texts: Charging/USB Notification Not Appearing on LG X Charge

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For the past month I have been trying to connect my phone to my Ubuntu Linux with little luck- for context, I used to run Linux Mint and managed to get things to work just fine. However, I switched over to Ubuntu, and when I tried to set up ADB again, it mysteriously just refused to list the device. The phone still charges,  but nothing detects it; not mtp-detect, not lsusb, not adb devices. It does not show the charging notification, no matter what (and I know for I fact I haven't muted the notification or anything like that. It used to show the charging notification, but unfortunately I can't pinpoint exactly when it stopped.)
Initially, I thought it was a data transfer/charge only cable issue, so I checked maybe twenty cables and not a single one of them worked. I then figured it may be a problem with Ubuntu, being as I'm pretty inexperienced with the OS (and Linux in general). A bunch of package re-installations later, still no change. Also tried several other computers (non-Linux), none of them detected the phone either.
...And then I tried another, identical LG X Charge phone; exact same Developer options, same model number, same firmware version... and it worked instantly, charging notification and everything. The only difference between the two is that this other phone has never been connected to the Ubuntu computer. It was connected with the same USB cable and through the same port. (Also, yes, both phones were unlocked.)
I'm kind of at a loss at this point- I've tried revoking USB debugging authorizations, I've changed the USB configuration to everything under the sun, I've tried doing it in Safe Mode... I've even done a factory reset on my phone, and still no dice. At this point, I'm convinced it's an issue with the phone's USB port itself, but I have absolutely no idea what would make it suddenly react like this. There hasn't been any external damage to the port between me switching computer OS' as far as I'm aware of. The only other theory I have is that, somehow, when I installed Ubuntu, it messed up the authorization and the phone thinks it's still authorized when it's not- though it wouldn't explain it being unrecognized by other computers, and one would think revoking the authorizations would've fixed it...
If further specifications are required, I'd be happy to supply. Adb devices simply has a blank space under 'List of devices attached' when ran, and mtp-detect says 'No raw devices found', while the other phone is detected by both of these.
EDIT
I am still seeking information on this- if I'm correct in my assumption that it's an issue on the phone's port end, does anybody have any idea how I would go about fixing this, or am I just gonna have to get a new phone...?
This is all especially pressing as, it turns out, when I factory reset my phone, I found out my backup hadn't actually backed up everything- so I would definitely like to have some sort of solution or even idea of what the issue is so I don't repeat a mistake like that in the future.


texts: 'failed to mount cache', 'failed to mount system', 'flash write failure' in yureka+

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i have yueka plus yu5510 ,
i've installed cm13 on it.
when i'm wiping its cache using twrp 3.0.8 , it shuts down.
after reboot i tried again then it shows 'failed to mount cache' , 'failed to mount system' , failed to mount data'.
size of internal storage,cache,system become 0 mb.
 What have to do ???? pls. help me . i'm stuck  .
i tried every thing under my knowledge like erasing and formatting using fastboot .
i tried to flash stock rom cm12.1 but it says "flash write failure".
also cant change twrp to cwm cause of 'flash write failure'.
pls. pls. can someone help me


texts: Can a wifi hot spot be set invisible to just one specific android device?

texts: The wifi hotspot i usually connect to has suddenly become invisible to just my android phone but is visible to everyone else. Is this possible or is there something wrong with my phone?


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I have a question about being able to send Linux commands over a serial connection to an Android device.

I have heard of putty and tried to use it, but i am ultimately lost with it. Like if I was in the Linux shell of the Android and could type, reboot and the device would reboot. The Android device has a virtual serial connection, and I have been able to connect to it using putty, but I don't know where to go after that. I know this is confusing and may be completely wrong, thank you for your time in advance.

I also have been able to connect to it with QPST, and see a 100mb drive come up with some files in it.


texts: Micromax Funbook tablet frozen at boot screen. No clockwork mod recovery - how to restore?

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I have a Micromax Funbook tablet (codename:P300) running Android 4.0.3.

While playing with a file explorer, I accidentally moved a file from /system folder. Yes, the device came as rooted and I had enabled root explorer and mounted the partition as writable. I  did so because I was mistakenly taken an assumption that I had installed Clockworkmod Recovery mod recovery.

Upon restart, the device does not go beyond bootloader image (it just says "Funbook" for ever).  I had attempted restart into recovery by pressing option button and then powering on.  To my nasty surprise, now only I realised that I had not installed Clockworkmod Recovery and landed on some recovery with following options:

Android system recovery <3e>

Reboot system now
Apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache

Can anyone can help in restoring the tablet to original ROM? Even if I have ROM file, without Clockworkmod Recovery how can I recover?


texts: My Samsung keep booting up and then after the intro where it should show my home screen it showing a blue flashing Samsung sign with the Led light glowing blue as well. I have tried taking out the battery and holding down volume+home+power button. and holding the home button for restarting it. it's frustrating me


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I tried to install an app on my tablet called Applock, by a developer called Gizmoquip (I think there are a few apps with that by different developers). AVG came up with a message saying it will install adware, and malware to steal personal information, but it has more than 2 million downloads and very few bad reviews, and I can't find any information about it online anywhere else.

Is AVG wrong, and it's actually a safe app?

(EDIT: I'm sorry if it was an innappropriate question. Without anyone saying they downloaded it and are sure without a doubt that it is malware because it broke their phone or whatever, I'm afraid I really am just asking for a more informed opinion than my own.  But, since the issue is resolved now, and you've given me some very good advice, please feel free to close the question or delete it or whatever you need to do. If I have any other problems I'll try to think more about it before posting next time. Thank you!)


texts: Anyone have any idea why certain developer options (e.g. Disable HW overlays) seem to reset whenever rebooting the device, and/or how to resolve it?


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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask, but how secure is checking file hash with Solid Explorer for Android?
I don't have computer access so it's my only option.
Does anyone know if it's a bad idea like if it collects file data that way or uploads it to a database, or does it literally just calculate the hash and nothing more so it's safe to use?
I've never done it before so I'm lost.
This is for my files not to compare files.
Actually are Google play store hash apps safe at all?
I'm aware sites are not as they can be collected into a data base and out in the open, but are the appstore apps secure?


texts: Turn off the voice notification for emails on GALAXY S4?

texts: So I tried to figure this issue out for my boss and ended up stumped, decided to call Verizon for some assistance however, due to lack of "official literature" (?) the tech was unable to assist me in solving the problem. Turns out if I go into the settings for the actual email account that my boss has connected to his phone and shut off the notifications completely that eliminates the voice from say... "You have one new email... You have five new email... You have eleven new email" but.... if we do that he can't receive any notifications at all. No beep, no vibrate, no standard email dings... there has got to be a way. Someone please help, the voice is driving everyone in the office crazy.


texts: Today, after installing custom firmware into my Huawei Y6PRO it shows only boot (bootloop), and I went to fastboot mode, and by mistake turn on lock on bootloader :( so now I can't go into recovery mode, nothing happens when I click pawer + volume up / volume down or both:( any advise how to fix it?:(


texts: Why is application data of the same application stored in different locations?

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I have installed the same application on

a device running Android 7.0 (not rooted) and
on a tablet running Android 4.4 (root),

but nevetheless I noticed that the application data (databases/files etc) is stored in different locations on each device:

On the tablet device the files are located at: /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.packagename and can be easily manipulated (i.e copy, back up etc) but not on the smartphone which likely leaves the storage location being: /data/data/com.packagename which I have no access to.

I understand that it is usually stored on /data/data (protected internal app storage) or /storage/sdcard0/Android/data (storage on user's internal storage partition), else on a SD card if present. In addition, a related question has been asked here: Where Android apps store data?

My biggest surprise is why is this happening on the same application (same version - sideloaded)?

This reference page also explains how a developer can configure the default location of application data. It  would have been  understandable if there were different versions of the application, but here I am only dealing with the same application (i.e .apk file). Is there something I am missing here or things have changed in recent versions of Android?

My concern is that I can't access these files on /data/data without root and since these are large files and I need to back them up just in case the app data is accidentally cleared (and I have already done that by mistake :(.

Most importantly  I don't want to continuously download them over again.

Note: Both devices have no external storage attached.

From the look of things the biggest obstacle is not being able to access files on /data/data  (device 1), hence no backup possible...(I would appreciate if there is another reliable workaround to achieve this)


texts: Email app syncing two years old messages

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OK, I have maybe quite a silly quiestion, but could you recommend email app that does this:

Show emails from the latest month/week, then delete them from phone memory (unless I want to sync them again)
If I delete email in my phone, it is deleted in my account as well (meaning trasferred to "Deleted emails").
Ad free and reliable (I do not want to put my account info into just any app)

Default email app would be great, unless everytime it starts syncing old unread emails from 2013!! I could not find anywhere in the settings to sync just last week/month. It's driving me nuts it is missing...(or I am missing sth)

My provider uses basic smtp/pop3 servers, I have CM12.1 (Lollipop).

Thanks for suggestions :)

Edit:
I have tried:
Inbox - not working with non-Google account
Gmail app - no setting "Days of mail to sync" for non-Google account.


texts: Oflline access to note/task/calendar apps

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Sure Evernote is great, but I don't like the idea of paying for accessing my own data when I am offline, which is still very often the case for tablets when you travel.

Unfortunately, when you read reviews, this bit of information is lacking.

Do you know of any free evernote-like app where synced data can be later accessed offline still for free?

What about Springpad in this regard?


texts: LG G2 screen isn't working in partial areas

texts: So the other day I dropped my LG G2 from about 5 feet high and it smacked the ground. The screen was not damaged and everything looked fine with the phone, but when I started using it that wasn't the case. About 75% of my screen works when I touch it but a certain section of it does not. It isn't cracked or anything and you can see everything on screen, only the touch screen will not work in a certain section on my phone. Please help!


texts: Is there a way to configure the Samsung keyboard quick punctuation pop-up to close after I choose a symbol?

texts: The Samsung keyboard has a handy button to the right of the space bar that pops up a window to input basic punctuation symbols like commas, parentheses, exclamation etc. What is annoying about it is it won't close after I choose a symbol so, after I press a key (a comma, for example), I have to press the phone's back button to return to the alphanumeric keyboard. Can this be configured?


texts: Google Calendar sync works only when Google Calendar app is uninstalled

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I couldn't get Google Calendar to sync on my Galaxy S3 (with web version of Google Calendar). I did all things recommended on this help page but it didn't help. I also tried removing Google account from the phone and adding it again.

