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Am I missing something or is there no way to disable Gtalk history by default? Clearing separate conversations is a pain. If history can't be turned off, is there at least a way to wipe the whole Gtalk history at once somehow?

(using android2.2)

thank you


texts: Browse file system from PC in marshmallow

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I have a LG Nexus 5 with android marshmallow OS. I used to be able to connect my phone to a PC running Windows 10 with USB cable and browse the files from the PC's file explorer. Ever since I upgraded the OS to marshmallow whenever I connect the phone to PC with USB cable, the PC detects the connected phone but when I open the phone from file explorer there is nothing shown.

After a lot of exploration I found a setting in the notification area called 'USB for charging. Touch for more options'. From there I can choose charging only, MTP, PTP, or MIDI. After selecting MTP I can browse the phone content from PC. This setting used to be in Settings - Storage - USB computer connection.

The problem is the next time the phone is connected to the PC, the setting revert back to 'charging only'.

Can I set the default to MTP like it used to be in lollipop?


texts: Cannot open TIF file from GMail on Android device

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Android: 4.1.2

When I try to open a TIF file from an email in GMail, I get the following message: Couldn't load image

Is there a plug-in or a solution to fix this? I don't want to use a 3rd-party application.


texts: When to know it's time to replace the Nexus One battery?

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As we all know, battery consumption rate (i.e. "per hour") is not very standardized and its highly dependent on actual use, per user.

This makes it very difficult for me to know whether I need a new battery for my Nexus One (I bought it used) or not.

Assuming WiFi and Bluetooth are enabled, how long should the Nexus One battery last while the Nexus One is in Standby?

How long should the battery last when the Nexus One is completely turned off?

Thanks.


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I'm trying to flash a custom ROM on my Xiaomi Mi A3. When I flashed the ROM using TWRP and rebooted my phone, it got stuck on fastboot mode, won't even boot to recovery.

I found a friend with a similar problem and he said that all he did was changing his current active slot, so I am now trying that. However, when I try to enter the command fastboot set_active a on my computer, it returns the usage message (the list of commands) and when I try the command fastboot --set-active a, it says unrecognized option.

I am using the platform-tools r29.0.5.


texts: Why isn't the name of my device changing?

texts: I changed the name of my new Kindle Fire within my Amazon account by going to Manage My Kindle -> Manage My Devices. Everything seems to have gone fine on the account side, but the upper left hand corner of my Fire still just says "Abby's Kindle". Lamest name ever. It's been about 24 hours since I made the change in my account. Why hasn't it changed? What step am I missing?


texts: How to only get email notifications for one Yahoo account Samsung Galaxy 7 Sprint?

texts: I only want to get email notifications on home screen (Samsung Galaxy 7 Sprint phone) for one of my yahoo email accounts. HOW can I change this?


texts: Is it possible to compleately and utterly brick a phone with no chance of repair?

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As i have recently gotten into some research about android kernel development and would like to fiddle around my phone and of course i have seen all the warnings about "bricking your device" but it seems like most of the issiues i could encounter could be fixed by flashing the stock kernel onto the phone.

But i am very inexperianced in this field and would really like someone else's opinion on the matter.

So is it possible to compleately break the bootloader and destroy the device and if it is how would work so i can avoid it?

PS: I appologize if the question is too broad but any input on the matter is appreciated


texts: Huawei mobile File Transfer to my computer doesnot work

texts: I used to transfer files but now I can't. The USB cable transfers from another Huawei, but from my Huawei mobile it doesn't. I turned debug on. Still my computer does not identify it.


texts: Disabled my camera app. Can't find it anymore!

texts: I disabled the camera app on my phone because the front-facing camera wasn't working. I had intended to re-enable it in a minute or two but when I went to my home screen it was not there, and it wasn't in the setting-all apps place either. I went to the play store and did not find the same camera that was previously on my phone either. Where did it go and how can I get it back??


texts: What exactly is the advantage of 11 pin MHL connector in Samsung Galaxy S3

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I have read that samsung galaxy S3 has a 11 pin mhl connector and it can support USB OTG as well. Also I have read that the device can power the cable. I didnt quite get what is meant by USB OTG support included. Both MHL and USB OTG are there on other phones too (like sgs2 and htc one x). How do I use the 11 pin connector to my advantage?

Also if the 11 pin connecter can power the device, then why do we need to again connect power cable to the mhl adapter provided by samsung?


texts: Is there a concern as far as memory when running ICS ROM on 512MB device (DroidX)

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Based on available evidence so far, are there legitimate concerns that people with older phones that have 512MB memory (e.g. Droid X) would experience memory issues when running 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) based ROMs?

To be more specific:

If my stock Froyo 2.2 ROM boots up with ~170MB memory free, and during my day to day use I end up with ~50-70MB memory free (this is with ALL my actively used apps loaded, and Android not killing any of them to make room for others), what would the expected memory footprint be on an AOSP based ICS ROM?


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Phone Moto X, "Ghost" 2013, 1st-gen., Developer's version and unlocked with Motorola code.

Maybe this is not supposed to be cleaned off, but thought I'd ask as I am far from an expert with this stuff. I am moving up from CyanogenMod cm12 to cm13 and it is strongly suggested to clean before an install up to the next level.

Using TWRP "wipe" and selecting everything, I get this error...

Formatting USB OTG using mkdosfs...
process ended with ERROR=1
unable to wipe '/usb-otg'.
unknown MTP message type: 1
unable to wipe '/usb-otg'.

I searched online and found a Fastboot command using '$ fastboot format userdata' on a Ubuntu PC (with ADB) that returned the same error after completing the format.

How can I get a complete clean system to start with?


texts: How to have my stock GS3 dialer initial screen be Recent instead of Keypad

texts: Is it possible to have the stock dialer on my GS3 start on the Recent tab instead of the Keypad tab?


texts: I have installed Bluestacks 4 android emulator on my 64bit Windows PC. I have not installed many apps but in the data folder it is using about 29GB of data. In the folder Program Data/Bluestacks/Engine/Android, I can see Data.vdi and Data_0.vdi, The second one is 27.4GB and fomer is few 100 MBs. My question is what could be the reason for such large file size? Is there a way to clear unnecessary data from bluestacks?


texts:
I have just seen this line in logcat:

I/ActivityManager(  235): Start proc com.huawei.updata for service com.huawei.updata/.service.HuaweiOnlineUpdataService: pid=24608 uid=10048 gids={2001, 3003}

on a HUAWEI U8150 IDEOS with Android 2.2.

Any idea what is the goal of this HuaweiOnlineUpdataService?
Google has only 5 results for this term, with not enough information.


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I am using Android 6.0 / Cyanogenmod 13.

Somehow I have deactivated the clock on my lock screen and I can not find the place where to activate it.

Now I have only the unlock pattern there, the place for the clock above is free.

How to activate the clock?


texts:
My Samsung Tab A (2016) shows my storage almost full, but the numbers do not come close.  I've run various cleaners, deleted everything not used, put most of my files on the Cloud somewhere, and still almost 14GB are unaccounted for.
My settings does not have a "storage", it has "Device Maintenance."  I've found no way to clear all caches at once, so do it app by app. I have tried everything I've found on the web, various programs, still get warnings my space is running out.  I almost replaced with the next model year (2019) but fear the same thing will happen.  I use it as a e-reader, but all my books are in the cloud, on my SD card, or are removed from my device after reading.I rarely use it as a camera, and don't store any image I don't use.
Am I spazzing for no reason?  Screenshot of my "storage" tab.


texts: Galaxy Nexus not connecting to router with WEP encryption

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My Samsung Galaxy Nexus (I9250) running Jelly bean 4.1.1 has problems connecting to a Wifi router with WEP encryption. I cannot change the WiFi encryption type.

Other devices are connecting to the network and working fine. The Nexus is connecting to other wifi networks properly. I have tried WiFi Manager and other apps to connect.

Anyone facing a similar issue? Any solution to fix this issue?


texts: Do I need adb? Whats wrong with terminal?

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I'm pretty new to Android, but I have a bit of linux understanding.
Do I need to use adb and do I need to type adb before every command?

I have SSHDroid running on my GS3. I open my regular linux terminal and did ssh root@<ip>. When I got in I typed abd logcat, that failed. just logcat worked.

I'm happy with the shell I know, is this going to cause an issue?


texts: Change SSID/Passphrase of hostapd Android 4.4.4

texts: Just got an Android 4.4.4 Hotspot device from a customer...with no documentation -.-. So i was starting to do some reverse engineering. I want to change the SSID auf the hostapd service. I found the config files hostapd.conf and softap.conf in /data/misc/wifi/. But if i change them, they get overwritten by Android after restart. Somebody have a clue where i can start search stopping android from overwrite or to start hostapd manually?


texts: Does disabling mobile data revert from 3G to 2G?

texts: When I disable mobile data in Android 2.2, the 3G symbol disappears. Does this revert my phone's signal to 2G? I don't want to lose my signal when I go to the subway, but I don't want to all my apps consume all my monthly bandwidth.


texts: How to get a lense while moving the cursor?

texts: How do I get such a lense while moving the typing cursor in Android 4.2.2?


texts: I have a 16 GB SD Card in my Galaxy Note Edge and only have 1GB of storage left.  I read that some Android devices can only hold up to 32GB - can my phone support the 64GB card?


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I have a Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300), my current Android version is 4.0.4.

I am trying to define software updates for it, via the Software Updates screen. (Settings > About).

However, I get "Unable to connect to network" every time. What network is it trying to connect? Can I define it? If so, what should I define it too?

Also, will software updates allow me to update to 4.1.2? If not, how can I?

Can anyone please point to a resource which explains it? (Or even better, answer it here).

If I'm lacking any technical details, please leave a comment and I'll edit my question right away.


texts: I have made some modification in the android source codes recompile sources and now I have system.img, but I don't know how I can install that image on Android Phone. Have anybody do something similar ? Can anybody provide me some links or information how I can do that ? I am using HTC Amaze Phone.


texts: Is there a way to tell if a boot loader can be unlocked before purchase?

texts: For example are boot loaders unlockable only if the phone is branded and comes with a contract? If I bought a phone of Amazon.com would I likely be able to unlock the boot loader or is it really just luck of the draw?


texts: How do I know If my phones Bootloader is locked or not?

