texts: Preventing Google Play Services autoinstallation into an ancient Android phone

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How do I prevent Google Play Services from automatically installing now and then into a rooted Orange San Francisco aka ZTE Blade under a heavily trimmed down custom Android 2.3 ROM? Is the best way of achieving that described here?:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/general-help-how/240696-how-permanently-block-google-play-services-installing-automatically.html#post2649165

Please note: I clearly understand why I want it as such and why I want it exactly that way. Please refrain from responding with anything but exact answers. This particular phone under this particular ROM works exceptionally well w/o the app in question, including any Google service used.

Many thanks in anticipation!


texts: How to disable text correction suggestions (underlined) with Google Voice typing?

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When I use Google Voice typing to produce some text, a fair amount of the text becomes underlined (and if you tap the underlined text a drop-down list presents suggestions to correct any errors in the voice recognition). However, this functionality makes it very cumbersome to manually edit the text with the keyboard (I find that I have to first tap the underlined text, then choose delete and rewrite the entire snippet of text again). Moreover I find that most often the suggested corrections are incorrect, so they are not helpful.

I'd much rather turn these corrections off if it was possible, and simply edit any errors manually with the keyboard. Can it be done? Thanks.


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When android phone (4.3) warns about

Storage space running out.
Some system function may not work.

Besides install apps, what can I do to mitigate the problem?
I have replaced SD card from 2GB to 32GB. But it doesn't seem to solve problem. Why?
Thanks.


texts: Android : Can't access developer option after enable the developer mode

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I tried to open developer option but when i tap the menu it said Turn on developer options first so i try to enable developer mode again by taping build number but is reply No need, developer mode has already been enable
I tried to access it by searching option in setting but when i tap any setting it would tell me to enable developer option first.

My device is Galaxy A7 (2017)
Model number SM-A720F/DS
Android 8.0.0


texts: I need to flash a stock ROM to my Samsung Captivate i897 as a part of unbricking process, but I can't find one. Odin one click roms don't work for me as Odin one click doesn't see my phone (regular ODIN does see the phone so I assume the drivers are ok). I need a rom that I can either install in recovery or using regular ODIN


texts: How to install working Play Store on a clean device (CWM13 ROM)?

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I did a factory reset recently, and when I installed the latest version of Play Store and Google Play Services on my Android 6.0.1 device from APKMirror, it keeps showing Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped. Well, I have CWM13 ROM installed on my device, the app settings doesn't have the "Clear Cache" option, so I can't fix it in the common way.

Any ideas guys? Thx in advance.


texts: How do you fix "adb locksettings not found"?

texts: I have a J3 Eclipse running Android 7.0 plugged into my computer and try to view the locksettings by typing adb shell locksettings. This returns /system/bin/sh: locksettings: not found. How can I fix this?


texts: What is the difference between Ultra pixel and Mega Pixel camara?

texts: How we can compare Ultra Pixel and Mega pixel? And what is the difference between these two camara technologies.


texts: Can't login to any Google apps, error pops ups each time attempted

texts: I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy s5 and am unable to login to any google apps. I've tried signing in through all google related apps (play, youtube, gmail) and have tried 3-4 different accounts but each time I try to login an error pops up saying "Unfortunately Google Play Services has stopped working". I've tried logging in on data and different wifi connections, as well as disabling/ force stopping and re-enabling the google play services app, even making a new gmail account but nothing has worked so far. Thoughts?


texts: I need to record an log even if device restarts cause when I open a specific app my phone restarts so I need to log why.


texts: How can I update my droid x to the 2.2 operating system?

texts: I'm trying to find a (hopefully official) place to update my droid x to 2.2 I'd appreciate any help/pointers


texts: Which will work better on t-mobile: Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 or GT-i9305?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I use my device on a different carrier?

Both are international models, and I'm looking to buy an unlocked one off of Amazon. However, I'm not too sure if they're compatible with T-Mobile.

I currently have a prepaid standard SIM Card, and although I only have unlimited text and call at the moment, I may get a 4G Data Plan in the near future.

Which one of these models is compatible with T-Mobile's 4G service? I've read that the i9300 isn't, but I couldn't obtain any information about the i9305 (which is the 4G LTE version).


texts: Galaxy Nexus ICS Does't remember wifi Passwords - ICS 4.2.2

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Anybody else have this issue?  It's freaking annoying as every time i revisit somewhere and want to use their wifi, i have to get the password and enter it in again.

Any suggestions on how i can resolve this issue?


texts: Transfer large files beween Android device and an iPad mini

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I have an iPad mini and a Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet.

What is the easiest way to transfer several large files between an Android device and an iPad device?


texts: Installing LineageOS OTA update from the recovery manually

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I installed LineageOS on my OnePlus One, and today I got the latest nightly. The OTA update system downloaded the file, and I clicked install. However, it says

  Note: This feature requires a compatible recovery or you will have to install it manually.

Then it sends me to recovery and nothing happens.

Can I get some help as to how to update?


texts: How to use an old version of an app that wants to get updated

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I was using an old version of the eBay app and everything worked fine but now as soon as I open the app, it shows a pop-up telling me to update the app which will not let me use it. Changing the system time will remove the pop-up but the app doesn't have internet connection then.
Is there any possibility to remove the pop-up and use the old version again?


texts: Retrieving text messages from stolen Android phone

texts: My Samsung Galaxy Nexus was stolen the other night. Is it possible to retrieve my texts and save them to my computer if I know the phone number and IMEI? I have a Gmail account set up on the phone but, haven't installed any backup app.


texts: How to convert a number to words in MS Excel Android app automatically?

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Excel macros are unsupported in Android and there is also no SpellNum function. I want a function which can convert a number to words.
Also, I am unable to find any relevant ways of doing so in the Google Sheets Android app.
Is there any way we can achieve this?


texts: How are good, fair, poor and bad defined for signal strength?

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How are good, fair, poor and bad defined for signal strength in terms of dBm, in most Android phones or telecommunication community?

Are they defined the same for mobile network and for WiFi network?

Thanks.


texts: What is the installation size of a clean build of 4.2?

texts: This is a pretty simple question, but one that I have not been able to find the answer to.  How much disk/storage space does an installation of Jelly Bean (bonus points for other versions) take up?  I am not looking for a super-accurate answer, as installation size varies from device to device, but more of a ballpark answer in the gigabyte/gibibyte range, such as 1.7 GB.  Or does Android's size vary drastically from device to device?


texts: How to set MP3 ringtone in Android (Nexus S)

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I am using Music (latest up to today) and TTPOD as my MP3 players.

After Googling, I suppose I can set my MP3 ring tone, by long press on the song through Music application. However, once I long press, there are only the following selections

Play
Add to playlist
Delete
Shop for artist
More by artist
Search

I was expecting I am able to get a selection choice Set as ringtone, but I didn't find one.

May I know what is the "correct" way to set MP3 as ringtone in Android?


texts: Changing Screen Resolution VM ware using 4.4

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To play around I installed Android in VM Ware Player using this image:
http://www.android-x86.org/releases/releasenote-4-4-r1

Since I have two Screens of which one is a 5:4 in portrait mode, that's the one I want to use the 5:4.

To use all the screen real estate available I played around with the resolution as described here:

How to change screen resolution on android rooted device?

But no matter what after bootup the vertical screen size is about 22cm.
e.g. 800x700 gives me 22cm. 1100x700 gives me 21cm. 500x700 gives me 23 cm.

What is strange is that the horizontal screen size is not influenced at all.

What am I doing wrong?

The problem is that some apps I want to try out rotate the screen. If I disable rotation they are cut off at the bottom.


texts: How to enable the radio transmitter on yureka

texts: So just a couple of hours ago, I unlocked the device's boot loader and after boot up, I noticed a strange app in the app drawer which was called radio transmitter. I excitedly opened the app. But, the thing is that, right after boot up, the everything was kind of super laggy and amidst the lag I killed the radio transmitter. Now, its gone from the app drawer. How can I get it back?


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even though I have a connection and can browse or do other things with connections. This happens when connected to both 3G and WiFi. Did anyone have the same problem, or know how to solve this?

the phone is galaxy s with os 2.1


texts: Google Play updates a non-existing application

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Recently, on my Moto G5 I was hit with a situation of Google Play updating an application that is not listed in the application list:

Situation on right screenshot remained only until given update process has completed. Right after that "Moto Actions" application appeared on the list.

Questions here:

Why Google Play calls something "an update", if in facts it installs it for the first time?
Disable button for this app is disabled. Can't disable or uninstall it. Any option to get rid of it?
How can Google Play install anything on my device without asking me for a permission?
How can Google Play install anything that I cannot uninstall?
Are there any other app-examples of such behavior?

I thought that this is possible only for apps that are part of core system and that anything that is installed through Google Play can be uninstalled?

I purchased my Moto G5, after having Moto G4 earlier and after having Moto E3 even earlier. I was using all my phones because Moto offers "as close to pure Android as possible".

Every phone came with some annoying Moto-like stuff, but I was always able to uninstall or disable it. This is first example. Is this some kind of change in Motorola policy? Cause I find hard to believe that "Moto Actions" is so essential system app that user can't uninstall it and Motorola only forgot about it in system release and had to later install it through Google Play.


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I was researching on methods to try and recover my data and I learned something interesting, a user 'kuruczgyurci' posted:

This does not exactly answer the original question, but since I managed to brick my bootloader in the meantime, this is what I ended up doing, and it might be useful for someone else in the future:
Allwinner SOCs have a built in Boot ROM, and it supports various modes, so these devices are virtually unbrickable. In particular, it supports a so called FEL mode (http://linux-sunxi.org/FEL) which can be used to boot the device over USB. I nice open-source tool has been written that can communicate with the device in this special mode (http://linux-sunxi.org/Sunxi-tools#sunxi-fel). Using this, you can boot your own bootloader. (And with that, you can boot your own kernel, etc.) The linux-sunxi.org website has very  detailed instructions regarding Allwinner SoC devices, so I recommend that you check out their other articles as well.

