texts: What dose "Enable OEM Unlock" do, and how can I do it through a root shell?

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Looking at this Samsung Galaxy A8 question, I was looking to do something on my nexus 6p.  I would like to enable OEM unlocking, the developer setting.  Due to the problems my device is experiencing, I would like to do this through the android root shell.  What dose "Enable OEM Unlock" do on the device, and how can I replicate that change using a terminal.  It's on pure nexus, if that helps.

For anyone who wants to know, this is the current state of my device, if there are other possibility:

My recovery partition appears to be corrupted enough to be unusable, my main os (pure nexus) appears to be fine, but considers my phone to be corrupt and tries to reboot into recovery after I give it a password to decrypt my device (which I never set, and any password it calls correct and corrupted data).  So, I have root access in adb, including shell access which as far as it looks from me is the full device.  Using adb, I have tried opening the settings menu, which tells me that the current user(none) cannot change the "enable OEM unlocking" status.  But, that setting must be doing something simple to allow the device to be unlocked, right?

So, this is probably my fault, and will NEVER be done again, but I got to this state from trying to lock the boot loader after I got most of pure nexus working, as I just wanted to wipe it from any excess, figured I could kill 2 birds with one stone.  Since then, I have tried every factory reset I could find out there, all either need a working recovery(for the side loading a google signed recovery) or need an unlocked bootloader.


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I wanted to uninstall the default Calendar app to replace with Google Calendar. However, I accidentally uninstalled Calendar Storage before uninstalled the default Calendar app. The Google Calendar app won't work every time I try to create an event/plan. I assume this is because I uninstalled the Calendar Storage (app?).

How do I retrieve it? Is there a repo wherein I can just download it? I tried Googling, found nothing. My phone is a Huwawei Y320, Android OS version is 4.2.2


texts: Does the Grand Neo GT i9060 have USB OTG?

texts: Does the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo GT-i9060 have USB OTG (usb-on-the-go)? Can I instantly watch movies directly from OTG without copying files into my phone? If not, is there any other way to get OTG working?


texts: playing WhatsApp videos with your default MX Player on Android

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in the past WhatsApp videos opened by default in the video player you annoted on Android as the default video player.
in my case all videos in my Android phone (an Xperia z ) will open with MX player which is the default player I made for all video and audio files.
however newer versions of WhatsApp will force all videos to open in an internal WhatsApp player which is a very rudimentary player. it will not automatically Orient the video besides volume boosting.
other than actually use an explorer and navigate to the WhatsApp video folder , is there a way to force all WhatsApp videos not to use the hapless internal WhatsApp player but use MX Player.
I don't think an older version of WhatsApp that permitted will run without problems right now.,.. I very consciously avoided WhatsApp upgrades to a  point where my WhatsApp itself crashed repeatedly and would not work & that is when I upgraded


texts: WhatsApp - Auto Creates thumbnail images in DCIM Directory - Impossible to stop

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Hope someone can help with this.

Handset
Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro

Precondition
Ensure that Internal Storage/DCIM it totally empty.
Or that the Internal Storage/DCIM/.thumbnails directory is totally empty.
Clear all other caches where possible including WhatsApp cache.

Description
Launch WhatsApp
Enter a conversation
Click the camera icon to launch the camera
Camera is launched and allows a picture to be take.
A gallery of recent pictures is displayed

Issue
A number of pictures appear in WhatsApp recent pictures that i do not want to appear.
In Internal Storage/DCIM/.thumbnails,  a set of thumbnails matching the pictures as displayed as recent by WhatsApp are now displayed. How do i prevent this?
When i take a new picture with the camera app. This image will appear under the automatically created ones from the .thumbnails directory.
I have deleted the DCIM and .thumbnails folder many times. When the camera is launched from within WhatsApp the folder and thumbnails is automatically reacreated

Questions
How do i control what pictures are displayed to me when i click on the camera icon in WhatsApp. Whats App call these “Recent”
    Can it point WhatsApp to only look at the DCIM directory on my SD Card?
How do i prevent the old thumbnails reappearing the in Internal Storage/DCIM/.thumbnails directory when the camera app is launched from WhatsApp?
Other suggestions.

Kind Reagrds

Richard


texts: How can I keep a folder backed up online with continuous syncing?

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I've found that the dropbox support for Titanium Backup never works for me amd I've also tried using ubuntuone and idrivesync but neither of these support setting a directory to keep in sync.

Does anyone know of a free service, that can keep any directory of your choice backed up online?

The best would be a scheduled task so that the battery isn't drained by continuous sync.


texts: Why is my phone auto profile updating multiple times a day?

texts: My Samsung updated a few weeks ago and it has had a "the profile update could not be completed" notification that I can't swipe away. And my phone has done a profile update several times everyday since my phone updated. Why is this happening and do I get rid of it?


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Device: Xperia V
Android: Stock ROM, rooted

When I watch some YouTube video on the YouTube app, it plays up to some point. Then, it just shows that it loads, and never continues. Why is that?


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I'm developing an app that is supposed to measure vertical accelerations, and in the process I've discovered that the accelerometer seems to be uncalibrated. When the phone is lying perfectly horizontal, the Z axis acceleration should be 9.81, but it is about 8.81 (X and Y being roughly 0.0).

I can of course offset the error from within the app by letting the user "calibrate" the app while the phone is lying still. But it seems odd that there is no method within Android to do this - sometimes Google Maps prompts me to calibrate the compass by moving the phone in figure eights - but I have not seen any way to calibrate other sensors... is it possible?

A further problem is that if I turn the phone so the top is facing straight up (up/down in line with the direction of gravity), the offset of the axis' are different from what is expected, and different from the offsets I get when the screen is facing up. This all seems to indicate that the accelerometer is not as accurate as one might think, and when adding rotation to the mix the results get even more skewed...


texts: Samsung Galaxy s10 not letting Facebook Messenger app to connect to internet

texts: Sometimes through the day my phone will not let my face book messenger app connect to the internet every thing else works fine. how do I fix this?


texts: Flashing up from 5.0 to 5.1 with CM12 nightlies?

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I have LG G3 VS985 which runs the nightly CM12 5.0 ROM. I want to upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1, but last time I tried just flashing the new zip certain apps I had on the phone were not compatible, such as Google Services, which caused my phone to soft brick every time I booted up.

Long story short, I'm sick of the bugs on the 5.0 nightly.

I'm wondering how to get the latest nightly without deleting all of my data and apps, if at all possible. I'm using TWRP.

I considered flashing a new GApps version specific to Android 5.1. Would that work?


texts: Google calendar event reminder sound is too short and I can't hear it

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One of main google's calendar functions is to remind people their events, with a scheduled sound alarm. The problem is that this sound, I know how to change it, but it only lasts for 1 second, so I don't hear it. Instead, when they call me, the sound lasts for very long until they hang up the phone, so I realize I'm being called. I would like if the alarm sound lasted longer, how to do it?

By the way, I have the same problem with google keep reminders.

I imagine some people like short sounds because they don't want to get disturbed, and probably they get reminded when they check their phones and see the notification. I want to know if it's possible to make it work like I specified, a longer loud sound like a call.


texts: Samsung galaxy S3 screenshot doesn't work

texts: Yesterday I bought a brand new  samsung  galaxy s3. WHen I hold home button and lock button, it doesnt shot the screen. how to fix it?


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I have got my android (Lenovo Vibe P1M) and for a couple of days my WiFi worked smoothly.But when i tried connecting it yesterday it says authentication problem.

While my family members can use the WiFi with their phones, I can't.

What I've tried so far:

1. turning my WiFi on in Airplane mode.
2. clearing data from google services framework.
3. going far away from my router and trying to connect.
4. factory resetting the phone once
5. Forgetting access points and resetting passwords.
6. restarting my hotspot several times
7. restarting my phone several times

nothing worked.

NOTE: I see this question has been asked before here but that doesn't solve my problem.

Does it mean there is a problem with my device?


texts: Calendar app on Desire - Can I get Stock Android Calendar?

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So i'm pretty sick of the calendar app on my HTC Desire... it's good, and does most things well, but something it does badly which is just really a stupid oversight by htc is this:  The date picker does not show the day of the picked date.  Even when you have selected the date, the event you're creating doesn't tell you the day.  WTF??

I guess i should ask if this is the same onthe stock android calendar app?  If not, how can i get that one on my desire?

I'm very tempted to ditch the HTC ROM and install a Gingerbread ROM... the running out of space issue is beyond a joke too.  ugh!

thanks heaps
greg


texts:
I read that you cannot move system apps or apps that have widgets to SD card.
This game doesn't provide a widget.

Is there anything I can do to make it move to SD ? Maybe fix something in apk ?

Storage:
Application 8,32 MB
Data 44,00 KB


texts: Is allowing an OTA to install after rooting a good idea?

texts: I have a rooted phone with the stock ROM/Kernel. I only use the tethering hack outside of the stock ROM. I was prompted with "System Update" this morning. Should I stay away from this update, or would it be ok?  Thanks!


texts:
I want to allow waking up of the screen either through using the home button or from a screen swipe or a tap on the screen BUT the screen should only wake up after a delay of say 5 seconds.  For example, here is the sequence of events:

screen has gone to sleep
user presses home button (or swipes or taps, whatever is easiest to wake up).
but the screen will not wake up until a set time delay has elapsed.
After time delay has elapsed instant reenabling of the screen is enabled.

Is there a setting or an app for this?


texts: My google account is disabled. My mobile is working fine. I add another google account. Can I get all my apps to that account.


texts: apps on my tab are not connected on the internet but the browser does

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I am using an android tablet and apple iPad2. I just noticed this morning That my apps on my tablet aren't working but my browser does. Now I'm using my iPad and everything is working fine, they are connected on the same WiFi so I assume my connection is not the problem. My tab is working properly last night and didn't do anything on it before the problem.

Date/time are also properly set and I already did a factory reset twice.


texts: Wifi symbol always show exclamation mark since Lollipop upgrade

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Since getting the recent Lollipop upgrade, the wifi symbol always has an exclamation mark. Wifi seems to work fine, and I gather this symbol means something to do with inability to access Google services - but I use Google Inbox, and that works fine, too. I also understand that this symbol corresponds to the red-shaded wifi symbol of Kit-Kat, but I didn't have that persistently.

