texts: Contacts have been randomly renamed and/or merged

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I have a Moto X 2nd Gen running Android 5.0.  All of sudden, my contacts have become very screwed up.  Here are the symptoms I'm seeing

names of my contacts seem to have been randomly swapped.  Person A and Person B swapped names so the contact details don't match
in addition to swapping names, I have a contact which contains information from 3 ppl (!!!) and none of them belong to the name.

I signed out of my Google account and back in and it seemed to have fixed it for some contacts, but the rest are still screwed up.  On contacts.google.com, my contacts still look fine.  What's wrong and how can I fix this?


texts: How to disable auto-hide of URL address bar in Chrome browser

texts: I want the address bar to be visible all the time and not only when I up scroll. How can I do this?


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Somehow I blocked one number on outgoing calls and I cant seem to unblock it.

that number can phone me, we can text, and we can make Whatsapp calls both ways. I had my service provider have a look on the line, but no issue there.

When I placed my sim card in different phone I was able to phone the number. The 'block' is therefore not on the sim or at the service provider, but somewhere on the phone.

I am out of ideas where to look!!!


texts: Forcing applications (games) to run at a low resolution

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I own a Galaxy Nexus and the performance of a few "HD" games is horrible. Even with a bus overclocked kernel from here: http://www.derkernel.com/jb-tuna.php

Is there any way to maybe force apps to run on a lower resolution, say 540x960, without losing my app data? Are there any ROMs out there which allow you to do so?


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I have a Galaxy Mini GT-5570 phone.

Last night I installed "ROM Manager" and tried to partition my SD card. It requires to reboot my phone and I confirmed that, so it shut down my phone. Then it can't boot anymore -- all I get is just a black screen!

Unfortunately, I read that ROM Manager can cause hard brick for Galaxy Mini lately...

I tried all possible solutions found in the Internet but nothing works. So I decided to try the USB JIG method as it can force my phone to boot to download mode. The point is that I can't find 300k resistor then can I try 330k or it's dengerous?

Is there another method to revive my phone back ??


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When an Android device locks up, and does not respond to holding down the power button, is there anything you can do to reboot the device besides removing the battery?

What do you do if the battery is not removable?

Although it does not always work, Windows has the three finger salute (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) which helps get around this situation.  Is there anything similar in Android?

I did find this question, but it does not refer to a device that is frozen.


texts: Unable to see contact in the whatsapp forward contact list

texts: I am able to see a contact on the whatsapp contact list. But suddenly I am not able to see the contact in the forward contact list when I try to forward a message to the contact. What can possibly be the reason for this?


texts: Is it possible to root an android phone while a specific application is running?

texts: Basically I'm using SafetyNet by Google to check at the beginning whenever my application is opened to see if a phone is rooted. If it is, I'll prevent my app from running. So as you can tell if it is possible to root an android phone while a specific app is running, then what I'm doing can be bypassed. So is it possible?


texts: How to enable audible alarms while making phone calls?

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I often need to use a timer while making phone calls. No matter what timer I use they never play the alarm sound while you are on the phone, they simply emit a brief "beep" and vibrates (if the timer was configured to vibrate of course).

I need an audible alarm. Is there any way to use a timer with an audible alarm while making a phone call?

It used to be possible, a few Android updates back (can't remember which Android version), but not any more it seems, at least not out of the box.

I've tried the stock Clock app, Ovo Timer and Timer (by Opoloo). In all three cases alarm signals are only played as expected while not making a phone call.


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The Android OS that comes with the Samsung S4 has quite a few unwanted extras. The Android OS that comes with the Nexus 5 is quite slim and I prefer its interface.

Is it possible to replace the OS running on the Samsung S4 with the Nexus-flavoured android?


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I can't seem to reinstall Google Play Services again.
I tried the APK file thingy from Google but it didn't work. I tried a website called APKPure.com but it also didn't work. I also tried some videos but those are for different models of devices.
I didn't know that Google Play Services plays a big role for an Android and now I can't even sign in into my Play Store account (the sign in button for the Play Store isn't working).
Also, if this helps, I use a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (I think it is a 2016 model).
Is there a way to fix this problem?


texts: Bluetooth Headset not recognizing my phone as no phone

texts: I've got a new Bluedio T2s headset. I use  Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro mobile phone. When connecting the bluetooth device, it's showing 'Connected (No Phone)' on my mobile phone. I can still listen to music, but can't make calls or receive and headset battery level is also not showing.


texts: How to directly measure or read the screen capacitance

texts: I am looking for a way to directly measure or read the (total or individual grid) change in capacitance as observed by the touchscreen of an android device. Is it possible to achieve this with the default android SDK, or does this require a more extensive knowledge of the hardware?


texts: Is data transfer from a Pixel 3a XL possible via USB 3?

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The Google Pixel 3a XL has a USB C port.

Is it possible to connect it to a computer that only has a USB 3 port to transfer data between the computer and the Pixel 3a XL?


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Haven't received any solution after several calls to AT&T Advanced Support, nor Samsung Support! This problem started after the first connection to my hotel wifi, and happens continuously throughout the day, every day! No other wifi connection available.

Attempts to solution I found during research of other helpful websites and support suggestions:

Turned off and/or uninstalled some apps;
removed battery for over an hour;
wifi setting to "Always" maintain connection;
cleared Cache of some apps, and more;

but none of the above steps helped. Contemplating installation of WiFi Analyzer reviewed to be the best and most downloaded for troubleshooting. Not sure if it's true or will help.

The issue arises when:

After installing apps or updating some current ones, phone usually turns off again. When this happens throughout the day, my WiFi completely turns off!
It also happens when composing long texts, emails, other tasks, before completion and sending, resulting in losing everything I've done!
Also having problems with emails not automatically and periodically saving as drafts during composing, as it should and previously did!

I have spent numerous hours re-typing important lost communications. I still don't know if the cause is due to WiFi, apps, the phone itself, or anything else. I definitely need help because I'm thousands of miles away from home, completely alone, and my cell phone is the only way to connect with family, and conduct necessary business (except for expensive hotel room phone)!  I will be so grateful and appreciate any and all help and suggestions.


texts:
I cannot find option for sorting News Feed by most recent:

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texts: If all file sharing apps like shareit, xender and SuperBeam uses wifi technology to transfer files, why their transfer speed differs?

texts: I've downloaded several file sharing apps  like shareit, xender and SuperBeam. They all use wifi technology to transfer files. Then why does their speed differ too much. I've noticed that shareit takes 3-4 seconds while SendAnywhere takes about 30-35 seconds to transfer a same file on same devices. What makes ShareIt efficient over SendAnywhere?


texts: I need unbrick my samsung galaxy tab 10.1

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I tied to root my samsung galaxy tab 10.1 wifi + IR PT-5133
I used this method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-gOZh7OxWM
After I completed the root prosses, my device was in a boot loop!
I tried rooting one more time,
but the tablet continued in a boot loop but now IS IMPOSSIBLE start in a DOWNLOAD MODE
any suggestions


texts: I have a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, running android 5.0.2 (LRX22G... if that helps). I've just bought an app from the play store. It's a GPS app where I'd like to find the location of the saved APK and then move it into sys, so I can root it. I can't find the original APK, though. Yes, I've searched in /data/app and system/app... nothing there. Any ideas?


texts: How can I mirror broken Samsung S4 GT I9505 unlocked screen onto Laptop or TV?

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How can I project broken Samsung S4 GT I9505 unlocked screen onto Laptop or TV?

Fortunately with multiple trials the pattern worked out on BLACK display screen and phone got unlocked and I took Data Backup using Samsung Kies 3.2 version.

But the phone is sensitive to get locked automatically in 10 to 15 seconds. Somehow managed the phone in active without getting locked.

How can I permanently remove lock on BLACK Broken screen by any means of mirroring the phone UI on to TV or Laptop to get UI control and can remove the lock by going into the phone settings?

Please Help!


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Once a device has been rooted, is it possible to unroot?

I also want to keep my data, so can I unroot without wiping/re-imaging?  If so, how difficult is this?


texts: My device is showing 1.02 GB of free space in storage settings. But while installing app from play store, it says only 492 MB of space is available.. what should I do, please help..


texts: ad blocker w/ vpn, or vpn with ad blocker?

texts: Simply, (S10e no root) does a ad blockers vpn do the same as a vpn app like cyberghost? Installed adlock then wondered if there VPN being focused on blocking ads would lack in hiding traffic etc. Would it be better to get a vpn with ad blocker. I apologize if this question is simple but could not find a streight answer. Privacy would be the main thing I would like to accomplish but ad lock worked very well would I be OK keeping ad lock in the privacy dept.


texts: Can I get root access on my Nexus 4 without installing custom bootloader, recovery or ROM?

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I own a Nexus 4 device and I want to just get root access on my phone so that I can install applications such as AdBlock etc.

I was able to find tutorials online guiding how to root the Nexus phone. But in all those they flash a custom recovery and have to install a custom ROM.

I don't want to install any custom recovery or ROM.

Is it possible to just root my phone without doing those?


texts: What is this icon meaning above my phone?

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This is about 3 days I see this icon above my phone(at the left of the alarm icon)! I afraid of it's a non-interested installed app! I tried to find it but couldn't! Also bitdefender anti-virus says your phone is safe!

EDIT: I thought it's better to add another question here instead of creating a new question.

How can I find what the icons shown in notification bar are for?


texts: How do I run shell commands on the device I'm currently using for Android Terminal Emulator?

texts: I don't have an available PC that I can install ADB on without getting in trouble, and my phone's screen density is killing me. Is there a way I can run adb shell wm density and adb reboot from my own device and not have another device available?


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I have a T-Mobile G1 (HTC Dream), this morning it vibrated once and then restarted, it then went to the android boot logo went through that and stopped at a black screen.

I've tried pulling the battery and restarting but it has the same problem.

The phone is rooted but it has NO custom boot screen, boot loader, rom. It has stock everything apart from the ability to use root.

Running Android 1.6

Anyone any suggestions, I intend to take it back to T-Mobile tomorrow night when they have late opening hours, but I'd like to get it working before then.


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I am trying to unlock the bootloader of my HTC Desire 12+. I tried several tutorials but they all failed.

