texts: How to secure personal data on a factory reset tablet with broken microUSB port?

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I recently sold a Nexus 7 (1st generation 2012 model) online after performing a factory reset. Today, I learned that factory resetting does not completely erase your data. I am very paranoid about selling this tablet now. I read that the best thing to do is to encrypt your data and then do a factory reset. Am I correct to assume that if I've already done the reset that won't help?

If encryption is still a solution in my case, then I have a further problem: the microUSB port is broken, the device will not charge and is not detected when plugged into my computer. You can't perform the encryption without a fully charged battery, so that no longer seems like an option for me.

Given that I've already sold the tablet and am expected to ship it out on Tuesday, is there anything I can do at this point to assuage my fears of personal data theft?


texts: Can I use OTG USB pendrive with Galaxy Nexus

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. It is said to fully support OTG devices. However, I'm only able to use a mouse or keyboard through OTG USB cable. When I'm trying to connect my newly bought USB pendrive, the  phone doesn't detect it.

I have an USB pendrive with dual plug: standard USB + microUSB. I tried connecting it both through built-in microUSB and through standard USB via USB OTG cable. No effect on any attempt.

What am I missing? Is the pendrive broken or doesn't the Samsung Galaxy Nexus support external pendrives and has only keyboard/mouse OTG support?


texts: How do I get an iTunes podcast into an Android phone?

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I want to listen to an iTunes podcast in Podcast Addict app on my Android phone. It doesn't come up in the search engine in the app, and I can't find the link (RSS I guess) on the iTunes site to plug it in manually.

How can I do this?


texts: What Android parts do these terms describe?

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Android users frequently use a lot of words with unclear meanings. In particular, they use these words a lot:

Framework / framework-res.apk: What purpose does this structure serve?
Flashing: What does this refer to?
ROM: What does this refer to?
Firmware: What does this refer to?
update.zip: This is an update package replaces files on your filesystem. What parts of the system can update.zip change?
Kernel: The kernels they talk about seem to persist across 'flashing' and 'resets' of the device.
Android Release: When someone talks about Android 'KitKat,' or 'Gingerbread' or '4.2.2,' what parts of the whole system are they referring to?
Custom ROM: What parts of the system do 'CyanogenMod' and other 'Custom ROMs' replace?
Titanium Backup: What parts of the system does Titanium Backup back up?
Factory Reset: If I wiped the internal storage (say, dd if=/dev/null of=<storage device>), what can it reset to!?

Here are some relevant terms that are publicly well-documented and known:

BIOS. When the system is powered on the BIOS initializes and does sanity checks on the computer's hardware and peripherals. The BIOS is 'firmware' and exists outside of the computer's normal storage. Even if the system was started with no mass storage, the BIOS would still be there. The BIOS runs a piece of software in the system's storage called the bootloader.
Bootloader. The bootloader uses and is itself a set of files on the filesystem, sometimes in the /boot directory. The bootloader (depending on the case) presents a list of options for how you want to proceed in starting the system.
Each option (usually) corresponds to starting a kernel with specific boot parameters. The kernel is a binary contained in a package file called vmlinuz (or similar) that resides somewhere on the filesystem (like the /boot directory). The kernel creates abstractions between hardware and software, like the hardware interfaces, filesystem abstraction, processes and threads.
Sometimes vmlinuz also contains some utilities that are put into folders like /sbin. Things that are in vmlinuz cannot be modified without repackaging a new vmlinuz file, and replacing the old one.
The kernel loads kernel modules which do various things and are sometimes drivers. Some kernel modules are built into the kernel's binary file and some are separate files on the filesystem, sometimes in the /usr/lib/modules directory.
The kernel also starts a program called init which is in a location that is sometimes specified in the boot parameters. init mounts mass storage devices to directories and starts a bunch of programs. These programs are on the filesystem and usually have all their files in /usr. They are called the system's userland.
In Android, there is a Java-like virtual machine called Dalvik which is started by init, which is what most programs run within.
Rooting: Rooting a device allows users to grant themselves root permissions.
To simplify managing all the software on the system, a system usually has a special program called the package manager which can manage, update and install sets of related files as `packages' corresponding to individual development projects. Android's interface to its package manager is the Application Manager in settings. Applications are available for download via the Play Store
Home Folder: Users have a directory in /home where all their files are stored (including local configuration settings for applications).
Recovery: a separate userland which the bootloader launches that only does system related tasks. You get to it by restarting your device while doing a special dance with the buttons.


texts: What is the default chinese font in Android?

texts: What is the default Chinese font in Android and where are they stored so that I can get the font files?


texts: Read raw video stream from Android box HDMI input

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I am writing an app for android boxes (not Android TV), that have HDMI input port.

Is it possible to read raw video stream from HDMI or USB input and display it in android videoView ?

Here is the link to the android box I am using. It uses API level 19 (Android 4.4).


texts: I have an Alcatel OneTouch Pop c7 smartphone, wich apparently support only Android 4.2. I received an Alcatel Onetouch watch wich needs android 4.3 to work: how can I install this version of android on my phone?


texts: I have my phone connected to my PC using USB cable. No I can see my phone's files. I would like to create folder named tracks in directory  This PC\My Name\Card\Android\data\net.osmand.plus\files\osmand, but after creating new folder procedure my explorer starts not responding and I need to reconnect cable. What might be wrong?


texts: Is there a way to lower GPU load from Ice Cream Sandwich?

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I have seen some mentions (including here on Android SE) that Ice Cream Sandwich may not necessarily run optimally (e.g. will be slow/lag) on devices with slower/older GPUs.

I assume that's due to GUI elements in the 4.0 being more graphics intensive, same way Windows XP had more graphics intensive GUI as well as Vista/Windows 7 had Aero.

However, on Windows, you always had an option to explicitly downgrade the OS's graphics effects, to improve performance (especially on older hardware) - e.g. you could turn off various GUI element transitions - see screenshot below. As far as I know, you can also turn off Aero on Windows Vista/7 (though I don't use them so not certain).

QUESTION: Is it possible to similarly tune Ice Cream Sandwich to downgrade GUI graphics frills to improve performance on older GPUs?

I'm only interested in regular OS/app performance, NOT game graphics performance.


texts: How do I force reinstallation of an apk with different signature on rooted Android?

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Normally I can reinstall (reserving application data) APK only when it's signature matches the previous one.

How do I force upgrading of apk (from distribution to self-compiler version, for example) without uninstallation using root access?

Workaround is backup application's data + uninstall + install + restore data, but that is inconvenient and notifies other applications about [un]installation which is not wanted.


texts: How to disable Enter SIM card PIN window under Android 9?

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hello see the picture.

I took my smartphone with me and the battery was empty. When I recharged the device I got this typical SIM card message. Enter the PIN.

but unfortunately I didn't know the PIN anymore and couldn't use the device. how can I deactivate it under Android 9? without removing the SIM card from the sim card slot?

Under iOS system I can restart the device. just hold down the POWER button and activate the flight mode. then the "Enter SIM PIN" screen is gone.

Here's a little guide to what happened with me and it's not conveniently solved in Android system:

insert one or 2 SIM cards into my Android device. Because not always my PIN notice, I have on the Android device in password manager app. The PIN is stored.
go to friends or shop. sometimes it can happen that i am not always at home. and my android device has no more battery and device goes out.
when I turn on the Android device
the "Enter SIM PIN" screen appears
now you don't want to enter SIM PIN or forgot it.
unfortunately i can't access my password manager app because the "Enter SIM PIN" screen blocks the android home screen. You get stuck.

in this case I have to go home or ask people if they have a needle so I can remove the SIM card from the device.

I tested with Android 9 and compared it with iOS 10.

Can somebody test if Android 10 fixes it?

I still have a slight reminder that it can deactivate this "Enter SIM PIN" screen in Android 2 via flight mode, just as it can in iOS.


texts: When turned on wi -fi something unknown uses data suddenly

texts: When i turned on wi-fi something unknown uses data rapidly..I use android version 4.4.2 ..Can't find anything that uses data, I did a virus scan, and removed all unknown apps also,and there are just a few apps,I've installed..Does it use by the OS or other thing,I tried to run only with mobile data but some apps ask for wi-fi..How can stop this unknown data usage, without turning off wi-fi..


texts: How to remount sdcardfs to allow setting file permisions / ownerships?

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I have a rooted OnePlus One running LineageOS 15.1 (Oreo 8.1).
I am trying to adjust some file permissions/ownerships on the emulated sdcard partition.
The partition seems to be mounted as an sdcardfs:

A0001:/ # mount | grep /storage/emulated
/data/media on /storage/emulated type sdcardfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,fsuid=1023,fsgid=1023,gid=1015,multiuser,mask=6,derive_gid)

I'm not sure what that means. Some people suggest that Android used to use mount then switched to fuse and now with Oero uses sdcardfs.
I'm not sure if that makes any sense, but I'm a bit scared that something like mount -o remount, rw /mnt/sdcard/ (which apparently is what you had to do in the past to be able to set file permissions on the emulated sdcard partition).

Short demonstration showing that file permissions won't be applied:

A0001:/ $ su
A0001:/ # ls -la /storage/emulated
total 12
drwx--x--x  4 root sdcard_rw 4096 2018-07-24 17:44 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root root        80 2018-07-24 17:21 ..
drwxrwx--x 14 root sdcard_rw 4096 2018-07-24 17:20 0
drwxrwx--x  2 root sdcard_rw 4096 1970-01-01 01:12 obb
A0001:/ # touch /storage/emulated/a
A0001:/ # ls -la /storage/emulated/a
-rw------- 1 root sdcard_rw 0 2018-07-24 17:44 /storage/emulated/a
A0001:/ # chmod 777 /storage/emulated/a
A0001:/ # ls -la /storage/emulated/a
-rw------- 1 root sdcard_rw 0 2018-07-24 17:44 /storage/emulated/a

(Note: the same happens if I use /storage/emulated/0 instead of /storage/emulated)

My question is: What do I have to run in order to be able to change the file permissions and file ownerships on this weird sdcardfs partition.


texts: What is the permission ACCESS_WEATHERCLOCK_PROVIDER?

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Some launcher apps uses android.permission.ACCESS_WEATHERCLOCK_PROVIDER permission.

What is this permission for?


