texts: Security Audit - how can I tell my Android Distribution is safe

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I've just bought a Jiayu G4 and it came with android installed (rooted).

My question is - how can I tell that nothing nasty has been installed on the phone?  Or best practices to ensure that it's safe to use.  I've had a look but I haven't seen any accounts of malware distributed Android OS's, but I'm sure it can happen.

Obviously there's an (un)healthy amount of paranoia here, but it'd be nice to know that data isn't being siphoned off somewhere it shouldn't be.


texts: Built-in alarm, calendar suddenly talking to me. How can I shut them up?

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I use the native Clock app, and my alarm used to just have a normal ringtone. I assume there was some automatic update recently because this morning, in addition to the normal ringtone, there was a robotic voice saying "It is 7:25 AM." Then later I got a notification from the native Calendar app, and in addition to my normal ringtone, the robotic voice announced the text of the notification.

How do I shut this off? It's really annoying and I don't see an option in Settings.


texts: Do the apps purchased via SlideME.org give you notifications about available updates?

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SlideME is a website where you can purchase apps (useful for countries where Play Store does not support purchase yet).

Will I get a notification if their apps are updated?


texts: Unable to move files to my SD card - how can I do this?

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I have tried moving files from the Android (internal) storage (now almost full) to the 16G unused SD card I have installed.  I click and hold the item I want to move (i.e. a movie file) and the option to move (cut) is offered.  I press it and see the flag 'holdingFILENAME.wmv'.

I navigate to the area I want to move it to and press the icon (like a paper icon) in the top right of my screen.  I have the option to move, attach, copy, or delete.  I select move, but nothing happens. Any ideas how I can move files?

I am using Android v4.0.3, kernel 3.0.8+, baseband 1.01.


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OK. I have tried nearly everything recommended on this site and on xda-developers to fix this boot loop issue, and nothing works.
This is a standard unlocked GT-P5100 running 4.0.3. It was running fine and then one day it started to boot loop. It was never used much, and it basically spasmed sometime around a year ago.
I have tried:
Deleting cache and factory reset from various mechanisms. They generally say that they work, but don't actually delete anything.
Using ODIN to install TWRP said it had succeeded, but nothing actually changed.
Using ODIN to install CWM said it had succeeded, but nothing actually changed.
I tried various rooters, Kingoroot being the last. It said it had worked, but I see no evidence of that
.
I successfully (apparently) rooted it via ODIN, but again, there's no evidence of that.
Flashing a new version with ODIN gives me the message:  "Complete(Write) operation failed.
 All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)"
I tried to re-flash the same version but nothing changed.
I managed to get an actual upgrade to a later version of Android flashed once, according to ODIN, but when  I checked I was still on 4.0.3.
Some issues that make it more difficult:
The re-boot cycle can be as short as 10 seconds, so I often have no time to do much. In upload mode it seems to last for as like as I like.
Changes I make don't stick. I can set the USB debugging switch on, but after the next re-boot it's gone. I have tried deleting apps, e.g. Chrome, to free up space, I shouldn't need to, of course, as I have about 8Gb free. I never succeed in deleting anything, although I get an Application Deleted message, and then an immediate re-boot.
So it looks to me as though something is smelly in my RAM.
There is nothing I need to keep, my wife just uses the toy to google the news while we are travelling, so if there's anything radidal I can do, by, for example running something brutal from the SD card, I would be happy to do it.
So. Any ideas, please?


texts: Time needed for full device encryption on Android L with 128GB microSD Card

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So last night I decided to enable full device encryption on my Android L device (Sony Z3 compact running CM12). Right as I started I realized I had forgotten to unmount and eject the microSD card. I wasn't sure if it would encrypt the SD card, but the screen was still dark after I woke up and I assume that it is.

The microSD card is completely full (has 90% of my music collection on it). Since there's no status indicator during the encryption phase, I was wondering how much longer my phone would be out of commission? I'm hoping it won't take more than 24 hours, but that is a lot of storage and microSD cards can be pretty slow.


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I have Nexus 7 2013 LTE with Android 4.4.2. I want to set Now SMS as the default SMS app but I have not been successful. After choosing it as the default, the popup is still shown next time I start Now SMS!

Can anyone help me out?


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I use MailWise to check my Exchange emails.

Now I need to forward an email, but I can't find the function for it.

Can you tell me where it is?


texts: What search can I perform to get a streaming app result on Google?

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There are reports (see link below), that Google will now stream a small set of apps, when content in those apps match your search criteria. I have yet to be able to produce a Google search that shows one of these streaming app results.

I've tried using the example that I've seen in articles: "hotel right now in Chicago", from both the mobile web version of Google.com, as well as the Google app, but to no avail. The correct answer to this question will look something like:

"In order to see a streaming app result, you must be within the Google App, and you must use the following search: What is Sagittarius' horoscope for today?"

or

It appears from this link (www.example.com/GooglePulledStreamingApps) that Google is no longer streaming apps, or is only streaming them to a limited number of people.

I've also discovered (see 2) that this only works from the Google App on devices running Android 5 or 6. Although this feature of Google is only available on Android, I still don't believe this is an Android Community question, because it is specifically regarding how a search on Google behaves.

What are streaming app results?

Google App Streaming: A Big Move In Building “The Web Of Apps”

Google’s Going to Make Downloading Apps an Afterthought


texts: Used (probably) inappropriate charger, touchscreen went crazy, permanent damage?

texts: I used a plug with USB output than may have been inappropriate (output DC5V +/- 0.20V DC500mA +/-30mA). While it was plugged in, the touchscreen stopped working properly (touching one part of the screen would trigger another), I guess because the voltage was wrong? Is there any danger that I did some permanent damage to the phone or the battery? It wasn't plugged in for long.


texts: How to avoid reformatting external sd card when "Issue with SD card" pops up again?

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The comments in Does “How will you use this SD card?” wipe data?
 indicate that the second option in the dialog "Issue with SD card - Tap to fix", which is "Use for portable storage", will also format the external SD card.
My external SD card works without issue from the recovery and I can also mount it after boot from the terminal, but the system does not make it visible e.g. to the file manager app.
I have reinstalled lineageOS recently and until the fourth or so reboot the SD card was working flawlessly and I already used it with the apps that now no longer see it. At the moment, the phone takes long to start with the external SD inserted, and often crashes after unlocking.
How can I avoid reformatting it but still get a behaviour where it works normally and there is no such "issue with SD card" notification?
I have had this issue in the past as well, on different devices, running a different version of (stock) android, with a different SD card. Oftentimes, a reboot or a reinsert of the card would fix it temporarily. But what is going on and how do I actually fix, or at least circumvent, it?


texts: How to enable hidden Arabic keyboard without rooting?

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I've Samsung Galaxy S3 device.
(Model-Number: SPH-L710)
(Android-Version: 4.1.1)

I want to enable the hidden Arabic keyboard without rooting, or an extra keyboard application.

Is it possible?


texts: Old WhatsApp version is obsolete on January 2018, but there's no update on the Play Store

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WhatsApp shows a notice that the current version is old and obsolete, preventing the user from accessing the chats. It also tells the user to download the latest update.

Tapping the "download" button takes the user to the Play Store. However, there is no option to "update", only "uninstall" and "open".

How to force update the WhatsApp app?


texts: Default Time & weather widget app deleted from android 7 tablet. Not listed in widget apps list

texts: I accidentally deleted the default Time & Weather widget from an Android 7 Tablet. No longer listed on Widgets list. No longer found on tablet anywhere. No listed solutions on internet. Do I need Factory Reset?


texts: Why can't Banshee Remote connect to server?

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I'm trying to use Banshee Remote with my Samsung Galaxy S3, but everytime I try to add a new server, it says Can't connect to server. Check your settings. There are only two settings:

IP Adress, which I got from whatismyip.org
Port, which I got from Banshee (Edit->Preferences->Remote Control->Banshee remote port

Is there anything I can try to do to fix this?

Notes:
I am using Banshee 2.4.1 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS


texts: How can I determine the block size of the filesystem on my Android?

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I'm creating a bunch of flash cards for use with AnkiDroid and many of them contain images or sound files.

I would like to find a balance between image/audio file size, and clarity, without wasting a ton of space with files that exceed a block boundary by just a few bytes.

So I'd like to know how to determine the filesystem block size on any given android device. Is there an easy way to do this?


texts: If I successfully disable "Whatsapp web is currently active" on the notification panel, are the individual and group messages and alert silent too?


texts: A number of people on here have recommended I give VISIONary a try out on my HTC Desire HD. But I can't find it anywhere - has it been decommissioned?


texts: I downloaded the million moments app which basically makes a cool album from the photos you choose. The problem is in the import screen when I choose photos, all the photos just have the thumbnail of one of my photos. Now this is a headache because I can't pick the photos I like and I have to resort to picking the whole folder. I just discovered today that even the Flickr app has this problem. Now I think I'm sure my phone is at fault, my question is how do I fix this? Even with the media rescans the thumbnails still aren't correct and just shows 1 of my photos. Quickpic and the stock gallery don't have this problem though. Any ideas what's wrong?


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I tried connecting my Samsung Galaxy SII(ICS) to Samsung Kies 2.0.2 through USB.

But whenever i connect the cable, Kies asks me to switch the phone to Kies Studio mode. But I could not find this mode in USB connection.

How do I connect my phone to Kies?


texts: Flash system.img file without fastboot over USB

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I want to flash a different version of a system.img and normally this would be done with fastboot via USB but the device I am trying to do this to I cant use adb/fastboot over USB and I have to use adb over Ethernet instead. Once I reboot into the bootloader to try to use fastboot it obviously wont see the device since I use Ethernet so is there a way to just flash the new system.img file without fastboot?
Device has an sdcard slot, is there a way to use that?
Also note I dont have any of the other image files (boot,recovery,etc...) so I wont be able to create a zip file


texts: "Hidden" messages in Motorola messaging?

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Phone info:

Motorola

Model: Moto E, 2nd generation

LTE: 4G LTE

Operating system: Android, version 5.1

Let me know if any more info would be helpful.

