texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300 Boot Loop Problem

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Problem: Phone battery ran out. Popped spare battery in and the boot loop began. Can only go so far where the screen says "Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300" and nothing further.

Tried with no success:

Flicking power button several times
Vol Up + Home + Power = loop persists
Vol Down + Home + Power, then Vol Up to select Continue and screen is just stuck in "Downloading.. Do not turn off target"

Please help :(


texts: I have xiaomi redmi 5 plus/Note 5 that have the option to record 1080p60fps but actually the result would be 30fps .. So i have rooted and enabled camera2 api .. But I still have the same result even with google camera .. So I want to record with at least 720p60fps .. Any help ??


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I wanted to test deep links on my phone. According to WhatsApp site, tapping whatsapp://send?text=<text> link on browser should launch WhatsApp app. I have the WhatsApp app installed, but when I went to the browser and typed whatsapp://send?text=Hello%20World! (which is a deep link that opens WhatsApp to send a "hello world" message), I get a Google Search instead of opening WhatsApp.

I tried it with the Twitter and FB deep links and I get the same.
I even tried it on an Android emulator, but still the same.

What is wrong? Is there any configuration or permission to be given or what?

PS: my phone has Android 4.1.2 and the emulator has Android 5.0.1.


texts: How to prevent deletion of /data/data/ while Uninstalling Apps (ROOTED DEVICE)

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When I push a command adb uninstall com.pckg the /data/data/com.pckg is deleted, but I want to preserve the folder w/o using adb uninstall -k com.pckg as I need to install another app with same package name & different signature which conflicts with -k cmd.

I tried mv /data/data/com.package /data/data/com.package1 but com.package1 got deleted after adb uninstall command.

I don't want to copy the folder to a new location because it takes a lot of time.


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I asked this question before , but without proper solution.
I'll try to describe it better maybe someone will guide me the right way.

Let's say you started a conversation in whatsapp with your friend and you're also a member in a few groups. While you are waiting for your friend to reply you opened your email app or your favorite news app , etc. Some members of one of your groups have started to flood your Whatsapp with messages (but you don't want to silent the group). You are still waiting for your friend to answer.

The situation is that while I'm doing something in another app, I can never know if my friend reply without stopping from what I'm doing right now(reading, watching , playing...) and open Whatsapp to check it. Most of the times it is just messages from the groups or someone that maybe I don't want to reply right now.

I think that it is very basic feature that iOS have, why android doesn't have something like that ?

P.S. - I tried NILS app which is the closest app I could find, but it doesn't do a great job.


texts: Bootlooping LG Volt will not connect w/ ADB

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Rooted LG Volt is bootlooping after build.prop and cpu setting changes, and I am unable to connect via ADB to restore build.prop or reflash system

How can I get the phone to connect via ADB?

Attempted to do factory reset from stock recovery, which was successful but there was no change in bootloop When phone is connected to PC during bootloop, it connects as Charge Only, and ADB doesnt recognize the device. When phone is in recovery and "Apply update from ADB" is selected, the phone connects to the computer, but Windows throws error "configuration descriptor request failed", and device is not recognized by ADB. Uninstalled all phone drivers from computer using USBDeview and Device Manager.

Have Android Studio, Android SDK, and ADB installed on Windows 8.1 computer. There are no issues with the ports or cable, tested several different ones.

I do not have CWM recovery, was previously using rooted stock OS


texts: How can I prevent an app being uninstalled from the Play Store?

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In our organisation, we are providing Android tablets to some users. There is an app we have installed on the devices that we don't want users to be able to remove.

I have searched for "app lock" in the Play Store, and tried the various 'app lockers' which password protect the apps I choose.

If I then use the Android menu to try to uninstall an app that I have protected with the app locker app, it prompts for a password - which is good.

But, if I go into the Play store app and try to uninstall through there, it removes it straight. And I don't want to password protect the Play store. Is there any way to prevent uninstallation of certain apps in a foolproof way?


texts: How do you install .apk file on Bluestacks for Mac? More specifically, where is the directory for Bluestacks kept and do I have the 'APK Handler'?


texts: Change android device physical resolution

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I have downloaded an app that, when it starts, check the device resolution and displays a message indicating that my resolution should be at least be 800x600. I have changed my screen density using the LCD Resolution app in order to have a fake 800x600 resolution (it worked well).

Problem is that the app still disaplys the error message and displays my resolution has if it hadn't change so I guess it is based on the physical resolution of the device. Is there a way to fake the physical resolution so that I can run the app?


texts: Google Timer :: what is "one raised to one"?

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I only recently needed to use Google Timer and I was surprised to see this (highlighted in screenshot) and couldn't find any explanation in Timer Help nor in Android developers

Google search didn't help ( admittedly not deep). It sounds dumb but what is this 1 raised to 1 and how to use it ?

Moto X Play, 6.0.1


texts: how do I get my google play store to start working for my Samsung galaxy exhibit (T559)?

texts: I was going through my app settings and accidentally uninstalled all my updates on my Google play store, it lets me pull up the old version but it will close out and say it has stopped working . I have tried to fix it but it won't work.


texts: Samsung galaxy phones shuts down automatically

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I own a Samsung Galaxy Note. I have seen that very randomly and infrequently, my device just turns off on its own. I then have to restart it by pressing on the power button.

Yes, the device has enough battery life left in it.

I have seen the same behaviour in my previous Samsung Galaxy S as well.
Any one out here experiencing the same, or does any one know why its happening and what I could do to fix it?


texts: Google Play Music limit amount of space it can take on SD card

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Google Play Music has the tendency to totally fill up my SD card with cache files for streaming. Now I do like this as 3g connection when travelling can be flaky and this way you minimise re-streaming of music you have recently been listening too (so unchecking this option in the settings is not a solution).

Problem arise that Google Play Music is taking up all available space which leads to other applications (Evernote in this case particularly) to complain about having not enough space on the SD card (total free space at the moment is 95mb but this still leads to Evernote shouting warnings/errors).

Is there a way to limit an app like this for the total space it can take on the SD card?


texts: How to stop notifications of OTA update after rooting?

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I recently rooted my device (4.1 version Asus tablet). However, when I connect my device to internet, it automatically search for  and download system firmware update every time. Then it asks me to tap the notification to update the system. There is no option provided to disable that. How can I disable checking as well as downloading the update?

I read this question also, but there is no solution.

Edit: My device is Asus MeMo Pad tablet.


texts: How to root the HTC Desire 300 (also known as Zara Mini)

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Okay please forgive me if this has already been answered, I've read a few questions on here but I still don't understand.

Firstly, I'm not a "techie" or anything like that, so some of the really smart words and language are a bit overwhelming for me.
I'm only just thinking of rooting my phone but have no prior experience with hacking, jailbreaking or anything like this.

The only reason I want to root is to delete apps that I cannot disable that I never use and are slowing my phone down and taking up ram. Is rooting even worth it if I'm just wanting root access to delete some applications?

And I'm still a bit confused as to the security side of things, am I still protected from malware/hackers/etc as long as I don't give root permission or access to certain apps AND keep s-on (which I just found out about).
For example, if I root my phone are my passwords for facebook/email/etc vulnerable, as we as my texts and phone contacts information and stuff like that?

Like I said, I'm a fish out of water here so please forgive me if these questions a bit silly.


texts: Is it possible to root Samsung Xcover3(sm-g388F) 5.1.1

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Is it possible to root Samsung Xcover3 sm-g388F on Android 5.1.1?
Read in a lot of forums that it is not possible, but also read in numerous Times that it is possible. Can you Clarion this to me?
 Best reegards Pierre Hellner Gothenburg Sweden


texts: Is there music player that supports both AAC and MIDI files on Android 2.3?

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Update from 2.1 to 2.3 broken playing from aac files in most players.

The only music player that is more or less usable is PowerAMP (and also video players like MoboPlayer and MX Player). But it won't play midi files.

The only player that can play both aac and mid files I tried is MoboPlayer. But it is video player (so no useful widget/play queue).

Player:   Support AAC on 2.3   Support mid    have widget
PowerAMP          +                  -            +
Most players      -                  +            -
MoboPlayer        +                  +            -

I want            +                  +            +

How to fix aac in android 2.3 in SE Xperia X10? Alternatively, is there a player that can play both aac and mid files and have widget?


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I just got a motorola xoom, love it so far, but it surprises me that the initial boot of the device takes so long (approx 1 minute).  I figured with less RAM than my PC, a less "hoggy" OS (honeycomb vs win 7), and the benefit of a solid state hard drive, that the xoom should be able to boot from off to on-and-functional in like 20 seconds.

does anyone know of a way to decrease the boot time in Honeycomb?  Thanks!


texts: Not able to tick items in SP Flash Tool after selecting scatter .txt file.How to check Boxes?

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I download SP Flash Tool And recovery file zip,extracted recovery zip which contain three files:
1)scatter .txt file
2)recovery image file
3)recovery read me file
After that i opened tool.exe and select the scatter file but don't able to tick the recovery name object


texts: Unable to send attachment from Gmail using browser

texts: I want to send PDF, and DOC file using Gmail on Sony Xperia. But there is no option to add attachment on Google Chrome, Firefox or Dolphin. Also, when I open Gmail on stock browser with desktop version, there is an option to add an attachment, but it doesn't actually add the attachment, and only text data is sent. How to send attachment using Gmail on phone?


texts: Why do some bookmark icons have a red background in Firefox?

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I have Firefox for Android installed on both my phone (Nexus 5X) and tablet (Nexus 9).

On my phone, some bookmark icons have a red background:

Whereas on my tablet they appear "normal":

What does the red background mean? I couldn't find an explanation online. Even on Mozilla's help website the YouTube icon has a red background.


texts: There are some apps I that I only ever access for one specific purpose. I’d like to create a shortcut into a specific screen in the app - for example, open the app and navigate to charge history. Alternatively, I'd like to alias a series of actions to one action, so I can open it and navigate to the relevant part of the app quickly. Does anything like this exist? I've read about QCustomShortcut, not sure if it's a) suitable and b) safe.