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I formatted everything on SP Flash Tool Format All + Download and now, I experience problems on my device:

NVRAM WARNING: Err = 0x10 showing up on WLAN - Can someone help to fix?
Won't detect SIM, No SIM Card - Emergency calls only...
all other problems were listed here... Well, edits removed it because they were fixed

Yeah... The third bullet said it, there were other problems but they were fixed thanks to me, and sometimes, the internet. Well, there are still two problems that are still not fixed.

SIM detection is broke, yeah, probably after I fixed IMEI. Any help with that? Thanks.


texts: Reinstall ROM from a new SD from scratch

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My HTC Desire (Bravo) rebooted by itself in the middle of the night; the result is that I lost all the apps that were installed on the SD card (that is probably corrupted). Now that I have another SD card, i’d like to reinstall the ROM that was on the phone (Rooted - MIUI 2.35a) from scratch and from the new SD.

I installed a new recovery, but when I switch the SD cards, the classic recovery starts and I’m not allowed to install anything. I tried with and without partitioning the SD but nothing. If I let the phone start with the new SD nothing happens and all I get is a twenty-minutes HTC splash screen.

How do I manage to reinstall everything with a brand new SD without touching the old one? I did all the backups, so I can fully wipe all without problems, it’s just that I don’t want to reinstall the ROM on a corrupted SD and make the copy afterwards.

Thanks in advance.


texts: There is any application to measure and publish benchmark results from Android devices?


texts: How to stop Chrome (on Android) from opening a certain website for joining to Telegram Channels?

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On my Android on a mobile set, I recently have encountered a problem. I have Chrome and Telegram installed. The Chrome repeatedly and automatically open a link like https://t.me/joinchat/.... which invites a person to join a Telegram Channel. After this page, it automatically switch to Telegram Messenger which pop-up the same message box for joining the channel.

I don't know whether the source of this pop-up is Chrome or Telegram. Anyway I restricted people who can invite me to Channels on Telegram to my contacts and even blocked suspicious contacts, but it doesn't solve the problem. I disabled pop-ups in Chrome setting but it still didn't help.

How can I disable this pop up for this certain website, or any other solution?


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I have bought a subscription on some google play app but when I was paying for it I have entered wrong email address that I am using on google play.

Now I cant see my subscription on "my subscriptions" list.
Is there a way to cancel it now?


texts: Is there any way to tell my iMac to turn on via tasker. If so, would both devices have to be on the same network? Is there a way to do this without being on the same network? Would my computer have to be plugged into the router or can this be done wirelessly? I guess I am trying to use wake on lan. So for instance, when I come home and tap my phone to a NFC sticker, my computer would turn on. Is this possible?


texts: ADB sideload and fastboot uses. What's the difference?

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1) If i want to flash a stock rom what should I use adb sideload or fastboot. I have seen on youtube people using both of these. Are both of these similar or different. Sorry if this sounds stupid but I'm a noob and I'm very confused.

2) Do i have to unlock bootloader for flashing stock rom.

3) Does fastboot oem lock/unlock command works on every android device.


texts: Obtain log of when audio starts and stops

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In Android 11, at least in the version Google uses for their phones, all audio apps can be controlled with media buttons you see if you pull down the notifications/top/task/whatever bar.
My question is: How can I get a log of when I stop and start audio from the top bar media buttons?
The log needs to include timestamps, so I can see how long something has played for. It would preferably also include some information about what was being played, such as the title of the track or podcast. It also need to always go at least one week back in time, which seemingly rules out using logcat the standard way.
Any way of doing it would be okay. For example:

An app that can monitor audio plackback on the phone.
Getting system logs through ADB.
"System traces"?

As far as I can tell, Android destroys logs from before that last reboot, but I might be wrong about this. The log I get by running adb logcat gives me the information I need. It seems I am only able to get logs since the last reboot though. If I can access old logs, that would be a solution to the problem and you would get the bounty for helping me achieve this.
If there is a way to know when I start and stop playing audio from within an app, I would also accept an answer that lets me get this information. I don't mind if the information comes from the media buttons or not, I just want to know when audio starts and stops playing on the device.


texts: How to list pathname of all files using adb

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On most of my devices I'm able to use the find command to get the full pathname of all the files on the device.  However I have two tablets that don't have the find command.

I tried various combinations using the ls command, however, it doesn't output path names.  It'll put a directory on line line, then a list of files that are in that directory below the directory name.

The output that I'm trying to get is the same output that you would get using find or locate on the PC.

An example of the output that I'm trying to get is:

This is output from a Tablet that has the find command:
adb shell find /sdcard/

  /sdcard/backups/.SystemConfig /sdcard/backups/.SystemConfig/.cuid
  /sdcard/backups/.SystemConfig/.cuid2 /sdcard/backups/system
  /sdcard/backups/system/.confd /sdcard/backups/system/.confd-journal
  /sdcard/backups/system/.config /sdcard/backups/system/.timestamp
  /sdcard/backups/apps /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/.nomedia
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/2016-06-16_06-41-10.wav
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/2016-06-16_10-36-12.wav
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/2016-06-16_10-36-17.wav
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/2016-06-16_14-01-15.wav
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/2016-06-17_06-42-20.wav
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/2016-06-17_10-34-25.wav
  /sdcard/EasyVoiceRecorder/2016-06-19_09-42-31.wav

This is the output using: shell ls -R /sdcard/

/sdcard//Android/data/com.android.documentsui:
files

/sdcard//Android/data/com.android.documentsui/files:

/sdcard//Android/data/com.android.htmlviewer:
files

/sdcard//Android/data/com.android.htmlviewer/files:

/sdcard//Android/data/com.android.nfc:
files

/sdcard//Android/data/com.android.nfc/files:

/sdcard//Android/data/com.android.providers.calendar:

I have been looking at other adb commands, but I'm only seeing commands to pull or push files from the device.  I'm not seeing a way to just get the full pathname of all the files.


texts: Motorola Defy recovery and reboot problems

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I was going to update my phone. After I downloaded cyanogen I obviously had to reboot or something...

Anyway: at first I got an android with a triangle and an exclamation mark, so I tried booting it and recovered it by using my sd card.

And here my trouble started! First when I tried booting it again I got a black screen titled booster something; then when I turn it on i just get the Motorola symbol and it stays there! As for now it doesnt turn on at all :'(

What can I do now to get my phone working again?


texts: Nexus 5X vibrates despite disabling in app settings

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My phone vibrates on all notifications despite turning off vibrate in the settings of each individual app that has the option. How can I block vibrating notifications for specific apps?

According to the Google support page and forums there is no way to disable vibrate globally without entering do-not-disturb mode, but it should work on an app by app basis. Turning it off within an app changes the vibration and they now all act the same. So it seems like the option is disabling the vibration that comes from the app but there is some system wide notification that always happens.

The phone is a new Nexus 5X that I just received after signing up with Project Fi. The phone vibrations are extremely grating and can't be changed or lowered. Not being able to limit them without putting the phone in DND mode is driving me nuts. Any help is much appreciated.


texts: Why doesn't my Samsung Galaxy S communicate via USB?

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I discovered today that I cannot connect my PC with Samsung GT-I9000 any more: when I plug in the microUSB cable, nothing happens other than that the phone starts to charge. Earlier I got to see Connect to Kies or something like that.

Things I've tried so far:

-Switcing USB debugging on and off
-Removing battery
-Trying different cable
-Trying reimaging PC to a known good state (where I previously would have found new hardware)
-Trying different computer
-Factory data reset
-Formatting internal SD card
-Entering download mode with mUSB jig (my phone has download and recovery modes disabled otherwise) and reconnecting mUSB cable. Then I saw the "USB Device Not Recognized. One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned..." error on Windows (XP).

Is there anything else I could try before sending it to the long journey of Warrantyland?

UPDATE:
I tried an app z4root which rooted the phone without the need of usb cable, then I could use Rom Manager to force the phone into Recovery Mode (remember my phone had the 3-button combo disabled). There I deleted-erased-formated everything I could and when I got back to normal mode and tried connecting again, Windows found new hardware and Kies recognized the phone. Just to be sure, I pulled the cable from computer, waited for 2 secs and then reconnected but, alas, nothing happenend again. I reimaged the PC and redid the z4root+Rom Manager+Recovery Mode wipe thing but nothing. Then I tried to reinsert microusb plug into phone under an angle and witnessed a successful connection. Kies offered updating firmare. I did not breathe on the phone and carefully clicked mouse to accept in hope that if this was a software error, new update would fix it. The update went fine but after the phone rebooted and I could confirm the firmware version from About, I still could not connect.

Then I used USB jig which I purchased from eBay to force the phone into download mode and tried to connect it with a PC once again. The PC froze at once (even the mouse cursor did not move). I tried pressing every conceiveable keyboard combination from Enter to Ctrl+Alt+Del and then disconnected the USB cable. As soon as I did that, everything started moving again on the screen. I could reproduce this behaviour for 5 times. On the sixth time, however, Windows found new hardware and started installing drivers but soon after that a balloon popped up saying "USB Device Not Recognized. One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned [...]". Then I rebooted the phone and came back to the issue later.

I forced the download mode once again and plugged the USB cable in. Nothing happened. No frozing, no error.

Even though I have tried to wiggle the microusb plug in from every possible angle, it does not seem to have any effect. It just works when it wants to work. Charging works always, though.


texts: Can I restrict application updates to only happen over wifi?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Restrict market updates to WiFi network

I'd like to avoid using the expensive 3G data bandwidth for app updates.  Is there an app or something that will restrict updates so that they can only happen over wifi?  Alternatively, is there a master switch that can disable updates and then re-enable them?  The best solution I've found so far is to uncheck the "automatic update" box on each app's Market page.  This is tedious at best, and I'm not sure if I would get notified of available updates or if I would need to periodically check every installed app's Market page for available updates.


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Is there any way to get application usage statistics?

Specifically, I would like to know how many times an application (like for example Hangouts, or Firefox) is started. And by that, I mean times that the application was active/full screen, not just in the memory.


texts: How to prevent buttons from activating screen

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When I take my Android phone from my trousers pocket the screen is often activated since any press to the search, home, back or menu button activates the screen. Of course, this is a major battery drain. Even worse - sometimes the phone takes or rejects an incoming call while being in my pocket without me noticing. 8-(

So: is there any way to prevent these buttons from activating the screen? Only the power on button should wake it up, since it is much better hidden and cannot be accidentially pressed in the pocket.