Issue:

My phone's Messaging app (the one that comes with the phone) seems to be "hiding" text conversations sometimes. It'll show how many unread messages I have, (see attached image, the circled number), but I don't see any conversations with unread messages shown. I know there are some conversations missing, I just need a way to un-hide them. As far as I have found, the only way to un-hide these conversations is to search for the conversation by contact, but this only works if you know which contact's conversation was hidden. Any thoughts on how to un-do  this, or what is making the messages hidden?

My research:

I've looked on Android support sites, done Google searches of 'Motorola hiding messages', and all sorts of related searches. Unfortunately I have had trouble finding anything besides suggestions on how to hide messages.


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I had my HTC Pico phone with android 2.3 repaired because a shattered glass.

On getting it back, I found out that there are no contacts in my phone as well as in the SIM, but there are some contacts with my Google account. Upon selecting this option, my phone book displayed a few contacts, which I never synced to my Google account. How did these random contacts get associated with my Google account?


texts: Android 7 TV wireless keyboard language switch not working

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I've got a Sony X900E TV model with Android 7.0 installed, with Logitech K400 Plus keyboard connected to it. My issue with them is the fact that it is impossible to switch the language.

The only way to get the language that I need is to go into
Settings -> Keyboards -> Physical keyboards -> [select language], but this cannot even be considered a workaround because these steps are required every time you switch the language, as it only works until you switch the language with Win+Space(which actually toggles between virtual keyboards), after which it restores to defaults (English) and you have to go through all the steps again.

PS: I've tested the keyboard on Xiaomi MI5s (Android 6), where Ctrl+Space works perfectly. Moreover, Android 6 had the feature to select multiple languages for physical keyboards and toggle between them, which apparently was removed in Android 7, because you either leave the defaults, or select only 1 specific language.

Is there by any chance a feasible workaround (or maybe a real fix) for this kind of problem?


texts: HTC One m7 OTA update to Lollipop fails with "red triangle exclamation mark inside a htc one" graphic at recovery

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*** TAMPERED ***
*** RELOCKED ***
V7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH
HBOOT-1.57.0000
...
OS-5.11.631.8

(bootloader) version: 0.5
(bootloader) version-bootloader: 1.57.0000
(bootloader) version-baseband: 4T.27.3218.14
(bootloader) version-cpld: None
(bootloader) version-microp: None
(bootloader) version-main: 5.11.631.8
(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
(bootloader) serialno: -
(bootloader) imei: -
(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000
(bootloader) product: m7_ul
(bootloader) platform: HBOOT-8064
(bootloader) modelid: PN0712000
(bootloader) cidnum: ROGER001
(bootloader) battery-status: good
(bootloader) battery-voltage: 4023mV
(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic
(bootloader) security: on
(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP
(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT
(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: dirty-e47fb74b
(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11
(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0

I had TWRP and it was rooted but S-ON was kept on.  I have since installed XPosed framework and that's it, didn't flash another ROM.  I have unrooted with SU and flashed with a stock recovery.

What shall I do going forward from this point to install Lollipop OTA?

Could I have installed the Lollipop OTA zip via TWRP?

Thanks!


texts: I've browsing through some jargon and cannot figure out what exactly the difference is between USIM and SIM. While not strictly an android question I figure all android phones are bound to have either one or the other so any clarification on this issue would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Plugged a Bluetooth USB to Tablet but seems not working

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I have insert a USB Bluetooth dongle to a Tablet via the USB port and try to turn on the Bluetooth in the Android but fail.

So, how do one know if the USB Bluetooth dongle can be supported for a tablet that have a USB port? (Given that the USB Bluetooth dongle have been tested to work fine in a desktop PC and there is no further information on the tablet manual on which Bluetooth dongle is supported for the tablet.)

The Ice-cream tablet was not rooted yet.

Is there some kind of Android Apps that can check or verify the above scenario?


texts: Monitor and identify which apps create a specific file/directory

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From time to time, there is a directory (and files inside of it) that is created on the internal memory of my device. I keep deleting it, but after a few days/weeks, it's back. The folder in question, by the way, is Tencent. I already uninstalled the game associated with them long ago, but the directory keeps popping up.

I would like to know what other app is creating it. I don't have that many apps, mainly social media ones and tools, and I think they are only associated with games.

Searching around, I found an app that logs all accesses to files of the filesystem, but it doesn't show what app is doing it.

The answer from Software to monitor file owner is not going to work in my case because these files are all 0 bytes so it's way too fast to catch the app creating them. Not to mention that the creation time is random. It could take days or weeks for the app to create it again.

Anyone have some good ideas before going into detective mode as last resort? I'm firstly asking for an app because that would be the easiest way to monitor the filesystem.

PS: My device is rooted.


texts: Android 5 Lollipop block Advertising video in a game

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I have a "problem" with a game called Geometry Dash Lite, sometime meanwhile I play an advertisement shows and consume a lot of internet bandwidth...

The advertisement is a video of another game (here's a screenshot)

Click for full size

Here's the "stolen" bandwidth image

Click for full size

There is a way (without rooting) to block it? (leaving aside the possibility to complete disable the mobile internet connection)


texts: How to go back to stable rom from beta rom in Redmi Note 4?

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I have Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (Snapdragon 625) smartphone. I had updated it to Nougat Developer ROM Version: 7.3.23 (MIUI8) few days ago. But this update led me to some bugs, so now I am deciding to go back to Marshmallow Stable ROM Version: V8.2.2.0.MCFMIDL (MIUI8). I know I can not simply revert back to it via using phone's in-built updater app. So please help me how can I achieve it?

My phone is NOT ROOTED. It's bootloader is LOCKED. How can I once again install stable global ROM which was factory installed by the company when I bought it? I don't want to unlock my phone's bootloader because in order to do so I will have to request to the Xiaomi and I don't know whether it will be accepted or not and who knows how many days I will have to wait for the result.


texts: Enable data roaming only for specified providers?

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I'm living in a country A. My mobile phone provider is located in country B. Unfortunately, I have to enable data roaming to work both in country A and country B. This doesn't costs my roaming costs, because the providers in country A and B work together.

Unfortunately, I'm living also very close to country C. And a lot of time (during shopping, working etc) I go to country C. I always have to explicitly disable data roaming then. Sometimes I forget to do so and then I causes a lot of roaming costs.

So is it possible to allow data roaming only for specific providers? From the Android OS I don't think so, but it should be possible to do it progamatically? Every time the provider changes I would check if it it in the allowed list and if not I would disable data roaming?

Edit: Does anybody know if there are already apps which can do that? Otherwise I would start the development of suach an app.


texts: Add second trusted voice to Google Pixel

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Is it possible to add a second "trusted voice" to my Google Pixel so that a second person can say "OK Google" to unlock my phone? I would like to do this so that my phone can act like a substitute for Google Home when I'm at home--in order to enable my partner to unlock through "OK Google", but still restrict it to our two voices only.

If it isn't possible to do through a single user, is it possible that setting up a second user will allow this? I'm not familiar with how switching between users works on Android yet.


texts: In Samsung Galaxy S3 mini TalkBack is always speaking when switching home screens

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From one day to the next, TalkBack started to tell me on which home screen I am. It is always using the Google voice, even if I set it to Samsung TTS.

Texts:

Page 2 of 5. (German pronunciation)
Der Ordner ist geöffnet.
Der Ordner ist geschlossen.

(My locale is German)

TalkBack was switched of before and when I go to settings, the text entry of TalkBack reads "off". When I enter into the TalkBack settings however the slider is switched to "on". Switching it of does not help as it always stays on but displaying off in the textual list view.

My next try was deactivating the TalkBack app completely. This did not solve the problem either.

Is there a setting I do not know about or another trick I could try?


texts: Getting double message notifications after replacing Talk with Hangouts

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I've updated Google Talk to "Hangouts (replaces Talk)". Now whenever I get a message, I receive two notifications: one from the new Hangouts app and the other from the old Talk app. How do I disable the notification from Talk?

Device is Samsung Galaxy S II running Android 4.1.2.


texts: In android 2.3.7 and older when I long click on the screen the menu shows a list of shortcuts. Is there an option to add my own shortcut to this list?


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I just got the Lg G3,
Android 4.4.2, and I can't seem to cancel the voice notification off,
it works just fine with my friend's phone, which is the same model and has the same OS version.

I go to settings> Accessibility or Settings>sound>Advanced Settings
and both show me that the message/call voice notifications are ON and locked.
I'd appreciate help asap.
Thanks in advance.


texts: I'm using http://www.midoblesim.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=483 and i can't install skype.It says that it's not matching, but still it is downloading it from the market. I gived you that link becouse this isn't an original, android phone, it's some Chinese stuff. But however, how can i solve the problem and install skype and run it correctly ?


texts: Install OS on Galaxy S4 w/ broken screen

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I have an Samsung Galaxy S4 with a broken screen (no touch input and no visual output); it's been sitting in my closet for months, but it still charges & boots. Now, I want to put it to good use by installing a new OS (e.g. Ubuntu and/or Android) and turning it into a server on my home network (the battery would act as a convenient UPS). However, since the screen is broken I can't access any menus and can't give it any input.

Is there a way to access this phone to perform a fresh OS install (e.g. via USB)?

Note: This question was originally posted on SuperUser, but migrated here because it was off-topic for that community.


texts: (Why) is it required to flash in order to install Google Play on CyanogenMod?

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Is it required to flash in order to install Google Play on CyanogenMod? If so, why? Or is there a method to install Google Play on CyanogenMod without flashing?

In comparison, other app stores such as F-Droid or aptoide can just be installed as APK, so I am wondering.

I am not wondering about why one needs to install CyanogenMod and the google apps separately, I know it is due to licensing issues.


texts: Is it possible to use Gmail Android app without SSL?

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I'm interested on using my email without SSL on my Android phone, yet I haven't been able to find the option to do it or to load the emails server without SSL.

I want to be sure it's not possible before giving up. Is it possible to use the Gmail app without SSL on Android?


texts: Jelly Bean on the Galaxy Nexus - forcing an update?

