texts: How to preserve battery while trekking remote locations?

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I will use my phone while trekking in a remote area and want to conserve its battery. I won't have phone or wifi networks, but I want to record my track using Google's My Tracks and take photos.

How should I configure my phone to maximize the battery duration?

I'd like to know the specific things I should change for using the phone as a GPS recorder and camera, so it is different of this question. I know that I can turn off wifi and the Sim chips. Maybe I should use another GPS tracker.

I have a lot of apps installed, and nowadays it looks like even a ridiculous weather app needs to start a service. Should I uninstall them?

I'm using a Moto G first generation and Android 5.0.2.


texts: I have Huawei Honor 7 Lite / 5C (NEM-L21). I don't want my phone's screen to auto rotate, so I have it off. But randomly, it turns on. That also happens to WiFi. This started few days ago, I haven't upgraded my phone. It's few months old.


texts: Disabling sms delivery report globally in android

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I know we can enable/disable the sms delivery report in the messaging app.
But is it possible to disable it for all apps?

I use an app that sends sms to control a device and I guess it's using the delivery report and does not have anything in its settings to disable the usage of the delivery report, which gets charged additionally by the mobile operator. I would like to be able to deny the app to use the sms delivery report by using android settings or some additional tool(s).


texts: How to extend the timespan of Google's calendar widget?

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Or in other words: How to show more dates in Google's calender widget?

The next date I added to my Google calender is an appointment I have in eight days from now. The Google calender widget does not show this appointment. Right now there are no other dates added to this calendar.

So the problem is not, that there are to many dates. The problem is that the widget does not look into the future far enough. I want to see my next date, even if it is still a month to go.

How can I make the widget display dates that are scheduled farther in the future than it does now?
Is it possible to display all future dates?

Of course the display of regularly repeated dates must be limited, but I would like to see at least the next scheduled of each one.
What is the reason, that this is not already the case?

This seems really odd to me, because it does not look very complicated to find all the appointments in a database or sync them. To me it seems to be more work to limit those features this way.

P.S.: I just saw that the "date-list-view" of Google's calendar app (not the widget this time) does show dates, weeks ahead. I don't see any limitation. I would like the widget to behave the same way.


texts: I have recently factory/hard reset my Samsung Galaxy Advance. Apparently the Whatsapp application doesn't exist in my phone anymore. Does this mean, my account is deleted or I still need to delete it cause the my contact for whatsapp is still seen on my friend's phone.


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I have a smartphone with stock ROM Android 7.0 (Nougat). I use OCR apps very often for scanning text documents. Previously, OCR used to work well, but recently I noticed that whatever OCR app I use, it always shows Text recogniser could not be set up on your device error.

Why is this happening and how to fix this? Please help.


texts: Using Droid as a computer microphone via USB?

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Is it possible to use my Droid as a computer microphone (for Skype, Teamspeak, etc) via the USB cord? If not, does anyone know of a Teamspeak client app?

Any help would be appreciated.


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I recently installed CM13.0 ROM by NovaFusion.
It worked perfectly, I used it for some days. Then I wanted to factory reset the phone and I did. But after booting into recovery it stuck into the twrp loop. I restarted and it was still in the twrp loop. Only download mode works but my laptop doesn't recognise my phone for some reason now ???? (It did before the factory reset)
Now its charging is also finished and now it won't even charge anymore, tried various chargers.
Any suggestion? Is it the end or there still some hope?
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Gt-i8190 rooted.


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I've just bought an LG Optimus L7 II - P713 in Vietnam. It runs Android 4.1.2 and now I would like to root it. I just searched Google but still didn't find out how to root it.

Can I root this phone? If yes, how do I do it?


texts: Navigation app lost after updating phone

texts: I lost the Navagation app that came with my phone after updating the phone's system. None of the free apps on Google Play work well for me. Any clues on how to get it back? It is not on Google Play.


texts: WiFi Disconnect also disconnects Bluetooth

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I have a new problem that has started in the last few weeks that's been getting more and more annoying. I have a Samsung Galaxy J7 with Android 7.0.

It seems now whenever there's some momentary interruption in my WiFi, the Bluetooth device disconnects. For some reason, when the Bluetooth disconnects like this, the sound continues to play on my phone while my headphones/speaker/truck is still on and working but not playing sound. Usually when the Bluetooth disconnects, whatever is playing will pause or stop.

This is especially annoying at work where it's quiet until my phone starts blasting music (or some hot sports take). This has only started a few weeks ago - I had NEVER noticed it before. I haven't made any changes to the phone recently or even installed any apps.

I have tested this by manually turning off WiFi - at which point my Bluetooth headphones stop playing and the music starts playing through the phone speaker.

How do I fix my Android or Galaxy so WiFi interuptions don't force Bluetooth to disconnect? And shouldn't it stop playing when the Bluetooth disconnects?


texts: How do I enable chinese input to Gboard keyboard? I already have Google Pinyin Input enabled, but when I try to add a keyboard to Gboard, Chinese doesn't show up. When I long click on the keyboard to switch languages, nothing else shows up either.


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I am trying to use Linux Deploy on my rooted Galaxy S4 with stock Android 4.4 rom. But when I press install:

Updating configuration file ... done
>>> begin install
Checking mount points ... done
Checking installation path ... done
Making new disk image (1023 MB) ... fail
<<< end: install

I have already checked root permissions, tried to install in internal with /storage/emulated/0 and /storage/emulated/legacy, I have also tried to modify the image size but same results, how can I solve that?


texts: I have oneplus one with the latest built of cyanogen13.1 but here is a problem, my live lockscreen which shows blur background of the recent app that is opened is not working. I just showing the regular wallpaper on the lockscreen. I tried everything but non of it seems to work.


texts: What is the "Launcher" application and why are there alternative apps?

texts: Several questions have mentioned launcher.  What is it responsible for, and what kinds of features do the alternative apps in the Market provide that the basic android launcher doesn't?


texts: How to take a screen shot of my text messges?

texts: I know how to take screenshots on my Droid Charge but everytime I go to take a picture of a text message it always goes to the page before and takes the picture. It is very frustrating. If you know any way to help please reply.


texts: Unable to download Google Allo from Google Play Store - Pre-register/Unregister

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So Google Allo was officially released just a few days ago as per this Google Blog:

  Today, we’re releasing Google Allo, a new smart messaging app for Android and iOS that helps you say more and do more right in your chats.

Today being Sept. 20, 2016 as per the blog's post date, while in our country, it's already Sept. 22nd.

I followed the link up to it's Google Play Store page, but still only see it as Coming Soon and the Pre-register/Unregister button.

Is this an expected delay since it is still being deployed? Or was there an unexpected delay in the release or is it just that my phone is not compatible with it?

I'm using Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML with Android L and the Google Play Services is up-to-date. However, there is the behavior of Google Play Store to not show the app to non-compatible (blacklisted) devices for searches, and a label of

  Device not compatible

if you were still able to find the page, pretty much rules out the device compatibility issue.


texts: What are the privacy downsides to using Google's Gboard keyboard for Android?

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For several reasons, I do what I can to avoid using Google products.  But I do currently use the Android OS (at least for now).

One thing I like about Android is being able to use any keyboard app you want.  I've done everything I can to avoid using Google's Gboard keyboard.  I've tried more than a half-dozen keyboard apps, but the one I like the most is Gboard (and I only looked at it after being dissatisfied with the other keyboards I tried).  It's word swipe recognition seems more accurate than the other keyboards I installed.  Also, I find the ability to search for emoji by name to be a useful feature.

But Google hasn't earned my trust, and my lack of trust in them is largely based on their historical behaviors as well as statements made by some of their top executives.

What are the privacy downsides to using Google's Gboard keyboard if it is allowed data access through a firewall?

What if data access to Gboard is denied via a firewall (but connections to Google are still mostly allowed for the rest of the Android OS, Google Play Services, and the Google Play store)?


texts: Where is the clear all notifications button on Lollipop?

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After an update months ago, I no longer have a clear all button for notifications. I must manually swipe each of them away. Is there a setting I'm missing?

I'm using Nexus 4 Android 5.1.1.


texts: How to disable WhatsApp group message notifications?

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I'd like to only receive notifications (in the notification-bar) from single contacts but I don't know how to disable them without disabling all notifications from Whatsapp (via Settings->Apps).

Does anyone have a clue how to accomplish this?


texts: Quickly switch back to in-progress call or navigation?

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One of my favorite iOS features is that, when you have a call or turn-by-turn navigation in progress and switch apps, you can easily return just by tapping the status bar.

In android, I've noticed a number of apps that can show floating widgets over other apps - Facebook messenger's floating "chat heads" and CyanogenMod's floating calculator widget are good examples.

Is there any way to make similar floating icons appear when on a call or when navigating in the background, that when tapped will quickly return to the relevant app?


texts: OTG Is it possible to connect two devices

texts: I would like to be able to copy files from SD card (through card reader) to USB flash drive. All is connected through OTG USB Hub, but all the apps I found mount only one OTG device at a time. Is there any way to connect two at once?


texts: How to connect using WPA2-Enterprise on Android Devices?

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I am doing some product development for BYOD environment, so I require a wide variety of devices.  This one is causing me some issues with connectivity to the private network where I have to test.

The LG device with Android version 2.3.3 and upgraded firmware to whatever latest Sprint is supporting connects to the Wireless Access Point, but I get a 401 Unauthorized when access from a server on this private network. Meanwhile, the same configuration works with my iPad-1, an Android running Ice Cream, iPhones, Win Mobile, etc. using the same settings.

I am suspect that this device is too old to support WPA2-Enterprise but I cannot find any documentation, forum, etc. that supports any related issues.

I do not have access to the server to see why it is rejecting with the 401.

Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot/fix or officially lay claim of non-support?


texts: What kind of upgrade procedure can I expect after rooting my tablet?

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I am considering rooting my Galaxy Tab 10.1, mainly to get rid of some obnoxious bloatware that really annoys me.

I've read this post, and this one, and found these instructions which are nice and clear. I think I'm set as far as executing on this process.

What is not clear to me is down the road, when new versions come out, what the upgrade process will look like.

