texts: Why does Android suggest turning OFF Secure Startup?

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I recently enabled Secure Startup on my new phone (LG V20) running on Android 7.0 Nougat. Almost immediately, the "settings suggestions" began notifying me whenever browsing in the settings that this was enabled, seemingly prompting me to turn it off. This confuses me. Having your data encrypted is a VERY GOOD thing, it makes your phone more secure. That's why it's called SECURE Startup! And now another notification is saying that On Body Detection, which keeps my phone unlocked whenever it detects that it is "on me", is NOT enabled, seemingly prompting me to turn it on!

So is Google anti-security/anti-privacy now or something???


texts: Desire HD GPS can't "lock" on a satellite?

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I'm a new Android user. This is also my first time to use a GPS device so I don't have any idea on how long it takes for a typical GPS device to get a "lock".

I just bought the HTC Desire HD last week. Everything is running fine until I tested the GPS today.

I noticed something strange when I used the "Location" application and it gets stuck in "Waiting for location". To check if this is an app issue, I used "Maps" and pressed the "My Location" button, and it said something like "Your location is currently unavailable". I've tried other "map"-type applications but the story is the same, I can't get my location.

Now, I've done some research and it seems that it will actually take a long time for the device to get a lock for the firs time (something about "almanacs" and A-GPS "setting). I've also read about the limitations of GPS (you need to be in a line-of-sight, clear weather, etc).

So, what I've done is I've downloaded the "GPS Status and Toolbox" app from the market. I've gone ahead a cleared and re-downloaded my A-GPS setting. I've also removed the "CAPDASE" rubber-case from the device to reduce the chance of interference.

Using the said app, I was happy to see that my device was able to "fix" and "locate" GPS satellites (I get 4/5). The weird thing is, I can't get any "data" (LONG/LAT?) from the satellites. The numbers below (see image) are not showing in my device, instead, it is replaced by a "loading" animated image. (like the used to indicate an "AJAX" load from webpages). While all of this is happening the GPS icon in the notification bar is blinking (Should it not blink when I get a "lock"?)

What is happening here? Is this normal? How long should I wait before I get a lock? Please help!

Additional information:

Android 2.2.1 and latest firmware from HTC.
Tried rebooting and clearing/redownload A-GPS.
Enabled "use network" on Settings->Location (Is this Assisted-GPS?)
Left the device on line-of-sight with around 4/5 satellites for about an hour and still can't get "data".

Thanks!


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first time here and I'm in sort of despair!

I recently purchased a 32GB (class 10) memory card for my Samsung Galaxy S2. All went fine, the card was recognized, I could write and read from it, both, on the computer and the phone so I set it as the default storage for my camera.
The problems start here.
Last week, after shooting some videos, I wanted to check them at home but realized that the videos and some of the photos are not shown, the videos cannot be played by the phone or dropbox player or VLC on computer, jpg's are corrupted too.

I tried formatting the card, but the problem still persists. I'm pretty stumped right now and don't have any ideas on how to fix this.

Any help appreciated, thanks!


texts: Can I turn off notifications for multiple apps at the same time?

texts: I have many, many dozens of apps installed and hate the bother, distraction and inconvenience of notifications. I want notifications on for a very small number of apps that I'm willing to interrupt myself for. Is there a way to select multiple apps to disable notifications for all of them at the same time, ie a bulk action? It seems to take many seconds to turn off notifications for each one separately.


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I know this sounds weird, but for work reason we want to ban speakers on rooted tablets (Android 5.0), I searched for the APIs & system files, but couldn't stop it.

Any solution?


texts: Run Android OS in a virtual machine on PC

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I was trying to set up a virtual machine of Android 5.0 and it didn't work out that well. I got the ISO and Virtual Box. I created a virtual machine in VB and I selected the ISO and powered on the VM in Virtual Box. It loads and then it reboots. The Android OS just keeps loading and rebooting all the time. Please note I was able to run all the previous Android versions successfully on a VM with no errors.

How can I get Android 5.0 to work in a Virtual Box VM?


texts: How do I transfer one video file from a S6 to an S3 using NFC?

texts: Both my phones are on the same WiFi network and I have NFC turned on for both but what is the qucikest way to select one 400MB file to copy to the S6 through NFC?


texts: Name and type of virus on Android which is attacking file system and storage drives

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There's a virus on my Android phone which is attacking the file systems and storage drives attached to my device.
I need help identifying the virus, so that I may further my research and come up with a solution to the problem.
Below is a list of symptoms that the virus is afflicting to my device:

It appears to be filling my storage drives with fake, unacceptable data. The Android system is notifying me that I'm running out of data storage, yet when I check my drives, the actual data there is barely consuming a 1/10th of what storage space is available.
The Android system at times seems slower and less responsive.
Applications have limited to no ability to write to my storage devices, because I can't identify and remove the fake data. Disk cleaning is inefficient,  and the fake data returns like cancer.

Please help me identify the virus which is attacking my Android phone, and feel free asking me any questions regarding my problem. Thank you.


texts: Is there a way to unlock stock miui phone after forgetting password?

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I have stock xiaomi mi 8 without any additions. I changed my password, and after 3 days of not typing it, I realized that I forgot the new password. I know some words etc, which are there, but I can not guess it.
Is there any way how to make backup? Through the xiaomi mi, or some other service? I thought that it is possible through google, but not anymore. Kinda bummer.
I did not know that security on android moved so much. :-)
Is there any way to save the data and guess the password on some, I don't know, emulator/etc?


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Some Android phones have removable batteries, and others are non-removable. It is the battery capacity that makes the device alive for hours. Also, the device can be used while charging.

For an Android device with removable battery, is it possible to use only in charging mode (wall charging with the device's charger/USB charging) after removing its battery?

(For example, a laptop can be run by direct plugging, without battery)


texts: How to calculate size for 2nd partition for Link2SD / Apps2SD?

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I've moved to Marshmallow (CM13) and unwittingly fallen victim to its regression in support for apps stored on the external SD card (since adopting external SD as storage is not option), so now I'm told I need to use Link2SD or Apps2SD to move app files to my external card.

There is plenty of information online on why and how a second SD card partition is used by Link2SD or Apps2SD (not least the Link2SD FAQ), but I can't find any guidelines anywhere for how to determine the best size for the partition when first creating it.  Presumably this depends on how many apps I want to put on SD, and the nature of those apps.  So rather than asking for some highly subjective rules of thumb, I'll ask a more precise question:

How can I calculate how big I would need to make this second partition in order to accommodate moving all of my currently installed and movable apps to it?  In other words, is there an easy way to calculate a total size of all the app parts which Link2SD or Apps2SD would be able to move to SD?

There are two parts to the question:

Which components will it actually move?  All the info online seems horribly confusing.  AFAICS it will move the apk, dex, and lib files, but what about the internal data and cache files?  I've also heard about obb files - do I need to include them in calculations too?
How can I conveniently add up the sizes of all those to get a total which gives me an idea how big my second partition should be? e.g. if the total was 1.4GB, I would know that creating a second partition of around 2GB would probably be fairly future-proof.

I know Link2SD and Apps2SD both let me filter the app list to only show movable apps, and for each app they also displays the size of the apk/dex/lib/data/cache on internal storage.  But adding these all up across my 71 movable apps would be extremely tedious.  Is there is some cunning CLI command I can run locally via a shell to add these numbers up? e.g. something based on piping the output of pm list packages or similar into awk?

BTW I don't have any particular preferences for Link2SD or Apps2SD so answers involving either would be great.  Thanks!


texts: push allert to my phone that will ignore silent profile

texts: How can I make my phone check my website in a background every 30s and activate voice alert that will ignore silent mode if website says for example '1'? Pushing from server to phone is also acceptable but I guess much more difficult and is susseptable to hangs when conectivity is bad. So far i;ve been using Light Flow Lite and additional gmail account - sending myself any email there triggers alarm.


texts: "App_Name" Could not be downloaded due to an error (500)?

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I developed an app for android. I used my two devices (Galaxy Nexus running 4.02 & Galaxy Tab10.1 running 3.1) to test the app before I published it.

When I published the app to the Market, I removed the tested version of the app from my devices and tried to install the one in the market but I couldn't install it !

In my Nexus device, It gives me this error: *"App_Name" Could not be downloaded due to an error (500).* In my Tab, a progress bar is shown then disappear with no error message.

To solve it, I tried:

Rebooting the devices.
Removing my Google account from my Tab and re-adding it again. the problem still exists.

I can install other apps with no problem. If you think the problem is from my app, try installing it. Search for "Untiny" in the market

-Thanks


texts: Why does gmail shows idle when I am signed out thus consuming data from my android core prime?

texts: Going to Accounts and removing sync off does not help.  removing the gmail app does not help as well. I am not logged on to my gmail account however when a friend checks their mail, finds me being idle even though i am not signed in. why does this happen as it is consuming data as well.


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Is there any way to hide this brightness control?
I never used it and it always here. Not need it and can't hide though.


texts: How to disable redirects from Google Search results to Android apps (different issue from 2014)?

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This is no duplicate of the same titled questions from 2014: The list of recent "answers" of disgruntled users shows that this is a new problem that seems to have surfaced just recently. As the "answer" by @Greeble formulates it:

  When I searched Google for the webpage you're reading right now, and
  clicked on it, it took me to the Google Play store and asked me to
  download the stackexchange app. A different search result to a problem
  forum resulted in me being directed to download the Tapatalk app.
  Interestingly, clicking "open in new tab" prevents this annoying
  behavior.

  I have the same problem with the Dolphin browser, but it is more than
  just Wikipedia.

For me it is a Firefox latest version, while a stone-age Chrome browser does not have this problem.

My hunch is that it is actually Google's search results itself that are instrumented to link to their Play Store. Of course this cannot be checked on a desktop. I tried checking the page source with a Firefox extension, but this was all just javascript gibberish, hard to make sense of.

Is there any way to see the HTML on an Android similar to the developer functionality we have in desktop browsers?

Is there a way to get rid of this nonsense again?


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I've got an Epson L220 series printer and connected it to my Huawei EG8145V5 router using my printer's usb, I can print wirelessly from my laptop without any problem, but when it's different in android, I tried Epson iprint and other printing apps and all of them doesn't support my printer except from Let's print droid as I manage to connect my printer to my android the only problem is it print random characters instead of printing the actual document.
Is there an app the would let me print wirelessly using a usb printer that is connected to a router?


texts: How to make an unrooted phone use or detect ad-hoc Wi-Fi?

