texts: Windows 8 does not recognize HUAWEI Y536A1 for debugging

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The problem: My device (HUAWEI Y536A1) isn't getting detected in Android Studio

The solution: Install the correct usb drivers

The problem that arises to the solution: I am not able to...and here are the details:

I have recently system wiped my computer due to slowness. This brings me back to the tedious task of setting up my computer for Android Studio. I have tried everything to get  the USB drivers to work in Android Studio, but for some reason, I can't update my USB driver:

Now, here is the annoying screen that always pops up when trying to update my usb driver:

My usb driver is installed:

This is pretty pathetic. I have tried everything. I even tried to go into my computers BIOS and disable Intel xHCI. I also checked, and the virtualization (VT-x) is enabled I remember when I first started Android, I had this same problem, and the solution was to do something in the computer's BIOS, but the problem still persists.

By the way, I have done lots of research on this topic, and this is a code 28, which means it doesn't have the correct drivers:

I have been on this for 3 hours now (3 HOURS!) and would really appreciate any help. How can I get my phone recognized on my Windows 8 laptop? I have done it before, so I know my phone is compatible. I remember doing something with the bios before I had system wiped my computer...


texts: How do I keep audiobook separate from Google Music?

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So every time I add an audiobook to my Nexus7 it automatically put it into google music. And then of course if I'm listening to music I suddenly get part of a story, which is really annoying.
I tried putting .nomedia on the audiobook file but it doesn't make any differences

Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: Using multiple devices with the same cloud accounts

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I bought a new phone and everything is now up and running, and the old one has been disconnected from the Internet since I set up the new one. Now I'm considering using it as a backup phone for situations where I could lose or break down the new one.

Is it ok to connect both phones to the Internet at the same time or will that mess things up? I'm thinking of problems like different versions of an application writing configuration info or metadata in different formats, and messing up one another.


texts: Where does shared prefrences data are stored in Android device?

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I want to know where Android stores the data of SharedPreferences in actual Android devices?

In PC I found this data under /data/data/pkg_name/shared_prefs/pkg_name.xml


texts: Generate a root debloat script from a package list after a successful non-root debloat

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There are two ways to get rid of apps to debloat a ROM:

adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0  (run on PC)
rm -rf  (on device, in Terminal of TWRP)

The first method has one big advantage - deleted apps can be restored by

adb shell cmd package install-existing <package_name>
But the diasadvantage - it still consumes memory.

So best would be to do the first method until you see is is all fine - not debloated to much. To not manually do the "rm" and selection of packages - is there a good way to list the uninstalled packages and generate a list for the "rm" command?
Thanks for your attention.


texts: How to display current location on the home screen?

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In my old phone I had a setting called "Area Info - cell information". When enabled it would show the location information next to the mobile network name, like:

  Vodafone
Foobar Street

I can't find this setting anywhere in Android :(


texts: How can I print web pages from my Android to a wireless Printer?

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There is a system I log into online that generates web pages for a printing. This works great on the PC using Chrome, Firefox and IE.

I would like a way to print these web pages from the tablet (Galaxy 2, Android 4). Unfortunately, these web pages I am referring to require me to be logged in. Many print apps I have found simply re-visit the URL without using my login credentials. That will not work for me.

The best solution I have found was to use Firefox's save PDF feature, then open the PDF with the Cloud Print app, which would then print to my PC or one of the Google Cloud ready printers.

Ideally it would connect using WiFi or Bluetooth, but the Cloud Print over Internet idea is good enough for now.

Unfortunately it takes 7 clicks at this point (menu -> tools -> save pdf -> open status bar -> open the pdf (at this point Cloud Print is set as default) -> click print (with default printer) -> click back to go back)
Not to mention, there will be many pdf files just sitting on the phone that should eventually be cleaned up.

Can you recommend a better solution?


texts: Extreme lag with Sony Ericsson WT19i after update to 4.0.4

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I have updated my Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman to 4.0.4 from 2.3.4 and now the system lags horribly. I have to wait for a considerable time for an application to exit. Even the in built basic applications like phone and contacts take about 5-7 secs to load.

Has anyone faced a similar problem? What can I do that would cure my system of the lag?


texts: Solved a known bug, users option disappeared from settings

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I have a Asus zenfone 2 running official android m. I had the same problem as the guy in this thread:
Home Screen and Recent Apps buttons don't work

Before I could fix it, I tried the guest mode method. I pressed on the guest mode icon in the quick settings, it switched to guest mode, stayed there for about 5 seconds, then automatically switched back to my own profile and suddenly the users icon disappeared from the quick settings tray and the users option disappeared from the settings page. No more possible ways to switch users or enter guest mode.

I solved the main problem using the nova launcher method, but my phone didn't have the setup wizard test activity, instead I managed to fix it with the Asus setup, not the stock Android one.

It fixed everything, but the users setting is still missing. I've ran the check max-users command in the terminal and it said 1. Phone isn't rooted so I can't change that. Is there any way for me to get back the users or guest mode option without rooting?


texts: 1GB/8GB advertised versus 967.5 MB / 5564.6 MB actual .HELP

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just recieved new android phone which should be 1GB ROM AND 8GB RAM.
ANTUTU tells me the following

memory               840.2/1008.3 MB
RAM                  175.7/967.5 MB
Internal SD card    5558.3/5564.6 MB

I'm new to Android and smartphones and am not sure exactly what these figures tell me nad if they are correct or acceptable for an 1GB/8GB phone ? Can anyone help me with this ?

Thanks .John.


texts: Need entire Google suite on cyanogen to install play store apps?

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I've installed cyanogenmod on a Moto E.
But I need to use an app that is only available from the play store.

I can successfully install open Gapps and then the play store.
But this also bundles all the Google apps (music, games, docs, desktop search etc) that I was trying to avoid by using cyanogenmod.

Is there any way of installing apps directly from the play store website or am I completely misunderstanding the point of cyanogenmod?


texts: Is it possible to connect desktop/laptop display with smartphone?

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I have android smartphone . I have computer with Windows 7 operating system.

I want to see data that I am surfing on internet in my smartphone on my computer. If I connect my smartphone with my computer using USB cable, can I see content which is displayed on my smartphone's display (say any website) on desktop screen? Is it really possible to do it? Is there any apk available for it?  I don't want to root my smartphone.


texts: USB Audio interface with Google Pixel 3a

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I just migrated to a Google Pixel 3a coming from an old iPhone and I realized that I can't use my USB external audio interface for recording videos with my new phone.

I used my Zoom UR-24 without any problems with an old iPhone 5s

It's a shame, because one of the main reasons to migrate was the camera quality and for recording videos with external audio.

Is there any usb soundcard compatible with Android/Google Pixel ?


texts: What's the Android equivalent of /etc/fstab?

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Sometimes I really wish they hadn't messed around with Linux so much! I know there's an /etc/fstab in there somewhere, but where?

I'd like to mount some partitions with alternative filesystems (because I don't like FAT32).


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I'm using Android Lollipop 5.0.2 with the stock Contacts app on my Moto E. I can't remember what I was doing when this happened, but all of the contacts suddenly changed colour! And what's really annoying is that I liked the colours that had previously been chosen for them, but the new colours are really ugly.

What caused this, and is there any way to reverse it?


texts: Is it possible to use same modem firmware on different phones?

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Can I flash a modem file of a phone to another model? If we can't flash the modem file can you tell me what hardware or software the modem file depend so that it is different for different phone?

You might be wondering why I want to flash modem file even if everything is working fine is that I got volte by using this method.

As login is required to view the link I will explain how I got volte. I download the firmware of yuphoria 5010a which is mostly similar to my phone's specifications. And also downloaded the stock rom of yuphoria 5010a. After that I flashed firmware, rom on my phone using fastboot. I then updated the volte patch which the phone manufacturer released for that phone and installed it and I got volte working on my device.

But the only downside was that I am only able to use volte with 32 bit rom not the 64 bit rom.

Also can you tell me how to clone or backup my entire device (including the critical file such as modem, boot,etc) so that while I would be doing lot of fiddling I can restore my device to its current state without losing anything including the volte which I obtained by flashing the modem file?

My Device : Yu Yuphoria
(5010)

ROM : MIUI 8.1(android 5.1)


texts: How to factory reset android (4.1) tablet without boot menu?

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My 8-year old son have a Denver TAC-76001, he loves testing settings etc. After setting a pin-code password he cannot recall the code.

Since we cannot start the tablet I have tried make a factory reset without success. This is what I have tried:

Shut it down.
Press power and Vol + (or Vol -) until the boot android robot is displayed.

( at this point there is no (visible) boot menu )

3.1. Press Vol + (or Vol -) as if there was a menu and press on/off as enter-option. No success - pin-code needed.

3.2. Wait about a minute (which leads to reset according to a youtube-clip) until it restarts - pin-code needed.

3.3. Download firmware for the tablet, follow the instruction in order to format and re-install. No success - nothing happens when I try to format the tablet.

Now I am out of ideas...

New ideas, tools etc. are warmly welcome!

Regards!

I moved the problem from stackoverflow.com since this seems to be a more accurate forum.


texts: SIM popup messages keep the screen on indefinitely (Samsung A30s)

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A little background: In my country, carriers keep sending those annoying pop-up messages (I think they're called class-0 messages?). This has been the case for a couple of years and they won't stop no matter what you do. Anyway, it wasn't a big deal with my previous phones; I just learned to ignore them.
However, with my A30s (which I've had for a few months), I'm facing a critical issue where the screen will turn on for the message and never turn off unless I close the pop-up or manually turn it off by pressing the power button. There are basically two types of those messages:

Ones that show up after a call is ended (very annoying but avoidable if I remember to close the message after ending the call):

Ones that show up randomly (sometimes at night while I'm asleep. Screen stays on overnight and drains the battery):

I couldn't even tell which app is responsible for displaying those messages. Here's what I've tried:

Checked the permissions for the Messages app and the Phone app to see if there's something that controls this.

Disabled the "draw over other apps" permission for the Messages app.

Installed Google's Messages app and set it as default (since I can't uninstall or disable the main one).

I also checked the permissions for the "SIM toolkit" app but there were none. I tried disabling the notifications but the option was grayed out.

