texts: Android Gallery is conditionally using .nomedia

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Using stock Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), the stock (LG V10) gallery application (version 4.72.6) is including pictures and other files that have a timestamp newer than the .nomedia file timestamp. I have not been able to test this on other devices to see if it is LG specific.

Recreating the .nomedia file will update the timestamp, and hide all older pictures. Also, the folder being index is a hidden one (starts with a '.'), not sure why it is also being indexed in the first place.

There seem to be a lot of topics on this indexing issue, but none associated with the timestamps. It appears this could have been done intentionally, but it is very undesirable since several applications cannot access the microSD card after the Android permissions update.


texts: More flexible Digital Wellbeing settings for limiting time spent in specific apps?

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Digital Wellbeing is a feature/app built in to recent Google phones and some phones with Google-licensed Android distributions, but it isn't open source, so unfortunately it doesn't seem like it would be possible to modify it and add new features. I am looking for something a little more powerful, that would allow me to, for example:

Group a bunch of social media apps together, and have one time limit per day that covers them all as a group, rather than timing the usage of each individual app separately. For example, instead of limiting myself to 30 minutes on Twitter, 30 minutes on Facebook, and 30 minutes on Reddit, I would like to be able to limit myself to 1.5 hours in total on any "social media" app (the group of apps being definable by me, and I would define it to include Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and perhaps others). So with that "group limit", I would be able to spend, for example, 1 hour on Twitter and 30 minutes on Facebook, but then it wouldn't allow me to use any of those 3 apps for the remainder of the day.
Disable the time limits automatically at weekends, and re-enable them at the beginning of the next week
Disable all the time limits manually in the evening, but have them re-enabled automatically the following day, in case I forget to do so.

Is there any way I can achieve these goals?
Also, is there any way to also achieve these goals on my Windows PC, in a unified way? Right now I'm just blocking those particular websites on my PC, as a workaround. That means I can only access them on my phone, so I don't have an easy way to get around the time limits I've set up on my phone. But it would be nice to have a time limit that's shared across all of my devices.


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Symptoms :

Put battery into Galaxy Nexus (tried with two different including a brand new one)
Plug cord to USB host or charger
Large battery charge indicator icon appears in the middle of the screen
Six seconds later the screen goes dark and no further user-observable activity happens
During the whole process, device does not react to any button input - including the 'while holding down Volume Up and Volume Down buttons together, hold down the Power button for ten seconds' maneuver that should have taken it to fastboot mode
When plugged to an USB host, no USB activity is detected from the host - whether by adb or other USB observation tools.

Context :

The device having suffered a cracked screen, it has been swapped for a new screen
This problem appeared on first boot attempt after the screen swap
The device worked perfectly before suffering the cracked screen
The appearance of the battery icon proves that the replacement screen works

I may have broken something during swapping the screens... But with disabled hardware I would have expected a frankly non-functional device.

What further steps can I take to find what makes the boot process fail in the aforementioned way ?


texts: Unable to disable password on Android screen lock

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I would like to disable the PIN/Password of my Android screen lock but I am unable to  do that as the relevant option is greyed out. Please see screenshot:

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texts: Cannot connect google account to Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500

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I am helping my girlfriend to connect her Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus S7500 with a new android account. We set the phone to factory settings and are now trying to connect a(!) google account to the android phone. Both google accounts, the new AND the old one cannot connect via the settings.

The funny thing:

Logging into gmail with the new google account via the pre-installed browser works nicely. However connecting via settings>accounts and synchronization does not work and the error message is: Wrong username or password, even though the user credentials are the same as logged in via the browser. Furthermore, we have checked the password multiple times via copy and paste of the password.

Here are the details:

Android Version: 2.3.6

Kernel Version:

2.6.38.121500
dpi@DELL203 #1
Tue Nov 20 00:04:25 KST 2012

Buildnumber: GINGERBREAD.BULK1

My add account screen looks like that:

Btw we are connected to our home WIFI, while doing this!

I really appreciate your reply if you have any idea, what also can be tried!

UPDATE

As explained in this thread: Cannot connect my Galaxy Ace to my Google account

I changed the date to 21.November 2015 and get a new error:

'Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server.'

I also tried to log into my gmail app, but the login failed as I get the same error again:

'Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server.'


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I am trying to set up my Revolut card with google pay but I keep getting the following error

"This card can't be set up to pay in stores. This feature isn't supported by your bank yet. You can try another card for in store use".

Why is this?


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I was trying to get TWRP on my Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML (Stock firmware, WW-2.20.40.198). In order to do that, I tried to unlock the bootloader using this guide. I don't believe the unlocking really worked, though, because every time I tried to flash TWRP through Fastboot or the app, it failed.

It did, however, lose me my stock recovery. If I go to the bootloader and select "RECOVERY MODE", the phone just restarts and goes to the same bootloader again. So I got neither the stock recovery, nor TWRP.

As you can see from this answer, the only way I know how to flash stock firmware is through the stock recovery.

I did manage to root and install Xposed, though, both through adb. What worries me, though, is that if some root app or Xposed module mess up my phone somehow, I won't be able to flash stock firmware or a backup. So I really need a recovery. I would actually prefer to have the stock recovery at this point.

What can I do? I need the stock recovery to flash the stock firmware, but I can't.

I've tried Asus Flashtool before, but it didn't work. I think maybe it's because I tried it on Windows 10, some users said it worked better with Windows 7.

How can I get my recovery back?


texts: Persist changes to /system partition on A/B device (Android 9)

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I’m trying to add the F-Droid Privileged Extension using the OTA .zip to a Fairphone 3 on which I’ve installed /e/ OS. I tried modifying the update-binary script because the mount points assumed in the script don’t quite seem to work on this device, but although the files seem to be copied fine to the system partition(s) in recovery mode, when I reboot the phone, all the changes have disappeared.
Is there anything else I need to do so that files copied to /dev/block/by-name/system_a or /dev/block/by-name/system_b in recovery mode stay around?


texts: How do I enable ROOT Access on my J3 Orbit?

texts: My mobile is a Samsumg Galaxy J3 Orbit/ J3TOP. I've been trying to gain root access to enable superuser on it, but it doesn't work. It doesn't even say that I'm a user or device owner, how do I solve this?


texts: How do I change the call from my left earphone to right?

texts: How do I change the call from my left earphone to my right one? I have trouble hearing in my left ear so I would prefer for the person whose on call for their voice to be coming from my right earphone, my phone is a Samsung s7


texts: How to reset the touch screen properties, as seen by Android?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 which was started to be buggy and I decided to install a new ROM (Lineage 14.1). I first checked the version of TWRP and saw that there was a new version (I had 3.0, 3.2 is available). I flashed it through the TWRP app but I could not boot to TWRP.

I had a backup of my previous TWRP (and also of "boot") so I wanted to restore it.

I realized that the "touch" area is a different size that the physical screen and that I need to offset my touch by 1-2 cm up in order to hit the right button.

After the recovery, I had TWRP 3.0 again and managed (after much mis-clicking) to install Lineage 14.1 and Gapps.

My problem is that the touch area is still offset vs. the screen.

While the device booted into Lineage, I cannot realistically use it because of this shift.

I believe that flashing the wrong TWRP set some information about the physical size of the screen and its relationship to the touch functionality. Reflashing 3.0 did not fix it.

I am quite desperate since the phone is formally working but not usable. How can I reset its perception of the screen size?  It now looks like Android thinks I have a screen smaller than in reality (and adapts the touch, see the video I added below)

EDIT: I made a video with the help of the Multitouch app to show how the scaling is off: https://mega.nz/#!84pDnIZI!XZPnP-9YDKON93aPzDZZRPjXR-u7iGn_mnvN3ei8qN4 (sorry for the blur in the middle, I was juggling with two phones)

EDIT 2: The pen of the Note 4 works correctly - the place I touch on the screen is correctly recognized by Android. In the Multitouch application and video above, the tip of the pen is in the center of the green dot everywhere on the screen.


texts: How can I require the pattern unlock only for specified times

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Is it possible to require the pattern unlock only during certain times? For example, while I'm at work, I don't want to require the pattern unlock, however, anytime I'm not at work I do.

Is this possible?


texts: Modifying sensitivity of Google Nexus S power button?

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I keep accidentally turning the phone off/on by pressing the power button when I pick up the phone or take it out of its holster.

I would like to make the power button require a longer hold before it performs its action. Obviously this would require a different gesture to then perform a full shutdown.

Is there a mod or app that anyone is aware of that can help with this? When I'm using the device during a sporting activity for example, I can't really afford to have to unlock the screen, because even without a screen lock, sliding the unlock slider is often not possible.

I find it incredible with this form factor how easy it is to accidentally shut down the screen, and then you can't just turn it back on without having to perform some additional gesture on the screen.


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Watching Mr Robot I came across a small device called a rubber ducky. It simulates a keyboard and executes a given list of commands, like keystrokes and such.
Now that I am too cheap to buy a real one and none of my USB sticks are capable of having their bootloader reflashed to turn them into one, I thought, since you could use your android as a USB keyboard, wouldn't it be possible to use it as a rubber ducky as well?
I have tried the droidducky script (http://zx.rs/6/DroidDucky---Can-an-Android-quack-like-a-duck/), but without luck...

Are there any alternatives?

rocket_doge_


texts: Lock screen but keep Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation and GPS active

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I've a Sony Xperia Z with Android 4.2.2 and need to lock my screen but keep the (voice/turn-byturn) navigation active. How can I achieve that?

As it's currently, as soon as I lock the screen, GPS seems to be disabled instantely (at least when I unlock the phone, it needs to reaquire a GPS fix) and turn-by-turn navigation in Google Maps is instantly disabled.

How can I keep both things activated?

Background: I want to travel by bike without needing to look at my smartphone every few crossroads. Since I don't have a handlebar mount for my smartphone I've to keep it in one of the pockets of my pants. For some reason (I guess the fabric is too thin) the phone registers touches all the time, leading to 'butt-dials' and similiar things.


texts: Right place to ask? Whatsapp using Android default emoji rather than Whatsapp's own

texts: I use SwiftKey, and have never run into this before. After googling it, Swiftkey's official site says it should use WhatsApp's emojis over Androids, is there a way for me to see what caused the switch and swap it back?


