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Samsung Fascinate running CyanogenMod 10.1-20130723-Nightly.

I made a custom boot animation that works, but it plays once and does not loop. The desc.txt file has the proper formatting to loop, folder structure and zip method. I have the bootanimation.zip in two locations on the device memory: /system/media and /data/local

I have matched the permissions to the other files on both locations, however that still hasn't fixed it. Why is not looping like it's supposed to? When I restore the CyanogenMod animation it plays just fine.

UPDATE: Downloading boot animations from the XDA Forum worked just fine. I tried three. Mine are still refusing to work.


texts: I have a Yu Yureka plus.i tried installing twrp and it got into bootloop.fastboot didnt detect my device and i gave to a repair center.after 5 days,they sent back my device saying it cant be repaired.i cant go to fastboot mode nor recovery mode.whatever combination of buttons i press,i goes to a screen which says Download Failed Images-abootihow can i get back to recovery now.i am blank.please guide.


texts: How to flash Samsung devices from a GNU/Linux host running on ARM architecture?

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To flash a Samsung Galaxy S (where do not have root access in the currently running OS, and with a stock recovery) with a new firmware (OS), I need to connect it with a USB cable to another computer and flash it from there.

There is a further problem if the other computer (which runs a GNU/Linux, Ubuntu) is ARM (it's a Toshiba AC100). So to flash a new OS onto the Samsung Galaxy S through the USB cable from the other computer, I'd need something like heimdall for ARM. It's not among the available pre-built downloads for heimdall. Perhaps, I will have to try to build it for ARM then...

Is obtaining heimdall for Linux on ARM possible?


texts: Moto g partitions deleted .How to flash internal partitions again Emmc

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UPDATE

I have found this xda post with the partition table and sizes of the moto g.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48855450&postcount=35

I also found this xda post where they partition the emmc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596521
, if someone could help me identify what should I put in adb.

My first gen moto g is stuck in a bootloop, everything i have done so far has not worked.I have tried to flash using fastboot and mfastboot with diferent stock images in all I get failed to erase partition, remote failure.

The internal storage says it has 0 mb of space.
I have Twrp installed and using cat /proc/partitions finds no partitions

~ # ←[6ncat /proc/partitions
cat /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

I have managed to push a Stock rom but can´t flash it with mount data error,mount sd card error, mount system error and mount cache error..

I have tried to use Adb remount but it fails

remount failed: Success

Any help will be greatly appreciated


texts: How to understand Android 5.0 internal memory usage?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S5(SM-G900F) which should have 16GB eMMC as an internal storage:

Are Android OS system files stored on the "System memory" portion of this internal storage? Or is there a separate non-volatile, but writable(because phone supports OS upgrades) memory for this? Is this internal memory partitioned? What is the difference between "Used space" and "Miscellaneous files"?


texts: RDP client that can use an SSH tunnel created by ConnectBot?

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I want to reach my home PC with RDP but I want to do it in an SSH tunnel because of security reasons. Are there any RDP clients for Android that can be set to use the SSH tunnel created by ConnectBot?

Thank you!


texts: How to refresh a web page in Chrome (Ctrl+F5 analogue) on a device without menu button?

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I have a Nexus 7 Android device with 4.2.2 and Chrome browser.

How can one perform a deep refresh of a web page - analogue of Ctrl+F5 hotkey on desktops?

Please, notice that the device does not have a menu button.

According to the only related question I've found here, the solution is to clear browser cache completely. I'd prefer more convenient and elegant solution.


texts: Is there a way to download ALL app updates at once in Amazon App Store?

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Device: Verizon Droid X
Androrid: stock Froyo 2.2 ROM
Amazon Market app: latest version (updated 3/3/2013)

When I open the list of apps to be update in Google Play Store, there is a button on top right which lets me download and install ALL updates at once, instead of doing it app by app.

Is there such a capability in the app for Amazon App Store?


texts: Play music from Android to Airplay receiver

texts: Is there a way of playing music on my Android phone to an Airplay receiver (like Airport Express etc)?


texts: How do I recover the offline feature in YouTube?

texts: I have lost the YouTube offline feature on my accounts and devices. The offline option has disappeared from settings. I have tried uninstalling updates and reinstalling them, I have tried changing countries, I have tried using online suggestions. Nothing has worked and the offline feature is still missing. Please help me. Thank you.


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Is there any way to change or set the source for the pictures on the People Widget when you have linked contacts?

Example: I have my wife as one of my contacts.  I have her Facebook/Twitter accounts linked to my entries for my GMail and Exchange contacts. I've added a picture taken by the on phone camera to the Exchange contact entry but the widget uses her Facebook profile picture as the display picture.

Any way to override this behavior?


texts: 'Do not disturb' during a SECONDARY Google Calendar [Android 7.0]

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Under Settings → Do not disturb → Event as scheduled , I found the magnificent option to automatically turn on DND mode during events I'm in. Oddly I can only choose whole calendars, like general events in my whole Google Calendar, and not a specific calendar within my Google Calendar.

This makes this amazing feature unusable for me, since it cannot distinguish between important and casual events.

Does anyone of you have a solution?


texts: Who are responsible for pushing out the OTA updates?

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There are many parties involved in an Android phone. My question is who is responsible for the OTA updates of my phone. Is it the manufacturer, the phone service provider or Google?

I thought this answer could be answered generally but maybe not. My phone is the Galaxy Nexus i9250 witch is manufactured by Samsung.


texts: Android w/o gapps. How to get purchased apps

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I'm thinking of wiping Google from my Android phone using cyanogenmod w/o gapps using alternative app stores.

The problem is that i have puchased already numerous apps in Google play store, which I don't want to loose.

Is there a possibility to download and install manually the apps I bought at Google play? How to get the newest updates?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Android CPU usage: What do the red, green and purple bars and the numbers mean?

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The Internet as a truckload of myths about this. Today, it is time to bust the myths.

When the CPU usage bars that can be enabled in the developer options are being displayed, there is a list of active processes and three numbers above.Upper right screen corner (also covered by bars):

14.41 / 20.85 / 40.19

And then, there are three bars for each list item:[Green bar (usually the longest)] [red bar] [purple]

What do these bars and numbers actually mean?

 I would appreciate an explaination.


texts: Is there a way to mirror my Windows 10 computer's screen to my Android phone at boot without extra confirmation from my computer?

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My GPU's HDMI port doesn't work, and I would like to check if the rest of the GPU works, because I don't have a DisplayPort cable.
So I would like to use my Android phone as a display. Whether it's through USB, Wifi, Internet, whatever works. I just need it to launch at boot and mirror my computer screen to my phone without me having to accept something on my computer, as I wouldn't be able to see.


texts: HTC Desire: Recovery Mode just shows 'Broken Phone' symbol

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I'm trying to install the CyanogenMod on my HTC desire. I've temporarily routed it an downloaded the ClockworkMod Recovery and the CyanogenMod with the RomManager app. Everything seems fine.

However when I reboot the phone and go into the Revovery-Mode it just shows me a 'Broken-Phone' icon instead of the recovery options. The symbol it shows is a Phone with a red triangle on top of it. Anyone an idea what could be wrong?

Edit: I used the Vision+ to root. But it was only a temporary rooting-tool. The permanent root didn't work. The Unrevoke-method doesn't seem to work. It never recognizes the phone. HBoot-driver are installed (on Windows). It tells that HTC Sync should be installed. It's not installed in the PC. Do I need it to remove it on the Phone? And how I do that?

Thanks for any leads / tips.


texts: When some program crashes, how can I send the feedback to myself?

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When a program crashes, I can view the crash info by clicking on send feedback, then preview. However it is sometimes quite inconvenient to go through the error log on the phone and I would instead prefer to view it on my computer. How can I email the feedback to myself, or in some other way view the error log on my computer?

I use Android 10 on unrooted Samsung Galaxy S9.


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The screen of my Android phone sometimes automatically shutdown and cannot reshow again.

Can I shutdown my Android from PC or other ways?


texts: Connect my Android phone to a WiFi hotspot from my laptop

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I want to connect my rooted HTC Ville to a WiFi hotspot I made with my  laptop, since I don't have WiFi at home. I'm running fedora 20 on my laptop and CM 11 on my HTC One S.

I can see the WEP secured WLAN with my handy but it doesn't connect.

Do you have any ideas why and how to fix it?


texts: Pictures and videos disappear from my gallery after connecting via USB

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All my picture and videos (whatsapp and DCIM) are gone from my gallery after connecting my phone (Samsung Note Edge) to my computer via USB cable and till now I cannot retrieve them.

All my pictures and video still exist in my phone but you need to access them through my phone files (My Files folder).


texts: Can you connect to multiple vpns at the same time on android 11?

texts: I have an always on VPN connection for security and privacy. I would like to connect to my home vpn for Music Player Deamon access. I would not like to announce my home IP to every WiFi I use. Can I and how to multi hop VPN on android 11, also second hop is conditional as I only want traffic for my system. I do not have root.


texts: How can I fix this issue associated with the Facebook app's folder location and Google Photos backups?

