texts: Pop up warning your flash player maybe out of date

texts:
In my office, it seems the router is infected by malware. So when we access google.com and other specific sites, it always show pop up "warning!your flash player maybe out of date", then it will redirect to flash download page. I already downloaded it, the file is setup.exe. And because of my stupidity, I tried to run it. I don't know whether my phone  now is infected by this malware or not. And most important thing, if it is infected, how to fix it?
I read on internet, to fix the trouble we have to reset the router. But tjis is to fix the router. How about our phone? Is it already infected ? And how to fix it?


texts: Are there any Email apps that render HTML emails?

texts: Are there any email apps on the Market that can render HTML emails instead of just displaying the text of the email?  I know the GMail app can, but I want one that I can use to view HTML emails from my non-GMail accounts.


texts: How do I downgrade from Lollipop back to KitKat on Micromax Yureka

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I am having the problem of many application not responding on my Micromax Yureka after upgrading Lollipop Android 5.0. My phone hangs a lot I want to revert back to KitKat.

It was working flawlessley in KitKat. Also, the screen diplay disappers when a call is going on, because of which I am unable to decline the call


texts: I'd like to use Tasker to switch my launcher: when I'm at work I need certain apps to be easily available, while when I'm home I want Nova launcher with all my apps. How can I do that? Thanks.


texts:
There are three ways one can get location:

GPS only
WiFi / Signal
1 + 2

If I choose 2 or 3, my phone tells me that it's going to send my location data to Google.

I know there are other WiFi coverage maps (http://www.openwlanmap.org/). Is there any way to set them up as the location provider (I'm rooted and on Cyanogenmod)?


texts: Prevent Android from changing language based on location

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I'm on vacation in a different country on a trip that unfortunately did not include learning a new language.
It's not everywhere but enough to be annoying. Latest, changing language of buttons on a Google Form that's never seen the language during its creation or previous uses. Before that, suggested videos on YouTube are all in Spanish.
*Jan 18 update
Ads on YouTube are in Spanish even on American shows with English spoken, so apparently even the advertisement engine, Google's primary business model, is not set up properly.
Pixel 5 Android 11


texts: How to flash a factory image onto a Nexus 5x with locked bootloader?

texts:
This happened today:

I was using my Nexus 5X when it suddenly started rebooting.
It got stuck in a bootloop. It would never boot past the Google logo and I couldn't turn it off.
I was able to enter fastboot mode and even recovery mode from there.
I wiped the phone from recovery mode which didn't help.
I left the phone lying with the fastboot menu open because I thought maybe it is overheated and will cool down (it was slightly warm).
When I returned, the phone was off. I started it and this time it went past the Google logo up to the Android logo (with the animation). However, after displaying "Android" it would just power off.
I tried to boot it a few times but it would never go past the Android logo. Eventually the bootloop started happening again.
I am now back to step 2 except I can't enter recovery mode any more. If I choose recovery mode from the fastboot menu, I never see the lying Android figure with the exclamation mark.

I found many tutorials about fixing bootloops on the Nexus but they all seem to require an unlocked bootloader.

The bootloader on the device is locked. I can see the device in fastboot devices but I can't unlock it.

Any idea how to repair this? Can I somehow flash a factory image onto the device even though OEM unlock is disabled? There is no data on the device that would need to be preserved. I'm ideally looking for a Linux-based solution.


texts: Permission denied for “dd” of Android phone's file system connected over mtpfs in Ubunutu 14.0.4

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I have connected my rooted Mi3 android phone to Ubuntu 14.0.4 using jmtpfs. I am using ~/Desktop/phone as my mount point. I am able to browse the Android device using Nautilus.

Now I want to recover the files from my phone because I have done a factory reset. I am using the dd command to make a clone of the storage of the phone. When I try to do this I get the following error:

:~/Desktop$ sudo sh -c "dd if=~/Desktop/phone of=/media/sf_phone_recovery/image"
dd: failed to open ‘~/Desktop/phone’: Permission denied

Is it because the phone has root priviliges?

:~/Desktop/phone$ ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 29 root root 0 May 19 4441318 Internal storage

I have also tried Foremost to recover files but it takes forever to run. Have important files on my phone. Help needed asap.

This is the output of lsblk:

:~$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0  14.2G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0   8.3G  0 part /
├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part
└─sda5   8:5    0   5.9G  0 part [SWAP]
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom

I am running Ubuntu using VirtualBox on Mac OSX Yosemite.

This is the discussion of this question at askUbuntu.com link

EDIT: There is another method for recovering your data from an Android phone that does not require access to a PC elaborated here. It involves installing an Android terminal and using the dd command to clone the required storage block of internal memory to a SD card or a pen drive (connected to your phone via a USB OTG cable).


texts: How to upgrade Android 2 to 3 or 4 on GT-I9000?

texts:
All is in the title. I have got a GT-I9000 (samsung galaxy S) and I do not understand why I cannot upgrade the android version ?

Why an android version is linked to a specific phone ?


texts:
I want to root a Galaxy S4, yea I know it's an old phone, but perfect for what I want to do. Problem is, once I do adb restart bootloader, the device is no longer on the adb devices list, so I cannot unlock the bootloader.
Any suggestions? I am somewhat new at this so I don't know exactly what to do. Step by step would be nice.


texts:
I ran into a weird issue on my Nexus 7 running 4.4.2. If I uninstall an app from the device, it still shows up in Settings -> Apps -> Downloaded at the bottom, and it says not installed. However, it prevents me from installing an apk via adb, reporting the app was still installed.

I had to do an adb uninstall and that completely removed the app.

What changed? What's the proper procedure to remove an app? The only thing that changed that I'm aware of is that now I'm using user profiles, but the app in question is not used in any other profiles.

Thoughts?


texts: Clear memory and recent task automatically after an app is closed using Tasker

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My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 on Android 4.1.2 JellyBean. I would want to create a profile which clears memory and recent tasks when an app is closed (example: Chrome).

Is it possible to do it without root access?


texts: Pending Notifications icons are black and white (no color)

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I have a Nexus 5.

All of the sudden I've noticed that the pending notifications icons at the top left of the my phone are black and white instead of some of them being colored. I don't know what happened. I didn't change any settings in the past couple of days. The only thing I've done is installed Yahoo News digest App.

Is there a setting that I could double check or someplace on my phone that addresses this problem?


texts: How can I prevent apps being killed prematurely on my Moto G 4G?

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I have a Moto G 4G (XT1039, Android 4.4.4, non rooted) which aggressively kills apps, even while they are in use. Apparently one of the few Motorola 'enhacements' (read bloatware) compared to stock.

When driving, the only apps which matter to me are the app playing music and the app giving me directions, yet every 20 minutes or so, either Play Music, or Maps (or sometimes both) will get killed. I have to find a place to stop, pull over, set the apps going again (and often Maps has forgotten my previous destination) and set off again. It gets very irritating.

I have tried looking at Settings, Developer Options, Process Stats, but the apps which show as 100% running time cover only 250MB of the devices 1GB of memory, so it must be a non 100% running time background app waking up and pushing my running apps out of memory.

A similar thing happens with both Netflix and Ingress. Every time I watch a Netflix show longer than 20 minutes, when I open the app it reloads and I have to disconnect and reconnect to my Chromecast so that I can control the stream. Similarly whenever I switch to Ingress, even if I've just looked at the home screen, I find that it has been killed and it has to reload. I have already tried uninstalling all background apps I don't absolutely need, but I still have a problem.

Is there any way to configure the task killing behaviour without root access? Or prevent specific apps from being killed?


texts:
my galaxy grand 2 cannot connect the sd card of usb storage to computer. only 2 options are available with usb
namely
media device
camera
how can I access the files of sd card and usb storage

Please note that Im using Ubuntu 14.04

I have no problems with windows


texts: Can apps in Huawei AppGallery be downloaded in China?

texts: I have published a mobile game in Google Play Store. Apparently it cannot be played in China as China has banned Google. Huawei provides an alternative app store -- Huawei AppGallery. Does it mean that if I upload my game there, players from China will be able to download my game?


texts: Google Services battery drain on Galaxy devices

texts:
Here are screenshots from my three Samsung Galaxy devices:

Samsung Galaxy S3 (left) and Samsung Galaxy S4 (right; click images for larger variants)

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 (click image to enlarge)

It seems, that in each case Google Play Services ("Usługi Google") are mostly responsible for fast battery drain. 2014 lasts only a day now (compared to 3+ days of previous version of 10.1). S4 lasts less than 24 hours, S3 toughly reaches 24 hours.

What is the cause of so fast battery drain?


texts: Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra's hotspot is only limited to 1 connection

texts:
My wife and I just switched to Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultras (unlocked and purchased from Samsung.com) from Pixel 3 & 4 XL.  We had no problem with having multiple connections on either device.  On the S20s, under the Mobile Hotspot settings, it says

Turn your phone into a Wi-Fi access point.  Up to 1 other device will be able to use your phone's mobile data or Wi-Fi connection to access the internet.

Doing some research and talking to Samsung support, there is supposed to be an option in "Configure Mobile Hotspot" to set the maximum number of connections.  This option is not there for us.
I tried a handful of 3rd party hotspot apps and none of them worked. I also tried a few hidden settings apps and I couldn't find anything about setting the maximum connections.
Is there another way of setting this hidden maximum number of connection settings?


texts: LG G Pro E980 stuck loop on TWRP openrecovery script

texts:
My LG G Pro E980 is rooted. It was working fine. Today I did factory reset to reset phone and delete data. But after restarting it has got stuck on TWRP openrecovery script, showing errors and keeps restarting.
This is the screenshot of the problem:

Anyone please help!


texts: Preventing Apps From Accessing Images/Contacts/etc

texts: Is there anyway to prevent apps, like FaceBook, from accessing the things it wants to access?  I'd rather not let Facebook invade my privacy and take what information it wants.


texts: My Samsung Galaxy S4 does not have sound when I play videos, however, sound works on calls

texts: I can make phone calls just fine but when I play videos, there is no sound. I have checked everything I can think of to check.


texts:
I experienced the same on some Android devices: when changing the angle the screen is looked at, I see that the image gets darker or brighter.
I would like to know if it is so on all devices or just some of them.


texts: What is a cached background process and do they consume memory (RAM)?


texts: Is there a countdown timer app that I can use with the hardware volume buttons?

texts:
I'm doing a kind of meditation that requires regularly setting a countdown timer for a few seconds, then when it stops and buzzes, starting it again. I've used a variety of apps for this, but with a touchscreen it's annoying to have to pay attention to where my finger is on the screen, just to hit the same button over and over.

