texts: Getting around a tethering block with European prepay SIM

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When I travel to Europe, I buy a SIM, stick it in a Moto-E that has a European radio, then tether my regular cell phone.  This has been an effective solution since I'm using my regular phone, and I have all my apps.

But, last time I traveled, I got a LycaMobile (Denmark) SIM, but they blocked tethering.  The data connection worked fine from apps on the European phone.  The wifi hotspot could be set-up on the European phone.  My US cell phone successfully connected to the European phone's wifi hotspot.  But as we all know, unless there is Internet connectivity, having a successful wifi connection is useless.  I went to two LycaMobile outlets and they confirmed that tethering is blocked for the plan I bought.

My question: would a user-space application (like PdaNet+) allow me to connect my US cell phone via wifi and allow me to access the Internet even though the normal Android tethering was blocked by the carrier?

(Moto-E, Android 4.4.2 (API 19))


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I have a 32GB SD card which I want to have it partitioned.

I'm having the hardest time finding any apps that work or any tutorials.

Can anyone please help me out with this?


texts: How to revoke "SMS Services that cost you money" permission?

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I have an Android 6, Samsung S6 smartphone and today I bought a tram ticket via SMS.  Before sending, a warning popped up asking if I wanted to grant the Messages app the permission "SMS Services that cost you money".  I assume this was because the SMS ("Premium SMS") is overcharged (by the price of the ticket), since the app never asked for this permission before sending a SMS.

I replied Yes, since it was a legitimate purchase, but I was in a hurry and involuntarily I ticked the option "remember my choice".

Now I would like that Android keeps asking me before sending Premium SMSs, since it's a security risk, but I couldn't find a setting to disable this option.  Is this possible?  Or the only way is to hard reset my phone and reconfigure it from scratch?  I can't believe Android doesn't offer this option.


texts: Can I delete the Guest account but have two acount on my Samsung Tab

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I will delete the Guest account but i would keep two users (Primary and a limited account). when i must choose, i will see only the two users and not three with the gest user.

It's possible ?

thanks

(i'm on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 - root)


texts: Can I download an apk of an app I have payed for?

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So my dilemma is that I paid for Minecraft PE some years ago, but then I deleted my Google Play Store account, and got a new one.

What I'm wondering is if it is okay to download the apk because I'm not paying for it again, and I think it would because technically an apk file is kind of like a rom backup of a cartridge game and those are legal to download if you own a legal version of the game
My issue is that I'm downloading the apk of the newer update then I bought, so is it legal? Since the version of game is different from what I have purchased


texts: How can I remove the SIM Lock on my Samsung S2 LTE (SC-03D) Japan Docomo?

texts: I am looking for a way to make the phone sim free without going to the company's shop and paying for them to unlock it. Anybody know how it can be done? The SC-03D does not have an nv_data.bin file that most galaxy unlocking tools require so I'm at a bit of a loss. It does have an /efs/ partition though.


texts: Gboard: Set Custom Unicode Characters on Longpress or Add Custom Keyboard Keys or Layout

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On Gboard, when I long-press the "a" character, for example, I can see some other "a" characters pop up which have different marks or diacritics on them. By using long-press, I am able to easily type the ā and Ā characters, but we don't have such an option for "h" character for instance, as I would like to similarly type the ḥ and Ḥ characters. And similarly, I would like to be able to type some other Unicode characters like ʿ by long-pressing the ' key. These characters are accepted in standard academic Arabic romanizations and copy-pasting these Unicode characters from other applications is very inconvenient.

Is it possible to be able to add my own characters to the long-press of the current characters on Gboard?
Or is it possible to create my own keyboard layout and add that to Gboard (like we add new languages and each language has its own key-set)?
If not, is there a way to hack-edit the language source file (when we download a language in Gboard) and assign my custom keys to them, so that when that language is set in the Gboard, it has my custom keys set in it?
Or if it is not possible on Gboard, then is there any other keyboard app that allows us to customize its keys like this?
If it is not possible on Gboard, how to suggest a custom-long-press-key-setting feature to the Gboard team?

Thanks.


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I've tried

date -u 1407697765

output:

time 1407697765 -> 1407697765.0
settimeofday failed Bad file number

and

busybox date -s @1407697765

output:

date: can't set date: Operation not permitted

I don't feel that I'm doing everything right (especially when date -u) but it looks like I have no permission... I'm trying it through adb shell

Why do I get these errors and how to set date through shell?


texts: Revert to official Android from Cyanogenmod

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I have installed CyanogenMod 10.1.x on my Note 2, but I find it very unstable and it often goes on a reboot loop.

I use ClockworkMod recovery.

I would rather work with a stock android at this point.

Questions:

Since I have ClockworkMod recovery, I presume I can use it to flash the "official" ROM? Is this correct?
Can someone point me to the official stock android from Samsung?


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Is there any way to use GNU utilities like GNU's sed, find, bash, and awk WITHOUT root? Android's utilities that are provided by toolbox and the BusyBox applets provided by one particular application I have installed lack the kind of features necessary for them to be fully functional.

One problem I have in particular is that I have no way of converting characters that hinder processing data in a Unix environment (such as linefeeds and nulls) into their respective escape codes (i.e., a linefeed becomes \n, a null becomes \x00 or \0, etc.).

I am running Android 4.4.


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I recently bought a FM transmitter to broadcast my music to my car's speakers. However, I discovered that while the transmitter was plugged into my phone I couldn't get a GPS signal.

I imagine that the reason for this is that the phone uses headphone devices as an antenna when they are plugged in. This transmitter plugs into the headphone jack. Unfortunately though, this transmitter does not make a good antenna.

Question: Is there a way for me to force my Samsung Galaxy SII (Epic Touch 4g) not to use that as an antenna?


texts: How do I draw mind maps seamlessly with touch screen only?

texts: Desktop software such as MindManager and FreeMind allows you to easily draw Mind Maps. But their interface rely on much keyboard shortcuts that doesn't work (well) on Android virtual keyboard. Is there a way to draw such mind maps seamlessly with touch screen only?


texts: How can I change my dialer setting conditionally

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I use my google voice number for almost anything but things that won't accept a VoIP number for registration and account recovery and I give it to them, for a good reason.

So, my default dialer setting is "Ask me every time I place a call". I am mostly happy with the setting since an extra click on the screen is not that big of a deal. Except when I am in my car and trying to dial a number using voice dialing. At which time I have fumble with the phone to click the right position on the screen to place my call.

What I want is, as soon as my phone enters the PAN (personal area network) of my car's audio system (i.e. connects to car stereo using bluetooth) I want my dialer to default to google voice. And revert this setting back when I leave the car and disconnect from the stereo system.

How can I accomplish this ?

EDIT: If need be

OS: Android Nougat

Phone : Motorola Nexus 6


texts: When i factory reset my phone, does it restore my phone data and my mobile data?

texts: My phone is running out of space, and even when I delete someone my things, it is still low space


texts: When I click "enable secure and erase" in Find My device it says "request sent", but nothing happens

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I'm trying to enable remote locking and wiping for a phone. When I go to https://www.google.com/android/find  and click on “enable secure and erase” then it says "request sent", but I see nothing on the phone, no notification.

The strange thing is I can ring the phone via the web interface, so it reaches the phone, but I cannot enable lock and wipe, because I get no notification on the phone after "request sent". Why can this be?


texts: Galaxy Note 4 KitKat 4.4.4 - want to perm sort mail so that unread is on top

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I just got this phone and love it. But I'd like the default mail client to allow "UNREAD" on top and then the read ones below. I have to constantly change that each time I check mail. My previous version would only change that if I shut off the phone.

I can't find anything that allows me to default FILTER BY to be UNREAD. Annoying!


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I'm using an app that allows the user to sign up for a subscription. Doing that in the app the user is asked to type in their credit card  information.

Is that allowed for a Play Store app? In Play Store terms it's stated that:

  In general, the terms of Google Play allow you to sell in-app subscriptions only through the standard payment processor, Google payments.

I asked the app developer about this, but they replied with instructions for doing a subscription on iTunes (without having to type in credit card info).


texts: "Unable to forget Hot Spot" - Can't disconnect from it either

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I am running stock kitkat (4.4.4). There are some hotspots my phone will connect to whenever I am near. If I try to disconnect from it, I get an error message that says:

Unable to forget Hot Spot (sic).

My only options are to disable WiFi or keep connected.

If I am not near that hotspot, it won't even show up on the list of memorized hotspots.

What is happening here?


texts: Does the Nexus 7 have a LED flash for its camera?

texts: Does the Nexus 7 have a LED flash for its front facing camera? Can somebody point me to some documentation online that states whether this is true or not?


texts: Device shows up in fastboot and recovery, but not in Android?

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I have a Motorola Moto G 2014 device. The USB connection behaves very strangely.

If I boot into fastboot, the device shows up correctly via fastboot devices
If I boot into recovery, the device shows up correctly via adb devices
If I boot into the OS (I've tried a whole bunch of different ROMs), the device doesn't appear at all via adb devices. It doesn't even appear as a valid USB device.

To debug it, I've run lsusb -v and checked the output.

In fastboot the device shows up like this:

Fastboot titan S:

Product ID: 0x2e80
Vendor ID: 0x22b8  (Motorola MDS)
Version: 1.00
Serial Number: [removed]
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Motorola Inc.
Location ID: 0x14100000 / 21
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

In recovery the device shows up like this:

Moto G 2014:

Product ID: 0x2e76
Vendor ID: 0x22b8  (Motorola MDS)
Version: 2.28
Serial Number: [removed]
Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer: Motorola
Location ID: 0x14100000 / 29
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 500
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0

But once I boot into the OS... nothing! adb devices shows nothing.

I've enabled USB Debugging, I've tried switching the USB mode from/to MTP and so on. In my mind, though, none of that's relevant if the device doesn't even appear over USB!

What's frustrating to me is that I can't determine whether it's a software or a hardware error. If it's a software error, why don't any of the ROMs I've tried work?

I'm assuming it's a hardware error (I bought the device used and it has a cracked screen), but how could it be that the device works properly in fastboot and recovery mode if there's a hardware issue with the USB?


texts: How can I enable WiFi on an AVD? I am emulating the Android version 2.3.3 API 10 and when I click WiFi in the phone settings menu it just says 'error'.


texts:
I'm trying to connect my Google Nexus 7 to my PC for Android development but so far I've been unsuccessful.