None of the above helped.
Does anyone know how to get rid of these messages?
Note: I want to avoid rooting the device or installing a custom rom.
I tried reporting this to Samsung but they weren't very helpful.


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Anyone knows the second icon?
Thanks very much for explaining !!


texts: Samsung Galaxt Tab 8.9 (Wi-Fi) stuck in charging screen, doesn't turn on at all

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Recently, I have decided to install a custom ROM on Galaxy Tab 8.9 (Wi-Fi) and messed up everything.

I downloaded some "ICS 4.0.3 or something" .zip file to my root folder. Stupidly didn't install any ROM manager (Play market couldn't download any app in my tablet). Tried to download .apk file, and when failed, I fed up with everything: turned off the tablet, then turned it on with VOLUME UP and POWER buttons pressed. Then in the stock recovery pressed "apply update from sd card" and chose the .zip file...

...the Samsung Galaxy Tab icon was showing up on the screen the whole night. I was thinking that it's being updated and went to sleep. But I was wrong. The next day it was turned off and when I put the charger in, some stupid big charger symbol came up. I can't turn on the device and pressing VOLUME UP and POWER buttons brings me to the recovery menu, where I've tried anything (wipe user data/factory reset, reboot) with no success.

However, when the tablet is in the recovery menu, my PC sees the device through adb when i run "adb devices". I can even push some file to "/data/local/tmp" with "adb push" command. Now I want to know: can I still somehow install some ROM or at least factory reset to my tablet?

"I want to hide under some rock for a couple days until someone helps me"


texts: Where is Voice Privacy on OnePlus phone?

texts: Can someone give me a step by step on finding the Google Voice privacy on my OnePlus phone?


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I'm attempting to sift through a folder of .apks, and zipalign them

I have the latest ADT

My command lies in a bash script, that loops through the folder

and my zipalign command is: zipalign -f 4 my.apk my.apk

It keeps popping Input and output can't be the same file

My understanding is (from the ADT docs), is that this is supposed to be possible.

Now, when I try zipalign -f 4 my.apk instead of zipaligning them, it simply gives me the help info for zipalign.

What gives?


texts: Trigger WiFi hotspot based on known WiFi availability or location

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I have a HTC One XL and a Nexus 7. They both know my home WiFi network and a few other networks, and my Nexus knows my HTC's WiFi hotspot as well. When I'm out and about I press my hotspot widget on my HTC to enable the WiFi hotspot, which allows my Nexus to automatically connect and get online.

What I'd like is a way to

use a known WiFi network if available (to save battery and mobile data), and
otherwise automatically turns on WiFi hotspot mode
can be WiFi based or location based

This will allow me to use the Nexus 7 wherever I am, without having to take out my HTC and flick the hotspot switch. At the same time I'd like the Nexus to prioritise other known networks over the hotspot, so that if possible it drops off the hotspot network and uses the known network.

Searching for anything containing 'WiFi hotspot' returns dozens of apps to get around carrier imposed hotspot restriction, so I am not having much success there.


texts: Using an android display with HDMI/RCA inputs?

texts: I am currently trying to use the Raspberry Pi to build a small device. Part of this project involves using a screen of some sort, and it needs to be small.  Since Android displays are the right size, it seems like they might have HDMI or RCA inputs because they're commonly used. Is it true these displays have these inputs?


texts: Xperia U automatically booted into safe mode?

texts: I shut my phone off and turned my phone back on in my pocket and it automatically was in safe mode. I couldn't find apps I had installed and some of  my widgets aren't working. What happened to my phone and how could I get it to be "normal" again?


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My Android 4.4.2 can't find media files like music, videos and pictures.

If I try to open them through apps they are not visible, but they are visible in file manager.


texts: Faster CPU means higher battery consumption?

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A friend of mine and I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

His tab is flashed with a custom kernel giving 1.2Ghz instead of the 1Ghz I have by default.

Using antutu benchmark, we saw what we expected, his device had a better score about 700 points.

My question is if his tab in comparison with mine will consume battery quicker.

On the other hand, having installed the CPU SPY and we saw that 1.2ghz and 1ghz are both used.
The second question is does the device make use of the speed needed (from 216 to 1200) depending on the effort?
If the device smartly uses the right cpu speed neede, does the 1.2ghz means a new better alternative for heavy tasks right?


texts: I'd like to view use the meager internal storage on my HTC Evo.  The phone is rooted, and I have used Link2SD to move apps to the SD card.  I am also using DiskUsage by Ivan Voyosluk to monitor use of storage.  The DiskUsage app, however, does not seem to make a clear distinction between internal storage and external.  It appears it may be calculating the total by following the symlinks onto the SD card.  I'd like to know how much internal storage is actually being consumed by my apps.  I am continuing to run into the problem of running out of my meager internal storage while there is a huge amount of unused space on on my SD card.


texts: Cannot use WhatsApp in Gingerbread anymore

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I have Samsung Galaxy S+ (i9001) and the other day had a prompt from WhatsApp to update the app.

The update download but the installation fails and the app cannot be opened.

I tried downloading the APK of the latest version and even many of older versions but the issue is still there.

I know WhatsApp said they are ceasing support for Android 2.1 and 2.2, but my phone has 2.3.6, so it shouldn't be affected.

How to fix?


texts: Using Android to PC over Wifi apps while device is hotspot

texts: Is there a way for me to configure my wifi hotspot so that I can use apps such as IP webcam while the hotspot is the PC's only internet connection?


texts: I've rooted my Galaxy Nexus phone, but "/data/data" is empty

texts: As a follow up question, I rooted my Galaxy Nexus phone using Kingo, but when I tried to explore my phone using an application like ASTRO, I found out that the /data/data directory is empty. Why is it empty? Am I missing something? Where are application data stored?


texts: My Epic Touch 4G can only boot into Odin mode

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Installed ClockworkMod via ROM Manager, selected reboot into recovery via manager and the phone only boots into "Android System Recovery" now. OK button doesn't work to select "reboot now", though long depress does what it should.

I just flashed the EG30 tar file (see comments) successfully, but it booted back into "Android system recovery" again and the ok button will not select on "reboot system now" but long long depress will reboot it... back into recovery though. Any ideas on how I can get the phone to start up properly?


texts: How to permanently disable mobile data on a rooted Android device?

texts: Hi guys I was hoping for some guidance on disabling my mobile data on my rooted Android. I've tried locating a file do delete with ES explorer, but I'm honestly unsure if there is such a separate file to disable the data and keep my call function on. Any help at all would be much appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How can I find how much ROM I have? This is my phone, Samsung Galaxy S LCD I9003. Samsung Galaxy S I9000 has a ROM of 2 GB. What are the uses of ROM? I heard it is used to flash custom kernels. Cant I flash custom kernels in mine as nothing about ROM is mentioned?


texts: Stuck on welcome screen & language selection

texts: I installed custom ROM before this I ported it. The rom is amzen 5 kitkat  but I have problem with welcome screen. I can't choose language I can switch between languages. Is it possible to modify to not show welcome screen and instead of it show home screen and in settings you can choose language?


texts: How to be sure that you are not tracked with anti-theft software or similar when using tab previously owned by someone?

texts: I have seen the amount of pictures and personal data an anti-theft software can dig on person using a stolen phone. How can one make sure that he is not tracked through similar software when using a previously owned tab/phone? I understand that a factory reset is not enough in most cases.


texts: Moto Z Play Won't boot after SuperSU install

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My Moto Z Play boot process won't finish. I can get to the Fastboot screen by powering off and pressing Power+Volume Down, but can't boot into Recovery Mode or Factory Mode. Both start the normal boot cycle which doesn't seem to finish. Powering off the device just restarts it. Even holding the power button for 10+ seconds doesn't power off, it just restarts the boot process.

Steps:

I unlocked the boot loader per Motorola instructions
Installed ADB and Fastboot to my laptop
Installed TWRP
Installed SuperSU. SuperSU kept going back to "Root Undetected" so I attempted a wipe to start fresh

Now the device attempts to boot as if wiped, which I can tell because when the Z Play boots after a factory reset it plays a "Hello Moto" clip. But the boot process doesn't finish. The same happens if I try to boot to recovery mode. Also, ADB doesn't show the device as attached anymore.

Is there any way of recovering the device, or am I buying a new one?

EDIT:
Android version 7.0.1

Following the guide here

TWRP Download from Here

SuperSU download from Here


texts: Fast Upload, Slow Download on Wireless-AC WAN over SFTP

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Title says most of it.  I use ES File Explorer, but the issue seems to exist in any file manager.  Copying files to the SFTP server nets 20-30MB/s, whereas copying files from is ~400-500kB/s.

I gather this may have something to do with Android treating these copy operations as a background download, but that's mostly supposition.


texts: Registering Viber in a Virtualbox Android

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I have Android installed in Vistual Hard Disk and I run it in VirtualBox. Everything works fine. But I cannot register a Viber account in it. In fact, it was registered in my first trial but after a few minutes a message appeared saying this registeration is no longer valid:

and I could no longer sign into the account. And I could no longer register with the same phone number in the virtual android because viber thinks it is not run in a phone:

Is there a way to solve this problem?


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I am trying to flash TWRP on Samsung Galaxy S6 that I inherited from someone else, there was already some custom software on it, but I am not sure what exactly. File transfer to a computer works fine. The computer I am using has ubuntu 16.04 installed and heimdall from the official repositories v1.4.1) and the following works fine on an S4 mini:

$ heimdall print-pit
Heimdall v1.4.1

Copyright (c) 2010-2014 Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.

If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
libusb: error [_get_usbfs_fd] libusb couldn't open USB device /dev/bus/usb/001/018: Input/output error
ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -1


texts: What vulnerabilities are exploited in the CIA's cyber weapons for Android?

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The BBC is reporting that Wikileaks has released information on US CIA cyber weapons, including against Android devices.

A similar unit targets Google's Android which is used to run the majority of the world's smart phones (~85%) including Samsung, HTC and Sony. 1.15 billion Android powered phones were sold last year. "Year Zero" shows that as of 2016 the CIA had 24 "weaponized" Android "zero days" which it has developed itself and obtained from GCHQ, NSA and cyber arms contractors.
These techniques permit the CIA to bypass the encryption of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo, Confide and Cloackman by hacking the "smart" phones that they run on and collecting audio and message traffic before encryption is applied.