However, during one of the reinstalls (as recommended in Google help page) I suddenly got a notification about an event in my calendar that was created in the web version.
The sync worked perfectly fine when the Google Calendar App was removed from my phone. When "Google Calendar App" was uninstalled the pre-installed "S Planner" showed me the notification because the sync kicked in.

I rechecked it both ways from Android app to the web version and vice versa.

I prefer Google Calendar app to "S Planner" but this issue renders Google Calendar app unusable.

I also sent feedback message from the app.

Edit to add: it worked fine until one of the updates of Google Calendar.

Update: user RossC suggested to disable S Planner and test sync, but unfortunately I can't disable it (see screenshot).
Disabling related applications (with words calendar, samsung and sync in the title) did not help.

full screenshot


texts: How can I auto refresh my web browser in android? (Any web browser)

texts: I want to refresh (reload) a webpage every x minutes. How can i do this? Firefox addon's don't work, dolphin addon's don't work either...


texts: How can I build the TextSecure app from source code?

texts: Unless I’m mistaken, the TextSecure app (which provides encrypted text messaging—both over the wire and on disk) was pulled from the market a while back, leaving no way to install the app is readily available from the Market. Just today, however, the source code was released to the public. How can I build the app from source code and get it onto my phone?


texts: How can I automatically connect my phone to the stronger Wifi signal around it?

texts: I have a Google Nexus 4 and have two wi-fi networks that I use in my home. Since they are in some range of one another my phone stays connected to the router that's farther away from the one I'm closer to. Is there a way or app that can connect me to the stronger wifi signal around me when I move around my house?


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I am trying to do a full copy of /sdcard of my unrooted OnePlus 3T to my Windows PC.
So far I've tried:

adb pull /sdcard/ C:\mylocalfolder\
Works OK but as soon as there is an error it stops the process, so the copy process has been truncated. The error is due to a file containing ":" in the name, so it can't be copied to Windows.

adb exec-out tar c sdcard > sdcard_backup.tar
Doesn't work, it stops inmediatly and creates a corrupted 4kb file.

Copy the files using Windows via Data Transfer mode
Windows halts calculating time to copy files.

Adb pull would be the ideal solution so far if is there a way to skip/ignore errors so it can continue copying the files, or perhaps try to skip the files with certain characters.
I've tryed both Adb version 1.0.32 and 1.0.41 (latest version as of July 2020).
Any suggestion?


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I just saved the files from my flip phone to a micro sd card, and put that micro sd card in my android tablet. I went to the file manager, but I didn’t see anything for mounting the sd device, or that it was accessible. where should I look to access files from sd cards?

using Android lollipop


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I have a 32GB Lexas Micro SD card in my Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100. For some reason, the card consistently shows 12gb as the size of the card. It just randomly started doing this about 2 weeks ago.

I have done an on-device format (as it has prompted me once or twice to format), a format with an SD card utility through the SD card group, and a Windows formatting. It still shows 12GB.

Any solutions?


texts: Lock screen launch bar not launching app, shows different icon too

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This is an HTC One with Android 4.3 and Nova Launcher Prime (This may be a Nova issue, not sure yet)

Since a picture is worth 1000 words, here is the pictures:

Dragging an icon "up" from the lock screen is supposed to unlock the phone and launch the app. This worked fine until I changed SMS apps

Now when the phone is locked, it shows this funny little android icon instead of the Textra icon. Dragging the icon up unlocks the phone, but does not launch the app

Once the phone is unlocked, the proper icon shows (With the music and browser icons swapped) and clicking the textra icon launches the app properly.

I'm going to contact the Nova developer with this as well, but was wondering if anyone had seen anything like this before.

**UPDATE

This now appears to be a bug or issue with Nova.

Tried something I should have tried before asking, but I will update with the solution anyway.

I dropped back to the default HTC Sense launcher and the Textra icon was not where it should be. I re-created the shortcut with the HTC launcher, then went back to Nova and got the proper icon and launch behavior.


texts: Trying to solve Problem: Huge Contacts Database

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On a HTC Sensation running ICS 4.0.3, something caused my contacts database to rapidly grow.

The DB is now 580 megabytes and growing (sometimes over a megabyte per hour) despite the fact that I:

disabled all syncs (I found out that the Google Contacts sync had been not working for the last couple of months)
uninstalled all 3rd party sync apps (LinkedIn, FaceBook)
removed all all accounts but my Google accounts from "Accounts & Sync"
disabled all network access (no WiFi, no Data)

None of the above steps made the problem go away.
Looking with Contacts Remover, some contacts have about 300 LinkedIn contact links and photos.

My goal is to save as much information as possible, sync that to my Google account, then ditch the Contacts database and reload from Google.

The constant memory pressure makes it hard to run applications (I need to move apps to SD to get some storage memory, then run something, and hope that while running the storage memory doesn't run out).

Basically my phone is now useless.

My idea to try solving the problem is this:

export the Contacts to VCF on the SD card (success)
copy the VCF to a machine that can run the Android AVD (success)
install an AVD that allows to add a Google account for sync (success)
copy the VCF to the AVD SD card using DDS in Eclipse (success)
import the VCF into the People app of the AVD (success)
sync the AVD to Google (fail)

The last step fails, but doesn't generate any error.
The AVD is using these settings to be as close as possible to my physical device:

Target=Google APIs (Google Inc.)
Platform=4.0
API Level=14
CPU/ABI=ARM (armeabi-v7a)

Two questions (given that I want to sync back the contacts to my Google account):

How can I make the last step work?
What alternatives can I use if I cannot get the last step to work?

The VCF files total to about 3 megabyte (with about 3000 contacts that is about a kilobyte per contact, not close to 200 kilobyte as in the DB)


texts: for all my email I only use office365. But I also have a gmail account. When I open the gmail app, my gmail account is opened as primary mail. I don't want that I want the o365 account as primary mail, or even better I do not want the gmail mail at all. I switched all sync with the gmail account off. Did not really help me. If I remove the gmail account completely it is fine, however android starts complaining about not having a backup location then. Any ideas?


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In the below picture

1, It seems that the radio firmware don't need a linux driver in Android, It just need a user space shared library, is it?

2, what is baseband?


texts: How to make cellular phone call from Xperia Z LTE?

texts: How to make phone call over 4G or GSM using Xperia Z LTE (SGP321) tablet with SIM?  Messages elsewhere say you can't. If not exactly why not?


texts: Device soft-bricked after flashing Xposed ;-;

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Newbie here! I rooted my phone, (Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900) and I'm trying to get Xposed working. After flashing Xposed*.zip, my device is just stuck on the "SAMSUNG" screen. Do you guys/gals know any way to install Xposed for my phone?

Any help would be appreciated! :D


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I have an android wear device and I'd like to uninstall apps with sideload.

I already have:

1 adb forward tcp:4444 localabstract:/adb-hub
2 adb connect localhost:4444
3 adb devices
4 adb -s localhost:4444 shell
5. pm list packages
6 adb uninstall [package name]

but there is then -waiting for device-

does anyone know how I can solve this problem or how I can uninstall apps another way with side load?

thanks


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Here is the story. I have two kids (5-7 years), they have their Android tablets... and I have the credit card. I have created two google accounts, each for one tablet. I want to buy apps for them, but I don't want to enter any details of my credit card to their google accounts, because the theory is that they will be using these accounts in future to communicate, browse etc. I don't want them charging my card without my knowledge.

A while ago, when buying something in the google play store, I was able to select between one of the tablet accounts and my own account. I then had to enter the password to my own account and was able to install the given app. Now this seems no longer to be possible.

I am lost. I am a 40+ year old Un*x user and I am confused and frustrated by Android. Is there a way of buying apps for my kids that is safe?


texts: Wi-Fi Calling feature on Pixel - How do I tell if it is using it?

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I came across the Wi-Fi calling option in settings and thought I'd give it a try since my cellular phone connection with Verizon is very spotty at my house.

It is supposed to use whichever has the strongest signal between wi-fi or cellular.  Under the settings it says "Cellular Preferred" which I don't see how to change, although it has a setting for "Roaming preference" which I changed to Wi-Fi, but this doesn't change the "Cellular Preferred" label on the main settings screen.

I'm trying to determine if it is actually using the wi-fi connection when making a call.  There is no indication on the status bar that is any different whether it is turned on or not.  Theoretically it should be using the wi-fi since it is a much stronger signal.

To be clear, I'm talking about using the actual "phone", I'm not talking about wi-fi vs cellular data transfers, which is more obvious as to which you are using.

Is anyone aware of how to tell which one it is using?

Thanks


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Is it possible to change the pixel 3 / 3 XL icons to 3rd party icons on the stock launcher?

I understand its possible to change icons sets by installing new launchers. However, I would like to know if its possible to change icon set in stock launcher which comes with Pixel devices.

Thanks.


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Device: LG optimus G (E-0975)
Android: 4.1.2

Does LG Optimus G (E-0975) support USB host mode?

If yes, what can I do with that? How do I use it?


texts: How do I edit a contact on my Galaxy S5? When I click on the pencil icon for an individual contact it has everything grayed out, so I can't enter anything.


texts: I tried to perform a factory reset on my phone to give it to a friend of mine. However, I realised that when I installed Whatsapp, I can still have my chats, my photos and songs aren't deleted as well. What is wrong with this?


texts: What to do after replacing the phone's battery?

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I have a Nexus 5 (1.5yo; I know, it's old but still worthy!) and the boy was heavily suffering from short battery discharges. I'm a phone heavy user so I figured out I had depleted the battery's life, and decided to buy a new one.

I used that great iFixIt guide to replace the battery and everything is fine, except that my phone keeps lasting 2 hours and something after a full charge, just like it did with the old battery.

Are there any special procedures I can take to ensure I can have a lasting battery life, or could this be related to the power port or other internals? I feel the back of the phone overheated just like it happened with the old battery as well.

