texts: Galaxy Note GT-N7000 won't connect to Google apps on Wi-Fi

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My Samsung Galaxy Note says it's connected to my Wi-Fi at home, and I can get onto some websites.

Google Mail, Google Search and Google Maps are not connected, but all will work if I switch Wi-Fi off.

I have had this phone for 18 months trouble-free.


texts: How can I rooting a ZTE stack 6.0.1 z799vl

texts: I'm looking for a way to root my ZTE stack running 6.0.1 and the model number is z799vl


texts: How to lock the pull down menu / sound settings

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I am using Android 5.1.1 on a Nexus 4.

When the screen is locked, I still can change the sound settings (mute, volume) and I can pull down the top screen menu with the settings for WLAN / Bluetooth, flashlight and so on.

Sometimes I do switch those settings accidentally when the phone is in my pocket, so the light goes on and the battery is finished fast.

How can I lock those settings?


texts: How to check which data gets cached by App?

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I decided to use a banking application (provided by german postbank), but ONLY to SEE my account transactions, so I do NOT want to make any new transactions, just VIEW them.

Im always logging out of my account. But still I'm wondering how safe this use-case of mine is. Imagine my phone gets stolen >> What is cached on my phone by this app?

Is it like I would have never logged in, i.e. no cached data of my downloaded transactions exist on my phone? Or is it that my transactions will get downloaded and cached in a (maybe simple unencrypted?) database on my phone and "everyone" could access it?

How could I check this myself?
Thanks in advance!


texts: Galaxy Nexus screen flashes and brightness issues on various button taps and screens

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While using my Galaxy Nexus at night in the dark, I started experiencing issues where the screen would flash for a moment to what felt like full brightness when I tap on certain buttons. It seems inconsistent, but frequent. I've had it happen when pressing the back button in various apps, or switching to different apps in the application switcher. It's bright enough to say that it kind of hurts my eyes.

It also seems like certain screens get locked into full brightness. One example is the main timeline screen of the official Twitter app.

I have Automatic Brightness turned off, and the brightness slider at the lowest setting.

Any ideas as to what causes this? Is there some setting I'm missing?


texts: Determine if a Google Play app requires Google Play services?

texts: How do I determine if a Google Play app requires Google Play Services? Or does every app listed on Google Play require it?


texts: Can I connect a keyboard via micro-usb to a smartphone which doesn't support OTG?

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My phone has no OTG support. A standard USB keyboard connected using an OTG cable doesn't work or even get recognized. Would a keyboard which instead connects via micro-usb work? Or would the phone require OTG support for that too?

The version of Android is 5.1.1. The phone is not rooted.


texts: How do I safely install an app not from the Play store?

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I have always installed apps from the official store but today I wanted to install an app from SlideMe so I clicked "download" but it didn't install automatically.  It just downloaded an .apk file and then a window popped up with two options called "Google installer"  and "package installer"..how do I proceed?  I have an unrooted S3.

OS: 4.1.1


texts: Is there a way to tie a phone contact to a Google Place?

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Google Places have all the info, such as photo/logo, phone number, address, hours, etc.
Instead of typing this in manually, is there a way to just link the relevant Google Place to a contact?


texts: Is there a calendar that I can sync with my phone, without using Google?

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My Google calendar is getting messed up big time. Birth dates are multiplying on my Android phone. Even the dates are changing.

I want a calendar on my PC that I can sync with my Android phone, without using Google. Is this even possible?


texts: How to remove "Contents hiddens" from lock screen

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I'm currently hiding sensitive notification content from the lock screen. I did that by going in Settings>Notifications>Configure notifications>On the lock screen>Hide sensitive notification content.

Now it shows Contents hidden on my lock screen. I'd like to be able to see the notification but remove that text "Contents hiddens".

Is that possible?

Screenshot.

Thank you


texts: Do not auto-connect to Wifi connection in Android 7.0

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I have a Moto G4 phone running Android 7.0. There are multiple Wifi connections in my workplace, and I want to default to the private Wifi network, while having the building's Wifi as a backup.

In the Wifi connection's settings, I do not see an option for Do not connect automatically.

As far as I know on Xiaomi and Samsumg phones, there is an option not to connect to a Wifi network automatically. How can I achieve the same result with a Moto G4 / stock Android 7.0 phone?


texts: Installing a Boot Animation without using Root Explorer

texts: I rooted my HTC Inspire, currently running JellyTime. I want to change my boot animation but the process requires me to access a system folder that is not visible using my current file explorer (ES File Explorer). Is there a way I can change my boot animation without using the app "Root Explorer"?


texts: My HTC One (Android 4.3) told me that I can only have 10 alarm clocks at maximum and that I should delete one before adding a new one. Why, and is it possible to have more than ten?


texts: SMS messages never delivered if target phone is off-network

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I have a Samsung GT-I5500 (Europa) running Android 2.1.

Sending an SMS message to an off-phone will result in a notification saying 'message not sent'

It is never delivered even after the target phone is turned back on.

Message should be stored on network until it expires or is delivered.

I have eliminated network causes by trying the SIM in a non Android phone, which works as it should do.

I also tried a different network SIM in the phone, same problem.

I suspect the SMS 'message validity' field but cannot find a way to access it.

Anyone experienced this? Are there any solutions?


texts: Preview download size of app on Play Store

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I do not seem to be able to see how large an app's download size in the play store is prior to buying it or agreeing to install it.

Is there a means of doing this?


texts:
Can an Android Malware App "hide" certain important permissions thereby fooling the user to be "good" (or intended to do only what its posed purpose is). Thus can the user "believe" the App to be genuine and install it?
In short is there anyway an App can fake its permissions? I know that there is an AndroidManifest.xml which every developer of App must customize in order to get the necessary permission. And most certainly this is what gets displayed to the user so that he/she can acknowledge before he/she installs the App.
Now my question is, is there a way the user is not "shown" any of the permissions??


texts: How to disable dm-verity on Android with "user" build type ROM?

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I have One Plus 6T Android device which has a ROM of build type user. This device is rooted with Magisk and I want to disable dm-verity on this device. I have tried to run adb disable-verity but I got an error saying verity cannot be disabled/enabled - USER build

Is there any way to disable this?

Goal: Want to place customized sepolicy file under system_root directory. I have tried to do it with following commands:

C:\Users\GPU-Test>adb shell
OnePlus6T:/ $ su
OnePlus6T:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system_root
OnePlus6T:/ # cp /sdcard/selinux_policy_modified /system_root/sepolicy
cp: /system_root/sepolicy: Permission denied
1|OnePlus6T:/ # cp -f /sdcard/selinux_policy_modified /system_root/sepolicy
cp: /system_root/sepolicy: No such file or directory
1|OnePlus6T:/ # ^C
130|OnePlus6T:/ # exit
130|OnePlus6T:/ $ exit

C:\Users\GPU-Test>adb disable-verity
verity cannot be disabled/enabled - USER build

Also tried to disable Preserve force encryption and Preserve AVB 2.0/dm-verity checkbox but still the above commands have same result. Also on reboot these check-boxes enables again automatically.


texts: Can I run CyanogenMod without mobile service?

texts: I am wondering if I can run CyanogenMod on a phone without service? I have an HTC Incredible and am thinking of upgrading to a new phone and wonder if I can give my old phone to my daughter to use like an iTouch works where you only have internet access via a wireless connection and cannot make cell phone calls but can use applications.


texts: What's the difference between Google Plus Instant Upload and the new Google Photos?

texts: Google Photos is a newly launched application from Google that now backs up all your photos for free (as long as you're ok with their being 16MP and 1080p). But I also have Google Plus with Instant Upload enabled. Are these two completely different services, and is there any way to get my Google Plus Instant Upload photos (which is a lot) into Google Photos?


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I have a Moto G, and I just update the Android system to 5.1.  With the old system, I was able to expand and contract the size of e-mail in Exchange (by expanding and contracting two fingers on the screen; I don't know the name for this action), and the text would reformat to fit on the screen.  Now with 5.1, this doesn't work any more.  I expand the screen and the text becomes larger, but it doesn't reformat, and I lose some of the text "off screen."

Does anyone know how to fix this problem?  Thank you.


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This is with Ubuntu 13.10 on the host and a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4 SPH-L720.

When in normal mode, 'adb devices' finds my phone.

I do 'adb reboot bootloader' to reboot my phone into bootloader mode.

'fastboot devices' comes back empty. 'sudo fastboot devices' also comes back empty.

I have setup the udev rules file accordingly (replaced my real login with myuser)

~  cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="04e8", MODE="0666", GROUP="myuser"

lsusb returns the following (fyi, the device is an S4, not an S2)

Bus 002 Device 006: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)

I've read a ton of articles on this and I can't get this working. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!


texts: Text-to-speech reader for Google Voice SMS text messages?

texts: There are a bunch of apps for reading your phone's "native" SMS text messages, but I couldn't find anything for Google Voice, nor could I find any apps that can generically read text in other apps (which I could then apply on Google Voice).


texts: How can I change the order the timers are displayed in the default clock application? I've got about two dozens of them and it seems I can only add new ones in front and not change the order.


texts: Mobile data turns itself on again and again; could be caused by WhatsApp

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My mobile data keeps turning on by itself and uses my data traffic. I think this is because of WhatsApp, but I'm not sure. Is there any other possible reason aside from WhatsApp? How should I stop it from happening?

Phone: Samsung GT9100i
Android Version: 4.2.1


texts: Can I decrease the audio latency of Android (for a Midi keyboard)?

texts: I've connected a MIDI keyboard to my Moto E4 and I'd like to decrease the audio latency.  I've searched online and found that Android OS doesn't do a great job processing audio signals quickly.  Is there something I can do about this?  This is a phone I don't use, so I'm open to anything - I've looked at options involving another OS (haven't found any), or rooting the OS and maybe something then.  I'd like to prioritize the audio signal as much as possible, I need to run one app and then output from the phone.  Thanks for your help!


texts: Adding notes/tasks not working in Google Assistant

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When I say "note to self" or "add a note" (or "note to self buy milk"), Google should be directing that command to one of the apps that accept note commands, including Todoist, Any.do, Keep, Gmail, etc.

However, on my primary personal account, commands never get directed anywhere except to what looks like some minimal built-in note service, and there's no way to change the default app.

Here is a video of the expected behavior (using Google Assistant with a different account than my main personal account). Note that just "note to self" results in a response that displays an app icon that you can click on to change the default note app, as described elsewhere on the web.