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I've got a Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and yesterday I updated it to Android 7.0.
It's really easy to use and I really like it.
But I have a question: In the notification bar there is an icon that I never seen before.

Here is the screen:

I know it's a stupid question but please, I've got to understand what it is.


texts: Why i cant access my internal sd card after flashing a new ROM?

texts: I am using Micromax unite 2 phone. Its an MT6582 phone running on KK . Recently i flashed a new rom ( exception OS) and after booting up , i found that i cannot access the internal sd card. The stock file manager doesnt even show that there is an internal sd card. I also tried ES file explorer but to no avail. Also when i connect to my pc via usb , after selecting usb storage, only the external sd card shows up. Lastly , i tried accesing the internal sd card via recovery( PhilZ touch 6) and strangely it works. Also when i mount the usb storage via the recovery , my pc shows the internal as well as external sd card and im able to access both of them from pc. I have tried flashing the same rom again and again and also some other roms but the problem persists. Any help would be very much appreciated.... thank you..


texts: LG G2 - No SIM and network also after hard reset

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I have a problem with my LG G2 (D802).
It shows, without reasons, no network signal and no SIM.
I do an hard reset but nothing changed.
What's the problem?


texts: How to delete unsent message from google hangouts?

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I accidentaly sent a confidental message to an incorrect contact. Fortunately, I could react in time, and I turned off my phone before it could be sent.
I opened my google hangout from the web, and I see that the message was not sent. (It was a big picture, whose upload was broken by the poweroff.)
However, now if I turn my phone on, the message will be sent.
I believe, my only way to delete the message, if

I ban the phone from my home wifi,
I remove the SIM card from it,
I turn on the phone,
I uninstall google hangouts,
Re-enable my home wifi,
Reinstall google hangouts.

However, doing these is problematic.
Does a quicker way exist for that?


texts: How can I insert a customized emoticon in SMS? Galaxy S2

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Just wondering if is it possible to insert a customized emoticon in SMS.
I get only those :-) default ones. I'd like to use smth like :) or :-x or 8-)


texts: Why has speech-to-text stopped working on my phone?

texts: I have an HTC Desire Z with Android 2.2. For some reason my speech to text convertor has stopped working. Everytime the soft keyboard opens up and I press on the small mike button, it says audio problem and closes. Up until yesterday, the phone was fine. What could be the problem?


texts: Is there a way to track how much time I spend on a website? So far I've only known about app usage tracking, which tracks the time I open and quit apps. I want to do that with websites as well. Maybe a browser with time tracking can do this.


texts: Zenfone weather animation on lockscreen on P30

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I had a Zenfone 3 that had by default the weather animations on the lockscreen page.
Than I changed to a Huawei P30 Pro. This one doesn't have this feature. Do you know what is the Asus app that does this kind of animation? I would like to bring it to P30 Pro. I installed on it Asus Weather but it is not this one that have these animations.
Thanks


texts: I cannot remove Administrator Rights from any app

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I gave admin rights to two apps I have on my Motorola Moto G5 Plus (Android 7.0): Find My Device; Greenify Automator. The first one I mean to keep it as admin, but I would like to remove Greenify. When I try to do so, it simply won't let me.
I try selecting "Deactivate this device administrator" but nothing happens. And nothing happens either if I try selecting "Cancel". It seems like these two buttons are just deactivated.
I then also tried doing the same for Find My Device, and it also doesn't work. So I guess it's some kind of bug when removing Device administrators.

Someone know how to solve this?


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I recently changed my Google password, but now when I open Google Play and Gmail, it prompts me for my password and won't accept it. It works in the YouTube app only. I've tried rebooting, but this has been going on for about a week, so I don't think its a google server issue.

Device: NVidia Shield with Android 5.0.1


texts: Can a Dream's camera really zoom from the camera app?

texts: I upgraded my HTC Dream to CM6.1, and the camera app now has a zoom option.  Is this a real zoom, or just a digital blow-up of the image?  I'm guessing the latter.


texts: android phone not connecting to the internet

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My phone does not connecting to the Internet – it's saying "connected,no internet":

When I open a web browser, all I get is the same message ("no connection").

Can some one help me please I am begging. I have tried so many things and nothing work.


texts: .nomedia file not hiding newly created images. Solution?

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Note 5 running 5.1.1

Here is my issue...

A .nomedia file placed in a folder that automatically downloads album art will only hide the images from Gallery if they were in that folder before the .nomedia file was created or modified. Any newly downloaded album art is visible in Gallery. Clearing the cache, data, and force stopping both Gallery and Media Storage apps, as well as shutting down and restarting the device does not correct the problem. The images downloaded after the creation/modified date of the .nomedia file will be visible no matter what.

Perhaps this is how .nomedia files work and I just never really understood them, but I thought they would hide all media files in the given folder no matter when those files were added to the folder. I didn't think the date of the .nomedia file had any bearing on it.

If anyone else has experienced this and found a solution I'd like to know! And I do not consider installing alternative gallery apps that can hide images a solution to this.


texts: OTG USB drive showing as file instead of folder

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So I have run into a problem with my Nexus 7 2013(2nd gen).
Some apps have not been able to find my OTG storage (Such as Spotify) that is attached to my device, but it is been able to find it on my Nexus 7 2012(1st gen) and OnePlus 3. I have narrowed down the problem to this:

http://imgur.com/a/qVvje

In those images you can see that the OnePlus 3 and the Nexus 7 2012(1st gen) have the OTG storage device showing up under "/Storage/usbdisk" and "/Storage/18FA-B433" folders where as the nexus 7 2013(2nd gen) shows up as "/Storage/0193-1CFF". But the problem there is that the first 2 show up as folders where the nexus 7 2013(2nd gen) only shows up as a file in 3rd party file explorers.(I can still browse the files in the built in file explorer in Android)

Does anyone here know what the problem could be causing it to show as a file instead of a folder and how I fix it?

The device is rooted and running 6.0.1


texts: Need to recover data from SD card as used Android Internal storage from PC

texts: I had an SD card as internal storage in my Android, reset my phone to factory. SD card would no work in that device. I am no longer able to use that device because the screen is smashed anyhow. How can I recover the data from the SD card? I tried to reformat on my laptop but the disk is write protected.


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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I get the Android Market installed on my Kindle Fire?

How can I get the Android app store on the kindle fire?  Google searches for the solution seem to find S.E.O. fud from Amazon.com.


texts: Mute button doesn't work on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S4

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Device: GT-I9500
Android: 4.2.2, rooted

Whether I press and hold the power button and select mute from the menu or double-press the sound icon in the pull down notification menu, the phone still rings when I receive a call or a notification.

I using the volume button to turn the sound off, but now it's on vibration.


texts: Can I copy/paste cyanogen files to another SD card, plug it into a rooted tablet, and expect it to work?

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Long story short:  I've got 10 Nook Colors, each of which has previously been rooted, but of which 6 of the 10 SD cards have gone missing (don't ask me how).  I've also got 3 non-rooted nook colors that I'd like to root.  I'm using the tablets to conduct questionnaires using ODK.  If I take a SD card out of one of them and put it into another rooted one, it boots into cyanogen just fine.

Plugging the SD cards into my computer (I'm running Ubuntu), I see that they have a fairly complex partition structure.  How can I recreate both the files and the file structure onto new SD cards, so that I can boot my rooted tablets into cyanogen?

Following these instructions ruined the tester SD card that I bought -- the computer now doesn't recognize the card when plugged in.  Not sure why -- I umounted it.  I've got the disk image file, the gapps file, and the cyanogen file sitting on my hard disk.

Also, how can I root new tablets?  The uNooter file described here is a dead link.

Or is cyanogenmod old and deprecated?  Is there something else that I can do to get these tablets to run ODK?

Help!


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I'm using Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2.
Running on stable pie.

But sim tool kit is not appearing in my phone.
Does that mean my sim card is corrupted?
I face slower download speed using it.
So when I've checked other sim card of same operator then there's no issue.


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I am able to stream content from my Android device to the PS3 and watch it on the TV that's connected to the PS3.

What I want to do is stream the game play video from PS3 to my android device.

I have an Android stick I connect to my other TV and the stick allows to receive streams.

Any ideas?


texts: How can I install ClockworkMod recovery on my Motorola Defy+?

texts: I want to install ClockworkMod recovery on my Motorola Defy+ in order to install Android 4.0.3 (ICS). Where can I get CMW to install? Are there any problems with ICS on the Defy Plus?


texts: What kind of encryption is required for LineageOS on Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 (whyred) to boot?

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Having my Redmi Note 5 stuck at the LineageOS logo, I tried different ROMs like Resurrection Remix OS. They work well. After some reserach, I found a hint to some kind of encryption in the LineageOS release thread on xda-developers. So I re-flashed the stock MIUI ROM (without firmware cause of Xiaomi's devious anti roll-back mechanism) and LineageOS could be installed without problems.

I want to understand this topic:

What are those keys?
Why LineageOS needs them?
Has this anything to do with device encryption?
Is this a Xiaomi specific topic or does it apply to other manufactures as well?

Currently, I know very little about those encryption keys:

It seems that they're generated by the stock MIUI on first boot
They got deleted by formatting in TWRP, not on simply wiping
We don't get any usefull error message, only a endless booting LineageOS animation
Encryption can be bypassed using a zip from here. But without OTA updates and the zip for bypassing must be flashed on each LineageOS update
Other ROMs like MoKee or Resurrection Remix OS don't care


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Is there a way to make the Notification Bar thicker?

I recently bought this case and it makes it incredibly hard to pull down the notification bar.

I was wondering if there was a way to thicken the notification bar, without completely hacking the phone?

I have a Motorola Droid X


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Not sure why, but even though my Android is connected, charging, and set to Media Device mode, Win8 will not even notice it. Any advice? Ask any questions necessary.

It's an Moto X 2nd gen KitKat and I'm trying to connect it to a Win8.1 laptop. It doesn't have a slot for SD cards, and for some reason my cell provider isn't letting me update to Lolli.