Will I be notified in any way shape or form of any upgrades? (my
current non-rooted phone alerts me when a new OS upgrade is
available.)
Will I have to go through an equally complicated procedure with
every upgrade, or is it much simpler once the initial rooting is
done?


texts: How to access the phone via adb; broken screen

texts: My karbonn s2 screen got cracked ,i need to transfer my contacts on pc.i tried using droid at screen (adb).since i can't go to usb debugging option because of damaged screen.While using droid@screen it doesn't read the device.How to solve it ? any help would be appreciated!!


texts: Currently, enabling the mock location developer setting affects all applications. I am currently testing a single application and require that my real location is still available in other apps. Is this possible?


texts: Can I work around dead spots on my touchscreen with a custom keyboard layout?

texts: I have dead spots on my touchscreen, right on the soft keyboard area. Is there a way I can use a custom keyboard layout or move my keyboard to work around the problem until I replace my phone?


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My Samsung Galaxy S2 turned off suddenly and it is not turning on any more.
If I put it for charging, it will heat up the device and not able to power on. All data stored in internal memory. Is there any way to get data back from device . USB also is not detecting.


texts: How to transfer files using WiFi Direct between 2 ICS devices?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible to send a file wirelessly without bluetooth or a wifi network in ICS?

I recently asked the question whether it was possible to transfer 2 files between two ICS devices here.

This leads to the question:  How do I transfer files between two ICS-devices using WiFi Direct?  Is there a way to do it built-in to ICS, or is there an app for it?

UPDATE:

The Samsung Galaxy S II apparently has this feature built in pre-ICS (go samsung!). Is this same method available in ICS?


texts: Export bookmarks from Android 4.1.2 Stock Browser for use in PC Browser

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How can I export bookmarks from my Android 4.1.2 Stock Browser, for use in Chrome and Firefox on my PC?

I've checked the stock browser thoroughly, but could not find anything like the Export feature found in desktop browsers.

Would appreciate some help, since I have a ton of book marks on my phone, and need them on my PC.


texts: Viper4Android and OxygenOS 2.1.1 OnePlus 2

texts: Does V4A finally work with OxygenOS that comes preinstalled with OnePlus 2? I managed to get it to install but the sound is very distorted, also whenever I try to open V4A it crashes Google Play Framework and other apps. I managed to uninstall the driver by rebooting the phone and quickly entering V4A before any other apps load. If you can't do that the apps will start to crash leading to the phone being unusable until another reboot. Any ideas ?


texts: How do I export links from my bookmarks to Dropbox

texts: I have collected many bookmarks on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Many of these I wish to use on my desktop computer. How do I export all the links from all the bookmarks on my phone and put them where Dropbox will upload them to my desktop computer?


texts: touch screen failed on my android tablet--my email logged in

texts: Touch screen failed on my android tablet. I requested for replacement. The problem is that all my accounts are signed in.I can't give my device back as all accounts are signed in.lets say they repaired the device then they can have access to my gmail account. How can I log off from that tablet since touch is not working. Is there any way that I can do to prevent others from looking into my gmail account and accessing it.can I log off it from my laptop?? please help me. Thanks in advance.


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When I try to invoke Google Now by swiping up from the Home button, I get the message "Network error.  Check your network connections and try again".  I have a solid WiFi signal, and searches from the search bar work fine.
I get the same message when I go into settings after launching Google Search and try to enable Google Now.

ASUS Transformer Prime,  Android 4.1.1


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Specs

Samsung Galaxy S8
Android 8.0 Oreo
App based on this Google sample that works fine on other Galaxy S8 phones

Question

On trying to start from scratch on my app installed by APK file, I am unable to remove the app data.

Hitting the "Clear Data" button in app settings
Running adb shell pm clear com.myappsname
And uninstalling/reinstalling

Always leaves 16.38 kB in the Data category of the apps storage.

All I can figure is that this is what is causing the app to misbehave on this particular phone, since when installed on other S8's it works fine. Looking at logcat, I can't really diagnose anything wrong with the apps operation other than the fact that it is not updating location.

How do I completely clear the app's data (the 16.38 kB left)?

Thanks ahead!


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I have an encrypted android running LineageOS 15. When it said that there was an OTA update, I choose to download and install this new update. In the first moment it seemed to be alright but when the phone restarted itself the recovery (TWRP) appeared again... and again...
It is in a bootloop mode and there is nothing I can do without loss my data and I can't do nothing to copy my date due to the full disk encryption.
The encryption was made, I think, with the fingerprint and even if it was done with a password I cannot decrypt the entire disk (with the command adb shell twrp decrypt) because my TWRP version doesn't support the decryption.


texts: Is Kismet or another WIFI detector available for Android?

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I'm a Sysadmin and would like to use my Android phone to detect Wifi networks at my workplace or at home.

Are there any tools like Kismet available for Android? I'm currently using a Samsung Intercept, which runs Android 2.1, but should receive Android 2.2 in the next month.


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I have a rooted Nexus 4 with stock Android on it.  I decided to try out the MultiROM app on the play store.  I am now trying to uninstall it, however the MultiROM app does two things:

It installs a recovery called TWRP
It adds a 'boot' menu which lets you select between the OSes

I was able to undo #1 by reinstalling ClockWorkMod ROM.

However, every time I boot up, the OS selection screen still appears.  Note that the OS selection screen only has 'internal' on it.

How can I remove this selection screen and remove MultiROM completely?


texts: Unable to unlock boot-loader and root Micromax Canvas A1 AQ4501

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I have Micromax Canvas A1 AQ4501 which comes under Android One. It’s upgraded to Android 6.0.1. I tried to unlock its boot-loader but it’s not successful.

I did
•   adb reboot bootloader
•   adb devices (it shows device.)
•   fastboot oem unlock (after this command its stuck on 'waiting for device')
•   fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (after this command its stuck on 'waiting for device')

I changed USB cable and plugged it in another port but no changes.

I tried to root it using Kingo Root from PC. After 15 to 16%, it says, failed. Please help me to fix this issue.

Regards
GNS


texts: Does Voting on Market Comments Have Any Effect?

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In the Market you can choose to mark any comment on any app as one of the following:

Helpful
Unhelpful
Spam

Marking something as Spam will remove it from the list of comments, but only on the account that marked it as such (that is, if you view the comments from another person's account/phone, the comment is still there). Does marking a comment as Helpful/Unhelpful have any actual effects? If not, has Google ever laid out/announced any plans to use this feature in some way?


texts: Should the phone be fully charged before flashing a rom?

texts: In posts like this, and from other sources, I have heard that the handset should be fully charged before flashing or installing a customer ROM.  I assume this is because the calibration for the battery is kept somewhere within the ROM, but I don't know for sure.  Is this really necessary?


texts: How to mute phone completely but keep watch's notifications vibrate?

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I have and android phone and an android wear watch (specifically, LG G3 and sony swr50).

If I get all the notifications on the watch, I prefer my phone to be completely muted - not ring, nor vibrate.

BUT, when trying to mute everything on the phone, the watch gets muted as well - everything gets into no interruption mode.

Is there a way to mute the phone completely (sound and vibration) but still have vibrations on the watch?


texts: Intrusive ads on Google Chrome for Android

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I've been using an Android phone for 4 years (Nexus 5, LG G3, LG G4) and I recently swap to an iPhone.

Yesterday, a friend tweeted 2 photos of an ad when he was trying to read an article about a keyboard:

"you've been selected by Amazon (...) in order win a Carte Cadeau Amazon of 1500€" (mistakes and missing words are intentional in order to translate in the best way)

 "you have 2 minutes to answer blablabla"

Then, I remembered that I had that kind of ad when I was using Android with Google Chrome on mutiple websites. I've never get this on Google Chrome Desktop neither on Safari iOS.

I didn't find anything on internet about that and I think this is an Android problem, does someone have it too? Do you know what is the problem (is it an adware)? Do you have a solution?


texts: How to watch Facebook video without stopping music playback from Spotify

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Here is a very common use case I have: I listen to music on Spotify while going through my Facebook feed. Sometimes there's a video that I want to see in full screen. When I tap the video, music playback stops. What I want is to watch the video without any sound and keep my music playing. Is that possible?
Phone: Galaxy S8


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For those of you who don't know, SELinux is a collection of administrative tools on Linux OS'. However, what is it for on android, and what does it do on android? After all, Android is not Linux.

SELinux contributes to part of the Android OS. Its two modes, 'Permissive' and 'enforcing' can have a huge impact on the versatility of Root usage.


texts: How can i move my installed apps in SD card on Sony Xperia Ray

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I can't install new apps, it says that my phone memory is running low. And I can't move my apps on SD card.

I also want to uninstall unnecessary apps on my phone but its says that "this can't be uninstalled". How to uninstall it?


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In my Android, when I turn on the screen I see a quick flash pop-up that says: "Network error: it is impossible to connect" (or similar, I am from memory). This is logical as I have manually turn off data usage, but I would like to know which app is writting that message, in order to see if there is any setup to avoid it, or to write author. It is a bit annoyed.
Any ideas how can I know which app is it? I have lot of apps.

Thanks


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I followed this document and it gave me this link to Samsung's website to download the OEM driver for my Samsung Galaxy S5.

However, I couldn't find its model in the list. My phone's model is SM-G900F as shown here:

The list contains many similar models such as SM-G900A but not exactly my model.

Where can I find the OEM USB drivers for my phone? My goal is to debug using a physical device in Android Studio.


texts: Can I use my android's wifi to let another device to connect it through wifi?

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Im using a terminal-based environment, but connecting to the internet requires a browser-based authentication. Can I use my Android device as a work-around, connecting it to that WiFi and then establishing an "authentification-free hotspot" to use from my computer? My thoughts were:

Suppose I have an android phone can access internet through wifi-A.
I want my computer to connect to the internet, however it can't direct connect to wifi-A because the computer is using a terminal environment, it can't access to the browser based login system of that wifi.
Can I create a WiFi hotspot wifi-B using the phone, to share the internet with my computer? Note that the phone has internet access because it already connected to wifi-A.