Here is what I did so far:

I boot the phone into recovery mode
Start the bootloader
After the phone started the bootloeader I try to find it with fastboot devices form my desktop computer (connected to the phone via USB)

  PS C:\ADB> fastboot devices 5)
  d126ce6c        fastboot

I try to get the OEM identifier token

  C:\ADB> fastboot oem get_identifier_token
  FAILED (remote: unknown command) Finished. Total time: 0.000s

Here I am stuck.
I read online that for some HTC devices I need to enter the recovery/download mode. However, I do not even find my HTC device (via fastboot devices) in recovery mode nor do I know what the "download mode" is.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks!


texts: Can an Android text message set off an alarm?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  how be woken up by receiving a text message with an Android phone?

Is there an Android feature that will allow my phone to set off an alarm when I receive a text message from a specific phone number? If not, is there an app that does this?

I want to turn text messages I receive from my employer into pages. So, whenever I receive a text message from a specific phone number, I want my phone to keep ringing until I hit a "snooze" or "done" button.


texts: My grandson added a passcode to my Samsung Galaxy Tab E and can't remember it. I cannot shut it off to do a factory reset. Please help I am a dummy at this also. Thanks


texts: Change boot animation on Samsung Galaxy S8 G950F

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 with TWRP recovery and it's rooted, I've tried tutorials of changing a boot logo but none worked, I tried .qmg files and I also tried bootanimation.zip, but neither worked, any ideas/help?

Greatly appreciated


texts: Is there a way to allow app permissions while not allowing them?

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I have an app (android) I want to use for something minor, so it's not a need, just a want. All it's supposed to do is control some lights. But it's asking for every permission you can think of (Chinese apps) and of course I am not about to let some LED controller app access my contacts, location and make phone calls etc. So is there a way to run an app in like a virtual environment so I can allow it to have those permissions while feeding it useless information? The app in question is BLE Remote.
Apologies I am TERRIBLE at asking questions...


texts:
I came across a line in this page.

  "The Android system assigns a unique user ID (UID) to each Android application and runs it as that user in a separate process. This
  approach is different from other operating systems (including the
  traditional Linux configuration), where multiple applications run with
  the same user permissions."

Can anyone please explain what the first line means?


texts: how do I get my exchange email to notifiy me when my phone is in my holder? HTC DNA

texts: I only get notification when I have my phone in opened (in my hand unlocked) from my Exchange (work). I need to get the phone to alert me when it is just setting there. Right now I have to open the phone and check, this does not work for after hours support. I have a HTC DNA. Any help would me nice, for me this is a job exposure.


texts: I'm a symphony i110 user.unfortunatly I deleted some sms which was important.now how can I get those back?


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A couple of weeks ago a sliding app section appeared on my home-screen. I have no idea how it got there, and no clue on how to disable/remove it. I tried all I could on the homescreen, to no luck.

Using Galaxy S3, Android 4.1.2, everything standard (so no custom launcher).

Any ideas on how to remove it?


texts: Terminal stuck on "" after /fastboot oem unlock command

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I have been trying to unlock my phone's (Samsung Galaxy J5) bootloader with almost no success. I used adb for the process but it always gets stuck at waiting for device, after fastboot command ./fastboot oem unlock

Idk why this is driving me crazy. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks


texts: Export contacts/text messages in a readable format

texts:
I would like to export both my contacts and my text messages. But I would like be able to easily read the file formats that it exports to. I can export the contacts as a VCF yet when I view it there is a lot of other data that I do not need. Is there a way to export the contacts as a file formate that excel can open and read without the other excess data.

Then I would like to export my text messages. I use GO SMS PRO as my text message APP and I can backup the messages yet they backup in a format that I cannot read. Is there a way to export text messages into a format that can be easily readable?

Thanks for the assistance.

(I am running Android 2.3 and using a T-Mobile/HTC G2)


texts: How active should I expect my Jelly Bean system log file to be?

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When using aLogcat to view my Android log files, I find very few messages showing up in any of the views.

Selecting Verbose level and no filter, I see that Main contains mostly garbage collection debug and info messages, but I rarely more than about 20 messages every minute. Events mostly contains info log messages from alogcat itself, at about the same rate, while Radio remains steadfastly empty.

Being relatively new to Android, I wonder whether this is normal. Is this rate typical of the main system log file on Jelly Bean?


texts: Android-x86 on ThinkPad 2 stuck on black screen

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Have been trying to boot Android-x86 on an old ThinkPad 2 from a USB stick. I get to GRUB loader but every option ends with an inactive black window. I tried adding 'noacpi', 'acpi=off' and many others to the kernel params with no use. Has anybody succeeded booting Android on this device?
Thank you!


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My phone has 1.5 GB internal memory and it's always full with gallery thumbnails (500 MB) . Every time I delete it for more space after one day it's full again .

How can I move it to external micro SD memory ?


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How can i get all my backup data into (data folder) ??

Here is my list of data (i run this command with (file *)

userdata_20200109_180356.backup:   data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup1:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup2:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup3:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup4:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup5:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup6:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup7:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup8:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup9:  data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup10: data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup11: data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup12: data
userdata_20200109_180356.backup13: data

Can some one help me with that? how can i do this into data files.


texts: More than 50 android devices on same username/password

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I have between 50-100 Android devices.  They are being used as a sensor network. Another 50 are coming online soon.  The devices need to download an app from the play store.  So I need to login with a google username/password.  For now, I have been using the same username/password on all the devices.  However, now google is asking me to resign in to the devices after a week or so.  This didn't happen before.  I think the number of devices on the same account is tripping some alarm.

Does anyone have any recomendations for how to set up 50+ devices so that they are all able to download and receive updates from the app store?


texts: How can I set Facebook to view by "most recent" rather than "Top Stories"

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Facebook for Android, Version 8.0.0.26.24

How do I revert back to my preferred method of viewing the most recent stories rather than top stories? The "Cog" icon is no longer where it used to be, and I cannot find where (or if) they re-located a button that has the same function.


texts: How to call and SMS from Android smartphone with SIM via internet remotely?

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I want to use my phone number when traveling abroad and there is no possibility to setup roaming, etc. So the idea is: I have Android smartphone. I have my SIM inserted in the phone.
The phone works as usual phone - it is turned on and connected to charger. I need software that is capable to answer for incoming phone calls and relay the call via internet to some other phone or PC with corresponding software that runs on it. That is when somebody calls me, my phone that is turned on in my home answers to call, transfer the call/voice via internet to another country where I obtain some signal to my second phone or PC and can have a conversation.
I have VOIP phone number but this doesn't solve the issue - I need exactly the phone number bound to my physical SIM - some services verify that number is virtual and do not work with such numbers. Could you please suggest Android application that solve the issue.
Updated:
I've fount following article related to question. What do you think about it?
Using Android phone as GSM Gateway for VoIP


texts: Is there a way to make it so that swiping right opens a notification instead of dismissing it? I come from iOS, and I'm very used to swiping to open instead of double clicking.


texts: Backup the system's "Personal Dictionary" on Android 7 and import on different phone?

texts:
I'm using the Google Keyboard (Gboard) on my Nexus 6p.  I have a bunch of words in my system's Personal Dictionary (viewed by going to Settings -> Languages & input -> Personal Dictionary), and when I setup a new phone (a replacement Nexus 6p), the dictionary did not transfer.

In the Gboard keyboard settings (Settings -> Languages & input -> Virtual keyboard -> Gboard -> Dictionary), there is an option to "Sync learned words", and after syncing on both the old and new phone, the Personal Dictionary on the new phone is still blank.

I've also tried removing all GBoard updates and data, removing Google accounts, re-installing and re-syncing everything with not improvement.

With the phone currently not rooted, is there a way to backup this data and import it on my new phone?

Update (12/30):

I spent a few hours on the phone with Google Support yesterday, trying some of the stuff above plus some other things, and the end conclusion was that there is indeed a bug with the syncing, so they are going to escalate the issue for developers to look at.
Some online (on the Nexus forums) reported the dictionary copying over when doing a restore from a different device when initially setting up the phone. I actually did this, but did get some generic failure message during my restore, so maybe that's why my dictionary is missing. I'm going to try a factory reset and restore again to see if it helps.
As I mentioned below, the 3rd party utility didn't work for me, at least on two separate tries. The exported .DAT file was essentially 0 bytes.
I also checked my Google Dashboard, and under Android for my original device, there is an entry for "Android Dictionary" under "Applications with backups". This gives me hope that the data is in the cloud, though I'm going to refrain from formatting my old phone as long as I can (Google eventually wants it back since it is an RMA).


texts: Screen sharing: How to make S-pen more visible?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Pro2.
I plan to host training sessions with the device by sharing the screen in online meetings (via Microsoft Teams).

Cursor:
Android appears to have OOB functionality where the S-pen stylus's cursor is shown on the screen as a faint, blue circle. The cursor is shown when I hover the stylus near to the screen, but not touching the screen.
This functionality is great for communicating to users what I'm doing when presenting my screen — except for the fact that the cursor is a bit too hard to see. My trainees have told me that they are having trouble following what I'm doing and where I'm clicking because the cursor is too small/faint.

Question:
Is there a way to configure Android so that the S-pen cursor is more visible — when hovering the stylus above the screen?
(Android version: 9)


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I have a Nexus 6 that I am currently playing with which has the "soft key" navigation buttons on the bottom of the screen. It has a triangle for the back button, a circle for the home button and a square for recent apps button.

I also have an HTC One that has the same on screen navigation but the icons are a lot better looking in my opinion. It has a curved arrow for the back button, a picture of a Home for the Home button and overlapped squares for the recent apps button.

Is it possible to change the icons on the Nexus 6 without modding/jailbreaking the phone?


texts: Duplicate calendar entries presumably caused by Google's calendar sync

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I have a subscribed calendar in my Google account.

Events from this calendar get synced to my phone as you would expect. However, whenever it syncs it creates a completely new event instead of updating the existing one, or taking no action.

How can I fix this?

Samsung Galaxy S running Gingerbread 2.3.6


texts: Disconnect/reconnect to wifi with same SSID

texts:
I'm playing with some more advanced things in Tasker, and I've set up an NFC tag to do various things when I return home from work each day. One of these is to connect to wifi and run an SSH command to wake up my computer.