Wikileaks link for Android exploits. Much of this appears to be redacted.
I am not concerned about attacks that require physical access to the Android device. If a nation targets me specifically, I expect them to succeed in compromising my device. I am interested in avoiding being casually swept up
by mass attacks or surveillance.
Assume, if necessary, that we are talking about unrooted, fully-patched Android devices running the latest Android OS (Nougat).
How, if at all, should a normal end-user modify their behavior to maintain their privacy given this disclosure?


texts: Galaxy Nexus sometimes loses home Wi-Fi network (Linksys E900)

texts: I have Gnex stock 4.3, rooted. Sometimes it loses connection to home Wi-Fi, I take it and it has no Wi-Fi icon, and if I go to the settings it will say "Connecting..." and have one signal bar, it won't ever connect till I restart the router. I have Linksys E900 with WPA2, and "keep wifi during sleep - always" and "minimize wifi battery usage - on" in the phone. That never happened when I had AT&T u-verse router.


texts: How can I use Tailscale with the Google Fi VPN simultaneously?

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I use Tailscale to connect between my devices. It assigns IP addresses to my devices from the 100.64.0.0/10 address space, which is not publicly routable, since it is a private address space intended for CGNAT. I want to be able to connect to my devices on this pseudo-internal network as well as using the Google Fi VPN for all my other traffic. How can I make this happen?
In theory, it could be done with VPN daisy-chaining, but this is apparently not possible on Android. Can it be done if I am rooted, or is there any other way to do it?


texts: /system cannot be remounted as RW, even when rooted (Sony Xperia E3)

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I rooted my Sony Xperia E3 (D2203) a while ago using Kingroot, which worked flawlessly.
Before rooting my device, /system could be accessed, which is how root was installed in the first place.

However after rebooting the phone, I now cannot mount /system as rw, as the kernel mounts it as Read-Only and gives me a Operation not permitted error whenever I try to remount it as rw. Apparently the kernel on Sony devices detects root and mounts /system as Read-Only.

I cannot flash a new recovery as the bootloader is permanently locked.

What can I do to mount /system at startup as rw, or mount /system when the device is online?

A non-destructive method would be great.

Here is the command I'm using to try and mount /system:

mount -o remount,rw /system

Yes, the terminal is in root mode.


texts: I'm accustomed to running scripts on boot in Linux, but I'm not sure how to do this in Android. I'd like to start my SSH daemon on start, so I'll always be able to connect. How can I run an arbitrary script on Android boot? It'd be preferable to do this outside of Dalvik.


texts: Phantom noise diagnosis: logcat included

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I've got brand new Moto X Style. Great phone, but I have a weird issue which I'm trying to diagnose.

My phone sometimes makes that volume change acknowledgement noise without any interaction. If you have an AOSP phone, try lowering or raising the media volume using the rocker, the little noise the phone produces to help you judge if the volume is low/high enough; that one.

It does it if the phone's screen is on or off, if the phone is being actively used or sleeping.

This isn't a major issue, but it is a bit annoying. It does it without any pattern I'm able to identify. It even does it when it is on Do Not Disturb/Priority Only. I've captured a logcat which covers few moments before and few moments after this issue occuring, but I'm not really able to make sense of it.

It is not the NFC sound. I know how to recognise that, and it does it when far away from any RFID chips. I've also opened the Notification History panel, and it shows nothing there.

Can anyone help me read it and point towards anything that might give me a bit more of a clue?

Logcat

If more of the logcat is required I can provide more.


texts: What is the solution for external sd card unexpectedly removed

texts:
Please give me the solution to this problem. My external sd card memory is about 2 gb available, yet is is removed.

When I reboot my phone then it supports but in a few seconds it gets removed.

Please give me solution


texts: Droid X - is Blur home running when you use Launcher Pro?

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Based on the process list in ATK, it appears that Blur home (including the widgets) are loaded and running - and can't be turned off in any way - when you are using Launcher Pro as your home replacement.

Is this an accurate observation?
Is there a way to stop any of the Blur widget processes from starting (rooted but standard ROM) completely? Just to clarify, "replace with Blur-less ROM" is not a satisfactory answer, since Cyanogen doesn't run on DroidX due to locked bootloader.


texts:
If I disable Google app (which came preinstalled on my phone and which I don't use) will that have an effect on other apps by Google like Google Maps or Gmail?

I want to disable it for privacy reasons but I don't want other apps to be affected.


texts: push and pull command return "push: not found"

texts:
I can't seem to pull or push files from my phone. The file exists, and I can get into adb shell. But whether I do the command adb pull or adb shell and then pull, it doesn't work.

If I do it via shell, it gives me 'push: not found'. If I do adb pull on windows command line, it just gives me a list of all adb commands (so it doesn't understand push or pull).

What's wrong, and how do I fix it?

I am using the correct syntax.

Within shell: push (or pull) /path/to/file

outside: adb push (or pull) /path/to/file

I am working as root too.

The file I need doesn't seem to be visible to the graphical file manager I have on the phone, even though it has root permissions and is showing hidden files. It's visible via adb, so it's definitely there!


texts:
Can I get out from firmware download mode without downloading new one? I see horrible message:

Downloading...
Do not turn off target!!!

What will happens if I power off my Samsung S4?


texts: How can I find the submodel of an SM-G900?

texts:
In About device -> Device name it says:

SM-G900

The model name have does not a final letter. I can´t find a SM-G900 (without final letter) firmware.  How do I find out what submodel I ahve?


texts: Alternative Lockscreen with Fingerprints

texts: Is there a way to use the fingerprint sensor on my Samsung Galaxy s6 with a costum lockscreen like AcDisplay(no root)?


texts: Why music downloader apps return unrelated, foreign-language songs?

texts:
Every time I search for music in redacted apps, all do the same thing. Any artist or song I try to find, the search results find a few but are not that song or artist. They show up in some weird language.

Why is that?


texts: Unable to Seek on Full Screen Videos in Chrome/Chrome Beta

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So I have an odd issue that I haven't been able to find a fix for. When I'm watching a video in Chrome (or Chrome Beta), if I go full screen, whenever I try to seek to a different time in the video, the video does not load/freezes. I can watch the video not in full screen and seek through it just fine, as soon as you go full screen (in portrait or landscape) seeking does not work.

However, this issue does not occur in the regular Internet browser. It also only occurs with a certain type of player, for instance, Vimeo does not have this issue. This issue used to only occur in Chrome Beta, but now it's occurring in both Chrome versions on Android.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling both versions of the app, as well as clearing cache/data for both versions of the app and neither has resolved it.

The device I'm using is a Galaxy S7 Edge on 6.0.1 (T-MO Variant)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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I have a Oneplus One device with Cyanogen OS 12.1.

The issue is that my battery history shows that my wifi is always on gets on after sometime and then never closes.

I did not turn my wifi on manually nor is the option "SCANNING ALWAYS available" is set on.

So I think that there must be some app which is triggering it or it may even be a CM issue. How to know what is causing this?

There are similar questions on this forum but none of them answers my query.

I have tried adb logcat | tee wifi.log  to check what is triggering the wifi but couldnt find anything. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: How to get application id of an installed application? I want to find app id of Notes 2.0, so maybe later I will have a change to find extensions to that product.


texts: What could cause the camera to turn on automatically while the phone is in standby?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 (the blue one just to help set the scene) running Android version 4.4.2

My phone was sleeping beside me peacefully on my desk in standby mode (or whatever you call it when it's just a blank screen not being used).

Suddenly, the screen lights up and to my surprise the camera is active - with no human intervention whatsoever. There were also no notifications of any kind at this point that might have had a hand in it.

What could be the possible causes for this to happen? Are there any conditions is which this might be expected? Is it a bug? Or maybe worse, could it be a malicious application trying to "catch me in the act"?

Additional information that might be useful:

When the camera started it was the main camera that was active, rather than the front camera
Looking through the phone and camera settings, there is nothing enabled (or even available) that might explain this happening. For example, there is no quick start camera gesture or voice command


texts: What exactly gets wiped when unlocking Galaxy Nexus?

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I've seen a few guides on how to unlock the Galaxy Nexus to prepare it for rooting, and they say that the fastboot oem unlock command will "wipe your personal data".

I'm a little unclear on what gets wiped during this step. Is it just the /sdcard area? is it everything but /system? Something in between?

I know that adb backup can (at least theoretically) back up everything except /system while unrooted (see a recent question of mine). But I wonder if I would need to do an adb restore of everything after the unlock step in order to keep all of my data and settings.


texts: How to extend screen on a secondary monitor in Android-x86?

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I'm looking for a way to get two separate (i.e. "Extended" or split) display outputs on my Android x86 setup.
It appears that I need to modify the content of /grub/menu.lst file, but every guide that I have found instructs the user to either clone (i.e. "duplicate" or mirror) the displays, or worse, it instructs the user to entirely disable the internal LVDS display.  This is not what I want.
What I want is to simply have a separate output for each of my displays (two 1920x1080 monitors using HDMI.) This is something that is available on many Linux distros and even Windows.
Is what I want even possible on Android x86 at the moment?


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I wanted to start afresh completely wipe my Moto x (xt1052) and install "liquidsmooth" rom.

everyone was going well, i went into recovery, wiped the device, and as i tried to push the zip over i was met with the error message "device not found"

I went over to device manager and for some reason windows is recognizing my phone as xt1060 and not xt1052. i believe this is why its probably not being recognised in adb.

I have no idea to fix, my phone is being recognised as another phone so it cant even install right driver...


texts: Phone keeps turning on and back off. What do I do?

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This morning, I turned on my mobile, which had been fully charged during the night. It displayed the usual white «Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo  powered by android» thing, but then it vanished, then it reappeared, and it has been doing this throughout the day, for all I know. I tried googling, and found out about:

FastBoot, which is acheived by pressing Vol+,Vol-,Power all at once; this does nothing at all on my device;
Recovery boot, which is acheived by pressing Vol+,Power,Home all at once; this displays a small blue «RECOVERY BOOTING…» on the top-left corner, but only if the phone is connected to a charger, otherwise nothing happens;
Hard Reset, but this seems to be impossible, as it requires (see here) the phone to be completely off, which is, at present, simply impossible.

