texts: Can I install CyanogenMod in Samsung Galaxy I5510?

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Hello I have a Galaxy I5510 and I''ve reading about ROMS. I'd like to try CyanogenMod but my phone isn't in the list of supported phones, is there anything I can do?

If not (which I assume) which ROM would you recommend? I'm looking to get extra functionality.

If I don't like some ROM I installed I can uninstall it and go back to the default ROM or any other, right?

Also, I'm kind of scared.. If I get to root my phone without troubles, can installing the ROM break it or my only risk is with the rooting?


texts: Is there a way to automatically turn off wifi?

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I have an LG P990, and I recently upgraded it to ICS. Since that, the charging is much slower and energy consumption is much faster. I could live with it, I charged it at work and at home too.

Yesterday however it went from 85% to empty in one night. 49% of the energy consumption is Wifi according to Battery usage.

I want to know how to periodically turns WiFi on, and after a few minutes off. Every program I was able to find did the first part, but when it found a known network, left it on indefinitely.

In the settings I have "Keep wifi on during sleep" set on "Never", but it does not help.


texts: Restricting background data whilst using hotspot

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Hi it's a simple and quick question. Whilst I am waiting for internet to be installed in my new flat I have been using my mobile hotspot to game and work on my PC.
I used to have a spare phone that I put my sim card into to use the hotspot because I knew that way no apps would be taking priority over my data and that was fine, on 4g my download speed was acceptable, I could game and work with no interruptions and was the equivalent to a standard household's internet speed, however I had to give that phone up to a friend who desperately needed one temporarily so now I'm back to using the hotspot off of my galaxy s8.
This would be fine but now even when I get for example a snapchat notification, my speed drops significantly on my PC, and its really unstable. I know I can turn data saver on, but if I do that I cant use the mobile hotspot anyway. So is there a way I can still use my hotspot but block my other apps from using the data?


texts: Android Pie only showing two folders to Android File Transfer

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I have a Pixel which is running Android 9 and I have a computer running El Capitan with Android File Transfer. Under "Use USB for…", I have "PTP" selected. Android File Transfer only shows the folders Pictures and DCIM and no other folders or files at that directory depth. Prior to selecting "PTP", I was on "No data transfer" and Android File Transfer told me I needed to select "File Transfer" or "MTP" for it to work. "File Transfer" mode results in Android File Transfer saying I need to reboot or disconnect my phone; this didn't work.

I've already searched for an answer to this and these are things that don't work:

I cannot select "MTP". There is no such mode, only "PTP".
There is no Settings > Apps > All applications > Media storage under which I can select Clear data.

I also can't even get a USB drive, connected to my Pixel using a micro USB to USB-C adapter, to show up in Android so I can transfer devices to and from it.

How do I fix this nightmare?

Update #1: I was able to fix this the first time by updating AFT. Several weeks later, I now have the same problem again. I've already updated AFT once more.


texts: How to make videos on SD card visible under "Videos" menu on Amazon Fire 7?

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I have an Amazon Fire 7 tablet with an external micro SD card. The micro SD card contains some videos. I have a second account created for a child. It shows menu items for "Apps", "Videos", "Books", etc., but under "Videos", none of the videos on the micro SD.

I can access and play these videos under a parent account, but the steps involve going into Settings -> Storage -> SD card.

How can I make these videos on the SD card all appear under the "Videos" menu on a child's account on an Amazon Fire 7 tablet?


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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I recover a deleted file on Android?

I deleted a file from my droid 2 -Android 2.2. I am not trying to retrieve the file(jpg). I have used Astro to look at the file system and dumped all the camera pictures(as this picture was taken with the Motorola droid 2) but have not been able to retrieve the image.

Is there any way I can retrieve the image from the droid 2 that I have deleted ? This picture was taken on July 15th, 2011 before Google+ days.
I have Windows desktops at my disposal.

TIA,
Vijay


texts: How to set alarm for all calendar events synced from Google account android

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I used to use my events in Google Calendar for reminding me of my events through SMS alerts earlier (when I had a simple mobile). Now I've got those synced up in my Android 2.1 (Samsung Galaxy 3 Apollo) and I would like it to remind me of my events by  alarm instead of SMSes.
Is this possible?


texts: Security of Android cryptography in versions < 5.0 against government agencies

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Recently, both Google and Apple announced their new OSes encrypt the device by default. This caused a lot of complaints from government agencies. Let me quote an article
http://trendblog.net/fbi-worries-android-l-ios-8-data-encryption-going-too-far/

Apple, for its part, has made iOS 8 so thoroughly encrypted that the company itself can’t unlock either iPhones or iPads for police or anyone else unless they have the user’s passkey.
Google is mirroring the same procedure by making the latest (not yet available) version of Android encrypt all user data by default instead of having the encryption as an available option. Just like with Apple’s data protection update for iOS 8, the new version of Android will also be uncrackable without access to the user’s passkey, even by Google itself it seems.

Currently, Android features a cryptography function to protect the sdcard partition and extSdcard too so that the device can be decrypted on boot and unlocked during usage only with a password (you cannot have a pattern lockscreen enforced, for example: certain devices require you a minimum password complexity level).
Here comes my question: given that Google and Apple only announced "by default"-cryptography, and given an expert user can encrypt the device by himself, and given that the FBI deals with people with great expertise in proptection technologies [the criminals, to clarify], what is the real Android security level when using cryptography?
With regards to versions < 5.0

Does Google have ways to unlock or decrypt the device without user key? (Maybe, because you can unlock your phone with your Google account, and Google has technical control over your account)
Is the widely-announced feature a revising of the classic sdcard protection or a brand new way to encrypt the device?


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Android 7. A contact accidentally initiated a video call at 04.58 and my phone briefly let out a notification ( brief as I'd guess she presumably killed the call pronto?). I've just double checked and Do not disturb is set to prevent all apps' notifications at night, including WhatsApp.
Any ideas as to what happened? How I can prevent this again?


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My primary device has always been an iPhone. But recently i saw android auto and it is way more responsive and offers a great experience.

So I am planning to get an android tablet for my car. But the problem is that if I connect the android and not my iphone then I would not be able to take calls coming to the iphone on my car's speakers. Is there any way I can do this, something like handoff?

Call forwarding is not really an option as it would always forward my call to android tab which I do not want. I just want the phone calls to come on android when I am in the car (or iphone is nearby the android tab).

Hope there is something like this available!


texts: Google Play won't allow me to update applications

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Google Play will not allow me to update my Facebook Application. It keeps saying that I can't update Facebook because of its default location.

[1]

My phone is an Android 4.4.4, Gualcomm® snapdragon

I have looked at the link that @SSS has directed me too, but it doesn't help. If I go to Settings->Storage, I don't see Set SD Card as default.

My phone's model number is MTN-8978P and it is an Android 4.4.4.


texts: S7 Edge: Internet randomly stops working until reboot

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My Samsung S7 Edge (Android 7.0) has lately developed the following problem: every once in a while, at seemingly random times, the internet stops working - in any app, and both on WiFi and on mobile. Connectivity is only back to normal when I restart the phone.

This occurs maybe once every 2 days or so, and is as you can imagine very disruptive. I've let it update the OS but even the most recent update did not fix (it may not even acknowledge) this bug.

Any ideas?


texts: What are the Pros and Cons to running CyanogenMod?

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Can anyone that's used it list the relevant benefits and drawbacks?  I'm actually more interested in the drawbacks and limitations because its not hard to find praise for it.

Edit: Ooops, I forgot to mention, original Droid currently running Android 2.2


texts: When I create a new text message and enter into my contacts, it loads my gmail contacts, as opposed to just my contacts that have phone numbers which is what I really want.  I've played around in the settings menus, but nothing I do seems to work.  Any ideas?


texts: So, what type of process is Android Keyboard?

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I've recently installed CyanogenMod 11 on my (now very old) LG Optimus 2X. After some tweaking, I managed to make it work much snappier than the original ROM, one of the main things being setting the built-in Minfree Taskkiller preset to Aggressive.

This created a large problem, however - when using some memory-hungry apps (like Viber and Facebook Messenger), the taskkiller seems to kill my keyboard. Basically, in the middle of typing a message, the keyboard simply disappears, only to appear a couple of seconds later and then disappear again soon after.

To fix this, I wanted to tweak the Minfree Taskkiller further so that it wouldn't kill the keyboard so eagerly. It offers the following categories of applications to tweak the threshold for killing apps:

Foreground Applications
Visible Applications
Secondary Server
Hidden Applications
Content Provides
Empty Applications

To which of these does the keyboard process belong to actually?


texts: Need help in Upgrading My HTC Magic from Android 1.6  to Android 2.3?

texts: i want to upgrade my HTC Magic Android Mobile form Android 1.6 to Android 2.3, before that i was curious to know what are the steps to be done for this, i downloaded Terminal Emulator in My Mobile and executed su root, it throws me permission denied, then i findout how to root a device,it gives me a warning,I want to know whether these steps are need to upgrade OS in my device, if not pls tell me steps what i have to do to upgrade the OS


texts: I had set a security password on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos mobile and unfortunately forgot the unlock password. I tried hundreds of times to unlock my phone with many possible passwords but was unsuccessful in each of my attempts. Please help me unlock my phone and send me the master code (if any) to unlock the phone.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What can I do to increase battery life on my Android phone?

What are some general ways to improve the battery life of my phone?


texts: Unable to flash gapps via cyanogenrecovery on a LG G4 (LG h815 Int)

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Since some days I am trying to get google apps in my LG G4 phone thats it running the latest CM13.0-20160205 nightly. But when I want to flash the gapps I get an error code 70 message in cyanogenrecovery. It says that I have insufficient space in /system partition but actually I have 3GB of free space in this partition when running su df -h in Android terminal. Other things that I tried but all of them failed:

Installing TWRP by using TWRP manager and flashify
Installing TWRP by using fastboot. See my last question (Unable to flash TWRP on a LG G4 (LG H815))
Booting into TWRP by using fastboot (nothing happens and phone boots normally)

Only booting into cyanogenmodrecovery when downloaded as separate img file via fastboot works without problems but in that recovery I am unable to flash the gapps. Installing of Cyanogenmod was done by booting into cyanogenrecovery and installing the ROM. By that installation I got Cyanogenrecovery permanently flashed so I was able to boot in that recovery without fastboot.

