texts: Move photos from Android to PC wirelessly *in one step*

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My Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD is full of pictures. I have Windows 7, the USB cable, WiFi and Bluetooth. Photos are stored both on internal storage and overflow onto the SD.

I want to take all photos from my phone and put them in a folder on my PC in one step (i.e. not dealing with e.g. navigating to both SD and internal storage and copying DCIM files in explorer). I'd like to be able to do this possibly without an internet connection (e.g. USB could be ok if necessary, or an ad-hoc network from my laptop). This seems like a reasonable use case for a device with a camera, I just cant seem to find the app for it.

Everything I find is for "synchronizing" but I want the photos off the phone without having to delete them one by one when I'm done.

The best would be with both on WiFi I press a button and maybe type in a destination LAN IP address and boom, the photos appear in a folder on my PC and are removed from the phone.

Surely moving photos from a phone to a PC so more pictures can be taken on the phone is not a rare or unreasonable use case...something must exist to do this in one step

How do I do this?

Essentially, I'm looking for something even my grandmother could do.

The device is a Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx HD. Photos are stored both on internal storage and overflow onto the SD card (which adds a few steps to file transfers as well).

What I've found so far

I found an article on PCWorld.com but

The first option is the file transfer; which is fine but not what I'm asking about
There is Dropbox but it leaves the photos on the phone then I have to delete them manually
There is DoubleTwist but it also leaves the photos on the phone

Also:

AirDroid (suggested by keepcalm) is close and supports delete, although zips all the files (which can be time consuming to unzip especially for e.g. 15GB of videos) and for large numbers of files (> 150 or so) "select all" doesn't reliably select all. The other issue with the one massive zip file is theres no good way to resume on failed download (most of the zip will be recoverable but its not easily possible to go back and figure out which pictures werent included); and it fails for large files often because the connection timeout is shorter than it takes to transfer 15gb over wifi. Lame.
Photo Transfer App is great except it does not support delete (I contacted them and they say it is because on iOS apps are not allowed to delete user content; but I put in a feature request for their Android version - hopefully they implement it). Also "backup" mode must be used instead of "download" for large numbers of files because "select all" only selects the current page and the max page size is 400 files. Also all albums must be done separately (the Razr sometimes has 3 albums, two internal areas and the sd card). Not sure why nobody seems to be able to get "select all" right...
ES File Explorer running in local mode and transferring files to the PC is a pain because the UI is so tiny and hunting through folders for files is not what I'm looking for (plus for some reason this app crushes the CPU on my phone). Similarily, in remote (FTP) mode, and other FTP servers such as FTPServer, it's easier to do the moves on the PC side but still involves hunting through /storage folders and such. Plus you have to remember to delete the thumbnails because the Android gallery does not refresh them accurately and provides no way to force a refresh (yet another UX win for Android). Scripts could theoretically be written on the PC side to automate this; ideally I'd avoid complex initial setup as well even though it does potentially reduce the task itself to one step.
The suggestion below to copy photos then wipe the device...no


texts: I have an HTC on Verizon. I can see that when on cellular, I get both IPv6 and IPv4 addresses. Is there a way to disable v4 and use v6 ONLY?


texts: how to disable android headset/aux volume limit?

texts: While using my old Samsung Exhibit II 4G and now on my relatively new LG Nexus 4, I have noticed that music or media playback through headphones or auxiliary cable stops after about 30 or so seconds if the volume is higher than 3/4 of the max. Is this a bug? What seems even more confusing is that if you press play again, it stops the playback after less time (like 10-15 seconds) and continues to shorten the time it will play back until you lower the volume below 3/4. Can this be disabled? And what is it anyway? It is not app-specific and it doesn't care if I have the volume maxed out if I'm using bluetooth or the built-in speaker.


texts: How to merge text conversations from multiple numbers into a single one?

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I have a handful of people who have more than two numbers they contact me from, and I find it annoying to have so many different conversations for one person. I'm looking for a way (preferably, an app) that would let me just have one 'conversation' and just change the number.

I had a phone that did this automatically. I'm 99% sure it was a dual-sim phone, so I'm pretty sure it's possible to do.


texts: Putting in an SD card made my zedge ringtones unusable and I can't access the pet shop app etc.,

texts: I don't have an android, but my girlfriend said she needed an SD card so I got her one. She put it in her phone, it just said 'setting up SD card' and she didn't have to do anything else. It made her ringtones for specific callers stop working. Then it stopped even showing her downloaded ringtones in zedge and started using a 'default' ringtone which is one she had never heard, her phone is a T-Mobile touch and its default ringtone is the T-Mobile theme not the one that is playing. She has also been using a pet shop game on her phone for about 2 years and now she can't use it. It will just say the app isn't installed. Going into the application manager I can see that there is a file with the word 'petshop' in it saying it is on the sd card, the file and the other 2 (one is ebay app) are grayed out. She is going to be really upset if I can't recover that app for her. The whole purpose of the SD card was so that she could move all of her pictures of our son on to it in order to have them printed out or to move them to a new phone when she gets one. I don't honestly even know how to do that. As I said I've never owned an android myself. I know this is more of a powerusers forum, but I need some help here and I'm sure that someone here knows exactly what to do. Thanks!


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I've just bought a Lenovo B phone with Android.

I've added my Gmail account and have enabled the Gmail sync in the phone's settings. It has downloaded all my emails, however it won't properly sync which emails have been read or not.

I read a couple emails on my MacBook using Thunderbird... however on my new phone, the Gmail app says that these emails are unread.

I know it's not a problem with Thunderbird, because I also have a Samsung A3... and my mail on that phone is all up-to-date in terms of what emails are read / unread.

Also the sync settings in my Lenovo say that it has sync'd within the last few minutes (I originally set it up about 30 mins) and this was way after I read those couple emails. So it should have updated them by now.

Does anyone know what might be wrong?

Edit:

I tried sending myself an email using Thunderbird... it showed up on my phone where I then read it. Thunderbird then showed the email as read... however on my device those earlier emails that I read using Thunderbird are still showing as unread... very strange


texts: Can I download folders from Google Drive to my Android device

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I have recently saved a lot of music and pictures onto my google drive and now I would like to save them from there straight onto my SD Card (in my S4). I know if I press on the file for a few seconds it gives me the option to save it but like I said I have a lot on there (roughly 4000 pictures and songs) so to do it all individually will take a lot of time I don't really have...

So my question - is there a way to download everything in a folder at once or is there a "select all" option in google drive?


texts: ".walkfree" folder automatically created in SD card, and APKs downloaded into it without any notification

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In my SD card a folder is created on its own named .walkfree by an unknown source, and in that it automatically downloads .apk files showing no notification of being downloaded, and if deleted, a new same folder appears and again apps are downloaded, and it does not stop.

What is going on?


texts: Adjust/personalize auto-correction on Android

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Using a Moto G Play with Android 7.1.1 installed. Whenever I type the word ie. (that is), this is auto-corrected to one of:

or.
IE.

The auto-correction selected appears to be random (perhaps based on context). I would like to tell my phone to NOT auto-correct ie under any circumstances. If I meant to type or and accidentally typed ie...that one is on me!

Is there any way to adjust auto-correction by manually entering personalised phrases (such as into a dictionary)? I don't want to turn auto-correct off entirely.


texts: Why is Google Calendar reminding me it's "Easter Sunday" on 19 Jan 2016?

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A recent update to the Google Calendar app on Android enabled Google Keep reminders to be displayed on the calendar - which is what this looks like. However, I have no such reminder set!? It appears on both the Google calendar widget and inside the app itself.

If I tap-through on the event it does confirm that it is linked to my primary Google account. Whilst I do use Google Keep on this account and do in fact have two reminders set (which do appear on the calendar), there is no such "Easter Sunday" reminder (checked Android, Web Interface and iOS app).

This "reminder" only appears on the Google Calendar Android app. It does not appear on the Google Calendar iOS app, which also shows reminders (the other two reminders are shown correctly). It does not show on the web calendar - but this doesn't appear to have the option to show Google Keep reminders.

I've tried a manual refresh/resync, but this makes no difference.

Searching for "easter" or "sunday" within Google Keep on Android (or Web interface / iOS) does not return any results.

If I hide "Reminders" (uncheck the option in calendar settings) for this Google account then this erroneous reminder does indeed disappear from the calendar.

Latest Calendar app - version 5.3.1-109151569-release. Nexus 4, Android 5.1.1

Seems a bit weird.

Any ideas?


texts: Modify shared_prefs XML file from adb shell

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My Tolino Vision 4 HD e-book reader has no vi, vim.tiny or any other text editor executable, so to edit files I have to "adb pull" it to my PC, modify it there and "adb push" it back.
This takes too long for quick tinkering. "adb push" also sets new user+group to the file (root:root) instead of the original permissions.
Is there an in-built cli tool to modify application shared_prefs XML files while inside adb shell? (Add a new property and value, modify existing property's value, delete property)

I already patched adb to allow root access, so permissions are not a problem. I'm just asking for a convenience tool.


texts: Battery charging indicator and USB has, sort of, stopped working on my Samsung Google Nexus I9250

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I know the battery is still being charged because
1) when I power off the phone while the phone is plugged into a USB connector the screen shows the battery symbol with a lightning bolt and then a battery with a animated fill.
2) When I power on the phone the battery charge status screen now displays an expected and much higher value than before the phone was rebooted.

The indicator is now not showing that it's plugged in when I've tried three different chargers and cables which worked just fine in the last few days.   The battery percentage slowly drops even though it's still plugged into the USB cable.

This started happening shortly after I installed the Lock Screen app.   It has since been uninstalled but the problem persists.    I don't quite see how it could've mucked up the settings but the author does have a related Battery Saver app so I suppose there could be some code in there.  I tried installing the Battery Saver app which didn't make a difference.  I've uninstalled it.   I've emailed the author but haven't heard back from them yet.

Added later:
Further testing shows that after I power cycle the smart phone the USB connection is recognized once per connection cycle.  That is the AC USB cord works once indicating that the device is being charged via the AC.  And once the AC USB cord is pulled and plugged back in it no longer changes the status.   The same thing happens with a USB cable connected to my laptpo for data interchange.

