texts: Can a Samsung galaxy prime be upgraded from 8GB to higher without adding an SD card?

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Can a Samsung galaxy prime be upgraded from 8GB to higher without adding an SD card or am I better off to upgrade to a phone with more internal memory? I currently have a 30GB SD card installed and have moved as many apps to it as possible.

Also is there a way to move all my pictures and videos to the SD Card?


texts: WhatsApp showing "last online" on certain contacts, but no WhatsApp icon on Address Book app

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I think my ex has deleted his WhatsApp account. I can still see his last online time in WhatsApp, but the WhatsApp icon does not appear next to his name in my Android address book.

Does this mean he has removed his WhatsApp and cancelled his account?


texts: I noticed that some ROMs (mainly HD ones like insertcoin) embed additional row with active applications into sliding notifications area. It's completely useless and makes that small area even smaller. Is there any way to get rid of this "feature"?


texts: Get root access without going through replacing things?

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I'm totally new to rooting and I would like to simply have root access to my phone. I don't want to do any customization whatsoever to the insides of it. Is this doable? I mean like, in terms of a PC, I want to simply give my limited user account an administrative privilege.

Sorry if this seems weird and all but I'm unfamiliar with these grounds.

If it makes answering a little bit easier, my phone is an Xperia Active and here's the information I can find inside Settings > About.

For example, I only want to change the default media sounds stored inside the internal memory. Things like that.


texts: Android's Chrome bookmarks won't show up in desktop's Chrome

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I have a Moto G (Kitkat 4.4.2) which I've synced to my Google account. The desktop Chrome bookmarks show up just fine in my cellphone's Chrome but the bookmarks added via the phone, which are stored in a Cellphone bookmarks folder in my phone, won't show up in my desktop's Chrome (elementary OS Luna).

I have Sync everything enabled in my desktop's Chrome. How can I force Android's Chrome bookmarks to sync with my desktop's chrome?

Edit

I just realized that the Cellphone bookmark folder is present in my desktop's Chrome but I can only see it if I go into the Bookmarks manager (or Manage bookmarks, translating from Spanish here) option. The folder does show there but it doesn't in the bookmarks bar. This is starting to look like a bug in Chrome. Anyone else can reproduce this?


texts: Drawer button to toggle enable/disable lock screen

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I am looking for a way to enable the addition of a button in the android drawer which acts as a toggle for enabling/disabling the lock screen. I want to use it to toggle lock screen on when I have to put the phone in my pocket, and lock screen on when I leave the phone on my desk.

Thanks.


texts: How do i open a text file from a terminal window from within the android gui

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I'm trying to open a text file from within a terminal window emulator -- but not so it opens in the actual terminal but more like I've just clicked on it.

So my question is: What command can I use to open /mnt/sdcard/textfile.txt from a terminal window emulator from ROM Toolbox Lite within the Android GUI so that it will open with any one of my text editing applications? Will I need to run su before I can run what ever command? I'd prefer not to, but the device is rooted so I can run su.

Im using Android version 4.0.4


texts: Motorla Defy+ being not possible to root. Script commands throwing errors when rooting android 2.3.6

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It's getting very hard to root a Motorola Defy+ (mb256).

My cellphone is accepting non android market apps, and USB debugging mode is enabled.

I tried:
- using z4Root app.
- doing the scipt commands one by one with adb tool.
- using superoneclick
- using UnlockRoot.

Basically all the scripts I tried returns the same error. Seems like the file system of my android is protected, so can't mount folders, can't change permission of files, etc.. at the end, the Android is not rooted.

These are some prints of the problems occurred:

Content of the Easy Root script showed bellow here.


texts: Trying installing Lineageos, Reboot my phone but stucked now in the Odinmode

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I am trying to install LineageOs on my Samsung Galaxy J5. Currently i am trying to to reboot my Phone... I writ this in my command:
adb devices
List of devices attached
1709f084 device emulator-5562 offline

adb reboot bootloader
error: more than one device/emulator

adb devices
List of devices attached
1709f084 device emulator-5562 offline

adb -s 1709f084 reboot bootloader

fastboot flashing unlock < waiting for any device >

Afte writing the command adb -s 1709f084 reboot bootloader i t got in the odin mode. After writing the command fastboot flashing unlock nothing changed...
What am I doing wrong?
Greetings :)


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I use my personal Android smartphone for development. Every morning, I go to Settings \ Developer Options \ Stay Awake and check the box.

At the end of the day, I uncheck the box — since otherwise any notification (including the "fully charged" one) will trigger the screen on, and it will stay on from that point on.

How can these two operations be automated?


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I wish to use a USB camera with a Samsung Tab S2 t813. I have the USB Camera Pro app installed, however when I plug in a camera, the app does not register the device. On two other Samsung phones with the same app running, there is no problem, the video is shown.
Is it likely to be a hardware fault, or is there some configuration that needs to be adjusted or a certain driver necessary?
The tablet is running Android 7.0 and kernel 3.10.84-14953299 dpi@SWDH7017 #1.
Thanks


texts: Insufficient storage popping up when transferring app to SD card

texts: so I got this 36 GB SD card, and I've only used 2 GB on it, I'm on a Samsung J7 Neo BTW, and when I attempt to transfer a 5 GB game to the SD card, it stops halfway trough and a message saying "insufficient storage space" pops up, any idea how to fix it?


texts: Is there a media player that sorts WMA in track order?

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I'm using an HTC Desire with 2.2 and the stock media player annoyingly sorts the tracks in alphabetical order.  According to MediaMonkey the files have the correct track order tag in them.

Is there a media player that sorts the tracks correctly? (I've also tried Winamp and btunes at this point).


texts: Where is CM's Appollo's favorite playlist stored, can I export it?

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I've been using CM's Apollo as music player and it's doing it's work perfectly, but i'd like to export my favorites (play)list to my PC.
With BlueMuze i can export my self made playlists in .m3u format to SD which works great, but the favorites playlist doesn't show up in BlueMuze because of the fact that either it's location is somewhere else-, or it is saved in another format. I think the favorites list is just a playlist like any other playlist, so then the solution would be very simple, duplicate it and place it in the location next to the other playlists. The point is that i have no clue where Apollo stores it playlists.
I have found a file 'favorites.db' in /data/data/com.andrew.apollo/databases
which contains all my favorites, but other playlists are stored somwhere else.
If i know where, it might be the solution to my problem.
I was hoping you guys could help me with this, i'd be very thankful!

Cheers

Edit: there's ample info about how to export playlists, but thats not the case here since a music players favorites list is not a standard playlist. playlist export apps can't find/recognize this list, so please don't mark this as duplicate, thankyou


texts: Android can't access services hosted on my own LAN

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My girlfriends Sony Xperia X cannot currently access any internal services on my network.

access to the external internet is fine.

I have a very simple home network. single wireless AP running a single 192.168.1.0/24 network with DHCP provided by the router.

I have a ESXi host with a variety of services running. Included amongst that is a media centre running SABNZBD/SONARR & Couchpotato.

I set my girlfriend up with NZB360 a few weeks ago so she could control the media downloads. This has stopped working.

I have tested NZB360 from my own HTC M7 and it works fine. I have also tested all web services from the hosting machine and other devices across the network. All systems are up and working as expected. Attempting to access the web services via Chrome does not work (ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED).

On my GF's phone I have installed fing, on running a scan on the network I can see all the devices on the network, but running a service scan against the windows box hosting the media centre I see zero services listed. Running the same scan in fing on my own phone shows ~15 ports open.

I've installed a simple shell on the GF's phone and IFCONFIG shows a proper network configuration. Ping responds as expected.

I can access my own phone from other devices on the network, and it responds to ping/icmp. Hers does not.

To all intents and purposes it looks like a firewall or equivalent is running on her phone, however she it not aware of any changes made in the couple of weeks since NZB360 was working.

Any thoughts?

Note : Android v6.0.1, no outstanding updates. Several listed over the past few weeks.


texts: How do I install CyanogenMod on Sony Xperia Z1 Compact?

texts: I have rooted my compact device, but I'm not able to use ROM Manager because the app says my device isn't supported. I am trying to download CyanogenMod on my Z1 Compact. Since ROM Manager doesn't work, how do I install CM?


texts: Is there a way to play music files from a specific time? (From 0:30 til the end of the track, for example.)

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I have a Nexus 5 and I'm trying to find out if it is possible to play only certain sections of music files instead of the whole track.

For example, if I want to skip the first 30 seconds, is there any setting I can change for the file or in the music player so that whenever I play that track, it automatically skips the first 30 seconds? Or if I want to play only the segment from 30s to 1:30s for that track, I can specify this is the settings for that track somehow?

I'm currently using the default music player on my phone, but if this is only possible with an app from the Play store, that would be fine with me as well. I browsed through some of the popular apps but they don't make it clear whether or not this feature is present.


texts: The reason for the question is that I have a friend with an iPhone who sends emoticons, and I receive them as a single rectangular box.  I wonder if it's an encoding problem.


texts: Hebrew Keyboard on Droid4X android emulator

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I want to run Android apps on the Droid4X Android emulator and I want to type Hebrew using my PC keyboard. When I use the emulator though, it only accepts english from my PC keyboard and there is no on-screen keyboard. Cut&paste Hebrew text is the only option which works (Hebrew text is displayed correctly after paste from Windows 10).

Any idea how can I enable my PC keyboard to use Hebrew within the Droid4X Android emulator?

Any other recommended Android emulator which supports foreign languages? (I use a Windows 10 PC).


texts: samsung galaxys5 how much data space does apps take on the phone storage?

texts: I have a samsung galaxys5, can you tell what applications uses a lot of space?


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One of the most useful features introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich is "Quick Responses": the ability to send a default SMS message to the caller. "Can't talk now. Will call you back." etc.

However, I'm 100% Google Voice. I only ever give out my GV number, and I don't want to broadcast my actual cell phone number by using a Quick Response.

Is there a way to use them with Google Voice?


texts: Disable lock-screen enter/return button?

texts: Is there any way to have the lock-screen unlock as soon as I enter the correct code? For instance, on my iPod touch if I type the 4 digit passcode, it'll unlock as soon as I hit that fourth digit. Is there any equivalent of this on Android? On my Droid X2, I have to enter the PIN and then hit the arrow-like return button.


texts: extSDCard as internal Storage - how does Androied manage app & data location

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Since Android 6.0 is it possible to use the external SD card as internal storage. If you do so all data on it will be erased and the card will be repartitioned.
I'm quite new to Android > 5.0 but I installed Resurrection Remix OS 3 weeks ago but running again into the storage limitation of my SII (I9100), I used the 1GB/2GB PIT (see Increase system partition size or Lanchon REPIT on xda).