It would be awesome if I could use the volume buttons on the side. I know some apps ("Stopwatch & Timer") that offer this in stopwatch mode, so it's totally doable, but I can't seem to find one that has this feature for timers. Anybody know one?


texts: Virtual machine of android with added samsung os layer?

texts:
Is there a way to run a virtual machine of android like in avd, or in genymotion, but with added os layer that samsung adds in their phones? Also emulating the usb ports that the phone have when you plug into the computer.

I'm asking this, because their docking software, kies only runs with samsung phones stock roms, and i'm working with that.


texts: I recently rooted my device which got me curious regarding the process. I would really like to understand how rooting applications work under the hood. Articles I have found over the internet have been very vague. I really would like to root my device all by myself. How can I get started with the same? Id really appreciate some guidance and/or pointers.


texts: Is it necessary to have an unlocked bootloader to root a device?

texts:
My LG Stylo 2 Sprint Version running on Android 7 Nougat has a locked bootloader. LG made sure that the bootloader can't be unlocked.
This article states that it's possible to root with a locked bootloader.

When the boot loader is locked, and the manufacturer doesn’t provide a legitimate method to unlock it, you usually need to find a flaw in the device that will serve as an entry point for rooting it.
First you need to identify which type of boot loader lock you have; it can vary depending on the manufacturer, carrier, device variant, or software version within the same device. Sometimes, fastboot access is forbidden but you can still flash using the manufacturer’s proprietary flashing protocol, such as Motorola SBF or Samsung ODIN. Sometimes signature checks on the same device are enforced differently when using fastboot instead of the manufacturer’s proprietary download mode. Signature checking can happen at boot time, at flashing time, or both.
Some locked boot loaders only enforce signature verification on selected partitions; a typical example is having locked boot and recovery partitions. In this case booting a custom kernel or a modified recovery image is not allowed, but you can still modify the system partition. In this scenario, you can perform rooting by editing the system partition of a stock image as described in the “Rooting with an Unlocked Boot Loader” section.
On some devices, where the boot partition is locked and booting a custom kernel is forbidden, it is possible to flash a custom boot image in the recovery partition and boot the system with the custom kernel by booting in recovery mode when powering on the phone. In this case, it is possible to get root access through adb shell by modifying the default.prop file of the custom boot image initrd, as you’ll see in the “Abusing adbd to Get Root” section. On some devices, the stock recovery image allows applying updates signed with the default Android test key. This key is a generic key for packages that do not otherwise specify a key. It is included in the build/target/product/security directory in the AOSP source tree. You can root by applying a custom update package containing the su binary. It is unknown whether the manufacturer has left this on purpose or not, but this is known to work on some Samsung devices with Android 4.0 and stock recovery 3e.
In the worst-case scenario, boot loader restrictions won’t allow you to boot with a partition that fails signature verification. In this case, you have to use other techniques to achieve root access.

This seems counterintuitive, but is it necessary to have an unlocked bootloader to root a device? Otherwise, do any of the methods mentioned in the article work?


texts: Where to report issues regarding the stock-email-app

texts:
Is
    http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/entry
the right place for bug reports?

My device is a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE 2014 Edition (SM-P605) with it's original shipped OS (Android 4.3).


texts:
I bought an Android PC from Amazon and found it booted Linux then booted Android.  I mean literally booted Linux (penguins splash), then booted Android (Android splash).  I contacted the vendor asking this particular question, and he stated:

  The mini PC has the Linux bootup first as Android runs on top of Linux

I have tried googling and searching Super User for an answer, but have so far found nothing.   I know Android uses the Linux kernel to some extent, but is that statement correct?  Is this common for an android device?

If this is a false statement, should I be worried about 3rd party applications running on the Linux OS at boot?

Device Information: Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, RK3188 Quad-core 1.6GHz CPU Cortex-A9 (28nm), 2G DDR3 RAM / 8G Flash

Link to Amazon, and supplier.


texts: Why can I write to a read-only system partition?

texts:
I have a rooted phone running android 4.4. When I check the output of 'mount' it says system is read only. My root file manager or terminal can't make any files or folders there, though only the file manager shows an error occured.

But I found I am able to copy files from my data partition to system, even overwriting system files if I want to. Why is this?

Another odd thing I noticed is that the system applets like mount and mkdir are actually symlinks to a binary file called 'toolbox'. For some reason I am not able to remount the system partion with the normal syntax, it says invalid option (using -o remount,rw /dev/xxx/system /system). This is preventing me from installing busybox with an installer app.


texts: Several general questions about Sony Ericsson Live View

texts:
First does it have an acceleration, compass, or "gyroscope".

Second can it make noises?

Third does it work for HTC Sensation?

Thanks ahead of time.


texts: How do I protect my photos from accidental deletion when giving my phone to my kids?

texts:
My little kids (less than 3 yo) like to view photos on my Samsung A5 cell phone. That's great, and they are allowed to do so. I can even pin the screen to make sure they can't leave the gallery app and start deleting e-mails, which is good.

Unfortunately, both the built-in Samsung Gallery app as well as the pre-installed Google Photos app allow them to (accidentally) edit and delete images, which is bad.

Can I somehow make those image viewers "child-safe" and turn off all editing features?

I also tried looking for alternatives, but, apparently, all highly-rated gallery apps have lots of "useful" features (like renaming and deleting files). There are also "kids mode" apps available, but they don't give access to all photos taken on the device and would require me to select the ones I want to show my kids (I want them to see them all).


texts: How to install Android completely as new to ASUS Eee pad transformer?

texts:
I have ASUS eee pad transformer.

I used OLife to use Ubuntu on it, it worked but it crashed Ubuntu. Now when i boot it always goes to APX mode, so i have black screen only. No Android, No Ubuntu i got. Nothing shows up on the screen. But when i connect the device using USB to my PC i can see its showing

Bus 003 Device 077: ID 0955:7820 NVidia Corp.

(Which means its in APX mode.)

Now, I dont want to use Ubuntu on it.
How can using APX mode, completely install the Android as new on the device from my PC?

Is there any OLife like package available to install Android straight quickly on it?


texts: cannot restrict telephone background data specifically for google playstore without restricting all other apps as well

texts: Lately I noticed in data settings that google playstore is transfering a ton of data in the background while I am connected to telephone network. This costs me money. If I go to playstore's settings there is an option to restrict background data but then it says I must set a data limit to let it work. The problem is that the data limit limits all apps I don't want to limit all apps. I just want to turn off background data only for playstore.


texts:
I'm using the App ClockSync on a Android 7.0 device (Huawei P9 Plus) and on a Android 5.1 device (Huawei MediaPad M2) and I face two problems.

I'm synchronizing the time with ClockSync on my Huawei P9 Plus device. When I then restart the device, the clock has a local offset of around 76 seconds. Why is that? By the way the device is rooted (TWRP). This only happens when I restart the phone.

On my Huawei MediaPad M2 device the local offset of the clock (shown by ClockSync) increases over time. After one hour I have an offset of 1 second. How can I decrease this massive offset? Automatic time synchronization is no option because I'm recording sensor data and I don't want to have a sudden jump in the timestamps.
On the other hand on my Huawei P9 Plus device the offset is not monotonically increasing but just jumps around and is always lower than 1 second. Why is the local offset jumping around? I have disabled automatic time synchronization in ClockSync and also in the system settings.


texts: How to use mobile Internet on trains effectively?

texts:
When I'm on a train ride (mostly in Germany) I often find that this results in very poor mobile Internet connectivity on my Android devices.

Particularly, loading of even small web pages may take eons. I suspect that this is due to switching between mobile network cells while the train is in motion.

Even more annoyingly, this phenomenon can result in pages never finishing to load. Even though the device claims to still have mobile connection (albeit poor signal strength), the web browser gives up on loading pages over and over again.

In my opinion, this problem could be mitigated by setting a huge timeout value and/or caching partly retrieved pages on the device:

If I could set a really large timeout value for the web browser (Android browser, Chrome for Android or any other browser), the page would probably still take a long time to load, but at least, it would work out eventually, instead of aborting page load continuously.
If the browser (or some proxy server app on the device) would cache the parts of a web page it successfully retrieved and continue from there (using HTTP Range requests), it would be able to present the entire page eventually. (Similar to how a download manager works, except that it's for every web page.)

Is there any Android browser (or some kind of proxy app) that allows for setting appropriately large timeout values?

Alternatively, is there any Android app that allows for surfing the web in a "download manager" kind of way, picking up where it left off when the connection went bad?


texts: Why decryption failed on Oreo 8.1 after update (keys not properly upgraded?)?

texts:
After updating, Pixel 2 can't decrypt user data. Seems like some keys are not updated properly. Flashing  older firmware doesn't help because of Google's new anti-rollback feature.

How to fix that and decrypt my data? Device is unlocked.

    walleye:/ $ logcat
--------- beginning of system
01-12 01:30:26.698   682   682 I vold    : Vold 3.0 (the awakening) firing up
01-12 01:30:26.698   682   682 V vold    : Detected support for: ext4 vfat
01-12 01:30:26.703   682   692 I vold    : e4crypt_initialize_global_de
01-12 01:30:26.704   682   692 D vold    : Key exists, using: /data/unencrypted/key
01-12 01:30:26.718   682   692 D vold    : Added key 556838879 (ext4:702f703661b6e047) to keyring 120297969 in process 682
01-12 01:30:26.718   682   692 D vold    : Added key 950968792 (f2fs:702f703661b6e047) to keyring 120297969 in process 682
01-12 01:30:26.718   682   692 D vold    : Added key 943429884 (fscrypt:702f703661b6e047) to keyring 120297969 in process 682
01-12 01:30:26.718   682   692 I vold    : Wrote system DE key reference to:/data/unencrypted/ref
01-12 01:30:26.763   682   692 D vold    : e4crypt_init_user0
01-12 01:30:26.763   682   692 D vold    : Preparing: /data/misc/vold/user_keys
01-12 01:30:26.764   682   692 D vold    : Preparing: /data/misc/vold/user_keys/ce
01-12 01:30:26.764   682   692 D vold    : Preparing: /data/misc/vold/user_keys/de
01-12 01:30:26.768   682   692 E vold    : begin failed, code -62
01-12 01:30:26.768   682   692 D vold    : Upgrading key: /data/misc/vold/user_keys/de/0
01-12 01:30:26.772   682   692 E vold    : upgrade_key failed, code -33
01-12 01:30:27.057   682   690 D vold    : Disk at 7:0 changed
01-12 01:30:27.114   682   690 I chatty  : uid=0(root) /system/bin/vold identical 1 line
01-12 01:30:27.201   682   690 D vold    : Disk at 7:0 changed


texts:
Originally posted on SuperUser, I have been redirected here.

