texts: what makes my samsung nexus schi515 freeze after calls

texts: When I'm finished with my phone call I have to take the battery out and put it back in for it to even go back to the home screen because it shows a black screen but you can feel vibrations when I touch the  the power button on the side but in order to see my home  screen I have to remove the battery its really frustrating what can I do to fix the problem. It want light up to show my keypad either like to put in my voicemail password


texts: How to take screenshot in Sony Xperia Neo l without third party app?

texts: Since volume-down + power key doesn't work, is it possible to take screenshots on Sony Xperia Neo l? If so, how?


texts: Process 'system/bin/installd' causing memory leak

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When reviewing my running tasks, I've noticed a memory leak in process system/bin/installd. On boot completed, it begins running in the background, consuming 20-30MB RAM. Over time, its RAM usage gradually increases, going as high as 400MB at which time it causes a random reboot.

I am able force kill this process with no noticeable effects. However, it does restart itself and continue to leak memory.

Before I can attempt to remedy this issue, I need to know exactly what system/bin/installd is/what it does - something I cannot seem to find any information on.

Can anyone help?

Specs:

OnePlus One (rooted)
Mahdi ROM (CM11 base), Android 4.4.4 KitKat
Build # KTU84Q
Kernel 3.4.0-Mahdi-One-kk
Running multiple Xposed modules, init tweaks, etc.


texts: Can I set the default browser differently for different websites?

texts:
I have the following browsers on my phone:

stock
Dolphin Mini
Opera Mobile
Firefox

I don't want to set a catch-all default because some pages render better on some browsers than on others.

When I click on a link on a non-browser app (e.g. google search or google reader) it asks me which browser to choose (as expected).  Can I set a default browser for some pages and a different default for others?


texts: Where can I find ROM images for Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (GT P5113)?

texts:
I've stopped using my tablet several years ago out of frustration. Ever since Kit Kat/4.4.4 everything has slowed to a near unusable crawl. I tried rectifying this by flashing it with a SlimRoms OS (SlimKat) but it only improves things moderately and some applications, like YouTube, crash often.

I'm looking to see if maybe Jelly Bean runs better, but so far I've had no luck with it. The Samsung downgraded firmware just puts it into a boot loop and I cannot find a compatible SlimRom, Lineage OS, or Cyanogenmod. Does anyone know if one exists?


texts: I changed Mainboard in S6 its wrong country code and does not work now what?

texts: As above the board was locked to AT&T but i got the code for that I put my open sim card in it , it picks up wifi and looks like network signal but when i try to phone with it is says dialing ...dialing and hangs up. any help would be great !


texts: what happens to my google acct if I delete the gmail service?

texts:
I found a section in my Google acct where I can delete Gmail and Youtube services.

I want to keep my Youtube but thinking of deleting my Gmail acct since I'm not using it anymore.

I still want to use my Google acct since I have $100s worth of paid apps attached to it.

Any ideas?

Thanks


texts: Is it possible to record MJPEG directly on Android?

texts: Is it possible to record video from an android camera directly as MJPEG? I am interested in MJPEG for quality purposes. I don't want to record video via default android settings and then convert to MJPEG, but directly from the camera device as MJPEG. Is this possible? I can't find any information suggesting this is possible.


texts: Applied Pin Lock screen to Galaxy S6 Edge, forgot password, need to get photos from phone

texts:
I have tried using Google android device manager and end up with

"Since Google has verified that a screen lock is already set, the password you entered won't be needed."

Samsung's find my mobile site will not work because I didn't register device prior to being locked out.

I am desperate to get the photos and videos from the phone. They are memories I want to keep, please help.


texts: Alarm which could Ring even when Device is Off

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Android smartphones are smarter than traditional mobile phones in all aspects, but I am unable to find this smartness in one aspect: In those classic mobile phones, there was an option to ring the alarm even when device was off. The device was turned on temporarily to ring alarm, then turned off.

How to do this in an Android device? I know, its not possible by app unless supported by firmware. So, I am asking for ROM hacks etc.

Please, don't answer if its "You Can't" or "Not Possible" etc..


texts: Why doesn't Google Now's place-specific reminders remember my home location?

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I have my home and work locations set. These show up accurately in Google Maps and also in Google Now if I go "Wand" -> "Places" at the bottom.

However, whenever I go to set a place-specific reminder, Google Now reprompts me to enter my home location. The screen looks like this:

As you can see, the "Home" field doesn't actually have an address below it.

This is never remembered. How can I fix this?


texts:
CM10.1 now cannot record any inbound audio on phone calls

I was running Jellybean stock on my i9300 and used Total Recall to record telephone calls, recording both inbound and outbound audio correctly. I have now flashed CM10.1 and tried Total Recall to record telephone calls and I can no longer call inbound conversation.

I have also tried Sanity, Call Recorder Demo and Digital Call Record. Whenever I change the source for each of these respective programs to MIC everything works - except of course I cannot clearly record the inbound audio (the voice of the person on the other end).

When testing this I was sure to uninstall the other recording applications as I understand that 2 or more recording applications may cause conflict.

Any ideas about what I should do?


texts: Enabling USB OTG on Samsung Galaxy Y Duos

texts:
I am planning to develop an Android application which uses USB On-The-Go.

I am using a Samsung Galaxy Y Duos. Is there any way that I can enable USB OTG in this phone?


texts: Apollo stopped working even though it was never launched

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I'm running a custom CM10 ROM built for the Lenovo Ideapad K1. The ROM includes Apollo as the default music player. For a while now at seemingly random intervals, a

  Apollo has stopped working

modal dialog box would suddenly pop up, even when Apollo was never launched. How can I fix this?


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I connect my Pixel 3 to JBL Flip 4 via bluetooth. The volume rocker buttons don't increment the volume in equal installments, which is very noticeable at the lower volume range. I installed the Precise Volume app to get the actual numbers and it looks like the bump from 12% to 13% is barely noticeable (which is how it should be) whereas from 13% to 14% is quite significant (which is annoying, hence this post)
If I use the Flip 4 via an aux cable this isn't an issue as the two volume controls become decoupled - the speaker's volume buttons affect the speaker's volume without affecting the phone volume, and you can get much finer control over the volume with small, equal increments (leave phone on 5-10% and play with the speaker's volume until it sounds good)
Basically, I am interested in being able to make fine adjustments to the volume coming from a bluetooth speaker, but it looks like it's just a bluetooth limitation that I can do nothing about.
Can anybody comment on with any thoughts or workaround ideas (other than using aux)?
ps: the actual use case i am after is that i like listening to audiobooks at night, don't want to deal with a cable in bed, really want to find a fully wireless solution where I can set the volume exactly right, but I kind of feel blocked by the technology and don't see a way around it


texts: which hardware spec affects smoothness most?

texts: I am reviewing a few android tablets online and I would like to know which hardware spec (for example, CPU speed, RAM capacity etc) has the most significant impact on the smoothness (aka fluidness)  of the tab..


texts:
I have two phones, a Doogee X5max and a Cubot Gt88, both fully rooted. (Root explorer fully functional on phone). Without Adbd insecure installed and ticked both phones behave the same in Droid Explorer for PC. i.e.I can't access the data folder and I can't modify files or folders. When I install Adbd insecure and apply the patch to the Cubot it works perfectly. Droid explorer has full access and the consol prompt changes from a $ to a #. However, if I install Adbd insecure on the Doogee and apply the patch I immediately lose all connection with the phone. It shows up in Device manager as unknown device with a code 43 error. I can't reconnect to it until I have removed the patch and re-booted the phone.
  The failing Doogee X5max has Busybox installed, Usb Debugging enabled, Oem unlocking enabled, the google ADB drivers installed and the OEM driver installed. There seems to be a conflict between the Doogee and Adbd insecure that upsets Windows. Any clues?


texts: How can I have SMS texts read out to me?

texts: How can I have incoming texts read out to me? It can be useful when I am driving.


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Hello unlike all the problems here which is related to their USB Tethering in android being grayed out or not working at all when connected, mine is an odd case
I use usb tethering with my android Xiaomi Mi9 since my PC doesn't have LAN and the wifi dongle reads my wifi as "Hidden Network" and inputting SSID still doesn't work
I can toggle on and off USB Tethering but the tethering doesn't work all the time. There are times where I tether and it gives my PC internet. There are also times where nothing happens even though my tethering is turned on and i have to turn it on and off multiple times until it does.
Now It's even worse because i have to on-off it multiple times like 5-10 times already.
I didn't use USB debugging and I don't have any VPN applications
I tried using a different wire and it's still the same.
Can anyone give me insight on what the problem might be?


texts: How do I exclude a subfolder in DCIM from Google Photos backup?

texts: I set Google Photos to automatically back up pictures and videos I take and nothing else. I use an Xperia phone and it comes with a feature to take "Time Shift" photo which is essentially just a series of rapidly taken pictures. It's stored under the "XPERIA" folder inside "DCIM". The problem is it doesn't show up in the setting to exclude folders. And it also gets uploaded to Google Photos, so I'm often flooded with pictures (remember, it's multiple rapidly taken photos) that I don't really need backed up. I can't move the folder either as it is hard coded into the Xperia's system.


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I have an update for my Samsung Galaxy Exhibit.
I clicked on Update and it started updating my phone, but now it goes to the update screen, loads about 25% and then restarts my phone. It has been happening for a half hour now, what should I do?

Taking the battery out did not help, either.


texts: How to Take Print Screen in Samsung Galaxy ace Duos? Can please some body help me.


texts: Where is the 'sleep' low power option in cyanogenmod 10.1?

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I used to have the Android that came installed on my Verizon Motorola Razr Maxx. When I wanted the phone to be doing nothing (in a movie theater, or at night) I would hold the power button, and then select "Sleep" from the options, which also included "Power Off", "Airplane Mode", and icons to select ringing or vibrating.

Now, I've installed Cyanogenmod 10.1, and when I hold that button I get similar options but no "Sleep" option. There are "Profiles", but none of them seem to be as low power as sleep was. Is there no sleep function, or is it hiding somewhere? If there is none, maybe I can replace it with a profile that turns on "airplane mode", which seems like the only way to turn off the cellular antenna?


