texts: How can I get the Samsung settings menu on a non Samsung Phone (Android)

texts: Just got a new phone for work, the trouble is that I am finding it really difficult to use and navigate the Android 6.0 settings menu on it as I am used to the one from Samsung. Is there any way I get the Samsung version of the settings menu on my new work phone? (Blu R1 HD)


texts: How can i setup my LG Sprint Phone Model LGLS885 to auto-boot when plugged in. there is instruction on the web to modify the lpm file, but there is no lpm file in system/bin.


texts: Show/Hide Keyboard on the Samsung Galaxy S2

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I used to have a HTC Magic, and I recently switched to a Samsung Galaxy S2.

One thing I miss is the ability to Show/hide the keyboard, on the HTC Magic, a long press of the menu key toggled the keyboard's visibility, is there a way to achieve the same thing on the Galaxy S2?
(I tried several long presses and various swype up or down gestures to no avail...)

Thanks!


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Every time I try to telnet to a domain on my LG Ally it fails, but it works if I use an IP address. So I tried to use nslookup telehack.com and it returns:

Server:       0.0.0.0
Address 1:    0.0.0.0

nslookup: can't resolve 'telehack.com'

I have Android Terminal Emulator and BusyBox installed,

It wasn't working with the default dns, so now I've got my dns entries set to OpenDNS, and it still won't resolve.

is there anything I can do to resolve this, or is it a limitation on the Ally?


texts: I updated to lollipop on my Moto X phone and I am now seeing a large percentage of my battery being used by Cell Standby. How do I stop this?


texts: Hide buttons overlay (e.g. 5 second burst) on Google Camera

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I have been getting overlays as such on my Nexus 5, Nexus 6 and now my Nexus 6P - haven't noticed exactly when they start to appear and have yet to find a way to disable them - please take a look at the following image:

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

If you look at the upper right, you should notice a few buttons on the viewfinder. It used to be just two, now I have three after the camera app updated. They were not there when I initially got any of my Nexus devices but shortly presented themselves afterwards.

I do use my Nexus devices for debugging so I have disabled debug mode to see if there was any connection, but this does not seem to be the case.

Is there sort sort of hidden button I must press (ex; how the developer menu is activated) in order to hide these buttons once again?


texts: How can I use the name "A Google user" in my reviews at Google Play Store?

texts: I have seen many recent reviews (2017) in Google Play Store with the name "A Google user" and I'd like to know how one can do that. I've read some possibilities, but they were written in 2012 and now you can't do it anymore due to changes in G services. Is it possible to do without creating a dummy user?


texts: How to turn WiFi on with a non responsive screen?

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So I own a Moto G4 plus

The touchscreen on this phone has stopped responding.
Since I'm in midst of a lockdown for a long time. I can't buy a new phone or get this one repaired.
I do want to keep using Whatsapp Web till then.

A couple days ago the wifi on my phone turned off for no reason and I can't use Whatsapp web anymore

How can I turn on the wifi again in this case?


texts: Wifi Hotspot - Getting 504 Timeout (and CORS) when cache is not disabled

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I have an android phone that I'm using for wifi hotspot to which I connect my laptop to. There is generally no problem with it however sometimes content just doesn't load.
I tried checking the Network DevTools to see what the problems are and figured out what requests were causing it. The causes were requests to a different domain and they are in "(pending)" status for a long time and eventually turning "CORS error missing Allow Origin". Upon examining further (using a different network) the responses properly have the needed headers and the requests properly have the origin matching the allow orgin header. When I tried checking again (with the mobile network), the response it receives is the 504 Gateway Timeout (which doesn't have the allow origin header) so Network DevTools i think treated it as CORS.
Now the thing is, when I try to use the "Disable Caching" feature of devtools everything works fine (except that caching is disabled so it eats quite more). So I am not sure what would be the cause of the 504 timeouts and if possible find a solution for it.
I've also noticed that I can load the requested url on a different tab and then that specific resource would load fine on the main site I was visiting but doing this for every resource is pretty tedious and doesn't really fix the issue. I have also tried using a different android device with the same SIM but it still had the same results.
As a band-aid, I was thinking of disabling cache for the specific domains but I am still unsure of how I will do it.


texts: I have qmobile Noir A600 It has same specifications Of canvas a116 As We do t have any cuatom rom So i installed ro.s of canvas But now sim is not detected every thing is working fine...Is there is any solution?


texts: Data on 4G only with 3g access without data

texts: My provider has special 4G only bundles at more GB/$ but has no VoLTE support, I was looking for a solution to block mobile data when and after i get a call or for other reasons when I drop to 3G/H+. It opens the taps on my balance when it sits on H+ and i have only one solution for now is to block out my calls which isn't a very  great solution. any help to this is highly appreciated


texts: What is the difference between Android user app with root access and a system app

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The answer I am looking for is in the aspect of permissions.

Can a system app do everything? Can a user app with root access (on rooted device) do everything?

If so, are they the same?

For example I want to turn the GPS on and I know it is possible on rooted device.

For that requirement should user app with root permissions be enough or should it be installed as a system app?


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My friend has the same problem on his Samsung device as described here Android automatically corrects my volume

I showed him the solution and it worked beautifully for him. But he would like to make it work whether Google Play Music is in foreground or background, which beeshyams in his answer said is possible but perhaps didn't add as OP didn't  ask for that.

I have Macrodroid installed ( learner ) and tried to modify that macro by the condition While Google Play Music in foreground OR ( ) Background and it didn't work

What am I doing wrong and how to achieve the Macro perform as required ?


texts: Will updating from KitKat to Lollipop delete my data?

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I have a LENOVO A6000 running KitKat and I want to update it to Lollipop. I have important pictures and videos on my mobile.

Will my data be deleted or remain the same if I update my mobile?


texts: Galaxy Note 10.1 recurring tasks in Exchange: sync problem

texts: I'm syncing email and calendar with my corporate Exchange server on my Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet. Problem is when I mark a recurring task as done on my PC the tablet puts it back. This only happens when the tablet is online, so definitely caused by the tablet. I've noticed that yearly re-occuring tasks that originally started for instance in 2003 are put back starting again in 2003 but the reminder date is 2013. When I mark it as complete the dates move to 2004 and 2014. I have to actually delete the task on the tablet and recreate it on the PC to get it right.


texts: Lineage OS 14.1; Missing TWRP and 7GB of storage

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Yesterday I installed Lineage OS 14.1 + GApps on my Galaxy S2 using one video from youtube.

Links to necessary files were there, so I just downloaded:

odin3 v1.85
lp-kernel-14-03-CWM-for+ODIN.tar
lineage-14.1-20180301-nightly-i9100-signed.zip
open_gapps-arm-7.1-pico-20180306.zip
PIT1GBsystem3gb4gb6gb8gbDATA.zip (I used I91001GB_3GB.pit as it was recommended in video)
recovery-Lanchon-IsoRec-TWRP-2.8.7.0-20160113-i9100-(by-arnab).zip

After installing I went to storage settings and see only one partition of 4GB size available. On the stock ROM there were 11GB of space on sdcard0 (internal storage).

There is no option to format internal storage.

ES File Explorer cannot access the / directory.

How to have 11GB again and access to root partition?

Additionally I looked how to install Root. All the instructions lead to booting in TWRP. But my Lineage OS14.1 has no TWRP recovery, and the standard recovery refuses to install root update (addonsu-14.1-arm-signed.zip). How to root the phone?


texts: Google now cannot display cards because of low storage space

texts: My android phone has 5.5gb of internal storage and I have used around 3.9. I have the rest of the apps on a SD card set as adoptable storage . Google now says it cannot display cards because of low storage space. Why is that?


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How to make or receive a call from console?

Expecting something like this, UNIX-style:

make_call +3750291234567 < played_data.wav > recorded_data.wav

wait_for_call < played_data.wav > recorded_data.wav 2> call_info.txt

Preferably this should have no side effects like sounds from the device. The phone is Xperia X10 (for which the call recording is reported to be working).

I want calls to be scriptable like other Linux things I've got used to.


texts: Whether replacing the CPU of the NEXUS 5X would affect the OTA service?

texts: Since my NEXUS 5X had encountered the famous boot looping issue, I sent it to the local phone repairing shop. As the result, they replaced my phone's CPU and the IMEI also became 0. So, whether this would affect me to receive Google's OTA service?


texts: ADB on Ubuntu does not recognize Nexus 4

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I'm unable to get my Nexus 4 phone recognized by ADB on Ubuntu (12.04 with a newer kernel installed: 3.8.0-30-generic). Developer mode is enabled on the phone.

The device shows up in lsusb:

$ lsusb
...
Bus 003 Device 034: ID 18d1:4ee5 Google Inc.
...

But when I run adb devices I get an empty list. I found many posts on the internet about this problem but none of them solves the problem. There are two solutions.

Add a rule to /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules. I found various variation for the content of this file. In most cases a idVendor and idProduct value should be set based on the output of lsusb. Below are some examples that I tried

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTRS{idProduct}=="4ee5", MODE="0666" GROUP="androiddev", SYMLINK+="android%n"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666", GROUP="plugdev"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="18d1", SYMLINK+="android_adb", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", ATTR{idProduct}=="4ee5", MODE="0666", OWNER="my-login"

After adding this I set the permissions for the rule file to 644 and I rebooted PC/ restarted udev, restarted phone and plugged in my Nexus 4.

Add the vendor id to ~/.android/adb_usb.ini.

echo 0x18d1 >> ~/.android/adb_usb.ini

I ran adb devices as root and normal user but I only get an empty list:

$ adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

Any ideas on how to solve this problem? Any help of suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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Some android users are experiencing GPS problems; are applications like this really useful and safe for all devices?

http://www.appbrain.com/app/gps-optimisation/com.gps.opt

What do you recommend for a 2.2 device?


texts: On the Galaxy Tab 10.1, is there a way to see a list (not grid) of all apps, or to search for an app by typing other than via the main Google search widget?


texts: Photos received from SHAREit are not displayed in gallery

texts: Photos and videos received from SHAREit is not downloaded to gallery and I cannot view it in gallery.Why is this happening?


texts: How do I get MMS working on Nexus 5 with Straight Talk?

