texts: How do I get the new Android Market running on Cyanogen 2.2 HTC Magic?

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I'm running Cyanogen 2.2 on my HTC magic.
The Android Market is still the old version and not the one that has been discussed in the news.

http://mashable.com/2010/12/11/new-android-market-coming-soon/

My wife's Samsung Galaxy 5 runs this new version which has stock 2.1.

Does anyone know how I can get the new version running?

Thanks.


texts: How do i recover my wifi pass from android using adb?

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I'm connected to a wifi spot with my android, but i'd like to connect with my laptop aswell. I don't want to root my phone (warranty and stuffs) nor reset the router, as it has complex settings on it. I tried recovering the password from /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf using adb, but i get an error, which sent me on a rabbithole of solutions until i met a dead end.
I'll post the steps i followed bellow, i would like someone to tell me if i goofed on any step.

(I wanted to post images, but i need 10 reputation, sorry)

So i enter on adb and i check if my device is recognized using

  >adb devices

Everything seems fine, i proceed to try to pull out the config file with

  >adb pull /data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf c:/wpa_supplicant.conf

At this step i get this message:

  failed to copy from "...." to "..." : permission denied.

So i searched for a solution for this and i found that i have to use "adb root" to restart adb with root permissions. I try it, but i get this message.

  adb can't run as root on production builds.

So again, i went down the rabbit hole, and i found someone else with the same problem, who says that solved it using ">adb shell" and then "$ su".
I'm getting tired, but i try it, i go to shell, and everything seems fine i get into shell@android with no problem, now i only need to access as su, but as i try i get this message:

  system/bin/sh: su: not found

Now this may or may not have to do with this (i'm a noob), but if i used "adb devices" while on shell, or right after exiting it, no devices would appear listed, even if i checked before doing all the above.

I'm very noob at this and i'm sure i'm messing up somewhere, but i can't find where and its getting late. I've spent 2 hours aready looking for solutions and every step deeper i get, less results i get because any of the above solutions worked for other people. Does anybody have any idea on how to access that damned file without rooting my phone?

(I can use my phone as router usb while i'm connected to the wifi, but i'd rather have the freedom of knowing the password, as i'm going to stay here for the whole summer)


texts: Can't update Nexus S. Stuck at "waiting for download"

texts: I want to upgrade my Operating system (Nexus S I9250) which currently is Android 4.1 . My cell is not rooted and I have never tampered with the android system shipped, always upgraded it though. Right now, it says "Waiting for Download" but the progress bar never goes ahead.


texts: How can I use Termux with the JuiceSSH interface?

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I would like to use Termux and its package manager as a local terminal, but I cannot get used to its keyboard. The volume buttons are a poor choice IMO, as they require significant finger pressure and only work some of the times, at least on my phone (OnePlus 6.)
On the contrary, I find JuiceSSH's keyboard and overall terminal interface perfect.
Can I use JuiceSSH to open a local Termux session? How?
If that's not possible, is there a plugin for Termux that makes the keyboard work more like JuiceSSH's?
I tried executing Termux's bash from a JuiceSSH "local" session, but they are run under different Unix users (u0_a214 vs u0_a198) and so anything I try to do gives Permission Denied.


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I am trying to upgrade my HTC G1 to OS 2.2 (I have a developer device bought way back when it was released)

I have been trying the steps provided here - http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/SPL but for some reason the phone won't boot up after following all the steps. I have tried twice and restored my device to 1.5. But would really like to upgrade to 2.2

Any ideas please?

Thanks.


texts: Access App content [non-root] [non-debugable] [no-backup support]

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Background:
I am using an app (developed by my network carrier); each month a bill is generated for my usage detail, it is a PDF file, which is only visible in app (no save, no export option). In app, there is a limitation of viewing only last three-month’s bill. I want to save generated bill to maintain history.
Scenario:
The OS of my device is android 9, non-rooted (and I do not want to root my device).
Analysis:

With some emulation, I figured-out that, app is saving these files (bills) in a (temporary) folder, which is located in /data/data/com.app.package/files/
I have also tried ADB commands e.g. run-as and adb backup but not achieve the task (application is not debugable and backup support is disabled on this app).
I also tried multi-droid app “Parallel Space” (as described in different tutorials e.g. How to View/Edit AppData on Android) but shockingly, app folder (among other apps) is not accessible (might be due to some security patches).

Question:
Is it possible to access / copy (protected) files generated by app in /data/data/com.app.package/files/?


texts: How to restore a Google Play adb backup to use it with another version of the app (downloaded with another app store)?

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I have an adb backup I created when the app was installed via Google Play. Now I want to uninstall this app and switch to the FDroid version of this app.

However restoring the "Google Play version" of the backup does not restore it to the FDroid version. What do I have to do to make the (original) Google Play adb backup work with the same app downloaded via FDroid?


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I have an android phone with GPS. Is there anyway to access the raw GPS signal. I want to export these signals into another platform, say Arduino. The interface between these two would be bluetooth, WiFi, wire, or any other method which would be available. The reason for this is that the GPS signal of the phone is accurate enough for me, rather than spending on GPS units with similar accuracy.
Any idea how to do this?
Thank you.


texts: How to disable redmi note 7 recommended apps

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Since one of the last updates, my phone has started showing me recommended apps when opening a folder on my screen.

How do I disable such behavior?

I tried following some guides online involving privacy settings, but it didn't help!

Apps recommendation:


texts: swiping music player does not kill the process?

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Swiping programs from the process-list should kill/shut them down, right?

I listened to music and then swiped the music player away but the music was still playing.

How come?

Does swiping not kill processes? if so, how can i close them correctly?


texts: Phone isn't rooted after installing SuperSU

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I'm trying to root HTC Desire 500 Dual Sim. I've been following along this video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWLK5XhsVAE

I've unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM Recovery without any issues. When I go into recovery, select "Install zip" and install SuperSU zip, the installation process finishes just fine, it doesn't show any errors, but after I reboot there are no new apps installed and I don't have root access (tested with Root Checker app).

I've tried multiple version of SuperSU (0.96, 0.98, 2.79, etc.), but none of them worked.
Also, I can't mount /system while in CWM, not sure what it means.

What could possible cause this? Is there anything I can do?


texts: Android OS update with out active service

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I have an HTC device which we use for development currently running Android 2.2.1. While trying to update it from:

Settings > Software update > Check new

it shows the following for quite some time and then goes to an error message:

  Software Update

  Checking for new Software available now.

This phone doesn't have active service right now though I am connected to WiFi. Does this matter? Does Android prevent you from updating the OS if your device is not activated on a cellular carrier?


texts: Rooted phone, but can't pass "Install" dialog

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I am running Android 4.4.4 with the LiquidSmooth ROM and SuperSU. All these components work flawlessly, as far as I can tell. I am also able to use TitanicBackup (to demonstrate Root is working).

However, whenever I try to install an app that queries for special permissions (like Xposed from XPrivacy), the installer presents me with a "Cancel" and "Install" button at the lower end of the screen, but I can only tap "Cancel", but not "Install" (which seems to be disabled).

Any idea what's going on and how to fix this? I can workaround by manually defining permissions in SuperSU, but if I need to install a temporary download from the browser, for instance, the app/apk name doesn't show up in SuperSU, so i can't enable it to allow installation... :-/


texts: How can I use shell commands and interact with the Linux system underneath?

texts: Android is based on Linux and has a Linux kernel underneath. Is there any way I can use shell commands and interact directly with the Linux system? E.g. A shell app that has access to the Linux system?


texts: i want to set vpn connection on my android phone galaxy s6. unfortunately client does not allow me to type my whole login which is my email. Is it some android bug?


texts: Google Voice SMS not showing notifications in Hangouts?

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I have my Google Voice account setup through the Hangouts app for Android, on my un-rooted Galaxy S5 (with the Lollipop OTA).

When I have the application open on my device, and I receive an SMS to my GV number, it appears on screen.

If I don't have the application open, the phone still receives the message, but it does not give me a notification. I know background data is turned on, and it has received the message, because I can turn on airplane mode, then open the app, and see the message is there unread.

SMS messages sent to my carrier number as well as Actual Hangouts messages notify correctly whether the app is open on-screen or not.

Has anyone ever seen this before?


texts: Docking Asus Transformer Prime back-to-front?

texts: Is it possible to dock the tablet in a sort of "back-to-front" way such that if I were to close the tablet whilst docked, the front screen would be facing up?


texts: USB tethering not working after using MirrorLink

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Sharing was workink fine until I started using MirrorLink. Now when I try to share internet via USB cable i get greyed-out option saying "Port USB is used by MirrorLink". When i go to MirrorLink tab i get greyed-out option too, saying "USB tethering is turned on".  It looks like the Apps are fighting over USB connection. Can I somehow prioritize USB? I tried to turn off MirrorLink app but It didn´t fix the problem. Any ideas what should I try next?
(The pictures are in Slovakia language if you want something to translate just let me know)


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Is there an LG phone emulator to test android apps on ?
Since some LG phones show different behavior from other devices.


texts: Does erasing my lost Google mobile remotely delete my Google cloud data as well?

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I lost my  phone abroad. I want to use Google's 'find my phone/erase my phone' function to wipe all my Google data (account on my phone) remotely. HOWEVER, I can't figure out how to prevent this from erasing all the data/media in my Google drive/Google Photo's. Obviously I only want the account erased from the phone, and NOT my cloud data...Am I worrying for nothing? I'm quite hesitant to erase my phone now...Anyone with knowledge on this issue?

Thanks in advance!


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I have a Cruz T301 which is rooted.  The screen calibration is a bit off and I cannot access the home screen. (It is next to impossible to use the slide to unlock.)  Basically, it will slide to the right, but not far enough to unlock.  I know that the app "nolock" will correct this problem, but since I cannot even access the home screen, I am unsure how to turn on this app.

I have tired three different ROMS (Official Cruz, SJHill, and the Davik.)

If I could find the ADB shell command to disable the slide lock, I think I could save this tablet.  I have tried the adb shell input keyevent 82, but it will not work.