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I've installed Google Drive on my pc and Nexus 7 and placed a Google Spreadsheet doc into the drive on my pc. When I use my pc browser (Firefox) to view the googledrive.com website, the doc is there.

However, when I open Drive on my Nexus - nothing. And when I view the googledrive.com website on my Nexus browser (Dolphin) it's empty too. Not a doc in sight.

I'm getting nowhere with Google Help on this issue - they keep telling me to click on options that don't exist on the Nexus or telling me to do things on my android phone (Don't have one!)

Help? Thanks!

ETA: Okay, I've decided what I wanted to do just isn't worth the hassle of trying to figure out Google's accounts/apps systems. It seems designed to be as obstructive as possible. :P I've given up and deleted Drive.

Thanks for your attempts to help though - greatly appreciated!


texts:
In Windows, it's possible to use SD card as RAM.

Is something similar possible in Android (with and without root)?


texts: Apps Disappearing from Home Screen and App Manager

texts: Does anyone of you knows why my apps disappeared on my home screen and my app manager? At first, I was just communicating with my friend via the messenger app then it suddenly crashed and my phone turned off. It, thankfully, switched on but the thing is my apps were gone. I tried rebooting my phone many times but they didn't come back. Then I tried installing the apps from my backup (first) then from the playstore but it says "app not installed". What should I do?


texts: How to restrict some tracks from playing in 'Shuffle tracks'

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I have some audio tracks on my phone that I want to be excluded from general music playing.  For example, I have some meditations, which I love, but only want to play them when I explicitly choose them, not during shuffle at a party :p

I've just transitioned from iPhone. In Itunes, there is the option on each song to include in playback or not.

Is there anything like this the music app on Android?


texts: how to root Galaxy SL GT i9003 for DDLF2

texts: I am running official Samsung ROM build version 2.6.3 DDLF2. I wish to root it for reverse tethering and few other utilities. Need a trusted link for rooting tutorial or a rooting package for the same.


texts: How to save Facebook and Skype information to Google contacts?

texts:
I've looked around this site and in spite of what I read I can't figure out the following:

How do I save my merged contact information into a Google contact?

For instance, I have a friend F who has a phone number Fp a mail address Fm, a Skype username Fs and and Facebook username Ff. Although these data are merged into a single F contact on android, I cannot see Fs and Ff in F's Google contact.

How can I really merge the data so it all shows into Google accounts?


texts: MacroDroid - To only allow certain people to automatically answer calls

texts: I'm trying to set up a macro using MacrdoDroid to automatically answer calls whenever they occur. However, I only want it to happen when certain people call me. I've tried adding the person's name to the left of the trigger "Incoming voice/video call", and setting the search term to exact instead of contains, and it just doesn't pick it up. It works fine if only "Incoming voice/video call" is there, but not when I add someone's name.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I tell if I have root?

I am a noob when it comes to android.

I've read a little about rooting, but I still haven't figured out how to know if my device is already rooted or not (I bought it from a questionable store, so I don't want to just take their word for it).

I have a Galaxy S2, but I think this question is relevant for any android device.


texts: Why can't I access the /data directory with ADB on my Samsung Vibrant?

texts: I used Simply Honey before and everything was okay. However, when I flash to a Stock 2.2 ROM, I cannot access the /data directory from adb. I am sure the phone is totally rooted because I have the Superuser icon in my apps menu and I can open the /data directory in Root Explorer. Why can't I access /data from adb as well?


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Recently i have updated my device from 7.0 to 8.1 .

Will android background execution  limitation issue affect Android notifications in 8.1 + devices?

Some of the app's notifications are not showing after the update ?
IS this due to background execution limit ?


texts: CyanogenMod, why doesn't Market self-upgrade?

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I've bought a used HTC Magic with CyanogenMod 5 on it. It has Google Market. The market version is 1.713 - which is nowhere near the latest IIRC. In-app billing, for one thing, is not supported.

Isn't Google Market supposed to upgrade itself when a new version comes out? Why doesn't mine do so? Probably some kind of CyanogenMod interference. Any good way around that, please?

EDIT: debugged the situation a little bit. I happen to know that market updating happens out of the main Market process - the Market (com.android.vending) downloads the update, then fires a broadcast intent UPDATE_MARKET to a receiver in another app (com.android.vending.updater), which in turn installs the package. Here's what I got in the LogCat:

  02-01 02:34:16.155: W/ActivityManager(121): Permission Denial:
  broadcasting Intent { act=com.android.vending.UPDATE_MARKET
  dat=content://downloads/download/31 } from com.android.vending
  (pid=1762, uid=10006) requires
  com.android.vending.permission.UPDATE_MARKET due to receiver
  com.android.vending.updater/com.android.vending.updater.UpdateMarketReceiver

So it looks as if the Market app lacks a permission to invoke the updater. The manifest file of Vending.apk, however, does have a

<uses-permission android:name="com.android.vending.permission.UPDATE_MARKET" />

line. How is it possible for an app to have a <uses-permission>, but receive a permission denial message?

EDIT2: the permission com.android.vending.permission.UPDATE_MARKET is marked as "signature" in the MarketUpdater manifest. Meaning only apps signed by the same certificate as MarketUpdater are granted that permission. That could be the reason Market is not granted the permission - could be signed by a different certificate.

EDIT3: that's exactly the case. The public key is different. The one on Vending.apk seems to match that on various versions of Vending.apk that are floating around the 'Net.


texts: How to see my location log in the Google Maps without a working network connection?

texts:
I would like to see my google maps position log even if I was offline, or I did not use my phone.
My impression is that the position logging works only if either the phone is active or if I am on wifi.
I would like if I would see my position log more often. I think, the best would be if some background task would continuously (or, maybe in every 10 minutes or so) log my position data, save it, and upload to the google maps if I am online.
Is it possible somehow? It is not a problem, if it would require some other map application, although the gmaps would be ideal.
This answer works only if I manually turn it on every time. I do not want to do that, I need an automatic solution.


texts: How to migrate accounts to new Google Authenticator app?

texts:
I broke my cellphone which had the Google Authenticator app and several other accounts attached to it for two factor authentication like Dropbox, Evernote, AWS, etc. Now I got a new phone and installed the Google Authenticator app on it as per the instructions given here - https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185834?hl=en#phone

But now in this app I don't see codes for other accounts (Dropbox, Evernote, etc.). Is there a way to get all of them migrated to this new app or I need to recreate them?
Also, if I need to recreate them, how do I do it, because Evernote won't even let me sign in from any device w/o two factor authentication code.
I can use backup codes for some accounts, but I don't have backup codes for all of them?

Please provide some suggestions. Thank you.


texts: Installing flash images on an unrecommended device

texts: I want to install the Nexus Hammerhead flash image on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos. Is this possible and if so is it safe?


texts: Turn on screen during notification on Moto G

texts:
Before I had an HTC one with 4.x & 5.x with custom roms. Whenever I got a text message and my phone had the screen off, the screen would turn on. I didn't think this was special behavior.

I just bought a Moto G (2nd Gen) with 5.x but when I get a text message the screen stays off.

I downloaded an app called AcDisplay and this helps, but it is a suboptimal solution since it shows its own screen and not the default android lock screen.

Is the turn on screen during notification only on custom roms?

This is hard to search for since nearly all results are for adjusting the privacy of the notifications that show on the lock screen.


texts: How to make screen 'unsensitive' on incoming calls?

texts:
Here's the scenario: what I often find happening is that I receive a call on my Android phone (HTC Desire S), and as I'm rushing to get it out of my pocket I'm accidentally managing to swipe the screen, which rejects or accepts the call, when I didn't want to.

What's the best way to avoid this, given that I want to keep my phone in my pocket? I'd kind of like the screen to remain disabled when a call is being received until I press the power button at which point it becomes sensitive. Is there a way to do this or something which would avoid this accidental accept/reject of calls?


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Ethernet is connected to android device. I am able to ping 8.8.8.8 from adb shell, but not able to browse internet. The Ethernet connection is doesn't show up on notification bar.

I have tried setting up STATIC IP and tried updating route table, but no luck.


texts: How to change the user in ES File Explorer

texts:
I use ES File Explorer on my Android phone (Lollipop).

When I connect to my NAS, it prompts me for a user name and password. I enter this, and I connect. However, I now need to connect as a different user.

I'm not prompted again for the user name/password, ES File Explorer and remembered these settings but, I can't find how to clear this.


texts: Why is my new screen upside down and mirrored?

texts:
I broke and replaced the screen on my Nexus 5.

Once I booted the phone up, the new screen is upsidedown and mirrored, also touch doesn't work at all.

I can see how the touchpart is caused by a broken connector or something, but the mirroring?


texts:
I saw not using HTC Sense as a power-saving tip on another question, but I just wanted to know what the easiest way to replace HTC Sense is and what it requires me to do?

Do I lose all my widgets too or will it mostly change the way my Home screen looks?

Edit: I don't need HTC Sense to disappear completely from my phone or need to root it. I'm just curious how I would go about replacing HTC Sense with another application launcher.


texts: How to find how many hours an Android phone has been used?

texts: I want to know if there is a method that can tell me how many hours an Android phone has been used. Just like we have cheat codes that we used for Nokia phones; they tell us the hours (regardless of factory reset). Any alternate for Android?


texts: How to share via mail always to the same recipient in one touch

texts:
I frequently share things by sending me to my gmail address. So I make 4 steps:

tap share icon
tap Gmail icon
type my own address
tap send

Is there a way/ app that automatize all these things : one tap on this app on share popup send directly "the thing" to a pre-parametrized recipent(s). ?


texts: Does HTC Sync work well with Thunderbird?

texts:
As I no longer have access to Outlook, I have to look for alternatives for managing mail, agenda's and contacts.

My first guess would be Thunderbird, but I wonder how well this syncs with HTC Sync as I never had any trouble setting it up with Outlook, I would prefer that it stayed that way.

So does anyone have any experience with syncing their Android phone through Thunderbird?


texts:
So I get myself android tablet last nite and wanted to create viber account.  I put my cell phone number down,  and never received code on my phone. I still have flip phone, not smart phone. Could that be reason? I would be very interested in this product and I would appreciate if someone could help me.

Another question would be is it possible to create viber account without phone number?