I'm in a dorm at a university, so all of the wifi SSIDs are the same. Because of this, my phone (a Nexus 5 on stock/rooted 5.1) will latch onto one AP and hold on as long as possible, and eventually switch as I move further away. This means that when I arrive at my room and tap the tag, my phone is almost always in the process of reconnecting to the nearest/correct AP and my SSH command fails. Sometimes it's connected immediately, sometimes it doesn't connect for a few minutes, so a simple "wait 10 seconds" in Tasker doesn't cut it.

Is there a way to simply break the existing connection and reconnect to the same SSID (just reconnecting in general is fine, there's only one SSID)? I know that disabling wifi altogether, waiting a few seconds for the phone to do it, enabling it again, and waiting a few more seconds will do this, but it takes longer and I imagine there's a better solution.

TL;DR: How can I break a wifi connection then reconnect in Android 5.1 (stock/rooted) without actually disabling wifi? Terminal commands are fine.


texts: Has there been any custom roms ported for the ZTE Score?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

I've been keeping an eye on CWM and CM7 for the past few months.. And now I'm slowly but surely giving up hope on ever finding a custom rom for the ZTE Score, aka ZTE X500.
  I'll most likely keep an eye out for awhile longer; but I'm curious if there will ever be one. Anyway, has anyone heard any news that I may have missed? Custom/Stock Roms?


texts: Where does Android store the snapshots used on the recent apps?

texts:
iOS takes a screenshot of an app every time it is sent to the background (maybe to show as a thumbnail when viewing recent apps. Details are available on this Stack Overflow question).

I did a little research and came to understand that the same feature is used by Android also. This Stack Overflow question deals with it.

This is a security issue if these snapshots are being stored somewhere in the device and are accessible to other apps.

I wanted to test this feature for my app, but I have no idea where Android stores these snapshots. I did some Googling but found nothing about the storage location.

Where are these snapshots located? Is this accessible to users other than root?


texts: How to check success status of opened URL in Tasker?

texts:
In Tasker, I have created a profile to open a URL when I visit certain place during certain time. It works.. When conditions are met, my default web browser (Dolphin) is opened to handle that URL visit.

I have setup another profile to kill Dolphin when I leave that place or time duration ends (whichever comes first).

Now, I want to make logic flow more complex: If URL fails to load, don't kill Dolphin.

How to check that URL was opened successfully or not? The rest I can do by myself.


texts: How can I download Android apps by scanning the barcode?

texts: I see all these apps that can be downloaded by scanning a barcode. The question is, how do I actually do this?  What app do I use to scan the barcode and install an app?


texts: How to use two different numbers in the same phone via WhatsApp?

texts:
My phone just went broken last night, and I have another but I don't want to change the SIM card, so I'm wondering if it's possible to run 2 numbers on the same phone.
I have heard there is a chance of creating a new user and installing WhatsApp again under that new user, will this work? I don't want to lose a couple of work groups that are important.


texts: Hello when putting this code into the phone dialer ,under the usage time ,is that total time used or just that time?anyone know,thanks in advance


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I find out the wifi password from android setting

A friend entered his wifi password into my android phone so that I could connect to his network.

I don't want to ask him again for the password and I want to use it on my laptop.

how can I find the password that he entered?

thanks.


texts: Is it possible to forward all traffic from internet app over connect bot forwarded port?


texts: Can I update my Nexus 7 from 4.2.2 to 4.3 and root it without losing data?

texts:
Device: Nexus 7
Android: 4.2.2

Can I upgrade my Nexus 7 to 4.3 via OTA, then re-root without losing data? I used a procedure of this sort to root originally, but I don't know if it is generally possible.

Note: I did not unlock the bootloader when I last rooted.


texts:
Thanks to a helpful commenter at a previous question, I now know that Starting February 11, 2015, All Four Major US Carriers Will Let You SIM Unlock Your Phone.

But that just raises another question: how do I know if my phone is locked in the first place? Is there some place in the phone's settings menu I can go to determine this, or do I have to get in touch with my carrier and check with their records?


texts: Android (Nexus 7) bypass swipe/notification screen

texts:
I have fixed in-car install of a Nexus 7 (5.1.1) using Timur's kernel. For years this has been working fine - turn on ignition,and the tablet boots straight to the home screen (or last activity it was doing).

I only take the table out to charge every so often, I DO NOT alter settings - I'm happy with them.

Now, suddenly, the tablet boots to the Swipe/Notification screen - this is a royal p-i-t-a. If I don't react quickly enough the screen turns off and I have to take the tablet out of the dash in order to access the power button.

No updates have been applied to the tablet, I'm sure of it.

All accessibility options are turned off.

Noticed Security is set to swipe - but I haven't set this. How did I disable it?

Thanks

Not sure if this a coincidence, but only seemed to happen after I had changed the car battery....


texts:
I installed Skype on my Samsung Galaxy Tab, and need change default English language.

How to change Skype Tablet interface language from English to other (French, for example)?


texts: can I be connected to Wi-Fi and still use screencast I'm trying to watch YouTube on my TV but I also connected my phone to the Wi-Fi I want to know whether or not is it possible to be connected to the Wi-Fi and still use screencast


texts: How to install Google Services on a Garmin Fleet 790 Navigation Tablet?

texts:
I tried different approaches.

Installing the APKs: Login, Framework, Service and last but not at least Playstore wont work. (I tried it successfully on fire tablet)

In factory mode the menu Point: install from Sd Card wont be Displayed. To install Gapps from there.

Is there any other method to make Google Play Services run on the device?

the navigation tablet is  based on Android 6.0.1

i tried to follow the describtion from @izzy, but if I use the adb sideload i get:

  "adb : sideload connection: closed .. trying pre kitkat sideload
  method..'

and than the connection fails again and is closed too.   starting the device in factory mode and try to install it says:

  "failed to open driver control no such file"

underwards it says that i could use adb sideload, but when i try my computer says

  "no connected device"


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If I go into my unrooted phone's adb shell (Samsung galaxy s7 Android 8) I get a result similar to this:
dr-xr-xr-x 921 root   root         0 2020-01-26 10:06 acct
-rw-r--r--   1 root   root       225 1970-01-01 09:00 android.hardware.drm@1.0-service.widevine.rc
-rw-r--r--   1 root   root     45121 1970-01-01 09:00 audit_filter_table

Notice that there is no . after the file permissions (eg: dr-xr-xr-x). If I type getenforce I get
enforcing

so SELinux is enforced. Then why doesn't ls show a . after the file permissions? Has it always been this way in android? As far as I know, in Centos ls result will show a . after file permissions if SELinux is installed and enforced/permissive. Does android behave differently in this regard?


texts: I just found out about Magisk and it sounds great,  but I don't't know much about it.  How would I use it?  The phone's a ZTE Z815.


texts: File transfer with linux pc through mobile hotspot

texts: How do I  transfer files with a PC running Linux (Ubuntu) via the mobile hotspot (not through wifi)? (Perhaps with another third-party application)


texts: How can I record mobile network traffic?

texts:
I need to record edge/3g mobile traffic in pcap file. I can't find any working app for this. How can I do this?

Samsung Galaxy s3, root, cyanogenmod11.


texts: Strange contacts on my phone can't be deleted

texts: I have had a contact on my phone appear from nowhere.  It is in an Arabic language not english. I have done a factory reset and downloaded my contacts from my gmail and it is not there immediately but arrives back a few minutes later.  I delete it and it comes back.  If I don't delete it right away I get a forced closed error.  any Idea where this could be hiding? and can I get rid of it.  Could it be on my sim card???


texts: How to recover deleted photos from Android's internal memory

texts: I have Redmi Prime 2 mobile and I accidentally deleted some of my pics and now I have tried as much I can to recover them but I can't recover them. I can recover by using some tools(Mini tool power data recovery my Fav.) but the android device shows only two options i.e MTP and PPT. Mini Tool only works on when I choose USB Storage. I don't know what should I do. Can somebody help me to recover my photos or give a way so that I can connect my Redmi Prime 2 android as USB Storage. I have tried my recovery tools for android but they only shows gallery photos which are not deleted.


texts: Block H+ (3.5G) but not H (3G), possible?

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Is there any way to block only H+ (3.5G) and still have H (3G)? I use Android 4.2.1 CM10 Galaxy Nexus.

I want to do this because 3.5G signal in buildings is poor (1 bar), but 2G (which signal is good) is too slow.


texts: unwanted text message when unable to answer a call

texts: When I am unable to answer the phone, sometimes it will tell the person I am busy or at the movies.  How do I stop this from happening?


texts: Install official Europe ICS ROM on Optimus 2x outside Europe

texts: Now that ICS is available to users in Europe for LG Optimus 2x (p990): I have a p990 but it was purchased in India. Can I download the ROM for Europe and flash the same on my phone? Will  it work? Will it give any issues for network connectivity? Or do I wait till the official ICS ROM is released for India?


texts: Volume buttons not working in fastboot mode (LG Leon H320)

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I'm trying to unlock the bootloader on my LG Leon (running on Android 5.0.1 Lollipop). I've followed SO many online tutorials, and most come down to one and the same problem:
First I create a backup of my phone using adb with

adb backup -apk -shared -all -system -f backupThree.ab

Then, after that's done in about an hour, I do

adb reboot bootloader

After that,

fastboot oem unlock

Up to there, it's all working fine and dandy, but then I get an option on my phone to choose yes or no using the volume buttons.
But whatever button I press, NOTHING happens. Nothing at all.
I understand that the process should be taking a fraction of a second, so I know I'm not just interrupting the process when disconnecting my phone from my computer and reinserting the battery, which is necessary to be able to start my phone again.
An I'm not able to find ANYTHING on this on the internet. Am I the only one?
The only thing I can find online is people that have broken volume buttons, but that's not the case here. Outside of fastboot, they work perfectly fine.

So what's going on?
If anyone could help me, it'd be very much appreciated!

Kind regards,
Kasper


texts: Lost some data (specifically my voice recordings

texts:
My phone started acting really weirdly lately. It would shut off by itself and turn on again, and sometimes when it just turned on, it would turn off again. The home screen would freeze, and I couldn't do anything. So I backed up everything onto my computer, and I reset my phone. Suprisingly, my phone went back to normal! So I tried moving everything back onto my phone. lost a lot of my photos and music, but it wasn't a big deal. What I'm upset about is that when I moved all of the voice recordings onto the computer, everything was there. But transferring back into my phone, I lost a few voice recordings, especially this one voice recording that is very important to me. I can't find it in its app folder, and can't find it anywhere. I looked in media, music, sub media, videos, everything I could think of yet I can't find it! Is it possible to get it back somehow?? Or do you know where the voice recording could be(stored) ? Please help!