After that I tried to flash the gapps by using the app FlashGordon and I installed the newest version of Busybox that was required for FlashGordon. While flashing the gapps zip it looked like OK but after 10 seconds the FlashGordon app crashed and after rebooting Cyanogenmod it was in a bootloop. I could repair the bootloop to boot into cyanogenmodrecovery and reinstall the ROM but without the gapps.

I there a bug related to this into cyanogenrecovery? I ticked the option to update cyanogenrecovery each time when installing a new nightly, hoping for a bugfix in the next version of the recovery.

I will be happy if somebody can help me with this persistent and annoying problem.


texts: Can PowerTutor app measure exact whole power consumption of device's GPU?

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I'm developing face detection app using OpenCL for heterogeneous devices with CPU-GPU. My app uses CPU - GPU simultaneously, so I want to measure app power consumption, comparing only GPU version which most calculations are executed in GPU kernel.

I found PowerTutor app. It measures power consumption of each app. The PowerTutor app measures about utility of CPU, LCD, 3G, WiFi respectively and weighted average of power consumption.

Can PowerTutor app measures exact whole power consumption of devices which uses GPU?


texts: I'm researching a new current account, and an Android app would be a big bonus for me. None of the big few banks (Lloyds, Natwest, Barclays) seem to have apps. Santander has one but it doesn't work in the UK. Does anyone know of any UK banks which do have an Android app for viewing my balance, making transfers etc.?


texts: I am using Moto One power mobile and android version is 9.0 pie. I have two sim cards in my device, and one is used for data. The other one's data switches on automatically, and there is no active data pack on that sim; so it deducts from my main account balance. How can I stop that?


texts:
Is there any free (not trial) software by which we can run android on windows xp PC?

I have search and found this http://youwave.com

However, it is trial for 7 days


texts: Copy URL with unicode symbols without percent-encoding in Firefox

texts: Methods used on Desktop version don't work. I have both browser.urlbar.decodeURLsOnCopy=true and network.standard-url.escape-utf8=false and URLs are still encoded.


texts:
How can I configure a Galaxy S4 to allow me to touch Dashclock to open items?

I want to be able to tap on the email icon to open email, etc.  Dashclock appears to support this (I may be incorrect here?) but the S4 insists on making me swipe to unlock whenever I try to tap the email icon.


texts: Where is the mic located on Samsung Galaxy S2

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I have downloaded an app for calculating distance of the phone to the wall It is known as sonar. I want to test this app. So, I covered the speakers

of the phone which could be could found on the back side at the bottom of the phone.On doing so the app showed noticeable change in the distance calculated. However, I could not find the mic's exact location. I want to cover up the mic, and would like to observe any noticeable distance change. Then are couple of holes on the periphery of the phone, however, on closing each of them I could not find any noticeable. Can anybody show me in picture when can I exactly find the location of the mic. Thanks.


texts: How to make notification lights turn off automatically when new email is read from another platform?

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I'm using a Samsung S3 and I currently have the notification LED indicator option ON when an email arrives.

Is there a way to make the flashing blue light stops when I read this new email from another platform (Thunderbird for example)?

For example: Unread new email inbox : Flashing
             New email recently read: Stop flashing

Thanks!


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I have owned several Androids now. Searching contacts has never functioned properly. In my current s10 plus it only shows results of people you've had recent calls with if you've never called the person in your contact they never show up in your contacts search results.
I have allowed access to contacts in the app through settings, this changes nothing. The behavior is the same whether this is on or off even if the phone has had a full restart after changing the setting.
Please help! My work requires me to be able to search contacts quickly and often.


texts: WhatsApp contacts doesn't merge with Google Contacts

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I can't really reproduce what caused the issue, but all my contacts show up separately, it's like I'm having two contacts with identical name, one in the Google account containing all his phones, emails including his WhatsApp number but not identified as WhatsApp, and another one for each WhatsApp number the contact has.

I thought about deleting all the WhatsApp contacts but I can't seem to find a way to do it.

Here's what it looks like:

I've tried merging accounts on Google and on phone and the system found no duplicates.

It looks like my WhatsApp contacts are stored somewhere on the cloud and needs to be erased then be re-obtained automatically staying as simple contacts, but I haven't found a way to clear all WhatsApp contacts (I have 900 - meaning erasing them manually isn't an option).
I've tried to filter only WhatsApp contacts then choose delete selection but it didn't allow me to do that.


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Everyone knows that start Android camera sometimes is a pain, specially if you wish to take a picture of something that lasts only some seconds. What I want to know is: is there a way or an app that makes the camera start faster?

Note that I'm not asking about picture shot, though this is important too. I think that as soon as the camera is started, this is not a big deal.


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I'm getting incredible bored of this situation.

2 different friends phone got infected with some kind of ads-malware that open internet page at random while navigating with news, shopping and google fake searchbar.

I've joked they for weeks for let getting this 'malware' (nb: undetected by all antimalware apps that I know) installed on their phone (nb: different models, different carrier, no root, never connected to the same wifi. Basically never encounted). They simply download app from playstore, do web browsing and using whatsapp and telegram... They use in a 'casual' way their phone and they seriusly don't know what they are done wrong...

Today I've got a similar problem and I seriously don't know what I've done, cause I didn't have installed any app since several months, didn't used anything aside chat app and gone through the same 3-4 website I check usually.

What's the problem?: every time I open a browser (whatever it is, chrome or firefox) it try to open a page full of spam and sh1t. If I press HOME button and reopen again the browser I got another tab with the same page... And so on: if I tap 10 times on chrome or firefox app icon it will open 10 tabs that redirect on that crap site.

The deal is that I usually use firefox with adblock and ghostery and it's strange that I got infected with something.

I've not installed nothing strange, and nothing at all since 2 months ago. I didn't done any app update since...ever. I'm using 5.1. I think maybe I got something surfing the web, but I can't discover what or HOW I got screwed.

Also I can't get rid of this, tried everything I know: cleared ads ID, cleared cache and checked dns and....nothing.

How can Android be such insecure? How can I understand what's causing it? Any ideas?


texts: How come moving files on my phone when it's connected to my computer actually does a copy instead?

texts: So, I copied a file from my desktop to the phone's microSD card. Then I realized that I'd like the file to be in a subdirectory on the card, so I initiated a move. Shouldn't take long at all, as it's just a file system entry update and not an full copy, right? Wrong! I had to wait the same amount of time as the initial copy! What's the reason for this? Is it some limitation of MTP?


texts: How to cryptographically verify the authenticity and integrity of Android Studio releases (with gpg?)

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For a given Android Studio release published by Google, how can I cryptographically verify the authenticity and integrity of the .tar.gz file that I downloaded before I copy it onto a USB drive and attempt to install it on my laptop?
Today I wanted to download Android Studio, but the download page said nothing about how to cryptographically verify the integrity and authenticity of their release after download.
https://developer.android.com/studio#downloads

I expected to see a message on the download page telling me:

The fingerprint of their PGP release signing key,
A link to further documentation, and
Links to [a] a manifest file (eg SHA256SUMS) and [b] a detached signature of that manifest file (eg SHA256SUMS.asc, SHA256SUMS.sig, SHA256SUMS.gpg, etc)

Unfortunately, the only information I found on the download page was how to verify the integrity of the tarball using a SHA-256 checksum found in a table on the same page. Obviously, this checks integrity but not authenticity. And it provides no security because it's not out-of-band from the .tar.gz itself.
How can I preform cryptographic integrity and authenticity verification with Google's Android Studio releases?


texts: Hide Lenovo Yoga 10 Tablet (Android) system bar

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I purchased yoga 10 tablet few days ago for a special purpose/apps. For that apps i need to run that in full screen. But i can't hide the system bar. By system bar i means bottom bar on the screen where it shows back/menu etc button.

On my other tabs (not lenovo) it works fine.

steps:

i root the device/tablets
then install and use below apps.

FullScreen! Android Apps

but on my lenovo after i root when i try that apps it crash/hung the tablet. Only a restart can again run the tablets

On lenovo i use farma root app to root the device....

so, can any one help me to solve my issue. ?

i really need to hide that system bar


texts: Missed call alerts when phone busy on another call?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone with Gingerbread.

I have just discovered that I do not receive any kind of missed call notifications when my phone is busy on another call.

I am quite shocked as this facility is available even in very cheap, ordinary phones.

How do I fix it? Is it because of some phone settings of mine? or is there an android update? or do I need to install some app? or is the trouble with my network operator?


texts: Almost certainly bricked device, looking for advice

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I have a Galaxy S3 (d2att) which had been working fine on CyanogenMod 13 when one day it randomly shut off in my pocket and wouldn't turn on again. It was using a third-party battery, and afterwards, the battery appeared to be slightly inflated. That being said, it still wouldn't turn on even after trying two other batteries.
Other than that, here's a list of other random bits of info I found about the device in its current state:

The batteries are charged. Checked with a voltmeter.
The batteries are being charged through the phone. Voltmeter used again here.
If I take the battery out and then plug a usb into the phone, the notification light turns red for a few seconds before turning off, even if I put the battery in. This only works if the battery is out of the phone. For a period of time, putting the battery in before the light turned off would keep the light on until it was unplugged. Sometimes it would even display the Samsung logo before dying again.
When I plug the phone in without the battery as described above, "qualcomm hs-usb qdloader 9008" shows up as a device in the device manager. Until it dies, that is.
I've also tried using a USB jig.
I also checked for a voltage across pins 4 and 5 of the usb while it was plugged into the phone. It displayed a voltage consistent with what would be expected. After using the JIG, this voltage would go away until the battery was removed. However, the phone did not boot into recovery, nor was it recognized by my computer.

So, my question is: is this phone dead for good? I imagine it is, but if it isn't then that wouldn't be so bad either.


texts: Android 4.1.2 Settings Subcategory missing

texts: I have a japanese phone (Fujitsu F-02e) and recently I did a factory reset. After the factory reset I found out that the Accounts subcategory is missing. Does anyone have any idea how to get it back? Before the factory reset the subcategory was there. Thanks!


texts: How to unbrick a samsung galaxy S5 (Softbricked no hardware keys)?

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So the phone is a S5 SM-G900P, it is stuck in the Sprint logo when booting and the volume keys are broken (power and home keys work).