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I have an unrooted Android 2.3.6 phone and I want it to connect to the ad-hoc connection made on my Ubuntu.
I referred to some already existing questions here but none seem to be the solutions for unrooted phones.
How do I do this?


texts: nexus 7: set static IP address for non-wifi

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My desktop PC's second NIC is configured to IP address 10.0.0.2, subnet 10.0.0.0/24.  Other PCs talk to each other, when I give them similar addresses (10.0.0.3, 10.0.0.4, etc.).  All these PCs plug into a NetGear 100base hub.

How can I add a Nexus 7 tablet running Android 6.0.1 to this network?

My USB-to-cat5 dongle successfully connects the tablet to the internet via a router.  But when I plug it into the NetGear hub instead, I see no way to specify an address like 10.0.0.5.  (Were this wifi instead of cat5, then it would be easy.)

If I replace the hub with another router (which would give the tablet a DHCP address), then the host PC gets confused because it has two 192.168 networks at once: https://superuser.com/questions/1101720/if-i-have-two-routers-how-do-computers-choose-which-to-use.

Edit: From google play I installed "wifi static" and, through that, set the IP address to 10.0.0.4.  But then I still couldn't see it on the 10.0.0.xxx net.  Ping from PCs to the tablet failed.  The tablet's TeamViewer  app (for remote desktop) failed to connect to PCs with "connection error."


texts: How often does Android 8.1 ask for a password instead of a fingerprint?

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I use fingerprint to unlock my phone (Nokia 6 TA1033, upgraded to Oreo 8.1, not rooted). Sometimes it doesn't let me use fingerprint and asks for a password instead "for better security". I can't predict when this happens. Is there a way to prevent this? Like maybe unlock with a password on every nth wake-up so that I don't have to type the password in an uncomfortable situation?

Sometimes it is just really inconvenient to type the password, especially when your password is long. Also I believe in public places it is better to unlock with a fingerprint because then no one can see what you type.


texts: Installing stock JellyBean in Galaxy S2 [Argentina]

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The system that came with my Galaxy S2 is heavily bloated. I want to install a bare, stock Jelly Bean ROM. I've searched and searched, but keep running into walls.

System version

I don't know how to get the version string, or if I do, I can't find appropriate ROMs. Nothing I can come up with reading the system info comes up in the lists.

Model: GT-I9100
Baseband version: I9100UHMS1
Kernel version: 3.0.31-914166 se.infra@SEP-122 #3 SMP PREEMPT (date) KST 2013
PDA: I9100UHMS8
CSC I9100PSNMS4

Where can I get the correct stock Jelly Bean ROM?

Download mode

When I reboot the phone holding vol+home+power, I don't see the screen everyone says I should see. Instead, I see a menu, in which the most appropriate option seems to be apply update from adb, but ODIN doesn't see my phone at this point (it does show up when it's normally functioning).

Why does ODIN see the phone when it's ON, but fails to see it when it's in dowload mode?

To root or not to root

Do I have to root the phone before attempting to install a ROM? The rooting process, according to the guides I've seen, involves installing a ROM too. This takes me back to square zero and the problems above.

Please help!


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I tried to sync my contacts in my phone (Android 4.0.3), and as a result all my contacts in my phone were changed to the old contacts I had in my google accont on the web. For example. if I had changed a phone number to a new one in my cellular phone before the sync, it changed back to the old number that was on the web.
Can I restore the up-to-date numbers that I lost? What could have gone wrong?


texts: WhatsApp doesn't prompt to restore from local storage

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I ran into this weird situation, where:

I backed up my WhatsApp to local storage, inside the Databases folder

Then I changed my WhatsApp number (to another new SIM)

Format my HTC Phone (HTC One E9+ Dual SIM).

Copy back all WhatsApp folder back to the Internal Storage

Re-install WhatsApp, but, all it asks me is this (below)

Upon "Skip", nothing, no chat restored.

I have already renamed the database file as per Restoring your chat history to msgstore.db.crypt12 and also kept the same file with the name msgstore.db.crypt. But, it simply, doesn't even detect it & asks nothing as backup found/restore.
Any guess/idea?


texts: Sony Xperia XZ Premium goes out of silent mode when connecting to Bluetooth

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I have my phone set to silent (vibrate) mode and have noticed that when I connect to a bluetooth device, the phone 'exits' silent mode and the ringer volume is enabled again. This is especially annoying as I like to use a scheduled silence app and have to remember to manually enter silent mode again.

I believe this may have been caused by a recent update as my phone has regular updates and the issue has only started occurring recently.

The phone is a Sony Xperia XZ Premium running Android version 9, build number 47.2.A.2.33


texts: Oreo 8.0 - How can I bypass root detection for banking app? - Suhide doesn't work

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So I just flashed suhide lite onto my nexus 5x after reading around that I could use it to bypass root detection for banking apps and android pay; however even if I set it so my banking app (halifax) can't detect root I open it up and it still states an error code about it being rooted.

Anyone able to help me figure out an alternative or if I'm missing something?


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I had a LG Nexus 5 running Android in developer mode with the "Show touches" option enabled. Suddenly, while holding the phone steadily in my hand, the device registered tons of touches in the top of the screen, and I decided to turn it off immediately.

Now, after a reboot, the touch screen does not respond at all (not true; very rarely responds in a weird manner, that I can not reproduce). Everything else is working: volume buttons and power button.

I have tried the following:

Rebooting (obviously)
Restoring to factory settings (which is why I am now stuck on the "Select language"-screen in setup)
Clearing phone cache
Clearing the sim tray (has always been empty, but I tried ejecting and taking back in)

I always updated the software to the newest version available.

I have not yet tried pulling the battery out and in again.

Any ideas?

Update 1:

I have now tried pulling out the battery and re-inserting without any luck. I also installed Kitkat (version 4.0 from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images). Still no response.


texts: how do you stop the battery animation, which appears when the phone is turned off and the cable is connected or d disconnected?

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I am using rooted touchwiz on an s5.

Someone asked why disable them. I have a bike charger which occasionally puts out power for a few seconds and then cuts out repeatedly. So the animation comes on, which drains a little bit of battery, and then disappears. This cycle repeats, and results in the battery actually losing power.


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I found a big issue in my LG G2 proximity sensor. During a phone call the screen doesn't turn off and the automatic screen lightness doesn't work. This problems happened many times a day. I also tried to do an hard reset but I got the same issue just after the reset reboot (without any app). Sometimes also the gravity sensor holds (screen doesn't turn), but this not so often as proximity sensor problem.
I installed a sensor test app and this app doesn't work too (sometimes got data sometimes not).

What can it be?

Firstly I thought about an software problem, after the hard reset I thought an hardware problem, but it is very strange all this trouble on a 2month old phone. These problems started 2 weeks ago.

Is there in android a system log or something like this?


texts: Will android tablets from US work in the UK?

texts: I'm thinking of getting an adroid tablet from the US and ship it over here to the UK. Will it work completly and as a UK based tablet? I don't need 3G.


texts: How To Change browser font in Chrome For Android?

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I am a seasoned Linux developer, tinkering with Android.

I want to modify Chrome so that it uses the font I want as default.

So far I've found

/data/data/com.android.chrome/shared_prefs/com.android.chrome_preferences.xml

But it seems to sync settings from Google cloud?

Anyone know markup to specify font?


texts: File transfer error between Samsung Galaxy S3 and Ubuntu 12.04 over Bluetooth

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I got my Samsumg Galaxy S3 paired and connected over Bluetooth to my laptop running Ubuntu 12.04
Both the mobile and the laptop states that the bluetooth connection is up and running

I can query the mobile from the laptop with hcitool, for instance:

$ sudo hcitool con
Connections:
    > ACL [the_phone_mac_addr] handle 11 state 1 lm MASTER AUTH ENCRYPT

I can transfer files from the laptop to the phone using the ubuntu bluetooth menu, but if I try to transfer a file from the mobile to the laptop I alway got a "connection failed" error

My idea is that the problem might be with the bluetooth profiles the laptop exposes; from the mobile I can see the paired device details, and the list of profiles are:

Call Audio
Media Audio

Is there a way to add or enable profiles to the laptop?

Can anyone confirm my hypothesis?

Any other suggestion?


texts: How to make lock and home screen backgrounds separate

texts: I have a Moto G 2014, and it's running 4.4.4. I cannot seem to find away to get my lock screen and home screen wallpapers different from each other. How can I go about doing this? I haven't rooted yet.


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I've encountered an app which adds itself to the global Android context menu. The entry has even overtaken native Firefox options in the past and currently slows down my workflow in every app where the context menu is relevant.
I may also want to remove options such as 'cut' (for text).

Suggesting to uninstall this specific app isn't an answer. I'm rooted if that's a necessity.


texts: Are there different results, depending on how you uninstall an Android app?

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When uninstalling an Android app, is there any resultant difference between any of the following three procedures:

Find the app in the Play Store, and select "Uninstall"
or
Open Settings, Select Apps, find the app in the list of apps, and select "Uninstall"
or
Open Settings, Select Apps, find the app in the list of apps, and select "Clear Cache", then "Clear Data", then "Uninstall"

Specifically, does any of these options leave more behind than another option (or written conversely, does any one of these options do a better job cleaning up during an uninstall)?


texts: Installing Android apps from Samsung store to non Samsung Android device like htc phone

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I have a htc phone, I want to install few apps from Samsung market.

But users of htc can not download apps from Samsung Market, Samsung Market is only available to Samsung devices.

Does anyone know how to install applications from Samsung store to HTC mobiles.


texts: Lockscreen widget default to expanded on Android 4.3 or upcoming 4.4

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Does anyone know if there is a configuration to allow the lockscreen widget to default to expanded view on Android 4.3 or higher?  I have a Note 3 and have not yet received the 4.4 update.

I prefer NOT to use a 3rd party app.  My preference is to use the stock email widget, but have it in expanded mode by default.