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I want to flash TWRP & SuperSU to take a backup, but I read that if you flash TWRP with a locked bootloader it would brick my device & wipe my data, now that would just defeat the purpose. How do I determine if my device bootloader is locked or not?

I have enabled developer options, enabled USB Debugging, there is a option in the menu 'OEM Unlock', what does it do? Does it wipe data?

Device - Samsung Galaxy-J700F


texts: How to bring Android device and desktop PC to same network?

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I have an unrooted Android device and a desktop PC running Ubuntu 18.04 with no built-in WiFi. I want to bring both the devices to the same network.

I tried USB tethering from Android to desktop PC. It is getting connected, but the network IDs are different (IP of Android device is 100.81.X.X and IP of desktop PC is 192.168.42.X).

I also tried reverse tethering with gnirehtet (https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2019/09/android-reverse-tethering-with-ubuntu-1804.html). Using this, I am able to connect to internet from my Android, but still the desktop PC and Android are in different networks (IP of Android is 10.X.X.X and IP of desktop PC is 192.168.2.X)

Is there any way I can bring both devices to the same network so that I can ping the Android device from desktop PC without any additional hardware?

EDIT : This is the output of route command, where enp0s29u1u5 is the interface corresponding to USB tethering:

Output of adb shell ip route:

192.168.42.0/24 dev rndis0  proto kernel  scope link  src 192.168.42.129


texts: How to recover contacts from an Android phone whose screen has died?

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My daughter's Samsung Galaxy S4 has a faulty screen - it is completely non-functional. As it died the remainder of the phone functionality appeared to be completely fine. Now the screen is dead. So there is no way to see what is displayed nor interact with it.

She got a new phone and was dismayed to learn that most of her contacts did not appear. Apparently, unbeknownst to her, they were saved to the phone (not SIM) rather than Google.

Is there a way for her to recover those contacts from the screenless, but otherwise still-functioning, phone?

It does not appear that simply connecting it to USB will work. I thought about installing over-the-air the app AirDroid - but it appears it is too late to do that, since some of the setup appears to need to be done on the phone itself.

Any other solutions?

Thanks.


texts: Is my phone using LTE if the notification area says 4G?

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When I bought my Galaxy S5, it came with Android 4.4.2. When I was connected to my mobile data network, the notification area had a little icon that said "LTE" above to arrows showing data being uploaded and downloaded.

Recently, I rooted and upgraded my phone to Android 5.0. Now, that same icon in the notification always shows "4G" above the two arrows when I'm on the mobile network.

I looked up the difference between LTE and 4G, and if I understand it, LTE is a subset of 4G, but a faster and more advanced version. Please correct me if I am not getting this right.

Assuming I'm close enough to the truth, one possibility is that I'm using the same connection, and it's just the icon that has chanced. Another possibility is that something about my upgrade has changed how my phone communicates with the network, and maybe I'm not getting the same connection.

In either case, how can I be sure I'm getting the best connection that is offered by my mobile provider?


texts: Can you play Pokémon Go on Oneplus 2 with CM13?

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It worked in Oxygen OS but now lagging.  Fig. 1 No appearance of poketops and pokemons, loading sign at the left top corner

System: CM13 with GApps installed
Phone: Oneplus 2


texts:
Is there an application manager that would easily

kill/close an application from memory
install applications
unstall applications

Platform: HTC Desire and Android 2.1.


texts: what does SERIAL and proc permissions stand for?

texts:
Often in my rooted android device, since I have installed xprivacy manager, applications ask me for serial perm in category identification (hardware) (that very often, translation may be approximate), and sometimes /proc perm in same category as seen in the following screenshots.
what are these perms? Should I allow or deny them?

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)


texts: How to get Paste menu to show in textarea on Chrome?

texts:
When typing in a textarea on Chrome for Android (such as when asking this question), I can't figure out how to get the Paste menu to show. If I long press, Chrome wants to highlight. Of I double trap, the blue cursor just shows.

Occasionally, the Paste menu does show after repeated taps and holds, but I have found no reproducible actions that get it to show.

This might be a system-wide problem, but Chrome seems to be where I notice it. I'll reply back if I find the issue in other applications.

I'm on Chrome v39 on Android 4.4.4 (Moto Turbo).


texts: System apps location on Android Jelly Bean

texts:
I chose to pose this question here, since I don't have any Jelly Bean device nearby.

On Android KitKat, system apps are located at /system/priv-app/. On Lollipop and Marshmallow, instead, they're placed under /system/priv-app/name-of-the-app/.

Following a similar fashion, I would like to know the path of those apps which are installed as system apps, on Android devices in a version range going from 4.1.x to 4.3.x (namely, all of the Jelly Bean builds).

Are their APKs located under the /system/app/ folder directly, are they placed in a folder of the same name of the corresponding app, or are they present in a completely different folder?

Thanks in advance.


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Greeting fellow enthusiasts

My daughter(device) is an asus zenfone c. And She has already been rooted. The other day, i've downloaded a game which tell me that the game can't be played on a rooted device. But before I proceed on de-rooting my daughter. I've been warned by the de-rooting software provider that playing with root access could cause boot loop.

And now here i am wondering "what is the connection in playing with root and boot loop?" So what i want to ask is. Can anyone told me what thing i should and shouldn't do to avoid boot loop.

Thank you in advance and sorry for bad english and not pinpointing my question


texts: How to resize partitions when /system isn't mounted in recovery

texts: I have a Runbo X5-King phone which is manufactured by a small Chinese company. I need to shrink /system and expand /data. All tutorials I can find online say to run fdisk in recovery, but the problem is that /system doesn't seem to mount, and "adb shell" results in an error message saying that it cannot find /system/bin/sh. However after booting into Android everything works perfectly, and /system is mounted successfully as well. I'm able to enter fastboot and let my computer interact with the phone, but fastboot doesn't have the ability to resize partitions or enter the shell. Since the phone is not famous, no custom recoveries could be found for it. So how can I resize partitions under this situation?


texts: Bypassing Microsoft Intune Company Portal to access Exchange email and contacts?

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I used to have Outlook for Android installed on my personal mobile to access my work email which runs on Office 365. I reinstalled it recently only to find that now I have to install Microsoft Intune Company Portal and make it a device administrator to proceed with logging in (I couldn't get around it by restoring from a Titanium Backup of when I had it installed before).

I think this is somewhat overkill when all the same information and more can be accessed via a web browser anyway so I don't want to give Microsoft almost total control of my phone just to get my work email and contacts if I can avoid it.

I tried the app Nine because I heard that it could set the security policies to be at the app level instead of the device lever but when I logged in I still got nothing except one email telling me I had to install Intune. The same thing happened with the Gmail app and Mailwise but on those I could see an empty version of my folder directory.

Somehow logging in through Cloudmagic was actually seamless as far as grabbing my email, but it has no support yet for syncing contacts between Exchange and the device. I actually wanted the contacts more than the email in order to get some mobile numbers.

So what's the best way to work around Intune? Installing it but neutering it via Xprivacy or another permissions manager? Finding another app that will do for contacts what Cloudmagic did for email? I'm less concerned about adding my calendar.


texts: Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped?

texts: I recently bough an Android computer from China. However, it does not have Google Play Store on it. I've tried downloading and installing the Google Play APK. The installation appears to be successful, but it freezes each time that I try to open it, with a message saying "Unfortunately, Google Play services has stopped" The system has Android Version 6.0.1 and Kernel version 3.10.0.


texts: Do I need a 'vbmeta' parititon to install GSI

texts:
Following the official GSI installation instructions from google, they say to run fastboot --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img.
When I run that, I get the following message:
Rewriting vbmeta struct at offset: 0
Sending 'vbmeta' (4 KB)                            OKAY [  0.010s]
Writing 'vbmeta'                                   FAILED (remote: 'This partition doesn't exist')
fastboot: error: Command failed

Does this mean dm-verity is not in use, and I can ignore this message? Do I need to make a partition? How do I do that?
Right now the GSI image is not booting for me.
I am flashing onto the Blackview BV5500 Pro, if it matters.


texts: How can i enable otg in symphony H250? which is unsupported otg phone

texts: my phone doesn't support otg how can i enable this feature in my SYMPHONY XPLORER H250 android phone?


texts: How does Google Now retrieve public transit information?

texts:
I just activated Google Now and turned on location access, and found that it showed cards about public transit that was due at the stop I was waiting at. Chennai city as of now doesn't contain live tracking by Google, though.

Are they tracking other nearby GPS devices? I would guess that is not possible since a GPS device is a passive one. Can someone shed some light on how this works?


texts: What's the difference between "Contacts" and "People details?"

texts:
In Settings -> Accounts -> Google, when I tap on my Google account, I see a "Sync settings" page with a list of different Google services that can be synced (App Data, Calendar, Drive, Gmail, Google Play Books, etc.).

This list includes both "Contacts" and "People details."  What is meant by "People details" and how does this differ from "Contacts?"

Are there any negative outcomes I would expect from disabling sync of "People details" (i.e. what would break?)


texts: Nexus 7 tablet won't show files when connected to pc

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Having read several threads, let me endeavour to outline the problem.

My computer: laptop running Win 7-64 bit
Tablet: Nexus 7 with latest update (which seems to have caused the problem)

Attempted solutions:
Uninstall the driver
* done this twice
* there are five driver files
  * WpdMtpDr.dll (c:\windows\system32\drivers\umdf)
  * winsub.sys (c:\windows\system32\drivers)
  * wudfrd.sys (c:\windows\system32\drivers)
  * WpdMtp.dll (c:\windows\system32)
  * WpdMtpUS.dll (c:\windows\system32)
* attempting to delete the file winsub.sys results in a message saying permission is required from TrustedInstaller. I don't know what that is, nor how to get permission. So, while I have been able to uninstall the driver, I have not been able to delete it.

NOTE: wpdusb.sys is designated as obsolete by Microsoft

Restart the devices
* first thing tried - to no avail

Use different cables
* done - no effect

Connect through different USB ports
* done - no effect

Change the Storage and USB settings on the tablet
* accessing the menu in the upper right corner only gives "Help and Feedback" as an option. There's nothing about MTP (whatever that is)

Yell, scream and swear
* done - gave me a headache

The device worked properly before the last system update for the Nexus tablet. The device now connects to the PC, and is recognised as being connected. It simply does not display any files.

