texts: Facebook contact sync no longer working: "Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly"

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As of a couple of weeks ago my Galaxy S3 (running Android 4.1.1) no longer syncs contacts from Facebook. I have the Facebook app installed and calendar and the gallery are syncing fine but the contacts fail. I get the following message:

  Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.

Just to be clear, it did used to sync the contacts fine, but then the above started happening. I have updated the Facebook app a few times but I cannot remember if it started happening immediately after one of these updates. Anyone know what's going on or how to fix it?


texts: what image does fastboot -w flashall flashes?

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Take Google Pixel as example. I managed to do a full APSO+kernel build and the resulting binaries is located at out/target/product/marlin as the following:

boot.img
ramdisk.img <-- I believe this is part of boot.img?
ramdisk-recovery.img <-- I believe this is part of boot.img?
system.img
system_other.img
userdata.img
vendor.img

Question 1:
If I perform a fastboot -w flashall which of the binaries will be flashed into a phone?

Furthermore, when i inspect the factory image I found the following files:

bootloader-marlin-8996-012001-1608281716.img
radio-marlin-8996-012511-1609081444.img
image-marlin-nde63j.zip <--- contain basically all images from build plus many more

Question 2: Looking at the factory image, is obvious not all images can be obtained by build. I will assume that bootloader and radio are close source, and many more in the zip files such as modem.img, keymaster.img ...etc, are there any documents regarding to all these images?


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TLDR: Is there an Android app that would allow for reliable instant messaging in areas without internet of any sort?

I am looking for a free Android app that would allow several users to communicate with each other over short distances even when there may not be any internet connection available to them. This means that the app should be able to run in the background, connect to a mesh network of all other devices running the same app and send and receive messages reliably. Having to give the app special permissions is not a problem. (Though the previous option
is preferable, if there is a way that works using a private WiFi (without it having to be connected to the internet) and a server hosted on a local machine I am also interested in it.)

I know this is asking quite a lot, however, a number of apps on Google Play claim to possess all these features. I have tried some of these that work via Bluetooth and ad-hoc WiFi but I found that none of them worked reliably. These include:

FireChat: I know it used to work in the past but the current version does not
Bridgefy: only seems to support text messages in the current version and is unreliable, but it's still the best I could find
Briar: did not work well
Signal: did not work well
goTenna: likely works well but very expensive

I only tested these between two devices each time, might any of these work better in practice with more users as mesh networks should in theory? Is there an app that might help I have not tried yet? Or is there a point to trying out old versions of FireChat hoping to stumble upon a working one? If so, would I be able to trust it (both the APK from a mirror and the app data security-wise)?


texts: I dropped my android in the toilet last Thursday November 9, 2017 and it turned off and it kept going to the powered by android screen, on and off. It came back on that Saturday and I have been using it since with no problems. Today I got to work and was talking to my sister on it and it turned back off and has been doing the same thing it did the day I dropped it in the toilet with the exception of it will turn completely back on, but when I go to text someone or do anything with it, it turns right back off.


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My background is dark and now i cant see my app names. How do i make the words white?!

Screenshot (click to enlarge)


texts: How do I change the email address used for Google Play?

texts: My email address I use for the Play Store will be invalid soon, so I need to change it. However I don't want to make a new account because I want to keep all my apps. How can I do that?


texts: Kingoroot: Root Failed error code 0x17CCD6

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My device is Redmi 3s
I've successfully unlocked bootloader using mi official unlock app.
I've tried thrice, but kingoroot is throwing same error again again.


texts: Cannot cast Android screen to Philips TV

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I have a Philips 50PFK6550/12 TV, and a Nexus 5X running Marshmallow.
When I try to cast the screen of my Nexus to the TV using the Cast button in the notifications menu, the cast app crashes on my TV:

  Unfortunately, Chromecast Android Shell has stopped.

I can then report this error. If I view the stack trace, it says:

java.lang.securityException: Cast mirroring is not enabled.

Trying to cast a tab from Google Chrome on my desktop gives the same error.

Is there some way I can make this work, or is this something Google/Philips needs to fix?


texts: HTC Sensation won't boot but vibrates regularly

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Recently my nice old HTC Sensation broke. Only 1-2 few weeks later, when I had a new one already, I managed to resurrect it by just using a different back cover. Since I didn't find the particular symptoms anywhere else on the internet, I decided to post the problem here and to answer it myself so that it might help anybody to recover his data when seeing similar symptoms.

History of my HTC Sensation:
16 months ago, it got wet in the rain and stopped working for at least some days. I guess this is relevant because the contacts probably started corroding then. I bought another broken phone of the same model, hoping I could replace some parts, but two weeks later, when I came around to do that, it worked again.
This year, the phone more and more often suddenly rebooted, and about two weeks ago, it was stuck in a frozen state where the system buttons below the display were lit but the power button wouldn't work, so I had to remove the battery in order to reboot it.
This happened once more and this time, after connecting the charging cable, reinserting the battery, and powering on it did nothing but vibrating in regular intervals: it vibrated every 18.4 seconds but the display stayed black. Again, this could only be stopped by removing the battery. I brushed the contacts a little and the next time it booted fine.
One day later this happened again and this time no brushing helped. At that time I haven't tried recovery mode since I didn't know about it yet.
So I was sure this is a hardware problem and the phone is predestined to die finally soon, but what can I do now to make it boot at least once more so that I can backup or transfer my data to another phone? Brush the contacts even harder?


texts: What's the safe limit on charger output for a Galaxy Nexus

texts: The charger that came with my Galaxy Nexus phone outputs 5 volts at 1 amp. I have another charger that outputs 5v at 2 amps. Is it safe to use this charger? What's the limit I can use without damaging the phone?


texts: Sending an automated SMS before switching off the phone

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Can I send an automated SMS to any specific number by an application/service (which I set ON), if phone gets switched off before closing that service or application?
Also can I do the same if phone breaks down in an accident or if I do specific action on phone, such as "Tap the screen 3 times while phone's screen is locked", or "shake the phone 3 times while it is locked"?

Thanks.


texts: Android - Treat external storage as internal storage?

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I bought a Blu Dash smartphone at frys. It's a nifty little 40$ phone. The biggest problem is that it only comes with - I shit you not - 100 mb of internal space. I can decide to install apps on sdcard and choose it as default write location, but it still installs some data on internal storage, and gives me the "insufficient space" error when installing apps.

So my question is, can I trick my device into thinking my 7gb sdcard is the internal storage so I can install apps?

Edit: Forgot to mention I'm rooted and know my way around ADB and the like, so feel free to suggest some long convoluted process.


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I have an HTC Amaze with Android 2.3.

Is any way I can send and receive messages on my PC via Bluetooth to my phone? I tried to connect with MyPhoneExplorer app, but its does not support HTC Amaze.


texts: I was thinking of unlocking my ST17i's bootloader but I saw on the Sony Mobile website that unlocking the bootloader will result to the deletion of DRM keys from my phone. What exactly are they? And what will be affected if I lose the said "DRM keys"?


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I have multiple issues in my android device and I believe all are related to Gallery.

Gallery is not opening.
No images in Google Photo.
When I go to File Manager > DCIM > Camera, I see all images. If I open any of these image files, it gives me an option to opens files with Google Photo.
Phone is not in silent/ vibration mode. However, phone doesn't ring for any incoming calls and alarm.
I open media players like Music, MX Player, etc; I don't see any audio file in any location. But I can play audio files, if I go to File Manager.

I did..

Reboot device multiple times
Removed and reinserted battery and
Did Clear Data and Clear Cache for Gallery

However, issues not fixed.

I don't want to reset my android device. Can these issues be fixed without doing reset?

Please guide me. How to fix it?

EinfoMail


texts: I Need Help Getting Contacts from Broken Android!

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My Huawei Mercury M886 fell out of my lap when getting out of the car and it got run over...

Its not rooted. The screen is completely shattered off and I cant use the touchscreen or buttons so I cant get passed the lock screen.

I was able to get about half my contacts from my back up in April on the wireless server from Cricket, and I don't use the Gmail back up and purposely did it that way. I plugged my phone into the computer but I cant access the phone at all since I have to choose the USB/Computer option from the phone itself.

Anyone know of how I can get to them? They are not on the SD card either. I need a way to access the phone without using the touchscreen. Is there a way to sync the Android phone to PC without using the touchscreen?

I don't have my phone password protected. It seems as though that the Android can do everything except retrieve information without using the touch screen...this is a HUGE problem...very impracticable for bad situations.


texts: How can I boost the music volume higher than the max limit?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy running Android. When I put music to max, it's not loud enough in my ear phone.

How can I boost it beyond the maximum volume? On Linux I can do this with ALSA; is there a way to do it in Android?

Follow up:

All of them are paid media players so FREE is almost unavailable. Using for the moment: Cubed


texts: Persisting notifications is a pain in the neck!

texts: I'm using a Galaxy Nexus which runs Jelly Bean 4.3! Lately I have been very annoyed with notifications (from apps I have installed) which keeps coming back every ten minutes even after I close them. Can resetting my phone solve this issue or are there any workarounds? All answers are welcomed :)


texts: How to check where an app is sending data over internet on Android?

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How to check where an app is sending data and making requests over the internet on Android?

Is this possible with ADB or something else?

I want to monitor an app for data it is sending over the internet.


texts: Disable auto formatting of period in SMS?

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When I type a domain like example.com, Android automatically formats it like this example. Com

Is there a way to disable this?


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I just switched to using Cyanogenmod 9 on my HTC EVO 4G (and it works very well!). In CM7 and with other (stock included) ROMs, when I took a screenshot, it was automatically added to the Instant Upload reel in the Google+ app.

I liked this.

After switching, the screenshots no longer upload, even on forced "Upload All". I suspect it is because they are being saved to a location which is not scanned by the G+ app for instant upload. So does anyone know how to force a folder to be included? Or to change the default screenshots folder?

EDIT: Note, my screenshots are being saved to Pictures/Screenshots/, which, to my knowledge based on Zuul's post, is included in the MediaScanner. Still no screenshots uploading.

UPDATE: Found this talking about a .nomedia file, and tried to scan the Screenshots folder, but there is no such file to be found.


texts: Is there a way to speak "Send" in order to send an SMS?