I found this quite interesting and so my noggin started to think: could this potentially apply to Snapdragon COCs? Could they potentially contain a built-in Boot ROM?
It would be logically possible considering that if perhaps someone completely ruined important partitions, to the point the boot-loader doesn't even load, and it's completely bricked, that Motorola can fix it.
I'm pretty sure I recall talking to a Moto Rep a long time ago and they said that it is possible to fix a phone that you messed up all the way up to the bootloader.
I would assume 'Yes' they do.
So, is it possible?


texts: Google Play Services have stopped message is popping up continuously on screen

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Phone is MI4I , Google play services have stopped msg is popping up continuously on screen. None of the conventional methods are working I.e clearing Google play cache is disabled, restore to factory version or uninstall updates or clear data is disabled. Stopped and cleared cache of framework, still issue exists. Any other solution possible?
Can't access play store since it needs this. Thinking of downloading Google Play Services latest version from web and installing. Is it a good idea?


texts: Physical (USB) keyboard keeps waking Android ICS tablet from sleep

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With (or without) my USB keyboard attached... my tablet will sleep after 1 minute of no activity, or if I manually make it sleep by tapping the power button. However, with my keyboard attached it will wake the tablet again after 30+ seconds. And it will continue to do this sleep..wake..sleep..wake.. until I disconnect the keyboard.

Is there any way to prevent the keyboard from waking the device?

Just to add... if the tablet was already sleeping when I connect the USB keyboard, then the tablet will still wake up after a short period of time. (It is not just when the tablet sleeps having been using the keyboard.) The lights on the keyboard flash just before the tablet wakes up, as if the tablet has sent the signal to 'wake up'?

The only related setting I can find is "Stay awake - Screen will never sleep while charging" (not selected) under Developer options.

EDIT: The tablet is a DGM T-703 7inch - a very generic/vanilla tablet AFAIK. The keyboard is an Afunta(TM) Artificial Leather Keyboard Case, but I have tried another standard USB keyboard and the same thing happens.


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help me to root my htc desire bravo
configrations are:
bravo pvt3 ship s-on
h.boot -0.83.0001
microp-051d
radio- 5.09.05.30_2
help me and give me the easiest mehtod i tried revolutionary it says that your hboot version is not supported
i have android2.2 foryo


texts: Power management : Configuring Battery cutoff voltage

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I've been looking so far without any result yet.

What and where are the configuration files editable to change anything about the power management, specifically, the cutoff voltage ?

Any hints will help. (Something in the ROM? in the kernel ? in some drivers ?)

Working on a rooted Android 4.3


texts: How to restore ColorNote notes after factory reset?

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I forgot to backup my notes before factory reset and now apparently I have lost them all. Before doing factory reset though, Back up my data option in Settings >> Backup & Restore was checked but right after it there was no sign of restoring data and such. I am not however sure if this has backed up any of my ColorNote app data.

There is a backup folder at this address /storage/emulated/0/backup which contains backup files for some applications including one file named com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad.color.note which should be related to ColorNote app. When I double click on this file, and install it, no note gets restored. I also did not have anything synced with my Google account before doing factory reset.

I know I have probably lost my notes, but still am desperately searching for some way to restore them! Those notes where stored on Androids file system, so my only hope for now is maybe I could use some file recovery application to recover those deleted files. Any advice and help would be greatly appreciated!

(Galaxy Nexus, Android version: 4.2.1, not rooted)


texts: Ad pops up on lock screen after charging

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I know that others have complained about the same thing, but I have looked all over for this particular app and I cannot find which one may have caused the issue.

Issue:

When I turn on my phone, I am greeted by some sort of weather app that has an ad and some writing in a language I do not know.

More info:

I have not downloaded any apps in the last week
I have a google pixel (not rooted)
It starts every time I plug my phone in
This continues to happen about half an hour after the phone has been unplugged

Image of lock screen:


texts: Android File Transfer not working on Sierra

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I have a Huawei Mate S with Android 6.

After updating my MacBook Pro 13" Retina to Sierra I noticed that Android File Transfer correctly opens up when I plug the phone into the USB, but the window remains empty, as if the device isn't containing any file.

I've tried everything, switched USB mode to MTP, activated developer options, but still no joy.

The USB cable is ok, it is the original Huawei provided with the phone. I'm figuring out some permission problems, but I can't go any further in this direction.

Does anyone have the same problem?


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When accessing audio file information, no tags appear like desktop version. How am I supposed to edit tags

Screenshot of "information" menu


texts: Is it possible to disable admin rights of a malware?

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There is a smartphone with anroid 5.1. Another user installed an app from a non-verified source (some hacks for Clash of Clans afaik). To uninstall it I have to drop its administrator rights in Settings -> Security -> Device administrators. The problem is that when I click to uncheck it, device locks and I hear two check sounds (check and uncheck, I suppose).

When I go to settings again the checkbox is still checked. The same behaviour when using safe mode.

How to remove malware-originated administrators?


texts: What does this icon mean, in the stock messenger app?

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Pretty straightforward; when viewing the list of recent contacts/conversations, the stock messenger app on my Samsung Galaxy S3 shows this icon, but for only the one conversation.

I don't know if it's a button, or notification, but I'm afraid to touch it.

Can anyone explain what it is/does?


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I have a Redmi Note 3 that I got from a kickstarter pre-flashed with Silk, which is great and all but I would like to use this as a phone for a bit. This ROM doesn't have any UI, it's meant for writing JS to prototype IoT projects.

Can anyone help me flash a stock ROM, or really any ROM that functions as a phone?

I have tried downloading from here which is as far as I can tell from the manufacturer but I get an invalid checksum when I try to flash via adb sideload or copying it to /sdcard/update.zip (the device doesn't have an SD card slot, but it also doesn't recognize something at /update.zip as an update.

This script does successfully flash an updated Silk ROM, but I can't find a download that has boot.img and system.img as .imgs, it's always as a folder.

Any pointers are hugely appreciated.

I have zero idea what I'm doing, this is my very first foray into Android in any capacity.

Thanks!


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My WhatsApp folder (/data/media/0/WhatsApp) and in particular its media folder has grown very much. So I want to move it to my SD card. I have rooted my Samsung Galaxy S4 and created an ext4 partition on my SD card for the Link2SD app. However, when I use Link2SD to link WhatsApp to the ext4 partition, it only moves the WhatsApp app but not its data folder with the media which contains most data.

I have also tried to move the WhatsApp folder in a terminal app and softlink to it. However, then WhatsApp stops working and crashes on start.

Is there a way to move the WhatsApp data to an SD card?


texts: Recover nexus 5x with locked bootloader and TWRP

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I bought a used nexus 5x and got a message saying to lock the bootloader to allow OTA updates.  So I did, not fully understanding what my situation was.  It wiped the phone and now it won't boot.  I can get into TWRP but that's it.

I tried loading a bullhead factory image (as well as a lineage zip) on a USB-C flash drive from the TWRP install menu but it failed with error 7.

I'm not really sure what to do now.  Is there any way I can get my phone flashed with a working image?  Ideally the factory image.

edit: I should add that I tried the standard flashing instructions but they all start with unlocking with fastboot which doesn't work apparently because i need to check a box in the unbootable OS.

update:
Well, for some reason poking the clear cache button in TWRP fixed it and it booted, I was then able to unlock the boot loader and install the factory rom. Not sure how to evaluate the answers now as I can't test them.


texts: How do I get MIUI to allow notifications for reminder apps?

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I'm using an MI phone (Redmi Note 4G), it runs on MIUI v7. This is a problem that a lot of people have been facing for a really long time now: Push notifications for reminder apps (Say Wunderlist, Google Keep, Any.Do etc.) don't work. Mostly they don't work at all, sometimes they are delayed for random number of minutes / hours for absolutely no reason.

How do I get MIUI to allow these notifications?

Here is what I've tried:

I've tried "locking" the apps into the apps tray (So that when I clear the RAM, that particular app isn't cleared )

Result: Doesn't work.

I've given all permissions to the concerned apps. Even those permissions that were obviously not required for the app to do it's basic task: Remind me of my to-dos.

Doesn't work.

I've made sure that I've enabled allnotifications in both the MIUI settings and in the settings of the app

Doesn't work.

There is only thing that does work: Not force closing the app (by pressing the back button for a few seconds). Even if I do so, the reminders only work fine for a few minutes: say for half-an-hour or an hour. Reminders that come up later than that don't work.

Here is an ongoing discussion on the same topic: http://en.miui.com/thread-19270-1-1.html (miui forum)


texts: IMEI Invalid - Lenovo S860, rooted android 4.4.2, nothing works

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I saw and tried more than 10 ways to repair the IMEI, including rooting the phone, connection to PC, mobile terminal emulator, but nothing works.

The phone is 2GB RAM Lenovo S860. It has 2 sim card slots (I'm using both) 3G and 2G respectively. (I cannot post link because of low reputation, gsmarena has specifications for my phone)

I accidentally deleted the system folder, after which the phone bricked, but I managed to repair it using the following android verion (http://www.needrom.com/download/rom-stock-4-4/) as an upgrade to (http://www.needrom.com/download/lenovo-s860/), both installed using PC.

Now I have the IMEI problem and I really need quick fix because I need the phone for work.


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Is there a list of which kernel version comes in each Android AOSP version?

Or lets say, which version /proc/version would spit out.


texts: Unable to activate Tasker as Device Administrator

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I'm using a rooted Note 2 GT-N7100 running DR.Ketan Custom ROM v14.

After flashing this ROM today, I'm unable to use Tasker as a Device Administrator. The check box does not get checked when I click it in order to Activate Device Administrator permission to Tasker to perform certain tasks.

Kindly help me find a solution – Thankx in advance!


texts: How to reset phone (DROID TURBO) system settings without factory reboot? System UI has stopped working

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So, a little bit of background. The worst part about this is that I'm pretty confident I know how to fix it, but I don't know how to go about doing the thing  I need to do to fix it. Bear with me a moment.

So I have a stock Droid Turbo, I don't have any kind of ROMS or any non-play store stuff on it.

So what I did was I went into developer settings on the phone, the "Hidden Settings" and I started fiddling with stuff.

I either pressed on:

Simulate secondary displays
or
Force RTL layout direction

and the phone's GUI crashed hard. Now it's completely bonkers, and only endlessly loops the error that "Unfortunately, the System UI has stopped working."

Now my question is, is there a way to reset those options in the developer menu somehow, without doing a factory reset? I have a few apps that store local data that will get erased, and I'd rather not.

Additionally, the phone is still working in the background, I can hear text message notifications and it rings when I get a call, though I can't interact with it in any way. The Droid Turbo user interface (For gestures while the phone is locked) works too.

