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I have a variety of fast charge plugs and cables as well as an Anker power bank and a Nitecore NB10000. They support up to 3A @ 5V, 2A @ 9V and 1.5A @ 12V (i.e. 15W-18W). I believe the S10e is limited to 15W charging speed (1.67A @ 9V).
No matter what I use (even using the official Samsung plug and cable) on my S10e, the charge speed seems completely variable. I'm testing with both 3C Battery Monitor and an in-line USB power meter.
The fastest speeds I see at 5V are about 3W-5W with all power sources. Every now and then by plugging and re-plugging I can get it to switch to 9V and then it will charge at 9W. How is the charging voltage negotiated by the phone?
Another issue is every now and then the phone thinks it has moisture in the charging port (using exactly the same bone dry connector as the last 30 mins) and will be stuck like this every time I plug it in for 5 minutes. How is the moisture determined and how do I reduce the false positives?


texts: Cannot download apps from Play Store on mobile data

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I have LeEco Le 2 mobile. I am trying to download applications from Google Play Store - when I click on Install, it displays "Waiting for WIFI...".

I am on mobile data, but it is not downloading through mobile data.

How can I download apps through mobile data?


texts: Nexus 10 stuck in bootloop after Lollipop flash no ADB and no Fastboot

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So .... I flashed the mantaray-lrx21p image from Nexus Factory Images on my Nexus 10 (16GB Wifi) and it's stuck in a bootloop.

No problem, I thought, I can get into fastboot and fix it, right? Maybe do a wipe and try again? Yeah, not so fast. I get the bootloader screen, but the only option is 'Start' which just boots into the system that bootloops.

That's OK, I'll just use fastboot to wipe it. Nope. Fastboot doesn't detect a device.

I've tried both ADB and fastboot on Mac & Linux. Same issue.

Ideas?


texts: Is it possible to root my phone without installing a custom ROM?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Stellar on Verizon.

Whenever I hear anything about rooting a phone, people always say that you have to install a custom ROM. How do I just use my current stock ROM and root my phone?


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I have an HTC Butterfly phone and what I did was I ordered a new SD card with much larger memory. I had my previous card encrypted already and took that out and inserted my new card in.

The phone asked me to encrypt it again else the new inserted card would remain read-only. So, I did that. And now when I insert my old card in my phone again I cannot access data of my old card through the phone as the phone says the format is incorrect or the card is damaged and in order to use it I need to format it again.

Is there any way in which I can access the data from my old card? I cannot access it through my PC as it is encrypted already.

I have Android 4.3 and HTC Sense 5.5


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I have a rooted phone. So, your phone has a radio right? It does calls, uses network, et cetera. Can you access the radio with root permissions?
How could I log all raw radio communication to a file?


texts: Downgrading Galaxy S6 from Nougat to Marshmallow

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Having problems rolling back to Android 6.

I put the phone into Download Mode (switching on with Home + Power + Volume down followed by Volume up)

Connect to Odin 3 v3.12 (and get Added!!)

Add in the md5 file to the AP section (which takes a few minutes)

When I hit Start it instantly fails with this stack trace....

Get PIT for mapping..

Firmware update start..

SingleDownload.

sboot.bin

Fail

Complete(Write) operation failed.

All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

On the S6 screen I get...

SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 5, BINARY: 4


texts:
This might be a dumb question but found some links online which just look dangerous so I better ask.

I have a HTC Wildfire S. How can I turn it off? Is just removing the battery safe?

I want to shut down before I remove the batery. Is there a way to do that?


texts: What linux distribution is Android based on?

texts: Did Google use some existing distribution (Debian, Red Hat, etc.) to create Android, or did they use the bare essentials (kernel, file system and some mandatory files)?


texts: How to use terminal to ssh access my server

texts: Can I ssh into a linux Server from my android device.?


texts: Remember wifi password but never automatically connect

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I have both my wifi password and my friend's saved.  Since they live nearby sometimes it will automatically switch to theirs if the signal is stronger.  I don't ordinarily want to use their connection unless I'm over there or my internet is down.

Is here any way to make android only automatically connect to my wifi without forgetting the other's password? It is long and impossible to memorize so forgetting the network is a huge pain.

Running ICS, and have root if needed.


texts: How to make a complete backup of an Android device

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I am quite new to Android and
I would like to be able to make a complete backup of an Android smartphone storage so that I can restore everything in case I mess it up or it breaks. My plan is to buy another phone of exactly the same model and restore my image to it so that I get exactly the same system back as the old one was at the time of the backup.
I have some experience doing this with a laptop. In this case I boot the laptop using an external USB stick with a live Linux distribution (let's say the USB stick is /dev/sdb after boot), attach an external drive (seen as /dev/sdc) that is larger than my laptop's internal disk (/dev/sda). From the live system I then do something like:
# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt
# dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/sda.img
# umount /mnt
# reboot

The procedure for restoring the image is similar.
I have found some guides and questions on how to do this on Android but most of them show how to backup user files or individual partitions, which is not what I want.
I illustrate my questions with reference to this guide (from which I would prefer the adb + dd method, because it does not require to install additional software).
Question 1 The guide says that I should root the device: why is this needed?
Question 2 The guide shows how to make images of individual partitions but I would like to make an image of the whole system device with something like
dd if=/dev/mtd of=...

Would this work at all? Since I have to boot the device in order to connect to it with adb, will one or more partitions be mounted? Of course, I do not want this: all filesystems should be unmounted while I perform the backup.
Question 3 Is it possible to transfer the image over to my laptop directly, without writing it to an SD-card?


texts: Is there a way to configure (with or without an app) an Android phone to forward calls from only certain numbers/callers to another number?  I'm not interested in call screening; I'm looking for a way for this to happen silently in the background.


texts: Do I have to repair a cracked AMOLED screen?

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My phone recently (a couple weeks ago maybe?) slipped out of my hand when I was trying to pick it up off a table and flew across the room.  Despite having armor, the corner of the screen was smashed and there is some cracking around the smashed bit. The smashed part is around 0.4" wide and 0.3" high and is actually in the bezel, not the screen itself, but there are three cracks that cross the screen. two join together and extend across the screen 1.7" wide and 0.25" high, and the third joins one of the other cracks around midway and extends to the edge of the screen 0.7" from the bottom. Very little if any glass detached from the smashed area, and I put a screen protector over the whole thing to protect my finger which covers all but about 0.05" around the edge, although it is clear that it doesn't completely seal around the cracks (it has the shade of a bubble along the cracks edges closest to the smashed part.)

Everything still works perfectly,and as the cracks are not terribly noticeable I was planning to just keep using the phone until its end of life, as the cost to repair the device starts at nearly $300 and I still am paying for the phone.  However, in researching what it would take to repair it myself to save a couple hundred bucks (which by the way after reading I feel like I am not mechanically skilled enough to not risk damaging it and wasting a whole day trying) I found this note:

  OLEDs cease to work when exposed to oxygen or moisture, and are thus sealed in an airtight encapsulation (this is also why OLED panels turn black underneath a screen crack). There is no way to replace the front glass alone— the OLED layers are laminated to the glass.

Currently there is no screen blackening under any of the cracks (it looks darker when viewing the cracks head on but it's the crack itself, at an angle I can see the pixels are all white underneath).  But I am concerned whether the screen will start turning black at some point.  If so, how long will it take before it first appears, and at what rate will it blacken?  How much of the screen will it affect?  From what I have read, since a new OLED comes with a replacement screen it won't have any bearing on the repair, but I would like to decide now whether or not to keep the phone - if it will have to repaired in the near future it might be better to just sell it now while it still has some value, as currently it would (inexplicably!) actually be cheaper just to pay off the phone and sell it with a broken screen than to try to repair it, while in the future the repair price will remain the same but the value of the phone will only go down.


texts: What do the "Sync Internet" and "Sync Instant Upload" options do in Jelly Bean settings?


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I want to use an Android emulator like Nox or Bluestacks to play the mobile PUBG on PC. I am aware that enable virtualization in BIOS makes performance much, much better. I have an HP Omen desktop (RX580 4gb, 7th gen i5, 12gb DDR4, 128GB SSD+1TB HDD). The BIOS looks like this. I went into the Security tab and enabled vt-x, saved, and restarted. However, vt-x isn't being recognized by anything. I have Windows 10 Home, so there is no Hyper-V to disable, nor do I have any antivirus software installed (other than Windows Defender). Do you have any tips as to what I can do so virtualization works? Thanks!

also, can anyone recommend an Android emulator without sponsored apps showing up? One where you just load the .apk and can map controls? Thanks again!


texts: Why would an app ask for location permission when configuring an IP camera?

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Why would this android phone app for this IP camera need location services to be turned on before it gets set up?
Surely that's a security risk. If the camera company's database is ever hacked, an attacker would have both the exact location of the property and the means to view the property to see who was around!
Is there any technical reason why location is required for an app to set up an IP camera? (Another data point: The Google Home app also requires location permission to set up the Home Hub device).
Is it safe to turn on location services and allow the app to determine my location during setup of the camera?


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I just upgraded Google+ to 3.6.0.44338848 (released late March 2012) and now it won't launch. It says:

  This app won't run without Google Play services, which are missing from your phone.

If I tap "Get Google Play services" I'm brought to Google Play where I tap "install" and "accept and download" but then I get "Error: No connection."

(I do have a connection. I can browse the web just fine.)

Now, I should mention that Market/Play has been odd the whole time, I've had this phone, a T-Mobile myTouch 4G running Android 2.2.1. Whenever I want to install an app, I have to go into Applications, tap Google Play Store, and tap "Uninstall updates" to restore the Market app. Then I can install applications. Over time, some process upgrades Market to Google Play but I can't install applications until I downgrade to Market to avoid the "Error: no connection" message. The processes is frustrating. On my old LG phone (also running 2.2 Google Play worked just fine).

I'm been putting up with all this downgrading because it's not often I install apps and usually there's no problem after installing or upgrading an app.

But now the Google+ app is unusable so I'm motivated to do something about the "No connection" problem.