UPDATE: it seems that battery I bought was faulty. After some weeks the phone dropped on the floor and the battery stopped working completely. The new one I got from the warranty gave the phone new life, as expected :)


texts: How can I install / debug applications on nanopi m4 Android board?

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I have a nanopi m4 Android board, usb type c port for charging and data (and debugging maybe), four usb 3.0 ports, Android 8.1

I need to use adb,

what I have tried

use the charging / data port (usb type c) for debugging, the board couldn't boot, it goes through a loop trying to boot, I guess because of not enough delivered power;
looking for the debug over Wifi feature in the Android settings, but I didn't find this option.

Question

What other debugging options do I have?

This might help

I can put an App in SD card and use it
I can host a temporary web server to get the app to the board


texts:
I bought a Lenovo K6 Power mobile, but it's not showing the gallery in the menu and storage.

I have done all the basic steps, but I don't see the Gallery app.

What can I do to fix this issue?


texts: Stock ICS email app refusing to auto-update or notifications

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Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.0.1, all other apps seem to sync and notifiy fine. The email app has the settings:

Inbox update frequency: 5 mins
Email notification: Checked

It doesn't appear to be syncing at all, however as soon as I open the app it goes and gets all the new emails from the point I last closed the app.


texts: Is there a way to perceive vibrations more effectively when device rings?

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I have an HTC Desire HD. I work in a noisy environment as well as ride a motorbike. I often don't hear or feel the vibrations when the phone rings.  One of my previous phones had a function where it would ring once every 60 seconds until I attended to the message on my phone.

Is there a way that will provide this service?

Another issue is that sometimes the volume gets reduced. I must accidentally turn it off when I put the phone on my belt clip. One day I had 20 missed calls when checked because the device didn't ring for those calls.


texts: Is there are way to change Android's default screen orientation?

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I have a general purpose Android computer that has no sensors.  It requires an external monitor to view output via HDMI.  It always displays in landscape unless the app running specifies portrait.

1) The screen PHYSICALLY needs to be displayed in portrait.
2) The OS always displays in landscape, unless an app overrides orientation.

3) How to change the default (currently landscape) orientation to portrait in the OS?

Is there a setting in Android that determines default orientation or does this require a hack?  I have root access.


texts: How to remove Google box from home screen

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I believe this app is called S Voice. How can I remove it completely?

Sometimes it pops up when I unlock the tablet without me trying to open it. And even if it didn't I would want to remove it anyway because I don't need the functionality it provides (I don't even know what it is.)


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I was using Samsung Galaxy S Duos, which was stolen 2 months back. I now have a new Android phone - the Micromax. I thought I lost all my contacts, but somebody insisted that you can restore it using Gmail account even though I never manually performed a backup of my contacts. I remember the day when I took the phone, and it asked me for a Gmail account.

For my profile and I gave the Gmail account and also always "Account sync" option was on in my mobile.

Now my questions are:

Can I still get those contacts restored on my new mobile? I have not manually done a backup, just the Gmail account that I set when I got that phone was in sync.
If yes, can I get it on Micromax cell also?


texts: Black screen after Flashed ROM build from AOSP source

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I everyone. I have compiled Android 4.3.1 for my device (Samsung Galaxy TAB 2 7.0). After flashed the compiled zip file my tablet stuck on samsung logo.
After analyzed the Logcat i have noticed this part :

I/SurfaceFlinger(  109): SurfaceFlinger's main thread ready to run. Initializing graphics H/W...
D/libEGL  (  109): loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libEGL_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so
D/libEGL  (  109): loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so
D/libEGL  (  109): loaded /vendor/lib/egl/libGLESv2_POWERVR_SGX540_120.so
F/libc    (  109): Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV) at 0x00000000 (code=1), thread 136

I am not sure but i think my problem is linked to SurfaceFlinger. My problem is SurfaceFlinger can someone tell me how to fix it ?

PS : In case someone ask for it, here's my full logcat : http://charly1811.ga/logcats/logcat.txt or https://gist.github.com/charly1811/7488508/raw/60cc1b4795159efb3a4daaf2c05d437d73e7aeac/logcat

Thanks in Advance


texts: Notification icon that looks like 'b' with 3 dots

texts: Does anyone know what this symbol is in my notification bar? I'm guessing it's from a 3rd party app. Please excuse my poor attempt to recreate it. :)


texts: How to disable hidden trackers, in google play store applications

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So most applications, on google play have hidden trackers, analytics they don't tell you about. This site lets you search any app shows trackers. The article explains what i'm talking about.

Example: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/reports/37324/

Article : https://theintercept.com/2017/11/24/...-android-apps/

Article : https://www.wired.com/story/android-users-to-avoid-malware-ditch-googles-app-store/

The second article explains Fdroid is partly a solution as those apps there don't have these trackers. One other not a full solution is uninstalling the app removes the tracker.

Certain apps on google play store either open source or proprietary don't include trackers as far as exodus-privacy.eu.org analysis is aware of, it's possible there's some there unaware of as they state.

Applications without trackers could later receive trackers through application updates. The other option is researching the extent of the specific trackers used in certain applications and what there been used for.

I want to know how it's possible to disable these trackers, analytics so there not active in the background "while" using these apps.

I saw XPrivacyLua xposed module can disable certain analytics.

Appreciate all advice.


texts: "Device located,Android Device Manager located this device" How to turn this off

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Whenever I access Android Device Manager page I get a notification prompt on my phone saying:

"Device located, Android Device Manager located this device"

I really don't want this to show up. In case someone steals my phone, I don't want them to know I know where they are located.

I just want to be able to mute this notification on my phone.

I went through the steps to turn this notification off in the app manager. The "Show notifications" is turned off, however, this notification still pops up on my phone every time.


texts: How can I stop so many applications loading, and slowing down the system. When I clear the Ram I usually see that at least 16 applications have been running. What for?


texts: Talk back access to phone when switched on

texts: How can I override Talk back on my samsung galaxy J1 phone. When I switch on my phone I cannot access my menu as the voice keeps telling me to press the select menu twice


texts: How can I see which applications eat up disk space?

texts:
DiskUsage shows 189 Megs of used space, of which System data takes up 118 Megs.

How can I find what application are using the rest? I have Android 2.3.5.


texts: Enable standby mode when the phone case lid is closed

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I have a tablet (Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1) and a phone (Google Nexus 5X) both with CyanogenMod as ROM. When I close the lid of the case on the tablet, it automatically turns off the screen (and locks after some time). However, the phone stays active until the display timeout.

Is there a special setting or some hardware sensor which is not present in the phone or maybe difference in Android versions for phones and tablets?
I searched a bit and found app recommendations with the warning, that they will drain the battery. But when it's enabled in CyanogenMod, it should work on both devices without any apps, shouldn't it?
So is there some setting, does it depend on sensors, maybe the case (the tablet one closes with a small magnet, but I guess the proximity or brightness sensor should toggle the screen) or what else can be the cause for different behaviour?


texts: I use ddms to take screenshots of my phone and it works fine, but when I try to do the same with my tablet I just get a black image. The phone is a Samsung Intercept running Android 2.2; the tablet is a ViewSonic gTablet with Cyanogenmod 7. I found a forum post that mentions that Tegra devices (like the gTablet) don't use fb0, so normal screenshots don't work, but it also claims that screenshots taken through adb connections work and they don't for me -- I get the same black image. Is that the reason ddms doesn't work on my tablet? Is there a workaround that will let me take screenshots?


texts: how to cast from samsung s2 and ipad mini to chromecast?

texts:
A friend has just bought chromecast.

we understand we need to download chromecase browser extension

and it would be easy to watch a special chrome tab from our PC.

but how can he cast from his smasung s2? and from his mini ipad?

any additional app we should consider? like AirCast?


texts: What is a tool to sort apps by their data size?

texts: During development, internal storage size is severely needed. Cache cleaner is ok, however, apps have another component called data which can be cleared. Is there an app out there that organizes by an app's data size ? I'm not interested in app size, I'm interested in app's data size.


texts: Two different devices, a Nexus 7 tablet and Moto X. Both running last Kit Kat update. Nexus has Gmail app 5.1, Moto X has Gmail app 4.9. Gmail on my computer works fine. Both devices last synced 2 days ago at same time and neither will sync even manually now. Both worked just fine until 2 days ago. All other Google apps sync fine, only my Gmail doesn't. Since Gmail on my computer is fine and two separate devices using 2 different Gmail app updates don't sync, it seems like it has to do with my Gmail account or with the Google server, not the Gmail app per ae .Why did 2 devices stop at same time with my computer working just fine? Haven't been able to receive or send emails or draft emails from Nexus or Moto X for 2 days. Again, all other Google apps manually sync on both devices but Gmail will not on either. Don't see that this is another widespread sync problem like last June. Please advise. Thanks.


texts: How to do GREP text searching without root?

texts:
There is busybox and there are terminal emulators that include grep, but they require root to run. It would be better if they could also run without root but with limited access. I only need to grep (read-only access) files in the user data storage.

Is there a way to do grep text searching on Android without root?

There are many text editors already, but they only support ordinary text searching by jumping to the text position, which is not nearly as convenient as grep, where one gets the desired results in a list at one place.


texts:
Is it possible to sync my own video with Google Play Video (like in Google Play Music)?

I know that it's not possible on Google Books, I am wondering how about videos.

What will be a good alternative for syncing videos?


texts:
My phone open normally and it works , but the screen is black!

My phone is galaxy j3 with OP 5.1.1 , Help please ! :(


texts:
My problem is similar to that posted by Daniel.

Trying to update after i have uninstalled it to factory version. Tried updating, it downloads and gives an error at the time of update. It gives an error code as 924 asking me to troubleshoot. Please help.


texts: Is it possible to increase the RAM on Android devices, like a phone or tablet?

texts:
I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 32GB (SMP900) tablet. I love the tablet. However, the RAM seems inadequate.

I use the tablet to do lots of movie streaming, playing games, digital artwork and I transfer my photos from my cell phone to the tablet (sometimes - most of the time I send them to Google+ cloud account.)  I really want to make use of the great features on this tablet and would appreciate any advice.

