texts: How can Google Maps accurately locate my phone when GPS is disabled?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How does Google Maps estimate my location without GPS?

I was wondering how Google Maps on my Android phone can locate me with a good accuracy when my GPS is disabled.

At first I though it was with the cell tower but I'm not sure it can achieve this precision and it is way better when the wireless is enabled.

Experiment that i did.

If GPS is OFF and Wifi is ON = Perfect location
If Wifi is ON GPS OFF = Still Perfect location
If Wifi is OFF and GPS is ON =  location is not precise.

Tested this with 5 -6 Phones

Any Idea why ?


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I am unable to receive or send multi media messages using my Samsung Galaxy Ace plus.
When I send a MMS it gets stuck and when I receive a picture or form of media from a friend (e.g. my friend has an iPhone and has tried to send me pictures however my Samsung is unable to open these.


texts: Where is the chart that shows device model popularity?

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There is a box-chart that showed the list of android devices out in use, and the relative popularity of each.

I'm not sure if this is Google Developer provided, or by some 3rd party, but I'd like to relocate this chart of hardware popularity.

Does anyone know the chart I'm referring to?


texts: Does it actually activate a magnet field that the payment card terminal reads? It seems like it doesn't use the chip but what are the details?


texts: Can't mount Android device in recovery mode using MTP

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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S5, (SC-04F), and unfortunately there was some error when installing a new ROM. Now, it only boots into recovery mode.

I am trying to connect by USB so I can copy over a new ROM file, but, the device will not connect to either my Ubuntu or my Windows computer.

The only available connection option in the recovery mode is MTP. I can successfully connect Odin, and I even successfully flashed a new recovery mode from there.

The one thing I can't seem to do is transfer files. Is there any way I can access the disk on my phone in order to transfer some files to it?


texts: Does whatsapp backup media on Google Drive?

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I linked my Google drive account with whatsapp for backup. They give the impression that all accompanying media including video and images gets backed up too.

You can back up your chats and media to Google Drive, so if you switch Android phones or get a new one, your chats and media are transferrable. To use Google Drive, make sure the following is true:

 - Your device must be synced with Google Drive. Google Play Services
   must be installed (only available for Android 2.3.4 and later).
 - Your Google Drive account must have enough space for all of your WhatsApp
   data
 - Your phone must have enough free space to create the backup.

However, it seams that there is only 19mb of hidden data on the Drive after a full backup.

And restoring whatsapp to another device, I get an image not found error when I try to open recent images.

So what is the case? Is whatsapp dishonest if they do not state the limitations of their backup feature? Especially when we need to move images off the device, due to space constraints.


texts: How do can I make Google Assistance give me news articles?

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at the moment when I say "I want the latest news", Google Assistant reads back the news to me.

What I want is for it to give me the latest news (like what's available in Google News & Weather) in summary format and then I can choose what I want to read.

Is this possible? Thanks


texts: Using WhatsApp on Web, but camera not working?

texts: I'd like to use WhatsApp on my web browser but I can't scan the QR code. Opening the scanner on the QR code brings the error "Cannot start camera" Is there any workaround to scanning the WhatsApp web QR code without using WhatsApp's inbuilt camera scanner?


texts: Why does Google Play Store say that Adobe Air is incompatible with the Huawei U8510 phone?

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I looked at the publisher's system requirements for Adobe Air.

I compared that list to Huawei's device specs, but Huawei's list doesn't mention if the device has

  ARMv7 processor with vector FPU, minimum 550MHz, OpenGL ES 2.0, H.264
  and AAC HW decoders

How can I figure out why the store says the device is incompatible, and whether that conclusion is correct? I would prefer an answer that didn't involve installing the SDK, but if it requires reading and comparing device.prop and the APK, please provide a link to suitable directions.


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Is there any way to create a Nandroid backup inside CWM recovery, by using the /cache/recovery/extendedcommand file?

(This file supports all the commands a normal updater-script file supports inside a flashable zip).

Edit:
I know it's easier to do this with use of TWRP. However, I am developing an app that takes backups automatically. I want it to support both CWM and TWRP if possible.


texts: How to run 2 shell scripts from ramdisk?

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I am attempting to setup my ramdisk to fire off 2 sets of scripts.
1 is ramdisk /sbin only, the others are user allowed scripts

# Check Properties
on property:dp.early_init.done=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/onearlyinit.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/onearlyinit.sh &
    start dp_early_init

on property:dp.init.done=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/oninit.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/oninit.sh &
    start dp_init

on property:dp.late_init.done=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/onlateinit.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/onlateinit.sh &
    start dp_late_init

on property:dp.post_fs.done=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/onpostfs.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/onpostfs.sh &
    start dp_post_fs

on property:dp.post_fs_data.done=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/onpostfsdata.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/onpostfsdata.sh &
    start dp_post_fs_data

on property:dp.boot.done=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/onboot.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/onboot.sh &
    start dp_boot

on property:sys.boot_completed=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/onpostboot.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/onpostboot.sh &
    export PATH /sbin:/system/bin
    start dp_post_boot

on property:sys.shutdown.requested=1
    chmod 0777 /data/dp_scripts/onshutdown.sh
    exec /data/dp_scripts/onshutdown.sh &
    start dp_shutdown

# DP Services
service dp_early_init /sbin/bash /sbin/0/onearlyinit.sh
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

service dp_init /sbin/bash /sbin/0/oninit.sh
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

service dp_late_init /sbin/bash /sbin/0/onlateinit.sh
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

service dp_post_fs /sbin/bash /sbin/0/onpostfs.sh
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

service dp_post_fs_data /sbin/bash /sbin/0/onpostfsdata.sh
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

service dp_boot /sbin/bash /sbin/0/onboot.sh
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

service dp_post_boot /sbin/bash /sbin/0/onpostboot.sh
    class late_start
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

service dp_shutdown /sbin/bash /sbin/0/onshutdown.sh
    user root
    disabled
    oneshot

While the services themselves all fire off, the execution of the /data/dp_scripts/* scripts never happens.

This is a lollipop kernel, running on a Note 3

How can I force the execution of /data/dp_scripts/* at the moments specified?


texts: What are potential problems/violations that malware apps can do?

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There are some apps that I am considering to download which have many permission requirements and have few comments from other past users. The number of downloads are relatively low so I am considering the risks that I can be exposed to.

Can the app record my internet browsing and send it to an outside source?
Can the app upload to an outside source photos that I have taken?
Can the app look at data from other apps and use it?

I am considering apps from the app store and not ones from other places.

Are there particular app permissions which are rare requirements that might indicate a malicious app?


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I have a ZTE Whirl 2 (a.k.a. Z667G or Salem 2). I'm running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean.

Whenever I start my media player (I use Black Player EX, but it happens with all media players, and the default file explorer) after a reboot or USB connection, my songs will not show up:

I have no idea why this is. The songs will not show up unless I restart the application several times. Anyone have any idea why this happens, and how to fix it?


texts: Troubleshoot/ Tune Android performance / speed

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I have a Motorola Xoom (not rooted) and new to the Android world (at least as an advanced user).

I've installed several (around 30) games + several (around 30) apps. I've noticed that it became a lot more slow. Actually browsers can barely work (they hang from time to time). I noticed that several games and apps have active daemons running.

I wanted to:

Track the apps that are being used.
Track the apps that are loaded on startup (and eventually change it).
Do anything to improve performance

TL:DR; I want to troubleshoot / tune my Android installation.

Is there any application for that?

Is there any document recommended for this? (I'm an advanced user - developer)

Thanks!


texts: I have a symphony v50 mobile. I can not go to recovery mod when my phone was switched off. When I go to make a backup of my current rom with rom manager i did not get the backup option. May I change the cwm recovery? If the ans is yes please tell me how. Else how I can make a backup of my current rom?


texts: Enabling Accessibility service: Why does it degrade security?

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Device : Mi A1, 7.1.2 Stock Google

Enabling Accessibility Service for apps impacts encryption  security as you can see:

Expanded text

Why is this?

I am all the more curious in case of PIN  : my understanding is that, encryption password is generated from a combination of user lock screen PIN and encryption algorithm. This is salted, and stored in root location, and used to generate the actual password to encrypt /decrypt. So using a longer PIN length (to maximum of 16 digits
)  is pointless if you have enabled Accessibility Service for any app?? Confused

Related to this

Should apps seeking Accessibility Service be considered an anti security feature?


texts: Could someone have installed a ROM virus on my Xperia XA?

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I posted this question over at XDA forum but I hope someone here may be able to help.

I recently went on vacation and left my Xperia XA F3111 at home. Someone had access to it for over 2 weeks and installed some spyware on it.

When I found out I factory reset the phone but I am worried he may have flashed the phone with a malware-infested ROM which will survive a reset. He had access to the phone for a long time and I am sure he knows someone who knows how to hack phones.

My phone settings say "Bootloader unlock allowed = No" which I believe (rightly or wrongly) means he could not root the phone or install a custom ROM?

Anyway, I am hoping someone can tell me if there was any way he could have bypassed this setting, unlocked the bootloader, flashed an infested ROM and re-locked the bootloader?

If this is possible, is there a guide that would help me do the same thing and re-flash the phone with a clean stock Sony ROM?

It's a nice phone, but at the moment I can't take the risk that it has been poisoned so it may well be heading for the recycle bin.


texts: Android 6.0: Where are the cookies of a native Android browser stored?

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I have a phone with Android 6.0. I'm trying to download the cookies file of a native browser.

For Android 4.4 version the valid path is:

/data/data/com.Android.browser/database/webviewCookiesChromium.dB

Where are the native Android browser's cookies stored in Android 6.0?


texts: How to connect to PEAP MSCHAPv2 Wi-Fi using system certificates in Android 8.0 Oreo?

texts:
This is in followup to a similar question about Android 7.1
How to connect to PEAP MSCHAPv2 Wi-Fi using system certificates in Android 7.1 Nougat?

