texts: Obtaining some 4.0 functions on a 2.3 phone through rooting?

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I'm thinking of maybe rooting my phone, for various reasons. But one of the main ones is that I find the current version of Calendar, amongst others, that I have, very lacking. And I'm almost sure the version that comes with Ice Cream Sandwich or later is better. It just has to, seeing all the "what the heck?" things there are in the one I have.

(There's also the fact I need to free my super small phone memory as much as possible, which I'm not allowed to, but this is not what I want to ask about.)

To be clear, I know for sure that my device cannot run full later versions of Android. Clearly, unless you can use an SD card as an extension block of RAM and processor AND install the OS on it, I doubt I can do this. My phone is way too basic.

However, I would like to know if there's a way, through rooting my phone, to get some features of Android 4.0 and up. Such as a better calendar with more features, or the ability to put contacts in groups, for example.

I did look at some third-party calendar software reviews, but none of them seemed to beat the original up-to-date one. Every review seemed to point out things like "calendar app XYZ is great, but X function isn't very compatible with Google Calendar", or "XYZ Google Calendar function doesn't work on it yet", for example.

My phone's specs should be:

Samsung Galaxy Q (SGH-T589W)
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
Processor: 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 (if indeed it's the same as the Gravity Smart, because information on the Galaxy Q is rare)
Internal storage: 152 MB, some of which I think is taken up by the OS or useless stock software, because I can't ever seem to free it
RAM: 279 MB
SD card: 2 GB


texts: Is it possible to remove the ability to choose between which sim card to send text from default android sms application?

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I have this requirement where I need to completely disable sending sms and calls even by accident from SIM 2 which I only use for Mobile data (Sometimes I Force network to LTE and SMS and calls won't be made even by accident when its locked to LTE my issue is when not network is in auto mode). One suggestion to prevent accidental messages is to keep the balance 0. But sometimes I get free messages bundled with packages ;)

The red arrow shows the option for SIM 2 messaging option. Is there anyway to remove that option? (much better without root)
My device is Samsung A30 & android version is 10, Using android messages version 11.1.60.153.


texts: Missing "Emoji for English words" in Google Keyboard add-on dictionaries

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I've been running Android 4.4 on my Galaxy S4 active for years and recently realized that I've never had access to emojis on my phone. I never really cared too much for them, but I don't like the idea of not having access to something that's so commonplace nowadays so I decided to look up how to get them on my phone.

I did some research and it seemed like it would be a simple installation of "Emoji for English words" under the add-on dictionaries in the Google Keyboard settings. Well, even after refreshing the add-on dictionaries page the emojis never appeared, and a google search for my issue results in nothing really fruitful.

Granted, when I'm using google keyboard I can hold the enter/return key and I'll get a very basic list of emojis but it's limited to stuff like :-) and :-$. About 15 of those face emojis and 24 other basic symbols. That's it. No hot fire emoji, cry laughing emoji, nor the underlined 100 emoji. I need these to be hip with the kids.

I like using google keyboard but the lack of emojis is really starting to annoying me into wanting to use anything else. If anyone's got any ideas or suggestions on a fix, or even a suggestion for another great keyboard app that does have emoji support, I'd be eternally grateful.


texts: insuffient dont have enough space on my sd card

texts: When I'm trying to download samthing it says "insuffient space on my device"my brean it does work when I hear that......it so confusing me..and I have engh space on my memory card


texts: Phone is locked with an impossible to enter password

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As it appeared, the on-screen keyboard for entering the unlock password is missing English layout, although it for sure was present when the password has been created.
Now the situation appears really bad:

the phone (TP-LINK Neffos C9A, Android 8.1 NFUI 8.0) is locked,
the password is not possible to enter because of missing keyboard layout,
option for adding keyboard languages is not available,
there is no option "Forgotten password" and
Android Device Manager responds "Can't reach device" with either WiFi or 3G connection.

How to unlock the phone in such situation?


texts: Unable to change device theme in Android O

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Sorry, to be one of those guys but Android O as you may probably know has the "inverted" theme, which I found kind of strains my eyes, not too much that it's a problem but it still does a little, I know that there's suppose to be a Device Theme "menu" under the display settings but it's just not there on my phone for some reason. So I'm not sure what to do now.

P.S. I have a Google Pixel XL

https://i.stack.imgur.com/lSJtf.png


texts: sysui_nav_bar element that does nothing? (create a dead spot on the navigation bar)

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For accessibility reasons, I want to create a dead spot on the bottom right corner of an Android Pie phone (Xiaomi Mi A3) so that touching it does nothing.

The phone comes with new style 2 button nav and pill shaped home button. I've tried to customize the nav bar with the "settings put secure sysui_nav_bar" trick and I've managed to get the buttons I want but cannot create a dead spot on the right side (or anywhere) because it always treats the left and right side as part of the nearest button, even if you add a "space" element there.  The best I've come up with is

adb shell
settings put secure sysui_nav_bar "back;space,home,space,space,space;recent,contextual"

This creates a left-justified nav bar, with the contextual button on the right acting as a dead spot EXCEPT when the contextual icon actually appears.

What I need is an element that does nothing, or perhaps one that practically no app uses any more so it effectively does nothing. Is there such a thing?

thanks


texts: How to install ClockWorkMod recovery on a Samsung Galaxy S2 plus gt-i9105?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 plus (GT-i9105), running Android 4.1.2 (Jellybean).

I really tried evereything – with Odin, with apps, with other programs. I tried to update with Samsung Kies, but that doesn't work.

I want to install CyanogenMod. I tried with the CyanogenMod Installer, but doesn't work. Now I'm out of ideas. Could you give me any pointers on how to succeed?


texts: Can Android devices with NFC be used as POS terminals for EMV Chip-and-pin cards?

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I know that Square, for instance, makes payment card readers you can attach to phones in order to make transactions using the mag strip, and they're soon to release a new card reader designed for EMV chip cards, but are these necessary for Android phones?

My understanding is that tap-and-pay using Google Wallet or Apple Pay (or the like) use the same technology and technique to authorize a transaction as EMV chips do. If that's the case, is it plausible that one could create a program that allows the phone to act as the point of sale terminal instead of as the client? If not, please help me understand how these technologies and/or communication methods differ. Thanks!

Edit: I just found out that some EMV chips support NFC while others need direct contact, and that most American cards don't support NFC, including mine.


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Possible Duplicate:
  New phone: How to transfer game progress?

I recently got a Samsung Galaxy S3 and I am wanting to transfer my Jetpack Joyride game progress from my old HTC Legend. There are 2 things I am unsure of when it comes to using adb. Is there a way to us it to get the data from my HTC or will I need to root it. I read in a few places that it doesn't work on Android 2.2. Also, what commands would I use to restore the data to the Samsung?


texts: Google Play movie rental errors as it says my device is rooted (it is not)

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I have a standard Galaxy S3. I have rented and downloaded Movies from Google play before however now it is saying:

  Downloads aren't supported on rooted devices (error 44)

However my S3 is not rooted. All software is update to date. I have cleared the cache but this does not solve the issue.


texts: Export picture from Android Virtual Machine

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I used an Android Virtual Device (AVD) for some while and got some pictures on it, that I want to have outside of the AVD.
The problem is, that I don't know a way to get the picture out of it, since the folders on my laptop, that the AVM was running on, only contain compressed images of the whole system.

Does anyone know, if the picture might be stored as a .jpg file somewhere on my laptop (probably in $HOME/android-sdk-linux/) or if there is a way to export the picture?

I thought about just taking a screenshot of it, since they are saved as .jpg files on my laptop, but I don't know, if it might compromise the quality.

Thank you in advance!

More information, that could be helpful:

OS: Linux Mint, Kernel version 4.4.0-135-generic

AVD type and Android version: Nexus 5, Android 6.0

Emulated CPU: Intel Atom (x86_64)


texts: Reset battery history after unplugging charger?

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As far as I can tell, the stats on the Battery page of Settings records the time from when the battery is booted up onwards. What I'd rather want it to do, is to reset that counter whenever I disconnect the charger so that I can monitor more accurately how long a full charge lasts.

I am aware that there are 3rd party apps like Battery Monitor widget for these things but I'd really want to use the pre-built in options that came with Android.


texts: Can I connect android through headphone jack to car stereo's USB?

texts: Basically I want to be able to stream music (Youtube / Spotify) from my smartphone to my car stereo. Android outputs audio from its headphones female jack and my car stereo has a female USB port. Could I use something like this http://www.ebay.ie/itm/USB-2-0-to-3-5mm-Jack-Audio-Aux-Plug-Cord-Headphone-Earphone-Cable-male-To-male-/302373272893?hash=item4666d9fd3d:g:BFYAAOSwxH1UKaBm to connect both?


texts: Recovering files in Android phone, phone stuck in boot loop

texts: My phone is currently stuck in a boot loop. I tried using minimal adb and fastboot but I can't seem to do it. I have also read in some forums that usb debugging should be enable and the phone should be rooted. Is there a way to use adb commands without enabling the usb debugging('coz I can't). I tried all the choices in the recovery mode except the factory reset. Can somebody help me?  I really need to recover the memos that I have saved. I have a Samsung galaxy V duos. Thanks. I'm also new to adb :(


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I have a 2013 Nexus 7 that I'm trying to use to replace my laptop. I recently installed Linux Deploy and am running the testing distribution of Debian on the device. I've installed all my productivity suite, and things are so close to perfect. I have one small problem I'm hoping you can help with.

I have a few files, such as emacs org-mode agenda files, that I sync with Dropbox. I recently installed DropSync to download those files and keep them up to date on my device. DropSync allows 2-way synchronization, so editing them on my device should update them in Dropbox. I've set up a symlink to my DropSync'd folders to make it easier to access those files. Currently they are all stored in /storage/emulated/0/Dropbox, with the symlink in my home directory created with ln -s /mnt/0/Dropbox, because /mnt/0 is the mount point for /storage/emulated/0 from my Android fs.