The expected behavior is also what other people I've asked experience on their phones / on their own accounts, and is corroborated with discussions elsewhere on the web.

Here is a video of the problematic behavior, when using Google Assistant on my main personal account.

I've already tried a number of things, including:

Deleting all local data associated with the Google app and re-setting
up Google Assistant.
Resetting my default apps in the phone settings.
Removing and re-adding my Google account to my phone entirely.

I suspect that this may have something to do with Google Home, since that minimal notes service seems to be associated with Google Home when I search the web for info on it.  It's not even listed as an available app in that first video.

Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks tremendously in advance!

(I'm also aware that—for Todoist at least—you can drop into a "talk to Todoist" mode (app listing page) in Google Assistant, which is not what I'm asking about here—I just want to be able to fire off reminders in a single command, and also to apps other than Todoist.)


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 default email attachment location

texts: How can I change the default location on my Samsung Galaxy tab 4 for email attachments? When I download, say, a picture attachment it automatically sends it to internal device storage. I want to send my downloaded email attachments to my microSD card.


texts: How can I install Jelly Bean on a Micromax Funbook P275?

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I have a Micromax Funbook P275 tablet with Android 4.0.4 ICS installed, and I want to install 4.2 Jelly Bean on it, using this guide.

Since the P275 doesn't have hardware buttons for volume up/down, how can I scroll up/down in the recovery mode without the hardware buttons? The only ones on my device are the Home and the Power button.


texts: MS-Exchange contacts are not synching even though mail and calendar syncs fine

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For a while now my contacts quit synching on Android with an Exchange 2010 server. Calendar and Mail syncing still works, both directions. This problem is described elsewhere ( e.g. here ) and I tried all the proposed fixes:

Click "sync now" in accounts, deactivate contacts, click again, re-activate contacts, click again
Check that the account is really a "Microsoft Exchange" (i.e. active sync) account, not IMAP, etc
Create a new dummy contact on phone or Outlook and sync again...
Use the Dev Tools Sync Tester on Android (always returned empty stats=[], no errors...) :-(

Versions:

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 14.3.158.4001
Android 4.3 (Cyanogen 10.2 on Motorola Defy+)


texts: Unable to change radio channels through headset

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My headset for fm radio cannot be used for channel change.
It switches off and on instead. I'm not able to change the channels using headset given by them.


texts: How to backup phonebook and user data through usb or command code in a locked Android phone

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My phone has a USB option. I want to connect it to the PC, and I need the command code to backup my phone book and all user data of my Android phone which is locked.

How can I get the command code I need?


texts: How do I transfer my whatsapp messages from old phone to new phone?

texts: I've been using Samsung Tab and the USB cable is not usable. I've been seeing answers like backing up my messages to my SD card from my old phone and insert it to my new phone, but the problem is my new phone ( Samsung Alpha ) doesn't have the SD card slot. So is there any other way to transfer my Whatsapp messages without the use of USB cable and SD card?


texts: Does using an unofficial charger negatively affect overall battery lifetime of a GS4?

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According to two employees at the Sprint store, using an unofficial charger for the Galaxy S4 will negatively impact the overall life of the phone's battery (edit: in other words, the battery will need to be replaced much sooner than if one always uses the official charger).

I've never heard this before. Does anyone else know what they are talking about?  What is special about the S4 charger?  I saw someone online mention that a "special code" is transmitted over the USB connector, which the phone will use to judge if it is an official charger; again, new to me, but I'm not a hardware expert.

Update: I still haven't figured out an answer to this. Regarding the "special code", the post I saw may have been referring to the IC chip, but I don't know.  So if we look at the distinguishing characteristics of a Micro USB Charger, there's 1) whether it has the IC Chip; 2) whether it is 2 amp vs. 1 amp; anything else?


texts: How to restart a system app from the command line?

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After deploying a new APK for a system app, is there a way to restart the app process without rebooting the device?

Non-system apps are managed with the Activity Manager through the am command. There are options like start, restart, force-stop, as well as commands against services, like startservice or stopservice.

I have mainly read and tried around the Activity Manager, and I am missing something. Right now, I just rely on the time-consuming brutal reboot command. Posts on installing system apps also use reboot only, as far as I found.

Great and timely feedback mention the very commands I tried, but when they work, they are in "force" mode. I did not check the source code, but it usually means something akin to kill -s SIGKILL, and I wonder whether that is really necessary to go that far.

Some sample outputs (thanks everyone for comments!):

(note, I have indented the command output for readability)

Restarting with restart

$:/ # am start com.android.email
    Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] pkg=com.android.email }
$:/ # ps | grep email
    u0_a30    1436  117   705400 32128 ffffffff 4006b954 S com.android.email
$:/ # am restart com.android.email
    Restart the system...
    android.os.DeadObjectException
    at android.os.BinderProxy.transact(Native Method)
    at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.restart(ActivityManagerNative.java:4647)
    at com.android.commands.am.Am.runRestart(Am.java:1410)
    at com.android.commands.am.Am.onRun(Am.java:308)
    at com.android.internal.os.BaseCommand.run(BaseCommand.java:47)
    at com.android.commands.am.Am.main(Am.java:78)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:243)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
$:/ # ps | grep email
$:/ # #=> Process was killed anyway
$:/ # am start com.android.email #=> Works again, but the previous error...

Restarting with force-stop

$:/ # am start com.android.email
$:/ # ps | grep email
    u0_a30    2680  1506  706404 31668 ffffffff 40059954 S com.android.email
$:/ # am force-stop com.android.email
$:/ # ps | grep email
$:/ # #=> Process killed
$:/ # am start com.android.email #=> Works again, but it was *forced* kill!

Some context and idiosyncrasies: My particular case is a custom system app (in /system/priv-app) that exposes a service, no activity. I am used to rely on am startservice and am stopservice to manage non-system processes. It does not work properly for system apps (read: "I don't know how to do it" :-) ). All this is on Android 4.4.2, API level 19.


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Acrobat Reader has a nice feature "manage trusted identities" that allows to import CA certificates to validate the signature on a document.
Is there an option to define trusted identities in the Android version of the reader (or in any other free pdf reader for android)?


texts: Confusion about photo-backups Android 4.4

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I have a Nexus 5 with Android 4.4.2, but I am confused as to where photos get backed up. First of all, in the Photos app (which is actually part of Google+), there is an option to set up Auto Backup. Now, in the settings under your Google-account syncing there is also an option to sync Google+ Photos. What is the difference?

Also, where are the photos stored? If you delete a photo from inside Photos or inside Gallery on my phone, does it get deleted from both places, from the web (if backed up), ...?

Also, what is the difference between the Gallery-app and the Photos-app?

Edit:
Doing some tests with the auto-backup feature inside Photos, I've concluded:
If you take a photo on your device and force auto-backup, it's available online as well. Removing it on your device keeps the picture online, and it is not shown in the Trash. Removing it online however DOES make it show up in the Trash, both online and on your device.

Deleting an auto-backuped picture online puts it in the Trash as well, ths making the image available twice on your device (in the Camera and Trash). Deleting it from the Trash still keeps the image in the Camera. Backing up the library does not upload that image again online, and the Cloud-icon remains.

Of course once you think you know the system it gets more complicated. Using Hangouts also puts those images inside a separate folder online, and for some reason some pictures only show up there and NOT inside the Auto-Backup folder. Perhaps because I've been messing around trying to figure thing out, I'll keep better note and force auto-backup in the future.

I guess it could be me, but this system is VERY complicated for a user. The cloud-icon would suggest to me that it's available online, but it's still there even after deleting the image online. Of course deleting it online means you don't want it.
Also it's not really syncing if the images on the device are not the same as online. There can be images on the device but not online and vice-versa. And now I still don't know the difference between the sync of Google Photos and Google+ Photos...


texts: Can't connect to WiFi after spoofed MAC address

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I'm changing the MAC address on my Android device; however, once I change it I get disconnected from the WiFi network that I'm connected to and then I'm unable to reconnect to the WiFi.

I realized that I can connect to unsecure WiFi but not secure. I know the MAC address is changing properly because I did packet capturing with WireShark and the spoofed MAC shows as the MAC address of the packets.

I have tried forgetting and reconnecting to the secure WiFi network, but it still doesn't connect. When I changed back the MAC to the original value, it works fine. I can only connect with the real MAC address, but not the spoofed one.

Is there something missing?


texts: On my Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), I am suddenly unable to connect to Wifi

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I've googled this and turned up a bunch of inconclusive forum threads. I've also checked out a few similar questions on this site, but none of them quite match my details. So here they are:

I have a Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) that's been working fine with my wifi router since I got it about 6 months ago. This morning when I fired it up, it rebooted and now I cannot connect to my wifi router. My wifi is not the issue as my Nexus 7 tablet is connected and working.

This is what I see:

When I go to Settings > Wi-Fi, I see my network listed. But status is stuck on Obtaining IP address
After a while, status reports Network disabled. Poor connection

Tablet also reports that a "Software Update" is ready. Not sure if this is related to the issue. But when I try to update, I get a confirmation page and when I hit confirm button, I get message Unable to connect network.

I've tried the following:

Rebooting tablet
Forgetting and reconnecting to my network through Wi-Fi settings
Read this solution, but couldn't find Mobile Network Settings

Here's some system data from my tablet:

Model Number: GT-P3113
Android Version: 4.0.4
Kernel Version: 3.0.8-999349
Build Number: IMM76D.P3113UEBLH2

A simple solution would be appreciated. I'll post a solution if I figure it out myself. Thanks!


texts: I'm not able to access the VPN Settings in Android 8.1 EMUI 8.2.0

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I'm using the NordVPN App for Android. The app version is 3.8.3. My Smartphone is a Honor 8X with Android 8.1.0 and EMUI 8.2.0.

In their "Automatic Kill Switch" article on https://nordvpn.com/features/kill-switch-technique/, they explain that: "At the moment Kill Switch technology is available only on Android 7 or later and has to be enabled in System Settings menu.".

If I navigate in my Smartphone to "Settings->Wireless & networks->VPN", I can see the NordVPN entry/profile, which has been created automatically by the NordVPN app.

However, I'm not able to set the "Always-on-VPN" option, because if I click on the NordVPN entry, it just opens the NordVPN app and not the settings of it in Android. Keep pressing it does not give me any option besides opening the app again.