Removing the battery won't do anything: I tried that several times, but as soon as I put it back, it goes back to doing the above. Also, connecting to the charger makes the «Samsung Galaxy [etc]» display like 2 or 3 times longer.

What should I do about this? What is wrong with my phone?

Update

Following @MatthewRead's comment, I tried Vol-,Power,Home. Something flashed on the screen, and then back to on-off-on-off. This is a frame of a short movie I captured with another mobile:

Sorry for the name of the movie showing up and hiding «Warning». I just tried Vol+ as that screen suggests, and now the screen shows up no more. One thing is sure: holding down that combination now stops it from on-off-on-off-ing, but as soon as I release, we're back there.

Update 2

I tried other key combinations, and this is what I found out:

Vol+ -> Recovery booting;
Vol+,Home -> Recovery booting;
Vol+,Power -> Recovery booting;
Vol+,Power,Home -> Recovery booting;
Power,Vol- -> screen above;
Vol-,Home -> screen above;
Vol-,Power,Home -> screen above;
Vol- -> screen above.

The last two have not always happened, but maybe I thought I was pressing when I actually wasn't. The screen says to hit Vol+ or Vol-, but none of those does anything.

Update 3

Someone suggested I scrape the battery contacts, I did it, and now the mobile seems to be working again. So this apparently saved me the trouble of flashing, though I have the firmware downloaded in case something goes wrong.


texts: Unable to use PIN or fingerprints at start up

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My LG G5 request PIN at start up. It always work except for twice where my PIN won't work and I have to do a hard reset and losing all my data. For the second time, I tried locking into my Google account and using Google's Android Device Manager to reset the PIN with the lock feature (I suspect the PIN somehow mysteriously got reset to something else), but I Google said I already have a screen lock (PIN) and adding lock code is not needed.

So I am stuck again other than doing a hard restart. Local repair shop won't take my service because I lost my purchase receipt. Has anyone experience the same issue and have a work around? Thank you.


texts: Is Android Device Manager really useless?

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Android Device Manager is supposed to locate your phone and do remote lock and remote wipe. Problem is the phone can be switched to aeroplane mode or shutdown without unlocking it with pattern / pin / password.

Data connection will be lost seconds after the phone is stolen. So what's the point?


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I find that I have a number of different "trigger situations", or sets of conditions that trigger an event. So I have an event for each one. But I also find that many of these events have basically the same actions, so I'm looking for a way to separate conditions from actions.

1) I have an idea to set up trigger events that only have one action each:, which is to set a Llama variable to a specific value. And then I'll set up action events that each have one of those values as their only condition, and put all the actual actions in there.

2) There are also the OR/AND conditions, where I could build something like:

OR
( AND
  ( actual_condition_1
  , actual_condition_2
  )
, AND
  ( actual_condition_3
  , actual_condition_4
  )
)

... but that gets ugly fast, and hard to maintain.

Is there a more elegant method that I've missed?


texts: and where does it come from? I'm on lineage os and I have an app that crashes because this file doesn't exist on my sytem. When I do an internet search for the file, I see that there are plenty of people getting things working by removing it, or renaming it to liboemcrypto.so.bak or something, but no one seems to be missing this file. Can I get it from anywhere?


texts: Change Google Account in Jelly Beam 4.1.2

texts: My bro had a phone and he doesn't remember the password, I need to change the account of that phone, it has Android 4.1.2, with a factory reset and data wipe would be enough to remove the current account? If not, what are the steps to follow?


texts: Is there a way to force android to accept slow charging?

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My impression is that since the most recent Android updates my phone is shutting off the portable charger completely after warning me about slow charging. I basically get that on anything other than the charger that came with it. Do any of you find this?

I have a number of portable chargers I carry along with me that are sort of my backups until I can get to an outlet but I'm finding I can't get them to work anymore. I've checked the portables and they are fully charged. Is my assumption wrong? If not wrong is there a way to get into the advanced settings to get Android to lighten up? :)


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I want to recover user data still on device memory on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 that won't start.

When i try to normally boot up the phone it goes to the model screen and then switches to a screen animating the samsung logo once and then continues with pulsing brightness.
It stays like this seemingly forever while the battery is running hot.
During some research i stumbled across the wording "boot loop" but i'm unsure if this is appropriate, since it is not shutting down and restarting.
I'm able to access the recovery menu and tried the "wipe cache" option and tried restarting without sim/sd card which both did not help.

To clearify my intentions: i want to recover left over user data left on the phones memory (not on sd card). The hardware itself will be dumped afterwards, so resetting to factory state would not help in my case since it would delete user data. (Or am i wrong at this point?)

If, for example, a desktop crashes, you could still reboot from an other drive and access the harddrive with the faulty system. So might it be possible to boot something else up on the device without touching the existing system.
Notably the device is unmodded. It has never ever seen the development settings, no USB-Debugging, no OEM-unlock. So flashing will not be possible from what i've read. Funny (or frustrating) enough that samsung devices softbrick on their own.

Whilst writing this question this thread popped up in the suggestions with astonishing similar symptoms though in that case, as in all other articles i read, the problems were caused during tinkering on the device so that the oem-unlock already happened and a new recovery was already flashed on, which, as mentioned previously, is not the case here.


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Is there a way to copy a file into a system directory without having root?

I'm interested about any directory, but specifically about /system and /etc.


texts: Alphanumeric symbols in the data/app directory?

texts: Why are the names of the applications replaced with alphanumeric characters in the data/app directory? I am seeing this when accessing the directory through an adb shell.


texts: Nothing is working after updating Android 2.3 to Android 4.1

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I have Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos S-6802 (originally Android 2.3). I followed the steps described here to update it. In short, I installed ClockworkMod and then JellyBlastGenED.signed in my phone.

After this update, My phone is showing Android v4.1.1 under settings. The icons, fonts etc are looking very small. Also my phone is not detecting any SIM and SD card as well. The phone is having two SIM card.

I just wanted to know that how can I undo the update or fix these errors?


texts: Contacts with and without international extensions

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I'm in the UK. My Nexus S received its update to 4.0.4 yesterday, and I now have the following problem.

If I have a contact with (say) the number 07123456789 and I receive a text from this contact, it comes up as +447123456789. However the phone no longer seems to recognise that these numbers are the same (i.e. one is with the international extension, one without) and the contact name is not displayed with the text. Is there a setting or anything that will fix this?


texts: How to close "Location access" screen after enabling GPS?

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There's an application I use that prompts the user to enable GPS, but then I'm stuck in this screen not knowing how to close it:

As there's no check/OK button, how do I actually enable GPS and get on with it?

Thank you.


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All of a sudden a few days ago, I went into the Market for the first time in ages to download a new app. It said the app would be downloaded, but when I went back several hours later, it had not downloaded. I looked in the Downloads section of the market, and there were about 6 updates trying to download (which I hadn't approved - I don't have automatic downloads set, just notification of new updates with manual download). I want to cancel these downloads, but it will not happen. I long-press on the app name and choose Cancel, but nothing happens. I've even rebooted the phone, but the unwanted downloads are still there, saying Starting Download - this is after 3 days.

I've seen this, this, and this, but none of them are exactly the same as my issue. The last two did have answers that I'd like to try - clearing the application data and cache for the market. Unfortunately, I don't see the Market as an app in my Manage Applications section. (I'm running CyanogenMod 5 on a rooted T-Mobile MyTouch G3.)

Is there any way I can access that application to clear the cache? Or any other way I can get the unwanted downloads to stop trying and go away?


texts: Unbrick a non responsive micromax aq4501

texts: So here's the situation. I had a micromax aq4501 which constantly gave me errors like apps have stopped working. So I tried to factory reset it. As soon as it rebooted into recovery mode a screen appeared saying - 'Erasing'. It would reboot again and again on itself and say the same - 'Erasing'. Whatever i tried to do, pressing power button, volume down/up plus power, the same 'erasing' screen greeted me and then it would reboot again in a loop. So I decided to use SP flash tool to flash stock rom. Flashed it. Nothing happened. Same screen. So I tried formatting my phone using sp flash tool. I selected Format whole flash except bootloader option. But now my phone has become unresponsive. Hardware buttons dont do anything. Phone still gets detected in sp flash tool so I tried flashing rom again but nothing happens. Phone is like dead, only my PC still detects it in sp flash tools. What should I do now.


texts: Android tether/hotspot - redirecting all requests to a webserver after IP is allocated, how?

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I've set my phone (Kitkat 4.4.2 (18.3.C.0.37)) to set up a wifi-hotspot using the stock software. There's a simple http webserver on the phone @ 192.168.43.1:80

I can connect to the webserver from a machine that's logged into the hotspot. What I'd like to do is make -all- requests to the hotspot goto 1 webpage that's hosted on the phone instead of having to type the i.p. address in full.

Is there a replacement or a way to reconfigure the routing of the hotspot?


texts: Download progress notification and Google Play Store showing different progress percentage

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As the title says, I've noticed that the download progress in the notification bar and the progress in the Play Store shows different progresses. Screenshot:

My question is why does this happen? Is this a bug?

Also, when the download progress in the notification bar reaches 100%, the progress in the Play Store jumps to 100% and the app I'm updating gets updated.


texts: Sync contacts and calendar from Outlook 2010 on my laptop with Android phone, avoid data in cloud?

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I'm looking to buy a new Android phone, but before I do, I need to know that there's a reliable way of keeping the contacts and calendar data on the phone in sync with the data in Outlook 2010 on my laptop.  For the past 8 years I've been using windows mobile phones, where Microsoft's ActiveSync etc worked well.  Simply connecting my windows phone to my laptop via USB meant that everything almost always sync'd fine without any issues.  I'm looking to get as close to that experience as possible.

I also need to avoid putting any of my data in the cloud (e.g. gmail), because my outlook data contains too much sensitive information.  Security breaches may be highly unlikely, but the potential consequences are too dire to imagine.  One answer to this sync question (Sync setup question: will Android, Outlook 2010, Gmail, calendar and contacts sync?) has a comment which says that Android phones will always sync with google, so I need to disable that.  Is that possible?

I'm aware of Samsung's Kies, but I've never tried it.  If anyone can assure me that Kies works well for what I need then I'd be quite happy to restrict myself to buying Samsung.