I am an author and use my tablet extensively for writing. It is important for me to be able to connect the tablet to the computer and move files between the two. Please do not suggest work-around solutions such as Drive or Dropbox. I prefer to have devices that work properly.

Thank you for taking time to read this through and consider the problem. Please let me know if there is additional information that would be useful. Also, please be aware that I am not a developer and do not understand the jargon or shortcuts used by developers. Please be explicit when suggesting a resolution.


texts: How to view devices connected to hotspot on Google Pixel?

texts: This has been asked for a few times before, but none recently or with the Pixel/Nougat specifically that I was able to find.  Root is unavailable, so I need a way to do this as a regular user.  I really just want to see what IP my Raspberry Pi got assigned by the Android DHCP.  Also, if there's a way to set DHCP reservations to avoid having to look it up every time, I would love to know how to do that as well.


texts: What checks should I go through if my laptop can't connect to the internet through tethering?

texts:
I need to connect my laptop to the Internet by tethering through my smartphone, I'm using a Galaxy GT-S7270 with Android 4.2.2, a laptop with Windows 7 and a tablet with Windows 8.

Whenever I try to use the WIFI hotspot, while I can connect and access the internet with my tablet the laptop gets a limited access after connecting to the smartphone.

This behavior stays the same of I try to tether form another device, like for example my roommate's I-Phone or a WIFI signal coming from it laptop through a certain software (which in fact doesn't work for my tablet either).

If I try to use USB tether, as soon as I activate it from the menu in Android, the file manager of Windows doesn't list my device anymore, if I deactivate the USB tether the device is listed again.

This happens for both MTP and PNP protocols, in addition the PTP protocol trigger a warning saying that there are problems with the drivers of the dev
ice.

The laptop doesn't have a Bluetooth transmitter.

I won't have access to any other access point but the smartphone for a while, what can I do to connect my laptop to the internet?

EDIT: I had success downloading some unofficial drivers from the Internet and using them to make a USB tether.

Still, the same drivers don't work on the tablet and the whole process has been a series of random attempts.

Since I still don't have a "method" and the reasons of a certain connection working on a certain device and others not working, I will leave the question here.


texts: How to remove an alarm on Android Wear 5.1.x?

texts:
How can I remove an alarm I set on android wear 5.1.x. On 4.4.x-5.0.x there was an option to remove an alarm but i can't find it on android wear 5.1.x.

Any help is appreciated


texts: all google product app isn’t loading or working. what to do?

texts: Google services like Youtube, Gmail, assistant, Docs, google app etc are not loading or working. The loading bar appears but nothing happens. Play store loads everything but when i click install it shows waiting for download and then nothing happens. The browser versions of all those products are working perfectly but those app versions are not working. I am currently running Oreo. Is there any possibility i can fix this? Here is a google assistant "something went wrong" screenshot


texts:
The page https://adblockplus.org/android-about from the Adblock Plus website discusses Adblock Plus for android. It clearly refers to the version that runs in the background and blocks all ads (and is not in the Play store), not any of the browser versions for Android that are available in the Play store.

Clicking the link on that page for ''installation instructions'' takes you to  https://adblockplus.org/en/android-install, which is an almost blank page displaying ''Want an ad blocker for your Android smartphone or tablet?'' and a button which redirects you to the android store (to install a broswer ad blocker).

I can't find any discussion of this online, and everyone seems to be able to download and install the correct version from the Adblock Plus website. Am I supposed to find it somewhere else? Why doesn't Adblock Plus provide it themselves?


texts: My Samsung galaxy tab 2 does not switch on

texts: I am using Samsung galaxy tab 2 gt p3100. It freezes when showing Samsung galaxy tab 2 gtp3100. I cannot switch on my tablet neither switch off.


texts: How can I install APK file on Bluestacks app player?

texts: I have created an Android application using Eclipse, and now I'd like to install the APK on Bluestacks which is running on Windows 7. How can I install an APK on the Bluestacks player?


texts: does someone have a solution for "encryption unsuccessful" on redmi go?

texts:
operating system ONLY working - stock
TWRP doesn't decrypt /data/
this solution doesn't work : http://www.electricbreadcrumbs.com/2012/07/guide-to-fixing-encryption-unsuccessful.html
deleting cache and data does NOTHING
doing factory reset only reboots
all ideas allowed (by me ;) )
maybe provide a link to really working system? as i saw most are having problems with hardware...
... or a way ( with root ) to fully delete gApps - all apps and file managers can't do it...


texts:
I love how Swype works but there are a few rather long phrases that I need to enter quite often, and wish I could enter faster, such as my email. I know the user dictionary will let me add custom entries, but that still requires me to Swype out all the characters.

I'm looking for a way to have a user defined phrase pop up as a suggestion when another, shorter, user defined phrase is entered. For example, I could then Swype E to M, and have my  email as a suggestion I can tap.

Is this possible?


texts: Can't authorise android device in USB debugging mode

texts:
I am trying to use a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge for debugging an android app.
I've downloaded and installed the Samsung USB driver but when the device appears in android studio it says the device is unauthorised.
I've got my phone connected in transfer image files mode (PTP mode). I've tried turning USB debugging on and off and after reading other forums it says I should get an authorise pc message on my phone but nothing appears.

Any idea how to get it working?


texts: Blocked but still shows "online" to blocked contact

texts:
Please can someone help! I blocked a contact on Whatsapp but I can still see his "last seen" timestamp (as it changes over time - its changed many times since blocking). He can also see mine. I tried blocking with another person to test and it worked fine.
Why can't I block properly for the contact I really want to block?


texts: How can I clone a microSD card from a 32GB card to a 128GB card so that all saved/cached data is recognized on a Motorola/Lenovo Moto G5 Plus?

texts: I've tried using file explorer with hidden and system files viewable to copy across all files from the 32GB to 128GB microSD card but when I try to view offline videos in YouTube for example it's greyed out and I have to re-download.


texts: Sending a message on Viber when someone is offline

texts: I sent a message to a friend who was offline on Viber. However the message isn't coming up from my end as 'sent'. I thought it would at least come up as 'sent' and once they are back online it would say 'delivered'? Now Im not sure if it's gone through to them or not?


texts: Does Android have a built-in FTP client? Even a basic one, like ones that are built into PC browsers and file managers? I know there are good free apps with FTP clients (like Ghost Commander), but I'd like to know if there's a way that doesn't require app installation. I'm excluding chrome's FTP support, since that is being deprecated, and not all android phones have chrome built-in.


texts: Hi just wanna ask if there's a way to properly install or move apps to /system manually in which the app that being said installed will be considered as system app? It seems that my phone is denying my request to install or move app from internal storage to system. I'm using a archos 55 diamond selfie. I've tried to move a certain app installer to /system/app but it doesn't solve the problem. Thanks allot.


texts: What differences are there for an "international version" phone? (Galaxy 4s)

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I want to buy a Galaxy S4 without a new contract, and I noticed that the "international version" is slightly cheaper.

Are there any cons to owning the international version in the US?
For software/firmware, would there be compatibility differences (such as when installing different ROMs)?
For hardware, would I still be able to use Verizon's 4G LTE?


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I have an Android 4.1 phablet. I'd like to turn off the check-in feature. The only way I've found so far is to disable the whole Google Now, but I don't want to do that.

I want to turn-off only check-ins feature.

I want to do this because it's extremely annoying, even when I stay in my apartment for hours and don't move my phone. It proposes to check-in to thousands of places around every few minutes. (I live in city center)


texts: How to modify display on/off behaviour in non-standard ways (e.g. keep it from ever turning off)

texts:
Firstly: my phone is rooted, I am not afraid to use the terminal, modify source code and compile everything myself, I can provide logs, command outputs etc etc, I just need someone who knows where to look and what to modify. I will happily add any necessary info you need to help me.

I have recently replaced a broken display on my OnePlus One running LineageOS 15.1 (Android 8). Allegedly it's an original replacement part, but it is buggy. It often (read: most of the time) won't turn on when I press the power button, double-tap the touchscreen or any notification or call comes in. The system does unlock and the touchscreen does work, as I can hear the unlocking sound and interact with buttons whose locations on screen I remember. But the display doesn't light up - only sometimes, randomly. I can't figure out when it does or doesn't. As long as the display doesn't turn off, it will keep working indefinitely. And whenever I shut down and cold reboot the phone, it also immediately works. Since I'm unwilling to do the whole replacement procedure again including spending another 50 bucks on a part that might not even work (the seller conveniently refuses to accept returns after you use parts in DIY repairs), here's my actual question which is actually multiple questions, in order of my preference if I could choose a solution:

Does anyone know if there's different ways the phone tells the display to turn on? How do they differ between bootup and screen unlocking, since the former way reliably works? Can I somehow force my system to ALWAYS use that method, so that I can once again rely on a working display whenever I need it?

Failing that, does anyone know how to stop the display from turning off altogether, except on system shutdown? I'm currently using an app called "Screen  On" that keeps the screen running, dimmed down. But the magnetic flip cover still turns it off, also it means I can't ever lock my screen with the power button because that would also turn it off. I would like my screen to go to Daydream when it normally would turn off.

I would like to be able to use Daydream on battery at all, but the settings menu only offers "when docked" and "when power cable is connected". Using dumpsys I found that there's a variable called "mDreamsEnabledOnBatteryConfig" and I would like to set it to "true" or "1", but 'dumpsys power set mDreams....' simply does nothing (yes, I am root). I also can't find the config file that I would need to edit.

Please refrain from suggesting I buy a new phone or send it in for professional repair.


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I was wondering if it is possible to pull out the raw RF data from the antenna for use in an application.  I have a device that operates as a separate entity with an an antenna feed, but I am interested in trying to put our processing on an Android.  This would be the most useful if I could tap off the RF data from the existing antenna, rather than attaching a separate one.  I don't know much about Androids - just getting a feel for this before I put too much effort into the research.

Thanks,
David


texts: Changing PATH, HOME env variables of dropbear ssh session

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I made a dropbear multi binary that has android patch.
But everytime , when i login via ssh using dropbear as ssh server.
 On checking environment variables, I get ::
HOME=/sdcard
PATH=/sbin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin

I found no flag for changing these in dropbear help.