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I have an issue with a combination of the Facebook and Google Photos apps on my Pixel 4 XL.
The folder Facebook stores the images you save from it is in the DCIM folder. Photos you take with your phone camera are also in the DCIM folder, in a Camera subfolder. Google lops all content within the DCIM folder into a virtual folder called Camera, completely ignoring the subfolder structure within DCIM. So whenever you have to navigate folder structures to select an image, both the images saved on Facebook and the ones taken with the camera are shown in the same location of the virtual Camera folder - the actual subfolders are hidden by the virtual folder.
This is problematic because Google photos can't distinguish these subfolders either. The option to back up files with Google One can only be set on the virtual folder level. So, I can either back up my camera photos AND any Facebook images I've saved, or nothing. I save a lot of memes and they're cluttering up my Google photos. I want to stop backing up the Facebook images.
As far as I can see it, any of the following would solve my problem

Facebook saves to a different folder not within existing DCIM folder
Facebook allows you to select which folder to save files in
Android doesn't allow virtual folders to totally obscure physical folders, to where we could still specify not to back up the Facebook directory in Google Photos
Google Photos offers some ability to control when backups occur (eg only when charging so I could move the files before they're backed up)
Google Photos has the concept of a bidirectional sync to where local deletion/movement removes the backed up copies

None of these appear to be offered. The one path I did go down myself was installing the app FolderSync which is supposed to be able to instantly move files from one folder (DCIM/Facebook) to another (just Facebook, with Photos backup disabled on that folder). It seems to move the files right as they're saved, but it does not seem to preempt Google Photos from indexing and backing up the files first so this doesn't work. It also breaks the media index and I have to restart my phone or use an app that manually triggers a media rescan (or else all the original files in the DCIM subfolder appear as error thumbnails during media selection, and the destination ones don't appear).
There are a bunch of posts on reddit and Google support forums about this with no fix indicated. This has been bugging me for many reasons - wastes Google One storage, clutters it up so it's harder to find actual images I took (probably have 10x as many images saved from Facebook vs photos I took), didn't exist in earlier Android versions and would've been able to avoid it with control options that have since been removed, etc.


texts: How can I wake up my Nexus One using trackball?

texts: I have Nexus One and the power button stopped working. It's a known issue but I'm not in USA and I can't get it fixed since I got it from there. Is there any way that I could wake it up without using the power button and without rooting the phone?


texts: I was wondering is there any way to test websites on my phone? I am a Web Programmer, and I usually code designs which are responsive. So I want to check if the design is compatible on mobile phone. I use XAMPP on my Windows 7 Laptop for Apache services. Is there anything like Hamachi I could use to see my http://localhost via my Phone?


texts: How to set Google dialer as the default dialer in Sony Xperia Z3+?

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I hope you are well. I have recently switched from a Google Nexus 5 to a Sony Xperia Z3+. However, I'm slightly annoyed at all of the default apps that Sony bundle with it. I have already replaced the Xperia keyboard with the one from Google, and that was fairly easy. I am now trying to replace the default dialer with the awesome Google dialer that I am used to.

I managed to find online an APK for the Google dialer (all verified as genuine) and installed it to my phone. However, I cannot find the option to select it as the default dialer.

I went to Settings → Apps → All → Google Dialer.

The 'Launch by default' option is greyed out. Does anyone know how to get this working as I really love being able to search for a number by typing the name of a company and don't like the Sony dialer?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT - P5100), shortcut button to close/exit from any app/game

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I am a new user of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (GT - P5100).

Is there any shortcut button to close/exit from any app/game?
Or, any other mechanism?


texts: How to press & long press the "back" key with a terminal command?

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We manage Zebra Mobile computing units running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow through an MDM. For some reason, the MDM interface doesn't show the Android buttons at the bottom of the screen (back, home, menu, etc).

I was able to find the script for the home screen on this site.

Is there a way to send the script for other buttons as well?


texts: How to stop Samsung Galaxy S20 vibrating on resuming and entering lock mode?

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My Samsung Galaxy S20 vibrates every time the screen times out and enters lock mode and vice-versa when I press the right button to exit the lock mode and start using the phone.
How do I remove this behavior?


texts: Which component controls the "universal" app background

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On Gingerbread, which component(like SystemUI.apk) controls the universal background?

To better explain myself, here is a screenshot

I'm referring to the blue background with the gradients


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My device is Motorola G3(2015) [XT-1550] android version 6.0.1(osprey-apac-cust) and I want to install nethunter but I am confused with which .zip should I flash? Different different tutorial saying different different file. One+ One cm 12.0 or Nexus 5/6/7/9 marshmallow.
Even as well confused with method also some tutorial saying flash zip file and some are saying with root file explorer replace couple of file.

Please guide me toward right direction.
Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I capture tethered traffic and save it as a pcap file?

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I use my Android device with 3G as a hotspot for my laptop. I also occasionally connect other Internet devices to the network, and would like to look at the traffic.

I need a way to log the traffic on my Android device, and a way to save it as a pcap file so I can use it for Wireshark on my laptop.

What's the best way of doing this? Using Android 2.3.7.


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But my device still could be seen in adb devices, it said
List of devices attached
DU2TAN1581059861        device

I've turned on usb debugging and MTP mode on my android.

Screenshot:


texts: How do I enable call waiting notification when I am calling another person?

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When I used my previous phone, when I am calling someone, I used to get a notification if the party that I am calling is in another call and I am waiting. I usually don't like to disturb people when they are in another call so I promptly hang up. But I've noticed that my HTC Desire S does not tell me that information.

Is it by design ?

Is there anyway I can enable this feature?

An app perhaps?

Or are all the phones running Android have this feature turned off ?

Just to clarify, I am NOT looking for activating call waiting on my phone so I get an alert when another person is calling me. I want to know when a call I initiated is in call-waiting on the other end.


texts: Nexus 5 stuck on "flying color dots lollipop" screen after Hard Factory Reset

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I just did a wipe data/factory reset on my Nexus 5. I followed this YouTube tutorial.

I'm stuck on the boot screen, which was my problem in the first place, and it's been on the boot screen for 25 minutes.

Should I wait or do something else?


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My PC no longer recognizes my android phone..Whenever I connect my phone via usb cable to the pc , I get the "One of the USB devices attached to your computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it" error..I tried with a different usb cable, unplugged the power supple, restarted pc but nothing helps.My phone still charges though.What I also did was I connected my other android phone using the same cable but it was recognized !.So what could be the problem?

PC: Windows 7 32 bit
Android: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo SM-N7505 5.1.1 with root

Thanks!


texts: How to move from one Google Account to another?

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I work at a company that has its own Google account , usually used for Gmail (not sure how it works and what is this service called, but they have it).

However, I've used it for Gmail and many other things, like purchasing apps and even created a developer account.

How do I move all of the things I've paid for (even the developer account, which costs about $25) to my private account? This was actually a mistake, as I didn't notice which account i'm logged in to, so I didn't even publish any app using this developer account.

Is it also possible to make the Google Plus account to belong to another Google Account?

I ask this in hope that if some day in the future I will leave my job, I will still have all of the things I had before.


texts: Is there a Low Quality / Headset audio mode and why to disable it?

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My Bowers & Wilkins P5 came with 2 cables: One- for IOS and its control and another generic one without any control.

I made the terrible mistake of not pay attention and connected with the IOS cable. Immediately the Zenfone 3 entered what I can describe as a low quality mode. It looks like that Zenfone is trying to connect to a headset communication device instead of a hifi headfone. Immediately I recognized the mistake, changed to the generic cable and Zenfone recognized the headfone and quality came back to what is supposed to be.

However, after this incident Zenfone started to randomly goes back this "headset/low quality" mode. At first a simple re-boot would fix the problem. After that re-boot not worked anymore.
Only solution was to do factory restore. That worked well for a month but today my fone wake up back in "low quality mode".

Is there any other workaround to get out of this annoying mode?
Tested on B&W P5 and Grado SR125.

Any input is welcome....


texts: how to run binary on non-rooted android phone?

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I have cross-compiled a binary on Linux using the arm toochain. I uploaded the binary to a non-rooted andnroid phone.

What do I need to do in order to run this binary on the non-rooted phone ?

EDIT: I tried to run via terminal emulator, but I get the following error.

$ pwd
/mnt/sdcard/external_sd
$ ls -l hello
-rwxrwxr-x system   sdcard_rw     8420 2013-12-31 22:12 hello
$ ./hello
./hello: permission denied
$


texts: App drawer icon gone from Cyanogenmod dock

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2, running the latest CM10.1.

I lost the app drawer icon on my Dock;
I must have deleted it.
The app drawer icon lets you go to the app list, and the widget list.

How do I get the app drawer icon back?
The icon looks like a circle with 6 dots inside it.


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My S3 has been displaying the wrong time lately; maybe 3 or 4 times in the last week.  It's not off by exactly an hour, so I know it's not a timezone or daylight-saving-time issue.  It's usually off by 15 to 25 minutes; just enough to make me late to work.

It's not only a 3rd-party app or widget issue; the actual phone time is wrong (in the upper, right-hand corner near the signal indicator).

My wife has an older Samsung Galaxy Nexus, and this never happens on her phone.  We live together (obviously), so our phones are in the same location, and we use the same provider; so I don't think it's a network/signal/tower issue.

Any ideas what would cause this.  I've searched around, and all I can find are forums w/ 6 pages of "Me too" responses.  A couple definitive answers/suggestions would be welcome.

UPDATE - I've disabled the automatic date/time settings, but the problem still comes back.  I've worked on desktops and laptops for years, and they all use a CMOS battery to keep track of time... even when a computer is off.  Do phones have anything similar?


texts: How do I completely delete all history and data from Samsung Galaxy tablet?

texts: I want to sell my Samsung Galaxy tablet after getting a new iPad from work.  I've done the reboot / factory reset to erase my personal info and history, but my photos and contacts are still showing.  Is it possible to erase EVERYTHING in order to sell it? I don't want anyone being able to access my previous accounts or information.


texts: Trying to root and install Xposed on Nexus 5 with Lollipop

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I'm trying to install Xposed on my Nexus 5 running 5.0.1. I used Wug's rootkit on Windows to root my device, but first of all it seems that I cannot root. I have gone through the whole process listed on the XDA page. And everything the root kit itself walks me through.

I don't see SuperUser installed after my device reboots; I have done a second test to see if I'm rooted by going into the terminal on my device and checking the symbol after the prompt is a '#' instead of a '$'. It's a '$' currently, which I'm told indicates that I'm not rooted.

It's worth noting I suppose that my device is encrypted, but I don't think this would affect anything since the encryption function encrypts only the /data folder and not the /system folder.

Does someone know if there is an issue with 5.0.1 or perhaps something else I need to be aware of? I'm not sure why this doesn't work.


texts: Google Now no longer working on Nexus 5x

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I am on a Nexus 5x running 7.1.1. Earlier today found no cards on the Google Now screen, just this message:
"New Version Available
A more recent version of the Google app is available for download".
So tapped the link which took me to the Play Store and the Google App. Where there is no update available, just options to open or uninstall.

Hitting open loops me right back to the above message.