I always close down programs I am not using. I empty my cache and browser history frequently, but seem to be running out of RAM quickly. I am using Clean Master (also has a speed booster and cache cleaning program with a virus/malware protection program). But to do the types of things I really want to do with this tablet it seems I need more RAM.

Is it possible to add RAM to these tablets?


texts: How do I use Tasker to download web images and set them as my background?

texts:
I recently purchased Tasker after having it recommended to me by several people. I am trying to take an image from a website (Unsplash Source) and set it as my background daily. As I am relatively new to using Tasker I tried looking for a tutorial on how to do this on but couldn't find one that worked for me. I found other examples that used different websites but have been unable to correctly adapt their instructions to fit the website I am using. I want to use this URL to download the picture from daily (https://source.unsplash.com/2560x1440/?nature/). Is there a way I can do this with Tasker? If so can you please show me how?

Thanks for helping me.


texts: Root integrity check on Infocus Epic 1 says "System Check FAIL!!"

texts:
When I did a root integrity check on my InFocus Epic 1 from recovery mode, it shows too many errors and at the end it says:

Error:found 432 new files.
Error:found 63 lost files.
Error:found 15 modified files.
System check FAIL!!

What should I do now?


texts:
I am looking for a way to submit content from my Android device via HTTP POST to a web service.

Basically, when I click the Share button on my phone, I would like an option (an icon in the list of share targets) to share that item with my web service.... e.g. https://myserver.com/mywebservice

The web service would handle the data as it needed to (e.g. if the shared item was a URL, or a picture, or... whatever).

Is there some way to do this without having to build an Android app just for this purpose? Maybe there is a customizable sharing app that I have not been able to uncover.

Backstory: I use an iGrill thermometer & Android app for long barbecue sessions. At the end of the session, the app allows me to export the temperature data over the duration of the session (for graphing etc). I presently share the exported file to my gmail, but then I have to download the file from gmail, and upload it manually to my web server. I'd prefer to go right from the iGrill app to the web server.


texts: Analyse performance / profile Android System? Why is the system slow?

texts:
My Android 4.2.1 tablet is slow, it wasn’t when purchased. As the reason is often the software, I was looking for a tool to analyse the performance of the whole system, but couldn’t find any.

What I tried:

CPU usage monitoring: Only current or accumulated CPU usage
An app that alerts when any app uses more CPU than a specified threshold: This only alerted quite seldomly, so there doesn’t seem to be an app that uses so much CPU itself

To find out the reason of the slowness, I would like to get an overall view of the system’s performance, showing how much time was spent with which activity. This may include CPU usage, but may also include I/O performance or how long processed waited for I/O etc. For example, Firefox offers a profiler.

Or is this not really possible because of Android’s design?
Are there other utilities that might help?

Another point is that Android doesn’t support TRIM until 4.3. Could the usage of nearly two years with many installations and some system resets have caused the flash memory to get so slow that the poor I/O performance now slows down the whole device?

To the manufacturer’s support, I wrote the following problem description:

  Opening of apps takes longer, sometimes everything stands still for
  some seconds. After the last firmware/Android upgrade (a year ago) I
  even reinstalled the system. However, after some time, it got slow
  again.

Only after this vague and undetailed description, the reply said that the reason would most probably be a hardware defect and that I should send the device in to be repaired.

How should I continue my analysis? Is the support’s assessment reasonable?

Update

Recently, a new app was added to the PlayStore concerning exactly one of my desired analysis:

CPU Monitor (non-free, restricted demo)


texts: Why is all sound suddenly gone with HTC One S?

texts:
All of a sudden I have no sound with my HTC One S (running Android 4.1.1).
No sound is heard when someone tries to call me, and, curiously, the microphone is also muted; the one who's calling me doesn't hear anything either. I also cannot play audio (it says something like Cannot play this type audio file).
What on earth is going on? And how to solve it?

PS: I have not spilled coffee or something over my phone; no unusual things happend to my phone, as far as I know.


texts: YouTube app full screen cropped by navigation and notification bars persisting on screen

texts:
For whatever reason, Google thinks that it makes sense to bring out the navigation and notification bars along with the intrusive annotation that cannot be manually dismissed, then leave the bars there dimmed to black for the remainder of the video covering up a portion of the frame.

This usually occurs when there is some annotation that appears.

My question is, how can these bars be removed?


texts: Is there a way to boot to the fastboot mode?

texts:
I booted to the TWRP recovery for the first tiem and played with it by wipping everything using all the wipe options. Then I ended up unable to boot to the fastboot mode, normal mode or recovery mode.

And here is the message I got:

exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory

I read that I only have two options to boot to the fastboot mode:
1- Factory cable.
2- Opening the case and using the motherboard.

Is there a new way other than these last options?


texts: App  isn't working correctly. How can I fix it?

texts:
I have an application that isn't working correctly. Either it's not launching, or not responding to commands, or some of the functionality isn't doing what I expect.

What are some simple steps I can do to try to fix the issue on my own?

(This question and answer are intended to be a canonical and generic source for dealing with apps that aren't working quite right.)


texts: Use Google Photos from within Camera app on Samsung Galaxy S7

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Is it possible to make the default camera app on the Galaxy S7 use Google Photos instead of Samsung Gallery?

I like the preinstalled camera app, but pressing the thumbnail icon in the interface will always open the Samsung Gallery, even though I have set Google Photos as the default app for photo viewing.

For newer devices, creating an "app shortcut" has been recommended in various articles and discussion forums (e.g. at lifehacker.com). This however doesn't seem to be available on the Galaxy S7.


texts: Nexus 5 not getting net data even though its having hspa+ range

texts:
I tried rebooting my phone, reset to default on APN , safe mode but nothing seems to work.I still dont get internet on my phone.I'm from India and connection  is docomo.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Changing the Google Now voice back to male?

texts:
Not sure why, but today the voice on Google Now has changed from a male to a female. I'm in the UK and before I had a male with a British accent but now that's changed to an American female.

I can live it, although I would prefer to have the male one back. It sounded more human IMO. Anyone know how I can get it back?

I've tried changing the language setting but it didn't make any difference.

EDIT:
A while ago Google changed the voice to a female with a British accent and AFAIK there's no way to get the male British voice back. Not really a problem for me anymore as the new voice seems to have improved a lot.


texts: Notification sound is too loud when listening to music with a headset

texts:
I'm using a Galaxy S6.  When I'm listening to music with my headphones plugged in, notifications come through startlingly loud.

I checked my sound settings, and I have the volume for notifications very low.  I verified the volume in settings -> sounds and vibration -> volume.  If I have my music playing the test feedback volume is super high even at my low setting.  But once the music is paused, the notification volume returns to its normal reasonable level.

Why do my notifications use such a high volume to interrupt my music?  Is there a setting I'm overlooking to prevent notification volume from being boosted while music is playing?  I'd prefer a built-in solution without external apps, but I'm willing to use reasonable add-ons to manage volume.

Note: I'm ok with the notification interrupting/dimming the music, but I don't want the volume of the notification to rupture my eardrums in an attempt to drown out the music.


texts:
I bricked my phone, and wanted to reinstall the firmware, but I'm not sure if it is enough that the build number matches or do the PDA and CSC numbers also have to much at all costs?
I'm asking this because my firmware is branded, and I wanted the one without brands, but that doesn't have the PDA and CSC that I have (I saved them earlier).


texts: Recovery my data on internal storage (deleted permanently 1 month ago)

texts:
Does software like Dr. Fone, MiniTool that required "root" on android really work 100% for recovering my lost photo?

First of all my phone is not rooted.

I've lost my important photo (deleted permanently) which I kept in internal storage. And recently i always keep my phone clean that is always using cleaner app like CCleaner for cleaning my DCIM folder, thumbnails, and cache. And i've tried a lot of app like DiskDigger and another app in playstore for recover my photo, but they didn't work.

And my last hope is rooting my phone and use software like Dr. Fone, or MiniTool. (If these gonna work)

And i'm really really searching the accurated answer here which will advise me for rooting my phone or not. Because as you know, rooting is very dangerous cz i have bad experience with rooting. I mean if there is no way to recovery my data so i oughtn't to root my phone.

Please help me.
Thanks in advance!


texts: Is there a way to view the file size of an image without downloading any apps?

texts: Got a new phone (Nexus S) and having some issues with picture messaging.  I want to check the size of the picture I took with the camera, but I can't seem to do this.  As I don't have a data plan yet, I can't download any apps to help me with this.  Is there a way to find the file size on the device without apps or connecting to a computer (no USB cable)


texts: Security / Privacy concerns regarding custom android ROM

texts: What are the security and privacy concerns surrounding using a custom android ROM like that of cyanogen?


texts: Security tags on library book interfere with phone operation

texts: I've just noticed that the security tag that's usually found on books from library is somehow the cause to my phone (HTC M9) sending out notification sounds incessantly when it's nearby. Google searches lead me nowhere so I'm asking the question here. I'm assuming it's because of magnet. Has anyone else noticed this and how do I solve this sort of problem? Thank you for any help.


texts: I wonder if there is a way to get the menu button on the recent apps button. If you don't understand, I want to have the same thing as the gt-i9195: long press on the home button opens recent apps; press on recent apps button opens menu.


texts: LG G6: Remove the "Clear All" button from the recent apps menu

texts:
My LG G6 has a "Clear All" button in its recent apps menu which annoys me big time because I often hit it accidentally. Is there a way to remove it?

I found this on reddit but no solution.


texts: Malware on LG G3 redirecting all browsers

texts:
More or less two or three weeks ago strange pop ups came up on my PC. Antivirus detected ga.js as virus. I thought it was a false positive. Then I've found that the thing somehow jumped on my phone. Every time I surf the internet, unwanted sites pop up. The thing is equally behaving on all browsers: native g3 browser, Mozilla and Chrome. I've tried almost everything:

Kaspersky free, McAfee security, and Malwarebytes
Delete Chrome cookies, block cookies, delete site data, delete cached data
Reset my router and clear the DNS cache.

Nothing. The thing goes undetected, same thing on the PC. Even surfing without the router my phone redirects every time I browse. I'm about to hard reset my phone but this evidently is a malware.

