texts: Why is user and CA certificate required for IKEv2 RSA VPN?

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It should work similarly as to going to a random HTTPS website, where the supplied certificate is backed by a CA, and based on which a secure connection is made. Then authentication follows over the secure connection.

So why am I required to supply both user and CA certificates. In other words, why is it not merely an option?

Edit: now that I look at it, it seems that no user nor password can be supplied either, so the client authentication happens based on the user certificate. Only for PPTP a password is required (which is not a secure protocol anyway). So the question becomes: why have they chosen to support only IKEv2 with user certificates and not passwords. It can not be for security reasons since PPTP is supported.


texts: Rooted Galaxy Note 3 randomly restarting

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My Galaxy Note 3 recently started rebooting at random times, and I'm not sure where to start looking for the problem. I could start uninstalling apps and seeing if the problem goes away, but the restarts are usually hours or even days apart.
Is there some sort system log I should check for errors around the time of the reboot? Or any other suggestions for debugging my issue?
I apologize for the very vague problem, I just really need some advice on where to start.


texts: Is there a way to "downgrade" (revert) an HTC Desire HD to stock Froyo from Gingerbread?

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I don't have any backups or whatever. My phone isn't rooted. It updated to Gingerbread 2.3.3 OTA a couple of days ago, and I hate almost every change that it introduced.

Thanks.


texts: How can I install a CSC code which are not listed on Samsung Galaxy S/S2/S3 CSC app?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2.

I want to change its CSC to any Indian version. I came to know that ODD, INU, IND, INA, INS, IMS & REL are the Indian CSCs. But when I checked it with Samsung Galaxy S / S2/ S3 CSC, these CSCs are not listed.

How can I install a CSC which is not in the list?


texts: How to Control Volume Changes in Smaller Steps and in Lower Region?

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I have new wireless Bluetooth headset but I find that the volume control there is not sufficient with the current steps (much less volume is needed there). I would also like to have finer control of the volume band.
There appeared the sound control of Bluetooth device but it is not sufficient in the top bar as a scrollbar

Hardware: Oneplus 2
OS: CyanogenMod 13
Client: Spotify
Output client: Wireless 4.1 Bluetooth headset


texts: How to use SD card as adoptable on LG K8

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Lately I've bought LG K8 but it doesn't have much memory, so after installing few apps and updating stock apps there was about 1.5 GB remaining. Also I have an 16 GB SD card and I found that on android 6.0 SD could be used as adoptable storage so it becomes internal. I have two questions.
First: if I do that will I have more space for installing apps or I could use it just for media?
Second: how to make SD card become adoptable I searched for that option everywhere but couldn't find it, is it possible that I can't do that even I have android 6.0?


texts: What's the difference between the LG G6 model numbers h870, h870s, h870k and h870v?

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I am considering to buy a LG G6.
I am living in Germany and when I did some research, I found that the model number of the G6 version sold in Europe is 'h870'.
But I also found that there are the model numbers 'h870s', 'h870k' and 'h870v' out there.
As I wasn't able to find any difference between those four on the web, I wanted to ask if anyone could please help me with this and point out the differences (if there are any).

EDIT
Apparently there was a typo in one of my sources and there isn't a V model but a L model.
https://www.techwalls.com/lg-g6-model-numbers-differences/


texts: Factory reset a device - settings app does not work

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How can I factory reset my Arnova GBOOK tablet/e-reader?

It runs android, and now everything force closes when the device boots, inluding the settings and launcher applications.

I need to use my device - I only bought it today.

Please can someone tell me how I can get my device back? I think resetting may help...

So - how do I reset without the settings app???


texts: control charging for Samsung Galaxy S3 that is in charger 24/7

texts: I have Samsung Galaxy S3 in the charger 24/7, so it's not good for battery. How can I set charging so that the phone spends battery to say 30% before charging it to full?


texts: Seeing Huge Amount of Data Usage with Google Music

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I have recently purchased the Galaxy Nexus, and I am extremely happy with it. As part of that purchase, I decided to bring all my music into Google Music. So, I've been using Google Music on my way into and home from work (about an hour total a day) and I am seeing a huge amount of data usage from Google Music. (Everything else combined doesn't come close to what it uses.)

Here is a screenshot of my data management window:

Why is this happening? Is there anything I can do to prevent it from heavily using data like it is?


texts: Enable or disable notifications based on location on Android?

texts: I really wish that I could make my Android beep for business emails when at work, and home emails when I'm not in the office. Is there any applications that easily facilitates that?


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Phone model : Redmi s2
Ram : 3 GB
My phone is killing apps when more than one app is running.
Even when messaging apps are running like messenger. I can't use messenger when other apps are in background.
Task manager always shows 1.3-1.5 GB free memory (So, I don't think that this is because of low memory). I tried with "no restriction" options in battery saver but it doesn't help.
Is there any way of getting out of this?


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I'm in Cyanogenmod 13 and I'm having troubles getting ssh working properly.

Server:
With AuthorizedKeysFile commented in the sshd_config file, I get a weird path in logcat:

Could not open authorized keys '//.ssh/authorized_keys': No such file or directory

I set AuthorizedKeysFile and the server seems to work with no more problems.

Still I cannot get the client working:

root@i9300:/ # ssh 192.168.0.20
Could not create directory '/.ssh'.
The authenticity of host '192.168.0.20 (192.168.0.20)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts (/.ssh/known_hosts).
Permission denied (publickey).

As you can see ssh is trying to create the directory /, and we all know that it is not possible.
All of this led me to the conclusion that there might be something wrong with the environment variable HOME.

Another piece of information:

root@i9300:/ # echo $HOME
/data
root@i9300:/ # su shell
shell@i9300:/ $ echo $HOME
/

Many thanks in advance for your help!


texts: How do you delete downloaded songs in Spotify?

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I'm trying to make a Nandroid backup in TWRP but don't have enough space.  I'm pretty sure if I deleted my 500+ downloaded songs there would be enough space.

How do I clear out the Spotify songs?


texts:
I have upgraded my Samsung S5 to lollipop recently. Now I am unable to see any Sinhala fonts. Any fix for this ?

Thanks !


texts:
Can I connect an external flashlight to an Android smartphone and control it?

I've seen it done on an iPhone (YouTube video).
If it's possible, can it be done also via JavaScript?


texts: Prevent SMS deletion when removing Google Account

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Before, when I try to switch Google accounts (by removing old then adding new) my SMS got deleted. Is it possible to prevent this?

Also, if I maintain two Google accounts then later decide to remove one. Can I prevent SMS deletion?


texts: Samsung Kies 1.5 not connecting the galaxy fit device

texts: I have Samsung Galaxy fit with android 2.2 I have installed Samsung Kies 1.5 since I want to use mobile internet on desktop PC having Windows XP through USB. But when I connect my phone to PC using  data cable Kies keeps on showinf the message 'Connecting the device Please wait' for long time but it never connects. I have installed USB drivers for galaxy fit and I hope there is no prob with that part. Also USB debugging on the device is on. Can anybody help me out of this?


texts: how can I stop the Google app from randomly opening?

texts: Whenever I have my headphones in, especially when I'm listening to music, the voice app thing for Google will randomly open!! I can't seem to get it to stop! Please! Someones gotta help me!! Make it stop!! It's even opened twice during writing this!


texts: can't save phone number after reset factory

texts: I recently rooted my cellphone after reset factory , but unfortunately I can't add phone number to contacts , How I can fix it? sony xperia J 4.1.2


texts: Looking for a way to collect resource usage (processor, at least) on unrooted OS for running apps over time. This last part is crucial, since there are numerous apps presenting current usage for running applications, but i’m yet to find one which can generate statistics, collected by running in the background, for used apps over a period of time. Basically my question is a duplicate of this one, but it was last active in 2012 and also never really got an answer for realtime statistics collection.


texts: Can I install the native Android OS on a non-Google phone?

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Samsung makes up 90% of the Android market where I live, and getting a Nexus/Pixel is difficult and ridiculously expensive, but I really want the raw, native Android OS without any of the vendor's modifications, and able to update to the latest OS whenever it comes out.

If I were to buy an older, second-hand Samsung, would it be possible to root and replace the entire OS with native Android (that which you'd find on Nexus/Pixel)?  Or only some phones (if so, which)?  Or is that not possible at all?


texts: Windows claims that my device has malfunctioned?

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The issue (summarized)

My phone will not be recognized by ANY computer, regardless of OS, with or without drivers. Kies is not installed, nor Android Transfer (in the case of my iMac), and I am at my wits end. What can I do, if anything?

TL;DR

I have a bit of a problem I am completely lost with...

Bit of a backstory. Three months ago I was given a Refurbished Samsung Galaxy Avant with a one month warranty. It worked perfectly; computers recognized it and allowed me transfer files, Odin saw it (though I didn't do anything with it. I still had the warranty to wait out first), everything. Now skip forward two months.

My warranty is finally over. I got excited (all the bloatware on the thing was beginning to drive me nuts) and plugged in my phone to load it on Odin. But then Windows gave me an error: Your device is not recognized or has malfunctioned. (yadadada. Don't want to write the whole thing.). Confused, I did what every good techie does: I googled my problem. The results all said the same thing: try a new port, try a different cord, do you have drivers installed? etc.

I tried everything. I restarted my phone, restarted my phone in the stock recovery and cleared the cache, tried changing dialer settings to adm or mtp or both, I restarted my computer, I tried all my USB ports, I tried all my usb cords, tested my usb cord and ports by plugging in another phone (which it recognized properly without any difficulty.), I uninstalled and reinstalled drivers. I even went as far was factory resetting my phone and reinstalling Windows 10 (which was annoying, but I needed to anyways), to not avail. Getting desperate, I tried booting into my Ubuntu installation. Ubuntu didn't recognize it. I tried my other PC I have (running Windows 7), got the Malfunctioned error again. I even tried my late 2013 iMac (which is a completely different post I could rant about). Nothing is recognizing my phone, and I am at my wits end with what to do, if anything.

I tried taking it back to where it was purchased from, but they told me they can't do anything about it. It was two months past warranty and it charges just fine. Computers just won't recognize it or the internal SD card.