In there is said:
"Android 7.1 has introduced some changes to Wi-Fi connection interface. In 6.0, when selecting PEAP MSCHAPv2 in Wi-Fi connection interface, there were no CA certificates available (unless some had been installed). In 7.1 one can Use system sertificates and Domain input field appears."

But in 8.0 it seems its back to no certificates, just "Select CA certificate" and "none" and hitting "Select CA Certificate" does not do anything, and it doesnt let you continue with the setup.

Anyone know how to connect to a PEAP MSCHAPv2 Wi-Fi using a certificate in 8.0?
I've exported the cert from a windows machine connected to it and imported it as a user certificate for wifi, and still nothing happens when you click "Select CA certificate".

Thank you!


texts: What the s*!+ do I do to make the 4.2 swipe keyboard stop censoring me?

texts: The new swype-style keyboard on my 4.2.1 updated Galaxy Nexus is great. However, when I  attempt to express myself more colorfully, the swiping action does not yield the word I would like to write. The word is already in the device dictionary though, so it does not let me add it to the dictionary to be recognized, as I have done with other words. Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: Are there any distributed-computing Apps for Android?

texts:
I've just found out about Boincoid: a port of the BOINC platform to the Android operating system as a platform for computing using volunteered resources (like SETI@home, Climateprediction.net, Rosetta@home, World Community Grid, etc). There isn't an actual app for Boincoid but just a zip package with a list of instructions dated from 2008.

Are there any other applications being developed for distributed-computing on Android?


texts: Why my (unrooted) /data partition appears to be empty?

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I am having some issue with my /data partition. Among other things, when I browse its contents with the Astro app, it appears to be empty. The phone has never been rooted and it has been factory-reset at least three times in the last hour, so I would expect it to be at least minimally functioning.

Why is the /data partition empty? When factory reset, is it not supposed to contain something? Is this the cause of my inconsistent (maybe they are not inconsistent: they are MISSING) UIDs?

PS: I am putting the unrooting tag even if the phone was never rooted, since I would like it to go back to its original state :-)


texts: Can the Kindle app scroll mobi files vertically?

texts: The Kindle Android app makes the mobi files scroll horizontally. This poses a problem if a certain portion of the text is in the previous page and I need to keep scrolling left and right. Instead can it let me scroll selectively from top to bottom? How?


texts:
I'm trying to set the wallpaper on my Nexus7, and no matter what I try, the blue "crop" widget that lets you specify the area of the image that is the wallpaper is always in the wrong orientation. So when I make this widget as large as possible, it's only covering part of the image. The image size is 1280x800, so I should be able to use the whole image, but I can't because it seems to be always getting the orientation wrong. I've tried rotating it, this doesn't seem to make a difference. The resize widget is always the opposite of what I want it to be. It's almost as if it's detecting the image's aspect ratio and doing the opposite of what it should be doing. I've made sure the image doesn't contain any meta data which could be specifying another orientation. I'm sure there must be something I'm misunderstanding about how this widget works. It's driving me nuts though!

I've attached a screenshot to make it more clear what I mean:


texts: Why do the "Successfully updated" notifications disappear?

texts:
I noticed a weird behavior when updating applications with the newer Gingerbread (2.3.5?) and now Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) builds. It might also be the case with other versions, but I have not seen it with 2.3.3 and lower on my Nexus S. EDIT: As Chahk pointed out below, it might not be related to the Android OS version but rather to a recent change in the Market App.

I have a lot of apps installed (currently around 160). Now when I go to the Market after a couple of days there are usually several updates available (say 10).

The way it used to be:
I hit "Update 10" and let the device download and install the updates. After that I had 10 separate "Successfully updated" notification messages in my notification window.

The way it is now:
During update installations the "Successfully updated" notifications seem to randomly disappear or not show up at all.

Why is that? Is there a way to get the old behavior back? Otherwise there would be no way to tell which apps have received updates without first making a list of all the apps prior to pressing "Update".


texts:
I've purchased my Optimus Net in late 2011. Several languages are supported but not a whole lot of world languages. For instance I would like to add support for Chinese but it's not available from the Options application. Is there a way to upgrade so as to make this language available in the user input and in the interface even though I've got an older phone (I notice that several newer phones in the same price range offer more extensive language support for many more languages including Chinese).

Thanks,

Jason Posit


texts: How to transfer files from PC to Android via wifi without special software?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_11 came out in late 2020, when most home networks use wifi.
After searching for hours, I have been unable to find a built-in way of transferring files from my Windows PC to my Android Pixel (and ideally the reverse too) without downloading a special app from the Play store.
This is shocking to me.
Is it really the case that Android doesn't natively support wifi file transfer?
[I'd rather not need to search for (and decide whether I trust) a third-party app. And I'd certainly rather not use a physical cable for file transfers like it's 1990.]


texts: Google Photos, when syncing photos from both default camera and WhatsApp, how to segregate on cloud?

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I use Google Photos and turn on syncing of photos, taken from my default camera on my mobile phone and also syncing of WhatsApp images.

My question is: How can I have those synced to my google photo cloud storage in separate folders or albums? I don't want the photos that are synced to end up mixed between the images, taken on my mobile camera and WhatsApp images.

Or alternatively is there a way the synced photos are somehow tagged so that I can easily differentiate between the images taken with my camera or whatsapp?


texts: How do I stop Android speaking my commands?

texts:
Suddenly (OK so I may accidentally have triggered a setting somewhere) my android phone (LG v20 Standard Android) has started speaking all the touch commands I do.

For example, if I start from a blanked locked screen and turn it on the device says
"Screen on. the time" Then after a pause, "Screen Off" as it turns off the screen

If I type in characters it speaks every letter/character as I press the key (makes passwords tricky!!)

If I try to close an app with the X  I
press the x it says "Dismiss button. Double tap to activate"
I double tap and it says " app dismissed"

But worst of all swipe no longer works. So I cant swipe up to see what is on the bottom of a page; I cant swipe left to see other pages of apps etc etc

Please, how do I get back to a normal silent android!
TFAI


texts: Is it safe to reinstall with a Google prompt linked to my account?

texts: I might put LineageOS on my phone, but I currently depend on it to perform two-factor authentication prompts for my Google account. Should I take any precautions to preserve access to my account?


texts: This audio format (AC3) not supported in MX player

texts:
I am trying to play one video in hindi language in MX player. but it shows This audio format (AC3) is not supported.

Error shows in below picture:

Does anyone help me to solve this issue?


texts: MediaTek K80 is stuck , computer store tells me the firmware chip is corrupted

texts:
To start with I did a factory reset to wipe out my files and apps before giving my tablet to my niece.
After the reset the tablet is stuck at the screen with the android guy in the corner and MEDIATEK across the screen. it will not boot any further. I took the tablet to a repair store and 3 days later he tells me the chip is corrupted and he cant(be bothered?) do anything because its a Chinese clone?
I have researched many sites but cannot find a scatter file or rom image etc.. the following is  what I have found inside my tablet:
On a stickered chip:
E960 V1.2 YK18091021
6580A/WA/1+16/3G/B15
GXQ 2018/09/26
DL_BT_MM_QC_

ALSO, TAKEN FROM "ABOUT TABLET" :
Android Version:7.0
Android Security Patch level: 1Feb.2016
Baseband version:  MOLY.WR8.W1449.MD.WG.MP.V23, 2017/05/16  17:00
Kernel version:
3.18.19
c@c-S2600JF #2
ThuOct11 17:29:47 cst 2018
Build Number:
MRA58K test-keys
Custom Build version:
E960v1.1_HJC_03_3G_HBOE_FL_WXGA_bigbattery_4_64

I am completely lost and would really appreciate any help possible.
Thank you in advance,
John Sweeney


texts: App that optimizes images to set as lockscreen?

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How can I resize any image I have to 720 x 1280 resolution to set it as a lockscreen for my Xperia T? I tried Wallpaper Wizardrii but for some reason I cannot get the app to enlarge small pictures to entirely fit the screen.

I had an Apple phone they there was an app called "lockscreen" that automatically stretched/resized any image to match the screen resolution without any empty vertical or horizontal bars.

Are there any equivalent solutions for Android?


texts:
I'm looking to get a 64gb micro SD card for my phone (Samsung Note 3 running Lollipop). The prices online run anywhere from $6 to $120. I read on a photography blog that there are speed classes and they recommended high speed for high res video. I'm looking to put my music files on it.

Is there any difference between a cheap card and a name brand? Do I need to worry about speed class for my smartphone? What about 128gb cards?

Note: I'm not looking for a brand recommendation, just what differences there might be between micro SD cards.


texts: How does WiFi in android detect if the device has to sign in or not?

texts:
When the device tries to connect to an access point or router, it has to sign in on the captive portal page with the message saying

  "Sign in to Wi-Fi network".

How does the access point/router identify that a sign in is required for the device and what is the process behind it?


texts:
I'm using Android KitKat. I'm not able the clear the data usage of mobile data (Mobile) as well as Wi-Fi. Is there any option to clear the data usage in rooted and non-rooted Android devices?

(Click image to enlarge)

Somebody Please do help. Am using Non-rooted Android Device.


texts: Why does SElinux deny `setcon` only after the ART is running?

texts:
I'm writing a JNI application that changes user & process-context to debug other apps. The user is changed with seteuid and the context is changed with setcon or selinux_android_setcon. Originally my app would do these things then create a JVM (ART) using JNI_CreateJavaVM. But C & JNI code are difficult to develop compared to Java so I moved the code for these things into JNI functions called from Java after the JVM is running.
The setcon function however fails once the JVM is running and errno is set to EPERM. There doesn't seem to be any change in the process capabilities or a seccomp filter preventing the call from working. Why does this happen?
Other facts

Phone is a rooted Nexus 5X, Bullhead, with a user-debug image
Setenforce is set 0
Process is running as 0 (root) with the context u:r:su:s0
The cap binding set is 0000001fffffffff (everything enabled) before and after the JVM is running.
Seccomp is disabled
Audit log is auditd  : type=1401 audit(0.0:684): op=security_bounded_transition result=denied oldcontext=u:r:su:s0 newcontext=u:r:untrusted_app:s0


texts:
On my Nexus 5 I want to set an alarm for tomorrow but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do this with the build in Clock application.

