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I own an Optimus One. I want the Data Connection to go off, everytime I lock the keypad. For that, now, I manually go to Setting--> Wireless & networks--> Mobile Networks--> Data Enable.

Is there any way to automatically disable the data when the keypad is locked(or phone is in sleep mode) and enable it when the phone wakes up?

Also, I can't find Mozilla Firefox in my app store. Why it's so?


texts: This shows in my Google web activity.  Does anyone know what this does?


texts: I've seen on the marketplace now several alarm clock applications that claim to analyze your motion patterns in your sleep, so as to determine the ideal time to wake you up such that you feel refreshed.  I am intrigued by this possibility;  however, I do not sleep alone.  Does anyone know if these apps work well, or even at all, if there are multiple individuals in the bed, each presumably moving on their own sleep cycle?


texts: how do I get most of my standard linux utilities and commands on Android 3.1?

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by standard, i mean just what users often get by default with one of the popular distros.

for example, uname, finger, vim, tmux, etc.

I have a galaxy tab 10.1 (android version 3.1, already rooted)

Also, I read somewhere about setting up a chroot on android to run full-fledged linux distros, such as debian. Is that possible?


texts: Android unit without gravity sensor gets stuck with screen rotated

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I have an Android unit which does not contain a gravity sensor.

It should always be in Landscape mode, but when I open certain apps
they force screen rotation to Portrait mode. After I go back to the
launcher however, the screen stays rotated to Portrait mode without
ever going back to Landscape mode, the way I want it to.

What can I do to make it always stick with Landscape mode? Is there
som /system/build.properties  value that I can change or what can I
do? Is it because of the Launcher application itself?

I have (probably modified) Android version 4.2.2


texts: Where does Clockworkmod create a Backup?

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I have a Moto G with the bootloader unlocked, and cwm v6.0.4.7 installed. I'm still one the stock ROM, and am looking into installing cyanogenmod

Before I do this, all the articles I see advice me to do the following:
1)Create a Backup using CWM
2)Format System partition
3)Clear Dalvik Cache
4)Flash the new Rom

Now my question is, where is the backup created by Clockworkmod stored? Won't it be deleted when I clear the system partition & the Dalvik cache?

Will I be able to go back to my original ROM if I follow the above steps?


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How do I remove the chunky, waste-of-space Google search widget at the top of every home screen? And if I do, can I put apps there instead? I know I can add and remove Google widgets on the main home screen:
Note: I am not willing to root it.


texts: Is there a way to delete my information permanently from my phone?

texts: I'm using huawei mate 8 and I'm willing to sell it but I need to delete my information from it permanently. ( photos, videos, contacts....)


texts: Can rooting remove all malware, viruses and backdoors?

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I ask this question because I read somewhere that there was a Chinese smartphone with in-built malware which could not removed even by rooting.

(I searched the article everywhere but couldn't find it. So, no source. Sorry!)

Is there a possibility that any kind of malware or virus, that could harm your device and/or your privacy, will remain even after rooting your device?

EDIT: By rooting, I actually meant rooting and then flashing a custom ROM, i.e, reinstall android. Sorry for the confusion.

Can malware and viruses persist after this?


texts: How to get rid of hovering circular notification shortcut in CyanogenMod?

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Ever since I installed CyanogenMod, there has been this hovering blue circular notification on top of every application. I don't know what its called so I really can't find a way to disable this. Can anyone help me identify what it is and how to get rid of it? Attached is a screenshot.

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I'm trying to run a script that exectues when the device has finished booting. This particular device does not support running scripts from an init.d directory, which is why I am using init.rc.

The init.rc file has been modified to include the following code

on property:sys.boot_completed=1
start initAsic

service initAsic /data/local/tmp/runn.sh
user root
group root
oneshot

The boot image has then been rebuilt and flashed to the device. The changes can be confirmed by viewing the init.rc file located at /

Currently I am only using a simple test script (testScript.sh) which issues the following command

echo hi >> /data/local/tmp/test.txt

The testScript.sh and text.txt file has 777 permissions set and both have been pushed to the device using adb push.
Their current location is /data/local/tmp/

For some reason it seems that my script is not running, as I can't see any text being written to test.txt.

Am I missing something?
Could it be an issue with SELinux?

My device currently has SElinux set to permissive. This was done via altering the BoardConfig.mk file and doing a rebuild of the boot.img.


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Both Heimdall and Odin have options for a PIT file. From Heimdall's option you can find,

  Action: print-pit
  Arguments: [--file <filename>] [--verbose] [--no-reboot] [--stdout-errors] [--usb-log-level <none/error/warning/debug>]

  Description: Prints the contents of a PIT file in a human readable format. If a filename is not provided then Heimdall retrieves the PIT file from the connected device.

And, from Odin there is a specific tab for it, when you click on the tab it says,

  Do not use this tab. This tab is for engineers. You device will be changed with the pit in the CSC file.

So what is a PIT file, and where is it documented anywhere? Can I generate one automatically?


texts: How to export a google keep todo list to google calendar?

texts: I use google keep as a todo list and I want to export it to google calendars so I know what to do during the day. I also use the always on display to see what events/tasks are needed during the day. How would this be achieved?


texts: Any changes to files in root directory (/) are gone after reboot

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On linux, "/etc/fstab" contains the directives how a partition should be mounted (fs type, flags etc.). On Android how it is determined?

On my Nexus 7, I see a file called "fstab.flo" in "/" which contains similar information as fstab does. Just to determine that this file is used by Android during booting, I commented the line corresponding to the mounting of /data partition (With root permission). And booted the device. However, that does not bring any change. Device booted fine, and my changes to that file are no longer there.


texts: How to remove camera shortcut on lock screen?

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I want to remove the short cut from my phone's lock screen I find it quite annoying and have not found anything in settings or through my own searches. I'd like to get rid of the short-cut in the lower right corner.

I have a sprint nexus 6 phone on stock running android version 6.0.1

Places I have checked already have been linked below for further reference.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nexus/comments/2mrsws/disable_lockscreen_in_50/

Are there any lollipop lock screen settings?


texts: Any reason not to allow automatic updating for an app?

texts: Since Android 2.2 (Froyo), you can select "Allow automatic updating" for applications. For some reason, I haven't started using this yet. The benefit would be to save time, but are there any good reasons not to use this feature?


texts: How to use Android sdk to flash android system images

texts:
Can I use android sdk to flash a system image to a device? If yes, how to do?
Device: Samsung galaxy note3
Model:SM-N9000
Can I install an Android generic system image?.


texts:
How is it possible (via third party app or without?) to enable Dark mode for all apps (Chrome browser, Phone calls app, Messaging app, etc.) on a Android 5 or 6 smartphone?

It's integrated in the OS in Android 10: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/look-and-feel/darktheme

But how to do this for Android 5+?


texts: How can I set the sound profile to silent for a given contact?

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As the title says, how can I set the sound profile to silent for a given contact? Or in other words, how can I set that a given contact will have no ringtone assigned to it?

I looked at it and apparently I do have the option to set a custom ringtone for a given contact, but I have to pick one ringtone. I cannot pick "none" as an option. So I was thinking maybe there is an app that can accomplish what I want or there might be a trick I can pull off to get this result?


texts: No notifications when screen protection is active

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Running Galaxy S3 and Kitkat I don't have any notifications (eg. reminders) when the device is locked with any method (pattern, pin etc.).

When the screen is off and the protection not active yet, the notifications work ok.

How do I debug and resolve this problem?


texts: Vixion IRUX Tablet battery will not charge

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I bought this tablet recently in Tenerife.  Can find no information about the manufacturer.

Now the battery will not charge through the mains adapter. It did charge at first.  However, I have found it does charge through USB connection to my PC.
When it charged previously a light at the connector would be red.  When it was not charging it would be green.  It is red while USB connected.

Also it tells me now that it is charging, but if I remove the USB connection it stops charging. It has a screen showing battery condition in the form of a graph.  I could see the graph of battery % decreasing gradually.  A few days ago there was a sudden drop as if some App had used a lot of power.

I decided to remove all Apps and did a factory reset.  This made no difference regarding the failure to charge. I have tried shutting down completely (hold the off button for a while and it asks if I want to power off)

This made no difference.
Any advice please?

Edit #1: Thanks ce4 for your response. The charger is stated to be 5v and when I check it with a voltmeter, it shows 5.2v. Also I have tried pushing the plug into the tablet to varying amounts and makes no difference. Another point maybe I didn't make clear is that when I connect with USB only, the light does not come on but the device tells me it is charging.

But when I connect the power supply as well, the light comes on red as if indicating charging. But when I remove the USB leaving the power supply connected, the light goes back to green and is not charging from the power supply.

Despite apparently charging on USB, the percentage of battery left charged has not yet increased from 10%. I understand that USB cannot deliver high current. It appears you are right - something wrong with the charger - maybe it is not the correct one for this model - I guess it needs to be able to deliver power at a higher current level?


texts: I bought Moto G, 2nd Gen. Also got my old sim replaced with new micro sim. Sms on the new phone are not working. Neither I am receiving sms nor my sms are getting delivered. Calls, watsapp, internet are working fine. Please let me know if there are any settings in the mobile to enable sms


texts: The music player keeps displaying deleted songs. How do I remove them or refresh the library?

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I am using a Droid X with rooted Gingerbread that is otherwise stock.  I have root access, but have not used it to do anything.

I have inspected the /Music folder multiple times and the 500+ songs I deleted are physically not in the filesystem any more.  I tried rebooting the phone multiple times. I tried deleting the Cache and data for the app in Settings > Application, as well as running SDrescan to remount and rescan the card. I even tried deleting them from the music player app itself.

No matter what I try, these songs will not disappear. (Though they obviously fail when I try to play them because they don't exist) Is there a file where the Music library cache is being kept that isn't getting updated? I would love to find it and just delete it.

I also use Songbird for Android, and it had the same problem. New songs show up, but the old ones will not go away at all. Though, now Songbird won't even load at all. Sometimes loading it causes the phone to reboot.  I have currently uninstalled it.