Update: Just installed Motorola Device Manager, and nothing changed.


texts: Can an apk file be written to any type of NFC tag

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Is it possible to write an apk file to a NFC tag for it to be downloaded when a user desires? bWe are trying to create a solution in which our reps in the field can simply turn on NFC in specific locations then download an apk file for our custom app. Normally simply providing a link to the file on our server would be ideal by using URI type of tag however these devices (Android phones) may not have WiFi nor Cellular data connection in order to install the app's apk file via a link embedded to the NFC tag.

The NFC tags would be "installed" by a separate team. While it makes perfect sense to have our reps preloaded with the application, the consideration is to also allow customers to download the apk file for installation on their device if they desire as well. The apk is a 6 - 7 MB file.


texts: I have tried to root lenovo  a7000 a with kingo root application with no success. My computer will be infected due to this method as the download page for apk file forces me to download malicious file.SRS Root claims to support this device but is SRS Root safe? Is there any other way to root my device ?


texts: How do I disconnect Bluetooth headset while in call

texts: Does anyone know how to disconnect from a Bluetooth headset/handsfree device while in a call? Sometimes when I'm getting into my car while on a call, the handsfree in the car will take over the call before I'm ready to hand the call off. I've been turning off the Bluetooth to take the call back, but that is cumbersome,  my palm phone before had an option on the call screen whenever on a call with Bluetooth to simply disconnect the hands free device.


texts: Is there a way/app to block outgoing international calls, without activating the network provider's International Call Barring?

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I 'accidentally' dial international numbers a lot - don't ask why, long story :). Is there an app that would restrict me from calling international numbers, or warn me before connecting the call?

I can put in a request for International Call Barring with my network provider, but that disables calling premium UK numbers as well (I'm with O2 in the UK). Plus I'd like to make the odd intentional overseas call.


texts: install MySQL or any other lite weight database?

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I have a android mobile with version 4.1 Installed. for my practices I am thinking that  it would be nice if I have a database in that.

If it is MySQL I would love that. could somebody tell me how can I install MySQL in android ?

Thank you.


texts: Can application be installed on an Android phone without confirmation, just by visiting or clicking links on page?

texts:
I went on putlocker and then got some popup saying something about system error and then another one like this:

At that moment I turned off my phone. But before I got to the screen above, I think I clicked something like "find more details" on the scam page. I was googling a bit and of course I found this is a scam, tricking me into installing malware. The question now is, is it OK, or has anything been installed on my phone? I read this page, and they write:

  The virus infection pop up is a fake and touching it will redirect you
  to another page that may automatically download an APK file that would
  automatically install an app that contains the virus on your phone
  ...  As I told earlier, apps containing malware can be automatically
  installed on your phone and in this case, you need to uninstall it
  immediately before it can create more issues.

Hmmm, this is strange - is it actually possible for a webpage to install something on your phone without confirmation? I think I clicked something in the scam page, but I am SURE I didn't confirm any installation.


texts: How can I play mkv files on Droid os 2.2 on a Droid x?

texts: I'd prefer not to have to convert Them. Thanks.


texts: I sometimes want to export a downloaded podcast to my computer, but I've yet to find the location where Google Listen stores them.  Does anyone know?


texts: How to combine ODEX and VDEX files with an APK file?

texts:
I have an .apk file, also comes with it two files, one .odex files, another .vdex file. The files were pulled from the /system/app folder of another phone.

The files hierarchy on the original system is like this:

/system/app/FM2/FM2.apk
/system/app/FM2/oat/arm64/FM2.odex
/system/app/FM2/oat/arm64/FM2.vdex

What I want to do here is to combine all these files into a single APK file, so that I may be able to install it on other phones.

(Let's ignore for the moment that the other phone may not have the required dependency installed on it)

So, how can I combine .apk, .odex, and .vdex files together into a single .apk file?

P.S. I have read some articles about using smali and baksmali to convert odex to dex and vice-versa, but I couln't find the detailed tutorial that I need. Also, these articles never talk about VDEX files, which is an issue here.

P.P.S. Both the source and destination phones are exactly the same with Android 10, but different regions.


texts: Screenshot saving issue on Moto G running Lollipop -- unable to clear the notification

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My phone has been saving a screenshot for three days now. I can't clear the notification so I'm wondering what  should I do? I'd like to keep it if I can for some reasons. If I can't keep it how do I clear the notification?

I'm tired of restarting my phone but that didn't do anything. And I'm using Moto G running Lollipop


texts: Is there any tutorial for rooting Galaxy Star Pro (S7260). With rooting package ? I bought this phone recently and I could't find a tutorial for rooting this phone by googleing.


texts: New smartphone LINE account recover/restore from PC LINE account

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I have the following problems and need help:

Before I got a new phone (Galaxy S9+), I synchronized my old smartphone (LG 10) LINE account within my new Dell laptop (Win 10).
After I switched all info from old phone (LG) to new phone (Galaxy S9+), I login/open LINE and I did "OK" for "Delete old messages and Logs" which no previous messages and logs were displayed.
When I login my laptop Line account, I found all messages and logs are still over there.
How can I restore or recovery my LINE account (Same phone number but in different smartphone brand names) ? Or, it's hopeless for my sutation.

Thanks,

Tony


texts: Cannot install apps after removing memory card

texts:
The memory card slot of my phone stopped working and some of my apps were stored in the memory card. Now i am unable to install the app again in the phone memory.
So any idea? I tried to follow the steps in the link in the picture, but dosen't help.


texts: How can I block Android apps to send emails on my behalf?

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In some Android apps there is a "Login with GMail" option. I often login with that.

Some apps are sending emails on my behalf to my GMail contacts, as I saw them in my "Sent items". I want to know how can I stop those apps spamming my friends? This is very irritating.

To stop the spamming I logged out from my device but still there are sent mails. If I uninstall the app there is no more sent mails, but I don't think this is the best solution available. Are there any better solutions?


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I just purchased a Moto G. I can't find a voice dialer that works in places where there is no access to wifi/data.  The Google app just displays a message that Google can't be reached. The phone already has Offline language set to English(US).  Perhaps there is a different app out there that will work?  None of the apps that I've tried so far have helped with this problem (Utter!, Speak2call, I've tried a bunch).

I can't even believe this is an issue.  My old flip phone with no wifi/data capability had no problem voice dialing contacts on the phone's contact list.

Thanks for your help.


texts: SD card used as internal storage not showing any file

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I am using SD card as internal storage in Marshmallow. After few days one day suddenly it stop showing any file on my phone. When I have checked the storage position in phone it is showing the memory used but no files are showing zero. I have tries connecting the phone to PC but then also no file is showing in the internal storage, also it is not creating any drive and hence no card repair tool is working in PC. When I have used the card with adapter in PC it is not at all detecting the card (which is probable due to card formatted as internal storage in marshmallow)
Now I am not able to save any single file,application on my phone because it gives error 'No enough space left on the memory'.

Anybody please advise what can be done.


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I used TWRP for installing the su command, and I installed SuperSU app from Google Play. It works.

The question - how su command works? It hasn't s-bit, so it can not change eUID. In what way it gets root's permissions?

shell@mako:/ $ id
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell)
groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),3006(net_bw_stats) context=u:r:shell:s0

shell@mako:/ $ su

root@mako:/ # id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:init:s0

root@mako:/ # which su
/system/xbin/su

root@mako:/ # ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rwxr-xr-x root     root        75348 2016-10-29 22:31 su

root@mako:/ #


texts: Where can I find the change log for Android 4.0.4?

texts: I'm curious what changed in Android 4.0.4. Is there an official change log somewhere? It seems very well hidden.


texts:
I wonder what is the purposes of each of these extra folders that android creates on a sd card.

Edit:

.android_secure

.data

.estrongs

.showme

_nero_sync

Alarms

Albums

Android

DCIM

download

LOST.DIR

media

Movies

Music

My Documents

Notifications

OTA-Updater

Pictures

Podcasts

ppy_cross

Ringtones


texts: Why does my Galaxy S3 make a noise when I put it down?

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Occasionally, when I put my Samsung Galaxy S3 down relatively firmly, it makes a noise that's sort of half way between 'BONG' and 'CLANK'. When it happens I can immediately pick it up and put it down again to make it happen again. I can repeat this for as long as I like. Pick up, put down, BONG/CLANK, repeat.

There are no on-screen messages, just the noise. Why is it doing this? Can it be stopped?

Thanks


texts: i factory reset my phone and then installed whatsapp.Before that i had created a backup of my conversations in my sd card,the name of the backup was 'msgstore.db.crypt'.After i installed whatsapp and after entering my number,i got a option to restore my conversations.i clicked'restore'.it loaded for a minute then i had to enter my name and other things.After i finished everything no conversations were retreived.i hav the backup in 'databases' folder...but its not working!!what should i do????..pls help me out!i need those messages.


texts: How to make specific app connect only when VPN active and make it's traffic only go with VPN tunnel

texts: I use VPN for some apps that's banned my country, but when the VPN stop sometimes that apps keep working in background so the servers discover my real country based ip then they block my account.. I need to know if i can find some way that prevent the app making background connection while the VPN tunnel not active.


texts: How to add SELinux policy on a user-debug ROM that has `split` policy scheme?