So how is it possible that it goes unnoticed?

My phone is not rooted and the sites I'm being redirected to are those reported here, amongst others. Anyway, I still don't see a solution to this problem.


texts: Android / S3 (i9300/i9305) - Disable default keyboard pop-up at lock screen

texts:
After the 4.3 update, there is a default keyboard popping up at lock screen.

Let me describe what I mean.

When you opened up your phone pre-4.3, it displayed the lock screen. With no keyboard or anything, just the information. Like the clock, your missed calls and such. When you tapped into the password field, the keyboard popped up. It was all buttery smooth, looked good, worked good.
Here comes 4.3, ala Samsung. Now if you lock your phone, it will pop up the keyboard every time.

This saves one tap, that's a pro.
But:

It tears apart your wallpaper, as the keyboard - which won't get loaded in time - got your wallpaper, not the lock screen wallpaper.
As I said, the keyboard just can't load in time. This is not a bug, it's just not possible to wake it up from deep sleep and throw so much work at it.
So overall it looks glitchy, cheap, awful. Like some copycat Chinese fake smartphone. Which I believe the S3 is not. It's just untasteful. Ugly.

I understand that this was most likely a design decision, to speed up the unlock.

Is there a way to disable this behavior?
Rooting is OK. I mean, this thing looks so ugly, I'm fine with losing my warranty.
Just let me fix it somehow.

Custom keyboards: I'm using AI Type keyboard (free) as for now, but the glitch and the auto-pop up happens with any keyboard I tried. It's like there is an event defined, so it's like you would "tap" into the field.
Custom lock screens: I looked around as much as I could, but I only found "press to lock" apps. Basically little widgets and buttons to lock your phone. But they were no custom lock screens, just shortcuts.
Wake-up apps: Tried "Auto Wakeup", but it only wakes the phone up the very same way. With the keyboard, lag and all. :/


texts: How can I set Tasker to change "Network Operator Settings"?

texts:
I have a "femtocell" in my house due to poor signal quality.
I am living in Japan now. I have to change the Android setting manually each time I get home as described below. There is a auto changer application provided by the carrier, but unfortunately it is not compatible with my smart phone (Xperia Sol 22).

When I get home

Change network mode to "Japan CDMA".
"Airplane mode" On
"Airplane mode" Off

Japan CDMA is under Settings → Other Settings → Mobile Network → Network Mode

When I leave home

Change network mode to "Japan LTE/CDMA".
"Airplane mode" On
"Airplane mode" Off

Japan LTE/CDMA is under Settings → Other Settings → Mobile Network → Network Mode

I have Tasker application in my Smartphone. But I have no idea how to set the tasker program.

Please advice me on this.


texts: How to get rid of "SMS is no longer supported" notification

texts:
My 5.1.1 tablet has an icon in the notification area. It looks like a Google Hangouts icon.  But the drop-down reads "SMS is no longer supported. To read and send SMS messages, please download Android Messenger".

Well, this tablet is wifi only, so I could never send SMS messages anyway (except faking it with Google Voice).  The annoying thing is, there is apparently no way to get rid of this notification icon.  I even tried installing Android Messages to see if that helped, but it didn't.

How can I get rid of this annoying and useless (to me) notification icon?


texts: Remove google app (velvet) from android marshmallow

texts: I want to remove bloatware Velvet apk (Google app) from stock Android Marshmallow on a Nexus 5. I had no problems on Lollipop removing the Google app. It worked perfectly. But on Marshmallow, I get a bootloop if I remove it.


texts: Google maps on Galaxy S4 doesn't search nearby

texts:
Using the Maps up on a Galaxy S4, when I search for a store name (like "starbucks"), it should show me the nearest results, but instead it shows me results in other cities (like the Starbucks in Seattle, or Home Depot in Atlanta).

The Maps app shows my correct current location, so the GPS etc is working and the app knows where I'm at.. what else could be going wrong?


texts: WhatsApp—How to prevent notifications from returning after swiping them away?

texts: When I get a new message in WhatsApp, I get a notification that contains the beginning of the message. After I swipe it away, the old message always returns when I get a new message. How can I prevent those zombie messages from coming back? There is a "mark as read" feature but that is too complicated to use, I have to swipe down and then click, I just want one swipe to completely clear the notification.


texts: In the hopes of getting Android 5.0 onto my Nexus 10, I visited Google's factory image download page for the latest image. I noticed however that the file I downloaded was a tar and not a zip. Will this work just the same using CWM to flash it, or do I need to do something special here?


texts: Xiaomi Redmi 1S: Deleted system and framework folders

texts:
I have a Xiaomi Redmi 1S. Through Root Browser app I unfortunately deleted system and framework folders. From then onwards my phone is not getting booted up. I tried wiping and resetting my phone from recovery (holding volume up and power button), but this did not work.

I backed my data up with an app called App restore and backup. The bakcup is in my SD card.

I'm waiting for a solution...


texts: How to use burst / slow-mo features on Nexus 6p?

texts:
The Nexus 6p is supposed to have some cool features dealing with burst and slow-motion (high frame rate) capture, but all my searches for how to use these features are turning up an explanation that the features are there, but not how to use them.

It must not be too difficult, because I inadvertantly took a burst capture when I was trying to take a single picture.   A bit of research suggest that "holding down" the shutter button (volume button, apparently) shoots a burst, which is unfortunate if I just want to make sure I really pressed the button and only want a single picture.  I can't find out a way to disable this if I really don't want a burst of images at a particular shoot.

But I can't figure out at all how to use 120fps or 240fps capture, or even how to choose the frame rate.  How do I do this?


texts: TWRP: "E: Unable to mount storage" after encrypting phone

texts:
I get E: Unable to mount storage error in TWRP after encrypting my phone. CyanogenMod 12.1 ROM (based on Android 5.1.1, my phone is HTC One M7) in use, CM uses AOSP encryption that is supported by TWRP. TWRP doesn't work properly, I wasn't able to flash a script that used to work perfectly (no error, but flashing didn't do anything).
Should I do a wipe in TWRP? I already tried wiping the system and reinstalling ROM, no success. What partitions should I exactly wipe?

EDIT: I tested more and it seems that I can update my ROM and install the Xposed framework, but running scripts like freecyngn doesn't seem to work.

TWRP version 2.8.7.0


texts: Android Car Unit - Touchscreen not working after ignition off and reboot

texts:
I have an Android 9 radio from Klyde (CSN2_D, PX5, Rockchip rk3368). There is a power-saving feature that cuts most of power consumption after 30 sec. when ignition is off (do you call this deep sleep?). Technically yellow main power cable stays connected, red ignition power cable is cut. When I start the car the unit reboots.
My problem: Touchscreen does not work after boot. This happens only with this mode. Forcing reboot from the unit or from stock recovery or rebooting after all power cables were cut works fine. Same problem when unit is removed from the car, so it is not a wiring issue.
The problem occurrs since I tried a different launcher and removed it. It looks like this launcher changed some settings which remained permanently saved, because FM radio stations that were stored at that moment are permanently stored in the unit as well.
I tried a lot:

Firmware update Android 9
Upgrade to Android 10
MCU update with different versions
Factory and cache reset
Complete new installation with Rockchips' AndroidTool after forcing unit in Maskrom mode
Erase flash with AndroidTool and new installation

I saved dmesg.log-files and here is the difference:
Working:
[    0.907815] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'touch-gpio' property of node '/i2c@ff140000/gt9xx_main@14[0]' - status (0)
[    0.907841] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'reset-gpio' property of node '/i2c@ff140000/gt9xx_main@14[0]' - status (0)
[    1.004583] Goodix-TS 2-0014: GTP X_MAX: 1024, Y_MAX: 600, TRIGGER: 0x01
[    1.016532] GTP Sensor_ID: 0
[    1.016554] ## GTP: 1024x600 customer touch type: -1 ; customer type1125 index: -1
[    1.016792] input: goodix-ts as /devices/platform/ff140000.i2c/i2c-2/2-0014/input/input1

No touchscreen:
[    0.909817] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'touch-gpio' property of node '/i2c@ff140000/gt9xx_main@14[0]' - status (0)
[    0.909843] of_get_named_gpiod_flags: parsed 'reset-gpio' property of node '/i2c@ff140000/gt9xx_main@14[0]' - status (0)
[    0.995911] <<-GTP-ERROR->> I2C Read: 0x8140, 6 bytes failed, errcode: -6! Process reset.
[    1.071450] <<-GTP-ERROR->> GTP read version failed
[    1.123893] <<-GTP-ERROR->> I2C Read: 0x8140, 6 bytes failed, errcode: -6! Process reset.
[    1.168453] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[    1.199449] <<-GTP-ERROR->> GTP read version failed
[    1.199471] <<-GTP-ERROR->> Read version failed.

dmesg.log (crashed)
dmesg.log (working)

Any ideas what happened and how I can solve the problem?


texts:
I 've purchased Karbonn Titanum S5 Plus. In that, It is showing TOTAL STORAGE SHOWING as  (1 GB + 1.42 GB)  ie  2.42 GB But in the features it is written as  1 GB RAM and 4 GB ROM ie Total 5 GB

INTERNAL STORAGE        1.00 GB

PHONE STORAGE       1.42 GB

Total                  2.42 GB

OS is Android 2.2 . How to find the RAM size?.  can anyone able to explain this?

thnx
senthil


texts: Forwarding all mail in Gmail using using android app.

texts:
My father, nearly 80, has forgotten his gmail password and cannot recover it. However, it is saved on his android phone so he can access it on his phone, but not on a laptop he wishes to set up. I suggested he create a new gmail account and autoforward all mail from his current gmail (via his android phone) to his new gmail account.