The problem comes when I try to edit the files. Unless I use the sudo command in my Debian install, I only have read access to the files. When I run ls -l on a directory, I get the following:

-rw-rw----. 1 root aid_sdcard_r   0 Sep  3 12:46 filename.example
-rw-rw----. 1 root aid_sdcard_r 242 Sep  3 12:46 filename2.example

I've tried running chmod, but none of the permissions seem to change. is there a way I can permanently change the file permissions in directories I am syncing, so that I don't have to use sudo to edit the files?

The results of mount for the mount point of /storage/emulated/0 are:

/dev/loop15 on / type ext4 (rw,seclabel,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,seclabel,relatime)
selinuxfs on /sys/fs/selinux (ro,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,seclabel,nosuid,relatime,mod=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,seclabel,relatime,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,seclabel,relatime)
/dev/fuse on /mnt/0 type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other)

Results of mount in Android Terminal Emulator are extremely long. The one referring to /storage/emulated/0 is

/dev/fuse  /storage/emulated/0  fuse  rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other 0 0

My username for the Debian instance is ryan.


texts: How to use Gmail app without any browsers installed?

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I had rooted my Android phone, and after uninstalling all browsers, I am unable to use the Gmail app on my phone. While I still get notification of Gmail in the notification bar, it closes as soon as I open the app.
I had tried some other apps (other than Android built-in apps for mail) like Microsoft Outlook, but the problem remains the same. On reinstalling the browser (like Chrome), my mail apps work properly.
Is it possible to use the Gmail app without browsers installed? Any solution including any third-party app is okay.


texts: HTC mains-to-USB charger: use to charge other non-HTC but USB-chargeable devices?

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My HTC Desire Z came with a charger that consists of a mains electric plug with a USB socket for attaching the phone to to charge via USB.

Other devices such as the iPod touch can be charged via USB.

Assuming that there is a standard for USB powered charging, i.e. a amp/watts/voltage rating, then could these devices be charged from the same adapter, safely and effectively.

This would save money buying additional mains adapters, when, for example, the iPod touch does not come with a USB mains charger, though it does come with a USB sync cable for iTunes and also for USB powered charging from a PC.


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I have been dealing with this issue since i bought this phone ( Galaxy Note 4 ). I need to change my play store to the US, but I couldn't. I have tried many methods especially, changing my home adress of (google payment or wallet).
Many people used to download an app called (Hola and others) ,but i don't prefer to use apps in this way. In google play (Contact us) mentioned that I need to put a payment method related to US. Anyway, I don't have a payment for US.

Is there any way to do it?


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The message in the title appears at the bottom of my screen every minute and goes away after a couple of seconds. It's very distracting when I'm trying to read and I can't for the life of me figure out what is actually timing out!

I can't remember exactly when it started but it's been at least a few weeks, I've been ignoring it but it's started driving me crazy now.

Google suggests it's a problem with Chrome. But even after making sure it's fully up to date, all tabs closed, force stopped the application, rebooted phone. Still does it! Even when chrome isn't running. So I'm not convinced it's a Chrome issue.

It continues to happen regardless of what app is in the foreground.

My phone has plenty free memory and storage and a good connection (I have a strong 4G signal, also tried on WiFi connection with a fibre line, the message continues regardless) these were things my Google search suggested to check, so I did just to rule it out conclusively.

How can I figure out what is causing this message to appear? I consider myself literate enough to follow complex instructions but I am not intimate with the android OS, so please be detailed with any debugging suggestions.

It conveniently appeared while I was getting a screenshot of my versions for this post.

I should note, for clarity, that I am NOT experiencing any connection issues. It's just this message appears every minute and I want to identify the reason.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy A70 (A705FN) which worked fine until i decided to update to Android 10. I downloaded the update and everything was fine until the phone restarted and got stuck in a boot loop. I did some research and everyone suggested that Wipe Cache would do the trick.
But the problem is i can't access recovery menu. When hold down power and volume up buttons a blue screen pops up and says Installing Updates ... and goes 0 to 100% and then restarts and i'm stuck in the loop again. No matter how many times it doesn't do anything.
I tried to use third party recovery modes like TWRP but i did not enable usb debbuging or unlocked bootloader so this is not an option for me.
So ... how do i fix this? Thanks


texts: Does NFC enabled phone means the phone has an NFC tag inside?

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I would like to clarify what it means when Android phone is a "NFC enabled phone" (example list on RapidNFC).

Does this mean the following:

The phone can read and write NFC tags?
The phone should also have a NFC tag inside so others can read them?

I believe it only means #1 but it can also mean #2 is existing. Do we have a definitive list when #2 is supported?

Also what does the NFC chip compatibility means? The phone can read does type of NFC tags?


texts: Text editor that supports italic text and tab indenting, via keyboard shortcuts

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Background: I've just become to proud new owner of an Asus TF101 honeycomb tablet, which has a nice hardware keyboard attached to it.

I do a lot of writing, and cannot find a text editing app which allows me to set text as italic using CTRL + I, or to reliably indent new paragraphs with the tab key*.

Does anyone here have any recommendations? (I'm pondering writing my own app to do this at the moment, I'm that desperate).

The google docs app doesn't support it (and at any rate doesn't work unless there's an active internet connection). I have tried various free text editing apps, to no avail.
I've asked the developers behind Documents to Go if they support this, but no answer yet. Quickoffice have a feature request for it currently open. Unsure about possible Androffice support, but googling suggest unlikely.

Many thanks in advance,

UPDATE: Documents To Go does not support the CTRL + I shortcut, although italics are supported.

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PS - I know android tablets are still in their early days, and it might be a case of waiting. The OpenOffice guys have released an ODT viewer, hopefully a potential full openoffice android app might do this.

* - the bundled productivity app called Polaris Office supports the tab key for indenting newlines, but not CTRL + I (it requires four screen-touches to turn italics on and off - OK for once in a while, not OK for frequent use)


texts: What is CyanogenMod and how is it different from Android?

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I have been listening a lot of chatter about CyanogenMod and it only seems to be growing louder by the day. But what exactly is CyanogenMod and how is it different from Android? If CyanogenMod is a fork of Android then how can it (aim to) become third major mobile ecosystem. Aren't they both same?

Also, how safe is CyanogenMod, in the sense, can I trust it with my Contacts, Google, Facebook, Twitter and social account information?

Some time back I read an interesting article on Ars Technica - Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary - which details out how Google is creating closed source equivalents of Android Open Source Project (AOSP) apps for e.g. Search, Keyboard and so on. If that's the case will Google's proprietary apps be available on CyanogenMod?

The same article details out how Amazon's fork of Android is not Google approved and because of that it faces many issues. Is CyanogenMod Google approved?


texts: Why is Android refusing to resolve DNS records pointing to internal IP addresses?

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I have a very strange behavior on an Android device (Nexus 7) when trying to access local network applications. Instead of getting the actual IP of the machine on LAN, the Android device gets the public IP, which means that Chrome, Firefox or any other browser simply shows the web page of the router.

I have an internal DNS server which handles the local networks. Doing ping from a PC works correctly:

$ ping s.pelicandd.com

PING pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.524 ms
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.578 ms
^C

On an HTC One device (accessed with adb shell), it works well too:

shell@m7:/ $ ping s.pelicandd.com

PING pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.56 ms
64 bytes from front.pelicandd.com (192.168.1.15): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=27.8 ms
^C

However, this is what I get when doing the same ping from Nexus 7:

shell@flo:/ $ ping s.pelicandd.com

PING pelicandd.com (90.78.26.42) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from LFbn-1-2441-42.w90-78.abo.wanadoo.fr (90.78.26.42): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.56 ms
64 bytes from LFbn-1-2441-42.w90-78.abo.wanadoo.fr (90.78.26.42): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=8.63 ms
^C

Instead of resolving to the internal IP, it resolves to the public one.

The network configuration is—except the IP address of the device—exactly the same on both devices: IP settings are set to Static, and DNS servers are the internal ones. Both Android devices are connected through Wi-Fi (unlike the PC). A major difference, however, is that Nexus 7 is using Android 6.0.1, while HTC One uses Android 5.0.2.

There is no nm-tool, dig or nslookup on Nexus 7. The device is not rooted.

The problem existed since I bought the device a few weeks ago, so it could hardly be the issue with DNS cache.

What can I do to further inspect this issue?


texts: Adoptable storage and nandroid backup - All apps included?

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I have an SD card in internal storage mode (adoptable storage) and want to do a full backup of my device. In this mode the SD card has folders equivalent to /data/app, /data/data and /data/media. If I do a nandroid backup with TWRP, are any of these folders included in the backup?

In case they are not included: What would be the best way to do a full backup of my phone with all apps?


texts: android 8.1 plays random music sporadically and stops after 10 seconds or so

texts: I have an android phone that runs 8.1 and sporadically it will run some random music that I don't know of. It then stops on its own after a few seconds. My browser is turned off, and the phone is on vibrate. Checking the running processes in developer mode does not reveal anything suspicious. I also did not install any shady apps. What can I do to pinpoint the problem?


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I know android Oreo has an auto fill feature, and I like that it can be integrated with a third party password manager. However what is unclear is whether that auto fill feature works within a browser like chrome.

Does it work? Are there browsers that support it? If not, is it on a roadmap?

Full disclaimer: I am using keepass2android and it doesn't seem to work. Google has made them remove the accessibility feature that worked and keepass2android claims that they have now implemented Oreo autofill integration, but that doesn't seem to work with chrome.

I've read around that the chrome team was planning on making android autofill work within chrome, but I don't know how trustworthy it all is and/or how old. I am curious if it is even possible to have an app that tells autofill where it's fields are and what it's app name/ URL is... Or whether autofill is a one way system.


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How does someone spoof a IMEI number on a android device? I have read about rooting the phone and stuff like that but can i do it without rooting? Any advice would be appreciated.
Right now i am leaning towards rooting the phone and then corrupting the EFS folder and making a backup of the EFS folder on another Android and restoring the target EFS folder from that backup if i am correct this should copy over the IMEI


texts: Restore all data to another rooted device (LineageOS)

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Is it possible to export all phone data (phone settings, installed apps, app data...) and import it to another device (different model) in one shot?