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Device: Q88B-5S tablet

How can I move the BusyBox from xbin to bin? I used Root Explorer and Terminal, but it didn't work. My tablet is going nuts. (factory reset, 0bytes)

My tablet is rooted using Super One Click and has a superuser app. Yet, the Root Explorer (RE) doesn't seem to recognize that my tablet is already rooted. I'm thinking if the RE has some compatibility issue.

Is there any way I could move the BusyBox from xbin?


texts: vCard sent to my android from an iPhone arrives as text message

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Is there any easy way to save a contact which has arrived like

<Subject: PXT> - BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
PRODID blah blah blah

Into the contacts?  I believe it happens when someone "shares" a contact with you from iPhone.  If there is only the number or email there it is pretty easy to dig the details out of the text message, but if it sends a small profile picture that comes in decoded as a massive text message which is quite annoying.  It would be nice to have a way to import that text message into a contact, with the avatar and all.


texts: Galaxy S keeps accidentally taking screenshot

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Galaxy S on 2.2 supports taking screenshots by holding the back button and tapping the home button simultaneously. However I find my phone occasionally doing it when I only tap the back or only the home button (which I do a lot).

This is inconvenient, but I don't mind too much it taking screenshots, but the bigger problem problem for me is the fact it makes a camera sound. This makes it sound like you just took a picture, and in public spaces it can land you in some embarassing situation. People might think you're a stalker, creep, or in some situation I think you can accidentally got into a fight or problem with police (I haven't landed in any of these situations, luckily). But it's quite dangerous.

Does anyone have the same problem? How to stop this or at least turn off the sound (other than putting my phone on silent mode)


texts: How remove prompt messages on nexus 4 root?

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Is it possible to make warning messages not appear? Example, when I try to turn off 'Cellular data' in data usage, I get the stupid question "turn off..?"

Is it possible to force the phone to do as you tell it without it playing smart asking you before executing?


texts: Android Hotspot internet connection comes and goes

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When I'm connected to my android hotspot from my laptop, internet connection
comes and goes every few minutes. It happens both on Windows and Ubuntu so that I think the problem is not from receiver side.

Phone: Xiaomi A1
OS: Android 8

If I remember correctly, it used to be ok in the past. I'm not sure, but maybe it started when I updated to Android 8. Maybe!


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I have a MTK soc phone rocking JB 4.2.2 with kernel 3.4.0. I have extracted the boot.img in Ubuntu using dsixda kitchen, however the extracted boot.img folder doesn't contain C source code. I have searched on Internet but didn't get any solutions.

Why isn't there any source code?
Where can I get the kernel 3.4.0 with Source Code


texts: How to load kernel module with Magisk root but without custom kernel?

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I am having a really hard time finding anything about this on Google which is not from 2011. I have a Samsung Galaxy S10+. I have rooted it with Magisk without TWRP, i.e. no custom recovery or custom kernel. I want OTA updates without having to delete everything on my phone just to update, that is why I use Magisk without TWRP.

What I need is drivers for my WiFi adapter TP-Link TL-WN7220. I know that to be able to install a driver into the kernel, that means a custom kernel and then you would not be able to have OTA updates which defeats the above purpose.

My question is, is there a way to load a driver, even if it is temporary like loading a kernel module on Linux? On Linux this does not require a reboot, can this be done similarly on Android, so I will keep my stock kernel but still be able to run the WiFi adapter?


texts: Prevent device administrators from being installed

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My company has some Android devices that are available for our customers to use. Customers have nearly full access to the devices, and unfortunately a customer recently installed Android Device Manager, added their Play account, registered the device to themselves, and then disabled the phone.

I was able to recover the devices by factory resetting and logging in with one of our existing play accounts, but I'd like to prevent this from happening in future.

Is there a way to prevent device administrators from being added to an Android device? I know I can create an administrator app and set it as Device Owner to ensure it's always an admin, but I don't think this will prevent this scenario from occurring again.


texts: Stuck with draconian security restrictions after adding and removing corporate e-mail account

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After adding a corporate e-mail account to my phone, my device asked to encrypt itself as well as the attached SD card, and change the lock to password. I immediately removed the account, but the security restrictions are still in place. The device no longer requires encryption, but it refuses to read the SD card without encrypting it ("Preparing SD card") appears in the pulldown menu. It's also stuck on password lock with all other options greyed out.

From reading this post, I tried all of the following to remove these restrictions; nothing has worked.

Deleted all e-mail accounts.
Settings > Security > Device administrators; remove all (including related e-mail accounts.)
Settings > Security > Clear credentials; remove all certificates
Re-connect to the offending account, and repeating steps 2 and 3 before encryption. This actually shows a more detailed message when about to remove device administrators, including all of the security restrictions, but it still doesn't remove them.

Nothing succeeds in a) removing the restriction to password lock, and b) stopping the device from constantly trying to encrypt the SD card. If you uncheck the "Encrypt SD card" it is just checked again automatically. Currently there is no way to access the SD card at all without apparently first going through the encryption.

There must be a way to fix this that doesn't involve backing up and wiping the device, or rooting it. Either this is a really strange bug or I'm missing something obvious. I'm running Android 4.2.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S4.


texts: No Incoming Call Screen Shows & No Sound [Wildfire S Cyanogenmod 10.1]

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I have updated my HTC wildfire S to cyanogen-mod 10.1 yesterday.

I am facing Two main Issues.

1st: I am unable to receive a call because when i called from other cell, there was no incoming call on WFS but on the other cell after one beep there was a "Number Busy" notification.

2nd: Power button does not enable the pattern lock.As i have set a pattern from setting>security.

Please help me with this.


texts: My Nexus 7(2012) tab stuck with "no command" and don't pass the dead android with red pyramid

texts: I've rooted my tab one month ago with android 4.2 version. After that an app "Super User" was iinstalled. whenever I installed an app, "Super User" grants approval that app to run.It was all good but unfortunately I tried to update android. And after that my tab struck with "no command" and continuously taking restart. Another problem is "usb debugging" was not enabled, so I can't use usb too. Now friends, plz help me and suggest me how can I use my tab again. Thanks a lot.


texts: Android SmartLock - Proximity to home wifi

texts: I have seen other topics similar to this that are locked to further comments but the conversation goes way sideways.  The issue is whether I can have my phone unlocked when I'm within range of my home wifi.  This is preferable to using GPS where I burn battery and have someone tracking my every move.  The conversation gets hijacked about the security of wifi vs bluetooth which shouldn't matter; this issue needs to stay on whether I have to provide credentials to my phone to unlock it. The argument is correct - someone could break into my wifi - that's a separate issue.  Someone could break into my house and have access to my unlocked phone, but then I have a bigger problem to worry about.  Please allow wifi proximity to activate SmartLock.  Yes, Google would love to have me turn on my GPS but that's not in my best interest.


texts: I'll start by saying that I have a very large amount of pictures and music on my phone. However, all of it is stored on my sd card (128GB). Almost 90GB are used. I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+ with 64GB of internal storage. I have what I consider an average number of apps. The problem is my internal storage is almost completely full (we are talking a few hundred mbs at best). I have moved all apps that can be moved to the sd card, all my pictures and music are on the sd card, and I have cleared all cache data on each app individually. When my internal storage is analyzed, it says that 63.5gb of other exists. What can I do to increase my internal storage? Could the gallery app be holding 30gb of photos even though they are all stored on my sd card? Help!


texts: How to (cleanly) remove Gmail app from KitKat? I have fully moved over to Inbox

texts:
Hey I have a moto G (no SD card!) and so space is a premium.

I have 'removed all updates' and cleared data on Gmail but I would like that extra 40 MB back. Is it possible to remove Gmail completely?

Now I'm not so sure this was a good idea, as Inbox is a front-end for Gmail.

Inbox seems to be working fine...


texts: Google Geolocation Problem with Beautiful Widgets

texts:
After boot Beautiful Widgets shows a Google Geolocation Problem notification and tells me that Google can't find my location based on the given GPS coordinates.

Beautiful Widgets suggests that:

"- Android Geolocation system is temporarily down
- A bad GPS fix has been provided by your phone

If that still does not work, disable geolocation in the settings."

How can I fix this? Not only is it bothersome, it is also draining my phone's battery at an alarming rate.


texts: Force Runtastic to show kJ instead of Cal

texts: How can one make Runtastic to show energy unit in kilo Joules instead of Calories?


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace. Every time I try to install a new App I get a message saying my internal memory is full (the SD card has plenty of room). The phone has 180MB of internal storage. I counted the memory that all my apps should take and it came out to 50MB so something is taking up 130MB and I don't know what that is. I rooted my device and moved all the apps that could be moved to the SD card. It still says that I have only 20 free MB. I was wondering if there are any apps out there that can tell me what is taking up all my memory. If not is there any way to programmatically map out the internal storage of the device? Does Android block access to this storage, or can I view it from my computer in any way?


texts:
I have a Alcatel onetouch model 50540 running android 5.1.1 as in the title. it is rooted and began uninstalling pre-installed bloatware on my device. I do not have a complete list of uninstalled apps because I had only kept track after the first few, but ill list the ones I do know about

Download Manager
Downloads
Talkback
Hangouts
Cricket Wi-Fi Manager
Camera
Email
Onetouch Launcher

That is the essence of what I did. I do have an edited hosts file as a makeshift adblock.

Play store gives me an error code 0 to which I removed app data and tried again, same problem.

I have tried installing local apps which brings up an "app not installed" box.

Lastly I have tried do directly extract the app into /data/app and rebooting which didn't work.


texts: Cannot access hidden files on Nexus 5 after root

texts:
I'm making some apps for android and wanted to change files in the data/data/com.myapp/ folder, so I decided to root my Nexus 5.

This did the opposite of what I wanted. I used to be able to VIEW hidden files, but not modify them. Now, after root I cannot see anything but default folders (DCIM, Download, Music...) on my phone in windows explorer.

Windows explorer file options is set to see all files
I think this may be a USB driver issue, but have tried all the drivers in the sdk folder
I do not want to use ADB commands to manage files, i do not think this is necessary

I'd be grateful for any help with this. I've looked at other posts and forums and cannot find anything similar to this.


texts:
I looked at the list of Voice Actions on Google's website and couldn't find one for starting an application of my choice.

Is starting applications supported by Voice Actions?