Developer mode and adb weren't activated in the phone previously

What I have tried:

adb (doesn't recognize my device)
bought a JIG that gets me to the download mode screen
I have flashed 3 official firmwares using odin (
G900PVPS3CQD1_G900PSPT3CQD1_G900PVPS3CQD1_HOME.tar
.md5
G900PVPS3CQC1_G900PSPT3CQC1_G900PVPS3CQC1_HOME.tar
.md5
G900PVPU3BOK4_G900PSPT3BOK4_G900PVPU3BOK4_HOME.tar .md5).
Tried flashing TWRP recovery via odin so i could do the factory reset without pressing keys, it gave me a pass and i was hoping that it took me to that screen after that but same story getting stuck

All the flashing goes smoothly, but like i said gets stuck in the sprint logo
   on all 3

I've read that going into recovery mode and wiping dalvik cache and cache plus factory reset fixes the stuck in carrier logo screen, but with no volume keys i can't access recovery mode.

So i'd love to hear any input or any ways you guys come across that can help me

Much appreaciated


texts: Stop Galaxy S2 from reading homepages out loud?

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My Galaxy S2 has suddenly started reading all homepages out loud, and it is really annoying. Does anyone know how to stop it?

I am running the new ICS software.

Update

When the computer voice is reading out loud, it seems that I can turn down the volume of that voice, which mitigates the problem for now.

Also, it seems that it is only the browser and the facebook apps for which everything is read out loud.

Update again

In Settings -> Applications -> Running I see a "Voice commands", and under that the Samsung TTS process is running. When I force close that one, a voice says "driving mode off". However, the process is relaunched immediately again.

Seems the suggestion about disabling driving mode is the way to go, however I cannot find any such option anywhere in the settings menu.

Update again again

This is getting pretty weird. I managed to disable driving mode. You can do that by going to the voice command app by double tapping the "home" button. However, that did not help, it is still reading all homepages out loud.

Any help please, it would be very much appreciated?


texts: What determines game or app differences of availability between countries?

texts: There is a particular game which is in beta release in on country, in my country it is possible to register on a waiting list and in South America it just says "not available in your country". Is there a general explanation why the availability is different between different countries? Is it for marketing and purchase power adjustments or some other reason?


texts: Photos downloaded from facebook are appearing in Google Photos

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Photos I download with the Facebook app on my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 are synced to Google Photos. I would like only photos I take with my phone's camera or add manually to appear in Google Photos. Is this possible? How?

No folders are selected in the "Choose folders to back up..." dialogue.


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that has some problems with the GPS:
If I use internet my navigation works but when I turn the 3G off, GPS does not work.

Do I need internet/3G to use GPS?


texts: Where are downloaded apps saved when installed on SD card?

texts:
Yesterday I had ~40 MB of free space on my android 2.2.1 Samsung GT-S5570. I wanted to install Facebook App, so I downloaded from Play Store and then it installed automatically. It's size was ~20 MB.

This app is installed on the SD card. However, after all the proccess, I got a warning message about low internal memory. I checked the free spacea and surprisingly now it's ~20 MB...
I assume the 20 MB are the downloaded app(something like the .exe in windows).

I searched through .temp and downloads to see if the ".exe" is there but I couldn't find it. I went through browser's settings(the default android browser) to see where do the downloads are saved, but I couldn't find any refference to the downloads.

Where do the ".exe" files downloaded, are saved?


texts: How can I find my stolen android mobile?

texts: This morning one of my Android mobile has been stolen. I had ‘signed in’ in Google Crome and play store in that device with one of my gmail acount. I'm trying to find the mobile through’ device manager. But It says ‘location unavailable’. Is it because the stolen mobile is switched off or the stolen mobile isn't connected to the internet? My stolen mobile needs to be connected to internet so that I can locate the mobile? Or I can locate the mobile if it's just switched on and no longer connected to the internet? What happens if the thieft sign out my gmail account from Google? Please tell me


texts: What is my phone's hostname/network name?

texts:
This should be really easy to find, but I've done a bunch of google searching and haven't found anything that works.  On Linux, you just type hostname and it tells you, but that doesn't work on my phone.

I know I've changed the hostname in the past (was android-r at one point), but I don't remember how.  All I want to do right now is see what it is, though, so I can connect to it without knowing the dynamic LAN IP address.


texts: Why: My phone will not install downloded apps. Will not calculate Storge usage % (Audio, Apps, etc.)?

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My phone wouldn't install an app the other day (jefitt) so I tried looking at the internal memory (% usage for Audio, etc.) and it wouldn't calculate it (just showed the calculating status for 4 or 5 minutes then that detail went away, replaced by just "Internal Storage).

I deleted a bunch of files and then tried again and JeFitt installed. Internal memory was low (about 200 MB of 8 GB free) so I thought maybe it was a bit constipated.

Now it's doing the same thing. Tried installing a couple of different apps with the above symptoms.

What I've tried:

Deleted files so that I have 1.2 GB free on internal memory, 2+ GB free on SD card.
Booted into Safe Mode with the same symptoms
Simple Restart and Soft Reset with same symptoms.

This is a Motorola Razr M (Micro) with Android 4.2


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On my Android 7.0 phone, I see that I can set auto backups for the phone data.

(click image for larger variant)

For apps, it says that it will back up app data. I see that Android apps have both cache data and app data.

Android/data/com.myapp.app/cache
Android/data/com.myapp.app/files

Is cache included in the auto back up data?


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I have an issue on an Android TV device from Amlogic. As you can see below there are three important processes: .amlogic.dvb.service and com.amlogic.dvb. These processes are related to the UI of the TV player and the controller of the TV stream.

data5 is very confusing. It does not steal the CPU all of the time. However, when it does, it causes the TV display to become distorted (because there is no longer sufficient CPU power to render correctly, I assume).

Does anyone know what the process data5 is? I think it is probably part of Android itself, however I have yet to find anything on Google relating to it.

User 9%, System 86%, IOW 0%, IRQ 0%
User 53 + Nice 4 + Sys 525 + Idle 21 + IOW 3 + IRQ 0 + SIRQ 2 = 608
  PID PR CPU% S  #THR     VSS     RSS PCY UID      Name
24786  0  48% S    25 741952K  37912K  fg system   .amlogic.dvb.service
 1541  0  42% S     1      0K      0K     root     data5
24743  1   0% S    27 814488K  71752K  fg system   com.amlogic.dvb
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texts: How to set menu wallpaper separate from home screen wallpaper

texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy Note 3,and i think it's rooted..
Because it have android version 5.0 mean Lollipop, and i also found "idoneapps" icon in my menu.
So I want 2 different wallpapers, 1 for home screen and another for menu, the reason is the wallpaper which i am using is so beautiful/colorful but when i go to menu the wallpaper is so colorful and i can't recognize the icons so it makes my way difficult.
That's why i want home screen wallpaper and menu wallpaper separate i mean different (i want blank and black wallpaper for menu so that i can see my installed icon more clear)..


texts: Can't seem to configure my phone to download to SD card by default

texts:
Well, I have a Motorola Razr I and, as expected, my internal storage was pretty limited (only 5 gbs). Of course, I already had a SD card which I inserted into my phone to expand it's memory to 25 gbs (more or less), but ran into a couple of problems.
First of those problems was that I had to specify to my Razr that, from now on, my default install and download location would be the aforementioned SD card and, in order to do that, I had to run the following command line: ... set-install-location 2.
After a couple of failed attempts, I managed to make it work. I wrote such line in the command prompt and managed to verify that, indeed, the default install location was "2".  Unfortunately, when I tried downloading an app off Google Play, I still got the Not enough memory available message. The worst part is that I went through the process over and over again and could not find where my mistake was.

Any ideas?


texts: Is there a way to permanently disable mobile internet on Android 4.0.4 so that I don't get charged even if I accidentally enable it

texts:
I use Android 4.0.4 (ICS).
The problem is that sometimes mobile internet (not Wifi) accidentally gets enabled
(i.e. the notifications window gets pulled down and the "Data" button gets pressed).
Then, any of the apps I use, be it gmail, twitter, instagram, viber, etc might connect to the internet, so I get charged for mobile internet usage

So, is there a way to permanently disable mobile internet
so that I don't get charged even if it's accidentally enabled?

I've tried making a new APN account in
Settings | More... | Mobile Networks | Access Point Names
with all it's settings empty (i.e. I just set a name to it, and making it active)
but I'm not sure if that's enough.

Is it a solution to manually "set mobile data limit" to zero?
(Can I do that? I'm asking because that setting only appears after you enable mobile internet, and I don't want to do that because I would get charged)

Or is there another way?


texts:
I've been developing an IRC server which makes use of the PASS command, like this:

PASS mypassword
NICK mynick
USER (...)

However, I couldn't find any IRC client app with support with the PASS command so far. Does anyone know of an app that supports it, or that can be tweaked to send a "PASS mypassword" command on entering?


texts: How does the HTC Sensation know it's in a dock?

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I like hacking stuff together and my next project I'd like to make my own dock for my HTC Sensation. It's a fairly simple project, but the bit I can't work out is how the Sensation knows it's in a dock and launch it's dock app.

I've seen other phones that use magnets or switches, but how does the HTC Sensation do it?


texts: How can I root my Lenovo Tab 4 10 (TB—X304L)?

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I've been trying to root my Lenovo Tablet for past few weeks and I've got no success.

I found out an article in XDA showing how to root it but when I tried I got stuck in the third step which was unlocking the bootloader.

When I typed fastboot oem unlock-go in my laptop and hit enter the adb and fastboot software just kept displaying "waiting for device" and nothing happened.

I have been searching whole internet to find a reliable tutorial because I am a newbie in this rooting thing.

Even One Click Root doesn't have any solution.

And I don't want to have any spywares in my device therefore I don't want to root it through any one click root services (like One click root, King Root, etc)

I apologize if I am missing something.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Edit:— It seems like the OP of this post faced the same problem. Can anyone tell me how to use the sudo code?

I will try to install the drivers (as pointed out by an answer) and then edit here.


texts: HTC One M8 Sprint doesn't connect to roaming partners India

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I am currently in India, and I'm not able to get roaming data with my HTC One M8 Sprint. I have tried several settings and several carriers but to no avail. I have called Sprint but their solutions haven't helped. I have registered for roaming and I verified this on the website. I can connect to carriers to make calls, but I cannot get roaming data.

Is there any way I can fix this without having to call Sprint Customer Support again?