I tried clearing the cache, I tried letting it complexly run out of battery and doing it again. Hard resets. Nothing seems to work.

The worst part is that my PC Doesn't want to recognize it either, which is odd. While in the bootloader it got a connection to my PC as a linux USB Storage device, inside system recovery it made the noise like something is there, but it's not.

So any tips? any way to save my data before I have to factory reset this? I really can't lose that data, a few apps I have store user data locally.


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I couldn't find any relevant source for this. So I'm hoping to find an answer  to my simple question here.

If I kick someone out of my WhatsApp group (I'm the group admin), will the chat history on the person's mobile device be removed as well?


texts: Android 2.2 update for samsung Galaxy 3 (I5801 and I5800)

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Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get Android 2.2 (FroYo)?

when android 2.2 update will available for Samsung Galaxy 3(i.e Samsung I5801 and I5800)... ? do you have any idea when it is going to available... Is there any otherway around for installing non official 2.2 on it...?

Thanks

Please note that samsung galaxy 3 !=(is not equal to) Samsung Galaxy S... so please don't post answer that update is available for Galaxy S.. that update can not be installed in Galaxy 3


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I have an Android 4.0.1 10" tablet. I started encryption last night around 5:30pm. It is now 7:40 am the following morning and I still see the "green" Android icon on the screen. I had just bought the tablet three days ago.

How long does it take for the encryption process? Is something broken? Is there a way to fix it? I have about twelve to fourteen apps on my device, nothing more.

Please help...

Thank you


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Has anyone seen the S-pens SDK in the Play Store or galaxy apps store? What exactly is it for and even if I'm not developing any kind of modifications to the S-pen feature of Samsung phones can I download the app to enable an S-pen to be used with my phone?
My phone is a Galaxy A5 (2015)


texts: To encrypt or install security app like Prey?

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I have just bought an Android tablet and would like advice as to whether I should encrypt it or install some security app like Prey.

If I encrypt it, then if it is stolen the thief won't be able to access it and so could just reset it to factory settings. In this case my data would be secure but I'd have no hope of getting the tablet back. On the other, if I don't encrypt it then the thief might not factory reset the tablet and so an installed security app like Prey could be used to track the tablet and there would be some hope of getting the tablet back at the risk of perhaps exposing my data.

Are these my only two choices or is there something else that can be done to secure data AND have some hope of retreiving the tablet?


texts: Galaxy Tab 3 GT-P5210 Downgrade to 4.0.3 ICS

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I was searching the web trying to find ROMs for downgrading my Galaxy Tab 3. No matter how deep I have gone, it seems that there is not any available ROM for Android 4.0.3 dedicated for my device. A little more searching gave me the feeling that this kind of ROM will never be available for downgrading.

Does anyone know if such a ROM exists, or if it is impossible to exist?


texts: Where can I add xposed modules to systemless xposed framework?

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I have installed Magisk and systemless xposed. What do I need to do to download and install xposed modules (not Magisk modules)?

I don't see any app for xposed only the Magisk Manager from where I can install Magisk modules (like systemless xposed).


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I have a mkv HD video and I'm trying to watch it on my motorola xoom. I found some players but none of them was good enough to play my video smoothly. Then I read on the internet that I need to convert my video to mp4 in a certain format but I can't find a free converter that can do that for me.

So I found out that VLC can convert the video for me but it takes too much time. I would like to know if someone have already converted hd videos using vlc and it played fine on the Xoom or if you have a better alternative free solution (I'm on a mac, so it'd be good to have a solution for mac).


texts: Is there a way to make a folder you CAN'T share images from?

texts: I'm constantly scared I might accidentally "butt-dial" share my girlfriend's sensitive images, is there any way to make a folder for images that won't include a share function?


texts: Unlock android phone with forgotten password and attached gmail account details too

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Unfortunately My android phone Sony Xperia Go with got locked. I gave this to a friend for use and he gave this to his friend. Now the problem is no one have any idea which gmail account is linked to this. Neither any one is taking the responsibility... well that's other problem.

I am writing here for help. If anyone can help in this.

The phone is not allowing to enter pattern now. It is asking for gmail account details or security question answer and don't have any of these.

I hope anyone could help me this.


texts: Arduino heart rate sensor bluetooth terminal upon event command

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I have an Arduino uno r3 set up as a pulse/heart rate monitor, I have a HC 05 bluetooth module set up so i can connect with my android phone, i get the reading on my android phone in a "heart rate is 86" and it shows a new reading every few seconds.
Is there a way I can set up an event via the Bluetooth terminal or other app, to make it possible to sound an alarm or other android command upon a specified heart rate.


texts: Can a app store data beyond uninstallation?

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I've an app that creates an account for me but uses no login credentials (starting the app logs me into the account).

When I uninstall and reinstall the app it still logs mit into my account.
When I reset my Android Phone (e.g. new OS) it does not remember my account

My question is: What possibilities could this app have to do such behaviour and how do I eradicate it completely from my phone when uninstalling it?


texts: Please guide me. I cannot read Chinese. How do I go about changing the language to English. Thanks


texts: How do I turn off the cellular radio without disabling bluetooth?

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I have an old Motorola Droid that is no longer subscribed on any Verizon service. I still use it for things like web browsing, ebooks, and along with some wireless stereo headphones, music. I've already turned off 3G data usage (EVDO) by disabling the Enable data option under Mobile network settings. However, when I turn off the cell radio (CDMA), bluetooth is also disabled. I first observed this problem on the stock Android 2.2 firmware. Now my phone is rooted, running on an Android 2.2 based firmware (CyanogenMod 6).

Why disable the cellular radio?

Simply put, I want to turn it off because I don't use it. Moreover, it uses battery life and cpu time (even if relatively small amounts):

I've tried two different methods of disabling the cellular radio, but both ended up doing the same thing:

Turning on Airplane mode, then re-enabling Wi-Fi. This has the expected consequence of also disabling bluetooth.
Using the Phone Info menu by dialing *#*#INFO#*#* (4636) and pressing Turn off radio. This actually just turns on Airplane mode:

As you can see, even though Wi-Fi does stay on, Airplane mode disables bluetooth. The headphones won't sync until I turn off Airplane mode, which of course turns the cell radio back on.

In both cases Airplane mode is enabled, so bluetooth gets disabled. But now that the device is rooted, I should be able to disable the cellular radio without using Airplane mode at all. How can I do that?


texts:
I have been having a problem with the default SMS client recently and haven't found a solution yet. The problem is that when I am texting with certain friends, there will be two threads going: one thread for texts I receive from them, and one thread for texts I send. The problem has always occurred when I first text someone but it is the wrong number (I type the wrong area code by mistake). The person obviously does not receive the text, but when I change the contact's number and text to the correct phone I get all of their replies from the number I originally typed in, which causes two threads for the same person.

I was hoping that somebody might be able to provide an answer for essentially merging the two threads. I have a Samsung Galaxy Slide and it runs on Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread). Thanks in advance for your responses!


texts: How to prevent Spotify to access photo/media?

texts:
Spotify recently changed their policy and want to collect private data like contacts and photos/media.

I am using Cyanogen OS which has the cm permission manager. I can disable access to contacts for any app.

Since I never used an app that wanted access to my media I am not sure if the cm permission manager can prevent that too.

So how can you prevent access to media on devices with CM?(mine is rooted)


texts: Why would Google account show hundreds of YouTube purchases?

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Google allows deleting Google products within a Google account.

A friend's Google account shows that it has a YouTube profile within his account.

My friend does not use YouTube, so he went into the Google account manager to delete the YouTube profile.  When trying to delete his YouTube profile, Google warned that doing so will delete his 1525 YouTube purchases!

My friend states that he has never purchased anything on YouTube, nor has he ever provided Google with a payment method.  Before deleting his YouTube account, how can he see these hundreds of purchases that Google has claimed he made on YouTube?

Update

Our always helpful Dan Brown recommended reading:
https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2850369

Based on the info in that article, I had my friend look at his order history in the Android Play Store.  It showed hundreds (perhaps 1525?!) of orders for items that had no cost: free music tracks, videos, digital magazines, and digital books.

All of the items are from the Play Store; none of the items appear to have anything to do with YouTube!

So either this means:

He has an additional 1525 purchases in YouTube.  But how does he view those?

or

For some reason Google is claiming that deleting a YouTube profile will result in the loss of 1525 free Play Store items.  Why would YouTube have anything to do with Play Store orders?


texts:
My phone was already a dead unit but can still be detected by SPFT (Smart Phone Flash Tool). What I  have is a Stock Flashable Rom which is in zip file. Is there a way to convert this into .md5 or .pmt? Or how can I flash this through SPFT.

And also, while doing the (SPFT) memory test, I got an error saying "NAND Flash not detected on phone" How can I solve this?? Thanks!!

I'm using Alcatel OT 5020a


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I have a nexus 6 which failed when updating to 6.0.1. I can no longer boot into the Operating System as the /system partition is corrupt. I ran a factory reset - but this didn't fix the problem because factory reset only clears out the /cache and /data partitions.

Since I am able to get into the bootloader and android recovery I was wondering if it is possible to reinstall the OS via ADB. I've searched around it it looks like ADB can only be used for installing updates/programs while fastboot can flash the /system partition with a factory image. I'm unable to use fastboot because the phone is not rooted. So, is there any way to restore the factory image of the OS via ADB on a non-rooted phone?


texts: Why MIUI prevents game audio playing in my Bluetooth speaker?

texts:
I use Poco F1. Whenever I enter into a game (call of duty: mobile), my Bluetooth speaker stops and the audio starts playing the phone speaker.
Miui splits the audio into two, only when I'm in lobby it plays through the speaker and stops while I go in.
This does not happen with wired headphones.
Issue occurred in: Philips stereo speakers connected via bluetooth.
Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Using OTG cables with Nexus 7 (2012) without rooting

texts: Is it possible to use OTG Cables with Nexus 7 (2012) without rooting? Can Nexus Media Importer be useful here?


texts: Cannot download anything from Google Play store via mobile data

texts:
I have an LG G2 with Android 4.4.2. All of a sudden I cannot download apps or updates on the Google Play store: no error messages, it just spins its wheels. On the Google Play Store, it just says "Downloading..." with the loading bar running infinitely, and in my phone drop-down screen, the same thing. No progress bar, completion %, est. time, anything.