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I have a Sony device that supports treble and is a system-as-root and A/B device. It has a user-debug ROM installed on it so, its adb shell is rooted.
I have disabled dm-verity using adb disable-verity after running adb root and adb remount commands.
As documented here, this device also has split policies at /system/etc/selinux(the 'plat' portion of the policy) and /vendor/etc/selinux(the 'nonplat' portion of the policy).
I am trying to run test.sh using following init script:
#/etc/init/m_daemon.rc

# define service, use executable here if script not needed
service m_daemon /system/xbin/test.sh

    # don't start unless explicitly asked to
    disabled

    # Use `seclabel u:r:magisk:s0` to run with unrestricted SELinux context to avoid avc denials
    # can also use "u:r:su:s0" on userdebug / eng builds if no Magisk.
    # It's required if SELinux is enforcing and service needs access
    # to some system resources not allowed by default sepolicy
    # seclabel u:object_r:qlogd_exec:s0
    seclabel u:r:su:s0

# start the service when the boot is completed
on property:sys.boot_completed=1
    # Use it to start the service
    start m_daemon

/system/xbin/test.sh file has the following contents:
#!/system/bin/sh
echo `date` > /sdcard/test

When the device reboot then it fails to run with the following error:

  202.932913 / 11-26 20:21:04.074 audit: type=1400 audit(1574763664.074:213): avc:  denied  { transition } for  pid=8534 comm="init" path="/system/xbin/test.sh" dev="sda24" ino=8150 scontext=u:r:init:s0 tcontext=u:r:su:s0 tclass=process permissive=0
  202.933268 / 11-26 20:21:04.074 init: cannot execve('/system/xbin/test.sh'): Permission denied

To fix it, I have used sepolicy-inject and run the following commands:
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p transition -P /sys/fs/selinux/policy -l
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p noatsecure -P /sys/fs/selinux/policy -l
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p rlimitinh -P /sys/fs/selinux/policy -l
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p siginh -P /sys/fs/selinux/policy -l

but these needs to be run again after reboot.
So, I have tried to patch precompiled_sepolicy using following commands:
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p transition -P /vendor/etc/selinux/precompiled_sepolicy -l
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p noatsecure -P /vendor/etc/selinux/precompiled_sepolicy -l
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p rlimitinh -P /vendor/etc/selinux/precompiled_sepolicy -l
sepolicy-inject -s init -t su -c process -p siginh -P /vendor/etc/selinux/precompiled_sepolicy -l

but the policies are not injected: neither live nor after reboot.
To test, I am just checking the date in /sdcard/test file.
So, I just want to know:

Why patching precompiled_policy didn't work?
Where to patch the required policies using rooted adb shell that should persist after a reboot?


texts: Motor disability – In Android Home or “All Apps”, tapping on right edge = swipe to the left – Tap bottom in Chrome = swipe up/page down?

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Microsoft has the Sticky Keys accessibility option so that you don’t have to hold down a modifier. Too much holding down, like in mouse dragging, and swiping on a touchscreen can be bothersome for people who suffer from a repetitive strain injury, or other people with motor disabilities.

On the Android Home screen or “All Apps”, tapping on the right edge = swipe to the left, which moves you to the next screen on the right.

When browsing Chrome, or YouTube, is there a way that you can similarly touch somewhere near the bottom edge of the screen to execute a swipe up (page down)? Perhaps an accessibility option can be turned on to add a page down button in the Navigation Bar?

It would be like browsing a webpage on the desktop, and instead of just tapping the space bar, or page down buttons, you have to keep swiping upwards on the screen.

Thanks.

(Posted on Accessibility Google Group https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/accessible/YM1pNjRcD1Y)


texts: VPN doesn't work on HTC Desire over WiFi

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My phone is HTC desire, Android 2.2.

It seems to connect to the VPN server while using WiFi, but the browser and other applications can't be access the Internet any more.  The connection is disconnected after minutes automatically. However, the same VPN settings work well while using 3G.

Update: The router allows VPN connections -- My PC and a Milestone 2 can use the same VPN over the WiFi network.

Update 2: It doesn't work over all WiFi connection! My phone could access the Internet when connecting the same VPN over the WiFi network of my office. It looks like the VPN only doesn't work over the WiFi network of my home.

Update 3 - solution After updating my phone to HTC official desire 2.3.3 dev ROM, it works. So it looks like there is a bug fixed by Android or HTC rom in 2.3.3.

Does anyone know how to resolve or diagnose this issue?


texts: Is it possible to record yourself while reading?

texts: I'm looking for an app that allows me to display some text on the screen and lets me record myself with the front camera. I have to send in a recorded interview, however I'm finding it difficult looking at the camera/screen while glancing over my written notes.


texts:
Does anyone know if there's a way to get an Android phone to reboot into recovery mode, from the Android command line?

Note:

I do NOT have adb access.

I do NOT know the magic power-on sequence to do it from the boot loader. I've tried the common things and nothing works.

I DO have root. (And can enter commands directly on the device using a terminal emulator.)

I know it's possible, somehow, because applications like ROM Manager do it. But how?


texts: How do I change the default Complete Action With?

texts:
The handler select dialog mentions a setting in settings under Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications but I can't find it.

Here's a list of actions for each app under Manage Applications:

Force Stop
Uninstall
Clear Data
Move to SD card/phone
Clear Cache
Clear Defaults

And this is the application info for Firefox, which I know for certain is a Complete Action With app.


texts:
A happy owner of a palm phone, though every time the phone is turned off then on or restarted, it shows a notification that a non-verizon sim is being used. I understand these were exclusively verison prior and there is not an unbranded firmware readily available for these, but would still like to ask about a way to remove this particular category from the phone services app.
When long pressing on the notification is shows as 'name_verizon_wireless_notification_channel' but the option to disable this category in the phone services notification settings is greyed out. I have removed much of the verizon bloatware by uninstalling the packages with abd shell. Is there a way to enable this toggle or otherwise remove it from phone services?


texts:
I can successfully execute ADB commands, but if the command has no output the command line just waits there and does not let me enter a new command until I press ctrl-c, the commands do work however. Is there anyway to prevent the command line waiting forever until I press ctrl-c?

Here is an example of what I mean. I have entered this command, and the command line waits there forever until I press ctrl-c

I am using Windows xp and the phone I am using is an HTC Incredible


texts: how to fix grey wifi icon (no internet), and how to track what caused that?

texts:
[SUSPENDED. see P.S. at end, any good way to deal with this suspended state?]

My phone have the grey wifi-icon problem, where you do not have access to internet.
Yesterday it was working fine, I changed nothing.
Usually it always connected grey and a few moments later it gets colored, but now it is forever grey...

I followed these tips from other questions that did not work:

turn wifi-off/on
turn air-plane mode on, wait 1min, turn it off (and wifi on)
forget/remove the wifi config and recreate it
reboot the phone
reboot wireless router
shutdown the phone
(NO) I got a tip to lower my router security from TKIP+AES to only TKIP, but it was working perfectly yesterday; so I will not do that for obvious reasons..

I can ping my phone from my PC.
I can JuiceSSH from my android into PC (intranet is ok).
I can do nothing internet related...

My phone is not rooted, should I?
My connection drops from time to time when I see "obtaining ip address" if I leave it on the wifi config page, but it was like that already before the grey icon problem..

Where I can see wifi log to try to understand what is happening?

PS.: my phone is working again, I did nothing either to fix it; my PC was connecting to internet while my phone not... now both are ok; I will keep the question as the problem may happen again and I wasnt able to track what caused and how to fix (if ever possible); just that it is not urgent for now... thx!


texts: Google accounts (and apps not syncing) on RealMe 3 Pro (Android 10)

texts:
I have 5 Google accounts on my phone running on RealMe UI (Android 10). None of my Google accounts are getting synced I tried removing one of the account and adding back but then only Gmail synced but still not getting any mail notifications. I have tried all the solutions such as rebooting, re installing, turning off power saver mode. Problem is even if a uncheck and check the auto sync option nothing is happening.
Please find me a solution for this, as sync is extremely necessary because I need to get my notifications from Gmail Google classroom and Google calendar.


texts: Play Music showing 'wrong' storage usage?

texts:
I'm running Marshmallow and I have 4GB internal storage, 32GB SD card. My SD card is formatted as 'internal storage', so Play Music won't allow me to change the destination of downloaded music from the phone's internal storage. As a result, I manually copied the mp3 files from my computer to the SD card via USB, and Play Music recognised them and allowed me to play them offline.

However, when I go to the 'manage downloads' in Music settings, it shows that Play Music is using 2GB in the internal storage even though no music is stored in the internal storage. The black section below normally details the downloaded albums, but this is blank.

Can anyone offer any explanation for this behaviour?


texts: Read data from internal flash of a broken phone

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I have a broken phone which doesn't even switch on. I would like to get all the data from the phone, is there a way to remove flash memory from motherboard and read all the data?
My phone was an Asus ZenFone Max M1 Pro, no root privileges, Android 8.0 I think.


texts: Broken Samsung Galaxy S4 screen.. (not working) need little help

texts:
I have Samsung galaxy s4. I have broken screen which is not working and it's completely dark. Am I right that I need to change digitalizer and LCD screen ?

I am looking to buy from ebay co uk, which one would be the best the genuine or other brand ?

There is many videos on youtube, is it that hard to replace on my own, as I have to take out camera etc. Is there any safety tips what should I follow ?

Thank you.


texts: Nexus7 Stuck in Reboot Following Full Discharge

texts:
I am experiencing the same symptoms as described in the following:

" Nexus 7 is stuck in reboot loop after full discharge "

My Nexus 7 is full discharged.   I have it connected to Factory AC-to-USB adapter.   It cycles through boot up, sounds a tone ... stays on perhaps for 10-20 seconds ... long enough to display "0% Charging" ... and then powers itself down, again with another tone.    On some instances when it powers down the screen display shows 'static' with accompanying white noise sound, like an old television set.

I've had it plugged in for over 4 hours ... and its cycled probably 2-3 dozen times.

Any ideas?


texts: Is there an app or method that will let me use a cloud-synced folder on the SD card?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Complete dropbox implementation for Android

In my case I have a bunch of roms and save files I want to keep in sync across devices, the desktop dropbox app lets me store these files in a "real" folder in windows so any application can access them normally, but once they're changed on my pc/server they get updated. Is there any app that lets me do something similar on android? The cloud apps I've looked at so far (dropbox, box.net, boxroid) only allow for downloading single files at a time.


texts: legitimate version Android 2.3 available for developers?

texts:
I have seen a bunch of posts online saying that you can download some hack of android 2.3 on your phone..are these safe to use?

or better yet, is there a legitimate version that I can download and use from the android dev site?


texts:
I sometimes have this weird behaviour

My phone has zero mobile network
I decide I should "reboot" the GSM service, and go to airplane mode
I want to disable the airplane mode in order to return to normal state. After a long press on power button, I do have the "device options", however nothing happens when I press Airplane mode (airplane mode enable). I am stuck in airplane mode.

However this option is not disabled (greyed out). Of course, I have a SIM, and it will be detected after a reboot.

The other options from "device options" behave normally (I can turn of sound, turn off device or reboot). It just seems this part of the screen cannot be touched anymore.

Have you experience this? Is it a known bug? How can I disable airplane mode, but rebooting?