However this doesn't always work.  Just most of the time.


texts: Can I see daily mobile data usage (excluding Wi-Fi) on the home screen using a widget?


texts: I used Google Takeout, how do I remove this data?

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Google Chrome Bookmarks, extensions and history. I don't use chrome anymore.

Google Play library, I cleared it in google play but the installs.json and library.json are still huge and contain uninstalled apps.

And lastly all Google Play reviews I did.

(This is not off-topic, since it is about google play and chrome)


texts: Moto G6 not charging, not connecting via USB and battery indicator frozen at zero, not enetering battery saving mode

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Here is how problem came about:
I unlocked my moto G6's bootloader and fastboot flashed twrp-3.4.0-0-ali.img in it. I opened TWRP trough the recovery option in fastboot, and enetered my PIN, but TWRP was unable to decrypt my storage. I noticed that TWRP was showing that the CPU temperature was at 34ºC and battery full. Then, I clickend on "cancel" the operation, kept TWRP read only and rebooted to delete the fingerprint recognition in system settings, which I thought could have been causing the failure of TWRP to decrypt. That didn't work, but this time I shut my phone down with power button. I am unsure if I did so before or after cancelling the operation, but I didn't choose the option to keep TWRP read only. I also noticed TWRP showing a ridiculously high CPU temperature before turning off. Regardless, it disappeared. I can now boot normally but I am having the issues described in the title. I tried a factory reset from moto but it solve this problem.
I performed a full adb backup before unlocking the bootloader with the command

adb backup -apk -shared -all -f C:\Users\

However, I may not be able to restore this backup via USB, given that my phone is not connecting via USB.
Any ideas of what to try?


texts: Most frequently used contact is muted but mute isn't checked, how to unmute/demute?

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I mainly use my phone to contact one person. Recently the contact's texts got muted so no notification sounds. In the conversation view the little mute icon shows but in the menu the mute option is not checked/ticked.

This happened before with the same contact and I had to delete the contact and recover the conversation from a backup. It's very strange that it has happened again. I'm seeking a simpler solution if there is one.

Does anyone know how to unmute notifications (demute notifications or reactivate notifications) for a single conversation or contact that has been muted but isn't muted in the menu.

In particular I've tried:

using the menu to mute, then unmute
using the menu to mute for a set time, on the hope it would then be unmuted
set the "ringtone" for the conversation to default
set the ringtone for the conversation to a non-default

There is no problem with the contact when receiving calls, texts from all other contacts are notified (none of them show as muted).

The phone runs Android 4.4.2 as in an Acer E380. It's on Three network in UK; contacts are synced to Google manually but I've checked on the Google end and can't see any settings that are relevant. Contact is in a group but other members of the group sending texts causes notifications to sound as normal (and they're all set to the same default "ringtone").

Thanks for any suggestions.


texts: Does Android 2.1+ support the ARM9 processor?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What are the minimum specifications for Android?

I want to load Android 2+ (i.e 2.1 or 2.2) on an ARM9 processor, is it possible?  If I could have a comparative chart of which ARM processors are supported by which versions of Android it would be helpful.


texts: How do you root a device with Magisk when it doesn't have a custom recovery

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This is a self answered question to address the subject of title.
With a recovery in place, rooting with Magisk is straightforward,it gets a tad difficult when you don't have a recovery.This was vaguely addressed in Stock image dump for running Magisk necessary?.
So, I thought of making a self answered question to

Help those who don't know and
Add to  canonical questions. It's important for our site to have such questions as easy reference (not-so-subtle request to others to post more self answered questions!).

Notes:

I have tried both Linux and Android versions of the answer and they work fine (tested on Pixel 4a, Android 11). The process may look daunting but it isn't (I know nothing about Linux, yet managed to root without issues).

Moderators are free to make this a community wiki, if more answers are posted depending on the device variants :)


texts: Xperia V heats up very much near the camera

texts: So I purchased this new Xperia V today, updated to last firmware 9.1.A.1.140, but when I do stuff on the phone even when not too CPU demanding, it heats up very much, and I mean really heated up, near the camera flash... What could be wrong?


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I have a micromax A300 and it comes with an internal memory of around 25 GB. The problem is that my memory dedicated to installing apk file which is around 1.2 gb seems to be showing 200MB more data than the amount being used by the apps.

According to the phone I have around 464 mb of apps...

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but when I click on the "apps" icon it shows:

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I don't understand why it shows an excess of 200MB being occupied. It has android 4.4.2 and my phone is not rooted. Any help on how I could delete these files would be great.


texts: Phone automatically hangup when the call is picked up by receiver

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I am having problems when I call people. Every time I try to make a call to someone I can hear the ringback tone, but as soon as someone picks up the phone or their voice mail activates my phone will automatically hang itself up. I'm not sure what  should I do. I thought that factory resetting my phone would work but I don't want to risk losing all of my information that I have stored in my phone.

Is there any possible solution to my problem?


texts: Can an Android device's security be circumvented when its screen is being changed?

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I had shattered the screen on my device (both touch and display) and it was locked with a password.

I took it to a nearby repair shop, and they took a long while to do touch-testing out of my sight after the screen was changed. The duration (about 20 to 30 minutes) made me quite anxious since I could see them touching it but not what they were doing on the screen.

Was it possible for them to have accessed the data in the phone (which was behind a pattern lock) by somehow circumventing it?

I also saw them plug the phone into a device which they said was related to testing, but it did not look like a computer. Is it possible to brute force "crack" pattern locks (or even passwords) within a few minutes with that kind of device?


texts: Combining Facebook contacts with SIM card numbers

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I have a new HTC One Mini and I can only import all of my contacts from Facebook, not just the ones I want in my phonebook contacts list, so that is really annoying.

Also, I added a few numbers to the SIM card, but I can't combine them with the Facebook contact that ubersync has come up with; I also can't add numbers to the existing Facebook contacts.

In addition, I can't edit the contacts I've added so far to the SIM card, so they can have images like in Facebook.

Adding contacts to this phone is really annoying the hell out of me, am I being stupid?


texts: How to save photos sent in Facebook chat?

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My friends and I often share pictures via Facebook and Facebook Messenger app.

I cannot save the photos to my gallery.

Please help


texts: Adding uninstalled apps to wishlist in Play store

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There is something in the Play store app that bugs me ever since I found out the problem exists: I cannot add previously uninstalled apps to the wishlist.

I made my research and found this thread on XDA where they acknowledge the problem, then this suggestion on Reddit which didn't even get a response and this useless thread on the Google Play help forum. I didn't find any other direct reference to the problem.

I tried to clear cache for the Play Store, but like with the guy that opened the XDA thread, it didn't work. I made sure to delete the app from the 'All apps' on all my devices. The web interface still shows 'Installed', I think this can be related. I think the problem lies in the Play Store, without anything the user can do to overcome the issue.

So my question is: does anybody know of Google acknowledging/addressing the issue in the future? Or, if there exists a workaround?


texts: Enable Location Service on Facebook Messenger app for Samsung Galaxy Note II

texts: How do I enable location services on Facebook Messenger app for Samsung Galaxy Note II?


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Started playing with the Privacy Guard feature in Cyanogenmod 10.2.1/Android 4.3.1. However, all the applications that were already installed are not retroactively enabled. Ideally I would like to try setting all the permissions to "ask" and see how it goes.

Is there a way to set app permissions in bulk?


texts: IMEI number publicly displayed whenever connected to Wifi

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I connected to Wifi (using a HTC Desire using Android 2.3) and a friend used an app (I think it was on an iPhone) to display information about devices connected to the Wifi hotspot.  I can accept the MAC address being available but isn't having your IMEI number publicly available make it easy for people to do negative stuff like clone it, then fake a phone on the same network with the same MAC address etc?  Or just report the phone stolen by phoning a network and giving the IMEI number?  Why is it visible anyway?  Can I change that field for the purposes of Wifi connectivity?

Note: I am in no way asking here for information on how to change the IMEI number of my phone - I know it's illegal in many places, and I agree with the law.  I just don't see why the IMEI number is relevant in this situation.

Update - to answer your questions/comments:

The Apple app is called Fing.

I saw the app running; my friend is not teasing/lying.

I'm 99% sure I was running the latest version of stock Android on the Desire, and not Cyanogenmod (which I later switched to).

I can't see that it's possible to turn a MAC address into an IMEI address.

The network uses WPA2. He wouldn't have had time to crack it.  I'm not aware Fing has a live, free, online WPA2 cracking capability.


texts: Android 4 for Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070)?

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Possible Duplicate:
  When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?

Does Samsung provide an update to Android 4 for GT-I9070 Galaxy S Advance?


texts: Home-screen shortcuts disappear after reboot

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In my Lenovo A2107a the shortcuts of the applications that they are running from the sd card or the onboard "USB" memory partition, they disappear after rebooting. How can I set of fix that?
The applications were moved via Android's interface and not by another app.
Android 4 ics.


texts: unable to connect samsung galaxy s3 via usb cable

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I have a Samsung Galaxy s3 and I wish to transfer some audio files from it to my PC, running Windows 8.

When I connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable, the phone beeps and begins charging but displays no USB connection notification. Likewise, the computer doesn't register the connection at all. I have googled the problem but only seem to find partial solutions, which don't fit my situation.

any help?


texts: Lollipop screen not locking, even after removing smart lock etc

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Since I played around with smart lock, my device just does not lock anymore.
I disabled smart lock, I cleared all credentials, I removed device administrators, accessibility accesses (Lastpass). Nothing helped.

Can anyone give me a procedure to reset this setting?

Thanks.


texts: Negative timespan on battery usage graph and blank WiFi data usage graph on CM12.1 after installing WhatsApp

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I recently installed CM12.1 on my Moto G 2013 XT1033. After installing WhatsApp and rebooting, the data usage meter isn't showing. The same goes for the battery usage details.

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data usage showing up weird data cycles.


texts: Is it possible to add a stopover or intermediate waypoint in Google Maps navigation?