I've done other research and found a pcmag.com review from Feb 2012 that suggests in general this isn't an easy problem.  However, that link (and answers that I've found here) are all over a year old, so what's a good way of achieving all this in June 2013?


texts: How to make my phone vibrate when a text or an email is received when in vibrate mode?

texts: Currently, when I put my phone into vibrate mode, it only vibrates for calls. It does nothing for texts or emails, however, so I don't know when I've received one. Does anyone know a way to enable vibrating when a text or an email is received? My phone is an HTC Eris rooted with Cyanogen Mod if that helps.


texts: reply with a different account - multiple email accounts

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I have an Exchange account, e.g. hub@domain.com, that I forward all my emails to from all my other accounts. But I need to reply to these messages using different accounts, e.g. reply to a work email with me@work.com - how could I do that in Android?
Default Email App in 4.2.2
Hitting reply on an email in my hub account does not let me change the account to send the reply with (e.g. work account). I can go to my work account and compose a new email there and copy paste the original email and subject and receivers manually, but that is cumbersome.
TouchDown
Only supports Exchange accounts, but no IMAP, which I need to set up my other accounts.
Solution?
Is it doable

With the native app would be best solution (is there anywhere to submit feature requests for Email app?)
With any other email app that I have not tried?


texts: What is "srv_listen" permission used for?

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I've noticed (by using XPrivacy) that many applications (and some that has nothing to do with location, such as TextSecure) require the following permissions:

Location: srv_listen
Phone: srv_listen

(These permissions seem to be linked)

I failed to find any info on what are these permissions used for, neither what functionality may be harmed by blocking them.

I'd be glad if anyone here with some android programming knowledge can spill any light on it...
What are they used for? What info may be accessed by granting those permissions? Is it actually providing any location info?

Thanks!


texts: Samsung Galaxy S20 camera cannot use the flashlight

texts: I wanted to use the light with the camera, then it said that some other app is using the light and I see that the two icons on the right on the top are faded out. It's so horrible getting a high-end smartphone and I cannot even use the light with the camera. What can I do?


texts: How to turn off "applying profile" and "profile applied" notifications in Tasker

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Whenever a new profile is applied there is a small gray round popup at the bottom of the screen that reads "Applying profile: {profile name}" and then "profile applied"

I want to stop these notifications.


texts: How to remove sleep screen from Galaxy family?

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I have a Note2 and there is this annoying screen that turns my screen on just to show some purple bubbles, the clock and number of calls and messages. After a feel seconds it turns off again.

I understand that it consumes certain battery but I don't use it. I searched everywhere but couldn't find any tip on how to remove it.

Anyone could help me?
Thanks


texts: is AT&T network possible on the Droid a855?

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Is it possible to use AT&Ts network on the Droid a855? At all possible? Tough to find a direct answer on the web for some reason.

Thanks!


texts: Stop Android from displaying "Install blocked" prompt

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I am continually getting prompts for installing apps, such as Clean Master and or 9 apps on my Android phone. I turned off the option  "Install apps from unknown sources" in  security settings but then a message would popup saying "Install blocked" every time, as shown in the screenshot below.

So, how to stop these annoying prompts?

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texts: My rooted samsung galaxy s4 is soft bricked, Can I save it?

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The device has been rooted since shortly after I bought it new years ago. I've had very few problems since... which is why it's never been replaced.

When I start the device it gets stuck at the splash screen with the sprint logo.

I can get the device to "download mode" but I don't know what to do once there and I'm not sure I can do anything from here.

I can get the device to "android system recovery."
I've wiped the "cache partition" but the problem remained.
I'm not sure what else to do from here.

I'm trying to salvage the data on the internal storage.
I'm pretty sure I could successfully "wipe data/ factory reset" and get it to "function" again but that's not the priority.
I'm going to replace it regardless of success or failure.
Data recovery is the priority here. (pictures and videos of my young children as well as less important stuff.)

I have an old laptop with an old version of ubuntu I can use or a newer one with windows 7 to work with. I mention this in case it makes this easier to help?

Thank you very much if you try to take a stab at this or refer someone that might!


texts: So, I have an app called "ww_easteur001", never installed it, and it behaves... weird I would say. Need help with it

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So, I never installed this app, it just appeared at some point on my phone. I didn't do anything at first, thought it was something related to android because it has an android icon.
The problem is that sometimes, when I would of opened Chrome, it would of opened with a site already on it (something with some kind of clickbait game) and a ww_easteur001 notification. Sometimes that notification just popped up without anything happening "apparently". I unistalled it a while ago, thought that it was gone, after a few weeks it appeared again. Uninstalled it again, appeared again, etc.
Today I looked closely and I saw that it had access to my Phone (calls and numbers), Messages and Storage, and I found out that at some point a message was sent to a number not in my contact list that seemed like pure gibberish. (My luck that I don't have credit atm, so the message didn't go through). I obviously suspected that app.
So... Need help. I'm not entirely sure what I should do (I know I should of done something the first time when I saw it, but I was dumb), I'm not sure what it does exactly, but definitely not something good. I cannot find anything online about it / similar experiences...
Now, worst case scenario I can just reset the phone and/or buy a new one, since this one is trash anyway, but I'm still confused about what's all this about, and I may or may not be a little bit scared to what it has done this whole time.
EDIT:
Model number: Xylo P
Android version: 7.0


texts: Can I remotely unlock my phone after I've remotely locked it?

texts: Someone has stolen my phone s4 and is trying to extort me for 100 $.  If I remotely lock my phone can I unlock my phone remotely? to let him know that I'm going to shut it down if he doesn't act.


texts: Which Security Policy Overrides The Other?

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In regards to the following 2 Policies:

The app cannot access location information in the background (the 5th Requirement under developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/wifi-rtt#requirements).

There exists an ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION permission (the 1st sub-point under developer.android.com/training/location/background#checklist).

Is it then True that I can apply this permission to the WiFi Round-Trip-Time location service?
Thanks.


texts: How can I hide sim card feature reference in notification area

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In every samsung phone that have 2 sim card enabled, you will see a small reference to tell which sim doing what

But no thanks, I know which sim doing what on my phone, you doesn't need to remind me that every single time I've glanced my notification bar, samsung

How can I hide this reference? Thanks


texts: How to stop erase of data after clicking erase option mistakenly in android device manager

texts: I have lost my motog2 mobile and mistakenly pressed to erase the data after using the option lock of android device manager.And later on got to know that the option deletes total data and I will not be able to atleast track my mobile location.so I want to stop the erase option to perform, before my mobile got internet connection and got data erased.please suggest a way for this.


texts: reduce memory usage of "Internet" and "contacts"

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The DiskUsage app shows 14,8MB data used for "Internet" and 11,5MB used for contacts.

Is there a way to reduce memory usage?

I know I can delete Internet data using the general app settings but I fear this will also delete all saved passwords and I'd like to avoid that.

As for the contacts: In the global account settings (sync) I use only my two Google accounts and weather. I had Facebook sync activated while back, though, and it import a number of contact photos, which are still visible.

Any chance to reduce memory usage without removing too much useful data?


texts: Slide to answer is not working on HTC Wildfire S

texts: When trying to answer an incoming call, the slide up to answer never works! It moves, but doesn't actually pick up the call. Is there any way to change this??


texts: Is it possible to watch Youtube videos on the Youtube App while multitasking

texts: I currently have Kit Kat 4.4. Is is possible to play a Youtube video in the background or while multitasking like checking email,  use other apps or surf the web on Android? As of right now, I have to have keep the Youtube app open and can't get the video to play in the background while I do other stuff on my phone.


texts: Unfortunately Google Play Services stopped

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I am using Xiaomi Redmi 3. All of a sudden, I found it continuously displays 'Unfortunately, Google Play Services has stopped'.

It happens so often, that I can't do any other work. I uninstalled that, then installed again from play store. But after installing, again that error message shows up

What can I do?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 stuck at Samsung Logo after custom rom

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I had this Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.3. Since Youtube didn't open as it required an update but the play store said it is up to date(i usually use it to watch youtube), I planned to install Resurrection Remix ROM(Android 7.1). I installed TWRP and installed the rom. It was successful, but it didn't boot. It was stuck on 'Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300' boot and it didn't go from there. I tried many things like reflashing the rom, wiping cache but nothing worked. Can anyone help me, please?
Thank You.
EDIT: I just found that that the rom is unable to write-in /data but it is writable(i tried open gapps micro package and it wrote it


texts: OnePlus6 oxygen os 10.3.0 "popup notifications no longer available on your version of Android"

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I updated my OnePlus 6 to oxygen os 10.3.0, and I can't enable pop notifications, especially on whatsapp.
Attached are the screen shots.

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texts: On my old phone (still the Samsung galaxy s 3) I was somehow able to input the "words" 'c:' ';D' and other things like that with symbols at the beginning or end into its dictionary. That old phone broke, and I wasn't able to transfer that dictionary into my new phone. Now I'm unable to enter those into the dictionary because it won't select the symbol. Is there anything I can do about this?


texts: Why does brightness control not work in Oneplus 2 of CM13?

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Fig. 1 max, Fig. 2 min of screen brightness where you see no difference

Bug hypothesis in CM13 discussed with the authors here: no manual adjustment of brightness when the system auto-brightness control is on, because its what VAB does when you enable VAB's function.
Thread in CM13 forum here for evaluation.

Phone: Oneplus 2
OS: CyanogenMod 13
Su: no


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To extract the apk of any android application , it is simple just use any apk extractor tool and get the apk. However in the case for live wallpapers the apk extractor do not show the apk for wallpapers .

I just want to get the apk for live wallpapers from my phone .


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I wrote a fairly long review with 4-5 paragraphs, but when posted the Play store seems to strip out all the newlines and just have a giant wall of text instead. I also tried using simple html (just the <p> paragraph tags) which did not work either.
Can the review text be formatted, and if so how? I wish HTML or BBcode was supported, but that's certainly not the case - still, maybe there is some conventions to get basic formatting in?


texts: any way to edit id tag inside android phone?