If I create a dummy VPN entry and click it, I'm able to set the "Always-on-VPN" option because it opens the settings of it.

Is there any advice/known solution to this problem? Or is it impossible to access the entry, because it was created automatically by the NordVPN app and I have no control over it?


texts: Make the home button go the middle screen?

texts:
With Android 8.1, the wallpaper can cover all three screens. So when you move from the first screen to the second, and from the second to the third, the wallpaper pans to a different part.

This is a cool effect.

How can I make my home button take me to the second screen -- in the middle of 1 & 3, so the wallpaper shows the cool stuff when I first launch into my phone.


texts: Ice Cream Sandwich email app on Droid RAZR won't autofill all contacts

texts: Why won't the Ice Cream Sandwich email app on Droid RAZR autofill all contacts? It works fine with Gmail but only for some contacts in the standard email app.


texts: Cannot boot into recovery (Samsung Galaxy S)

texts:
My GT-I9000 device recently got stuck in a bootloop, and now I'm trying to put CyanogenMod on it, hoping that this would fix the situation.

I can use Heimdall to install the ClockworkMod Recovery on the phone, but as of today, I cannot boot into the recovery!

Yesterday everything worked normally, but once I tried to boot into it today, it got stuck in the bootloop instead of going to recovery!

I'm using the standard Vol up + Home + Power button combination.

What can I do to force the phone into recovery mode again?

Edit: CWM flashed (but unable to start) and honestly I can't remember how I initially bricked the device. I think it's safe to assume that I have a broken ROM on it.

I actually am trying to install a new ROM, so if I could flash it that would be great. But for that I need to get the recovery and ADB working.


texts: Mobile Network not available despite full coverage

texts:
I've been to my network provider and the problem is with my phone.  I woke up on Tuesday with an unread message but have been unable to respond since.  My lock screen says that I can make "Emergency calls only", but shows full network coverage.

I have CM7 on the phone, and tried a new install last night to no avail.  I did spill some water on the phone about two weeks ago, but the phone has been working fine since.  Most confusing is I received the text above at 08.00 and the problem has been present since at least 10.00 on the same day.

Any advice is welcome. Samsung Galaxy S2


texts: (Root) Is there any way we can block internet accessfrom a specific app, not a whole system firewall or VPN that always run in the background?

texts:
Is there any way that can block also foreground internet access of a specific app permanently?
Not a VPN or similar that affects the whole connection and keep running the background.
No VPN!
Root is available.


texts: Disable avb/dm-verity manually on super partition

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my doogee s96, with the TWRP no more able to boot, probably due to the dm-verity check.
I tried several things, install Magisk or patching boot.img, but I always failed. The phone starts and suddendly swicth to TWRP without launching Android.
With the suggestion of @alecxs I pulled the super partition through adb and umpacked with lpunpack.
The idea is to manually disable the avb/dm-verity control.
Now I have product.img + system.img + vendor.img.
I can open them with 7z and, for instance, i found many lines on /vendor.img/etc/fstab.mt6785 using avb:
system /system ext4 ro wait,,avb=vbmeta_system,logical,first_stage_mount,avb_keys=/avb/q-gsi.avbpubkey:/avb/r-gsi.avbpubkey:/avb/s-gsi.avbpubkey
vendor /vendor ext4 ro wait,,avb,logical,first_stage_mount
product /product ext4 ro wait,,avb,logical,first_stage_mount

or the system.img/init.rc with the line
exec -- /system/bin/fsverity_init

and system.img/system/bin/fsverity_init:
# Enforce fsverity signature checking
echo 1 > /proc/sys/fs/verity/require_signatures

# Load all keys
for cert in /product/etc/security/fsverity/*.der; do
  /system/bin/mini-keyctl padd asymmetric fsv_product .fs-verity < "$cert" ||
    log -p e -t fsverity_init "Failed to load $cert"
done

# Prevent future key links to .fs-verity keyring
/system/bin/mini-keyctl restrict_keyring .fs-verity ||
  log -p e -t fsverity_init "Failed to restrict .fs-verity keyring"

The question is:
Is it possible to manually edit the imgs, repack the super and adb push it to make my phone start again?
What should I do?
Thank you in advance!
State of the art:
from adb i pulled the superpartition from the device
adb pull /dev/block/platform/bootdevice/by-name/super super.img
i extracted it with lpunpack in two folders:
./otatools/bin/lpunpack --slot=0 ./super.img ./superA/

mounted and enlarged the partition + edited the fstab.mt6785
sudo mount -t ext4 -o loop,rw,noexec,noatime vendor.img /mnt/vendor
sudo dd if=./vendor.img bs=1MiB of=./vendor.img conv=notrunc oflag=append count=5 #to add 5MB
sudo losetup | grep vendor #get the right loop device, in my case loop25
sudo losetup -c /dev/loop25
sudo resize2fs /dev/loop25
sudo vim /mnt/vendor/etc/fstab.mt6785 #removed the avb options in vendor, system and product
sudo umount /mnt/vendor

Following this guide, I built a new super.new.img:
$e2fsck -yf vendor.img
$resize2fs -M vendor.img
$e2fsck -yf vendor.img
$stat -c '%n %s' *
super.img 3758096384
product.img 1596944384
system.img 1128718336
vendor.img 544976896

$../otatools/bin/lpmake --metadata-size 65536 --super-name super --metadata-slots 1 --device super:3758096384 --group main:3270639616 --partition system:readonly:1128718336:main --image system=./system.img --partition vendor:readonly:544976896:main --image vendor=./vendor.img --partition product:readonly:1596944384:main --image product=./product.img --sparse --output ./super.new.img
lpmake I 02-17 12:18:27 2646704 2646704 builder.cpp:1012] [liblp]Partition system will resize from 0 bytes to 1128718336 bytes
lpmake I 02-17 12:18:27 2646704 2646704 builder.cpp:1012] [liblp]Partition vendor will resize from 0 bytes to 544976896 bytes
lpmake I 02-17 12:18:27 2646704 2646704 builder.cpp:1012] [liblp]Partition product will resize from 0 bytes to 1596944384 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Invalid sparse file format at header magic

even though the size of super.new.img is not the same of super.img (is it normal??)
$stat -c '%n %s' super.new.img
super.new.img **3248851200**

when I flash it with adb the phone goes straight to the recovery without booting android. Please note that 3248851200 is not divisible by 512, which is a requirement of lpmake....
Any suggestion?


texts:
I noticed my contacts list have been jumbled up meaning,
many contacts name are displayed with a common name.

So I erased all the phone data and factory reset.

Still the WhatsApp update icon is present and I am not able to delete it.

Why is this happening?


texts: Enable USB Audio out on ASUS Slider SL101?

texts: I have an ASUS slider SL101, and I want to know how I can enable USB audio out. Running Android 4.0.3. I broke the headphone port, so I need an alternative. Solutions greatly appreciated.


texts: Where is the predictive text dictionary gone?

texts:
Due to recent updates to 4.1.2 the personal dictionary vanished.

That is, Settings -> Language & Input -> Samsung keyboard @-> Predictive text has still the option Personalized data, but there is no way to inspect the dictionary. Instead I can now Learn from Facebook | Gmail | Twitter.

Where is the personal dictionary gone?


texts: Changing CPU architecture in build.prop won't effect browser

texts: Web pages using NavigatorObject can query my platform and see that it is armv7l. for testing reasons i need impersonate i686 CPU. when i edit ro.product.cpu.abi at system/build.prop it doesn't change anything. are there more files to edit?


texts: How to find previously installed apps after micro sdcard gone bad?

texts:
My micro sd card that was used to extend internal storage died. Now the apps I moved there are also gone. I don't remember precisely what I had on the card but would like to reinstall all of them.
After doing factory reset on my phones, the system automatically installs my previously installed apps after logging in to my google account. Is there a way to access this list?


texts: How can I remove system apps / stock apps?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
  How to remove pre-installed apps like Peep and Friend Stream from my HTC phone?

There are alot of stock android apps on my phone like Email, News and Weather etc. that I dont use. I really need the space because my phone is running low on memory so I am wondering if there is a way to uninstall them because I dont see that option in the Manage apps section.


texts:
I have a really weird issue with connecting to an outside host from my android device (2.3.6) using ssh. I have no problem with connectbot actually, but when working on a terminal the weirdness kicks in. I've tried several solutions (terminal-ide, rsync4android, kbox) and the symptoms are all the same.

If I'm connected to the net through the broadband link everything works find, host resolution, ssh, etc.

However if I'm connected through my home wifi router host resolution doesn't work and neither does ssh (connectbot still works over wifi, but none of the terminal based solutions). It simply hangs when I do "ssh host.com" or "ssh x.y.z.v" so it doesn't matter if I use IP numbers or the domain name.

I thought this has to do with the firewall setup on my wifi router, but on my laptop everything is working without a problem, I can ssh to any host, etc, and on the laptop the connection is also through the wifi router.

So to summarize this is situation:

connectbot on device: works with both wifi and broadband
terminal/ssh on device: only works with broadband
terminal/ssh on laptop: works with wifi

I should add that ping, wget, netcat, etc. all work from the terminal to the outside host also on wifi so the problem is ssh-specific.

What can be the reason? Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately strace or the -v and -vv options for the ssh client are not available on android, so I'm really at a loss how to debug this.

In case you are interested why I don't simply use connectbot and forget about the terminals: I'd like to use rsync eventually which would operate over ssh.


texts: Nook HD+ won't power up with charged battery

texts:
I've been reading posts and answers on the Nook HD+ no charging problem. I acquired this Nook along with another one that does work fine.
Like the other posters, my charge light goes green then amber then a green flash and the light goes out. And, like the answers posted, I tried the reboot, the 10 second plug / unplug, nothing worked. Thinking it was the battery shot, I looked around fore a replacement. But, before buying a new battery, I decided to pull the battery out of my good Nook (charged to about 95%) and put in the non working unit, still same light flashes. Connected the old battery to my good Nook and it's charging like a champ.
Any ideas as to what has happened to the old Nook?
Update: The battery from the "won't power up" one charged fully using my working Nook, working unit powered up fine and showed a full charge. Put it back into the non-working Nook and same thing. Same flashing charge indicator lights. One thing I forgot to mention, during the flashing indicator process, I do get the "Nook" screen until the flashing stops, then blank screen, just like I did before the battery charge.
So again, any ideas? Could there be a hardware problem, bricked, internal memory?
Thanks,
Roger


texts: How to change the account for Android Market?

texts:
I use two Google accounts and add them to . Let's say acc1 and acc2. When I try to buy an app in the Market, it chooses acc1's Checkout account, and I don't see an option to change to acc2. Can I use acc2 to pay this? And I still want acc1 as the main account for other purposes. (i.e. Talk, Mail, contacts)

Possibly related question: How Do I Know Which Google Account is Used for the Market?


texts:
Some phones had locked bootloader.  As far i understand bootloader is a piece of code responsible to load the os. but that is still in the harddisk right?
so why can't we delete that code and put our own.


texts: Why does this app not restore from Google Backup until I specify the set in adb?

texts:
I read this great answer about how sets work, but I'm seeing behavior I don't understand in this app.