Anyway as far as I understand, depending on your Android version, you can either use any of the apps such as AppMgr Pro III, Link2SD or App2SD what are able to partition and mount your extSD as internal storage, there is a tutorial on classroom.synonym.com (How to Partition Your SD Card in a Droid for APP2SD). I read all in forums.androidcentral.com ([TUTORIAL] Everything you wanted to know about app2sd, ext3, ext4 partitions!!) but they didn't answer all questions.
Besides, the >Android 6.0 in-build feature is a IMHO more handy.

Anyway, can someone answer the question how Android manage the internal /Data and /media_rw partition combined with the external partition before running again in any limitation.
Will I be able to utilise almost all 32 GB or 64 GB of the extSD for apps and their data. I don't take that many pictures with my I9100 due to the poor cam.  I found 2 well explained tutorials (#1 & #2) but both missing this detail.


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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I root my Kindle Fire?

I want root, but not enough to reflash or do anything that has a significant chance of harming the phone. In the past I've always used Super One Click, but I've found the Kindle fire can't be rooted Super One Click (though it has specific instructions to root) and neither can my Motorola Electrify after the latest update.

Is there anything to try after Super One Click? It's an amazing catch-all solution but I realized I have never found another solution that doesn't require carrier and device specific roms, recovery mode and lots of other scary things.


texts: My android comes with 3 different solid wallpapers. I have found more in the market but its paid. How to get a black wallpaper for free?


texts: Dangers of modifying a manufacturer firmware

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I have a device that uses UBIFS instead of YAFFS, and the system partition is truly read-only. As a result, I can only modify the system partition by completely reflashing it. My device is also not fastboot-friendly, so the only way I can flash it is to modify the manufacturer firmware.

Naturally, I would like to root it this way.

If I modify the manufacturer firmware, test it in an avd, and it WORKS, and then flash it to my device using stock recovery, what are the risks/chances that something will go wrong?


texts: Add specific website to Chrome's New Tab Page

texts: Is there a way to explicitly add a URL to Chrome's new tab page dial pad?


texts: Phone app comes up when the phone is unlocked by swiping

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I have a Motorola Moto G and have just upgraded to Lollipop.
Every time I wake the phone up by swiping/logging in, the phone app comes up as if I want to make a call.

Is there any way to stop this happening? I'd prefer just to see my home screen.


texts: Determining the real reason why WiFi does not connect

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Often, I try to connect to a Wifi from my Android phones (one is 4.* series, another 6.*), and sometimes it ends with:

Status: "Saved"
Status: "Connected, no Internet"

Plus a couple of others, even if the phone(s) report "Signal Strength: Fair" and so on.

So, since the OS does not really tell you a reason why it cannot connect - is there any way to know it?

I guess one could try some of those apps that read logcat on the phone, such as:

MatLog Libre
Logcat Reader

... although they do seem to need root (or special permissions).

Plus, I suspect, some of the times it could be just my phone's radio is too weak to reach the WiFi station (even if the WiFi station's signal is "loud" enough for it to be heard by the phone), and I'm not sure how straightforward it is to reach that conclusion by just reading the data in the logs.

Any ways like that out there?


texts: Is there a way to prevent applications from updating when running on battery

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I know you can restrict applications to update on Wi-Fi only.
Can you achieve the same thing with "update when charging on sector only" too?


texts: How to get to Torch on Moto G / Marshmallow 6.0.1

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I have two copies of Motorola Moto G with (now) Marshmallow 6.0.1. One of them has recently "removed" Torch icon from notification area:

Now, I don't have access to it at all. Neither in Settings menu, nor among installed apps.

How can I start it on the other phone or how can I "reset" notification area on the other phone to the same state like previously / like on the first phone?

EDIT: I have enabled and made use of System UI Tuner > Quick Settings, but it brought no help. I can see Torch icon enabled there, but I still don't see it in quick access area, where I saw it just a week ago and for the past year or so.

The same story goes for Broadcast Title and Invert colours icons, which I can add to my layout in System UI Tuner > Quick Settings, but which actually never appear in quick access area.

I have just made a test photo with flash light enabled to double check that there are no hardware issues that could be causing Torch icon to disappear.

My current system:

Android version: 6.0.1.
Android security patch level: 1 September 2017.
Baseband version: M8916_20250106.08.05.14.02R HARPIA_APAC_DSDS_CUST.
Kernel version: 3.10.49-g5531188 hudsoncm@ilclbld71 #1 Mon Sep 25 05:50:06 CDT 2017.
Build number: MPIS24.241-15.3-26.

Exactly the same on both devices that I own.


texts: Is there a root for Galaxy S7 / S7 edge US Carriers?

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I recently acquired my Galaxy S7 edge from Verizon and I have yet to find a way to root it? Flashfire? Safestrap? Verizon kinda sucks with this stuff.  I previously had my Galaxy S4 unlocked with the stock android MDK that was on it.

Does anyone know if there is a root for the Verizon S7 Edge yet?  If so can you link a walk through / document one?  I am pretty good with roots I've been doing them for a while, I'm not afraid to use ODIN either.

Thanks,
asloss

UPDATE 6/15/2016:
Turns out there is potential!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/root-unlocked-bootloader-update-t3392841


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This question is the next part of this question. I'm trying to use find command (Android 4.2.1; Busybox installed, have root access) to list files owned by a specific group under /, but every time I use it I get the same reply. E.g. I'm trying to find all the files owned by group adb using find / -group adb and the output says:

  find: unknown group adb

I tried both single-double quotes but no effect. Tried for other groups but no effect again.

How should I use find then?


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My Samsung Galaxy S GTI-9003 spontaneously reboots itself with different time intervals. The boot cycle does not complete and freezes at Samsung Logo.

When I take off the battery and switch it back on, all the data is gone, the phone is literally formatted.

I have tried several options like factory reset, changed the sim card, removed memory card but nothing is working.

Appreciate help from Enthusiasts


texts: If you go to the developer tools menu in Settings, then tap Launch Tools and open Bad Behavior,  there's an option to "Report a WTF Condition". What is a WTF Condition? Why would an app report one?


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Seems like impossible to fix:

I have a ZTE Max which I've rooted. I downloaded a ROM but didn't quite install it: just ran to recovery and hit factory reset, thinking it will just ask me for update to load. Anyways, I've rebooted the phone and when I click Play store it crashes immediately.

I tried enabling but nothing is disabled. Cleared data and cache for anything with "download" or "play store". Got agravated, removed the root and factory reset about 10 times after repeating the steps over and over again.

Also when I click to add a google account it doesn't respond. Any idea how to solve this issue?


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After downloading a PDF file from Gmail with the help of ASTRO File Manager in my Samsung Galaxy S III, I tried to find the PDF file to attach in the email (Gmail). Unfortunately, only images get attached, but none of the PDF files.

How can I do that? Where exactly am I going wrong in the process?


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My battery has dropped more than the sum of the usage by all of my apps.

Has anyone ever experienced this before, or know where the rest of my battery is going?

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I'm having issues with my Amazon 4K Fire TV.

Yesterday, I had to pair my remote to a different stick in our home (because someone forgot their own remote), and since then, the stick has been Boot-Looping the white background with the orange Amazon font which says 'Fire TV'. Equally, I'm not sure as to whether the installation of Google Play on the device may have also led to technical difficulty, which some on the web have claimed.

I have contacted Amazon, who put me through to several consultants, all to no avail. Have also searched, without luck, all over the web for someone who may have had such a situation occur. Eventually came across a video by Tech Doctor UK, who had a tutorial on using ADB to help fix the situation, which also did not work, because after typing 'adb devices' into the command prompt, it responded that the device was unauthorised, despite the fact that 'ADB Debugging' was on under 'Developer Options' when i was still able to access my stick. I've just about tried everything and to worsen the situation, I have just exceeded my warranty. Any input which may lead to my Fire TV working again would be much appreciated.

Thanks guys

Dominic Scott


texts: Error on Samsung S3 with external memory card

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My external 64GB ScanDisk Ultra is being causing me problems with my Samsung Galaxy S3. It works good for a small period of time, and then it crashes, it just stops working. It mostly holds music.

Suddenly it appears that there is not an external card, so I have to take out the card and reboot the phone, and then the card will work for another couple of days.

The phone is rooted, it works amazing, but Ive being having that problem. Is there anything I can do?


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Phone is an Alcatel Pixi 4 4034 (which has 512MB RAM).  For various reasons, I've ended up with an unofficial Cyanogenmod 13 port on it.  The problem I have is that the phone periodically slows down and crashes, apparently hanging for a couple of seconds then rebooting.

Doing a bit of digging in the logs, I've found that it's running out of memory immediately prior to the crashes.  I get lots of messages about the ActivityManager terminating various processes, but it clearly isn't enough because when I managed to connect adb during the reboot, I managed to get the following smoking gun from adb shell dmesg:

[ 4784.206692]  (3)[181:logd.klogd]Out of memory: Kill process 28595 (ndroid.systemui) score 0 or sacrifice child
[ 4784.206715]  (3)[181:logd.klogd]Killed process 28595 (ndroid.systemui) total-vm:761596kB, anon-rss:8552kB, file-rss:0kB

This seems to be the root cause of the reboot: systemui is an essential service, and terminating it is going to cause the reboot, and indeed moments later I see:

[ 4784.439624]  (0)[1:init]init: Starting service 'bootanim'...

Any suggestions how I can prevent this from occurring?  Why is the low memory killer not able to prevent the failure before it happens?


texts: download bigger than 4 gb file on android 4.0.4

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How can I download files bigger than 4 GB on my Micromax A110 phone?

FAT32 file system says that it does not support files larger than 4 GB. I know there is one more way to do that: EXFAT file system. But my phone does not support that format -- so what should I do to download bigger files?

There are many games on sites which are not split into parts. Also torrent sites have many big games -- but I can't download them because they are larger than 4 GB.