I'm sure it's me because I'm sure this couldn't be an oversight by the developers?


texts: Is there a way to take low resolution pictures on Android?

texts:
I have a Galaxy S5, and with the native camera app, the smallest possible picture size is a 2.4MB image at 2028x1152 pixels.

However, for the purposes of capturing images for flashcards I use in Ankidroid, that size is too large. The storage volume adds up quickly and the files are slow to move around the network.

What I really want is to take pictures in the realm of 640x480 pixels or so. I don't need high quality, I need small, quick, and disposable.

Are there any camera apps, or any other methods, where I can take low resolution images? My search of Google Play indicates almost all camera apps aspire to take the biggest, sharpest, highest resolution pictures possible.


texts:
My OS version is 4.1.2.

I'm currently using the "Turn off all sound" 2x1 widget on my home screen, but I feel it is too big. I'm looking for a widget that is 1x1 and has the same functionality: mute all (or as many as possible) sounds and leaves vibration notifications on.


texts: Android music players show wrong album artwork

texts:
I've started Googling last night on why all of the android music players show the wrong album artwork for my "Unknown" album. For example, when I play any song in this album, the big album artwork shows up, which basically shows a male rapper for like 80% of my songs. Playing music on the plane makes it look like I have a crush on this guy or something.

Can someone help me figure out what the problem is? I've searched my ENTIRE music folder for ALL instances of pictures, and there's not 1 single picture file in the entire folder. I have no idea where it's coming from.

I tried deleting the entire Music folder and resyncing it last night with my Desktop, but the album artwork came up yet again.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've had this problem for awhile now and just never really looked for a solution until now.


texts:
yesterday my beloved OnePlus 3T fell and the screen cracked :(
At first half of it was still usable and visible, shame on me for not recovering the data I needed at that time. now the upper half is still usable but completely black, also the battery died without me noticing so it turned off.
Now I'm stuck with the following situation: phone is turned on, but the pin is preventing me from logging in (I can't type the pin blindly as the bottom half of the screen doesn't get touch inputs), the pc doesn't recognize the phone beyond the driver "disk", so sending commands via adb it's not an option.
I tried booting in recovery mode with volume down+power and I think it got booted in recovery, but I don't remember If I can use the buttons to navigate it. I pressed volume down 3 times to move to english, pressed power to select english, pressed power to select "install from adb", pressed power to select "Ok". at this point I expected the phone to be visible (assuming everything is set up correctly on the pc) when running "adb devices" on cmd, but it doesn't. can anyone confirm that these steps are correct?
I'll later try an otg cable and connect mouse/keyboard as a last resort.
I'm running out of ideas, so if anyone has any idea on how to recover files (don't care about contacts and stuff) from the phone is more than welcome.


texts: Today I read that flash write performance diminishes with use. I'm a heavy user. Should I change my behavior?

texts:
My phone
I own a phone with gigabytes of built-in flash memory.  My phone also includes a physical MicroSD card slot.  I don't own a MicroSD card to put in the slot, and have never bothered buying one, but am not opposed to the idea of buying one.
I perhaps make heavier use of my phone's flash memory than most people.

I run a freeware sleep tracker app most nights, all night long.  It has many features.  Its most storage-intensive feature?  It records sound for at least part of every night.

I have Debian Linux installed on my phone as well (even though the phone is not rooted).  I launch Debian when desired using an app named GNURoot Debian.  Debian Linux is normally stored on an SSD designed to handle an enormous number of write cycles, or on a hard drive which can also handle numerous write cycles — not on a smartphone flash memory chip.

I have perhaps a hundred apps installed, and the Google Play store automatically updates some of them from time to time.

I make heavy use of a game which was designed for use on Windows and Linux, but has been ported to Android.  Every time I move between floors of the game world, the game saves some information to disk.  I suspect that, in practice, it rewrites at least part of the game's save file.

The problem
David Cary has more than 10,000 reputation points on Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange.  In one post there, Mr. Cary writes:

Flash memory has relatively quick read times but much longer write times. For example, with a Numonyx M25P80-VMW6G 75MHz 8 Mbit serial flash, reading a sector of data (at 75 MHz) requires 7 milliseconds, while erasing and writing new data to a sector is typically 0.6 seconds (max 3 seconds).
In other words, writing this flash memory typically takes 85 times as long as reading, and in the worst case writing a sector takes over 400 times as long as reading. (That's not even taken into account the inefficiencies of partial-sector updating).
In my experience, the time it takes to erase and rewrite a particular sector of flash continues to increase with each erase/rewrite cycle, but read times stay constant.

I don't know that much about hardware, but let's assume that Mr. Cary's experience will be true for my phone too.
My question
I don't like spending money unnecessarily, and it sometimes takes me great effort to choose a phone to buy.  When I buy a phone, I like to treat it well and to keep on using it for five to ten years or more — unless it breaks so badly that this becomes absolutely impossible.
Certain operations on my phone are annoyingly slow, such as Debian Linux automatic software update checks (apt-get update) and others.  I don't know whether or not they're slow because of the time it takes to write to flash or because of other reasons.
Anyway, assuming that the issue which Mr. Cary has raised above is a real issue, should I worry about it?  Should I change my behavior because of it — for example, by moving GNURoot Debian from the phone's built-in flash memory to a MicroSD card inserted into the correct slot?
Note
I have left this question mostly device-agnostic.  This is because I'd like to apply what I learn both to the device which I own and any other Android devices which I may buy in the future.
Related

"Does Android suffer from the same 'over a period of time' performance degradation that OSes like Windows do?"
Also see the final section of a long answer by Izzy, where he discusses fstrim.


texts: Stuck On firmware update after two days!

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I got locked out of an account and I need my phone to verify myself. It was dead so I plugged it in. I tuned it in at about 7% and it said firmware update... this used to happen with my old phone and I’d usually take the battery out but this phone doesn’t have a removable battery so I let it die and decided to try again the next morning.
I plug it in again, this time at 2% just in case and oh wow it does the same thing and I even tried a different charger and plug location. I might be locked out from my phone and account forever because of this, what can I do?


texts: Is emptying Bluetooth share folder safe?

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I need space, so I have emptied some cache and data from different sites.

What would I lose if I emptied my Bluetooth share?


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I want to delete call logs and sms that are older than a few days. Is there any way to delete call logs and sms that are older than 5 days?

I using android 4.1.2, micromax a110q.


texts: How can I recover contact information from a stolen phone?

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My phone got stolen yesterday. The problem is that all phone numbers are in it, and I don't know any numbers now.
I tried many different solutions to get my contacts to PC.

Google
I went into my Gmail account, and on the left side of the screen selected Contacts > My Contacts, but none of my phone contact's names or numbers are there. Only the e-mail contacts are there with the e-mail addresses.

Bluestacks
I installed Bluestacks on my PC, managed to login with my Google account, but the contacts are not there, and most of the apps require SMS verification.

Is there any way that I recover the contact information from my phone?


texts: How to upgrade Samsung Galaxy S2 to ICS?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Upgrade Samsung Galaxy II OS to android 4.0?

I want to know if there is any official documentation on how to upgrade Samsung's Android enabled devices?


texts: Are there any alternate mirrors for downloading Android Source

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Presently I am trying to download the android 4.0 source from

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-4.0.1_r1

The package and project paths are accessible here https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest/+/c4e4db1a85b9bea00b9fe8c6a18f9d3357adab0c/default.xml

Currently I am using ubuntu based curl , gitcore and repo to download the source.

I tried to search but could not find any public HTTP or FTP mirrors that shares the entire source code in a compressed iso or rar file. Is anyone aware of such public mirrors.


texts: Browser's webview.db doesn't store Hotmail password, but it can still auto login. Why?

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On my rooted Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1, stock browser doesn't store any password for Hotmail, but whenever I open Hotmail, it logins automatically.

I checked data/data/com.android.browser/webview.db, the password table has a row for Hotmail like below:

host = https://login.live.com, username = blank, password = blank

Why does it still auto login Hotmail even though the password is not stored?


texts: Why do some Android phones have two microphones instead of one?

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Some phones such as the Samsung Galaxy SIII have two microphones, one next to the user's mouth which as is the case with most mobile phones, but also a second microphone next to the user's ear. Other models such as the Samsung Galaxy S Plus only have one microphone.

What are the advantages of having two microphones on a mobile phone device?

Thanks.


texts: Can't access Recovery Menu Milestone a853

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I'm trying to flash a Cyanogenmod 7.1.5 on my Motorola Milstone A853. I can access the Bootloader (version 90.74) and started RSDLite 5.7 and used a base sbf file, which flashes normally.

When I reboot the device I can access recovery mode by pressing Camera, but when I access the recovery mode by pressing Volume UP and then press Camera the recovery menu does not open.

I see videos on YouTube, read a lot of tutotials, but I don't know what to do. Is there another way to do this?


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A weird thing happened to me today. I received an SMS and upon opening it from the notification bar on top, my SMS are all gone. I didn't even get to read the message. I have my SMS backed-up from a week ago so it's not much of an issue. But then how can this possibly happen? I am using GoSMS and CyanogenMod 7.2 btw. Any thoughts on what could've caused this?

