texts: Multiple partitions on sdcard (fat, exfat) on Android?

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How is Android supposed to handle multiple partitions on an extern sd card?

As an experiment, I took a 64 GB SDXC card, looked at it in Gparted, it turns out it is exfat formatted, with some amount of MB unallocated at start. Using gparted and gnome-disks, I managed to split the partition into two exfat partitions, which should be around 32 GB each.

Inserted this into an Xperia Z2, stock ROM (the last Android 5.x update). The phone didn't put out any notification upon plug in of the sdcard, but notified the plug out of the card, and complained it should be unmounted first. I inspected a bit via adb logcat and it looks like mounting is ultimately fine, as /storage/sdcard1. But when I look at that via Settings/Storage, I can only see 29.12 GB for "SD Card". Plugging the card back at the PC, I can see only the first partition has Android files saved, not the second one. Same result if first partition is exfat, and second partition is fat32.

So, basically, is this the expected behavior of Android when presented with an SD card with two partitions - it just mounts the first one, and ignores the rest? Could I mount the second partition from say adb shell, and would I need a rooted device for that?


texts: Error retrieving information from server [DF-DFERH-01]

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Error retrieving information from server. [DF-DFERH-01]

I have a Sony Xperia XZ Premium running android 8.0.0. I have a problem when trying to go to the play store app and selecting the music tab. I get this error 'Error retrieving information from server. [DF-DFERH-01]'. I have seen errors like this on other android versions where you can fix it by clearing cache, deleting, and re-adding the play store app but it does not seem to work here.

Please assist. Here is a screen shot of it.

I have tried these solutions with no luck

Google Play error "Error while retrieving information from server [DF-DFERH-01]"
Play store - Wishlist server error DF-DFERH-01 - ZTE Blade III

Please note that I am asking about Android 8.0.0 and have not found solutions for that. Solutions for Ice cream sandwich and lollipop have not worked.


texts: Sony Z3 can't transfer files by USB and isn't recognised by PC after update to 6.0.1

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My Sony Xperia Z3 Compact was recently updated to android version 6.0.1 ("Marshmallow"?) using the Sony update tool, from version 5. Phone isn't rooted, no custom stuff, only ever updated via Sony updates, etc. UK based.

Before the update, if I connected it by USB to my (Windows 8.1) laptop, the following would happen:

The SD card would appear on the PC as if it was USB pen drive
The phone charges and I'd get a message on the phone asking if I wanted to "install" Sony software on the PC (every time, even if I'd agreed to "install" it last time)
On saying Yes, the SD card would disappear and would be replaced by a Sony icon that let me access both the internal memory and SD card like they were two directories on a USB pen drive

After the update, the following happens. Basically I can never access the SD card or internal memory on the PC no matter what I choose:

The PC doesn't react, nothing appears on the PC
The phone charges and a menu pops up giving me four choices:

  Use USB for

  Charging only Just charge this device
  Transfer files (MTP) Transfer files to Windows or Mac (MTP)
  Mass storage mode (MSC) Transfer data between phone SD card and a computer
  MIDI Use device for musical instrument apps (MIDI input)

Neither "Transfer files (MTP)" nor "Mass storage mode (MSC)" do anything when selected. If I select either of these, the menu disappears, but nothing else happens - nothing appears on the PC (no drives or anything), nothing displays on the phone.

It behaves exactly the same as if I'd selected "Charging only".

How can I investigate why this isn't working? What do I need to do to make file transfer on 6.0.1 with a PC by USB work like it used to? Is there some special Sony-only thing I need to do?

I've looked at Marshmallow USB connection type. Various answers there suggest things like:

  Swipe down the notifications window with the device plugged into the computer, there should be a persistent notification for USB Mode

...there actually isn't any such persistant notification at all for me, no matter which mode I choose. Also, unlike the description of that question:

  Windows detects it, installs the drivers automatically and shows the device in My Computer...

...none of that happens for me. The computer is completely unaware of the phone, although the phone does react to being connected to the computer.


texts: How to grant an app root access without GUI interaction?

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I'm trying to update my APN settings using:

adb shell "su -c 'content update --uri content://telephony/carriers --bind name:s:\""SDR"\" --bind apn:s:"SDR-internet"'"

The first time I run this command I receive a superuser request from the package: com.android.shell. I can grant this manually but I'm hoping to automate the process for practice and knowledge.

I've tried to use the following to list all permissions, but can't find superuser:

adb shell pm dump package com.android.shell

I attempted the following:

adb shell pm grant com.android.shell android.permission.SUPERUSER
adb shell pm grant com.android.shell android.permission.REQUEST_SUPERUSER
adb shell pm grant com.android.shell android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER

But receive an error:

    Exception occurred while executing:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown permission: android.permission.REQUEST_SUPERUSER
    at com.android.server.pm.permission.PermissionManagerService.grantRuntimePermission(PermissionManagerService.java:1398)
    at com.android.server.pm.permission.PermissionManagerService.access$900(PermissionManagerService.java:89)
    at com.android.server.pm.permission.PermissionManagerService$PermissionManagerInternalImpl.grantRuntimePermission(PermissionManagerService.java:2093)
    at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.grantRuntimePermission(PackageManagerService.java:5411)
    at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.runGrantRevokePermission(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:1730)
    at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerShellCommand.onCommand(PackageManagerShellCommand.java:217)
    at android.os.ShellCommand.exec(ShellCommand.java:103)
    at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.onShellCommand(PackageManagerService.java:21330)
    at android.os.Binder.shellCommand(Binder.java:634)
    at android.os.Binder.onTransact(Binder.java:532)
    at android.content.pm.IPackageManager$Stub.onTransact(IPackageManager.java:2821)
    at com.android.server.pm.PackageManagerService.onTransact(PackageManagerService.java:3856)
    at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:731)

Edit:

I tried:

adb shell su cat /data/adb/magisk.db

Which gave:

    SQLite format 3@

�                      .�
�       �-�d
N�tablehidelisthidelist
CREATE TABLE hidelist (process TEXT, PRIMARY KEY(process))/ Cindexsqlite_autoindex_hidelist_1hidelist
                             X�tablestringsstringCREATE TABLE strings (key TEXT, value TEXT, PRIMARY KEY(key))-Aindexsqlite_autoindex_strings_1stringsZ�tablesettingssettingsCREATE TABLE settings (key TEXT, value INT, PRIMARY tablelogslogsCREATE TABLE logs (from_uid INT, package_name TEXT, app_name TEXT, from_pid INT, to_uid INT, action INT, time INT, command TEXT)��tablepoliciespoliciesCREATE TABLE policies (uid INT, package_name TEXT, policy INT, until INT, logging INT, notification INT, PRIMARY KEY(uid))/Cindexsqlite_autoind��/ies_1pol�com.android.shell
���7�/    )�com.android.shellShell�l��uR/system/bin/sh7 /    )�com.an!�id.shmagiskhidel��?5/system/bin/sh
��!magiskhide
��6ucom.google.android.gms/.droidguard.DroidGuardService

That's pretty ugly, so I tried using sqlite3 but it provides no tables? I was expecting a list of something at the very least.

sqlite> .mode line
sqlite> .headers on
sqlite> .tables
sqlite>

I'm using Magisk Manager v18.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S7 is saving MMS photos to downloads folder instead of photos folder

texts: Samsung Galaxy S7 started saving MMS photos to the downloads folder instead of the photos folder.  How do I fix this?


texts: All of a sudden a “delivered” notification showed up on my last text to someone. It never has on all my previous texts. Whats up could I have been I blocked?


texts: What is the difference between two AT-command interfaces

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Qualcomm SDM660(modem- MSM4114), Mi A2, Android One 9(stock), 2 sim

I founded two devices(not links), that can recieve at commands and answer them. Its /dev/smd8 and smd11. Smd7 is owned by root:root, smd11 - radio:radio.

What is the difference between them?


texts: How do I exit one-handed mode for the lock pattern screen?

texts: My lock screen is in one-handed mode, but the rest of my phone is in normal mode. My settings have got one-handed mode turned off. How do I turn it off for the pattern screen?!


texts: Bind command on ADB to Android Emulator problem

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im sorry.. im new here.. i don't know where to start. i want to run some command in emulator (android). im running certain apps, and i need it to run and not to be detectable in emulator instead as android mobile. The problem is, this command suppose to bind certain file, but its not bind.. maybe the bind command is wrong. see below script/command
@echo off

adb.exe kill-server
adb.exe start-server
adb.exe devices
adb root
adb remount

adb shell sleep 2

adb shell am start com.abc.im /com.abcgames.ab1.SplashActivity filter

adb shell sleep 3
adb shell pidof com.abc.im

adb shell sleep 6
adb shell for i in $(pidof com.abc.im | awk '{print $1}'); do mount --bind /proc/2/maps /proc/$i/maps; done

above if full command that i write on batch file (*.bat)
my question is in this particular command below
for i in $(pidof com.abc.im | awk '{print $1}'); do mount --bind /proc/2/maps /proc/$i/maps; done

its not working. can anybody help me correct it?
p.s - sory for my poor english...  TQ


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I want to get a call from somebody and after talking with him redirect that person to another number, on my charge, like call-centers do. Is that possible and if that's so, there is any application that can do that?

Thanks


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I'm trying to fix lag on my 2012 N7 and recently formatted it's partitions to F2FS and tried two roms that are "All-F2FS", "SlimKat with All-F2FS support" and "BSZAospLP v1.5" but after I restore my apps with TB, which are around 100 apps, I get the lag and slowdown and the process causing it is "mmcqd/0".

Is there any way I can fix this and get rid of the lag?

I'm down to a point that don't care about customization and features of a Rom/Custom Rom, I just want a usable device.

Thanks.


texts: How to block all apps notification except sms and calls?

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By accident I made a reset to all apps notifications, and suddenly I have a machine gun of notifications popping up on the phone. Please, I know it's a smartphone, but it's still a phone and I merely want to be notified with phone issues: sms and calls.