My phone is a samsung google galaxy nexus version 4.2.1.


texts: Add multiple identical homescreen widgets

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On my old phone (android 8) I used home screen widgets to take notes on the screen, it’s very convenient. But on my new phone (Android 10, Realme 6 pro) I get the error message “widget added”. It is happens with any type of widgets. How can i fix this? It’s very annoying, Android is so smart, and I'm so stupid, I don’t know that the widget has already been added, bravo.
P.s. I'm python developer, but I used adb before for fun.


texts: I have tried to download king root to root my device. Have downloaded it but can't install it onto my phone, this has happened with a root tool as well.these have been downloaded from the internet and unknown sources has been to ticked. I used to be able to download stuff like this before now I cant. Can this be fixed?


texts: Why proxy set on Android does not work when used as hotspot?

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I am setting the proxy in APN settings of my mobile network in below shown screenshot:

It works well. I verified via whatismyip. However, when I enable the hotspot on the device and use this hotspot on another device and check IP from it, it shows my original mobile service provider IP and not the proxy IP.

Why such behavior if the hotspot is supposed to use the mobile network and the proxy is set in APN for it? How can I make proxy work on device using hotspot as well?

Note: I do not want to set proxy under advanced setting on other device wifi option while choosing this hotspot. The app that I am trying to use detects proxy set under wifi so this is my only option.


texts: Removing the default guest user account on Android Lollipop

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How to remove the default Guest User on Android Lollipop in Nexus 5?

In the user settings, I am presented with option to add the guest user. However I am unable to remove the default guest user already present. I am able to remove the added guest users but not the default guest user. The phone is not rooted yet.


texts: What are some steps to diagnose what is slowing down my LG G2 D800?

texts:
It just took me 40 seconds to switch from Facebook to my SMS.  (I got a message while I was in Facebook App, and I clicked on the SMS pop-up and it took good 40 seconds to make the switch)

While thankfully not everything takes this long, I am curious to try to diagnoze what could be the issue.  I have no idea where to begin.    Most other things take anywhere from good 2-5 seconds, like app switches, email send-offs, etc.

Can I have some troubleshooting steps I can use to make some steps towards speeding up my phone?

Factory Reset does help, but I have done 3 of those in the last 1.5-2 years and I would rather do something else now.  Maybe figure out what the issue is rather than just postponing it again via Factory Reset.


texts: Why don't my text-message conversations pile up?

texts:
I've recently installed a new version of my favorite rom "Codec ROM" in version 10.1, previously I was using v7.5, which was working like a charm.
I have done a full wipe, and installed the version 10. Everything works correctly.

When I start receiving some text message, every new one is created in an other conversation, instead of being added to the corresponding contact conversation.

So I try to re-wipe, re-install the rom, and the same problem occurs.

Device: International SGS 3
ROM: Codec ROM 10 (JellyBean)

Any idea on how to fix?


texts: hi, i have a Karbonn A26 4.1.1 , after rooting and used for 3 years. But mistakenly once I deleted one file from boot. Now it's not powering up

texts: i have a Karbonn A26 4.1.1 , after rooting and used for 3 years. But mistakenly once I deleted one file from boot. Now it's not powering up. I gave to service centre , they told it's waste , throw it. I still have ROM but tried flashing but it's not responding. Light switches on , it power ups but won't connect. Anyone please tell me how to recover that "bricked" phone


texts:
This question explains in detail why it's basically impossible to boot Linux from a USB stick.
But I am still wondering: is it possible to load and "boot" a stick-bound Linux distro from a USB stick using the Termux terminal app? It can already access files from sticks and run other distros like Arch, so I'd imagine it to be quite possible.
I'm open about the specifics. I'll take whatever distro works.
The idea is to setup a stick-bound persistent Linux instance for specific tasks. I want to run this Linux both on PC and android through the same USB-Stick, although I'd settle for an android-only solution at this point.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Can I use my device on a different carrier?

I plan to purchase the LG Nexus 4 from the US on the release date (13th November). The phone claims to be unlocked. But will it be compatible with Airtel in India for both data and call services?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 - Screen Lock Options Disabled

texts:
Following the recent upgrade to Jelly Bean on my Samsung Galaxy S2, I have enabled the lock screen with password but when I want to change the other options to like Swipe, Motion, face Unlock Pattern, PIN and None which they are disabled.

Other than the option "password (High Security)" option rest of the above mentioned are disabled. Don't know how to disable the screen lock password.

I have gone through various website & forum and YouTube videos none explains this issue.

How can I remove the screen lock?


texts: ADB over TCPIP connects, but no command works after connection has been done

texts:
I'm developing an Android app.

The so-called app is being developed inside a Windows 7 Pro X64 VirtualBox machine which has a bridged connection with the host machine (a Windows 8.1 Pro X64).

In the other hand, I've installed Genymotion Android emulator.

When I run the following commands, everything works fine until I want to perform a adb install:

adb tcpip 5555
adb connect 192.168.1.5

If I perform a adb install X.apk (where X is the name of the whole package), the command never ends.

Also, I've completely disabled Windows Firewall in both host and guest machine.

Finally, if I perform a adb devices command, it says the device is connected:

List of devices attached
192.168.1.5:5555        device

I can't figure out what's going on...


texts: Windows 7 complains that Nexus S driver is missing

texts:
When I connected my Nexus S to my PC running Windows 7 Professional (32-bit) via USB cable, the system installed a handful of drivers before complaining that the Nexus S driver wasn't installed.

I can see the USB storage as a drive letter. And I can use MyPhoneExplorer to browse all of the memory.

I'm just concerned that if I go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and Printers, the Nexus S icon is there with a warning symbol on it because the driver wasn't loaded.

If I try to let Windows fix the problem, it searches and fails to find the driver and suggests I take it up with the manufacturer.

If I select Properties for the Nexus S, I see the drive letter listed plus "USB Composite Device" and "USB Mass Storage Device", but sitting at the top of the list is "Nexus S" with a warning sign.

Should I be worried? Does anyone else have this?

I have previously had a different Android phone connected and that was OK once I got the drivers for that...


texts:
I've got Nexus 4 and not big enough hands to be able to fully control my phone with one hand. I've seen an amazing feature on iPhone 6 called "Reachability mode" (when home button is double tapped, whole UI shifts down to a thumb's reach).

Is there an Android app creating similar reachability mode? I don't have my phone rooted but I can do so.

For all the trolls: please don't write me 'buy an iPhone' not even Samsung, that's not the answer to this question.

Thank you very much!


texts: Galaxy J5 connected to wifi but network not available

texts:
I bought this brand new J5 yesterday, but I'm stuck with a internet connection problem.

The thing is that the wifi connection worked properly on the store and at some other places, but in my home it connects to the wifi but I don't seem to have any network (I open the browser but can't access any url). All others devices that I have in my house work very good (other Android devices).

I'm assuming then that :

A) The J5 is working properly (as I can connect it at another places) ;

B) The wifi in my home is working properly (as others devices connect to it AND can access any url).

It's correct to say that I may be facing than some kind of compatibility issue, between J5 and my wifi ?

If yes, what could I do to solve it ?
I was digging many hours yesterday on the web to find a solution for this but nothing worked so far. By the way, all "J's" devices seems to have a lot of these issues !

Thank you.


texts: How to stream audio to my PC from my phone without AUX cable?

texts:
I'm trying to use my phone as a soundboard, but i need it to play the sound in my PC when i press a button on my phone

I was wondering if there is a way to do that with USB as i dont have a AUX cable


texts:
I am trying to push a file to a directory on a physical android device, but I am running into the following error.

>adb push data.db /data/data/com.me.app/databases
failed to copy 'data.db' to '/data/data/com.me.app/databases/data.db': Permission denied

I believe adb has sufficient privileges.

>adb root
adbd is already running as root

Here are the permission details for the path: /data/data/com.me.app/databases

drwxrwxrwx system   system            2014-01-14 10:31 data
drwxrwxrwx system   system            2015-05-23 16:06 data
drwxrwxrwx u0_a224  u0_a224           2015-05-23 15:26 com.me.app
drwxrwxrwx u0_a224  u0_a224           2015-05-23 15:30 databases

I am not sure what to do here. Perhaps I am going about this the wrong way, but I just want to push the data.db file into the /data/data/com.me.app/databases directory on the device.

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong or what I should consider? Thanks.


texts: Tasker best profiles to trigger two states

texts:
I use some confuse profiles to trigger a task when I come to office and when I'm back  in home, based in time of the day and week(this is the problem to have many profiles). But I have two access points (wifi), in my house and in my office. So I would like to make only one or two, or even 3 profiles to this, based in the two wifi acess points, and not 6 I have right now.
Any suggestions would by welcome.
Thanks!!


texts: Copy contacts from iCloud to Android phone

texts:
Just went from an iPhone to an Android phone. How do I get my contacts that I have on iCloud on to my Android phone?

I looked at SmoothSync, but what's the point in paying for that when I know there is a free way such as as doing it manually.


texts: How can I view/transfer non-image files from my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini to my computer?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini running Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), and a computer running Ubuntu 12.04.

When I plug the phone into the computer using the USB cable that came with the phone, the phone gives a notification that says "connected as an installer", and it shows up on my computer as a folder containing some unidentifiable files.  When I click the phone notification I can change it to connect as either "Media device (MTP)" or "Camera (PTP)".

When I connect with MTP, the phone shows up on my computer as a folder containing all the same folders that it actually contains (as viewed from ES File Browser on the phone), but from the computer those folders all appear empty.

When I connect with PTP, the phone again shows up on my computer as a folder containing all the correct folders, and this time most of the folders' contents are shown as well.  However, only image files seem to be shown (for example, I see .gif, .jpg, and .png files, but not .ogg or .mp4 files).

So, two questions:

Is it possible to make the other files show up, or not?
If not, is there any app that makes it possible?


texts:
My Android is 4.4.2, Phone model: Panasonic eluga s.