EDIT

Available network operators: Aircel, IND Airtel, Vodafone IN, CellOne
Network Modes: CDMA Only, LTE/CDMA, GSM/UMTS Only, Automatic
All roaming guards are disabled.
Access Point is default Sprint World.
CDMA roaming mode is set to Automatic
Domestic Voice,  Domestic Data,  International Voice, International Data, and GSM Data is all enabled.


texts: Google Voice typing punctuation - how to have it?

texts:
I'm trying to use Google's voice typing, but it is not able to punctuate my sentences.
No matter I say "point", "dot" or "comma", it always writes it into my text.
Earlier I though this is only because I wanted to use the voice typing in other languages (not English). But now I'm trying to reach this functionality in English.
Is there any hidden tricks to enable the punctuation on Android 11 (Samsung)?
I found someone used the Swype keyboard which is obsolete now (since 2018). So really what are my options?


texts: Restore WhatsApp messages after deleting the account

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I deleted my WhatsApp account and I would like to restore the conversation I had. I didn't uninstall the app, or doing any reset.

When I checked the /databases folder, it's empty. Is it possible to find the last backup file somewhere?

If it's related, I've got LG G3.


texts: Custom ringtone not working on Nexus 5 since OTA Lollipop

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I've updated my non-rooted, vanilla Nexus 5 with an OTA update to Android 5.0 Lollipop and since then my custom mp3 ringtone stopped working. Here are the symptoms:

When selecting it via the ringtone selector in the Sound & notification settings panel, it plays properly.
When someone else calls me, the default system notification sound is played repeatedly.
Re-uploading the custom ringtone via AirDroid as an .mp3 file didn't work, nor did uploading an ffmpeg-encoded .ogg version of it.
The same applies to my custom notification sound.

I'm currently using one of the ringtones bundled with the system, and I'd love some help in solving this problem. Thanks!


texts: I need help, I have tried a few things like towlroot, but  it wont let it install. I download  the apk file then on the permissions i clicked ok then install this is protected by Google play. Then if i keep trying to install it, it just keeps saying app not installed


texts: Determine Android version on a device that is stuck on lock screen and with FRP

texts: On my Motorola Moto E6 (XT2005-5) that is locked with a PIN I don't have and also with FRP, does "surfna9" mean it is Android 9? If not, where do I look without the PIN to know what version is installed?


texts: Send Android Notifications(like SMS, Gmail, WhatsApp) to PC

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Most of the time, when I keep my device for charging, away from my PC where I work, I get lot of notifications from things like Gmail, WhatsApp, SMS and Hangout, and other communication apps.

I know that I received these notifications because I do get sound alert whenever I receive them.

But I need to walk to my phone to see what those messages are and then take appropriate action if needed.

Is there a way to send or divert these device's notifications to my PC? And respond to them from PC itself?

My Android device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2(Android 4.1)

My PC: Lenovo B40-30, Windows-8.1


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Phone: Xiaomi Redmi 4 prime (unlocked)
Rom (custom): lineage-13.0

By entering into fastboot, using the twrp 3.0.2.0 recovery image (made specifically for this phone) and issuing the following commands, I can successfully boot into recovery and use twrp;

fastboot flash recovery cofface_twrp_recovery_markw_1121.img
fastboot boot cofface_twrp_recovery_markw_1121.img

The problem is, the flashing of recovery is not permanent and as soon as I reboot into system, I will lost the twrp recovery and have to use fastboot and flashing recovery again;

How can I make the twrp recovery permanent?

Update 1: If I don't use fastboot boot cofface_twrp_recovery_markw_1121.img at the end and use the hardware keys to enter into recovery while the phone is off, it remains at oem logo (MI logo) forever.

Update 2: When I was using the stock rom (MIUI 8.2) and applying the above procedure, the first time that twrp showed up, it asked to make the flashing permanent and it became permanent in spite of numerous system reboots.


texts: where can i find settings for wifi internal scan period

texts:
I have already found some guide related to this. But my experience is that if wifi.supplicant_scan_interval = 15
my device scans for wifi with 60s period
so I dont think that this is the right parameter for that. Any suggestions?
Edited: here is my build.prop:

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=GRK39F
ro.build.display.id=GRK39F
ro.build.version.incremental=eng.paul.30092011.041430
ro.build.version.sdk=10
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=2.3.6
ro.build.date=Fri Aug 30 04:14:55 EDT 2011
ro.build.date.utc=0
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=paul
ro.build.host=paul-VM
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=U20i
ro.product.brand=Sony Ericsson
ro.product.name=mimmi
ro.product.device=mimmi
ro.product.board=mimmi
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v6l
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=Sony Ericsson
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.wifi.channels=14
ro.board.platform=msm7k
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=mimmi
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=passion-user 2.3.6 GRK39F 189904 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion:2.3.6/GRK39F/189904:user/release-keys
# end build properties

#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
keyguard.no_require_sim=true
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.hsupa.category=5
ro.ril.def.agps.mode=2
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=20000000
rild.libpath=/system/lib/libril-qc-1.so
rild.libargs=-d /dev/smd0
wifi.interface=wlan0
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15
ro.ril.def.agps.mode=2
ro.ril.def.agps.feature=1
ro.opengles.version=131072
ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1
ro.com.google.networklocation=1
ro.ril.enable.a52=1
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.media.enc.file.format=3gp,mp4
ro.media.enc.vid.codec=m4v,h263
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.width=176,640
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.height=144,480
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.bps=64000,1600000
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.fps=1,30
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.width=176,640
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.height=144,480
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.bps=64000,1600000
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.fps=1,30
ro.media.dec.aud.wma.enabled=1
ro.media.dec.vid.wmv.enabled=1
ro.media.dec.aud.divx.enabled=1
ro.media.dec.vid.xvid.enabled=1
settings.display.autobacklight=0
media.stagefright.enable-player=true
media.stagefright.enable-meta=true
media.stagefright.enable-scan=true
media.stagefright.enable-http=true
keyguard.no_require_sim=true

#MT and LCD
ro.sf.lcd_density=120
qemu.sf.lcd_density=120
ro.product.multi_touch_enabled=true
ro.product.max_max_num_touch=2

dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit
dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m
ro.compcache.default=0
ro.rommanager.developerid=cyanogenmod
ro.url.legal=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/phone-legal.html
ro.url.legal.android_privacy=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/privacy.html
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-sonyericsson
ro.com.android.wifi-watchlist=GoogleGuest
ro.setupwizard.enterprise_mode=1
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.com.android.dataroaming=false
ro.config.ringtone=MiniCM7Pro.mp3
ro.config.notification_sound=DontPanic.ogg
ro.config.alarm_alert=alarm.ogg
ro.modversion=MiniCM7 Pro V16 Pre-Final
ro.setupwizard.mode=OPTIONAL
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

#SEMC
persist.service.xloud.enable=1
persist.service.swiqi.enable=1
ro.semc.timescape_keys=Sony_Ericsson_Xperia
ro.semc.sound_effects_enabled=true
ro.semc.xloud.supported=true
ro.service.swiqi.supported=true
ro.semc.batt.capacity=950
ro.semc.batt.test.consumption=150
ro.semc.batt.test.z_threshold=50
ro.semc.batt.test.min_level=60

Edit2: The scanning period is depending on the connectivity as well. Means if the phone establishes a WI-FI connection, then the scanning period will be different from the wifi.supplicant_scan_interval. Also when the phone get into idle state (around 10 mins of inactivity) the scanning period will be 10 min.


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I followed the steps mentioned in the link below:

http://www.androidrootguide.com/2014/01/root-samsung-galaxy-s-duos-s7562.html#comment-45216

I got an error on step 13, where we need to install SuperSU from recovery mode,

while installing the Update-SuperSU v1-1.80 (which i downloaded from http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/) it gives the following error message:

— Install /sdcard– Finding update package… Opening update package… Verifying update package.. E: failed to verify whole-file signature E: signature verification failed Installation aborted.

android android-resources samsung-mobile


texts: S-helth in my Samsung Note 5 'none rooted' android 7.0 Nougat, is not working, I tired so many methods... but no use my phone is not rooted, but I get following message every time I open s-helth, that is "due to a new security policy, samsung health cannot be opened on a rooted device". So can any one help me out


texts:
My whatsapp has been on the initialing page for more than a week  I've restarted my device
I've reinstalled the app
I've downloaded the app manually
Still not working
What should I do


texts:
When I got my LG Tribute, I put in my Google account, and it immediately downloaded all 1700 GMail contacts from my many years of e-mail.

Obviously I don't want all those contacts, so I went to Accounts&Sync and told my phone to not sync contacts with GMail, and then hid all the contacts.

Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to truly get rid of them, so they are all in Groups > Other Contacts, taking up space.  More importantly, when I want to type a message or contact someone, there's a search bar that makes recommendations that I select from, which I always use.  But now those recommendations are from my GMail contacts, since they're still on my phone even though they're not in my main contacts list.  so i.e. if I want to talk to my friend Selena and I type "Se", I'll be recommended the e-mail for "ITS Server Admins Group" where I want the contact.

How can I get rid of them once and for all, or at least have them stop showing up everywhere?


texts: Problem installing Google Chrome to Phone

texts:
I installed Google Chrome to Phone via AppBrain. AppBrain displays the app as installed (both the website, and my AppBrain app). When I click 'open', I get "This app is not executable".
When I click 'uninstall', I get 'The application was not found in the list of installed applications.'

I indeed do not see it in the list. What should I do to install it? (BTW, I also can't find it on the Google Market)


texts: How to fix "mount: 'remount'->'/system': No such file or directory"?

texts:
angler:/ # mount -o rw, remount /system
mount: 'remount'->'/system': No such file or directory
1|angler:/ #

When I try in Kali Linux in my phone:

root@kali:~# mount -o rw, remount /system
mount: /system: special device remount does not exist.
root@kali:~#

Am I missing something?


texts: HTML5 geolocation does not work with GPS in stock browser

texts:
I am using a Motorola XOOM2 ME with Android 3.2.2.

Location settings are: no Wifi as source, but GPS as source enabled. Browser is allowed to access location.

If I go to maps.google.com in the Android stock browser, Google Maps cannot get a location. If I go to maps.google.com in Opera Mobile, Google Maps can get a precise location.

If I enable Wifi as a location source, Google Maps can get a location in the stock browser but it is very imprecise.

Using GPS status the GPS itself seems to operate fine.