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I can't send or receive MMS messages via Straight Talk on my Nexus 5.  I've verified that my wife's iPhone works just fine with the same information, as well as verifying that MMS used to work on my Nexus 4 with the generic ST instructions.

I've already verified that I have the most recent SIM card from ST
I've already verified that using the standard ST info for the APN does not work.

APN Name: Straight Talk
APN: tfdata
Port: 80
MMSC: http://mms-tf.net
MMS Proxy: mms3.tracfone.com
MMS Port: 80

I waited for a billing cycle to pass in case it would just fix itself after a billing cycle.


texts: Can't enable Developer Mode on Nexus 7 2013 with tapping the Build Number

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I am trying to root Nexus 7 2013 and for the purpuse I need to enable USB debugging. As instructed from multiple resources, to enable developer mode one needs to tap the build number 7 times. Did that, plenty of times, but nothing happens.

I saw this other question on the matter, where the case appeared to be that there were multiple users, but in my case there is just one user on the tablet.

About info picture: http://prntscr.com/rmo70x


texts: How can I disable auto-rotate on my phone?

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I have a Droid 1 now running CM7.

Previously in CM6, there was an option to prevent the phone from auto-rotating (a rotation lock of sorts).  The only time it would rotate was when I slid out the keyboard.  I can't seem to find the option in CM7 (it might have been removed). Is there any other way to replicate this behavior (or am I blind and missing the feature in CM7)?


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We have two Redmi note 4 phones. In both of them the official update for miui 9 also android nougut (same package total of 1.3 GB) came. In one of the phone it updated smoothly but in the other phone it is displaying - Try using full rom

Interesting fact is that the total 1.3 GB package everytime gets deleted after unsuccessful update attempt

Tried many times not functioning.

Please help to fix this bug.


texts: How to find the app that causes crashes?

texts: Where should I begin the hunt for the cause of crashes / reboots when logging apps do not work anymore?


texts: Can't register virtual US number with whatsapp business

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I used to use a virtual US number for registering and using WhatsApp Business (for people i don't trust and don't want to give my personal number) But now whenever I try to register a new virtual number, it says it's an invalid number for USA. I have tried 2ndLine, text+ and few more apps.. Can anyone explain what's happening and provide a solution if possible..
Thanks in advance


texts: CyanogenMod 12 dialer calls but no sound

texts: I am an avid CyanogenMod user and I have many reasons why. I constantly use the previous CyanogenMod without issue. However, upon moving to the new CyanogenMod 12 for my LG Optimus G Pro (E980), I can't place or receive calls properly. My dailer works as it should, but as soon as you place the call, you hear nothing. However, the phone still is making a call to whom you dialed. It will cause the other persons phone to ring, or my phone will ring if i am called, but I cannot hear anyone and no one can hear me. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!


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Well hello,

I have a really troublesome and strange problem. Point is, I cannot play any video. Litterally NONE. Any type of video presented in ANY app cannot play, including advertisements.
Running Android 4.4.4 omnirom, but as it doesn't appear in the omnirom bugs my guess is I did something wrong in my system: Have developer rights, so anything could have gone wrong.
Any thoughts on this?
Preferably not directly call 'factory reset' ^^

UPDATE: Well, ok, I was wrong, it was a bug in Omnirom: On an older version of Omnirom it worked 'fine' (with it's own bugs, but still). Probably going to try another ROM in the near future, maybe something more stable.
At least thanks for your time everybody who gave ideas! :)


texts: Restrict permissons when app is in background

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Is there any app, tool, ROM, etc. for Android that lets you restrict selected individual permissions of an app, ONLY when it is in the background?

This should function similarly to the "Restrict background data" feature that help reduce mobile data usage by preventing background apps from using network resources.

For example, you may want an app to have access to your location when you're actively using it, but you don't want it to keep the GPS on in the background, either because it drains the battery and/or is tracking your movements.

Same thing with other permissions like accessing the microphone and camera; because it is very rare for most people to intentionally record audio/video/photos from a background app. Other examples are: send SMS, reading/modifying contacts, write to internal/external storage.


texts: Install command line application on android globally using termux `apt`

texts: I love Termux, It feels like i using Linux on my phone. Sometimes I use my phone on my pc via ssh-helper but sadly I can't use any Termux app installed via apt command. Is there any way to install apps globally using apt install. I aleady rooted my android phone.


texts: Multiple Pattern Locks at the same point of time

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Is it possible to have multiple pattern lock implemented in an android device to increase it's security. I know that it must be possible to design an app to do that, but my question is whether any app has already done it?

Asking a Similar Question, is it possible to install more than one app that lock my screen with pattern lock and use them simultaneously? Will it cause any kind of clashes or other troubles?


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I have my chroot environment setup (Alpine Linux) in /sdcard/alpine. I try running my chroot with the following commands:

su
chroot alpine /bin/busybox

(busybox is the cli of Alpine)

I get the following error:

chroot: exec /bin/busybox: Permission denied.

How can I fix this?

My device specs:

Google Pixel XL (marlin)

Android 9.0

Rooted (obviously) with Magisk


texts: How can I integrate and manage SMS from many phones?

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I'm looking for a way to integrate SMS messages from my two phones and manage them online using a web site.

I mean that I will be able to send and receive SMS by web, and search my SMS by text.


texts: emoji issues or in other words you could say problems

texts: On a Samsung Galaxy Exhibit, is there any way to show emojis in text messages or in social media apps?


texts: How to quickly lock screen to landscape?

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For the use with a neoprene bracelet for running, I would like to quickly lock my Milestone 1@Cyanogenmod 7.2.0 to landscape mode.
All widgets that disable auto orientation seem to cause the phone to switch back to portrait.

I could achieve that by disabling 0°/180°/270° in the settings, but I would like an easier solution with a widget.


texts: Can my father's smartphone be compromised?

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My father said to me that he allowed installation of apps from unknown sources when he was asked to do it to go further with something (he said that he don't remember when or what he was doing).

In android 8.0 (the version of his smartphone) we can allow third-party installation in individual apps, so I went in this tab and I saw that only Google Chrome was able to do this type of installation. So, I navigated through my father's apps and found nothing suspicious.

When I went to files, I found a folder called didi. Inside, a file with no extention called psnger_encrypted or something like that. When I went to select the file to see details, I accidentally clicked on the file. Android said to me that it didn't find any app to open that file.

Could a file have been executed even when Android says that message? If this file is malicious, is it possible that it was executed and so infected the phone?

Doing some research, I found that a Chinese app called "DiDi" that have a file called "psnger" too. Also, I found a file in my father's phone called .omega.key, and this file is also seen in topics related to DiDi app. The fact is that I can't find this app on the phone, and I'm looking for ways that can indicate if the phone have any malicious content. I executed AVG, and Malwarebytes but both detected nothing. What else can I do?


texts: How can I enable dictation in Android messaging (texting) apps?

texts: How can I enable dictation (voice to text) in Android messaging (texting) apps?


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My Sony Reader PRS-T1 based on Android 2.2 is acting funny.

I had rooted it in the past but is now in the "original" state, upgraded with the latest official firmware.

The problem is that many times, the unit becomes unresponsive. This happens after putting the unit on sleep and waking it again. The dictionary hangs, changing dictionaries hangs even worse and sometimes highlighting text as well (this makes the dictionary pop up.

I managed to get logs and I found the following error messages, just after waking from sleepmode:

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getProductName ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getSkuName ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getSerialNumber ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getServiceId ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getMacAddress ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 W dalvikvm (2308:2308) [log_main    ] ERROR: Unable to find decl for native Lcom/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier;.getPsn ()Ljava/lang/String;

2013-01-22 17:15:06.391 E JNIHelp (2308:2308) [log_main    ] RegisterNatives failed for 'com/sony/drbd/ebook/system/Identifier'

Any ideas on how to diagnose and restore my system?


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How can I disable or set password on long press home key button on smartphone?
As you know, with long press of home button, the running process (like sms, gallery, internet explorer, etc.) will be shown that can be kill them to make phone faster.

My question is how can I disable, change, lock or set password on this button to ask permission to show and kill apps, and prevent anyone to see and kill running apps.

My phone is Huawie and is not rooted.


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Is there an easy way to un-root Android 2.2 on Droid X rooted via z4root?

The reason is that I would like to apply a Gingerbread 2.3 update from Verizon, and that update ALWAYS fails to install.

Since I never had a custom ROM on the phone, my first guess is that the problem may be due to being rooted, but I don't see an "Unroot" option in z4root.

Please note that factory reset is NOT an answer I'm looking for.


texts: Can I delete a file called 'UPDATE' in the dload folder, or will this delete the operating system?

texts:
I recently received low space warnings on my Huawei Honor so I connected my phone to the Mac and observed the files:

As you can see, perhaps 75% is taken up by a file called 'UPDATE' in the dload folder.  Can I delete this?  Is this an install file or is it the operating system?!

Obviously I could answer my own question by deleting it but I don't want to delete the operating system.


texts: How to access /storage/emulated/0/ from PC?

texts: I want to export the settings of the K9 mail app. This app exports a settings file to /storage/emulated/0/com.fsck.k9/settings-4.k9s. But if I connect my Nexus 4 to my PC I cannot see such a file or the directories.


texts: ODEX file: Does every app has one and if yes where are they stored?

texts:
I know that .odex files are optimized .dex files.

I have seen a lot of .odex files below the path /system on my phone. I am just curious if there are also .odex files for my installed apps.

I searched the file system but I wasn't able to find .odex files for my installed apps. But I assume that they exist - the question is just where they are stored.

