texts: Boot looping / Corrupted data partition, CWM crashes when restoring to factory defaults

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Been using the Alpha version of CM7 for the Samsung T989 (T-Mobile Galaxy S II) for over 2 weeks now. Seems like when I rebooted it today it managed to corrupt the data partition.

Symptoms:
-Normal starts loop just after the kernel screen.
-CWM boots and works
-ODIN boots.
-CWM crashes when doing factory reset or restoring the data partition of a backup or formatting the data partition

This happened to me 2 days after installing CM7, the same version I'm still using. I was similarly stuck, but then I tried restoring my nandroid backup and eventually I could re-apply the CM7 zip and the phone started fine to a blank android.

Is there a way to solve this issue with my partitions? I am not too comfortable with re-partitioning it because I'm aware this can damage the boot sectors and brick it quickly if I don't do it just right.

Advice?


texts: How to completely remove spam bots from Telegram groups?

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I'm managing a small Telegram groups. Unfortunately a couple of days ago a user added a bot to the group. I immediately removed/banned that user and the bot. However all other member still see the bot on their Telegram messenger:

which when selected expands to:

I have looked everywhere but for the love of god I can't find any way to remove it entirely from the group. I would appreciate if you could help me with this.


texts: Motorola Atrix 2 native camera app failing

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I use the native camera app and many of my recent pictures either have a large grey area with no information:

or noise in the picture made of bits of another picture:

Is this a known problem?  It was happening again last night with great frequency, so I  restarted the phone and the next picture was fine.

Edit:  I have since removed all 752 pictures. I shot a few more, and still had at least one shot with each of the problems presented here.  I believe I will try a 3rd-party camera.


texts: my galaxy note SHV-E160S have 200 mb free device memory but still it donot even download 5 mb apps from play store and the warning message of insufficient memory displayed... Any so;ution???


texts: Viber is asking for access code but I already have account!

texts: I have a new phone with old sim but it will not let me use viber. It says I need access code and then never sends one. How can I sign in using my viber account?


texts: How to view the files on mnt\sdcard on PC and how to set default download and save location

texts: The directory mnt\sdcard is the location where all the downloads and the received files are saved, however this file cannot be located on the PC if connected using USB Cable. Moreover, it seems that this file is on the Phone's Internal Memory and not in the Memory card


texts: How to root my Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A) (kernel version: July 22, 2014)?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A). I am aware of towelroot, however it only works for "phones < jun 3 2014" for and my kernel version is dated July 22, 2014:

How to root it, if possible without tripping the KNOX counter?

Kingo doesn't seem to support Samsung Galaxy S5.


texts: Enabling Wireguard tunnel through ADB shell

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I'm trying to enable and disable Wireguard tunnels through the ADB shell.
I can see the followings actions and receivers are available :
adb:# dumpsys package com.wireguard.android
...
Receiver Resolver Table:
  Non-Data Actions:
      com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP:
        4166aa1 com.wireguard.android/.model.TunnelManager$IntentReceiver filter 631a6bf
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.REFRESH_TUNNEL_STATES"
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP"
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_DOWN"
      com.wireguard.android.action.REFRESH_TUNNEL_STATES:
        4166aa1 com.wireguard.android/.model.TunnelManager$IntentReceiver filter 631a6bf
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.REFRESH_TUNNEL_STATES"
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP"
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_DOWN"
      com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_DOWN:
        4166aa1 com.wireguard.android/.model.TunnelManager$IntentReceiver filter 631a6bf
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.REFRESH_TUNNEL_STATES"
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP"
          Action: "com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_DOWN"
      android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED:
        4f4cb74 com.wireguard.android/.BootShutdownReceiver filter 426c4de
          Action: "android.intent.action.ACTION_SHUTDOWN"
          Action: "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"
      android.intent.action.ACTION_SHUTDOWN:
        4f4cb74 com.wireguard.android/.BootShutdownReceiver filter 426c4de
          Action: "android.intent.action.ACTION_SHUTDOWN"
          Action: "android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED"
...

Looking at the package's sourcecode, I see that com.wireguard.android/.model.TunnelManager$IntentReceiver asks for the name of the tunnel to enable/disable to be passed as an extra string :
 val tunnelName = intent.getStringExtra("tunnel") ?: return@launch
 val tunnels = manager.getTunnels()
 val tunnel = tunnels[tunnelName] ?: return@launch

So I tried two different versions of the same command to enable a tunnel named my-tunnel :

adb:# am broadcast -a com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP -e tunnel my-tunnel
Broadcasting: Intent { act=com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP flg=0x400000 (has extras) }
Broadcast completed: result=0
# am broadcast -a com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP -e tunnel my-tunnel -n com.wireguard.android/.model.TunnelManager$IntentReceiver
Broadcasting: Intent { act=com.wireguard.android.action.SET_TUNNEL_UP flg=0x400000 cmp=com.wireguard.android/.model.TunnelManager (has extras) }
Broadcast completed: result=0

But after checking on my phone my-tunnel is still disabled.
What am I missing ? Note that I'm pretty new to using ADB commands so it might be something obvious.


texts: Why my phone battery has four terminal? what is the use of the fourth?

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I have a LG Optimus One (P500). For sometime I am wondering why my phone's battery has four terminals. I am aware that two terminals are for the positive and negative points and the the third connects to the battery's internal thermistor to monitor its temperature. Still that leaves me puzzled with what the fourth terminal could be for?

Interestingly my phone has only three terminal where as the battery has four. I have searched for answers in Google but no useful results other than description about temperature monitoring comes up.

Also since another doubt also lies in the same image, what is the port that is marked as "A" in the following image? It appears to me as some sort connector and my guess is that it is a connector to a cable with which manufacturers can access something deep in hardware. The Nokia phones which I had also had this feature and I guess this should be common for all phone then.

Update: I am more keen on knowing what the fourth terminal on the battery does rather than why there are three in phone and four in battery. As @Axeman said, this battery could be used in other phones (of LG) as well.


texts: Verizon Galaxy Nexus Discharging When Plugged In Even After USB Replacement

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I've got a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus that as of a few weeks ago quit charging - in fact it quickly drains the battery (discharges 2% / minute if not more) while plugged in. I tried different batteries, cords, chargers, over USB, etc, no difference. I went ahead and followed these instructions to replace the Micro USB port and I'm still having the same issue. The interesting thing is that computers recognize the phone via USB but the battery still shows "Discharging" and the battery drains extremely quickly. I have even tried charging via the pins on the side of the phone ("pogo pins" charging) and exhibits the same symptoms as traditional charging. This leads me to believe the charging circuit itself is damaged, instead of just the USB port.

Anyone have any tips or references on what else to troubleshoot or have any specs on the charging circuit itself that I could poke around with? I have a decent amount of electronics knowledge and don't mind getting my hands dirty. I am getting by with spare batteries and an external battery charger right now, but it is quite a hassle.


texts: Is stereoscopic vision via OTG and 2 USB cameras possible?

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I'm thinking of making a stereoscopic night vision device by using 2 USB cameras connected via OTG (type C) to my Android phone. I've already tested 1 USB camera and some VR App from the Play Store and it was a success.

Will 2 cameras work if connected to the same OTG cable via a USB splitter/hub of some sort? Is there a way (or app) to display one camera over half of the screen and the other camera in the other half? Is it even possible to have 2 cameras powered and displayed at the same time?


texts: How to make Galaxy Tab as portable WiFi hotspot?

texts: I am a new user of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT - P5100). Is there any way to use my Galaxy Tab as portable WiFi hotspot?


texts: How to install the application in SDcard (android phone)?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to install APK files on SDCARD.

I would like to install the .apk file into the SD card. Can I do this? If yes then how could I able to perform this in my HTC hero android phone?


texts:
I'm trying to diagnose a random reboot on LineageOS 14. last_kmsg is not in /proc, nor it is in /sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops.

EDIT:

~# mount | grep PSTORE
~# mkdir /mnt/pstore && mount pstore -t pstore /mnt/pstore && ls /mnt/pstore
mount: 'pstore'->'/mnt/pstore': No such device


texts: How to fix a phone that always boots into TWRP when OS exists

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A friend of mine has this small Samsung device. He forgot the PIN he set on it and decided to hard reset the phone using power button+ volume up
+home. That booted into TWRP. He then used the Wipe option. See image below

Then he used swipe to factory reset. That completed successfully. Problem is when he reboots the phone, it goes straight to TWRP. Android OS isn’t booting. Does that mean the OS was wiped when he did the factory reset?
This is the screen he gets when he restarts the phone


texts: Galaxy tab charging dock stops charging when USB device is attached

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I recently bought this charging dock by Brodit for my Samsung Galaxy Active 2 (v. 3.9.0) with Android 9: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00UASMT2Y/. I was hoping to constantly keep the tablet running at a fixed place.
If I put the tablet in the Charging dock, it starts charging as it should. If I now connect an OTG USB device (namely a SkyController 2 for a Parrot Drone), the dock seemingly stops charging. A measurement of the current between dock and tablet seems to confirm that.
The charging symbol in the tablet still stays on since the SkyController delivers the usual 0.5A. Of course, this is not enough to compensate for the energy lost, so the tablet's charge slowly decreases.
Is it really usual behaviour that connecting a USB device disables charging through the dock and, if yes, is there a switch in Android to change this?
If this is really not possible, is there another solution to keep the tablet charged while using a USB device at the same time?
Thanks in advance


texts: Google photos shows no photos in All tab

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I have been noticing that the Google+ Photos application does not show any images in the All tab (the Highlights tab works fine). I have a lot of photos but they show up fine in the stock Gallery app. Any ideas?

The device is the Nexus 5 which does not have an SD card.

I tried clearing the cache (suggested here) but the Photos app is not listed in Settings > Apps.


texts: Can I flash my phone with another region firmware?

texts: I want to root my huawei phone but i've only found firmwares from another countries, would I have any problem if I flash my phone with any of these firmwares


texts: Android Gmail app - can't download some attachments - Nexus 5

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The problem is that I can download some attachments, but some not. I usually cannot download zip attachments that are forwarded to me. I cleared cache and data of the Download Manager, but that didn't help. Any ideas?