Thanks in advance


texts: Different notification tones for multiple Gmail accounts

texts:
Is it possible to use different notification tones for each Gmail account?  I.e.:

account1@gmail.com => tone X
account2@gmail.com => tone Y

Maybe with a helper app?


texts: I am running Lollipop 5.0.2 on an LG phone.  Is there a setting to always start from the home screen on unlock?  Instead of trying to open the last open application.


texts: Find Proxy IP address used by Android app

texts:
I use the "Proxy Browser For Android" app on the android platform, developed by Abhinav Singh.

It uses a proxy to enable the user to browse anonymously.

I really wish to know the ip address used by the app.

My question is: How do you closely monitor the internet traffic on an Android ?

I am an Android developer, so I use ADB to connect Android to the pc, and issue commands to android from the pc. Is there an ADB command that I can use to see internet traffic or even get logs etc ? If not, then, is there an app for that ?


texts: Galaxy S2 lcd broken, totally black screen. Would like to retrieve data through kies but as phone is swipe protected, kies won't unlock it. Any ideas?


texts: How to sync all my Exchange files (including Notes and Tasks) to my Nexus S?

texts:
I need to find a way to sync my Outlook notes and tasks to my Nexus S.

I would also like to have all the fields I use in my contacts in Outlook available in my Nexus S.

I rund on Exchange and the mail, contacts, and calendar syncronize OK with my Nexus S, though some fields are not available in Gingerbread and can't decide how long back I want my appointmens and emails to sync...


texts: Sophix tablet will not work without an SD card

texts:
My Sophix tablet was working without the SD card, but now the camera will not work. I get the following error message:

  Insert a SD card before using.


texts:
In my Gmail account, I use "Refresh POP accounts" by Emmanuel P to add a simple button at the top of my email list to quickly refresh all the POP email accounts I have attached to my Gmail account.
I cannot, for the life of me, find a method to do this on my LG Optimus. Is something like this available for Android?
Update
I use the official Google Gmail app. Gmail automatically checks pop accounts, but does not check the accounts on a regular schedule. The POP accounts can be checked manually via "Refresh POP accounts" Labs plugin in desktop browswers. However, this is not available in the Gmail app or in mobile browsers.


texts:
Or: how to stop forwarding calls from given phone number?

Current state

I have two phones, A and B. From A phone I can call whoever I want. From B I can call whoever I want except A -- when I call A, the call is forwarded automatically to voicemail.

It is not about network range, or something, or not enough money. It is most likely B phone number is blacklisted on phone A and such call is blocked (forwarded).

How to unblock it?

And what happened

I suspect that some call blocking app made that mess -- to test it, I actually block phone number A on phone B, and made a call. With the exactly same results as described above.

After that, I removed that phone number, than I uninstalled entire application, I rebooted phone, I checked the system settings (stock blocking: off, blacklist: empty). There is no other blocking app installed (just in case I removed related calling apps, like Skype).

Yet, once blocked, the phone number remains blocked.

How to undo this?

Phone A (the one with such permanent block) is Galaxy Ace 2, Android 2.3.

Updates

Update 1: On phone A in logs I can see all those "unreachable" calls. So they are received. Also there is small tooltip on phone A "forward call" (when call is received).


texts: 2 android tablets have the same MAC address

texts:
I have bought 2 DGM android tablets (OS - Google Android 4.0) and whilst setting them both up (at the same time) the wifi connection kept dropping.

I checked the MAC address so I could assign them a static IP address from the router, but noticed that they were both the same on the tablets.

I'm no whizz when it comes to IT (I know the basics), but I've searched the web for what can be done, and I don't understand any of it - BusyBox, rooted tablet, MAC Address spoofing.

Can someone please help me out - or point me to some (easy to understand and follow) tutorials?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Why Inbox app disturbs while notifications disabled?

texts:
I get a notification each time when receiving an email although I disabled all notifications of Inbox. This fact is disturbing because Gmail app gives a notification too about the same event at the same time.

Fig.  1 My settings of Inbox in Setting > Notifications > Apps

Phone: Oneplus 2
System: CM 13


texts: "Urgent Results" from LG V30 Smart Cleaning

texts:
I have an LG V30 (on Verizon, but I doubt that's relevant) that's about a year old. A couple of weeks ago, it updated to Android 9.0 Pie. Ever since that update, about once every 48 hours, I've been getting a notification from something called "Smart Cleaning" that says

  Battery draining app

  Dropbox constantly ran in the background

If I click on the notification, my options are to restrict or uninstall Dropbox.

I'm perfectly happy with my device's battery life and would like Dropbox to continue running in the background. I've tried disabling notifications in the smart cleaning program's settings, but that's had no effect and the messages keep coming. I've also tried telling the phone to disable this notification permanently when it comes up, but it says "these notifications cannot be disabled". These are starting to get on my nerves, so what can I do to get rid of this recurring message? For reference, I've included an image of the screen that pops up when I click on the notification.


texts: Do refunded Google Play purchases show up on credit card bill?

texts: When you purchase an app that costs money on Google Play but then refund it within the 15 minute leniency period, does any record of the purchase and subsequent refund show up on the bill from the credit card you used to make the purchase? If so, what would show up on the bill?


texts: can I push 'hanging' sending email in gmail outbox?

texts:
I sent out three (big emails - 6 pictures from my mobile camera) very quickly one after each other. Now after 10 or so minutes they are still in the gmail outbox folder. I experienced the same when I was connected via both wireless or mobile network.

Can I somehow push the emails to be sent out? I tried to open them and send again but it didn't help.

Last time this happened I deleted them and sent out slowly one after each other again and it went ok.

HTC Desire 2.1


texts: For video playback from cloud, would a properly written native mobile app be faster than a web app run on Android?

texts: I want to develop a backend cloud service that delivers full color compressed videos (as high def as possible) to Android smart phones for streaming playback. Would I get better playback if I properly develop a native mobile app or if I simply use the browser, maybe with some scripting, to access and play the video? I want the highest bandwidth playback I can get. Thanks!


texts: Huawei Nexus 6p Product Id from fastboot mode

texts:
I want to unlock the bootloader of my Nexus 6P but I'm unable to retrieve my product ID from common way

*#*#1357946#*#*

Because my phone is stuck in boot loop.

Product ID is required by Huawei website to provide the unlocking code for bootloader.

I want to know where the product ID is stored in the android and is it possible to read it by using the fastboot commands?

Update: I have managed to raise a request for the bootloader unlocking key with Huawei support. I will update again, once I get the key.

Update2: I got the bootloader unlocking key from Huawei. However it does not seem to work or I am using the wrong command. Here are the commands that I have tried:

fastboot.exe flashing unlock VP2T97EWDWSZDX8U

fastboot.exe oem frp-unlock VP2T97EWDWSZDX8U

Both of them end up in an error with no specific description.


texts: Will a hard reset remove any malicious software/viruses/malware from my Experia X?

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I suspect my phone is compromised, and if a simple hard reset will fix all potential problems, I'll do that. Will that solve all potential problems? I'm concerned that the guy who just replaced my phone's screen (had my phone's password) installed something dubious. He said he also adjusted or replaced one or two other components, but did not charge for them.

When I got the phone back it was fine, but an hour later when I unlocked it it was reset, no apps, photos, etc, and the keyboard had changed from English to English-&-something-pictographic, maybe Chinese. I restarted the phone and it looks normal again. But the battery is draining at twice the speed it normally does, which leads me to suspect something is happening in the background.


texts:
I want to root my HTC Salsa phone. According to this link I need to gain S-OFF on my Mobile.

There is nice article to gain S-OFF.

But my Question: Is there an alternative way, without using any hardware to gain S-OFF ?


texts: Unlock Motorola Droid Razr Maxx (Verizon)

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I have a Motorola Droid Razr Maxx on Verizon in the US. I want to take it to Straight Talk, a MVNO that uses Verizon's network. I bought the Straight Talk SIM card, but I get an error that the phone needs to be unlocked.

How can I unlock the phone to use it with another provider (same CDMA network type)?


texts: How to root the Droid Maxx with 4.4.4 KitKat

texts: Is there a way to root the Motorola Droid Maxx (Android 4.4.4 KitKat)? It doesn't even support the ESPN app as-is.


texts:
I've bought this HTC One from one guy who had to change the display on it. It works fine but display has  one problem. It has very high brightness and some buttons, icons and so on does not have the edges visible.

I tried to download some applications to lower the brightness but I haven't found one that worked perfectly. Some of these applications lowered the brightness and the situation got a little better but I couldn't set the brightness low enough with them.

I would like to ask if there is some way how to set the brightness or contrast manually via terminal in the operating system or this problem is more likely caused by bad display. Thanks very much for your answers (P.S.: I tried several Android ROMs, but no change occured).

Here is a photo of the display how it looks like (e.g. the black color is not black but silver. There are almost no visible circles around the ticks on the right side):

Photo of the screen (click image for larger variant)


texts: How to stop Stock ROM overwriting the Custom Recovery?

texts:
I was trying to flash a Custom Recovery (TWRP) on my Friend's phone (Realme 3).

It was officialy supported by TWRP and was listed on their website so I downloaded the Custom Recovery. Then I unlocked the bootloader of his phone but yes a strange thing happened there:

After it asked for pressing the volume button to be pressed it unlocked the bootloader – but after that there was option "Select boot type". It had three options: Boot to Bootloader, Boot to recovery and last Normal boot. Further there was a arrow on the bootloader option. And there were some instructions something like volume up for select and volume down to move.

But I tried every button but the arrow was stuck on the bootloader option. So I connected it to my device and used the "fastboot reboot" command to restart the device. After restarting at the realme logo it was saying "You are unlocked you cannot be trusted". But after that it booted normally and the phone was Factory Reset.

After this in the Developer options the OEM unlocking was grayed out saying Bootloader is unlocked. Ok so we were successful in unlocking the bootloader.

After that I pasted the twrp img file in the platform tools directory and put the command adb reboot bootloader and after the device was in bootloader I used the command fastboot flash recovery name.img to flash the recovery. It said sending and then writing in my terminal.

After that I used the command fastboot reboot and the the key combinations (power+volume down) for the device which used to get into recovery for that phone – but this time, instead of going into recovery, it was in the bootloader.