I also have Android Commander installed on my PC.  With this I can install apps, just not access the features.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks...


texts: How can I run touch screen games in non-touch Android PC?

texts: I have installed Android ×86 KitKat a few days ago on my Lenovo G580 model-20157 PC. Everything works just fine, but when I installed a game, I could not play it since it was meant for touch screen and my PC doesn't support touch.


texts: Nexus 7 doesn't have sdcard folder when connected to PC

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I've just bought a Nexus 7. When I plugged it into my laptop, it shows the media folder, I'd like to access the sdcard folder just like the other devices. How to transfer files?

I think "adb push" is not a good choice.


texts: Is there a way to open SketchUp models on Android?

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I have a model designed in Google SketchUp, I want to be able to show it on my Android device (Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Tab) - is there any way to do that?

I did try DAE View 3D from Afanche Technologies - but it is not working on the exported dae model and also registers for every intent.


texts: Create a private folder in Android: set the SELinux attribute of a folder in external storage

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There are quite a few apps that require read and write access to the external storage, which gives them access to the whole /sdcard directory. But since that is also the only storage the user themselves have access to, is there any way to create a folder there under /sdcard (maybe even inside /sdcard/Download/) that is restricted to a few apps specified by the user such that no other app has access to it?

I imagine this is something possible within the scope of SELinux, and might only be possible to set up with root access, although should still be usable without enabling root access once set up properly.

According to 1 and 2, it seems mkdir /sdcard/private then create a new context user_private for it that is also assigned to trusted apps one by one. But I am not sure exactly how.


texts: No sound whatsoever on phone (on calls, or while playing a video or mp3)

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I have a DOOGEE DG500 running Android 4.2.2. Apart from automatic updates for installed applications, no other applications have been changed recently.

I switched my phone to the silent audio profile so that I could sleep. The next day I set the audio profile to general again, but no sound can be heard from the phone.

The phone has not been dropped or misused in any way.

I have tried turning the phone off, removing the battery for a few seconds and re-assembling everything together again but I had no luck.

How can I fix the sound?


texts: Hangouts notifications not appearing until I open the app

texts: My notifications for Google Hangouts are not showing until I open the app. How can I fix this?


texts: Nexus 6 OTA from 5.0.1 to 5.1 fails - Error in block.map

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I am trying to upgrade my Nexus 6 with version 5.0.1 (Build number LRX22C) via OTA to Android 5.1.

The OTA update is downloaded successfully and after pressing "Restart & Install" I see a dead droid with the message "Error!".

The phone was rooted and I unrooted it via SuperSU. Did not help.
Wiping cache partition also did not change anything.

These are the logs:

Finding update package..
Opening update package..
Verifying update package..
Installing update..
Verifying current system..
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system has been remounted R/W: reflash device to reenable OTA updates
E: Error in 0/cache/recovery/block.map
(Status 7)

Installation aborted.

I would really like to upgrade without wiping the data.


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Naive question, but when I check the specs of a phone, one website says phone has feature X, the other says it does not have this feature. Here I am interested in the ambient light sensor.

What does it look like, and where it is usually placed?

For example, GSM Arena review says the HTC One V has an ambient light sensor: "Above the display is the earpiece alongside some hidden proximity and ambient light sensors." The photo:

For comparison the text says I should see the proximity sensor too. On my Galaxy Ace 2 it looks like 2 mini cameras, it is hard to miss, and on that picture I don't see anything like that. Of course maybe HTC hid that all so well.

Anyway, I would like to know what I am looking for, thus the question -- What does the ambient light sensor look like?


texts: What is this Phone/Eye Icon in my notification bar on LG Volt?

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This icon appears seemingly at random, especially on my lock screen but not always. I can almost guarantee it pops up if I make a screenshot but I am not sure. I am on an LG Volt phone from Boost Mobile, and I was able to (finally) screenshot this icon after wondering about it for over a month.

A screenshot of the image is here:

Any guesses or preferably solid answers to what this could be are very much appreciated! It only appears for a brief moment (sometimes not even a second) before it disappears again.

I want to reiterate I see it most on my lock screen, but there could be other times it happens that I am not noticing.

Thank you in advance for your assistance in identifying what this is!


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If I use the Google voice command :note to self, it works and saves the message "using Gmail"  but I can't find it when searching on a unique keyword in the Note :

gmail
Google Keep
Google search

clicking on View My Notes link displayed after it saves the Note (it just opens Gmail)

Android version 7.0 on Samsung s7


texts: I tried to wipe data/factory reset my techno p5, but I a list of no, no, no, no, options.... I didn't see a yes option to selected to Finnaly reset my device


texts: Is there any way to change App source on Android?

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I migrated from Oneplus 3(Chinese android phone) to Galaxy Note 8 via Cloneit, since Samsung's stock migration tool didn't support Oneplus 3.

However, apps migrated(or preferably, cloned) on my new phone are recognized as 'app installed from unknown source' instead of 'installed from Google Play'.

It seems that Cloneit, the migration tool brought all apk files via connection and that's making all apps recognized as unknown source.

*
So, I want to change their source property from unknown to installed from Google Play.
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My speculation is pretty pessimistic since it sounds like it's related to some security issues but I'm hoping some Superuser has an answer for this.

Thanks.


texts: How is it possible that an app stores its data even though I clear the cache and uninstall?

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I have downloaded an app (its a game), made some test progress, and then deleted the game data. I have also cleared the cache and uninstalled the game, but whenever I install it again from the Google Play Store, the progress is still there.

I have also tried installing the app after clearing its data, offline from the .apk-file.

How is it possible to retain the app data like this and how can I clear the data?


texts: How to stop a notification saying "Registering to Network" every few seconds?

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On Samsung Galaxy S2 HD LTE SHV-E120K Android v4.1.2 without a SIM I get "Registering to Network" notification repeatedly.

How to stop?

Thanks.


texts: print using Epson TM-T20ii network printer on andorid

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Im trying to print from browser to network thermal printer, the problem is when trying to print invoices its doesn't do anything, the printer is Epson  TM-T20ii thermal printer, connected by network, what is the best solution for this.

thank you


texts:
So I'm just wondering if there is a way to "mass select" a heap of songs and then add them to a playlist all at once instead of having to select one song, add it to a playlist etc. for every song.

Cheers.


texts: When I receive an MMS message (Android 4.1.2), I can see by the momentary preview that there is text to the message, but when I open it, I cannot find the text, only the image.  Anybody have the solution?  Thanks.


texts: change native Android SIP dialing settings

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My SIP Trunk (hooio) has a specific dialing plan:

[Country Code][Phone Number incl. Area Code]

However, all mobile carriers have a different dialing plan:

[Local Phone Number]   OR
+[Country Code][Phone Number incl Area Code]

The main difference here being the 'plus'

All my phonebook entries are geared to work with the +[country][number] plan.
But when I dial these using the native SIP client, I get errors - since the trunk does not like the plus (!!! Should this not be a standard?!)

I'd really like to keep using this trunk, and they apparently cant or wont change their dialing plan.

Is there any way to configure rules for dialing with the native client? like remove the plus before dialing?   The only alternative is to have duplicate phonebooks for mobile vs internet calls - and I don't like my provider enough to waste time on this :(

Thanks anyone for advice or feedback on this! and Happy New Year!


texts: How can I trick or force an app to work on an unsupported device?

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I recently purchased an iMito MX1 mini-pc. I was disappointed to find that Hulu Plus is not fully supported on my device. I am able to download the app just fine, but I get an in-app error message that tells me that I am able to browse videos through the app, but video playback is not supported.

I have root access and was hoping that editing the build.prop file would trick the app into thinking that my device was supported, but no luck.

Is there any other way to force or trick an app into working on an unsupported device?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, and I was trying to open a Tumblr link from Facebook messenger. When the popup to choose a default app showed up, I accidentally chose Chrome.

I tried resetting the default settings on Chrome, but when the popup to choose a default app shows up again, Tumblr is no longer on the list. It just lists Chrome and another browser that I have.

I tried everything I could think of. I've reinstalled both Chrome and Tumblr, I cleaned out caches, and I've restarted my phone. I also tried to manually set Tumblr as default but selecting "via this app" on the "go to supported URLs" setting. When I disabled Chrome and uninstalled other browsers, a "can't open link popup shows up when I try to open a Tumblr link. This is driving me nuts!


texts: How do I access `$HOME/storage` outside of Termux (with a file explorer)?

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How do I access $HOME/storage Termux directory on Android Pie with a GUI File Explorer?

In Termux I print the working directory with pwd and it shows $HOME/storage as:

/data/data/com.termux/files/home

My internal storage looks like this:

.
├── Alarms
├── Android
|   ├──data
|   |  ├── ...
|   |  ├── com.termux
|   |  |   └── files
|   |  |       └── 0 items
|   |  └── ...
|   └── ...
├── DCIM
├── Download
└── ...

My external storage looks like this:

.
├── Android
|   ├──data
|   |  ├── ...
|   |  ├── com.termux
|   |  |   └── files
|   |  |       └── 0 items
|   |  └── ...
|   └── ...
└── LOST.DIR

Neither my internal storage, nor my sd card, contain a /data/ directory at the root level. Where is this /data/ directory? For that matter, where is the root /storage/ directory? Where is the root /emulated/ directory? Where are any of these directories and why cant I access any of them?


texts: How to sync a folder on Google drive to android

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My workflow is as follows:

Photos/videos from my camera's SD card are processed on a PC.
Final photos/videos are auto synced between a folder on the PC and Google Drive using Backup and Sync.
Photos/videos are downloaded from google drive android app to phone.
Photos/videos are used from phone on apps.

I have to do step 3 manually. Is there a way for my phone to download photos/videos from Google drive in the background so that they are available in the Gallery app when I need them.
Phone used: Samsung Note 10


texts: Does /dev/block/mmcblk0 include an external sd card that has been formatted as internal?

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I am performing a backup using the following command with a su shell:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/mnt/expand/ee131623-1634-25d1-9f9f-902b68eceaee/mmcblk0.img"

And I was wondering if this would fail to complete as it would include the backup in the backup?