-A Android Mode, specify a user explicitly
-N Android Mode, user name
-C Android Mode, password
-R Android Mode, public key file (authorized_keys)
-U Android Mode, UID
-G Android Mode, GID
-b bannerfile   Display the contents of bannerfile before user login
            (default: none)
-d dsskeyfile   Use dsskeyfile for the dss host key
            (default: /data/data/br.com.bott.droidsshd/files/etc/dropbear_dss_host_key)
-r rsakeyfile   Use rsakeyfile for the rsa host key
            (default: /data/data/br.com.bott.droidsshd/files/etc/dropbear_rsa_host_key)
-F              Don't fork into background
-E              Log to stderr rather than syslog
-w              Disallow root logins
-s              Disable password logins
-g              Disable password logins for root
-p [address:]port
            Listen on specified tcp port (and optionally address),
            up to 10 can be specified
            (default port is 2222 if none specified)
-P PidFile      Create pid file PidFile
            (default /data/data/br.com.bott.droidsshd/files/run/dropbear.pid)
-W <receive_window_buffer> (default 24576, larger may be faster, max 1MB)
-K <keepalive>  (0 is never, default 0)
-I <idle_timeout>  (0 is never, default 0)

How can I change  default PATH & HOME variables in dropbear ?


texts: Sending a group the same message and get individual replies

texts: First, I'm an android rookie.  I'm managing a softball team.  I need to be able to send 40+ phones the same message at the same time (SMS is fine), but get individual replies (each player/parent's reply should come to me but not go to the whole team).  I just switched from an iPhone 4 to a Galaxy S5.  iPhone app "Group Text!" was perfect - I'm having trouble finding something comparable for the S5/android. Advice?


texts: How do I manually upgrade my Samsung galaxy S5 from lollipop 5.0 to 5.1.1 as it doesn't want to upgrade by itself. I'm in Namibia and the baseband version is G900HXXU1BOL2.


texts:
The size for the picture frame widget originally was 3x3. Now, inexplicably, it is only 2x2. How can I change it back or pick what size a widget should be?

I've created cue cards perfectly readable at 3x3 but at 2x2 too small to view the diagrams/text.


texts: Android devices not able to access the internet when certain router is on

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I have a TP Link Router model TL-MR6400 and then to extend this wifi I have a Eircom D1000 modem, which is set up in Bridge mode. All my devices are able to access the internet using this setup(Windows laptop, Macbook, IPhones, printer, etc) except for the three android devices(A HTC 10, a HTC M8 and a Asus Tablet). All three of these are able to connect to both of the routers however when the Eircom D1000 modem is on then they cannot access the internet. When turned off my android devices are able to access the internet properly within three seconds, so I am confident that this is the cause of my problem. On all other wifi networks I have been on this problem does not arise.

Sometimes however these devices are able to access the internet, this can happen randomly throughout the day and lasts from 5 minutes to a few hours. Usually though the internet speed is much slower on them than on other devices.

This leads me to believe that the problem lies in the DHCP Server as when the devices are connected but not able to access the internet they are not appearing in the DHCP client list on the TP-Link. On the Eircom router the DHCP Server State is set to DHCP relay and DHCP Relay Server Address is set to the TP-Links IP.

Somethings I have tried already are changing the TP-Link's primary dns server to googles(8.8.8.8) as advised in this question and assigning a static IP to the devices as advised here. Both of these didn't help.


texts: I just downloaded FireChat for my Android. I see it identify you with your email address by making you sign up, but I can't see anyway to add contact on FireChat. Does anyone know how I can add contact on FireChat?


texts: Chrome Browser is not supported on this device (Samsung GT-P7500)

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I have a tablet Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (P7500) with stock firmware P7500XWLPG (Android 4.0.4).
I want to install Chrome Browser on it. But when I find it in Google Play I see message "This app is incompatible with your device".
Is it any way to solve this problem and install Chrome on my tablet?


texts: Is "Inbox" the old stock email application?

texts: I am setting up a new Nexus 5X with Marshmallow. There does not appear to be a default mail application as in prior versions; instead there is just the GMail application. Is the Inbox by Google application what was formerly the stock mail application called "Email"?


texts:
I have one week old S6 and now tried to use adb.

I unlocked developer mode, enabled USB debugging, connected to usb and nothing happened. adb devices shows empty list, lsusb on mac and linux as well as mac's "system information" app doesn't see any new usb device when I connect the phone. Nothing happens in dmesg too.

The phone displays "charger connected" notification. No mtp/ptp notification appears.

I tried to use different computers (two linux boxes and one macbook), different cables, nothing. Other android devices (such as old note2 and some noname stuff) works well.

I tried also other person's S6. Result it the same so I don't think it is some kind of damaged socket or so on.

What's going on? Am I missing something? Maybe some security setting prevents USB from working?

UPD

This doesn't look as a "driver" issue at all. lsusb shows all usb devices even if the system doesn't know how to deal with them.


texts: Android M Preview 2: "Error: Cannot Load System.img"

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I am trying to update my Nexus 9 to the M developer preview 2, and when I try to run the command fastboot flash system system.img, I get the error

  error: cannot load 'system.img'

I've tried re-downloading the image from Google and reflashing many times, but it gives the same error. I am able to flash other system images from Google, but not this one. I didn't see this listed as a known issue on Google. Anyone else see this issue or have any suggestions?


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I want to root my EVO... but my charging port is broken (I've been using an external battery charger to get around this). Anyway to get the files I need to root my EVO onto my EVO without using this cable? I was thinking about going through Box or Dropbox or something like that but I'm not sure how to download these files into a specific folder on my EVO.

Thanks.


texts: My phone cannot access internet on a Wifi network created by mHotspot

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I'm using mHotspot to create a hotspot for my phone to connect to my LAN through my laptop. It authenticates and connects but the Wifi icon has an exclamation mark on it and internet is not accessible.

I even tried creating a wifi hotspot through windows command prompt and my phone still doesn't access internet through that

What could be the issue?


texts:
Having recently gotten a drone with a camera, I find myself wanting to drop the SD card into my device to grab / share some raw photos / images, intended of just screen shots. The problem that I am having is that my android device is encrypted, and is asking to encrypt my drone's as card every time it is inserted.

On insert - I am prompted with the message ( would you like to encrypt this device ) to which I answer NO, the next toast message is SD card unmounted.

Every time I click mount, I am again prompted to encrypt the card, and if I click no it is automatically unmounted.

  The card is a standard FAT32 format - how can I mount the card and view my footage without reformatting / encrypting the card?

I am running an LG G4 (VS986) running Android 6.0.


texts: How to do a factory reset when recovery mode, usb debugging and factory reset don't work?

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I have a device called "EXEQ SET": http://www.exeq.ru/produkcija/pristavki/os-android/set.html

It runs Android 4.1.1.

It is spitting out errors like this every other second, making the device almost unusable:

The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped

The process 'Google Play Store Services' has stopped

The process 'Launcher' has stopped

Here's what I have tried to re-flash the device:

I turned off the device, then pressed the key combination to boot into bootloader/recovery mode, which is Home+Power according to "documentation". The power led lights up, but the screen is completely blank and the device doesn't seem to turn on. I have to hold the power button for a few seconds to turn it off from this state.
When I go to Developer options menu and turn it on, it immediately switches the developer options menu off. This isn't instantly visibly, I have to re-enter the menu for it to refresh.

Both adb devices and fastboot devices commands give empty output when the device is turned on and on all stages of boot.
When doing a factory reset from menu, the button simply does nothing.

I suspect this might be because of some malware.

Are there any other ways of doing a factory reset?


texts: How to enable USB Storage for Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7" Tablet

texts:
I have these Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7" Tablet, ever since I bought it and the first time it prompted me if I wanna enable USB mass storage when I connected it to the computer, and I selected charge only or something close to that, up to this very moment, I can't access the tablet from a computer via USB cable

Specifications;

Android version: Android-5.1.1
Device Model: KFFOWI

Any solution please?


texts:
ok so I know that for it you press up and power but the pop up says factory test mode and idk how to get past that. I have tried many different things but they don't work..
And please help me reset or recover it this is my moms phone and she forgot her password and she really wants it wants it and is willing to delete all data she wants her phone and she's really sad please help.
DONT give me instructions to put it back into normal mode I want to factory reset without a password or recover it. please answer asap she's crying!!


texts: Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G - cellebrite mobile forensics data extractions - locked with pattern

texts:
I've got a locked Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ 5G (running the latest android 10 and patches)
The phone is locked with a pattern (unknown)
What are my chances of any data extraction with cellebrite or other forensics tools while I can not unlock the phone?
Also how secure is Knox efuse? will it damage the phone/data when an untrusted bootloader is detected?


texts: Disable or prompt VoIP calling on Android Whatsapp

texts:
I recently updated my Whatsapp on Android. I noticed that it allows voice calls with the new version. There is a contact that resides in the same city as me that I would like to place a call to. However, Whatsapp doesn't give me the option of making a normal call when I press the call button from within whatsapp, rather than Internet call. I would have to exit the app and call with the normal phone app. Is there an option to disable this or at least prompt which app to use?

I appreciate that Whatsapp coming up with new initiatives, but please allow users choose between Internet or carrier call. Is there a new version that allows this or do I have to wait for it?


texts: Google Cardboard video gets paused automatically

texts:
I just bought a new Google Cardboard and downloaded the official Google Cardboard app.

The problem is when I play videos in the Google Cardboard app they are pausing automatically, which is very frustrating.

I tried to play them without putting my phone in the cardboard, but the video still pauses.

I am using the Nexus 5X


texts: Best way to auto-synchronise music between HTC One and PC

texts:
got my new HTC One today and now i wanted to set up something that i can put all my desired music for the smartphone in a folder on the pc and then they get automatically synchronised on the smartphone.

is this possible? i often change my songs and i dont want to always copy them by hand, thats a pain...

Jottacloud has something in the right direction, but it isnt fully automated i guess


texts: How to reorder bottom navigation bar buttons?

texts:
Is there any way to reorder the soft buttons at the bottom navigation bar on Android?
I have a tablet (Teclast X98, KitKat), which has the following layout:

This layout is really bad, because the tablet is big and you can't reach the back button with either thumb when holding the tablet with two hands. So it means constantly letting go of the tablet with the other hand to push the back button. Extremely annoying :(

I would like to reoder them to something like this:

Which would make it much better for two-handed navigation. Now the back button would be within easy reach for the left hand thumb.