In case that matters: my phone is a LG-P500 with Android version 2.2.2


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I have a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (a.k.a. p4, P7500), running Android 4.2.2 rooted (latest CyanogenMod nightly build: 10.1-20131208-NIGHTLY-p4) and YouTube v5.3.28.

Does anyone have an idea how to improve the performance of the video playback?

What I'm experiencing is a lot of stutter: videos often only show a few frames per second (the audio seems to get priority and plays fluidly). Sometimes videos pause for a few seconds at a time.
I'm testing with preloaded, fully cached videos, so it's not a problem of network connection. Killing background tasks helps a little bit when it's really bad, but doesn't fix the problem entirely.

Now I know this isn't exactly a high-performance device, but when playing them with MX Player, all 720p videos are playing absolutely fluidly without a single stutter. This also includes the exact same videos that stutter in the YT app after downloading them and playing them with MX Player. So the device is capable of playing back those videos perfectly fine.

Any ideas what I could try to increase the YouTube app's performance?


texts: What is the best way to read PDFs on Android?

texts: What is the best way to convert PDF's to some kind of format that is easily readable? For example can you convert it to ebook format?


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I have Lava Iris X1 Grand. When I first bought it, the update was available. I was not interested at that time. Now I feel it should be installed but it doesn't work.

Anytime I click software update in About phone menu option, it doesn't respond at all. I installed third party app but it says "No update available & your device is already updated".

What to do then?


texts: Do people in your circles/contacts see your downloaded apps in their recommendations?

texts: is your app/movie/book history available to people in your circles/contacts by means of recommendations or some other way


texts:
On my 2012 Nexus 7 running Android 4.4.4 and the latest version of Chrome, I've noticed that when I touch and hold links that are close to each other, it may not select the link I intend to select. Instead of activating the link at the center of the touch area (the behavior I expect), Chrome seems to select the link based on the entire area covered by my finger:

Is this (counterintuitive) behavior normal? Can I configure Chrome to simply use the center of the touch area instead?


texts: How to remove apps which doesn't allow uninstall option without rooting smartphone?

texts: I'm using Samsung J7Max recently I updated MY AIRTEL app and try to uninstall it app uninstalled but leaves an duplicate MY AIRTEL app which tell me download MY AIRTEL app from playstore. I can't remove it or disable it. Don't know what to do. Here is snapshot of duplicate Airtel app.


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Recently a message has been popping up when I turn off my WiFi, in and oval box saying "ending session", which never used to happen. I would just ignore this if it wasn't for my phone seeming to slow down on downloads or using my browser and web pages take ages to load. Is there a link here or is the message's appearance part of an update or something, or both?

Screenshot here: http://imgur.com/pqw2N8d


texts: I use Firefox and uBlock on my PC to save CPU time and data. Is there a similar way to get faster browsing in Android? I prefer not to use Adblock Plus.


texts: How does "Recycle master recycle bin" app recovering deleted files ?

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There are many apps that recovers deleted data(images, video, PDF) i.e Disk digger , Dumpster e.t.c and these apps also ask for root , but here i want to know the process/methodology of simple recovering of files which are accidentally deleted.

In Recycle master recycle bin what have they tried to recover files using no root and it does provide the deleted files in app list view.

So to perform such task what i have to do in my app.

1) Are they implementing their own file manager by over riding/uninstall the default file manager so that user when ever open files it must interact with their file manager.
If so then how to override default file manager ?

2) Are they over riding system calls to force operating system functionality?

3) Or there is some thing else?


texts: how can I mount a ab backup file from windows? And would I be able to point an undelete program on it?

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I see this Does rooting erase anything?  about making an ab backup file.
how can I mount an ab backup file from windows? And would I be able to run an undelete program on it or on the image?
I see this question How do I open a .ab file on my computer  but it doesn't answer what i'm asking because he is asking and was understood to be asking specifically about some firefox tabs.


texts: i want to replace my nexus 6 stock boot loader with the one i customized based on little kernel. but as long as i know there is a authentication chain from the very start of booting process in boot ROM to the start of android itself. so is it really possible for me to change the boot loader? cause it should break the chain.


texts: Why does Android 3.x have no market share?

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According to the Android Developer Dashboard, the market share of Android 3.2 is only 0.1%, and no other 3.x version has even as much as that.  Versions 2.x and 4.x have all the market share.

Can someone please explain why there's a whole major version of Android that is apparently unused, while the previous and the next major versions are in wide use?  Was 3.x quickly replaced by 4 and all devices forced to upgrade?  What would have made 3.x so bad that no one uses it?


texts: The latest update for the HTC Incredible looks to be mostly bloatware and a few small fixes. I'd rather not update, but the constant reminders are super annoying. Is there anything I can do, or is my only recourse to go ahead and install the update?


texts: Is the battery cycle count stored on the battery or the device?

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I downloaded an app Phone INFO which shows a number of stats, particularly "Battery Discharge Cycles". I want to know if this number is being retrieved from the battery (i.e. it's just the number of cycles for the current battery) or the phone (i.e. it's the sum of the cycles across all batteries the phone has contained). In other words, if I insert a brand new battery, should I expect the count to drop to zero?

Context: I have a Samsung S6, which doesn't allow easily changing the battery. I went to a phone repair shop to have the battery replaced. I left it there for the day and did not observe the process of replacement. Now I suspect that I was scammed and the battery has not been changed. I want to confront the shop and use the cycle count (which is still very high) as evidence, so I'm checking my understanding first.


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I just bought a new phone. when installed whatsapp my last back up was over a month ago so my chats are old. I moved my files to the new phone but the file are encrypted and can't open. Do I need to delete and reinstall whatsapp for it to detect that I have whatsapp back up files now on the phone. or do I need to go back to my old phone, upload those files to google drive and then go back to my new phone reinstall whatsapp and have it detect the new back up from google drive. frankly I am not sure where the files are on my new phone but I received a verification that they were there when i transferred from my old phone  and was able to view them temporarily. I don't know where Edge S7 stores files. There's no files icon that I can see only gallery. But the files are there.

I reinstalled whatsapp but it didn't detect the whatsapp files transferred to my phone.  I found the files sitting under my samsung tab under files.
I am trying to back the files now to google drive from my old phone but it seems to be stuck in "preparing backup" mode for whatsup for over an hour now. any tips?

thanks,


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well I just bought a lenovo s920, at the first time I'm doing a system update and it works fine, then I'm doing another system update S920_ROW_S114_130626_TO_S920_ROW_S117_130815 (79.83MB), I dont know if it's failed or what, after that my built-in storage not detected. I keep getting notification "Damaged Built-in storage" that asking me to format and even I'm doing it, it cant be format.

My Storage setting become like this:

INTERNAL STORAGE
Total Space: 3.62GB
Available: 379MB

BUILT-IN STORAGE (no information)

then when I check spaces with app Freespace:

Cache /cache:         Total space->   123.08MB
Internal /data:       total space-> 1,008.29MB
Preload /preload:     total space->   197.01MB
Protect_s /protect_s: total space->     8.89MB
System /system:       total space->   788.39MB
                                    2,125.66MB

so there's missing around 1,400MB.
I guess this is built-in storage, how can I recover it? and create it again as built-in storage.


texts: Is there a way to turn off translation in Google Play

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I have HTC Desire with Norwegian language set up. In Google play, all program descriptions are translated to Norwegian. I find this quite annoying because most of the translations are bad, and looks quite silly in Norwegian. Sometimes I need to imagine what it would be in English to understand what it say!

Is it possible to force the Google Play app to display all texts in original language?

EDIT:
I have realized that the issue is different for different apps.

Examples:

AppLock by DoMobile Lab. This one is the description shown as badly translated to Norwegian in Google Play on my phone. When I go to Google Play in a browser on my PC, it shows description in English (My PC has English system language, and I have set up Google settings to use English).
MindFeud by MonkeyBin Studios. This is shown with English description in Google Play on my phone, but it has a button next to the description header you can click on to translate (which is a function in Google Play, probably using Google Translate). This is exactly how I want it to be.
TvGuiden by MeeTV AS. This is a Norwegian app, and of course has good Norwegian description in Google Play on my phone. This is also fine with me, since it is a proper translation. When I go to Google Play in a browser on my PC, it shows description in English, which is evidence that it provides description both in English and Norwegian. In this case it's most likely written in Norwegian and additionally translated to English.

In example 1, I suspect the app vendor have translated using automatic tool and reports to Google Play having a translation for that language.

In example 2, the app vendor does not claim to have a translation to Norwegian, so in this case, it is shown in Google Play in English, with a button that the user can choose to get it translated.

Example 3 has a truly proper Norwegian translation done by humans, so the app vendor reports correctly to have a translation for Norwegian. It would be interesting to get experience from others on this app if it will be shown in English for users that has phone language set to other than Norwegian (example Hungarian).

Is this the result of some app vendors (ref. example 1) misunderstand how the translation system in Google Play is supposed to work?


texts: Android TV Google Play Services Keep Crashing | Raspberry Pi 3

texts: On my Raspberry Pi 3, I am running Android TV 6.0 Marshmellow (From this tutorial), and gApps from This post (Second Post Down), but for some reason, Google Play Services keeps stopping. I've tried clearing the cache for Play Services, but that did nothing. BTW, if I have to do some ADB code, that's fine :). Thanks for any help.


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I just finished rooting my phone (Moto Droid) for the first time using the z4root application. It worked great (one-click, no computer involved). However, before I start messing with my phone, I wanted to make a backup of my phone so, in case I really screw up royally, I can easily recover back to a certain point (AKA - I don't want to brick my phone).

As I was reading, I started hearing about Nandroid backups. However, it seems as though you need to install some sort of ROM in order for it to happen. I checked into that and heard about ROM Manager. Apparently some of the mods that come with the ROM Manager are able to setup the Nandroid backup. I have a couple questions first, however.

I noticed ROM Manager needs a lot of access to your contacts, accounts, etc. Is that because it's doing a full backup, or something else nefarious? (Yeah, I'm suspicious.)
Is there an easier way to back-up? I don't really care about a new ROM (such as CynogenMod). I just wanted root access for a couple, very specific reasons.
If Nandroid is the only good/correct way to backup a phone, am I going down the right path/process? Anything I should look into before I keep going (such as Titanium Backup)?