Update
Okay now 5 days later, all my contacts have disappeared on it's own. I wasn't doing anything at all. I just notice my contacts are all gone. I did re-sync from Google and they're all back but what could possibly cause that?


texts: How to chose the right version of SuperSU.zip for flashing?

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I flashed TWRP on my ZE551ML (Z00A-WW-2.20.40.198) and wanted to root a clean stock rom. I have successfully done so before on the same device by installing BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-20160121175247.zip downloaded from the official Chainfire site. I thought it would be better to have the newest version, so this time I tried to install SR1-SuperSU-v2.79-SR1-20161221223537.zip from the same source. However, after installing that file, the phone stayed in a bootloop for around 10 minutes.

Is it normal for it to take that long, or does that mean that the second file is incompatible with my phone?
Did I chose the wrong file, and should I have installed BETA-SuperSU-v2.67-20160121175247.zip instead?
Which zip should I install?

I have uninstalled again, and my phone boots. What I am asking about here is which file to install.


texts: How to force retrieving app icon for apps downloaded from Google Play?

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On my Nexus 5 running Android KitKat 4.4.2, I noticed that from time to time, the apps I downloaded from Google Play would come with missing icon, so it defaults back to the green android robot icon:

Click image for larger version

Two applications that I have found to produce the issue for me.

FLV Video Player
Bayes Theorem

I have yet to figure out a proper solution to this, but I can't be the only person experiencing this issue, so I was wondering if any seasoned android users can help me resolve this issue.

I already tried to do a quick search on android stackexchange, and on google, but I did not come up with a solution that caters to stock android. I did find something similar, but that appears to work only for for Kindle Fire.

Thanks for reading.


texts: Does unlocking a phone from a Network allow manufacturer updates?

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I am having a major problem with Three network not pushing the latest 1.29 update for my HTC One X phone.

If i get them to unlock it will that enable me to download the update that HTC have released and is available on unbranded handsets?

How does unlocking affect where a handset 'looks' when the I search latest updates?

Thanks


texts: Using the GPS instead of Google Location Services in Chrome

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I do not consent to Google collecting constant background information about my position at all times through their Google Location Service program. So I have got that option disabled.

I can get just about everything to work with just the GPS. Except for the Google Chrome browser. It keeps referring me back to enabling the Google Location Service option. Which does not make sense. The HTML5 GeoLocation API wants latitude and longitude, which the GPS is perfectly capable of providing on it’s own without involving Google’s servers. Is there a way around this?


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I would like to execute a script at logout with my GS7 android 9 (Resurrection Remix). I see that it is advised to use tasker. I guess it is possible to do that without installing a graphical application.
I connect to the smartphone through adb and have a shell. Where can I write a file in the file system with bash or python commands that will be executed at logout ? Also, how should I manage the bash or python environment in order to have it working ?
Thanks for your time.


texts: Mobile data offline or timeout whereas hotspot just works

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How can I troubleshoot the following situation:

during mobile data my phone often is experiencing 100% time outs (ERR_TIMED_OUT) or Chrome states it is offline
whereas my connected laptop through hotspot is not experiencing any issues

My phone states full connectivity and 4g being present.

This leads to my hypothesis that some configuration or malicious app is flooding the local network stack on my phone.

Is there a way to diagnose this further? I really want to get my mobile data connectivity back!

Phone: Lenovo P2.
OS: Android 7.

Edit 15-09-2019
I have reset my phone to factory settings but to no avail. The issue still remains. I also swapped SIM cards with another phone. No effect. The second SIM in my phone does not solve the issue. And my SIM in another phone just works correctly over there.

Edit 16-09-2019
Interestingly, apps that have lots of patience (long time-out policy), such as my mobile park app, and apparently WhatsApp as well, are still able to send and receive data.


texts: Cannot record 1080p video with most apps

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I have rooted ZTE v987 and according to specification it has ability to record 1080p@30fps video. The problem is - I can't do this with most apps. I changed my ROM multiple times and every time I have the same problem.
I usually use app called Open Camera and I can record full HD video, but this wanted to use other app (for timelapses) and it also detects only low resolution (640x480).

How can I force all apps on the phome to use maximum resolution? Maybe is there some fault of config? Or maybe hardware fault? But as I said, some apps detect 1080p as available resolution.


texts: Android Download PDF Giving Download Unsuccessful

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I have been trying to figure out what this error is and how to get rid of it.

Whenever I try to open the pdf file from this website on chrome:

http://www.stdavidtheking.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=feature.display&feature_id=247

I get the error download unsuccesful. What can I do to fix this?


texts: My Samsung S5 music player no longer shows the track alphabet on the right side on my screen. How to get it back?


texts: Android sync with calendar works only one-way

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I have a Phone with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and I am trying to synchronize my calendar with my Google account. The problem is, that sync only works one-way. Data from Google are transferred to my phone, but events from my mobile calendar don't upload to Google account. I tried various settings but I am obviously missing something.

How can I fix this?


texts: Where can I find documentation for shell commands?

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For using a shell commands through a terminal program, where can I find documentation or help or man pages for the commands as implemented in Android?

While it would be nice to have them on the device via man, PDF or web-based would be fine, too.

When I run "man" from terminal, I get an error and I haven't found a good source online.


texts: Is it possible to use Emoji language with Swiftkey 3?

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I have and LOVE swiftkey. Is there anyway I type emoji icons with my swiftkey keyboard?

I've tried going to my keyboard settings and adding the Emoji language, but the swiftkey keyboard still doesn't have it (unless I missed it or it was hidden).


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I am using  nikai tablet NMD8000b which is on Android 2.2 . Currently device showing The application google services framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly
I didn't get any support from the nikai site. How can i rectify and overcome the problem


texts: Will cutting the sound cables do any long term damage?

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If anybody read the question here I have now commited to dissecting the tablet completely, because SCIENCE! Anyway, only one thing is keeping the back connected to the main tablet: the two cables that connect the main motherboard to the speaker.

So, this is it:

So, to my question: will cutting these cables result in unfixable hardware issues. To clarify,  by unfixable I mean destruction of hardware e.g. cutting off power to an important segment. The obvious lack of sound is no issue to me, I can just wire it back if I want (which I won't, for personal reasons)


texts: Dual SIM sound, vibration and notification settings

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I have a Huawei P20 Pro. This might be a quirk with their software, but I thought I should ask either way.

Let's say you have two phones with two numbers. One is your private phone and one is your work phone. During the day you can put your private phone on silent and your work phone with sound on. When you go home for the day you can put the work phone on silent and turn the sound on for your private phone.

If you put both SIM-cards in the P20 Pro, you cannot choose to have one SIM with sound on, and one on silent. You can choose that one SIM should vibrate and one should not. This only works with sound on. If you put the phone on vibrate, it vibrates for both SIM-cards. If you put it on silent, it is silent for both sim cards.

I also have the problem that I can set the notification sounds to "None", but I can't seem to turn off the vibration for notifications. I want the notifications for all apps in the notification bar, but I do not want sound or vibration no matter the settings for calls. So to sum up, this is what I was hoping to be possible. Is there an app for this?

Individually control sound, silent mode, and vibration on/off for both SIM-cards
Turn off sound and vibration for all notifications from apps like Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, SMS Messages, etc. regardless of silent mode, vibration mode or sound volume, etc.

Is one of these or both of these possible, with or without an app? I may root the phone if I can keep the stock firmware, it is safe, and possible to reset.


texts: Text messages sent from Outlook do not show in my Android's messaging folder

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I can send and receive text messages with my Outlook 2010 on an Exchange 2010 server.  Received text messages appear both on the phone and Outlook but sent text messages only appear on the device that sent it. (Outlook or the phone but not both)

I would like to see text message replies that are sent with Outlook in my phones messaging app with the original message that was received.  Can this be done?  I have a Samsung Galaxy S2.


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How to open a link in an app if it's not available as a link but as a text, and it can't be opened in the app itself? Is there e.g. some app that can get link pasted from a clipboard and open it?

Example: I have a link to a YouTube video on a web page as a text and want to open it in YouTube app.


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Recently the "Ok Google" feature no longer works on my LG G3, unless I factory reset my settings. But after a few hours it stops working again even if I don't change any of my settings back. I even upgraded my phone to Lollipop, but that didn't help either. Also, I tried reprogramming my voice back into my phone via "Google settings", but it won't pick up my voice either.
So long story short the only way I can get it to pick up my voice is by clicking the microphone.


texts: Is it possible to start an FTP session via bash?

texts: Is it possible to start a session with an Android Samsung Galaxy smartphone through a bash shell to access files remotely?


texts: Understanding android app permissions section (Android Nougat)

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In android Nougat, using an android phone if you go to settings>installed apps>[name of app]>permissions

There are three sections there: Details, App Permissions, and other permissions.

What are the differences between these three sections? Why are they arranged in this way?

In details section there are detail explanation about a list of Notes Permission regarding Security, Privacy and Other. Are these permissions listed in the details section activated or not? Why are they different (or arrange in a different way) from the one listed in the app permissions sections for the same app?


texts: Camera Failed Error on Samsung Galaxy S3

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Getting error message  on Samsung Galaxy S3, running Android 4.3.  Have tried rebooting,  clearing Data, Cache and Force Stop with no success.

Thanks for any help!


texts: Enabling USB debugging from open file system access using custom recovery

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Of course this should be possible, but finding the correct files to modify is the real question.

Assuming we can boot into a custom recovery and have full access to the file system, has anyone investigated the steps for enabling USB debugging?

The motivation for this request is that I have a device that will not fully boot, so a log dump would be very helpful in this case.


texts: Convert Internal Storage to Phone Storage

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I have a Wiko Darkmoon running 4.2.2 (Wiko hasn't upgraded to 4.4 yet). The phone is advertised as having 4gb storage, which breaks down as

Cache: ~123MB, /cache
Internal: ~1008MB, /data
Protect:~9MB, /protect_s
Sdcard2: ~1749MB, /mnt/sdcard2
System:: ~690MB. /system

Total: ~3579MB ~ 3.5GB.