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I bought my Galaxy Nexus in New Zealand - via parallel importing. I believe it came from Russia, given my manual was in Russian(!).  But it works perfectly and is genuine.

A colleague there bought one from the same source the next day, and his arrived a day after mine.

I then moved to Canada, and got a Rogers sim card.  All good.

However, my ex-colleague got a 4.0.4 upgrade about 8 weeks before myself.  I tried forcing an update, but no luck.

Then last week, I finally got 4.0.4, and about the same day, my old colleague emailed to say he got an OTA update to 4.1.

What gives? Is it a geo-fenced roll-out? How can I force an update? (I've  gone to system updates to check for an update, but no luck).  Or would I have to root and do it manually? I'd prefer not to if there's a simple way to force an update...

Baseband I9250XXLA2, Build IMM76K.I9250XWLD2


texts: Is Kingroot/Kinguser reliable for Android 4.3+?

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I recently rooted an Android (Yuntab K107, Android 5.1), with Kinguser (KingRoot). So far, it has worked well (except for a hanging Busybox command), but I got this warning starting Titanium Backup:

Is Kinguser (KingRoot) reliable for Android 4.3+? The app (KingRoot( says it works fine for Android 5.1.1-, but Titanium Backup says it's only reliable on Android 4.2.2-.


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Houston We Have A Problem!!

I did something which I slightly regret now.. I updated my Samsung Galaxy S2 ( I already rooted it, hard reset, all works fine on the previous 2.24) it was only recently I decided to update to 4.0.4 that seems to work fine, though all my installed apps seems to have been wiped, the directories seem to be still on the phone.

Now I know I SHOULD have synced everything, but I had copied and pasted the whole phone on to Windows, I can not seem to find contacts.db and all my contacts seems to have been wiped off, again all the files seem to be on the phone aside from all my installed apps, games, etc..

I really do need help in getting my contacts to be found on my backed up folder on Windows to be put back into my android phone and I need this rectified as soon as possible, if anyone can kindly help, due to business, university and many other things with a lot of contacts that I need restored. I eagerly look forward to someones help!!


texts: ROM Upgrade From M to N with Internal Storage & Apps Migration Incl. Safe Backup with Internal Storage

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Am running Resurrection ROM (M) on one Plus 3 (this phone has only internal storage).

Now How to upgrade ROM to Nuagot and still have all apps intact with its data on internal storage safely (*safely includes how to have backup with internal storage as TWRP does not copies internal storage :( *)


texts:
I have a phone running Android 4.0 and I wish to know if it is possible to turn this phone into a dedicated calculator? When I say dedicated I mean - once the phone is turned on, it boots directly to a calculator GUI? Whereby the user can immediately starting using the calculator, just like any stock standard Android calculator app would look like.

I do not wish it to boot to a home screen in between, but directly to the calculator itself. I am using a very simple example here, in anycase, would this be possible?


texts: Cannot restore TWRP Backup because it cannot mount internal storage after reboot

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I don't set pin/password for my device.
The first time I use TWRP, it cannot mount internal storage. So I go ahead and wipe the storage. This allows internal storage to mount and I can create NAndroid backup for my phone.
Then I restart the phone and go through the setup process from beginning.
Then I restart into recovery (TWRP) again, it asks for the encryption password again. So I in effect cannot see what's on my internal storage and cannot see how can I ever restore such backup I made earlier.
What did I do wrong? How can I backup and restore using TWRP without setting pin/password for my device?
(For the record, set 0000 as lock screen PIN and use it as decryption password doesn't work for me)


texts:
My mobile, HTC One X was on CyanogenMod 10.1 which received a update cm-10.1-20130304-EXPERIMENTAL. Once the update package download is completed, I tried to update it via update settings but it restarted on recovery mode and restarted without being updated.

So, I installed the update package via TRWP and once the update installation is completed, the phone restarted and the cyanogenMod logo is on loop.

Any suggestion ?


texts: I have a folder on my SD Card filled with music. Would I be able to create a playlist with songs just from that folder? Right now those files are becoming meshed with the other songs I have already downloaded. I want to make a playlist automatically instead of manually adding each one.


texts: Number of cpu cores change in my systrace output

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I have 4 cores cpu on my device,
but each time I use this command line to genetrate a systrace file :
python C:/Users/BJI/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/systrace/systrace.py freq idle -o C:/Users/BJI/Desktop/systrace

I get a different number of cores (2 or sometimes 1 core cpu),
is it only the number of active cores ?


texts: Is it possible to decrypt msgstore.db.crypt8 file

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I am having a file msgstore.db.crypt8 that is actually backup file of whatsApp. I don't have a rooted phone so is it still possible to read this file ??

If yes then how can i do that ?

I tried to download some software that extract a key using phone but this process required rooted phone that i don't have.


texts: Why one cannot download the drivers of the Android OS like we do in our pc's

texts: I know that i sound kind of a noob but i had this question from the day i started tweaking my phone .I know that without kernel sources it is very hard to get drivers for the phone for the sake of custom ROM support but my question is why can't i just download the drivers from the manufacturer website as i download for my pc .i can install the desired android version i want and if the driver is available for the respective Android version i could simply install it as an application as i would do it in my PC.what exactly the kernel sources contain.


texts: How can I transfer my contacts from an iPhone to an Android device?

texts:
I tried to transfer data from my 3 year old iPhone to my new HTC Inspire via bluetooth but it keeps saying the two are "paired but not connected". Seems I can't get past this problem.

How can I transfer info from my old phone to the new?


texts: Is my Android device vulnerable to CVE-2019-2234 and How can I mitigate this before a firmware upgrade?

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Background Info: CVE-2019-2234 is a serious vulnerability or (maybe an APT) which allow other apps to record videos, take pictures, and extract EXIF data without having permissions.
Edit: This question is other devices rather than Pixel & Samsung

I've tested this PoC (changed package name to my camera's package name) to check if is this possible on my (non Pixel) device, but all I have is the camera activity has been launched without starting recording or taking pictures.
Launch Camera:
adb shell am start-activity -n com.android.camera/com.android.camera.CameraActivity --ez extra_turn_screen_on true -a android.media.action.CAMERA --ez android.intent.extra.USE_FRONTAL_CAMERA true

Launch Video:
adb shell am start-activity -n com.android.camera/com.android.camera.CameraActivity --ez extra_turn_screen_on true -a android.media.action.VIDEO_CAMERA --ez android.intent.extra.USE_FRONTAL_CAMERA true

Question
Part 1: If this device is vulnerable are there other extras to add to make the PoC work and proof that it's vulnerable? or just it's not?
Part 2: If the device is vulnerable, what would be the best mitigation solution for this?


texts: Slow home screen load, applications restarting

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The problem has a few symptoms. 1) Whenever I return to the home screen it takes a few seconds to redraw. 2) Most applications restart when I switch back and forth between them. 3) If I go to the Running Apps menu many of the apps are listed as "Restarting". 4) Some background applications quit unexpectedly (like playing music in the background).

This is on a Moto G Android v4.4.4. The phone is a few months old and the problem appeared about a month ago. At all times free RAM is ~200 MB out of 870 MB.

Could anyone give me some hints of what is going on? The Internet tells me to factory reset my phone, but that's a bit of the "Reformat your C:" of the PC world back in the day.


texts: How to reset Google Keyboard language using ADB?

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So I have to add an automation step wherein the keyboard language needs to be reset in case someone changes it.

I have used adb for this and it works well on Samsung phones, but it doesn't work on Moto X and Nexus phones.

This is the adb command I use for Moto X and Nexus phones, but this doesn't have the desired effect.

adb shell pm clear com.google.android.inputmethod.latin

For Samsung phones, which is working, the command is

adb shell pm clear com.sec.android.inputmethod

Anyone can help? The only constraint is that I cannot root my phone.


texts: Changing characters on bluetooth keyboard layout

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I have Lenovo m10 with external bluetooth keyboard on which I use my language layout (Croatian). The problem is that it types some characters wrong. For example, it types some characters in capital when it shouldn't.
It looks like this when I type: priČekaj, or when I press Caps lock: PRIčEKAJ.
How can I fix this?
Sorry for bad English and thank you!!!


texts: Whatsapp Profile Pictures folder missing

texts: I have a peculiar scenario with the Whatsapp Profile Pictures folder. Previously the Profile Pictures of contacts which I view used to get stored inside Whatsapp Profile Pictures folder. One day an error message (I presume) got popped up and I pressed OK without reading the message. From then the folder went missing but I am able to view the pictures even if the mobile is offline. Don't know where it is now saving the images. I have also checked if the folder was hidden. Even if I recreate the folder it is not storing the images in that folder. I have also reinstalled the application. Does whatsapp store the images in any other format or location other than storing in the default folder.


texts: Using IP to ping a real Android device that is plugged by USB from computer

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I plugged my Android tablet to the computer with USB cable and looked at the IP of Android device and tried something like ping 160.xxx.yyy.zzz on the computer. There is no response.

I wonder, does being in a huge network that prevent one machine to see the other one affect to
pinging from one machine to another, even they are connected by a USB cable?


texts: How to line in 1/8in cable on Samsung Galaxy 7

texts: So, my end goal is this: I want to take audio input from a 3.5mm audio cable, which is outputting sound, send it through the headphone plug into a phone, and transmit to a pair of bluetooth headphones. The phone is a samsung galaxy 7, the headphones are a pair of JBL Free, and I can't remember if the 3.5mm has 3 or 4 poles. Does this sound doable?


texts: I'm currently running an early AOSP build of android 6 on nexus 10. What are the aosp options for android 7? I'm not talking about a custom ROM like cyanogenmod. I mean one as close to AOSP as possible.


texts: I am using PIN security for unlocking the phone. When i type the PIN, a blue highlight comes to the pressed digit. How can i hide it? I am in Note 2 rooted with stock rom.


texts: Folder in root directory (/) gets automatically deleted after reboot

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I have a rooted samsung galaxy y phone running android 2.3.6

As a root user , I successfully created "usr" directory in  / path & set permission 755. But after rebooting my phone, usr directory is not there.
How it got deleted !!