In my Settings › Mobile data menu, the "limit mobile data usage" option is NOT checked, and the problem persists on both 3G and 4G/LTE. My data limit has not been reached (I don't even think I have one).

In the Settings › Mobile data › Google Play Store menu, the "restrict background data" option is NOT checked either. In the Google Play app settings menu, the "Auto-update apps" is set to wifi-only, but that's how I want it. The problem is when I manually try to download/update, so that shouldn't be the problem.

My Google Play build version is 5.4.12, if that helps...

Wi-fi downloads are just peachy though.

Just checked my network signal strength and it's -116 dBm and 26 asu, whatever those mean.


texts: Multiple Google Accounts contacts Syncing

texts:
I have 2 google accounts lets say 'me@gmail.com' and 'work@gmail.com'

Personal email has 500 contact of my friends and family. Work email has 1100 business contacts.

I share the work emails contact list across 5/6 different people/PC's/mobiles etc. and keep the personal one for my phone only.

Can anybody find a way that my android phone can display/sync me@ contacts whilst JUST displaying work@ contacts?

Whenever I add accounts/sync etc. both lists merge and everybody using the work email suddenly has access to my personal contacts?

Tried quite a few fixes but Android always syncs everything.


texts: How to Recover Data from internal storage of dead phone?

texts: I'm Using a Intex Aqua Power HD phone with Android 4.4. Its broken and cannot be switched it on... Whatever be the problem with the phone, what I really want is the data in that phone... The data in the phone is important... Is there any way to recover Data from Internal Storage of my Phone When I cannot turn it on ?


texts: I want to stop ringtone silence feature while incoming any call and shaking my phone in Intex Cloud Y2

texts:
I have not installed any app in my phone like shake it off or any but whenever I get any call on my Intex Cloud Y2 it gets silenced when I move this phone or shake it.

This case usually occur when I get a call and my phone is in my pocket so it will be automatically silenced while walking on road and I can't notice it.

Does anyone faced this issue? How can I stop this feature in my phone?

I did full factory reset also, but it doesn't work.

Thanks in advance.


texts: I have some 'unknown artist's in the Equalizer + Music Player. I know this question has been asked before but I do not know how to edit it. I have MusicTag on my laptop. Can someone please give instructions on how to fix this. Thank you.


texts: How can a third party app run in safe mode?

texts:
I had a problem with my phone restarting at random, and it all started when I asked a third party app, FX File Explorer, to carry out a task (searching for duplicate files). So I duly rebooted the phone in safe mode.

The phone crashed on reboot, but with a cache wipe I was able to start it again and it was verifiably in Safe Mode.

FX File Explorer was absent from the home screen as expected and absent from the app list. I tried to force it to stop through app manager, but the phone just hangs, tried to uninstall it but with the same problem.

Moving back to another task using the recent apps list (Overview screen), I noticed that FX File Explorer had a window in that list. I touched on it and it opened, a fully functioning app. I thought safe mode was supposed to disable third party apps?

Firstly, how does FX File Explorer get to be still running even in safe mode?

Secondly, how do I stop it? Force stop just hangs forever until the phone restarts, uninstall just hangs forever. The phone appears to be working fine until I actually ask it to do anything (open an app, uninstall anything etc) then it just hangs. Being fairly sure it's FX File Explorer that's causing the problem, I need to stop it, but nothing seems to be able to get to it.


texts: Transfer backed up iphone data to android phone. is it possible?

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My iphone recently won't charge and it is dead. However, I have managed to backed up the data through itunes sync before the incident. Now I want to get a new android phone. But can I transfer the backed up data to android phone directly?
(I can't turn on my iphone anymore.)


texts: How do I prevent a system update from occurring?

texts:
We have 150 new XOOM Wifi tablets (MZ604) that we are distributing to high school students in 2 weeks. The tablets have stock ICS 4.0.4 on them, unrooted.

The requirement is the tablets run Adobe Flash Player 11 in order to interact with math and science curriculum that coincides with our textbooks.  Adobe Flash Player does not work with Jelly Bean, therefore we need to prevent the devices from going past the 4.0.4 update. The students can take the devices off-campus and use them with their home wifi connections, so doing anything to block the devices at the school network is not going to work.


texts: Is there a way to download and store Google Maps permanently?

texts:
Google Maps are arguably the most accurate online maps in the world, but the problem is that the app itself has many limitations when it comes to offline use like not allowing downloads of maps bigger than a certain size and deletion of stored maps after a number of days.

Is there a way within Google Maps or using 3rd party software (available on F-Droid maybe) that can download Google Maps and store them indefinitely and also allow offline search? Or is there an alternative way to do this?


texts: How can I recover data from lg g4 stuck in a boot loop?

texts: My lg g4 is stuck in a boot loop. It still powers on and can charge up but my phone wont stay on for long before it shuts down and starts booting up again. I dont really care about saving the phone but i just want to get all my data from it.


texts: Does the Samsung tablet 3 SM-T211 have USB host mode OTG support? If not, is there a way to enable / support it?


texts: Why won't FWDN see my cheap Chinese tablet?

texts:
I have a tablet here that appears to be a NuPad / HAIPAD M701.

I have downloaded a .RAR with FWDN. When I run FWDN the "Area Map" always shows "Unknown".

I have tried this on both a Windows 7 x64 and a Windows XP x32 machine.

I have run the VTC driver installer on XP (it doesn't work on x64).

What does it mean when Area Map says Unknown, and how do I fix it?


texts:
I was flashing Pixel Experience ROM with TWRP (fastboot boot recovery.img) recovery. The OS did not install on the device:

Installing zip file '/external_sd/PixelExperience_payton-10.0-20200130-0358-OFFICIAL.zip'
Checking for Digest file...
Step 1/2
Step 2/2
Updating partition details...
...done

I decided to reboot my recovery and my phone stuck on a black screen, I had about 30% charge left, the power button isn't working. how to boot into fastboot?


texts: How can my employer change my Andriod security settings?

texts:
I got the following email from my employer:

  Passwords required on all mobile devices

  In order to protect College data stored on portable devices, from
  Tuesday 20 November ICT will enable a feature which requires all
  mobile devices (Android, iOS phones and tablets) used to access
  College emails to be protected with either a PIN password or biometric
  recognition, such as fingerprint or face recognition. This applies to
  all portable devices, whether College or personally owned.

  At a minimum, ICT will enforce the use of a PIN for access to the
  device. Devices that do not meet the minimum requirement will be
  prevented from accessing College email accounts until the device has
  been appropriately secured.

  You can manage your security settings from the ‘settings’ menu of your
  device. Please get in touch with the Service Desk if you have problems
  doing this. If you do not wish to secure your device, then you may not
  be able to access your College email account from your

Is there a feature in Android that I don't know about that will enable them to change the settings on my phone?

EDIT The Plot Thickens

On my way to work this morning popped up on my phone screen when I tried to check my meetings for the day.

Now I am worried. I don't want to give my work admin access to my personal phone. What will they be able to do? Delete my emails? Reset the phone? Lock me out of the phone? Track my location?

I can see how this is fine on devices supplied by an employer but it normal for personal devices.


texts:
I have downloaded the SDK from Andriod site on a system where 32bit Windows XP is installed. Now I am trying to install this on system where 32bit Windows 7 is installed and this pc is without internet access.

The installer is not doing anything on double clicking on SDK Manager, no SDK Manager related Service is running on Task Manager. Can you please suggest me, what I need to follow to install Andriod on Windows 7?


texts: How can I get the lock screen sounds from Android 4.3 back? (upgraded to 4.4)

texts: I have a Nexus 7 and I updated to android 4.4 after the upfate had been downloaded and waiting for a week. I miss the crisp sounds of the 4.3 lock screen, it made me like my device. Now its all changed without warning and I'm upset left feeling like my device isn't really mine. Is there a way to fix this? Likewise time/battery/WiFi icons at top have changed from blue to gray. Anyway to change just these two aspects without rooting or factory reset? Thanks.


texts: How to disable screen lock during Android development?

texts:
I am developing Android app with my daily phone, I want to turn off screen lock only during development.

I can do this manually, but that is too troublesome and sometimes I forget to enable it back after development.

Are there ways to do this automatically? i.e. turn off screen lock when connected to USB?


texts: Can I disable the hardware 'Search' button?

texts:
I'm teaching my 85 year old mother to use her first phone. Her first ever bit of computing. The first use is texting and I've removed all the apps from the main screens except for the messaging app, and after a few days of casual instruction she's now texting and replying to texts very well.

I've only taught her two other buttons so far:

Home (she insists on calling it the 'Hut' button so if I call it the 'Hut' button she knows what I mean).

Back/Undo button

If she gets into something that she doesn't understand her instructions are to hit 'Hut' or 'Undo' and that will cure most things.

However she still gets caught out pressing the search button which brings up 'the internet' and that's currently really confusing, too much for her to handle :-)

This is a Samsung I5503T so has a physical 'Search' button on the lower right. It's right beside the undo/back button so gets hit by mistake (a lot). Is there any way to disable the physical 'Search' button or reassign it so it does nothing.

I'll eventually add more apps but starting slowly (since I live in a different town so most support is by landline phone :-(


texts: Wiping dalvik cache - Dalvik cache of uninstalled apps

texts:
I just came across the folder dalvik-cache having size of about 750MB.

I searched for dalvik cache on google, and came to know that it is builded during boot up, and wiping this will make the next boot slower.

So whether wiping dalvik cache is not at all useful?

My doubt is that whether Dalvik cache has some files related to only the uninstalled apps?

If so, how we can find that files?

Or Dalvik cache components get deleted when we uninstall an app?

EDIT: My phone is rooted.


texts: Error "mount: operation not permitted" when trying to mount system as read/write

texts:
I am trying to mount system as r\w and every app couldn't do it including root explorer and link2sd. I am using Xperia z2 android v4.4.4 and I the device is rooted and I have restarted the phone.

I get the following eeors when trying to do this:

mount -o mount,rw rootfs /
 mount: operation not permitted


texts: samsung galaxy a3: block all notifications except email and sms

texts:
Device: Samsung Duos (SM_A300H) Android version 5.0.2

I want something very basic: that my samsung galaxy a3 works like a phone and makes sound only for call, sms and alarm. No more FB nor email nor whatever notifications.