I just installed on a device that has never had the app installed (I think, see bottom) and nothing was restored.  Through adb, I tried the command bmgr restore <package_name> and it said "unable to restore".

So then I did bmgr list sets and saw that there was only one set available (from a different device). I thought, "well that's got to be the one it's trying to use and failing." But then I ran bmgr restore <set token> <package_name> and restore worked! And now restore works without the token name either.

If there was only one set to use, why didn't it restore properly? Was there another hidden set? It's possible the app was installed before, but I called bmgr wipe <package_name> and toggled bmgr enable true/false to clear any pre-existing data.


texts:
I am trying to boot my rooted android device into bootloader to unlock it. I have tried following commands but none is working.

adb reboot-bootloader
adb reboot bootloader

Even when trying to boot into bootloader using device buttons, I get two modes:

recovery mode
factory mode

but none of the mode contains any option for fastboot or bootloader. I am not getting any way to load bootloader. Please help me with this issue.

I tried to do it with fastboot also. But following command is not listing any device

fastboot devices


texts: How can I spoof my mac address on Bluestacks?

texts:
My Bluestacks is rooted already with terminal installed. (Busybox 1.21.1)

Thus far, I have tried

Mac Address Ghost - App runs, but simply does spoof MAC
Xprivacy - xposed framework keeps getting seg faults upon installation
# ip link set eth0 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx - Operation not supported on transportation endpoint
# busybox ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:11:22:33:44:55 - Operation not supported

Has anyone achieved this before or know of a way to change the mac address of Bluestacks?


texts: Insufficent space for downloading APP from Play store

texts:
I am using a Micromax Canvas HD, which has an internal memory of 2Gb and the free memory is 1.3 Gb

I also have an 8Gb memory card on which the free memory is about 3.2 Gb and I'm am still getting the error: no sufficient Storage for downloading.


texts: Where can I find the Chrome bookmarks stored locally in Samsung Galaxy S6?

texts:
I'm freaking out as my Chrome browser on my rooted Samsung Galaxy S6 got reset after using Datasync, and when I opened my Chrome browser it showed as a fresh install. Like never used before.  I had months of research in my bookmarks which I now see did not get backed up.  Now would the bookmarks be stored locally on my S6 somewhere so I can access that info???

And I didn't sync my Chrome bookmarks to the cloud since before I kept losing bookmarks by synching across devices.


texts: Block WhatsApp statuses from a specific person, without erasing their contact, or blocking them from contacting me on WhatsApp

texts:
Sometimes, on WhatsApp, I do not want to see somebody's statuses, and this includes not wanting to see their status in the greyed-out mute section. This is usually because I do not know the person well, but they inconsiderately have still decided to make their statuses visible to me (assuming they have my contact saved). I would have expected WhatsApp to provide a feature for me to opt-out of receiving statuses at all from specific people, much the same way as one can unfriend people on Facebook. Muting is not enough, as the statuses are still visible in the list, and their media is still available in "Internal storage/WhatsApp/Media/.Statuses".
Blocking them entirely is one solution, however, this is quite a drastic measure to take. It is not necessary for me to block them from messaging or calling me on WhatsApp. The problem isn't the person—the problem is the lack of a feature on the app.
The only other solution I know of, which I currently use, is to cut their number out of the "phone" field on their contact card, and paste it into the "notes" field. The only disadvantage about this is that, if they were to call me using the normal phone network, I would not know who is calling. (In actual fact, I block callers who are not in my contacts list, to prevent spam callers.)
The only reason why I am now forced to reduce the number of names I have associated with numbers in my phonebook is because WhatsApp does not let me block statuses from specific people. I understand this post is more along the lines of feedback for the developers, but perhaps one question that arises is

Is it possible to intervene in the way WhatsApp collects names from my phonebook, so that I can still have a full contacts list in Google Contacts?


texts: Nexus 6 failed to update OTA 6.0.1 from MMB29V to MMB20X

texts:
Urgent help please.
the april 2016 patch was downloaded on the air and I performed update but after restart, The bot screen came with "error" and then the red error message is shown directing me to g.CO/ABH in which flashing is suggested. note after restarting, many applications together with settings app crash. I performed the OTA update again and no chance. Is there any solution except flashing? if the answer is no, so how can I perform a full backup before flashing? My serious aim is no data loss. ftp works through wireless but too slow. the usb mass storage function shows an empty folder on PC. USB debugging is connected but adb shows no device. Also in bootloader mode adb shell failed. The device is not rooted and recovery is locked. Here's the brief last log:

Source: shamu:6.0.1/MMB29V/2554798:user/release-keys
Target: shamu:6.0.1/MMB29X/2704508:user/release-keys
..
performing verification
using existing stash /cache/recovery/.....
deleting recovery /cache/recovery/---/--
..bytes free on /cache (.. bytes needed)
failed to verify blocks (expected ..., read...)
stat "/cache/...." failed: No such file or directory
partition has unexpected contents
failed to read block for diff
failed to execute command [.....]
deleting stash 5a79....
script aborted: system partition has unexpected contents
E:Error in @/cache/recovery/block.map
(Status 7)

Installation aborted

Now tried to update from sdcard (stock rom downloaded for nexus) in recovery mode, got:
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]

-- Couldn't mount /sdcard.
Installation aborted

Repeated my try to update from ADB (adb sideload) but this error in the log:
sideload-host file size 1009749527 block size 65536
Finding update package..
I:Update location: /sideload/package.zip
Opening update package...
I: read key e=65537 hash=20
I: 1 key(s) loaded from /res/keys
Verifying update package...
E: footer is wrong
I:verify_file returned 1
E:signature verification failed
sideload_host finished
Installation aborted

I'm not sure even after data wipe the error remains or not, so prefer not to wipe yet, because the phone works!
Should I give up?


texts: Can Titanium Backup successfully backup and restore Google Authenticator between ROMs?

texts:
I have a rooted Nexus 5 running stock 4.4.2. I want to install another ROM such as PA4 or CM11 (also 4.4.x based), but I have about 5-odd items in my Google Authenticator install which are a pain to configure all over again on the 'new' device. Will using Titanium Backup to backup and restore Google Authenticator preserve the settings and tokens?

I read somewhere that it doesn't work if you move between major versions of the OS and even though I'm moving from 4.4 to 4.4, I am changing the base ROM, so I'm not so sure.

If anyone has tried this and hasn't been able to move GA over gracefully, I might just stick around with the stock ROM for a little while longer, because I only just got this phone a couple weeks ago.


texts: Driving Mode isn't working as expected on Samsung Galaxy SII

texts:
I have this Samsung Galaxy SII, GT-I9100T, with Android version 2.3.3.

When placed in Dock with my car, the following happens

Whenever a call is incoming, the phone would read me the calling number, even if he's found in my contacts.
Whenever a message is incoming, the phone will sometimes read me their phone number, even if they're found in my contacts.

What can cause this? I've checked the configuration and found nothing helpful, Google wasn't much of a help either.


texts: android reboots instead of shutting down when on low battery, anyvway to fix this?

texts:
So, instead of shutdown, it keeps rebooting until the battery is completely drained...
Could it be fixed by rooting and using some app or unnoficial patch?
As i can't find any official update to this android, could the unnoficial (to android 10 i think) work?
Anything else that i could check?
Btw, when the battery reaches 20% it goes crazy and drops to 15, 10, 5 incredibly fast. And then the crazed rebooting begins.
Android 6.0.1
Galaxy j7 sm-j700m


texts: USB Error after failed attempt at flashing

texts:
After using Odin to flash my Samsung Epic D700 (and apparently doing something wrong), I can only boot to Download mode.  If I try to boot, I don't even get to the Samsung splash screen.  All I have is an image showing a cell phone with a dotted line to a PC, and a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark between the cell phone and PC.

When I boot into Download mode and connect the USB cable, I get the message:

USB device not recognized
The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognized it.

I had flashed the phone back to stock, and was attempting to install Clockworkmod recovery when I did this.  I had specified a PIT file and a PDA file. The PIT file was probably a mistake.

Is there a way forward from here?


texts: Is there way to track the location only during a small predefined time window?

texts: I'm looking for an way for an Android phone to record (preferably locally on the device) its GPS position (10-20m accuracy) with a pretty high frequency (e.g. every minute or every 30secs) but ONLY during pre-set time windows, e.g. weekdays between 7:30-8:00 and 13:15-13:45. The rest of the time I want it to do nothing and use no resources.


texts: Background usage even if the app put to sleep

texts:
I have put the WhatsApp to sleep (App Usage --> Put app to sleep ( ON ) ) but when I checked on the battery usage, it shows 1 h 6 min.

I'm using Android Pie on Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

How I can ensure that the app will not use battery in background. I guess one way to use the 'Force stop' in app manager.


texts: Remove "ad-type.google.com" adware in any Android device browser

texts:
ad-type.google.com is appearing regularly whenever I access the web through Chrome. It's a new adware and there are no solutions available other than

  Go to system Settings > Applications > Chrome > Clear cache

But this seems to be not working. After few minutes, it appears again in few devices, we can't uninstall the browser in Nexus devices. Factory reset also doesn't work according to few of them who tried

Related link on Google product forum.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)?

I currently have a Samsung Moment which has OS 2.1. Will I ever be able to upgrade to 2.2?

Is the hardware capable of handling 2.2?
If so, when will this happen?
What's the best way to be informed of any announcements related to this upgrade?


texts: Which process is preventing me using Wifi?

texts:
I have a TV box provided by ISP (also TV channels provider), which has Android 4.4.4 Linux kernel 3.10.23. (I have root already)

It uses PPPoE to get a network so can receive TV stream, but this network has no Internet.
It also has wifi, which only works when PPPoE is down.