In addition, it causes the phone to become very unstable whenever I try to play music.  Accidentally playing a non-existent song can cause the phone to crash and get stuck on a black screen, requiring a battery pull and reboot.


texts: Galaxy Tab 10.1 with unmodified Honeycomb (ie no TouchWiz)

texts: I'm thinking about buying the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It will have a modified version of Android Honeycomb (TouchWiz). Is it possible to install original Android from Google on it?


texts: Everytime I restart my phone all Music that was deleted comes back to SD card

texts:
I reformatted my phone just to clear all the files that I had, specifically the music ones,
Because every time I deleted files off my SD card, they somehow returned, and I had no idea how.
I thought it was fixed when I reformatted my phone, but now I realised that every time I restart it,
All the deleted music files including some other SD located files, returned.
Does anyone know this issue?


texts: How to save a copy of SQL Server book online in my Android tablet?

texts:
In SQL Server 2000 days, books online was in .chm format, and was very easy to save a copy on smart phones for reading. Now the new format is .mshi and .mshc, which can't be copied directly to an Android tablet for reading.

Is there a way to convert the book online into a format that can be read on Android system? Or is there a place that I can download some other format?


texts: A lack of sim card in my android device crashing my apps? Why?

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A weird problem I observed with my Micromax A116, android version 4.2.1.
From the day I bought it, 8 months back, I have used both the sim slots.
But the internal earphones were damaged & I couldn't listen to calls, so I bought a low-end Nokia phone & removed both sim cards from the Micromax phone.

I was using the android phone just for internet through a wifi connection. For 2 days, it was fine ie apps worked as usual. Then on the 3rd day, Twitter app started crashing while in use, often. Then the next day, Pocket stared crashing & relaunching. I updated both the apps, but the
problem persisted. Then the inbuilt Galary app, facebook followed.
I guessed it may be a sim card issue. So reinserted one sim. The phone was back to
normal with no more crashes. After a few days , I again removed the sim card & used the apps, the same problem returned.

So the question is, was my guess correct that a lack of sim card was crashing my apps? If yes, then why is that so?


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About a month ago my application updates ate all of the memory of my phone (samsung galaxy young), so I decided to uninstall, or disable and downgrade applications. I did this to google play as well. Now I need to install an application so I need google play. I enabled it, but it writes a "no connection / retry" message.

I restarted the phone many times, it did not help.
I installed the google+ application, which can log in to my account successfully, so I think there is no problem with the credentials.
One of the applications wrote me, that I have to update google play, but clicking on that link lead to the same no connection message. It has currently the version 4.1.10 (I guess I purged all the updates when I disabled it).
I cleared the data and the cache of google play.
I checked the date & time settings, they are okay.
There is no Freedom application on the phone.
There is only 127.0.0.1 localhost in the hosts file, nothing else.
I did not travel, I live in the EU, and try to access to the service from home.
I installed the google play 4.8.20 from here, and google play services 4.4.48 from here but there is no change.

I read about how to fix this error, but nothing worked for me so far, and I am sure I won't factory reset my phone... Any suggestions?


texts:
I have an HTC Desire (which I enjoy a lot). However, HTC hasnt updated the device to ICS (they say they will update this year, no specific date).

Can I get a plain android version from Google and install it? What is the difference between the Google Android and the HTC (or other brand) Android?


texts: Best way to access the full Android internal storage directory tree from an Ubuntu pc

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Background

I am trying to free up memory from my phone that is becoming more and more unusable, as it reports only ~600MB free memory out of 16,0GB; but deleting cache files, moving images/videos to my PC, and moving apps to the SD card didn't help much.

When trying to manage the issue from the phone, I find an inconsistent memory count, in that the Memory Management utility reports a total memory usage less than 11 GB (6.5 Firmware, 3.5GB Apps, 0.9GB other, 34MB cache, 21MB images). So where/what are the missing 5GB?

Attempts to a solution

One approach is to search for apps like in this question (but this guy had no much luck, one answer after one year).

So I thought I could understand myself the situation better, and hopefully reach out the root cause, by accessing the phone files directly from Ubuntu (assuming that Android should be, if not a relative or a good friend, at least collaborative with Linux), but attempting to do so I am very much confused when Linux reports only 1,1 GB being used (so I would expect the free memory to be 14.9GB!).

Therefore I understand that by the MTP protocol (that, I read here, is Microsoft, so no wonder it makes things difficult to Linux) I cannot access all files of my android phone "internal memory". And, by the way, PTP accesses even less files!

Additional data:

the phone is a Huawei P8 2017 Lite (likely I will soon need to the same on a Honor 8 too)
Android version is 7.0
Ubuntu is 16.04 (4.15.0-39-generic)

Other Searches

Of course I understand that such a need must be widespread, and searched for similar questions, and found a lot around speaking of MTP, PTP, ADB, AirDroid, even WiFi access, bust most of them seem to me outdated (2012/2015).

Here too, one can find some advice, but it just seems one out of hundreds of similar webpages that are usually too commercial to be true, and one must try dozen apps before finding a suitable one, or ultimately giving up after having exhausted all available time.

So I am looking for updated information about a (reasonably simple) method to mount the Android filesystem from my Ubuntu pc, and see all files (particularly those taking all that precious room, to eventually delete them).

Even if it doesn't exist (hope it does) and/or there are better approaches (including those that I have already discarded) that could help to solve my problem, I would be glad to read some pointers to.


texts: Nexus 6p won't charge on included charger

texts:
Not sure what to make of this one.  I have two nexus 6P's.

Phone A won't charge on included charger+cable+outlet, however it does charge on a variety of other chargers I have access to.
Phone B charges on the same charger+cable+outlet Phone A won't charge on

Any ideas as to what's wrong and how to resolve?

Edit: From comments Both phones charging on the same setup (charger/cable/outlet).


texts: Can I remove all these garbage apps without rooting the phone?

texts:
I just got a Samsung Galaxy 2 from Docomo in Japan.

The only thing I don't like about it is that it came with about a million pre-installed apps, 99% of which are just garbage that clutter my application list. I'm not just talking about a few that I don't like, I'm talking about so many that I have to scroll through pages to get at the apps I want.

I was unable to uninstall a handful by going to the Market and simply opting to uninstall.

However, with all the rest, the uninstall button is greyed out.

Can I remove these apps without rooting the phone, and if so how?

If I have to root the phone, is that possible with my model?


texts: Google tells me my smart phone was in Brazil two days ago, but I've been in California - what could it be?

texts:
I'm worried because Google tells me my smart phone was used to access my Google account from Brazil a couple of days ago.  But I and my phone have been in the San Francisco Bay Area the whole time.
(Note: Google find phone does not use a cell phone tower location, but judges by ip address location)

Two possibilities have occurred to me:

(1) Opera Max (a VPN which offers a free data compression service) has been running on my phone for a few weeks - at least I hope it is Opera Max.  Could it be that Opera Max allocated a temporary IP Address located in Brazil as part of the VPN service?  There are no other locations besides Brazil showing up, but then again Google only showed "recent" locations, without being specific about how long "recent" is.

(2) Somebody has created a doppleganger of my ATT sim card, and is using it from Brazil in an attempt to hack me and steal something.
I'm planning to go down to ATT and change my Sim card.

If anyone has had similar experiences with their phone accessing IP addresses in unexpected distant locations, or knows anything about this subject, I would be grateful to hear about it.


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Is there any software available to select one (or maybe more) directory on your Android device, and automatically sync it to a directory (collection) on Google Drive?

This seems that this could serve as a decent automatic backup utility or as a way to synchronise files on your device with minimal hassles.


texts: I don't receive Gmail notifications on my phone recently, no sound, no light and nothing appears on the notification bar. Searching the web, I figured it might have happened because I turned syncing options off. So I turned it on except for some syncing options such as Pictures and browser. I still am not getting notified of new emails. What's wrong?


texts: I installed link to sd and moved apps without creating the 2nd partition , do I must unistall my apps (I can't move them to internal storage),If I can do a recovery please tell me how!


texts: How to remove soft navigation keys in Xperia without affecting Dialer's call button?

texts:
I am using Micromax A310 running a custom rom (Sony Xperia).

Whenever I try to remove the soft navigation keys by editing build.prop, the soft nav keys are removed successfully, but my dialler's call key also disappears. The only option remain is to switch to some third party dialler, which I don't prefer.

Please provide some pointers on how to remove the soft nav keys without affecting the stock dialler's call button.


texts: Why am I getting a red tint in the lock screen in Oreo 8.1/Nexus 5X?

texts:
I just updated to Oreo 8.1 from 8.0 and I notice that the lock screen has the same image as before, but with a red tint over it, like a layer of pure red with opacity 20% had been overlaid on top of it.

I never got that in 8.0 or earlier.

I thought it was due to a certificate from AdGuard and the resulting "Your network may be monitored", so I uninstalled the certificate, but the warning disappeared while the tint stayed (I have to say I haven't rebooted the phone without certificate).

I didn't change any setting about system colours, and in fact the rest of the apps and system show the usual colours, only the lock screen changed.

What are the possible causes of the red tint in the lockscreen in Oreo 8.1?


texts: Can't mount filesystem from LG-V20 on MacBook

texts:
I have a question about connecting an Android phone to a Mac.  I expect you'll need to know some specifics about the hardware and OS versions I'm using.  So let me start with that.

Macbook: MacBook Pro Retina, Mid 2012, OS: OS-X 10.8.5 (Mtn. Lion)

Old smartphone: HTC Rezound, OS: Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Old cable: Micro-USB connector to USB-A connector

New smartphone: LG V-20, OS: 7.0 (Nougat)
New cable: USB-C connector to USB-A connector

For years I've been able to connect my old Android smartphone (HTC Rezound) and my MacBook through a USB cable and OS-X will mount two filesystems from the smartphone so they appear on the Mac as if they were local filesystems.  One filesystem represents the phone's internal memory and the other filesystem represents the MicroSD card in the phone.  In a Finder window on the Mac, two new icons appear when I plug the phone in, one for each filesystem.  And at a shell prompt, if I 'cd /Volumes', two new subdirectories appear.