I have a 32 GB SD card in my cell. Please tell me how to shift big apps to SD card. I also have root access. There is no option of move to SD card on Settings › Apps Manager Any app chosen.


texts: Root checkers tells me my phone is rooted but most root required apps warns me that the system denied to root. Why? Anyone, please explain it to me

texts:
Before my phone was said to be rooted by root checkers, I tried many rooting apps, both Android and PC based.

The first significant change which happened occurred when I first installed and used the app called 360Root. 360Root seemed to install an outdated su binary in my system. After that, Root Validator tells me "Root Denied", rather than the usual "Root Unavailable". I tried to update su binary in SuperSU by chainfire, but the installation failed again. After multiple attempts to update the binary,

I thought I should try a PC program called KingoRoot. I used it after downloading and installing it. Kingoroot ran and completed successfully, but checking it in Root Validator still says "Root Denied". I tried again, and it still said sucesss. This time, some, but not all apps that require root like Busybox recognized my device as rooted, so I am able to install BusyBox applets. Kingo Superuser disabled SuperSU, although SuperSU still didn't work that time because su binary is just not updated.

Then I've tried again KingRoot, which succeeded in taking over the root from Kingo. I checked the root status in Root Validator. It now looks like a good news to me, because it tells me "Root is available". However, after opening some root required apps, they still don't recognize my device as rooted.

So finally, I had tried to replace KingUser with SuperSU by downloading terminal emulator first and then the "how-to-replace-kinguser-with-supersu.zip" file. I've followed the instructions perfectly, and it did replace it after updating the su binary and making SuperSU a system app. All the root checkers say that my phone is fully rooted. But, the apps that require root are still saying that I don't have root. Until then, I've noticed that there is a fifth line in Root Validator which says, "SELinux is enforcing". I downloaded a SELinux mode changer which can change SELinux modes from enforcing to permissive and vice versa. Even after changing that and rebooting, the apps still did not work. What could be the possible solution for apps not recognizing that I am rooted? Am I officially rooted? Is this condition have something to do with KitKat's improved security?

TL;DR: Root apps succeeded, and root checkers all say that I am rooted. However, apps that need root are denied root. SuperSU is installed.


texts: Why my Android mobile (Samsung Galaxy Young Duos) is vibrating even if it is not in vibration mode?

texts: In Samsung Galaxy Young Duos, It vibrates even if the vibration mode is off. Why is this happening? How to fix it?


texts: Why does my cell phone keep getting an error message about my password being wrong or account being changed?

texts: I do not have Google+, I do not have 2 step verification, and I have no data to show in my data tools tab online.  So, why do I keep getting an error message that my password is incorrect or my account has changed?  I didn't change anything, in fact, I never use it.  Have I been hacked?  If so, how can I resolve this so it doesn't keep happening?


texts: Automatic deletion of new mail gmail notification on android when already read online

texts:
If I get a new mail in gmail I am happy to see the notification for this.
But if I had read the mail on web gmail on a desktop pc already I don't want to see a notification.

Is there a setting in gmail or an other possibility (app) that the notification is removed as soon as I have clicked on the email in web gmail?

(I searched already similar questions in stack exchange and google. I use kitkat)


texts: How can I set different ringtones - one for new email and one for new SMS in Nexus One?

texts:
Currently I can't find the selection box anywhere in the configuration in my Nexus One to allow this; i.e. they are the same and when I'm expecting SMS from my friend, I get distracted by the emails and vice versa...

So, is it possible everyone? And if it is please show me how. Thank you!


texts: Rooting Huawei ascend G6-10 devices problem

texts:
I tried to root my Huawei H6 with "RootGenius_en_2.2.6.exe" in windows machine because of storage problems. But this operation interrupted in 75% and This error appeared:

Your phone is so solid to root!

any help will be appreciated.


texts: Tasker: Wi-Fi On When I Turn Screen on in the Morning

texts:
I want to set up Tasker to turn on my Wi-Fi in the morning, when I FIRST turn the screen on that day AFTER 7AM.

I've managed to create the Wi-Fi On task and I assume I would also need to use the Display On event. This is my first time using Tasker so I'm unsure how to set it up to be triggered as mentioned.

How do I setup the task mentioned above in Tasker?


texts: Why can I not install Firefox on my HTC G1/Dream with CyanogenMod 6.1?

texts:
I have a HTC G1/Dream with CyanogenMod 6.1, based on Android 2.2.1. I would like to install Firefox, which requires Android 2.0 and up. But I cannot find it in the Android Market, and when I try to install it remotely from the web Android Market, I can see "This article is not compatible with your device".

What could be the origin of my problem?


texts:
I'm using Gboard on my Android 7.0 phone in Skype. I'm using the English (UK) keyboard with QWERTZ and QWERTY layout. My problem is that when I set QWERTY the keyboard layout suddenly changes to QWERTZ after some time.

How can I prevent this random changes in the keyboard layout?


texts:
On my Nexus 5 (LineageOS 15.1 / Android 8.1) i can't see my device when typing "adb devices" (manjaro with Android SDK 3.2.1). What I tried:

root access: "ADB only"
android debugging: "on"
revoked usb authorizations
usb configuration: "MIDI"/"AUDIO"/"Charging"/"MTP"/"PTP" (tried each)
restarted device connected and also connect after restart was done
changed USB Cable
inserted udev rules (like on arch wiki)
all of this in a root shell

"lsusb" is not listing the device if I have android debugging on. If it's off i see it. (as soon as i switch it on it disappears).
I don't have Windows at the time, so would this help?

What can I try next?

My goal was to install ubuntu touch in dual boot mode.


texts: Any way to transfer file >4GB from PC to android tablet?

texts:
I'm trying to get a very large file (97 GB-Wikipedia for Kiwix) from my PC onto a Micro SD card in my Android 10/Go edition tablet.
The problem is that the tablet doesn't seem to recognize an Exfat card; when I put it in, it wants to format it. If I format it for Portable Storage, it formats it as Fat32, so I can't transfer larger files.
I've seen some indications online that formatting it for Adaptive Storage allows bigger files, but the problem with that is that the adaptive SD doesn't show up in Windows file explorer, only the smaller internal storage.
I've tried downloading the file straight to the tablet, but android is again trying to download it to the smaller internal storage, so it gets stuck. When trying to change the download folder, chrome again only sees the small internal storage.
Any other ideas how I can get this file onto my 256GB adaptive storage sd?
Thanks in advance!


texts: How can I automatically freeze and thaw an app on demand?

texts:
I have some apps that I open on occasion. One in particular is a game that likes to push notifications up reminding me to play again.

Is there an app I can use to automatically freeze an Android app when I exit it, and automatically thaw and open the app when I want to open it again? I hate how many apps have background services or receive intents that I don't care for.

With my ROM, I can specifically deny permissions to apps based on certain intents, but that doesn't always help.

I know you can freeze and thaw an app using Titanium Backup Pro, which I have. But that would require manually going in to TiBu and doing the freeze/thaw commands each time.

In an ideal world, I would like a list of apps to be frozen as soon as I exit. And instead of the app listed in my app drawer, I would have a shortcut to first thaw the app and then open it (and have the same icon as the app). I don't care if this takes an extra few seconds; I simply want certain apps to only be running when I say so. Does this exist in any form on Android, whether in a kernel patch, an app, or a simple script?


texts: HTC One S vibration keeps getting turned on for normal profile

texts:
I have a HTC One S with stock ROM (latest update) and stock launcher, no root or anything. Android is 4.0.4 ICS. HTC Sense 4.1. In sound settings, for the normal sound profile, I turn vibration for calls/messages/notifications off, but after some time it mysteriously comes back.

I don't know what triggers it. It happens after switching profiles a couple of times, like switching to vibrate profile and later switching back to normal. I have a suspicion that it might be related to using the physical volume up/down button to switch the profile. I usually use the stock 1x1 HTC widget to switch between profiles. It kind of annoys me and I consider it a bug. Does enyone experience the same? How can I prevent it?

Update: it just happened again after a system crash. I'm getting these more frequently lately, and after every crash the vibration is back. I can now list this as a confirmed trigger, but I'm not sure if it's the only one.


texts: Why does the system not recognize my fonts?

texts:
My phone is a rooted Nexus S running the custom ROM Replicant. I copied twelve font files comprising three fonts (Arimo, Cousine, and Tinos) from my computer to the SD card, used a root file manager to copy the files to /system/fonts, and then rebooted the phone. Yet I am still unable to use these fonts. On par with the other font files in the folder, they are indeed .ttf files. For example, when I view this HTML file in the HTML viewer:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<meta charset="UTF-8">

<title>Font Test</title>

Arimo paragraph

Cousine paragraph

Tinos paragraph

The paragraphs display in Roboto, Droid Sans Mono, and Droid Serif respectively. Why does the system not recognize the newly installed fonts? Is there some configuration file I need to edit?


texts: AT&T Nexus S: is this sold SIM locked / boot-loader locked?

texts:
I know this is a bit localized, but I can't find ANY information on this at all on the internet, because all of the information for the Nexus S assumes the T-Mobile band version.

I would only purchase this phone to immediately unlock the bootloader for custom ROM development.

Is the only difference between the two phones the bands the 3G radio uses?


texts:
Is there a way to auto-update apps by APKPure, similar to what the Google Play Store offers?
Apps that are installed through APKPure require constant manual update-management.


texts:
I bought a Sandisk Ultra microSDXC card with 64GB to use in my Samsung s3 mini. When I put it in the phone doesn't find it (presumably); going to settings -> storage and scrolling down to the bottom it says

Mount SD card
Insert SD card

but it is greyed out, so nothing happens when I tap it. The SD card seems to work perfecly fine as a storage on my Windows 7 computer.

Googling around it seems I might have to format the SD card to fat32 (I tried first reformatting it with exFat, the default, and also NFTS, to no avail). But that is not an option when using right-click -> format... on windows 7.

So I try Fat32Formatter. When I start it it claims the SD card is in NFTS format (even though it's formatted to exFat). Trying to format it to Fat32 I get the error Failed to determine the drive.

I also tried HP USB disk storage format tool, but when I start it all the options are greyed out and I'm not even able to select a device.

Lastly I tried "MiniTool partition wizard", which indicates that the SD card is (Bad Disk) and doesn't let me format or do anything to it. I try using Partition Recovery Wizard on it, but that doesn't change anything.