So what's going on? It's just slightly annoying.

Motorola Moto G, early 2014.


texts: Reduce the screen brightness below given permissible level

texts: Is it possible to reduce the screen brightness below given level? Well if possible does it really reduce the energy consumption.


texts: "Sim Empty" and cannot make calls after upgrade

texts:
I have a WileyFox Swift which I recently updated to Nougat. Wileyfox runs Cyanogen natively. I have not rooted it or hacked it in any way. I installed the update by clicking on a reminder that kept popping up telling me to update. So everything has been done in the official manufacturer-defined way.

It has two sims. When I reboot it asks for the sim lock PIN for one of the sims (the other does not have one) so I know it is detecting the hardware. Also I am able to receive SMS on one of the sims. But I cannot make calls, receive calls, or send SMS. When I go to "Settings -> SIM cards" it says both sims are empty.When I try to make a call, instead of giving me the choice of sim, it only offers emergency call.

I have tried rebooting, re-seating the sims, going into recovery mode and clearing the cache partition.


texts: received SMS with content "request failed"

texts:
Today I received two suspicious SMS from two different sender - both from the same provider.
The messages only contained the text "request failed". The numbers do not look like some special expensive numbers.

Can anyone guess what happened?

Is there a way to find out if there is an app which is allowed to send SMS on my phone?

Update: now that I've seen that there is no suspicious app with permissions to send SMS, I try to reconsile the SMS in my SMS history with the ones from my bill. But I noticed that it's hard to get a chronological list of SMS from the build in app - any idea how I can get a chronological list of sent SMS and not conversations?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 Stock Calendar Entries Gone!

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android version 4.3. I have always used the stock Calendar app that appears on the home screen of my phone. Recently I installed the Google Calendar app to see which I liked better. I decided I liked the Calendar app that came with my phone better and I uninstalled the Google Calendar app. Since doing that all the entries on my Calendar are gone. It no longer syncs with my Google calendar online. When I go to Menu>Calendars all the calendars that it normally syncs with Google are gone. Sometimes when I open this they are there and checked, but when I click on Done then they all disappear again. When I try to add an existing calendar and enter my gmail address and password it tells me that an account for that user already exists. I am beyond frustrated. I wish I'd never tried the Google Calendar app. All I want is to go back to being able to use the stock Calendar app for my phone and have it sync with my Google calendar online as it did before. Any ideas or suggestions?


texts: How can I access the internal phone storage via ClockworkMod recovery?

texts: I have an HTC Incredible, rooted to MIUI, and am frozen on the white Incredible boot screen. I need to grab a few pictures off the phone before I do a new install. Is it possible to access the phone memory from ClockworkMod recovery? I tried to mount the '/emmc' from the recovery prompt, but nothing shows up on the PC. How can I access the photos?


texts: Apps crash when tryin to go online, /data/data/hotplug/cmd is missing

texts:
All of the sudden, some of my apps (not all of them) have started crashing and crashing the entire OS when trying to go online. The logcat shows:
E (675) could not open '/data/data/hotplug/cmd' file is missing

This happens with facebook messenger, Gett, facebook itself ( who doesnt crash but cant go online), and more. Browser, whatsapp and others arent affected.

Another issue started at approximatly the same time, where my wifi switch widget refuses to go offline. Turning wifi off through the settings shows to be ok, but the outside widgets stays on, and suddenly finds new networks and the wifi goes live again by itself.

Any ideas or other information I can provide?

Cheers

BTW a rooted thl 4000, but there was a long time since I rooted.


texts: Are WhatsApp messages and logs kept in internal memory from months ago?

texts:
I need to recover a WhatsApp conversation on my Android 9 phone.
Is there any chance messages would be inside the internal memory?


texts: Message: Unfortunately Google Play Store has stopped

texts:
The problem is happening on a very old HTC Sensation running Android 4.0.3, and all the help found online refers to more modern versions.

In Apps -> Google Play Store, I forced stop, cleared data and cache, rebooted but it didn't cure the problem. I also performed a factory reset without success.
Someone in the Google Play Help Forum advised me to call the Play support team which I did.  They sent me an email, I followed the procedure but it didn't fix anything. They told me to contact HTC if the bug still persisted, which I did a while ago but no reply, so far.


texts: Huawei y5 prime(2018) google account sign in

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My sister broke the screen of her Huawei Y5 prime(2018), after replacing the screen from a repair shop she could not sign in to any google apps(playstore, maps,facebook etc)
I search a bit about this issue, from what I understand the issue is because of US ban.
Phone specifications:
Name- Huawei y5 prime 2018
Android version- 8.1
Android security patch level- April 2020
My goal:

Using google apps and others without sign in issue.

Now what can I do? Watched some videos on youtube those suggests bypassing google account. But those videos are quite old and requests factory reset. Reset is not the issue but if the method shown in the yt video does not work(methods also vary from video to video) the phone will be stuck in phone set up.
Any help/suggestions will be vary appreciated. <3
(Pardon my English, I am not fluent in this language)


texts: Will my phone still be unlocked after I install CyanogenMod?

texts:
I've recently unlocked my phone so that it can work with any SIM card, and I want to install CyanogenMod.

What I'm wondering is, since CyanogenMod is going to wipe most of the data on the phone, is the lock status going to be changed too? i.e. will I end up with a locked phone again?

Edit: My phone is HTC One M8, previous locked to EE. I got the unlock code from EE.


texts: What Could Cause System Apps to Run that Are Not Used

texts:
When testing a widget I created, I wanted to make sure that it uses as little CPU power as possible. After some research I downloaded Watchdog to use as a monitoring tool, which works great. When I finished my testing I set the CPU threshold at 10%, just curious to see what process would randomly go above that level. One that exceeds the 10% threshold on a daily basis, at least a couple times a day, is com.motorola.Dlna.

I know what DLNA is, what it's used for, and how to set it up but I don't use it, nor do I have it set up on my phone. I spoke with a Motorola support analyst and asked why it would be running. The response I got was "it's possible you could have set it up without knowing it, maybe by an application that you downloaded but it's nothing to worry about".

Needless to say the answer I got wasn't very helpful so I'm really just wondering what would cause this service to use so much CPU power randomly? Most of the time it's not being used, but when it is, it shows that it's using usually between 12.5% - 15% CPU power. Do applications really access/use this service without me ever actually going through and setting it up?


texts: When running a fresh ROM, the APN settings are defined by the SIM card inserted, downloaded from the network via some handshake protocol or are they predefined in the rom for each network ?


texts:
Is it possible to forward network calls on an Android mobile phone through a messenger, like Telegram or Whatsapp, to a set contact?

Could IFTTT be used for this?


texts: How to configure BlueStacks App Player to use Proxy settings when connecting to Network?

texts:
Bluestacks allows running of Android apps on Windows by emulating the Android OS image.

I recently installed BlueStacks_HD_AppPlayerPro (0.7.0.725) on Windows XP but was not able to download/install any apps because my network requires a proxy. It shows the following error:

I tried using ProxyCaps like freecap, but it did not work for me. How can I configure BlueStacks to use my proxy settings?


texts: How do I change the lock-screen wallpaper?

texts:
I've lost the ability to change my lock screen wallpaper (in the course of trigger-happy removal of some phone company apps). I used to be able to do 'Menu > Wallpaper' and be prompted for either the phone or lock screen, but now this stage doesn't appear and I'm taken straight to the 'Select wallpaper from' screen.

I'm looking for a way to get the lock/home screeen prompt back or failing that, possibly the  location where the active wallpaper is stored in the file system if that would work, or an app that would let me change the lock screen wallpaper directly. (No luck with Google.)

I'm using an Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) running Android 2.1.1

Edit:   and Launcher Pro.


texts: Forgot code to access phone. Any way to recover pictures on it?

texts:
A little while back, I passed on my Samsung Galaxy S6 to my mom. She used the fingerprint scanner to get into the device. Today, her battery died for the first time and because you can't use her fingerprint the first time after a restart and she forgot the backup password, we cannot access the phone.

I thought there was an option to reset the device using her Google account after entering the wrong code a few times, but that option doesn't appear unfortunately. I read about Samsung's Find my Mobile, and while I was using the S6 I activated it and I can find it in my list of phones when I login with my Samsung Account, but I am unable to unlock the phone with it because it says it's offline at the moment (it's online, but I assume it says that because it isn't activated anymore, I reset the phone before I gave it to my mom).

I know that I can enter recovery mode to factory reset the device. The thing is that she really wants the pictures on it. Is there any way at all for me to get the pictures from the device? If I'm correct, it was fully stock.


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In such cases when performing adb install fails, where does the uploaded APK end up and does it get removed automatically?

I'm trying to workout if there is a cache somewhere that I should be removing after successful/failed installs to save space (without uninstalling the actual app)?


texts: Change Android USB Device Name for Windows Explorer

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When I connect a Motorola Moto E (gen 2) using USB to a Windows 7 computer, the phone is shown in Windows Explorer as "MotoE2(4G-LTE)" which is a bit techie, but I know immediately what it is.

When I connect a Motorola Moto G (gen 2), it is shown as "XT1072" which I don't find very helpful.

I can edit the name in Windows Explorer, which is useful and permanent in that I later get that same new name if I connect the phone to a different computer.

However the popup on connection still uses the XT1072 name

I assume the USB device name is determined by the phone. Can I change XT1072 to something else (e.g. MotoG2) in Android settings?


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I am using Moto E powered by Android Kitkat.

When I receive an SMS, I get a notification displaying the sender name with the message. I don't want the message text to be displayed in the notification, just the sender name is enough.

How can I prevent the message text from being displayed?

NOTE: I don't want to stop the notification. I just want to hide the text message in the notification


texts: Nexus 6 screen goes black during call (w/ Lollipop 5.1)

texts: After updating to Lollipop 5.1, any phone calls made turns the screen off. I cannot get the phone to bring up the screen to end the call, dial another person, or interact with the screen in any way.


texts: How do I connect to 802.1x EAP Wi-Fi network from an Android 10 device?

texts:
My Wi-Fi uses 802.1x EAP with TLS. It works well with the old Android devices, but an Android 10 device pretends that it's trying to connect, and a few seconds later marks the connection as disabled. There is absolutely nothing in the Radius logs about any failed connection attempt.