What could be going on here? I am really out of ideas. TIA.


texts: Why are "word suggestions" of keyboards not shown in some apps?

texts:
I'm using Hacker's and SwiftKey X keyboard on GingerBread. Suggestion line is shown in most apps above the keyboard. But when opening the keyboard in Android Market (now Play Store) or DroidEdit (code editor), the suggestions aren't shown for any keyboard I use.

What determines this behaviour? How can I switch on/force suggesting words?


texts: Does software update in ICS allow to move apps to SD card?

texts:
I'm using Samsung Galaxy S Duos - ICS 4.0.4

Since ICS 4.0.4 doesnt have the feature of moving apps to sd card, does Software Update help me to do that?
If i update the software, can i move the apps to sd card then?

Thank you for the replies! Help will be appreciated..


texts: Cannot flash Android IoT image for Pico Pro Maker Kit

texts:
I got a Pico Pro Maker kit and use a Windows 10 PC. I followed the flashing instructions here. Device Manager detects the kit this way:

The device is in fastboot mode, but when I execute the flash-all script, an error message is returned (cannot load 'u-boot.imx'):

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.15063]

(c) 2017 Microsoft Corporation. Minden jog fenntartva.

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices

000000e5f4439b02 fastboot

C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>C:\F_Android_Things_NXPPico\flash-all.bat

error: cannot load 'u-boot.imx'

Does anyone have an idea what's wrong?


texts: WiFi Direct - only one device (Samsung phone)

texts:
According to Wiki:

  Only one of the Wi-Fi devices needs to be compliant with Wi-Fi Direct to establish a peer-to-peer connection that transfers data directly between them with greatly reduced setup.

How to actually establish the Wifi Direct connection from one Samsung Android phone (with Wifi Direct enabled) with another Samsung Android phone (without Wifi Direct / with Wifi Direct disabled)?

(FYI, I could establish connection with Wifi Direct enabled on both phones. But theoretically only enabling one phone is enough.)


texts: Micromax Canvas 2 Restarting Problem. Show modem log on the way?

texts:
I got sick of this.

Whenever i restart my phone it shows "Modem log on the way". I don't know what type of log they are but it creates a folder in my internal storage named "mtklog" which contains some other folders like "mdlog","mobilelog" and "configlog".

The size of these folders are approx 1GB. It gets all over my internal storage. If i delete this folder or stop the process "Modem log on the way", my phone doesn't displaying any contacts and call logs.

And the most important thing after this so called "log" process gets over the contacts in my phone memory gets duplicated.

Please help if any one has solution.

Thank you.


texts:
Is there a way to remove or deny permission of system packages
Example an app has permission to com.android.vending.BILLING?
I have root access


texts:
I have a Moto X 1st gen. The model is XT1060 (60 means Verizon US version).

I want to flash the XT1053 version of the phone (the US Retail version without bloatware) on it with RSD Lite. Basically, the ROM is the same, only the carrier which is made for differs.

Am I doing right? How else can I transform my XT1060 ROM in XT1053?

Thank you in advance and sorry for my lack of knowledge to explain this. I have looked for days all over the internet and asked forums and people. Nobody seems to want to answer or doesn't know.


texts: Pixel phone privacy. How to exempt data sharing with google

texts:
Does anybody knows if a pixel phone is able to profile, based on the user's data although a VPN is always active on the phone.
I am also not using any Google apps. I am wondering if the profiling is done on the mobile platform, then sent to Google's profiling analysis servers.


texts: Can't download apps from the Google Play store

texts: Whenever I try to download any app from the Google Play store, an error pops up, giving the message "Retrieving information from server. ". This error does not go away, however I try. How do I go about fixing this ?


texts: Why Key Test app shows KEYCODE_UNKNOWN when I press headset control button when the Generic.kl contains KEY 226 HEADSETHOOK?

texts: My Phone runs Resurrection Remix 7.1(Redmi 3s). When I press headset control button, the key test app identifies the code as 226 but says KEYCODE_UNKNOWN. But the Generic.kl file contains the line KEY 226 HEADSETHOOK. Also I cannot play/pause the music using headset control button.


texts:
I can't get in to my Google account because I can't remember my password.

I can't get a password changed as it won't send to my Gmail.

What can I do?


texts:
I'm choosing option to add MFA in the Google accounts, scanning barcode, secret is added. Name of the account in the Authenticator is correct. However, when I try to enter the generated code - Google says it's incorrect. The same on all attempts.
Ideas?

UPD I've tried syncing time from the Authenticator - still getting errors

UPD2 Can it be the reason that I previously had Authenticator installed on another phone with different email?


texts: Adobe Reader -"This file could not be accessed Check the location or the network and try again."

texts:
Hey all and Merry Christmas. I have some issues with my Nexus 5 and its behavior regarding .pdf files within Chrome. You know all that after downloading any pdf file from the Web the next step is opening automatically with any pdf reader that is set by default(eg. Adobe Reader in my case latest version). This worked without any problems till some weeks ago, when phone stumbled on the error from the Title. I can open manually the .pdf files after this failed process by navigating through the source but it kinda bugs me why it is not working anymore as it should.
Tried the following but it was in avail: Master/Hard reset, uninstalling all updates of both apps(Chrome and Adobe) though Chrome has nothing to do with it i guess and installing just Adobe.

P.S: This is weird also > Even with Drive PDF Viewer it doesn't open automatically after download. It just minimizes after completion and again i must navigate to the download folder and open it manually.

P.S.2: On Nexus 6P this issue is non-existent, I tested it and the process works fine.

Does anyone has any idea what's happening?

Android Version: 6.0.1 Marshmallow, not rooted.

L.T: To shadow this issue if it can't be fixed can i in some way disable automatic opening after downloading .pdf files?

Thanks!


texts: How do I smite this unknown vampire process that is sucking the blood out of my battery?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that I upgraded to 4.4 a couple of days ago. Since upgrading, my battery longevity has dropped a crazy amount. Just this morning, it took about four hours to go from full charge all the way down to about 25%, and that's without much use. Previous to upgrading, I could go for about two days while listening to podcasts and writing emails and general normal use.

I looked in the system settings under the battery usage, and discovered that some "unknown" process was responsible for 50% of my battery use:

I clicked on the process to see if I could kill it, but the option to "force stop" was greyed out:

I tried rebooting, but, near as I can tell, it's still there, eating my battery.

How to I put a stake in the heart of this vampire process and make sure it never returns?

Update: More battery madness.

Yesterday, I woke up and my battery was dead, even though it was left in the charger for the night. Took a few rounds of trying to recharge and reboot to get any response, but eventually I got it running again, and this is what I saw in the battery settings:

Looks kind of like Google+ threw a fit and sucked the life out of the battery. Though, actually, I think that's probably a misreporting of events.

Okay, so then, yesterday, I was listening to a podcast, and I hear a pop and then my phone reboots. Again, when it's back on, I check the battery report:

It's pretty normal for the screen to be the biggest battery draw, but I don't see why suddenly the available battery power droped by about half at the time the phone self-booted.

So... I don't really know what to make of any of this. I'm kind of thinking maybe my battery is dying and behaving oddly. But if anyone has any better ideas...?


texts: Does a nandroid backup contain the hboot?

texts:
If I restore a nandroid backup will it restore the hboot and the corresponding partition tables?

I'm on bravo-stock hboot now and I want to try the CM7 hboot. Will I be able to switch back to stock hboot just restoring a nandroid or do I need to flash the stock hboot first?


texts: Wrong phone number for contacts are shown and called

texts:
I have a problem with the app 'Contacts' on my Android 7.1 Nougat (Wilefox Swift 2x). In this app both phone numbers from my google account and from whatsapp are synchronized.

Sometimes the app shows the wrong phone number for a contact. When I call this contact, the person the number belongs to is called instead (always another existing contact). At that time I'm not able to see the correct phone number for the contact. When I try to edit the contact, the phone number is not shown or correct.
In other situations an incorrect number (number of another contact) is added to a contact. In this case both the correct and the wrong numbers are shown, only the correct number is visible when I try to edit the contact.
In both cases it says the number is a whatsapp contact. These numbers shouldn't be linked however. I've never done so and I'm not allowed to unlink this.

Recently I removed all contacts and added them manually again. Everytime when adding a new number manually, there was automatically a duplicate added in the contact list from Google Contacts. And again I saw a couple of persons with a number that don't belong to them.

Does anybody know how I can stop this from happening? This is very annoying.

Thanks in advance!

Update: The issue may be caused by a second whatsapp I'm running on this dual sim (in parallel space). Does anyone have more information on how to solve this without removing the second whatsapp?


texts: Is it possible to use an AT&T phone for android development without rooting?

texts:
This question seems to say that it's necessary to root an at&t phone (like the samsung captivate) in order to install apps from unofficial sources.

My question is a bit more focused: if I'm working on my own android app, will I be able to load it on my at&t phone for testing (via the android SDK, etc.) without first rooting the phone?


texts: How do I go about rooting my Samsung Spica?


texts: Prevent music volume from being lowered when using turn-by-turn navigation

texts:
I use a Nexus 6 on Lollipop.  Sometimes I'll try to listen to music over Bluetooth while using Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation in my car.  The volume on the music is reduced whenever Google Maps gives the next turn, which is irritating.  I changed the settings in Google Maps to output using the device's speaker, but it still lowers the media volume over Bluetooth to give me turn information.

Is there any way -- ideally without needing root privileges -- to prevent this from happening?


texts:
I am using Odin and ChainFire on Samsung Galaxy S III i9300 to root it.
This device is bootloader-unlocked and can be rooted with Odin and ChainFire.
Could someone please explain in greater detail what the rooting procedure
does to the system files, ie., which files are changed and how these
files can be restored back to normal if needed? Also, how does a
root app exploit the fact that the smartphone is rooted? Of course,
it runs as root, but how does it tell the OS it is going to run as
root?

Thanks.


texts: How to gain access to /data directory through ADB shell

texts:
Despite the fact that I have root access, nevertheless I can not work with this directory. But why?

Info about my phone:

Android version - 6.0.1
Android security patch level - 2016-11-01
Kernel version - 3.18.19+


texts:
I want to know if i add wifi network with say ssid="test" can i anyway add same ssid="test" with different configurations like ip and gateways?

EDIT :

Suppose wifi has been configured with below configuration :[Added manually]

SSID : "Test"
Security : None
and No Any advance settings provided.