So what should I do? And please tell me that when I format my sd card there are some other options like kilobytes 16 or 32 or many more. So which number of kilobytes should I select for my phone to format EXFAT file system?


texts: Google Play Services - taking up over 2GB and random crashing

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I have already looked for an answer to this like thus:
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22google+play+services%22  and
https://android.stackexchange.com/search?q=%22google+play+services%22
This question seems to be the same, with no answer:  Google Play Services takes up all internal storage

Recently, my Android (Galaxy S4, 16GB, Android 4.4.2), decided that Google Play Services needed to take up 1.5GB. I figured that it had somehow run amok. I followed instructions to delete the data. That seemed to be good for a while.

Well, just a week or so later, it downloaded 2GB+ (over the mobile data connection, eating up more than my monthly allocation). It is now 2.3GB. I suspect that it would take more, but the phone is saying it is out of space.

So, deleting the data didn't work.
I can't uninstall Google Play Services; I can try to tell it to revert, but it can't because the package is an active device administrator. But, it doesn't show up in the device administrator settings list.

I've looked in the folder, and it looks like it has an email file and an email log. These are 500MB+ each.

Every now and then, Google Play Services (and sometimes "Settings") will crash.

Can I fix this? Can I at least stop it? If I can't stop it, can I tell it to only use Wifi and not mobile data?


texts: Android Auto - wireless data transfer through dongle

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I own Ford Fiesta 2020 EU version, which supports Android Auto, although only in wire mode. I experience a lot of problems with data cables, switching them daily on and off damages the cables, sometimes the phone USB slot. It is also a problem to buy correct data cable - some of them do not work (I think cheap cables are often sold only as "charger cables" and simply missing data pin, however, this is not always written in the description)
I have started using magnetic dongles, which solves some of my problems, but I still have to replace them once in two-three months, as they get damaged.
I figured, can I buy a dongle (or two, already paired) that allows wireless data transmission? So I could just sit in my car and even do not pull out my phone. I'm pretty sure if they are "special", my car might not recognize them, so I expect them to look like a normal data cable for both car and my phone, but be wireless. There should exist something like that, right?
I could probably try to buy a wifi/bluetooth dongle for the car and connect my phone to it directly with no dongle, but I'm not sure Android Auto will work that way.
My phone is One Plus 7 pro if this is relevant. It has USB C and my car has USB A. I would also try to find a dongle pair that is minimal on the phone side, so I can still carry it in my pocket.


texts: The process android.process.acore/com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again

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This morning I tried to turn on my motorola xt-532 and right after the boot I get this two errors:

"The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
"The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."

I can't do anything, because as soon as I press "force close" they appear again and again..

Any idea?


texts: USB host mode with class compliant audio interfaces

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I have an HTC EVO, and it is my understanding that the hardware supports USB host mode.  I am still working to confirm this, but even if it doesn't, I understand other devices do, and that the Android kernel supports USB2Go.

Assuming the hardware is capable, what would it take to get Android to use a USB audio interface?  I am only interested in trying to get it working for class-compliant interfaces, as anything else isn't worth the effort.

I understand this is a bit of an general question.  I am hoping someone has already tried this.  I'm a software developer but have not dug into Android much.  This would be a heavy first project for me, but any information on how/if this could even be done would be much appreciated.

Edit:  Seems this guy got it working on a Nexus One:  http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/

Edit #2:  So, since there seem to be drivers available... how would I load them?  Is ADB the only way?  Is a kernel update required, or can I simply drop the modules in place and load them?  If a kernel update is required, can I replace the kernel without losing everything else?


texts: Get 850MHz 3G working on Samsung S5 Active

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I have Samsung S5 Active. It seems that it never get the 3G signal, only 2G.

After some research I found that 850Mhz is disabled in my phone, I tried to enabled it with the code: *#197328640# but no luck. This code seems to work only with S5 but not with S5 Active. I don't have even DEBUG SCREEN menu if I enter this code.

Any suggestion how can I enable 850 3G in my phone?

I also tried to connect to my phone from terminal:

$ adb shell
shell@android:/ $ am start -n com.android.settings/.BandMode

After entering these commands, I got to the menu in my phone:

Set GSM/UMTS Band:

but there were no options to chose. I believe somehting is blocking me from changing the band.

Please help, I can't use 3G until I fix it, it seems that mine other chinese phone works much better than Samsung S5 Active.


texts: How can I switch from Bluetooth Discoverability mode to device discovery mode in android

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I have a question regarding Bluetooth br/edr for android devices.I have a different type of requirement, In which a local device should discover nearby devices as well as local device should be discoverable same time to other device.
How long(minimum duration) I should do Inquiry and Inquiry scan so that I can receive all the devices in the range.
I am new for android and Blueooth br/edr.Any help will be appreciated.
Apology,if question is duplicate.


texts: Xperia Z2: SD Card not being shown as mounted under Storage, but is accessible from file manager

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After I rebooted my Xperia Z2 running Lollipop 5.0.2, the micro SD card is not indicated as being mounted  in Settings → Storage. I see a button to mount it, and another one to erase it, but it is accessible from FX File Explorer and I can read from it, and write to it without a problem.

Here's a screenshot of the Storage screen showing the card unmounted :  https://goo.gl/photos/VdtZNy8uN52q9N9e7

If I remove it and put it back in while the phone is still on, it shows up just fine in the Storage (I see a button to unmount it, and another one to erase it).

This makes me think that something is going wrong at start-up, that prevents it from being mounted properly.

I tried several new micro SD cards, and I can tell you it's not a problem with the cards themselves.
Any help is appreciated.


texts: Restore IMEI for Samsung Galaxy SL (GT-I9003) when there is no backup

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Well I was on phone and suddenly I lost IMEI and my SIM card is not detected.
So I tried flashing (to some firmware and I flashed back to original I9003XWKPG) and nothing.

I don't have any backups. I have Samsung Galaxy SL (GT-I9003).

How can I restore my IMEI?

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texts: Annotate HTML files without editing raw HTML

texts: I would like to add annotations (highlights and notes) to HTML files saved on my Android phone, without having to edit the raw HTML. How can I do this?


texts: Unable to find the vendor of my android tablet

texts:
I have salvaged an android tablet from my cousin's drawer and it has not been opened for one years, I guess. It's still running in Jelly Bean. I googled for it's vendor, but I can't find any. I could not find any config details or anything. I wanted to do some root level work on this tab.

The model number behind it is ACEPad D732. Just want to know the vendor name
Thanks for your help guys.


texts: Use a USB Controller with Xoom without adapter

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I would like to use an X-Box 360 Controller with my Motorola Xoom tablet, however the Controller uses USB to connect and I do not have the required USB OTG adapter to plug it directly into the tablet.

I've searched this site and Google but cannot find information on an alternative method of connecting the controller to the Xoom.

I'm hoping for a solution to pair these devices that involves either connecting both into my computer and bridging them somehow with adb or pairing my Xoom to my laptop using Bluetooth and sending the controller signal over this connection.

I've tried poking around the properties of the tablet and controller while they're plugged in but I haven't had any luck combining the two.  Does anyone have experience/know any techniques for doing either of these things?  Is there some other way for my Xoom to recognize the controller?

I could use either Windows 7 or Linux to make this work.


texts:
I have recently installed Amazon Music, I am a Prime customer.  Music from my cloud has downloaded to my device (Galaxy S3) but I want to move it to my SD card.  I cannot find the music files anywhere to move them.

Does anyone know where they are?


texts: L2TP VPN fails to connect - how to troubleshoot?

texts:
I'm using the built-in VPN client (under Settings, More networks, VPN) on a Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) running Omega v17 (Android 4.3).

I set up an L2TP (PSK) VPN connection and try to connect. It says "connecting..." for a while and then just says "disconnected" without any error message whatsoever. How do I tell what's wrong? Is there any kind of log somewhere?

I can see in the server logs that it does try to connect, but nothing in there gives me any clue as to why it disconnects. A PPTP VPN connection to the same machine works fine.


texts: What effect does tasker/locale have on battery life?

texts: Locale and tasker look pretty cool. How much effect will they have on battery life?


texts: Wifi - "Error" , MAC Address is also unavailable

texts:
Just recently I Had to flash my boot partition back to it's Original, after a custom Kernel I was using had a few bugs. Upon flashing my original boot partition I used my phone as normal, but just yesterday I went to turn my wifi on, and then I get an "Error". I Think its is caused by my MAC Address because for some unknown reason to me, my MAC Address is unavailable. I Think the unavailble mac address is the cause of the problem. How would I fix this error so that I am able to use my wifi again.

My Phone is an LG Optimus L3 (e400f), running stock gingerbread (2.3.6)


texts: How can voice search improve recognition

texts:
I understand that Google will store the things I say and is supposed to improve recognition of my voice on my android phone.  How can it do this if there is no way to correct it?  I say a persons name several times and it incorrectly recognizes it the same way each time.

How is it going to improve and recognize what I say correctly?


texts: Do bright wallpapers spend more battery than dark ones?

texts:
I started wondering about this when I realized most websites I visit have white backgrounds, and I know that the screen is usually responsible for most of the battery usage. Since I can't change the background in those sites, I might at least switch my wallpaper to a black one.

Most (all?) phones need back-lighting to brighten the screen when needed. Since that back-lighting consumes battery, is it correct to state that a white screen consumes energy at a faster rate than a black one? (assuming the same brightness level in the settings)

I'm assuming that a white screen needs stronger back-lighting, but I don't know if it's the case.


texts: Using 4.0.4 on generic Chinese tablet.  I have holiday pictures in a folder as an album, they show in reverse order - latest through to earliest - making slideshow worthless. The filenames are in the correct sequence as are the date/time stamps.  Any ideas on correcting this please.  It seems that a friends phone does the same!  Is this a bug in Gallery?


texts: How to change default microphone input at Android devices?

texts:
I have an android box (not tv box) that doesn't have a built-in camera or mic. I have connected Logitech c920 webcam via an USB port. (The android box: supports OTG port and jack 3,5 but I want to know if the connection is possible via a USB Camera).

The camera is compatible, but I can't hear anything, I can record only video. I have tried a lot of apps, but the only app that can recognise video and audio with tha same configuration is USB Camera - Connect EasyCap or USB WebCam. I want to enable mic from the webcam for almost every app.

