texts: Google Play Movies & TV has stopped - but not even installed

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Around 2-3 times a week I'm getting this popup error - but the app isn't even installed!
Any idea what's going on? Is it hiding in another Google app and that's why I don't find it?
I couldn't find any rule for when it happens - while scrolling Facebook, browser, while idle... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

What can I do about it?

Popup error:

The app isn't installed: (It's the full list, including system apps)

Device details: LG G5; Android 7.0; stock ROM; no root.


texts: Continually scanning for network drains battery, but I've got network?

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My Google Pixel's battery has been draining rapidly the last few days. When I look at the battery usage chart, it shows almost-entirely red for "Mobile Network Signal".

That makes sense: scanning for mobile networks uses a lot of power.

When I open the lock screen, it says "No service". When I pull down the notification icon panel, it shows "No service".

If I open the About / Status / SIM Status page, it shows "Network: Unknown", "Signal Strength: 0", "Network Type: 4G", "Service Status: Out of Service".

Except I've got signal. I've received a couple of calls, I've got 4G connectivity, I can upload photos and check in on Facebook. The phone shows full (or almost full) signal in the status bar.

The only thing I can think of is that I'm roaming from the UK to Australia, and my network provider (or the local provider) has screwed something up. Hopefully it'll sort itself out when I return home.

The problem I have right now is that I'm going to be here for another week or so, and the battery life of my phone is hosed.

I've restarted the phone; I've turned on/off Aeroplane Mode; the phone's been turned off and left for a while. Nothing seems to help.

What else can I do?

(Google Pixel; Android 7.2.1)


texts: My phone keeps changing "wifi" word into "WLAN"

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I have a Lenovo A319 with Android 4.4.2 and I have noticed a weird thing.

My phone keeps changing the word "wifi" into "WLAN" whenever it finds it.

If I type "wifi" anywhere on the phone (notepad app, browser, etc...) it will change it to "WLAN". This happens no matter what I wrote it like "wi-fi", "Wifi", "WI-FI" and so on...

I also noticed that it is even changing it in the networking data of installed apps.

Why is this happening, is it a bug in Android or just in my phone, or is it a prank !!


texts: How to disable DRParser Mode to use mobile data

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I have an Samsung A310F with Android 7.
I switched off "mobile data using" but every time when i turn on the phone or restart it, the "DRParser Mode"(System application) use my mobile data.

How to block, disable or remove this app?

Thanks for help

Images are here: http://imgur.com/a/RCiPe


texts: Can I flash update.zip of titanium backup to non-rooted device

texts: I was searching for an answer but I couldn't find any explanation if I'm able to flash update.zip of Titanium backup to non-rooted device.


texts: Recovering deleted call logs in Android 5.1.1 - to root or not to root?

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I accidentally deleted my call logs/histories and badly need them now. I would like to recover the call logs and tried few softwares. Most of them were not successful in recovering the deleted call logs. Some are asking permission for rooting or superuser access.

Is rooting a right thing to do for recovering my call logs? Will it affect my android phone in any unexpected ways?
Are there any other ways or softwares where I could recover my deleted call logs?

Any help would be appreciated.


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I buy a phone from Ebay, i flashed the phone with wrong rom's in Smart Phone Flash Tool. then i flashed the phone i check the Bootloader off. so i don't flash the preloader.

I searched around and i found close to the phone and it was MT6735M without error in Smart Phone Flash Tool. But the phone still does not boot up, without success.

I asked on this forum i another topics, he help me to get preloader.bin out of my phone, now i have the preloader.bin.

  What the problem i can't found the right rom right now.

The name is: (GSM UNLOCKED 4G LTE 6.29" Waterdrop Screen Smart Phone Android 9 Fingerprint ID) from Ebay

i get confused:

Before i flash the Phone it says (MT6595)
I got booted it op in mode: and it says (MT6735)
The buyer says (MT6575)
WwR MTK says: CPU type: (MT6752)

Can some one help me with the right rom? i hope you also not get confused as i am. Tell me if you need more info about the topic.


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I have recently moved all my applications from my Samsung ACE 5830 to Micro SD card.
As a next step i am trying to figure out move all my phon esettings to the SD card.
In short, what i am looking at is :

1)I want everything to be stored on the Micro SD card.
2) When i buy a new Samsung or any other Android phone, I just move the Micro SD card to new phone and it should behave like my old phone  with aal its settings and applications intact.

Is this possible?


texts: LG G3 digitizer not reporting movements smoothly

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I just replaced the LCD/digitizer assembly on my LG G3, and the new digitizer is behaving strangely. When I scroll views in apps, they jerk a few pixels at a time rather than moving smoothly. The actual scrolling is smooth; if I scroll quick and let go, then it decelerates smoothly. As long as my finger is in contact, though, it's as though the scrolling has a series of detents that it briefly pauses at. At first, I thought it was that it was operating at a lower resolution than the pixels on the screen, but I've found that these detents occur in any direction, not independently on the X and Y axes. It is almost as if it has some sort of built-in hysteresis, where it won't report a position update until the touch has moved at least a certain distance from the last report. I've never encountered anything like this with the phone in the past, including with a previous replacement LCD/digitizer assembly of the same type from the same supplier.

I've recorded a video of this in action, with the "Show touch data" Developer option enabled:

https://youtu.be/-3N-2uft00w

You can see how there are regular intervals in which the X/Y coordinates displayed at the top of the screen don't update even though my finger is moving -- as though it is only reporting an update every 20 pixels or something.

Is this something I can fix, or is this likely a hardware problem with the new digitizer, and if I want my smooth scrolling back I'm going to have to get it replaced again?


texts: Nandroid Backup restore fails with error 255

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I recently destroyed the screen of my OnePlus One and had to send it in for repair. I used TWRP to make a Nandroid Backup before packing the device.
Yesterday, I received a new device, obviously not having my apps and data. So I moved my backup onto the device, but when I try to restore it, I get errors.

When restoring the data partition, it will get to 79% and then say E:extractTarFork() process ended with ERROR=255. I tried it multiple times with the same result. Unfortunately, I obviously cannot try creating a new backup. All other partitions restore without trouble.

According to the log files, the file causing the issue is //data/dalvik-cache/arm/data@app@com.instabridge.android-2@base.apk@classes.dex.

What can I do? I thought it might help deleting the file as the Dalvik Cache is just a cache that will be recreated, but how do I delete files or folders from a Nandroid Backup?


texts: When is a free app removed from your google account?

texts: I install a free app from android market, then I uninstall it. Then I still see it linked to my google account. But after some time, the app is no more linked to my account. Other apps instead are always present under the "Not installed" category... When is an app unlinked from an account?


texts: I have a samsung galaxy prevail through boost mobile what kind of printer do I need and how do I print from my smartphone wirelessly?


texts: Can't play multicast using VLC application on Amazon Fire TV settop box

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I have downloaded the VLC application to my Amazon Fire TV settop box. I want to use the VLC application to play a multicast video that is streaming on my LAN but it does not play.

I have noticed that-

A wireshark capture does not show any IGMP messages from the Amazon Fire TV settop's IP address
If I remove the routers between the Amazon Fire TV settop and the streamer the video does play

I'm not sure if the problem is with VLC or with the Amazon Fire TV kernel. Any ideas would be appreciated.


texts: How can I minimize Applications in Android?

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In Android, is it possible to Minimize applications and continue using them again from the same point?

When I press the middle button, the application closes, I see the application as "Running" in the Task Manager but when I open the application again, it does not resumes from the same point. I have tried this for various applications.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Y.


texts: Water touched my screen (Huawei P Smart 2019) and my sound broke down, and I had no service. I decided to restart it again, and it just lagged, showing the Huawei logo. i plugged it in, held volume down and lock, and it got me to fastboot and rescue mode. On the phone it said to connect USB cable to PC and open Hisuite. And so I did, but it cannot connect. What should i do?


texts: My phone has been rooted with custom ROM resurrection remix 5.8.4. it is a samsung galaxy s4 mini gt 19190. it is stuck in a boot loop in both normal and in twrp recovery mode. i tried changing my recover and my firmware but they show this complete(write) faliure


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My S3 mini switches off when I use social media or browse internet, then won't switch on until I have put it on charge but then it has 75% battery, just comes off charge and then the same thing happens.
When I make or receive calls, it would mute on its own, turn on the bluetooth and/or just switch off.

Please advise what the problem could be.

Thanks

RG


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I'm trying to open google play on my computer but it displays me like below image:

Doesn't display any of the application not even when I select from categories.


texts: how to transfer contacts from a micro sim to a mini sim if the screen is broken and not getting comands?

texts: how to transfer my contacts from a micro sim to a mini sim if my phone screen is broken and is not getting my commands neither? from a galaxy s 2 to a nexus


texts: How to get information about devices that do not run Google play service?

texts: We can get information about percentage of different Android version using Google play service. Here is the link. Now, how can I get information about percentage of Android versions running without Google play service?


texts: Is there a way to make an android phone only run one app and nothing else?

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I want to take an old android phone and turn it into a dedicated calculator. In other words, I'd like to make it so I boot up the phone and my calculator app is running, and there is no way to access any other app, the home screen, app drawer, anything. No lock screen either. Just this app and the settings app, which there would be a shortcut too in this app.

Is this possible? Is android the best OS for this project? Is there an easy way to make this happen?


texts: How much damage could one do to an unrooted device?

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I'm trying to determine if it's necessary to backup my non-rooted tablet. I plan on doing a lot of messing around but most back up utilities require root and the root exploit hasn't been found for my device yet. Is it worth it to do a quazi "full backup of non-rooted device"?

