texts: How to show only gmail's contacts in the Contacts app?

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I have recently reinstalled Android due to some problems with the SD Card.
I decided to keep all my contacts only in Gmail, as a centralized solution to avoid problems in the future. I do not want other SIM or phone contacts to show in the contacts list anymore.
However if I try to uncheck both the SIM and phone contacts and I do check all possible google contacts groups and the option for showing only contacts with a phone number1, no contact is shown at all.
Note: If I show also the phone contacts them the google contacts are shown (and thus I have some duplicates), but removing the phone contacts removes the google contacts too.
How can I prevent this?
The phone is a B63M.
Edit: since people keep asking the same information:
The contacts are perfectly synched and all under the My contacts group. It's not a synchronisation problem. I'm asking why I must select the show phone contacts in order to see any contact at all (from whichever source you like. Even SIM. I cannot show only the SIM contacts without the show phone contacts enabled.)

1 Having or not this option active doesn't change anything. Even if it is not active no contact is shown.

Updated
To make things clearer, here are some screenshots of the situation:
Here I have set only the phone contacts (Contatti del telefono in Italian), without google contacts:

Here I have added the google contacts in the options and they are shown (see red rectangles. Note the number of contacts at the top going from 116 to 156):

Now, I'd expect that removing the phone contacts I should see only the google contacts (in this case those that above have red rectangles and the other not shown), but this is what I get:

On the right it just says that there are no contacts to show and that I can add new contacts or import/export from other sources.
What should I do such that this last set of options does show the google contacts?


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I am trying to find out what all devices are running linux kernel 4.4+ and having a hard time finding all. Till now I could only find Sony Xperia devices running kernel 4.4.

The reason I was trying to get a 4.4 linux device is I am having a hard time compiling kernels based on 3.1x on my ubuntu linux 4.15 so I thought it would be nice to have a linux 4.4 device in that respect. I was trying to compile perf tool for linux right now.


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It seems like this should be possible - how can I add a profile photo to a contact that I manually created? At the moment they're all boring silhouettes.

In my Contacts, the only ones with photos are ones from Google or Facebook, and I can't find any option to add a photo for a contact.

I keep my contacts on the SIM, but when I copied one to the phone to see if that made a difference, it didn't, at least as far as I could tell.


texts: Is the Android Emulator from Android Studio vulnerable to Dirty COW?

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I want to try out the DirtyCOW Exploit in a Virtual Machine or an Emulator. I have made DirtyCOW run on some versions of Android-x86, with Android-x86 running in VirtualBox.
I want to know if DirtyCOW works in the Android Emulator aswell. Does the emulator emulate the linux kernel, or are the syscalls implemented by the emulator?


texts: Instagram Post Notification Cache Location

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Instagram has a "post notification" feature which notifies users on a specific user's new posts. These notifications show the image preview in expanded notification view in notification panel.
The problem I come across is when I click the notification, sometimes I see that the image was removed from the user's profile. However, I was still able to see the preview in the notification panel.
Where are these preview images stored in android system? How can I copy them in order to see?


texts: Can we consider Huawei phones as unrootable?

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Huawei unlocking happened until 2018/05 by getting an unlock code on the manufacturer's website page1 and giving it as an argument to a fastboot oem unlock.
In 05/2018, Huawei simply stopped this service with a hardly believable "explanation" citing "customer experience":

Today, two years later, I did not even find any trace on the Huawei's website that this service ever existed.
My google searches shown that probably there is no way more to unlock (= to root) Huawei phones.
I think, some way still remains: the flash chip could be soldered out from the phone motherboard, and modified/rewritten externally. But it requires a well-equipped electronics lab and the company still has various ways to harden it (like building various signature checking in their SoC, which can be disabled only on un-documented ways).
The situation remembers me to the Apple mobile devices, where iOS is sold while users have no way to modify/remove it or gain root access. Thus, Apple can do with their devices as they want to - they can only do what Apple allows.
What is the case now? Is there any known opion to unlock (root) Huawei devices, or we can consider them in the future as an Apple with an Android?
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texts: Mi4i full partition corrupted. Unable to restore EFS partition

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I have a Mi4i which was rooted and Cyanogen was installed. Suddenly after reboot, the phone stopped booting into the Cyanogen OS.

I tried to flash the Cyanogen again but it did not boot. I flashed the stock ROM, which is MIUI 6 and the phone booted this time. Now I could see that the SIM card was not getting detected. And also IMEI number was showing as invalid.

I then deleted all the partitions and tried to recover the phone by flashing using "MiFlash". This time too the Cyanogen OS didn't boot up. Then I again flashed the stock ROM and this time also MIUI booted up correctly. Still the IMEI was showing as invalid. I don't have any backup of the EFS partition.