How can I block all apps notification, from sounds and in status bar, except sms and calls, without going individually to each of one?


texts: Can I run AOSPExtended Android 10 ROM in a 16gb storage phone?

texts: I have a Micromax canvas Q417 modeled phone whose last officially received system update was of Android 5.1 Lollipop and they too about 5 years ago. So I decided to install a custom ROM. After searching and researching, I found AOSPExtended Android 10 ROM perfect for me (here is the link). It is an old Motorola model ROM but the device specifications for this model and my model are the same except for one thing ie this phone comes in two variants, one with 16gb internal storage and another with 32. I have 16gb internal storage and after rains some parts on Reddit and Quora, I found that Android 10 updates take a lot of space probably miss than 16gb. The ROM download size in this link is about 400mb which so will I be able to install it on my phone and have some space left for other things (at least 5gb of available space should work)? If not then which ones among Pie and Oreo will be suitable for my phone and I didn't want to get lower than Android 8. I know that this question may be down voted or even closed but before doing so please answer my question. Thanks for reading.


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I have bought a new LG G3 (D855, 16GB Flash, 2GB RAM), and rooted and flashed CM12.1 on it.

The phone works great (somewhat), but sometimes the screen turns itself off and the phone gets stuck in this state. Holding the power button neither turns the phone on nor off, and I have to remove and reinsert the battery to turn it on.

It has happened 7 times since Sunday.

I thought it might be due to overheating (a hunch), but could not find anything to confirm this.

How can I solve this problem?


texts: How do I access second character screen in regional keyboard?

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I switched to Nexus 5x recently, and mostly like it so far.
I can't figure out how to access the second character screen in the keyboard, for regional languages, though.

Previously, I was on Lumia 930. The keyboard for Kannada looked like this:

Screen 1 Is the default character screen, it has the vowel combos that gives me all of the consonant conjuncts and structured consonants. When I tap the ⬆ key, I get the Screen 2 with primary vowels and the unstructured consonants

This behaviour is same for all the regional languages I speak - Telugu, Kannada,  and Tamil.

On my Nexus, I have this screen:

There is no secondary screen for my primary vowels and unstructured consonants(?!). I mean, I'm only missing my 13 main vowels, no big deal.

Tapping the ?123 key just takes me to the numbers screen, where the numbers are in English, instead of the current language. I also haven't figured out what the button that's circled in red does. It doesn't seem to do anything at all, that I can figure out.

So how do I access other missing characters on Android please?

The Android Version is 6.0.1

ps: Also, what's the functionality of the divider-looking button?


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I keep seeing warning signs about enabling ADB over Network when you aren't connected to a WiFi network, but what if I want to connect ADB over 3G/4G ?

Whenever I try to do it with any of the conventional WiFi methods, it returns an invalid IP to connect to.  I even tried getting the IP with # ip addr show - but that didn't work, either.

Any ideas on how to do this?

Yeah, it isn't safe. But how does such a vulnerability get leveraged when the IP address is likely to change?


texts: Is it possible to boot from the SD card on the HDK8150 board?

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I recently acquired the HDK8150 board. I am pretty interested in running a non-Android Linux OS there. After some hours of going through I found some interesting stuff:

I found that from Linux kernel 5.4, is supporting Snapdragon 855, so far so good!

There is one Ubuntu distribution named Ubuntu Core. It seems it fully supports Snapdragon, but it is pretty bound to the DragonBoard-410C.

I found that there is an Ubuntu's parallel project named Linaro  that looks pretty nice.

My point is that I would like to check out any of them, but I prefer not to flash the eMMC memory, but run the system from the SD card. I found it better, since I am pretty sure I am gonna mess up with something, and I am just starting with this. Is there anybody that has experience on this topic with this specific board? Is there any way to boot from the SD card? (It can be seen on the back that there are 8-switches labeled as "boot". There is no much documentation out there apart from the Quickstart guide.)
Any suggestions on which OS to use?


texts: How Android Custom Recovery roots the phone?

texts: I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Note n7000. I performed some acrobatics and booted into the Stock Recovery of my phone and installed a zip that contained Philz CWM 6 Touch custom recovery. How can installing a custom recovery ROOT my phone when I have no idea of the root password? How can the said custom recovery even gain access to protected system level stuff without requiring some authentication etc. in the first place?


texts: how to unlink google account from oneplus two without access to the phone

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I just have sold oneplus 2, unfortunately I have used my email account on it. before sale I have wiped all the data and formatted device through recovery but I just got a call from a buyer that my account is still linked to the phone and he cannot use it. is there any way to unlink it without meeting him?
I dont want to send him my pass/one time code.

regards


texts: Push command not working says permission denied

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I rooted my micromax p275 and wanted to change its font by replacing /system/fonts/Roboto-Regular.ttf with my desired font but i accidentally replaced it with Robot.Regular.ttf.  Now it doesn't starts.
  I want to push another font file in /system/fonts with the correct name (Roboto-Regular.ttf)  but it doesn't works saying permission denied. I have tried su command  but it just reprints the same commands i type and press enter and thus doing nothing. Any way out friends. I would be greatly helped by you. Every single hint is wanted.


texts: Can we uninstall Symbian and install Android?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

I have an Nokia 5233 mobile which has Symbian OS installed. I was wondering whether its possible to remove that Symbian OS and install Android OS? Something like we remove Windows OS and install Linux instead ???

Reason for change?
1) Symbian is giving me lot of problems including viruses, mobile getting hang frequently, applications not working.

2) Want to try Android OS


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My android is 4.0.3 and is on an Acer Iconia Tablet A100.  I have rooted it already using this process, and the rooting persists between reboots.  I can confirm root access with the Root Checker app.

I have installed the Android SDK and it's required Java SDK.

When I run Droid Explorer I get this message:

What do I do?


texts: Hide music from list of alarm, notifications, and ring tone files

texts: How to keep my music and alarm files separate suggested I could nut an empty file named .nomedia in my top Music directory to prevent Music files from being seen by the Alarm app when I create a wake-up alarm. Well, that does not work and when I set an alarm and wish a non standard alarm sound, I must scroll through over a thousand music files to find the Alarm sound file. Same happens with ring tones and notifications. How do I prevent Music files from appearing on my OnePlus 7pro w/ Android 10?


texts: I put Honeycomb on my NOOKcolor and the app market is not on it. Does anyone know how to fix it?


texts: How to extract a compressed TWRP backup?

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There are a couple questions concerning how to extract a TWRP backup in this community, but none of them is really useful. All I found out is that the files like data.ext4.win000 are the tar archives, and I should be able to extract them via the following commands:

$ cat data.ext4.win??? | tar xvf -
$ cat data.ext4.win??? | tar xzvf -

Yes, that's true, when I type one of the commands above in a terminal, I can see that the process of extracting files has begun. But when it finishes, I can also see this message at the end: `

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

Looking through the lines leads me to this:

tar: Malformed extended header: missing equal sign

I can find many of those messages in the tar log, but when I check the size of the extracted dir, I can see this:

$ du -sh data/
1.6G    data

$ ls -hal data.ext4.win???
-rw-r--r-- 1 morfik morfik 929M 2019-01-28 01:48:28 data.ext4.win000
-rw-r--r-- 1 morfik morfik 945M 2019-01-28 01:49:47 data.ext4.win001
-rw-r--r-- 1 morfik morfik 549M 2019-01-28 01:50:23 data.ext4.win002

So it looks like it extracted only the fist tar file. I don't know whether any of the files in the archive was damaged during the process.

Are there any linux tools that would extract this backup in some easy automated way?


texts: android missed call notifications not going

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S6012. Long time back (I do not remember when) I've got a call. Even though I answered that call, it was put as missed call. Since then it shows a missed call alert in my phone.

First I removed that particular number from the list. Still the same alert was there. Then I removed the entire log history – still the same missed call alert. I have restarted the device many times but all my work went in vain.

NOTE By "missed call alert" I mean a numeric ① being displayed on top of the phone icon:

This is the phone I have http://mobile.cdn.softpedia.com/phone-pics/Samsung-Galaxy-Music-Duos-0.jpg The phone icon is at the bottom left side.If any missed calls then I get a number(like 1,2) at the top like this http://i.stack.imgur.com/bOfXd.png


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I have a mind boggling problem which I have been trying to solve for the last few weeks. I am new to Android and recently bought Huawei Ideos X5 (Android 2.2.1). I haven't found anyone else having this problem.

Problem:

My Android phone will be able to connect to my wireless network, get an IP address from my DHCP server, but when trying to reach anything over the network it won't work. Although it will work sometimes (i.e. some data will get through).

Debugging:

My Android phone is able to connect and use other wireless networks, although I have only tried two (at my university and at a friend). This would indicate that my phone is not broken.

With closer inspection with the Terminal Emulator App when I ping my server I will get a 80% packet loss ratio. This of course makes it impossible to use the wireless network, but it means some packets do get through (even to the Internet) so it is not a DNS problem.

My laptop can connect and use my wireless network flawlessly (in fact, it can download from Internet at 18 Mbps and upload at 10 Mbps with 802.11g, which I presume is good). My USB wireless adapter works well with it as well. One of my friend's Android phone (LG Optimus One) and iPod works with my wireless network as well, and most strangely, another friend's Android phone who have the very same model (Huawei Ideos X5) works with my wireless network. This would indicate that my access point is not faulty.

There are tons of wireless networks in my area. My phone can see 21 including my own. I have no idea whether this can affect anything. I cannot try any of these because they are protected.

It is worth mentioning that I do not have your average wireless network setup. I have a server (stationary computer) that runs DHCP server, and so on. Only recently I added wireless network to my apartment by buying D-Link DIR-300 and flashing it with DD-WRT. I have no idea if it worked or not with the original firmware. The router acts as an access point.

I have tried to change channel, protocol (B, G, N) , security settings from open to encrypted (WPA2 AES), etc. on the AP to no avail.

Even if the phone is just a few centimeters away from the AP it will still have a 80% packet loss. DD-WRT reports 92-98% signal strength. I think there is a software/setting problem and not a hardware one.

And of course, I have tried to both reset my AP and my phone. Neither helped. Android phone's WiFi does not work when the router is using the factory default or AP settings. I am however concerned that some faulty settings for my wireless network are stored on the phone and it seems they might be synchronized to my Google account, and possibly they might still be there even after I "forget" my wireless network or reset the phone (is there a way to be sure everything is wiped?).

At this point, I am out of ideas. I hope I explained my situation sufficiently. Do you have any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Edit:

I have done some further testing. I reset the DD-WRT router once again to see if it would work and per Ryan's suggestion try to strip it down to the most basic setup. It did not work even if I tried only b/g mode. Interestingly enough the first two seconds of pinging after changing mode works without any packet loss but after that, it will go back to bad again.