How can he do this from his android gmail app? I can't find a universal forwarding option for mail to the account.


texts: Use bluetooth keyboard with a different layout?

texts: I'm Italian, so I use italian language on my tablet (note 10.1), but I have also a bluetooth keyboard with english layout that I use to write little snippets of programmes, the problem is that I don't know how to set english language only for the keyboard. Can someone help me to solve this problem?


texts: Xbox 360 controller is not working on my Moto E4 Plus

texts:
I don't know what happened. My USB OTG cable is working fine and also my Xbox controller on PC. In fact, I have another Android, Sony Xperia Z3 plus. Here it's working just fine. But I don't know what prevent to do so in E4 Plus.
Any ideas


texts: Installing Ubuntu 14.04 on Sony XPERIA Model C5303

texts:
So, I read somewhere recently (I read it here) that you can install Linux (in my case, Ubuntu) onto an Android running phone by rooting the device and overriding the software. I'm going back and forth on whether this would be something I'd like to do, as I have a Sony XPERIA Model C5303 that is beginning to fade and will probably be replaced soon.

What I want to know before attempting this is two-fold:

1) Can I ever reinstall the phone software if I choose to do so?

2) Is there a way to avoid rooting the device and booting from an SD card? I have a 32gb micro-SD for my phone that should have no problem with it, but I can't imagine a way to select a different bootable volume without rooting.

Thanks for any help, and if anyone else has done this before, let me know how it went - I'm still debating whether or not to do it. Also, is it possible on my device?


texts: Wifi and cellular data keep turning off by itself.

texts: I have an Alcatel onetouch fiercexl.  All of a sudden my wifi and Metro PCS cellular data keep turning off.  It only stays on for a few minutes. If try to use any app or go on the internet by the time I load it it says no internet connection.  I use my data if I'm not home and wifi at home and they both keep turning off.  Is there anything I can do about it?


texts: Telegram replaced WhatsApp connection for contacts in address book

texts:
I just subscribed to Telegram, and I discovered that for all my contacts that have both Telegram and WhatsApp, their WhatsApp entry/connection in my address book got replaced by the Telegram one, while I was expecting both would show up.

Is there anything I can do to see both of them?


texts: How to remove radio from quick settings in Asus zenfone 4

texts: When i bought my phone it had only 4 icons highlighted in green and some others which could be removed in and were highlighted in blue but suddenly the radio icon appeared and i am not able to remove it and I haven't even update any thing plz help


texts: Minecraft split-screen on Android TV possible without console?

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I've read that Minecraft pocket edition is playable on Android TV through sideloading.

I've also read that the only edition of Minecraft which supports split screen is the console edition.

Regardless, my question is if there is some way to play split screen Minecraft on Android TV (with game controller support), without first getting a console?

My TV is running Android Lollipop and will soon receive Marshmallow.


texts: What are the differences between the two Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0" models?

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I have just got a new Samsung GALAXY Tab 4 7.0" (SM-T230NU).

What is the difference (or improvements) between the 'stock' SM-T230 model GALAXY Tab 4 7.0" and the 'newer' SM-T230NU, recently released for US/Canada and in EU?

Are there also other NU devices? I have also seen references to the GALAXY Tab 4 10.1" as SM-T530NU.

I have found one possible issue, with the SM-T230 not having multi-user mode:

  The multi users setting is not available. According to the manual it should be at settings => General => Users.

(My device does have multi-user capability)

I also saw a reference to the two different models on XDA Developers:

  Do make sure your tablet is a T230NU model and not just a T230
  model.

UPDATE: 04-Jul-2014

There are three variants: T230, T230NT, T230NU

from: Samsung T230 | T230NT | T230NU Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 WiFi Firmwares


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I have a huge library of music (nearly 3,000 songs) as it is like that I have lots of folders and playlists inside btw I'm using iTunes. Anyway I want to sync my playlist folders with my S3 and I want to see those foldes in my S3.

Thanks in advance…


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Is there any adb command to enable/disable a system app?

Thanks


texts: I connected my Google Pixel to my PC using a USB A to USB C cable claiming to support data transfer, but it doesn't show up in Device Manager

texts: I'm running Windows 10 and Android 9. I can't see the phone in Windows, so I can't transfer files or install apps I'm developing; I'm quite disappointed!


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I bought a Lenovo A806 Smartphone (apparently also known as Golden Warrior) from Hong Kong. Despite being bought from the Chinese market it has Google Play Store installed but it also has Mobomarket and other apps I'd rather not have which cannot be removed with normal deletion methods. I have been told they're probably within the root system.

I am a relative newbie and have discovered a variety of sites and programs which provide both rooting and mod options including Kingroot and Needrom. However I'm reluctant to just steam ahead without gaining approval from someone who knows about this stuff :-)

So my questions are,

Is there a list of available rooting programs/software anywhere on the web?
Does an unrooted phone always have to be rooted before mods can be flashed? Or can I install a new ROM which roots at the same time?

The phone runs 4.4.2. I have a build number if needed.

Many thanks for any advice.


texts: Installing Google Account on i9500 on leaked 5.0.1

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I recently installed the leaked lollipop 5.0.1 ROM for the s4 i9500. I can see that it does not come with the google package of google play, google search and also one cannot add a google account in the accounts.
I downloaded the apk but that is not running and not even an error is displayed when i click on it.
Is there a way to get google play without rooting? and even add a google account?


texts: Todo app that syncs with Google Tasks and has notification badges?

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Coming from an iPhone, one of the things I miss the most is the little red notification badges on my app icons. I don't understand why more Android apps don't have them (not even the phone!?). I digress.
Is there an app available that both syncs with Google Tasks and uses a notification badge to keep track of the number of uncompleted tasks?


texts: Is completely isolated multi-tenancy possible on Android comparable to Linux?

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Is it possible to have on an Android device:

(permission based or virtual volumes) isolated data storage?
user specific, independent device usage configuration?
simple user relogin?


texts: How to view bargain sales on Play Store ordered by discount or category

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Before this is marked as duplicate, here are related questions but NOT dealing with this question

Is there a way to sort apps in Google's app store by size?

Is there a way to sort apps by popularity (number of 'downloads') in the Google Play Store, or otherwise?

I prefer to manually update play store apps periodically. Yesterday, while doing this, I found a couple of apps which were purchased about a year ago at steep discounts, in one case a $9 app is now priced at $5 and in another $2 app priced at 20 cents.
This set me searching for more discounted apps on Play Store, which are not listed separately as discounted but included in "Top Paid". Further, there is no way of filtering discounted apps, or by discount percentage
Couldn't locate any app to do this and further search led me to this What are the alternative Android app markets? to see if any other app could do this.
Appbrain App Store seemed most promising and it delivered better results, but partly. It shows discounted apps separately when you filter by Price Reduced, (which is a huge improvement on PS) and assigns rankings (not related to discounts). But it doesn't give filtering choices to go by "categories" or "discount amounts", which means if I am looking for a key board app bargain as an example, I still have to trawl through all screens manually or if I am bargain hunting and want to buy an app based on discount compared to original price, I can't
Question
Is there a way to view discounted apps by discount percentage or category in either Google Play Store or in alternative app markets and  preferrably  purchase through existing credentials on Play Store?


texts: How to increase the size of the system partition?

texts: I have an old Google pixel 1 and I was trying to install a GSI but I get this a message on TWRP saying Size of image is larger than target device, so I went to wipe > advanced wipe > selected the system partition > and clicked repair partition and it said that it only has 1.3 GB of space, and the GSI file is 2.3.. Is there a way to increase this partition size ? thanks.


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I am trying to have Google Markup output its image somewhere other than its default location. I have used different ROMs and versions of those ROMs, and each combination I tried has Google Markup's output location change. Google Markup doesn't look like it has any settings to change its behavior, so I tried to adapt its output to my desired location. The default output on my current setup is at /storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.google.android.markup/Markups/, but I would like to have it at /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Screenshots/. I tried the following from Windows ADB:

RMX1921:/ $ su
RMX1921:/ # ln -s /storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.google.android.markup/Markups /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Screenshots/
ln: cannot create symbolic link from '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/com.google.android.markup/Markup' to '/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Screenshots//Markup': Operation not permitted
RMX1921:/ #

I'm using a Realme XT with DerpFest 10 build 2020-03-29 (Android 10r31) rooted with Magisk v20.4 if it matters. Is there any way I can automatically redirect Google Markup's output to a different location?

Additional things I would like to do:

Markup leaves the original file behind on this system (also one of the inconsistent behaviors of Markup on different ROMs). I would like to get the file name of the original file, and use it to rename the file Markup generates. The format is: Screenshot_YYYYMMDD-hh-mm-ss.png.
After moving the file, delete the original file, which is at /storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Screenshots/.

I'm thinking of a script that constantly runs in the background, doesn't have to be instant, maybe it triggers and checks and processes everything once every 5 seconds. But I feel like I might be overcomplicating a lot of things. Any ideas?

Thank you for your time.


texts: Selective batch restore in Titanium Backup?

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Lately I upgrade my ROM (cm 10.1) quite often so I want to have my favourite applications ready after each upgrade. I got Titanium Backup Pro with root access.

I would like to know how to

install Titaninum Backup + the key after each ROM upgrade with the necessity to be connected to the internet
restore only bunch of my favorite application. I do not want to do full restore although I do full backup
restore system (cm) settings


texts: How to sync ONLY some specific Picasa albums in Gallery app?

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I have plenty of Picasa albums and I really don't want all of them to be downloaded into my Android phone.

So my question is how can we select to sync only some selected albums only?


texts: How to check for updates of sideloaded apps

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And if possible also check if there is a beta/orevennewer version of the app.

I often flash new rom or restore and I have to use a backup application to restore apps and other things(The best I know about is Titanium Backup Pro, support the dev!) and most of the apps never appear in playstore's my apps list (even after using Titanium's market doctor feature) but when I search for the app play store shows I have the app installed and even that the app needs an update!

There are some Third Party markets but they often dont have the latest version and may possibly be infected with malware

So how to check for updates?


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Is it possible to see Sample Preview or Full Google Books, in Android devices?

Do we have an app for that?

I have Android 4.2 in my Micromax Ninja A89.

Small parts of all books are viewable in Google Books, they call it "(Sample) Preview", I want to be able to see this preview in Android, even if I am not able to download, I want to view it with an active internet connection in my mobile.


texts: Why does YouTube volume fade when visiting certain sites?

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I use split screen YouTube and Chrome on my phone, but when I visit e.g. bbc.com the video volume fades to a much lower level.

What causes this and can it be prevented?