I want to make PPPoE and wifi work simultaneously, so get both TV stream and Internet. I did some test and find out there must be some process preventing wifi when PPPoE is on.

I use Linux laptop to setup an AP. I make box connect to AP on box's setting layout, when PPPoE on. I see this on Linux:

ap0: STA 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: authenticated
ap0: STA 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
ap0: AP-STA-CONNECTED 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx
ap0: STA 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx RADIUS: starting accounting session E67960Dxxxxx
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPDISCOVER(ap0) 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPOFFER(ap0) 192.168.7.125 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPREQUEST(ap0) 192.168.7.125 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx
dnsmasq-dhcp: DHCPACK(ap0) 192.168.7.125 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx FF1004xxxxxx
ap0: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 74:97:81:xx:xx:xx

Connection sucessfully established, and even box has got IP from DHCP (I also see IP on TV for a very short time). Then soon disconnected.

If I unplug the cable, or turn Ethernet off in box's settings, or set a wrong PPPoE password, the wifi works.

How do I find out which process it preventing wifi?


texts: What are the optimal settings for a video that will be played on a Galaxy Tab 10.1?

texts: What are the best size, compression settings, and format for making video for playback on a Galaxy Tab 10.1?


texts: How can I get acube effect app drawer on ICS or JB?

texts: This is how my CM7 running phone looks like (although I got the screenshot from somewhere): Is there a similar effect launcher for ICS or JB?


texts:
Since some time my Samsung Galaxy 9+ sometimes freezes.

I have the impression that this is somehow related to Chome but I am not sure (maybe it is just because I spend there more time than on other apps and statistically am on it when the freeze happens)

This is a total freeze for ~10 seconds, then everything works again. The screen is on, the phone is just not reactive.

Would there be a way to monitor the phone and pin point the app which makes the phone freeze? (due to overuse of some resources)


texts: How to add a pin / marker in Google Maps?

texts:
I met a new contact from another city and quickly wanted to add his contact address in maps (so that I can find it quickly when I drive down there).

Even after a lot of fiddlying, I couldn't find an easy way to simply add a "Pin" to the map. I could select places / businesses by long pressing on them and starring them. But I couldn't add my own places/pins/markers on the map.

I am using Google Maps on Asus Transformer with Honeycomb 3.2, with all updates installed.


texts: Is there any way (besides Tasker) to create a new contact in one click? (For example: quick access to save a contact info during a call.)


texts:
recently I don't have any quality optiones on YouTube app and videos just can play on default quality and i though maybe the app has problem , so I updated app but that's not work.after that I search on youtube then I realize some old browsers do not support some quality , so I checked YouTube on android browser and I found out the browser don't have quality either but on the Firefox app I have quality option ... I think YouTube app maybe using default android browser option for playing videos or something like that , how can I fix this problem?

is there a way to update default android browser or any trick or any app or any plugin to fix this?
my android is 4.2.2 , I test this advise :

uninstall all YouTube updates and reinstalled but not work.
clear cache and data but not work
set Firefox browser as default browser but not work
try some other browsers still not work
update android flash player, not work


texts: my android phone is tethered to my tablet. i wanted to put games on my tablet but the games downloaded on my phone. how do i get them on my tablet

texts:
My android phone is tethered to my tablet.
I wanted to download games onto my tablet.
The games downloaded on my phone.
How do I get them to
download to my tablet?
I used my tablet to find a game at Google play store.
When i found the game i liked
I hit install. It said installed. Also said it would be added to my device soon. Shortly after, i got notification on my
Phone that the game was succsessfully downloaded. And was not on my tablet.


texts: Can I use ODIN to just back up my phone's data?

texts: The goal here is to be able to quickly get all my settings and apps back when moving from ROM to ROM, but do so without overwriting the kernel, themes, etc., in the new ROM.  I know I can use Titanium Backup, but ODIN would definitely be faster (and half the time with my Droid Charge, it's what I'm using to flash the new ROM anyway).


texts: Allow user to install from unknown sources on Android 5.0

texts:
I have Nexus 10 and have 2 users on it.
On Android 4.4 both Users could install application from unknown sources.

After upgrade to Android 5.0 admin user has Security-Unknown Sources  flag is "on" but secondary User has this flag greyed and disabled.

How can I switch it on?


texts: Using personal keyboard in work profile (Shelter) on Android 10

texts:
I am using Shelter to create an isolated space for apps which I don't trust very much and to disable them when I am not using. Shelter works by creating a work profile in Android and registering itself as the administrator, thus granting it rights to disable apps.

This has been working great in my Android 8 phone, but I recently got a new phone which comes with Android 10, and unfortunately it looks like I can no longer share the same keyboard in work profile apps. This is important to me because I use KeePass2Android
to store my passwords and it provides a virtual keyboard to automatically input credentials into any text field.

Is there any way to get back the old functionality and be able to use personal keyboards in work apps?


texts: Transfer contacts from android to google contacts

texts:
I have a Google account, and my android is a Galaxy S. I want to transfer all my contacts from my cellphone into Google contacts. If you use the phones syncing option by default, it is a one way sync from Google contacts to your phone. I have also tried CardDav, which I downloaded from the play store. It does the same time, it just syncs from Google, to your phone.

Can some one please tell me how I can sync all the contacts from my android to my Google contacts?


texts: My stock Nexus 7 was working fine until I turned it on. The lock screen was frozen. I then hard reset the device and turned it back on. On boot the tablet gets stuck on the Google logo and never continues. Tried recovery mode, but it doesn't start. I also tried re-flashing stock from here but it hasn't made a difference. How can I fix this? Can I resolve this with fastboot?


texts: How do I label a page of the Galaxy S4 home screen?

texts:
The GS4 allows you to have multiple pages of the home screen.  I'd like to use this as a kind of full-screen, more accessible folder (e.g. a "Utilities" page).

How do I put a text label ("Utilities") to note the page as such?

I realize I could use an actual folder, but I'd like to try the page idea.


texts: Failed installing Ubuntu using termux-ubuntu

texts:
I want to mine sugar on my Android phone.
Can someone help a simple complete script, especially to complete method 1 or 2, whichever works.
METHOD 1
Installed F-Droid and Termux
Commands
pkg install automake clang git vim
press y to continue

clone git https://github.com/decryp2kanon/sugarmaker

When it's done, I enter
$ cd sugarmaker/
-/sugarmaker $ ./autogen.sh

it says
bash:  no such file or directory

METHOD 2
These two methods I tried each of them on both phones.
On method 2, when I get here, it keeps saying error on Huawei Y Pro phone and Huawei P20 Lite.
pkg update
press y to continue

pkg upgrade
press y to continue

pkg install git

pkg install wget
press y to continue

pkg install proot
press y to continue

git clone http://github.com/Neo-oli/termux-ubuntu.get

The problem start here on P20 Lite
-$ cd termux-ubuntu
-/termux-ubuntu $ ./ubuntu.sh

It says decompressing Ubuntu image, but this does not look like a trz archive.
Making start Ubuntu executable. You can now launch Ubuntu with ./start-ubuntu.sh script.
And it shows code 404 like the link to the image is not working also.


texts: How to use PC internet in to android phone using usb cable

texts: I want to use my PC broad band Internet in my android device using USB cable because my pc has not any Fifi or blue-tooth so I want to connect with standard USB cable and Used my pc Internet. if any suggestion then let me know.


texts: How to patch and sign android bootloader image to enable "volume_up" button?

texts: Had trouble with it for a long time because manufacturer disabled the button to unlock the rooting functionality.


texts: Is there a way to color code events in de default Calender application

texts:
I am using the (I think default) Calender application on my Samsung Galaxy S phone.

It shows blue blocks for my events in the 7 day view.

Is there a way to change this blue color ? So that, e.g. I can mark private events in green and appointments with customers in red ?

Or is there a way to show some text in the blocks ?

Or it not possible with the default calender .. do you know of another one which does allow this ?

Thanks.


texts: How can I change the account used for contact sync?

texts:
My phone currently synchronizes the contacts with my personal Google account. I would like to change that so it would synchronize the contacts with an other account of mine. I added the other account, but in the synchronization settings it's empty. I can't see the same options that I see in my personal account's settings. (My personal account contains Gmail, Google Calendar, and Contacts... there isn't Gmail and Calendar associated with my other account, so don't seeing it might be expected, but it definitely has Contacts.)

What can possibly cause this? Is there a way to still make the synchronization happen that way?

(I use Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini pro with Android 2.1, and I don't want to root my phone and load a custom ROM yet.)


texts: How can I deal with mass texts from an Apple phone when using an Android phone?

texts: Occasionally one of my friends using an iPhone will send out a mass text, and for the next few days I get spammed with texts from all the other numbers they sent it to, most of them unidentified on my phone, and since some of them are responding to each other, none of them make any sense. It's incredibly annoying. Presumably iPhones have something that can detect and properly order mass texts, as Apple wouldn't want to annoy their own users, only Android users. Is there something I can do to make the mass text make more sense on my end?


texts: Unable to Install Apps from on Samsung Phone

texts:
A friend of mine gave me here phone to install an application from Play store because she could not do on her own. It was a Galaxy J1 mini phone and I thought it would not take long to install the app which was 5 MB. The app downloaded up to 99% and when it was time to install it failed to continue. Later I tried the second and third time but it was all in vain.

I decided to send the app from another Android phone using but it didn't have flash share so I used Bluetooth. Funny enough the apk on the phone appeared unrecognized at all. In short the phone didn't have an installer app or it had been corrupted by a virus or got deleted by mistake. How is it that such an important system app could go missing on a phone? How can I solve such an issue next time?


texts:
I was wondering if I can use the Android TV emulator (available from Android SDK) as a Chromecast emulator.

Android TV devices (like the Nexus Player) are Google Cast targets. I was assuming that the Android TV emulator is Google Cast enabled, but no app can find it on the network (even Chrome on the host that runs the emulator).

So either it's not enabled in the Android TV emulator, or I have to set up some king of port forwarding between the host and the emulator.

Which is it?


texts: 6.0.1 fails to send MMS over PIA Always-On VPN when using 4G LTE

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Yesterday, I set up a PIA VPN. I've configured it to use IPv4 over T-Mobile 4G LTE.

I'm unable to send or receive MMS while connected to the VPN -- they can be sent/received as normal when the VPN is disconnected. Any insight as to the origin or solution for this problem would be appreciated.

