texts: Android 7 predictive text multiple languages

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Last night, my phone (Samsung Galaxy S6) updated from Android 6.something to Android 7.0. Since I use my phone for typing both Dutch and English very often, occasionally even within the same conversation, and I am a very sloppy typist, I used to have predictive text and autocomplete/autocorrect on for both Dutch and English. This was working (mostly) fine: it would seemingly just find the closest approximation to what I had typed in either language.

Since the update, I have to explicitly choose a language by sliding the space bar. This is annoying, since it adds at least one action, and furthermore I keep forgetting, having to delete whatever I have written so far before switching languages and retyping it.

Would it be possible to go back to the situation I had before the update?

I have been using the default keyboard, with which I am otherwise very satisfied.


texts: Sony Experia E5 microphone only produces static when I talk

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I noticed that in my last two phone calls noone was able to hear me talk. I tried to send a Whatsapp voice message. When I listened to it, I discovered that when I talk the only thing that can be heard is some weird static noise.

Is this a known problem or has anyone else experienced it? And if yes do you know how to fix it?
This happened out of the blue - my phone didn't recently fall or anything like that it worked fine until it just stopped working fine. The android version is Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)


texts: Displaying Bluetooth gadget's battery status on the phone

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I have a Bluetooth headset (BlueBuds X) which uses a battery. I want to know its battery status directly from the phone. I've looked everywhere and I cannot find a solution that isn't a scam.

Is it possible to display the battery percentage on the phone (preferably, on notification bar)?


texts: Google play: one account multiple devices

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I have paid for an app on the Google Play store and I've downloaded it on a device (my Android smartphone). Now I have a tablet, should I pay again for the same app? Or will logging in with the same account allow me to download it to my tablet "for free"?

Differently from question Can I use multiple Android devices with a single Google account? I'm more focused on app for which I've paid to download them, and not simply in app sync.

Since if this is possible, could it be a cracking mechanism? Meaning if a "buyer" account become public (username & password) anybody can use it and download paied app for free.
This could apply for example in a "family" environment for example, one accunt that pay for app and all people having the same account on their device.


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Every night for the past few days my phone installs a new app that I never saw/wanted/heard of before. It all started with AppCaster (Which I never installed on my phone, it just showed up one morning).

I have uninstalled AppCaster and every other app that was installed without my knowing, and new apps are still showing up on my phone over night. I have downloaded and installed Avast which shows no issues after a scan.

I have checked the sites with access to my google account and I don't see anything that looks suspicious.

Has anyone else solved a similar issue? Does anyone have any ideas of what could be downloading these apps to my phone? How can I make it stop?


texts: Is it possible to connect to another device network through a VPN?

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I have two devices far away from each other (each one in a different country, for example); both are connected to the internet. Is it possible to have one device connect to the other device's network through a VPN and use it?
I don't want to remotely control the device, I just want to use the other device's network, something similar to tethering I guess, but long distance.
Perhaps by developing a native app I could achieve this (apologies if this is off-topic)?
Thank you


texts: Android error “Failed to connect to the network. Please check you network connection status”

texts: I'm using lenovo p2 phone. I'm getting following popup error every few seconds. It is very annoying.My mobile data connection is on. But it is showing " Failed to connect to the network. Please check you network connection status" . I have attached the screenshot.


texts: I lost my Phone. I remotely blocked the screen via my Google account. I found my phone back. Now I have to use the password every time I want to use my phone.    How can I undo the remotely installed block?


texts: Unable to add an app to auto startup - Realme X2

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I can't receive notifications on my Realme phone, unless the app that is receiving the notifications is running in the background.
Recently I installed Google Duo, after Hangouts stopped working, but when I toggle the "Allow auto launch" in "App battery management", I get the following error:

"To ensure that your phone runs smoothly, auto startup is allowed for
no more than 5 apps in this group."

What does "group" mean in this context?  I've tried switching "Allow auto launch" off for other apps in the hope that I would then be able to turn it on for Duo, but I continue to get the same error.
Also; why does an app have to be running in the background to receive notifications anyway?


texts: AFwall+: Why does the Kernel need an internet connection all the time?

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Since I started using AFWall+ (a firewall based on iptables) on Android, I was wondering why the Linux kernel tries to connect to the internet all the time?

Allthough blocking the kernel I didn't recognize any disadvantages or issues.

A short answer is given here on the FAQs page of AFWall+.

It says that the kernel does not communicate directly, it only pass packet information from some applications and something about policy routing based on fwmark.

What does it mean? What is fwmark? Can somebody translate it into simple language for noobs? Is it better to allow the kernel to connect over TCP?


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So my gf and I both have the Xiaomi Mi A2, her works perfectly, but when I tried to setup mine, I realized I had no data connection.

In order to make it work with my provider, I must configure a new custom APN but for some reason, the button to add a new one is missing. I´ve checked, however, my gf's mobile, despite being apparently the same in every aspect, she has such button.

Then I thought there must be some differences between both devices operating system's version, so I wonder if is there a way to compare both to check what I'm missing in order to have the option that I need?

If not, any way to fix this would be really appreciated.
Thank you in advance


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I have a 2012 nexus 7, its a beast of a device.
But unfortunately the usb port of the device is broken.

Is there any way I can charge the batteries my beloved nexus? I have opened it up, and removed its batteries from the wire that was attached to the socket. I have an external changer as well, I could try attaching the wires which are on the batteries to the external charger, but its a bit risky.

I know i could get the usb port & headphone socket for it and replace it, but it costs 75$, if i am spending that much money on an old nexus i could go n get nexus 7 2013.

So, is there any other way I can charge the batteries of the nexus? Apart from the batteries the device works well, and I hate to see the beast of an nVidia tegra 3 go to waste like that.


texts: Can you link an Andoird phone into your home internet without having to pay for a monthly service?

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I have never had a phone before. Can phones do this?

I want an Android phone.

I want it to be able to download stuff from the Google Play store.

I would like it to be able to do this using my existing home internet router, without the need for a further monthly subscription to some phone-based data plan. (I only intend to use this phone from home. I am with Sky Broadband for my home router.)

I would like the phone to be as cheap as possible, about £50 or slightly above. (I want to make sure it is right for me before spending loads of cash.)

I would like it to be able to play simple games like checkers, chess etc.

I live in the UK, if that is important.


texts: Formatted /system without backup ROM or SD Card slot

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I just mistakenly formated /system on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus using the Rom Manager by Clockwork Mod. There was no Image on the system at this point, also there is no SD Card slot on my Galaxy Nexus.

The Recovery Mode still works and it seems I still could try to install a new ROM. Is there any way to get a new ROM onto my Galaxy Nexus without using SD Cards?


texts: PC from/to Android voice communication without Internet

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I want to call my PC using my Android phone (and vice versa) without internet. PC to Android or Android to PC, not just Android to Android. I think it is possible, but not sure if there is a program like that.

What apps do I need to install both on PC and Android phone?


texts: How do I access an attached thumb drive?

texts: I've attached an external drive to my phone using a USB-OTG cable. I can open it in File Manager (v2.0.0), but when I go to /storage/usbdisk none of my files show up, and if I try to create a file it complains about needing elevated permissions. I've read online that I need to enable root access mode in File Manager's general settings, but there is no such setting on my device.


texts: Camera (vid) not working on pixel experience

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I'm new to custom roms and rooting, so pardon me.
I have a Redmi note 5 pro root enabled through magisk and with pixel experience (android 10).
Once I flashed pixel experience on my phone, I found the perfect stock experience I was looking for. Everything looked as if straight out from the stock experience, except the camera.

Though not a problem, I assumed that it wasn't tampered with so that the quality of pics isn't compromised.
But the problem started when I tapped this red video button.

(I was able to click pics, the problem was just with recording video)
This error popped up :

And the camera app just won't start until I cleared its data and cache.
(A black screen would pop up whenever I try to open it after that error message and the phone would hang)
Other than that these are the magisk modules active in my phone :

Idk what's happening with my camera.
Any fix?
I just tried recording a video from the front side of the camera and its working, so that means the problem is with the rear camera.


texts: How to prevent pop up PDF file automatically after downloading it?

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I use lenovo phone where I faced this problem but I got no solution to fix the problem.

After download of any PDF file it pops up automatically and automatically it opens . This problem is really irritating when I download more than 10 PDF file together . After downloading one file it pops up then I need to close it then return to my download page and download another file it really takes lot of time. Any solution ?


texts: Firefox's "stop loading X" button. Where is similar function in Chrome for Android?

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I'm using Firefox newest update and Chrome newest update on my cheap walmart LG phone. For certiain web browsing puposes I find it handy to use the "stop loading X" button on the immediate right hand of the address bar in Firefox.   On my home computer I find that the ESC keyboard button suits my needs for Chrome to stop the page from loading.  How can I perform a similar stop-loading-page in Chrome for Android on my phone?

There are only two links I've found on the web that address this. Both suggest that there ought to be an X icon to the immediate LEFT of the address bar in Chrome that appears while the page is loading that allows one to stop page.  But it is not there, anywhere, on my Chrome page on my phone.

This is very frustrating.  Nor can I find any apps or extensions to add such a function.
Any help here would be highly appreciated!
Thanks, in advance.


texts: Does the 4.4.1 update improve 3rd-party camera apps or are the enhancements just to the stock camera app?

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The new minor update to Kit Kat is apparently all about improvements to the camera on the Nexus 5. The official Nexus G+ page says:

  It improves the camera with faster focusing, especially in low light, faster white balancing, for truer colors, the ability to pinch-zoom the viewfinder in HDR+ mode and less shutter lag.

Will I see these improvements when I use a third-party camera app, or do they only affect the official camera app that Google ships with the OS?


texts: Will samsung gear S2 be compatible with red mi note 3?

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I am thinking of buying Samsung Gear S2

It says that it will be compatible with any android phones with higher than 1.5 GB ram.

I have Xiaomi Red mi note 3. Not a pro one. However, the only difference that I know is that red mi note 3 doesn't have extra space for sd card


texts: Android detects bluetooth gamepad as mouse

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A couple of days ago I bought a bluetooth controller(Steelseries FREE Mobile Wireless Controller), but unfortunately my tablet detects it as mouse(I can move pointer with left analog etc.).