If not, can a user add this feature via some setting or by an app from the market?


texts: What can i do to update the android version of my android device if there is no available update available for my device?

texts: my device is ondo vi10. it is a android tablet i bought from a IT Fair. The current android version is 4.0.3. What are some ways i can update it?


texts:
I'm newbie and experimenting,like the title said i wanted to use youtube-dl with aria2

So this is my youtube-dl config

--cache-dir /sdcard/Download

--all-subs

--external-downloader "aria2c"

--external-downloader-args "--dir=/sdcard/Download --split=16 --max-connection-per-server=16 --min-split-size=1M --continue=true"

--merge-output-format "mkv"

--embed-subs

-f "bestvideo[width=1280][fps>=30][vcodec=vp9]+bestaudio[acodec=opus]/bestvideo[width=1280][fps>=30]+bestaudio"

The thing is when i try to download https://youtu.be/kUd9act5EP4 (pewd's new video) around 141mb(avc1 with opus audio) and 112mb(vp9 with opus audio) its downloaded with aria2 but when I try to download https://youtu.be/FKhtrdd6p4Q (random lengthy video) around 764mb(avc1 with aac audio)its downloaded without aria2(idk what its downloaded with(native termux downloader?)).

So what is my error in this?(I have  attached a screenshot)

Oh and one more thing,how to change youtube-dl download location?


texts: I am not getting any notification ringtone when my whatsapp is open and I am chatting to a different person. So I am not getting the ringtone

texts: I am not getting the Notification ringtone when my Whatsapp chat box is open. While I am chatting with one friend, if the other friend message me, I am not getting ring voice.


texts: I am trying to factory data reset my Oppo neo 7 (Android 5.1) using adb shell. Any ways i can try and links to adb shell? thanks


texts: How do I transfer text messages from iPhone 5 (running iOS 10.3) to a Galaxy S5 (running Android 6) for free?

texts:
I love Android and I'm trying to get my friend to transfer to an Android phone from their iPhone. I can use iCloud and other apps to transfer contacts and other things, but I can't figure out how ton transfer text messages to the Galaxy S5. These are the things I've tried and some reasons that they don't seem to work:

Google Drive (requires iOS 11 & phone can't update to that version)
iCloud (doesn't include text messages until iOS 11.4 & phone can't update to that version)
DrFone (seems to just hang)
ATT Transfer App (doesn't seem to work)
iSMS2Droid (went down March 18th, 2019, and isn't available anymore in app stores. I was able to make a backup of the iPhone using iTunes, but I can't find any app/program that can convert the text message database to an Android one).

Thanks so much!


texts: Samsung S3 only boots into safe mode. Also plays a female voice reading everything on homescreen

texts:
Recently, my Samsung S3 GT-19300 somehow went off and immediately restarted itself into safe mode. I assume in safe mode there are limited thing that will function on the phone? But in my case nothing seems to be working. All I hear is a strange female voice reading everything on my phones' desktop.

I have restarted the phone several times following various instruction on how to turn off safe mode but all to no avail, the problems is still persisting. It has a funny icon of a hand telling you to stop.

Do you know of any way to fix this? I’d like to be able to fix this, not minding having to do a factory reset if at all possible.


texts:
So I have a very, very shiny new Nexus 4. This supports SIP, and I have added a SIP account to the telephony accounts settings page.

Unfortunately I cannot figure out how to actually dial a SIP number. How do I do this?

The telephone dialer has number buttons only, and tapping the number entry field doesn't pop up a keyboard. Rumour has it that previous versions of Android had a 'text' button somewhere on the dialer page, but that's not present in JB. There must be some way to do it...

(Note: I'm not asking how to add a SIP number to a contact. I know how to do that. I want to dial numbers that aren't on my contacts list.)

Update: after some experimenting, I have found that:

pressing the DIAL button with the field empty reloads the text field with the last number dialed, which can be a SIP number of the form sip:music@iptel.org. So I know the text field is capable of handling text.
trying to paste text into the field produces gibberish. For the above number, I get 7476874247835.674! (Which is what the letters on the dial pad map to. Except for : and @, which are emitted.) Dialing this number does nothing --- obviously.


texts:
I'm on a Galaxy S6 and recently updated to Android 6. Now in every folder on my home screen I have this annoying plus icon (http://i.imgur.com/SUZSJvv.png) which is meant to select apps to add to the folder instead of having to drag them in one by one.

How can I remove this? I haven't changed the UI from default.


texts:
I just flashed the Android 6 Image to my Nexus 7 (2013) LTE a few minutes ago. It was a clean flash, so I copied my files over to my PC.
When I plugged it in after it booted, Windows detects it, installs the drivers automatically and shows the device in My Computer. From it's icon, It's in MTP mode. But when I open it, I can't see the usual "Internet Storage" disk that lets me access my files. The device shows a blank folder.
I searched the Settings app for "MTP" & "PTP" but found nothing. (Unlike in Lollipop) In the "Storage & USB" section also, there is no mention of a USB connection other than in the title.
I can't swipe down the notification area while the device is plugged in because the screen is broken (I use a mouse)

What might be my problem?
PS: The device has an unlocked bootloader so I can edit system files.

Thanks.


texts:
I lost all my viber chats & calls when I tried to migrate to a new phone. Thought transferring over the entire Viber folder to the new phone would do the trick but after activating Viber it didn't restore anything.

The problem is because I used the same number to activate viber it somehow deactivated viber on my old phone. I obviously activated it again but it deleted everything :(

Is there a way to recover all my old viber chats?


texts: ADB Doesn't recognize device when on Clockwork Recovery Mode

texts: I'm trying to install another rom on my Samsung Galaxy S3 and when in the Clockwork Recovery Mode, the ADB quits recognizing the phone. When I boot to the SO, the pc normally recognizes it, I gave authorization, I have usb debugging on. When I boot into recovery mode, it quits recognizing, thus not letting me upload the rom.


texts: Can I restore folder in root directory? soft bricked phone

texts:
the quick back story is that I deleted a folder called custpack in root directory of my phone.
Now the phone will not boot. I can only access android stock recovery (android system recovery 3e)

I can detect the phone when I type the command adb devices.
command like adb usb, adb pull or adb push keeps giving me a message  "error:closed".

the only command that seems to work is adb sideload

is there a way I can tinker with the file system of the internal phone memory? what are my options? the phone does have an sd card slot. so is it possible to flash a zip file that somehow restore the folder back? if so how do I create the zip file?

I do have a backup of the deleted folder in my PC


texts: How can I stop applications and services from running?

texts: When my phone starts up there are several application/services running in the background that I would rather not.  And when I press the Home button while using an app, that app usually goes into the background without exiting.  How can I stop these apps from running?


texts: not sure how to breathe life into mate 8 64gb dual sim variant

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I'm at a loss here, i have nougat on my mate mate 8 but i completely forgot that you had to root nougat in a particular way. Anyway, i don't have access to erecovery, power+volUPvolDown doesn't work and i can't get access to fastboot. The only thing i do get is power to the screen and my 'your phone is unlocked and can't be trusted blah blah' message.

I need to flash a recovery.img, system.img and any other relevant img. How can i do this with the phone in this state?


texts:
How to logout from Skype to relogin under other name?

I mean skype for pad-sized computers.

If I press avatar, then I have "exit" entry at the bottom. But if I click this entry, then Skype just closes. If I open it again, then it enters under old name again.

I want to logout so that it ask password.

Is it possible?


texts:
I've got a oneplus 2 running CM 14. Build details are as following.

version : 14.1-20161213-NIGHTLY-oneplus2

CM API : 7

Baseband version : MPSS.B0.2.5.c9-00015-M8994FAAAANAZM-1

Kernel Version : 3.10.84

I've recently started using a dual sims within the same career. The thing is, SIM2 always gets HSPA+ and SIM1 only gets EDGE. Sometimes if I restart the device, SIM1 gets HSPA but it changes to EDGE in a couple of minutes. I tried switching the SIMs and the same thing happens. Any idea on the issue?


texts:
This question has been asked a lot before, but I can't find one from this year (or any answer that solves my problem)

I have just installed google translate on my new Samsung Galaxy J1 (SM-J100Y)  with Android 4.4.4

Is there a way I can move google translates offline translation packages to the SD card.  I tried copying the data folder, but it doesn't work, the app says it can't find any offline packages (after following these steps https://sites.google.com/site/galaxytinfo/saving-offline-languages-for-google-translate-into-external-sd)


texts:
Would someone be able to explain android fragmentation?

If I created an app using 1.5 will that app work on all devices that have version 1.5 - 3.2 (highest current version)?  Or are there issues between the versions?  I understand 3.0 is the tablet version so an app made for 1.5 probably won't look good, but will it work without having to create specific version targeted versions of the app?

Also, why does it take so long for some phones to get updates?  Is Android so tied to specific device hardware that upgrading it is not possible without other device specific modifications?  I would have expected that if a phone is able to run a new version it would get it OTA, but reading around it seems a lot of android users complain that it's taking so long to get x update or that they don't even know if they will get it.


texts: Tab stays on 216mhz instead of Deep Sleep

texts:
I am using Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I have installed Cpu SPY. I have noticed that when I leave the tab in the night, WiFi OFF, flight mode on, it does not go to Deep Sleep but stays on 216Mhz.
I guess it is an app or something, however I do not know how to investigate this.

I run 4.0.4 stock, rooted.

What can I do to have the device on Deep Sleep the time that it stays on 216Mhz?


texts: How can I access the /android_asset/ folder on my phone?

texts:
or in other words:

Where is it?
Can I access it without root access?

I've been searching in ASTRO file manager but I can't find it.  What is the full path?


texts: Is there any way to know the RAM of an Android phone?

texts: I bought a Spice Stellar Jazz Mi-353. It tells me that it has 116MB of RAM, but it is supposed to be 256MB. Is there a way to check how much RAM my device physically has before deciding to get it replaced?


texts: How can I make the stock browser stop asking which browser I want to use?

texts:
I have a number of browsers installed on my phone.  I haven't set any as the default because some pages simply render better on some browsers than on others.

When I use the stock browser, every single time I click a link it asks me what browser I want to use.  I'd like it to get the hint that if I chose the stock browser for this current session, then it should open the links in the stock browser and stop asking me.