What I'm looking for is a way to "mirror" all data in a device to another device (e.g. when I buy a new phone, or when I have to repair my current phone and use a spare phone in the meantime), avoiding losing time restoring manually all phone settings, reinstalling every app from the Play Store, restoring app data with Titanium Backup, configuring all icons and widgets on my home launcher, and so on...
I'd like to switch on the new device and find it the same (except for hardware differences).

I'm thinking about PCs with Linux os. If I take apart the main hard drive from a pc and put it in a new pc, most of the times it works flawlessly (and I find exactly everything I had before).

I always root my phones and install LineageOS.

So I'm thinking: I could

nandroid backup the /data partition from the first phone with TWRP
unroot the new phone and install the same LineageOS rom in the /system partition (obviously not the same file, but the same nightly for this new device)
restoring the old /data partition to this new phone

Do you think it could work?

Or are there limitations I don't know about?


texts: Is there a way to show usage stats for installed applications on my Android phone?  I'd like to know how much I use my apps and if there are any I can get rid of (because I don't use them).


texts: Flashing CM 10.2 to 11 TWRP flash not working

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Background
Today and yesterday I tried to upgrade my HTC One X+ from CM 10.2 to CM 11. I knew from before that if I use the build-in updater (Settings-->About phone-->CyanogenMod updates), it successfully restarts and performs the flashing. However after that it gets stuck during booting and the CyanogenMod icon keeps spinning.
From this: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/guide-cm11s-cm12-nightlies.231709/ I think it's most likely that the problem lays with Gapps. This means I have to manually update CM 11 in the TWRP menu and then Gapps. However flashing either CM 11 or Gapps for CM 11 like this, gives an error that it failed.
This is strange for the following reasons:

Flashing CM 10.2 or Gapps for CM 10.2, it succeeds
Flashing using build-in CyanogenMod updates, it works with the exact same .zip

I tried first flashing Gapps for CM 11 (it still starts CM 10.2 after this) and then flashing CM 11 both using CyanogenMod updates. However now it hangs a bit at the HTC screen and then automatically goes to TWRP.
Questions
Any inspiration why using Install in TWRP fails? What do I do wrong that I cannot properly update to CM 11?
System

Device: HTC One X+ (enrc2b)
Current Cyanogenmod: cm-10.2.1-enrc2b.zip
Trying to install: cm-11-20141112-SNAPSHOT-M12-enrc2b.zip
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=enrc2b&type=snapshot
Custom recovery for Android: TWRP v2.7.0.1 (https://twrp.me/)


texts: I have an HTC desire C and want to turn off Google voice typing

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The keyboard is so small that I keep hitting the voice typing microphone icon but I don't want to use that feature ever. It's too slow and lags.

So, I want to turn it off completely. Under settings>language & keyboard> keyboard & input methods, there is no option to turn it off.

This thread: How to turn on/off voice typing is similar but addresses another model that does appear to have an on/off feature or box to check to enable or disable. HTC Desire C does not seem to.

So how can I turn it off or disable it?


texts: How we can know from Download Mode screen if device (Galaxy Tab S6) is factory-new?

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[] download screen for my Tab S61
Picture above is from my Tab S6's download screen. Do you see any clue showing that this device is not brand-new? For example anything that should be locked but not locked now or any warranty that has voided or anything other than normal as brand-new?


texts: Group SMS in Android by similar Sender Id

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In my country, SMS from different services usually come with a sender id. It mostly look like XXYYYYYY where YYYYYY is 6 digit service name, and XX is kind of a 2 digit random value.

What I want to do is to remove the XX part from the sender id so I can group SMS from same provider YYYYYY in a single conversation.

Is it possible to achieve this in Android somehow?


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The last LineageOS OTA caused a TWRP boot loop.
I can get to fastboot with the volume keys.
I can use ./adb shell briefly before reboot.

./fastboot erase cache
./fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-Z00T.img

did not resolve the issue.
What can be done to get this device booted?


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I got to know about the Ampere app, which basically tells you how much amps does your phone draw while charging. I have noticed that my charger keeps on decreasing from 680 mA to 0 mA in 5 minutes and then my phone does not charge. I assumed that the problem is due to the charger and I replaced 2 chargers but couldn't catch what causes this problem. Can someone tell me is this a problem of my device or inputs in the charger or something else!!

P.S.- I am using properly matched chargers.


texts: Add a custom word to Google Japanese keyboard

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I am wanting to type a word in Japanese that has a unique reading (not the standard onyomi or kunyomi). As such, I'd like to add it to the Google Japanese keyboard so that I can simply type the kana, and the desired kanji will show up. At the moment I have to type out each individual kanji by their standard readings to write the desired word.

How can I add a custom reading to the Google Japanese keyboard?

For clarification, please see Tip #9 on this page for an example of how to do this in Windows:
http://nihonshock.com/2010/04/12-japanese-ime-tips/


texts: What SIM card size does the Nexus 7 use?

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The iPad uses silly little SIM cards that pretty much need to be purchased ad-hoc. This means that in a pinch situation you can't e.g. swap SIM cards between your tablet and your phone (e.g., if either's ran out of credit).

What size does the Nexus 7 use?


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This is very nearly a duplicate of "Is Asus Memo Pad 8 limited to 2 users?," but I am having the same issue on a Moto G (1st gen).

Is Lollipop limited to two users per device?

When I tap on "+ Add User" nothing happens once I have two users on the device.


texts: Is there anyway to move apps and data from regular android phone to xiaomi?

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Helium back up doesn't seem to work for xiaomi at all.

Anyone ever did restore helium back up to xiaomi?

What are the other alternatives? Google play restore doesn't seem to work either.

Note: I do NOT need to back up the APK. What I mainly want is to back up content of chat applications like wechat, whatsapp, etc.


texts: Can I use the HTC Desire HD Wifi Hotspot feature to share a wireless network instead of mobile internet?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater?

I have my home router which for a variety of reasons I can not switch to WEP. However, I occasionally need to use my Nintendo DS to connect to Nintendo WFC, and it can only use a WEP connection. My current method is to use the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature of my HTC Desire HD to create a temporary WEP network and connect to that using my DS. This is fine, except it forces my phone to use my carrier's data connection instead of my home wireless network, bringing with it associated charges if I hadn't used the internet on my phone that day already.

Is there anyway to share a wireless network instead of the mobile network via the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature?


texts: Is it possible to restrict an app's permissions to a specific folder(s) (and subfolders)?

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When installing an app, depending on the app, access to the filesystem is required and requested at the time of install. Is it possible to restrict this to specific folders(s) and their subfolders? For example a photo editor or diary app: why would such apps need to be able to access the whole filesystem.

If not it might not be a bad idea, security-wise...


texts: How to enable international (roaming) data, but disable international calls?`

texts: While android has some settings as far as disabling roaming completely, I would simply like to disable only calls (due to their expensive nature), and allow MMS/data via roaming - is there any way to do this?


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When I set an event in the S Planner under Pacific Time (GMT -7) and then later try to edit it, the event opens under London/Dublin (GMT +1). How can I fix this? I have set the time zone to Pacific.

(Galaxy Ace 11x)


texts: If I would take a backup via TRWP, does it include all my apps, app data, messages, contacts or it would just take backup of the ROM only, so I could get a fresh ROM with factory restored when I restore it ?


texts: Where is system update option located in Alldaymall A88S tablet?

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I recently brought my sister a Alldaymall A88S tablet. Anyway, I cannot find the system update function (or at least, I didn't see it). Where is it?

And no root methods  please.


texts: Cannot find apps on SDcard after flashing Custom ROM

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I just took the plunge and flashed  my HTC Incredible 2 with stock ICS 4.0.4 to Psycho's CM 9.1.

I am happy so far but I don't know how to retrieve the apps I have saved on my SD card. Prior to performing a root, I used App2SD pro to move them. Now after rooting and flashing custom ROM they don't show up on SD card.  I re-installed App2SD pro and still can't find them.

I know they are there because file manager says there is 14GB of used space. I could re-download everything but I would like to avoid that.

Any help for a noob would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.


texts: How to make an HTTP request for incoming/outgoing calls?

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I am looking for a way which will allow me to make HTTP requests to my web server when there is an incoming call (or outgoing/missed called etc if possible).

This is so that I can log the information (CallerID primarily) and perform actions in my own system based on the number that is calling or being called on the handset.

I need the request to be made while the call is either ringing or in progress - i.e. what is happening now, not what happened previously.

An example use for this is so that I can present information about a caller on another computer which is connected to my system when someone calls.

An alternative to HTTP would be fine, such as SMTP or some other notification/external communication.


texts: Is there a non-app tool for batch backup of APK files?

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Just as the other times, an answer to my question shall not contemplate an app from either the Play Store, or any other source. What I'm after, is a tool capable to backup user apps, system apps or both those categories, when launched from within a working Android OS.

Backing up the apps' external data is not relevant. The only thing that counts, is the ability to batch backup the base.apk file, found in each /data/app/appName/ directory, in order for me to be able to reinstall it either in order to revert to a previous version, or to install it from scratch.

Lastly, I would prefer for the tool to be freely customizable (e.g. not compiled). Maybe something like a shell script?


texts:
I'm Thinking about a Queue management system built with Android tablets. I figured out that the cheapest way to give each customer a number is a thermal receipt printer. I'm looking for any solution that:

Can print text and basic graphics (e.g. QR codes)
Can connect to my Android directly via BT or USB, without Cloud printing or internet connection
Is generally reliable, and can handle a few hundreds of prints every day

Is thermal printing a good idea? Are there any thermal printers that play nicely with Android?


texts: Strange navbar always on bottom of the screen

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I have this problem for more than a month and I just can't find the problem that causes it. Can someone can help find the reason for it? Another problem with it is that you can't see it in the screenshots I took, what can I do, I feel helpless
I have Nexus 6P


texts: How do I edit/view android system.img files located SDK emulator images

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I want to edit a few files inside android-30\google_apis_playstore system.img which resides in sdk/system-images. I'm using WSL ubuntu 18.04, I do fdisk -lL system.img to mount with the right offset
which returns
Disk system.img: 2.7 GiB, 2832203776 bytes, 5531648 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 419B5BC3-59EE-4BEA-AA53-FF67E1D7406E

Device      Start     End Sectors  Size Type
system.img1  2048    4095    2048    1M Linux filesystem
system.img2  4096 5529599 5525504  2.7G Linux filesystem

and by doing sudo mount -t auto -o ro,loop,offset=2097152 ./system.img /mnt/loop
it fails like this
mount: /mnt/loop: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

I have also tried to use simg2img which is said that it will convert the image to a raw image in which I can mount it which yields invalid sparse file
simg2img system.img raw.img
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Failed to read sparse file

Do you have any idea of how to open or mount the system.img file and edit a few files?


texts: Xperia V can I relock my bootloader for Bravia Engine to work again?

texts:
I have unlocked the bootloader to try some roms, but too late I understand that this will make the Bravia Engine to stop working...
If I relock my bootloader will that make the Bravia Engine to work again?


texts: Can update.zip update-script be used to copy build.prop to an SD card?