In short, can I create a wifi hot spot using phone, but the phone has already connected to another wifi.


texts: Text messaging so slow it is nearly unusable

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I have a Galaxy S5 running 4.4.2. I am trying to send a text message to a certain contact.

When I select their name from the list of messages, there is a 30 second delay. While typing, sometimes there will be a 10-15 second delay for each letter. If they send me a message while I'm trying to type, there will be a 30-60 second delay. Texting this person is so slow it is almost unusable. Other contacts are slow as well, but still usable.

This is with no other apps running.

My guess is that this could be caused by the lengthy text message history for this particular contact, but I doubt this is the case for the following reason: It seems extremely unlikely that I should be unable to store and display several megs of text on hardware made in 2014. I want to preserve this text history in any case, but I don't necessarily need to display it all on the screen at once.

Thanks!

Edit: I have tried clearing the cache, no effect.


texts: I have installed Searchify on a HTC Legend running Froyo. Unfortunately, it none of the commands are appearing in search. Any suggestions on how to fix this?


texts: Does it make any sense to use a firmware with HTC Sense or is better to go for plain 2.3 firmware?

texts: I do have HTC Desire HD and I rooted it but I'm not sure how valuable is the HTC Sense package and if it makes "sense" (funny) to use a 2.2 firmware with HTC Sense or just to go for the plain Android 2.3 firmware.


texts: Lost tablet - No SIM, no google account, no tracking software, can I track it?

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A couple of days ago, I lost my dear Android tablet. I dont know if I have left it somewhere or if it in fact was stolen :/
It does not have any 3G module, and hence no SIM, inserted. I haven't logged into my Google Account on the tablet. And I have not installed any tracking software.

The tablet have a GPS installed. Is there any way to track the tablet using only the serial-number?


texts: Is there a way to edit Google Documents with Android

texts: Is there a way to edit Google documents from an Android device?


texts: i have a samsung galaxy 3 and I dropped it and it cracked which has been fine. Just lately the top left corner has been turning blue and is spreading to the right side and lower what is it and what should i do?


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I am reading (in Chrome or Firefox) Math blogs, like the n-Category Café, but finding it difficult because Android will not show the Mathematical symbols (like integral signs, sums, arrows... etc).

Is there something I can do to fix that?


texts:
I found some conflicting definitions on the term. On http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html,
the author defined widgets as "View is the base class for widgets, which are used to create interactive UI components (buttons, text fields, etc.)", bascially used to create interactive UI components. However on on another StackOverFlow question https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11911249/what-exactly-defines-a-widget, an answer was "application that can be interacted with from the home screen". My question is that in terms of android, does the term widget refer to the tool used to create the ui components or the ui components themselves? Can anyone clarify this?


texts: How do I copy Opera Mini browser cookies?

texts: Is there a way to copy the Opera Mini's cookies from one phone to another? (same model of phone)


texts: How do I clear all recent apps using ADB in one command?

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I am looking for a one liner solution that make use of adb to clear all recent apps, similar to clicking the overview button the click 'clear all'. Does anyone happen to know one?
My guess is that it must have something got to do with the com.android.systemui/com.android.systemui.recents.RecentsActivity


texts: I can't delete bad piggies off Galaxy S4

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I installed the game thinking I'd play it, but I changed my mind. Anyway, that's not too important. I clicked uninstall, and it does say it uninstalled it, but in the application manager, it is still taking up 108 MB, though listed as "Not installed."

If I go to the play store, and try to get the game again, it installs instantly, proving to me that the app is still somewhere on the phone (I don't have 100 MBps internet) How do I get rid of the app completely?

If it's important, I use Android Lollipop 5.0.1.


texts: how to get skype to work when the phone sleeps

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I got a Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-I5800 with Android 2.1. Installed Skype on it, and when connected to wifi it works. When WiFi is not available it switches to G3. While I use the phone, skype works fine. If the phone sleeps/locks, no one can call me from their PC. I think it's because skype disconnects when the phone sleeps and logs-in as soon as I activate the phone touchscreen.

What do I need to do, to get Skype to work and receive calls at all times?


texts:
I installed Google play in my HCL ME V1 tablet. It was working fine, when i restarted the tablet, my pattern unlock type changes to swipe screen unlock, and when I swipe it to unlock the screen the lock fades away and does not unlock.

What can I do to solve this issue?


texts: Making use of the 2nd Partition on SD card (Link2SD)?

texts:
I don't know if I am just being stupid here or if I have infact gone wrong somewhere.

Basically. I followed the usual steps for using an SD card as App storage.
Connected 2GB Micro SD via a Card Reader, Used MiniPartition Tool to split off a 512MB section. Both Primary with the 512Mb Being set as Ext2 and the first Partition remaining as FAT32 for media usage.

Put the card back into phone and added Link2SD followed by the Select partition type Ext2 and rebooted etc etc.
Whole thing appears to have been done successfully as I can now move Apps to SD card. Obviously I still have the issue of a small % of data being on the internal but thats not an issue atm.

SO my issue I guess is this:

Why is that each time I add an App to the SD. Say for example the Facebook app at around 25MB.. Why does it deduct that space from my first Partition (the FAT32 Media part) and not the second partition (the 512MB ext2 partition) which was specifically created for this purpose?

I have the Samsung Galaxy Ace GT S5830 Running on Android Version 2.3.5.

Edit:

This is how my storage info looks:


texts: Create a home screen shortcut that opens a link as "web app" rather than in the browser

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What I would like to achieve is described, in this article, i.e. to create a shortcut to a web page on my home screen, that opens in a separate window rather than as a tab in Chrome:

  The icon will appear on your home screen like any other app shortcut or widget, so you can drag it around and put it wherever you like. Chrome for Android loads the website as a “web app” when you tap the icon, so it will get its own entry in the app switcher and won’t have any browser interface getting in the way.

I specifically want to do this on my tablet, a Google Pixel C running Nougat (Android 7.1.1).

Whenever I tap on "Add to Home screen" in Chrome, it will create a shortcut that opens a new tab in Chrome, which is what I don't want.

How can I get the desired behavior? It appears to have worked in 2014 when the mentioned article was written. Why would Google remove this useful feature?


texts: SIM Toolkit keeps disappearing from app drawer

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I purchased a phone sometime back (LG G3) that initially came with Android Kitkat. Eveyrything worked beautifully until I upgraded to Lollipop. Many things suddenly broke but my main concern is the SIM toolkit disappears a few minutes after reboot. I use the toolkit a lot and it's a pain to have to reboot the phone twice or thrice a day.
Can this be fixed or the phone is now forever broken?


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re.:
Can 2 smartphones be connected via microUSB-USB cable + OTG USB female 2 microUSB  for ADB to work?
There are USB C <> USB C cables on a market, found none microUSB <> microUSB
So not sure if using USB hub as a middle-man can work or should I use 2 OTG  microUSB <> USB female cables,  interconnected by USB2USB cable
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Ok, started with microUSB 2 USB cable inzserted into OTG USG female 2 microUSB cable to get microUSB 2 microUSB cable.
Should I enable USB debugging on both devices ?
I connect from Android 5.0.2 smartphone to  Android 4.2 tablet
On tablet , the only selectable application for usb debugging is called
com.android.partnerbrowsercustomizations.example
just enabled it on tablet
run on smartphone in Terminal Emulator
adb devices
daemon started successfully
starting it now on port 5038
List of devices attached
none
adb list devices
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32
and help list
no IP address on tablet
device not connected
is OTG cable not fit for ADB ?


texts: Android Install button inactive, cancel works

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Unable to tap on the INSTALL button for an app (that I created). Cancel button works fine.

I have looked into other answers and they all seem to be talking about screen dimming / blue light filter apps - I am not using any screen dimming or blue-light filter app/tool, or have any such settings on (that I am aware of).

My phone is an Honor 6X. Its a phonegap/ cordova app that I created for my personal use. Have been using it for months, and have installed updated versions many times with no issue. Few days ago, while using the app - it got stuck (it was writing a lot of data into an SQL database) when it sorta hung up for a long time. So I closed the app - and after that it stopped working. It just won't start again. (I guess the SQL file got corrupted because I forcefully closed it when it was still writing data)..

I uninstalled it, and when I tried to reinstall again - the INSTALL button won't work - seems to be inactive.

I then changed the app ID (reverse domain id), app versions etc - and tried to install it as a new app - but that didn't work either.

Finally, I downloaded another third party app - (which I had successfully installed on my phone before) - and same issue - unable to tap the install button. So it looks like I am unable to install any kind of third-party app, not just that app. Can somebody help?


texts: Anyone knows what app is this icon (fish) for?

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Which app has this fish as notification icon?
Thanks in advance


texts: How to diagnose Android phone that is not working properly via vehicle bluetooth?

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I connected an Android phone to a vehicle via bluetooth to make/receive calls.

Connecting the device via bluetooth was simple.  Making calls, however, was a challenge.  The vehicle reports that the Android phone is always without cell reception, and therefore will not place calls.  Furthermore, the vehicle's head unit (aka receiver) shows a "no reception" indicator for the Android device's cell reception.

Placing calls from the Android device through the vehicle's audio system works as expected.  This also shows that the Android device has ample cell reception to make calls.

What techniques or apps can be used to diagnose what is going wrong?  Ideally, I would like to see what the Android device is transmitting to the vehicle that is causing the vehicle to think the Android device has no reception.  For example, an app that simulates a vehicle's head unit (perhaps with added diagnostics) would be useful.


texts: I've had my Nexus 10 for a while and it's been great until recently and the battery now won't hold a charge. Whenever I unplug the charger it just turns off right away and when I plug in the charger that goes from 0 percent to a hundred percent in like 5 seconds


texts: Check and fix SD card errors within Android itself?

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Sometimes my SD card gets "corrupted" and this leads to many read/write errors. Usually, connecting the SD card to the windows 7 and selecting the "Error Checking" (Right click the drive > Tools > Error Checking) option finds the corruption and fixes it.

Is there any tool or app for checking SD cards for drive errors and fixing the same from within the android itself?