(info retrieved using FreeSpace https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.krikun.freespace).

On top of this I have mounted a 32GB SD card (/storage/sdcard0). My options are to by default use the external sd card. Unfortunately the /data is full and it basically prevents me to install more programs.

Also, the Sdcard2 thingy is supposed to be internal and it's completely free.

My question is, can I convert Sdcard2 to mount with /data? Having +1GB in /data would alleviate my storage constraints a lot.

I googled and searched here and it seems this is not a common issue. Most of the things I've read are about mounting everything in the external SD card, which is not the same I want to do: I want to reuse the internal 1.7GB by joining it to Internal (/data) partition.

Cheers!


texts: Where is Emulator settings is Android Studio 1.5.1?

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I take on-line course https://class.coursera.org/androidpart1-011/ and have many troubles with setup.

IDE (on Linux host) uses /opt/android-sdk-linux/tools/emulator which after some checks run emulator64-x86 which doesn't work! 32-bit version work great.

Also PulseAudio code in Emulator purely written and leads to 100% CPU load.

Also official docs suggest add -qemu -enable-kvm options.

So I need a way to change path to emulator executable and/or pass additional options:

-force-32bit -noaudio -qemu -enable-kvm

Intellij have special tab for this settings: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/help/run-debug-configuration-android-application.html

But I can't see Emulator tub in Android Studio 1.5.1:

Where is Emulator settings is Android Studio 1.5.1 (shame Google for frustrating GUI)?

PS Can any high score user add android-studio tag to question?


texts: Suppress "autoplay" when external USB drive connected

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On some phones, when an external USB drive is connected to the phone, there is sort of an autoplay function where it automatically brings up the "My Files" screen. Is there a way to suppress this?

This occurs on my Note 2 with Android version 4.1.2, but not on my Note 1 with version 4.0.4. Just to be clear, I want the drive to automatically mount in the background as usual, but just not bring up the "My Files" screen. I have an app that expects a USB drive to be plugged in and searches for specific file types and this behavior is annoying because it takes the screen away from my app.


texts:
Why is my 16GB SD card not being read in my Samsung Galaxy S?

I've tried to format it several times but nothing happens.


texts: Does changing a PIN decrypt and encrypt everything again?

texts:
From this answer and comments on it, a PIN is used to encrypt the phone and it must be used to decrypt it. So what happens when a PIN is changed or even removed?

Does changing the PIN necessarily decrypt the entire phone and encrypt again?
If not, does the phone need to remember every PIN ever used?
If a PIN is removed and the Slide to Unlock security measure is used, does the phone become decrypted? Or does it remain encrypted with the old PIN?


texts: How can I pin an app so that it can't be upgraded? I have one app where version 2 is not as good or stable as version 1, so I want to pin it at version 1 and not upgrade it .


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I'm using Lenovo A850 and I have a problem with a default dialer. It cannot recognize numbers with or without country code (depending on how it's saved in contacts list). I installed exDialer and calls are now displayed correctly in the dialer app, but when I call someone or receive calls, a default Phone app is still used and contact name is not displayed.

eg. I have contact saved as +44 1234 567890. Default Phone app can't recognize this contact if call is received as 01234 567890, but exDialed can.
How can I make exDialer the default phone app?


texts: Convert Android File Transfer to USB Removable Device in Lollipop

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I have a ASUS Zenfone2 Laser 500KL whose configuration are 8Gb Internal, 2gb RAM, QuadCore Processor and Android Lollipop 5.0. For some days, i am using the phone but i don't like the file transfer system from phone to PC by USB. Some folders doesn't appear when i open it on Windows but appears on phone when i access. It also appear when i connect SD card by Card Reader to the PC B but not by this file system.

When i connect the phone to PC in MyComputer this appears.

Here to my question, i want to convert Portable Media Player to USB Mass Storage Removable Device by disabling this PC Suite and showing Portable Device. Can anyone help me how to do so?


texts: Root in Android is connecting to SoftLayer Technologies!

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I was reviewing what programs are connecting to the internet on my Android Nexus 5, and I saw that Root had already disconnected from the connection to SoftLayer Technologies, inc (IP 108.168.176.245 Port 5222 insecurely over http - status: TCP_Close_Wait).

Why does Root connect to SoftLayer? Is this normal?


texts: Can I install Google Play and run Android apps on my iPhone or iPad?

texts: I have an iPod Touch 4G (this is where you all start screaming at me). But I like the apps on Google Play. So if I downloaded a Google Play app on my computer and sent it to my iPod, would it work?


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I am trying to get a "solarized dark" colorscheme to work with Vim on android. Vim itself runs, and the plugin itself runs, but the colorscheme comes out wrong. I am using jackpal.androidterm app (usually the first one you see if you search 'terminal' on google play). I have tried exporting nearly every terminal type, both through the app and throught a script and I have the app's colorscheme set to "solarized dark", however, the backround doesn't display properly.

Here are the Screenshots for it.

Due to limitations on new users, I pasted them in OneDrive. (They were packed in a document due to an odd bug when uploading with Dolphin.)

Also, It is worth noting that solarized "works" on the Android Terminal when TERM=xterm-256color. However, the limited solarized colorset has too little contrast and is just plain ugly. In addition, both systems have the same plugins and .vimrc:

(~/.vimrc)

syntax on
set number
set ruler

set nocompatible              " be iMproved, required
filetype off                  " required

 " set the runtime path to include Vundle and initialize
 set rtp+=~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
call vundle#begin()
" alternatively, pass a path where Vundle should install plugins
call vundle#begin('~/some/path/here')

" let Vundle manage Vundle, required
 Plugin 'gmarik/Vundle.vim'

 Plugin 'altercation/vim-colors-solarized'
 Plugin 'bronson/vim-trailing-whitespace'

 " Unite
 " "   depend on vimproc
 " "   ------------- VERY IMPORTANT ------------
 " "   you have to go to .vim/plugin/vimproc.vim and do a ./make
 " "   -----------------------------------------
 Plugin 'Shougo/vimproc.vim'
 Plugin 'Shougo/unite.vim'

 Plugin 'rking/ag.vim'
 Plugin 'airblade/vim-gitgutter'
 Plugin 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
 Plugin 'junegunn/vim-easy-align'
 " All of your Plugins must be added before the following line
 call vundle#end()            " required
 " filetype plugin indent on    " required
 " To ignore plugin indent changes, instead use:
 filetype plugin on
 " "
 " " Brief help
 " " :PluginList       - lists configured plugins
 " " :PluginInstall    - installs plugins; append `!` to update or just
 " :PluginUpdate
 " " :PluginSearch foo - searches for foo; append `!` to refresh local cache
 " " :PluginClean      - confirms removal of unused plugins; append `!` to
 " auto-approve removal
 " "
 " " see :h vundle for more details or wiki for FAQ
 " " Put your non-Plugin stuff after this line

 " -- solarized personal conf
 set background=dark
 try
     colorscheme solarized
     catch
 endtry

 " Highlight 80th column
 if (exists('+colorcolumn'))
     set colorcolumn=80
         highlight ColorColumn ctermbg=9
 endif

 " bindings for unite--------------------------------------------------

 let g:unite_source_history_yank_enable = 1
 try
   let g:unite_source_rec_async_command='ag --nocolor --nogroup -g ""'
   call unite#filters#matcher_default#use(['matcher_fuzzy'])
 catch
 endtry
 " search a file in the filetree
 nnoremap <space><space> :split<cr> :<C-u>Unite -start-insert file_rec/async<cr>
 " reset not it is <C-l> normally
 :nnoremap <space>r <Plug>(unite_restart)

 " Bindings for Ag ------------------------------------------------------------
 " --- type ° to search the word in all files in the current dir
 nmap ° :Ag <c-r>=expand("<cword>")<cr><cr>
 nnoremap <space>/ :Ag

 " Easy align interactive--------------------------------------------------
 vnoremap <silent> <Enter> :EasyAlign<cr>


texts: Moving Robinson game files/user profile from one android to another

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http://www.forumforpages.com/facebook/robinson-mobile/useful-tips/798367174/0

I tried the above but cannot find the below mentioned file which sound like what one needs to continue on playing the game at the level achieved on the old phone.  I so do not want to lose the levels and enjoyment and hard work put in on this!! :)

"UserProfile.json"
The file path suggested is there, but the Userprofile.json file is not there!


texts: Android E-Mail App: How to limit contacts for new email to contacts of specific account?

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I am using the native E-Mail App on an Samsung Galaxy 4 Mini with Android 4.2.2. I use the app to read and send business email with my outlook exchange account. For other emails I use gmail app. When composing a new email in E-Mail app and start typing in the "To:" field suggestions of email addresses occur. So far so good. But:
Most of the suggested addresses are old gmail contacts or otherwise private contacts. This expands the list to a near unusable length. Is there a way to tell the app to only list contacts from the account entered in the E-Mail App?
If not, can I store addresses I often use in a favorites list or such (I was hoping this would happen by itself over time, but after month of use the app still does not remember anything of the sort)?
Please when suggesting a solution also understand that I do not what to general limit contact sync on my phone to the outlook contacts.

Any tips would be appreciated.
Monica


texts: Is it possible to add more search providers to the Google Search?

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In the Google Now/Search application, when you view the settings, you get a list of all the applications that can be searched.

Is it possible to develop apps that can add more search providers to this? I'd like to be able to search my calendar and contacts too but I can't seem to.

Earlier Android versions had an application called QuickSearch but this seems to have been removed as per the AOSP commits. Does Android now support in-device search or is this idea dead?

Here's a screenshot of my settings page.

Click image for larger version


texts: How can I hide phone number during incoming call and display only contact name?