Is Internally formatted external sd cards included in mmcblk0?


texts: Network Issue after flashing Cosmic ROM at Galaxy S Duos

texts: I am a Galaxy S DUOS S7562 user and I have flashed Cosmic ROM v2.5 to my phone. However, I face some connectivity problems. My phone is dual sim but now it forever activates and deactivates both sims and it has started getting on my nerves! Besides, I cannot make calls. What's going on? My dmesg output.


texts: Disable toast when screen is pinned in Android

texts: When passing my phone to someone, I pin the screen for safety reasons. Is there a way to disable those ugly toasts which keep popping up and giving them a gist of what's happening?


texts: Languages that an App is available for, on Play Store?

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I am not sure when it changed but as of right now I am unable to see what language an App is available for on Play Store.

I wanted to compare size of some Apps on App Store vs Play Store and was wondering if the significant size difference can be attributed to a language support. For ex, WhatsApp on AppStore is around 158MB(https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997?mt=8) but on Android, if you try an App downloader service like, ApkPure, it shows around 32MB(https://apkpure.com/whatsapp-messenger/com.whatsapp)

This is baffling considering its WhatsApp and you would expect to be available in multiple languages and at least as many as there are on the iOS platform. For that matter, you can clearly see the supported languages for WhatsApp on the Apple platform.

So, how can I find the languages an App supports?


texts: Bypass & Enable tether / WiFi hotspot on Android M (Marshmallow) Preview 3?

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I just got a Nexus 6 and flashed Android M Preview 3 to it and also have it rooted, but how do I enable tethering / WiFi hotspot?

I tried doing the old method of finding dun_tether in the SQLite database, but it isn't there anymore.

How would one enable tethering / WiFi hotspot on Android M (Marshmallow)?


texts: Is there any way to find out which application if any uses the camera?

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I got a camera failed warning (which disappeared after rebooting): is there any way to find out which application if any uses the camera?

I use Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2.


texts: remap ab shutter 3 buttons to record video

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I have a lg g5 with the built-in camera app.
I bought a remote shutter (ab shutter 3) which is a remote control (bluetooth based) for the camera which has two buttons: one for android and for iOS (iphone).
Apparently, the "iphone" button also works for androind (I think it is the 'volume up' button but i'm not sure).
The shutter works great but the problem is that both buttons take a picture.
What I want is to remap one of the buttons to make video recordings.
I think that this problem is equivalent to remapping the 'volume up' button in the built-in camera app to make video recordings instead of taking pictures.
How can I do that?


texts: How to stream music from one android device to another?

texts: I have an android tablet in my car which is connected to my car's Audio System. My Phone has my most recent music collection on it. How can I directly stream music from my phone to my tablet, without having to copy the files or the devices being on the same wifi network? Can this be done with bluetooth? Both devices are running Jelly Bean.


texts: Force Android's default photo browser to display only images on KitKat

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I have Android 4.4.2 KitKat currently on my ASUS Nexus 7 LTE tablet and I have two native photo browsers applications: Photos and Gallery. Both of them displays both images and video stored on my device.

Is there any way to force them to display only images (as they names suggests)? Or the only option, is to drop using them in favor of some 3rd party real-only-photo-browser obtained from Google Play?

(my photos and movies are stored in separate folders (photos in Pictures/Photos, videos in Movies), but even so, KitKat scans entire storage area and put everything all together)


texts: Angry Birds Seasons "Installation Unsuccessful" -- Help?

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I have tried several times to install Angry Birds Seasons from the marketplace.  Every time, I get a notification saying "Installation unsuccessful" without anything more descriptive.  Has anyone else run into problems installing it?  Is there any way I can get a more detailed error message explaining what part of installation failed?

HTC Evo 4G

[Update]
7.15GB free on my SD card
196 MB free internally

[Update 2]
I got this error again when attempting to update to the Valentine's day version of Angry Birds Seasons.  Once again, unmounting the SD card and installing it seemed to work successfully.  Further, my save data was still in tact after remounting.


texts: I just rooted my phone (Android 2.3.6) and partitioned the sd card using CWM recovery. While partitioning, I noticed about swap size and while searching about it, different blogs (xda developers) recommended using 0M as swap size. What is the use of it? Why is it recommended to be 0M?


texts: Google just EOLed the original Pixel. How long until it's a brick?

texts: Google has declared EOL for the original Pixel. I got my Pixel for a Google Fi account I use just for travelling, and I'm not really interested in replacing it.  Realistically, how much longer can I use my original-release Pixel before it stops functioning?


texts: Why doesn't my Nexus 7 synchronize since Android 6?

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Normally, Wifi is deactivated on my Nexus 7 to preserve battery. I'm mainly using it to read and watch videos when I'm commuting so I don't have Internet most of the time when I'm using it.

I'm using Tasker to switch WiFi on between 5AM and 5.10AM so my tablet can synchronize everything once a day. This worked perfectly before: in the morning, I have all current emails and Apps are updated frequently.

Unfortunately, this doesn't work with Android 6 anymore. If I'm correct, WiFi does switch on, but it doesn't connect to the wireless network. Maybe this has something to do with the new battery saving techniques, if the screen is off, WiFi is not actually connected.

I tried to extend the period by 5 minutes and added another task in tasker to force a connect, also doesn't work.

Does anyone experience this behavior too? Any ideas on how I can force the tablet to synchronize everything once a day even if the screen is off?

Thanks

Update:
This night, I had my tablet plugged in and surprisingly, synchronization worked! I found an option in the advanced WiFi setting to keep WiFi active always or only when plugged in. This setting is on always on mine, so that shouldn't be the issue. Any other ideas?


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My phone screen is broken but I managed to finally tap the allow button for ADB authorization so I can access the device via adb. My question is, is there a way to do this once and never be asked again or backup the RSA which I can then push to the device via adb if it happens to need re-authorization again (since i have a broken screen can't just tap allow again)
I have enabled do not ask again on this device, but that does not seem to work from past experience and it keeps asking me to authorize of I reboot the phone.
Thanks


texts: How to use Google Assistant in car while paired to Bluetooth, but without changing audio input to Bluetooth?

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My car has Bluetooth, and I use this mostly for phone calls, though occasionally for music. So my phone is paired, and automatically connects to my car when it starts.

Occasionally, while driving, I'd like to use Google Assistant. eg: "OK Google, Note to self..."

Currently this is pretty annoying because I usually don't have the "input" for the sound system set to Bluetooth, yet my phone is trying to route all media audio, including Google Assistant, through Bluetooth. So I before I can use Google Assistant I first have to change the input. Then the car automatically tells the phone to start playing music. I have to then stop the music I didn't want to be playing in the first place. Finally I can use the assistant. Doing all of this while also trying to pay attention to the road and remembering what I actually want to ask the assistant is not fun.

(To make matters worse, it seems my wife's car actually re-sends the "start music" command if there's no audio for a couple of minutes.)

I do not want to completely disable media audio over Bluetooth, as I do use it occasionally.

So what is the solution? Can I have Google Assistant always use the phone's speakers? Can I have the phone ignore "start music" commands via Bluetooth? Something else?


texts: How to map hard key combinations to keys in Motorola Photon Q XT897?

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I have a rooted XT897 (Motorola Photon Q) running Android 4.1.2, although this should apply to any phone with a physical keyboard. The keyboard on the phone is sorely lacking keys such as <,>,{,},,[,],`,\,|, and ~. It does have a "sym" button that sometimes pulls up a little window in which I can select which symbol not on the keyboard that I would like to type.

Most of the time, it does absolutely nothing. I am aware of Android's key layout files, and I have already modified mine such that the useless  Caps Lock key  to be a CTRL key instead. However, these do not allow for mapping combinations of keys to other, single keys (as far as I can tell). What I'd like is something like xmodmap, where I could map SYM + P to ] and do that for all the keys.

Is there any way I can do this? The page on the key layout files mentions that it maps linux keycodes to Android keycodes, perhaps I can edit the linux key mapping file. Where would that be? Would that even work?


texts: How to fix wakelock issue on Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H running Lollipop?

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I have a little problem with my Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H from Orange Dominican Republic running Android 5.0.

It happens that suddenly the phone ots having wakelocks and I dont know what to do since I don't want to root the phone to know which one is the bad app.

Here are the screenshots  of the battery:

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stats after

After turn off remote controls

Battery stats

Location settings


texts: How to remove all icons from the Android home screen at once?

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I am cleaning some old Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 2.3.4. Some application added shortcuts on the home screen:

Uncleaned:

Cleaned:

Is there any way to remove all icons from the Android home screen at once?

I know that I can remove icons one by one by tap, hold and drag the icon to delete:

but it is a bit tedious (I have several screens to clean) and I want to remove all icons at once.

Ideally, I don't want to clean all the screens but only one.


texts: Moto G 3rd generation only savings contacts info locally - not showing up on contacts.google.com

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I was saving contact notes on the contacts app of the Moto G 3rd generation.

I haven't checked the desktop https://contacts.google.com/preview/all in a while, and when I went there, I found that my contact notes wasn't being saved.

It remained local to the Moto G.


texts: I have Unknown Sources enabled on my phone, now what?

texts: Along the same lines as this question. What's so special about enabling Unknown Sources, and what are some things that I should do once it's enabled?


texts: Is there a way to transfer money from the gift card?

texts: I tried to pay a Google Developer account (to publish App) with the gift card and wasn't accepted despite being a payment to Google Play. Were added R$100.00 (US$33,24) and own iPhone, only use for Google Books and movies. Is there any way to transfer the money or gift with app?


texts: How do I connect my Galaxy Y GT-S5360 via USB to my Mac?

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I cannot connect my Galaxy Y phone to my MacBook for mass storage using a USB cable. I have installed Android File Transfer software but it does not detect my phone when I connect it. I believe I have to change the USB / Mass Storage settings on my phone but cannot find them in the Settings. I have disabled USB Debugging in Settings > Applications > Development but there is no USB setting in Wireless and Networks. Where do I find the USB Mass Storage settings in my Galaxy Y phone?
Tim, London


texts: Upgraded Galaxy S III to 4.0.4, can't drag app to taskbar anymore. How can I enable dragging again?