I should mention that years ago, when I first connected the two, the HTC asked me if I wanted to use the connection to charge the phone or for data transfer, and I selected data transfer.

I'm now trying to set up my new smartphone which is an LG V-20.  When I connect it to the Macbook with a USB-C to USB-A cable, the LG phone displays a number of things I might want to do with the connection, including charging the phone or data transfer, and I select data transfer.  But on the Mac, no icons appear in Finder and no subdirectories appear in /Volumes.

So, I'm unable to access the phone's filesystems from my Mac.

Anybody have any ideas?


texts:
I am capturing audio from a radio device to my android using tcpdump.
How can I take this cap file and replay the UDP stream within it? As I want to replay the audio I got from the radio.


texts: Hiding Boot Logo on Samsung Galaxy Tab3 Lite SM-T116BU

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I'm trying to hide this Samsung boot logo splash from my tablet

The closest that I get was trying the method described on this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529133 but after writing the PARAM back to the device, nothing happened.

Trying to solve by myself I started looking at the SBOOT partition on my device, dumped it from /dev/block/platform/sprd-sdhci.3/by-name/SBOOT and opened it on a hex-editor, looking at the result I found the "logo.jpg" reference on the hex result, and now comes my question.

Do you guys have any recommendation/tips on how to avoid the logo.jpg being showed on the device screen? Maybe patching the SBOOT?

Is it too stupid changing the hex from modifying the "logo.jpg" string to avoid the file being located?


texts: How to select file to attach to E-mail from "My Files"

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I'm using the stock e-mail client in Android 4.3.  I have a file in my Downloads folder that I want to send in an e-mail.  When I try to attach, it asks me where I want to get the file from.  Most of the apps are unhelpful (Images, Video, Calendar, etc.)  The only one that looks like is helpful is "My Files" which has an icon of a folder on it.  Why it doesn't offer any of the File Managers I have installed, I don't know.

But when I tap on "My Files" and it brings up a file explorer, I can navigate to the Downloads directory, but when I try to select the file to attach, it pops up a new "Complete action using" modal dialog.  If I try to open it with anything, it goes to that app, instead of returning me to the Email app.  There is a Cancel/Done selection in the upper right, but only Cancel is allowed.  What do I need to do to cause a selection (so that the Done option is allowed) without it popping up something that prevents me from completing the action?  I have already looks at the menu (no help) and have tried long tapping (does nothing until I release, then brings up the same modal dialog that a short tap does).


texts: Why is Google Maps always running in the background?

texts: I'm running on JB. The Google Maps application always seems to have 2 instances running in the background inspite of turning the GPS off. Is there a clean solution to prevent it from ever running in the background?


texts: I have a problem where my phone (Redmi 5 Plus) GPS is not accurate. i already set GPS Accuracy to High Accuracy on my Settings but the problem persist. is there any way i can do to fix this?


texts: Nexus 5 gives Status 7 error when flashing 5.1 OTA

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I've been trying all day to install 5.1 OTA via ADB. In my struggle, I tried installing TWRP to try to get it to work, but it didn't. I since flashed the stock recovery.

When trying to flash via ADB, this is my output log:

Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Verifying current system...
"System/bin/install-recovery.sh" has unexpected contents.
E:Error in /sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)

Installation aborted.


texts: Amazon Video now allows you to download certain titles from their library but you have to use their video player.  Does anyone know where those files get downloaded to on your phone?


texts: I accidentally uninstalled one of my Factory App. What would I do to restore it?

texts: My phone was in my pocket for the whole afternoon until one of my friends borrowed it then gave it back again then asked why did I uninstalled my Camera though I always use it. I tried to open my Camera but it always says "App not installed" I tried to find it in Google play to see if Lenovo Cameras were there but they weren't. I also opened my gallery and the same thing happened, to see... My Phone Camera and Gallery are connected. What should I do? Searched online but nothing really helps...


texts: Is it possible to specify multiple home pages for the default android browser?

texts:
That is, I want my browser to start with two tabs open, set to two different URLs.
I have tried putting "google.com | facebook.com" into the URL but that does not seem to achieve the intended effect.


texts:
I have an Xperia Z C6606 rooted

Android version 4.3

I have tried both 4.3 and 7 Android SDK.

I kept getting the error message "device '' not found" as shown in the below screenshot.


texts: How to change the encryption key on (rooted) Android 9?

texts:
In Android 6, you could change the disk encryption key using the vdc command with

vdc cryptfs changepw NEWPW

In Android 9, you get a message, that raw commands are no longer supported.

During rooting and installing Lineage OS 16 and installing different stuff, I got different PIN and encryption keys. This means, that when I change the lockscreen PIN, the encryption key is no longer changed.

In principle, this is what I wanted to achieve, but the problem is that I currently do not know how to change the encryption key at all. I would like to have a rather short lockscreen pin and a longer encryption key, that I can change from time to time. On Android 6 this was no problem on the shell and with different Apps, but the Apps seem to depend on the vdc command as well.

I already tried to change the lockscreen PIN back to the current encryption password in the hope, that the next change of the PIN then would change the encryption as well, because I thought maybe the encryption was not changed because the new API needs a correct old password before changing the key to the new password. But this did not work as well.

Is there any App, command line tool or function in Lineage OS 16, that can change the encryption key?


texts:
I would like to unlock the bootloader on my Motorola ET1, but I have a problem: once I restart the device in the bootloader, it is not recognized by my computer (fastboot devices doesn't detect it) and therefore I cannot complete the process.

Why is this? I have the Android SDK installed on my Windows 10 Pro x64 PC, and the drivers are installed as well because I am able to use adb-based commands just fine.

Here's what I am doing to try to get the bootloader.

I connect the device to my computer and use the Android SDK to issue adb reboot bootloader which causes the device to restart and boot in to this screen.

My device seems to be listed in the Device Manager no matter what state my device is in.

fastboot devices does not do anything when I run it.


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I'm new to this community so I hope there are no problems with my question. Also, sorry for my English.

So, until yesteday I've been using my Nexus 5 for debug porpuse, but this morning my PC didn't recognize the device when I plugged it to the USB port, though it was still charging.

Before that my phone was correctly recognized (it was listed with adb devices and also appeared in Eclipse)

I'm on Windows 8.1 (Android version 5.1.1 on device) and the most curious thing is that the Nexus doesn't even appear into Device Manager. Here is a list of things I've tried to solve the problem.

Restarting phone and PC several times
Uninstalled drivers from Device Manager and plugged the device right after, but nothing happened.
Tried several USB cables, on different USB ports
Tried MTP mode, PTP mode, with USB debugging both enabled and disabled
Tried to start Windows with Digital Signs disabled
Tried to connect the phone to a friend's PC and it got recognized
Tried to revoke USB debugging authorizations
Tried to adb kill-server; adb start-server

I really don't know what to do now, I'd really appreciate it if you'd help me, I need my PC to recognize my phone for my thesis work.

Thank you


texts: Is there any sound amplifier app for android? My HTC Wildfire S speaker is just too low for my ears even when at maximum. Is there any way I can boost the sounds? i.e Music Player, call ringtones e.t.c. Thanks


texts: Is there a way to tell if my car uses USB 3?

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I use Android Auto. Currently, I have a genuine USB 3.x cable (I think it's 3.0 not 3.1), but due to some issues with how far out of my phone the plug extends, I am considering alternatives. The problem is there are very, very few genuine USB 3.x cables with lower profile plugs, while there are a ton of USB 2.0 options.
I have seen some reports that AA works better with USB 3.x, so I don't want to artificially limit myself to USB 2.0. However, if the car doesn't support USB 3.x, I might as well use a USB 2.0 cable.
Is there any way to tell (using a non-rooted Android device) if I am actually getting USB 3.x speeds?
(I know there are some indicators, such as if the port is blue or has the "SS" logo, but I'd prefer an answer based on something that would work for any vehicle without having to rely on the port being properly marked, i.e. if the port is USB 3.x despite not being properly marked, how would I know?)


texts: How to share a Google+ public post outside of the Google+ app?

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Most apps share their content out to other apps based on intents on the phone. The Google+ app's share feature only seems to generate another Google+ post. How can I share a  Google+ public post outside of the app from the app itself? For example, to send a link of the post to Twitter, Messenger, Facebook, etc.

I can't believe Google would cauterize sharing from a service as important to them as Google+ when most other popular social apps can share freely among each other. Copy & paste of the URL is dated and onerous on Android.


texts: Is Android showing app ads in share menu now?

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Android is showing an Adobe app in the sharing menu and "Open with" dialog as if it's installed but will install it when I click on it.

Is this a new perk of advertising with Google Play? Is Adobe paying money to place an ad right in Android?


texts: How to revert Androidone X510 to Lollipop

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I am making use of Androidone,
Model:X510
Version: 5.1.1

Recently, my phone received a system update, so I installed the system update, and my device upgraded to Android Marshmallow 6.0.

After this update, I started having problems with most of my apps. These apps have refused to run.
For example, I installed Modern Combat 4, but after the update, the game doesn't display, it just shows a pink screen.

I have tried everything I could, but I am still having this problem, and there is no way I can contact the manufacturer, because the phone is made by Google.

My main question is this—

How do I uninstall this new update of 6.0, and return my device to its former stage, which is 5.1.1?

Thank you.


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I have a Mythbuntu computer on my home LAN where I store all my music and video files.

I'd like to be able to watch video that is stored on my Mythbuntu computer on my Galaxy Tab 10.1. The videos are in a variety of formats and sizes. I understand that some sizes might be too large to stream over the LAN, but I think it should be within the ability of most hardware.

The Galaxy tab connects via wifi to the home network.

I have tried some apps that claim to be MythTV front ends, but they have proven to be difficult to set up in that they require a lot of MythTV specific settings.

I'm looking for a solution that is independent from MythTV, and just plays the video files in an independant player, much like I would open a video file on my desktop computer with VLC.