Is there any system file where the button layout is defined, or any app or Xposed module that could help?


texts: Control phone on MacBook Pro via bluetooth?

texts:
I'd like to control my Galaxy Nexus via my Macbook Pro via VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Since connecting the Galaxy Nexus to an Adhoc, WiFi created by the MacBook Pro doesn't work. That's why I'd like to do it via bluetooth.

Is that possible and if yes, how?


texts:
After my phone is rooted (confirmed by Advanced Root Checker*) using this tutorial, I can't remove bloatware. Normally this can be done by System app remover pro, but now the removal keeps failing. Do you know why is that?
*It says that I don't have "Read/Write Path". I don't know what this mean and am not sure if it's relevant here.


texts: Device rooting fails, but doesn't brick?

texts:
I've was trying to root my Vodafone 858 Smart (Froyo) using super one click but it stopped in the middle of the operation and the program was non-responsive so I closed and it was closed while installing super user and it couldn't install it due to low phone memory.

So I tried rooting it again after clearing some phone memory it roots but I don't have super user or busy box but I can access super user capabilities from adb so how can I root my phone properly?


texts:
I am trying to encrypt my android device (Samsung S3, Modified 4.1.2). I have set a password and made sure my device is plugged in and charged over 80%.

When I select the encryption option, the screen shows a wired-diagram of an Android figure and then restarts after about 10s. There are no errors and I can still use my device, but it clearly has not been encrypted.

I've retried multiple times with the same results. Can anyone help?

Thanks

EDIT (possible explanation)...
My device is currently encrypting. I decided to try with my SIM card removed. I had a SIM lock setup, so I'm wondering if that was interrupting the encryption when the phone restarted.
Although I am curious, I am not going to go as far as unencrypting, removing the SIM lock and trying again, so I can't be certain that was the cause.


texts: I have followed this post to backup and restore an app from my old to my new phone. I could make the backup and the restoration. My question might be a bit silly, but what is the next step to have your app running in the new phone as it was in the old phone? Should I have to install the same app from PlayStore and do something else? Does it has to be the same version of the app that was in the old one? Thanks, and sorry if the question is too obvious but I am new in this.


texts: My Android phone does not start - how to isolate hardware issue?

texts:
I use Moto G6 ALI with a custom ROM Pixel Experience running Android 11. So far so good and I was using this setup for almost two weeks as my daily use phone.
Today suddenly the phone froze when opening Whatsapp. No further response on the screen was observed. I had to restart the phone by pressing the power button for more than 5 seconds. Since I have unlocked by bootloader several years ago, I saw the boot locker unlocked warning. This usually stays for 5 seconds and then after I usually the boot animation.  But this time there is no movement beyond the unlock warning.
I had flashed TWRP recovery and tried booting with it by pressing Vol-Down+Power button and then choosing "Recovery".  The phone started the recovery mode but stuck with TWRP logo.
I then restarted to bootloader and gave the command "fastboot devices" and my device was recognised. So I downloaded the 64bit version of the recovery image and temporarily booted with the command "fastboot boot mali.img".  This too stuck at the same point.  Any clues on how to go ahead?


texts: How to prevent unwanted DBG_FMMDM spam from filling up your logcat buffers

texts:
I asked this question on Stack Overflow but was advised to ask it here.

I am attempting to debug an error using logcat in Android Studio on my testing device, a Galaxy s9 plus running Pie. Suddenly I have a really weird and annoying logcat output making it hard to view events:

2019-03-01 10:49:15.024 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:55][a] xdmGetAccountRegistration : true
2019-03-01 10:49:15.024 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:47][onDestroy] XDM ALERT REAMINED, SO RESTART DM SERVICE
2019-03-01 10:49:15.024 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:2][a] FMM Application Start !
2019-03-01 10:49:15.028 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:5][onCreate] XDM Service onCreate
2019-03-01 10:49:15.029 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:20][onCreate] Device ID is null!!, service not start !
2019-03-01 10:49:15.030 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:3][onStartCommand]
2019-03-01 10:49:15.030 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:2][onDestroy] onDestroy
2019-03-01 10:49:15.037 17645-17645/? I/DBG_FMMDM: [6.9.22][Line:30][a] Samsung Account Exist !!!
2019-03-01 10:49:15.038 17645-17645/? E/DBG_FMMDM: Warning!!! [6.9.22][Line:15][a] java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'com.fmm.dm.b.a.x com.fmm.dm.b.a.ac.g' on a null object reference

This output runs over and over, to the point that my logcat is completely populated and there is no way to scroll up to see past outputs.

I'm sure it is some OS daemon, but I have never seen one that runs so frequently.

I have no idea what I/DBG_FMMDM is and why it is attempting to read from com.fmm.dm.b.a.x (whatever that is).

Has anyone seen this type of output before?

My testing device is a Galaxy s9 plus running Pie


texts: Gmail account disappeared and Google Play Store app not working on MXQ Pro Android TV Box

texts:
I have MXQ Pro 4K Android TV Box. The personal Gmail account disappeared and the Google Play Store won't allow sign-in/access.

How to fix it?


texts: Messaging icon in Samsung S3 always show one unread message

texts:
My Samsung S3 messaging icon always show one unread message. See the screenshot below. I have thoroughly checked if there are any unread messages and also restarted the phone couple of times. I also removed the battery for sometime. Any clue as to what might be causing it?

Screenshot (click to enlarge)


texts: How can I merge duplicated contacts that are different only in one letter?

texts:
I use "Contact Remover Plus" to merge duplicated contacts. But I want also merge contacts that their names are different just in a letter.

How can I merge these duplicated contacts? I am looking for a automatic solution.


texts: S2 with working Lollipop Custom ROM, stuck on boot , won't reinstall ROM in CWM

texts:
Someone gave my daughter a (hardly) used Samsung Galaxy S2, still on Gingerbread.

Did a lot of research online (rooting for dummies guide, S2 specific sites, youtube videos, etc) and managed to

Successfully Root it and installed CWM based recovery v6.0.5.1
Installed Resurrection Remix Lollipop specific for my S2 device (i9100)

It was a successful install, for 2 weeks. My kid used the new Lollipop ROM with no problems (except the occasional freeze, but still reboots OK).

Then one day, it just froze and won't reboot to OS anymore.

Symptoms:

Boots up, shows the logo for 2 secs, then shuts down.
We took out the battery for hours, recharged the battery, still the same.
Entered back to Recovery Mode, Wiped cache partition, Dalvik cache (and later, various storage area space) and tried to Install a ROM zip again (Resurrection Remix).

AT FIRST, it shows that its installing for a few seconds, then shuts down.

After several repeated attempts, it won't even show any progress, as soon as I choose the file and select it, the device shuts down.

Then it reached a point where even wiping cache will cause the device to shut down.

Plus, its getting increasingly difficult to enter Recovery Mode. It now takes me several attempts to boot back into Recovery Mode.

Download mode (Odin Mode) I can get into without much difficulty though.

I even downloaded a different ROM (CYANOGEN+OS+12.1S+V.1.0+s2+GT-I9100) but it won't install either (also shuts down).

Now Device just boots and gets stuck at the Samsung logo, and as I said, it's really difficult now to get back into recovery mode.

Is this a hardware issue or is there something else I can try?


texts: How do I install CalenderProvider.apk and Calendar.apk in a Froyo emulator?

texts:
I'm trying to code something using the calendar-functionality. As there is no support in the emulator, I tried to install the missing apks for CalenderProvider and Calendar. I found a tutorial, but that doesn't work as expected. As I need to code for Froyo the tutorial sounded perfect, but the installation of the files in the linked ZIP-file looks like this:

G:\>"C:\Program Files\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe" install CalendarProvider.apk
367 KB/s (331864 bytes in 0.882s)
        pkg: /data/local/tmp/CalendarProvider.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE]

G:\>"C:\Program Files\Android\platform-tools\adb.exe" install Calendar.apk
764 KB/s (243369 bytes in 0.311s)
        pkg: /data/local/tmp/Calendar.apk
Success

G:\>

Regarding INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE I learned that it has got to do something with the ROM. As I don't have anything else I'm lost here.

Can anyone please help me to circumvent that error message or can provide a working combo for the two apks for Froyo?


texts:
Sometimes after using my phone for a bit, it gets super hot where the battery is. When that happens, I close all programs and don't use it for awhile; it eventually cools down.

This also happens a lot when I use the phone in my car for GPS and have it charging.

Any idea why this happens and how to mitigate?


texts: using chrome to access HTML files on android

texts:
I downloaded the java documentation to read on my phone but i can't use the html viewer on my phone because it cant use links.

When I tried using google chrome and going to the file location its not allowing chrome to access the location.

Does anyone know how to allow chrome to access the folder or know a folder that I could move the documents to?

The documents I have. It's the Zip file I'm using.
Before someone says I could use the epub or mobi, they are missing some of the bits i want to read.

Im using an HTC M9 and the location im trying to access is file:///download/tutorial/tutorial.

Thanks for any help:)


texts: fastboot flash bootloader = FAILED (remote: (InvalidState))

texts:
I'm trying to flash bootloader on my Nexus 7 (2012) and getting FAILED:

mbp:nakasi-lrx21p alexus$ fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
sending 'bootloader' (2100 KB)...
OKAY [  0.305s]
writing 'bootloader'...
FAILED (remote: (InvalidState))
finished. total time: 0.445s
mbp:nakasi-lrx21p alexus$

What am I doing wrong?


texts: What kind of data is stored in /data/user directory?

texts: It seems to store some kind of application data, but how is it different from /data/data directory?


texts: When phone starts to use adoptable storage?

texts:
I've recently set 50% of SD card as adoptable, and everything went fine partition is showed in settings, but phone doesn't use it I have installed some apps and they all went in internal partition not adopted one.
When will phone start to use adopted memory, when I run out of internal?
An also can I use adopted storage to save files for example from chrome since it only uses internal memory it's imposible to download on external?


texts: How to disable power button triple tap emergency call feature?

texts:
I'm using a OnePlus 6 (Magisk; systemless Xposed, stock ROM at Android 8.1.0). One of the features that constantly irritates me is the accidental dialing of emergency number. The system by-default looks for triple power button tap and automatically dials Emergency number (112). I read on XDA here that this is a feature specific to India and Indian SIMs, and I also bought this in India and use an Indian SIM. Other regional users, per some threads of OnePlus subreddit and OnePlus forums, do not have this problem and can customize the shortcut from Camera app or under Settings app, while I cannot.