What I have tried:

different USB cord / cables (including the cable I used a few nights before for flashing another device)
different USB port
tested both ports and cords by plugging in a different Samsung device, which it recognized and opened properly (so I'm 99% sure it isn't drivers)
went to dialer settings (*#0808#) and changed to mtp+adm.
went to stock recovery and cleared cache
factory reset phone
reinstalled Windows 10 (really wasn't that desperate. Needed to reinstall anyways)
uninstalled and reinstalled drivers
tried different computers
tried different OSes (including Windows 10, Windows 7, Ubuntu 14.04, and El Capitan) of which none will open or recognize my phone
removing and putting back sim card (weird trick some claim it works)
turning on/off developer mode/debugging in settings
Even one or two highly recommended rooting apps were tried.
I have literally almost tried everything.

Any help whatsoever will be helpful and sorry for all the information! I just wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything... Thank you! <3

if you ask why I am so desperate for root on an otherwise perfectly working phone: I dislike KitKat (give me lollipop, marshmallow, or even jellybean any day of the week), and all these built in bloatware is driving me crazy and I want to get rid of them


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I have an HTC One Mini 2, lately the GPS apps have not been working.
It locates btwn 14 - 23 satellites, but it doesn't gt any FIX.
Google Maps and Here Maps do not work well and locks at a position usually about 2kms away.
I have tried several GPS diagnosis apps on Play store, all I still get is NO FIX.
I also have set the GPS positioning mode to High Accuracy, all to no avail.

Help needed please.


texts: Google play store does not show all persmissions at app install

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So recently, I was searching for a news app that needs few permissions as possible.

I found an app called Flipboard. Google play said I need to allow the following:

Identity
Photos/Media/Files

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)

I was satisfied with those permissions (left screenshot) and installed the app. Then I went to Privacy Guard (right screenshot; I have CM installed) to check if the permissions match.

The permissions not only not match but there are additional that I would never allow, like reading my SMS or Read Calendar information.

Another strange thing is, that on the google play web page there is another set of permissions:

This app has access to:
Identity

find accounts on the device

Photos/Media/Files

test access to protected storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage

Other

receive data from Internet
full network access
prevent device from sleeping
view network connections

I know there can be additional permissions added with updates, but I never updated the app.

To me it seems google/apps are misleading users and it seems very illegal to me.

Am I missing something here or is my complain justified?


texts: How does handover from wifi to gprs work?

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I start a google hangouts call and I'm connected to wifi.
Then when I leave home, the call is handed over from wifi to GPRS.
How is this done?
Does the app help doing the handover or is this transparent to the app?

When switching to GPRS, the phone gets a new ip address, so a new connection is necessary, right?


texts:
For some reason, whenever I try to edit a detail of any contact, after selecting the detail to type, my cursor gets jumped to the "First Name".

Is there a way I can reset all the settings for the contacts app and start fresh?

My OS is the stock ICS that comes with Sony Xperia S.


texts: Sync _all_ music in Google Play Music to local storage

texts: This might sound a little crazy, but I'd like to sync my entire Google Play Music collection to my external SD card on my Galaxy S5. Is there a setting in Google Play Music which will sync everything? I know I can specify where I'd like things to go, but is there a global sync all setting?


texts: Updating an App Cloned with Parallel Space

texts:
I just found that Parallel Space lets you clone apps, for example, you can have two Whatsapp accounts at the same time.

What happens when the app (Whatsapp in the example) is updated? Does the cloned version updates automatically or it remains with the previous version?


texts: Asus Zenfone 5 stuck at obtaining IP address from office's Wi-Fi, but works well on other Wi-Fi

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I have an Asus Zenfone 5 running Android 4.3. Most of the Wi-Fi I try to connect to gets connected to the device, but when I try to connect it to my office's Wi-Fi it get stuck at obtaining IP address.

How should I resolve this issue?


texts: How to remove other apps icons (like Skype or WhatsApp) from contact and phone app?

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I would like to keep Skype Mobile installed but get rid of its icons from contacts AND/OR from being asked whether I want to make a call to the contact through Skype or other similarly annoying application. Is there any facility in Android that allows me to keep the control of that? Uncle Google isn't much helpful in that matter.

Moreover I have two Skype icons per contact on my phone. And that the thing that hits my taste.

Phone details: Sony Xperia S, Android 4.1.2


texts: How can I stop Hootsuite from trying to send this failing message?

texts:
So I try to send a tweet from hootsuite about this really nice beer I had. It was a nice beer, and a nice tweet, and nothing weird about it at the time.

The message send failed -- see screenshot, below.

The message cannot be found in hootsuite --  the message doesn't appear in my twitter feed, nor in "sent messages" (of course) -- the "Pending" tab is empty.

The message send KEEPS failing -- even though I've posted other messages from Hootsuite to Twitter since then. The message keeps trying to resend (and fail) every few minutes [no idea of actual frequency, but if I dismiss the message, it reappears sooner or later].


texts: List body sensors available on Android devices

texts: How can I list body sensors available on Android devices?


texts: How to connect Galaxy Spica 2.1 to tv using RCA/ Phono cable

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I bought an RCA phono cable 3.5mm. Connected it to my phone and to my tv but I only hear the audio that I play.
I wanna watch the movies of my phone on the tv.
Any help?


texts: What is the file path of a sd card when it is formatted as internal?

texts: I know that sd cards formatted as "portable" will be located in /storage/sdcard<1,0>/ but where would a sd card be mounted or located when it is formatted as internal?


texts: How do I solve these problems when flashing Samsung Galaxy J5 (SM-J510FN)?

texts:
The Iusse

Well, this is normally a simple task but I have a lot of problems. I hope you can help me. To begin, let's explain the situation: I have an SM-J510FN device with firmware from Spain to which, according to what I have been told, the unlock pattern was changed and the owner does not remember it, so he can not unlock the phone.

What I've tried

1: The first thing I did was enter Recovery mode with Power + Volume Up + Home. After showing me the android icon looking for updates, I get a screen that says "Sin comandos" ("No commands") for a few seconds. Then the menu appears in which I choose "Wipe data / factory reset". When doing this, this message appears in red:

E:format_volume: make ext4 failed on /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdate with 1(I/O error)

2: After this failure, I downloaded Odin3 (V3.12), Samsung drivers and a firmware from sammobile, the most updated with Android 7 for this device, which is not rooted (I say in case it has something to do with the problems )

I open Odin, I select the firmware where it says "AP", I connect the phone and start it with Power + Volume Down + Home, and the screen that says "Downloading, Do not turn off target" appears. In the log, odin says:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

I configure the options in this way:

After a few minutes in which progress bars in Odin and on the phone are advancing, and messages appear in the log, Odin looks like this:

Obviously, the phone restarts, but it does not start the system normally. Return to the Recovery menu, the same one that I entered to try de factory reset. Select "Reboot system now" and this time if it enters the system... but the same system, with the same unlock pattern. Nothing has changed.

I tried to go back to the Recovery menu in case at least the error had been fixed when I tried to do the factory reset, but it was still the same,

I have to say that I have tried the same with previous versions, even with Android 6 that is the one that comes from factory, but the problem is the same.

3: I tried exactly the same as before, only adding Odin a PIT file for this device and checking the option of "Re-Partition", but the result is the same: Odin does everything he has to do without giving any error, but when it's over, the phone restarts and everything stays the same.

I do not know what else I can try to restart this device. Any ideas?


texts: How can I circumvent regional restrictions in Google's Play Store?

texts:
I'm travelling to country X. I want to install an application which isn't available in my country, but is available in country X; but I prefer to download and install it in advance, while the data connection is still cheap.

Unfortunately, the Play Stores does not allow me to install this app. Is there any way to circumvent this limitation?


texts: How to exclude an app from Force Dark Mode?

texts:
So Basically I want to exclude only one app (Ratio launcher if it matters) and found no apparent way to do it easily. Closest I got while searching, I came across DarQ. It allows to apply dark mode to specific apps. But the problems with this are as:

I do not want to include app as there are 250+ apps on my phone
(don't ask me what do I do with them cause even I don't know ha!) so
just ticking all of them does not seem feasible as I want it all
over the place and not on specific app only. There is no way to
backup app list as well so not just a one time hussle.

It needs to plug in my phone to PC and run their script everytime I
restart my phone.

Even when I do not restart my phone but leave it alone for a while
on battery saver mode and open an app, dark mode is gone again. Open
DarQ only to find out it needs me to run that script again.

Installing a new app does not add it to the list automatically so I
have to start all over everytime I install a new app or uninstall
and reinstall an existing app.

So obviously far from ideal. But even if it did work flawlessly, it would be a more feasible solution for me to have exclude dark mode functionality then include dark mode one. Would be so much better if it were just builtin to the system's Force Dark mode.
P.S. My phone isn't rooted. Any suggestion which might better situation even a bit might be good as well.


texts: It's possible to use Miracast with a Moto G5 Plus and Android H96 Pro TV box?

texts:
I'm trying to connect my Moto G5 Plus phone to my new H96 Pro+ tv box without success.

I connect both to the same network but can't transmit screen. It simply won't appear as a device in Miracast.

Is this a problem with Moto G5 that doesn't have this feature or there is any workaround ?


texts: Internal storage displays as empty when connected to PC

texts: My HTC One M9, when connected as a MTP device to my PC shows the correct portion of free memory to used memory, but when I try to access the files, it says this folder is empty. Any ideas? I am running android 6.0


texts:
I only want the "CLI" interface on my android device. I search online for a clean Andoid version that has no GUI but I had no luck finding any. Is there a way I can uninstall or remove GUI from my android device?

Thank you,


texts: How can I restrict the gallery to one folder on the Galaxy S?

texts:
When I go to the Galaxy S's gallery app, it shows me every JPG/PNG it can find on my SD card, including album art.

Is there a way of stopping this so it's filtered?


texts: My WhatsApp messages have been delayed and I believe it is because of the power saving being on. I want to keep it on because my battery drains, but WhatsApp does not seem to be in the unmonitored apps list. Is this normal or how do I resolve? I'm on a Galaxy S6


texts: Where can I find a thorough introduction to Android?

texts:
I recently bought an Android product (HOTT MD500), with no English-language manual. I've used Linux for more than 10 years, so I generally have no difficulty adapting to various interface changes, but the conventions used on the Android interface are a bit alien to me:

How to close programs.
How to switch between open programs. Are they even open still?
How to properly shut the device down.
When to use the SD card, when to use the internal flash drive for storage.
What tasks it is capable of doing.
What version it is. How to upgrade. Or should I?
What its limitations are..
What not to do so that I don't break it.

