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If I go to the Play Store, and pull up Firefox, I notice that its version 88.0.0-beta.3. I searched some more and found another version that is 87.0.0-rc.1
I dont want a beta version or rc version, I want the most recent stable version.
How would I go about installing that?
Edit in case comment is removed: this site was helpful to me (aarch64):
https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mobile/releases/


texts: How to root Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 with build XXUBMH1?

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The latest build for Samsung Galaxy S4 in South Africa is XXUBMH1. I followed this guide to rooting S4s but it doesn't work on this build.

How can I root this phone, preferably without having to load a different version of the firmware first?
(Bonus) How can I find such information without trawling through many pages of discussions on forums.xda-developers.com?

If it's relevant, I'm running Ubuntu 13.04.


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I did a backup before reseting my phone. I've got two .db files (contacts & text messages); I really want to put them back into my phone but when I try to open them it says "unable to open".

How can I recover them?


texts: How to share android directories over LAN using SMB protocol

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I want my hone to be used as network drive, by sharing folders over network. So that I can access it from My windows PC. I want to use SMA protocol for that.
I am using OnePlus One, CM12.1 OS with ES file explorer.


texts: How can I change the default phone number for a contact?

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I have seen this and this, but on my phone, a MotoG3 with Marshmallow 6.01 and what seems to be the built-in Contacts app (same version as the OS), long-tapping the number only gives Cut/Copy/Paste choices, and the extra menu has "Share" and "Lookup in Wikipedia".

Deleting the main number and adding it back made the other number the default, but there must be a better way?


texts: can i get back up of photos. I've lost my android phone

texts: i've lost my phone 2 days back in which my Google account was registered however i'm not able to find those pictures & videos now in my google account. I'm not sure if i had clicked on back up photos link or not. Is there any way i can get those photos. Plz help as i've so many memories captured in that phone.


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RP SWREV B:3 K:0 S1

Searching online, I haven't found any clear information.


texts: Can I cast phones display on laptop? my phones display not working

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Mobile: Moto X2nd Generation
OS: Android 6

My phones display not working, I am able to unlock it and touch is working.

Is there any application by which I can cast my phones display on my computer?


texts: Soft keys enabled covers shortcuts at Lockscreen in Redmi 1s MIUI 8 [Root]

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I have rooted my Redmi 1s KitKat version, and enabled soft keys ( by editing build.prop, qemu.hw.mainkeys=0 ). The shortcut keys ( lock screen shortcut, such as contacts and camera on the left and right of screen on bottom respectively ) are not visible at lockscreen, it is covered by black portion of softkeys ( soft keys are also not visible).

How to disable soft keys at lockscreen(black portion)?.
Also, the screen size is reduced (about 0.7 cm is covered by black portion of soft keys),is it possible to change the background of soft keys transparent, and to make android view to fullscreen?


texts: Find out size of all data ever downloaded

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Is somehow possible to find out size of all data I ever downloaded on my HTC phone?

edit:source from which I downloaded data will be also super

Thanks


texts: Can Whatsapp messages be restored from email chat history?

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My Whatsapp chats got wiped after a ROM flash that resulted in a soft brick. The other person uses Windows Phone 8, and I have an email from that mobile with the chat history txt file. Can I restore the messages on my phone with this file, perhaps by editing the DB file that Whatsapp backups create? Just the message text would be great, I do not care for the dates or other metadata.

This is probably not an easy task, and I'm ready to roll up my sleeves and dig in. Any general pointers to get started would be great.


texts: Should I get A1 or A2 spec'd Micro SD card for my phone?

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I'm currently running with Samsung EVO Micro SD card in my phone (GT-i9195 or serranoltexx) in Adoptable storage mode.

I'm looking for a faster card to improve performance. I was about to get Sandisk Extreme A2 card for my phone.

However, I found the official pages about A1 and A2 class by SD Association. According to the official documentation,

A1:

  The Application Performance Class 1 (A1) was defined by SD Physical
  5.1 specification.

A2:

  The Application Performance Class 2 (A2) is defined by SD Physical 6.0
  specification. It makes SD memory card much higher performance than A1
  performance by using functions of Command Queuing and Cache.

Note that A2 uses extra tricks to achieve better performance, especially Command Queuing (A2 spec'd cards have minimum support of 2 for Command Queuing depth).

I'm looking for a card that has as low latency as possible for a single read. Should I get A1 spec'd card instead of A2 because even though A2 has higher random access "minimum" IOPS, it may only get it with QD32 queues? I'm looking for a good random 4K read QD1.

I wish storage manufacturers specified random 4K read QD1 performance. It seems that only storage with manufacturer published numbers is Intel Optane series where those numbers don't look too bad.

Update: more information:

Another document on the official site explains A2 features a bit more:

Command Queue:

  The new CQ mechanism allows the SD memory card to accept several
  commands in a series (without their associated data) and execute them
  (with the data) whenever the memory card is ready. It contributes
  mainly to random read performance.

Note that this clearly uses "random read performance" as average IOPS, not the maximum time for any given read operation.

Cache function:

  In order to overcome the relatively limited write speed operation of
  flash memory, the Cache function allows the card to accumulate the
  data accepted by the host in a high-speed memory (e.g., RAM[)] [...]
  Data loss is allowed if the data is not moved to non-volatile storage.

So... high write IOPS is allowed to be writing to card internal RAM and data loss is acceptable? The OS can already do exactly the same thing with higher performance!

Self-Maintenance:

  Card-initiated operation allows the SD memory card to perform internal
  maintenance operations while the host bus is idle. When a new command
  is received, the card must ensure that new command is serviced without
  violating SD standard timing (Read Command, 100 milliseconds; Write
  Command, 250 milliseconds).

And if card has entered "card initiated self-maintenance" mode (which A2 card is allowed to enter any time no commands are in the queue) the effective read IOPS may go down to 10 and effective write IOPS may go down to 4.

I think A2 spec has way too huge tolerances for bad performance. Calling the above as "minimum 4K read: 4000 IOPS" and "minimum 4K write: 2000 IOPS" is a lie.

(I'm wondering if I should get Sandisk Extreme A1 card when those are still available on the market. Samsung EVO+ cards have nice performance in benchmarks, too, but if I've understood correctly those are meant for non-application usage and have worse wear leveling algorithm than Sandisk Extreme cards. The same thing with Sandisk Ultra cards - they don't last having the same sectors written repeatedly.)


texts: AppBrain offers to update app that marketplace does not

texts: The Appbrain app is offering to update my Maps, Street View and Facebook app. In the Android Marketplace, I can't see any option to update (though I have never updated an app before so I don't know how the update would appear). I am wondering if this difference has something to do with HTC customisations. Should I allow Appbrain to update these applications or not?


texts: Is it possible to install ICS in BlackBerry Playbook

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

Is it possible to install ICS in Blackberry playbook ?
If so is it possible to revert back to Stock ROM ?


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is there any protected firewall available? I have tried many & the problem was as follow:
- it works very well but ANY user can simply uninstall it!! how didn't they put this into consideration.
- i used a program to hide it, and when I hide it it becomes disabled.

I used AFwall+ (root), Netguard..


texts: Can't move or share files in My Files app

texts: just downloaded some mp3 files and needed to move them from downloads to my music folder. not sure if its because of the new system update, but for some reason there is literally no option to move, copy, share - nothing. just move to secure folder. i tried that but all you can do is move the files out of the folder once theyre in so that was worthless. i can select them or select them to edit or select them to share. no options come up except 'move to secure folder' or 'compress'.


texts: Oreo: associating an app with all files with a given extension?

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NOTE: my question is indeed similar to the question above. However, there is a slight difference, which I explain below in my ADDENDUM section.

Original question ...

I am creating lots of text files on my Oreo-based Android device with various file extensions besides simply .txt. For example, I have files with .xyz extensions, .abc extensions, and others, and I want all files with these particular suffixes to be seen as text files by my chosen text editor app. This way, whenever I select such a file, the system will choose that text editor to open them.

I have not found any way to do this, especially given that there is no default file association for text files that is offered in Android. But even if such a default text-file association were to exist, I don't know how to cause ad hoc filename suffixes to be associated with text files.

Furthermore, intents seem to operate on mime types, and I don't know how to associate these extra suffixes with text/plain under Android.

Is there any way in Android (Oreo) for me to accomplish what I want?

Thank you in advance.

ADDENDUM: The post referenced above talks about how mime types are managed on an application-specific basis in Android, and that there is no official way to manage mime types on a system-wide basis.

I understand this, but I am asking something slightly different. Suppose an application is already configured in its manifest to respond to text-plain items. My question is this: where in Android is the .txt suffix defined as corresponding to text-plain, and is there any way to add more suffixes (such as .abc and .xyz, as I describe above) on a system-wide basis to also be mapped to text-plain?

I have a rooted device that makes use of Xposed and Magisk, and so even if there is no official way in Android to implement these kinds of mappings, I'm wondering if there might be any unofficial Xposed or Magisk modules that will enable this. I couldn't find any such Xposed or Magisk modules, but perhaps I'm overlooking something.

Also, since my device is rooted (and I also am able to change my selinux settings to permissive), I could manually edit system configuration files anywhere on the device to add more filename suffixes to the text-plain mapping, assuming that this mapping is indeed managed in some sort of system configuration file.

I also run Tasker, and if such a mime configuration file exists, I could make sure that Tasker always copies a special version of that file in place during boot-up. In addition, I run other utitilies which allow ad hoc scripts to be run at startup via init.d.

Any thoughts? ...


texts: Prevent the predictive text from learning a set of words

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Is there anyway to prevent the predictive text from learning a set of specified words?

I use a a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A) with Android 4.4.2


texts: Manage files in Android phone from PC hangs

texts: I always get unstable file management with my  Android phones while they are connected to Windows 8 PC. It takes too long to create directory in phones card. Window freezes when I try to rename folder. Sometimes not all files are copied to device when I for example select whole directory copy. Where is problem?


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I need to authorize adb in recovery mode on my Galaxy S3 I9300 (international edition) in order to make a backup of my files.