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I made the unfortunate mistake of lowering the dalvik heapsize to 64m and now my tablet is stuck in a bootloop . I've tried to make my own update.zip (including signed ones) and all fail to load in recovery mode, saying "Installation Aborted".

Is there any way to use update.zip to pull build.prop from the device? My computer does not find it on ADB so this is my only option.

**Edit:
I've now got a copy of the original build.prop from the stock ROM. I'm now having trouble getting that back on to the device, as it keeps halting at the extract section. I'm wondering if there is something wrong with the permissions I'm using or do I need to specify in the updater-script to delete build.prop?

mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p6", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/system/build.prop");
show_progress(0.100000, 0);
unmount("/system");

Since my recovery doesn't show output for ui_print(); I've used show_progress(); to see how much of the code gets run. It successfully mounts and runs anything, except extracting the package, where it just hangs up and says "Installation Aborted".


texts: New Android 9 'phone - where is "schedule power off / on"?

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I always use this feature to save battery, but can't find it on my new Android 9 'phone.
Where has it gone?

[Update] the 'phone is a Ulefone Armor X3. For the least 5 or 6 years, I have had exclusively Ulefone and they all had this feature, so I just assumed that it was baked in to Android itself. Otoh, they were all other models & pre Android 9.


texts: What does the SMS limit per conversation do?

texts:
On the Samsung Galaxy S3, there is an option under the default SMS application called "Beschränkung für SMS" ("limit for SMS"). It was set to "200 messages per conversation" when I bought the phone.

What does it do? What happens to messages exceeding this limit? Is there any reason that I can't save millions of messages per conversation?


texts: Is there a way to root an Android phone without unlocking the bootloader?

texts: I've tried almost any method to root my ASUS ZenFone Live, but no one seems to work. Also I only need root, no unlocked bootloader (don't want to wipe data) or custom recovery (not essential ATM).


texts: A better way to take screenshot in Galaxy S 2.2?

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In Galaxy S with Froyo installed, you can take a screenshot of your phone by holding the back button and tapping the home button. However, this involves the back key, and a lot of application close when you press or hold the back button.

Is there a way to get around this? It's a nice addition, but there is no point really if the only thing you can take screenshot of is the main menu, the desktop, and some very few application that doesn't close when you hold the back button.


texts: How do I control how many processes run in the background on Android Marshmellow 6.0?

texts: My tablet has a tendency to run kind of slow, and I think it's because there's too much running in the background.  How do I control how many things get started at one time?


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If I'm going to flash a new Kernel with ROM Manager Pro, do I need to reinstall my MOD, delete my data, or delete my cache?

I am running CM 6.1 and want to flash one of ChevyNo1's kernels but will I have to reload CM and all my data?


texts: Damaged Sd card. Sd card is damaged. Try reformatting

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While i am using my android phone i get this above  error .

1.I have tried rebooting phone.

2.I also have tried to reformat in android but it shows same errors again and again my phone also not mounting sd card.

3.I have various ways like formating portions and chkdsk in command in pc.

It is working fine in PC but not work in android so if you have any idea how to fix it. Any website or any YouTube video where i can learn how to fix it will really  help me........


texts: How can i set my 4g card to work in 4G(LTE) mode using adb command

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I am using Android 7.1 board (Android Development board), The board have 4g module, I have inserted my phone card into it, the card works in 3g mode as default after booting, every time I need to tick the LTE option in the listed options of Setting->Set preferred network type
I hope to a command to set it like:
adb shell settings put global install_non_market_apps 1

Someone know that?


texts: I changed some settings on my S5 to reduce battery drain. Now I can't plug my charging cord into a PC or laptop and access the phone card or SD card. Can't figure out what to "turn" back on  ! Any help ?


texts: How to disable duplicate calendar notifications?

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My stock Nexus 4 (4.2.2) is giving me multiple calendar notifications every day.  It gives me one notification which is a reminder for a specific upcoming event, and it gives me a second notification which is sort of a general roll-up of upcoming events.

Here's an example of the two notifications:

Screenshot (click image to enlarge)

I rely heavily on the reminder notifications, but I find the rollup to be useless for me.  I've verified that both are coming from the Calendars app by long-pressing on the notifications and clicking on App Info.

How do I disable the second "roll-up" calendar notification?


texts: Something is copied to my clipboard that I didn't save there?

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I'm running Android version 10 on a Galaxy A51. I'm fairly sure that nobody had physical access to it because it was in my pocket.
The link itself is the phrase "look at this cutie" and a twitter link. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Can't check 'Phone Audio' setting for a Bluetooth headset

texts:
Somehow, suddenly I can't hear phone calls with my Bluetooth headset - I don't know what happened.

I tried to check the Phone Audio option under the device's 'Use for' settings, but it is impossible! It can't be checked.


texts: multiple android devices using same email address question/

texts: I work for a company which uses many android devices (tablets). Same level of users share same email address. When an email is sent to a group,they all get the emails but only one of them is receiving the email alert from the tablet. Is there any way to configure the tablets to have all of them alert when new email is received? We use Samsung Galaxy tablets with Android. Thank You.


texts: How to get setting information before booting Android devices like in BIOS?

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Is there any method by which we could get the system information before booting android OS.

Like wise in PC/laptop, we can get into BIOS setting before booting and get the system information. Do Android devices have such thing?

If yes, how can I go through before booting? Is there BIOS like setup in android? Shed some light.


texts: Is it possible to reset Engineering mode's audio settings?

texts:
I have a Quantum Muv (Brazilian phone) with android 6.0

When I first got it, its max volume for media was really low, both with earphones and without, so I followed a tutorial to change the settings via engineering mode. It worked well for headphones, but the speakers were still too low. Some time goes by and I try to change the settings again, but now it's like there's no volume 'slider': there's either off (0% volume) or max (all other %es). The settings are all a mess and I'm afraid trying to fix it will just mess everything up again.

Is it possible to reset engineering mode configurations without a factory reset?


texts: "Lucky try" & "Recommended" shortcuts always appear on homescreen, how to remove it?

texts: I am getting shortcuts in my home screen. I try to delete it, but it is appearing once again. Shortcuts names: Lucky try, Recommended.


texts: How to Store BTsync Data Files in SD Card?

texts:
The new BTsync 2.3 advertises that it has the feature of storing in the SD card of your Android >=5.0.
However, I cannot find such a setting in Settings of the application.
There are two options which to do when having the card in CyanogenMod 13 when first time having SD card in the phone: use it as portable SD card or internally.
I chose using as a portable SD card.
However, I cannot now see any files in the portable SD card when looking the files with PC.

How can you store BTsync data files in SD card?


texts: Where are contacts located on Xperia P internal storage?

texts:
I have SE xperia P, and it stopped working, or at least the display did. I can access the internal memory (where I've been saving all contacts, which i didn't back up), is it possible to find and extract them? If so, how.

These file I see when i connect the phone to PC, but I have no idea where to find contacts or SMS/MMS and such.


texts: Does the Samsung Galaxy S Plus support moving applications to the SD card?

texts:
On my Samsung Galaxy S phone, I cannot move applications to the SD card. It seems to be some configuration file error which you can only solve when rooting the phone.

Does anyone know if this has been fixed in it's successor, the Samsung Galaxy S Plus?

Model Number: GT-I9000
Firmware : 2.3.3
Baseband version: I9000XXJVO
Kernel version:  2.6.35.7
Build number: GINGERGREAD.XWJVH


texts: How do I easily create an image/button on my Android home screen which links to a website?

texts: I know the below example is of a custom home screen app, much like Yahoo Aviate, but I'd just like to place custom designed buttons (like the "Attractions" button in the image below) or images on my home screen which links to websites that I specify links to. Is there an easy way to do that?


texts: Not able to login in Gtalk when using GPRS connection working perfectly when using WIFI connection

texts:
I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2. I am not able to log in to Gtalk or Gmail. The apps cannot load conversations when using a GPRS connection (error message: could not connect to server). But when I access Gmail through the browser using GPRS it works perfectly. Internet runs perfectly without any error.

Also these apps works perfectly when using a Wifi connection. Any suggestions on what the problem might be?


texts: What process happens when there is a system optimization?

texts:
My question is the following: Not long ago I was moving apk, data and .dex files to the directories / data, and they did not show the applications I had manually installed, if not until I rebooted on the device and a message appeared saying "optimize the system" from the moment I was curious about this.

My purpose is to learn what happens in this process and to know how to be able to repeat it manually.

If you know anything about this, I'll be happy to hear your comments and answers.


texts: I have 2 accounts and I have a google play card on one and none on the other... I want to use the account with the card to make the in-app purchase.. but I tried to install the app on my account with the card except when I tried it still came up on the account without the card... Please help!


texts: Delete free apps from Play Store library

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I want to delete free apps from my Play Store library. I don't want to remove paid apps because I obviously paid for them so that means that they are useful to me in some way or another. However, I have accumulated a list of around 500 apps, of which 90% aren't used anymore.

The problem is, I can't remember which apps I paid for and which not. When I click on each app, I sometimes don't see that I purchased them, just the standard "Install" button.