Is that possible, and if so, how?


texts: Unlock when sliding out physical keyboard

texts: I got a Xperia Mini Pro with a physical keyboard. When I slide out the keyboard, it still have to slide on the screen to unlock it. Can I get to the password prompt with the keyboard movement alone?


texts: How to sync with iTunes acting as an iPOD

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Is it possible, and what is the best / best free way to sync iTunes to an Android device, having all the music transferred that would be transferred to an iPod?

Is it possible to have more transferred?

The main purpose is to transport the files from a mac to  a windows machine so we can process it there, playing experience on the device is secondary.

We have music from many sources, in many formats, inside/outside of the library folder.  Some are not stored but streamed from the Internet when we play them.

(When we try to burn CD's, or export with some app, typically only a few files are exported)


texts: Xperia phone not playing audio properly through headphones?

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I have an Sony Xperia phone (not sure which model)

Within the space of about an hour, my phone has gone from playing music crystal clear through my headphones to not playing the whole bit of a song.
For example, whenever I play "Professional Griefers" I can hear some of the tune, but it seems to not be playing bits of it. Also, I can't hear the vocals in it.
I've tried this with other songs, and trust me, it's not just one song. It also has the same effect on videos.
I'm sure it's not the headphones themselves either. I just got them a couple of days ago and it wasn't until an hour ago that the problem started.

The audio also appears to be crackly, quiet and very low quality?

However, when I take the headphones out, everything plays fine?

I've had the phone for a while, and I've never had the problem before, so why now?

EDIT: Turns out it WAS my headphones. I tested them on my iPad and I had the same problem.


texts: What versions of Youtube for Android support fast-forward and rewind?

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What version(s) of Youtube for Android definitively support fast-forward and rewind? I'm referring to the forwards and backwards buttons in landscape mode that permit you to jump ~10 seconds. I lost this feature after accidentally updating the Youtube app and am seeking a way to restore this functionality. If I can determine what version(s) support the feature, then I'll be able to sideload the correct version.

The only information I've been able to find on the subject references the introduction of the feature in 10.43.58. I've tested 10.43.58 and a number of other versions to no avail. Perhaps the feature has been disabled server-side? Does anyone have any first-hand experience with a version that includes this feature?


texts: Is there any way to make Android Market "global"?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market?

What I mean is, is there any way to make the recommendations offered by Android Market be the same as the ones shown on the Android Market website. The app version currently shows localised rankings, which is very annoying because there's a ton of low quality apps and regional stuff which I couldn't care less about.

Y'know, kinda like the option that you get on Youtube.


texts: Automatic boot when charging without root / fastboot

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Folder 2 and trying to have it boot when the charging cable plugs in. The phone is not rooted (and probably not going to) and doesn't have fastboot (instead it has ODIN mode). Is there anyway to make it happen or rooting it is the only way?
Thanks,


texts: How to show the recent apps in the Overview button?

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On Android KitKat v4.4.2 that came with my phone the Overview button (the button that is not Home nor Back) is showing the home screen settings:

How can I change the button behavior to show the list of recent applications instead?


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I am struggling to understand what's going on here! When I first got my phone, I signed up for Samsung's service for finding a lost phone. But, not too long after it simply stopped working. I finally decided it's time to try something else. So, I tried Lookout as well as the Android Device Manager. I offer this information only for history.

Now, I have pretty much given up on everything except Android Device Manager. It is currently set as an admin to my device. But, it only works if the screen is on! If my screen is off Google cannot find nor ring my device. If my screen is on (even locked) it has no trouble. What can I do?


texts: Hotspot stops uploading to internet suddenly

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I have Android 2.3.6 (rooted) on my Samsung I9003 Galaxy SL and use the "USB tethering" option to connect my laptop to the cellphone and sometimes "Mobile AP" as a hotspot.
When I try to upload anything usually bigger than 1 or 2 MB to internet, all of a sudden, the internet connection drops. I didn't have this problem a month ago.
After the connection drops, I can't receive or upload anything and can't even visit a website... can't even get a ping result. On the phone, the mobile data icon is still there, but no signs of sending or receiving.
Then I have to uncheck phone data (Use packet data) under "Mobile Networks" for a few seconds and again recheck it, to reset the entire connection; to get internet and everything work again.
I figured out if I keep refreshing a web page (somehow downloading anything during any upload) the connection won't drop. Or when I use google Duo in chrome browser (downloading and uploading at the same time) the connection won't drop, but when solely uploading anything... the connection to internet drops.
Any solution, other than buying a new cellphone, is appreciated.


texts: Why are apps logging me in as someone else?

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Device: Samsung Galaxy S II (i777) running Cyanogenmod 10 nightly 20120929

I'm having a very strange issue that I'm hoping someone else has seen before. In two separate apps, I'm being logged in as other users with no input from me. It first showed up in ESPN ScoreCenter, where it would identify me as someone else and import all their favorite teams.  This "someone else" would change somewhat regularly (I didn't look too close at this, but it seemed like it was different on a daily basis). I assumed this was an issue with the ScoreCenter app and contacted ESPN (they were less than helpful). I gave up on that one, and just assumed it was a bug. However, just recently I noticed that Scoreloop had a similar issue. In Cut the Rope, when I open Scoreloop, it identifies me as someone else again. I initially submitted a ticket to Scoreloop, but this morning noticed it was logged in as someone else, just like the ScoreCenter app did.

I saw this same issue when using Cyanogenmod 9. I'm not sure when it started exactly, but now that I'm seeing it in two separate apps, I'm starting to think it's an issue with my phone, my ROM, or some Android piece that both apps tie into. Is there a way to fix this?


texts: How to share clipboard between BlueStacks & host Windows PC?

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I want to paste texts copied from host Windows PC to apps inside BlueStacks & vice versa. How to do this?

I am running BlueStacks beta-1...


texts: Retrieving contacts from Nexus 4 with broken screen

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My Nexus 4 is recognized by ./adb devices when connected via USB. Also USB debugging is enabled. Unfortunately the device isn't rooted so pulling the contacts db file doesn't work as I don't have access to the appropriate directories (I think). How can I retrieve my contacts in this situation?

Note I never synced my contacts with Google.


texts: Has TWRP been replaced by another custom recovery image?

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There are two seemingly identical TWRP websites:

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/
https://twrp.me/

twrp.me used the be TWRP's homepage. Their Github page now points to http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/ and a new repository has been created to https://github.com/omnirom/android_bootable_recovery/


texts: How exactly does operating system update work on Android devices?

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Today I have received my first Android device, to be more precise a GOClever Tab A102.2 tablet. I have noticed that it runs as operating system Android 4.0.4 so I though why not update it since the latest one is 4.2? I went to Settings > About > System Update however it asks for a update.zip file which I have to place in NAND or SD card.

Searching through the internet I have found that some devices connect to the internet and check for updates when prompted while others need to be updated with vendor specific versions (I guess that's the case for me).

Now I wonder, why do some devices need to be updated with vendor specific versions? The way I see it, Android is just an Operating System and thus not tied to the device so theoretically if I wanted I could ditch it in favor of some other operating system (say a linux distro) so whether the update comes from the vendor or not should be irrelevant.

Also, can vendor specific versions of Android be updated (through some other means) even though the vendor didn't release an update for it?


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I have applied to court to return my Samsung Note 7 to the retailer who refused to take it back and return my money (a necessity in my country by law)

The court decided that an expert should decide if returning the phone is necessary or not.

Expert report said that my Note 7 is not up for recall by Samsung and therefore my demand was denied by the court.

I read it that all Note 7 phones should be returned but expert decided otherwise, stating that it only includes phones that are sold by Samsung and not retailers, and not all phones but only a subseries has this problem and my phone wasn't one of them.

Is he right? Not from the legal aspects but the tech part. I thought all Samsung Note 7s were possibly risky.


texts: SD card containing personal files is unsupported after phone repairs

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My Lenovo Moto G4 (Android 6.0.1) died recently. I sent it for repairs, without the SD card I used for internal storage (I don't remember asking for it to be encrypted). The phone just came back, with a complete factory reset.

Inserting my SD card, I was hoping to at least get back the files on it, but I get the "Unsupported SanDisk SD card" message.

When I try to open the SD card with my computer, Windows fails and tells me the card must be formatted.

Is there a specific procedure to restore files from a SD card formatted for Androids internal storage?
Is it otherwise possible that my SD card was corrupted when the smartphone died?
Any idea how to get my files?

Thanks!


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Has somebody been able to run Google Books in the emulator?

I've installed this app, but when I run it, the only thing I get is a "Google Accounts" - "0 accounts" banner, with the rest of the screen in black.

I've configured the e-mail in the "device" with a Google account, and it works sending and retrieving messages.

I really hope this is a noob question with a really simple answer. For the moment, I don't know what the Books app is expecting or where's it looking for that Google account.

Thanks! =)


texts: Volume controls suddenly became disabled. What could happen?

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Most of volume controls on my  PRESTIGIO PMP5080CPRO android 4 tablet became disabled (all except alarm volume control). And there are no sound except alarms. What could happen? How can I enable them ? I haven't installed anything recently. Here are screenshots:

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)


texts: Is there a way to leave the phone plugged in, but schedule when to actually charge it?

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Under my normal daily use, my phone would have around 50~40% battery power left before I go to sleep.  I don't want to keep my phone plugged in to charge over night, but I do want it to be at 100% when I wake up.  Is there a way to disable charging while it is plugged in, and re-enable at a scheduled time?  i.e. one hour prior to I wake up.

Nexus 6 32GB rooted currently running CHROMA, using Motorola Turbo Charger.


texts: What cable and charger do I need to get the fastest charge speed on my Samsung Galaxy S8?

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The Samsung Galaxy S8 comes with the USB Type-C connector. I noticed that the USB-A Male to USB Type-C Male cables that are being sold often have a USB Specification associated with them. The Amazon Basics cables, for example, come in 2.0 and 3.1. Is the 3.1 specification cable required to get the fastest charging speed? Or will the 2.0 cable provide the same speed?