The problem is that I cannot boot the cyanogenmod which is install on the phone and I don't know why.

Currently I have ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.4.3 and when I try adb pull /sdcard/DCIM I get the following message:

error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your device.

Please help me, I have a lot of valuable information on my phone which I need to recover.


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My phone won't turn on, boot to recovery menu, anything after my brother formatted the phone using our pc. Obviously formatting included the android's system files.

Is there anyway that this can be fixed? Maybe by flashing everything to the unit?

please help me.. :(


texts: EMUI 8: Where is the downloaded OTA located?

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I downloaded the latest version of EMUI 8 for my Huawei Nova 2i (RNE-L22), the file size is 3GB.
Before installing the update, I'm planning to do a factory reset but that means I will need to re-download the update. The problem is I have a very limited internet connection, so I wanted to move the file into my SD-Card and flash it later.
I couldn't find where the file is located, anyone knows where it is?
Anyway, I downloaded the update by navigating into the Settings > About Phone > System Update.


texts: Android 4.0.3 Google tablet will not connect to Billion 5200n RC router

texts: I have an Android Google tablet that will not connect to internet Wi-Fi on Billion 5200n RC model router. iPad and iPhones do connect without a problem, but the tablet shows its connected but when I go to browser it will not load a page and connect to internet. Have tried connecting tablet at the neighbors house and it connected without a problem. Can someone please help me out and tell me what the problem is.


texts: I use the builtin mail app to access a Exchange mail account. I have set it to download all attachments automatically, and it puts them in the Downloads folder. There is only an option to choose between internal and external storage for attachments, but you can't choose the folder. Is there and config file or similar that I can tweak to change this?


texts: Factory reset on merged storage - Shall I lose my data

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As we know, merged storage (that is, an internal SD card partition emulated by FUSE in the data partition (/data/media/0 → /storage/emulated/0) is a common thing to be found on recent devices running Kitkat and higher. Now, since this is my internal storage and contains all app and non-app data, will doing a factory reset be true to its name and wipe all of /cache and /data, including /data/media? Or, will it be considerate and keep the things under /data/media?

Note: I am asking this question to clarify a doubt and because I am not willing to do a factory reset to check this on my Nexus 9, which is the only device I have which has merged storage; but note that I asked this question for all devices with merged storage in general, which implies most stock devices with stock Android recovery on Android 4.4 and up. Please do not take the question just in context of Nexus devices. To prevent the question from being considered too broad, here are the constraints:

The device must have a standard processor (Snapdragon)
It must be AOSP stock. No OEM customized ROMs (Touchwiz, ZenUI, ColorOS) needs to be considered.
Devices are not rooted and have stock AOSP recovery.
AOSP version can be considered for 4.4.4 and 5.0 to 5.1 .
It must have merged storage.

(An answer relating to Motorola Moto devices and the Nexus 5 & 9 will be enough)

P.S. : I know that TWRP preserves /data/media while doing a wipe of /data and /cache, but I am referring here only to the stock recovery's behaviour in case of a factory reset.


texts: Have unrooted Samsung Galaxy 10.2 Tablet. I want to delete files, wondering if I can do it with USB cable then use Explorer to maintain files?

texts: Have an unrooted tablet, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.2. Memory is getting tight on the tablet itself and my card is 64GB with most still available. I saw the answer using logcat built-in utility to delete log files and such. I would rather do it myself due to having routines that have done what they weren't supposed to do. I like having full control over what happens, let's just say I'm an old DOS fan who likes to do the nitty-gritty.


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My keyboard can plug into my phone through USB. It has an American key layout.

How can I switch its layout to another layout (like using Alt+Shift in Windows)?

Changing the layout of the on screen keyboard doesn't help.


texts: what can i do to bring back to life mi samsung galaxy a 51?

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Days ago my phone restarted and stopped on the android/samsung logo.
i tried to do a hard reset on the recovery menu, but when the process finished the phone stopped on the android logo again. i did this process many times but it happened again.
after that i tried using Odin3 to install an official firmware, the process finished successfully, but when it restarted again stopped on the logo. i turned off the phone with the power off and volume down buttons, then i used the recovery mode (i tried to much to access to it, i was thinking that i cannot access to) combination keys, i did the hard reset again, and it showed the charging icon (seems to be frozen with no animation, some times happens). i cant turn it on disconnected to the pc or charger.


texts: Accessing the Android Phones SMS and other feature via Data Cable

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Is there any way by which I can connect my computer to my HTC Wildfire S and access the SMS (read, compose, delete) without touching the phone? I am looking for something similar but no hope yet.

Please help.


texts: How do android check for apps notifications? Can I change the frequency between checks?

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I want to make my phone (6.0.1) check for notifications each hour (instead of each minute, or whatever it's set as default). Is it possible?

I'd like to change this value for notifications in general.


texts: Android HTC G7 without Google applications

texts: I recently got an Android HTC G7 phone which claims to be Android 2.2. But I do not see any Google applications installed (market, maps etc). Is there a way to install these libraries and get started?


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I would like to upgrade my current nexus 4 that's already rooted on 4.3 to the latest 4.4.x android, ideally while keeping my root.  Any tips on how to do this?  I've fallen so far behind on the updates that I don't know what's safe anymore.

Thanks in advance!


texts:
The title just says it all. My 3.3", Android 2.3.3 emulator (armeabi) boots averagely in 150 seconds on my Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit system, with 2 GB DDR3 memory. However, sometimes when I tried shutting down using the power button provided in the emulator. I am made to wait indefinitely!

This doesn't hurt much, for I usually just close the emulator just like closing a window. However, I somehow can't reconcile the fact and need to know reason(s) why, in spite of booting fairly fast, shutting down takes ages! Does shutting down consume more resources than booting?!


texts: What Changes Take Place When Installing A Custom Launcher eg Nova To A Rom?

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If I install a custom launcher eg Nova on Stock Android 4.4.3, what inherently changes ?

Similarly if I were to then install a custom rom eg Paranoid Android, are the benefits gained from installing it then overshadowed or "lost" if I were to then install Nova launcher ?

To clarify wouldn't the experience of Stock Android with Nova and Paranoid Android with Nova be very similar if not identical ?


texts: How can i open a file with non compatible software?

texts: In windows we can try to open a pdf with an pdf with VLC or such type of operation. In short "open with" option works more freely in windows than in android. Sometimes because of this even, we can not open some files that we know can be opened with available apps. Is there a way to achive this in android?


texts: How can I allow USB debugging to an specific computer?

texts:
First of all, forgive my english please. I hope somebody can undestand this.

I have a broken touchscreen, so I'm controlling the device with a mouse via microUSB. Now I've tried different mirror clients (Airdroid, Mobizen and ApowerMirror) and they work just until I try to control the smartphone, then all of them asks to allow the computer USB debugging, the problem is that, I can't allow from the smartphone with the mouse because I have to connect the USB cable.

The screen that ask to allow debugging shows some digits with a message like "The digital print of your RSA password is:"

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, Macbook Pro


texts: How does Android chooses among multiple access points?

texts:
I have been doing a lot of research on this. Unfortunately I was not able to find how, by default, Android chooses among multiple access points.

For instance, if a user walks into a mall and there are 3 hotspots within range, how does the device select which access point to connect to?

-Does the device select the AP based in the order in which they are in the Wi-Fi stack?
-Does the device select the AP based on signal strength only?
-Does the device select the AP randomly?

Also, as the user physically moves from the coverage of AP A to the coverage of AP B:

-Does the device stay connected with AP A until it is out of range?
-Does the device transition from AP A to AP B somewhere along the way (sort of like a soft handoff)?

Thank you in advance.


texts: Clear SD Card on Galaxy Tab 10.1 gt-p7510

texts: I know how to factory rest my tablet but all of the information on my sd card remains. Because the sd card isnt removable is there a way to wipe everything from it?


texts: galaxy s2 wont turn on just keeps popping up us cellular symbol than re does it again

texts:
My galaxy s2 charges normally but when I turn it on, it starts up and then just randomly keeps restarting. I have taken out the battery and it still does it. It also charges just fine when I just plug in my charger to my phone it shows up like it normally does with the battery and the dots under it. It was working just fine about 2 hours ago and now it wont load at all!

How do I fix this?


texts:
please need help me on this.
i have saved my passwords for some webpages in andriod browser (defult browswer). when ever i need, i just open the page and am already signed in. somehow, something have happed, now it asks me for the password which i forgot. my phone is always locked and no one else can possibly open it. so i don't know what happened exactly and why. i can't choose to click the password recovery/forgot password, as i used a college email address and now is blocked/deleted. i will really really appreicate any tips or adivce on this. ready to do any thing with the phone, root and all. just please let me know what to do. i read some reviews about rooting and then recovering the passwords from webview.db from /data/data/com.android.browser, but, this folder is embty. not sure where to locate webview.db, does it show up only after rooting? i have a 5.1 android device.


texts: How to block my mobile provider from showing their ads?

texts:
Whenever I use apps that have banner ads (I guess that thing is called AdMob?), I get ads from my mobile service provider. This happens only when I connect using the mobile data.

I don't have branding or any apps from my mobile service provider. In fact, I'm on a rooted vanilla stock froyo ROM.

The ads are very annoying. Most of the time, it is about Value Added Services (VAS) and hence If I accidentally click those, I get charged instantly. (for subscription to whatever that stupid ad displayed).

Please don't give me solutions to block the ads completely. I want the normal ads, just not the ads from my service provider.


texts:
I saw an application (forgot the name) on my cousin's Galaxy Mini while inside Link2SD app. It has the -Odex- text beside its name. It was the only application like that on Link2SD. I got curious so I asked him but apparently, he doesn't know either which is why I'm now turning to here, what exactly is an "odex" app?