This is a OP3t with Android 8.0 in case that matters


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My phone (which I have been using for more than a year) never appeared in my devices tab in google play store or when I check my location history. In the track my phone area it appears normally but in play store (desktop website) it does not appear.

If it matters, I own an Xperia C4


texts: Proxy app which doesn't requie any root access in android 2.3.6

texts: I recently installed proxydroid app in my android 2.3.6 This application requires root access. Every time to use it, I need to make root access to my device.Is there any proxy app which does not require any root access?


texts: Can I send messages using the SIM from the same carrier as the recipient? (wildcard sending)

texts: Sorry guys am using two sim phone to connect to my gateway for client purchase notifications. I would like to send messages based on receiver phone number carrier. e.g if sender uses MTN number I wish to reply with MTN number, but I figured out the phone only allow the options of "default number" or "always ask" which forces me always to monitor the number to use when sending message. Is there a way I can switch the sending of the messages based on the number of a receiver (something like wildcard sending)?


texts: Mobile network turns on by itself after Android 4.0.3. update

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I'm having HTC Sensation and I use wi-fi on a regular basis instead of mobile network (bad data plan). For the old Android version there was no problem, I just switched of background syncing and set option "Sync only via wi-fi".

After the update mobile network turns on automatically...

I couldn't find exact duplicate of "Sync only via wi-fi" in the update.

I went to Settings->Wireless&Network->Usage->Menu->Usage Settings -> "Restrict background data", but two problems still arise:

Can't get rid of Notification "Background data restricted"
Mobile network turns on automatically when decides to sync.

Any advises?


texts: How to stream screen from two phones to one video?

texts: I am trying to do a Challenge with my friend, (who gots faster to arena4 in Clash royale) and I need to stream from two phones in one video. I have computer and Asus Zenfone ZE551ML (mine) and Lenovo A536 (from that phone will be streamed friends' screen). Can you help me? I also have additional wi-fi receiver.


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This article mentions a new HDR camera mode that's available in Android 4.2:

but my Galaxy Nexus doesn't show that option:

Why not?


texts: Inputting katakana on Google Japanese Input

texts: How do we use Google Japanese Input 12-key keyboard to input Katakana as the keys are in Hiragana? For example, how do I input アinstead of あ？


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I have multiple Google accounts like below:

Account A (my primary account).
Account B
Account C

I only have the extra two accounts for gmail (via Google Apps for domains) and don't use them for anything else.

I only want to use Account A on the market. I currently have an annoying issue where the market app keeps using Account B, so I end up downloading things to Account B by mistake.

Is there anyway I can remove these other accounts from the market or set some sort of default account?

Thanks

Update: I know that I can press menu in the market app and select a different account, but this is annoying because it defaults to Account B. My crazy theory is that when looking for updates (in the background), it first checks Account A and then B. Because it checked account B last it leaves that as the active one. Account C has never downloaded an app so it doesn't check for updates.


texts: Photo Goo App to squeeze and twirl the camera input

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Is there a way to use the camera on Android like the with built in Photo Booth app on iOS?

Photo Booth can apply effects on your photos like mirror, squeeze, twirl, kaleidoscope, light tunnel and stretch:


texts: Whatsapp last seen is blank and shows only when online

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it looks pretty confusing and weird that some contacts the last seen is always blank and it shows up "Online" only when the contact is Online.

They haven't blocked me anywhere not have I. How this could happen?

Regards
Shiva


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The Redmi Note / MIUI has an in-built feature that enables the torch on home button long press (~3 sec) even when the device is in locked state

http://c.mi.com/thread-171963-1-0.html

I tried a number settings and solutions to disable this feature but with no success. Is there a way in which this can be disabled?

Edit 1:

Upon checking on devices other than MI too the same functionality is noticed.


texts: Moving app between _three_ possibilities for storage?

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My son has an Android phone, and when he bought it the storage space was divided thus:

System Memory: 157MB

Internal Memory: 1024MB

When this was essentially full we put in an SD card to give him more storage. So now we also have

SD card: 1.84GB

When he fires up something called "App Manager" and clicks on "storage" he sees these three possibilities -- System memory, Internal memory and SD card.

OK now here's the problem. If he downloads an app from the app store, by default it will typically install onto the Internal memory. He wants to put it on the SD card, but the only option available when he tries to move it with his app manager is "Move to phone". If he moves an app to the phone, which presumably is the system memory, then the only option now available is "move to internal memory". Furthermore, try as we might we cannot move any app onto the SD card. Is this expected behaviour? Is there a way of installing apps on his SD card (without rooting the phone, ideally)?

The phone is an LG-E400, running Android version 2.3.6 .


texts: How to use application buttons that are under the usual on-screen buttons (Back/Home/Tiled apps)

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Many sites show buttons to accept/reject the cookie policy at the bottom of the screen. But on my phone (Xiaomi Note 7, Android 10) this puts them under the on-screen-buttons:

It seems that everything under the faint/thin line at the bottom is out of reach, either nothing happens or the on-screen buttons take precedence (on sites with thicker buttons, I can tap the button above the line)
Is there a way to avoid or mitigate this?


texts: I cannot connect my one plus two to my computer or laptop. debugging option is saying "Device is in charging mode, USB Debugging is disabled"

texts: I am using One plus two. But it is not connecting to my system. It used to connect previously. But once i set it on Charge only mode. since then there are no options in the notifications bar to transfer the matter from phone. I have tried all the steps explained, even the clicks on build number. But nothing helped me out USB debugging option is saying Device is in charging mode, USB Debugging is disabled. and i tried all the ways to enable it, but it is not letting me do it. and when i click on three dots in the storage, and click on USB connection settings it says connect your device to computer to access USB connections, even when the device is connected. Please help me out to solve the problem


texts: Disable Bluetooth auto connect for specific devices

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The info
Android version: 8.1.0
Phone: BQ Aquaris X Pro.
The phone ships with almost-stock Android. I am using Nova Launcher (not sure if important)

The situation
I have a Bluetooth headset on my motorbike's helmet wich supports both Bluetooth connection with the smartphone, and direct connection with another headset, but not simultaneously. So if I turn on my headset while my phone's Bluetooth is on, it connects automatically to my phone, before it connects to my partner's headset.

Until now, I was just fine disabling Bluetooth on my phone when needing to pair with another headset. But I just got an smartwatch, and every time I disable Bluetooth on my phone, when I enable it again, the watch connects to my phone and starts a painfully long a-gps updating process.

The question
How do I tell my phone not to connect to the headset automatically?


texts: How can I diagnose if my LG G2 screen is defective?

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Until until yesterday, my LG G2 smartphone worked beautifully. All of a sudden, for no apparent reason (no drops or indication of damage), this occurred.

Click for full size image

Clear horizontal and vertical lines appear across the screen. Note how the very top is perfectly fine, and gets worse towards the bottom of the phone.

I am willing to buy a replacement screen an replace the entire part. I have some experience in fixing electronics, and there are lots of nice online tutorials. However, since there was no damage to it whatsoever (it sat on a desk overnight), I began to wonder whether it was the screen at all.

Is there any method or software to diagnose whether my screen or other parts of my phone are defective, other than buying a new screen and trying it out?


texts: My BLU Studio 5.5 won't allow me to install anymore apps. I have a 18G SD card installed. When accepting to install it says "Error downloading phone had insufficient space". What do I do to install more apps.?


texts: where/how to find/extract official android os (open source) translation/localization/glossary

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Since the open source android (https://source.android.com) is available in multiple languages, can I extract all the translated strings in the OS so I can use them as a reference for my own app's translation? (for example for error messages...)

Or is this list available somewhere?

Probably harder to get, but I'd also like to ask the same question for the official non-open source version...

Thanks!


texts: Redeem Google Checkout coupon on Google Play

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Are Google Checkout coupons redeemable on Google Play?

I've created a coupon on Google Checkout for a paid Android App on Google Play but when trying to buy it as a user, I can't find the place to enter it. On one device I saw a "Redeem" option along with the credit card but when I entered my coupon code, it returned an error message. Is there any way to make this work?


texts: My wife shares her Google calendar with me. How can I see her events on my Android device?

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As what I described above, my wife shares her calendar to me, I can see her events on Goggle online calendar, but on not my Android device. How can I sync that?
My phone is Android 4.1
Thank you


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I am running Cyanogenmod on my rather old Motorola Droid 4, and it is pretty slow by now. I something quite strange lately. From what I read on the internet Android seems to handle memory quite differently than Windows or a regular Linux would. From what I understand it keeps apps that I closed or put into the background in the memory so they start up faster. This can be observed when going to Settings->Apps->Active->Apps in Cache. Apps in the cache should not be really running and should get cleared out as soon as active apps require the storage. But when I have Firefox in cache this doesn't seem to work. Firefox uses quite a lot of memory (top tells me it's using around 800mb, while Android still reports some 150-300mb, my phone has 1GB RAM total) and while it is in cache the whole phone slows to a crawl. Top tells me, that my CPU is hardly used, so it looks just like heavy swapping.
If I kill Firefox my phone instantly speeds up.

I checked using busybox free that I don't have swapping enabled.

Does anyone know the reason behind that or even a way to fix that issue?


texts: Does the Asus Transformer Prime GPS extension kit have a USB pass thru to charge the tablet

texts: As noted Asus is offering a GPS Extension Kit for the Asus Tranformer Prime TF201.  Does the module has a pass thru USB multipin connector to allow charging from the USB cable or does one have to remove the module to charge the tablet?


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I was curious about Pokemon Go so I downloaded it and started creating a character.  After about 3 minutes my phone said it was stopping all applications because my phone was overheating.  Curious as to how pokemon go could overheat my Galaxy S4?  As an aside, apps on my SD card keep moving back to device storage.  I had to put them back on SD card again to get Pokemon Go to download so that may have been related but I am not sure?

How can a phone overheat?