Also, there have been many fast charging specifications like QuickCharge 2.0, 3.0, 4.0. Which quick charge specification and version does the Galaxy S8 actually use for the fastest charge?  And is it compatible with older specifications like QC2.0?


texts: OG Pixel , I can only get to stock bootloader. device is not booting. How can I resurrect the device?

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just checking if my device is permanently bricked or there is a chance to resurrect it? I can only get to bootloader.
device is stock
I cannot get to recovery mode (stuck on google logo)
I cannot boot to OS (also stuck on google logo)
the only I can get is boot loader.
fastboot oem unlock get this error
FAILED (remote: 'oem unlock is not allowed')
fastboot: error: Command failed

adb devices does not show my device.
using https://flash.android.com/ it says device not supported (only pixel 2 and up)
any chance to revive this ??
also tried dePixel8, but no luck
adb push dePixel8 /data/local/tmp
adb: error: failed to get feature set: no devices/emulators found

thank you
fastboot flash recovery C:\IT\twrp-3.5.0_9-0-sailfish.img
Sending 'recovery' (26477 KB)                      OKAY [  0.760s]
Writing 'recovery'                                 (bootloader) Command is not supported.
(bootloader) Please unlock device to enable this command.
FAILED (remote: '')
fastboot: error: Command failed


texts: How can I fix internal storage growing for no reason?

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Why does internal storage keep growing over the time for no reason? At some point it becomes simply impossible to update apps, due to lack of sufficient memory space. Not even cache cleanup can save it, and I have moved as many apps as I could to SD card with no help.

Apps need to be uninstalled then installed again on every update. Depending on the app this is problematic since they have lots of custom settings, and I have never seen that automatic Google servers backup and restore working whenever I needed it. Fortunately for stock preloaded apps your settings are not lost, since you can just remove updates since stock version, not remove it.

This indicates one of the main causes of this problem at least: app updates are somehow incremental, and performing the above workaround will somehow save some space, with same result of app updated to latest version. So innocent everyday app updates are no reason for causing internal storage to fill up.

What workarounds can I do in order to overcome this problem, besides the obvious ones like removing stuff or buying a new phone? I think I heard about re-partitioning phone memory to make internal storage point to external SD card, but I wonder if it will make things too much slower, for example. Please, point me to good solutions, even if they require rooting.


texts: Where's the best place to report bugs with the GMail app?

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I want to report a bug / RFE with the official GMail app, but I'm finding it hard to find the right place to do this - all the forums / discussion groups I've found so far seem to be moribund (eg not much activity since 2008).

What's the recommended place?


texts: Move applications to SD card in Samsung Exhibit?

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I have just acquired my first Android phone -- a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit (SGH-T599N) running Android version 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean).  Because the internal storage is fairly small (only 1.34 GB) I've inserted a 16 GB SD card.  I downloaded the program AppMgr III (formerly app2sd) and attempted to move applications to the SD card; however, when I click on the "On SD Card" tab, I see the following message:

  This device doesn't enable users moving apps to the SD card.  Usually, it's because of the manufacturer removes [sic] the function of moving apps to SD from Android, or a SD card is not inserted.

I see there are many similar threads for other devices, but none explicitly address the Exhibit.  Is there a way (preferably without rooting) to override the manufacturer's removal of this function?


texts: How to install app onto sd card with root (Samsung)

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SM-A520F | Android 7

What I've tried:
I partitioned the sd card using minitool partition wizard. I partitioned it into 100gb fat32/exfat and 20gb ext4 partition. I was able to install apps onto the ext4 partition and read things from the fat partition.  However, there was a couple problems. I could never see the ext4 partition, all I saw was the internal storage (32gb) and the sd card fat partition (100gb) so I didn't know anything about the sd card ext4 partition.

Secondly, on reboot the fat partition would not mount. I would have to take out the sd card out and put it back in to get it to work.
Thirdly, even when the fat partition would mount it would not show up in windows mtp. When I plugged the phone into the computer all that I could see was the internal storage, so if I wanted to put anything onto the sd card I would have to take it out and put it into the computer.

I've used this adoptable storage module to enable installing apps on sd card. It "worked" but I face two problems with this: solid explorer only reads the sd card so it says I'm only getting 120gb (not 120gb + 32gb) and secondly it doesn't load magisk modules properly, so vanced youtube or viper4android don't work. Also now I can't get reverse this.

I've been trying for a while now, I would really love some help.


texts: Ads appearing throughout the system, apps installing on their own

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My grandma has a cheap, 5.1-based Android phone, manufactured by a company named Manta (don't think it's available anywhere outside of Poland, just think your generic cheapest phone company) and has been having problems with ads appearing on the phone and apps installing on their own.

It first happened around a month and a half ago. When you browsed the phone, ads of various apps started appearing - sometimes small banners on the bottom of the screen, sometimes full-screen sized popups overlaying everything. They appeared regardless of the place - on the home screen, on Google Now, over the app drawer, over Chrome, what have you. Also, the phone would sometimes just randomly buzz out of thin air. I tried to clean the phone, used all the highest rated malware killers on the play store, pinpointed that an app disguised as "System upgrade" was an offender - however, all of this to no avail. Despite the malware finders finding some things and allegedly removing them, despite me removing the "System upgrade" (which, as it turns out, was not the only offender), after not longer than an hour, ads started appearing again, various apps started installing on their own without permission and so on. What's worst, the phone started also sending premium SMS'es which upped the bill quite a bit (thankfully we managed to get a refund from the carrier).

So I wiped the phone. Set everything back up again. Everything was cool for a few weeks when suddenly, yesterday grandma told me the same thing started happening. I took the phone home, checked and yep, it did - ads appear throughout the system again, one app installed on its own, I constantly get alerts from the system reading "Installation blocked: This app is fake. It can damage your device and steal your data" that regard my good ole' friend "System upgrade" (well at least this time the system blocked the installation). The phone randomly buzzes again. And on top of that, I randomly get the "Do you want to install X" screen with permissions listed as if I just downloaded something from the play store, though about apps that I (or grandma, for that matter) never downloaded, like PayPal or some supermarket's apps.

How can I fix this? Why does it even keep happening, despite me having wiped the system? I don't really feel like wiping it again without understanding the reasoning would be of much sense right now since it failed me once already. Grandma isn't a heavy user with tons of apps, she only has the ones that came preinstalled on the phone and uses maybe 3 of them (SMS, dialer, Chrome). She's not the type to click anything that pops up mindlessly either, always reads everything carefully and doesn't fall for all the "Your phone has a virus, clean now"/"You won an iPhone" advert crap. I also checked the browsing history to see if she didn't accidentally go to a shady website but not at all - only the news, wikipedia and google searches are there. She doesn't install any apps on her own. The only app we ever installed from outside of what came pre-packaged was the Digital Clock Xperia Widget, which has tens of millions of downloads and an above 4 average so it doesn't seem like it would be a malware gateway.

How can I try to tackle this?


texts: My mother has the habit of ending the conversation by pressing the BACK button several times instead of hitting the red button. The perso she talk to can be heard after a few minutes (people are nosy and my mother is old). Is there an option or an application that contains a silent closing of conversation windows and was visible until the end of the conversation?


texts: How to lock android tablet for web browsing only?

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Im developing a web app for some clients and Im going to lend then an android tablet (one of those cheap chinese non-brand tablets, pretty easy to manipulate) and Im kind of new into android so I want to know how can I lock all system apps (including settings) and leave them with google chrome enabled, even with a browsing lock that only allows to navigate in the desired domain.

As a plus I would like to have like a remote monitoring of the tablet so I can see the activity.

Im asking such an ambiguous way cause I dont know anything about android, but I imagine that this can be done because is such an open OS. If someone can recommend me some apps or website where I can get more info about this.

Thanks!!


texts: Transfer multiple google accounts to a new device

texts: I have several google accounts for different games, work and personal. I have 2 new devices on Android 7.0 Nougat. I would like to know how to transfer then all to the new devices without having to type each and everyone in the devices.


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I have this Samsung S7 Edge. Phone worked fine. Then I placed it in box. After 4 months I decided to use it again. Of course battery was empty. I charged it a bit, and it would not go past the Samsung logo screen.

I have tried all things that I found on internet, like resetting it, and clearing cache but it did not fix the problem.

I took it to service, and after couple of days I got reply that the flashing did not fix the issue. Service man said that one of the chip is bad, and that is the reason it does not boot up. Also he said it is known problem with S7 phones. Fixing it is more expensive then to get another S7.

I do know hardware failure can prevent the boot, and many other things. I am wondering at the statement 'It is known problem to S7 phones'. If he is not telling the truth, I would rather try with another repair shop, before throwing the phone away.


texts: I have a Sony Xperia SP running jelly bean 4.1. I wish to root my device using the Doomlord exploit and run kitkat 4.4. But will that affect the working of the Bravia Engine 2 in my device in any way?


texts: Can I have Gmail and Inbox by Gmail installed together

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I am a Gmail user but would like to try Inbox by Gmail. But.. I don't want to have Gmail removed as part of the "upgrade".

Is this possible?


texts: Google Drive App says folder is empty, even though it is not

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I've recently started to use Google Drive on my devices (desktop, laptop, smartphone). It works great, but not on my phone. All folders were populated, but now some are suddenly empty (folder still there). I tried re-synchronising but nothing seems to help.

Any clues?


texts: Can I remove the default clock without rooting my phone?

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I have a modern Pixel Android phone on the most up to date version of Android.

I'd like to not show the time on the homescreen and the topbar.

I've seen many solutions that include rooting the phone.

Is it possible to get rid of these two clocks without rooting the device?


texts: Is it possible to make computer temporary storage?

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Weird question,

But is it possible to use your computer as a temporary storage via USB charger. I'm thinking I could use this to download files straight onto the computer from my phone.

Edit:
I mean using the PC as a sort of mount point for my android. This will be like having an SD card however I understand it would probably not be as fast as I want to do this with an USB Charger. I was possibly thinking of this to download files bigger that my phone and sd's capacity.