I've read through posts such as http://www.teamandroid.com/2013/01/14/fix-google-play-store-no-connection-retry-error-message/ and Google's help page at How to access the Google Play Store app - Google Play Help but I'm stuck. Please help.


texts: Disabling safe mode or removing apps from safe mode

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I use a Droid 3 which has not yet been rooted. I need to remove access to the Browser or the Play Store. I already have an app called "program encrypting" which disables access to selected apps unless the user has a password. However, when the user enters safe mode, all downloaded apps are disabled, allowing the user to use the Browser and the Play Store.

I am curious if it is possible to disable safe mode in some way, or changing the button combination to enable it. I would also be fine with removing those applications from appearing in safe mode. I am new to rooting and such, and I would appreciate being able to remove access to these apps in the safest, quickest way possible.


texts: SIM card undetected after adb reboot recovery

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My SIM and SD cards are not detected by the phone (One Plus X) after I did this command : adb reboot recovery and then escape it with a hard reboot (pressing volume UP and lock button)

I tried to restore the phone to factory parameters, but it did not work.

Is there something I did wrong at this point ?

Now I've found a topic similar to mine : SIM Card not detected after failed recovery flash but it's seems solve by using an undocumented file.

I've tried to root my phone, but could this process solve my case ? How to unroot the One Plus X


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Before purchasing a 4-channel USB sound card, e.g. the Behringer UMC404HD, I wish to know if with that card, connected to my Samsung S9, it's possible to have simultaneous 4-channel records, e.g. record a live string quartet.  Thanks for any help.
Rodolfo


texts: Tablet does not recognize an External SD Card

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I have an Android tablet (Torque Droidz Duo Slim). It has 2GB of internal memory and a 2GB SD-Card. I also have bought and been using an 8GB SD-Card but the device does not recognize the external SD-Card. It always says "Not enough memory", although I still have 5GB of free space on my external SD-Card.

Why does it still say the phone has insufficient memory?


texts: Install apps to SD card in android 4.4.2

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I made the sd card as the default install location in my phone settings but this didn't take effect, then i run adb commands to force the phone to have default install location as external using these 2 commands:

adb shell pm set-install-location 2
adb shell pm get-install-location

The output says 2[external] but i verified by installing new apps they get directly to insternal storage.
I was hoping to take advantage of this method to make possible apps can write in sd card bypassing android limitation. So do you know why this commands didn't affect the system ? is there  an equivalent command to do this ?
Thank you


texts: How to block websites from chrome using Google family link or similar

texts: While using Google family link I am unable to block some websites. Maybe it's a bug, but for some reason for website like Instagram is blocked from being accessed but reddit is not. Does anyone have any idea why that might be


texts: I have got my Xperia M and somehow now it says "Type password to decrypt storage." I have tried all ways but nothing has helped. Will rooting the phone help my cause? Will it remove the encryption?


texts: Cannot flash phone to install TWRP (One plus One)

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I have a one plus one phone and I am looking to install TWRP on it as its built in OS crashed.
I have run

fastboot oem unlock

the result is

    ... OKAY

command to unlock the phone but when I run

fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img

I get the error message that

    writing 'recovery' Failed remote: Device not unlocked cannot flash or erase

I have gone over the docs but have not found anything helpful.
Note: Before the OS crashed I had not enabled USB debugging (Could this be the issue)?


texts: Dialer & Contacts app display duplicate (WhatsApp)

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Issue: When searching in dialer or contacts apps (From Google Play store, latest version) many contacts show up twice. Only contacts with WhatsApp (or more times if more phone numbers stored under the contact have WhatsApp enable)

https://contacts.google.com online show only one Contact. So no "real" duplicates.

Manual Fix, (one by one): When I edit & save the contact the contacts are now "merged" like it used to be.

This is a new phone and WhatsApp data was restored from Cloud backup.

Same issue:

WhatsApp contacts doesn't merge with Google Contacts
Exact same contact shown twice
https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/4191
https://forum.xda-developers.com/2015-moto-g/help/contact-duplication-phone-dialer-app-t3662691
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/duplicate-dialer-t3182676

Attempts to fix

Customize the view in contacts app is not a solutions.
Cleared the Contacts Storage data

Any suggestion how to fix it without manual touching all contacts?


texts: RMM bypass - my Samsung Galaxy S7 does not show the developer options

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I'm trying to access the developer options, while pressing 7 times on the build number, which triggers the reply "developer  mode has already been turned on", although I don't have these options anywhere below or above my "about phone". In a previous question a user here said that my problem was RMM related, which I'm not completely sure, but I'm willing to try to fix.

According to these guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-a-series-2017/how-to/guide-root-install-twrp-samsung-t3747535 ; I need to flash latest full stock fw, and and wait 7 days, although since I'm from Portugal, I have a lot of options of firmaware as seen here: https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s7/firmware/SM-G930F/MEO/

Should I install the 30th of March version of 2020?


texts: Random headphone/icon bug? LG G3 running Sprint Android Lollipop 5.0.1

texts: Last night, when I was attempting to use my headphones, the first 3 times I inserted them, they were detected by my phone as an Auxiliary Cable. The 4th time, however, it correctly detected them as headphones. I've plugged my headphones in 6 or 7 times since then, and the issue hasn't happened again; I was just wondering if this is a common bug, or if I should be worried about the headphone jack failing.


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From one day to another it seems that A2DP stopped working for me. I used it to stream music from my phone to my car's stereo. Everything worked fine until yesterday. I didn't install or upgrade any software as far as I remember. What happens now is that everything seem to work but I don't hear anything. The media player on the phone is running. When I adjust the volume on the phone I see the popping out slider showing 'bluetooth media volume'. Also I can skip tracks using my car's buttons (AVRCP profile) and display track information in my car's display (ACRCP 1.3 supported by Samsung media player on Galaxy SII). I can use the phone, too (handsfree profile), here I can hear everything.

I think its a matter with the phone and not with the car since I tried another phone, that works as expected. Unfortunately I don't have another A2DP headset or similar to try with my phone.

A already tried to delete the pairing and pair new but it didn't help. Ideas anybody? I use a Galaxy SII running 2.3.4.

One more thing I should mention: I don't think that this is the reason but I had an issue with my phone's micro USB port the same day. It was always saying it's getting charged via USB but it wasn't. Also car mode switched on and off sometimes without user interaction. So I removed the battery, tried to clean the micro USB port by blowing in it, waited some hours and after that everything's fine again. But as I said, I don't think that this is related since there's no reason why a defect micro USB port (and it doesn't seem to be defect though) should stop A2DP working.

Update: Found this similar problem and will try unpair, remove battery and pair again as suggested tomorrow. Will give an update here.


texts: Nexus 4 shows up empty on Windows Explorer

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I connected my Nexus 4 to my PC via USB.

When I open the device in Windows Explorer, though, it's empty.

I made sure to install an MTP driver.

How can I access the file system of my phone?

Edit: I have not unlocked my phone, because I'm unable to: the screen cracked, and is nonresponsive. Can I get around that?

Edit: So the Nexus 4 actually doesn't support OTG. Do I have another option? Take out the hard drive and put it in a new phone?


texts: How much battery savings to expect from SetCPU?

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Has anybody done any serious measurements as to effects of SetCPU (or a similar power-saving app)?

I mean, are Google and Linux developers really that stupid not to properly implement power management in-system? Especially so considering the Android's paramount problem of battery life.

The SetCPU promo video only shows how the MHz numbers jump up and down, but is it noticeably better for the battery than processor idling done by the OS itself?


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I have a problem. I am new in the domain of android customization and that is why I am testing.

I have a PDA file for my old GT-S6102 Galaxy Y, which contains the following files:

boot.img
param.lfs
Sbl.bin
system.img
userdata.img

I also downloaded a custom ROM from the internet called evo_x2.1 (evo_x2.1.zip) which contains the following files:

META-INF (folder)
system (folder)
installbusybox (file)

Normaly this file is supposed to be put on /sdcard and update the system partition only from recovery mode.

But I have a question: Can I edit my PDA file mentioned above by inserting this ROM in it? (so that when I flash this firmware with odin into my phone I will no longer have to update it with this ROM separately afterwards, manually)

I tried to create a system.img which contained the files included in the ROM file and replaced the system.img in the PDA file with the system.img I just created from the ROM file.But when I try to flash the PDA with Odin, it crashes while analyzing the file.

NOTE: there is no md5 hashsum at the end of the PDA so there is no problem concerning the integrity of the file.

Thank you, and any observations are welcomed.


texts: Failed to start emulator: No such file or directory

texts:
Alright So I downloaded the android SDK bundle for linux because I want to start making some apps, but i've ran into a couple of problems here.

when I tried to create an emulator through the AVD Manager, and I tried to run it, i got the following error message:

Starting emulator for AVD 'AVDTEST'
Failed to start emulator: Cannot run program "/home/luke/adt-bundle-linux-x86_64-20140702/sdk//tools/emulator": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory

If you look, you will see that there is an extra slash before the tools directory, so I'm asking if anyone knows where I can go to change that path.

Also, the bundle didn't seem to come with any documentation. Am I just missing it or is it all online somewhere?

UPDATE: I tried running the emulator explicitly from the command line, but, even though I can clearly see that the file is there, and I am now providing the correct path, I still get the no such file/dir error.


texts: Razer Phone 2 showing wrong size for the SD card and performance of the card is not ok

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I have the following setup:

Razer Phone 2 (Android Phone)
Samsung EVO 128 GB SD card SDXC class 10 (Yellow one)
SD Card formatted as internal storage from the Razer phone

After using the phone for couple of months the performance of the phone started to get effected. The I checked and found that the SD card was sowing 256 GB but the card is actually 128 GB.

I have double checked the card physically and it is a 128 GB card.
Now how do I reformat the SD card so that it is corrected (found a video on how to do that) and then copy my data back to the card so that it works as before. The card is encrypted so the copied data will not make sense. But as long as it works after I copy back that will do.
I do not have another card where I can clone this card. I plan to copy to my windows machine, format and then copy-back the content of the card.
Any suggestion on the steps/measures I have to take to have the card corrected and retain the data?


texts: HTC G2 crashes, comes back on falsely saying battery level is 0%

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Recently my G2 has started dying whenever I use it for more than 5 consecutive minutes. When I reboot it I need to plug into a power source or it will not reboot and it reports that I have 0% battery even though I actually may have 95% or more. Removing the battery does not help - only a 5-minute wait period - could it be some overheating issue? It does not feel warm to the touch.
If I leave it off for about 5 minutes and reboot it, it then correctly reports battery life. I have had this phone since September 2010.
I am running Gingerbread 2.3.4.
Has anyone else experienced this?


texts:
I recently wiped my phone and reinstalled the same custom, rooted, stock ROM.