Any ideas?


texts: If you buy an item that is on sale in play store, and remove it from your device, can you still reinstall it at a later time?


texts: How can I close Skype so that it stops running?

texts: I installed Skype on my wife's phone (HTC Desire), played a bit with it and then exited using the back button as suggested in other question. I can still see her account saying she is logged-in though. How can I exit Skype so that it really stops running?


texts: After HR I get this error: com.google.process.gapps was interrupted

texts:
Lately I have had some problems with my Asus Zenpad 7, a strange message:

  "Unfortunatly com.google.process.gapps was interrupted"

which doesn't stop appearing, my use of the tablet is now limited to what I can do in the miliseconds I have between messages.

I tried many things such as reinstalling Play Store and Google Services, cleaning cache and reactivating the download manager but nothing worked.

Therefore I decided to hard reset, in fact I clicked two options on the Restore Mode of Zenpad 7: Wipe Cache and Wipe Data/Factory Reset, but the messages keep appearing.

I have the tablet rooted using KingRoot, and it may be something I have done while playing with Play Store patches (don't know what, I was just seeing what Lucky Patcher had).

Any suggestions?


texts: Gallery pulling pics from Hangouts even when Hangouts has been disabled

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I have an old Samsung Galaxy Victory running Android 4.1.2 that I want to let my son use for specific things only (camera, calculator, clock, etc.).  As such I have been disabling everything I can on it that will not be needed, and am using a lock program on everything else.

However, for some odd reason, the Gallery app is filled with pics that I sent via Hangouts a long time ago.  They were never on this phone to begin with, and the phone has been wiped.  I even made sure that I did not login with my Google acct before apps like Google+ and Hangouts were disabled.  Still, these pics appear and they do not have an option to disable.  They all appear in the gallery as Hangouts followed by the names of the people that were in the conversation.

Is there anyway to remove these and keep them off?  I hooked the phone up to my computer and located/deleted the cached pics (they were all sans extension).  Removing those kept you from browsing them in the albums (temporarily) but all the albums were still there, and eventually they came back.  I have also gone through all the apps I can think of in the Application Manager and cleared the data and cache, but the pics still remain (or immediately return).


texts: Fix permission option removed from CWM recovery 6.0.3.6

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I updated to latest ClockWorkMode recovery in my Galaxy S 3(AT&T,d2att).
New version is 6.0.3.6.
And noticed that Fix Permission option is removed from it.
I used that option when flasing ROMs.
I can't find why they did so. Will it affects flashing  new ROMs?   Is it not necessary?
Anyone knows reason behind that update?


texts: In Email, I have 3 accounts, 2 x hotmail and 1 x IMAP. Since the last update (4.1.83.3) where it demanded I give Email access to the Phone, I have not been able to send any emails from the IMAP account. The Hotmail Accounts are both fine. Samsung S7. Can anyone help me?


texts: I had a galaxy s7 until i dropped it and the LCD broke.  The screen is black but the phone is on.  To repair it is $250, Id rather not pay that.  But I need my files from my phone.  Any ideas???


texts: Google Maps app and multiple Google accounts, only signing in for one account possible?

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I link several Google accounts on my phone. The Google Maps app usually shows notifications associated with my first account, but my Google maps account which I use the most is one of the others.

The app allows signing out an account (from the 3-minus menu, Settings, Sign out of Google Maps). But then after a while or after a reboot, all accounts would be signed in automatically again.

Is there a way to make sign out permanent? Or a way to only show notifications for certain account only (the Notifications settings apply to all accounts).


texts: export multiple WhatsApp conversations to .txt or .csv format

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I need to export a lot of different conversations, they are not very old, maximum 1200 messages. However, the WhatsApp export tool only allows me to do it one by one, is there any way to do it faster?

regards


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I used fastboot and then installed a stock ROM (D20H) on a LG L9 P769 , but when the phone installed the ROM and rebooted EVERYTHING was mirrored on the screen from right to left. Is this a kernel problem, how can I fix it. The phone is not mine, I really need help fixing it fast. :(

Touch screen barely works. Nothing works like it is supposed to.

You can't tell from the picture, but the recycle icon with the two arrows is color inverted too. It is supposed to be yellow right. Well mine is Blue. So was the lying android with the exclamation mark above it.

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texts: Any reasons to update Android from stock firmware (via PC) rather than OTA?

texts: Is there any reason to update Android firmware (5.1.1 -> 6.0.1) via PC using software like Odin, rather than just doing an OTA update? Is there any difference between the two methods in terms of performance, battery life, etc.?


texts: Uninstall system apps on rooted android 10

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I've been trying to remove the chrome, youtube and playstore applications from my android device, however, I've run into some issues. I've tried rooting my device, but the systems folder is hard-coded as read-only on android 10, so I've not been able to permanently change build.prop or directly uninstall any of these apps. My current workaround has been to remove these apps from my user profile and disable the multiuser feature using the ADB tool. However, when I restart my device, the feature reenables itself. Does anyone know of a better way to approach this problem?
Edit: I've rooted my phone using magisk. Apps like titanium backup have not been able to uninstall these apps.
This is the code that I've used to disable the multisuser feature:
setprop fw.show_multiuserui 0
setprop fw.max_users 1


texts: Do every Android version store the PIN/passwords at the same file?

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I find a hateful peculiarity of Android its nagging usual changes between versions in the paths for some system files and configuration variables. Even when I assume it is expectable on newborn operating systems.

I have read that the PIN number for unlocking the screen is stored (cyphered, I pressume) at /data/system/password.key .  So, for example, if I do:

# rm /data/system/password.key

... I will be able to delete it (of course priorly mounting the partition system as read/write, booting via Recovery, connecting via ADB shell, on a rooted device... blah blah blah).

Could this change work on every version of Android? Or this storage file is version-dependent?


texts: Deleted my only Launcher and APK - Black Screen. Please help!

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I have a Lenovo A806. The device was rooted and I downloaded a root uninstaller from the PlayStore to uninstall some apps that I couldn't otherwise.

In the process, among other apps, I deleted the only launcher I had on the phone (Lenovo Launcher) and I might have deleted the APK (not sure about the APK). The result was a black screen without any apps.

When turn on the phone I can see the home screen (same one you see before you unlock keyboard) and I also have some of the functionalities (eg messages, can make calls etc). However, if I open one of these functionalities and I click on the "back" button, the screen goes completely black and the phone goes unresponsive.

I tried to,

reset factory settings by holding the Volume Up + Down + On/Off button which opened the "Lenovo Recovery" screen and I choosing the "wipe user data (both fuse format and fuse wipe data).
install update package option and I rebooted the phone. Nothing of those worked.

Could anyone direct me towards the right way?


texts: Use AOSP generated boot.img with Android 10 factory images

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Is there a way to use a boot.img generated by AOSP sources with factory images of lets say sailfish (Google Pixel)?

I used to do this in the past, but now this results into a bootloop. logcat haven't even started at that point, so I can't find where the issue hit.

I've also compiled the kernel from sources, then packed it into the boot.img from a factory image, but still no luck.

The reason I want this:

This will allow me to have the stock applications with an insecure kernel which will enable things like adb root, mounting /system/ etc.
And I don't care if apps like Google Pay won't work.


texts: How to install TWRP if usb device not recognised?

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I am able to list my Redmi Note from cmd via fastboot devices on Windows 10.

But I want to flash the latest TWRP on my old HTC One XL. I am able to get it recognised by adb devices. Then I can to to fastboot via adb reboot bootloader. But then fastboot devices returns nothing.

Windows complains that USB device was not recognised

I do have the latest platform-tools

I did install the latest HTC Sync Manager. HTC One XL is not listed there as supported though.

Q1) Any idea how to make fastboot work?

Q2) or even better how to flash the latest TWRP to HTC One XL? I got TWRP 2.8.4.0 already there


texts: Any apps that will allow me to set a profile that only allows emergency calls through?

texts: I work third shift so I sleep during the day but I get calls all day long so I shut my ringer off.  I would like to be able to set a couple phone numbers that can ring through no matter what.  Using Google Voice to do this won't work because I get calls directly to my cell # as well as to Google Voice.


texts: Stay connected to WiFi that requires sign-in

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I recently upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini to Kitkat (4.4.2), and I noticed a new behaviour that I'd like to disable: when I'm connected to a wifi network with a captive portal that requires sign-in, and I don't actually sign in, the phone will disconnect from the network after a while, and I have to reactivate that wifi network manually.

That's normally a useful thing to do, in order to maintain some kind of connectivity, but less so when the wifi network in question is the one in the London Underground, where there is no mobile phone signal.  While using a normal web browser requires sign-in, there are some apps that work without it, such as Opera Mini and Facebook Chat, and sometimes I'd rather not spend my time on dealing with the sign-in page.  Disconnecting from the wifi network will in this case only make connectivity worse.

Some googling suggested that I turn the option "Smart network switch" off, but it is already off and I still see this behaviour.  Is there anything else I can do to make the phone keep the wifi connection regardless of whether I'm "signed in"?


texts: Controlling an Android phone's audio player via the buttons on the headset?

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I am interested in finding documentation about controlling an Android phone's audio player (e.g. play/stop/skip forward 20 seconds) with the buttons on the phone's headset.  Based on my searches this doesn't seem to be a well-documented topic.
Is there another forum in which I should ask this question?
More specifically, I am shopping for a new Android cell phone (I am leaning toward a Moto G Power).  I use my phone as an audio player and would like to buy a phone that:

supports the use of the wired headset button(s) for such functions as play/stop/skip forward 30 seconds and;
supports the use of an app(s) [1]  that control the cell phone audio player and;
Performs 1 & 2 with a wireless headset.

Every few years I find myself looking for information on this topic and never seem to find much that is useful.
Ref.
[1] head set button controller apps such as ...https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.irishin.buttonsremapperhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.homebutton
OLD-https://beebom.com/5-apps-to-control-and-tweak-your-headset-buttons-in-android/


texts: Why do two smartphones connected to the same WiFi network show different speeds (one displays the link speed as 135 Mbps and other only 72 Mbps)?

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I have two Android phones:

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3
Acer Liquid Z630s

On Redmi Note 3, the link speed is only 72 Mbps and the download speed hardly crosses 50 Mbps.
Whereas on Acer Z630s, the link speed is shown as 135 Mbps and the download speed has reached 90 Mbps on Speedtest.