So again I tried fastboot reboot command and this pressing the power+volume up but the phone booted normally. So this time I tried adb reboot recovery – but it booted into stock recovery. So again I tried flashing the recovery and tried using fastboot reboot recovery but it didn't work.

And yes I know that after flashing the custom recovery the phone should first boot into the recovery but as I said neither the key combinations nor the fastboot reboot recovery command so what can I do to prevent the system from overwriting?


texts: Using an Archos 3G modem with an Acer Iconia tab (Android Honeycomb)

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I've recently purchased an Acer Iconia tablet with Android 3.1. Then I adquired an Archos G9 3G USB modem, with the intention of having internet connection on my tablet when not around a wifi (90% of the time for me, sadly). I thought using it would be simple, like with a PC: insert the USB modem on the tablet, it recognises it, asks me some questions to configure it and so on.

But no, when I insert the USB modem on my tablet it does absolutely nothing. I've searched on the net for instructions about this but haven't found any. Is this USB modem intended for using only with Archos tablets? Anyone on my situation?


texts:
I have a netbook device running Android, Gingerbread 2.3.x, but it does not load.

Upon boot-up, it is forever stuck on the familiar splash screen with Android written on it.

Can someone help me?

Edit: I have taken the liberty in editing this question, the device in question comes from this site


texts: Is there a way to list all 4G networks within range?

texts:
Does anyone know of a method to obtain a list of all 4G networks within range at the current location?

Currently running Android 7.1 on an HTC U11 if relevant.


texts:
I tried to root my mobile phone HTC desire 820 Dual sim.

I unlocked boot loader, flashed TWRP2.8 but none of Super SU could root my phone (Android version 6.0.1).

Recently been to HTC service center to replace battery. They mentioned that if we change battery for unlocked phone, phone may not work.

How to remove TWRP and get my phone back to early setting and lock it?


texts: Android, connecting to a specific wireless channel

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I live in a dorm where there is the same wireless network with different channels. How can I choose to which channel I want to be connected?

The problem is that channel 1, which has the best signal so gets automatically selected, is not working properly.

On my laptop I can just select the channel in wicd but I haven't found an app or possibility to connect only to specific channels in Android.

Android version is 5.0.2


texts: How do I root my Dell Venue 3830 tablet?

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I went here:

http://opensource.dell.com/releases/Venue_8_3830_CloverTrail_plus/developer-edition/

and did all this successfully: http://opensource.dell.com/releases/Venue_8_3830_CloverTrail_plus/developer-edition/Dell%20Tablet%20Install%20Instructions.pdf

Note the last step
"13. Now you are done and the bootloader is unlocked and YOU HAVE ROOT ACCESS. "

Then I adb shell & su at the shell prompt:

shell@yellowtail:/ $ su

and I get this:

CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE: could not load library "libbinder.so" needed by "/system/bin/su"; caused by "libbinder.so" has u
nexpected e_machine: 3

I repeated all of the above again just to make sure I did it correctly.
My questions:
Do I (as the Dell Doc'n says) or do I not have root access?
If no how do I get it?
If yes, how do I get it?


texts: How can I enable the Wifi Hotspot capability on my Moto Droid 1 without using Adhoc?

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I want to enable the wifi access point / hotspot functionality on my Droid so it acts as a "Standard" router like the built in functionality of the newer VZW phones (like the Droid Incredible).  I have tried Wireless Tether for Root Users and Barnacle but they only create Adhoc connections for tethering which is different than becoming a hotspot.

My phone:

Motorola Droid 1
Rooted Android 2.2 w/ any ROM you tell me will get WAP going
Verizon Wireless

Edit:  Just a preemptive request... Please don't suggest PDAnet.  Someone always does.


texts: Why are preinstalled apps not registered in play store on new devices?

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This is the 2nd time I noticed this. Once with a new Samsung galaxy s3 (with newly created Google account) and now with a new Samsung Galaxy Note (also with a newly created Google account).

I've just registered 2 new Samsung Galaxy Note tablets. One with my personal, existing Google account. And one for a friend with a new Google account I just created.

On my personal tablet, all installed apps where registered in the play store and they all said "update".

On my friends tablet with the new Google account, there are NONE apps installed on the device, according to Google play. What this means is that I need to find each and every one of the installed apps in the play store manually and update them. Or else I wouldn't receive update notifications from those apps.

This is very annoying. Especially with the loads of bloatware preïnstalled on new android devices these days.

Is there any known fix for this issue? How can I have Google Play store register all apps installed on device and show them in the my apps section?

Thx in advance!


texts: App from Hockeyapp won't install even though Unknown sources is allowed

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I am getting a weird error, only in 1 of my phones. I am using Hockeyapp to distribute and test apps and it works fine in every other mobile device. In Oneplus 3 (A3003; Android 8.0.0; OxygenOS version 5.0.6) though, when I try to install an app from Hockeyapp I get the message that I need to enable 'Unknown sources'.

After I press APP SETTINGS I am taken to the unkown sources screen where Hockeyapp is selected, just like the image below.

If I go back in Hockeyapp and try to install the app again, I still get the same error message. I tried to clean install Hockeyapp, change manually the unknown sources but nothing changes. I repeat that this only happens in this Oneplus device.

How can I solve this and install the app that I want from Hockeyapp?

Edit: I uninstalled Hockeyapp, installed it again and explicitly granted that permission. I still get the same error!


texts: What data flows through AirDroid's servers?

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When using AirDroid do your text messages and/or data get transmitted through AirDroid's servers or is that data kept locally between your Android device and your computer?

My understanding is that your computer and Android device need to be on the same wireless network, yet AirDroid requires a login to their servers which makes me wonder what data is being sent through their servers.


texts: Run shell script in background process no matter what activity in foreground?

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I have a shell script that looks does the following:

# /mnt/sdcard/touch.sh
sleep 10

while [ 1 ]; do
    input swipe 700 380 1020 600 1000
    input tap 960 540
    input swipe 1220 700 900 480 1000
    input tap 960 540
    input swipe 1220 700 900 480 1000
    input tap 960 540
    input swipe 700 380 1020 600 1000
    input tap 960 540
done

If I execute it from Terminal IDE (a terminal emulator), it only works while Terminal IDE is in the foreground, so I thought I'd make an actual app to execute it and keep it running in the background. Here's what I've got now:

package com.mycompany.myapp;

import android.app.*;
import android.os.*;
import android.view.*;
import android.widget.*;
import java.io.*;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);

        try {
            // RIGHT HERE. WHY DOES NOTHING HAPPEN?
            Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"/system/bin/sh", "/mnt/sdcard/touch.sh", });
        }
        catch (IOException e) {/*...*/}
    }
}

But it doesn't do anything.

So how would I execute this, then leave it running in the background so that the taps and swipes happen while another app is in the foreground? You get the idea. :D


texts: No access to Android Market after loading Ice Cream Sandwich

texts: I followed the instructions on the source.android.com website to download, build, and install Android OS v4.0.3 on a Nexus S. Everything seemed fine, I could take pictures, access WiFi to surf the web, etc. The problem is that there is no Market app and I have been unable to install anything via the Market over the web. The apps I had on the phone prior to loading ICS all show as "installed" on the website but they will not sync with the device. Any time I try to install a new app, everything seems to go ok and then it says the download will begin shortly but it never does. I have tried many different things described on posts such as resetting to factory defaults, clearing cache, etc but nothing works. Does anyone know how I can load the Market app or somehow download apps from the Market to manually install?


texts:
I want to run a script after booting from a Android TV box (Xiaomi Mi Box)
I tried a lot but nothing works. Is there any option to 'activate' an init.d folder?


texts: I was going around TWRP recovery and tried a few things and then I accidently wiped my entire android system. Now I am left with the custom recovery and a phone that gets stuck at the bootloader warning. I can't seem to flash any stock rom to the phone. I am using a Moto G3.


texts: How to I upgrade my Galaxy Fit from 2.2 to 2.3 using Ubuntu?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I upgrade firmware on my Samsung Galaxy S without using windows?
  How do I update the OS on my device?

I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit (GT-S5670) running Android 2.2.1. I'm trying to upgrade it to 2.3 on an Ubuntu machine.

I tried to run Samsung Kies using Wine, and below is the output I got:

fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"thillaiselvan" (nil) 0x32c264 (nil) 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"thillaiselvan" 0x1449b8 0x32c264 0x14d270 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"thillaiselvan" (nil) 0x32c264 (nil) 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub
fixme:advapi:LookupAccountNameW (null) L"thillaiselvan" 0x152638 0x32c264 0x150b18 0x32c268 0x32c25c - stub

Then Kies stopped. What is the problem here?


texts:
I've recently installed cm11 (plain CyanogenMod) and the battery indicator showed 1% after a full charge and would not budge.  I decided, 10 minutes later, to wipe and go to another ROM, maybe try a new one.  I did so, changing everything including the kernel - and the battery stays the same at 1%.  The only thing I have not tried is leaving the phone to die, giving it a funeral and a tombstone and doing the "charge trick" but I've heard it's also a myth.  Can somebody please help me avoid a broken phone?

And also, just in case: Phone model is ST18i Xperia Ray.  Warranty voided due to rooting :(


texts: Samsung galaxy s4 - how do i find out what my phone is locked to?

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I have recently purchased a Samsung galaxy s4 off of eBay but when it arrived it did not have any indication of what network it belonged to, every time I have gone on websites and typed in the coding to get the iem number it just says it  does not belong to any network at the moment
where do i find out what network my phone belongs to?
thank you


texts: Need to enable ICMP Ping response from phone

texts:
I'm trying to enable ICMP ping response from my Android 4.2.2 Phone (Galaxy S4). I am only considering ping over LAN via Wi-Fi, not the cellular network. WLAN Network connectivity is not the problem: I can connect to an FTP server running on the phone from another machine on the LAN. Pinging the phone from the same host of the FTP client results in timeouts. The phone is not asleep because the FTP session can be active, but ping still times out.
I can also ping an Android 4.4 tablet just fine, so it is not something specific with Android.

In the phone, I examined /system/etc/sysctl.conf and found the line:

sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1;

which I commented out as (editing with ES File Explorer Root Explorer, FS set to RW)

#sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1;

After rebooting the phone, there is still no ping response. What other settings could inhibit ICMP ping response?