So let me clarify. Am I right in assuming that if the device in non-rooted then the system cannot be damaged by malware or misconfigured apps? If I'm installing just installing apps is there any chance that I could damage my non-rooted device beyond trivial repair (i.e. not having to take it into a shop)?


texts: Whatsapp calls not working on a specific Wifi

texts: I live in Germany and I can't make a whatsapp call whenever I am connected to my home's wifi. It just goes on "connecting". Whatsapp messages work and whatsapp calls work on other wifis and my phone internet too. I checked my wifi internet speed and its around 100mbps so that is also not an issue. It seems our landlord did some firewall settings to block some websites and now she doesn't know how to enable the whatsapp calling. Or there could be some other issue. Help is appreciated.


texts: lg phone Starts on recovery mode automatically

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i try to update my android version using lg software update center and after downloading updates ,i tap on install.
but after my phone restarts to install updates it goes into recovery mode,
and with rebooting system again automatically goes to recovery mode.
how can i fix it?

My phone was rooted and twrp was installed on it.

i restore my system backup to fix it.
but it doesn't make it better.
please help!!!


texts: How to use diffrent modes at same time on a phone for different callers

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For two different callers call on a phone, Is it possible that phone is on vibrate mode for one caller and on ring mode for different user?

My question is in terms of making an application. Is it possible for two different caller when they call at same time on an phone for one the phone is on vibrate mode and for other it will be on ringing mode. Like what i am thinking is to start a service that run in background, So when a call is coming from a particular number it will switch it to vibrate and for different no it will switch to vibrate.

But again the thing is service can listen only one number at the time. So the phone can either work on Vibrate or its in ring. Can it be possible that two mode run simultaneously for two different number?

IF so then hows it possible?


texts: Does TWRP make backup of recovery partition when backing up ROM?

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I'm planning to install CyanogenMod in a Motorola device. I've already booted into TWRP without flashing recovery partition and did a backup which has system, data and boot.

I will keep this backup, so if something goes wrong with CyanogenMod I can always return to stock ROM.

Here are my queries:

Is this backup enough? Would it be having the original recovery so that I can restore it, if required?
Since I booted into TWRP without flashing recovery partition, did it magically backup the TWRP itself instead of stock recovery?
How can I backup stock recovery if it is not already backed up yet?


texts: SOLVED - How to call or dial from my head unit throught bluetooth?

texts: I just upgraded my head unit to one with Android. I'm not finding a good way to dial out someone from the head unit. I am connected to my mobile through bluetooth.


texts: How to recover personal data on an Android phone which is in a bootloop?

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Is there a way to recover the internal storage (images, video, photos, notes, app data, music, etc) of an Android phone which is currently in a bootloop?

Additional info:

Wiping the cache partition in recovery mode does not solve the bootloop issue.
The phone is not rooted.
USB debugging (hopefully) has been enabled prior to the soft-bricking.
The bootloop occurred after the battery run out of power.
The phone is SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 4


texts: Can't install USB driver for Zopo zp300+ on Win7 64

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When I enabled USB debugging in settings, an unrecognized device appeared in device manager: H9000+
Then I followed this: http://www.zopomobileshop.com/zopo-rom/how-to-install-driver-for-zopo-mobile-phone-step-by-step-instruction/

MT65XX Preloader replaced with "MediaTek PreLoader USB VCOM Port (COM3)", then it disappeared.

I unplugged USB, turned on the phone and plugged it back. No new drivers were installed. H9000+ is still unrecognized.
Eclipse says: No compatible targets were found


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on my device, ad videos just won't play. In some games you need to watch ads in order to get in game currency, which is not possible for me. When I click on "Watch Ad", a black frame pops up and immediately closes itself.
To my knowledge, I do not have any ad blockers installed. If you need any logs or whatever just tell me and I will put them up.

Edit:

OnePlus One A0001
Android 5.1.1
Paranoid Version 5.1 (20150822)
Apps I'm talking about:
AdVenture Capitalist (double payouts)
Lords & Knights (Gold videos)


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I am a huge fan of the podcasts on iTunes, as well as the iTunes U material. However, I'm having a terrible time finding a slick system to sync the two. Doubleplay never really worked all that great for me. Any other good solutions anyone has used?

I have a Droid Incredible running 2.2.


texts: Why are there 2 folders SDCard and SDCard2 on a ViewSonic GTablet?

texts:
I see that there's a folder named sdcard and another named sdcard2 on a ViewSonic GTablet.  If I put the SD card in my PC, the sdcard2 folder is recognized by the PC.  If I connect the tablet to the PC via a USB cable, the sdcard folder is recognized on the PC.  Neither way allows me to copy any file to the root folder of the tablet (i.e. the folder named /).

Please explain as I'm kind of lost.


texts: Is there a way to use a different account with YouTube?

texts:
I'm having problem using YouTube. I use different Gmail accounts for email and YouTube and I would like them to be separated.

Is there a way to tell YouTube to use a different account from the "system" one?


texts: How can I use EMUI 9's twin-app feature witg any app on a non-rooted device?

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I'd like to clone a few apps on my phone (honor Play) without root or any 3rd party app. I've followed this article but the cloned apps don't show up on the phone.
Is there a way to use this feature with anything else other than facebook and Whatsapp without root/3rd party apps?


texts: How would I anonymize my Android device and it's IP address? I don't want to be rooted as well, using a GS4.


texts: How to change search engine in Nova launcher?

texts: All search bars in Nova Launcher use Google. Can I change this?


texts:
My girlfriend plugged her phone in to charge and it started vibrating, and never stopped. The only way to stop it is to power off the phone, and take the battery out. Even if the phone is off, it still vibrates if the battery is in.

She recently installed the eBay application, and tried removing that but nothing.

Running standard HTC/Telus (Alberta, Canada) 2.2.1. Phone has not been rooted or anything else. Phone is only 3 weeks old.

I have same phone, with no problems.

How do we make it stop?

Part 2:

Sometimes, after removing and replacing the battery it stops. But you just have to push on the back in a spot or two and it cranks up again. Seems like a hardware problem that we can't fix. Will probably end up going back to the Telus store to see what they say, and will most likely have to warranty it.

Still open to ideas though.

Part 3:

We can adjust the volume up and down, and it will go all the way up to full volume, make the little 'bing' noise to let you know the volume is turned up, all while still vibrating. Going up/down, changing the ring mode in settings, changing vibration settings in keyboard and other areas have no effect.


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My Xiaomi Redmi 3s's old screen was broken so I imported a new LCD+Touch-screen with frame from china. After fixing the new LCD, the touch screen(LCD is working perfectly) is not working but the surprising thing is the touch screen of the new LCD is working only when the phone is connected to a charger! When I unplug the charger the touch screen stops working.
any Idea why its happening? hope someone could help me.


texts: SD card not showing files when connected to pc in Moto G3

texts: I convert the sd card (32GB) from portable storage to internal storage but now when I connect to computer, it only show internal storage (8GB). How can I copy thing to my "sd card" from computer?


texts: Is there a way to input a specific language with keyboard that is not supported by the android

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I'm using Mi 4i and I wanted to input Thai by using a bluetooth keyboard logitech K480.

I couldn't find out how to input by Thai and asked support center of Xiaomi.
The clerk said that the input Thai with bluetooth keyboard is not supported by Mi 4i.

Is there a way to "activate" or make it possible to input Thai with keyboard?


texts: Why is the com.android.browser process draining my battery?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note with stock 4.0.4 ROM. The battery drains very fast and the phone is often warm. Reboot doesn't help. Settings says that com.android.browser (Internet) uses most of the battery. I never use default browser, I only use Chrome.

I suspect that some background process it creating a heavy load and using the internet connection. I think browser is used by other applications, but I'm not able to figure out which application is related. I suspect maybe ad supported applications are the root of the problem.

Is there any solution or app to figure out the origin of the problem?


texts: Can I use an USB Ethernet adapter to connect Sony Ericsson Xperia Active to a wired Ethernet LAN?

texts:
Due to my profession I have to connect to wired-only LAN-attached devices (like managed switches, routers set-top-boxes, etc.) frequently to access their configuration interfaces via Telnet/SSH/HTTP. I am totally tired of carrying a bag with a laptop with me wherever I go.

Now I am planning to buy an Android smartphone and feel like I'd like it to be Sony Ericsson Xperia Active which is pretty tough (I need it very much as my phones fall from my hands/table/pocket hundreds times a year), reasonably robust and stylish.

It would simplify my life significantly if I could connect it to wired Ethernet networks.

Is this possible?

I don't mind using a hack or a custom firmware like Cyanogen Mod. I've already got a USB NIC based on ASIX AX88772 chip (which is detected by Ubuntu out of the box and, AFAIK, is also compatible with XBox, PS3 and Apple Macs).


texts: Whatsapp images shows up in file browser since today

texts:
The media folder is hidden in the gallery since I created a .nomedia
 file. Since today the whatsapp filebrowser started browsing other
 chats as well and shows files from other chats to me.

How can I choose the gallery as the default location for whatsapp media I am about to send OR to hide the media from other chats from the whatsapp file browser?


texts: I can't find certain files on my android that should be there

texts: I've been trying to reach data/data/com.android.browser/webview.db after rooting my galaxy s4 but when I go to find this file I can't find the com.android.browser all there is is com.android.browser.provider which doesn't have anything else but a cache and fig file. Is the com.android.browser somewhere else? (I'm trying to find a Facebook password I forgot that I had entered in earlier on the stock browser)


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NQ Vault itself suddenly vanished all of my data photos. How can I recover all of my photos back, those are very important to me. I am using Intex Aqua 4+ and I have same Vault password, same phone, same memory card.

Please help me.


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I tried to install ClockworkMod recovery using Rom Manager but my device was not listed on the supported versions. So I tried installing ClockworkMod for a different device using the commands shown here. Now I can't boot into recovery mode, but the phone starts up normally.

So I thought of backing everything up before trying anything more with the phone. I found this guide which has instructions on how to back everything up. But my filesystem doesn't have a file /proc/mtd as mentioned there.