I'd also like to mention that I'm on rooted froyo with busybox installed.


texts: Why isn't Google Play updating and downloading my apps

texts: I need to update my Whatsapp and everytime I go on Google Play and press update, it just says downloading but nothing ever happens. I waited and tried many times but it's still the same. What should I do?


texts: Show notification text in status bar on Android 6

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On Android 4 when I'd get a notification (email, text, etc) it would briefly flash the notification text in the status bar, like who the email was from and the subject, or the first line of the text message.

I got a new phone with android 6 and it doesn't seem to be doing that.

How do I make it do that?

I couldn't find the setting in the notifications area of settings.


texts: Can Always-On Display on my Galaxy A5 (2017) cause screen burn-in?

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Ever since I bought my Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), I've been using its Always-On Display feature, which displays a clock or calendar with unread notification icons, or one of four preinstalled images on the screen while it's in the "off" state (e.g. locked).

I'm using the Image option as you can see on the screenshot above. I've heard recently that Samsung phones are notorious for being susceptible to screen burn-in because of their AMOLED displays. Is that something I should be concerned about when using the Always-On Display feature?


texts: One purchased app stuck at "Starting download..." but others download fine

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I purchased an app from the Android Marketplace and the download will not start. It is stuck at "Starting Download..." and none of the suggestions on the support
site worked. I can download other apps just not the one I purchased. My credit card was charged for this app -- it was charged twice in fact (I think that could be the issue maybe?)

I emailed Google support, and they responded with the following:

  Cancel and restart the download(s)
  Reboot your device
  Sign in and out of Google Talk repeatedly to restore connection to our servers:

  Go to your device’s app launcher, and press the Talk app
  If you’re already signed into Talk, press Menu, and then touch Sign out
  Launch Talk again to sign in (if you are unable to sign in, please let me know)

  Clear the Market cache (Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Market > Clear cache)
  Clear the Download Manager cache and data (Menu > Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > Download manager > Clear
  cache and Clear data)
  Ensure there is at least 20MB of free space on your device
  Try your download(s) using both WiFi and network (3G/4G) connections
  Try to initiate your download from the Web (market.android.com) instead of the device
  Ensure firewalls are not blocking access to ports required for Android Market (TCP and UDP 5228)
  Confirm that there is strong connectivity on your device, and contact your mobile service provider if you aren't connected
  Uninstall Market updates by visiting:

  Settings > Applications > Manage Applications, selecting "Market"
  under the "All" tab or filter and touching "Uninstall updates"

I tried all of those things and responded that none of them worked. Their second response told me to perform a factory reset!

Before I do something that drastic, what else can I try?

UPDATE: I went ahead and did a factory reset and I still cannot download this app... any other suggestions?


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What kind of GPS functionality should I expect on a roaming Android device that has mobile data disabled when I am abroad?

I have just found myself a bit stuck with Google Offline Maps because my rooted Galaxy Note 3 running Resurrection Remix would only get a correct GPS fix once mobile data roaming was turned on - before turning on mobile data, the phone thought it was at its previous good location. Once mobile data was turned on, the phone got a new GPS fix very quickly despite being in a heavily built-up area. Turning off mobile data would cause the GPS fix to be stuck at this new location.

As an example:

come out of a Metro Station A, fix from previous good location
turn on data, fix very quickly
turn off data, fix sticks at location of Metro Station A
go into Metro Station A, and travel to Metro Station B
come out of Metro Station B, fix still shows location of Metro Station A

I have tried changing the settings on the GPS to tell it to only use the GPS satellites (and not wifi/cellular) but this didn't help.

Is this expected behaviour, a quirk of the Note 3 or Resurrection Remix, or something else?


texts: How to bypass "Verify your account" (Factory Reset Protection)

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I won a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, signed into it with my Google account, played around with it, wiped it, and sold it.

Now the person can't get past setup because it's saying he must login with an account previously synced to the phone.

Is there anything I can do from my side to remove this lock?


texts: Can you reset private mode on a Samsung Galaxy S5?

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I set up private mode when I first got the phone, but now I can't seem to remember the password; it's none of my usual ones. Is it possible to reset (read: wipe) private mode and start over, without having to factory reset the whole phone?

I have root, if that helps.


texts: iOS has a nice feature, where any audio playing pauses when Google maps starts talking.  I was looking for a setting that might do this on my Samsung Galaxy S9+, but I can't find it. Is is possible?


texts: Lost internal storage space on my Xperia Z1 Compact

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When I perform this df mnt/sdcard/ on my Xperia Z1 Compact, I get:

Filesystem               Size     Used     Free   Blksize
mnt/sdcard/             11.8G     7.9G     3.9G   4096

But when I do for el in $(ls -a mnt/sdcard/); do du -sh "mnt/sdcard/${el}"; done I get that.

So, the sum is much less than 7.9G. Where has the remaining space gone?


texts: Why Changing Permissions For Some Systems Files is Not Allowed?

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I have a rooted  tablet and while browsing my files, i came along this folder: (./0/android/data) in the internal storage ... lets say (X-plore file browser) has the folder: (./0/android/data/x-plore).

For some reason, i wanted  to change the permissions for that program, instead of giving it the permissions: (reading, writing, executing) ... it will be (reading & executing).

The problem is it says (process failed, some file systems do not allow changing permissions) using Root browser or ES File Explorer (both with root access).

1- Why it says i can not change permissions although i have the root access already ?

2- Why it refers to a folder of an external application [(./0/android/data/x-plore)] as a system file ?


texts: Can apps completely take over sound I/O in calls?

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I've done some searching but this is a pretty hard question for search engines. I need to know if an Android app itself can take full control of call sound I/O on calls to the PSTN.

I've found "background sound effects" apps e.g. to add traffic sounds to the background of a voice call, but I'm not sure this indicates what I'm interested in - the ability of an app to do ALL sound I/O on voice calls. And of course there are the call recorder apps which indicate that incoming voice call audio can be diverted and processed.

Examples where this would be useful:

realtime voice disguiser apps (shifts the pitch of your voice etc)
apps that detect when hold music is interrupted by a human so e.g. one can put the phone down and it will beep when a call center employee answers
apps which implement a DSP modem which can talk to a modem (or fax machine) on the PSTN, even if at low speeds like 4800-9600bps

The latter is my particular interest - being able to have an app which acts as a softmodem and can talk to modem-based devices on the PSTN. I'd imagine it might be technically possible given the CPU power of modern phones but I wonder if it's possible given Android's own capabilities.


texts: Is there a way to see why an App is incompatible with your phone?

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Currently trying to install Animal Crossing, and on the store page it blocks me.

Incompatible with your device it says. I check, it needs at least android 4.3, I've got 6.0.1, so I should be good.

But it is incompatible. So is there a way to see what exactly is the trouble making the app unavailable for me? Like a checklist that you should have A, B and C running to be compatible, but you don't have B.

Is there a way to have more information, instead of this generic error message?


texts: Android 6+, how to revoke sub-permissions?

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In android 6+ we  can control the permissions granted for all the apps installed but there's something I call sub-permissions.For example, when you grant whatsapp the contact permission you're giving the app the ability to read AND write contacts. I'd like to let whatsapp only read the contacts but not create new ones.

In Lollipop I could install App Ops that does exactly what I'm describing here but it's not working with Marshmallow.

Do you guys know any trick I can use in Marshmallow?


texts: How to make it possible to save raw photos on Samsung Galaxy A3 2017?

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I have a rooted Galaxy A3 2017 (SM-A320F) running Android 8.0.0. I'm trying to capture raw photos, but neither the stock Camera app nor Open Camera show any relevant options (I have enabled Camera2 API). This option wasn't present before rooting too. On another phone, unrooted Galaxy Note8, the option is present at least in Open Camera.

So I suppose the option is somehow disabled in my A3. Can it be re-enabled without switching to a completely different firmware? How?

Note that another question proposed as a duplicate is 1) asking about very old version of Android — 4.2.2, which doesn't have Camera2 API, and 2) asks simply whether there exist any apps with such functionality, which today is of course yes. So this one is not a duplicate. This question is about how to re-enable the missing raw photo support instead.


texts: Boot Loop with old CyanogenMod: Unable to stat various files

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My old One Plus One suddenly refuses to boot without any changes from my side. OS is CyanogenMod 11. The device is rooted and there is TWRP 2.8.0.1 installed on it and debugging is active. The symptoms are as follows:

Once turned on the 1+ logo is briefly displayed as usual
Then the CM logo which looks like a turning bolt is shown indefinitely

I can boot to TWRP recovery mode. However, before attempting a factory reset I would like to do a backup with TWRP. This goes well for /system but fails for the /data partition. There are error messages  Unable to stat 3 files.    /data/data/com.android.providers.settings,
/data/data/com.android.settings/databases/google_analytics_v2.db-journal
and /data/data/com.android.settings/files.

When I try to make a backup with adb, I get stuck at the stage where I am supposed to confirm the backup on the phone itself.

Is there any possibility to enforce the adb backup and skip the confirmation? Any other means of making a backup od App date prior to attempting factory reset? Are there any other forms of backup which I could use?

I am also thinking about pulling the entire /data/data directory to my computer via adb. Would this be a viable option for restoring data later?

Thanks for any help!


texts: Install FM Radio Module on Xperia E Dual flashed with Custom ROM

texts: Can anyone please help me with the procedure to install FM Radio in my rooted Xperia E Dual flashed with Nexboost ROM?


texts: Tasker/IFTTT - Dual SIM missed call auto sms respond

texts: Is it possible to create a script that send sms automatically when there is missed/declined call but send them based on which SIM the call was missed?  For example i miss a call that was going onto SIM 2 so it sends a sms from SIM 2 and vice versa.


texts: Odin does not Detect "Samsung Galaxy Note 3"

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I'm trying to upgrade the firmware from 4.3 to 4.4.2 or even 5.0.

But; Odin does not detect it !

Is there a way for fix it?


texts: What are "T Google Enrolment" and "X Google Enrolment"

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In my Pixel 3 with stock ROM I can see (among other) apps called "T Google Enrolment" and "X Google Enrolment".  What are these and what do they do? Can I safely disable them?