I also tried something I wouldn't believe would work -- flashing the original firmware back. To my surprise it did work and my phone doesn't have any packet loss when pinging. (I actually missed that the original firmware does support AP mode). However, I still cannot understand why it didn't work in DD-WRT and would be very interested in any possible explanation.

As stubborn as I am, I might try to flash back to DD-WRT again tomorrow to see if it works (if it does, I cannot explain why! Blaming it on bad flash seems naïve in my opinion).


texts: Can I use CWM recovery made for KitKat in Lollipop?

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I was already using CWM on kitkat until I officially updated my Micronax Unite 2 A106 (MT6582) to lollipop. But when I tried to use the same recovery made for kitkat in lollipop, it did not work. Why does that happen? Does that mean I can't use recovery made for kitkat in lollipop?
According to xda wiki "The recovery is completely independent of the Android system". Does it mean that, No matter which version of Android I have, the recovery of any version should work. If recovery is independent of android then why does that recovery not working. I am confused.


texts: Is there a way to transmit all sound over wifi from my tablet to my pc?

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I want to transmit my sound (from youtube, music files on the tablet, etc) from my tablet to my computer.

The closest I can get is controlling my library of music on my computer, but I really want to be able to play a youtube video from the youtube app on my tablet and have it play through my computer.

I don't mind buying apps if that is what I need. Any help will be appreciated.


texts: I hate the analog time picker, can I force apps to use something else?

texts:
I really dislike this:

I would love to be able to force all of my apps to use this:

I realize that everyone has their own opinions about good vs bad UX.  I don't want to start fights, I am just wondering if there is a way to force my phone to always use the digital time picker rather than the analog clock face.


texts: How can I access files downloaded from Chrome on Android 11?

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With Android 11 adding scoped storage, I'm noticing I'm not able to access some key folders in my file manager app of choice (Solid Explorer).  In this case, files downloaded via Chrome and it's default save location (on SD). Even trying to open files within Chrome that requires an external app (such as PDFs) will fail and can not open these files. This effectively makes Chrome useless for downloading anything.
I am able to access Android/data in internal storage after granting permission, but not on my SD card. I can't access anything at all.
How can I access my downloaded files now (without rooting)?
I cannot access anything here. And looking at the downloads via Chrome, I cannot "move" files out, just "share" or delete them. And sharing does nothing at all, the file transfer will fail. "Sharing" to Solid Explorer does not work. What other options do I have?

Galaxy S20+ (ATT)
Chrome 88.0.4324.181
Solid Explorer 2.8.9


texts: Viber logs out after a ~week on secondary device if there is no primary device

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One of my parents only having and old phone, not a smartphone.
But shes having a notebook with Ubuntu 20.04.
I can activate Viber on her notebook using my smartphones Viber application on my Android phone. His old phone is getting the activation SMS then I can activate based on the number in her SMS (but on my smartphone).
Then I can set a secondary device on her notebook. With my smartphone.
Then I delete the Viber application on my smartphone. Since I am using my own Viber on my smartphone.
Then this setup works for a ~week. Then the secondary device logs out.. on her notebook so we have to do the whole thing again..
The Question: how to avoid the secondary device Vibers logout?
I am thinking of buying an older/cheap smartphone (without any SIM) and giving it to her, which she will not use, but will run Viber and has internet connection, then maybe her notebook will not log out from Viber? Since maybe the Viber primary device is doing a "heartbeat" to the Viber servers and will not log out the secondary device.. hopefully..
Due to covid it would be great to keep video contact of the elderly, so help would be really great. Many thanks.
All the relatives using Viber. I don't want to "force" them to use any other, since they are already using Viber, thats why Viber.


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Note: I do not mean screen-on state, but awake state.

My Nexus 7 is permanently awake. It is not rooted, so I could not easily check for wakelocks. I did try the method to run wakelock detector on a non-rooted device, however, and it started working for a moment, until I restarted Nexus. While it was working, it showed a 97% Awake state for a day or two of running.

However, the wakelocks were minimalistic. At first, there was Any.do showing some good amount of holding awake state, but it was far from permanent wakelock. In a moment however the top 3 wakelock holders disappeared and only minimalistic wakelocks stayed. The minutes of awake state of the wakelocks shown would not add up nearly up to an hour of awake state, whereas the device was awake for more then 24 hours already.

Android system processes were shown too.

Do you know what could be causing a permanent awake state of the device? Can I do anything about it other than rooting the device? Towelroot is not working and I know of no other rooting method that would not leave my device flashed to the factory state (do not wanna lose state of the device).


texts: Does Magisk Hide provide protection against malicious apps?

texts: While enabling Magisk Hide on the usual suspects, I found myself wondering if Magisk Hide would prevent a malicious app from detecting that the device is rooted, thereby preventing that app from taking full advantage of having root access. After all, if non-malicious apps that check for root access can be "fooled" by Magisk Hide, wouldn't that happen to malicious apps as well?


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I'm update my device (one plus one) to 6.0 and it works fine

but I cannot open caller and make call , also I cannot send sms (message)

my contact numbers & text message  sometimes disappeard.

I don't know what is the problem?

android version: 6.0.1
cyanogen OS version : 13.0-ZNH0EAS26M


texts: /sd-ext gets suddenly remounted read only during work

texts:
I have an HTC Desire with cyanogenmod 7.2 (with pdroid patch) and with an partitioned microSD card (first: FAT, second: ext3).

The second partition gets automatically mounted read/writeable as /sd-ext as it should be.
I'm using S2E to store my apps and the app data on this ext3 partition.  The mount command shows me that the ext3 partition is not only mounted to /sd-ext but also to /data/app and /data/data.  All of them are mounted read/writeable.

My first question:  Is it normal and secure that multiple directories are bound to the same partition?  Are there no conflicts?

In the beginning everything worked fine.  I could install and use my apps without problems.  But after a while more and more apps begun to crash and I always had to restart my phone to get rid of those crashes again.  I discovered that the crashes where caused by a read only data partition.  In fact all the directories /sd-ext, /data/data, and /data/apps where suddenly mounted read only.

My second question: Why does Android sometimes remount my ext3 partition in read only mode while I work with my phone?


texts: Does Android's Full Filesystem Encryption also Encrypt the SDcard?

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In Android's filesystem encryption do they also encrypt the SDcard? If so Is encrypting the SDcard optional or is it encrypted by default when you choose to encrypt your device?

Here's some info about Android's file system encryption and its crypto implemenation on android.com


texts: "adb devices" shows device as "unauthorized". How can I fix this?

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I just decided to move from Windows to Linux for my Android development, I just finished to setup Android Studio, I was able to import my project into it, but now I want to be able to run my application on my Google Nexus 5.

In my Android Device Monitor, my phone is detected as unauthorized.

I put :

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{18d1}=="0bb4", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"

Into :

~/.android/adb_usb.ini


texts: Programmatically add wifi networks on Android

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I have a list of about 100 WiFi SSIDs and passwords that I've extracted from my old phone and I want to add them to the new phone that runs Android 10 and I couldn't find any useful information on the net as everything seems outdated and not working.

A bit about my phone: it's a OnePlus 7 with OxygenOS 10.0.1, rooted with TWRP and Magisk. The wifi networks come from an old OnePlus One with Cyanogenmod wich is not rooted. I obtained the passwords following https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/86zkzf/restoring_wifi_passwords_from_old_device/

The closest thing I've found is this: https://github.com/steinwurf/adb-join-wifi but it works only one network at the time and it doesn't work very well, often passwords aren't added and I have problem escaping the SSID and passwords.

I've also tried to look for wpa_supplicant.conf but apparently it's not used anymore, instead I've found a file called WifiConfigStore.xml but I'm not sure if it can be edited manually or it needs a program, I tried to use wpa_cli but I get an error at startup, I looked for apps but nothing like I need.

I believe the way to go is through WifiConfigStore.xml but its format looks non trivial so that I'm not confident to update it manually plus there's the change it's managed by a service and any change I make will be erased.

How can I add programmatically my networks? Is there an adb command, a file I could edit on the phone or an app that can help me with this?


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Since a couple of days/weeks, I noticed that my widgets aren't updating anymore on my home screens of my Nexus 6 (Android 6.0.1). It's not related to a single widget, it's all of them. I haven't found a single one that updates at the moment. I have several widgets that should update regularly: chats, weather, Google Fit, call logs etc; and none of them is updating.

When I reboot my phone, it updates the widgets one time, and that's that. Afterwards no more updates.

For example, I have the widget for Google Fit on my home screen, and it is still showing the status from a couple of days ago; when I rebooted my phone.

I tried the Android N beta some time ago (I can't remember if the widgets updated then though). But because there were some problems with applications I use daily, I reverted back to my old Android 6.0.1 build. This revert includes a factory reset. So I tried the factory reset solution. But I'm guessing the Android N beta has nothing to do with my problem?

Are there some things I can try? Are there some settings that I could have executed that froze my widgets? Maybe something with battery optimizations or something?

I don't have to mention to you that widgets that aren't updating are very annoying.

As I already mentioned, I'm using a Motorola Nexus 6 with stock Android 6.0.1 on it. I have all the latest version of the Android version for my phone, and have installed all security patches. Including the July security patch from a couple of days ago.

Update: I'm using the stock Android launcher. I don't have any special applications running that should customize my battery behaviour (like Greenify).


texts: HTC One E8 phone app lists just the top contact while dialling

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I am beginning to use this new device of mine, one major downside is that when I try to call someone, in my old HTC desire, I just used to type in the name and it used to list all matches, most of the times I used to select the second or third name in the list, now I have lost that flexibility.

What are my options now, is there an app I can install that will show all the matching contacts rather than the top one contact that I get now (it almost feels suffocating).


texts: How can I run the Android emulator together with another VM?

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Whenever I open an Android emulator when a different kind of VM is already running, I get the "usual" error messages:

  emulator: Failed to sync vcpu reg
  emulator: Failed to sync HAX vcpu context

Here it is recommended not to run another VM, but what if I need the another VM for development, or to run the server for my Android app on it? Is there a way to run a VirtualBox Linux guest VM and the Android emulator at the same time? My host OS is OSX if that matters.