I have written a message to support, and they replied that they are sorry but there's nothing they can do...
So I decided to fix it myself. Some games that support keyboard controlling I can play with an app called Bluez IME. But all of the other - not :/

I started logcat in terminal and I've discovered that after I connect my gamepad, it loads hid-keyboard layout and says it's "keyboard mouse"

Below is photo of terminal with important part of logcat(Sorry it's a photo - I'm in a hurry)

So my idea is to load my own prepared key layout file instead of hid-keyboard.kl, but I don't know how to achieve it.
Any help would be appreciated :)

EDIT:

dmupsys input also didn't give me a lot of information: device is called hid-keyboard(while on my phone it's full name of device), its Identifier is:
"bus=0x0019, vendor=0x0000, product=0x0000, version=0x0000" - that's why my configuration file didn't load, but I can't call it "vendor0000product0000.kl", because my tablet sees a couple ofother devices with this identifier :(

My guess would be that it's some system app that hijacks input from gamepad and gives me mouse pointer - it would be fine, but when I enter some game, it's still a cursor :<


texts: Is it possible to make 'admin' user apps available on other user accounts?

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With 4.2 on my Nexus 7 I have a few separate user profiles.

I have a number of kids games installed on my tablet admin account ('Rob'), with that account attached to a Play account.

I'd like to make those games available on another non-admin ('Callum') account, which is not attached to a Play account.

How can I do this?


texts: Determine device architecture (ARM/ARM64/x86) with 'adb getprop'

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Using adb getprop, I've found a few values that I think are pertinent, but I don't have any idea what an ARM64 device's value would like, much less an x86 one.

For my ARM device, the values are:

ro.product.cpu.abi       armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2      armeabi
ro.product.cpu.abilist32 armeabi-v7a,armeabi
ro.product.cpu.abilist64

I though armabi-v8a would mean ARM64, but Wikipedia says

  most chips support 32-bit AArch32 for legacy applications

So, I'm wondering if an ARMv8 chip could possibly be loaded with 32-bit Android which would further complicate things

Is there any way I can determine my device architecture with adb?


texts: android devices losing internet access even though wifi is connected

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Here is my setup: Verizon Fios ONT with ethernet cable connecting to WAN port on d-link dir-615.
Wireless turned off on d-link DIR-655.
Ethernet cable connecting LAN port on DIR-655 to LAN port on Netgear c6900 (cable modem/wifi router combo unit). DHCP disabled on c6900. So c6900 is simply acting as an access point to the DIR-655.
All of my devices have reserved IP addresses at the DIR-655.
All PCs are working flawlessly. Connection to wifi is strong, never dropping internet access.
Android devices - galaxy note 10+ and galaxy s10 both connect successfully to wifi network. however, after some time passes (presumably with no internet activity), internet access drops even though the device is still connected to the wifi network.
After internet access is lost, When i go into the setup page of the c6900 i no longer see the device listed as connected. If I use the diagnostics to ping the ip address of the android device that lost internet connection, it goes through and instantly the device appears again on the list of connected devices and connection to the internet is restored. Doing the ping from the cmd prompt from my PC will successfully get replies back from the target device but this does not trigger the device to be reconnected to internet and does not trigger the device to show as a connected device on the c6900.
Any ideas why this is happening?
I've already checked that there is no battery saving issues, and i don't have this issue when i previously used the c6900 with the cable company as the cable modem/wifi router.
I have reviewed other questions and answers related to no internet access when connected to wifi but none of those scenarios had a good connection that got dropped - in each case there was no connection to the internet at all. i am able to connect to the internet initially, but then internet access is lost - i'm trying to pinpoint exactly what's causing that. Thank you!


texts: Facebook non-official app for contact sync

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I want to remove official Facebook app from system because its a piece of crap, but I am not doing it because it syncs my contact with Facebook. I add someone friend and I get her phone no. and email id in my smartphone (provided her privacy settings permit it). It also syncs photos and missing data with existing Google and local contacts.

I have tried FriendCaster's contact sync. It sucks because of Facebook's privacy policy. Facebook doesn't share phone nos. and email addresses of friends to any app.

So, all apps which login using oAuth have problems with contact sync (correct me if I am wrong). I don't have problem sharing fb password to an app if it can do pure Facebook contact sync. Is there an app?


texts: Turn a Android Phone with broken screen into dedicated Web server

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I have a Nexus 4 with a broken LCD/Digitizer, I have no control via touch at all. The other parts of the phone are functional.
Now, what I want to do and hope is possible is to clear the phone and install some Linux distro via Usb. The trick is, I need to be able to control the installation via wifi or USB directly after the upload of the Linux package. After this I want to run it as a dedicated Web server of some sort. I welcome any type of solutions. All I want in the end is to use my phone as a dedicated Web Server which I can control remotely.

Thanks.


texts: I just bought a Nexus 5 (US version) and for the past 2 to3 weeks I have noticed that Facebook  updates every time I am connected to Wi-fi, I mean I am a developer so I can imagine that updates come out but not so often I assume. Should I just turn auto update off or is there something else that can be done?


texts: Fingerprint sensor on Nexus 6P stopped working

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As I was using my Nexus 6P phone today, the fingerprint sensor was working just fine. However, just a few hours ago today, it stopped working, and I can no longer unlock my device using the fingerprint sensor.

Whenever I put my finger on the sensor, the phone would not respond. When I manually woke up my phone using the power button, it showed me a message "Fingerprint hardware not available".

I tried rebooting my phone, but now the phone doesn't seem to be aware at all that the fingerprint sensor exists. There's no longer even an option to configure it in the device settings.

How can I get the sensor to work again? I have the latest updates installed (Android 8.1 Oreo, with December 2018 patches).


texts: How do I view google's motion photos on my windows PC?

texts: I can download the JPGs from my DCIM folder in my Pixel 2 and I know that the video is encoded inside the jpg, but I don't know what image viewer I can use to see the motion. I usually use Irfanview, but I haven't yet been able to find out how to make it show the motion. And I haven't found anyone talking about how to do it. Anyone know?


texts: Android device stuck at boot screen. Possible causes?

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I have a Redmi note 4G device which is not able to boot fully, or in other words stuck at the mi logo. I tried the following methods:

"Wipe and reset" options from the recovery console.
Boot to fastboot mode and connect it to a PC. Then ran a script from a fastboot image: sudo ./flash_all.sh. Got the following error:

```

product: MSM8226
target reported max download size of 838860800 bytes
sending 'tz' (353 KB)...
OKAY [  0.014s]
writing 'tz'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 10.085s
target reported max download size of 838860800 bytes
sending 'sdi' (11 KB)...
OKAY [  0.004s]
writing 'sdi'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 10.070s
target reported max download size of 838860800 bytes
sending 'sbl1' (246 KB)...
OKAY [  0.011s]
writing 'sbl1'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)

```

Used the MiFlash Tool from Windows to flash the storage (after booting to fastboot mode). Got write error.
Used the Mi PC suite to flash the storage (after booting to fastboot mode). Got unable to flash.

Still, stuck at the boot logo. What could be the reason behind this issue. I suspect the filesystem may have some errors which prevents the full boot. If it was a PC, I would run a fsck on the storage device after booting into another live system but here I have no other options left.


texts: Is mtk-su safe? Is it actually temporary?

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mtk-su which helps mediatek mtk-65** based phone owners to basically gain a "temporary" root. My question is, if it was actually temporary as it claims, and if it actually doesn't persist after each system reset or reboot. The other day I scanned the file on virustotal, and the engines detected it as a malware.
mtksu xda forum https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/amazing-temp-root-mediatek-armv8-t3922213/amp/


texts: How to edit 'etc/hosts' file in non-rooted phone?

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I'm using LineageOS 14.1 and don't want nor need to root it. How can I remount /system rw and edit /system/etc/hosts?

All answers in "How to edit 'etc/hosts' file?" expect a rooted phone.


texts: Is There Any Way To Increase Internal Memory?

texts: My internal memory is 1 GB. After I reboot it changes to 64 MB. When I check the space on internal storage, I only see built in apps and shows no free space.


texts: Any way to place a link to `/sdcard2` within `/sdcard`?

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I have a Sony Tablet S, for which I am not aware of any method of rooting. On this device there is an amount of internal storage (dependant on model 8 - 24 GiB) and an external sdcard slot. The former is mounted as /sdcard and the latter as /sdcard2. My usage of the device would be made a lot easier if I were able to access sdcard2 from within sdcard (when mounted).

I have not found any way to do this without root access (tried ln -s but it turns out the partitions are FAT) - has anyone else got any ideas? It is very annoying as I am unable to access my media on the large external storage card I have bought with many applications - I have found myself buying a music payer that specifically allowed me to type my own search paths for media libraries, but cannot use DNLA to send this media to other devices, instead having to remove the sdcard and put it in my laptop - less than ideal...


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When I call with the smartphone (HTC one M7) I often click the screen with the cheek.

I have notice that on Samsung Galaxy tab 8.0 when I call is there an option that disable the touch. Is it possible to import/install this feature also on HTC One?


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My brother's phone number requires an area code to send an SMS.  I keep getting a message back to use an area code, but I can't find any way to force Android to use it.

I'm using 4.2.2


texts: Gmail on Android separate from google play

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Is there any way to read mail (and calendar) from a gmail account on a Android phone without tying the account to a play-store account used on the same phone?
Theoretically this should not be a problem, gmail offers pop3 and IMAP so i should be able to use a client app and keep google ignorant of the device i use.

I ask because so far i have not connected my gmail account to my bank account or credit card and i would like for these to stay disconnected.
Bank and credit card account identify me by name and surname (phone, address) while gmail is tied to some of my web activities (for example search history). I dont want to make it too easy for google and all those foreign governments to connect the two.