I've tried connecting to my PC using different cables. When I connected the device to my Windows 7 PC, I didn't get any notification on Android or my PC that a device was connected. In "Other devices" my PC shows an Unknown device. I tried using MTP and PTP, as well as disabling and enabling USB debugging. I've used Nexus Root Toolkit, Universal Naked Driver, Nexus 7 toolkit, and I've tried this tutorial and many others and nothing has helped me.

I don't understand why there aren't any notifications on Android. Could it be a hardware problem? How can I check it?


texts: Latest NVIDIA SHIELD TV PRO Stuck on boot loop

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My latest NVIDIA Shield TV pro is stuck on boot loop after the software update.
I tried factory reset/ Wipe data according to NVIDA's FAQ's but it did not work.
I guess USB debugging is disabled on my shield TV.
Please help me out.


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When I try to connect my Galaxy S2 device to my computer via USB, I get an error saying that the device has malfunctioned and is unrecognized. It appears as "Unknown device" in device manager.

I'm using Windows 7.


texts: android phone or small device with qwerty physical keyboard with Ctrl and Alt keys?

texts: Is there any Android phone or similarly-sized device with qwerty physical keyboard including Ctrl and Alt keys? What do sysadmins use for typing on Android devices?


texts: How can I enable mobile data periodically with Tasker?

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I tried juicedefender and it does exactly what I want, but since I already have tasker running all the time I am looking for a tasker recipe.

I would like the accomplish the following behaviour:

Disable mobile data when screen locked and there is no transfer. If there is an ongoing transfer, allow it to complete before disabling mobile data. Enable mobile data only in periodic intervals of 15 minutes.


texts: Google play voucher option displayed for in-app upgrade but not valid after all

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I just wanted to buy the pro version of an Android app (Memrise). The Pro version is not a separate app but an in-app upgrade function.

So I chose my preferred subscription, and the usual Play Store dialogue popped up and asked me to choose a payment option. Since I got a 50 Euro voucher I chose the option "Gutschein einlösen" ("redeem a voucher" or something similar in English). So I typed in the code and my payment validations and the cash transferred to my account. But before I was able to complete the transaction the Google Play Store told me, that a voucher is not a valid option to pay the app upgrade.

So why was there the voucher option in the first place if it is not a valid option? I have no use for other apps/music and stuff except for that specific upgrade. Is there a way to get the upgrade / the money back anyway or are the 50 Euro just gone?


texts: Confused about Nexus 7 failing system update to 4.2

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During the day today, I got the notification about the available system update to 4.2. SO I confirmed it after ensuring that SuperSU was set to "survival mode" and then it looked like it was actually doing the update. However, when I now check the system version it states 4.1.2 just like it did before. I also rebooted once more in between just in case something wasn't complete or so.

Any ideas? How can I force the update through. There was no indication that anything went wrong during the update, yet I am stuck at 4.1.2 and checking for available updates shows none.

Note: I have encrypted the contents of the tablet (standard option). Can that be an issue here?


texts: Find out which app is pushing ads in my notification bar?

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This may be a duplicate question but it seems the bad guy has improved its technology and known methods don't work so far. Anyway, started recently, my phone shows a notification every few days. Addons Detector and AirPush Detector didn't find anything related. Using:

adb shell dumpsys notification

I got this:

NotificationRecord{40c413b0 pkg=com.google.android.gsf id=1 tag=null}
  icon=0x1080077 / android:drawable/stat_notify_chat
  contentIntent=PendingIntent{40d4f178: PendingIntentRecord{40d62628 com.google.android.gsf startActivity}}
  deleteIntent=PendingIntent{40d4f148: PendingIntentRecord{40d45710 com.google.android.gsf broadcastIntent}}
  tickerText=xoxbellejenxo37@jabber-chat.com wants to be able to chat
  contentView=android.widget.RemoteViews@40cd0b38
  defaults=0x4
  flags=0x1
  sound=content://settings/system/notification_sound
  vibrate=null
  ledARGB=0x0 ledOnMS=0 ledOffMS=0

My question is what else can I do to find out which app is pushing ads? I don't want to try airpush opt out for two reasons:

I wouldn't trust people doing this at the first place.
I want to find out which app is doing this and add the company/developer behind it to my black list.

UPDATE

My phone is a rooted Samsung Captivate Glide, Android 2.3.

UPDATE

Updated to 4.0.4

Thanks


texts: Downgrade Nexus 9 running lollipop to KitKat

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I'd like to downgrade my Nexus 9 to android 4.X (KitKat). Is this possible?
I'm not the pro doing something like that and I could not find something with google.

Can you help me please?
Thank you


texts: How to find out the maximum number of contacts that the SIM card phonebook can hold?

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I have searched and searched to find out how many contacts my SIM card can hold, but no apps are giving me the answer. Many sites recommended checking the size of SIM card which is printed on it. In my case it's a 64K card, but many sites say that it should support "around 250 contacts" or "usually 500 contacts".

Where or how can I get an authoritative answer?


texts: I got an old TrekStor SurfTab Duo W1 with an Intel Atom x5-Z8300 (x86) processor and want to install andoid on it. But I got a problem in finding the correct android version. Till now it crashes every time I start it.


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so I just got my phone today and had it unlocked. So- it got rooted. I don't think that's the problem though. Anyway I tried to connect it to my laptop and HAZZAH- Nothing happened. It didn't get detected. For a second it was installing the driver then after that nothing happened. All I've been doing for the past 2 hours was uninstall drivers and reinstall them and nothing even happened. Right now I'm just using AirDroid, but since sometimes I don't have WiFi I really need the USB Cable thing to work. No idea what to do anymore. I also tried Kies, and it wasn't detected. Apparently my phone was incompatible. I checked and it was. So that really confused me.

For some reason, when I go to storage, it doesn't allow me to go any "menu", since the menu button has now been replaced with a recents tab.

By the way, it shows up in Devices and and Printers as an unspecified device and is named SAMSUNG_Android. If that is any sort of relevance.

Just to clarify, I've done the following:
1. Restarted my phone AND laptop
2. Uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers
3. Changed which USB port it was in
4. Unchecked tethering
5. Enabled USB debugging

If you are to help me and have any knowledge on what to do, or feel like I did it wrong, please let me know how to do so with step by step instructions. Thank you and have a good day everyone!


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I want to access my external HD attached to Raspberry PI, so I've installed SMB server on it, and CifsManger on my MTK6572 device (rooted, busybox installed). I've tested the SMB server with my desktop machine, and it works.

CifsManager says that I have to install cifs.ko. I have downloaded one and copied to the device, but insmod says:

# /system/bin/insmod cifs.ko
insmod: init_module 'cifs.ko' failed (Exec format error)

I've tried ones from other sources, but the result is the same.

My configuration:

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor   : ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)

Kernel version is 3.4.5.

I'm not sticked to CifsManager, I just want to mount the HD on my device, so all programs should use it. (File managers can see SMB and SSH servers, but they don't mount.) I can install any file server service on the Raspberry Pi.

EDIT: I've used file command to determine the exact type of my existing .ko modules:

$ file /media/peklapat/system/lib/modules/devapc.ko
  /media/peklapat/system/lib/modules/devapc.ko:
  ELF 32-bit LSB relocatable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV),
  BuildID[sha1]=*cut*, not stripped

Edit2: Modinfo says:

  $ modinfo /media/peklapat/system/lib/modules/wlan_mt6582.ko
    filename:       /media/peklapat/system/lib/modules/wlan_mt6582.ko
    license:        GPL
    description:    NIC_DESC
    author:         NIC_AUTHOR
    depends:        mtk_stp_wmt
    intree:         Y
    vermagic:       3.4.5 SMP preempt mod_unload ARMv7


texts: Is there a way to extend the MK802 III's memory?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can you upgrade the RAM of an Android device?

In using the MK802III I find that at times it is struggling, the more browser pages I open, and sometimes it just reboots itself.

I know it has a micro SD slot for additional storage space, but can this be used for the OS's memory, or similarly, could a connected USB stick be used as well?


texts: Why does Kies say that there is no official release for my Samsung Galaxy Mini (GT-S5570)?

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Why does Kies say it does not support updates for the firmware on my Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 as it is "not official release". On the phone it says android version 2.2.1 and
Kies calls it:

PDA:KC1
PHONE:KB1
CSC:KC2(CPW)

Will I ever be able to upgrade?


texts: Filesystem for sdcard to store large file and apps access

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I am running android oreo 8.1 (custom ROM) on Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro.  I have a 64GB memory card in which I want to store large files of size 15GB, 20GB etc. So I can't use FAT32 filesystem.
I formatted it to exFAT but battery started draining faster as mount.exfat process uses CPU above 20-30% during read/write operation.

If I format to ext4, How can I made sdcard files available to all android apps ?
 Is there any other filesystem which can store large files and android apps can access it as well ?


texts: How do I make the apps/widgets view the default view?

texts:
I just got my first Android device (a tablet). I noticed there's two views. One with a wallpaper and some apps, and another view similar to Launchpad on the Mac (shown below):

I want to get rid of the view with the wallpaper in it and just have the "launchpad" view as my default. Is that possible?


texts: Does SuperOneClick need to flash a kernel to the phone to root it, thus incrementing the custom kernel counter in the Samsung Galaxy S2?


texts: ICS (Android 4.0.3), Samsung Galaxy S2, Exchange Email

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My phone just updated to ICS (Android version 4.0.3). Before I was able to ACCESS all sub-folders in my microsoft exchange email account, now I can only see my inbox!

How do I fix this?  Does anyone know how to see the sub-folders when using ICS?  I was able to before my phone updated to ICS, now I cannot!

Is it because of my phone? I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2.


texts:
Is there a way to create a script or "app" to automatically input data into an already installed app.
I.e Fill and submit a todo task in a todo app.
Or fill a register form ?


texts: Problem to uninstall AirDroid: Unfortunately, Settings has stopped

texts:
When I try to uninstall the app I got this message:

Can't uninstall because this package is an active device administrator.
In the same window I have a button: MANAGE DEVICE ADMINISTRATORS

When I follow this button I'm in Device administration settings. (normally you can reach it when you follow: settings -> Lock screen and security -> Other security settings -> Device administration settings) There are three items each of them have a switch on the side, which is turned on. When I try to unswich AirDroid, I got after some seconds the error message: Unfortunately, Settings has stopped. Also I'm not able to uncheck the other both items, but there is a different behavior.