The configuration is quite the same between this device and the older ones, with two differences:

Security field is unavailable, unless I chose to manually add the network, in which case there is no “802.1x EAP,” but only “WEP,” “WPA/WPA2-Personal” and “WPA/WPA2/WPA3-Enterprise.” I suppose that I need to chose the last one.
Domain field is added between CA Certificate and User certificate. I tried to keep it empty or enter the domain name of the company; the result is the same.

What can I do to understand why doesn't the device attempt to talk to the Radius server before marking the connection as disabled?


texts: How to root "Infocus M2" (smartphone on sale at snapdeal from March 2015 in India) so that pre-installed apps can be removed?

texts:
Infocus M2 is on sale at snapdealdotcom. Its specifications are as below:

4.2-inch (1280 × 768 pixels) 355PPI LTPS display
Android v4.4 (KitKat) OS
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor
Mali-400 MP2 (500 MHz) GPU
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, Expandable memory up to 64GB with micro SD
8MP Auto Focus Camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture, 5P lenses
8MP front-facing auto-focus camera with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture
Dual micro SIMs
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 + BLE and GPS
2010 mAh non-removable battery

Would appreaciate help on rooting this mobile. Thankyou


texts: Upgraded to Android 10 - can't change MAC address

texts:
Today I upgraded to Android 10, more precisely to unofficial build of Lineage OS. My phone is Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro (whyred). I am used to changing my MAC address, because our school tracks network usage. I got around it by setting my MAC to MAC of one of schools iPads. After the upgrade I can't change my MAC anymore! I turn the WiFi off as always (otherwise I would get some error like resource busy) and set the MAC using following command:

ip link set wlan0 address MACHERE

Or

busybox ifconfig wlan0 hw ether MACHERE

In both cases the MAC gets changed, but after turning the WiFi on again and connecting to  WiFi, it gets resettled back to where it was.

Any ideas what can be causing this? I have tried (so far):

multiple different kernels
rebooting

Fixed by editing wlan_mac.bin:


texts: Link2SD fails to mount after nandroid restore

texts:
Recently I happened to switch back to stock ROM in my LG P500. I used v2.3.3 (v20c) ROM from LG's site and installed wiping all partitions including my SD card.

I then rooted using SuperOneClick and installed Link2SD. I rebooted into TWRP recovery, partitioned my SD card with one ext3 and one swap partition. The remaining space on the SD card was filled with a FAT partition. After rebooting phone normally, I used Link2SD which detected the presence of ext3 and mounted it successfully at very first run. To test the mount, I restated the phone (with reboot command in terminal emulator) and the ext3 partition was mounted without any problems.

Having faced a issue with ext3 partitions (see my earlier question) I decided to first test the backup and restore features first.  Hence I moved Google Maps app to ext partition and created a link. With link created, maps was working fine.

I then took a backup with TWRP which included all partitions (system, data, boot, recovery, cache, .android_secure and sd-ext). I immediately restored the backup and to my surprise, Link2SD did not mount the partition and reported an error invalid argument.

My phone does not have busybox installed and also no init.d support. But even without these Link2SD mounted the second partition well and fails after restore.

Can someone explain why it fails to mount after restore when it did before?

Update: I had sent email to the developer of Link2SD with logcat and as of now I haven't got any reply.  The log cat did not show any suspicious entries (or I do not know what to look for!). The only two lines about Link2SD are:

  I/ActivityManager( 1567): Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.buak.Link2SD/.Link2SD } from pid 1680
  I/ActivityManager( 1567): com.android.server.am.ActivityRecord 444 Displayed com.buak.Link2SD/.Link2SD: +387ms

This logcat is also available here for a detailed view.

Update 2:
I missed to add that, with Link2Sd not mounting, if I go ahead and format the SD card and re-partition using TWRP recovery, Link2SD starts recognizing and mounting. So, something happens to the partition during restore operation. At next available opportunity, I will attempt to manually mount the partition as Izzy had kindly suggested.


texts: Asphalt career performance isn't synced between my PC and Android phone

texts: I am playing asphalt 8 airbone on my pc which runs on windows 8.1 pro and on my android smartphone. I connected Asphalt 8 with my same facebook account but it doesn't show same career performance, my car pack, etc. Help me out with this.


texts: Can I tether my Macbook (Lion) to my Verizon Droid Bionic using either USB or WiFi?

texts: I'm trying to use the Verizon tethering app (and have tethering enabled on my Verizon account).   My MacBook sees the hotspot, but does not connect successfully.   I'm using WPA mode.    The phone sees the Mac, but apparently never issues an IP address.


texts: Why can't I move apps from internal storage to SD card on my new Android 7.1.1 device?

texts: Just bought the Moto E4 Plus. Installed a 64gb SD card to hold all my apps so they don't hold most of my 32gb of internal storage. I'm running Android 7.1.1 and I can't move any apps to the SD card. Even ones that I was able to in previous Android versions. Why is this?


texts: How does the emulator get connected to the internet?

texts:
I want to know the secret behind how my emulator gets connected to the internet. No matter whether I connect my netbook to the internet through wireless, wired or mobile broadband connection, my emulator does not indicate what type is my connection to the internet. It shows bars just like in phones/tablets to indicate the signal strength (as though a sim has been inserted!) in the notification area on the top edge.

The emulator (gingerbread) is not connected to wi-fi. (I don't recall whether it does not have a wi-fi enabling option or just that I haven't enabled it) So there is no icon next to the time display near the right top corner showing that I'm connected to wi-fi! Yet it gets wi-fi internet on the emulator when I online via wi-fi!

I find this curious. So I want to know what's behind the scenes. For instance is there some communication between the hardware network driver and the emulator network driver by any chance?


texts: Can't save proxy settings after installing AdBlock Plus

texts:
I installed the AdBlock Plus app and I need to modify the proxy settings, but the "Save" button is disabled and I cannot do anything. Could you please help me out? I have an LG P970 running Android 4.0 ICS.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


texts: I tried Kingo Root and Root Genius and some other software but finally failed to root this phone. My phone is Lenovo A1000.


texts:
Running on both WiFi and mobile connection, the browser can connect to the internet ok but apps can not connect.

What can cause this?

Samsung Galaxy S


texts: Are my phone contacts notified when I install WhatsApp?

texts: When I install whatsapp, I read that it tries to add all other whatsapp-registered numbers in my phone Contacts list to my whatsapp contacts. Are all of these contacts then notified about this, or is this strictly just a convenience on my end, while remaining quiet to other users?


texts: Why does the new Gmail address not show on the Samsung tab 2 version 7.0?

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A friend forgot her primary Gmail address so I created a new one for her. The reason she could not find it was her surname was wrong. The problem is that when I press the Gmail icon on her Samsung tab 2 version 7.0 only the primary email inbox is shown. I have found no way to view the new Gmail address which she needs to open to confirm something she did on the internet.

Is there any solution given on the web, perhaps from Google? I completely fail to understand why Google will not allow us to change what the primary address is. We shall never use the one Google has decided upon against our wishes. The only inbox we are interested in opening is that of the new Gmail address I have just created.


texts: My phone keeps restarting after factory reset

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Recently my Xperia L running Android 4.2.2 started restarting every 30 seconds following a factory reset.

I have rooted my phone using the iroot app and I reset it. I still have the kinguser app installed, I cannot uninstall it. Every time it boots, after 20-30 seconds it restarts. I'm using a stock ROM and I've never installed a custom one.

How can I stop my phone from restarting?


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I have followed the guide at XDA Developers for a Samsung Galaxy Note II, and used "option 2" and flashed the firmware using heimdall flash --RECOVERY recovery.img --CACHE cache.img in Linux.

This gave me a SuperSU program, which I could execute. After executing it immediately wanted to update. I allowed it. It required a reboot, I allowed that. The program asked if it should attempt to install by the "normal" or CWM method. I picked CWM.

The device started up in the CWM minimal OS, but it was not apparent to me what option the user should take at this point to proceed. I tried various options, like installing from cache or sd card, but there didn't appear to be any file to install.

I rebooted again, started SuperSU again. I selected "Install SuperSU into /system". The program needed to reboot again, this time I was not given the option of how to install it ("normal" or CWM).

After reboot, I started SuperSU again. The option was still available to "Install SuperSU into /system", it is unclear if this means SuperSU has not successfully installed, or if this option is always available in case you need to repeat the procedure after an update.

I downloaded the Titanium Backup program which as I understand required root access. When executing Titanium Backup, I was prompted by SuperSU if I wished to grant root access. I clicked yes. The program appeared to function properly.

My questions are:

What action is the user supposed to take within CWM when SuperSU requests to reboot using this method?
Is the choice "Install SuperSU into /system" supposed to still be possible to select after a successful install?
How do I run an arbitrary program as root? What I wanted to do in the first place was to get a terminal to run as root. I have already a program called "Terminal Emulator" installed. How do I make "Terminal Emulator" execute as root?
Is it normal for SuperSU to "close" itself spontaneously while looking through the settings? I think once it updated itself while I was in the settings, but I'm not sure.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
I have 3 email accounts set up in the email client and I would like to change the colors assigned to each of the accounts.
Is it possible? I haven't been able to find any setting to do it. In this question they say it's not possible in Android 2.2, but how about 4.1?


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I need an app that makes the output jack audio of the smartphone coincides with what is picking up the microphone. In other words, I would like to use the microphone of the smartphone, like a normal microphone to be connected to a mixer. from an electrical point of view it is feasible, I was wondering if it was possible even on the software side.

has a similar app already been created?


texts: Add apps to default Guest account on Lollipop

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I like the guest account feature on lollipop, but I would like to add apps to the account, so that a guest can use more than just native google apps, that I have available on my device. I know this was working in KitKat with a "new user". Is this not possible with just the "guest" user? Do I have to create a new user for that? Are there any drawbacks for having such a "hard guest" account for this purposes on a device? Like a considerable CPU/battery/memory impact?

(Nexus 7 2013) Android 5.0.1


texts: Which VCF field do I use to specify a group in Android? And how do I get the picture via URL?

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I'm creating a VCF file on my website.

1) It works nicely with the export, and most data are being imported, but the group is not created or used on Android.
I've tried using CATEGORIES and ORG
I also tried to look at KIND and MEMBER, but couldn't figure out how to use those, seems to refer to URI's and not a group name in the phone book.
If I export a contact, it doesn't fill in the group in the contact.