Edit: I also tried the form

sysctl -w net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=0;

That did not make a difference.

I can ping any other host on the LAN, including the router, from the phone using the Net Ping app.

I also discovered that I can ping the phone at its IPv6 link-local address (fe80::xxxx)
It will respond to pings while the phone is awake, but as soon as the screen goes dark, ping responses stop. But I do not get any IPv4 ping response under any circumstances, so some setting is blocking it. I do not have any add-on firewall like DroidWall running.


texts: Uninstalled apps still show up on "Apps installed on" in Google Play Store

texts:
I already uninstalled the unwanted applications from my device, but they still show up  on "Apps installed on"  in my Google Play account.
Does it mean that the apps I got rid of are still stored in my phone?


texts: Not booting into TWRP but instead stock recovery

texts:
I installed TWRP with ODIN and used adb reboot bootloader to go into Odin mode.
When I boot into recovery it goes to the stock recovery.
I used this command:- adb reboot recovery to go into recovery.
What went wrong?
I am using sm-g350h.


texts: How do I get rid of mysterious stuff displayed on my cellular's screen?

texts: There is tiny writing listing currently running systems and a red frame around my screen and a white dot wherever I touch the screen and a thin white and red line blocking my notification bar with writing that looks like stock market listings.  How do I get rid of all these items?


texts: How to remove all of default speed dials of Opera Mobile?

texts: Opera Mobile comes with some pre-loaded speed dials which annoy me. So, I remove them all leaving speed dials added by me. But, whenever I restart Opera Mobile after that, those default speed dials are restored. How to counter this?


texts: How to patch `system.img` using MagiskManager patch feature to root the device?

texts:
I have a treble and system-as-root but it is not an A/B device. I have rooted it with the help of the MagiskManager patch feature. My understanding is: MagiskManager has modified the following three files for rooting:

boot.img to remove the signatures.
vbmeta.img to remove the AVB checks(to stop flashing unauthorized binaries).
recovery.img to actually root the device by patching init and adding some files like .backup/.magisk, .backup/.init(original init) etc..

Magisk has patched the recovery.img to boot the device into root mode if you release the recovery mode key combination at a splash screen.

But my requirement is to always boot as root without needing any key combinations.

I know Magisk needs to patch the SE-Policies and init file before the init process is actually started(as it will turn ON the enforcing mode). From treble device, my understanding is that the system partition is mounted before running the init script.

I think Magisk developers have patched the recover.img because they want to follow the systemless-root approach and support for the OTA updates.

So, I want to know if MagiskManager is capable of patching my system.img file to root the device?

I know the root will be lost if any OTA will come or maybe my device will fail to update the system but this is ok with me as long as I can root it again with the same method :)

This is also fine if instead of rooting on system.img, I will be able to patch the zImage to always boot in recovery as root mode.

Please suggest if it is feasible or not. If yes then how?


texts: How to recalibrate the OS for an external battery?

texts:
I recently bought an external non-standard 7000 mAh battery for my Samsung Galaxy S3 but the phone doesn't seem to recognize it.
Is it possible that the phone needs to be reconfigured or recalibrated so as to recognize the difference in the battery capacity?


texts: Fastboot is not providing a token when trying to unlock HTC One M9

texts:
I am trying to unlock my HTC One M9 following the instructions on the HTCdev website. When I get to the part where you're supposed to obtain the identifier token, it doesn't give me any errors, but it also doesn't give the token. I have the phone booted in 'download mode' (As far as I can tell from the HTCdev website, this is the equivalent of fastboot mode for everything M9 and later. There is no actual fastboot mode in the bootloader).

Below is what I get when I type in 'fastboot oem get_identifier_token'.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem get_identifier_toke
n
...
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] : /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] Last Byte is 0X00, disable unlock
(bootloader) [KillSwitch] oem unlock Turn Off!
OKAY [  0.059s]
finished. total time: 0.064s

Do you have any ideas about what I'm missing here?


texts: (Samsung J7 V) SD card app not loading app and causing errors

texts: Two days ago, my phone randomly rebooted, all my apps in my sd card wouldn't load after that. I ended up having to reinstall them from the play store, and I got everything on them back, But one app Wouldn't install. It kept saying app not installed on google play, and if I downloaded an apk, it would ask if I wanted to update the app, and then say App Not Installed. Please help


texts: When Abroad, How To Stop Annoying "Cellular Network Not Found" Popup Prompt?

texts:
"Cellular Network Not Found" is that annoying message I get when out of range of my carrier, but what will I do if I am abroad and don't plan on using roaming? I don't want this message popping into my face every 10 seconds. How will I use phone's camera if this annoying message will keep on persisting? Switch "Airplane Mode" you say? Well what if I decide to access internet through Wi-Fi? Still I will probably see this popup.

Is there a way to disable annoying message without enabling "Airplane Mode" still being able to take camera shots and surf the internet?

HTC Desire S
Android 2.3.5


texts: How to make delay vibration when phone is ringing?

texts:
How to make it start playing ringtone before it starts to vibrate?

I like when the phone starts ringing very gently at first (to prevent startling me or annoying others), and but gradually comes to full volume ringing after 20-30 seconds (to reach me from other room/covered/etc.).

But the vibrating itself is louder than the beginning of my ringtone and breaks that "gentle beginning" scheme. Tunring it off also not an option because of it is often the sole mean to discover the call.

Even better if I can configure myself the exact pattern of vibration, so that it is synced with the music.


texts: Connecting my phone on my pc via usb only show the driver folder

texts:
I want to add files to my SD card but when I connect my phone via USB to my computer, it will add those 3 (E: F: and G:):

On E: i got:

And when I try to access F: And G:, it says that I need to insert a disk in it.

I tried the following change:
-Activate USB debug
-Change to use USB for charge only then to MTP again

So how can i access the files on my SD card?

More information:
Phone: Alcatel Idol 3
Android version: 6.0.1
Windows 7 & 8
A 8gb SD card is inserted in my phone

Thanks for your help.


texts: Can I run scripts on startup on rooted Galaxy Note 3?

texts:
I want to be able to run a shell command (e.g. mount) on startup on my Galaxy Note 3 (stock rooted Android 4.3)

Typically on Linux that'd be done using /etc/init.d but I don't have that directory on my Note 3.

What's the best approach to running a shell script on startup/boot on Galaxy Note 3?


texts:
Some companies are telling me that my games are better listed in some countries than in the US.

I'm using VPN to try to check if it's true, but the top free games seems to be the same in all countries. Am I wrong ?

Does the Google Play store have a different listing in different countries?


texts: How to switch Google Japanese keyboard to romaji input instead of hiragana?

texts: I just got a new phone so I had to reinstall my Japanese IME and it has a kana layout kinda like a flip phone too. I heard that the Google IME will let you use romaji input like a regular keyboard, but how do I switch it?


texts: How can an organization control when or when not an update for an app is installed in their Android smartphones?

texts:
Imagine an organization that have a legitimate fear to automatic updates. That organization thinks that an automatic update may break a business use case. For example, when the VPN client is update the users are no longer able to connect to the VPN. By automatic I mean installing the app without the organization participation and without the organization being able to test the update in advance.

How can an organization control when and when not an app update in installed in an Android smartphone or device?

As long as I know, if you install an app using the Play Store, the organization cannot control the updates if the user enables "automatic updates".

If the organization install the app using the APK, the application is not updated automatically but in the future the organization has to update manually the app and also if you install the app using the APK the app is not installed as "device manager" and the app can be uninstalled by the user (think in a security app like a MDM agent).

The organization uses an MDM (Airwatch) but it does not allow to control the update of Play Store installed apps.


texts: Do some running apps not show in Task Manager?

texts: I was using the Navigator app and I was still hearing voice directions even though Task Manager showed no apps running. How can Task Manager show no apps and there could be an app still running?


texts: How do I decrypt files on my SD card that I encrypted

texts: I recently encrypted my sd card on my kyocera hydro air c6745 and it won't allow me to decrypt. I want to download music but it obviously won't allow me to do that either


texts: "Failed to detect compatible download-mode device" on Mac Lion with Samsung Galaxy S2

texts:
Hi I'm using the cyanmodgen wiki to install it. but I'm stuck on the first step.

Whenever i do sudo heimdall flash --kernel zImage
I get :

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Failed to detect compatible download-mode device.

The device is booted in download mode, and everything else is exatly like the wiki
except that my s2 is still on android 2.3 and not ICS.

Thank you for any help or hint.


texts: How do I root Android Lollipop developer preview?

texts:
How can I best root the new Android Lollipop developer preview? Chainfire's original SuperSU binaries don't seem to work:

(Click image to enlarge)

  There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!

  If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manually re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device!


texts: Micro USB splitting cable that allows charging and reads standard USB simultaneously (Samsung Tab S2)

texts:
I recently bought the Galaxy Tab S2, 9.7" (T813; Android Marshmallow) thinking I could simultaneously charge it and read files from a standard USB drive using a cable such as one found here.

However, once I got my tablet and went to buy the above cable, I saw in the comments that it does not charge the tablet (the female micro USB extension must just read micro USB drives). I've looked at countless cables like the one above, and all of them say the same thing in the comments - they do not charge the tablet (parent device).

For work, I keep my files on a standard USB, as I use multiple devices on a given day and need to be able to access my files on all of them (cloud isn't an option for me for various reasons, so please do not recommend that as a solution). Thus, there will be instances where I'll need to charge my tablet and simultaneously read files from a USB drive.

Basically, I need a cord that looks exactly like the one at the above link, but where the female micro USB port actually charges the tablet (parent device) when the micro USB charging cable is plugged into it (and obviously the female standard USB reads files from my USB drive).

Does anyone know of a cable that achieves these two things?

I've already explored this issue via:

Samsung customer service (multiple times to see if I could get different answers)
Samsung community forum (no responses to-date)
Reading Amazon product descriptions and reviews
Asking other Amazon customers (no knowledge of such a product)
Asking Best Buy employees (didn't know cables wouldn't charge)
Internet searches
Facebook crowdsourcing (no responses)
Asking a family member who works in IT (not aware of any such product)
Hardware Recommendations StackExchange

After all of this, I've come up with nothing and am running out of resources. I need to figure out if this tablet will work for me or if I need to return it.