I try to solve this error by cleaning the cash with no effect.

I like to remove the app because finally I don't need it and it consume a lot of battery even when I don't use it.

I have a Samsung XCover 3
with Android 6.0.1
and Kernel 3.10.9


texts: Problem with notification bar in rooted droid

texts: I just now rooted my Galaxy Pocket S-5300. Now when I rebooted,my notification bar is vanished! I could not Find it anywhere. Besides when I try to open "About Phone" In settings it force closes. Please help me fast!


texts: "Access Point Name settings not available for this user"

texts:
This was probably an issue before but only became an issue when I changed providers in a foreign country. Running CM12.1 nightlies.

I can't connect to data and get the above message when I try to manually enter the APN settings.

I have tried:

The other fix on this site to change permission in com.android.providers.telephony to 660 from 751 but that resulted in non-stop error messages from the phone app.
Upgrade to the latest nightly with the new SIM inside. No change in service or in ability to change APN
Delete the data and cache for the settings app
Wipe cache and Dalvik cache.
Downgrading to CM 11 milestone


texts: Is there any way to automatically move images from different person to different folders?


texts: I have tried all the apps like king root,kingoroot and I tried to flash manually also but it fails anyone please try to help


texts: How to make an Android update for your own device?

texts:
I have this devices which the android version is 4.2. After read some articles about Kitkat, I'm really excited and want to try to experience it on my phone. However, it seems the manufacturer won't update it to Kitkat in the future. So I think I'll do it my own. I understand and accept the risks.

So, what should I do now? I read some articles about this but can't make a check list of things to do. Will it be a build from the scratch or I can re-use the old kernel? How can I extract the old driver?

If someone can provide me a guide or a check list, it will help me so much! Any idea will be appreciated!


texts: Can't stop Skype from intercepting phone calls

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I am using  the HTC One 806w with Android 4.4.3 version. When I attempt to call from phone, it showed me a screen whereby I could select the Skype application. I selected it but I'd like to remove the default application. I have dialled the number, but I keep accessing calls from my phone.

I tried going to settings >> apps >> skype >> defaults...
but found that I had no defaults set. I tried clearing the preferences and the cache also. I am unable to find a viable solution..

If anyone knows anything about this, please help assist me in finding the solution.


texts: What is the default clock (that appears at the top right corner, next to battery indicator) called?


texts: Music Manager(s) cannot find certain album

texts:
I recently added a new album on my phone and my music manager (neither doubleTwist or the system music app) have indexed it.

(Failed) Attempts

I have tried deleting the whole album and re-uploading it
I have recently replaced my whole library and while they found every other album, it could not find this one
I have tried the "Reset doubleTwist" button.

Additional Information

The album is located at "HTC One\Internal storage\Music\Slipknot\The Grey Chapter".
It does have every other album in the HTC One\Internal storage\Music\Slipknot\ folder. and every other album I own
I can find it in my phones file manager and from there use it to play the song
It IS in MP3

Does anyone know why this is happening and/or how to fix it?


texts:
I'm Running a Galaxy S2, with the AOKP milestone rom (JellyBean). Occasionally, the screen will turn on by itself (even when no user apps run in the background) after being turned off, light up, turn off and on again, it won't remained off for a long period of time. Needless to say it's annoying and battery draining.

Rebooting doesn't always help, some times it goes away only to return a day or 2 later. Has anyone else encountered this issue with AOKP or other CyanogenMod based roms, and if so how you did addressed this? how should I fix this or disable this?


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Problem:
I just upgraded my phone software, and the lock screen PIN buttons have changed appearance!  They are now shifted up, smaller (circular with spaces in between them, instead of square and using the whole screen area), and less responsive.  This seems like a terrible idea from a UX standpoint- completely messing up my muscle-memory; now every time I try to log in to my phone, I screw up the pin at least twice.  Very annoying.
Examples:
Before the lock-screen PIN had something like this, with square buttons, except they were larger & took up the whole the middle of the lock screen:

Now, this is the awful new lock-screen PIN layout:

Phone Specs:

Galaxy S10e (SM-G970U)
Android Version 11
ONE UI version 3.0
New Software Version: G970USQU4FTLN / G970UOYN4FTLN / G970USQU4FTN

What I've tried:
When I try to look up this issue, most of the responses will be about changing my PIN lock-method to a password / pattern, etc. lock method, or changing the PIN itself.  Those Q&A's I've found addressing the appearance / behavior of the lock screen tend to say it's inbuilt to the system & nothing you can do except for really cracking your phone software.  I also don't see anything in Accessibility options, but maybe I'm missing something.  Any ideas, or is this really something I'm going to have to put up with (until I get mad enough & just throw it in the trash)?


texts: Unable to access Google account in Android Market on HTC Desire HD

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After resetting factory settings, I am not able to access my Google account in Gmail / Market / Talk. Whenever I try to "sign-in" to Android Market using Google account, it shows error with title as "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server" and the message as "This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care."

What can I do to access "Android Market" from my HTC Desire HD? I'm using Bangladeshi net gp.


texts: Is there a way to increase usb power detection sensitivity?

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I am looking for a way to have my phone register a usb power connection sooner or more reliably.

I need the phone to register a signal through the usb as soon as it reads any kind of power fluctuation if possible. I have two options for the power source: a constant power and a pulsating power source. I can get the device to register it with the constant power but it takes a while to work. So i need one of the following.

to reduce the time it registers the power.
to reduce the sensitivity and it triggers more easily.
to send power over the data wires instead of the power wires to make the device think its receiving a data signal. I would need to know how much power could be used across the data cables but I don't know if that is even possible.

Note: its not to use for data or powering the device. I just need it to act as a sort of relay to activate applications.

Also, I tried the pulsating power on my nexus 7 and it worked great but when i tried it on the device i wanted to use it with, it didn't detect the pulsating power. Maybe the Nexus device has more sensitive settings or perhaps it has a better capacitor etc.

Thanks in Advance


texts: Can I set a tablet to wake up when moved or when I touch the screen?

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I intend to buy a an Android tablet for a single use, as a remote control. It'll run a single app all the time and sit in a dock most of the time, occasionally being carried to another room. I want two features: stay awake while charging (searching this site showed me a few app solutions for this), and for the tablet to wake up when moved or when the screen is touched. Basically, I want as little time and as few manipulations as possible to get from just lying there on a coffee table to being awake and responsive. I expect this will decrease battery life (because the touch detection or accelerometers have to be active), and given my use case, that's ok as long as I still get 3-4 hours out of it.

I don't have a specific tablet picked out yet, but I'm thinking something along the lines of the Galaxy Tab 8.9". The 7" screen size would be fine, but I want to us this in landscape mode all of the time and that works better if the dock connector is on the bottom while in landscape mode.


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One of the most annoying things about my phone is that the volume buttons adjust the ringer volume but not the notification volume.

Is there any way I could write a script or configure my phone so that the notifications volume is automatically the same as the ringer volume?

What about setting the volume buttons to set both the ringer and notifications volume?


texts: Using the Google Voice app to place calls when "ask me" and "always use GV" are disabled

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I have the Google Voice app on my Android phone, and I'd like to occasionally make calls from it, but I don't want to enable the "Ask me every time whether to use Google Voice" option, as 90% of my calls would be from my cell phone's number.

Given that I have the "never use google voice" option enabled, is there a option buried somewhere that I can use to place a call to someone without having to re-enable the "ask me every time" setting?


texts: In terminal-ide how do I get telnetd to start automatically whenever the device turns on?

texts: I think terminal-ide is the best thing since sliced bread but I am not sure how to get the telnetd to start automatically.


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I have a new HTC Wildfire S phone and have tried to copy the contacts off my old phone which is a Samsung E250E.

I have the Bluetooth activated on old phone but 'Transfer data' app on new phone fails each time I attempt transfer by telling me my old phone is 'unsupported'.

Sim cards are different sizes so can't just plug old card into new phone, has anyone found a way of dealing with this, please?


texts: Increase touchscreen sensitivity on Nexus 7

texts: Is there a way to increase the touchscreen sensitivity on a stock Nexus 7? I ask because I find that there is no stylus that registers movement or even touching quickly and reliably. that means that it's useless for scribbling handwritten notes. Perhaps this is a stylus issue, or even on that can be solved in software. But the obvious solution would be something general that increased or tweaked the sensitivity of the screen. Does that exist?


texts: Where to get stock samsung galaxy images?

texts: in particular I am looking at Samsung Galaxy S3 factory image. Samsung download site was useless.


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A simple question really, where do apps such as notepad store their data (the notes)?

Additionally, where do offline games store their information (such as what level you're on)?
I've looked at the android/data/ files, but they're often empty. Any tips?

Example below:

According to that, the app uses 30+ mb of data

But, the file for that app (Internal Storage/Android/data/...) only has 8mb inside it. Where's the rest?

Edit: what's a "data" file? Here's my internal storage:
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I'm on EMUI 9.1.0 and Android 9.


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The Bluetooth on my Android phone periodically switches off.
This is a problem because I've attached a "Tile" to my keys. To find my keys using my phone, and my phone using my keys. And after the Bluetooth switches off, this doesn't work.

phone: Xiaomi Max 2
Android version: 7.1.1
MIUI version: 11.0.2.0

The best advice I've gleaned from the internet so far has been to give the "Bluetooth Share" app all the permissions it needs. This seems to have lengthened the time it takes before the Bluetooth switches off.

Thoughts? Suggestions?


texts: How can I add the user of an application to the group of another application?

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I'd like to add the user of one application to the group of another so that I can read the other applications private content without doing a su every time.

I can't find the adduser or the useradd command on my device running Cyanogenmod. It doesn't seem to be a part of the busybox that came bundled with Cyanogenmod.