Edit: I use Gmail app for my business POP3 account.


texts: How to transfer (and then watch) video files from PC to my Android phone (mi4)?

texts: I have an Android Xiaomi mi4 and I'd like to know if I can copy video files to it from my PC. Is there any straightforward way to do so ?


texts: When calling from my phone - how do I hide my caller id when calling people that are not in my contacts?

texts:
I have switched phone brands (my last phone ― a Lumia 1020 ― had this option) and now I have a One Plus 3 now (with root and fully updated).

How can I make sure that when calling someone, my number is hidden for non-contacts?

I can't seem to find the setting in Android to show my number only to people in my contacts when calling: I have searched all accessible setting menu's in my phone for this and yet I can only find to permanently hide or show my number.

I know it can be done on a per-call basis by prefixing the callee's number with operator codes like #31#, but this is not what I'm looking for.


texts: How to embed Android material icons such as "☰" or "⋮" in SMS / social-media messaging

texts:
I often find myself in a difficult situation while trying to explain how to do something on an Android device or app to  people who are not Android literate.

For instance, if I write

  Press the hamburger menu or 3 dots menu

it doesn't make sense to them

whereas if I say

  Press the ☰ menu or ⋮ menu

they immediately understand

How do I copy paste or embed material icons in text messages or in social media like WhatsApp ? App solutions are fine

As a last resort, root solutions are acceptable.

You can find a list material icons linked in Android Developers.

This SO question tangentially addresses but with no solution.

Even on this site, it would be far easier to explain using symbols, instead of cut-copy-upload-resize


texts: How to get a transparent notification/Quickmenu background?

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I want my Galaxy SIII Int to have a transparent notification/quickmenu background, without Gravitybox it aint working. The problem, if I use Gravitybox my system.ui will crash.

So I searched other ways to do it and came with ''[MOD][XPOSED]Change notification background image[UPDATE 1.1]'' But also that aint working for me know...

So if some of you guys know a way to do it, please tell me.

Phone info:
- Samsung Galaxy SIII International
- KitKat 4.4.2
- CyanogenMod 11 ( Snapshot M3 )


texts:
This morning I woke up to the alarm on my phone, as I snoozed it I noticed that the Total Commander player had a notification open, with an audio file open but on hold.

When I tapped on play I got the Total Commander warning about Stagefright and asking me to confirm I really wanted to play the file, to which I answered no.

In the process I unfortunately also involuntarily closed TC before I could fully see what the file being played was, but I noticed it was from a fsck.k9 folder (so like an attachment I guess).

However I haven't received any audio files in attachment in the last few days and data, wifi and bluetooth were all off during the night.

I have done a scan with Bitdefender which hasn't evidenced any malware. I haven't installed any suspicious apps recently.

Any ideas of what could have happened?

Edit: Android 5.0.2 on a Moto E
Edit2: I do use K-9 for email (hence my reference to audio attachments)


texts:
I rooted my micromax a27 a few days back. It installed an app Kinguser to give root permission.

Earlier it was working fine.

I did a factory reset last night.

Now, when I try to copy file to root folders like /system/media/ directory. It gives error as Permission Denied.

Please help how to recover root access.

I am using ES explorer with root access enabled.


texts: I Locked my lost phone with Find My Device, then Found it with shattered screen. Cannot connect with PC to retrieve data

texts: My New Samsung phone was lost or stolen. I searched for it, using Find My Device app and Found It in a Motel Parking Lot with shattered screen. I had locked the device, during the locating process, and had created a Text to provide contact info, should someone find it. Once I had it back home, I used the "My Phone Companion" app and found I was still able to connect with it, with my PC. I had Full Use of the phone, using this app, but a few hours later the connection was lost and have been unable to regain connection. I'm unsure why the connection was lost, in this delayed fashion. I need to retrieve Data, as the phone was insured, and is to be repaired or replaced. The Repair Center has told me they Will Not attempt to Retrieve and Transfer Data, as it is My Responsibility. I am wondering WHY MY PC CAN NO LONGER CONNECT WITH IT, even if I use the USB Port and hook up direct. I'm unsure of how to retrieve the data and transfer it into the phone, once repaired or replaced. I could use some advice and instruction!!


texts: How to remove syncronized photos from facebook

texts: I have a Galaxy Note II and I syncronized my Facebook gallery by mistake. I've tried to disactivate the sync from the Settings (Settings > Account) by unchecking the "Sync gallery" option but the photos still remain in the phone gallery. I can't even remove them from gallery beacuse there's no option shown. Thanks in advance.


texts: I have changed the new mail notification in the Outlook app to an Android - but now I'd like to change it back. In the list of Sounds the default Outlook sound isn't listed - where is it hidden?!


texts: Why is my Android phone not receiving text messages from certain contacts?

texts:
I'm in the UK.

My phone:

Samsung Galaxy A3 (SM-A300FU)
Android 5.0.2
three.co.uk branded Android & SIM

The symptoms have been detected for these contact situations:

Swiss phone (unknown make/model) in Switzerland
Swiss Android phone in Australia
Norwegian iPhone in the UK

In all these cases the contacts have told me via other channels that they have tried to send me SMSes, and these have not come through. It looks like this has been going on since at least early August. I have been able to receive automated SMSes from a company in Norway in the meantime, and I've not detected problems with UK numbers, so not all numbers are broken.

Today I spoke with Three support, and I was told a very puzzling workaround which actually helped: Delete the contact before sending any more messages! This worked for one contact which tried many times before to send SMSes, but now I'm worried:

Why would my phone stop receiving messages in the first place?
Why on Earth would deleting the contact fix it?
How can I detect if this happens again? I can't keep sending ping messages to all my contacts on a regular basis.
Is there a more reliable messaging application than the built-in Android one?


texts: Limited Connectivity - Connected, no Internet

texts: When attempting to connect to my school's wifi, I enter my username and password and connect to the network. Below the wifi name it says Connected, no Internet and the wifi icon at the top right of the status bar is there, but with an exclamation mark! I can ping the router, but not google. My Android device is a Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 and I'm running CM13 (Marshmallow). I've tried rebooting, forgetting network, wiping cache, resetting network settings and also factory resetting. Any help appreciated, thanks!


texts: How to recover deleted photos from a specific directory(folder) in non-rooted device?

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Some bad cleaner app deletes all my photos stored in a directory(folder) which is created manually by myself (for example, /sdcard/myphoto/).
I tried some photo recovery apps. But none of them recovered those photos and none of them provides a feature to recover photos from a specific directory. All recovery apps just scan the entire memory and restore all deleted photos once. (Actually most recovered photos are not deleted at all. I have no ideas why they are recovered... Anyway)
Are there any ways to recover deleted photos from a specific directory in non-rooted device? I am explicitly sure which directory those photos are, and I just want those photos only.
Thank you very much.
PS: I know there are questions about photo recovery. But mine is different. The main focus of this question is "from a specific directory".


texts:
Is there a way to display unread text messages on the lockscreen?

The device I'm using is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus.


texts: How to freeze SMS reception for X hours?

texts:
Sometimes I would like to temporarily block any incoming SMS for X hours. I don't want to discard those SMS: after this period of time, I'd like to see all SMS that were sent to me. I still want to use 4G and Wifi. How can I do that?

I use a a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A) with Android 4.4.2.


texts: How to check if bootloader is unlocked mediatek device

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My Device: Rooted Karbonn A52+ Android 4.2.2 (Stock ROM) | MTK6572 CPU

Hi friends, I was recently able to flash Clockwork Mod Custom Recovery followed by a Custom ROM flash from the recovery (though now I've re-shifted to the stock ROM). But, what is suspicious is: I NEVER UNLOCKED MY BOOTLOADER! And it's obvious for most/all android devices that neither a custom recovery nor a custom ROM can be flashed without unlocking the bootloader. I didn't flash the recovery through the command

  fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

but I flashed it through an app available on the play store called "Mobile Uncle MTK Tools". It successfully replaced my phone's stock recovery with the CWM Recovery.

Now, I could assume that this app itself unlocked my bootloader before flashing the recovery, but now the question comes "Then why didn't I face a reset of my device? I didn't lose any data!"

So I wanted to ask if there's any way to check out whether my bootloader is unlocked or not. Thanks in advance..


texts: Infinity loading of centrain Google Apps on Italian SIM

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I have OnePlus 5 (Android 8) phone and I have 1 SIM slot with my home SIM and 2 SIM slot with Italian Prepaid card with internet data.

I am getting infinity loops when I am using centrain Google apps. For example I cannot login into YouTube, Search on Google Play, or download emails. I am always getting infinity loading. When I am on Wifi its ok and working.
Only on first or second card I am getting this problem.

What is going on? Is google blocking access to some accounting servers from different locations? I am originally from Czech Republic and now I am on vaccation in Italy.


texts: How to remove network lock samsung galaxy s advance

texts:
Title says it all. I have been scouting the net for the past day and a half and haven't found a way to remove/unlock the network lock on my SGS Advance. It is already rooted. I have tried those SGS unlocking apps, and didnt work.

Does anyone know how to unlock a Samsung galaxy advance without purchasing/paying for unlocking service?

ps i have also tried the instructions from this page thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761045. but when i checked, the nv_data.bin in my phone contained nothing (0 bytes)


texts:
I'm trying to add a Number on Telegram but doesn't work.
The Number is on Telegram, and it's working on other phones.
I have about 100 contacts in my list.
Error is:
-Dr- is not on Telegram yet, would you like to invite them to join?

Any ideas?


texts: MTP unlocked by default - How to lock it?

texts:
I have a Samsung j730f and currently I am using a custom ROM and if I plug my phone into a computer (even with the screen locked), I can access to my data.
Please help me: how can I lock the MTP?


texts: When installing a custom ROM, why reboot before installing other modifications?

texts:
Most ROM install instructions look like...

Boot into recovery
Wipe Data
Flash ROM
Reboot
Boot into recovery
Flash any Mods
Reboot
Done

Mods are modifications to the ROM code.  For example, replacing the Power Off menu with one that includes the option to reboot instead of just shut down.

Why are steps 4 & 5 needed?  I'm having a hard time seeing the purpose. Each reboot the cache rebuilds.  Why not just do it once?


texts: Nexus 5 upgraded to 5.1 and mobile data wont work anymore

texts:
My Nexus 5 upgraded from Android 4.4.2 to 5.1 now it won't connect to mobile data.