Since then, when I rotate the phone, Chrome rotates the display (as expected) but then refreshes the page.  The loading bar goes across, a YouTube video will stop playing, and depending on the page the scroll position is lost.

Before, the display would simply rotate in place without issue.

I have never seen this behavior before and I cannot find any relevant setting to change it, including in chrome://flags.

What is causing Chrome to refresh when I change the screen orientation?


texts:
i use roaming which is very expensive and I search some kind of script or way of solving my problem: there is a possibility to turn off checking e-mail when the android is connected via mobile data ? Any knows how to limit the transfer of mobile data to the minimum (disable apps which I do not want sync etc.) ?

Thanks in advance !


texts: Alias place names for use in Voice Actions?

texts:
Is it possible to create an alias for a place so that I can use the alias in voice actions? Examples of the type of thing that I'd like to be able to say:

Directions to Home
Navigate to Jim's House


texts: How do you bypass the google account on an RCA RCT6873W42 Android 6.0 tablet?

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I factory reset my tablet, but before I did the reset I went into settings and turned off backup and reset. So when I did the reset I pressed wipe data/factory reset then it said am I sure I want to do this it had two options yes or no and I pressed yes. So now it's saying enter the last account that was synced but I cant because I turned it off.

Can someone help me get bypassed the google account set up so i can just get on my tablet? I've tried everything nothing seems to be working. I even called tech support but they're closed.


texts: Are the recent emojis on my phone s7edge my own recent ones? Or from people using them in group chats?


texts: Android 5.0 FDE stopped asking for password during boot

texts:
The settings still says encrypted, but it no longer asks for passwod during boot. Lockscreen password is still there. How did this happen (bypassing encryption)?

Google search indicated this is not unheard of. Imo this is a serious security issue.


texts: How to load custom logo on andriod start up

texts:
New to the site and have little technical knowledge.

I have a mx andriod box and it has a custom logo on launch.

How can I remove this and have my custom logo on start up ?

Cheers
Xeine


texts:
I unrooted my tab then did a factory reset, I then rooted my tab with Kingo Root, after rooting was successful my tab's performance became very slow. So I decided to boot into recovery mode then wipe data and cache. After that I noticed that the Samsung logo is slow. After booting my tab's performance is extremely slow, it takes time to go to the settings. So I went to look at CPU usage then I saw 98% of my RAM is being used. But the're only a few process on the list using a bit of RAM but they keep restarting. So I removed the root of my tab to see if that works, but it didn't.
After rebooting my tab it says "process system isn't responding"

Can anyone help me?


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I was trying to install apk files from adb. I used the command adb install <app-name>.apk command. But it returned

  /sbin/sh: pm: not found

But if I login to the shell with adb shell and do which pm, it returns

/system/bin/pm

But still I can't install apk using pm. If I do pm install /sdcard/app-name.apk It returns same /sbin/sh: pm: not found error.

whoami returns strange things.

whoami: unknown uid 0

But If I become root and install using pm it works just fine! What could be the problem and How do I solve it?

I'm using a custom ROM (WolfRom v2) on Xperia Sola Phone (2012).

Output of ls -l /system/bin/pm. With root and non-root both returns this result.

# ls -l /system/bin/pm
-rwxr-xr-x root     root          191 2008-08-01 18:00 pm

Running adb shell "/system/bin/pm install /sdcard/app-name.apk" returns same error

  /sbin/sh: /system/bin/pm: not found

I also checked the sh's permissions. ls -la /system/bin/sh returns this

lrwxrwxrwx root     root              2016-12-06 12:00 sh -> mksh

Which looks a little unusual. Also ls -la /system/bin/mksh returns this

-rwxr-xr-x root     shell      153344 2008-08-01 18:00 mksh

I've also seen that running mksh instead of sh directly gives a root shell.


texts: Uses for an original Le Pan tablet Android 2.2

texts:
2011 Le Pan Android tablet running Froyo.
Before I toss it, are there any practical uses?


texts: I recently changed handsets to a Samsung Galaxy S4 and started to restore my Whatsapp message but the restore was interrupted and has not continued the backup. How do I complete the Whatsapp backup restore?


texts: I'm trying to locate the zip file that contains the OTA update for my Droid Bionic.  Right now, its failing to update, and every time it fails it deletes the file and I need to re-download it (takes a long time).  I was hoping to save off the update so I could try a few things on my phone and try the update.  I read online its somewhere in a /cache directory, however I dont see anything at all when I mount it to the PC and do a search for cache or even "*.zip".  Does anyone know how I can find the zip file?  Maybe I need to change the PC settings or something to search for it (I have changed the folder settings to view hidden files and system files).


texts: Google assistant on Amazon Fire stick TV

texts:
I wanted to know if we can replace the search assistant on Amazon Fire stick TV with Google assistant.
The search assistant that comes preloaded on fire TV is not so good so is there any way to replace it such that when I press mic button it launches Google assistant.


texts: I've seen in the updates that 4k 60fps has been added but I cannot find a setting to take 4k photos. The pictures don't look as good as the videos but I don't know if I am doing something wrong.


texts:
Is it possible to receive files on memory card during wifi direct transfer ? Is it possible to change wifi direct send/receive settings ?

Case is like I need a file from another android phone to my android phone but device storage memory is low against size of file but have sufficient of space in memory card, but when the transfer starts a file is copied only to the device.

EDIT : Device is not rooted


texts: How to edit init.rc in Samsung Galaxy S3 i9300?

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I would like to edit the init.rc in an i9300. I understand that editing the file as-is will not work as the file is reloaded from the boot image's ramdisk upon every bootup. After some googling, I read that I have to unpack, edit and repack the boot image. I came across the following link: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO%3a_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images

However, upon trying out the first command "cat /proc/mtd", I realize that my i9300 doesn't even have a /proc/mtd, so I'm wondering if any of the instructions there apply to this device.

/dev/block shows mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p12, but I'm not sure which one is the boot image. From my googling it seems that mmcblk0p6 is the recovery image though.

How can I edit the init.rc in this device?

Thanks!


texts:
Hey I used to play iptv streaming on windows and android through VLC with a m3u file shared by internet distributor. However for some time now android is not playing channels by excusing that "multiple media cannot be played".
I tried to search internet for possible reasons but I am clue less except what I think andriod cannot play http path where my m3u file has http paths to channels.
m3u file in note pad
( #EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="815289d6a3560a2342b2fb3815441aae",13 Ulica HD
http://iptv.funtime.net.pk:9981/stream/channelid/1451840129
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="797c22b333bd3ddcababc74bf996fe88",4 Fun Dance
http://iptv.funtime.net.pk:9981/stream/channelid/857898105)

Any solution? (if u can explain easily will be highly appreciated I am no high tech guy)


texts: How to add timezone to world clock when you don't know the city?

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Using the stock clock in Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) on my Nexus 4, I can add world clocks for other cities around the world by scrolling through the long list of available cities (in alphabetical order).
However, what if I can't find any cities, that I am familiar with, in the respective timezone? The list of cities included in the clock app does not seem to be comprehensive; all the cities covered by the IANA timezone database are not included. I do not see any way of adding an additional city, or searching the current list by timezone or even just specifying a timezone?
Am I missing something?
Reference: List of tz database time zones

Example:
My initial problem came about when trying to set a clock for "Central Indonesian Time" (Abbreviated CIT or WITA officially). I know this is UTC+08:00. I also know the tz identifier is "Asia/Makassar". Makassar is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi. This time zone also includes the popular tourist island of Bali, of which the capital is Denpasar (international airport).
But neither of these cities are included on Android and further more, none of the cities mentioned on the Wikipedia page for CIT are included either. In fact, having trawled through the entire list, there are no Indonesian cities listed in this (Indonesian) time zone!
In the end I used Kuala Lumpur (Malaysian Capital) and assumed it will always be the same (although that is no guarantee, since it is officially a different timezone (MYT) - different government).


texts: How to turn on tap visual feedback from the command line

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There is an option in debug mode that shows/hides tap visual feedback:

This is what happens when you turn that option on.
I like to quickly record videos from the command line and I like to toggle this option from the command line as well. How can I do that?


texts: Can I use ADB without connecting over USB?

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Is there a way to use adb directly via bluetooth instead of always via usb?

--

Thanks for the adb wireless solutions below, but I am looking for something that works well on hotel or public wifi. Bluetooth short-range might be the only way to go about it.


texts: How to allow apps to delete SD card content

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I have Android version 5.0 on two different devices and on both, if I delete any user content (e.g. photos, music) stored on the SD card it appears to be removed but moments later reappears exactly as it was.

I am led to believe that this is part of the new OS version enhanced security but is there any way that I can stop this so that when I delete something, it stays deleted! Currently I can only do this via USB from my PC.


texts: Can someone explain how slots work when overclocking?

texts:
I have been trying to use the DX/D2 Overclocker app on a rooted Droid X and I have been having a hard time finding good sources of information about overclocking.  The app provides preset profiles for stock settings and other overclock speeds, but not much information besides that.  For instance, here are settings for the stock Droid X:

Slot 1: 400000 / 27
Slot 2: 700000 / 38
Slot 3: 900000 / 50
Slot 4: 1100000 / 56

As I have come to understand, slot 1 refers to the minimum speed and slot 4 is the max speed.  I assume that the other slots are for levels in between the min and max, but what are these sections for?  How can I figure out how to set these slots in order to get better performance out of the device?


texts: Xiaomi Mi A1 - Touch screen, capacitive buttons, fingerprint scanner dead

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A week ago all the input sensors (touch screen, capacitive buttons, fingerprint scanner) on my Xiaomi Mi A1 died, completely out of the blue. The device had never been rooted, and was running the stock ROM (Android One, Android 8).