Is there a way to filter out paid apps from my library?


texts:
I am using HTC Desire 816 handset which contains 8 gb of internal memory.
In that 8gb i can use only 3.9gb for storing app related files and other stuffs,remaining space occupied by OS.
Currently i am facing memory not available issue while downloading through internet or installing new apps.
so i checked the space available in internal memory using ESS file explorer and
found 400mb space free and 3.5gb space used.
But i dont have that much files in my internal memory.
So i selected all the files in the "emulated" folder ("0" & "Legacy") and checked the properties which shows total
size is 1.8gb.
Here my confusion is both the files are of size 1.8gb.But i select both the fiels and check the whole space it is showing 1.8gb only.
So where is the remaining space,which file occupying that space,can i delete that files.
please help me.


texts: Is it possible to backup and restore an app with data via ADB?

texts:
Basically, I want to install an app with my settings already configured to a bunch of phones.

My thinking was

Install app on phone 1
Configure
Dump app and Data to PC
ADB app and data to phone 2
Repeat step 4

I would rather not root, but it's a possibility.


texts: How root huawei y7 trt lx1/ switch slot?

texts:
I am trying to root my phone,

I unlocked bootloader
I have uploaded Magisk-v16.6 to internal storage
I flashed by many twrp versions (fastboot flash recovery TWRP_3.2.3_TRT-LX1_by_kiruha_21.img/ twrp-3.2.3-4-land /
boot-without-enciphering-data / twrp-3.3.1-0-CRO_U00 /
TRT-TWRP-3.1.1-0818 /TWRP_3.2.2_TREBLE_TRT-LX1_by_kiruha_21 /
twrp-3.3.1-0-whyred but every time when I start phone i twrp mode -
touchscreen not working
I read https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77597383&postcount=86

And I try to switch slot but when I run fastboot --set-active=a
I get error: Device does not support slots.
and when I run fastboot getvar current-slot I get

current-slot:
finished. total time: 0.002s

my fastboot version fastboot version 1:8.1.0+r23-5~18.04


texts: Google drive making extra local copy on phone

texts:
I tried uploading some large audio files recorded on my phone to Google Drive to free up space on my phone (Xiaomi A1).

Almost immediately, I got memory insufficient warnings; apparently the Google Drive app stores a local copy on the device everything something is uploaded.

Is this counter-productive or am I using Drive wrong? I'd like to store files on the cloud and not on my device, with an option to download them to device when I require them. Any solutions towards this end are welcome!

( I would prefer not to migrate to another cloud storage app, but if that's the only option and/or there are other good reasons for that, please let me know.)


texts: Streaming TV audio to Android device through Wi-Fi

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I have an LG Smart TV and I want to hear its audio on my smartphone with headphones.
Another possibility is to use two smartphones, one connected to the TV by P2 cable and another receiving the audio from the smartphone.
I want to do this through Wi-Fi. I do not want to buy more devices, so I want to use my smartphone.
Is it possible, like using an app for this?


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I got fed up with my Android battery life and thought I should use it only when really required. Hence, I installed a minimum number of apps: Runtastic, Runkeeper, GPS Status & Toolbox, Metronomics Beats for tracking my runs, and WhatsApp, which I use from time to time in a day. I also have installed microG Project, UnifiedNlp Location, Nova Launcher, and Titanium Backup.

I froze all the running apps and WhatsApp using Titanium Backup and unfreezing them before use. Using Amplify, I also limited some wake-locks as suggested in other threads on XDA. I also have Naptime, Power Nap for dozing and blocking background activity on screen off. I have Greenify, but not enabled.

I marked a custom reference using BetterBatteryStats last night when going to bed and checked in the morning. The battery level lost is 1.6% in 7 hours 16 minutes. Out of this, my phone was in deep sleep for 7 hours 11 minutes. So, 5 minutes of activity consumed 11% of my battery. I am not sure what is eating my battery.

Could you guys help me figure out and block it? Ideally, since I don't use my phone a lot, I am hoping that the discharge percent is less than 1.

BBS dump: http://pastebin.com/066UsAwp


texts: Rooting lenovo s920 after upgrading to kitkat 4.4.2

texts: how can i root my lenovo s920 upgraded to android 4.4.2 . i have tried the Framaroot method , but it is not working.


texts: How to use a Bluetooth output sound while there is a Digital TV receiver connected to the phone jack?

texts: I cannot find a way to get this to work properly. I want to connect my Android phone with Digital TV to my car's Bluetooth receiver. The TV's signal is boosted with an antenna connected to the phone jack of my cellphone. But when I connect the antenna the audio outputs directly from the phone itself and not from the Bluetooth. Is there a way to fix this?


texts: Google Play music won't play album in order

texts: I've made a custom album/playlist and imported it onto my SD card on my phone. However, when I got to play the playlist, not only does it break up the album by artist, it won't even play in order. Every song has a track number, but it seems to be ignoring this. How I can I get it so the album is grouped together regardless of artist AND have it play the playlist in track order?


texts: Creating a backup with adb results in 41 byte file

texts:
I have an old droid RAZR Maxx (4.1.2) that I decided I want to root, but I want to make a backup first just in case. I've followed instructions from this site:

How To Create a Full Android Phone or Tablet Backup Without Rooting or Unlocking Your Device

My command was this:

adb backup -apk -shared -all -f c:\backup.ab

The resulting backup.ab file on the C: drive was only 41 bytes and, when opened in a hex editor, appears to only be the header of the backup file. I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong here, I've googled but can't find anything that helps. Any suggestions?

Edit: This is not a duplicate of the suggested a topic linked by beeshyams. That topic explains why the user couldn't back up one single app's files, I'm trying to back up everything. I don't care if I don't get SMS included in that backup because it's an old phone, I'm not using it to text, but there are other apps and settings that should back up without issue.


texts: How To Install Latest Cyanogenmod From Clockworkmod Recovery - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl)

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(Short Version)

How to install Cyanogenmod from ClockWorkMod Recovery. What tools do I need as a first timer? (I already have ClockWorkMod Recovery installed)

(Long Version)

I tried to install Cyanogenmod with the get.cm and get.cm/app instructions. But the install process was interrupted by windows driver recognition.

All I have now is a ClockWorkMod Recovery and, apparently, nothing more. The Cyanogenmod Windows Installer recognize the device but can't continue from this point (it asks for enabling/allowing USB Debugging).

What tools do I need to copy Cyanogenmod in Windows 7 or Ubuntu 12.04 to my Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl) with only ClockWorkMod Recovery and proceed with the install process?

Thanks in advance!

(My devices)

Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (Intl) - and a notebook with Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 64 Professional


texts: Droid Explorer does not recognize Android Studio as a valid Android SDK during install.

texts:
Trying to install droid explorer on a Win7 laptop.

To get Droid Explorer installed and working, do I need to:
1. Install older version of Android SDK?
2. Wait for Droid Explorer to catch up?
3. Do something tricky and undocumented?

Thanks in advance to all who answer.
Bill


texts: I created a new Google account. How can I migrate my android device to use this new account?

texts:
I just made a new Google account, and I wish to migrate my android device to use this new account for Google Play et al. I've spent about an hour researching this so far, and the only answer I've found thus far is to factory reset my device.

This is not a viable solution, as I have thousands of apps, contacts, and other personal data that would take far too long to recover, and doing so would be inefficient. Surely the folks at Google have developed a smart way to go about this.

There must be some kind of way to simply "log out" and "log in".

How might I do this?


texts: How can I find my Samsung Galaxy S5 without internet, or access to Android Device Manager?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 that just recently went missing. However, I do not know what email address I made for the Google Account on my phone. I was told I could use Android Device Manager if my phone was connected to the internet & I had to be signed into the Google Account that I had set up on my phone. I do not know the email I used, & I also know for a fact that where my phone is (yes, i'm pretty sure I know who took it) that it isn't connected to the internet. I also have no plan on it right, no minutes, time, no data, no way for it to pick up internet unless it's in Wifi. I was only able to get it to connect to one Wifi near the place where I'm thinking it was stolen. I know it's on, but I'm not sure how much longer my battery is going to last. I really, really need to figure out a way to find my phone. Please any help, or advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!


texts: Is there a way to change the default file manager app?

texts: I was wondering whether I could replace the file manager that comes with my phone with a 3rd-party app in a way that any app that needs file access, goes through the 3rd-party app to find the appropriate file. The only other similar question I could find here is left unanswered and I wasn't able to find anything online.


texts: Why Android device screen rotate only in Portrait and Landscape orientation?

texts:
I have android device LG E400 which has only two types of orientation first one is Portrait and Second is Landscape.
It works on 90° Orientation(Left Landscape), 270° Orientation (Right landscape). Why can't it rotate in 180° (Bottom side to Top ).
Why Android OS couldn't have made that feature yet?


texts: How to stop android device from corrupting pictures

texts:
When I take pictures with my device (Techno Phantom N9 running Android 4.2) the thumbnails and the images get corrupt. Hence I cant even send it to anybody, but on my device I can see some of the pictures even if the thumnail does not show.

an image of what it looks like (click for larger variant)

I use the default camera app.

What could be the problem, and how could it be solved?


texts: Installing the official Froyo for Nook Color on a rooted device

texts:
Last week I installed Honeycomb on my Nook Color, and today I found out that B&N released an official Froyo build for it, which I would like to try. I downloaded the update from here, and put the zip on my MicroSD already installed with ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.1.0.

I started the Nook, formatted Data, System & Boot (in this order), and tried to install nookcolor_1_2_update.zip from the SD. The installer said "Can't open /sdcard/nookcolor_1_2_update.zip (bad)". I coped the file again to make sure it's not related to the unmount of the SD from my PC, and I also opened the file in WinRAR on my PC to verify that it's valid (it is).

What am I missing? I'm very new to Android and try to learn what I can from the web, so sorry if this is a super-newbie question...


texts: List of Android OS services/system apps with dependencies?

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Is there a list of Android OS services/system apps including dependencies, similar to what can be displayed and configured in Windows using msconfig.exe? Researching every single one individually is just cumbersome, there must be a list of some sort for developers somewhere.