I googled and found some answers that doesn't suit my device. They say: Go to Settings -> Device -> Sound -> Default Notification Sound -> Silent. Next, set your text message sound to whatever you want.

I have Settings -> Sounds and Notifications, and there I can silent notifications, but there is zero options for message.

Smartphones are so smart that they aren't phone anymore :(

This is what I see when I press sound button + options:


texts: How do I transfer contacts from my PC to my phone, without putting it in Gmail?

texts:
I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. I want to copy my outlook contacts to my phone without gmail. This is my first time I bought a Android. It seems great, but one thing I do not like is that I have to sync my whole life with google first, before I can transfer it. The previous software allowed me to copy back and forth between PC and phone,without going onto the internet.
Hopefully it is something I'm doing wrong, because if it is not, I'm changing OS!

Please help

es


texts: Can CSS be over ridden on Android the same way userContent.css works on Firefox?

texts:
This is related to another question I posed recently, but I thought I should keep issues separate and specific.

On a desktop computer running Firefox, one can create a file called "userContent.css" and have the CSS in that file over ride the CSS for specific web sites.

I'd like to be able to do the same thing on my Android 2.2 phone, especially since there are so many sites not optimized for mobile viewing.

I am agnostic about how this is done, whether it's an app, or a setting in the Android default browser, or something else.

PS: I've tried downloading the Firefox beta for my phone (HTC Magic), but it seems that it is not available for my model.

Thanks for any advice.


texts:
How do I get root access for my Xperia P device runing Jelly Bean(4.1)?

Is it required to unlock bootloader before trying to root the phone?


texts:
I'm trying to root my KF 6.3 following this article.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568340&page=1

Now I'm in Kindle Fire screen (fastboot mode) but fastboot is missing.

hieund@hieund:~/Downloads/KF/RestoreRootFor6.3$ fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin
fastboot: command not found

I am on Ubuntu 12.04 and have adb installed.


texts: Running Linux on Android with a rooted OPO

texts:
I tried to run Linux on Android and I had some issues setting up Debian. The VM is running, but I can't connect via VNC. I already searched the FAQ & Google what to do, but I found no answers. My OnePlus One is rooted and its Kernel has Loop Device Support (export in terminal shows LOOP_MOUNPOINT). Any suggestions?

terminal log:

u0_a129@A0001:/ $
u0_a129@A0001:/ $ cd /sdcard/debian
u0_a129@A0001:/sdcard/debian $ su
sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/debian/debian.img
sh /data/data/com.zpwebsites.linuxonandroid/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/debian/debian.img
android/files/bootscript.sh /sdcard/debian/debian.img     <
MD5 file found, use to check .img file? (y/n)
y
Validating image checksum... OK
Checking loop device... MISSING
Creating loop device... OK
mount: mounting /storage on /data/local/mnt/external_sd failed: Invalid argument
No user defined mount points
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
Using config file /root/cfg/debian.img.config
Config file loaded
Starting first boot setup.......
Creating User account (named debian)
Adding user 'debian' ...
Adding new group 'debian' (1000) ...
Adding new user 'debian' (1000) with group 'debian' ...
Creating home directory '/home/debian' ...
Copying files from '/etc/skel' ...

here starts the interesting part:

passwd: u:r:init_shell:s0 is not authorized to change the password of debian
Permission denied
Try again? [y/N]
chfn: Permission denied.
adduser: '/usr/bin/chfn debian' returned error code 1. Exiting.
usermod: unknown group admin
chown: cannot access 'external_sd': No such file or directory
Password:
su: Authentication failure

the rest:

If you see the message 'New 'X' Desktop is localhost:0' then you are
ready to VNC into your debian OS..

If connection from a different machine on the same network as the
android device use the address below: eth0: error fetching interface
information: Device not found If using androidVNC, change the 'Color
Format' setting to 24-bit colour, and once you've VNC'd in, change the
'input mode' to touchpad (in settings) Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell
server: sshd.

To shut down the Linux environment, just enter 'exit' at this terminal
- and WAIT for all shutdown routines to finish!

localhost:~# ls
DONOTDELETE.txt  Downloads  Public     cfg
Desktop          Music      Templates  init.sh
Documents        Pictures   Videos


texts: Running android apps directly on ubuntu or gentoo

texts:
I wonder if is it possible to run android applications DIRECTLY on a Linux distribution like ubuntu or gentoo?
I mean running the apps on linux without the help of virtualbox,simulators like genymotion, on google chroom...

is it possible to compile a linux kernel in such a way to do this?
if so, is there any guide to to describe the process step by step?

any help is appriciated


texts: I am unable to run Google assistant on my phone

texts: I am a citizen of India and want to run Google assistant on my phone. My phone is LS 4505 and Android marshmallow. Google app version is 8.0. And screen resolution 720p and 312 MB free space. So can I run Google assistant on my phone. And are there any other apps like this which I can run?


texts: I have an HTC chacha with a hardware keyboard.  A nighttime reading app turned off the keyboard light  long ago, but I don't remember which of the hundreds available it was.  Is there anything I can do?


texts: adb sync shows Product directory not specified

texts: I am using android in an emulator integrated with eclipse. I was trying to import my gmail contacts into my emulator. For that purpose, I exported my gmail contacts to a .vcf file (contacts.vcf) from my gmail account. Then I used adb push contacts.vcf /sdcard/contacts.vcf to make it move into my emulator sdcard. And then, I used adb sync to sync the contacts with my emulator. Unfortunately, I got the following output: adb sync showing product directory not specified. Somebody help me resolve this.


texts: On my Nexus 6P, Android 7.1.2, I once entered a Do Not Disturb setting which started at 0450 local time. I deleted that, but since the 7.1.2 upgrade, it has returned. It even occurs in Safe mode. How do I find it, and kill it, dead, with a stake through its ID?


texts: I logged into google hangouts at my mothers house, on her tablet, through her wifi. How can google give a address to a house eight miles away?


texts:
Is it possible to send a file that would contain settings for a phone to set up an email account such as set up a POP3 account on a phone.
So I could send it to a user on the network and then they just have to enter their credentials for that email account.
I have tried looking but mostly I've found people who cannot connect to their mail account.


texts: My sdcard is showing up in storage, but I can't place apps on it. 0

texts:
My sdcard is mounted, but I can't store apps to it. My HP tablet run Android 4.2.2.

This is a new Sdcard.


texts: Phone encryption on OnePlus 2 cyanogenmod 13

texts:
I've just installed Cyanogenmod on my OnePlus Two. When I go to Settings>Security> Encrypt Phone and perform a encryption, the system just reboot and back to the lock screen without any encryption steps.

Does anyone know how can I enable encryption? I need this to switch on my work profile.


texts:
Is there a way to set the image preview for the HTC Sense 4+ live wallpaper chooser?  Currently, it just scales my thumbnail to a much larger size, which makes it look pretty bad.

Here is an image of what I am referring to:

See how it just scaled?  I am just wondering if there is a way to set the image that is used.  I have noticed HTC live wallpapers look great, but I don't know if they have that image in their system files or in the actual apk.

Thanks.


texts: app installed to /system/priv-app won't run

texts:
Prerequisites:

a rooted Rockchip-based China tablet device running Android 6, patched to disable SystemUI
own-developed app which declares LAUNCHER category and is intended to take full conrol of the device

What am I trying to achieve:

install the app as a system app to avoid handling SDK 23+ permissions

What have I done so far:

installed the app regularly via Android Studio
moved the app to /system/priv-app:

(root)

ls /data/app/my.package.name-1
 base.apk
 lib
 oat
mount -o rw,remount /system
mv /data/app/my.package.name-1 /system/priv-app/AppName
ls -la /system/priv-app/AppName
 -rw-r--r-- system   system    2464934 2017-12-08 11:32 base.apk
 drwxr-xr-x system   system            2017-12-08 11:32 lib
 drwxrwx--x system   install           2017-12-08 11:32 oat
reboot

What is the problem?

It seems the system is not aware the app exists: it does not run on boot (which it perfectly does when installed as a regular app) and I am unable to launch it manually:

root@rk312x:/ # am start -n my.package.name/.ui.MainActivity
Starting: Intent { cmp=my.package.name/.ui.MainActivity }
Error type 3
Error: Activity class {my.package.name/my.package.name.ui.MainActivity} does not exist.

What am I missing?


texts: Is there a media center extender app for Android?

texts: Is there an app that will work as a Windows or Linux media center extender?


texts: How to sync photos from Aperture on Mac to Android?

texts:
My photos are stored in Aperture on my Mac. I would like to sync them so they show in Gallery on my Nexus 7.

Restrictions:

I want to sync over USB or, preferably, WiFi. Uploading to a cloud server from the computer then pulling them back on the tablet is no use, given the speed of my connection and the number of photos.
If there's something that syncs to a companion Android app rather than Gallery, that app needs to support Daydream so I can have my photos appear in Photo Table when the tablet is locked.
Manually exporting the photos from Aperture to a folder is no good — I need something automatic that will export new photos when they appear in the selected projects / smart albums.
Switching to iPhoto or Lightroom is also not an option :)
As the photos are mostly 14Mp RAW files, converting to JPG is essential; scaling them down to a smaller size would also be useful.

Is there anything that will do what I want? DoubleTwist doesn't support Aperture yet; Missing Sync is expensive and the trial version refused to pair with my tablet in any case, so I can't see if the Aperture sync is any good with that.


texts: How to connect 2 smartphones via WiFi Direct ADB to get the 1st to control applications run on the 2nd?

texts:
How to connect 2 smartphones via USB to get the 1st to control applications running on the 2nd?
I don't mean the connection to be limited to screen mirroring or off-lione file transfer only.
I need 1st smartphone to control applications running on 2nd smartphone in interactive mode, exactly as I can control applications run on Android board connected to PC via USB cable.
Ok, OTG and host mode supported since modern smartphones intended to work in parallel.
Another related question: How to start an application using android ADB tools?
A couple of examples:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n
com.android.settings/.Settings

will launch Settings, and
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n
com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity

will launch the Browser. If you want to point the Browser at a particular page, do this
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -n
com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity http://www.google.co.uk

From: How to run (not only install) an android application using .apk file?

follow-up 2
connected my 5.0.2 Android smartphone to 4.0.2 Android tablet via microUSB2USB cable inserted into OTG USB2micxroUSB to get microUSB on both hands Enabled usb debugging on both devices, run adb daemon on port 5038 on smartphone. None device connected, no TCPIP established In programming mode I need to select debugging app on tablet: one suggested by default is: com.android.partnerbrowsercustomizations.example other option is None Should I select the above or install one another, called ???


texts: How to increase volume in the Android Lollipop

texts:
All, I was trying to increase the volume of speaker for my Moto G2(2nd) phone. I just update it to the OS Android Lollipop.