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I know I can pull up my SMS app and press the microphone to activate speech. I speak my message, but then I need to press the "send" button to actually send my message.

Is there a way to activate the send function by saying a keyword instead of pressing the button?

Coming from an iPhone where Siri does most of this for me, basically I can say

  Tell my wife, I'm running a bit late.

Siri responds

  Here's your message to wife's name, would you like me to send your message?

I say

  Yes

and off it goes.

I'm looking for something similar in Android.


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I am an independent contractor who has trouble keeping his time sheet up to date.

Is it possible to create a tasker profile or task to do either of the following?

When leaving from this list of locations between a certain time and day of the week, remind me to make a note of what I did (possibly using S Memo).

Between certain times and days of the week, record phone calls from this list of people and note how long the conversation is.

Want to know if this is possible before buying Tasker. Most of these places will have wifi, but a few will not. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. Have at it. Please let me know and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your patience.


texts: Screen goes blank during or after the call and does not come back

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I have an Android 2.3.6 phone.

The problem is the screen goes blank and unresponsive during or after the call.
I can't make or receive any call once the screen goes blank.
In Android 2.3.6, there is no proximity control.

If I do a missed call to my number, then the screen comes back.


texts: What determines whether something requires wifi vs network internet traffic?

texts: Most tasks can be done using the network's internet connection (3g for me) like uploading photo to facebook or downloading a new app. But sometimes I end up having to wait to find a wifi connection to say, upload a video to youtube or download a game for my Xperia Play.  Why do these tasks require wifi?  Are these software restrictions placed by my provider?


texts: Is there any low bandwidth VoIP software for Android?

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I have measured Skype's bandwidth consumption:

When just running Skype: ~0.09 KB/s
When talking to someone through Skype: ~9 KB/s

Is there any VoIP software available in the Android Market that consumes less bandwidth?

NOTE: I'd like to be able to talk to someone on Ubuntu with this client, so it should also have a Linux version or be compatible with another Linux client/network.

P.S.: Are my measurements correct?


texts: What is an alternate method to flash stock firmware for S9+ G965F?

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My S9+ went into bootloop, I loaded up twrp through odin and flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-samsung-1.0.zip

The problem is when phone turns off, it goes back into bootloop. I tried flashing stock firmware through odin, but odin crashes whenever I load up AP. I tried different versions on 2 computers but no luck.

What is an alternate to the stock firmware that I can flash to stop the bootloop?


texts: Is recalibrating the battery after flashing a new ROM really neccessary, and if yes, why?

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The description of the app, Battery Calibration, claims that after changing ROMs you should recalibrate your battery gauge. It has good reviews so it seems like the general concept is sound and trying the app at least won't cause harm.

What I'm wondering is what the battery statistics have to do with the ROM. My understanding is that the batterystats file contains a mapping of charge values in mV to %, so why does it need to be regenerated if a new ROM is flashed?


texts: How to disable the Lollipop notification popups while in a game?

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I know there are fixes for a rooted device  with Android 5.0+ to stop the notification popups for like text messages and apps like facebook. These I've found tend to be perminant and not so easy to do fixes so can't be used as a 'toggle' on / off.

What I am looking for is some way that I can toggle off those notifications at the top of the screen that can interfere with seeing the screen or worse, if I'm drawing a picture it can totally damage the drawing by blocking where I'm working while I'm drawing and because I'm touching the screen there flips me out of the app I'm using and into the other app and sometimes even causes the original app to crash losing all the work.

By default, I have found NO built in option to turn these on or off. I like them when I'm just doing everything else and find them very useful so don't want them 'perma off'.

Anyone know of anyway or anything that may help with this? Is this hard coded in all editions of Lollipop?

EDIT: The model of phone in question is a T-Mobile Note 4 with Android 5.0.1. Model: SM-N910T. This is a rooted Stock rom.


texts: No display but touch screen working on Samsung Galaxy Gio

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I have Android 2.3.3 Samsung Galaxy Gio phone.

From past few days there is no display on the device. Rest other functions works fine including touch screen (I can unlock).

Not sure if its a software issue or hardware problem.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.


texts: Nexus 5x won't use custom ringtones/notifications

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Just got the 5x, and loaded it with my favorite tones. Did the same thing I usually do with Android phones to set different tones for different app notifications, alarms, etc.

Phone either plays stock tone or no tone + vibration.

The files were pulled directly from my Samsung in .wav format and will play on the 5x via VLC just fine.


texts: Does the Kies software allow one to type and send text messages from the PC?


texts: How to Install system app with SE Linux enforced on Galaxy s7 Android 6.0.1

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first, sorry for my english :)

i try to install a user app (installed in /data/app/) as system app on my new galaxy s7 :
- Android 6.0.1
- Rooted
- factory ROM

I follow many tutorials :

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-any-app-as-system-app-on-android/
http://www.androidauthority.com/install-user-app-as-system-app-how-to-93522/

After reboot, my application is in the the folder /system/app but i can't launch it: it crash when i launch apk directly, even if permission are correctly set.

With another smartphone (samsung s4 rooted with cyanogenmod and SE Permisive), the copy paste technique work well.

Someone knows why i can't launch it ?

Thanks a lot


texts: Unlocked bootloader, but still cannot boot or flash partitions

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I just had some luck unlocking the bootloader on my Nokia 8.1. But it looks like I've accomplished nothing still. Previously when I attempted to flash a partition via fastboot or boot a boot image, I used to see:

flashing is not allowed in locked state

Now that I've successfully unlocked the bootloader (I can confirm via deviceinfo command and also via the 5 second warning before boot), I am encountering another roadblock:

flashing is not rooted for fused device

It appears to be some sort of additional check. The device does show on screen (fastboot mode) that fuse = enable. Looks like this is some additional check for devices which have been unlocked  to prevent unauthorised use. I do not have any idea how to disable it. It probably comes from the Kernel level or probably somewhere else. Can somebody guide me to a direction which I should take next?
There should be some way to disable fuse.


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One of the selling points of Lollipop was that it will now support shooting in "Raw" mode, so that you can get the raw sensor data and then process it on the computer.

I just installed CM12.1 on my Samsung S3.

Will my phone support "Raw" shots in the future (My camera app doesn't support it yet) or does it require specialized hardware and I shouldn't even count on it being supported in an old phone?


texts: I have a nexus 5 that give me a Black screen when i unlock it with sign-code.I can't utilize it but i have to recovery my data.I thought to install an update image with adb sideload to see if my phone restarts to work well and recover my data but I don't know if the update images wipe my data.Do update images wipe my data.Are there other methods to recover my data?


texts: recover a deleted number from my call history

texts: I have an android 8 Huawei Y6S phone, I accidentally deleted the outgoing call from my history and I'd really appreciate it if I could get it back, I wouldn't mind rooting my phone but is there any way this could be done without rooting?


texts: What is the boot process of an Android device?

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From the user's perspective when switching on the phone, I see two boot animations in my LG P500 running CM10. The first animation is from LG and the second animation is from CM10. Then it settles in with a locked screen ready for my input.
What happens behind the scene (screen) during a boot process when an Android device is switched on? It will be helpful if the answers can help a non geek to understand various process and jargon (like, fastboot, bootloader, recovery, if applicable, etc.) regarding boot sequence.


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Using Gmail version 86.0.04240.198 on my Samsung Galaxy A30s with Android 10.
From the documentation we can read

You can't mark all messages as read from the Gmail app.

I know this is a task that can be done in a computer but that's not an option for me ATM.
I tried going to gmail.com and from there activate "Desktop mode" but I was getting a responsive view with less functionality.


texts: Red-and-White Megaphone App coming up unsolicited

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For about a month, an unknown app has been occasionally coming up on my cell phone's screen, interrupting whatever I'm doing, displaying a black screen and that rolling circle in the middle that means I should wait.

It lasts a couple seconds or more, then leaves without a trace, returning focus to whatever I was doing before.

When it lasts a little longer, I'm able to press that lower-left button that "zooms out" to all open apps, each with its logo on the top. I'm then able to close it, or take a screenshot.

The logo of our mystery app is a red-and-white megaphone, which I do not recognize. See attached screenshot.

That logo does not appear in the list of all installed apps.

The timing seems to be random.

What is this app, what is it doing, and how do I get rid of it?

The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S9+

I'm running Android version 9

The phone has served me flawlessly for over a year before getting this issue.

I do have many apps installed, some of which are ad-supported games. They all either came preinstalled, or came from the Google App Store.


texts: Android Market gone after emulator reboot on Windows

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Possible Duplicate:
  Android Market gone after emulator reboot

I am having the same problem as mentioned here. But my specs are as follows:

OS=Windows 7 SP1
SDK Revision = 21.0.1

OS = Windows 7 SP1
SDK Revision = 21.0.1
Android-SDK=3.0(API Level 11)

  AVD Details

  Name: DemoDevice1

  CPU/ABI: ARM(armeabi)

  Path: c:\Users\The WABBIT.android\AVD\DemoDevice1.avd

  Target: Android 3.0 (API level 11)

  Skin: WXGA

  SD Card: 2048

  hw.lcd.density: 213

  vm.heapSize: 32

  hw.ramSize: 1024

I have already deleted the SdkSetup.apk from the emulator and then added the GoogleServicesFramework.apk and Vending.apk packages to the emulator.

But, upon reboot everything is reverted back to before changes was made. I am unable to find a updated img file in any temporary directory, or any directory, as outlined in above mentioned post.

Can anyone help me with this?


texts: How to play speakers sound in microphone

texts: My question is simple but i haven't really found answers via google : How to use the sound played via speakers as microphone input ? (like Stereo Mix in Windows : for example, when you decide to put "Stereo Mix" for Microphone Device on Skype)


texts: How to re lock bootloader on samsung galaxy s5?

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I have Unlocked Rooted Samsung Galaxy S5 recently it has been giving me a lot of issues and I want to send it to Samsung for repair meant. I understand that once you root your device you loose the warranty, but recently I was doing research and I found out if you re lock your bootloader and unroot your device you can get your warranty back, so can some one tell me how to do it ? and if you can tell me if there is a way to find out even if your bootloader is locked or unlocked ?