UPDATE: If, as alluded in an answer, these are listening for "OK Google" phrase, why are there two of them and how are they different from "OK Google enrolment"?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Stuck on AT&T logo with vibrate pattern

texts: So, apparently I was charging my phone with the power off. The device was successfully rooted and had no problems before. I suddenly boot up my phone and get to the AT&T logo and strangely the phone doesn't boot past the AT&T logo and is giving a strange vibrate pattern. It gives off 3 short vibrations, then nothing for about two seconds, and then one long vibration, and then repeats two seconds later. I was wondering what does this mean? I also noticed the phone was hot when I was booting it up. I used the official charger that came with the phone. I did try resetting the system cache in recovery options but I still get the same error.


texts: Is there a way to see a log everytime an app crash?

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My android phone sometimes quit applications unexpectedly. There is no trace.

I don't see anything wrong. It just quits.

I made a video out of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzAuaIw4RT0

I wonder if there is anyway I can

Check some log when it happens (without rooting because it'll void warranty)
Scan the hard disk of cell phone for errors
Scan memory


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I am trying to back up a Samsung S5 mini (SM-G800F, running Android 5.1.1) using either Samsung Kies or SmartSwitch.  With either program, the backup stalls for a very long time when it gets to backing up messages.  When it finally recovers, it announces that backing up messages has failed (the rest of the items are fine).

  The following categories have failed to back up due to an error.

  Messages — Device not responding.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?  What could be the root cause?  Is there anything I can do on the phone itself to correct this, and allow messages to get backed up as well?

In the past backup has worked correctly with the same phone.


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Most modern Android devices allow storing large photos of each contact.

I tried exporting all my contacts, then importing them.  All the large photos were lost.

How can you backup the large photos associated with each contact?


texts: Is there a way to make the text on a site reflow in Firefox Mobile?

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It used to be the case that when you zoomed a page in or out, the text would reflow to fit the page. I recall reading a bug report somewhere where reflow-on-resize was removed for performance reasons (can't find it now).

I've found browing on mobile to be nearly unusable for the past few years, because I'm forced to choose between some mobile /responsive site with no zooming or a desktop version that doesn't reflow. Is there any way to manually trigger a page render / text reflow to fit the current zoom level?


texts:
How do I root my Azpen A727 tablet?
How do I root my Azpen A727 tablet?


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My smartphone still works as a mobile phone. I would like to exploit it at its full potential but many applications don't support its "old" operating system Gingerbread 2.3.6.

I do not want to buy a new phone because it works well. However, I would like to develop apps for my personal use on this phone but Google does not support Gingerbread since 2017.

Can developers build applications for unsupported Android versions?

Note: the question is also about programmed software obsolescence. Currently, we cannot make libre software distributions on all devices. Android is an open source operating system so there may be possibilities to maintain smartphones despite proprietary locks (hardware and software). The question allows you to see what can be done for a working device: why a working Android device is become unusable? From my point of view, the device is still usable if someone maintains a functional development environment which allows to develop new applications.


texts: Will I need to move app updates to SD card in Android 4.3?

texts: If I move a certain app to SD card (from App Info page), what happens when Play Store installs that app's update? Will the update automatically go to SD card, or will it go to internal storage and I'll have to move it to SD card again?


texts: Disable the screenlock on Samsung Galaxy Tab with forgotten password?

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I was given a Samsung Galaxy Tab last year for my birthday and I put a password on it but now when I try to get back into it I can't as I have forgotten the password.

I was just wondering if there is a way to disable the screenlock without deleting the files on the tablet.


texts:
Here's how the layout of gmail.com in Chrome looks on a tablet:

(note this is an old pic I just Googled but layout is simlar)

How can I disable this so that it doesn't show subjects and messages side by side? I want it to be like mobile phone view where the whole screen only shows subjects or message at a time (not side by side).


texts: How can I upload a fresh photo to Facebook on Android?  One take with the camera of the phone.  I have Android 2.1update1.


texts: Update Galaxy Nexus from 4.2.2 to 4.3 while keeping files and root

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I have a rooted GNex with stock kernel and stock ROM. Device is only rooted, CWM installed and unlocked bootloader.

I received the OTA update yesterday but haven't tried to apply it since I have a custom recovery installed. You should also know that I removed a file called recovery-from-boot.p to avoid the stock recovery from getting reflashed following the indications in this thread http://www.droidforums.net/forum/galaxy-nexus-development/189062-using-rom-manager-only-way-boot-into-clockwork-mod-recovery.html

I'd like to apply the OTA without losing my data and possibly not root. Losing root is not such a big problem but if you know a way of installing the 4.3 update from CWM without losing data then I'd be so thankful!


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I want to give my old apple TV to my parents because my dad wants to stream files from his ipad to his tv. 2 Months ago I made the Switch from iOS to Android, 1.5 Years ago the switch from MAc to Linux.

So I am now looking for a great alternative to Stream all that Media contents, but at least the Audio/Music from my Android Phone around my small flat (TV, Sound System in Living Room and some small Speakers in my bathroom)

Is there a native way to do that, such as airplay in the apple world? Would be great, when the receivers would not be as expensive as an apple TV so less then ~100€ and would also work with pulseaudio (ubuntu)

Ah, forgot to mention: It should be weather built in to the core android system or be a future of poweramp to save battery life and not messing around with another daemon.


texts: Prevent multiple recipients of group message to be displayed on other recipients

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I once sent a message to multiple recipients and my friend told me he could see the other recipients and that it was a group message. This was a while ago and he was using a BlackBerry (though my phone was Android).

How does this work and can you make it so that if a message has multiple recipients, they appear to each one as if they're the only recipient?


texts: My data rolls over every 28 days. The data tracker on my Samsung Galaxy S6 is only rolling over on the same date each month. This is frustrating. I want to know how to change the data roll over to every 28 days instead of the same date each month.


texts: What's involved in manually updating my Nexus One?

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If I wanted to manually update my Nexus One, say to Gingerbread, what's involved in the process?

I'm familiar with this question, Manually Updating your OS?, but unsure if the answer applies to the Nexus One. Do I need to root my phone in order to update it?


texts: Sense shortcut icon reverts to standard Android icon after reboot

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I have recently purchased an HTC Sensation, and I'm very happy with the device; everything runs smooth and fast as I should expect from the device itself.

When rebooting the device, I tend to lose a lot of shortcut icons on the Sense screens; they revert back to some default Android icon. This causes me to remove the icons that were "defaulted" and put them on there again to get the correct icons.
Being new to the Android community, I was wondering if anyone knows why this is happening.

The device is an HTC Sensation running Android 2.3.3 and HTC Sense 3.0.


texts: When I go to Settings -> Accounts & sync -> Add account, there isn't the option of google, just skype and corporate. How can I get the google account type option? I have rooted my tablet, and have shell access. I am using Android 2.3 gingerbread on a Pandigital Supernova.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy SII running CM9.

Currently I have an app that displays my media volume by using a persistent notification.

However I have 2 problems with this.

Since media volume is a system thing, I feel that it shouldn't belong on the left hand side of the status bar.
This takes up a notification slot when I pull down the notification bar.

Is there a way that I can display the media volume on the right hand side in the status bar next to the battery level, clock, reception meter, etc?


texts: Use an Android tablet for drawing on PC while seeing only a zoomed in portion of the entire screen

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I'm looking for a way to utilize my 10" Samsung tablet as a drawing display tablet for use with arbitrary Windows 10 apps (like Photoshop, any pixel art tools, basically without hard limitations) with support for only seeing a zoomed in fragment of the screen, while the screen still shows everything without cropping/reducing the resolution only to what the tablet can show.
Because my desktop monitor's resolution is 3840x2160px at 48" and the tablet is 1920x1200px at 10", I would like to be able to match up the scale and visible region on the tablet to that on the monitor, with a pinch-to-zoom gesture on the fly, so I can only work on a part of the screen at a time. Seeing the contents of the entire monitor on the tablet or having to lower monitor resolution to match the tablet's is not very usable for drawing. With Teamviewer, I can't figure out how to use it to draw at all - it translates all touches into drag motions for Photoshop, and it only shows the entire visible screen, without the ability to zoom in on a small part.
I don't have any special touch pens for the Samsung tablet, and it this model does not have any special pen support. So I guess I'm looking to translate all touch as mouse clicks to PC.
Is there a modern piece of software for Windows 10 and/or an Android app to make this work?


texts: I recently installed again whatsapp in my new smartphone android but the local backup doesn't work automatically. Today I pressed back up for the google drive backup and it also included the local backup. But for the past weeks whatsapp never did the local backup automatically. Do you know why?


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My Nexus 4 device stopped connecting to the Cisco router at work for some reason.  I thought it was because the upgrade to lollipop 5.0 (had Kit-Kat before) but I'm not so sure anymore.

I tried:

Restart the device
Restart the device with safe mode
Restart the router
Change the device WiFi frequency settings
Use static IP at the advance WiFi connection configuration
Forget the router AP and reconnect
Factory reset trough the device settings, recovery mode and complete flashing the Android Lollipop 5.1 factory image.

After factory reset I had the connection possible until restarting the device.
I checked with/without signing in, nothing new installed, didn't visit the store, just super clean phone - I could connect the network. after restarting the phone I can no longer connect which means it's not an application issue.

Some facts:

I can connect other Cisco routers at work
Another Nexus 4 after factory reset connects with no trouble

About the device:

Nexus 4
Lollipop 5.1
build number LMY470
kernel version 3.4.0-perf-gf75bb4f

Any suggestion will be welcome, please let me know if I can provide more details.


texts: galaxy s5 says battery temperature too high too low!

texts: help me please. my galaxy s5 won't charge it says the battery temperature is too high or too low. i used to change my battery but when the new battery runs out of life and when i try to charge it, the same problem exist. what can I do? any helps or suggestion please. thank you.


texts: Why doesn't my galaxy s4 screen display anything?

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My Samsung galaxy s4 will suddenly not show anything on the display anymore. It vibrates and such as if everything but the display works. Sometimes it will flash something that looks a bit like part of the android guy, but it flashes so fast I cannot be sure that is what is it or if it just flashes.