I checked the stock ROM flash_all.sh script and could not find any efs partition being written (modemst1, modemst2, fsg). Then from somewhere I got the modemst1, modemst2 and nv_data partition data and I wrote the partitions manually. After writing the EFS partitions Cyanogen booted correctly. But this time the IMEI showed as "012345678901234" and "012345678901235".

As this is a dummy IMEI, the SIM was not getting registered in the network. Tried with QPST RF NV manager tool to write the IMEI which successfully did but with *#06# it still showed Invalid IMEI. Tried with a couple of IMEI flasher and none of them worked.

Also tried to write the IMEI number using AT command (AT+EMGR=1,7,"IMEI1") but the AT command was returning "ERROR"

Please help me to recover my phone. Now I have my phone with MIUI 7 installed and it is working fine except the IMEI issue.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Android phone connects to Airties only when phone or Airties is newly booted

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I just got a new ISP, and they set me up with AirTies as a wireless AP for my network (the actual router is some beast that lives behind a networking panel in my condo).

Problem is whenever I get home from work my phone refuses to connect to the network. It doesn't give an error message anywhere I can see (are their connection logs somewhere?) it looks like it tries to connect once (briefly says "connecting..." and the signal indicator suddenly reduces momentarily, before it returns to the simple non-connected state and the signal indicator is full again), and then it just stops and even though the network is listed with a strong connection in the wifi list it doesn't try to connect to it further. I have tried "forgetting" the network and reconnecting and it still fails in the same fashion (although it does ask for a password).

The REALLY strange thing is if I restart my phone it connects to the network briefly (gets through "connecting...", "authentication", "obtaining ip address...", and some other process that happens too fast), but is disconnected within 5-10 seconds. If I restart the AirTies I can connect to it for a while at least (I haven't tested this for an extended session, but at least an hour or two).

My phone has no issue connecting to another network (E.g., the one I have at work, connects with no issues and without prompting), and none of my other devices (currently only one) have trouble connecting to the wifi.

Any thoughts on how I can further diagnose this issue?

Running a Nexus 5 (2013) with the latest available android OS for it (6.0.1) and security patches.


texts: How do I extract/pull firmware image from Xiaomi Qin 1s+?

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I want to extract/pull firmware image from Xiaomi Qin 1s+.
I searched for all kinds of information on the net and did not find anything that is clear.
How to extract it?


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My s5 allows me to have S-Voice always listening for its hot word. I would rather have Google always listening for its  hot word. I don't see how to do this. Any ideas?
thanks


texts: How to use two whatsapp accounts on one phone

texts: I have a Samsung galaxy Duos and want to use my two whatsapp accounts at the same device. Is it for example possible to run dual two whatsapp client apps on one phone?


texts: Can I use symbol links in Android to move programs onto the SD card when they insist on being on harddrive?

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I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro Mini with Cyanogenmod OS.

One of the most frustrating things about it is that many applications want to be on the phone instead of the SD card, but the phone has very limited memory which is always running out, causing my phone to become slow and unstable.

Meanwhile my SD card is mostly empty.

I realize that under the hood, Cyanogenmod is Android, which in turn in Linux, so I expect (in theory) I should be able to create symbolic links (though I'm hardly a Linux guru).

Is it possible to create symbolic links and move applications and/or their data from the phone to the SD?
What can/should I move?
What would be the risks of moving these?
What should I absolute never move?
What would be the safest method way (either using software or the command line) to move that which can/should be moved?


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I've installed two apps on my Nexus 10 tablet and the characters show up as boxes with x's through them as shown below. i'be contacted the developers of the Rosetta Stone app to no avail.

I'm in android 4.3. any suggestions as to settings or installations that can solve this problem?


texts: can't connect my Android device to the router dwr 712

texts: how can i make my Android IP address static so that I can enable my phone to connect to my router when I enable WI FI MAC address filter


texts: How to stop ads for turning on Google Assistant?

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I'm not sure what's changed but the past week or two I've been getting notification ads for Google assistant every day, very annoying.

They take the format of 'why not call a friend?' 'Want a joke? ' - Turn assistant on! That kind of utterly valueless nonsense.

I believe these come from the Google app, but here's the thing:

1) Google App notifications are OFF
2) I cannot remove or disable the Google App

How do I stop these daily ads I didn't consent to? I've hunted and there is nothing in the settings anywhere allowing this.

Very grateful for help.


texts: Connect to Wifi network even if it doesn't have internet access

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I have a LAN accessible over wifi that I'd like to connect my Android device to, but when I go to Settings->Connections->Wifi and try selecting the network, it doesn't connect.  If I enable internet access on the wifi network it will connect, but then as soon as I disconnect the wifi network from the internet, the phone disconnects from the wifi network.  Is there a way to force the phone to connect to a wifi network, regardless of internet accessibility?