How can I get it to connect?


texts: How can I write in Tamil language with Google Handwriting Input?

texts:
OS - Android 4.4.2
Phone - Huawei Honor 6
UI - EmotionUI 2.3

I want to add additional language (Tamil language) under Settings - Language & Input - Language, how can I add it?

If I could add Tamil, I could use that in 'Google Handwriting Input'. Or Is there any other way to install Tamil language, so that I could write in Tamil with Google Handwriting Input?

Earlier, I set up 'Swype for Huawei' as default keyboard, long pressed in space bar, selected 'More Languages' 'Download languages', downloaded and installed Tamil, but I could use this only in 'Swype for Huawei' keyboard, not in other
keyboards.


texts: How to change default PDF viewer on Nook Color?

texts:
I just upgraded my Nook Color to the
new 1.2 version that supports apps.
I purchased the ezPDF Reader app
which supports bookmarks and other
advanced features for PDFs which the
default Nook Color PDF viewer does
not support.

Is there a way to make the ezPDF Reader the default PDF Viewer?

(Currently when I click on a PDF the default viewer still opens)

To Clarify:
Currently I have to open the ezPDF Reader first and then open a PDF from within the app. If I simply click on a PDF on a book shelf or on the home screen then the default PDF viewer opens the PDF. I don't see any area in settings like on a regular Android phone to modify installed apps or app settings.


texts: How can I restore a Whatsapp backup without uninstalling it (Whatsapp is a system app)?

texts: Could I just go to app settings and click clear data?


texts: Good idea to transfer all phone numbers from SIM card to google contacts?

texts:
I am new to the whole smartphone thing. Currently all of my telephone contacts are on my SIM card. I suspect it makes sense to move all my phone numbers from the SIM card to my Google contacts (i.e. adding the numbers to existing Google contacts who mainly contain only email addresses). The benefits would be: (a) no more duplicate contacts in my list, (b) automated backup of my contact's phone numbers.

Or, is there something I should be aware of before I do this effort? Will there be some workflow side effects? (apart from not having my contacts on SIM anymore)

Edit: I just transferred all. Actually, I did not remove the contacts from my SIM card, I just hid them using the contacts settings. So if I ever have to use my old phone as a backup, I'll have most of my phone numbers in there


texts: Why is Google Play Music the only app that produces a "Browse" button on my car stereo?

texts:
If I connect my phone via Bluetooth to my car (2016 Toyota Corolla), and then play music using the Google Play Music app, the car shows a Browse button, which allows me to navigate through artists and albums with the car's buttons:

If I install another app, it doesn't show the Browse button on the car stereo.
Apps that produce a Browse button:

Google Play Music ☠ (RIP)

Apps that do not produce a Browse button:

AIMP
BlackPlayer
Canaree
FPlay (found by searching for "AVRCP")
JetAudio (found by searching for "AVRCP")
kure
MediaMonkey
Music [com.maxfour.music]
Music [com.android.music stock]
Music Player Go
Musicolet
Nyx
Odyssey
Omnia
Oto
Phonograph

Vinyl

Pretty Good
Pulsar
Retro

Metro

Samba Player (found by searching for "AVRCP")
Shuttle

Shuttle+

Simple Music Player [com.simplemobiletools.musicplayer]
Timber
Vanilla
VLC
YouTube Music

Is there some Bluetooth feature that needs to be supported by an app in order for this button to show up?  What is the feature's name?  How do I find apps that have it?
This is especially important now that Google has killed off Google Play Music and replaced it with YouTube Music, which does not provide this Browse button on a Bluetooth connection.
If I knew what this function was called, I could try to pester Google, or the third-party app developers, and ask them to add support for it.


texts: How to extract default ringtones from Android device?

texts:
I just bought a new phone and I do not like the default ringtones/notification sounds, but I like the ones on my old phone.
When I plug my old phone into my computer and go to This PC\KYOCERA\Internal storage\media\audio\ringtones like I have been told to go to for the default ringtones, the only ones that show up are a couple of custom ringtones I had put on previously. I want to extract the default ringtones like AT&T Play On and notification sounds like Syrma, so that I can put them on my new phone.
I would prefer not to install drivers/programs onto my computer, but it would be okay with installing an app on my phone if necessary. I have the default Windows 10 programs on my computer, as well as and file commander and the rest of the default Android 5 apps on my old phone.
Any help would be much appreciated.


texts:
I am making application that is using .pls files to read shoutcasts' adresses from them. At one moment I noticed, that sometimes .pls file I was reading data from is disappearing after I have used it.

After lots of testing, I noticed, that if I rename file to .txt, it won't get deleted.

A little more testing, a voila - sometimes, if I read data from one .pls file (pathname provided in String), ALL .pls files on sdcard get deleted! And my doing anything with any of them - they just all get deleted.

I am using HTC Desire Z, Android 2.3.3, not rooted, and I don't remember installing any applications that could be deleting files, especially without my knowledge.

Any ideas? I can provide you with the app code I am using, but I don't really think it is connected in anyway to this problem.


texts:
As a new Android user, this question has had me thinking quite a while. Is it possible to create an app or is there an app available that will do the following;

Remote access to your device
Impossible to remove from your phone (rooting, flashing, w/e)
Turn your phone into 'Lost Mode' and make sure it can only be used remotely and disables all but the useful services to find your phone (camera, gps, etc)

OR

Impossible to remove from your phone (even after reinstall, etc)
Remains in the background whilst the person is using your phone as theirs (stolen, swiped and reinstalled)


texts: Creating problems in wipe cache partition

texts:
My phone, moto e 1st gen is very slow after i updated to Android lollipop. So, I gone to recovery mode after switching off my phone. The "no command" message came. Then, i pressed power button 2-3 seconds and volume up button as given in some genuine website. I did not get the wipe cache partition. I tried it multiple times.,

How to overcome this problem in my phone ?


texts: How to force load desktop version of website (changing user-agent doesn't work)?

texts:
Some webpages forces mobile version even I change user-agent.
I changed user-agent in built-in browser and "Dolphin Browser HD",
I am checking it on page www.user-agent-string.info

Main problem is engadget.com, always in mobile version.
I tried to clean cookies, restart browsers etc.

This is my results:

in built-in browser, user-agent - "desktop"

(allegro.pl) doesn't work, redirects to mobile version

in "Dolphin Browser HD", user-agent - "desktop"

(NSFW: redtube.com) doesn't work, redirects to mobile version
(allegro.pl) works fine

in "Dolphin Browser HD", user-agent - "IPad"

(engadget.com) doesn't work, redirects to mobile version
(allegro.pl) works fine
(NSFW: redtube.com) works fine

in "Dolphin Browser HD", user-agent - "custom": Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1

(engadget.com]) doesn't work, redirects to mobile version
(NSFW: redtube.com) doesn't work, redirects to mobile version
(allegro.pl) works fine

Maybe this pages using "adobe flash" user-agent detection ?

(I'am using Asus Transformer TF101, Android 3.2.1, Adobe Flash Player 11)


texts: When will my tablet get the Android 3.x update (Honeycomb)?

texts:
Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) was released in February 2011, however not all of the devices that will get this update have received it yet. Each manufacturer and carrier needs to add their custom modifications before it can be officially released.  Versions 3.1 and 3.2 have also been released.

See also:

When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?
When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?


texts: Explaining the unexplained rooting terminology? LG G4

texts:
A rooting instruction post says I can root with the following models:

H811 10H
VS986 11A
H815 10C

Though I have an H815 I am unable to grasp what the '10C' part means.
I have thoroughly checked the back of the phone and there is no mention of any similar code, at least not one that is constant.

What does it mean?

Another similar rooting instruction post mentions '20a' and '20b' but doesn't say whether a version of 20a can be rooted with '20b' version or vice versa.

Can I assume that there are 100's of versions of the H815 variant of the LG G4?

Or does this '20a', '20b' just mean iterations of the same rooted stock android version?


texts: How to have a long Standby and Battery -life?

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

My Huawei Android is dead after one day. I am looking for

ways to extend the battery life
a new Android -phone with long battery-life (3. hopefully a phone with two Sim -cards)

I don't know what I really need. For 1, the Wifi/3D-all-the-time-on eats battery -- but hey I like to read my emails on phone. For 2, I could buy more bulky phone. For 3, something here (not sure about the quality). Look I currently use my non-3G iPad with long battery -life, I could buy the 3G version to alleviate the battery problem. I also use Nokia 9300 or Nokia 1111 with 1 week battery life.

With Wifi/3G -problem, is it possible to have them in some energy -saving mode. 1 day battery in Android phones is totally ridiculous. How can I get long battery life?


texts: Can I make a Wi-Fi VoIP call on Google Voice without third party applications?

texts: I can't seem to make pure Wi-Fi VoIP calls on Google Voice without a third party application such as GrooVe IP. Is this the case?


texts: What can happen when you flash a bootlocked device?

texts:
This will probably not be done in practice, but I like hypotheticals.

I believe that when you flash a custom recovery on a bootlocked device the stock recovery will just be flashed back on reboot. This is because stock ROMs have a backup image of the stock recovery. But what happens when you flash a custom ROM without touching the stock recovery? I doubt it can be flashed back.

I can think of two ways to flash the custom ROM: 1) fastboot 2) boot into a non-flashed custom recovery image (using fastboot), then use that to flash the ROM.
What will happen if either method succeeds in flashing the custom ROM on a device with a locked bootloader?


texts: Google navigation audio stops - not pauses - audio playback

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I'm not sure if this is the place to ask for help or not, but I'm getting desperate at this point, so apologies if this not the correct forum...

Google maps will stop audio playback.
I have tried different map navigation systems, and different podcast players and it almost always seems to happen. Sometimes, as soon as the map app is loaded, other times not.

This isssue is slowly driving me insane and making me really regret buying this phone. (Which is a Motorola Moto G Android 4.4.4)

Please advise what my next step should be.