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any way how to edit (mp3) id tags inside my android? HTC Desire 2.1

I am used to play my music using winamp with right click on directory and select 'play in winamp'. In that case it doesn't matter if you have id tags set up or not. I miss that on Android a lot.


texts: Permission denied while trying to copy some data from computer on to Samsung Galaxy J5

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I updated the firmware couple of days ago. After that I've been trying in vain to copy some data from my linux (Debian box) to Samsung Galaxy J5, SM-J500F

This is the command I have been using -

─[$] sudo cp some-content /run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A005%2C019%5D/Card/Android/media/Music_CD

Music CD was a directory made by me some months ago.

I get the following response -

cp: failed to access '/run/user/1000/gvfs/mtp:host=%5Busb%3A005%2C019%5D/Card/Android/media/Music_CD': Permission denied

Any idea why permission denied error is being given even though I'm sudo.

Android version is 6.0.1 . Please let me know if more details are needed as developer options are turned on.


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By "Galaxy Apps" I don't mean "apps installed on my Galaxy S4", I specifically mean the app called "Galaxy Apps". Apparently, the purpose of the app is to keep the pre-installed junk that cannot be removed Samsung's own apps up-to-date.

Just like "Play Store", "Galaxy Apps" shows a notification in the notification tray when updates are available. That's a good thing. However, unlike "Play Store", "Galaxy Apps" makes a noise when doing so. The noise is the same as the default SMS notification tone. That's a bad thing (or, at least, an annoyance), because it makes me think that I got some important text message when, in fact, I didn't.

To make a long story short: Can I somehow tell "Galaxy Apps" to:

do tell me when updates are available (I don't want security issues on my mobile phone just because some junk that I don't use some pre-installed application is not up-to-date), but
be silent while doing so?


texts: How can I record video with lossless audio?

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The stock video recording app has some preset lossy compression audio setting and I can't find an option to adjust it. I don't like that "tin foil" sound, due to the compression.

Is there a way to have lossless audio when recording video?

(My phone is a two year old LG-P690)


texts: No network after installing CM7 on Xperia Arc

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After successfully installing CM7 on Xperia arc by following the steps here, my phone doesn't pick up any network. I looked through the forums and see that some people have reported the same problem. I downloaded the stable image from CM home page for Xperia arc.

After scouring through xda-developer forums I came across this new ROM for arc, does it solve the problem? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310313

Also found these in the forums, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102523&page=127#1263 which essentially says,

Use flashtool to flash baseband_36 (.tft)
Use fastboot to flash cm7 custom kernel (boot.img)
Use recovery to flash the rom (wipe cache & factory reset then flash the rom)
Start your phone and go to apps menu
chose "Dev tools" -> Bad Behavior -> Crash the system server -> reboot

I am using linux and couldn't make sense of the first step to flash the file.

Any help on solving this problem would be very helpful.


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Placing scripts into /system/addon.d/ makes them execute before and after every OTA packag upgrade.
This
is
used
or
mentioned
in
multiple
places.
I have multiple questions about this:

Is this a general Android feature or just provided by many custom ROMs? If only ROMs, any notable exceptions?
Where is the documentation / specification / source ? I would like to get to the APIs that I can work with.
(related) What is it with this /tmp/backuptool.functions that seemingly anyone is sourcing at the beginning of the script. How could I find out which functions are provided by this and what they do?

Thanks a lot!


texts: Headphones don't work & music automaticaly starts

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I have a Samsung trend plus.
When I plug the earphones, the phone recognizes the connection and shows the earphone icon and gives the earphones connected massage. Then automaticaly starts music, which is not normal. But the sound comes from phone's speakers instead of earphones. I can barely hear the music coming from the speakers. And even in full volume setting, it has very low volume. I tried the earphones in my computer so it's not earphone problem. I tried restarting...


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My HTC Incredible (Verizon) has tried to update to either Ice Cream Sandwich (android 4.0.x) or just build # 4.x (I'm not sure which) for the past two weeks or so.  Either way, it has not been succesful.

Sometimes I'll get a notification telling me that the update has been downloaded, and asks me whether I wan't to reboot to install.  I tried that a bunch of times, but neither time did it even shut down after the ten second delay/grace period.  Once I tried going to Settings > About Phone > System updates, and downloaded the update and tried to install, but the same thing happened: ten second countdown, then nothing.

Now, the notification never pops up, and Settings > About Phone > System updates indicates that no new updates are out.  What's happening?

Thanks!


texts: I have latest nightly of cm12 (Android 5.x, Android M). Can I decrypt full disk encryption (which I know code of)? I have twrp and root, they should add support for that


texts: Need help in unbricking soft bricked LG G2 LS980

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I recently purchased LG G2 LS980 (locked on Sprint network in USA) in India and unlocked it to work in India. The build number of the software that came with phone was LS980ZV7.

The phone kept downloading OTA updates (which I could never stop) and I kept installing them. The software version updated from ZV7 to ZV8 to ZVA. After ZVA, the phone downloaded ZVA to ZVC update (611 MB) several times, installed but never updated the software version. In every update, the phone rebooted, optimized apps and booted normally.

One day, I installed TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) on my phone. The phone again downloaded an ZVA to ZVC OTA update . I went on to install the OTA update. The phone rebooted into TWRP and never booted back into normal mode since then.

In an effort to restore the phone, I did what ever possible to restore the phone. I even did the hard reset of the phone. But the phone still boots into TWRP.

Now, in a way, the phone is "soft bricked". And the only option (I may be wrong) seems to flash the phone with a custom ROM.

Any help please.

Thanks in advance


texts: Tilting Huawei Ascend Mate 2 just right displays a gray screen with a clock

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I can be in a game or any other up, but when I tilt my phone back a little to avoid glare, this notification thing comes up with a clock. If I hold it just right and scroll right it shows me the weather and the status of my internet, data, bluetooth and GPS.

It is really annoying and I have no idea how to stop it from happening. I am trying to snap a screenshot of this and if I manage to, I will upload it.

Any ideas?


texts: Apps/explorer associated to "select file" app dialogs

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Some apps(A) need to select a file, and  they show a dialog to chose a file explorer(B), and from this file explorer you can select the file and automatically you should go back to the main app.
Problems:

Some file explorer(B) after selecting a file don't send the app/path automatically to the requesting app (A) . e.g. Ghost commander, x-plore

After chossing an app/file explorer (B) next attempts of selecting file will use automatically the previously select app(B).

Question:

Where is stored the configuration/association of a file explorer(B) and an app(A) that has a file selection dialog?

How can be reseted the stored/default file explorer(B), so the chossing dialog appears again? *

*( i have the workaround of uninstalling the file explorer but  but it should be better methods)


texts: How to turn mobile hotspot off using ADB

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I need to turn the mobile hotspot off using ADB. I'm using various Samsung phones with Android 7 & 8.

I'm planning on opening the settings activity and using keyevents. I know the Mobile Hotspot and Tethering settings page is com.android.setting/.TetherSettings but beneath that there is a Mobile Hotspot page. Does anyone know how to open that page with ADB?

I'm open to alternative methods of turning mobile hotspot on and off with ADB.

Suggested solution in How to turn on the wi-fi hotspot using ADB? does not work for the phones I've got.

On Android 7 and earlier you can achieve the desired result by turning on Wifi (which automatically disables the hotspot) and then turning Wifi off again. However Android 8 thwarts this by popping up a warning dialog which has to be dismissed.


texts: Update to Android 5.0 Lollipop on Nexus 7

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I currently own a Nexus 7 (2013) device, but after updating the OS several times, I am stuck at Android 4.4.4. I know that Android 5.0 Lollipop has been released for the Nexus 7, but I don't know why I can't download it.

Is there a way for me to download it without sideloading/factory imaging my device?


texts: What is Direct Boot or File Encryption in Android N

texts:
The title says it all

What is it and how does it help users?

While this is a self answered question, additional inputs especially from hands on experience are welcome


texts: Google Backup: Multiple devices using the same account - what happens on Restore?

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It is nothing new that one can use multiple Android devices with a single Google account. Switching on a new device for the first time asks whether one wants to store one's data with Google, which then would always sync "some stuff" to the Google servers, basically

some application data (if the apps support it explicitly)
Wi-Fi passwords
browser bookmarks
a list of the apps installed from Google Play
words added to the dictionary used by the onscreen keyboard
most of your customized settings

Details might be found in the Google Dashboard. Relevant questions here covering those issues include:

What info does Google backup?
What exactly is synced with Google?
How does Android sync the WiFi Profiles?

The Developers API on Google Backup gives some further insight on how the backup stuff is supposed to work (and several questions here show how it really works -- that is, sometimes it does, sometimes only partly, and sometimes not at all). Aside from reliability and the fact that not everybody wants his private data in the cloud (and even mentioned API reference2 warns: Android makes no guarantees about the security of your data while using backup. You should always be cautious about using backup to store sensitive data, such as usernames and passwords.), my main question is:
Having backed up data from multiple devices using the same account:

what would happen to a factory-reset device being used that way before? Would it be recognized, and have only those things restored which have been used on it before?
(device-identification could e.g. take place e.g. via IMEI (but not via the Android_ID, as that might be gone with a factory reset) -- and this could be the reason for the behaviour described in Nalum's answer)
what would be restored to a (new/factory-reset) device you just initialize for the first time with this Google account?
(if devices would be identified with backups in the Google account used, this could trigger a special action for "new device", e.g. "restore all, device changed!" -- or "restore all from the no longer connected device X, as it was probably replaced!" -- but stick to "restore only what was on that device" in case of a factory-reset)

The deal is: If one has multiple devices, they are often used for specific issues, so one does not want everything on all devices. As I've seen no way to chose which data to backup (e.g. to exclude those "sensitive data" we have been warned about: WiFi passwords would belong to that category), I assume there's no choice on restore either? So how is this handled?


texts:
I got a smartphone on android, and when it is attached trough USB to my computer (windows or linux), I'd like to have it ring or do notifications in the headphones of the computer.

Is there a way to do it ?


texts: Is there a universal way for a circuit to detect battery life and report it to the stock OS?

texts:
It must be noted that I know very little about programming, and don't even own an Android device, however I am considering building one(Learning whatever it takes.)

My question is simply, if I were to build an android computer, using a development board such as the Odroid C1, is there a standard way, using any battery, that I could make a circuit to detect battery level and connect it to the board using IO pins, and report the level to the OS in a way that doesn't need a custom driver to be developed, so that the stock Android OS can display the battery level.