SMS works. Voice works. WiFi calling works.

Using L2TP/IPSec PSK.
VPN server is configured on the Android device using IP, rather than domain name.
DNS server is also configured by IP
I have no L2TP secret.
No IPSec ID
Using IPSec pre-shared key
Not using any DNS search domains
No forwarding routes configured

I suspect there is some sort of configuration issue with my APN settings; the current configuration works when disconnected from the VPN.

** Update - I haven't yet found a resolution to this specific issue. After getting frustrated using the manual configuration in the settings menu I decided I would try their official Android app. It will set up the connection for you. Unfortunately, the currently version of the app doesn't expose what specific configuration it is using.


texts: I need to connect my Xioami Mi Box (Android TV) to my hotel wi-fi. The hotel wi-fi requires you to open a browser and sign in to an agreement page before it will connect a device. How can I get the mi box to do this? I have a fresh Mi Box and I need to perform initial setup.


texts: Ringtone volume decreases after silenting and unsilenting my HTC Desire X

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It's that clear as Title says.

I can see that current Ringtone and Notification volume is at the highest level.
I now put my phone in silence mode and deselected Silent (I selected it using maximizing the top nav(?) bar, and activating silent (and then deactivating silent mode) from there.
Now I go back to Settings and see that the Volume is very low (about 10% as it looks).

I want my settings back after disabling Silent mode and going Normal.

Environment:

Phone: HTC Desire X Dual Sim
Android Version: 4.1.1
Kernel Version: 3.4.0-ge410a46
Software number: 1.0.0. Desire X

I can also give the whole information in Settings -> About -> Software Information if they are not enough.


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When I updated to Android 4.1.2 on my Galaxy Nexus, I lost root. Everything is still there, but the permissions on system/bin/su no longer include the setuid bit, which prevents su from working.

I don't want to go through the whole re-rooting process if possible since I used root to re-lock the bootloader and unlocking it without root will wipe the entire phone, including /storage/sdcard0.

As far as I can tell, the only thing I need to do to get root back is to fix the permissions of su. How should I do this?

Of possible relevance:

I'm using the stock ROM.
The phone is the international GSM version.
I tried to get into recovery and got an android with a red exclamation mark. Is this due to the bootloader being locked or is it a different problem?
Since the update and losing root, a process called system_service has frequently started comsuming 100% of my CPU and slowing my phone to a crawl, forcing me to reboot.


texts: How do I save/lock specific comment bubbles within a text message thread?

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Is it possible to make the downloaded SMS application, "Google Messenger" save just part of a thread in a text conversation on my Moto E Android phone?

Example: I'm chatting back and forth with a friend, a long thread, a long conversation.  In one comment bubble, my friend gives me an important address that I want to lock and save, but I want to delete the rest of the thread (all the other bubbles).

I used to be able to do this on an older android phone.  It had a different sms app.  I don't remember what that app was, but I could delete my entire inbox with the exception of specific comments/bubbles on which I had put locks/saves.

My current phone model number is Moto E (2nd Generation) with 4G LTE.

OS is lollipop 5.1 (I think)


texts: How can I debug phone without usb cable even after phone restarts on non-rooted phone?  Right now I lose all developer options on reboot and have to reconnect otg cable.


texts: Saved my contacts in google account but they don't appear on my new phone

texts: I have saved my all contacts to my Google account. But now in my new phone my contacts are not showing.


texts: My samsung a20 was dropped and the screen is black, can't get the alarm to shut off

texts: My samsung a20 was dropped and screen cracked,it worked for a hour or so then screen went completely black...hey google works but can't get the alarm to shut off now...i need all my important information off that device..how do I get the alarm to shut off and if I replaced the screen will everything be the same as before


texts: Take multiple pictures instead of making a video

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I've an Samsung Galaxy S10e (Android 10) and I can't take picures fast after each other when I holding down the shutter button. It will always take a video.

In the begin, it was well possible to do it with my smartphone. I can't find a setting to enable it. Is that option removed?

Update: I can only find a setting for Swipe shutter button to edge to.


texts: Android phone display stuck and restart not working

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My Android phone's display is stuck and none of the three buttons volume up/down and lock are working. I tried calling myself from the Android device manager, which didn't work.

I connected the phone to my laptop, it shows up connected as an MTP device.But, when it try adb devices, it doesn't show up.

What can I do to regain control of my phone?

For now I am just waiting until the battery is empty, so that I can restart it by plugging into a power source. Is there a better way?


texts: Will my phone be unlocked after it factory resets itself?

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I forgot the password of my phone, and it says after 4 more failed attempts that it will be wiped clean. If that happens, will my phone be unlocked and ready for use again? I really don't care about the data on it, because everything I had is easy to get back (mainly just social media apps like instagram/discord).
Any sort of help would be appreciated to the fullest, because I just want to be able to use my phone again.


texts: How to answer whatsapp calls by pressing the home button?

texts: Its just for accessibility, as android supports answering phone calls using home button, I want to do this with whatsapp calls too.


texts: Does the Samsung Galaxy 5 support Band 12 LTE?

texts: Does the Samsung Galaxy 5 support Band 12 with AOSP/CM13?


texts: Unable to login to facebook due to Network Exception

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In HTC m7 . When I login to facebook . It shows me an error

Please check your network connection or try again later.

(HttpNetworkException: AsynSocketException: connect failed, type = Socket not open errn= 101(Network is unreachable)


texts: How to adopt ꜱᴅ card as Internal storage on Android pie and above on devices without the option in the menu?

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A well‑known workaround in such case is this (and as you can see with those command this didn’t worked for me) :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell
gts3llte:/ $ sm set-force-adoptable on
gts3llte:/ $ sm list-disks adoptable
disk:179,64
gts3llte:/ $ sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 50
gts3llte:/ $ sm mount private:179,67
gts3llte:/ $ sm list-volumes all
private:179,67 unmountable
private mounted null
public:179,65 mounted 3531-1DC7
emulated mounted null
gts3llte:/ $ reboot

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>

But starting with Android Pie, those commands were moved from vold to Binder and as sm only affects vold some of the commands above are now dummy..

This also affects the way to do it with root. Though in my case, now that I did this, going to storage settings systematically crash the settings app.

So how to use sd card as internal storage with newer versions of android ?


texts: How is Whatsapp delivering notifications?

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I am having some issues with Whatsapp notifications and I'd like to better understand what's the root cause of the problem.

It seems that the application is somehow bypassing (at least partially) the system notification system.
In addition to ignoring Touchwiz blocking mode, the application works weirdly because its notifications do not turn off music volume when I receive them while listening to music, and it is able to manage by itself the led colors.

How can they do that from a technical point of view?

Is there any way to disable this behavior and have Whatsapp to entirely rely on system notification system and completely follow its rules?


texts: Sony Xperia Z1 randomly rebooted and when it came back up, apps on the SD card read "Application not found"

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Just last night I was moving apps to my SD card and the phone (Sony Xperia Z1) randomly restarted. When it came back up, all the apps on my SD card no longer worked. Their icons became generic with a tiny SD card in the bottom corner.

When I tap an app, I get the message "Application not found". I've tried un-mounting and removing the SD card, restarting, clearing cache, but nothing works.

When I go to the App Store, the apps show up as if they need to be installed but when I look at the SD card via my PC, all the files are there still. The pictures and videos are still accessible from the phone however. Before that, I had problems moving a game to the SD card. I kept getting a "Not enough memory" error, even though all the other movable apps moved and I deleted apps to make space.

I tried options I found on the forums and other websites but to no avail, and the only thing I haven't done yet is to root my phone, which I am trying to avoid.


texts: How can I only have sound when being called (phone)?

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In my Android phone, I have the following options for sound:

Media volume
Alarm volume
Ring volume

However, if I increase ring volume, I also get each time a sound when I get a Whatsapp message, Facebook massage etc.

Is it possible to (temporarily) get sound only when I will be (phone) called (by another person)?

(background: I always leave my sound off, but I expect an important phone call today I do not want to miss).

Mobile: Motorola S5+, Android 8.1.0

Thanks in advance.


texts: Milestone outperforming Galaxy Nexus on mobile data connection speed

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I recently switched from a Motorola Milestone to a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and it seems the quality of my mobile data connections drops considerably between the devices without any apparent reason. The Motorola device can get up to 2mbps, while the Nexus struggles at ~150kbps.

The  *#*#4636#*#* menu on both devices shows no noticeable differences.

The tests were made 20 minutes apart using the same SIM card.

In summary:
Is there any configuration that can interfere so heavily on the way the data connection operates? If not, can it be a Radio/Baseband problem?

I'm using the 'stock' Google Rom (yakju) on the Galaxy Nexus, while the Milestone is using a custom Rom (ShadowMod 2.3), although it's behavior was the same on stock Froyo 2.2.


texts: How do I copy text from my PC to my phone?

texts: I am looking for a way to copy text from my home computer to my phone, sort of a shared clipboard. Right now I go to the zxing QR code generator and paste the code, take a picture of the screen with the phone, and set the barcode scanner to copy text to the clipboard. It seems like there should be a simpler way. Does anyone know of a way to do this?


texts: After I updated to Windows 10, Genymotion no longer works. I get this error message.


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I purchased a Superpad Flytouch 8 recently and now it hangs on the Android start-up page. I cannot access the menus for factory reset so I guess I need to get my head around "rooting".
The PC repair store says it can't be fixed but surely someone can help me prove them wrong.


texts: Can excessive text messages stored on phone cause issues?

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Can too many text messages stored on my phone prevent me from receiving new messages?

Recently I've had multiple people text me, yet I haven't received the messages. I checked the messaging log on my cell account online, and the incoming messages are listed, yet they never showed up on my device.

I spoke with T-Mobile tech support; he said that I had too many messages on my phone (5000+), and that the more text messages I have stored on my device, the higher the chance of an incoming message getting corrupted (that is, not received). He recommended keeping only ~200 messages on my phone.

Is that good advice?

He also said to restart my phone every night, which I'll start doing (instead of every few days), but I had never heard to not store too many messages, so I was curious if there is a technical basis for his advice...

I have an HTC One S (Android 4.1.1), and I am using the stock messaging app on T-Mobile (in the US).


texts: How do I get the CID from my HTC Flyer when it does not boot anymore?