I found this YouTube video but the recommended solution does not work because the Emergency Info app in my system doesn't have the activity used in the video. That app only has these two activities which only leads to editing Emergency specific user details:

.view.ViewInfoActivity
.edit.EditInfoActivity

How do I change this behavior? I'm looking to prevent emergency number dial on triple power button tap, and if possible, customization of that double power button tap to Camera launch. Furthermore, if possible, please provide a non-root based solution.


texts: What are the differences between these adb and fastboot packages?

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In my Bash shell, I have the packages: adb vs android-tools-adb as well as fastboot vs android-tools-fastboot.

For reference I am trying to root my device, and later use these tools to learn about how Android works etc.

What are the differences between the packages? Is each one a subset of the other?


texts: how to use downloaded firmware from firmware Finder

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I have jsnL21 C432 4/64 version

I upgraded my phone by 3 button method from 8.2 to 9.0.1.158. Using Firmware Finder, I found a newer version of my firmware in 9.0.1.162 which has a lot of improvement and battery optimization. I want to flash it on my device. I downloaded the firmware but it has 2 files:

Update.zip 2.24GB
Update_full_jsn_l21_hw_eu.zip 643MB

I know I should extract update.app into dload folder but the problem is I have 2 zips and inside of each files has a separated Update.app. How to upgrade with these files?

Firmware Finder


texts: How can I upgrade the OS of my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit from Android 4.1 to 4.4 or higher?

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How can I upgrade the OS of my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit (SGH-T599N) from Android 4.1 to 4.4 or higher?

I am trying to install Live on YouTube – by Xperia on my smartphone so that I can live stream videos on YouTube, but it's giving me this error message: "This app is incompatible with your device."

According to the app's Google Play homepage, which was updated last week, the app requires Android 4.4 or higher. I only have 4.1. :( So, I assumed it must be because of that (please correct me if this assumption might be wrong.) Also, when I press Software Update on my device, I get: "This device is up to date." Could it mean that I may never be able to update it anymore because it's too old?


texts: Xperia S Backup & Restore: Could not back up media files and downloaded apps with data

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When I tried backing up my Xperia S, the default Backup & Restore would backup only system apps.

It says "Could not back up" for "Media files" and for "Downloaded apps with data".

Screenshot:


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I recently try to reset my android phone by power off, power on and volume up button.

There're several option but once I push volume down once and volume up once, it stuck with alarm sign and android logo. Below the logo said

  Now send the package you want to apply to the device with adb sideload <filename>.zip...'

What should I do to fix this?


texts: Device update triggers factory reset and completly locks user out

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My father made a installed as system update on his huawei gx 10.

After the reboot a message stated that the device was factory reseted and that it was necessary to log in with a google account that synced from this device.

First of all, not factory reset was made. At last not by a local user interaction. I hope all the data is still there and the message is incorrect. Of course my father made no backup. At last not willingly. Maybe some app-data was backuped to his google account, I'm not sure how to check what exactly is there.

I changed the Google accounts password because I assumed somebody remote-wiped it. But now this looks unlikely. It was probably a faulty update.

Second, the authentication does not work. This device only ever used one google account. When attempting to log in there is a message that this account wasn't previously used on this phone. This is false. When logging in to the account from a computer I can see the history of devices that where associated with it. This phone was associated with this account. However the phone lists two devices: "Huawei GX 10" (last activity 22h ago) and "Huawei GX 10 (new)" (last activity 10 min ago). Nobody in my family or my father ever owned a GX 10 besides this one. Maybe this is due to the fact the OS was updated? I don't know what version was running on it previously and don't think i can find out the current version right now. The whole problem would probably a way less serve if google recognized that these two phones are the same.

In summary, I have physical access to the phone and access to the google account, but can't get past android device protection.

Did this happened before? Is there any hope that does not involve desoldering the flash chips?


texts: NANDroid backup/restore of CM11 encrypted device after wipe

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is it possible to restore a NANDroid backup of a encrypted device running CyanogeMod 11 (KitKat 4.4.2) after performing "Format Data" in TWRP recovery (this function wipes the encrypted partitions)?

Here is scenario for such a case:

So, let's say I have an encrypted phone, which I back up
periodically (with TWRP: boot, cache, data, efs, modem, system
partitions)
Then, something gets messed up, so that I have to wipe
all, reflash recovery, etc.
So I flash the working recovery with
odin, boot to it, format data using TWRP, removing the encryption
from the device
Now, I want to restore the NANDroid backup I've done
before (when my system was encrypted)...

Will it work?????


texts: Is it possible to successfully adjust predictive text for offensive words?

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I am using a oneplus 5t, and Gboard. I use signal to text.

I have cleared the personal dictionary within gboard, and I have also enabled "do not make offensive suggestions" in the keyboard options. I don't believe signal has an associated settings option.

Still.. for some reason when I type 'sucking', I get 2/3 followup suggestions that are predictably offensive.

I would just rather not see words like this, and I can guarantee I've never used this particular combination of words before, so I don't understand why this is happening.

Either the "offensive predictive text" function is broken, or these words are not considered to be part of that dictionary (I find this hard to believe). Or something else entirely...


texts: SMS sent automatically with message "HouslistacZ GMAIL" to unknown number

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My phone has been sending the following message automatically about once a week since I bought it 1 year ago. As far as I see, there is no scheduled time for sending this message and the message context always has been the same. Also, it seems that the recipient is invalid, since I got "(no recipient)" every time it's sent.

Is it a virus? How do I remove it?


texts: moving my google play books to my sd card

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How can I move my play books to my SD card?
It does not appear I can do this through File Manager.
Galaxy Tab Pro / Android version 5.1.1


texts: How can I boot into the recovery from terminal? I'm using LG p970/CM10/cwm5


texts: On the Samsung galaxy watch, do I need Spotify premium to be able to access Spotify?

texts: I've recently bought a Samsung gear S3 Frontier and I want to listen to Spotify with it. Do I need to have a Spotify premium account as well as on my android phone to be able you access Spotify on my watch?


texts: Is there any way (or any iOS or Android app) which i can use to change the current location of my mobile device to be detected as a US location?

texts: I want to test a mobile application which has map search and directions functionality, i.e driving directions from the current location.  Is there any way in which i can change the current location of my device to be detected as a US location?


texts:
I have a weird problem. My headset works with music, but not with calls. The headset icon shows, but the sound still comes from the phone (instead of the headset) when I make a call. Music works fine with the headset.

This is what I'm using:


texts: Bypass Samsung Knox factory reset protection

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I have an Android device supplied by my government for students and secured by Samsung Knox. However & unfortunately, I forgot the security pattern of the device and I want to hard reset it to access it again. But Knox prevents factory reset by all the ways :/

I have tried entering the pattern in a wrong way 20+ times but it still refuses to achieve a factory reset. I have also tried booting into Android recovery but the factory reset option says MDM disallows factory reset.

Also Google's Find My Device can't even detect the device so I can't reset it using Google's Find My Device.
And developer options are disabled by Knox too so I can't do it using adb

I know that I have made it complex but its the truth and I was wondering if someone knows any way or PC tool to hard reset without USB debugging, or a PC tool that can enable USB debugging.

I don't want to flash ROMs because they will erase Knox which I shouldn't erase :/


texts: How can i fix "this rom is for A5ulte, a5ultxx... your phone is" + CUSTOM ROM FOR SM-A500FU ANDROID PIE

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I have Resurrection remix 7.1.2 installed on my SM-A500fu and it worked perfectly. I have been using it for some time now till I recently discovered an upgrade of the same custom rom (resurrection remix 9.0 _android pie) for SM-A500FU. I downloaded and flashed through the right process. wipe cache, system etc.. When I try flashing the upgrade via twrp recovery, I keep getting an error message saying that the rom is meant for a5ulte, a5ultexx...it goes on to list other codenames...and at the latter part it says "my phone is" but doesn't state my phones codename.
I need help please.

Has my codename changed due to my previous ROM?
how do I know my current codename because when I boot to the download mode, my phone's model is still SM-A500FU?
Is there a way to work around it? please urgently.

mimbogel@gmail.com


texts: Can adb start my android device that shows up as "offline"?

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I can see my device in adb devices. It shows up as "offline".
When it is "ready":

$ adb shell
$ su
# reboot

This would reboot my device.
The exact problem is that my cellphone has been turning off on its own with no specific reason, so I was wondering if I could check the logcat to see the problem. I cannot start my device, I have to remove the battery and then start it, and when I do the log is empty...
But my questions here are:

If adb can detect my device why can't it reboot it?
Why can't I turn on my android device from adb when I can reboot it?
What does offline mean: is it turned on or not? (when it isn't usually it doesn't even show in adb devices)


texts: Stock Huawei Honor7 Notification Question

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Im developing a small app which shows notifications continuously, also when the app is stopped via swipe in the task manager or when the device reboots.
It works fine on old Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7 (Android 4.2) and Nexus5 Emulator (stock Android 5.1) among other Android 4.x.x emulators.

Unfortunately it doesn't work on my Huawei Honor7 with Android 5.1 and EMUI 3.1 overlay. Process stops as soon as the app is closed via swipe. Also autostart after boot up doesnt work. I'm not sure if its a Huawei-Power-Safe-Something (killing background processes) or if Android 5.1 generally introduced a new notifications-policy. At least the 5.1-emulator shows, that its still works.

If its a Huawei-thing, maybe someone may tell he, how to tweak the settings for apps right? I already installes PM Plus and granted all possible access to my app but no success yet =\

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance!!


texts: Corrupted files on internal storage (now readonly), how to repair internal storage?

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I have an GT-I9100 with Chameleon.3.0.4 ROM (and ROOT).
Android-Version is: 4.1.2

Since few month, my internal SD-Card (internal storage, not external SD) became readonly.
I cannot add/edit/delete any files on it anymore.

I noticed corrupted files in /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.google.android.youtube/
(wrong filesizes (each > 3GB) and wrong/unreadable filenames),
which I am unable to delete or fix.