Is this in anyway possible?


texts: How can I find out the developer of an app from its APK file?

texts: Given only an APK file, how can I find out the developer of a non-market Android application?


texts: No-name i.onik android tablet not recognized by adb -- adb devices empty

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I have followed various instructions and finally was able to connect my ZTE Blade to my Ubuntu laptop for USB debugging. The same setup does not work when I exchange the phone by my "no-name" i.onik TP10.1-1500DC tablet.

I have tried different cables and different USB ports. Do I need a special type of cable to connect a tablet for USB debugging?

This is what I get from a root shell:

~# adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

~#

(I know that it should be possible to run adb as non-root, but this test was to rule out permission errors.)

The lsusb output is special for this device, no textual description is shown. The first entry below is from another device, the second entry from the tablet. I have verified this by running lsusb with and without the tablet attached:

Bus 002 Device 005: ID 10d5:5000 Uni Class Technology Co., Ltd
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 2207:0010

Of course, USB debugging is enabled in the tablet's settings, and I have already rebooted it.

Any further hints?


texts: Locked out of my Samsung Galaxy S Duos (forgot password)

texts: I had set a security password on my Samsung Galaxy S Duos mobile and unfortunately forgot the unlock password. I tried hundred's of times to unlock my phone with many possible passwords but was unsuccessful in each of my attempts. Please help me unlock my phone and send me the master code (if any) to unlock the phone.


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While trying to delete a contact from my Samsung Galaxy phonebook, it tells me that it can't delete it since it as 'This contact contains info from multiple accounts. Information from read-only accounts will be hidden in your contacts list, not deleted'

What are they talking about and why can my decision to delete the contact not override this stupid message?


texts: How to view video/photo from smartphone to TV?

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Is it possible to view media contents from the smartphone to the TV?

I would like to buy a movie from the PlayStore but I am not sure on how to view it.

I need a specific cable (to connect the HDMI port) or is possible to use chromecast too?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime direct call shortcut

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I was a apple user and had to switch to Android to take the benefit of dual SIM capabilities. I purchased a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime.

My question is how can I add speed dial or direct dial shortcut to my home screen, so that I can call my most frequent numbers using my preferred SIM with a single press?

I have seen people have this highly convenient feature in their phones. I can't figure out how to put this in my phone. I have both SIM (4G) cards inserted. The call needs to be generated from the SIM 2, if that information is required.

Thanks in advance for the help.


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When my phone is not connected to internet, voice search is showing "Can't reach Google at the moment" message and voice search is not working. It is working perfectly with internet connection.

The settings shows that it has English(UK) and English(US) as two downloaded languages for offline recognition. I have an android phone running JellyBean 4.2.2 in it. I think my OS version and RAM size (2 GB) supports voice recognition as mentioned in this answer.

Any idea how this can be solved?


texts: Any reason why Swype isn't in Play Store?

texts: Have developers of Swype keyboard ever told anywhere why they haven't added their app in Play Store yet? As Play Store is easiest way of installing and updating apps, it'd be nice..


texts: How is it Google Maps works without data?

texts: I ran out of data for this month so disabled it. Google maps still works in map view when I'm following my route. How is this possible? Is it that GPS can still work without wifi/data and as long as Google Maps has the map it just moves the indicator along?


texts: Why do some apps get frozen every time I reboot?

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After rooting my Galaxy Nexus (international GSM version), I looked around a bit with Titanium Backup and found several system apps that were frozen. Among them are: Google Earth, Google Play Books, Google Play Magazines, and Google Wallet.

I thawed them and found that Google Play Books and Magazines wouldn't work here in Korea, and Wallet seemed to assume that it was in the US. Meanwhile, Google Earth worked just fine.

When I rebooted my phone, the apps I'd unfrozen were frozen again. I thawed Google Earth again and didn't bother with the others.

More recently, Google Play Books has magically thawed itself and Google Play (both the app and the web interface) spam me with promos for books in a language I don't read (Korean), despite the fact that my phone is set to English.

Google Earth still tries to hide on every reboot.

Why are these system apps doing this? If they're part of the ROM, they should be available at all times, right? I can kind of understand hiding apps that don't work outside the US (like Google Wallet), but why hide Google Earth? It's relevant worldwide by its very nature.


texts: How to clear the keyboard autocomplete suggestions

texts: I need to completely clear the autocomplete words my Sony Ericsson Xperia arc has learned. I used it for entering some random letter combinations (CAPTCHA entries) and now they are part of the autocomplete for some important prefixes. How can this be done? Looked in the settings screen but no luck.


texts: Why does typing "One way they can fit it in" as a text message create a link to Google Maps?

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Today I noticed that when I typed and sent "One way they can fit it in" in the Facebook Messenger app for Android, it created a link (underlining the text, see first image below). When I follow this link, it prompts me to open the Compass app or Google Maps.
I have found that it does not work on the Messenger app for iOS or Windows, but does work for other messaging apps within Android. When opening the link in Google maps, it responds with a message, "No results found" (see second image below).
Can anyone else reproduce this behaviour? Does anyone have any idea what Android feature might be causing this phenomenon?
Edit: I am on a Samsung S8, using Android Pie, although my friend can also see this on his Huawei P10. This behaviour happens on both Facebook Messenger and the default Samsung Messages app. I have tried several other similar phrases, but I have found that the general form of text that forms this link must begin with "one", end with "in", and have three or more words in between, one of which must be the word "way" (For example, "One foo bar way hello world in" creates a link).


texts: Accessibility turned back off - how to keep it on?

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I'm using the app 'Automate', in order for it to work I have to turn it on in Settings/Accessibility:

But after a short time I doesn't work anymore and it's back on 'off' again.
I think it may have something to do with my battery saving mode because I've seen it in a different question but no idea how to fix it because my gui doesn't have the same properties as suggested in an answer I've seen somewhere else.
I'm using an Honor 9 phone from Huawei, my software versions:

So my question is: How can I prevent my phone from changing the app's accessibility setting without giving up on the battery saving feature (if that is the reason for it)?


texts: I have a S4 android, I have gone through the list of apps (both running and total) but nothing appears to match up. Can anyone please identify this icon?


texts: Can't get past the PIN-screen of my newly bought used S4

texts: I recently bought a used Samsung Galaxy S4. The problem is that the previous owner did not factory reset is and even after putting in the memory and SIM-card from my old phone, I can’t get past the pin-code screen. I have tried factory resetting it myself, but it isn’t working. What do I do?


texts: USB to ethernet not working on Samsung Galaxy S

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I have Samsung Galaxy S Blaze with the following specs

Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G SGH-T769
Android version = 4.0.4
Baseband version = T769UVMB1
Kernel version = 3.0.8-perf-T769ULVH5-CL990184
Model Number = SGH-T769

I am following this thread on XDA as I had the same problem reported on page 4.

I am using AX88772 compatible USB to Ethernet adapter (plugable USB 2.0) and have successfully compiled drivers for Android ICS. I have also put the asix.ko into /system/lib/modules directory and loaded it with insmod.

I have connected the Samsung phone with Inateck USB 3.0 four-port hub where I have also connected plugable USB 2.0 ethernet adapter. But the ethernet is not working:

root@hammerhead:/ # netcfg eth0 up
netcfg eth0 up
action 'up' failed (No such device)

1|root@hammerhead:/ # netcfg
netcfg
rev_rmnet8 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 72:21:40:52:3e:20
rev_rmnet4 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 9e:5b:78:bd:4b:89
rev_rmnet2 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 a6:e7:62:d2:fc:c5
rev_rmnet3 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 8e:9d:a8:c7:cc:94
rev_rmnet7 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 ea:82:2f:72:9d:fc
rev_rmnet5 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 82:db:fe:b7:a9:1d
rev_rmnet6 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 be:db:eb:ab:b3:17
rev_rmnet1 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 ae:87:e2:c4:c8:4e
rev_rmnet0 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 4a:49:58:b0:1d:e4
rmnet4 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
rmnet2 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
rmnet3 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
rmnet7 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
rmnet5 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
rmnet6 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
rmnet1 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
rmnet0 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000000 00:00:00:00:00:00
p2p0 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 8e:3a:e3:4c:21:28\
sit0 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00000080 00:00:00:00:00:00
lo UP 127.0.0.1/8 0x00000049 00:00:00:00:00:00\
wlan0 DOWN 0.0.0.0/0 0x00001002 8c:3a:e3:4c:21:28

root@hammerhead:/ # ifconfig eth0
ifconfig eth0
eth0: No such device

There is no mention about OTG driver and USB host driver. Are they installed by default? How do I check if I have these installed? Or, are they not needed?

Thanks and a very happy new year.


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Yesterday I accidentally dropped my Sony Xperia Z5 Compact on the ground (from a height of about half a meter), and it appears to be broken since then. Details:

The screen was clearly on, but showed black. However, it still responded to touch on the places where the buttons should be. Rebooting by holding down the power button didn't work. Force shutdown by holding both the power button and the volume up button did work. When I rebooted, the screen remained black (but was turned on). It still responds to touches on certain spots where buttons should be. When trying to unlock it blindly, I found the emergency call keyboard.

I tried connecting the phone to my computer, and it recognizes the phone, but sees it as offline, or disconnected. I seem to have no way of remotely accessing it.

Is there anything else I can try without having it repaired at a retail store?


texts: Is there a way to route all traffic from Android through a proxy/tunnel to my Tomato router?

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I'd like to be able to connect my Android phone to public Wi-Fi points (some with unencrypted connections), but:

People can see what I'm doing by intercepting unencrypted radio transmissions
The AP owner or other people logged into it can see what I'm doing
Hackers can pretend to be the access point and carry out man-in-the-middle attacks

There are tools like Wi-Fi Ruler and WeFi to automatically connect to access points, but I don't trust random APs.  I'd like all my traffic to go through an encrypted tunnel to my home router, and from there out to the Internet.

I've done such tunnels from other computers with SSH/SOCKS and PPTP before.  Is there any way to do this with Android?