Thank you


texts: Unpacking and repacking boot.img changes it's file size

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So I unpacked boot.img file using unpackbootimg in ubuntu. Then without changing the file I repacked it. But the filesize became smaller. From 36.7 MB to 17 MB. I tried to flash that image to my phone. But it failed. Also ramdisk file was empty after unpacking the boot.img.

Note: This specific rom is a rom from Symphony i97. It has Spreadtrum UNISOC SC9863 chipset. And I unpacked this rom using spd research tool. Also this phone's fastboot and adb commands are tempered so most of the commands don't work. Most of the time it says unknown command or not implemented.


texts: Backup (export, merge) all contacts form Samsung Galaxy S5

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I have tried to backup all the Contacts from Samsung Galaxy S5 to PC using Smart Switch, but it did not backup any contacts since they are all linked to either GOOGLE or EXCHANGE accounts.

What is the most straightforward way to backup all the contacts from the Samsung Galaxy S5 regardless on what account they are linked to? Like to merge all the EXCHANGE contacts to the GOOGLE account.

The reason for backup is the fact, that Exchange account used for the contacts expires soon. What happens to the contacts that are linked to the Exchange account when the account is deleted from the phone?


texts: Need to press power button three times to turn screen on using Screen Off and Lock

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I'm using the Screen Off and Lock 1.7.1 application on Android 4.1.1. The phone model is Huawei G510-0010.

After I turned off the screen using that application, I have to press the power button three times to turn the screen on. Using the power button to screen off/on, it is ok.

I uninstalled 1.7.1 and installed 1.10 which already works perfectly in other devices, but still facing the same issue.


texts: Without telephony and GPS apps/libraries, security subsections crash?

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In CyanogenMod 13, I've removed all telecom/telephony/GPS support from a ROM in an effort to reduce the device to basically be a wifi-only mini tablet. This entailed removing all relevant apps and a few libraries.

The ROM boots fine after removal, but lockscreen, security, and privacy aren't accessible in the settings; settings crashes when attempts are made to access any of them.

On previous versions of CyanogenMod on the same and another device this didn't happen, but then again I've updated the script I use to be more comprehensive as I discover new parts of the system that address telephony.

I've cross referenced the options in each settings subsection with the apps and libraries removed, and there seems to be zero crossover. Nothing in privacy, lockscreen, or security references GPS or telephony in any way.

I've done some tests to replace removed apps to try and do a process of elimination, but there are a lot of apps the script I use removes. I've only gotten through two or three of them so far, but none of them restored access. The obvious one seemed like it would be dialer.apk, but allowing that one did nothing.

Anyone know:

what telephony/GPS apps are required to run the aforementioned settings
what the reasoning is behind this counter-intuitive entanglement, and
how to maybe rebuild the ROM so that these apps and libs aren't required to access the full settings?


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I have a new Xiaomi Mi 5C ordered from AliExpress. When connected to the data network in Denmark, the internet is horribly sluggish. It seems to only be able to connect via Edge. Anybody knows a solution?

Note 1: that the same sim card in another phone provides 3G connectivity.

Note 2: all the settings are such that it should be using 3G when possible (e.g. Preferred Network Type = 3G)

Android Version: 7.1.2.


texts: I deleted folder in / and I want to make the folder exist again. Does it start with Capital letter (SEE picture)

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`I deleted the folder symlinking to /storage/sdcard0 and I want to restore the symlink but I'm not sure if I should make new folder starting with s or S

there should be folder named ?dcard does it start with S or s?


texts: How to backup my app data if my phone is not rooted?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Full Backup of non-rooted devices

I'm going to flash (format) my Samsung Galaxy S2 (both the external sd and internal sd) . My phone is not rooted. But there are some app's data that i want to backup before formatting.Those are some of my games' progress,Mozilla Firefox's history,bookmarks etc,Opera Mini history etc. , and the songs i tagged in Shazam . How am i supposed to do that since i know that you can't backup app data such as game progress if your phone is not rooted ?  Also I can't access those apps, whenever I open them they constantly crash, this started 1 week ago, that's why im gonna flash my device (but this is another thread's subject). I would appreciate any help.


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My Samsung A80 had an issue and could start up
i had to flash it
tried to recover its data but could not
i  HAVE used windows and i used different apps, no thing worked
my friend rooted the phone SO MY PHONE IS ROOTED
the rooting is verified
used more programs and apps
nothing worked
DrFONE
Disk digger
all says its rooted but no data recovered
THIS IS ALL WHAT I DID
what should i do?


texts: Mi max not able to boot up after flashing

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I successfully flashed my Mi Max prime 3/64GB to helium_global_images_V9.1.2.0.NBDMIEI_20171109.0000.00_7 ROM using mi flash in edl mode. Now the problem is the phone doesn't start up. It shows mi logo and android logo down the screen, its loading dots go for a few seconds, it vibrates and button lights gets on, and then it switches off completely.

I also tried going to recovery mode and wiped all data after flash. but it seems nothing works.

my device is not unlocked that's why I flashed it in EDL, and I prefer it to stay this way if possible.

any suggestions?


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I'm an experienced Android user and recently my Dad picked up a HTC EVO. I set him up with all the Google services and apps like Gmail, Contacts and Calendar. I exported all of his contacts and appointments out of Outlook to CSV and uploaded them to Google so they can sync down to his EVO. Unfortunately when I go to his Google account sync settings, his phone does not show the option to sync his Google Calendar. The exact option I'm talking about is under (from the home screen) Settings -> Accounts & sync -> your Google account. The phone shows Books, Contacts, and Gmail but the option for calendar is missing. Is this the case on all EVO's?

I have a screen capture of my phone (HTC Incredible) that has the option below that I'm talking about. His HTC EVO does not have it for some reason. Is this a Sprint restriction? Any ideas on how to add it?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Matt


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My One M8 has started acting very strangely, as if it is unable to write to its local storage any more. Every time I restart it, it's like it gets reset to a previous point in time - files that were on the local storage have gone, Apps that I uninstalled have come back and so on.

I've tried to do a factory reset via the bootloader, which appears to complete successfully, but then when the phone restarts, it's back to the same state it was in before I ran the factory reset!

Any ideas? The phone is stock, locked and unrooted.


texts: How to disable Notifications for Github Emails on Google Inbox?

texts: I turned the data synchronization on, and I get the notifications of Google Inbox. It works fine for "important" or "primary" emails, but it notifies me for Github emails too. How do I disable it -just because it is not really important/primary-?


texts: Command to delete full sentences or dictation session?

texts: Is there a way to delete entire sentences when using voice recognition? Perhaps the functionality I am asking about doesn't even exists?


texts: Lockscreen is missing, can I reinstall the lockscreen somehow?

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On boot my mobile phone goes to the lockscreen background but doesn't show the unlock symbol.

I've tried dragging the button blind but it's not just that it's not visible, it's not there. Neither does the "emergency dial" button show. The rest of the UI shows; the time, alert bar with wifi symbols and such. I've also tried using the Google Android device manager (ADM) code reset, the numbers don't show to allow input of the code; Safe Mode doesn't show the numbers either.

The phone is an Acer Liquid E3 (E380) running Android 4.4.2 (Kitkat?) and somehow I've managed to remove the lockscreen - I think perhaps it was with [correction:] System App Remover when trying to remove wallpapers after rooting with Kingo Root; but I had just changed to allow voice unlock so it may have been that.

How can I unlock if the buttons don't show? I know the passcode and the voice unlock commands.

The phone is online, Wifi is activated. When entering Safe Mode it showed it was downloading something, for example.

Developer mode is active but I think that USB debug is off (adb devices shows the device but says "offline" next to it).

I can access the recovery menu (power + volume-up at boot) - is it possible to "adb sideload" something that will help (like a replacement lockscreen?). Like I said it's not the code I have problems with, just the UI not showing.

I've seen use of adb shell input text 1234 to enter codes, but presumably this needs USB debug to be enabled; can I force send text that way? If I plug in a USB keyboard is there a button press that operates the "unlock" onscreen button?

Occasionally when I bring up the power off menu the number keys will show underneath (suggesting the software to show them is installed still) but touching the screen dismisses them with the menu leaving me on the broken lockscreen.

Any suggestions other than a factory reset? Thanks.

Edit: sometimes the voice unlock screen is shown behind the "power off" dialog, again it is dismissed as soon as one closes the dialog.

Edit2: I did a full data wipe [ie factory reset], ensured PIN access was set, used a different theme, etc., am now in same position but have managed to enable USB debug. However, using adb shell to provide input doesn't unlock, it will turn screen on but entry of unlock code appears to fail.

Edit3: tried again with ADM, it puts up a black lockscreen with a padlock symbol that looks like a drag-button but I can't interact with it. Also since wiping I put a widget (messaging) on the lockscreen which I can interact with.


texts: I recently has my LCD screen repaired on my new LG V20, The third part repairman eventually deleted all of my data and locked the phone out due to putting in the wrong screen swipe too many times. The phone was synced to a GOOGLE account which is no longer active and the phone can be restored without that login and password.Is there anyway for me to restore the factory settings and rset the phone?


texts: Can I install an MTK6577 ROM on a Star W007 6575 MTK?

texts: I have a Star W007 single core MTK 6575. I downloaded a A8809 Jellybean for a MTK6577 dual core. Can you install this dual core rom on a single core. Most MTK stuff is interchangeable or are the drivers completely different?


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I could not afford my Internet this month, it has happened before, but I am turning it back on next week.

Anyways, so on my PC (which is connected to the Internet via Ethernet), the Internet works but blocks websites obviously since I didn't pay the bill, but if I use SSH tunneling, or use a VPN I can reroute the web traffic and visit any website I want.

On my laptop, which uses WiFi, I can do the exact same thing...

Now on my Android device (Galaxy S4), when connecting it says "Sign In Required" or something, and when I click Chrome to sign in, it just goes to Google and stuff, and every other site is blocked as expected. I can use a VPN like Betternet to unlock the other sites like I would on my computer. However, the WiFi on my Android disconnects every 3 or 4 minutes, whether I use a VPN or not, and I am not sure why this happens exclusively to my Android, and not any other device such as my laptop.