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On the desktop version of Google Maps, I can add multiple destinations, or drag the route created to include a specific spot that is not on the original route.   Is there a way to do this on the Android version of Maps, short of navigating to the first spot, and then entering the final destination once that's reached?

I'm running Maps version 5.11.0


texts: I've tried creating an "alarms" folder on the root of my SD card on my Galaxy Note 3 (Jelly Bean 4.3) then unmounting and mounting it again. Didn't work. Tried an application (Tone Picker) to let me put the song as an alarm but still the song doesn't show up. When I select the song from Clock JB+, I can easily select the song with the File Manager app but the song won't be found when the alarm sounds then it will just sound the regular "beep" alarm


texts: How to determine cause of boot halt in Samsung logo screen?

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The apps kept crashing on my phone (even MIUI Home) so I shut it down using the long power press and selecting shut down/power off option.

When I powered it back on, it just stays stuck on the Samsung logo boot screen with the yellow warning sign (which has been there ever since I rooted it).

Here's what I tried which didn't work:

List item
cleared cache, dalvik, fixed permissions - FAIL
with above, it means booting into CWM works fine but booting into OS fails
reflashed with MIUI i9100 ICS 2.12.14 (still downloading 3.1.25 as I type this) - FAIL
removed micro SD and SIM and tried booting - FAIL
earlier today, it started doing the crashing thing too but after reboot, it went into Safe mode. I rebooted again to get out of safe mode. After booting back normally into OS, all my non-system apps were out of there arranged folders and just listed in the next home screens like they were all reinstalled.

So I got to backing up my data with CWM and did a data wipe and it now boots successfully.

I need to restore my data. Can't work with a fresh wipe.

With this, at least I know it's not a HW problem. Or is it? :O


texts: I'm looking for a way to set an alarm on my android 4.0 phone with Nova Launcher with a single click. An ideal solution for me would be: I install an alarm clock app (if necessary), create alarms in it and save them with aliases (for instance 5:30-"gym", 6:30-"sleep in", 7:30-"weekend"), then the app creates 3 shortcuts with respective aliaces or it shows a widget with these three options and I place those on my home screen. So when I finally decide whether I want to go to the gym tomorrow or not, I just unlock the phone and click the corresponding button - clean and simple. Let me know if there's a solution that might work. I'm even willing to try another Launcher, if one of them has it. Thanks!


texts: Android Notification Issues relating to time

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Over the past few weeks, I've had a serious increase in issues related to notifications on my Pixel, running Android 7.1.2. I'm beginning to suspect some sort of larger overarching problem, and I'm curious as to what the technical minds at Android Enthusiasts think.

My problems:

1) Notifications appear anywhere between 1 hour and 2 days late.

2) Clicking on notifications usually doesn't work, and sometimes presents the activity for the notification hours or days later. (example: I was at a CostCo and clicked on the location aware notification from the Google App, yesterday. This morning I was simply using my phone and then the Google Maps page for CostCo finally appeared.)

3) Do not disturb has failed to turn off at the appropriate time. (I set Do Not Disturb on Total Silence for one hour, eleven minutes after the time it was suppoed to turn off I looked at my phone, tried to change the volume, and the status bar appeared explaining the phone was on Total Silence for -11 more minutes. That's a negative eleven. In this instance, my sim card was out at the time, but I don't think that should have affected it.)

What could be causing these issues? Is it something timing related like I hypothesize?

Edit: I have rebooted multiple times and am fully up to date.


texts: How can I see what kind of car charger I have?

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I noticed that when using navigation plus GPS my phone (Galaxy S2) still discharges a bit even so its connected to a car charger.

While googeling, I found out that regular USB chargers only charge with .1 amp but since a car battery isn't drained so easily, there are also car chargers that charge with .5 amp.

Is there a way see on the phone how much its beinbg charged with ? My phone only displays "USB" or "AC".

I'd like to find out if buying a "fast charger" would make any difference or if I already have a charger that supplies .5 amp.


texts: I need to Semi permanently disable wifi on my tablet?

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Heres the thing i work in a secure industry which recently changed its security policies to not allow for wifi capable devices.  i thought there may be a way to disable the wifi on a tablet in such a way to disable any output from the antenna. im not alien  to using software mods and could be encouraged to learn some new code for this.  the issue on the companies end is not loss of secure info but a worry of viral jamming of the company equipment which must remain online. also id like to be able to bring the wifi capability back but bricking is not completely out of the question but i wasnt sure that would even work with a tablet.  the test at the end of the day will come down when they use a scanner to scan the wifi spectrum.  so if i could technically shift the frequency the antenna is on or drastically lower its power output that would be the best bet im just not sure how to tackle the problem any help would be great.
also im working with a nvidia shield k1 table currently running android 6.0 marshmallow

Thanks


texts: my phone won't reboot from fastboot mode it keeps coming back to fastboot mode

texts: I wanted to flash recovery.img in my phone but I accidentally flashed boot.img and now my phone is stuck in fastboot mode.


texts: How do I get Google completely off of my Galaxy S8+.


texts: Why does Battery Doctor say my battery is 50% charged while Android says 23%?

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Battery Doctor says my battery is 50% charged while Android says 23%:

Is there any reason why? I use a 4200mah Extended Battery on Samsung Galaxy SIII with Android 4.1.2.


texts: Don't ask before terminating mobile data connection

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My Samsung mobile phone (Android 4.x, released this year) keeps asking me every time if I really want to terminate my mobile data connection. No checkbox to remember the setting. That's annoying: More often than not I forget to confirm, and I'm on a data plan that charges per ping.

EDIT: The switch I'm using opens up when I swipe down from the very top of the display. I've seen this layout on my phone and on two other Samsung tablets, so I assume it's pretty standard.

Is there any setting to stop these messages once and forever? My question is kind of the opposite of https://android.stackexchange.com/q/67517/13266 .


texts: Is the kernel flashed automatically from CWM?

texts: By this, I mean, while flashing a firmware (update.zip) from ClockworkMod recovery, is boot.img also flashed or do I need to use fastboot separately?


texts: Is there a way to read a network log file directly from the Android device using a Linux tail command like?

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Is there a way to do what's asked in the topic subject for unrooted and/or rooted phones?

I'd like to read from a system log file instead of constantly listening the network activity for battery saving purposes.


texts: What is rootfs? Can I make persistent changes to my device's root filesystem?

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When I open up a terminal emulator and run the mount command, it indicates that my Android device's root filesystem (/) is of filesystem type rootfs. What is rootfs? Can I write to it? Will my changes persist even after I shut the device down?

Note: If you're an Android ROM developer who wants to add files to your ROM's rootfs, please see the relevant Unix.SE question instead.


texts: Reset to factory default on company phone - can I be still spied

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I just got a company phone. In terms of usage I got info that it is monitored (Samsung S10 with Knox).
However, I was able to reset it to factory defaults without any problems. Does this mean that it was just fake info to scare people and there can be no way of sending the usage data to the company (of course except sim card billing).


texts: What is the Android Permission "WRITE_GSERVICES" doing?

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There is a mysterious and undocumented Android Permission called: WRITE_GSERVICES. As usual Googles own documentation is even more mysterious than any bad fairytale, writing:

android.permission.WRITE_GSERVICES      Allows an application to modify the Google service map.

However Googling (!) for Google Service Map yields nothing useful.

What is it controlling and what is it used for?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and I just looked at the home screen and some of my app icons have a grey circle around them.

Is there any meanings of this? Is it possible to turn it off while still using TouchWiz?


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In my contact list, I entered a number of "household" contacts combined together.  For example, "Bob & Sally Smith", with the corresponding e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc.  The problem is that, if the e-mail address is also associated with a Facebook contact, it overrides my preferred naming system and shows the name of the Facebook contact.  For example, if the e-mail address were Bob's in my example, it would show "Bob Smith" instead of the combined name.

Is there a way to force it to use the name I prefer it to use?

Note that this may be specific to my phone - Motorola Droid.  A friend of mine has the Droid X and I might see if his does the same thing...


texts: I've synced my yahoo account to my HTX one X's mail client using IMAP which syncs regularly every 15 minutes, however if i've not looked at the phone for a while the email will mark itself as read and the notification disappears so i'm missing new emails if i dont open the client regularly. Is there anyway to stop this from happening?


texts: How does an app (e.g. Whatsapp) automatically detect when the phone receives a 2FA SMS verification code without being granted SMS read permissions?

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When installing some apps (for example Whatsapp) the user is required to receive a verification code on the phone via SMS.

I have noticed that some apps automatically verify this code as soon as the text message is received by the phone, without the user having to open the SMS message or type the code manually. The app does this without being granted any permissions by the user to access or read their calls and texts.

How is this possible, and is it a privacy or security concern?


texts: The voice notes are working if i hered them through whatsapp, but in storage, they are named "PTT......opus." but still arent working, the device says there is no application  to do this action, so do you have any idea how to solve this ?


texts: What algorithm does Android used to translate touchscreen events to scancodes?

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I have been debating someone recently about whether physical keyboards are faster than touchscreen keyboards. I have a lot of CS knowledge, but not a lot of Android knowledge. Therefore, during this debate, I have been reading up on how the Android system processes touchscreen events into keyboard events[1]. At this point, my understanding is this:

With a physical keyboard, the keyboard hardware itself can send a scancode that can be translated to an actual keycode at the kernal level through a simple lookup.
With a touchscreen, the hardware device is sending an X/Y position (along with some other data, but not a scancode), which then needs to usually be translated into a scancode by a previously exported virtual key map file. Then that scancode can be translated as expected.