Can someone point out a way for me to find those partitions?
After searching the file system in the phone I came across a file /cache/recovery/last_log. Thinking that the file would prove to be useful I have added the contents in this pastebin. Can someone explain to me the contents of the file and how it can be useful to accomplish what is mentioned here?
As I have mentioned earlier, due to my efforts to install ClockWorkMod recovery, the phone doesn't boot to recovery mode. Is there a way to use the mentioned data in order to fix that? (Maybe backup the data as mentioned in the link and restore them using some terminal commands using adb?)
After looking at the contents, I tired the command busybox mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p16 /mnt/sdcard/recovery-test and it returned the error mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p16 on /mnt/sdcard/recovery-test failed: Invalid argument Can someone explain to me why this happens?


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All of my apps are gone.  All of the built-in, external storage apps had disappeared.
It happened when my phone's battery was dead, and when I turned it on after charging, everything was gone.  I can see my apps in the application manager but it shows that all of the apps are disabled and I can do nothing.
I cant even add a picture here.
Phone: Samsung Galaxy Grandneo Plus


texts: What level of permeability is there between Android and installed apps?

texts:
I just installed Protonmail on my Android device, and I was wondering how much data can Android (Google, really) can get from my use of that app, or from any app in general for that matter. I write this post with a faint level of paranoia, as you can guess - with all the mail scanning that gmail does to get data on you, one can tend to think that anything entered or typed on a Google-powered platform is being analyzed, be it Gmail or Android. But of course, I'm assuming it must not be that simple or even that bad. The problem is that getting actual data on what is going on can be quite cryptic.
So, what can Google really get from my use of any given app? Can they somehow "see" what I type in my Proton mails (I'm not thinking about keylogging, that would be illegal), do they collect any kind of metadata that are a bit too comprehensive, etc?


texts: Can I connect a slimport to a DVI only screen using an HDMI to DVI adapter?

texts: I have a Nexus 4. I would like to connect it to my desktop screen but it only has DVI (currently I'm using HDMI to DVI adapter). Would slimport work anyway?


texts: Programmatically enable data connection every 30 minutes?

texts:
How can I enable (WiFi and Data) connection every 30 minutes, then keep it active for 2 minutes (time required to get any notifications), and then disable the connection again?

Are there any solutions besides Tasker?


texts: Moto G doesn't boot anymore, not even into recovery

texts:
My Moto G 2013 (XT1033) was working (except for the issue I described here, but the other features all working), I restarted it but it didn't come back.

I was dropped into the 'AP Fastboot Flash Mode' and selected 'Normal Powerup' from the menu, but I get the error message failed to validate boot image.

Choosing 'Recovery' doesn't works, either, I get failed to validate recovery image.

Does that mean my phone is dead for good? What can I attempt?


texts: T-mobile/Orange HTC Hero - no 3G on Orange

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My HTC Hero uses both T-mobile and Orange in the UK, since February. However when my phone is connected to an Orange mast instead of a T-mobile mast I don't get 3G as it says that I am roaming.

If I switch on the option to allow data roaming, will I get any additional charges?


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I moved from my Redmi to Mi Mix 2 now and used the Mi Mover app but unfortunately, the words in my used keyboard Gboard weren't restored. Neither does the internal synchronization work, it says something like "sync is not available for devices with G suite accounts or Android for work profile".
Couldn't yet find a working solution for this issue, so I'm thinking about re-adding all words but don't want to do this one by one. I have a wordlist as a text file that would cover at least 80% of my custom words. Any way of adding this at once to Gboard dictionary?
Apart from Gboard dictionary, there seems to be a common Central Android custom word dictionary. Is Gboard also considering words from there? In case it is, maybe there's some API/interface to this Central place so I could add those words at least there, so they could be used by Gboard (and also by other keyboard apps should I ever decide to switch).
I don't mind which way to go in case at least one of both could be achieved.


texts: Google account login broke on old tablet/android

texts:
I have an old Galaxy Tab 8.9 (GT-P7300) tablet with Android 4.0.4 (Samsung original firmware update, not rooted). It mostly sits in the drawer and sees very infrequent use.
Today I booted it up and everything related to Google account on it is locked up (including Play Market), giving following error:

Google

That's an error.

The requested URL /o/oauth/GetOAuthToken was not found on this server. That's all we know.

If I click on Google logo I get dumped to the regular Google web search page, where I can login fine but which doesn't resolve the issue.
Had Google just abandoned older Android versions or something?


texts: Turn off google contacts sync in Redmi Note 5 Pro

texts: I have multiple accounts in my redmi note 5 pro and the contact names are getting changed due to same contacts in multiple accounts. I want to stop syncing contacts in one of them. How do I do so?


texts: Apps not showing .How to reinstall the factory apps

texts:
Ok so i rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 inch tablet and i wanted to get rid of some useless factory apps that i never used but after i did that and exited kingroot i had no applications on my screen..my wallpaper is still here,the bar on top from where u can activate wifi, gps etc.(i dont know how its called sorry) is still functional (and i can go to settings from there but it doesnt work every time) and the digital buttons are working perfectly..it seems like everything works fine exept that when i restart i get the com.android.phone error. I accessed google from the task killer from where i can also go to the app manager witch works good also.
PS:Factory reset doesnt resolve the problem.


texts: Google Photos did not compress a few items, even on high quality mode

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As the title suggests,

My settings on my Android app is high quality, not original size
Most photos are getting compressed, very few photos are left uncompressed
Most videos are left uncompressed
The uncompressed items aren't eating into my Google Drive space
For checking, I uploaded with these individual files on another test Google account and found out that they are getting compressed.

I want all items to get compressed since it's the algorithm is best of both worlds - retains 99.99% quality and reduces space by >50%.

I can't delete these items from the cloud since that would immediately delete it from my phone, not allowing another attempt of uploading. What can be done to compress these missed items?


texts:
I have a rooted Galaxy Note Pro.

I'm annoyed at black blocks that appear instead of whatever symbol, when reading web pages.  I copied Code2000, Symbola, and the BMP Fallback ttf files to /system/fonts, but (e.g. https://en.m.wikiversity.org/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_codes_for_coders#Finite_field_arithmetic ) I still see a block instead of the symbols for Real and Integer domains.  This test page shows lots of blocks in Firefox. The Android browser simply skipps them instead. I also tried Opera.

Is there something needed to register ttf files, other than copying them to the directory? ( Total Commander remounts the file system r/w ) and rebooting?

It's annoying that I can display Tamil, Myanmar-extended-A, and other things I can't actually read, but am missing symbols and marks that appear in pages I do wish to read.


texts: Why does my samsung galaxy s4 say 'Charging Paused,Battery Temp too High'?

texts: Ok so i have already brought a new battery and done a factory reset and tried different chargers and still says it is over heating . Please anyone got any ideas or solutions?


texts: What are the security implications of using an app built "for debug"?

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I've just come upon several .apk files hosted with Github projects which are "compiled for debug" (i.e. having application-debuggable set, which one can e.g. check using aapt dump badging /path/to/apk | grep debuggable. Not being an Android dev, I only have vague ideas what that is for (extended debugging via ADB) – but that's not the question here.

My question is from a pure end-user perspective: What are the (security) implications of installing/using such an app? What are the risks one must be aware of?

Of course I searched the web for hints on this, but again only got vague hints like "thou shalt not", and "for a release this should be switched off" – no reasons, no background. For that one could think "obviously no big deal" – but notes like Do spend some time thinking about the security implications for your users in this context (see this answer at SO) suggest differently.

Can anyone here provide some insights?


texts: Orbot transparent proxy requires enabling manually

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My phone is HTC One M8 on Marshmallow stock ROM, rooted with Magisk.

I've installed Orbot and noticed it doesn't work in transparent proxying mode when proxying all apps. It requires manual proxy settings in Wi-Fi or mobile network.

If I proxy only selected apps, it works.

I suspect it's due to DNS requests being blocked by iptables rules set by Orbot. They're trying to be sent directly, not respecting Orbot's proxy.

How can I verify it and possibly fix it?


texts: How can I install Google Apps on Cyanogenmod for the Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100)?

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When I try to install the latest version of Open GApps onto my phone using adb sideload, and the default CM Recovery that comes with CM 13 for the Samsung Galaxy SII (i9100). However, I get the error message, "Failed to set up busybox."  The suggested solution, which is to use TWRP recovery instead of CM, I have no idea how to do because I don't know where to find a kernel, with TWRP recovery, that is compatible with CM13. I can't find kernels for CM12, since many of the download links on sites like xda-developers.com are dead.

I tried to install with CM12 and CM13 and I get the same result.

I successfully installed a copy of busybox onto /system/bin. I first tried installing Open GApps via adb sideload however, this failed. Running adb shell, I saw that perhaps busybox was runnable, so I ran chmod +x, and ran busybox, after which I saw busybox's help message. Surprisingly, Open GApps still didn't install for the same reason.

How can I install the Google Apps onto my phone?


texts: Trouble installing custom rom on Samsung GT-P3110

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Every time I try to install any custom ROM on my device I get the following error among others.

E:Error in /sdcard/aokp_p3110_kitkat_unofficial_2013-12-24.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
result was NULL, message is: assert failed: install_zip("/sdcard/aokp_p3110_kitkat_unofficial_2013-12-24.zip")

I have tried several different Rom packages with the same result.
The device is rooted and CWM installed. I have tried using several ROM installers as well as manual. I followed the procedure to unlock the bootloader. each time I get the same error with the relevant ROM package named.


texts: How to send any kind of voice messages from phone to a tablet used by a kid who can't read?

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My daughter is  4 years old and she can't read. She is using an Android tablet for games and YouTube while I am away.

I am looking for a solution to send her voice messages from my phone. Any kind of voice messages would be great (voice, prerecorded messages, TTS, and more). It should be played instantly, whatever activity she has currently engaged into on the tablet.