Here are some related questions:
How do I remove all social integration features with Google+/Google applications
and
What information does stock Android send to Google by default, and how do I opt-out?. I would like to set up my new Android phone one step at the time, starting with the gmail and playstore account.


texts: How to stop creepypasta.wikia from suddenly redirecting me on Android basic browser?

texts: For the past few days I've been reading the creepypasta.wikia site on my new, virus-free Android phone. For the past couple of days when I'm reading a story, not clicking anything at all, the page changes to another page saying that I need to update Android at the Google store, or one of two other adverts I can't recall exactly. The page I'm on changes, this isn't a pop up or under so if I want to return to the creepypasta I was reading I have to click Back. How can I fix this?


texts: Tablet shows "Low on memory" warning even though internal memory is greatly empty

texts: My tablet shows Low on memory with Total 0.98 GB, 750 MB used even though internal memory is Total 13.65 GB, 13.65GB free


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I originally wanted to comment here to ask a clarification question. But as I haven't enough reputation and it seems there isn't any private messaging possible, I opened this new question.

The device is a Moto G2 with 8GB storage. I configured it under cm13 to use a 64GB sdcard as adoptable storage.
After a few weeks my sister called, the device disconnects the sdcard very often and wants it to be reinserted.

In the hope that it's only the sdcard giving up, I ordered a new one and copied the whole disk with dd if=/dev/oldCard of=/dev/newCard.
Have to wait, if the problem is gone or not. But I thought about, if the adoptable storage option of Android isn't that brilliant and therefore googled if I could somehow mount an ext4(/or f2fs) partition on the sdcard under /data.

The answer I found here on Android Enthusiasts, sounds interesting, but I can't believe that this works this way, as of my understanding...
So, in the linked answer, it says:

  This is the way to have /data on the SD Card directory:

  Copy all /data to the SD Card directory: /mnt/sdcard/data
  Delete /data
  Create a symlink that points to the SD: ln -s /mnt/sdcard/data /data

So, my problem/confusion with this are the following points:

If I create a symlink in the root dir to something else, this link is gone up on a reboot. So how am I supposed to make the link from /data to some other place persistent?
If I make /data point to /sdcard/data, wouldn't the mount command now mount the partition in which the data is really stored under /sdcard/data? So the data would still be placed in the internal memory, but the point where it's mounted in the system is a different/wrong one, right?

My aim would be, to have a sdcard formatted with ext4/f2fs and get it mounted as /data like mount /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /data instead of the internal data partition. But can I do that WITHOUT modifying the fstab of the kernel for every update I want to do manually?

L


texts: Creating universal APK form multiple APKs without having *.aab (Android App Bundle) file

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My question is related to Android apps whose developers push their app to the Play Store in the Android App Bundle format (i.e, *.aab file)
Consider a scenario I installed an app from the Play Store to my Android smartphone and then when I fetched the APK to my PC using the adb pull command, I found there is one base APK and there are some split APKs. Below is the image of the scenario which I am referring to.

Is it possible that I can generate a universal APK from these APKs (base and split APKs) without having the equivalent *.aab file so that I will be able to install the same universal APK to my smartphone?


texts: Can I hide the time on the Cyanogenmod 7 Lockscreen?

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I've flashed CM7 onto my phone, and am wondering if there is a way to hide the clock. The only way I see is the Widget Layout setting to Default/Hidden/Centered. But this hides ALL text on the lock screen, I want to hide ONLY the clock (because it is in the statusbar anyway), and NOT hide the next alarm, next calendar appointment, battery level, etc.

Or, as an alternative, if there is someway to make the font for the clock a LOT smaller.

The reason I want to do this, is because I am using Contact Owner to display lost phone text on the lock screen, but with that giant clock up top, it pushes the owner info underneath/behind the unlock controls.

Also, setting the Widget Layout to hidden hides the owner info as well, which kinda defeats the purpose.

UPDATE: With a little help from this question, I'm using Cyanogenmod's own owner info ability, but it still suffers from the same problem.

BTW, I'm running on a Galaxy S Captivate.


texts: How to open Google Drive offline? (I.e. where is the Google Drive app icon?)

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I want to open Google Drive on my android tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S SM-T700), and I want to do this while I'm offline, as opposed to accessing my drive through Chrome.  (IOW, I want to access the items I have configured for offline access.)

I can't find its icon

...among the other app icons, nor anywhere else.  Also, I can't find any folder called "My Drive" in the tablet's storage.

(FWIW, I have rebooted the tablet, just in case.)

The Google Drive app is definitely installed (it shows up under Settings > Applications > Downloaded) and up-to-date.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII which I'm attempting to pull photos off of - but I am having trouble doing so. I've attempted to use Kies to pull the photos off - but it just says loading... loading... loading... forever. The computer seems to recognize the phone (it is shown under device manager) but it never seems to appear under My Computer (this may be related to why Kies does not recognize it either.)

Anyone have any suggestions?


texts: How can I use userscripts on Firefox for Android?

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As of October 2020 I can't seem to find a working add-on/extension for Firefox on Android. Tampermonkey's page says the add-on is not compatible with Android, but I think it used to work fine a while back. Is there any way to install userscripts on a current version of Firefox for Android (including beta or developer editions)?
If current versions don't support such extensions, and the only way is to install an older package (not recommended due to potentially unpatched vulnerabilities, I know), which is the latest package version I can use Tampermonkey (or a similar) extension with?


texts: How do I force Google Now to show updates from certain websites?

texts: Google Now gives me updates for blogs that I visit regularly. But it's not very predictable in which websites it monitors. I see cards for SMBC and Channelate regularly, but not for xkcd. How can I teach it to notify me for xkcd too?


texts: HTC Sense crashing often on Incredible since update to Froyo (Android 2.2)

texts: Since I upgraded my Incredible to Android 2.2, Froyo, the HTC Sense UI has been crashing often, but always when I am in an app.  In other words, sometimes when I exit an app, I see that the Sense launcher is restarting.  Anyone know why that is happening and/or how I can fix it?


texts: Moto Z3 Forcing Connection to Wrong WIFI

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Starting two days ago my phone decided to try to connect to the 'ATT-WI-4895' network. I don't even know what this network is (aside from AT&T's, I assume) nor where it came from. I never entered it into my wifi preferences.
Furthermore, the wifi is refusing to connect to my home network. I've 'forgotten' it and readded it several times to no avail. It briefly shows it in the 'searching for network' area, but then drops it from view and never connects to it - then locking onto the ATT network and never connecting to it because I have no idea where that network resides.
Any help y'all can offer would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Do old versions of Android still get security patches?

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For example if a critical vulnerability is found in Jelly Bean would it get a patch, or is the expectation that users should upgrade to KitKat to be more secure?

Does Android even have the concept of individual/incremental security patches, or are Maintenance Releases (MR) the only way to get patches?

I found a comment here, but would like confirmation (with source if possible)...

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/83852/which-versions-of-android-is-google-developing-security-fixes-for


texts: Do not auto-mount Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini when USB is connected

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I had an HTC desire phone, before upgrading to a Galaxy S4 Mini.

I have run into an annoying problem. On my phone (not on the SD Card), I have private data, including an RSA key, which I use to SSH into my different computers and servers. On the Desire S, I had the phone on default "Charge only" so people who nicked my phone didn't just get access to what was on it.

How do I do something similar with the Galaxy S4? I need some way to disable the mount-by-default so people who steal my phone can't just plug-in a USB cable and steal all my data. The phone should still be able to mount as a storage device, but ONLY when it is specifically activated.

In screen-locked mode, it still auto-mounts when plugged in - not exactly a good way to protect the data on the device.


texts: reverse tethering : share laptop internet connection thru bluetooth

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im rooted, nexus 5

I work in the middle of the bush, no cell coverage.  NO ROUTERS ALLOWED.

I would like to share my laptop's wired internet connection.  Either create a *hidden wifi hotspot that no one will be able to detect* or share my laptops internet thru Bluetooth

could someone pleaaaase help :)


texts: Galaxy Tab Pro SM-T520 does no longer see wifi networks

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I had a very weird problem with my Galaxy Tab Pro SM-T520.
After working fine for a while the tab suddenly was not able to see any wifi network. None of them. Not mine, not from my neighbors, just the whole Wi-Fi networks list in the Connections Settings was empty and the "Scanning..." process was hanging.

Reboot the tab, on\off, etc. the wifi did not help.

Only the factory reset did help. However after some time the same problem came back :(

It has happened after the WiFi network was disabled for a while.
Android 4.4.2


texts: Can I force a message to be sent as an MMS?

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Is there a way to force a message to be sent as an MMS?

There are multiple reasons that MMS may be preferred.  SMS and MMS may have different fee structures dependent on plan, carrier, and country.  Additionally, some messaging software may allow for more delivery notification options for MMS than SMS.


texts: Marking an e-mail as unread pops a "new email" notification

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My wife and I both have Samsung Galaxy S2 phones, and use the GMail app for reading and writing emails.

In that app, when I mark a read mail as "unread", it throws me back into the previous screen and correctly marks the mail as unread.

When my wife marks a mail as unread, however, it does the same, but also adds a "new email" notification which then appears in the top bar - which really annoys her.

What is the cause of this behavior, and how can I fix it?


texts: How can I view iWork documents on my android device?

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Is there a way to view (even better would be to edit) iWork documents on Android. I'm particularly interested in Pages, but there is also Numbers and Keynotes, all of them are part of Apple's iWork suite.

Also, in this page they say I should be able to do that from a web browser signing in to iCloud.com, but then a page is shown saying that my browser is not supported. I have Chrome 58.0.3029.83 running on KitKat 4.4.2


texts: Download internet pictures become low quality

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I have downloaded a picture from internet:

But, when  I view it from gallery, it looks like very low quality. Its smoothness is completely gone:

I need to set a smooth picture as a wallpaper for my phone, and the downloaded version is too low quality to use. Can someone help me?

Edit: Looks like even my screenshot makes the web picture look blurry, anyway here is the link to the original picture:

http://picview.info/download/20150531/brown-shadow-background-black-1080x1920.jpg


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Don't mind the wallpaper, that's for me because I'm proving in these area and it will help break my procrastination.
The real issue is my notification bar.

Can anyone help me? I tried Googling it, but I don't know how to describe my problem.


texts: Alarm/Cal Event repeating every alternate day and that which does not sync with google

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I need to create an alarm or calender event that repeats every alternate day at same time. I can not associate it with day of week, or date. I am using HTC Desire S.