I tried a factory reset, but nothing changed. I then tried re-flashing the stock ROM with MiFlash and TWRP. I ended up bricking it, but revived it by deepflashing - I shorted the test points to put it into EDL mode, and reflashed the stock ROM with MiFlash. This worked, but was stuck in a bootloop, where the booting animation would hang forever. I tried flashing a custom PixelExperience ROM, with a clean stock ROM and wiped partitions, but it also hung on the boot animation.

I eventually fixed this by flashing the persist partition in EDL mode (I knew this would destroy my IMEI, but I was out of options).

Now the device boots successfully, and I can use it with an OTG mouse with both stock and PixelExperience ROMs.

However, the original problem persists. The input sensors still don't work at all - there is no feedback from any touch. In addition, it can't connect to any mobile network (IMEI = 0). It can find WiFi networks, but not connect to them. It also appears to occasionally do random touch events on the screen.

At this point I am very much out of ideas - does anyone have any ideas of what might be the issue, and any suggestions of what I could try next?

Thanks :)


texts: How to troubleshoot this condition of recurrent restarts?

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State of my OnePlus2 phone after Tech2 support session, troubleshooted in the thread How to login to resetted phone when verified password not accepted?
I am thinking what to do before my second tech 2 support session is taking place.
The tech support did not manage to resolve the original case completely because time ended of the session.

Phone starts. Welcome screen. It does not accept all inputs (something wrong in the system). Sometimes, it restarts itself during the welcome session and goes back to welcome. If it goes to the desktop view, it restarts itself in few minutes, and goes back to welcome.

I think this condition can be only for OO support but not sure.
Maybe, there is something which could be done, because now, access to the phone frontend.

Phone: OnePlus 2
OS: 3.1 OO, Android 6


texts: How to get IP address from DHCP running on WiFi AP using adb shell?

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I am connecting to my WiFi network from adb shell using the following command:

iw dev wlan1 connect -w WiFi-AP

There is a DHCP server running on the AP as well, but whenever I try to get IP address using dhclient -v wlan1, I get the following error:

sh: dhclient: not found

Is there a way to install dhclient on Android 8.1, or is there any other way to request IP address from the DHCP server over a wlan interface?


texts: How to use PC mic to trigger android google

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I have setup many tasker profiles and tasks etc. with AutoVoice to trigger with Google Now. I have recently acquired a wireless headset and I feel it would be more pratical if I could use the mic in the headset rather than my phone's microphone. Is there any way I could achieve this?
Thanks in advance.


texts: How to Clean Sticky Residue on My Smartphone?

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I had this my Nexus 4 for over 3 years and have upgraded to newer smartphone. I wish however to still keep my Nexus 4. I kept it in Diztronic TPU protective case that worn out with time and no longer has that tight fit feel to it. It has accumulated some little sticky residue on its sides and it attracts lint and dust:

I have no idea how to clean it to get rid of sticky residue and everything else that it managed to attract. I tried rubbing alcohol but it was a short term solution and soon I was back where I started. The sides are not made of some smooth material. It's a hard silicone and due to friction it makes it harder to clean. Thanks for ideas.


texts: How to Change the Filename Prefix (DSC) of Camera Photos

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I have a android mobile with 5 MP camera. I use the default camera app to capture photos.

All the pictures captured by camera has DSC prefix in their name - DSC_XXXX.
I want to remove DSC prefix and add the date prefix in DEFAULT CAMERA APPLICATION

How to do it ?


texts: Applications crash on boot after wiping cache partition

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I cleared my cache partition from Recovery Mode on my Samsung Galaxy S5 running Android Lollipop 5.0 and when I restarted my device, it showed a black screen with error messages of applications not responding starting with "Unfortunately, MTP has stopped.". It then loops through each application showing this error message and eventually restarts the phone with no access to the System UI. I've tried running the cache partition wiper several times and restarting my device several times but nothing worked. Even tried running Safe Mode but the same thing shows. My S5 is rooted on stock ROM.

Is there a way to fix this problem without wiping data or to at least get my data off of the phone's storage?


texts: Is there a way to change sound profiles based on GPS position?

texts: I thought heard about an app that could change sound profiles based on GPS position, but I forgot which one it was. Is there any way to do this?


texts: Display full/entire album art lock screen Android

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Is there a way to make Android display the entire album art on the lock screen?  The iPhone does this better in my opinion.

I'm not on the latest so this might have changed but as of right now it only displays part.  I'm on a rooted Nexus 5 with Lineage OS.  I'll add a picture in a moment.

Android vs iPhone and XDA-Thread & Miui


texts: android: how to clear restrictive permissions on internalSD

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background - symlinking gone wrong from internalsd to externalsd on android 7, that makes the CrypticFolderName inaccessible to the app that needs it.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/apps2sd-partition-sd-card-link-apps-to-t3122919/page443

i'm at terminal via ADB i get:

cd CrypticFolderName
/system/bin/sh: cd: /sdcard/tencent/micromsg/CrypticFolderName: Permission denied

as SU:

chmod -R 777 CrypticFolderName
chmod -R 777 CrypticFolderName
chmod: No CrypticFolderName: Permission denied
:/storage/emulated/0/tencent/MicroMsg #

but if i do ls -la on the folder above in the tree, the CrypticFolderName is listed with the same permissions as the rest of the folders, that are accessible.

drwxrwx--x 26 root sdcard_rw 4096 2017-12-12 12:16 CrypticFolderName

what to try next? or - do i need to format the partition that the sdcard is on? which partition is it on? does TWRP wipe do a format?


texts: Google+ Location Sharing: How to share only city level locations

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For some time, Google+ contains the possibility to share your current location with your friends. This feature is similar to Google Latitude but uses a different permission-system: Where Latitude uses a seperate friend list (the Latitude Friends), Google+ uses the people from your circles to check, who can see your location.

In the settings of the location sharing (in the Google+ App, in the drawer "Locations", Settings), I can select which people can see "who can see your best available location". All these people see my exact location, so determined by GPS (if available). If a person is not included in this list, the person does not see my location at all.

Question: How can I select which persons can only see my city, but not my exact location? Just like it was possible on latitude? As expained above, I only see the possiblity to share the exact location or to share no location at all.


texts: Upgrade HCL ME V1 tablet to make it usable again

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I have HCL ME V1 tablet :

preinstalled with Android 4.0.4 (Ice-cream Sandwich) OS.
It has 4GB of internal SD memory
1GB DDR3 RAM and
1 GHz, Cortex A8 processor

It used to work fine when I had bought it, but with time, the device is becoming quite unusable in the sense that the android os is quite old and there was no update from the manufacturer.
Moreover it has no playstore. Which was not a problem previously as I could manually download the apks from third party sites and just install them on the device, it used to work fine. But recently I see all the newer apks show "there was a problem while parsing" and technically it is becoming unusable. All the older browsers in it show incompatibility errors when I try to load a web page.
Moreover, I cannot install any apps from Google like Chrome, Youtube etc.
So could you suggest me a step by step detailed guide as to how I can revive the device, with some newer android os (installing manually) or some other lightweight os which could be installed on that device or someway as to how I could install Google Play on it.
I too have a smart phone with a similar hardware configuration, which supports Android 9 without much issues. Please could anyone help me, with a detailed step by step guide.


texts: How to Set App-Specific notifications/vibrations?

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I recently switched from an iPhone to a Galaxy S8, and with the iPhone I was able to set app-specific notification sounds and vibration patterns (1 for texts, another for email, another for group messages, and so on).

Is this possible within the Android OS?


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My problem is that whenever I connect to my Android 7 phone via Airdroid Mirror on Windows 10 the Airdroid keyboard gets activated. Of course I can deactivate the keyboard by clicking the keyboard button on the function bar but this is annoying. I don't want to do this every time.

How can the Airdroid keyboard be disabled by default?


texts: Can't log in via Gmail app but browser login is fine

texts: I can't log in through my android Gmail application and have to log in using the browser. I am kind of confused. The response I got from the app was "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server".


texts: insufficient space on the device in my Micromax canvas 4 what to do

texts:
What to do ?
I can not install any application in my device?
I have tried clearing cache of all the applications .


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I owe a which doesn't have a 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead, it use my headphones with a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter. While the speakers and the mic work, the buttons don't. They're assigned incorrect functions. Play/Pause works, but Vol+ decreases the volume and Vol- selects things on the screen.

I wanna change this behaviour. Using the app "KeyEvent Display", I figured out that

Vol+ triggers "linux key code number" 114
Vol-  triggers "linux key code number" 259
Play/Pause  triggers "linux key code number" 226

Using the android documentation, I figured out that the buttons are all managed by /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl. I could get the expected behaviour by changing the following lines:

key 114 VOLUME_UP
key 226 HEADSETHOOK
key 259 VOLUME_DOWN

However, this interfered with the function of other buttons of my phone!

That's why I want to create a device-specific config file. For this, I need either the device name or the vendor and product IDs. (As explained in the android documentation.) However, I don't know to get those. The app "USB Device Info" didn't show any connected device. This is the shortened output of cat /proc/bus/input/devices:

I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0003 Version=2061
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0001 Product=0001 Version=0100
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000
I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000

Full output: here.

Relevant output of "Under the Hood": pastebin.com/kDeBNS0H

I made a file containing the above code and tried giving it the following file names (rebooting every time): Vendor_0000_Product_0003.kl, Vendor_0000_Product_0000.kl, Vendor_0001_Product_0001.kl, but nothing worked.

Can anyone help me?


texts: Migrate whatsapp from phone (old expired number) to another one?

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I have a phone now that have WhatsApp installed on for over 2 years now, and the phone number registered for the account is now history (it's been long gone and there is no chance I will get that SIM back, because it is from another country).

I got a new phone today with a new SIM, when I start WhatsApp , I put my old number but it needs to send a Message to the number and that is not possible.

Is there any work around for this, I don't want to lose all my WhatsApp contact. Please help.


texts: Do I need network's SIM in in order to receive OTA update

texts:
I have a UK HTC Magic which is from Vodafone - I am in France for the time being and don't have the Vodafone SIM in. The phone is on the internet via wifi a lot.

Do I need to have Vodafone's sim in the phone in order to receive the Froyo OTA update that was announced today?


texts: I have a "ZOPO ZP100" phone with Android 4.0.3. Eventually applications (Chinese) are installed without my permission. Any human action is not necessary for applications to be installed, and is quite annoying as it often happens that the phone stops working until the app is installed. I would like to know how to avoid that, or at least know if there is any way to know which application or process that performs that action.


texts: How to disable SMS notification during phone call?