The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S4, with Android 4.3.  Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to have temporary root access on termux or any other terminal without rooting your android phone?

texts: I would like to know whether it is possible to be able to have a temporary root access to an android phone using a Termux or any other terminal in the same way that ubuntu does without rooting your phone.


texts: CyanogenMod 11 nightly on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (gt-p5100)

texts: I'm getting the set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed problem. All over the internet, it says to upgrade CWM to 6.0.4.5 or higher, but I'm using the latest for this device (6.0.2.7) according to the site, how do I get a later version? Or if I can't, how else can I get the latest CyanogenMod on the tablet?


texts: I have installed oxford advanced learner's dictionary ver 9 on bluestacks, but there are font problems

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I have installed Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ver 9 in Bluestacks, but I am having I guess some font issues in the display:

as you can see in the above screenshot taken from Bluestacks running OALD 9, there are some unwanted squares.
I don't have the same problem in my android tablet.
Does anybody know how to solve this?


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How can I remove the Google search bar from the main screen? It's taking up screen space and I'm not using it.
I have a Pixel running 8.1.0.
I found ways to remove it from other models and versions, but not mine.


texts: Is Link2SD completely safe on a rooted device?

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I have a rooted device, and I was wondering:

Is Link2SD app safe to allow root access to? Is it a scam or anything?

Does it work as is says it does and does it actually save the stuff to the SD card?

And can it break or damage my device or apps in any way?


texts: Reverse tethering hangs at netcfg (Cyanogen + Linux)

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I'm trying to set up reverse-tethering from my Linux computer using the steps outlined in this post:

Mathieu Carbou Photography Blog

However, when I get to the last step, "netcfg usb0 dhcp" hangs and/or times out. (It does not return a 'permission denied' error).

I'm running Cyanogenmod on a (rooted) Incredible, so I'm not sure what the problem is.


texts: Can you get MAC drivers for Huawei U8180?

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I have a Huawei U8180 (sometimes called X1).

When I mount the USB I can see the SD card and there is also a tool on the device to install the Windows drivers. But can't seem to find anything for Mac.

Does anyone know if you can get Mac drivers for it so adb commands will run on it?


texts: Xiaomi Mi A1 proximity sensor not working

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I just got a new Mi A1, not even a week old, and in the middle of calls my cheek is turning on the loudspeaker, muting, etc. Clearly the proximity sensor is poorly calibrated/not working.

Is there any easy way to fix this or should I return for a refund?


texts: Gallery is displaying my movie files from the Movies folder

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I usually save movies in the Movies folder of my Galaxy S5 to view them in my VLC app.

Turns out that the movies also appear in the Gallery app. I would really rather have the Gallery app only display images captured by the camera, rather than my movie media files.

Is it possible to limit the Gallery app to simply search the DCIM folder rather than the Movies folder as well? I suspect not - but then, is it possible to isolate my movies so they can only be found by VLC and not Gallery?


texts: Cannot connect android phone to pc on both Windows and linux

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When i connect my android 5.1 phone to pc as mtp device to send and receive files it shows unrecognised device in Windows (tried in win 7and 10) and can not open mtp device on linux (tried in ubuntu 16.04).
I also tried to update mtp drivers on Windows but still it doesn't work.


texts: android - can't send or receive sms with android official sms app

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after i installed custom ROM on my phone(android 4.2.2), i rooted it and uninstalled hangouts(system app).

[i think] hangouts was default sms app
after installing ROM .

now i can't receive  sms with android official sms app.
and when i send sms  , it always stay on sending status.

but i haven't any problem with other sms apps(go sms, hangouts[after reinstall],...)

I'm need to send or receive  sms with android official sms app.any ideas welcome.

P.S:

1.i installed new ROM for my
phone locked on bootloop

2.i not found any difference between old ROM and new ROM.

3.i checked sms center number.


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Somehow, Facebook for HTC Sense has disappear from my HTC Vivid.

In /system/app I've found HtcFacebook which is  com.htc.socialnetwork.facebook. When I try to install it errors with Application not installed.

I've tried to find this package on the Internet to install it, but could't find it anywhere.

How can I get the HTC Facebook back onto the device?


texts: Hacking Inside an Android Phone with PC & USB

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Basicly, I completely smashed my phones screen. I am not really familiar with different screens, but this one is a 'fluid' kind and it blacked out my whole phone screen. I can charge the phone.

My mission here is to connect my phone (Samsung S5 Neo) to my laptop (Windows 7) and try to recover some pictures/files.

The phone is working fine. Just the screen is broken. The problem is that i have forgotten the password to open the lock on my phone and it would be very hard to type it in, since I can't see what I'm doing.

Is it possible to get the pictures/files from my phone without unlocking it?

What else could I do with otherwise functional phone with a broken screen?


texts: How to fix System UI error crash in landscape mode

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I get a pop up "Unfortunately, System ui has stopped" with Report and OK option. It happens whenever I changes my screen orientation to landscape mode.

Everything works fine except I am unable to change screen orientation.