Can I change the default microphone option somehow? Is this possible, if I change some settings, or with shell commands / or script / or app or any other way? Can anyone help?


texts:
I am trying to follow these directions and I get stopped on the first step:

# cat /proc/mtd
/proc/mtd: No such file or directory

Help?


texts: Transfer "Criminal Case" game from OLD tablet to NEW one

texts:
I have the game/app Criminal Case on my Tablet (Nvidia Shield). I recently got a NEW tablet (also an Nvidia Shield) and want to copy the game over to my new tablet (transferring over my game progress). I downloaded a new copy of the game onto my new tablet, but I need to transfer over my game progress somehow. The game does not require an internet connection, so I assume all of my game progress is saved somewhere on my tablet ... I just don't know where.

I've tried contacting the game's developer, but they have not responded to any of my questions.

Note: The game allows you to login through Facebook, and I assume that I could transfer the game over that way ... however, I never connected to Facebook via my tablet (nor do I want to). So, I'm looking for an alternative solution (where are the files saved on my tablet, and what needs to be copied over).


texts: Understanding Partition Size On /proc/partitions

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I am trying to build a LineageOS ROM for an unsupported device, i need to get the partition size of the device, I have a rooted device and then went to /proc/partitions via root explorer, and I have like-

major minor  #blocks  name

 7        0      65536 loop0
   7        1      98304 loop1
 179        0  122138624 mmcblk0
 179        1      16384 mmcblk0p1
 179        2      16384 mmcblk0p2
 179        3      16384 mmcblk0p3
179        4       4096 mmcblk0p4
 179        5      16384 mmcblk0p5
179        6      16384 mmcblk0p6
179        7       2048 mmcblk0p7
179        8       1024 mmcblk0p8
179        9       1024 mmcblk0p9
179       10      40960 mmcblk0p10
179       11       8192 mmcblk0p11
179       12      32768 mmcblk0p12
179       13       8192 mmcblk0p13
179       14      65536 mmcblk0p14
179       15     262144 mmcblk0p15
259        0     307200 mmcblk0p16
259        1      32768 mmcblk0p17
259        2    2359296 mmcblk0p18
259        3  118931419 mmcblk0p19
179       48       4096 mmcblk0rpmb
179       32       4096 mmcblk0boot1
179       16       4096 mmcblk0boot0
179       64    7761920 mmcblk1li
179       65    7757824 mmcblk1p1

I want to under the in which format these block sizes are. whether
 they are in bytes, kb or mb?

As I know mmcblk0p1 is the boot partition and its block size is 16384, so what it will be in bytes?


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Phone: Samsung S9 Plus, 256Gb
OS: Lineage OS 17.1 (Android 10)
ROOT: TWRP 3.5

I installed Lineage OS 17.1 on a Samsung S9+. It's been working fine so far. However, when I encrypt the OS from the security menu, right after the screen goes black with the green android-like logo, the phone quickly reboots back to the non encrypted OS. Going again through the process does not help.
logcat shows:
--------- beginning of main
01-20 19:17:52.959 4019 4129 D vold : fdeEnable(3, *, 0)
01-20 19:17:52.960 4019 4129 D vold : !fscrypt_is_native, spawning fdeEnableInternal
01-20 19:17:52.960 4019 403 E Cryptfs : Unexpected value for crypto key location
01-20 19:17:52.961 4019 403 E Cryptfs : Cannot get size of block device
01-20 19:17:53.067 4019 403 W vold : Found symlink /proc/29802/cwd referencing /data/misc/keystore
01-20 19:17:53.067 4019 403 W vold : Found symlink /proc/29803/fd/7 referencing /data/vendor/gps/.lhd.lock
01-20 19:17:53.068 4019 403 W vold : Found symlink /proc/29803/fd/12 referencing /data/vendor/gps/.pipe.gpsd_to_lhd.to_server
01-20 19:17:53.068 4019 403 W vold : Found symlink /proc/29803/fd/14 referencing /data/vendor/gps/.pipe.gpsd_to_lhd.to_client
01-20 19:17:53.069 4019 403 W vold : Found symlink /proc/29804/fd/7 referencing /data/vendor/gps/.gpsd.lock
...
...
01-20 19:17:53.217 4019 403 W vold : Sending Killed to 32740
01-20 19:17:53.218 4019 403 W vold : Sending Killed to 32509
01-20 19:17:53.218 4019 403 W vold : Sending Killed to 32383
...
...
01-20 19:17:53.221 4019 403 E Cryptfs : Unexpected value for crypto key location
01-20 19:17:53.221 4019 403 E Cryptfs : Cannot get size of block device
--------- beginning of crash

I tried the steps given here on /data (/dev/block/sda25), but it did not do it for me either.

Any idea on how I can debug further Cryptfs : Unexpected value for crypto key location?
Is there a way to encrypt /data via the command line if this keeps failing?


texts: How to stop installed apps accessing the unique hardware identifiers for the device?

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I understand that Unique hardware IDs such SSAID, IMEI, serial number, and Advertising ID are accessible by installed applications on Android phones and that enterprises and certain governments make use of these IDs (via the installed apps) for purposes of location tracking, profile building, data collection, targeted advertising, and sometimes surveillance/spying. Aside from obvious privacy and freedom issues with the above, I understand that the data generated from this is also potentially inaccurate where a phone changes owner or in the case of any phone which is running more than one profile/account, eg. in a family where more than one person uses the same phone. https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/android-device-identifiers/31755/
How can applications installed on android devices be prevented accessing all these unique hardware IDs (SSAID, IMEI, serial number, Advertising ID, etc.)?  I see nothing specific regarding them in the full list of modifiable permissions for apps, which I am currently looking at using using 3C Toolbox.
Note:
i) I don't care if this means my phone is harder to trace/block if it gets stolen.
ii) IMEI modification/spoofing is not the topic of this question.


texts: Looking for a log file telling me when my phone was on?

texts: My android 4.4.3 phone was off and in storage but when I got it back the battery was flat and there was some stuff on facebook I can't account for. Is there any log files which would confirm when my phone was on etc.


texts: What version of Clockworkmod should I be using on my Galaxy Tab 2?

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I have been trying to install Cyanogenmod on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (SGH-1497) (AT&T) over the last few days and I keep getting stuck installing CWM Recovery. I have been able to successfully root the device, but I can't seem to find the right recovery version to use.

I have tried using:

koush's ClockworkMod Recovery as instructed on the CyanogenMod
Wiki
CWM Touch 6.0.1.2 for GT-p5100
philz_touch_5.03.7-p5100.tar.md5
ROM Manager installed via Google Play

After attempting to install, I either can't boot into recovery mode at all (the screen goes blank after I see the blue "booting into recovery" text on the Samsung screen) or I just end up at the stock recovery screen.

I have tried installing using both Linux Mint (following the CyanogenMod Wiki instructions) and Windows using Odin.

I have read several different guides on installing CWM and Cyanogenmod on my device, but they all seem to have different information and I am having a hard time figuring out which ROMs I should actually be using.

I would really appreciate some guidance on this.


texts: How is Remix OS (or Phoenix OS ) different from the Android that runs on regular Android phones?

texts: Remix OS (or Phoenix OS ) is a good way to run Android on PC but  what are the basic differences between the Android-on-pc OSs and a regular Android which runs on a regular Android device.


texts:
I have word files on onedrive and i use word for android to edit theme.
I want to know if the are secure. Can other applications acces themes ?
Can appliaction that have storage permession steall my files from the device ? Send theme to the web ?
Thank you


texts: Phone's power and volume buttons will not work in bootloader

texts:
I have recently decided to unlock the bootloader of my BLU Studio X8 HD. I have first installed the ADB drivers and afterwards I have used the command
adb reboot bootloader
to boot the device into the bootloader. This was the only way to boot the device into the bootloader, PWD + Vol. UP goes to recovery, PWD + Vol. DOWN goes to factory mode (which contains a bunch of hardware-based tests), and PWD + Vol. UP + Vol. DOWN does nothing.

Afterwards, I ran
fastboot oem unlock
which displayed the Are you sure that you want to unlock the bootloader on your phone? screen on my phone. Vol. UP is yes and Vol. DOWN is no. I clicked both of the buttons and there was no response in the terminal or on my phone. I even pressed the PWD button after each time I pressed either of the volume keys.

I need help with unlocking the bootloader.


texts:
After I say "hey Google", Google voice access is letting me say a few voice commands. However, after a few ones, I have to say "hey Google" again to be allowed to give further voice commands.
How can I configure  Google voice access so that I only have to say "hey Google" once?
I did disable "time out after the speech":


texts: Sending notifications from the desktop to an android device

texts:
I'd like to be able to be able to send alert from my PC to my phone, preferably via wifi.
The only related app I found was Android Notifier, but it does the other way: android to PC.


texts: CM7 default dialer - how do I set international prefix?

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I installed vanilla CM7 (7.2.0), and ther is one thing that drives me crazy that I don't know how to fix. According to this, the default dialer that comes with CM7 has "011" international prefix configured. This makes it drop all the calls to the phone numbers starting with "+".

Here's what somebody wrote about solution:

  This has been driving me crazy for ever. Finally played around with it
  today and if you go into settings then call settings tap on
  International Prefix remove the 011 and save. Do not put the +1 there
  leave it blank and it will call the +1 numbers tried it on 3 of my
  numbers after I did it and it worked on all. Hope this helps.

I am not sure what version of CM7 is the guy using, but on mine this option is nowhere to be found. Is there another way to configure this prefix, such as going directly to some sqlite database or something of that kind?

UPDATE: I dumped files from /data/data/com.android.phone/shared_prefs, and none of them seems to define any dialing rules:

# cat _has_set_default_values.xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<map>
<boolean name="_has_set_default_values" value="true" />
</map>
# cat com.android.phone_preferences.xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<map>
<boolean name="rotate_incall_screen" value="false" />
<boolean name="button_hide_hold_button" value="false" />
<boolean name="button_force_touch" value="false" />
<string name="preferred_umts_network_mode_key">4</string>
<string name="vm_number_key_cdma">*********</string>
<boolean name="button_vibrate_hangup" value="true" />
<string name="preferred_cdma_network_mode_key">4</string>
<boolean name="button_return_home" value="true" />
<boolean name="button_black_regex" value="false" />
<string name="sip_call_options_key">SIP_ADDRESS_ONLY</string>
<boolean name="button_vibrate_45" value="false" />
<string name="button_voicemail_provider_key"></string>
<string name="button_trackball_answer_timed">-1</string>
<string name="preferred_network_mode_key">4</string>
<boolean name="button_always_proximity" value="false" />
<boolean name="button_left_hand" value="false" />
<boolean name="button_screen_awake" value="false" />
<string name="cdma_system_select_key">2</string>
<boolean name="button_show_organ" value="true" />
<boolean name="button_vibrate_outgoing" value="true" />
<boolean name="button_led_notify" value="true" />
<boolean name="button_vibrate_call_waiting" value="false" />
<boolean name="bg_incall_screen" value="false" />
<string name="button_trackball_hangup_timed">-1</string>
</map>
# cat vm_numbers.xml
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' standalone='yes' ?>
<map>
<int name="#FWDSettings#Length" value="0" />
<string name="#VMNumber">**********</string>
</map>


texts: How to disable mobile data, in a way that's hard to re-activate, while still allowing mobile calls, for a child's phone?

texts:
I want to disable mobile data in the phone settings for my child in a way that makes it hard to re-activate it. Just turning off the "mobile data" setting is far too tempting for them to undo.
What I've tried:

Under Settings > Connections > Mobile Networks > Network Mode, I updated the setting to "2G only", which disabled mobile data but also disabled mobile calling. So that doesn't work.
Under Settings > Connections > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > Data, I tried changing the "APN" value and also (separately) tried changing the "Mobile virtual network operator value", but mobile data still worked with either of those options changed.