Is there a good manual which provides an introduction to all of this?


texts: One of my Whatsapp voice notes saved is not starting with PTT; what does it mean

texts: Whether whatsapp voice message be saved other than name starting with PTT; if so what does it mean...why its not stored with the mobile number details along with it; I deleted one of my contact; I have a voice note; but its not starting with PTT; its a alphanumeric number; and I could not find the mobile number associated..


texts: android phone + mobile network + chromecast

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I have unlimited mobile data on my phone. but i want to cast to the chromecast. But i cant find a way to do that using my current knowledge.

the setup require .
data streaming using mobile data in mobile
and casting using wifi from mobile.

i tried to connect to guest mode. but that allows only limited apps allowed by chromecast to cast to the device.

is there anyother options.


texts: Why does my Android have an 8MB hosts file blocking thousands of sites?

texts:
Background: my Android is the only source of internet I have - I use it as a hotspot while at home.

I have been noticing strange behavior out of my Desktop PC recently: sites like Amazon were not styled, and Yelp.com wouldn't work at all (as if it didn't exist)! Then, I attempted to use Yelp while I had WAMP running on my PC, and it redirected to my local website.

I soon discovered it was not a hosts file on my PC causing the issue, but the host file of my Android device from which my internet was coming.

I grabbed a terminal emulator from the Play Store and cat'd my hosts file into a text file, then retrieved it from my phone. It was 8.12MB, and it blocks 283,000 websites by redirecting their names to 127.0.0.1.

What is this madness? Most of these sites appear to be spam or inappropriate, but why are they blocked in this manner? Does Google do this? Why is Yelp.com blocked!? And why are Amazon's CDN servers blocked, too?

For now I think I'm going to manually edit the hosts file on my phone to get around this, but I would really like some answers, if anyone has any!

Thanks!


texts: How to disable heads up notifications and immersive mode?

texts:
I recommended purchasing android smart phone (moto e 2015 with android 5.0.2) to a non-technical savy friend of mine and he did. Few UI aspects of android always annoy newcomers.

One such is incoming call arriving as heads-up notification. I want to disable heads-up notifications for incoming calls or maybe system-wide. Is there any way to do so. The device is not rooted and runs stock android 5.0.2. I already tried this HeadsOff app and it doesn't allow me to select Phone app in free mode.

Also the device has on-screen navigation buttons alone, like in nexus devices. Whenever any app, say a game takes immersive mode the navbar is hidden and the user feels crazy. Is there any way to disable immersive mode for any or all apps? The device is not rooted and runs stock android 5.0.2.


texts: If a Android device is turned off, does the alarm sound?

texts:
If a alarm is set and a Android device gets turned off (for whatever reason), does the alarm still sound?

I want to generically refer to Android (latest version if it makes any difference) and we are talking about stock Android


texts: Bought eBay Galaxy Tab 4, Has SureMDM Nix Installed, Won't let me wipe

texts:
So I purchased a Galaxy Tab 4 off eBay, and it has SureMDM Nix installed, and will not allow me to do anything with the device. I do not have access to the home page, google search, airplane mode, nothing to bypass this MDM.

I can't even plug the device into my computer as USB Debug Mode isn't enabled and I can't use the ADB commands either. I'm at a loss.

Is there anyway to get around this?


texts: What apps are prevented from Amazon Fire tablet

texts:
I am thinking of getting an Amazon Fire tablet HD 8 however I have heard that Amazon restrict the apps that can be installed on it. Is this the case? Or is it just the Google Play store is not available? Because I've also read that because it's android based, it is possible to install google play store.
Can apks be downloaded / installed from other sources? Specifically I need to know if particular apps are available on it (FlipAClip, Soundtrap) as not having these would be a deal breaker.


texts: What is the analogy of the X Server on Android?

texts:
I know well the desktop world of the Android and I am currently digging for, how does it work.
I think, because multiple processes (apps) can interact simultanously with the desktop, some central service (process) should exist to collect their change requests and unite them into an always consistent form (for example, if the content of a window changes while it is not visible, then the change should be invisible on the screen - until that window does not go into the front). Only this process has direct access to the frame buffer of the display (i.e. only it can directly change the pixels).
In the Linux/Unix world, this is being done by the X Server. The processes (apps) interact with the X Server on Unix sockets.
On Windows, as far I know, it is a kernel feature (thus, there is no specific process for that), and the processes interact with it on LPC (local procedure calls, windows-specific user space - kernel space communication mechanism).
On the net around, there is a huge mass of detailed documentation about the app-level interface, but nothing about this deeper internals.
How does it work on Android?


texts: Safety of a Galaxy Note 7 with a non-factory battery

texts:
Backstory The now-infamous Galaxy Note7 was recalled by Samsung twice (and finally completely canceled) for its exploding batteries. After Samsung's long investigation into the cause of the explosions, they determined that the only issue both the original and post-recall models of the Note7 were manufacturing issues with the batteries themselves, as reported by The Verge.

Question Given that the only things making the Note7s explosive is their batteries, is it reasonably safe to pick up an explosive Note7 and immediately replace its battery with one not made by Samsung? And is there a Note7 replacement battery available that's not one of the Samsung originals that will explode? If this is possible, it might be possible to get an amazing (and safe) phone quite cheaply.

Note: I have no plans to do any such thing even if it is technically safe and I highly discourage others from trying to buy/use a Note 7.


texts: Is there any way to use "alarm tones" as ringtones?

texts: I have the straighttalk Optimus fuel. In browsing" alarm tones" there are 2 - forest festival and morning cello I would like to make use as ringtones but they are not in that section... is there anyway to get them?


texts: Differences in battery information and phones printed labels

texts:
I just run across this today:
The value for battery current capacity printed on the battery of some Samsung Android devices are different than the numbers printed on the label on the phone (underneath the battery).
I tested 4 models (Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Pocket); The only consistent one was S3 (Phone label was 2100mA and battery was 2100mAh)
On S4, battery is 2600mAh, but the printed label is like this:

  RATED : 3.8 V ... 1300 mA

What's the difference between these two numbers and why on some phones these two values are not equal? Thanks in advance


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I have a few screenshots of an application that I want to display on a website.

I remember there used to be a web site that had all the "frames" or "skins" of Android devices; you would upload your screenshot and it would embed them in the frame and you would get images like this:

I can't seem to be able to find the site or these "frames". Can anyone please point me to a direction where I can get these frames?

p.s. I can do photoshop myself if I can get these "frames" (or whatever they're called).


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I am using Motorola Moto X4 regular variant running android oreo 8.0.

device not rooted
not given permission for Unknown sources to install
using stock launcher, stock os
reset after oreo update

Before Oreo, device running in nougat with 66 apps installed (shown in Settings). After Oreo update I have done a factory reset, and skipped restoring one app with data, then settings showed 61 apps installed. But, if you count them it will be only 55 showed there. I don't have previous experiences with moto devices. Why such differences occur?


texts: How can I record sound before outputting?

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I have some apps that I want to record the output sounds locally before outputting to speaker, Bluetooth or any other output.
So I get clean unadulterated audio, before any audio output mods.

My devices are rooted, some have custom ROMs.

Is there a way to do this internally, without any programming/coding knowledge? Can this be accomplished? Preferably with out hooking to PC as that prevents local saving.

include steps.
include references

Please excuse lack of tags, limited on choices.


texts: Remove lock or enable usb debugging on non-rooted phone?

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So my little sister locked herself out of her phone which was not rooted, had no recovery software (Cwm, Xrec, etc.) installed on it, and has usb debugging and auto-mount disabled. We don't know the google account associated with the phone. Basically all I have is the phone and a usb cable. Is there a way to get the user data out of it? Adb won't recognise the device btw. I do apologise if it's a stupid question. The phone automatically connected to the wifi, and I'm on Linux, if that helps.

Update: managed to get into recovery but adb only recognises the device in sideload mode.


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I am planing to buy Samsung Galaxy S5 phone. However, I am confused between the variants of this phone. The following versions are available in my country but when I click on each of the variants, the site doesn't specify any difference between the versions.

Samsung Galaxy S5 3G G900H
Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900H
Samsung Galaxy S5 4G LTE G900F

What are the differences between these variants? Especially between

1 & 2
2 & 3


texts: Is it possible to schedule a Nandroid backup for a particular time on a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 running CM9 and the Siyah Kernel? How would one accomplish this?


texts: How to run regular google maps on android go?

texts: I'm trying to install the regular heavy version android google maps from play store but it only brings up google maps go. What should I do to fix this?


texts: Screen recording tool for the samsung galaxy tab

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible record videos of my screen?

IS there an available video screen recording tool for the samsung galaxy tab, or any other android device, Thanks


texts: Forgot lock pattern in One plus one phone

texts:
My girlfriend set a pattern lock for One plus one phone and she cannot remember the pattern now. I have a very sensitive data and also many valued pics. kindly help me recover the data or remove the lock.

Please please please please help me. I am in big trouble without the data.

I spoke to One plus customer service rep, they said reset is the only option. But i will loose the data and I can't afford to loose the data.


texts: Oppo find 7: bootloader re-lock impossible?

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I tried to relock the bootloader on my Find 7 (which I'm pretty sure was unlocked since I installed a custom rom).

fastboot oem lock
...

After that nothing. Windows console is "stuck".
Any clue?


texts:
What are the features that TouchWiz has that vanilla Android does not have?

This question is similar to What are the features that HTC Sense has that vanilla Android does not have? but for Samsung TouchWiz.


texts: Generate all gallery thumbnails 'at one time', not 'on demand'

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Context:

Hello, I am an amateur photographer and I recently moved from an old iPad to a Galaxy Tab S 10.5 with custom rom, Android 6.

On the iPad the thumbnails were created while importing photos from iTunes, and even at the first time I opened the gallery everything was there.

Now I just copy a Photo folder into the root of my microSD card and I use QuickPic Gallery (but any other gallery is the same) to view the photos. I have 2-3k pictures and every time I open a gallery for the first time i see only black squares and they slowly appear, same story when I open a photo full-screen.