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I'd like to factory reset my Lollipop smartphone. But I have many pictures, downloaded from the web, shared by friends or taken with the stock camera, which I have tagged with my contact names, added google map geolocation, categories. I've done all of that within the native Android gallery app.

If I copy such images to another folder, the copy does not show the infos I previously added. It is the same if I make a copy on my laptop. So, is there any app to export those metadata, which are not supposedly included in the image file?

thanks.


texts: Deleted thumbnail file but no space was freed

texts: I'm using an xperia z3 and used file commander to browse and found that i kept running out of space because of a 4gb thumbnail/preview file/folder that grows rather quickly. I tried deleting the folder but after deleting the folder I saw that no space was freed and it was still there. So I tried moving the folder to my SD csrd which resulted in 4gb of space taken up on my SD card and no space freed. I dont think I can find the thumbnail previee folder anymore but I think new files are building up because I'm running oit of space again. Does anyone know whats going on?.


texts: How to set MAC address on (HTC Desire) Android terminal emulator?

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I typed into the terminal this:

  ip link set eth0 address
  XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

the XX for my numbers and so on.

But it says permission denied.

Source: http://androidforums.com/incredible-tips-tricks/78668-how-spoof-mac-address.html


texts: Backup encrypted data from Android with broken screen

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short story is as follows: I have a Sony Xperia M2 with display suffering from water damage. It's completely black but it's still working, booting and responding to touch. However, I need to enter my PIN because the device is encrypted. I want to back up some data before I toss that phone. All I would really need to do is enter the 4 digits, then I'd have access to all the files from my PC, but somehow that doesn't work, I tried it a hundred times blind-typing, but I keep messing it up. Does anybody have a solution for that, or a similar phone and a screenshot that could show me what I am doing wrong? (Trying to type the digits, then hitting lower right "Enter" button. Does not work. I get haptic feedback on the "back" button on the lower left corner and I can do something like emergency call in the top middle of the display.)

Apart from that, I tried to access the phone from my Linux laptop. adb does not work at all, probably because USB debug is disabled. I tried to enter fastboot mode and flash a TWRP recovery image like it has been suggested multiple times here to bypass the USB-debug-issue, with no luck. I get into fastboot mode, fastboot sees the device, but when I try to load the boot image, this message pops up:

creating boot image...
creating boot image - 382976 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.014s]
booting...
FAILED (status read failed (No such device))
finished. total time: 5.286s

Then the blue LED turns off and gets back to red -> orange, which I assume is nothing but a normal boot.

Does anybody know anything else I could try or why the recovery image does not work? Any suggestion is really much appreciated.


texts: How to distribute private android application to specific devices?

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How can I deploy an APK for android that is only available for the devices I specify beforehand?
I would like to a host a private application that is only available to workers inside the company and only for the devices that are owned by the company.
I know I can do this with Google Play, but that requires a G-Suite/Workspace subscription we do not have.
I would like to continuously deploy new versions and the devices to update automatically.
Are there any custom marketplaces that allow this? Anything else?


texts: How to enable Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Back Button Gesture

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Summary

I do not want to have to move my eyes away from the tablet screen in order to execute whatever the Back button executes on my tablet. This should be as about as quick as using a desktop browser's ALT-BACK-ARROW, but on the tablet, and should do exactly what that back button does.

Details

I just upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (not the 2014 version, this is the old original version) to a Samsung Galaxy Tab S3
 (not the same as the Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-i9300)).  On the old Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, I could hold the S-pen side button, and use a "less than sign" gesture as shown in the screenshot below as a "Back Button":

I want to know if there is some way to re-enable that very useful (to me) feature as it saves a lot of time when doing research since the Back button is a high-frequency operation.

Installing additional free (or less than 10 USD) apps is an option.

The solution does not have to use the S-pen, but it has to be demonstrably faster than moving the S-pen over to the side of the tablet to click the Back button.  Yes, I've tried various things that actually don't work (various combinations of holding side buttons down which in and of itself is even worse than the button on the tablet).


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As I read from the book Embedded Android (Karim Yaghmour), android init does not die. However, Linux init systems usually die. Why doesn't the android init?

And also, why does android not use / need systemd?


texts: How to watch chrome history of my friend, who is logged in from my gmail id?

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What i did - I have signed in, one of my friend's android phone (its samsung j2) with my gmail id.

What i want - I want to monitor his phone's youtube and chrome browsing history using my gmail id

is this possible?


texts: Automatic app opening + power, home button not working J Max [SM-T285YD]

texts: My device is Samsung J Max (SM-T285YD). I can go onto download mode, recovery mode. Even after restart power button also working. But after sometimes suddenly it opens chrome, google automatically. Even when i am starting an application it is coming back to home automatically. I am not touching anything. During this time power and home buttons are not working. Even after factory reset the problem remains same. I wiped all files even the os and installed the firmware in the morning. The whole day it was fine. Now at night it is showing the same problem. What should i do ?


texts: Shorcut on desktop that enables packet data and 3G

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In order to save battery (it works a lot!), 99% of the time I disable packet data and I use only 2G networks, because I don't want the phone to go on internet / use data.

But sometimes I want to use internet, so I have to do :

1) Enable Settings > Wireless and networks > Mobile networks > Use packet data
2) Disable Settings > Wireless and networks > Mobile networks > Use only 2G networks

... and then to do it in the opposite way when the internet session is over.
This is quite long...

My question is:

How to set a shortcut on desktop that does 1) + 2)  in just one single click ?
(Android 2.3.6)

PS : here is what my notification bar looks like :


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I have a device that is rooted that is just used to display information on the screen without user interaction, screen is just a regular screen not a touch screen.
Since my device is rooted is there a way to dismiss this dialog through an adb command or something?
ANR dialogs are coming from some external app on the device I have no control over so I cant just "fix" the issue to make the ANR go away hence why I am wondering if there is a way to just dismiss it myself


texts: How do I copy the subject of an email in Google Inbox on Android?

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Does anyone know how to copy the subject line of an email in the Inbox app, other than forwarding the email to myself and then copying the text from the body of the forward?

When I press and hold on the subject of an opened email to try to copy the text, it closes the email and returns me to the folder.

Cheers,
Matt


texts: Can not unlock my Android device as have no internet connection?

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I have an Android device which is running Android 4.0.3 (or something like that).

My little brother decided to try and guess my lock screen pattern the other day, and ended up locking me out.

I have since been unable to log back in to the tablet using my Google Account details. I provided the correct login details, however it says they are incorrect. Could this be connected to the fact I have no internet connection?

I have no internet connection as the device is WiFi only, and the WiFi is currently turned off. I cannot turn it on, as I am locked out.

How can I log back into my tablet without wiping the user data?


texts: How to get Google voice input to "submit" / "enter"

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Voice typing is convenient, having to press a keyboard button to submit or press enter is less so.

While 'native' apps like Google Assistant know when to submit according pauses or natural sentence structure, using Google voice typing in other contexts (even just the browser) doesn't automatically submit as far as I can tell.

How does one, using their voice, perform the enter/go/done action for Google voice typing in lieu of the keyboard?


texts: How to resolve Get Google Play services error

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I have an LG H440 (Spirit) and I have restored it to factory settings because it was in a "bootloop".

Upon restarting the device there is an error message that is titled "Get Google Play services" the body of the text then says "Hangouts won't run without Google Play services,which are missing from your phone".

The phone still reboots from time to time when I open a couple apps and my playstore still will not open. I'm not an advanced user and my attempts of rooting the phone have failed mostly because the phone restarts before the process is complete.

Please advise on a resolution.


texts: What is this icon on top right corner of screen?

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I have an android phone which shows a peculiar icon on top right corner of the screen (notification area):

I believe:
Icon number 1 is for signal
Icon number 3 is for wifi
Icon number 4 is for battery.

What does icon number 2 indicate? I could not find it on searching the net. Thanks for your help.


texts: how to see the hidden files of vault application in memory card

texts: I had stored my photos in the previous version of vault and those photos were in the memory card. The phone is not booting now and had to be replaced. In the new phone when i installed Vault its a new version and i see only coupld of videos and none of the photos are visible. how to retract those photos?


texts: Prevent Gmail from adding calendar events from emails

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Every time I buy a plane or train ticket, gmail automatically creates a calendar event relative to the flight/train. I would like to disable this feature; I've already tried to do so from the google calendar options, but that didn't stop the calendar events from being created.

I suppose it's the Gmail app on my phone that does that, but I can't find an option to set to make it stop.


texts: Samsung galaxy S6 is secretly recording my phone calls and the environment around me

texts: Verizon is my service provider. I have a folder on my phone called VZMedia under device storage. Within this folder are more than 10 recordings. The file format of these recordings are .amr. These recordings come in two types. first, some of these recordings are phones calls I have recently made. Second, some of these recordings are of noise around me. for example in some of the recordings I can hear conversations I've had with friends or a TV program I have on while I am at my apartment. the folder continues to be populated with new records every couple weeks. I reached out to Verizon and they said that folder and what it is doing is not associated with them. My guess is one of the apps I have maybe be the cause of this. But this seems like a serious breach of my privacy. I Google search has yielded no help with this issue.


texts: I got an LG Stylo 3 on Cricket last month, and already I seem to have a problem. Randomly, it will disconnect from Wi-Fi. When I go into the settings, it'll say that the network is disabled. Any idea what could cause this?


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There is a device has no USB OTG signal, but the cheker says: "your device OS has USB OTG API, check for USB OTG kernel or driver signal"
OS v.6.0.1 M, i cant find OTG enabler support it.
I want to learn how does OTG enabler work? and What are the files that deal with it?


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I recently bought a Samsung S8+. The phone is alright but I got stuck in a problem. One of the network provider SIM is not working. As a simulation, I used following steps:

I exchange the slots, other sim was working fine on that slot.
I bought another sim of the same network provider and tested in both slots, still no service.
I moved to a region out of my university, that was working fine, as soon as I entered back, then again no service.
I put the same network provider sim in other phone at exactly the same location where s8+ was giving zero signals, the sim was providing full signal, hence it came out that the problem of signal jam was out of concern.
I restarted, factory reset the phone, but still the problem persists.