Thanks for any help you can provide.


texts: what is the difference between Dolphin Browser HD and Mini versions?

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I look at the official Dolphin Browser page, but I can't seem to find any differences, besides:

Dolphin Browser Mini – Fast & Simple
Dolphin Browser HD – Powerful & Elegant

In what sense is HD powerful or elegant?

In what sense is Mini simple?

What am I missing out on if I use Mini instead of HD?


texts: Can we replace the touchscreen of 5.5-inch size, 720p resolution in a smartphone to the same size but with 1080p resolution touchscreen? Is there any possibility? Or is it not possible? If not why?


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I installed Replicant on my P3110 only to discover the wifi is not supported. So now I want to install Lineage instead.

Apparently Lineage is no longer officially support by Lineage, but I have been able to find lineage-14.1_espressowifi-7.1.2-20180131-1818.zip

If I use Replicant's bootloader and try to do adb sideload lineage-14.1_espressowifi-7.1.2-20180131-1818.zip the sideload completes, but fails on the device with E: failed to verify whole-file signature.

I am thinking that I may have to install espresso-common_TWRP_3.2.2-0.img but I have found no way to do that from the Replicant bootloader.


texts: Understanding the 802.11 frame structure and Android probe request different?

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I have read here and on Google a lot about the 802.11 Frames
but something doesn't add up.
can it be that there is a different between Android 8 and Android 5.1?
the request is not the same? or maybe it sent some random MAC ?
because when I "sniff " android 5.1 device - I can see it "on the air" while when I "sniff" - android 8 device , I don't see it
(I know the MAC of both devices I'm searching )
Thanks ,


texts: How to factory reset without having google account verification(FRP) during setup?

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I bought Asus Phone last 5 months, and I bought new one today. I'm planning to give the old one into someone but before that, I wanted to factory reset the device to clear all my data but I'm gonna need to sign in my account during the setup after the reset.

how can I reset without needing to sign in my account to verify?

I have full access to device.


texts: How can you stop your phone from saving contacts to your sim?

texts: I Have a T-Mobile Sidekick 4G. It runs on Gingerbread. I just got my phone and when I first tried to enter a contact I accidentally pressed "Save to Sim" and "Remember This Choice". I really want to save contacts to my phone but it won't let me. How do I un-do this? This is really annoying!


texts:
I have read this and this question and I want to ask for some elaboration.

I'm considering buying an x86 phone. I have some questions regarding compatibility issues.

I know that the majority of normal (non-root) apps will work without issue on x86, but I understand that there are exceptions. Apparently some apps use native ARM functions. How common is this? What are some examples of popular apps that won't run on x86? Can I get an idea of how widespread this problem will be?
Is it true that root apps are less likely to run than normal ones? How widespread is incompatibility with x86 in root apps?
I know that Xposed Framework can work on x86, but what about the modules? Are many of them incompatible with x86? If yes, how common is it?


texts: Moving files (within the same disk) means "copy and delete"?

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I have Moto E6 phone with Android 9 Pie and external SD card, I need to move large folder to another location on the same card but all file explorers I tried so far were trying to copy data to the new location and only then delete it from old location
Is this the way android is moving files/folders? The process takes forever and (if SD card doesn't have enough space for TWO copies of the same data, the process is terminated with error)
Once the phone was connected to windows PC, I was able to map internal storage as a drive and just move the folder from one location to another in a second.
Is there any way to force Android to actually move data to the new location without copying?


texts:
Whenever i open Maps in My Ainol Tab It's Always Blank and after search it is
showing no route found with error symbol:

I have tried reseting to factory Settings but unable to solve my issue

My tab Details :

Device Info (click for larger variant)


texts: Reset Partition Table for Nexus 7 2013 (Flo)

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To cut a long story short I wanted to make the system partition larger on my tablet PC as it's far too small to do anything practical on. I used ADB push to put Parted into the root directory and proceeded to resize some of the partitions, but it has failed terribly to the point I have bricked my tablet. I have luckily enough found some guides on the internet to after I got QHUSB_BULK in Windows Devivce Manager. At the moment I have managed to execute the command

fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-flo.img

but this is temporarily running from RAM as I'm unable to flash any of the partitions as they are "missing".

This is the my original partition table:-

https://pastebin.com/rhhjZtef

From some reading on the internet Linux can only have 4 primary partitons. I'm no expert in Linux. I know some basics but partitions is out of my area of expertise. All I know is that I have 30 partitions that I need to re-create and I don't know what partition type to set them to; primary, logical or extended.

I've played around with the three partition types but I get an error message saying "Too many primary partitions".

Could someone shine some light here please?

Many thanks

Will


texts: How to (re)mount an FUSE partition and set (or change) its options, especially permission-wise?

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Note: If you don't mind reading all these, jump to "The Questions" section.
The Actual Problem
I have write permissions problems with both my external (i.e. external SD card) and internal storages on my rooted Android box (i.e. it's ViperOS ROM, if it helps) (mounted at /storage), especially the external one. The behavior on terminal and GUI is, strangely, different.
(External storage  problem only) Using either Termux or internal Terminal app, when I try to do any write operations from a non-root user (e.g. create a directory, remove a file), I get "Permission denied" error (From a non-root ADB user, however, I never get errors). Storage permission is not a problem here, as it's granted.
Using GUI, the only problematic operation is removing directories (whether empty or not), and as a result, moving directories also (i.e. actually, they get copied, but the source is not removed). Even renaming directories is possible. All file operations are possible, too.
However, there's a different between where the problematic operation is done: from the laptop with phone connected to it, the operation fails; but from an app (e.g. default Files app) inside the phone (without any root permissions), it gets done, but it shows it failed (!).
What I Tried
These are all permissions problems (oh, really?!). To make things easier, I'll focus on external storage (i.e. external SD card) only. It is located (i.e. mounted) on /storage/9B6C-CF9F/.
Note: Because the results of ADB and internal terminal are somehow different, and it seems the results of internals are more reliable, so I'll post them instead. Also, keep in mind, # means the command is being run as root. Unrelated stuff is replaced with ....
Initially, I ran stat:
# stat /storage/9B6C-CF9F/
  File: `/storage/9B6C-CF9F/'
  Size: 8192     Blocks: 16  IO Blocks: 512 directory
Device: 19h/25d  Inode: 0    Links: 4
Access: (755/drwxr-xr-x)    Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: ( 9997/everybody)
...

And immediately I realized that only root have write permissions on /storage/9B6C-CF9F/ (i.e. my external storage). Tried chmod. No errors. Worked? No. stat is the same as before, meaning no permissions was changed. Why?! I tried to figure it out:
# mount | grep /storage/9B6C-CF9F
/dev/fuse on /storage/9B6C-CF9F type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other)

The problem is here: The mount point is of FUSE type, and I know little about it. So:
The Questions

How to (mount or) remount an FUSE partition, possibly with one or more specified options, especially permission-wise options (like rootmode), using mount command (on Android)?

How to find the location of the actual device behind that FUSE filesystem, in /dev/ directory (Is there any underlying device at all)?

Other questions:

(If you've read the past two sections,) Is there an alternative way to fix the mentioned permissions problem?

If root has only write permissions to my external storage, then how applications write data to it?

Notes

While I was reading the man-page of fuse on Fedora, I found that there are some FUSE mount options regarding permissions, like rootmode and umask. However, the problem is, I don't know how to mount it with these options, and how /dev/fuse knows where to find my external storage (or even internal).

There is a discussion on where Android's fstab is located. I have found it on my device, however, there is no line pointing to fuse type. The only related lines I could find are:
# cat /fstab.sc8830
...
# VOLD : fstab_dt_otg.sc8830
/devices/sdio_sd/mmc_host/mmc1*           auto         auto defaults                            voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto,encryptable=userdata
/devices/20200000.usb/usb*            auto         auto defaults                            voldmanaged=usb:auto
...

What does these mean? Are they related or not? I don't really know. Also, no file named fstab_dt_otg.sc8830 exists there (i.e. on /).


texts: bricked generic chinese android tablet - AlldayMall adm-tp001

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I have a generic chinese tablet running Android 4.1.1, stuck on boot. I can get into recovery mode and I did a factory reset. But it is still stuck. I am not sure what to do at this point. I can't find a factory image so I can push it using adb.

please help!

AllDayMall adm-tp001

EDIT

I narrowed it down I was able to get the build.prop from the device using adb. Now I am looking for the original build so I can push it back on the device

ro.serialno=
ro.bootmode=unknown
ro.baseband=unknown
ro.bootloader=unknown
ro.hardware=sun5i
ro.revision=41275
ro.factorytest=0
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=1
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,adb
ro.build.id=JRO03C
ro.build.display.id=nuclear_evb-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20130628 test-keys
ro.build.version.incremental=20130628
ro.build.version.sdk=16
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.1.1
ro.build.date=Fri Jun 28 17:10:22 CST 2013
ro.build.date.utc=1372410622
ro.build.type=eng
ro.build.user=android6
ro.build.host=Linux2
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=SoftwinerEvb
ro.product.brand=softwinners
ro.product.name=nuclear_evb
ro.product.device=nuclear-evb
ro.product.board=nuclear
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=unknown
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=exDroid
ro.build.product=nuclear-evb
ro.build.description=nuclear_evb-eng 4.1.1 JRO03C 20130628 test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=softwinners/nuclear_evb/nuclear-     evb:4.1.1/JRO03C/20130628:eng/test-keys
ro.build.characteristics=tablet
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.config.ringtone=Ring_Synth_04.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=pixiedust.ogg
ro.carrier=unknown
ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg
dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m
ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0
persist.sys.timezone=Europe/London
persist.sys.language=en
persist.sys.country=US
wifi.interface=wlan0
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15
debug.egl.hw=1
ro.opengles.version=131072
rild.libargs=-d/dev/ttyUSB2
rild.libpath=/system/lib/libsoftwinner-ril.so
keyguard.no_require_sim=true
persist.sys.strictmode.visual=0
persist.sys.strictmode.disable=1
persist.service.adb.enable=0
hwui.render_dirty_regions=false
ro.property.tabletUI=true
ro.property.copySystem=false
ro.udisk.lable=NUCLEAR
ro.product.firmware=v0.4rc3
eken.board.platform=exDroid
eken.hardware=sun5i
eken.hardware.screen.size=7
eken.hardware.screen.res=800x480
eken.build.version.release=4.1.1
eken.build.version.sdk=16
eken.product.model=A73
eken.product.device=nuclear-evb
eken.product.name=nuclear_evb
eken.product.manufacturer=eken
net.bt.name=Android
net.change=net.bt.name
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt
init.svc.ueventd=running
init.svc.recovery=running
init.svc.adbd=running


texts: unlinking android mobile from google play store

texts: I have 2 android mobiles and now I'm not using one of them.Is it possible to unlink the mobile which I'm not using from the Google play store?


texts: Mute the external microphone when a headphone is plugged in?

texts:
I'm running Gingerbread on my Samsung Galaxy S II. I dock it on my dash in my car and plug a 3.5mm cord from the phone to my stereo aux input.