How can I do that?


texts: Motorola E4 pop up notifications disappear

texts: How ca.n I view my Moto E4 pop up notifications,after I've viewed them or accidentally swiped them away,they literally disappeare and I CAN'T FIND them anywhere/ or how to.There has been many opportunities I've missed because I can't view the pop up notifications after the first view or accidentally swipe away,how can I get those notifications back to view,I've looked everywhere! Thanks for any help you can give in advance


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about 4 weeks ago, i was developing a paranoidandroid rom for my huawei mercury. well, after the download, i needed to unzip the .zip file (using the base/port method). well, that was taking WAY to long, so, i decided to just flash the rom to my phone. well that didnt go so well. ever since then my device has been stuck in what i beleive to be is a boot-loop. i can access CWM-based recovery version 5.0.2.7 and DownloadMode (the screen you get while combining power and both voluume rockers, giving you access to the /image folder). i am not getting the blue screen of death, just the stupid huawei logo. if anyone can help me, and beleive me, 4 weeks of google can get tiring, can help me fix this, i would be soo happy. Thank-You much.
--Daniel


texts: Opening an .apk on Android shows a file list instead of installing

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For a client I build a private app which their employees can download on their tablet and use. To get the app, the employee opens Chrome on his tablet and navigates to an URL to start the .apk download.

This approach worked fine for the last few years, till a few weeks ago. Instead of installing the app, a folder is shown with the files of the .apk.

The only difference I noticed is the source that's stated in the 'Downloads' screen. On June 16th everything worked fine, the source says 'chrome-native://newtab'. As of July 1th, the source changed to the domain where the .apk was downloaded and this problem occurs:

The tablets are only used for this particular app. The company buys a tablet, navigates to the URL, downloads the .apk and installs it. It would like to keep it as simple as this.

I've searched everywhere, but still have no clue what causes this problem. Any ideas?

This problem occurs on Android 8.1.0, the upgrade form 8.0.0 to 8.1.0 may be the cause of the problem. But I still have no idea how to solve it.


texts: Tried hack to force 4.2 update, result is a broken play store. Theories?

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So I'm on a Galaxy Nexus.  Still on 4.1.  I tried the 'hack' where you clear data on the Google Services Framework, then check update, but no luck.  I shrugged and got on with my day.

Now I'm noticing that I have several updates in the play store.  And if I choose "update" all I get is an instant "Update for [app name] could not be downloaded".  Repeatedly.

I've tried clearing data for the play store, rebooting, but nothing.

Yay. Any theories?


texts: Which apps are placing icons on statusbar?

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I have LineageOS with Android 7.1.2. I reinstalled at once everything I used to have. Now I have 3 icons on statusbar reporting battery charge.

I'm unable to figure out who is placing them. Is there any way that informs which app is placing icons on statusbar? If I could edit it, much better.


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I m newbie to building roms. I have Hiawei G630 device with 4.3 kernel. My question is would it work if I use Samsung or other Huawei kernel.
Sorry form my bad english


texts: How do I get sound on sms and NOT on emails?

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I just bought S4, came from Iphone 5.
Nice phone, but I have a problem with the setup...

"Messages" seems to be both sms and email - so I cant get notifications on ONLY sms without also get notifications on emails.

I use Outlook & Gmail for emails, and the standard "Message" program for sms.

Can anyone help a new Samsund Galaxy S4 user please?


texts: I was charging my LG LEON and it suddenly turned off with a 0 percentage of battery, then when i tried connecting it to the charger it didn't wanna charge. I tried with five different chargers and plugs but it still doesn't wanna charge.  My company is T-Mobile, i called and they told me to take the battery out for 10-15 seconds and to put it on again to see what happens, but it did not work. What should i do?


texts: remount, turn off SElinux, all fails even though I am root

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I have a device which is never hacked into before, mostly as nobody has it, it is a android tv box. I have temp root using the dirty cow exploit, and tried to remount system using the mount command. it says permission denied even tho I am root. so can anybody guide me to get system remounted with rw permissions?
heres some of the shell:
$ adb shell
shell@ganesa:/ $ /data/local/tmp/dcow /data/local/tmp/run-as /system/bin/run-a>
dcow /data/local/tmp/run-as /system/bin/run-as
warning: new file size (9804) and destination file size (17920) differ
[*] size 17920[*] mmap 0xb6d64000[*] currently 0xb6d64000=464c457f[*] using /proc/self/mem method[*] madvise = 0xb6d64000 17920[*] madvise = 0 17449[*] /proc/self/mem 10931200 610[*] exploited 0 0xb6d64000=464c457f
shell@ganesa:/ $ /system/bin/run-as
uid /system/bin/run-as 2000
uid 0
0 u:r:runas:s0
context 0 u:r:shell:s0
shell@ganesa:/ # Hehehe
/system/bin/sh: Hehehe: not found
127|shell@ganesa:/ # which touch
/system/bin/touch
shell@ganesa:/ # touch Hi.txt
touch: 'Hi.txt': Read-only file system
1|shell@ganesa:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
mount: Permission denied
255|shell@ganesa:/ # ls -ladZ sys
sys/    system/
255|shell@ganesa:/ # ls -ladZ system
drwxr-xr-x root     root              u:object_r:system_file:s0 system
shell@ganesa:/ # setenforce 0
setenforce: Couldn't set enforcing status to '0': Permission denied
1|shell@ganesa:/ # sestatus
/system/bin/sh: sestatus: not found
127|shell@ganesa:/ # cat
^C
130|shell@ganesa:/ #
130|shell@ganesa:/ #
130|shell@ganesa:/ #
130|shell@ganesa:/ #
130|shell@ganesa:/ #
130|shell@ganesa:/ # cat /etc/selinux/config
/system/bin/sh: cat: /etc/selinux/config: No such file or directory
1|shell@ganesa:/ # cd etc
shell@ganesa:/etc # ls
18p
NOTICE.html.gz
audio_effects.conf
audio_policy.conf
bluetooth
clatd.conf
dhcpcd
event-log-tags
fallback_fonts.xml
fonts.xml
gps.conf
hosts
media_codecs.xml
media_codecs_google_audio.xml
media_codecs_google_tv.xml
media_codecs_google_video.xml
media_codecs_performance.xml
media_profiles.xml
mkshrc
permissions
ppp
preloaded-classes
recovery-resource.dat
security
sysconfig
system_fonts.xml
wifi
shell@ganesa:/etc # touch lol
touch: 'lol': Read-only file system
1|shell@ganesa:/etc # mount -o rw,remount /
mount: Permission denied
255|shell@ganesa:/etc # su mount -o rw,remount /
/system/bin/sh: su: not found
127|shell@ganesa:/etc # sudo mount -o rw,remount /
/system/bin/sh: sudo: not found
127|shell@ganesa:/etc #
127|shell@ganesa:/etc #

I think it is SELinux, but even if I try to disable it I get permission denied. remember there is no access to recovery mode, nor bootloader nor usb adb. I have tried everything on the web
Thanks!


texts: Decrypt SD card on a phone with a broken screen

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I have a Glaxay S4 and I know the password to decrypt the card, and the phone's memory... but the screen is broken and doesn't display anything. Otherwise, the phone is fine.

It's my understanding that one phone cannot decrypt another phone's sd card... so that leads me to wonder if there anyway to remote into the phone and get it to decrypt it's own card without taking any input from the screen (or maybe some other method that I haven't thought of)?


texts:
I bought a Samsung Galaxy S II, and it comes with the IM application for instant messaging, but the only messengers available are Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, and I couldn't find any Google Talk application on the market.

How can use Google Talk?


texts: How do I tell where Google Fit is getting step data?

texts: I have activity tracking disabled in Google Fit. I have three apps (HabitBull, MyFitnessPal, and Progression) connected to it and I don't believe they've recorded any step data. Google Fit shows 31 miscellaneous steps from yesterday and 639 from today. There isn't an indicator in the app showing where it came from, for example my weight is recorded in Google Fit and shows it came from MyFitnessPal.


texts: Google apps not working on mobile data, although non-Google apps are working

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I have a strange problem on my Samsung J2 Android phone. Although apps like WhatsApp and some games which require Internet work, none of the Google Apps like Google, Chrome, YouTube and Play Store are working. Whenever I open the Google apps, it shows "Check your internet connection"  although my mobile data is on. But, on connecting my phone to a Wi-Fi network, these apps work. How can I fix this?
P.S. One more important thing: When I open Chrome, I get a message saying ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED.


texts: I can't hear people unless I changes to speaker or earphone

texts: I can't hear the voice of the recipient when making calls unless I use earphone or speaker. Same problem when someone calls me. Can someone help me with this problem?


texts: Why does someone need to install Linux(Debian/fedora) distribution inside Android?

texts: I need some ideas from you. Why does someone need to install Linux distribution (Debian/Fedora) inside an android phone using android apps like 'Linux Deploy'?


texts: What is actually occupying the internal storage for the apps, and how to get rid of it?

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I have a Huawei P8 Lite, but this should not be related to the actual device. For a while, the free space on the internal flash just keeps vanishing without installing any new applications. I am storing the media files on the SD card, which is confirmed in the file manager. The file manager says, that my apps take 9.5GB from the internal storage. When I select all the apps in the Google Play application, those take only half of this - not speaking about the fact that most of them is already moved to the SD card (I got that some portion still remains in the internal storage). It can't be the firmware, as that is shown separately in the file manager.

So selectin all apps from which most part is not even there yields only half of the occupied space. What the heck is the mysterious other half? I can't imagine that cache and application-specific data could be that much, as the application widget in the settings is not confirming that.

Is there any app, that actually shows in a spreadsheet all installed apps, the associated storage capacity occupied on each storage device?


texts: Which app is issuing a "Synchronization successful" popup?

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Every now and then I get a "Synchronization successful" box overlaid on top of whatever app I'm running at the moment, including fullscreen apps such as games or Netflix. (So to clarify, it's not a drop-down notification).

I do have a quite a lot of apps, and some of these do some kind of frequent "synchronization" (e.g. UberSync for Facebook, Sms Backup+, etc.). I've gone through their options several times and I couldn't find any obvious option.

So my questions are:

is anyone else getting this? is the culprit well known?
is there some way to figure out which app is issuing this overlay, short of selectively disabling them until it disappears?