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I call somebody, or somebody calls me, we are talking. Now, during the call I got SMS and I cannot hear anything because the SMS notification is playing.

So how to disable this notification when call is active? Thank you in advance.

Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Android 2.3.

Note: I am interested in setting this once and for good. Not something I have to remember to switch off each time I make/get a call.


texts: How do I prevent apps from waking up Sony Xperia 3 compact?

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I have a Sony Xperia Z3 compact, with Android 5.1.1. This phone is not rooted, and actually belongs to a friend, so I cannot root this phone. I am having battery life problems that appear to be a result of the phone not sleeping correctly. In the battery indicator, the phone is shown to have been awake almost constantly over 16 hours, including overnight while charging, while the phone had its screen on for only the first hour of that time period.

The top battery hogs are:

Whatsapp 13%
Facebook 12%
Android OS 10%
Messenger 8%

I have already set the WiFi to never be on while asleep because I have previously had problems with this.

How do I prevent these apps and the Android OS from constantly waking the phone and draining the battery?


texts: How to copy mp3 files from computer to Android phone

texts:
First post, not sure whether this question fits here. Just bought Xiaomi m4 phone. When connecting it to computer I see a new drive with 10MB capacity and 0MB free. Can't copy anything there.

How can I transfer my mp3 files to my phone if not this way ?


texts:
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but since OUYA is shipping with android 4.0 I'll try.

Anyway, for those of you who are familiar with the platform I'm wondering if it will be possible to launch HTML5/Javascript games wrapped in app for OUYA?


texts: How to disable whatsapp backing up images

texts:
My whatsapp backups are getting huge, and Yes I checked that the "Back up videos" option is unchecked.
One single backup is about 312 MB plus the fact that whastapp keeps 7 backups
That totals to 2.1GB of used up space.

I personally don't mind having backups of actual "text messages" but I don't want image backups, since most of my images are just memes,reposts, nothing important.

Things I have tried,
I deleted all my whatsapp images and runned a backup after, the backup was still the same size.

So is there a way to:

Make the backups smaller by preventing image backups.
Delete the images in the Whatsapp threads without clearing all chat.
Reduce 7 day backups to maybe 2 day backups without deleting manually everyday.

Any solution that addresses one of the above will be appreciated.
I am also open to solutions that involve mods, root-only, xposed-framework, etc


texts: Google Apps crashing, Play services crashing

texts:
On my Kyocera Hydra phone (model number c6725) running Android 4.4.2 on Virgin Mobile. When I start Gmail (although notifications from gmail work) I'll get the message "Unfortuantely, Gmail has stopped". If I click "report" I then get the message "Unfortuantely, Google Play services has stopped" with only an "OK" option.

When this first happened, I cleared the cache and data for both Gmail and Play services and I was able to open Gmail again, but now that doesn't seem to work. Worse, I noticed the problem also happens with the YouTube app, Play Music and Play Games.

Any idea what the root cause might be and how to fix it?

Edit: This seems to be getting worse and has now started effecting maps making it crash when I try to do turn-by-turn directions. This moves it from annoyance to a real problem. It seems if I uninstall updates to everything Google related (play services, gmail, play music, play games, play whatever) and go back to factory versions it'll work for a while (until it forces it's updates back on and starts acting up again).

Update: According to this on Android Forums, Kyocera are now testing a long overdue fix. Tweet them and you might be able to get it for testing. For my phone, maps has completely stopped working altogether now and I had to install an alternative mapping app (I'm trying out Here Maps right now). Gmail is only not broken by virtue of an update needing more permissions, so it's blocked from updating for the time being (and still works).


texts: Can someone please help me understand this Linux command?

texts:
dmsetup create crypt1 --table "0 `blockdev --getsize /dev/sdb2` crypt aes-cbc-essiv:sha256 <Put the 16-byte hex key here> 0 /dev/sdb2 0"

I got it from step 6 of the first answer here.
I am trying to view the files on an android adopted SD card.
The card suddenly stopped working on my phone and I'm now trying to retrieve my files before I press on "forget" to unmount it from my phone and go back to using my phone normally on it's Internal memory.


texts: Accessing the top bar in Android Google docs without scrolling to top

texts:
When editing a Google document on Android using the Google Drive app, there is a bar which contains a number of touch buttons for formatting, sharing, comments, etc.

However this bar only seems to display by default when at the very top of the document, or after scrolling up (away from the thing I am editing), which becomes a pain as a document gets larger. Is there some way to access these options from anywhere within the document?


texts:
This is actually three questions:

Are anti-viruses needed for smartphones running Android OS?
Is the Android Market absolutely safe (because all precautions are taken by Google to prevent any problems)?
Which are the big players in the Android Security Software market?

Thank you.


texts: Unresponsive screen on Moto G after Lollipop update

texts:
My Motorola Moto G 1st edition has been updated to Lollipop 5.0.2 and voila! My screen does not respond to any touch whatsoever, even though I can have calls and receive messages but to my utmost misery cannot receive or open them.

Anyone out there with the same problem and any suitable fix?


texts: Inappropriate Downloading Notification. How to remove?

texts: I had installed a Hindi Dictionary Application which contains the Speech to Text Output.After pressing the speech button then the Downloading notification came up,three days passed still the notification isn't cleared any way to handle it.Please Check Image Here


texts: Google Photos and Files Apps on Google Pixel 2 is giving the following error "android.process.media has stopped"

texts:
I have read quite a bit about this issue from "clearing caches" to "formatting your phone".... it works for some people and it doesn't for others. Well formatting your phone will work but you lose quite a bit of data and most importantly time!

I have been bugged by this problem for almost over 2 weeks and today I stumbled upon the solution. So I am sharing with you all so you can resolve a long lasting issue.

This is actually a SOLUTION for all experiencing the same problem as the subject header.

Good news: no formatting needed.

1a. Go into File Explorer > Phone Storage (internal) > Downloads > find a file called something like "goo.google.com..."
1b. Deleting everything in your download folder would be ideal but depends on how many files you got in there. There could be multiple files called goo.google.com or something like this.
2. Delete the file or files
3. Close all apps
4. Restart your phone
5. Check

This solution worked for me like a charm and I don't have to format my phone anymore.

Cause: I maybe was downloading a file from chrome which I may have stopped in the middle or something on these lines, i guess.

Maybe more people can shed light on this problem and solution!

Thank you,
Muhammad


texts:
Recently, I've figured out that if I delete files from /sdcard/Download it deletes files from /storage/emulated/0/Download. And if I add the files into /sdcard/Download it duplicates them in /storage/emulated/0/Download.

So what is /storage/emulated/0/? For what purposes do we have it in our android file system?


texts: Right swipe on contact defaulting to internet calls

texts:
My problem is: right swipe is defaulting to internet calls instead of 'regular' calls.

First off, these are my relevant call settings:

as you can see I have no accounts and the internet calls are not enabled.

My contacts came from Google contacts (configured them online and then the phone got them).

After they came I used the "Mark as Default" function to select the correct phone number and emails and that's when things started behaving strangely. Doing a right swipe showed me this:

Instead of calling the contact 'normally'.

I started experimenting and was able to reproduce the bug using other similar contacts (contacts that I got from Google with 2 phone numbers + 2 emails). But if I created the Google contact locally (which would sync Ok with google) I didn't have any issues.

No other calling functions are affected: moving the phone to my ear still calls the correct number, direct dial widget still works.

My phone is a Galaxy S III running android 4.1 (but the same thing was already happening in 4.0), if that makes any difference.

What is causing this? How can I fix it?

Seems to be related to: How do I prevent "No Internet calling account" error? but I was still unable to fix it.


texts: Will using my phone whilst charging make it charge slower?

texts: Just the question in the title.  If I have my phone plugged in and charging, will it take any longer to get up to 100% charge if I'm using it or will this make no difference?   (I'm using a galaxy nexus)


texts: Does the Pixel 3 need an active or passive USB C to 3.5mm Adapter?

texts: Does the Google Pixel 3 Phone require an active or passive USB C to 3.5mm jack adapter?


texts: How hard is it to modify Android to add/remove required applications

texts:
I am new to Android world and I am really curious about how difficult it is to modify OS to add/remove applications. I am not talking about installing/removing apps from Android Market, but actually customizing OS to only include apps of my choice. That includes both standard/system apps as well as apps from Android Market. For example, what if I only wanted to have access to Google Voice application (and nothing else)? I guess in this custom version of the OS, I would not necessary have to remove the application, but could just somehow hide it from user.

In any case, any clues on the amount of effort/approach would be greatly appreciated.


texts: how to mute all apps while my app is running?

texts:
I'm working on an app that generate sounds through audio jack to be transmitted through micro-controller to RC car, and move it right, left, forward, and back.
But the problem is the sounds of notifications interrupt the app and sends wrong data to the toy"RC Car", so I need to know how I can mute all apps while my app is running??


texts: No cellular network after OTA to lollipop (Nexus 4)

texts:
I have a Nexus 4 with Kitkat, working fine with t-mobile (USA). Yesterday, I did an OTA to Lollipop (LRX21T; baseband M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.01701.04). But after that the cellular network only briefly works.

First problem, I encountered was the lack of data connection, but after I changed the APN setting, it worked...but only briefly. Every time I reboot the phone, it can make phone calls, and access the data network for a few minutes (or sometimes I have no access to begin with). But then the network indicator becomes either an 'empty triangle' or a 'full triangle with an exclamation point'. Then, I can't make phone calls or use the data afterwards.

Very strangely, I just found out that if I connect to wifi, I can make phone calls suddenly. If I turn off wifi, I can't make phone calls any more. What is going on?

Does anybody have the same problem? Does anybody a known workaround?