Is there any way for me to stop the stock browser from asking me this without making it the default?


texts: lenovo a6000 internal storage 0 mb. unable to mount data. system cache

texts:
My phone is Lenovo A6000 Plus. It got encrypted by mistake and now after a lots of efforts its got bricked. No OS. TWRP is running only after getting command though fastboot boot recovery.img. Everything is wiped default TWRP splash screens.

When I try to wipe it or try to flash any zip or img it shows errors like "unable to mount /data / system /cache". I think its internal storage got encrypted.

I tried everything. Changed a lot of TWRP but not working. Not able to flash any custom ROM. Not able to wipe anything due to this error. Internal storage shows 0 mb. Not showing in MTP device.

Is there any way to completely wipe internal storage or make it visible in PC so I could format it? I tried every flashing tool for lenovo like QFIL lenovo downloader but not working at all.

Please help.


texts: Samsung Galxy S2 cracked touchscreen, need to access contacts

texts: +I accidentally cracked my Samsung Galaxy S2 screen. I can't read the screen anymore. It would seem that the phone would work in every other way, if only was able to read and operate the screen. I looked up on the net for a replacement screen, but it is over $107.00. Not only don't I have that sort of money at the moment. But even if I did I would have to do all the taking apart and replacing of the damaged screen with the new screen. I found an awesome youtube instructional video that I can use once I get the money to buy the new touch screen. But I desperately need my contact details ASAP. I mean desperately. I have read where there is software that can do that sort of thing. But it also says that the phone needs to have been "rooted" I am not tech savy AT ALL. So any simple step by step instructions from anyone in the know would be so, so appreciated. Thanks in advance.


texts: If I insert a Japanese SIM into my Nexus 4, can I have unlimited access to the Japanese Google Play Store?

texts: I read this thread (How does Google Play determine the region on a tablet without SIM card) and it seems like the region is determined by IP, but if I insert a SIM purchased in Japan into my Nexus 4, will I be able to purchase Japanese apps, games, books, etc even if I don't have a Japanese credit card, or will I need that as well?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 on Sprint sudden Drop in Battery Life

texts:
Since I got this device in mid November to now, I have had great battery life usually lasting almost two full days and never having a problem for one day unless I'd been using it excessively. Suddenly yesterday I started losing power and the device is dead in just about 8 hours, with the graph of battery loss showing only Skype and Android OS. I haven't used Skype at all and don't know why it would even show up on this graph, but Android OS usually hadn't been showing up as more than about 5-15% of my total battery usage, much less overshadowing everything else. I uninstalled Skype thinking it may have updated and have noticed no difference at all.

I've started looking for solutions online, and found forums for "android OS bug fixes" but nothing that detailed anything similar to this situation. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1135033

I have had Gingerbread 2.3.3 since I got this phone (annoyingly.. where is ICS Samsung??) I'm pretty sure and have had no battery drain problems such as this at all until just recently. I had not made any changes to the system nor any applications or widgets and see no reason why suddenly the OS would start to consume my battery erroneously.

I don't have WiFi on typically unless I'm in a zone where I do have it and sketchy service such as at work sometimes (I am a student and only work about 15 hours a week on top of classes) and at home if I'm updating apps or using my phone a lot and want the quicker service. GPS and Bluetooth are always off, along with 4G unless I will be currently using it a lot in a 4G zone.

Basically, I see no reason why my battery life should suddenly become awful when I had been having such a wonderful experience with this phone for months. What could have caused this and how can I reverse it?? Thanks!


texts: I'm about to use Odin to root my S4 running 5.0.1, but I'd just like to know, what is the point of KNOX and is it really important? I know it's not just the software I'm not authorized to use, and it'll set my KNOX warranty flag to 0x1 and burn the e-fuse, but I'd just like to reassure myself that I'm not missing out on something here.


texts:
A few weeks ago, a new notification item appeared on my tray. It's worded in a way similar to normal update notifications, but it's not one of them, and it makes reference to software I haven't installed. See this image:

The screen grab shows two standard update notifications: "X applications updated" and "X updates need approval". However, there's also a different one that reads "1 new update - Touch to download Twitter". Not only this one is different, the really strange thing is that I DON'T have Twitter installed, so there should be anything to update.

Aside: I use a Twitter client, but it's called Tweet Lanes and it normally upgrades through the normal routes. This doesn't seem related.

My tablet is a 2011 Samsung Galaxy 10.1, running Android 4.0.4. Maybe the notification is generated by the OEM software provided by Samsung?

Is there a way to tell which programs are showing which notifications?


texts:
I have copied it's APK to /system/app, but it crashes after a restart and also tried using Lucky patcher to move to system, but failed.

Android 7.0
Rooted with SuperSU.


texts: How to change the country in Samsung Pay?

texts: I bought a new Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge in Asia before leaving to France. I now want to use Samsung Pay in France but the app shows Asian ads and notifications in Thai language. I want to know if the app will still work in France, and can you change the original country?


texts: Do I need to format my external SD Card?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S 5 and will be adding a Class 10, 64 Gig micro SDXC UHS-1 Card. I've seen people refer to formatting an SD card. How do I know if that's necessary in my case?

*Edit: I should have said it's a brand new, unused card.


texts: How can I specify a default contact for merged contacts?

texts:
I have some contacts on my phone that appear in all or some of:

my phone
my google contacts
skype
facebook

Thankfully, Android allows me to link that contacts, so that I have only one entry in my phonebook with access to all the different sources.  However, the names aren't always identical.  For instance:

in some cases the name is in English, in others in Hebrew
some have the full name, others only the first name

Is there any way to select which of these is the default display name?


texts: How to Tether NordVPN internet from Android to Laptop?

texts:
I tether my internet with my phone.
I connect with my laptop to it.
If I keep my VPN client (NordVPN) activet, internet does not work.

NordVPN support says to configure VPN in Settings > VPN.
However, I want to use many VPN servers so manually setting each there is not possible.
NordVPN frontend has a nice map where you can choose which VPN server to use.
Internet works with VPN in my phone but not in my laptop when it is using the tethered source.

Differential condition: NordVPN Android application does not keep VPN active all the time

complication: Client laptop cannot get internet in USB tethering when VPN is active in the phone

I forwarded this thread (26.9.2016, 3.10.2016 and 4.10.2016) to the NordVPN support and stated a deep wish to get a manual about using NordVPN internet from phone with your Debian laptop.
Feel free to ask me more details about the test configuration if needed.
Questions of the tech support

Does [Android NordVPN] disconnect when you are browsing or not launching at all? It disconnects itself when browsing internet.
Can you give more information about our application not keeping connection at all time. How often you are getting disconnect and on what event it disconnects ( i.e. when you lock your phone or when it fall in sleep for not using it). It occurs daily. It occurs when I lock my phone.

Phone: Oneplus 2
Phone OS: 3.1 OxygenOS
Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX303UA
Laptop OS: Debian 8.5 64 bit
Laptop Linux kernel: 4.6 of backports
VPN client in Android: NordVPN (tried many locations)


texts: Block vocal assistant when headphones are plugged in

texts:
I have a pair of headphones that happen to have a bit a misfit with the audio jack, so that often it stops contact and needs to be jerked in a bit.
When this happens the vocal assistant launches an audio message reading the time of the day and asking for permissions to use vocal commands with the headphones plugged in. This also produces a visual notification that asks for the permission with a dialog box. I always set "don't allow", but this keeps repeating over and over.
The OS is MIUI 12 with Android 10, the assistant and all related notifications are supposedly turned off.
How can I silence those vocal messages?


texts: Synchronize google apps with private server?

texts:
Is there a way to synchronize google apps with my own server? Does Google offer something like that? Maybe for business use?
Or is there maybe an unofficial way of doing it?

I couldn't really find anything about this. All I could find out is that you can use your own domain when creating a google account, but I don't think that this affects the data sync.


texts: Where does the Foursquare notification come from?

texts:
Yesterday, I got a Foursquare friend request in the notifications panel.

The only running services at that time were, I believe, the same that are running now. Definitely there was no Foursquare service running. I hadn't used Foursquare in weeks. From Settings:

Settings
Google Services (GoogleLocationService)
WhatsApp
My Calendar
Google Services (Cloud to Device Messa…, Google Messaging Ser…)
Maps
Android keyboard

I was logged into Google Latitude.

By what mechanism did the friend request reach the notifications panel?


texts:
How do I tether with VPN on Lollipop?

I have root. I found the following guide, but don't fully understand the instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33749904&postcount=10

In particular,
3) route traffic in specific tethering routing table
3a) see table for tethering (in my setup is table '60')
yourprompt# ip rule show
3b) add your private address (myne is 172.16.0.0/16) to the tethering table
yourprompt# ip route add 172.16.0.0/16 dev tun0 table 60

What is my private address? Is this the ip the VPN service gives me or what?

Other guides, which is the right one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317841
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2668999
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993689
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944171

Would really appreciate help on this, thanks. Needs to be wifi tether, because I need to bridge my router to it.


texts: Using wired and wireless headphones simultaneously?

texts:
I have 1 android device, 1 wired headphones, 1 wireless headphones, 2 ppl willing to watch film.
When I connect both of headphones only wired work.

Is it possible to use both of headphones simultaneously?


texts: Mystery application called "Add Contacts"

texts:
After a factory reset there is no application present on the phone that is called Add Contacts. On such a clean unit I used Google Play Store to install Skype. I think Google Play Store requires some sort of update so I allowed that update to be installed. I don't remember exactly what the update was called but it seems to always be a requirement after a factory reset upon the first use of the Play Store so it is probably a legitimate Google update.

After using this fairly "clean" unit for very little time a new application called Add Contacts appeared in the "wallpaper" array of applications. It asks for permission to read my location.

Is the "Add Contacts" program malware? What caused this to be installed?

I did another factory reset to get rid of it. Note that under the Backup & reset function is a  Backup & restore dialog with the check box for back up my data and a check box for automatic restore. I UNCHECKED both before doing the factory reset. After the factory reset I also UNCHECK both before connecting to WiFi. I next used Google Play Store (allowing the mandatory update related to the use of Play Store) to install Skype (non-advertising version) and nothing more.

This unit has Android 4.4.2.