I also need create entries in HTC Desire S calendar that which does not sync with Google calendars.


texts: How do i find my Mobilenumber on my Samsung Galaxy 5

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I've been trying to give my friend my number. When I first got my Samsung Galaxy S I wrote it down in the memos: a mobile number that had 11 numbers in it.

I can't remember where I got that from -- and now when I try to find it, I go into About → phone-status, but for phone number it says "unknown".

I don't know what to do. If I click on the "unknown" thing it does nothing. I also thought numbers were meant to have 10 numbers.

So how can I find out what my number is?


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Is it possible to get Google Now on old phones ? It really sounds amazing.I would love to try it out :)

I found this for ICS.  - http://techzei.com/get-google-now-on-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich/


texts: Transfering contact information from one phone to another using SIM card

texts: I have a LG Optimus L70 phone that will no longer turn on. I have a new LG K7 phone. How can I transfer my contact information to the new phone using the SIM card. Or is there any other way that I can get my contact information and pictures off of my old phone and put in to my new phone


texts: Link2sd can't mount 2nd partition on lineageos

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I have installed lineage os on a Samsung Galaxy S5. I tried to bring Link2SD to work. I gave it root access via the root add-on in lineageos. Link2SD complains about not being able to mount the 2nd partition which already had worked on a different Phone for the same purpose. I can unmount the second partition in Android settings and then it works, but after rebooting Link2sd can't mount the second partition, because the system already has mounted it.

How can I prevent Android from mounting the second partition before Link2SD can access it?

Android 7.1.2
Lineageos 14.1 20180411


texts: Can I make a web site continue running when in standby?

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I am developing a simple web application which will be used for tracking GPS position. The general idea is that every couple of minutes it'll send the GPS location back to a server with an AJAX request. Note the device will be connected to power permanently.

We ideally need this to keep running in the background when the screen is turned off. I've put together a test with a Nexus running Lollipop and Chrome and had limited success. The requests keep sending for 5-10 minutes after the screen is off, then they stop.

Oddly there still seems to be occasional requests. For my testing I'm doing a 10 second request interval, in the real world it'll be more like 5-10 minutes. Some sort of queue? If this is a thing and I can figure out how to work with it reliably it might work.

Is there any way I can get them to keep sending indefinitely? Settings in the OS/browser, or different browser (or both) maybe?


texts: How can Google Photos back up Google Keep notes with images?

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Google Keep has the feature to directly take a photo and create a note with that photo.

How can I add these taken photos to the automatic back-up procedure of Google Photos?


texts: Am using Samsung Galaxy Y model phone. I rooted my mobile and installed Jelly Blast v3 ROM in my phone. Now how to install a different custom ROM over this ? or if i install a new ROM in my mobile will that cause any problems ? Please help me get through this


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Android seems to keep a log of the past week of app usage. It seems that there are many applications that are able to get this "App usage" permission and by querying some underlying api get all the app usage data from your phone. It shows launch times and duration of specific applications. Some applications that can read these data are: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.uninstaller and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huybn.UsageHistory. While it seems that many of these applications have ways to export this data I was wondering if there was a way to export this data without an app as the above apps each have an export format that really can only be read on the android phone.

TLDR; Is it possible to grab Application Usage Data via ADB or as a file on the internal storage (maybe in /data/system/something?)


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First of all, I am currently learning about Android security and wasn't sure if to post it on the Android or Security StackExchange, either way here is my problem...

Investigating the content providers of a particular app, I found out that:

content://media/internal/images/media

could be queried. After querying it, I obtained the following files,
/system/media/video/edge.png and /system/media/video/edge720p.png

My question is, what is this directory for, and what are these files used for? Is it dangerous that this path can be queried?

Thanks


texts: Unable to control Nexus 5X with TeamViewer Quick Support/Host

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I would like to control my phone via PC. I tried TW Quick Support and Host, but I was only able to point (with blue pointer) not click and trigger an action.

I have a TW account that I used in Host application.

Does the device need to be rooted?


texts: Failure to boot after rooting LG Optimus V and installing CM7

texts: I recently bought an LG Optimus V (VirginMobile) to replace my current Samsung Intercept. Upon reciept, I rooted it following the procedure at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1070018. The rooting went fine, and I got to step 10 in flashing the CM7 Rom. What I get after the reboot specified in step 9 is the CyanogenMod animated splashscreen, which animates for a bit, then stops, and thats where the unit stays, for up to an hour. I can get to the installed recovery console, but have no idea what I need to do to fix this. I rooted this unit immediately after getas the main reason for needing a smartphone is the fact I need to have OpenVPN installed on any phone I have. I went crazy getting my previous Samsung Intercept rooted and then getting the tun.ko for the installed kernel. The final fix was to install a 3rd party rom which supplied the kernel module. I did not want to go thru that again on this LG phone. Whats my next step?


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Hello can you help me fix my acer tab?

I start to play a game then in the midway it force exits and prompted an error saying "Unfortunately [app] has stopped!"
I noticed that the app icon in settings for example I will clear the cache of zombie tsunami so I will go in Settings then app then zombie tsunami the problem is the icon of zombie tsunami is replaced with android logo, can you help me?


texts: Where does "battery usage" app collect its data from?

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The Battery Usage screen gives nice stats about which application has consumed how much battery. The stats are based on the time each process has kept the phone awake, the CPU time, etc. etc.

There are times that I want to get more details that possibly exist, but not shown in the UI. That's why I want to look at the source of the info, or possibly write an app to collect better stats. (maybe some files in the /proc file system?)

Originally, this is because I didn't get any answer on this question:
How can I find out what causes "Android OS" to consume battery?


texts: Can I use 'adb tcpip' on Gingerbread devices if I root them?

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I have tried using the command adb tcpip 5555 to be able to connect wirelessly to my test devices. It's working fine for devices running Android 4.0+, but every 2.x device (like the Galaxy Ace, running 2.3) I have tried gives the same result:

$ adb connect 10.26.5.215
unable to connect to 10.26.5.215:5555

I haven't been able to find anything online that says this feature only works on Android 4 - is this the case?

Will it be possible to connect ADB over TCP/IP on the 2.x devices if I root them?

N.B. I do not want to install custom kernels or ROMs, I want them to be in as similar a state to stock devices as possible.


texts: How to change how notifications appear in telegram?

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I am not sure that this is the right place to ask this question, but I have encountered a problem: after I receive a few messages, the following ones start to appear as "10 messages from 5 chats". I don't care how much messages I have. I just want to see the last one. How can one achieve that? There seems to be no setting in the app to change that. I think this may be because of the OxygenOs, but the phone's settings seem to not have such an option either.
I am using android 10.3.4


texts: Can send text with 4MB pictures, but not smaller video

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I searched quite a bit, but I didn't find anyone having the same issue I am.
Phone is a oneplus 8t, carrier is t-mobile. US phone/plan, but I'm in Germany. Just using whatever the standard message app is.
Whether I'm on WiFi or network (4G only) I get an error that a 1.7mb video is too large, when I can, and did, send two pictures in a text to the same person, totaling 8.9mb. Tiny video file fails, large pictures succeed.
Just trying to understand why this happens.


texts: Firefox 48 for Android Disabled "Add to Reading List" on Long Press

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In Firefox on Android prior to version 48.0, I used to be able to long press on a link and select "Add to reading list" from the pop-up menu. In version 48.0, the option has been removed? Why?

I sure hope the answer isn't that Mozilla was getting flack from advertisers who were upset that people could bypass the real page and just read the article content (imagine that!).


texts: How do I stop all running apps in the Samsung Galaxy S3?

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Device: Samsung Galaxy S3
Android: 4.1.1

I need to stop all running apps for an app, but how do I do that with one click? Is it safe?  Does the S3 have a tool?


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How can I disable the hardware music button on the side of my LG GW620?  I keep accidently triggering it in my pocket, causing random bursts of Foo Fighters when I sit down in a meeting.

Just disabling it while the screen is locked would be best, but completely disabling it would be better than nothing.

My GW620 has been upgraded to android 2.2 (Froyo) using the the OpenEtna firmware.  Prior to this I don't think the music button did anything at all.


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Suddenly the wifi of my Xiaomi A1 stopped to connect my home's wifi :-/

There is no update, either phone or router, I'm aware off. But  at some point yesterday I realized I was not connected. So I tried to manually connect. First weird thing, Android doesn't have the password saved. I enter again the password, and I just get "failed to connect".

All the other devices (iphone, ipad, macbook, google home, chromecast, etc.) keep working as normal.

I've rebooted the router just in case, but no outcomes.

Any idea how can I troubleshoot that?


texts: Settings > Display > Navigation Bar > Background Color Options Suddenly Limited

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Shortly after buying my Samsung Galaxy S8, my Settings > Display > Navigation Bar screen looked like this:

I retrieved that image from Android Central.  Now, it looks like this:

Notice the significantly limited color selections in the "Background Color" section.  Also, the first image has a color picker, but the second image does not.  I'm wondering if a recent update eliminated these options.  Could any Galaxy S8 owners tell me if their settings are more similar to the first or second image?  Also, does anyone have a suggestion how I could bring back the color options from the first image?  Thank you.


texts: stuck in bootloop, and flash recovery doesn't work on Nexus 5

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Here's what happened:

One morning, my phone started rebooting once or twice on its own. I thought it was the power button, but then it got stuck at the boot animation logo. I've let it run like 3 hours, so I don't think it's some long update running.

When I reboot to recovery, it shows a dead droid with a red warning sign.

Only thing that still works is the fastboot. When I try to flash a new recovery (I tried twrp or cwm) with:

sudo ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

the command seems to run fine, but when I reboot to recovery, I'm still stuck with the dead droid with a red warning sign.

I would like to get my data back if possible (especially my files) so I didn't try flashing the whole stock rom. But if that's the only last thing to do, I'll give it a try.

So, What else can I do ? Why can't I even get the recovery working ?

TLDR; Nexus 5 bricked, bootloop, recovery HS, fastboot works; what do ?


texts: How to recover Samsung Galaxy Fit using software that works on Ubuntu?