Please guide me how to create it permanently in  / path.


texts: Installing TextSecure, but missing Google Play

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I am running a custom ROM (Android 4.2.1) and want to install TextSecure from Whisper Systems. To support push messages Google Play is needed for Google Cloud Messages.

How can I install Google Play?

EDIT, installing the google package fails, installation aborted every time.


texts: I am not able to open Google Account on New Galaxy Ace 3 Phone

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I have tried to open a Google account but after many attempts have failed. When I tap the Gmail icon I get a window, prompting me to add an account, for either an "Existing" or "New" account. When I tap on either option the WiFi scanner starts up instead. I should get a window with a qwerty keyboard to enable me to register my details for an account; but I do not.

This phone is brand new so I am wondering is the phone faulty or am I doing something wrong. This is my first smart phone which I bought on Ebay but I have not yet registered the Sim card with my provider as I am still using my old phone. Would this make a difference? Thank you for your help in this matter.


texts: What does the second tick mean in Telegram group-chats?

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Telegrams FAQ only explain what the green ticks mean in a normal chat ( https://telegram.org/faq#q-what-do-the-green-ticks-mean ).

Does anyone know what the second tick in a group-chat exactly means?
Does it mean one person has read the message? Or all people in the group? Or maybe half of them?


texts: While opening camera in my asus zenfone2, it shows a black screen and suddenly exit from camera application (The device got authorized service from asus twice, and after second service, the problem arised. May be due to camera driver errors). Everything functions perfectly except camera. So, I am trying to root the phone and need to install cyanogen-mod in my device. Does this operation solves camera error? Please, tell me how to root and install(TWRP) recovery in asus.


texts: Passwords do not work: Verizon Ellipsis 7 4G LTE Tablet

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A friend of mine recently became bedridden and a kind neighbor gave her a
Verizon Ellipsis 7 4G LTE Tablet QMV7A

to help relieve her boredom. My friend has no other access to the internet while she is injured.

Her problem is that she can't log into any of her web sites that require a password.

She continuously gets told her password is invalid.

She made sure the shift and caps lock key were not issues.

She told me that she was able to see her actual password characters before they were redacted as asteriks..........she typed them correctly.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping her successfully entering her passwords into web sites running on this tablet?

Thanks

Steve


texts: can't install app, because it's not supported in my country/area

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I recently moved to another country and i would like to install bank appliation for my bank account in this country.
however Play Store says i can't do that, because it's not available in my country (i guess it thinks i'm still in a previous country)

how to 'switch' to actual region/country ?


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cm10.1, galaxy gio :

I have problem with "memory full" message after I set DATA mount-point to sdcard

no problem with other options ... just with data.

what should I do ?! :(


texts: genymotion icon is not shown in android studio

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i want to use genymotion in android studio. i have installed genymoiton and oracle virtualbox. in android studio i went to: File> settings> plugins , and installed genymotion. i should say that, previously, i have create a virtual device in genymotion.
the problem is: i expect that the genymotion icon to appear in android studio
but: nothing appears

any help is highly appreciated...


texts: How feasible is it to use Google Voice for all calls and texts?

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I'm considering getting an Android phone, and one thing that I'd like to do is drop my texting plan, and do all texting over wifi/data using Google Voice. If I do this, I need the following things to be true:

It must be easy to send texts over Google Voice.
It must be easy to receive texts (and notifications of new texts) over Google Voice, without them actually coming to me by SMS (so I don't get charged for them).
It must be easy to place calls using my Google Voice number (it doesn't have to be VOIP, but the person I'm calling has to see the call as originating from the Google Voice number, so that I don't have to get them two numbers).
It must be easy to receive calls using my Google Voice number (again, I only want to give out one number).

Are all these things possible with Android?


texts: what are the disadvantages of rooting your device

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Are there any risks to rooting a device?

What are disadvantages of rooting device . why should it be avoided  ?


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I lost root access after an update (I'm totally android illiterate).
 I tried to re-root but Stump Root thinks that I'm already rooted because /system/xbin/su exists.

How can I remove /system/xbin/su so that I can run Stump Root and re-root?


texts: Can't log into google apps after sim card change

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I went to Germany and I had switch my PLAY (PL operator) SIM card with Blau.de SIM card. Everything was good, I had Internet connection and full facebook/twitter/google sync. After return to Poland, I switched to my original SIM card and my android phone failed to log into facebook/twitter/google.

I'm sure I'm using good passwords.
Error message says that phone was unable to establish Internet connection. But Internet is fully working (now I'm using my phone as a modem).
I have correct apn's and I can use for example gmail through default web browser.

I found in Internet that this is common problem with android phones, and it can be repaired after factory reset.

It's very important to me to avoid factory reset. Anyone know other way to log in?

My telephone: Samusng i5500, Android 2.1

Update:
I found that I can't fully use applications such as Waze, Glympse, Opera, basically all applications that use internet - they cannot connect to internet. But, I can use default browser to check gmail, and surf net. It looks like phone has disabled ability co connect to internet for every application except default web browser.

Update2: I can log into google account and fully sync phone when I'm using wifi. After disconnection from wifi everything is stopping despite the fact that I have GSM internet connection working.

Solution: My operator has 3 different APN's, one for WAP, one for MMS and one for internet. First two was automatically configured, third one have to be added manually


texts: Open source driver availability for main Android GPUs?

texts:
What are the current GPUs with fully open-sourced drivers on Android?
There's been issues recently with Qualcomm's GPU in the new Nexus 7, which makes me wonder how strict are the rules for open-sourcing all the code for a working Android device, including the GPU drivers.


texts: How to access build in explorer in android 5.0.2

texts: I would like to know how i can access the build in explorer as we can from android 6 like This way setting>storage and USB>explorer but in android 5 no explorer is there, i can access through pictures, audio, misc only there is there any app which let use build in explorer, i am willing to download any app to access the totally stock build in explorer.


texts: Best Practise for deploying a 'clone' image across 200 android tablets (Samsung GT-P7510)

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My objective is to be able to create a master 'image' of an android tablet, and then duplicate that image across about 200 identical tablets to streamline the administration of a university's pool of loan tablets (e.g. to roll out updated/new apps, to 'clean' them when they are returned, etc.)

What would be the best way to do that?

(I've seen a number of posts around the subject, using nandroid backup, adb, zen toolkit, and so forth, but all rather old and nothing definitive)

Currently the tablets are Samsung Galaxy 10.1 (GT-P7510) running
stock Android 4.0.4 - but it'd be nice to have a procedure that ought
to work if these are replaced by some other tablets.
The tablets aren't currently rooted, but could be if that made things
much easier.  It'd have to be a real advantage, though, as that might
compromise the warranties on future new stocks of tablets.
These tablets don't have external SD storage, but it'd be great to
have a process that would re-initialise ALL aspects of a tablet, even
if it did have external (or ancillary internal) SD storage.
I'd ideally like to create/document a procedure that someone in basic
first-line tech support could follow.
If it could avoid having to buy 200 paid app licenses, then that'd be
great too :)

I'd appreciate any pointers you folks could give on how best to do this:  I would imagine with android tablets becoming much more popular over the past year, that there must be corporations, education establishments and the like doing this...


texts:
I have Micromax canvas gold a300 and its application setting not work when I try to open it show setting unfortunately stopped.
So I cant open application setting on my mobile phone.  Please help me


texts: Is there a straightforward way to lower/increase wifi transmit power on android devices?

texts:
As an example I can easily adjust wifi transmit power on Windows 10 in the wifi adapter properties.

Do you know if anything analogous could be done on Android?


texts: Which Android system file(s) should I change to connect only to specific Wi-Fi hotspots

texts:
I would like to make change in some file under the root so that Android on my device be able to connect only to specific Wi-Fi hotspots by their names and be disable to connect to all others hotspots. I mean to specify a list of the allowed hotspots in a file. I'm interested only in changing a file or files under the root and not in a program/app or changing of settings.

Which file should I change and how to?

If I make my device rooted, then add specific networks in data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf and then switch update_config to 0, new networks are not added to the file, OK. But I still can connect to any network by typing its password manually. So how to disable this? Or how to change graphic interface to be disable to type the password manually?

ps. It's not a duplicate of Only connect to certain Wi-Fi networks


texts: How to factory reset Galaxy Note 10.1 from Odin

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My Note 10.1 (N8010) won't boot - sticks at the "Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" logo.  Power+VolUp does not take me to the recovery (just reboots), but Power+VolDown does take me to "ODIN MODE", so I presume my options are limited to things I can do from ODIN MODE.  Fortunately there is no data on the tablet that I need.

I would like to perform a factory reset.

My best guess is that I need to erase the cache (and possibly data) partitions.  Can I erase these from ODIN?

If I need a cache.img or other images, where can I get or how can I create one?

I use Linux so I cannot use Kies.  I have Heimdall which appears to do this sort of thing.

I have flashed TWRP (using ODIN) in the hope that it would boot into that recovery, but it does not.


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I have TCL Alcatel Pixi 4 (5) 5010D phone that i bought and decided to root it. I was kinda new to this kind of rooting (a bit complex) because i used kingroot before and it worked just fine till i got this phone and no app for rooting helped me which lead me to rooting using my computer.

I've searched on google and found one thread on XDA by kirito9, showing his tutorial on rooting Alcatel pixi phones and i've found mine there. Multiple choices occured and i couldn't decide which one is easier for me. So i went on to try phh's superuser method. Everything went fine, i've got TWRP installed on my phone and flashed phh's superuser onto my phone, rebooted and... well it booted fine. Installed the required superuser and Titanium Backup. Superuser worked fine and so did Titanium Backup.

Later i decided to uninstall some system apps that i didn't need and were wasting space so i downloaded system app remover and allowed root access.. as soon as i tried to uninstall the app, my device rebooted. I thought that was a normal process but i saw that the app did not uninstall. Tried again, same thing. After doing some research, found out that i don't have access to rewriting /system and files in it at all. I tried downloading an app again to make /system rewritable, but no access. Then tried it through ADB but didn't work as well.