Update: It has been about 3 weeks since the last factory reset. A few hours ago I noticed that the Add Contacts icon is on the wallpaper array of applications. I did another factory reset. I will install Skype (non-advertising version). I also installed that update that Google requires before allowing the use of Play Store. (I need Play Store to install Skype and for no other reason.) As an experiment I will use only the native SMS application, voice calls, and Skype. For the past 3 weeks I have not used any other application but to be sure I will un-install several of the default applications just to increase my confidence that nothing is being invoked that I cannot account for. I have instructed people never to send photos or other attachments to my Skype and the default SMS application and I made a mental note to myself never to use the camera and to never use service provider data other than SMS. This phone will only ever process WiFi data and only for Skype. I will monitor for the mysterious appearance of applications or other unexpected behaviour.

Update: The "Add Contacts" application reappeared after only a few hours. I will do another factory reset with backup my data disabled and automatic restore disabled. The application "Add Contacts" version 3.0 has the following permissions: read phone status and identity, precise location, read contacts, modify or delete SD card, read SD card, disable screen lock, view WiFi connections, full network access, run at startup, retrieve running apps, draw over other apps, modify system settings, and many more. There is no app by the name "Add Contacts" in the Play store. After a factory reset I immediately disabled backup my data and automatic restore before enabling WiFi. This time I was able to use the Play store and install Skype and there was no prompt to do an update to Google Play "services". This is unlike before and perhaps strange. As always, there will be no deliberate use of service provider data other than SMS. All data use will be through Skype and WiFi. Voice calls and SMS will be handled with the default Android features. There will be no use of the camera and there will be no receipt of attachments via Skype and SMS. People have been instructed not to send me attachments. Play store will not be used to install anything other than Skype.


texts: I just got notification from Drippler app that open source archive is released for my device. This is the Xperia SP v12.1.A.0.266 link. I just want to know what is open source archive.


texts: MetroPCS ZTE cannot connect to the carrier data network

texts: I recently had to factory reset my MetroPCS ZTE phone. Now when I put the SIM card in from my Huawei it won't connect to the carrier data network, it only works on WiFi.


texts:
I want to code Python 3 on my Android device. So I went through Lanky Cyril's blog post on using the Terminal IDE to put all that I needed to do code on an Android terminal. For Python 2.X that is installed on the blog, it works like a charm.

So I installed Python 3 using the same instructions. This is what I get when I try to start Python 3:

terminal++:~$ ~/python3
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: unable to load the file system codec
LookupError: no codec search functions registered: can't find encoding
Segmentation fault

I made sure:

export PYTHONHOME=/data/data/com.googlecode.python3forandroid/files/python3
export PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONHOME}/lib/python3.2/lib-dynload

I also checked on why python 3 is not loading  on StackOverflow.

So the problem could be the python build. Has anyone worked around this?


texts: Is it possible to use the SdCard in portable mode but encrypt it?

texts:
I dislike how the internal sdcard formating works, I don't want to replace the internal storage with my sdcard, my target would be to extend the storage.

Mainly, I use the sdcard as storage for the camera and personal data. I really want to encrypt this data.

Is it possible to use internal (for example 8gb) and external storage (64gb) resulting in 72gb total storage. accessing it via usb cable on the PC but not only encrypt the internal storage but also the external?

edit:

Extra question/Clearification:
I want encryption of the internal and external sd (no matter how its called "portable mode" or "internal mode"), keeping the sytem data and the apps on the fast internal sd but also have my data encrypted on the slow external sd. also i don't want to loose storage space, so it should be an "and" not an "or". is there some tutorial how to archive that? root access is available


texts: How to turn off data usage for all but specific App in android?

texts:
I want to disable the auto sync(i.e mobile data) for all of my App ,except whatsApp when I am in mobile data connection.So basically talking , when I am on mobile data I only want to use whatsApp to connect to internet.

But when I am connected to wifi , any of App can update,sync and do things whatever they want. How can I do that ?

EDIT: MY PHONE IS NOT ROOTED


texts: How can I extract individual files from a backup created with TWRP? I’ve come across this answer, which is about extracting an APK from the system partition. However, I want to extract files from /data, which gets split across several files in the backup.


texts: Google Maps show location history where I've never even been

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Core Prime and it has Google Maps downloaded on it as well as other Google apps. My husband went through my phone and in the Google Maps app, under timeline, apparently it showed that I had actually went to several places on days when I had never left the house, but the worse part is that it's saying I've been to places I've never even been.

This whole situation is frustrating because I love my husband very much but now he is completely convinced that I'm cheating on him, and I'm not; there has to be someone out there that can explain this total mess cause my husband doesn't believe a word I say.

Please help me figure this mess out and convince my husband that I'm not lying and in definitely not cheating!


texts: my screen is broken on my moto g. How can i put it into discovery mode on bluetooth?

texts: My motorola moto g smartphone has broken screen.  Is there any way to connect to pc and sync my music.? I cant see the screen to turn bluetooth on so i cant get it into discovery mode.


texts: Crashing video camera in CyanogenMod 7.2

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I just updated CyanogenMod 7 to 7.2 on my Nexus One. Now when I go to camera → photo mode it works well, but if I switch to video mode it just crashes.

I tried to find an answer on the CyanogenMod site, but as much as I searched I found no matching question. As far as I could see on the CyanogenMod site, the latest stable version for the Nexus One is 7.2. Is there any solution for this?


texts: Get GPS coordinates of lost phone even if GPS was off when lost

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I usually turn off my GPS to save batery. However, I would like to be able to turn the GPS on remotely and get its coordinates (e.g. by e-mail). Today a friend of mine almost lost her phone on the forest... In case next time it were my phone, I would like to be able to locate it easily.

I tried Android Device Manager as mentioned here but it gives me the coordinates of the last time I had my GPS on and it does NOT turn the GPS on to give me the latest/current coordinates.


texts:
Android 5 offers two encryption features:

Encrypt the device (phone)
Encrypt the external micro SD card

I understand the benefit of 2.: if someone takes my micro SD out and wants to use it on another phone/computer, he won't be able to see my personal files.

But I don't see the the benefit of 1. over a simple password screen lock: nobody can take the internal memory of my phone out of the phone itself. So what is the advantage of 1. over a simple screen lock with password + SIM code lock?

In which precise situation would a thief be defeated by an encrypted device whereas he wouldn't be with a standard screen lock with password?
(I'm not speaking about external micro SD for which I already understand the benefit of encryption)

To be more precise: is there a way for a thief of a phone with password screen lock but no device encryption to access the phone's internal data (let's say he doesn't know the password / cannot crack it).


texts: Why the game is compatible in BlueStacks, but not in Genymotion?

texts:
I've tried to install KoA game in Genymotion on Demand on Android 5.1, 6.0 and 7.0 using Google Play Store app (by following these steps), but it reads that it's not compatible.

  Your device isn't compatible with this version.

However I was able to install in BlueStacks on Mac. Both Android platforms are x86 compatible.

Genymotion

root@cloud:/ # getprop | grep -w cpu
[ro.product.cpu.abi]: [x86_64]
[ro.product.cpu.abilist32]: [x86]
[ro.product.cpu.abilist64]: [x86_64]
[ro.product.cpu.abilist]: [x86_64,x86]

BlueStacks

Where is the compatibility problem? Is it because of Android 4.4.2 vs Android 5.1-7.0, or it's something else?


texts: Tablet on Android 4.2 is not detecting the SD card

texts:
I have a tablet on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). I'm trying to insert the external SD card, but every time I open a camera it says "no external available". When I open my Documents To Go files it says "presence of SD CARD is required by Documents To Go". At this moment the SD card is inserted in device, however, the card is not mounted by the file system.

As a result, I'm getting the "please mount the card" message again and again.

How to fix this issue?


texts: How can I not show profile pics in Whatsapp?

texts: I don't want any profile pics to appear for any contacts in Whatsapp on my HTC One X, any idea if this is possible?


texts: What does "Can't send message on card 1, error 21" mean?

texts: I'm trying to send an SMS with Messenger on my new Nexus 5X running Lollipop, but sending always fails with Can't send message on card 1, error 21.  Receiving SMS and making phone calls works fine.  What's going on?


texts: so, i've been having trouble with my phone lately so i decided to back up my data and factory reset, but every time i wan't to do it the ''reset phone'' button does not work, i can't even press it, i have also tried to hard reset but when i get to the screen where i choose factory reset (the screen where there is a android guy saying ''no commands''), there are no commands to choose so that is also a negative for reseting, thanks in advance...


texts: Create a widget that displays an activity from any app

texts:
I want to create a widget that will display an activity from another app (not something I built). For example, I want to have a widget that shows the stopwatch activity from the clock app.
I am not looking to do this as part of an application I am building, but as a customisation. I tried KWGT, but was unable to find how to do it. Is there any way to do this using KWGT, or similar apps. If there are other alternates, please tell me.
I am on Android 10, if it is relevant.
Thank you in advance.


texts:
How can I root an Asus Zenfone 3 Max?
(Note that "Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom" and "Asus Zenfone 3 Laser" is not the device I am asking about)

I have tried using the official KingoRoot app to no avail (it says "Root Failed - Error 0x11CA2E")

Here are the device specification:

Build Number: MRA58K.US_Phone-13.1.4.69-20170414
Model Number: ASUS_X008DC
Android Version: 6.0
Android security patch level: April 5, 2017
Baseband version: MOLY.LR9.W1444.MD.LWTG.MP.V88.P71.2017/04/14 02:39
Kernel version:
3.8.19+
wind-kernel@droid #1
Fri Apr 14 03:01:04 EDT 2017

This device is not on the list at How do I root my Android device?

EDIT: It is now linked to this page


texts: How can I hide the night time hours in Samsung's "S planner" calendar?

texts:
I am using the "S planner" calendar on Samsung galaxy note 2 (Android 4.4.2).
I never make appointments between 12am and 6am and I want to hide these hours from the view. i.e.

Apparently the same thing can be done in gmail

Today I achieved this by accident - then it restored itself to the default view, now I'm wondering - how can I do it again?


texts: How can i transfer my whatsapp chat history to my new phone?

texts: I am using whatsapp on Samsung ace. Now I want to use whatsapp in my new HTC one. How can I transfer my my all chat histories from old phone to new phone?


texts: Can receive but cannot send SMS on SGS3, help me debug with logcat?

texts:
For a couple months now (during which time I've tried ~20 ROMs), I can receive & make calls fine, receive & send emails fine, sync fine, everything is fine except I cannot send SMS. I've tried HandCent but it didn't work either. I have 15 seconds of logcat I can't understand at all - can someone help?