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I upgraded my Galaxy S III to Android 4.0.4 last night and now I can't drag apps to the taskbar anymore.

Is there a setting I can change to be able to drag apps to taskbar again?


texts: How to remove Samsung native email app from Galaxy S2?

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Possible Duplicates:
  How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?
  How can you uninstall an app that you didn't install on your Droid?
  How can I uninstall built-in apps?

Is there a way to uninstall or wipe the samsung email app/client from Galaxy S2?
I only use gmail app. It's annoying to have the email icon always popping aside the gmail icon in every contacts of my phone..when I only use the gmail.

I just can't find a way to take it of my phone:/


texts: Can't load certain sites on phone over Wi-Fi

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When my phone is connected to Wi-Fi, certain sites won't load, especially https://www.nytimes.com/; Chrome's progress indicator shows a little bit of progress, but never gets past that. Other sites are fine.
Various notes:

If I turn off Wi-Fi while it's in this state, I get ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED ("This site can't be reached"). So my assumption is that the progress indicator's little bit of progress is just because of successful DNS lookup, not because it's actually managed to connect to the site.
This issue is specific to phone + Wi-Fi:

This issue does not occur when I disconnect from Wi-Fi and let my phone use mobile data.
This issue does not occur on my laptop (which uses the same Wi-Fi network).
This issue occurs on both my own Wi-Fi network and my sister's; but we both have the same ISP, so that may not be a fully independent test.
This issue occurs in both Chrome and Firefox, and seems to affect other apps that connect to those sites.

But, interestingly:

In the case of NYTimes.com, it seems to bear some relation to cookies, in that it works in incognito mode until I log in. But logging out does not fix it (perhaps because it leaves other cookies?).
Twitter (https://mobile.twitter.com/) sometimes loads successfully (albeit slowly), sometimes not. Twitter has a lot of local storage stuff (it shows some of its page boilerplate even when I have no Internet at all), so I'm guessing that this has to do with dynamically choosing different backends, some of which I can connect to and some not? (But that's just a guess.)

This is pretty consistently the case. The only exception I can remember is that the first time I tried loading NYTimes.com in incognito mode, it worked immediately afterward outside incognito mode as well.
This has been the case for about a day and a half.
I tried changing DNS settings (first to use Google Private DNS, then to use Cloudflare); no effect.
I'm running Android version 9, moto x4, google_fi.


texts: Why is Android on mobiles made by different companies different, and why do apps like Facebook also differ likewise?


texts: Unable to click Next button when sideloading an APK

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First of all my device isn't rooted. I use this device for development purpose: installing apps using ADB, starting activity, and more. What has possibly gone wrong?

When I click on Next button nothing happens. But Cancel button works fine.

(Click image to enlarge)

It's LG G4 International version.


texts: Powered USB hub not charging phone. Kernel options?

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I got a powered USB 2.0 hub (ET-UP900). As power source I am using the phones charger. But if I connect the hub with my phone (SM-C115) it does not charge. If I connect the charger directly it works.

My first thought was the hub does not provide enough power. But if I do the same thing with a tablet (SM-P905), which requires more power, it does work.

Also strange: If the hub is powered it does not work. If the hub is not powered it works just fine.

As I am using a custom build kernel I am looking a dmesg and fiddling with kernel options and driver to find the correct setting.

Maybe someone can give me a hint what might work?

Alternative: Any cable I can plugin in between to charge the phone and use the USB hub? I got a OTG charging cable but it would power the USB hub instead of the phone.

UPDATE
I found something about a special cable with a resistor to get into a special AUDIODOCK mode. I did found this AUDIODOCK in the source code of a related driver I saw in dmesg drivers/misc/max77803-muic.c. Maybe I can change the driver to force this mode all the time or something like this...

UPDATE 2
In drivers/misc/max77803-muic.c I saw the CONFIG_MUIC_MAX77803_SUPPORT_OTG_AUDIO_DOCK option needs to be set and the driver I got here does not support this anyway. I guess I try to use a updated driver. With AUDIO_DOCK support implemented.


texts: No one can hear me on my Galaxy Note 8 Edge! How do I fix?

texts: No one can hear me on my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Edge when they call me or I call them.  I hear them clearly, but I have to race to turn the speaker on before they hang up.  How do I fix this problem when it seems my mic works fine when I use an app to record myself


texts: How to access wifi on an android phone that comes without it?

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I purchased a cheap smart watch (this one). It doesn't support wifi. At the moment I can surf and watch videos by being connected via bluetooth to my tablet.

But I plan to root the device and install google play on it. I would like to install other apps on it afterwards too. It has a simcard slot and I can use a 2G network to do that.

But I am wondering if I could either buy a plug and play module or build something that would enable me to access wifi on the watch? Or is it not possible?


texts: How to preemptively block a non-contact on whatsapp

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I read this QA but it didn't specfically address my question. I also only found how to block a contact or someone that already sent you a message.

Say I have blocked numbers on my phone. They are not contacts. I don't want to hear from them. I don't want them to message me - ever.

How can I block someone when there's no chat between myself and them? (avoid potential harassment)

Or, alternatively, can I make it to only receive messages from people on my list?


texts: How to Set the default storage of apps in my samsung galaxy young?

texts: I have a samsung galaxy young. How can I Set The Default Storage of my apps from Internal memory to SD card. I can't Download Anything right now. Can you tell me how?


texts: Problem with a sdcard under Android 7.1.2 three partitions can not be mounted / used

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Happy New Year!
there is a problem with my sdcard under Android 7.1.2 (Custom Rom) (root=true, adb=possible).
The vFat Partition can be used, but the rest is not mounted and can not be used.
mmcblk1p1 vfat 183 GB Status : OK
mmcblk1p2 ext4 16 MB android meta Status: not mounted
mmcblk1p3 ext4 64 GB Status: not mounted (primary) (want to use that partition as adoptable Partition for extra internal memory)
mmcblk1p4 ext4 2 GB Status: not mounted (primary) (want to use that partition as SWAP Partition for extra RAM)
Trying to mount the Partition3 (64 GB) gives the error

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1p3 on /data/sdwyt2 failed: Invalid argument

Other similar error messages may also occur.
Any help welcome !


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I'm having some issues managing/running AVDs from the commandline.  Whatever device I create/run seems to get cropped and displayed wrongly (see below).  I've tried various devices and settings (-scale) and have looked at the avd config files (they just seem to get reset after I make a change).
How can I fix this?
System Info:

Windows 10;
Latest Android SDK (manual install - no Android Studio);
Android Version: 23


texts: Does anyone know if stock Android natively supports settings profiles, or if there is any plan to do so? To be clear, I am not talking about the user profiles feature that was introduced in Lollipop, but rather settings profiles that allow you toggle settings (e.g. WiFi on/off, GPS on/off, etc) in bulk based on a pre-defined set of profiles (Home, Work, Silent, etc.). I was first introduced to this feature via CyanogenMod, and loved it. I'm currently using a third-party app to achieve the same effect, but this seems like the sort of thing that should really be native to the OS itself. I've tried googling, but all I can find is information on the new users profile feature and third-party apps.


texts: External keyboard for Galaxy tablet 2 7.0

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I'm trying to use an external keyboard with my Galaxy tablet 2 7.0.

My tablet isn't detecting the keyboard, but it works when I plug it into my computer. This keyboard uses a normal USB male to connect, but my tablet uses samsung 30-pin to male. So, I bought a female-to-female adapter. I'm assuming this is the equivalent of a USB OTG adapter but still no joy.

How do I get this keyboard to work?


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Here is my issue. I was moving data (photos and videos) from my smartphone's inner memory over to my Micro SD card with 16 GB of memory, a close-to-daily process in which I've never encountered any difficulties, when, without any warning, a notification signalling "SD card unexpectedly removed" appeared. After that, all the data previously stored on my SD card was inaccessibile from my phone, everything just disappeared, from Gallery content, to music, to apps. I tried to restart my phone, which is a Samsung Galaxy A3 from 2015, multiple consecutive times, but nothing changed, except that after a few attempts the notification had changed to "Preparation of SD card. Checking for errors". I also tried to access the SD card by connecting the phone to my laptop via USB, but it led to nothing. It's as though the SD card isn't in fact inside its socket, although I took it out several times to clean it up and check for cracks or any type of damage, which is not the case.
What should I do? Is there any way I can retrieve my data, even with the aid of a programme?
I apologise in advance if the notifications texts I've provided do not correspond precisely to the real ones, as my phone's system's language is not English.
Thank you for your availability.


texts: App Installation "blocked by your IT admin"? (Galaxy Note 8)

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I use YMusic to listen to music/audio books, which is an outsider app from xda-developers. When I tried to install an update, I got the message below, as if YouTube is preventing me from installing the app. Here's a Screenshot:

I wanna mention a couple of things:

This is my personal device, so there's no IT admin
developer mode is enabled on the device
It's not the first time I install apps from unknown sources. Usually I have to authorize them during the installation, and this source is authorized
It's not a rooted device
it's the latest available version of Android, security update May, 1st 2019

EDIT: After a couple of days, that message didn't appear anymore. Maybe the app had something that conflicts with YouTube, and it was updated? I don't know.


texts:
After a reboot, I cannot configure my normal VPN connection, nor modify some Operating System security settings.

What can prevent me from making changes to security settings? Malware?


texts: In android, the gallery app is showing albums from other locations which were not in gallery before. I have a folder on the internal storage which never showed up in gallery before, but now it does. Did I tell it to do that? no. So my question is: how do I hide this album so its just viewable as a folder from the file manager app. My version is 50.1. I fear that deleting the album will delete the folder.


texts: Why is it possible to backup the rom images from mediatek devices using third party (open source) tools such as SP flash tool unlike Google Pixel?

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When running Linux i am able to use SP flash tool to do a readback from my mediatek device and do a full backup of the rom images while the device is in preloader mode, without the use of any additional USB drivers.
Yet this is not possible with Google Pixel.
Is this perhaps due to Mediatek going out of their way and adding support for their devices during the development of the mainline linux kernel and Google dont?


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 mini running Android 4.4.2.