I've managed to get the result from a logging app which produced the following output

--------- beginning of /dev/log/main
I/dalvikvm(26340): Enabling JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 11...
V/WebViewChromiumFactoryProvider(26340): Binding Chromium to main looper Looper (main, tid 1) {41f60e60}
I/LibraryLoader(26340): Expected native library version number "",actual native library version number ""
I/chromium(26340): [INFO:library_loader_hooks.cc(116)] Chromium logging enabled: level = 0, default verbosity = 0
I/BrowserStartupController(26340): Initializing chromium process, renderers=0
E/AudioManagerAndroid(26340): BLUETOOTH permission is missing!
I/Adreno-EGL(26340): <qeglDrvAPI_eglInitialize:410>: EGL 1.4 QUALCOMM build: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1.04.04.02.048.018_msm8226_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1__release_AU ()
I/Adreno-EGL(26340): OpenGL ES Shader Compiler Version: E031.24.00.08
I/Adreno-EGL(26340): Build Date: 03/07/14 Fri
I/Adreno-EGL(26340): Local Branch:
I/Adreno-EGL(26340): Remote Branch: quic/LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1.1
I/Adreno-EGL(26340): Local Patches: NONE
I/Adreno-EGL(26340): Reconstruct Branch: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1.04.04.02.048.018 + f2fd134 +  NOTHING
D/AudioManagerAndroid(26340): ==> onReceive: s=0, m=0, n=h2w, sb=true
D/AudioManagerAndroid(26340): reportUpdate: state=0, devices=[Speakerphone, Headset earpiece]
I/dalvikvm(26730): Enabling JNI app bug workarounds for target SDK version 11...
V/WebViewChromiumFactoryProvider(26730): Binding Chromium to main looper Looper (main, tid 1) {41f5b7a8}
I/LibraryLoader(26730): Expected native library version number "",actual native library version number ""
I/chromium(26730): [INFO:library_loader_hooks.cc(116)] Chromium logging enabled: level = 0, default verbosity = 0
I/BrowserStartupController(26730): Initializing chromium process, renderers=0
E/AudioManagerAndroid(26730): BLUETOOTH permission is missing!
I/Adreno-EGL(26730): <qeglDrvAPI_eglInitialize:410>: EGL 1.4 QUALCOMM build: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1.04.04.02.048.018_msm8226_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1__release_AU ()
I/Adreno-EGL(26730): OpenGL ES Shader Compiler Version: E031.24.00.08
I/Adreno-EGL(26730): Build Date: 03/07/14 Fri
I/Adreno-EGL(26730): Local Branch:
I/Adreno-EGL(26730): Remote Branch: quic/LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1.1
I/Adreno-EGL(26730): Local Patches: NONE
I/Adreno-EGL(26730): Reconstruct Branch: AU_LINUX_ANDROID_LNX.LA.3.5.1_RB1.04.04.02.048.018 + f2fd134 +  NOTHING
D/AudioManagerAndroid(26730): ==> onReceive: s=0, m=0, n=h2w, sb=true
D/AudioManagerAndroid(26730): reportUpdate: state=0, devices=[Speakerphone, Headset earpiece]
D/dalvikvm(26730): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 4803K, 29% free 12245K/17224K, paused 18ms, total 23ms

I have no clue if this helps in any way.
Thanks in advance for any help.


texts: Music files become unplayable after transferring to SD card

texts: I am currently using Sony Xperia L. After I transfer MP3 files from internal storage to a SD card using the option from settings, the files become corrupted and can not be played. What will be the problem and how can I solve it?


texts: How to close (shutdown/kill) the Android web browser?

texts:
I did read this question
What is the right way to close apps in Android? but I want to know how to close - that means close - application to save power and download limit.

My observations tell me that Back button brings me to the previous page (something I am not after) while Home seems to me leaves the page loading in background. So the question is how do I exit the browser.

I tried Advanced Application Killer but I don't think it worked ...

Using
HTC Desire on Android 2.1


texts: Cannot remount /system partition even when rooted (Sony xperia M2)

texts:
I have a Sony xperia M2 D2303 with kitkat 4.4.4 and compilation number 18.3.1.C.1.17. I have rooted using KingRoot v4.9.5. I have checked that system is rooted using tools such as root checker. Now, I am trying to remount /system partition as RW but without succcess.

I have googled and tried several solutions but nothing works for me:

Access to /sys/kernel/security/sony_ric and try to disable sony ric
security using:

echo 0 > enable

problem is that sony_ric folder is empty, there is no "enable" file and I cannot create it as partition is RO (read-only).

Using ES file explorer or other file explorers as root I have tried
to remount partition as RW but it fails.
Using ROM Toolbox pro, and then from terminal emulator I have tried
some commands but all fail:

1st attempt:

su
mount -o remount,rw /system

2nd attempt:

su
system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system

3rd attempt:

adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system

I have tried to install busybox but it fails as well because I
cannot write to /system partition.
I have tried the methods explained here but nothing works:

Method A -> Cannot be applied in my case since sys/kernel/security/sony_ric/ is empty, no "enable" file exists.

Method B -> Cannot install busybox since /system partition is read-only and I cannot make it rw using mount, etc...

Method C -> I have not tried install init.d because I do not know if it a trusted method and whether it works in my device... Could someone confirm if it works?

Method D -> Cannot be applied in my case, no "enable" file exists in sys/kernel/security/sony_ric/

So at this point I have no idea what to do... Any help will be highly appreciated.


texts:
I started flashing mu Samsung A5 (2017) about 30 minutes ago, and Odin seems frozen at TWRP image. What should I do?

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> TWRP_3.1.1-0_a5y17lte.img


texts: I want to save 1000's whatsapp contacts which were not added in contact list  in bulk which is the fastest way to do it?


texts: Does google maps personalize the walking time to your destination?

texts: Google maps has a lot of data about how far and how fast you move around. When you search for a walking route to your destination is the app calculating the walking time based on your average walking speed?


texts: Do messages, contacts, files get deleted when you upgrade your Android version?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Will I lose any apps / data if I upgrade my phone’s OS?

For example if you upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread, do messages, contacts, files get reset/deleted?


texts:
I run sshd in a Termux window as my main means of accessing files on my Galaxy S7.  This works fairly well, except that I seem to have to re-run sshd rather frequently.  I suspect that this is because Termux is getting suspended by the OS.  I'm fairly certain that I've told it not to do so, but it seems to be happening anyway.  Using these instructions, which seem to be out of date for Nougat, as a rough guide, I've navigated to Settings -> Device maintenance -> Battery -> Unmonitored apps; Termux appears in this list of "apps that will not be recommended to be put to sleep."  However, after using other apps, Termux is not always present in the list of apps that appears when I hit the, erm, "windows" button at the bottom left corner of the phone, and as mentioned above, I frequently have to open a Termux window and run sshd again.

Is there something else I need to do to prevent Termux (and/or other apps) from being suspended?


texts: How can I disable root on a modded device?

texts:
Is it possible to disable root access to applications on an Android device again after installing modded firmware?

I would like to try Cyanogen or one of the other custom ROMs, but I'm wondering whether that poses a security risk. Do all installed applications get root access automatically, or can that be disabled?

I want to keep the Android security model the way it is or at least for applications to ask for my permission before they can access sensitive data.


texts: Image App which does not hide the directory structure

texts:
I sync images to the external SD cards of my android5 tablet.

I use this schema:

YYYY/MM/DD-event1
YYYY/MM/DD-event2

Example:

2015/09/01-morning-sunrise
2015/09/01-afternoon-shopping
...

All images viewers seem I tried seem to hide the underlying directory structure.

For me it feels like global evil forces trying to keep me stupid.

I can navigate trough the directory structure with the "My Files" app.

Opening a single image works with the gallery or photo app. But swiping to get to the next picture of the directory does not work :-(

How can I navigate the directory and view the images on my external SD card?


texts: How do Google Play app updates work? Are they free?

texts:
Let's say I paid for an app, and after some time there is an update for this app.

Is this update free?  Will all future updates be free?
Or do I have to pay some fixed % of the current price of the app?
If it can be either, is it up to the developer?


texts:
I was trying to install a custom ROM from recovery menu, but it failed and now my tablet stuck on Samsung Logo and won't boot. In recovery menu I get these errors:

E:failed to mount /system (Invalid argument)
E:install_application_for_customer:Can't mount /system

in 'apply update from/ sdcard' menu, I face an empty list, which means the sdcard is not mounted.

What should I do to survive my tablet?


texts:
let's say I have about 100 old kindle fires to root (or other android devices). Of course I don't want to waste days to root them one by one, is there any way to optimize the process?

Thanks


texts: Photos in DCIM folder messed up - sometimes file explorer frozen

texts: I have a Samsung S8 and I try to access DCIM folder. Once doing so, sometimes the file explorer freezes and sometimes it does not display all the results. Actually I see some old photos on top. If I search for the latest photos I can find by using the photo name, but it seems that the order has been messed up. On the other hand, the gallery shows properly the pictures in the correct order. Do you know why it happens and how it can be fixed?


texts: Root an LG Spirit with no closed source programs

texts:
I own an LG Spirit (Android 6.0) and I'm sick of the limitations that are put on my phone. I decided to attempt rooting, and possibly bootloader unlocking and flashing. But, for now, I'm stuck on rooting.

My problem is that I want to totally avoid execution of closed source software that requires and/or manages root access. I'm not a developer, but I put far more trust in open source software that I can read (even if I lack the skills, but it's a nice moment to learn something new) than in shady¹ applications that promise me to root a phone with one click. I'd like to learn something about the process that I'm doing on my phone, and I never trusted the easy ways when dealing with electronic devices.

Fact is, I don't know where to begin. I've found phh's project, superuser (git: https://github.com/phhusson/Superuser), but the documentation is so technical I really can't understand a thing, even if my phone is supported (or if I can create the necessary files, or else). When I look for newbie guides to rooting, all I can find are guides to the one click root apps (that can be summarized as "Download->Click Root"). So, I think I have to learn something along the way to proceed.

By the way, my computer skills: I just know a little of C (from an university course, absymal quality), I can handle Linux shell decently, I'm willing to learn.

My main question is:

Is anyone willing to share his/her experience about open source rooting? Can someone point me some reference for learning about what's needed to understand the procedures that he/she has done to root his/her phone in an open source way?

Or, if it is too broad:

Does anyone with experience with superuser know where I can read something, more newbie friendly, to begin understanding how that procedure works?

I thank you all for your attention.