BTW: My phone is a rooted Samsung Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.2


texts: HTC Sensation stuck in boot loop. Any possible fixes?

texts:
Recently my HTC Sensation got stuck in a boot loop. I've tried factory reset and recovery to no avail. Upon getting to the screen, I get the following:

PYRAMID PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.27.0000
eMMC-boot
HBOOT
PG58DIAG.zip ...No image
PG58IAG.nbh ... No image or wrong image
PG58IMG.zip ... No image
PG58IMG.nbh ... No image or wrong image
PG58IMG.tar ... No image
PG58IMG.aes

Any advise on possible fixes would be much appreciated as my phone is no longer under warranty and the alternative is giving my carrier more money. Whilst I am a complete n00b to it, I would not be unwilling to root the device if it could solve my problem (if it's even possible at this stage).
Cheers.


texts: How do I downgrade from Lollipop back to KitKat on htc desire 816

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How to go back to android kitkat from lollipop in htc desire 816 dual sim?

factory data reset and phone reset in settings, i have tried.


texts: How to display my heart rate on the Samsung "Android Wear" Smartwatch?

texts:
I have a Samsung Gear Live Smartwatch that says it has a heart rate sensor.

How can I see the output of this sensor?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why do some devices ship without the Market installed?
  How can I add the market to my device?

I have a Binatone Kidzstar and can't install android market or google play.  i can't understand why not as its running 4.0 ice cream sandwich, why would i not have access????


texts: Google Play Services Keeps Stopping, I've tried everything

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I can't get any of my apps to work. I've tried

clearing the data & restarting - works for 10 min then back to square one

force stopping - won't let me

uninstalling updates - it tells me it's unsuccessful

Disabling google play, reenabling, then restarting - still nothing

What else can I do? This is so frustrating.


texts: Disable sharing of playlists in Spotify App

texts:
On Spotify for Windows, there is a setting "Automatically make new playlists public", which I disabled, since I don't want to do that.

In the settings on the Spotify Android App however, this option is missing. Or at least I am not finding it.

Does anyone know a better way to keep my playlists private than manually clicking "Unpublish" for every new playlist I add?


texts: How to move navigation bar to the right in landscape mode?

texts:
I just got a Pixel 2, running Android 9. I've noticed that when I turn my phone landscape, the soft keys always go to the "bottom" of the phone, which is sometimes on the left of the screen. I'm used to the behavior of the soft keys orienting themselves on the right side of the landscape, no matter which way is up, like on Android 7 (I was using a Nexus 5 before this). It's hard for me to use my left hand on the keys as I am not used to it, and I'm used to swiping in from the right to bring them up as well.

Is there a way to adjust this setting?


texts: How to make Froyo's portable hotspot more stable?

texts:
I have updated to Froyo on my HTC Desire yesterday and am testing out the portable hotspot option. The problem is that it is very unstable, at random times (1 to 10 minutes) I lose the WiFi connection.

I have a laptop on my lap and the Desire in my pocket, so it's not like they are out of reach. Does anybody have any ideas on this? Similar experiences?


texts: Give fake permission details to apps on Xperia X10i

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Because of the recent update to Google play stores permissions, I wish that as apps can access very personal information, I want to deny permissions to the apps, but as I have heard that this might cause them to crash, I want to give fake data to the apps Eg. IMEI = 0123654789, so that the apps do not crash.

I am running the Xperia X10i original stock ROM, rooted. I want to do it without flashing a custom ROM.

I appreciate any help.


texts: Newly created contact randomly disappear on Android

texts:
I have Sony Xperia Z3 compact running on Android 5.1.1 and experiencing problem with contacts.

When I'm creating a new contact by default it creates it on my google account (instead of phone memory).

After a few minutes this newly created contact might randomly disappear. It doesn't happen all the time, it's very random.

I think it has something to do with syncing, but not sure, please advice.


texts: How can I fix small images on the Facebook website?

texts:
Facebook images appear small, and don't take up whole width of the screen:

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)

This problem was reproduced on both Xperia T and Xperia SP (both running CM12, both have HD screen), and also both on Chrome and default CM web browser.

This problem didn't occur on Xperia Mini (HVGA screen), and I don't have any issues with the desktop version either.

Is there any way to solve this?


texts: where i can find combination firmware for samsung A207F(A20s)

texts:
I need combination firmware/file for remove FRP from my Samsung A207F(A20s).
Where from i can find it?
I very searched for it but could not found any things.


texts:
How can I replace the operating system? I am experiencing various problems - especially connectivity - and I suspect the operating system might be corrupted. I would like to clean the device completely - reload the operating system and apps.
Can I do this and if so how?


texts: When I connect my phone to the charger it indicates its charging but the charge is actually dropping. I disconnected the cable from the ‘head' of the charger and tried using my friend's ' head' and it worked fine. What could be the problem with mine???


texts: Restrict accounts that can delete data with Android Device Manager

texts:
I have setup two Google accounts on my phone.
I want to configure it so that only my primary account can erase data using android device manager.

Thanks


texts: Is there a ODIN or heimdall varient on Xperia?

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This one is what it says on the tin is there a form of ODIN and similar clients that have the capability to flash Stock and Custom ROMS to a Not boot loader unlocked device. I prefer if its built in Linux, but I don't mind using wine

Using Sony Xperia E C1505, android 4.1.1
Small note- if it relies on ro.product.name or the android version to detect a device,  no can do. I will accept universal flashing tools too.


texts: Issue Updating Google Apps - "Not Signed Correctly"

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First and forehand, I am running JB 4.2.2 AOKP on my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3. I have the latest gapps package installed after every time I flash an update to my ROM.

For some reason though, whenever I try to update either Gmail or Play Music, I get the error "Package file was not signed correctly. Uninstall the previous copy of the app and try again."

I can't uninstall the apps because they are used as system apps, and the best I can do is disable them, but that still didn't let me update them. I'm sure it has something to do with the gapps package that I flashed, but why does it not give me the same error when I update Play Movies and Play Magazines?

I do not use Titanium Backup to back up any of my apps, so I saw that that was a problem for some other people. If however, there is another question that relates more to mine, I will be glad to go and check it out, but after my looking I did not find a solution to my specific problem. Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Here's the link to the gapps package that I installed as well as the exact ROM I am using.


texts: Application doesn't get installed : insufficient storage available

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I have around 50MB of internal storage left and some 1.7 GB of external storage left in my phone. But when I try to download and install any application from google android store,I get a message insufficient storage and the application though downloaded doesn't get installed. Why is this ? Earlier it worked fine from the same store.

For instance yesterday when I tried to install whats app I got the same message. What can I do about this ?


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I use tasker on all of my android devices.  That includes my work and personal phone and tablet. They all pretty much run the exact same jobs but all I can find is some really rudimentary way of exporting a file to a very specific location.  it's pretty horrible.

Is there a way to sync changes between devices? Possibles add logic to profiles to just let profiles act if they are on specific devices.


texts: Is it possible to view Google reminders on Android without the Google Calendar app?

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I use the Google reminders a lot, and I find the integration with the Google Calendar app very useful. However, other than that, third-party calendar apps are generally better, in my view, than the Google one.
Is there a way to view (and edit) reminders with third party calendar apps?


texts: You device does not support VoIP call recording

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I own a stock OnePlus 3 device which is on android 7.1.1. I've not changed anything in the device! Everything is stock. I recently install an app called CUBE Acr to record viber and messenger calls. But when I install the application it says

  Sorry but your device does not support VoIP apps call recording ( Skype, Whatspp, Etc ). This feature will be disabled. You can still record phone calls.

How can I turn on this feature from the device itself? is there anyting I should do to device settings in order to get that feature working?


texts: Bash-Shell on Android Tablet (Transformer Pad TF701T)

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Is there any way to get a fully working bash shell on Android together with a terminal emulator, that supports a hardware keyboard (German Layout)?

The features I need at least (Terminal Apps, NOT graphical!):

Bash working with normal .bashrc and scripts (Function Definitions, Aliases...)
SSH-Client with hostname lookup and the ability to do some SCP stuff
GIT-Client with hostname lookup and at least push, pull, clone, commit, branch, checkout
less and nano or at least a vim, when it accepts my german keyboard.

Also would it be nice to have:

rsync client to do some rsync stuff
curl and ping
grep
some tar and or zip-stuff
clang-compliler, python interpreter, php interpreter

I already found Terminal IDE but it is unusable, because it doesn't support my german keyboard layout of the tablet's hardway keyboard. Also it doesn't support Hostname Lookups.

Also I found KBOX2 but it doesn't have a git-client and uses the zsh shell.

BTW: I am using Android >= 4.2

As a Terminal Emulator, Terminal Emulator looks good; But is made for Gingerbread.

Just found out, that Kbox2 uses Bash as Shell Interpreter, so I just need Git Packages for it to fulfill my wish.


texts: Where has the forgotten password button gone?

texts: My device is running Android 5.0 Lollipop or above and I have forgotten my lock screen password. After trying multiple times without luck, I do not see an option to reset my password using my Google account credentials. Why is this option not appearing?


texts: How do I make Android consider my WiFi Access Point as valid (blue?)

texts:
We have a very large wifi network at Stack Exchange, and the primary guest network is tightly locked down.  Our firewall rules permit essentially just http/https and vpn connections.    When our Android phones connect to the wifi, they show good coverage but the WiFi icon never turns from grey to blue.

What is the Android phone checking to make the grey/blue wifi icon decision in JB 4.2.2?


texts: What is CP and AP and what are these options used for?

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There is this service menu where I can select different USB modes for my phone. One option is called CP and the other is AP.

What do the acronyms CP and AP stand for? I recognize MTP, PTP and ADB. But what are the options CP and AP used for?


texts: I can't permanently delete or download files

texts: Whenever I try to permanently delete a photo in my photo gallery, I get a message saying "Can't delete from device." I've tried deleting files by plugging my phone up to my computer, but the files keep coming back sometime later after they're deleted. Not only that, but I'm also unable to download images or apps. Whenever I try to download an image or app it says "Download Pending" even though I have 114 MB of space free. Is there a way to fix this?


texts: How to hide developer option from setting except with clear data or factory reset on android 8.1.0?

texts: I'm using clear data but the developer options is still there, the phone is vivo y81


texts: Replacement for ability to "send tab to remote device" as removed from Firefox 29

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Firefox 29 removed the ability to "send tab to remote device".
Namely, you could send a share intent from any other app (select "share", select "Firefox", select any other Firefox Sync device you want to send the tab to) and a few seconds to minutes later it would appear e.g. in your desktop Firefox as a new tab.