Is there a different setting that will disable mobile data while still allowing mobile calls?
Am using Android 10 on a Samsung phone in New Zealand.


texts: How to Diagnose Wireless that won't turn on?

texts:
I just bought a new d2 Tablet, and it seems to be functioning normally, except that the Wi-Fi will not turn on.  I navigated to the settings screen and selected Wi-Fi, and dragged the Off button to On.  It stayed at On  and displayed the text "Turning Wi-Fi on..." for five seconds, after which it turned the button back to Off.  It has done this repeatedly.  I know I have good wireless signal b/c I'm using it to submit this question from my laptop.

Is there some additional diagnostic I can do, or do I need to see about returning it as defective?


texts: Is there a way to markup webpages on the S3?

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In the stock browser or in Chrome, is there a way to markup webpages in different colours for notes etc.? It would be good if the marks show up everytime I open that webpage. If that's not possible, I could save it as an image.

OS: 4.1.1
Samsung Galaxy S3


texts:
It's an Android 4.0.3.
I'm trying to fix my tablet, because it doesn't start anymore.

running fastboot devices returns nothing.

Then, I'm trying to do that through adb.
adb devices returns

List of devices attached
20080411        device

So I guess adb should be working, but when I try this I get a segmentation fault:

adb shell
recovery

I already tried many varations of button pressing on powerup, but nothing seems to work.

Any idea on how to fix it?


texts: Phone keeps rebooting on Volume Up + Power (trying to install ROM)

texts:
I tried to install Android's ROM and got ERROR 7, then I wiped out cache, data, internal storage, where was twrp.apk installed.
After that I cant get into boot menu (with Install, Wipe... buttons).
Then I copied twrp to the phone:
sudo fastboot flash recovery <twrp.img>
Tried versions 3.2.1-0 and 3.4.0-0, because I heard for certain phone (I have Xiaomi Mi4) it's necessary to use proper version, though I don't know which.
What's going on now:
I can successfully can get to the nice splash screen using Volume Down + Power, then on my PC I give sudo fastboot reboot command and press Volume Up + Power and here is the problem: It has no effect, it just keeps rebooting (I see only Xiaomi's logo).


texts: I checked my phone after class and I noticed that a new app was installed. I keep automatic updates off at all times so I have no idea how this application came to be on my phone. It is called rooms and has the android logo as its thumbnail. I have uninstalled the application numerous times and it just automatically installs again each time. I have tried researching the application and I've come up with nothing. When I click on the app, it tells me to insert my device into my Gear VR. So my question has two parts: First, is this a legitimate application that others have heard of? And second, is there a way I can remove it? Thanks.


texts: I need a way to trace GPS trails in the background

texts:
I have tried several GPS apps over the months, but so far all have fallen short of what I want. My needs are:

Takes a location at short intervals, and writes it to a file (KML or similar open format).
Keeps the GPS active between points, rather than turning it off and restarting a fix each time.
Starts tracking a path as soon as it is launched, without needing to press buttons or choose menus.
Continues tracing in the background or with the screen off.

Applications I have tried:

GPS Trace: Meets criteria 2, 3, and 4; fails 1. Defunct (no longer on market)
GPS Logger: Meets criteria 1, 3, and 4; fails 2.
GPS Essentials: Meets criteria 1 and 2, fails 3 and 4.
Tasker: Meets criteria 3 and 4, 2 partially, fails 1.

Is there a solution for GPS tracking that meets these criteria? I would be happy to pay for such an app, especially if it included additional features such as the ability to be turned on or off from Tasker. Thank you.


texts: Are there any widgets on the market that let me control standard Android tethering? I use it quite a lot and it's a pain to have to navigate through all the Settings options just to check a checkbox...


texts: Force Android to get the most out of a power bank

texts:
In a sad case of "two smarts make for a stupid", my powerbank is trying to adjust to the power needed by my Galaxy A3, while the phone, probably trying to do the same, settles for a low amperage.  As a result, the battery charges at 500 mA instead of 1500.  Is there a way I can force my phone to suck faster from the powerbank?

Notes:

A Galaxy S4 does get 1500 mA from the power bank;
The Galaxy A3 does charge at 1500 mA when plugged to a charger.
The powerbank is a GP Powerbank FP05M 3.7V 5000 mAh/18.5Wh, Input DC 5V/2A; output DC 5V/2.1A.


texts: How to unset ROM Toolbox set device density

texts:
I pretty much bricked the UI now with the build property editor's ro.sf.lcd_density setting. I first set it to mdpi (160) which made my UI elements tiny (should have made them bigger) and the keypad's back button was missing for whatever reason, so the only change I could make is to add a letter to make it high density (1160) - now it is totally unusable:

How can I rid of this setting and get back to normal?


texts: Sharing Windows PC Internet via USB cable

texts:
I cannot see any option to share My Windows PC Internet via USB cable.

How can I share PC internet to phone via USB? Please help.


texts: Front camera on Nexus 4: no HDR, and downgraded from 2MP to 1.2MP?

texts: In Nexus 4, why is the front camera downgraded to 1.2 MP only, as it was 2MP initially? And also, we had an option of HDR in that as well, which is absent in Lollipop 5.0.1?


texts:
I'm quite new to modding android UI.I recently bought an android tv box, the firmware doesn't have status bar enabled, is there any way to create one or port one from another rom and which of the system file would I need to modify to do the job? It's just a stock 5.1.1 firmware but has NO pull down or status bar.

Any help very much appreciated
Andy =)


texts:
I'm trying to tether my computer to my phone through USB.  I have full bars, but the LTE symbol next to it will disappear for about ten seconds, and then reappear for a few seconds only to disappear again.  I don't have this problem when I'm not tethering.

This is very frustrating because I have to watch my phone to find out when I have a connection, and then I only have the connection for a few seconds.

Is this behaviour supposed to happen, and is there any way to fix it?


texts: Getting apps to work on Android-x86 with Virtualbox

texts:
Almost every app, from chrome to gallery simply crash right after launch, and others like maps have bugs that render it unusable (it all goes black and only the search bar and location button are visible).

I'm running it with 2 cores, 2GB of RAM, 8GB of storage and 128MB of VRAM, better specs than many actual android x86 devices out there.

Is this a virtualbox problem or an android x86 problem?


texts: galaxy s3 - clicking/crackling sound when button is pressed on headset

texts:
I listen to music on my international galaxy s3 with the included headset quite a bit.

I don't know if this is a feature or bug but whenever I press a button on the headset's controls (volume, skip track, etc), there is a crackling/clicking sound for each press.  It happens when there is no music playing as well. I know it is not the headset but the phone itself.

Is there a fix for this? What is causing this?


texts: What is the difference between "Auto focus" and "Macro" modes of focus?

texts: In Samsung Android phones, I've seen two options for selecting the focus mode which are Auto focus and Macro modes in the Camera settings. So, just want to know what is the difference between them? How it affects the output/result of image captured?


texts: AFWall+ allow DHCP+DNS services without allow all root?

texts:
Picked up AFWall+ today when heard it is the fork of Droidwall (which had been sold off to Avast).
Bonus is that AFWall+ has an entry for "(Tethering) - DHCP+DNS services".
Problem is that entry doesn't work unless I also allow "(root) - Applications running as root".  ("Doesn't work"=connecting device gives error "Avoided poor internet connection".)

I believe the following script would still require root to be allowed, but unsure.

$IPTABLES -A "afwall-wifi" -p TCP --destination-port 67 -j RETURN || exit
$IPTABLES -A "afwall-wifi" -p UDP --destination-port 67 -j RETURN || exit

(Built from:
DroidWall and Wireless Tethering and
https://github.com/ukanth/afwall/wiki/CustomScripts )

The goal is to not blanket whitelist all Root apps, but still allow DCHP/DNS out over the Wi-Fi interface (phone as wifi hot spot).

Is this even possible?  If so, how so?

(Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III SPH-L710 running Avatar nightly_3.1-658-20130823-NIGHTLY-d2spr , based on CM 10.1 , android 4.2.2 )


texts: Standard email Android 4 client doesn't keep local copy of emails

texts:
The new standard email client with Android 4, doesn't seem to keep local copies of emails once they are deleted off the server.

Honeycomb did. The email was downloaded to the tablet, and kept even after the email was deleted from the server.

I'm using an Acer A500 with Android version 4.0.3 (kernal 2.6.39.4+).

Email set up is 'normal'/standard POP3 account.
Setting is Delete email from server: Never
What am I doing wrong?


texts: Phone frozen for a short time after unplugging from charger

texts:
When my screen is off and I unplug my Nexus 4 from the charger, the phone is frozen with the screen off for about 10 seconds. Power/volume buttons have no effect and the phone will not wake.

If the screen is on when I unplug, there is no problem and the phone is responsive.  This isn't really a big issue, but I'm just curious as to why it happens and what's going on with my phone during that time. Any ideas?


texts: Usb tethering does not work but pdanet does

texts:
Here's my problem: If I go to the built-in android tethering system and enable it, the computer connects just fine but it does not have internet access(the yellow icon is there). However, I installed pdanet and it works great but the free version is limited :/.

How can I get the built-in tethering to work?

Info:

I installed the adt and I can upload programs to the phone via usb with no problem.
Brand: LGE720
Android: Android 2.2 Kernel 2.6.32(there is no newer version for this phone)
I only want usb tethering.