This map kind of gives an impression, but most apps/services listed in my device are not shown and I'm not sure if the graph edges represent dependencies or just exchange of information.

NOTE: The device in question is not rooted yet.


texts: Where do you disable Google Timeline on the Android phone?

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On OnePlus phone to my surprise, all my location was automatically sent to Google Timeline which I don't remember I actually agreed on such thing.

At what point it was enabled and how do I disable such option completely on the phone?

I'm aware that I can Pause Location History online at Google Timeline, but I'm looking for option on the phone, not to pause online, but to disable it completely for privacy reasons.


texts: ADB: how to use it over TCP/IP during USB accessory development

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I'm using an evaluation board from Atmel (based on SAM D21 Cortex-M0+ MCU) for developing a custom Android USB accessory and related app.

I'm new to Android development, but I understood I need ADB connection for debugging: breakpoint, step into, step over, resume, and so on.

ADB is generally over USB, but the USB port is connected to the accessory. So it can't be used for debugging (I know Android device in USB accessory mode shows two endpoints, one for accessory and the other for ADB, but it will be very complex to manage this USB ADB by the accessory I'm designing).
So I tried to establish an ADB connection over TCP/IP. After some issues with my network devices, I think it works now: I can set breakpoints, step into, and so on.

The problem raises when I plug the Android device to the USB accessory. Exactly in this moment, the ADB connection over TCP/IP to the device seems stopping immediately. After that, I can re-establish another ADB connection (with "adb connect" command), but it is very annoying. Everytime I restart the USB accessory software, it enumerates the Android device and put it in accessory mode, so the ADB over TCP/IP stops.

Maybe this happens because adbd running in the device listens to USB port, even if it was configured to listen to TCP/IP port. Is there a way to definitevely stop the USB listening of adbd?

Maybe is there another solution?

My app crashes immediately when the USB accessory is plugged. I can't debug what happens, because at the same moment the ADB connection over TCP/IP is lost and must be established again manually.


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I connected Motorola android device on my host machine. I can not view the connected device from Hyper-V VM (Windows 10)

I can not see connected android devices (adb) from VM, but i can very well see it on host.

Device on developer mode
SDK installed in both VM and Host


texts: Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3 won't work with bluetooth

texts: I have an Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3 that I purchased in January.  It has static, breaks up and sounds muffled when I have my bluetooth on and wifi is on.  If I turn my wifi off it works ok. I have tried 4 bluetooth and returned the Alcatel once. Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone have a solution?  I am ready to cut my losses and purchase another phone.


texts: Why I can't follow more than 600 users on Instagram from Android device?

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I can't follow more than 600 users on Instagram from Android device, but Instagram's web interface allows me to follow more than 600; I followed 10 more users from web interface.

On mobile, when I tap "Follow", it says "Following", but then it immediately goes back to "Follow".

I have Instagram version 7.3 on Android Lollipop 5.0

My mobile's WiFi is working fine and I did not exceed their follow/unfollow or like/unlike limit per hour. I tried these solutions but none of them worked:

Waited 1 week with no activity on Instagram, just viewed the feed
Logged out > uninstalled app > restarted Android device > installed
app > logged in


texts: How do apps/games become featured in the Android Market?


texts: Is there a DLNA enabled media player for Android?

texts: Is there a DLNA compatible media player app available for Android?


texts: Does Google Galaxy Nexus has Visual Voicemail?

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I just realised that I cannot find any button or option in my Google Galaxy Nexus for Visual Voicemail, whereas iPhone and many other Android phones do have such feature.

Is there no visual voicemail in Google's Galaxy Nexus?


texts: Samsung Galaxy I9000 not detected by Odin in download mode

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Samsung Galaxy GT-i9000 not detected by Odin in download mode.
I have Windows Vista and Kies is also installed on the P.C


texts: How do I back up (and restore) my phone before installing a custom ROM?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to backup an Android device?

I am thinking of installing a custom ROM such as CM7 on my AT&T Galaxy S2 (SGH-i777). I have already rooted it.

What is the best practice for backing-up (and potentially restoring) my phone?

Notes for answerers:

I'm interested in step-by-step instructions to obtain a canonical answer rather than links into forum threads.
Will the method described be able to recover the phone if the ROM install process fails and "bricks" the phone?
Can the backup be moved to external storage (such as a computer) or is it only resident on the phone's internal memory. If it can be preserved off-device please describe this process as well.


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Hello everybody :) I would be very grateful if you could answer my questions.

1- If the app has as a permission : Read and send text messages (SMS or MMS). Does it include  whatsapp and viber messages ?

2 - If I force stop an app, does it mean that the app's permissions are also disabled ?

Thank You


texts: What internet browsers are able to provide text wrapping (fitting the screen) when zooming (beside Opera)?

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I am not sure I am using the proper terms, therefore I will exemplify them with screenshots. Please help me improve my terminology if I am wrong.
(I'm not sure Browser which always allows scale/zoom? is about the same topic, as I don't grasp the meaning of terms like " viewport metatag parameters user-scalable" and "meta viewport tag".)

Taking a Wikipedia page:

Simply zooming it - whether with forced zoom enabled or not - would give this (like in Chrome), where the font size appears larger but the text body is not seen in its entirety, as it doesn't fit the screen:

while what I would like to see would be this - what I call text fit or text wrap, where the font is enlarged without losing the entirety of the text body, which in this case fits the screen:

I know this is available in Opera. I would like to know what other browsers have this feature.


texts: How to find the root of android slow down

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I have samsung galaxy nexus with CM-11 nightly 07-04-2014.

About twice a month I update my version to the latest nightly build and it was pretty good for a while. Unfortunately last time ( for a couple of weeks ) there were two updates which really slowed down my device. Every app starts now up to 10 seconds. Even when I get a phone call sometimes the phone is not fast enough to display me an answer call button. And the network became slow as hell. CM update download over wifi will take up to several hours, while before it was about 5 minutes. However wifi in local network works a bit faster. gprs inet also works very slow. 100K pdf download takes up to 5 minutes, while it was up to 10 seconds before.

I tried to downgrade to the last stable version I had ( it looks like any before 03-25 ), but without success.
Important note: I did not perform the whole wipe during downgrade. I only formatted /system and /cache. I also tried to install other nightly builds with the same result.

There is nothing suspicious in dmesg or logcat. Sometimes in dmesg I can see messages about killing some users apps but it seems normal to me.

How to find the root of such slowdown?

And I'm not sure if the whole wipe will help me, as I'd like to save app data and restore it after wipe.


texts: How to avoid email/gtalk notifications when logged in in both, PC and Mobile?

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Is there a way to avoid double notification, both pc and mobile, when logged in in both? IE, my work mobile is Android based and at work we use gapps, so even if i am at my pc i get the email notification even though i'm logged in, the same with Gtalk.

Thanks!


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4 running stock Android 4.3. This wakelock is mysterious. What is it? It's taking up a big chunk of my Awake time. How do I stop it? Thanks


texts: Does “make offline” option in Google Maps works with applications that utilize Google Maps?

texts: If i'm using the google map api in a third party app I'm making, can I make use of the offline map function of Google Maps?


texts: Use of "Mounted /system" with secret key combinations in recovery;

texts: I just discovered that after pressing a secret key combination in recovery mode, the log below shows a message "Mounted /system". What's this used for? Thank you!


texts: "Verification failed" for OTA "April 2016 patches" on a Nexus 6P

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I have a brand new Nexus 6P that gives me the following error when attempting to install the next OTA update.

Clicking the "Check for update" button doesn't help.

I've tried a factory reset but that didn't change the situation.

How can I come past this point?


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I have a lot of music on both my iPod Classic (pre-iOS type), and my Asus Transformer tablet. Is it possible to sync the two for music and pictures? Or am I forced to use a computer?

The tablet is rooted, and the iPod does have Disk Usage enabled. All the music files show up as just 4-letter folders and filenames though.


texts: Google Play keeps asking for an account (new or existing) and does not start anymore

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Suddenly Google Play stopped working and now it is always asking me to provide an existing account or that i create a new one. When i try to use my existing one, it tells me that that account is already installed on Android and it returns back to the "Provide existing or new account" screen. When i remove that account from my device, it allows me to provide my existing account, we walk through the screens, i skip the credit card screen, and afterwards Play does not start. When i start Play again, it again asks me for an account...

Using the same account within the email app works without problems, syncing contacs, calendar etc. works as well without any issue.

How can i find out whats going wrong with Play now after it worked nicely since i have purchased the device?


texts: occassionally my screen goes to a series of historical windows (previous apps, searches, etc) how does that come up?

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Ready to select an app
the screen changes to show a series of windows (chronological in order) of the last usages of the phone
How do I access that?  Where is the command or what is the finger-to-screen command?


texts: How to switch between viewing of two different pages of one PDF file easily

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For example, the pdf file could be a research paper or a book and it has a complicated diagram on page 10, and text in page 11, 12, 13 refers to this diagram constantly. Or page 100 has a complicated example and text in page 200 refers to the example in page 100. The example or the diagram is complicated in the sense that I cannot recall its details easily without looking at it. If I were reading this pdf on a desktop computer with a large monitor, I would open two windows side by side, one window displaying page 100, another window displaying page 200, and if the monitor was small, I would have two maximized windows and I would be Alt+Tab-ing between the two.

If I were reading this pdf on my Android smartphone while I was on a bus, what can I do to easily switch between viewing of page 100 and page 200?

A workaround I use for now is to take a snapshot image of page 100, and then switch between an image viewer (for viewing page 100) and pdf reader (for viewing page 200), and I wonder if there are better ways.


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Under running services, I see the IcsService or long name com.android.samsung.IcsService . What does that process do? I'm debating about removing it.

Note I have a AT&T Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S)


texts: Flashing CM 11, I get `set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed`:

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ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.2.3 gives me the folling error when I try to update my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT-P5113) to Cyanogenmod 11:

Restarting adbd...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E:Error in /tmp/update.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.