That was my main use of Firefox on Android. How do I get exactly that back?

That is, I want send tabs from an Android share intent to Firefox on the desktop! Not the other way (I do have FoxToPhone, but hardly ever use it).
It should be a one-click operation, I don't want to copy/paste URLs, I don't even need a target device selection (although I would be okay with the two-click operation required in Firefox 28), because I always want to send to the same device.

This should work even when the Android device is offline (plane), in which case the tabs should simply be queued and sent when the network comes back (that's exactly what Firefox 28 did).

The use case is everything I spot on mobile (from emails, interesting stuff while browsing, reading articles on Pocket, etc.) but that maybe doesn't work on mobile (Flash), requires more screen estate or just requires some kind of action from me, which I don't want to perform on mobile.


texts: How can I automatically clear my chrome browsing data with tasker

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i followed these instructions,

How can I automatically clear my browsing data when I exit Chrome?

and works very well on android 6.0.1

I tried on other android 4.1.2 devices, but tasker give me a 255 error?

Are there limitations on android 4.1.2??

Have you any idea??

Thanks in advance


texts:
I have a secondary ROM I'd like to remove, but trying to remove it using the TWRP Multirom menu or the Multirom app in the primary ROM fails (shows failure and force quits respectively). Is there any other way to remove the ROM?

One possibility is to completely remove multirom and all associated  secondary ROMs but that's really overkill and I'd like to avoid that as far as possible.


texts: I got "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly" on a brand new Nexus 5X. What should I do?

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Through Project Fi of Google, I ordered and got a brand new Nexus 5X with Android 6.0 on it.  The first time it powered up, it said

Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly.

Although I can still use the phone, every time I restart or turn on the phone, the above message will show for a few seconds.

What can be done?


texts: Choosing apps to load and remove from memory when using Android

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I'm not a programmer. And as far as I know, Android uses as much RAM as possible, loading as many apps as possible, so that launching / opening (or returning to them) is smoother.

My question is:

Is there any way to choose which applications I ALWAYS want to keep in memory, and which ones I NEVER want to have there?

For example:

WhatsApp is a very common app. I would always want it to be there. Google Maps is always open and occupying space. I barely use it, and I don't mind to waiting 5-10secs until it opens. It would be better to use that RAM for other apps, such as my browser.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Waze voice commands NEVER work for me. What am I doing wrong?

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I love using the "Waze" navigation app.  However, when I am driving I can never get voice commands to work.  I've tried and tried.  It always complains it didn't catch that, and sometimes without even waiting to try and capture my voice.   I don't understand why.  In Marshmallow, I've disabled its ability to record audio completely, because it screws up google voice's ability to capture any commands at all, and for a pointless feature that doesn't work right.

Is there something I have set up wrong?  Is there somewhere I can report a bug (with hope of getting a response)?


texts: My MAC address keeps changing when ever I turn off the phone or turn on/off the wifi card. It's a big deal because I have to register my device on my network at school, and if it keeps changing it doesn't know who I am.


texts: Is it safe to enable Clean Master service?

texts: The above are capture of Clean Master that asks for service enable. Is it safe enough to turn the service ON?


texts: How to find a stolen android phone without internet connectivity?

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Is there any app which could send me a text for the new sim and the number and with the help of the number can i send a text back to perform some remote locking features.
The point is when the phone is stolen and the thief has not switched on internet connectivity.
Are there any apps in Android market which could give some clue even then ?


texts: How to add microphone to the keyboard for speech recognition?

texts:
I am using Android 7.0 on a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.

How to add microphone to the keyboard to "write" SMS or Facebook messages using speech recognition?


texts: ""Unfortunately Google (or other app) has stopped error.

texts: I read recently about a privacy app that causes the above error to display to keep out unwanted intruders. Does anyone know this app? I remember something about opening yourself by tapping something 3 times or tapping and holding a button, just can't remember specifics. I know from many questions I read about the subject on here that it does happen for a legitimate error but I know I read about an app that uses it as a disguise, so to speak. Anyone?


texts: Is there a way to control app execution environment?

texts:
Is there some way of controlling how an installed application communicates over the network and writes data to disk?

Let's say I have an application that will handle sensitive data, but it comes from a third party so I can't control the implementation. Is it possible to provide some kind of environment where I can run the app and make sure that the data it writes to disk is encrypted and that its communication over the internet is secure? Like running it in a virtual machine that I control or forcing it to use some kind of framework I've created?


texts: Smart Launcher - How do i change icon of an application on home screen

texts:
Smart launcher used to let me change icon of application shortcuts that are on home screen individually, by long pressing a shortcut.

Now it doesnt work anymore. How can i do that?


texts: My Android ZTE has a 32GB SD card. There is no option to transfer apps from my phone to this SD card. what am I missing?


texts: How do I disable data on my ics xoom LTE?

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I have a xoom LTE from Verizon but do not currently have a data plan.

After getting the ics update I went into settings and unchecked mobile data.

I have no reason to believe that I am using Verizon's network, but I am surprised that there is a network strength icon in my notification area that is constantly updated.

Is there a way to turn off signal strength checking for the phone network since I do not even have a contract with Verizon? Will it just always be there now that I have ics on the xoom?


texts: Want to disable album art in music player

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My brain is wired to text. Album art conveys no useful information and I would like to just display the artist name and song title in large letters.

Is there a way to disable or drastically reduce the size of album art in any music player app? I've bought most of the popular ones and tried the stock player and many OEM players. They all want to display the album art and just put in a blank square if it's missing. Even apps with skinning functionality seem to always have the album art present.


texts: Do I have to backup Titanium Backup's keys?

texts: I just bought Titanium Backup and set up a scheduled encrypted backup of user+system apps and data, followed by Dropbox sync. Assuming I remember the passphrase, is all the data required for restoration backed up? Or do I have to manually backup the private key and encrypted symmetric key?


texts: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 keeps restarting as mad when charging (until airplane mode)

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My Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 keeps restarting as mad when I charge it, but when the airplane mode is turned on, it tends to behave.

I suppose it's not a hardware issue, but something more complicated. I suppose the device tries to upgrade software when charging and it fails which causes software (it kept asking me about manual updates, each time I tried to update, it failed). My current MIU version is 6.1.14 beta, I have no idea how outdated it is. That misbehaviour makes it impossible to charge phone, because each restart eats more power than it was charged in the meantime, until airplane mode, which renders phone useless when charging.

Is there anything that can be done to save the phone, or it simply belongs to trash bin?

The phone is relatively new, it was used by about half a year.


texts:
So here these are two quotes which I think describe well what the root dir is :

rootdir: the root directory (/). All files/folders/filesystems are stored in or mounted under rootdir. On Android, the filesystem may be either rootfs or the system partition.

From here
And the second one from superuser forums

That means it is the ultimate parent or grandparent or grand grandparent of any file or directory you can find on your system.
It contains all the files necessary for the system to work such as boot files, libraries, packages, essential binaries, system configuration, user files and temporary files.

But I am a bit confused : if I am correct the rootdir is the place where all filesystems are mounted. But in Android that does not happen (at least Android 10+) : the root dir is /system however some directories are not mounted in the system directory. Example : data which is mounted... well under /data (and not /system/data) or also the vendor partition, mounted under /vendor. So I deduced that not all directories are mounted in the root dir, here /system. Why ?


texts: "This device has been reset. Sign in to continue with the Google Account that was previously synced on this device."

texts:
I have a used Huawei P smart 2019 which has just received a "factory reset". I put that in quotes because during the new configuration it asks for the last used Google account:

  Verify account
  Sign in with your Google account.
  This device has been reset. Sign in to continue with the Google Account that was previously synced on this device.

The problem is that the young user has lost his Google account access. There is no recovery phone number, no secondary email address... no way to log into this phone. That's why we're setting up a brand new account. The new account is ready for use but the phone is not.
--> How do I do a real reset on this phone??!

I have done the reset according to the official instructions:

  At the beginning you switch off the device.
  Then hold the "Power Button" and "Volume Up" button until the Huawei logo and then the EMUI icon appears.
  Use the volume buttons to select "wipe data / factory reset" and confirm with the power button.
  The recovery mode then appears again. Now select "reboot system now" and the smartphone will be restarted. The device is then reset.

The problem is the last part in bold: it's not completely reset, it still wants a login using the previous account, but there is no way to provide that information.

I've found this 5-year-old answer saying "This is an anti-theft policy" but there has to be some solution for forgetful people that have not been robbed!

Following the trick described in this video starting at 4m09s, I was able to bypass the dreadful screen and continue with the Android setup process, but I eventually reached a dead end where it showed me a completely blank screen and briefly showed the toast message "Unlock device to continue". At this point I could only reboot or power off. That video continues with another trick at 7m20s that does not work on this phone because the popup browser window doesn't offer the "share" function (only "copy" and "select all").


texts: How can I update a system application without re-installing the OS?

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I have create an application and installed it to a device in the Android system image.

Now I have added some new features to my app and I want to update my current install app with that new feature.

One way I could do this is by re-installing the android OS with the new version of the app.

Is there another way that I can do this so that I can update the app without having to update my whole Android operating system?


texts: How do I set Google Latitude to auto-update with location regularly?

texts: When I use Google Maps it sets my Google Latitude location, but once I turn Maps off it stops. I'd like it to update with my location on a regular basis. I don't want to drain the battery by always using the GPS, but it'd be nice if it updated, say, every half hour or so.


texts:
I used to be able to access my company's exchange email, main folders and subfolders on my Samsung Galaxy S3. Sometimes, it is in tree format, sometimes it becomes alphabetical order. it is quite inconsistent (I did not change any settings).

But it sync all the emails and contacts. I left the subfolder issue as it is.

About 2 weeks ago, I realised the sub-folders "disappear". Not sure if there were any update as all my updates are auto. Now only the main folders is accessible.

My S3 Android version is 4.0.4.


texts: How can I abort a voice mis-dialed call?