Fixes I have tried:
Turning Now off and back on.
Deleting card preferences.
Uninstalling Google and the Now Launcher and reinstalling both.
Turning location services off.
Have also checked that Settings>account & privacy>Google activity controls>web & App activity is set to "On".
Oh, and switching my phone off and on again :-)
None worked. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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I have created one mobile website using WordPress in Indian Language i.e. Punjabi. I have used Unicode characters. When I try to open this website on my Spice Android Phone having version 4.0.2, everything is perfect but When I try to Load on  my Lenovo having version 4.2.2, nothing is displaying. only English characters are visible. I am using default browser which is provided by the company not any other like chrome, opera etc..
I cannot understand what is the problem.. it there any setting issue... please help....


texts: Zooper: How do I change the font in part of a Rich Text element?

texts: I want to make part of a Rich Text item in a Zooper widget a different font. For instance, making the hours on a clock Roboto Black, the colon Roboto, and the minutes Roboto Thin. However, I don't see anything in the BBCode samples that can do this. Is this possible?


texts: I want to update my Redmi 3S Prime with miui 8.1.1 stable ROM to miui 8.2.5 (643 MB ;STABLE), I just downloaded the ROM via updater app in the mobile and when it completes the app shows that please retry to download the file. Since the the release of ROM in May 2017, i downloaded the required ROM about 10-12 times.Now help me solve this issue.


texts: How can I find case settings? I can't find any instructuons on internet. I want to unlock phone when I open book type case.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Xperia handset - cannot send files using bluetooth

My friend has a Sony Ericsson Xperia (most probably X8) handset which is an Android based smartphone. He is not able to send files through bluetooth but able to receive. I don't exactly remember the version of Android which he is currently having. He has tried to download and install the required update using the same phone (he has internet connected) from http://www.sonyericsson.com but not able to install it. So, he asked me to help him. Which version of Android do you think he has? Does it seem like he does not have Android 2.1 installed. It is written here (click on Xperia X8) that

  If your phone already has Android 2.1,
  you can use your mobile network* or a
  WiFi connection to download the
  software.

Is it possible that he does not have updated Android and so not able to download? If so, does he need to upgrade to Android 2.1 first? Should it be done by connecting it to a PC?


texts: Installing CyanogenMod on Newsmy NP-711 tablet

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I have a Newsmy NP-711 Android 2.1 tablet (terrible device, cannot recommend it to anyone), and I would like to install CyanogenMod on it.

On their page, they only have downloads for specific phone and tablet models. Is there no "minimum-build" that might work for non-listed devices? And how would I go about installing it?


texts: data packet automatically activated on gingerbread 2.3.6

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I just upgraded my samsung galaxy SL to gingerbread 2.3.6
After that, everytime my data packet is automatically activated all the time.
I switch off my mobile network data and lock my phone, and then switch it on again/unlock, the network data are automatically enabled.
I ve noticed, that when i un-tick/deactivate "use packet data", lock my phone with power/lock button and then unlock it, this option is ticked again (= data are enabled).

Please advise.


texts:
Is there an Android TV box where you are not forced to create a Google account? I don't have a Google Account and don't wish to create one.
But I wish to test Android TV, install Kodi.


texts: Is it possible to change the system language to Japanese?

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I was wondering if it is possible to install Japanese as a System Language on my Android phone (Samsung Galaxy S2). My friend is from Japan and wants to buy her smartphone in Europe - but she wants to change the system language to Japanese.

Is there an easy way to do this? If not, what is the best way?

Thanks in advance.


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I've had a Nexus 6P for about 14 months now and recently I discovered the app AccuBattery, for those not familiar one of the features is to estimate the capacity of your battery by taking measurements on every charge (percentage indicated by your device and the charge measured in mAh). With using this app based on 122 charging sessions it estimates a full battery capacity of my device as about 2,300 mAh or about 68% of the originally designed capacity (3,450 mAh).

So my question is this: Is this amount of capacity degradation considered "normal" or "acceptable"?

The real world implication of this is that now I'm charging my device almost twice every day, which I suspect probably only amplifies the problem of degrading it faster. When I first got the device I could go roughly 2 days without having to recharge and I don't believe I changed my usage patterns since then.


texts: Why "adb remount" retruns "remount failed" on Android emulator?

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I'm using Android Studio. I was trying to set up dev environment and it requires to modify hosts file. So,

I created new devices in ADM (Nexus 4, Android 10 x86_64 without Google API and without Google Play).
I lunched the emulator
Then I tried following instructions from stackoverflow. I'm using Linux Mint so:

$ ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/.adb root

output:
restarting adbd as root

Okay, I got root:
$ ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/.adb shell whoami

output:
root

Then I suppose to remount and this is where I stuck:
 ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/.adb remount

output:
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
avb_ops_user.cpp:217: ERROR: Error writing data.
avb_user_verity.c:205: ERROR: Error writing to partition 'vbmeta'
E Skipping /system
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
W DM_DEV_STATUS failed for scratch: No such device or address
E [liblp]No device named scratch
[liblp]Partition scratch will resize from 0 bytes to 814587904 bytes
E [liblp]bool android::fs_mgr::WritePrimaryMetadata(int, const android::fs_mgr::LpMetadata &, uint32_t, const std::string &, const std::function<bool (int, const std::string &)> &) write 540 bytes failed: Operation not permitted
E [libfs_mgr]add partition scratch
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
W DM_DEV_STATUS failed for scratch: No such device or address
E Can not mount overlayfs for partitions: No such file or directory
Skip mounting partition: /product
Skip mounting partition: /product_services
E failed to remount partition dev:/dev/block/dm-1 mnt:/vendor: Read-only file system
E Consider providing all the dependencies to enable overlayfs
/system/bin/remount exited with status 10
remount failed

I don't know if remount is the critical issue, but i guess so. At the moment I don't have permission to modify /etc/. For example:
$ ~/Android/Sdk/platform-tools./adb shell "cp /etc/hosts /etc/hosts.bak"

output:
cp: /etc/hosts.bak: Read-only file system


texts: google pixel 2 phone rear camera not working suddenly

texts: i am using google-pixel 2 phone since  2017. phone not able to start camera app  and app getting crashed when i tried to open rear camera . front camera is working fine .i contacted google support team they said that try to clear app cache and data. i cleared camera app cache,data but no luck. how do i get my phone rear camera to working condition ? pleas help me out to get it working. thanks


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I've not had this phone for long,  but quite a few times,  more so on the last few days,  apps have been saying they are not installed of they are in the Sd card.  I don't know where on the SD card apps are stored so I haven't checked there.  But the 8gb music I have in the SD card does not dissappear.

Thanks for the help


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I just completely reset my phone.

When I checked the About Device section, it among other things shows:

Kernel version
3.0.31-2168382
se.infra@R0301-02 #1
Thu Nov 28 21:02:26 KST 2013

Is this normal or should I be worried that my phone has been hacked or something?


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On my phone I'm not able to access the internet. I have signal and data coverage. I still can't browse. But as soon as Mobile Hotspot is turned on, other devices can connect to the Internet and my device can connect to the Internet. It's a strange issue but it occurs often for me.

Is this an Android issue, a cell carrier issue, or a device issue? Thanks


texts:
This app (which doesn't actually appear to exist on my phone) keeps popping up randomly on my phone. Its called JRD MMITest and seems to want to test the functionality of the phone.

It covers such tests as accelerometer, touch screen, radio, speaker, bluetooth, wifi, etc but all of that works fine without the app even testing for it.

In what I suspect is a related issue, certain phone features have also turned off from time to time... Auto Rotation being one of them and I noticed my Play Store app's data had suddenly been restricted on wifi. I have since corrected these issues with no further anomalies becoming evident as yet.

My phone is a Vodafone Smart 4 Mini (Model Number 785) running Android Jellybean 4.2.2.

I've completed the testing successfully and restarted the phone under the impression that this would prevent it from coming up again. (as per Annoying MMI test on Alcatel one touch evolve?) however the app keeps coming up randomly.

I don't know what else to do here, does anyone have any suggestions?


texts: With a keyboard installed on the Android Wear device, how do you input text into alternate apps, or get the keyboard to inflate?

texts: Basically, i have a keyboard for the android wear. i've installed it with adb and whatnot. that's all fine and stuff, but how do i use it? i mean, i know how keyboards work and all, but what do i do to get it to inflate and let me type on it. i speak of the minuum keyboard and also probably any other android wear keyboard out there.


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I've seen a few questions similar to this before, but they all seem to be concerned with performing tasks in apps rather than actually simulating user action (e.g. swipes, taps, keypresses, etc.) in a similar manner to how AHK would work on Windows. I've seen a few solutions on the web calling for things like SL4A, but I can't find a clear explanation as to how I would go about fully automating an Android device.
Basically, what I want to do is open an app and activate a script (or something to the effect of a script, maybe an APK?) that will click on buttons and swipe up and down in a predetermined pattern (again, think AHK for Windows). Is something like this possible?


texts: How do I remove an app from the "My Android Apps" page?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to remove apps from “all downloaded” in Play Store

I have a bunch of apps that I tried before then uninstalled. Now they're showing up on https://play.google.com/apps but I don't think I'll be installing them any more in the future. How do I remove them from there?


texts: How to change the lowest and highest screen brightness in Android?

texts: Is there any way to reduce the lowest and highest screen brightness settings by editing the build.prop file in Android? If yes, then how?


texts: Do not Disturb Mode with some special conditions

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I am looking for a way to establish a "Do not Disturb" Mode (like on iOS) that does at least the following (on an unrooted phone):

Switches ringer and notifications to Silent (disable vibrate, vol = 0) during a special time
Lets repeated calls through (if anyone really wants to phone me)
Still allows the alarm clock to ring
Is disabled when phone is in use (e.g. display is active)
Manually enableable/disableable (for a specific time)

Cool would also be:

Enables only when I put the phone in the charger during the specific time
Does not enable when connected with my car via Bluetooth

Is there any way to achieve this? If not natively, maybe by using some application? My phone and tablet are unrooted.


texts: Is it possible to install drivers for new hardware in Android OS?

texts: I would like to know if it is possible  to install drivers for new hardware in Android OS. I know that Android images usually come only with the drivers for the particular device they're design for (to save space I guess). I have a Banana Pi M1 Chineese single board computer that runs Android 4.2. When I try to connect an Edimax wifi dongle to it or other generic Bluethooth dongle they don´t work. Does it make sense trying to look for drivers for these devices or is it worthless because if they existed they would already be installed there? This leads me to a broader question. Is it possible to manually install drivers in Android OS or this isn't supported as in for instance Windows or Linux OS?


