texts: Is it possible to fix Samsung XCover Pro lock/unlock?

texts:
The Samsung XCover Pro advertises a large XCover and Top keys that can be used to wake the device and launch apps with one press. Both have a setting called "Use while screen locked". With that setting enabled, and a PIN and/or fingerprint enabled to unlock the screen, I am unable to wake the device or launch apps from a locked screen as advertised. If the screen is off, pressing the buttons does nothing at all. If the screen is on, I have to enter my PIN first before any app will open, including apps that shouldn't need a PIN, like the camera. Even turning on the screen is a pain. There are two options: 1) Find the impossibly small, recessed wake button on the side, and press it, or 2) Enable "Lift to wake", which makes the phone think you are constantly scanning an invalid fingerprint, so the screen stays on, draining the battery and automatically disabling biometric unlocking.
I just want my Samsung XCover Pro to work as advertised. Has anyone found a solution to this?


texts: Apps continue to use battery despite closing them

texts:
I have noticed that certain apps continue to show up in the Settings-->Battery menu (which shows the % of battery used by each app) long after closing them.

Here are the list of things I have tried but nothing has removed the apps from the Settings-->Battery menu
- cleared the RAM using Active Applications widget
- Force stopped the app
- Restarted the phone

Some of the apps stay longer and some are gone automatically after a certain period.

My question is
1. why do the apps continue to show up in the Settings-->Battery menu when they are closed properly?
2. Is this something the apps can control like for how long they can stay awake despite closing?

Its a Samsung phone running on Android 4.1.2.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace, with quad-band I believe. It is possible to see the current connection network type, e.g. UMTS, EDGE, etc, by going to Settings -> About Phone -> Status. But it does not tell which frequency band it is on. Is it possible to find out which frequency band (either exactly, or just which of the four major bands) that I am using?


texts: I logged into one of my freinds phone with my gmail and logged out this afternoon.

texts: Still it is syncs all my contact list on gmail though I logged out of my gmail from her her phone. Please let me know how can I fix it. I want to delete the unwanted ids from her phone. It would be really time consuming job if I do this manually, delete one by one. Is there any better way for this?


texts: Possible Soft-Brick Fix for my Galaxy S4

texts:
So, prior to my stupidity, I made a system.img dump via dd

However, after my stupidity (tried flashing some lib files....), I am now stuck with only stock recovery mode, or download mode.

How can I flash back my system.img?    I tried in download mode with heimdall... but it fails with

root@o7thDev:/media/MediaTwo/MyRom# heimdall flash --verbose --no-reboot --SYSTEM system.img
Heimdall v1.4.0

Copyright (c) 2010-2013, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/

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

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

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
  Manufacturer: "Sasmsung"
       Product: "MSM8960"

        length: 18
  device class: 2
           S/N: 0
       VID:PID: 04E8:685D
     bcdDevice: 0100
   iMan:iProd:iSer: 1:2:0
      nb confs: 1

interface[0].altsetting[0]: num endpoints = 1
Class.SubClass.Protocol: 02.02.01
   endpoint[0].address: 82
       max packet size: 0010
      polling interval: 09

interface[1].altsetting[0]: num endpoints = 2
Class.SubClass.Protocol: 0A.00.00
   endpoint[0].address: 81
       max packet size: 0200
      polling interval: 00
   endpoint[1].address: 01
       max packet size: 0200
      polling interval: 00
Claiming interface...
Attempt failed. Detaching driver...
Claiming interface again...
Setting up interface...

Initialising protocol...
WARNING: Control transfer #1 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #2 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #3 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #4 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #5 failed. Result: -9
WARNING: Control transfer #6 failed. Result: -9
ERROR: Failed to receive handshake response. Retrying...
Protocol initialisation successful.

Beginning session...

Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!

Session begun.

Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.

Uploading SYSTEM
0%
1%
ERROR: Failed to unpack received packet.

ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
ERROR: SYSTEM upload failed!

Ending session...
Releasing device interface...
Re-attaching kernel driver...

so I tried creating an update.zip that I could sideload flash in stock recovery, but that fails as well with

E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed

If I could get into adb shell, I'd be set... all I'd have to do is dd the system.img back (been there done that in SafeStrap), but when I try adb shell in stock recovery I just get "error: device not found", and in sideload mode, I get

error: closed

Please help? :crying:


texts: Share contents between my Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Smart TV

texts:
I used to have a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 a few years ago, I remember I could connect my phone with my 8880 Samsung Smart TV.

This connection was two way, I used screen mirroring so I could display phone contents on the TV, and I could watch TV programs on my phone.

I even remember once my wife was watching TV and I watched another program on another channel using my phone (connected to TV).

Unfortunately I can't remember the application names which provided these features.

Its now two years that I have changed my phone with a Galaxy Note 5, and I have done all the upgrades. The problem is I can not do what I did with the old version of mobile set. I believe I don't have the applications, and I can't remember their names.

By the way is there any way so I can screen mirror a video played using streaming (is not on my phone but it is online) on my TV? Because Samsung Smart View application just shares contents (videos/photos/music) which are stored in my gallery.


texts: Google Hangouts vibrates although vibration is disabled

texts: I'm having a really annoying issue to where when i receive a text message through hangouts my phone will vibrate and make a sound when it isn't muted even though in the hangouts app and in the settings on the phone, I have vibrate unchecked. Am I missing some option? I haven't modified android on anyway on this phone.


texts: Why apps move from SD card to phone memory after upgrade and how to avoid it?

texts:
After upgrade of any app - apps move back from SD Card to phone memory.
After that, to save phone memory, I have to move upgraded app back to SD card.

Is any possibility to avoid this because it is very annoying?

I have Android 5.0.2 on Motorola E second gen phone.


texts: Can't access my smartphone through neither adb/fastboot or GUI

texts:
So I was about to format my phone and install a lineage ROM (as I already did a thousand times before and always worked) but my phone now ended in a very strange situation. First I booted TRWP recovery mode and ran a wipe, then rebooted back to recovery and plugged my phone in the pc to transfer de rom zip. After pluging it my pc, KDE desktop shows that a "moto g is connected (...)" and give me the options to browse its folders through the GUI but by clicking on it fails with the message:

  "The process for the mtp protocol died unexpectedly".

So I ignore it and decided to transfer the zip through adb push but adb devices finds no attached device. The same happens for fastboot devices. I've made a little search and found that the mount folders for mtp can be located in either /run/user/$USER/gvfs/ or /var/run/user/$UID/gvfs but both of these are empty. So I'm now at a stalemate (i think this is the right english word). I don't know how to proceed. All I want to do is transfer the files to reinstall my system (rom.zip, opengapps.zip and magisk.zip). Any ideia what is happening, and, how to solve it (if possible)?


texts: Why doesn't Android recognize my SD card when my computer does?

texts:
There appears to be a problem with my micro SD card. It is 8 GB (really 7.4) is not recognized/mountable by my phone. When I put it into an SD card adapter, I can see everything on the card perfectly. Note this this is the original card provided by Samsung when I bought the phone.

However, I have a 2 GB SD card from PNY and it works without issue.

What does this mean? Why can one card be read while the other (which has been working for about a year now) cannot?

The old post can be found in the edit revisions.


texts: What does 'sandboxed' webview actually mean?

texts: I keep hearing the argument for Tinfoil for Facebook(vs mobile site) that it is sandboxed. What does it actually mean? what can websites access on normal web browsers that they can't on isolated WebViews?


texts: How to restrict stranger messages in WhatsApp

texts:
How can I restrict other WhatsApp users from messaging me, who are not in my mobile contacts. Me and my friend have given a try by simply deleting my fiend contact number from my mobile, and he's still able to send me message in whatsapp-messenger.

So, is it that, anybody can send messages to anyone in the world, provided if they know the mobile number? If so, where is the privacy? Is there a setting option?

Do I have only one option to block them? I would like to see only people in my contacts list message me.


texts: How can I sync an Exchange 2003 inbox to an Android 4.x device?

texts:
I have ICS 4.x and I'm trying to get the default email client to connect to a MS Small Business Server 2003.

The client will sync all folders but Inbox. I get the error message "Couldn't Open connection to Server". I'm able to send emails, any clues?


texts: How to play one-channel audio in both headphones?

texts:
I would like to have exactly the opposite of this question, or this.
Some audio documentaries on youtube that I want to listen to with an old-style (wired, non-bluetooth) headset have only one channel audio. That is, I hear audio in just one ear.
Is there a way to hear the sound in both headphones while playing that? (That would improve the experience, the voices are not always clear, etc.) — I mean, maybe there is an app that has a setting for that.
NOTA BENE:
I am referring to wire headphones here, not bluetooth. The device is Xiaomi A2 phone running Android 10.

EDIT after comments:
Opening the audio file in Audacity, I see this:

Although Mediainfo says 2 channels:


texts: What considerations govern working with the /firmware partition?

texts:
In some recovery options (such as ClockworkMod recovery's advanced options on some devices), there is a Format /firmware option.  I have searched for descriptions of this partition, but have found little:

This question asks about it, but there is no authoritative
answer.
Stock ROMs that I have do not modify this partition.
I see it mounted on some devices as:

/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/modem /firmware ext4 ro,context=u:object_r:firmware_file:s0,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

What are the logistical considerations surrounding this partition, including:

What does the /firmware partition usually contain?
Is it on all Android devices or just a subset?
What are the consequences of formatting it?
Can its contents be recreated?

etc.


texts: How does a tablet automatically power on when a power source is connected?

texts:
Please imagine a car situation where you have an Android tablet:

http://content.worldcarfans.co/2014/11/24/thumbnails/24486128385597.hl2.jpg

And the following working rules (as expected in most cases):

If the car is OFF, tablet is OFF;
If the car is ON, tablet is ON (automatically);

I have been reading about enabling auto power on mode when the charger is connected: most tablets have the playlpm, lpm, or a specific file that displays the battery charging animation.
The trick is to overwrite these files and force a boot.

Furthermore, I have also checked and tested Tasker, where I was able to achieve this behavior only when USB is connected.