More specifically:

My phone now has CyanogenMod 7.1.0
My router currently has TomatoUSB Version 1.28

I'm willing to change the router firmware, but I was having issues with DD-WRT disconnecting, which is why I'm using Tomato.  Some possible solutions:

SSH with dynamic SOCKS proxy:

Android supposedly supports this through ConnectBot, but I don't know how to get it to route all traffic.
Tomato supports this natively.

I've been using this with Tunnelier for my web browsing at work.  Requires setting up each app to go through the proxy, though.

PPTP:

Android supports this natively.
Tomato does not support this, unless you get the jyavenard mod and compile it?

I previously used PPTP for web browsing at work and in China because it's native in Windows and DD-WRT.  After a while I started having problems with it, then I started having problems with DD-WRT, so I switched to the SSH tunnel instead.  Also it supposedly has security flaws, but I don't understand how big of a problem it is.

IPSec L2TP:

Android (phone) and Windows (work/China) both support this natively
I don't know of a router that does.  I could run it on my computer using openswan, but then there are two points of failure.

OpenVPN:

CyanogenMod apparently includes this, and now has an entry to create a new OpenVPN in the normal VPN interface, but I have no idea how to configure it.

TunnelDroid apparently handles some of this.
Future versions will have native support in the VPN settings?

Tomato does not support this, but there are mods that do?  I don't know how to configure this, either.

TomatoVPN
roadkill mod
SgtPepperKSU mod
Thor mod

I could also run a VPN server on my desktop, I guess, though that's less reliable and presumably slower than running it in the router itself.  I could change the router firmware, but I'm wary of more fundamental things breaking.  Tomato has been problem-free for the regular stuff.

Related: Anyone set up a SSH tunnel to their (rooted) G1 for browsing?


texts: Should I redownload apps for 64bit version?

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I had a 32bit mobile(Snapdron 400) now i have a 64bit(625).
I have apks from the old phone.
Can I install the apks (converted downloaded apps to apk using “Es_file_explorer”) from old phone.Or I need to re-download all apps again for 64bit version?

q2 : When I download a app from google play store does it download app for “specific device”(or something) or the apk contains all the stuff?
q2.1 “Specific device”(above) - it only depends on cpu arch?


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I have a class of 100 students, and I have an idea to use my mobile as a loudspeaker so I don't have to shout.

Alternatively, it should work like an amplifier system. The difference is that the input is the mobile, the amplifier is the mobile and the output is a USB speaker connected to it.

Is it possible to do that?


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I have a LG4 and I have installed an app being developed internally. I am trying to view the data of this app but can't find it.

Do I have to root the phone to be able to view the data? I look in both internal storage and SD card but can't find the app.

Internal Storage/SD Card

I have no data directory in the root, only Android/Data and in there it's

com.airbnb...
com.android...
com.google...
com.lge...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks


texts: Connecting a USB stick: OTG cable required or will standard USB (charging) cable work?

texts: I am wondering if it is necessary to buy a USB OTG cable to access a USB stick from an Android (4.4) phone, or if it suffices to take the Micro-USB-to-USB cable that comes with the phone (for charging) and connect it to the USB stick (via a female-female adapter)?


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I want to log some 1-10 parameters multiple times a day, i.e. mood, energy, hunger etc ...

After two hours of googling, I did not find a simple app that completes the following:

Log multiple things on a scale 1-10
Set multiple reminders during the day

Ideal scenario:

Let's say I set daily reminders at 10:00, 13:00, 19:00, 23:00 for hunger and happiness

at 10:00, I will get a notification/reminder. Upon rolling the screen from the top (to display all notifications), there would be two sliders, one for hunger and one for happiness.

Does this exist?

If not, anyone wanna create one with react native with me?
Will be open sourced, compensated if u wish :)

Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: Is disabling an app functionally similar to unistalling it?

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I don't know much about how apk and apps in android work.
Title says it all. In my specific case, I installed icon packs from a playstore app to be used along with Nova Launcher. Now I want to get rid of the app that provided the icons pack (it is occupying space). I disabled it with pm disble .. command. And the icons aren't gone. So, I guess, I'd be fine if I delted the app as well. but I am not sure.

So, does uninstalling an app does more messing with the system than uninstalling it does?


texts: How can I find out if my device uses FBE or FDE?

texts: Assuming that I have full access (root if neccesary) to a device running vanilla Android 8.1, how can I know if it is using Full Disk Encryption or File Based Encryption?


texts: How can I put location in "Battery Saving" mode in Android Pie?

texts: In Android Oreo, when location was on, there were 3 choices for how it worked: Device Only, Battery Saving, or High Accuracy. In Pie, it's easy to change to Device Only or High Accuracy by turning "Google Location Accuracy" on or off in Location settings. How can I change to Battery Saving?


texts: Can I change the dalvik cache location e.g. with a symbolic link?

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I currently use Link2SD since my phone's onboard storage is insufficient for more than a few essential apps. It is very effective but limited to when the phone is on.

While changing ROMs, the dalvik cache is wiped and when the phone restarts you see a progress bar saying Android is optimising applications. So given a reasonable number of applications, the dalvik cache fills up the storage long before link2sd can do anything about it.

So is there a way that mounts a sd card folder as the appropriate cache location before the system gets on with booting and doing its business? I know it might involve creating a symbolic link but I just don't know when things are mounted and in what order.


texts: Does deleting a gmail account from one device erase all the activity for that device in the my activity section.

texts: My s.o. found my activity in our shared account. I deleted the account from my phone. Will that erase for clear the activity for that device in the account history.


texts: Not able to Track and search stolen android phone

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Recently my Smartphone (Lenovo Vibe X3) stolen by someone. It’s very painful for me.
When it was stolen, I was able to ring my phone till 10-15 min but that time I was not able to sign in my gmail account on desktop computer so that I can track it using Android Device Manager. My phone was locked with fingerprint and patterns both. And some apps were locked with App Locker..

After 2-3hrs, I was able to sign in my gmail on the same desktop computer and with the same password but Android Device Manager couldn’t locate device. I don’t know how that stealer manipulated everything. Even an anti-theft application was also installed. However, it couldn’t be traced.

I request to all expert users for assisting me for two concerns.
Is it possible to trace device with IMEI? Please let me know, how to do this? How to tackle such problems? And
Please let know some best apps that can trace a device even with IMEI and mobile GPS.

I complaint to nearest police station but it doesn't seem helpful. That's why I need assistance from expert user. If stealer removes my gmail account from phone but GPS is ON, in that case will ADM work?

I have gone through a link. Is it helpful for an android device, if these are installed before device lost/theft?

Apart from this please provide me better tips & tricks.

Regards
GNS


texts: Does android keep a log of when it starts?

texts:
I'm making a parental control/accountability app for android. It consists of a monitoring service that runs in the background and starts when the phone is booted.

Unfortunately, I have found that when android is started in "Safe Mode", services are not started automatically, and because of this my app has a serious flaw.

While in safe mode, the web and other apps can be started without my monitoring service running.

I thought that if it isn't possible to monitor app activity while in safe mode, maybe I could at least have my app detect if the phone was previously in safe mode. Then it could maybe alert the parent or accountability partner?

Does Android keep any log of this? Or any boot log in general?  I'm very open to suggestions and alternatives.


texts: Launcher preference not persistent between reboots

texts:
I recently purchased the BLU Vivo One Plus 2019, which runs Android Oreo (8.1). After installing kiss launcher and setting as my default launcher, I rebooted my device and the launcher reset back to the pre-installed Launcher3. Note that my other default applications remain, for example I also changed the default messaging app to Signal.

Are there any workarounds for this? How can I retain my preference for the default launcher?


texts: How do I spell out period using Google voice recognition?

texts:
While using voice-to-text to transcribe notes to Google Keep, I realized whenever I said "period" it would put out the punctuation mark. This is great 99% of the time, but sometimes I need to say period, e.g. "3rd period," or even "comma."

While a relatively easy workaround is to use the plural form "commas/periods" and edit things later, I'm wondering if there is something in the settings that I missed that can be tweaked. Settings::Language and Keyboard::(Google voice typing or Text-to-speech output) are the two places I looked.


texts: Can I launch a shell script from home screen?

texts:
There's one tweak of my phone I'm applying/removing through two some pretty simple shell scripts. But going to terminal emulator and typing the script names each time aside, the tweak actually makes on-screen keyboard unusable and may necessitate adb access to start deactivate.sh

Is there a way to launch the scripts from the home screen - just place them as icons, the way you can just double-click a .bat file on your desktop on Windows?


texts: Accidentally Uninstalled "AndroidSystem" Black Screen After Splash Image

texts:
A good friend hit uninstall on AndroidSystem icon (looks like a fan belt wrapped around a larger and a smaller circular object. AndroidSystem is the name of the icon). Since then, the tablet (a JP5s media device running jellybean) will show splash logo then go black.
Connecting to the tablet via USB in charge mode I cannot get root user. adb shell su returns nothing, but the cursor drops to next line and stays there. I have to hit control c to return to the shell prompt.
The troublesome tablet is rooted, USB debugging was enabled prior to the mistaken uninstallation. How do I get the root prompt to maybe do a factory reset by adb? The am and pm are not running.


texts: Complete list of hardware keyboard shortcuts for Desire Z?

texts:
I like to use the hardware keyboard of the Desire Z including shortcuts, however I haven't found a complete list. For example, the HTC help pages don't mention Function + Backspace = Deletion of text left to the cursor.

Can anyone provide a complete list or further "secret" shortcuts? This might also involve the usage of the optical "trackball", e.g. selecting text by using it while pressing Shift.


texts: What if you accidentally deleted some important apps and can't install them back?

texts:
What if you accidentally deleted some important apps and can't install them back because Google Play doesn't have them? For example android system, com.android  dun server and com.android.lgsetup wizard (i.e. basically apps that are originally there).
And every few seconds this message will appear:

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

And I cannot even go the browser or Task Killer because every time I do, it will force quit. How can I reinstall those apps? I think I cleared all data for those but I did not clear the browser and so why can't I open the browser?