I'm running Android 4.3 on a Nexus 4 phone but I've had this problem on 4.2 as well.


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This is for an Mi Pad running MIUI 7. The default home screen is the first one which allows only widgets & not apps. Googling around, several sites say that you can change the def home screen - i.e. make the 2nd or any other screen the home screen by doing the 3 finger swipe and pinch. I even found videos which show this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7QGDQTYbGw

But when I do this, it shows up other options -> Move App, Widgets, Wallpaper, Effects (this is supposed to shown for the 2 finger pinch). For me both 2 finger and 3 finger pinch brings this up.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to redial the most recent call instead of the most recent outgoing call?

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Whenever I make a "redial" request from a handsfree set, it dials the last outgoing call.
How can I dial the number with which I recently called and not only the recent outgoing one?
Background: On some non-Android phones, redialing the number of the recent call is a standard and I am used to it. I would like to use it on Android, too.


texts: "Connection problem or invalid MMI code" in Samsung SHV-E160L

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I have bought a Samsung SHV-E160L in the Philippines. Lately, I have been facing problems with  signal reception. The SIM card is good because it works on another phone. Could it be the problem on the phone? I am not good at Android terms so please be specific.

The signal bar sometimes is full but cannot make call or text. It sometimes work but mostly it doesn't even if it is showing full strength. It just says "Connection problem or invalid MMI code", and sometimes there's no signal totally  even if the signal is very strong. I took my phone to a  technician but he couldn't find a working solution. I am really getting frustrated because I cannot make calls most of the time and others cannot contact me.


texts: Adding web shortcuts with icons similar to chrome's new tab thumbnails

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I have a Droid RAZR MAXX, and there are a few shortcuts to web pages on the screen. They have been there since before the phone got ICS.

Under GB one could long tap the screen, add a shortcut, and choose a web site rather than an app. This created a shortcut with the name of the site, and the icon looked like a screen capture of the URL that the shortcut targets (like the chrome new tab page).

However in ICS I can't see way to do it, I can add a bookmark to the home screen through the browser, but the icon is different. I tried adding a bookmark through each browser, chrome, default, firefox, opera, dolphin. None of them produce this icon.

Anyone know how to do it? Or is this something that Moto threw in to the software, but didn't keep in ICS? (Though in that case why do the old icons still work?).


texts: ok so ik this has been asked 1,000,000 times...but not like this, i have a rooted plum z550 running stock kitkat 4.4.2, i dont have a pc, this phones default internal storage is 0.89 gigs...which is shit, phone storage is like 5 gigs and i have a 16 gig external sd...by default app and app data gets stored to internal storage and these days most new apps dont have option for move to sd...how can i change default download storage without a computer or another app ie...android terminal emulator or even root browser? please help thx


texts:
My wife's android phone was stolen so she locked it remotely. About a week later we were able to make contact with the thief and he returned it for a small reward.

How do we unlock it?


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I upgraded to a new Android phone and plan to use WhatsApp on this phone with my old number. For the purposes of this question, I do not have my old phone with me, and do not have a chat backup (actually, my backup got corrupted somehow, long story, but let's assume I don't have access to any backup/history).
Now, this whatsapp account was part of several groups.

Is there any way I can send a message to those groups? Since my number didn't change, I should be still part of the groups but I don't see any.
If someone sends a message on that group, will I receive it on my new phone? (The same way I'd receive a DM from a single person who still has my old number)
Some of these groups required admin permission to send messages, which I previously had. Would I need to ask for that permission again?


texts:
Is it possible or are there any applications that provide an API to make it possible for a script on the internet to ring the phone?

I need to get reminded of a specific action that happens in an online application I've built, when I'm not in my desk.


texts: adb shell remove directory with patenthesis windows

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I'm trying to delete a directory that contains parenthesis in its name. So far I've tried:

adb shell rm -r "sdcard/music/SomeArtist - (good stuff)"

And I get:

/system/bin/sh: syntax error: '(' unexpected

I'm on windows btw. Any suggestion? Cheers


texts: Google account not saving Wifi passwords, apps, etc

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My favorite part about Android is how Google backups almost everything for you without you actually really noticing. I just got a Nexus 5 and logged in to my Google account right away. I noticed it did not start installing all my apps right away and now when I go over to friends' houses their wifi passwords aren't saved from before. This is really annoying cause they all have default router passwords that are extremely long.

I installed a few ROMs just to play around with the phone, and each time I did the initial setup and signed in to Google, it would not sync anything...

I have "Back up my data, Backup account, Automatic restore" all set in settings.
Any ideas why this is happening to my Google account?


texts: Dropbox does not automatically upload post-processed photos

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I copied many photos from my Nikon SLR to my Android, and edited a few with Photo Editor and Little photo. Some uploaded successfully using dropbox Camera Upload facility.

This weekend, it stopped automatically uploading photos that I edited using these apps.

I re installed dropbox, tried disabling then enabling automatic upload, I tried moving the files to Camera directory, but they won't automatically upload. Taking a normal picture using camera phone automatically upload photos just fine.

Why aren't my word photos no longer being automatically uploaded any more? How can I enable it again?


texts: Google play services keeps stopping, and it is much worse than normal

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My Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016 version) is constantly showing "Google play services keeps stopping" every 2~3 seconds. My device is running on android Oreo. I tried reverting back playstore to factory version, now I can't even enter playstore. It just keeps loading forever. I am unable to uninstall play services as well, neither can I delete the data. Yes I did try to deactivate the "find my device' option, but upon tapping "deactivate", the whole option gets greyed out and nothing happens.
I'm not being able to do anything on my phone, and its driving me crazy. Any sort of help would be highly appreciated :)


texts: Does cracked screen cause faster battery drain?

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I dropped my Nexus 5 a week ago and the screen cracked diagonally 8cm from side to side.

Since then I am sure that the battery drains faster than before. Previously I was always happy at how much battery life was left during the day, based on my experience of Nexus One and Galaxy Nexus. Now I am always noticing how quickly it is going down.

I didn't measure battery usage before the damage so I can't prove my suspicion. The battery usage settings screen shows the screen as the highest battery user, as before. Again, I'm sure the recorded percentage of screen battery use is higher than previously, but I don't have figures from before the break.

So, could there be a reason for the screen to use the battery more when it is cracked in half?


texts: Is it possible to set device's Latitude and Longitude using ADB SHELL?

texts: I know how to set locatlon for emulators using device configuration interface from Motodoev Studio for example. But, how I can set locatlon for a device?


texts: Method to change browser User Agent based on site

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Dolphin Browser can be configured to act as one of a range of User Agents (Android, (full) Desktop, other phones...). But this is for every site visited until you want to change the settings to some other agent (browser type).

Some sites have better mobile versions than others.

I wondered if there is a feature/plugin on this or another Android browser to set the Agent individually for a range certain sites, e.g.:

facebook.com (full Desktop - because mobile edition is limited)
nationalrail.co.uk (Android, quicker than Desktop and easier to manage)
etc.

This would then 'trick' the website to load the site in a version as specified.


texts: Why do some processes block when my Android phone is connected?

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I've been trying to reboot (WinXP) all evening, and Emacs (Win32, v23.something, not important) isn't starting... sometimes... it's locked on mount.exe (loads up some CygWin things during launch), I finally notice. Can't kill mount.exe via ProcessExplorer, either. Killing Emacs kills emacs, and leaves the child process still hanging around, unable to be task-killed.

Running mount.exe manually in a shell gives the same behavior -- the app is just locked up, no CPU activity, but can't kill it.

After several reboots, I realize that my Android Incredible is plugged in for charging (default connection type is "Charge Only"), [the connection is ALSO set to USB debugging].

I unplug the phone... and every instance mount.exe suddenly exits (completes what it was doing, I presume).

UPDATE: noticed blocking occurring for a few other apps, as well: TortoiseSVN and GoogleTalk, Firefox launch/close; Calibre; FogBugz Screenshot Save-As.

The behavior can be replicated by having the phone connected and USB debugging enabled OR disabled, and launching mount.exe in a standard shell. It goes through a couple of drives, then "hangs"

When USB debugging is toggled, mount.exe will finish (I'm presuming it's a standard exit, as no error messages are thrown).

Using ProcessExplorer I don't see any other apps that are running that appear/disappear with the toggling.

To change the status of USB Debugging:
Home >> Menu >> Setting >> Applications >> Development >> [(un)check "USB Debugging"]

mount.exe can be replaced above with any of the number of blocking processes.

USB debugging may be on or off initially -- it's not one state that blocks; it is EITHER state, and switching to the other state unblocks.

Any pointers, people? Since this is Android related, I put it in here... but it's also PC related ... so... I can see this question getting bounced from every StackExchange forum on some technicality.... Cross-posted at StackOverflow.


texts:
I'm currently looking around at different options for adding regular backups to a new phone, and I want more than the "backup" that google offers.
There's the one category, backup apps that use root access, like Titanium Backup and OAndBackupX. The way they work is fairly clear, since they have root access, they can just copy all the files that represent the apps' data.
But then, there's Helium, a non-root app. Somehow, it claims to backup app data (which seems to work, from what people are saying), but nowhere have I found any indication as to how Helium Backup even accesses that data. The way I understand Android's permission model, when an app stores data in its private storage, no other standard app has access to that, period. The only other software that can access that data is system apps, root access, and ADB backup (although adb backup can also be disabled for the specific app - and ADB needs a computer attached to work). Seeing that none of the three apply for Helium backup, how does Helium backup then work? Or is this some wonky hacky trade secret the developers don't want to reveal?


texts: Is it possible to get FireFox running on Samsung Galaxy GT-I5700?

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Would really like to try and get firefox running on older android device.