Based on some googling, I got to the knowledge that it's some kind of broken down "thing" like its in separate pieces. They also talk about "deodexing" but they are always talking about roms and not apps. So as added question, how do I "deodex" that application? (I'm a bit OCD like that :P)


texts: Can bricking my GT - I9100 damage my antennas?

texts: I'm running a cf-root, SG SII with KL1 kernel and cyanogenmod 7. Before getting it done the way it is now, I went through several failed attempts. I'm afraid the first few times I installed the wrong kernel because the blue progressbar didn't appear, the phone rebooted and then the screen gradually lit up, showing pixels of different colours scattered all over, like a sort of gradient. It was very frightening, therefore I ask: has the "pixels" thing done any damage to my phone, in any way? Have the wireless/gsm antennas been affected by this incident? (I've read, although I didn't really understand, that installing the wrong kernel can affect I a way -- again, didn't get in which way-- your wireless antenna's performance) Is this the truth? I've experienced difficulties when connecting to some wifi networks. Also, a firend's Galaxy Note showed more wifi bars than mine, of the same hotspot. Does that mean I have a problem? Would be "flasing a new radio" the solution? Thank you!


texts:
Recently the Google Now Launcher stopped working. I had all the cards set up and working fine. Not sure why but Google now stopped working. I get an edit telling me " can't load search results" I also get No Internet connection.

I have a Galaxy S3 with 4.4 OS.

Can someone please help me get this problem resolved?

Thanking you in advance.

Frank


texts:
I tried running a script that I got online. I downloaded the whole file which included the .bat file. I tried running the .bat file while forgetting that I needed to download the drivers (from the same website). I canceled the script, got the drivers and tried running the script again - all the while messing around in developer mode (I hadn't known of the feature).

It ran successfully, but since it was running on my old family PC with Windows 7 running, it froze in the middle of installing the drivers, and I had to install them a second time. This time, the installation finished, but a notification popped up saying that the drivers were not successfully installed.

Since then, my phone will not move past the black start up screen, and I have to take the battery out in order to turn it off. I would like to return the device in any condition, whether it be data free or not. Thank you for your time.


texts: Auto changing lock screen backgrounds from my facebook photos

texts:
So I just purchased a oneplus one and am switching over from a windows phone. One of the features I like on the windows phone is the ability to auto change my facebook photos as my lock screen background. Basically within the settings, I can choose the facebook app, pick which albums I want, and then my lock screen background gets automatically set to a new photo from those albums every few hours. Anything like this possible on android? I don't remember it being possible when I last used Android.

Thanks

Jakub


texts: get information from devices which connect to same wifi hot spot

texts: After create public wifi hot spot through phone. How to get device information from those who are trying to connect the hot spot?


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I created a backup file successfully using ROM Manager and saved it on my PC. I lost all my data on mobile and now I want to restore my mobile using the backup file I created.

I copied the backup file to mobile but in ROM Manager its still showing 0 backups. Where to copy the backup files in phone so that ROM Manager can find it?


texts: How to debug an Android app's network traffic?

texts:
I'm trying to listen in on the network traffic of a commercial app I've downloaded.

Ideally, I'd like the traffic to use my development machine as a proxy, where I'll have Burp or Fiddler waiting to forward requests to the web while I watch the traffic.

Is this possible with android apps? The app does not have the debugging flag set, of course. I've done no android development, so apologies in advance.


texts: Disable showing password input characters with a physical keyboard?

texts:
I'm using a Google Nexus 7 2013 LTE running CyanogenMod 11.0M6.

When I use a physical bluetooth keyboard to type in password input fields, Android still displays one character at a time, which is a bit of a security concern.

Is there a way to disable this either globally (ie: even for soft keyboards) or specifically for external keyboards so that password characters are never shown as they are input?


texts: Why does a single MMS message show up as three separate download buttons?

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Using the default messaging app, CyanogenMod 6.1, T-Mobile Pay As You Go, whenever someone sends me an MMS, it shows up as 3 separate messages, all with Download buttons.  If I click the first Download button, it downloads the image.  If I click the other two, they fail, and don't go away until the message expires days later.

Using SQLite manager to look at the mmssms.db pdu table, the pending messages all have mtype 130.  After downloading, they become mtype 132.

https://github.com/jberkel/sms-backup-plus/issues/issue/80

Why 3 messages?  Can I change this behavior?  Is it a bug?


texts: What information is more reliable -- battery capacity or stand-by time?

texts:
Stand-by time (not talk) because I rarely use the phone actually ;-)

Let's say there are two phones -- Xperia Mini and Wildfire S -- both have very similar battery 1200 mAh and 1230 mAh (respectively), so one could expect similar stand-by times as well.

Yet for Xperia Mini it is "Up to 340 h (2G) / Up to 320 h (3G)" and for Wildfire S "Up to 360 h (2G) / Up to 570 h (3G)".

You can see that for 3G network the difference is huge (almost double). Wildfire S has slower CPU (600 MHz vs. 1 GHz in Xperia) but what kind of computation is done in stand-by mode? Another oddity Xperia is more efficient in 2G, while Wildfire in 3G.

QUESTION: without any head to head tests, what information is more reliable -- capacity or times? I.e. those two phones would stay on one charge for the same amount time or indeed not?

I copied the data from GsmArena pages: Xperia Mini http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_mini-3947.php and Wildfire S http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_wildfire_s-3777.php


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My phone sometimes shuts down without a reason or warning. It often happens while it's charging. I'm not positive charging is an absolute requirement for this to happen, but I only remember it happening in that situation.

Then I go to it and find it not responding, just showing a battery filling up or filled up: it's charging while turned off. But I didn't turn it off, and it was still turned on when I plugged it in.

Sometimes, I can leave my phone like that a whole afternoon, noticing only after 3-4 hours that something is wrong. At that point, my phone has been turned off for an unknown amount of time, and who knows who could have tried to call me.

What is causing this? Is there a way to prevent it? Or to automatically turn the phone back on when it crashes like that?

My phone:

Samsung Galaxy Q (SGH-T589W)
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread
Processor: 600MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 (if indeed it's the same as the Gravity Smart, because information on the Galaxy Q is rare)
Internal storage: 152 MB, some of which I think is taken up by the OS or useless stock software, because I can't ever seem to free it
RAM: 279 MB
SD card: 2 GB
Carrier: Videotron


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Actually I was never thinking about leaving my adb debugging enable on my cellphone when going outside.
Now on cyanogenmod 10 and newer, it asks me to verify the rsa key of the host, which makes really sense.

I have a htc desire z / g2 here which doesn't ask me.
It's running Cyanogenmod 7.2 as this is the newest stable, with no gappsm with Android 2.3.

How can I harden it? I know it can be disabled when the screen is locked, but that's not enough.


texts: transfer sms from Samsung Jet to Galaxy S Advance

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Am trying to get my messages transferred from my old Jet to my new S Advance. The Jet uses PC Studio which can export the messages as a .nef file. However, I am unable to use this .nef file to restore the messages on my S Advance.

Could anyone tell me how to get this done?


texts: Settings - Accessibility warning: "Downloaded accessibility application is required to activate" -- What should I do?

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If I choose the 'Settings - Accessibility' option on my Samsung Galaxy S, the following text is displayed: 'Downloaded accessibility application is required to activate'.

I searched the Droid Market for 'accessibility' but am not sure that this is the correct way to install this (system?) application.

Anyone any idea what and where from I should install ? Thx.


texts: Does Samsung J7 max use full disk encryption by default?

texts: I have just bought a new Samsung J7 Max with Android Nougat. I have protected it using a fingerprint and passcode, but does it use any sort of encryption by default ? Either full disk or file based ? Because there is no option to encrypt or decrypt other than the sd card.


texts: Are there any performance issues after upgrade from Android 2.1 to 2.2?

texts: I have Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000, now I want to upgrade its OS from 2.1 to 2.2. However, through Google i have found that many people are facing performance issues after the upgrade.  Does anyone have experience with this, and can you tell me how to get 2.2 to perform well?


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I have already asked this question on stack overflow without much luck so far, but i figured it might fair better here.
I have an android TV (Philips 49PUS6401) I want to connect a surround sound system to it which is much better quality than the built in speakers even when only being used in stereo.

however this TV separates the volume control for the master output and the headphone output, the result being that even with the in TV speakers turned off, the volume keys on the remote do not adjust the headphone volume (which i'm using as a line out)

I am planning to write a simple app to adjust the headphone volume whenever the mast volume is changed, but i can't seem to figure out how to get or set the headphone volume, as the audio manager deals with streams rather than outputs, so the only value i can get from it is the master.

How do I go about finding a way to get/set the headphone volume? I have got shell access through adb, but i cannot get root.

for reference the tv is running the latest firmware, which is android 5.1.1

I know that normally android doesn't allow control over individual audio devices, but instead uses streams, and androids hardware abstraction layer (HAL) takes care of the routing, but somehow the manufacturer of this TV has been able to split the audio and feed it out of the headphone socket and a second output simultaneously. this issue has been quite heavily commented on in forums: see here

For the time being I'm just looking for a way to access it over ADB, but long term I'm planning to write a simple app to link the volume of the main output to the volume of the headphones so I don't have to delve into a submenu (which upsets kodi-media player) in order to change the volume.

so either ADB commands or the relevant section of the android API would be welcome, i've already looked at:

AudioManager
AudioSystem
libaudio

and gone digging in the filesystem, i'm guessing that what i want will be hidden in the /dev part of the filesystem which i can't get at without root, but i would be glad to be wrong.


texts: Use custom lock screen on encrypted Jelly Bean device

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I recently enabled encryption on my Nexus S running Android 4.1.1. I'm aware of all the benefits and drawbacks, and device encryption is definitely something I want. It's currently working fine.

However, one small caveat I overlooked is that encryption requires a password or PIN lock screen. I assumed (somewhat foolishly) that I'd be able to change back to the lock screen of my choice once the encryption process was complete. I like using a pattern lock, because I can set it to not display any visual cues, which makes shoulder-surfing a lot more difficult. It's also quick and easy to enter a relatively complex code.

The password I used to encrypt the device was intentionally long and complex, making it something I certainly don't want to be entering every time I want to check my messages. I don't want to change it to something shorter, because increased security was the whole point of doing this in the first place.

Is there a way I can go back to using a pattern lock screen? I understand that encryption is irreversible, and I don't really want to remove it. I just want my old lock screen back.