And is this the best way to isolate the problem or should I be trying something else?

(click image to enlarge)

Edited to add confusing APN logcat messages.

Why does it want to get Neighboring Cell IDS? There are hundreds or thousands of messages where it tries but gets denied. Is this like a worm attempt being blocked?

With those APN=null messages, does that confirm your concerns about it being an APN issue after all?


texts: Windows is popping up a message that my card may have been improperly ejected and is offering to fix it. Should I let it?


texts:
I have a Medion P4501 phone. After the battery died, i start charging but it frooze on the Medion-brand. I was looking for a long time how to solve it but nothing worked.

The problem is:

the power button + volume up/down doesn't work: after more than 20 times, turns up only the Medion brand
Fastboot (power button + volume up and down) gives an error:
'failed to open file/mmcl/p4501.v1/CONF/P4501.xml with error no -1'
Usb debugging is turned off i believe. When i plugged in the phone, i couldn't find it in the microsoft divice manager.
Adb didnt work because it didn't find my phone
the phone isn't rooted

I hope someone can help me with this. I cracking my brains on it for a few weeks.


texts: Android Studio Emulator is running but but never goes beyond "Android Logo"

texts:
I am facing this problem that my Android Studio emulator is running but it never goes beyond the "Android logo" in booting up.

Please help me out with this problem, it's urgent!

I do not know how to resolve this problem.


texts: Bypass Pattern lock without minimum or no touch of mobile

texts:
I have android mobile with Android Lollipop 5.1.1 and I want to unlock the mobile without working on mobile. I had added pattern before screen damage.

Phone details:

Touch of mobile is damages and I can hardly use touch so working on cell is not possible. (I believe) I can type digit 3 on cell.
I tried to unlock device with ADM (http://trendblog.net/how-to-bypass-android-phone-lock-screen-pattern-pin-password/) but cell dont display option to fill pin to unlock
I have access to Google account and can install any apps.
Memory card can be inserted into mobile.
Internet is working on my cell.

I can do below thing with touch:

I can drag-down the top notification area of cell.
I can enable/disable hot-spot of cell.
I can receive calls on cell.

Please ask in comments if more details are required.

  In summary, I want to unlock or bypass pattern of mobile by using
  computer or USB or Google account. How it can be possible and I want
  to do without factory reset?


texts: power button defect: how do I turn my device on

texts:
Recently my power button stopped working, meaning that it does not accept any input. With Cyanogenmod, it was easy to add easily accessible buttons in the notification area to turn the screen off.

However I fear the time when the phone is turned off some time in the future (maybe through 0% battery level). How do I turn the device on?

I hesitate opening the device (which I've done before) because of this very same situation. I'm not sure if the button is repairable, so I'd very much like to have a backup plan to turn it back on (since for opening the device, the battery must be removed).


texts: How can I backup WhatsApp files to free some space?

texts:
I have an old 2.3 gingerbread phone and I'd like to free some memory from time to time. What's the recommended procedure to backup files from WhatsApp and free space?
(extra: Better if I wouldn't have to go again through the whole send-SMS-registrate process)


texts:
I am currently using Calculator Vault to hide my photos and would like to recover all my photos. But my system does not want to start since this morning. I have the password with which I lock it.

Where can I found all my pictures by the file manager ?

Thanks by advance for your help!


texts: Install Magisk on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (SM-G935FD) UAE ROM

texts:
Going quietly mad here... have tried and tried. Steps taken are
I purchased a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge online - its an SM-G935FD, with an original ROM (official) from the UAE (XSG).
I install TWRP - no problems there - then install Magisk Manager on the phone via the website.
I download Magisk also, and then boot into recovery with TWRP.
I install Magisk, but after rebooting, I get the following message -
"Verification failed" "Unable to restart your device. The integrity verification has failed. You need to reset your device to factory default settings. This will erase all your data"
Any ideas or suggestions as to what I should do with this? I rooted to phone, and have lost access to Samsung Health, which I'd like to use. I don't need Samsung Pay.
Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How to make sure that screen lock really locks and doesn't allow to do anything?

texts:
I've recently switched from Lenovo A328 (Android 4.4) to Samsung SM-A320F (Android 8.0, not rooted). On Lenovo I had screen lock set to "pattern", and that let me get rid of the misfeature of opening global menu dropdown (don't know what it's called) which allows to do almost anything.

After switch to Samsung I discovered that "pattern" locker no longer protects from this gesture. After pulling down the global menu I can, for instance, turn on WiFi, toggle flash light, change brightness settings, even change sound mode. There are some things I can't do from there, but this doesn't help much: I can even reboot the phone* trying to extract it from my pocket!

I've managed to remove the Phone and Camera shortcuts from the lower left&right corners, but I still can do any other harmful things while lock is on.

So, how can I make sure that screen lock really locks the screen and keys until I trigger its unlocking? Only emergency calls should be possible while locked.

* or whatever it was: holding volUp+volDown+power pressed for several seconds resulted in some sort of restart


texts: Sync to Desktop then automatically delete local/original files

texts: I'm looking for something to transfer files and then automatically delete the original files. The situation that I'm planning is to take pictures in my phone, then when I'm in my house or in a local wifi, sync them to my notebook/desktop, delete the original in the phone and then from the copy from my notebook/desktop, upload it to Google Drive, I'm aware that there are other tools that can achieve this manually but what I haven't been able to find is something that can make this process automatically/seamlessly. Thank you for your help.


texts: Can I update Motorola Moto E to Android Lollipop 5.1.1?

texts:
I'm about to buy and oldie - first generation of Motorola Moto E (XT1021) and everywhere I look it says it works on KitKat (4.4) but I've seen some posts about (oficially - OTA) updating it to 5.1.1.

I don't want to root or do some weird magic, so my question is:

can I just unbox this phone and it will automagically update to Android 5.1.1 (I'm living in Poland), how long will it take (yes, I'm in a hurry as you can see, I just need to have Android 5.1.1-based phone on my desk by tomorrow),
is there a single place where I can find a list of all Android phones with original Android versions AND latest Android updates for them? Because right now it looks like a mess, you're buying a phone, and every seller shows you the original Android version supported by the device, not the most recent one you can actually install...

Thanks a lot!


texts: Force fullscreen mode in Chrome for Android

texts:
I want to put my Chrome browser in fullscreen mode without having to scroll down first.

Is it possible? Alternatively, are there any browsers that have this feature?

If it matters, my device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab E, Android 4.4.2. Not rooted.


texts: How do I get my mobile data to work again, after the new Android 5.1 update?

texts: I am having an issue with Mobile data no longer working. Mobile data WAS working the day after updating to Android 5.1 on my Nexus 5. But now (1 day later) it is not connecting to Mobile data. It just has the cellular icon, with an exclamation point. I've tried toggling data, airplane mode, wifi, rebooting, factory reset, and reseating the sim card. I've even tried hopping on one leg while chanting this new update blows!!! The last thing I tried is to call my carrier and go through 2 hours of troubleshooting. They said the only thing left for them to do is send me a new sim card. It makes no sense. Everything else works fine. I can make and receive calls. Texting works. And Wifi works as well. Just not the mobile data. The weird thing is that it stopped working on the first day of my mobile data cycle. But the carrier swears that all is well on their side. Someone, please rescue me!!!


texts:
I have a fairly old samsung galaxy S2 android 4.1.2. In the last few weeks, it has been behaving really oddly when plugged in to charge. The 'desk clock' page flashes up every few seconds of its own accord, and sometimes the 'voice command' page. When I try to use the phone, I can only operate it for a few seconds at most before one of these things flashes up, which means I have to come out of it and try to get back into what I was doing (usually just for the clock page to come back up again instantly). It's getting worse, to the point I just can't use it when plugged in.

I appreciate the answer is probably eventually going to be to buy a new phone, but was wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions in the meantime. Many thanks.


texts:
Play Store downloads successfully first chosen app, but it get stuck on downloading the second one. There is no error message. Only activity I see is notification of content waiting to be downloaded. Solution is to reboot the phone.

Here is a screenshot that shows kind of notification I am writing about, since I am unable to provide an actual one. No error messages, just a continuous progress bar:

I tried clearing cache, then all data and then data in Google Play Services app, but it didn't help. The phone is Oukitel U11 Plus, using Android 8.

I have visited wiki page of google-play-store tag and didn't found any reasonable advice in regard of this situation.

On the side note, one other frustrating thing is happening, too. When searching in Chrome it redirects to local .rs domain, but it then prints out err_tunnel_connection_failed. I got around it buy using no redirect link to force it to go main .com domain.


texts: Can the Samsung Galaxy Tab be used as a wifi-hotspot?

texts: Is it possible to use the Samsung Galaxy Tab as a wifi-hotspot so that non-3G iPads can use the Samsungs connection to the phone network?


texts: PIN on lock screen not accepting touch input. Cannot switch on

texts:
PHONE / OS
Asus Max Pro M1 6GB variant running android oreo (8.1.0)

THE PROBLEM
My phone after reboot is not accepting touch input at PIN lock screen. Now, I cannot switch it on.

A PREVIOUS PROBLEM
It usually stops responding to touch randomly at any point which I used to resolve by :
Locking screen -> waiting for 30 - 40 seconds -> relocking screen. If the former did not work sometimes, I would reboot it 2 or 3 times as in the 1st, 2nd reboot the problem persisted and would go away by 3rd or 4th reboot. It's completely random as to how many reboots would it take for the touch input problem to go away.

WHAT I TRIED
I tried to unlock the bootloader from fastboot to flash a TWRP image intending to backup my data. But unfortunately, some problem occurs saying Write to device failed / Too many links / Unknown error / Command failed, etc, etc. I have a Ryzen 3 processor, and I do know the usb 3.0 problem associated with it. I also tried changing usb cable.

WHAT I WANT
I want to access my phone without losing data/installed apps.