I was browsing the internet (yahoo site) using the most recent update of Dolphin browser (which, was not able to load the webpage). During this process I noticed in my push bar something was downloading. I pulled down my notification bar to see that some file that appeared to read "offline english translator." However as soon as I opened then drop-down notification menu, the download finished and removed itself (not the norm) from the notification bar. I have not been able to locate the file using a search in my OI folder manager. (Is there a place to view all phone downloads?)

I uninstalled dolphin in case it was infected with something.
I've downloaded malwarebytes but it hasn't found anything...

Thoughts/suggestions about my situation?


texts: How can I move a system app from one phone to another?

texts: I like the music player on my older samsung phone and want to have it on my new phone. The music player is a system app and I can't simply install it in .apk form normally. Is there a way I can move it to my new phone?


texts: Is there a reliable way to know which is the home dir of the phone?

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I'm making a program for termux and i need to access to the home directory(where are the Downloads, Android, DCIM, etc directories).
The problem is that i know that not all the phones have the '/storage/emulated/0', for example an old phone of mine had '/sdcard' instead
Any help is appreciated :)


texts: Nexus 7 soft bricked, Need to recover data

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I don't know if I'm posting this on the right website or not, but I'll try anyway.

I recently brought a Google Nexus 7 (non-SIM version). I've used it for around 3 months now and everything was working as normal until I left my battery to die whilst browsing online. The battery died overnight. In the morning, I charged my Nexus while attempting to use it at the same time.

What I found at first was that the device would boot right up until the lock screen, but the device would state there was 0% battery and shut down. I then continually powered the Nexus a couple of times just to make sure it wasn't a minor hitch. Then, I noticed that the Nexus was actually looping from Boot to the X to the lock screen then back off. At one point, it was going to a static fuzzy screen then holding there.

I did a little research and tried to boot it up via the Volume up + power method. After I tried this, the multi-colored X just holds on start up. It shows the white Google logo, then the Nexus logo and hangs there. I found out that the device could be "Soft bricked" and needs some sort of wipe.

But here is my main concern: I never thought the device would break after three months, so I never really backed up any photos.

I really would like to find a way to access the folders on the Nexus while it is soft bricked or fix the device without losing the photos. I'm even prepared to rip apart the device voiding any warranties and look for the memory card or whatever is inside. Under normal circumstances. I would just accept a loss, but these photos are of my baby where I haven't had my camera at hand. It has photos of her first moments, so they are worth a lot in sentimental value.

If anyone can help, I would really appreciate it. I would appreciate the time and effort spent solving this problem. Thank you.

P.S. I have no idea how technical stuff works on a deep level :(

Anya x~


texts: How to show local language fonts in Chrome?

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How to show Gujarati language font in Chrome for Android? I cannot read any Gujarati site like divyabhaskar.com, etc.

By the way in Opera Mini for Android browser there is the ability to show bitmap fonts for complex scripts. After enabling this option in Opera Mini I can read Gujarati fonts very easily. I tested all browsers available for Android but only Opera Mini seems to work. I regularly use Chrome so I want this function in Chrome so I can read my local language news sites online.


texts: Getting "Can't add account from settings" error when adding Office account in Nokia X

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I am trying to add my MS Office account in Nokia X by going to:

  Settings --> Add account --> Office

but it shows Can't add account from settings error.

Can anyone has idea why does this error occur and what is its solution? Or is there any other way to add Office account?


texts: what is the requirements to charge android tab via USB cable?

texts: I wanna charge my android tab ( not a prestigious brand ) via a USB cable connected with my laptop. I tried but it wont charge, Is there any requirements to do that?


texts: Controlling a Google TV remotely via SSH

texts: I have a Sony Google TV running firmware 3.2. Is it possible to install a simple SSH server and log into it remotely via SSH, and then issue commands to change TV channels, load websites in Chrome, etc? I've seen some similar questions on this topic, but nothing specific to Google TV devices. I tried installing SSHDroid and QuickSSHd, but the Market said that neither were "compatible with my device".


texts: Samsung Galaxy A5 screen has broken, want to retrieve data

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My samsung galaxy A5 mobile is dropped and its screen has been broken though the hand set is ringing when some one calls my nomber but I am not able to receive it.
Now I want my all media and whatsapp data back before going to give it to service center.
I would be very thankful if anyone help me to provide solution.
Thanks.


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I mainly use my Gear S3 for listening music while running or doing exercises in gym. But It is very annoying to add new songs into it. First I have to download new songs to my computer, then I have to transfer downloaded songs to my android phone and then to my Gear S3.

Is there any solutions to make it easier. Best case scenario would be that, I have one folder in my PC and if I add song into there or delete songs, it will sync automatically to gear s3 as well. Maybe it is somehow possible to sync folder in PC to the android and from android to gear s3.

Hope that someone have had similar wish and have found solution.


texts: Tasker: Detect ANT+ paired device, then switch on Endomondo

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What will the Tasker Profile and Tasks look like when I want Endomondo app to launch as soon as my Note 3 detects a paired ANT+ device?

J


texts: Do different phones have different accelerometer quality? Is there a way to measure it?

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I'm creating an Android application that basically detects the vibration of a car on streets and saves the data in a file that I'll analyze later. But I'm curious to know if there's such a thing as an "accelerometer accuracy" on different phones.

If there is, is it possible to measure the accelerometer quality of a specific phone? What are the parameters I should be paying attention when I want a phone with a very good accelerometer sensitivity and accuracy?


texts: Are there any tools to sandbox a malware application even more than the granted permissions on Android?

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Suppose I want to run some program which requests too many permissions. For example, record from the microphone or read IMEI of my phone. However, there are no practical explanation why recording from the mic or IMEI number is needed for this particular application, except for data mining.

I want to try this app, but restrict its permissions. For example, if it reads IMEI, it should get random IMEI (but the same every time). If it tries to read the mic, it should get silence.

Some other interesting permissions:

Phonebook read/write access -
returns zero contacts, pretend that
write is OK, but actually do
nothing.
Send SMS - pretend that SMS
is sent, but do nothing.
Get list of
visible Wi-Fi networks - return zero
networks.

Obviously the tool should require a rooted phone. Are there any such tools?


texts: Issue with fastboot giving remote: Command not allowed

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I have an Honor 5C that I try to modify bootloader variables. First I need to get the list of variables by doing fastboot getvar all but it returns me an annoying:

aaaaaaa@bbbbbb:~$ fastboot getvar all
getvar:all FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.005s

My phone is rooted, I can do anything with adb, be a superuser on the phone, ask its reboot with fastboot, but this command won't work as I would like. Does anyone has an idea about it ?


texts: Unknownn, unnamed and blank icon app show up in app drawer?

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I am using FDroid on a XPeria XZ.

Today I had problem updating Street Complete.
Since, I have a unnamed, blank icon showing up in my app drawer. I can't seem to remove it even via settings.

I have tried to uninstall StreetComplete to check if that would fix the problem, no dice.

Is there any way to known how it appeared, and how to remove it?


texts: How does update_engine validate a differential update-image with dm-verity enabled?

texts:
I am working with Android 8, Android verified boot with dm-verity, and block-based differential seamless A/B updates. To my understanding, the Android update_engine performs some validations of the received update image before it proceeds to write the target partitions. AFAIK, update_engine checks if the differential update can be installed atop the current partitions. How is this check performed?

I can imagine two possibilities, but I haven't found authoritative documentation of either hypothesis:

The differential update package contains a linear hash of the source partition. On the device, update_enigne computes a SHA-256 hash of the entire partition on top of which the differential update is to be applied. It compares this value with the one provided as part of the update package and proceeds only if the two values agree.
The differential update package contains the dm-verity root hash of the Merkle-Tree used for block-wise validation with dm-verity. The update_engine compares this target root-hash with the one provided on the device in the vbmeta structure. Only if the two match, it proceeds to install the update.

Is either one of these hypotheses correct, or am I missing something? Similarly, how does the update_engine validate the target partitions once they have been written? Via a linear hash, or using the root hash? Or otherwise?


texts:
I have three Android devices.

Lenovo A7000 with Stock ROM Lollipop 5.0
HTC Desire 620G with Stock ROM KitKat
Samsung galaxy Tab 2 with custom ROM (Resurrection ROM) Lollipop 5.0.2.

In all these devices the WhatsApp sleeps frequently, when the screen is Off. I mean when I on the device screen and use WhatsApp I am getting messages normally. But when the screen is off after a short span of time, it stops receiving messages. I need to turn on the screen and open WhatsApp to start getting the messages. Then bunch of messages will be received.

I am facing this problem in all the three devices in both Wi-Fi and Mobile networks. My Wi-Fi network is fast enough (40 Mbps) to receive the messages at instant and mobile networks are decently fast (>3 Mbps).

In WhatsApp Web I am getting Phone Not Connected yellow messages when I turn the screen off. After researching in the Internet I learnt this may happen when the device enters power saving mode or when Background data is restricted. But in my devices I never turn on power saving mode and never restrict background data too.

Any other reasons? For this reason I have changed screen timeout to 30 minutes and left the WhatsApp open. Is this an app bug or some other problem?


texts: Greek Text: Letters with accent or breathing mark not appearing?

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Device: Samsung Galaxy S4
Problem: I am using Anki to help learn Koine Greek, and the characters with a breathing mark or an accent do not appear, this problem also showed up this morning with an online test in Socrative.
for Example: ἀγγελος will appear as γγελος, and ἡιλίος will appear as ιλ ος

any suggestions on what this problem may be or how to fix it?
(note: I am not typing greek on my phone only viewing it)


texts: How to ssh into an unrooted Android device using sshdroid from a Linux computer

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I can't seem to ssh into my Android device. I have not rooted the device and I don't really want to. I tried connecting to it via the terminal using the following command:

ssh root@ip-address:port-number

the error I received was:

  name or service is not known

How can I resolve it?


texts:
I have a OnePlus 6 and recently (past few months) I've noticed the color temp changing between a "warm" white and a more "pure" (not the bluish "cool") white.
You can't see it in the screenshots (because the phone doesn't see the difference), but I get the yellower temp with

and the whiter one with

The difference is the ad at the top of the first one.  When that scrolls into view, it goes yellow. When is scrolls out of view, it goes white.  (If I need to, I can record it with another phone.)
I have night mode, reading mode, "vibrant color effect," and adaptive brightness all turned off.
I'm quite confused, and it's really annoying.  Any ideas how I can get it to stop?


texts: Redmi 4X (santoni): Abruptly shuts down just before booting into OS

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Here's a TL;DR -
I can't boot into my OS,phone shuts down after being in boot screen for some time but I can boot into fastboot and recovery. I flashed another custom ROM after formatting my device but it won't change the state of affairs.