And yes, I have uninstalled Pokemon Go now.


texts: I rooted my Kindle Fire and flashed TWRP, FireFireFire, and AOKP, and it's been working fine for a while. Recently, however, there have been strange problems with the bootloader. It has gotten to the point where the bootloader requires the user to select how to boot, then crashes and starts up again. How can I reflash FireFireFire to my device? Thank you for any help.


texts: HTC Desire 526 stuck "Proccessing" after factory reset

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I just recently factory reset my htc desire 526 and when I turned it back on, this happened

and then this happened

I've tried going into recovery mode and rebooting from there, i've also reset from the recovery screen, but every time it leads up to that point.
its currently been stuck there for like 30-40 mins,

Help appreciated, Thanks


texts: Copy bluetooth paired devices from one phone to another

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I bought a new Android phone and was able to transfer all my data, sms, call log, etc to it.

My question is how can I transfer the list of all paired bluetooth devices from my old phone to the new one so that I won't need to pair my new phone with my bluetooth devices again?

Is this even possible given that each phone has a unique bluetooth mac address?


texts: How to share photos directly from Dropbox instead of links?

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Using Dropbox on Android, selecting photos only allows me to share a link to them instead of sharing the photos physically. When I share photos from Dropbox to other apps like Google+ or Facebook, I expect those photos to be physically copied/uploaded to that service so that the images embed in the posts properly. However only the links are shared.

Is there a solution to this?


texts: Where does BlueStacks store my app's data (e.g. save game files)?

texts: Where does BlueStacks install my apps and where does it store the data (e.g. saved game files) for those apps?


texts: Can not access Internet on N9100 Android 4.4.2

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I bought  a smartphone (N9100) which is running Android version 4.4.2 (kernel version: 3.4.67).

When I plugged the SIM card in the smartphone, I set Data connection to the name of the company that provided it to me.

I went to Settings -> WIRELESS & NETWORKS  and set Wi-FI to ON

I see now : 3G h+(with three vertical bars).

I open the browser and type any page but it says I have no connection.

Also, when I check in Wi-Fi -> Advanced , I see that I have no IPv4 address assigned to me.

How to resolve this problem?


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I'm currently rooted but didn't do anything to my Nexus 5. It's just rooted but it's on its stock ROM. My question is, on the next Android update, will I lose root? Will the update just erase root permission and update? If not, how can I unroot?

I rooted my Nexus 5 in one click using RT Root tool or something, TR Root for Nexus. It's an app. It didn't work very well, some apps still didn't work. Is there an app that can completely delete ROOT before I update? Thanks.


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I recently flashed CM11 on my GS2, it was slimkat 4.4.2 earlier. I believe I did a dirty flash because all my apps and settings were present when I booted it. I used the "recommended" wipe on TWRP.

Some apps gave issues (particularly settings > developer) but wiping app data fixed that. However some apps, watchdog lite in particular is having crashes before it starts (everytime). From logcat, this looks to be due to ACRA init. Clear app data or even app reinstall doesnt fix it. Anyone have any idea?

The lowest exception I see is

E/ACRA    (10931): Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
E/ACRA    (10931):      at org.acra.ConfigurationInspector.toString(ConfigurationInspector.java:129)
E/ACRA    (10931):      at org.acra.ErrorReporter.init(ErrorReporter.java:363)
E/ACRA    (10931):      at org.acra.ACRA.initAcra(ACRA.java:297)
E/ACRA    (10931):      at org.acra.ACRA.init(ACRA.java:238)
E/ACRA    (10931):      at com.zomut.watchdog.library.WatchdogApp.onCreate(WatchdogApp.java:31)
E/ACRA    (10931):      at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1007)
E/ACRA    (10931):      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4468)

This is for both Watchdog and Travel pocket, the other app that crashes. Any idea if I need to clear files on the SD card or something?

Is this the right forum for it? Or Superuser? or SO?


texts: VPN hotspot with setting for any VPN server preferably opensource

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I've tried web search and installed one VPN hotspot app (be.mygod.vpnhotspot) from google play, but could not find in it settings for VPN server ip.
The task in to connect to my OpenVPN server and provide transparent ip spoofing for devices connected to my phone by WiFi and/or USB. Is there such app (preferably opensource)?
I understand root is required. Is there a way to make phone connect to some WiFi-spot and be via that app WiFi spot with VPN? If not, then get internet from WiFi and make its spot for USB tethering.


texts: Must I install Google Apps again after installing a new ROM?

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When I install a new ROM (cm-10.1-20130213-NIGHTLY-mako.zip) using ROM Manager, I have the option of adding another ZIP during the same reboot -- this is probably meant for the Google Apps (gapps-jb-20121212-signed.zip).

What if I don't add that Apps zip? What will I miss?

Whenever there's a new build that I would want to install, should I always also add this ZIP? Or can I skip it because I already added it last time?


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Recently I got a note 4 and when i turn on the screen, it has these orange faded pictures, and i'm guessing the last owner played candy crush while burning the phone?

Does it have a reset option? Or do I have to replace the LCD or the screen?

EDIT: Added screenshot requested by Rahul Gopi:

Look very closely to the screen, not my bedsheets XD


texts: Can a Nexus 7 connect to an Android 2.2 Wi-Fi tethering access point?

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I am considering buying a Nexus 7. I would like to occasionally be able to access the internet out and about, but don't want to pay 50% again to get the hspa+ version.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Europa I5500 (a.k.a Samsung Galaxy 5) which allows wi-fi (and USB) tethering to provide my laptop with internet. My question is: would a Nexus 7 16GB Wi-Fi be able to connect to the Android 2.2 access point created by my Galaxy Europa?

If this isn't possible, would USB tethering be an option still?

Thanks,
Chris


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For a while, I had an exclamation mark instead of a signal status in the top bar, and some apps didn't realize they were connected to Internet when other worked perfectly.
Thanks to AFWall+ logs, I found the issue.
I need to allow access to an app called com.android.engineeringmode.

But this app is tied (in OnePlus 3) with some others, as you can see in this screenshot :

I'm OK to allow access to EngineerMode, but certainly not to all this bunch of apps (especially camera or fingerprints services).

After searching the web, I found that all theses apps are linked in /data/system/packages.xml using the sharedUid 1000. But it is said to never change the UID of an app when it's shared (I didn't really get why).

I'm using the stock ROM (OxygenOS 3.2.8) from OP3, but rooted (got Xposed an Xprivacy too), so it's Android 6.0.1.

Is there any chance I can allow Network access to EngineerMode only ?


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I've seen a number of similar questions, but none have worked for me.
A friend keeps sending me emojis, and 99% of the time, it's perfect and I see what I want.  However, the other 1% I can't see them.  I would like to know a specific one, but I am getting the little box.  I've tried copy and pasting it into a browser, etc. and it still does the same thing.  Please help.


texts: Is it possible to force an app into full-screen mode so all the soft-keys will disappear and the app will take up the entire screen areas?


texts: did "restrict background data" *per-app* just disappear in an os update? (android 4.2.2)

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Just noticed this now, I'm pretty sure option was there a few days ago...

now I can't stop Play Store from using up my data. There is now a global "restrict data access" but it doesn't seem to apply to some apps - like the play store

EDIT weird, now they're back again. I think the only thing I did was logout (via about:debug, then setting->debug->reset prelogin, the last one)


texts: Netflix shows 5.2 error on Samsung when trying to watch series and movies

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For some reason, I am suddenly getting a 5.2 error when I try to play videos. I found this on Reddit, but no one found a soltuion. Rooted devices can fix it, so here is my question:

Is there any way to solve the error on unrooted Samsung devices?

Checked the Netflix help center, but the 5.2 error isn't listed.

As usual, removing the app, clearing data, restarting device, tried over 4G, restarting netflix app, tried online and offline, previously viewed and unviewed, series and movies and every other suggested solution to different errors.

Nothing works. Any ideas if this is fixable, or if it is a Netflix issue?

Checking reviews on Google PLay reviews of the Netflix app and Reddit (see link above) there are a lot of people affected by this (5.2 error). It looks like it is Samsung only, as I can't reproduce it with my tablet (non-samsung)


texts: System bootlooping after TWRP installation

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I have installed TWRP through Odin, then I booted it. I only seen it, I haven´t done anything, just rebooted to the system again, and it got stuck on trying to boot the system.

It's Samsung J7 Prime with Oreo, Odin 3.13 and TWRP-3.2.3-For-Galaxy-J7-Prime.tar

So, what the hell? Why is it not booting? Any idea?


texts: How to fix a force close loop on Android with phone access?

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I have a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) running Android 2.3.5 stock version.

I'm normal user who used the phone for basic function like making phone calls and using the Google, Facebook apps with some installed apps from the play store.

Today, 2 hours ago logsprovider initiated out of nowhere an endless loop of "force close" alerts, between them most of the running apps were closed too (including some weird z7... app).

Because of the interval (about half a second) between alerts I can goto settings -> apps -> and "clear data" in the logsprovider config.

This stops the "force close" alerts loop until the next restart of the phone. in this state I basically don't have access to the phone features and all the home screens are empty, including the phone's apps menu.

I can run any app by adding it to the home screen and then executing it, if the app has system operation like the play store that require it to install something, the app will crash and no new programs will install.

I can also connect the phone to a computer and get access to all the files (I think it's just those on storage), I might try to get an apk of an antivirus there and try to install it - hope it doesn't crash

These are desperate times... thats why I'm contacting the experts:

Can I fix this, this might have been caused by an app, what to do?
If the only solution is factory reset how do I backup the data, apps, or contact lists?


texts: Android to iPhone - clickable phone numbers in SMS messages

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Need a way to have clickable phone numbers from iPhone SMS's.

I started a new job with a company that uses iPhones, and we can send phone numbers that can just be tapped to be called. When that same SMS comes to my Android the phone number comes through as some download that I can't just click on to make the call back.

Does anyone know of a way that will allow for this "clickability" feature for the Android? (from an iPhone SMS sent to me). I looked at Handcent, and GoSMS already but they can't do it properly.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.


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I added a second Google account to my Dell Streak 5 running 2.2 and when I attempt to download an app (either paid or free) through the Market I get this error:

  <App Name> could not be downloaded due to an error. (-101)

Downloading apps through the primary account on the device works just fine.  I've tried downloading over both data and Wi-Fi as well as removing and re-adding the secondary account and clearing the Market data, with no luck.  I'm using the 3.4.4 Market though this also occurs with the 3.1.3 Market.  Also of note is that the device doesn't show up in the web Market — it only lists my Vibrant.

How can I fix this?