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In my android phone (Samsung S6 6.0.1), there is no real impact for the Settings->DataUsage->RestrictNetworks option.
To me the emails or app updates are always downloaded irrespective of the wifi nw being marked as "restricted" or not.
Is this expected? What is really the use of this "RestrictedNetworks" option?


texts: Using a private OSM file as custom overlay on OSMand?

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I have a custom OSM file which contains just a boundary of some region, and I would like to have it permanently displayed in my OSMand app, as an overlay or underlay.

I created the file using gpsbabel to convert from a KML file.

I have a hard time figuring out how to make OSMand see the file as available for underlay or overlay. When I click "Configure Map", and then "Overlay map...", Enable, "Install more..." it shows me a long list of maps, but no option to use the OSM file I created.

I know I can display the GPX file on my map using the Show GPX data option in "GPX files" menu, and that works, but just curious to learn if and how I can display custom maps using overlay or underlay.


texts: Is it possible to recover the digit prompts given a phone number?

texts: Let's say I call a number and enter a certain sequence of digits in response to the machine prompts. Is it possible to recover that sequence as part of the call history?


texts: Nokia phone has pre-installed survey: how can I remove it?

texts:
I just bought a Nokia 6.1 phone. On the whole I like it, but today this popped up:

The app is called "NPS" ("Net Promoter Score"?) version 9.0010.50. I found a discussion of it here, but the only way mentioned to disable it doesn't work (my "User Experience Program/Diagnostic Report" option is already off).

I don't like my time being wasted, but I like even less the idea that the phone is "phoning home" to yet another company.

Any suggestions for how to disable or get rid of this app? (I'm tempted to respond as negatively as possible to every question the app poses...)


texts: Join/Merge external SD with internal SD card?

texts:
I have a Samsung device of 8GB with an SD card of additional 32GB.

I'm using many apps that cache data for offline use (mainly Google Play Music), these apps are not smart enough to determine the 32GB of available space and take advantage of it, but instead claim 'no space'.

I thought perhaps there is a workaround for it by merging the external storage with the internal so the apps 'think' there is 48GB.
I don't use several SD cards which means I'm not gonna switch SDs back and forth any time soon.

Do you know a hack for it? Or any solution to make Google Music store its stuff into all available space wherever it is?

I've read this link, but since I'm not so much into Android development, I didn't understand it, can anyone refer me or translate it into a more detailed guide (I'm not a complete noob, but I'm not a hacker).

P.S. My device is rooted.


texts: Capture stock rom from samsung galaxy s3

texts: I'm about to flash CM10 to my friends S III. However, if it doesn't work properly, I want to be able to get back to stock rom, so how would I capture it, as I have only found Verizon and A&T roms, and we live in finland, where's nothing like this.


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Is there a decent camera app that will easily let me add a bit of text to my photos and store that text in the image file as EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata? So far I have tried the stock Samsung camera app, Camera Zoom FX, Camera FV-5 and Catch Notes. I have read descriptions on numerous camera apps, but it seems like all they have to offer are various ways to distort - I mean enhance - your photos. While Catch Notes did offer ways to store your photos along with a description, it did not store the info as meta data inside the photo itself, which means it will be a mess if you ever want to transfer the photos to your computer and expect the data to stay intact.

This seems like a no-brainer that you'd expect to be available in almost every camera app. I mean, we've got the camera and the keyboard in the same device - what's the problem? I just want to be able to take a photo, click on an icon and type "This is a Bohemian Waxwing" and have that description stored inside the JPEG file. I'd even be fine with a gallery app that only let's me add information to already existing photos.


texts: How to change screen orientation of my samsung froyo device

texts: Any one knows how to change device orientation, from portrait to landscape. I'm new here, thanks in advanced for any help! :)


texts: Sony Xperia M4: is the Sony bloatware installed on the system partition or the data partition?

texts:
As detailed in my previous question (How to upgrade a phone with only 8Gb. internal memory), a relative of mine has a Sony Xperia M4 with Android 5.0 and only 8 Gb. of internal memory; after installing the few apps he uses, he has now only 320 Mb. of internal memory left.

Of course, the phone comes by default with all the Google bloatware AND all the Sony bloatware, and they can't be uninstalled by default. I'm considering rooting the phone to delete the unwanted apps, but this lead me to think: and what if all of the Sony bloatware is installed in /system, and deleting them doesn't free space in /data, which is where the space is needed?

So... does anyone know where are the Sony apps installed by default?


texts: ADB Shell command that can test MLS / SPC codes?

texts:
I am a Republic Wireless subscriber with the Motorola Defy XT. The Defy is a decent phone, but unfortunately very little space has been dedicated to internal application storage (300MB) and often we are running out of space so we are on a quest to get root access to alleviate our issues. Sadly, RW has not provided us with the MLS / SPC code to modify the device.

My question is, is there an Android shell command that I can issue that will directly / indirectly test the validity of an MLS / SPC code. In other words, a command that changes a setting that requires the MLS code to be passed along as a parameter.

My hope is that I can write a script that will test all possible combinations of the six digit integer.


texts: Does anyone know how I can enable ext2 or ext3 partitions on my LG Optimus V? I have already partitioned my 16GB SD card to 14.5 GB FAT32 and 500MB ext2. When using Link2SD it gives me a mount error. I am rooted but have not flashed any ROMs yet.


texts: Can an encrypted Android phone be unlocked with an USB drive some way?

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I want a fast way to login to the system without entering difficult credentials. If the usb key is not present there won't be the ability to decrypt the system ... Some 2-factor solution without NFC because the device doesn't have NFC.

Does somebody know how I could do this, because I can't find a way to do it?


texts:
Starting a couple of weeks ago.. I can't access the file system from my PC on my Samsung tablet..

When connecting the tablet via USB to my PC I never get the dialog box where you choose whether  or not the PC can have access to the file system

When connecting my Samsung phone on the same USB port and using the same USB cable it works fine!?

Have also tried to reset the tablet..


texts: Don't count some application celullar data consume

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I have a cellular data plan which allows me to use 3.5GB of mobile internet, using WhatsApp and Facebook with no data charge.

Android counts always the data consumption for Facebook and WhatsApp. Is there a way to make the SO not-count these two apps consumption?

PD: Sorry if my english isn't that good, still learning


texts: Downgrade a Verizon Google Pixel Phone to older versions?

texts:
I'm planning to buy a Google Pixel off ebay.

Does the Verizon Google Pixel allow downgrading of software?

I like to try older & newer versions for development purposes?


texts: How do I get permission to create this file in an android shell?

texts:
I'm trying to root a Kindle and I'm stuck. Getting permission denied and don't know how or what permissions to change.

mike@Inspiron:~/Downloads/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell
shell@android:/ $ echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
1|shell@android:/ $ sudo echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
/system/bin/sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: Permission denied
1|shell@android:/ $ sudo
/system/bin/sh: sudo: not found
127|shell@android:/ $

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 if it makes a difference.


texts: HTC One - keeps shutting down when rooting

texts:
Im rooting my phone (HTC One Alps) via Kingo Android Root. When i connect my phone to the computer and start rooting then phone shutdown itself.

Is there any partition or disk problem?


texts:
I have an Xperia Mini Pro with Android 2.3 (and upgradeable to Android 4). Its recording program does not have ability to pause and resume recording.

How can I pause and resume video recording if the stock app does not support this feature?


texts:
Recently I've been flashing some ROM s on my Moto X, and I noticed that the EXIF data from photos show my device name as: Phone. How can I change this information on the system so it saves correctly my phone name?

PS. Changing build.prop doesn't change anything.
Thanks for any help!


texts: I have given my moto g(2nd gen) for sim slot replacement as it as not working and it was under warranty period but then they have changed my IMEI no as well. Do i need to worry about it??


texts: Why are YouTube downloads being deleted from my tablet but not my phone?

texts:
I have an Oppo AX5 phone and a Samsung Galaxy Tab A tablet. If I download the same youtube video to both devices, within 48 hours or so something deletes it from the tablet but not the phone. It must be a setting or an app on the tablet, but I have exhausted every lead I can think of without finding the culprit. Probably something obvious ...doh! Any clues will be gratefully accepted. Bandwidth is slow and expensive in my part of the world,  so I need to be able to download a resource once and not have it disappear!

Thanks in advance for suggestions.


texts: XPeria L stuck in bootloop after flashing Ressurrection Remix ROM

texts:
Folks, I unlocked the bootloader and rooted my XPeria L without problems, I then installed TWRP, made a complete backup and tried flashing the Ressurrection Remix ROM. But the phone doesn't boot up and the ROM installed the Cyanogen Recovery atop my TWRP, and now I can't find a way to restore my backup.

I tried flashing the system image again through Flashtool, but it doesn't work. Flashtool returns an error saying "Error Flashing. Aborted".

I then tried to reinstall twrp by connecting the device in fastboot mode to my PC and issuing the command:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

But it returns an error message saying "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed).

What can I do to save my device?


texts: Low media sound volume on huawei nova 3e

texts: The volume is to the max but is a bit quiet. Is there a way to increase it without installing apps? Android 8.0.0


texts:
I recently purchased Moto E with Android 4.4.2 and soon after filled up the internal 4gb with apps.

I installed a 32gb SD card and nothing moves to it. Not even new apps. How can I set the default install location to be the SD card?


texts: Is it possible to repair an accelerometer?

texts:
First of all, my device is a Moto E. It has fallen two times, both from bed height. So after the second fall, I noticed that my screen orientation stopped changing. I checked the "rotate screen automatically" option on settings and it was correctly set. I rebooted the phone hoping it would fix it but it didn't work.