This translation can happen either at the driver level or the software level. I cannot find any source code for driver level, but I found this Java file[2] which seems to do the translation at the software level. However, its implementation is absolutely not what I would expect. It seems as though the virtual key map file is loaded into memory as an ArrayList, where the VirtualKey is a simple static class with some helper methods. Essentially, the VirtualKey class has the bounding box and can determine if a given X/Y point would fall into that bounding box. When the system is checking a virtual key (findVirtualKey, line 786), it simply iterates through the list and uses a helper method to linearly search for the relevant key (it doesn't even bother to precompute the math on the bounding box, allowing it to happen each time).
Am I looking at the wrong place to understand the algorithm used in my phone's virtual key translation? I genuinely expected some kind of spatial data structure like a QuadTree. Is the dumb linear search on an arraylist more effective in practice despite the presumably terrible Big Oh? Have people tested the runtimes? Does anyone know where I can read more about this?
[1] https://source.android.com/devices/input/touch-devices
[2] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/f0e697839a7de4eb080430fd83d44c0b436fdc88/services/java/com/android/server/KeyInputQueue.java


texts: Open source app for remote wiping Android phone?

texts:
I recently lost my android phone, and regretted not having a remote wipe app installed. However, I do not trust 3rd party compiled apps with such power (too many weak links).

Does anyone know of an existing open source app to do a remote wipe?


texts: How to execute a file via adb command line?

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I am trying to root my Motorola Xoom. Root checker pro currently tells me that "Executing this file can grant root access!" So I want to try that.

the file is located in system/bin and is called su.

I have gotten this far:

adb shell

cd system/bin

How do I execute the system/bin/su file via the adb command line?


texts: Gmail doesn't show mail when opened from notification bar

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When I get a new mail on my Gmail and it appears on then notification bar and I click on it, the Gmail app starts and show the following only:

Click image for larger version

I waited for 9 hours, nothing changed.

For a test, I clicked on a random white area and the Reply function was activated!

So it seems, the mail was long open but the progressbar never disappears. If I press Back and open it inside the app, it shows the letter with no problem.

What could cause this?


texts:
A webpage got redirected to a "virus alert" malware page and I can't close it.

Deleted the cache, both the general tablet cache as well as the chrome cache, deleted the "unimportant data", did "force stop", restarted the tablet, but chrome still automatically opens that tab where I left off.

Google should make an option to close all tabs on exit or otherwise.


texts: Need more memory in micromax Canvas colors 2

texts: I have my one year old model of  micromax Canvas colors 2. As many of you may know, it has limited internal memory, So I cannot install app which are only stores in phone memory. I have to install so limited apps on my phones due to this drawback. Can anyone tell me how can I solve this issue?


texts: I was recording and video on my phone when the battery died, how can I recover the video file?

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I read the other questions I could find. This is completely different. My question is NOT about finding the file.

The file is on my phone. It is the correct size. It shows as an mp4 with the right icon on windows. It has an mp4 suffix. It's 22+MB so it's there. It will not play in MS Media Player or with VLC player. It doesn't show up on the phone itself in the gallery, but it's there when I connect the phone to my laptop.

I was recording the video, my battery died, the phone shut off while I was recording.

There are many programs on the internet that claim to fix video files, but I'm afraid to download any of them because I do not want to get a virus.

My phone is an HTC EVO 3D. My carrier is Sprint. My laptop is a Samsung running Windows 7. I recorded it regular mode not in 3D mode.

How do I play this file? How do I fix it? What should I do? If there's a piece of software I should download to my laptop to fix it, what is a good reputable site where I won't get malware/virus?


texts: How can I configure an OBD ELM327 cable to work with an ICS tablet?

texts: I bought an OBD ELM327 USB cable in order to use it with Torque Pro since Ice Cream Sandwich USB host capabilities and the Torque website claims that it works. The problem is that when I connect the OBD adapter to my tablet it simply doesnt do anything, but I expected the choose application window to pop up. I downloaded a usb device app and I can see that it is connected, but it doesn't recognize it. How can I configure it so when I connect it the choose app window pops up?


texts: Is there a window zoom shortcut on android 10 without using physical buttons?

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On android 9 I was able to utilize the "window zoom" vision accessibility feature by triple tapping on the home button to bring it up. On android 10 I cannot find that option. The only shortcut I can find for accessibility settings is to press the volume up and power button at the same time. Is there any way to get window zoom by tapping virtual buttons on android 10?
To clarify, there is a zoom feature that magnifies the whole screen by triple tapping anywhere on the screen, but I do not like this feature as it causes apps with virtual buttons like calculators to become laggy and less responsive. I specifically want the "window zoom" feature for when I play a game with text that is too small at times and I would like to activate it in-game without using the volume and power buttons.
Edit: My phone is an LG G7 thinQ


texts: problems detecting Asus nexus 7 on Windows 7 Home Professional (driver installation problem)

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I am having problems getting my Asus Nexus 7 detected on a laptop with Windows 7 Home Professional
When I connect the device to the computer, it says USB debugging mode enabled, but the computer does not detect it as adb device, MTP or camera, and it is displayed as a Nexus 7 with an exclamation mark in Device Manager.
I went to this website, but the drop down menu called OS does not show any options for some reason. After reading this post, I seem to remember that I had to install Windows Media Player 11 on another computer running Windows XP to get it to detect the Android device. Is there any way to do this without having to download Media Player 11 in this computer? Why isn't driver for Windows 7 available at the Asus website? Or is there any other location from where I can download it?


texts: Can I permanently disable the cell/radio of my phone?

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My wife got a new phone with a new service, so I get to have her old phone to play around with.

Since the old phone no longer has cell phone service, I want to completely disable the cell phone or radio portion of the phone so that it doesn't eat up battery. This is a CDMA phone, so there's no SIM card I can just take out.

Enabling Airplane mode works just fine, except that also turns of WIFI, which I have to manually turn on. And if I reboot, the phone stays in Airplane mode, but it turns WIFI back off.

Is there a way to modify the phone to turn off the cell portion completely and permanently, at least to be able to withstand a reboot (not necessarily a factory reset)?


texts: Can I access "/data/user/0/" folder in Android emulator from Ubuntu PC?

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I am using Ubuntu 18.04.
From Android Studio with the following code I am getting file directory
Context ctx = getApplicationContext();
final File filesDir = ctx.getFilesDir();

which is /data/user/0/com.example.ipfs/files/. I am running my app on Android Emulator. How do I go to the /data/user/0/com.example.ipfs/files/ folder from my PC?


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I have rooted my phone and changed /system/etc/hosts file to block Facebook(just for test).

However, since I did it, I am not able to edit the hosts file again. As a result, I cannot visit Facebook from my phone! I've tried some hosts editors in Google Play but without a result. I've also tried to mount system rewriteable but it returns error ("Mount: Operation not permitted").

I've already rebooted the device, didn't help. I have no custom recovery installed. I've used Playstore apps that promised doing the remount, but mount -o remount,rw system has the same issue. The superuser app in place is the one from KingoRoot.


texts: Google Search App Draining Battery on KitKat

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I am talking about the app that shows up as "Google Search" in the Battery statistics.

My Phone is a Nexus 4 on KitKat.

This app draws a lot of battery, up to 50% in idle standby. It also has a "Keep awake" value of usually at least several hours.

Possibly related, I noticed that my phone is ALWAYS awake according to the battery stats. One charge merely lasts 8 hours.

I have switched off Location Recognition and I have deactivated the Hotword Detection ("Ok Google") in the Settings for the google search bar on my home screen.

Does anyone experience the same problem and are there any suggestions for a solution?

EDIT: Disabling the search app solves the always awake issue and improves battery life. Of course this is not a real fix.


texts: Why is the stock Android dialer app incompatible with my Samsung J7 2017?

texts:
I want to install this app:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.dialer

to replace Samsung's customized dialer app.

But on that page it says:

"This app is incompatible with all of your devices."

Any idea why, or any workaround?


texts: I wanted to be able to intercept http/https requests in apps on Android. I figured the best way to do this was with Bluestacks and Proxycap. But when I configured both of them together, it still didn't intercept app requests. Does anyone have any idea how I could achieve this? Thank you!


texts: Auto-accept incoming bluetooth tether request?

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Everytime I tether my PC to use my phone's internet via bluetooth it (phone) asks for confirmation. Is there a way to auto-accept that confirmation or suppress it altogether?

This app doesn't work for me. (I'm not sure whether it's its intended purpose. Although it could be and it might be not working on my device... (I've sent email to the dev.))

I can't find any other apps...


texts: Why is Outlook for Android using a weird From address?

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My wife uses Outlook.com for her email and has an alias assigned from a domain we own.  The alias is the default address. Works great while she is using Outlook.com.

She also uses Outlook for Android (OFA) on the Samsung Galaxy Edge 7. She's signed into the same account, but when she goes to compose an email, the From shows as an odd outlook_398f6...@outlook.com address instead of her alias.

In the drop down of aliases in OFA, her normal outlook.com address appears along with the weird one, but the alias from our domain is not displayed.

Last odd fact is in the OFA account settings, the Account Name is actually listed as our domain alias account.

What I've done.

Swapped the default aliases a couple times on Outlook.com
Reset the account in OFA
Removed and added the account on OFA
Uninstalled and reinstalled OFA


texts:
Can an Android device with a 5Ghz-capable Wi-Fi chip, such as the Nexus 5, use Wi-Fi direct on the 5Ghz band?

If so, how? Couldn't find anything of substance on the net.


texts: My device is soft-bricked after some system errors

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Welcome!

Edit: the phone is => Prestigio Multiphone 5451 DUO, android version is 4.2.2

In the past days, I decided to download the larger Messenger app, and removed previously installed "lite" messeger app, and installed facebook lite app, and previously installed the larger FB app. And my phone stuck in a boot-loop. :(

After that, I browsed websites with Google Chrome app, then my phone started freezing with some org.android messages, then accidently the stock launcher is stopped too. I restarted the device, then a message showed up => "encryption unsuccessfull" like in this image

I unfortunately pressed the "reset phone" button, but it don't did anything so I unplugged my battery. Now, when it boot, it stuck in the logo.

Only thing I can do is to boot into stock recovery mode(vol_up, power and Home), and factory mode(vol_down and power)

I can "sideload" with ADB in Recovery Mode, but can't flash due to android signature? .. //edit: but PC sees the device.
I tried by listening adb on boot with both linux/windows, but they can't detect it..