P.S I recently bought and in two days, I noticed the problem.
I got stuck in this complicated situation. Help me out, I will be grateful.
Thanks.


texts: Show event names on month view in Google Calendar

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It's just square dots and lines of your choice of color. Are there any options or ways to get it to show the event's text in the month view as it does in the week/agenda/etc?

Edit:

Apparently month view was stripped out of the latest store version. I don't understand how a calendar could be better without the ability to see the whole month (or at least the option to) as you would on a wall but so be it.


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I have a Galaxy S7 that sometimes does not ring when called.  I've tested it: it doesn't ring silently, doesn't vibrate, and there's no "missed called" indicator. The call goes straight to voicemail.
This post seems to have the answer:
Phone doesn't ring or show missed call, later a voicemail appears
...but that was for the Galaxy 2, and the menus must have changed. My phone doesn't have a
Settings > Call > Other Call Settings > Phone Settings
...path, nor a
Settings > Apps > Dialer > Show notifications


texts: Samsung - Update to Android 10 Changed Keyboard Layout

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I received the Android 10 update for my Samsung phone. Unfortunately, this seems to have updated my keyboard layout by placing an ugly and almost empty bar at the bottom of my screen below the keyboard. There is a button on the left to select a specific keyboard and another on the right to hide the keyboard.

The problem is that I've already got muscle memory to hit the backspace at a specific place on the screen, but the changes have pushed everything upwards which prompts me to hit the new line/submit button instead. The same goes for almost any other key actually, but the former is the most irritating. I am also losing screen estate because of something that I would never use.

I can see an option in Settings -> General management -> Language and input -> On-screen keyboard that is titled "Show keyboard button" and is turned on but the slider is disabled and I can't turn it off.

Also, if it matters, I am using a third-party keyboard (neither the Google one nor the Samsung one). The bar is there regardless of the chosen keyboard though.

Any help on getting rid of the bar would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Where do Sony Android phones store deleted pictures?

texts: I was thinking to copy the specific file to my PC and scan it with third party application. Is this possible?


texts: L90 bootloop - no emergency mode, no download mode, pc doesn't recognize

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Good afternoon,

I'm facing a problem on my colleague's LG L90 phone, it suddenly started to bootloop and nothing seems to solve the problem.

The only way to turn it off is to remove the battery, but as soon as you put it back (be it instantly after removing it or after any period of time) the phone turns on and starts to bootloop again, so there's no "turn it off and turn on again pressing x buttons". The bootloop lasts about 10 seconds before it restarts the process.

When I connect it to my PC with the battery nothing changes, and the PC doesn't recognize the device, as it reboots before the PC can see it. Plugging it without the battery shows a screen with an empty battery for some seconds and then it reboots, showing that screen again.

I tried to enter recovery mode, emergency mode and fastboot mode without success. Plugging the phone on the PC or placing the battery while pressing vol -, vol +, both or any with the power button simply has no effect on the phone, it just keeps bootlooping.

The phone model is LG-D410hn, and it doesn't have unlocked bootloader, root or anything similar, it has everything stock.

Does anyone know what I can do to try to save it?


texts: How to down Android software version i.e. from Kitkat to JellyBean Plus

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My friend has a problem in his Android Samsung Galaxy Grand 2.

He updated his phone. After the successful update to version 4.3, his device was unable to connect to WiFi network, and can't continue past set-up.

The network is disconnecting every 2-3 seconds automatically.

I have no way to downgrade to 4.2 (because without WiFi it takes long time to download updates)

Is there another way I can downgrade to 4.2?

  I had searched very much on Internet for this : I found :

  (1) Go to Service center and they will make downward update 4.2

  (2) This is manufacturer problem in software updates, so we need to
  update to 4.4 using 3G or 4G connection SIM card, if the update is
  not released then we only have to wait


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I need to find a procedure to record well well video which is about recording video conferences from another screen.

The length of the session is about 0.5 - 1 hour.
The size of my memory card is 8 Gb, but I do not know if it is possible to record there with my Samsung Galaxy S4.
I need to record sound and some quality of the video. It is enough that I can see some of the video like boundaries at least; precise accuracy not needed.

How can you loop-record videos well in basic Samsung smart-phones?


texts: Disable USB and Bluetooth tethering permanently on Samsung Galacy A20

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So I have a Galaxy A20 on which I want to disable USB thethering especially. I'm willing to flash a new ROM onto the device if required. Can someone please point out which files to modify i.e. edits to build.prop or deletion of some components that will achieve this purpose?
I want to keep Wi-Fi enabled so only that device can access the internet, but disable sharing internet access.
Thanks!


texts: How to send event appointment via SMS with ability to add it to user calendar?

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I want to send event's appointment (date and time) via SMS messages, I want the user to be able to click on it then Android will open the Calendar for them to add this event to their calendar.

For example, if I send the following address:

123 Main Street, New York, NY 10001

Android will display it as a link. If the user touched it, Android will take them to Google Maps.

I want to send a Title, Date and Time to the user, I want Android to display it as a link, if user touches it, Android show take them to Calendar app to add it to their calendar.


texts: Galaxy Nexus; no signal after flash roms

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I have a 'Maguro' Galaxy nexus, purchased from O2 in the UK.  I am now in the US on T-Mobile.

My phone was working fine until yesterday I flashed the most recent CyanogenMod nightly, now I get no signal. Under Network Operators I get a list of AT&T and T-Mobile but clicking either gets an instant fail.

I've now tried flash all kinds of Baseband to it, XXLJ1, UGLL1, TDVMK1 to name a few.
I've tried installing the google 4.3, 4.2.2 and 4.1.2 images, all of which come with XXLJ1 - still no luck.

My previous ROM was a stock (but rooted) 4.1.2 (I think) , but I have no idea on the radio.

Any suggestions what I should try next?

Update:
I've just checked my IMEI number and the one the phone reports no longer matches the one on the sticker :\


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I want to know the process of syncing contacts between Android Contacts and Google Contacts.
The direction of sync, effect of updating contacts etc.


texts: Is there a way to "Turn Off" My Magazine on Samsung Note 3?

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I just got a new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and it has the annoying feature of "My Magazine". I was able to unbind "My Magazine" from using Home button, however, is there a way to turn it off (like with some other apps: Settings -> Applications -> All -> {app name} -> "Turn Off")?
I have searched around the net and seems like that option is available for Galaxy S5 users, however, could not find anything for Note 3.


texts: cant flash Lenovo Tab M10 TB-X605L LTE with Android 8

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I have a Lenovo Tab M10 TB-X605L LTE that I would like to give to my grandfather with Teamviewer Host installed to accept incoming calls because he is unable to do so. We want to give him the opportunity to videocall with family members during the corona confinement.

Unfortunately the Teamviewer Host app is giving issues on Android 9 and needs to be flashed to Android 8 for it to work.

I found this helpful post by BogisW and followed the steps he described:
Cannot flash Qualcomm with Stock Image (Lenovo Tab M10 TB-X605L LTE, Android 8 Oreo)

I'm running into issues when putting in the flash command:

./qdl --debug --storage emmc --include 'TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW' 'TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW/prog_emmc_firehose_8953_ddr.mbn' 'TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW/rawprogram_unsparse.xml' '/TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW/patch0.xml'

these are the errors i get back:

[PATCH] failed to parse /TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW/rawprogram_unsparse.xml
qdl: failed to detect file type of /TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW/rawprogram_unsparse.xml

[PATCH] failed to parse /TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW/patch0.xml
qdl: failed to detect file type of /TB-X605L_USER_S000020_20180921_Q00020_ROW/patch0.xml

I have no TWRP installed and doing this from a Ubuntu linux machine.
It seems to me the issue could be with the path to the unzipped firmware but i don't know where to place them and don't understand the --storage emmc... should they be placed on a SD card? should i mount it in any way?

I would be very grateful if someone could tell me what to do here, i'm getting stuck and i'm just trying to get this to work and have the tablet shipped to my grandfather to make some videocalls.
Thanks!!


texts: When downloading a Rom on NOTE 4 questions

texts: Now I unlocked my phone  from T-mobile switched carriers to AT&T, my question is when downloading a rom do I download of N910T still or something different? In my phone setting it reads N910T... Even though I'm on AT&T now.


texts: Default music player restarting song on Bluetooth reconnect

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When my s4 mini pairs with my car stereo, the headset can control operation of the music layer ok, except when I turn off the car then turn it back on, it has restarted the currently playing song, not paused/resumed.

I have tried different apps - pixel player, double twist and others, to no avail. The others all have issues where they don't receive Bluetooth commands as well as the default player or don't show the correct track info onscreen.

Is there a way to either get the default player to pause on disconnect and resume on reconnect or use a different app that will do the same?

Also, are there any apps to monitor what is going on under the hood with Bluetooth commands and which apps they are being routed to?

I am using a non rooted s4 mini, android 4.4.2.


texts: Android apps keep crashing with android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDiskIOException

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Starting yesterday, my Galaxy s2 device running Cyanogenmod 9 started to crash with android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDiskIOException exception for every running app. Does it means that my phone is dead or I can fix it?

I was using an old cyanogenmod nightly on the device, and updated to cyanogenmod 9 rc1 after the problem started just in case, and it didn't helped me at all.


texts: All Notification Tray Items Dismissed When Opening App

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So on my iPhone the notification tray items disappear when I have viewed the message inside the actual application.  Windows Phone works the same way.  While all notification tray items for that app disappear when I open that application.  I do not like that all my notifications have disappeared.  Is there a setting for this maybe?

Right now I receive maybe 10 gmail or messenger notification emails and it dismisses all of the notifications as if I have read them all when I open the Gmail application from the home screen directly.  If I click on the notifications separately everything is fine.  This seems like very bizarre behavior to me.  I just can't open the app on my phone.

The hilarious thing is if I read one of the Gmail/Messenger notifications on my desktop it updates the notification properly and only dismisses one of the 10 notifications.