¹No offense meant to the honest guys and gals that developed a closed source way to root! Unfortunately, closed source brings this kind of questions by nature.


texts: Is this possible in Android that a file/folder can have multiple owners and group?

texts:
So in my scenario, I am trying to assign multiple groups, the user to a file in /dev/. So I have created a custom AID in config.fs and the corresponding [path], mode, caps parameter also configured. Also modifies my apk to uses this new gid.
At runtime, I saw that a custom group is created and my process(java process) also has this custom gid in Groups(cat /proc//status). But still, I can't perform the operation on /dev/* file.
So my question is this possible in android that a file/folder can have multiple owners and groups?


texts: Android head unit 8227L with no physical buttons bootloop

texts:
After successfully rooting Android head unit 8227L, I decided to update SuperSU binary files and unfortunately ended up with a boot loop. After many trials and errors, I eventually managed to open Recovery Mode but as my unit doesn't have physical buttons I'm not able to navigate it.
Connecting USB keyboard doesn't work. Long/short press reset button neither (it confirms Reboot option which is initially highlighted). I tried to Wipe data/Factory reset through ADB but anytime I enter ADB shell I receive an error:
exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory

How to navigate the recovery menu or deal with this error?


texts: 4.3 Galaxy S4: how do I prevent keyboard backspace from deleting whole word?

texts:
I've just updated my Galaxy S4 (T-Mobile, in case that matters) from 4.2.2 to 4.3.  Now when using the keyboard (default settings), if I get to the end of a word -- either strictly on my own or via one of its suggestions -- and then backspace, it deletes the whole word.  Before, backspacing at that point deleted one character at a time.  Often it's faster for me to correct a suggestion (or notice and fix a typo of mine) this way than to start over with that word.  I'd like my phone to stop being so aggressive in cleaning up after me.

I don't remember setting something for this in the previous version (though it's been a while).  I've walked through the settings for the device and in Twitter and Messaging (the apps where I've noticed this behavior so far), but haven't found anything that seems relevant.  I have not rooted my phone and don't plan to.

Current settings, under Device -> Language & Input:

Default: Samsung keyboard
Samsung keyboard settings:

predictive text: on
auto replacement: off
auto capitalization: on
auto spacing: on
auto punctuate: off

Keyboard Swipe:

SwiftKey Flow on
Cursor Control off

Aside from auto punctuate (which I turned off), these settings are as they came after the upgrade.


texts: "Insufficient storage - The device does not have enough space to download…" error only when downloading a language pack in Swiftkey

texts:
I'm always getting this error message when trying to download another language pack in SwiftKey:

  Insufficient storage - The device does not have enough space to
  download [language]. Consider deleting apps or content that you no
  longer need and try again. [Screenshot 1]

However, I have 3.33 GB of available space in internal storage [Screenshot 2] and 3.68 GB in the SD card [Screenshot 3]. This error never occurs in any other app, even those installed after SwiftKey. And it only happens when installing another language pack within SwiftKey. It does not happen when reinstalling SwiftKey or when changing the theme in SwiftKey. I've already tried:

Uninstalling even more apps
Moving apps to SD card (for those apps that allow moving to SD card)
Clearing the cache and data of SwiftKey and retrying the language pack download
Uninstalling and reinstalling SwiftKey (also tried clearing cache and data before uninstalling)
Running the SD Maid app's AppControl and CorpseFinder cleaning modes after uninstalling
Searching for files with 'SwiftKey' in their names in SD Maid to ensure that no SwiftKey files are left behind after uninstalling SwiftKey. Also tried searching with the Amaze file manager app (root mode). No files are found in both searching methods.
Used the Delete old messages app to delete many of my old messages

Solutions suggested by answers in other related posts:

Languages wont download [SwiftKey forums]

Tapped on 'Update languages'' in the language download menu and after that tried downloading the language pack again
Attempted deleting the 'languagePacks.json' file at
/sdcard/Android/data/com.touchtype.swiftkey/files/. However, there is no 'languagePacks.json' file under the 'files' directory.

Why am I constantly running out of space on my Galaxy S2?

Dialling *#9900# to attempt to delete dumpstate/logcat but I'm getting a "Connection problem or invalid MMI code" error message
Deleting contents of /data/logs but there is no 'logs' folder under 'data'. There is a 'log' (no 's') folder, though, and I've deleted all of it contents.

Install/Update Apps gives “Insufficient Storage Available” error, although I already cleared the cache and other data

Deleting contents of /data/app-lib/APP-PATH [that has this error]/lib while SwiftKey is installed, however the 'lib' folder does not exist.
Deleting /data/app-lib/APP-PATH [that has this error]
Deleting /data/app-lib/APP-PATH after uninstalling, however this path does not exist for SwiftKey after it has been uninstalled (it seems that an uninstall clears it properly)

Titanium Backup “insufficient free storage space” error

Unticked 'Mount namespace separation' setting in SuperSU

How to empty (clear) the logcat buffer in Android

Tried the adb logcat -c command

I've restarted the phone after doing the above-mentioned attempts, but they haven't fixed the issue. The error message still appears when I attempt to download another language.

Is there anything else I could try to resolve the issue?

Details:
Device: Huawei Honor 3C H30-U10
Android version: 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
The device is rooted. Superuser management app: SuperSU.


texts: Is it possible to Unlock bootloader at phone with MIUI without registration?

texts:
Is it possible to Unlock bootloader at phone with MIUI without registration at:
https://en.miui.com/unlock/


texts: Install GApps onto HTC One w/ CyanogenMod 10.2 + ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.4.3

texts: I'm currently trying to install the GApps onto my HTC One. I got CyanogenMod working using the installer app on the play store, but now I don't have any of the GApps. Help me? How can I install the GApps?


texts: Handset is rooted . The app cannot proceed due to security reasons

texts: When installing an android app i got this error . Is there a way to solve this problem without factory reset ?


texts: Android devices shows up in wrong account on Google Dashboard

texts:
I noticed today that my Android device shows up in the Google Dashboard for my work (Google Apps) address, as opposed to the Google Dashboard for my personal address.

I am wondering if this is even an issue? Of course I would prefer to have it associated with my personal account dashboard.

I have not tried to remedy the issue yet. Maybe my first step would be to delete the work account on my Android and see if it would default to a different account. As far as I can tell there is no option for changing a "default account" with which your Android associates.

Thoughts?


texts: Is it possible to use the camera without unlocking first?

texts: Is it possible with Android phones (like with iOS 5) to take photos directly from the lock screen without unlocking first?


texts: Why is some application not supported by device with Intel processor

texts: Pokemon Go is releasing today but sadly I saw somewhere in the Internet stating that Niantic has claimed that the app is not supported by devices with intel processor (in my case asus zenfone 5). So I wonder why the type of processor will be one of the factors determining whether the app is compatible for the device. Any help is appreciated. =)


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 and I get notifications which are a bit longer than can be displayed.  For example

  Helen wants you know that there are items waiting for you

will be displayed as

  Helen wants you to know that there are...

Is there a way to increase the size of the notification so the complete notification can be read?


texts: Transfer root to SDcard with switch_root didn't work

texts:
I'm trying to install Debian on the Android 4.4 (modded with cyanogenmod) that's installed on my nexus 10 to one external sd card. I'm reading this tutorial :

http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian

I've attached the Leef microSD microUSB Connector with a 64GB sd card inside to the mini usb port of my nexus 10 as you can see here :

The tutorial talks about the The ASUS Transformer TF101 and the instructions are based on this tablet. Instead I have a tablet nexus 10,that's equipped with an internal sd card where I have installed android 4.4 + cyanogenmod. For this reason I need to know how to change some part of the tutorial to adapt it to my situation. Anyway on my desktop computer I have partitioned the sd card in this way :

Disk /dev/sdf: 64.0 GB, 64021856256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7783 cylinders, total 125042688 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
Disk identifier: 0x0004504c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdf1            2048    32767999    16382976    b  W95 FAT32
/dev/sdf2        32768000   125042687    46137344   83  Linux

My nexus 10 recognizes the sd card as sda2. According with the tutorial I have issued the following commands,but something did not work :

mount -o rw,remount /
mkdir /mnt/deb
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/sda2 /mnt/deb
/mnt/deb/busybox sh
/mnt/deb/busybox mount -t proc none /mnt/deb/proc
/mnt/deb/busybox mount -t sysfs none /mnt/deb/sys
/mnt/deb/busybox mount -t tmpfs none /mnt/deb/dev
/mnt/deb/busybox mdev -s
exec /mnt/deb/busybox switch_root /mnt/deb /init

BusyBox v1.21.1 (2013-07-08 10:07:37 CDT) multi-call binary.

Usage: switch_root [-c /dev/console] NEW_ROOT NEW_INIT [ARGS]

Free initramfs and switch to another root fs:
chroot to NEW_ROOT, delete all in /, move NEW_ROOT to /,
execute NEW_INIT. PID must be 1. NEW_ROOT must be a mountpoint.

        -c DEV  Reopen stdio to DEV after switch

but where is the mistake ?


texts:
I've just bought a shiny new Motorola X Force and I would like to be able to root it.

Is there an app that I can use?

https://www.motorola.co.uk/products/moto-x-force

Any help  would be much appreceated


texts: Can I install a firmware from a different country on my phone

texts:
As I wrote in the title I was wondering if it's possible to install a firmware from a different country on my Sony Xperia Z5 .
Thanks for your answers.


texts:
I have a Samsung S5 with a WOWTOU receiver.  It was working fine, but after a week or so, it now cycles, even when the S5's battery is not full.  I've tried multiple different brands of Qi transmitters, and they all do the same thing.  It does get hot at times, but there is no correlation with the temperature and the cycling.  Different transmitters seem to cause different rates of cycling, but I haven't done a real experiment to see what those are.