So, I tried to execute fsck_msdos -y /dev/block/vold/259:3 (as root) via ADB-Shell, which shows me:

** /dev/block/vold/259:3

Boot sector contents:

sectors per cluster:..........64
number of reserved sectors:...2236
number of FATs:...............2
number of sectors are in FAT:.2946 (1473 KB)
cluster mask (bit):...........32

first cluster offset..........8000
cluster size(bytes):..........32768

hidden sectors:...............0
number of clusters:...........376963

volume serial number:.........407a-07d3
volume label:.................NO NAME    { 0x4f 0x20 0x4e 0x41 0x4d 0x45 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x20 0x46}

** Phase 1 - Read and Compare FATs
Attempting to allocate 1473 KB for FAT

Attempting to allocate 1473 KB for FAT

** Phase 2 - Check Cluster Chains

** Phase 3 - Checking Directories

Invalid long filename entry for /Android/data/com.google.android.youtube/�ILES

Remove? yes
check_dot_dot: '.' absent for /Android/data/com.google.android.youtube/�ILES.
check_dot_dot: '..' absent for /Android/data/com.google.android.youtube/�ILES.
Remove? yes

FSNext block (322159) is correct, NumClusters (376963)

12387 files, 646240 free (20195 clusters)

***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****

Which looks good.
But when I re-run this command, I always get the same result.
Which shows me, the file system was not modified, cause it's readonly.

So, I tried to re-mount the storage in RW-Mode.
Fixing the file system, did not work for me. (fsck_msdos couldn't repair the fs)

Question:
How to repair the internal storage?


texts: Use Android fully independent from Google products

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*I would like to note that English is not my native language and understanding about Android system structure is little.

My question: is it possible to make Android to run without Google apps (Play Services and account manager etc.), and make it more alike Linux (different package system?). AFAIK, Android is using modified Linux kernel and is  emulated by Java(?). I would like to keep some of applications from Android and take power from regular Linux distribution without feeling that I am being monitored all the time.


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I accidentally removed /system/bin/toolbox on my Android 5.1.1 tablet. Right now I have temporarily replaced it by a busybox binary I had at hand, so the system is somewhat usable but not completely functional (e.g. no network connection).

I have tried to pull the toolbox binary from other devices I have, but those are either Android 4 or Android 6, so it didn't work due to unresolved linker symbols. Is there a place where I can get a binary for a specific Android version? Or is there a place on my device where a backup is kept?


texts: Updates on Aptoide and Play Store or Just One

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Is there a need to update apps on the google play store if I update them on Aptoide and vice versa?
So I have several apps from the play store that has been updated with play store but Aptoide is showing the same updates. Do I need to do it for both or is one of them good enough?


texts: How do I turn off the HTC Desire boot jingle?

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Even with a set of headphones plugged in, when I reboot my HTC Desire it (ironically) still plays the 'quietly brilliant' boot screen jingle loudly on the built-in speaker.

This can be utterly annoying when lying in bed and the handset needs a reboot as it invariably wakes up the wife.

Can this be turned off or replaced?


texts: I recently got my Moto G4 Plus and it has got a turbo charger too. On charging it using a specific plug/socket, the phone just starts tapping randomly. When charging through another point, it works fine. Why? Is it the current issue?


texts:
My previous phone was saving automatically my wifi password.  I now have a LG OPTIMUS L1 II, but it is asking for the password each time.

Is there a way to tell them to save it?


texts: so I used twrp to flash xposed-v86-sdk22-arm64.zip and then it got in a bootloop. I really want to have xposed on my 5.1 Samsung s6 can someone please help me


texts: Android Stock Browser downloads file immediatelly after start

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Android 4.4.2 Kitkat Stock Browser
If I start it or open new tab, downloading of apk file (xb_client_blah-blah-blah.apk) from site no.stepfaster.com immediatelly starts instead of opening page which is set as default.
Obviosly some malware fixed Browser's config. Which file and how to fix this?
No root. Browser was stopped and cache cleaned several time. Nothing was installed before this. The mentioned site contains AdSDK apk-files.


texts: Using External Bluetooth dongle in ICS 4.0.3 Tablet

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I have a HCL Me U1 Tablet with Android ICS 4.0.3 OS. Specification

It does not have internal bluetooth but has a Micro-USB and USB port.
I would like to know if bluetooth devices can be accessed by connecting an external bluetooth dongle through the USB port. And are there any apps for the same?
I have not rooted my tablet yet.

Any guidance on how to achieve it?


texts: adb shell push image to recent or downloads folders not on sdcard

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I want to push images to one of this folders:

with shell command. But file only appears on sdcard folder

My last tries was:

adb push C:\Users\User\Pictures\girl.jpg /data/media/0/Pictures/
adb push C:\Users\User\Pictures\girl.jpg /sdcard/Pictures
adb push C:\Users\User\Pictures\girl.jpg /storage/emulated/0/Pictures


texts:
Hi I have a Samsung s4 I9505 running android 5.0.1 stock

The problem I'm having is that if I try to turn on my s4 while running on battery it never passes the Samsung boot logo, it turns off instantly after the boot process finishes

However with the wall charger plugged in it boots up and works perfectly fine but if I turn the plug off it switches off 40 seconds or so after

Another thing I must add is the power button on the faulty s4 seems abit different to my other working s4, the power button on this one doesn't have to go in that much to turn on or off so little pressure can turn it on. Its a bit more clicky on the other s4. But it still boots up fine with the wall charger so may not be because of this.

Also sometime I can see the s4 at 45% battery and after turning it off and back on after 20 minutes its something like 14%

Funnily though I can boot into recovery with just the battery and leave it there for half an hour and it doesn't turn off

What could be wrong?


texts: I have the latest version of the Casio Commando.  I can't seem to get it to be rooted.  It is running the latest update and so its at Android 2.3.  Anyone know if it is possible, I remember reading somewhere that Casio locked down this phone and so access to the bootloader is next to impossible.


texts: Is there any android smartphone that is already rooted by default?

texts: Is there any android smartphone commercially available that is already rooted by default, so that no rooting procedure is required?


texts: How to know about MIDI controller via OTG latency on device?

texts: I have both these devices. I read somewhere that Android doesn't support good latency for MIDI devices as iOS do. But when I connect MIDI device to Sony Xperia M5, it has high latency. If I connect to Lenovo Tab 10, it's much better. I can even play normally on MIDI keyboard with Lenovo Tab 10. Both devices run Android 6.0. Is it possible to know if device has good latency or not?


texts: Is there a smart way to find an app with the features I want?

texts:
Is there a smarter way to find the app I want? Basically, I'm searching the app store for a note-taking app that will suit my needs, and the number of apps is large. So, my approach is to find the note-taking apps and include "sync" and "import" in the search. My goal is to find an app that will both import my existing notes from the default Memo app, and also support syncing with my Google Drive so that I can look at notes on my PC.

But that results in a large list of apps to sift through, looking for the right one. Further, not all the apps fully describe everything they do, and might have the feature I want without mentioning it in the online description. Is this a problem without an automatic solution, or is there a smart alternative to my approach?


texts: How do I get my Samsung Note 3 to be recognized by my PC?

texts: When I plug my phone into my PC (which is running Windows 7 OS) only charging takes place. When I view my phone in Device Manager, it says that Samsung Android files are not installed. But I installed those and also tried with Samsung Kies 3 but it's still not getting connected.


texts:
I just downloaded JellyBean on my HTC One X.

I wanted to check APNs, but accidently went to VPN. Then, I had to set the screen lock pattern to access it. Now, I have an extra step when I want to use the phone. Is there any way to disable the screen lock pattern?


texts: Sony Xperia U not working after failed update

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I've been having problems for some time with my phone connecting to my pc/charger which Sony advised me to correct with the latest update.

However, when I tried the update failed twice and now my phone just shows an error screen with an exclamation mark and phone.

Can't do anything with it at all.

What can I do to fix it?


texts: Strange Android app displaying in Mandarin

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On my Samsung Galaxy Note phone I started receiving strange notifications in Mandarin (the language of the people of China). Once I click on the notification it opens my browser with a blank page and then exits just after few seconds.

A few minutes later I get this app install prompt:

It says in French

  blocked install of apps not coming from Android market.

This has been repeating several times since ~2 weeks now.

Questions:

What's this?
How to be sure that it won't repeat again?

My phone has the latest updates offered by Samsung and is not rooted. I also did not install any app in Mandarin.


texts: When should I start charging my Lithium battery?

texts:
The comments in this question say that I shouldn't wait until low battery charge level before I charge, because that reduces battery life (this is contrary to my understanding before that the faster we charge (without waiting for battery to discharge) the worse it will be for battery life). My question is, when I should generally start charging to avoid this effect? 20%?

Interesting question: If we always limit the usage of the battery only 20% and above, won't we, in effect, reduces our battery capacity to 80%, because we will only use the battery in 20%-100% state?


texts: How to extract the saved passwords on your phone?

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EDIT: Sorry for the uninformative title, it kept saying "This title looks like spam!" so I had to rearrange the title a few times before I could post this.

I forgot my gmail password and the only way I can get into it is with my android phone which seems to remain logged in. Well actually I read how it works, the android gmail app stores an authentication token in a .db file, then it sends that authentication token to gmail, and only then gmail sends the password back. So if an attacker was to hack your phone, all they'd get is the authentication token.

Now I know I probably answered my own question there, that its impossible to get the password from the phone, but I just wanted to ask it anyway in case theres something I haven't taken into consideration.


texts: How to change calendar settings to month view?

texts: My calendar is stuck on viewing the agenda when I open it.  I would like to view the month page when I open it. How can I configure it to work like this?


texts: Screen turns off during call with Tecno F7

texts: Why does my screen go off during a call? It doesn't turn on even when I press the power button. It only comes back after the call.


texts: Unlock samsung galaxy s2 too many pattern attempts and failed to login in gmail account then reset

texts:
My samsung galaxy s2 is locked, after restart, I see following welcome screen only

Here was my fault :(

Exceed to many pattern attempts
Then system asked for associated google account and password. Lack of internet connection I was failed to  login.
Then restart the galaxy sII by thinking that I would have chance to give pattern one more
But no lack I see ' S(logo) Samsung Galaxy SII ' on screen. I can not nothing to forward

Please help

Thanks


texts: How do i Connect PC Internet on Android Mobile?

texts:
About My Phone:

Model Name: Asus Zenfone 5 ( Rooted )

Version: Lolliop 5.0

About My Laptop:

Model Name: B460e

OS: Windows 8

Not Having Wifi and Bluetooth.

I used Broadband connection for my laptop.