However, I would like to know if there's anyway we can do it if the tablet has no battery attached on it.

Would this same approach work?


texts: How do I stop a specific WiFi network from turning on WiFi automatically in Oreo

texts:
Background:

With my Samsung Galaxy S7 finally updated to Android Oreo recently, I got the option to turn on WiFi automatically when in places where I frequently am.
This is a great feature, which I used to achieve using Llama, and which I very much want to use.

However, there doesn't seem to be any control for the locations or networks that trigger it. I also have no idea how big the range is of what it counts as a distinct location.

The issue is that there is this WiFi network throughout the city which I use at one specific location frequently. I pass through the vicinity of that location several times a day, which unfortunately means WiFi is turned on every time. Which in turn means my phone is continuously trying to connect to that network and failing, because I'm just biking through. All the while it prevents a stable connection with my mobile network, because it's trying to connect to the WiFi.

Question:

Is there any way to prevent a specific location from triggering WiFi to turn on automatically?

Or, for that matter, is anything known about how the option precisely works? I'm assuming it looks at location, but how big is the range, how does it work if I connect to the same network in different locations, etc.?


texts: Can I upgrade My Xperia Arc S To Jelly Bean after the rooting

texts: I am planning to root my Xperia Arc S and want to know whether will I be able to upgrade it to Android Jelly Bean.


texts:
Is there any way to "mock" the Android date and time even while the option "automatic date and time" is turned on?

The reason I'm asking for such information is that my new app will have to operate offline while still being safe, thus I would need to know the "work arounds" in order to block/prevent the change of date and time even when checking for "automatic date and time" returns true


texts: AT&T Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket running jellybean update, Voice Dialer issues with BlueAnt

texts: I upgraded my phone using KIES through a USB connection and now when ever I try to use my BlueAnt Q2 bluetooth headset it starts the new Voice Dialler that just doesn't work at all. Can't recognize a word I say and then takes off dialing a number that's not even close to what I have said. Is there any solution to this or am I just hosed..


texts: factory reset a device having no volume keys

texts:
I got a device that I have to reset to factory settings because the owner of the device has forgotten its password. I checked Debugging is not enabled.

I have seen various suggestions on how to reset a device but all suggestion involve volume keys. Unfortunately this device doesn't have any volume or other key, there is just only one power key.

Device: XPOD Tabloid 7''

How do it reset it ? or unlock the device. any suggestions?


texts: How to stop apps from doubling overscan?

texts:
For some reason a chunk of the digitizer broke on the bottom of my phone. I tried to use adb shell wm overscan 0,54,0,324 to resize my screen smaller until I can get a new phone, but it's giving bad results.

It seems like the overscan is working normally at first, but then some of my apps, including Google's launcher, Nova Launcher, Gmail(except when composing), and the Play Store, are then shrinking in addition to the whole screen shrinking, leading everything to be half the size I want. I could just set the overscan to half of what I want, except that many apps and the keyboard do not do this, meaning I couldn't really type then.

Examples:

Any ideas on what could be causing this or how to fix it?


texts: Is it bad for Android phones to install and delete one app multiple times?

texts:
Can OS become slower by installing and uninstalling an app multiple times?
Can this process make any harm to system, or is it safe to do it?


texts:
I have a Galaxy S4. I use Chrome browser. Anytime I play with an Android tablet, Chrome has a tab bar like on a desktop OS. I want to enable this on my phone, but I can't find an option to enable it. I tried looking into the prefences file but didn't see anything pertaining to this. Is there a way to enable this? I'm rooted, and don't mind messing around so I don't mind if there's a "hackish" way to do this.

It seems like Chrome is a universal app, so I don't see why it acts different on a phone versus a tablet. Or at least provide an otion for it.


texts: Why do App Locker apps need so many permissions? Am i safe?

texts:
I've been trying to password protect an app, and it seems that the permissions vary from app to app for App Lockers.

Why do so many of them require full phone access?

Is there any danger if i use a popular and well known on such as https://market.android.com/details?id=com.morrison.applocklite?


texts: How to disable PIN lock in android device without touching it

texts:
My android phone (Sony Xperia Z2) has a PIN lock, and now the screen is broken, everything is working fine except touch, I can't do anything because I can't unlock the phone because I can't press the buttons to unlock it. So is there a way I can unlock the phone with? Even if the touch isn't working I can use the phone with Google Assistant.

PS: My phone doesn't have root.


texts:
My city is adding a new digit to its number to increase the number of combinations possible. I have over 300 contacts, editing them manually is not really a good way to do that.

98% of my contacts is on the + XX ( country code ) + XX ( state code ) + XXXXXXXX ( the number ) format.

I need to add the digit 9 to every number, so after running a program script whatever every contact should be +XX XX 9XXXXXXXX .

Bonus : I have contacts from people of other cities who must stay the same if possible I would like a solution like this : if state number is XX then skip it. But is better to manually change this group of contacts than all the contacts from my city so it's OK if that's not possible


texts: Which apps show up in the market on an Android tablet?

texts: Is the market filtering the same as a phone (auto detects required features and OS version) or do developers need to specifically set attributes on their apps for them to be available on tablets running Android?


texts:
I have a Nexus 5 running stock Lollipop and lately I have noticed that when I lock the screen, but leave an app (or multiple apps) open (e.g. Chrome, Facebook, Youtube) the phone gets very hot and the battery drains like crazy. It's like the phone is acting as if the screen is still on.

Has anyone encountered this problem? Can anyone suggest a solution?


texts:
Android does not have great deal of control over the hdmi scaling. What I'd like to do is do "centered, fit width" scaling. So in other words, on 1920x1200 tablet top and bottom has 60 pixels cut which results in 1080p output with no scaling.

Or as an another example, ipad resolution tablet would be scaled to 1920p width with some 500 pixels dropped.

Either way, full TV screen is used. How android does it is by scaling image smaller until it will fit the target resolution. With the ipad resolution that adds up to quite big black borders. And with netflix it's even worse as you get more black borders on top of it which you'd see on the tablet screen. Not pretty.

Now my Chinese tablet has Intel chipset which has some hdmi scaling options but sadly nothing that'd result in what I'd like to see. I also have an old nexus 10 which is used for netflix / HBO nordic duty. Nexus has no hdmi settings at all.

So is there any utility or system setting to control the hdmi scaling? I have root so editing system files is no problem.

My current solution is using second screen which can scale the tablet display to a different resolution, 1920x1080 in this case. It even does automated profile switching on hdmi connect. Sadly however it does not play nice with some apps, most notably swiftkey. Nova launcher is not fond of resolution changes on the fly either. Most annoyingly top menus are difficult to reach as the "swipe from top" function is confused by the inactive screen area.

So it works but it could be better.


texts:
i want to use software to monitor my network, the monitor process is consuming 20% CPU times, is it any impact to my device except battery life?

If a program constantly consume high CPU, will it create a lot of heat and ruin the device ?


texts: "There is an internal problem with your device, and it might be unstable until you factory data reset."

texts:
On boot, I'm getting the message:

  There is an internal problem with your device, and it might be unstable until you factory data reset.

I'm experiencing no force closes or instability.

What circumstances cause this error, and is there some terminal magic which can avert the need for a factory reset?

If this is a problem with a /system/build.prop mismatch, how can I find out the specific mismatches so I can restore those?

I'm running Dirty Unicorns on a Moto Pure/Play, but I've seen this on other ROMs and hardware.


texts:
I have a bunch of complete crap apps on my phone which I can't move to the SD card, so they are taking up about 10mb of space on my phone, which is irritating when I want to update my phone as I need 25mb, so have to delete loads of apps.

I was considering rooting my phone, but this apparently doesn't allow you to delete them. So how do I go about this? I don't want to run a custom rom and am happy to stick with HTC's regular firmware, but I want to 'unbrand' my phone.

Any ideas please?


texts: How does init knows when to relaunch a process?

texts:
I know the Zygote listens to a socket in /dev/socket/zygote in order to know when to fork a new process. I want to know how init usually does it.

I have a persistent process (not service) X whose PPID=1 which corresponds to init and everytime I kill it init relaunches it. Is it normal for init to start processes instead of services? If so how does it usually knows the process needs to be relaunched?


texts: I've got straight talk for a provider and needless to say... they are of no help whatsoever. I can send and receive TXT messages and I can RECEIVE mmses but I've never been able to SEND mmses, ie; pics, attatchments, or any mms from this phone.  I've done EVERYTHING. I know this phone and all settings on the phone and the browser, internet options etc. are as they should be. Can anyone help resolve this issue for me?


texts: Nexus 7 stuck on google's logo after flashed the building of AOSP

texts:
This is my first time to flash the AOSP build on the device. I just followed Google's instructions to download and build the Android source code. Since I have a Nexus 7 (2013), so I chose the target to "aosp_flo-userdebug" before starting to build. Then I ran "make" to build, and the building was successful.

After that I rebooted the device and went into the bootloader, flashed the device by the command:

$ fastboot -w flashall

The flash succeeded. Then after the device rebooted, it just got stuck on the Google's logo screen and never continued. If I flash it back to the factory image, it can continue booting. So I think maybe there are some mistakes I made during the building or flashing that causes the problem. But I don't know how to find the problem.

I also tried to flash only system.img by:

$ fastboot flash system system.img

But it's still the same result. Hope someone can give me some suggestions. Thanks.

PS: the build version is 5.1


texts:
Is there any Jelly Bean update available for Note N7000 in India?

Any one know when this update is coming?


texts: Seeking for an alternative to lock the screen without pressing the power button in Lollipop

texts:
I find it cumbersome to press the power button on my Android Lollipop device for locking the screen.

Are there alternatives (like a widget or a gesture) that use some interaction with the touch screen to get the device locked, apart from the automatic lock after timeout?