I have Micromax Canvas A1 AQ4502 running stock android 6.0.1.

I have tried updating the android, clearing the cache, and resetting the phone to factory settings but I am still getting the same error.


texts: WiFi says connected without internet, but works fine

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I am connected to a school WiFi network and I am able to access webpages and my apps work fine, but Android says I am connected but have no network. The issue is that Android defaults to mobile data when it claims it isn't connected, which costs me money. I know that I am connected and have internet access, even when mobile data is turned off.

As of now, I have just been turning mobile data off in order to keep Android from defaulting to mobile data on that network.

I'm on a Pixel XL on Android 9.0 pie. The issue has existed since I got the phone (it was on 7.1 Nougat at that time)


texts: Use Tasker to swipe lock the screen for 10 mins then require password thereafter

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i'm looking for a way where i can use the power button to turn off the screen and activate the swipe lock. If the phone is left untouched/unswiped for 10 mins the password lock should come on.

There is one difference between this and similar posts i have seen, my Phone is encrypted so i cannot turn off the password as part of the method of doing this.

At the moment the power button turns off the screen but can be unlocked at the push of any button which often results in unintended phone calls in my pocket, after a certain amount of time left untouched the password lock kicks in.

I've heard an app called Tasker can do something like this, will it also work with encrypted devices?

All i would need it to do is activate a swipe lock on pressing of the power button

Thanks


texts: Chrome browser crashing with many tabs open

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I use a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge  but there was no tag for the "edge" version and I don't have the rep to create it.

I have had between 300-500 tabs open in the Chrome browser for quite a while, and I noticed some behaviors that I'm curious about.

Chrome crashes a lot when switching tabs or closing tabs. In particular:

a) There seems to be no limit on how many new tabs I can open, but it gets slow when the number of tabs is high

b) When closing tabs, I can always close 2 tabs but if I close 3, chrome will crash.
To prevent this from happening, I have to close 2 tabs, then switch one remaining tab into focus and let it load for a few seconds, then go back to the tab overview, close 2 more, switch one into focus, and so on. It always crashes if I close 3 tabs, which makes me wonder if there is a bug in the code for restructuring the tab list/stack/whatever holds them.

c) When switching tabs, I need to be careful not to scroll too far. Meaning it usually works to switch to the nearest +/- 1  or  2 tabs away from the current one. But Chrome will often crash if I scroll further away than that.

At some point, I made the effort to count all the tabs and ended up around 400. That was without switching any tab into focus, so it seems that scrolling far is ok without crashing, as long as I don't switch a far away tab in focus.

d) When it crashes during tab switching, it "forgets" that I had closed some tabs and on the next restart, those tabs are back again. It seems that the tab list/stack is written into storage whenever bringing a tab into focus, why the method in b) of closing max 2 at a time is the only way to reduce the number of tabs. Step by step, but time consuming.

Is this device specific? Does anyone have insights into why it works like this?


texts: I have a ubislate 3g7x. It has processor MT:8312ca and 512mb ram. it gives no reaction to power button. but still whenever i connect it to my pc, COM port is detected. but i dont know what to do here? is it that my tablet is permanently dead?


texts: Why is the NFC in the Galaxy Nexus battery?

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Why is the NFC in the Galaxy Nexus embedded in the battery?

Wouldn't it make more sense to separate the two things? Is there any hardware advantage of being this way?

Disadvantages I can see several, like replacing the battery with another, without NFC...


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Today after i woke up and checked my phone I noticed GPS icon is blinking at the top.
So I turned it off through Location services but after a moment it turned back on again.
And whether I turn it off it gets back on again and again.
That's wired ! No new app has been installed recently no app settings has been changed manually (To use GPS).
How could i find out what app(s) doing this?


texts: Android not updating from 6.0 to 6.0.1 for Moto G 3rd gen

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So...

Moto G3 2015 from UK, purchased as carrier independent
XT1541
Current system version 24.41.33.osprey_retgb.retgb.en.GB retgb

According to the official Moto UK website, Android 6.0.1 was made available to the Moto G3 months ago.

  https://motorola-global-en-uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/110389/p/30,6720,9390

I have been on 6.0 (it's not called 6.0.0) for AGES but there are no notifications to update to 6.0.1.

Tried:

Factory reset
Cleared cache through recovery

Didn't. Help.

When I go to About Phone and check for new OS software, I am being prompted that my software (6.0) is already up-to-date. This is contrary to the Moto UK website.

It doesn't help knowing that all my acquaintances using the G3 had been automatically upgraded to 6.0.1 AGES ago.

How can I upgrade my Moto G3 from 6.0 to 6.0.1?


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Having trouble finding an app that will smoothly play .MKV (matroska video) files. (For those unfamiliar with the format, MKV is commonly used for HD video.)