Since the Android follows a very different permission system from Linux, I'm wondering it is in possible to do this and if so how can I get the useradd or the adduser commands.


texts: How to replace local camera video stram by a remote one

texts: I want to make the facebook app stream my laptop screen (as live video), my idea is to change source stream of the phone camera to a remote stream from a laptop, any idea on how to do this (with an app or programatically)?


texts: My tablet's running Android 4.0.3, and I'm trying to use an external keyboard with it. My tablet isn't detecting the keyboard, but it works when I plug it into my computer. This keyboard uses a normal USB output to connect, but my tablet uses MicroUSB, so I bought an adapter. How do I get this keyboard to work?


texts: What results in blank net.hostname property on Android device using ADB?

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Referring to https://superuser.com/questions/408539/how-to-set-friendly-network-name-of-android-computer/1022739#1022739

You can check the device's hostname with net.hostname property (no root needed supposedly) but for setting it to take effect, needs rooting.

My question is, in what cases would result in blank net.hostname?

I noticed that on (GSM) AT&T Moto E (2nd Gen), net.hostname has a value. But on (CDMA) Sprint Moto E (2nd Gen), net.hostname value is blank when I fetch it via ADB. Both run Android 5.1, and both have their SIM cards removed, and the Sprint phones are not unlocked nor activated but the AT&T ones are. Not sure if those make any difference.

I would assume all Android devices should have a net.hostname. Unless for those with that property blank, the device pulls/uses hostname from somewhere else. I just checked on the router/access point side, and found the hostnames for these devices with blank net.hostname. Just wonder where to fetch hostname on the device side then via ADB, etc. for these problem devices.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Two phones — Two separate contact lists (me / wife) want to use same account for calendar

Hey does Anyone know of an app that my wife and i could both download, and it would allow us to share and edit one calendar. So that as my schedule and hers changes we would know????


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I have a HTC Desire X running Android 4.0.4 (not rooted).

I use the "Digital Clock" widget which comes with phone on my home screen. The phone came with 3 clock related widgets - Weather Clock, Digital Clock and Social Clock. By default, the Weather Clock appeared on the home screen but I removed that from the Home Screen and added the Digital Clock on the home screen. This was good for a month.

But today, the Digital Clock disappeared from the home screen.

I tried adding the clock back to the home screen from the Widgets list.
I am able to add "Social Clock" and it's visible on the home screen. But I am unable to add "Digital Clock" and "Weather Clock". When I add either of this - it takes me to the chose a City menu & then when I chose a city, it returns me to an empty home screen with no Clock. I am however able to add the "Social Clock".

I tried the following things

Booted the phone
I force stopped and cleared data for Clock and Clock Widget
None of this helped.

What do I do? I am not really a Social Clock kind of guy.


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With an iPhone, you tie your phone to an iCloud account - it happens at the bootloader level. If your phone gets stolen, the thief can't do anything until the previous owner releases the phone from his/her iCloud account.

I have a co-worker who had his iPhone stolen. "Later" he got contacted by the new owner who wanted to use the phone. Obviously, co worker wouldn't do this - that's what you get for buying a stolen phone. The new owner can't do anything with the phone except send it back or break it (he took option two, unfortunately).

I see plenty of options that allow you to track, remote wipe, lock, activate alarm, etc... You can encrypt the device and/or sd...

But what is stopping the next person from flashing or factory resetting the phone, formatting the encrypted SD and using both of those anyways?

So my question is...Are there any standard options that will stop the phone from being reformatted or is that something that's up to the phone manufacturer? I don't want to remotely brick my phone if it gets stolen - I want to stop it from being used by anyone but me - full stop.


texts: How do I prevent my phone from syncing contacts with Google with xPrivacy?

texts: I have installed xPrivacy on my phone. Which rights for which app do I have to set?


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I have a game on my phone that I really like. I was astonished by the portraits of the characters. I found the portrait within the game files but it has no extension, but I know myself it's counted as an image file within the game. Is there any way to convert the game asset into any image format?

Thanks in advance


texts: My android phone cannot recognize my camera

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How come my android phone cannot open my camera?

I do have the system app on my phone, but I find it in the Apps portion and no matter what kind of camera app or camera repair app, it will not work. One app asked if the camera was in use.

I cannot press the lock button with the volume down because my volume down button is stuck and broken. I tried downloaded the camera repair apps like Camera (CMMFix) for Cyanogenmod and it doesn't work. My phone was just fresh from factory reset.

Also I get random crashes like camera and imageview has stopped working randomly.


texts: Here maps isn't working: "could not download initial data"

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I've tried to install Here Maps on my phone (a Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus) and I've not been able to make it work.

The maps are not displayed at all, all I can see is a blank screen. If I try to zoom out, I will eventually see the whole globe, but just as a blue sphere, without any feature.

The strange thing is that if I try to search for a place I can get the pinpoint indicator, supposedly at the right coordinates, but, again, no map is displayed. It seems that some kind of data is accessible but the graphical part isn't working.

I have also tried to download the maps for offline usage, but when I try to do it all I get is the message "could not download initial data", and I'm even unable to see a list of the maps available for download. That same thing happen when I try to download voices, I get the same error and nothing is downloaded or even displayed.

Does someone else has experienced the sane issue? How can I solve this and make this app work correctly?


texts: How to know if a custom ROM uses existing swap partition

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Recently I switched my custom ROM installed on my HTC Desire to a 4.1.2 based ROM (PARANOIDANDROID based).

The ROM works fine but sometimes the device has serious lag of several seconds. I assume that this may be caused by a SWAP partition I created once on my SD-card but that was never used by my previous ROMs.

How can I find out if the SWAP partition is used or not?


texts: Vibration / sound priority notifications for a Gmail label that continue until dismissed

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I know the Gmail app has some per-label notification settings, however I don't see an option for a notification to appear when you have priority notifications only or an option to repeat the notification until it's dismissed.

Gmail Label Notifier used to do this perfectly when it existed. Is there nothing else?

This is essential for being on call. It seems like even if Gmail access was limited, that some program could tap into notifications to kick off the alert.

Same question: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/gmail-label-notifier-alternative-t3204315


texts: How to change the Android emulator phone number

texts: Is it possible to change the phone number of mine on the android emulator, just like Genymotion which is always show me 1-555-521-xxx number. any ideas would be nice and appreciated.


texts: Can I reset the Kindle Fire HD and power off without going to setup?

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I just got a Kindle Fire HD which Im planning to give away as a gift to a friend. But I need to boot it and write a review on my website before giving it. So, how can I make it look like I never switched it on?

When we boot the tablet, it'll give us a setup wizard. After resetting, we will get to the setup wizard again. My question is, how to power off the tablet without following the setup and will it show the setup when I power it again?


texts: Complete list of Lollipop system icons shown in notification bar?

texts: Is there a complete list of these? I've seen lots of Q&A about "What does x icon mean" but it would be really useful if there were a complete list for reference!


texts: How to force built-in apps to update on a brand new android device?

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I've just unpacked a new phone Moto G 2nd Gen and noticed that the Google Play My Apps is completely empty (it's for my wife, she didn't use android before).

So I updated several essential apps (chrome, gmail, maps) manually by searching them in play store manually and clicking "Update". Now they appeared in the list of apps.

But how can I ensure that all built in apps eventually update automatically as soon as they are not in the list?

It's painful to do that manually - some apps are not even in App Drawer (like Google Keyboard).

UPDATE:

Just to let you know: all the built in apps updated automatically and appeared in the list of "my apps"

PS: to be precise only some of them updated, others just appeared there waiting for granting more permissions


texts: Can't write to internal storage on a rooted phone

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I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) which I rooted with Magisk.
Now in the process of installing TWRP and customizing my phone, I might have run some shell commands, like mount or sudo in a place where I shouldn't had.
So now some folders in my /sdcard/ are now "locked". Apps can't write to them like Whatsapp, Telegram, Camera, for example the messaging apps can't download any media, I can't take any picture with Camera.
When I try to delete a folder or a file with the built-in File Manager, it just doesn't succeed.
With adb shell I tried this command: rm -r /sdcard/Telegram/Telegram Images but I get permission denied, but running it as root works: su -c rm -r /sdcard/Telegram/Telegram Images.
What I did was, I checked ownership and read/write accesses with ls -al and I compared the results with a normal phone, EVERYTHING looks fine! User owner is root and group owner is sdcard_rw, folder permissions look like this drwxrwx--x and file permissions look like this: -rw-rw----.
This issue has been hunting me for a couple of months, my phone is almost unusable, sometimes app work, sometimes they don't. Please tell me how I can provide more information to help solve this problem, thanks very much.


texts: OnePlus Dash Charging on the OnePlus Three

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The OnePlus Three is out and I got mine yesterday. It comes with speed charging (which OnePlus calls "Dash Charging"). As I read, it only works if the plug it comes with and the USB type C cable it comes with is used.

I'm worried that the battery will suffer from frequent speed charging when it's not needed (for example when charging over night or when at home for a long time during the day). Is this concern justified or won't it have a significant impact on the overall life span (not only a single charge-discharge cycle) of the battery? If it isn't ignore the next paragraph.

Is there a software solution for this, other than installing a custom rom by which it'd lose the speed charging functionality altogether? If there isn't, I could either charge it on my laptop (USB 3.0), on my Nexus 4 plug (1.2 A), or buy a different USB type C cable (and use the original OnePlus plug, in the last case). Which do you consider the best option?

It has been suggested by @bmdixon that this is a duplicate of that question which is not the case because neither does that question take into account additional wear on the battery caused by speed charging, nor does my question necessitate keeping the phone connected to the charger for an extended period of time after the battery has already been fully charged.


texts: Transferring messages to android from a sqlite db on my laptop

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I am a new android user. I switched from nokia to android today only. Been googling around for various solutions to transfer my sms (text messages only) from my old nokia to my new Android (Galaxy Ace with Android 2.3).

After exploring my laptop, I found the synced(using Nokia PC Suite) sms were stored in AppData as a sqlite file.

Can I transfer all these to my new Android? Any app for this?


texts: Can I select which email address I use to respond in Lollipop?

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I have multiple email addresses. I have one through my ISP, work, gmail etc.

My problem is that I'd like to be able to choose which address I use to respond to an email. For example, if my boss sends something to my gmail, I'd like to respond using my work email without copying and pasting the whole thing.