Also, is there any possibility to lock the screen without the need to install an app?


texts:
I have the hangouts extension installed in chrome on windows 7 and windows 8 PCs and a stock Nexus 6 which has hangouts installed as a system app. When I send and receive messages on my PCs my phone doesn't update with those messages sent on the PC. I also have a Nexus 7 on lollipop and it syncs messages just fine. My LG G3 also syncs messages. I have tried wiping cache/data in the app, signing in and out of chrome and the google account on my phone, factory resetting the phone, etc.

Anyone have any ideas? I tend to switch between my phone and PC all the time and would live to be able to have synced conversations.


texts:
I wanted to update my OnePlus 3 to OxygenOS 4 using TWRP but that resulted in an error. I tried again, same error. I flashed the old image again, no error, phone was usable again, updated TWRP, flashed the new image again, different error. I then flashed the old image, again, no error.

However, my phone isn't usable right now because I can't unlock it. I definitely remember my pattern, I had it since I bought my the OnePlus 3 and I bought it right when it came out. I have to enter it every time I reboot so I entered it several times just today and there is just no way I remember it incorrectly. Furthermore, I have a second phone with the same pattern. I drew it on both phones simultaneously and only the other phone unlocked.

How can I log into my phone, again?


texts:
I'm looking to buy the brand new HTC One X (Tegra 3 version) but I want to know if it's compatible with GLONASS (Russian GPS satnav equivalent).

I already know that the Snapdragon S4 version supports it but does the Tegra 3 support it as well?


texts: Will the WWE region RUU version work for my region?

texts:
The HTC Desire S RUU for Android 4.0 is now available in the HTCdev website (htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads).

Unfortunately (or is it?), region is set to (WWE - World Wide English)

My region is "038 - HTC India"

Will the WWE be compatible with my device or do I have to wait for a separate release for my region ?

I read somewhere that

  WWE - World Wide English, this tells us it is meant for devices all
  over the world and is a generic update.

Is this true?


texts: Is there a downside to keeping the HDR mode on my Moto G phone camera always on?

texts:
My moto G allows HDR (in the camera app ) in three settings:

Always on
Off
Auto

I was wondering, what's the downside to keeping HDR always on? Is there such a thing as spoiling a shot with HDR when none was needed?

I sometimes feel the HDR in Auto does not always kick-in in situations where it ought to have!


texts: Resetting Nexus 4 with cracked and Locked Screen

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I backup data (sms/contacts) from a device with a broken screen?

My Nexus 4 fell and cracked its screen:

One of the caveats in its design is the glass on the back makes it slide down and fall from pretty much any surface.

Another caveat is the curved unprotected glass on the front. If it falls down, it'll most likely crack.

Given

After it fell, the phone "lost its touch" i.e. it does not respond to any "touching".

It is not rooted, the screen is (pattern) locked, hence I can neither see the files via MTP nor can do:

adb shell rm /data/system/gesture.key

since permission is denied. I am also unable to

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases

to save my messages, configs, etc.. for the same reason.

The only thing I have backed up is pictures (which of course is "something"):

adb pull /sdcard/ /destination

Question(s)

I need to back up and reset it before shipping it back.

How do I go about backing up the "databases" (e.g. SMS, configs, etc)?
How do I wipe it clean, so whoever gets it can't get my data?

EDIT

Since this is closed as duplicate, which it's really not, here is the solution to this problem in case somebody else is looking for it.


texts: How to check if your bootloader is unlocked

texts: I'm about to flash a custom recovery, but I'm not sure if my bootloader is unlocked or not (phone is rooted, but I did it a while ago, so I can't remember the process I went with), and I don't want to do anything that might risk losing all my current data. Can I simply run fastboot flash recovery [recovery image], and if it doesn't work, take that to mean my bootloader is locked? Are there any negative consequences to attempting this with a locked bootloader?


texts: How to enable drag status bar from lock screen?

texts: I have an ICS phone, the problem is on the lock screen I can't pull the status bar down in any type of lock screen (slide, pattern, PIN, etc). My question is how do I enable status bar dragging on lock screen? I know almost all ICS phone out there have this feature, strangely my phone doesn't. Please help.


texts: How to fix a ruined recovery mode of an Android device?

texts:
It seems like I ruined the recovery mode of my Android tablet. It's a HP Pro Slate 12 tablet with Android 5.1.1 on it. It's rooted. I wanted to install CWM Recovery to backup everything, but my device wasn't listed as a supported device. My friend told me I can install the LG G3 recovery instead because it's compatible. I installed that. Since then recovery mode completely disappeared. The device still boots in normal mode and works, but I cannot boot into recovery mode anymore. I really need it because the device boots normally but sometimes acting strange since I rooted it. I'd like to try unrooting it by going into recovery mode or doing a factory reset, but both options disappeared.

I tried holding down volume up+power buttons while turning it on, but didn't work.
Tried holding down volume down+power. Nope.
Tried rebooting inside Android into recovery mode with Quick boot app. It rebooted my device but again it went into normal mode instead.
Tried to reboot into recovery mode with ADP and FastBoot in Windows. Same stuff happened. The device rebooted into normal mode.
Tried to make a factory reset. DIDN'T work! Rebooted into normal mode once more. The factory reset hasn't deleted anything.

Any ideas? Did I lose the possibility of recovery forever with a single click?


texts: transferring data from an app that hides it

texts:
I'm transferring data from an older phone (LG G5 running Android 7) to a newer phone (Nokia 8.3 running Android 11).  I've transferred most of it using backup + restore, or manually using syncthing.  But I have one app where I can't find the data.  The app is called "guidebook".
guidebook has a dir /Android/data/com.guidebook.android .
But I don't see any actual files there, either under internal storage or on the external SD card.
I tried to download the guidebooks again on the new phone.  But my old guidebooks are no longer available to download.  Probably because guidebook is now charging the orgs per download.  They don't even give me an option to buy them.
I know that the guidebooks are being stored locally because I can access them offline, with wifi and mobile data disabled.
I contacted guidebook support.  They say they don't support transferring the guidebooks between devices.
Anyone know how to transfer them?  Or how I can even go about finding where they are hiding the files?
I tried the Android debugger, but that won't run because I don't have symbols for libraries.
NB: if others want to play with this, the app is free, and it's possible to download current guidebooks for free.


texts: Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card - I don't even have external card?

texts:
I was just playing around on google play, but some apps cant install. I get the following error:

Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card

I have tried:

Finding a certain file smdl2tmp1.asec, which was nowhere to be found
Inserting an SD-card and then trying
Dismounting that SD-card but still inside the tablet

So far, i haven't found an solution. Can you help me out?


texts: Auto-rotate setting disabled permanently on Toshiba AT100

texts:
About a week ago, the setting for auto-rotate on my Toshiba AT100 (running stock 3.2.1) got permanently disabled somehow, and I am unable to change it. It says it is "on", but the setting is grayed-out, and the screen does not rotate with the device.

Does anyone know how to re-enable this setting?


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Within the last few days my Nexus 4 has started behaving strangely. This is a completely stock Nexus 4 running the official 4.3 build. Not even bootloader unlocked.

What happens is that random apps will begin crashing, usually Google apps like Gmail, Settings, etc. If I try to report the crash, the crash reporter also crashes. I plugged the phone in to check the logcat and all of the error messages are the same:

FATAL EXCEPTION: main E/AndroidRuntime(31480):
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not create an EGL context.
eglCreateContext failed with error: EGL_SUCCESS
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.createContext(HardwareRenderer.java:1192)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.initializeEgl(HardwareRenderer.java:1044)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.HardwareRenderer$GlRenderer.initialize(HardwareRenderer.java:979)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1536)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:1004)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:5481)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:749)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:562)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:532)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:735)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5103)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:737)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
E/AndroidRuntime(31480):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Rebooting the phone temporarily solves the problem. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks


texts: Is it possible to select default contact picture service?

texts:
Here is my problem: I merged all my Google and Facebook contacts in my contact list. When a contact has both a picture on Google and on Facebook, the picture from Google will be displayed.
I don't know if this is the default behavior, or if this is because I merge the Facebook contact into the Google one (but I want to keep doing that, to prevent my contacts from changing their names).
Is it possible (built-in option, or external app), to change this behavior and display the Facebook picture instead?

I have a Motorola Razr running Gingerbread.


texts: how to stop a system update upon restart

texts:
Quick question,

I have an old Essential PH-1 that runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat). I accidentally okay'ed it to update to Oreo and it says to allow the updates to take effect to the newer Oreo OS I need to restart my phone. I do NOT want to update to the new OS. I want to keep Nougat OS.

How do I prevent this from happening?

Is there a way to erase these new files so when it eventually restarts it will not finish installing these updated files to Oreo? Or do I have to let it update upon restart and then downgrade  back to Nougat? If so, where do I go to find the easiest way to do that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Configure screen on/off: charging/time of day

texts:
I want to configure my tablets such that if the device is plugged into a charger and it is between, say, 7 am and 10pm, then the screen doesn't turn off, otherwise, it will. Is this possible?

Edit ------


texts: Is it possible to charge one discharged smartphone from other?

texts:
Suppose u are having 2 twin smartphones of same brand. one is fully charged and other one is fully discharged.

My question is that Is it possible to charge one discharged smartphone from fully charged other smartphone?


texts: Strange applications are being installed sometimes

texts:
I am using Android 5.1 and there is strange thing.Sometimes, when I am connected to wifi apps are being installed without permissions.When I go to settings and uncheck 'Allow installing apps from sources different to google play store' I have no idea how, but after around hour it is being marked as checked and new app is being installed.

I tryed installing anti virus programs like AVG's mobile version, Avast's mobile version, Malwarbytes and others..Do you have any ideas how to fix that, without reseting phone's fabric settings.

Thanks! :)


texts:
I have recently got an app that permits me to view the contents of my phone memory on my rooted Samsung Galaxy Y mobile phone.

In /system/app folder, I see all the system apps that came pre-installed with the phone, and also I see a .odex corresponding to every .apk file.

What exactly are these files?

I wanted to keep a backup of all these .apk files in my laptop, just in case.

Should I backup the .odex files too? Why or Why not?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  My internal storage capacity is running low,  what can I do?