I had tried the highly recommended APP (Volume+) in the Google Play.
But the app doesn't work in my phone.

Because I found it only works in the Android 2.3. I thought it must some api which works in the Android 2.3 but missing in the Lollipop.

So I want to know Is there any work around to increase volume for the Android Lollipop? Thanks.


texts: Anyone found a way to move the insert marker one character to the left of to the right?

texts:
The new insert marker in Android 2-2, you get when pressing a text field in edit more, and which gives you the ability to move it to the point where you want to start editing, is all very nice. Compared to the previous way of long pressing the men key to shop up the cursor keypad, it's quicker and gives you more options.

But has anyone found a way to move this marker one character to the left or to the right (apart from the obvious of course, which is holding it and moving it to the left or to the right).

I found that positioning the marker to the exact place is hard. 90% of the times you put it just one character to the left or to the right. If you than want to move it again, it's very hard to move it just one character, especially when that character is s small one ( a space, an i or an l).


texts: Speed of WiFi file transfer from PC to phone

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I have WiFi router set up. Both my phone and Windows PC connects to the same WiFi. So I tried ES File Explorer to copy shared folders from my Windows PC to my mobile.
However transfer speed goes as high as 570 KB/s but not more than that. Since I configured my WiFi router to allow speed as high as 300 Mbps I am guessing why it cant hit the Mbps speeds. What can I do improve on my speed since I move movies worth in GBs and it takes almost an hour or more. Is it limited by the speed of the mobile and its internals?


texts: How can I installer the Google dialer (phone app) on any phone without root?

texts: I want Google's Dialer phone app on my Nextbit Robin running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow but without using root.


texts: Google Calendar gone nuts since DST has ended

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Ever since the 28th of October when DST has ended all of my events in my Google Calendar has moved one hour earlier. The web calendar shows currect dates and times but the one on my Nexus 4 is one hour early.

I tried using 'Home time' in the calendar settings without success.

Any ideas?


texts: Where are the drivers for Windows computers located on an Android phone?

texts: Im talking about the drivers that install when you plug your phone into a Windows computer.


texts:
I have a PDF file, when I open it on my computer (Linux) the Images in the PDF file is displayed properly  (Its sharp)

But when I copy the same PDF from the computer to Android device and opened it there,

It looks like this

What can be the reason for this image distortion. What is the difference in opening this in computer and Android?

Any suggestions can lead me to a better search.


texts: Copy an entire Android Image to multiple devices

texts:
First and foremost, let me tell you that I am everything but a professional when it comes to the Android OS. I've just been using it casually up to now, but I do have a rather annoying task at hand right now.

The issueI have is Setting up About 150 Android devices, disabling the Google apps, changing some Settings and installing one app. Obviously that task would take about for ever if I did everything by hand, so my thought was to just set up one and then copy all the properties and stuff to the other ones. Unfortunately I have no idea if that even is possible.

Rooting the devices is not an Option as the warranty should stay intact. The devices are Zebra TC200J with Android 7.1.2

I'd really appreciate any help about the process or any other ways on how to ease the process.


texts: Phone is just pretending to move app data to external storage?

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My internal storage is full, so I've bought a SD-card and I'm trying to move some application data. For example I have 20GB of data for Audible which is my main concern.

I went in to Settings > Apps > Audible and there it says "Storage: 20 GB used in internal storage".

I clicked Storage > Change and selected SD Card and I got up a loader informing me of the progress of moving my data and informing me that the move is complete. Now Audible is saying that I'm using 20 GB of external data.

But Storage in Device Manager is still saying that my internal memory is full, and that I only have an insignificant amount of data, 2 GB from other things, on the SD Card. But then just under that summary, it is saying that is has 20 GB in application data in the SD Card. I'm only using 2/60GB, but at the same time it's informing me that I have 20 GB of application data on it?

This does not add up, what is happening? I've tried restarting the phone.


texts: com.android.systemui rapid battery drain

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 that is approximately six months old. My OS version is 4.4.2, and my provider is AT&T.

The battery in my S5 will usually last me 2-4 days without charging, depending on use, but two or three days ago the battery started dying very quickly despite minimal use. The battery will no longer even last 24 hours without use. I checked my phone's battery usage, and com.android.systemui seems to be causing the excess battery drain.

What's causing com.android.systemui to drain so much battery, and what can I do to fix it?

Battery usage (click image for larger variant)


texts: Installed custom Android 5 ROM, but how to upgrade now or return to official one?

texts:
I bought Galaxy S5 from T-Mobile which had Android 4.4 (last year). Back in October I needed Android 5 to test a mobile application (I am a developer) and I installed official S5 Polish ROM which was the only one available in December last year.

Now, I don't need it any more as it does not work perfectly well (but had to stick to it till now).

How can I return my original ROM?


texts: Working root method for Alcatel OT Pixi7 l213?

texts:
I Want to root my Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 7 (l213). Android 4.4.2

I tried adb manual from linux terminal, but stopped at "readonly partition"
I have not sufficient knowledge and no actual clear instructions.

Kingroot failed at about 70%, without any error messages.

Any idea or link to insruction highly welcome


texts: Stop receiving text messages in my Samsung Note 8 that are sent from spammers email address

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I have been getting unwanted text messages on my Samsung Note 8 coming from a spammers email account.
I have not found a way to block these text messages coming from email accounts.  The feature that I use to block phone numbers is not available.
Any help will be appreciated.


texts: How to boot to ClockworkMod recovery with Galaxy5 GT-i5500

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I have ClockworkMod recovery installed on a phone (Samsung Galaxy5 GT-i5500, I have used it in the past to flash ROMs).

The phone is currently not booting, just shows the Samsung logo.

I want to get into the ClockworkMod recovery mode, by pressing some key combination. (Do not confuse with Samsung download mode: power-down+middle-button+power.)

How to get to CWM recovery mode?


texts: Offline file transfer into Android-x86 virtual machine?

texts:
VirtualBox SMB servers are unfortunately unsupported by Android and it's third party file managers.

How do I transfer files into an Android VM without needing to upload the file online (if no Internet connection is available)?


texts: Why is my Nexus 7 taking up so much memory?

texts: I had 2.2GB free on my Nexus 7's internal storage, then I decided to download a game that took up 1.55GB. Halfway through the download, it tells me that I have have insufficient memory and it stops the download. I then have around 500MB of storage left, and the app is no where in sight and I don't know how to clear up my memory. I decided to factory restore my tablet and afterwords I have 800MB of internal storage (it should have been around 500MB, but I didn't install some apps I had before). Does anyone know how I could get it back to 2.2GB? Thank you in advance.


texts: fastboot devices returns nothing while adb devices does

texts: Device is OnePlus 3. I'm unsure of why this is happening - I have made sure to install the fastboot and adb drivers correctly, however fastboot devices does nothing when I put it into cmd even though the adb devices returns my phone normally.


texts: Finer grained audio and Bluetooth control?

texts:
I'm running OnePlus 6 with current oxygenOS (10.3.7) based on Android 10.
When listening to music on a Bluetooth device it's really annoying to hear notification sounds, is there any way to get finer control which audio goes to BT and which plays locally?
It's a shame notifications on apps like WhatsApp seem to be controlled through Media not Ring.


texts: Nexus 7 (2012 Wifi) Custom kernel bootloop

texts:
I trying to build custom kernel for my Nexus 7 (2012 Wifi) device.
Changed few things builded successfull, no bootloop. But I enable this in menuconfig:
Device Drivers -> Network device support -> Wireless LAN -> Ralink driver support.
After flashing got bootloop.
How can i get some log about a problem?


texts: How to make Android always use external SD card instead of internal storage?

texts:
I created an AVD using
 bin/avdmanager create avd -d "Nexus 5" -c 2G -n nexus_5 -k "system-images;android-29;google_apis;x86_64"

The -c 2G is supposed to create a 2GB sdcard.
When I boot the emulator, however, /sdcard seems to point to internal storage on /data/media rather on the 2GB disk:
$ adb shell df -h
Filesystem                    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs                         996M  604K  996M   1% /dev
tmpfs                         996M     0  996M   0% /mnt
tmpfs                         996M     0  996M   0% /apex
/dev/block/dm-2               2.4G  2.3G   64M  98% /
/dev/block/dm-1               124M  123M  444K 100% /vendor
/dev/block/vdc                775M  302M  473M  39% /data
/data/media                   775M  302M  473M  39% /mnt/runtime/default/emulated
/dev/block/vold/public:253,80 1.9G  532M  1.4G  27% /mnt/media_rw/1400-1801
/mnt/media_rw/1400-1801       1.9G  532M  1.4G  27% /mnt/runtime/default/1400-1801

$ adb shell ls -l /sdcard /storage/self/primary  /mnt/user/0/primary
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2020-12-01 13:29 /mnt/user/0/primary -> /storage/emulated/0
lrw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 2020-07-21 03:02 /sdcard -> /storage/self/primary
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2020-12-01 13:28 /storage/self/primary -> /mnt/user/0/primary

$ adb shell mount | grep storage/emulated
/data/media on /storage/emulated type sdcardfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,fsuid=1023,fsgid=1023,gid=1015,multiuser,mask=6,derive_gid,default_normal)

When I try to adb push data to /sdcard this fails because there’s not sufficient space available (on internal storage).
How can I tell the emulator to use the external sdcard instead?


texts:
I was falling short of memory on my Samsung Galaxy S5 16 GB running on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 rooted and TWRP recovery so I bought a new 32 GB Micro SD Card and made partition with this Command a month ago :-

adb shell
sm partition disk:179,64 mixed 50

and the partition completed successfully. Now from past few days it is not working. when I open settings it says Checking. when I checked adb shell sm list-volumes it outputs this

shell@klte:/ $ sm list-volumes
private:179,67 checking 9d457504-6aea-4eaf-8514-3d25c9ed5846
private mounted null
public:179,65 HiddenMount D27B-3E68
emulated mounted null
privatemode unmounted null

I dont know what went wrong. please help me to resolve this.


texts: My phone displays: "Notification has been set" at each boot

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I am in doubt. My Galaxy SII phone began recently to display a standard pop-up notification box with the text "Notification has been set" at each boot. I uninstalled the software that I suspected was displaying this popup, there were no notifications in notification area left, but this popup has kept appearing on the screen.