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I wish to show only contact name during incoming call, for some privacy reasons I wish to hide numbers and display only contact name.

I won't usually pick up anonymous calls, is there any option to achieve this?

Android version 4.4 and without root option is preferable.


texts:
After hours of searching in the internet I decided to ask this question here.

How can I add a screen filter using tasker. Apps like Screen Filter, etc. creates an overlay black filter on screen which I love while using phone at night. But I don't want to use any such app. Is there any script or something else which I can use in tasker to make such similar overlays.

I have reduced the screen brightness below factory settings using shell code

su
    echo 4 > < file path>

but still at night the minimum brightness also hurt my eyes. Those filters are quiet relaxing. Please can anyone help. Thank you.


texts: How do I stop some notifications but keep text notifications?

texts: I have a Samsung galaxy s2 and I treats all notifications as the same. I want text notifications, but I want to stop the game notifications. I find nothing in the apps, or the system to stop this. Is there a way, or an app I can use to do this? I looked at the notification off app and it isn't compatible with my phone.


texts: Android 6+ and account permissions: where have they gone to?

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I was just browsing the Android Developers Permissions list, and noticed most of the account permissions are gone – in fact, all but GET_ACCOUNTS as it seems. What does that mean, what implications does it have to the end-user – and what else got messed up (apart from the fact there's practically no INTERNET permission anymore)?

As usual, I tried my best Google-Fu but found no answers. Instead, some unanswered questions asking the same. I cannot put it into better words than these:

  Marshmallow dropped several Account permissions, including MANAGE_ACCOUNTS and USE_CREDENTIALS, but kept GET_ACCOUNTS. I haven't seen much documentation of what this means for the user in practice, though. I assume that the app that creates an account can automatically use/manage it. However, if a 3rd party app wants to log in with a Google/Facebook/etc account that it did not create:

  Does it still have to request my interaction/approval the first time each account is accessed/used, or can it just use my accounts automatically now?
  If I deny the GET_ACCOUNTS permission, can the app still prompt me to log in with an account from my Nexus? Or do I have to grant the app permission to view all of my accounts in order to let it use one of them?

Additionally: if access to accounts is still protected (which I hope it is!) – which permission is protecting it now?

Related questions (whose answers might need to be updated now):

What does permission “MANAGE_ACCOUNTS” mean?
What can an app do with the “USE ACCOUNTS ON THE DEVICE” permission?
In Android 6, how to deny an app permission to access the network?
What do Android application permissions mean?

Summing up information collected in the (cleaned-up) comments

The following details came up in the comments. They are not answering my question, but give valuable hints – which is why I'm including them with my question (credits given to their authors):

"there's practically no INTERNET permission": It's still there, but automatically granted to each app. No way to revoke it with on-board tools/settings. Which is why I linked to In Android 6, how to deny an app permission to access the network? above. Why that's important? See below.
Dan Brown points out that access to accounts is now bound to some _CONTACTS permission. Indeed, using an app to "login with Google" prompts: "Allow X to access your contacts?"

It's not clear whether you grant read access only (bad enough) or even write access. So now even a cloud storage app (like Dropbox, Mega, etc) gets access to your contacts – which is why always granting INTERNET becomes a privacy nightmare.
As it's now obvious this part of the account permissions went to contacts (kudos to Dan for the pointer!), I'd really like to read some details on that: how was it changed, why was it changed, what are the implications, how to deal with it.
Update: As the latest version of the SE app no longer requires to access contacts, Dan created a dedicated question concerning this app on the main Meta, which might be worth checking: How does the new sign-in system work for the Android app? In short, they are using a new version of the "Google Sign In SDK", which no longer requires contacts access. As that only affects Google Sign-In, it doesn't answer my question, though.
Dan also pointed out that apps use their own account managers. That was already the case before MM – and the reason why there was the MANAGE_ACCOUNTS permission (see above): they registered their service with Android, so other apps could use it.
As I already mentioned with my question, GET_ACCOUNTS is the only surviving account permission. It was already required before MM, and probably still serves the same purpose: In order to use an account, our app first needs to know that it's there – so it has to obtain a list of available accounts to start with. If something has changed in this regard, please include it with your answers.


texts: I came across ARM Translation tools (1.1) for Android. What is the purpose of this library and how does it work?


texts: Keeping whatsapp installed on second device

texts:
If I transfer everything over wireless to my new android device (included whatsapp) from the old one, when I open Whatsapp it does not ask a verification code for the new device (where I have my sim). And in the old device, with just wifi, the old whatsapp still works.
How can that be possible?


texts:
On iOS, as  limited as it was, I  could do two things that I can't figure out how to do in Android  - htc one m8

When finding addresses in Google search or map, Google result page had an option to save a contact.   That seems missing in Android.   I can't figure out how to add an address from these results.
In ios, whenever I receive an address as plain text in email or sms or web page, I was able to long press and ios would give me option to add the info to a new or existing contact.  I have no way of doing this in Android.  I am forced to manually copy ever line to a contact.

Any suggestions to resolve this would be appreciated.


texts: GPS not working on Samsung after Android 10 update

texts:
Since the update GPS stops working most of the time.

I have an A6, but it's a widespread problem on many Samsung devices.

I only found a workaround so far:

  work-around until Samsung fixes it.  Download and install "GPSTest".   Once installed, turn off mobile data, open GPSTest and it will get a GPS signal with coordinates.  Turn mobile data back on, then hit the home button and open whatever app you want.  Basicaly GPSTest keeps the GPS alive and it will allow other apps to function as well.  I have to do this almost every time I need to use a GPS app.  It works, but is a pain...

Source: https://us.community.samsung.com/t5/Galaxy-S9/GPS-not-available-after-Android-10-update/td-p/1101309

But this works only sometimes.

Is there a better way to fix GPS? Or is there a reliable way to apply that workaround?


texts: Want to download an unsupported app, but says it will replace an app

texts: What does it mean when it says it will replace an app?


texts: Where is the settings option to Divert or block incoming calls

texts:
Where can I find the option to divert and block incoming calls on my mobile.
I was unable to find it. It is available on all mobiles. Where is it in Android?

Android version: 5.0 Lollipop
Mobile manufacturer: Micromax


texts: How to fix "Unfortunately, the process xxx has stopped"?

texts: I was having some trouble with my rooted Samsung GS3, so I "tried" to perform a reset by flashing a stock ROM in ODIN. Once I booted it back up, the first thing I saw was "Unfortunantly, the process android.process.media has stopped." I thought that was weird but continued with the setup process, but it kept happening frequently. Media, gapps, Play Store, gallery, contacts and others were "unfortunately stopping". I can't open the play store, camera, phone app, contacts and some others. Now, I use only the messaging, Internet, and Youtube apps. I can't download any apps, or anything really. I've tried to reflash the ROM with ODIN, but that does nothing. I've flashed CWM to it but that doesn't even working properly. I tried to restore a backup I have on my External SD but when I hit restore in CWM it just says "Couldn't open directory. No files found." Device is SGH-I747. I'm going insane with this. Please help, any response is appreciated. Thanks!


texts: Mark Gmail as read when archiving from notification

texts:
The most recent version of the Gmail app as the great feature where
you can choose between archiving or replying to e-mails directly from
the notification.

My problem is that, if you archive it from the notification, it
remains unread (instead of being marked as read). Is there anyway to
get around that?

I'd like for any e-mails that are archived directly from the
notification to be automatically marked as read.


texts: How to take panorama of sky with Google Pixel 3?

texts:
I'm trying to take a panoramic photo of the sunset, but the only option I see to do this is called "Photo Sphere".  When I select this it wants me to start at the dot, which appears to be level with the horizon.  But if I do this it will greatly detract from the panorama because everything I want to see is in the sky and there is an ugly setting underneath it.

How can I take a panorama without having to start in some arbitrary location that Google wants me to?

Update: I just noticed there is a "panorama" tab off to the left of the default camera, but it only shoots in one direction and doesn't let me add additional up/down space if there isn't enough in portrait mode.


texts:
Google Maps 5.0 looks like a great upgrade, with offline maps and 3D. However, I can't find it in the market. The direct download link on Google does't work as well.

Do you know where I can download it directly?


texts: Apps won't install (silently fail after 100% downloaded)

texts:
I have a problem with installing apps from Google Play onto my Samsung Galaxy S Plus phone.

It has Android 2.3.6. Yesterday I tried to download some apps. When I clicked 'Install', the app began to download but when it got to 100% it just disappeared and silently failed to install on my phone :\

I don't have an SD card and up to now I saved all my apps on the phone
and had no problems like this.
It seems to be some settings problem, but I don't know what to do.
any ideas?!


texts: Show messages on lock screen on Galaxy S3

texts: Is it possible to show previews of messages (as the iPhone does) on the lock screen on a Galaxy S3 running android 4.1.2?


texts: SuperUser doesn't give/prompt root access

texts:
I was trying to move GoogleMaps on SD-Cards using Link2SD.
When I tried to do so I got a message stating

  Link2SD could not obtain root access.
  if you have root access make sure you respond 'Allow' or 'Grant' to the superuser request

Then I opened SuperUser to check the application list. I was surprised to see that there were no apps there! The last time I have checked there were some apps there(Link2SD, BatteryDoctor, TerminalEmulator).

Searching through the net I read that if an app needs root access, it will ask for it. The next step was to see, SuperUser's settings/preferences.

The Automatic Response is set to Prompt
Notifications are ticked
Notification Type is set to Status Bar
Use Advanced Prompt isn't checked

Navigating through Link2SD, I've noticed that Link2SD was updated. The next thing to do was to uninstall it and install it again. The first time I run it, it never prompted me to give it root access.