I downloaded several apps to show the accelerometer's values, and they all show the same results: x and y are okay, but z, pitch, and roll, are stuck. Pitch and roll are stuck on 0, while z is stuck on -1.998.

The camera app is the only app that changes orientation, I'm guessing it is because it only reads x and y values.

I did a factory reset, but it didn't fix anything. I've seen some people suggest on forums that I reinstall the ROM or use a different ROM but I'm sure the problem it's hardware related.

So as it was caused by falling, there's no warranty for this. Is there a way this could be fixed? From what I've read, the fall could've caused the crystals in the accelerometer to break

So is replacing it the only fix? I know there are apps to force orientation changes, but that's not the point here.


texts:
My LTE smartphone supports frequencies shown at the bottom of this message. I have been using this phone without issues on T-mobile for about 3 years but last month or so I noticed that LTE switches to Edge when I receive an incoming call. Ditto when making an outgoing call. As a result, I lose internet when a call is active. If I drive 10 miles away to the next city then phone's behavior changes. In that city, LTE switches to 3G/HSPA+ whenever there is a call active so I can keep the internet while making the call.

Did anyone else see similar symptoms on their phone? Any ideas if T-mobile might have "out-frequencied" my phone in my city?

My phone supports following: -

GSM: 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz; Bands: 1/2/4/5/8

3G: 850, 900, 1700, 1900 and 2100 MHz

LTE: 700, 1700, 1800, 2100, 2300 and 2600 MHz; Bands: 1/3/4/7/17/38/40

VoLTE: Not supported by my phone

Update 1: Just to clarify my question - I expect my phone to switch from LTE to 3G/HSPA+ when a call is active. But unfortunately, it is going from LTE to Edge in my city. Why?


texts: Why would a tablet not have Google Play?

texts: I have a Polaroid tablet.  It does not have Google Play. I called Cust. Svc, they don't know why.  I know that Play is closed source, but still free.  Other Polaroid tablets do have Play. Why on Earth would a company make a tablet that does not feature Google Play?


texts: Change the keyboard at the password unlock screen

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy 4.2 player.  I've gotten this to replace my old IPod Touch.  I've been happy with it, but I'm having a problem with the unlock screen.

I've set my unlock screen to use a password.  But my issue with the Samsung keyboard is that it doesn't "pop-out" the letters as I type them.  Instead, it simply lights the key in a subtle way - too subtle for me to notice when I accidentally tap the character beside the one I intended to.  As a result, I mistype the password frequently, which is pretty annoying.

The Gingerbread keyboard I have does pop out the characters as I type.  I've been happy with it, but I can't seem to find a way to use that keyboard as my keyboard to unlock the device.

So my question is: is there a way for me to change the keyboard at the unlock screen?

Thanks!


texts: What's the differences between the different processors available in the current lineup of devices?

texts:
From what I understand there's the Snapdragon, Hummingbird, OMAP, ARM and now(or soon) Tegra2?  Did I miss any?  (I apologize if I'm mixing terms here, confusing a technology name with a model name)

What are the comparative strengths/weaknesses of these processors?  Which one is the best or which one does what best? Also, if one is only available in phones or only available in tablets, please specify.


texts: Can't pin Last Added auto-playlist: "This music is only stored on this device"

texts:
Update: Recent versions of Play Music seem to have this issue fixed.

Recently installed a new ROM on my Galaxy Nexus and am trying to redownload all my music from Play Music (I do have All Access, so I can't just transfer files). I need to keep them offline because I have no mobile data connection, only wifi.

When I try pressing Keep on Device in the options menu of the playlist, it gives me a toast saying "This music is only stored on this device". Also strange, where there should be an image of the pin, it is just blank. You can still press the area and it'll give you the same message. The Last Added playlist is the only thing I can't keep offline for whatever reason. I tried installing older versions of the app, but no dice (up to v5.0, since that's when all the All Access stuff was added, i think). What can I do to fix this?

When trying to keep on device:

Invisible button where pin should be:

EDIT: I tried decompiling the apk and that toast string named "toast_cant_pin_side_loaded". And the function in which it is called seems to imply that the playlist is either unpinnable or had some problem while pinning.

EDIT 2: Just noticed that in the playlist, the latest song added was some song that wasn't part of my library (The Phantom pt. 2 by Justice). I pressed add to library, but that didn't fix the problem. I pressed remove from library and it didn't fix anything, but it's no longer in the playlist. It doesn't seem to be on my device and there should be no reason why it would be on my device. Also, I tried manually creating a playlist with all my music and that pins just fine. That is not a solution, as I want to have Play Music automatically download new songs without me having to manually add them to the playlist.

EDIT 3: Flashed the new stock 4.3 from Google (after wiping of course), and the same problem >:(. So it seems this is a problem with the app itself, and not my ROM.

EDIT 4: Same problem exists on another Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus 4 I tried.


texts:
I need a mobile client which I can run the command given in this answer easily on it and also the port forwarding works on my mobile correctly without any need of being root.
The command is:

ssh -D 1081 -o 'ProxyCommand ssh -W %h:%p userb@B' usera@A

I don't want to use termux because every time I use the command I should enter the two passwords for my two A and B servers.
Is there any client which can save my passwords or read it from a file in my phone so that it doesn't need entering the passwords every time when I use the command?

I'm searching for the most convenient way to use this command on my mobile.


texts: Why Does TowelRoot Require Internet / Network Access?

texts:
I read a blog post somewhere that suggested TowelRoot does not need internet access, and I've also read that it does. The latest version I tried to run TowelRoot v3 will not work without it. Is it downloading or sending any information? If so, what?

Addendum: I suppose if they were trying to accomplish anything nefarious, they would just do it instead of asking for permission... right?


texts: Is it possible to use the Maps app to save a location and give it a name so that all the saved locations appear as a layer?

texts:
This seems like a option that should exist in the Maps location app but I cannot seem to find it.

Backstory: My previous phone was a Windows Phone. On this phone the default location app HERE Maps showed maps. Long pressing an area on the map area gives an address which if tapped would allow to name the place and mark it as favorite. All the favorites would show up on the map above the base layer.

Now: The Maps app with the android phone has a similar option. Long pressing the map area will give the address of an area. Tapping the address allows you to mark it as a favorite. And all the favorites show up on the map. However it is missing the option to name a place to show up on the map. Is there anyway this can be done with the Maps app?


texts: Samsung galaxy S3 GT-I9300 4.3 Jelly Bean to 5.0-lollipop

texts:
I would like to know if it is possible to update my Samsung Galaxy S3, which is in 4.3 Jelly Bean, to 5.0-lollipop. And in this case, I would like to know :

If it is a good idea ;
Will my phone support it ;
What benefits it might bring me if it is possible.

I also would like to know the best way to proceed, to update my phone.

Thank you in advance.

Edit : I have a friend that has the same phone, and his phone updated itself. Why not mine?


texts: Rooting introduced adware; how to get rid of that (if needed including unroot)?

texts:
I have Lenovo Android tablet and I rooted using Kingo root. After rooting my device I started getting unwanted ads. So I unrooted the device using some Google references. But still I'm getting the same ads in my device.

Please help me getting rid of those.


texts: Is my device rooted if I can delete system app, but doesn't have SU installed?

texts:
I recently bought a new Allwinner A13 tablet. I wanted to side load Google Search app, but because there is already Google Search system app, it conflicted and failed to install.

Knowing this would be impossible without root, I still downloaded Root Explorer and navigated to /system/app and deleted the Google search app. To my surprise, it's deleted successfully. I rebooted the tab 4 times and the file is not in /system/app. So, I was able to side load my Google app.

Does this mean my tab is already rooted even though it's brand new and doesn't have SU installed?


texts: How to speed up phone without Factory Reset?

texts:
My phone has been acting a little slow lately.  Mostly it is okay but one app it particularly slow.

In Storage menu it says I have

total space of 24.12Gb
649Mb available
6.63Gb for apps
1.65Gb of cached datay
5.85Gb of Misc

The app in question in App Info has

Total 859Mb
App 19.80Mb
Data 839Mb
Cache 37.93Mb

The app also forces other apps out of memory (it seems) -- when I run the app, another apps that plays music seems to shut off and crash and I have to restart it.

What app manufacturer told me:  "fresh install is the best solution" (I understand it as delete the app, reinstall it, or maybe just reinstall it if that's possible).  That means also that all my in-app messages (a lot of them) will be lost.

What I want:  Fast app, fast phone.

What I am thinking:  I am considering backing it up and doing a factory reset.  I will lose basically everything.  It's like getting a new phone.

Question:  what are some actions I can do to not lose everything and to speed up my apps again?  Stuff I really want to keep are SMS + MMS, and I know that is possible.  I also want to keep Viber messages, and other in-app messages, but I know it's probably not possible without rooting phone.  Rooting my current LG G2 using various methods failed, so I gave up on that.


texts: My Google Nexus S won't connect to network

texts:
I have a problem with my Google Nexus S. Yesterday I was out in the city and my battery meanwhile died and the phone shutdown. The next day when I charged the phone, I  noticed that it is showing no signal even when there is signal. I've turned it off and on a couple of times. I also tried a different SIM from a different service and it didn't show signal either! Also I tired those SIM cards on a different phone and it works.

The big mystery for me is that until the battery died yesterday I made calls from this phone with no problems, and until now I never had problems with this phone.

When I go to Settings -> About phone -> Status, I see that Network shows unknown and Service state shows out of service. Is there anything I can try resetting?


texts: How to save Chrome bookmarks to a file on an S6?

texts: I don't see any options in the Android Chrome browser to save the bookmarks to a file?  Any way to do that?


texts:
I have a VPN server at home which works great with the built in VPN client from Android 5.1. I can also use my VPN server with the Always-On option, so no problems there.

I want Tasker to toggle the Always-On VPN option so that i can disable it when i'm connected to my home wifi network. Is this possible? I have a Nexus 5 with stock rom, no root.