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I'd like to have a android tablet on ics which allow UMS (usb mass storage)

I saw that some of the current models didn't propose UMS (like galaxy tab 2 or google nexus), only MTP. It sounds like a problem for me because I have to retrieve the file programatically from a c# application.

do you know some models compliant with UMS ? or a way to activate UMS on my already bought Galaxy tab 2 10.1'.

Regards


texts: Can't set ringtone / notification sound from internal storage

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After a factory reset (internal storage was not wiped) on my Nexus 5X running stock Android 7.1.2, I'm no longer able to choose a ringtone, notification sound or alarm sound from internal storage. If I choose to pick a file with Solid Explorer instead of Media Storage, it sets the ringtone to None. I've tried clearing app data for Media Storage as well as wiping ART/Dalvik cache.

EDIT: I forgot to mention Tasker cannot play media files in internal storage, either.

bullhead:/ # ls -l /storage/emulated
drwxrwx--x 66 root sdcard_rw 4096 2017-07-08 09:13 0

bullhead:/ # ls -l /storage/emulated/0
drwxrwx--x  2 root sdcard_rw    4096 2017-01-30 15:56 Alarms
drwxrwx--x  2 root sdcard_rw    4096 2017-02-24 18:45 Notifications
drwxrwx--x  2 root sdcard_rw    4096 2017-01-30 16:09 Ringtones

If I look at the folder permissions for /data/media/0 in Solid Explorer, the Owner & Group are unknown.

I'm thinking of backing up everything in internal storage, wiping it and testing again before restoring the backup. Is there anything else I could try before spending hours copying multiple gigabytes back & forth?


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Hello fellow enthusiasts,
I am in need of help and would be very thankful to anyone who can take a few minutes and help me solve this issue.

Here is my problem.
I would like to open a Youtube channel and I want to have a facecam in an upper corner(you know, like gaming channels usually do while gaming) but have no camera. What I do have is my Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. Please tell me(with a decent explanation) if there is a possible way to record videos with my phone but save it directly on the PC hard drive so I can later use it when editing. Saving it on my phone and then moving it on the PC later is not an option. Already tried IP CAM and other similar apps but I am not satisfied with the results.

Thank you in advance...


texts: How can I copy content from my SD Card to my PC?

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I have an LG Marquee on Boost Mobile and recently my phone started to boot loop. I had not backed up my micro SD Card contents and am afraid I could lose them with my phone acting up like this. Each time my media scanner runs at start up, the phone reboots again, so I cannot access my media content in time to salvage it.

A user on here gave me the idea to buy an SD Card reader, put the contents of my SD Card onto my PC and copy them onto a new card. Then I could insert the new card into my phone and factory reset it in order to save my media content.

My question in a nutshell is: What is the process of copying content from an SD Card onto a PC, and then copying this content to a new card?

My second and last question is: Once I move the contents of my current SD Card onto my PC and copy them to a new SD Card, will my factory-reset phone take the new card and load the contents?


texts: Using google cam to make horizontal 180-degree fisheye pics

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On my Nexus 5, I'd like to use the google camera in panorama mode to make a 180-degree fisheye photo. I want to do this holding my phone in such a way that the lens is looking UPWARDS (towards the sky). In other words, my zenith should be in the middle of the final processed picture. Unfortunately, I can only create fisheyes when I hold the phone in an upright position, i.e. when it is aligned to the horizon. This means that by the end of the whole process, I am going to have a final image showing half terrain, half sky.

When I hold my phone horizontally,thus looking upwards, before starting the capturing process an arrow appears that forces me to put it in a vertical position - aligned with the horizon - before it creates the first pic. See here https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Xl49qe9PWbYk5lcXA2czY4aDg/view?usp=sharing

The reason why I want to do this is because I'd like to put this picture on a planetarium dome. These domes represent the sky above us and therefore show mostly sky and not terrain.

Here's an example pic of what I want to create: http://www.philohome.com/skycollec/original/sky11.jpg

Any ideas?


texts: Why does my Droid RAZR play the new email notification when I visit my inbox on my PC?

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This is truly a mystery to me.  When I get new email, it's normal for me to receive an audio notification on my Droid RAZR.  However, when I visit my Gmail Inbox via my browser on my PC, my Droid RAZR plays the notification sound.  I'm not even really sure how it knows what I'm doing.  I realize it's connected to Gmail, but it's still quite strange.

This morning I sat down at my computer to find I had several new emails.  I began reading and managing them in Gmail (on my PC), and during this time my phone notified me of new email at least 3 times, yet I didn't actually receive any 'new' email at that time.  It was all because I was going to my Gmail Inbox.

How does my phone know that I've done this?  Sometimes I don't even really have to DO anything.  If I already have a browser tab with my Inbox, and then at some point I simply go to that tab and there happens to be new email in it, within a few seconds my phone will notify me.  It's quite bizarre.

What is the explanation for this?

Recent example:
I was just browsing the internet on my PC when I noticed I had some incoming emails (my phone played the audio notification, and I also can tell via my gmail notifier app in my system tray). I was watching YouTube videos at the time.  After a few minutes I left YouTube and went to gmail.com, to my Inbox.  I clicked to view the first unread email there.  During this process, my phone played the incoming email audio notification not just once, but twice.  This is before actually doing anything with any email.  All I did was view it.  I really don't understand why/how this happens.

Update to recent example:
After updating this post with the recent example I just gave, I went back to my Inbox tab (yes, I had left my Gmail Inbox open in another Firefox tab).  When I went to the tab, which still contained a couple unread messages as I had not viewed them all yet, my phone played the notification AGAIN.  I really want to know why this happens.


texts: How to use an Android device as bluetooth USB dongle?

texts: Is there a way to use my android device as a bluetooth USB dongle without rooting it?


texts:
How do i enable sms alert for sim change on my samsung galaxy s8?

I recently jumped from galaxy s3 to s8.

S3 had this neat feature called "SIM change alert" where you can enter a few phone numbers and if someone unauthorized replaces the sim card then the phone will send sms messages to the phone numbers entered earlier alerting them about the theft and thrives phone number.

However I'm unable to find a similar feature in my galaxy s8. Some articles on the internet state that signing in on my google account automatically activates antitheft features. But i don't see a place to enter phone no where alert messages would be sent

Running android 7.0


texts: Google Maps blue arrow does not appear on the blue location dot (to show direction)

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My Google Maps app shows a blue dot to indicate my current location, but (unlike on all of my friends' Google Maps), the blue dot does not show a compass-based arrow to indicate which direction I'm facing.

How can I fix mine so that I can know which direction I'm facing?

I've seen online that other people have had similar problems on iOS.

By the way, I've tried clearing cache, force-stopping the app, changing my language and fonts, calibrating my compass, and I've read these tips too.

I want the direction-indicating arrow so that I know which way I'm facing even without entering a destination and switching into Navigation mode.

Also, double-tapping the "blue target" symbol in the bottom right (as suggested here) does not change that symbol into a compass (or do anything different from single-tapping, which centers the map on my current location).

I'm using Android 6.0.1 on a Motorola Moto G4 Plus.

P.S. This question is not relevant because that person can see the blue arrow, and my blue dot has no arrow at all.


texts: Do any open source Android roms work on smart clocks?

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Has LineageOS or any other open source Android rom moved into the Smart Clock (bedside alarm clock space)?
It seems some of these run Android Things

The touchscreen isn't as robust as Google's other smart displays, but it uses the same Android Things software which is a trimmed-down version of Google's mobile operating system meant for smart home gadgets.


texts: Does Android 2.2 log digits dialed during a call, and if so, how can I clear this log?

texts: Some voice jails that I call require me to enter a password. Are the digits I type while a call is active logged (as call dialing is), and if so, how can I remove them from the log? As you might guess, I want to keep any passwords out of persistent storage.


texts: google device find locked a galaxy tab 8 at walmart

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Ok, that title might cause a wt? well its not as it seems to be.

About a week ago I was at a restaurant and went to write a review via google map. Well just before typing in my review I noticed that my display icon and screen name had been change to something..well that I wouldn't use. so next I had google ping the device and saw it was at a local wal mart.  hmmm kids must have my tablet, so finshed eating and went to Walmart.

when I get there I rang device remotely and wasn't hearing it or seeing anyone I knew react. so I figured i'll just lock it and go home and check to see if my tablet is at home. got home and hmmm, my device is at home. powered it up and noticed that I have a tab 4 not an 8. looked back at my phone and saw Walmart wifi and 100% battery, didn't notice battery state first time. so back to Walmart knowing that its a display on my account.

Checked phone area in front, no tabs, went back to electronics and found it.

I let the manager know about things and tried to unlock device but I couldn't.

I don't feel too bad that its a store device, but was wondering how are they going to unlock that device.
Also anyone know of a way for me to kick that device off of my google account?


texts: Droid Explorer does not recognize my HTC Incredible S

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Please note that this question is now resolved (March 10, 2015) by new release of DE version 9.0.0.1 with thanks to Ryan.

My phone is Rooted and has BusyBox installed and USB Debugging enabled.
Device Manager shows Android USB Devices \ My HTC - device working properly.
DE shows blank 'Select Device' screen.
I am running DE version 0.9.0.0 (x64) on Windows 7 Pro.

I have done the following..

uninstalled all software that included a copy of adb.exe including Android sdk
uninstalled DE
uninstalled USB phone drivers
re-booted the PC
installed USB phone drivers by downloading and installing latest version of HTC Sync from the HTC web site.
installed latest version of Android Studio
installed DE
copied android sdk (from the Android Studio installation) to c:\program Files\DE\Android\
Updated the sdk path in the DE config file (in folder 'data') accordingly
Run CMD.exe and, using the DE copy of adb.exe, killed the server, started the server, listed the devices; my phone was listed......

Run DE and DE shows blank "Select Device" screen....

DE Config file....

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<DroidExplorer>
    <PluginSettings>
        <Paths>
            <Path>Plugins</Path>
        </Paths>
    </PluginSettings>
    <SdkPath>c:\Program Files\Droid Explorer\Android\sdk\</SdkPath>
    <Window>
        <Size>
            <Width>0</Width>
            <Height>0</Height>
        </Size>
        <Location>
            <X>0</X>
            <Y>0</Y>
        </Location>
        <FolderView>Details</FolderView>
    </Window>
    <ApkPaths>
        <Path>/data/app/</Path>
        <Path>/system/app/</Path>
        <Path>/data/app-private/</Path>
        <Path>/sd/app/</Path>
        <Path>/sd/app-private/</Path>
    </ApkPaths>
</DroidExplorer>

DE Log.....