How to track which software is displaying this popup?

Android 4.0.4


texts: Lost/Stolen Samsung S4 Mini blocked be tracked?

texts: recently lost samsung s4 mini, which had sim and phone blocked. Tried to remote lock it using Androis manager, but said device was offline. Does this mean that they can get at my data even though I put that lock on?


texts: It looks like a partial alphabet a in black color over a white circular background.


texts:
My wife requested that I set up her new phone for her, then explain to her how to use it.  Well, my phone is a Windows phone, and I've never used an Android before.  (You may begin your jeering.)

Anyway, I noticed that there were a lot of usage tips that kept popping up that would be good information for her.  Is there a way I can reset those so that she'll see them?

Note:  I do not want a factory reset.


texts: Lins2SD app error: could not load library libsigchain.so. What does it mean?

texts:
I've a Lenovo A 7000 (64-bit) Android mobile.  While using Link2SD app on my rooted mobile, I observed an error after trying to move an app to SD. It says:

  WARNING: linker: could not load library "libsigchain.so" from LD_PRELOAD for "/system/bin/sh";  caused by "libsigchain.so" is 32-bit instead of 64-bit  CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE:....

What does this error mean?


texts: Put Termux environment on external SD card

texts:
Following this answer, I formated my sdcard as ext4-fs.
Then tried mounting the sdcard into termux home as the link above says
mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /data/data/com.termux/files/home/ext4-fs

I get error mount: bad /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
I could only mount the partition with root using su command, only then the mount command doesn't give error.
Mounting the partition with su from terminal or with app like Link2Sd (which also uses root) makes the mount point (i.e where the partition is mounted) unreadable for Termux.
What am I missing?
He (the author of the answer above) even went further to create a symlink to Termux $PREFIX using another terminal app which is impossible without root also as thus also not readable by Termux which even complicates everything
I think this should be possible, what am I doing wrong pls


texts: Is the secret flag "chrome://flags/#max-tiles-for-interest-area" a legit trick or scam?

texts:
I've been seeing these "secret flags" (e.g. chrome://flags/#max-tiles-for-interest-area) for Chrome browser on Android posted all over the internet.

Are these legitimate tricks, or scams to phish users?


texts: Why is Google Keyboard incompatible with my HTC One X?

texts:
I am unable to download Google Keyboard from Google Play on my HTC One X. It displays message that This app is incompatible with your device. No other information is displayed.

Android: 4.2.2
HTC Sense: 5.0


texts: How can I increase the lock screen delay?

texts:
On my HTC One V (Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich), I can use "Settings / Security / Lock Phone After" to set the time, after which entering the PIN is required to unlock the screen. The maximum setting here is "15 minutes".

Practically, this means I have to enter the PIN every time I take the phone out of my pocket, too often for my liking. Can I increase this time span to something > 1 hour?

PS: I have encrypted my phone. I understand that I am taking a risk, when someone should steal my unlocked phone.


texts:
I have just bought three cheap china-pads and on all of them the OS registers as 4.1.2. On two of them, it says "build version" or something like that v 1.6rc1 but on the third it says 1.5.

The difference between them is that on the 1.5 pad, the option to add an Exchange account is present, but is missing on the other two.

Is there a way to fix this? I have tried a couple of apps, but would really like to integrate my work Exchange account.


texts: What is the meaning of the SAT/SIG/TTF GPS status info?

texts:
When you turn on GPS and some app subscribes for GPS notifications, GPS status info shows up with "SAT", "SIG" and "TTF" info (the last one I know, Time To Fix) but what is the meaning of the first two and what is the meaning of the numbers/symbols (like infinity) shown up next to them?

Update: example of the Android GPS status:

SAT 0/2 | SIG 19/∞ | TTF 27s

The last one means "it took 27s (so far) to acquire GPS signal". I don't know about the first two ones and all those numbers.


texts: How to do a full factory reset and clean the phone completely?

texts:
I've been flashing my LG Optimus L7 numerous times with various Custom ROMs and now I'd like to return to the official firmware.

I've factory reset my phone, flashed the v20D official firmware with KDZ tool and then I did another factory reset. However, I've read that the factory reset only wipes /data and /cache folders (user-accessible data), while /system and /boot remains the same. The questions:

I've flashed the official firmware using the KDZ tool with the EMERGENCY phone mode. After flashing, some of the old settings remained which were gone after a factory reset. As I understand, flashing the phone with a firmware doesn't wipe /system or /boot, right? Therefore some of the files from the previous custom ROM remain.
What should I do now to fully clean my phone from all custom ROMs? I've already flashed the original firmware and did several factory resets, but I know the reset doesn't touch /system and /boot, for example. How do I completely clean my phone? Is it even possible?


texts: How can I send SMS messages from my real phone number, not my Google Voice number?

texts:
This question is precisely the opposite of the existing question: "How can I send SMS messages from my Google Voice number without using the Voice app?"

Since installing the Google Voice app, text messages that I send from the ordinary Messaging app are coming from my Google Voice number. I don't know how or why - no setting I can find in the messages app mentions GV or my GV number.

I currently use my OnePlus One's built-in Messaging app for SMS. I installed Hangouts and Google Voice, but both are NOT configured for SMS. (I use Google Voice occasionally, but I still use my real cell number directly for most calls and texts to my friends.)
In the "Messaging" app settings, it says "SMS Enabled."
In the "Hangouts" app settings, it says "SMS Disabled."
In the "Google Voice" SMS view, it says, "You are now receiving SMS in Hangouts." This is obviously not true, but doesn't seem relevant to my problem either. (I'm guessing that the writers of that particular message couldn't conceive of any SMS app other than GV or Hangouts. :)
When I actually receive messages, I get them in the "Messaging" app as expected. When I reply to those messages, which were sent to my AT&T number, my replies come from my GV number, confusing my friends.


texts: What are radio_dump .bin files? Can I delete them?

texts: Each radio_dump_xxxxxxx.bin is 37MB in size.


texts:
I am using a device running on AOSP 8.1

Recently I wanted to automatically turn hotspot on when device boots but Macrodroid is unable to do so

Help required!


texts: I recently disabled a default app (Google+, using Settings -> Apps -> Google+ -> Disable) on my phone. Is there a way to enable it again?


texts: Is there any adb or shell command available to switch between different APNs?


texts:
I have a Samsung S7 Edge (its a refurbished model). Everything works fine besides for making calls over the network... I can ring, and receive calls but when the connection is established we both cannot hear each other.

I have debugged by:

Using whatsapp to make a call (works) - which proves the
microphone/speaker both work.
Used a different network sim (doesn't work).
Tried ringing the other person (doesn't work).
Tried receiving the call (doesn't work).
SMS works (sending and receiving).

What can I do to fix this problem?


texts:
On Android 4.3 un-rooted, is there a way to disable all the annoying warning messages that pop up when you enable Airplane Mode / disable Airplane Mode / raise the volume too high / etc?

Apparently the Xposed mod allows to do this tweaking but I have found no solution so far for an Android device that hasn't been rooted.


texts: Can I set it so the "Phone" on my phone takes priority over all other apps?

texts:
Every once in a while my phone gets very sluggish when I'm multitasking, which is annoying but fine.  Is there any way for me to set it so that the Dialer app takes priority over everything else, quickly stealing whatever resources it needs to run as fast as possible?

Also, I am aware of the plethora of task killers available but I'm not interested unless it specifically allows me to set the dialer as a VIP or in some way make sure that the dialer gets first dibs on resources.

Unrooted Moto Droid on 2.2


texts: Very remote control of TV by smartphone?

texts: After my wife's recent stroke she was left with cognitive problems and struggles even to use the big button TV remote control I've bought her. This means she sometimes loses the channel she wants to watch. I recently bought my first smartphone (a Samsung Galaxy J3). Is there any way when I'm out of the house and away from our WiFi signal for me to use my smartphone to take control of our TV in order to change channels for her? When I call her, she can answer my call using her big button (basic) mobile, but she is unable to make outgoing calls. She wouldn't be able to use voice control to change channels. Thanks.


texts: How does Samsung implement SD card encryption?

texts:
My android device just stopped working. I still have my SD card, but all data in it is encrypted. Encryption has been performed at file level, so I have the directory structure and filenames in plain text, but file contents are encrypted.

I remember the key I used to set up encryption, but I need to know what algorithm did Samsung use for encryption and how they generated an encryption key from my passphrase.

Does anyone know if I can recover my data without the original device, using openssl or a similar program?


texts: How to solve invalid IMEI problem in LG G3?

texts:
After performing a factory reset on my LG G3, my IMEI was set to 0. This problem has been reported also in xda-forums.

How to reset the IMEI in LG G3 running on Android Marshmallow 6.0?


texts: How can I enable the internet on other apps other than the web browser?

texts:
The wifi that I am using requires me to input a username and password for it to work. I can successfully do this on the web browser (chrome) as it brings up a webpage (ie 192.168.1.1/login). However, I can't access any other apps as I believe that I haven't inputted my username and password into those corresponding apps(and I don't think I'm actually able to either (like with gmail or spotify)).

So I was thinking that a solution to this would be to find an app that would allow me to globally access internet to all apps. Any suggestions?


texts:
I want to root my s4 phone I have some apps on it which are no longer are availeble for download, do I have to reinstall them (in other words some programs are lost)

Hans


texts:
I'd like to use OpenDNS for the 3G connection on my Android phone. I have a phone with Android Lollipop. The phone is not rooted. I tried several apps for non-rooted phones (DNS Changer (no root 3G/WiFi),
Fast DNS Changer(no root),
DNSet pro,
DNS Changer (without Root), etc...). They are all based on the creation of a VPN connection. I tried them all and they work but if i turn off the phone and boot it, I need to restart the app manually every time. Is there a way to do it automatically ?
Thank you.


texts: Is there any android support for bicycle sensors?

texts:
I've seen some Bluetooth Smart (4.0) technology for tracking tire rotation rate (bike speed), peddle rotation rate (cadence) and even heart rate monitors.