Being desperate I tried the same thing with Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP) v2.6.3.0 -- also the latest for my platofrm,

Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file file found.
set_metadata_recursive: some changes filed
E:Error: executing updater binary in zip '/data/media/0/sideload.zip'


texts: Unable to Update HTC One M8 to Android 6

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My HTC One M8 phone has just gotten the Android 6 update (like a week or few ago). I successfully downloaded and unzipped the update. However, I was the confronted with this screen (sorry for the poor resolution, I took it with my iPad since I couldn't screenshot):

I tried to do this multiple times (including recently, which is when I took the photo), and the same thing kept happening. I contacted HTC support, and someone told me to download a ROM onto my laptop and update from my laptop. However, to do so, I also needed to download HTC Sync Manager.

HTC Sync Manager had trouble connecting to my phone. It would start a sync process, but then say that there was an error. After an hour of fruitless research, I tried to update anyway. After a bit of updating, it would say that the update failed, and it would just revert back to the old OS. Frustrated, I said that I would try again later, and uninstalled/deleted everything that I had downloaded.

Trying it again now, I'm getting the same thing. What can I do to circumvent this and successfully update? Everything I've tried, I've tried twice.


texts: How can I troubleshoot MTP on my Galaxy Nexus

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My Galaxy Nexus 4.2.2 won't show up as a MTP device anymore. It looks like the phone is the problem, I want to debug the problem from that end.

Like many before me, I tried everything, and then some :

Using Ubuntu 13.04 or Windows 7, on 3 computers
Cleaning the USB port on the phone
Using the original cables
Reboot with or without the cable, with or without the SIM card
Removing the battery all night (after shutting down the phone) to clear everything from memory
Uninstalling Google Play Music (I only use MTP to sync music)

I also have a second phone that shows up as a MTP device and syncs just fine. It is also a Galaxy Nexus running 4.2.2. Neither of them are rooted. So I think the phone must be the problem.

How can I troubleshoot or debug MTP problems on the phone ?


texts: Trying to invoke Skype from contacts gives me an "Application not found"

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Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, Android 4.1.1.

I have installed Skype and it works as expected. In my "normal" contacts list, i.e. the phone contacts, not the Skype contacts, I have entered the Skype data for some of my contacts under the "Skype" section. However, when I click on a contact and on their Skype-section I would expect Skype to start, but all I get is a message saying "Application not found". Invoking Google Talk for instance (on the same contact) works as expected, it's just Skype that's not beeing found.


texts: How the updates of some apps in the Play Store start from ~50%?

texts: For example, when I updated Whatsapp today, the download started from 13.1MB and the app size was 23.4MB. I had disabled all auto updates. I have also noticed this in some other app updates.


texts: Touchwiz deleted Galaxy S Duos. Phone doesnt work beyond language setting

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S Duos with Root access. Recently I removed Touchwiz through Root Uninstaller. After uninstalling, the phone screen went blank. The only thing visible was the notification bar with basic options.

I tried to restart the device but nothing happened. I recently did a hard reset on my GT-S7562. After reset the phone booted up, I did the Initial set up (language, wi-fi, time). Now a black screen shows up displaying the battery status, time network strength and nothing else.

If I press the back key the set up starts all over again. No home screen, no app drawer. Nothing except a "black" screen. I tried another reset and the same thing happened.

What do I do now?


texts:
How to make Google Chrome definitely remain as the desktop version?

Every time I use Google Chrome it returns to the setting for mobile.


texts: Get N on screen when trying to access developer options

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Cannot access Developer Options on Asus Zenphone 3 (Android 7.1.1):

Settings
About
Tap 6 times on Android Version

All I get is an 'N' on the screen:


texts: I’m new to SetCPU on Moto Droid and need help

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I'm running rooted stock Android 2.2 on a Motorola Droid. I was hoping other users of the app could give me some advice.

First question: whats the best underclock setting for a good balance between performance and longer battery life? How much longer battery life is it giving you on average?

Second question: I told it to autodetect the phone and I can seem to only overclock to 800mhz. How do I overclock to 1ghz. How high can I/should I overclock? I'm only overclocking when I play psx4droid.

Third question: any recommended profiles to setup?

Thanks!


texts: Tasker: Need help automating media activities

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Poweramp is a popular media player.

I made a loop to check a few things:

If Poweramp is running
If a jack is plugged
If the volumes are according

Almost everything work, except Tasker doesn't seem to detect if Poweramp is running (even though there are explicit toasts of it).

No plugins on the market work either

My idea to overcome this is to read the toasts and see if the title (or anything) matches the string "Poweramp".

How to do this inside a task (not a profile) ?

I read some suggestions to use the %NTITLE var, or something, but it's confusing. No results on my attempts.

I also read about an AutoNotification plugin, but it's even more confusing...
(I have it installed, but out of the box tasker is prefferred)

Kindly change the example
 below with the solution, if there is:

This is a task, not a profile !
This is also a simplified version of my code

Label: Check
If (PlugConnected=1) //Global variable set elsewhere
  PerformTask: VolumesMedia
  If (%ntitle != Poweramp)
    Launch App: Poweramp
  Endif
  Wait 1 minute
  Goto: Label Check
Else
  PerformTask: VolumesNormal
  Kill App: Poweramp
Endif

Sometimes poweramp crashes, that's why I need a checkup loop. And other reasons.

Thank you ahead

More:

Everything above is a simplification of my situation. Out of curiosity:

Sometimes I plug via P2 connector, and most of the times, via bluetooth.
For either source there are different audio settings. There's also a third 'default' audio setting (tasks) that is triggered by other profiles (states and triggers) not related to media.
My bluetooths (car and home stereo) generally trigger a task, but sometimes it goes crazy, forcing me to create tasks and profiles beyond triggers only to ensure it is alive and breathing (redundancies)
There's a Profile that detects if an app is running (so much simple), but it's not detecting Poweramp, hence, another redundancy structure (task) I'm forced to create
There's a profile to turn off radios to spare energy, and it's intrinsically connected to the media...

So on.

Basically, this complex (but optimized) structure I have right now is the one I developed (over maybe a year) to circunvent glitches.

I could simplify so much more, but Tasker is very limited as I cannot make a profile call two tasks (I need to make tasks only to call other tasks. That's even ridiculous).

If I could program tasker as I program C, my god... (And I know only the basics of C). Suggestions accepted.


texts: How to disable a specific calendars notification?

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How can I disable the notifications for a specific calendar only?

Example:
I have the calendar of my girlfriend synced to my phone to know the times she is at home, working, etc. Now I get all the notifications about the events from her calendar. I want to get notifications for my calendar only, but not for hers.

Maybe this is important too:
I am using a Davical server and sync my calendars over caldav sync.


texts: How do I access google play music from the Philippines?

texts: I am not able to access the google play music because my country isn't supported. I used VPN with a US account and it asked me to login. When I used my email, I receive the error again that my country is unsupported. Is there any other option? You help is highly appreciated.


texts: Transfer many files from android to pc, without usb and wifi

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How can I quickly transfer many files from my Android device to the PC,
without USB cable or WiFi?

Regular bluetooth would require to transfer every single file manually.


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I have a Nexus 6P 64 GB which is just 4 months old. I feel that the phone is getting hot more than normal, mainly the display. When I do browsing say for 10-15 mins or shoot videos (4K) 2-3 mins or take HDR photos 10-15 photos in succession, the phone gets hot from every nook and corner. My local service center is not very high tech. The only solution they suggested is to flash the OS. I do not to what extent this is going to help. I did nt buy the phone from Google Store but from other online partners in India.  I sought help of people around here or users of Nexus 6P about their experience.

Thanks.


texts: Samsung galaxy S3 phonenumber sync facebook

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I had the HTC wildfire S like a week ago. It managed to automaticly fill my contact list with phone numbers and pictures from Facebook. Is this function not in the galaxy s3?
If so, how can I get it?


texts: how can installing a custom recovery such as TWRP lead to a device going into a bootloop

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I see a large number of posts stating that users ended up with their device going into a bootloop after flashing TWRP.
If TWRP is flashed to the /recovery/ partition, how is it possible for the device to go into a bootlop during a normal start up?


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after I tried for 4 hours, I really need your help. Let me tell you my story:
I dropped Moto X 2nd Gen (running Android 6.0) some days ago, the screen is shattered and only shows some kind of green mud. The only 2 activitys I can recognize trough the screen are the android animations when scrolling or switching between and (for sure) if the screen is turned on or off. ADB is turned off and there is no way to enable it. I attached a keyboard via USB-OTG and am able to unlock the phone, but when I connect it to my pc, I can't access my data because the phone is in Charge-only mode (THANKS for making this default, Android! -.-). So my only hope is the keyboard. I borrowed the exact same phone from a friend, attached the keyboard and wrote down the keys I need to press to enable Wifi. The reason for that is my Chromecast, as soon as I mirrored my display, I can use my mouse to upload my data from the phone to my cloud. So I repeated the keys on the broken phone, and after MANY attempts I finally got wifi turned on using the keyboard. But now I keep struggling at the next step, starting the screen mirroring. My Keys are:

  Type 'Settings' on the home screen
  4 times down, then enter to select
  4 times down again, to the 'display' settings, enter
  All the way down, hit enter to get to screen mirroring
  Wait a moment so it can find devices
  Go all the way down again and hit enter to select my chromecast

These steps work just fine on the other phone, but when I use it on the broken one, I always get stuck in a big block of text which is scrollable. I have no idea what it is, and the only way to get rid of it is rebooting.

Any ideas how to get that damn screen mirrored? My goal is SO close!
Thanks in advance!


texts: Where is the location for old WhatsApp database?

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In my internal memory, I found the WhatsApp database folder, but it only contains a few files, a maximum of 6/7 days.

Where can I find my old WhatsApp database files? Where would I get the previous days' or months' chat database?


texts: View live GPS tracking online during race

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Are there any apps that will allow me to share my current location in real time?

I'm doing a half ironman triathlon  and I want to run/bike with my phone
(GPS enabled) and share my progress in real time.  Is there any app that allows this? I'm thinking my friends/family could go to a particular website and see my progress on a map in real time.