I think someone can help me, I don't want to throw away a whole phone, because others fight with famine and so on. :(

Cheers, LeFizzy.


texts: Disabling lock screen app in a Oukitel WP5 Pro afr

texts: A friend just bought a Oukitel WP5 Pro powered by Android. It's up and running but he doesn't want the lock screen. In security it does not give the option "none". I went into app manager it doesn't so the app so i can't disable from there, I would really like some help. If I have to do a hard reset was should I do before I do it? I would like answers specifically for the Oukitel WP5 Pro. Thank you


texts: Security Pattern doesn't work on first attempt

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On my HTC One, when I enter the correct security pattern, it doesn't always unlock the phone. No error message will be presented either. Basically nothing happens once the correct pattern has been put in.

I then need to re-enter the pattern a 2nd time, and it will then unlock the phone.

Why is this happening? Is this a known issue?


texts: how can I randomize my MAC address every time my WiFi is turned on?

texts:
Given the increased prevalence of systems which track people's movements by their Mac addresses I'd like to obscure mine.

I have a rooted galaxy note 2 with busybox installed.  I can change my MAC address like so:

busybox ifconfig wlan0 hw ether 11:22:33:44:55:66

however, if I disable and re-enable my wireless, or I reboot my phone, it gets forgotten.  is there somewhere I can put a script so it will be run every time my wireless turns on?


texts: How do I transfer files in ClockworkMod between my phone and my computer if my phone doesn't have an SD card slot?

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So the phone can only boot to "ClockworkMod Recovery" due to unknown reason.

Is there a way to transfer files between my phone's internal memory and my computer? There is no SD card slot on the phone.

I don't have any other ROM in my phone which means I can't flash anything but the official ROM (through download mode) which I think will remove all the files.


texts: How to format SD card that has been formatted as internal storage for Android?

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I have tried clean all command in Diskpart and it took an hour to be completed but at the end nothing has changed. I think the SD card is locked and when I try to format or re-partition the disk, either it will show a successful result or it will return "Windows was unable to complete the format" error. I have tried to format it in Linux (this answer) and Android as well but no luck. Is there a way to reuse my SD card as a portable storage?

UPDATE: GParted details when I delete the partition

GParted 0.30.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize

Libparted 3.2

Delete /dev/mmcblk0p2 (unknown, 59.46 GiB) from /dev/mmcblk0  00:00:08    ( SUCCESS )

calibrate /dev/mmcblk0p2  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/mmcblk0p2 (partition)
start: 34816
end: 124735454
size: 124700639 (59.46 GiB)
delete partition  00:00:08    ( SUCCESS )
libparted messages    ( INFO )

Input/output error during write on /dev/mmcblk0
========================================

Delete /dev/mmcblk0p1 (unknown, 16.00 MiB) from /dev/mmcblk0  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

calibrate /dev/mmcblk0p1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/mmcblk0p1 (partition)
start: 2048
end: 34815
size: 32768 (16.00 MiB)
delete partition  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )
========================================

GParted details when I try to format:

GParted 0.30.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid --enable-online-resize

Libparted 3.2

Format /dev/mmcblk0p1 as fat16  00:00:01    ( ERROR )

calibrate /dev/mmcblk0p1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

path: /dev/mmcblk0p1 (partition)
start: 2048
end: 34815
size: 32768 (16.00 MiB)
clear old file system signatures in /dev/mmcblk0p1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )

write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 512.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 16252928  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 16711680  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
write 8.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 16769024  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
flush operating system cache of /dev/mmcblk0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
set partition type on /dev/mmcblk0p1  00:00:01    ( SUCCESS )

new partition type: fat16
create new fat16 file system  00:00:00    ( ERROR )

mkfs.fat -F16 -v -I '/dev/mmcblk0p1'    ( EXECUTING )

Failed to execute child process “mkfs.fat” (Input/output error)    ( ERROR )
========================================

Format /dev/mmcblk0p2 as fat32

Results for zeroing:

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=8192

dd: error writing `dev/mmcblk0`: No space left on device

7795969+0 records in
7795968+0 records out
63864569856 bytes (64 GB, 59 CAB) copied, 3824.26 s, 16.7 MB/s

Results for amd64-stdtool status:

[+] Found RCA for /dev/mmcblk0: E624.
[+] Card CSD: 400E005A7B590001DED48F700R808006.
[+] Write protection state: Off.


texts: What is Google's Stance on Keeping the Android Market Open to the General Public

texts: (And by "General Public" I mean, people who aren't paying $30 a month for data transfers, and just using wifi instead.)


texts: My (other) Moto G3 won't update to the latest Android version

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I have two Moto G3 phones (XT1541), the older one is on Android 6.0.1 and the newer(!) one is still on Android 6.0. Why is it not updating to 6.0.1 ?

The phones are international versions and the only difference I can think of is that the older phone is a 8 GB variant and the newer is a 16 GB variant...but the size of internal memory shouldn't matter, right?


texts: cant get my emails over a month old even though i didnt erase them

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A Model SM-T550 and I'm unable to see any emails older than about two months, but I did not delete the emails. How can I view my older emails?


texts: When I use my pull-down bar on chrome, there are literally hundreds of tabs open. I have touched the dots and closed all the tabs. then I receive a message that Chrome is not working. I have rebooted my phone, cleared the history, cleared the cache,most all, and every time I open Chrome browser there are hundreds of tabs open. Is somebody able to help me to resolve this? Thank you


texts: Clock in Notification Area Does Not Update

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 with Android 4.2.2 that is behaving strangely.  The clock on the notification bar refuses to update while I'm using the tablet or even while it's sleeping.  The only times it updates is when you go into date/time settings and change the time or when the tablet goes to sleep and wakes up again.  Another symptom is that none of the apps have updated in about two months.

I thought this clock (which is located in the notification bar (right next to the battery indicator and the wi-fi signal indicator) is part of the Android O/S.  It seems strange that the clock would just stop updating.  Any advice you could give (short of resetting the whole device) would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I have cyanogen mod on my Motorola Xoom. I did a reset and now I cannot access my keyboard. It's says 'unfortunately keyboard has stopped working.' I'm not connected to the internet. What can I do? Thanks


texts: Looking for "full-size" on-screen keyboard layout for Honeycomb

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All on-screen keyboards available in the market seem to be designed for phones, and as such most of them follow the "37-key" layout. However, using this layout on large (10") android screen is painful and breaks all quick typing habits. Even keyboards that try to mimc desktop keyboard are limited to letters and move special characters to separate layout or to other row of keys.

So the question is whether there's a soft keyboard available which completely mimics the main part of the regular computer keyboard, with digits row and all extra keys right to letters?


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I have just installed 4.2.2 PAC and S2E later. I have everything on sd-ext, there's 1600MB free space on sd-ext, and 140MB inside. However anytime i want to install an app, it says there's not enough free space.

I have restored some apps with MyBackup Root. I think that was the problem. How to solve it? I don't want to wipe data, I've made some important changes.

(system 219MB/220MB)
(cache 1MB/37MB)


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I have a BLU Vivo Air (non LTE) with 4.4.2 installed, and it has developed an issue where it will not download app updates over WiFi.  The download from the Play Store starts, but immediately goes to "download paused," and won't restart.
When I have tried looking for a solution, most people have an issue with not being able to download over mobile network, not WiFi.

I have tried clearing the cache on download manager and the play store and I have tried a factory reset.  Neither one solved the problem.


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I love the Call With... feature in the Google Voice webapp and use it often. It allows you to initiate a call from your Google Voice number by first dialing one of your linked phones then patching you through to the number you want to dial:

This would be perfect for my Nexus 7 - I'm often at home on my couch next to my land line phone wanting to make a call. I don't want a VOIP solution for the tablet, I'd rather tell GV to call my land line and patch me through to the number I want to dial (the call quality is much better on the land line). I can't find this feature in the Google Voice Android app. I've used the webapp, via Chrome, on the N7 but that's kind of clunky. Does anyone know of more finger-friendly way to initiate a GV call like this from an Android device?


texts: How do I get these toggles in my notification bar?

texts:
I was reading an article talking about the Galaxy Nexus vs. the Galaxy SIII, and ended up buying a Nexus (was a steal, and I knew it was getting JB).

Anyway, I've recently updated it to Jellybean, but I realised that I didn't have something that was showing in the article - the toggles they showed in the Notification bar (in the right hand image).

Are these provided in the standard ROM, by an app, or in a custom ROM? I can't seem to find them.


texts: How can I shut off sync or change its frequency?

texts:
I think the term is: how do I pull not push? I don't want the phone constantly checking for FB, new email, etc. every 30 seconds. But I cannot work out how to:

Limit this to once every hour or less
Stop it so that I can refresh when I want to know (and it doesn't keep doing it in the background)

Please advise.


texts: Sony Xperia SP C5303 not booting into fastboot mode

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Device: Sony Xperia SP C5303.

I turned off the device, then hold volume up key, and plugged the USB cable. But I see no blue light. After a while it goes into charge mode.

What could be the problem?

Some additional information:

I'm on Windows 7, 64 bit. I downloaded this driver
http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/drivers/fastboot-driver/
and overwrote the one in

c:\Users\MyUserName\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver\


texts: Does SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 can be upgraded into Android 2.2

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

I'm planning to buy an android phone and I've heard that SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 is the cheapest one. My question is, does SAMSUNG I5500 GALAXY 5 can be upgraded into Android 2.2?


texts: Path where Firefox Mobile Addons store their data?

texts:
I've installed Firefox Mobile on my Asus eee transformer and installed the scriptish add-on for using some userscripts.

Some of them require editing. The problem is I don't know which path contains these scripts.

Does anyone here know that? Or know where the firefox data is stored?


texts: How can I block ringing of incoming calls of unknown numbers?

texts: I would like to make sure that phone calls from unknown numbers never cause my phone to make any noise. I'm OK with it showing in my call log, but I don't want to be disturbed by someone who isn't in my phone book. How can I do this?


texts: Rooted Phone but still can't uninstall Apps

texts:
So I finally temp-rooted my HTC Desire HD and set about trying to uninstall some of the stock apps that came with it (Stocks (no pun intended), Facebook for HTc and so on). But it won't let me - the 'Uninstall' link is disabled inside Settings-> Applications.