The popular QQ, Mobo, Mvideo, and MX players result in choppy, un-synced play. These apps do the same on my 2.1 device.
I am using Samsung Galaxy Ace with Android 2.3 and these QQ, Mobo, Mvideo, and MX players are not able to play .mkv file smoothly.


texts: How can I determine what is causing my Nexus 4 to freeze?

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I have a new-ish Nexus 4 with Cataclysm ROM installed (rooted, 4.3).

The device has recently started freezing - being unresponsive to button presses, but with the white LED pulsing. I have to long-press the power button and then press it again to restart.

It used to freeze occasionally - say, once a week - but over the past week or two it has started to freeze every day or at least every other day.

I cannot think of a recently-installed application or setting change that might have triggered this.

I'm wondering if there's a way for me to determine 'when' the device freezes and 'what' it is that's causing it to freeze, ideally so I can determine whether or not it is the ROM or the device at fault. Is there an application that can log device behaviour and be read by a semi-technical user like me?


texts: SIM Card not detected after failed recovery flash

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I recently tried to install CWM on my rooted archos 40 titanium. Unlocking the bootloader using fastboot oem unlock doesn't work, I only got ellipses for a while. So I installed Mobiluncle tools and selected my recovery.img on my sdcard. However after it flashed, it rebooted in recovery, but the recovery doesn't work, it only restart again and again and again.

Fortunately, the device can still start normally, but now my SD Card isn't detected nor is my SIM card. I expected it would come from the bad recovery, so I tried to make a fastboot erase recovery but the bootloader is locked! I tried a simple Factory Reset in the setting it did nothing, it restarted android without wiping it :(

How to solve that? Is the fact that I can't read my SD and SIM due to the fact that the recovery doesn't work?

EDIT:
It seems it's Mobiluncle tools fault since when I closed its process in android settings the SD Card "appears" (but not the SIM card unfortunately)

EDIT 2:

I managed to wipe data partition using a shell, but after reboot the system is very unstable (a lot of apps crashes unfortunately), so I believe it is because I didn't wipe cache. But now I tried to install Framaroot and root but whatever I try any application that requires root says that my phone isn't rooted. How to root please

EDIT3:

using adb shell then su:

shell@android:/ $ su
su
DIE: file credentials different than expected
1|shell@android:/ $

EDIT:

Root now works

EDIT:

I tried, in factory mode, going in individual tests part and then SIM, nothing showed and in Memory Card test it says (*means x chinese characters)

eMMC FAT ***:
******:  (null)
******: **
******: 1266 MB
******: 0 x 4581

SD* 2 :
******: ****
******: 15185 MB
******:  5629 MB
******: 0 x 12675


texts: Does wireless charging work in Cyanogenmod 12?

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I'm curious if anyone has successfully tested wireless charging. I was thinking about getting the back cover for my S5 and a wireless pad, but don't want to invest if it doesn't work.

Thanks!


texts: How to Check Android Phone’s Processor (ARM, ARM64, or x86)?

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Knowing which processor you have is very important to make sure you are downloading the right files. One app, nowadays, has multiple versions for multiple processors so that it runs smoothly on each and every phone available. If you only install apps from the Google play store then knowing which CPU architecture your phone has is not necessary, but if you sideload apps then this information is required as CPU architecture is becoming a factor in more and more scenarios these days, including certain sideloaded app updates and, of course, custom ROMs and Gapps.

As of now, there are three main CPU architectures used in Android smartphones

ARM: ARMv7 or armeabi
ARM64: AArch64 or arm64
x86: x86 or x86abi

There are a couple of 3rd party apps to find CPU architecture found from this article

Inware
Droid Hardware Info
My Device – Device info

My question is that can't we find the CPU architecture of the android phone without installing any apps.

For Android 9+

The device I'm Using Poco X2


texts: Android 6.0 Do-not-Disturb: how to go to vibrate only in certain hours?

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I'm trying to familarize myself with my newest Nexus 6p, which runs Android 6.0.1 now.

Do I understand correctly, that currently Do-not-Disturb cannot manipulate calls and notifications volume so that I could set it to go to "Vibrate only" during hours I am in the office?

If not, what is the appropriate method to achieve this? External app only?

ADDED 13.05.2016
I solved the problem via Tasker.


texts: How do I recover lost data on a damaged SD card that was encrypted by my tablet?

texts: I encrypted my 64 GB SD card using my Samsung Galaxy tab 3. I don't know what happened to my SD card but when I turn on the tablet, instead of allowing me to use the card, I get the following messages...  >preparing SD card - checking for errors  >SD card encryption - encrypting SD card  >SD card safe to remove - you can safely remove SD card. Any idea what"s wrong and how to fix?


texts:
Moto G, Android 4.4.4

What are folders MBSTGO & MBSTPH?

Which app creates them? Can I safely delete them?