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When I use voice dialing, the wrong contact is selected often enough that I'd like a chance to abort the call before it starts.    If I tap the call button on my headset, it seems to transfer the call back to the phone; by the time I reach for the phone, and hang up, I've left a missed call on a random person's phone.
What is the proper way to abort a call from the headset when the dialer picks the wrong contact?   Is there some way to get a bit more delay before the call connects?

Moto Droid (stock), 2.2, Moto H720 headset.


texts: Unbrick Samsung Galaxy Core Prime SM-G360V

texts: I need to know how to un-softbrick the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime. I don't know how it got bricked, I was just asked to fix it. It looks like a bootloop issue. The Product name is SM-G360V. I have already attempted flashing TWRP on it with Odin3, but it fails saying SECURE CHECK FAIL : recovery and the next line is Custom Binary(recovery) Blocked By R/L. I have no idea how to flash a custom ROM (of which I can't find) without a custom recovery.


texts: Alright, so I have a raspberry pi (192.168.42.53 on rndis0) that is tethered to an android tablet to access the internet. The tablet is connected to my home LAN via WiFi (on wlan0). How do I forward the raspberry pi so that I can access all of it's services through devices on my home LAN? Could this work through iptables?


texts: Android virtual device 7.1.1 stuck on logo screen after root

texts:
I just rooted AVD following the procedure described here.

everything goes fine and the AVD is being rooted and i can access system folders, but as soon as i restart the emulator, it will not boot up and stuck on android logo screen.

anybody knows the solution to solve the problem?


texts: For some time now my phone notifies me every day about some flight status, which I'm not interested in. I looked in Google Now settings and can't find a way to disable it. There isn't even a card related to travel. Is there any way to turn it off? It's really annoying.


texts:
I'd like to know if android phones are sim-locked. Given that they are open-source and have community images it should be 'tricky' to sim-lock one but I prefere to ask.

Also - do I need to unlock if I use dual-sim adapter with one legal card in it?


texts:
It's not a duplicate, because this question isn't about shredding files that already deleted, it's about deleting them in the first place in a way that recovery software wouldn't find it.
I delete photos, but this software FindMyPhoto still recovers them. I think photos are really deleted, and those that restored are thumbnails, because when I restore them they doesn't look that sharp. I delete photos through the Gallery application. I tried to clean Gallery app cache, that doesn't help.
I tried to use firmware (preinstalled by manufacturer) that cleans Android of junk (like cache etc), but the application above still finds it. And I don't know how to completely remove the files. It's like I've got a device with undeletable files and starting really hate Android (it's really betrayal and annoying behavior).
So if you could recommend some application may be (preferably from a well known company or free software, like those  from F-Droid repository) I would appreciate it. Thanks.


texts: LG G2's native camera app does not want to record anything

texts:
Here is my problem :

If I try to record a video using my LG G2's native camera app, the recording does not start and tells me that I cannot record a video while calling someone. However, I am not calling anybody! I tried to completely close any app that could call (native phone app, skype, ...) but it does not work... the message is still showing up...

Edit : I forgot to mention that this only happens in "Normal" mode, every other modes work fine.

Edit 2 : It used to work fine, but this problem just randomly popped up and I can't get rid if it...


texts: On the Nexus 4, I can silence the ringer by pushing the volume down button, however, when I push the volume up button, the ringer remains on silence until I go to settings and change the volume bar in ringtones. Shouldnt the volume up button work? Any suggestions?


texts: I tested the "lock" feature on Android Device Manger, and now I can't unlock it

texts:
I was just testing out Android Device Manager and I tested the lock feature. I entered a password, as requested, and the phone was locked. I was told that since I already had a lock screen on my phone, the password wouldn't be needed. I went back to Android Device Manager and there is only a "lock" option, not an "unlock" option.

Now I can't access my phone since it won't allow me to enter the password on the phone, or unlock it from Android Device Manager.


texts: Can I add my own themes to the new Theme section in the Personalize settings?

texts:
The latest update to KitKat 4.4.2 on my HTC ONE added a new Theme section to my Personalize settings. Right now, it just lists out four pre-defined themes, which appear to just be a wallpaper and a set of colors which control the global theme of the phone and apps.

Currently, the most bearable for me is the all black one, but the button colors with it are green which is kind of annoying me. I'd love to be able to modify them to be blue, but I don't see any way to modify the themes or even add my own. There's no additional menu when viewing that screen, no popup for long-pressing a theme, nothing. You can only select one and click Apply.

Is there a simple way to add my own themes to this list, or is there even a way to add themes to this list?


texts:
When phone is brand new and updated to latest firmware and network is also good then what possible causes can be of internet malfunction?

I'm using Asus Zenfone Max Pro M2
Running on stable pie.


texts: Are Apple headset volume control buttons not compatible with Android phones?

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I have recently transitioned from the iOS ecosystem to the Android ecosystem, and I just realised that although my iOS headsets can be used to pause and play the tracks and receive calls, their volume control buttons do not work, while the stock headset from the Samsung phone has working volume control buttons.

The only source I can find for this is this Stack Overflow answer, which states that Android cannot ever achieve compatibility due to Apple's patents. However, it does not cite a source.

Can anyone confirm that this is indeed the case with a reputable source?


texts: Crash when switching apps with non default launchers

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I just updated a Nokia 6.1 (TA-1054) to Android P and when I change the launcher from the default launcher3 to anything else it keeps opening launcher3 when I try to switch apps and crashes.

I tried rooting the device and trying to disable and uninstall it with no luck. Any ideas?

I tried the following so far:

./adb shell pm disable --user 0 com.android.launcher3
./adb shell pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.launcher3
./adb shell rm /system/priv-app/NBCLauncher/NBCLauncher.apk

Video


texts:
OrFox 1.0beta1 has a function to save images. Yet, there's no information where the image is stored inside and outside the application nor a configuration option to pre-determine the storage location. Maybe someone can share this well-hidden information.

Saved pictures don't appear in a gallery application which searches in default pathes which makes it possible that they're not saved at all and no error message is shown to the user.


texts:
I have 2 Samsung tablets, one serves as my main device, and I would like to factory reset the other one. I don't want to lose any of my data.
What happens if I reset one of them? Do they both lose their data? How can I prevent that from happening? What can get lost?


texts: Questions about rooting a tablet device for making kiosks

texts: My company's looking at the option of using Android tablet for making kiosks. The thing is, the majority of the native settings must be blocked from the user, and very limited apps and utility will be exposed to the customer. From the looks of it, a custom ROM would be the perfect solution, but that requires some arbitrary device be rooted. But then rooting voids warrantee, and this is meant to be a commercial product, so some kind of warrantee is needed. Is there an alternative method? Or what's the legality of commercial rooting?


texts: How can I turn off the “allow automatic updating” for **all** apps?

texts:
Recently Google started to check the “allow automatic updating” for their apps without being asked, which I hate. I have to deactivate it for each app separately.

But more importantly this pushed Google Books onto my phone, which I don´t need and wastes precious 4 MB internal memory.

And here comes the nasty twist: Google book is not actually available for my System (for whatever reason). So I can´t get the applications market page to un-check the “allow automatic updating”.

This leaves me wondering: is there a way to deactivate the “allow automatic updating” for all applications?


texts: How can I display Exchange sub folders with the native mail application?

texts: I have multiple sub folders that have email routed them via rules. Is there a way to get these folders on my phone so they show new messages as they come in the same way my Inbox does? I know the 3rd party application Touchdown works really well but was hoping that I could just use the native mail application on the phone.


texts: Turn off screen but still let video and streams running

texts: Sometimes, I want to listen to streams or videos while I'm on the go, but I can't put my phone in my pocket because that would press buttons on the display. Is there any way to turn the screen off and still let the stream/video running like it does with music players?


texts: Automatically turn work profile off on evenings and week-ends

texts:
I'd like to block myself from accessing my work apps at certain times and days (typically, evenings and weekends). Ideally, I'd like to use the system-level setting to remove access to all apps on the work profile. Back when all my apps (personal & corporate) were living on the same profile, I used the paid version of Stay Focused to block all work apps individually, and that was a satisfactory solution. Unfortunately, now the "device policy" forces me to put all work apps on the work profile, this Stay Focused app isn't available on the work profile version of the Play Store, and when I install it on the personal profile, it can't block apps on the work profile, so it's basically useless.

I know turning work profile on/off manually is really easy, but

I too easily forget to do so (and then mindlessly check work email late at night), and
the fact that it's so easy to turn it back on is part of the problem (ideally, I need to be 3-4 clicks away from accessing anything work-related, otherwise I do it mindlessly).

I use a Pixel 3A on Android 10. I can't root my phone. Is there a workaround or am I just out of luck?


texts: Can anyone explain to me what the % really refers to in the Android system, battery usage?

texts: I am wondering what the different percentages really refer to in the battery usage section. I mean...in total I see more than a 100%. So it is easy to presume that it doest mean a certain percent out of 100%.


texts: for all Androids: does airplane mode always prevent location tracking?

texts:
(Apologies if the answers to the following questions seem obvious, but I am not an expert, so thought I'd ask.)

The larger question can be broken down, but I don't believe the subquestions are worthy of separate SE questions, so here goes:

1. True or false: when one puts any Android device in airplane mode, one disables all signal transmission from the device.

I believe the answer to this is true, but would be interested to know of, e.g. (in descending order of interest),

the extent to which this statement is not true for all Androids OOTB. E.g., are there specific makes/models for which this statement is not true?
the extent to which one or more Android devices can have airplane mode turned off by an external signal. Example scenario which comes to (my paranoid :-) mind:

could a private anti-theft service, presumably with matching app, ping a device such its app takes the device out of airplane mode to respond?
do any governments require devices purchased in their jurisdiction require to respond to some external signal?

2. True or false: any Android device which cannot transmit signals cannot be geotracked.

Again, I suspect this to be true, but would be interested to know about non-trivial ways in which it might be false. An example of a non-trivial defeat would be a device that has a factory-installed passive RFID tag. An example of a trivial defeat would be for a user to attach a GPS beacon to her/his device.