2) As I have limited text possibilities (I am going to encode it in QR code), I would like to get the contacts image exported as an URL, but it seems that it completely ignores the URL. I can of course encode it in base64, but then the text is going to be too big for QR code.


texts: Screen orientation on Samsung Galaxy 9000

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When I have my samsung galaxy 9000 (with Android 2.2) on a flat surface (table) and start an application, then the application is shown in landscape mode, even when the start/home screen was in portrait mode.

This does not happen when I hold the phone in my hands.

Is there a way to disable this behavior?

Update: I think I got something wrong: the home screen is never rotated, so the problem is simply that the galaxy thinks it is in landscape-mode when it is lying flat.


texts: How can I stop yahoo starting up (trying autorun manager by mob)

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Yahoo mail is starting automatically

How can I stop it from doing so?

I have tried autoruns   MobiWIA - AndRS Studio

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rs.autorun&hl=en

which shows a bunch of "intents" for yahoo mail but I don't know what to do from there.

My phone is rooted.

I can see it looks like I would have to uncheck certain intents but i'm not sure which


texts: Contacts showing as "Unknown name" on Samsung Galaxy S6

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As per the below image contacts sync'd from online servcies are coming through as "Unknown name"

I have used the contacts sync within "Accounts" using Gmail, Outlook.com and Yahoo but keep getting the same behaviour with the resultant contacts.  What is causing it?

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texts: How can I add a Google Now card from corresponding search result card?

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I am interested in exchange rates for some currency pairs. So I would like to see updates for them in my Google Now. Google search result for query usd eur gives nice card (as shown in the picture below). Is it possible to somehow "convert" it to Google Now card? And with updates?

Click the image for larger variant


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I would like to get my video and content to my television from my Android phone or tablet but the Amazon Prime Video app does not support Chromecast.

How do you cast video/content to your television from Amazon Prime Video app?


texts: I have an android phone running Kitkat. I am able to make a hotspot, however on every device that I connect it to I need a proxy to get it working. This could get a little annoying so is there maybe a way to create a hotspot that already has a proxy.


texts: How to turn off flashlight when the phone rings?

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I have LG G3 with Android 4.4.2. When the phone rings or when I get a message, the flashlight will turn on.

How to turn it off?


texts: Advanced call diverting to know from which number this call is diverted

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I have diverted several numbers to  my primary number , I want to know from which number this call be diverted
Is there any app showing like this call is  diverted from this number ....???,

Please help


texts: Can I use my phone as a bluetooth game controller for my computer?

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I've seen BT Controller but I think it only allows users to use their android as remote for other androids. I just want to use my phone as a bluetooth controller with up, down, left, right, L, R, start, select, A, B buttons for my computer. Is there an app that makes this a possibility?

Basically, there are generic bluetooth game controllers that can be bought on stores. I was wondering if I can make my Android phone act like such and be used on computers.


texts: Possible to do Nandroid Backup BEFORE unlocking bootloader?

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I have a stock Atrix 4G with Froyo (2.2.2) (Version.4.1.83.MB860.ATT.en.US). It's past warranty, so I'm not worried about voiding the warranty.

As one would expect, the stock recovery doesn't offer me the option of doing a Nandroid backup.

I'd like to flash a custom recovery like ClockworkMod so as to give myself the option of doing a Nandroid backup before trying out a custom ROM like epinter's CM10.1 (Jelly Bean, Android 4.2).

But I get the distinct impression that I will first need to unlock the bootloader before I'll be allowed to flash a custom recovery.

But as Motorola makes so vividly clear, it seems like unlocking my bootloader will delete all the things from the phone that I want to backup (e.g. the stock ROM in case I want to go back to it) before trying out a custom ROM.

So it seems like I'm in a Catch 22 here:

Need to unlock bootloader before flashing custom recovery.
Need to flash custom recovery before I am able to do a Nandroid.
Would like to do a Nandroid backup of stock ROM before unlocking bootloader.

Is there any way to get out of this Catch 22? Any way to backup my existing stock ROM before unlocking the bootloader?

Or must I just forget about backing up the stock ROM before unlocking the bootloader? I know I can do all sorts of other backups of installed data and apps and so forth, but I'd like to backup the stock ROM itself if possible.

I noticed this question/answer, but this too seems to require CWM to be installed (I am skeptical of being able to get a faithful Nandroid backup of mounted partitions as would necessarily be the case if the phone was powered on as mentioned in the associated xda thread).


texts: Import SMS messages from Samsung .nef file to Sony Xperia S

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How can I import my SMS message from a Samsung phone to a Sony one?

New PS Studio gave me a .nef file that I can't import to my Sony phone.


texts: Could not open Play Store App on OLG Joy

texts: What may be the reason? The same happens when I try to open Whatsapp app.


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In the standard browser you can zoom in/out (by pinching or with the buttons.)
But in the standard Mail app (at least in Android 2.3.7) it does not work when viewing an HTML email message.

Is there a way to enable this?  (Or is there a 3rd-party mail app that does?)


texts: How is it that I don't need to enter my password to decrypt my phone?

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I understand that my Android phone is encrypted, however I never input any password to decrypt the phone. If the key is stored in some hardware component but is automatically retrieved every time my phone boots, how is it secured?

Edit: I do have to unlock my phone, but that's after it's booted. Doesn't seem logical.

My phone clearly states its encrypted:


texts: network problem after update in lollypop of Micromax unite 2

texts: I updated my unite 2 4gb  from service Center in Lollypop. After then its problem create no network some time . Then its fixe when I on flight mode and off it or restarting phone. But after some time its also start no network. I reverte back into KitKat by service Center but this issue not solve. Please help me its so frustrating?


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Is it possible to remove the black-to-transparent gradient that, as of Kit Kat, is now behind the status bar and the home button?

I find it to be rather ugly and would rather it be gone.


texts: Help me identify this tablet Vivax TPC 8150

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Yes, this is a bit out of topic but I need to identify this tablet VIVAX TPC-8150

AND YES BEFORE YOU ASK I DID ALLOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE DOING THIS.

All I need is a update image that will remove a adware/virus stuck in the /system folder or partition (I don't even care).

And no I can't open the tablet because it has a fully metal cover.

The closest thing I found (by build number is MK808b which isn't even a tablet)

System specs:

Android 4.2.2 Jellybean
Dual Core ARMv7 A9 Rockchip 3066 Processor @1.5 GHz
1 GB of DDR-3 RAM
8" TFT 1024x768 4:3 display
HDMI 1.2 (I think)
USB-OTG 2.0
Bluetooth 4.0
Micro-SDHC slot
...etc..etc

To help out I discovered a few things:

How to root this beast (King root)
How to get in recovery mode (Hold Vol. Up and Power and after boot screen let go of Power)

Misc info:

Recovery system v4.2.41

C:\Users\NotGettingMyUsername>adb shell "cat /system/build.prop | grep "product""
ro.product.model=TPC-8150
ro.product.brand=rk30sdk
ro.product.name=rk30sdk
ro.product.device=rk30sdk
ro.product.board=rk30sdk
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=rockchip
ro.product.locale.language=hr
ro.product.locale.region=HR
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=rk30sdk
ro.product.usbfactory=TPC-8150
ro.product.version=1.0.0
ro.product.ota.host=www.rockchip.com:2300

All I need is a similar to model (WHICH IS COMPATIBLE) to reflash the device.

Also if possible get CWM or TWRP running on it :)

Any help will be appreciated :D thanks


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Is Samsung Note 10.1 a rooted device?

Some apps require this option.


texts: Filesystem hierarchy, that defines the directory structure and directory contents of Android?

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I have searched, but haven't yet been able to find, an authoritative documentation of the filesystem hierarchy of the Android OS.

Can someone tell me whether this exists at all and if so, where?


texts: What is causing music playback to stop/pause unexpectedly?

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Moto DROID v1
Android 2.2.1

Is anyone else experiencing random music playback stopping/pausing on their handset?  Do you know what is causing it, or how to prevent it?

I've been trying to get to the root of the issue, and I think it has to do with the music playback service.  I've tried several apps (stock Music app, DoubleTwist, Cubed (3)).  In each case the behavior is the same.  Seemingly at random, and with now obvious trigger, music playback will pause/stop.  I've seen this both with and without bluetooth, wifi, Last.FM scrobbling, and headphones.  It does not correlate to notifications, as I get e-mail, text, and other notifications and playback continues.  My music files are stored on the MicroSD card.  Could this be due to latency in loading a portion of a file?


texts: Android tablet, how to disable kiosk mode or install new firmware

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I am new to the android programming world. I own an iQR70 device from MLS that is using -if I read well- the kiosk mode for its own application called MAIC (something like Amazon's Alexa a virtual assistant).
The real pain with this device is that the application is buggy does not get any updates and overall does not work properly.
So, my questions are, a) is there any way to disable the kiosk mode and work with it as a normal tablet? or desperately b) Can I install a compatible firmware? I don't care for the data inside.

**EDT : I tried to install a stock firmware "Version: MLS iQR70 – 7.0_MT8167_V1.0_20180111-B1" from https://firmware247.com/mls-iqr70-firmware/ using "Format all + Download" using MediaTek SP Flash Tool v5.2052.00 and now does not powerup. It doesn't even connect anymore with the SP Flash Tool. Is the device completely dead? Is there any way to revive it? I have two of them, can I download/upload the firmware from the good one to the bad one?


texts: So i just recently got a new phone. Android - LG K51 - however after running a root checker it says my phone has two available android versions. Android 9.0 and Android 10.0. Ive checked and the phones is running on Android 9.0. Ive also looked into the credentials and theres a whole list of apps downloaded that have the name Root in them. As well as a system file saying RootPA. Is my phone as risk or is it still safe?


texts: How does android (stock) calculate the number of bars representing mobile signal quality?

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I am interested in how Android (assuming unmodified AOSP code) calculates the number of bars representing mobile signal quality?

Also, if you know the place in code where this is done, I would appreciate that info as well.


texts: How can I use voice commands to edit/add to a list?

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I have a Moto G2, and I want to be able to pick up the phone use voice commands to add to an existing list without having to press any buttons (besides for unlock). For example, I want to be able to say "add milk to shopping list".

Preferably it should be adding to evernote, but any list would be fine.