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I recently updated android version to 4.4.2 on my Nexus 4. After this update my apps like "watsapp", "LINE", "VIBER" are having connectivity issue when connecting through WiFi, But I could open the browser and could access the web pages. I didn't have this issue with the previous android version.
Can anyone suggest how to resolve this issue.


texts: How do I copy the entire system root to an SD Card or USB Flash Drive?

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I am trying to make a direct 1:1 clone of my Android 9 system. I have the device rooted and I am running 'Terminal Emulator' as super user. Now, if I am in the root directory (IE: ":/ #") and I feed it a "cp" command like this "cp / /storage/external_sd" I get an error saying "skipped dir 'storage/external_sd//' Cross Device link".

Note, I cannot use 'ADB' because my Android device is a USB host only and I'd need to reverse engineer the circuit board to find the solder points to allow me to connect as a client so I'm trying to do it via the software on the device itself.

Reason I am trying to clone the system is because I am trying to find a particular splash logo which comes up when the device has power, but I'll need to reverse the files once I have them dumped to see which one contains it exactly.

Thanks.


texts: Jelly Bean IMAP, Couldn't open connection to server

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Well, finally got my Nexus 7. Set up all the basics and hit a pretty big roadblock, the email account setup for IMAP simply won't work.

Just to clarify, I'm absolutely certain all the details I've put in are 100% correct, I've double-, triple-, quadruple- and so on-checked them. They are exactly the same as the settings I use on my iPhone, in Mail.app on my Mac and in Thunderbird on my laptop. All three of these devices are on the same network behind the same FreeBSD machine that does packet filtering, they are all on the same subnet and subject to the same packet filtering rules.

The IMAP(S) server is my own running on a Debian VPS and here's the kicker, when I check the logs all the other clients' connections are clearly visible but no connections from the Nexus 7 show up. The Nexus 7 has shown no other signs of network issues but whenever I try to setup an IMAP account I get Couldn't open connection to serverthrown back at me immediately (no delay indicating some kind of timeout, immediate, right away, BAM!).

So, does anyone have suggestions on how I can fix this? I've tried googling but every forum post and blog post I've come across has been so obviously about other things (most of them along the lines of "I'm trying to my email what is server?" which means the answers aren't very helpful).

Edit: I've also tried a complete factory reset but I'm still getting the same error.

Edit2: I am able to telnet from the tablet to the IMAP server and when I do so everything that should get logged in /var/log/mail.log on the server gets logged there but when I attempt to setup an account in the settings and click Next I still don't see anything in the logs. I'm starting to have suspicions that this is either something strangely broken in the the IMAP client libraries or some kind of IPv6-related screwup (since the server is accessible through both IPv4 and IPv6).


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First of I already done my research about how to root without TWRP/Custom Recovery since my phone brand is new which is RAVOZ.

Now i finally found a solution which is to root without TWRP/CR but there is a problem.

On MAGISK you can root your phone without it, but it needs a ‘Stock boot image‘ but i can't find it anywhere on website. Please somebody help me to root my phone.

Phone Model: RAVOZ Z8
Android Ver: 9


texts: If using dual sim on Huawei P20 Pro would changing sims show in either Google Activity or Huawei Data Download

texts: I have a Huawei P20 Pro with dual sim capability. If I used (signed into) the second sim with another Google account, would My Google Activity on the Google account of the first sim show the switch, backwards and forwards, between the two sims? OR if not.. Would the switch be shown on the Huawei download data for my phone, if at all?


texts: How to tell which Xposed modules will break OTA updates?

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I have Xiaomi MiA1 which being an Android one device gets monthly security updates

One can root it with Magisk and install systemless Xposed 1 . So far, good. My problem is with Xposed modules and not the framework since it's systemless.

Some modules likes adaway write to the hosts files in /system , so that will break OTA. Quoting from Magisk on Github

  NOTE: In order to apply OTAs, you HAVE to make sure you haven't modified /system (and /vendor if available) in anyway, even remounting the partition to rw will tamper block verification!!

How do I tell which Xposed modules will break OTA? 2

I am pretty confused

1 Magisk with it's modules passes CTS checks and with Xposed fails as is documented. So I plan to disable Xposed before updating to pass CTS and get OTA. There are ways of doing this and yet get OTA which I intend to try

2 Asking on their module threads doesn't seem to help  . If it matters, Gravity Box, Xprivacy Lua, Greenify, No Lock Home, Amplify are the ones I am currently interested in


texts:
I bootlooped my tab and forgot to turn on debugging option. I used framaroot for rooting. Only way to make my tab go back to normal is by factory resetting through recovery mode, but my Power button isn't working.

I have an HKC Q79 tablet (in the box it says the model is an H8 but its actually a Q79) any idea how to bring it back to normal?


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How do I make the facebook app "forget" my e-mail address? It's driving me insane... Since I'm a little paranoid, it seems that if I lose my phone, all anyone has to do is to enter my password into my "undeleteable" facebook app e-mail login address.