Samsung galaxy SII with latest official Android 4.0.4


texts: How can I search for or find text within a web page on the android browser?


texts: how does disabling 'password at startup' works before file-based encryption?

texts:
Android 6 (before file based encryption):

after encrypting device and setting screen lock, i can choose an option 'require the PIN, password, or pattern at startup' or can i choose 'no thanks'. in the latter case the phone will boot correctly without asking for password but will ask for password just for screen unlock.

how does it work? how can android boot from fully encrypted disk without getting password (when the screenlock password is set)? does it effectively disable encryption (by using default password)?


texts: Stuck at "Checking info" when trying to add an account to a new Android Studio Virtual device

texts:
I am trying to add an account to my new Android STudio virtual device, but when I click on Google from the account options it shows a blue screen with "Checking info..." message. Stuck here as it was checking for a few minutes now.

PS: I received an error "Error communicating with Google Services" and that is it...


texts: Where can I find hidden wallpapers on Nexus 7?

texts:
I used to have this picture as Nexus 7's wallpaper, but the desktop restored to a blank wallpaper after I killed the UI process a few weeks ago. I tried to bring back this picture but it was no where in the wallpaper collection. Meanwhile, the gallery does not have this particular picture.

As I searched for this picture on Google, I found there're other people who use it as their Android wallpaperhere. Therefore, I suspect that this picture should have come with Nexus 7's pre-built bundle. Moreover, I honestly didn't remember I deliberately downloaded it from somewhere else in the first place.

So, Nexus 7 or other android device owners, could you please check your wallpaper collection and let me know if you find it there? Also, if anyone knows where to obtain it, could you please let me know as well?

Many thanks.

P.S. This is post is totally about my android device and what I'm trying to solve is an issue caused by Nexus 7. Android users are the mostly like group to help, so please don't downvote it for close.


texts: How to close `Android Auto` notification

texts:
I plugged my phone into the USB on my rental car so that it would stay charged while I used the phone for navigation -- but it didn't stay charged.

Now I have a notification that I can't get rid of:

Google Play services -> Android Auto -> Connected to your car

How do I get rid of this notification?

Bonus question: Did Android Auto prevent my phone from charging?


texts: Android crashes after update unless I put another memory card

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I have HTC Desire HD and installed an official update of the system: Android 2.3.5, HTC Sense 3.0, system 3.12.405.1.

After the update my phone runs very slowly and reboots every 2 minutes. If I remove the memory card it runs well. If I change the memory card to another empty one then everything is also good.

But I have a lot of apps and other data on that card and I don't want to format it.

I looked at a log, there are a lot of mistakes like this:

W/ResourceType(13907): Failure getting entry for 0x7f0200df (t=1 e=223) in package 0 (error -2147483647)

Link to the beginning of the log (250kb):

http://pastebin.com/P3zq0k5x

Full log (3.3Mb, phone rebooted several times while writting this log) is here:

http://file.karelia.ru/9kjwqz/

I don't understand anything in programming or Android. Can you help me? Maybe I should just remove one of the apps and problem would be solved?


texts:
I flashed my Samsung Galaxy S with 4.1.1 through Odin. But I didn't like it, so I wanted to restore it to Android 2.3 -- and and while restoring it my computer suddenly restarted and my mobile phone turned off.

Now the problem is that when I try to open my mobile it doesn't respond:
it gives my a little vibrate but the screen gives me nothing. When I try to start it in download or recovery mode it does the same: it just gives me a little vibrate.

I tried to connect it to my PC but nothing happened. When I charge it, it gives me nothing.

I replaced the battery and it did the same.

Is there anything I can do to revive my phone?


texts: Android Chrome browser - how to make it always open to BLANK page? And new tab open to blank as well?

texts: When opening Chrome browser on Android (brand new Pixel 2 XL with no root or customization and with all latest updates), it goes to a cluttered page with the Google logo and a bunch of nonsense I'll never use. How do I get this to be BLANK when I open it, and that goes for new tabs as well?


texts: Gmail keeps notifying me even for mail I labelled with the intention to not be notified regarding

texts:
This is not a duplicate of Stop Gmail notifications when receiving email from particular sender
Because the question here includes that after I tried that, I still get gmail notifications.

I receive some email that I don't want to receive notifications for. Usually the kind of email that is sent to an email list.

I added some filters for various emails I receive like this e.g.

So they get the label regularblkmail

I don't want my phone to be notifying me whenever I receive an email like that.

And if that means that those emails don't even go into any primary inbox, and they go into some other category that I never see unless I click that category, or "all mail" then fine. But I don't want to get notifications.

If I go to the gmail app, and I push the 3 bars, and I go to 'settings', then pick my email address, that the email is going to, then choose Manage Labels.  Some labels say "not synced", some say "last 30 days".   The label "regularblkmail" says "last 30 days". (it used to say 'not synced' but I managed to get it to say synced to 'last 30 days'). When synced, which it is, it enables some options like "Label notifications". I unticked the box. But I still get notifications when the email comes.

I notice that one of the example emails has had 2 labels applied to it. "inbox", and  "regular blkmail".

I don't know if the fact that it has the 'inbox' label, is the reason for it notifying me? (if so i'm not sure how to make the filter not give that inbox label to that email).

How can I prevent notifications for certain emails I filter for?


texts: Phone will no longer connect via USB after bad ROM

texts:
I have a phone that was flashed with a bad ROM. It no longer has a system, so actually getting into the phone is a no-go. It can, however, boot into recovery and download mode. I planned on flashing to a stock ROM, but I can no longer connect via USB: Windows simply cannot recognize the device.

I've gone through various driver installations, but to no avail. I figured I'd give up on the USB and just put a stock ROM on an SDcard and install it through recovery. Would this work, or do I need to do it through USB?


texts:
The page http://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurapi contains
several occurrences of the character Ḫ (1E2A;LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H WITH BREVE BELOW), http://codepoints.net/U+1E2A which does not display on Galaxy S3. Neither with the built-in browser, nor Chrome, nor Miniopera.

Similarly, ẞ, Capital Sharp S, http://codepoints.net/U+1E9E cannot be displayed.

Does Android support full Unicode? How can I install full Unicode support?

Edit: I have (so far) not modified anything at all.


texts: Any fixes or recommendations for fixing the issue with no sound from receiver on Xiaomi A1. It plays fine through the loud speaker but not through the normal receiver. The issue started with the new android 8 update.


texts: Galaxy S2 USB port blown, need to transfer files via wifi

texts:
Power supply port on my Galaxy S2 is shot and I need to backup all of my data/content/contacts, but can't do it via USB.  I've tried a couple wifi transfer apps, but am not convinced the transferr is viable. (I can see some stuff, but others are 'Directories' or 'Executables' and won't 'Unzip' on my mac.

Phone is Samsung Galaxy S2, model SCH-R760X, Android vers. 4.1.2.

IIRC, I'd tried using SmarterDroids 'Wifi File Transfer' and have looked at several others, but would appreciate advice from other users.

I would note that I'll want to transfer the data to a mac, then eventually an iPhone 5.

I can provide more info if needed.

Any suggestions or solutions for this situation?
Thanks,
K


texts:
Every once in a while, my phone gets into a weird state where when I press the home or power button, the clock appears (see photo), but it is otherwise "dead": no amount of pressing power, home, or other buttons seems to bring me back to the normal home screen.

I have the impression that maybe the phone enters this state when the battery is very low, but charging the phone does not let it exit this state.

The phone is not completely dead: not only the clock is displayed (and updated), but alarms do ring (and you can snooze or stop them by touching the corresponding button which appears then on the screen).

Any idea what that thing might be (bug or feature?), what might trigger it, and how I can exit this state (other than taking out the battery, which so far has been my only recourse)?

This is a Galaxy S5 running LineageOS-15.1


texts:
In Android 2.1 there was the possibility to drag the notifications bar during dialing a number and to be able to see when the phone started ringing (it was starting counting when connecting, then resetting the counter when dialing) and hence be able to "beep" somebody without listening the dialing sound.
In Android 2.2 this function disappeared. Is there a way to bring it back or an app in the market for this?

Thank you!


texts: Tagging photos when importing them from my Galaxy Note

texts:
I tried to import the photos I have in my Galaxy Note. While importing them the computer asked if I would add a tag to them -- and I did.

The strange thing is that when the computer finished importing the pictures, I found pictures of strange people in the same folder and with the same tag!

Does this mean that my photos will appear to whoever chooses the same tag?


texts: How to downgrade Firefox without losing my settings

texts:
Firefox just got upgraded to version 57. Unfortunately this version breaks compatibility with an add-on that I rely on. Until support for add-ons improves, I want to stick with a version that works.

It's too late to block the upgrade, now I need to downgrade. I have an APK of the old version, downloaded from apkmirror (though I would prefer an official source of I could find one). But how do I install it without losing my settings?

After some fumbling with methods that rejected downgrades, I found a way:

adb install -r -d org.mozilla.firefox_56.*.apk

This did downgrade, but then Firefox systematically crashed on startup.

I guess it's too late for me --- I uninstalled and reinstalled, leaving I had to reinstall my add-ons, bookmarks, saved passwords, etc. But I'm sure I'm not the only one who got bien or is about to get bitten by the Quantum update. So how can one downgrade Firefox without losing settings?


texts: Backup my current device statment into an external ftf file

texts:
Title says it all.

Very simple but I was googling that for ages and couldn't find any proper solution.

I was wondering if there is any quick method to extract my current android os statement and extract it to an external image (FTF file) to flash it from a PC (not from TWRP).


texts: Root a Samsung Galaxy 4 tab 7", Kies isn't working

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I am trying to root a Samsung Galaxy 4 tab 7". The box says SM-T230NU with a label "Model: SM-T230NYKMXAR".

I got drivers from here:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SM-T230NYKUXAR
which is slightly different number (has a U instead of M) but matches (ie. Samsung Galaxy Tab® 4 7.0 8GB, Black). I installed these and the device connected to the PC with no problems.

Using Odin 3.07, it detecets the device. I click the PDA button and select CF-Auto_Root.tar, then Start and I get this error:

 Firmware update start..
 recovery.img
 NAND Write Start!!
 cache.img.ext4
 FAIL!
 All now when I restart I get this message:

Now when I restart I get this message:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.
Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

I downloaded and installed  Kies 3. When I run it it says "The connected device is is not supported by Kies 3".
It should be, this is 4.4 KitKat

So I tried Kies 2.6, and it doesn't connect either. It doesn't give this error message, just keeps trying to connect but doesn't.