Currently I need to open up evernote, open up the specific note, press on the edit button, scroll to the bottom of the list and then type (or dictate).

Google Now's "note to self" feature doesn't help me because it creates a new note every time, and I want to work with an existing list.

Any ideas? Thanks!


texts: Should I run a factory reset on my phone to speed it up?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Factory reset to restore performance? What are the disadvantages?

I have a Motorola Droid 2 Global phone, but it has become somewhat slow. It sometimes takes it a couple seconds to do simple things like calling someone.

Would it speed things up if I did a factory reset on my phone? Is there a simpler way to get everything working quickly?


texts: Install Error - kids mode not functioning on Amazon Fire

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I followed the instructions here: https://www.addictivetips.com/android/remove-ads-bloatware-from-the-amazon-fire-7-tablet-no-root/ to uninstall the bloatware, but did not uninstall com.amazon.parentalcontrols as I clearly wanted to retain that. Lots of the files suggested would not uninstall. The tablets now will not open in kids mode - there is just a blank screen. When I change to my profile, it is all fine, but the kids cannot access the apps installed for them, although they are visible under storage.
I think I have located the file I should not have uninstalled as com.amazon.tahoe as this runs the FreeTime app. This is still present on the tablet as when I run adb shell pm list packages it is listed. When I run: adb shell install com.amazon.tahoe I get the error Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_URI].
Being a total newbie, I cannot work out if I need to specify where the package should be installed and how I would know where this was, or if it is something else. I am rather desperate as if I have to resort to a factory reset, they will lose all their progress in their games.


texts: Mount /system and /data partition of an android phone in Windows/Linux

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How can I mount the /system and /data partition of an Android Phone via USB on a computer? It will need to work with Windows and Linux. I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 with CyanogenMod 12 and working ADB.

PS: I want to have it mounted in a file manager and not in the terminal.


texts: How to connect to WIFI but use phone mobile internet?

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My WIFI internet is very slow.
I would like to use my mobile internet of my phone, but connect to my wifi because it has Google Cast in it.

Phone: Oneplus 2
OS: OO 3.1


texts: Bring back to life my dead Tablet (Is it Bricked?)

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Edited 12/3/2018

My tablet died from one minute to the next. I can't get it to turn on and it doesn't connect to the computer. I can't even get it to handshake with the computer when running SP Flash Tool.

Device Info:

Pipo N7
Android 7.0
MTK8163A Chipset
Rooted with Magisk
TWRP Custom Recovery

This is how it happened:

The tablet was connected to PC and I was trying to push a file with adb to my External SD Card. I got an error message that permission denied. I tried doing adb root and push again out I still got the same message. I tried a third time and got the same message. After this 3rd message I found the tablet was off and nothing I did was able to get it to turn back on.

I'm running the rooted device for about 2 weeks without any problems. The only change in the last few days was the TWRP Custom recovery which I added about 2 days before the device died on me.
The device was about 95% charged when this happened.

This what I have tried:

I tried a variety of hardware buttons for extended time like up to a minute.  for example Power + volume UP, Power + Volume DOWN. with and without it being connected to the charger.
I tried a few different chargers.
I tried putting the tablet into the freezer and then to charge.
I tried warming up the device and then charge it.
I tried with a battery pack.

I have read many posts about this but nothing I tried helped me.

To me it looks as if the device is dead not that there is a problem with the charge, But I may be wrong.

** EDIT **

A little over a week after this happened I happened to connect the device to a charger and lo and behold the device showed the charge logo. After that I powered it on and it turned on. I was very surprised but glad.

But then after a little while o using the device, I got on the screen colored lines moving around. Nothing I tried was able to get this to go away, So I held the power button to turn it off. After this I'm in the same problem as before the device is dead.

Now this proves that the device isn't bricked. My question now is what is it that is causing this and how do I fix it. At this point it is dead again but I may have some luck again in it turning on again.

** End EDIT **

Please any help with this would be greatly appreciated. i would like to also try to figure out why this happened as well as trying to repair the tablet.


texts: How to Enable Android phone for full Tamil Indic Interface

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I'd like to buy an Android phone to gift to somebody who only knows Tamil. From the little research I've done there are Android phones setup in Indic languages available readymade (like Robosoft), but I'm not very happy with that.

I've also come across the thread below but even after going through the full process (with the Android emulator) I'm unable to get the full tamil interface (specifically in contacts list). I want to add/edit contacts in Tamil and hopefully back them up in a Google account.

How to make an Android device to display complex rendering of Indic characters?

Is there a check-list or help available somewhere.

Thanks
Ganesh


texts: Easiest way for testing the internal GPS

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What is the easiest way to verify that the internal GPS module of an android device works correctly (possibly before buying some expensive navigation software)?

Geotagging a foto?
Running some free diagnostic tool?

Please note that I'm referring to internal GPS, not the bluetooth ones or the A-GPS.


texts: What's the best way to move files from SD card without the risk of losing any files?

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So I'm running out of space and I'd like to use link2sd to move my apps to sd card. But before that I need to create a partition on my SD card, and to do that I would have to move my files from it and keep them somewhere else temporarily, format/create a partion on the SD card, and then move the files back. I'm using a lot of apps with a lot of data that would obviously no longer be there if something happens to the files during the move.
I'm also using XinternalSD (though xposed) to automatically store some of the apps data directly on the SD card.
So basically alot of the files on the SD card aren't put there directly by me but rather through apps. I'm not sure what their write protection is and I don't want to risk losing some in the move.
I want to be able to move everything as is and move them back in a way that it would be exactly how it was before the move and nothing changes or apps not being able to detect some of the files or anything like that.
What's the best way to achieve this?
Android 7 | Rooted | Moto C Plus
Note: OS available: Ubuntu | Windows | Android


texts: VW car bluetooth - Android 2.3.6 (Nexus S) phonebook display

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I have had great success using my Android Nexus S 2.3.6 with my new 2012 VW GLI Autobahn with RCD-510 stereo, which has bluetooth integration for A2DP audio thru the stereo and phone, as well as the built in speakerphone of course.  I'm very happy with how well it's worked except for one problem.

The display of the phonebook via the car's MFD (multifunction display, between the speed and tach gauges), shows all my contacts EXCEPT those on my favorites, like my wife, best friend, mom, brother, i.e., the people I call most often.  I can usually find them thru recent calls, but it seems silly that those don't show up in the phonebook when people I haven't talked with for years show up by virtue of not being favorites.

Anything I can do to help the phone show the favorites to the car as part of the phonebook?  I have done phonebook update a couple times, but no luck so far.

Thanks!!


texts: I can't share a paid app with a family member

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I'm using my brothers google account so i download an app he bought, but even though i'm on the account and synced it and everything, it still says i need to buy it. idk what's wrong, could location be the problem? he's abroad
sorry if this is a dumb question ._.


texts: Can't recover data on honor 5x Android 6.0.1

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I have done factory reset of my honor 5x Android 6.0.1 by mistake. This phone is rooted and I have tried disk digger pro, desktop applications like easeus recovery via USB debugging. It detects only recent data but not deleted one.

I have not overwritten any data ;
Phone did not has encryped storage before reset ;
It has fingerprint lock before factory reset ;
I want to recover phone storage data ;
PC applications unable to find any deleted data after scanning all sectors on phone storage.

I have done recovery on Android 5.0 lenovo s850 and it was fine so I have recovery experience.

Has factory reset cleared all sectors ?
Does Android 6.0.1 not support recovery ?
Should I rollback to 5.0 and then try ?
Any method available ?


texts: How do I install an apk as a system application?

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I'm trying to install an application in the system/app folder of a device. It needs to be done since I'm writing a QAT program and the tests need to run with a few privileges not available to third party apps.

I already have the device's firmware signing key and need to set the sharedUserId of the application to android.uid.system . It however keeps giving me a failure message "INSTALL_FAILED_SHARED_USER_INCOMPATIBLE" .

Any ideas on how I can fix this?


texts: Are JS apps effectively running through 2 VM's?

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When using Google Chrome mobile (or any other android web browser) is the Javascript VM running on top of the Java VM? Or is the JS code compiled to Java bytecode?

I ask this because JS seems to run obnoxiously slower on Android using Google Chrome vs a PC. Granted a PC is much faster, but I have a Galaxy S3 which should be on par with a 2yr old netbook right?


texts: Music stream interrupted by Facebook likes

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Today my OnePlus One (Android 5.0.1-BlissPop) doesn't work as expected. Usually, I surf on Facebook (using the app, not by browser) and at the same time, I listen to some music with the player Shuttle (regularly available on the Play Store).

This morning, every time I press the "like" button, music stream get interrupted for one second, like the button pressing action override the music stream with another one not well defined.

How can I solve this?


texts: Why are certain songs on Google Play Music greyed out on my phone but not on PC?

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Here's one that's been driving me crazy: The other day, I noticed songs on my phone's "Thumbs Up" playlist, songs that were both bought from Google Play or from elsewhere, were greyed out on my phone.

This seems to be a problem with Google auto-matching songs to their own songs offered on the Play Store. The songs that are greyed out and were uploaded have an option to "Fix Incorrect Match", but songs that were purchased from Google are greyed out anyway. Songs that can't be matched are left alone. This is also only limited to the "Thumbs-Up" playlist.

(Click the image for full-size)

This issue does not persist on Windows and does persist on Android regardless of internet connectivity or playlist downloading.


texts: Disable the autofocus on click in Google Chrome on Android

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I am reading a diagnostic book and browsing pictures with my Samsung Galaxy S4.
I do not like the autofocus on click in Google Chrome on Android.

How can you disable the autofocus on click in Google Chrome on Android?


texts: Wireless Emergency Alerts not working on identical Galaxy S5

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My wife and I have identical Galaxy S5 phones (SM-G900A) on an AT&T family plan. She has received numerous WEAs (weather alerts, amber alerts) in the year we've had them, but I have not received a single one. The only thing different is that she's stayed on Jellybean (I think) while I've upgraded through Kitkat and then on to Lollipop. However, the menu options, and current settings  are the same. I've tried the disabling and re-enabling but won't know until the next alert comes along.

Two part question then:

Can I get a test alert sent to my phone? If so, how?
Is there something about Lollipop that affects WEAs?