Is there a sane way to use custom userstyles in Firefox for Android? I know Stylish has an addon, but I don't want to use it due to recent privacy concerns. On desktop I use StylRRR Barebone Userstyles Injector.


texts: How to permanently disable or remove preinstalled apps?

texts:
I have an older Google Nexus 4 (by LG), running 5.1.1 Lollipop (latest supported version). I want this to be my daughters first smartphone, and want to lock it down as much as possible.

So besides my own user account on the device I created a second user account for her. I installed the apps she should be able to use, but want to restrict others.

So I went on and disabled all apps she should not be able to use.
However, all disabled apps keep re-appearing on her account after a day or so.

I went on and disabled automatic app updates on my own user and on her account, then went on and again disabled all apps on her account, but they keep re-appearing.

Question is: How can I permanently remove apps (especially the pre-installed apps like YouTube, Google, News, GMail, Hangouts, Play Books Play Music etc.) from her user account?

Rooting the device is not an option.


texts: Unknown error code during application install: "920" while installing Google Keyboard on Android ver. 4.0.4


texts: Is my phone liable to explode if I charge it with a charger that came with a different phone?

texts: My friend and I both have droids and we often user each other's wall chargers out of convenience. I was told that it's possible that my phone might explode if it's charged with a charger that wasn't built specifically for my phone. How true is this across droids?


texts: White screen while charging when phone is off

texts:
I'm using my phone (Lenovo A660) since more than two years.
Usually, I do not boot the phone to often (approximately once a month).
However, I recently realized when I turned of the phone, that the battery image is not shown when I charge my phone.
Instead the screen is completely white.
When I booted the phone again, the screen remained white all the time until I pressed 3 times the power button.
Then my standard launcher (Hola) gets started normally.
However, the screen remains white when I start into bootloader mode or into recovery mode.
Hence, I cannot select anything in a menu (e.g., to perform factory reset or to wipe cache etc...), as I have only a white screen.
May someone has already seen the same behavior and knows where I can search for a solution.
Many thanks in advance for all tips that get posted

Compact problem description:

White screen under the following circumstances:

Charging while phone is off
normal boot until I press 3 times the power button (has to be done after the phone vibrates shortly)
booting into recovery mode (either with the keys or with adb command)
booting into bootloader mode (either with the keys or with adb command)

Information about the phone:

Brand: Lenovo
List item
Model: A660
Android: 4.0.4 Rom: Stock ROM with build number A660_S025_121122
Recovery image: Stock image or CMW
Kernel version: 3.0.13 #1 Rooted: Yes with SuperSU v2.01 Fastboot: not supported

Approaches tried so far:

flashed recovery rom with CMW and with stock ROM. No improvement
Change /system/media/bootanimation.zip and /system/media/images/boot_logo. No improvement
added and removed again "debug.sf.nobootanimation=1" in the file /system/build.prop. Changes at least that at shutdown an animation is shown or not.
resetted the /system/fonts folder with a copy of the stock rom
physically cleaned display contacts according to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt2kMKLNxVA
performed a complete dd image of /dev/block/mmcblk0 in order to be able to restore all partitons if something goes wrong
so far I spent approximately 2 days googling for related problems. However, may someone can provide a key word that I was missing in my search

What I could further provide, if necessary, are for example the logcat, output if that would help to debug the problem or to point me in the right direction.

Once again many thanks for any comment and suggestion.


texts: Android Media Process detected above threshold

texts:
I'm sure a lot of us stumble upon following issue: > android media process detected above threshold.

I've spend a lot of time reading Google and various different forums and yet I still have no solution. I outlined some of the things that I've done on my blog Android Media Process (high CPU) | alexus' blog, i.e.:

Settings -> Apps -> ALL -> Media Storage -> “Force stop” & “Clear data”.
Gallery (deleting broken images (black/grey image place holder/square).

yet still nothing( I even did following:

~ # e2fsck /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
e2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p12: clean, 82292/1875968 files, 3972208/7493115 blocks
~ #

so seems like my "sdcard" is in good state yet as soon as I start my Android phone it takes about ~10min and ~10%-30% of my battery to complete this cycle of whatever is it doing after booting my phone(.

just in case if anyone cares I'm using Samsung Galaxy Nexus (toro/Verizon) w/ Google Jelly Bean (4.1.1).


texts: Nokia 7.1 / Android 9 can't connect to specific local IP

texts:
My setup

Raspberry Pi running Pi-Hole on static IP 192.168.0.2
TP-Link Archer C7 router

IP - 192.168.0.1
2.4GHz and 5GHz bands using same SSID
DHCP setup

Default gateway - 192.168.0.1
DHCP range 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.199
DNS - 192.168.0.2
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Wireless AP isolation is disabled

I got a new Nokia 7.1 running Android 9. It connects to the wifi just fine (receives an IP like 192.168.0.103, DNS settings are set correctly) and can access the internet as well as certain local IPs such as the router admin page and other devices connected to the network, for example a Synology Diskstation.

I noticed I was getting ads on some web pages so tried to access the pi-hole dashboard to check things out. When I tried to access http://192.168.0.200/admin, I receive

  This site can't be reached

  http://192.168.0.2/admin is unreachable
  ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE

so that explains why I was getting ads but I cannot for the life of me work out why the phone cannot access this one specific local IP address.

My laptop which is on the same wifi network can access the pi-hole dashboard without issue.

This is my first Android 9 device so I might be missing a specific networking setting. Previously I had a Nougat phone that did not show any problems like this.

Update

Noticed the WiFi on the phone was constantly switching between 2.4GHz and 5GHz. Changed the router to use different SSIDs for each band which seemed to work well for a day but it's back to not connecting now.

Another update

Noticed whenever I'm having trouble with LAN connections, there's a TV.b wifi network which appears to be my Chromecast which means it too does not have a connection so this is looking more like an issue with the router.


texts: I'm developing a mobile application for android and testing with a physical device. I have two versions quite different but same name etc. When I desinstall one apk to test the other, the old one is reinstalled. So my question is, how do I clear this cached data ? and why android keeps in memory an application when a user asks for it to be removed ...


texts: I want to record a video, and stream it directly to the server while recording (i.e. the video should be saved on the server, not necessarily locally on the Android device). How can this be accomplished? The built-in camera app does not seem to offer this feature.


texts: I'm thinking of getting the GS4, but plan to use Nova Launcher. When using an alternate launcher, will this negate any slowness or lagging introduced by TouchWiz?  Or is the damage done deeper in the ROM?


texts: What do the app "usage" times in battery settings represent, exactly?

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I'm trying to figure out a way to track app usage on my phone without downloading an app that is going to share my personal data. At the bottom of Battery settings, there is a list called "App usage since full charge" which lists about a half dozen apps, each with a % to the right (I guess % battery used), and a "used for X minutes" line underneath. What does the X refer to exactly? Is that the time I'm actively using the app, or the amount of time when the app was using system resources (which I assume could include running in the background).

Version 8.1.0


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Apologies if this has been answered, I attempted to search for answers and found nothing for my specific issue.
I've got several music files I'm trying to delete from my device (motorola e5 cruise, if this helps any) and while they stay deleted for around a day or so, they always come back fully. I can't get rid of them, and they take up a lot of space.
It's worth noting this device has given me grief as far as deletions before; it automatically deletes images after a day if I move them to a different folder, and I didn't notice until I would look for something important and find it gone. It's extremely frustrating, and I would appreciate any help I can get for these issues, but primarily the music files if you can. Thank you very much!


texts: Spoof user-agent in Firefox 4 for android

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Question: Is there a way to spoof your user-agent header in Firefox for Android?

Explanation: The thing that's kept me using Dolphin for Android for the longest time is the fact that it can spoof your user-agent header to quickly and easily avoid the mobile atrocities some people develop for their sites, still giving me the option to navigate there manually if I prefer it. I don't see this option for the latest release of Firefox for Android.

It seems to load much faster and I prefer the interface to all other browsers I've tried on Android, but that feature is the only thing making me keep dolphin on my phone. Am I missing it, is there an extension that allows it, maybe an option in the phone system, or is this just not in the cards for FF on Android? If not, I'll redirect this to the Mozilla devs as a feature request, but I figured I'd come here first to see if I'm just missing an option to do it.


texts: How to upgrade android market to Google play

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I am using Micromax Android A60( version android 2.1 ) phone since two years ago.
Now the Market app is not working. When I download any other app it gives error download unsuccessful. Even the Facebook app which is already downloaded to the phone is also not working.

Is this problem because of Market is not upgraded to Google Play?

Why is my mobile is not upgrading Market to Google play? How can I upgrade it?

On Google I got following steps to upgrade Market App but not able to do 3rd step.