I have tried the top solutions that my google search have led me to try:

-Removing the battery and holding volume up and home button for ten seconds.
-Removing the battery and holding the power button for a minute and letting the phone sit for 5 minutes.

It is possible that the phone received a hit during the day that led to this problem but other people who have had this problem have not had it because of any hit or drop and I am therefore not 100% sure that any hit it may have received during the day caused this problem or if it is software related.

My question:
Why doesn't my galaxy s4 screen display anything and how can I fix it?


texts: Paid app uninstalls after reboot of the device

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I have one paid app, which is uninstalls after a reboot of the device. So, I have to re-install it from Google Play after every boot. All other apps are still installed.

Does anyone know what the problem could be?


texts: Force Sony Music app to refresh album art from MP3 files

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I have a Sony M4 Aqua, running Android version 5.0.

I copied some MP3 files from my computer to the SD card in the phone. Then, some weeks later, on my computer, I updated the album art in the ID3 tag of some of the MP3s, reconnected the phone and overwrote the MP3 files on the SD card. However, the Music app on the phone (which came preinstalled and I believe is a Sony app) is still showing the old album art. Presumably the app has its own database of album art, which needs to be refreshed from the MP3 files' ID3 tags. How can I force it to do this?


texts: How to fix the boot of an android tablet

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I have a Plum link tablet that when it is booting doesn't load the OS. When it tries loading the OS it gives me this error: Unfortunately system UI has stopped, and then cannot complete loading the OS; it just shows me that message and no more.

I've try everything: I wiped the data, and nothing. What else can I do?

Edit: Some facts integrated from below comments (by Izzy)

factory-reset (done via the recovery menu) did not help
what broke it was most likely increasing the screen resolution (DPI?) too much, so the config now holds invalid values (does anybody know if that is revertable e.g. via recovery menu + ADB, or something alike?)
last item indicates that root access is available on the device


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On my HTC Evo 3D, my IMAP email account is using Trash folder for it's deleted items. My web mail AND my Windows Live Mail on my PC, using IMAP, is using Deleted Items folder. Can I change my phone to use Deleted Items?

This would also apply to sent items, it appears my phone uses Sent and everything else uses Sent Items.


texts: Can I use two phones as one phone with two screens?

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I have two phones. I would like to have all my files on one, but be able to have two open at once.

Can I set up the second phone such that it extends / adds a second screen to my phone?

I do not want to use BTSync or similar (the second phone has limited storage).


texts: How to type Japanese hyphen in Samsung Keyboard's Japanese mode?

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If we enable the Japanese language in Samsung Keyboard's configuration and switch to it, we can then input Japanese, with proper conversion and completion.

For instance if we type hi, the input is replaced with ひ, and kanji replacements and completions appear at the bottom of the screen. This context is maintained as we add more characters. The part of our input under consideration is underlined until we select a replacement.

However, there appears to be no way to type a word which contains a katakana hyphen. Suppose I want to type, ha-to to obtain the conversion  ハート. The problem is that when the ordinary hyphen is entered, it immediately cancels the conversion/completion search context and causes the は, which was converted from ha to be accepted, followed by an ordinary hyphen.

The desired behavior is to have はー appear, and stay in the conversion mode. Ideally at that point, ハート ought to be in the list of completions. If not, then at least after we type to, so that our input is はーと, then ハート should be available as the substitution.

Google Japanese Input has a hyphen key in the lower right corner for this. Moreover, if you use a hardware keyboard, the ordinary hyphen key serves in this role.  The ordinary hyphen works this way in the Microsoft IME mode on Windows, and in other operating systems' input methods, like Gnome on GNU/Linux and whatnot.

How do we enter katakana words containing the katakana ー using the Japanese mode of Samsung Keyboard?

I'm thinking that perhaps there might exist a pure katakana mode (and a hot key combination to switch to it) in which the - key maps to this character.


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I began encrypting my Xperia Z3 and as soon as the process started, the phone turned off and I was greeted with the following screen:

The phone was rooted beforehand and I still have access to a custom recovery. Is there anything I can do to restore all of my apps? The phone is still reading that space is being taken up on the internal Memory.


texts: How can I install apps to 'Phone capacity'

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I have a General Mobile Discovery 16GB, Android 4.2.1 -- Kernel 3.4.5

When I go to my storage settings, I have this screen.

Click image for larger version

Now my apps are installed on system capacity part. Is there a way to make them installed on Phone Capacity?


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Is it possible to change the android equivalent of sun.net.client.defaultconnecttimeout?

Many applications are not working correctly over an high latency edge connection, but work with H+ or WiFi. So maybe increasing the timeout globally could help. Is that possible?


texts: Save more then 200 SMS per contact on 2.3?

texts: I've noticed that my Samsung Galaxy Gio (Android 2.3) saves only 200 SMS per contact. Is there any way to save more?


texts: How to Deactivate my Android phone using IMEI number?

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I lost my Sony Xperia Sola(MT27i) recently.

As there was no SIM card inside the phone, when got lost, I am finding it very difficult to access my mobile online from mobilesecurity.norton.com, which I have installed on my device.

All that I have in control is the IMEI number of the gadget.

Can anyone help me suggest on how to lock or make my phone completely useless?

I got official confidential files stored in it.

Please help other than suggesting to go for filing FIR, approach network operator, all that stuff.


texts: Recover internal data from a working phone but with broken screen, no developer mode and locked

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I don't know if this is the right SO community to ask this.

I have a Samsung Galaxy with the screen BROKEN, but just the screen, not the mobile.

I'd like just to EXTRACT all data from internal memory.

We have tried a lot of softwares and solutions from Internet forums, but all of them requires DEVELOPER MODE or the device UNLOCKED.

I don't have DEVELOPER MODE on, and I can't unlock because I see nothing in the screen. Even we tried to plug an external mouse and try to click (blindly) in the numbers to pass the PIN screen. (The mobile works, because it vibrates after power on.)

Is the any solution to recover internal data?

It does not matter if I need to OPEN the phone, I will trash it after recovering, I don't need it to be operative again, I just need the internal data.


texts: Is there a way to disable/remove screenshot soft button or remap it for some other function?

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I have 7" 4.2.2 tablet for everyday use and it have 2 additional soft buttons. Rightmost one is a "screenshot" soft button (please find picture below). My problem is what I rarely take screenshots intentionally (Vol- + Power is more than enough for me and produces better quality screenshots) but this button and its position causes literally a tons of accidental screenshots. Even worse, this button remains fully functional even when device is locked.

(Click image to enlarge)

It there a way to disable this soft button (at least for lock-screen)? Or remove it completely? Or even better, to bind for some more useful function?

FWIW, tablet is Mediatek-based and I have a root.


texts: What is the status of YouTube's offline viewing feature for non-music videos in 2015? (after Music Key was launched)

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Not-a-duplicate note: YouTube's policies for offline content have changed many times since the questions Download YouTube Videos from Mobile? and Is it possible to pre-download a YouTube video to view it later offline? were asked.

I'm asking specifically about the what is possible and allowed AFTER Google's policies changed with the 2015 introduction of Music Key.

I gather that in 2014 YouTube allowed videos to be stored (temporarily?) for offline viewing. From articles about it I can find online (example, June 2015), this seemed to apply to all videos unless the content provider opted out.

In September 2015 I'm trying to find out what the policy is now. The only up to date official information I can find relates specifically to music videos, specifically for Music Key subscribers. It gives the impression it's (now?) a subscriber-only, music-only feature, but that doesn't seem to match what I read elsewhere. I can't find any up to date information about non-music videos, and I haven't successfully found a video that can be saved for offline use, but I might just be looking in the wrong place.

A lot of the information I've found is confusing. For example, this May 2015 PC Advisor article claims that the feature has been promised but not rolled out yet, while this earlier Dec 2014 India Today article says the feature HAS been rolled out (but might be specific to India?), and this recent August 2015 Android.SE question shows a user using the feature successfully for non-music videos. One answer to that question suggests the policy varies by country - and I can't find any country-by-country guide. I can't see any offline link for the videos that other asker had successfully downloaded.

Here's a Gizmodo article from Sept 2014 which appears to confirm that Sept 2014 launch was India-only. Apparently Indonesia and the Philippines got it too in December 2014, though it sounds like that's only for some promoted content like movie trailers (implied, not explicit). These are the only articles I've found that directly address regional differences.

I tried asking Google directly, but they refused to answer my question at all:

  there isn't a support team that deals with free YouTube videos

The closest I can find online to anything representing an official comment from Google is this clearly unofficial reddit post from someone talking as if they represent google (abridged):

  Each country we launch a feature like offline videos in is a legal struggle, because culture, copyright law, who owns what copyrights... We'd like to do offline playback everywhere, of course... Offline playback was really important for India, so it got launched there earlier than elsewhere. Keep an eye out, it may show up...

So if it is true it's only in those three Asian countries, that's a plausible explanation for why. But it still doesn't answer what the policy is right now.

I don't want to install non-Play apps, or root, or use a custom ROM, or do anything illegal, I'm just trying to figure out if and how I can legally cache a non-music YouTube video somewhere I have WiFi, and watch it somewhere I don't.


texts: My Galaxy Tab A SM-T510 won't unlock security screen with correct code or thru find my mobile unlock

texts: My tablet won't unlock screen with correct code , clicks into wait try again in 29 seconds . Using the find my mobile site try to unlock screen that way , comes back with Something went wrong and does not unlock. Any other way to get into it without having to do a hard reset


texts: View running processes and CPU usage in Android 7 (Nougat)?

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In previous versions of Android, when my phone battery was going down quickly I could open an app like OS Monitor, see what process is using a lot CPU (often it was Evernote or Maps.me), and then kill that process.

However, OS Monitor and similar apps aren't working with Android 7 anymore, I guess due to some change in the system.

So I'm wondering, is there a way that would allow me to see what's consuming CPU in the latest version of Android?


texts: Give use to Android phone with broken screen

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I have an BLÜ Pure XR with a broken screen (completely black) which I'm trying to put to some use (security camera perhaps), however, since I can't access the phone at all, I'm not able to turn on USB Debugging, and all strategies I've found online (including putting the phone in ClockWork mode, which I seem to have done successfully) using ADB yield "Permission denied" errors in one form or another (mount: Permission denied, adbd cannot run as root in production builds, ...java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'android.os.IBinder android.os.IServiceManager.getService(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference..., etc).