EDIT: I notice that changing the code for my lock screen also changes the key used to decrypt the device, which I assume is why you're not allowed to use a different type of lock screen. I very specifically do not want to be using the same code to encrypt the storage as I'm using to unlock the screen. That seems like a terrible idea, and I can't believe it's really the way Android does it.


texts: My brand new Lenovo Tab3 doesn't respond to screen brightness slider at all. Nor does the automatic adjustment work when ambient light changes. Any similar experiences or maybe solutions?


texts: How do Gmail (desktop) and Talk (Android) chats interact?

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The interaction between Google Talk via Gmail and Google Talk via the Android client seems confusing. Here's my understanding of how things work:

If a chat is started in Gmail, it will sync in (near) real-time to Talk.
If a chat is started in Talk, it will show up in the chat history in Gmail, but will not spawn a new chat in Gmail (so the chat is confined to Talk).
If a chat is started in Gmail, and continued in Talk, messages will stop being sent to the chat in Gmail, and new messages will be sent to Talk (as well as the chat history in Gmail). In my (short) experience, this transition can be a bit flaky.

Is this basically how it works? What I'd love to see is a perfect 1:1 sync between Gmail and Talk. That is, if I start a chat in Talk, it will create a new chat tab in Gmail, and everything will get pushed to both, and vice-versa.

Anyone know if that's in the pipeline, or even possible now? How does everyone else handle moving as seamlessly as possible between Gmail and Talk?

Thanks!


texts: Galaxy Note II USB connection not working

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On my Galaxy Note II (android 4.1.1), any time I try to connect to something over USB, it doesn't seem to want to connect. Specifically:

-iSyncr gives me errors connecting; so does Android File Transfer

-DoubleTwist and EasyPhoneSync can't connect at all

-Odin gets stuck at "Making Connection" (or something, I can't remember the exact wording)

These problems occur whether I have USB debugging on or not, and still persist when I mess around with the MTP/PTP settings. Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong? iSyncr used to work fine, but the others have always been broken.

Note: this is on a mac, and Odin is run through a virtual machine


texts: lineageOS: cannot use internal SD after factory reset: "Failed to find root" (peregrine)

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I have a Moto G 4G (LTE) peregrine which worked fine with the latest LineageOS 14.1. + twrp-3.1.1-0.
Then i made a factory reset because i wanted to gift it to my mother.

After that, no app could access the INTERNAL SD card for storing eg. pictures or downloads.
When you open the "Files" app, it crashes immediately.
Then logcat shows the output here: https://pastebin.com/R2wBL0W8

I tried the following to no avail:

reset with formating data, cache, etc (factory reset)
reset with formating EVERYTHING, including /system, then reflashing lineage-14.1-20170811-nightly-peregrine-signed.zip and open_gapps-arm-7.1-nano-20170813.zip
reset with formating EVERYTHING, including /system, then reflashing some other 7.1 ROM found here in the forum (cannot remember which)
reset with formating EVERYTHING, including /system, then reflashing the original ROM XT1039_Retail_Germany_51_Untouched.zip

the original ROM was rather bad because the keyboard kept crashing and it was totally unusable. still no access to the internal SD card.

messing with the directory structure in LineageOS:

/sdcard is a softlink to /storage/self/primary

/storage/self/primary is a softlink to /mnt/user/0/primary

/mnt/user/0/primary doesn't exist, it only goes as far as /mnt/user/0

so i tried different scripts from this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2211109 to create /mnt/user/0/primary at boot, which all didn't work.

it seems LOS 14.1 cannot run init scripts or user init scripts or whatever.
it didn't work.

also, the external SD card slot isn't reliable anymore, so that's out of the question as well.

I'm rather stuck!
can anybody help me?
any help is appreciated!

Thank you very much!


texts: Hello SMS - how can I directly jump to an existing conversation?

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I like Hello SMS, but there's something I'd like to be able to do, and seems reasonable, but I can't see how to do it.  Conversations are shown via icons representing individual people down the left hand side, and you can scroll and choose one to review a conversation.  However, sometimes the conversation I want to view took place a long time ago, or is otherwise hard to hunt out, and I want to jump straight to it.

If you send a new message to someone you are shown the conversion, including your new message (and that conversation jumps to the top of the list), but until you send you see nothing and obviously sometimes I want to look at a conversation without sending a message.

Is there a way of jumping to a specific existing conversation in Hello SMS, without sending a message?


texts: How can I add extra memory in my ram android?

texts: I want to boost the ram's memory, but as I clean my phone,it's memory was almost full.


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I am using genymotion to emulate Google Nexus 9.It so happens that I was not using this virtual machine for about a month so I have forgotten its pattern(yes it was protected by pattern lock). Now I need to use emulated Google Nexus 9 but it can't due to pattern lock. So how can I bypass or change pattern lock so I can again gain access to my device.

P.S.-I have seen Can not unlock my Android device as have no internet connection? but for methods in this link I need to go to recovery mode but that can't be done in emulated phone(I think so).


texts: How to see a YouTube video in Anaglyph mode from a non-3D Android device? I am not able to enable Anaglyph mode from the YouTube application.


texts: How to Re install Android 4.2.2 on Samsung galaxy grand

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I am using Samsung Galaxy Grand GT-I9082 from past one year. I got lot of software updates and did all of them, including the 4.2.2 JellyBean FirmWare Update.

Recently I got one stability update, after which my mobile lost it's stability. Now I want to revert back to Jelly Bean prior to that update, by re-installing 4.2.2 JellyBean FirmWare. I have read few blogs about the procedure with Odin but I am confused whether that procedure only works when my mobile is loaded with 4.1.2, or with any version? Currently I am using 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.

I have tried hard reseting the device and wiping the cache partition; but still the device is slow, constantly hanging sometimes, and I am missing important calls also.


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Does anyone know what app is causing this "check network connection" toast?

Notes app shown below is unrelated as far as I know, the toast shows when I turn off my data regardless of what app is currently foregrounded.


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A new icon appeared in my notifications today. It looks like Remove Circle from the Material icons, except with an additional outline.

There's no info/action when I try to press on it; if I try to drag the notification section down, the icon disappears until the section collapses back.

Rebooting did not remove it.

It looks almost like the left-most icon on the right side of this screenshot (source):


texts: Is it possible to wipe Samsung S5 finger print scanner data from recovery

texts: I heard Samsung S5 has finger print scanner to unlock screen. How reliable is this? If I perform a data wipe or factory reset via recovery will the finger print lock still works?


texts: Unlock Nexus 6P bootloader without starting phone

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Is there a way to unlock the Nexus 6P bootloader when I am not able to start the phone anymore? I am experiencing the infamous bootloop and cannot start my phone anymore. I would like to flash a fresh image on it in the hopes that will fix my boot issue.

Thanks Simon


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I have a lot of duplicated SMS on my Android 7.1.2 Phone, because of the app "SMS Backup & Restore". I would like to delete redundant SMSs. How can I do that? Before actually doing it, I would like to inspect the would-be result.

What I tried:

In How to delete duplicate SMS?, it says that "SMS Backup & Restore" has an option to not import duplicates. I could not find that option.
Also it said to check out "BackupSMS", but the app does not seem to offer the option to check out the results.
After reading http://blog.radj.me/removing-duplicates-sms-backup-restore-xml-android, I looked at https://github.com/radj/AndroidSMSBackupRestoreCleaner and tried the expanded version https://github.com/hameerabbasi/AndroidSMSBackupRestoreCleaner. But after inspecting the results, I got the impression the script also deleted messages that were not duplicates. I am pretty glad I was able to inspect the results via Linux tools, showing me that my instinct to be able to check out the results was correct.
Also coming from the blog, I found the app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.venomvendor.sms.deduplicate (Source at https://github.com/VenomVendor/DeduplicateSMS), but this also does not show what SMS are going to be deleted.
In the thread https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidQuestions/comments/3ecq7z/how_to_delete_duplicate_sms_after_restore/, it was suggested to use Google Hangouts. I do not have (or want to use) something like Google Hangouts.


texts: Is possible to invoke an Android API without declaring the related permissions but with root access?

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While reversing some malware, I have realized that despite they use an exploit that gives them root access, such malware declares a lot of permissions in the manifest.

Because (AFAIK) "normal" apps that require the su executable they still need to declare the permissions in the manifest, because the su command just launches a child process with elevated (root, in this case) access.

Android malware reversing isn't my full-time job, but in my little experience this is the most common pattern among malicious apps:

exploit -> root access
change permission or remount partition
steal data from other apps

Thus, my question is:
is possible to invoke an Android API (more precisely, the Java API framework) without declaring the related permissions but with root access?

I guess the answer is yes, but I think it's a twisted process, so it's easier to declare a lot of permissions (but it sticks out like a sore thumb).


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I have an FonePad X, android 4.4.2.  When I go to bed at night I turn down all my volumes.  But the volume control rocker emits a beep when I use it to turn down the volumes.  I don't need a notification that I'm turning down the volume, and I'm trying to be quiet so as to not awaken my sleeping partner.  I find this annoying.

Is this volume control notification sound silence-able?


texts: How to update The Samsung galaxy S2(GT-I9100) to 4.1.2 Via Ubuntu 12.10(AMD64)

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The title sais is all

Question:How to update The Samsung galaxy S2(GT-I9100) to 4.1.2

Note: I am using Ubuntu 12.10


texts: How to handle multi-keycode keys on Android with a bluetooth keyboard?

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I have a Microsoft Mobile Wedge keyboard. I've connected it to my Nexus 9 and after setting the language in the settings it works almost perfectly. Almost!
There are 4 keys on it that don't work, because they're multi-keycode keys. They're the "magnifier glass"-key, the "3 dots on a ring"-key, the "black rectangle intersecting with rectangle border"-key and the "gears/settings"-key.