I am already tried "Reverse Tethering" and "Easy Tether Lite". These method
is not suitable for my phone.

How can i connect my laptop internet to my android mobile?


texts: Homescreen on Nexus 4 (Lollipop) looks different compared to images of stock Lollipop

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I installed Lollipop on a Nexus 4 and I noticed some differences from the videos and images of stock Lollipop that I've seen before. Mainly the status/notification and navigational bars are black (they should be transparent). Also, the design of the folders on the home screen is different (my folders have a black background while it should be white). You can see some examples in the images.

"Black bars" / "Black Folder" (click images for larger variants)

Does anyone know where's the problem?


texts: Bootloop and inaccessible to fastboot /adb

texts:
So I wished to flash TWRP on my Gionee A1 (Nougat) and it couldn't mount my system partitions and reboots recovery repeatedly.
Reading somewhere cwm solves this, I did a grave mistake of flashing CWM of another device model onto mine (as I couldn't find one for mine)
After flashing, the phone is in bootloop and I can't access recovery/fastboot. Tried many methods but in vain. Pls help.


texts:
Under the Memory settings entry, there are several categories such as Apps and Documents.

What is considered as part of the Misc category? It's taking up a huge amount of my device's memory.


texts: How do I quickly change the default action of a contact in the favorites widget?

texts: I see no obvious way to change the default action of a contact that's added to the Favorites widget. I have to remove that contact from the Favorites group, and re-add that contact (which then prompts me for the default action, like View Contact, or Send Mail). Is there an easier way?


texts: can my Device ID # on my Android Samsung Epic be changed?

texts: I was Banned from an App (for quoting Monty Python no less!) but want back in.  Is there a way to change my Device ID # so that I can start anew and sign up with the App again?  I don't want to get a new phone, and I'm not super techie, so if there is a way it has to either be relativly easy, or smeone I can ask to do it for me.  Thanks


texts: Does the android platform have any firewall application?


texts: My samsung s4 has suddenly started calling through Skype instead of the local network. I have not set any defaults. I have also uninstalled skype, it still goes through skype, then stops then I have to call again then it goes thtough the network. How can resolve this? please help


texts:
I am looking to change my boot audio but cannot change it due it not copying from my computer to my phone but I can copy from the device to my computer.

I have the latest version of Android Studio / SDK
I have the latest version of Droid Explorer

I can view my files and copy from but can't paste to my device.

Please can someone help

Hello my device is rooted and has supersu and exposed framework and BusyBox

Also I can make those changes if I copy to sd card and use es file explorer to paste them to system media folder.  Also before I installed busybox the folder contents of my device didn't display in Droid explorer it would connect but was a blank directory so that's been fixed but as for file permissions it hasn't as I have rooted it and given ADB root permissions etc but can only take files from the device in Droid explorer but can't paste them to the device


texts: Where can I find the Xposed Framework and installer for Nougat?

texts:
I am currently on CyanogenMod 14.1. I have been trying to find the Xposed SDK 25 for Android 7.1 but couldn't locate it. So I wanted to know:

If it is even out yet?

If yes then where can I find it?

Please help...


texts: What file system does the format option in settings > storage use?

texts:
I was wondering what file system Android will use when I format my (external) SD Card. Can someone enlighten me?
Is it the one already used or exFAT or FAT32 or manufacturer dependent?


texts: Phone soft reboots when making or receiving a call [Nexus 6][CM13]

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I've got a pretty severe bug that results in my phone soft rebooting every time I try to make a phone call or a phone call would be coming in on the main number.

What I did to try to fix (no luck):

Downloaded latest snapshot: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/158646/cm-13.0-20160418-SNAPSHOT-ZNH0EAO2NL-shamu.zip
Downloaded latest gapps for 6.0: http://opengapps.org/ (ARM 6.0 Stock package)
Wiped /system, /data, dalvik cache & /cache
Installed #1 and #2
Wiped /internal storage
Updating radio/bootloader to latest available

What's going on? This just started manifesting after I did a cm13Nighty (4-11-2016) > cm13Snapshot (4-18-2016) upgrade. I would've thought the reset would fix it at least?

Other things I've tried with no luck:

Disabling/enabling WiFi Calling
Booting into Safe Mode
Deleting com.android.providers.x folders in /data/data & wiped Dalvik/cache again (This fixed WiFi calling consequently - dysfunctional again after soft-crash - interesting...)


texts: I bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab which has Android 2.2. I want to upgrade it to 2.3 but I don’t know how. I searched to find out a way to do so, but I couldn't find anything.


texts: Can I change the download path for the Amazon MP3 cloud?

texts:
I want to download my music from the cloud through the Amazon MP3 app, but whenever I download it always puts it in the "amazonmp3" folder on my phone's internal drive. This is kind of annoying because my internal drive is not as big as my perfectly good 16GB SD card plugged in, which I'd much rather put the music on.

I can't find anything in the settings that references the path where music gets downloaded. Even when I move the app itself to the SD card, it still downloads everything to internal storage. Even worse, my phone won't let me easily just move the folders from the internal storage to the SD card; I have to plug it in and connect it to my computer and do it from there. Is there any way to make the app download music from the cloud to my SD card rather than the internal storage?


texts: problem with maclaw CM11, constantly restarts

texts:
I have a problem with a custom rom, i have a galaxy s advance, which isn't supported by cyanogen mod. Maclaw has created kitkat roms for some devices which aren't suported by cyanogen.

I now have his kitkat 4.4.4 rom running. Unfortunately maclaw hasn't got a forum.
(they are setting up one but it isn't launched yet) So i decided to ask here, since you guys have knowledge about pretty much everything, regarding this subject.
Maybe anyone else could point out what the possible cause of this problem could be.

In my case, the phone restarts after a while, but only when the device is on battery, and when the screen is locked.
Everything works perfectly when it's on charger and/or unlocked.
Is this a common problem or does it have a well known cause?
Thanks in advance for all your efforts.


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I have a new tv that has Android 4.0.3 installed.

I would like to control the Android system on the TV from my Android based phone. I have tried the following applications.

XBMC - Has a great remote and good interface but I would like to control the whole Android sytem not just an application.

DroidMote - Has a server application that will only run as root. (Yes I could root the TV but that's effort)

TeamViewer - Only offers remote control through view and click.

I understand that sending keypresses and control the Android system may require root due to the need to interface with the Android system but I'm sure there would be a way to do this without root and Android to Android should be very compatible.

Suggestions??

Specs

Android - Phone
http://i.imgur.com/ZhEKh.png

Android - TV
http://i.imgur.com/quPrq.jpg


texts: "Incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user ID" when installing Google Play services

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I am using Samsung Galaxy Tab 3. I use it to play games and I have one that needs to be backed up by Google+. Unfortunately, my tablet doesn't have Google+ and Google Play services app installed in it. So everytime I try to sign into Google+, it always direct me to Play Store and ask me to install Google Play services.

So I did follow the steps required. I tried to install Google Play services, but it always gave an error message below.

  Incompatible with other application(s) using the same shared user ID.

How to handle this issue?


texts: Android detects SIM change – gmail synchronized messages deleted?

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After gmail detects SIM change – it asks to renew login to gmail account.

This is a very good security action. But does it maybe also clear synchronized messages (that have been downloaded before SIM change)?


texts: Moto G LTE (1st) gen - where are system version updates downloaded?

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My personal phone is a Moto G LTE 1st gen (XT1045 - peregrine). At some point it stopped receiving network signal, so I re-installed Android 5.1 using a zip from XDA. I also rooted the phone.

Now my system version is 23.21.37.peregrine_retus.abc.xyz, whatever. I got a notification that I can install a new version, and I accidentally downloaded it. The problem is that I don't want to install it, but I keep getting reminders and I always postone. Where can I find the downloaded file to delete it? I didn't find anything in \cache in the internal storage. I looked in a lot of places using ES File Explorer, but I couldn't find the file that would be used for the update.


texts: All contact names on device changed without user intervention

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All of the contact names stored on my device got changed to "1 Null" without my intervention.
How can I get them back? Any ideas?


texts: How to determine which app or service is frequently writing to storage and causing lagging?

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When I turn on the screen on a sleeping (but not powered off) high-end Samsung Android 7 Nougat device, the device is often very unresponsive (lagging) for 20-200 seconds.
Using the excellent Simple System Monitor (SSM), I can see that it's not a CPU or RAM issue.  There also is only minimal network activity during this time.  The issue appears to be something writing to internal storage.  In all the SSM graphs, it's the only graph that shows a high level of activity during the unresponsive period.
How can I determine which process is performing all that writing to internal storage ?  The device is not rooted, nor does it have external storage.


texts: Is it possible to use icon packs with the ASUS launcher?

texts: I have a DigiLand tablet that I have downloaded and it runs the so-called "ASUS" launcher. I had downloaded many icon packs before my switch to this launcher. I am wondering, if it is possible to use icon packs, how do I do it? Thanks.


texts: Wallpaper is blurry when cropped from downloaded image

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When creating my own wallpapers on my Nexus S, they always end up being low quality. The image is slightly blurry. Edges are not crisp. These are the steps I'm doing:

Download a very large image from the web browser.
Long tap my current wallpaper.
Wallpapers > Gallery > download
Selected the large image and expanded the crop marks to the max.
Save

It seems like Android is compressing the image too much. Is there any way to set the quality higher?


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I have a Nexus 7 2013 WiFi-only (flo) device. I rooted it and just generally messed around with it. Now I want to put it back to complete stock everything (bootloader, recovery, ROM, etc) AND COMPLETELY WIPE THE DEVICE. When following the tutorial detailed here: Tutorial, an inspection with TWRP file manager (ON A NON-ROOTED DEVICE) shows that under '/', there is still a directory called 'SuperSU' (evidence that I rooted). It's clear that wiping the device in this way is not incredibly thorough. How can I put my Nexus back to COMPLETE, wiped stock (as though I had literally just opened the box from the factory)?

Many Thanks.


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I own an HTC Salsa with Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread).

The problem is that I can't download apps like Subway Surfers, Temple Run, Candy Crush, etc. The market reports, "your device is incompatible".

Does it mean hardware requirements?

Is there any way I can upgrade my phone to play the above popular games?

Update:

Very useful information from Mr. Buster. But since there is an update on GOOGLE play now, which doesn't allow you to see the incompatible information.

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