I say I've successfully put the phone in ClockWork mode because if I connect it to my PC via USB and I run adb devices shows me a device in the list, and some of the errors I get include "BLÜ Pure XR" in their contents so it seems to be somewhat successfully connected.

Am I attempting to do something impossible?


texts: Android ADB Port forward returns CONNECT aborted with curl

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I'm trying to use my phone's data connection as a proxy on any port on my PC. I've enabled the port forward with: adb forward tcp:5001 tcp:8080 and I get 5001 as a response from the adb shell. Different ports i've tried:
Now i'm just trying to send a curl request to ipify.org's api with curl https://api.ipify.org?format=json --proxy 127.0.0.1:8128 but the response I get is curl: (56) Proxy CONNECT aborted, for reference, i've tried this with an external proxy and it works fine: curl https://api.ipify.org?format=json --proxy 159.197.253.210:7689 returns {"ip":"159.197.253.210"} which is exactly what should happen. Pic for reference:
Am I doing something wrong? How do I use my android as a proxy?


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I recently played with my friend's Nexus 7 and tried the gesture typing. And I'm surprised it only works on user's locale keyboard. It lacks Ukrainian dictionary too :( , but that's another question.

It works only on Russian keyboard. Dictionaries for all English variants are present, I even tried all three English keyboards (QWERTY, UK, US). Android version is 4.2.2.

Is that a bug? A reported one?


texts: How do I display what songs I hid on Spotify?

texts: Accidentally I hid one song inside of the android app of Spotify and pressed the back button accidentally, as well. I used Google to look for a solution to show hidden songs. I only found solutions, which require to know, what song was hidden, in order to show it again. As I don't know, what song was hidden (described above), I'd like to know if there's an ability to display what songs were hidden inside of Spotify. If there's one, please tell me, how it works!


texts: How to remove the icon, caused by a voicemail, from Status bar?

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I have a Sprint Nexus 6 running Android 5.1.1.

The icon that I see in my Status bar when I receive a voicemail does not swipe away. It remains in my Status bar even after I listen to the message and delete it.

The only solution that I have found for this is to reboot the phone. Is there another way around this?


texts: Lollipop: OpenVPN connects, no data. Jellybean: Connects, gets data

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I have 2 Azpen tablets, one running 5.1.1, the other running 4.2.2.  I have an OpenVPN server and I am able to connect and use it successfully with a variety of devices (Windows, Linux, and the 4.2.2 tablet).

On both tablets I use OpenVPN Connect.

However, with the 5.1.1 tablet, it connects, I receive 4.02 Mbytes of data, and then nothing else ever happens.  Applications are unable to get any data from the network.

Something else is clearly wrong too, because when I hit Disconnect in OpenVPN Connect, it does not disconnect cleanly. It seems to hang for a few seconds, then I get a message about "threads", and the normal network connection does not come back until I power the tablet off and back on.  If I try to connect again with OpenVPN before the power cycle, it hangs at the DNS step.

The OpenVPN config files on both devices are identical except for the device-specific items.  I have to think there is a setting somewhere on the Lollipop tablet that I'm missing. (I'm much more familiar with the 4.2.2 tablet).

Comparing the logfiles does not shed any light.  I keep coming back to a problem or setting on the tablet that I can't find.

Has anyone else had this problem and fixed it?

Note: apparently not a duplicate of Can't connect to OpenVPN properly on Lollipop


texts: How to prevent android from automatically rearranging home screen icons?

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I don't know in which which version of android this has been added but it seems like a really frustrating feature.

Once I delete an icon on my home screen, every other icon gets rearranged automatically towards the left top corner.

This is problematic because some of my apps are placed in a way that is easy to access with right thumb.

This means that every time I remove something from my home screen I need to manually rearrange all the icons back to how they ware, and I can't seem to find a setting that would fix this.

Version of Android - 6.0.1
But the same thing was happening in 5+
The smartphone I'm using is Sony Xperia Z3 compact.
As to the launcher I'm not sure which one Sony uses.


texts: Problem adding web app shortcut to home screen on Galaxy tablet

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I have a Samsung GT-P7510 tablet running Android 4.0.4 and I want to add a bookmark to the home screen so I have one touch access to the web app.

Previously this same tablet was running an earlier version of Android (3.x) and I had no problem adding a web app to the home screen. I would first add the page as a bookmark and then long press the bookmark to get a menu. On the menu there was an option to add the bookmark as a shortcut on the home screen. When I did that then I am pretty sure it allowed me to specify a name for the home screen shortcut. Once I added it then it went to the home screen automatically and I could see the shortcut icon.

I recently upgraded the tablet to Android 4.0.4 and tried to do the above operation. When I do, I see these differences. When I long press a bookmark and select "Add shortcut to home" nothing seems to happen. No dialog box comes up asking me what name I want to give the shortcut. When I go to the home screen I don't see my shortcut.

Why isn't this working???


texts: When someone calls me, I want to see which number they rang me on

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I have several work phone numbers and redirect them to my personal mobile (I prefer this to having 2 mobiles or dual SIM).  I'm wondering if there is an app or setting which enables me to see which number they dialed to reach me (i.e. my personal or work number?)

I'm on Android 7.1.2 wileyfox swift and prefer to keep unrooted.


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I had always used USB Mass Storage to transfer files from/to devices to my PC (currently Windows 10) but my new phone (LG X Power with Android 6) no longer supports it so I'm left with MTP, which appears to be significantly slower (but I don't know who to blame). Data transfer rate is acceptable but:

Creating an empty folder on the phone from Windows explorer can take up to a minute.
I can't move files within the phone (copy never ends, no matter file size).

This happened with whatever MTP drivers Windows 10 bundle. I downloaded the drivers provided by LG but nothing improved.

I asked LG and their reply was that «USB drivers do not support Windows 10» and I need to find a computer running «Windows XP SP3 ~ Windows 8.1».

My questions:

Is it true that current Windows version does not have first class drivers for MTP?
Is there some way to address those two issues I suffer?


texts: How do I use my phone's USB hotspot to transfer my WiFi network connected to my phone to my laptop? Is it possible? I'm running CyanogenMod 12.1 on my Galaxy Note II. Thank you.


texts: My phone suddenly shows an SD-card notification

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My Sony Xperia J phone was in my pocket and I wanted to read an ebook, so started my reader application. It showed a black screen and when I checked the shelf, all my books were gone.

I noticed a new notification icon that looked like a folded SD card. I checked its message that said: SD card is empty or its file system is not supported.

What? Half an hour ago I was using it.
I tapped the message and a question appeared: Do you want to format your SD-card? It'll erase all data from it.

What?? All my ebooks and media are gone just like that?

I restarted the phone, still no SD-card. When I got home, I removed the card and reinserted and fortunately now it works.

How does that so-called OS dare to lose my data? And the "recovery" solution is to format the card?

What could cause this?


texts: Unable to sideload a file to One Plus One. What are my alternatives?

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I have a oneplus one which had CM 13 installed on it. The recovery is TWRP. Last day I tried to install Kali Nethunter ROM on the same from recovery. However things got messy and the phone didn't boot. To make things worse, I by mistake wiped everything on the device.

So I now have A device with NO OS and NO Data.

Then I booted the device to recovery and tried to use sideload. However the device wasn't getting detected on my laptop. Following commands resulted no positive results.

adb devices [no devices connected]
adb push [failed]
adb sideload [failed]

Since the device is not even getting detected as an unknown device in the USB port, I tried installing the universal adb driver available. That also didn't help.

What could I be doing wrong?


texts: Android 10: Language resets after each startup

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The system language on an LG G7 was set to English.
However, after a recent system update to android 10, the system language resets back to the local language (Hebrew). Manually changing to English works fine, but the system language resets back to Hebrew after each startup.
How can I prevent this from happening, and make the language change permanent?


texts: How do I record slow motion video on the LG G5?

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With the camera in auto mode I can select slo-mo from the mode menu and it displays 'Tap (camera) to record slow motion video'.

However, when I record it's at normal speed and I see no options for changing the record speed.

Any help appreciated...


texts: How do I replace an uninstalled system application

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I mistakenly uninstalled my Download Manager 4.4.4 in my Samsung Galaxy Grand prime G530H. A system application. I tried replacing it with a Download Manager 2.3.5. I did that by using a file explorer to place the 2.3.5 in the system folder. Then I rebooted the phone. It didn't work. The phone doesn't recognize the 2.3.5. Looking through the file explorer I can see the  Download Manager 2.3.5 is still in the system/app folder and I tried deleting it but it won't delete.
I need help on how to get the original Download Manager 4.4.4.


texts: Moto G5 Plus - will the US sim free version work with a UK sim card?

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I'm getting a new phone and I'm pretty set on the Motorola G5 Plus. I live in the UK but I will be traveling to the US soon and I'm considering buying a new phone while I'm there ($230 vs £250 here which is about a £50 difference even with MA sales tax).

Anyway - I am wondering if the G5 Plus from the US would work without any issues in the UK and the rest of Europe with a UK sim card. I googled around a bit and found some info on GSM bands but I hope that someone knowledgeable will be able to give me a definite answer.

This is what I found on Motorola's official website regarding this phone's bands:

  Moto G Plus - XT1687 CDMA (850, 850+,1900 MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850,
  900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS/HSPA+ (850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz) 4G
  LTE (B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 38, 41, 66)

I have also found bands supported by British carriers and they seem compatible to me but I would like to be sure first (it's also quite important that it works in the rest of Western Europe as I travel from time to time).

Thank you in advance!


texts: What is the difference between temp root & pemanent root? What is a soft reboot?

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The AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 4 currently has temp root, but no permanent root.  I am not 100% sure I understand the difference.