Any suggestions?


texts: can I replace my tablet battery with a phonoe one

texts:
I have a tablet with 3.7v li-ion battery which lasts few minutes on ...
and an old phone with the same type and voltage battery can I replace tablet battery with this one? and how?


texts: Is there a way to enable the pass-through of the Windows key via VNC when using an external keyboard?

texts: Im currently trying to get on a Linux machine via VNC with my Nexus 10 running the newest CM Nightly (Android 6.0.1) and using an external keyboard. It works largely fine, but the Windows Key doesnt register any X Event on Linux (meaning it isnt "pressed" via VNC), or simply acts as a shortcut on android (for example Win+Enters acts like the home button). This happens with all VNC Viewers ive tried so far. Things like alt+tab also only execute Android commands and arent seen via VNC. Is there any way to disable these shortcuts and make Android pass the Windows key to the apps?


texts: Is a rooted phone safe for phone banking?

texts:
My phone (Android 7) has been rooted for years. That means it hasn't updated in years. I'm wondering if it's safe to do financial transactions on it...like download my banks app and a bitcoin e-wallet.
If not, then how can I make it safe while maintaining root?


texts: How can I encode an MP3 file in Android using LAME?

texts: Can anyone tell me how to encode a MP3 file in Android (as you would by using lame.dll in Windows or lame.so in Linux)?


texts: I can't purchase anything on play.google. I get error "error retrieving information from server [DF-RPC-01]"

texts:
It's not just in the play store, it doesn't work on mobile or on PC, and I also can't do any in-app purchases in any app.
I tried reinstalling apps, clearing phone, but I believe it has nothing to do with the phone because it's not working on PC as well...
If I go to google payment center, I get "You haven’t signed up to pay for any Google services yet", and I successfully bought an app a few months ago.


texts: What causes my Android phone to heat on low signal

texts:
I have noticed that 3 of my Android phones heat on low signal (Nexus4, Xperia U, and HTC One) 40~50C. My friend has an iPhone and it doesn't seem to heat as much (30C).

So, why does this happen? Why does low signal drain my battery, and why does it heat too much?

Could it be solved by software? or is it a hardware problem?


texts: Can not select secure screen lock option on Samsung Galaxy s8+

texts:
I am trying to set my screen lock to pattern/pin/password but it reverts back to a non-secure option (swipe/none).

I have tried:

Clearing cache
Clearing credentials
Removing Nova-launcher

I'm all out of ideas.


texts: What services are needed for Google Play Store to work?

texts:
I've got a Chinese Lenovo Z5 phone and an Amazon Fire HD 8, which do not come with Google Play Store by default. I know how to manually sideload APK and install Play Store, however I am not sure about the dependencies.

As far as I know the Google Play Services is an absolute requirements. Other than that, some services for account and/or authentication are needed to ensure normal operation. What are they? I've done this a long time ago so I cannot remember.


texts: How to calculate/verify SHA-256-Digest from META-INF/*.SF file?

texts:
I'm trying to manually verify an APK file in the way Android would do when such file is installed in some old system (<7). I have one problem I can't really solve.

They say the following:

  As you can see, the signature file contains digest entries for the
  archive's files that look similar to the digest-value entries in the
  manifest. However, while the digest values in the manifest are
  computed from the files themselves, the digest values in the signature
  file are computed from the corresponding entries in the manifest.

So in this case, we have an example entry from the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file, which is the following one:

Name: FingerprintProtocol.proto
SHA-256-Digest: WQ9R/MGV5m9Dye4Jtl3MiLRmX2RPoEPeinb3me7wnAU=

Now we take the corresponding entry from the META-INF/*.SF file, which looks like this:

Name: FingerprintProtocol.proto
SHA-256-Digest: fWL5eppUj0x6UVdPqHusFkpDbXpq7P0sqchfublqEnA=

The question is: How was fWL5eppUj0x6UVdPqHusFkpDbXpq7P0sqchfublqEnA calculated?


texts: How to remove pattern lock on android 5.0 on mu Nexus 4

texts:
I upgraded my phone nexus 4 to Android 5.0 lolly pop, it was over the air upgrade.
Before upgrading i had set pattern lock to my phone, after upgrade it is using the same but in settings/security the options to disable the pattern lock is disabled (option none).
Also swipe to unlock the device option is also disabled.
Pin, Password and Pattern are enabled. please let me know to disable the lock.

Thanks,
Harish S


texts: Set my phone contacts to sync to Google not Google to phone

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I want to set my phone to pull contacts from my Google Contacts so that it uses google as a master.

I organised my contacts on Google Contacts page and when I synced my phone it messed everything up again because instead of pulling down from Google it uploaded everything from the phone. :(

I am using Samsung Galaxy S2 with CM9


texts: What to do when "Stop Supervision" does not stop supervision in Google Family Link

texts:
I was using the "Google Family Link" parental-control software to supervise a device.  I wanted to stop supervising the device.  So, in the Family Link parent app, I tapped "stop supervision".

Google sent an email saying that I'd stopped supervision.  But Family Link continued to show a notification on the device saying that it was under supervision, and it still continued to forbid certain actions on the device.

Even rebooting the device didn't help.

What's the solution?


texts: Create whatsapp database from emailed conversation?

texts: I recently switched phones and lost most of my whatsapp conversations. However, some of them I emailed to myself previously. Is there anyway to turn the text file sent by email into a database so I can restore it to the whatsapp app?


texts: How can I transfer a playlist straight to my PC?

texts:
The key is that my music files are all over the place in separate folder in my phone. It would be too time consuming to sift through every folder and pull out the individual song files that are in my playlist, not to mention some of the files are weirdly named so I'd end up missing some.

I'm trying to move just the songs that are in said playlist so I can burn them to a CD. The music app on my LGG4 let me export the playlist into an ".m4u" file but I'm not sure what this does or if it even helps. Any guidance? Thanks in advance.


texts: AudioMixer and AudioFlinger Recoding from Stereo to Mono

texts:
I have tried to record from an Android 9 device audio with tinyCAP in the format
48kHZ,STEREO,16 bit
The waveforms differ quite a lot, however when I call from Java APP record
The waveforms are the same.
Possible places to happen AudioMixer and AudioFlinger.
I checked the Mono Sound on the Accessibility settings and it was greyed out, do you know any place where this is defined in code. I think that's causing for both channels to be the same.
If it's AudioMixer, where would you suggest I look for?


texts: Access Android device's file system over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi

texts: I'm looking for a way to access the file system of an Android device (Nexus S) wirelessly, as its USB port has become unfit for anything but charging. Ideally, I'd like the same functionality as offered by connecting the phone to a PC with a USB cable.


texts: i cant enter recovery mode; how do i install my ADB driver?

texts:
Here is my issue. I have an LG g Stylo 3 Plus, (T-mobile). I can't get into recovery.

Here's the situation:

my screen is broken and I have a semi picture. However its unresponsive.
I had no need to root this phone before. So device is not rooted.
I enabled knock code. So I have important calls and texts that I am not receiving.

So I need to use ADB to unlock my phone and also side-load a mirror to pc apk.

I am familiar with ADB commands and have tried everything within my knowledge. I have also done extensive research and yes, I did also using the search bar.
Any ideas how to make this show up in adb without entering recovery mode?
so just to make this clear. I'm completely lost.


texts:
I am using Micromax Bolt A064. When I send some message in WhatsApp either in a group or for a single contact, it is just showing a clock symbol and not delivering.
I am using WiFi and I am able to receive hundreds of messages successfully. I can change the display picture & status without any issue.
This issue started once I sent some 10 messages to 10 groups at a time, is that the reason?


texts: Cannot install apps from google play store

texts: I am using Samsung Galaxy Y, Android version 2.3.6 only, I rooted it yesterday and now I could not install apps from google play store. And as device memory is small so I think it's better if I download apps straight from websites. Is there any trustworthy and user friendly website for this? Thanks a lot :)


texts: Preventing certain WAKELOCKS (NlpCollectorWakeLock, NlpWakeLock) with shell? (e.g. pm command)

texts:
As some of you might aware of, the notorious 'NlpCollectorWakeLock' and 'NlpWakeLock' are often the cause of considerable battery drain. I personally make some custom ROMs, and would like to automatically disable these without any app, but by a simple shell script. I tried disabling some activities by pm command, but no luck so far.

So can anyone give me some insight in disabling components/services/activities etc, that is related to these two wakelocks?

Thank you!


texts: Google Voice SMS messages not showing up in Hangouts

texts:
I'm using Google Voice to send text messages to someone.  I've chosen to send the messages through Hangouts. The messages are being sent successfully and the recipient gets them but they don't show up in the chat log in hangouts.

However, they are showing up in the stock Messages app. Shouldn't the messages be listed in both apps?


texts: How do I record audio of an application when sharing the screen on Zoom Android?

texts:
I am using Android's Zoom application to screen share with other people. They all see my screens are fine, but the audio from the application is mute.
I can mute and unmute the hardware microphone (it picks up the ambient noises or my speech), but the sound from the Android application itself (e.g. video playing, system sounds, youtube video, etc) is non-existent.
In the desktop version of Zoom, when you screen share, there is a checkbox for sharing system sounds or the screen you are sharing, but I don't see such an option with the Android version.
How do I record audio of an application when sharing the screen on Zoom (Android)?
I'm using Samsung ActiveTab 2 (on Samsung's Android 9 I think).


texts: Why is Android claiming I have multiple Flickr accounts, and not allowing me to upload to Flickr?

texts:
Starting about a week ago, my phone -- rooted HTC Incredible, 2.2 -- stopped being able to upload to Flickr. I can't associate any system/device changes with the problem; I rooted a couple of months ago, and updated happily, since then.

I'm not using any special Flickr apps -- just the default "Share >> Flickr" accessed via the Gallery.

But when I do, I first get prompted to log in to Flickr, then told that I have multiple accounts (I don't) which is not supported.

hunh?

N.B.: Question may be rephrased over time....


texts: Found a locked phone, how can I access the contacts?

texts: I found a P30 Lite which I would like to return to the owner. However, I have no way of contacting anyone on the phones contact list as the phone is locked. Is there a way I can recover the data to a PC or somehow access the contacts? Note that USB Debugging is not enabled.


texts: I saw that my SD card is FAT16 formatted. In order to improve performance, can I reformat it as FAT32? What filesystems does Android support for external storage?


texts: Cellular radio dead? No carrier signal, "No service", no mobile networks

texts:
I own a Motorola Moto G 4G (XT1040). Original stock ROM, Android 5.1,  unlocked bootloader, custom TeamWin recovery, rooted. I only install apps from Google Play, F-Droid or trusted sources.

Last week, a strange issue appeared out of the blue -- I haven't flashed any new roms, recoveries, nothing out of the ordinary, just my normal daily usage like the last entire year. Until then, I had been using the same retail stock ROM it came from factory, without ever flashing any other ROMs.

(I have had this very same issue before once, with exactly the same symptoms, but I can't remember what I did in order to fix it - however the fact I was able to fix it could mean it's not a hardware issue. Maybe. Who knows).