My current APN setting is:

T-Mobile GPRS

APN: fast.t-mobile.come
Proxy: not set
Port: not set
Username: not set
Password: not set
Server: not set
MMSC: http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms
MMS proxy: not set
MMS port: not set
MMC: 310
MNC: 260
Authentication type: not set
APN type: default,supl,mms,dun
APN protocol: IPv4
APN roaming protocol: IPv4
Bearer: unspecified
MVNO type: none
MVNO value: not set

Further testing using *#*#4636#*#*

GSM service: in service
GPRS service: disconnected
Network type: UMTS
Call redirect: false
Call status: idle
radio resets: 0
data attempts : 0
data successes: 0
cellinfolistrate 2147483647
IMS registration required is 'off'
SMS over IMS is 'off'
SMSC: _______ [update][refresh]
Toggle DNS check: 0.0.0.0 not allowed

EDIT: During the moments when the network works, GPRS service is 'connected'.

EDIT2: If I force using 2G, it works fine. Just with unbearably slow speed.


texts: How to create a Broadband connection (pppoeconf) on my Android phone?

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I have Broadband connection at home, and from my PC running Linux, I use the pppoeconf command to connect to internet, that in turn asks me for the username and password both provided by my ISP (BSNL).
Is there a way to create a broadband connection on my android phone?
PS: I'm currently using Android 2.2 (Froyo), and I don't wanna setup a proxy connection on my machine.


texts: Does Samsung Galaxy S Indian ROM (latest DDJP6) has Bengali support?

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I've read in several forums that Indian version of Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) supports Hindi language. Some of them mentioned it should support Bengali/Bangla also.

Can anyone here confirm that-
1) The latest Froyo firmware DDJP6 for Samsung Galaxy S supports Bengali? I don't need IME/a Bengali keyboard, just ability to render Bengali websites (like, Bengali Wikipedia) properly would be great.

2) If it doesn't support Bengali out of the box, does installing a Bengali fallback font serve the purpose? Please note that merely showing Bengali characters won't help. As this is a complex language, a proper shaper must be present in firmware to render kar/matra and conjuncts correctly.

Update: I have recently bought a Samsung Galaxy series device. Yes, its Indian ROM has Bangla shaper, only replacing DroidSansFallback.ttf with a Bangla font will do.


texts: Programmatically Set Minimum Width in Developer Options

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How do I programmatically set the Minimum Width in Android's Developer Options from Llamalab's Automate app?
I use Your Phone on Windows 10 to view my phone's screen.  I maximize the window to get the full size of my monitor. With a minimum width of 1500, the phone is kind of like a tablet.  I would like to set the Minimum Width to 1500 when viewing the screen on my monitor and 486 (the default?) when viewing the screen on my phone.
Using the "Settings finder" flow from the Community, it told me the following:
Category: secure
Name: display_density_forced
Value: 188

I then used a System setting set block in Automate.  This threw an exception because Automate does not write permissions.
I connected my phone to my PC via USB and ran the following command to grant write permissions to Automate:
adb shell pm grant com.llamalab.automate android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS

Now the System setting set block does not throw an exception.  However, changing the setting via the block does nothing to the UI.
If I run the following command on my PC, then the UI changes.
adb shell wm density 188


texts: How to edit /system/bin/lpr in Samsung S4 i9295 running 5.0.1 Lollipop

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How do I edit /system/bin files in Android since after 4.x? Has something changed? I seem to recall just opening the file playlpm on the device in a text editor and seeing and making needed modifications thusly:

#!/system/bin/sh
 /system/bin/reboot

Now I am seeing black diamonds with question marks and unintelligible character strings. What's changed here? Are these shell scripts compiled?!? Have I spaced out an important step? TIA for clarification.
PS...device is rooted, browser is Root Browser v2.2.3, and test editors I've tried are RB Text Editor, and DroidEdit.


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According to manufacturer, my phone has:

ROM-4 GB
RAM-1 GB

But when I look in my phone, there is

PHONE STORAGE(.98 GB)
INTERNAL MEMORY(1.77 GB)

Now is that .98+1.77 from those 4 GB (ROM memory) – or from where? And what is the difference between this phone storage (.98 gb) and internal memory (1.77gb)?


texts: Android Browser that Saves and Fills Passwords

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Is there a browser I can install that stores passwords just like regular desktop    browsers?
I'd only use it for unimportant passwords, so I'm really not worried about security. Anything that saves and auto fills my passwords is fine.

Running a motorola-milestone.


texts: Is it safe to use phone while charging with portable powerbank?

texts: I understand using phone while it is being charged by a normal charger is not advised. What about using phone while it is being charged by a portable charger (powerbank)?  I own a HTC one and i was told by a mobile technician HTC’s own portable charger only should be used for HTC one. How much truth is there to it as HTC powerbank is not available in my city and i am thinking of using Sony portable charger for charging my HTC One?


texts: How can I add more system apps to a custom ROM?

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I have an android ROM that I can flash onto the phone using a tool like smart phone flash tools, but what I want to be able to do is to modify the system image to add APKs in the system/app directory and then repack and flash the ROM. I want these newly added APKs to behave as part of the system.

I have looked at a couple of tutorials for unpacking and repacking it, but once I repack it, it becomes unusable. Is this the correct approach or am I missing something? I'm not sure what I could be doing wrong.


texts: How to install the play store applications not available in my country

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I am a student reviewing multiple COVID tracing applications deployed in various countries around the world. Although I'm located in the US, I'm also interested in applications that other countries have deployed.
As far as I understand, to do that I would need to find a VPN server in the country I am interested in and browse Play Store from there. It looks that people all around the internet advise to:

Connect to the VPN,
Remove cache and data from Play Store, and
Restart Play store.

However, this does not work for me. Play Store still lists only the applications available in the US and prices in US dollars.
I have checked whether my VPN works and it does. whatismyipaddress.com shows that at least my search queries coming from the browser go through a foreign VPN server.


texts: Does the Samsung Galaxy A30 support HDMI and/or MHL?

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Dad's phone is a Samsung Galaxy A30. We've got several TVs and monitors but none are smart TVs or capable of screencasting. But some have HDMI.
I have a USB C to HDMI adaptor that works with my M1 MacBook Air that I expected would work with the A30 too but it did not.
Most info about Samsung's HDMI / MHL support I can find is about how Samsung's older micro USB version was nonstandard, having a different number of pins. But there's a lot less info about the newer ones that have USB C.
I can find sites trying to sell aftermarket cables and adaptors for this phone but I don't trust them. So far none of the pages on the A30's specs I can find specifically state that HDMI or MHL is either supported or not supported, it's just not in the list.


texts: SHARE saved Google images list from Android

texts: Using my Android Acer mobile phone, I created and titled a list of Google Images under my Chrome account. How can I share this with others?


texts: Unable to flash custom rom Paranoid Android to GalaxyS3

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My device is rooted with a root for the galaxyS3 running Jellybean 4.3

I tried putting the Paranoid Android ROM onto there by following the instructions given which were

Root device

Enable USB debugging

Factory Reset (Obviously checked that root was still on there)

Put rom on SD Card

Put phone into recovery mode via Up Volume Button, Power and Home Button

Wipe phone within recovery mode settings

Load from sd card

Select Rom

When I selected the rom it said that it had a 'bad signature' of some sort

I got the ROM from the XDA community page which was for my phone and downloaded the newest BETA version, then also tried the 3.9 version

Any suggestions what I've done wrong?

Thanks


texts: How to make Termius look for hostnames on the local network first?

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I have four devices:

Windows 10 PC
Android Phone (v6.0.1)
Internet Router
"servername" (Raspberry Pi 4)

All are connected locally using Wifi (not that it should matter) using the simplest possible configuration imaginable.  Every device has working internet access.  Everything talks with everything else nicely apart from when I try to use Termius on Android to ssh into "servername".

On the PC I can simply issue the command putty fred@servername and I can login without difficulties, as one would expect.

However Termius on the Android phone does not seem to understand that "servername" is attached locally to the same wifi network as the phone itself.  If I open a local SSH session on the phone itself and ping "servername", then it appears to be going after some random internet IP address (92.xxx.xxx.xxx) and fails to login.

If I use the server's local IP address (192.168.xxx.xxx) then Termius can SSH to it with no issues.

So, how can I persuade Termius (free version) to understand local network host names?  I cannot find any settings that correspond to this problem.


texts: Factory reset on mako with broken digitizer and TWRP installed

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I want to factory reset a mako with a broken screen and digitizer so I can sell it. The device is rooted and there is TWRP recovery and Cyanogenmod installed. As the screen and digitizer are broken I cannot control it via the touchscreen.

Therefore I bought an USB OTG cable, but it does not recognize the mouses and keyboards I plugged in while they work perfectly on another phone. I think USB debugging is disabled as I was able to download all the data by plugging the phone into USB.


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So before anything I wanted to say that I am a root user and I installed the GNURoot application from google play. So I have been playing around with the GNURoot app for 2-3 days, and I thought that it would be fun to try and make a reverse tcp connection from my laptop to my phone. So these are the commands I used:

On my phone:

root@localhost:/# nc -lp 443

On my computer:

root@potato:~$ nc 10.10.10.107 443

But I keep getting this error on my phone:

Can't grab 0.0.0.0:443 with bind : Permission denied

Google didn't help much, I know that for ports under 1024 you need admin/root access, but GNURoot never asked for it. What should I do


texts: Internal Memory getting low despite apps are moved out using Link2SD

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There might be similar questions. I don't want to open those old question.

This is what I have done:

I have rooted my phone.
I have installed Link2SD.

It was working good. Suddenly I started to get interal storage full warning.
I uninstalled apps one by one. I got some space in internal storage. I got about 80MB. I should get 150MB. Anyway, I am now installing apps one by one. Whenever I install an app, the internal storage is going low. Once I moved the app using Link2SD, I am getting some space.

But the problem is, I am not getting the same amount of space. So if I install few more apps, the internal storage will surely go down and i will get warnings.

What is the best solution to keep the apps in SD card? So I can keep good internal memory.


texts: Green line on whatsapp video call after some time

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When I have a video call, after some time, a green line will appear on the left portion of the screen.
It seems to appear from the other party's image.
Below is the screenshot:

When I switch the display, it still appears (it is showing a smaller green line as the other party's display was displayed in a smaller box).