Side-question: How to disable the Always-On notification message?


texts:
Is there a way to automatically improve the quality of pictures taken with the camera? For example with some sort of post-processing

I was told that iPhone makes better photos because of good (built-in) post-processing software (which runs automatically). Can I have the same on Android somehow?


texts: Simulate menu button in older app (Android 2.x) on Android 4.x tablet

texts:
I've got a new Android 4.1 tablet. I am trying to run an old app which was created for Android 2.1 and relies on the menu button.

Can somebody points me to a ready-made application which returns the new menu button? Any idea?


texts: Notification Vibration Bug on Galaxy Nexus?

texts:
My Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.2 does not vibrate for any notifications while in "vibrate" mode. Haptic feedback works, and the phone vibrates when I receive phone calls, but not for notifications. The global vibrate setting under "Sound" in the menu is set to "Always", and individual apps like Gmail, Messaging, etc. have vibrate set to "Always".

Any help appreciated! Thanks!


texts: System backup and restore with help of Google's system backup feature doesn't seem to work

texts:
I have had my phone set up from the start to backup to Google. I have done 3 resets now and none of my settings and apps or anything seem to come back. Is there a way to force this to happen? Perhaps, I'm mistaken thinking that this even happens?

Phone is a Samsung S2 GT-I9100 running Android 4.0.4.


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Trying to find help in restoring my OnePlus One to factory state, I found quite  a number of websites that have step-by-step instructions.

I'm trying to use fastboot to flash this. Because that factory image (?, the page speaks about update) does not offer a flash_all.bat, I'm following the instructions (which sadly are not for that file, OnePlus does not offer any instructions here) I found which revolve around

fastboot flash partitionName filename.img

All of these have a line I assume is the most essential one:

fastboot flash system system.img

Unfortunately the ZIP offered by OnePlus has no such file. Instead, it has three files named

system.new.dat
system.patch.dat
system.transfer.list

Can I somehow use these files instead, if so, how, and if not, where can I find the correct system.img for my OnePlus One 64 GB?

Context: I bought the OnePlus One for trying out Ubuntu Touch. Now I need to re-install Android because the phone is going to my girlfriend's mom as a gift tomorrow (at least that was the plan, turns out to be alot more diffuclt than expected) :( .


texts: How to flash Android O image in Moto G4 Plus

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I have Moto G4 Plus device which has Android 7.0 - I want to flash Android O system image in Moto G4 Plus. I see https://developer.android.com/preview/download.html where system images are for Nexus, Pixel etc.

Motorola itself will take time to push updates to their devices so I am looking to push it manually.
Does anyone know if there is any system image for Moto G4 Plus ?


texts: How do I select a non-OEM charger for my device?

texts: My Nexus 5 D821 (2014)'s original charger started failing to charge the phone since last week. There are 1.8A & 1.2A LG OEM chargers available in ebay.com. Is it okay to use the 1.8A charger? or Should I go for 1.2A charger?


texts: Is moving apps to SD only available to rooted devices?

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Can I move any apps to SD?
Is there a specific version of Android that I should run: 2.1, 2.2?
Should my phone be rooted for that? Or does it work for stock versions too?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 WiFi authentication error with A&TT U-Verse router

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My Samsung Galaxy S3 won't connect to my AT&T U-Verse router. I've gone through AT&T help and they say it's the phone. I've gone through Sprint (phone & service provider) and they say nothing is wrong with the phone. Samsung support also says nothing wrong with the phone.

It connects to unsecured networks no problem. If I turn security "off" on my U-Verse router, it connects no problem.

With security "on", I get an "authentication error occurred" error message on the phone,  even though the status bar on the phone shows it sees my router at excellent strength. I have verified the password with correct upper and lower case.

I've connected to several unsecured WiFi without issue.  The only secured network I have connected to is at work.  I know they don't have U-Verse, but I have no idea what the WiFi brand is. It connects no problem with security on and my office password.

The phone is running Android 4.0.4.

I've changed router settings to use channel 11 and power level 400. I've rebooted the router and reset the phone.

I can also see the phone's MAC address on the router, so I know they are seeing each other.


texts: My Sensation is running 2.3.4, why hasn't this updated?

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I've got a HTC Sensation 3G, and I'm waiting for the Android 4 Update.

I understand this update might not be available for my handset yet, but I checked my Android Version and I'm currently running 2.3.4.

Shouldn't this be 3.x at the moment?

I've checked for updates, but my device can't find any.


texts: How to change sync frequency in Outlook app?

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By default Outlook for Android gets the emails immediately when they are received (push).

Is there a way to set the sync frequency either individually for each email account or at least globally ?

If it matters, my email accounts are all Exchange ones.

On the stock email app (Samsung) it is possible to choose the sync frequency and even set manual syncing, but I can't find any similar option in Outlook for Android.


texts: Are settings and accounts (like email) removed when changing the SIM card?

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My android phone was stolen. The SIM-cards PIN must be entered on start and I also had a PIN set for unlocking it. My question now is if the SIM card is changed, will all the settings be reset or could the "new owner" now just read my emails etc...?

EDIT:

As addition to my below comment:

On another Android device it seems that the SIM-card PIN and the unlock PIN must be entered before the phone can be accessed so I guess I'm safe?


texts: How do I install, update, and remove apps for multiple devices in the Google Play online store?

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I've got several Android devices. I like to use the online Play store to manage installs because it's much faster than doing so through each device. However, I do not see a way to determine which apps are installed on which device without clicking through the following links, once per app:

  Apps → My Apps → [specific app] → Installed → Choose a Device

How do I quickly do the following, without going through the process above?

Review per device installations.
Select apps for installation, update, or removal, per device.


texts: Is it possible to install a different language other than the ones already in the system? I want my phone to display in Japanese. Everything...the menus, status bars, labels. Just as if my phone was made in and for Japanese.


texts: Cant update Android 4.4.2 on rooted Thomson QM736 tablet

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I cannot find System Update in settings. Is this because it is rooted?
Manufacturer: Thomson
Model Number: QM736-8G(HD)


texts: Memory reported as full without being full

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I am having storage issues with my Samsung Galaxy S Duos. I solved it by moving apps from phone memory to the SD card, so now 1.2 GB of internal space is free. However, it still tells me that I have insufficient storage for apps.

I found that there are 94 MB of cache files there, but even if that's the case I should still have plenty of free space. Why does my phone still think that the internal storage is full?


texts: Android suddenly refuses to play ANY videos in any app on my galaxy tab s2

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Is there any way to fix this without restarting?
Attempting to play any video in any app on my Galaxy Tab S2 will cause the video tile to load forever or else cause that app to freeze. YouTube will load the thumbnail and spinning icon but, if I switch to another app, even YouTube will be entirely frozen when I return to it. Likewise, if I attempt to record a video using any camera, the camera app will also freeze.
This does not appear to be related to audio processing as I can play audio streams fine, but if the file itself is a video file then I get the same result.
This is a new behavior not limited to a single app. The device is a galaxy tab s2 and developer mode is enabled. Clearly, whatever processes video streams in Android is bugging out on my device and needs to be restarted... but I would rather not fully restart my device as it is also suffering from a 'grey screen' problem where if I turn the screen off, there's a very high likelihood that turning the screen back on will result in it only displaying a solid grey screen, and it is very, very difficult to get it to display normally from there. Even straight from boot it will only display grey. I can still use the tablet by using an HDMI cable and using a tv as a screen, but I can only get the screen to display normally under some very arcane, specifc conditions: the tablet needs to have only about 20% battery life, and I need it to suddenly draw a lot of power all at once, such as by loading a power hungry app, while also attempting to turn the screen back on. Even this will only work once every 100 times. Yes, I know I need a new tablet. No, this one is no longer under warranty. I'd just like to get this one operational again, please.
Tldr: Is there a way I can restart the Android video engine without restarting the whole tablet?
PS: there are absolutely zero display artifacts, besides the grey screen issue.
Thanks!


texts: How to prevent navigation bar from being hidden, globally?

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I know I can set some apps to not hide the navigation bar. But I would like to globally set that it should be shown by default. My Android is not rooted.

Basically I want the old behaviour back in Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) where it was not removable unless you root the device.  However, I don't mind being able to allow it to hide the navigation bar on a per application basis.


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I travel and live with someone all the time. Cast is enabled across the system and it's too easy to inadvertently cast something... embarrassing (just a click and it's on the TV). I found this design okay when I used to live alone, but now this is an unwanted feature to me.

Android/Chrome developers didn't make a setting that disables Casting(how could they). I blocked mDNS port on my laptop, but I couldn't find a way to disable Cast on my Android phone. I know there are firewall apps that need root access. I don't want to install any apps or root my phone. Is there a way to change firewall settings on Android? An interface to Netfilter module(if Android uses this, that is) like firewall-cmd or iptables? A standard way preferably so I can use this trick on all the Android phones I purchase through my life!


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I want to install a custom ROM or use one of the many other features of Clockworkmod Recovery on my Thinkpad Tablet.

How can I install CWM Recovery on my Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet?


texts: How do I find out what is causing the app "Google" to use so much background data

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Even though I have background data turned off, it is using incredibly high amounts of data to the point of being ridiculous. This is starting to cost me money as data is not unlimited in Canada. It's gotten to the point where I can't use data because if I turn it on Google just gobbles it all up. At one point, it was just full tilt downloading/uploading something I have no idea what it would be.

What is causing this and/or how can I turn off background usage for Google for real (obviously the toggle is a placebo)

Screenshots of data usage.


texts: How do I upload multiple pictures at once to Facebook?

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Gallery seems to lack the ability to upload to Facebook when multiple pictures are selected.

Is there easy way to upload a bunch of photos at once to Facebook or is it something that you have to do one at a time?


texts: How does adb shell differ from a terminal emulator?

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I have a couple of tasks I want to accomplish on Android 6.0.1 and they need root access when I run them on the device. This target device is not rooted.

Can I use adb from a PC to run commands just as if I would using a Terminal Emulator on a rooted Android?  I thought adb gives some sort of unrestricted temporary access (like temporary root).


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If I search for for example "lemon" in the address bar in Chrome on Android, days later if I start typing "L" it will show "lemon" in bold text as a suggestion.

I have already gone to the Activity Controls and turned off everything there except "Device information".