Let me know if you need additional information. Thanks!


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I've installed xbmc media center: http://xbmc.org/download

I added a video program ("The Daily Show") -- but I can't access the video files -- because it says "Working..." and nothing happens.

The same procedure works on PC.

I tried both current stable ("Frodo"), and beta ("Gotham") versions of xbmc app.

So my question is: how do I make it work?

Edit:

I'm on Samsung GT-S7562 Galaxy S Duos running Android 4.0.4 (KyleOPEN ROM v3.4.0).


texts:
OK I am a non tech, old generation guy, using an HTC Android phone. Just recently when Facebook posts to my phone, not only do I get the usual tone to alert me to a posting, a split second later I get a bell sound, a bell shaped icon, and the text "xx also commented on his post https://m.facebook.com/  meaning that I have two alerts for the posting. It's only started doing this recently.

Why is it doing this (duplication) and how can I stop it (irritating!)

Thanks


texts: Why isn't my Moto G showing up on my lapto

texts: Moto G not showing up on PC. But gets charged all right. Tried changing the cable and plugging on another PC. Out of luck. Turned on USB debugging. Still isn't working. Any ideas?


texts: Motorola Xoom "Complete action using" dialog won't display to select an activity

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When generating an intent in an application that is supposed to create the dialog popup to choose an activity to complete the action, it simply doesn't show.  I get a darkened screen and no dialog.

For example: click on a YouTube link should popup a dialog asking to use Browser or YouTube (if no default is set).  When I click on this link, the screen darkens like it wants to show a dialog, but it simply doesn't.


texts: How do I remove this odd field sometimes appearing when typing?

texts:
I have recently started seeing an extra field middle left on the screen on my Android 5.1 Moto G 1st generation:

I cannot tap it. It also appears in other apps, for instance Hangouts. I first thought it was some sort of word suggestion, but it doesn't seem to change much or always appear.
Does anybody know what that is and how to remove it?
Oh, and what does "winsomely" mean..? Thank you.


texts: How to Recover Data From Dead Screen Phone

texts: In an accident I got my Samsung Galaxy S3 broken. Mobile is turn on but screen is not working. I want some very important data from internal storage. Is there anyway to recover that data?


texts: Nexus 7 charges very slowly, even with 2 amp chargers

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I'm facing a rather painful issue with the battery life/charging issue with my Nexus 7 (4.2.2)

When idle and plugged into my 2A charger with the stock USB cable, it charges VERY slowly. I'd say under 10% per hour.
With just light usage over the course of an afternoon/evening, the charge got dropped to 50% (after charging it overnight and more).

I'm sure that something is wrong because no tablet should be performing that way (comparing to my other tablet, an iPad)

Update: I plugged my iPad1, iPhone5 and Nexus 7 into the same port on my Macbook Pro Retina. I've added a (mashed up) screenshot of all the 3 cases below and it's clear that the Nexus 7 never even demands anything above 500mA on a 2A port despite using the stock cable (and another microUSB cable). I'm now guessing this is a Nexus 7 firmware/software issue. Any fixes? That extra operating current should be 1600mA so it totals to 2.1A (="2A" ports).

Full resolution screenshot

Details:

Android v4.2.2 (stock image)
Settings => Battery

Screen (77%)
Android OS (6%)
Tablet idle (6%)
WiFi (5%)
Maps (4%) (Maps isn't even running ... weird!)
Android System (2%)

I mostly use Chrome, Currents and Play Magazines so it's just light reading. I'm surprised those apps don't show up on the battery energy audit list (which is great compared to iOS BTW).

Question: What can I do to charge this device faster and use less battery? My expectations are anchored by my other tablet (an iPad) which charges a lot faster (2A charger again) and uses about 20% each day for casual reading vs 50% each day on the Nexus 7.


texts: Are home screen icons restored after reinstalling a Nexus device?

texts:
I reinstalled my Nexus 5 from scratch, erasing everything.

I had Google account sync on. After signing in, all my apps came back in a matter of minutes.

But home screen icons, widgets, folders did not come back, even after a couple of hours. Should I keep waiting for them? Is there any hope? My homescreen background appeared out of nowhere an hour later. Maybe that's a sign?

There is absolutely no progress of restore operation whatsoever unlike iOS devices, which show ghosted icons for apps to be restored. When is it over? When can I assume what's gone is gone?

I will stop waiting and start working on hours of drag'n'drop sweetness if it doesn't support restoring of home screen icons. It's ridiculous but not more than staring at an empty home screen and praying. Is there any place that I can debug this issue? Or re-trigger, force, whatever?


texts:
Neutab air 7 stuck on fastboot mode
Brand new a week out of the box
Will not power down or respond...... any ideas/suggestions???


texts: Is it reliable to save some app files in /storage/emulated/0/?

texts:
I already read that /sdcard/ is a symlink to the actual path of /storage/emulated/0/.
I'm an Android app developer using Apache Cordova, wherein cordova.file.externalRootDirectory is indeed file:///storage/emulated/0/.
Is it always fully reliable to save some app internal files at /storage/emulated/0/path/to/app, considering that the user might not have an external physical memory card on their phone?


texts: How to make Message app search for phone number, not just email

texts:
Even if I have the correct information on a person in the contact app, I am unable to make the "To field" in the message app find me the phone number (the auto-suggest feature). All it does is display the email information. If I click that, the message is converted to an mms-email. For instance; if i start typing out the name of a person, it will only suggest the email for that person even if that person is in the Contact list with a phone number.

So my question is: How can i make the SMS app find me the contacts phone number from my contact list? Or put differently:  Why is not the phonenumber displayed in the suggestion list just the email (even if its the SMS client)?

Background info:

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Ice Cream Sandwich (4.03)
I tried the "Merge Contacts" option in the message app
If i manualy type in the number it will be correctly linked to the ongoing thread with this person.


texts: French developer looking to access German PlayStore from France

texts:
I'm working for a French app, we just launch our app in Germany, so I would like to access the German PlayStore from France to be able to see our ranking and the other app.
If you have a way to access a foreign PlayStore without need to use a different credit card, it'll be amazing.

Thanks !


texts: Should I delete accounts before encrypting and factory reset

texts:
I want to wipe the phone with android 4.3.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-best-way-to-completely-wipe-your-android-device/

says that I should encrypt the phone before factory reset because factory reset doesn't actually clean the phone (https://www.androidpit.com/why-a-factory-reset-doesn-t-wipe-all-your-data).

I want to know if it is a good idea to delete the accounts (gmail etc) on the phone before encryption and factory reset?

By the way, I don't think I can update android version... It is a huawei mate 2.

update:
Found description of factory reset:
How does an android factory reset work?

Not sure about how encryption work though.


texts: What's the difference between the various lost phone apps?

texts:
I want to get a security app for my phone. I mostly need something in case my phone gets lost or stolen.

Researching this I have found several apps:

iTag
WaveSecure
LookOut

I am sure there are more out there too.

My question is why would I choose one of these over the others.
How do they differ? Does anyone have experience with wiping or finding a lost phone using one of these devices?

Thanks!


texts: What are RAM , ROM and their types used in Motorola smartphone?

texts:
Well I know some basic information about RAM and ROM.

RAM is Random Access Memory with two main types i.e. SRAM and DRAM.

Whereas ROM is Read only memory. There are five basic ROM types:

1.ROM
2.PROM.
3.EPROM.
4.EEPROM.
5.Flash memory.

Below is the screenshot taken of Motorola G5S which says smartphone have 4GB RAM and 32GB ROM.

I want to know little bit more about particular types of ROM /RAM (from the types given above) used in the smartphone and reason behind using them. Can anybody tell me?


texts:
OneDrive Android does not update OneDrive on PC, but OneDrive PC does update OneDrive Android:
    - If I edit a file on my PC, both the PC and Android will open that version.
    - If I edit that file on Android and save, then Android opens the new version, but the PC opens the original version.
    - If I edit the original version on the PC, Both the PC and Android will open the 3rd version.

Am I the only one? Is there a setting problem?
It seems like OneDrive Android App does not sync to the cloud even if refresh is pushed.

Galaxy S4
Kit-Kat 4.4.4
OneDrive 2.8.2


texts:
If I understand it correctly, the only thing that makes an Android ROM a "Go" version is the "ro.config.low_ram=true" entry, which brings several optimizations for low end devices and improves the performance by disabling some of the android features. One of them is the ability to display two apps simultaneously on the screen, using the split screen function.

So my question is - can only the split screen (or multi-window) function be enabled on an Android pie Go ROM, without disabling all other "Go" optimizations?

I'm using Resurrection Remix pie ROM on a Motorola Moto E 2015 phone.


texts:
I'm testing some settings on a phone, and unfortunately the only control I have is through adb right now. My issue is that while I can start playback of a music file through the following command, I have no way of stopping it so I can perform the next iteration.

adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.View -d "file:///sdcard/Music/mediatest.mp3" -n "com.android.music/.MediaPlaybackActivity"

I don't know if it's possible to end the playback using another adb command, but it doesn't look like it to me - I see there are no Intents that seem to perform that function, nor any activities that are made to stop the media playback.


texts: Cloud app to handle grocery list over Android/iPhone & Windows/Mac

texts:
I am looking for an app or service that would let two different users view & update a shared shopping list from an Android phone (Galaxy Nexus running 4.1), iPhone 4S and laptops (Windows and Mac).

I was originally planning on using a text file via Dropbox, but I don't think that can be updated on the iPhone (maybe I am wrong).

Any other ideas?


texts: Is there a way to customize SMS quick text?

texts: I have an LG Ally.  I have a market SMS popup app that lets me customize the quick text, but that only works if someone texts you first and it pops up.  Sometimes I need to sent a quick text to someone that hasn't texted me first, such as "driving" or "call you in a minute".  The stock quick texts on the Ally messaging app are pretty lame, and I haven't been able to figure out a way to customize them.


texts: Lenovo vibe K5 is not turning on anymore

texts:
I have rooted  Lenovo Vibe K5 and i had installed CM 13 (Marshmallow) it was working good cause of some need, i had to install CM 12.1 (Lollipop) and i tried installing through TWRP recovery CM 12.1, I wiped Dalvik , Cache and System and installed CM 12.1 successfully and ask to reboot system and i clicked on reboot and after that it didn't turned on , not even in recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume + and Power button. Then i tried to flash it again  with pc but its not showing in CMD as well, it shows the error Device not found in CMD and in windows notification it shows USB Device not recognized.
Big Mess . HELP


texts: cannot disable notification sound when galaxy s10+ starts to charge

texts: Every time I place the S10+ in the wireless charger, or remove it from the charger, the phone barks at me. I cannot locate a place to disable this. If I turn the sound for Notifications off, the sound disappears, but I do not want to disable all Notifications, just this one.


texts: In the performance section of android 4.4.4 Oneplus one i saw kernel samepage merging . i want to know is it safe ? as when i entered the performance section it gave warning that these setting are experimental .


texts: Can one NFC tap initiate multiple actions from the same tag?

texts:
If a single user taps a single tag a single time, can the tag be encoded such that it both sends an SMS (or, at least, launches the SMS app) and launches a URL connection?