Short story:

Pictures that I copy into the microSD card have no thumbnails.

I don't want to wait for the creation on-the-fly when I open a folder or manually open everything after copying so the next time will be cached!

How can I trigger the creation of all necessary thumbnails just after I copied my photos?

Thanks


texts:
I currently have an Alcatel OT-997D which has the MTK6577 chipset and runs ICS 4.04. I've looked mostly through threads at xda-devs and I've tried various root methods including: "root many android" - I get "mount access denied", "ICS/JB Universal root" - When trying to update in stock recovery the file fails verification, "MTK Droid root" - Reboots phone and backup/restore prompts appear but no results.

Does anyone know any other "universal" rooting methods or ones specific to my device?


texts: Can I set a macro to delete media from a particular Whatsapp group or contact?

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Is it possible to set up a macro using Macro Droid, Tasker, or any other automation app which will delete all the media received from a particular Whatsapp group or from some specific contacts.

I am running Android 6.0 Marshmallow on a non-rooted Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML with stock ROM.


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I've had my phone for months, loading with several firmware, ROMs and OTAs, without ever running this command.  What does it do?

What I know is that "fastboot oem unlock" displays the confirmation screen and obliges me to wipe my device data, and that "fastboot oem unlock" is the first step to flashing firmware unto my phone.

Am I okay not relocking my phone?


texts: BT connectivity(connection / unpair) is not working properly

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I am working on Toradex apalis imx6q with Android Nougat. When we try remove the paired device(bu clicking unpair), unpair was done properly. But, still music playing on bluetooth headsets.

Steps::

1.Go BT and connect your phone.

2.start play music.

3.go to BT(headset/phone) and unpair the device.

Observation::

still song/error is playing in the bluetooth headset.

Regards,
VinothS


texts: Android phone will only boot into recovery and boot loader

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My HTC one will only boot into the recovery or the bootloader. I am trying to flash a stock ROM to my phone from the terminal on my mac, but I am getting this error:

Mikes-MacBook-Air:HTCOneRoot Mike$ ./fastboot-mac flash zip ATT-3.17.502.3-Stock-Rooted-DEODEX.zip
sending 'zip' (1114992 KB)...
OKAY [ 37.597s]
writing 'zip'...
FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 37.618s

Mikes-MacBook-Air:HTCOneRoot Mike$


texts: Firmware upgrade encountered error when going into Recovery Mode

texts: My Galaxy GT-N8000 is showing this message Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I cannot enter into recovery mode. It keeps showing the same message. What can I fix this?


texts: Is it safe to remove SD card with phone turned off?

texts: I know that you are supposed to unmount an SD card before removing it, but I dropped my phone in water and turned it off immediately. I want to remove the sim card/SD card tray, but not sure if it will cause data loss.


texts: Are lower-end phones just as moddable as flagships?

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After a long time in the waiting, I finally have an excuse to upgrade from an iPhone (5s) to an Android. As a tech enthusiast and general superuser, the freedom to do what I want as far as customisability and general tinkering with the software is almost entirely the reason I've gone off iPhones and am looking for an Android. I'm bored of playing in the garden and it's time to climb the wall.

However, I'm also on a low income, which means I'm still very much limited by budget (less than £200, let's say, although the lower the better), and as someone who knows very little about the Android mobile market, I'm wondering how realistic it will be for me to satisfy both desires in a single phone.

I'm not asking for product recommendations per se, just wondering in general terms, based on the state of the market, what the situation is. Are most phones of this range just as malleable software-wise as flagships, or are they not? If they are, which ones in particular should I avoid?


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I am having trouble trying to root my Acer Iconia A100 with Android 4.0.3. I have tried several rooting methods and they always fail.

I have the USB debugging enabled, and all the adblock or antivirus apps are off.

I've tried all of these:

SRSRoot
KingoRoot
KingRoot
Z4root
How to Root Acer Iconia A100 Tablet

Am I just missing a step somewhere?

Here is the report from the SRSroot app:

---= SRS One-Click-Root v5.1 =---

11:29:11 AM - Starting ADB Server..
11:29:16 AM - Manufacturer: Acer
11:29:16 AM - Model: A100
11:29:16 AM - Android Version: 4.0.3
11:29:16 AM - Build ID: Acer_AV041_A100_1.049.00_PA_CUS1
11:29:16 AM - Board ID: vangogh
11:29:16 AM - Chipset Platform: tegra
11:29:16 AM - Getting OffSets.. : 0xd9f0 0xaf47 (True)
11:29:17 AM - Query Server for Best Method.. Found Rootkit: 4

    ----= Start Rooting Process.. Please Wait =----

11:29:17 AM [+] Testing exploit: root8 (please wait..)
11:29:39 AM [+] Executing root8 exploit Failed.

11:29:39 AM Auto Root Failed on this device. :(

11:29:39 AM Rebooting Device and try again...

On the Kingo, when I run the Windows application to root the Android it always says that rooting was successful, but when I try to do anything that requires root (like installing busybox) on the Android, it always fails.  Then when I restart the android the rooting is gone.

So, I can root it with Kingo, and if I use SRSRoot after that, it says the android is, indeed rooted, but it doesn't persist.  When I reboot the Android then run the SRSrootkit then it sees that the Android is not rooted (even though it seemed to be before reboot) and it cannot root it itself.

Using the unlockr method, I find that the batch file reports mkdir failed for /data/local/tools, permission denied with subsequent permissions errors.  And so that method is not able to get root either.


texts:
The other day I sideloaded an application and my screen froze, then turned white.  After I restarted my device, it just showed white lines on a black screen.  Sometimes it turns white, sometimes it has lines (rarely).

How can I fix this?


texts: How to install same app more than once on same device

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is it possible to have multiple instances of the same app (logged in to different accounts)?

I want to install same app more than once on same device. For example: I want to install facebook application 5 times with different accounts.

Is it possible or not?


texts: Android 5.1.1 (CyanogenMod CM12.1) - problem Multimedia - pls HELP

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I have an Alcatel One Touch Pop C7 (7041X) that is still a phone, but with too old software - Android 4.0.2, which not allow install of most the apps who I have interested.
I decided to upgrade it to the above level.
My goal was to achieve optimum functionality of device and durability of the battery.
I tried a lot of variants. Тhe most appealing to me stayed the version CyanogenMod CM12.1_StableEdition_V2.

This customROM (Android 5.1.1 (LolliPop)) is perfect in every way except the Multimedia. In my opinion the problem comes from the used decoders and encoders ... or more precisely in their settings ...I read on the Internet and maked a lot of experiments ... but alas with no result ...!
Now will be glad if I eliminate this problem with your help ...!
One quick word about the problem or at least what the most annoys me.
The problem appears when I try to watch TV online with the Da Player app (play streaming video in format *.m3u8). The application itself installs normally, loading the playlist also works, but when playing whoever it is channel, it previews the following (see attachment screen ) without sound.

I want to emphasize that on the same phone, but installed Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) - this effect is not observed - the app (Da Player) works fine.

The phone is rotatable and has an MT6582 processor.

I would be really glad if anybody would cooperate ...

Thanks in advance !


texts:
I just purchased the 8pen keyboard last night, and one frustration I'm having is that I keep having to look around my finger to figure out where the next letter is.

I found this blog post from November saying that the keyboard was now free and also updated to, among other things, include a preview popup that would show where the letters are.

The bit about the app being free is definitely outdated, as there is no free app on the marketplace and the links it includes are dead. It would seem that the preview popup is also gone.

I'm hoping someone can help me either to get the preview popup in my version (2.0.3), or help me find the version that has the preview popup.


texts: SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor is not listed on Widgets selection screen

texts:
On my Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300) with the latest stock ROM there are following files present in /system/app:

SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.apk (484 kb -rw-r-r--)
SamsungWidget_ProgramMonitor.odex (5829 kb -rw-r-r--)

but the widget is not listed in "Apps and widgets", so I can't add it to the home screen.

How to add it?

Below is a picture of the widget. This is not a screenshot of my phone.


texts: Avvio 792 4.2.2 Jelly Bean - ring time too short

texts:
Very new at Android, sincere apologies if asking incorrectly, just joined.

Ring time for incoming calls is only 15 seconds.  Just enough time to go to voice mail by the time I dig phone out of backpack or break my neck running to get it, let alone find it.

Can apparently only be reset in 5 second increments up to 30 seconds by dialing 61*local provider voicemail code30#.

Service provider is Claro in Colombia.  Appears to be due to no MMS available.  Is this due to phone itself, or due to local service provider?

Can this be reset on the device itself?  Is there anything in the code that can be modified?

Thanks!


texts: Apply manual update on Xoom without an OTG cable

texts:
So the ICS update came out for Xoom and applying it is straight forward enough - pretty much like in any other case. Except, it seems to require the OTG cable.

Would anybody know a way to do that without using such cable? I mean, applying the patch either from the internal memory or from the sd mount?


texts: Mute all notification sound except Call Message and WhatsApp to be on Vibration Mode

texts:
I have a brand new Galaxy S10. I would like to keep the phone in mute mode but want the phone to vibrate if there is any Call, SMS or any WhatsApp notification.

How to do this? I do not wish to root the phone as of now.


texts: Are non-Google emails stored only locally when using the Gmail app?

texts:
The Gmail app allows to add non-Google email provides (via POP and IMAP).

Is it mentioned somewhere that the emails pulled from these providers stay on the device and are not stored/shared with Google?

Note: I have marked my own question as duplicate (and not deleted it) because there is another one which is strikingly similar, but the answer is purely speculative.


texts: Can't launch Google Now with swipe up from home key

texts:
I googled it and found that this may be what many people were looking for but I don't know why it started to behave like this.

I do find the swiping up from home button gesture useful for me to launch Google search but somehow it stop working. There usually should be a semicircle with 'Google' on top when halfway swiping up but what I get now is a search icon that function as it will launch last used app (if swiping gesture is done in launcher) or will do nothing (when gesture done in any app other than launcher). I did not disable Google Search, reboot didn't help, and clearing cache of Google search didn't help too.