Any ideas on what is happening? Any router changes I can do, any Android changes I can do?


texts: Has 2FA authenticator latency increased since upgrade to Android 9?

texts: Since upgrading to Android 9/Pie, coworkers and I have noticed increased latency in receiving pushes to our authenticator apps (Okta, Salesforce Authenticator are my only two examples; haven't been using Google Authenticator). What used to be a wait of 1-5 seconds is typically a 10-20 second wait. Is this a known issue?  Before going to the app vendors, is there anything to explore in Android settings?


texts: Help I accidentally removed the Media Scanner

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A couple of hours ago I was cleaning out unnecessary apps on my phone (LG G3) using 3C Toolbox when I must have accidentally removed the app responsible for scanning my media. The Gallery & Music apps both claim that there's no media for them to retrieve yet when I use the file browser I can locate specific files on my phone. 3C toolbox won't allow me to create backups for some reason but that's another issue. I have the .zip for the exact ROM that I'm using but I'm unsure on how to extract the right app from it to reinstall. Any help whatsoever is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

P.S. I have tried numerous media re-scanners on the Play store but none of them seem to work, I assume this is due to the media scanner itself being missing.

(Device: LG G3 D855) (ROM: Resurrection_Remix_LP_v5.3.8-20150309-d855)


texts: Unicode chars not displaying despite font updates

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Social media users are increasingly using unusual Unicode chars to stylize their display name.

  eg ,

On my 7.1.1 device these display as ▯▯▯▯▯ which is a bit of an annoyance.

I've installed the latest 8.1 version of Google Roboto along with other fonts as the system font. The changes apply ok in launcher and apps but the problem chars still appear as the glyph box.

In testing the same usernames on other devices (such as a P20Pro) there is no issue.

Suggestions?


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So somewhere along the line Android got a native "backup my data" option but I haven't gotten to use it. I used to use Titanium Backup and it was the main reason I rooted my phone, but I don't have Titanium or Root anymore.

Is there any significant difference in what's backed up between the native Android Backup from Google's servers vs the standard Titanium Backup? I mean a plain old backup, none of the freezing/bloatware melting/ect that Titanium also provides.

What do I end up with if my phone is bricked or I get a new phone and I restore from either platform?


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I need to know that is it possible to move your apps from phone storage to external storage SD card

as i have following storages:

internal storage of 800 MB
phone storage of 2.60 GB
External storage of 14 GB

i need to move my huge sized data of games like asphalt, gladiator2 and other huge sized games  from phone storage i.e 2.60 gb to external storage i.e 14 gb
android doesnt show any option to move such apps to external sd as it allows only moving apps to sd card from internal storage
i want to install more games without uninstalling any previous one because when i install anything from playstore it says insuffcient storage because my phone storgae is full.. and external storage is almost half empty. 1 thing more that my phone is rooted.

quick response will be highly appreciated.


texts: How does the Linux filesystem on Android get mapped to "Computer\PhoneName\Phone" on Windows 7?

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I am trying to figure out, when I use adb shell I see a filesystem with directories such as /storage/emulated/0. When I connect my Android phone to Windows 7 I see something like the following folder: Computer\JohnDoe(GT-I9301\Phone.

I would like to understand how the Linux filesystem gets mounted under Windows. Does Windows mount only a specific part of the filesystem or does it reorganize everything into a new view?


texts: I'm trying to setup a LG LS665 and I can't put my internet password in or anything that requires text entry. I think i might have deleted the default lg keyboard. Anything i can do to fix it? Is it possible to install an apk from my pc without any interaction from my phone?


texts: How to put a ROM on read-only /sdcard, while adb shell not working (HTC One X)

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I've been searching my _ off for two days now to find a solution for my problem, but I can't find one working for me.

What I do have right now:

NO working ROM (I believe because of a failed atempt to revert to a backup in CWM)
Access to my bootloader (unlocked through HTCDev)
Access to my recovery (Which is the latest CWM)
Fastboot/adb working
Phone boots upon the HTC logo screen
NO ROM zipfile on the SD-Card (I accidentilly deleted that, I still hate myself for that)
I've managed to push to ROM file into both /data and /system, which (of course) isn't usefull to flash from because they don't show up in CWM.

What I've tried:

Reverting to a Nandroid backup, I've 2 on the sdcard. Both don't pass the part where /system is being restored.
adb shell to push files, or mount the SD card, does not work. First I had the error saying '--exec /system/bin/sh failure: file or dir not found (2)'. I managed to push the sh file into system, (and I believe into /system/bin), and the error changed to '[...] No directory (20)'
adb push <ROM.zip> /sdcard/<ROM.zip>; doesn't work because /sdcard is read-only.
In CWM I can't mount as USB storage, is says something about a file which can't be found.
TWRP recovery doesn't work on my device, I can touch whatever I wan't, the only button responding is the power button, which causes a locked recovery, which I can't unlock. (You need to swipe for that, which my phone seems to ignore).
I've read almost every topic on XDA and whatever Google could give me, but most solutions somewhere relied on the adb shell, or pushing into the /sdcard, or simply assume I still can mount as USB storage. :(

Does anyone have any suggestions left on howto get a ROM into the /sdcard so I can flash it? I would be thanking you forever!

Thanks in advance!


texts: How can I close my current app via a keyboard shortcut?

texts: On Windows or Linux, ALT+F4 closes the application (well, window) that is focused. Is there anything similar on Android (9.0 Pie) ? I have a phone with a keyboard but without function keys. I find it hard to believe this is impossible yet I was unable to google it out.


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I've managed to lose my IMEI on my Moto X 2013/1st Gen/XT1052. I've tried the following things:

flashed stock ROM
removed SIM, flashed stock ROM, boot, power off, insert SIM
erased modemst1 and modemst2 partitions
fastboot oem writeimei (this replied "Restricted oem command")
restoring PDS partition from a TWRP backup from when it was working fine.

I can read the IMEI (getvar, or via barcodes) in fastboot, so it's still there somewhere, but the android system can't seem to access it. Any suggestions would be appreciated


texts: Pair two Bluetooth devices simultaneously

texts: I am building an app for an Android tablet that will control an Arduino microcontroller board (paired via bluetooth). However, the tablet will also be paired via Bluetooth with my Android phone to share the phone's internet connection. Can I pair the devices this way simultaneously?


texts: Does the Automatic away-status in Google Talk not function as it's supposed to?

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Using Google Talk on Android 2.2 on a Motorola Droid. Under settings I have the box for Automatic away-status checked. My assumption is that this would set my status to away when the screen is off as it states: Set status to away when the screen is turned off

However, this isn't the case. I've confirmed by walking over to a co-workers desk and it still shows me as available. I have Gmail closed on my desktop and it stays as available for ever, it doesn't just take some time to update.

Any ideas if this is a bug or is there a workaround? At the moment I'm just signing myself out when I remember to.


texts: I have recently Installed Remix OS on my pc. I found out that the linux kernel version on this version of Remix OS is 4.4.3 which doesnot support dual band wifi. How can I upgrade the linux kernel ?


texts: screen keeps jerking and there are automatic touches

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First of Tablet info :

Model number : Micromax P275

Android version : 4.0.4

Baseband version : v3.0

Kernal version : 3.0.8+ linda@SKYWORTHSERVER3 #52
Fri Sep 21 14:00:53 CST 2012

Build number : P275_HW.V0.1_V3.0_20120921

I dont know anything about android

now the issue is that the screen keeps randomly jerking and there are random touches that happen which will open apps and close apps randomly. this happens after few minutes since  Tablet turn on. When these things happen i cannot do anything. even if i try to power down by pressing the power key the dialog box disappears because of this random behavior.

i observer this behavior mainly when i travel in bus. so i'm thinking that the vibrations are affecting the accelerometer and thus causing the random movements. When i'm in a stationary place i rarely see this issue, but it has occured.

now i disabled

1)Auto rotate

2)Disabled all options in Developer options except Force hardware rendering.

the system update will happen and i cant turn it off(atleast i dont know).

my main useage in the Tablet are 1) pdf reading 2)videos 3)small c programmin(using CCtools).

please help me with this issue. its is very very frustrating. last thing,i brought this device 28 days ago. also i would like links on reinstalling android.


texts: Is it possible to set the language and locale to different values?

texts: I'd like to have all the text displayed in English (US), but use the Polish (Poland) formatting for numbers, dates etc. On a desktop Linux system, I'd set LANG to pl_PL and LC_MESSAGES to en_US. Is there a way to so on Android? I see only combined language+locale setting. Note: I am not asking about the keyboard, I know can set it to use a language different from the language+locale setting without problems.


texts: Is it possible to use Samsung Galaxy Nexus as a bootable USB stick?

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I want to install centOS linux distro on my desktop, which does not have a disk drive. Moreover, I posses a 4GB usb stick which is insufficient for installation. I need a usb stick with atleast 8GB to install centOS.

However, I've Galaxy Nexus which has lots of space. So I was wondering as to can I use it as a bootable USB stick?


texts: What's the difference between an AOSP ROM and a stock ROM?

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I'd like to know what's the difference between these two.

What are the Advantages or Disadvantages of using a AOSP ROM vs a Stock ROM?

Is it just the Theme/Skin/UI and Bloatware that's different or is there something else?


texts: "No calendars have been synchronized with this device."

texts: I'm running Android 9 and I'm trying to add an event in Calendar. Upon  clicking the circular button with a plus sign, a message saying No calendars have been synchronized with this device.. I don't want to synchronize the calendar on my phone with anything, be it a Google account, my carrier, or anyone. Is there anyway around this? I never had this problem on my previous Android phone or on my Android tablet.


texts: Is it possible to add an audio bluetooth profile to my phone?

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I want to make my phone act as a bluetooth speaker/headset because the audio jacks connection on my laptop is kinda broken (won't play audio on both ears unless the headset plug is midway inserted). Add to that the fact that the audio coming out of my laptop's speakers aren't too loud. My phone, however, fills in that gap by having quite good and loud audio and the headset jack on my phone isn't messed up like the one my laptop.

So upon thinking of ways to do this, I realized that I could add a bluetooth profile to my phone so that the laptop will be able to detect it as a bluetooth headset. However, I couldn't find any info about doing this.

I'm using an SE ST17i and I'm rooted so rooted solutions are applicable. I hope someone can help me out.

P.S. I know of the AirFoil approach but would rather prefer my above approach if possible because I don't like keeping my wifi on all the time.


texts: Auto start two apps on split screen after reboot

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I have Two running Android apps (used for surveillance and doorbell) permanently and simultaneously on split screen.