I am aware of apps like endomondo, runkeeper, etc. but they only record GPS data.


texts: Nexus 5 Lollipop goes into Recovery while trying to update to 5.0.1

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I'm using LG Nexus 5 Lollipop (manually installed 5.0) and rooted with TWRP.

I just go notification to update to 5.0.1. But when download and install, the phone automatically goes into TWRP Recovery mode, and if I restart from there nothing happens. I have to download the update again and so on...

Manual adb sideload doesn't work because of TWRP recovery.
Also I have tried sideload from inside TWRP, doesn't work.

Basically if I try adb sideload, on fastboot screen it get error: no device found. (Please note: if I use adb command while connected to PC in normal phone state adb commands work fine. even the adb reboot bootloader.)

Updated: after following below answer, if you too get stuck like me while on adb sideload, please update your drivers like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXtbAMarHQw

If you face error: closed while adb sideload
then type this command: adb usb
and then type adb sideload UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.40.zip


texts: Does Samsung Gear S2 watch pair with non-Samsung phones?

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I know that Samsung S2 is a Tizen operating system but I don't know if they can be fully functional with Google or Motorola phones?

I currently have an app for Android Smartwatches and I'm considering on developing for Samsung Gear S2, but don't know if the work is worth the reward?


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I'm a software developer and systems administrator, so my technological knowledge is moderately high. I'll just leave that here as a preface.

I've ran custom Android mods since my very first Android phone, the Nexus One. From the beginning, it seemed like the idea of changing/upgrading ROMs involves the following process:

Backup. Backup. Backup.

Titanium Backup the phone from inside the operating system.
Nandroid the phone from the bootloader.

If it's a significant difference between the source ROM and the destination ROM, a factory reset is necessary.
Flash the ROM.
Wipe the cache and Dalvik Cache.
Boot and restore from Titanium Backup.

However, when changing between ROMs, things take me a ridiculously long time to do. I generally have to put aside at least 3 hours to a day when changing my phone's ROM.

Here's what my actual process looks like:

Backup.
Factory reset.
Sometimes wipe the system partition too. (Should I be doing this? I only do it from paranoia.)
Flash the ROM and the Gapps.
Clear the cache and Dalvik cache.
Boot into the OS.
Get through the setup as quickly as possible.
Titanium Backup: Your phone ID has changed, want to restore it?
Me: Yes. *reboot*
Titanium Backup: Restore all the apps.
Setup my Google Account.
Shoot, Dropbox isn't working, manually have to login again.
Shoot, Evernote isn't working, manually have to login again.
...etc.
(15 hours later) Cool, done.

Am I doing this wrong? I really feel that it shouldn't take this much time to switch ROMs. What can I do to speed up this process? Am I restoring from TB improperly? I'd love to be able to restore all apps, their settings, my Dropbox and Evernote accounts, my home screen, etc. without having to go through this painstaking process.


texts: Kitkat appdrawer hide apps and create folders

texts: Back in Jellybean you where able to sort the apps in the app drawer, even make folders. In KitKat it seems that this feature is removed. Is there a rom or app that can bring this back?


texts: Does all root directory in android os exist in flashing firmware

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At the root directory of android os there is some folder such as /acct /root /sys /dev , ... that are not available in firmware structure. by using fastboot to flash firmware There is some mount point like /system /cust /recovery /boot but there is no (/) root mount point.
I want to flash whole OS. Is there any firmware that contains above directories such as (/) root?
or how can i restore my hole android to factory snapshot?
My phone is huawei g6-u10.


texts: Is WebView localStorage stored in the app cache?

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I am writing a hybrid app (Cordova 6.5, Angular 1.5, Ionic 1.3, HTML5) that will run on Android. This kind of app works in WebView.

My app has a few images bundled with the app and most of the data will be called via HTTP and some of it will be stored in localStorage for offline mode.

I have seen that it's possible to manually write images etc. into the app cache (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/data-storage.html), but I am not doing this myself in my app.

I am wondering what kind of data does the Android OS store in the app cache by default. I hope this does not include the html5 localStorage.


texts: Please help me with this icon that is next to my singnal strength icon,which is round with a minus like line.

texts: Please help me ,its urgent. I shall be indebted to you for life. Thanking you.i have never seen this icon. It appeared after a few months after updating my phone to android marsmallow 6.0.1. Is it a malware,trojan,virus icon? If so then pls help me to remove it.


texts: Phone temperature sensor not working - Charging slow - How to fix?

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Recently, something has happened to my phone's temperature sensor. It's showing ridiculously high values for the temperature (over 100 degrees), even though it's very cold. This has caused my phone to refuse fast charging, and it charges very, very slowly. (~7 hours to charge)
Is there anyway I could turn off a sensor or fake its value so that my phone charging returns to normal?
Or is there anyway to force the phone to ignore the thermal limits during charging? (I know it's dangerous but I have no choice)
Deleting the thermal engine file doesn't fix the issue.
P.S: Android 10 | Qualcomm chipset | Rooted + Xposed


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As a common man, we can't track Android devices with a mobile number but all apps cheat us which are available in-app store in name of tracking, tracker, etc… that apps will simply answer state which mobile number belongs too.

We can track an Android phone given constraints that the phone has “find my device” as device administrator ( Most of the times its already is you need to do nothing but you can check at settings>security>device).

Then go here to track location Sign in - Google Account

For Xiaomi devices, we can go to Mi Cloud for tracking mobile and various other things.

We are not bothered about the life-saving apps until we lost our Smart Phone or PC. Once something happens badly, we will run behind the apps to track the device.

  What do you do if you don’t have any tracking apps installed on your device or your device is not able to communicate with these apps? Is there are any solutions to track your device


texts: Phone app: what does the blue forbidden sign (with optional blue "A" in front) mean in the call log?

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I have the following question concerning the Samsung Galaxy SIII:

When one taps Phone -> Logs it is possible to see the following icons:

Incoming calls which were answered and received text messages
(icon displays a green arrow pointing to the left)
(clicking entry displays date and time call was received
or text message was received and call duration for calls)
Incoming calls which were not answered
(icon displays a white arrow bouncing to the left off a red phone receiver)
(clicking entry displays date and time call was received
and displays the text "Missed")
Outgoing calls
(icon displays an orange arrow pointing to the right)
(android phone app does not differentiate outgoing calls which were answered
from outgoing calls which were not answered, but clicking on the entry displays
call duration for calls which were answered or the text "Canceled" for calls
which were not answered)

However, I am not sure what the following mean in the Phone application:

icon displays blue circle with diagonal line through it
(clicking on this entry displays a date and time and the text "Canceled")
icon displays blue circle with diagonal line through it
with blue uppercase "A" in front of it
(clicking on this entry displays a date and time and the text "Canceled")

What is the difference between these two icons?

Thanks.

The five different possible icons I mentioned appear in the following screenshot (contact names and phone numbers scribbled-out, click to enlarge):


texts: Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos not embedding GPS information in Photos

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My Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos is not embedding GPS information(Latitude/Longitude) in Photos taken from the phone camera.
I have enabled GPS option in main settings, and also set the GPS tag in the camera settings.
The latitude and longitude information is not appearing in the photo details.
I do not wish to enable the "Mobile Data" option.  I do not need the location information like place name, etc... I only need latitude and longitude information.
What other setting am I missing?


texts: How to set my wallpaper from my Dropbox?

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I have copied a bunch of images into my Dropbox on my pc and sync'd them to my phone. Does anyone know how to use these images for wallpapers on my phone?

The only way I can think of is that I can use something like Astro to copy the file to my gallery locally on the phone, or to share my dropbox pictures folder on the web and browse to it.

Although copying the file into dropbox and then copying it again seems crazy. Is there a better option?


texts: Android streaming music from desktop, controlled by another android!

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I just got a Samsung Galaxy S3, and I can't think of a better use for my old Galaxy S than tucking it away on a shelf with an audio cable hooked up to my a/v receiver, streaming music from my desktop upstairs.  All this works fine, but I have to jump up and down to control what gets played. Now I want the ability to control the music from my new phone, so it's always a pocket away.

I currently use, ugh, I think it's iMediaShare Lite on the old phone, and it streams great using DLNA with either tversity or windows media player on my desktop. Now I just need a way to control it from the other phone. Is there a combination of apps that lets me do this?

I've looked into XBMC and stuff, but it doesn't seem to run well yet on android, and all the XBMC remotes seem to operate like regular TV remotes; they assume you're looking at a screen, so they don't offer song picking abilities directly on the remote app screen.


texts: Gesture typing suggestions in Google Now

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With the 4.2 update, I've begun using the default Android keyboard's gesture typing. However, I've noticed that in Google Now, the keyboard behaves as if it were a web browser. That is, it doesn't offer alternate suggestions when typing a word.

For example, my girlfriend's name is Brooke. If I'm attempting to pull up her contact details through Google Now, the keyboard interprets my gesture as "broke." But, if I use the same gesture in any other place (besides a web browser address bar) it offers me "Brooke" as an alternate suggestion. What I mean is this:

vs. this:

Is there a way to fix this? I know that I could work around by typing individual letters or using last names, but it's rather frustrating to have to do so. Thanks.


texts: Downloading and installing WhatsApp for Android 2.2.1 Froyo

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I have an old Android 2.2.1. It doesn't have Play Store, nor any application as Messenger, WhatsApp, or Instagram. I can't download Google Chrome either.
I'd like to download WhatsApp, but it isn't possible because when trying to install it, Google says: "there are no identifiant", but I'm connected.
How to download and install this app from another place (or make the identifiant work from Google)?


texts: How can I select the apps to sync when auto-sync is turned on?

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When I turn on auto sync it sync all my accounts like Google, Twitter, Facebook, BBM etc.

How can I set auto sync to sync only selected accounts so that only my Google or Twitter account will be sync?


texts: Connect Galaxy S3 to Wi-Fi ad hoc network

texts: Are there any tricks/tips to connect my Samsung Galaxy S3 to Wi-Fi ad hoc network shared by my laptop?


texts: Can a thief unlock or otherwise access the data on my stolen Android device?

texts: If my Android device is stolen, will the person who ends up with it be able to get my data by plugging it into a PC and using some trick? Is there anything I can do to prevent this or make it harder?