So, am I clear enough? I've tried clearing the data, clearing the cache, but EVERYTIME I open the facebook APP, THERE'S MY FREAKIN' E-MAIL ADDRESS!!!


texts: Can downloaded Android emails be backed up?

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Helpfully the nice chaps at TalkTalk accidentally deleted my mailbox. They are in process of trying to recover it but is not looking promising.

I have a snapshot of some of the emails downloaded to my android phone using the standard email app and was wondering if anyone knows of a way to backup or archive these so if I were to update my phone I wouldn't lose them and could still access them moving forward.

I have looked into several email backup apps but they all seem to require a connection to my mailbox which is not currently possible. Presumably the downloaded emails must be stored somewhere on my phone to access and backup. Rooting confuses me slightly but assume this may be the only option if someone could guide me through this or advise an easier way that would be great!

Many thanks in advance.
Shaun


texts: Why does the Yahoo Mail application for Android only show message snippets in search results?

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When I do a search in the Yahoo Mail application and then open one of the search results, instead of seeing the entire message I only see a message snippet.

Is there a way to view the entire original email message?


texts: signing in youtube without other google service

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I have android tv box and wants to access my youtube subscription.
is there any way to just login youtube without the rest of google service? I dont want to see email pop up when watching videos... of cos, i wont want to have hangout chat on my tv.. etc


texts: Is there any Arabic Froyo rom for I5503 (Galaxy 5)?


texts: how to clear RAM on the click on a button?

texts: I need some help regarding the performance of my phone. I have to clear RAM every time to free some space through the task manager. Can anybody please help me clearing RAM on the click of a button?


texts: Where to get OpenSSL binary for Android?

texts:
I have a Nexus 10 (unlocked & rooted) and I wanted to get the openssl binary on there so I can verify HTTPS certificates:

$ openssl s_client -connect <IPADDRESS>

However, no matter what I do I can't find a simple way of getting OpenSSL on Android so I can run the command above. I found something about 'opkg' but I couldn't get this process working. It was also incredibly complex. There is also an app called "Botbrew", but this project seems dead and doesn't work.

Anyone know how to get OpenSSL binary on my Nexus 10? At the very least, how can I view the certificate chain that Google uses when negotiating SSL handshake for the Gmail app (this is ultimately my goal)?

Thanks.


texts: How can I make a message appears on my PC when my phone is ringing?

texts:
When I'm at work, I usually have a headset on my head and I am listening to music. My phone is always on vibrate to respect co-workers.  However, I don't keep the phone in my pocket because of its size, so I don't feel it vibrating.  I miss a lot of calls.

I was wondering if it's possible to forward "phone is ringing" notifications to the PC, ideally via a Bluetooth connection.  I would not mind installing a 3rd-party app on the phone or software on the PC.


texts: RAZR cuts off call ring after half a second

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My Droid RAZR (original model, 18 mos. old), seems to have an issue where when a call comes in it will start to play the ring tone but then the sound shuts off after half a second. The call is still there, but unless I feel the single vibration in my pocket (I have it set to vibrate and ring), I don't know to answer it.

This totally blows.

Is there any way I can force this phone to ring a certain number of times?


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Can anyone suggest a suitable way to limit internet bandwidth? I am using 3G mobile data.

I know how to limit the maximum data usage but I need to control the bandwidth so that my mobile data allotment doesn't get consumed too quickly.

What I'd like is a way to control the following situations:

Sometimes we don't need the whole body of an webpage, hence it is desired that we can stop loading the page further when we wish. But on a high speed  connection you cannot stop loading the page before it gets fully loaded.
Some websites with embedded do not have an option to stop loading the video, hence sometimes leave me no option but to close the tab to limit data-consumption.


texts: How To Install New Android Apps without Uninstalling Other Installed Apps?

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I'm using Android 8.1.0 on my latest Huawei smartphone.
I'm constantly using several apps at a time & installing new ones as required..
but this problem (a sort of nuisance) is that I need to uninstall older installed apps just to download the new one.
Is there any solution to fix that?
2nd problem I face, an app(of say 5 mb) requires up to 180mb space to be installed & that much amount of apps(& their spaces) needs to be emptied.
Is there any solution to fix that even?


texts: Is it possible to display incoming calls groupped by caller?

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In  "all calls" i have something like this:

 John Doe 14:32
 Peter 14:30
 John Doe 14:25
 Peter 14:10

On another android device with same version i would have:

John Doe (2) 14:32
Peter (2) 14:30

Which is much, much better. But i could't figure out how to change that.

Model number: Lenovo K910
Android version: 4.2.2


texts: Recovery Mode does not find internal nor external storage

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Before I had CyanogenMod 9 on my Samsung Galaxy S i9000. Then, suddenly it did not boot anymore and I could not boot into recovery mode neither.