So not sure but i think that's half root which i don't want, i wanted full root but i didn't get it. Now i wish to remove this phh's superuser and trying to get root another way if i can without bricking my device and of course, making /system rewritable so i can uninstall useless apps. Can't even install busybox because of this. Would appreciate help on both uninstalling phh's superuser and getting another method of safely rooting my phone.


texts: What is the difference between Peak schedule/Off-peak schedule in Android mail application?

texts: In Android mail app, what is the difference between Peak schedule and Off-peak schedule


texts: How to input ⑮⑭⑬ (unicode symbols with a number in a circle) when typing?

texts:
I saw somebody rename their Pokemon in Pokemon Go using numbers in a circle, such as "Dratini⑮⑭⑬"

I can only think of copy and paste, but you always have to find a document that has these characters and copy from there and paste it in Pokemon Go.

How can it be done? Is there a faster/direct way?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S4 play edition and exFat

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Does the Play version of the Galaxy s4 include support for exFat in the sdcard reader? Or is exFat support one of the extras that Samsung adds to the device (presumably since they made the licencing agreement with MS)?

This question is specifically about the version available from Google's Play store that comes unlocked and without touchwiz.


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I often look for "best" application among other similar.
Of course, what is best for me, is not necessarily best for anyone else.

When I look for "best" application for desktop operating system, I usually use wikipedia comparison pages, where I can clearly see facts in sortable table, then I can copy it to excel and reduce them with my requirements.
Depending on amount of software, it takes about 10-20 minutes.

However, I fail to find similar technique for Android applications.

For example, last time I have been searching for softkeyboard, I have installed about 20-30 keyboards, activated each one, then checked for functionality and note it in excel manually.
After 4 hours I have make decision, that I am happy with, but it's far too much mindless clicking.

The only way of filtering apps in play store I can see is by category and then by ex. downloads or rating, but thats definitely not what I want.
I have found website like appcrawlr.com that allows searching descriptions and opinions, that helps, but I need more explicit constraints.

This question is general, as I would like to avoid such problems in future, but to be more specific, I'll use my current example.
I am trying to pick "best" call recording app.
I would like it to be able to upload it into cloud of my choice.
Nearly every soft like this claims in description, that it can do it.
So I have picked bunch of apps and installed them.
Then, on closer look I have noticed, that few of them do have option of uploading, but only in pro version (that I do not want, because I do not want google to have my credit card).

On the other side, not every feature of application is noted in description.

tl;dr How can I filter apps in play store, by features they offer?
I cannot believe, I am first person that would like feature like ebay or amazon offers in play store.
Like, for example, I want to find all applications, that record calls, and upload them by sftp or ftps, or other example, I would like to find pdf readers, that offer page cropping - how can I do it?


texts: connect android devices in ad-hoc mode without needing to net connection?

texts:
can we get android devices in ad-hoc mode using WIFI-card but without access internet ?
i mean to connect peers to send and receive messages between them but without having internet connection ?

i see this  link  talk about wpa_supplicant.conf  to enable ad-hoc mode, but it seems that there are problems in this thing.

and see this command iwconfig but this doesn't support on android !!


texts: Is there any way to activate MTP connection on a phone with broken screen?

texts: My phone's screen is broken and when I connect it to my laptop via USB it is in "Charge only" mode. I need to get my data out of the phone so I was wondering if there was any way to activate "MTP" or even USB debugging. Can starting the phone in the recovery mode help?


texts: Manually trigger MediaScanner to scan files on Internal Storage on Nougat/Oreo

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I often manage my files in Termux with scripts that use the mv command to move or rename them. I want to manually trigger MediaProvider to scan my internal stroage (/storage/emulated/0) or a given directory in it with command line, on a phone running Nougat or Oreo.

When I use a GUI file manager application, all moves/renames are immediately reflected in other MediaScanner-dependent apps like Gallery, but changes done in a terminal don't, until a reboot. So I have to manually call MediaScanner to update my changes in the filesystem.

Before KitKat, this worked well on /storage/sdcard0 (a separate partition named glow):

am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_MOUNTED -d file:///sdcard

The above command doesn't work now (/storage/emulated/0), obviously.

I also tried this, but it doesn't seem to be working, either.

am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE -d file:///sdcard

Just tested the commands again, they seem to be working on removable storage like /storage/sdcard1, /storage/usba or /storage/{volume id} (it gets re-scanned), but not my phone's internal (where /sdcard points to, or /storage/emulated/0).

Anyone have some insights? Rebooting my phone always causes a rescan but that's inconvenient in some cases.

Note: the commands are run as root, so no concerns about permissions.


texts: Is it possible to change the ip settings for ap0?

texts:
I was wondering if it's possible to change the gateway IP of ap0 to like 192.168.43.2 so while the device is working as a hotspot some other apps on your network would detect your device.
but also it would work if I can sort of link both 192.168.43.1 and 192.168.43.2 with each other.


texts: Nexus 10 - Android 5.0.1 OTA upgrade, “no command” and suggested steps failed

texts:
I did rooting with Kingo root, and also i did factory reset. but i still can't use OTG
When I press power+voldown, boot menu starts and immediately shows "Downloading... Do not turn of target!"
then i tried Hold Power + Volume Up + Volume Down, and then i can see recovery mode, but it still not working - no command ...
I still see "System update download" , still failed.
what can i try more?


texts: Build.prop modifies okay. But not updates in system (e.g. About Tablet in settings)

texts:
I am running Android-x86 4.4 on VirtualBox. Everything works fine.
But when I am modifying build.prop (with ES File Explorer or BuildProp Editor) with other manufacturer or model and save it. After reboot nothing happens. In About Tablet stores the old information.

Seems that android cache this info somewhere.

Any thoughts? How to force Android to update from build.prop


texts: Is there a RAM test for Android devices?

texts: I need to fix a friend's phone this evening that has suddenly produced loads of android.process.media and com.google.process.gapps errors.  I am going to reinstall the OS as it's an older ROM but it got me wondering: there is memtest for x86 based devices that will test the RAM of a PC, is there a similar app that can be loaded in place of an OS on Android that will do the same thing?


texts:
Nowadays, I see apps containing up to 10 ad modules (maybe even more). While most of them might just be an annoyance, some of them carry a privacy risk, like inMobi ¹ or RevMob ² (for some background, take a look at Beware those snooping mods! on my Android website).

While I know about a few (as listed behind that link), there are hundreds of different ad networks with their modules. One hardly can know them all. So my question is:

How can I tell if an app contains an (ad) module dangerous to my privacy, or otherwise agressive (remember Airpush, do you)? Preferably before I install it?

At least I can check which modules are part of an app if I look it up at Appbrain, where they are listed (if they are available at the Google Play Store that is). But while Appbrain also links to details for each of them, those only include statistics, but don't mention the dangers associated. Yes, there are some apps to Identify Ad-Modules – but most of them haven't been updated within the last 2-3 years. Apart from which, they can only scan apps I've already installed.

So what approaches would you recommend the privacy-concerned user to protect himself against those intruders, and avoid them?

PS: I'm not asking about ad-blockers here, so please do not focus your answers on those.

PPS: As I still didn't find any viable solution, I started a spin-off question on our sister site to build my own: API to access details on modules in Android apps. Input welcome!

¹ inMobi requires access to Internet and Network state – plus uses your location, microphone, calendar (read and write) and more, if accessible to the host app

² RevMob has full network access and reads your device identifiers


texts: Some apps closing, crashing, some not starting, flashing

texts:
I can very well see in the Settings > Applications > Manage Applications screen that internal memory (ummm I think thats the ROM) of my phone is almost filled up. Although I can see in Running Services screen that more than 150MB of RAM is still free.

My device started giving this behavior.

some apps crash automatically
Some apps does not start at all. When I click on them they simply simply flash the screen
Some games after loading and showing the menu and main screen animation, when I click on Play or Start new game, it does not do anything

Now I stuck with this ROM fill up. I have moved all apps that I can move to SD card through AppMgr Pro III (App 2 SD). But still many apps have some footprints in internal memory (or ROM??) since I can still see them in the Manage Applications screen. Why is it so? What could be the other way out, apart from uninstalling unused apps.


texts:
I've noticed an unknown icon on my phone (a new Gionee S6s), next before the VOLTE2 label, within the top bar, as seen on the screenshot below; it looks like a pined business card.

I am disturbed and would like to know what it is.

Also, how can I possibly get rid of it (if not relevant to me)?

Below is a screenshot of my phone's home screen:

Click to enlarge


texts:
I have a bunch of friends who have changed their phone numbers. I have already updated their numbers in the contact list, but the call log and the SMS conversations still have the old number, and thus they are not linked to my friends contacts anymore.

Is there any way to edit the SMS messages from past conversations? Is there any way to edit the call log?

Bonus points if I can use a regexp search-and-replace for that!


texts: Android 9: Ethernet and Wifi simulataneously

texts:
I have a scenario where I want to use wifi to connect to the internet (comfortably via androids settings) and ethernet for accessing local network which is not connected to the internet.
Thus I want to have both ethernet and wifi up simultaneously and use the routing table to send all the local requests to the ethernet and the default to wifi.
I found out android disables wifi when ethernet is enabled... There has been a fix for an old android version on Android Ethernet and Wi-Fi at the same time
Problem: In Android 9 the file looks different and I cannot find the lines mentioned... I am using a Khadas Vim3 and their android build.
Can you please help me, which lines need to be changed? This is the file: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/refs/heads/pie-release/services/core/java/com/android/server/ConnectivityService.java
Thanks in advance
(This question has also been posted on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63499840/android-9-ethernet-and-wifi-simulataneously as I am not sure where the right community for my question is.)


texts: How to execute shell script from suid binaries

texts: I've a rooted phone and created a root:root owned binary with suid bit set. It's supposed to be a wrapper for a shell script that needs root to work. Calling system("/system/bin/sh ./script") doesn't have the desired effect -- script still doesn't get root privilages. I tried calling setuid(0); setgid(0) in my wrapper, but that doesn't work. How do I run suid scripts on Android?


texts: Can I increase signal strength on my Samsung Galaxy s4 active?

texts:
I recently purchased a used Samsung Galaxy S4 that used to be on AT&T, but it has been unlocked, or something so that I can now use it on Koodo (canadian carrier).

