maguro:/ # fstrim -v /cache
/cache: 436121600 bytes trimmed
root@maguro:/ # fstrim -v /system
/system: 80490496 bytes trimmed
root@maguro:/ # exit

This has largely fixed the delay issues. The delay to return to the home screen, for example, has reduced from about 4 seconds to less than 1 second. Based on this performance boost, I expect the delay was caused by the filesystem running inefficiently.

Isn't the Android OS supposed to run fstrim on its own? When is this supposed to happen?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 can't write any files to SD nor delete existing folders, why?

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I go to recovery mode, format everything that's possible, even running some full wipe script, then install fresh ROM, boot into it and see all old folder on internal SD card from old apps, also I cannot delete them and I cannot write new files, it just won't save, if I try to take a photo, it gives a warning that no room left on SD card...

I don't need any of the data on the phone, I just need to wipe everything and start from clean blank ROM flash...

Why is that happening and what could be done to fix it?


texts: Battery Life of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with andriod 4.4

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Since the update on my Note 3, I have noticed a decrease in battery life. So my questions are, does the 17% increase in performance come in a decrease in battery life? Is it 4.4 using up more processing on my mobile CPU? What can I do to help with the battery life other than reverting back to 4.3?

Note: The Note 3 I posses is the T-Mobile version. Also I thank everybody in advance for the contribution of this post.


texts: Android System storage usage blew from 7GB to 40GB overnight,Magisk problems?

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I have LineageOS 17.1 with Magisk on my phone and this night system storage usage blew from 7GB to 40 GB
dreamlte:/ # df -h
Filesystem                      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                           1.6G  492K  1.6G   1% /dev
tmpfs                           1.6G     0  1.6G   0% /mnt
tmpfs                           1.6G     0  1.6G   0% /apex
/dev/block/sda3                  16M  2.5M   13M  17% /efs
tmpfs                           1.6G  4.9M  1.6G   1% /sbin
/sbin/.magisk/block/system_root 4.1G  2.0G  2.1G  49% /sbin/.magisk/mirror/system_root
/dev/block/sda18                484M  704K  484M   1% /cache
/dev/block/loop2                 95M   95M   36K 100% /apex/com.android.runtime@1
/dev/block/loop3                5.5M  5.5M   28K 100% /apex/com.android.media@290000000
/dev/block/loop4                232K   36K  196K  16% /apex/com.android.apex.cts.shim@1
/dev/block/loop5                 24M   24M   28K 100% /apex/com.android.media.swcodec@290000000
/dev/block/loop6                840K  812K   28K  97% /apex/com.android.tzdata@290000000
/dev/block/loop7                1.6M  1.6M   28K  99% /apex/com.android.resolv@290000000
/dev/block/loop8                5.0M  5.0M   28K 100% /apex/com.android.conscrypt@299900000
/sbin/.magisk/block/data         54G   49G  4.1G  93% /sbin/.magisk/mirror/data
tmpfs                           1.7G     0  1.7G   0% /system/etc/permissions
tmpfs                           1.7G     0  1.7G   0% /system/priv-app
tmpfs                           1.7G     0  1.7G   0% /system/lib
tmpfs                           1.7G     0  1.7G   0% /system/lib64
tmpfs                           1.7G     0  1.7G   0% /system/framework
/data/media                      54G   49G  4.1G  93% /mnt/runtime/default/emulated
/dev/block/vold/public:179,1     29G  7.6G   22G  27% /mnt/media_rw/B351-0D99
/mnt/media_rw/B351-0D99          29G  7.6G   22G  27% /mnt/runtime/default/B351-0D99