In previous versions of Android, there were different apps for different types of email accounts but in 5.0 the gmail app handles all email. Is there a way to choose the from address when responding?


texts: is it possible to flash supersu on my phone with twrp without unlocking bootloader

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I was wondering if you could get supersu somehow on my device, also what is the difference between not flashing supersu and downloading it, becuase I think I saw a article about being able to flash supersu without unlocking the bootloader.

Also if you say just to unlock the bootloader and flash supersu, but I like my phone with everything and I don't want to wipe it.

Also I am on marshmallow 6.0.1


texts: How to enable softkeys on a rooted phone with capacitive buttons?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 tablet and the capacitive buttons are extremely annoying - I keep pressing them accidentally all the time while holding the tablet in landscape orientation. The tablet is running Android 7.0 and is rooted with TWRP/SuperSU.

It's easy to disable the physical buttons through various apps, but how can I enable the native softkeys? There are various apps that simulate the software buttons in the Play Store, but they're all glitchy.

I've tried adding qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 to the build.prop file, but after doing that the tablet gets stuck at the black screen when rebooting.


texts: Connectivity problem on LG Viper LS840 just updated to Ice Cream Sandwich

texts: MY LG LS840 (Viper) is not opening Play Store after it updated to Ice Cream Sandwich  yesterday.  My emails are not sending either: they stay in my outbox.  How do I fix this?  I pulled the battery and it's still not working right.


texts: How to create custom shortcut on homescreen with extras parameters?

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I would like you create custom separate shortcuts to MPV player for each of my IP cameras around the house.

I can launch MPV to directly play the camera stream using adb

adb shell am start -n is.xyz.mpv/is.xyz.mpv.MPVActivity -e filepath "rtsp://login:password@192.168.2.1:554//Streaming/Channels/1"`

I tried editing sqlite db /data/data/org.lineageos.trebuchet/databases/launcher.db and adding new entry for each shortcut but it didn't work. I'm not 100% sure how to pass extras variable in format like

Intent;action=android.intent.action.MAIN;category=android.intent.category.LAUNCHER;launchFlags=0x10200000;component=is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity;s.filepath=rtsp://login:password@192.168.2.1:554//Streaming/Channels/1;end


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This is on a Dell Venue Tablet. The multimedia volume on the tablet was very very low from the time of purchase. I installed an app called Volume Booster - the app ran & said it has increased the volume by 23%. And the volume has gotten louder.

I have a few questions

How do these apps increase the volume?
Is it safe to use?
Now that it has increased the volume - can I uninstall the app or will I lose volume if I uninstall it - the reason I want to uninstall it is because it advertises other apps for installation & my wife who uses the tablet isn't tech savvy & she may end up installing some rubbish accidentally.

This is an unrooted tablet.


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Last night, I messed up my LineageOS 16 install on my Galaxy S5 and had to reinstall it, starting essentially from scratch. I wanted to see if there was any way I could decrypt the 128 GB microSD card I used as adopted storage and found this tutorial. I got the key from a backup made using TWRP and tried it on Linux Mint 20 MATE (booting from USB), but it didn't work. The following command gave me an error:
dmsetup create crypt1 --table "0 `blockdev --getsize /media/mint/4B2E-1F13` crypt aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 [16-BYTE HEX KEY] 0 /media/mint/4B2E-1F13 0"

blockdev: ioctl error on BLKGETSIZE: Inappropriate ioctl for device
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: Permission denied
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.167 (2019-11-30) and kernel driver (unknown version).

Doing it with sudo gave me this error:
blockdev: ioctl error on BLKGETSIZE: Inappropriate ioctl for device
Invalid format on line 1 of table.
Command failed.

I couldn't even mount the SD card with Termux when after putting it back into my phone. Is my data unrecoverable? Do I have the wrong key? Thanks.


texts: Do any OS upgrades (between major versions) NOT require wiping data?

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I'm  an Android developer and I have a non-technical question regarding major Android version upgrades (e.g. from Android 4.x to 5 or from 5.x to 6).

Do any of the big Android device vendors offer these kinds of upgrades without wiping the data on the device?

I'm asking this question because I need to know if this kind of scenario should be supported by the app.


texts: Volume Up button does not respond while unlocking bootloader

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I have an InFocus M260 (MediaTek MT6582 based). It has a locked bootloader and whenever i try to unlock the bootloader, this shows up :

  fastboot -i 0x0489 oem unlock

in the device it shows

press volume up for Yes
press volume down for no

I press my volume up button but I get no response...
When I press my volume down button it says

returning to fastboot in 3s

Can anyone help me please!! I am not able to flash custom recoveries to my phone.. :(


texts: I need remote access to my MyTouch 3G Slide using a web interface with no access to the phone

texts: I have a MyTouch 3G slide that is currently in Missouri and I am in North Carolina.  I have my Google Play account information and access to a PC.  The phone is not password locked but it is plugged in and has signal, no WiFi.  There are some apps I've seen that can install and as long as you accept the permissions in Google Play it will install and auto run without user interaction.  I've tried AndroidLost but I cannot get a stable enough connection to get the files and information I need.  Basically, I would like to access my SMS, MMS, phone logs, pictures and my stored files.  I thought maybe the AndroidLost App Launcher would help but to no avail.  I know all the phone info like IMEI and IP address using AndroidLost.  I just need an app that will activate and register itself with the phones gmail or by me sending an SMS with an activation code and it receives it.  Not that this may matter much but I'm stationed in Missouri and I'm in Fort Bragg right now for a school and being able to interact with my phone using my browser is detrimental to me right now, thank you in advance for any ideas!


texts: Phone in Boot Loop & Need to Recover Data

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My LG G4 is stuck in boot loop and I need to recover the data. I thought that Andriod would have a system similar to Apple's icloud backup, but it doesn't seem they do (I thought this is what 'Sync' did).

Please could one of you guys point me in the direction of how I can recover my contacts & photos. Is there an online account that i'm not aware of or can I plug it into my Mac using special software?

Any help would be much appreciated


texts: 3rd party messaging apps with random silent notifications problem

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I am having a weird issue. I am on Android 10 on my LG G6 and I haven't installed any doze control app or greenify type apps etc on my phone but whenever I receive any message on 3rd party apps like Whatsapp or Skype etc, many of notifications arrive on time but some of the messages arrive with no vibration and no sound like silent notifications. I haven't set any DND or anything. It's just clean install rom and I have also faced this issue at my official stock ROM Android 9. Same behaviour recorded in that as well. For testing I captured notifications and what I saw is some of the messages comes via silent channelID which is very strange for me as no settings applied. It's all random messages and same behaviour when I am using my phone so I believe it's not doze level thing. I am attaching screenshots of notifications log, please guide me what's wrong going on here. Thanks.

Screenshots: https://postimg.cc/gallery/G3Tbjcg


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I downloaded an audio file (a podcast, 41MB, .mp3). After it downloaded, I tried playing the file by selecting the file via the pull-down menu. I also tried by opening up the Downloads app and selecting the file (not long-pressing). Both of these methods opened the .mp3 file in the c:geo Geocaching app, which treated my action as Importing a Geocache map file (Geocaching is a GPS-based scavenger hunt or letter-box game). c:geo opened up its List feature, which is used for storing and sorting Lists of Geocaches, which you would usually store by Location.

I tried to prevent this behavior by looking in the Google Music, Downloads and c:geo application Defaults, to determine whether there was something I could do there (i.e. clear some setting that allowed c:geo to open .mp3 files by default). This may be part of the solution, but I did not succeed.

Does anyone know a straight-forward method to open and play downloaded .mp3 files? The ideal solution would utilize Google Play Music, but that's not a requirement; not deleting the c:geo app would also be preferred.

The device is an LG Nexus 5, but I'm not tagging the question with that info since I doubt it is device-specific.


texts: Why is WiFi on 100% of the time, even though Extended Standby Mode is enabled?

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My Sony Xperia S has an Extended Standby Mode which states that WiFi and mobile data are disabled after a time when the screen is off.

However, sometimes this stops working and the battery starts falling quickly, and BetterBatteryStats shows that WiFi was on 100% of the time for the last 22 hours. Usually after I reboot the phone it starts behaving normally.

This is the explanation text for the Extended Standby Mode:

And I know for sure that I don't have any downloads or uploads running.

What is happening here? How do I make sure that Extended Standby Mode really works?


texts: google services has stopped wont stop long enough for me to fix the problem cant even get into my settings

texts: google services keeps looping gives me no time to fix due to it just keeps forcing me back to same looping message cant even get into my settings for long enough to repair because it just throws me back to the same looping error screen


texts: Unsure if 'adb push' has completed correctly in recovery mode

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I did everything that the CyanogenMod wiki told me to, and I think I might be done, and I got this alert on my computer.

But I'm not getting any alerts on ClockWorkMod.... I'm using the international Samsung SIII.
Please tell me what's going, and what I can do to fix it if I screwed up. Thanks!


texts: can i open flags page on android version 2.3.4

texts: I have been searching for a way to stop auto refresh. My browser sometimes won't open pages all the way. It is very jumpy. And sometimes it just shuts off. I have a LG l75c Optimus Zip android phone


texts: Where are my commented documents in Adobe Acrobat Reader android actually synced?

texts: I checked my original PDF after adding a comment in Adobe Acrobat Reader and it did not had the comments. I opened the PDF through RECENT in the app and the comments were there! So where are they actually syncing. I finally uploaded it to my Document Cloud to sync but there must be a local storage location? If not can I sync my Documents locally?


texts: Is there a way to backup "drivers" the same way we do on PCs?

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I have a dual-booting Windows 10 tablet that has an Android side. I want to wipe it clean including the Windows side and fresh install PhoenixOS on it. I poked around PhoenixOS but the touch screen, accelerometer, WiFi, Bluetooth, and audio doesn't work on that device with it installed.

I was wondering if there's a way to backup drivers from the original Android installed so I can add it to PhoenixOS and make those features work again? I'm not that familiar with Android terms so all I know is how it's done on the PC.


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Is there a way, once rooting is done, and i have customized my phone a bit (a change in one of the config files of linux), to change the user accounts and permissions? To create a new user account and change the user that is used by the phone to be a non-root, non-sudo, standard user. And all apps to use this or another standard user account.