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I tried to install the new Jelly Bean on my Samsung Galaxy Fit, but it got stuck during installation with an error on /tmp/slideloadpackage.zip. Now, my original Android OS lost.

How can I recover my phone using software that works on Ubuntu (12.4)?

I am able to access "download mode". I need to transfer the update file (BENI_v1.0.ops) to the device.


texts: WiFi Tethering not working when using security

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I have a rooted Galaxy SII (not branded, from Germany) running CyanogenMod 10.

I can't connect to my tethering network when I'm using security (WPA / WPA2-PSK). With an open network, it works just fine, but obviously, that's not what I'd prefer.

Can anyone give me a hint on how to fix this?


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A few weeks ago I noticed a strange wifi problem with my Lg G6 when connected to a 2.4ghz router at home (wrt 320n).

Wifi speed is terribly unstable. Although wifi signal shows up as excellent, running speedtest I get 10mps download, and when retesting 30 sec later , speed is at 1mbps. (See screenshot attached). I tried different wifi channels, scanned channels with Wifi Alanalyzer app, but problem always appears.

This translates into unusable voip quality and intermittenly very slow loading of webpages.

Problem doesn't appear at 5Ghz , and other devices at home don't have this issue using the same 2.4ghz router.

I have to use my router at 2.4ghz mode for backwards compatibility with some older devices (Chromecast).

Any clues?
Thanks


texts: Directory named with random characters automatically (re)created in SD card? Could this be a malware?

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Lately, I've seen that a directory with what seems to be a random name (like Z0tQWDVmQmoyRUxVSWdBU2pwNzAxMzc1Mw) is present in the local storage (/sdcard) of my Samsung Galaxy S5.

When I delete it, it's automatically recreated.

The directory contains three files, two with random name and the third is  named 'This directory is very important. Please do not delete.' One file contain some script or code to create an sqlite database and tables.

Could this be a virus? Is there a way to find out which app is creating this directory?


texts: Asus Zenfone 2 screen broken and blacked out, need to retrieve files.

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I own a Zenfone 2. My phone's screen has gone kaput completely. I just see lines in multiple hues but cannot see the unlock screen or anything beyond that. I need to recover files, however:

No USB debugging turned on, at least I don't remember it being turned on.
The screen is locked using a pattern and not a number.
Can't see anything, can't even take calls. I just know if I get a call
because the phone vibrates.

What are my options? Really need a step by step guide.


texts: Get To Android Pie bluetooth Settings Without Turning Them Off

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Is there an EASY way to get the Bluetooth settings without turning them off?
The new shortcut in Pie sucks because it an on/off button
The old design allowed you to click on the name under the icon to get to the settings to just disconnect one item if needed


texts: Is there any benefit to wiping Dalvik Cache after rooting my phone?

texts: Every time I do an OS update, it removes the root so I need to re-root my phone using TWRP. TWRP gives me the option to wipe the Dalvik Cache after flashing any sort of item. I understand that there is a good reason to wipe Dalvik after flashing a ROM. However, if all I did was an OTA update to my OS and flashed Magisk to root my phone, is there any benefit to wiping Dalvik cache?


texts: Xperia SP looks like it's charging, but it doesn't charge

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My phone is Xperia SP, it's on CM 12.1, unofficial build (because the official one is buggy due to bad kernel). It has been bought second-hand, so I'm not sure about its history (the phone was in a good state).

So, the problems started gradually, but the symptom is this: when I connect the phone to the charger, the phone goes into it's charging state, the battery icon shows the charging symbol, the LED shines red, but the phone doesn't actually charge, and the battery percent actually actually descends. I would usually just detach the phone, and reconnect it, and it would actually start charging. However, this happened more often as the time passed, to the point where it is completely empty, and it cannot be turned turned on, or charged. When I connect it, the LED goes red (the usual charging behaviour), but then it goes into booting the system, instead of going into "offline charging" mode. It fails to boot the system, because the battery is empty. It then turns off, returns to the red LED state, and from time to time it boots into recovery, which is quite unusual, since by default one has to press volume buttons to enter recovery. While in recovery, usually it would display the battery percentage, but now the place which should show the battery percent is empty.

Are these the symptoms of an faulty battery, or a more severe issue? Did anyone experience anything similar?


texts: I used to have a rooted Android device about 3-4 years ago. I recently found it and I dont know the password. This android device was trusted on my computer but now it is showing unauthorized under adb devices. I also have the files called adbkey and an excel file. Do these keys expire after a certain time or am i doing something wrong? Thanks in advance.


texts: What is the difference between application cache and data?

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Every app has data and cache.

In Android, what is the difference between the two?


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What is needed to access a phone dialer from the lock screen, without unlocking?

Resultant dialer app wouldn't show Contacts, just be able to dial phone numbers directly.

I love being able to sync calendars and play games and all that, but really this thing is (supposed to be) a phone first. Unlocking, opening a dialer, searching contacts, and then making a call is such a pain compared to my old "dumb" flip phone.

Non-root method preferred, but if that's the only way to go it'll have to do.


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Unfortunately, someone thought is was funny to mash my lock screen buttons (phone fell out of my pocket while sitting on the floor), which required me to sign in via my Google account. Now normally this would be somewhat OK, but I was not connected to WiFi or Data. So I was forced to perform a factory reset on my phone. Lost lots of data. Is there someway to disable the google password lockout (preferable) or another solution that will keep my phone locked and button-mash-proof (preferably without rooting)?

I have a LG Ultimate 2.

Thanks for your time!


texts: Disable splashscreen - BOOTLOGO disabled

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First off all I must start by saying that I am not an Android Expert.

I Have some android TV box ( not a phone ) which is of some unknown third party chinese vendor . it is already rooted .

I need to personalize it as much as I can, and I have already made the wallpapers, launcher, and bootanimation

The only thing I have left (and the most annoying one ) is the splash screen.

Now, I have read a lot of posts / articles about it , and I even made a rgb656 .img file, but the whole process is very complicated ( and potentially dangerous ).
So now all i want is to totally disable it .

I opened init.ec and there I saw :

...

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH /vendor/lib:system/lib
export ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1
export ANDROID_ROOT /system

....

So I wonder , does changing the ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 1 to ANDROID_BOOTLOGO 0 will disable the splashscreen ?

Is there any other easy way of doing it ?
Any advice ?
(If you can avoid answers like "try and see" - I am afraid to brick it ..


texts: HTC ONE (M9) - S-OFF sunshine & cyanogenmod

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Ok guys i'm in a real problem!

I cannot make or receive phone calls for one week... it all started when I got bored with the original OS of the HTC One M9, so I rooted the phone and installed CM13 following some tutorial on the internet (its the first time I root and install a custom rom in my life).. when I finished, I was verry happy until I discovered that I cannot make or receive calls, I searched for solutions, and I tried them (installing gapps, uninstalling capps, set phone app as default app...) but none of them worked. So I installed slim roms hoping that this can be the solution, but the same problem is stilling. I installed then android revolution HD and the problem disappeared, it was not solved, it disappeared because this rom didn't event boot. I reinstalled cyanogemod in order to use my phone for things in which it stills usable, and decided to return to the stock rom (the boring one). I found a good tutorial, in which he said that in order to successfully install it i have to:

Download the right ruu.
Change the cid and the mid.

For the ruu file I found the zip file for the same version used in the tutorial (1.32.401.8).
Now when I try to change the cid using this command:

fastboot oem writecid HTC__001

It says:

...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.006s

After googling it, the problem seems to be caused by 'S-ON', so I have to 'S-OFF' the phone. I downloaded sunshine and run it but the app shows an error saying:

  SunShine encountered problems with your rom. Please flash a stock, or more near stock rom and try again

I'm really confused.
To install a stock rom i have to change cid.
To change cid i have to S-OFF the phone.
To S-OFF the phone i have to install a stock rom.


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I am trying to unlock my phone's bootloader
Device techno i3
I have installed drivers , adb &fastboot
And when I type
fastboot oem unlock
It gives error
err:0×7000

(bootloader)    off-mode-charge: 1
(bootloader)    warranty: yes
(bootloader)    unlocked: no
(bootloader)    secure: yes
(bootloader)    kernel: lk
(bootloader)    product: RLK6737M_65_N
(bootloader)    version-preloader: 0.1.00
(bootloader)    version: 0.5
all: Done!!
Finished. Total time: 0.133s


texts: Galaxy Avant - "Lock automatically" turns Keyguard back on

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I have a new Samsung Galaxy Avant and I want to setup tasker like my old phone, specifically to turn off the Keyguard when I'm home.

It works, until the "Settings > Lock screen > Lock automatically" kicks in and turns it back on. Ive tried making another tasker action that turns Keyguard off again say, 10 seconds after the screen turns off, but that doesn't work and the Keyguard stays on. I'm not against rooting the phone, but I don't think it's needed since the Keyguard does stay off in the short time period between the display turning off and lock automatically triggering.

I'm guessing Lock automatically is a Samsung thing. Is there a way around this, or to turn off Lock automatically?


texts: Will this Remove a Permission from an App?

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So I downloaded an app from the web today, but it had some permissions I was uncomfortable with granting. So, I used APKTool to decompile the APK, removed the suspicious permission from the manifest, and recompiled + resigned the APK. Then, I downloaded the modified APK on my phone.

Does this approach work? My understanding is that now the app will crash if it tries to do something requiring that permission.

*PS: The reason I did this was because the permission to remove (CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE) did not show under settings/app Permissions of my phone. It only showed up under "All Permissions," where I couldn't simply disable it.


texts: Has anyone encountered (and resolved) the force close issue with Google Music Beta App?

texts: I was very happy to receive a Google Music Beta invite recently.  Unfortunately, when I try to play music via the app (on Droid X rooted with Liberty GB 0.5) the application force closes every time.  I am aware that since this is in beta, there may be no fix available yet, but I figured that I would ask the question and hope for the best.  Thanks for any help.


texts: App that uses default camera to save in a non-default location

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I am looking for an application that does the above. Preferably, I could create application shortcuts for different save locations.