So far I've found out with

getevent -lt /dev/input/event4

that the Linux keycodes they send are

KEY_LEFTSHIFT
KEY_LEFTMETA
KEY_F21

KEY_LEFTALT
KEY_LEFTMETA
KEY_F21

KEY_LEFTCTRL
KEY_LEFTMETA
KEY_F21

KEY_LEFTMETA
KEY_F21

I've created the 2 files from their Generic.kl and Generic.kcm counterparts

/system/usr/keylayout/Vendor_045e_Product_0790.kl
/system/usr/keychars/Vendor_045e_Product_0790.kcm

and made sure with

dumpsys input

that they're used.

I tried to enable F21 in the layout first, but that didn't work because there's no Android keycode for F21. So I bound it to INSERT instead, because it's an unused key.
Then I went into the character map and tried making an INSERT key (which is actually F21) and applying the right modifiers to it.

key INSERT {
    base:           'a'
    lmeta:          'A'
}

The above being for the key that only had 2 keycodes. Unfortunately this didn't work. Nothing happened. So now I'm here to pick your brain.

Does anyone know how to do multi-keycode keys?

Thank you very much in advance.


texts: How to modify functionality (skip song, play, pause) with side phone volume keys?

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This is a really requested feature in a lot of forum, but I haven't found any convincing solution.

I'd like that my volume keys:

If simple (short) press both together, pause/play.
If simple (short) press of single key, change the volume up or down.
If pressed and hold change track forward or backward.

My options in order from preferred to less preferred are:

Do it with Tasker
Download an app to achieve this (not a media player)
Develop an app to achieve this (any advice?)
Download a media player that has mentioned functionality.

Thanks, Diego

Note: With volume keys I don't mean keys in the headphone, I mean those which are at the side of the phone.


texts: APN Settings Don't Save - Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.2

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I'm trying to setup my APN settings on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus, running Android 4.2.

The APN list is currently empty, and every time I try to add one (menu -> add -> fill out form -> save), nothing new appears.

I'm trying to connect to H2O wireless, when I fill out the instructions, I get a warning saying to enter the MCC and MNC (which H2O says to leave blank), the phone says the MCC and MNC are required, so I add in the MCC and MNC using sumac's instructions.  After I add the settings and click save, no new item is added to the list of APNs.

I think that there should be an item already in the list, as others mention the default settings, but there definitely should be an item after I add the APN.

Has anyone else dealt with this before?

People have suggested online to others that it may be a firmware issue.

Please let me know if there is anything else to add, this is the first time I have tried to get help with my phone.

Edit:
I've talked to H2O's support, and they said 310/410 should work.  They said the problem has been in Android since 4.0.2, and all they can suggest is a hard reset.  So now, it doesn't seem to be a problem with my carrier, my phone, or the settings.  Has anyone gotten around adding APNs on Android since 4.0.2?


texts: Change default storage location of Screenshots

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I have been able to change the storage options for the camera (e.g. from internal storage to external SD). However, I have no idea how to change that setting, or even control in which format the screenshots are saved. Moving the "screenshots" folder to external storage manually had no effect.

I have Jelly Bean 4.1.2.


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In Settings -> Wi-Fi, there's a connection listed that says "Connected, no internet".

What does it mean to be connected?  What does it mean for a device to be connected but without internet access?  I'm not trying to fix this state: my goal strictly is to find out more about it.


texts: Is there a way to connect Acer Iconia A500 tablet to windows PC via USB as a drive, not a device?

texts: It currently shows up as a "device", but I prefer to have it as a drive so that I can run tools like SyncToy and many others against it.


texts: where does the official, "non-custom firmware" Android os look for version updates?

texts: When the "new update is available" popup appears on the screen, does the os go to the manufacturer's server or the google's servers to download the update? in other words who is the main version update publisher that the os looks for updates from?


texts: Files deleted via mtp still consume space

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When I delete a few large files (part of music collection, ~20GB of flac files) during mtp connection (on computer), it disappeared from Android FS, but, according to FS analysis, still consume space.

How to free this space?

FS analysis shows consumed space as "other".
None of visible folders has such big size.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S10e

MTP driver: gvfs-mtp


texts: How to turn off mobile-data/3G for each SIM card separately in Samsung Galaxy Mega Duos?

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I'm using Samsung Galaxy Mega Duos and use two SIM cards - one sim with very low charge for 3G connection (called SIM1) and the other with very-high fee (called SIM2).

I go to Setting - Connections - Data usage to turn off 3G on SIM2 but the checkbox Mobile data seems to be synced between the two e.g. if I check it on SIM1 and then go to SIM1 to turn it off, SIM2 is turned off too!?

My question: How can I turn of 3G for SIM2 but keep it for SIM1?


texts:
I have just bought a samsung galaxy tablet 2 (7.0) for my 6 year old son. He loves it but I am extremely worried that he may inadvertently access the wrong websites.

The tablet is a wi-fi version and I can switch off the internet connection but many educational games recommended by his school require a wi-fi connection.

What are some key things that I can do to ensure adequate parental control when he is using the tablet?

The android version is 4.0.1. I am unsure if this can be upgraded but when I run the software update, it says that the tablet has the latest version.


texts: How I add a custom navigation bar button?

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I see Android 6/7 I can to customize the navigation bar ("back", "home" and "recent" buttons). I can reorder, remove or add other pre-defined buttons.

I want add new custom buttom. By example, I want a "screenshot" button to avoid hold down+power to do a screenshot.

Is it possible?

EDIT: My devices are LG K10 (2016 and 2017 versions)


texts: Help with recovering data on encrypted Microsd Card

texts: Hi I was using a 64GB microsd card as internal storage on my Lenovo K4 Note (also known as Lenovo K4 Note A7010a48, A7010, Lenovo Vibe X3 Lite). Due to some issues in the display I had to give my cell phone to service center. While doing so unfortunately I did not take back up of the data. The service center guys factory reset my phone. Now I am unable to retrieve the data on the card and its showing as an empty card. I tried sending it to Stellar Data Recovery however they said it has unknown encryption and hence even though data is on the card it can not be recovered. CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH A SOLUTION???


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I'm using a Moto X (2nd Gen.) with Android 5.0 and I'm trying to utilize Smart Lock by setting the option in Settings → Security → Automatically lock to:

  5 seconds after sleep, except when kept unlocked by Smart Lock

No matter what I change it to, Android will still force me to enter my pattern, except when unlocked by Smart Lock (Trusted devices, Trusted places).

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Looking for Location-Specific Screen Locking Behaviour

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I'd like to have a feature that allows my Android phone to change its lock mechanism automatically dependent on location.  For example, most of the time I use pattern unlock when out and about but tire of unlocking it constantly at my desk at work. Other solutions are:

manually change to a slide lock while at work - but must remember to revert it back after;
enable dev feature: no sleep while USB charging - but is a bit of a hack;
there are likely other semi-solutions...

I'd like for my phone, when it detects my work zone for example, to require me to unlock using the current pattern lock only once and then automatically revert to a slide unlock thereafter, until the phone leaves the zone at which point it reverts back to pattern unlock for higher security.

Is there an app or configuration that supports something like this already?


texts: How to copy / modify data from a soft-bootlooping Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100)

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The Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-I9100) I have at hand was turned off after getting hot during standby. When trying to start it again, it was in a bootloop: Like usual, it first shows "Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100", then shows the provider branding and then shows "Samsung". But at the time when it was normally asking for the PIN, it was again showing the provider branding and going into a loop.

It is possible to go into the recovery mode. Among other things (see below) it shows "E:Error in /data/log/recovery_log.txt (No space left on device)".

The phone was running the newest stock firmware (Android 4.1.2). (At least I’m quite sure it was the newest version.)

Is there something I could try to make it start again, without loosing any data? For example, it could be the case that it’s not starting because the /data partition is full. Is it possible to remove files from this partition when booting the device is not possible?

If that’s not possible, is it possible to backup all the data (including app data and the internal "USB" storage), without loosing any data?

It seems like installing a different recovery ROM makes it possible to backup the data. However, I’ve read that installing a different recovery on a S2 with a stock ROM will stop the system from booting. In this case it doesn’t boot anyway. But in case it’s possible to fix the problem by making space free on the /data partition, can the original system be restored?

Some things which I observed that may (or may not) be helpful:

The recovery mode says "Android system recovery <3e>" at the top and "# MANUAL MODE #", "-- Appling Multi-CSC...", "Applied the CSC-code : DTM", and "Successfully applied multi-CDC" in the middle, right over the out-of-space error described above.

When turning on the phone, the provider sends SMSs to everyone who has tried to call the number while the phone was off. Even though the phone is boot-looping, such notification was sent.


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I am Using a Android phone Sony Z3 (5.0 - Lollipop), the Issue is My SD Card My Micro SD Card is not detecting in mobile and PC

Let me tell u clearly what i have done step by step?

Encryption (Phone & SD Card)
Factory Reset the Phone
Again Encryption but this time i didn't find the option of Encrypt SD Card. so only phone encrypt completed.

I tried to find the files in SD then i realize my SD is not detected then tried to put in pc its asking to format.

Please suggest i have backup in SD.


texts: Trying to flash CWM but fastboot hangs at "writing 'recovery'..."

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I'm trying to flash my Coolpad 8865u (Vodafone Smart 4 Turbo). I unlocked fastboot
and fastboot oem device-info confirms this. However when I try to flash CWM the prompt on my shell hangs at "writing 'recovery'...". When I unplug and replug the USB to get it unstuck it stays "Failed (status read failed (No such device))".

However when I force a reboot it works fine.

Also I don't know if I'm doing this correctly but when I try to get into fastboot mode by pressing the power button and the +/- volume buttons the text "OFFICIAL" is displayed at the bottom of the screen and the phone vibrates but it does not get me into fastboot mode. It just reboots and keeps rebooting until I release the buttons.

Volume up and Power does get me into recovery mode though but there is no option to go to fastboot from there.

Finally I am also not sure what CWM image I should be using. I found a recovery.img on a portugese forum and they said it worked fine so that is what I am trying to use but I'm not sure if that is what should be used for the Coolpad 8865u.

