texts: How can I send incoming calls from unknown numbers directly to voicemail?

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I have received incoming calls from an unknown number (no caller ID provided). When I answer, I get a recording which is clearly spam. Is there a way to send calls from an unknown number directly to voicemail so that my phone does not ring?

This is very similar to Call blocking with spoken message?, but I do not need a new message to play. Regular voicemail is fine.

I am interested in a solution for stock Android 6.0 Marshmallow. There appears to be the ability to block calls in CyanogenMod, which would be suboptimal, but I cannot find a similar setting in Marshmallow, either in Settings or in the Call application settings. Send blind calls to voicemail?

This is different from blocking a known number, as in
How can I reliably screen or block callers on a number-by-number basis?

This is different from How to block private numbers because I do not want to block calls, just send them to voicemail, and this option is not available on stock Marshmallow. The call application allows blocking specific numbers but not unknown numbers.


texts: lollipop how to get music & photos on sd

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I have Note 3 running android lollipop 5.0
How do I get my music and photos on to the 32Gb sd card?
Note I do not want to move the apps just the data.


texts: Battery drains very quickly on Samsung Galaxy S5

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I have purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5 from the store. I open it and I begin by charging it for the first time, but without turning it on. The battery was 61%, so I waited until 100%. After that, I turned on the phone and proceeded to set it up. The version of Android was 5.0 Lollipop (I don't know how this is possible as I thought I need to update it myself from 4.4.2 to 5.0).

While I was entering in the information for the first time, the battery suddenly fell from 100% to 95% in just 5 to 10 minutes, during the first steps where I had to create a Google account and set up my phone options.

I heard rumors that 5.0 Lollipop drains the battery quickly so I downgraded to 4.4.2 KitKat with the hope that it'll fix the battery problem. I downgraded successfully without error.

I have the same problem—the interesting thing is that I didn't download more than 5 apps. I only have Skype, Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber and Instagram. All the other apps are from the phone itself.

Whenever I go to WhatsApp to check messages or chat (or anywhere else), the battery falls 1% after 3 minutes. All of the NFC options, location options and other unnecessary options are turned off. The brightness is also on low. In 15 minutes of use I notice that the battery falls from 80% to 65% or 60%.

I have already done a factory reset twice, whilst I was downgrading to KitKat 4.4.2.

I'm a new user of a Samsung Galaxy S5. Is this normal or abnormal? What is the problem and how can I resolve it?


texts: Android 6.0 drains my Nexus 5 battery within an hour

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So. This morning I received the OTA update for Android 6.0 on my Nexus 5. Previously had no problems with battery usage, but after  installing the update my battery is drained within an hour, without me using the phone in any way.

The settings indicate that the Android Core Apps are the  cause of this and when I press the information icon in the top right it shows 'Contacts Storage'. I have to say that also since the update, my contact list is empty and keeps showing the message 'Contacts are being updated'.

Any clue on how to solve this issue?


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Here is what I want to do. If I plug in my Galaxy S4 to my BMW 335i, then I can browse and play music stored on the device just fine and the sound quality is excellent. If I play over the audio auxillary input, I can play anything but the quality of the sound is not good at all. The only way to play system sound and services like Spotify, Pandora, Google Music, etc is though the aux input jack since MTP doesn't carry the Android devices audio output.

What I want to do is transmit all system audio over MTP when the device is connected. This should be doable through some app or through some custom code that would basically buffer the system audio output and push it over mtp. Ideally, you could just browse to an item in the BMW iDrive that says "System Audio" and then you could hear any output from the Android phone regardless of what app is playing it.

Does anyone know of an app that would route system audio over the MTP connection? or does anyone have a service or custom code that would route all audio over the connection?

I have the same problem with Bluetooth audio as well. The 2010 BMW I have doesn't support Bluetooth Audio, but I really don't care about that since that sound quality is pretty questionable as well anyway.


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I was using stock Android Pie with build ALI_PPSS29.55-24-2 on my Moto G6 (ALI, XT1925-13). It was also rooted using Magisk.  After more than an year the performance degradation happened and I thought to do a factory reset using the menu option in Settings.
Do not know why the reset operation did not help and ended up in boot loop.
At this juncture I thought to restore the ALI_PPSS29.55-24-2 ROM image and also thought to install RevengeOS which is Android 10 from XDA.
Flashed the latest TWRP for my phone, copied the downloaded image zip file from the XDA page and installed. All went well but the network was not detected at all. Worried with that, I tried to reach out the telegram group but it did not help.
Left alone, I thought to restore ALI_PPSS29.55-24-2 and successfully returned to Android Pie (9). However the network is not detected. Typing *#06# shows bar code with IMEI as 0.
I now read that I should have backed up the EFS partition which was not known. When the instructions for the installation said to backup, I only backed up my files and not the EFS partition.
Is there any options left? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
The reason for me to raise this as a new question is that time had moved on and the options/suggestions for other question might not work or might have improved.
FYI: I have the back up of persist folder which I am not sure whether is still intact.
Edit : after "Adb reboot bootloader" I can toggle to "Barcode" option and it displays the IMEI number correctly. Also seen with command "fastboot getvar all" - as said in this XDA forum:

Your IMEI is not lost, it's just sitting there. You can see it in fastboot using "fastboot getvar all" command, and in the "Barcode" in bootloader menu.
Any attempt in writing IMEI via QPST tool is futile, because our device is write protected.

Update: Flashed PPSS29.55-24-2 stock Pie image - all went well except the SIM/network/IMEI


texts: Is there an official dialer code resource?

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There are a ton of XDA forums and a decent number of answers here that refer to specific dialer codes. For instance *#*#4636#*#* will cause unicorns to spring forth from your phone or tell you what OS you're running and how much RAM you have (I forget which). I found one list of Secret Star Codes but I'm wondering if there's a more complete list? Someone warned that some codes can really screw up your phone and it'd be nice to have a good place to point people for good information on what the codes actually mean.

Though in fact *#*#4636#*#*, which was recently recommended, is fairly safe, I think it is a good practice, especially since we all start talking about fire breathing dragons when the subject of rooting a device comes up, to make sure we're encouraging folks to make sure they know what a dialer code is going to do.


texts: Google Now Voice Search not resetting (voice search brings up old search result instead of re-searching)

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In the past whenever I launched "Voice Search" on my android phone (Samsung S3), it would bring up the google voice search prompt, where it was actively listening to what I said (the phone on the left in the picture below).

It would then search google for whatever term I said, showing the search term at the top, and a browser on the bottom (the phone on the right in the picture). If I then existed the search, and opened a different app then went back and clicked on the shortcut to "Voice Search" it would again bring up a voice search prompt where it was actively listening to what I said again (back to the state on the left).

Now, if I perform a search, exit to another application, then click on the "Voice Search" application, it then REOPENS the search I already performed (the phone on the right), as opposed to starting a fresh new search (the phone on the left). That is not the desired action. I want it to start a fresh search every time I open "Voice Search". Is that possible, or is this what we are stuck with as a result of some recent update?


texts: What is this folder named "d1o1m0o7b1i1le"? Is it a virus?

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I found a directory on the SD card of my Nexus 5 called .d1o1m0o7b1i1le that definitely wasn't there last week. It contains a directory called dont_remove, which contains a bunch more directories with random names, each containing folders .image, .thumb, and .video, all empty.

I haven't installed anything new that I know of, and this directory just feels sketchy, so I'm concerned that it might be a virus, but I haven't been able to find many other references to it on the internet. XDA has nothing, but Google shows two pastebin results 1 2 that look like process dumps. I have been doing some basic development lately, but I would think there would be more references to it if it were part of Android.

I've just downloaded Avast mobile and scanned everything, but it doesn't seem to have turned up anything other than a few settings.

I'm running the Android L developer preview, rooted, so there's definitely more opportunities for compromise on my device than most.

Anyone know what virus I might have, and if so, how I can get rid of it, or if this is just something normal I should ignore?


texts: Micromax A110Q - SD Card space becomes 0 bytes in few hours

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I have formatted my SD Card many many times and when I format it - I get the full space of 7.5 GB and after few hours of using the phone - getting images from whatsapp and other content - It becomes full and space comes to ZERO BYTES even though the images are just a few MBs.

What's the issue here?


texts: Is it possible to set CPU speed with Tasker?

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For example: I would like to set my CPU to higher end for when running a specific application, such as psx4droid.  Is this possible with Tasker?

Or if not Tasker... any other app?  SetCPU doesn't have the option.


texts: Disable badges on Samsung Galaxy devices

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 4.1.2 JellyBean.

When I get notifications in SMS or from Facebook, I see a red notification with number (notification badges) on the application icon on home screen.

Is there a way to stop that? I stopped all notifications from Facebook app but I still get notification badges on home screen.


texts: Note taking app that syncs with the cloud and lets me create a shortcut to a specific saved note?

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I'm looking for note taking app that does the following:

Syncs with a cloud based account (like simplenote)
Keeps a local version of each note (I dont want to have to wait for it to download each time, or not be able to access it if I'm offline).
Allows me to create a shortcut to a specific note
Goes directly into edit mode when the note is opened.  I don't want to have to click "edit" from a Read Only view.

I've already tried all the apps listed here: http://simplenoteapp.com/downloads/ and they all open in edit mode which is nice, but none of them let me create a shortcut to a specific note.  Evernote does do this, however, it opens notes in Read Only view by default and I have a massive Evernote archive so I don't want to keep local notebooks with that app.  Catch and AK Pad also only open in Read Only mode.

Basically if it's in the market I've seen it so I don't need suggestions of apps to check out.  I'm looking for suggestions of apps that you know fit the specific criteria layed out above.


texts: "Red frame" around the screen when starting some apps

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Just recently I noticed on my Nexus 7 that when I start some apps - and it's not just those allows to have superuser rights - I can briefly see a "red frame" all around the screen area of the app that goes away in a second or maybe a little less.

Does anyone know where this comes from and in particular what it means?

Note: as you probably guessed from the contents, my device is rooted. Also note that it's well possible that one of the installed apps is responsible for this, yet I don;t know which. But I'd like to know.


texts: Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync - Contacts Storage

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I use a Microsoft Exchange account for my business and use a Samsung Galaxy S3.

If I sync my contacts to the phone from the exchange account, are they actually stored on my phone or SD card or are the actually just in the cloud?