Follow these steps to upgrade it manually on your Android device:

Go in to Settings in your Android device and then Apps.
Look for Market under the "All" tab and then press clear data.
Now open the newly updated Play Music app (Google Music). (This step not found)
Hit that little Market icon in the bottom tray.
Confirm Google Play upgrade.


texts: Fastboot not working with new Teclast P80H

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I am developing an in-car product and app.  Previously, I had a Teclast P80H tablet with a micro-USB connector and running Android 7.0.  I was able to enter fastboot mode and from Windows cmd window, issue the Android SDK command "fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0".  This successfully reconfigured that older tablet so that, if the tablet was fully shut down and turned off, connecting 5V to the micro-USB jack would cause the tablet to boot up and run.  This was great for my in-car product and app.
Now that old tablet is no longer available, so I'm trying a newer version of the Teclast P80H.  This one has a USB-C connector and runs Android 10.0.  It takes a slightly different method to get into fastboot mode, but I think I've figured it out.  However, when I issue the command "fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0" I get a message "FAILED (remote: 'unknown cmd.')".
In order to make sure I really do have the tablet in fastboot mode, I've tried a couple things.  First, issuing "fastboot reboot" does indeed reboot the new tablet like it did with the old tablet.  Even better, the command "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" seems to work, telling me "(bootloader) Identifier token:" and on the next line "(bootloader) ******************".  Well, I've omitted the actual identifier for security purposes, of course, I guess.  But this seems to prove to me that I have the tablet in the right mode to receive the "fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0" command.
But it seems like maybe this version of the tablet's oem commands doesn't include "off-mode-charge".  Perhaps the name or syntax has changed.  But I don't know how to find out.  While "fastboot help" works, it seems that 'fastboot oem help" doesn't.  I don't know how to figure out how to configure this new tablet.
Again, my objective is for the tablet to boot up from full shutdown, whenever 5V is applied through the USB-C connector.  BTW, I'm using the USB-C to USB-A cable that came with the tablet, plugging the USB-A end into my Windows 10 computer.
I did re-install the latest Android Studio.  I also updated the SDK to Android 10.  (It was Android 9.)  However, the fastboot.exe program remains with an 11/14/2019 file date, perhaps the original date I installed it.
Any suggestions?  Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to install Android KitKat or newers versions to Samsung Galaxy Beam i8530?

texts: I couldn't find any answer on how to install any android version higher than JellyBean on Galaxy Beam, do I need to buy a new phone?


texts: How do I consistently receive notifications from one app, and no others?

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This basic question has become increasingly difficult over the past two years.

I have a Samsung with Android 8.0. Amazing, I cannot rely on Calendar to make a tone before an event, and this state of affairs has existed for two phones (S7, S8). The layers of control I see:

Under "Notifications" in Settings everything is off but Calendar.
There is a do not disturb function which has a toggle to allow calendar
events at all times. That is on.
"Easy Mute" a samsung feature, is off.
In Accessibility "mute all sounds" is off.
I make sure calendar events have a notification, as is the default.

However, the notifications still intermittently fail to make a sound, although popups seem to always happen. They are especially likely to fail in the morning. There is a separate "notifications" volume, affected by some of the previous, but not others, which often (but not always) shows off when the issue occurs. The same problem has followed me through two phones (s7, s8). I have reset my entire phone in an attempt to get this working, but the issue remains. I have changed Google accounts in an attempt. No luck.

So, how can I consistently get my calendar audio notifications?


texts: How to fix hanging Samsung Galaxy S II phone (GT-I9100)? Also flash and root it?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S II model smartphone. GT-I9100 is the exact model number 1, mentioning it since I saw here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_II

that there are variants with slightly different model numbers (such as GT-I9100G) and correspondingly slightly different hardware features.

1 That exact model number (GT-I9100) shows both while it boots up, and also when you go to Settings -> About Phone.

(Sorry for the slightly long question, but I have tried to make it as clear as possible.)

A while ago it suddenly stopped booting properly. Before that it was working fine for over 2 years. I had bought it used; not sure if that has anything to do with the problem, but after I first bought it, it almost never had any problem for those 2 or so years, except for one issue: it sometimes used to shut down automatically, without my doing anything. But powering it on again, always resulted in it working normally again. I asked the dealer from whom I bought it, about this issue, and he said it was a known issue in that model.

Now, whenever I power it on, it only goes up to the initial Samsung splash screen (with a big stylized S in the middle of the screen), with the model number GT-I9100 on the right side of the screen, then only the big S for a bit, then again the big S with the words "Samsung Galaxy S II" below it [2], then hangs at the point, indefinitely. Also, while in this hung state (which can only be stopped by removing the battery), it intermittently a) flashes the big S a little brighter, and then b) makes two short beeps. Events a) and b) keep repeating at intervals, of maybe a minute or two. The phone also gets a little heated, maybe due to the big S getting brighter (and then dimmer).

[2] Image of phone in that state is at bottom of this post.

I would like to know how to do the following:

Fix it so that it boots fully and works normally. I would like to preserve the data on it, such as contacts, etc., but in the worst case, I'm okay with losing all the data, as long as I can get the phone working again. (I have an older Samsung Android phone which I using as of now, and I had saved most of my important contacts in my Google account, not in the phone or SIM.)
I would like to know how to flash and root it, maybe with CyanogenMod or a similar OS. I heard from a friend that by doing that, the battery charge lasts for longer, due to no unwanted apps or services running, apart from the fact that a flashed and rooted phone can be used for more things, such as sshing into a server where I have an account, or getting a Linux console on the phone (which would be cool and useful, even if I could only run a subset of Linux commands).

I will search the net for steps for flashing and rooting it, but would like to know if anyone has any general guidelines for that.

If I need to give any more information for any one to suggest solutions, please let me know.

Thanks.


texts: My Nexus 5 goes into very early bootloop - basically during the initial 2-5 seconds from turning on it goes into bootloop. It also restarts even when in recovery mode (dont even have time to make any selection before it restarts). My suspicion is that this is a HW problem - just wanted to confirm if the phone is dead for good before I throw it away. If it is HW, it would probably require main board replacement, which would be very costly I assume? Or could it be something different?


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I owned a Sony Xperia SP running Android 4.2.2, and its touchscreen partially stopped functioning after it fell down accidentally and cracked the display. Now its touch is completely not working. Is there a method to connect the fone to my PC and operate it as I'm on the fone. I have the unlock pattern so I can enter it from the PC and operate the fone and get my data back. I have some critical data encrypted using a valute app so Im searching for a method to completely remotely operate my fone over the PC.

Please, some expert help me over this to get my data back without replacing the display.


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I have a pretty stock nexus 6. It has whole-disk encryption turned on, AFAIK (I didn't change any settings from when I first got it, and requires the PIN to boot up). I dropped it yesterday, during which time the screen completely died and the phone rebooted.

The screen is just plain black, and as far as I can tell is also not registering any touches (no tactile feedback, etc). The phone is now in the "waiting to boot" mode where it ticks every second to remind me to enter my PIN.

I've already ordered a new phone, but I'd like to wipe this one before I recycle it. Has anyone had any luck with alternative methods of entering data into the phone? All I really need to do is get the pin entered so it can boot up. Then (hopefully) it'll find service or wifi, at which point I can send a remote wipe command. It's just that I can't do anything over USB while it's still partly booted the way it is.


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I have recently got the urge to install and test different devices on uncommon OS markets.

I have discovered that I still have an old Samsung Jet S8003, and would like to install Android Gingerbread on the device. First and foremost, is it possible and would it be able to operate fine without bugs?

Second, could I install a later version of the Android OS like Jellybean or Kit-Kat?

I have tried JetDroid but have failed as the OS loads up in ssh and then it says that it cant load from ext2.


texts: Tablet: Set Chrome as Default Web Browser on Lenovo Tab 4

texts: I have a Lenovo Tab 4 8".  I've tried clearing defaults, uninstalling and reinstalling .. but yet when I try to open an html file on my the SD Card of my tablet I only get the option to use the HTML Viewer.  I would like to set Chrome as available in these options or as the default for opening all HTML files.


texts: Is it possible to change the colour of the contacts? It is getting confusing with my text conversations all colour coded but contacts completely random...


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I am rooted on my Nexus 6P and I used Flashfire to install the March security update. I didn't install any of the previous updates and haven't installed any after the March one.

This has made me think of a few questions:

Does the March update contain all fixes from prior updates as well?

Do I have to install each incremental security update or can I just install the May one without installing April's?

Should I go back and install the previous patches and if yes, will this negatively affect anything?

I have noticed a lot of random reboots and the device running hotter than before, although I am not sure if this is because of the manual updates or a bad app.

Any insight is appreciated.


texts: how to take complete backup of my android device using adb

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I'm trying to take full backup using adb backup -all -f <path> and it took backup and stored in my PC.

When I try to restore it using adb restore <path> then it restores onto the target device.

ADB backup command is not taking backup of messages, contacts and pictures. Kindly guide me if I'm missing something.

I could see that I have to use adb root to take backup using pull command. Will the device warranty be there if I use adb root command?


texts: How to install LG Optimus One PC Suite on Mac?

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For the LG Optimus One the PC suite and USB driver are all Windows-based. My home computer is an IMac.

Are there versions of these downloaads that will work with my Mac?


texts: Android unable to connect to WLAN with SSID NULL

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I was messing with my WLAN and tried setting the SSID to NULL. For some reason my Android Phone is unable to connect (my Laptop on the other side is able to). I know it isn't a string termination thing, as NULL followed by any readable character works.
Is there a reason for this or is this a bug?


texts: How to keep using Google Maps in Chrome browser and avoid launching the app?

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If I point my browser (Chrome browser) to http://maps.google.com it automatically opens the Google Maps app.

Is there a way to avoid this and keep using the site through the browser?

If it matters, I'm on Android Lollipop on Samsung tablet.

I couldnt find the settings corollary in Chrome described in this post re same concern in Dolphin how to keep using Google Maps in browser and avoid launching the app?. Is it in flags?


texts: how to trace a mobile when switched off using imei

texts: how to tracre a mobile when switched off using imei.my phone is moto E.I can trace my mobile when it is switched on +location on + mobile date on . I can trace ,ring and even wipe my data also when these are all on.but the only problem is to trace my mobile when it is switched off.


texts: Will deleting a photo on device, also delete the synced photos on Google?

texts: My SD card and internal storage are full, and I want to free up some space. Is it safe to delete photos if the photos show that they are being synced to my Google account?


texts: Is it possible to to set a fixed NFC P2P RF speed for the Initiator?

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In NFC P2P communication, the RF speed of the LLCP connection is set by the Initiator. The possible speeds are 106kbit/s, 212kbit/s, 424kbit/s.

Android always choses the fastest possible speed.
For example I would like to set the speed to 212kbit/s.

Is it possible to set a fixed RF speed rate on Android side?


texts: Mobile Legends not working in android x86

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I I'm trying to play mlbb on my laptop with android x86. But after the first extradition the screen goes black after the logo and it says keeps stop working. I enabled native bridge and tried other is like prime and phoenix. It works on emulator but slow. How can I get it running?
If this is not site for it. Please refer


texts: How can I force the Market to reinstall an installed app?