Do I need to do a 'full' root to achieve my goal or am I missing something?

Thanks for reading.


texts: No OS installed, stock recovery OnePlus 2

texts:
I was trying to restore my Oneplus two to stock it failed. using the toolbox allowed me flash and boot into stock recovery.

From here, I've tried sideloading the stock Rom which completes but won't actually boot. Flashing TWRP also returns an "okay" but I cant actually boot into TWRP recovery.
There is no OS installed.

I can get into stock recovery
I can get into fastboot
I can get into qualcomm mode
Bootloader is unlocked
I can't boot into custom recovery
I can't boot into system after sideloading "success"

Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.


texts: ifconfig eth0 dhcp start or ifconfig eth0 dhcp drop does not seem to work for Android.  Is there a way to enable/disable DHCP for eth0 via shell commands?


texts: "Invalid Sim" even when IMEI number is correct

texts:
On a recently purchased Sprint Galaxy Note 5, I installed an engineered version of Android 6.0 that apparently breaks the unlock it had before (this wasn't mentioned in the instruction so..), so after installation I get an "Invalid SIM card" notification; I checked the IMEI and it is correct, the same as the IMEI I had before, though I read that the Invalid SIM card warning comes only when the IMEI is lost because of similar installations.
My question is, what could possibly be the problem as the IMEI is correct yet the SIM card is not recognized? Could it be that the phone's designed for Sprint and IMEI is not involved? Or could it be an easy-to-fix problem?


texts: How/where to query phone spec from phone OS and build details

texts:
I have data that looks like this:

Linux; U; Android 5.0.1; SAMSUNG-SM-N910A Build/LRX22C
Linux; U; Android 4.3; SAMSUNG-SM-G900A Build/JSS15J
Linux; Android 6.0.1; SM-G900P Build/LRX22C

and I would like to attach characteristics to these devices, to do an equity study of student data. I can kind of know how old the phone is based on the OS used, but I would like to know more (how do I judge that a phone is "good" to help a student study). Is there an open data base that can be queried automatically? What other knowledge can I get from these data?


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Recently some of my apps have stopped notifying me about messages or any other things. So, I don't receive notifications in time, but then I open an app and see all those messages that were actually received several hours ago without me knowing about it.
If that's not about the notification settings (I've checked that one and everything is OK there), what can it be?
The notification issue is in Whatsapp, telegram, and sometimes Facebook.
Android 9
Thanks for any suggestions!


texts: Samsung greyscale_mode not changeable over adb shell

texts:
On my Samsung Galaxy S7 I have a Grayscale Option under Vision Accessibility (NOT the one under dev options!)

When I activate it over the UI it works as expected. But when I activate it over ADB Shell with command: "settings put system greyscale_mode 1" the toggle_switch gets activated as expected, but the greyscale effect itsself is not activated. Is there a command to push this new settings? Or what am I doing wrong?

Regards - Timo


texts: is it possible to upgrade the android OS on all phones?

texts: Do Android phones as a rule allow you to upgrade the OS version at will, or does this require special support from the manufacturer or carrier?


texts: My Galaxy Nexus 4.0.2 takes over three minutes to boot. Is this normal? Is it supposed to take this long to boot? Why does it take so long?


texts: GPS tracker than can send locations to TCP server

texts:
Is there any simple GPS application in Android Market that can

Run in background
Send locations via GSM-Sim / GPS, time to a TCP Server:Port
TCP Server:Port is customizable so that I can set it to my server.
Send location after some n seconds (n is customizable)

That's the minimum requirement. If the application can also send battery status that more better.


texts: Samsung Note 4 - Network Locked - But which carrier?

texts:
I bought one Galaxy Note 4 on Amazon. I used it in Europe with no problems. Few months are passed and now I moved to China for a while. Well, I can't use my phone here because it is Network Locked (asks for a code at the splash screen). Nothing when I bought it let me suppose this phone was locked to some network, nor I can find any information inside the phone (or the box, or some appearing logo) suggesting to which network it is locked.

I am aware there are many service to unlock a phone, but I can't even step up the process of unlocking since I have no idea which network my phone is locked to.

My questions:

1) how to know which network carrier I'm locked on?
I got some information on the *#0011# menu, but nothing useful, also in about of the phone no hints.

2) Are this unlock services reliable?

Thanks for your help.


texts: Can I backup on oxygen OS and restore to lineage OS using adb backup?

texts: I have a OnePlus 2 that is running stock Oxygen OS. However, lately, I'm not happy with the phones performance. Therefore, I would like to try lineage. I would like to keep all my data (apps, chat history, photos, contacts, etc.). If I use adb backup, can I restore this backup after installing lineage to achieve the desired effect?


texts: Tethering CM10 - high latency, high(ish) throughput

texts:
I am recently having an issue where tethering my PC (Arch Linux) to my Galaxy S2 has a very strange result.

While tethered, web surfing on my PC is painfully slow - not because of slow download speeds, but because the latency between fetching the page and the associated images/scripts can be minutes. I have verified this using Chromium's developer toolbox. This has the effect that badly designed websites don't show up for ages due to the browser waiting to download scripts (or time out) before rendering the full page.

Downloading large files, I can average >100KiB/s, so that is not the issue.

If I connect through WiFi tethering, then both the PC and my Asus Transformer tablet have the same issue, so it would appear to be an issue with the phone. Also, browsing on the phone is as I would expect, quite reasonable given that I don't have full signal, but not unusable as the tethered devices are.

I have also tried running a proxy on the phone to see if it was Three slowing me down (some of them apparently use the TTL count to see if you're tethering), but no luck.

This only started recently, and I didn't change anything on my phone at the time, though I have since gone from CM9 to CM10 to see if that would help. I may have changed something on the PC, though it was working fine on the WiFi broadband until that died (another story, hence why I'm tethering)

Hopefully someone can help me, I have a reasonable level of skill on Linux, so can help in possibly obscure ways if required. Just not sure where to start looking - the fact that both tethered devices have a similar problem points to it being the phone, but not sure how to diagnose what might be causing it.

Hopefully that's enough info, but if you need more just ask :)


texts:
I can currently boot a custom kernel (without flashing it) for test purposes by using fastboot on my computer via:

cmd> fastboot boot customkernel.img

Which works great. I've found great kernels that do different things but have trade offs such as an overclocked gpu but the battery life takes a hit or an undervolted kernel but performance takes a hit.

So the kernels are great for different situations. But it would be great to use them for different situations without needing my computer. So if I wanted to use an game emulator I could boot into the gpu overclock or if I need battery life I could boot undervolted kernel.

Is there a way to boot custom kernels via fastboot on the phone without needing an external computer to run cmd commands?

Fastboot is defined as holding both volume up and volume down plus the power key. Not just holding volume up and power.


texts:
I was using Firefox and for some reason it deleted all downloads from the SD card.

I found an in-built app "Downloads" which has a list of all files downloaded to date, listing both Chrome and Firefox downloads.

Click Image to enlarge

How can I export a list of filenames (and their respective URLs, if possible) shown in this "Downloads" app?


texts: Are Android App Permissions Placebos (Android Pie)?

texts:
I'm looking at every app that has 'Microphone' permissions on my Android Pie Galaxy Note phone, accessed through:

Settings > Apps > Hamburger Menu > App Permissions > Microphone

Five apps have microphone permissions enabled, which I'll list below:

Camera
Duo
Google Play services
Messages
YouTube

Note that Bixby (and associated Bixby apps) do NOT have microphone permissions. Yet, I can press the Bixby button on my phone and speak commands that Bixby will understand, and act upon. How is Bixby accessing my microphone without permission?

Furthermore, if I look at Bixby permissions, the list simply says "No permissions required".

Does Bixby indirectly obtain any permissions it needs through Google Play services? If any app can indirectly get the permissions it wants through Google Play services, what's the point of even having the any permission toggle switches, other than to decieve the end user?


texts:
I drive a 2007 Saab 93 without any bluetooth capabilities. I tried to play music with an aux cord and the car senses that my phone is connected but when I try to play any music my phone plays it through the built in speaker and not through the car stereo. I'm just wondering if there is a setting or anything that I need to do in order to play music?

Thanks.


texts: How can I forward a port when using PdaNet?

texts:
I'm using PdaNet to connect my laptop to the Internet. From there I'm using an ethernet cable and Internet conection sharing to connect my PS3 for online gaming. Works pretty good for most games, but one in particular will not connect to the server. I need to know how to adjust the router settings when (I think) the phone is the router. In particular, how can I forward ports and enable UPnP?

If this isn't possible, is there another setup i could use to get what I want? I've got my laptop running Win7 64 bit, a Belkin Play N600 router (not used currently), a stock LG axis AS 740 Android phone (2.1 OS) and the PS3. Oh, and the game I'm trying to play is Modern Warfare 3. I'm just not very tech savvy.


texts: Is it normal that more than half of RAM use can't be accounted for?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy phone and it typically says something like 705MB used 101MB free. This is a phone with like no apps except what sprint put on there. I've added up the running services and it comes to 279MB of RAM use. I can't figure out where the extra 400MB usage is coming from.


texts: Galaxy S II GT-I9100G USB connectivity problem

texts:
I bought a Galaxy S II GT-I9100G two weeks back from Malaysia and it was running on Android ver. 2.3.5. But three days back I saw a 2.3.6 update available and updated my phone using the update option available in the phone. But now when I connect phone to PC via USB it shows unknown device and Windows cant find the driver suitable for it. And so I can't transfer files to or from my PC. Could anyone please help me out here?