The mobile signal icon started displaying zero bars, and a "no service" message:

I can't make or receive any calls, or use mobile data, despite a "G" icon that, I think, indicates some sort of data connectivity.

I've already tried:

Enabling and disabling the airplane mode,
Rebooting the device,
Changing the "preferred network mode" to either 2G, 3G or 4G,
A factory reset,
Installing CyanogenMod 13.0 latest snapshot,
Restoring a known good TeamWin full backup (which includes the modem partition)

I've performed adb logcat -b radio -v time -d and it includes the following line:

12-13 03:42:01.520 D/RilRequest( 1653): [3660]< RADIO_POWER error: com.android.internal.telephony.CommandException: GENERIC_FAILURE ret=

I'd include the entire log here but it's a 300 KB file and I'm not sure how do I anonymize it properly.

So far I'm considering:

A hardware issue;
A bad SIM card - My SIM card works on another phone;
A blacklisted IMEI (very unlikely) - according to random sites, there's no block.


texts: Android Froyo (2.2). Why I cannot put letters on bluetooth PIN?

texts:
Please, I have a device wich I connect via bluetooth from my Samsung Galaxy S. The bluetooth device have a alphanumeric PIN. When I try connect it ask for PIN but my galaxy only let me to put numbers!. Android 2.1 let me put numbers and letters. Any suggestions? PD: Impossible to change the device's alphanumerical PIN.

Thank you.

02/02/2011. Question solved. It was as I thought. Update 2.2.1 allow to put numbers and letters in bluetooth PIN(like in 2.1 version).


texts: Is it possible to completely brick your Android phone by using a Custom ROM?

texts:
I understand that you can completely "brick" (render unusuable) your iPhone by attempting to Jailbreak incorrectly.

Whether or not this is actually the case, is it possible to do the same with your Android phone?  Or is the nature of that operating system and the handsets such that you can always install a new ROM on it if everything goes pear-shaped?

I assume there could be a difference due to how closely the iPhone is tied to iTunes, compared to how independent Android phones seem.


texts: Why does my Samsung Galaxy S lose data for some applications?

texts:
ANYONE WANTS MY BOUNTY POINTS ?

I had a bounty of 150 points on this question but got no answer I could use.

Anyone ? I have to award it in 22 hours.

I am very happy with my Galaxy S, which I have had for about a year now.

Recently I noticed that some of the installed applications seem to lose data.

Because I do not know the file system nor the inner working of an Android device, I will give the specific apps in the hope that someone recognizes this or at least can tell me something to try.

The first program I noticed was Friend Caster. This is a (very good) Facebook client which worked fine for some weeks. But now I have to, at least once a day, re-enter my user id and password. The technical staff helped with some things to try (related to the Facebook integration), but nothing helps.
The second program I noticed was Business Calendar Free. Every once in a while (and I really can't put my finger on why) this program starts up as if it is just installed - i.e. it produces the start help screen, and I lose the settings I chose (f.i. the chosen colours for Saturday and Sunday). Although the installed and active calendars are kept. Also, the widgets of this program, stop updating themselves, which is rather useless for a calendar widget, of course :)

I have lots of other programs installed, all of those seem to work correctly. None of them has an obvious function which could cause this.

Samsung Galaxy S - GT-I9000 - Firmware 2.2.1 - Kernel 2.6.32.9 -  phone is not rooted

The problem can be specific to those two program of course, so I also installed both of them on my son's Galaxy S, on my wife's LG and on my Archos 101 tablet. None of these phones present the same problem.

UPDATE

I have upgraded my Android version to version 2.3.3, but this has not solved the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

UPDATE 2

I received the following answer from the nice guys from the Business Calendar support. Can anybody verify this ( or knows a solution to the problem ):

  This is a well known problem on some Samsung devices, since the update
  of Android version 2.2.1. The settings of some apps are not saved
  permanently. Once this problem occured, this will happen again and
  again.

  As the problem seems to be caused by a bug in Samsung's version of the
  Android OS I am afraid to say that we can't do anything against it. We
  hope that Samsung is about to fix the reason of this in the future.
  Maybe you can contact the Samsung support, that they hopefully
  accelerate working on that issue.

  So unfortunately your device is affected by this problem. Some people
  told us that a factory reset helps them out of this really annoying
  problem, but I won't guarantee for anything. That's up to you.


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Is there any widgets available for toggling the SIM2 turn on and off. I have Samsung J7 dual sim phone and for internet/data, I use SIM2. For getting maximum battery life, I would like to turn off the SIM2 and turn it on whenever I need internet.

Please let me know if you know any android feature or widget or shortcut other than Settings->SIM Card Manager -> SIM2 - Turn On/Off.


texts: Are there any dependencies for unrevoked3 to run on stock ubuntu?

texts:
I cannot get unrevoked 3 to run on either my laptop or desktop which both run 64 bit Ubuntu.

Is there a dependency I need?

I download and extract to ~/Downloads

cd ~/Downloads
gksu ./reflash

...and nothing happens.

Based on this Ubuntu forums thread, it seems to be a conflict between 32/64 bit. Is there a way to get this 32 bit application working on my 64 bit system?


texts:
My question is similar to this one, however what would be appropriate solution for HTC Desire S device because it does not allow you to change your phone number on SIM card like Samsung Galaxy does? Here is what it looks like on my phone (sorry for bad focus):

Here are other topics with same problem:

http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/desirehd-my-phone-number-unknown-please-read.6002/

http://www.htcsensationforum.com/troubleshooting-htc-sensation-4g/phone-number-unknown/

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f8/my-phone-number-39390/


texts: Is there a way to create a history of TCP/UDP sockets opened in android?

texts: Is there a log with this info? I know proc shows the ones opened at the moment but I need to see the ones that are already close


texts: Wifi hotspot generates new mac address each time

texts:
Every time I'm gonna to use wifi hotspot on my device it generates new mac address, therefore my laptop can't remember for permanent. Every time I need to set all connections details  again anad again. It's a bit annoying.

Is there a way to make android generate the same mac address each time?

ps. currently I'm using android 4.2.2 ( cm 10.1-20130521 ), unfortunately such behaviour was long before current version.


texts: Android revolution HD boots to bootloader

texts:
I just installed Android Revolution HD rom on my HTC One M9, everything went fine but it won't boot, every time I boot the phone it opens the bootloader screen.

I installed the rom using TWRP


texts: OpenVPN Connect (Android): How to allow local traffic to bypass VPN

texts:
I use the OpenVPN Connect app on my Android devices to route my internet traffic through commercial VPN Service providers (Private Internet Access and IPVanish).

I can access the internet through the VPN with no issues.  Problem is, while I'm connected, my device cannot communicate with other devices on my Local Area Network (LAN). For instance, if I use ES File Explorer app to open a folder on my Network Attached Storage (NAS), I get a timeout error.  When I disconnect from the VPN, everything works.

Another VPN client, OpenVPN for Android, does not suffer this limitation. It appears to be able to distinguish which packets to send to the VPN server, and which packets to send to the LAN devices.  Digging through the options for this app, I noticed a setting titled Bypass VPN for local networks that controls this behavior.

Unfortunately, for my use case, I cannot switch to the OpenVPN for Android app.  Its UI for connecting/disconnecting is too complex to be useful on my streaming box (Amazon Fire TV) where I have only a remote to navigate (no mouse, no touch).

Is it possible to configure the OpenVPN Connect client to bypass the VPN for LAN communications?  Alternatively, is there an OpenVPN client for Android that has this feature and works reliably and is easy to use with just a remote?

I have looked for answers in the OpenVPN help forums and found that the question has been raised (https://forums.openvpn.net/topic16773.html) and raised (https://forums.openvpn.net/topic19489.html) but never answered.

Please help if you can. I have no networking experience so please be explicit.


texts: Can't update latest lollipop patch on rooted Nexus 9

texts:
My rooted LTE Nexus 9 running stock 5.1.1 has the Teamwin recovery installed. When I restart to apply the latest lollipop update, I can see error messages in the console as in the pic. Why does it mis identify my device as not having LTE? Is there a way to apply the update without re flashing the stock recovery? Edit - I got the same problem with stock recovery as well.

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texts: I Backed up my data on Google, as instructed by a Samsung representative, then reset my, as instructed by same. He never told me how to recover the data. After being disconnected, during reset, he never got back in contact with me. I did all the recaver methods that are listed here. I also contacted Google, a week ago, no reply


texts: How do I show my Android device screen on my PC with no lag (at 30fps)

texts:
Device: Galaxy Note 3 N900W8

I need a solution that would let me show my phones screen on my PC at a high framerate. I tried VNC. It could not find a display method. I tried some random apps that work with USB debugging. No dice. Any suggestions. HDMI is not a option because then I would need to purchase a capture card and a HDMI adapter for my phone.


texts: Root Nook Color without removing Nook OS

texts: I have a Nook Color 1.3.0 and a Mac OS X computer. I have a microSD card with ClockworkMod and such for installing the Android OS, but I would like a solution that would allow me to root so that I don't need Honeycomb or ClockworkMod to install and run things from the Market. At the very least a terminal emulator would do. Can anybody help me out?


texts: How can I access the Gmail contacts on an Android tablet?

texts: I am helping a friend who has an Android tablet with an app for Gmail. Her mail contacts appear if she starts typing a name, but she wants to be able to go to Contacts and check off multiple people to send mail to. We cannot find any access to Gmail contacts without going through the browser to the full Gmail site.


texts: I installed a nightly or unstable build of a custom ROM and now my phone doesn't work

texts:
I installed a nightly build, but now some important features of my phone don't work: it boot-loops, or can't make calls, or can't use mobile data, or something like that. What can I do about it?

  N.B. This is a "canonical question" for all similar questions, because questions about specific bugs in one particular nightly build of a ROM are way too specific to have any long-term value. See this meta question to learn why this question was created, and why your particular question about nightly builds might have been closed as a duplicate of this one.


texts: Cannot log in to google account when on data (works on Wifi)

texts:
Device: Lenovo A806 with Android 4.4.2

Problem: Cannot log in to google account while on data (works on wifi)

Description:
Cannot open google play (connection failed, retry) or add a new google account to the android settings (signing in, may take minutes). Also cannot eg log in to PokemonGO with google account while on data, but can log in with non-google account. The game keeps playing if later I go off-wifi. Wifi is required only for sign in. If I disconnect and allow some time to pass then cannot log in again on data.