I often listen to music from my phone through my car stereo, but when a call comes in and I answer it, there is terrible feedback on the other end because the caller hears both my speakers and the audio from the phone.

Is there anything I can do about this other than to switch to a traditional headset?


texts: Why is my phone vibrating incessantly during calls?

texts: Yesterday, my phone started vibrating once every 15 seconds or so during phone calls. I'm running cyanogenmd 7 on HTC thunderbolt. I looked in settings and there is only option to vibrate every 45 seconds during outgoing calls and it is off. How can I get back the old behavior?


texts: What does the option "Allow mock locations" represent?

texts: What does the "Allow mock locations" option under the Applications >> Development settings page represent?


texts: System control take over by whatsapp media playback or a call

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For some reason, as I activate media playback in WhatsApp or hold a call there, mobile phone controls are deactivated and the screen is blacked out until the playback, or the call ends.

This is a very unpleasant behaviour, how to deal with it? This happens also with a full charge; first I thought this would be some energy saving trick but it seems not.

It is not even possible to regulate the audio volume during that.

On video playback this does not happen.
I do not touch the proximity sensor on audio playback.

Device: Sony E6653. Androis OS 7.1.1, Kernel 3.10.84, build number 32.3.A.1.54


texts: Xiaomi Mi 4c goes black immediately after unlocking screen

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I have an issue with a Xiaomi Mi 4c: The device boots normally, lock screen appears, I can swipe to enter pin but then it turns black instantly again. I have to hit the power button twice to get back into lock screen. Swiping left to access camera also turns the screen black immediatly. Sometimes when I try to unlock I see the unlocked homescreen (or parts of it) for a split second before it goes dark. When in lock screen, I can access the quick settings from notification bar normally. It seems like it does unlock when I type in my passphrase but turns off the display as well as the home and back buttons on the bottom (they usually respond with vibration when touched, but dont once it goes black). When I try calling while in sleep mode, it rings but doesn't wake up the screen so i can't receive the call. When calling while in lock screeen, it rings and goes black instantly.

I got my Mi4c last November. It still runs on the rom it came with which is some sort of global rom with locked bootloader, google services and english language pre installed as well as some basic apps which cannot be uninstalled. I'm not sure what version it is and since I can't access my phone I don't know how to find out. Also, USB-debugging is not enabled appearently.

The issue first appeared a couple of hours after I had dropped the phone from about half a meter hight which, however, didn't show any immediate consequences.

I did some googeling on the issue with no real results. It would be much appreciated if somebody here had an idea.


texts: Which mobile company delivers Android system updates the fastest?

texts:
Basically, I am an Android developer. I am looking for a new Android mobile phone.

Could you recommend the mobile company which first publishes an update of Android system? I am tipping at HTC, but you may have a better suggestion?


texts: Is there a secondary way to check whether I have voicemail if the phone application is not registering correctly?

texts:
After the August Marshmallow Android OS update, I realized I had unheard voicemail messages. These messages had neither shown up as notifications on my phone nor appeared under the visual voicemail tab of the phone application prior to the update, and I think they extend back to my last Android OS update (roughly one month ago). Obviously, it is a problem if the phone application does not register that there are voicemail messages.

Is there a secondary way to check whether I have voicemail? I would strongly prefer a method that does not require manually dialing into my voicemail to check.


texts: How can I view timestamps in my chrome browser history (on android)?

texts:
For security reasons I need to check exactly when I accessed some websites on my phone a few days ago. The activity is stored in my mobile chrome's browser history, but apparently the timestamps cannot be viewed - just the dates. I know the timestamp information is stored because when i sync with my desktop chrome, the timestamps appear there. However, for everything but the current day, it only seems to sync explicitly typed adresses and not google searches (unlike the mobile chrome app's history which has both, but no timestamps). This is frustrating to no end.

I was hoping to be able to do this without rooting my phone, though installing third party apps would be fine.


texts: GBoard: Use system-wide speech2text engine

texts:
I'm using GBoard, quite often using the built-in spech-to-text function via the directly accessible button here:

But I have the feeling that the speech-to-text function which is android built-in and which is also installed when you dont have GBoard app installed, is better in recognizing speech, I mean this one:

I know it's strange that this is better, because it should use the same google service as GBoard does... but it simply is. The GBoard integrated one keeps initializing forever sometimes,
Right now I'm always two clicks away (long-click on 1, than click on 2, wait for loading), using this way to go, but Im wondering whether it can be accessed in a better/faster way somehow, i.e. directly from GBoard:

Any ideas?
Have search GBoard settings, didnt find something...


texts: Change DNS to openDNS but keep DHCP, NOT static

texts: I want to change my DNS settings to open DNS but I want to keep the setting at DHCP not static since that won't work on this network. Is this possible?


texts: Is it possible to move the keyboard to the top of the screen?

texts: One of the biggest advantages to the Swype keyboard is the ability to effectively type with only one hand. However this dosent work very well since the keyboard is at the bottom of the screen. Is there any way to move the keyboard to the top of the screen only when on portrait mode so that I can grip the phone with one hand and type with my thumb on the top of the screen where my thumb has more range of motion?


texts: Admin profile locked on Android 4.4 KitKat tablet

texts: My daughter has locked my admin profile on my our tablet and there's only her user profile open but I can't reset from there. tried the volume up button and power on to reset my tablet but nothing seems to work is there another way? Please help


texts: My Samsung GT B5330 doesn't want to power on. I charge it and when I try to turn it on it just vibrates (short vibration) and doesn't start. I let it charge for 2 hours and then it still did not start. What should I do?


texts: Half of my android contacts disappeared from my phone but are still in Gmail. Won't sync back

texts:
I have a Samsung S5 (not rooted) linked to a single gmail account.  Several months ago I started noticing contacts disappearing.  I would attempt to call or text them and they wouldn't come up in the search.  It has recently gotten much worse (or maybe I just didn't notice before), but now roughly half of my contacts are now missing.

I can log into gmail via a browser and see them all there.  (I don't have gmail app on my phone).  I can add new contacts either in gmail or on my phone and they sync down within minutes.  However there are many of my old important contacts that are in gmail but will not sync to the phone.  I have even tried modifying a few and they do not show up on the phone.

I'm not trying to do anything fancy here.  It seems like some of these contacts are messed up somehow and I can't figure out what is going on. Another hint: at some point I imported a bunch of contacts into gmail via CSV file, but don't see any pattern with the ones that are having problems.
Thanks,
Eric


texts: Leave ear-speaker active when using headset (cable/bt)

texts: Is it possible to just use a headset's mic but keep the phone's ear-speaker active?


texts: Correct TWRP Build for Samsung J7 (SM-J727U)

texts:
I have a boot loop issue similar to this post, and would like to try to flash TWRP on to my device with Odin. The TWRP site has four variations of the J7. I'm pretty sure that based on this specs data I have an Exynos processor, which narrows it down to two TWRP options:

1. Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 Exynos) (j7xelte) TWRP page
This one has a link to XDA that indicates it is only for various SM-J710xx models.

2. Samsung Galaxy J7 Exynos SM-J700 (j7elte) TWRP page
The changelog on that one references exynos7580 which doesn't match the processor number specified on that specs link I found for my phone.

My current recovery screen shows:

Android Recovery
samsung/j7popelteue/j7popelteue
7.0/NRD90M/J727UUEU3ARB1

Does anyone know what the correct TWRP build would be for this model of phone?


texts:
After a forced OS reinstall by a repair shop a Sony Xperia Z5 Compact started to show a NFC icon in a status bar.
How to get rid of it? It does not give any information as it is always on, so it is just annoying.

The icon is not an option in Display / System Icons
Any other Xperia (even with same OS 5.1.1) does not have it, including this one before the service
in build.prop it is turned off by ro.nfc.icon.enable=false
NFC should be on, I use it, but the icon should be hidden like it was, because there is no info in showing it and clutter the status bar

Stock (unrooted) Sony Xperia Z5 Compact Android 5.1.1


texts: How do I access my SD card through a Windows USB connection?

texts: I'm trying to upload a simple PDF file to my Droid X Android 2.3 phone. I connected the cable and uploaded the file but I don't know which folder to put the file into. Android's PDF applications aren't helping at all and they all seem to look for files in SD. How do I access SD contents from Windows? How do I know if I have an SD card in my phone?


texts: I have a Galaxy Mini GT-S5570 running CM 10.1 which was installed about a month back. Yesterday my phone suddenly crashed and after rebooting it got stuck in a boot loop. I tried wiping the cache and data but when the CM recovery starts formatting /data partition it gets stuck. I also did a clean install of GingerBread stock ROM but the problem still persists. Formatting /data partition cannot be done after installing stock ROM also. Did I brick my phone? Can someone give me links where I can download new kernels and fix the problem?


texts:
I use a lot of widgets (like Gmail, calender, weather app, Facebook, music, news, etc.) and since I have been using them I feel my mobile has become slower than before.

I don't use a task manager. Watchdog alerts me on Gmail only. My RAM is 512MB.

Are there any studies that reflect Android performance with the use of widgets?


texts: Does 3G has to start and stop with every transmission? (energy overhead)

texts:
Does anyone know what has to happen for 3G to send some data (when 3G is on in Android settings, using Nexus 4)?
Does it has to initialize somehow at the beginning or to go back to some stable mode in the end of every transmission?
If yes, would length of that tail or head overhead depend on size of transmitted file/data?


texts: For updating an  Android OS which one is better amongst the, official Update and Custom ROM update

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How do I update the OS in my device?
  When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?