This problem is relevant to Android users in general, as many Android devices now only have a micro USB port, and a reduced number of ports is becoming more popular on devices in general, which will thus be a problem into the foreseeable future.


texts:
Where ever I check for build.prop tweaks to enhance 3g or wifi connectivity I see this tweak , can anyone explain what these values are exactly?

  what is "ro.ril.hep" means ?

  why given the value 0 for it ?

  can anybody explain the below given tweaks ?

# RIL settings
ro.ril.hep=0
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.enable.dtm=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=8
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295
ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449
ro.ril.hsupa.category=6

# net speed tweaks:
net.tcp.buffersize.default=4096,87380,256960,4096, 16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.umts=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.gprs=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.edge=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.hspda=4096,87380,256960,4096,16 384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.hspa=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960

# Wireless Tweaks:
net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc=0
net.ipv4.route.flush=1
net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=0
net.ipv4.tcp_fack=1
net.ipv4.tcp_mem=187000 187000 187000
net.ipv4.tcp_moderate_rcvbuf=1
net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save=1
net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337=1
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=4096 39000 187000
net.ipv4.tcp_sack=1
net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps=1
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=1
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=4096 39000 187000


texts: Device lose root access after installing SU .zip update from stock recovery

texts:
I rooted my device, Samsung Galaxy S3, by connecting my device to pc via usb, and one-click-root with KingROOT application(on my pc). It automatically install a superuser on my device, but it's not the SuperSU that developed by Chainfire, instead, it's called Kingo Superuser. It works fine, but unfortunately an app did not get authorize by Kingo Superuser, it keep asking for authorization from SuperSU.
I don't know why SuperSU is asking for update even though I just install it from Play Store. Since I don't have a custom ROM, I choose Normal when asking for update method. Before I do that, I already install the .zip update file from recovery. (I saw 3 red lines, ...can't get signature..., something like that when I install it.) After it completed, device starts to reboot. The worst thing is after rebooting, my device lose root access :(
I searched for solution online about updating SuperSU and related stuff but I can't find a clear solution. So I came here, how do I update SU binary in a proper way, without a custom ROM.
Thanks.


texts: As i'm working as a mobile software technician, alot of times i need to unpack some odin firmwares to add or remove some files, maybe adding some languages which isn't available in the firmware, then i repack it again so i can flash it with odin, i need to understand Samsung firmware structure, i need to know how exactly the system works, for example: I747 is an US phone, which comes with only 3 languages, if i want to add some other languages to it's firmware, then i need to understand the CSC tree first, so i can edit it and add the desired languages pack, i've been searching around for some tutorials about that but i couldn't find any, i know how to unpack and repack odin files, but as i said, i need to understand the system.


texts: Let my friend check my locations while I am taking a stranger's car?

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I am thinking about taking a long-distance rideshare offered by a stranger on Craigslist.
For safety, I would like my friends to track my location, until I reach the destination and tell them that I safely arrive.

Is it possible to use my Android phone to

share my location with others during my travel, and
then stop sharing my location after I arrive?

If yes, does it depend on the signal strength of my mobile carrier along the way? Or does it only rely on the GPS, which isn't affected by mobile signal strength? My mobile carrier uses Sprint network, which usually has worse signal strength than other networks in remote areas.

Thanks.


texts: What is the actual risk of bricking when rooting for new ROM

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Are there any risks to rooting a device?

I've been planning to root my HTC One S for a while now, because the HTC software is so unstable. Sometimes it crashes every day for a certain period, sometimes even multiple times a day, I did a factory reset and the problem was gone for weeks but it recently came back. It has been going clean for 3 days now so it may be another period where it keeps stable, but I cannot trust it for too long.

Now consider these facts:

I will follow every instruction that I found on this forum, Phandroid.
I have experience with linux. Not too much, but I know how the file system works and I can work with bash.
I have quite a  bit of programming experience and I'm generally pretty good with computers.

The latter two may not be so relevant to the story of rooting, but all is to say that I'm an advanced user at least, if not expert. I know how to troubleshoot and I know when I should doubt an instruction or not.

That said, taking these things into account, and considering the fact that I've never rooted a smartphone, what is the approximate real chance of me making my phone unrecoverably damaged/bricked/whatever..., If I'm careful?

I'm just asking because this thing has cost enough money and it would be quite depressing to turn it into a worthless lump of plastic and metal.


texts: How to backup applications' data from second or subsequent user of a currently non-rooted device?

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Primary question: given a non-rooted 4.2.2 device which has second user added and used for awhile, is there any way to backup or otherwise safe the application's data of that second (or third etc.) user? I would like to have backup of application's data only, like what produced by adb backup. Full backup is fine if you also include information on how to eventually extract the application's data. Software procedure that destroy the system is acceptable as long as the application's data of second user's can be saved, so rooting the device is fine if you let me know how to do it with the application's data of second user intact.

I have try backing it up using adb backup but I don't see any data from the second user in it.

Additional question: I also want to restore a backup into second user of another device. It seems rooting the device will be the best way, right? Or there is another way?

More case specific information: I have a non-rooted Asus MeMO Pad HD 7 running 4.2.2 with second user setup and used, but now have cracked screen and other issues. I have replacement device a Dell Venue 7 running 4.4.3, but because of different capability, I want to setup the later device with the 2 accounts swapped, i.e. 1st account of the MeMO Pad HD 7 will become second user in the Venue 7 and vice versa.


texts: Weird display on screen before swipe lock Samsung Galaxy s6 edge plus

texts: Pressed the onscreen button on my s6 edge this afternoon and a strange new display swipe screen is showing up - picture included. I have no idea where this came from and I have to swipe it just to get to my pin lock. I've checked my apps, my settings, my locked screen, I've disabled some of the apps I thought it could've been but to no avail. Does this look familiar to anyone, and if so how do I get rid of it? It's eating up my battery life.


texts: Not receiving WhatsApp messages unless I open the app when on 3G (on WiFi there is no delay)

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I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S4, Android version 4.4.2, and for some reason I only receive my WhatsApp messages when I open the app. This only happens when I am on 3G. When connected to a WiFi network, there is no delay at all.

I have uninstalled and re-installed, I have checked the restricted data setting (it is not ticked).

What did I miss?


texts: Phone is slow to respond after waking up

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Many times when I unlock my phone to wake it up, there seems to be a lot of lag shortly after.  For instance, simply trying to make a call or opening an app seems to take about 5 to 10 seconds or so.  I can't really look at the memory usage or anything because it is only within the first 10 seconds or so.  For the most part, other than this short time period, operation of the phone seems fine regarding speed.

This behavior seems to occur more frequently when I leave an app open, such as a messaging (Handcent) app or Browser.

Is there a way to identify what is slowing my phone down?

I am running a Gingerbread 2.3.3-based ROM on a Samsung Galaxy S (Captivate).

Edit to add:  Steps I've taken so far:

Removed any widgets
No longer use Live Wallpaper


texts: List main CPU consuming processes since boot

texts:
How to list the 10 main CPU-consuming process, not in instantaneous CPU usage %, but rather in CPU usage since boot ?

i.e. :

a process that peaks at 50% CPU during 10 seconds won't be listed
a process constantly using 3% CPU during hours would be listed

I have a rooted Android 4.2.2, BusyBox, Terminal.


texts: So I had this problem around when I started to root my phones (which is recently). Usually there's 2 pop-up that would shown up whenever I connected my phone to computer, but after I rooted it the pop-up is missing (and yes I've activated the usb debugging option, restarted my phone, changed the usb cable and even downloaded a brand new usb driver on my computer). Any solutions or there's something to do with the root? (for your informations my phone is Evercoss A65B)


texts:
I've been told that I need to ask permission from Xiaomi to unlock bootloader. Why and is there any other way?
Btw, I'm currently using Redmi 5A.


texts: how to unbrick android device via stock recovery

texts:
I have intex aqua y2 pro .
I rooted it using king root and edited build prop and restart it after this my intex aqua y2 pro stuck on boot loop now it is not recognizing by pc neither in device manager
 I want unbrick it via stock recovery by apply update from sd card  i searched for ota update but
i found ony  intex aqua v10  ota .


texts: Is there an official Google Apps package?

texts:
So I understand that I need to flash the gapps package after installing a custom Android distro (ROM). In that case, is there an official google apps package? If so, why should I rely on competing distributions of the Google apps package, rather than get it straight from Google? If not, do device manufacturers get it through a different, private route?

If not, is there any way I can extract the Google Apps platform whole from my own device's stock Android OS image? As I understand, that is in fact the exception which Google allowed, which everyone seems to be abusing by simply distributing APKs extracted from other devices. I have not seen a single guide for this.


texts: Having an issue with my contacts on my Blackberry Priv

texts:
I just got a Blackberry Priv, coming from a Blackberry Classic, both on AT&T. They imported my contacts from the old phone and they seemed to have moved onto my Google account. But for some reason the majority of my contacts don't have any information associated with them, just the names. When I go into my contacts list I see all the names, but most of them don't have any numbers. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to which came over with numbers and which didn't.

What is really weird is that when a contact that doesn't have a number associated with it texts/calls me I still see the correct name come up. For example, I don't have Kevin's number listed in my contacts, but when Kevin texts me it shows up as Kevin just fine. And even weirder yet, when I click on the "People and options" selection in the text thread it brings up a contact card with Kevin and his number.

Any idea's what the issue could be? How can I get my contacts with their numbers back?

Thanks for any help!


texts: Is any of the Android rooting software open source?

texts:
As an example, the post here for rooting the LG G3:

http://www.reddit.com/r/LGG3/comments/2cdz0y/guide_rooting_roming_xposed/

Gives links to posts elsewhere for downloading APKs which do something and then allow su to work, I think:

Stump:  http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/orig-development/root-stump-root-lg-g3-sprint-verizon-t2850906/

PurpleDrake:  http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-g3/development/root-twrp-root-twrp-tmo-lg-g3-t2821005

Are there any more details about what these or other root techniques actually do?  Are any of them open source?


texts: Why doesn't my VPN client transition between mobile to Wi-Fi?

texts:
I'm experiencing slightly odd behavior from my VPN on a Note 4, Android 5.0.1.  It appears to work as far as routing my traffic is concerned, but if I leave an area with Wi-Fi and come back, it stays routing everything though my mobile connection.  For some reason it doesn't seem to be notified the route table has been updated and the default route has changed.  If I manually disconnect and reconnect the VPN, it makes the connection through the Wi-Fi like I'd expect.