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I have an app, installed from the Market, which I just updated. The "updating" notification was present for several hours, so it appears to have gotten stuck somehow.

I believe it now claims to be the current version, but to be sure, is it possible to tell the Market to re-download and reinstall the current version of the app?


texts: Recovering lost or stolen phone (security and feasability considerations)?

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I am trying to understand a little bit about security in case my phone goes stolen. I have read that even if a phone is stolen and the SIM card is removed, it can still be possible to find your phone because the hardware has a built-in International Mobile Station Equipment Identity (IMEI) number which gets transmitted at regular intervals over the mobile network. Apparently this number can be changed in the software in the same way that, for example, the MAC (Medium Access Control) number of a hardware device such as an ethernet card can be faked on Linux via software methods, but it appears that doing so is not legal in most countries as it could help people stealing your device. So, here come my questions:

Am I correct in assuming that if the device is turned off (either manually, or perhaps because the battery runs out), then presumably the IMEI cannot be tracked until the device is turned on, which means that the device can go lost this way? Or is there some Android app which can reveal the location of your phone even when the phone is powered off (perhaps a phone which is powered off still uses a minimal amount of battery to make this IMEI information available to the carrier, or maybe via GPS given that GPS does not require a SIM card to be present to operate)?

Thanks.


texts: Can't Manual-Sync email after selectively disabling Auto-Sync - Android 5.1

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So I have two Google Accounts linked to my phone. The first is my private account which I would like to auto-sync (IE push notifications as soon as an email is received). The second is my work's account. I would like this one to auto-sync the Calendar, but not auto-sync the email, as I get 300-500 emails a day and its draining on battery life. I DO however want to be able to manual-sync the email if I need to.

Disabling Email Sync with the checkbox in either the Gmail App or Settings -> General -> Accounts&Sync -> Google -> account@example.com prevents me from manually syncing the account at all. I receive a grey banner that says "Account Sync is Off, Enable Account Sync in Account Settings" and no email with that account syncs anymore.

Am I missing something or are my options really just "Auto/None" or "Only Manual"


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I just downloaded the Android SDK (primarily for the purpose of running SDK Manager to install the Google USB drivers to connect a device), but the SDK Manager fails to run.  I get the following error:

I can confirm, however, that there is an android.bat in the tools folder, which is one folder above the SDK Manager executable.

Has anybody run into this before?

For reference I'm on Windows 7 64 bit and I downloaded the 64 bit ADT Bundle to try to run this.


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Aosp browser rendered text and pictures a lot differently then chrome.

It would white box what is rendered while the cpu and stuff catches up.  Chrome seems to freeze when CPU strapped.  Is there a way to fix this or revert to the old behavior at minimum?

Alternatively is there a way to install the original browser in android 6?

Not to mention this http://cdn.androidbeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/sunspider_benchmark1.png


texts: I want to be able to switch from CM7 to CM9 and vice versa without losing my apps and data everytime. Is it possible to make a dualboot?


texts: I am using Xiaomi Redmi 3s prime. I have an issue came up recently. After clicking 2-3 photos an camera error occurs and it says that "can't connect the camera". Then I need to shut down the camera and then have to try after sometime. How to resolve this issue? Is it a problem of software or hardware? please help. Thanks.


texts: Optimal Linux Distro to Install to SD card to use as USB-Bootloader for PC?

texts: Many people install Linux-based distros on USB drives to use for, largely, basic PC troubleshooting.  Has anyone tried installing such a thing on their Android phone's SD card?  That way instead of carrying about both a USB drive and a phone, one could simply plug their phone in, boot the PC from USB, and set about performing whatever actions are necessary.  Does anyone have any recommendations for particular flavors of Linux which are best suited to this task?


texts: Whatsapp: traveling with a pay-as-you-go SIM card

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If I replace the SIM card in my Verizon Galaxy s4 with a pre-paid pay-as-you-go UK SIM card, then my phone will have a new UK number.

If I now want to use Whatsapp, do I have to migrate Whatsapp to the UK phone number and back again upon return?

Do I then have to tell my contacts what my UK phone number is?  (by email or voice phone call, I suppose).    Can I simply send them a Whatsapp text from the new number, and their Whatsapp will accept it?

What's commonly done when traveling?  Use Verizon's Global plan, and pay their rates?


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My carrier, Vodafone, sends multiple spam popups every day via USSD like the following image:

I am rooted with EdXposed installed. Pixel 2 XL with Android 11 but willing to downgrade to Android 10 if needed.
I have tried to disable the SIM toolkit but it did not stop these pesky popups.
I have enrolled in the Do Not Disturb list by the carrier, but is there anything that I can control on my end?


texts: How to transfer videos downloaded via coursera app from my tablet to my computer?

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I tried using the answer here:
Find downloaded video files via coursera app
but to no avail.

My device is unrooted and hence the data folder is hidden.
I tried the method suggested by Naveen as well in the question whose link I provided above but my system(I am running Windows 8) does not recognize my tab(lenovo b6000) to be connected to the system. I turned on the developer mode in my tab and also enabled backup and reset, but it was still not recognized by the computer.

Please suggest a safe way to move the videos I have downloaded via the coursera app in my tablet to my PC(Running Windows8 with adb installed).

Thank you.


texts: How to make a text file read-only in a non-rooted device?

texts: I wanted to make a file read-only (440)in internal storage but it shows "failed",as it seemingly requires root permission but I can't unlock bootloader as of now so is there any means we can do the above task?


texts: After factory reset Market keeps crashing on Galaxy S2 on ICS

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My phone was stuck in a bootloop, so I had to factory reset it. Now a new problem has arisen, which is that the Play Store is gone, and I am back at Market but it won't open and keeps crashing. Please tell me how to get the update from Android Market to the Google Play Store or at least get Android Market working.

Phone Model: Samsung Galaxy S2  (I9100)
Android version: 4.0.3 (ICS)


texts: What adb KeyCode commands can I use to close all recent apps?

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I use the following sequence of KeyCode commands to clear one and only one app in the recent apps menu, technically called the "application switcher dialog" in the Android KeyEvent documentation (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent):
   adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH
   adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_DPAD_DOWN
   adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_DEL

What I want is the ability to close multiple apps at once. Using the recent apps menu physically, I do this by tapping on the "Clear All" button.
Is there a way to simulate or initiate this action using ADB commands similar to the ones I listed above?
Please take careful note that I already know how to close or clear one app at a time. I am asking this because I'm looking for a quick way to close apps, besides repeated invocations of the above command sequence.


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I were going to flash recovery, but this happened:

$ fastboot flash flash twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v8.83_treble-op5_op5t.img
Sending 'flash' (28672 KB) OKAY [ 0.675s]
Writing 'flash' OKAY [ 0.013s]
Finished. Total time: 0.694s

And then, I've tried to actually flash recovery:

$ fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.3-x_blu_spark_v8.83_treble-op5_op5t.img
Sending 'recovery' (28672 KB) FAILED (remote: No such partition.)
Finished. Total time: 0.008s

So, I don't even knew, that "flash" partition exists
My question is - what is "flash" partition and how to recover it now? I'm still in fastboot because afraid to reboot, to not mess things up even more
Thanks in advance

Device is OnePlus 5T and I was on latest OxygenOS Open Beta 13, if it matters

UPD: I've tried to turn it off, but it rebooted, and everything just fine.
So my questions now:
Why it said that "flash" flashed successfully?
Why it failed t find recovery after that?
Why everything fine now?


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Is there a way to bypass the md5 checking before restore in CWM?

This is not an issue with an md5 mismatch (the solution to which can be easily found via google/search)

The idea is that I am performing many restores (currently tinkering with some of the inner workings) and am not too concerned that the recovery has been altered/corrupted since it's probably been not too long since I last reflashed) and checking the md5sum takes up a fair amount of overhead (2x the read operations).

It's not a huge deal but if anyone knows a solution please let me know!


texts: How do I connect Internet from a laptop using USB modem to a Galaxy S3, or directly USB modem(data card) to S3 for internet connection?


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I've updated cm from 10.0.0 to 10.1.2, and after updating the gapps too, several things are broken, including Gmail and Drive.

Now, Google Play lists them at "updatable", but it is broken and refuses to update any app, reporting Error retrieving information from server. [RPC:S-5:AEC-0].

Some google services apparently work (Contacts, Calendar), so I guess it's no login problem.

I've tried wiping data of a few related apps, but it didn't help.


texts: Backup Link2sd ext4 partition, resize it and restore

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I have messed the ext4 partition resizing it with Gparted, it still works but shows the old size and Link2sd doesn't seem to be able to link all the pieces.

I was wondering if I could backup the content with Titanium or other, format the partition at the correct size with Gparted and then restore the content to the new larger partition.

I know the ext4 cannot be resize but I guess that it can be deleted and created again, what I am not sure if there is something in the current ext data that is dependent on the size of it. I think that is why I should not be doing a backup image directly but instead backup the files individually.


texts: How do I keep given apps always running? Looking for how to relaunch them periodically

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Throughout the day, my phone's kernel kills my memory-resident apps at random, probably because the phone had run out of memory.  The apps are Backitude, Dropsync, Llama, MightyText, and Screebl.  (All five apps run as background services, yet my phone's kernel still kills them.)

The workaround I did is to have a Llama event that relaunches the other four apps every 3 hours.  The fourth app is tricky because Screebl doesn't turn on when launched.  So far so good. The problem is .. if the kernel kills Llama.

I'm looking for a timed launcher, I think.  It needs to launch Llama every 3 hours, so that llama can launch the other four apps, and this timed launcher, every 3 hours.  The set-up is sort of like those old Windows viruses that come in two executables; each exe makes sure the other is always running.  I cross my fingers the kernel doesn't kill them both.

I'm looking for suggestions.  How do I keep given apps always running?

P.S. Heh, I see that this is the opposite of this community wikied question.


texts: Flashed magisk_patched_boot.img as fastboot flash recovery...Phone stuck on Powered by Android

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I was trying to root my Micromax Q440 and I tried to follow the steps ie;
1:  fastboot flash recovery c:\twrp.img
2: fastboot flash boot c:\magisk_patched.img
but in the 2nd step, I used recovery instead of boot as a result my phone is currently stuck on "Powered by Android" screen and none of the Power + Volume(up) functions are working.
It also shows Orange State and your device will boot in 5 seconds
Is there a way to recover or this device is gone forever..?