Edit: Ideally I am looking for a way to get this to prevent all notifications from dismissing from my mail application for sure.


texts: is there a stable Note 3 mod utilizing S-pen?

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Is there a stable Mod that does not compromise on the S-pen of Note 3?
Since a mod could better utilize the raw power of the device.


texts: How can I tell if I need to replace my battery?

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I have a refurbished Galaxy S3. Sometimes it charges to 100% while powered off, but reports 51% as soon as I start it up. Lately, it goes down to 50% or lower even right after charging.

I haven't installed many apps or used the phone extensively yet.

I find lots of links for determining battery drain, but nothing so far on how to tell if I need a new battery.

I'd like to be relatively sure it's a bad battery before replacing it.

Update:

I have eliminated the problem, but have no idea why what I did worked ;(

1) I bought an inexpensive charging-only cable. Using this, the phone charges very nicely.

2) I turned on Power Saving.

3) I bought a more expensive version of the battery.

Now the phone charges fully, lasts a long time, and keeps the charge when turned off.

None of this makes sense - especially the fact that it used to drain when turned off (not suspended). Changing the cable shouldn't have done much either because the old cable did charge the phone - or at least - the phone said it did.


texts: Does Android support individual sound control per app when two apps with active sound are running?

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Does Android support controlling volume of every running app individually in the context mentioned below?

I have podcast app and I would like to run a game while listening to podcast. The game sounds are too high.

The question Is there a way to set app-specific volume? deals with an objective of having per-app specific volume but this question at the minimum deals with two or more apps at a time, providing different sound levels simultaneously.


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Have hooked by tablet up to a computer using a USB cord.  I have over 500 pictures and videos that I want moved to my computer, but when I click on the nexus 7 folder, it's blank.
I have been able to do this before so quick and easy, but not sure what the dealio is now.
Help!!!!!


texts: My sense home screen has stopped auto rotating, how do I fix it?

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I have a desire z (aka tmobile g2). When I fist got it a week ago the home screen used to rotate when the phone was tilted. It has since stopped doing that.

Other things still rotate when the phone is rotated. And the home screen rotates when I extend the keyboard. And menu -> settings -> display -> auto rotate screen is checked.


texts: On my ICS 4.0.4 Nexus S when I go to a message that I've just sent to a person and select it, then 'Copy Text' and somewhere else 'Paste' the text it seems to pull the 4th/5th message above the one I've selected. However it only does this behaviour 2 out of every 3 times or so, I can't reproduce it at will. Is there a fix for this and/or is it a known issue?


texts: Android keeps disconnecting wifi when the signal is weak/poor

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I've recently bought a pixel 4a 5g phone and I'm running the latest version of Android. I'm really happy with the phone but there's one thing that is really bothering: it will use mobile data when the wifi signal is considered weak/poor.
In the old days there was an "avoid poor quality wifi networks" (or something like that) in the advanced wifi settings which used to control this behavior. However, it seems like that option is gone. Is there any way to tell Android to stop transitioning to mobile data when the wifi signal is weak?
Thanks.


texts: I have a Poco F1 running Miui. The Gcam is a much better camera than the stock one. Is there a way for me to change the camera that is opened on the lockscreen?


texts: What's the difference between free and premium version of Aldiko Book Reader?

texts: When it comes to epub format ebooks reading, Aldiko Book Reader is the best Android app on Earth and nobody will oppose it, as I think. I have been using it for 5 months and really satisfied. Now, I am thinking about purchasing its premium version in hope to get more useful features. But, I am unable to find what I'll get new with premium version. Its page on Play Store doesn't have anything about "Premium Exclusive Features". Please, help if you've used premium version.


texts: What is the purpose of "Tracing" settings in Google Chrome Canary?

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I use Chrome Canary and I found an option named 'Tracing' in Chrome > Settings > Developer options. The option doesn't exist in stable Chrome version and I guess it exists in Beta and Dev releases.

The option has 3 segments (see image)

Here are some checkboxes inside every option:

What is the purpose of this option? Maybe bug reporting or something else?


texts: How to recover photos in my Xperia Z3 Compact if I forgot my password

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Hi I am trying to recover my photos saved in my phone but I have forgotten my password (numbers and letters, not a pattern or digit lock screen). I have looked at the locked-out tag wiki.
I do not think I have USB debugged enabled, as when I type adb devices, the phone does not show up.
The phone is not rooted.
Apologies, but I am not sure what exact android version the phone is on, but it has not been in use since July 2016.
I have tried pressing power+volume down but I cannot enter recovery mode.
The phone also has it's screen broken (no touch capability), but I can operate it by using an OTG mouse.
Thanks for your help!


texts: Why is there a blank white space under some Apps?

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This seems to happen in any app that uses some kind of comment display thing.

Here are some pictures. (sorry that they're not screenshots, I don't think it's possible without root)

This also happens with every other Reddit app on the market. All of them have the exact same problem when viewing comments.

I assume that there is some UI control in common between them, something that lists read-only tap-able text areas, but I'm not an Android developer so I don't actually know for sure.

I'm using a Motorola Atrix 2 from AT&T with stock ROM.


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When I download my pictures from my Samsung Galaxy S3 onto my desktop, hundreds of screen shot pics download.  These are those annoying pop ups that come up trying to get you to select the app to purchase.  They are not in any picture folder in my phone - I only see them when I download all pictures.
How can I find them in my phone and delete them?


texts: How can I determine the space used by contacts on my Android device?

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How can I see how much space my contacts data is using on Android, including pictures? I have quite a lot contacts (~2500).

I have four android devices (2.1, 2.3, and 4.0.4). Only one of those is rooted.


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I would like to buy a Pixel 2 but use it without signing in to a Google account. I would get apps from F-Droid, for example. I do not wish to use any Google apps. I also do not wish to use a custom ROM. My questions:

does this work?
would I receive OS updates?
are there any problems to be expected when using a Pixel 2 without ever signing in to Google?


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Whats the use of LOST.DIR folder actually?
why does is automatically appear after every reboot?


texts: By what metric does Spotify decide whether a device is a phone or tablet?

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Granted, the line between "tablets" and "phones" has been blurred for years, and there is no universally agreed upon distinction.

However, I am curious what metric Spotify uses to decide whether to call a device a phone or a tablet.

Most people would call my OnePlus 7 Pro a "phone", yet Spotify identifies it as a tablet:

What metric is used here? And why?


texts: Disable Google Voice typing automatic language detection

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I have been a fan of Google Voice typing for a long time.
I use it for 2 languages, English and Italian.

On the Android Keyboard I can switch the language of the spell-checker by pressing the "World" icon. Until a few months ago, that would also change the language of Google Voice typing, i.e. when I pressed the microphone icon and start speaking, Google Voice typing would interpret my words in the language I had selected in the keyboard.

Right now instead, Google Voice typing got "smarter" and doesn't care about my keyboard setting, it just automatically detects the language I'm speaking. Of course it gets it wrong most of the time, and that is very frustrating, in particular because when I speak Italian (my mothertongue) it often thinks I am speaking English instead.

So, does anybody know if I can disable this automatic language detection and revert to the old behavior?
Or do you have any suggestion on a workaround?


texts: How to share my laptop internet connection via wifi to my android tablet?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Why can’t my device see an ad-hoc WiFi network?

I created a wifi hotspot in my Windows 7 laptop (open ad-hoc) but my Android 2.3 tablet is not detecting it. My tablet is detecting other wifi networks but not my laptop's hotspot, how can I fix this?


texts: How to remove parental control on Amazon Kindle

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I have an Amazon Kindle Fire HD with parental control, but I have forgotten the code.

How can I remove it without losing anything?

I think it involves some kind of "reset", but I want to be sure I won't lose something from the device before I start and that I won’t have to spend a lot of time re-sending stuff to it.

I see something about de-registering, so perhaps it is not so difficult, though when I try to do it, parental control is blocking me, also it is blocking me from connecting to the Internet with Wi-Fi.


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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android 6.0.1. I want to use the phones mobile data as a proxy for my VPS. Obviously they are not in the same network so the proxy needs to be public for my vps to access it. Another problem might be the ISP's, who block the ports. Can anybody help me out on how I do that :D

thanks in advance


texts: How are helium files stored on Google My Drive?

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It usually takes me several tries to get all my Android files to Google Drive using Helium.  But finally it always seems to work. (155 files yesterday)

When I then look at One Drive I don't see a Helium Backup folder as I would expect.  Instead there are multiple files listed on the right under the Activity tab.  With other backup programs the files are easily visible in a backup folder.

Is there any way to verify the backup is okay?  It seems to me the only way to have peace of mind that your backup is perfect is to restore to another phone and see if everything's there.

Any thoughts on this are appreciated.


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My friend has asked me about the possibility of doing a remote "factory settings restore" in his android devices. He works with android tablets and needs to do an automatic factory-reset every day.

Do you know if it would be possible?


texts: Does GBWhatsapp's back up feature restore media/images INSIDE all the chats?

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I know that GBWhatsapp's inbuilt backup feature restores all chats and media safely. However, what is important to me is to be able to see all the media of a chat from within the chat itself (the one you get when you open a chat header).

I have many groups and chats who's media images I need to access quickly from within the chat and I need to know if the images stay in the chat media. Can anyone who uses GBWA verify this?

As a side question, if the above isn't possible, is there any other way to backup my app in such a manner as described above?


texts: Find out model code for Samsun Galaxy 7 edge?

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Under "About device" I can see my model number is SM-G935F. However when I try and register my phone with Samsung it needs the "Model code/name" eg "SM-G935FZDABTU Galaxy S7 edge United Kingdom".

How can I find this extra information?


texts: learning then mastering and using Android for a Linux "guru" using the command line?

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I am a 60-year old Linux guru: coding Bismon (documented here) and using and coding on Unix since 1987 (SunOS3.2) and Linux since 1993 (but I never used Windows, and very probably never will). Of course, I do like command line interfaces. My sight is not very good but did improve (I got cataract surgery a few months ago). BTW, I did contribute to GCC plugin system thru  GCC MELT (an obsolete Lisp-like DSL -that I designed and implemented- to extend GCC)

For my 60 years birthday, my grown-up kids gave me a tablet: Huawei MediaPad M5 (Android 8) which I completed with a Logitech bluetooth physical keyboard.