I don't know what I did to get this as a result. Any clue on what's happening? Nexus 7 2013 stock kitkat

Edit: Dolphin browser is causing this. Uninstalled it and everything's back to normal


texts: Where can I get the stock untouched ROM for HTC Desire C?

texts: I just checked XDA Developers, and I can't find the stock ROM for HTC Desire C. Is it actually discontinued, and is my desire outdated?


texts: USB Flash Drive is not recognised on Android phone

texts:
I bought the Wansenda S100 OTG USB Flash Drive 32GB USB 2.0 For Android Devices/PC/Tablet/Mac with the intention to load MP3 music on it and play it on my android phone.

When I insert the flash drive into my phone, the phone doesn't seem to recognise it.

What I would like is for the phone to auto recognise and load the content of the flash drive so that I can select the songs I would like to play. The music will be played via bluetooth on a megaboom speaker.

Can anyone advise me how to make this happen?

Thank You!


texts: Transferring  files directly between Tablet and Phone

texts:
I want to copy files between my tablet (Toshiba AT100 with Android 4.0) and phone (Samsung Nexus S with Android 4.1) using the USB cable.

The tablet has a USB host port and once connected, the phone senses the host and asks to go into USB Storage mode. All looks good, select copy on the tablet, navigate to the mounted USB0 and to the desitred folder on the phone. However, selecting paste gives an access error. I assume it is a permission error. How do I fix this and allow the transfer. Do I need certain file explorer apps or is there a setting?


texts: Why is SafeStrap disabled on my Motorola Droid 3 (Verizon)?

texts:
I decided that I wanted to try out Ubuntu touch, but I don't want to put it on my current phone, so I decided to try to put it on my old Droid 3.

I followed these instructions to root the phone:

How To Install CyanogenMod Android for Motorola Droid 3

All of the scripts were successful and I am able to run SafeStrap under root permissions. I installed the Recovery. BootStrap says that Safe System is not active.

When I reboot, the Safe Strap screen pops up. I press the menu button to start the recovery and I get a black screen. I noticed that when it starts up it says SafeStrap: Disabled in red.

How can I get SafeStrap to work?


texts: How can I prevent my phone from vibrating when service is lost or re-acquired?

texts:
I find it annoying when I'm in an area with poor service, that my phone vibrates every 15 seconds to tell me that service has been lost, or re-aquired.  How can I disable this vibration?

I have a Nexus 4 with CyanogenMod 10.1.0 (Android 4.2.2).

EDIT: As noted in the (so far) only answer, I can disable all vibrations.  I may resort to this, but this is not really what I'm looking for. I'd like to continue with vibrations for other notifications, if possible.


texts: How do I see current average battery statistics on Android 5.1.1 & Nexus 5

texts:
I want to see what my current, calculated standby and daily battery life statistics are before Android M is available on my device, so I can see if I've actually an improvement.

Is it possible for me to see such stats on the phone itself?


texts: I recently switched from a iPhone to an LG G2 and now my phone won't receive texts. But it is sending them just fine.


texts: Forced Factory Reset on Android TV (reboot loop)

texts:
My Android Sony Bravia has the boot-loop problem. It turns on, gets to the Sony logo, reboots, infinitely. Sometimes it gets to the android logo but never further than that.

So I am following the instructions from Sony, after about 20 trials and after reading that you are supposed to press the volume down button lightly I finally managed to see the green light. However after that it restarts and the loops simply continues. What am I doing wrong? Is this an indication, that there is a hardware problem? Can I deduce from this, that the motherboard is working, but that there is perhaps a faulty power cable? Or could this be a software problem?

I also tried to flash the firmware via USB, which didn't work.


texts: Notification symbol that looks like a droplet in a circle - what is it?

texts: Is anyone able to identify this notification symbol for me?


texts:
Until KitKat I was able to silence a device completely by simply pressing volume-down. Repeat presses first reached "vibrate" and then "not even vibrate". This is very handy just before meetings/lectures/..

Now with Lollipop pressing all the way down reaches just "vibrate".

How do I recover the ability to completely silence Lollipop using the volume-down button?

I am aware of the power-saving widget, but I'd still like to sync while the device is silenced.


texts: How do I plug in an emoticon into my keyboard

texts:
I have the original Swype keyboard on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). When I type some words, sometimes some emoticons appear, and I can click on them to insert them into the text flow.

This is handy at times, but I would like to address two issues:

If I am missing an emoticon which I frequently use, can I download one and "plug it into a word", in a special settings area, so that then, when I type or swipe that word, it shows up.
How do I associate a set of emoticons with ASCII smiley, so that when I type that one smiley, different choices for that ASCII smiley appear, from which I can select one (while also being able to opt for the classical funny looking ASCII smiley at the same time)?

Perhapsthis would be a better post for the User Experience or Software Recommendations site.

Please let me know.

Thanks.

P.S., the stock SMS app on my device does some ASCII smiley to emoticon conversion automatically. I think this is a feature that must be dealt with. I am aware of some of the limitations with this though, as I know SMS are sent over the network as ASCII without embedded emoticons, and MMS is expensive.


texts: Set TreehouseGO app to use the memory card for downloads?

texts:
I installed the TreehouseGo app on my wife's Galaxy S4 phone so that she can entertain our daughter while she goes on a trip with her. However, when I tried to download some episodes, I found that there is only 9 MB available to it and that it won't download anything as a result.

So, I went out and got a 64 GB mini SD card, but the app didn't see the new storage. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but it still only sees the internal memory.

How do I get the app to see the SD card so that I can download some of the videos? I can't seem to find any settings for that in either the app or the App Manager settings for the phone.


texts: If an application halts, I would like push notification, no pop-up

texts:
Each time an application halts, a pop-up appears, whose OK button is grayed out for one second. It blocks the screen. This can be really annoying.

If there is no possibility to get rid of that popup, and instead simply have a standard notification appear in the notification bar? I see no need to confirm that some app has crashed.


texts: How to use Network Time Protocol (NTP) on Android?

texts: Is there any way to sync time using NTP with a time server such as NIST Internet Time Servers on Android?


texts: WiFi Tablet makes Phone activate Hotspot

texts:
Is there anyway to make a phone with android 4.3 automatically activate it's wifi hot spot at the request of a nearby android tablet.

For example, the tablet can message the phone via blue tooth to activate the phones WiFi Hotspot.

This is so that the user doesn't need to take the phone out of the pocket to activate the Hotspot before using the Internet on the tablet, for example.


texts:
I have been searching internet for hours.  Ran over my phone so LCD not working.
Does not appear I had debug activated on this phone.   Phone comes up locked and I can't unlock it.    Any suggestions.  Really need help as is a work phone.
I can connect ph to computer how do I bypass this so I can backup all my contracts and get my photos.


texts: How do I find out if an app can be moved to the SD card before I install it?

texts: Is there a way I can do this?  Too many times I install an app, only to uninstall it, because it can't be moved to SD.


texts: Comprehensive list of Android apps that detect and don't work with rooted phones

texts:
I've been trying to determine if there is a comprehensive list of Android apps that have root detection built in and do not run if root is detected. Examples would be Good for Enterprise, Fox Digital Copy, Barclays Mobile Banking, and DIRECTV GenieGO.

Is there such a list?


texts: need to install gtalk on my HCL X1 tab and also Skype

texts:
My tab uses 2.3.3 android version and I need to install Gtalk and Skype. As I read thro threads only after 2.3.4 gtalk is available. But any methods available for Gtalk on 2.3.3? also on skype
Please help


texts: VNC android app which takes native control of touch as a mouse

texts: I've been trying to install a linux distribution onto my android tablet for some time now and have done so but have recently stumbled upon a problem. When connecting the mouse, naturally the app does not support dragging windows or scrolling or right mouse click. I was wondering if there was any way to have these things supported by any VNC app. Either that or an alternative way to install linux as a rom.


texts: Can I restore a deleted site to the Chrome search homepage?

texts:
Whenever I start Chrome, I get presented with a Google Logo, search bar and a grid of recent sites that I visited. This picture isn't from my phone, but you should get the idea:

One day I accidentally deleted one of those sites by tapping and holding the box and selecting "remove". Now I have absolutely no idea how to get it back on the front page.

Even though I visit the site several times a day, it flat out refuses to re-appear on this page and I cannot find any option or setting within Chrome to put it there.

Does anyone know how I can get a previously deleted site to re-appear on this page?


texts: How to run an Android init service with superuser SELinux context?

texts:
I want to run an Android init service. I have a device which has rooted shell (purchased from manufacture as rooted). This device doesn't have Magisk or other su manager but adb shell is rooted and it has userdebug ROM installed on it.

I have followed following steps to set up init service:

Created /etc/init/custom.rc file with following contents:

#/etc/init/custom.rc

# define service, use executable here if script not needed
service custom /system/bin/custom.sh

    # don't start unless explicitly asked to
    disabled

    # run with unrestricted SELinux context to avoid avc denials
    # can also use "u:r:su:s0" on userdebug / eng builds if no Magisk
    # it's required if SELinux is enforcing and service needs access
    # to some system resources not allowed by default sepolicy
    # seclabel u:r:magisk:s0
    seclabel u:r:su:s0

# start the service when boot is completed
on property:sys.boot_completed=1
    start custom

Created /system/bin/custom.sh with following contents:

#!/system/bin/sh

# execute the binary, should run in foreground, otherwise get in loop
echo "$(date): Starting program..."
exec /system/bin/executable

Placed my executable at /system/bin/executable.
Gave permissions to all files as following:

# Give rights to the executable
chown 0.0 /system/bin/executable
chmod 554 /system/bin/executable
chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /system/bin/executable

# Give rights to the custom.sh
chown 0.0 /system/bin/custom.sh
chmod 554 /system/bin/custom.sh
chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /system/bin/custom.sh

# Give rights to the custom.rc
chown 0.0 /etc/init/custom.rc
chmod 644 /etc/init/custom.rc
chcon u:object_r:system_file:s0 /etc/init/custom.rc

Reboot the system.