I want to have access to all the people, but don't want it to take up memory.  I have over 1,000 contacts and it grows.


texts: Enable Google assistant ("Okay Google") on oneplus 3t

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I have just bought a new Oneplus 3T device, and immediately upgraded to the newest Nougat 7.1.1

I do have the Google search bar on the main screen as a widget, and if I click the mic icon I can voice-search without any problems. However, just saying Okay Google near the device does not activate the search.

How can I activate the Okay Google voice recognition on my Oneplus 3T device, please?

Settings screenshot attached.


texts: How do I keep capitalization I put in? My Galaxy S7 switches it to lower case

texts: If I capitalize in a text message, my Galaxy S7 changes it to lower case.  It works fine with most names, etc. and leaves the upper case, but common words, like Stone Mountain (a town in GA), it keeps changing the s and the m to lower case.  Same problem with Piper my dog.  Note:  This is NOT the first letter of a text problem - I've found that the spurious space at the beginning of the message causes that.


texts: Android 7 Nougat onwards: hides USB OTG sticks from third-party file managers?

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Third party file managers such as ES File Manager and RhythmSoft File Manager HD (others will be tested) do not show an USB OTG device.

It does not even get listed.
Only Android's pre-installed file manager does.

Is USB OTG deliberately hidden in Android ≥7?


texts: Which version of VLC is right for an Exynos tablet?

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VLC has two versions listed for ARM,

Android (ARMv7-A)
Android (ARMv8-A)

I'd rather not install with the PlayStore. Both of these versions when downloaded say "Can't open file" when I click then in the File Manager.

For comparison, I also download F-Droid clicking it open up a prompt for me to install with the option INSTALL and CANCEL. I am using a Samsung SM-P600 UD.


texts: My smartphone has ability to use two sim card or one sim card plus sdcard. Generally, I'm using second option (sim+sdcard), sdcard as adopted storage. I want to use second sim card temporarily. But if I will unmount sdcard and pull it out will I be able to use it later without problems?


texts: Application for remote-wiping a lost phone without handing access to my data to a third-party?

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Or having to pay a subscription?

I have an idea for a hypothetical Android app. Tell me if such a thing already exists.

You install a server in a machine you have total control of, and is (preferably, but not obligatorily) online 24/7.
You install the client app on your phone. You configure it to connect to the hostname/port the server you installed in #1 is listening to.
The client app does a connect every 5 minutes or so. (Configurable.) It backs up your data to your server machine if you configured it to do so.
Your phone is lost or stolen.
You connect to yourcomputer:yourport and feed it the Nuking Password. The server app hashes your Nuking Password and stores it at a predefined location (i.e. yourcomputer:yourport/Nuke)
Like in every watchdog connect, your phone tries to download yourcomputer:yourport/Nuke - but this time it succeeds. It then hashes its own locally stored copy of the Nuke Password and, if it's a match, it nukes all data in the phone. Before doing the pieces of nuking that will kill Internet access, it reports to the server that the nuke command went through.

Can be improved, of course. But tell me, is there a FOSS app like that somewhere? I imagine it would be especially neat for businesses that issue smartphones for a number of employees.


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I'm curios if there is any RTSP Player for android which allows specify port for I guess A/V communication.
My situation:
I want to stream over my RTSP Proxy, but there is a restrictive company FW, but for our purposes there are few port in DMZ, but I couldn't find any android RTSP player which allows specify these ports.
We can do that on Symbian, because there is Real Player, which allows it.
Any hints or workarounds?


texts: Is there a solution to 'Windows does not recognise this device' trying to connect a Samsung Galaxy S?

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I have tried loads of ways to connect my phone to my PC (it used to work!).
The PC will not even recognise the phone as a device anymore. I have also tried reinstalling the drivers via Samsung Kies. What is the solution?


texts: OnePlus 5T - Inconsistent wake lock screen notifications on certain apps (delayed or never shown)

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I should preface this by saying this is a long post that has a lot of screenshots.
For months possibly a year, I’ve been having an issue with certain apps where notifications either do not appear at all or are very delayed on the lock screen. Sometimes they do appear without delay, but it's very inconsistent. The delay can be anywhere from 20 min to 2 hours.
Often times when notifications don’t appear on the lock screen they appear as soon as I unlock the phone or open the app.
The apps in question are Twitch TV and Discord. However WhatsApp and my Text message notifications never have any problems, I always see them on time and they wake up the lock screen.
My phone is a One Plus 5T that runs the stock One Plus android OS. I should also note that I only use Wi-Fi and not mobile data such as 4G.

Things I’ve tried:
There are a number of things I’ve tried which I will list here.
Twitch in app mobile notifications:

Ensured that when a streamer goes live I get notifications
Ensured push notifications are enabled

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Twitch app phone settings:

Battery usage → Background restriction = disabled
Battery usage → Battery optimisation = not optimised
App data usage → Background data = enabled
App data usage → Unrestricted data usage = enabled
Notifications → Show notifications = everything enabled

Battery Phone Settings:

Battery optimisation → Advanced → Deep optimisation = disabled
Battery optimisation → Advanced → Sleep standby optimisation = disabled
Battery → Adaptive battery = off

Other phone settings:

Ambient display → New notifications = Wake screen
Notifications → On lock screen = Show all content
System → Recent app management = normal clear
Developer options → Standby apps = Twitch ACTIVE

Google Services Framework phone settings:

Battery usage → Background restriction = disabled
Battery usage → Battery optimisation = no way to not optimise
Notifications → Show notifications = everything enabled
App Permissions → Read instant messages = enabled
App Permissions → Write instant messages = enabled

Misc:

Locked twitch app to always run in the background (courtesy of this post)
Installed push notifications fixer app
Tried to find a setting for each app that’s not on my phone (I think you need a later one plus model for these settings), courtesy of this post.

Conclusion:
None of the things I’ve tried have made any difference so far. I have no idea if it’s the apps, android or a one plus specific issue. If it’s a one plus specific issue I might be able to root the phone and install a custom ROM but that is an absolute last resort.
A lot of people say OnePlus phones have overly aggressive memory mananagement, so that could be a factor.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.


texts: Does the StageFright vulnerability affect Facebook Messenger? What can I do about it?

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I disabled MMS in Messaging on my phone. Is FB Messenger vulnerable?
If so, what can I do to minimize the risk?
(I couldn't find anything about MMS in FB Messenger)


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I realise this is a common problem and have read many solutions, but many seem to not work in my case. I got into this situation after flashing cwm (in order to later root the device).

I can get into cwm easily and wipe cache/dalvik and factory-reset easily (and have done so a few times). I do get the following mounting errors when doing the factory reset (i copied only the error lines):

Error mounting /data!
skipping format...
formatting /sdcard/.android_secure
E:unknown volume "/sdcard/.android_secure"

One lead that I currently have for the problem is that I'm not sure whether usb debugging was enabled.

On Skipsoft Android toolkit for example I'm stuck on "waiting for adb mode".


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I want to get Beta Updates. So i signup here http://static.samsungmembers.com/betatest/binary/nos/US/faq_sub.html with my Samsung account. But i can't find Samsung Beta Program App and Samsung Members App in play store. So i downloaded apk and install. But i am having service error in both apps. I am not sure my device and region are eligible for Beta Program. Or am i missing something?
Is there any other way to get Beta Updates?


texts: Can't accept pop-up for "block" or "allow" alerts in android chrome

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I have Moto G6 play Oreo 8.0.0 and I can't reply to alerts like approving access to the microphone.

Things I've tried:

rotating the phone to Landscape
killed the Display Over Other Apps for twilight

Edit:

I can close a JS alert popup.
And there's no problem on android FF.


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Or, how do I root my device without a rooter?

Rooting instructions for Android devices that I have seen are typically of the following form:

Download Gingerbreak.apk
Run Gingerbreak, click “root device”
Observe that Superuser.apk has been magically installed, possibly along with busybox and other things, and enjoy your rooty goodness.

What I am wanting to know is this: how does the rooting actually happen? What does Gingerbreak do?

I understand the end result of rooting:

su is present and working
Superuser.apk is installed and controls access to su
Various utilities are present, provided by BusyBox (optional?)

I also think I understand the basic idea of how Gingerbreak gets started — it exploits some local privilege escalation vulnerability and uses its new-found powers to deploy Superuser and whatever else is necessary.

So, unless I am wrong in some of the understanding I laid out above, the core of thing I want to know is what the root installer does to deploy and activate Superuser. It seems that just putting Superuser.apk in the right place wouldn't be enough — how does it get allowed root access? How does it get hooked up to moderate that access for other applications?

What does Gingerbreak do post-exploit to enable and secure root access?


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I have never wanted to clear the apps from the recent apps list but this has happen to me numerous times. At first I thought it was a bug and that it happened randomly. Then I found that just above the menu button on the screen is another button that clears all the apps. I have accidentally hit this when trying to switch between apps many times because the two buttons are so close to each other. It just happened again when my cat rubbed on my hand and the phone as I was using it, and managed to press menu/clear recent apps with his face.

I would accept instructions on any of the following as an answer:

Remove the Clear Recent Apps button
Move the Clear Recent Apps button somewhere harder to press
Add a "confirm" dialogue to Clear Recent Apps
Block the action within the OS

I'm currently using Android 5.0 and my phone isn't rooted.

The button is the one on the semi-transparent overlay at the bottom with a "menu" icon that has a superimposed cross on it.


texts: number of pattern matching attempt in android 2.3(Maxx msd7)

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When i start my phone(Maxx msd7),i am getting "number of invalid pattern matching attempts" error in android 2.3.I am trying to perform factory reset at starup.

I got the recovery menu at startup by pressing volume - button but i am not getting Factory reset option over there.

TEST ITEM
TEST ALL
CLEAR FLASH

options are there.

What should i do.?


texts: How do Moto X and Nexus "wake on pickup" work?

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I have seen many apps that give the ability to wake up phone screen simply by picking the phone up off a table (not talking about proximity sensor here). One thing they all have in-common is that this feature places a wakelock on the device, and therefore it drains battery, and therefore it times out after a preset amount (1-10 minutes). From what I understand, it works by monitoring front camera.

My question is: how do Moto X and Nexus phones do that then? They have this feature in-built, but does that also place a wakelock? A 24-hour wakelock? Or do they use something other than front camera? And if such, why isn't there an app that can replicate this behaviour for all phones?


texts: How can I get the apk file of an app downloaded from Google Play?

texts: I want to get the apk file of an app downloaded from Google Play. How can I do this?