And my app (that i installed after rooting) use another account. Only this account will have permission to read and write my app's directory.

Finally change the su user password, so that others cannot get into it unless they have that password.

So in effect protect my apps directory and allow the phone to work with a non sudo user from then on?

Next time phone re boots it uses another user say A (non sudo); without access to my apps directory. And when my app runs it uses user B (also non sudo) which has access to its dir. Others cannot read or list files in it or change permissions. So in effect my apps directory cannot be read by the user of the phone, in this new set up. I understand there will be ways around this.

But is this possible and how?

Rooted using https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/root-samsung-galaxy-on5-t3435457 but i can do systemless root if that is the way.

Phone model : Samsung On 5 Pro SM-G5550FY. Thank you much.


texts: Android storage errors, cannot write files, app keeps stopping?

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My Android phone runs 8.1, model ASUS Zenfone Live V. I have 15.06 GB/16 of internal storage and roughly 11/128 on an microSD card. (I checked with ASUS when I bought it, it is the max storage and speed the phone could support.)

Despite indicating more free space available, the phone has exhibited a number of weird behaviors lately.

-Camera refused to take pictures, stating Operation failed. Insert a storage card and try again. The microSD was never removed from device.

Google Drive refused to download files to my device. Said it could not write to device.

-A few weeks ago a significant number of apps mysteriously stopped functioning and would crash immediately on open. After painstakingly wiping cache and data from Google Play, rebooting and reinstalling I got most of them back. A few still refused to install. One app I tried to install since then has "installed" successfully but has now begun exhibiting the same error message. App (DiskUsage) keeps stopping whenever you try to open it, and had had no luck opening so far. I am guessing it has a problem being unable to read or write files that is preventing it from opening.

All things point to a storage problem. Advice?


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I wish to install an another OS on my OnePlus 5 phone. At least try...

So I follow the various guides on the web, valid developer options, click on "unlock OEM" and "USB debugging". OK. I also install adb as well as android udev rules on my linux desktop. The phone itself is on android 9.

Then when I plug in a USB cable (from the manufacturer), I can get some notifications in dmesg only. Not in lsusb.

So far I can see (in dmesg) the phone plugged in usb only when it's on usb tethering.

And I can never see it in the adb devices list. Nor can I see any prompt on the phone asking me to validate my computer RSA fingerprint.

Someone got a suggestion ?


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I have a Samsung J3 running Android 7.  I have received 2 notifications which seem to be stuck in the notification area, no way to get rid of them.
One is a Push Message saying that I've used 1.6Gb of my monthly traffic (coming from my carrier).  Which is somehow associated with the "Messages" app which came with the phone (can't tell who is the vendor on it) even though I set my texting app to "Messages" from Google.
The other one is from "Wifi Calling" and it notifies me that "Calls will be made over Wi-Fi".
My previous phone was a Nexus and neither of these was a problem.  Wifi calling was a small icon at the top, not a whole notification message.  The push notifications about traffic would come in and be dismissed like any other message.  Is this a problem with Samsung notification app?  Can I replace it with the Nexus-style Google notification app?

For the comic relief: I was able to find others complaining about the stuck wifi calling notification and the advice to them was to disable wifi calling.


texts: Is it possible to have a white list with Family Link

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I would like to time limit certain applications on my child's phone.
She installs new games very often, and trying to set limits per app is too time consuming.
As such, I've limited her daily total hours.
The issue with this, is it locks her phone (since the time is up) but I'd like her to still have access to specific apps that we use to communicate (for example, Signal, Phone, SMS etc).
Something similar to white list would be amazing.
Is this possible?


texts: Ngrok (compiled for Arm5) crash on android: can't find core dump files!

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I downloaded Ngrok which I want to install on a old HTC Hero [the project is to transform the phone in a ipcam, reachable behind a NAT network], so I chose the version compiled for Arm5. You can find the executable here: https://dl.ngrok.com/ngrok_2.0.17_linux_arm_v5.zip

Now, I tried to launch it on Hero and on a Nexus 5 with Lollipop, but I got a "Segmentation fault" error. The developer of Ngrok ask me the core dump, but even if I set the ulimit to unlimited, I cannot find nothing in tombstones folder.
Can someone help me? For example trying the Ngrok on you phone and tell me 1) if gives the "segmentation fault" error; 2) providing me the core dump; 3) tell me why I cannot find the core dump files...

To execute Ngrok on android you have to put it ind /data/ folder, then assign executable permissions (chmod x+ ngrok OR chmod 555 ngrok), lastly execute it with ./ngrok

Thanks in advance,
J.


texts: How to make automatic SIM card selection for specific contacts?

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Everytime I call someone I change SIM card to one of them and call from that SIM card. Is it possible to assign a SIM card for each contact, so that when calling a contact the phone select the SIM card automatically based on the settings?

Even if a contact is saved in first SIM card but currently second is active, phone uses second to call.


texts: Disable swipe down to reload a page in Chrome browser

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While filling out an HTML form, I accidentally swiped down and lost all my filled information because the browser reloaded the page. Is it possible to deactivate this swipe down functionality?

My Android version is 4.1.2 and I'm having the Chrome latest version.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 not booting up, keeps restarting showing ”Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300” black screen

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My Samsung S3 is stuck! It keeps restarting!

It doesn't reach the enter pincode, but keeps restarting showing the "Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300" screen. Then cycles starts again.

Here are the things I've tried:

I have already removed battery, put back in; still the same result.
I have also tried to hard-reset, but it just turns off and restarts.
Same result when trying VOLUME DOWN + HOME + POWER BUTTON; goes back to restarting and the Samsung S3 screen.

It was working fine last night, but when I left to do something, I came back and found it restarting over and over again. Didn't update any apps.


texts: Wide-angle camera of Samsung Galaxy M21 not detectable by 3rd-party apps

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I have bought a Samsung Galaxy M21 smartphone which has got 3 cameras-- 2 rear cameras (48MP primary camera + 8MP wide-angle camera) and a front camera. The stock camera app works well, but for some more features, I have installed a few 3rd-party apps from the Play store. But, the problem is, those 3rd-party cameras are giving access to only the primary rear camera and the front camera, but not giving access to the wide-angle camera.
Those apps are able to detect the presence of 3 cameras, but two of the camera options are referencing to the same front camera.
Here is the example with Open camera:

I have tried all the controls and settings, but it gives access to only the primary rear camera and the front camera.
Is this behaviour normal? If so, what are the workarounds?


texts: What is Acer Liquid Metal maximum SD card speed class?

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I want to buy a new sd and I'd like to get best bang (and speed) for the buck...
But I can't find this information...
Anybody knows?


texts: Connect from windows to distant FTP server through the sharing connection

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I have a Mi mix 2s phone (good phone) but I have an issue with it.
I'm a webdevelopper and I'm sharing my 4G connection to my computer (Windows 10) but I can not use FTP (to connect to a distant server) on my computer. It's not connecting. I tried it by creating a wifi network and also by sharing my connection through USB and none are working. I never had an issue before with my previous phone, this is the first time it's not working. I think I just have something to activate but I'm not able to find what.
Does anybody had this issue?

Thx,


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Not booting, Not charging and not allowing to factory-reset

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Issue: My Samsung Galaxy tab is not booting. And when I tried to "factory-reset" by pressing Volume Key + Power Button (I hold it for more that 1-minute), still, it does not showed me "factory-reset" screen.

I kept Device for charging for nearly 3-Hours: No charging indicator is shown.
It did not show up when connected to PC

I used this tablet for nearly 2-Years, seeing this issue for the first time.

VERY IMP: Device came in contact of water and since then it is not booting.

What options I try before taking device to Samsung service center??

Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

Android OS Version: 4.1 Jelly Bean


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I have a Moto G phone. I'm using LineageOS. Yesterday I notice my phone went dead. When I press power button, a white light in the camara flashes three times, which I understand to be no battery. It did have enough battery though.

When I connect the phone to charge (using PC), the 0% battery charging screen shows up. But it's stuck there at 0%. I can get to the boot menu (power button and volume down), which shows me "battery low", but when trying to boot recovery or any option, the phone restarts but is again stuck at low battery.

My guess is that the battery is gone. Since it cannot be charged, the OS doesn't have the power to load anything. However, it should load when the phone is connected and "charging". Perhaps the problem is not the battery itself but the phone recognising that the battery does have enough charge. Is this possible? Anyway, any idea is more than welcome.


texts: Was it my rooting that caused my Android to malfunction? Or what was it really?

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I finally rooted my phone around a week ago, amidst all those battling feelings, and I used it for around 4 days.

While the phone was charging through the USB port of my computer, I remember like putting the computer on suspend and then removing the phone. Thereafter, it never turned on! Except sometimes, where it came to the boot screen and got stuck, or it went just past the boot screen and got stuck again, or where it didn't even turn on the screen but just kept vibrating.

It was only charging through the USB, so I had not enabled file sharing or anything where I would have to disconnect the phone from the computer first before unplugging, so I'm quite sure that it's not anything to do with corruption of data due to just unplugging.

My Android (ICS) is yet under warranty, although rooted, so it's currently at the company service centre getting repaired. Their warranty card has got a whole bunch of terms and conditions that void warranty, but nothing to do with rooting thankfully. I only rooted it, and went NO further into flashing another ROM.

So my question, what happened to my Android? Was it some application that required root, misbehaving? Or was it due to overcharging? It can't be due to overcharging since when I plugged in my phone it was only about 60-80% charged, and I was at the machine for only a few minutes before disconnecting it from my computer.

Whatever the reason is, please help me figure it out. The phone comes back this coming up Wednesday, and I want to be knowledgeable enough to understand what's going on and whether I should root it again if the company has unrooted it (hopefully not! ;) ).


texts: Google+ Auto Backup: How to reject non-camera photos?

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Google+ Auto Backup service backs up all photos which includes downloaded pics from Web, Facebook, 500px etc. I just want it to backup my cam pics only.

How to do this? I am unable to find any option in Settings for that. Is there a directory flag or other methods to do that?

OS: Android 4.4.2 KitKat


texts: How do get SMS messages off a damaged Android phone (Samsung J2 pro)

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I dropped my Samsung J2 Pro and damaged it this morning. Only part of screen responds to touch commands now. So it's almost certainly time for a new phone, but I'd like to get photos and SMS messages backed up first.