I got following error:

[   55.829099 / 06-09 23:51:09.279][0] init: cannot execve('/system/bin/custom.sh'): Permission denied
[   55.850172 / 06-09 23:51:09.309][6] init: Service 'custom' (pid 7729)
[   55.850224 / 06-09 23:51:09.309][6] init: Service 'custom' (pid 7729) exited with status 127
[   55.850243 / 06-09 23:51:09.309][6] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'custom' (pid 7729) process group...
[   60.830224 / 06-09 23:51:14.289][6] init: starting service 'custom'...
[   60.832073 / 06-09 23:51:14.289][1] init: cannot execve('/system/bin/custom.sh'): Permission denied
[   60.832153 / 06-09 23:51:14.289][3] audit: type=1400 audit(1560142274.289:131): avc:  denied  { transition } for  pid=8035 comm="init" path="/system/bin/custom.sh" dev="sda24" ino=8146 scontext=u:r:init:s0 tcontext=u:r:su:s0 tclass=process permissive=0

I have very little experience with SELinux Policies. Please guide me how can I fix this.


texts: Why does Wiko Cink Peax 2 reboot when it receives an SMS containing only '=' (equal sign)?

texts: I have a Wiko Cink Peax 2 and when I receive one SMS with the only character '=' (equal sign), my phone reboots the system. How can I fix it?


texts: Cant access my samsung galaxy tab 3 for kids as my google account is blocked

texts: My son has blocked my daughters Samsung galaxy Tab 3 for kids.  It wont recognise my google account as it has exceeded the 5 tries. I have tried holding down the home, sound and power buttons and the little man appears but I don't get any msg about factory reset. Can anyone help?


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I am using Android 6.0.1 on a Samsung J7.
I have an icon in my home screen that is a shortcut to an app in Parallel Space－Multi Accounts. I want to duplicate it.
(I have created it from within Parallel Space, but it does not allow for creating another such icon.)

How can it be done?

Note that it is not a direct shortcut to an App, so I cannot hit "+" in the folder I want to get the duplicate.
This appears to deal with such case, so it would not be useful.


texts: Hotmail contacts not syncing in android 5.1 GPE

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I've just recently flashed my rom with Android GPE 5.1 on my HTC M7 and it's working great however there's a slight problem where for some reason my hotmail contacts are not syncing after I've set up my hotmail account in Gmail using exchange setup. On my old HTC M7 sense my hotmail accounts synced up and all appeared fine.

When I go to Accounts settings I can see my hotmail account is there under Gmail and I can see it shows Contacts, Calendars and Emails show as synced but only Calendars and Emails are indeed synced as I could see them in Gmail and my calendar app but I can't see any of my hotmail contacts.

I also tried installing outlook and adding my hotmail account but outlook is not appearing under the Account settings.

Anyone got a similar problem and know how to resolve this as I don't want to manually export and import my hotmail into google account?


texts: How to use my phone as a WiFi adapter for playing lan games

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I just want to play lan games and use wireless apps because my pc doesnt have WiFi so I want to use my damaged display phone as WiFi for lan games in pc
And also use pc remote from my other phone
-WiFi adapter
-lan games (pc)
-phone
-pc have no WiFi
Hope you understand
Any help will be appreciated


texts: Android updates availability in different countries

texts: I am Indian and I just moved in to UK. I have seen some good deals on a mobile and I would like to buy it. But I'm worried if I would get software updates for the mobile that purchased when I reach my country back.I tried googling but I couldn't get hold of anything useful. Please clarify.


texts: Why do charging rates differ for similar spec USB power adaptors?

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I've been experimenting with using USB power adaptors other than the one supplied with the Android tablet and I'm struggling to understand why adaptors of a similar spec to the original are charging at much lower rates.

Could anyone help shed some light on what's going on?

Tablet: Acer Iconia B1-750

Measurement App: Ampere charging meter app from Braintree https://goo.gl/SQNiQb

Adapter           |              |
Manufacturer      | Output Spec  | Charging Rate
================================================
Liteon              5.2V  1.35A   250mA        (original adaptor)
Delta Electronics   5.35V 2A      30mA
NewLink             5.0V  2.1A    20mA
NewLink             5.0V  1A      20mA

All measurements were taken using the same USB lead
The adaptors were all plugged (successively) into the same wall
socket.
The rate readings were taken after a minute or so of plugging in to allow the
charging rate to settle.
All the readings were taken within a few minutes, with the tablet battery level at about 50%
Each adaptor was unplugged and replugged a few times to check for consistency of readings.
All adaptors are single port

So, can anyone help me understand why the first three, similarly spec'd chargers aren't charging at the same rate?


texts: How to sync Picasa photos to Android 4.2.2?

texts: My phone system is Android 4.2.2, CM10.1. I have installed the GAPPS and Google+, but I still cannot sync photos from Picasa. Some people says syncing from Picasa is removed in 4.2+...really?


texts: How do I stop the lock pattern from being revealed after I got it wrong?

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I'm security-minded so my lock pattern is not displayed as I enter it.

By lock pattern, I mean one of these:

The pattern is revealed after a failed lock attempt. I've been through all the settings I can find but there is apparently no switch for this behaviour.

I am using a rooted HTC One S, LineageOS 14.1 running kernel 3.4.


texts:
I don't know if I need an app for this or can I do it with the given music app. I've downloaded a bunch of lectures and they're all in one album.
 Sometimes I want to listen to music, but when I do, I lose my place in the lecture album. Is there a way to bookmark or save the current song/position so I can quickly switch back? Preferably free.


texts: How can Instagram cause wakelocks when disabled?

texts: Can somebody explain me the logic behind how Instagram can still be the top app in my wakelook detector app even when it is disabled with Package disabler??:O


texts: Is it possible to schedule closing a named app

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Is there an app (or other way) to schedule the closing of only one named application at a particular time each day? My situation is I use the Night Mode app at night to reduce the screen brightness but if I forget to turn it off when I go out the next day the screen is so dark to be unusable in daylight. So I'd like to schedule to kill Night Mode at 9 am every day (but not other apps).

(I've found ones that turn off the speakers after a configurable time for listening to music as you go to sleep, or general task killers with auto killing of background apps, but nothing to kill just one app at a set time.)


texts:
I have cut all my songs from my pc and transferred them to my tab via USB cable. They were stored under a file named 'File Manager'. I saw that I didn't need to copy them to the tab's 'Music' folder (or I couldn't) because they were already in there.

Then I deleted a song from the file manager and it automatically got deleted from the music folder. Then I thought, how about adding the songs to a playlist? Maybe then I can clear my file manager,get more space to get other files in there(right?) and my songs will be saved too. But when I deleted most of my songs from the file manager,they got deleted from the playlist too.

I couldn't find any recycle bin in my tab. Some of them were left in the manager and I tried to delete them but now it shows that 'no permission to delete' and they aren't getting removed from there and the music folder.

Why did it happen before then? And how am I gonna restore my songs back? Please help me and correct me if I did any mistakes mentioned above.


texts: Why does Google Play Services does make VNC connections?

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today I did had fun with Netstat on my device and saw that Google Play Services are making VNC connections from my device to a Google server.

The question here is : why ? Sounds to me like a backdoor allowing Google to see whatever I do, that's really scary...


texts: Change Mac Address on Nexus 7 running 4.2.2

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My question is: How do I change/spoof the mac address of my Nexus 7 so that the router sees the spoofed address and will not give an authentication error when connecting?

I have done some looking around, and I have tried apps like this, ip link and if config, and editing my nvram.txt file, but none of these methods appear to work. Has anyone had any luck with this? My tablet is running the faux Kernel with KaosDroid if it helps.


texts: Mobile Network disconnects during an incoming call

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My mobile network normally remains connected so I can use apps like chat, whatsapp etc. However, during an incoming call the mobile network gets disconnected. Is this normal behavior ?

There is an app called TrueCaller that is supposed to show the caller details when there's incoming call from an unknown number. But since the mobile network disconnects during an incoming call this app always fails to show the name and shows an error message "unable to connect". It seems the normal behavior is for the network to remain connected during an incoming call.

I'm using Android Jelly Bean, 4.2.1. And previously had used Gingerbread (2.2.3) and Froyo (2.2.1). I experienced the same problem in all these 3 OSes.


texts: Volume buttons unexpectedly started waking the phone from - how to disable?

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When my phone is locked and the screen is off, I could usually wake it up only by pressing the home or power buttons.

Now, the screen also wakes when I press a volume button.

This started happening for no reason that I remember, and is extremely annoying since I use the volume buttons for controlling audio while the phone's screen is off (an option in Apollo).

Now when the screen goes on, the volume buttons have stopped changing the songs, but instead just increase the volume - which is quite a traumatic experience when you're trying to change a song on the go.

It also results in my phone's screen being on most of the time because I like to change the volume a lot.

How can I disable this?

Running:

Android: 4.2.2
CyanogenMod: 10.1.3


texts: My daughter thought it would be cool to put a Russian keyboard on the Venue tablet. She didn't uninstall it correctly and now no keypad shows up. We cannot unlock it. I have tried going to the Play Store and uninstalling the keyboard, but I can't see how to. I have tried a hard reset but can't get the "dead android" to show up for the reboot menu. Can anyone advise?


texts:
I see there are some other threads here about the same thing but they are not for ICS.

If I start to write a sms to someone and not send it the text will be stored as a draft.
How can I delete this?

The only options I can see is to delete the entire thread witch is not really an option.

Has anyone found the trix?


texts: Accessing a phone after factory resetting it with adb

texts: I have a smartphone running Android 6.0.1. The screen is broken and unresponsive so I control the phone using adb and scrcpy, but to run adb I had to turn on "USB debugging" from "Developer options". I want to know that whether after factory resetting(using adb) will I still be able to access the phone with adb? Since the "USB debugging" option would get turned off after a factory reset, would I still be able to access the phone using adb?


texts: Can't connect to Windows 7 "hostednetwork"

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I have been trying and failing to connect my phone (Samsung GT-I8150, running CM10.2) to my Lenovo T420 laptop via Windows 7's "hostednetwork" facility.

The hostednetwork's SSID is visible in my phone, but after I fill in the password, it goes "Connecting" for several seconds, then back to "Saved". No error, no nothing.

I know hostednetwork works because I borrowed a colleague's phone, and his phone has no problem Connecting-Authenticating-Obtaining_IP.

Interestingly, I have no problems connecting my phone to a wifi router in a cafe, or in my home.

What could possibly be the problem between my phone and Windows 7's hostednetwork service?

.