I am using the Sony Xperia Arc phone.

I came to know that,The Official Mobile Update OHLA(open handset alliances) will be delaying the release of Android OS(ICS 4.0).

I have a little confusion about updating Android OS.I have seen some mobile OS update forums and they mentioned that we can update our Android phone easily to higher version i.e. Android OS(ICS 4.0) by rooting the device.But it seems the mobile warranty will be broken,the data will be lost and even we can find the bugs as well while updating through custom OS though we can update easily.

So I want clear solution for this confusion so could any one help me for this problem.

What would be my further steps for updating it to 4.0?


texts: Link to app will not open in Google Play

texts:
I am using the URI format http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name> described in Linking to Your Apps on Google Play in order to open the app in Android Market or Google Play to install it. But it only opens it in the browser as it would do it on the desktop. And when Install is clicked it asks the user to sign-in to install.

How can I link the app in Google Play so the user can install it?


texts: "No item could be found" error when installing app

texts:
I receive 'no item could be found error' when I try to install some apps such as:

Busybox
Gems miner
Springpad

All apps are listed in AppBrainer or on their webpages but not on Market.

What is causing it?


texts:
Htc one a9 (model: 2PQ9100) see the error below i'm facing please help me i am very upset

C:\adb>fastboot oem rebootRUU
...
OKAY [ 0.047s]
finished. total time: 0.048s

C:\adb>fastboot flash zip firmware.zip
target reported max download size of 1166400000 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 617001178 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
sending sparse 'zip' (1139061 KB)...
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 617001178 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
error: write_sparse_skip_chunk: don't care size 617001178 is not a multiple of the block size 4096
OKAY [ 53.554s]
writing 'zip'...
(bootloader) HOSD CL#853511
(bootloader) ERR lzipv2_init : Cannot open file /dev/fastboot_download_z
(bootloader) EOonp
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] update_fb_ZIP_buf: can not find ZIP hea
(bootloader) der
(bootloader) ERR [SD_UPDATE_ERR] sddownload failed: 22
(bootloader) ERR Update zip file failed.
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR, exit read zip loop
(bootloader) ERR ZIP signature checking failed...
(bootloader) Update zip file OK
(bootloader) ERR ZIP ERROR CODE, 22
(bootloader) end@Done
FAILED (remote: 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR )
finished. total time: 91.572s


texts: How to restore the IMEI number on the Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505? (IMEI=Unknown, Baseband=Unknown, Sim Card Not Detected)

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Information:

Hello, I lost my IMEI number on my Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 today and I would like to restore my original IMEI back to my phone. I still have my original IMEI of my phone written down. And my Sim Card is not detected.

I do not have any backups!
I didn't make any backups of /efs (sorry!), will do that when I have this problem fixed and backup it on all my computers.

I have searched Google and www.Android.StackExchange.com but couldn't find anything that worked for me. (So please don't mark this as a duplicate question)

In short:

Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505
I live in The Netherlands
My carrier is KPN (if you wanted to know that)
I have my IMEI number written down
I do not have any backups of /efs! (sorry!)
IMEI = Unknown
Baseband = Unknown
Sim Card not detected

Screenshots:

I dialed *#06# to get the IMEI number:

The hidden menu in Android: (*#*#4636#*#* or *#*#INFO#*#*):

What I have tried:

Of course, I flashed the stock ROM back on my phone. (Android 4.4.2)
I downloaded a backup of /efs from someone else on the internet and flashed that on my phone. However the IMEI is still "Unknown".
When I flash the stock ROM on my phone for my country (The Netherlands), it did restore my IMEI. However WIFI didn't work on the stock ROM, and when I flash Cyanogenmod back on my phone, I don't have an IMEI anymore. (So I think the IMEI wasn't written permanently on my phone).

Any help is appreciated.
If I need to add some more information, just tell me. Thanks!


texts: Nexus 5, Marshmallow, and TWRP recovery - Unstable, inaccesible recovery

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I've got a problem when trying to set up my (two) nexus'es 5. (issue reproducible on both my phones, which kinda excludes hardware issues)

1: I download factory images from google's page (tried all 6.0.1 builds for hammerhead), unpack them, enter bootloader, and flash-all.sh

2: I set up the phone, log in to google, set up USB debugging, and adb reboot bootloader

3: I flash TWRP by fastboot flash recovery twrp-..-hammerhead.img (tried 3.0.0.0 and 2.8.7.0 version)

After that, accessing recovery is night impossible. Sometimes I can enter Recovery mode straight from bootloader. TWRP will launch, but only once. Exiting it, booting up system, and then adb reboot recovery / adb reboot bootloader and from it selecting Recovery will only show google logo with the open padlock icon for a few moments, then the screen will blank, phone will vibrate, the logo+padlock will show again, and from it it will boot system.

Entering recovery will invariably end with it booting system.
In this state, flashing recovery from bootloader again will do nothing, only re-flashing factory image will help (but not for long)

Has something changed in 6.0.1? Are there any steps I'm missing when flashing recovery? Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Android How to set new default user for Android Marketplace

texts: I have a Sprint Samsung Captivate phone, and I am somewhat sharing it with co-worker.  Problem is that every time I want to download an app free or otherwise, her username comes up and prompts for password.  I would like to add own email and download under that without removing her account.  Much easier said than done.  I cannot seem to get her logged out and a new prompt for username and password where I could enter my user name.  This is a much tougher problem than I ever imagined.


texts: Is it possible to enable vendor-disabled user accounts in rooted device with Android 6.0?

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I recently purchased a Doogee X5 max pro device, which comes with a version of Android 6.0. I understand that this version of Android supports multiple user accounts, but it seems that the vendor disabled this possibility, at least it is not accessible in the standard way.

Since it is a relatively new device there are not many custom ROM's available.

Is there a way that I can enable user accounts? My phone is rooted and it has TWRP installed. If I have to do it from a computer, then preferably Linux, though I do have access to a Windows machine as well.


texts: Location of App's "USB Storage app" and "SD card"?

texts:
From the below screenshot, can anyone please tell the location(or rather path) of the "USB storage app" and "SD card" that an android application points to?

Screenshot

I write a text file in the /mnt/sdcard folder but I don't see any changes in the SD card parameter.


texts: Does an adblocker defeat the tracking part of the ad module, or just the display of ads?

texts:
Related, but different than, these two questions, I'd like to know if the usual ad blockers on Android do anything to prevent user tracking from ad modules.  Those questions are several years old by now and things have changed substantially.

If I use Ad Block Plus (with no whitelist), AdAway, uBlock Origin within Firefox, or other popular ad blockers, do these do anything for the ad modules in the OS/APK from sending private data to the ad networks and/or app developer?

Presumably, a HOSTS based blocker would prevent at least some data exfiltration like this, but I'm not up to speed how the other blockers work.

If it matters, I'm currently using OctOS L, based on 5.1.

Tangentelly, on a desktop browser, there are tracking prevention tools like Disconnect, Ghostery, Privacy badger, and various cookie management mechanisms that I use in conjunction with an ad blocker.


texts: does flashing a kernel ever wipe anything on the phone? + Doing it without CWM?

texts:
does flashing a kernel ever wipe anything on the phone?

and is it ever dependent on android version?
e.g. 4.22 or 4.3

I have CWM and i've seen the option to install from zip within CWM recovery.

but is there a command with adb or fastboot to do flash the kernel? what is it?

Or do you pretty much have to install it via CWM>


texts: How do I add a widget to my lock screen?

texts:
I am running a fully stock Android 4.4.4 Nexus 5, with Nova (Premium) Launcher. Since I first bought this device, I have heard, read, and been told that adding widgets to the lock screen is possible, as long as it is enabled in settings. Well, it is, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to actually add them.

Sorry if this is a Super Newb question, I've Googled, Binged, etc...  With no luck whatsoever. The only thing I seem to ever come across are instructions on how to enable them, which as I stated, I have done.


texts: Play store show only insufficient storage only after downloading

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I have galaxy y dous .When I download apps from play service it shows insufficient storage only after download completes.After that even when I remove some app I have download app again to install.Is there any way I can prevent it .Or is there any way to get the apk from first download itself.

Can I get the APK on first download so that I can avoid downloading same again and again until it says memory available.


texts: Which file has the saved contact data in android? How to get this file in an unrooted phone?

texts:
My android phone's screen is damaged and only shows a white pixelated background and does not recognise any touch input (although it does recognise when I swipe on the initial lock screen after I restart the phone, I know this because I can hear the audio feedback). However everything seems intact internally, as I can charge it normally, pull out the battery and put it back in and restart it, the audio feedback when I put in the charger and pull it out work, and I can browse the internal memory by connecting it to the computer.

However, a big problem is that the phone is unrooted. I cannot connect the phone using adb either, since I cannot see the adb authorization dialog box, and just guessing where the OK button should be and pressing there is not working either. Since I can still the internal memory from computer, I have taken most of the basic data backup (pictures, audio recordings, etc) but I am not sure what to do about the contacts.

Is there any way to recover the contacts file from this phone, given that it is not rooted? The contacts are not backed up in google. The phone is Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.4


texts: Add WiFi connection settings for an Android device using computer

texts: How do we setup WiFi connection settings for an Android device using a computer?


texts: How can I force Chrome Beta to display in landscape mode?

texts: The default Android internet browser has an option in the settings to always display webpages in landscape orientation. Is there any way to do the same in Chrome Beta? I keep my auto-rotation off, but it's much easier to read webpages in landscape.


texts: Bypassing mobile detectability from the browser

texts:
First of all I know that there is "request desktop site" in the android  browser but it doesn't solve my problem.

I have this site and they have an android app as well, because of that they want users to play videos from their app and not from the android browser. But "for reasons" I want to play it on the browser. Defining user agent as chrome/windows didn't help either.

Do you guys have any idea how to do it?


texts: Cannot Reach Restore Progress Screen In Titanium Backup PRO

texts:
On a Samsung Galaxy S I-9000, I just installed CyanogenMod 10 Stable and the latest Google Apps for CM10. TB Pro is version 5.7.0.1.

I started a restore (missing apps with data) and during the restore I accidentally hit the home button. The restore is in progress, as evidenced by the status bar at 37%, but it is stuck at 37%. It might need a TB password or some other information to complete the restore of some app. My problem is that I CANNOT access the restore progress screen via TB or via the status bar. If I try to reinitiate the restore it tells me there is an operation already in progress.