(WEAs in US/SoCalifornia)


texts: Slow touch/swipe response on Lenovo Tablet P11

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I recently purchased Lenovo Tablet P11 and I must say it's a great tablet with one exception. The scrolling and swiping in it is not so sensitive. I noticed I need to drag my finger for one centimeter until it registers the swipe.
I tried animation settings in dev options and I turned on pointer location so I know that screen actually sees all the touches pretty well. That makes me think that it's software issue.
I was curious if anyone encountered such problem on P11 or other devices? Maybe someone knows how to improve it.
Thank you!


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I see that Google app takes 120 Mb of storage. Since it's just an app to search things on the web, why is it so darn large?

Are there any more functions (except searching the web) that it does to justify taking up so much space?


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I'm using a YubiKey Neo configured as an one-time-password generator. I'd like to use it with the YubiClip app but every time I pass it next to my phone, Firefox (my default browser) opens with a blank tab.

Any idea how to make Firefox stop reacting to NFC events? I don't need NFC for anything else than Yubikey so it's okay if some other functionality is broken by doing this.


texts: Enable startup pin/password security without lock screen pin/password?

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It is my intention to disable the pin/password for the lock screen, while still having the startup pin/password security.

As I understand it, the options are to set a pin/password for

lock screen
lock screen + startup

I'm trying to figure out how to do it for the startup only.

(My device starts fine without unlocking the SIM, despite the SIM card lock option being enabled.)


texts: Is there a way to look inside and modify an adb backup created file?

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I created a backup of my Galaxy Nexus with adb backup. The resulting file is named backup.db and it's somehow encrypted.

I wanted to restore the backup, but it stops when it comes to restoring com.android.providers.contacts. I used adb logcat to find out what's going on and found out that com.android.acore crashes during the restore process.

I'd like to gain access to the data in the backup and remove the contacts database to restore everything back to my phone. Are there any other ways restoring the data from the backup?


texts:
About a month ago, I noticed a strange issue anywhere a repeating letter a appears on my Android phone: repeating letters are either truncated or replaced with a single letter that has a macron (bar/ line) above it. I have noticed this issue in nearly every application on the phone. Note that my phone should be configured for only US English and not any other languages. How can I get rid of this?

The phone is a Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII running stock Android 4.3

Here are some examples:

NOAA to NOĀ, Firefox

Klaas to Klās, Google Play Music

Paas and Iaas to Pās and Iās, Google+


texts: how to change the default download folder on android pad

texts: From time to time, you need to download files into your android device, but the downloaded files always end up in the default folder. Is there any way I can change that default folder or make the device prompt me every time I need to download files?


texts: Connected to wifi, but no internet access

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first question here. I was using wifi normally on my phone. Then I turned it off and after some time turned it back again. Since then I can not access the internet. It's showing Connected(no internet access).

I tried to set the IP static. It did not work for DNS 192.168.200.1. No matter what IP I set with this DNS it does not work. Then used the 8.8.8.8 as DNS, now it's connected. But it is really slow, and the connection does not seem stable. Every time I have to reload google.com several times just to get the page.

The problem is specific to this device only. Other devices connected to the same network are perfect.

Can someone suggest me what should I do? Is this a router issue? Or is this my device problem?

I'm new in this area. So my knowledge is not so deep and you might have to explain things a bit more in detail for me to grasp the concept.


texts: Phone not receiving text messages unless messaging app happens to be open when message is sent

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My phone only receives text messages if the messaging is open when they are sent.

Messages that are sent at other times (eg when I've just opened a different app) never show up on my phone, even when I later open the messaging app.

(I tested this by sending myself texts from a different phone.)

This is the case no matter which SIM card is in the phone (tried 3, multiple carriers).

My phone is a BLU Advance 4.0 L2 running Android 6.0, and I'm using the default messaging app called Messages.

Edit:
I tried using Textra instead and had the same issue.

I tried clearing the cache partition from recovery mode. The problem persists.

How might I fix this?


texts: Picture folder disappeared from gallery on Huawei Ascend G6

texts: I have a Huawei Ascend G6, and my folder with more than 500 pictures just disappeared from my gallery. I regularly clean system with Clean Master. I did it a couple of times, downloaded DU Speed Booster and deleted it. I don't know what is the problem. Could someone help me?


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I want to send a file from my PC in Android recovery mode, but I can not get an error. The error is as follows:

adb push file.zip

  *daemon not running; starting now at tcp:5037
  could not read ok from ADB server
  *faild to start daemon
  adb.: failed to check server version: cannot connect to daemon

  And if you use Advacnced> ADB Sideload> Swip from an Android device from https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/sideload-flashable-zips-android-with-twrp-0176529/ an error was displayed . How do I solve it?

Data successfully decrypted , new block device: '/dev /block/dm- 0'
Updating partition details . . . . . .
done
Unable to mount storage
Successfully decrypted with default password.
Updating partition details . . .
.. .done
Unable to mount storage
Failed to mount '/data ' (Invalid argument )
Full SELinux support is present.
Unable to mount /data/media /TWRP/ . twrps
MTP. Enabled
Starting ADB sideload feature...


texts: Pop-up advertising message filling the screen

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Sony Xperia M, model C1905.
Android 4.3 official firmware, build number 15.4.A.1.9

 Screenshot (click to enlarge)

The blue button on the message is a link to play.google.com of "du speed booster" page. It is a useless application. All of applications on a phone installed from google play site.
First time I thought, this message is an android generated to force me to free some internal memory. Now there is enough free memory, and the message still appears.

I do not know how figure out the harmful application.
I searched in Google by words in message to find people, who faced the same message and solved the problem, but there are no such results.
I have installed the AirPush Detector, but it did not find anything.

Must I do full wipe?


texts: Google Nexus 7: I can't manage my device administrators

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Can someone please help me?

I've installed the McAfee protection on my tablet and later changed it to Kaspersky. When trying to deactivate McAfee as device administrator it didn't work. Therefore now I can't uninstall the app.

I've also noticed that I can't deactivate any of my device administrators.

I've tried to Force Stop the application on the Installed Devices menu, but the option isn't available.

I don't want to reset my tablet and loose all the data. What should I do?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.


texts: Stuck on Google Verification after performing a hard reset

texts: I have Oplus phone with 5.1 Lillipop that stuck in google verification. Its says that I need to enter my previous gmail account to continue, but i don't have any access of it. I already forgot how I create that account. I have searched on google about this but I found nothing.


texts: Images received though social media end up in the camera-app Gallery

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Lately, in the Gallery app associated with the camera app of my Samsung phone (Android 8.0.0), I can see not only past pictures I've taken with the phone camera, but also pictures that people are sending me through whatsapp, viber and other messenger/social media apps.

I didn't see any options in the Gallery app itself to have those land not in the same place as my camera-taken pictures.

Is there any way to keep the two categories of pictures (whatsapp attachments; and camera pictures) separated?


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I want to learn how to root a android phone manually, I mean without any apps like KingRoot, dr.fone etc.
I did not found any guides or information about it.

(Background Information: I want to root a BlackBerry KeyOne, even if you say it does not work i want to learn and try it anyway)

Can you please help me?


texts: How many apps can be installed on an Android device? Is there any limit in number? Or whether it depends on RAM/Storage ?


texts: Is there a way to avoid disk space errors when batch updating apps (using 'Update All')?

texts:
This is related to the question 'Is there any way to force market to update and install apps one at a time?'. That question asks specifically if apps can be queued to update, rather than all run simultaneously, which I suspect is a possible (but perhaps not only) solution to my problem. The answer seems to be no for that particular potential solution.

When I go to the market and am notified of many of my apps having been updated, I have the option to 'Update All'. If I do this when I have a relatively low amount of internal storage available, I often end up with a lot of apps failing to update due to disk space problems. I have noticed in the past that updating each app one by one has allowed me to perform all of the updates without a problem.

My intuition is that updates are probably being downloaded to internal storage, so in the case that many updates are being performed at once, the internal storage fills up with a mixture of applied updates, and in-progress downloads.

Performing the app updates one by one allows each app to in turn be downloaded, applied, and then the download removed, before moving on to the next update. If the app is stored on the SD card, doing it this way should mean there is as much room left on the internal storage as before the previous update was applied, so the next can proceed and hopefully succeed.

Given that there doesn't seem to be a way to queue apps for updates (according to the answer to the above linked question), are there any other ways to avoid this problem?

Checking for updates more frequently in order to have smaller simultaneous batches is all I can really come up with for now.


texts: Huge unexplained data transfer - investigating

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3, and I do normal usage with it (web, reddit, mail, texts no netflix some youtube clips and not much streaming overall). Have been using it for about 2.5 year, without ever being near of busting data limits or reaching what could be considered heavy user (ex: from my records, 300 mb 4G  and 1.5 Gb wifi a month would be typical). wifi and 4G providers are distinct.

Never had a problem with the device. Device is rooted and unlocked. No bogus app on it (I try to be serious about this - and manage applications permissions with this registered XPrivacy module ) Device memory is 16 Gb (internal) and SD card 32 Gb - overall 2/3 full

then this week I check my provider account for wifi as I do each month before being billed to see if I need any adjustment. And I see this:

We see by looking at this figure that between the third and the sixth of March 2015 - there was a lot of data transfer - that I cannot explain. 25 Gb the 3rd, 49 Gb the 4th, 38 Gb the 5th and 8 Gb the sixth and then a return to something normal after.

Quickly I start investigating my various devices and found this on my mobile: (sorry for the weird colors it is not on purpose - but data is still exact)

The right section show 113 Gb of traffic between the 3rd and the 7th which concurs with the previous figure showing the usage (provider report). And to the left we see a peak in traffic for the same period, this one on 4G. I have no space on my phone to accomodate this transfers - and I still have about 15 Gb /48 Gb free space on it.

So since I am using a VPN service Private Internet Access showing in the left and right part of the figure as the top traffic application, I cannot tell which specific application triggered the traffic, as all traffic is redirected to the vpn interface. So for example, if I start a movie on Netflix, the Netflix application usage won't grow, but Private Internet Access will.

I tried to investigate - a bit more to not avail, using various shell utils (logcat, netstat, ps/top for processes) but I realized the problem way to late and connections were dropped and/or no relevant info was obvious to me.