Sometimes, the person who used the device (for personal purposes) forget to get everything back, or maybe something else happens, so it is necessary to:

Close all recent unnecessary apps.
Launch surveillance and doorbell apps in split screen.

  Is it possible to reboot the system every night automatically, then launch the two apps on the split screen?


texts: Where Can I Find The Bootanimation.zip For A ROM On GitHub

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I'm looking for a bootanimation.zip from the latest Dirty Unicorns ROM.
However, I don't want to download the ROM, TWRP backup, wipe, install, extract bootanimation.zip, wipe, TWRP restore just to get it.

I was hoping to download it directly from GitHub. However, the ROM source code is split into loads of repos and I don't know where to look.

Where in the source tree and in which repo is the bootanimation.zip typically stored?


texts: Is it possible to add widgets available in home screen on lock screen (on rooted phone)?

texts: I am using android 9 on Samsung device, is there is any way to add widgets available in home screen on lock screen (on rooted phone) and able to use them without opening lock screen ?


texts: How to natively automate an app with usb debugging disabled?

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I am an avid sports bettor and everyday I place bets using a mobile app from a local sportsbook. The sportsbook offers a mobile app, only, and no desktop version. Which is too bad because I know how to automate desktop applications and desktop browsers using Selenium.

The placing of bets is a mindless operation that I have to perform manually. I get an email with which teams to bet from a professional service, I then open the mobile app from the sportsbook, and use my fingers to click through the various bets, submitting them as I go. I want to automate this to give me back time in my life.

I thought that I could use something like Android Studio, jUnit, and uiautomatorviewer (Android SDK tool) and automate the phone via my desktop through a USB connection on the phone. Of course this solution requires enabling USB Debugging on the Android phone. Thinking this solution would be a slam dunk, I started implementing it and I ran in to a major snag: the sportsbook mobile app disables itself when USB debugging is turned on! Which stops this solution from working. And that is why I am looking for a native solution: one that does not require a USB connection. (note: I did call them and ask why this is - they said that they triangulate my phone using its LTE connection to ensure I'm in a legal place to gamble in - and that if the USB connection could be enabled then theoretically someone could setup a server farm, hook phones to it, and remote in from any where in the world to place bets, violating the law - well I'm not breaking the law with what I want to do, but I see their point as to why it disables)

Before I go down the rabbit hole of discovering a native solution - which I freely admit I know nothing about - I'd like to ask the community here how it might be done.

Some thoughts that I had...

Could I write an android app that controls another android app?

Could I use Selendroid (natively) to control the mobile sports app?

Both seem like major undertakings.


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The phone is showing ads on the bottom of screen as well as on the top of whole screen
I tried deleting the recent apps i installed
I also tried disabling "show app on top"
Is there any third party app that can scan the phone


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I'm using Motorola Moto E (first gen) running Android 5.1.

I'm fairly new to Android, I know I could forward message if I tap and press on the message for a while, wait for the dropdown menu to pop up and then tap on "Message".

The problem is, if there is a link in the message body, no matter where I tap on the message - it gets me to that website instead of showing this context menu.

How do I forward this type of text?


texts: Picked up a virus that self-installs apps on my phone

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I thought that it's not possible for any virus-like app to self-install apps on a mobile phone. But this is happening in the case of my friend. And I have no idea how to help him.

Namely, he has a Huawei G630 mobile phone. He wanted to download an MP3 song using the default Browser (not Chrome, but default one) and got a message like "you need to update the system before being able to listen this song". This was probably a trick to force him to install a virus-like app.

After that, each day at midnight, new apps start to get installed by itself. This is a screenshot of 4 apps installed on his phone.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

I searched for Lutu and could not find it on the Play Store.

I also tried to find this 3rd app that does this, but in vain. I uninstalled a few suspicious apps and killed some services, but this did not help.

I also thought that this is a kind of an add-on in the default Browser (like I have it in Chrome), but I could not find add-ons in this app.

Any idea how to solve this issue?

NOTE: His Huawei is rooted so could the app be installed in the root section? This could explain why I cannot delete it as it's presented as a system app.


texts: Problem Sync'ing/Downloading from Google Play

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Android Enthusiasts

I've been having problems when trying to download apps from Google Play. I'm relatively new to the Android Scene. Whenever I try to download and install from Google Play, I get a (-101) error, telling me it couldn't be downloaded and installed. On a related note, since I can't get the apps to sync via wifi, I've been trying to sync via USB, which doesn't work well either. Doesn't even show up on my external devices. Is there anyone who can lend a hand?


texts: Cannot upgrade Galaxy Y GT-S5360 with new firmware using Kies

texts: Whenever I try to click "upgrade", my phone suddenly disconnects from Kies but the download prompt still runs. After the download process completes, Kies suddenly closes and there are no changes with my phone.


texts: Email application with notifications only for specified contacts (standard SMTP/POP3/IMAP)

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I have a lot of mail traffic on my phone. But I want to be notified only for mail from certain contacts like my family, colleagues/boss, critical automated systems or at least any contact in my phone contact list (with email typed in).

Are there such applications which can access email on my personal/corporate server? Standard IMAP (or at least POP3) + SMTP, not some proprietary protocols like Exchange/Gmail.


texts: Device or resource busy when deleting Youtube folder from /data/app

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I am trying to delete my /data/app/com.google.android.youtube-DVUYe6iX9r5J1nYk8PlC2w== folder to fix the bug described here; however, I keep getting a "Device or resource busy" message. I tried using this command
adb pull /data/adb/service.d/vanced.sh > %UserProfile%\Desktop\vanced.sh

and also Total Commander file manager but received the same error. How can I delete the folder?


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Is it possible to find out when the first version of an app was issued?

Google Play only shows the date of the latest update in ADDITIONAL INFORMATION field (see picture).

Ideally, I'd like to see when all the updates were issued. Probably, that's too much.


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I have two Tasker projects that I would like to be able to share as stand alone apps. Project 1 turns Wifi On and Off based on location and Project 2 turns the screen on and off using the proximity sensor. I exported both separately (from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 running stock 5.1.1) and sideloaded into my second device (Samsung Galaxy s5 running stock 5.0.0). Both apps install properly, display the correct required permissions, and display notifications (flash and popup) properly but will not effect the device in any other way. Project 1 will not change the Wifi state and Project 2 will not turn the screen off (using System Lock).

Has anyone experienced this before or can suggest why this might be occurring and what I might be able to do to solve it?


texts: Google Play Services is not compatible with my device

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Everything was running smooth until I got info I need Google Play Services to run GMail, Google Play Music, GoogleMaps and so on. I try to download/install it but get the message "Google Play Services is not compatible with your device". I have a Motorola G, Android 6.0.
Thank you


texts: Prevent WhatsApp from automatically backing up messages

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I noticed recently that WhatsApp automatically backups messages. I get a popup every now and then when I am using WhatsApp which says "Backing up messages". I don't want WhatsApp to backup my messages. I went into the WhatsApp settings and clicked 'Chats and calls -> Chat backup' and it says:

Local: 3:00am
Google Drive: Never

Google Drive settings shows that my settings are set to 'Never back up to Google Drive'.

With that said, how do I prevent it from backing up locally?


texts: I changed the company brand boot logo Lenovo Vibe K5 Plus and now don't start

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My cell phone is a Lenovo K5 plus A6020i36 with a RRemix ROM (RR-N-v5.8.4-20170808-A6020) with Root and Custom TWRP .
I was trying to install some Boot logo through TWRP and until here everything was fine.
But I mistakenly install a Samsung boot logo. Yes I know, how I could have been wrong with this, but I did.
So after installing and restarting my phone did not start.
No light on the screen,
no download mode,
no fastboot mode
no recovery mode
the phone is completely dead, its a Hard brick.
I Tried to make recovery with the qfil application but did not work.
Any idea to fix it, it seems that there was an internal failure or a protection of the phone itself


texts: Changing /system/build.prop issues on fully rooted and DM-verity removed device

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SO, I have an MT6739 dveice with Android 8.1, it's not A/B seamless, and it is not TREBLE.

I have used a tried and tested method to remove DM-Verity. On this device it was in the DTB, in the boot and also in the vendor partitions. I use Magisk to get me root and I have removed and installed lots of /system/apps, changed the audio, bootanimations etc on the device. I even changed the backgrounds and tweaked the Launcher.

However whenever I come to change anything in /system/build.prop the device bootloops!

I have tried this with Magisk DM-verity ON/OFF with no effect. I also copied back a build.prop from my PC and it worked fine again. So, something must be looking up the build.prop and checking for changes.

All I have done is change the ro.product.model property to be super sure nothing in the build.prop is incorrect. I have tried with setting permissions (644, for some reason they are 600 (RW - - ) on the device so tried that too).

There is a build.prop in the /vendor partition. i have heard of this checking the fingerprint of the system/build.prop, but they are different anyway on the stock ROM.

I also tried just copying the build.prop from /system into here so they were identical.

Fresh out of ideas!!

Does anyone know what is going on here. I can literally change anything I want on the device as normal/pre-verity days except for the build.prop settings.


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In my phone (Moto E2 running on 5.0.2) while I'm using facebook, I found a frequent reloading issue.

The problem happens only when I go to an external link to read some articles and after switching back to the app it shows only a white background and it load from the top, previously it used to show from where I left off, first I thought it may be bug in facebook app, then I noticed all my apps are having such a crazy reloading problem, another example is google plus, but luckily after reloading it show from where I left off..!

It can be a virus issue or a setting issue, so before I reset my phone I would like to know if there is a tweak or solution for this...


texts: How to check the status of and enable HD Voice on a Galaxy S4?

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I would like to know if HD Voice is enabled on my device. If it's not, I would like to enable it. There used to be a very simple way of doing this by dialing *#0011# and then following instructions given here. Unfortunately it appears that Samsung has patched this up now in the latest software version so it's no longer an option. My device is a Galaxy S4 Plus (GT-I9506) running Android 4.3.

So now that this is no longer an option, what options do I have to check the status of and to enable HD Voice on my device (in case it's disabled)?


texts: Galaxy s GT19000 I had a bar near the top on the home screen with shorcuts to wifi, synch, gps, bluetooth and brightness. They suddenly disappeared. How can I get them back?


texts: No images from SD card are shown in PTP mode

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I have ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 with latest updates installed (Android 9, 070 firmware version)
I try to connect my phone to PC (Arch Linux 64 bit, Cinnamon DE, Nemo file manager, latest updates installed, gvfs-gphoto2 and gvfs-mtp packages are installed too).