I want to understand much more how Android works. Of course it runs a Linux kernel (so same syscalls(2)), with a strange bionic libc. I knew (and wrote a technical report - some internal survey document) the internals of JVM and JNI in 2001. I do know a bit of Java.

I don't have the time to study all the source code of the open source parts of Android. I probably would have the skills to do that, but not the motivation and time.

It seems that Android is using setuid & chroot techniques quite differently than usual Linux distributions do. Where is that documented? Apparently, each JVM (for every Android app) is running under its own uid.

I would like to be able to code small GPLv3+ applications for Android. What do I need to learn. I just did download the SDK tools for my Linux AMD2970 desktop.

What are the next steps? I know that Qt has been ported to Android and wish to code for it.

What would be the Android equivalent of the ALP book to code Android applications with both Java and C++ (Android NDK). Or where is the equivalent of section 3 of man pages for Android? I am considering cross-compiling musl-libc for my tablet.

I am afraid of rooting my brand new tablet (that could lost the warranty). I might be tempted to install some Debian-like thing on it within a year. Is that reasonable?

I might port SBCL to my tablet (if that is easy, which I don't know).

PS. I am a free software enthusiast.


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Why are some writing applications unable to distinguish left and right written language?
For example, Writer plus is able to recognize the path of Persian or Arabic language. But JotterPad or Monospace are not able to detect.


texts: How Should I Handle This Suspicious App?

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While traversing the 'installed' list of Google Play, I noticed a very odd app named SOUPER ANDROID DEVELOPMENT.

What's so suspicious about it is:

It does absolutely nothing to explain what it is, what it does, or permissions required
There is no option to open/uninstall
I cannot find it by searching for it
It is dimmed in the list with the other apps
It is not listed when I browse play.google.com/apps
Nobody (in the comments) seems to know where they got it.

Notice the app is dimmed (grayed out)

I was scrolled to the top of the page during screen capture.  Notice how many standard features are missing

I have no idea where it came from.  I imagine it was either part of the humongous set of bloatware provided by Verizon or, what I'm thinking is more likely, the method used to root my phone: Pete's Motorola Root Tools.  I have scanned my phone with Lookout but it hasn't found anything.

Can anyone provide any insight as to what this app is?
How should I remove this app?  I am having difficulty locating it in System App Remover.
Should I be suspicious of the rooting tool I used and take any action? I have been told this is legit.  Whether it is or not, it's doesn't seem to be in any way part of the problem.
How can you trace a market app to its package name?

Update

While searching other complaints on this app, I dug up:

A link to it on Google Play(removed).  I'm still curious as to how someone obtained this link, I couldn't find it in a search or any references to it.

It says it's not compatible with any of my devices but it's installed.
No one has found any traces of it on their phone (probably because it's 'linking ' to com.motorola.contacts.preloaded)

It seems to only be affecting Droid 3 users.

Update 3/28/2012

Final update/Brief summary:

3/26: App showed up without user approved install under name "Brett Henderson" with no option to open or uninstall.  Later renamed "Souper Android Development".
3/27: Clicked the app's "share" button to view its link to app on phone (com.motorola.contacts.preloaded).  This confirms Richard's suspicion that it was merely sharing its name with a legit system app as apposed to installing junk on the phone.  Further reading revealed that each app has a unique ID to prevent one app from providing "updates" to another with the same name.
3/28: The app was removed from the app market place.  As pointed out by Matthew Read, a similar bug happened not too long ago.  As of now, I haven't read anything official on this instance.


texts: How to sync my contacts with their gmail account?

texts: I have bought Nexus 4 and i have imported phone contacts from my older Phone. I don't have email id for many of the contacts,i have just their phone numbers alone. Now i want to sync them with their email. Is there any way to do this. And is there any way to sync them with their fb account. (To be clear my question is if i can sync them to their gmail or fb by just using their Number). Actually i have 'Add Connection' option in 'People' tab and i'm able to get the contacts from Google Plus correctly. But when i add them to circles they are saved as separate contact and my old contact with phone number alone as separate contact.


texts: How can I tell my device to ignore a public Wi-Fi network?

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The city I live in has city-wide Wi-Fi available for a subscription, but the Wi-Fi access point is public.

This means that everywhere I go in the city I get a notice that there is public Wi-Fi available even though I can't use it because I don't have an account with the city-wide Wi-Fi service.

How can I tell my phone (Droid X, Android 2.2.1, not rooted) to ignore Wi-Fi named "CityWifi"?

I'd like to get notification for other Wi-Fi networks, just not "CityWifi"


texts: Find back the status indicator for Titanium Backup

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I started a time-y backup task in TB. There's a popup window showing an overall progress and which app it's currently backing up. I accidentally tapped the screen (not the Cancel button) and it disappeared. I tried to start another task and it shows "An operation is already in progress". I have no way to know how much the previous task has done.

How to I retrieve the current progress?


texts: MIUI newest version displays annoying message popups

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Whenever someone writes me a message on hangouts or messenger, I get this popup:

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

How can I disable this? It's very annoying when I'm watching a movie


texts: Switch from micro USB to USB c, buy adapters or new cables?

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Firt of I'm not a 100% sure this is the right site to ask this on but here we go.

So I will have to buy a new phone in the near future. With this I'll most likely get one with USB c instead of now micro USB.

I have quite a few cables for recharging (1-3 at home, at work, and one for my powerbank) all of those are micro USB and still work fine, some of them are long cables so they weren't that cheap.

My question now is: is there any downside to buying adapters and sticking them on my already owned cables or should I have replace them? (clearly not all of them as I still have other stuff that charges with micro USB)


texts: How can I set up a 6to4 tunnel (NAT traversal)?

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I'd like to get IPv6 including NAT traversal on my Android phone. Root is available.

It is so easy to get a 6to4 tunnel on Linux.. Just install aiccu and then aiccu start. On Windows there is gogoClient which is also quite easy.

I tested IPv6config but my phone does not work out of the box and the author seems more interested in a proof of concept rather than supporting all phones. He does not reply to my e-mails, and after Googling this app it seems that I am the only one using it.

Are there any working ways to setup a 6to4 IPv6 tunnel on Android?


texts: I have an unrooted stock Xperia Z Ultra, should the LED turn off when the battery is fully charged?

texts: I got an Xperia Z Ultra unrooted and still running on the stock ROM (Android Lollipop 5.1.1). My question is, when I'm charging it and the battery reaches 100%, is the LED indicator light supposed to turn off to notify that it's fully charged? So I'm kinda asking what behavior I should expect from it.


texts: Screen goes off as soon I dial or receive a call. CyanogenMod 7.1- stable

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In stable mod 7.1, I am facing this problems. I don't know if its a bug or what, please help me out.

My screen goes off as soon I dial or receive a call. After that I am unable to end the call as it never wakes up. Pressing the power button has no effect..

The problem is not just related to ending the calls. I am unable to do anything on my phone as it never wakes up. Then I have to either pull off the battery and restart the phone or plug in the charger to wake it up. It never happened on stock ROM so no hardware problem. I checked the solution for this problem and it was "It seems to be the screen protector is at fault. CM7.1 doesn't play nice with it. I just cut a hole where the proximity sensor is and it basically fixed it. " But IMHO if the proximity sensor does not work properly with cyanogenMod then why does the power button also stop responding.

But if they are related then can you guys please tell me with an image where the proximity sensor is located on a Defy? So that I may try the other solution (cutting the screen protector).


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I have a Good Backup from CWM, after installing chainfire 3d, It went to boot loop, I restore the device through CWM, but the device is still in boot loop,.

dmesg.log http://pastebin.com/1u4PGhsr

recoovery.log http://pastebin.com/GKKsiN7N

How come my device is in bootloop if I have a good backup? :(


texts: Can I restore Titanium App Backups from a phone with Android 4.4 to my Android 6 Phone?

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Im backing up My Galaxy Note 2 with Titanium Backup.
Is it possible to restore Apps + App Data on my Huawei P9 running Android 6?
And maybe even more important: Is that adviseable and will work without problems?


texts: my phone don't respond to any thing any more

texts:
when I am downlead software to my phone by Odin my phone don't responded any more to any thing just black screen and when I plug it to charger still the black screen appears to me
any one have the answer ?


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I've had my HTC Evo since it came out a year ago.  My Google contacts synced flawlessly numerous times during this period.

I rooted my phone on 5/23 with unrevoked, and everything still seemed to be fine.  I only add this for the small chance that rooting is involved.  I have not applied the gingerbread update, and I haven't done a system update since the last OTA forever ago.

According to the accounts and sync screen, the last time my contacts synced was on 6/7.  Since this was a week ago, I can't really think of anything I could've done that would break my contact syncing.  When I go and try to resync, it acts like it's trying, and it doesn't change the sync date.  Also, data isn't going between my phone and my Gmail account.

Gmail and calendar syncing seem to work fine.  I haven't noticed any other issues.  Any clue as to what could cause this and how to fix it?


texts: How to re install rom on blank htc desire?

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I have installed rom in the memory card of my htc desire bt unfortunately i have lost my memory card. Now my ph is not working; everytime it just shows "HTC" and then restart. Can anyone please suggest me stable rom with proper configurations?

I am using HTC Desire A8181.


texts: Is it possible to Chromecast a Google+ video from Android?

texts: I'm trying to Chromecast a video uploaded to Google+, using my Android phone (Sony Xperia Z). I thought this would be pretty straightforward, as video is already on the net, and it seems the Chromecast has a pretty simple way to just be forwarded an URL and playing it. However, no Chromecast symbol appears when clicking the video in the Google+ app. Anyone knows if this functionality exists or not in the Google+ app?


texts: On RD Client we have Windows key. If I connect external keyboard to android phone without windows key, how can I use windows key on the physical keyboard?


texts: Why can't I find a CERT.RSA file in my Android APK?