I was wondering :

if anyone would have a hint as to how I should continue this investigation.

thanks


texts: I have a MiPad which works only with WiFi. How do I use it as a GPS device? Google map isn't able to access my location and my MiPad doesn't support tethering.


texts:
I have a rooted phone, and I was playing around with Terminal Emulator. I tried writing a simple shell script (test.sh) :

#!/bin/sh
echo "Hello, World!"

Then I opened terminal emulator, cd'd to the directory my script was in, and typed:

./test.sh

and I got a  "permission denied"  error. So I tried:

su
./test.sh

Somehow, still permission denied. So I tried (still as root) :

chmod 775 test.sh
busybox chmod 775 test.sh
busybox chmod +X test.sh

None of the 3 gave errors, but ./test.sh still gave permission denied!  As a last resort I tried

sh test.sh

That ended up working. Finally.

I'm curious why permission was denied for my own shell script chmodded to 775 when run as root. How can permission be denied for anything as root? How can I fix this and make ./test.sh work?


texts: i had an old htc (android 5.1).....i had dropped it in water and now there is this problem

texts: well,i didnt care to put it in rice and stuff and instead bought a new one(i didnt charge it,neither did i switch it on)....but now when i tried to switch it on(after a few years) it does work.touch is all good.the only problem is the display.when turned on it works for some time but then suddenly goes all black...but when the screen is pressed a little,or twisted a little,or patted on the hands(just like a remote whose batteries wont work)it goes on again...what can i do?(i want to use the phone but dont want to spent on it(i know some tech stuff)


texts: How do I remove the top and bottom bars on Google Play Books when I'm reading?

texts: The top and bottom bars are obtrusive and covers the top and bottom part of the text in the books I read. I tried tapping on the screen once but the bars would only flicker and not hide. Is there a way to force them hidden?


texts: How do I get the location consent prompt back

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and I do not mind when the location consent screen pops up when I turn on GPS, in fact I prefer it As I always choose disagree

The one that says "allow google's location service to collect anonymous data... etc "

Yesterday I hit agree and now the prompt does not come on when I turn on GPS.
In the past, if I went to location services and turned off high accuracy mode (GPS Only) it would bring back the prompt so I could disagree again.

Does anyone know how to get this prompt back (Get the dialog box back). I have tried resetting app preferences to default, disabling google app services, google play services, clearing the cache, opening location services and selecting GPS ONLY then re-enabling the google app and google apps, but nothing has worked..

I do NOT want to share anonymous information with google so I need this prompt back.
Also - Is there a way to get Location Services to default to GPS only instead of High Accuracy?

This is the opposite of THIS problem
Location consent annoyance


texts: Remote debugging using USB debugging is not woking

texts:
I'm trying to remotely debug Chrome on my Samsung Galaxy Note 4, but I can't seem to get it working.

Note - to eliminate a device problem I have also tried to use an HTC One M8, but that also would not work.

Having reviewed the requirements from the Chrome remote debugging page -https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging - I believe I meet all of the requirements -

Mobile device - Chrome 42.0.2311.111 (Lollipop 5.0.1)
Device used for debugging - Chrome Canery 44.0.2394.3 (Windows 7)
USB Drivers - Downloaded and installed from the Samsung website

Both devices are connecting to my laptop without issue, and I can transfer files between the two, however USB debugging is not working.

According to the above guide I should see a notification entitled Allow USB debugging?  However, this notification is no where to be seen, and consequently the device inspector (chrome://inspect/#devices) is reporting no devices detected.

I've found many similar questions that advise the user to focus upon the USB driver, however I have ensured that I have my manufacturers latest version installed and I have had no success.

Is anyone able to advise on what I may try next?

Edit - I forgot to mention that I have also looked in to downloading the Google USB driver - http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html#download

However, I'm running Windows 7 x64, and it appears that these drivers are only suitable for x86 installations.

I've now also downloaded the Universal Windows ADB Driver Universal Windows ADB Driver as recommended on this site, but still no joy - USB Debugging is not showing in ADB devices

I have also installed the ADB plugin for Chrome Canery, but once installed the plugin notifies you that it is no longer required.


texts: Disable Cyanogen Privacy Guard from Shell

texts:
I setup privacy guard for some of the ROM-Apps and now the GUI crashes when i even try to get the pin entry field on the lockscreen.
My phone is rooted and i can try via adb or recovery.
How can i disable the privacy guard or reset it from a root shell?


texts: How do I delete a single calendar in Android (not just hide it)?

texts:
How do I delete a single calendar from the native calendar app (not only the entries: the whole calendar) without wiping out the app or all calendars, in android >4.0?

This feature was available till ICS. In Kitkat, it's still not possible.


texts: Firefox for Android: Download a video file

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I've got Firefox running on the Nexus 10, and I'm trying to download a video from a URL. When I tap on the video link, it starts trying to play in the browser, instead of downloading the file. How can I download the file?

Long-pressing on the URL does not provide a download or "save" option.


texts:
I've successfully mounted my router device's sdcard on '/mnt/routersd' as follows :

#!/system/bin/sh
su -c 'busybox mount -o remount,rw /'
su -c 'mkdir -p /mnt/routersd'
su -c 'busybox mount -o remount,ro /'

su -c 'busybox mount -t cifs //192.168.0.x/sdcard /mnt/routersd -v -o user=admin,pass=xxxxxx'

The issue is that the mounted folder is lost on every reboot; so, I need to manually execute my script after every reboot. What should I do to have this mounted directory, permanently?


texts:
Is there any way to run .jar files in android without rooting phone?
I used jbed and some other apps but they instantly stopped unexpectedly after clicking.


texts: Need help in connecting my Samsung mobile

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I use [TP-link Archer AC1200] as my primary router (according to my phone, I think my router’s IP address = 192.168.0.1) with SSID-1. Connected to it is the [TOTOLINK A2004NS] (whose LAN IP = 192.168.31.103) with SSID-2. It is followed by another router [TP-link WR1042ND IP] (IP address = 192.168.31.8 ******) with SSID-3.

I have three cell phones:

  (A) Redmi 6 plus
  (B) LG Stylus 3
  (C) Samsung A6-2018

Both (A) and (B) can access all those SSIDs, but (C) can access SSID-1 and SSID-2 only. It can detect the signal from SSID-3, but reports that there is no internet connection.

Below. The pictures on the right show that All three can be interneted via SSID-1. Those on the left show that Samsung alone canNOT be internet to SSID-3 while the other two can. [The meaning of those Chinese words shown on the Samsung means "internet option may not be available".]

Are there any other extra settings that I need to fix the Samsung phone?

Additional info:-

This incident happens when I have added the AC1200 as the new primary router. That is, before that I just had the A2004NS and the WR1042ND but all three mobiles worked well.


texts: Settings keep resetting after restart Oppo ColorOS

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I have an Oppo R17 (Model CPH1879) running ColorOS V5.2.1 based on Android 8.1.0.

The problem is that every time I restart my device or if its battery runs out, some of my settings are reset to default. Not all my settings, I'll make it clear.

I realized that it is mainly

The Auto-lock setting; keeps resetting to 15 seconds and I have to change it back to 2 minutes as it was,
My alarm ringtone is reset to the default ringtone whereas I keep changing it to a custom file.

As of now I am not even sure if anything else changes besides these 2.

Since the ColorOS is still relatively new, searching on Google got me absolutely nowhere. Anyone come across this before or know how to fix this?


texts: Does flashing with stock rom conflict with country specific GSM regulation?

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I bought my phone from a telephony provider in my country... After rooting the phone, I noticed some folder or drivers were having the name of my country's telephony regulation council...

Since I don't know why those drivers/folders were there I was wondering if I flash my phone with a stock rom from firmwarefile.com will make my phone not able to perform GSM operations anymore ...


texts: Android Phone SD Card only shows folders no files in Windows Explorer

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When connecting an android phone to a PC and viewing the files in Windows Explorer there is an issue trying to view the files. When I try to view the files on the SD card it only shows the folders not the files. This does not occur on all of my PC's only one. What can I do to view the files on my SD card from an android phone connected by a USB?

Thank you in advance for any assistance


texts: Skip "Sign in to Google" when setting up new Android device

texts: I recently got a new Nvidia Shield TV. On the first start, after asked me to set up my language and connect to my wifi, it prompts me to "Sign in to Google." The only options on the screen are "use your phone or laptop" and "use your password." How can I bypass this step?


texts:
Sometimes when I go to open a menu item, it cuts off the text and I see '...'. Here it is happening on QkSMS but it happens on other apps too. Is there a way to fix it?

Here is a picture of it happening. I have an Xperia Z3 on T-Mobile running 4.4.4.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


texts: How can I connect my android phone to my PC via USB cable in MTP mode

texts:
I tried connecting my mobile MOTO G to my PC running Windows XP SP3.
I hear a sound notifying it is connected but in the DEVICE MANAGER all i get is a Unknown Device and under that there is XT 1033 with a question mark next to it.
The computer detects it when i connect it as PTP but not when connected as MTP. I don't know what the problem is. And the drivers don't get installed too.


texts: Why is voice-to-text input not working when disconnected from the Internet?

texts:
As you know, on Nexus One you can use voice input to enter text by speaking.

Unfortunately, if you are disconnected from the Internet (even temporarily), this feature is unavailable.

Why?

On my Windows laptop I can do this without being connected to the Internet.

Can you explain?


texts:
Sometimes while driving or washing the dishes some idea pops up in my head while I am listening to music.

How may I record voice without touching the phone?

(Sometimes while driving in remote places I do not have Internet connection so it needs to work offline)


texts: Google assistant on Google pixel can't find a contact on whatsapp

texts:
I have a Google pixel and I Google assistant can't seem to find a specific contact when I say "send a whatsapp message to contact".  The name is spelt correctly, and if I scroll down the whatsapp contact list, it's there.

Other contacts I've tried are fine.
What could be wrong?


texts: HTC One (M8) blinking red notification light

texts:
So after replacing the battery in my One (M8) with a new one from eBay, the notification light just blinks orange when charging. When swapping back to the battery before replacement, it, at least, shows a battery charging screen. What am I doing wrong? I've heard something about 'deep discharge' where it needs to be on the flashing light for 15 to 30 minutes to actually start charging or something like that.

Is this new battery a dud? Should I keep charging it? Really don't know what to do at this point...