In search of some community expertise. Thanks in advance.


texts: What does this notification bar icon mean in the HexoLibre theme by Cyanogenmod?

texts: The icon in the middle it looks like dancing wobbling phone or something. Totally confused. Not using OnePlus. I'm using Cyanogenmod 13's HexoLibre theme.


texts: creating a ramfs or using /dev/shm without root privileges in >=android 4.0

texts:
My goal is to create a ramfs for the python application I am developing. On *nix this is fairly easy and currently working.

I really want to have a ramfs, as those get not swapped out to
disk, when memory fills up.
I need to have this ramfs created without root access, as I can not
expect all users of my app to root their device.

So far, I can only create a ramfs/tmpfs as root. To circumvent this restriction, I though I could use /dev/shm, create a directory there and chmod/chown it, but my test-android has no /dev/shm but /dev/ashmem, which does not work as I expected:

#cd /dev/ashmem
sh: cd: /dev/ashmem - not a directory

So I can't mkdir, chown, chmod at all. I can under *nix.

Also using tmpfs (which /dev/ashmem supposedly is), files will get swapped out. This is not what I want.

How can I get my application to work with android under the constraint that the used location in memory will never get swapped and is mountable without root privileges?

I need:

a user mounted ramfs (or ramfs-analog)
must not be swapped under any circumstances
needs to support standard filesystem tools like chmod,chown,mkdir,tar

alternativly, (as i am fairly newbish regarding android) is there a way to get root access for editing a fstab-like file in android so I can be onetime-root during install, make the edit and mount as user after the installation process?

I am using python with rapt to package my application to .apk, if this info is helping here.


texts: How can I disable the startup sound? I tried the app Silent Boot, this has no effect on the device. Is there a file I can delete or rename to get rid of the sound?


texts: Enabling Location Reporting disables itself

texts:
I'm trying to enable Location Reporting such that I can use it with my Moto 360 for tracking stuff. Whenever I enable Location Reporting in the Google Settings app it immediately turns itself off again.

I looked in the docs and noticed this:

I'm in Spain, and I know "Ok Maps" for offline maps doesn't work here. Could that be it?
It's also an Apps account, but I couldn't find any settings to enable or disable this in the admin panel.


texts: i cannot open my playstore application, using my google account

texts: Everytime i open the play store store, it always directsme to the playstore setting where redeem appears and directing me to type my google password. just as i typed my password, connection problem always appears, where signal is strong.


texts: How to connect Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom to MAC?

texts: I have been unsuccessful in my attempts to connect my Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom (os 4.2.2) to my Macbook Pro Retina running OSX 10.8.4. I have Kies for MAC installed, I'm connecting my device with a USB, and I'm Scanning for devices using Kies via Wi-Fi on my phone. No luck, this shouldn't be a terribly difficult thing, does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?


texts: After I scan a document with the app CamScanner, how do I export it to a letter-sized pdf? When I share to my dropbox as pdf, it uses A4 dimensions and I can't figure out where the setting for this is.


texts: I have been trying to root my Toshiba AT100 running ICS 4.0.4 however I am unable to get it to work. I have tried several tutorials and they either don't work, are for tools running on Windows or only work in Honeycomb ROMs. I have also tried MotoChopper Universal Root Tool which worked well for all phones I have currently rooted with it but it fails to root the tablet. Does anyone know of a root tool for Linux (I'm running Ubuntu 13.04) that will work on the AT100 tablet?


texts: mount in shell as user or root with different output

texts:
I have a rooted Android Phone and a native service which detects if the system partition is mounted read-write or read-only.

If I run the mount command in the user shell, the partition is mounted read-only.

mount | grep /system

I can open a different shell, login as root and run the command

mount -o remount,rw /system

In the root shell, the system is mounted read-write, but in the previous opened user shell, the system partition is still mounted as read-only. Even if I switch back in the rooted shell with Ctrl+D to the normal user shell, the system partition is mounted read-only. It is only read-writeable in the root shell.

So it is not possible to detect as non root, if the partition was remounted in a different context. Why is that? As it is of my knowledge, in Linux mount points are handled globally.

Update: Android 5.0.2, Samsung SM-A300FU and SM-A300M


texts:
I'm using LG G4 H818 with android 6.0 All of the sudden my battery started to get drained when I'm not using it at all, mostly over night.
For example, it goes from 100% to 45% over night when I turned off pretty much everything like wifi, data, location, sync etc.

When I turn on the flight mode, everything looks good and I may lose only 2% of my battery, except I can't get calls and since I should be on call for work, that's not a good option.

I have also installed some battery usage app and top processes related are:

android/OS
system/android/log.d

I also changed battery in case my previous battery was broken, this doesn't helped either.

Today, I did a factory reset, wiped cache partition and of course there is no app installed and still the same.

And, one more thing, my phone gets hot while using/charging, but not when I'm using it. Any suggestion about how to fix this issue?


texts: How to encrypt full device on Android Nougat?

texts:
I have an LG V20 but I can't find the setting for full device encryption. There is a setting to encrypt the SD card. However, I'd like to also encrypt any memory on the phone itself.

Is this possible in Nougat?


texts: Factory reset to restore performance? What are the disadvantages?

texts:
tl;dr: What bad things will happen if I do a factory reset?

So I've had this original Droid for about a year and a half. I love this phone, and if only I could get it to be a bit faster and have a little more internal memory I'd keep it forever. However, it had been around for quite a while before I jumped on the Android bandwagon and it's getting pretty creaky in the joints. Further, my contract isn't up until next April.

Over that time I have installed and uninstalled a lot of applications (often to answer questions here or, more likely, from recommendations here). I have tried no fewer than five different home screen launcher apps.

I have streamlined the apps I'm using and moved everything possible to the SD card. Still, performance just isn't that good. I don't want to root (although I've considered it), but I need this thing to carry me for eight more months.

Could a factory reset possibly help? What is the downside to doing a factory reset?

I'm not concerned with losing anything important. Between the Market and AppBrain I have no fear that I won't be able to get key apps back. I also have all of my important data syncing to the cloud so I've no worries there.

Is there anything lost that I can't recover myself? For instance, am I going to have to go back to the Verizon store and have them reprogram my phone number? Is there any reason I shouldn't just go ahead and to the reset?

Update: So I took the plunge yesterday and everything worked out fine. I use Google 2-factor authentication, and that complicated things a little bit. Once I got past that it has been fine. I have quickly the discovered the apps I really need, and have been enjoying much "snappier" performance.

I'm just sorry that I can't accept multiple answers. These have all been very helpful.


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I was using Feat VPN, when suddenly it wouldn't connect anymore. I uninstalled the app and wiped its data, then tried to reinstall it and run the set-up. However it stopped and failed on TUN Device Start 2 of 2.

I then checked the log on the app. It showed 'uncaught.exception.java.lang.illegalargumentexception`.

I also checked other forums and tutorials. They said check my /dev/tun file and make sure that its permission is set to rw-rw---- and ownership to uses= system and group=vpn. I did and it was already set to said permissions.

My brother and I have the same phone model. I tried to look for /dev/tun (hoping that I could copy/paste to my phone), but his phone doesn't have a tun file. However, he also uses Feat VPN. Can someone explain to me what is happening? My phone runs on Android ICS 4.0.4.

LOGCAT:
http://pastebin.com/Zd97gecr


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What is the use of the 'Receive incoming calls' option?

Update

I am using Moto G4 Plus (IN)


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texts: When trying to play a song from dropbox I think I should have hit media player or something. Instead I think I hit spotify always and now it won't let me play my song. It goes right fo spotify and I cant find my song there. How do I change the the player to like internet or media on my galaxy s4


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Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find a comparison of Android devices?

I've been doing research on various android devices, but I am having a hard time finding a good site to search devices based on features.

What are some good sites to search for android phones based on features? Thus far, I know of DroidThing.com, but it seems out of date.


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How can I hide WhatsApp messages in notification panel? I don't want to see incoming message preview on my notification panel.

What utility can let me do this?


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I'm trying to run an init.d script when my rom boots to disable system services, and they aren't running.

The script is as follows

#!/system/bin/sh
su -c pm disable com.google.android.gms/.update.SystemupdateService
su -c pm disable com.google.android.gms/.update.SystemUpdateGcmTaskService

I can confirm that normal pm disable commands work to disable non system applications. So I suspect I'm not doing something right to su privileges.


texts: How to "allow USB debugging" without being able to click OK on dialog?

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I have a Galaxy S8 Edge with a broken touchscreen, and I'm trying to recover files by remote controlling it. I can see only the top half of the screen and there is touch sensitivity in only the bottom 5% or so (I can barely tap the home button). All of the options I've found require USB debugging to be enabled, which I managed to do with a mouse and some lucky clicking. I am looking at Vysor, but I can't get to that point yet so it's most likely irrelevant for this question.
I'm stuck on the "Allow USB debugging" dialog that shows up when I plug it into the computer, because I cannot have both the mouse and the data cable plugged in to the phone at the same time, and therefore cannot click OK to allow the computer access.
The OTG cable (more like an adapter, not sure if it is technically called an OTG cable since I found it in a random old box) allows both USB-C and USB-A at once, but it seems that if the data cable is connected through this, only charging is allowed.
I tried using a clicker app to click in the area where the dialog shows up after a 30 second delay, but the app apparently can't go over the dialog screens.
Is there any other way I can do this, either a different cable, a different clicker app, or a different method altogether? It seems like I'm almost there but experiencing a stupid roadblock where there shouldn't be one.
I have not tried anything with command line because I'm not familiar, but if anyone can offer more specific instructions with that, I am happy to try.
Not sure if the whole cable thing was clear, so my options are either:
Phone << USBC---USBC >> Laptop

Where I cannot use the touch screen
or
Phone << USBC---USBA << Mouse
             ---USBC << USBC---USBC >> Laptop

Where the USBC-USBC wire only allows charging


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I unable to unlock the bootloader for HTC 816G. I am trying to do this on a windows 10 laptop. The issue is that when I enter command 'adb devices', there is no device found when the phone is on fastboot mode. However, the same command works when the phone is on normal boot mode. I have installed HTC Sync and there seems to be no issue with driver. However, I tried to manually update the driver to "Android adb device" but issue persisted. I can see the phone serial number when I run 'fastboot devices' when phone is on fastboot mode. I tried to do this on an Ubuntu machine and still the same. Please assist.

Do let me know if you require any more details.