Also, a Dropbox option would be nice but not required since I could use DropSync.


texts: How can I make the SD card work again after deleting necessary folders?

texts: I was cleaning junk in SD card and I accidentally deleted some folders. And my tab is not showing system memory in settings or my ex SD card memory in settings. And I can not download anything on chrome or Google.if I want to download system apps apk in chrome it says you don't have SD card installed. If I transfer with Bluetooth same thing no memory card. I don't know what to do.but I can download some apps in play store. Please help me solve this problem. My tab is miki75 6628 ics2.   and it's rooted       Please tell me what to do?


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I have a Cruz Tablet (T301) that runs Android 2.2.1.  For the longest time, I've tried to fix this matter on my own, but now I've run out of options.

When I get on the internet, my tablet has an interesting favor towards Facebook: not surprising because it comes with an app/bookmark of Facebook by default.  I can browse Facebook and share as much as I please as well as talk to my friends to my heart's content.  However, if I step outside of Facebook for as short as a second, my tablet kicks me off the internet.

Various options I have embraced to fix this matter.  I've already turned off my Wi-Fi, waited for a minute or two, and turned it back on to browse: that didn't work.  I even restarted my tablet with the aid of my paper clip that keep handy for situations such as this: that didn't work either.  I even became so bold as to perform a factory reset: even then I'm still being kicked off the internet.

I only have one application that allows me to browse the internet on my tablet: Browser, which also came by default.  Is there anything else that I haven't tried yet that may aid me in this situation?  Is it the application, or the tablet itself?  Do I have a virus, and I'm just not aware of it?  If I do have a virus, how do I get it fixed?


texts: Chrome unable to read files from SD card

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I have some HTML files in the SD card in my phone, which I want to open in Chrome. But, when I am entering the URL of those files in the Chrome's address bar with the file:/// prefix, Chrome says Access to the file was denied. But, I have checked that Chrome has access to the storage. See this screenshot:

Please help me out.
I have Android 7.0 Nougat and please ask if any more information is required.


texts: googleota directory on SD what is it? A duplication of DCIM folder, or else?

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In my Android device I set the default location of file (photos, video, etc.) to be saved to SD memory card. Recently I had some problems with my phone/SD-card and did a backup of the SD files to my PC.

I noticed that there is a googleota directory that seems to be a duplicate of DCIM (I also noticed two "Camera" albums in Gallery as well). What's the purpose of the googleota directory on my SD card? Can I delete it safely?

EDIT:
I decided to delete the googleota folder from SD-card and now there's only one "Camera" album in Gallery (that's good as the second one was only a duplicate). Then, after little time, googleota folder has been created again in my SD-card... Anybody knows what that directory is intended for?


texts: Semi-dead Tablet - Is this a touch screen trouble or just a software glich?

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My tablet is HKC P077A with 8GB ROM, 512 RAM and a 7'' Touch screen (Android 4.0.3). I am having 2 problems

When I switch on the tab, first "HKC" logo comes to screen and then disappears to show "android". This is standard. But after that the thing wont move forward. Just keeps on showing "andriod" with a flashing like thing implying the loading process. But after long wait there is no start screen and nothing changes. It just hangs there....
But if somehow got it to get into normal working(I donno how, but It sometimes boots ok and gets into normal working mode, with home screen and apps and everything). So once I get it right the other problem I am having is that the touch is giving VERY bad response. I have to click at spots multiple times to select that thing. Also the response is very slow. Its like the tablet is hanged. But when I tried connecting a mouse (through OTG) and everything works fine again. Is my touchscreen gone bad..??

I am already done with, reset (from "settings> backup and reset") [I cant find how to do factory reset on this model from "off" state(read below)]

I have tried to get into reset screen by pushing "Power Button+Vol up" button. Then I know the tab gets turned on (I can hear a small white noise from the loudspeaker) but nothing comes to screen. So the "Robot with heart open" is never shown.
I also tried using "power button + Volume down", this takes me to a screen written in chinese.
Now, I don't know Chinese but from the look and feel, its a troubleshooting window, where I can check weather components of my tablet are working (eg. I click one menu(with difficulty), then the front cam turns on, another menu makes loud sounds from speaker and another flashes many colors in screen etc). I found that most are ok except something called "T" (On the screen, its the last item to the right, is it "touchscreen"??)

So, what can I do to get my tab to work smooth again..?
Is the touchpad having trouble..? Need I do any specific troubleshooting..??
Any Ideas on which key combinations to get on to the "factory reset" menu from off state..??

Now, I seems I have lost the ability to boot into Android. So I am now stuck on "problem 1(above)"


texts: How can I install CWM Recovery on my Galaxy Note?

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I'd like to install CWM Recovery on my Galaxy Note. The build number is DDLPA. I installed ROM Manager but my phone wasn't listed in the options.

I've Googled this but haven't been able to find a reliable file as I'm not sure if my build number is supported.

A link and instructions to CWM Recovery for the DDLPA Galaxy Note would be helpful.

Thanks


texts: Why does Google play show a "no connection: retry" error?

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Recently I bought a Spice MI 280 with Android 2.3.4, I downloaded apps from the Android Market like App2sd, Task killer, Soundhound etc.

A few days ago Android Market was upgraded to Google Play and when I try to open it it shows a no connection: retry error...although I can browse the net through Opera and uc browser without any difficulty.

When I open YouTube through Opera it shows the main page of the site, but then when I try to play a video it shows cannot play the video.

I have tried adjusting the current date, clearing data and caches etc. I've tried a factory data reset but its asking please input phone password. Any suggestions?


texts: Cannot install Whatsapp - it says insufficient storage available

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I just got a new android phone running 4.4.2 as an interim before I buy another phone. After factory reset, I tried to install Whatsapp. This was the first app that I tried to install and it failed after downloading saying that there was insufficient storage available. I tried doing it multiple times - to the same result.

Free internal memory - 1.1GB. Free phone storage memory - 1.3 GB. No other app apart from the inbuilt apps have been installed. Post this, I installed Facebook Messenger and it works just fine. I don't understand why Whatsapp isn't installing. Another messaging service called Hike Messenger also works fine. Please help!

Just tried installing "Advanced Task Manager" and "Advanced Task Killer" to the same result - insufficient storage memory.


texts: What's causing battery drainage by "Google Services" while packet data is switched on in a 3G dead zone?

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Here's a picture of my Samsung Galaxy S2 battery usage page. Around the point where the battery usage started diving, I had added a calendar remainder, sent an email (to a new contact) and browsed facebook (using their app) and twitter (using the web browser).

I've done all of these things many times before. What could have caused the sudden drain, and how can I stop it happening again when I'm not near a charger? (Updated question after picture.)

UPDATE

I've done some experimentation and made some observations. My workplace is in a 3G dead zone, but has 2G thanks to a repeater box someone has installed nearby.

For the past three months, I have left the phone with 'Sync' and 'Packet Data' switched on all the time. When at work inside the 3G dead zone, I sometimes switch on wifi. Before this incident, I've had no problems at all with battery power, despite leaving Sync on all the time.

After posting the original revision of this question, I charged the phone up while it was switched off, went home and only switched it back on when I got home. I had sync and 3G data all night and the battery wasn't rapidly draining.

This morning, the only change I had made was to carry it with me into my workplace and put the phone on my desk. I didn't switch anything on or off, I only carried it to my desk. It very quickly started heating up and I noticed that battery was rapidly draining as before.

I began to suspect that the dead zone was causing the problem. To test this hypothesis, I charged the phone up and switched off wifi, sync and packet data. During the day, I switched on wifi and sync in various combinations. (Text continues after picture.)

The kink in the graph is around 20 minutes where wifi and sync were both switched off, but packet data was switched on. During those 20 minutes, the phone was heating up and the battery was draining. When I switched packet data off, normal battery use resumed.

Conclusion: Something in my phone has a bug where the battery starts draining badly while in a 3G dead zone and packet data is switched on.

Remember, this only started happening very recently. I've had this phone since January and have left both packet data and sync switched on almost continuously. I've not knowingly had any software updates recenty and the 3G data availablity of my workplace has been consistently very bad for some time.

Does please anyone know of a fix?

(Many thanks to m'colleague Duncan Large for taking the pictures and helping test the hypothesis.)


texts: Periodic Nexus 7 touch responsiveness issue

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Occasionally my Nexus 7 will exhibit poor touch responsiveness. This manifests as a need to drag my finger for an inch or so before scrolling happens, and a need for a firm touch in order to register a tap, and even then it's sporadic.

I'm trying to determine if this is software or hardware. My guess is software: exiting the current app sometimes seems to resolve the issue. Putting it to sleep and re-awakening it often seems to resolve it.

This happens maybe once every day or two, and only tends to last for a few minutes when it happens. (I'm still uncertain if things I do fix it or if it abates on its own...)

As this is my first Android device, I don't have anything to compare it to. Has anybody else experienced this? Any good techniques to determine if it's hardware or software?

EDIT 30-OCT-2012:

I haven't experienced the problem since upgrading to 4.1.2, so I'm inclined to think it was a software problem that's been fixed.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Is this red star icon malware? How to get rid of it?

I get spam alerts about free ipads and typical junk like that on my notification bar when I start my droid. This also happens when I first connect to WIFI on my home router (secured). I use a DROID X.


texts: Why are these picture-related apps blank?

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I've been wondering a lot about this when it happened which I was using Walli* app yet after I have changed my ROM, maybe the app gets blank no matter how I install it. But after a time, I've also realized that there is another app called Reface with the same problem in which I can't use them because they're blank like there is no connection to the Internet.

Note: I'm using Cloudflare Family DNS on my router and Firewall settings such SPI and DOS protection.
My ROM: AOSP based 7.1.2 Android custom ROM


texts: Automatically un-mount SDCard safely when device is rebooted or turned off?

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How can I configure my Galaxy S II so every time my device is either rebooted or turned off the SDCard is safely un-mounted because at the moment if I don't un-mount it, the files on SDCard appear as duplicated for some reason.

My device is rooted with Ressurction Remix 2.6.1 with Siyah Kernel 3.2.7.2.


texts: Unable to get in Recovery Mode in AllWinner A23 tablet

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I have a AllWinner A23 tablet with dual-core arm cortex-a7 1.5ghz + arm mali 400mp2 gpu.
The tablet has only 3 buttons (1 power button and 2 volume buttons).