BTW the whole point of this is that I'm trying to root my device. I don't know of any other way that works but would be open to suggestions. I already tried cyndia impactor and it says none of the bugs were found.


texts: When the my Nexus 4 is called, the telephone caller can only be heard when loudspeaker is switched on or with earphones - is this normal? - is this a case for warranty send-back?


texts: How come apps showed up in apkmirror before I can download it in Google Play Store?

texts:
I have been checking and waiting for Pokemon Go 0.45 for several hours, and now it is 11pm Pacific Time and it is still not available on my Android phone or on the Google Play website. However, it is on the apkmirror website and it says:

  Uploaded November 6, 2016 at 4:21PM PST

So it was uploaded 7 hours ago to apkmirror?  How is that possible and can it be trusted?


texts: Is there any possible way to run a headset that have micro USB output to connect to a Android LG phone by micro USB input?


texts: How to find logs of unhandled exceptions in Android?

texts:
In Windows, when an application crashes because of an unhandled exception, there is a place called Event Viewer that gives a good amount of informative data about the process being crashed down.

Using that information, one can easily troubleshoot the application.

In Android, we have developed an application that on the phone of a customer keeps crashing repeatedly and we don't have a chance to log anything.

Do we have something similar here in Android? Or in general, how should we know about unhandled exceptions in Android?

Please note that because the app is installed on customer's phone, it's a user question. We want to know a way to be able to find a log somewhere somehow by the help of our customer, and act accordingly.


texts: Select my own ringtone on Samsung s7 but only Sound picker is available

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I can select only Sound picker as source for my own sound files when choosing ringtone. Right before I could select Google drive and some more.

How can I get the choice back?

TL;DR

When going Settings->Sounds and vibration->Ringtone->(+)Add from phone I got 3 or 4 choices of source. GoogleDrive, Soundpicker, ...
I picked Soundpicker just to see what it was. (but decided I don't want a Samsung app to get even more of my data)
So I did the Settings->...->(+)Add from phone again but this time I could not choose any source any more but Soundpicker was automatically launched.

Is there a way to reset this setting? so I can choose, say, GoogleDrive.

Or any other way to get a sound of my own as ringtone?


texts: How to stop Viber running without uninstalling it?

texts: How do I stop Viber running, without uninstalling the app? When I go Menu→More options→Exit it just comes back. I want it to turn it off completely, so it's not waiting to come on in the background.


texts: Can't add hotmail.com address into Gmail 5.0

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I tried under KitKat and Lollipop on my Nexus 4 but I can't add my old account. I also tried both manual and automatic setup, but same result: credentials are incorrect.

Any solutions about this? Should I have entered different parameters during the manual setup?

EDIT:

POP3 with default parameters: server hotmail.com, port 110, security STARTTLS

IMAP with default parameters: server hotmail.com, port 143, security STARTTLS

Exchange, which doesn't give the possibility to change any parameters


texts: Do android phones have hardware chips for encryption? If it's software only, then what is the performance/battery impact?

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Do android phones have hardware support for the OOTB full phone encryption or is it entirely done in software?

If there are phones which have hardware support for encryption then where could I find a list?

In case if it is purely software then what how much degradation I can expect in terms of performance and battery life?

This and this articles claim that encryption comes at a significant performance price.

And this XDA thread suggests that samsung phones might have dedicated encryption chips as part of their proprietary(?) On-Device Encryption. Is there a clear answer available as to which devices have what support?

Update

I have found a thorough explanation on the state of android hardware encryption support in this article, which says that google failed to introduce proper hardware support in Android 5.x, and then, for android 6.x they decided to go with 'software acceleration' whatever that means.

The article quotes Dave Burke, Google’s engineering lead as saying that:

  “Encryption is software accelerated. Specifically the ARMv8 as part of 64-bit support has a number of instructions that provides better performance than the AES hardware options on the SoC.”

Yet, on the practical side: full disk encryption on android 7.x is faster than on 6.x but the performance hit can still be between 2x to 4x slower compared to an unencrypted phone.


texts: Does Forcing GPU Rendering Affect Battery Life?

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I'm currently unsure about this and haven't found anything concrete while searching on the internet. I just recently got my first Android phone a week ago and started tinkering with the developer settings, I am currently using a OnePlus 3T with Android Nougat. Any answers will be appreciated.

TLDR: Does enabling force GPU Rendering affect battery life on the OnePlus 3T with Android Nougat?


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Using ADB shell to view my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7+, I see a /mnt but no /mnt/sdcard/ where according to fable the photos taken by the camera should reside.   Why would the sdcard directory not be there?

Does the Tab need to be in some special mode or adb need some special incantation?

I'm doing this from an Ubuntu 11.something Linux machine.

UPDATE: got a new clue. Normally adb works only when the tablet is off, but has USB plugged in.  When I hold down the power button, the tablet starts up.  First there's a Samsung logo.  Eventually the splashy orange screen with the lock-circle thing appears.

During the Samsung logo phase, adb shell will show stuff in /mnt, including the lusted-for /mnt/sdcard.  But as soon as the orange lock screen appears (maybe slight sooner) adb is booted out, suddenly exiting to the xterm command line, and adb devices shows question marks instead of the device number.

So maybe all I need to do is find a way to make the tablet stay in Samsung-logo mode indefinitely, long enough for me to do my transfer.


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I've removed an app long ago, but when I unlock the phone a message appears which says: "the app" has stopped

I had changed its location from internal to external before I remove it.

Also I have another app which keep stopping, I changed it to external too.

I cannot rechange the apps which I changed their location after I've updated  android system

These two apps are not English

J7 prime 2017
Android 8.1.0


texts: What kinds of memory does an Android device have?

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What kind/types of memory (or data storage devices) does and android device have, and what information is stored in that type of memory?

I know of:

Internal memory
RAM Memory
ROM Memory
Storage card / SD/Card


texts: Zagg Folio Tab 4 no longer connects to my Galaxy Tab 3

texts: I own a Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, and I just updated it to Android 4.4.2. I have a Zagg Folio Tab 4 10.1, and up until the update, it worked perfectly fine. Now, it connects to my tablet, but input does not work. I've cleared my cache and the Bluetooth cache, but neither have worked. Also, I have tried unpairing and re-pairing it. I also paired it to my Galaxy S4, which worked fine. I then re-paired it to my Tab 3, but that did not work either. What can I do to fix it?


texts: How to install system app on Lollipop as su doesn't exist

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I want to install a system apk (its the Dialer.apk) on Lollipop and am following these instructions

How do I properly install a system app given its .apk?

However after doing adb shell I get an unfound error trying to run su:

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

What's the problem?

UPDATE
------ After a bit of googling I found something that says the SU binary isn't present in Lollipop. If that's the case then how can I install an apk to system?


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Since signing up for Snapchat about a month ago, I have regularly received Snapchats that are simply black screens (and obviously confirmed that the sender did not send a blank screen) about 1 out of every 4 messages.

I have the LG Spectrum 2, running Android 4.1.2 (JB) and just did a factory reset in an unsuccessful attempt to fix Snapchat. I have tried using an old version of Snapchat (v2.something) which received less blanks, but still some, as well as the new Beta version which received just as many as the most recent version. I even tried signing up for a new account and deleting the old one - this worked for about two days and then the same problem started again with the new account.


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I accidentally clicked download button of 1.2 GB (my wifi speed is slow so it's a problem) file, from chrome browser on Android 4.4.4 KitKat, now I want to cancel this download package but it seems impossible to me. I googled and found this similar question but none of those answers helped me.

My device download manager don't show chrome current downloading.
when I close my wifi, download pause,but when I turn on wifi then download resumes.
when I force stop chrome app,download stops,but when I open it again download starts again.

My device is xiaomi mipad1 (China version) running on miui.My device is not rooted.


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I am using Swiftkey 7.4.0.18 on Android 9 (before that, on Android 7). I got a new phone and installed Swiftkey on it, logged in and enabled backup & sync. My personal dictionary had been correctly backed up before, I can see that in the "View and manage your data" section. The dictionary contains several hundred or thousand words (I speak a special German dialect, that's why). However, these learned words do not show up on my new phone, even though sync appears to "work" as there is no error message. I have contacted Swiftkey support a while ago but haven't heard anything.

Anybody here who can tell me how I can debug / solve this?


texts: I have installed a few USB drivers, but Android Studio

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Sorry, I should have explained in more details.

In my mobile, Gear icon -> Settings -> SYSTEM -> {} Developer options, I have select (set tick) both "Android debugging" and "USB debugging notify".
After plug in my mobile to my PC with a USB cable, from my PC I can see the files in my mobile, I can even move the files between my PC and my mobile.
In my PC, run Android Studio/bin/studio.exe, in the Android Studio 2.1.1 window, I click the run icon, "Select Deployment Target" window shows with message "No USB devices or running emulators detected".
People said I need Google USB Driver. I then downloaded it. After that, In Android Studio 2.1.1 window -> Tools -> Android -> SDK Manager -> "Default Settings" -> SDK Tools, I have found "Google USB Driver 11 Installed".
However, I have still got "No USB devices or running emulators detected" when I run Android Studio.

That is why I want to know all USB Drivers installed in my computer, which USB Driver my computer is using and most important, what USB Driver my Android Studio is using?

If you know what I am doing wrong, please give me your suggestion so that I can use the Android Studio + my mobile to make a very simple app.

Thanks a lot for your helps!


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I bought a HTC 310 Desire running Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) and would like to format my SD card (SDHC 32GB) so to be able to contain files larger than 4GB.
I tried formatting the card exFAT, NTFS, ext2, ext4 (using the utility of my Windows PC, of a MAC and using MiniTool PartitionWizard) but when i place back the card into the phone, the phone keep saying that the card is damaged and propose to reformat it. If I accept the card will be formatted as FAT32 (i.e. no file larger than 4GB possible).
Do you know what can be done? Possibly without rooting the phone?
Is there somewhere a list of the file system supported by my phone?
Or is there something special to pay attention to in the card formatting?


texts: Using smartphone as game controller for the GBA emulator on a tablet

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with a GBA emulator.

How do I use my T-Mobile Concord Android smartphone as the game controller? I downloaded BTcontroller and the GBA controller setup, but I am not able to connect for some reason.