I have a rooted Redmi 4X(santoni) in which I have flashed TWRP 3.5.x I had flashed Havoc OS vanilla as the OS in it with OpenGapps ver 10.
Up until today morning it worked perfectly fine, I noticed the battery was at 3% so I plugged it in. When I tried to turn it on later, it got past the "Mi Unlocked" screen, Havoc OS startup animation was working but then the phone abruptly shut down.
However I was able to boot into fastboot with Power + volume down. I was also able to boot into recovery with Power + Both volume buttons.

First I though it was a battery issue, but the battery percentage shown in the screen when the phone is shut down showed 86%. When I boot into TWRP it also shows 86%, after some time it dropped to 85%, so nothing unusual there. I generally get 1+ days of backup.

Next I thought it was an issue with Havoc OS so I booted into TWRP, wiped the device (I selected every partition manually to wipe them) and then I formatted the phone. Then I powered off the phone and booted into recovery.
I then transferred the zip files of latest crDroid 6.x vanilla, OpenGapps ver 10 and the latest apk of Magisk to install later. I selected install from TWRP's menu and clicked on crDroid's ZIP, it completed successfully without errors (as far as I could tell). I tried to boot into crDroid, but the phone again shut down after showing boot animation for sometime.

Then I booted into recovery and connected my santoni device to my Arch Linux laptop. I opened up my terminal and ran "adb shell" which opened up a root prompt. Then I ran "dmesg > log". I then exited out of there and ran "adb pull log" on my laptop.

This is the output of dmesg.

I looked at this answer which led me down a huge rabbit hole none of which I understood. Upon running "adb shell" and "logcat" in it, I get

/sbin/sh: logcat: not found

with error code 127 in terminal ( which I get in Linux if command not found). I also get this same error when I run only adb logcat from my terminal as non-root user while booted into TWRP.
I can't figure out how to boot into my system. I can't figure out how to give better logs either. For now I will shut down my phone, any assistance appreciated.
Despite following the link given in the comments, my issue still persists exactly as it did before. Hence the link wasn't of much help in this case.
PS: I would appreciate it if you could also give me feedback on the quality of my question and how I may improve it.


texts: How to keep phone powered down while charging with ClockworkMod Touch Recovery?

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In the course of setting up CyanogenMod 7.2 on my T-Mobile G2 (also known as the HTC Desire Z), I installed ClockworkMod Touch Recovery. My usual practice before that was to power off my phone and plug it in to a USB cable, attached to a wall socket, for recharging. However, with ClockworkMod Touch, trying to do this results in the phone always booting to the recovery mode, whether I plug in the cable before or after shutting off the phone.

This is a nuisance; in effect, I have to leave my phone powered on at all times, and turn off the sound when I'm sleeping. I suppose I could just leave it at the Recovery menu, but leaving the phone at a menu where two accidental touches to the screen could wipe the phone seems like a bad idea.

If I recall correctly, I initially had an earlier version of ClockworkMod Recovery installed, which had a menu option for powering off the phone. I only had that version installed briefly.


texts: How do I increase the size of logcat buffers?

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How do I increase the size of /dev/log/main by a factor of 10? My understanding is the log has a fixed size (16K?) and rolls over when that limit is reached. I'd like to find out what the log size is currently set at and increase it by a lot.

I'm debugging an issue that occurs infrequently when the device hasn't been used for a long period of time (maybe an hour?). I've instrumented the code with log messages so I can understand what is happening when the bug occurs.

My problem is my instrumentation causes the log to roll over in about 2 minutes. I would like to increase the size of dev/log/main by a factor of 10 if possible.


texts: How can I change notification volume on Android 6.0?

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I have an option to change alarm or ringtone volume in Settings, but not notifications as I had in 4.3.

How can I change notification volume on Android 6.0 without changing ringtone volume?

I would prefer a solution that doesn't require root, but would accept one that requires root if it's impossible otherwise.

3rd-party app is acceptable if there's no way to do so in the OS.

I already considered a hack of setting ringtone to a very loud sound and notifications to artificially quiet sound file, please don't offer that as a "solution" since it doesn't allow adjustments.


texts: How to kill Whatsapp process without it resurrecting after a time?

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On my Xiaomi Mi A1 if I go to Apps & notifications > WhatsApp and tap "force stop", the app seems to stop. But hours later, WhatsApp is strangely on again and I start receiving messages.
If there is a way to safely kill the process associated with WhatsApp so the app does not start again, what is it?


texts: Remove gmail account from gmail app without removing google account from the phone

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I don't use gmail for my e-mail. However I want to use the gmail app for my work e-mail. So how do I keep only my work e-mail in the gmail app, removing the gmail account from it completely?

I still want to have play store and google Fi to be associated with my account. To my understanding when I try to remove gmail account from the gmail app it suggests to completely remove my google account from the phone.

I'm on android 9.


texts: Google Play, can i get past purchases on new tablet?

texts:
I am halfway through season 3 of Homeland and bought a new galaxy tablet. It was purchased from the Play Store on my old galaxy tab.

Since I have the same Google account associated with both tablets, is there a way to download the show to the new tablet?


texts: Installing downloaded APK after accidentally denying

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I was trying to install a downloaded APK onto my Pixel 3.  During the initial install attempt I was presented with a screen that looked approximately like this one (without the added emphasis on the correct 'Install anyway' option):

I took one quick glance of this screen before concluding "big green button, that must be what I want here!".  Which was a substantial error, because the big, green button in fact denies the app install.  Oops.

And now what's happening is when I go back to the APK and try the install process again, I'm no longer prompted about whether or not I want to 'Install anyway'.  Instead it just goes straight to the "App not installed" screen.  The one with the gray triangle on it.

How do I get the device to forget that I denied installation to this APK, so that I can successfully install it?


texts: Using gamepad hardware controllers with games that don't explicitly support them?

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War Robots, which is a very popular game, AFAIK has no support for gamepads. (Thus limiting interaction to the touch screen).

Yet in this forum thread one person reports some success with a gamepad. (Logitec F310)

Does this mean that War Robots must have support programmed in? Or not? It's been suggested a rooted device is necessary, but I don't see that being likely, since the gamepad is surely merely acting as a HID alternative to touching the screen?

The forum thread mentioned that the mapping of keys with the Logitec F310 is not ideal. Why is this not configurable? (Might it be configurable on others? Or is it hard-programmed somewhere?)

Why I ask: I want to buy a gamepad to play War Robots but at the moment I'd be buying blind without any idea if, or how well, it would work.


texts: Size a Wallpaper for Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

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Possible Duplicate:
  What is the default resolution of a wallpaper that fits the homescreen exactly in an Android phone?

I want to be able to design my own Wallpaper for my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. I have read on various websites what the resolution is via pixels, when I try to design for these resolutions i have to "crop" my picture and once I "crop" it, it looks blurry as if it set the quality lower as well.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0":
http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxytab2/7.0/index.html?type=find

Resolutions:

1024px x 600px
640px x 480px

So, I guess my main question is. What is the correct resolution for this device? Why is it cropping all my images, even if they are set at 640px x 480px?


texts: How to make phone boot automatically upon battery insertion (unlocked bootloader and root: yes)?

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By battery insertion I mean current flowing on the battery pins, not the micro USB port.

Description

The phone in question is a Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4, the bootloader is unlocked, and I have root access. Its intended purpose is as a kiosk device that will be sealed inside an external hard plastic enclosure. This means that the power button is unavailable for booting the phone. The phone is powered directly from the wall by means of a custom-made battery eliminator PCB, and I need the micro USB port for host mode UART communication, which means it will never be charged/powered via the micro USB port.

What has been attempted so far

As mentioned, the device is rooted, so I've tried modifying the BOOT partition image and flashing an updated one. The modifications I've been looking at pertains to the program

/init

in the root directory. and its associated

/init.rc
/init.samsungexynos7570.rc
/...

files. For example, I was able to make the phone boot upon receiving charge via the USB port by overwriting the contents of the file

/system/bin/lpm

with the script

#!/system/bin/sh
echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger

because /system/bin/lpm is referenced in a service specified in the charging section of /init.rc. I was also able to make it boot via USB port charging by removing the existing "on charge" triggers in the init.*.rc files, and simply adding

on property:ro.bootmode=charger:
    trigger late-init

For more details about what I did, see this link. But this is not a solution for me because I want to make it boot simply by powering the battery pins, not the micro USB port (which is preoccupied with being in host mode, so it definitely can't be charged).

Further thoughts

However, since modifying the /init.rc file changed its behaviour even while "off" (i.e. it now boots upon micro USB charging as opposed to not), this seems to tell me that the phone is never really completely off when "off", and that the /init program is constantly running as long as there is enough charge on the battery pins (please derail this thought train asap if this is completely wrong). Which would mean the kernel and the /init program should start automatically when there's sufficient charge on the battery pins. So my thinking was to simply add something along the lines of

trigger late-init

or

start <my_service>

(where my_service for example could be the lpm script I mentioned above) in an early init trigger stage, so that it would boot simply by virtue of the /init program running. But so far I've had no luck.

Does anyone know whether something like this would possible? Thanks for your time.


texts: What is meant by System Memory in android?

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I have an LG -E405 phone running Android 2.3.6.

As can be seen here, the phone has 1GB internal memory and 384Mb RAM.

When I look at default App manager, this is what I get,

RAM - 231Mb
System Memory - 157 Mb.
Internal Memory - 378Mb.
SD Card - 2Gb.

Also, all the applications I install, by default take up space from System memory.

Many tutorials explain about moving apps from internal memory to SD Card to free up space.