I have tried by all sort of means to get into recovery mode with booting but there is no option to get there.

Even when trying through adb after boot (using command adb reboot
recovery), a strange recovery mode is launched which I have never
seen in any android device. The  recovery mode has only 3 options (1.
Reboot  2. sideload using adb   3. format).
And when I fastboot it using adb then it got hang at ROM image till
battery drain.

Now after rooting and applying a few tweaks I can't boot the device. Its stuck at ROM image.

Please tell me how to get in recovery mode in that device without booting the device.

I have tried holding down vol- then plugging in USB and then pressing power button multiple times while holding vol-.

If possible I would be glad to know a way to install clockworkmod recovery.


texts: How to run `chmod` command on boot on Android 10?

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I have an Android 10 device whose bootloader is unlocked. I have downloaded its firmware, modified it and get the adb shell rooted in recovery. Following are the steps for it:

Download AIK
Extract recovery.img and modified ramdisk/default.prop as follows:

 ro.secure=0
 ro.adb.secure=0
 security.perf_harden=0
 ro.debuggable=1
 persist.sys.usb.config=adb,mtp

Replace split_img/recovery.img-zImage with permissive kernel(built from kernel sources)
Repack it and flash it on the device.
Reboot to recovery and run adb shell. It will be rooted.

I want to add simple chmod 666 /dev/diag command and I have mounted system with stock recovery mount system option and then tried to do following:

Write chmod command at the end of init.rc.
Tried creating new rc scripts under /system/etc/init/ folder. New rc script has just chmod command written in it.
Tried appending(e.g. echo "chmod 666 /dev/diag" >> /system/etc/init/cameraserver.rc) chmod command in other rc files in /system/etc/init/ folder.

All were not able to change the required permissions. init.rc changes lost after reboot. Other files/changes persist after reboot but doesn't change the permission of diag port.

OTOH, I was able to make a system app with changes in /system/app/ folder.

Is there anything else that I can try to run the chmod command after phone boots?


texts: Galaxy S3 mini (i8190N) stuck in boot-loop after flashing custom ROM

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I've got a S3 Mini (i8190N) & I tried to install a custom ROM to it which failed. My phone will boot but then before the ROM/OS starts it reboots so it's stuck in a Bootloop. I cannot get into Recovery 'cause when I try that it simply just reboots. I can get into download mode!
I'vve had enough messing about trying to find a custom ROM; I don't think there is any out there. (The one I tried was mentioned later on in the thread that it isn't compatible with the model I've got.)


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When I initially set up my phone, I had to both choose a pattern and scan my fingerprint, for providing maximal security.
Now, when I want to unlock my phone, I can choose, whether I want to do that with the pattern or with my fingerprint.

Why providing the fingerprint, when someone still can use my pattern?
Is there any way, to deactivate the pattern, so that it can be unlocked by the fingerprint only?


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What is going on here? (please see attached screen shot).

This is a Galaxy S5 Mini. Totally stock rom, never rooted. I have recently restored it to factory settings in an effort to overcome a fast draining battery.

Apps are complaining about lack of space, but based on this I believe that to be false (also, I have put almost nothing on the phone).

Anyone have any ideas on the best way to fix this?

Storage (click to enlarge)


texts:
So I'm not sure exactly what happened, but Dr. Fone by Wondershare seems to have messed up my root.

I'm on a Galaxy S7, Android 7.0 with Nougat.

My phone is acting like it's rooted (VoLTE icon and "hurricane" symbol in the notifications bar, "unauthorized actions" notification appearing) and when I plug it back in to Dr. Fone, it tells me it's rooted and gives me no option to unroot.
But when I open any root checkers or unroot apps on the phone, it says it's not rooted so I can't undo it.

Any advice?


texts: My tablet will not turn on. Please Help!

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The screen on my tablet just won't turn on, but I was told there is a fix for it. I made sure it was charged but it did nothing.

It didn't turn on when I tried to get on it, and I hadn't got on in 2 weeks.

Please Help!!!

NeuTab N7 Pro is the tablet.


texts: How To Change Default "Do Not Disturb" To Priority Only

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I've experimented and looked all over for a solution to this, but it doesn't seem like anyone has wanted to do it yet.

I'm running Android 6.0 Marshmellow on a Droid Turbo 2. When I use the volume buttons to silence my phone, it defaults to Alarm Only, but I want it to default to Priority Only. Is this possible? It would save me the tiny pain of going into my Quick Settings Menu each time I want to switch to Priority Only.

Thanks!


texts: My phone huawei ascend y530 stuck in recovery screen.  On the screen shows the android icon.I can not turn on phone. Please help me friends.


texts: Change app sub-menu/folder style to iPhone-style

texts: On the "desktop" of my phone, I can move my apps into folders together by dragging one on top of the other. However, as opposed to the iPhone (where they form a reduced-sized grid), the apps gets combined into a folder where I can no longer identify each of them. Is there some way to change this sub-menu/folder style to replicate the iPhone's functionality?


texts: i have onda v989 allwiner a83t octa core 32gb bootloop beacause i installed chainfire 3d :( i cant fix it, please help please, i need it so much. my FBgmail: huynam371@gmail.com . plese help me!!!! text me some mess or teamviewer for helping !!!! thanks a lots ..... i dont know too much about my tablet. i cant use adb shell, i typed "adb sideload [rom.zip]" and i got at all: e footer is wrong .................


texts: I wish to block phone Samsung galaxy  A10 pro with IMEI. The phone was stolen. I don't want the end user or thief to have access to my data. Also to render the useless and unuseable.


texts: I deleted the OS of my Samsung Tablet 10.1 P7500. Now it doesn't work

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It turns on, but only the Samsung logo appears. Can I recover it?
I have a really old tablet - a Samsung 10.1 P7500, and the apps weren't working. I was trying to follow an online tutorial to install Nougat 7.1.
Something went wrong, and now I don't have an operating system. The tablet doesn't even allow to go to recovery mode or to download mode, nothing works, the screen turns on, but it is stuck on the Samsung logo.


texts: Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc randomly reboots

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I realise this might be a repeat question, or discussed at length in some related posts, please don't hesitate to discipline me if I'm being redundant.

I just really want to know not only if anyone else is experiencing random reboots on their Xperia Arcs (or any similar phone), but also if they've successfully resolved the issue? This is driving me completely insane, and I'm really disappointed because I really love my phone!

I've done a hard-reset, deleted everything off the SD card, and updated the phone to the latest available software from Sony Ericsson (Android v2.3.4). I've installed only 1 application, the logcat application mentioned in this answer, but that was after my phone rebooted TWICE today, and I also have no idea what log information I'm looking for...

I've read this post by Zano, as well as this one by ninjaPixel with no avail.

I refuse to believe that 'jimmy-ing' in a piece of paper to make the battery make contact better is the solution - as the battery in my phone is pretty tight already, and I've witnessed my phone reboot while simply lying on the desk - but I've tried that too and will continue to monitor...

ANY help will be greatly appreciated, and I'll continue to research and post back any additional information I find. Thanks in advance!

UPDATE #1:

So far so good, no additional apps have been installed, and I've removed the logcat app that was on there as it wasn't helping assess anything. I've also installed a very professional piece of paper between the battery and the outside cover to help keep it more secure than usual. Holding thumbs..!

UPDATE #2:

Almost 2 weeks after my previous update, and still no reboot. It seems that although I wouldn't believe it to be as a result of the battery not connecting properly, it didn't mean that it wasn't the battery...I'll make this the last update, and say, in my case, the problem was because the battery wasn't connecting properly and adding a small piece of paper between the battery and the outside cover has done the trick. Thanks all for reading, and for your time and patience!


texts: Cannot mount internal SD card in Semaphore CWM Recovery v5.0.2.7

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I Installed CyanogenMod 10.1.2 in my Galaxy S I9000 using Semaphore CWM Recovery v5.0.2.7  following this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_galaxysmtd
Before flashing the new ROM I made a backup using Semaphore CWM.
After installing CyanongenMod I've noticed that I didn't saved my contacts inside my Google Acount so I tried to restore the backup I've made using CWM Recovery. An error occured while restoring and after that I can't boot in normal mode (I didn't remember the error message).
When tried entering in the recovery mode to reinstall the CyanogenMod I got the following error messages:

E:failed to open /etc/recovery.fstab (No such file or directory)
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/command
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/log]
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/last_log]
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]

And when I try to install CyanogenMod from the SD card I got the following errors:

E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard/]
E:Can't mount /sdcard/

I tried reinstalling CWM Recovery but nothing changed. Do you have any ideas on how to fix this issue and flash a new ROM?
Thank you.


texts: How to root my ASUS Eee Pad Transformer?

texts: I need to root my Eee Pad Transformer. But how?


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How do I change the account which stores a contact?

Right now, a lot of my contacts are associated with "Backup Assistant".  I no longer have Verizon so this is useless (and it throws a lot of errors, presumably because it is no longer authorized to talk to the Verizon server) and I would like to switch all my contacts to be stored with Google.  If I have to I will just delete each contact and re-create it with the new assocation, but is there an easier way to do this?  If I try to tap or long-tap on the "Backup Assistant Contact" header when I edit the contact, nothing happens.

Also, if I do have to re-create a new contact, is there some way to create the new contact on Google first, then delete it from Backup Assistant?  When I try to create the new contact first, attempting to delete it from my phone tells me I am going to delete it on multiple accounts.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos: Odin flashed the custom Recovery but device boots into stock Recovery

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I am new to rooting Android. I tried using Odin 3.10 to root my Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos. I successfully flashed CWM (Odin displayed pass message). However when I restart phone in Recovery mode, it shows Android with an error symbol, and then loads the stock Recovery.