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I need to view the certificate of an Android APK, however when I look in the META-INF folder, there is no CERT.RSA file. I know that somehow the APK must be signed, because I was able to put it on an android emulator and run it, and Android won't install any unsigned apps, so it must be signed.
I just really need to actually see the signature but I cannot find it.

I am using Android Studio.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How do I Disable Android Device Manager on Sold Device?

texts: I am a GSuite user and a ZTE Axon 7 device that I recently sold via SWAPPA was setup with Android Device Manager. I did a factory reset on the device, but when the buyer powered on the device, he said that the device indicated that it was already associated with a Google account and he would need the credentials to configure it. I went into the standard Find my Device and tried to remove it, and it appeared to have been removed from whatever screen I was on, but the buyer is still complaining. I am still seeing the device here: https://www.google.com/android/find I wondered if GSuite's device management might be at play, and just went there to "delete" it. Am wondering what else I can do?


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There is the setting in Pebble's settings where you can replace Music with Microphone.
However, I have not managed to start recording of voice in any mode: phone not logged in vs phone logged in with password.
I am using Android with Samsung Galaxy G4.
I have the latest Android in the phone.

How can you start microphone in Pebble classic and Android?


texts: Why does android extract native libraries to 2 locations?

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I have recently noticed that android extracts the native libraries in the 'lib' directory in the apk to two different locations. They are in the app folder (/data/app/package/lib/) and the app data folder (/data/data/package/lib). Not to mention theyre already contained in the apk. For games where these libraries total up to 50mb each, this wasted 100mb of my storage space on my SD card. Why does this happen. Is this normal? Is there any way to stop this from happening?

I am on android lollipop (5.1.1) running a resurrection remix ROM for galaxy s3 neo+.


texts: Why is Busybox still not recognized after installed properly?

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Busybox is installed in /system/bin successfully already, but I still can't call it as instructed in Using cut or sed in Android busybox:

C:\Users\Acer\Downloads\adb>adb shell whence sed
/system/bin/sed

C:\Users\Acer\Downloads\adb>adb shell whence busybox
/system/bin/busybox

C:\Users\Acer\Downloads\adb>busybox
'busybox' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.


texts: Brand new samsung 20 will not allow me to delete a contact without phone # and stays on recently added and home screen


texts: Cannot access google after SIM card change

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I am currently on a vacation in Portugal and bought a local sim card for a Samsung Galaxy S4 with stock ROM. Now I cannot access any google services anymore. The rest of the internet works fine but any site using google's cdn fails to load. Android of course is almost impossible to use. Interestingly enough it only affects google.com, other google domains work fine.

I did originally receive an email from google claiming a suspicious login. I verified that it was me on their security page on another phone. I tried resetting the dns cache, change the dns servers, the google unlock captcha, ... nothing works. It works fine when I log in via Wi-Fi. If I share the connection with a tablet that tablet can access anything just fine. Deleting and recreating the google account on the phone also does nothing.

I am at a loss of what to try next. Any ideas? Thanks!


texts: Is WiFi data usage included in the "Data Usage" screen?

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Android devices feature a Data usage screen, accessible from the main pull-down menu.

The data usage page lists both the total data consumed and the data consumed per application.

Is WiFi data included in this count, or only Cellular data?

P.S. It makes sense that the metered data count only includes Cellular data, but I would like to have a canonical source to settle this issue.


texts: Get my samsung password without reset it for my stolen android device

texts: My galaxcy s2 is stolen and i need to track it using my samsung account but i dont remember the pass; Can anyone please tell me how could i know my samsung account password without resting it as used in samsung account SignIn procedure to find password by email


texts: I bought a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 last year and it's been working great.  Then I noticed the other day when I tried to turn off the tablet (by holding down the power butter), it just recycles and comes back on.  It will go to sleep mode but it will NOT turn off completely.  I think the latest update may have had something to do with this.  Thoughts anybody?


texts: Backup on . android_secure - Missing Apps on MicroSD

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I Have been Backup and Formatted my MicroSD. After then I Copy again my backup files, But  - Apps on MicroSD is  Disappear, I check on Application Manager its Still There but not show in menu drawer.
As I read related Question on Upgrade SD Card, I Tried to copy all files with command prompt/by windows. But I confuse how I backup on .android_secure that have all asec apps on micro sd. I copy via card reader/usb. its fine, when media scanning running, i check on that folder again an all asec is missing. anybody knew the alternative method on this problems.?
I Use Galaxy Ace on Gingerbread (2.3.3) with Class 10 8GB MicroSD.
Thanks lot. :D


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I couldnt update my tablet kept getting the message, "Cannot update as this device has been modified."

So I searched for advice on how to fix it. I was told to put in recovery mode by pressing power + volume down, which I did, but when it came on the message on screen was "WARNING DOWNLOADING NEW OS CAN FATALY DAMAGE YOUR DEVICE. Push volume up to continue volume down to cancel."

I pushed up before realizing what I had done. It then said , "Downloading do not turn off tablet." It was saying this for about half hour then went off. Now I cant get it to come on. Is it dead?


texts: How to set a non-default system sound in Pixel 4 Clock?

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I replaced my Pixel 2 XL with a Pixel 4 XL (both Android 10), and when I try to set an individual alarm’s sound the only choices are:

the default system alarm sound
a custom sound from my drive (via + Add new)
the music sounds (Youtube, Pandora, etc.)

When I go to Settings -> Sounds and Alarms, I can use the ‘Sounds’ app to select from a large number of system sounds.

How can I have the same selection of system sounds I see in Sounds and Alarms in the Clock app? I do not recall this ever being an issue on my Pixel 2 XL.

Things I have tried:

resetting the Clock storage + cache
changing the default alarm


texts: How can I undo the "Do Not Ask Again" for bluetooth contacts?

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When I first connected my phone (Samsung Galaxy S II) to a bluetooth device, I was prompted that the device wanted to access my contacts.

I mistakenly clicked Do Not Ask Again but I want to undo that. Is there a way to do this?

I'm running ice cream sandwich.


texts: Mobile Google Maps' setting for receiving location share notifications

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tl;dr: Is there any specific configuration switch or setting that controls whether mobile Google Maps is or isn't showing notifications about someone sharing a location with me?

I've been sharing location with my wife and friends and vice versa for past few months. Every time someone wanted to share location with me, I've been receiving two kinds of notifications -- regular email sent to my Gmail account and mobile Google Maps' notification. Tapping the other one always led directly to mobile Google Maps application with shared location shown in map's center.

Recently I have turned off many of Google Maps settings, privacy switches, I have disabled most of, if not all, of suggestion tips notifications etc. One of those turned off was most likely responsible for Google Maps's notifications, because I'm no longer receiving them.

Right now, if anyone shares a location with me, I'm only getting a regular email sent to my Gmail account. Because my mobile Gmails (actually PC's one also) has a regular lag of 5-50 minutes in receiving emails (since they're actually sent) such notifications are pretty useless for me.

I'd like to re-enable mobile Google Maps' based location share notifications, but I don't know exactly which configuration switch, option or parameter is responsible for them. Can anyone help here?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 Problems - Possibly Hardware Related?

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I've had my Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 (AT&T) for about 2 months now and everything has been great up until yesterday. I started experiencing some freezing and strange behavior. The phone is unrooted and using the stock ROM.

The problems include but are not limited to:

Random freezing when the phone is locked (by pressing the power button). Always have to do a hard reset.
Random notifications about MTP initialization when no USB cable has been plugged into the phone.
Vlingo Voice command (come preloaded on the phone) randomly popping up/starting without anything being pressed.
Sometimes when I power off the phone it doesn't actually turn off completely but just restarts.
Plugging in the USB cable while the phone is off turns it on (I don't think this is default behavior).
And just recently I've had some strange touchscreen issues. Random letters being typed that I haven't touched etc.

These issues are not constant but occur intermittently. I've already performed a factory reset, but the problems persist. Since I have yet to read about anyone else having similar problems with their phones, this leads me to believe that it's not actually an issue with the stock ROM but an issue with the phone itself and the hardware. But before I take it back to AT&T I wanted to get some input from you guys. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to use KVM alone without Android Studio AVD to emulate official x86_64 android images

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I want to use official (google compiled) x86_64 android images. I know that I can use AVD manager from Android Studio to easely run and manage them. However, I use virt-manager with KVM, so I can't run Android and my other images at the same time (even if I could, I prefer to do all inside virt-manager instead of installing all of Android Studio).

Since the images are x86_64, theoretically I could run them into virt-manager as well. The problem is that the images downloaded from google server when I use ADV are a bit strange. They contain some files and at least two .img files inside of it. It's not simply an ISO image that I can plug into a disk in virt-manager and run. For example, this is the image for Android 25 (7.0 I guess):

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/sys-img/google_apis/x86_64-25_r11.zip

So how to run this thing inside the zip file? Is it possible?

If it's not possible, then is it possible to install and run AVD alone without Android Studio? Or at least launchd AVD manager GUI without launching Android Studio first?


texts: How to remove dummy account from android?

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When I go to factory reset my android device I found a "dummyaccount" on my device.

Does anyone know what this "dummyaccount" is and how can i permanently remove it from my device?


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I have a Moto G5, running Android 8.1.0 (the latest available version for this device). I previously used "Find my phone" and it worked.

I had to factory reset my phone.

Recently I wanted to use Find my Phone again, but I noticed that when I went to google.com/android/find it shows "No Active Devices".

Luckily I found my phone, but I wanted to make sure it would be findable by find my phone so I walked through the steps at https://support.google.com/android/answer/3265955

Confusingly, the device is turned on, it's signed into a Google account, it's connected to both mobile data and wifi, it's visible on Google Play, it has Location turned on, and it has "Find My Device" turned on.

If I go to (on the phone) Settings > Google > Device Phone Number it says "no number available", but the device correctly shows up on the webpages when accessed on pc. Also, if I go to Settings > System > About Phone > Status > Sim Status I expect to see my phone number listed, but it says "unknown" for My Phone Number. If I open Contacts it correctly lists my number, although I had to add this. If I go to https://myaccount.google.com/phone it correctly shows my number, and that it has been verified. I'm not offered an option to re-verify it.