Have a Samsung Galaxy GT-I5700 which has an ARM V6 800mhz cpu, 250mb internal memory, 4GB SD and is running CyangenMod9 ICS for Spica(GT-I5700).
Am working on getting native apps2sd working properly to try and free up some of that tiny internal memory.
Have not really researched or tried anything regarding installing firefox but a similar question was asked here and thought would post my own q in order prevent bumping somebody elses thread!
PlayStore say firefox is not compatible with my device yet on mozillas website there are older samsung phones that are listed but my exact model is not.


texts: Upgrade Android to a new major version in Virtual Box

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Is it possible to upgrade an Android OS in Virtual Box to the next major version?

I've installed Android v7.1, but want to upgrade to v9.

I've been unable to find an ISO for v9, so I wonder if there is an internal upgrade process I can use.


texts: Why does phone reset to Gingerbread instead of the version of Android that came with the OS when it was purchased?

texts:
When I first purchased an Android phone over a year ago the installed OS was Android 2.1 (Eclair). The OS has been updated twice by the carrier since then and now runs Gingerbread.  However, I had to restore my phone to factory settings recently and the OS that was reinstalled was Gingerbread. I was expecting it to restore back to 2.1 (Eclair).  Is this expected behavior and was the phone reset properly to factory settings?  I followed the hard reset instructions here and everything looked correct. However, this was not the factory restore I expected.  If this was correct does anyone know how the Gingerbread OS "replaced" the OS that was installed from the factory?  I thought the factory settings were "read only."  Thank you very much.

This is all from a stock Android phone that has never been rooted.


texts: How to pause work ETA notifications from Google Asssitant?

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Every day Google gives me a notification which gives me time to get to work and the best route to take. It also tells me the best way to get to work in my daily briefing through Google Assistant.

Currently, I'm on holiday so I don't need these notifications. Is there a way of creating a holiday time so that the notifications will resume automatically after it.

I know I can stop the notifications, but is there a way of just pausing them for a certain amount of time?

Android 8.1.0/Nokia 6


texts: Bluetooth Tethering issue Galaxy S4 to Samsung Note 10

texts:
Hi I tried to tether from my S4 to my Note 10.1, via bluetooth, even though I am able to pair both, on the galaxy note 10.1 it says No Internet Connection.

Would really appreciate your help.


texts: How to change android account of a phone

texts: I want to use different Google Account for my Android phone (Huawei Mate8). When I did Factory Reset, Android did not allow me to use another account, it says (Please sign in using the owner's account of this phone). In this case, I cannot sell the phone since the new owner will not be able to add its account. How do I eliminate this issue?


texts: I want Uber on a Kindle for an elderly friend who can't use smartphones. Currently, I'm using ES File Explorer (ESFE) on my Galaxy S7 and Kindle. I made a backup of the Uber APK file on my phone, then transferred it to to the download folder of my Kindle via remote manager (Android->PC via wifi, then PC-> Kindle via windows explorer). However, when I click install from ESFE on my Kindle, it just gives me a parse error. Any suggestions?  And yes, I have enabled "allow apps from unknown sources".


texts:
On my T mobile G2 there is always a lot of action in my Log output that has the tag KINETO these are the two most common things it puts in there:

ERROR/KINETO(9304): KLOG0C3- xmk_QueryOSQueue SDL Queue empty : WAIT_FOREVER
ERROR/KINETO(9304): KLOG0A3- ibs_os_GetMsg: Timeout forever for UKCC qHnd 0x80c34e3c

but there are a lot of others that it does as well. I am wondering what these logs are related to, because they seem to be happening basically all of the time on my device. I did a google search for KINETO and got a bunch of results for Wifi Calling related stuff, which kind of makes sense. My phone came with a Wifi calling app on it. But I never use this app. My suspicion is that I am getting these messages in the log because the wifi calling app does not have access to the internet on my device because of DroidWall. But my question is why does it try so often? and does anyone know if there is a way to stop it from trying so much I am sure this behavior has some negative impact on my battery life.


texts: How to use an older version of an application?

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I was using an application. Then the multiplayer mode stopped working, so I decided to reinstall it. After I uninstalled the app, I realised that an update had been made and my Android version is too old to use the new version of the application.

Is there anything I can do to be able to use the application again (except for buying a phone with a newer version of android)?

I checked, there are no updates of the system for my phone.

I downloaded the appplication via Google Play Store.


texts: One click share location in Google Maps to specific user or other app?

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I know there's a share location feature in Google Maps and various android apps for sharing locations.

But is there a widget / shortcut or something where you can click on it and instantly share your location with a pre-defined contact whether by SMS, email, etc. ?

I have a relative that I need to pick up quite frequently but sometimes they're in one street and sometimes they're walking in another.  They're a little older and aren't too tech savvy except for the basics (viewing photos, chatting, etc.).

Basically I want to set up a widget / shortcut on their homescreen and if I can't find them, I can call them and tell them to click on the button to share me your location so I can find them.

Google Messenger has a share location by SMS feature too but that's too many clicks, want to simplify as much as possible.

Other apps like Life 360 or Family Locator are on 24/7 and kill the battery.  Don't need 24/7 location sharing.


texts: LG phone seemingly stuck on "Firmware Update"

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This may or may not be off-topic; feel free to point me to a better place to ask this.

My father brought home a cell phone he found in the woods, and I thought I'd charge it and turn it on to see if I can find out anything about the owner. (Needless to say I got no further than the lock screen.)

The phone is now turned off and plugged in via USB (not connected to the computer, but directly to the electrical outlet). However, the screen now reads "Firmware Update - do not unplug the USB connection until the process is complete", with a progress bar stuck at zero. It also refuses to be turned on again.

What's the best course of action? That is, can I safely unplug the device? I would assume so since it's only connected to the electrical outlet, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes, and unplugging it may leave it in an inconsistent state. I'd also like to avoid connecting it directly to my computer.

I'm probably being overly cautious, but I have no experience with LG devices and it's someone else's to boot, so I'd like to make sure I'm not making any of the stupid mistakes I'm prone to making.  Better safe than sorry.

I can post a picture of the phone if needed — from the looks of it, it's some kind of LG G Flex.


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Every time I use the share feature to share a photo in Android 7.1.1, it suggests people who are not in my contacts and contacts I have not spoken to in years. My phone can't be rooted and the suggestions I've found, such as disabling direct share, do not seem to be available in recent versions of Android. I don't want to share photos to so unsubscribe@spam.com email I used once or to some person I'm not in contact with.

How do I remove share suggestions or disable them entirely? I would rather just choose the app to share with and then select the recipient from within the app.

Edit: I've also found that older versions of Android had a feature to long-press and drag suggested share items to pin them to the top pf the menu. This no longer appears to work either. Please help get these people off my share menu.


texts:
I'm currently experiencing a strange bug on my device: Whenever an apostrophe (') would be displayed, it shows an ampersand (&) instead, and the rest of the text that would be after the apostrophe is cut.

This only happens in one app, but the app is not the problem, as it doesn't happen in my friends's phones, I even tried installing the app on an emulator and it works fine.

I'm using a Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite, it's got Android One and is up to date (Android 9, Jan 5 patch), no custom roms or anything.

On the left, how it looks in my phone; and on the right, how it should look.

UPDATE: After tinkering with the database I found out that the text that is being displayed is actually stored in html format that is latter interpreted and rendered by the application.

Also, these apostrophes are being stored as a numeric character reference (&#39 ;) which leads me to believe that the ampersand I'm seeing is actually the first character of the NCR.

I still don't understand why is this happening though, as the rest of the html code is being interpreted correctly.


texts: What factors constrain the highest possible Android version for an Android device?

texts:
I've read on the Sony's website that the increasing amount of RAM required for newer versions of Android is the limiting factor for upgrading the operating system of Android devices:

  ... if a
  lower amount of free RAM is available to applications after a new
  release of the operating system (due to increased capabilities in the
  system), phone speed will eventually be impacted (this is the main
  reason that a certain device cannot be indefinitely upgraded to newer
  releases of Android™).

But in the newest release of Android (KitKat) it is asserted that the new version needs lower amounts of RAM.

So, my question is what are the limiting factors that eventually constrain your device's OS from upgrading to newer versions of Android? I mean, what (hardware) factors should I consider when buying an Android device to increase the chances of getting the newest OS updates for a longer time?


texts: My apps can't save my input or choice in android 6.0.1, how to fix it?

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I'm using Nexus5, it's original version is 4.x, later on I upgraded it to 5.0(Lollipop) and recently I updated my system to 6.0.1, via internal upgrade mechanism. But I found a serious problem. Many apps can't store cache inputs now. Which works fine on my 4.x era before.

There is a background I need to mention, as I'm in China, many of my apps are download from local apps market, but not google play market.

Here is an issue description about using a food-ordering apps in my mobile.
At the final step of a food-ordering, I got to choose my current address.
Then I was prompted into a single page-view where I can choose between all my addresses.
After I finished choosing, I was redirect back to the order main-page.
But there I found my address-choosing behavior was not saved.

Three of my frequently used apps has this issue.
Even after I uninstalled them and reinstalled them later won't fix the issue.

Yesterday I downloaded another film app, but I stuck in the login page, every time I typed my infos and press OK. After a flash, It redirect me to the login page again. It drives me crazy. I opened all permissions for it, restart my phone, but still I was stuck at the infinite login loop.

All those apps I mentioned above has hundreds of millions of users in China. I believed they have considered the compatibility with 6.0 version.
So I'm wondering something may went wrong during my upgrade.

Does anybody have any idea about this issue? How to fix it? (It's the best if the solution doesn't require to reinstall my system manually.)

PS: I just did another upgrade to 2016.08 patch for my mobile. And hilarious things happened. When I opened my shadowsocks app, the system requires my to verify the connection permission for it. I chose OK on my screen. Nothing happened, shadowsocks didn't start proxying. I touch the button again, the same require permission screen pops up. I tried it for 5 times. Can't start my shadowsocks, it seems after this upgrading, the system pops-up can't save my choice/input, either.


texts: Google Maps - requests to reviews places I've never visited

texts: Google Maps insists on asking me to review places that I've never visited.  I've tried both "Dismiss" and "I haven't been here"" but they keep coming back.  It's very frustrating especially when the places I have visited and I do want to review get lost in the seemingly endless list of places I've perhaps gone past but never visited.


texts: Enterprise (802.1x) WiFi causing excessive battery drain?