Now can i add another wifi with settings below :

SSID : "Test"
Security : WEP
and No Any advance settings provided.


texts: One end of usb cable got wet while still plugged into an outlet

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I have a galaxy s7 edge phone. The usb cable for charging, the end that plugs into the phone (I think it's called a connector) got sticky due to some food. I used an antibacterial liquid to clean it. Unfortunately I noticed too late that the other end is still plugged in to an outlet because I felt some electricity through the end. I panicked and quickly dried the end that plugs to the phone. After drying, I Immediately plugged in my phone. It charged without any problems.

Given what happened, is my phone and my usb cable still safe from harm?


texts: What to do if Galaxy S2 firmware upgrade failed and the phone is not working at all?

texts: I was upgrading my Galaxy S2 from Gingerbread 2.2.3 to Jelly Bean 4.1.2. In the middle of the process the USB cable just got disconnected and I only see a picture of mobile connected to a PC and a warning symbol in the center. I have tried hard-resetting it but its not working.


texts: Where are the developer options in Android 2.3.x?

texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy Exhibit 4G SGH-T679 running Android 2.3.6. I do not see the developer tools anywhere in the Settings menu.

Is there something special needed to get it to show up?


texts: How can I run an EXE Flash App on my android device?

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Basically I have an EXE file that executes a lot of SWF files in another folder running an interactive slideshow type thing.

Is there anyway that I can de-compile the EXE file or something in such a way that I can execute it to run the slideshow on my android device?


texts: Alternative "File Open" (not stack "DocumentsUi") for WhatsApp?

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DocumentsUI, the AOSP standard "file manager" is quite buggy here (I use Lineage 15.1), especially in the context of multi-user and work profile (meaning it does not show files for other users then the main user and is hence not usable).

For "simple" file browsing, I therefore substituted DocumentsUI app (com.android.documentsui) with com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.pro which works much better.

My issue and the core of the question is, that the glorious "facebook" WhatsApp Manager when attempting to attach files, resorts to opening the intent specifically for com.android.documentsui and fails even to open com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.pro even in the case that it is the only filemanager still installed. Hence I cannot attach files in other users in Whatsapp, due to the buggy DocumentsUI and WhatsApp not being willing/capable/well-enough-designed to make a general "FileOpen" intent, instead of referring directly to com.android.documentsui

I understand that WhatsApp is particularly made very little IT-able persons, who do not care about privacy very much, therefore it is clear that the WhatApp is not geared to allow/accomodate for educated and more able users which might desire to use not the standard com.android.documentsui.

An answer to this question would be to provide an insight which com.android.documentsui would be able to integrate well with WhatsApp Messenger


texts:
I have an Android device which I don't have physical access to. But I can access it through ADB commands. I have Teamviewer host installed on it. But unfortunately it's not running. How can I start it using ADB commands? Below is the Teamviwer app that I am using.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamviewer.host.samsung&hl=en


texts: Connecting an account fails because of alleged Family Link and Google Play Services version mismatch

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I'm migrating from a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini to a Redmi Note 3 whos bootloader I unlocked and then updated to Android Pie.
Whenever I try to use the account that is already used by the Samsung device I get an error because (allegedly) the installed Google Play Services or the Android version are less than the supported ones (please see screenshot below). The error displayed is "update required ... This device needs newer software". Before this screen is shown I shortly see a screen with "Parental permission" on it, which is the screen that I would expect in order to connect this (second) device with the Family Link app for parents.

This error should not be shown because Android Pie (=9.0) is way more current than the demanded Android 5 and my play services are version 19.x

These are my attempts so far:

tried different custom Android Pie ROMs (Pixel Experience, liquid, aex, ...). All of them show the same effect.
flashed pico, micro and stock opengapps, makes no different
checked date and time to make sure they are current (they are)
went to Settings / Apps and deleted cache and more (didn't help)
checked for working Google Play Servics with a diagnostic program (they are recognized and have a real up to date version)
updated Play Services with an APK from apkmirror (same effect)
instead of linking the account in the setup agent I skipped this part and linked the account (or tried to) via Settings/Accounts

None of them helped. Others have the same problem but no solution either: https://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-3/help/google-family-link-kenzo-t3850734


texts: Android Terminal does not work immediately after reboot

texts:
jackpal.androidterm  does not work immediately after starting the phone.
Instead, it first just shows a blank screen. Then I need to wait around 20 to 60 seconds. Then, the terminal's prompt is enabled.


texts: Error while restoring data using ClockWorkMode recovery in Micromax a110

texts:
So I decided to restore but I got an error

  Unable to copy file ./dalvik-cache/system@framework@core-junit.jar@classes.dex
    Error while restoring /data!
    I: Can't partition unsafe device: /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
    I: Can't format unknown volume: /external_sd
    I: Can't partition unsafe device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p6

What seems to be the problem?


texts: Why do apps get smaller when they are moved to the SD card?

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For example, the Barcode Scanner app takes up:

Total: 0.96MB
Application: 0.92MB
Data: 40KB

on the phone. When I move it to the SD Card, it changes to:

Total: 524KB
Application: 484KB
Data: 40KB

How come it changes?


texts: Getting text to speech to write a . (period)

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I have just started to use Googles speech to text on my Sony Xperia Z3+ and it is very precise, both in English and Danish. But I cannot get it to write any punctuation in either language.

A period would be just fine, but if I dictate in English and say "period", it writes the word "period". I have also tried "dot" and in Danish "punktum". There is a settings button, but no option to fix this.

The funny thing is, that if I pause, it will capitalize correctly, like there were a . but I still have to add them afterwards.

The most frustrating part is, that when I search for solutions, the solution is to say "period" or replies to people who want to have the literal word written.


texts: How do I stop Play Store connecting to a specific WiFi SSID?

texts:
The WiFi network at an office I frequently visit has firewalled the Play Store, or some port that the Play Store uses. In any case, it is impossible to connect to the Play Store over that network, and this has been confirmed with IT. The error message I get if I try, is "background data must be enabled" -- which it is.

This would be much less irritating if the error message weren't persistent. That's to say that if I once try to update anything while in that office, the error message comes up -- and I then can't connect to the Play Store at all from anywhere until I scrub the cache and data from the app, even though background data most certainly is enabled. Obviously this is a bug in the Play Store software: a flag is getting set and then not tested again and unset. But my question is how do I work around it.

Is there a way to tell the Play Store -- and only the Play Store, not other apps -- not to connect to a specific WiFi network?


texts: Is there a way to install Android SDK offline for Samsung galaxy tab a 8.0 so I can use ADB to manage my root I'm running 5.0.2

texts: ADB Help For Samsung galaxy tab a 8.0 user


texts: Nexus 6 on T-Mobile loses ability to send texts. Factory reset does not fix

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What is wrong with my mom's nexus 6. She was running stock Google Nexus software and kept encountering a problem where her texts would not send. I think I fixed it once by deleting the cache of some system apps (dialer service, messenger service) and restarting the device,  but I can't even be sure of that. I also tried a different default texting app.

It happened again last night so I spent a couple hours unlocking the Bootloader, installing twrp, and installing Cyanogen mod. While it works really well with cyanogen mod, she complained that the problem occured again after about 12 hours.

Does anyone here have insight into the likely cause of this? I reflashed recovery, so the only thing that remains is the bootloader.

Is it something with android 6.0, bootloader, baseband, or maybe something on Tmobile's end?


texts: Can Anti-virus affect device performance?

texts: I have installed some anti-viruses on my device, and since then I am feeling that the performance of the device is quite slow, and when I uninstall them the device works fine, and the device starts heating so quickely. So is this because of Apps from the Market or this issue is with my device.


texts: Access files on phone with broken screen

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I spent a night in the desert in Jordan and the next morning my phone was all wet and the screen went black. That was a few days ago, I'm home now and have bought a new phone (same one). I disabled Google Drive backup and want to access my numbers and photos and whatsapp messages and a couple of other things onto my new phone.

I spent a good two hours googling this question and found some good tips, none of which have worked so far.

My phone is a Motorola Moto X 2nd Gen
I can't see anything on the phone except for a 2mm  purple(ish) bit on the top
I can turn the phone on (doesn't have screen-lock) and blindly click around. I managed to play a song on spotify for example yesterday
I can also turn on the torch or the camera by shaking or twisting the phone
I don't have USB debugging enabled
when I plug in my phone onto my PC, the device shows up but is empty, even when the phone is unlocked

Does it help to buy a OTG (USB) to try to access my phone that way? (for exmaple to turn on wifi)
Or does it help to try to somehow enable USB debugging to try this:
http://lifehacker.com/android-control-lets-you-use-your-handset-even-with-a-1594719124

Note: I've already checked with several questions from the broken-screen tag-wiki:

How to backup broken screen phone when USB debugging IS NOT enabled? requires Samsung Kies (so it's not an option for a Moto G)
How can I control my Azpen Android Tablet with a broken screen without root or usb debugging? is a good idea if the screen still works, however, my screen is completely black
Broken screen while debug mode was disabled. How can I re-enable adb? sounds kinda promising but I have no idea how to start my phone in fastboot mode or how to get a recovery system running

I'm not very tech-savy so please go easy on me.

Cheers for any help!!


texts: How can phone companies detect tethering (incl. Wifi hotspot)

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Mobile network operators (also: telephone companies, telcos, providers) sometimes offer low cost data packages that are usable only on the phone. Or so, they say.

How can they distinguish between a user browsing the web with a browser on his Android phone and a user using a browser on a laptop tethered to an Android phone?

In early 2012 I was in Paris and I was using an Orange mobile data package with a Nokia E51 (Symbian S60). Indeed, I could only access the Internet using the phone's browser, not from my laptop tethered to the phone. Now, I a have an Android 2.3 phone, and I am thinking about subscribing to a similar data package in Spain (operator Más Móvil).


texts: How to stop Beautiful Widget from being removed on device reboot?

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I have a Nexus S running 4.1.1 and a Nexus 7 running 4.2.1 and they both have the same problem with Beautiful Widgets.  Whenever I reboot either device, the widgets no longer show up on the home screen or lock screen (for the tablet).

When I open the Beautiful Widgets config app, I can see that they're still tracking the widgets I added but I'm unable to get them to show up on my home screen again unless I add a new one and reconfigure it.  Is this a problem with the latest versions of Android or is this a Beautiful Widgets problem?


texts: How can I clear recent searches from search bar in Chrome?