I find this strange, because I've done this on two other phones without issue, the handoff was handled automatically.  They were both running Android 4.4 at the latest.  Has something changed, is there anything I can do to make this transition properly?  Is something just wrong with my VPN app((s) - I've tried two, to the same server.)  Any suggestions?


texts: How do I deactivate my Google account on my father's phone

texts: I logged into my Google account with my father's mobile. Now all my contacts have synced with his contact list. How do I deactivate my account on his phone?


texts: Restricted bluetooth functionality when device is paired

texts:
I have a bluetooth enabled car stereo, with my iphone I'm able to connect to it, and then use the device to browse through the music on my ipod/make calls etc. The bluetooth pairing basically enables me to operate the phone via my car dashboard.

I've tried doing this on my Orange San-Francisco / XTE (android 2.1) but I can't get the same outcome.

The device is correctly paired (or so the phone says). If a call comes in/or I make a call from the handset, it gets detected and then sounded over the handsfree system.

BUT,

Using my stereo I'm unable to browse through my phones contact book, or to play any audio from my phone.

I'm thinking, is there an option in the bluetooth settings that determine what paired devices have access to? i.e, tapping into the phones contact book / music could be disabled?


texts:
In the Play Store, I have checked the box "Auto-update" for my application. However, although the app received a new version several hours ago, it is not being auto-updated on my phone.

What I'm wondering is how often are apps auto-updated (if at all)?

Edit: It's been one day and the app hasn't been auto-updated yet. I've tried letting the mobile charge to 100% overnight but it didn't help.


texts: After RCA Voyager Factory Reset, It fails to connect to the internet

texts:
My phone says it's connected to Wi-Fi, but when I push next it says it couldn'
t connect to the internet.


texts: How to permanently disable priority interruptions setting?

texts: I'd like to revert to the pre-Android 5.0 Lollipop behaviour of having all notifications (including calls, messages and alerts) come through at all times. The problem is that whenever I configure the device to "always interrupt" after some time (usually in the order of hours) the device reverts to "priority" mode. This happens regardless whether I use the setting at  Settings / Sound & notification / Interruptions / When calls and notifications arrive / Always Interrupt or Volume button down / ALL. How can I make the "always interrupt" setting stick permanently?


texts: Stop application after set time - sleep timer

texts: Is there a way to automatically stop playing music/stop other app after a set period of time. For instance while listening to music at night.


texts:
I'm thinking about getting new glasses, the kind that get dark(like sun glasses) or clear depending on the amount of light they get so they are supposed to be dark in the outside and clear inside.

I think my actual question is: can you set up Android face unlock to work with "sun glasses"?


texts: Set up portrait video output from Galaxy Nexus

texts:
I know that I can hook up my Galaxy Nexus up to my TV, but I'm not able to change the orientation from landscape to portrait.

Is there a setting I'm missing? Or is there a way to do this if my phone is rooted?


texts: My t-mobile prism, will not turn on. It is unrooted. The only thing that happens is the backlight for the screen comes on and the buttons light up. When I try and boot it into recovery mode. Nothing happens when I press the volume buttons and the power button together. Can anyone help? It's been like this for 2 days, I have left it on and off the charger hours and no change.


texts:
I just installed 9 and 10 version of CyanogenMod on my Xperia mini pro (downloaded from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=stable&device=mango), but I could not turn the wi-fi on. Version 9 is stable version. What is wrong?

Does the method of ROM installing have any influence on the issue?


texts: How to root Android 4.1 in order to use SD card for internal storage?

texts:
I made the mistake of buying a cheap Chinese phone on Ebay to use on Three or Orange in the UK, a 4" Malata I60 Android 4.1 Dual Core MT6577 1GHz. It's okay for what little I need, except the internal storage shows as a total of 179MB.

I've moved whatever apps I can to my 30GB SD card and using App Cache Cleaner, but I am still only left with 36.8MB of free space.

This is causing warnings whenever updates are found and even causing updates to fail for lack of space if I am actively using the phone.

Does anyone know where I could find reliable step-by-step guides to rooting Android 4.1 and using the SD card for internal storage?


texts: My Advertising ID on Android is blank. A few months ago I set my phone as test device by adding my Advertising ID to AdMob account. The last month my ads was limited and the limitation was removed today. However, now I don't see my advertising ID. So, I'm afraid of using my app because I'm not sure if my device is recognized as a test device. When I last time tried to use my app after limit removal, I didn't see any ads. I wonder where my Advertising ID has gone and is it safe to use my own app.


texts: Disable gmail notifications for certain labels during certain hours

texts:
I want to shut off gmail notifications (not SMS or calls) for specific labels (not all labels) from 11 pm to 8:30 am every day.

Turning off sync (or turning off all notifications) during those hours will not work, because I still need to get notifications for certain emails at all times.

Is there a way to do this? I don't see a way to do it in IFTT. Don't want to purchase a paid app unless I have confirmation that it will work.

My phone is encrypted and not rooted, if that makes any difference.


texts:
I just got the 2.2 update for my T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (3.5mm) and while playing around with the browser discovered that, unlike with the previous version, visited html links on web pages are now purple.  I understand the purpose this serves, but I personally HATE having visited links display with another color.

Anyone know of a setting that will disable this?


texts:
Where I can find factory  home screen layout file?

I would like modify default layout which will persist after I will make a hard reset.

Best

Edit

device: Lenovo A6000, kitkat 4.4.4

rom: orignal stok rom from Lenovo

home screen launcher: LenovoLauncher com.lenovo.xlauncher


texts: Battery drains on airplane mode when there is no cellular reception

texts:
I always turn on the airplane mode on my phone running Android 5.0.2 before I go to bed. It's working great as there is at most 10% drop in battery percentage(usually around 6%). I have noticed a problem with my phone and I think it shouldn't happen(this is my first phone). When there is no cellular reception, my phone will try hard to find one and the battery starts draining(which is normal), but it still tries to search for reception even I enable airplane mode, which is the odd part. It is okay since my phone is able to receive reception after a few minutes.

Few weeks ago, my phone completely died overnight with airplane mode enabled. I am sure I have closed all running apps, and I didn't have GPS and Bluetooth on. I tried to search online but I found no clue.

This happened again today. I could feel that my phone was warmer than usual and I knew something must have went wrong.

Is there a way to prevent my phone from searching for cellular reception on airplane mode? Or is my phone faulty? I already have Always allow scanning - Let Google Location Service and other applications scan for Wi-Fi networks, even when Wi-Fi is off disabled long time ago but I don't think it has anything to do with my problem.


texts:
I am running Ubuntu on my notebook and Lineage OS without PlayServices on my phone.

Now I would like to use my Laptop keyboard as a remote keyboard for my phone, how could I achieve that? I guess, the phone is already ready for external bluetooth keyboards, how can I turn my Ubuntu notebook into a external keyboard?


texts:
Is it possible to re-install the OS (Android 2.3.6) on to my GT-S5830i?

If yes, how can I get that done?


texts: How do I dismiss just the next occurrence of a recurring alarm?

texts:
Tomorrow is a Bank Holiday in the UK so I don't want my "Work" alarm to go off. I could turn the whole alarm off, but then I'd have to remember to turn it back on again before I go to bed on Monday night. Or I could turn off Monday's occurrence, but again I'd have to remember to reinstate it before next Monday.

So what I'd like to do is just dismiss the next occurrence of the alarm. A Google search came up with this help page - https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2840926?hl=en-GB :

  Dismiss next alarm

  If you have an alarm that's set to repeat, you can dismiss the next instance of the alarm. That way your alarm will still be turned on for future instances.

Which describes exactly what I want to do. It goes on to list the procedure as:

  Open the Clock app.
  At the top, touch the alarm clock iconalarm.
  Under the alarm you want to dismiss, touch "Dismiss Now" dismiss alarm.

However, I'm not seeing the "Dismiss Now" option.

Where is it or what am I doing wrong?


texts: I want to root my s4 and I was waiting for kingoroot to develop a root method for 4.4.2 but I was wondering whether there are other one click root methods out there that are low - risk of bricking. If you know any that would be great. Thank you!


texts: Switching between keyboards with Bluetooth keyboard with cmd + space shortcut

texts:
I use an Apple Bluetooth Keyboard with External Keyboard Helper Pro as my keyboard of choice on an Android 7.0 Tablet.
I use Gboard when I'm not using the external keyboard.
When the external keyboard is connected, the input method in use can be switched by pressing cmd + space.
But instead of switching between all the installed soft keyboards, it switches between handwriting recognition and External Keyboard Pro.
On the other hand, if I manually switch to Gboard with the keyboard selector icon, the cmd + space shortcut switches between the default Android keyboard and Gboard only.

Is there a way to configure the language switch to choose between External Keyboard Pro and Gboard only?
Or make it switch between all available input methods?

I tried disabling the handwriting recognition input method and now, when External Keyboard Pro is selected, cmd + space does nothing.
I tried disabling the Android Keyboard (AOSP) and it automatically disables Gboard as well.


texts:
Can I somehow tell my phone to load images in (for example) browsers, gmail, twitter, etc. only when connected through a wi-fi connection? Mobile internet is pretty expensive in my country so I don't want images to spend more bandwidth than needed.. Or do I have to manualy turn it off for each app I'm using at the moment?

if it means anything, I'm using android2.2

thanks


texts: Difference between installing SuperSU using Play Store versus a custom recovery that installs it from a file?

texts:
I see that some rooting guides say that rooting involves:

Download a SuperSU as a zip file that would be accessible to the phone (e.g. the sdcard).
Unlock the phone's bootloader.
Booting into a "custom" recovery mode. E.g. TWRP or CWM. Either temporarily booting using fastboot or flashing the custom recovery to the phone and then booting.
Use the custom recovery mode to install the downloaded SuperSU zip file.
Reboot the phone into normal mode and root access should be A) available and B) managed by the SuperSU program.