What can I do now?


texts: Send a text message on Instagram app using URI

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WhatsApp allows users to send a message using URI with the format whatsapp://send?text=<message>.
Is there a similar way to send messages on the Instagram app?


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*this is not a coding query, rather a how stuff works question *
I am working on a project for which I will 'receive' a huge number(say 1000/day or more) of transactional SMS (transactional SMS means those that have OTP etc, ones that are sent because I asked for it, unlike promotional SMS which comes unasked!). I want to receive them on my android mobile itself. Please answer these if you know:
1.If I keep deleting the SMSes and never let the memory get full, then, can I receive any number of those SMSes per day? By the way, what is the max number of messages that can be stored at once in a mobile inbox?
2.what if the queue has become of say 1000 pending SMS, what will happen, will senders server get terminate the queue/get hanged or send them one by one? I read such queued SMSes will be sent in bunches, like 10 at a time, then an interval, then next 10 and a longer interval and so on; if so, how long is that interval then?
3.Lastly, what about the transactional messages that are failed to be received? Will the sms server resend it at some later time? Or it's gone!
Answer as much as you can, these are very bad ques I know! Thanks for your time! :)


texts: cant download ANYTHING on My LG G2 anymore

texts: My phone went in for repairs and since then I am unable to update or re-install whatsapp or chrome. I go to google play store to download whatsapp but when I click the install button nothing happens, its the same when chrome prompts Me to update, I click updaye but nothing happends, I can see that the button to install is responding when I press it but nothing happens after. is this something to do with settings or drivers or what?


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I use an Android phone, and I usually download songs by converting them from YouTube to mp3 through websites. This time, when I hit the download button, the downloading didn't start. It said "download paused", and when I hit resume, it disappeared. How can I fix it?

This is what it looks like:


texts: On another linux system I might expect to find a .profile file, or something in /etc used by default. I'm unable to determine what sets the system path for processes not running in a shell.


texts: Why is Widgetlocker app evading my task-killer?

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The Widgetlocker app (a screen lock replacement app) has a service running which I can see in my app manager (under phone settings), but NOT in my task-killer app (Advanced Task Manager).  How is its service evading my task-killer?

I can stop its service in the phones app manager, which terminates the app. I dont have Widgetlocker set as my default home app, and I'm not including it in my task-killer "ignore" list. I did give it root permission to bypass its "5 second rule".


texts: How to disable virtual keyboard when in landscape mode?

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I have a Droid 2 (on Gingerbread); The device has a physical keyboard.

I use virtual keyboard in portrait mode sometimes, but never in landscape mode (since I have physical keyboard.)

Is there a way that would allow me to disable virtual keyboard when in landscape mode, but leave it available for portrait mode?


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If I go to System Updates in the Settings menu it will start downloading the latest software update. However it invariably fails, and when it does it just says it was unable to download the update but doesn't say why. I've got over 2gb of free space on my phone but I wonder if maybe that's not enough?!
How can I find out why the update won't download? I don't want to just start deleting stuff and making room if storage isn't the issue.


texts: Adding email address from Gmail to Contacts

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Suppose I have a contact in Contacts named John Smith. John's email address is jsmith@gmail.com. I've emailed him in the past, but I've never  added his email to his contact details. Now, suppose I compose an email to John, then as soon as I type js, Gmail guesses that I want to email John and his full email address pops up for me. At this point, I'd like to copy his email address and add it to his contact details in Contacts.

Any way for me to do that easily?

I'm using ICS on the galaxy nexus.


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I am suspicious about the following:

My data usage tripled last month.
I have found an app which I don't recognize.
I have received multimedia messages from someone who denies sending any.

Is it possible that I could have been sent some sort of virus in a multimedia message which has installed the app (BestDeals), which then uses my data allowance to rip me off?

I have uninstalled other apps, but it doesn't seem to be possible for apps like this. How might I uninstall it?


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I've noticed a delay of about a quarter of a second between tapping the screen and the app responding. Thud happens in all apps - it's most obvious in the game "aa", a fast, reflex-based game which is essentially unplayable with so much lag. The lag is also clearly visible in CyanogenMod's calculator app, where it clearly can't be attributed to complex or expensive rendering.

The only place I don't see the lag is the keyboard - keypresses register instantly.

Rebooting the phone in safe mode does not solve the problem.


texts: How do I display two different calendars exclusively on 2 different widget?

texts: How do I display two different calendars exclusively from my Google calendar on 2 different mobile app widget?


texts: Program camera app to take multiple exposures?

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I'm trying to create some HDR images by taking photos with multiple exposures. I have the "Kenu Stance" tripod for my Samsung Galaxy S9+, but ultimately, it's hard to keep the camera 100% steady in between shots as I have to tap the screen to change exposures and, well, it's a large phone so it will still pivot a bit when touched as the tripod is fixed on a small part of the phone (the USB-C jack).

Does anyone know of a way to program the phone/camera app to take three photos in a row, with different settings (like ISO and Shutter speed)? Or perhaps, if there already is a camera app out there that allows this? This way I could just connect my headset to the phone, click the shutter button once and be certain the phone is 100% steady during all the photos.


texts: Can android collect info about wifi routers even if Google Play Service is disabled?

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Androids newer versions have changed the 'GPS' button into a 'Location' button which now offers 3 options for determining your position (recording wifi router information and comparing it to a google database, using the devices GPS, and doing both) each of those options prompt a disturing and annotying popup each time you turn the GPS on, "advising"/badgering the user into sharing his information with Google.

The only solution which was suggested to me for this popup problem (without installing any 3rd party apps or rooting the phone) involves disabling the Google Play Service- it worked great exept that it created something strange which I'm not sure about... If previously the user could choose which way of locating he wants and the device remembered it- now every time the GPS is turned on it is automaticlly goes into "local device&wifi tracking" mode (the first option).

I want to know if a)Does the device indeed monitors that information (even if it can't send it anywhere with google services being disabled)? b) any way to stop it? c)can this default be changed so that only the local GPS chip will be used?

Thank you very much!


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I often would like to vote app on Play Store, but I do not want to shows to my contacts my votes or the app I installed on my device.

How can I do that?


texts: My phone name is HTC desire 820g plus. whenever i receive a bluetooth file my phone says "magic.why?

texts: My phone name is HTC desire 820g plus I bought the phone yesterday..whenever I receive a blue-tooth file my phone says magic or image I am not sure what exactly it says,but it talks.I tried to disabe talk back and google voice but still it wont work.even when I keep my phone on silent mode it still talks very disturbing please help.


texts: Can one determine the kernel version of a Samsung device from the Android version?

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Basically, does an Android version map to a specific kernel version on Samsung devices? For example, can I assume that Samsung devices running Android 4.4.2 will have kernel version 3.4.0 (or some other version)? If not, can I tell from the build number? I am aware that this question exists, but I am looking for a concise answer.

Also, related to this, does the build number of a device map to a specific Android version or are all these three properties, Android version, build number, and kernel version, independent ?


texts: Where are the inline remote settings in Android?

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I recently purchased a set of headphones with iPhone controls. I've never had these work on Android before and was expecting to just get audio out, and lo and behold, I have media controls.

The trouble seems to be, I also have Voice Dialing, which is triggering itself anytime the headphones are plugged in. Any app playing music now also pauses and plays randomly.

I don't know exactly what's going on, but I suspect that there are 2-3 different apps all trying to do something with the headset, and it's causing problems. I don't really need it to work, but I can't find any settings dealing with the inline remote anywhere. I've been digging through the system settings and all of my app settings all day and nothing even mentions these behaviors.

I don't care if I have to recompile the kernel myself; I very much want to edit this behavior. Where do I start looking? Is the headset a hardware button? Is there a flag I can check for with an app's code that can detect when a headset with a remote is plugged in to make it do different things?


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I have a Samsung FGalaxy 7 using Android version 8.0.0.  I have an app that is on my list of apps to run (and it does run), but it does not show in Play Store so that I can uninstall it.  I tried finding it within Play Store, thinking that reinstalling it would clean up the app listings so I could uninstall it, but it looks like the app is no longer on there.

How can apps be uninstalled outside of Play Store?


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In short:

Is there a way to disable remote wipe for Android Phones (specifically in Froyo)?

Background:

I recently upgraded my G1 to a G2, and was about to set up my company e-mail account. But the problem is, it notified me I'd have to allow the company to set my security settings. Looking into it, Froyo (Android 2.2) added support for things like remote wipe and user access controls from the admin. I understand this is a great move, but we've had problems in the past with our IT team accidentally sending these messages to the wrong phones, and the last thing I want is an accidental bricking while I'm at a conference.

Is there a way to connect to ActiveSync so I can still get push notifications of work email, but not allow remote wipe messages to wipe my phone?

I'm fine with them setting security policy like requiring a PIN or something, but I don't want a remote wipe unless it's sent by me from a security app that I installed at will.


texts: Turn on bluetooth if wifi is not connected to some network and turn off wifi after that

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I've managed to do that, but I have a problem.

First, bluetooth turned on even If I was turning wifi off manually, which is not what I wanted. I wanted bluetooth to turn once I'm out of home.

So I added if not wifi ~ on clause to bluetooth turn on action. And this is working alright.

But now I have another problem. If I'm using turn off wifi in sleep mode. Then wifi after entering the sleep mode bluetooth is turned on. I don't want that. How can I do what I really need to, which is if I'm on the street, then turn on bluetooth and turn off wifi?


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I'm using gmail and inbox in my browser, they just work fine. However, on Android the Gmail app or Inbox app both displays nothing left whereas I do have emails in my inbox. If I try to switch in other categories such as spams or trash, it displays "No network" even though I'm connected.