I simply can not find anything to turn off this behaviour, but surely there's got to be a setting for it??


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Some Android apps allows users to change language in setting,
but some apps fixes the app language to the system language.
If the app does not allow the user to change language, can I use the different language from the system default language?


texts: For hardware reasons (My menu key doesn't work) I can not add an APN via settings. I read here about using sqlite and here about using code. But I need a more convenient way to do it. I need to do it using adb.


texts: When I plug in earphones into my HTC Desire S, it dials the phone

texts: Every time I plug in my earphones into my HTC Desire S, it  starts calling the last dialed number automatically and starts the music after short interval.  Does anyone know about this problem?


texts: AutoHotKey equivalent? (paste timestamp, open app, external keyboard, etc.)

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Desktop PCs have AutoHotKey, AutoKey, IronKey, etc. .

But as far as known, nothing compareable for mobile phones.

I would like to be able to do things like:

Instantly pasting timestamp in preferred date format (i.e.20180210115759 or 10.02.2018 11h:59m:19s) using a keyboard shortcut from an external Bluetooth/USB-OTG powered keyboard.
Pasting tinestamp with on-screen keyboard (without any bulky workaround such as copying to the limited clipboard first).

Open/switch to application (e.g. text editor) using keyboaed shortcut.

Ability to launch selected app directly from external keyboard hotkey to take notes using a portable bluetooth keyboard while the phone is still inside the pocket. http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/190819/allow-running-specific-applications-without-unlocking?noredirect=1#comment246822_190819


texts: how to lock notification screen in Samsung duos to prevent access for quick toggles like Wi-Fi, GPS,Screen rotation, Screen brightness?


texts: SGH-T989 (UVLDH firmware) Goes into Recovery mode, but not Download

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I'm trying to get my SGH-T989 into Download mode so I can flash TWRP with heimdal. It's been awhile since I've done this and from what I recall (and have researched a bit) I need to:

unplug cable
power off
hold Vol_Down + Vol_UP
plug in cable

This isn't working though. All I get is recovery mode and what I want is Download mode.

Not sure if the device/cable/PC is bad. Using Linux. Tried a 14.04 box and a 16.04. What have I missed?. Been googling, but lots of mixed info. Anyone help?
Thanks

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texts: Is it possible to make init stop restarting one of it's "services"?

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My init is making the eris persistent, I don't know if the /system/bin/eris is important to keep android's good functionality but at this moment this "service" (the quotation marks are because i stopped the service from the terminal but the process of the path /system/bin/eris is persistent I just can't kill it) I wanna know if is possible to kill it once for all or at least cat the init binary or eris bin.

By the way i want to kill it because eris is listening to a port before even the initial page of the phone shows up, so likely it is receiving and sending info to an unkown machine


texts: How to delete dumpstate/logcat on Moto E

texts: My phone is running out of internal memory. So I searched online and found a solution, which was to dial *#9900# and then delete dumpstate/logcat. But when I dial the same on my MOTO E, I dont see anything happening. It Just says USSD Code running and closes. My phone is running on Lollipop 5.1. Can you please help me delete dumpstate/logcat?


texts: Computer will not recognize phone with USB Debugging enabled

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so I'm trying to test apps on my Motorola Droid Razr so that I can test with audio and video playback. I'm running Windows XP (woot), and the problem is that when I connect my phone with USB Debugging enabled, the computer doesn't recognize it even though it was just connected as a media device with USB Debugging turned off. I thought I downloaded the correct USB driver because it worked before without USB Debugging.

I thought that the computer could automatically find the new hardware because i had just downloaded it, however this leads me to my next problem: whenever I connect my phone to the computer it kills the computer's internet...weird right? I've tried turning tethering, wifi, bluetooth, you-name-it on/off and it still does that. Any thoughts??

Appreciate the help
Peter M.


texts: Samsung galaxy i9000 switching off on its own like a gazillion times a day

texts: I have been a proud owner of a samsung galaxy i9000 for about a year now. However, my phone recently developed a problem that I had not anticipated. The phone now just switches off on its own. Sometimes it can do so up to 5 times a day. One moment the phone will be working and you go on with whatever you will be doing and before you know it the phone is off. The phone cannot be restarted using the normal on and off button. I actually have to remove the battery and put it back for the phone to restart again. Anyone with a clue?


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I bought humble bundle for PC, which comes with some games available on android market, played the games a bit, uninstalled, then I went to market and wanted to buy a second copy of OSMOS HD, but it still shows as purchased and I don't have it on my Galaxy S2 anymore, and yes, I cleared cache, uninstalled market updates, cleared dalvik cache, reinstalled and uninstalled game to see if it worked...I wanted to buy it again because of the easier updates, but market won't allow me.

Also, I installed another game, Generation of Chaos which I didn't pay for it, then uninstalled, did the same procedures as OSMOS HD above, and I want to buy it on market, but it still shows as purchased and will not download.

Any ideas/tips ?


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I opted into the N beta and installed it via OTA. Now I want to downgrade back to M and opted out of the beta. The page says that the downgrade should automatically come via OTA, but my device (Nexus 5X) doesn't seem to see any available updates (downgrades).

Should this be instant or can it take a few hours to get the OTA?


texts: How can I root ZenPad Z580CA - 8'' IPS - 64 GB - Wifi? Are there any ROMs available for it?


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Despite setting a sync schedule for my my account in the mail app, it has never performed a sync automatically.  New mail is only ever fetched when I open the app, and pull down to refresh.  When I open the app, the "Last synced" note also shows the time I last synced it myself, which might be a whole day ago.

Using the stock mail app on a Galaxy A5 2017, though this also happened on my Galaxy S6.

The account is using IMAP.  I've tried deleting and re-adding the account and it doesn't help.


texts: How to separate the two pieces of the AC adapter for Samsung tab 2 7.0

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I am trying to separate the two parts of the Samsung tab 2 7.0 AC adapter, since I am traveling to a country with different outlets.

I have tried pulling them but nothing seems to work.

Do you know how they can be separated?


texts: Can I find out what exactly is "android system" traffic?

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I'm using Android 4.4.4 CyanogenMOD 12. My traffic is dominated by "android-system" - about half of my data usage is caused by "it" and I have no idea why it transfers data. backup (backup & restore) is turned off. I dont use any Google Service besides the play store (and very seldomly youtube).
All the "android system"-traffic is background-trafic.

Is there any chance (tool/app/whatever) to find out what exactly the cause for the "android system" traffic is?

PS:
- I use AFWall+ and in 3G even most of the system apps are blocked.
- I do not have the "Photos" app


texts: How to fix "Cant play this video" error in Camera MX Live Shots after upgrade?

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I use a Galaxy Note 4.  To get 'live shots', a few months ago I downloaded the app Camera MX.  I just received an OTA update to Marshmallow, and now every time I try to view live shots created before the update I get the error: "Can't play this video".

So far, I've found that the app stores the video clip that comprises the 'live shot' as a standard .mp4 video clip in a hidden folder '.LiveShot'.  I've tried to find some sort of file that maps the .jpg pictures to the corresponding .mp4 in the .LiveShot folder, but I can't seem to find anything.  I even used exiftool on the .jpg files to see if it was embedded somehow, but exiftool doesn't see it.  Is there some sort of fix out there for this problem?


texts: Android phone doesn't pops up with "USB connected" message

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We have a Samsung GT i5800 with Android 2.1update1.

When I put a memory card in it, it recognizes it, great!

But: When I want to connect the phone via USB to my PC: this picture DOESN'T comes up:

And I can't see my memory card through my phone from my PC!

On other phones, the memory card is OK. (tried another android phone).

The USB cable is good, tried it with another phone.

What could be the problem? Are there any settings that I missed?


texts: Is there an app like ROM-control for non-AOKP roms?

texts: I found ROM-control very useful in ICS. But it can only work on AOKP roms. So is there an app can do the same job on ROMs other than AOKP?


texts: how to freeze/hibernate system apps in non-root android mobilephones

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is there any methods to freeze/hibernate bloatwares on android phones?
using samsung galaxy note 3


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I recently purchased a Samsung S7.  I placed it on charge last night and this morning when I went to check my messages I keep getting a popup/overlay displaying a playboy style icon with a close box and info box.  I just hit back up on the phone but it keeps re appearing.

Can anyone help, it's driving me mad.

Thanks in advance.

Richard


texts: Installing full YouTube app on Tecno phone (Android Go) failed silently

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I have a Tecno phone with Android 8.1.0 Go. YouTube Go is my system app, however, I grew tired of using it because of its limited features and decided to install the YouTube app. But that's when the trouble started. The app downloads until 100% and then shows that it is installing and then nothing, nothing at all back to square one, and no error is shown.
I have enough space, I have cleared data and cache for Play Store, restarted the phone, even tried APKs but still, nothing worked.
What could be the issue? The only advice I have received so far is to root the phone. What should I do? Other apps download and install just fine.


texts: HTC One M9 - Stock, never modified. Bricked after OTA update 15/06/2017

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Please note that:
This phone has never been reprogrammed/rooted/changed in any way/anything else like that. It is as stock as the day I bought it 2 years ago. I am happy to do whatever it takes to resolve the issue below.

The phone can be turned on, but will only do one of the following things:

-Black screen, old-style htc logo in centre, short vibrate, turn off, endlessly loop.

-White screen, green htc logo with "powered by android" text at bottom, short vibrate, turn off, endless loop.

Holding volume up+down together gets me to the boot screen with the following:

* Software status: Modified
 LOCKED
 S-ON *

 to previous item
 to next item
 to select item

REBOOT
REBOOT TO BOOTLOADER
BOOT TO DOWNLOAD MODE
BOOT TO RECOVERY MODE
POWER DOWN

When I plug in the phone to my PC, the USB notification sound plays, but only if the menu above is showing.

Selecting any of the options reboots the phone and goes back to the menu above, with the exception of the "BOOT TO RECOVERY MODE" option. Selecting that takes me to a black screen showing the old htc logo in the centre and:

Failed to boot to recovery mode
Press volume up or down to back to menu

This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute... etc.