However, I also see that SuperSU is also on the Play Store. Installing from the Play Store does not promise any root access. (It actually assumes you already have it.)

So, my questions are:

What is different between these installation methods practically?
What is are the technical differences in actions or restrictions?
And how can/does the custom recovery installation method provide root access whereas the Play Store method can not?


texts:
So whenever I turn on emulator, system sound changes. It feels like lower frequencies are cut off, or some strange filter is turning on.

Any idea why it happens?


texts: Protecting or Limiting my account's power

texts:
I have linked a great deal of power to my phone. It is connected to my gmail to such an extent that I am starting to get concerned that if somebody where to steal my phone they could reek havok on my life. Is there a way to limit my phone's account power with Google, and other companies.

Example:

On my phone I can add, modify, and delete accounts. That is fine and dandy but I would be devastated if somebody deleted all my contacts and all my mail. Can I limit the accounts ability to delete stuff?


texts: Problem with Partitioned Internal SD card! I can't get full size back!

texts:
I have a Android Matricom G-Tab Quantum Tablet with 1 GB of internal memory (tablet and system Space) and a 16 GB internal storage.

I was running out of space in the 1 GB memory and since Android doesn't use the internal storage just for pics and videos I decided to partition it so I could move some apps with Link2SD.

I partitioned the 16 GB internal storage using MiniTool Partition wizard like this:

8 GB FAT32 as primary partition
The rest as an ext4 partition

The partitioning was done correctly, but when my tablet tried to read the internal SD it didn't show 8 GBs as I expected. It only showed 363 MB. So I connected the SD card to my PC again, and I ran diskpart and "supposedly" cleaned all the partitions from the SD card, deleting any partitions in the process and restoring back its original size and everything and formatting it as FAT32.

The PC shows that the SD card has a FAT32 partition of 8 GB and it lists 8 GB as the whole space of the SD, card so it's missing the space from the ext4 partition. When I open the Minitool Partition wizard it only displays the 8 GB FAT32 partition as the "whole" space and only partition of the SD card. There are no signs of the ext4 partition (or its space).

I put the SD card on a Linux based system to look for the ext4 partition, but with no effort Gparted only shows the FAT32 partition just like Minitool Partition Wizard!

Also, now when I connect the tablet to the PC, it also reads a second disk of 1kb but you can't open it or format it! I'm suspecting this has something to do with the issue, but I don't know what do with it!

Now in the tablet it only displays the 363 MB as internal storage, but I can't seem to access it from anywhere. I don't know where this 354 partition came from. If I put files on the 8 GB partition I can't access them on the device, and If I boot to recovery (Stock Android recovery) and try to open a file from the "internal SD card" it says:

  "Cant mount /sdcard"

If I insert an external SD card I can only access it from the recovery, but from the device always shows the 354 MB as the only storage.

I also noted if I open the storage folder with a rooted file explorer it reads these folders:

sdcard0
sdcard1
sdcard2
extsd
usbhost

I remember that before all of this happened the sdcard2 folder didn't exist.

I have tried these apps to "restore" my internal SD card back to its full size but none of them has worked:

SD Card Formatter
Mini Tool Partition Wizard
EaseUS Partition Master
HP Format Tool

It's important to know that now when I open Mini Tool Partition Master and the tablet is connected, it crashes. If I open it without the the tablet connected it starts fine. After it starts, if I connect the tablet to the PC and refresh the device list, it loads the 8 GB FAT32 disk and the 1kb with no partition disk. If I click the 1kb disk it crashes and closes abruptly!

I also tried a bit of testdisk but I don't understand it very well. Supposedly it restored my partition table but I cant see a difference.

If I connect the tablet as an media system I can access 354 MB storage!

I inserted a 2 GB external SD card and it reads the external SD card, so I partitioned the it (1 GB FAT and 1 GB ext2) and when I inserted it back it only read 354 MB just as the internal SD card! Also, if I connect the tablet with the external SD card to the PC, it only lists the 1 GB FAT partition and doesn't list its ext2 partition nor the internal SD card! I went back and deleted all the partitions from the external SD card and inserted it again, and now it displays its 2 GB size correctly!

Is there other way to access the internal SD card?


texts: Unable to open Google's secure websites over HTTPS

texts:
I can easily open https secured sites on my Win7 laptop (using Google Chrome).
But this is not possible with Chrome version 18.0.1025308 on my ONDA VI30W tablet (running ICS 4.0.3).

What do I need to do? Any suggestion?

I bought this tablet online from a distributor of ONDA tablet in China. I myself lives around Montreal, Québec.
I can open HTTP and HTTPS on any other sites except GOOGLE sites.
I have no access to PLAY STORE as I have to sign in and then  comes up and ask me my google account which I never been able to add to my tablet. I often get "can't establish a reliable connection to the server". I suspect a DNS problem.


texts: Lollipop + Google Play - small application installs take 10 or more minutes?

texts:
The specs:

Samsung Galaxy S5
Android 5.0 Lollipop (new device, came with it)

Installing small applications in Google Play Store take 3-15 minutes, Spotify has been "installing" for over an hour. It's not the Wifi speed, because speedtest on the device showed 20-30mbit/s download, and my other Android 4 device installs the same application within a few seconds.

Any ideas? Are Google Play application installs fast on your Android 5 devices?

I tried removing the SD card, didn't help.


texts: Android default keyboard phoning home to Google?

texts:
I installed CyanogenMod 11 on my HTC One (M8) the other day and, so far, have only installed DAVdroid for contact synchronization and Network Log. So, out of curiousity, I let Network Log run when I added my contacts in order to verify that DAVdroid indeed only connects to my server. Turns out it does. However, I noticed that CyanogenMod's default keyboard (which I assume is more or less Android's default keyboard?) connected to an IP with a *.1e100.net hostname – which belongs to Google. I've taken a short look at the keyboard's source code – which I believe is this one – and think I found something like an update function for the dictionaries but also some kind of upload functionality?! I don't know where the hosts are stored, though.

Can anyone familiar with the code tell me:

What the upload function is there for and
whether the above findings explain my observation (do the updater and uploader indeed connect to Google?) or whether I missed any network-related code?

Finally:

Why has noone thought about the fact that having the keyboard connect to some Google host isn't the smartest thing and is bound to make someone suspicious?
Why can't dictionary updates be done the usual way via the PlayStore? (I don't think languages change that fast, so the occasional download via PlayStore would certainly not annoy anyone.)

UPDATE: I tried to reproduce the observations, this time with XPrivacy installed (I in principal enabled all permissions for all apps as long as they are listed in their manifests): Turns out, I can't. In XPrivacy, I noticed that the AOSP keyboard doesn't even have the necessary permissions in its manifest to access the internet. So, I'm not sure whether I just saw some ghost the other day or if the keyboard is run with root privileges or it's what they call a system-privileged app both of which might explain why it can establish a connection, anyway.

On the other hand, this time I also noticed some background service called "input devices" connecting to Google. So either I mistook this service for the AOSP keyboard (which I doubt because I wouldn't have thought of the "AOSP" term) or we have two apps / services ("AOSP keyboard" and "input devices") connecting to Google.

In any case, the update/upload functionality mentioned above still raises questions.


texts: How can I schedule timer to power on and off device?

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Is there any way to schedule timer to power on and off device?

Example daily power on at 8am and power off at 10pm.


texts: How many years an app is downloadable in Google Play Store?

texts: I wonder how many years an app is downloadable/distributed in Google Play Store after developer upload his/her app.


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I want to write a bash script (similar to Linux) to run a cron job every 10 hour. The task is fairly simple, e.g. deleting files from cache folder.

According to this topic, I installed busybox and terminal emulator and phone has already been rooted. Here is what I did:

su -
echo "*/5 * * * * root reboot" >> /data/crontab/root
crond -b -c /data/cronjob

Note that for the test, I set the phone to reboot every 5 minutes to see if crond is properly working.

Problem is, it doesn't work! Any idea for that?


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Okay, so I already ordered a new battery, but in the mean time. Why won't my phone charge?

I have tried every charger/cable in my house and car (over 10 chargers and around 15 cables).
Double checked the setups with my tablet to make sure they work.
Checked battery temp with a WiFi tether app, shows 27-28 degrees centigrade. Moving so I know it works.
Restarted the phone, reseated the battery.
Replaced the battery with a brand new one.
It is even hesitant to charge when the phone is off. It would show initial charge symbol, then go to the charging animation for 5 seconds and restart. This is the only way to get any juice into my phone by the way.

Update:
If I take the battery out while it's on the charger the screen flickers. At this point if I wiggle the cord I can get the flickering to stop, but I can also get the phone to turn off. So, I bet the solder points on the USB are faulty...


texts: How can I prevent an APP from using my phone's camera

texts: I have some apps on my HTC One (M8) that want to have access to my camera and microphone (Yahoo Mail app).  I have seen on an iOS device that you can disable this access but still run the app.  Is there something similar in the Android world?


texts: Blocking apps to be installed in AVD environment?

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Is it possible for developers to block their Google Play apps to be installed at AVD or am I just picking the unsupported AVD profile? I'm trying to install the app into the AVD and debug in a more controlled environment, however, it says:

  Your device isn't compatible with this version

So, it isn't an error message. It's a Google Play message before installing the app.


texts: While pushing to git using Termux, it crashes while compressing files

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I am pushing large number of files to git from android using Terrmux.

git push origin master

There is no issue pushing up to 40 files of around 1.5 MB. But when number of files is larger, Termux simply crashes while compressing the files.

Any Idea how can this be avoided?


texts: Music played via Amazon Music app cannot be controlled by Pebble Music app

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Many a times I use my Pebble time watch to control the music played on my smartphone. Pebble connects to Smartphone via Bluetooth. I use Pebble Music app to control the music played on my device. I can perfectly control(pause/next/previous song) Spotify, Google Ply Music and default music apps. Recently amazon launched Music streaming in India and I have been trying for last two weeks to control the music via Pebble music app with no luck.

I am on Android version 7.1.1, LG Skin UI, using Pebble Time with latest firmware, the official Pebble app and Amazon Music app version 7.5.4

Anyone facing similar issue?
What could be possible hack/solution to this issue?