The signal is very weak.  It's so weak that talking on the phone has been a hassle because people can't really hear me and I can't hear them.

I found out how to switch from LTE to WCDMA, which makes the signal a little better, but then i miss out on the benefits of LTE.

Is it possible that the phone is not running on the optimum frequency band for usage on the Koodo network?

Any suggestions or help?


texts:
I am planning on get a new android phone, and one of my options is the Xperia Miro. I know it is not big deal, but it fulfills my needs.

But one of the specs that got my attention is that it says here, that it only supports up to 2-finger multitouch. I've seen other phones, like Xperia J, and they also say that.

My question is, how much could i need more than 2 finger support?

For my experience, the majority of apps really don't use more than that, because the most common use of multitouch is simply pinch to zoom, turn pictures X degrees, etc, and they only need 2 touches. Even games mostly only use 2 touches max (afaik), for example shooters, typically use only left side for moving and right side for shooting, besides they are meant to be played using thumbs, so 2 fingers is enough.

So, if I get such phones with only 2 finger support, what will I be missing? What kind of apps NEED more than 2 fingers and what do they use them for? (Real examples would be nice).

I really can't think of any app that needs that, but i don't know.

Any thoughts? Thanks.


texts: How to sync my iCloud email acct using the stock email app?

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I am using cyanogenmod11 on both my phone and tablet which comes with AOSP email app. I've also tried the latest stock email app that Google released recently on the playstore.

No matter what I do, I can't get my email. The server settings (both imap and smtp) validates fine but nothing happens.

I've looked at various guides available in the net. They are very much the same. The settings used are the same.

I have tried K-9 mail app using the same settings and that works fine retrieving my data. So I believe I'm using the correct settings.

Any ideas what I could set in the stock email app?

Thanks :)


texts: Can we run android os completely from RAM?

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I asked this question on Stack Overflow but got no response and I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this question... but anyways here goes -

Is it possible to run Android completely from RAM?

Seeing as some smartphones these days have almost 4GB of RAM, is it possible to run at least older android versions or some other lightweight linux OS completely from RAM?

If yes, what are the limitations?


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I downloaded a video shared in Whatsapp. After playing, I deleted it using MX Player Pro.

Now, when I tap that video in Whatsapp, it says "Sorry, this media file doesn't exist on SD card." I was expecting that Whatsapp would try to re-download that video.

How to force Whatsapp to re-download that video? Or, does Whatsapp delete media files from server after being downloaded?


texts: Stopping auto upload to dropbox for specific folders

texts: From the dropbox android app you can select folders to monitor and auto upload to Camera Roll folder in dropbox. Now I selected other folders besides the camera photos (e.g. screenshots). How can I select again which folders to auto sync so I can remove some folders from the list? I do not seem to find it


texts: Stop device connected as host charging connected device

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I am connecting a Nexus 10 to an Arduino board in host mode. The Arduino board has its own power supply, but is still drawing power from the tablet. This post suggests that this may happen if the consumption is less than 6.6v

Is there a way of telling the tablet to not charge the Arduino board?


texts: Are there any specific advantages of using custom ROMs? I am using a stock ROM and removed all the bloatware. I tried few tweaks in build.prop and init.d and use greenify for better RAM and battery management. Other than the custom UI is there any real advantage of custom ROMs over stock ROMs?


texts: App/Activity as dialog - Xposed module (Gravity Box)

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It is happening for the last two days. Certain options (activities) when launched (e.g.: Mobile network settings, App uninstall), the activity is opened as an dialog and only when Gravity box is enabled in xposed framework. But I can't find a specific option in the app for controlling this feature. Is there an option for this? Or are there any other reasons/cause?

My phone is running Android jelly bean.

App uninstall as dialog (click image to enlarge)


texts: I have HTC desire 326g dual SIM. It regularly revert back it setting. Like when installed apex launcher and selected always for using it but it always asks for launcher on restart. And it runs on kit Kat. I think now kit Kat is old so I want to replace the os too. I've tried to root it with kingo one click root apk as well as many more methods described in different sites. So any guide line.


texts: Does the HTC Desire support 'microSDHC'?

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The HTC Desire spec states that it supports:

  microSD™ memory card (SD 2.0 compatible)

I saw on the Secure Digital entry on wikipedia that there are 3 protocols: SDSC, SDHC and SDXC - how can I know which of them my device supports?


texts: Will deleting all system apps from Android for debloating purpose prevent it from starting up?

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The motivations of profit driven corporations like Google, Samsung, Microsoft alongside the motivations of the secret services like GCHQ and the NSA are at odds with my desire to use the expensive smartphone that I have paid for to run only the applications that I choose.

It's seemingly impossible to buy or build a phone with nothing but pure open source android installed. They all have shocking amounts of bloatware pre-installed.

So I have rooted my phone and I am using a the Debloat (terminal emulator) to remove system apps. I've removed nearly everything related to Google, Samsung, Microsoft etc.

My phone is now taking over an hour to restart and getting very hot.

My questions is, if I continue to remove all apps and system apps. Will the Android operating system continue to run in such a way that I will be able to install only the open source apps of my choice? Or are there some apps that are truly essential for the operating system to startup?


texts: Can i flash indian rom in korean galaxy note?

texts: I got the Samsung Galaxy Note shv-e160l (Korean version) as a gift, running the stock ICS 4.0. I want to flash official indian JB ROM (of the GT-N7000) on it. Is it possible if I root my device?


texts: Phone is overheating in less than 10 minutes of usage

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I have Lava Iris 405+ running on Jelly Bean. It overheats in less than 10 minutes of Twitter, WhatsApp use. Even tethering overheats CPU.

How to prevent/fix this, or identify which causes the overheat?


texts:
I receive the following message after backing up (while signed in) and restoring (again, while signed in) data in Bluestacks: the bluestacks account associated with this backup is different than current signed in account.

I need help solving this, I have no other account than this.


texts: My icons in the homescreen are not showing up (galaxy s6 edge)

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and I bought it about 2-3 weeks ago. Its performance has been weakened lately, first snapchat stopped working and every time I open it crashes. And now none of app icons are showing in the home

Homescreen - Click to enlarge image


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I've got a cheap android tablet running Android 4.0.4 and it doesn't seem to be "waking" up when I want it to. So, when it shuts off after period of inactivity or when I put it to sleep (not powering it off, though), it won't "wake up" at a specified time via the built-in alarm clock or another app (like tune-in which has an alarm feature built into it). When I manually "wake it up" by pressing the power switch, the alarm that should have gone off before goes off after a few seconds.

Do I just have something disabled that is preventing it from waking up? Or is this possibly a hardware issue?


texts: Why are some USB chargers slower than others?

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It seems with USB chargers for my android phone, not all are created equal.

The first pic is the official charger which came with my phone (galaxy nexus).  It charges quickly, from 0 to 100% in a couple of hours max.

The second pic is a cheapy I got on ebay to use at the office.  It works but it's slow as a wet week, can take 6+ hours to charge and if I use the phone while it's charging, it seems to drain faster than it's being charged.

The two chargers below seem to be the same spec (5V / 1A) and from my limited understanding that P = V*I they should provide the same power, right?

What else do I need to look for when buying a charger, and is there any way to tell in advance if it is going to be slow or fast (apart from testing them out)?

(click images for larger variant)

ps:  I'm aware that charging from a computer USB port can be much slower than using the wallwart, because the computer USB ports can sometimes be current-limited to 500 mA.


texts: Cant open tar.md5 files to view the .img files

texts: Im trying to open my stock rom file that i downloaded from sam firmware and when I try open it with winrar it says: The archive is either in unknown format or damaged. so i tried taking the .md5 extension away and still no luck? Other people have managed to do this besides me?


texts: What is the difference between unmanaged vs managed in-app product?

texts: What is the difference between a "managed in-app product" and an in-app product that is not managed?


texts: Can I transfer documents from the files app on iPhone to my new Android phone?

texts: I’ve already tried to use google drive to do so, but for some reason only empty folders get transferred. I’m switching to a Oneplus so the Galaxy Smart Switch app (which I had used to go iOS to Android once) is not compatible. I have a usb-c to lightning cable and have tried Wondershare MobileTrans which i guess no longer allows cable to cable transfer between ios and android? Please help it has been a week since my frustration.


texts: I recently unlocked the bootloader on my Nexus S, and I am looking at ways to finish rooting it.  Every reference I find seems to be written assuming non-Google hardware, but the Nexus S is supposed to be open.


texts: I lost all my contacts on Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000

texts: Yesterday I lost all the contacts on my GT-I9000. Nothing strange happened, there was no warning, suddenly they were just.. gone. This is the second time this happens. Is there any method to get the lost contacts back?


texts: Reboot loop - "normal" fixes didn't work - how to recover data?

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My Nexus 5 is in a reboot loop and all the normal "fixes" (e.g., going into recovery mode and clearing the caches, etc.) don't work. It looks like it is a hardware problem as the phone is even rebooting instantly when going into recovery mode (I can't even select an option from the recovery menu as it disappears too fast).

I've since bought a new phone but realized that I have important data on my old internal memory, and yes, I don't have a backup (shame on me).

How to obtain data from the internal memory of the phone? Is there any way? Connecting the phone via USB didn't help me ... the computer does not have enough time to detect a device as it immediately goes into a reboot loop again.