I want to install many apps on my Android phone, but the internal storage is small. How do I expand my Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray internal storage?


texts: How can I root the Huawei Ascend Y530 U051?

texts:
Which Root Tool Do I Need for my Huawei Ascend Y530 U051?

I have tried kingoroot, one-click, towelroot, z4root, universal-root and none of them work. I'm on Android 4.3 and I'm desperate to root it. I have been googling and watching pointless youtube videos on it and still cant find a root tool that works.

Can you help me to accomplish that?


texts: Making apps think you have a lower version of android

texts: so i want an app or something like that that makes apps think you have a lower version of android even thogh your android version does not change


texts: Gmail displaying "me" instead of actual sender's name

texts: When viewing my inbox, I would like to display the sender's name according to the email's header.  Meaning, if I send an email to myself from my gmail address, but give the from name as Freddie Flintoff, I want Freddie Flintoff to appear instead of "me".


texts: Replace the content of a certain dead area of the display

texts:
There's an area on the quarter top of my touch that is not working. Dead.
The display works on that area, the touch doesn't

I know I can disable the touch and image on that area, dragging everything closer to the bottom

But

Is there a way to do that, and instead of leaving a useless black area, display some information in there (that doesn't require touch) ?

I have Xposed

XMultiWindow is a cr@p

Aindroid M


texts: How can I set my Galaxy S3 to vibrate when locking the screen?

texts:
My partner and I have identical Galaxy S3's.

However when my phone locks it briefly vibrates, when partner's locks it does not. What setting have I changed that makes this happen on mine and not on his?


texts: I have buyed an Alcatel One Touch POP 8 tablet and found, that it has only 2 GB internal storage instead of announced 4 GB(I have seen this on Android Settings page). What causes this problem? Can you offer me an app or something like this, that can show precisely the memory size?


texts: How do I export Telegram contacts to my phone?

texts:
I'm new here.

My little brother accidentally touched the "reset factory"  button in settings, and now I don't have my contacts on my phone! I have 1500 (almost 400 business) contacts with more than 670 profile pictures!

I rooted my phone and used recovery tools in W7, but nothing worked for me! I just recovered 10 old contacts, so God bless the Telegram app because I saw my contacts there,  but there are no contacts in my phone app. Is there any way to import contacts from the Telegram app to my phone app?

If possible please tell me how to fix this issue. Any guidance also in programming issues like linux terminals will be accepted in my way.

(Note: I used search in this site but there was nothing for my issue,
just found a link that a buddy wrote there:

  "Just install a contact backup software from google store like "+contact backup" and after that make a back up from your contacts."

But there's no app in the app store with that name!


texts: How long can I reasonably expect security updates to be supported?

texts:
In light of the recent "stagefright" MMS vulnerability, I understand that while Google may release fixes to security vulnerabilities, it requires co-operation from the handset manufacturer to deliver those fixes to handsets.

As the owner of an aging Samsung Galaxy S2, I'd like to know if I'm ever going to get an update. No-one ever told me that my handset was no longer going to receive updates. Maybe it still is but Samsung are still working it out.

How long after a handset has been made should I reasonably expect security updates to be pushed out? At what point should I seriously consider replacing a handset if these updates are important to me?

Related: https://windowsphone.stackexchange.com/q/10068/13848


texts: How can I unlock my HTC One V locked by 3 (UK Carrier, www.three.co.uk)?

texts:
I have a HTC One V which is provided by 3 (www.three.co.uk) under contract.

I recently bought a Nexus 4 from Google Play because of the price drop, and I'm using my 3 SIM in the Nexus which is working fine.

I want to sell my old One V and know that I can do it a lot easier if the device is unlocked so it can be used on any network.

After looking around online, cellunlocker.net quotes me $14.99 for an unlock code and Three themselves quotes me £15. I've heard from some friends that they were able to get their phones unlocked for free, if so, how would I go about doing this?

I'd rather not fall victim to a marketing scam to get a code that I could get for free.


texts: Messeging or Hangouts - Open Directly to List of People

texts:
When I get a notification that I've gotten a new text message, I open Messaging to look. However, it opens usually to the last person I was sending texts to, which isn't always the person that I now want to look at. I then have to go back to get to the list, and then click the new message to read it.

Is there a way to have the app open directly to the list of people, every time? Thanks!


texts: How do I get the new "Music" section of the market to show up?

texts: It appears Google has updated the market application. Including documentation in the new Google Music application for a link to /music in the market. The link does nothing on my phone except take me to the home screen of the market though. I'm super excited for this new feature and would like to use it now. Is there a way to force the market to update or anything? I'm using stock 2.2 Froyo on T-Mobile Defy (rooted)


texts: Could a virus be preventing me from installing an Anti-virus?

texts:
My Nexus 7 has recently been behaving oddly (closing apps unexpectedly for example).
I figured I would install Lookout on my device, and tried to download it twice, it seems to download but after the download is finished the app isn't there and the play store has an Install button again. I'm trying to download AVG anti-virus remotely (from the play store with the "install to device" button.

If that doesn't work, what else can I do?

EDIT:
"Remote Install" did work. No virus was found. What else might cause apps to close randomly? Especially weird was any time I tried to go to Settings > Running Apps it would boot me out to the home screen. Now it's not doing that. Could there have been a virus that was ONLY in RAM?


texts: I muted the message on web browser on my pc. I can see Muted tag is applied to the thread. I no longer receive notification on this thread from browser on pc. But I keep getting notifications on my Android. I am not the only person on the to/cc list of its messages. I searched old questions and answers. They mentioned a Done button. But this button is gone on the Gmail android app I'm using. Please advise.


texts: Hide folder only from stock gallery without using Samsung's private mode

texts:
I know this might seem like a very common question, but when I have searched for a solution it seems almost no one has this same problem, all that is discussed is how to hide pictures that no one should see, which is not my case.

I need to stop the media scanner from scanning several folders and subfolders for pictures, but still scan them for audio media. My case is that I have a lot of music albums in folders with album art in the same folder. So in the stock gallery app I get all this album art which is meaningless.

The following found 'solutions' would not work in my case:

to create a file named .nomedia, since that would stop the music from being scanned.
to use the privacy mode (I have a Galaxy S5), since that would still display all this album art when I am in the privacy mode
to use some kind of file vault, since that would hide everything in the folder from every app (I guess)
to use another gallery app, since KitKat doesn't allow non-stock apps to modify the external SD card

I might consider rooting if that would enable non-stock app to modify the SD card, since I use ES File Explorer anyways.


texts: Gmail Attachments Reordered Incorrectly by Gmail

texts:
When I attach several images to my Gmail in the order I want to match the document description and then mail the whole, every time Gmail changes the order of my attachments.

I have a Galaxy 8+ running Android 8.0.0 and Gmail 8.6.3.200445973.release @2018 Google Inc.

I am frustrated because everywhere I search sites like this site it tells me Gmail does not do this. Yes, it does it to me all the time!

It has gotten so frustrating, when I must have attachments in the correct order I have stopped using Gmail for that. Instead I use Samsung Email. It does not resort my attachments.

Is there some way to correct Gmail to get it to behave properly? I do not see anything in the settings to correct the problem.


texts:
Is there any way to run more than 2 apps side by side? Preferably on a Mi Pad 4 tablet in landscape.

I'm only really looking towards a Xiaomi device since Miui allows input to both apps simultaneously when in split screen, with other devices you need to press on an app to select it and then are able to input, the window that's not selected gets suspended, if that makes any sense.


texts: MP3 player, that remembers current possition in all playlists or folders

texts:
Is there any MP3 player out there, that would remember current file and position in that file, not only for currently played playlist / folder, but also in all playlists / folders, that are added to it?

I know, that remembering file and position in an active playlist, which is essential for listening to audiobooks, is offered by many MP3 players available for Android. But, that's not enough for me.

I'm looking for a player that will:

support multiple playlists at once (with optional easy switch between them),
remember file and position for all playlists and restore / rest it on each switch.

I tried system player, Winamp and Simple Music Player. All of them lack second option. Once user switches to a new playlist, player begins to play it from the very first file and from its beginning.

I need this feature, because I'm listening to more than one audiobook simultaneously.

I know, that software recommendations are not much welcome to this site (or to any in SE network). But, I'm asking about very specific feature of an MP3 player. So, I treat this question not like recommend me a software, but rather as tell me, if there is anyone out there, that has this feature, or should I code it myself?


texts: How to put checkmarks on a checklist in Google Docs

texts:
Note: This question is specifically about Google Docs on Android, not Google spreadsheet on Android.

Instructions from this page shows how to insert a checklist using the Android app or Google Docs. I was able to follow those instructions on the Google Docs Android app, however, I need to then quickly and easily check off each item. The instructions on that webpage are given for a desktop web interface, because it refers to clicking the right mouse button and selecting an operation, but how do I do that within the Google Docs Android app? Is this impossible?

I currently believe the answer is "no", but I hope someone will prove me wrong about that.


texts: Is App Data got reset or does it have a limit?

texts: Applications are the most important utility in Android. Classified into two types, system apps and user apps. System apps are the one that is preinstalled,and removing some system apps cause device instability. User apps are those installed from playstore or other sources. Everybody uses application along with internet or WiFi. And on usage, application consumes them and creates application data and cache.  My question is that, whether there is any reset point or limit for creating app data. For example, I am currently using WhatsApp continuosly, and presently app data reached 350MB. Will it have any auto reset by itself at say 1GB. What will happen if app data reaches a greater value?


texts: Are there any legitimate ways to watch NFL season on Android without cable/satellite subscription?

texts: Are there any effective ways to watch NFL games (preferably live) on Android devices this coming season?  Ideally, they'd be available in high resolution and streaming, but what options are available?  I know there is a DirecTV app, but it seems to require having a DirecTV subscription, which many do not have.


texts: Is there a way to track down the changes in the filesystem made by a certain app?

texts:
Ok, so I download an app from Google Play and launch it. I'd like to see the behavior of this app, i.e. new directories or files changed/created by this app throughout the filesystem.