Some heart rate monitors are supported by google mytracks now.

Anybody aware of support for cycling sensors?


texts: Recover deleted chrome bookmarks, saved passwords, etc on android smartphone

texts: My google account wasn't even logged into google chrome. I was looking to backup my saved bookmarks and passwords and dissociate any such linked data with my google account. I went on to "chrome synced data" page and there it stated that if i clicked on "clear data" it'll only delete history, bookmarks, passwords, etc. from my google account and not from my device. The fact of the matter is that even if that action could delete stored chrome data on my device, my chrome was not linked to any google account in the first place. I don't know what happened, i lost 2 year worth of my life's work in an instant. I really need those passwords and bookmarks. I don't remember any of them. I'm using an android smartphone running on android 10. Please help me. I'm really desperate and tensed. If you don't know how to recover them, then atleast guide me how or who should i contact .


texts:
Mine LG G2 has a very strange backlight issue. The backlight is working on low brightness levels, but turns off after 40% of brightness. Under very bright light I still can see that the image is still present on the display, so the screen is working itself. When I change brightness level back under 40%, the backlight turns on again.

What could be faulty? Screen or motherboard?


texts: How to monitor API calls made by an Android App?

texts: I am using an Android Virtual Device and I am running the Monkey Runner script to generate user input. Now, I have to see the API calls made by that app. Is there any tool or script that will help me? I've tried Strace, but it does not keep a track of API instead it keeps trace of System calls.


texts: Error: package x.x.x is unknown, for "run-as (classname)" command on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 running Android 4.4.2

texts:
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet, Android 4.4.2.

As a developer, I need to be able to see my files in /data/data/(classname), but I don't want to root my tablet.  Found out one can read files in /data/data/(classname) by using run-as (classname) after getting into the shell (i.e., adb shell), but this is giving me "package x.x.x is unknown".

Seeing, upon searching, that this is a Samsung issue, perhaps with this particular Android release.  Went to Samsung support chat, but the 'technical support' could not help.

Has anyone seen this issue?  TIA.


texts: Cannot open PDF file using Google Drive app

texts:
My device is running on Android Oreo, and I have study notes as a PDF file on Google Drive (link to the file for testing), but I can't open it on Google Drive app.

My file is not opening and it's saying "No connection" even though I've got an awesome connection. I don't know why it's not syncing my file.

I've even cleared cache, refreshed my Google Drive, and also rebooted my phone.

How to fix this issue so that I can open my PDF file from Google Drive app?


texts: How to mount 100% ext4 sd in Android Pie?

texts: My phone (Redmi 6A) is running Android Pie(MIUI). How do I mount a 100% ext4 formatted sd card, such that it would be seen by vold? My phone is rooted. I am not experienced with the android shell commands though, and my terminal emulator cannot run adb commands.


texts: Why isn't the Swype keyboard showing corrections?

texts:
Normally, while using the Swype keyboard, corrections appear at the top of the screen and it allows me to pick the right word. For some reason it isn't appearing at the moment.

Is there a way to switch it back on? Its still correcting me and I want to type a word that isn't in the dictionary.

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S2, aka GT-I9100.


texts:
I have a 10.1 inch Android Tablet (4.4 Operating System).
I want to install an Epson iPrint App so that I can use an
Epson wireless printer. I keep being getting the message
that there is insufficient storage available to install
the iPrint App.The App contains 26.4 MB.I have already
uninstalled 80MBs worth of Apps but the Tablet still won't
accept the iPrint App.The Tablet has a 32GB microSD storage
card.What can I do?


texts:
Background
I have Samsung Galaxy S20 with Android Version 10 installed. I have company provided Cisco Access Point at home. The access point is connected to my home wi-fi router.
In phone's wi-fi settings i see two networks:
1>MyHome ( My home router wi-fi network)
2>MyCompany (Access point)
Initially when i setup this phone, i installed microsoft intune app and connected to my company's portal. After connecting to company's portal, system automatically downloaded certificates and connected to MyCompany Access Point successfully.
Issue
I accidentally click on Forget Network for MyCompany, and now i don't know how to connect back to MyCompany network.
Under settings -> Biometrics and security -> Other Security Settings ->User Certificates i see the ceritificate(s) are there, but i don't know how to use this to connect to MyCompany n/w


texts: Default behavior remains after app uninstall

texts:
I have a problem with the Wikipedia app. After I installed it, links in the Google Search result page link to the Wikipedia app, which is the expected behavior.

After I uninstalled the app I thought that the links would open in my browser again. But, unhappily, now links to Wikipedia in the search result pages opens the Google Play Store with the Wikipedia app entry.

Is there a reason why the deeplinking isn't removed after the app is uninstalled?


texts: My phone got factory reset and all data wiped, can I find out how?

texts:
Today morning after a long taxi ride (I am travelling this week, personal vacation), I took my phone from my pocket and it seemed to be turned off. I switched it on and the phone started up as it was the first time.

All my settings, config, apps, widgets were gone. I think the phone was factory reset. Not sure if it was locally (accidental click in settings?) or may be remotely. (The phone was fine earlier in the morning).

I tried to get the data from my Google account backup (which I remember setting up when I got this phone) but I could not (no 'Restore' option was enabled in settings. But that would be a different question).
I had to manually (painfully) set up things again. All my photos are backed up to google and I think I can get them back. Same for apps, most of the should have data on the cloud somewhere.

Is there a way to know what happened?

I have a HTC one (M7), and use Google for most services including backups.


texts:
I have a Samsung phone, tracphone, with andriod 4.3.

talk back and explore by touch are both active.

When trying to use the phone, very short pauses are interpreted as a long pause, bringing up the speed dial dialog box.  This makes it very difficult for a new smart phone user to make a phone call.

I did find the option to change the pause length on the device, but this is NOT a solution to the issue.

I have searched and am not able to find a way to disable or completely remove speed dial.  It will never be used, so I am ok with completely removing it from the phone.  Searching Google only returns results on how to delete or modify a speed dial number.


texts: I received a call from a company and somehow my phone got discharged. When it restarted, the call record was not visible. I really need that number. Any help


texts: Can I merge two, or more, separate Titanium backups

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In this case I'm looking to restore SMS messages from Titanium.

I have made a backup of all SMS. Then I started on a new ROM without restoring SMS. I then made a new backup of the current SMS.

Is it possible to combine those two separate backups so that when I restore I will get my SMS from both backups?

As I understand, if I restore one backup, then I restore another backup it will not combine them but rather write one over the other.


texts: Macedonian keyboard for Samsung Galaxy Ace

texts: I'm from Macedonia and I'm using Samsung Galaxy Ace and I was wondering if there is any way I can install Macedonian keyboard so I can type in my mother language?


texts: How to create an icon which opens into a sub-selection of apps?

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On my Android phone, there are two icons named "Google" and "Tools", which open a new screen with other icons and apps. I can put any apps I choose in them.
My question is how can I create another icon like that? Is it even possible or are those something like Android system features and are not customizable?


texts: How can I get all my files off my phone without USB

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I have an "Essential" android phone that is rooted, has terminal and supersu installed, but will not acknowledge that it is plugged into a computer rather than an AC charging station. lsusb on the host computer does not find it.

Under settings, "USB Debugging" is on. This doesn't seem to be helping.

The shell is present and operable with the terminal on the phone itself. curl is present. ssh and sshd are not. I have wireless. How can I get all my files off the phone? Some files are too large to email to myself.

What I feel like I want to do is run tar -cf - . | ssh mydesktopmachine \> android.tar but there's no ssh right now.


texts: How do I Check Bluetooth Version on Android Tablet?

texts: There is a robot I want to get, and it says it requires "Bluetooth LE (4.0)". I was wondering how I would check the Bluetooth version on my tablet. If anyone knows, please tell me. My tablet is android version 9.0, and I think it is a Lenovo tablet.


texts: Phone connected to charger full time - never sleepmode - any danger?

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Yeah, might sound strange, but I managed do install Debian Linux on my Android phone. Because the phone needs very little power, it is, for me, the perfect server.

I plan to disable sleepmode and to leave the charger connected to the phone at all times.

Is there any danger in overheating, fire and so on?


texts: Can you restart data service with full strength & orange indicator?

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With some regularity (6-7 times per month) my Android 4.4 phone gets into a data-wedged state where the connection is shown as full-strength LTE, but without connectivity (the icon is orange in the settings drawer). Toggling mobile data and toggling airplane mode do not help, but rebooting the phone does restore service. Sometimes simply leaving it alone will eventually result in data restoration (but that could be a case when it was a transient carrier issue).

Is there some way to kick (restart) the radio or data service to get going again without a reboot? I have root and a terminal, as well as SL4A experience if that would help—I just can't find anything that fits this description in the developer docs. I can't figure out what would be lower-level such that rebooting would cause the needed "kick" but airplane-mode toggle wouldn't.

Note that the apparent answer Restart data connection when stalled? doesn’t actually answer the question, it suggests diagnostics for verifying the connection really is stalled (I don't have any trouble with that part).

(In case it matters, this is a Nexus 5, Android 4.4.3 KTU84M, T-Mobile LTE.)


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Before I start, please let me say I've tried pretty much everything, including, of course asking my providers for a new phone, but it didn't work. I also posted a similar question on a programmer's site but they couldn't/wouldn't help me. So here it is: I got the Motorola Milestone and it just has so many bugs, it's ridiculous. When I searched online I saw people complaining exactly about the same issues.

Phone switches off randomly, sometimes during a call.
Phone switches ON randomly, sometimes during a meeting (!)
Music from the MP3 player turns on randomly, so I always have to turn the volume off before turning the application off.

I also tried upgrading etc, but nothing helped.

:/


texts: I was wondering if there is a log of when an application read or write data. Furthermore, how would I go about accessing this data? If there is none, is there another way you guys would think of logging applications creating or opening files?


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How can I view the list of available conference rooms in Microsoft Outlook for Android?

For example, on the Microsoft Outlook web interface, one can view the list of available conference rooms:


texts: create-user "Error: couldn't create User"

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I tried creating multiple users on my Android TV dongle (based on RK3188 board). It should work, it's Android 4.4.2, but it returns an error:

root@rk3188:/ # pm create-user username
Error: couldn't create User.

And at the same time:

root@rk3188:/ # getprop fw.max_users
4
root@rk3188:/ # pm get-max-users
Maximum supported users: 1