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I'm using a Logitech Tablet Keyboard for Android with Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.1).

When I go to Settings -> Language & input -> Physical Keyboard and tap on Logitech Tablet Keyboard Gen there is an option to "Set up keyboard layouts". There are many predefined layouts but the "Polish (programmer)" keyboard layout is missing. How can I add one?

I have looked at /system/usr/keylayout and /system/usr/keychars but I don't see the other layouts there.

I know there is an app that does not require root, but it's aa virtual keyboard that works with bluetooth keyboards https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apedroid.hwkeyboardhelper and I'm interested only in adding the layout to the built-in physical keyboard layouts.


texts: Asus ZE551KL Wifi Battery Drain when turned on but barely using it

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I recenty bought an Asus Zenfone 2 Laser (ZE551KL) with Marshmallow. Battery wasn't good from the start but it got worse and worse, mainly because Wi-Fi uses up to 2/3 of a full charge. I don't watch videos, I don't download content, I only read or play games about 1 hour day. Most of the drain happen mostly when the phone is on standby even if wi-fi is disabled in sleep.

Notify when public network is available is OFF
Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep set to NEVER
Improve location with Wi-Fi scanning is OFF

The only thing that works is disabling the Wi-Fi.

How can I prevent so much battery use by Wi-Fi?


texts: Google Keyboard (gboard) adds word fragments on backspace

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I have a strange behavior with my Google Keyboard on a Motorola Moto E (2nd Generation, LTE) with Android 6.0. Occasionally pressing the backspace key will result in adding word fragments. In the following GIF I only press the backspace button from frame to frame. This is really annoying because I try to just delete the last word and then have to cycle through this.

Is there somewhere I could file this bug? Is there any hope that this would be eventually fixed for my phone?


texts: Google apps (Gmail, Maps, Play) don't work when on data connection (Android - Pocophone F1)

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lately and seemingly out of nowhere my phone has stopped updating Gmail when on data, even when I manually try to synch. Google Maps and Play also won't work, although everything else does, like Reddit or Chrome. When on WiFi, no problems whatsoever.

I am using a Xiaomi Pocophone F1, running MIUI Global 10.3.8 / Android 9 PKQ1.180729.001.

This has been going on for weeks. So far I have tried erasing the affected apps' cache to no avail, and removed my Google Account from my device. When I tried this last step and tried to sign back in, I got a message saying "There was a problem communicating with Google servers.", so it didn't help either.

Any help would be hugely appreciated as I feel like this is way beyond my capabilities!


texts: Allowing alarms to sound during calling states ( phone / skype / Discord )

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How can I allow alarms to sound off while my phone is in a calling state?

When I'm not in a call alarms sound as you'd expect them to.
When I am in a ( Skype, Discord, Phone ) call the phone simply plays a "beep" sound instead of actually sounding off the alarm.

I have the Phone call alerts setting "notify during calls" enabled, but it doesn't seem to have any effect whatsoever.

I'm using the default clock app for the alarm, so it's fairly unlikely that it's an issue with the alarm registering itself with the system as an alarm ;p

I'm tentatively confident that this only started after updating to Android 6, but I don't actually have anything factual to back that up.

If it helps, I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900V

I've spent several hours researching this and thus far I've been unable to locate a solution. I feel like it might be related to an Android in-call audio policy, but I'm hoping it's not ( because that would mean that it's not something that I can change. )


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I see a lot of sites that focus on apps, but where are the sites that focus on widgets?

For example, I'm trying to find an agenda widget that doesn't hurt my eyes, but it's really hard trying to sort out everything from a Google search. A widget gallery type of site would be nice.


texts: Nexus 5 won't start stuck on loading screen

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My Nexus 5 has been stuck on the loading screen. After turning it off it wouldn't start and after showing the "Google" logo would just spin the 4 coloured dots for hours on end.

I tried a few things such as clearing the cache and doing a factory reset through the bootloader, but this didn't work.

I did some research and came across this forum topic which suggested re-installing an image. It took me a long time to figure out how to do this, but I eventually followed this guide

It involved unlocking the bootloader, for which I got the warning that my warranty would be voided, but I thought whatever I need to try this.

I followed all the steps and installed this "5.1.0 (LMY47I)" with the checksum "d78c50bc06fe37a19536cbca0a17394a" from the Google website here

When I was in recovery mode LMY47I was listed at the top, so I presume that this is the correct image to use.

This seemed to be installed just fine. However when the phone restarted I was still left with the same problem. The four dots just spin endlessly and the phone does not start.

Is there anything else I can do to resolve this?

UPDATE: I managed to get the phone to start by using the image "4.4 (KRT16M)", the earliest listed for the Nexus 5.

After doing this I was able to start the phone but camera, gallery and play store kept coming up with an "unexpectedly stopped" error.

I decided to go through the stages of upgrading bit by bit before installing any apps or doing anything else. I was using the system update in settings, not the bootloader. This seemed to be going okay (although strangely no signal) until I got to either 5.1 or 5.0.1 (I can't remember which) and after the download, install and reboot I was back with the spinning dots loading screen indefinitely again.


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I am unable to save APK's that I have purchased (actually paid for) through the Play store. Usually SaveAPK is able to save the APKs that I'm interested it, however this didn't work: it sais Copy failed. I also tried Astro File Manager, but every app that I purchased had a lock symbol on it, and it didn't allow me to back it up.

Next, I tried looking in /data/app, and I couldn't find the APK either. Any ideas where they could be? Maybe it's some sort of copy protection in 4.x+ which I haven't heard of previously.

I am running Cyanogenmod 10.1-20130714-NIGHTLY-i9300


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Here i got exonys version of samsung galaxy s8 64 GB running with android 7.0 stock rom.

I have set my notification settings to sound and vibrate. Many times when a message arrives , SMS or wapp , my phone would just vibrate for a fraction of a second and either won't play notification sound or play it for less than half a second.

What should happen , that happens occasionally , is vibration and notification tone should play for atleast 1 second (it did on my old s3).

Also it gets worse when phone is on sleep mode , you might get barely a millisecond of vibration and no sound.

It's annoying and requires me to manually check the phone multiple times a day to make sure i didn't miss any important messages.


texts: How do I disable Google Play Store apps such that it will not enable itself without my permission

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When I restart the Android 7 device phone, which is not rooted, the Google Play Store apps must not run again unless I implicitly enable it to run again. (Currently, the disable button for this app is disabled, which cause me not able to disable the app.)

Also, another reason for disable Google Play Store app is that it keep download at the background without user permission and at the wrong time, causing the app that I am using not able to use the whole bandwidth.

Also, there is no options in the Google Play Store app for me to set the timing when to do update. (Google need to learn from Microsoft Windows Update scheduler for this feature!)

From my findings, I need to connect to a PC and using the ADB as follows:

adb devices
adb shell
cmd approps set <package_name> RUN_IN_BACKGROUND ignore

However, it seems not working for those apps from Google (such as Google Play Store apps)!

Please do not tell me to install BackgroundRestrictor (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.pavelsikun.runinbackgroundpermissionsetter/) as it can only be used on Android 7 device phone that is rooted.

Also, please do not tell me to root my phone.

Lastly, please do not say that this question is a duplicate of that question - How to disable Play store from updating itself? as that question is almost 6 years old and may not apply to Android 7 device phones.


texts: How to connect an Android device to an FTP server?


texts: If I open a PDF from dropbox with Adobe Reader, where is it saved?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Dropbox for Android folder location

I opened a PDF from the DropBox app with Adobe Reader on my Samsung Galaxy Tab (running 3.1). It isn't saved in Downloads, as I expected. So where is it!? I can open Adobe Reader and find it there, but I'd like to know where it has been saved on the device. Any ideas?


texts: Z axis nexus 4 incorrect. Software or hardware?

texts: I noticed that before I upgraded to Lollipop my z axis of the lge accelerometer of the nexus 4 used to be 10.2 m/s^2 (which was wrong but closer to accurate). After I upgraded it is now 10.6. Is this a problem with nexus 4's in general? Can any other nexus 4 owners confirm as well?


texts: Downgrade Galaxy Grand Prime SM-G530H to Kitkat

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I upgraded my SM-G530H to 5.0.2 via the phone Software Updater a long time ago. Now I want to downgrade it and flash the stock 4.4.4 ROM via Odin but it fails with this log

<ID:0/010> Added!!
<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..
<ID:0/010> File analysis..
<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/010> Initialzation..
<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/010> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/010> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/010> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/010> FAIL! (Auth)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

After some search people say the ROM must have the same baseband version to flash. But I can't find any Kitkat ROM on SamMobile that match my baseband (it's looks like Kitkat baseband is different from Lollipop's one)

So anyone can share a method to downgrade to stock Kitkat on SM-G530H?

I had previously installed a custom recovery (TWRP 3.1.0) and my baseband version is G530HXCS1BQA1


texts: How do i make a new album in the HTC Photos application?

texts: I have an HTC Hero (with the Android 2.1 update). For the longest time, I've wanted to create new albums in the Photos application and can't for the life of me figure out how to do it. It has a bunch of default albums like "My Favroties" "All photos" and such. I just want to create my own albums so I can organize some pictures, like an album of all the pictures of my ridiculously cute niece. Anyone know how to do that? Or can suggest a better photo management application for Android 2.1?


texts: How to go change azerty to qwerty on huawei ascend y530

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Alright so I got a Huawei Ascend Y530, and I live in the Netherlands, where literally no person ever uses an azerty keyboard. However, for some reason I can only get azerty when setting my keyboard to Dutch. It's annoying me to no end but I have no idea how to get alter the keyboard to suit my wishes.

Does anyone know how to change an azerty keyboard to qwerty without changing the language?


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I have a Samsung s4 which easily gets hot even when doing light things and being on power saver mode, low brightness etc I've also tried factory reset

I'm on stock android 4.4

I've installed a temp app and initially the temperature is 26 Celsius and about 29 when browsing internet and about 35 when playing a game it gets hot on top of phone near earpiece

is this normal?


texts: I get spam texts from a certain number (five digit number). Does anyone know how to block texts from specified numbers? I am on a nexus 5 android 4.4.3.


texts: Why can't I download apps on my android phone?

texts: I have a Huawei ascend y300 4.1 android jelly bean .Every time I try downloading apps from google play it says "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD Card" I try deleting apps I don't use for memory space but it still doesn't work,How can I Sort this out ???


texts: How to Repair IMEI of rooted phone without backup

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I recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy S2 AT&T phone (SGH-I777) with KitKat AOCP version. I used ClockworkMod 6.0.4.6 recovery. However, I encountered a problem "E: Cant mount storage/sdcard0" . I formatted my sdcard0 and then it worked.