When I connect my phone via USB it suggests different modes for connection: charging, MIDI, modem, file transfer and PTP (strange thing: where is MTP?). When I choose file transfer I can see the whole directory structure for SD card and for internal storage, that just works fine.

However, when I select PTP mode I can see only directtories from internal storage (e. g. DCIM, Instagram etc) and no dirs from SD card. I already have DCIM/Camera directory tree on SD card and camera app saves photos and videos to it properly.

I tried to clear cache & data for External storage and Media storage apps and reboot but nothing changed - still no directories from SD card are shown when I select my device in Nemo file manager.

How can I enable access to SD card in PTP mode? Additionally, where is MTP mode and how I can enable it?

EDIT 1: seems like "File Transfer" is synonym for MTP


texts: Which one to install- 32 bit or 64 bit kernel?

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Although I'd flashed my phone with new ROMs several times, I've never tried flashing the kernel before. When I searched for a custom kernel, saw 32bit and 64bit  version. So how am I supposed to choose this?

My phone is YU Yuphoria running on Ressurection Remix v5.6.5 (Marshmallow official build). Please tell me the best kernel for it.


texts: Turn off served by Google feature in Chrome

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Whenever I visit a webpage in Chrome, the pages are being served by Google which is a plain version of the webpage.

Here is a picture describing the same.

Screenshot (click for larger variant)

How do I turn this feature off?

EDIT: On clicking the i button on the right of stackoverflow.com I get

"This page is generated by Google to use less data than the original page. This page and its links are all served by Google to make your browsing faster. This is an experimental feature."

I understand its meant for saving mobile data. But I mostly like visiting the original webpage and with this feature on, instead of saving data I end up going to the simplified page and then the original webpage costing me more data. I'd really like to turn this off.

EDIT : Not sure if it matters but I'm using android 5.0

EDIT : I can confirm that it's happening on wifi as well. Any update on how to solve this or any workarounds?

Update 14/8/15 : This is still happening on my device but it looks like this feature is not experimental anymore and Google provides documentation about what is going on.
Here's how the page looks now -

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Clicking on learn more takes me here. Unfortunately, the support page only describes how the website providers can turn this off. No information about how users can opt out of it.


texts: Unable to pick the calls after upgrading to Lollipop 5.0.2

texts: Yesterday I got an update to upgrade my Micromax Yureka mobile to CyanogenMod 12 which upgrades the Android version to Lollipop 5.0.2. And since then I am unable to pick calls, as nothing gets displayed/or rather display won't turn on to pick up the call.


texts: Help need a way to know how to do bulk updates across multiple devices

texts:
I manage a bunch of android devices and I was wondering if there is an easy way to do bulk updates when a new release comes out. Also would like to know if I can block certain devices from being updated at all?

Thank you


texts: How to set default Alarm app when Open by Default menu is disabled?

texts: So, I'm trying to change my default alarm in Google Assistant (Pixel 5) to another alarm clock app I have installed (Alarm Clock Beyond). When I tell the assistant "Wake me up in 5 minutes", it just uses Google's native clock app. The default menu for the clock app is disabled, and I haven't been able to make any progress on this.


texts: Are quantum RNGs on an Android device possible?

texts:
I edited out the term quantum in this question on SoftwareRecs.SE on the assumption that actual quantum effects on an Android device cannot be measured/harvested from - things like radioactive decay, photon counting, laser phase noise, zener noise (more options mentioned e.g. here).

But maybe I'm wrong: are random number generators using quantum effects in Android devices possible (and available)?

(I'm not asking for software recommendations, that should be on the other question).


texts: How to use different keyboards in different apps without paid software?

texts:
Is there a way to use different keyboards in different apps? I want to use GBoard for every app except for my Terminal, in which I want to use Hacker's Keyboard. I want to do this because GBoard is a great keyboard, but I can't use arrow keys, ctrl+c, etc.

How could I use different virtual keyboards for different apps without using paid software?

This is different from Use fixed keyboard for a given app because the answer includes paid software.

I am using the OnePlus 5 with OxygenOS 4.5.10 (Stock ROM) (Based on Nougat 7.1.1)

Using this kernel: https://build.nethunter.com/nightly/3.20-20170903-2143/kernel-nethunter-oneplus5-oos-nougat-3.20-20170903-2143.zip

Rooted with Magisk tiny.cc/latestmagisk

Using the Kali Nethunter terminal: https://github.com/offensive-security/kali-nethunter/blob/master/nethunter-installer/update/data/app/Term-nh.apk

Kali Nethunter installed with this Magisk module: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/kali-nethunter-magisk-t3676681/page1


texts:
I got a new Nexus 4 yesterday. It works fine on WiFi.

When I turn it on this morning, I can't get past the screen lock. It won't allow me to get into the device. It just shows the time and phone keyboard. It tells me that I can only make emergency calls.

I have not installed a SIM card yet. Would doing so fix the problem?


texts: I've got two MP3 files from my friend via Gmail. How can I save them to my phone? There is only a Preview button...


texts:
So sometimes when I try to unlock my phone I am greeted with this:

When I swipe up I am greeted with my regular lockscreen. Why exactly am I seeing this lockscreen? It appears randomly, does not appear every time. I dont have any lockscreen app installed. I am using Android 5.1 with stock launcher.


texts: Using an old phone number with Whatsapp on a phone with no SIM card

texts:
I have the following situation, which though similar to other questions I believe not to be a duplicate.

I currently own a rather old iPhone with a SIM card installed and a new Android phone without. (There is a Verizon SIM card for the new phone, but I am leaving it unactivated it to avoid penalties from Verizon, which which I have no contract.)
I am in the US now on vacation, but new Android phone is intended to accompany me back where I live and not see service in the US in the foreseeable future.
I can't install my old SIM card on my new phone because it is the wrong size, and I am afraid of destroying it if I try to cut it down to nano-SIM size myself. (I guess I'll have to transfer my number to a new nano-SIM card from my provider when I arrive in my home country again.)

Now I would like to be able to use Whatsapp via Wi-Fi on the new phone with my old number and hence appear as my familiar old number to my old contacts. But Whatsapp demands, in order for me to use that number, that I have that SIM card on my new phone. If you send a SMS, rather than letting you respond from the old phone, it tells you it is waiting to autodetect the text on the new phone. When that fails, it offers to voice call the old number, but that number has no service in the US.

I am capable, on the other hand, of registering Whatsapp as a landline, through the voice call option, but this doesn't let me reach my old contacts through Whatsapp, and trying to change to my own number on this app activates the same sequence of countermeasures enumerated in the previous paragraph.

There are numerous solutions posted online, but most are of out of date and seem to be defeated by the current version of Whatsapp, specifically the facts that the SMS must be auto-detected or the voice call must be picked up. The most up-to-date solutions I've found suggest one log into Whatsapp on the web through the browser on the old phone to obtain a QR code scannable on the new phone, but the Whatsapp-on-the-web feature is unavailable to my old iPhone's OS, and upgrading to iOS 8.1 or higher would brick that phone.

But I'm still not willing to concede defeat. What can I do?


texts: How to resize Android screen in VirtualBox with UEFI?

texts:
I have 64-bit Android 7.1.2, obtained from android-x86_64-7.1-rc1.iso. I installed it on VirtualBox (latest version, 5.1.2.8) with UEFI mode. (The host is 64-bit Linux Lubuntu 16.04.)

The installation all works fine apart from the fact that the screen is fixed at 1024×768. The various sizes given in the VirtualBox menu > View > Virtual Screen 1, which range from 640×480 to 1920×1200, are all greyed out.

I would like to be able to resize the Android screen, making it both smaller and larger, and even full-screen if possible. Sadly, the usual method, Guest Additions, isn't supported on Android.

I've tried following various instructions. The vast majority seem to be valid only for non-UEFI installations, although I tried them anyway. The only one for UEFI that I found doesn't work for me.

The methods that I have found include:

Issue the command:
vboxmanage setextradata Android CustomVideoMode1 1152x864x32
(this obviously would work only for that one resolution).
Adding various commands to Grub, either at boot or permanently in EFI/boot/grub/grub.cfg:

set gfxpayload=keep
set gfxpayload=1152x864x32
vga=ask
vga=834

I am at a total loss how to proceed. Can you help, please?


texts:
I use Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread).

When I go to Contacts > [MENU] > Display options, I see duplicate entries as "bud***@gmail.com Phone-only (unsynced)". (1) See left image.

And when I try to add a new contact, I face the same issue. (2) See right image.

Why does this happen? This wasn't there earlier and I noticed this right now. I didn't visit contacts app recently though. I noticed this when I tried to add a new contact.

Adding more to the issue, I can create new contacts and save them inside one of these places, but it'll always display in the bottom duplicate. Even if I select the top duplicate when saving, it'll only display in the bottom one.


texts: Android automatically deletes content of my Downloads folder

texts:
Previously I had a Nokia 7.1 (Android 9) when I started to notice this issue. Every few time, the older images I had on my Download folder disappeared without I doing nothing. From time to time it happened again. I let this pass. Every time that ocurred, I manually download the images again, because I needed to have those images there.

Today, I have another smartphone (Multilaser MS50X, a brazilian cellphone with Android 8.1) and exactly after a month of started using it, the older images of my Download folder disappeared again!!!

I've checked some apps that I think it could be doing something like that:
* Google Chrome (downloads data to this folder)
* Google Photos (sync and backup images)
* File Manager + (access to data and folders)
* Quickpic (gallery app)

But no one have an option to "automatically delete Download folders content after a while".

I don't have any Clean App, neither use the function "Free up space" of Android. Also none of those cellphones had an option like "storage booster" or "smart storage" like state on this thread: Android phone automatically deletes photos?

Any clue where can I look? It's annoying

Regards

Update: When I open Google Photos, go to 'Photos on device', and select 'Download', I can see all the deleted images (the images that should be on that folder and it doesn't)


texts: How do I enable voice control in my LGE Nexus 4 for system commands like "turn on bluetooth", etc?


texts: How to move Applications from phone to SD Card?

texts:
I have recently purchased Sony Xperia Tipo Dual phone, I couldn't find to move the apps to SD card. We can able to move the Apps from phone standard memory to Phone Internal Memory.