How do I get back to the restore progress screen so I can give it the input it needs to complete the restore operation?


texts:
Do I have to root my android device to install command line utilities? I would really like to run Vim, among other programs on my phone. I have no reason not to root my phone, I just want to know if this is possible.

The Android Scripting seems to possibly have done this. Do I have to write my own Terminal app to be able to do this?


texts: How to switch on Android TV Box without IR Remote Control?

texts:
I have recently bought CS928 having RK3288 chipset Android TV Box , which came with IR Remote Control.

IR Remote control can be used to Start android tv box and do some other things, but eveytime i have to start the ANDROID TV BOX using IR Remote control , is there any other way to make it Start / Boot as soon as power is connected ?


texts: i9300 bootloop and cannot install GApps?

texts:
I was trying to install Resurrection Remix ROM on my GT i9300 but I am stuck in a boot loop.

What have I done to my phone so far?

Rooted my phone using CF-AutoRoot
Installed CWM
Did a NANDroid backup
Factory reset from "Settings"
Factory Reset from CWM Recovery
Installed Resurrection from recovery (success)
Installed GApps from recovery (failed, status 7)
Reboot

I got the boot loader animation on reboot, an "Updating Apps" popup and then a bootloop.

How do I solve this?

I did try flashing Resurrection from Recovery again but it did not help

Update:

ROM VERSION:

[ROM] [5.0.2] [LOLLIPOP] [i9300] RESURRECTION REMIX 5.3.9[CM12-BASED]

GAPPS VERSION:

gapps-lp-20141109-signed

ERROR LOG:

Installing files...
Cleaning up and setting metadata...
set_meta_data_recursive: some changes failed
E: Error in /sdcard/0/gapps-lp-20141109-signed.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.


texts: How can I delete data from phones that won't start up?

texts: I have 2 broken Android phones that won't power up. An LG G4 (bootloop issue, but bought used, so no warranty), and a Moto G3 that fell in a puddle. Neither will power up, so I can't remove my personal data from them. Is there any way to delete my data on these before recycling/selling for parts/donating? I don't know what to do with them. I don't want to risk my personal data being recovered.


texts: I managed to root my Verizon s7 sm-g930v but am unable to disable the frp lock. I was locked out of the phone because of the Google verification. It still starts up in the wizard but I installed a side bar app that pops up giving me access to everything on the phone. But I cannot go pass the Google verification in the set up wizard. I tried adding a new user, goes straight to the Google verification page. I tried adding new users then factory resetting...doesn't work. I tried using rootjunkys quick shortcut maker, won't give me the option to change the user login information. Frp is locking this option. I thought maybe there would be some sort of option through adb commands but I'm a newbie at this and not sure how to solve this problem.  So, to clarify...I Rooted my S7 but cannot get passed the FRP/Google verification Lock. Any guidance would help a lot. Thanks.


texts: I have a LG phone (K350nds) which bootloader can be unlocked but no recovery can be flashed or kernel because of some signature or whatever, on similar model (K10) that can be bypassed by modifying aboot partition to make some function always return true but that is qualcomm device on same place on my phone (MTK mt6735) there is partition called lk. So what is that partition and what is her purpose?


texts: Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread: Sort and do a cloud backup of photos

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Y and I want to sort camera pictures and do a cloud backup. Is it possible using the standard Gallery app and any other of it's factory resources?

I know Google Photos would do this in very simple and stylish way, but there is no version for Gingerbread devices (AFAIK, there is no way to upgrade this phone beyond 2.3.6).


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT-P3113). When connecting to a particular Wi-Fi network, I get a message that states: unable to resolve host "get.cm".

I am able to connect to the network and can see other devices on the net, but I cannot connect to websites. All my other PCs on the network function just fine, but this Android tablet cannot get internet access. It works fine on every other network I've accessed.

I have modified the network to use no authentication, WEP, and WPA, but still nothing.

Ideas?


texts:
I would like to know what would one have to do to remove DRM (Digital Restrictions/"Rights" Management) completely from an Android phone one has root access to.

So far I have thought about removing /etc/drm, /etc/dcmrcm and /system/bin/drmserver

Thanks in advance!


texts: I tried to root my Galaxy Y. I installed cyanogenmod 11 on it. But the version of cyanogenmod I got had many bugs. Even the phone call is not working. How could I fix this situation. Please help


texts: Does factory resetting a rooted phone unroot it? Does it vary by ROM - I'm on CyanogenMod 11 M7 Nexus 4, will it?


texts: Does using uTorrent for Android wear out the phone's SSD?

texts:
When you use uTorrent for Android, does it trash the SSD with multiple writes? Since most phones' internal memory and SD cards are flash based, and torrents do multiple writes, are they especially harmful for the lifespan of SSDs?

If so, are there workarounds?


texts: Android shows missed calls even after open

texts:
My phone shows the missed calls on the app icon even after I check and delete them from log. I did restart / battery off several times but it still hanging there!! Phone Samsung Galaxy S Duos Android Version 4.0.4

Screenshot (click image to enlarge)


texts: Disable notification sounds but keep SMS Sounds

texts:
Device: Galaxy Ace Duos 6802

I want to to turn off all the notification sounds, but keep the SMS sounds when I get SMS, WhatsApp messages, Skype messages, etc. It is very frustrating having to hear my SMS ringtone everytime my phone is updating an app, or when the battery is fully charged. However, I don't want to miss out on any Whatsapp messages I get.


texts: I really don't know where or how to find my photos. I had a Samsung device and I used Google to backup my pictures. Will someone help me?


texts: How can I send a text message to a group that has more than 10 contacts in it?

texts: I made a group that has around 18 contacts. I wanted to send a text message to everyone. When I was prompted to select contacts from the group, it would not let me select more than 10. Anyone know how I can get around that limitation? I have a Samsung Infuse.


texts: How can I watch TED videos offline on Android?

texts:
I'm looking for a way of subscribing to and watching TED talk videos on the HTC Desire, but I want support for off-line viewing.

The Mother TED app seems to require an active network connection, which isn't suitable since I want to be able to watch videos on the underground.

There's an RSS feed of the mp4 videos here - is there anything like Google Listen that supports mp4 video?


texts:
Sadly during a bad TWRP update my Samsung Galaxy S II was bricked.

The TWRP comes from a SlimSaber rom with a custom kernel.

What i can actually do is put it in download mode, so via a PC it should be reflashed.

  What are the steps to reflash the original or a compatible ROM?


texts:
I have a moto Z running android 8.  I have run into a problem where it is constantly trying to pair with a device that isn't present.  Like every 30 seconds or so I get a message that "pairing with device mac failed."  The only way I have found to stop it is to turn off bluetooth on the phone, which kinda defeats the purpose.  Doesn't matter where I am, home, work, in a park miles from the car, if bluetooth is turned on I am getting the popup.  Symptoms are similar to this question, but not location sensitive...

I have tried reboots, powering down for an extended period, forgetting all of my paired devices, and resetting network settings.  Still getting the popup.  I have had to clear it about 12 times in the course of typing this post...

Anyone have any idea what might be causing this to happen?


texts: I have a Samsung phone which is rooted and has xposed framework. There's an app "wanam exposed" it's runs using an xposed module. It can change themes of stock Samsung ROM. It can change color of notification bar, and almost anything. I want to ask that does it modify any configuration files? If so then what's the locationof those files? And all is changes can be reversed just by disabling the module in xposed app and restarting. How is that possible?


texts: Will a Factory Reset on an unlocked Samsung S2 4G T989 from T-Mobile relock the phone?

texts:
I have a Samsung S2 4G T989 from T-Mobile which is unlocked. It is currently using ion Indian carrier.

I want to Factory Reset it. Will it be locked again after performing a reset? I don't have any code with me.


texts:
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4
Android: 4.2.2

Can the trebuchet launcher be installed on the stock ROM?

I can't find the app on Google Play. Where could I get this?


texts: Smartphone screen broken - PC recognizes phone - Save data, unlock phone PIN

texts:
My smartphone screen has been destroyed in a small accident.

There have been still data on the phone like images, videos, contacts.

If I connect the phone to the PC via USB, the PC recognizes the phone, but I cant access the data because the phone is locked with a PIN.

I cant enter the PIN because the screen is totaly destroyed.

Is there a way to save the data?


texts: How can I update old Android devices to get fixes? (for issues such as Dirty Cow)

texts:
Recently there has been the discovery of the Dirty Cow bug in the linux kernel which allows the unlogged access to superuser privileges:

Dirty Cow CVE-2016-5195 (from https://dirtycow.ninja/) :

  Why is it called the Dirty COW bug?

  "A race condition was found in the way the Linux kernel's memory
  subsystem handled the copy-on-write (COW) breakage of private
  read-only memory mappings. An unprivileged local user could use this
  flaw to gain write access to otherwise read-only memory mappings and
  thus increase their privileges on the system."

The Guardian - 'Dirty Cow' Linux vulnerability found after 9 years

  That also applies to Android: the mobile operating system is affected.
  While top-end Android devices, such as the Galaxy S7 and Pixel,
  receive regular security updates, the vast majority of Android devices
  sold receive few, if any, post-sale updates.

  Google declined to comment, but confirmed that Android is one of the
  Linux distributions affected. The company has posted a Partner
  Security Advisory to alert Android partners, one of the steps to those
  partners then issuing a patch

AFAIK Android M is based on Linux 3.4, but I know usually with supported Linux distros running older kernels that compatibility and security fixes can be backported.

My androids devices are running Android 6 (Marshmallow) - most of these are Motorola and got updated from Android 5 (Lollipop) probably about half a year after it was released - but I also know that many people are still using devices running 4 (KitKat) and older.

So to get a newer version of Android which has this (and other issues) patched, do I have to:

...get a new device running Nougat? Apparently updates are supported much better - but only on new devices that come with it (finding reasonably priced ones with Nougat seems difficult in the UK at least)
...wait for a OTA update?
...try and flash updates myself? I think with non-Nexus devices this is difficult... largely due to drivers?

EDIT: Ok for the first part of the answer I found these saying YES (despite searching before posting...):

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/140430/cve-2016-5195-dirty-cow-on-android (links proof of concept and a article)
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/140418/what-is-the-possible-impact-of-dirtyc0w-a-k-a-dirty-cow-bug which has answers.