However, in this process I deleted my efs folder which supposed to have the IMEI information. Hence, now the phone can not get telephone service, so I can not call.

I have gone through the forums explaining how to restore IMEI if you have a backup, or how to edit a corrupted imei file. However, I coudn't find a suitable solution for my case.I don't have anything inside my efs folder to start with.

I know my EMEI number, since its written on the back of my phone. Is there any way I can generate a fresh IMEI file for my phone from the number. What steps I need to follow to get my phone running again.

Thanks for help.


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My android 2.3 tablet supports usb. It mounts all usb drives. However there is no mechanism for unmounting in the settings menu.

On direct unplugging usb devices, i get notification " usb mass storage device removed unexpectedly

Is there is an app for unmounting usb storage devices?


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This is in reference to my other question.

My phone was not working so I showed it to service center guy and he said the motherboard is broken and needs to be replaced.

I can flash custom ROMs to the phone but they are not also booting up.

So I just want to confirm does that really mean my motherboard is broken and needs to be replaced?


texts:
I have Xiaomi Mi3 and it's not rooted. Every time I open a web page, both on mobile data and WiFi, and even with different browsers, I get redirected to other pages with ads and pages like this:

http://mobiles.digital/IT/Sweepstake/LP/index.php?voluumdata=vid..00000004-4837-403c-8000-000000000000__vpid..ca8d4800-fd5d-11e4-88ba-7eef5f3eb726__caid..5422e033-3dc6-4996-b128-7bf07d491d19__rt..R__lid..19777e53-9ce2-45a2-8073-ce9466d65506__oid1..7756b6f2-77b0-4db4-8d79-0faa4854c67f__oid2..b504e00f-54b7-4fd2-99de-09a0e4919980__var1..425682__rd..www%5C.%5Cyouradexchange%5C.%5Ccom&SiteID=425682

I have tried:

Many antivirus (including AVG premium app which was free this weekend on Amazon app shop)
Factory reset: inside settings on my phone
Hard reset: deleted cache and installed app.
AdBlocker plus.

But nothing worked.

Here's the installed apps on my phone: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2cFQ2PnOtfNT0NsMnZJY1NiT1U&usp=sharing


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Today I updated my S2 with the android version provided by the carrier, but I thought it went wrong because of the lack of space on /storage and afterwords some of the apps lost their settings. Also after the update all the apps started to have disk space errors when trying to update, so I deleted some of the apps or moved them to external sd, but still had little space on the 2Gb partition.
I looked for a rooting solution and since I'm on Ubuntu I downloaded Heimdall.
I downloaded the latest firmware version for I9100 from sammobile.com and in console I ran the following command (saw this in a tutorial)

sudo heimdall flash --factoryfs factoryfs.img

And I got this error

Uploading FACTORYFS
21%
ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
FACTORYFS upload failed!
Ending session...
Rebooting device...
Re-attaching kernel driver...

Now everytime I try to boot my phone it goes into recovery mode.

How can I get pass the booting sequence and install a new and functional android rooted version? Am I missing something in the process, is my first attempt to root my phone.


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I have this device Samsung A5 2016 which has not booted for a while, wanting to repair it, I went into recovery mode however no option seemed to work, recurring error which appeared: "can't find misc/", I tried to make a bootable SD card then to execute it from recovery mode, error "can't find sdcard/".

I also tried to go through Odin mode, however the device does not have USB debugging active it is not in the list of devices connected to adb, so I can do nothing on this side there.

What do you recommend ?


texts: How can I get the Google Calendar app to sync more often?

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I'm new to Android and am having an issue where the Google Calendar app seems to only sync with my Google Account every 3 or 4 days. This is a real pain as I often miss appointment and reminder alerts that I set via my desktop.

Is there a way to have this sync more frequently?


texts: Why is a calendar entry made for each call?

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I use a Samsung Galaxy Note.  I am noticing that each time I make, receive or miss a call, an entry is made in My Calendar, with the details of the call, incoming or outgoing, phone number etc.  Every call made / received in the phone log has one calendar entry, making the calendar totally unusable.

I am not able to find which application is doing this.  Is there any way I can stop this entry from being made for each call?

Alternatively, how do I identify which application is making this entry, by looking at the calendar entry?


texts:
Chrome in my redmi note 4 is taking up a lot of space. I tried clearing cookies, site data, cache and browsing history. How can i access this storage without root?

Edit : i've attached the screenshot of my apps settings page.


texts: Recovering the contacts, SMS and call log from SD card

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I am using an Micromax A57 running Android 2.3.5. Since there was a problem in the launcher, I reset the phone to factory settings, taking my SD card out before doing so. Since the phone's internal memory is very small, all the contacts, call log and SMS are saved on the SD card.

While doing the factory reset, my assumption was that I could restore this information from the SD card afterwards. However, when I re-inserted the SD card, my phone could not get any of my contact, SMS or call log information. I searched the Internet for the past 2 days and tried several applications to get it back but all in vain. My questions are:

First of all, would it be possible to get the SMS, contact and call log back from SD card (as I reset mobile alone taking SD card out)?

If possible, how to restore SMS, contact and call log?

Phone is rooted and I am sure the data lies somewhere in the phone as bits and bytes. Experts advise please.


texts: How to install Samsung (or other manufacturers) apps on Vanilla ROMs on Galaxy S3

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I've tried installing CyanogenMod on my Samsung Galaxy S3 device.

I was amazed by its smoothness and speed, but I've missed some of the apps of the official Samsung ROM, such as the camera, the keyboard, and the contacts list.

I've tried installing them using the recovery mod (like installing a zipped ROM), but it didn't work.

Is it possible to install Samsung apps on vanilla roms (like CyanogenMod) on my device? If so, how?

I also wonder if a similar thing can be done on other devices (like installing HTC apps on and HTC device which has a vanilla ROM installed in it).


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 mini which is two months old. I have the following problem:

The phone suddenly becomes unresponsive, the screen goes black and it does not give any signs of 'life'. Pushing any button does not do anything. Keeping the power button 7sec for the device to power off is not working. The only solution to 'revive' the device is to pull off the battery.

While in this state, notifications, alarms, calls etc are not working.

I do not know if this is the right place to ask such a question, so sorry
if I am out of topic.
This is NOT a duplicate of Samsung Galaxy S5 died suddenly and without reason!


texts: Enable vibration and location services while on battery saver

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I like using battery saver on my Android phone as it greatly extends the battery.  However, there is one app that I use that I would like to exempt from two of the things that batter saver disables - vibration and location services.

I'm ok with the battery usage for these on this one app only but want to restrict all other apps from using the battery.

How can I accomplish this?


texts: How to turn off/mute the USSD notification sound in Jelly Bean?

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I recently got my Lava Iris 501's OS updated to 4.1.1 and now it even chimes whenever my operator sends me a 'Last Call/SMS/Data Cost' notification. This happens even on the Silent/Meeting modes also.

What can I do so that my phone doesn't bug me at my workplace?


texts: "System Memory" taking up too much storage

texts: I have been facing this problem recently, my Samsung S 10+ has the storage information as shown in the image below. I don't know why the system memory is taking up 20 GB of storage. I cannot access it as well. On clicking it nothing happens. Would really appreciate help.


texts: Does WhatsApp send notifications to people your contacts even if they don't have pre-existing conversation on WhatsApp?

texts: I received a notification that my friend changed his security code, but I'm pretty sure that he deleted our conversation. Now I'm not sure if he did because I received a notification that the security code for our conversation changed.


texts: Why do Docs, Sheets and Slides keep recreating their data?

texts:
Look, I am never, ever ever going to use Docs, Sheets and Slides on my LG K7 (running 5.1.1), but I have come to terms with the fact that there is no way to remove them from my phone without rooting, which I am not interested in doing.  But I figure at least I can free up scarce storage space by erasing the apps' data, which typically is on the order of about 70 MB each.  Liberating 200+ MB of available space on a phone that only has 4GB internal storage, 3/4 of which is taken up with the OS and apps that can't be removed:  it means the difference between "Not enough space to update apps" / "Voicemails will not be downloaded" and normal operation.

But every time I clear this memory -- without fail -- I find that within 24 hours the data is recreated and I am right back where I started.  Note that I'm not using Docs, Sheets or Slides during this 24 hour period, so the apps are not running.  Why does this data keep getting recreated, and is there anything I can do to stop it?


texts: Is a specific charger needed to utilize 25W charging?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S10 5G. Is it important for the charger and cable to have certain specifications to utilize the 25W charging capability?


texts: Can't find eSIM option on Google Pixel 3

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According to specs, Google Pixel 3 supports eSIM, but under Settings > Mobile networks, there are no relevant options.
Is this depending on whether I'm currently in the service area of a mobile network operator supporting eSIM or should this option appear regardless? If so - why doesn't it appear?


texts: Is it possible to wipe data from ADB without turning on USB debugging?

texts:
I'm on manjaro Linux. A friend of mine broke the screen of his note 3, it's working, the screen stays black though.

He wants to get all his data from it and format it, wipe everything, he's not going to fix it.

The back up part is easy, I plug it into my computer and take everything. But is it possible to format it without turning on the USB debugging? I bet the USB debugging on his phone is turned off and I can't turn it on without being able to see anything on his phone. So as far as I know I can't use ABD, can I?


texts: How do I transfer my data? I am giving my phone in exchange

texts: I have bought a Redmi Note 5 on Flipkart and I have a Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 with Android 4.0.4 which I am giving in exchange. How do I transfer my data without taking too long?


texts: what happens if you plug a non QC 2.0 device into a QC 2.0 charger?

texts: So I recently got a external battery pack for my phone that has two power outputs - a Quick Charge 2.0 output and a 5V / 3A Max output. It is my understanding that Quick Charging only works if the device supports (eg. a Samsung Galaxy S7) it so what happens if you plug in a phone that doesn't support it (eg. a Samsung Galaxy S4)?


texts: Why I can't see Viber Videos folder in Windows Explorer (on Huawei P9)

texts:
When I connect my Huawei P9 to a PC and browse folders I can see viber/media folders on both Internal Storage and SD Card. In this folder I can see Viber Images and some dot folders, but no Viber Videos or User Images.