Any idea what caused this and how to resolve it?


texts: Script to act as keyboard for android device

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TLDR: I need to create a keyboard interface to android, does this already exist? or am I going about this the wrong way?
I'm running tests from my computer that require me to interact with an android device. What I would like to do is write an application that runs on my testing computer that can talk to my android devices as a mock keyboard. Right now my testing methods are, my desktop app runs, returns a string of text, I type string of text into application on android device, android devices does its thing (posts modified text to cloud datastore), desktop app gets value from datastore, and repeats.
I would really like to take the manual step out of the testing procedure. I had some ideas on how to control the android device's keyboard using an arduino with the keyboard library, but I would think I could do this with a just a usb between the testing computer and android device. I've looked around online but most forms I'm finding are talking about using an android as a keyboard for a pc (which is the opposite of what I need).


texts: FFMpeg stream to FFServer from Back Camera

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I'm looking for a way to stream my camera video from my Android phone to an FFServer, like I would with FFMpeg from the command line in Linux:

ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/video0 http://IP:8090/cam1.ffm

This command works perfect from any Ubuntu machine, of course. I'm looking to be able to do both audio and video from my Android to my FFserver.

I tried installing FFmpeg 4 Android. It installs fine, starts and binds, but it won't stream. No error message or anything passing it this param:

ffmpeg -f video4linux2 -i /dev/graphics/fb0 http://IP:8090/cam1.ffm

Not sure if it's just that program or what since there is no error message at all. Or is there another software that will allow me to do this?


texts: System sounds but no other sounds when use headphones

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I plugged in my headphones this morning,  which were working fine yesterday,  and went to try and watch a video only for there to be no sound.

But all notifications and click events seem to be making sound as usual. And only certain apps seem to be not making sound.

Thinking it was possibly a bug in YouTube, I tried running other apps:

Spotify: no sound
Google calendar notification :full sound
Hearthstone, a game : no sound
Analogue Synthesiser emulator: full sound
ZType,  a game: full sound
Shadowrun returns, a game: no sound
BBC iPlayer: no sound
Sony Xperia Podcast app: no sound
Pointless,  a game: no sound.

I've yet to test with other headphones. But have tried a restart and tried double checking the volume control advanced settings.

Any idea what the reason is?

If it was all sounds or only loud sounds it would be simple,  but it's not,  which is what confuses me.

further testing

After I got to a desktop PC did some further tests:

tested same sources with a different set of headphones,  same result.
tested the original set on the desktop PC,  produce sound from all sources no problem.
Set phone to safe mode to see if it would be an app which has a damaging bug after update (as I've set my phone to update when on wifi and charging, so it is plausible) the behaviour was the same.


texts: how to move application from internal storage to phone storage or sd card

texts: i am using HTC Desire SV and android version is 4.0.4. In it there are three types of storage- 1) internal storage 2) phone storage and 3) storage card. My internal storage is almost full and i am not able to do upgrade the apps or download new apps. I want to move few apps to other storage but not able to as it does not show the option to move to phone storage or sd card. Please help me as soon as possible.


texts: Unable to install Google Play Services to save Clash of Clans village

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I play Clash of Clans and I have a village which I do not want to lose.

I am attempting to save the village to Google Play Services but I am not able to install Play Services as it says that it is not compatible with other apps. How can I save my village without services, or how can I install Google Play Services?

My device is Maxx AX5 with Android 4.0.4 and kernel version 3.0.13.


texts: How to use root browser to access databse

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I'm sorry if I asking in the wrong places...

I just installed root browser. I can see all my data folder including the database created using android studio. But when I try to access the table, root browser will crashed. Do I need to download another software in order to access the database content ?

Thanks


texts: What is the best dual boot Android OS for getting easy root and unroot access?

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I have installed Android x86 on my Windows 10 HP Laptop. It was "Android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso".
I ran it on my PC and it opened rooted.
I installed an app I required. The app has got lots of videos that are supported for playing only on an unrooted device.So, I couldn't play the app's videos.
What I did:

I enabled developer's options and disabled root access in it. I still couldn't play the videos.

Enable Developper Mode. On the developer's options, enable full root access. Run the terminal emulator. Use the followings commands :

su

rm /system/bin/su

rm /system/xbin/su

After typing these commands as: These files are read only files type of message. The last command resulted in a question y/N and after writing 'y', I still got the former message.
None of these methods worked. I need an OS that gives me both root access and unroot access as and when I require. This is quite easy in Android emulators as they have a single option on setting which can enable or disable root access. But my app is not supported on emulators. Hence, the need for OS.
PS: I don't know if this is the correct site for my question. I couldn't find very appropriate tags. Please suggest the correct website.Thank you.
PS: I am asking regarding whether other OS might be suitable for what I need. Like PrimeOS, BlissOS, RemixOS, etc.


texts: I have a problem with images in my gallery. The thumbnails of my photos are not the actual images when I view the image. The thumbnails are the photos which I have deleted or my other images in my phone. What might be the problem why the thumbnails are not the actual images? Is it messing with my caches?


texts: connection of jio wifi in Android 5.1 version

texts: Recently my college had opened jio WiFi it was open WiFi connection my phone Micromax q346 model Android 5.1version can not connected how I connect to WiFi on my phone small version phones are supported to WiFi but not please help me how I connect to it


texts: Google maps navigation doesn't stay in status bar anymore

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When using google maps navigation I remember there used to be a constant notification item which let you switch back to navigation easily. This is not showing for me anymore and I can't find a setting to turn it back on.

Has this feature been removed or is there still a way to turn it back on?


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Device: Yu Yunique

I flashed stock fastboot ROM (YU OS) and it booted. After that, I did fastboot oem lock and the phone not booting. Fastboot doesn't allowing me to flash another ROM too.

I googled about this and it says I need to enabled USB debugging from developer tools. But since the phone is not booting, I am not able to do this.

Can anyone help please?


texts: Android tablet booting issue (Sanei n80)

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I bought Sanei N80 android tablet two months back(android 2.3).I tried to root using z4root app.It stuck in the middle so i switched off and switched on the tablet.Now the tablet is not booting up stays in the splash screen (refer attached screenshot1.png). I also tried to reboot it using recovery mode, again its stuck and displaying warning icon with android image (refer attached screenshot2.png). I am pasting the logs for reference.

Kindly please please please help.I don't know how to proceed.

Log, while normal booting.

D/AndroidRuntime( 1309): >>>>>> AndroidRuntime START com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit <<<<<<
D/AndroidRuntime( 1309): CheckJNI is OFF
D/dalvikvm( 1309): creating instr width table
D/dalvikvm( 1309): DexOpt: incorrect opt magic number (0xff ff ff ff)
D/dalvikvm( 1309): ODEX file is stale or bad; removing and retrying (/data/dalvik-cache/system@framework@framework.jar@classes.dex)
D/dalvikvm( 1309): Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (4056 of 32768)
E/dalvikvm( 1309): Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device
E/dalvikvm( 1309): Unable to extract+optimize DEX from '/system/framework/framework.jar'
D/dalvikvm( 1309): Unable to process classpath element '/system/framework/framework.jar'
E/JNIHelp ( 1309): Native registration unable to find class 'android/debug/JNITest'
E/AndroidRuntime( 1309): Unable to register all android natives
I/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.camera' died
I/ServiceManager(79): service 'media.audio_flinger' died
I/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.player' died
I/ServiceManager( 79): service 'media.audio_policy' died
I/Netd ( 1311): Netd 1.0 starting
I/ (1310): ServiceManager: 0xacb0
E/AudioHardware( 1310): Can't load libsecril-client.so
D/AudioHardwareInterface( 1310): setMode(NORMAL)
I/CameraService( 1310): CameraService started (pid=1310)
I/AudioFlinger( 1310): AudioFlinger's thread 0xc7b8 ready to run
D/AudioHardware( 1310): AudioStreamOutALSA::setParameters() routing=2
D/AudioHardware( 1310): ### setVoiceVolume_l

screen shot one

Screen shot two


texts: Android WebView update and (unwanted)automatic reset to factory version

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I´m playing around with a rugged device from Honeywell with Android 9. The job is to upgrade the Chrome Webview (which comes obviously by upgrading the Chrome app) AND to upgrade the Android Webview.
I figured out that the Android Webview can only be updated by disabling Chrome - that´s OK. I´m then upgrading Android WebView (this works fine), but by enabling Chrome again, the version of Android WebView is falling back to the one coming with the factory image.
Is there any way to avoid this automatic reset of the Android Webview version?
Customer will use either/or, but it´s strange that it´s not possible to hold the newest version for both option...
Thanks for support. Bjoern


texts: Remove "Switched to mobile data" notification

texts: How do I get rid of notifications when the phone does not see a known Wi-Fi and switches to mobile data?


texts: How do I get my Android tablet on my network without getting stuck in a reboot loop?

texts: I recently acquired an Android tablet PC (this thing: http://yourfirstsmartphone.com/android-tablet-pc/). I have not altered it at all from the factory fresh settings (in fact in attempt to solve the problem I'm having I did a factory reset) and yet whenever I attempt to connect to a wifi network the tablet will reboot, the os will load and work for about 30 seconds, then it will reboot again and the same thing just goes on endlessly. It's running on android version 4.4.2, firmware is version 4.4v2.0, kernel version 3.4.39 Ipp@Android #252. What do I do?


texts: How to check what apps are running in Android 6.0?

texts: I used to be able to view what apps are running in the background under settings/apps for 5.1, but in 6.0 you can only see what apps are installed in the same location. Does anyone know where to view running apps?


texts: Can I play 1080p HD video on a phone which supports only 720p videos?

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I have a phone (Micromax A089) which supports any 720p HD video or movie. But when I try to play any 1080p video then the video runs well but there is no sound.

I am using the latest version of MX Player. I also tried many other players but still got the same result.

Is there any way to play a 1080p video in my phone with the help of an app?


texts: What is the Virtualizer sound effect in music players and how does it work?

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I use PlayerPro to play music on my smartphone.

In PlayerPro there are "Sound Effects", which are similar to the DSP manager. One of the sound effects is the Virtualizer.

When I enable the Virtualizer, even at 1%, it really changes the way the music feels. The audio becomes more echoey, and it sounds to me like I'm closer to the music. It gives me a live concert feeling.

When I played with the Virtualizer level I noticed there's a major difference between 0% and 1%. The difference from 1% to 100% is also noticeable, but it's not even close to the drastic difference when the Virtualizer is disabled compared to when it's enabled.