I have downloaded the android app "Find my device" to my phone, and the app will show my phone as an active device and will ring it.

What do I need to do to make sure my phone is shown as active in the "Find my Phone" webpage?

(I don't know what appropriate tags would be).


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I have a Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 and need to find out my 20 digit SIM number somehow.

I have been told that I should go to Settings > General > About to find it.

However, it isn't! Does anybody know where this information is stored?


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I really like to delete some spaces on my internal storage, i checked all the folders on internal, mostly it was 4 GB only, my question is how would i find the remaining 6gb space because my internal storage have a total of 10gb only regardless of 5 gb space for system.

I didnt know how to find it, please do help me to solve this problem.

thanks.


texts: What are "Manual Updates" in Google Play Store?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Why do some of my apps show “Update” and some show “Update (manual)”?

I have been using Android for a long time now, updating the apps regularly (but not in the "Allow Automatic Update" mode).

Today, for the first time, I came across this:

So, my question is as to what exactly are these "Manual Updates" and how do they differ from just "Updates"?


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I just installed nano on my Nexus 9, which is rooted.  However, when I try to run nano, it says "Error opening terminal: screen."

bash-3.2# nano
Error opening terminal: screen.

Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Offline Maps don't automatically update on Google Maps

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TL;DR: Why don't offline maps download automatically via WiFi for me?

Long version: I have a Xiomi Redmi 4, with no data plan. I use wifi to download an offline map in Google Maps. I only have one map, and I use it extensively (daily). I also connect to a wifi network for a few minutes each day -- long enough to download all the other apps updates, etc.

According to this Google documentation, the offline map should update automatically:

  Offline maps that you downloaded on your phone or tablet need to be updated at least every 30 days. When your offline maps expire in 15 days or less, Google Maps will try to update the area automatically when you're connected to Wi-Fi.

I've been using the same map for at least six months, and it never once updated automatically. Am I doing something wrong?

I read through some of this Google support thread, and it seems like it works for other people.


texts: Is it possible to only disable voice/video calls in hangouts but leave messaging?


texts: Fastboot permission denied error in Asus Zenfone 2

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I went into regular recovery mode to wipe cache and do factory reset to flash clean Asus ROM from XDA. I first went to wipe cache and it felt like it was taking way too long, so I turned off the phone  and tried to turn it back on, and now all I get is a dead Android.

I found this thread on XDA to unbrick the phone but when I try the steps I am getting permission denied message while using fastboot. I cannot flash TWRP via fastboot either.

C:\Users\bdelc\Downloads\android\Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11864 KB)...
OKAY [  0.628s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied)
finished. total time: 0.809s

C:\Users\bdelc\Downloads\android\Fastboot>fastboot flash boot boot.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'boot' (11850 KB)...
OKAY [  0.619s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied)
finished. total time: 0.804s

C:\Users\bdelc\Downloads\android\Fastboot>fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'fastboot' (14800 KB)...
OKAY [  0.712s]
writing 'fastboot'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied)
finished. total time: 0.888s

C:\Users\bdelc\Downloads\android\Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-fhd.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (14456 KB)...
OKAY [  0.844s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Permission denied)
finished. total time: 1.012s


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For quite some time of trying out various roms on my I9500, I've found out that on all of them I had a call issue, where the other person kept hearing himself twice (echo).
I've tried today to flash a modem for it, but for some reason, now it doesn't identify the sim card anymore.

I've tried flashing other roms, including wiping of everything except for internal&external storage, of course.

The sim card itself is fine, as I can see it working well on Nexus 5.

What can I do to fix this?

EDIT:

ok, I flashed an old modem, and it worked:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58658207&postcount=2729

Sadly, the calls still have issues, but at least the sim card identification is ok.

If anyone knows how to fix this, please help


texts: When I search for apps, what determines the order in which they are ranked?

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When I search for apps in the Google Play Store, what is the determining factor of the order in which they are presented to me?

Is it the number of downloads? Or reviews? Or total star rating?

Thanks!


texts: HTC Desire has trouble to establish connection via Wifi

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I have a HTC Desire running Froyo (2.2). When I get home, the desire takes a long time before it establishes a connection with my Wifi broadband. Sometimes restarting the router works, other times switching to "Airplane" mode and then enabling Wifi and then disabling "Airplane" mode makes the connection. I have a Netcom NB5+4w modem. I know that current HTTP activity delays the switch to Wifi from 3G. But even when there is no http traffic running on my phone it spends all of it's time "obtaining IP address" from the router. I don't run many apps and I force close many of them in case they are blocking access. But it doesn't seem to make a difference

Has anyone else had similar problems ? and do you have a reason/solution ?


texts: Why the vast majority of app developers don't publish apk files on their home page?

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I want to be able to install my favorite apps without installing Google play services. Apart from apps that actually depend on these services (such as paying method), why apps developed don't publish their apk on their home page?

This is particularly relevant when installing custom ROMs (without gapps).


texts: Moto G 2014 without OS or any connection, stuck with fastboot and TWRP

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For a few days now, I've been trying to recover my phone. It's a XT1069 (a brazilian dual-SIM Moto G 2014 with 16 GB of storage and DTV). It had a Resurrection Remix ROM with Android 7.1. The battery died, and then whenever I tried to turn it on, it got stuck in Resurrection Remix's loading screen, for whatever reason. That wasn't really a big issue, in fact it was actually good, because it gave me motive to update my ROM, which I was planning to do.

Up until then, everything was working fine (although Resurrection Remix didn't boot). I downloaded Pixel Experience with Android 8.0, then I opened TWRP and transferred it to the phone through USB (TWRP supports it). I wiped the system partition (don't remember why - maybe I had tried to install it before and got an error, maybe out of space, I don't know) and tried to flash it. It gave an error, which basically meant I had to update TWRP.

But uh oh! I can't anymore. My PC won't detect the phone whatsoever! I tried using fastboot, ADB in TWRP, MTP in TWRP, but all I can do via USB is charge it (TWRP does display a "+" after the battery percentage, and it does charge). I was using Debian 9.0.0 when I did this, but I accidentally deleted all partitions in my HDD while trying to install Windows 10, managed to recover them, and finally actually installed Windows 10 (for dual boot - I couldn't dislike Windows more). In either Debian or Windows, it doesn't detect it anymore. Previously it would make a sound and display a notification. It doesn't anymore, in the same conditions (in TWRP, with MTP either enabled or disabled). ADB and Fastboot don't work at all, where they previously did. I already installed drivers in both OSes. Actually, before I even installed drivers, it worked. Even the SD card isn't being detected by the phone anymore. It doesn't mount in TWRP (no error, it seems it wasn't even inserted), and I can't access it in the Install menu (says it's 0 MB, and won't access it). It previously worked.

I've searched around a ton. Every solution is basically installing drivers, using MTP (can't do), disabling MTP to use ADB (can't do), using ADB Sideload from the Advanced menu in TWRP (can't do), restarting computer and/or phone, updating TWRP (can't do), SD card (can't do), USB OTG (I don't have an adapter, and buying one would require my parents' consent, which is a bad thing, and besides, considering the other options, it's not likely that it'll work).

I'm desperated. I don't know what to do anymore. Can somebody help me? What can I do to update TWRP, while my phone is in this state?

(Large question, eh. Well, I'm being as specific as I can. Please read it so you can understand the situation.)


texts: Can android phones use micro SD storage in the same way they do internal storage?

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Dose putting a micro SD card in your android phone allow the OS to mount the SD card and use the storage space the same way it would internal memory eg. photos taken on the phone would be saved to the micro SD card. Or does the android OS treat the micro SD card as an "external storage source" the same way a laptop treats an external USB flash thumb drive ?

The phone in question is a Samsung Galaxy J5 2016.

If its not possible to mount the external storage and use it like "internal storage" is it possible to set that all photos are to be stored on the external storage as this is whats taking up most of the room on the phone.


texts: Unable to mount SAMSUNG Android when USB debugging

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I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my PC, and Android 5.0.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S4.

Whenever I plug my phone in with MTP mode and USB debugging enabled, it gives me a repeated popup saying "Unable to mount SAMSUNG Android - couldn't find matching udev device"

I know that Ubuntu doesn't have native support for MTP, but I've installed the ppa suggested by the top answer in this question, and MTP works just fine as long as USB debugging isn't enabled.

I need to be able to use ADB, so I need USB debugging enabled. Can anyone assist? I apologize if this is more of an AskUbuntu question.


texts: How can show android tablet as a external storage to PC?

texts: I want to send files to android tablet with a application from PC. - I can send files directly to tablet (2.3 android OS) PC see it as a external usb drive. - But i can't send files to tablet (4.2 android OS), because PC see it as a portable media player.(MTP) - How can i fix this problem ? - How can show my device as a external drive? my application that sent files written via Delphi.


texts: How could I set the default contact store?

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I have an LG L5 (E610), running Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich MR1).

Recently, I moved all my contacts that were stored as Phone or SIM contacts to Google contacts in order to get them synced.

Now, I have only Google contacts.

But, when I create a new contact, the default store seems to be the Phone store, and I find no option where I can set Google as the default store.

Googling around a bit brought up one solution that sounded reasonable: display only the Google contacts, in the address book, then Google will be the default for a new contact. But, even this doesn't work; if I only display Google contacts, my phone still selects the Phone storage as default and I cannot see my newly created contact.