Photos were easy; I have uploaded all my photos to my computer via the USB. I'd like to do the same for my SMS text messages, but can't find them in the file system.

I downloaded the app "SMS Backup & Restore", but cannot run it because the "Get Started" button is near the bottom of the screen, and pressing it does not work (groan).

So is it possible to directly access my SMS messages via the USB port, without running a special app? Or is there some other app which makes them visible?


texts: Boot on Charger, power down on charger remove and autostart app

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I am looking to do the following:

Auto boot device on charger connection.
Auto start an app on boot.
Auto power down on charger disconnection.

It looks like I'll need at least one app to do this, but wondered if there was a single app I can use to achieve what I need (rather than 2 or 3).
I'd rather not root, but would do if I have to.
The device is a Samsung Galaxy Tab A SM-T510.
Thanks.
Update :
I have resolved items 2 and 3 with Tasker, but still stuck with item 1.
I cannot run the fastboot command (so autoboot on charger connect) because Samsung devices do not have fastboot mode. Still looking for a solution to item 1.


texts: Difference between drive, file manager, and downloads on my android phone?

texts: I know that Google photos access my pictures, no matter what device I get on, as long as I enter my email address. But, my question is that, what's the difference between drive, file manager and downloads app on  android phone?


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I'm on a Thinkpad with Android 4.0.2 trying to open an HTML file on an SD card, using the default browser. Answers here have indicated you should access file:///mnt/sdcard, file:///mnt/sdcard-ext, file:///sdcard, and many other combinations, but none of them work for me: I just get "Webpage not available".

Apparently different machines mount the SD card to a different path. How can I find out which path my SD card is mounted to? Or if that's not the problem, what is?


texts: How do I fix problems when going from 3G to a Wi-Fi connection that requires a login?

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Whenever I'm in the basement of my university's science building, I have no cell signal, so I am forced use the school's WiFi network to get internet.  However, for what seems like the better part of an hour after connecting to the hotspot, my phone refuses to show me the login page so I can connect to the internet at large, simply saying:

  Data connectivity problem  The server failed to communicate.  Try again later.

If I just go to class in the morning and let my phone connect to WiFi while still having a cell signal available if needed, I occasionally have this problem, but usually by the end of the hour it will play nice and show me the login page.

Is there something I can do to force my phone to wise up to the fact that I need to login without just waiting around?

Restarting the phone does work, but takes a fair bit of time and seems excessive
Clearing the cache in the browser (Menu, Settings, Clear cache) does nothing


texts: Xperia Z3v Simultaneous LTE and Voice Service

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I'm told by Verizon that the Z3v will be unable to access mobile data while in a call until January. If only they told you this before the sale! In any case, does anyone know of a workaround, or a way to get the software update early? I considered flashing something from Sony's developer world, but as I understand it this will impact camera functionality...

Any known way to get around this without waiting until Sony/Verizon push the update?

"Mobile data not available" (click image for larger variant)


texts: An Android phone on my network keeps connecting to a malicious site

texts: My wifes phone keeps reaching out a malicious site (udmserve.net), and it is being blocked by my router's Trend Micro network scanner. I ran Trend Micro's virus scan, as well as Clean Masters, but there are no results on her phone. Any idea of how to fix this? I enabled real-time protection from Trend Micro as well. It's a Samsung Galaxy Halo, which is a low-end Galaxy.


texts: How can I change the icon, icon name that lays under the icon, notification name, and notification icon for an Android app?

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I'm running Android 5.1.

I'd like to change the icon for a few apps on my device.

I'd also like to change the app name both on the desktop and on the notification window that the OS makes pop up when those apps push notifications to my device.

Lastly, I'd like to change the notification icon that appears at the very top of my screen when a notification is pushed.

How can I do this?

I think I need to take the app, somehow "unzip" it and get the APK for it, change the image files and text files that carry those pieces of data, "re-zip" it, and finally reinstall it.

Is this correct?

How do I accomplish my goal?

Thanks.


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On my Nexus One's built-in browser, I am able to copy web page text to the clipboard by:

selecting Settings > More > Select
text,
then dragging my finger from top to
bottom (of the screen), seeing page
content highlighted in pink,
then the moment I release my finger,
the pink highlight goes away and is
replaced by a friendly message:
"Text copied to clipboard".

I can then paste it to a clipboard "viewer" app (which is not really a clipboard viewer but rather a clipboard "paster").

The problem is that, no matter what I do, my finger doesn't seem to pick up the entire text on that page. There is always something missing: A few characters from the page start, or from the page end.

Is there something similar to Ctrl+A on Windows?


texts: how to copy android home shortcuts from one device to another?

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I have 2 Android (2.2) Galaxy Tab mini tablets with android 2.2 I am setting them up for show presentations.

I put on both of them a directory filled with content. The directory is identical in both devices.

On one I set up many home screen shortcuts to the files in that directory.

How do i COPY all the short cuts from one device to the other ? Where are these shortcuts physically located ? in some kind of home application settings file ? where is it on the file system ?


texts: Unable to download any apps whatsoever from google play store

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Recently I found an issue with downloading apps from the play store. I am able to select the install button, and it goes to the loading bar without issue, but stays in that indefinitely. I left my phone overnight for several hours, to wake and find that an app has yet to install. It does not show a progress bar, but instead consistently says it is “downloading”. I am running Nougat on an Asus ZenFone Deluxe. There are no current patches or updates issued as of today that I write this post, so I cannot download a new update and hope that this is some bug that will be fixed. I have tried force closing the app, changing networks and connecting through wi fi and cellular, as well as clearing the cache for the google play app. I checked that the phone connected to the internet through using the web browser, which worked perfectly fine.

Addition 1: As suggested by a comment, I cleared my data for Google Play as well. Had no effect.


texts: Outlook Auto-Sync keeps re-enabling — How to ultimately deactivate it?

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I've got a weird phenomenon on my Android 6.0 where Outlook Auto-Sync is automatically and silently re-enabled. I haven't figured out yet when exactly this happens but I'm deactivating Auto-Sync and deleting all imported contacts every other day. It really annoys me.

I disable Auto-Sync via Settings -> Accounts -> Outlook.

While this works fine for other accounts (e.g. GMX), Outlook is re-enabled quite too frequently.

I also tried to delete and reinstall Outlook but the bug continues to happen.

I tried to search the Internet, but all Google hits are about how to enabled/disable Auto-Sync in general. Well, I do know how to do this. But I couldn't find anything about whether this is an Android bug, an Outlook bug, or just a mysterious thing happening on my phone.

Is there another way to make sure that Auto-Sync is disabled?


texts: Disable calling and texting but not WiFi or NFC

texts: I'm going overseas soon and bringing my "usual" personal phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5, with me. I mostly just want to use it for Internet access. But one of the reasons I'm bringing my own phone instead of buying a temporary one is just in case there's an emergency I want to be able to call and text with my regular number. I don't want to get most calls and texts on vacation though! Is there a way I can turn off calling and texting from my phone but leave WiFi and NFC working? Just turning off receiving would be best but turning off sending would be fine too.


texts: HTC U Ultra: Can I use dual SIM on this device?

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There seem to exist different versions of the phone.

I can insert 2 nano SIM cards in the device but how to activate the second one? There is no enter PIN dialog popping up. On YouTube I saw an unboxing video that showed dual SIM support.


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I have an Android phone which supports 32GB SD card. So, if I insert a 64GB SD card, I know that the device will not recognize it. But, if I create two partitions in the 64GB SD card (32GB each), will the device recognize it?

Note: I have Android 7.0 installed in my device.


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I am interested in how to make video feeds from non-activated smartphones via WIFI (no 3/4G connection) accessible to a Windows workstation on that same local WIFI network.

I have a need to produce multiple video inputs (similar but not exactly same as multiple home security cameras) and am thinking that using older (cheaper) model smartphones might be able to be tied together via WIFI only. I know there are plenty of remote access access apps out there but i'm needing something to use with WIFI only - the phones will not have a cell carrier plan for 3/4G connectivity.

Ideally there's an app that gives basic control - zoom, start/stop, video/single frame - but it would be enough to just have a way for my network to pull whatever video feeds are present at a given time.


texts: Android System shows toast message of "password may be incorrect"

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Recently I noticed there is a toast message popping up saying "password may be incorrect". With the help of toast source, I able to identify the source of the toast message which is Android System. What happen to my phone?
Oneplus 7T, Android 11


texts: Android phone automatically deletes photos?

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A quick rundown on the situation is this. I've just changed to a new phone just about a month ago, and there's something weird that I noticed - my phone automatically deletes the photos.

At first the deletion is small scaled - I noticed it when I lost about 3 photos about 2 weeks ago. However today I noticed something bigger - I lost almost 5 months worth of photos. It wasn't moved anywhere else as I couldn't find it even after a search on the SD card on my computer.

As you can see from the image below, the file names of the photos in my DCIM gallery simply jumped from 9 July 2016 to 12 December 2016. I'm pretty sure I several photos during the 5 months in between as there were quite a few major events and I took plenty of photos during them.

I know there's another similar thread on this matter, but the contents doesn't help as the approach in the thread doesn't apply to me. I've checked for the file they mentioned but it doesn't exist in the folder.

I'm running on Android 6.0.1.

If anyone knows what's going on, your assistance is much appreciated. Thank you!


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Since the update to Gingerbread the battery of my phone has the half duration than with the 2.3.4 version.

The "Battery Usage" in settings don't show anything abnormal.

Anybody have the same problem? What can I do?

Edit:
My device is an HTC - Nexus One


texts: Convert to system app using Link2SD doesn't work on CM11

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I am using Galaxy Y (S5360) with CyanogenMod 11 build date Feb 2015. Previously on stock ROM, I was using Link2SD to move apps to system/app. Trying to do the same now is giving the following error.

  sh: cannot create /system/priv-app/name.apk .t:read only filesystem.

Why is it trying to move to /priv-app instead of /app? What are the possible solutions.

Change permissions?
Use some other tool or do it manually? (Looking for simplicity).

Things I've tried so far:

ES File Explorer: change permissions, gives "Operation Failed". "Mount as rw" option does not show up.
Terminal: mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock8 /system & then cp /data/app/fooBarApp-1.apk /system/app/fooBarApp.apk gives error "Can't create foobar.apk. read only".