On average, download speed on Acer has been 6 - 9 MB/s whereas on Xiaomi it has been only 3 - 5 MB/s.
This is quite surprising as Redmi Note 3 has a Snapdragon chipset and also supports dual band whereas Acer has a Mediatek chipset and supports only a single band (on using 5 GHz mode on Redmi Note 3, no WiFI signal appears).

What could be the problem and how can I improve the WiFi capacity of Redmi Note 3?


texts: What is the screen life of an Android Tablet?

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I'm unable to find technical specs on the life expectancy for the screen of a Nexus 7 (or any Android Tablet, for that matter).

Do you know how many total hours we can expect to get out of a tablet before it starts to die out?

FYI: I'm considering to use an Android tablet as the touch screen for an Industrial Controller. The Industrial Controller will be turned on 24/7 - which is obviously not the typical use case for a tablet - so I'm concerned that the tablet will burn out too soon (i.e. within a year or two).


texts: I have recently installed MIUI on my SONY XPERIA P. Recently I found that headphone(original and others) is not working properly. But when I tap the button (that is in the original headphone) , music is pausing or playing. That means headphone is connected. But no sound is appearing in ear piece!! How can I solve it?


texts: some Android text lines appeared on the screen that are changing constantly

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It's about a few days since some text lines (white and green) appeared on the display and I don't know what changes I have made unintentionally that caused the appearance of those lines.

Screenshot (Click image to enlarge)


texts: Can you connect USB devices to an Android phone?

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I have an HTC Desire and would like to connect USB devices to it, for example an external USB thumb drive to transfer files or a USB keyboard.

Is this at all possible?


texts: How can I find out which bands my phone supports

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Background:
I recently bought the Padfone X, and have been attempting to get it on my network. Part of this effort has been verifying information I have found online which claims that it supports LTE band 4.

  4G-LTE Bands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 17

My network operator claims to support most phones that support AWS, specifically phones that operate on the 1700/2100 spectrum (which I believe corresponds to 4G-LTE band 4 / AWS 4 / etc.)

Problem:
Because I can't trust what I have read, I have been trying to answer this question: How can I find out what bands my phone supports just using Android / Apps?

What I have tried:
I have looked at this question asking about the current frequency band, which led me to try the two "secret codes" listed in the answers:

*#*#0011#*#*: Recognized as a code, but does nothing.
*#*#4636#*#*: This brings up phone information, but I don't see anything that looks frequency related. Screenshot here.

The device is rooted, so I can use adb shell to muck about if need be, but I don't know where to look.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 - how to connect device wirelessly to computer?

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I should first explain that the Tab connects wirelessly to my modem\router, and thence to the internet.
Also, it connects to the computer via USB cable.
However, I cannot get it to connect wirelessly to my computer, or any other of the five desktops and laptops that make up my home network.
I must be missing something basic.
Anyone have a suggestion?
BTW: All the PCs but one are W7 Ultimate 64bit. The other is W10 Enterprise.
All are connected via gigabit hub and are fully shared with each other.
Galaxy model is SM-T800. Android is 6.0.1.
Thanks for reading.


texts: Removing junk files from my Android device

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Previously I had installed an application for cleaning junk files from my phone, but the app no longer works with my device.

What is the best way to find and remove junk files from my phone in order to save space and increase performance. Is this something I can do on my own (And if so, how?), or is it best to use an app from the Play Store (And if so, which one?)?


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I have a tablet called General Mobile E-Tab 4.
I bricked it. It stays on load animation. I can reach recovery but there are 3 options:

reboot device
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition

I have pushed root files to /data/local/tmp with this guide (gave permissions also)

I have also installed VirtualBox and Ubuntu. But I can't see my device in Ubuntu:

For some reason VM shows me that and never loads:

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

I also tried Droid Explorer, Android Commander and few programs to view tablet's files.

They saw the device but they didn't show it's files.

I also tried mv and cp commands to move root files from /data/local/tmp to /system/bin/sh but it said:

Operation not permitted

Same for mount command:

Also, when sideloading a file from abd, the device gives error: Installation aborted

So what can I do now?


texts: Reliability of Type C vs. micro-USB vs. SD card

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I don't use cloud services. I just manually backup my phone using a rotation of a few SD cards I own, and when I have access to a family computer, I transfer what's in those cards to the computer, in order to "double" backup.
(Not the best approach but works fine for me.)
A few years ago (pre-type-C being the norm), I tried to depart from SD cards (just for convenience, so that I wouldn't have to remove and insert them to/from my SIM tray all the time) and gave some flash drives and external HD's (via an OTG micro-USB cable) a chance, as they're more "plug and play".
Me being careful in general with my equipment and their cables, and always mindful about properly ejecting flash/hard drives, it's safe to say I've almost never experienced corrupted files on a computer.
But that wasn't the case on my phone. I tried both flash and hard drives (even with an externally powered OTG cable) and I'd encounter some corrupted files after moving them back and forth.
So I just figured micro-USB might be unreliable for this purpose and I went back to using SD cards.
Has type C been any different? Other than transfer speed (which is not my biggest concern) is it more reliable than micro-USB?
In terms of reliability alone where does it rank between micro-USB and SD cards? Am I better off with my SD cards as it is, or type C is reliable enough, for me to quit SD cards and start using it instead?
Like I said, type C's transfer speed is less important than reliability, but it's tempting nonetheless.


texts: Are there any known conditions where an update results in irrecoverable storage?  I am asking this because an Android device has lost storage and I have been unsuccessful in recovering 3GB.


texts: Word file "docx-file" corrupted in Android after editing it on OneDrive using OfficeSuite, how to fix that?

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Hei,
I have a Word-file with extension ".DOCX" which I want to use it and edit it on my OneDrive.
I use the app OfficeSuite to edit my files. When I open the file on OneDrive with OfficeSuite, edit and save it, the file becomes corrupted. When I try to re-open the file I can't open it.
When I download the file on my Andorid phone and open it using OfficeSuite I get the error "file corrupted" and I can't open the file.
But the file can be opened on my Windows 10 with no problems both in OneDrive and in local folder.
When I edit a local .docx file using OfficeSuite on my Android phone and upload to OneDrive, I can open the file on OneDrive with no problems.
The problem happens when I open the .DOCX file in OneDrive with OfficeSuite and edit it. After the edit, the file becomes corrupted, but corrupted only on my Android phone.
That problem won't happen on Excel files. I can open and edit Excel files using OfficeSuite in OneDrive.
And the same problem happens when I use Microsoft Word for Android too.
So it looks like the problem happens when I open the Word-file on OneDrive using OfficeSuite and edit it. Then the file won't open anymore on my Android phone (but still opens on Windows 10).
My Andoid phone is Samsung Galaxy A3, Android Version 7.0.
How can I fix the problem?
I tried using Word, uninstall and reinstall both OneDrive and OfficeSuite, but the same problem remains.
There's no such problem when I use Google Drive.
Why is it that ? How can I fix that problem, so that I can edit Word-files on OneDrive without making them corrupt ?


texts:
I type with keyboard and after typing I want to add a smiley.
Then it looks like this:

bit annoying and only since some days

any idea to fix this?

EDIT:
also: menu key on i9300 shows menu up the keyboard
and if I click on the red underlined text (& this is directly up the keyboard) the correction drop down is under the keyboard overlay

Galaxy S 3 [i9300]
PAC ROM newest nightly


texts: PDF reader with highlighting and bookmarks

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Is there any way to read PDF books with highlighting texts and adding custom bookmarks?

I would like to read a book having about 500 and more pages and I would like to highlight sentences and words and then create bookmarks for these pages in order to find them later without need to list through the entire book. If it could read docx as well it would be great. I don't mind if it is paid.


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I have lost my phone number and there is no way I can get back the same number from the operator.
I want to restore my whatsapp chats which were safely backed up on google drive.
I need those chats as its the matter of my career. Can anyone help to decrypt those backups from the google drive.
I can't arrange the same phone number to receive backup on my android device because the number has been allotted to someone else.


texts:
What is the difference between the free version of OsmAnd and the Plus version?

The only info I found seems to be outdated. While using the free edition the only limitation I noticed was the hint that I can only download 10 different maps.


texts: does google know my browsing history by virtue of my phone being linked to my google account?

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I am completely new to the smartphone world - I have just purchased a Galaxy S4. I want to know if there is any way for me to "log out" of my google account and browse (and generally use the phone) without Google being able to associate my history with my account (which I understand is somehow linked with the phone?).

I am a longtime user of various Google services on my non-mobile devices, but I tend to be fairly careful always to log out of google when I am finished with the particular activity (gmail, calendar, etc) so that everything else I do (whether reading espn or anything else) doesn't become linked to my google account.

I am aware of incognito mode and clearing browsing history and cache - are there additional steps to take?


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I am trying to update the firmware of my Galaxy S3 from 4.1.2 to 4.3. The update package gets downloded, but the installation fails at 31% everytime. I tried to updated using KIES also, but no success. What can be the reason and how can I resolve this issue?

The Error message is "Failed to update the firmware. Try again with Kies or contact Samsung".


texts: WiFi dropping with channel switch and not reconnecting: how to debug

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Since a few days my new Samsung Galaxy A50 (running Pie build PPR1.180610.011.A505FNXXU1ASD6)  is dropping the WiFi connection to my router (Fr!tzBox 7940) for no clear reason.
I've been trying all the suggestions I found on the web:

Changing DNS/disabling PiHole (as I have/had one), as somebody with a Pihole experienced the same issue here: didn't solve it.
Disabling IPv6 on the router: didn't solve it.
Using a static IP address for the device: didn't solve it.
Reset the network settings on the device: didn't solve it.
Factory reset the device... a lot of work... didn't solve it.

The funny thing is that the phone is the only device experiencing issues. We also have a Samsung Tab (gen1), Tab S3, S7, multiple HP laptops and a Tanix TX6 that experience no issues at all!
... I am expecting radio issues.

Every time this occurs, I need to disable and re-enable the Wifi of the A50 to get a connection again. Sometimes it even lists my router, but just doesn't (automatically) connect.

Sometimes it even lists no Wifi sources at all! Even though I should see the weak signal from the neighbors: it's quite busy here

Sometimes I don't even get the WiFi to enable!!