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In the past week, realised that WiFi at work (using 802.1x auth) has been draining my battery like crazy.

Here are some stats I took over the past few days:

Case   Connection       Duration     Battery left
 A      802.1x Wifi      ~10hrs          0%
 B      3G               ~17hrs         46%
 C      WPA2 Wifi        ~1d 11hrs      34%

In all three cases, usage was light: occasional checking of email, sms or two, short phone call etc. If anything, probably used the phone more in case B&C - played some light games.

The odd thing is this crazy battery drain has only been happening in the past week or so - used to be at 20% after ~15hours when connected to 802.1x Wifi.

Does anyone know why Enterprise/802.1x WiFi is causing significant battery drain?

edit: Device details - HTC Desire running Nikez 4.2.1 (Evervolv-Turba-3.2.0p3)

edit2: Screenshots: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9907360/battery/battery.html


texts: Android Missed Call Notification Sound/Chime

texts:
Consider this scenario. I am listening to music on my android phone and I have DND mode on and set to priority only. A spam call comes in and my phone dutifully blocks the call right away but the android missed call notification sound/chime plays. I think it is similar to the sound the phone plays when you hang up at the end of a normal phone call.

I would very much like to silence this sound so that it never plays when a call is missed and sent straight to voice mail.

Is it possible to do this with an app or in the android settings?


texts: Why are some contacts shown several times?

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Some of my contacts are on SIM card and some are on phone. I want to keep all at one place.  If I transfer them from SIM card to phone, am I going to have duplicate contacts or it is smart enough to figure out?

If I select the option "all contacts" then one contact is shown several time in the list, like one for wiber, waze, whatapps etc. Please help me to manage my contacts.


texts: How can I get the mobile Version of stackoverflow.com on Evo3D?

texts:
I just got a new phone (HTC Evo 3D / Android 2.3.4) and opened stackoverflow.com in the browser.

I noticed I got the desktop version of the website. On my old HTC Desire (Android 2.2.2) I get a mobile version, which is friendlier on the device and probably more lightweight.

What can I do to have the mobile version on the Evo 3D as well?


texts: Automatically restrict apps background data using Tasker

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I've been using Tasker for a couple weeks after receiving this recommendation, and I have a few beginner questions. Here is one of them.

I've set up a profile to lock the phone after 10 seconds of darkness (cases where phone is in pocket or turned face down). I would also like to save some power by activating the "restrict background data" option while the phone is not being used. It's under Settings -> Power saving on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S5).

(Click to enlarge)

My questions are:

Is this a good idea, or do the disadvantages outweigh the benefits?
Is there a way to toggle the Restrict background data option using a task in Tasker?


texts: Recover Data From Pattern-Locked Galaxy Nexus

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A colleague's relative passed away and left behind a Galaxy Nexus phone. It is pattern-locked and we don't have the pattern nor his Google email account password (or access thereto). All my colleague wants off the phone are the photos. I have tried the following without success:

Use adb on both Windows and Ubuntu Linux to attach to the device connecting through USB.(USB debugging is definitely off.) -- always unable to attach the device (though on Linux lsusb is able to list the device)
Use apps Moborobo and Holo (Simple ADB Backup) -- neither can access the device
Attempted to use the emergency dialer hack (dial 0, use back button; does not work)
Booted into recovery mode, but there is no backup option (which seems ridiculous unless this is because of security)
Connected the phone to Windows, shows up as "Galaxy Nexus" drive, but is empty. "Import pictures" reports "no new photos"

Incidentally, the screen-saver shows these desired photos, but there seems to be no way to share them without unlocking the phone.

Any suggestions for how to get at the photos?


texts: Can't mount /sdcard while doing a NANDroid backup!

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I just got root with Unrevoked and S-OFF with AlphaRev. I partitioned my SD card in GParted as following.

Part 1: 4096 MB ext3
Part 2: 25842 MB fat32

The card is a 32 GB SD card. I intended to have 4 GB reserved for apps and such. Now I am trying to do a NANDroid backup using the new ClockWorkMod AlphaRev Recovery 2.5.1.8. But it keeps failing and says that /sdcard can't be mounted.

I tried to navigate to Mounts and storage, and then Mount /sdcard but it gives me an error.

CWM-AlphaRev Recovery v2.5.1.8
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(Invalid argument)
Can't mount /sdcard

//I attempted mounting it manually here.//

E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(Invalid argument)
Error mounting SDCARD:!

I noticed that, after partitioning the SD card and rebooting the phone and loading Windows, when I clicked to do a safe unmount of USB drive in Windows there was a message in Android that said it was safe to unmount the SD card now. ????....

And then I went into recovery mode in Android and found out that it couldn't do a backup because it couldn't mount the SD card. Is my SD card damaged or what? Do I have to do some kind of data/cache wipe first?

I had the phone shut down since the last attempt, just to make sure that the SD card really gets mounted when booting up. But that didn't help at all.

Update:

I tried a solution I found over at XDA forums.

  In CMD, go to dir C:\Android\android-sdk\Tools Type: path
  C:\Android\android-sdk\Platform-tools)

  Input "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0"

But I tried this and it says < waiting for device > in my CMD prompt and nothing happens. Does the phone really communicate with the computer in this mode? My ClockWorkMod screen has changed to an icon of a white software box with a blue android mascot next to it. So it looks like it is in this so called fastboot mode now.

C:\>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
SH08KPL03467    recovery

C:\>fastboot oem enableqxdm 0
< waiting for device >

So it looks like the daemon was not running but the phone definitely communicates with the computer. Do I have to press some button? I tried mounting the SD card again and it still doesn't work.


texts: I have managed to unlock the bootloader and flash the phone with a custom ROM (3.0) I can now disable the many app's I don't want but I can't delete them...How do I go about getting access/permissions to do so?


texts: Montoring network traffic on Android phone (for research user study)

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For context: We would like to analyze user mobile online (browsing) behavior in a user study. The study has been approved by our university's IRB, participants will have to give informed consent and will receive remuneration. Of course, monitoring network traffic is very intrusive, but we're sincerely not trying to be the bad guys here. For example, we would like to know if people get there information from social media, news sites (and from which one).

Over the last to weeks, I've explored some potential approaches. While I have some basic experiences with Android development, I'm far from an expert. Here is what I've tried and considered -- I would appreciate any feedback to see what I got wrong and/or what I'm missing:

Side note: we cannot expect study participants to root their phones :)

Mock-up browser (simple app with a WebView and rudimentary browser features) or a modified fork of Chrome. Here, on the one hand, I cannot really estimate the required effort for both ideas. And a big issue is that most mobile online use is done through apps that often have their on WebView.
Proxy. I set up a proxy with SSL support, so if the participants change their proxy setting and install our CA certificate, we would see their traffic. However, apps (e.g., Facebook) are not required to use the proxy settings, and since Android 7 (API 24) apps by default do not recognize user-installed certificates. It worked pretty well with an older Android 6.0 phone, but now it's only a limited option. We could still see, for example, that a request to facebook.com was made, but no longer the exact URL.
App Activity Monitoring. Since some apps wouldn't have used the proxy anyway, I tried to at least estimate which app was in the foreground. To do this, I wrote a simple app that periodically checked which app had the highest usage in the last, say, 10 seconds using the UsageStatsManager. This seemed to work reasonably well.
Local on-device VPN. Lastly, I've tried using a local VPN using the VpnService; I found and used example code I found here. On the plus side, even apps that ignore the proxy have to go through that local VPN. However, I face two big problems. Firstly, while it seems to work it's very unstable. Some websites won't load properly and after that, even sites that worked before fail. And secondly, there's no SLL support so I wouldn't be able to see the traffic. I lack the expertise right now to address both issues or even to say if they can be solved.

This is where we currently stand. All opinions are more than welcome.


texts:
Can I set up my Android tablet to display downloads on the fly as in  a windows machine.  I am thinking mainly of pdf file links although XL files would also be useful.

Rob Thirlby


texts: Forgot security lock pattern on Jelly Bean device with Wifi and 3G data turned off

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I forgot my security lock pattern and my Wifi and 3G connections are switched off. I can hard reset the phone (Galaxy Nexus) from recovery mode, but that would wipe all my data.
ADB is also turned off so I cannot recover my data unless there is a way to turn on ADB while the phone is locked. I understand that ClockWorkMod recovery turns ADB on automatically when it is installed.

Do I need to root the phone to install ClockWorkMod?
If yes, can I root the phone while it is locked?
Is there any other way to recover the data from the phone before I reset it?


texts: How do I delete photos I sent to someone in Hangouts?

texts: I would like to have photos removed from hangouts between myself and another person. They are showing up in their albums, not mine. THey are harrasing and sexully explicit.


texts:
Stereo sound mode doesn't work.. there is no audio from the left headphone just right is working.. but when I change it to mono both is working.. please help me to solve it..
I tried to switch to stereo from accessibility-hearing
And I tried more than one headphones, same problem..


texts: How do I delete an old device from my Google Acct?

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so I have given my old phone to my mom and have forgotten to remove the my gmail account. I want to delete the phone from the "approved" list but I cannot find a way to delete it.

I've looked at various guides and the options/settings they are talking about are not available anymore.

I am looking at this page: https://myaccount.google.com/device-activity

Any ideas?

I'm trying to avoid changing my password since that means I need to change that on all my devices.

Thanks


texts: How to enable TalkBack through ADB in Android P?

texts:
I've got the Oneplus 6 with unofficial mod (OmniRom Treskmod) installed on it. The issue is that the mod probably uses its own setup programme, and the accessibility gesture is partially broken. Holding two fingers in the middle of the screen starts the accessibility mode, however, it enables only some particular sounds such as those heard when locking the screen, but TalkBack doesn't start speaking then.