Do I need another app on the tablet to receive control signals?


texts: What's the Android Devices section of Google Dashboard for?

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I noticed the Android Devices section of Dashboard is empty for me. I've had 3 android devices so far, all synced with my Google account. The Android Market section of Dashboard correctly shows my download count.

What is that section for? Why don't my devices show up under it?


texts: Will clearind data from download effect the downloader apps?

texts: !My device is samsung galaxy J5,  the download manager has currently 1.3 GB . I'm just curious will clearing the data from the download manger will effect apps wether it will delete the download applications? (https://i.stack.imgur.com/KIKev.png)


texts: Nexus 5 takes forever and a day to charge

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Since I have installed franco Kernel on my device, charging takes longer than normal  (I'd guess 4-5 hours?). But today charging became extremely slow. I plugged it in overnight and this morning it was at 87%.

In the screenshot you can see that it was on for ~ 1d 20h, and ~ 1d 10h it was on battery. That means it needed ~ 10h to get from 4% to 87%. Is this a common problem with the franco Kernel?

PS: I plugged it into the wall, not USB.


texts: Can a device pretend to be a USB keyboard?

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What I'm looking for:

Is there a way to make the device claim to be a keyboard/HID when plugged into a USB port and "type in" the contents of the clipboard? More accurately; What would it take to make it happen?

Motivating use case:

I have a password keeper program on my phone but it's annoying to have to read the password off the device and try to type it into another computer.

Background:

I have an Android device that was built before MTP was supported for transferring file but, with recent upgrades, now supports it. Based on this, the USB class that it claims to be can't be hardware defined and must be defined in software.

IIRC, this project has Android devices (with what I think is a stock kernel) talking as some USB class that was definitively not built in. This indicate to me that you might be able to control what USB classes it support without kernel work but I don't know for sure.

As for the Host side (i.e. the PC), I've never seen a PC, Mac or Linux box need special drives for keyboards, even for some rather esoteric devices that claim to be keyboards (bar-code scanners, credit card and smart card readers, etc.) so the generic drivers should be good enough for what I'm wanting.

All that argues that what I'm looking for can be done from a hardware point of view, but says very little about what software support exists and nothing about if there is an app for it.


texts: Dropbox: How do I open a file without extension as a text file?

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I have 1000+ text files without extension in my DropBox folder.

While looking the list of them by the DropBox app for Android, I touched one of them to see and edit but the app just said I should download any app to open the file and does not open it.

How do I open the files have no extension as a text file?


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Is it possible to open Chrome's Development Tools in Android? Is it possible to do so with Java?

I tried going into the settings and such, but is it possible to access the console and create cookie for the browser?


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Question is simple, is it possible to integrate PIO CLI tool to normal AOSP project for cellular device?

According to my current knowledge Android Things OS is not open sourced, at least not entirely. But there is a little info on the internet. I've checked the aosp manifest branches and there are some present for Android IoT. But after taking a quick look into them it seems there is nothing regarding peripheral tool. Other than that I've no idea where to look for this.


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We have a whatsapp number dedicated for providing training to students all over the world. We have 13191 contacts saved in phone and there are 19103 chats in whatsapp. We also have 50 broadcast list. We are facing the following issues in whatsapp,

1) When we set status in whatsapp, it gets hanged. We need to force stop the app and then restart to use it again. It keeps happening when setting whatsapp status.

2) When we reply to any chat message, it takes around 5mins to get reached.

3) When sending any message in broadcast list, it takes around 10 mins to reach the contacts.

We are using android samsung tablet with a storage of 64GB and 4GB of Ram.

What to do to resolve the above issues?


texts: Capturing audio out in Android and writing as a mp3

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I want to be able to capture all the audio that would normally play through the speaker on my Android phone and write that stream as some sort of audio file.

The reason I would like to do this is that I want to capture Subsonic streams and write them to a file on my phone. Then I can attach it my car stereo as a USB mass storage and play these streams.

Is there a way with or without root to do this?


texts: Why doesn't Cyanogenmod show the update for CM11-M4 in the Cyanogen Updater?

texts: On my phone when I do a CM update, no matter what I chose to show the update for M4 isn't available? What's going on?


texts: How to disable Apollo program in Cyanogenmod

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How do you stop the Apollo music app in Cyanogenmod 11 from launching whenever you unlock your phone's screen?

No matter how I left my phone, after I unlock it, it always brings up Apollo, and its driving me nuts. I can't find any option to disable this "feature" (other than disabling the entire app itself in settings).


texts: Dropbox app not installed, but there is log activity in /data/system/dropbox

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I don't have Dropbox app installed nor DropBox account, but whilst checking log files I've found that there is a /data/system/dropbox directory with log files from, I think, the last time I rebooted my phone.

Why might this present? Is it possibly symptomatic of some kind of malware?


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I have a tablet and its USB port is not working, I think it is broken or there is some hardware problem. I can not plug USB cable in it.

Now my problem is, I want to root my tablet can I do that without using USB cable. And can I use bluetooth, wifi or HDMI for this purpose.

There is a similar post (see link below) and it has answers put they are not applicable because they are suggesting some apps from market but these app will work only on rooted devices.

Get root or re-install the OS without a USB cable?


texts: Backup Notification Led (Pulse Light) Configuration

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I recently switched from CyanogenMod to Paranoid Android on my Nexus. I knew I would lose most of my settings, but I felt rather stupid when I realised I had lost all of my carefully defined Pulse Light per-app configurations.

Given that this is quite likely to happen again, I'd like to know
whether there's a way to back up these settings.

I'm talking about Settings > Display > Pulse notification light,
where you can configure how each specific app should blink and which
colors they should use.

I already use Titanium Backup, but I couldn't find any item in its list
which seemed to regard the pulse light.


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I would like to send two contacts (name+phone nr) to one of my contacts. This is a simple menu-option on my old Sony Ericsson.

How can I do this on Android?

I'm not in the same building as the receiver so I can not use Bluetooth.


texts: ICS upgrade - Contacts freezing on Galaxy S2

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This morning I upgraded my Galaxy S2 from Android v2 to ICS, using Settings/About/Software Update.  Since doing so, I am encountering a problems with my Contacts, which crashes practically every time I open it.  Major downer, not to be able to look up my contacts, as I'm sure you can imagine.

(I also have a problem with Hebrew fonts, which no longer display correctly - but I've opened a separate question here to deal with that.)

I have tried doing a factory reset, as suggested in one of the answers, which I originally accepted, because it seemed Contacts were working OK right after the reset - but later, after the rest of my apps were automatically downloaded and reinstalled, the same problem started happening again.

Are there any apps that are known to conflict with Contacts in ICS?  Everything worked fine when I was on Android 2.  Any other ideas how to fix this?


texts: What are some location services that can be flashed with an Android Pie based ROM?

texts: I want some alternative to Google Location service, and I want to use Google Play Store. Any leads are welcome


texts: How do I update the video driver for my Droid 2 Global? I have a custom Cyanogenmod installed but YouTube videos have a green bar, green tint, or are garbled.


texts: How do I have my Galaxy S3 automatically switch into Driving Mode when I am moving in a car?

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It seems like I read something about how to do this once, but now I can't find it. I thought it was a feature of On{x}, but it doesn't look like the Galaxy S3 Driving Mode is exposed through their API.

What I want is for my phone to automatically switch into Driving Mode when it detects I am moving faster than a certain speed (doesn't need to be immediate), and then when I am moving below that threshold switch back (again, after about a minute).


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Google maps history worked perfectly with my old phone.

Now I have a new one and maps history worked for the first few days, then it started to behave randomly: when it works the data is correct, but most of the time it does not track anything.

If I open maps and use the gps it finds my position immediately, but even doing so the tracking is not triggered.

I already tried to deactivate and reactivate it and google play services, as well as clear the cache both for maps and play services.

I checked battery optimization and set maps and google play services to manual mode, setting them in the most active status possible.

It seems that if I restart the phone for a few hours the tracking is correct, then it stops.

I already contacted the phone manufacturer (Huawei) and made all the suggested steps (clear cache) I did not perform the factory reset that they suggested as last resort because the phone has less than 2 weeks.

I think that some battery optimization on the phone (p20 PRO) kills some process needed for maps history, that's why restarting the phone fixes the problem for a few hours.

Can you suggest me some further troubleshoot step?

I also considered to use tasker to force the execution of some process in order to keep alive the needed services but I would need some advice about what to call to keep alive the history.


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I have an android setup (certain apps, wifi settings, backgrounds, etc) that I'd like to get on 20 other devices.  I have physical and root access to all devices.  I have been using a USB burner tool to update the software that a device shipped with to a more recent version of the software that the hardware manufacture released.

My question is, give a current setup of android, how can I create a .img file that I can burn onto other devices using the USB burner tool?


texts: I updated my Galaxy S3 three months ago and since then, my Play Store went wrong. I can't open it anymore, not to mention my phone often got stuck for hours. I tried every method I could find like resetting the phone, cancel Google account but it just wouldn't work. I can still open apps that I downloaded before, but I can't update them. What should I do to make it back to normal again?


texts: Compiling and running java applications from android terminal?

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I recently got a bluetooth keyboard for my Motorola Xoom tablet, and upon realizing that BusyBox comes with vi for text editing I started wondering about writing and executing code on android.

I tried running $ javac in Terminal Emulator but to no avail; I got javac: not found

I looked around a bit and found a post saying that since android is run on Dalvik there is no way for the JVM to run, but it seems counter-intuitive that an operating system built on java wouldn't be able to compile and run a java program.

I managed to find an app called AIDE that allows one to write and execute android apps (in java), but that's still not quite what I'm looking for.

I want to be able to compile and run a standard java command line application on android.
Does anybody know a way of doing this?