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Is there a camera app that records EXIF information? In particular, I would need the following:

GPSLatitude
GPSLongitude
GPSImgDirection
SubjectDistance

I've checked that all these fields can be saved via android. I'm just wondering if there is a camera app that actually DOES save this information in exif for a photo. Most apps I've tried only save max the latitude and longitude.


texts: How to unlock screen with Bluetooth keyboard

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I can wake up the screen of my Android device by hitting almost any key on my bluetooth keyboard.  But all I see are my notifications, I can't actually unlock the screen.  How do I get the thing to come up that lets me enter the numbers of my PIN to unlock my screen?  Is there a setting somewhere that I a missing that would allow me to just start typing my PIN instead of ignoring what I type?

I'm running stock Android 8.1 on a Google phone.


texts: What framework/app executes the lockscreen on android 4.2.2

texts: Im looking to modifying and perhaps changing the way the lockscreen works. I have heard about keyguard.apk but I cant seem to find that in system/app or anywhere in the device. So I wonder which file executes the lockscreen code and contains the resourcea.


texts: Trouble with Wi-Fi on GSM Galaxy Nexus running Jelly Bean

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Am running 4.1.1 on a GSM Galaxy Nexus and continue to have very poor connectivity issues with Wi-Fi (everywhere, not just in my house). Other than having an unlocked bootloader and being rooted, the device is stock.

My AP in the house is running on Channel 1, and there's no other WiFi that's close to my house. No RF interference to speak of (e.g. no microwave's running or 2.4ghz FH devices in vicinity). Right now I am not so close to the AP, but have good signal strength on my device: -65dBm. The AP is a Linksys WAP54g with the latest firmware available running WPA2 Personal AES. The device may eventually connect, but often it just hangs on "connecting." I've tried to change to WPA2 "mixed" (AES+TKIP) but that doesn't seem to have any impact (still hangs on negotiating). I would just chalk this up to a Linksys issue, but I have had same issues out in public Wi-Fi.

I was using Wi-Fi Analyzer to manage the connection, and didn't see the message regarding "Poor Internet Connection" and reason for failure. I changed the Advanced Wi-Fi option to deselect that option, and rebooted the device, and then connected OK.

I have a Nexus 7 on same network with no issues (the UI has no option for "Avoid Poor Internet").


texts: What is this symbol in the notification bar mean?

texts: What does this symbol on my galaxy grand duo running kitkat mean?


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I'm locked out of my tablet because I can't remember what my screen lock pattern is. How do I reset factory settings if I can't get into the tablet?
please help this is all new to me


texts: Deleting photos on Google+ doesn't delete them on local storage on my phone

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I'm still getting used to the Auto Backup functionality in the Photos app. I turned this feature on and all my photo's are correctly synced to Google+.

When I delete a photo on my phone (Nexus 5) it also gets deleted on Google+. However, when I delete photos on the Google+ website, they don't get deleted on my phone.

Is this just how this thing works, or is there something wrong in my setup? I tried turning off Google+ photo sync in the settings, but that didn't change anything. When I delete it on the Google+ web page, it says the photos will also be deleted on all synchronized devices, so isn't that how it's supposed to work then?

It would make it a whole lot easier to delete photos that I don't need on a big screen like my laptop, and to have them automatically deleted on my phone to free up storage space.


texts: LG L90 glass digitizer replacement doesn't work. The old one works

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My glass screen in LG L90 (d405 or d405n, i don't think there's a difference other than NFC) broke.

Bought a new glass screen with digitizer for d405. It looks exactly the same as the old one (hence I know it should be compatible).

I've replaced it. Touch didn't work. The old one (broken one) works.
I've sent it back because I thought it's damaged, they've sent me back a new one. Still didn't work (the old one still works).
I've bought a new one from a different vendor... still doesn't work. The old one still works.

what could be the problem here ? What should I do ?


texts: Open Source "My QR code" app to quickly share my contact details?

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Especially in Japan/Korea, there are many proprietary apps to quickly share your name+email+phone. Example here. They all work the same way:

At first use, enter your name, email, phone: It generates "your" QR code.
Whenever you meet someone and want to keep in touch:

Launch the app, it instantly shows your QR code
The other person scans it, and can add you as a contact without typing anything.

Key features:

Extremely fast, should take less time than a web page load.
Fit to screen size for easier scanning, maybe even make the screen brighter temporarily.
Options to show a different QR code for carriers that use a special format.

QUESTION: Is there an Open Source app that does this?
If not, I might create one, but I prefer to ask first.
Almost nobody uses Bump here in Japan, making it pointless.


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In doing research on app permissions and cool "l33t hax0r" apps to put on a rooted phone, I stumbled across a category of app permission managers.  They seem to be relevant to Android 1.x and 2.x, circa 2010.

The advent of Jelly Bean (Android 4.3) gave us a rudimentary app permission manager within Android, but not everyone got it, Google didn't mean to release it, and it was quickly removed from Android.

Is this category of apps no longer valid?  Or are there just a new bunch of apps and I'm finding stale posts, articles, and information?

I found this article here on Android Stack Exchange, and the answers link to most of the apps that I have come across (modified Google Permission Managers notwithstanding).

The only modern/supported app of similar design is a module for XPosed called  Xprivacy.  However, XPosed is only for Samsung ROMs/devices.  Is there something more generic?

I currently have some Samsung phones, and some of them are rooted, but not all the devices I am tinkering with are Samsung or rooted.


texts:
I have downloaded 2 icon packs for android. Now my phone don't work anymore.
I am working with smart launcher.
I can not even get in to settings or apps. My homescreen is black, but I can see on top the task bar, with notification for emails and our and I have netconnection.
what can I do??


texts: WEP Encryption for WiFI Hotspot in KitKat

texts:
Is it possible to enable WEP encryption for the hotspot function in Android 4.4? It only shows WPA and WPA2 for me and I would like to create a WEP hotspot.

Alternatively, are there any hotspot apps that support WEP? All the ones I found just refer to the inbuilt hotspot functionality.


texts: Cannot connect android phone to tp link router

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I have TP Link TD-W8968 wireless router.

I can connect my laptop to the router but not a phone since few days.

I am facing a problem since a week, when I turn a wi-fi on on my android device HTC Wildfire S and scan for wifi, phone doesn't show up my router in scanned list, by the way it shows other wi-fis in the list but not my one.

I guess there could be some problem in my router. How can I solve this?


texts: Selection for batch operation in Gmail's new material design

texts:
I'm confused, while I'm trying to understand the new Gmail "compact" style user interface. This is the view, where left to the email's 2-line representation a checkbox can be found.  I can't really grasp the UI presentation of "selection". Please, take a look at these four screenshots.

Selected and checked

Selected but unchecked

Checked but unselected?

Selected and unchecked, but different from (2)

It is clear (from the operation appearing at the upper part of the screen), that 1, 2 and 4 are selections. Why is the UI different in these cases? Also clear, that 3 is not selection... but a checkbox has a mark in it, and it normally used to mean selection for further operation.

So I'm totally confused, what the UI tries to tell me. Could you please shed some light on what

checkbox (marked and unmarked state)
colored background
thick, and thin frame of the checkbox

mean in the context of email selection?


texts: Encryt a single user, not the whole device

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My android is multi-user. It is crazy to encrypt the entire device. How do I encrypt just a single user's account?

More specifically, the only thing I am trying to protect is my gmail account.

I know it should be possible, as I have such a feature on my Debian Gnu/Linux laptop. It would however require integration with the login manager.


texts:
I have recently updated  my Nexus from 4.3 to 4.4 . But having an immediate requirement i would like to downgrade back to 4.2 . I originally bought it with 4.2.

Any step by step to downgrade back are highly recommended.
tried factory reset but of no luck. Is rooting mandatory for this? I have read some where that factory images are helpful. Please throw some light on this and a step by step document is needed being a layman on this?


texts: How would I go about fixing SIM card not registering after flashing a custom ROM made for a clone of my device

texts:
So, I have a BLU Life One X, which is a clone of the Micromax Canvas 5 and a few others.  I've installed a ROM made for the Canvas 5, after making a bunch of mistakes, including wiping my entire system.  The ROM is working just fine except for the actual phone part, which is not registering the SIM card.  WiFi works just fine.

More details here.

Cheers,

Neveraht, or whatever my name is on here.


texts: Heimdall gives ERROR: Failed to receive handshake response. Result: -7 on samsung J5 (2016)

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I am trying to connect to a Samsung J5 (2016) SM-J510FN, using linux ubuntu 20.04 (libusb-1.0.0), to flash a TWRP image using heimdall v1.4.2 (build from master a2cfdaa)
I have set the udev based on the git repository android-udev-rules
Mobile has USB debbuging on and OEM unlock. And using samsung cables for connection
Mobile phone is visible on lsusb either in normal OS boot or in download mode
Normal Boot:
Bus 001 Device 096: ID 04e8:6860 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd Galaxy series, misc. (MTP mode)

Download mode / Odin mode:
Bus 001 Device 097: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II](Download mode)

Running heimdall print-pit works without problems. But then:
heimdall flash --RECOVERY twrp-3.4.0-0-j5nlte.img  --stdout-errors --verbose --no-reboot

Initialising protocol...
ERROR: Failed to receive handshake response. Result: -7
ERROR: Failed to receive handshake response. Result: -7
ERROR: Protocol initialisation failed!

ERROR: Protocol initialisation failed!

Releasing device interface...

My computer only has usb3.0 but also tried with a porthub for usb2.0, this looks like issue #209
Any ideas or tips on how to solve this problem ?!


texts:
I want to root my tablet Asus Fonepad 8. How do I do it?
I tried iroot, kingoroot, root my device, and etc, but to no avail?