I have a rooted phone with JB 4.2.2 (deodexed) and:

Xposed
Greenify Pro
GravityBox
Xprivacy (not for system apps)
...
I removed some system apps using ROM Toolbox but only samsung's bloat

I tried:

turning off Greenify auto-hibernate and Xprivacy for inbox
deleting data of Gmail, Inbox, or Google Play Services. When I try to use Inbox it now asks me to connect and then says that an error occured and try again later.
download manager is not disabled
removed /system/etc/hosts


texts: Disable lock screen with root or xposed in android 9

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I have an ASUS ZenFone Go (ZC500TG) running phh's Treble GSI Android 9 AOSP. I have both Magisk root and EdXposed (SandHook) Magisk Module installed.
My problem is that my school email requires me to have a lock screen set up to receive emails. This is really annoying. If I don't set up a lock screen, this message below pops up and there is no way to remove the notification. It seems that "Swipe to unlock" doesn't count as a lockscreen.

I also tried an Exposed Module, Lock screen Disabler. Unfortunately, it only supports Android 6 and below. I tried installing the Module on my phone and it doesn't work. The module hasn't been updated in a while from the creator.
I'm currently open to any solution that can disable the lockscreen and receive emails from my school, using a Magisk module, Xposed module or with root.
Extra info:
From my findings, it seems that Google Play Services has a service that detects whether there is a lockscreen present on the phone. The service is "Screen lock service". Unfortunately, I also tried disabling the service but it would reenable itself after a reboot. The service can be found at: Settings --> Security & location --> Device admin apps. It is a pain in the ass to disable the service everytime I did a reboot. (I do a lot of testing on the phone so it is normal for me to reboot frequently in a day).
I am also open to a solution where I can permanently disable this service and I don't need to set up a lockscreen. Root, Magisk module or Xposed module is okay.


texts: How to extract audio from a web page on Android?

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I'm trying to extract the source audio from a podcast so I don't constantly have to go to the website and find the exact point I was at. It is directly from a web player which is embedded on a webpage that I visit.
As far as I'm aware it's not possible with any extensions because they are not compatible with the chrome browser on android (which I am using on my Nexus 5X).
Has anyone been successful in downloading an MP3 file from a webpage using their Android phone?
If any clarification is needed please let me know in the comments. Thanks!


texts: I used es file manager and went to file vold.fstab and changed something wrong now I can't access my external sdcard or my file manager or my settings device storage. My phone is screwed up I cant figure out how to change it back to normal. I have the Samsung galaxy exhibit. Sght599. PLEASE HELP ME!


texts: A few questions about android 7 on a new phone

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Why does my mobile provider only show in the topbar on the lock screen? How can I get it to show on the topbar when unlocked?

Also in the drop down menu with the icons for some often used settings I see "no sim card", what is this for? I thought maybe as I can't see the provider in the topbar that there was a problem with the sim card, but I without wifi I was able to call someone.

When I look at the sim "settings->sim cards" there is a telephone number on my sim card, but it is not mine (the card was new to replace my old one). Is it ok to update this number?


texts: Installing Android using only fastboot on HTC Vision

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I lost my system somehow. My phone turned off and reboots during starting up.

I'm only able to go to hboot (fastboot/recovery etc.) on my phone, and I'm unable to run Android system.

I have tried many possible solutions with help of #g2root on freenode:

First I downloaded the stock ROM and saved it to SD card (PC10IMG.zip).

It begins to load, and I see [1]-[12] positions.
When I agree to install, there's "- Updating" text near to "[1] Bootloader". Nothing else happens for more than 30 minutes.

Then we tried to get rom.zip from official HTC Unlocker for Desire Z, saving it to the SD card.

This time the only list item there was "[1] Bootloader" and also "Updating" text and nothing happens.

The last thing I tried was to run EXE file from HTC that is supposed to update my HBOOT.

It also doesn't work.

Here are my HBOOT params:

  VISION PVT SHIP S-ON
  ?HBOOT-0.85.0013
  MICROP-0425
  RADIO-26.10.04.03_M
  eMMC-boot
  Apr 11 2011,23:36:27

Is there anything else I can try to recover my phone?


texts: Show which photos are not backed up to Google yet

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I was using Google Photos in my Samsung J7 + Android 6, and it overlaid a small symbol on each photo which was in my phone and not synced to G Photos yet (I had disabled auto backup, so I did it manually).

I switched phones to Samsung J7 Prime + Android 7, and now I cannot see that small symbol anymore.
So I do not know which photos are synced and which are not.

Can that be done under Android 7?


texts: Huawei Honor 6X Emui 5.0 Android 7.0. Not Core GMS package problem

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I live in the UK. I got a Chinese phone where I can not run Google apps. Having to install a Core GMS package in order to do this?

Huawei Honor 6X Emui 5.0 Android 7.0.

Is there anyone who has useful information about how to do this?
Was ages searching in forums and nothing worked.

Thanks everyone


texts: How do I fix Samsung Galaxy S5 FREEZING after updating to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop?

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How do I fix the Samsung Galaxy S5 FREEZING AFTER UPDATING TO ANDROID 5.1.1 Lollipop? Ever since I installed 5.1.1 my phone locks up. It's like Samsung engineers purposefully sabotaged this update to force people to get the newest Samsung phone. The freezing happens several times a day with lots of lag. Facebook screen goes black, the keyboard takes a long time to pop-up, and words take a long time to show up after I type them across many different applications. I’ve rebooted my phone and cleared the cache several times. I had no freezing or lag issues before the update. This phone on paper is faster than the OnePlus One but is actually slower than it now. I am unable to root this S5 phone because Samsung's Knox security will be tripped.

I've taken the following steps to clear the system cache with no success:

Turn the phone off.
Press and hold the following buttons together: Power, Volume Up and Home.
Release the buttons once the Android system recovery menu appears.
Use the Volume buttons to navigate to Wipe Cache Partition option.
Press the Power button to confirm selection.
Select Reboot System Now option after deleting the cache.
Wait for the phone to reboot.

Should I just sell it on ebay? lol


texts: Is there a way to get a "zoom balloon" (like on the iphone) when sliding over a text input field?

texts: Is there any way to show a zoom balloon (like on the iphone), whenever sliding over a text field to show us where the marker is, and allow us to move it correctly.


texts: what's the difference between mount point /sdcard & /sd-ext in recovery.fstab

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This is the recovery.fstab

# mount point   fstype    device        [device2]

/boot       mtd         boot
/cache      ext4        /dev/block/mmcblk0p39
/data       ext4        /dev/block/mmcblk0p40
/misc       mtd         /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
/recovery   mtd         /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
/sdcard     vfat        /dev/block/mmcblk0p1        /dev/block/mmcblk0
/system     ext4        /dev/block/mmcblk0p38
/sd-ext     ext4        /dev/block/mmcblk0p2

What actually made me confused is , /sdcard has device & device2 while others don't.
And I wanna know , which is my Micro SD-CARD, sd-ext / sdcard?
and what is device2 ?


texts: Want to change country in Google Play store

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This is not duplicate of other questions. I've been struggling with this issue for last 3 weeks and have contacted Google over chat, forums and other avenues too without any luck.

I moved from USA to India and now some of the apps can't be downloaded due to payments profile being in USA with an active Google Domains subscription.

So far I've tried following steps -

Went to payments.google.com and created another profile with India as country. Now I can see two payment profiles as USA and India.
Added credit cards etc so that it's a valid one
Went to Apps > Play Store and cleared cache and data. Removed my google account and restarted my phone to add Google account again.
Can't delete my cc info from USA payments profile due to active Google Domains subscription. Tried cancelling it, but it takes me to Domains billing page which again asks me to go back to payments page to cancel. So kind of catch 22 situation here.
Unless I cancel Google Domains subscription, can't close my USA payments profile.
Went to Google play to purchase something and it doesn't allow me to buy anything with India card, so other solution to at least reach 'Accept & Buy' stage can't be done.

I'm stuck with USA google play store now and would appreciate any help to change country so as to get to useful apps.


texts: Restoring the backup of an encrypted phone

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I had an LG G2, running LineageOS 7.1 with enabled encryption. I took regular backups using TWRP 3 (which can deal with encryption).

The phone broke. I now want to restore the backup using TWRP on a new LG G2.

How can I restore the backup from the old phone using encryption onto the new phone (no encryption yet)?

I tried to restore the backup as-is and it doesn't boot (black screen). Anything special that I need to do before restoring?

Should I first encrypt the new phone and then restore the backup? Or do I need to strip the encryption from the backup somehow before restoring it?


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I can't hear audio from other side, but the caller is able to hear me.
It's not always been like this. When I make a phone call (including to voicemail), I can't hear the other party and the other party can't hear me.


texts: The timer of the selfie camera is not independent anymore from the front camera (Android 10)

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With the latest Anroid Update to version "10.1.0.227 GPU Turbo" (Phone Honor 20, Model PCT-L29) the timer of the selfie camera is not independent anymore from the front camera.
If I set 2 seconds, it is effecting now front and rear camera together. Before the timer was set independetly.
Is there any fix for this? Or do I need to install a third party app to overcome this "bug"?


texts: Email client not talking proper IMAP? Unfriendly to other clients

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The stock email client in Android 4.2.2 and Thunderbird 17 on my computers do not like each other. I’m syncing against an IMAP server. (I control the server.) These are my problems:

• Android puts sent and deleted messages in the wrong folders. I haven’t found out how to change these on the Android side. Also: is there any standard way of informing the client from the server of which folders it expects the client to use for Trash, Junk, Sent, etc? Is only INBOX standardised?

• If I delete an email on Android, the email is still in my Inbox in Thunderbird. If I delete it in Thunderbird, it is also deleted on Android. Both have different opinions about which IMAP folders to use for Trash, but the message should still be moved out of my inbox. What is going on?

• Moving a message removes it from the originating folder on Android but not in Thunderbird. Moving it in Android removes it from the originating folder on Android. Possibly the same issue as the above with Trash.