I am trying to flash CM12. What's the issue, and how do I fix it because I want to root my phone.


texts: Automatically wake and sleep device on timer

texts: I have a vanilla Android tablet running Jelly Bean 4.2.2 with root access. I've set this tablet up as a photo frame using daydream. Is there a way via settings or an app that can automatically sleep the device or display at a certain time and then wake it back up at a different specified time?


texts: How to check when the phone was turned on? (4.4 kitkat)

texts: I turned my phone on today and there's something weird there. I would like to check if someone turned it on recently. Like, computer booting log. How can I do it?


texts:
I have been using Evernote on my Laptop and Mobile phone for quite some time now. Recently, when downloading an update of Evernote app in my phone from Google Play app, I noticed that Evernote asks for some objectionable permissions:

I am not aware of any option/facility/service provided by Evernote which would require any of these permissions. Is Evernote Malicious?


texts: I've downloaded the HTC Sync software onto my PC in order to sync my new Incredible 2 with my Outlook, etc.  After plugging my phone into the PC with a USB cable, however, it tells me "No Device Connected."   How can I get the computer to recognize the phone?


texts: What is this screen and how do I get rid of it?

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Today my pixel 2 randomly decided to show this screen after I log in.

Where did it come from and how do I eliminate the extra step before being able to access my phone?


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I know this question has been asked many times, but I didn't see a clear answer to it from security experts, or it is from several years ago and things might have changed.

My question is double:

first of all, nowadays, how does the process of rooting an android phone work (please detail if there are various alternatives) ? Does it rely on a security hole, or is it a kind of attack (such as physical access to the device) that is not part of the security perimeter of android ? In the first case, why is it that it's not fixed, as there are open bounties for the android system ? Note that I'm just talking about the android system itself (such as a Nexus Phone), with the latest patches.
Second related question: What would be the security risk of rooting an android phone ? If I am not mistaken, these could be grouped in at least two issues: the rooting process itself, and the aftermath.

a. Regarding the rooting process, is there any open source procedure (or at least closely reviewed) to root a nexus phone that could guarantee that there's no malware installed in the process ? (see also first question)

b. From what I understand, having a rooted android is no different than having a linux OS with a root account. Are there any (free, open source?) apps that can monitor (what commands have been launched, etc) and prevent apps from getting access to the root account without my agreement ? (so that it is linux OS where any account that requires root privileges must go through 'sudo' and ask the user to enter their password).


texts: Removed profile photo still appears on my contacts WhatsApp

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I am using WhatsApp and have a profile photo set. I updated this picture several times. Now I noticed that on the phone of my first contact there is an old profile photo displayed. On the phone of my second contact there is an even older photo displayed. I removed the picture on my phone successfully though.

Solution attempt:

I restarted WhatsApp on my phone and the phone of my first contact.
I cleared the cache of WhatsApp on my phone.

Result: The old picture is still shown.

What am I doing wrong?

Profile picture is set to "My contacts" in

Settings -> Account -> Privacy -> Profile photo -> My contacts.

This is not a duplicate of this question as I want my picture to be removed from my contacts WhatsApp.


texts: How can I sync my Outlook calendar with my Android phone calendar?

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I have Galaxy Europa GT-I5500 Android phone with me.  The problem I am facing is I am able to Sync my Contacts and Notes with my Outlook 2007, but I am not able to sync my my phone calendar with Outlook 2007.

I'd appreciate if anyone can help me with the problem I am facing.


texts: I need you end a debate me and my friend are having. He claims that the Nexus phones only have the capability of one software update in the sense that it'll only update to whatever is next after Lollipop and that's it while i claim that it'll update to every software update. Who's right. Thank You In Advance


texts:
We have been experiencing an odd issue with tablets that we sell, and our vendor is being no help, so we are forced to take matters into our own hands – but so far we've been unsuccessful.

Specs:

OS: Android 5.1
Wi-Fi: Ampak AP6255 onboard Wi-Fi module with a single band antenna.

Issue:

The device will see networks and confirm if the correct/incorrect credentials were entered in, but will almost always never connect. If the device does connect, it will not stay connected. We've swapped multiple antennas out, but the issue still occurs. On a Wi-Fi analyzer, the signal consistently dips. The only way we can stay connected to a network is to connect to a 5 GHz signal, which is very inconvenient.


texts: Phone answer or hangs up when it rings and I take the phone out of my pocket

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When the phone rings and I pull it out of my pocket, most of the time it either hangs up or answers the call. I don't touch any buttons with my fingers. Sometimes it does this even before I start to take it out of my pocket. This is not in bluetooth mode. Phone is set to stay locked until I swipe the pattern or use fingerprint.
Ideally I want the phone to only answer when I explicitly tell it to do so.

Model SM-G930V
Android version 7.0


texts: Can airplane mode be maintained during a system update?

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When traveling internationally, it's often a good idea to put the phone in Airplane Mode before departure, activate wi-fi as needed, and leave the phone in Airplane Mode until returning to one's home country where calls/messages/data are charged at reasonable rates.

When on wifi, the phone can still receive notice that a system update must be performed, soon, with no user choice in the matter.  It can even download and install this update over wifi.  However, as part of the update process, the phone apparently disables Airplane Mode, connecting to a local tower to receive messages and whatever else might have been pending, potentially racking up a big bill in the process, which the user did not agree to or want.

Leaving the phone in a Faraday cage during the update, which might block transmissions to cell towers, would cause the update to fail until it is taken out, because wifi is required for downloading the update.

Why does the phone exit airplane mode during forced updates, and is there any way to avoid that?

Edit, responding to criticism that trying to maintain Airplane Mode during a system update is not a sufficiently clear or concrete objective:

There are multiple reasons why one might want to keep a phone in airplane mode.  In addition to the cost factor noted above, if a destination does not have compatible cellular signals, a phone out of Airplane Mode may quickly drain its battery searching for towers, especially if the user doesn't know that the phone takes itself out of airplane mode without notice.  In some zones, there are also restrictions on cellular transmissions (example) which do not necessarily apply to low-power wi-fi connectivity, such as on-board some commercial aircraft.

There are multiple different reasons why a person might be in a setting where it's important to maintain Airplane Mode but still wish to use the device for offline and/or Wi-Fi capabilities.  This question is about how to do that even when the phone maker is pushing a system update.

I would expect "How do I do this for reason X?" "How do I do that for reason Y?" and "How do I do the same thing for reason Z?" to all be closed as duplicates of this same question.


texts: How to limit charging to a user defined limit?

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My UleFone Armor 2 has a 4700mAh battery and I would like to limit the charging to 60% to reduce battery aging. The batteries in most of the phones are not user-replaceable and I am worried that a factory/service battery replacement might affect water resistance negatively.

How can I limit the charging to 60%? (But not limiting charging speed. I love fast charging.)

Lenovo ThinkPads have a built-in feature that does this, called “battery preservation mode”.


texts: adbfs-rootless: "Transport endpoint is not connected"

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I was looking for a way to mount my phone in Linux, over USB, and I came across a recommendation to use adbfs. I was able to download the files to a directory and run make, and I created a subdirectory called mnt.

When I run ./adbfs mnt I get the output --*-- exec_command: adb shell "ls".

When I try to navigate to the directory, I get Transport endpoint is not connected.

I know I am connected to the phone because when I run adb shell I can access the phone and navigate through its files.


texts: I'm using a Samsung Young Duos GT-S6102.  My phone that shows nothing in Settings → About Phone so my question is how to find my MAC address?


texts: Navigation nearly completely unusable on Moto G

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tl;dr: Is there any known / reported problem with navigation on Lenovo Moto G / Android 6.0 or in the GPS network general? I found navigation completely useless in my case, because it keeps GPS fix and shows actual location of my device for no more than 5-10% of entire trip.

I've been using Android about 3-4 years ago, ending up on Google Nexus and Android 4.3.3. When I needed navigation, I couldn't find better solution (I even sold my separate Mio navigation system) than offered by my mobile phone: easy, fast and accurate.

For some reasons I left Android for 2+ years to Windows Mobile and recently have returned to it, by purchasing Lenovo Moto G (2 pieces) with Android 6.0. And I found navigation completely useless.

No matter if my trip is 10 minutes / 10 kilometers or 2 hours / 200 km long, no matter, if I drive by a car, walk or use public commuters, I can always get clear GPS fix and accurate location for no more than 5-10% of entire trip. For remaining part I'm getting "GPS signal lost" or completely mistaken location, even 10-20 km away from actual one.

This happens everywhere. I have experienced it in both very dense rural / deep city area, with a lot of high buildings, other cars, many mobile devices and anything else you can name that may influence GPS signal (propagation, deflection, reflection etc.). And I have also experienced it in a complete wilderness with dozens of kilometers around me with nothing but a flat area, fields etc. No cities, no buildings, even no trees and no other cars or devices (traveling Sunday early morning).

At first, I thought that this is a purely technical issue and that GPS hardware on-board my phone is simply broken / malfunctioning. But I have received exactly the same experience on both my Moto G Plus and on Moto G3.

Is there any bug report about recent problems in GPS in Android 6+? Or are there any reports about GPS network going down / being overloaded? Or anything else that could be a cause for described behavior?


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Is there a way to pin websites to your homescreen in Android like an app?  I know this can be done in iOS, Windows Phone, and Windows 8, but I don't see a way to accomplish it on a Nexus 7 Android device.

The closest I've been able to come is to set the sites I want pinned as bookmarks and place the bookmarks folder as a widget on the homescreen, but I'd prefer not to have the clutter of the bookmark folder there and just pin sites directly.


texts: Manual Update: Exclude a certain apps from notifications

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I have an application with a manual update available. I do not want to update it (I prefer the older one).

In the previous Google Market app (it changed, sorry I do not remember older version number) it was possible to exclude the app from further notifications.

With the current Google Market app I'm not able to do it anymore, and I always have the "You have 1 SW update available" notification on top screen (I have auto-update feature set).

How can I configure the Google Market app not to bother about that app anymore?
(or at least until further updates, in the future).

Thanks in advance !


texts: Transfer Facebook Messenger messages from one phone to another

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I am using Facebook Messenger without a Facebook account (only a mobile number), and would like to transfer my messages from one Android phone to another. What is the best way to do this?

I have tried using Helium Backup but it does not backup Facebook Messenger. Titanium Backup unfortunately is not an option as the phone cannot be rooted (rooting it would require a data reset, which would delete the messages).