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I was trying to root my nexus 4 by the following steps:

Download and copy the file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip to /sdcard/
Download the file CWM 6.0.3.5
Got into Fastboot/Bootloader Mode on Nexus 4
Execute the command fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.5-mako.img
Choose RECOVERY from the Fastboot menu and enter Recovery Mode
In ClockworkMod recovery “flash zip from SD card”
Then selected “choose zip from sdcard”
Now I should see the copied file UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip but there was none, and I got the output `Can't mount /sdcard/

Then I tried to use Install zip from sideload

I sent the file with adb sideload UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip
I get the output:

Restarting adbd...
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install`
E:failed to open last_install: Invalid argument
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
***********
SuperSU installer ZIP
***********
Mounting /system, /data and rootfs
Disabling OTA survival
Removing old files
Creating space
Extracting files
Restoring files
Setting permissions
Unmounting /system and /data
Done

Then I go back and choose reboot system now but when booting only the GOOGLE sign pops up and then the X (I was waiting for about an hour)

SOLVED
I did a full reset by downloading the original factory image from google
here

And then I followed the steps in this tutorial:
here


texts: Preventing booting from unwanted/upgraded partition in Android

texts: As I understand in Nougat and greater the system has two full partitions, one currently used and the second one that is used for upgrading. So during an upgrade the new bits are laid down on the secondary partition which will be made the primary to boot from the upgraded partition. My question is how does it prevent from booting from the original partition? Where is the information that determines which partition to boot from written/stored? How does it prevent an attacker from modifying it?


texts: Is it normal for a USB OTG converter to show in lsusb

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When running lsusb (not as root) with an OTG adapter plugged in without anything plugged into it I get :

u0_a83@flounder:/ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002

Is this normal with USB OTG adapters.

Also a USB hub is recognized as another device in lsusb when plugged using OTG


texts: Dropbox files won't open, 'Permanent Failure'

texts:
Opening files from the Dropbox app seems to always result in a 'Permanent Failure' message. I see that some of the progress bar fills before the error appears. In the past I used Dropbox to view many file types, including JPG, TXT and PDF.

I am googling the problem but I don't see anything specific in the results. I'm wondering if it is due to having too full of an SD card. I will test that shortly.

Device: HTC Incredible (Android 2.3.4), App version: 2.0.1


texts: Recovery program only accesible via "adb recovery" but the program closes itself

texts:
My tablet (a chinese SmartQ T10 with Android v2.3.4 unofficial Firmware) does not have custom recovery via power buttons combo, nor CWM recovery available to download. The only key combination  (Vol ++Power) that does anything, goes directly to firmware restore from a file named /mnt/sdcard/SmartQT10 (at SD Card) if this file exists.

But if I completely  start into Android, go to ADB on my computer and I do:

adb connect IPTablet:5555
adb shell recovery

It appears a fancy classic recovery program on the tablet's screen (full screen mode), as you can see:

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

but with a strange behavior: this supposed recovery program lasts for only a few seconds, and my tablet get back to whatever it had just before on the screen (Android desktop, for example). After a few seconds, the recovery program gets back to screen, a few seconds there, and back to the desktop... and so on. The things stay like this until I press Ctrl+C on the ADB console of my PC.

If I touch any key of the tablet or press on the screen, the screen goes back instantly to Android screen and the recovery program disappear, so I can not interact with the recovery program. The recovery program is like any kind of "ghost" screen. And one more (don't know if important) detail: the selection menu of the recovery program moves down once each 2-3 seconds, just like if I were pressing any "down" key or so, a thing that I am not doing at all.

I must conclude that my tablet has any kind of recovery program inside, but it can not start for any reason.

This method:

adb shell reboot recovery

goes into firmware restoration mode, as I told before. This other:

adb shell reboot bootloader

performs a simple reboot.

Having this recovery program available would be great. Could anyone, please, tell me how could I do to keep it working? Or maybe there is any way to start it on boot, as I have seen in many others Android devices?

I see it shows some "can't mount" directory messages, as you can see in the capture, but I don't know how to solve those problems or if solving them would be useful to finally accessing the recovery program.


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

texts: What can I do to get better battery life on my Droid? Battery life seems awful. Less than 15 hours or so on normal usage.


texts: galaxy note 1 - snote - how to select and drag something i've drawn?

texts: I'm using the galaxy note 1 running android 4.0.  I have S Note opened.  I drew a picture of a cat at the top left corner of canvas.  Now I want to drag my cat to the bottom right corner of the canvas.  How do I perform this select and drag?  I don't see any select tool.  Is it even possible?


texts: Unable to transfer files as notification status has no MTP when connected to my Dell PC. I have changed USB cables and ports. Also the device is not listed in my device manager nor is any ABD listed in device manager.  I have also done a hard reset on the android per BLU customer service without any change.


texts: When I edit contacts on my Nexus S, it's deleting their birthdays from Google Contacts. Am I doing something wrong?

texts:
Is it something I'm doing wrong?

Where do  I report this?


texts: What exactly gets deleted when removing Google account

texts:
When I try to remove my Google account I get the message that messages, contacts and other data from the phone will be deleted.

What does messages include?
Mail messages, SMS, Whatsapp,...?

And what is meant by other data?
All apps, pictures,...?

I'd like to know this for Android 4.4.2 and 4.1.1.

Thank you


texts: Is there a way to restore my Samsung Galaxy S3 (SCH-i747)?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SCH-I747) that I tried to root using this video

Somehow something went horribly, horrible wrong and now I think I have hard bricked it.

My symptoms:

Phone does not turn on when you hold down the power button
Cannot get into boot loader / download mode (screen is always black)
My phone is now named "QHSUSB_DLOAD" in my explorer window

I obviously used odin to try to flash it and it didn't work. Will a JIG get me into download screen? At this point I just want to be able to restore the original build.

Is there anyway (besides sending it in and paying $60) to fix my phone? I have the file I need to flash a build, can someone please help me get back into boot loader / download mode?


texts: How do I determine which process woke up the screen?

texts:
The screen woke up at 4am or 5am at night, and had been on ever since.

How can I find out the process that was responsible for screen-wake ups?

The device is Galaxy S III running Android Jellybean 4.1.2.

Thank you


texts:
A couple of days ago the SD card (which is the "expanded filesystem" from android 6.0) on my phone stopped working. The phone still boots and works, but all my data (especially photos and WhatsApp conversations - yes, I didn't make a backup, shame on me) are gone.

I removed the SD from the phone and put it in my PC, where Fedora recognizes the partitions but cannot mount them.

Here's the output of fdisk -l:

fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 29 GiB, 31104958464 bytes, 60751872 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 938FFB3B-CA49-45D0-89B3-BE22ADAAD86E

Device     Start      End  Sectors Size Type
/dev/sdc1   2048    34815    32768  16M unknown
/dev/sdc2  34816 60751838 60717023  29G unknown

Whenever I try to mount one of those partitions, I get

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/test
mount: /mnt/test: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdc1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.

Same result if I use the -t option with auto, vfat or ntfs.

If I open gparted and attempt the data rescue this is what it finds:

and when I click the "View" button it correctly recreates the Android filesystem, but with no file inside:

tree
.
├── Android
│   ├── data
│   │   ├── com.android.vending
│   │   │   └── files
│   │   ├── com.google.android.apps.maps
│   │   │   └── files
│   │   ├── com.google.android.gms
│   │   │   └── files
│   │   ├── com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox
│   │   │   └── files
│   │   │       ├── download_cache
│   │   │       └── pending_blobs
│   │   ├── com.google.android.music
│   │   │   ├── cache
│   │   │   └── files
│   │   ├── com.google.android.videos
│   │   │   └── files
│   │   │       └── Movies
│   │   ├── com.google.android.youtube
│   │   │   ├── cache
│   │   │   └── files
│   │   └── com.motorola.migrate
│   │       └── files
│   │           └── Pictures
│   └── media
│       ├── com.android.providers.media
│       ├── com.google.android.talk
│       └── com.motorola.MotGallery2
├── bluetooth
├── DCIM
│   └── Camera
├── Download
├── LOST.DIR
├── media
│   └── audio
│       └── notifications
├── Music
├── Ringtones
├── System Volume Information
│   └── IndexerVolumeGuid
└── WhatsApp
    └── Media
        ├── WhatsApp Audio
        ├── WhatsApp Images
        └── WhatsApp Video
44 directories, 1 file

Has anyone any idea?


texts: How to take full image backup of partitions or eMMC?

texts:
I have an Archos 55 Platinum here. There is also a unofficial TWRP, if this might help.
I would like to make a backup of the storage of the phone, like dd for any partition, so I can inspect the content later.

Also, I don't want to root or flash anything, nor install apps.

Is there a way that allows me to run TWRP via fastboot instead of flashing? Any ideas how I can proceed?


texts: How to set default SMS App in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

texts:
It is possible to set it in Android 4.4 KitKat. But how can I set it in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean?
After installing Tango I fell in this problem.


texts: Does Samung Galaxy S2 support the use of Client Certificates for ActiveSync?

texts:
Does Samung Galaxy S2 support the use of Client Certificates for ActiveSync ?

Most other Android phones need to rely on TouchDown or other third party applications. Can anyone confirm if this is possible on the new Galaxy S 2.

My exchange server implements the use of Client Certificates (.pfx).

Thanks,cyphr


texts: My HTC One is kind of old (2.5 years) and the volume is progressively deteriorating.  I can barely hear the other side when the volume is on highest.  Is there any way to adjust the volume beside the volume button, which is already maxed?


texts: How to make SELinux permissive on a Knox Samsung device?

texts:
I have a Samsung note 2014 which I rooted following this tutorial. However I now have problems with SELinux which (apparently) is preventing me from installing a Linux virtual box. I backed up and uninstalled KNOX using Titanium backup but still no success. When I type setenforce permissive in a terminal, if get no error message but when I type getenforce, I get "enforcing".

Is there any way I can change this? The device is running Android 4.3.


texts: birthday duplicates after removing google account and adding it again

texts:
After removing my Google-Account on my HTC One S and adding it again, i recognized that all birthdays stored with contacts are in my calendar twice. When i change birthday at some contact, there is only one, which changes. The information is not from another calendar like Facebook or Google.
After removing my account once and adding it, i had two birthdays for each contact, only one changes.
After removing my account another time and adding it, i had three birthdays for each conatct and only one changes.

So why this happens or how can i delete or avoid this?

I would like the delete either automically or manually (prefering automatically) but i found no solution to do this.

I made a screenshot to make it clearer.


texts: How can I root my root LG Optimus 2X running stock ICS?

texts: I upgraded my LG O2X to stock ICS. How can I root the device? Superoneclick is not working for the same.


texts:
My Xoom 2 ME is running ICS 4.0.4 (rooted), and a week ago the speakers just stopped working. Lost the hour to go to work twice because alarm clock did not go.