What may be wrong? Is there a way to give apps root access(by "brutal force")?


texts:
I want to see the ip address which the specific game connected to specific servers that i played. My Goal is to add a QOS on my router for specific game.

iv tried doing a packet capture on my android but it has alot of other none related ip addresses seen.


texts: Where to report a bug in a keyboard app?

texts:
I have Nexus4 with Android.
One of the input languages is Russian. I use Russian word suggestions or swype method for messaging.
There is a particular form of Russian verbs (frequently used) that seems to be omitted in the dictionary (suggestions).
Where can I report this bug?


texts: Sometimes I'm not even touching my phone, sometimes I'm using it. It just goes to the settings screen without me telling it to do it. I'm on a Galaxy Note 3


texts: Smartphone laggy and slow: when a factory reset is ineffective

texts:
First of all, I would like to say that I recognize how tiring it must be to read about people asking for help to solve problems all the time. I tried to not be that person... but here goes my story.
I have  Galaxy S6 (SM-G920i), 4.5 years old, that I used a lot, and always served me well (within its capabilities). It is running Samsung's stock Android 8.1.
However, two days ago, out of nowhere, he became excessively slow. It was very sudden: in a second I was reading some messages on WhatsApp, and in the next second the device was not responding, taking many seconds to answer any command from me.
I decided to restart it. But even that I couldn't. It was as if it didn't recognize that I was hitting the screen lock button. Then I forced a shutdown (I connected it to the charger, and held the power off + volume key).
After that, I turned it on again, but now the phone was stuck in the boot loop: taking 5 or 6 minutes to boot (screen with the Samsung logo) and as soon as it went to the lock screen, it restarted on its own.
I did a search on some specialized sites and forums, and the first recommendation was to "Wipe Cache" through the recovery mode. I was able to enter recovery mode, but I received the message "NO COMMAND" on a blue screen with the green android! Moments later, while I was searching about that new and unexpected error, the recovery screen finally appeared. I selected the option to clear the cache (Wipe Cache Partition), waited for completion, and then restarted the device... No success there! The problem persisted. Bootloop again.
The next recommended step now was to perform a factory reset. Against my will, I did. But, unfortunately, it did not solve the problem: the smartphone is still very slow, it is taking several minutes to boot up, it is taking 3 or 4 seconds to respond to simple commands (lock, unlock, scroll, etc...) and is exaggeratedly slow to open any application (simple as it may be, such as a calculator). Sometimes it hangs and gets hot (e.g. if I try to open the camera). Even in the safe mode, it behaves this way.
I am aware that this problem may be something related to the hardware since the storage units have a life cycle (although unlikely, it is possible that this occurred in less than 5 years). That said, I am also aware that the problem may not have a solution.
On the other hand, hope dies last: have you guys ever seen something similar, even on other devices? Am I missing something? Is there a path that I have not explored? Is it (soft or hard) bricked? Or, considering the facts, it is indeed a dying device?
Thank you for your time!
TL;DR: A Samsung Galaxy S6 with 4.5 years of use suddenly became laggy and unresponsive. "Wipe cache partition" and "Factory reset" were unable to restore device performance. Is there a solution?


texts:
In (multi-user) Android there are UIDs like these:

u0_everybody
u10_everybody
u11_everybody

Those seem different to the usual uXX_aYY UIDs used for the applications. What is their purpose? Is this a way to make files available to all applications (share between applications of a user account)?


texts: Logging off viber account on my stolen phone

texts:
I lost my phone last Friday, May 31. I was able to get already a replacement SIM card for me to use the same no. again for my new phone now. My Facebook was already hacked yesterday since my FB app in my lost phone was open just like my emails and VIBER accounts.

With this, I would like to know how to log off Viber in all devices that I previosuly opened so my info will not be compromised.

My viber is now open in my new phone and my laptop but I want it log off in my lost phone and all other devices.

Is this possible just like Chrome or Google, Yahoo and even Facebook?


texts: "Unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped" after upgrade to Lollipop on my S5

texts:
I upgraded (over the air) to Lollipop and now the phone process keeps crashing. I tried to wipe its data (actually, in Application manager there are 3 'Phone' apps), tried turning off (including taking out the battery), tried deleting the cache.

Is there something more I can do except reset?


texts: How to change Mozilla default video player?

texts:
I would like to know how to replace the default video player of Mozilla Firefox with the default Android video player on my Note 4.

My phone is not rooted.

Thank you in advance.


texts: How can I enable field test mode on Samsung Galaxy S3?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3. Are there any codes to enable field test mode, like band selection? Has someone managed to enable such an option?


texts: I was using my android device and suddenly it turn off, and when I tried to turn it back on I received  then It turn on for couple of minutes and after that it turn off and now the phone is not responding whatsoever, and it's not turning on.........can anyone help me with solving this problem, and I also read the documents from android and found nothing useful regarding this problem, all I found was some explanation about the causes but nothing on how to solve it.


texts:
I have enabled UDB Debugging for my moto 360, but when I connect it to my computer, I don't get the "Allow Wear Debugging?" dialog.

How can I get this to show up?


texts: Combining two single sim phones (backup) into one dual sim phone

texts:
Is there any method of combining the Android backups from two mobile phones when I move from two single sim phones to a dual sim phone?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 running my UK contract SIM, and a ZTE running my PAYG German sim.

I have just purchased a S9+ and I want to use both sims in the one phone. This is not an issue for me.

I have some data stored on the S4 which I do not wish to lose, and some data stored on the ZTE which I also do not wish to lose.

The Android backup show for both phones by name, but I can only use one to migrate my data.

How do I combine the data on two different phones, into a single backup that can be used on my S9.


texts: My only access to computer is my Samsung epic cell phone. My storage is getting full because I take a lot of photos. If I send them to Gmail & archive them. Will this free up some storage space in my phone even though I keep my Gmail app on my phone ?


texts:
I Have an HTC DESIRE which I upgraded to Gingerbread recently. My friend told me about Galnet MIUI for Desire, and now I want to root my device. Is this possible? These are my phone's specs:

HTC DESIRE
Android Version  2.3.3
Base band version - 32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23
Kernel Version 2.6.35.10-g3f43272
Build No 3.14.405.1 CL 96875


texts:
I have been searching the web and this website for information about the file systems supported by Android. I have not found anything though.

Since KitKat (Android 4.4), some changes have been applied regarding the access of the applications to the external SD cards. Many websites explain, pretty well, that this is due to Android offering read/write access control over the folders and FAT file system not offering this feature.

This is nice to know the cause but now I am interested in finding a solution. Not a workaround that involves an app or whatever, but I would like to know which file system I can format my sd card with and Android recognizes it. I vaguely read about EXT, but which version? Does Android work with EXT 3, 4?

By the way, I apologize if this has been asked, let me know the duplicate in that case.


texts:
I have seen many questions here about users trying other software than Kies for sync'ing data with Outlook and a handset, very mixed reviews with what's good/bad, but not very much mentioned recently on the versions I am using.

I have setup a Samsung GS4 with Kies on a Win7 PC running Outlook 2010, the previous user had a Blackberry and is used to sync'ing his device with his laptop. Email items are sync with a GMail account as we are not running Exchange.

The user has 400+ contacts and quite a lot of e-mail with hundreds of calendar items.

Kies Sync has worked (albeit slowly) for a week, now it stalls/halts (no errors, no timeouts) at 15%.

Any hints or troubleshooting I can do? Sync logs to look for?

If I cannot resolve this I will need a different product to use, so any suggestions are more than welcome!


texts: Is there a way to make audio only calls with Hangouts? My data plan is very limited (100 MB), and I do not want to waste it on video.


texts: Can I open a second Gmail account in a separate app?

texts:
I currently have several Gmail accounts, one for work, and the others personal. I'd like to keep these separate so I can forget about work on the weekends, but I'm finding it hard to do right now.

Is there a way to open the work account in a different app (E.G., Outlook) but not have it show up in the regular Gmail client as well?


texts: google maps not working offline even though I downloaded maps

texts:
My phone is a Nexus 4, running Android 5.1.1

I am getting this error when I try to go to a postcode in London

But I have downloaded offline maps of London and surrounding areas.

e.g. if I go to "My Places", I can see 3 offline maps, including London *

@Czar points out that the map files seem rather small...Maybe that is the cause, though I have an issue there too.  It doesn't give me a box to draw around what I want to download, it gives me a screen where I zoom out to how much I want, but if I zoom out too far it says it's too big.  It is only letting me save areas that are quite small like around < 30MB.

Note- in this question I stated that I clicked 'my places' to see offline maps that was the case in the version I had, where I had the issue. The current google maps has offline maps in the menu. Google maps can be updated from the google play store.


texts: How to turn Gmail notifications back on after uninstalling Google Inbox?

texts:
I already use the Android Gmail app. I installed Google Inbox and was receiving double notifications. Inbox offered to stop receiving Gmail app notifications. I agreed to this.

Then, I no longer wanted Google Inbox so I uninstalled it. Gmail notifications did not turn back on. I checked settings, apps, Gmail, notifications checkbox (yes), but still no Gmail notifications.


texts: I can't update my Nexus S, shows error screen. What to do?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  can't update, can't do a factory reset

My Phone (Nexus S) keeps pestering me to update the OS. But, every time I try, it restarts, displays the cute robot error screen and doesn't come back on until I take out the battery and restart it. I would just leave it but I'm still running Android 2.3.4, and it's time.

Any way of updating the OS other then clicking OK when it asks?

I'm not really sure what more info I can give you guys, ask and I will tell


texts: Play Store is missing apps after restored from backup (EVO 4G)

texts:
I've seen some similar issues, but nothing quite the same as what I am having. Hopefully that means it is easy to fix.

So, I recently backed up all my apps to my sd card using MyBackup and then performed a factory reset. Afterwards, I reloaded all my apps back and everything went fine.

The problem is that now, in the "my apps" section of the market, it doesn't show anything except for my purchased apps, even though I have all my apps currently downloaded and installed on my phone.