2015-03-06 08:27:11,672   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Settings Loaded from file 'C:\Users\Helen\AppData\Roaming\DroidExplorer\Data\DroidExplorer.config'
2015-03-06 08:27:11,720   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Using build tools version 21.1.2
2015-03-06 08:27:11,721   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Checking for adb.exe
2015-03-06 08:27:11,722   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Using build tools version 21.1.2
2015-03-06 08:27:11,722   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Checking for aapt.exe
2015-03-06 08:27:11,828   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Using build tools version 21.1.2
2015-03-06 08:27:11,828   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Checking for adb.exe
2015-03-06 08:27:11,828   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] adb.exe start-server
2015-03-06 08:27:12,093   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger]
2015-03-06 08:27:12,094   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Using build tools version 21.1.2
2015-03-06 08:27:12,094   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Checking for adb.exe
2015-03-06 08:27:12,094   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] adb.exe devices -l
2015-03-06 08:27:12,507   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Using build tools version 21.1.2
2015-03-06 08:27:12,507   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] Checking for adb.exe
2015-03-06 08:27:12,507   [1    ][ DEBUG] [DroidExplorer.Core.Logger] adb.exe devices -l

On March 8, 2015....

I would appreciate receiving advice as to how to solve this problem.

Please note that this question is now resolved (March 10, 2015) by new release of DE version 9.0.0.1 with thanks to Ryan.


texts: Stop certain apps from ever using mobile data

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Before you refer to this: I have tried installing Onavo as suggested here, but that did not allow me to do what I wanted (at least the current version of the app doesn't).

My Wi-Fi is not the most reliable, and it sometimes simply dies for a while, causing my phone to switch to data usage. Of course this always happens when I'm watching a video on youtube on my phone, and I only notice afterwards that this has happened, causing my mobile data usage to skyrocket.

What I would like to have is some way to completely prevent the YouTube app from ever connecting to the internet if I am not using Wi-Fi at the time. I have already checked the box that prevents the app from using data in the background, but that is obviously not enough.


texts: Where can I change the timezone in Microsoft Outlook for Android?


texts: Phone connected as USB storage but PC can't connect to SD card

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I have a Huawei Prism II, and my laptop is running Win7.  When I connect it to my laptop's USB port, I get a notification that says "Connected as USB storage," but when I go to My Computer, the phone is showing as:

CD Drive (E:) Mobile Partner
0 bytes free of 7.75 MB
CDFS

So the SD card's memory isn't available to transfer files.  When I go to the Notifications screen and tap "Connected as USB storage", the radio button for "USB storage device" is already selected.  I can select the "Media device (MTP)" option and successfully perform file transfer to/from my SD card this way, but I'm wondering why the "USB storage device" option doesn't make the SD card available.


texts: I can flash Cyanogenmod though my bootloader is locked

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I am using a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and CWM as recovery. Even though I locked my bootloader after installing the recovery, I can flash Cyanogenmod 10 using CWM without any errors. Now I am wondering why this works?

When I unpack the Cyanogenmod 10 .zip on my computer, there's also a boot.img, so I guess it also replaces the bootloader? Maybe when the bootloader is locked, this step is skipped (but no error shown) and the stock ROM bootloader is also OK?

This ends up in my final question: While it works, am I maybe missing a bootloader update when flashing Cyanogenmod while my bootloader is locked?


texts: What is the star icon mean beside the WiFi symbol for the Samsung Galaxy s5. It appeared after I downloaded the new update.


texts: Is there any way I can delete individual text messages?

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I have a Huawei U8850 running Android 2.3.7 and want to manage my text messages more efficiently. At the moment the only delete options I can see are to delete all thread or the current thread.

However, what I want to be able to do is delete individual text messages (both received and sent). The conversation with my wife (say) will include messages that are just acknowledgements of other messages being received or ones that are no longer relevant (shopping lists, say) and I would like to get rid of those, but keep the more important messages (at least for the time being).

Is there any way to do this or am I stuck with either keeping the entire conversation or deleting it all?


texts: Is it possible to copy files to PC when in download mode?

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My LG E975 doesn't boot anymore after I tried to install CWM (6.0.4.5) with the help of ROM Manager (Method 1A from these instructions). I get stucked at the reboot into the stock recovery part and now the device doesn't work anymore. I get the message

Secure booting Error! Cause: boot certification verifiy

The available options are hard reset and the download mode. Recovery mode (in FastBoot mode press 2x Volume Down and than Power) doesn't work because the device doesn't get in the fast boot mode (Volume Up + Power). Safe mode (Power + Menu button) also doesn't work. Because I wan't to access the files (apps, data, ...) on the phone I thought if there is a possibility to copy the files if I'm in download mode? Or is there another way to access the data?

PS: Has this problem happened because the bootloader was not unlocked?


texts: How to get wget on my non rooted Android device

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I installed an app from the Play Store called Material Terminal.
It allows me to enter Linux commands and run them such as: cd, mkdir, touch, etc.

I wonder if it is possible to get the wget command running on my non rooted device running Android 4.4.

If it is, than how?


texts:
I know that android doesnot have a login prompt like linux and only has diplay to interact with the user.
Still I want to boot Android without any display and I expect only the UART console prints of Andriod.
Does Android source code has this implementation or do I have to customise Android for this specific requirement ?


texts:
I am using NFC tag to run Car application, and to set volume up in car on my HTC M8. But after I go out of the car I must to manually close application and set volume down.
Please, is there a way how to create task to toggle application and volume setting(if app is not running start it, when app is running close it)?
Thanks a lot


texts: Lenovo Tab 4 10 Plus connect to wired network

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I have bought Lenovo Tab 4 10 Plus unit recently. It replaced my laptop perfectly but one, I need to connect to a server on a local closed wired network. I tried to connect using a USB C Hub with Ethernet port. The hub can support usb flash disk but not with ethernet.

I contacted Lenovo support, they said it does not support ethernet and the USB is a USB 2.0 only for data and charging.

Any idea on how can I connect to a local closed wired network? Its okay to purchase a small device that can easy to bring.

TIA

Daniel


texts: Disable the Google OTA updates completely

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My android device is rooted and I would like to disable the Google OTA updates completely.

I did following steps:

Installed Disable Services and allowed it for root access.
Opened Disable Services
Under System Apps, selected Google Services Framework
I found SystemUpdateService is already unchecked.
I checked it and again unchecked it, then I restarted the android device.

However I see the notification for System Update. For its temporary resolution, I unchecked the notification of Google Play Services.

Please help me to disable the Google OTA updates completely

Regards
GNS


texts: Keep android phone off until I press combination of volume + power

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I'm using Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2 running on android pie.
My problem is there's kid at my home and he play with phone though it is protected with pattern he start all options from navigation bar or power off phone.

First I want to block notification bar completely I won't it scrollable.
Second I want kid prevent from turning phone switch off.

So how can I make my phone won't wake up or screen on until I do something special?


texts: How to shutdown or reboot HP Pro Slate 12 tablet without power button?

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Is there any way to shutdown or reboot HP Pro Slate 12 tablet without using the power button?

I'm afraid the button will wear out quickly, so I'm looking for a workaround solution.

Yes, I know that for rooted devices there are a lot of shutdown and reboot apps, but it is impossible to root this device. It has Android 5.1.1.


texts: How to connect a usb tethered device to a device that is connected by hotspot both using a single phone?

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I have a pc with no wifi card and a laptop. I want to use the laptop as a second monitor using spacedesk software but it needs the two device to be connected on the same network. the only resources I have is my phone and I thought connecting the pc using phone's usb tethering and connecting the laptop to phone's wifi hotspot would put both devices in the same network, but it seems that they are different because the devices can't see each other.
Is there something I missed on here? like is there a developer setting to change? I already did the Usb option on developer settings but still can't make the two devices connect to each other.


texts:
There is AirDroid, but it is

Focused on contacts/messages/files, not on settings
Too Web 2.0-ish, not easy to script

I want a simple tool to build my own solution with instead of mis-using some user-oriented application. It should listen some HTTP port and allow

to turn on/off wifi,
take photos,
pause/resume music,
adjust volume
adjust brightness
(and so on)

without any bells and whistles, so I can control the device using simple requests like curl http://localhost:8080/wifi/on or curl http://localhost:8080/music/pause.

/* Actually I want good and easy android control from Linux command line tools, but remote HTTP control tools seem more likely to exist, so asking about them */


texts: Why are apk files are kept in system folder?

texts: Isn't an apk files just an archive which is unpacked when you install a package? So, why should it be kept then?


texts: System forgets settings and doesn't allow to install applications after reboot

texts: I have bought BLAUPUNKT ENDEAVOUR-1000 HD month ago, installed couple of games and apps, then moved them to the sd card, it was working perfect, then I turned it off and now wach time you re start, the tablet require new set up (as its brand new) and shows 0.00 KB internal memory, sd card is free, so I can't install anything and my tablet does not remember my settings, accounts etc. Should I try with the place where I have it and the warranty, or am I missing something? Tried with Root explorer, now when I connect it to the pc and try to access on the tablet, system, then the tablet restart by itself.


texts:
I brought a new phone recently (Blackview A60 Pro) and while calls and texts work fine, I can't access the internet. I spoke to my network provider (Talkmobile) who said that I need to add an APN.

However, for some reason, the option to add one is missing from my phone. There is no + sign and the 3 dots doesn't bring up an option to add an APN. The current APNs can't be edited as well. I've attached screenshots as well.

I downloaded myAPN but it didn't work on my phone and I'm not sure what else to do. Would really appreciate any help with this as I'm quite stuck and have tried everything.

.


texts:
My Moto X 1st edition (XT-1060, career Verizon, OS 5.1) doesn't stay rooted. I mean to say that it turns back to unrooted state wherever it reboots or even when it is left untouched for an hour or so. Any system apps that I've uninstalled while rooted also shown in super user applist and any other root related changes e.g changed font also reverts back..