If both of those are true, then one cannot (trivially) geotrack the location of an Android device in airplane mode ... unless I'm missing something ...


texts: How to take a screen shot in 2.3.5 android zte tablet

texts: Please tell me how to take a screen shot in reliance zte 2.3.5 android tablet?


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I'm using Skype on Android 7. I have stored a video locally on the phone on the location /storage/emulated/0/myvideo.mp4.

How can I send a skype message (from another device) so that on the above mentioned device the video is opened? That means I would like to send a message containing a hyperlink to /storage/emulated/0/myvideo.mp4 and when clicked on it the video should open.


texts: How to Save Website Pages for Offline access in Firefox/...?

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I need to save the website of some shops etc Power.fi because you cannot use LTE data in their shops (metallic halls) but I need to compare their prices to their website prices and others.
Options of Internet Browsers

Firefox because you can install there addons
Chrome not because you cannot install addons in Android Chrome
...

Options of the goals

It would be nice to save daily catalogs of the websites (whole website).
And then when time is in need, just take pages which you need (just a page). (Akhil's answer proposal here)
How to Store 777 single pages to one frontend/client/...?

Firefox plugins under test

ScrapBook - does not work in Android Firefox because I cannot even install the app in Android; pressing install just goes infinitely but never installs; restoring the page shows that nothing is installed; I did restart the browser but no difference.
...

Chrome (I really would like to find a solution for this as soon as possible Google allows the addons)

...

Phone: Oneplus 2
OS: CyanogenMod 13


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I'm trying to get hold of the icons used in the step-by-step view of Google Maps

I've extracted the APK from my device and scoured through the drawables folders etc but cannot find them anywhere. They are also not listed on the Material Design Icons webpage.

Does anyone know where they are stored?


texts: Rocket.Chat GCM notifications not showing in LineageOS 16

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I am running a Rocket.Chat server of my own and everything works fine with almost all mobile device clients (official 3.5.0) using it. So GCM and gateway (gateway.rocket.chat) work as should and notifications are showing correctly.

Except one phone that has LineageOS 16 flashed is not showing Rocket.Chat notifications although every other aspect do work with the app.

is this a known issue with LineageOS 16? If not how could I find out what is going wrong? So howto fix it or is it even possible?

I did try to search but did not find any relevant information about this issue yet.


texts: Why is there no option to choose size in TWRP's resize partition feature?

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I'm trying to reflash an old Galaxy Note N5100 but I realized that the system partition is too big (~1.5GB). The current ROM uses only about 40% of the partition so I want to shrink it to make space for cache and data. I heard that newer TWRP has resize2fs so I installed the latest (3.0.2-0) TWRP and try.

But after selected wipe > repair or change file system > resize file system there's no option to choose the new size! I tried swiping to resize it and the system is now even larger (~2.5GB). I checked with fdisk and it's really bigger now.

~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 30777344 sectors, 2740M
Logical sector size: 512
Disk identifier (GUID): 52444e41-494f-2044-4d4d-43204449534b
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 30777310

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            8192           16383       4096K   0700  BOTA0
   2           16384           24575       4096K   0700  BOTA1
   3           24576           65535       20.0M   0700  EFS
   4           65536           81919       8192K   0700  PARAM
   5           81920           98303       8192K   0700  BOOT
   6           98304          114687       8192K   0700  RECOVERY
   7          114688          180223       32.0M   0700  RADIO
   8          180224         3325951       1536M   0700  CACHE
   9         3325952         8568831       2560M   0700  SYSTEM
  10         8568832         9715711        560M   0700  HIDDEN
  11         9715712         9732095       8192K   0700  OTA
  12         9732096        30769151       10.0G   0700  USERDATA

Why is that? Where does the new size come from? Is there anyway to enter the size in TWRP?


texts: ADB pulling files from /data/data fails due to symlinks. How to skip symlinks in ADB pull?

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I can run

adb pull /data/data/com.xlythe.saolauncher/databases ./

or

adb pull /data/data/com.xlythe.saolauncher/files ./

and it works fine. However, if I try

adb pull /data/data/com.xlythe.saolauncher ./

It fails with the error:

  adb: error: failed to copy '/data/data/com.xlythe.saolauncher/lib' to
  './com.xlythe.saolauncher/lib': remote No such file or directory

It happens because the lib folder is actually a symlink to /data/app-lib/com.xlythe.saolauncher

Now, if I wanted only com.xlythe.saolauncher I would just do it by hand copying one folder at time, but I want instead to pull all /data/data at once.
So I need a way to tell ADB to just skip symlinks instead of failing the copy.
Any hints?


texts: Accessibility Voice Control to Read a Navigate a Webpage

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I am using a Samsung Galaxy S10e and I would like to use my accessibility features to voice control my phone while driving. I would like to be able to navigate to a website and have the content read to me and use voice commands to give commands within the website like, "skip link" "Fill-out form" and "tap link." Does anyone know if this is possible with Android's built-in accessibility and if so how so I do it?

I am also willing to use an App if there are any out there that will allow me to voice control navigation and read content to me. Thank you so much for any help!


texts: Not able make conference call in Motoroal MOTO E

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When i tried to make a conference call in Motorola MOTO E it is not allowing.

While giving the merge call option it says "Conference call is not allowed".

please clear my doubt  whether MOTO E supports Conference call facility or not .


texts: Android OS (Phoenix OS) restarts when i insert headphone in 3.5mm jack

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What I have tried:

I have tried USB earphones and mic, both works perfectly, So it should not be Sound/Audio issue in Android.
If I keep earphones plugged in during boot, PC shuts down at "Initializing" Step. So I think it's a kernel issue. But there is no stacktrace in last_kmsg.
I have tried logcat and bugreport to get some information about this. Logcat has no error or even output between inserting jack and System crash.Bugreport have too much information and I am not able to find anything about crash.
/proc/last_kmsg doesn't exist. /dev/kmsg has output regarding other usb devices/apps. But, it fails to show/save anything in the output after connecting jack. It just shuts down.
It is not a hardware issue, because both windows 8.1 and xubuntu 18.04 are running without any mic/audio problem in same laptop.

UPDATE 1:
It is now confirm that the issue is in android 7.1.1 x86 build, Specificaly with kernel.
I tried Default Androidx86 7.1.1 build, redmi os, prmieos. All are based on 7.1.1 (nougat) and had this bug. But Android x86 8.1 oreo builds seems to have resolved this bug. Now, I need to wait for phoenix os to upgrade.
One thing i tried is to replace the phoenix nougat kernel with android orea kernel and it booted fine, but no drivers compatibility. Graphics, audio wifi didn't work. I need to replace files too, but i have no idea which one.

People on XDA forums has done it, But I couldn't achieve that possibly because I don't have that much Knowledge about this.

How can I succesfully update kernel and drivers?


texts: Tasker App Factory Generated app - Not reacting to variable set %CLIP

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So, I created a tasker profile that monitors the %CLIP variable with the "Variable set" event, and if it's contents contain what I'm looking for, it puts up a notification. It all works in tasker, but when I export the App Factory Generated app, it doesn't provide realtime monitoring. If I launch the App Factory Generated a from the app drawer it will check the current contents of the clipboard and if it's meets the requirements it will post the notification, but it fails to monitor the clipboard and react to changes in realtime.

Do I need some sort of UI or permission for the the App Factory Generated app to run in the background? Are "Variable set" profiles not functional for App Factory Generated apps?


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I use Google Calendar instead of the stock calendar on my LG G5. I travel internationally on a weekly basis, and the Calendar app would automatically adjust the calendar events' scheduled time once I landed to a different time zone (if Auto Date & Time is on) or once I adjusted the time zone manually (if Auto Date & Time is off).

The fact that Calendar Events' times got changed is utterly impractical and annoying.

For example, I would add an event at 8pm on a future date in that destination of a different time zone, and once I land there, the Calendar event time will be changed to 2pm. This throws off the timing of all my events. I almost missed several flights because the alarm did not go off at the right time, especially in connected flights crossing multiple time zones.

How can I stop Calendar from doing that? If I recall, iPhone does not do that.


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I have a dual sim phone and am starting to do a bit of extra free lancing work on top of my regular job.

I have my own personal SIM which I have a contract that gives me unlimited calls. What I would like to do is get another SIM as a work number to give to clients. To keep this SIM active I just want to pay the minimum amount (I think it is 10 Euro every 6 months or something like that) so that clients phone my work SIM and not have my personal number.

With having unlimited calls on my personal SIM I'd like to phone my clients back using my personal SIM as it costs me nothing extra but make it look like I'm phoning from my work SIM.

Is it possible to do this? Is there an app that can control this?

I could always just phone my clients using my personal SIM and withhold my number so my number doesn't show but that's not really what I'm after.

Does anyone know is this possible?

Thank you


texts: Termux (Terminal) tsu is adding "(unreachable)" to my current working path

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When I run tsu (which is Termux's version of su), my current working directory gets prefixed with "(unreachable)", as you can see from the transcript of my session.
[u0_a116 …/~]$ tsu
[root …/home]# pwd
(unreachable)/data/data/com.termux/files/home
[root …/home]#

I did some digging and found what seems to me is the culprit.
tsu is a script that sets up an environment for the root user and then runs su to give you root privilege with the new environment. This is what the command that tsu is running looks like after opening all the variables.
/sbin/su -c PATH=/sbin/.magisk/busybox env -i PATH=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin:/data    /data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/applets:/system/bin:/system/xbin:/sbin:/sbin/bin     ANDROID_DATA=/data TMPDIR=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/.suroot/.tmp PREFIX=/    data/data/com.termux/files/usr TERM=xterm-256color LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.ter    mux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec.so ANDROID_ROOT=/system HOME=/data/data/com.ter    mux/files/home/.suroot /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/bash
This causes a problem when I try to run a script that is using relative paths. (I'm running a script to setup a full linux distro with proot in Termux).
If I take out the 'env -i` from the command then I get the current working directory without the prefixed "(unreachable)". This does not setup the new environment, it leaves the old environment intact as if I would have selected --preserve option.


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Is it possible to move the location of the new "Google Now Screen" in KitKat?