Edit: To make things clear:

hostednetwork is Windows 7 facility to turn a laptop's wifi into an Access Point (Infrastructure mode)
My colleague's phone is an Alcatel D662 (running stock Android GB)


texts: How do I switch cameras for scanning QR code from Website - Lollipop

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I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime running Lollipop and need to scan a qr code through Chrome. The website allows for me to press the QR code scan option but when I do, the front facing (selfie) camera turns on and it's impossible for me to turn the phone around and be able to line it up with the QR code without being able to see what I'm doing. When I turn on the camera alone, it's correctly using the rear camera, yet it insists on using the selfie camera through the website.

There does not appear to be any option to change the camera on the website itself (www.blockchain.info).

How do I change this to use the rear camera to scan the QR code?


texts: Can I lock the Nexus 4/7 bootloader after flashing a non-stock ROM?

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I know that doing a fastboot oem unlock will both unlock the bootloader and wipe the data on the device. Unfortunately, while this allows me to install a non-stock ROM like Cyanogenmod, my understanding is that it also allows anyone w/ physical access to the device to flash or boot a different (potentially malicious) kernel among other things.

Is it possible to then do a fastboot oem lock and still be able to load the non-stock ROM? If this is possible, what sort of warnings might appear, if any, during the boot process? And finally, would doing another fastboot oem unlock still wipe the data?

I understand that also flashing a recovery like CWM OR TWRP would allow flashing malicious images even ifthe bootloader is locked. Please assume that only the default recovery would be used.

Additionally, is doing something like this to secure a non-stock ROM posdible on any non-nexus devices?


texts:
Does anyone know of a Wii remote enabler that maps the remote onto an Android InputDevice, the same way that gamepads etc work?

I've found lots of Wii remote apps on the market, but they all map the remote to the Android keyboard, which isn't what I want --- we have an application with support for multiple gamepads via the InputDevice API, and we'd like to use a Wii remote with it.

I'm willing to use an app that needs root.


texts: Is it possible to record a video as avi or mp4?

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I've recently bought a Motorola Milestone 2 (Froyo) and I see that when I record a video it produces a .3gp file.
Is there a way to have it produce an avi or mp4 instead? Would I have to root the phone?


texts:
I bought a dual sim phone from a local carrier which has been branded in their own name. After searching I found that it is the innos A35 phone. It has dual sim support and sim1 has been locked to the carrier I have mentioned.
For sim2, the "Use only 2G networks" tick is ticked and it cannot be unticked(the tick is disabled). Due to this reason I can only access Internet through the above mentioned carrier's connection.

My first question is, will rooting the phone allow me to remove the mentioned restrictions?

My second question is about how to root the phone. Following this guide I got stuck at the command $./psneuter with the error Failed to set prot mask (Inappropriate ioctl for device). The version of Android is 2.3.5

Does anyone know a solution to this problem?


texts:
Is there any way to enable full HDMI mirroring on the HTC Evo 4g that doesn't require root?

I currently don't have the capability to root my phone as my charging port is broken so any suggestion along those lines is not an option.


texts: Pin deleted but pin lock screen still comes up

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I was fooling around with VPN on my non-rooted Galaxy Note II and created a PIN as required. When I was done I disabled VPN and disabled the PIN by entering my PIN again. Later on my screen locked and it now requires a PIN to unlock. My old pin does not work and there is no new pin. I cannot get the prompt to unlock via my Gmail info after entering the wrong pin 50 times.

How can I get into my phone? I am hoping for an answer other than wiping my phone.


texts: What happens if I clear data in download manager? Will it delete all of my downloads?


texts: Why are some old images downloaded from the web always sorted under "Today" in Gallery?

texts:
When I open the gallery and sort by Time, there is always a section "Today", and it has several images I downloaded from the web...... months ago.

That's literally it. Why are old images showing under "Today"? There are other images I got from the web that are actually correctly sorted in older sections. But under "Today" I got around 20 web images that have been sitting there for months.

One thing I noticed is that this doesn't happen with photos taken with the phone. Such photos are always correctly sorted. So it's something with web images.

Android 5.0, Galaxy S5.


texts: I am trying to reuse my samsung galaxy j3 prime phone which i havent used in a while i have some things i want to get off of it as well. My problem is that i have knox on my phone which i hide with my important apps and files. I cant rememeber how to get into or even find where it's hinding in order to get into the app. Alone with the fact that i cant rememeber my longin information. Is there anyway to make it show up so i can get inside my account?


texts: Prepaid plans or cards for Android PHONES?

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I need to access the Web via my Android phone's cell radio only occasionally. Therefore, I am not interested in a monthly plan (and certainly not in a 2-year minimum contract).

I thought that finding a prepaid web access card (or plan) for Android phones would be as easy as finding one for voice but it turns out way more difficult than I had hoped for:

T-Mobile's attractive Web DayPass
works with phones, but not with
Android ones.
Verizon's Prepaid Mobile Broadband is
not intended for phones at all
(Android or not).

What are my options really as far as minimizing the cost of occasional web access via my Android phone, legally and reliably ?

At this point, I am flexible as to whether the solution is for CDMA or GSM (it is still much less expensive to buy a new phone than to sign for a 2-year contract)


texts: How can I show two alphabets in my contact list?

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I have a Galaxy S with an interface in Hebrew. Some of my contacts are in English and some are in Hebrew. However, I only have the option to scroll through the letters in Hebrew. The English alphabet is simply not there.

Is there any way to show the English alphabet as well so that I can scroll through the English letters too?


texts: Why can I still not receive OTA updates after flashing stock firmware on my Moto G7?

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After purchasing a Motorola Moto G7, I rooted it using TWRP and Magisk.  After a few months of having it rooted, I decided to undo the process in order to restore the ability to receive OTA updates.  I flashed official firmware and re-locked the bootloader, but I still get the boot warning saying that a separate OS was loaded and that it's a security risk (yellow).  After checking the system Settings, I discovered that I still couldn't receive updates either.

Relevant Information

Product/Variant: river XT1962-1 64GB PVT
Firmware/OS: RIVER_RETAIL_9.0_PPOS29.114-134-7_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Followed this process to restore stock firmware: manually update G7 using fastboot | Moto G7

I'm not sure if this makes any kind of a difference, but I did encounter an issue when locking the bootloader:

root@ThinkCentre-M900z:/home/user# fastboot oem lock
...
(bootloader) Flash valid Android images now
(bootloader) Then re-run this command to lock
OKAY [  0.003s]
finished. total time: 0.003s

After the above command failed to re-lock the device, I tried using fastboot flashing lock and that seemed to work.

root@ThinkCentre-M900z:/home/user# fastboot flashing lock
...
(bootloader) Phone is locked. Rebooting phone.
OKAY [  0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.004s

When I run fastboot oem lock after having used flashing lock, it gives a message stating that the bootloader is already locked.

I have two theories so far:

The firmware I flashed is incorrect
The bootloader is not actually locked (this seems improbable)

Is there any way to fix this?  Or am I doomed to manually installing OTAs until I get a new phone?  Please let me know if I left out any important information.

Any help is appreciated.


texts: Why can't I download anything from the Market after CSC change?

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I changed the CSC to my country and after that, I couldn't download anything from the Market.

It gives this error: "app name" could not be downloaded due to an error. (-101)

I tried updating  to Market 3.4.4, cleared the cache, rebooted my phone. Nothing worked. I don't have wifi at home and I get online via free wifi at a local mall. Couldn't download any app for 2 days now (that I've tried after the CSC change) but I'm able to browse.

Please help. Thank you.


texts: ES File Explorer Pro: root access error on Android 6

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When I try to enable Root Explorer in ES File Explorer/Manager PRO 1.0.7 there is a error toast notification saying that...

Sorry test failed. This feature cannot run on your phone.

I'm using a rooted OnePlus Two with OxygenOS 3.0.2 / Android 6.0.1.

Can this error be solved somehow by the user?


texts: Play High-Resolution mp4 Videos on Galaxy Y

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When I try to play high resolution videos on my phone I get this error message:

  Sorry, this video cannot be played

Is there a way to make these videos play, like an app that can handle these videos or is it a limitation of my device?


texts: How to root a HTC Desire running official Android 2.3?

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I have an HTC Desire (Bravo, A8181, GSM) sold in Sweden. I updated it to Android 2.3 using the official release, which is as of 2011-12-29 available at HTCdev with instructions from here.

Now I want to root it. I did some googling and it seems like it isn't possible to root a Desire that has been updated to the official Android 2.3. I tried following this guide, but it failed at step 6 in How to: Root. When I attempted to run unrevoked, the progress text running root... was followed by the error message Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?.

I also tried searching for a way to downgrade it to Android 2.2, with no luck.

How can I root this phone?


texts: How to set up tablet to use a local DNS server thru VPN rather than Google's DNS?

texts:
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise server running in our home network. It has VPN functionality installed and fully working.

If I connect with a computer, the computer will get right DNS servers. If I connect with Android tablet (Asus Transformer Prime), the tablet will still use Google's DNS servers.

The problem with this is that I can't resolve local website addresses such as intranet. Getting the access to that site is more than necessary.

I want the (non-rooted) Android tablet to use the DNS servers provided by the VPN server.

How can I fix this?


texts: Google mail servers not allowing email setup

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We have a a handful of people helping us configure android phones.  We'll get contracts for 500, 700, 1000 phones for example.

Part of the configuration is setting up a gmail account on each phone.  We started having issues not being able to connect to the Google servers to complete the setup.

Example:

5 people setting up phones About 4 - 5 minutes per phone
Each phone has their own individual Gmail account
In the email setup section.  We’ll enter the account that is then successfully verified by google as being available.
Fill out the captcha on the screen submit.
The following screen states “Couldn’t sign in.  There was a problem communicating with Google servers.  Try again later.”
When this happens to one - it happens to ALL the phones
If we move the phones off the building wifi to another wifi say a cell phone hot spot.  And run thru the same procedure on the same phone the email account is completed and set up.

If we come in the next day we just repeat the above.