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My flyer does not boot anymore (due to unsuccessful Honeycomb update try) and I want to reset it to Gingerbread using RUU_Flyer_HTC_WWE_2.23.405.3_R_Radio_20.3504.30.089BU_3809.07.04.06_M_release_204108_signed.exe. But just executing the RUU installer does not work. I need a Goldcard. To make the Goldcard I need the CID of my device.

Usually you extract the CID by this method:

http://android.modaco.com/topic/305672-creating-a-goldcard/

Unfortunately the command gives me the following output:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\tools>adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid error: device not found

My HTC Flyer is connected via USB. HTC Sync is currently not installed. It is RELOCKED and S-OFF.

What can I do?


texts: How does one get top and bottom bar on Adobe Reader app with recent documents button etc.?

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Adobe Reader has top and bottom bars which shows home/recent, navigation document buttons, navigation bar other "widgets". It looks like this:

The problem is that I do not know how to open it: menu buttons shows useless settings and info button bar. I tried various gestures - it showed only menu or selected the text. However after random swiping, clicking bar popped out. What is the gesture that should open bar?
I am using ICS - Android 4.0.3 on LG phone without hardware search button. Any ideas?


texts: 27 MB + 4.2 MB = 28 MB? Where'd my space go?

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After getting the "low on space" message on my Nexus One for the umpteenth time, I went to into the "manage applications" screen to uninstall applications I hadn't used recently. I waited for the screen to fully load before I did anything. It said I had 27MB free on my internal phone storage. I then clicked on the "Fooducate" app I had installed. It said it was using roughly 4.2 MB of my internal storage for the application, plus about 12 KB of data. It was installed on the phone and moving it to the SD card was not an option. I clicked "uninstall" and the uninstall process ran. After that, the "manage applications" screen claimed I had 28 MB left.

What happened to the other 3.2 MB? I would think that if you have 27 MB, and you uninstall a program that's using 4.2 MB of space, you would then have 31.2 MB of free space.

Update:

After turning my phone off and then back on again, and then going to the "manage application" screen, it now says 32 MB free, which is more like what I'd expect. So I guess my revised question is - why wasn't the space immediately available, and is there something I can do to free it without cycling the power?


texts: Windows laptop works with Wi-Fi AP, phone claims it is connected but can't access Internet

texts:
There's an Asus 240 MIMO Wifi access point. There's a laptop running Windows XP that uses that access point no problem for years so far. And there's an Android based HTC Desire S smartphone that has problems. The objective is to make the smartphone access the Internet via the Wifi access point.

I open "wireless networks" configuration pane, "enable" Wifi - it goes through "scanning" and "obtaining IP address" stages, says "connected to TheRightNetworkName". The Wifi symbol is displayed in the bar under the top of the screen. Yet when I try to open any page in a browser if wouldn't do so and claim there were problems accessing that page.

I tried the following (listed in this answer below, thanks to user Matthew Read):

rebooted the phone - doesn't help
checked MAC filtering on the AP - it is disabled
disabled the firewall on the AP - doesn't help
tried to change channels - doesn't help, the AP has 13 channels if that matters
tried to change to 2.4 GHz - looks like it is already the only option, couldn't find any way to change the range
didn't try to switch from WPA that is currently used to WEP because it feels quite scary - I can mess things up
tried switching modes - b, g, b/g - doesn't help

How do I debug and resolve this issue?


texts: Android RAM: how to ensure an app does not get closed

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My understanding about android RAM management: when you press the home button, the app goes in the background, it does not actually get closed. The app only get closed when the Android OS decides that it is time to free up some RAM (e.g. because you are launching an app that needs a lot of memory).

I have a device with 4GB of RAM (Huawei P9 plus), but Android start closing apps when there is still 1.5GB of RAM free.

In particular, this is troublesome for Dosbox (where you cannot save your progress easily). So I would like to ensure that Android only closes dosbox when it really needs the RAM.

Is there anyway to do this? Either by prioritizing which app get closed first, or by stipulating at which RAM level apps get closed. Note: I cannot root my phone, but an option which involves root would be better than nothing.

Thanks, Serge


texts: How to (unhide WhatsApp contact / remove WhatsApp account) in Samsung Galaxy S5?

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Please be patient for me to explain the situation. This seems to be an odd case to me, but it could happen to everyone using Android.

I make this specific to Samsung Galaxy S5 because this problem won't happen to my older Androids 2.x.x as they have a different structure in Contacts. But it does happen to my mom's Galaxy whatever. So it is likely to happen to Samsung phones, and/or to Android 4.x.

To reproduce the error:

Add a phone number into your phone contact, which both your phone
and that number have WhatsApp account. (You may use an existing number also.)
Check in the Android Contacts, under Connected via, there should be both a mobile phone icon and a WhatsApp icon. When you click on the WhatsApp icon, you will jump to the WhatsApp chat. On the far right, there is a chain icon to link/unlink contacts.

Delete that contact. You will be prompted by a Delete contact alert box saying You can't delete contacts from read-only accounts, but you can hide them in your contacts lists. Click OK.
Add again the same phone number.
Now you can still send WhatsApp messages to that number, and the name (e.g. Mary) you added in the Contacts is showing in WhatsApp also. But the WhatsApp icon next to the mobile phone icon in Contacts does not show up again. You may try to click the chain icon hoping to link back the WhatsApp contact. But you will not find it.

For now, I have an idea that, while adding the phone number in step (1), Android detected there is a WhatsApp account for that phone number, so two contacts are created, one for telephone and one for WhatsApp, and the two contacts are linked to each others. This can be verified by unlink the contacts after step (2) - use another phone number for a try. When we delete the phone contact in step (3), Android actually needs to delete both the telephone contact and the WhatsApp contact. While the WhatsApp contact is managed by WhatsApp, it is read-only to Android. So Android cannot delete it. Android hide it instead, as the alert message says. If we want the WhatsApp tiny icon back in step (5), we have to unhide the WhatsApp part of the contact.

So here comes my question: How to unhide WhatsApp contact in Samsung Galaxy S5?

Before asking, I have searched for the solution:

In post #12 here, KolorIjo gave a solution that removing the WhatsApp account in Accounts and Sync can bring back the hidden WhatsApp contacts. This is verified to work by the_new_mr in post #18 and 10secsofsummer in post #19.

However, in my Galaxy S5, there is not a remove/delete option for the WhatsApp account in Settings > General > Accounts. In addition, I have a similar concern with beherat in post #20 that if removing the WhatsApp account delete all chat histories.

In another forum, anony1 in post #11 is providing similar solution, but the Google link is pointed to somewhere else.

Most likely, removing (and re-adding) the WhatsApp account is the way to go. However I am not able to do it in Galaxy S5. I am wondering Clear data for certain internal Application might have the same effect. But I do not want to mess up my phone, nor any of yours. We will be altering an internal App. So I am asking if anyone got the solution, or any experiences to this.

Another try would be uninstalling the WhatsApp app (and re-installing). But it is not so handy to me, considering I am having 3GB+ of chat/media history. And yet from certain forum (I forgot the source) said it will not bring back the hidden contact.


texts: Does rooting Kindle Fire disable your default Kindle Fire functionality?

texts:
I am thinking on getting a Kindle Fire due to the good reviews and the price tag.
I see that there are a lot of links showing you how to root your Kindle Fire so that you can have regular Android OS and be able to benefit from the Android Market.

My objective is to be able to have both worlds running side by side. I was planning following these tutorials:

http://www.gizmowatch.com/install-android-sdk-root-kindle-fire.html

http://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-root-the-amazon-kindle-fire-36015/

My questions are as follows:

If I root Kindle Fire, do I lose all the functionality that the Fire was designed to do?
If I root Kindle Fire, do I lose access to the Amazon Appstore?
Will following this instructions above leave me in a situation where I cannot revert back to the original functionality?
Does anybody know if the Fire will be upgradable to ICS (Android 4.0)?
Why is Kindle Fire running a 2.3 version of Android rather than the latest Honeycomb?


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Recently bought the Samsung Galaxy Ace and I'm having issues removing the notifications of a download that claims it is still in process, and notifications about messages that are not sent...

Any idea  how to remove both these things?

Restarting phone hasn't help, nor has "force-Stop"-ing the downloads manager.


texts:
I am having problem regarding my screen wake up. It wakes up from time to time automatically. I installed Wakelock Detector to track the app and found out Window manager has woken up the screen. I have formatted the phone but no luck.

Thanks


texts:
On my old Android 2.3 phone there are some contacts that are not available in the contacts app (either manually or by searching), but when I type the number into the dialled app, the contacts appear.

Is there any way to get those contacts back so that I can get them in my new Android Marshmellow phone?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT:- These contacts were imported from the SIM to the phone to make room for more contacts on the SIM.

Also I have already seen A contact can not be found by name in dialer but exists in contacts and followed the instructions but they don't work. There are also some differences such as mine are stored on the phone and on Android 2.3.

UPDATE:- I had a chat with Samsung Support and they told me to "Kindly go to the Setting> search for Application manager> All > tap left touch button >Reset app preferences> reset apps. Kindly restart your device after that." I'll try this later when I can and get back.


texts: How to replace Google Contacts with an alternative?

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I want to disable stock Google Contacts app. I tried using Simple Contacts app. However, the Google Phone app, as Google Messages app,  could not access Simple Contacts entries.

How do I use alternatives that replace Google Contacts/Phone/Messages and still interoperate, or is this not even possible?

Android version Oreo. Not rooted and no plans to root.


texts: copying files from pc to android denied with error message unsupported file type

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so I bought an android phone (moto g6 plus with android 8) and I want to restore some files which I backed up from my older phone (moto g 1st gen).

I connect the phone to my PC (Windows) via a USB cable and enable in the phone: Use USB to: Transfer Files. I can send .mp3 files. I cannot send (paste) a .vcf file (my contacts) and I cannot .png images (screenshots). The message I get is:

The ... file type is not supported in this device. If it is a media file you may be able to use Windows Media Player to convert the file to a playable type prior to transfer. Do you wish to skip this file for now ?

And I get a skip/skip all/cancel options only.

But I can get any file type from the phone and into my pc which is weird.

Am I doing something wrong ? How can I fix this ? (preferably without having to install another app).