Is there, for example, a special app which can track other's apps behavior? Or should I just make a copy of a filesystem before and after running the app, and just compare them? Any other ideas?

My device is rooted, runs Android 7.0 (MIUI9 8.2.8).


texts: Generating DTMF tones, when dialling a mobile number

texts: Where could I turn on an option, which, when I dial a number, generates DTMF tones? I have full volume, so that is not the problem. Is there an option in settings somewhere? I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. Kitkat version 4.4.2.


texts: Photo recovery but for a renamed photo with .BAK extension

texts:
Seems like most extension based file recovery apps on playstore only supports for rooted phone. Most photo recovery works fine but the file I deleted was renamed with a .bak extension. So I wonder if there is a way to recover extension based files even if the device not rooted?
Or would the photo recovery apps detect the .bak file extension as image and still recover it as photo?


texts: Where do I add/delete pictures so the Kindle Fire will randomly select it as a wallpaper for the device?


texts: Can Hike messenger steal our whatsapp data

texts:
As per new update of Hike messenger, giving reward upto ₹10000 for making your friend join Hike. To do this Hike asks accessbility permission. And when you refer a friend or a group, all messeges starts showing in Hike. So now I guess Hike can read our all whatsapp text messages and media shared.

But the problem is that after getting accessibility permission, it can read all the notification, even OTPs of our transaction. So how can I assure my security and privecy.

Is it a big concern or am I missing something with their terms and condition?


texts:
I'm using ES File Explorer. There's one thing I want to ask, what is the purpose of the small spot at the center of the screen when I turn on the app?

Whenever I click on it, a toast message show

  No gesture defined. Please add or disable gestures in fast access

I've searched the web for the answer but there's no answer. Could anyone explain it?


texts: What is the use of build.prop.bakforspec and vendor.prop?

texts:
I have been editing build.prop without rooting the device(via adb mechanism by temporarily flashing twrp recovery using fastboot).
And whenever an OTA update comes, it resets my buildprop.
If I reflect the same changes in build.prop.bakforspec , will my changes be secure of will they be reset again?
And why are these files there:
build.prop.bakforspec,
default.prop
vendor.prop
power.prop?


texts: Cant see call log on Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

texts:
This is all I get when I follow the instructions for viewing your call log.

When I get a missed call, the notification shows at the top and when I click it then I get this screen. I can't find anywhere else on the phone to view my call log.

Please help!!!

Click on the image to enlarge


texts: Android suddenly freed up several GB of space itself? (Note 3)

texts:
My Note3 has been nearly full (~500MB or so left) for a month or so.

Tonight I was web-browsing in Chrome, and accidentally hit "download" on a gigantic multi-GB file on archive.org.  Chrome froze up for a while (maybe 10-30 seconds or so).  I scrambled to get to Settings to turn off mobile data, and luckily the download failed.

Here's the really weird thing.  When I started poking around the phone afterwards, I was really surprised to see over 3GB of memory free.  There had been probably less than 700MB free before this happened.

Where did all that space come from?

On the face of it this would seem to be great-- "yay, free space!".  But, I am a little antsy and confused, as well as just plain curious, because I have no idea how the phone did this.

1) Is this a known behavior that Android does sometimes?  I don't recall ever seeing this happen before.  I vaguely remember Windows having some laundry list of things it deletes when space needs are dire-- does Android do something similar?  Maybe some kind of backup installer / system snapshot / crash dump kinds of files?

2) Is there any way of finding out what it deleted?  Or otherwise what it did to get this space clear?

(I'm hoping to find out what it did delete, b/c I want to make sure it didn't just choose to delete something I wanted to keep, ie "hey, you haven't looked at these photos in three months, so you'll never miss them; they're going in the trash.")

3) If it deleted some backup install or system snapshot or crash dump kinds of files, that'd be great... but it'd also be great how to TELL it to delete these kinds of things next time to free up the space by choice.  In other words, "If I could have had 3GB this easily all along, how can I ask for it?"


texts: Is the fingerprint template generated by the vendor-specific library or the sensor?

texts:
My understanding based on the online resources is that there is a vendor-specific fingerprint library running in the TEE which is responsible for communicating to the fingerprint sensor hardware as well as enrollment, matching, ... of fingerprints.
What is unclear to me is what the sensor's output is? Does it generate the fingerprint template, or it sends just the raw fingerprint data to the library and the template is generated by the library?


texts: How to stop Wi-Fi from using all my mobile data?

texts:
My phone all of a sudden is consuming huge amounts of mobile data ; apps usage report shows that 'Wi-fi' is causing this: from less than 500Mb per month is has consumed 2GB in a day , and it continues to do this unless  I  disable the mobile data .

What is causing this ? How can I stop it ? Can someone explain why WIFI would use my mobile data ( I thought Wi-fi would use my internet connexion)

Material used:  Samsung S5 dual SIm.
UK Three SIM card and France Orange SIM card
Probelem is with both cards and both providers.
I've had to disable both mobile networks to stop the usage.

there are two 'Wi-Fi apps' one version 35 and a version 126.   Uninstall or Force Stop are inactive, and I cannot see who is the Publisher.

Any suggestions ?
thanks !


texts: How can I delete all contacts synced by Outlook?

texts:
I've added an outlook account to my phone running OxygenOS, which has synced its contacts into the contacts app.

How I can remove all of these synced contacts without deleting them one by one?


texts: Download a file without SD card on android 2.3.4

texts:
So I just booted up my old Xperia Neo and found myself to be unable to do almost anything.
I actually just wanted to download an app from the Playstore and test it.
But when I open the Playstore, I get Error while retrieving information from server [RH-01]. Googleing how to fix that I found a post where someone mentioned that you need to install "gapps".
So I downloaded that using my PC.

But I cannot connect the internal phone storage to my computer, only the empty SD-card slot. No matter if I'm in MTP or MSC mode.
So I fired up the browser on my phone and tried to download the files directly. But now my browser says "An SD card is required to download gapps[...].zip". I do have enough storage left on my phone.

So basically the phone is bricked.

Android version:  2.3.4
ROM: Xperia Slim v2.20
Root: yes
Browser: default
File explorer: none


texts: How do I route traffic from WiFi Hotspot to USB?

texts:
Note:- I've found out that to achieve what I want, there is a simpler,
  more flexible way than reverse tethering. If you are ever in my
  situation, read the answer below.

I reverse tether internet from laptop via USB, and wan't to share it further by creating an Hotspot on my rooted android phone.

I get internet not just on my browser, but everywhere including Play Store and Whatsapp, when I reverse thether it from my laptop via USB.

The only issue is that when I start a WiFi hotspot on my phone so that other devices can share this internet, they don't get internet. How do I fix this?

Here is the commands I used to set up my phone to accept internet from my laptop:

ifconfig rndis0 10.42.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 10.42.0.1 dev rndis0
ifconfig ccmni0 0.0.0.0

Where ccmni0 is my Mobile Data interface and rndis0 is the interface from which I get internet.

Why I want to do this is irrelevant to the question, but read on if you want to.

The reason for doing all this is that me and my room mate has to share a single LAN cable. Both of us run linux and have Broadcom WiFi cards, whose linux drivers don't allow you to create an AP from the laptop. I have linux only, while my friend uses linux only at times. When he is on Windows he creates a WiFi AP from his laptop using connectify. But when he is on linux, I want to temporarily create a hotspot via by mobile to share the internet.


texts: Unable to Install and move APK files on SD-card

texts:
I have an E-tel(curiosity i110) mobile device running on android 4.42.
I tried to install Apps using APK files to my SD card but i couldn't.
My problem is that I cannot move Apps which already installed to SD-card.
When I check app manger, I seems move to SD card button is fade out.
My question is, why my android OS blocked this feature?
What can i do?
How to select default APK installer as SD card without rooting?


texts: Question about restricted user profiles on 4.4.3 KitKat tablet

texts:
I realize that 4.4.3 is a very old version at this point so let me explain my situation for context. I work as IT in a small trucking company, we are a client of another company called PeopleNet who provides us with units to track our trucks, take driver logs, provide GPS, etc. Recently we purchased some of their MS5 PeopleNet Connected Android tablet units from them, along with their application we also wanted drivers to use certain applications that railyards are beginning to regularly use for in-gating and out-gating loads. Obviously though, we don't want them to have access to much beyond those.

PeopleNet wants us to send the tablets back for a 3 week period and pay 12$ a month to do this for us on a tablet system that was already 900$, which is ridiculous. Setting up a restricted user profile has pretty much provided everything minus one exception, the PeopleNet application (called PMobile) is not listed at under the applications for the restricted user at all.

I was wondering if someone with much more knowledge of Android could tell me, is this application not showing because I know at version 4.4.3 that restricted user profiles were a fairly new feature (It is also impossible for me to update the tablet past this version.)? This application was also NOT installed through the Play Store, but through a USB stick, could that be the issue? The application also has a plethora of permissions it requires, does this make it unusable in a restricted user profile at all?

If anyone could help me understand or even get the app to show so I can turn it on/off for the restricted user profile I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you.


texts: Why Google still use my localisation when I have disabled all location services?

texts:
When I use google.com (usually I work with duckduckgo instead, because of privacy policy) on my Phone (in web browser), it shows me my city and country on the bottom of the page.

I have disabled everything in Settings -> Location services. What else do I have to do in order to disable any possibilities of sending my location to Google Search and other websites?

I Use Android 4.


texts: When will my device get the Android 4.1 update (Jelly Bean)?

texts:
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) was announced at Google I|O 2012 on June 27, 2012.

(You can review the high level changes in Android 4.1 at the official Android Developer's site.)

Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release.

When will each device get Android 4.1, either officially or unofficially, if ever?

See also:

When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?
When will my device get the Android 4.2 update (Jelly Bean)?
When will my device get the Android 5.0 update (Lollipop)?


texts: Micromax E483 calls are not establishing until mobile is restarted

texts: Recently I bought Micromax E483, it was working very nice but recently i am unable to make any call. Even after rebooting the mobile, calls are going only once or twice.


texts: Is there any X3D format viewer for Android platform ?