The purpose of this is so that if I were to replicate many of these computers, I could simply install the stock Android OS and it automatically detects the battery level, so that I would not have to install a custom driver on every single one.

Everything I have asked may not make any sense, as I am not very familiar with android at all. I'm asking under the assumption that Android works similarly to a typical Linux OS.


texts: I made some screenshots with my Nexus 4. On the phone, I can open them, and they are all viewable. I edited some of them on the phone. When I copy them to a Windows 7 PC, they are all 0 bytes big and not viewable. Is this a bug?


texts: Import SMS/MMS messages and Call log backup to Fresh LineageOS

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I switch from Google Android to LineageOS and prepare all my data to be ready for the switch. Everything is on Nextcloud so, Contact, Photos, etc are already out of my device. I want to backup SMS/MMS messages and Call log. I can backup them with Samsung Switch, but is there a way to import them in LineageOS after?
Update 1
I'll not install LineageOS with Google Apps support, so any apps from Google Play will not be able to run after the LineageOS install. I can install app from F-Droid or run command line in Linux shell if needed.
Thank you!


texts: How to check sim lock via Terminal Emulator

texts:
I wonder, is it possible to check sim lock status in Terminal Emulator? Is there any universal command for most of Android phones?

I know many different ways to check this issue, but I'm just curious.
Thanks


texts: Why does my device keep crashing into boot loop?

texts:
I have tried several 'solutions' for resolving boot loop issues.

My MT6582 keeps crashing. Every 2-5 days, I have to re-flash the stock ROM and start all over again. I've tried different scatter files and using SP Flash Tool to flash them to the phone but the tool either gives me an error or the phone boots back into boot loop.

I've tried:

MTK droid Tools, Mobile Uncle, MagicBox, TWRP, CWM, PHILZ...following all of the tutorials and guides to the letter but, so far, nothing has worked...
Sideload.
Creating a custom ROM using kitchen.

If there's a 'possible fix' out there on the web, I think I've tried it.

Can someone help me with this problem? I'm sick of flashing my phone and reloading all the apps, setting preferences and then having it crash! At the very least, I should be able to create a scatter file that has my apps, userdata and preferences that I can flash when needed.  (Teach me how to do that!)

The phone is a Blu Studio 5.0 C HD (Mediatek 6582) with KitKat 4.4.2


texts: Google play is asking for Google account

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My phone (Samsung s3 mini) isn't accepting any Google account: every time I try to enter anything like Googleplay for example it would ask for the Google account. It sais either EXISTING or NEW, and I've tried both of them – none of them worked.

It then says checking account or something, then...couldn't sign in to account.

The same works fine on my other devices.

How can I get that fixed?


texts: On my Nexus 5 I have a persistent search bar that appears on all screens, regardless of launcher. I cannot remember or find where and how I set this.  I would like to set the same feature on my Nexus 7.  Any ideas, anyone?


texts:
My background: I'm 30, my mom is 68 and terrified of technology. I gave her her first computer 2 years ago, and she's visibly terrified to use it, so I bought her a tablet for this Christmas.

Personally, I hate tablets, but I bought her a Lenovo 10" tablet running Android Jellybean 4.2.2. Now, I'm an iPhone guy, so I have never played with Android in the least. I am trying to install all the programs she will use so it's ready to go... one situation is I know she and my aunt will both want to use it to access facebook. (As horrible as this sounds,) they don't know how to change accounts; to solve this, I would like to create two profiles on the tablet.

The problem is, I don't have the "users" option in settings to let me create multiple user profiles. Does anyone know how to get around this (without Linux emu hacks)? Thanks!


texts: Are there any landline phones running Android?

texts: I'm looking for a landline phone (not necessarily cordless) which runs on Android and gives me the associated control, customisability, and for a bonus, market access. Does such a thing exist?


texts:
I'm confused about synchronization of events between Google Calendar and Android (version 2.2). I used to receive a SMS and/or email reminder about events on Google Calendar (I set them up on PC). However, as I see, I can add ony a pop-up reminders using Android. Moreover official Google calendar application doesn't display SMS and email remainders conected with particular events...
One more thing, I had set up default reminders for specific calendars in Google Calendar. When I add new event on Android and synchronize then, it shows up, that Android override my default calendars' reminders!

Is it a common bug or something? Or maybe it's a Google policy, that I don't understand...


texts: Location and filenames of wireless drivers on Android 5.02, Kernel 3.10.49?

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I am looking to fuzz the wireless drivers and linked / associated files on Android 5.02, kernel version 3.10.49.
I am looking for vulnerabilities in those files.

I believe I need to know what the files are called, and where they are located - this is what I'm requesting.

I have searched via google, and believe they may be part of specific builds of Linux kernel.


texts:
Is it possible to use FTDI chip with Android 2.3.6? I've found an application which works with FTDI chip, but it uses Android 3.1 and later.

I'd like connect my phone to peripheral hardware over UART. This company provides the FTDI chip which can be used for it, and they provide an application (see above), but it's only for Android 3.1 and later. I'd like to use it with Android 2.3.6, but I think it's missing Android Open Accessory Protocol which is needed for it. Is there is another possibility to connect it to peripheral hardware?


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This is my first post, so apologies if I don't make things as clear as they should be.
I'm trying to flash MIUI_0.8.1-2.9.7zip on HTC Desire. I'm doing this through goomanager. I wiped data, cache and dalvik cache and installed the zip from a sd card. While installing I get the following message on screen...

E:missing file
 system/media/audio/ringtones
 argonavis.ogg

E:verification failed

Then it aborts installation. Do I need to partition the sd card? If so, what would be the best way to partition it? Through Rom manager or Gparted? Currently I'm using MIUI GB version 2.3.7, I have S-ON
Many thanks in advance for any advice.


texts: Now I have Snapchat 10.23.11 on Huawei and my friend has the same ver but on Samsung device. I have muted system Camera app and in system app there's no shutter sound. In snapchat when I'm takeing a photo by back cam without flash light there's annoying shutter sound but my friend on her Samsung device with the same Snap version doesn't have a shutter sound. What's going on? When I had a Snap version from about October 2017 there wasn't shutter sound. Last days I've updated Snap app and all others app and the shutter sound apperared. How to remove the shutter sound?


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I made a group in Viber by mistake. The other members complain that their phone number is made known to uknown people.

Can I delete the group?

I read that "When all participants leave a group, it will automatically be deleted". How someone can leave a group? There is not a choice to "Leave group".


texts: I installed an incompatible kernel with CyanogenMod - what do I do?

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I installed Faux kernel on my Nexus 5 with CyanogenMod 11. I forgot about CM's special kernel setup when installing Faux - how do I uninstall, or wipe my phone to reinstall CyanogenMod?

I use ClockworkMod Recovery and know ADB


texts:
This morning, I turned on my phone and it seems to have lost every free app (including Google Play Store, Google Search and Gmail). However:

Every paid-for app is still installed and working.
My contacts, photos and other data seem to be intact.
The missing applications are still listed in the application manager, but are lacking their icons and names (e.g. Spotify displays as com.spotify.mobile.android.ui) and display with size 0.00B.

Any ideas on what might have happened? It's currently running Android 4.3, but I'm not sure when it might have last updated.


texts: How long should the first boot take with CyanogenMod 9?

texts: On XDA Developers they say "Frst boot will take some time...", but I've waited 25 minutes and my phone has not finished booting. About how long does the first boot usually take?


texts: I have a galaxy s4. I had the screen locked with a pattern. My 1year old daughter got a hoed of my phone and after the 5 incorrect patterns it asked for the pin. I entered the pin incorrectly  5 times so it asked me to wait 30 secs before trying again. Now I have the bar that says type pin code but when I tap the bar to type it in the keyboard does not pop up as usual so how do get the keyboard to pop up to enter the pin. I have tried restarting the phone, by pressing restart and shutting down and powering back up the phone  and  taking out the battery.


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Device: TorqueXT, Android 4.4.2

When I set the brightness to zero, and I turn off the screen and turn it back on, the screen is brighter even thought it still says it's on zero brightness (and when I raise the brightness and bring it back to zero it becomes darker than when it turned on). This only happens with the zero percent brightness.

I have completely formatted the device to see if that fixed it, but no success. Also, after formatting, I've installed a third-party app to control brightness, and it still does not maintain the zero percent brightness.

Any ideas how to fix this?


texts: How can I help my android phone find an mDNS device?

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I have a small WiFi gadget (based on an ESP8266), which is programmed to answer mDNS queries on esp.local. It can be discovered without any problems by iOS devices.

However, my phone's android (6.0.1) doesn't allow for this so I'm looking for ways to get this to work. The phone connects to my router's WiFi, so I think I can somehow go from there. I can install a local DNS to help resolve the address (there's an unused Raspberry Pi which could run bind9).

I also found this question which has an answer that indicates that I can change android's preferred DNS to a local one, so this seems to be feasible. I'm not sure if the way of changing the phone's preferred DNS server described there really works, but doing that plus installing a custom local DNS server seems to be the only practical way.


texts: Google Nexus One Android 2.2 -- Listen Volume very low

texts: I find that podcasts have very low volume on my nexus one, using the google listen application while using headphones.  My headphones have no volume control, and the nexus one is turned up to the max.  I don't suppose there's any way to up this more?  As it is now, I can't listen to podcasts while I'm on the bus/metro since the ambient noise drowns them out.  Maybe I can talk to the city to see if they will lower the volume on their public transit systems!


texts:
My wife turned on her Moto E 2nd Gen yesterday morning, and according to her it redownloaded everything from the Play Store. After this, hardly any application would work.

On getting home from work I investigated and found:

Webview was missing
the Gallery App was corrupt
a few other applications wouldn't start

Installing Webview fixed most problems, and Gallery App needed reinstalling too. The few other applications are third-party ones, and I will reinstall those as we find they don't work.

Why did this happen? Is it a known bug in Android, or something more serious like a hardware problem?

(The phone has an SD card slot, but we don't use it)


texts:
I would like to disable the "beep" that is played when I hang up.
My Android 2.3.4 phone has no option to do that in the settings.