Thank you in advance.


texts: Can we upgrade AT&T SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 Galaxy S to Android 4.1?

texts: I have the AT&T Samsung Android Mobile with 2.3.5 OS and it's model no is SGH-I897. Now I want to upgrade my mobile os to lates 4.1 or 4.2, So can any body help me how to do that. Thanks in Advance.


texts: Connecting Android to Fedora to browse the web

texts: I have bought an Android phone Spice MI-270. I wanted to connect the phone to Linux Fedora so that I can browse the web using the services provided on my SIM card. How can I connect the Android phone to Linux Fedora to use the Internet ?


texts:
I would like to freeze, or in any way disable Google Play on my Android 2.3.6.
I tried to prevent the autorun: it always finds its way.
I tried to freeze it with Gemini App Manager: even blocked it starts.

How can I definitely block or even uninstall this damned application ? Has someone succeeded in doing so ?

The reason: every time it starts, my whole phone becomes extremely slow, barely usable.


texts: Does Xperia Mini have automatic camera flash?

texts:
Just today I learned that Sony did a nasty trick with Xperia Ray and it features only manual flash.

So I would like to be now super sure how it is with Xperia Mini -- does it have normal automatic flash for camera, or only a manual one as in Ray?


texts: Samsung Galaxy I939 Sim card not recognized after Cyanogenmod

texts:
I just upgraded to CM 13 nightly from yesterday on my Samsung Galaxy S3 but now it shows no SIM card. Here is what I tried:

Clear system cache
Reboot (>20 times)
Verify the SIM card works by switching it to a different phone
Insert a piece of paper on top of the SIM card to improve connectivity

The phone can not call and say "No SIM card - No service."

Also, this phone came from China (Samsung Midas (I939) by China Telecom).

Thanks in advance!


texts: Changing country in Android play store is not working, how can I change it?

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I have moved from Hong Kong to the UK. I am now physically in the UK connected to the UK network with a UK number and a UK SIM. However, I can't change my Play Store country to the UK.
Initially, in the Play Store app in Android, under country and profiles, there was Hong Kong and it suggested me to change to the UK, listing a few options how I can add a payment method, including adding credit / debit card, Three Pay, etc.
I tapped adding credit / debit card, and it showed a warning saying that I won't be able to use my current balance, and I won't be able to change again for 365 days. I tapped continue, the warning disappeared, and nothing happened.
I then used my computer to signed in Google Pay, created a UK profile, and added a UK debit card to it. Then under country and profiles, both Hong Kong and the UK appeared, with Hong Kong selected.

When I tapped the UK, the same warning appeared, and after I tapped continue, the warning disappeared and nothing happened.

I have two Android phones and they behave the same. I cannot delete my Hong Kong payment profile as I have a Developer account and an AdSense account tied to it. How can I change my Play Store country to the UK?
I have tried deleting storage and cache for my Play Store, and also tried removing the Google account and adding back in, but they didn't help. Initially on the first day I landed the UK a box did appear for me to enter my account details, but I hadn't got my debit card yet at that moment so I didn't continue.


texts: How can I type a word Google Keyboard 5.0.25 doesn't know without being auto-corrected?

texts:
Google Keyboard 5.0.25 has made it inordinately difficult and frequently apparently impossible for me to type words I want to type that it doesn't yet recognise, and I need your help.

Google Keyboard 4 used to have a pretty good auto-correct scheme: it was fairly relaxed and usually did nothing, but if it auto-corrected a word and I didn't want that auto-correction, I could hit backspace and the word would immediately revert to exactly what I typed. Then I went on typing with it learning my new word.

That backspace reversion seems to have gone away in version 5 on my Nexus 6p and is causing me a lot of trouble.

When I type a long word it doesn't recognise, it'll probably auto-correct that word to something I didn't want. If I hit backspace, the word stays that way. So, instead, now I have to backspace further into the word until I reach some compatible beginning portion, and re-type what I wanted, and it won't auto-correct that time.
Many short words are apparently impossible to type out. Let's take my attempt to write Kyon for example: K gets no suggestion; Ky and Kyo would be auto-corrected to My; Kyon in full would be auto-corrected to Lion. Once it auto-corrects to either My or Lion there's nothing left to backspace into (the first portion of the word's gone). Attempts to reposition the cursor or just go K space backspace yon get subjected to the same auto-corrections.

After making that Kyon attempt about ten or fifteen times to figure out how the heck I'm supposed to get it to stick, Google Keyboard eventually started suggesting Lyon instead, which I could work with.

What am I meant to do if I want to type a word exactly as-is without auto-correction? I still want auto-correction on in general — I just want to be able to tell Google Keyboard "no, don't correct this one, thanks", and my old method for doing that isn't working now.

(Specifically the version number is: 5.0.25.122319759-arm64-v8a.)


texts: How can I fix the slow freezing text messaging app on my MyTouch 3G Slide?

texts:
I have a MyTouch 3G Slide w/ Android 2.2 and am having issues with the text messaging freezing up all the time and running incredibly slow. If I try to delete all the texts, the messaging application will continue to show the circular thinking pattern for over an hour and never delete all the texts. I ended up having to delete 3 texts at a time and waiting 5 minutes each time.... It's really frustrating... I have tried handcent sms and have the same issues with it

1) Is there a fix for slow/freezing text messaging other than factory reset?

2) Is there an app that deletes text messages over 2 weeks old?

3) Is there a better text messaging app than the onboard android messaging application for android 2.1 with better reliability, ease of use, and speed?


texts: Connecting Huawei Comet via USB -- shows as CDFS?

texts: I'm trying to install a custom ringtone to my Huawei Comet, and when I connect it to my computer via USB it shows me a drive named "Mobile Partner" that is CDFS and has 0 MB free of 6.59 MB (not the 2GB MicroSD card I have installed). Do i have to use a separate SD card adaptor to plug it into my computer? Or how do I get my phone to show me the SD card?


texts: Carrier apps still appear after stock android installation

texts:
So I have been trying to install stock android on my phone, but not having the desired result. Before I try on my current phone (Galaxy S9), I've been practicing on an old S6 edge.  The phone was bought in Canada, and has the Telus build on it from the factory.

Downloaded Odin (version 3.13)
Downloaded the firmware from Sam mobile (specifically, I have picked the XAC, carrier agnostic product code)
Flash with Odin
Reboot and wipe cache partition
Factory reset

But when I restart the phone - BAM! Telus bloatware remains installed.

Any idea what I am doing wrong, and how to do it correctly?

Edit: clarified question


texts: How do take good close shot photos of documents

texts:
One of the purposes of my phone investment is to quickly take photos of documents.

I find this difficult.  When I hold it with my hand it takes a long time to get “focused”.
I have a Notes 3.

Stability would help of course, but don’t know exactly how to do that.  What could help is if the photo is automatically taken when focus is achieved, perhaps with “retries” until it is OK.


texts: What is S-OFF? Why would I want to do it?

texts: I always root my android devices, but there's something called obtaining S-OFF for certain devices, and I have no idea what that means.  What exactly does the term S-OFF relate to?  Why would I want to obtain S-OFF for my device?


texts: Difference between Google Photos Sync and Google Photos Backup Sync?

texts:
In the Accounts section of setup, what is the difference between
Google Photos Sync and
Google Photos Backup Sync?

When would I want to enable one over the other, and when would I want to enable both?

Specs:
Moto G 4G, 3rd generation, UK edition
Android 5.1 Lollipop


texts: Can Android Chrome be linked to an account other than your main Android account?

texts:
Say that your main Android account is account1@gmail.com. Can you set up Android Chrome to use account2@gmail.com?

(Ideally Chrome would allow multiple users, which will no doubt happen in Android too eventually.)


texts: why i am not able to transfer images from Redmi 1s to my laptop via bluetooth?

texts:
Well, I was trying to transfer images from my REDMI 1S device to my laptop but don't know why my every attempt is unsuccessful whether I am trying to send images in bulk or one at a time?Can anyone help me to sort this out?
There is no issue with pairing up my device..!!
Just images are not sent and the message appears the attempt to the sent image is unsuccessful.


texts:
My android device is 4.4.2.

I am trying to root my android device manually.

I have gone through the link.

As per that link, after running following adb shell commands

adb shell

->chmod 6755 /data/local/tmp/su

->chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox

->chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk

Its recommended to put Android device into Download mode by holding down the Volume up button and simultaneously turn on the phone using the power on switch.

In case of my device, after holding down the Volume up button and simultaneously turn on the phone using the power on switch, I see Recovery Mode then I see following screen.

Please let me know, what option I need to select.

Also at the end its recommended to pull out the battery from your Android device. My android device is tablet whose battery is not removable.

Please let me know what I need to do in this case?

Regards

EinfoMail


texts: Failure -12 error when installing an apk file

texts:
When I try to install this app (http://ziyang.eecs.umich.edu/projects/powertutor/UMLogger-release-signed.apk) on G1 phone I'm getting this error message:

Failure [-12]

What's the problem?


texts: How can I restore XT1924-7 MOTO E5 Plus (Hannah) baseband/imei

texts:
Could this have been caused by flashing a firmware version with RSU (Russian???) found a repository on XDA with the stock("") firmware and restoration guide and made the mistake of not checking the file thoroughly and believe I flashed the right carrier and version but wrong region???  Ive been digging all over XDA and elsewhere and tried using lenovo device repair assistant to no avail.

Also, would flashing the HLOS omg be a possible fix?   From what I've been able to discover on my own it seems that is where the instructions for the radio come from in a firmware?

I know I'm an amateur but any help is much appreciated.

Clint


texts: Able to text and use internet, but no phone calls

texts:
It is a refurbished Yureka Note.
I added a newly activated sim in it. It's sending and receiving text messages. After saving the gprs/mms settings sent by mobile operator, I am able to use internet (which is pretty fast) as well.
However, despite trying variety of things, I am unable to make or receive calls on it. When I tried calling it from another number it says: outside network coverage.
Given that signal is full, my guess is that this has something to do with no VoLTE support in this phone.
I tried many options from ##4636## also. If I select WCDMA/GSM only then there is no signal. When I use LTE only, there is signal but calling to it says Line Busy.
Is there any way to make calling work on this device with this sim?


texts: How can I send a group sms using my google voice number?

texts:
I have tried using the google voice app only to find that it doesn't support group SMS, and instead sends an individual text message to each person (which doesn't allow them to reply-all to the group I originally messages).

I have also tried using hangouts, only to discover that it does NOT use the google voice number.

Is there any way to combine these two features? can I do it from a web-browser interface somehow?

P.S. I would like to avoid signing up for Google+ if I can avoid it.