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I have a Milestone and sometimes when I plug my (supplied Motorola) charger in the 'charging light' on the side does not illuminate and the phone does not charge. I think that this may also happen even after a successful initial connection (i.e. after plugging it in and getting the light) since occasionally I have unplugged the phone in the morning, after an overnight charge, and it is only 30% full (rather than the expected 100%).
This problem is intermittent and sometimes rights itself but other times I need to reboot the phone.
I have replaced the cable, and still have the same issue, so it is unlikely to be due to a faulty cable.
This happens both when charging it from a wall socket or a USB port.
Does anybody else have this problem? Or maybe have an idea of what it could be?

edit: Faulty hardware may be the cause... I have seen similar posts about people having intermittent problems connecting their Milestones to USB ports, so I'm curious that this may be either a generic bug or a generic hardware fault, rather than just my phone.


texts: Does 'poor' reception deplete the battery quicker?

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In the area where I live I sometimes have trouble with reception. The Internet stops working for me or it takes time to load pages. The phone tries and tries to connect.

It seems to me that when this is happening it depletes the battery much more quickly. Is my observation correct?


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A brand new Samsung phone, a 2017 A3 in this case turns off and is not turning back on.
The only workaround is to press "Power button + Volume Down Button" simultaneously for 10 seconds, but this keeps happening.


texts: I was looking around for installing a custom recovery and then a custom firmware on my old phone, but I couldn't any links that were still available and not adware ridden, can anyone give me some advice on where to search?


texts: Sony Xperia L won't turn on but it works well when I removed the SD card

texts: Help! My phone was recently repaired for water damage. It works fine but when I put my SD card in, it won't turn on (on the pick-up day). I went back to the shop and told them; they tried to put in their own SD card and it worked and they said that I needed to format my SD card. I formatted the SD card and still my phone won't turn on. The SD card works with other devices,e.g. Samsung Galaxy fit s5670, samsung slide phone, laptop. So, it's just my phone that doesn't work. Any idea why?


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TL;DR
There was no screen lock. I tried setting 1234 as a PIN. Now the screen is locked, asking for a 4-digit PIN. 1234 won't unlock it. But it's the right PIN since trying any other PIN multiple times will completely lock the screen for 30 seconds, while 1234 won't. More weird stuff happened, see below.
What happened
Over the last few months I haven't used any screen lock on non-rooted my Xiaomi Redmi Note 6 Pro. (I had used a PIN as well as a PIN together with fingerprint recognition in the past, without any problems.) Yesterday I tried to manage some password saved at my Google account, and I got a prompt saying that I have to set a screen lock in order to continue. I agreed, I was presented with the screen lock options and I opted for a 4-digit PIN, let's say 1234, which I entered twice (the second one for confirmation). After that, I got back to the password manager of my Google account.
Fact #1: When I tried to manage some password, I got the same prompt as the first time, asking me to set a screen lock if I wanted to continue!
I agreed and I opted again for a PIN.
Fact #2: This time I was asked for my old PIN in order to set a new one, despite Fact #1!
Fact #3: 1234 was not accepted.
At that point I gave up, thinking that I could just manage my Google account passwords using some other device. And then I turned off my phone screen. And now the screen is locked, asking for a 4-digit PIN. If I enter any PIN other than 1234 then, after 5 attempts (or just 1 attempt if the process is repeated some times), I get a penalty of 30 seconds during which I'm not allowed to enter anything. But...
Fact #4: I can enter 1234 as many times as I want, without ever getting any penalty! But the screen won't get unlocked.
My questions

Is there any way to unlock my phone without losing my data?
If not, is there a way to copy the data from my phone before resetting it?
Out of curiosity, does anyone have any plausible hypothesis for what happened that is consistent with the forementioned Facts?

What I have tried

Rebooting the phone.
When I get the 30 second penalty, a "Forgot password?" button appears. But this only allows me to set a new lock after I erase all data on my device.
I visited www.google.com/android/find which presented my with three options: play sound, secure device, erase device. I selected the second one, hoping it would let me set a new screen lock, but it did no such thing.
I used the website of Google Play to install an app named Clear Mobile Password PIN Help on my device. This didn't seem to help either.
Connecting my phone to my PC via USB. Unfortunately it gets in the mode "Charging only". I tried running adb devices -l from my PC, on the off chance that I had the dev mode activated, but no luck.
Entering into Safe Mode. Again, 1234 won't unlock the screen.

I should note that for the last few weeks my device kept complaining of low storage space. At first I thought that this could be the source of the problem, but then I was able to install an app, my emails kept coming to the device (I can see the notifications), and I was able to shoot photos. So the storage isn't entirely full.


texts: Can I create a specific ringtone for email from specific people?

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Is there any way at all to set it up so that I can have a different notification sound for different email senders?

In other words, if I get an email from Fred, can I have a different notification than an email from Jane?

I know how to set up filters within Gmail, but I can't determine if there is any way to connect that to the notification sound on my phone.

I also know that different ringtones can be set when getting phone calls from different people, based on their entry in the contact list. However, there does not seem to be any kind of option in the contacts interface to do the same thing with emails.

Thank you for any advice.


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I bought a Galaxy Tab S6 and I'm going to verify if it is really brand-new.
I personally haven't alter the device and the above picture is from this device's Download mode screen immediately after my purchase. It reads:

RPMB fuse Set
KG STATUS : PRENORMAL

I have no idea whether RPMB fuse Set is a factory state. Is it?
Concerning KG STATUS being PRENORMAL, I don't think this as a factory state (it seems the seller has already tried to flash an unofficial ROM or perhaps tried to flash back the official ROM from Android 10 to 9)
Do you see any clue that could be used to prove that this device is not in factory state and not brand-new?


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First, apology if this question is already answered before, but I can't find this question after searching.
For some reason I'd like to flash Xposed but afaik most of Cataclysm update is on delta update, is there any issue if I flash Xposed and then the delta update is released and apply it?
I know I have to ask this on the rom or Xposed XDA thread, but I guess it would be convenience to ask it in here.
Thanks in advance.


texts: Enable interaction with screen when running Android-x86

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I am running VMware Workstation Player 12 (henceforth as Player) on Windows 7. I successfully installed android-4.4-r3. However, I can't interact with the screen. Keyboard works fine (I used it for partitioning disk, install grub and some other things).

According to this post, I should tweak input menu, but there is no longer an input menu in Player!

When I click on player, once screen saver is on, windows pointer disappear, and I could no longer have interaction with keyboard.

Am I missing the obvious?


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I intend to block a number that is in my contact list.
Unfortunately I can't find any option to block it. I was told that I should add it to some Reject list.

When I open the contact and press Menu, I see only 4 options:

Modify
Send contact
Delete contact
Set as default

Where should I add it to the reject list?


texts: Unlocking device without virtual keyboard?

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I have just uninstalled Gboard from my device, using adb shell. However, unfortunately it seems my device cannot use OpenBoard, the virtual keyboard which I installed from F-Droid, from the lockscreen, and thus I cannot enter my passhphrase in order to unlock my device.
I already have USB debugging enabled and I can see my device connected. However, it seems that in its current state, being locked, it has either 'insufficient permissions' or if I run adb start-server as root then it's 'unauthorized' and thus I am unable to enter adb shell and interact with the device.
Is there anyway to get around this issue, i.e, by getting access to the device via adb, or by somehow bypassing the lockscreen temporarily; or perhaps by somehow sideloading another virtual keyboard, such as AOSP keyboard, in order to use the virtual keyboard from the lockscreen and enter the passphrase as normal?
Any help is much appreciated.
P.S I am trying to avoid having to wipe/format my device clean!
Edit: If anyone knows how to unlock the bootloader, without having to manually enable it through the developer options, then I could install TWRP custom recovery and, in theory, delete the .key files pertaining to passwords, pins, etc.


texts: Changing Assistants with Google shortcut

texts: I know Owlswipe posted a similar question, but it wasn't quite what I was looking for. On my Samsung Galaxy S6, if I hold down the home key, it launches the Google Assistant. Is there a way I could change this so it launches Cortana instead? I was able to do this with a different phone when the assistant was Google now, but I can't find the option for this anymore. Last time, when I downloaded Cortana, and did the shortcut, it would prompt me to change Cortana as the default app for that action, but it didn't do that this time.


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This might seem weird, but I installed a regular Android app using ADB to my Huawei Watch 2 and the app requires notification access which when attempting in app causes it to crash as it trys to open the settings to allow it's access which doesn't exist in the settings.

I just need to grant this one permission in order to get the app to work


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I have heard that many Samsung devices have a flash counter so that the company can know if the device had been rooted, even if the device was unrooted later.
Are such flash counters or any similar software default in every Android device ?
I have an Asus Zenfone 5. Does it too have similar software like Samsung's flash counter ?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Is it safe to disable Pixel Ambient Services?

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Recently my Pixel 2 has been unable to turn the backlight on at the lock screen (also home screen if I directly unlock using fingerprint). I had to retry locking and unlocking at least 20 times before it turned the backlight on. I switched off the ambient display and it seemed to work for a month or two. Please note that the touch continued to work.
Now the issue has resurfaced even with ambient display switched off. I was thinking to completely disable the app but android warns me against it.

If you disable this app, Android and other apps may no longer function
as intended

Is it safe to disable the Ambient Services?
I tried googling solutions for the original problem even before but to no avail
Please provide suggestions if you know any.


texts: Where to find info on the "service call" shell command?

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Using adb shell or a terminal emulator on the device, entering this will clear all notifications (requires su)

service call notification 1

This will send an sms (doesn't require su)

service call isms 5 s16 "PhoneNumber" i32 0 i32 0 s16 "BodyText"

Where can I learn more about service call? I've found this question on StackOverflow and appreciate the answer's breakdown as to what everything means. But where can I find info on what method notification 2 might be trying to call?

Running service call was incomplete and printed this usage:

Usage: service [-h|-?]
       service list
       service check SERVICE
       service call SERVICE CODE [i32 INT | s16 STR] ...
Options:
   i32: Write the integer INT into the send parcel.
   s16: Write the UTF-16 string STR into the send parcel.

I ran service list and it came back with 78 services for my device including isms and notification and for most services will print what seems to be a namespace (com.android.internal.telephony.ISms for isms and android.app.INotificationManager for notification). How can I use this information to find out what I can do with each of these services?