Pressing vol up/down at this point gives me the first mentioned menu screen, but below the * S-ON  line is  Security Warning *.

So, my question is:

1) Can I get my phone out of this loop and back to booting normally?


texts: 4.1.2 Factory Reset Fail -- mkdir /data/app fail. err is -1

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So, I have a rooted (may have reverted by now, cannot be sure, will explain why below) 4.1.2 Android, Kruger&Matz LIVE 1.

Full story is this:

Went to bed at about 19 (really tired after working) phone okay. Woke up at 8 in the morning phone still okay. Woke up again at 14 phone had the "input your pin to unlock sim". I thought "huh, weird." I did that and ever since then it has been restarting every 2 to 3 minutes.

So I started looking into it. The first thing I came upon was some wifi channel bug. So I tested it, it was restarting itself only when connected to the internet. So I rebooted the rooter but the problem persisted. Changed the wifi at a friend, the phone was still restarting. Then I tried wiping the cache from the recovery menu. That didn't work either. So I looked into it even further, everything pointing towards a hard reset.

Backed up only contacts and sms; formatted the SD Card as well as the SD Card that acts as an "internal storage", went into recovery mode, wiped the cache again and when I tried "wiping/factory reset" it gave me this error:

-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Data wipe complete.
Performing factory reset...
-- mkdir /data/app fail. err is -1

So I thought it was because it was still rooted. So I restarted the phone and I noticed something really interesting. The data on the SD Card that acts as an "internal storage" had been restored.

After unrooting the phone I tried again with the same error.

I also tried hard formatting the "internal storage" from my PC but the data was restored even after that. That's why I don't think my phone has been unrooted.

Also even though it's called "internal storage" it isn't. It's just a built in 1GB SD Card, doesn't have any system files on it, just downloaded apps and save files that are installed here if there is no additional SD Card present. (that's why I'm so confused as to why it's restoring these files in particular)

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

P.S: Even in Safe Mode, while running better, just by going into Manage Apps, the phone restartes after a few minutes, so installing and uninstalling apps is a little tricky, especially because they magically reappear every time the phone restarts.


texts: Disable prompt when sending an SMS that "may cause malicious charges"

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Since I got my new phone Lenovo S960, I have a problem when sending an SMS. If I send an SMS to any numbers, it prompts me this message:

  Try to send to 0784xxxxxx a sms may cause malicious charges, are you sure to send the sms?

I tried with several messaging apps, but they still give me this prompt message, and it bothers me because everytime I have to tap OK, but sometimes I forget and the message is not sent.


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I installed this game via APK on my Chinese tablet "Infotmic M799CA", created a desktop shortcut for it and noticed that after a (very frequent) device hang with consequent reboot, the game gets lost.

Tapping on the desktop icon says "Application not installed". I have to reinstall it again to make it work.

I found this happening only with this software. Any ideas about how to prevent it?


texts: Bought a phone on eBay, want to reinstall Android, but not sure which one to use

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I bought a phone on eBay named XGODY 5.5" 3G 5MP 8GB, and I want it to go back to the stock version, but how do I know what is the correct ROM to install on this phone?
Here is what the "About phone" says:


texts: I can't use my Galaxy S3 storage on my laptop

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When I plug the USB on my galaxy s3 sprint it charges normally but no notifications appear about using the mass storage.. so how can I fix that and transfer the data from PC to my phone.
NOTE:  I cant find this option connected as media device one the notifications.


texts: How do I disable the "open with" feature in chrome on android? An alternative would be to have chrome itself in the list of alternatives.


texts: Android USB tethering to an OpenWRT router

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I'd like to USB-tether my Android phone to a local router. I have a tether plan, so that's not an issue.

My reasons why I want it this way:

the router should expose the internet to all clients, not the phone
reduced cross-chatter, no additional (second) wifi
local connections are handled by the router, not the phone

I know there are other devices out there, like ZyXEL's routers and apps like ZoomTether.  That last one is almost like what I need — but I want a device, not a computer connected.

Has anybody done this?


texts: Screen not registering all inputs (touchscreen isnt broken)

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So i recently got a new phone, its good but ive noticed an issue with it. For whatever reason the screen isnt registering inputs but it like is at the same time (hard to explain)
So if i go into developer options and turn on the show touch coordinates, it will show all of my inputs im doing on the screen fully accurately. The issue is that the game im playing isnt being told about these inputs at all and acting like they arent there. (not an issue with the game itself, this happens everywhere, even on the home screen.)
So the physical screen itself is fully fune but there is some kind of artificial limitation in the software or whatever.. and im wondering if i could fix it somehow, like flash a rom or change some setting or some screen repair app
here is a few demonstration videos: https://youtu.be/pJLiaXRxzWA (the display showing the inputs are happening but thing no work work)
https://youtu.be/I8RUbMgNnGM (press finger on screen screen no do thing bla bla bla..)
The phone is Poco x3 nfc by xiaomi, running android 10, MIUI global 12.0.4 stable
and if anyone knows a better place to post this to get better answers please tell me


texts: Using flash player on android with Hebrew

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I am trying to run flash website with my Samsung Galaxy S3 (running Jelly Bean 4.3). The website is built for Internet Explorer only, but I succeeded running it on my FireFox browser on my PC. When I am trying to run this website on my phone, it runs properly except of one thing: the Hebrew shows Gibberish.

Example:

I know that Adobe stopped publishing Android flash player, but it still can be download from  Adobe's website.

I search on the Internet and tried alot of things:

Flash Player isn't influenced by the browser encoding.
I tried to replace a lot of browsers on Android, no one solves the problem.
After understanding the locale can be the problem I decided to make my IE on my PC show the same Gibresih. I change the region on my windows 7 control panel and my IE showed the same problem.
My device is English but I use application like customlocale2 (I tried a lot of those applications). I tried to run the website on my friend's Galaxy S3 (genuine Hebrew) and the same thing happend.
After searching on the internet I found this link, which shows how to change Firefox config on Android devices. I saw that the locale isn't for Hebrew. I tried to change all the configs that look like related to locale from my PC FireFox (couldn't find how to import config to Firefox on Android), but the same thing happended. (Maybe I miss some configs).
Firefox doesn't have Hebrew edition to android device yet.
When I tried it on Google Chrome on my PC, the same thing happend. when I change the language of Google Chrome (including UI) and tried it works!
I tried to enter to other Flash site I know and the Hebrew was upside-down.


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Following this suggestion I have disabled Google Keyboard application. My entire system has crashed and upon restart, I can't see that application in application list, so I could reenable it.

How to restore Google Keyboard, so it would start appear again in Settings > Apps > All?


texts: Outlook.com ActiveSync no longer working, even after recreation

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My Outlook.com ActiveSync for contacts and calendar simply stopped working a few days ago. The locally added contacts and calendar entries are there, but nothing is synced with MS.

In the hope of fixing the issue, I deleted the activesync account (beware: now lost all contacts and calendar entries on device!!) and recreated it.

The account is correctly set up, and the email part (that I don't use) seems to work, but no contacts or calendar entries are synced down from outlook.com / live.com.

Several delete+add and phone reboots didn't help.


texts: I have a Nexus One that I want to keep at v2.2 for testing purpose. But the update 2.3.4 has been pushed to my phone and I keep seeing the notification to install it. Is it possible to disable the system update notification?


texts:
I'm writing a program that depends on the camera.  I need to test how my program reacts when the camera is not present or disabled.

Is there a way to turn it off completely?


texts: Tasker: continually check for shell command result and run task when it matches

texts:
I've got the following shell command that checks to see if a particular process is running:

pgrep -x com.package.name

It either returns a process ID if the process is running, or it returns empty if it's not. How can I pop this into a tasker profile that checks every few seconds and runs a task when it sees that the result is empty?

The ultimate goal here is to keep near 100% uptime on a process that has a tendency to crash multiple times a day.


texts: How to create a home screen shortcut for a live streaming URL?

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Is it possible to create create a launcher icon that will start a certain streaming video URL in an app registered to the specific media type? (or offer the app chooser menu, in case there are multiple apps matching the content filter).

In my case it is a M3U playlist URL pointing to a DASH stream and I would like to open it directly in a default app for the content type (i.e. mxplayer).

I am aware that it is possible to create a launcher shortcut from Chrome or other browser via Add To Desktop option, but in this case tapping the launcher will open the web browser first and then will redirect to whichever app can handle the content type. Can this be done in a way that does not require a web browser?

In broader terms, the question is how to create a launcher to a URL or local file that can be tapped from the desktop and would open in whatever app(s) can handle the content type?


texts: Where does Android Lollipop keep the mmssms.db file?

texts:
I need to delete the file so I can clear my messages, because a factory reset is not an option, and various softwares have not been able to clear the messages.

I am already in root terminal mode, I just need the updated file location, because /data/data/com.whatever from the previous version does not exist.

My ability to receive text messages is impaired until I can reset this file. Thank you for any help.


texts: How to download an audio file from a web site?

texts:
Is there a way to download an audio file, such as a mp3-file from the Android browser to the device so I could listen to it later when I'm offline? Is there a way I should program the web site to make this possible?

I'm not looking for an additional app to help me achieve this.


texts: HTC u11 didn't any reaction to press button ony to see the computer the com port and phone flash

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I'm bought the HTC u11 is the dead OS. The other owner did something with the system. The phone is see the computer the com port and the phone flashing Red lights. I'm try to charging battery but didn't solve it.The phone only start to edl mode.
Please help with any ideas.


texts: Google Play Services Error: This app won't run without Google Play Services

texts:
I recently got my new OnePlus One and it worked fine. Today I unlocked it and noticed that it rebooted because I needed to enter my PIN code (it crashed).

After I entered the pin code I got some warnings about the missing play services. All  the apps were gone to, accept for the default ones.

As you can see in the screenshots, I can't login to any application that uses the google services. It prompts me with the option "Get Google Play Services" but when I click that, it redirects me to the Play store were I need to login...
Because of this I can't reinstall the play services using the Play Store application. I also tried to install it from my computer but my google account says it's already installed.

Is there a way to reinstall the play services without doing a hard reset?

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