My PC is running on Win7 x64.


texts: Preventing your device from vibrating whenever it gains or loses its mobile network connection

texts: I've been using a Moto G (2nd generation) running Android 6.0 "Marshmallow".  I was playing with the settings, and changed some setting.  Now, every time the phone loses or regains cellular service — for example, when I'm in the basement, or when I enable or disable airplane mode — the phone vibrates two or three times.  The vibration is noisy and annoying.  What can I do to prevent it from happening?


texts: Error While Flashing The Minix Neo X8-H Plus

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I have tried everything I can think of, know about / usually would do in a situation like this. I have watched multiple tutorials, guides and more. I went to the official website itself multiple times to see if I missed anything, but to no avail nothing works. One day the box just stopped working, so then, I looked up the fix and they say that I am supposed to re-flash the box. I did that, and while I was doing that, this error popped up. I have tried multiple things including:

Using a different cable other than the one that came in the box ( data cable )
Using a different computer
Using a different port
Using a different wall socket

etc.
It has been over 4 years now since this box has stopped working, and it has been sitting around my house ever since collecting dust and it is about time that this gets fixed, thrown away in the trash, or scrapped for parts.
The smart box is a Minix Neo X8-H Plus that ran Android 4.4 Kitkat and uses an ARM Cortex-A9 Quad Core processor with 2 GB of DDR3. It used to run very smoothly until that one day. I hope someone can assist me here to hopefully getting this fixed. Thank you all in advance for any help or support that you can provide me with.
The error described above is displayed below. It always seems to occur right after the stage formatting before getting stuck at that stage for an extended period of time, at 3% Completion before going onto 4% Completion and then spitting out this error:

The newer versions of this Amlogic USB Burning Tool usually crash at this stage after displaying a different error entitled "Failed to Parse Image File", no matter which image file I use.


texts: How to turn off Android Device Manager on the web

texts:
My phone got stolen yesterday. I have never downloaded Android Device Manager or enabled it on my phone but for some reason, when I go onto the ADM web page, it could track my phone (up until a day before it was stolen).

So in a panic, I first changed my Google password to stop the thief from using my account, then I locked the phone using Android Device  Manager and then I clicked the 'Erase' command so that he could not get hold of sensitive information. Now the phone is off and I have installed several tracking apps on PlayStore since then but they are yet to be activated since it is still off. However, I have just learned that once it is switched on, that 'Erase' command will be executed and I can longer track my phone :( I read a question elsewhere where someone said he had lost his phone and requested the 'Erase' command but due to the phone being off, the command had not yet been executed. He then found the phone so in order to prevent the command from being executed, he turned off ADM and when he switched it on, the command was not executed. He never explained how he did this however. What I would like to know is how to I turn off ADM on the web. I don't seem to have the 'Options' box that is described in the instructions below:

  You can instead use a Web browser and Google’s Android Device Manager
  page. After signing in to your Google account, you’ll see a Google
  Maps page with an options box in the top-left corner. All of the
  compatible Android devices registered to your Google account will
  appear in a drop-down menu within that box.


texts: How can I know what type of encryption is used by my mobile phone?

texts: I'm interested in finding out what kind of cipher is used on my Android phone. For example A5/1, A5/3 or is the GSM connection unencrypted. I was thinking about sending AT commands to the GSM modem (/dev/smd0), however I didn't find any command that would tell me this. Is this possible somehow?


texts: Block Adult app recommendations on play store

texts: I always get adult app recommendations (under "Recommended for you") on play store though I have never used one. I find it quite embarrassing. Is there any sort of content filtering possible.


texts: How to use external OTG webcam for video calls/conference/talks?

texts:
I am sorry if this is a dumb question. I thought this was an easy task, but either I am searching in the wrong direction or this isn't easy at all.

  I want to make a video call (like Skype, Skype fo Business, Jitsi ... whatever) using a (external) webcam.

Thats it. My phones (I have a few here, all different vendors from Samsung to 3chintsa) all have two cameras (front/back), which are working fine. I can call (video call), switch cams, conference call my cats - everything is perfect.

Additionally I have an external cam, which also works fine by itself. I can use "IP Webcam" apps, take fotos, make videos, use it as remote cam ... works flawless. Except one thing.

I want (reads: need to) use this camera as a ... camera. Within video calls (app doesn't matter, everything would be fine). But almost no app lets me change or chose the camera, except from switching front to back.

Why would I want to do that? We have a (surprisingly well done) "handsfree microscopic magnifier headset" that, so the idea, should be used as a "remote support assistent" helper, to guide people remotely fixing stuff. We (a non profit org) are trying to reduce our carbon footprint by no longer flying around the earth for visual diagnosis on our tech and/or guiding locals to fix things by themselves. Am I to far from reality here?

I couldn't find any app that lets me do that. What am I doing wrong?

I have tried:

Skype
Skype for business
Jitsi (App)
Duo
IMO
JusTalk
KiK
WebRTC
Hubl

I am I missing something important here?


texts: Saving battery life: pressing home button or back button

texts: My friend said when using an app, pressing the home button saves battery life instead of pressing the back button. He thought by pressing the home button, the app stays in RAM so that when you reopen it it just open, android doesn't need to create the app and store it in RAM, which costs battery. Is it true?


texts: Messed up "Google play services". How to reinstall them?

texts:
I accidentally deleted my phone's Google Play Services app. So now, when I try to download apps on the Play Store, it says "No devices installed", and every time I try to install Google Play Services, it wont allow me to.

Can you help me? I've tried just about everything, and it still won't allow me to download anything. How would I get Google Play Services back working again?


texts: My SGS3 is recognised but does not connect or transfer files, not even a backup!

texts:
My SGS3 is recognised -- but it does not connect or transfer files, not even a backup!

I have tried everything from numerous cables to different PCs & even a Mac (because I'm a Mac user). I've used a PC to satisfy myself that it's not my Mac and nothing has worked.

Any suggestions? Should I contact samsung and say "Give me a new one"? But what good is that when all my files photos and music are on this that won't back up!!


texts: Will the cellphone detect a bluetooth transmitter (connected to a Zoom H4N microphone) detect it as a microphone?

texts:
I would like to add a bluetooth transmitter to my Zoom H4N microphone rather than having a wired configuration.
Can I simply add a bluetooth transmitter to the Zoom's line out and pair that as a mic on an Android device or would it require a dedicated receiver connected to the phone?


texts: Difficulty in accessing Internet through University network [require proxy setting]

texts:
I use university's wifi network for accessing internet. When I connect to internet from Academic area, some of the apps does not connect (especially whatsapp), whereas when I connect to internet from residential area all of apps works fine.

The network requires prxoy settings and authentication. A few of my friends uses ProxyDroid app for accessing internet which requires to root the device and I would not prefer that. Other option include running a Python script through SL4A. Any suggestions?

I am using Zenfone Laser 550kl working on ZenUI.
Thanks


texts:
Using command from
this blog

I want to launch keep from shell.


texts: How to migrate an adopted storage sdcard to another?

texts:
So I've recently tried out marshmallow and kind of like the adopted storage idea as I never find myself removing the micro sdcard.

I'm curious though if there is a smooth way to upgrade to a bigger or better sdcard later on. Right now I would probably attempt to rsync with adb to a PC and insert a new card, format it and rsync back. I'm not very confident this will work however.

Perhaps it's faster to mount both cards in linux using this method: How to decrypt Adopted Storage?
and sync them there.


texts: What does error 923 when downloading apps from Google Play Store mean?

texts:
I've seen this error a few times just now, it seems to only occur when I install an app through the Google Play web interface. Haven't seen it when installing apps directly from my mobile device. Device is quite new and has more than enough free disk space.
Couldn't find anything on here yet about this specific error. After a retry it downloads without any problems, so while it is far from blocking, I do hope to get some insight on what is happening here.
StackExchange only lists error 923 as an AndroidRuntime(923) error, but I don't see how that can be the cause here.
Screenshot attached with error in Dutch.

Error - 'Game' could not be downloaded due to an error. (923)


texts:
I got my Samsung Galaxy S2 (android 4.0.4) for a few days now and i realized there's something wrong with the vibration.
When I get whatsapp message or Viber, facebook, or email notification the phone won't vibrate!

When I receive a call or standard text the phone does vibrate. I did a hard reset but the problem still remains. What do I do?

In settings, it is ticked sounds and vibrate.

Please help


texts:
Launch the Phone app, then 3 dots > Settings and every time the app crashes with the message "Phone has stopped". I was trying to block a number. How do I go about diagnosing why this is happening?
If relevant, running Android 7.1.1 on a Motorola G4 Play.


texts:
is it possible to edit the field of a contact ("home", "work", "mobile", etc.)? I don't mean the content of the field, but the name OF THE FIELD ITSELF. I know it's not possible with the default app, so the question is: is there an app that allows you to do it?

Thanks,
Luke


texts: Why does accepting Calendar invites open a browser? Can I prevent it?

texts:
I'm on an unrooted Galaxy Nexus, and using stock Gmail and Calendar apps on Android 4.1.1. But I am using Chrome rather than the stock browser.

When I get a invite from a Gmail user to my Gmail account, it appears with "Yes/Maybe/No" option links and an invite.ics attachment (which doesn't do anything: "No app can open this attachment for viewing").

Clicking one of "Yes/Maybe/No", whether I have already done so or not,  opens Chrome with a warning "You are trying to use the desktop version of Google Calendar from a mobile browser [...] use the mobile version instead?"

If I click "OK" I get the mobile browser version of Calendar, but it's a view of today's appointments. There is no mention of the event I've responded to or any confirmation message about my response having been registered.
If I click "Cancel" I get the desktop version of Calendar showing the details of the appointment and a messaging confirming the response I have sent.

In either case, the event is in my calendar; the invite remains in my inbox.

I guess the core of my question is whether I can prevent the browser opening at all - surely the mechanics of accepting invites should be performed in the Calendar app and thus work offline?

Note that this question is about invites from Google Calendar and not about handling .ics files in general.


texts: How much disk space does Android 2.3.3 and its default apps use?

texts: Different phones advertise different total disk space.  When you get a brand new phone with Android 2.3.3 and its default apps, how much disk space do those take?


texts: Is there a realtime Task Activity Viewer for Android?

texts:
Is there an Android app that can show the nature of activity going on with running apps? Something like XP Task Manager. There are many times when an app just stops responding and I'm not sure whether it's still working on something, or has just gone dead. Titanium Backup has done this on a number of occasions. If I could just see a list of apps and what memory and CPU percentage each is using I'd have a better idea whether to wait or kill the app.