When I browse folders on the phone itself it shows these folders.

How can I see them in Windows Explorer?


texts: How do I backup my website homescreen shortcuts?

texts:
I have many websites which I constantly access thru my phone, but they aren't bookmarked on Google, they're just added to my homescreen as a web shortcut.

Of course Windows is something else entirely, but I could just go to Desktop folder and copy everything *.lnk, right? Thing is, now I'm migrating phones. I already migrated all apps I wanted to keep. I feel there should be an equivalent easy way to do this, even without an app. Is there?


texts: How to boot into the bootloader when you have ClockworkMod?

texts:
I want to upgrade the radio and I'm not sure how to boot into bootloader.

When I try to power the phone using VolumeDown+Power, I do get into the ClockworkMod Recovery, but it seems that this is not what I was looking for because on PC the command fastboot flash radio radio.img is still < waiting for device >.

In case it matters, this is a permarooted + hroot + ClockworkMod, HTC Desire HD.


texts:
The big problem it's that the phone doesn't have the power button at all, so I can't use the usual combination (VOLUME DOWN + POWER).

Any idea what can i do?


texts: Why does the 3G connection drop issue happen on all Verizon 4G LTE handsets?

texts:
OK, after having reviewed the Samsung DROID Charge, reviewing and owning a DROID BIONIC, and hearing from many Thunderbolt users, it seems like one problem is common to all Verizon 4G handsets: a dropping 3G data connection. So far, I've observed the following:

My BIONIC often refuses to get a 3G data connection back when switching from Wi-Fi or 4G back to 3G. If I switch to Airplane Mode and back, sometimes I'll get the 3G connection back, sometimes I won't. In the About Phone -> Status menu, it says the mobile data network is "connecting." Sometimes I end up having to reboot.

Additionally, when attempting to use the phone in CDMA-only mode, the phone seems to decide to drop its 3G connection at random and refuse to get it back - even on reboot the phone is slow to acquire signal. I noticed a similar problem on the DROID Charge.

Is there any theory as to why this is happening? Do all Verizon's LTE phones share a common chipset model? Because it sounds to me like whoever makes the chipset is doing a real bang-up job of shipping phones with near-defective radios or radio firmware. As it appears to happen across three different manufacturers, the buck falls on Verizon and their LTE chip partner. I'm frankly getting very, very annoyed with this problem and think it needs some public exposure with good empirical evidence that it happens on all LTE handsets on Verizon.

So, I'm asking for your assistance in that regard as well. Leave a comment about your experiences with Verizon's LTE phones and connection drop issues, with as much detail as possible. Of course, the answer I'm looking for here is as to why this is happening, but I think this is going to be a fairly long ongoing investigation.  If you've found a method of fixing or working around this issue on your Android phone, please leave that an an answer as well!


texts:
After a period of research, I found that Android seems in no way to mix two mp3 audio files together. I have suggested using SoX & Lame. Sox by default does not include mp3 support because of licensing issues with mp3 format. I have successfully run the installtion command line mix two audio files mp3 on Ubuntu after install SoX & LAME in terminal.

sox -m inputa.mp3 inputb.mp3 mixed.mp3

The last issue is now integrated to run in Android Sox with Lame. Do you have any way to make the mix two files audio mp3 in Android? We are discussing here, but everything is still unresolved.

https://github.com/guardianproject/android-ffmpeg/pull/2

Can you help me! Thank you very much.


texts: We distribute android devices to other developers so that they can develop on our devices. We want them to be able to install / uninstall / debug apps, but we don't want them to be able to run adb shell and look around in the file system. Our devices are rooted. Is it possible?


texts:
Old versions of TWRP would prompt for the password to decrypt the phone prior to performing an ota, however new versions are able to apply otas without requiring decryption. This is great in practise but does mean that magisk is removed by the ota (when decrypted it would run some scripts after the ota installed, this doesn't happen when the phone is still encrypted) Is there anyway to tell TWRP I want it to always decrypt the phone?

Edit: the feature was added in twrp 3.2.2)

Running Lineage 15.1 and magisk v18.0 on a op3t


texts: Samsung GT-N8013 tablet listed as a GT-I9100 phone in lsusb on Linux

texts:
I have a Samsung GT-N8013 tablet in Download mode, using the stock recovery since TWRP coulnd't work (go here for more information), connected to a Linux machine. adb cannot classify my tablet as a device on Linux, so I had to follow this answer. When I found its ID, I found that it had a different name entirely:

Bus 001 Device 013: ID 04e8:685d Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9100 Phone [Galaxy S II] (Download mode)

How is this possible?

Update 23-02-2018:

I plugged in the tablet again and booted it normally. It ran into the "encryption unsuccessful" error, however I ran lsusb and it yielded

Bus 001 Device 003: ID 04e8:685c Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd GT-I9250 Phone [Galaxy Nexus] (Mass storage mode)

What's going on to the tablet?

I do also want to point out that it has LineageOS installed before I flashed the stock ROM and recovery, but it has not been working ever since.


texts:
Long story short, I have been under the impression that my Samsung S5 had still been receiving security updates even though I was aware it wouldn't be getting any major Android updates. One Google search later, I find out that this is not the case. After some reading, I went on Samsung's page and found a list displaying what Samsung apparently plans to keep updates for.

What I don't understand is why I'm not being told that my phone is effectively a legacy device and is not being supported anymore.

It's one thing to lose out on Android updates but it's another thing to be missing critical security updates.

All vendors should be sending out some kind of message to outdated/unsupported phones, otherwise everyone will be under the stupid impression that they can keep the same phone forever and still be secure.

Is there some way to find out when my particular smartphone vendor effectively stops pushing out updates for a particular phone?

There's got to be something better than checking their crumby website every now and then.

Any leads?


texts: Incoming call notifications not working - Phone state

texts:
In my Android phone, Incoming calls notification is not working.Out going is working fine.

Actually Whenever I am calling my mobile from my friend's mobile, Its saying "line is busy".
If I visit call logs in my mobile, I can see My friend's number in the log.
I was having this issue for past 4 days.

Thankfully, I checked the logfile(log.txt which resides in phone memory somewhere. I guess its the log of the whole phone) of my phone. In that file I can see the following log message 5 times like below.

Phonestate: Incoming call notify is disabled
Phonestate: Incoming call notify is disabled
Phonestate: Incoming call notify is disabled
Phonestate: Incoming call notify is disabled
Phonestate: Incoming call notify is disabled

I guess,  I have to change this phone state, I dont know how to change that. Can u help me out?


texts: I can't access my phone after a factory reset, because the Gboard doesn't work!

texts: After doing a factory reset on my Huawei p9 lite because it was missing a lot of features like the calculator, alarm, notes and even Bluetooth. After it asks me to log in my linked google account, I can't type my email because the Gboard doesn't work, it shows up the microphone and it doesn't even want to listen to my voice!


texts: Automatically notify people when I leave/reach a location

texts:
Does anyone know of a way to automatically send a notification when I arrive or leave a location?

For example, I'd like to send a notification to my wife whenever I leave the office.

Does anyone know of a service that would do this? I'd prefer something stock/Google over some home-brew app, but I'm interested in hearing what's out there. I'm not really interested in a foursquare type of thing where I earn badges, it's more for communicating my location with one or two people.


texts: exclamations mark shown with wifi networks

texts: I have an issue with my moto g 2nd gen ,that it's shows a mark like exclamation sign with WiFi network and work slow due to this sign .plz give me solutions for this problem


texts: How to deactivate backup apps on other phone remotely?

texts: I dont have the phone. Its my old phone but I am still logged onto my mail. How can I deactivate it from my actual phone? I dont have the old phone on me.


texts: How can I successfully use a USB-C hub with an Android tablet?

texts:
I got an Android tablet which just has a single USB C port.  I want to be able to use a keyboard and charge the tablet at the same time.  A previous post here says that is possible.

However, I can't get it to work.  I'm using this hub and this keyboard.  When I plug the keyboard into the hub, the keyboard's backlight comes on for about a second and then turns off.  After that, the keyboard is non-responsive.  (No backlight, no caps lock LED, and typing on it doesn't have any effect.)

What do I need to do to make this work?

Additional Information:

The tablet is running Android 9, kernel version 4.4.147.
The Redragon keyboard works fine on my MacBook Pro.
I tried the USB-C hub with the Redragon keyboard and charger on my LG G7 ThinQ, and it worked successfully.  (Keyboard works, and the phone charges.)  The phone is running Android 9, kernel version 4.9.112.  I do not have any non-Android devices (Windows, Mac, or Linux) with a USB-C port to test with.
The charger I'm using with the hub is the same charger that came with the tablet.  It is 5 volts, 2 amps.  The charger has a USB A port, and connects to the tablet via a USB A to USB C cable.
The tablet charges when connected directly to the charger.  But when I put the hub in between the tablet and the charger, it does not charge.  So I should probably get this part working before even worrying about the keyboard.
If my goal was just to charge and use a keyboard, I know it would probably be easier to just use a Bluetooth keyboard.  However, I would like to use other features of the hub, such as plugging in a USB flash drive, or possibly even using the Ethernet port which is built into the hub.


texts: Can a non-rooted Android 4.0.3 smartphone’s ROM be backed up?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Full Backup of non-rooted devices

I am using a smartphone running non-root Android 4.0.3 and am also a desktop Linux user (Ubuntu 12.04 amd64).

In Linux/Ubuntu, I could backup my whole system (whole partition) into a file image and when necessary, restore my whole system (including MBR) back on my desktop computer. (e.g. using "clonezilla")

It seems that there are similar Android apps (e.g. ClockworkMod) for system backup (Android rom backup) on a rooted Android device. However, I am not sure whether there is similar system backup apps for a non-root Android device ? Could anyone tell whether it is possible ?