Googling around seems to show some people also having problem with the speakers of the tablet running that particular version of android...

Some are just the subwoofer, others the orientation, but mine went completely mute. The sound still comes out of the headphones jack.

Is there a fix for this, if its a software malfunction?

Also, why can't Motorola make a proper ROM?
(this one is just to vent some steam, don't answer that)

Retag as Xoom2-ME because I am still somewhat short of rep to do it. Delete this line afterwards, thanks.


texts: Is there any way to block websites without Root access

texts:
I am searching for a way to block websites without having root access.
Is there any way to do it?
Any help will be appreciated.


texts: How to do a factory reset on Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4?

texts:
I decided to try encryption on my Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 wifi version just for fun. But during encryption process (somewhere at the end) it turned off the screen and hung.

Anyway my tablet was encrypted, but I wasn't asked for setting a password or encryption key. And it's appeared to be hard to do a factory reset on an encrypted device, since I have Cyanogenmod instead of stock ROM and TWRP instead of stock recovery. Any "official" way to hard reset the tablet was unsuccessful - for some of them I was asked for decryption (I don't have a password) and for the other TWRP recovery was unsuitable - it just led to an infinite boot loop.

So how can I do a factory reset?


texts: System Application was uninstalled and could not be recovered in android

texts:
I have rooted my device. I have installed crDroid-7.1.2-20171202-j5nlte-v3.8.3 and android 7.1.2

I am using j5nlte model of samsung.
I have accidentally uninstalled contact and contact storage applications since my device was already rooted.
After the uninstall process, I have installed simple contacts application from f-Droid
When I am willing to create a new contact I could not create the contact and the system says

No app from this device

As I think, the problem was "contact storage application was uninstalled".
I have downloaded below application to install the contact storage application. I could not installed and the error was

The package conflicts with an existing package by the same name

I can restore the device to get my system apps but I can't restore since I have some other issues.

Is there any way to get my system apps back. Do I have any method to save contacts without contact storage apk?


texts: How do I remove text from my lock screen on my nextbook?

texts: I downloaded the Lookout security app. The first time I installed it it asked for something to write when I report my device was stolen. After deleting the app numerous times it still will not remove the text. How do I remove it?


texts: Weird wavy lines on top of Icons in folder/app drawer

texts:
I just saw these waves on top of some icons in my INFINIX NOTE 7.
I don't know what they are and how I got them.
They appear mostly on icons with white background. They are in both: app drawer and folders on homescreen
Picture attached for reference


texts: How can I set some handy settings on the main screen?

texts: I want to be able to set Wifi, bluetooth, GPS on and off quite easily but I can't find where I should do this.


texts:
I set up several labels in the Gmail web version in my browser on my PC. Worked fine. I then saw the same list replicated in Gmail on my Samsung Android phone. Great so far. I have tried removing a label on my PC Gmail and after refreshing, it disappeared from the label list as expected. However, it is still there on my phone even though it is empty (no emails).
I also tried hiding labels on the PC unless there are unread messages. This also worked on my PC (they don't appear) but they are also still on my phone in Gmail.
How can I sync my Gmail app with my Gmail on my PC to have the labels list updated? Since the original list of labels was replicated from the PC to the phone, won't the reduced list also be replicated on the phone?


texts:
I installed Badland from Play Store. It worked. Then I uninstalled it and tried installing it from Amazon Appstore. Every time I try to install it, I get the installing screen for about a minute (long time) and then the error "App not installed"

I found the apk file (from my filesystem, the one Amazon downloaded) and the exact same thing happens when I attempt to install it. I have redownloaded it many times.

I also have root and I'm running Android 5.1.1

EDIT: The message I get from terminal is: [INSTALL_FAILED_VERIFICATION_FAILURE]


texts:
I am based in India and my account has a billing address of USA. (this was long ago) I have made another profile which has a billing address of India, and I need to use the Direct Carrier Billing payment method but my Play Store is still showing me my USA profile.

How do I change my Payments Profile on the Play Store app?


texts: Phone keeps restarting while system updating

texts: My samsung galaxy core 2 got a system update so I installed it. Eventually it kept going to 90% until it said error and then restarted the whole process. It kept doing the same thing get to 90% say error and restart and continue the cycle. I cant even use my phone anymore. Please help me.


texts:
I'm trying to use Google Drive to manage my PDF files. I want to edit them in my Android, possibly using Adobe Acrobat, and I need that as soon as the PDF editor saves the file Google Drive sync the new version of it. I'm using Android 6.0.1 and Drive 2.4.181.13.40 (wow)!

I have been doing that using Dropbox, and it just works. But it seems that Google Drive stops monitoring the file as soon as I open it using any other App. Can't I set Acrobat as a "PDF Editor" for Google Drive files?


texts: My phone gut stuck signing in with g-mail

texts: So, I recently factory reset my J1 phone. It was twice. First bec. of the continuously switching on and off and then second, it was because I can't sign in with my existing g-mail account. I don't have any other solutions so last choice was to reset it twice. Now, I can't use and download apps. It got stuck on signing in with my existing account. It takes so much time. I even waited to sign itself in for the whole night but when I checkec it the next morning nothing happened. "The process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" and "Google Play Services has stopped" kept on popping out for like every 5 sec. I almost tried everything I saw on the net that can help me bug none of them actually helped with my prob. I just don't know what to do anymore. It sucks that I can't even use my phone. Please help me. I am hoping for your response. Thank you in advance.


texts: after factory reset can nexus get lollipop through ota?

texts: I use nexus 4 which got updated to lollipop on 27th Nov via ota . the thing is the phone got reset by mistake n it again came back to jellybean will it get the update again through ota ?? Or is there any other way? I don't knowto install it manually..


texts: How to backup notes from stock Notes app?

texts:
I everyday use Samsung Notes (in Samsung Galaxy Tab S3) for taking notes and audio from  College lectures. But how can I get all of my files and store them in my external HDD?

I mean, there's no file inside tablet's storage, nor inside my SD card. Moreover, I wouldn't like to synchronize any of my notes and audios with Samsung Cloud or something.

How can I retreive my Samsung Notes files and audios?


texts: How do I reactivate Swype on a Motorola Atrix HD?

texts:
I disabled Swype on my Motorola Atrix HD. How can I get it to reactivate after turning it back on?

I went into 'Language & Input' and deselected it, but when I took the same path to turn it back on, it didn't work.


texts: What are the various technical specs of a fast charging cable?

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What technical specs do I need to look for to know a cable will be compatible with my phone?

I just bought a new Motorola G7 supra and none of my existing USB type C cables work with it. I plug it in and nothing happens, no data connection and no power connection.

I don't know if it is USB speed, amperage rating / wire gauge or something else.
Also I want to know all the the technical specs so that when I buy a spare cable I can get one at least as good as the one that came with it.

This information is helpful yet does not seem to answer my question.
How does fast charging work? Here’s every single standard compared
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-does-fast-charging-work/


texts: How do I disable this MTP connection popup upon USB cable connection?

texts:
This appears whenever I plug it in:

I have gone through all settings, tried everything. I want the MTP mode to stay on (I have no desire to enable Mass storage). I know how to invoke this window manually from within the settings.

I just want it not to pop up.

Using Lenovo A536, 4.4.4, rooted, stock ROM.
Read through the other threads, they never offer a working solution (just bogus solutions). It always seems to derail towards FTP and/or MSD and making up menu items that are absent in my phone. I have sqlite3 installed, if you know the right database and key, tell me and I can fix it.


texts: I want to have Windows in Android, Is it possible to install windows in android tablets?


texts: Welsh letters with circumflex: example - ŷ

texts:
Can these be input via my Galaxy s4 keyboard?

The example is embraced by Unicode hex 0177 and its capital version 0176. The Welsh language is not amongst the language options on this device.


texts: advanced hotspot settings in android 5.1

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After upgrading to Android 5.1.1 I have some issues with the hotspot. It works, most of the time, however at what seem to be random times it just switches off. I once half saw a message as this happened, but I only saw "Switching of hotspot because...". So I think it's a feature, not a bug. It might be related to my phone losing internet connection, as I use the hotspot on the train with poor connection quality.

In previous Android versions, I knew how to find advanced Hotspot settings. In this version, I only find very basic settings, like network name and password.

I have CyanogenOS 12.1 / Android 5.1.1 on a 1+1.
Sorry if this question has been asked before, I did not find anything recent anywhere.

Update: I saw the message on switching off now. My cell phone loses network connection, and the hotspot remains on. When it is back within cover the message reads "Switching off hotspot because SIM service change". So I'm guessing it's some kind of protection against getting overcharged for data use.
(Andyes, the laptop remains connected to the hotspot until it gets turned off)


texts: Exchange 2010 calendar synchronization problem

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I've had my HTC Incredible S for a couple of weeks now, and have only just succeeded in synchronizing my Exchange 2010 calendar with it. E-mail and contacts have been working like a charm from the beginning.

I kept getting this useless error message:

  Synchronization is experiencing problems

I tried many things, including exporting my entire calendar to file, deleting all items in my calendar, and re-importing items, but to no avail. My collegues' calendars synced just fine to my phone. For some reason my calendar just wouldn't sync.

After a lot of messing around I found that if I made a change to every single item in my calendar, e.g. changing the subject of the item, and restoring it afterwards, I was able to sync the entire calendar. Finally!

A VBA macro helped me perform this absurd task in Outlook 2010:

Sub ChangeAllItems()
  Dim myolApp As Outlook.Application
  Dim calendar As MAPIFolder
  Dim aItem As Object
  Set myolApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
  Set calendar = myolApp.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
  Dim strTemp As String
  For Each aItem In calendar.Items
    strTemp = aItem.Subject
    'Make a change to the item (subject)
    aItem.Subject = strTemp & " "
    aItem.Save
    'Restore subject line
    aItem.Subject = strTemp
    aItem.Save
  Next aItem
End Sub

This question serves two purposes; first, to help others who are experiencing the same issue; second, to help me and others understand the reasons for this strange behaviour.

Has anyone  had the same problem, but solved it differently?
Does anyone know of a reasonable explanation to this behaviour?

I would make this community wiki, but can't find the setting.