The screen is typically left of the home screen. What I want to achieve is, that it moves 1 screen further left, giving me another screen for apps/widgets left of the home screen.


texts: I keep on getting audio notice alerts when the apps alerts me on posters updates; where do I go to keep the notice alerts silent?


texts: How can I force 3G only on the Nexus S after the ICS update?

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In earlier versions of Android there was an option to toggle data between 2G, 3G preferred and 3G only.  After the ICS 4.0.3 update for Nexus S, there is no option for "3G only".

Did Google lock down this option or is there a way to force "3G only"? I don't care about connection quality or battery, I just want my data to stay in "3G only" mode.


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One week ago, my phone suddenly grew a very annoying problem with the Wi-Fi. Pretty much what happens is that my Samsung phone is working like normal for ten seconds. Then, the Wi-Fi disconnects and says "No internet available". If I manually reconnect it by tapping the Wi-Fi in settings and press connect, it connects back to the Wi-Fi. Then the cycle repeats ten seconds later.

Also, the cycle is not constant. Sometimes I have internet access for a few minutes, sometimes only for three seconds, but on mostly ten seconds.

Another thing, it's not my phone. My phone can connect perfectly well to all other Wi-Fis. It also not my router, for all other devices connect perfectly well to it. It has something to do with the specific connection between this phone and my linksys internet.

On a side note, I have a roomba connected via schedule to this phone. It hasn't automatically vaccummed since my internet-phone connection acted it.

EDIT 1: I have tried using the Wi-Fi fixer app and it did not work as desired. When the app is running, the same cycle occurs as described above. With the exception that every time the Wi-Fi disconnects, Wi-Fi fixer automatically reconnects.

This is a great step, as I get a somewhat more reliable internet connection. However, this means that every 20 seconds the "connected to Wi-Fi" pop up appears. It also means my internet goes in and out constantly. I also imagine the constant reconnecting to the internet causes a smaller battery life.


texts: Cannot change weather permissions on HTC One M9

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I've managed to disable to location permissions to my weather app that shows on the lock screen (I do not remember what I did to create this problem).  I am using the "default" weather app.

When I go to the weather app, in settings, and chose permissions I am not allowed to change permissions. I get the following error.

"To change this permission, you first have to turn off screen overlay from Settings -> Apps".

Weather does not appear in the screen overlay settings.

I have turned off Screen overlay for everything. And I still am not able to change the permission.

Any ideas what to try next?


texts: How to root Samsung Galaxy S10/S10e/S10+

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Samsung Galaxy S10 unfortunately comes up with apps that I don't need:

Unfortunately [...] the South Korean smartphone maker decided to bundle tons of apps inside the firmware of their flagship phone.
Majority of the bundled apps inside S10 are part of the Samsung ecosystem, although third party apps like Facebook can also be found there. Some of them can be disabled from the Settings, but not all.

I also want to use a few root-only apps, and need write access to /data/data/ for backup/restore purposes.
Question: How can I root my Samsung Galaxy S10e as easily and risk-free as possible?
(I generalized the question to all S10 variants, but please let me know if methods differ enough that separate question are required)


texts: Simple exit to "downloading don't turn off target " downloading mode

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As a curious newbie I went into downloading mode in my Samsung Galaxy S3 by pressing Vol down+center Home+power button. After that I got options to press Vol up key to continue and Vol down key to cancel. Out of sheer curiosity and thinking I can exit anytime I pressed Vol up key and the very infamous "downloading do not turn off" screen sits with the green Android logo.

All this was done without any cable attached to my computer since I don't want to root or flash my ROM. I just was curious as to what happens next. Now the screen just waited for Odin to connect, however I did not since after connecting I am unsure if there is no direct exit option from Odin without flashing ROM and not doing anything (in other words a simple exit from Odin with no rooting and no flashing and nothing happens).

Next I tried to go into recovery mode and tried all combinations of keys to exit this "downloading" mode but I failed. The power naturally went down as I was reading through many help articles and I put in another battery and now the phone doesn't turn on at all now; there is no reaction and it does not go into recovery mode either. Now I am in a soup as I want my photos and messages to be recovered (no external SD storage used)

I wish to know:

If I do manage to go into recovery mode, then selecting option "reboot system now" will simply reboot my system and phone will work?
If this does not work then does recovery mode option, "wipe cache partition" delete all user photos and messages? (I am absolutely sure factory reset option does delete all user data.)
If my phone waits on "downloading don't turn off target screen", then how do I simply exit this mode? Should I connect to Odin (highly risky) and exit? (I don't know what will happen.) Does connecting to Odin necessarily mean that I have to flash my ROM?


texts: Can Outlook calander be set as default in Samsung Galaxy S7

texts: I discussed with Samsung if Outlook Calendar can be set as default calendar in Samsung Galaxy S7. Their response is that the Google calendar has to be the default calendar. I use Office 365 and would like the functionality provided using the Outlook calendar in an Exchange environment. Does anyone have a work around? I'd like to be able to use Google Voice to record events to the Outlook Calendar.(in's convenient when I'm driving)


texts: Marshmallow Keeps rebooting. It seems a Stagefright bug. How to know which file causing the bug?

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So, my phone keeps rebooting when SD Card is inserted. Looking at the logcat, theres lots of:

"FFmpegExtractor" and "stagefright"

before the phone reboots.

What i suspect is that i have corrupted music or video that make stagefright crash and reboot the whole system.

any idea how to know which ones are the problematic file? In the logcat, FFmpegExtractor and stagefright did not list the file that they process :(

thank you!

07-16 22:27:59.603 263-263/? I/FFmpegExtractor: android-source:0xaee2c7b0
07-16 22:27:59.609 263-263/? I/FFmpegExtractor: adjust mime(video/ffmpeg -> audio/ffmpeg)
07-16 22:27:59.609 263-263/? D/FFmpegExtractor: suppoted codec(aac) by official Stagefright
07-16 22:27:59.609 263-263/? D/FFmpegExtractor: ffmpeg detected media content as 'audio/ffmpeg' with confidence 0.08
07-16 22:27:59.889 8571-8581/com.facebook.katana W/art: Suspending all threads took: 5.881ms
07-16 22:27:59.995 8571-8571/com.facebook.katana V/SplashScreenApplication: ceding control to main thread
07-16 22:28:00.007 802-1988/system_process I/ActivityManager: Killing 6810:com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad/u0a123 (adj 13): empty #17
07-16 22:28:00.312 263-989/? I/FFmpegExtractor: android-source:0xb5fa20c0
07-16 22:28:00.322 263-989/? I/FFmpegExtractor: adjust mime(video/mp4 -> audio/mp4a-latm)
07-16 22:28:00.323 263-989/? D/FFmpegExtractor: suppoted codec(aac) by official Stagefright
07-16 22:28:00.323 263-989/? D/FFmpegExtractor: ffmpeg detected media content as 'audio/mp4a-latm' with confidence 0.08
07-16 22:28:00.372 263-1152/? I/FFmpegExtractor: android-source:0xaee2c7b0
07-16 22:28:00.382 263-1152/? I/FFMPEG: [mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2 @ 0xaf467200] stream 0, timescale not set
07-16 22:28:00.388 802-812/system_process I/art: Background partial concurrent mark sweep GC freed 107225(6MB) AllocSpace objects, 27(1804KB) LOS objects, 31% free, 34MB/50MB, paused 1.903ms total 174.519ms
07-16 22:28:00.396 263-1152/? I/FFmpegExtractor: adjust mime(video/mp4 -> audio/mp4a-latm)
07-16 22:28:00.396 263-1152/? D/FFmpegExtractor: suppoted codec(aac) by official Stagefright
07-16 22:28:00.397 263-1152/? D/FFmpegExtractor: ffmpeg detected media content as 'audio/mp4a-latm' with confidence 0.08
07-16 22:28:00.449 263-1151/? I/FFmpegExtractor: android-source:0xb5fa20c0
07-16 22:28:00.454 263-1151/? I/FFmpegExtractor: adjust mime(video/ffmpeg -> audio/ffmpeg)
07-16 22:28:00.454 263-1151/? D/FFmpegExtractor: suppoted codec(aac) by official Stagefright
07-16 22:28:00.454 263-1151/? D/FFmpegExtractor: ffmpeg detected media content as 'audio/ffmpeg' with confidence 0.08
07-16 22:28:00.777 264-264/? E/installd: cannot create dir '/mnt/expand/db59b29d-f2da-4ea1-8405-330ab4baae72/user/10/com.noodlecake.altosadventure': File exists
07-16 22:28:00.781 264-264/? E/installd: cannot create dir '/mnt/expand/db59b29d-f2da-4ea1-8405-330ab4baae72/user/11/com.noodlecake.altosadventure': File exists
07-16 22:28:00.784 2217-2217/com.google.android.gms.persistent E/ExecutionCriteria: Package unavailable for task: endpoint='com.google.android.apps.photos/.metasync.periodic.MetaSyncGcoreGcmTaskService'
                                                                                tag='PeriodicLocalMetaSyncTask' : [PENDING] u0
                                                                                Next execution: [early=5380s, expires=16180s], p=21600s/f=10800s.
01-01 00:00:00.000 0-0/? E/Internal: device offline


texts: "Converting to multimedia message" when forwarding large SMS

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When I receive a large SMS and when I select "Forward" from options, it shows "Converting to multimedia message" and I'm getting charged more. Furthermore, if the person on receiving end doesn't have a multimedia phone he is not able to receive it.

I have un-rooted Samsung Galaxy 3 I5801

I don't want to convert it to Multimedia message.


texts: How do I change Genymotion physical keyboard to type scandic letters?

texts: I have enabled scandics (äöå) on-screen keyboard and they work, but when I type them from physical keyboard they do not work, nothing comes out. All english keyboard keys do work.


texts: Can't tether or hotspot my unlocked AT&T phone with T-Mobile

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I've purchased an unlocked AT&T phone LGE LG-D800

After calling T-Mobile and configuring APN, I can now get 4G. However, I still can't tether. The T-mobile rep said I am out of luck and can't tether with stock tethering application, because it's looking for AT&T servers. He did not way whether a 3rd party app would tether for me, and none of the apps I downloaded worked.