I have difficulties in using root-device rom backup apps such as "ClockworkMod" as my smartphone (ASK SP404) is not a branded smartphone and I could not find any rooting procedures for this phone, although there are good discussions on the web that talk about this, e.g. HOW TO ROOT your Android phone. (This thread talks about Android rooting procedures for many branded phones, but not my phone ! )

It would be great if anyone could suggest a rooting procedure for my phone, or some directions that I could try. Thanks in advance for any advice.


texts: Ever since connecting to a Chromecast, my device floods the network with SSDP packets

texts:
I used both a Galaxy Nexus and a Nexus 7, running stock Android 4.3 and 4.4, to interact with a Chromecast in the past. Ever since, both devices flood the network with SSDP packets, which seems to be a UPnP related service discovery protocol. "Flood" here means that new packets are sent every second.

A sample packet, decoded by using WireShark, is shown below:

Internet Protocol Version 4, Src: android-28f8778edbb436c2.lan (192.168.200.120), Dst: 239.255.255.250 (239.255.255.250)
    Version: 4
    [shortened output for readability]
    Source: android-28f8778edbb436c2.lan (192.168.200.120)
    Destination: 239.255.255.250 (239.255.255.250)
    User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 50225 (50225), Dst Port: ssdp (1900) Hypertext Transfer Protocol
    M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1\r\n
        [Expert Info (Chat/Sequence): M-SEARCH * HTTP/1.1\r\n]
        Request Method: M-SEARCH
        Request URI: *
        Request Version: HTTP/1.1
    HOST: 239.255.255.250:1900\r\n
    MAN: "ssdp:discover"\r\n
    MX: 1\r\n
    ST: urn:dial-multiscreen-org:service:dial:1\r\n
    \r\n
    [Full request URI: http://239.255.255.250:1900*]

As this creates unneccessary traffic and likely drains the battery, I would like to deactivate this discovery feature. But even uninstalling the Chromecast app, Chrome itself, the Youtube app and other likely related apps (essentially everything that interacted with the Chromecast) did not help, the device still sends those packets.

Does anyone know how to disable this device discovery feature?


texts: How can I automatically connect to my company's wifi?

texts:
My Samsung Galaxy S6 with Android 7.0 automatically connects to my home wifi when in range. However, in my company, it only shows me a notification that I can click on to connect to the company's wifi (which then makes me accept terms by clicking on a button every single time.)

Is there any way to make this at least partially automatic, i.e. opening the page with the button automatically instead of just showing a notification? Or even saving my answer to this wifi page and using it during the next connection attempts?


texts:
I know there was a similar question asked earlier
Same phone number with different code problem
But none of the answers are of any help and it is now 4 years and several versions later. There was even a bug report opened on the issue that is now marked as "obsolete" but I am still having the issue.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=18684

Phone: Samsung galaxy s4 i9505
Version: 5.0.1 Lollipop
Issue: two different contacts with the same number but different area code
eg
Larry: (411) 123-4567
Sarah: (909) 123-4567
When a phone call comes in from either number, Larry's contact info (picture, name) is displayed in caller Id.

Any suggestions?


texts: Google maps doesn't have data connection

texts:
Ever since upgrading my Nexus 4 to CyanogenMod 10.1-20130304, Google Maps behaves improperly.  I have not noticed the problem with any other app.

I can open the Maps app, and it will show me where I am, but when I try to search, 95%+ of the time, it will just sit there as though it's searching, but it never finds any results.

The only way I have found to resolve the issue is to completely remove the Google Maps app, and re-install it.  Doing this will allow search to work--once.

The next time I need to search again, I have to remove and re-install.

This happens whether using mobile Internet or wifi.

Is there anything I can do short of restoring the phone to factory settings and starting over?


texts: I recently found that my inbox emails are not showing up on my Android

texts: I tried adjusting settings to select inbox default but it's not working.  I can ready messages on my laptop, but they simply are not showing up on my smart device.  I get a message saying "You're all done.  Have a good day".  But I'm not having a good day....


texts: Why does my EVO Android phone screen keep turning on?

texts:
I have an HTC EVO and I can be sitting around doing nothing, when all of a sudden the screen comes on and stays on. I try to turn it off, but it keeps turning back on - sometimes after a second, sometimes after a few minutes. If I just leave it, it will not turn off by itself, as it would if I manually turned it on but didn't enter the password. This is killing my already horrendous battery life!

I have killed almost all background processes except some of the ones by HTC that looked important.

I have also turned off application refresh, wifi, blue tooth, tried rebooting ... even put it into Airplane mode. Arghhh! Nothing helps!

I thought I hit pay dirt last week - I replaced the factory 1500mAh battery with a 3500mAh for obvious reasons. For a few days the auto-turn-on seemed to be cured but now it has started happening again.

Any ideas how I can get this paper weight to be more obedient?

Thanks, Victor


texts: What's a quick way to turn on the torch?

texts:
In my accessibility settings on my Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus (GT-S7500), there is an "Assistive light" option that "Turn[s] on torch to see better". It activates the light on the back of the device.

Is there a way I can activate the light quickly without having to go through the accessibility settings?

ps: If someone could tag this with "torch" and possibly also "gt-s7500", that would be great.


texts:
I am unable to uninstall any application on my Samsung Galaxy S. I have tried all possible ways (settings-applications-manage applications-uninstall and with the edit option). These applications are the normal ones downloaded from market.

But whenever I reboot my phone those applications are still there in my phone and its as if nothing has changed.

Also I keep getting this "settings.google.application has stopped unexpectedly" and am not able to open any of my apps.

I tried formatting my internal SD card by connecting it to the PC but that also didn't work.


texts:
(Following question to this one)
Suppose I have an .xls or .csv file with associations of contact names to groups (or firstname, middlename, lastname to group).
I want to import these associations  - applied to existing contacts; I don't want to create new skeleton contacts based on these associations. Is this possible? If so, how?


texts: Is there a way to disable the default calendar app on a Samsung Galaxy S4?

texts: I'd like to use the standard Google Calendar app (as available in the Play Store) too keep track of events.  However, Samsung includes a modified version of the calendar on the S4.  In previous iterations of the Galaxy it was possible to disable the Samsung version of the Calendar app so that I wouldn't get duplicate notifications of events.  On the S4, it does not seem possible to disable the app or it's notifications (the "disable" button and "show notifications" checkbox are greyed-out in the app info screen).  Is there some other trick I can use to disable the Samsung Calendar app?


texts:
Is there any combination of android applications which can connect to a POP3 account and:

transfers emails to SMS (by phone number provided in the subject of
the email)
transfers SMSes to an email?


texts: How to skip “Welcome Page” in Chrome using adb

texts:
I am trying to open a URL in Google Chrome using adb command line. Have set "--no-first-run" using following command -

adb shell 'echo "chrome --no-first-run" > /data/local/tmp/chrome-command-line'

Have taken the command line switch from the following website - http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/

Then I execute the following commands,

adb -s TA99300UFC shell am set-debug-app com.android.chrome
adb -s TA99300UFC shell am start -n com.android.chrome/com.google.android.apps.chrome.Main -d 'http://wikipedia.org'

Still the "Welcome Page" shows up.

How can I skip this and go directly to the website URL passed in command?


texts: Delete programs pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy 551

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I uninstall applications that are locked by phone vendor?

How can I delete some programs that are pre-installer on my phone?
On settings I can't delete them, is there a way to delete those?

I'll use it focused on development.

It has some samsung applications that I'll never use.

It comes with Android 2.2

Thanks in advance for any help


texts:
I have an android box which is a no name chinese one RK3066 cortex A9 8GB android 4.1. it's been stuck on boot logo and since there is no reset or power or volume button on it I couldn't get it to recovery mode.

however when I opened the device, I could see two holes which said recovery. when I used a pin to connect those two I got into recovery mode

the device goes to recovery mode but the only thing I see is an android guy resting and no option.I checked evey where and they all suggest to press power button to go to menus but my device has no button on it.

I used a same device and using Online Nandroid Backup I made a backup of the ROM and put it in a 16GB SD card root. the files are boot.img kernel.img recovery.img recoverlog.log. I put all these files on the SD card hoping that once into recovery mode the recovery automatically starts. maybe it should be packed or something, I don't know what is the format of a ROM file. it seems that it should be a zip file

I found another set of holes which are three and underneath is said DEBUG. I assume it's same as debug mode which normal android phone or tablets connect to the PC using micro usb cable which comes with them and since my device doesn't have micro USB I suppose this is the way of connecting to PC so perhaps through RK Batch tool something can be done but I don't know how it works.

I bought a male to male USB cable and cut one side which found three cables. Black, White and Green. but I don't know what is the sequence and I tried everything possible solution

I appreciate if anyone could help me with this


texts:
I'm removing or disabling all non-necessary apps since I had a malware scare this morning.  I'm using a Note 3 with Android Lollipop.

In the Application Manager "All" tab I see 3DTourViewer.  Can I disable this app without ill effect?


texts: Galaxy tablet requires restart to download attachments

texts: I have a Galaxy Tab A (SM-T550) running Android 5.0.2 that only downloads files from emails (in Gmail) if I restart it — after I have downloaded a file, I have to restart it for a second download. Our email is visa bt internet and if I click on a document or picture to download the progress bar runs, but it stays on 0% unless I restart the tablet.


texts: How to run virtual machine on my nexus device?

texts: Are there any virtual machine players such as virtualbox, I can use to run .iso images on Android? If I need the device to be rooted that is fine, but I prefer a portable solution


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to backup an Android device?

Hi,

I have a Motorola Droid that I need to send in for repair. How can I back up everything to my PC easily?

The Moto Phone Portal expects you to individually download each photo. I would rather not transfer everything through wifi to my PC or to the cloud.

Photos
Contacts - gmail
App settings?
Playlists ?


texts: How to use Tasker to close an app when a different app gets closed

texts: I have a task setup that opens Co Pilot (satellite navigation) after I click on Dailyroads Voyager (blackbox recorder); this works really well. What I'd like to know is how to close Dailyroads Voyager once I exit Co Pilot by using Tasker.


texts: Cannot boot to twrp recovery after rooting second time

texts:
I have rooted my Redmi 1s one year ago, and installed TWRP using Twrp Manger, and flashed custom ROM (Cyanogenmod and then Lineage Os). And, now I returned back to stock MIUI ROM. Again, I rooted my device and tried to install TWRP. TWRP got installed (I tried different versions of img and zip of twrp), and I cannot boot to TWRP recovery mode. I also tried fastboot methods to install TWRP which also got failed while booting.