How can I get email on Android to behave itself? I can deploy fixes on the server if necessary.


texts: Is it possible to create a VPN connection shortcut on home screen?

texts: I want to be able to connect to my VPN connection whenever I am connected to wifi, is it possible to add a shortcut on the home screen where the widget including wireless, Bluetooth, GPS, sync and brightness options is?


texts:
I am an idiot, first and foremost.
I was running an older version of CM7 and just bought an Evo 3D. I decided to sell my Evo 4G online, and went to unroot it. I ran the original software RUU (1.06.651.4) on the phone, (because I am dumb and didn't think things through) and now it is semi-bricked.
Symptoms:
The phone turns on with only a black screen (it is "lit up" but nothing appears on the screen). The phone vibrates once, then the phone plays a sound (a little tune) to indicate it is booting up.
The phone plays a sound to indicate a low battery warning. The phone plays a sound to indicate when I connect the USB cable to it.
If I try to boot to bootloader by holding Vol-Down when powering up, the black screen appears with no sound and no further action.
If I try to re-run the RUU, or run a different RUU, I get a USB Connection Error.
I can't run an RUU, I can't flash anything because I have no access to Recovery, etc.
Can anyone help fix my stupidity? I shouldn't have rushed into unrooting. Damnit.


texts: My friend has the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge for about 2 months and her front facing camera is turning all her pictures a red negative effect on it. I will show an example  the other camera settings work perfectly fine, it's just the front facing camera with the selfie function. The video front facing camera works fine also. She is going to take it back to the shop but she said her old phone, a Note 4, had a similar problem. Occasionally when she is using her front facing camera, it'd go to the red negative effect. I hope I can get a reasonable answer on why this is happening other than her supernatural belief of ghosts. I'll include another picture that is using her back camera.


texts: Disable Volume and Power button screenshot

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Pressing Volume (-Up or -Down) and Power button takes automatic screenshot.
Can I disable this feature?
(I often grab my phone and press those buttons by mistake).

I use OnePlus with OxygenOS 9.


texts: How to fix setting Android display brightness to 0%

texts: I have a Windows Mobile phone(HTC Tilt 2) and put Android on it(on the SD card only). When I was messing around with some stuff I accidentally set the display brightness of Android to 0%. So now nothing will ever show up on my screen.How can I fix this without doing a clean install of Android?


texts: Samsung galaxy s3 being slow and getting hot

texts: I have a samsung galaxy s3 running Android 4.3, and it's always really slow and gets very hot sometimes. Does anyone elses phone do this? If so, have you found anything that helps?


texts: How does the phone know it has been docked

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How does the Android phone phone it has been docked in a car holder?

I think the HTC Desire car dock can launch Car Home, but how does the phone known it's been docked?


texts: I know how to show the developer options menu. How do I hide it again?


texts: YouTube Premium doesn't play the video in the background but only shows thumbnail instead, and screen starts flickering

texts: With YouTube Premium, the video will not play in the background, but only the thumbnail will appear. When you tap it open, the screen starts flickering.


texts: Are there any Japanese handwriting input app

texts: Are there Android app that recognize Japanese handwriting words and translate into Japanese text? (In another word, I handwriting some Japanese words on the android phone and it translate into Japanese text.)


texts: how to take screenshot and disable flag_secure

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I am kind of surprised that there seems to be no clear way to do this.  I have a rooted pixel 4 with android 11. I can't pass ctsProfile but it is rooted.
I have also tried to use Taichi apk to create an app with disable flag_secure but the newly crated apk does not work.
Please can anyone show me how to disable flag_secure exactly? I did not know it is this annoying even after rooting.


texts: How to enable a PIN but allow quick access to camera?

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In Android 4.1, when you set the lock screen security to "slide", you can quickly access the camera by sliding left.

Is there a way to get a similar sliding mechanism, but at the same time require a PIN to access the rest of the phone?


texts: Prevent particular website pages from appearing in Google search [phone]

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How do I prevent links to a particular website from showing in search results on chrome, on my mobile?

For example I want to see a video of maybe cows dancing

But I don't want to see any links related to dailymotion.com.

Is there any way I can filter those results out?

(If this doesn't belong here, please leave a comment as to where I can ask this. I feel this could be helpful for others too so I asked it here)


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 shows up in Device Manager but not in Explorer

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I'm trying to connect my Galaxy S3 to my computer so I could transfer some files, but my computer doesn't seem to be recognizing it.

I've already followed instructions found here about putting the phone in download mode and then re-plugging it in.

Strangely, when I look in Device Manager, my computer does notice my device.

Why does Device Manager notice it but Explorer not? Is there any way without Explore to access my files on my phone?


texts: Adaptive brightness is not present in notification bar and altogether does not work

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My Nexus 7 2013 has updated with OTA update to Android 5.0.1.

The notification bar has changed. Now when I change brightness, there is no button for auto-adjustment. It currently looks like this:

In settings, I can find Adaptive brightness settings - optimize brightness level for available light. However this does not work as expected. It just seems I have two different brightness settings. If I turn it on and set manually via notification bar to maximum, it is maximum, although the settings is ON. Then I turn it off and set it to maximum and it lets me do it too. When it is turned on, the brightness is just slightly darker than the turned OFF mode. However, it is always exactly as I set it with this small offset. It does not correspond to the external light.

It seems like it is a bug, but I can't tell. Do you experience the same with your Nexus 7 2013? Is the "auto" button missing in all lollipops? Does it mean that when you want to go to auto-brightness mode you have to enter settings and brightness via more like 5 clicks? (two swipe downs, settings, brightness, turn on)


texts: IFTTT recipes with “new screenshots” condition are not triggered on OnePlus One

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Copied from Web applications (commenter suggested it fits more here)

I made a simple IFTTT recipe, where I want each new screenshot taken to be sent to my trello board. I worked out different trello recipes well, which worked. I tried several new screenshot conditioned ifttt recipes and they did not work. Is there a way to debug IFTTT recipes somehow?

Randomly, rarely the recipe does work. But I cannot see or isolate the conditions that lead to the succesful execution of the recipe, if there are any.


texts: How to format an SD card as adoptable storage on Android 5?

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I have ZTE phone:

  Model z828

  Fcc id srq-z828 IC 5200E-Z828

  H/W U06A

  DATE 03/2017

and have inserted and mounted a 32 GB SD storage chip.  However, cannot seem to get an option to use adoptable storage.

In settings, storage I see options to unmount or format the SD card -- but no option to adopt.

Operating System version number:  5.1.1


texts: built in command line pager/viewer like less? Without busybox or root access

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Sometimes i investigate foreign phones, where i can't root or install any Apps.

But i want to examine the filesystem via adb shell, and view some text-files. Like i usually do with a *nix-shell: with the less or the more command.

Both are absent in the shell, that i can access with adb shell.

My workaround until now is using the linux tool screen in conjunction with the adb-shell-command cat. (C-a Esc to scroll, '/' to search, Esc Esc to quit Copy-mode)


texts: Rooting a Nexus7 (2012) without installing a custom ROM

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I have a Nexus7 Tablet (2012) with Android 4.4.2. I'd like to root it, so that I can use some Apps, that need superuser rights.

I just found tutorial that explain how to root this device using a Custom ROM. Is it possible to root without installing a Custom ROM? Why is it not possible to just install "su" on the Tablet as I did with my Phone?


texts: Can I safely delete items in my "downloaded apps" folder?

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I want to free up space on my phone and was wondering if I can delete items in my "downloaded apps" folder.
  I know on my computer there is a difference between the downloaded file and the installed application and that once the application is installed the downloaded file can be deleted.  But I wasn't sure about my phone.


texts: Wifi router disappearing after disconnecting rom VPN In Android

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Every time I use a VPN and disconnect from it my Wi-Fi router disappears from the Wi-Fi network list.
This happens on my Android Pie phone and tablet.

I can see all other routers but not the router I was using. After I do forget the Wi-Fi and manually enter SSID and password it doesn't bring up the router. It comes back after a long time on its own.

This is not a problem with my Wi-Fi router because I can connect to it in my Windows 10 laptop and Ipad

Please help.


texts: How to change stored password in Skype4Business app?

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My domain password changed and the Skype4Businnes app on my phone started to complain about wrong credentials. How can the password in it be changed?

I searched everywhere and ended up reinstalling the app and entering the credentials on first start.


texts: Cannot edit contacts in Marshmallow / Gmail contacts sync

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Merry Christmas!

So, I recently upgraded from Nexus 4 to 5x. My contacts used to live on the sim, but since having to change sim (micro -> nano). I exported the contacts using the Contacts app to a .vcf file. I have now imported these contacts to my Gmail account via web.

On my Nexus 5x (6.0.1 update), I cannot see how I can sync contacts from Gmail. I have an issue where I cannot edit some contacts if I just import straight from the vcf file. I am logged in to my Gmail account.

This should be a simple task and I cannot figure it out.


texts: Factory reset from recovery mode not working on Samsung Galaxy GT-S5830i

texts: I previously asked a question about my phone having a few issues with force stopping and I have tried to factory reset it from recovery mode lots of times but it just stays the same.


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I have a bricked TV Box MeCool HM8 and I need to restore it to factory settings
,unfortunately I have the stock firmwave in zip format and need to convert it in image format to be able to use an sd card for recovery.. Any help, advice , would be appreciated..thank you.
regards.
Guitsy


texts: Calendar access from apps: only some calendars are displayed

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I've Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro with Android 2.1 and root. I want to have a separate timetable calendat that will not be visible in some places (calendar app). I think I've some good reasons for creating a seperate calendar.

I sync calendars in my phone with my Google account. I've enabled auto-sync, but I've tried to force sync manually.

However, although the Sony Ericsson calendar app* can see all the calendars, other apps (e.g. Jorte, Business Calendar Beta, Profile timer and Android Agenda Widget) can't. They can see only some older calendars. Deleting visible calendars didn't solve this problem: the deleted calendars had disappeared, but the new calendars haven't been shown.

I've also tried to delete my account and resync, but it says "This account is required by some applications. You can only remove it by resetting the phone to factory defaults (which deletes all your data)...".

I've also tried to find something interresting in ddms. Error like this is displayed regurarly once a minute (almost exactly, see http://img6.imagebanana.com/img/8eey69l4/plochu1_086.png ):
ERROR/ActivityThread(2823): Failed to find provider info for calendarEx

*) Sony Ericsson has replaced the default calendar app by their one.


texts: I just upgraded phone and reinstalled Nova Launcher. I inadvertently deleted the single page, customizable search bar on my home page. I don't want a persistent search bar. I can't get a single, customizable bar on my home page. I can add a single bar as a widget but it doesn't customize when I try and change the settings in Nova. Or I can add a customized but PERSISTENT search bar thru Nova. What am I missing? Thanks.