Tried:

Date and time settings are automatic and I verified that the difference to atomic clock is under 1s.
Different SIM in different country has the same problem (network operator-independent)
Cannot add new google account (account independent, not related to 2-step verification or wrong password etc)
Hosts file contains only 127.0.0.1 localhost.
Uninstalling/Reinstalling, clearing cache, clearing data, forcing to stop the app and restarting does not seem to help because more than one app have the same problem.
Captured the HTTP/S traffic using Drony but didn't manage to understand which is the call to the google account, and see its status.

I know the question may seem a duplicate, but I haven't found any solved question about having this problem ONLY on data (wifi works so that rules out many solutions)


texts:
I found this “Aptoide” app on my Android A5 the other day but I certainly don’t recall downloading it. I opened it up and somehow got to the updates section. It showed me available updates for a bunch of apps, some of which I have but others I don’t. I’m wondering if one of my kids might be up to something on my phone and need some guidance. It shows a list of apps that have pending “updates” and then below it, it shows a list of “installed apps”. There is a weird messenger app called “Messagerie double” that you can see in one of the images. I don’t see that app anywhere on my phone and I guarantee I never downloaded it.

Does its presence under Aptoides “Updates” section indicate it does reside somewhere, hidden on my phone? And if so, how do I access it?

Thanks! I’ve attached photos for example. Apps I’ve never downloaded include:

Messagerie double
SEMFactoryApp
SVC Agent
Network Diagnostic
slocation (Another one not pictured but same green android logo)
bootagent (Another one not pictured but same green android logo)

Am I right to suspect these are somehow being used on my phone without my knowledge? If so, please tell me how to access them. I really need to know what’s going on, Thank you so much!


texts: Restrict contacts from knowing I am on WhatsApp

texts:
Am I right in understanding that when one installs whatsapp everyone in the contacts on my phone knows I am on whatsapp (at least the ones who have whatsapp)

I do not want the above to happen. So if I put in another SIM card, then can I avoid the contacts on my primary SIM knowing I am on whatsapp and restrict to only the contacts on the new/secondary SIM. Or will WhatApp anyway broadcast to all contacts on all SIMs?

My basic aim is to expose the fact that I have whatsapp to a limited set of people - hence the second SIM.

Kindly let me know

Ananth


texts:
Does anyone know where Swiftkey stores its data for:
1.) the heatmap
2.) user custom word dictionary
Or even better, how would one go about finding this out (on a non-rooted device)?


texts: How to allow Messages notifications to show?

texts:
A couple weeks ago I suddenly stopped getting notifications for the Messages app. I'm still receiving text messages, with no delays.But no notifications are showing up in the top notifications bar. And the phone is not vibrating to indicate that a new message was received. I have a bluetooth connected watch that used to display new messages; that also is not showing alerts for new messages.
I'm pretty sure that the text message app that I'm using is just called "Messages". The icon is a white speech bubble on a blue circle.
I keep missing new texts. The only way to see that there are new unread texts is to manually open the Messages app, and check all the conversations to see if any replies are in bold text (indicating that they are unopened).
I have already clicked the three vertical dots "Settings", "Notifications"
The following settings are already on:

All Message notifications: ON
Other Notifications: ON
Data Download Notification Channel: ON
Allow Notification dot: ON

Android version: 11
Device: Pixel 2
Provider: Verizon


texts:
Is it possible to put Android to accept outbound connections, ie. act as a server waiting for connections?

If so, is there any hindrance like an embedded Android firewall?

What I have in mind is to make a server-less, direct Android-to-Android (p2p) connection. My suspicion is that a few applications make use of that, eg. Skype when a call is established.


texts: What range of tcp buffer size do you suggest for slow and fast networks?

texts:
If you search the net, you come across with ranges like these that claim would enhance your net throughput:

net.tcp.buffersize.default=4096,87380,256960,4096, 16384,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.umts=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.gprs=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960
net.tcp.buffersize.edge=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960

In place that I live, the net speed of gprs/edge connectivity is so slow that even sending just a sentence of text via instant messaging apps like Whatsapp could take up to 5 seconds and even fails to send some times! but on the other hand my wifi connectivity is very fast;

so; what range of tcp net buffer size do you recommend for these two connections that better suits me?(or maybe any other effective variable)


texts: Turn ringer to loud from vibrate when a particular contact calls

texts:
What can I do to make my phone ringer switch from vibrate to loud when a particular contact calls?

I tried using Tasker and created a profile for a Phone state, when a contact calls > set ringer volume to max.

It works... like this: when my phone is vibrate, and I get a phone call from the contact, the ringer goes up to high... however the call is still is on vibrate. The new high ringer volume affects only subsequent calls (from any contact).

So it doesn't exactly work as you can see. What can I do?

I use Nexus 6p with Marshmallow.


texts: How to check which app changes home background image

texts: The background of my homescreen keeps changing and I do not know what causes it. I can change the background manually, but after a certain moment of time it just changes automatically to another background. It is really annoying. I mean... I do not hate baby's. But I do not want them randomly eating biscuits on the background of my phone .


texts: Is there a way to upgrade Vivo V5 from Marshmallow to Pie?

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I am having an Android device Vivo V5, Which has Android Marshmallow installed. Now, I want to upgrade the OS to Android Pie.
Please suggest me any workaround.


texts: My android can't log in to Wifi networks with Captive Portals

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It used to work about a month ago.

Whenever I went to the mall, or this one coffee shop, and also at 7-11 outlets, I would get the notification "Sign in to wifi network", then I get redirected to their login page when trying to visit any webpage in my browser, I sign in, and I can connect after.

But I have been playing around with my android in the past month

installed AFWall+ to allow only Opera Mini to connect on 3G
installed ProxyDroid to view the traffic on one of my games (and to get infinite gold lol)
added Charles Proxy certificate
installed and uninstalled XPosed framework
other stuff

And I just recently realized, I never get the "Sign in to wifi network" notification anymore, and I just get a cannot connect error on the browser.

It seems my phone's ability to sign in to captive portals has been completely broken somewhere along the way. It used to work 100%, now NONE of the places work.

Is there any way I can fix it?


texts: Is there really no spell check on the built-in keyboard?

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I am a new Motorola Droid4 (Verizon) user (from a blackberry). Moto is telling me that there is no spell check on the built-in keyboard, only on the Mutli-touch keyboard.

Is that right?


texts: How to make SD card internal storage on android 7.0?

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I have an LG Stylo 2 and the option to change internal storage to SD card isn't there.. I tried ADB method in this article

[How to format to SD card1

But nothing happen. Any other ideas?


texts: How can I sort, filter and tag files/images in Android ICS 4.0?

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A little background

Im a bit into graphic design, digital painting etc, and I like to draw on the run, away from my desktop. For drawing, I often need reference materials - some pictures of things I would like to draw. While drawing/designing a futuristic car, Id like to be able to look at pictures of some modern cars, planes, helicopters, materials etc.

Looking for reference on the Internet on my android tablet is cumbersome, and I dont have Internet access everywhere. I do have a big library of reference pictures on my SD card tho.

I cant really use it as reference yet, because looking manually for pictures of things I want to draw is a LOT of work. Designign something, say a cyborg, Id have to dig through the files searching for "human", "metal", "machine" and "mechanism" pictures.

So, what do I want?

I would like to tag and sort for pictures/files with tags similar to those I mentioned ("human", "machine", "engine" etc), but i dont want to upload it anywhere or use it online. I dont want to share and want to keep it local, usable without Internet access.

If I could display all the chosen pictures on one screen, it would be a big bonus.

How could I do that on my Android tablet? I'm using ICS 4.0.


texts: LG V10 Phone stuck in BootLoop - recovery data

texts: I have a LG V10 Phone.  It is stuck in the BootLoop mode.  I want to recover the data from the phone.  Is there a way to recover the data without getting into the system?  Please advice.  Thanks, John


texts: "Webpage not available" for some webpages but not all

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I can not access all webpages on my phone. While some are working fine, others simply show "Webpage not available".
This appears to be independent of the webbrowser. It's always the same webpages that won't work and they won't work with neither mBrowser nor Tint Browser and I have also experienced this on my mother's smartphone with the default browser.
This is not a matter of misspelling or being temporarily not available: I have been experiencing this for months now (not always - there were times when I was able to access those pages) and the webpages are reliably accessible from a computer.
This happens both when I am entering the URL manually as well as when clicking on a link from google.

Removing the battery or clearing Tint Browser's cache did not help.

some pages that are not accessible:

https://wiki.archlinux.org
https://github.com
https://jisho.org

some pages that are accessible:

google
leo.org
wikipedia.org

I am using Android 4.0.4 (CyanogenMod 9.1.0), mBrowser 12.0, Tint Browser 1.8 (10). My mother's phone was a Sony Experia with the preinstalled OS but I can't check the Android version because it got lost.


texts: Rooting Nexus 7 - SuperSU Binary Update Installation Failed

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Can someone please help me find the correct SU binary for this device? I am trying to install the SU binary for SuperSU, and I get an installation failed every time.

I have been looking for information on this specific problem, and from what I have read, I may have to download a new binary file and download it through flash recovery (shrug). I thought I would try that, but I cannot find anywhere with information specific to my device.

If you think the problem could be caused by something else, please let me know.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Chrome INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS but I am certain it doesn't

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Hi all I am trying to side load a chrome apk via ADB but it is giving me the INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS error. I have verified via exhaustive searches of the packages and even the root that no file/apk/package exists that even has the word chrome in its title anywhere. Play Store also confirmed it is not installed. It will download the file but gives "already installed" error when it tried to load it.  Cleared all caches/data and same.  Also tried direct downloading the apk and installing that way but it just crashes.

The only thing I can think of is there is some other "flag" or registry somewhere that is telling it that it is still installed when it isn't?  Where might that be? Or a hidden file perhaps?

FYI this is Android 4.4.2 older machine but needed.

Thanks


texts: G4 - Bluetooth headset and multiple media player

texts: I have LG G4, 5.1. It came with "Audio" player pre installed. however, I use Poweramp. It works fine 90% of the time. However, occasionally, when I have my BT headset on (LG HBS 750), and press play nothing will happen. At other times, the other media player will start playing. Is there a way to kill any other music players besides poweramp and have my BT send commands directly to poweramp only?