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I have an Xperia E3 running 4.4.2. My university's wifi network has a CA certificate to avoid having to re-enter credentials each time you connect. However, whenever I install this certificate (and select it for that network) it disappears after having been used once or twice, so I have to re-install it every few days. To clarify, when I go to "modify network" the CA certificate disappears from the drop-down menu, and it also disappears from my list of trusted credentials.

Is there a way to keep it permanently instead of having to re-install all the time?


texts: When I plug my headphones into the Galaxy S 3 it won't let me use Google Play Music

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It brings up a notification telling me that headphones have been plugged in and gives me about 5 apps to choose from. I can't change these apps and Play Music isn't one of them.

How can I use Google Play Music with my headphones?


texts:
I am new to Android 7.1, and I would like my phone to be always on while charging. Is there any disadvantage? Are there any system processes running only in sleep mode?

Related:
Stay awake while charging, bad for battery?


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In an attempt to clear device from tons of ads randomly opening and covering whole screen, I have uninstalled majority of preinstalled software (like TurboCleaner and MegaShop or something like that). After doing it there are no more ads covering whole screen, but also system UI is broken - there is no status bar (the top bar with notifications), software buttons are not present (device doesn't have hardware buttons), after installing app for software buttons I also discovered that showing all running apps (the square button) is not working (I think it was broken even before a restart, when status bar was still present). Tried installing Nova launcher in hope that it could fix the missing status bar, but even after toggling the option in settings it did nothing.

Any ideas? I would prefer not to do a factory reset - I think it will only bring back those full-screen ads displaying every few minutes, in lock screen and so on.

Device: Prestigio MultiPad Wize 3131 3G
OS: Android 6.0
The tablet is not rooted or modified in any similar way.


texts: How do I get Google+'s notifications into Android's notification list?

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From iOS I'm used to seeing app icon badges and notifications concerning actvity inside apps. Android is lacking app icon badges but it does have a great notification menu -- except that Google+ notifications (the red counter in the black Google bar on all Google's web sites) don't arrive there. I do see the counter in the Google+ app (in Android as well as in iOS) but on Android there's no notification outside of the app.

I think it's weird that Google's awesome social network doesn't send notifications to Google's mobile OS.

I am hoping that it's merely some setting I need to enable on my phone to make these appear. Right?  I very much doubt that I really have to launch the G+ app to see notifications, given that so many other apps use Android's notification methods so successfully.

How can I see Google+ notifications in Android's notification list?


texts:
What is Mobile Device Management and How can I use for my enterprise?

What is the benefits of using MDM?


texts: App icons disappear from home screen on app update

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Ever since I got my Nexus 5, I've notice that apps sometimes disappear from the launcher for no reason. This seems to correspond to that app being updated, although it doesn't always happen to every app on every update. I've seem some questions about icons disappearing due to moving them onto an SD card, but I don't have one of those so that's not it.

The apps are still installed and show up in Settings > Apps or in the alphabetized pages one gets by pressing the ::: icon. Some of the apps this has happened to include Facebook, Android IRC, TransitTimes+, QuickPic, and Minecraft — but it's not just limited to those, and it doesn't seem to happen to those with every update.

I'm not using any special launcher or anything — just the stock one that comes with KitKat 4.4 on the Nexus 5. (Updated to 4.4.2)

What's going on and how can I fix it?


texts: Can't enable notifications for SMS messages with MIUI 12

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I'm using a Xiaomi 9 SE phone, with MIUI 12.0.2 (global).
I'm not getting notifications about incoming SMSes! :-(
I tried the general phone settings, under Notifications; the slider toggle for SMSes is enabled, but semi-grayed-out - unlike all other notification toggles.
I tried the SMS app's own notification settings (through the top-right gearwheel menu) - and while that has a bunch of settings, it doesn't seem to have the basic setting for notifying me about incoming SMS messages.
What do I do?
Note: I should stress SMS messages do arrive, and the unread ones are marked as such when I open the SMS app.


texts: Enabling GPS flag on android preferences: what is the battery impact?

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Even if there are many questions regarding Android and GPS my doubt is really specific to the user level location settings.

Supposing I've enabled the GPS settings, say from the Power Control widget, and no application is actually requesting location updates.. what is the impact of this situation on battery life?

Does the settings location flag start some activity in background, maybe a location service?. Is some radio activity initiated by having the flag on? or can I assume that if no app will register for updates my battery life will be more or less the same?


texts: Changed exchange password - When will it prompt the cellphone?

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The company I work for is testing a department wide e-mail account (20 users that will share the same e-mail account on separate cellphones -- S2). The e-mail password will expire every 90 days and I'm trying to test what the prompt is like/how difficult it will be for users to edit the password.

I've tested this on my own e-mail account by changing my password to something else. I've checked my S2 and my S3 after changing my own exchange password and I'm still able to send and receive e-mails (45min later) without editing the password or being prompted.

I've tried rebooting the phone and still no prompt/issues sending or receiving e-mails. Any explanation/help would be appreciated so I can understand this before we are able to follow through.

Thanks for any help.


texts: can I change system files on my android without them being rooted. And does changing the files mean my phone is now rooted ?


texts: How to access the internal memory of HTC Explorer

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I have HTC Explorer and with Root Explorer put a file into /system/lib directory.

After reset, the phone will not boot. Now I cannot access to the internal memory via the phone and I need to access it via the PC in order to delete the file from /system/lib.
How can I do it?


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I'm running CM6 on a Motorola Droid.

Every now and then (at least once a day), my keyboard will revert from Swype back to the Stock Android Keyboard and I have switch back to the Swype keyboard to be able to use it again.

And sometimes (at least once every other day), the Swype keyboard will be completely disabled and I have to go back into Settings --> Keyboards and re-enable Swype.

This is starting to get really annoying.  Any suggestions?


texts: NVError 0x120002 when flashing system.img to Lenova IdeaPad K1

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So I was trying to root the Lenova Ideapad K1 tablet using this guide and it seems I've messed up. I can only boot into APX mode now. Is there a way for me to restore this?

CMD prompt output below:

    Ideapad K1 Honeycomb Rooted Rom + CWM

Baased off the 14_14_120109 build [Honeycomb 3.2.1]

Make sure you have already installed the APX drivers before starting

Power off your K1 and place into APX mode (Vol+, Vol-, Power)

Press any key to continue . . .

Nvflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
   chip name: t20
   chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 4
   chip sku: 0x8
   chip uid: 0x04289144423fa557
   macrovision: disabled
   hdcp: enabled
   sbk burned: true
   dk burned: true
   boot device: emmc
   operating mode: 4
   device config strap: 0
   device config fuse: 0
   sdram config strap: 0

sending file: flash.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
flash.bct sent successfully
odm data: 0x300c0011
downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000
sending file: bootloader.bin
\ 1648325/1648325 bytes sent
bootloader.bin sent successfully
waiting for bootloader to initialize
bootloader downloaded successfully
setting device: 2 3
creating partition: BCT
creating partition: PT
creating partition: EBT
creating partition: GP1
creating partition: SOS
creating partition: LNX
creating partition: APP
creating partition: CAC
creating partition: MSC
creating partition: USP
creating partition: UDA
creating partition: TMP
creating partition: GPT
Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 3 PT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 4 EBT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 5 GP1 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 6 SOS please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 7 LNX please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 8 APP please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 9 CAC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 10 MSC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 11 USP please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 12 UDA please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 13 TMP please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 14 GPT please wait.. done!
done!
sending file: bootloader.bin
\ 1648325/1648325 bytes sent
bootloader.bin sent successfully
sending file: recovery.img
\ 4550656/4550656 bytes sent
recovery.img sent successfully
sending file: boot.img
- 3209216/3209216 bytes sent
boot.img sent successfully
sending file: system.img
/ 17563648/419430400 bytes sentdata send failed NvError 0x120002
command failure: create failed (bad data)

Press any key to exit...


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Because android doesn't handle the broken screen problem very well (frankly, it doesn't handle it at all) I bought OTG cable in hope that I'll be able to connect my mouse to the device.

I connected it to the broken phone (Huawei U8500) and nothing happened. Well, I tried my new android phone Samsung GT-S7710 with Android 4.1.2. However, still no effect. I tried USB flash disk, but that didn't do anything at all.

How can I debug the USB OTG function? To find out what's actually wrong?


texts: Can someone recommend a ROM and kernel for the Galaxy S2 that works fully?

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I have installed a kernel and ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S2. However, it's been giving me a lot of problems. First the Compass didn't work, then when the compass was fixed by installing a patch the WiFi stopped working, then when I reinstalled the ROM to get Wifi back, I lost the compass again...

I very much appreciate all the efforts that people who make kernels and ROMs put into it, and I understand that sometimes errors and problems can't be helped. So this is not a complaint.

It's just that I'd like to wipe my phone, start clean, and install a kernel and/or ROM that I can be sure will work.

I've already learned how to flash and install kernels and ROMs, and I've got my purchased version of Titanium Backup ready so I can reinstall all my apps...

Just before I go through the whole effort, I'd like to be sure that the kernel and ROM I'm using are as certain to be fully functional and error free as one can hope.

So can someone recommend a kernel and ROM that I can or should use?

Note: Here is what I have now:

Model number: GT-I9100

Android version: 4.0.4

Baseband version: SC02COMKL4

Kernel version: 3.0.27-Siyah-v3.0.1-ntt


texts: Odin3 fails to root Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 SM-P900

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Recently i has bought Samsung Galaxy Note Pro SM-P900 tabled with Android 4.4.2 on board. Tablet shows build number as KOTH49.P900XXUANI1, and i could'not root it with Odin3 i've found in Internet (tried few different ROMs).

I've also broken KNOX Warranty Void bit.

After some research, i've found another post with link of Odin3 specially for my build number. I've tried different USB ports, but result is always the same. I have to run recovery image each time i try to root because i have to abort download mode screen.