I've tried many tools to preform root operation like iRoot but none of them does the job. Kingo Root however does the job but as I mentioned the phone reverts back to unrooted state after being rooted.

Moreover, all the tutorials and guides about rooting my phone mentions in the first place that I need to unlock the bootloader first. I have tried the official method for unlocking the bootloader but it simply does not work. Just to mention, official method requires following of some steps after which phone shows some strings and you can paste those strings on Motorola's site to know if your phone has an unlockable bootloader or not. They say my phone's bootloader cannot be unlocked. It is also not the developer edition of Moto X otherwise the things were much easier. It is a carrier specific version  of Moto X i.e. Verizon and the official Moto website says about such phones that:

Please keep in mind there are many factors as to why a device is or is not unlockable. Carrier exclusive models are almost never unlockable

So my question is that:

Can I somehow unlock my phone's bootloader or root it?

My actual concern is about rooting it so if it can be done somehow without unlocking the bootloader, I'll be more than happy. I included bootloader unlocking as a part of my question just because I cannot see any way without doing so.


texts: Add user (personal) dictionary to Android stock keyboard for unsupported languages

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I am sure many people have noticed that in the stock keyboard (Android 4.2 in my case) has more language layouts than it supports predicting. For many languages a dictionary / corpus is missing.

So since it is rather easy to build a corpus, I wanted to add my own dictionary for some languages which have no official dictionary. But I cannot find any solution. Has this been achieved before?

Note: Adding the words 1 by 1 is not a solution. :-)

If there was a solution, many people would be helped I guess. Thanks for any help and hint given!


texts: How can I enable the dropdown notification bar on lockscreen on the Asus Zenfone 2?

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On my old phone (Samsung I9305), I was able to enable the dropdown notification bar while the phone was locked by using this Xposed module.

However, it doesn't work on my Zenfone 2. (Running 5.0, rooted with Xposed Framework.) Yes, I have activated the module, rebooted, activated the setting and then rebooted again.

Several other Xposed modules do work.

Maybe it's because of incompatibility with 5.0 or x86?

In any case, is there any way to enable it on the lock screen?

By the way, the bounty notice says "credible sources." Obviously, that's not required. It just needs to work. Should probably have used to "draw attention" tag.


texts: After doing something wrong while installing CyanogenMod 13, I flashed a google marshmallow stock rom. I wanted to go back to CyanogenMod 12, so I backed up my data using CWM recovery, factory reset, and installed CM12. After making sure it was working, I flashed Gapps and restored from my recovery. My apps were back, but I was also back with the google stock rom. Is there any way to only back up the app data?


texts: Other peoples photos in my camera uploads folder

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My Samsung Galaxy 3 android phone is linked to my Dropbox account so that photos I take on my phone are automatically uploaded to the Camera Uploads folder. Suddenly lots of strange photos have appeared in this folder and my photos aren't appearing.

These photos look like a family in the Middle East, I am in Europe.
My questions are:

who do I complain to - Dropbox, Samsung or Google/Android?
If I delete these unknown photos will someone else be losing their precious family photos
If I am seeing their photos who is seeing mine!?


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I saw a friend shooting video at 60 fps and then playing the videos back at 24 fps. Seeing the 60 fps video playback at 24 fps was quite amazing and impressive (dramatic almost slow motion effect)!

He did all of this on what looked like an expensive DLSR device.

My question is:

When you record a video at 60 fps, how can you play the video back at 24 fps?

I tried to edit the video on my pixel 2 but there wasn't anything there for changing the fps. Maybe I will try VLC player.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Unistall a system app without root?

Chrome is the default on Jelly Bean OS. When I bought Nexus 7 tablet it came preinstalled with JB, but when my Galaxy Nexus got upped the old stock browser is still present.

How can I get rid of the stock browser on Galaxy Nexus in JB? Is it at all possible?


texts: Enable ADB and/or change USB connection mode on Galaxy S7 w/ broken screen

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My Galaxy S7 Edge has a broken screen (totally black, and doesn't respond to touch). However, the phone does turn on and is recognized by Kies 3 and SmartSwitch. I am also able to unlock the phone via thumbprint (sometimes), or via OTG USB keyboard input (always).

The problem is that the USB connection mode is PTP, and I can't see the screen to change it to MTP so that SmartSwitch can retrieve data from the device.

I don't have USB debugging enabled on the device, so I can't change the settings that way.

And since the S6, there's no video output, so I can't buy an MHL+OTG adapter to view the output on a TV and change the settings via mouse.

I've tried booting into recovery mode by holding volume down + power + main button for 30 seconds, but nothing seems to happen. Even if I get into recovery mode, I'm not sure if I can enable ADB, and if that setting would persist after a restart.

I've also called Samsung support, which was useless.

Are there any options for me to either enable ADB, change the USB connection mode, or send video output to another display?


texts: Android driver resets DNS on my Win7 host

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Few days ago I plugged my android (HTC1) phone to my Win7 machine which never had any network issues.

When I connected, I also made th following change:

  Mobile Hotspot & tethering->USB network Setting->Internet pass through

Even when the phone is disconnected, from time to time, something (new) resets the DNS setting to my phone's IP address.  I reset with ipconfig /renew and it is fine for a while, but eventually flips back.

Update:

Ran wireshark on PC and it looks like the phone is sending DHCP ACKs and announcing itself as the router & DNS server etc.

This can't be a feature, How am I supposed to stop it?


texts: Cannot disable safe mode by restarting, how to disable safe mode?

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My Android 10, Nokia 7.1 phone ended up in safe mode. How do I disable this?

Tried restarting and turning off/on as per instructions I've found online but it always starts up in safe mode.


texts: Google Find Device Remote Location Turning

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Now, if I want to find my Lenovo Vibe P1 Turbo that runs on Marshmallow 6.0.1 and if the GPS is turned off on that phone

Can I remotely turn on the location on from my PC so I can find that phone ?


texts: Is it possible to boot an Android phone from a USB drive?

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Is there any way to boot an Android phone* from a bus-powered USB drive**? If so, what are the steps to achieve this?

* E.g. one with USB OTG functionality.

** E.g. a flash drive.


texts: How do I stop my phone from auto completing numbers (samsung galaxy s3)?

texts: I like predictive text generally, but whenever I am texting a number (address or phone number or whatever reason to use numbers) it auto completes from something normal, such as 123-456-7890, to something completely ridiculous, 12th0132. Is there a way to turn off predictive text/auto complete/ auto correct just for numbers? or is there a better predictive text keyboard I don't know about?


texts: how to increase internalstorage on an Android devise

texts: I am using WHAM! WG40 mobile. It's internal storage is only 120mb. How can I increase it's internal storage.


texts: Is it possible to have Android only alert me when specific email accounts have new mail?

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I have Froyo 2.2 on my HT-03A "Magic" phone.

Currently, I am in the process of consolidating all my email accounts into my Gmail account, so that I can access them anywhere. I want to be able to not only access them on my phone, but also through the Gmail interface at any computer I use.

However, one or two of my accounts are attached to some mailing lists. If I have my Gmail account connect to their POP server, my phone is going to be ringing like Quasimodo with OCD. In other words, constantly.

Is there a way I can get my Android phone to sound the email alert notification based on which account is getting the email?


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So I got the notion to install cyanogen mod on my old samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1. To speed it up, get it running nougat, and get back into the swing of dabbling with Android software.

The rooting process was simple, but it doesn't seem like I'm able to find what I need in order to get Lineage OS on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 I can't find the proper tools.

Is it possible for a device to simply be too old to flash a custom rom? Or am I missing an important resource?

If anyone could shed some light, I'd appreciate it.


texts: What's the difference in contents of `/odm` and `/vendor` directories?

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I have a little idea about the /odm but no idea of /vendor dir. Can someone please explain in the best way possible?  I looked up on Google and it didn't help.
What I'm really confused is with whether OEM's make changes to the files underlying these directories or is it the Android's source.

Reference:

    From /system, init launches and starts mounting all the other partitions, such as /vendor, /oem, and /odm


texts: Does the Android OS supports playing two or more audios simultaneously?

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Does the Android OS supports playing two or more audios simultaneously ?

I am asking this because I have seen some apps playing audio without stopping the audio that's already playing in the background.

I am confused whether it is the feature of the app or the Android OS. Please provide some information about its support.

Thanks in advance !


texts: What is Hevar Android and why is it written on my phone?

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My S6 Edge phone's lock screen shows me the date, and below that two light bulb emojis surrounding "Hevar Android"

What is this? A Google search showed me that hevar is a Texas IT company, but nothing about Hevar Android.


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On my rooted stock ROM LG G2 D802 KK 4.4.2 minimum brightness is actually 50 (not 0) on a scale from 0 to 255.

Here is my dumpsys power

POWER MANAGER (dumpsys power)

Settings and Configuration:
...
  mScreenBrightnessSettingMinimum=50
  mScreenBrightnessSettingMaximum=255
  mScreenBrightnessSettingDefault=102
...

Display Controller Configuration:
  mScreenBrightnessDimConfig=50
  mScreenBrightnessRangeMinimum=50
  mScreenBrightnessRangeMaximum=255

I tried editing build.prop, adding ro.lcd_min_brightness=20 but no luck, if I edit /sys/class/backlight/brightness to a value lower than 50 brightness stays at default minimum even if brightness slider is over minimum.

Where should I look for this hardcoded 50 minimum value? Framework.apk, kernel, SystemUI.apk...?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)?

Will my HTC HERO get Android 2.2?

I guess i can upgrade to Anrdoid 2.2 but can i get Sense UI on Android 2.2 for hero?


texts: Are there commercially available devices that support more languages than those officially supported by Google?

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According to Google, there are some 57 languages/dialects that are officially supported by stock Android.  Of course, since Android is open source, there is nothing to stop a device manufacturer, or cell service provider, or even end user from adding support for new languages/dialects.

Now, just because it is possible, that doesn't mean that it has been done, or at least that it has been done on a scale large enough to make an impact.  For example, I would likely not spend my time translating my app for a language that 5 people have manually added to their own devices, however if a manufacturer of devices has decided to add support for an additional language that is now in the hands of some thousands of users, that may be a useful translation to make even though it is not officially supported by the AOSP.