But, in my phone I only get the option to move from System Memory to Internal Memory.

It is like a whole new layer has been added in the memory heirarchy.

So, what is this System Memory.


texts: "Restrict background data" keeps turning off after a while

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I have Android 6.0.1, original Samsung version on my Galaxy S5 Neo. Since I'm not on any mobile data plan and have to pay every MB I use, I'd like to restrict background data - once and forever! However, it keeps turning itself off after a while. (I don't know after what time - I often only notice it a few hours later.) So quite often, I don't notice that it's disabled again, then go online, and tons of stuff are downloaded, every single bit of which I have to pay...

What might be the cause of this? (It's not rebooting - it happens without any reboots in between.) How can I make sure background data is simply always disabled?

(I know there are some firewall apps that might help, but they either need the phone to be rooted, or they route your data through some VPN. I don't like either solution.)


texts: How do I determine which app is accessing GPS in Jelly Bean

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to check which app uses GPS on Galaxy Nexus?

I have the same question as this one, except the answers provided do not work with Jelly Bean. The first answer requires an app that no longer exists - there is an app called Spare Parts+ but it does not provide GPS usage info.

Using the *#*#4636#*#* code does take me to the android test mode, but it does not provide GPS usage info.

Something I have installed or updated recently is initiating a GPS lookup every couple of minutes - the GPS symbol appears in the status bar.  I have an associated battery drain, which may be caused by something else, however I want to eliminate the GPS polling as a source.

I have looked at logcat, but the only PID that references the GPS is the android system pid, so this tells me that the GPS was accessed, but not which app triggered the lookup.

I have been through some trial and error to figure out which app it is, but without any luck.  I am looking for a more categorical way of determining which app is requesting GPS.

This is on a Galaxy S2 running 4.1.2


texts: How to export bookmarks from Chrome in Android?

texts: I need to import bookmarks from my Chrome Android mobile. Is there any direct way to do it? Please do not suggest to sync Chrome account in desktop and do import from there, my Sync rights has been disabled by admin in Chrome desktop.


texts: What are some fast ways to install same apks on 400 android tablet?

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I work at a school who wants to implement a modern education system with tablets.
There will be around 400 tablet all should have a few applications installed for students to use.

I'm planning to have the apps as apk and install them but this will definitely take a lot of time. Is there any way you would advise me to? Can I upload them online and have the tablets in some kind of way to automatically install them online?

I really appreciate your help.


texts: The first HTC Desire devices used to have AMOLED screens, before HTC switched to SLCD. How can I tell whether my handset has an AMOLED or an SLCD screen?


texts: Remap Bluetooth Headset's media key [Android 9]

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Setup:

OnePlus 5t, Android 9.0, not rooted
Bluetooth 5.0 headset with one media button

A single tab on the media button starts the Google Voice Control / Assistant, there is no way to change a tab on the button to play/pause for example -  on the headset's side.

The only software solution to disable Google Voice popping up always when I press the button was to disable the Google-App completely. But this stops the media-button from working completely.

After hours of trying, searching nothing worked for me.

My goal is to archive that a tab leads to play/pause music.


texts: Recovering data remotely from a lost device

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I was wondering if I could recover some photos and/or contacts from my phone which I lost yesterday.

Also I'm pretty sure it was stolen, so is there a way that I can know when the device is online?


texts: How can I enable keybord Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 Android version 4.1.1

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I can't find the keyboard in my Samsung Galaxy S3. I only found "Google Voice Typing":

In Settings → Language and Input → Keyboards and Input methods I have only Google Voice Typing.

What's wrong with my device? How can I fix that?


texts: How do I remove accounts from a Google calendar?

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I use a number of gmail emails on my phone, but I only want my Google calendar to use events from one email address. When I click on the settings option in calendar, I don't have any option to remove accounts. How do I do this?
I also seem to have lost the ability to decide the colour of entries on my Google calendar, because some seem to have been automatically been allocated to my two other gmail accounts - which I never use for calendar entries.
If I remove these accounts from the calendar, will the option to use the colours return?


texts: [Galaxy S8} How to set default alarm sound?

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There is no option in settings. I have also tried setting it like in the thread: How to change the default alarm sound?
but the method presented is not working for me. I get "set success" message, but still have android default alarm sound. (Even after restarting phone)

I have no idea how can I get around this. I would prefer to use default clock app.


texts: I don't understand why I can't take photo or video with my Samsung Galaxy S4. I have 32 GB of memory and I haven't a lot of photo or apps in my mobile phone. I tried to delete photo, video or apps that I don't use, and also I have just restart my phone but the situation is the same.


texts: Does SIM-less tablet device supports internet modem?

texts: I have SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB 3 (GT-P5210). It does not have a SIM slot and so I can't call to anyone without using VoIP software and Internet data. Does this device support external modem (eg: Huawei)?


texts: How to add support to an external monitor in Android?

texts:
My Samsung Dex (with Android 7 in a Samsung Galaxy S8 phone) won't work with my LG 23MT75D-PU monitor. I think because the Android driver are not ready to talk with this monitor yet. I will want to know where i can fire a bug related with that fact or find a fix, by myself.

I really think this is an android question by nature. My Galaxy S8 have not a problem and also i considered, this is not a problem of Samsung Dex, but instead, this is a problem in the Android kernel, because it's where reside the modules to load the most commons drivers by default.


texts: MHL only works for a few minutes on Galaxy S4

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I picked up an HML-to-HDMI adapter, and an adapter to get it working on my Galaxy S4.  When I first plug it into a TV, everything is great!  I can get a picture and sound on my TV in the expected resolutions.

After a few minutes, TV reports "no signal".  If I unplug the cable from either the TV end or the phone end, the phone reports the HDMI cable disconnected.  Plugging it back in on both ends, the phone reports that the HDMI cable is connected.  However, I still don't see anything on the TV.

Rebooting the phone (via holding the power button and choosing restart) does not resolve the issue.  If I plug the phone into a power source or USB port, and then switch back to the MHL adapter, it starts to work again.

This problem has occurred with multiple TVs.

I have a couple theories:

Some sort of power management shuts off the video output after a few minutes.  (Note that I can be playing video and the phone screen stays on while TV reports no signal.)
An error condition with the interface that requires it to reset.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?  Am I the only one with this problem?  If so, I suppose I could have a funky adapter.


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I am currently using my phone with CM installed (newest release, clean install). For some reason the phone keeps rebooting at random moments, when sleeping (never when awake). I wonder if it is possible to find out the real reason of rebooting, other than checking /proc/last_kmsg: for me, it only states if it was caused by unsecure-watchdog-bite, or kernel panic. I am curious about finding out, which process' irresponsiveness caused the watchdog-bite, or what made the kernel panic.

Details:
Moto G xt1032, newest firmware
CM13.0, release ZNH5Y
recovery: twrp 3.0.2

Tl;dr: last kernel message is not informative enough about last restart reason.

Edit: link to kernel messages: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AqQWXVmn2ZoKonIJgnToo58XmoVy


texts: Is it possible to run android without a screen on plain phone mainboard?

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I use Android phone as "brain" of my DIY robot in connection with Arduino Mega board. It is generally low-cost solution, because cheapest Android phone costs about $30 and Arduino Mega clone costs $7. So it is cheaper than most of single-board computers and have more i/o pins than all of them and have all needed possibilities: wifi, camera, GSM, GPS, gyroscope etc.
But I want to decrease price of the solution and decrease it's weight. So I could buy only mainboard of a smartphone without excess LCD screen, box and battery. And run it.

But I don't know, whether it is possible to run mainboard without a screen. Is it possible to run it and also reinstall Android via USB if I need it?

I know that most of single board computers allow to install Android. But I mean indeed a mainboard of ordinary phone.


texts:
My device lost 3G Connectivity this morning and only resumed around 10AM, when it did however, this minus icon was present.

Any ideas what it is? What it means, and how to get rid of it?


texts: HTC M8. Can't explore files via windows.

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My phone is connected over USB to Windows, where it is only recognized as 'Android Phone' under the unspecified tab.

On the phone, no notification of USB connections is given at all, except that the phone starts charging. I've tried to enable MTP over USB, but I can't seem to locate the 'Use USB for..' menu anywhere.

Searching for usb in the settings menu turns up nothing.


texts: Is there any way to connect 'Samsung galaxy tab 2 p3100' to a monitor

texts: i want to know how to connect the galaxy tab 2 p3100 to my monitor through hdmi or dvi interface. is it possible or not. i tried google but can't find any solution.


texts:
I would like to get the better overview of applications reading and writing my phonebook i.e. contacts.
TrueCaller incidence shows that I do not have sufficient understanding and full control of the phone itself.
Similarly, my recent OnePlus data collection incidence belongs to the same category.

I think the very basic feature of listing all applications that can access (read and write) your phonebook can be a good start to eliminate unnecessary apps there.

OS: Android 7.1.1 and Oreo
Phone: Oneplus 3T


texts:
Contact name is stored in Google. But when I dial it, and finish the call, it shows only the number without name as if I don't have the name stored. And it only happens with my new stored numbers, and since one week till now.

How to solve this?


texts: Nexus 7 2012 Lolipop screen cast problem

texts: I have a first generation (2012) Nexus 7 running Android 5.0. There is a screen cast feature in the popup settings, but when I try to setup my Chromecast it is not working and cannot detect it. Does this device support screen casting?


texts:
Today when I was charging my Redmi 1s mobile I restarted the mobile. Then I saw that there was a sudden increase in the charge of the battery by 80%.
What could have caused this?


texts: Share memory access on SD card between a PC and an Android App

texts:
When you connect an Android Phone with an SD Flash card to a PC, with the Disk Drive option selected, it temporarily will be impossible to access the flash from the an Android App. What about phones with internal Flash?

I am looking for a way to share memory between an android phone and a pc.


texts: Why is the play store displaying same app twice under the My apps section

texts:
4
Under the All apps the true caller is shown twice by the play store / Under the settings there is only one app not two. (click images for larger variants)

Android Version:4.1.2 Jellybean

Device: Samsung Trend Duos.