Is there alternatives to Odin3 rooting or what can i do?


texts: Can't install apk from Package Installer

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I have downloaded an apk from a site, but now I cannot install it; when I'm trying to install, it just returns me an alert / toast message with: Sorry, no application available
The Package Installer.apk is located in its default location (i.e., /system/app/Package Installer.apk)
I have tried this one time, that I installed Package Installer through Package Installer ...
I have found a solution on the web (from XDA):

Go to Settings > Application Manager > All > Package Installer.
Clear its cache, its data, force it to stop, then reboot.

But, it doesn't work (for me) ...
I have a custom recovery installed: TWRP, and of course, my phone is rooted.  Does this affect the Package Installer?
I had also tried using Third Party "App / Package Installer", but that doesn't work either (it just lets me pick apks from phone's storage,then install it through Package Installer).
PLEASE HELP!!! ☺


texts: I copied all my photos on a fake sd card I bought on the internet. Now my photos are almost all greyed out. Is it possible to recover them or at leat recover the thumbnails since they are not greyed out?


texts: Disable phone calls while in certain apps

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I have lots of games on my phones, and they tend to have to restart when an incoming call comes in, even while hitting the Ignore button. Is there a way, on a rooted stock Android phone to set certain apps to block incoming calls, so the foreground app does not get interrupted? I am aware of Airplane mode, but that would require me to wait for it to activate, then turn my WiFi/Mobile Data back on, then go into the game, then remember to turn it back off.

Optionally, if I could set one or two phone numbers that could interrupt (i.e. Work or the spouse), that would be awesome too. My goal is that my phone knows not to disturb me if I'm in the middle of a game, without hitting 3 or 4 buttons before launching into the game, and remembering to disable something after leaving the game.


texts: turn off pitch correction in VLC when speed is changed

texts: Is it possible to turn off pitch correction in VLC?  I cannot find instructions on this anywhere.


texts: Battery charging indicator went crazy on my Samsung Duos S6802

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While I was playing a game, my cellphone warned me that my battery went too low. I plugged the charger but it was like it didn't work (charger indicator didn't show the bolt icon). After several efforts I found out that the battery was charging, simply the indicator didn't work. Unfortunately on my panic I had done a format (USB Storage) thinking that an installed app was causing this. However, this was not the case.

The battery charge indicator is now working half the times I am plugging it for charging. Upon going to the battery statistics, I observe a strange behavior: it shows it is almost (or half) -empty but the battery timer says that there is enough battery for 3 days while in another phone with similar battery and phone usage it shows full battery but 11h remaining time only.

How should I proceed?

Samsung S6802 - v.2.3.6 Gingerbread


texts: What information can you extract from Wifi networks without connecting?

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Android newbie here.

I am not talking about eavesdropping wifi traffic, but accessing publicly broadcast information.

When you open the list of available wifi networks, that means Android is constantly capturing some information from all of them. It could be simply the SSID and signal strength. But what other information is broadcast by access points that could be extracted by a smartphone app without actually connecting to the network? Any sample code as a starting point?

On a related note, is it possible to connect to two or more wifi networks at the same time, maybe in a way similar to load balancing?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S5 Stuck in boot loop & will not enter recovery mode

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 Model SM-G900V stuck in a boot loop.  Unknown Android version, but the phone is stock with no mods. I've tried the following:

Replaced the battery with a known working battery
Soft Reset
Tried every key combination possible
Entered Download mode and re-flashed with a stock ROM
Phone will not enter recovery mode shows blue text on top right and then also reboots into a boot loop before entering recovery mode.  After it reboots it still shows the blue text on the top right but never gets past that.
I am able to enter maintenance boot and tried safe mode and clicked on factory reset which then brings me to the screen for recovery booting and then enters a boot loop again.

The fireware I have tried is:
G900VVRU2DQL1_G900VVZW2DQL1_G900VVRU2DQL1_HOME.tar.md5
&
G900VVRU2DPG2_G900VVZW2DPG2_G900VVRU2DPG2_HOME.tar.md5

I also tried to use ODIN and replace the PIT with the following:  KLTE_USA_VZW.pit

All Flashing was sucessfull

power + volume up (in several combinations of holding / pressing
power + volume down
power + volume up + volume down
power + home
power + home + volume up
power + home + volume down
home + volume up
home + volume down


texts: Trying to set up SSH with shared key, but the server is not recognizing the device's key

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I'm running an Amazon Fire HD 7 first gen, with cyanogenmod 11 on it. Here are my system settings since they're required on Reddit:

http://i.imgur.com/thFqLFa.png

I'm trying to set up ssh with shared key on Cyanogenmod. Normally, it's very easy to connect to my server, but I'm having difficulty setting this up.

I did

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

on my kindle as root, because the user didn't have access to the folders (why is this, by the way? why can't the user even see the data folder?). I put the key in the default folder with the default file name, which was /data/.ssh/id_rsa. Then I copied id_rsa.pub over to the 'authorized_keys' file on my server, where all the other keys that work are. I restarted the ssh server, but it keeps telling me the public key failed. I ran ssh with the -vv option, and it tells me the same thing, that the keys are not matching.

What do I need to do get the server to recognize the key?


texts: What is the best way to turn my old Android tablet into a 100% VNC client?

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I have a very old Android tablet that I barely use.

It's a Zipy MID Fun (8GB) with 256MB RAM DDR2, an old Rockchip at 660MHz with a DPS 600MHz runnind Android 2.1. The wireless module is a very weak IEEE 802.11G module.

Since my other tablet broke (someone decided that it was a nice doormat), I decided to use this one as a 100% VNC client.

The problem is that this is SO SLOW it is almost unusable. Using 256 colors is the only way to use it somewhat properly.

The VNC Server is a Windows 8.1 computer, which is connected over cable.

What should I do to use this tablet as a decent VNC client?

(RDP is also fine, if it is possible with such an old tablet)


texts: Any way to Stream Youtube Sound off of Nexus 7 to Yamaha Amp over Airplay?

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I have the following 3 devices:

a Nexus 7
an iPhone 4s
a Yamaha RX-473, which supports airplay

All are hooked up over my wifi. I've setup Airplay with the amp and the iPhone, allowing me to watch videos on my iPhone and hear the sound out of the Yamaha amplifier, but I'd love to use the Nexus 7's larger screen to watch youtube videos.

Is there any way to wirelessly stream youtube audio from my Nexus 7 to my Yamaha receiver, in the same way that I can using my iPhone?

I purchased the AirSync application, but it appears as though that only works for music and video I have on my Nexus 7, not streamed youtube apps, so its not exactly what I'm looking for.


texts: I have an android tablet (mikona) and my power button has broken quite literally snapped inwards and it has turned fully off I have opened it up and looked at the circuit and the area around the power button. How do i turn it on?


texts:
Whatsapp contact usernames

Is it possible that I can reveal the nickname on Android phone like on iOS in the push notification? Because now I have no possibility on Android to see the nickname of the user if I am not in a group with him :(


texts: Can a 3rd party app *technically* take better pictures?

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I've seen in several forums that some phones have very good cameras and the photos  taken are compressed too much and the details are lost.

I was wondering whether a 3rd party application (forgetting the post processing done by the application) have access to the full resolution image without any compression.

So can another application access the raw data from the camera or all applications gets the same raw data when they access the camera?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 Stuck at Samsung Logo, possible virus?

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My Mom has a Samsung Galaxy S3 from 2 years ago, it now gets stuck at "Samsung Galaxy SIII GT-I9300" screen and can't boot properly. It can't enter Recovery Mode either but can enter Odin Mode.

Also tried to remove the battery, plug the charger cable and insert the battery but it gets stuck at "Loading Battery", showing a frozen gray battery in the center.

When tried to get it repaired, the repair specialist said it was a virus and it would be very expensive to get it repaired (warranty doesn't cover it).

Searching online, I found someone with the same problem, and answers to that post instructed to enter Odin Mode, connect the Phone via USB to a machine with Samsung Kies installed and let it download a new Firmware.

I should do it? I'm feeling a little reluctant to do it since the repair specialist mentioned a virus (don't know if a phone-oriented virus can affect a PC)

Thanks for reading,

LeoAM.


texts: So I found a phone and I can't use it because I don't have or know the Google account that us linked in with the phone. How do I go about removing the account. I've factory reset it and everything. Any solutions???


texts: Where can I find an old version of dropbox app?

texts: I'm using Android 2.3 and uninstalled dropbox. Then I wanted it back, but dropbox 3.01, the only official version available, is meant to work only from Android 4 on. Where can I find an old, trustable version of the dropbox 2.x that works for my phone?


texts: Invalid username or password on Android lock screen when 2 step verification is enabled

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I have a Moto G (1st gen) running Kitkat 4.4.4 (not rooted). The first time I signed into my Google account on my device I had 2 step verification enabled. I still do have it enabled. Now in the “forgot password” screen I’m not able to sign in using my id and password.

I haven’t changed my password in a year so I’m positive that I had the same password at that time which I have now. When I tried signing in with an application specific password, it worked out but only when I was connected to the internet.

So the question arises what should I do if I’m offline and by any chance get locked out because of kids messing with the lock screen. And yes when I disabled 2 step verification I was able to sign in with my actual password when connected to the internet but still not able to sign in when offline. Any kind of help would be appreciated.


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I have Nokia 3 Android 7.1.1 connected to PC Windows 8.