So, is there any way to find this out?  Or if not officially, is there any anecdotal evidence out there that this type of thing is going on?


texts: Can anybody tell me exactly what this shell command does? ADB [Ice Box]

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So I have been looking alot into how I can save some battery life on my S8+ (Not that it is bad in any means) and so I've been trying and looking at a lot of different apps.
Among these are Greenify, Island, Tasker+Package disabler and Ice Box. And especially Ice Box has cought my eye.

But there is something about, how Ice Box is setup that I don't understand? If your device is not rooted (which mine isn't) you'll need to run the following in ADB to make it work: adb shell dpm set-device-owner com.catchingnow.icebox/.receiver.DPMReceiver

I don't know a lot about shell commands but as far as I understand this will set the App as device admin/owner (is there a differense?)? But this command for some reason also require you to remove all account when run, otherwise it wont work.. - BUT Apps like Island also require device admin? But that can be set right on the device without ADB?

What is the difference and what exactly does that shell command do?


texts: Why does the Samsung S60 draw so much power?

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I've been recording the current draw from my s6 using ampere- the absolute lowest i can get is 100mah (screen at minimum brightness and airplane mode). The highest is around an amp with the screen on.
This means that my phone would be flat in two hours of use, and likely sooner. I typically get 5 hours of battery life out of my phone- which to me is ridiculous: just listening to Spotify for an hour in the gym and a 40 minute commute, and I am down to 50% from a full battery (screen isn't on all this time). I have tried factory resets and it is not significantly better with even the stock apps.
I know that power management comes into play when it comes to battery life, (especially during idle times), but what makes modern smartphones so power hungry? Is the screen the main culprit? or just crappy unoptimised apps that keep the device awake?


texts: Email app allows designation of priority and request for receipt

texts: I am currently using K-9 Mail on my Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S) and I use squirrel mail on my computer.  When using SquirrelMail I can designate a priority for outgoing emails (low, normal, high) as well as request delivery and read receipts. Is there an app that allows me to set these designations/requests?


texts: Galaxy Note 8 unresponsive to touch input

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I've been pulling my hair out over this one for a while now and have been unable to find anything on Google to help.

I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (wifi UK version) and found a very annoying issue with it.  I've found that whilst using touch input, the screen can become unresponsive to touch for a few seconds.  This seems to happen once every 5-10 minutes and lasts 3-5 seconds or so.  It's especially annoying when playing games that rely on touch input.  It's most noticeable with Plants Vs Zombies and Scribblenauts.

The tablet as a whole isn't hanging or crashing, because the game is still running, the music still playing and the screen still updating.  It just doesn't register any touch input.

The only thing I found that might have been remotely helpful to this issue was a forum post claiming that Dropbox could cause this.  I disabled Dropbox on the device and didn't notice any improvement.

I believe the firmware revision is 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.

Does anyone know what to do about this?

UPDATE: The 4.2.2 firmware became available for this device yesterday.  Installing it seems to have resolved the issue (so far).


texts: I've got Samsung Galaxy J5 with Marshmallow 6.0.1 and in this phone I've got internal memory of 8 gb and a memory card of 8gb. I've stored every little picture and audio in external memory and many apps too but the system memory takes up 3.28gb and the apps take 3.83gb and there's no space left after that. I don't know what to do I don't even have many apps and games in this phone. Please help me on how to save up internal memory space without having to move everything to external memory?!!


texts: Why is portable hotspot and tethering not working?

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I am trying to use tethering features to connect my laptop to the Internet. On my Samsung Galaxy S3-i9300 device when I enable a portable wi-fi hotspot and connect wirelessly I can connect from my Windows 7 device but not browse the Internet from my laptop.

If instead I use USB-tethering I can browse the Internet from my laptop but sometimes the connection falls and I need to reboot my computer to get the laptop to realize the connection to the Internet is lost. The connection falls for instance when I receive a text message on the phone used for tethering.

Anyone experience these problems and have any solutions?


texts: could someone please post a screenshot of the default file structure of the sd card for Android 2.3.5? I

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?

I have searched the internet for what I felt would be a simple question.  I have had my Evo for almost 18 months, and I know I will be resetting it soon, probably rooting it also.  But need to clean up the SD card.  Many strange looking folders that were created by apps that were deleted long ago.  If I knew what was supposed to be there by default, then I would have a better chance to figure out what is there that doesn't have to be.


texts: Android seems to be overriding my Messnger Lite app

texts: I am not tech savvy so am hoping someone can help and in a way I can understand. I was trying to free up some space on my phone and moved a bunch of files on my phone to the SD card I have in it. Since doing that I cannot control the notification sound for my Messenger Lite app I have installed. When I get a message and receive the popup notification on my phone from that app, the little popup box with still say Messenger Lite at the top, but instead of seeing the little icon associated with that app, it shows the Android robot symbol. I am just hoping by including that bit of info it will help pinpoint the issue. The best way to describe it is that Android is overriding that app. It won't let me set any custom sound for the app, not even ones that came preinstalled on my phone. I know I somehow combined files or must have somehow overwritten a file when transferring them to my SD card. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Messenger Lite app, but that didn't fix it. Can anyone help?


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I would like to get info about an issue..I installed lollipop on my laptop (through unetbootin) and everything 's fine except one thing..videos on YouTube app do not play..they keep loading and loading..and if I set a lower quality,all I get is that screen..!!

Can anyone help on that issue??


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I am thinking about getting a Galaxy S2. It seems like a great phone, but I have some concerns about the system stability.

I hear from Android users that Samsung's original ROM is very slow and heavy (and doesn't handle right-to-left languages very well - I speak Hebrew), and that other ROMs have their own problems and the releases are not so reliable.

Is any of this true?


texts: How to revert Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 to stock Gingerbread?

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Here's the situation: I got this Samsung Galaxy Mini as a gift - my first smartphone - but with this obscured operating system called [DEV][WIP][ROM][UNOFFICIAL] Android 4.2.2 CM10.1 - Nightly 20130310. It doesn't do even some basic things, not the best way to be introduced to smartphones, right? But what can I do?

So as my first interaction with smartphones now supposed to hack a usable operating system on it as well. Let's do it. My obvious choice was to go with the latest official CyanogenMod for the system: you can read my efforts into that here: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/42088/adb-push-doesnt-push-myrom-zip-sdcard-though-it-says-it-copied-the-file-sams (So far no answers yet.)

My guess at this point is things could work out better if I could first revert the phone back to the official ROM. My first try was to plug it into Samsung's KIES software - but obviously it doesn't recognize the now totally hacked phone. The XDA Forum is way too overwhelming for me to go for this - as my first venture into smartphones -, could you point me to a no-nonsense, step-by-step guide how can I revert back the phone to official Gingerbread from here?


texts: Can Android app run without being launched at least once?

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As much as I know, most apps won't ever start, unless you launch them at least once (even if they have a background service).

But what about those, that for example, have the Receive Intent Boot Successfull in their Manifest? Will that be enough to launch their code?


texts: After rebooting phone, app shortcuts from sd go missing

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I own a Samsung Galaxy S Advance (i9070) with stock android 4.1.2

There is not a lot of internal storage, so I tend to move all possible apps from phone to SD card. However, when I reboot the phone, the shortcuts from the homescreen dissapear and i have to put them back in place all over again. Very annoying.

How can I fix this behaviour?


texts: Create several Gmail accounts anonymously using only one Android tablet without letting Google know that they are created from the same single tablet?

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I would like to anonymously create several Gmail accounts using only one Android tablet (but not phone) without letting Google know that the accounts are created from the same single tablet.  I do not want Google to know that any two of the accounts are related to each other.

If my ISP (Internet Service Provider) cooperates with Google and informs Google of the true identity associated with the IP address with which I connect to Google to create the Gmail accounts, then Google would know exactly who I am.  However, assume that this is not the case.

If the Android device were a phone, then Goole might uniquely identify the Android phone by IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity), ICCID (Integrated Circuit Card Identifier of SIM chip) or IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity); hence, Google would know that these accounts are created from the same Android phone.  However, this is not the case; I am talking about an Android tablet without phone.

First of all, I would like to make sure that Gmail accounts are free and that there is no need to provide Google with my credit card information, my billing address or my real name.  Is this correct?  Please provide an answer to this specific question as well.

So, with the above three assumptions (my ISP does not inform Google of the true identity associated with the IP; the IDs associated with phone are unavailable to Google; Gmail accounts are free, and hence Google does not ask for billing information), does Google obtain any information that reveals my true identity, when I create Gmail accounts using an Android tablet?  (If it does, what are they?)

Even if Google cannot obtain the true identity of the person whom the Android tablet belongs to, can Google uniquely identify each Android tablet?  (If it can, how?)

If Google cannot obtain the true identity and cannot uniquely identify each Android tablet, then I have further questions.

Assume that there is no account on this tablet yet.

Will Google know that the two Gmail accounts are related to each other if two Gmail accounts are created by the following steps?

Create a Gmail Account A using an Android tablet.
Disconnect from the Internet, that is, switch to the off-line mode by turning off Wi-Fi.
Turn off the Factory Reset Protection ("Settings" > something that says "Security" or "Screen" > set "Screen Lock" to "none".)
Remove Account A from the Android tablet.  (The account will remain intact on the Google server.  See "What will happen when I remove my Google account from an Android tablet?".)
Perform a Factory Reset ("Settings" > something that says "Backup" or "Reset" > Factory data reset).
Using a different IP (by going to another location for example), connect to the Internet (that is, turn on Wi-Fi).
Create a new Gmail Account B from this Android tablet.

If these steps successfully prevent Google from knowing that the two Gmail accounts are related to each other, then let me ask the following.  Are all these steps necessary?  Are any steps omissible to make the process simpler?

Note that Factory Reset deletes all of your precious files; but the law enforcement authority is likely able to recover them later.