Can any one give me the solution to move the Applications from phone to SD Card?


texts: USB port not functionning anymore on Samsung Galaxy Tab S3i

texts: After installing software for an endoscope USB device, my USB port stopped functionning (no more tethering, no battery charging from adapter, tablet icon doesn't appear in Windows explorer). The software worked fine with device connected. Uninstalled it, but still can't use the port. Is there a way to reinitialise the port? When the tablet is off and I plug it into the charger, I can see te circled animation for the battery, but no percentage is displayed.


texts: Cancel Exchange device administrator activation?

texts:
I was trying to add my Exchange account to my phone to confirm for a coworker that logging into the server was possible. I don't want to relinquish the device administrator controls as it's my personal phone, which is why I hadn't added it before and don't want to actually have it synced.

I was able to access the account to confirm, and was prompted to activate the device administrator, giving permissions to erase my data, set password rules, etc. I can hit cancel at this prompt, but am repeatedly re-prompted to activate whenever I try to access the Email app. I can't seem to figure out how to decline the activation or otherwise remove the Exchange account. Of course I could just activate, change my settings, then delete the account and change all of them back, but that would be a bit of a hassle and seems like bad design. Is there any way for me to remove the Exchange account/decline the device administrator prompt without activation?


texts:
I have samsung galaxy j5 prime sm-g570f 7.0 device
I rooted it recently using super su and twrp but majority of root apps take root privileges bu don't work correctly
for example:
- Hiromacro don't record what I do
- SB game hacker don't work ( I take a look at logs and detected that the problem is pie security so I disabled it and it run and it's icon appears but when I click it it didn't open the app window)
- system mount rw/ro not working
and much more...

Are there any way to fix that although I disabled PIE security that prevent some apps from taking root privileges by patching linker in /system/bin/linker

Please help me if you can I don't want to throw my drvice away in the rubbish I really need root to run any thing.

If any one has an idea about any fix like custom kernel or modifying system I will do it just help me please


texts: Any Camera-enabled app will block my Pixel 3 XL camera until reboot

texts:
I own a Pixel 3 XL phone (Pie). I am experiencing the following:

  When I open any camera-enabled app (including Whatsapp and Barcode scanner), the camera subsystem will stop working, the camera-enabled app will crash or just won't show images on screen. After that, the stock Camera app by Google will crash after 10 seconds of attempting to render an image on screen, and the behaviour will persist until reboot

My phone is rooted with Magisk Core, but the framework is stock and is the latest version

I have tried a lot of times to fix issues with caches and user data, but the behaviour is consistent.

Reset Stock camera to factory version
Deleted settings and caches from other apps (I didn't reset Whatsapp data, but I tried with Barcode scanner)
Revoked and reviewed Camera permissions to the very minimum
Restart in safe mode and in normal mode
Haven't yet factory resetted the phone
I will probably try to uninstall Magisk and flash the stock boot image

I am very concerned not just because the issue is annoying, but that the camera subsystem is rendered completely unusable until reboot. In Android, apps cannot interfere each other.

I collected a bug report from my phone and sent to my personal email, I am likely to inspect it.

In the meantime, has someone else experienced this problem and found a way to use other camera apps that are not the Stock one?


texts: how do i change font style of any website on Android browser without rooting?

texts: I want to know how can I change the font style of the webpage on any browser, it may be chrome, Mozilla, opera, or any other without rooting in android phone.


texts: Ads appearing on my lock screen, cannot identify the culprit app

texts: This little treat appeared on my lock screen this morning. It seems to be intermittent, only replacing the real lock screen about one in three times. Has anyone else seen it?


texts: Unable to Setup Google Account on Android 2.3

texts:
After Factory Reset, In order to use Play store and Gmail I want to setup Google account on Samsung GT-S6802. When I tries to setup Google Account, In-spite of right user-name and password, following window appearers:

When I open gmail form browser, I've mail from google subject:Sign-in attempt prevented and says:

  Someone just tried to sign in to your Google Account hidden@gmail.com from an app that doesn't meet modern security standards.

When I review, it shows unknown device but on browser it detects my device.

So, How do I face this issue and setup google account?


texts: How to install Stock Android on Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 s7270

texts: I was wondering if it is possible to install the official stock android operating system from google without the customization of the manufacturer like Touch Wiz on Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 s7270, is there a way to do this


texts:
How can I update apps that I've installed via .apk file on a phone without Google Play Store?

I would not mind downloading the updated .apk files manually, but is there a way to get notified when an update is available for one of my installed apps?


texts:
After watching a video only available in a certain country using a proxy, I wanted to revert back to my regular connection. I went and removed it in my settings (Screenshot showing No proxy).

But the thing is that the phone is still using the proxy. So, I downloaded an app for proxy change (Name: "Proxy Settings")

Then, I noticed that the proxy is still there. I delete it, press ok. Still nothing changed. I reopen the app, and the proxy is back!!!

I can't figure out how to have NO proxy!!!!

Thanks.

NB: LG G3, not rooted, Android 5.0.


texts: If i changed my phone battery will the data be erased from my phone?

texts: My phone's battery has a problem and I need to replace it. I have a lot of important data in my phone and would like to whether changing the battery erases the data on the device.


texts: What is the difference between MiraCast, MirrorShare, Google Cast and Chromecast?

texts:
I am a bit confused by my Android TV:

There is an app called Mirroring. When I start it, it asks me to use a thing called Miracast.
On my phone (Huawei) there is an app called MirrorShare. It was the only mirroring-related app, so I decided to try it.
After starting it, with my surprise, my TV got displayed as a compatible device. I connected to it and it seemed to work: my phone's screen (with A LOT of delay) got mirrored on my TV.
In the TV settings there is also an entry called "Google Cast". So why is it now Google Cast and not "Miracast" or whatever it's called?
I searched for Google Cast on Play Store and I found the official app by Google.
I installed it. Even this time, the TV got detected, but when I tried connecting, I noticed the delay of the screen was A LOT LESS, for example, Asphalt 8 was pretty playable.
I searched on the Internet for all these terms, and another word I saw everywhere was "Chromecast".

What is the difference between these technologies? Are some of these different ways to call the same thing? Wasn't Chromecast that little item you stick behind your non-smart TV to see Netflix or YouTube on it?


texts:
I'm having problems with my Xperia X8, where it doesn't have sound from it's speaker.
No phone sound, music, games, and even alerts.

On the sound settings, the volume settings are set correctly.

Sound is coming fine while making calls, both ways.

It is even giving proper sound with headsets but sound is not coming from speakers.

Torubleshooting: Restarted.... Given soft & factory reset, but no luck.

(Android 2.1)


texts: How to backup WhatsApp chats (not media) to save my phone memory?

texts:
This answer explains how to save your chat on google drive and recently I got that option on WhatsApp. It says the backup will be stored on Drive as well as on my sd card, ok fine.

When I started my Google drive backup even it showed Backing up 110MB but I don't want to backup the whatsapp media (I just want to backup the text messages). Even if I backup entire 110MB to Drive and delete all my media and text messages (to clear up the space consumed by whatsapp), what will happen on next backup? Will it overwrite the last backup and substitute a new backup consisting of nothing?

I got to know that there is some third party apps like Helium which can do this work. But is there something I can do without consuming more of my phone memory?


texts: How do I open my phone when I forgot my password it keeps saying you going to have to fully reboot the whole phone after so many tries I forgot the password and need help I don't want to wipe my phone


texts: Samsung Galaxy Grand Running Slowly After Upgrading to Android 4.2.2

texts:
I am using a Samsung Galaxy Grand for 8 months now, which was originally running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. Recently I got a Firmware Update and upgraded my mobile to Android 4.2.2. After this update, my mobile is running slow, and even RAM usage is too high.

Please help me how to solve this Issue.


texts: Gmail not showing notifications on Nexus 5x?

texts: I have been using Xperia U on ICS and never faced this issue. With my 1 week old Nexus 5X I sporadically get notifications for my gmail app i.e. sometimes (10%) it shows notifications but most of the times it doesn't. This also happens even if I am using my phone. So definitely nothing to do with deep sleep. I manage my personal gmail account as well as university email. Please tell me some solution to this problem as I am missing important mails from my university and am considering returning this crappy phone.


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

texts:
I'm constantly seeing the Searching for GPS... icon in my status bar, and would like to check which app is trying to access my location. I checked the similar questions on the site and all suggested either Spare Parts or the test menu.

However, on my Galaxy Nexus these are out of the question, since Spare Parts crashes with ANR when I try to access the battery stats (there's no com.android.settings.battery_history.BatteryHistory activity), and the test menu doesn't have the necessary menus.

So, any other possibilities?


texts: Barcode Scanner not recognised as physical keyboard Android 8

texts:
I have the following bluetooth barcode scanner: https://tera-digital.com/collections/barcode-scanner-1d/products/tera-mini-wireless-barcode-scanner-compatible
This pairs and connects to my Lenovo E10 (XB-104f) tablet, however, it doesn't appear as a "physical" keyboard, therefore there is no input when a barcode is scanned.
I have a Lenovo E8 and this works fine, when a barcode is scanned the data is readable.
The E10 is running Android 8 and the E8 is running Android 6. I've done a lot of searching and it looks like the issue is Android 8. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there any way to fix this?


texts: Disable Internet access detection of WiFi networks?

texts:
In fact my WiFi DO HAVE Internet access, but for some reason it keeps telling me I don't and won't automatically reconnect to it. Now I have to manually reconnect every time.

So, is it possible to disable Internet access detection of WiFi networks?

I'm using CyanogenMod 12.1.

(click to enlarge image)

I've tried disabling captive portal detection, still no luck.


texts: How to I force a bluetooth connection with a paired device while that device is currently connected with another paired device?

texts:
I have 3 jellybean devices (xoom, N7, & GNex) all paired with a single set of bluetooth headphones (Sony DR-BT21G).  Occasionally I get settled in with a device to watch netflix, only to find that my headphones are currently connected to the last used device in another room.  Right now I have to get up and find the other device and either shut it off, or manually disconnect the bluetooth connection with the headphones before I can manually connect with the device I want to use.  Seems pretty clumsy, especially when I'm feeling exceptionally lazy.