Any help is appreciated. Thank You.


texts: How can I activate UDP forwarding for USB communication between a PC and an Android app

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I have an real Android device connected to a computer via USB. I managed to activate TCP port forwarding with adb forward tcp:<port> tcp:<port> and successfully communicate with sockets but I don't know how to do the same for UDP.

  EDIT : I launched my application on the emulator and typed telnet localhost 5554 and redir add udp:<port>:<port> and it
  worked, my function executeCMD is functionnal because when I try ls
  it's working.

Some websites said to use redir like this redir add udp:<port>:<port> but when I do so I obtain an error :

usage:
    redir --lport=<n> --cport=<n> [options]
    redir --inetd --cport=<n>

    Options are:-
        --lport=<n>     port to listen on
        --laddr=IP      address of interface to listen on
        --cport=<n>     port to connect to
        --caddr=<host>      remote host to connect to
        --inetd     run from inetd
        --debug     output debugging info
        --timeout=<n>   set timeout to n seconds
        --syslog    log messages to syslog
        --name=<str>    tag syslog messages with 'str'
        --connect=<str> CONNECT string passed to proxy server
        --bind_addr=IP  bind() outgoing IP to given addr
        --ftp=<type>        redirect ftp connections
            where type is either port, pasv, both
        --transproxy    run in linux's transparent proxy mode
        --bufsize=<octets>  size of the buffer
        --max_bandwidth=<bit-per-sec>   limit the bandwidth
        --random_wait=<millisec>    wait before each packet
        --wait_in_out=<flag>    1 wait for in, 2 out, 3 in&out

    Version 2.2.1.

Then I thought this command should be launch on the Android device so I created this method :

 public String executeCMD(String cmd){
    StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
    try{
        Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
        int read;
        char[] buffer = new char[4096];
        while ((read = reader.read(buffer)) > 0) output.append(buffer, 0, read);

        reader.close();
        process.waitFor();

    } catch(IOException e){ e.printStackTrace();
    } catch(InterruptedException e){ e.printStackTrace(); }

    return output.toString();
}

And when I called it like that :

executeCMD("redir add udp:" + UDP_PORT + ":" + UDP_PORT)

I get no output and the UDP server on the Android app can't communicate with the UDP client.

So I'm a bit lost... I'll continue searching but If you can help me; go ahead.

Thanks.


texts: Access the Digital wellbeing information from local device

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Google has implemented Digital wellbeing as part of Android pie through its Beta experience. This app captures user interactions and creates nice charts for users to understand how much was screen on time and how many times the phone was unlocked and how many apps were used in what proportion during the day, in a week etc.

I wanted to view this data not as a chart but as raw format. Where can I find this information on local device?

If not locally available can we download it from any google service?

Please suggest.


texts: I am new to Lineage but not new to Linux. I am running on a raspberry pi. How do I find the AppDrawer? How do I find the terminal App. Many thanks


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I use tablet with Android in a professional environment and the it department doesn't accept to install wifi.

My tablet need to synchronise with CSV file on a LAN share.

I'm looking for solutions. Is it possible to connect a tablet on ethernet (possibly with builtin firmware)? If yes, which model?

I looked for solutions and I found some interesting links:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274656 / a pack to add ethernet support to Asus
http://www.sosandroid.fr/forumAndroid/topic1980.html Iconia Tab a500
http://discuz-android.blogspot.fr/2011/07/step-by-step-to-enable-lan-access-for.html Motorola Xoom

Does someone have experience with this? I prefer avoid root my tablet or use a custom firmware or launch some custom command when connected to the network, but if no Android tablet come with this feature built in, I would be willing to root it.

Alternate solution:  connect the tablet to the PC with USB and access the LAN share located on the computer (it was possible with Windows Mobile) and maybe access the whole network.

I own a Galaxy Tab 8.9 and the best would be to find a solution with that tablet.


texts: Buying apps and entering credit card number via 3G/GPRS. Is it secure enough?

texts: As title. Of course using Android market and the Google Checkout payment. By the way, how about other market-like apps?


texts: How to enter recovery mode in a watch with one button (power)?

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I try to enter recovery mode in watch with one power button and no additional buttons , but failed to do that.

Is it possible to enter recovery mode with this single button ?

I try this with 2 different watch:
microwear H5,
kingwear 98

One of them is using android 5.1 , the other android 6.

Thank you


texts: Install Android. v 4.0.4 on a STAR H3000+

texts:
I've got mobile "STAR H3000+" (a rip off iPhone5) with Android v4.0.4.
I just wanted to ask if it is possible to install Android v4.2. or newer.
Does anyone know how to do it?


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I'm on a Google Pixel XL, stock, unrooted. Android 8.1.0, build OPM1.171019.021
My Carrier is T-Mobile, via Straight talk BYOP program.

I was able to hotspot (WiFi tethering) without any trouble at all. Then one day my computer lost connection to my hotspot, so I checked my phone, and it was off. Turning it back on, I had a notification that said "Your phone shut off due to heat." It didn't feel hot at the time, compared to other times that I've used it and it felt warm to the touch. Since then, I'm unable to connect through tethering.

Built in WiFi Hotspot and USB tether give the same problem.

A few things I've found:
When connection another phone, it authenticates, then says "Connected, No Internet"
On a Linux machine, when I ping google.com it can resolve Google's IP address, but has 100% packet loss.
On a Mac, PDANet app allowed me to get online, though I need to be able to WiFi hotspot without PDANet.
When using a WiFi file transfer app, I'm able to connect to the hotspot and transfer files to/from the phone without any problems.

A few things I've tried:
-Reboot phone
-Contact Carrier to check/reset data settings on their end
-Reset APN settings
-Factory reset phone
-Replace SIM card

What can I do to get this fixed? It was fine for a long time, then suddenly, this happens and nothing seems to fix it.

Also, the SE websites confuse me, so I have no idea which one to ask this on. I've asked Android specific questions on Android SE and was closed for being off topic. If possible, please just tell me where to ask or migrate my question instead of flagging it. I don't know where to ask about this sort of thing, and I prefer the SE community over other Q&A sites where I can only get the opinion of trolls. Thanks.


texts: I have a Galaxy SIII and 32GB memory card. I want format the memory card with NTFS just to get rid of 4GB size per file restriction. How can I format the card with NTFS and even if I format it with NTFS will I be able to use it with Galaxy SIII?


texts: How do I toggle "Do Not Disturb" via ADB?

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I would like to enable Do Not Disturb on a phone via ADB. I have located the settings namespace and key which controls Do Not Disturb:

adb shell settings put global zen_mode 2

But when I run this command and then get the key its value remains set to "0". If I enable Do Not Disturb manually on the phone, then look at the key, it shows "2" as I expect.

I am using stock Samsung S7/S7 Edge phones, with Android 7.0, not rooted.

Is there a step missing in order to toggle this particular setting via ADB? Thus far I haven't had issues changing any other settings in this way, so it's confusing why this does not work.


texts: I have three batteries used in succession and all new. The problem is the same. I supect apps are in use when not needed

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I've replaced my damaged battery with a new one in my Samsung Galaxy Note 2, but it drains too quickly.

After fully charging the battery, when I leave the phone without using it (the screen is totally off & no apps running background), the battery level gradually reduces to 87% with in 20 to 30 minutes.

Below 87% to 36%, the battery performance is petty good, but when it is below 36%, the battery drains too fast. It falls to 0% within 5 to 10 minutes, and if I play any game when battery level is around 30%, it shuts down without informing me the battery low information.

I changed the battery twice from the shop that I bought it from, but the same thing occurs.

Why is my phone draining my battery so quickly (and inconsistently)? Is it a battery/software/hardware problem?


texts: Get rid of Messages' notifications when application is connected to a PC

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I am using and very enjoining the fact I can connect my base Android Messages application to its web counterpart on my PC and get much more flexibility in writing and managing all my SMSes.

But, I am pretty much irritated that it displays so many notifications about the fact that it is being connected to this or that PC:

I think that I see it dozen of times:

daily, each time I start a PC,
each time I restart my browser and
even each time my Messages application / mobile phone looses and regains connection to the Internet and thus Messages application and its browser counterpart reconnects each other.

Is there any way to disable this pseudo-security messages?

I can't find corresponding configuration option in either Messages application on my Android phone or in its web counter part. And I am afraid to force-block notifications from this mobile application in my Android settings becuase I think that I will loose all the notifications from it, i.e. not just those about being connected, but also notifications about received SMS message.

The same goes for notification about using mobile plan, in web counterpart:

Is there any way of getting rid of it permanently or do I have to close this nag everyday, every time I restart my browser?


texts: How to root my Nokia XL (updated version)?

texts: An error message is appearing when I'm trying to root my phone by the app frameroot .  I was suggested to use Gandhalf but as my XL is already updated I'm receiving an error message . What do I do ? I wanna update it to the latest android version . But which exploiter should I use ?


texts: Calendar sync with Google Calendar notification time

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Events sync-ed from Google Calendar have a default notification time of 10 minutes in advance. Sometimes that's not enough.

Is there any way to automate this and have the default be something else?

Thank you.


texts: How can I tell if I need a valid SIM card (active phone #) on my old Smartphone to use an App?

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I gave my old Moto RazrM phone to my daughter. The phone and Mobile internet had stopped working. So it only has wifi. It also has not valid phone "account".

Will this limit her ability to use Apps?
If so, how can I tell when that's causing problems?
(Several apps/games she's downloaded are not working. And at least one of them worked previously.


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I'm experiencing a strange problem trying to upgrade a paid app (OsmAnd+, now installed 1.9.5) on my phone (Samsung GT-8752). The download stops reproducibly at 28.75/39 MB, then an installation is attempted which fails with the message "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card".

Did anyone else experience a similar problem?
Is there a way to troubleshoot download/installation issues like this? Where would I look for log files?

A related issue appears to have been solved by uninstall/reinstall, but just like the OP there I'd prefer not to uninstall.


texts: Native SIP client in Samsung Galaxy S2 Android version 4.1.2

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 which is upgraded to Android 4.1.2. I did not find the SIP settings. Where have they gone to?