Instead of Factory Reset, does it suffice to delete all the regular cookies and EverCookies that the account-management app creates?  How can they be deleted?


texts: Why is suggested to OEM unlock when LinageOS can be installed without it

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I have a "LENOVO Tab 2 A10-30" which got frozen after the update in the startup loop - did not start after displaying the Lenovo logo.
I decided to reinstall it with the LineageOS, and for that I needed (according the articles) to do oem unlock.
According articles I should get the OEM unlock key from settings or allow it in the settings - which I can't access as the device won't boot up.
So I tried bunch of commands from the commandline (ubuntu 20.04), I could not OEM unlock, but I was able to install LineageOS just fine.
My question is - how come that it worked, even though it should not be able to unlock the OEM? What happened there?
Started device with holding vol up:
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF    sideload

Then I am not sure now what I selected in the menu, but then I went:
$ fastboot devices
84afc61e    fastboot

$ fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.002s

$ fastboot oem unlock-go
...
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.002s

$ fastboot oem get_unlock_data
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.002s

fastboot oem device-info
...
(bootloader)    Device tampered: false
(bootloader)    Device unlocked: false
(bootloader)    Device critical unlocked: true
(bootloader)    Charger screen enabled: true
(bootloader)    Display panel:
OKAY [  0.007s]
finished. total time: 0.007s

But I tried to flash in the TWRP recovery image anyhow:
$ fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 262144000 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11700 KB)...
OKAY [  0.446s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.947s]
finished. total time: 1.393s

$ fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.449s]
booting...
OKAY [  0.023s]
finished. total time: 0.471s

After that, with volume up on boot I got in to TWRP menu; where I installed gaps and LineageOS zips, and after reboot it was just there.
My research links:

https://www.getdroidtips.com/unlock-bootloader-via-fastboot-on-android/
https://www.howtogeek.com/239798/how-to-unlock-your-android-phones-bootloader-the-official-way/
https://www.theworldsbestandworst.com/2020/08/how-to-use-adb-sideload-to-install-roms-updates-restore/
https://www.hardreset.info/devices/lenovo/lenovo-tab-2-a10-30/faq/faq/bootloader-moto-unlock-lenovo-motorola-root/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/flash-custom-rom-lineage-os-lenovo-tab-2-tb2-x30l.4175085/


texts: Is there a way to speed up the delay when pressing the home button?

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My guess is that the reason there's a delay when pressing the home button is due to the fact that it could be re-purposed into launching "Google Now" or "S Voice" by pressing it twice. So it has to wait for a second before it sends a signal "this is a single press" to the OS. I don't believe it's caused by phone waking up from sleep because it happens every time and it's consistent.

If my guess is correct and I'm not using "Google Now" or "S Voice", it would be great to remove this delay. How do I do that? Is that even possible?

In my opinion, it is annoying. The moment I press the home button I'm expecting an instant response by showing up the home screen as immediately as possible.

EDIT:

I already disabled all the apps that could possibly make use of double pressing the home button like "S Voice". Now when I open an app to foreground, pressing the home twice doesn't take me to home screen but instead nothing happens. That means there's no longer any function that is currently bound to double pressing the home button. If I press the home button once, it still takes a delay before it takes me back to the home screen.


texts: Why SDK version in recovery is different from SDK version in build.prop

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I have Nexus 5 running RR 7.1.2 (Nougat) and of course the SDK is 25, but in TWRP Recovery i'm using ADB Shell and type `getprop ro.build.version.sdk' it say 22 (Lollipop)?

I do a clean install and upgrade TWRP still the same, please help me


texts: Recently Used Apps crashing in portrait mode

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When I try to switch to the "Recently Used Apps" screen (by holding the home button), the process com.android.systemui crashes.

However, in Landscape mode it works as usual (and rotating the device makes it crash again).

Device: Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
Version: 4.4.2
ROM: Stock

EDIT: The system was not modified in any way (e.g. no root access).

Where can I find logs/files that provide me with additional info i.o. to trace the problem? Or what can I do to make it stop crashing (preferably not reseting)?

EDIT: Unfortunately, the issue mysteriously disappeared today and I cannot reproduce it any more.


texts: How to turn off android overlays if I can't touch the screen?

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My cell phone is a Samsung's SM-G110B/DS Kit Kat, and I found the developer options and "by mistake" I selected one of the overlays. The problem is that the overlay has a bigger resolution than what my screen supports, and it doesn't let me touch the screen (Overlay #1 1280x720).

How can I turn this overlay off?

P.S.:  I turned it off and on again and it didn't work, I took off the battery, pinched it, tapped on it several times... nothing changes, that overlay is still there and doesn't let me touch the screen.


texts: Installing Google text-to-speech hd voices on sd card

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I use the Google text-to-speech engine and it has the option to download high quality voices. Those are about 250 mB per file, and i barely have any internal memory left after i download them. Is there a way to move those to the SD card?

I have link2sd installed, but I would need to convert the engine from system app to user app to link the app files, and I suspect that this would cause all kinds of unforeseeable problems. I think that i would then also have to do the procedure of converting this app to system app and back for every rom update i flash, for the cyanogenmod update script to work -or maybe that step wouldn't be needed since userapps do not get touched anyway?

Well, even if the above would work, i would prefer a simpler solution.

Has anyone successfully moved those files to the SD card?

UPDATE IN CASE ANYONE READS THIS:

Apparently i would be able to move those files with the new paid version of link2sd, but i have by now decided not to use google's hd voices. There are better-sounding alternatives available for free on the market, and google voice search / google now use their own voice (i think it's network-synthesized) anyway.


texts: htc evo 3d wifi connected but internet not working

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this is my first question on android, so I hope I will not miss anything. I bought my phone from friend probably 5 years ago, so there is no warranty. I used to login to wifi networks with no problems, but probably yesterday I clicked on "save network" (my wireless home network). For some reason, it stored my network with weird ip address(169.254.169.59), that I can not delete from phone.
My router automatically asignes 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, ...
I tried renaming my wifi SSID and connected to it. Again, ip address in my mobile phone is 169.254.169.59. I tried connecting to two different wifi routers, my mobile still has this weird ip address.
I also tried connecting to that saved network manually with ip address I set (192.168.0.15). After connecting, my phone claims it has ip address 169.254.169.59.
How do I get rid of this saved ip address? I tried reseting my phone. I do not see any other usefull settings in my phone. I can not delete saved network (I did not see any options for deletion).

Android version - 4.0.3
HTC sense 3.6
Software number = 3.28.401.1
kernel = 3.0.16-ge733186

How do I fix this? Is it possible without factory defaults reset? My phone has never had a jail break.


texts: can't mount /data while installing LineageOS

texts:
I've rooted my Nexus 7 using the SO instructions How do I root my Nexus 7?.  I'm trying to install LineageOS using its instructions https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/flo/install#installing-lineageos-from-recovery.  But steps 4 and 6 fail (making a backup, and wipe / advanced wipe).  Both failures include the messages Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument) and Unable to mount storage.
So /data may be corrupt.

From adb shell, ls /data shows that it's an empty directory;  mount /data fails with the same error Invalid argument.

From adb shell, the Nexus 7's /etc/fstab mentions /dev/block/mmcblk0p30 /data ext4 rw 0 0.  But when I try to repair that device with e2fsck, it finds no superblock, even with -b 8193.

From adb reboot bootloader, the screen shows SECURE BOOT - enabled and LOCK STATE - unlocked.  From that fastboot screen, if I select recovery mode, I see the teamwin TWRP 3.1.1-0 splash screen for 30 seconds, then I "swipe to allow modifications," and then I see TWRP's 8 big buttons.

Well, the backup and wipe buttons fail, so just for giggles, I tapped the button Install (LineageOS steps 7-10), and chose the lineage and open_gapps .zip files that I'd adb pushed to /sdcard.  To prevent the install from working, checked the checkbox "verify zip signature" without copying over the md5 files containing the signatures.  Besides the expected failure to verify the signatures, I saw these errors:

Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)

Unable to recreate /data/media folder

E:Could not create /cache/recovery/

Unable to mount storage.

Can't open destination log file: '/cache/recovery/log'

Unable to mount /data/media/TWRP/.twrps

E:DataManager::Output_Version -- Unable to make /cache/recovery

Again, /data seems to be the problem.  I probably shouldn't attempt a real install before taking care of that.

How should I recover from these errors, to install LineageOS or, failing that, to restore the device to factory defaults?  (If it helps, I have another Nexus 7, unrooted.)


texts: Where do these suggested contacts "from my adress book" come from?

texts:
I recently bought a Google Nexus 10 and created a new Google profile (@gmail.com) associated to it. I never sent any email from it neither received anything except Google's welcome messages.

I added two personal IMAP accounts (full of emails).

Then I installed Twitter (I'm new to Twitter too) which suggested me to add contacts from my "address book", that are actually real people I know.

Does Google look into my IMAP mailboxes to discover my contacts ? If not, how is it possible for it to suggest such friends ?

(My address book is empty - the only existing contact is myself. I also have a Dropbox and Github accounts linked to Android, but these account doesn't store contacts.)

I saw Where exactly does Android get its contact suggestions from? but my GMail address is totally new so nobody has it.


texts: How do I copy contacts from my SIM card to a Moto G8 Power?

texts: Well there's not really more to say about my question apart from: Yes, I've looked for this feature on the Internet and on my phone.


texts: What do Online and Offline mean in Viber?

texts: If my bf's viber shows he's online and then in the middle of the night it changes to offline, what does this mean? Does it mean that when he's at home and within reach of the internet it shows him to be online if his Viber app is active? And does it mean that he has gone out of range of the internet if his Viber states he's offline? (He has a Samsung Galaxy Fame.)


texts: How to get rid of a malware app "Chromes"?

texts: A few days ago I noticed a new app on my phone. It's called Chromes and it has a logo really similar to Chrome's logo. It was detected as Malware by my antivirus at first, but after a few hours I got a notification saying it's safe. I can delete it but it returns after a few hours. I tried reseting my phone, getting it back on factory settings but it keeps returning... What should I do?


texts: Android Mini-PC: How to Autostart for Public Display

texts: I have an MK808 Android mini PC which I want to use for a public display.  I can open a browser OK and get the page I want, but when power fails I have to manually open that page again.  I dont want it to do anything else but display that internet page.  Is there a way to autostart the browser and that page?


texts: A2DP Bluetooth audio randomly shows "(no media)"

texts:
Sometimes when I connect my phone to my headset, the Bluetooth device will be listed as:

"Connected ( no media )"

When this happens, it uses the "Phone audio" profile. The "Media audio" profile (A2DP) will also have a checkmark, as if it were connected, but all sound is coming from the phone's speaker (see photo below). If I attempt to uncheck it, it will immediately recheck itself. When it is working properly, it will wait two seconds and disconnect.

Rebooting the headset, or disconnecting it manually doesn't solve the issue.