From what I gather, temp root is lost if the phone is rebooted in a typical fashion:

Battery drains to the point the phone shuts off
Pull the battery, let the electricity discharge, put the battery back in, and boot the phone normally
Tell the phone to reboot (for example by holding the power button and using that menu)

However, I remember reading (sorry lost the links) that a "soft" reboot will not force you to lose root.  I'm not clear on what a soft reboot is.  The description I read said something about the software rebooting but not the kernal.  Finding information on this is troublesome since the terms "reboot" and "reset" have become intermingled by nontechnical users.

For example, Technopedia describes one thing, while another site talks about hard vs soft reset.  Both were results for the search term what is a soft reboot.

There's a link on XDA Developers where a user is asking the difference between a soft reset and a reboot: http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=620337

Over on Android Central, there's a thread where the people who reply get their vocabulary mixed up: http ://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g/15765-soft-reboot.html

What are the differences between a permanent root from a user functionality perspective?  What kinds of apps do not work, or don't work well, with temp root?

What is a soft reboot?  What are the benefits?


texts: Remapping Android hardware keys on CyanogenMod

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What I'm really disappointed about Android is its multitasking. The recent apps list quickly gets cluttered with apps I won't use in any near future. I'd like to be able to quickly kill an app I know I won't need anymore today.

Examples:

home button kills the current activity (if any)
home button kills the current activity (if any) and triggers the recents. The recents works as usual - doesn't kill any app
double tapping the home button kills the current activity and triggers the recent, single tapping works as usual

How can I achieve it? I know about GravityBox but it's not supposed to be installed on non-AOSP phones (I'm running CyanogenMod in this case).

I have root access available.


texts: Android Device Stolen, Android Device Manager not set up

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My android device has been stolen (Xperia L) and I had not set up Android Device Manager. How do I remove the google access and play store; uninstall apps; protect SD card and personal data; sign out from shopping apps and block the SIM access.

If there is a way to control my phone remotely without having any prior access to the device or Android Device Manager enabled, please let me know.


texts: Cant copy files via USB onto Moto G after cyanogenmod installation

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I have just flashed my Moto G 2013 and it is working fine, but when I connect it to my PC it opens up as an empty folder. The name of the phone is there and when I click on it...it is all empty. None of the folders show up and this is slightly weird. I tried to copy an mp3 anyway and it says "cant write to this location".

Any ideas what is causing this behaviour?


texts: Allow specified apps write access to external sd card in kitkat?

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Is it possible - and if so what options are there - to allow only some apps access to all files on the external SD card in KitKat on a rooted device?

I see the value in proper permissions on the SD, but I'd really like to let a couple of apps have free reign.

Specifically, ES file explorer is fine as I've granted it root and it seems able to do anything.

But I like using FX file explorer and the root integration there isn't as easy to use as ES. And I like folder sync and would like it to do some internal to external SD syncs.

Is there a way to just grant some apps full write access to the external SD without opening it to all users?

I wonder about using titanium to turn an app into a system app. Or adding a group to the list which has write permissions, but I have no idea how to maintain the users and groups on my phone.


texts: Need help un-syncing Google Contacts from school gmail

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So a few mouths ago my iphone gave me an alert that said something like this,
'Want to email a friend? Sync you contacts with your email..'
So I did, not realizing what I was getting myself into...
Now, whenever I go to my (school) laptop and go to google contacts it shows every single one of my contacts. Whenever I tried to delete them, they would delete on my phone also. It's really bothering because I know my school can see things like this and I don't want them to know all the people I talk to.
I'm going to be leaving the school soon, so I don't know if they will still be able to see my contact, or if they will be deleted.
Thanks.


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I was re-ordering objects on the quick settings When I noticed two icons that I do not recognise:

To clarify, it's HotKnot and BroadCastTile That I am questioning.

Whats odder is that they are not in the Quick settings menu (Even if I add them)

What are they for, and how can I use them?


texts: Playing an mp3 (from my phone) through my internet radio

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On my old Samsung Galaxy Ace running Android 2.3.6 or so, there was a Samsung system app called "allshare". I really really loved this app. It was simple and unpretentious, and it did the following amazing thing: when I was in my kitchen, with my phone connected to my home wireless network, and my internet radio was also in my kitchen, also connected to my home wireless network, I could play an mp3 on my phone and direct the output to the internet radio. It was simple and it worked, and I used it a lot.

Woo hoo! I now have a sparkling brand new HTC one mini, running Android 4.something large. I went straight to google play to download my allshare. But I can only find "Samsung Link" (formerly Allshare Play, which might well have been the app I was using) and it is incompatible with all my devices (possibly for the reason that they are not samsung devices).

I want my functionality back! I am assuming that if Samsung can get this to work on an old 2.3.6 phone, it must be possible to get my HTC one mini doing it, right?


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Sometimes someone will call me and their photo will show as the phone rings. In the cases I'm referring to I've never added a photo to the contact---somehow the phone picks up their image over the Internet.
I'd like to register my photo in such a place, but how does it work?
I have had both iPhone and Android users call me and sometimes I get their "Photo Caller ID" for lack of a better term.
My phone is an HTC m8 running LineageOS 14.1.
Thanks for your help!


texts: I have unlocked bootloader of my moto g3 6.0.1 and have installed the twrp recovery too but unable to boot into recovery mode. every time I make an attempt to open the twrp it shows no command on my device. I have tried many tWRP files... but  can't complete the process.


texts: Does any Android app play Variable Bit Rate MP3 files,  while not demanding Internet access and access to my Contacts? I used soundconverter on my Xubuntu PC to convert MP4 files to MP3 and they play OK using Audigy on the laptop, but don't have any sound output using either Google Music or the default sound player on my ver. 4.4.2 Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3.


texts: Is there a way to hover in the mobile (android) version of Microsoft Word

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Sorry if this is the incorrect site for this question.
I have a .docx document with images that are animated when you hover over them. It works fine on my computer but when I copied the file over to my phone, I cannot workout what to do to make them start.
Is it possible and if so, what is the most simple way to do so.


texts: Must I unpair one device from another in bluetooth?

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My PC and 2 computers can detect bluetooth device. The device  is already paired with one of my smartphone.

The other smartphone cannot see my bluetooth device. Is this normal?

So once a headphone is paired with a cellphone, I need to unpair that headphone before I can use it on other smart phone?

What about if I no longer have access to the original smart phone (say I factory reset the phone). What would happen?

I unpair one of my headset. Now it shows up on my other cellphone. I paired with one and now it's not seen again. It's as if paired headset is invisible.

Update, I cannot pair my headset with one phone if it's paired to another. If I unpair from a previous phone, I can pair it with another phone.


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The Handcent app has a feature where with a click of a button I can switch to a larger edit area. This allowed me to preview my messages in whole before sending them off and edit them comfortably.

Now I've had to uninstall Handcent due to space issues (old Nexus One, very low memory for apps), and this is the only feature I miss in the stock messaging app. Is there a way I can enable this feature in the stock Messaging, or is there some small app that does this in a natural way without interfering with other functionality?


texts: What happens to CPU frequency when Android downloads a large file with screen off?

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For example, I start downloading system update file and hit the power button to dim my screen.

What happens to CPU? Does it lowers its frequency or change its governor to powersave? Or does CPU frequency stay the same when I had screen on?


texts: (ROOT apps, tweaks, roms, scripts, hacks) cydia like app for android?

texts: i was wondering if there was an app for android that is like cydia. i want an app that has a huge collection of tweaks, hacks, roms, scrips, apps, themes; just like how cydia (for ios) has. im not looking for apps like app-toid or 1-market.


texts: How do you disable system apps in Android 4.x.x (and up)?

texts: I heard you can "freeze" or "disable" system apps starting in Android 4.0 without rooting. How do you do it?


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I use the stock mail app to check a number of email accounts, including my Hotmail account (via IMAP).

Until recently my email worked just fine but now when I read an email the body of the email doesn't load. I can see the from name and email and the subject, but I don't get the content of the email.

As far as I'm aware I haven't changed anything. And other accounts load the complete email.


texts: Setting tasker to launch a chrome homescreen web app or launch a browser in full screen

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Now that Chrome can create homescreen web apps , is there a way to launch these with tasker?

If not, is is possible to set tasker to launch a browser in full screen mode?


texts: I have all my contacts saved on my SIM-card but I want to move them to the phone which is Galaxy note so that when I change the SIM-card my contacts are still saved and I don't need to save them all again. Is there any way to do this?


texts: What causes "could not be downloaded due to an error. (498)"

texts:
I purchased an app from Google Play and I uninstalled a while back.  I wanted to get it installed again but when I try to install it I get the error message:

"Appname" could not be downloaded due to an error. (498)

What does that mean? And what can I do about it?


texts: Is there a way to adjust the size of the text when reading PDF files?

texts:
When I use Aldiko to a book in epub format on a mobile device with a small screen, I can read it without problems. The text is adjustable to the size, the application has no issues.

The opposite is true when I'm reading pdf file. It's always a fight. The text is small and unadjustable and the application freezes.

Is there a way to adjust the size of the text in my PDF files so that they are more easily readable? I don't intend to read scanned pdfs (this would be even bigger fight). I would like to be able to adjust text size, do scaling and not have the application freeze. I'm open to trying other readers if Aldiko cannot handle this.

EDIT: The title was changed, but note that it's not only the change in the size of text. The text should be flexible to various sizes of devices. This is called floating text (or layout) in HTML terminology. A lot of PDF readers can change the text size without the text fitting the device screen.


texts: "Unfortunately, Clock has stopped" when trying to create or edit alarm

texts:
Recently I started to face a very weird bug.

Whenever I try to tap on Create alarm button, or on existing alarm

I am getting this "Unfortunately, Clock has stopped"

This is a system app I don't know what to do now.

What it could be?

What I tried:

Delete Data from App Manager
Clear cache
Restart the smartphone

Some info:

default (but upgraded) firmware  - Android 4.1.2
Device Galaxy Note II GT-N7100


texts: Is there a way to cache YouTube videos after playing them?

texts:
I have an HTC Desire, and the default YouTube app does not cache the video after it plays the first time. The second time you play, it downloads the same video a second time, but I would like to cache the video on the memory card.

Is there any way to do this with the default YouTube app? If not, is there a third-party app that can do something like this?