Any suggestions as to how I can set the default contact store? Or is this impossible?


texts: I want to split one MicroSD card into two parts: part adoptable storage, and part normal storage. How can I do this?

texts: I don't want all my storage as adopted storage, so I was wondering how I can split it into 1 part adopted storage and 1 part normal file storage (what Android calls "portable storage").


texts:
I have problem with my HTC Cha Cha.
After trying to start I see welcome screen, then black screen and sound signal, then welcome screen... and in infinite loop, I have to take out battery to stop it.
Any suggestions what to do? I can plug it with USB cable to computer and try to perform some actions, but I have no experience in fixing Android.


texts: How do you get the permissions popup to come back?

texts: We have Nexus 5X running Android 6.  We are using a dongle to connect the USB C plug to a USB A device and when we did it for the first time we got a permissions popup to allow us to use the USB device.  However, when we try it now the device is not working and no matter what we do (unplug and replug, restart) we can't get the permissions popup back to allow us to the USB device.  Any suggestions?


texts: Why does my Motorola G4 loose its mobile data connectivity while showing 'Suspended' next to the carrier name?

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Suddenly since yesterday, whenever I activate mobile data on my Moto G 4+, it says suspended below the carrier name:

Hence I don't have access. This happens only most of the time, sometimes it actually works.

Rebooting sometime fixes the issue, sometimes it doesn't.


texts: USB connection unreliable while tethering

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Device: Galaxy Nexus
Android: CyangenMod 11.0 (Android 4.4.4)

The IT department of my company doesn't support access of Mac devices to its network, but it does for Android devices. So I would like to connect my macbook (Mac OS X 10.9.4) to the internet by tethering my phone's Wi-Fi connection. Bluetooth tethering is reliable, but rather slow (max 200KB/s download speed, in reality it is rather something like 80KB/s).

So, I tried to use the USB tethering with the help of HoRNDIS (release 5), which is magnitudes faster (22MB/s) than Bluetooth tethering. However after a while (some minutes), the connection is lost. To restore it, I have to unplug the USB cable, plug it in again and retick the checkbox 'USB tethering' on the 'Tethering & portable hotspot' page in the 'Wireless & Network' settings.

In order to solve this problem, I tried the following:

Enable 'Android debug mode' & 'ADB over Network'
Screen always on

Unfortunately, these attempts didn't work.

Does anyone have a similar problem or workaround?


texts: Getting "CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE "inotifywait": library "libnotifytools.so" not found. " when tyring to run a script that uses the inotifywait binary

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The script is here: https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/com.piyushgarg.rclone/blob/master/binary/syncd.sh
The code that I do not believe is working is this:
while true; do
    if [[ ! -e ${SYNC_PENDING} ]]; then
        ${HOME}/inotifywait "/storage/emulated/${PROFILE}/${SYNCDIR}" -e modify,create,moved_to,close_write -q >> /dev/null 2>&1 && touch ${SYNC_PENDING}
    fi

When I execute the inotifywait binary as a standalone, I get this message:

CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE "inotifywait": library "libnotifytools.so" not found.

Does this indicate that I am missing a library? How can I solve the issue?


texts: Barcode Scanning with a low res camera (3.2mp)

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I have two phones, one has a 3.2mp camera, the other has an 8mp camera. I downloaded the 'Barcode Scanner' app on both phones, it works on the 8mp phone but the 3.2mp phone doesnt pick up any barcodes at all.

Is there a way around/fix to get the 3.2mp phone to scan the barcodes?

UPDATE: The 3.2mp camera picks qr barcodes just fine

UPDATE: From the discussion below, it seems the phone doesn't pick up barcodes because it doesnt have Auto Focus. Is there a way I can get around this?


texts: How to remove device(s) from My Market Account?

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I know I can choose "Hidden in menus" and never see the devices again when I install a application. But I don't want my old mobile phones display in my account settings anymore. I have sold those phones already and never use them again!

In fact, the list look likes a cemetery in my mind now. ;(


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I have been trying for some time the ICS Rom from the Team Blackout, but Im not very happy to it. I would like to go back to how my phone was when i bought it. I'd like to make a TOTAL reset. That means:

No media saved
No accounts saved
No settings saved
No apps saved
Original Android 2.3 back

Basically, as it was when I unboxed it. Is this possible? If anyone could give me some instructions, I'd be very thankful. I'm not much of an expert in working with Android systems (A friend helped me "root it") and Im not sure how to proceed.

Thanks


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My sister got a quite new HP Slate 7 running Android 4.1.2, but the tablet won't charge. When I charge it while it's running, the charging is flickering between charging and not charging. If I charge while it's turned off, it displays the battery with a triangle and an "!" (exclamation mark).

It has been a permanent problem, but we used to be able to workaround it by tilting the device, sometimes that got it charging.

Any ideas?


texts: Phone crash caused my app icons to dissapear?

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My phone crashed a few minutes ago and when I turned it back on, the majority of my app icons were gone. I could open then from the app store and it said they are installed but the icons are just gone? Most of the app icons that disappeared were saved to my 32GB San-disc SD card but both the SD card and my phone are relatively new.

Phone: Motorola Moto E3


texts: WhatsApp sends messages before I've finished typing

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I've had a BQ Aquaris M4.5 phone with Android 5.1 for months and have never experienced any problems. However, since last week and without having changed anything that I know of (and not having installed an update from WhatsApp), my phone sends the message before I finish writing it on WhatsApp only. I can only write one or two letters before it sends the message, without me pressing the send button. It continues doing this until I close the app and open it again, but it happens dozens of times throughout the day and I have no idea why. I have erased the cache, used cleaning apps to clean the phone, etc., but nothing solves it. I installed yesterday the latest update and the problem seems even more frequent now. I have searched online but I can't find users experiencing the same problem.

I've thought of doing a factory reset for my phone, as I would like to do it anyway for general cleaning. However, if I have a Google backup and another backup on my SD card, will everything be exactly the same when I restore the phone? Will I actually clean it?

Thank you


texts: Black and frozen videos / images in apps (Snap, Instagram, FB, ...)

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I have a Blackview A10 under Android 6. Many times in a day, images are black or videos become black and frozen, thus I have to reboot my phone to be able to see it again, until it starts to become black again.
This happens in Facebook (I watch one video, then scroll to another video which becomes black and unresponsive, sometimes viewing another video unlocks this one or it neter happens), Snapchat (snaps I receive become black, with no image, for images and videos snaps) or even Instagram when someone sends me a link to a video, it stays black.

Is there a way to trace where this problem comes from and solve it, or not having to restart completely the phone every time this happens?
Maybe by restarting some service?


texts: Will factory resetting my device remove the Android upgrade?

texts: I have upgraded my phone to Android 2.1. I need to reset my phone but I don't want to lose the upgrade. Is it possible to do this? How?


texts: Check the last time the SD card was inserted/used on Android phone

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I have obviously not been paying attention to the fact that I no longer have an SD card in my Samsung Galaxy S7, that I know used to be there. I just recently discovered that it is missing, and now I am paranoid that someone has removed it in order to look at its contents.

I am hoping that there is some way to check the records in the phone and see the last time an SD card was inserted, or to see a timestamp of when it was last used, to help narrow down when it went missing.


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For at least a month or two, my Razr Maxx HD running the stock firmware Android 4.1.1 (9.1.41.XT926.Verizon.en.US) has done a great job at telling me how long it'll take to get home.

I know the route and don't need it to navigate me, obviously, but it has been picking the route that I actually follow. It gives me an estimated time for getting home, so that I can plan my evening around whether there's a severe problem on my route (traffic, road closure, construction, accident, etc.) and either route around it, or let others know that I'll be late, or if it's really terrible, stop somewhere for dinner before hitting the highway.

Suddenly, without changing my route or my driving habits at all, Google Now is telling me that it will take about three times longer to get home, and through an extremely indirect / inefficient route. So the time to home is very inaccurate because it isn't basing it on the correct route. Moreover, when I check other sources of traffic information online, I have no evidence that there is any sort of significant delay on my primary route -- at least, nothing significant enough that would make the alternate route faster, or even close to the same time (my primary route is one that takes about 25 minutes at full speed, 35 minutes in typical traffic, 60 minutes with a moderate to severe accident; the alternate route is saying 85 minutes!)

I double checked the settings for the Google Now traffic card, and the home and work addresses are set correctly. Google Navigation app picks the fastest route (the route I actually drive) when I ask it to take me home. So, why is Google Now telling me it'll take me an extremely long time to get home via an alternate route? Is there any way for me to set the route manually?


texts: Last night I wiped and rooted my HTC One Mini and lost a few photos. Is there any way to get them back?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Fit firmware update fails

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit, model GT-S5670B.

When i connect the phone to the pc, Samsung Kies (version 2.5.3.13043_14) identifies that there is a firmware update available.

I agree to do the upgrade and follow the instructions which basically are not turning off nor disconnecting the device and wait. At some point, after downloading the firmware files i believe, the update just throws an unexpected error and stops. I have the option of trying and restoring my device and thats it!

There is no feedback nor message whatsoever about what the error was and why it happened. And also, even if i don't restore my device and just reboot it, it is okay as if nothing had happened so i believe that the installation of the firmware didn't event begun.

Anyone knows how i can upgrade my Galaxy Fit from Android version 2.2.1 to 2.3.6? Or what the problem with Samsung Kies is?

Already tried to uninstall and reinstall Samsung Kies but nothing changed.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Nexus 7 + Windows 7 = "A device attached to the system is not functioning." when transferring files from Nexus to Windows

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I connected a Nexus 7 (rooted Android 4.4.2) to my laptop (Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate). I see Nexus 7 in Windows Explorer and can browse the files in the Nexus 7, but when I tried to move files from Nexus to Windows I get the following error from Windows Explorer:

Reconnecting the Nexus 7 didn't help. Restarting Windows 7 did solve the issue, but I'm curious to know what can caused this error.


texts: Everytime I press Install,it keeps saying app not installed. I tried rebooting, restarting.. Still can't install.. But i can install apps on google play.. Just not on my files... I really need it.


texts: Unable to click next on MIUI 8 Welcome Wizard due to dead screen area at bottom

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There is one non-rooted, factory-reset phone with MIUI ROM whose bottom 10% is not functional.
Screen replacement is the last resort, but if I can make some sort of software tweak to make it past the welcome screen to later root and use it for some unconventional use, it would be great.
Tried to find around following things but couldn't find the solution

Bypassing the welcome wizard
Force rotate device on the welcome screen

Any other suggestions are welcome!