I followed the same steps for rooting that I have done for the first time. Rooted using Super Su (source from miui forum). Checked using root checker, shows status as rooted. Tried to install twrp using, twrp manager(success but can't boot to recovery), twrp official app(success but can't boot to recovery) and rashr (got failed, it tells I have installed twrp already).
I flashed Philz clockworkmod using fastboot, and booted to recovery mode. I have less experience with CWM. so, I need to set twrp as my recovery.
How to solve?


texts: Overcoming softlock when creating /system/xbin on Android 9

texts:
Hoo roo,
Installing Linux Deploy (Linux chroot with root) on Android 9 requires that you install a custom version of busybox. However, due to system-as-root limitations on Android 9, you can encounter problems when attempting to run the custom busybox installer. The community has found a solution to overcome this, but I can't seem to get it to work.
My tablet is a rooted Onyx Boox Max 3 that has TWRP installed without a custom ROM, with dm-verity disabled.
Running ls -l `which su`  from a terminal emulator returns  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 1970-02-11 19:10 /sbin/su -> ./magisk so confirms that I am using the root busybox.
mkdir /system/xbinafter mounting /system as per instructions softlocks the tablet. Have also tried running mount -o rw,remount /sbin/magisk/mirror/system_root which also softlocks.
Are there any other options that I can try? Would really love a chroot of Arch on my eink tablet instead of just a proot. Would make for a much smoother experience.
Cannot emphasise how desperate I am, my failsafe is a proot using nix-on-droid, but reckon that performance will suffer. Does anyone have any ideas?


texts: running jelly bean 4.1.1 on Galaxy note screen flashes when I retrieve voice mail

texts: running jelly bean 4.1.1 on Galaxy S111 Note, the input screen flashes when I retrieve voice mail so bad, you can't input password.


texts: Reinstalling apps after replacing an SD card

texts:
I recently had an SD card die in the field.  I've tried everything I know and can't get anything out of it or have it recognised on any reader with any OS, so I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that it's gone. Nothing irreplaceable on it.

I bought  a replacement 8 GB card and now some of my apps don't work. Is the only way to fix them a remove/reinstall or is there some other option, especially a batch repair/update?  I've had some apps update in the normal way, some work, some don't.

Android 2.3.3
HTC Desire HD, Sense 2.1


texts: Restore SMS from a phone with broken screen

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S phone with a broken screen. I have text messages on it from about 2 years ago (which I need for court).

After the screen broke I changed service providers. Now their is no service to the phone. So if I fix the phone will my messages still be on the phone?


texts: Android asks me for USB debugging permission on one computer, but not another

texts:
I have two Ubuntu machines, a laptop and a tower. ADB works on the tower but not on the laptop. I'm using the same Android device on each, with the same adbkey and adbkey.pub. On my tower, ADB works - I can access the shell, etc. However, the moment I plug the device into my laptop, I get the "Allow USB debugging?" popup on the Android device. This is a problem because this device is non standard hardware with no touchscreen, so I have no way of clicking Yes. How can I troubleshoot this and get ADB working on my laptop?

The device is running Android 5.1.1.


texts: I can't enable notifications icons badge on Moto E5 Play

texts:
I have a Moto E5 Play with Oreo 8.1(Android Go) and I can't enable notification icons badge, I mean those little dots over the application icons on home.

When I go to Configuration-> Apps Notifications
there's no option to enable it.

If I go to application configuration is there an option to enable it individually but is grayed out.

I search on the web but nothing solve this.


texts:
There is a bluetooth device out of sight in a room that is paired to my Android smartphone, and I can connect to it when I am close by. (It is a muted audio device.) Are there any methods to locate that device within the room with the use of the smartphone? Say, by dynamically measuring signal strength so that I can move the device around to see where it gets stronger.

Both App downloads, Android Studio( with Java), and other sorts of answers are welcome. (But AS is more appreciated.)


texts: Is NTFS file system supported on Huawei u8160?

texts:
I have a Huawei u8160 running Cyanogenmod 7.2 .

I have a 500GB portable hard drive which is file system is NTFS , I connected the hard drive using OTG the phone didn't recognize it at all.

So I was wondering if my Android system supports NTFS?

and if it doesn't how can I make it supported?

EDIT:

I've formatted a flash drive to NTFS ,the phone detected it but it couldn't mount it,how can I mount NTFS file system on my phone?


texts: Play phone game with game being displayed on computer screen

texts:
I want to play InfiniteFlight on my computer. But it's only available for phones (and maybe tablets, I'm not sure) - I purchased InfiniteFlight on my phone, and I just had an idea -

What if we can make the game appear on the computer screen via wifi and some app? Can we do this? how can we do this?


texts: Pull or backup only the contacts from Android

texts:
My phone is on a bootloope _ soft bricked. I have managed to detect it via adb on recovery mode. So now I want to know the exact command to pull contacts first from the phone to my pc.

Is this correct?

adb backup -apk -shared -all -f C:\test.ab
Next what is the generic (original factory) directory for phone saving all the pictures/pdfs?
What is the command I should run to pull those from phone to pc?
Is pulling faster or healthier a bricked phone than backing up into pc?
Also due to UK language settings my pc has no backslash, is there a way to get it into command prompt?

(Since I am nooby and I just crashed everything I know right now from last night - please have mercy. I want to make sure the commands are precise.)


texts:
My RCA Voyager Pro (Android 8.1.0) recently got a firmware update. Since the update, I have not been able to set a wallpaper without it "zooming in."

Take these screenshots for example. When I select the image I want to use as my wallpaper, it allows me to choose the orientation and zoom before clicking "✓ Set Wallpaper."

Before the update, the wallpaper would be set exactly as it looks in the preview. However, after the update, the wallpaper will become enlarged and will scroll as I swipe from right to left:

Here is a side-by-side comparison of how the wallpaper is the in preview (before the wallpaper is set), and how it is on home screen (after the wallpaper is set):

Is there a way I can disable this "auto-zooming?" I miss the way it used to be, where my wallpaper was the same on the home screen as it was in the preview, and did not "scroll" as I browsed my apps.


texts: Is there a way to add a web shortcut to the home tab?

texts:
While its fairly easy to add a web bookmark shortcut to the home screen on most android systems, there doesn't seem to be a way to do this on the amazon kindle fire.  Usually chrome or firefox is used to create the link on other android systems, but the Silk web browser doesn't seem to have this capability.  I don't think its possible to install chrome or firefox on a kindle fire out-of-the-box without doing some fancy editing.

What's the simplest way to add a web link to the home page of an amazon kindle fire?  Is it even possible?

Preferable I want to avoid doing any kind of jail break on the phone as possible and I'd also like to avoid installing any non-free, invasive apps if possible.


texts:
I recently asked a question on this site about how to stop my USB transfers from being so slow on my rooted Galaxy S2. It was suggested to me that I update my kernel and/or ROM. That seemed reasonable, so I did. I now have the latest kernel version and latest ROM.

And now, after doing so, my GPS is completely unresponsive.

So now I'm playing feature-whack-a-mole again. Something I was doing a while back when I could either have my compass or my WiFi, but not both.

How do I get out of this? How do I get my GPS back and not be juggling every other feature on my phone?

(... and I'm not even sure my USB problems are solved...)


texts: How to prevent automatic aggregation of contacts

texts:
I have more than 3000 contacts and maintain the master copy on my PC.
I regularly create a CSV file from the master and then copy the data to the Contact Manager on my Samsung S3.
I have done this for years, with a Blackberry and then an iPhone.

Android Contact manager arbitrarily joins contacts together. People who work for different companies with the same name, people who live at the same address with different names, etc.
The result is that I cannot find them in my address book, and phone numbers get mixed up. Without separating the joined entries I cannot tell which phone number belongs to which person when I try to call someone.
Equally, when someone calls me, the wrong name is displayed.
I have tried using different ways of moving data to my phone (a Samsung S3). Using Kies or VCF files.
Surely there must be a way to turn off this destructive 'feature'.
It would take me days to go through all my contacts and separate them manually each time I copy from the master.  Synchronizing rather than delete/copy makes it worse. Entries that I have previously separated join together again!


texts:
I have RaspberryPi which connected to Android Phone via USB and USB Tethering is up. Android Phone is connected to Home Router (Wi-Fi). With this setup, my Raspberry Pi can reach the internet with USB-Android Phone-Home Router-Internet path. And I can reach my Raspberry with VX ConnectBot app in Android Phone. What I want to do is, I want to make ssh connection to Raspberry Pi with my laptop (which is also connected to Home Router). IS it possible to redirect incoming wi-fi packets to usb on Android phone?

To be clear, here is the path that I want;

Laptop (ssh connection) -> Home Router -> Android Phone -> USB -> Raspberry Pi


texts: Problem connecting Nexus 7 as mass storage device on Windows 7

texts:
I have an Asus Nexus 7 tablet, and was trying to connecting it in MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) mode to my Samsung Series 5 laptop running Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium Edition. I have a bunch of Android development tools installed also, and typically have my devices connected using the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) driver.

When I first attempted to connect my Nexus 7 to my laptop to use in MTP mode, it simply refused to show up in Windows Explorer. Finally, I figured out that I had to uninstall the ADB device ("Android Phone") from Device Manager and then it would work correctly in MTP mode.

Any ideas why this is? Is MTP mode trumped by the ADB USB Driver?

Note: I always had USB Debugging disabled on the Nexus 7, so it wasn't that.


texts: Is there a way to give permissions temporarily?

texts: Is there a way to take away permissions when i leave an app? i dont have root and also no intention to root. is it possible to do this with adb or something??


texts: Endless reboots after adb remount on Docker Android 10 emulator

texts:
I'm trying to remount the system partition of an Android docker emulator (stable v.30.2.5 x86_64). I use the official docker scripts from the Google docker scripts page. According to the official documentation remounting the system partition can be done with the adb remount /system command so I tried that out but got stuck in a endless reboot of the emulator. I did the following:

Start the docker Android emulator with ./run.sh f47fab55785d -writable-system
Connect the device with adb: adb connect
Root the emulator: adb root
Remount the system partition:
adb remount /
Disabling verity for /system
Using overlayfs for /system
Now reboot your device for settings to take effect
remount succeeded

Reboot: adb reboot

All the commands seem to work as expected and the emulator starts to reboot. However, the emulator gets stuck in an endless loop after some seconds (see logs).