Edit: I think my power button may be defect, because I don't even have to start my phone to go into a reboot loop, it does it all by itself.


texts: Selected notification sound overwritten by default

texts: How do you make sure your selected notification sound (selected by any App) is not overwritten by the default? No matter how I try, and test the sound within the app (Handcent SMS) successfully, the selected sound is overwritten by the Subtle System Ringtone. Thanks!


texts: Google Play Store doesn't auto update apps on my Motorola Moto G

texts: I have a German retail Motorola Moto G (2013) running Android 4.4.4 stock, no root. I have the Google Play Store not auto updating my apps despite it being set to do so (over Wifi only). I tried everything I could think of: I re-flashed the stock image, I deleted the Play Store cache and data, I removed my Google account from the phone, I deleted the Google Play Services data and cache and updated it. Nothing. If I boot my phone with the Wifi on sometimes it auto updates apps. If I boot it with the Wifi turned off and I turn it on after say 3 minutes it doesn't ever auto update. It's like some process which exists at the beginning then crashes. Please help.


texts: I forgot my password for my phone and i eventually did a factory reset which i was told would remove all my data including the password. Well that was not the case. They password is still on the phone.  and verizon was no help either.Please help me. I'm not in the position to purchase a new phone. Thank you in advance.


texts: How do I change the stock firmware in Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo to higher than 4.4 KitKat without rooting?

texts: My Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo has Android Kitkat. Is there a way to upgrade (without rooting the phone) to a newer version?


texts: Nexus S 4.0.3 (OTA) missing icon in the phone app

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How can I solve missing icon issue? Restarted couple of times doesn't help.
Note: It was fine for a couple of months back. When it start happening, I just need to reboot, but now it's permanent.
The action buttons in the phone app should look like this:

But instead my phone app screen look like this:


texts:
I have the VLC app in my ASUS phone and when I search via the subtitles-option in the downloads section, it shows files that have been deleted.

I downloaded apps to see if they exist and searched the phone files via PC also.

These files are deleted, so how can it still keep them or track them?

I deleted and reinstalled vlc and problem persists


texts: How can I disable 4G LTE on stock samsung (SGS3) or CyanogenMod?

texts: My carrier, Sprint, has a lot of weak 4G coverage.  In areas where I only have one 4G bar, the internet doesn't work.  Every connection times out.  However, these areas often have moderate-to-strong 3G coverage.  In these situations, I would prefer to connect to the 3G network instead of the 4G one.  Is there a way to disable just the 4G connection?  I am looking for a solution in ether the stock Samsung OS shipped with the SGS3 or in CyanogenMod.


texts:
I shut down my phone last night like I always do. I went to start it up the next morning and it wouldn't boot. I knew the battery was at least half charged but I put it on the charger anyway. I didn't get the screen I usually do when I put the phone on the charger while it is shut down. I took out and replaced the battery. I don't know what else to do. All I have is a black screen. The user manual is useless. Any suggestions or should I just go to the T-Mobile store where I bought it?
Thanks!


texts: Do applications run in user profiles that are not active / run in background profiles?

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I configured 3 user profiles with each their own google account on my device (Nexus 5 with Android 5.1).

When I switch the user profiles, do the applications keep running in the user profiles that are not active at the moment and consume CPU, RAM,  battery and data?

E.g. Does my email app/Facebook/Twitter keep on running and receive Push Mail and consume network traffic while the corresponding profile is not active?


texts: External SD Card Mounted, Permissions granted, but still Inaccessible on LineageOS

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I know there's a ton of external SD card questions, but my case doesn't seem to line up with any of them, sorry if this has been asked before and I just couldn't find it.
I'm running LineageOS 14.1 on a Fire HD 10 Gen 7. When I insert my SD Card the system recognizes it, I go in and make sure that all the apps that need it have permission to access SD card storage, and I enabled Global Namespace in Magisk. But LineageOS only mounts it to /mnt/media_rw/0000-0000 and there is no way to access it without going through the root directory.
Using a root browser I can see all of it's contents, but I can't access anything using any other apps. For example, I can see there's an mp4 file in the file browser, but if I open with VLC via the root browsers VLC immediately crashes. And if I try to go to the SD card via VLC, it isn't there, the only storage is Internal Memory.
All the other question articles I read were either concerning moving apps to the SD card, which I was able to do with Link2SD when creating an ext4 partition on the card, but the FAT32 partition was still inaccessible even by the apps on the ext4 partition which makes me think the issue isn't with the SD card (the SD card also works as intended on my PC), or were solved when they enabled permissions for the apps to access external storage, which I have done.
What do I need to do to make the SD Card accessible by apps other than my file browser?


texts: How do you determine if you're using Wi-Fi or LTE?

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On Android, how do you tell if you're connected through Wi-Fi or some other type of connection like LTE or 3G?

If I'm sitting at a Starbucks and I sign-in to their Wi-Fi, my phone has both the Wi-Fi and LTE icons showing. How do I know which connection I'm using?

When I'm at a place that has Wi-Fi, I want to use Wi-Fi and not my data from my data plan. Is there a place in Android that specifically tells you?


texts: Disabling System Apps that have been updated and User apps [No Root]

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How can I disable system apps that have been updated through the Play Store without doing "Uninstall Updates"?

For instance, Maps is a system app, which has been updated. How can I disable it without uninstalling the updates?

I would also like to know how to "Disable" User Apps, without Root!

My device is a Sony Xperia U.


texts: Changing default phone for Google login device

texts:
So the following annoying thing happened to me. I wanted to print some documents at my local printer shop from my Google Drive.

However, Google decided I can't log in because it doesn't recognize my device. It wanted me to go to my phone and get a security code.

However, I didn't have the phone Google thought to be my default phone (Android device) and didn't allow me to choose my other phone, which I actually use (an iPhone).

Just like that, I was locked out of my own account, unable to print anything. So my question is:

Where can I change my default phone so it sends a push confirmation to my iPhone when I log in from an unknown device instead of the Android?


texts: Currently I am using HTC Desire A8181. Currently it is connected to some wifi for Internet. I need to use this device as a Wifi Hotspot to connect Multiple devices. Need Some one help to use Both Wifi and Wifi hotspot.


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When I go to https://www.google.com/android/find?u=0 (Find my Device), it says "Online" and "Location Turned Off" (under the device name) and the device is not located on the map.

I have checked the following on the device:

Settings->Security & Location->Find My Device: is "On"
Settings->Security & Location->Location->Use Location: is "On"
Wifi and mobile data are on (I have Internet connection)
The device knows its location (in Google Maps)
Find My Device can make my phone ring remotely.

Note: Sometimes the map shows the device (and the message becomes "Last seen ...") but this happens only rarely and under unpredictable circumstances (and a reload of the webpage makes it go back to "Location Turned Off" even if the phone was not moved and no settings were changed).

My device is an Umidigi A5 Pro with Android 9.


texts: I have a crazy stalker.  He keeps on getting into my WiFi and on my nexus 7 I've already changed internet providers.  He has even hacked my phone I deleted everything from my nexus and 2 days later he is back in. He knows everything! He even talks about what web sites I visited the night before.  I feel violated can someone please help?


texts: PTP for photo transfer not working on my S6 edge

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I have a Mac (iMac, newest model with newest software) and it is impossible to access photos from camera roll of my S6 edge (128 GB) in USB PTP mode.
In Apple Photo app it shows the device but it always says "no photos". I talked with Samsung support and they said that the only way to transfer photos is to make a full backup with Smart Switch (MTP mode). This transfers 30-40 GB of my photo data only for few new photos in a new backup folder on my Mac. So at the moment I transfer photos via Email or Dropbox - both are extremely slow and unpractical because of internet.
I also tried another Mac and other cables. I tried a S4 as well which worked fine (just plug in cable and it automatically shows all photos). There is also an integrated file browser in Smart Switch which works but this is also not useful for photos. I also asked this question in a German Android forum and was not getting good solutions (e.g. "Airdroid" software) so far.
Since MTP works for me I guess this is a software and not a hardware problem? Any idea how to solve this?

Thanks!


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Where in the file system are applications installed?

Where is a downloaded .apk placed in Android phones? I want to backup the .apk files to my PC so that if something happens I will just restore the applications instead of re-downloading them from market.

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S II.


texts: App not showing up in app store search result

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I am trying to download this app in samsung galaxy s4 with android 5.0.1

I have tried looking for it in another phone with android 4.2 but it doesn't show up when I search for it in the playstore (even though the search box autocomplete shows me the exact name of the app when typing the first few letters). I assumed this was because the app says it's for Android 4.4 and up so I tried the samsung phone with Android 5.0.1 but the problem is still same. In both phones the search results are similar, but neither one of them shows me the one I want

Why is this happening? The two phones are signed into app store through different google accounts. Is there any way to go directly to the page for this app using the Play Store app, instead of searching for it? I cannot do this through the browser because I don't have the google password for the Android 5.0.1 phone.


texts: Why do different Android phones with the same camera specs have different picture quality?

texts:
I was comparing the rear camera quality of two Android phones; The Samsung Galaxy S2 and Lenovo A7000.

Both have the same camera specs,

A7000: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Galaxy S2: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

When using apps like Snapchat or just Camera, I noticed that the A7000's picture quality is lesser (blurry) than that of the Galaxy S2. The pictures taken using the Lenovo aren't that great and the S2 has some really good quality.

Why is it that when different phones have same camera spec, they don't capture images the same way?


texts: How to set custom notification sound on Skype on Android

texts:
I believe the question is pretty self explanatory but I'll repeat myself regardless.

Is there a way I can change the notification sound on Skype, on Android, from the default one? With or without the help of a third party program.