What does the Virtualizer do? What is it for, really?
How does the Virtualizer work?
How does this sound effect simulate a live concert sound (at least that's what it feels like to me)?


texts: can't push file to system/bin using adb in android 5.1

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Using adb push file to /system/bin return read-only file permission

If i changed mode returns the same error

I'm trying to push su to /system/bin, why it fails on 5.1, and seems to work on older versions (based on reading through forums)?


texts: "share via" doesnt pop up any appliction I choose

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"share via" had been working for years, it stops to work a few days ago (i didnt update anything the last few days)

I click app "simple Gallery" -> choose a picture -> click "share via" ->  a list of apps I can choose (like viber, whatapps, mail ...) -> choose Viber (or some other) but nothing happens afterwards (no error, nothing. Just the picture)

But If i using the default camera -> display picture (it has its own viewer)  -> "share via" works

What can it be? "simple gallery" had been reinstall, reboot ...nothing help


texts: How to keep the Car Home app from opening automatically on my Droid?

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Hey all, this is something that's been bugging me for a while now and I just found this wonderful, glorious place so I thought I'd pick your collective brains.

I'm running CM 6.2.1 on my original Motorola Droid.  I don't want to uninstall the Car Home app, but I don't want it to open automatically when I put my phone in my car dock either.  Aside from ripping apart my dock and pulling out the magnet, is there any way I can accomplish this?


texts: system ui not responding after changing screen density

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I have cm12.1
I changed the lcd density to something low .then phone restarted ,and after restart I got message saying "system ui has stopped."
I couldn't change the LCD density back to normal
so I made a backed up /data using twrp recovery. then I wiped it.
I want to restore that data and I think I got 2 options
1--I can restore /data and use adb to change build.prop myself ..or

2--I have the data.ext4.win file created by recovery. I can change build.prop file in the backup
.
my question is,how can I browse in adb as root user
and or how can I open that data.ext4.win file (I have disabled md5 checking)


texts: How to add new rows on a Google Docs spreadsheet?

texts: Usually, in desktop version of Google Docs spreadsheet, I will enter a number of new rows if current document has no rows remaining, so I can extend down the document. I installed Google Drive on my Gingerbread and has a spreadsheet file in it. When I open it, I want to do so with my Android app but how can I do it? Which button should I press?


texts: Can't make gallery photos lock screen wallpaper (Samsung S3)

texts: I can only make the preinstalled wallpapers the wallpaper for my lock screen. I can choose an image from my photo gallery, select and crop it and then save it, but the lock screen just stays the same. Anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Verified boot keystore generateion failure

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I need to generate my own keystore for Android Verified Boot. I took these steps

mmma system/extra/verity
keystore_signer private.der verity.x509.pem keystore.img verity.der

And i got this error

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown object in getInstance: org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Integer
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Sequence.getInstance(ASN1Sequence.java:98)
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.AlgorithmIdentifier.getInstance(AlgorithmIdentifier.java:47)
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.pkcs.PrivateKeyInfo.<init>(PrivateKeyInfo.java:85)
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.pkcs.PrivateKeyInfo.getInstance(PrivateKeyInfo.java:45)
    at com.android.verity.Utils.loadDERPrivateKey(Utils.java:173)
    at com.android.verity.Utils.loadDERPrivateKeyFromFile(Utils.java:189)
    at com.android.verity.BootKeystore.main(KeystoreSigner.java:203)

It seems that keystore_signer failed to load private.der. but i can't find where i did wrong


texts: Another way for debugging web sites/apps using Android

texts: Nowadays I miss my laptop I have only my Note 10.1 Android Running 4.4.2 ... is there any way to view web page source or open console or that developer options that we do using our normal laptop ?


texts: How do I install DropBear SSH on Android?

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I would like to install DropBear SSH on my 64 bit Android 5.1 device, but it seems that all the installation tutorials and how-tos have disappeared or contain links to broken files/downloads.

Could someone please explain the proper way to accomplish this?

FURTHER DETAILS:

This question comes from this other: an attempt to install some SSH Server on a modern (September 2015 at least) Android device that has (nearly) failed with many tested apps. Command line installation of Dropbear is a different approach to the problem.


texts: Unable to turn on device - see whit pixeled screen

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I tried to flashify my ZTE z5 with a not suitable recovery for this phone (TWRP 2.8.6) and now I am unable to turn it on.
I can only see a white pixeled screen and not able to get into recovery mode (using vol down + power).

ADB does not recognize the phone (when write "adb devices"in cmd), but windows does recognize it as "Android", but I do not have access to the local drives (I do not see the NX503A in the "Devices and drives" section)

Is there a way to rescue it?

Thank you!!

Gil


texts: Turn on phone without Power and volume buttons

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I own Panasonic Eluga Ray Max phone, How can I turn it on without power and volume button as both are broken.
Device is already USB debugging enabled but adb cant see it while only charging.
So my basic requirement is to boot the phone.

Now another question is when I connect phone to PC/wall charger, screen lights up, charging status is show and general "power by android" message stay on screen for few seconds. So my question is there must be some sort of kernel gets loads just to display those messages and charging status, so why adb cant see device. and is there any other tool available which can boot a boot with command line when phone is displaying those message or charging status.


texts: Using other block device when conecting Android device to computer as USB storage

texts:
When I connect the device to computer, it makes sdcard available to it, as in card reader.

How to make it share not sdcard, but other block device or file?


texts: Prompt "Use USB to ... (charge this device, ...)" keeps coming up

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I'm trying to connect my Xperia X to my laptop and after hitting "Transfer files" connection is attempted but won't establish and defaults back to charging. Doesn't matter how many times I tap on "Transfer files". I'm using genuine USB cable from Sony so cable can't be the issue. Do I need any specific driver or something ?

Any help much appreciated.
Hardware IDS:


texts: Turn-by-turn navigation screen orientation

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I had a question about screen orientation in the Google turn-by-turn navigation app. Previously the screen would orient as you would expect with the maps/arrows pointed in the direction of travel(with a 3D-esque view of what's coming).

However of-late(I suspect after an update or so), the maps are always oriented to point north and the app just plots your current location giving you a top-view of the map(as you would see in the normal Google Maps app). Is there any way to change this back to how it previously was?

I am using a Droid Incredible running Android 2.3.4(Gingerbread). Also, just to clarify the above post is about the turn-by-turn navigation app(which can be fired up from Google Maps or as a standalone - 'Car Panel' or 'Navigation') and not Google Maps, per se.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA.


texts: How do I prevent the installation of just a few specific apps on my android phone?

texts: I basically want to prevent myself from installating VPNs and a few social networking sites like Quora and Reddit , every other app is fine


texts: No alarm sound after update from CM 11 to CM 13

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I recently updated my Samsung Galaxy S3 from Cyanogenmod 11.x to the latest 13.0. Despite some transitional issues, everything seemed fine.

Except that I almost overslept because the alarm was silent; only the vibration went off.

I have been through all the settings and combinations of modes (airplane mode, system profile, ...) -- volume is turned up everywhere but alarms are always silent. What do I have to do?

I use the system clock/alarm app.


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i was wondering if there is a way to use my laptop's speakers from my Nexus 5 running android 6.0. Basically i want to create play audio files or music from my phone, that could be linked to the laptop through an USB cable, wi fi or bluetooth.
My Pc has windows 10.
Do i need to download any program on my pc or any app on my phone?


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Every time I end a Teamviewer session (happened with other apps I can't remember), this stupid warning comes up.

And it's persistent. Doesn't go out before around 2 minutes, and can't swipe it away before that.

How do I disable it without disabling other important system messages ?

Rooted and Xposed

NotifyClean doesn't work on this phone.


texts: how can lock or block some SIM carrier on android 4.1.2

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have here in my country to types of SIM cards on the carriers, the first is open to the all networks... internet, sms, calls... and a second is all close  data , only to call

how can i do to close in a android 4.1.2 on a samsung  gt s6310 to by only read a second SIM card and block the first?

thanks !!


texts: Video Recording stopped because battery was low, restore file?

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I just recoreded a Video, and my Android powered down while recording because the battery was completly empty.

Now i have a 1,5 GB mp4.tmp file that i cant open with VLC.

I have a Nexus 4 with Android 4.2.2

Is there anyway I can save this file?


texts: Always add youtube clips to watch later list

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I prefer to watch my youtube clips later on my computer rather then on my phone.
Currently if I encounter an interesting clip I want to add to my youtube 'watch later' list I have to:

* Open the link in youtube app
* Wait until youtube app has loaded
* Make sure the media volume is muted
* Wait until first buffering is done
* Stop playback
* Add the clip to 'Watch Later' list through the submenu
* Go back to the app I was using before I clicked the link

Is there a way to do this faster? Ideally all links normally opened in the youtube app should instead be added to the watch later list. Extra points if it doesn't disturb the flow in the original app so I continue reading.


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i perfomed a format whole flash on my leagoo kiicaa android device using SP flashtool, after that i flashed the firmware file on it and it was successful. but the phone would not power on or show any sign of life even after flashing again. please what can i do community?
the phone was getting stuck on the logo screen each time i powerit on so i decided to flash it, after the flashing process the problem still persisted so i did a format whole flash and then flashed the stock rom on it again hoping it would solve the problem but unfortunately the phone did not power on or charge after that although the system still detects it whenever i connect it.i used the download only option to format it, and i used MT6580.txt as the scatter file. my phone's model is LEAGOO KIICAA POWER....here is the link for the firmware i used http://www.mediafire.com/file/a3z3m9uh7djgdbs/Leagoo_Kiicaa_Power_MT6580_20170915_7.0.zip/file


texts: Is it possible to upgrade/replace built-in "contacts" aplication?

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I was wondering if it is possible to build "Contacts" from ASOP/Google sources, and then replace original -single application- provided by phone manufacturer? This concerns device without root.
I assume there are three cases here:

Heavily modified software like for example Samsung's phones
Phones with modified software but heavily based on ASOP (my case)
Phones with pure ASOP sources (not sure, Nexus'es?)

I wanted to ask if it is correct that in case:

it is nearly impossible without manufacturer signing key. One can install additional application to manage contacts but most likely cannot remove manufacturer's replacement.
it is nearly impossible as well (same case as above) - despite application source being available, it cannot be "upgraded"/"replaced" due to fact that it is not signed by manufacturer's key
Only case where this might be possible ?