Is there anyway I can update the market to reflect what is already installed on my phone??? I've already tried multiple times wiping the cache for the market and reseting, all to no avail.

Any help on this?

Thanks.


texts: Is there a way to switch between radio modes without the phone radio completely shutting down?

texts:
Is it possible to have the radio switch between WCDMA Preferred mode, GSM mode, and WCDMA only, for example, without the radio switching off and on again? The radio completely loses signal during the, which isn't ideal.

It seems like it must be possible theoretically, as the phone doesn't lose signal when in WCDMA preferred mode, when it downgrades to GSM because of poor signal.

If it matters, I'm using an HTC Desire Z running Cyanogen 10.1 (Android 4.2 based). This problem also occurred on all previous versions of CM that I've tried, and on stock JellyBean 4.2.

This also occurs on a Nexus 4 on JellyBean 4.2.


texts: Update Sony Xperia C5303 ( with Android 4.3 ) to new version?

texts:
Is it possible upgrade or update Sony Xperia C5303 ( with Android 4.3 )  to Android 8.1 with Xperia Companion software ?
Or any description else ?


texts: Nothing shows in all mail on the Galaxy Note 5

texts:
I just purchased the Galaxy Note 5 and I'm using the Gmail app. All of the labels work fine except the all mail.  When I go to all labels I see that next to the name "All Mail" I have 99+ messages but when I click on "all mail" I get a message that says "there is no mail here".  I use this folder quite often so this is discouraging.  I can see it on my laptop and iPhone just fine. It also worked fine on my Galaxy Note 4.  Any suggestions?

When I go to 'manage label' the all mail says "sync:all, which says all messages will download when connected.  Any advice?


texts:
Looking for an option to password protect adb so I can enable it all the time and accept all connections.

In the event if I break my phone's screen and I need to pull my files out this would really be helpful.


texts: When I change my phone, will I be able to keep all my game progress in Dream League Soccer 2018 and my player purchases? how?

texts: When I change my phone, will I be able to keep all my game progress in Dream League Soccer 2018 and my player purchases? If yes, how?


texts:
When connected to the corporate wifi the signal bars turn grey suggesting that there is no connection to Google services. Gmail, web browsing, contact sync, calender sync, play music all appear to work correctly. YouTube and DeskSMS do not, there may be others but I haven't been specifically looking for what does and doesn't work. Both services accessed via computer work perfectly fine, there is no block on YouTube or DeskSMS. I'm running Android 4.1.2 on a Nexus S, DHCP network configuration with HTTP proxy.

Any suggestions as to why the phone believes it doesn't have Google service connectivity?
Broken YouTube doesn't bother me but DeskSMS would be handy to get working, any suggestions?


texts: updater-script for flashing raw partition image

texts:
I created the image with the following commands

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/mnt/sdcard/modem.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/mnt/sdcard/aboot.img

Now I want to create a flashable zip to flash these images to another copy of device.

1) Do I need to format partition before I write raw image at first place?

2) Is this script okay if I assume no formatting needed?

ui_print("Updating modem.img ...");
write_raw_image("aboot.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p5");
write_raw_image("modem.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1");
ui_print("Finished!");
ui_print();

If it needs formating, I use Parittion Table app to identify the partitions.
It shows for /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 mount point and filesystem type ("vfat") but for /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 this info is absent.

3) How to I know the filesystem type "EMMC" or "MTD" or what?

Thanks.


texts: Why does Android OS consume my network transfer?

texts:
The app data usage section of the Settings mentions that "Android OS" has taken transferred 1.73 MB of data in the background.

What is that caused by? I have disabled captive portal detection on my device. I'm running CM 13.0 without Play Services.


texts: HTC Desire HD Android 2.2 disable screen shut off when timer is running

texts:
I tried to use the timer for a countdown of 3 minutes. 1 minute in, the screen shut off and the phone locked, disabling the countdown.

After 4 minutes, I realised what had happened. Is there a way to disable the screen shut off just when the timer is running?


texts: Developer Options screen opens for a second, then closes

texts:
I'm using an LG4c Android v5.0.2.  I have enabled Developer Options - it is in the menu where I can tap it to open it.
When I tap it, it opens for a split second - long to enough to see that it is on (blue button is on) and but turns off almost instantly so that in effect I cannot access it.
How can I get it to stay on?  Why does it not stay on?


texts: It appears my S planner synchs when I am on Wi Fi but not when wi fi is off and I am connected to mobile data.  There is probably a switch "synch only when on wifi" to save paying for mobile data, but where do I turn that off if I want to synch in a hurry and there is no wifi handy?


texts: Android Tablets: Use USB to Ethernet connector?

texts: Do Android tablets generally support USB to Ethernet adapters? And if so, which models?


texts: What does it mean an ugly pop-up with an smiley face on my lock screen?

texts:
I've been getting pop-ups in the lock screen of my "Huawei Honor 6X" like this:

The notifications appear at random times. There is nothing else on the pop-up other than the smiley face made of ASCII characters and an OK button. The UI does not even look genuine.

Any idea what does it mean or what could it be creating these messages?

It is running EMUI version 5.0.1, Android version 7.0 and Android's November 6 2017 security patch.

UPDATE: The Notification History app did not register any app producing this pop-up. Her is another screenshot of the pop-up.


texts: Disabling notifications for Samsung messages

texts: I switched to using Google Hangouts for SMS. I cannot disable the default Samsung messages notification, so I get a duplicate of each notification from the messages. How can I disable it? I unchecked "Show notifications" under Application Manager and it doesn't seem to work.


texts: Has the copy/paste functionality been removed in the RAZR Maxx's Ice Cream Sandwich update?

texts: Now that I have upgraded my Motorola Rzar Maxx to Ice Cream Sandwich the ability to do a copy and paste from Evernote and Office Suite are no longer available. Instead I have to cut rather than copy, then paste it back in the app and then go to the app you want to past in to paste it. Further there is no longer a menu item to select all text either. Has this functionality been removed by the update?


texts: does every menu item in an app have an intent?

texts:
In order to filter through my music better and get rid of 'stuff I know I don't want to hear again', I'm considering 'how to best go about writing a Tasker plugin' to 'delete the currently playing song'.

Detecting what's currently playing, searching for, and deleting it would be more complicated than being able to emulate the code that runs via menu item->delete->Yes dialog.


texts: Full size for previously uploaded Google+ Instant Upload/Auto Backup photos

texts:
At some point I changed my Google+ Auto Backup settings to upload photos at full size. I am now switching phones and would like all of the photos on the phone to be backed up to Google+ at full size.  But many of these were backed up earlier when Google+ did not do full size backups.

If I do a manual upload from the Auto Backup settings page, will it reload these previously uploaded files at full size?


texts: What makes the android boot sequence different from Windows boot sequence?

texts: I've just studied the Windows boot process (theoretically) and now I want to compare the Android's boot sequence with the Windows boot sequence. One point I've found is that in Windows there is BIOS and in android there is BOOT ROM that does the same task. Can you please help me to get more differences? Also which is more secure in terms of boot process and why?


texts: I tried to bypass factory reset protection on a Galaxy S4 but it didn't work

texts:
I've been trying to bypass the Google Account credentials on a Samsung S4 I was given (it had already been factory reset) and, following the instructions in this answer, I inserted a USB drive via the OTG at the Google Account notification - but nothing happens! ie, no, popup or new page, just the annoying 'This device was reset etc' page and the unhelpful option to enter an email.

What can I do now to access the APK from RootJunky?


texts: How can I fix my corrupted /data partition?

texts:
The following happened. I have a Galaxy Mini Plus (S5570I) running Android 2.3.6 which I've been using without problems so far. Recently, I've installed an APK (Opera Beta), which somehow caused the device to freeze, so I had to pull the battery out and restart it manually. Upon switching it back, the device stays at the pre-boot screen, and constantly displays the "Samsung Galaxy Mini" logo, the one that's supposed to show up for seconds before the boot animation. No amount of waiting or restarting helps, it's completely bricked for some reason.

However, if I try to restore a backup via Clockworkmod, or try to erase the information, I immediately receive an error saying Error mounting /data! or Can't mount /data!. Every single other partition loads and is mountable, except for /data. Which renders backup, restore, or delete impossible.

Is there a way I could manually rewrite the partition table (i.e. recreate the partitions) or somehow get the device to boot, preferably without sending it in for repair? Clockworkmod doesn't work, stock service mode doesn't work, Odin doesn't work, I can't even get adb connected.


texts: How disk space is partitioned in an Android phone?

texts: How does storage space in our phone is partitioned? How can we access our storage space?


texts: I have a Sony Bravia Android TV. Has anyone managed to mount an NFS share in the Kodi media center app? Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: My play store suddenly change to another location and I cannot get it back

texts:
My play store used to be the US version and just a few days back it changed to Hong Kong version. Now I cannot figure out why and how it changed and I want to get it back to US version.

The only thing I can recall is that I used a proxy of HK those days. But now no matter how I set the proxy, my tablet, phone and the web page always give me the HK version.

I have read the posts about activating the play store of another country after relocate and I tried the methods, until now none of them works.

My account has two credit cards added, one's address is in US and the other is in Canada. Two of my apps that are only available in North America are not shown in neither [INSTALLED] nor in [ALL APPS] now.

The webpage version would show the US version as long as I logout my account, otherwise the HK version. The visible paid apps are all in HKD currency, which is rather disturbing!

Someone, please help me!

===UPDATE ON FEB 27, 2015===

The play store still shows HK version, however if I view games that are distributed to non-NA region (like EA's pvz_row, or r3_row) in the web page, it shows "The app is not supported in your device's country). Yet if I download a na version, the in-app-purchase currency shows HKD prices. I am confused, maybe I will have to contact Google play support team.


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