I own a rooted device, in case that helps.


texts: My Android Phone Fell from my Hand and it's screen is partially Broken. Don't have much of a difference after breaking the screen but I need to Re-Calibrate my Android Device's Display. Is there any way I can do that? With or without Root? I prefer Without Root.


texts: how do I access the SPDIF signal from my phone

texts:
my galaxy s has the option to have 5.1 surround enabled. what plug on my phone produces the digital audio signal to carry the 5.1 surround?
is this option only available through bluetooth or can it be used through the headphone port or USB port?


texts: I was in low coverage area for a week and was getting "Aw snap" error in google chrome. I'm using on android 4.0.4. But now when I back to full coverage area still getting Aw Snap error. I tried suggested solutions as if facing frequently but still occurring. Even I had reset my phone once and reinstall chrome though. Mostly error showing for specific sites. How do I can get rid of it? Or do I need to contact my carrier?


texts: Lost my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. No app Installed. Sim also not working. Can anyone help how to trace it

texts: Lost my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. No app Installed. Sim also not working. Can anyone plz help how to trace it.


texts: How do I remove an account for a phone I sold but did not factory reset first?

texts: I had an HTC Wildfire phone which I stood on and broke the screen. I then sold it as spares because it wouldn't turn on and bought another one. When I went onto my Market account I noticed my new one is there and so is the one I sold, both registered to my Google mail address, and there is recent activity on both of them. I could not reset the old one to factory settings before I sold it because it wouldn't turn on. Is there a way I can unlink the old one from my account? Its beginning to worry me that someone else is using it through my Google mail account .


texts: Shortcut key to hide all windows on Samsung DeX

texts: Is there a shortcut in Samsung DeX to minimize all windows and display the desktop?


texts: How to remove the confirmation step in the PIN unlock screen?

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I’d like to remove the need to press OK or ✔ for a faster PIN-unlock, the confirmation step doesn’t add any additional level of security since it seems the PIN length is always 4 digits.

I have currently have Android 5.0.1

As a side note, I’d like to know if having a PIN longer than 4 digits is useful somehow. I’d bet the great majority of users use 4-digit PIN numbers. Also discovering the length of the PIN because of the confirmation step being removed shouldn’t be a problem because entering the wrong PIN number several times should trigger some alarms in the operative system to do something like wiping all the data or reporting the incident to someone. Maybe that's why ATMs use only 4-digit PIN numbers, if you want more than that there should be an additional option for alphanumeric passwords and that should be it, I mean not for ATMs but for mobile devices.


texts:
Suddely without any previous event my application has started crashing. Only stock applications work? Cleared cache of some of them but nothing happened. Do you have any ideas, or I will have to make a factory reset?:S

EDIT!!!!

I have a great hint...I trie to reinstall an app and I got an error telling that there is insufficient space in my phone. Any ideas?:)


texts:
Is it possible to read the android system logcat without connecting the device to the phone using an script or an application.

So i can further extract the data from logcat to my Machine learning model


texts: How to root MTK based mobile devices using a Linux PC?

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It is easy to root an MTK device in MS Windows using powerful tool like SP Flash Tools, or a one-click root solution. Can it be done (especially with that flash tool) using a Linux machine?

I've  Lenovo P780 (Chipset: Mediatek MT6589) and a Linux machine running Ubuntu 14.04.


texts: S3 mini won't boot up after flashing twrp custom recovery with Odin

texts: After a successful root, I tried to install twrp custom recovery, so I downloaded the appropriate tar file and flashed it using Odin, but the device never entered recovery mode when I attempted to, it only showed the Samsung logo and freezed there, but it could boot up normally to the system, so I tried the adb command "reboot recovery", it rebooted and freezed at the Samsung logo again but this time it also did the same whenever I tried to boot up the system, I am sure this can be fixed but I don't know how, Please help.


texts:
When every android phone is released, all the reviews discuss about battery life of the device, since, they say, battery life in android phones is a critical issue.

Question is :

Why battery life is an important problem in android phones ?

Some say, it is due to the display of smartphones. Some say, Android is inherently power hungry due to some of its OS related features.

Can anyone highlight the reason why Android is power hungry ?


texts:
I'm trying to remove permissions* from certain bank app to prevent abuse.

I've managed to download apk file using emulator (AVD) and appextractor. I've used toolapk to extract the apk file and modified AndroidManifest.xml, repacked it and signed the file using jarsigner.

The installation on my phone fails with "App not installed.". The situation is the same on fresh emulator instance (no gapps). I tried to install unmodified version of the app on emulator with the same error.

How to get a more descriptive error message?
What am I missing?

My device is Galaxy Nexus running Cyanogen mod without gapps.

*contacts & call log reading, sdcard r/w, etc...


texts: Change USB connection mode using ADB only (broken screen)

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I am trying to use Vysor to control my Moto G5 which has a broken screen (completely black). It appears to be working otherwise (rings when called etc).

However, I cannot connect to my PC using USB cable when the phone is on, because I cannot change from "Charging only" to MTP or PTP because I cannot see it on the screen. I can connect to ADB via recovery (stock and un-rooted) but all "adb shell" commands fail (error:closed) which I assume is due to not being rooted.

I am trying to change the default USB connection mode to PTP rather than "Charging only" so I can use Vysor when the phone is booted normally, not in recovery. Has anyone got any ideas?

I either need a way to made "adb shell" commands work (to follow the below link), or another way to change the USB default or another bright idea!

How Do I change from PTP to MTP mode? Cannot find options in settings


texts: How to exclude certain folders from getting scanned by music player?

texts: I have some audiobooks on my phone, but I don't want to hear these when I play "All music". Is it possible to exclude some folders from getting added to the library? What are the file types that automatically get added?


texts: Does Google Backup "phone home" even when disabled?

texts:
I was just giving viaProtect a try, and stumbled upon this:

viaProtect Screenshot showing "phone-home" activities (click image to enlarge)

As you can see in the highlighted area, SystemBackupService is contacting something in the US. Sure, that could be Google Cloud backup backing up my apps, settings, whatsnot. But the thing is: I've turned that off from the beginning (on account initialization, I've answered the question for "Do you want to backup..." with a clear "No"). So I'd not even expect the service running at all, not to speak of transferring data to any place.

Am I missing something here? I first thought the same service might be used to sync contacts/calendars as well. But then I saw the other entry "3 lines up": "Google-Kontakte synchronisieren" (Google contacts sync), so that's a separate service.

I don't like being spied upon without my consent. And I don't want my data going to the cloud without being able to control what exactly goes there (most stuff I don't want there at all). So what's wrong here? And how do I stop that (except by flashing a custom ROM with no GApps, or removing/freezing them all, I mean ;)?


texts: Im trying to download apps but it says insufficient storage but I have plenty of storage and an sd card

texts: I try to download apps like Vine and other apps but, it continuously says insufficient storage and I have an sd card and enough internal storage to download. It makes me angry. Please help, I need don't want but need some apps and it wont let me download.  I have a Samsung galaxy ace style and I got it June 13th. Thanks.


texts:
I have problem with KG State prenormal on my Samsung Galaxy A8.

So, I installed TWRP, after I installed SaboorROM, and after connect to WiFi, the device set's the KG state to Prenormal and I was unable to boot into TWRP or into SaboorROM. So I installed Stock ROM (AP: A530FXXSBCTC4 | CSC: A530FODXBCTC2). After install I enabled Developer settings and OEM was already unlocked. So I tried to "date|time changing experiments" to reach KG state checking, but nothing worked. Than I was about 500 hours if KG state will change, nothing :/

OEM: unlocked
FRP: unlock
KG: prenormal
Binary: 11 Android: Pie

How to change KG state?


texts: How to remember/cache a client certificate

texts:
I support a web-application that requires an https connection with client certificates as part of the authentication scheme. On most browsers (Desktop clients, iOS Safari, etc) if you are prompted for a client certificate and select a valid one the browser remembers this selection for future connections attempts.

Unfortunately, this isn't the default behavior of Android's Chrome. Every time the Chrome instance leaves memory (or maybe after some timeout) it shows the certificate selection dialog again.

This isn't something our users like and I would like to be able to tell Chrome how to remember the selected certificate for a given domain.

I've noticed this question asked every once and a while across the Internet, even here on the Android Stack Exchange site. Unfortunately, I've yet to see an answer to this problem, but I suspect someone out there has solved this already.

I'm looking for any effective solutions. Some things I've seen and tried to research:

Adding a policy -- such as the Automatically Select Client Certificate for These Sites which sounds promising but doesn't explain how to actually set this. There doesn't seem to be an analog to this if you visit chrome://policy in Android

I believe the above website is aimed at MDM / remote device management, but that isn't something that we can access here. Instead, I want to be able to set a one-off policy with for a phone that I have been given access to.
There are even posts about setting this policy on StackOverflow but they deal with desktop versions and I cannot seem to find someone whose done this for Android.

I'm also open to any solutions that involve wrapping a WebView or Chrome instance in an Android app that then programatically handles supplying the certificate.

The problem with this is that it seems as if WebView disables all JavaScript interaction and is a bit more "read-only" which isn't acceptable
I haven't seen an example of someone creating an app that starts a Chrome instance and is able to intercept anything like client certificate management for Chrome.

Thanks for any help.

EDIT: I thought that WebView doesn't allow Javascript (because Google states that in their docs. But they say by default and proceed to explain how you can write something for WebView that does in fact enable Javascript:

webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webView.getSettings().setDatabaseEnabled(true);
webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient());
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
    @Override
    public void onReceivedSslError(WebView view, SslErrorHandler handler, SslError error) {
        handler.proceed();
    }

    @Override
    public void onReceivedClientCertRequest(WebView view, ClientCertRequest request) {
        // TODO: Supply the client certificate
        request.onProceed(privateKey, certificates)
    }
        });
webView.loadUrl("https://some.app.url");


texts: Help with this ADB REVERSE Tethering Script?

texts:
I added the functionality to automatically turn on reverse tethering after many fails:

Now i only enter t into terminal

alias t='r && sz $tether && r && sz $n'
tether='am start -n com.android.settings/com.android.settings.TetherSettings && input keyevent 66 && input keyevent 66'
n='netcfg rndis0 dhcp'
alias sz='ad shell'
alias de='ad devices -l'
alias r='ad kill-server && ad start-server'
alias ad='adb'
alias pu='adb push'

The issues with the above are: (2 is most important)

This only works with the screen on and when notification bar isn't pulled down
This doesn't simulate wi-fi/other wirelessnetworking or make apps actually try to connect to net instead of checking if wifi/other wirelessnetworking is enabled
This code can most probably be much shorter/optimized (but at least it works)

  To understand the background better please see my original question:I can reverse tether now by using alias but it stops on adb shell command


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