BTW I do not like the Android Wait/Force Close dialog since it usually comes up prematurely. Thanks for your thoughts.


texts:
I am using a T-Mobile G2 running Android 2.3 and recently had to replace the phone with another as the old one was bad. I then launched the stock music player with my SD Card inserted and I viewing "All Songs" I noticed I was missing songs. I went to the Artist and could find the missing songs. What I am confused about is how to get the default Music Player to show those songs in the All Songs list.

I was looking at this question and the answer provided: The music player keeps displaying deleted songs. How do I remove them or refresh the library?  I found the program and the cache was empty yet the "storage data" had info but when I went to clear it it gave me a warning saying this would clear all accounts and data etc. What will this clear if I choose this option? I do not want to lose other information.

Beyond clearing the media data is there any other steps that I should be using to try and get these songs to display?

It would be nice if in the options it gave a refresh music library option, other smart phones give this and I would assume Android would also but it is not there!

Note: This issue was not there on the old G2.


texts: Storing & getting the device orientation (yaw, pitch, roll) when taking a photo

texts:
I want to take a photo and use the stored GPS coordinates and the orientation of the phone to do some calculations. How can I access that information?

Alternatively if there is an API to do that I could make my own app.


texts: Having Strangers' Names in Caller ID Display

texts:
Tired of not being able to tell who's calling me at all, I ended up putting out the additional monthly cost and getting caller ID display in my phone plan. And since I took it, I... still cannot tell who's calling me most of the time.

Let me explain. When you have a home phone and have caller ID display in your plan, it displays the number of the person calling you as well as the name associated to that number in the phonebook. But that doesn't happen on my mobile phone. Unless it's a contact of mine, it's Unknown / No name that comes with the number.

But the absence of such information makes the feature half as useful as home phone caller ID display (for the same price >_>).

I realise this is more of a network / carrier issue, and that there's probably no way for me, myself, to change it (or is there? :D), but I'm wondering if there's a workaround.

For example, a way for me to create my own phonebook with some names. Of course, I could just add them to my contacts, but adding people who aren't actually contacts would clutter my contacts list a ton. And categories don't really work on my phone. you can't manage them on the phone at all. You need to create contacts at the root of the contacts, and then log in to the Google website with your computer and sort them.

So... Yeah. Is there any remotely convenient way for me to "fix" caller ID display, so I know who is that non-contact who's calling?

Edit: I forgot to say. I did ask my provider about it. They said the system is different for mobile and home phones and they can't do anything about it.

My phone:

Samsung Galaxy Q (SGH-T589W)
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
Processor: 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227
Internal storage: 152 MB
RAM: 279 MB
SD card: 2 GB
Carrier: Videotron


texts: I have an old device running Android 1.6. Is there any way that I can record the screen on this device? Most tutorials for doing this rely on having a more up-to-date version of Android.


texts: Is this possible to get Jelly Bean's Offline Voice Typing apk for other Android versions like Gingerbread or ICS???


texts: No USB Storage Mode on GalaxyNexus running 4.2.2

texts:
I have a GalaxyNexus running Android 4.2.2

I just want to quickly backup some data files to my PC. I'm pretty sure I've done this many times before, but I guess not on this phone.

I have the Android SDK and tools installed on my PC.
I attach the phone by USB
I run monitor.bat and go to the File Explorer tab

Now, I can see and explore the file system.

I believe the folders I want to back up (like DCIM and Download) are under /storage/sdcard0
When I run a file explorer app on my phone, I see the folders under this path.
However, when I run the File Explorer from my PC I don't see the folders.

Do I have to do something to unmount the folders first before I can access them through USB? Do I have to shut off MTP and put the device in USB storage mode?

What am I missing?


texts: How to create complete image backup(Nandroid) of rooted phone if no cwm or twrp available for my phone

texts:
I have a rooted phone and i need to do some change to buid.prop.
And if i got my phone bricked i need to recover it back. The thing is There's no CWM or TWRP roms available to my tablet(ZTE E7P(3G) running Kitkat 4.4.2).

Is there any way i can take a snapshot(Nandroid backup) of my currently running OS and restore it back if anything happen using default recovery mode(May be with ADB).

Simply what i want is to perform a Nandroid backup of my rooted tab and restore it without using custom recoveries like CWM or TWRP.


texts: Everything gets saved to the phone instead of SD card

texts:
I'm using the Samsung Galaxy Gio, and my problem is that all my apps get saved to the phone, using up all the storage. I've got space left on my SD card but it doesn't want to install anything there. I found a function that lets you move apps to SD card but sadly it doesn't work with 99% of the apps installed.

How do I solve this problem?


texts:
I am using USB Tethering to use my phone as a modem. Whenever I activate USB Tethering, there will be two network present in my PC. One named Network X(X being a number which is incremented every time I connect. Currently it's 13.), another named unidentified network. On basic Network section, it would show multiple network and there is no access to internet.

To use internet, I have to disable Local Area Connection 9 and then enable it which removes the unidentified network. Now I can use internet. I have do it every time I want to use Tethering.

My Handset: Sony Xperia Tipo

Android OS: Ice Cream Sandwich

PC OS: Windows 7

What is the cause of this and how can I solve this problem?


texts: Is the /data dir encrypted when android encryption is enabled?

texts:
I am interested to know if the /data dir is encrypted when android encryption is enabled?

Specifically, I have an app that utilises a native shared object library

I believe this file resides in /data/data/<package_name>/lib/

My phone is not rooted so I do not believe I have permissions to view this dir

But I would like to know if it gets encrypted?


texts: How to send a text message to someone who called me using Android 5.1

texts:
It seems to me like there should be a way to send a text message to someone who called without having to save that number in the contacts list, but I can't figure out how.
I'm using pure android 5.1.1 with default apps.


texts: I cannot find the message center of my galaxy s4 phone. I know exactly where it is supposed to be, however it is not there. The section reads: Text Message (SMS) settings Delivery reports Manage SIM ...


texts: Android communication sync keeps installing itself

texts:
My Android 4.4 based phone somehow gets 'Android communication sync' program which can be removed from downloaded apps.

This program shows fullscreen ads whenever I unlock phone.

My phone is rooted.

I install apps only from Play Market (few of them, only popular programs) and can not understand how it can be installed by itself (which app can do this).

I uninstall it and later (after week/month) in the morning it is installed again (it was not installed in the evening).


texts:
Is there an app to hash all files inside a folder? I'd like to have a text list like the one you get if you go into a directory in Linux and execute

sha256sum *

I always use sha256, but here I don't really care as long as it's a standard hash algorithm. md5 is perfectly fine.


texts: How can I install a system app that I uninstalled?

texts:
I used a backup app to first make a backup of the .apk file of the system app, and then uninstalled it. When I try installing it again, I get "application not installed".

How can I go about that? I don't know in which place the .apk was stored originally.


texts: Send SMS to Email address using Android without Internet

texts: I would like to know whether its possible to send an SMS text message to an email address in Android. Moreover, I need to send it without using Internet. I have heard of SMS to Email gateways but then how can one use it


texts: Copy and paste string to Excel (android app)

texts:
auto detect character class or formula class, I tried to copy and paste text to Googlesheet (android app) and excel (android app), googleapp (image on the right) will auto detect as character class, but excel (image on the left) in formula class shows an error.

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texts: Access data on phone with broken screen (Samsung galaxy S5)

texts: I'm trying to retrieve data from my poor dead phone. I can turn it on, but the screen doesn't work, so I'm not even sure it is at the lock screen. Anyways usually I use a software called Android file transfer to download and upload data, but it won't access the phone because it's locked. The screen doesn't work at all, any solutions?


texts: How do I allow Chrome Android to load "insecure" or "phishing" content?

texts:
How do I allow Chrome for Android to load insecure content?  I would like to know this so I can log in to my Hotel WiFi.
The message it gives me is:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from
www.google.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit
cards)


texts: GPS Chip and GPS Service on Android Phones

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Whether I use Google's location services or similar services provided by some third-party software, do I still need to manually enable anything by selecting one of the settings options, as shown below?

Settings > Location and Security > My location (Option1) Use wireless networks (Option2) Use GPS satellites

Since there are many GPS software programs available these days, what is the role of the onboard GPS chip on an Android phone?

Thanks.


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My phone said that the Golf 2 app is moved to the SD card.

In the app info section I have the following choices:

Force stop
Uninstall
Move to internal storage

Is internal storage the SD?


texts: android device as Digital Media Renderer (the DMR of DLNA)?

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So I have this cheap MK802 android devince connected to my old TV, I want MK802 to be as a digital TV box, which could receive pushed media content from DLNA sources.

Are there any good DMR app for android? I tried:

com.bubblesoft.android.bubbleupnp
com.waxrain.airplayer

Both can browse remote DMS contents and play them, BubbleUPNP can control my Windows Media Player, but they can NOT receive push pictures, videos, etc.

What's wrong with my home network?
Are there any better alternative DMR apps for android?
What can I do to diagnose the problem?

Thank you all.


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Please be kind to help me understand how does the unlock code for android devices look? Especially(or for only) Huawei devices as they have completely stopped providing the unlock code.

Will it be alpha numeric or plain numbers for EMUI10? And how long will it be? Would it contain any special characters like '-' or '_'? Can you provide any details about the bootloader possibility or where to find any resources on this?

Thanks!


texts: How to improve camera shooting responsiveness?

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Is there a camera application (or other solution) that has quick response time between button press and taking the picture?

On HTC Hero, the delay from button press to shutter is painfully long - focusing, etc seem to take a lot of time with the stock camera app.

On HTC EVO with the stock Camera app, distant shots focus and shoot quickly. However, closer shots can take some time focusing.


texts: Lenovo S920 repeatedly shuts itself off and back on by itself

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I just bought a Lenovo S920, new set about a week ago. It's been turning itself off and back on every single day since the second day I bought it, at least once or twice every one hour.

An information that might help you figure this out for me, on the second day I downloaded every app I needed & packed about 70% of the phone storage, plus about 50% of my 32GB microSD. Also, my phone has 4GB Internal storage.

Does it have to do with those apps and tonnes of audio/video files? And ultimately, how to fix it?