What can I do? Do I need to upgrade my Android version, or what?


texts: LG G2 model VS980 4G Bluetooth File Transfer

texts: I am unable to get my LG G2 (Verizon, model VS980 4G) with Android 4.2.2 to successfully transfer files using Bluetooth. I had one app work a few times, then that too stopped working. I can get the phone and computer to pair, but not transfer. Any ideas, this should be simple?


texts: What can cause wifi to be extremely slow (1mbps)?

texts:
As mentioned in the question, wifi is slow on my device (1mbps) and only gets fast (80mbps, normally it's 100-250mbps) for a few seconds after I forget the network and join back again. I have a Samsung S20 Ultra. I don't have VPNs enabled although I do own one by speedtest.net (it's not enabled).
What I have tried:

Forgetting and joining back the network
Power off/on device
Turning airplane mode on/off
Reset network settings
Deleting VPNs
Switching network modes

The wifi works well with my laptop (250mbps).
My network mode is currently LTE/3G/2G and I am not sure what to do next.


texts: Contacts from SIM card are not visible on MIUI

texts: How I can I display contacts from SIM card on my new Android phone? (Xiaomi with MUIU)


texts: Ignore / stop incoming bluetooth connect/pair requests

texts:
since a while I receive bluetooth request from my neighbors Harman Kardon media center.
Once I accidently 'clicked' the request and suddenly we were connected (no code or handshake needed).

Since I disconnected from the media center, it keeps sending me requests to pair/connect again.

I can of course click cancel on each request, but it keeps bugging me ( approx. every 60 seconds, so it's a sort of a request terror.....).

I asked the neighbor if he can turn it off, but he is not capable or willing to do so.

So I was wondering: can I somehow block this device from sending me requests (well, not from sending of course, bur from my device alerting the request from this particular device)?

I run android 4.2.2 on an Acer v370 (Acer liquid E2)


texts: What's the most complete way to erase all the data from my phone so it cannot be recovered?

texts: I just got my replacement Droid and will be sending my current Droid back to Motorola.  I'm sure they are going to refurbish it and resell it.  I've backed up everything and I'm going to be keeping my microSD card, but how to ensure that all the data is completely wiped off the internal memory so there is no chance that it can be recovered by someone else?


texts: I'm sure this is pretty basic but its driving me nuts. I have a new tablet (cheap one) with Android 6.0 on it.  When I touch an icon on the desktop I get a vib and noise. The only way I've found to shut this off is to turn off all sound and vibrations - is there a better way of just stopping the touch noises.  I've found how to turn off the keyboard noises, but not the "icon" noises.  Any help would be appreciated.


texts: I want to run the Compiled images of the Android RPI 3 on an Emulator, i have looked everywhere but i didn't find any way to emulate raspberry pi and side load the images. Is it possible to run raspberry pi android image on emulator or any image of another hardware on an emulator ?


texts:
My OnePlus Two has 64GB Internal Storage and no SD card.
It shows Phone Storage Full warning. When I investigated, I saw below stats and am unable to free space.

Settings > Storage & Memory > Storage & USB
Internal Storage 53.62 GB Used of 54.00 GB

Break Up

  Apps      14.00 GB
  Images   565 MB
  Videos    8.00 KB
  Audio     44.00 KB
  Other      38.94 GB
  Cached Data   3.64 MB

I clicked "Others". Next, "Explore" > "File Manager" > "Categories" > "Phone Storage" > "Storage Information".

  Images   170.57 MB
  Audio      1.98 GB
  Video      1.02 GB
  Others    14.9 GB
  Archives   538.09 KB
  Apks          35.46 GB
  Documents   117.16 MB
  Available        339.48 MB

When I check "apks", I see several apks for each app (which are presently installed or were installed in past). It looks like on each update of the apps, the apk file for each update in present on my phone.

I have tried some uninstalling apps but that does not remove all apks. I still see several apks for each app which I uninstall.

Example of apk names.

Facebook_140.0.0.24.91.apk  86.2 MB
Facebook_141.0.0.31.91.apk  86.2 MB
Facebook_136.0.0.22.91.apk  82.37 MB
Facebook_135.0.0.22.90.apk  81.79 MB
Facebook_130.0.0.45.70.apk  81.77 MB
Facebook_134.0.0.25.91.apk  80.69 MB
Facebook_132.0.0.20.85.apk  80.55 MB
Facebook_131.0.0.32.69.apk  79.53 MB
::
::
Facebook_114.0.0.20.70.apk  69.49 MB

Similarly for each other app on my phone.

OxygenOS version 3.5.8
Android Version 6.0.1
Android Security Patch Level March 1, 2017
Kernel Version 3.10.84-perf+
OnePlus@ubuntu-56 #1
Mon Mar 13 11:40:18 CST 2017
Build Number ONE A2003_24_170313

Please help. Any solution other than phone reset ?


texts: There have been a lot hype about NFC lately, and I am eager to try it out, but unfortunately I dont think my HTC Desire HD supports NFC. Is there a way to enable NFC for HTC Desire HD ?


texts:
I have met a weird problem on a Samsung Galaxy Note 2, running Android 4.3, with an origin-forgetton rooted rom.

getenforce returns "Permissive", so selinux is Permissive.
cat /proc/self/status returns CapBnd/CapEff/CapPrm ffffffffffffffff after su, so all the capabilities are granted.
su is from chainfire's SuperSU.

The syndrome is, after su any executable under /data calling execve() fails with EACCES.  BUT, execve() under /data is permitted by a normal user.

To demonstrate, all the following experiments are carried out after su. Compile the following program into a static linked binary, say execve.

# gcc -static execve.c -o execve

/* execve.c */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  char *newargv[] = { NULL, "hello", "world", NULL };
  char *newenviron[] = { NULL };

  if (argc != 2) {
    fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <file-to-exec>\n", argv[0]);
    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
  }

  newargv[0] = argv[1];

  execve(argv[1], newargv, newenviron);
  perror("execve");   /* execve() only returns on error */
  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}

Running "execve /system/bin/ls" should be equivalent to "ls hello world".

But if execve is put under any subdirectory of /data, "execve /system/bin/ls" results in "Permission Denied".

If execve is put into any of /, /system, /cache, /mnt/obb. execve() works.
Remounting /data with exactly the same mount options as /cache does not help.
Symlinking a subdirectory from /cache into /data containing execve works.

ln -s /cache/test /data/test # /data/test/execve works

And in reverse, execve does not work.

ln -s /cache/test1 /data/test1 # /cache/test1/execve Permission Denied
Bind mount /data to /bind. /bind/execve works, but /data/execve does not.

mount -o bind /data /bind

Conclusion: There is soming preventing any executables under /data from making execve() syscall.  The mechanism has nothing to do with the filesystem attributes, and symlink is dereferenced before the mechanism is applied.

Question: What mechanism in Android could give this strange behavior?

Reference:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56264859&postcount=414


texts: How to keep notification badge when dismissing notifications?

texts:
I am running LineageOS 17.1 (which is based on Android 10). When I receive e.g. an e-mail or a Telegram message, the notification appears as you would expect and the app icon on the home screen gets a notification badge with the number of unread messages.
When I swipe such a notification away, the badge disappears. I have found posts on the internet claiming any of the following:

This is intended behaviour, system-wide.
This depends on the launcher.
This depends on the individual apps and the best way to get the badge to stay is to write to the respective developers.

Question
How can I make the notification badge persist until I have actually read the message?
I'm hoping for some hidden setting, but I'm willing to install some magisk module or if it's easy enough to contribute some code for adding such a setting to lineageOS (though I'm unaware yet of both their guidelines and the complexity of adding such a setting).
Use Case
On my old phone with android 7.1.1, that was the default behaviour and it was highly convenient.
Example Case 1
A friend sends me 20 messages on Telegram. I see in the notification that they are not urgent and swipe the notification away because it is not currently relevant to me and should not clutter my notifications.
After work, when I have the time to reply in detail, I do so. Or rather, I would, if I hadn't forgotten about the messages because there is no indication that they still exist.
For this example case, Telegram explicitly has options under the heading "Badge Counter" called "Enabled", "Include Muted Chats" and "Count Unread Messages". This implies that the app itself would feature the badge independently of the presence of notifications (since muted chats don't generate notifications).
Example Case 2
I receive an invoice on gmail. It's something I'll get to later. I don't open the e-mail yet so that it stays unread, and swipe the notification away.
System Information

Android version 10
Build number lineage_beryllium-userdebug 10 QQ3A.200705.002 5b9e5cef6f
rooted
POCO Launcher 2.7.4.6


texts: Access to Android phone's SD card from PC, without USB

texts:
This question is classical: how to access the phone's SD card from PC?
 Of course USB works very well, but I'm looking for a wireless solution.

I've already tried various apps and solutions, but very often, with these wireless solutions, I didn't have real full access to the SD card, like I would have for a USB flashdrive or a harddrive or a CD-ROM. (see image below)

Thus my question is : how to access the phone's SD card from PC, wirelessly, with full access to SD card from PC?  (I mean: having a drive letter F: and being able to run .bat batch files on this SD card from the PC; this works when connecting with USB cable)

Note: I've tried tools like installing "FTP server" on phone, connecting by wifi, and then using tools on PC that make FTP look like a removable disk. But this was very tricky, and at the end didn't work well. And above all it was not handy on every day use.


texts:
I don't know if here is the right place to put this but I need your help identifying what I believe is a Chinese tablet that a friend of mine received as a gift.

The problem is that it is locked in the boot loading process (it only displays Android on screen) and I need to reinstall it. The only information I have is what dmesg returned when connected via USB

:~$ dmesg | tail
[161396.250396] usb 2-1.1: Product: Android
[161396.250399] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: USB Developer
[161396.250401] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 20080411d412e5d
[161401.258415] scsi10 : usb-storage 2-1.1:1.0
[161402.252904] scsi 10:0:0:0: Direct-Access USB 2.0 USB Flash Driver 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[161402.253268] scsi 10:0:0:1: Direct-Access USB 2.0 USB Flash Driver 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[161402.254146] sd 10:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg9 type 0
[161402.254372] sd 10:0:0:1: Attached scsi generic sg10 type 0
[161402.257914] sd 10:0:0:1: [sdh] Attached SCSI removable disk
[161402.260390] sd 10:0:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI removable disk

I already try to find the serial number and the manufacturer on Google but I can't find anything related. I took some pictures from the tablet and the box

Box

Front

Back

Thanks