Our assumption is Google is seeing a large number of accounts being setup from our WAN IP, but we can’t change that ip.  Is there any other work around that anybody can think of?

thank you


texts: Remove folder from App Drawer in TouchWiz (not home screen / app launcher)

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TouchWiz (TouchWiz Nature UX on Samsung Galaxy S III mini) allows creating folders and reorganizing application in application list / app drawer (in "Apps") when using 'Customisable grid' view type:

"Menu > View type > Customisable grid", then "Menu > Create folder"

This allows creating folders to group applications. You can edit name of folder by touching it and then touching on name, you can put such folder on home screen / launcher via long press, and you can put applications in folder via "Menu > Edit" and selecting folder (edit works only on folders); then in this edit mode you can add apps with "+", and remove them by moving them outside folder.

I cannot find however how to remove such folder from TouchWiz app drawer.

(The articles and answers I have found by googling are about folders on home screens, i.e. in apps launcher not apps drawer).


texts: Need help unlocking my bootloader on HTC Desire 310

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EDIT: It has failed with a too many links error

This christmas I was treated to a HTC Desire 310 and I am trying to root it which I understand needs the bootloader unlocked.  That is where my issue is, below is an image of my command prompt which has been the same for about 30 minutes
I have been following the HTCdev guide by the way


texts: I see the term JTAG used for reviving dead Android devices that otherwise don't respond to anything and aren't seen when USB connected.  It seems that it's something done from the physical hardware side of the device (as opposed to some pure software based solution) and I've heard the term used elsewhere (in gaming consoles).  I don't find much else about it, and I'd like to know specifically how it relates to Androids and similar devices.  It seems to be a term in electronics or electrical engineering, both of which I am unfamiliar with.  I'm wondering what it is and why it can be used on hard bricked devices.


texts: Update review on Google Play after refund

texts:
Yesterday I've downloaded a paid app from Google Play store but it didn't work as I expected so I gave it a 1 star rate and I asked for a refund.

Then i've read again the app description and I realized I did wrong assumption about how it gotta work.

Now I would like to remove or at least update the review I did because it was my bad and the app got no trouble at all.

Apparently I cannot do it and the bad review will stay there forever.

Any idea about how to fix this?

Do you think Google should give the chance to update reviews despite refund?

Thank you


texts: How can an app decide whether the device is trusted or not?

texts:
I downloaded the trustable app from the play store which identifies whether the phone is trusted or not.

I run the application and it gave me a score of 4.3 with a suspicious.

Is this a genuine issue or just an other spam application. If it's true then what do I need to make it a trusted device.


texts: How to run a notifier if connected to specific Wi-Fi?

texts:
Is there any way to run a notifier if I get connected to specified Wi-Fi? and, then get turn the notifier service off when disconnected?

cyanogenmod 7 + HTC Desire


texts: How do I import all contacts from a SIM-card to an Android phone?

texts:
My mother have got a HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2.

Now I want to import all contacts from her old SIM-card to the phone. I did it and it worked. Then I switched to the new SIM-card, and now when I start the phone, the contacts has disappeared.

How can I import the contacts from the old SIM-card to the Android phone? This is a really annoying problem.


texts: sharing email accounts among multiple clients

texts:
I have configured the default MIUI8 email client with two accounts (one imap and one pop), but I'd like to try other clients. When I install, for example, aqua-mail or k9-mail they ask to configure new mail accounts instead of using the existent, system-level, ones: Settings->Sync->IMAP/POP3.

Is it possible to use multiple clients with the same configured mail accounts?


texts: Switching from Google Japanese Input directly to Google Keyboard?

texts:
I have the following input methods enabled:

Google Keyboard, English (US)
Google Japanese Input, Japanese

I use both the Google Keyboard and Google Japanese Input depending on what I'm doing. Going from Google Keyboard to Google Japanese Input is trivial, I simply click the language button and it automatically switches. However I am running into an issue with switching back. Here is a screenshot of the keyboard in use:

There is a button on the bottom-left that switches between Japanese, numeric, and QWERTY. However the QWERTY is awkward to use and I would prefer to switch it to the Google Keyboard instead. I can accomplish this by holding the button down, but the "Input Options" doesn't list the Google Keyboard as an entry. Instead, I must choose "Select Input Method", then I can choose Google Keyboard.

While this is a minor inconvenience, the extra time certainly adds up especially when switching between various contacts in the same application, or when I need to use both Japanese/English when talking to the same person (such as translations, etc...).

Is there a way that I can have it automatically switch to the Google Keyboard when I hold down the button? If not, is there a keyboard that could offer this functionality?


texts: I have a Moto G 2013 (xt1032) and whenever I check the storage first it shows the free space before calculating everything (393 MB) and later on (after calculation) I see in the bar that the free space is bigger but it still registers 393MB. Why is this?


texts: Saving a contact shared via text message

texts: How do I save a contact that was shared with me in a text message?  I have the Droid Maxx, Android version 4.4.


texts: My phone denies certain file types when sending from PC via bluetooth

texts:
My Samsung Galaxy Ace has the latest official CyanogenMod nightly. I have Windows XP, a bluetooth dongle, and bluesoleil drivers.

I am able to send images and apk files from my pc to my phone. But when I try to send an epub file, or a 7z file, my pc says:

"Access is denied. Please make sure you have the proper right to access the files or folders."

So I tried to create a compressed file and instead of using 7z, I used .zip. And it was able to send it. So I'm positive that my phone has a list of allowed file types to be received. Is there any way to edit it? Thanks.

PS: I tried declining a file (that successfully went through), and it gave the same access denied error on my pc. So I believe that my phone is automatically denying certain file types. Thanks.


texts: I need a way to flip the x-axis of my accelerometer (When the value would be positive, I want to make the output negative, and vice-versa). Currently, if I tilt the tablet into portrait mode (or reverse portrait) the screen is upside-down. The y-axis is fine. I don't mind editing an orientation app if I have to.


texts: My storage keeps increasing drastically despite not downloading anything and freeing up lots of space (4GB>200mb??)

texts:
I am using a Huawei P10 Lite.
This is absolutely insane and I desperately need a solution, I can't even begin to imagine what's causing this.
I've been getting the whole "storage space running out" message for a while now, so yesterday I went ahead and I ported 4GB worth of space to my SD card, leaving tons of free local space on my phone. The message dissappeared after this.
And yet today I suddenly get the same "storage space running out" message, I go look up the amount of storage I have in settings, and suddenly it says there's only 400mb left, and a few hours later now there's only 200mb left. How is this possible?? I freed up 4GB and now suddenly there's only 200mb left?? Something's very wrong here.
I DID NOT DOWNLOAD A SINGLE THING IN THIS TIME PERIOD, NOT ONE THING
Some things worth mentioning:
-I have auto-updates off, so that's not the issue here
-When I check my local folders it all amounts to about 5GB, not even close to 32GB which is the total internal storage of my phone
-I already uninstalled updates of built-in apps I don't use, it didn't change this problem
-I use Clean Master to delete cache and free up space, but it keeps increasing more and more regardless
-Due to certain circumstances I cannot do a factory reset right now and need a different solution
If there is any other information you need please don't hesitate to ask
This is a massive problem for me and I am desperate for any solution or just fidning the culprit behind this for that matter... thank you all very much for your attention.


texts: How can an NFC battery's NFC functionality be used on Android devices?

texts: My Samsung Galaxy SIII comes with a battery with an Near Field Communications (NFC) label on it. Several earlier Android modles don't come with such a label on the battery. I would like to know what the NFC functionality on the battery enables Android devices and their OS to do with the battery.


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I have Sunstech TAB 900 tablet, and it ships with Android 4.0. I want to install Android Lollipop on it.

I have tried to use "apply update from external storage", but it gives me "E: Short write of /tmp/sideload/package.zip (No space left on device)" error, even if I have 1GB available. and Lollipop needs only 800MB.

I also tried to install CWM, but the device is not supported, also tried the fastboot method but again it can't detect my device, and there is no drivers provided by the company, but adb detects it.

So, is there any way to install Lollipop, or it's a dead end?


texts: Phone in always on usb not shown in my computer

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When I plug my phone (Galaxy S2, I9100) in an ordinary usb port on a HP Folio laptop it appears in windows explorer and I can browse phone content. But when I plug it in an always on usb the phone does not appear in windows explorer but it is being charged. Is there any extra driver that I need to install or tweak some settings for the phone to appear? Windows did install some drivers the first time I plugged my phone in ordinary usb port.

Windows 7 SP1, 64bit


texts: Is there a way to set a default send account on Gmail?

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So I've decided to try the Gmail app again for email. I really like it, bar one thing.

I cannot seem to specify a default send account. Every time I create an email, it sets it as gmail. I do use Gmail quite a lot, but I also use 2 other accounts frequently.

Is there a way to specify the default send account from the android app (similar to the web client?).


texts: I have googled and have seen where you can gain temporary root, but loose it after reboot, but have dev teams been able to get full root on this device?


texts: Updated phone, now fingerprint & WiFi don't work and I can't read or write from internal storage

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OnePlus 5 128GB, running OOS 4.5.15, rooted with Magisk 15.1, tried updating to latest OTA (Oreo), ended up bricking the phone, unbricked it, restored Nougat + backups of /data and /sdcard, now everything works except WiFi (stays on "turning on..."), fingerprint sensor (only works as home button) and sdcard isn't readable (I can only list files, but when I try to read or write I get EACCES.

Tried flashing latest firmware+modem, didn't work.

Tried wiping system/data/storage and flashing Nougat again, in the "first setup" page it was able to list WiFi networks but couldn't connect (stayed on "saved, secure").

Now I reloaded all my backups so I have an almost working phone, but without internal storage I can't do much. I can't take pictures, can't download files, can't play games (obb is on internal storage).

It worked fine before the update so it can't be a hardware problem, and even, it would be surprising that both the WiFi antenna, the fingerprint sensor and the eMMC card stop working at the same time.

Also worth mentioning that I can write to internal storage without any problems from TWRP.

edit: oops, wrong site. I forgot there was an Android-specific board. My bad.


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I was wondering if there was a way to automate/trigger different settings the way apps like Tasker and IFTTT do directly by coding. I had in mind somethin like a script that would run on the background checking every x time if the conditions are true and if they happen to be, trigger the actions it's meant to do. Basically,automate myphone via scrpits/codes i could write.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Android Market or Google Play Store for black Pandigital Novel

texts: I'm looking for an easy way to get the Android Market or Google Play Store on my black Pandigital novel. I've searched and searched, but I couldn't find any ways to get either of them. If anyone knows an easy, simple way, please let me know!