In the above image the True Caller application is shown twice and both are of the same  no extra app on(or plugin for that particular app). I have force closed the application ,later switched the device waited for some time and restarted the device and still the application duplicate is displayed under My apps.

There are not two apps as you can see in the downloads section.(The applications list is sorted name wise so there's no chance of missing a second true caller app)


texts: Can I play YouTube videos at 2x Speed in DicePlayer or some other way?

texts: Before I commit to switching from iPhone to Android, I wanna make sure there's an app that can play YouTube videos 2x speed. On the iPhone, Swift Player can do it, and I read there's a way to do it on android by using youtube desktop version but I heard that DicePlayer from the Google Play store could do it. If anyone has DicePlayer, could you tell me if this is true? Thank you!


texts: How can I turn off the "low battery" noise?

texts:
I've started getting a loud beep notification when my battery hits 15%.  Possibly this happened after an Audio Manager update but I don't see any settings in the app to change it.  Previously the notification was silent, I didn't even know it could have a sound!  There doesn't seem to be a relevant setting under Settings -> Sound.

How can I disable this notification sound?

I'm rooted, running 2.2 (TeamWhiskey's NextGen v1).


texts: Chrome Remote Desktop with external mouse?

texts:
I've been googling for hours and all I can find are a few years old pages saying the only way to do a right click is double touch on the screen...

Has anyone found any better solution since? Maybe with External Keyboard Helper or some similar app??

Also, there seems to be no way to scroll. I've tried the browser version on Android tablet, and it works faster and you can scroll, but there is absolutely no way to press a right click.

It seems imposible that google would not adress this issue for years, since it's really frustrating.


texts: I came across the term "Custom URI Handler" which is a bad practice in android security. Can anybody please tell what is custom URI handler? What are the security issues raised by custom URI handlers?


texts: Updating Nexus 5 from 4.4.4 to 5.0 a month late

texts: So my parent's nexus 5 is currently on 4.4.4 and I want to upgrade them to 5. When the initial 5.0 OTA was released they told me they got the notification to upgrade to 5.0 but they didnt update because they didnt want to relearn all functions changed until I got home. So I am home and when I go into "about phone" in settings and go check for updates it always says the OS is up to date. Even though when I check the version its 4.4.4. Meanwhile all the native apps have updated to their latest verisons. I have already upgraded my phone to 5.0 and today I got my 5.0.1 update today. I get that google doesnt roll out its updates all at once but its been a month since the initial 5.0 update and why is it that I cant upgrade my parents phone and it says its up to date even though its not?


texts: roblox app data and cache directory on android

texts:
I have downloaded total commander and search android/data but can't find the Roblox directory. I want to check the logs for in-game purchases. If I go to settings/apps / Roblox I can clear the game data and cache but it does not tell me where they are. a search for Roblox from the root in total commander gives no results.
where are the Roblox logs ?!
also, the google play logs that's where in-game purchases are processed...


texts: I am using Micromax P470 tablet. My memory card was fine but suddenly it appeared that I need to format my memory card. I removed my memory card and connected to a PC. It was opening and I could see all my files. But if I put it on my tablet then it is showing "need formatting". I tried to format on phone. It is still the same. What should I do?


texts: Decrease the screen size (not resolution) on android 11 (wm overscan depricated)

texts: I recently bought a Pixel 4a and being used to a way smaller phones before (4.7 inches) it's gigantic for me. I'm trying to find a way to decrease the usable space of the screen (from the top) and hide the camera cutout. I found out this but the option is only available on samsung (and other brands). then I found out this thread and the "wm overscan" adb command and just as it looked like I found a solution, it turned out Google depricated the overscan command in Android 11. I tried also natcho notch and other "notch-hiding" software but they only "blacken" the notification bar and don't actually reduce the screen size. Any ideas what I can do to actually achieve this on Android 11?


texts:
Just purchased this for Christmas, it will not charge or turn on, any suggestions.
Have tired several different charger


texts:
My Galaxy Nexus detects wifi signal(at home) but can't connect to it.

I cant connect to wifi. The wifi icon doesnt appear beside the time on the upper right of the screen. When I try to access facebook it says connection lost. But wifi works properly well on the laptop.

I've switched the ON/OFF , restarted the galaxy Nexus and still nothing.

Please help.


texts: Geofence apps not working on Android 7.1.1?

texts:
So I have two apps that utilise Geofence. Nest (Auto-Away) and August (Auto-Unlock). Both made by very different companies, doing very different things.

I have noticed that if the app is NOT open, neither of these functions will work. It is only when I open the app that something happens.

For example, August send me a notification when it senses I leave the house. I left the house, and on the way back pulled out my phones, opened the August app, and THEN the notification appeared.

I have tried selecting the apps as "Do Not Optimise" under Battery Optimisation settings but that didn't change anything.

I have a nasty habit of closing all apps in the recent bar, but I am trying to see if leaving it open will fix, but I would really like a solution where I would not have to do that.

I am running Android 7.1.1 on a Nexus5X. What can I do?

EDIT:
Noticed that IFTTT's Geofence works.


texts: rooting Samsung captivate with the new gingerbread release

texts: I just got a message from my cell provider that the official Gingerbread release is out for the Samsung Captivate. I recently rooted my phone so I could install non market apps. Will I have to un root to upgrade, and after I have is there a tool that will let me re root? All the Google searches I did brought up old results.


texts: Create an app shortcut to open it with restricted permissions

texts:
Is there a way to create a specific shortcut for an app that would open it with limited permissions that I specify?

For example, I want to create a shortcut to open Snapchat (an app which uses location a lot) with location permission denied, but if I opened it with the normal shortcut, it would open it with the normal permissions I've given it in settings. Currently, the only options I see are manually enabling and disabling location or battery saver, or turning off location access for Snapchat through settings. But both of these take more time than I'd like!

I tried looking through the settings menus and play store but couldn't find anything to do this. Is it possible?


texts: Access missing settings in Developer options?

texts: On my Moto C Plus (7.0), "Cool colour temperature" and "Picture colour mode" appear in Settings search results but don't show up once tapped in Developer options. Is there any way to access them if they seem to have been hidden or removed? Thanks.


texts:
Last night my phone was casually working when all of a sudden, the screen froze on the active application. This happened before but usually it unfreezed or restarted, but now, the phone just turned off (screen went entirely black) and doesn't respond to anything (tried to hold power button, in combination with either & both volume buttons) for about 1 minute per combination.
The phone doesn't respond to my charger being plugged in all night either...

Is there anything else I can try before having to take it back to the store?


texts: How to Have 2nd Step Verification for Making Calls in 6.0?

texts:
I would like to use 2nd Step Verification always for Making Calls. I can use a second device to get those codes; etc second Gmail account; or a similar encryption device as used by banks. I do not want to use the same device to get the code and call.
The current layer of protection is not enough in Android 6.0 System.

Problem: anyone who has access to your phone can make a call. This is a serious problem. Reasons and logs about them, I have provided private to developers of bottle necks.
Motivation of crackers in end-to-end. If the cracker can get through the protection layers, they can kill end-to-end applications for some reason. Experienced compromises in Signal.

How can you Have 2nd Step Verification for Making Calls in 6.0?


texts: How to identify the app/process which re-mounts partitions R/W, creates files and changes file permissions?

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I have a rooted device, with superuser rights granted to a few apps I trust. I have often found my /system or /vendor partition mounted read/write, and some files chmoded to 0777. Similarly directories/files with random names are created/deleted (e.g. /sdcard/.a03Degpoif), .nomedia files are created inside them to hide their contents from gallery etc.

logcat/dmesg contains no traces of all this happening in background. This doesn't happen periodically but in a slapdash way, internet connectivity isn't a condition either. I have tried disabling/uninstalling apps, looking for any suspicious processes running, but couldn't identify the culprit(s).

Is there a way to figure out who is doing this?


texts: optimum hardware setup for android emulator?

texts: is there a "best" setup for the android emulator? It runs terribly slow on my mac os as well as my windows 7 32-bit. I was just wondering if there's an optimal setup as far as 32-bit vs 64 bit, or linux/windows/mac is concerned?


texts: Why does my EVO 3D think I am talking to it?

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Occasionally when biking or walking, something must be going on in my pocketses because my HTC EVO 3D keeps thinking my standard headphones are evolving into headphones with an inline mic.

Normally I will be listening to music (Winamp) and the track will start skipping around; this is long after I have locked the screen and it has gone to black. I pull out the device and the headphones icon in the notification bar now have a mouth piece sticking out of them in the icon. I look at my headphones, they certainly haven't morphed in any way. I don't have bluetooth on, no other devices are connected to cause interference.

What is going on with my phone and how can I keep it from happening? I don't mind forcing it to never be an inline mic'ed set of headphones if that option is available somehow; it's incredibly annoying 45 minutes into a ride and I would love to get this locked down.


texts: How to install Team Win Recovery Project and Root Xiaomi Redmi Note 9

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I need a tutorial on how to install TWRP and root my phone because I only found tutorials online for the PRO version
and as I was told I have to be very specific about my phone when installing anything root related including twrp
also can any of you recommend which root to use


texts: windows 8 - keeps disconnection samsung from computer

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I recently upgraded from windows xp to windows 8 and I have a problem with the USB-connection. When I plug-in my samsung galaxy s3 to the computer - a symbol pops-up and the adb-client can comunnicate with the server on the device. No problem here. But very often - the connection between the OS and the device suddenly dissappears - as if I hade disconnected the device from the computer. I do not know what causes this but I have a strong feeling that there may be a bug in windows 8. Why then - I have tried the following:

changed USB cable
reinstalled all drivers, including KIES
even tried with my other cellphone - samsung galaxy s4 - same same same!!!!
NO problem whatsoever when developing on XP
tried with every USB-port on the computer
AND - its not the usb-ports since this does not occur with other devices such as usb-memories

It feels like something in the OS close the samsung-driver but I cannot understand why?

One more thing - I am not sure about this - but this problem seems to be more frequent when I develop apps in eclipse.

So my question? Does anyone recognize this issue? I have googled and can only find problem with the adb-driver. Not issues with connection-problems. Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas?

thanks in advance!!!