In earlier versions of Android there was a possibility to enable TalkBack through adb by editing Settings.db but I guess something has been changed since then and the method is useless now.

Do any of you knows the way of enabling speech through adb in the latest Android version (Pie)? What I want to achieve is to have it talking right after reboot. Of course, I know I could ask sighted person but I'd like to know if there's any solution to do it on my own.

I faced similar issue with Lineage as well.


texts:
I bought a Xiaomi Mi A2 maybe 10 months from now, and from changing software, or some strange things, I broke the USB port.

The strange thing is that only the "OTG" part got broken. I mean, I still can charge the phone, and use the native USB-C to Micro-Jack convertor, but I cannot use USB-C headphones or correct the phone to my PC.

I sent the phone to the warranty service, but since I had unlocked the bootloader, they didn't cover the charges. It was in christmas, so they didn't even wanted to fix anything, the just sent me the phone back.

But as a developer, I really need USB Debugging, and I bought some nice USB-C headphones, and I can't use them, so I wonder if there's anything I can do to relock the bootloader, and maybe send the phone to them for a repair.

Any ideas? I'd be really pleased. Thanks in advance


texts: Restrictions of a Kindle Fire in Canada?

texts:
I wanted to order a Kindle Fire in Canada but I saw that it wasn't available. Now I really wanted one and I could always just cross the border and get one. What I want to know is how restricted will it be in Canada. I hear it's probably only the Amazon content distribution system that won't work, meaning I still get a full-featured Android tablet with the Android market. I should be able to get any apps and any books from the Android market that I can normally with my phone in Canada.

Is that how it's looking?


texts:
Device Name: Lenovo K3 Note
OS: Lineage OS 14.1 (Android 7.1)
Recovery: CWM ; Accessible
Bootloader Status: Unlocked and Accessible
Root Status: Rooted
Accessible via adb

I used the Android's Encrypt Device option to Encrypt my device. The Encryption Process went smoothly with no errors. The device then rebooted and asked for pattern. After I entered the pattern, the device starts booting but never completes booting. While it is stuck in the boot animation, it is accessible via adb. I can also access the recovery and bootloader via adb reboot recovery and adb reboot bootloader.

I tried clearing cache and dalvik. Both proved of no use as the problem persists. The only app that I can think that might be interfering is SnooperStopper. I however can not uninstall it via adb as it is a Device Administrator.

Is there a way to either decrypt my device via adb or to boot it successfully.

EDIT: I found that there is a missing link from /mnt/user/0/primary -> /data/media/0/ which broke the symlinks /sdcard/ and /storage/self/primary/. Manually creating the symlinks however proved of no use nor did adding them to start-up by adding the command to /data/local/userinit.sh which was called by /etc/init.d/90userinit.


texts: APK version downgrade impossible on Rooted Nougat 7.0?

texts:
From the title it's weird that i've removed a system app and it's data folder from system and data locations by using this batch :

abd root
adb remount
adb shell rm -r /system/app/apkfolder
adb shell rm -r /system/app/apkfolder
adb shell rm -r /data/data/apk.package.name
adb shell rm -r /data/data/apk.package.name

I executed the last command twice to make sure that the folder was deleted entirely, and yes the shell reply was :

C:\Users\User>adb root

C:\Users\User>adb remount
remount succeeded

C:\Users\User>adb shell rm -r /system/app/apkfolder

C:\Users\User>adb shell rm -r /system/app/apkfolder
rm: /system/app/apkfolder: No such file or directory

C:\Users\User>adb shell rm -r /data/data/apk.package.name

C:\Users\User>adb shell rm -r /data/data/apk.package.name
rm: /data/data/apk.package.name: No such file or directory

Now I've tried to install an older version of the APK V1.0 build 1 (the removed version was 2.0 build 2) by using :

adb install -r apkfile.apk

And this is the response:

C:\Users\User\Desktop>adb install -r apkfile.apk
adb: failed to install apkfile.apk: Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_VERSION_DOWNGRADE]

Now, I've copied the file to priv-app using :

adb push apkfile.apk /system/priv-app
adb shell chmod 644 /system/priv-app/apkfile.apk

And this is the response (tried this before with /system/app folder and got the same result) :

C:\Users\User\Desktop>adb push apkfile.apk /system/priv-app
apkfile.apk: 1 file pushed. 10.0 MB/s (1000000 bytes in 0.500s)

C:\Users\User\Desktop>adb shell chmod 644 /system/priv-app/apkfile.apk

And even launching the main activity by calling its launchable activity is not possible:

adb shell am start -n apk.package.name/apk.package.name.MainActivity

P.S:

The device SoC is an MTK
The device has an engineer build.
Every reboot its weird that the original APK is restored to the system/app folder and is working!!!!

Any workaround / advice will be appreciated, thanks


texts:
Recently, while listening to music and YouTube the volume level fluctuates.

It goes from...

what I set it to - to 70% lower volume - to back to what I set it to - to 70% lower, on and on and on.

Headphones and Bluetooth both experience the same volume level up/down effect.

I booted in Safe Mode.  I deleted the last recently added apps I installed over the past 6 months. I have no tasker type apps installed.  I use the phone for calls, web and YouTube.

Nothing has fixed this.

The only thing I can think of is the last update I said "OK" too.

What else can I try?

Moto G5 Plus
Android Version/7.0
Android security patch level/1 June 2018
Kernel/3.18.31-perf-gf055b2e-00107-gdc6d2c1


texts: Use something other than finger that can be sensed by a capacitive touch screen

texts:
I have some crazy ideas about some stuff lately but to make it tangible I need a bit more information over the capacitive touch screens.

Is there a way to create an object that can be sensed by a capacitive touch screen without the touch of the human skin?

I mean, imagine a tiny piece of something that you can just lay on the screen and the screen thinks is a finger or a stylus.

I've heard about the stylus that can be sensed, but I think that the skin has to be touching it in order to work.. is it true? Can I maybe create something out of ordinary house stuff that can do this, without the need of the skin to touch it?

Ahh, and by the way, it need to be capacitive because multi-touch is needed.

Thank you all and best regards!


texts: How can I change the default app that opens when double tapping the screen of my Galaxy note with the S Pen?

texts:
I would like to change the default behaviour of S Pen so that instead of using the (not so good) memo app from Samsung I can use the note taking app of my choice (right now Papyrus).

How can I change the default behaviour of double tapping the screen with the S Pen while holding its side button to open my app of choice?

Thanks!


texts: Moto G Dual Sim Data Roaming Not Working

texts:
I have a moto G dual sim. I recently upgraded to Lollipop from Kitkat and I have the same problem as others. I cannot connect to Data Roaming. Wifi is no problem - I have checked the two boxes Data Enabled and Data Roaming. Nothing happens. I tried the ping test you suggested to another user, I get a failed message response. Any ideas. It used to work perfectly under Kitkat.

Peter Sand


texts: does my zte model n817 have a built in IR blaster so I can use it as a tv remote for my Sony tv

texts: I have a ZTE model N817 android smart phone.  Does it have a built in IR blaster? If not, what do I need to do so that I can use my phone as a remote for my Sony flat screen TV.


texts: Tablets always turned on (usb-powered). Problems?

texts: I need to install about 20 tablets powered 24/7 (24 hours, all week). Is there any problem or potencial damage about it?


texts: restore data from internal storage of android phone

texts:
I am struggelling with the file recovery of an internal storage of an android phone.

I made a dd copy of the /dev/sda device which includes the system and userdata and some other partitions of the phone.

bla@bla:/media/Volume$ mmls sda.raw
GUID Partition Table (EFI)
Offset Sector: 0
Units are in 4096-byte sectors

      Slot      Start        End          Length       Description
000:  Meta      0000000000   0000000000   0000000001   Safety Table
001:  -------   0000000000   0000000005   0000000006   Unallocated
002:  Meta      0000000001   0000000001   0000000001   GPT Header
003:  Meta      0000000002   0000000002   0000000001   Partition Table
004:  000       0000000006   0000000015   0000000010   padding0
005:  001       0000000016   0000016399   0000016384   recovery
006:  002       0000016400   0000032783   0000016384   boot
007:  003       0000032784   0001011727   0000978944   system
008:  004       0001011728   0001026063   0000014336   apppreload
009:  005       0001026064   0001041423   0000015360   cota
010:  006       0001041424   0015447055   0014405632   userdata
011:  007       0015447056   0015450106   0000003051   reserve0
012:  -------   0015450107   0015450111   0000000005   Unallocated

I am able to mount some partitions:

bla@bla:/media/Volume$ sudo fsstat -b 4096 -o 32784 sda.raw
FILE SYSTEM INFORMATION
--------------------------------------------
File System Type: Ext4
Volume Name: system
Volume ID: 7019a2b4b48a33b92c4409cbe0a229c7

Last Written at: 2020-05-28 21:04:07 (CEST)
Last Checked at: 2019-07-22 16:11:16 (CEST)

Last Mounted at: 2020-05-28 20:55:42 (CEST)
Unmounted properly
Last mounted on: /system

Source OS: Linux
Dynamic Structure
Compat Features: Journal, Ext Attributes, Resize Inode, Dir Index
InCompat Features: Filetype, Extents, Flexible Block Groups,
Read Only Compat Features: Sparse Super, Large File, Huge File, Extra Inode Size

Journal ID: 00
Journal Inode: 8

METADATA INFORMATION ...

But not the userdata partition. Are there any tricks I missed so far?

TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk sda.raw - 63 GB / 58 GiB - CHS 7694 255 63
     Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors
>P MS Data                   262272    7971615    7709344 [system]
 P MS Data                  8093824    8208511     114688
 D MS Data                  8208512    8331391     122880
 D MS Data                  8331390  123576413  115245024

Outputs for userdata:

bla@bla:/media/Volume$ sudo fsstat -b 4096 -o 1041424 sda.raw
Cannot determine file system type

Thanks for any hints in advance!

Klaus


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