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To be clear, I don't want to clear my search history in general. I just hate that when I go to search something a few bars beneath my search shows my three most recent searches. I don't mind search suggestions, I just don't want my recent searches showing up every single time.

I've included a screenshot of what I mean.

click image for larger variant

Thank you for your help!


texts:
How can I disable android from rebooting when the power button is pressed for few seconds? Is this done in software?

Context: my power button is broken. I tried to remap it by changing the relevant file (/system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl), I uncommented lines that dealt with POWER and changed VOLUME_UP key to power. Right now, pressing the power button doesn't lead to anything, and volume up button would actually power off the screen. But the old problem seems to happen once in a while.

I suspect if this feature was implemented in hardware because, after all the phone has to be turned on when the OS is not running. Still, is someone aware if a key in Generic.kl corresponds to the reboot feature?


texts:
Is it true that "the Google USB Driver is located in android_sdk\extras\google\usb_driver."`

Because I have none and I have installed Android Studio.


texts: Anybody can help? My File manager shows 2.46gigs but there are not many apps in it!!!!why?

texts:
My android internal storage is 8 gigs totally. In the storage, it showes 2.46gigs for 'file manager' while there is not a considerable number of apps or any heavy app installed. The file manager app is 22meg but its data size is 2.43gig. I HAVE moved Most of the apps to my sdcard. Moreover, when I unistall an app, there seems to be no difference in its size. It looks like there remain some files in it that I cant see!

What if I uninstall the file manager or clear its data? What would I loose, doing so?

Thanks in advance!


texts: I have a boot animation .zip file under \system\media on my phone, but the media folder isn't showing up under system when in TWRP. Why can't I see the .zip file in TWRP when it's visible in Root Explorer?


texts: Can Google Docs for Android work Offline?

texts: I am intending to get probably the Asus Eee Pad Transformer soon. I am looking at the apps I need. I am thinking of getting just the non 3G version and wonder if the lack of 3G/Internet connectivity will affect my use of applications like Google Docs. Perhaps I need to look at a non-cloud based app?


texts: How can I open password protected ODS files (Open Office)?

texts:
Found many Open Office viewer apps, but couldn't find a password protected ODS viewer ... I wonder why it was not ported yet - it is open source so it would be just an issue of converting existing code.

ODS password protection is by far a lot better than XLS password protection.

If anyone knows of an app or some other method I would be grateful :)


texts: Recovering data from corrupted SD card formatted as internal storage (Marshmallow)

texts:
I have an SD card in a Moto G (2015) running marshmallow, not rooted.
It was formatted as internal storage, and contains photos and videos from the birth of our daughter, but has become corrupted.

Since it was formatted as internal storage, it's ESDFS filesystem and presumably encrypted. I can't decrypt it without accessing the encryption key, which I can't do because I'm not rooted. Presumably rooting will delete that encryption key.

I presume it's corrupted because any attempt to look at the SD card from within android unmounts the card, and the phone can't see any of the pictures/video on there. When the card is inserted, the 'storage' menu will initially acknowledge the card and tell me how full it is, but any attempt to look inside the card will result in it unmounting.

I've tried running fsck - within system/bin there are fsck_msdos and fsck.f2fs, but both come up as 'permission denied' when looking for them, and 'no such file' when I try to run them.

I can access /data from an adb shell, but attempting to get into /data/data/media results in 'permission denied'

Can anyone help? E.g:
1) will rooting delete the encryption key so that the card can't be accessed?
2) is there a way to get fsck working?
3) any other ideas for getting the media off this card?

Many thanks in advance. I'm a bit of a noob, so clear instructions much appreciated!


texts: Found this amazing app on playstore, but how secure is it?

texts:
Today I came across a app on play store called RLWatcher. It is an amazing app which could come in handy in a lot of situations. It lets the user remotely sense movement, sound or even just the slightest motion of the phone and record audio or video for a specified amount of time. It then sends the recording as a email or uploads it to a ftp server. It is amazing!

But I am concerned about my privacy and this app seems a bit fishy. For one thing, the developer of the app could use this app to spy on the user. It could upload video/audio to a third location. Also for getting the recoded clip as an email, we are to submit our gmail account and password. Will my password be safe? Also it is to be noted that the app crashed a lot.

Does Google offer any protection from possible fraud of this type? Will you trust this app if you were in my place? How do you verify?


texts: Wireless display via Miracast without redirecting audio

texts:
I have an AnyCast device attached to my HDMI monitor (which has no audio capability).
This is working fine with Miracast from my Samsung A71, using 'Separate App Sounds' to push the audio out through the 'phone speaker.
I also have a cheap tablet (DragonTouch K10, Android 8.1.0).
If I cast to the AnyCast via the DragonTouch's wireless display support, the display works a treat but the audio disappears (presumably it is being routed to non-existent HDMI audio support).
Is there a generic Android equivalent to the Samsung 'Separate App Sounds', or any other suitable 'audio switch' capability, and, if so, where can I find this? I have tried a few apparently relevant Google Play apps but they just tinker with the volume and/or swap between speaker and headphones.


texts: I am trying to recover a failed posting, just disappeared on Andriod

texts: On my Galaxy Edge 6, I shared a post from Twitter to LinkedIn. The post stopped at 98% and when I checked the phone again it wasn't posted and it had just vanished. How do I recover the post?


texts: reverse tethering - offline for some applications

texts:
I try to get internet on my phone from my computer without instlling any tools.

My configuration looks like :

mybox -----(Ethernet)------[my computer]------(USB)-----[the phone]

I enabled usb tethering so I have two interface on my computer : eth0 and usb0.

I read
How to set up reverse tethering over USB?
and I have done :

One the computer:

sudo ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
sudo ifconfig usb0 0.0.0.0
sudo brctl addbr br0
sudo brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo brctl addif br0 usb0
sudo ifconfig br0 up
sudo dhclient br0

On the phone :

su
netcfg rndis0 dhcp

After that I have :

IP of rndis0 on the phone : 192.168.1.22/24
IP of br0(eth0 + usb0) on my computer : 192.168.1.21/24
IP of the box : 192.168.1.1/24

When I try to do a ping on the computer and on the smartphone, it works :

ping 8.8.8.8

But if I try to ping on a domain it work on the computer but not on the phone:

root@hammerhead:/ # ping google.fr
ping: unknown host google.fr

Ok so maybe a dns problem of the smarphone? (I don't believe on it because it is obtain by dhcp and the ping work on the computer):

root@hammerhead:/ # getprop | grep dns
[dhcp.wlan0.dns1]: [192.168.1.1]
[dhcp.wlan0.dns2]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.dns3]: []
[dhcp.wlan0.dns4]: []
[net.change]: [net.rndis0.dns2]
[net.dns1]: [212.27.40.240]
[net.dns2]: [212.27.40.241]
[net.rmnet0.dns1]: []
[net.rmnet0.dns2]: []
[net.rndis0.dns1]: [192.168.1.1]
[net.rndis0.dns2]: []
root@hammerhead:/ # ping google.fr

Also, some applications (youtube, chrome) say I'm offline.

Then my questions are : why these applications say I'm offline when I can do ping 8.8.8.8 or another addresses? and why the ping of a domain doesn't work?

Of course, I can give you more informations if you want

EDIT (new information)
Also when i delete all rules except unreachable :

root@hammerhead:/ # ip rule show
32000:  from all unreachable

and if I try ping 8.8.8.8 it give me connect: Network is unreachable which is normal. but when i try ping google.com I get ping: unknown host google.com. So a ping to a domain just doesn't reach the 'routing stage'. I can have the same behaviour on a linux machine where /etc/resolv.conf is empty but on my android I get the DNS from the dhcp server of my box. When i connect my phone to my box with wifi it work fine with dhcp...

Thank you


texts:
I've noticed that for the last couple of days any time I open or refresh the Google Reader app (the official one from Google) it marks the last 200+ items that are in my feed as Unread (which it then syncs out to my account! So viewing them online shows the same unread count), and seemingly refuses to sync out which articles I have read (though it does seem to sync starred articles correctly.) I've made sure that syncing is turned on, but this doesn't seem to affect it one way or another. Any idea's for how to fix this behavior? Anyone else seeing it too?

Beyond that, I'd be open to suggestions for an alternate reader app. My wishlist is for one that allows me to easily star an article from the list, only shows me unread articles unless otherwise requested (sorry, Pulse) and preferably has a widget that notifies me when there are unread items.


texts:
I keep to do lists on my computer using plain ASCII text (.txt) files that I sync with Dropbox.

I just got an Android tablet and I'd like a text editor that I can use to edit those files.  I need only two features above the basic text editor:

Ability to delete a line (the ability to select a single line would also work)
Ability to move a line up/down one line (this one is optional)

Any Android text editors good for lists?


texts:
When I launch GooglePlay, I get kicked out with error "Background data disabled / Google Play Store needs background data to be enabled". The official help page (https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1663315?hl=en) seems to be for newer OS versions, because I don't have such options in settings menu.

My Android version is Gingerbread 2.3.6

I haven't used GooglePlay in long time, I am not sure what changed/updated.


texts: Google Maps, copying GPS coordinates, getting plus codes

texts:
This question explains how to get the GPS coordinates

How can I copy GPS coordinates from a marker in Google Maps app?

I did all that but I come up with a "plus code", this doesn't work for me.  How to get the coordinates instead of plus code?


texts: How to choose which photos/videos made with the phone's camera must be synchronized to cloud?

texts:
I just want a subset of the photos/videos I have in my phone to be synchronized with the cloud. For example:

Photos/videos of my wife/daughter/family --> OK
Photos/videos of places I visit --> OK
Random memes / funny images I receive via chat apps --> NO
Screenshots --> NO
...

Easy solution (in my opinion): every time I take a photo/video, I'm asked if I want to upload it to a cloud provider.

Another option: just upload the images/videos with a specific tag

Maybe too much: image recognition / ML. The phone recognizes faces / people in the images / videos and learn from my decissions. In the long term, the phone would know I just want to upload the photos of my family, my dog, or whatever.

So, I'm trying to run away from the make a copy of EVERY picture / video you take approach.

Is it possible right now with an Android phone?


texts: Extract app name from app-store:// and intent:// links

texts:
From time to time i encounter in links such as:

  android-app://com.sudaytoz.kakao.wbb/stzkakaowbb/sundaytoz

and i want to understand what is their play.google name
the previous example answer is:

  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sundaytoz.kakao.wbb

is it always like this? I guess i don't really get the "android-app://" prefix.