In the logs I see two errors but I don't understand what's causing the reboot. Does anyone know what's causing this endless reboots and how I can remount the system partition?
kernel: [   11.379317] init: [libfs_mgr]check_fs(): mount(/dev/block/pci/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/by-name/metadata,/metadata,ext4)=-1: No such file or directory

kernel: [   13.506403] cfg80211: failed to load regulatory.db


texts: Android Weather / News stopped working claiming it doesn't know where I am

texts:
Today I noticed that my Google Weather no longer shows me a weather forecast.  Instead of each day showing a weather condition and a forecast high/low temperatures, I just shows "--" in each day's slot.

When I tap on it to bring up the app, it doesn't show me anything either.  Instead, it says:

You have no local sections. Sign in to add local
sections or turn on location services to see news
about your current location.

But when I tap on the side bar to bring up settings, it clearly shows that I am signed in.  Also location services are already turned on!

I tried switching to a different account, and this caused news and weather to show up.  But all the news was at least two weeks old, and whenever I tap on the weather to try to bring up details it says "News & Weather has stopped"  When I refresh everything goes away and I see the above message again.

What's going on here?


texts: Download and Install (aka sideload) Facebook Home APK

texts:
I'd like to try out Facebook Home however I don't have an approved device to install it from the Google play store.

I've tried googling this to not avail...where can I download the latest version of the APK released on May 10, 2013 and how can I install it.


texts: How can I force version 5.0.1 on Note 4 to only connect to 4G LTE when available?

texts:
My Note 4 running 5.0.1 will often connect to 4G rather than 4G LTE when both are available.  When this happens I can turn airplane mode on and off it will then reconnect to 4G LTE, sometimes with 5 bars.

How can I either make it:

Only connect to 4G LTE
Never connect to 4G
Only connect to 4G LTE when both are available
Strongly prefer the 4g LTE connection over the 4G even when LTE has less bars

One or any combination of the above points would be great. I have an unlimited data plan and I think AT&T likes to slow me down because of it. Any ideas?


texts: My phone( Galaxy S2 GT-I 9100)  is in bootloop . I have installed cwm v6.0.3.6 and I have done wipe cache and wipe dalvik , after that I have installed cm10 but the problem doesnt fixed . So how can I fix this problem? I don`t want to lose my pictures and music.


texts: Not receiving notification for a particular contact on whatsapp

texts:
I'm not quite sure if this problem exists with someone else, I couldn't find it anywhere on the Internet.

There is a particular contact whose notifications I never receive. By notifications, I mean the ones that come on the top. I need to specifically open Whatsapp to check his messages.

I'm able to see notification of other contacts, and he is able to see mines. Also he has checked by sending message to some other contact, and they do get a notification.

I don't know if there is a secret option to turn off notification for a particular contact, is there any way to fix it? I've already tried reinstalling Whatsapp.


texts: When selecting an USB extension cable to extend power cord, what are the relevant considerations?

texts: I want to use USB extension cords to extend the USB power cords for my Android device.  What are the factors that could affect normal charging behavior?  (Consider "normal charging behavior" to be charging speed and long-term effects on the device battery when using only the manufacturer power cord/adapter.)


texts: I am having troubles with Prestigio Multipad PMP3370B. I enabled USB debuging in Settings, but when I plug in my device to a computer and start adb devices, it does not recognize it. Does anybody have any similar issues? I am using Windows 7. Where can I find Windows driver for that device?


texts:
Or at least I think that's the problem. For weeks now the time on my Pixel has been popping all over the place, without me intervening, always off by exactly one or more hours in either direction. For long stretches the time will be correct, but then it'll start jumping around.

Moments ago my phone said 11:07am. Now it's the correct time, 3:07pm. I few minutes prior to that it was 5pm-something. Interestingly, I was trying to use the Google Authenticator app, which doesn't seem to work when the time is incorrect. Without me doing anything, it finally figured out the correct time and the Authenticator app worked.

Additionally, yesterday the time was incorrect when I launched Waze and set a route. After my drive started the time randomly fixed itself, but Waze got confused and my 'time to destination' didn't budge, although the route map continued to update. Crazy, and Waze should use their server clock over the device clock anyway.

Under Date & time I, naturally, have Automatic time zone enabled, as well as Automatic date & time. I suppose I could disable Automatic time zone, but that's a somewhat-annoying work-around, not a fix.

Has anyone see this before? Any suggestions as to what might be the problem?

Note: I'm running Android v9. I cannot remember exactly when I upgraded and have no idea if that coincides with the timing of this problem.

Update: I disabled "Automatic time zone," leaving "Automatic date & time" enabled, and the issued reoccurred, so it's not that. I suppose I could disable them both, but that seems like it would be a hassle.


texts: Is there a way to perform a memdump of an android device? I need the content of the entire memory (RAM). Maybe there is a shell command (meminfo will not do because it displays only memory information, not the content of RAM) or maybe somebody has a program which does this.


texts: Moto G phone continuously shows dialogs saying "Unfortunately, SomeApp has stopped"

texts:
My Motorola G phone continuously shows crash dialogs of the app. Multiple dialogs appear on top of each other and if I press ok, the dialog reappears immediately. Due to these dialogs, I cannot use the phone. I am not even able to turn on developer options as the dialogs are not letting me do anything.

I tried to format the phone by pressing power and volume down option. But when I press recovery or factory option, the phone reboots with the above issues.

I also tried fastboot commands to erase data but I didn't get success in formatting the phone.

How can I fix this issue?


texts: Backspace in Evernote does not delete words at an even speed

texts:
In Evernote if I hold down the backspace key too long it deletes way to fast. Worse yet there is not undo option. I have lost many notes this way. Is there a way to change the rate at which the backspace key works (or at least hold the rate constant) or is there an undo key? I think Evernote is great but this is almost a deal breaker because if you loose your notes it doesn't matter how good the other features are.

UPDATE: the fact that the main productivity program for Android lacks even these simple functions was the largest reason I got rid of my tablet.


texts: How to get rid of this orange highlighter

texts:
Recently I've noticed a really annoying orange highlighting feature that I can't find a way to get rid of. It usually appears in the default browser and apps that use webview (websites that act like apps). So I was hoping someone would know of a way to get rid of it.

Some info about my devices:

Archos Platinum 50
Runs a vanilla flavored stock ROM (android 4.1.2)
Rooted

I've attached a sample image with it.


texts:
On Twitter November 25, 2013 update, they ask for receive text messages (SMS) permission.
Does anyone know what exactly this is for ?


texts:
It bothers me that my Android Phone is permanently logged into my Gmail account.

I want to logout from the device and somehow make the phone ask for username/password when connecting to my account.

It seems there is no such option. What are my options?

P.S. Please don't suggest to lock my phone when not in use. I already do that.


texts: How can I prevent people who borrow my device from changing any of my settings?


texts: Identifying similar-looking (but not exactly the same) image files on Android?

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So quick background, I save a LOT of pictures from all over the Interwebs onto my phone storage, and some tend to be the same picture, just edited or compressed (or yada yada). And when they don't have the same file size, they aren't really detected as duplicates, so I can't use a duplicate file finder to find them.

Anyone know how to find these similar, but not necessarily the same, image files from my storage? Thanks in advance!


texts: How to backup media without logging into the phone?

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The screen of my phone is not responding. I tried to restart the phone but this didn't correct the problem. Now, I can't access it, and log in to my phone, so I probably need to take the phone to the SAT. But maybe, I will lost all my photos, videos and music.

My phone is not rooted, and I have not installed Helium or Titanium Backup. So, is there any way to backup all files of my phone, without be logged in with ADB?


texts: Copied files folder structure via usb not showing properly in Gallery (moto-g + Kitkat)

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I have recently purchased and updated my mogo-g(16gb) with Kitkat. When I copied some photos, songs & videos on my mobile via USB, the files not showing properly as per their folder structure in mobile Gallery.

Please suggest if you have any solution to it (Files structure totally looks distorted in Gallery).

Thanks.


texts: Open command prompt to access folders of a USB connected Android phone

texts: If I connect a Phone with my Windows 7 machine via USB, it shows up in explorer with a name e.g. Nexus 5. How can I open a command prompt and change directory to this device. For lettered drives, I can just type D: F: etc.


texts: HTC. infinite reboot. How to turn off bluetooth from adb?

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I have rooted HTC Evo 3d with android 4.0.1
Today i turn on bluetooth and my phone went to infinite reboot. Nothing helps!
I think there is only one way to turn off bluetooth - ADB.

I tried use this commands, but it was useless:

adb shell su -c service call bluetooth_manager 8
adb shell su -c service call bluetooth 4

Please help me turn off bluetooth!


texts: "Local calendar cannot sync with Google calendar..." but it can? What?

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On my totally stock Bell Samsung Galaxy S2 I have my main GMail account synced to it, it is also synced to my iPod using Exchange ActiveSync.

My phone's default calendar has all the events from my Google Calendar that I had been organizing and creating events from my iPod calendar with. However, when I create a new event I get this error. I tried going to the Account and Sync settings, then syncing the calendar, but the wheel stops spinning after a little bit, then just disappears and the problem remains.

I tried creating a test event, then checking Google Calendar on the website from my laptop and the event was there. Even today, I made an event on the phone and it's on the web page. In fact, I just corrected the time of the event from the web page and the change was reflected almost instantly on my phone.

I tried unchecking the account sync and then deleting local calendar data, then rebooting and resyncing. But the problem persists.

What's wrong? Is there anything I can do? (besides factory reset please!) Or should I just check the "Do not show again" box? Or would that cause a problem later on?

As a side note Samsung Kies popped up first saying it couldn't sync, but I couldn't care less about that since I only made a Samsung account for the find my phone feature and the developer stuff.


texts: How to stop android using roaming data when it's disabled?

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There is a well documented phenomena of Android users getting charged for data roaming abroad when data roaming is explicitly disabled on their phone. `So-called ghost-roaming (Geister-Roaming).

In our case, Android 6.0.1 (Samsung S5) we got billed 4 bucks on multiple days each for 60KB (yes, kilobytes) even though data roaming was off. Apparently 4 bucks is the minimum charge per day. The fact that it's always exactly 60 KB shows it's some sort of system/systematic data download ignoring the setting.

The network companies refuse to budge because they say it's a bug with the phone. IMO it's a scandal.

What can we do to utterly shut down any data roaming?