So.. How can I tell the device I'm holding to just "take over" the connection, forcing the other device to disconnect?


texts: My phone can't start after backup failed

texts:
I tried backing up my Galaxy S4 using this method:
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-tutorials/how-to-backuprestore-rom-on-galaxy-s4-with-root-cwm-recovery/

1st backup failed but I could still boot the phone
When backing up, it failed halfway, it failed backing up /data/.
I rebooted my phone and found that my keyboard doesn't remember my custom words anymore.
2nd backup failed and I can't start the phone anymore
I rebooted into the recovery and tried backing it up again the second time.It failed halfway, it failed backing up /system/.Then I tried the backup again (without rebooting) and it failed immediately saying no space on the SD card (I am not sure if it's true)

So I rebooted the phone and it is showing the boot animation forever (I waited over 30 mins).

I tried restoring /system/ from the first backup but it didn't help.

I don't even know where the problem is, how can a backup break your phone??Any help will be appreciated.


texts:
With a phone of 1 GB internal memory, I am able to install apps for 700 MB only. More than that I get the insufficient memory alert.

Storage shows:

Total space 0.98

Available 71.49
Apps 601
Cache 1.88

Another phone of the same model is able to able to install apps for the entire 1GB.

Phone runs on Android version 4.2.x. Default write disk is external SD card.

Thanks in advance. Screenshots below:

Screenshots: My phone, other phone (click images for larger variants)


texts: My organization just switched to the Droid Razr Maxx, one of the phones is having an issue with adding a corporate sync email account.  Whenever we try to add the account it says that it can't add because of duplicate account "Null".  I don't see this "Null" account anywhere, so i can't seem to remove it.  I'm not really sure what we can do, besides doing a reset and would only do that as a last course of action.  We are running android version 4 and using office 365 exchange.


texts: Why is my SD card not being fully recognised?

texts:
I recently bought a new Alba 10" tablet, along with a 32GB microSD card to boost the storage.

My problem is that the SD card isn't functioning as I would expect.

The expected behaviour

If I insert the card when the tablet is already switched-on I see a "Preparing SD card" notification message, which subsequently disappears.
If I remove the card when the tablet is already switched-on I get an "SD card removed unexpectedly: Unmount SD card before removing to avoid data loss" notification message.
The card appears in the tablet's built-in file browser (and other apps I've tried) as a 29.79GB SD card and it appears to work normally (creating/deleting files and folders etc).

The unexpected behaviour

When the SD card is present the Settings->Storage screen only shows the tablet's internal storage, exactly the same as when the card is not present. This has a few undesirable effects:

I can't unmount the card to avoid the notification mentioned in "expected" behaviour 2, above.
I can't change the default write disk. This means that I can't, for example, save photos from the camera app directly to the card.
I can't move any apps to the SD card.

Some other points that may or may not be relevant

The tablet is running Android 5.0.1 and doesn't appear to have any major customisations.
The card is a Samsung EVO 32GB microSDHC, bought from a reputable retailer and delivered in sealed packaging, so I'm about as sure as I can be that it's not counterfeit.
I've tried the card in my PC and it appears to behave normally. I've also tried reformatting it on the PC before retrying in the tablet, with no change in the tablet's behaviour.

And here are my questions...

Is the described behaviour truly unexpected or is it my own expectations that are wrong?
If this is known behaviour then is there some way to make the SD card show up on the Settings->Storage screen?
If this isn't known behaviour then is there anything else I should try in an attempt to diagnose and/or fix the problem?
Does it really matter if the problem can't be resolved? Is it likely to be safe to use the card purely as file storage, even if it can't be made to appear on the Settings->Storage screen?


texts: My data is wiped out after a battery service

texts:
I hit my Nexus 7 with Android 4.2 on it, into a glass bottle. Somehow, internally the battery got disconnected so it didn't turn on. It was only flickering a black screen when attached to a power cord. I didn't want to fix it myself so I brought it to a certified service for mobile devices. I received it back but it had installed Android 4.4 and all of the data was wiped out.

What did the people from the service do to my Nexus 7?


texts: Can I restart Bluetooth from the terminal?

texts: I have a rooted Galaxy S 2 (I9100) and was wondering if I can restart the Bluetooth on my phone via the terminal client on my phone.


texts: Accidentally deleted Bluetooth from Android

texts:
Yesterday I got a message from perhaps one of my antivirus that "Bluetooth Share has permission to send text messages without your permission and may cost money". It gave me the option to delete it and stupidly I said yes. To be honest, I thought an app called Bluetooth "Share" would not be the actual Bluetooth apk I used on my phone but rather some third-party app from the Play store. But now I cannot use Bluetooth on my phone and I have no idea how to fix it.

My phone isn't rooted and if anyone has any idea how to restore Bluetooth on my Android 7.0 Moto G4 I would be very grateful!


texts: Why does Android keep APK files of installed apps?

texts:
Android keeps APK files of installed user apps in /data/app directory and system apps in /system/app directory.

Does it mean Android extracts the dex files from the APK files every time the app is launched? If not, can I safely delete the APK files and still run the app?


texts:
I tried today to connect my LG G3 phone to my PC running Windows 7 64 bits, via bluetooth. I could not find any fitting bluetooth driver anywhere: neither on windows update or LG.com, nor on any other reasonably reliable website. Therefore, it is impossible to explore the content of my phone from my PC without cable, and for example send an MP3 file quickly to it, which is the feature I was looking for.

What is even more alarming, is that almost no one reported this problem on the web. Am I the only one who likes to update his music list on his phone this way?

Does anyone know why it is so, or whether there actually is a driver I was unaware of? Did LG give up on Bluetooth pairing with a computer, leaving only wireless headphones as an application for Bluetooth? I find it really weird...

Thank you for your help!


texts: Rooting for Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 Model SM-T231

texts:
I would like to ask is there any possibility/ method that I can used to root samsung galaxy Tab 4 7.0 model SM-T231?

I have tried used vroot and towel root but does not work.


texts: Issues with ellipsis (...) in filename when pulling files using ADB on Windows

texts:
I'm trying to pull files from the /sdcard partition of my phone to Windows 10 using ADB, and it errors:

cannot create [ my file > my computer ]: Not a directory

This only occurs at a particular folder "Meanwhile In Burbank...", which is copied as "Meanwhile In Burbank" (no ...), then errors out.

Any advice on how to handle ellipses?


texts:
I've been using customs ROMs and Kernels on my GS5 for a while now, but I want to get a clear explanation about how it works. Here are a few questions:

What is 'building' in Android? I heard that the build system is different from other Linux systems.
What's the difference between a ROM and a Kernel?
Is the 'ROM part' and 'Kernel part' separated? So, can I build them separately and install them separately?
How do I add device drivers(such as WiFi dongles) to my Kernel?
Inside a custom ROM zip file, is the Kernel included alongside with the ROM?
Are kernels compatible with different ROMs? (E.g. Using a Kernel built from the official stock sources on CyanogenMod)

These may be very newbie-ish questions but I'm really, really curious.


texts: How do I move gigabytes of data from my computer to my phone's SD card?

texts:
I'm trying to put my music collection (~37GB) onto my android phone's SD card via USB cable and MTP. It has to go on the card, because my phone's internal memory is not capacious enough.

I've tried drag and drop, rsync, cp, etc. (OS is Linux, phone is Galaxy S8)

Once I get about ~15 GB of data in the directory I can't even ls it or look at it in the GUI file browser, much less add more. Attempting to do anything at that point seems to crash the filesystem driver.

Googling the problem seems to be useless, I just get a bunch of basic tutorials on transferring data with no mention of problems or scope.

Is there some known way to accomplish this short of yanking out the SD card and loading things onto it directly? Am I just weird for trying to copy such a large amount of data via USB/MTP?


texts: What are the benefits of moving apps to the SD card?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Other than portability, are there any other advantages (or disadvantages) to storing apps on external storage?

I'm trying to decide if I should make the move.  I was hoping moving apps to the SD card would have them magically show up if the OS is wiped but from a little reading it looks like even apps on the SD card are unique to the OS they're installed on.  I'm not really seeing another good reason to move them.


texts: I have SanDisk MicroSD OTG and MiVi MicroSD to C-Type converter. I am trying to mount OTG in my VIVO Y30 but it is not detecting. I checked in Settings > Ram and Storage space, but OTG is disabled. I also installed OTG checker app, but no luck. Please suggest. Thanks.


texts: What is the URL of the bookmarks or favorites section in Chrome for Android?

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I need to add my bookmarks window to the main page. For that, it asks me for a URL which I don't know what it is. I know that the URL for the history list is chrome://history.

I tried with the PC or desktop's chrome://bookmarks, but it didn't work.

What is the URL of bookmarks or favorites


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A have two SIM card phone: LG E455 (Optimus L5 II Dual). Primary SIM card is full operation, secondary is receiving calls and SMS only. SIM cards are from different providers.

I received MMS message notification to the SIM2. Trying to open it I get the message "Switch default data network SIM card to retrieve MMS: Cancel, Settings". If I'd choose "Settings" I'd see that my default data network is SIM1 (SIM2 is not able to transfer data at all). So the message can not be loaded.

What can I do to go through this dump bug?


texts: How to access google drive app backup data manually?

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Since there is no way to restore app data from google drive's automatic backup outside of first setup (which has come and gone), is there a way to manually access and download the files for manual restoration via root/recovery?

Background: I migrated phones and backed up via adb backup (did not have root).  Unfortunately, many apps disable backing up of data through that method.  Curiously, some of these apps actually use Android's google drive backup.  Most notably whatever version of GMail I had on my phone.  After a day of restoring adb backup and setting up my phone, I realized that GMail's and other apps data was not recovered.

Using google drive, I can see that data exists when managing backups and selecting my old phone.  How can I download it or access the raw data on my google drive?

The plan would be to use TWRP that I have to put the files in the /data partition.

For the curious, GMail is a pain to configure because I use a large array of filters move mail into various tags, making them act like folders.  To see any of that mail, I have to manually click through each tag and synchronize+notify, even though the ones I want to sync are nicely categorized under one encompassing higher priority tag.  Of course one day I'm sure they'll make it easier to configure.