I am thinking, there has to be a way to get it to work: after all, the phone has data, it has wifi, all I have to do is bridge them, right?

I am a Java developer. Never programmed Android but would like to start; so if it comes to that, a programming solution would work.

Surprised with the lack of data on the web! One would think there are lots of people like me!

P.S. I don't care whether the solution involves wifi, USB or Bluetooth.

The error message is as follows:

authentication was unsuccessful
There is a temporary network problem that prevents the
enablement of the USB tethering function. Please try again later.


texts: Android Marshmallow keeps moving apps to internal storage after update

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I have a 32Gb SD card as adopted storage in my phone with Android M. It should be considered as the default installation storage for apps, as I have migrated the data to it.

However, I still experience the annoying situation of having to manually move apps back to SD card every time they update (as in Lollipop). Actually it's even worse because the migration systematically fails at the first try saying "Couldn't move app. Internal error". The second try always works. I guess data from the new version clashes with data already in SD card from previous version, and it's deleted when error message pops up, so at second try there's no conflict.

How can I fix this? I'd like to get apps updated directly to SD card, which is how supposedly adopted storage should be working.


texts: How to remove the bottom promo banners in Firefox for Android?

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When you use Firefox for Android, you periodically see banners promoting the app features such as sync, themes, etc.

Is there a way one can disable this and get rid of the distraction from surfing?


texts:
I had a memory card that was almost full, and recently when I was working with it, it suddenly crashed. The memory card was completely clean and looked like a new memory card. So the problem is not the connections.
I own a Samsung Galaxy. Normally, When I insert the SD card inside, it says "Preparing SD Card (Checking for errors)" and then a few seconds later it becomes available to use.
But when I insert this memory card into the device, the device does not show any reaction.
Neither message nor anything, the device is completely indifferent to its entry and exit.
I do not know if there was any important data in it or not, but I know it would be better if it could be retrieved.
Is the memory card still recoverable?


texts: How to extract Facebook messenger password

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I would like to ask you how can i see the stored password of FB messenger on my phone.

What i already tried:

Password reset did not work since the mail that was used is blocked and the phone number is in the bottom of the sea so no access there too.
It is not logged on with another website or application to get the password from there
Facebook support do not reply to the requests to reset the password

Please let me know what else i can try to find my saved password.

Thank you.


texts: How can I configure Google Play so that it doesn't update applications when I'm using the phone?

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I'd like to configure Google Play so that it doesn't update applications when I'm using my phone (Samsung Galaxy S3) or tablet (Nexus 7).

Note that I still want to have the auto-update, but only when I'm not using the phone.


texts: I keep getting redirected to TWRP after trying to boot to my newly installed LineageOS-16

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I've been trying to install LineageOS 17.1 on my Xiaomi redmi note 8 for almost a month now, and there is always one obstacle or another. First problem is that while the tutorial websites clearly state their version is made for the redmi note 8, The download page itself always states that the rom is made for the redmi note 8 PRO. In the zip name also  mentions unofficial, while other lineageOS downloads don't mention it. When I'm on the official website, I can't find my phone in the download page (Xiaomi Redmi note 8). When I succesfully installed the (unofficial) ROM, I tried to reboot my phone. Instead of entering LineageOS, it reboots into TWRP, even when I reboot it by pressing system under reboot in the twrp menu. Now, I tried to install LineageOS 16, but the exact same happens. I always wipe the dalvic cache and cache in between actions. I do have a nandroid backup from MIUI11 in case it just won't work out...
Thanks for being awesome!
I am using:
TWRP 3.4.0-0
I've installed: Magisk 20.4
I've tried installing:
LineageOS 16 by DarkJoker ; LineageOS 16 ; LineageOS 17.1 UNOFFICIAL ; LineageOS 17.1 V2
Last time, I tried to flash vbmeta.img first, before flashing the ROM
In all cases, I can't reboot into the system anymore unless I use my restore point.


texts: How to grant access to External Storage on Android?

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I am using Lineage OS 14.1 on my Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 (GT-i9152 ; codename : crater).

I am trying to download some apps through the APKPure App and whenever i tap the "Install" button ; i get the message

" We need to access your external storage. Please Make sure the permission is not denied"

So i was wondering on how does one grant access to EXTERNAL storage on the Android Variants from Marshmallow onwards, since they don't recognize an SD card unless it is formatted as internal ?

Please note, i do NOT want to format my SD card as internal as i risk losing all my data incase the OS malfunctions, leaving me with an encrypted SD card with important contents i might not be able to access

Please guide.


texts: Can I use my cell phone's internet connection as a VPN?

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I'm still learning about VPNs so forgive me if this sounds horribly mistaken, but if I understand it correctly a VPN is an encrypted internet connection between two computers that can also be used as proxy. My question is: supposing I am ON MY LAPTOP at a library/work/school and the WiFi has a filter that prevents access to some websites, in theory would I be able use the unfiltered 4G data connection from my Android tablet or phone to gain access to those sites remotely?

I know I could just tether the device and use the connection that way but I'm curious if it'd possible to use the data plan on the tablet that I leave at home (it has perfect 4G data service there) that way, should I ever need to use an encrypted connection to get around some web filters, I could always have that available to me. I currently don't have a home computer that I can leave running all day, otherwise I'd run something like Hamachi.

Thanks for reading and sorry if this is a noobish question!


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Is it possible for someone to install apks without you noticing, using remote debugging? (E.g. over TCP/IP, or on the same WiFi network). I found articles referring to this after a quick Google, but I'm not sure if they are not just alarmist.

EDIT: This paper seems to talk about something similar - "Android’s External Device Attack: Demonstration and Security
Suggestions" - Wei et al.

I was thinking of enabling debugging mode, but this is keeping me from doing it.


texts: Can I turn my Android device into a webcam?

texts: If so, how? Could it be implemented via a USB, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connection?


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I don't have any background information, but my coworker showed up today with a nonresponsive Samsung Galaxy Gio. It will not boot. When plugged into the power charger, a half-full battery displays and just stays there.

Attempting to turn it on while holding the home button has no effect.

I swapped batteries with her (this is a company phone; we all have the same model). My phone works fine with her battery, hers does not work with my battery. Tried gently brushing off the battery contacts in her phone, no go.

Anything else to try before sending to the manufacturer?


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I have a Nexus 7 running Jelly Bean. I was downloading a file and somehow I managed to remove a tick mark some were. Now I can not download anything from the net without Chrome stops working. Then I tried to download a backup program from Play Store, that mad Play store stop.

How and where do I add the tickmark again? Will I have to reset my Nexus 7? If so are all the app I bought then lost?


texts: Why I can't see all images in the gallery?

texts: My Phone is SYMPHONY Xplorer W35. Android version JellyBean 4.1.1 Recently I'm facing a problem. Sometimes I download images from my PC to my mobile phone. But unfortunately these images are not in the gallery apps. For this when I need to upload an image from messenger I can't upload them because they are not in the gallery. But after few times the images are automatically shown in the gallery. (My messenger doesn't support uploading file from file manager)


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My tablet screen has gone black. I have shone a flashlight into the screen and I can just about make out the display and when I move the toggle up and down to adjust the brightness it does nothing it just stays the same. I've switched it off and on a few times but it has done nothing, I am not using any custom roms. Also I haven't broken it of dropped it in any way, I have only had it since Christmas.

I'm using Samsung Note 10.1, 2014 edition.


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Android 5 has options to have users, so multiple people can use the device. I had my Motorola G 2 set up to use multiple users, but it now only has one profile which would be nice to recover the profile picture of:

Can this be done (without root etc as well)? I can get a very low res 90px image from screenshots but that is about it.


texts: Why there is no Calendar sync Option on android 4.2.2? (Lenovo A850)

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I can't find the sync option for calendar in my new Android 4.2.2 phone.
There is every other option such as: Gmail, Google+, Contacts and so on but no calendar!
Can somebody help me to make it work?
By the way, I have rooted my phone. Thanks.


texts: Is there a user accessible font size preference?

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I would like to change the font size throughout the entire operating system, not just in one app or on one screen. Is there a way to do this?

Searching the internet brought up someone saying the Spare Parts app on the Market can do this, but that was incorrect. Its font size preference only affects the app itself.

The developer documentation does seem to imply there is a user font size preference. From http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/topics/resources/more-resources.html :

  sp
  Scale-independent Pixels - this is like the dp unit, but it
  is also scaled by the user's font size preference.

But it does not say anything about how a user is supposed to set this. I don't see it in the settings on the phones I have.


texts: locate lost phone with help from gps and web based google play

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Phone lost but access to google play through web interface.
Is there any app that will send GPS position right upon installation,
or send the phone position to the gmail account installed on the phone (also remotely available of course).

There's the app "Plan B" but only for android 2.0-2.3.

Regards,


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I'm in the US for 30 days and got a SIM card from Lycamobile. For some reason adding APNs doesn't work through the GUI (I add them but they never show up in the list, even after rebooting).

Instead I added the following lines to my /system/etc/apns-conf.xml, just before </apns>

  <!-- BEGIN Custom APNs -->
  <apn carrier="Lyca US" mcc="311" mnc="960" apn="data.lycamobile.com" type="GPRS" user="lmus" pass="plus" />
  <!-- END Custom APNs -->

Based on MCC and MNC data from Wikipedia and the information available online in general. I also enabled Data Roaming and International Roaming. I have rebooted my phone. I am on a Samsung Galaxy S3 running the latest AOKP nightly.

However, I still get an R in my signal tray and cannot connect to the internet. Please advise - any help would be appreciated even if it a nudge in a new direction.

Cheers,

Gausie


texts: I can no longer view new files in Dropbox on my Android phone. On investigation, I find that it says Offline. How do I change the settings to see all the files online?


texts: More internal memory or less memory + SD card

texts: I am thinking about buying Samsung Galaxy S3. The problem is that difference in price between 16Gb and 32Gb is significant, and it is much cheaper to buy SD card and compensate this difference. Is it good idea or not? What are disadvantages?