Update! I reseating the battery connector on the motherboard and now it's a solid red light when plugged in! Hooray! When pressing the power button, though, nothing is shown on the screen. It's still all black. I just now replaced the screen, since I broke the LCD below the glass last time I tried to take it apart.


texts: Android internal storage is showing less than actual size

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand GT-I9082. The phone has 8GB internal storage.

If I go to Setting → Storage, I see that

the total storage is 8 GB and
the available storage is 14 MB.

I have reset my phone (hard reset and wipe), but the available storage hasn't changed! What's the problem?


texts: Typing emoji in SMS limits number of characters to 70

texts: I have HTC One X running Android 4.2.2. While typing SMSs if I put an emoji character then it sets the maximum number of characters to 70. Why?


texts: My default write disk is external sd card , my internal sd total space is 5.28 gb available is 4.66 gb my sdcard total space is 14.83 am using 16 gb available in sd card is 11 gb . my phone storage RAM is 1 gb (0.89) available is 65 mb .but when ever i downlaod any apps from play store its showing insufficent memmory like that. that time i goto settings > storage > phone storage > apps then i clear data of some apps i mainly used. my default write didk is external sd 11 + gb free . then i download apptosd app from playstore after also i am facing same issue . is there any option to change our app data phone storage to internal sd or external sd please. (my os is Android 4.4.2 kit kat ) ("Remember I can move app to sd card and internal sd ") by using of cm clean master app ) i cannot move app data to sd card or internal)


texts: I mounted Android on Ubuntu. Can I create subdirectories using mtpfs?

texts:
I use Android 4.0 and followed a tutorial to mount my tablet on Ubuntu using mtpfs when the device is connected via cable.

It works almost perfectly. I can copy files and even whole directories to the device through Nautilus. However, when a directory contains subdirectories I get an error when a subdirectory is being copied ("Error creating directory: No such file or directory"). Other files are copied fine. In the same way, I can't create subdirectories in a directory directly via Nautilus.

What causes this? Is this expected? Any workaround?


texts: Enable screen auto-rotate for specific applications but not globally?

texts:
So I'd like to enable screen auto-rotation for YouTube and Chrome, but not for other anything else. How do I do this?

I use a Galaxy S5.


texts: Can adb sideload be used to flash/install ZIPs using 'stock' recovery/fastboot?

texts: TWRP isn't supported for my WE_T1 Android Nougat. Can I still use the adb sideload function to install ZIPs using stock fastboot?


texts: Gallery shows images but nothing under DCIM/camera

texts: My LG G3 phone shows images in gallery, but when I open the file manager and there is nothing found under DCIM/camera. I am trying to download all the images for backup. How can I recover the image files under DCIM/camera?


texts:
In the Settings > Apps screen, under "Running", a few apps are listed as having as active (i.e. a service is running) despite having zero running processes and taking no memory.

Why are they in this state? Are they waiting for some kind of event?


texts: What volume setting do the Twitter and Facebook apps obey?

texts:
I asked a question about silencing only certain sounds and decided to go with the AudioManager widget, which is working quite well. My main uses are to silence everything but alarms and the ringer when I'm sleeping and everything when I'm in class. However, if I get a notification from Facebook or Twitter (both the official apps by Facebook and Twitter, respectively) at night, they still go off, which makes me think that these apps either use the ringer volume (instead of the alert volume) or some volume that AudioManager doesn't have control over.

The volume controls provided by AudioManager are Alarm Volume, Music Volume, Alerts Volume, Ringer Volume, System Volume, and Voice call Volume. Alarm volume is always 7/7, music volume is where ever it was last time I listened to music (in the car, I have it 15/15, and usually 8/15 when I'm listening with earbuds), alerts is 7/7 during the day and 0/7 at night, ringer is always 7/7, system is 7/7 during the day and 0/7 at night, and voice call volume is 3/5.

So, my questions:

(1) What volume do these apps actually use for notifications?

(2) Is there an easy way (without having to open both apps and turn off notifications at night, then turn them back on) to silence these notifications? This includes possibly switching away from AudioManager to another free application.


texts:
I've just installed cm-12.1-20151129-NIGHTLY-jfltexx on my S4 (i9505) and Open GApps 5.1 Arm nano 20151129. The setup wizard had few errors (Google play services stopped working) and after setting it up the gapps instead of showing icon and name are showing package name and default icon, when trying to run it, it says "this app is not installed on your phone" or something like this. Every now and then message pops up saying "Google play services has been stopped". Also NFC is not working (idk but it's probably something to do with the ROM)

What am I doing wrong? Wrong GApps / ROM combo?


texts: How come some apps don't show-up on my phone's Android app market?

texts:
Fxcamera is a popular app, but it's not showing in my xperia x10 mini's app market search. I tried:

fx
camera
ymst
fxcamera

None gives the result. In fact, after that I've tried many apps which are listed on the internet market site http://www.android.com/market/ but not on the market app.

I live in India, is that why the apps don't show up? Is there a way to install the apps download them directly or something? Is it related to my carrier or mobile network provider?


texts:
I've found an application called Silent Time, which allows me to schedule when my phone needs to go into silent mode, and when it needs to come out of it. It's a start, but I'm looking for something a bit more extended.
This is what I'd like;

Monday, tuesday, thursday

06:45

Airplane mode OFF
Silent mode OFF
Data traffic (3G) ON

08:20

Silent mode ON

11:55

Silent mode OFF

12:45

Silent mode ON

16:15

Silent mode OFF

17:00

Wifi ON
Data traffic OFF

22:00

Wifi OFF
Airplane mode ON
Silent mode ON

Wednesday

06:45

Airplane mode OFF
Silent mode OFF
Data traffic (3G) ON

08:20

Silent mode ON

11:55

Silent mode OFF

12:45

Wifi ON
Data traffic OFF

22:00

Wifi OFF
Airplane mode ON
Silent mode ON

Friday

06:45

Airplane mode OFF
Silent mode OFF
Data traffic (3G) ON

08:20

Silent mode ON

11:55

Silent mode OFF

12:45

Silent mode ON

16:15

Silent mode OFF

17:00

Wifi ON
Data traffic OFF

22:00

Wifi OFF
Silent mode ON

23:45

Airplane mode ON

Saturday

09:30

Airplane mode OFF
Silent mode OFF
Wifi ON

23:45

Airplane mode ON
Silent mode ON

Sunday

09:30

Airplane mode OFF
Silent mode OFF
Wifi ON

22:00

Airplane mode ON
Silent mode ON

When I say OFF or ON it actually needs to do that, and not just switch it, so that I can switch manually without disturbing the schedule.

I need to be able to pause the schedule at any time. Being able to add exceptions (days on which to interupt the schedule) in advance would be nice, but is not required.

Is there any app or hidden feature for Android which would allow me to do this?


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I have Moto E (2nd Generation Android version 5.0.2) .I use power ON/OFF button to lock the smartphone phone or to go into the sleep mode.
Due to frequent use of power ON button, the switch is not working properly.It needs to press it long and hard.

So are there other options available except power button

1.To lock the smartphone

2.To make smartphone go into sleep mode.
and

3.To turn ON the smartphone.


texts: "Unknonwn Artist" only on Google Music with corred ID3 tags

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So, before you dismiss this question please continue reading for all the details.
I have my music collection on an SD card on my phone. All my music is very well organized, I'm almost OCD about it. All my music is properly named: AlbumArtist/Album/track# - title.mp3
All my files are mp3s, all of them are using only ID3v2.4.0 with no ID3v1 (some people use both [itunes?] ID3v2.x and ID3v1, not me). Every single tag field is using UTF8 encoding. All my music has an Artist and an Album Artist field, genre, track number, album art (properly encoded), date, and album, strictly no other field. None of my file-names contain special characters either.
I've gone even to the extreme of creating scripts on my computer to make sure that every single mp3 file on my collection is stored with the previous parameters.

Now, there are a couple of songs the Google Music keeps showing as "Unknown Artist", no track-number, no album art, etc. even after all the previous efforts. Other music apps (i.e. Rocket Player) show the correct info without a problem.
I've clear Google Music data, reinstall it, reboot phone, but nothing fixes this issue.

I've searched online and this forum. There are two other questions related:

'Unknown Artist' in Music Player.
Google Music 'Unknown Artist' only in Android App

The first is totally the opposite of me, where I'm very knowledgable of the ID3 tag standard, how to edit it (I've created Python scripts to automate the process) its version, encoding, and fields.
The second is related to FLAC and none of my files use any other format besides MP3 (with ID3v2.4.0 and UTF8)

Does anybody have any idea of what's going on? Why doesn't Google Music want to read the ID3 from the files? It feels like it's getting its info from an old database and not the files themselves.

PS: I'm using Android 7.0 and latest version of Google Music at the time of writing (v7.10.5022-1.T4178353)


texts: Intentionally deleted Android system - how do I fix this?

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Right now I own a Sony Ericsson Xperia x10 mini and I rooted it. I had this program installed from Android Marketplace that allows you to delete applications.

So guess what... I deleted several applications for testing purposes and I knew that if I uninstall Android System it would break everything.

I did that epic "mistake" for testing purposes (don't try this).

The thing is how do I fix this? I have spent some time reading through forums and installed Flashtool and downloaded the ftf file (X10a_v2.1.update-1_2.1.A.0.435_Generic.ftf) in C:\Flashtool\firmwares directory.

What I have to deal with right now: - My mobile phone switched off when deleted Android System so I decided to boot it to see if any error messages comes up. - Now my phone won't power off due to the lack of Android System. So I have to use a torx screwdriver to remove the screws and take off the battery (because Flashtool requires the phone to be switched off) but unfortunately the Torx I have is one size bigger than the required one for Xperia's screws. - I guess I have to wait until the battery is dead or I should just get a proper Torx screwdriver.

The thing is that I have another Xperia x10 mini as well (works for now - didn't try any uninstall) and connected it to FlashTool and followed the instructions to flash it but I keep getting this error message:

  ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="SECURITY_CLASS";ER R_DYNAMIC="SIN header verification failed"

I tried to figure out what's causing this and I end up with the "locked bootloader solution". I tried the instructions read here: http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/instructions but when I typed ##7378423## no service menu was available...

That happened to the working Xperia phone. How would I possible do that on a broken Xperia?

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated!

We're all learning through our mistakes after all.