Is this the best S.E site to ask?

[Update] I can't rely on any particular app being installed. Can this be done with a fresh out of the box Android / iPhone?


texts: How to install cwm recovery in non-supported device karbonn titanium s5 plus

texts:
I have Karbonn Titanium s5 plus.I want to install cwm recovery but my phone model is not supported.how to install cwm recovery in it??? Also, can I install it without using pc?anybody can give link of s5+'s recovery file...
Also, I want  custom roms for s5+ ....share the link if available.


texts: How to keep adb from connecting to a network device

texts:
When I run adb devices on my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.14.6, I see not only my phone connected by USB but also a network device that I have no interest in. This forces me to manually specify which device I mean when using adb and Android Studio (which I sometimes forget to do). Is there any way to prevent adb from connecting to network devices?

FWIW, here's what I see at the shell (with some digits of my first device's serial number obscured):

$ adb devices
List of devices attached
HT8531AXXXXX    device
192.168.86.223:5555 device

Update: I was able to temporarily get the network device to go away by running adb disconnect, as suggested in an answer, but it keeps reappearing.


texts:
I am little confused by the behavior of my device recently. I tried to push a file into my unrooted device and it did throw "Permission denied on me". i did adb root and then tried to push the file and it seemed to be working fine.

Now, when I rebooted the device, I thought that until and unless I do adb root again, I will be seeing permission denied error. But somehow, but my push command was successful this time.

Does it mean that root command survives the reboots?
If yes, how can I take it back to the state when it was not allowing me to push the files.

I am doing this becuase I am trying to understand the behavior of a device without root access when I automate some commands and unpredictable behavior of my device actually has confused me at this point.


texts: Cannot access all my folders from my SDCard via USB

texts:
I plug in the USB cable to my computer. I click on Open Device to view files, I get to the root of my SDCard. The problem is that there is a directory missing.

I can see it with my file manager on android but not on the computer.

Any ideas why? I created this folder with an app I am developing.


texts:
for testing purpose I need to fake my GPS location on a real Android device.
Now I know about the possibility of Android Emulator and setting their GPS location via telnet.

I dont really have a clue how those GPS Faker Apps set the mock location of an Anodroid device and that isnt really the question, but I wondered if there is a way to set mock location of a REAL Android device other than using these apps.
And additionally I need to do this over an interface so I can do this from my computer.

Is it possible to set up an telnet server on the android device ?
Or maybe I should write an minimalistic app that I can run via adb.

And btw how do I know the GPS module of my device doesnt overwrite my set mock location?

I am thankful for any lead.

cheers


texts: This was previously addressed for another device, but I have the HTC Inspire and my google account sees it as HTC Desire and won't allow me to download some apps. how can I correct it?


texts: Quickly send file from phone to PC via internet?

texts: Is there a service/app that provide this functionality? I imagine the inversion of Awesome Drop.


texts: How do I change temperature units in Android wear weather app?

texts:
Just got a fossil Q Founder smartwatch. How do I change the default weather app to use Celsius? Currently it is showing Fahrenheit. I've changed literally every single setting I can think of. I have used the fossil app to change the watch faces to show temperature in celsius. I have google now cards configured to show celsius. I even tried downloading the Google News and Weather app and changing the temperature units used there. I checked every settings menu I could find in both the android wear app and the fossil app. Nothing.

Rocking a nexus 6p. Everything is the latest.

Multiple google search results have pointed to Google Now weather card settings as the place to change the units in the android wear app, but as I mentioned above I already have those set since before I even had the watch. I tried changing to fahrenheit and back to celsius, but still no luck. I've tried restarting the watch and my phone a million times, but also no luck getting the settings to take on my watch.

Can someone please help? It doesn't help that google has the worst support imaginable. I would bet my life savings that if I called them for support they would tell me to do a factory reset without even attempting to understand that actual issue.


texts: How to swiftly hide on-screen keyboard with a gesture?

texts:
I'm using an ageing Nexus 6 with stock and rooted Android 7.1.1. The problem I have with most multi-featured keyboards is that they don't hide timely with my pace of app usage. So, with animations disabled, when I swiftly switch to an app and the keyboard was opened in last used app, it would not hide out with a breeze. Often I find a gap of one or more seconds which is irritating and unproductive.

Using Back key doesn't really work in such cases. I tried Hackers Keyboard while looking for a lightweight keyboard and while it provides a swipe action to hide keyboard (which reduces the severity of the issue here) I have productivity issues with the low and rigid width of its space bar which I have discussed here. Furthermore, it lacks predictions which is another disappointment.

Ideally, I would prefer to use my Gboard or any alternative but competitive app but the competitive ones I tried, such as TouchPal, Swiftkey, Google Indic, suffers from performance issues on my device. As such, I'm looking for a way to hide any keyboard with a gesture and swiftly.

I tried to look for Xposed modules but to no avail. I also looked into GMD Gesture Control to my utter disappointment.


texts:
When i try to root my spice dream uno mi 498 without pc with kingroot it give me the error aboveplease prefer another app or give the solution
I am begging please!

Device: spice dream uno (android one)
App: king root.apk
Problem: not rooting
Problem description: failed  to root


texts: How to stream audio from Android device to PC or web-server?

texts:
Is there any ready-made application that allows one to stream audio, over WiFi to from phone's microphone to a configurable IP-address and port-number ?

Have come across several applications that do the reverse, and some that are very purpose specific, i.e. baby-monitor, which do not fit my purpose.


texts:
I want to use terminal task to to turn the screen off using tasker. I have tried a code like this, and some variants, without success.

am start --user 0 -a android.intent.extra.KEY_EVENT --es KEYCODE_POWER ACTION_DOWN

I have also tinkered with

android.intent.action.SCREEN_OFF

 but with even less success.

Any ideas as how how I can get this to work? Either with terminal emulator or tasker send intent task?

Note: Not rooted, som shell task in will not work.

And System Lock doesn't work well with finger print reader


texts: Search/route with pre-cached google maps?

texts:
I understand that its possible to cache Google maps for offline use.

But is it possible to search or calculate new routes with the pre-cached map without connecting to internet?


texts: Galaxy S5 SM-G900F programmed as SM-9006V

texts:
I have a Samsung S5. On the box, on the sticker inside the unit, checking the IMEI and using CPU-z they all said the unit is an SM-G900F and is using the Snapdragon core.

My biggest problem with it is I want to be able to back the entire unit up so that if I mess it up, I can put it back to its original state. There is no simple universal backup method, so I used ADB to do the following command:

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=testsystem.img

I made changes to the programs and did this command:

dd if=testsystem.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0

I thought this worked, so then I proceeded to try to install Cyanogen ROM. After many tries and other things too tedious to describe about what did not work, I finally got this version to work:

13.0-20160114-NIGHTLY-kltechn

This version and ones before it are for the SM-G9006V Chinese model, not my supposed international model. I tried to put in this version:

cm-12.1-20151007-SNAPSHOT-YOG4PAO333-klte

which should work for the SM-900F but it won't.

Now trying to put the phone back to its original state using

dd if=testsystem.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0

does not work.

I think the phone was programmed somehow with two different ROMs, and I am hoping someone can tell me how to do this, or why I can't make dd command work?

Here is some more information before I did anything to the phone:

On Kies before changing to cyanogen rom it said it could not update the phone and reported the following:

G900FXXU1POEC/G900FOJV1POF1/G9006VZNU1BOE3/G900FXXU1POEC  (XSG)

Original answer to *#1234# before Cyanogen rom was:

G900FOJV1POF1

Now this information cannot be gotten from KIES, and the *#1234# no longer works.

In addition, I wrote down all the following from the phone in its original state:

Device Name: Galaxy S5
Model Number: SM-G900F
Android Version 5.0
Broadband Version: G900FXXU1POEC
Kernel Version: 3-4.0-4884557     dpi@swdd5702 #1  Tue May 12 11:54:06 KST 2015
Build Number: LRX21t.G900FXXU1POEC
United Arab Emirates   TRA ID:0016333/03  TP: 00000000/00
Security Software MDF V1.1 Release 4   VPN V1.4 Release 3
Knox Version   Knox 2.3

Standard SDK 5.3.0
Premium SDK 2.3.0
Customization SDK 2.0.0
Container 2.3.0
IM 2.0.0
CEP 2.0.1
Enterprise Billing 1.0.0
SE for Android 2.2.1
SSO 2.1.1
TIMA 3.0
VPN 2.2.0

I want the phone to have a complete back up that is simple like using dd.

I want to use the phone in the US and Asia.

I would like to be able to put it back to its original ROM programming.


texts: I want to view the Google Analytics of my web sites on my Android 2.1 mobile phone. How can I view my Google Analytics data on Android?


texts: How To Fix: Data Recovery from Broken Screen without USB Debugging

texts:
I have the OnePlus Two phone whose screen was broken a while ago and i want to back up some of my pictures and videos which were stacked in its internal memory. Please note the below points for better understanding:

Screen can show content but the touch is not responsive.
I don't have an OTG Type C connector.
USB Debugging was not active before phone was damaged.
Need some software which can help me project my phone screen on laptop/pc so that i can draw patterns or do stuff like transferring of data to Google Drive etc. in short i can access phone over PC.

Please advise me suitably over the above as I need to get out of this quick.

Thanks in advance :)


texts: Any solution for sharing text with friend but prevent copy?

texts:
Is there any App / solution can suffice the follow needs ?