Problem is:

C:\>adb reboot bootloader
reboot failed: -1

Reason to do it is to flash/root in future.
Other commands ok:

C:\>adb devices -l
List of devices attached
NE1GAM0760502899       device product:TA-1032_00WW model:TA_1032 device:NE1 transport_id:11
C:\>adb reboot
[...really reboot as expected]
C:\>adb reboot recovery
[...really reboot to recovery]
C:\>adb --version
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
Version 0.0.1-4500957
Installed as C:\Users\nobody\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe
C:\>adb -t 11 reboot bootloader
reboot failed: -1

C:\>adb shell getprop
...
[ro.build.date.utc]: [1511256803]
[ro.build.description]: [TA-1032_00WW-user 7.1.1 NMF26O 00WW_2_15H release-keys]
[ro.build.display.id]: [00WW_2_15H]
[ro.build.flavor]: [NE1_00WW_FIH-user]
[ro.build.host]: [NJ-SW-UBUNTU-S7]
[ro.build.id]: [NMF26O]
[ro.build.product]: [NE1]
[ro.build.tags]: [release-keys]
[ro.build.type]: [user]
[ro.build.user]: [foxconn2]
[ro.build.version.incremental]: [00WW_2_15H]
[ro.build.version.preview_sdk]: [0]
[ro.build.version.release]: [7.1.1]
[ro.build.version.sdk]: [25]
[ro.build.version.security_patch]: [2017-12-01]
...

What's wrong?

I can reboot to fastboot manually from recovery menu ok.


texts: Restoring WhatsApp chat history either fom local backup or from Google Drive

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I have my WhatsApp chat history backed up on Google drive till June 2017. After that I stopped the Google Drive backup.
I have local Database backup file having data from August 2018 till today.

Question 1 - Now when I uninstall and reinstall the WhatsApp, will it restore data from Google Drive + local Backup both?
Question 2 - How do I restore data only from Google Drive?
Question 3 - How to do restore data only from local backup?
Question 4 - What will happen if I backup current local backup to Google drive? Will it corrupt my old back up on Google drive? Will it overwrite my existing backup on Google drive


texts:
My OPO(One plus one) with cyanogenmod (last update in August 2016) purchased 2.5+ yrs back, is not starting when it is connected to USB or starting to fastboot mode when it is not connected. It is happening from last 3 weeks only.

When it is in fastboot mode, I connect it to my PC and run command fastboot continue to resume the boot and it starts. But I need to do it everytime.

So I have wipe cache partition and then full factory reset. But I can see that the problem still persist.

I have installed TWRP now. But it din't solve the problem too.

If I install some custom ROM, would it solve the problem?
Why fastboot mode comes everytime while there was no update happened
recently?
Can it happen due to some hardware issue? (I actually put a cup of hot tea on back of my mobile for a min .... :( )

:: Update ::

I have installed LineageOS. But still facing the same issue.


texts: SD Card partition named differently on different devices - breaks music player

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I have recently moved from a Droid 2 to Droid 3, both running Android 2.3. The same SD card registers as "sdcard" on the D2, and "sdcard ext" on D3. Probably for this reason, I am having problems with music files, as well as playlists. When I move the SD card back to the D2, it is in the "sdcard" folder. In the D3, it is in the "sdcard ext" folder. I would like to know:

why is this different?
where are the music playlist files typically stored?


texts: How to rid Contacts app of phone numbers showing as duplicate entries

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Problem description:

This is the typical duplicate contacts scenario where a contact name does not show up when being called by that number. The problem is, named contacts have been duplicated into their phone number formatted counterparts. This has seemingly been caused by WhatsApp as only contacts with WhatsApp have been duplicated.

I.E., at the time the duplication occurred, Contacts app had 600 named contacts which "automatically" duplicated into 470 numbered contacts. Therefore, 1070 contacts exist, with no way to merge.

Research and solution attempts:

Contacts > Settings > Merge duplicate contacts, produces no result
Contacts > Settings > Contacts to Display > Custom List > Deselect WhatsApp contacts, shows only the named contacts but still doesn't show the named contact when being called.
Syncing the contacts to Google, only syncs the named contacts, so merging cannot happen there
Refreshing contacts in WhatsApp produces no result

Other information:

CLI (Caller Line Identity) is turned on and had always worked prior to the issue arising - most notably if a named contact does not have WhatsApp, the contact name shows when being called currently.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge with Android version 7.0

Partial Working Solution:

Deleting numbered contacts 1 by 1, produces "You cannot delete contacts from read-only accounts, but you can hide them in contacts." [Cancel] [Delete]

Clicking [Delete] does produce the desired result but I'm looking for a more elegant fix. For lack of better words, to merge all named contacts and numbered contacts, without deleting them 1 by 1.


texts: I have an Android phone running 8.1.0 with a broken on and off button. However I have a spare custom button (my phone model is  a cubot king_kong_3). As I'm a student and don't have lots of money I was wondering if ther you was a way of swapping the button mapping?


texts: Can I install android on samsung omnia m mobile. Currently it is running on windows 7.5 mango. It has 4gb internal space..but no slot for micro sd card. If yes, then which version of android will be suitable for my device?


texts: I have a Dell Venue 8 running Android 4.4.2 KitKat. I want my Android to look like Lollipop without rooting, from status-bar to navigation keys, everything like Lollipop.


texts: Unknown email address showing in a contact card

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I have a contacts issue. My wife, lets call her Jane Doe for example, is showing an unknown email address in her contact card on my Android phone. It shows her actual address then a second bogus one.

Jane.Doe@gmail.com which is correct but then a second one shows as JaneDoe@gmail.com and this email address has never existed.

This bogus email address doesn't show in my Gmail contacts under her name on the web browser interface and also she has a Google+ acount again with only the correct email address showing.

It only shows up in my Android phone and if I edit contact, i.e. edit the contact info stored on my phone the bogus email address disappears and cannot be edited suggesting its pulled in from another source.

The Android contact links consist of only the local (synced) Google contact, the Google+ contact and the Whatsapp contact that only contains the name and mobile number info.


texts: How to get the manufactured date information in Android?

texts:
In old Nokia phones we get the manufacturer information and manufactured date, purchase date, no. of repairs done etc using the codes like *#92702689# , *#0000# and *#06#. While only the *#06# works since its mandatory to include this code by the manufacturer for showing the phone's IMEI number.

Is there any way or an adb command we can get those information in an Android phone? Atleast a way to get the manufactured date information. BTW, my Moto G2 is not rooted and running Android Lollipop 5.0.1.


texts: How untangle two Whatsapp accounts created with the same numer?

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First, I installed Whatsapp on my Alcatel phone, with my whatsapp account ("son").

For my old mother, I bought her a big screen, cheap second hand Samsung Galaxy, (poor eyesight). That Samsung is blocked by the phone company (long history, don't ask); it can't make/receive calls.

I installed Whatsapp (via Wi-Fi) on her phone using my own phone number (stupid mistake) to get the audio check code. She got her own account ("mother"). It works almost fine, but I ("son") can't add new contacts because invite responses goes to "mother" account.

I changed phone number in "mother" whatsapp to her real working Nokia basic phone, but still doesn't work.

Short of deleting "son" and "mother" Whatsapp accounts, or buying a new SIM card for me, can you think another solution? I live 4 hours away from "mother". I don't want to lose 2 years of messages and contacts.


texts: Is it possible to turn an Android tablet on or off over a wired connection such as USB?

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I'm looking to use an Android tablet as a carputer, yet one problem I have is how to get the tablet to turn on and off when I turn my car on and off. With most carputers people will use special automotive power supplies to solve this problem.

What I want to know is if there is any way I can simulate pressing the power button, but through one of the wired interfaces such as the USB connection? Or would my only option be to open up whatever tablet use up and solder extension leads to the power button contacts, and then figure out some way to simulate a power button press when my car starts?


texts: Where is the recovery installed on Android phones?

texts: As far as I know, every Android phone has a stock recovery. Where is this recovery usually stored? On a separate partition in internal storage(usually an eMMC memory chip)?


texts: Custom POIs. I have made a POI in a number of formats:  .rupi,  .gpx,  .asc, .csv, .ov2, .txt,  containing some 250 handicap parking spaces I Denmark. How do I import custom POI with corresponding icon into Magic Earth Navigation?


texts: How can I restore my Moto G from a bootloop caused by updating to Lollipop?

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I updated my Moto G (XT1032) to the new Lollipop (5.0.1, I think).  I left the phone plugged in to let it download and install, and when I came back to it after about a half hour, the phone was displaying the screen with 'Google' and an unlocked padlock on it.  I left it for another 20 minutes or so, but it stayed on the same screen.  I couldn't power it off at all, every time I tried to, the screen would turn off, but then come back on and vibrated once, only to go back to the padlock.

I ended up going through the Flashboot menu and cleared the Cache Partition, but that made no difference.  Also tried a factory reset, but that seemed to make no difference.  Currently, the phone is still sitting at the padlock screen.

The Flashboot menu says that the phone is unlocked, but I have no memory of doing this.  Maybe it's something to do with the update failing?

Just wondering if anyone has some advice on how to proceed with this.


texts: Is there a widget available that duplicates the Launcher Pro Calendar Agenda widget?

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Here's what I'm talking about:

I want a widget that shows me an agenda of my Google calendar just like this. But I'm not using Launcher Pro anymore, I'm now on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and am using the stock ICS launcher, so I need a new widget to replace the widget from Launcher Pro.


texts: Swipe from the side to activate a widget overlay?

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Have looked in various places, googled, looked on the play store, etc., but so far I've been unable to find an app or other way to do what I'm looking for, which I'll describe here:

I've been using various apps over the years that let me swipe from the side of my screen to overlay a series of shortcut icons to different apps.  Currently I use Smart Task Launcher.  However, I've recently started using Bubble Cloud Launcher for my Androidwear watch, and it also has the ability to create a homescreen widget that provides an easier/more dynamic way to set up icons.  But Smart Task Launcher doesn't allow for launching of widgets via a swipe.  Well, it's supposed to, but an error is produced when you try to set it up.  Does anyone know of an way to do this - swipe from the side of the screen and a widget of your choosing gets displayed as an overlayed "screen" on top of whatever you are currently on, whether an app or launcher screen?


texts: Bluetooth Watch that can control the music playback of an android device?

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I know shopping questions are kind of offtopic here, but for the life of me, I cannot find a bluetooth watch that can control the music playback of the phone.

I've seen watches that sync the music from the phone to the watch and all that, but I don't need that! I don't want music in my watch, I want to be able to leave my phone connected to some speakers, and control the music from the watch.

Most bluetooth earphones can control this, so it should be deadly easy to create an app that does this from the watch!