How should I apply updates to older devices?


texts: The Android phone app wants to know my location - why?

texts:
I'm running CyanogenMod 13.0 without Play Services. I launched the Phone app and wanted to search through the contacts. Then a popup appeared, that:

  Allow Phone to access this device's location?

What does a phone app need location for?


texts: Remap search key to power button on Android 2.3

texts:
I have a Nexus S, and Button Remapper that I see suggested is not working on 2.3 gingerbread for remapping the search/assist button as a power button (because Nexus S power button is known to be fragile).

Is there an alternative to remap the key? Device is rooted, in case that helps.


texts: Ok, so I have a question with which android apps/files are responsible for phone updates and app updates?.  For instance let's say using a standard tracfone no particular brand or if needed Samsung A21. And I have the phone set up exactly how I want it and I want absolutely no updates to any system or application files.  The phone is rooted.  Which files would I remove to keep it exactly like it is? Android version would be of that of the new tracphones found at any walmart.


texts: TWRP Won't Flash Over CyanogenMod Recovery - Unable To Install Gapps

texts:
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS flashing a Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 using Heimdall

I installed CyanogenMod using CWM, but it failed to install gapps. CM13 overwrote CWM and it's been impossible to flash TWRP over it. As far as I know, I need TWRP to install gapps, and I need it to use any apps on my phone.

The flashing of TWRP goes perfectly well on my computer and phone, according to what output it gives me, however there is no change of recovery. Everything is the exact same as it was before flashing.

I've turned off CM recovery updates and ADB sideload won't install the gapps zip file.


texts: Having multiple same numbers in one contact after sync with my google account

texts:
I synced all my contacts from my Huwai Honor 3c mobile to my gmail account which resulted in all contacts having more then 50-60 entries of one number

  e.g: Contact name "John"

Phone number

  "123","123","123","","","","","'....... upt to 50


texts: How can I download apps from Google Play to my Tab using my PC's Internet connection?

texts: I don't have access to the internet on my Samsung Tab 3 and don't have wifi either. Only my PC has internet access through a landline and non wireless modem. How can I download apps from Google Play to my tab? I got the USB cable that connects my tab to the PC.


texts: TWRP for Samsung Galaxy Note 1 GT-N7000 (GT-N7000B)

texts:
I was browing https://twrp.me/Devices/ wondering if TWRP is awailable for the GT-N7000 (the GT-N7000B in my specific case).

Only the T-Mobile and ATnT versions are listed there, which seems strange to me as the international version should be more common.

Am I doing something wrong, or is TWRP not available for the GT-N7000.
If so, what should I use instead?


texts: What currency does the Google Play Store display in?

texts:
So, according to the help desk (on Google), it says the following:

Note: You'll always see the currency you'll be charged in before you complete the transaction.

The only problem... Is, that I'm not seeing any currency changes. No prefixes (ie. A$##.##, S$##.## or U$##.##; for Australian Dollar, Singaporean Dollar or US Dollar) or anything.
I've found instances where people are seeing two different currencies; one before purchase and another after the purchase (in their current country's currency).
For example (Before purchase screen):

(Confirm purchase screen)

For me, it however... It does not change, so - I have no clue which currency it is actually showing prices in.
(Before purchase screen)

(Confirm purchase screen)

As for through an actual Android device, it only displays the amount and not the currency.

tl;dr - The question is:
Looking at all these pictures, will I be charged:

$2.33AUD? (Currency of credit card)
$2.33USD? (Assumption that Google is using its own currency)
$2.33SGD? (Currency of location; where I am)

Also, as usual - The above costs does not include processing/conversion fees and charges, and other stuffs and whatnot that goes behind the scenes that ends up getting lumped onto your bill.


texts: Updating old Android Jellybean (4.2.2) Device

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My friend has just dug out an old Samsung Galaxy Tab2 7.0.  It looks like it hasn't been used in a long time, and hasn't been updated in years.  It doesn't support TLS 1.2 and is missing updates to Trusted Root CAs.
If I open Play Store it goes into a loop of "Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped" messages and I have to reboot it.  I've tried clearing all the cache data for Play Store and Play Services apps, but it hasn't helped.
I did some searching about support for TLS 1.2 on Android 4.2.2 (which is what it's running) and found that it supports TLS 1.2 but is disabled by default.  But every post I find about enabling this refers to doing so in the API while building an app, rather than on the device itself.
Does anybody have any thoughts/ideas on how I can get some updates installed onto this device so that it'll start talking TLS1.2 ?  Is there any http only site that I could download some updates from for example ?
I did try going into About > Check for Updates but it says that it's already got the latest.  I'm not too sure if this is just because it can't talk to any updates server or if it's correct.  Seems like there'd have to be some way of supporting TLS 1.2 on these older devices ?
Thanks in advance


texts: No SIM card detected -- factory reseted and now it works. What now?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S 5 rooted and flashed CyanogenMod 12.1 on it (Android 5.1.1). Everything always have worked fine.

Earlier this week, I have installed a new app in my phone. Although I cannot 100% blame the app, after a reboot having this app installed, the phone could not recognize the SIM card anymore. It always was showing me the message No SIM card detected. Even after I uninstalled the app, rebooted, removed SIM card, re-rebooted, re-inserted the SIM card, re-re-rebooted, wiped Dalvik, wiped cache, upgraded the ROM, the problem persisted.

I finally decided to make a full ROM backup and then a factory reset.

The SIM card is now correctly recognized, as before.

Now what should I do? Re-install every app I had before and re-configure each of them one by one? Restore the backup with chance that the SIM card will not be recognized again? And if it won't, how can I solve this problem without the need of a full factory reset and re-installation/configuration of all my apps?

What are the steps to go through this situation?


texts: Can I save a "star-hash" (*#) code as contact?

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I'm developing on a Huawei phone, and to enable logging on this device one must dial *#*#2846579#*#* to get to a hidden service menu, as described in this answer on Stack Overflow.

Is there any way I can save this code as a contact and "dial" it from the favourites list for easy access? Of course I tried just adding a new contact with the code as the number, but when I "dial" it the phone actually dials the number instead of opening the hidden service menu, resulting in a "Sorry, you can't dial this number" voice message from my phone operator.


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I have been trying to install the google USB driver so I can use Unity Remote 5 on my phone. I needed to force install the driver because Windows was being weird, but, when I did, I got this error: "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows x64-based systems."

I am using Windows 10 and I have an LG k30.

I used this guide to force install the driver: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/how-to-force-install-a-driver-on-windows-10/b72ef97f-7aee-4fb5-9acb-6e86122a8306


texts: How to fix "Samsung account already exists in account manager" when downloading apps?

texts: When I am downloading the Collins Cobuild English Dictionary from Galaxy Apps, it displays the message: "Samsung account already exists in account manager",  as shown in the picture. As a result, I am unable to download it. Can you please help me resolve this issue?


texts: Out of space message although I'm using link2sd!

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I've Android 2.1 (Sony Ericsson Xperia X8) so I'm using link2sd becasue many apps need some extra space but OsmAnd always shows "Out of space" message.

How can I fix space issue?

P.S.

link2sd works fine.
I've 64.13MB of free space in the internal storage and 4.61GB in the 1st SD card partition and 2.18GB in the 2nd SD card partition.
The size of OsmAnd apk is: 16.5MB


texts: How do you find out what changes there are in new firmware?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 running ICS 4.0.3. It has desktop software with it called Kies for managing the phone and when I plugged it in today it told me that there was new firmware available:

  Current firmware version: PDA:LPB / PHONE:LPB / CSC:LPC (TMU)

  Latest firmware version:  PDA:LPD / PHONE:LPB / CSC:LPD (TMU)

How do I find out what changes there are in the new firmware version? I'd rather not make any changes to my phone (which is already flaky enough after the upgrade to ICS) without knowing what the changes are.

Plugging the firmware string into Google produces only a few results and none of them explain what the update contains.

A similar question suggests checking with my carrier's website but that only produced one result(*) which I had already found via Google. It is a person saying they did the upgrade, thinking it was 4.0.4 but it wasn't. That page doesn't help me to understand what the changes are.

So to reiterate the question, how do I find out what changes there are in the new firmware version?

Similar question: What's in an update?

UPDATE

Looking as samfirmware.com as mentioned in the comments and answer, I can see that T-Mobile released two firmwares with the lable 4.0.3:

GT-I9100 - United Kingdom (T-Mobile)
PDA: I9100BVLPB
CSC: I9100TMULPC
Version: 4.0.3
Date: 2012-04-10
Regions:

GT-I9100 - United Kingdom (T-Mobile)
PDA: I9100BVLPD
CSC: I9100TMULPD
Version: 4.0.3
Date: 2012-05-25
Regions:

The first is the one I have and the second is the one on offer. Apart from what is written there, I could find no further information on that site about what they might contain. (As an aside, I think that's a useful website and should come in handy in the future)


texts: How to mirror your android phone to android tablet?

texts: My android phone has got a feature called screen mirroring. But on my tablet it's called smart view. When I turn it ON on both the devices, for some reason they're not able to detect each other. Phone is from Sony and tablet from Samsung. Though both are android devices but still use different terminologies. Any ideas of how I could get them work together?


texts: Why my device is giving the error "Kernel Panic Upload Mode"?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy P5100 Tab 2 10.1 running Android 4.2.2. I have been using it for around
two years and I have been getting the error "Kernel Panic Upload Mode" twice, almost every year, and when I update the software using ODIN it disappears completely. But now it keeps appearing once a day.

I tried everything here to no avail:

update the software
hard format
delete cache
unplug the battery jack for 10 seconds


texts: In Android Is it possible to access the physical layer of 2G/3G to transmit voice/data

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I wanted to make an walkie talkie app in android, i know there are a lot of apps like these but they use the Wi-fi or they are just web services. But if we want to like transmit voice/data on 2G/3G frequencies, is there an option in android ? or "is it even legal ?" considering it will be a short range transmission.

i know that 2G/3G are not device-device communication systems but if we can directly access the physical layer of 2G/3G(the transmission hardware) of the phone then we can transmit data through it.


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Is it possible on Android to create a symlink to a cloud like OneDrive such that an app will use files (in this case savegame files) from that cloud?
How can I do this? And is there an app that does this without rooting?