The logging apps I found don't tell me much. E.g. the app "WiFi monitor" logs this (translated):

2019-05-16 17:20:06 WiFi is switched on. WiFi network is connected: "FRITZ!Box 7490". RSSI: -52 dBm
2019-05-16 17:20:08 WiFi is switched on. WiFi network is connected: "FRITZ!Box 7490". RSSI: -48 dBm
2019-05-16 17:20:46 WiFi is switched on. Connecting to WiFi network…
2019-05-16 17:20:46 WiFi is switched on. No connected WiFi networks
[3 minuted later I find out and manually intervene]
2019-05-16 17:23:51 WiFi is switched on. No connected WiFi networks
2019-05-16 17:52:05 WiFi is being switched off
2019-05-16 17:52:05 WiFi is switched off
2019-05-16 17:52:08 WiFi is being switched on
2019-05-16 17:52:09 WiFi is switched on. No connected WiFi networks
2019-05-16 17:52:11 WiFi is switched on. Connecting to WiFi network…
2019-05-16 17:52:11 WiFi is switched on. WiFi network is connected: "FRITZ!Box 7490"
2019-05-16 17:52:11 WiFi is switched on. WiFi network is connected: "FRITZ!Box 7490". RSSI: -54 dBm
2019-05-16 17:52:12 WiFi is switched on. WiFi network is connected: "FRITZ!Box 7490". RSSI: -56 dBm

My router also has some logs indicating that in some cases it might be related to channel switching:

16.05.19 17:52:13 New wireless device registered itself (5 GHz), 433 Mbit/s, Galaxy-A50, IP 192.168.178.97, MAC [cut].
16.05.19 17:52:11 Wireless LAN device registered: Reactivating wireless LAN at full power (5 GHz).
16.05.19 17:25:57 Wireless auto channel: The channel settings (previously channel 52 (5 GHz)) were changed; now active on channel 36 (5 GHz).
16.05.19 17:25:51 Wireless auto channel: Current detection of the wireless LAN environment (5 GHz) in progress, in order to optimize the wireless channels in use; some wireless devices may be re-registered.
16.05.19 17:23:50 No more wireless LAN devices registered: Reducing power consumption (5 GHz).
16.05.19 17:20:52 Wireless device was deregistered (5 GHz), Galaxy-A50, IP 192.168.178.97, MAC [cut].
16.05.19 17:20:03 Reregistered wireless device (5 GHz): Automatic change of wireless band to improve data transmission, Galaxy-A50, IP 192.168.178.97, MAC [cut].
16.05.19 17:20:03 Wireless device registered (5 GHz), 433 Mbit/s, Galaxy-A50, IP 192.168.178.97, MAC [cut].
16.05.19 17:20:01 Wireless LAN device registered: Reactivating wireless LAN at full power (5 GHz).
16.05.19 17:19:58 Wireless device was deregistered (2,4 GHz), Galaxy-A50, IP 192.168.178.97, MAC [cut].

I'm trying to find a way for android to tell me why it is dropping the wifi and not reconnecting. Any tips?


texts: Stuck notification on LG 's Phone app "new voice mail"

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My phone's an LG G4 on Android 6. I've received a new vocal message which I've read already. The notification won't go away.

I can't force close the app as it's a system app ( "Phone" )
I can't disable notifications on this app for the same reason.

When I reboot the phone, the notification show up again...

Any idea would be appreciated. Thx


texts: I accidentally deleted all my contacts from my phone. In my Google Contacts I was able to recover some of my contacts but how or where can I find the rest of my contacts?


texts: Can't write an SMS for some of my contacts

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I'm using an LGP500 Android Phone (Android 2.2). In the default SMS application, when I select a discussion, I see the previous SMS (both sent and received), and there's a text area at the bottom of the screen to write a new message.

For most of my contacts, this behavior is working correctly, but for a few of them (which I use quite often), the text area is not shown. Those contact have a mobile phone number, and I can send SMS using the long way (create a new sms, search the contact ...).

Does anybody have an idea of the cause or the solution ?

Edit I tried a few things to fix this : clearing the data, deleting any previous sms history, changing the phone number from the local (06xxxxxxxx) to international (+336xxxxxxxx) format (french phone numbers), changing the mobile phone number as default phone for the contact, in vain.


texts: Keyboard has disappeared from galaxy tab e

texts: Unable to unlock screen as keyboard has disappeared so unable to enter password.


texts: How to connect to multiple devices at the same time using adb?

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Things I'm using:

PC: MacBook Pro (Late 2013), OS X Yosemite version 10.10.4
USB: ORICO H7928-U2/U3 USB 3.0
Smartphones: LG G4, Samsung Galaxy Note 2
ADB version: 1.0.32

I'm trying to connect multiple devices and run at the same time under Eclipse IDE by using ADB, but when I connect two devices, one device status is offline or not listed.

Connection status:

pc right usb port ---------- usb hub ---------------- LG G4
                            └--------------------- galgaxy note2
Command line in terminal:

nice7285@SJLIMsMacBook13:/Applications/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk/platform-tools$ ./adb devices
adb server is out of date.  killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
LGxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    device

Output when disconnecting all devices from USB hub and reconnecting them:

nice7285@SJLIMsMacBook13:/Applications/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk/platform-tools$ ./adb kill-server
nice7285@SJLIMsMacBook13:/Applications/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk/platform-tools$ ./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
Galaxyxxxxxxxxxxx    device

or

nice7285@SJLIMsMacBook13:/Applications/adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140702/sdk/platform-tools$ ./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
LGxxxxxxxxxxxxxx    offline
Galaxyxxxxxxxxxx    offline

What is best way to connect to multiple devices simultaneously?


texts: So I have a moto G, 2nd gen, I was transferring stuff from my internal memory to the SD card and my DCIM folder was also transferred by mistake and when the "Merge" option popped up, I clicked on "yes to all by mistake. I can't find most of my pictures now. Any way I can fix this now?


texts: Installing Lollipop in unlocked Moto G 1st gen

texts: If I have an unlocked Moto G 1st gen, is there any other way to get Lollipop on it beside waiting for it to show up? My carrier apparently won't update this device in particular.


texts: error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported when I try to run curl on android 5.1

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I'm trying to run curl on android 5.1,but this error doesn't help :

root@manta:/root/home/curl/data/local/bin # ./curl
error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported.

I've got the curl executable from here :

http://curl.haxx.se/

how can I fix this error ? thanks.


texts: patren un-lock of chines andriod tablet (company name: ready) with no volume and home keys (it was in use my nephew locked it)

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I have a patren locked chines made andriod tablet. I want to unlock it
Note: tablet does not have volume or home keys.
It was a new tablet and was not connected to internet or google account either


texts: Using a separate account for Play Store purchases

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My family own a number of Android devices. We each have our own google account but ther is no credit-card linked to any of them. I'd like to keep it that way. But occasionally, I'd like to buy an app, but I can't as there is no way to pay without registering a credit card. At least with iPhones, I can use a gift card, but they don't seem to be available for android.

Is there a way that I can create a new account and link it to a credit card and whenever one of the family wants to purchase an app, sign on to the app-store with this account, buy the app, and sign out again.  Will the app still work on the phone if the current user is not account that bought the app?

Edit: Here's the Play-Store "Accounts" dialog showing no "Add" option.


texts: Running a batch backup in Titanium stops my a set alarm on my alarm clock

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I recently switch from Helium backup to Titanium (still free version). I tried to use the scheduled backup and experienced a quite annoying effect: I ran the backup at 3am in the night - and my alarm scheduled for the moring was not working.

It seems that titanium stops apps for doing the backup (I think I read this somewhere), and my interpretation is that the alarm clock app cannot exec scheduled alarms once it has been stopped.

Is there a way I can exclude the alarm clock app? In fact, I really don't need a backup of my scheduled alarms ...

I run CyanogenMod 11 / Android 4.4.4


texts: Best "nandroid" or equivalent on Galaxy S4 VRUAME7

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So I'm pretty new to Android. Just got a new Galaxy S4 from Verizon and it's running VRUAME7. Already rooted of course. Basically right now I'm looking for a way to do a complete backup (nandroid); Not planning on installing any different roms just yet, but wanna play around with some stuff in /system and the like, so I'd like have a backup just incase I screw anything up.
From what I've read, you need a custom recovery to do a backup/restore like this. For VRUAME7, it seems the only way to go about this is with Safestrap.

Is there a less intrusive way to do this? I would think a manual backup (pain.. lol) but it seems some of the partitions are inaccessible while Android is running?
Also, I'm not sure how to go about restoring that if something would happen.

Is it overkill to install Safestrap just for this purpose (backup/restore)?
If this is the best (or only) way to go about this? I'm just curious on some of the implications of SafeStrap.
On the developer thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441441):

TEST #3: Recovery removal leaves device in clean state RESULT: FAIL

I'm not quite sure that this line means... does that mean removing Safestrap? I don't want a permanent installion; I'd like to have choice to remove it or go back to stock if needed.

Also, since this bypasses the bootloader, does this mean every boot will go directly to Safestrap first? As in I'll always have to select to boot the rom each startup?


texts: Deleting emails in the online GMail list, does not delete them on my Android 2.2 Samsung Galaxy S, is this normal?

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This morning I decided to clean up my emails list in my gmail account using the Windows wb browser.

However when I opened the gmail application on my Samsung Galaxy S running Froyo 2.2, the emails I deleted online where still present.

Is this normal behavior or is there a setting which controls this.

I looked around for some setting, but found none. I also looked at the help on Gmail where is explained that you can clear the gmail's application data, but was just wondering whether there wasn't an easier way. All in all, this seems to be a logical operation no?


texts: Undeleteable blank contact on HTC Legend

texts: I have a contact with no contact details, apart from a name and which can't be deleted. The option just doesn't appear in the context menu like for other contacts. Is it possible to delete this contact?


texts: whatsapp why deleted contacts still showing when I select forward

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when I forward on  whatsapp the list of contact I have deleted on the phone book  are still visible  when I select forward on whatsapp.

How can I get rid of this numbers
 completely .


texts: I am taking screen shots for testing an app. on Nexus 7. Yesterday I could take the screen shots perfectly. Today when I press Power+Volume Down together it makes the screenshot sound but gives me .png with 0 bytes. What happened, and how do I fix this?


texts: How do I erase all the data on Galaxy S4 if the screen is broken?

texts: I have Samsung Galaxy S4, but the screen broke. I wanted to erase all the data on it before I send it back to the factory for replacement. Is there any way to do this?