Do I really need to send it for repair or can I fix it?


texts:
I need to backup app data (some games) from Android 4.1.1 (Xiaomi Mi2S) and than restore them on Android 9 (Xiaomi Mi9T). I have tried using adb backup, but current version is not compatible with Android 4.1.1 (creates 41 bytes file). When I tried using older ADB (as suggested here: link), I couldn't get adb devices to recognize my device.

Is there any way to backup app data without using adb backup? I have access to root on Android 4.1.1 but not on the new Android 9.0


texts: External USB Keyboard to Android (via bluetooth preferably)

texts:
How to connect external USB keyboard (preferably via bluetooth) to Android device?

Best would be piece of hardware with USB socket to plug standard usb keyboard into it, that would work as "bluetooth keyboard" without need of any special software on android device.


texts: Is there any way to quit the eBay app, so that I stop receiving all these event notifications? I like notifications, but only when I decide to run the eBay application...


texts: Apps I never installed appear in web store under "Other apps in my library"

texts:
TL;DR version--do you have apps in your Google Play "Other apps in my library" that you know you've never installed?

In my Google Play account, under the section labeled "Other apps in my library", I'm shown 240 apps that I've installed, alphabetically sorted from A-Z. I test a lot of apps for work and I've had this account since Day 1 with my ADP1(G1), so this list only makes it to the G's before it's full.

When I activated my Nexus 7 this week, I went into this list to start installing some of my favorite apps and I noticed a bunch of apps that I know I never installed. I know, you're thinking "how do you know, you say you install a bunch of apps".  Well, I know I would never install some of these, even if it were part of my job.  Not porn or anything, just not my style. For example, the controller for a nabaztag. I don't own one, so I've never needed the app. Out of those 240 listings, I can count at least 15 that I've not deliberately installed.

Partial listing here: http://twitpic.com/a9sw74 (900x4000px PNG)

So, immediate panic that someone compromised my Play account, but the question became, "why would they install a bunch of stupid apps that didn't cost anything when they could install apps that have monetary impact". I let my son and daughter mess with my phone or tablet in the restaurant, but they know not to install apps and none of those apps would appeal to a 14 or 9 year old.  Regardless, I changed my password and revoked every device except the 3 I'm currently using.

I went into the "My Account" listing of all my purchases, which also includes free apps. Not one of these 15 apps that I've found show up in that list.  Which makes me wonder if this is a glitch in Google Play as opposed to someone accessing my account incorrectly.  Has anyone else experienced strangeness in this list?


texts: Nexus 10 not recognized on Debian Wheezy/mac OS/Windows 8 with adb

texts:
I'm trying to connect my tablet nexus 10 + android 4.4 + cyanogen-mod 11 to my desktop computer where I have installed debian wheezy using adb. It worked until some time ago,now it doesn't anymore neither with debian linux nor with windows 8 or Mac OS. Check here :

root@localhost:/home/marietto# lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:2573 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2501/RT2573 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:2121 Broadcom Corp. BCM2210 Bluetooth
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 04d9:1503 Holtek Semiconductor, Inc. Shortboard Lefty
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse M90

root@localhost:/home/marietto# adb devices
List of devices attached

The devices is attached to the computer with a common usb cable but it seems that it is not recognized. I've already enabled the usb debug on the nexus 10 configuration panel and I have installed the adb tools under debian with the following commands (taken from this site :

http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/linux/75-debian/280-debian-wheezy-android-tools-adb-fastboot-qtadb

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot

This is the version of the adb bridge installed on my debian wheezy :

root@localhost:/home/marietto# adb version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31

On the nexus 10 I have enabled the root access for adb and applications. I don't know what to do


texts:
what is the location of imei number for android 2.3.3 ?

my phone blacked out after I factory resetted my phone. And need to restore my imei back on my  htc droid incredible 2


texts: How to browse American Express in desktop mode on Android?

texts:
It's seemingly impossible to browse American Express www.americanexpress.com in desktop mode on Android.

I've tried Chrome and Dolphin browser, also tried searching for a button on the site that would bring desktop mode.


texts: Offline translation files not recognized

texts:
When I try to use Google Translate offline, I get an error:

  Translation failed.  Offline translation file not available. Please check SD card is inserted.

In Settings-> Storage I could see that the Translate app was stored in the phone's internal memory.  I tried moving it to the SD card, and even after restarting the device, the same error was still there.

Using a file browser, I am able to look at the SD card and see that
/storage/extSdCard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.translate/files/olpv3/v5/25/r11 contains folders like dict.en_pt_25, lang.en_pt, and lang.pt_en where "pt" is also replaced by some other two-letter language codes. .../r12 contains the files for French.

How do I get Translate to work?


texts: How to reduce number of screens on HTC Sense android phones?

texts:
I was wondering, is there a way to reduce the number of screens available with HTC sense phones to say 5? Just I find that 7 screens is excessive for my needs, and I heard I can get a decent performance / battery boost from having less screens.

So is there a way to reduce the number of screens without using a custom launcher (which I think gets rid of HTC sense?)

Currently I just have my two side screens blank, but that looks off when you zoom out, however I have found that even that has produced a noticeable improvement on my Desire HD

Thanks!


texts:
As you know that some sites/apps don't allow to take screenshots with a flashing message 'Can't take screenshot due to security policy.'

Is there anyway to get screenshot from these sites/apps ?


texts: How do you open the Google Voice app directly to the voicemail tab?

texts:
The new Google Voice app is pretty awesome; clean, simple, usable, etc.

However, I only use GV for the voicemail functionality but the app always opens to the Messages tab.

Is there a way to open the app directly to the Voicemail tab?


texts: I had saved my important photos and videos in NQ Vault App but unfortunately deleted data

texts: I have a Micromax A99 Android device. I saved my important photos and videos in the NQ Vault App WITHOUT USING a Google account, but now am trying to recover lost data. It's showing data is not available. How can I recover my photos and videos?


texts:
I have purchased Sony Xperia XA2 from UK. Initially had this problem of the phone in restart loop mode when I memory is more than 95%.for this once it gets started I immediately delete all large files.
Now since yesterday the phone is not moving past the Xperia logo ,it keeps restarting.
Sony service center advised that cannot touch the phone as this was purchased in UK so can't repair it in India.
Anyone here can you please help me to fix this issue. I have 1000s of kids photos and videos I can't lose it as I didn't back up it.
Thanks much in advance.


texts: Google Drive does not detect internet connection

texts:
Yesterday I have updated Google Drive and installed Sheets. Since that time I am unable to open the spreadsheets I have created earlier.

When I try to open a sheet, I get Unable to access document. Please make sure that you are connected to the internet. I am obviously connected, Firefox works, I can even open documents, just not sheets.

If I try to set offline access to these sheets, they keep downloading, just like when I have no internet connection.

Anyone else has this problem, or even better, a solution? I have tried clearing the cache of Drive an Sheets, did not help.
I have a rooted Nexus 4 with 4.4.2


texts: How to install android 3.2 on an android TV box?

texts: I'm looking for a way to install android 3.2 on an android TV box which is running android 2.3. Is it possible? if possible can someone give me some tips for it please?


texts: Install different rom on Chinese made android phone

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Recently I bought a Chinese made android phone. Specifications of the phone is given here. The phone has mediatek mtk6577 processor. I been thinking to install different ROM in my device. But, I can not find source to download this ROM. Is it possible to install google stock rom in this phone and where can I find this rom? How do I know which rom is compatible with my device?

Any kind of help is appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How do I reset a Shinco MID-7000B tablet?

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It does not have any volume up or down buttons. The touch screen won't work either.

I guess a factory reset would help restore the settings including the sensitivity of the gadget.


texts: Chrome browser closed after receving a call

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I started an online transaction on Chrome (under Jelly Bean). In between, I had a phone call and the browser closed automatically. It disconnected from the web sites, and I had to start the transaction again.

Is there any way to keep Chrome running in background and keep all the connections open?

This is really a big problem for now. I fear starting any online transactions on my Jelly Bean device.

Is there any other browser which will keep the connections open?

Google must have come across this issue.


texts: Program the official rom of samsung phone

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Is there a way to program the official rom of a samsung phone?

for example to add a feature on the rom that doesn't exist or just the only way is to create your own custom rom?

My phone is Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Marshmallow 6.0.1. A feature that I want to add is the ability to mark as read messages from notifications without open them. (I don't want to create an app for this that's why am asking how to program the official rom)


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I was wondering how you can use VMware View on my Nexus 7 to access Shared VMs on Workstation 8.

Do you need to go via Vsphere or is there a way of just accessing it across the wifi network?

Anyone any tips or ideas how it can be done?


texts: Can't swipe down notifications on Nexus 4

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i have a 12 day old Nexus 4 and i can't swipe down the notifications bar.

i've tried turning it off
i've tried performing a factory reset

If i go into an application that supports landscape mode (e.g. Chrome), and turn the phone landscape, then i can swipe down notifications from the "top".

But then i can't click the "Home" button, which is then located on on the right hand side of the screen, which is the top of the physical phone - near the earpiece).

Edit: i forgot that the whole point of including the picture was to demonstrate the home button can't be clicked when it's near the "earphone" (e.g. on the right in the above photo). Unfortunately, in this picture all shadow detail as been lost. But trust me, the earphone is on the right side in the above photo.

Nexus 4; Model LG-E960

See also

Droid RAZR Support > Can't swipe down the notification bar
Android Central - notification bar not opening


texts: Exchange calendar syncs to Android, but not to Google

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I feel as though I am missing a simple configuration change on my Android device.  I recently setup my work Exchange account on my Galaxy S4.  My calendar entries from Exchange show up on my Android calendar just fine.  However, I want those entries to actually get pushed to my Google calendar.

Is there an easy way to have my Android device push those events to my Google calendar instead of keeping them local to the phone calendar itself?


texts: Auto upload photos directly from SD card to the cloud

texts: I've an SD card reader attached to my android tablet. During traveling I want to backup my camera photos from the camera's SD card directly into the cloud (e.g. OneDrive) without storing them on the tablet (since there is not enough memory on it). Is this possible?