I want to share some text with friends (not public).
I don't want them be able to copy the text in anyway.
able view the text offline.
cross-platform. (not a must)


texts: Digitizer calibration or hardware issue?

texts:
I recently obtained a new galaxy tab A and have been noticing that touching small buttons in certain places is particularly hard (specifically the "read more" button in youtube comments).
After doing some experimenting with the developer options that show touch information, I found that the touch screen didn't want to register touches in vertical lines all across the screen. In particular, when swiping diagonally the registered line meanders to avoid moving horizontally then jumps across to follow my finger, like I'm pulling it across a washboard. Two lines in particular at dx 331.7/332.7 and dx 943.2/944.2 seem to catch the pointer like a cliff.
Is this a software/firmware issue? Or is this digitizer screwy despite being new? Can this be fixed with a factory reset, or not installing a recent patch, or updating firmware?
I've seen this behavior in an older tablet (Memo pad 8) but much worse, so much so that tapping on one of these lines would register a tap on either side of the vertical line, and scrolling would often create double taps. That issue manifested while playing a rhythm game, so I assumed some hardware cracked.


texts: My Samsung Galaxy S4 was stolen and doesn't have a lock. It was deactivated but I'm worried about the fact that whoever has the phone has access to everything from pictures, videos, my Facebook, contacts, etc. The phone's been deactivated but what can I do about the pictures on the phone? I have a 4 year old daughter and I'm afraid of the pictures on there falling into the wrong hands...I have no other accounts set up to help with privacy but would really like the phone tracked or wiped out...Is that possible?


texts: CM7 GPS works randomly, no rhyme or reason, is there a fix?

texts:
I have the Incredible and here are the specs:

CyanogenMod 7.1.0 Stable
Baseband: 2.15.00.07.28

I can't seem to get my GPS to run in a stable manner. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

I've installed all the diagnostic GPS apps: GPS Essentials, GPS Status, GPS Test, GPS Fix, and doesn't make a difference. Cleared the AGPS, d/l new AGPS, etc...

When I use any of those, or my speedometer apps - Speedview and UlyssesSpeedometer - the GPS icon doesn't even blink. It's as if it can't hook the GPS command to turn on.

When it does work, it's great, a fix in about 3 seconds and 10 or 11 satellites.

I've run Fix Permissions in Rom Manager, and that seemed to help right away, but nothing since then, and I've ran that after I've installed new apps unrelated to anything GPS, and still to no avail.

How can I fix this to get a stable GPS on my phone?? Any help would be greatly appreciated, so frustrating.


texts: Remove downloaded system update from Huawei

texts:
Due to unfortunate circumstances I need to use my old phone again (Huawei P8 Lite 2017 Emui 5.0.1). I did a factory reset a few days ago, and am now trying to install my most important apps.

Unfortunately I keep running into space constraints. It seems there is a 2.4GB file downloaded for a system update, but even before installing any apps my phone did not have enough free space to execute it.

I am willing to accept being stuck on a lower version till I switch my phone, but I need to remove the huge file as the 2.4GB is blocking me from installing critical apps.

I have already blocked new updates from being downloaded automatically, but am now stuck with the one that is already there.

So hence my question:

How can I remove the downloaded system update from my Huawei phone?

What I tried so far:
- Install a file browser and look for an OTA dir, I don't seem to have access to that
- Go to the update and storage cleaning apps, but I did not see any way to clear this download

I imagine I could do a factory reset and block automatic downloads before connecting to wifi, but as I just installed and configured 80% of my apps, I really don't want to do that.


texts: Cheetah Keyboard wanting permission to manage my email

texts: I keep getting popups from Google asking me to give permission to Cheetah Keyboard access to manage my email. I got so many popups that I sent Cheetah emails. I've not heard back, so I uninstalled their app but continue to get popups. How can I stop this?


texts: We are running some tests in which the Android phone should fragment large IP packets before sending over wifi directly to a server. For some reason, the server is receiving the entire packet as can been seen on wire shark. We suspect Android is not fragmenting large IP packets. We set the MTU using an app. Is there any other way of setting the MTU? How to verify if Android is fragmenting large IP packets?


texts: Is there a way to detect that SMS text messages have been deleted, or is there a text message deletion history?

texts:
I don't know if this is possible, but is there a way to detect that SMS text messages were deleted on an android phone, specifically the Samsung Galaxy S4 phone, Android OS 4.2?  I'm not looking to find the content of deleted text messages.  I'm curious if you can, essentially, see a text message deletion history.  For example, you deleted 5 text messages on this day from this person.  Is this possible?  Has anyone ever heard of something like this?

I would appreciate any help.

Thank you.


texts: Unable to clear user data in Google Play Music

texts:
Google Play music occupies more than 1GB on my mobile phone. As you can see in the screenshot below, User Data accounts for most storage around ~1GB.

When I press the Clear Data button, the screen shows that storage is freed, but the data is there as soon I go back.

I have tried:

Clearing Data
Clearing Cache
Disabling app

My mobile is 10.or D2 and runs Android 8.1.0


texts: How to use GPS to remind me to shop for something?

texts:
In my town I have to do a lot of shopping in a lot of different places. Sometimes I find myself wanting to remember to buy some things when I'm passing by a certain place.

Is there some easy and free way to achieve this with an Android phone?


texts: Is there a way to project and control a android screen on PC using USB connection

texts: My android screen just recently broke and I can't use the touch. I would like to take some files off it but it is password protected and to access them I need to type in the password.


texts: Can anyone reccomend a 2g / 3g switching widget?

texts:
I've just got my new HTC Desire HD and I want to switch 3G on and off as required. I used to do this on my old HTC magic and got quite good battery life compared to some friends with the same phone.

Is there a reccomended, not spammy, preferably free, 2G 3G switchng widget?
If it's only a shortcut to the relevant menu option, so be it.

Edit: Little extra info - In the Marketplace there seem to be dozens of these little things, can anyone reccomend which work fine, and which will steal all my email contacts and sell them to spammers in Eastern Europe? :)


texts: How to set one Ringtone for Contacts and another for non contacts?

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Is there an Android App that can perform one ring for anyone in my Contacts and another ring for anyone not in my Contacts?

I know how to go in and set individual ringtones, but I have 350 contacts.

Actually, all I would need is an App that sets a ringtone for any number that is not in my Contacts list.

If not, would that be difficult to create?


texts: Persistent data after application removal

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After uninstalling some apps, some data remain

Where are these files located ? All of them

Where is licensing data stored ?

SD maid nor Revo Uninstaller Mobile could find anything, but data DO remain

Example:

OCR Text scanner

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.offline.ocr.english.image.to.text

I've uninstalled many times, including with the mentioned tools

The whole history, pictures and licensing information (don't know if linked to google) are kept


texts: My HTC One M9 has a pattern lock that I forgot (I know, dumb). Used Android Device Manager. No prompt

texts: So the screen actually appears saying "Locked by Android Device Manager" but I have absolutely no prompt to type or a keyboard or anything. Hitting the home button just brings the pattern back up. I would much prefer not having to factory reset this phone. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How to disable Settings & Google Play in a restricted profile?

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Using the new 4.3 restricted profile feature I'm able to remove most apps from a restricted profile.

How can I remove the remaining icons (Google Play & Settings) from the App Drawer and the Quick Settings menu? This would be ideal for a complete kiosk mode.


texts: What's app doesn't recognize a contact in my phonebook

texts: I tried adding +, tried + with international access code plus country & are codes, tried +with just the country & area codes, tried refresh but still that particular contact doesn't appear.


texts: Is it possible to skip confirmation on app restores?

texts: i'm using Titanium Backup to restore my data and apps,but clicking "install" and "done" is driving me crazy. Is there a setting for that?


texts: strange message from phone number but it was not sms

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Today I received strange message. My phone vibred and on locked screen on top bar I saw identical icon like when I receving a traditional text.
When I unlocked screen than I saw something like popup (or modal) but fixed to bottom. In header was a phone number. In center was a text but not all it was truncated. In bottom section was two buttons cancel and save.
unfortunately i pressed cancel button and now I can't find this message in system.
I thought that it traditional sms so I didn't save this.
there was something about the administrator of my personal data in the content, so it's important to me
Anybody can tell me where I can found this message or what kind of message it is? From network operator?


texts: How to redirect sound to loudspeaker from arbitrary app

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My Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with a front-speaker and a back-loudspeaker. From some applications, such as the Phone app, it is possible to press a software button during a call to redirect the sound to the back-loudspeaker (so that more than one person can hear what the person on the other side of the phone call is saying).

However, I couldn't find the same functionality on the Skype app (or any other videoconferencing or other app).

I would like to know whether there is a system setting somewhere or custom application such that whatever app is running in the foreground, the sound it produces can be somehow redirected to the back-loudspeaker from some external software, so that this can work no matter what app (Phone or other) is running.

Thanks.


texts: Disabling native library check on a game (PUBG Mobile)

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I want to hide PUBG Mobile runtime data but how. PUBG Mobile has some defenses like libtersafe.so which scans PUBG Mobile runtime data and its memory every second. If I change any data, it's giving a ban. That's why I want to hide PUBG Mobile runtime data from PUBG, but how.
We know when we run PUBG, it will read and execute all lib files from its app data. If I can disable it from reading and executing the lib, then I think it can't find any modifications and can't give a ban.


texts: I have bought moto g4 and I has the problem that even though I delete the contacts the are updated after some time


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I love Swype, but it has one big problem: it's almost impossible to use in landscape on a 5-inch screen. It just gets difficult to run my finger correctly across the keyboard when it's spread out across the entire screen.

Is there a way to restrict the width of swype (or virtual keyboards in general) when in landscape mode? I just want it to retain the standard layout of the portrait keyboard.

Running a fully rooted and customizable Nexus 4.


texts: Is there any possible way to see on a rooted android device (or linux) which MAC Address tried with which Password to enter my wireless network? Also the ones who failed?


texts: Why does Google Drive for Android say "Failed to open the document"?

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Periodically, when I try to use Google Drive for Android, it will show the list of documents, and when I click one, it says:

"Failed to open the document. / Unable to open the document. Please make sure you are connected to the Internet and have permission to open the document and try again. / Cancel / Open in browser"

I had the problem Tuesday and couldn't open any documents; by Wednesday it was normal again; today it's back and I can't open any documents.  The app is the newest version and has not released any upgrades in the meantime, so I'm thinking it may be caused by the server. Is that plausible?  Is there a fix?

I am using Cyanogenmod 10 (Android 4.1.2) on a Samsung Captivate.

[More info:  When I choose "Open in browser" it does open in the browser.  But it still doesn't open in the Google Drive app.]