Same goes for links like:

  intent://adjust_reftag=c7L1pVanNIjjt#Intent;scheme=yandextaxi;package=ru.yandex.taxi;end


texts:
Help!

Last question I asked was a software issue. Anyway I am stuck in twrp.

I just formatted my phone this time in twrp and it was successful. I then installed my stock/custom rom and it was successful again. Then when I rebooted it to system, it booted back into twrp. I formatted it again. But this one time after the first formatted it said install supersu, so I did it.


texts: How can I create a shortcut to a particular Google keep label?

texts: I would like to create a shortcut to my Google keep items labeled "shopping". How can I do this?


texts: Samsung I9300 Galaxy S 3 CPU default clock speed info Changed after installing Boeffla-Kernel

texts:
Original Clock Speed: Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9

Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III - Full phone specifications

But after installed Boeffla-Kernel it changed to Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9

Looked up the cpu specifications and it says the Clock Rate is 1400 - 1600 MHz from this site notebookcheck.net

Is the CPU meant to be operating at 1.6Ghz. I don't want to over clock the CPU.


texts: Tapping on a notification from lock screen opens app notification settings instead of the app

texts:
Sometimes (not always), tapping on a notification from the lock screen opens the App notification settings instead of the app.

For example, a K9 notification takes me to this screen:

This happens totally randomly and I don't understand what's causing it.

Anybody else noticed this?

Galaxy S6 / Marshmallow


texts: Samsung Galaxy S6 4.6MB/s Seqential Write (Why so slow?)

texts:
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S6 in Aug 2016. Everything was fine, until last week.
It got very slow. For example, when I draw my unlock pattern after a reboot, it takes such a long time to load the homescreen that the screen turns off. After a few tries, I get in but every tap takes very long until the device reacts. It takes  ~25 seconds just to load the keyboard.

I downloaded System Monitor but the CPU load was not on 100%, so there is no app/virus which consumes too much CPU time.
Geekbench 4 says that the CPU / GPU performance is even above average for the Galaxy S6.

But then I decided to test the storage speed. I ran Androbench and the results are very bad (see screenshot).

Normally, the performance should be like in this test.

So my questions now are: how can I find out why is the storage so slow?
Is it just flash wear? Is is a broken driver? If it's a hardware failure, what part do I have to replace?

If something is unclear, just comment and I will edit the question.
Thank you in advance!

UPDATE 2019/06/20 08:03: Tried reflashing the stock firmware and factory reset, but it didn't helped. The benchmark is even worse now. Ordered a new motherboard now.

UPDATE 2019/08/19 09:57: New motherboard finally arrived. After changing it, everything was fine. Problem solved.


texts: S5 "Recommended Apps" & "Toolbox" crashed when selected

texts:
I just got my new S5 and I restored system data from Titanium Backup from my old S3 which crashed the "Recommended apps" and "Toolbox" functions when selected in Settings.

When either of these two were selected,  the message "Unfortunately, Settings have stopped" appeared.

I'm running Samsung stock ROM Lollipop 5.0. Are there any ways to restore these two settings by flashing some zip files?


texts: After using lock screen 3x I decided I don't want it

texts:
I cleared all certificates from settings, lock screen.
Not sure how to proceed since I can't get certificates back. I changed to a 30 min delay for lock screen but it is still inconvenient to type in every time I want to use phone.


texts: Lollipop 5.1, completely safe from stagefright?

texts: I am currently updating my Android phone (a Moto G) to Lollipop 5.1.  I previously had taken action to prevent Stagefright from happening to my phone (setting multimedia messages to only manual downloads).  The update said that Lollipop 5.1 included a fix for Stagefright.  I am wondering what this fix is and if my phone is now completely safe from Stagefright (i.e., I can set multimedia messages to automatic download again).


texts: Are running apps slowing down Android phones?

texts:
When my phone (Xperia J) is getting slow I'll go to Setting→Apps, select running apps, and delete everything in there. Then I go back to the homescreen and I notice that my phone is faster.

So is running apps making my phone slow or it is just a coincident?


texts: How to export bookmarks from default android browser?

texts:
I am using LG P500 phone, running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

I want to export bookmarks from default browser of my android phone.

Can any one suggest me how to do that?

I have checked settings of default browser but no clue..


texts: is it possible to restore back to an earlier date on my samsung tablet 2?

texts: My app crashed. So I uninstalled and reinstalled it thinking that the progress would still be saved on the game, but it wasn't. Is there a way of going back to an earlier date like you can do on a normal PC?


texts: Internet is not working on Moto G2 Sim B

texts: I have 2 SIMs from BSNL and TataDoCoMo. Tata Sim is inserted in Sim A where Internet works very well in home and roaming. Couple of days back I purchased BSNL Sim and inserted it in Sim B but Internet did not work. After all the self  troubleshooting & help from BSNL helpline, nothing worked but when I swapped the sims, Internet worked without any hiccups on BSNL sim but stopped working on Tata SIM. Please help....................


texts: What is the partition layout of the Google Pixel?

texts: I have searched for a listing of the partitions on the first Google Pixel. What are they?


texts: Restore Google Nexus 5 IMEI that reads 0

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I bought a Nexus 5 on Ebay. It came brand new with all the packaging, but having bought a previous Nexus 5 (directly from Google) this packaging seemed a little suspect (I think it might be a very well made imitation, or a modified LG version of the device. Seemed legit on the website though).

Anyhow, when it arrived i put in a local SIM, but it wouldn't connect to the cellular network, or it would connect intermittently (5-10 seconds and it would drop off). I went into the settings and noticed that the IMEI read '0'. It was on Android 4.4.4.

It seems that if the IMEI is 0, the device would fail security checks (either with the MEID or the IMEI zeroed) and thus not register on the network.

After Googling quite a bit, I came across these answers on StackExchange, however they're not entirely clear:
Nexus 5, IMEI 0, how to restore IMEI? (Refers to a Russian website, and you need to translate to English ... so it's kind of messy)
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/96397/nexus-5-imei-0-shows-how-to-restore-original-imei

None of these was actually clear and after quite a bit of fumbling about, nothing seems to have worked. So how does one get this fixed?


texts:
Consider this, I want to add two languages on one keyboard with Gboard: English and French for QWERTY (English) keyboard. I open the settings but can't add language to the existing keyboard.

(only applicable if multi-languages are enabled)
So to activate it I have to add another keyboard (English)

Now I have French support on the English keyboard and English support on the French keyboard. But I have two keyboards.

What even is the point of this? And is there a way so that I can use only one keyboard (layout) with two languages?


texts: I am changing from one Galaxy S3 to another S3. How can I transfer ALL my stuff? (I am not rooted.)


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My Galaxy Tablet 10.1 has almost 14 GB of storage. Currently, it's about 13.5 GB full of stuff, but I have no idea what. Recently, when I have tried to install some apps, I get an error saying there is not enough space.

I have tried to clear out all unneeded apps, and cleared the data from apps I do have. For example, the Firefox app had the most data, at about 100 MB, so I cleared it out, but the difference was negligible. All my downloaded apps combined are nowhere near 1GB in total.

My device is rooted, and I have ES File explorer, so I went looking to see if there were any log files taking up space, but after extensive searches, I can't find any log files more than a few kilobytes in size.

I can't figure out what is taking up all the space on my tablet. How can I clean it up?


texts: What app creates files with random numbers as names on my SD card?

texts:
I have multiple files that appear seamingly randomly on my SD card with numbers as names such as :

40956591289
531333794524
19002876503010

The files are empty and can be created multiples times a day (with other names).

How do I find out which app creates them ?


texts:
I tried some stuff I found about sleep policy. I obviously tried setting it to Never, I tried the Wi-Fi keep alive app, it doesn't seem to work.

When I let the phone lie for a few minutes and then wake it, the wifi icon is grey and i cannot connect to anything right away, I have to wait till it turns green. This also messes up my GTalk, plenty of times i found out someone wrote to me only by manually opening the Talk app and waiting for it to sync (there was the red unconnected line at the bottom).

How do I fix this?

I have Nexus S, if that helps.
Thank you


texts: Can I backup my phone or install TWRP recovery while stuck in Lineage OS recovery?

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Highly unfortunately for me, I had thought it was a great idea not to make any backups when going to test if I was properly able to upgrade/downgrade Lineage OS versions. I had replaced my TWRP recovery with Lineage OS's recovery, and then I "upgraded" to the same Lineage OS version I had currently been running, and my phone ran into a boot loop (The never-ending Lineage OS bootup screen). I believe I ran into this boot loop because I might have previously accidentally installed TWRP's "system" app, and this would have been a problem due to LineageOS's enforcement of priv-app whitelisting rules.
My device is a: LG H830
What I do have: Root, an unlocked bootloader, ADB/Fastboot, the TWRP recovery file
I believe I am screwed and that there's no way out of this except just factory resetting/formatting everything. If I was correct in my research, my phone model blocks all fastboot commands, excluding bootloader + "unlock" related commands, and as a result, I don't believe I am able to do a backup using ADB (I tried adb backup -all and it didn't work). Lineage OS recovery has no way of backing up files, and I don't believe it is possible to use it to flash TWRP recovery. All I need to be able to do is to save/backup my photos (Which are located in my internal storage). I think it is highly probable that I have finally entered into a hole that I can't get out of. However, if anyone has any ideas about what I could do to either back up what's on my phone (Mainly photos/internal storage if possible) or to flash TWRP without resetting/formatting everything, it would be substantially appreciated. Thank you!
Sources I checked out:
Team Win Recovery Project for the LG G5 - Post indicates that LG G5 H830 has flashing locked
Backup & Restore Android with ADB - Backing up via ADB would have worked if I was able to successfully boot into Lineage OS and approve the backup operation, but I can't because I am limited to being able to boot in everything except system
Does Lineage Recovery have backup? - This is a post with answer(s) that designate the fact that Lineage OS's recovery isn't able to backup


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I recently updated my Note 2 to 4.3 and it has been working quite well. But today in the train I was using it and the battery level drained to 20%, Since the battery was low, I switched it off and came home. When I put it on charge and turned it on- the battery level said 67%. How come it got such a boost? When I took it to work today, it had only about 56%
and I come home with 20 and all of a sudden its 67%
How?