So I flashed different kernels with Odin (speedmod, vodoo) to be able to boot into recovery mode - which worked.

Within the recovery mode (ClockworkMod Recovery v5) I can not access neither my internal storage nor my external SD card.
I just see: unknown volume for path [/cache...]

Also tried the vodoo Kernel with ext4 support (as I assumed CM 9 uses ext4).

Which steeps are necessary to get the phone working again? I can not access any storage at all...

I appreciate your help!


texts:
I noticed today that my Samsung Galaxy S4 with CM13 (unofficial Kyasu's ROM) called two my contacts itself; those contacts were those which I keep in my blacklist; which was also why I had react to the incident.
I have a passlock in my phone so calling itself is not possible without a break into my system.
This implies me that my ROM was cracked, and used for own targets.
This is the second time, I notice that my phone calls itself; first time, it called my favorite contact one week ago; in the other end, my friend heard only machine/random noise.
Therefore, I would like to add additional measures to control the security/privacy of my phone.

How can you prevent your phone calling itself?


texts: How to change the look of OK and Cancel Buttons

texts:
I know I can change the look of some elements using a different launcher,
But how do I change how the OK or Cancel buttons look?


texts: How to have phone prioritize encrypted Wi-Fi hotspots?

texts: I have a Wi-Fi solution similar to FON which has an encrypted private home Wi-Fi hotspot and a guest network which is unencrypted and requires one to log in once a day. My problem (or rather, annoyance) is that the phone seems to prefer the unencrypted guest network. I have it enabled because I can use other people's guest networks when I'm roaming about in the city. It would make sense that between an encrypted and unencrypted hotspot, it would be wise to prefer the encrypted one, regardless of signal strength. Is there any way to resolve this?


texts: Xiaomi android always boot in recovery (twrp) mode

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I tried to install twrp in my xiaomi redmi 7A, and it worked, but now i'm not able to boot the system.
The steps i followed are as follows:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot boot recovery.img

It seems like i have to flash the firmware, but i want to see another solutions for obvious reasons.


texts: I want to restore my contacts from a broken and black screen android device

texts:
I have a Samsung galaxy s5. Its screen has gotten smashed and now it displays nothing (black).
I can turn on the phone, and also I can enter recovery mode (by pressing home+power+volume up).
I have ADB installed on my laptop. But ADB can not access my phone and it shows it is unauthorized after typing adb devices, because it needs debugging mode to be enabled on the phone and I can not do that because the screen is smashed and black.
I have read that after entering recovery mode in your phone you can access it with ADB without USB debugging being enabled. So I entered recovery mode in my S5 then I connected it to my laptop, in my laptop I typed adb devices but nothing was shown. Does somebody know how to do it?
Is there any better solution?


texts: How do you recover a hard-bricked Nexus 7 2012?

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I had a lollipop rom Nexus 7(2012), and I wanted to change it to Android Kitkat, as a personal like for it. I did as told in Google Developers page for Android Firmware for Nexus devices. When the process was halfway through, suddenly my computer shut down due to power failure(UPS Problem). And I cannot get it to go into fastboot, bootloader, recovery, download mode or whatever mode it is. Even charging symbol does not appear when I plug it in.

But it gets detected by the PC when I connect it. See the below picture:

Does this have any way to un-brick it? If not by software, should we change the hardware like motherboard so that it could be fixed?


texts: WhatsApp : Stop auto download of voice messages

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I need to stop auto downloading of voice messages in WhatsApp since it's wasting a lot of my mobile data.

When I go to Settings > Chat Settings > Media Auto Download, it shows a note Voice messages are always downloaded automatically for the best communication experience.

Is there any other way to disable this feature?


texts: ADB detects but, fastboot does not detect device in windows 10

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I am trying to root my phone. I have flashed TWRP recovery from here using Odin. I have installed Android Studio for Android SDK. The command adb devices shows the device connected but fastboot devices just gives me a blank. I have searched for solutions but most of them suggested to install drivers. I have installed the drivers suggested whenever applicable but, the result did not change. I have this issue too, when I select Apply update from SD card in custom recovery I get the following error

  E:failed to mount /sdcard (No such file or directory)

The solution suggested in many sites to side step the above error was to use adb and fastboot. Please help me solve this issue.

My Phone Info:

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Android 6.0.1
SM-925T
G925TUVU4EPF1


texts: My locations on my google timeline are showing places i never been,and now my bf thinks im cheating

texts: My bf went on my locations timeline and its showing I been to places when I never left the house and it says i drove this long and how long it took and shows a map of the streets I took but I never left the house and they are all in different cities. How is this possible also my ex and I had our emails hooked up so I thought that could be a reason but then seeing it was my house as the start location or the end kocationt I was so confused because once again I never left the house to go anywhere. Someone please help Im sick and tired of telling him I went nowhere.


texts: Folder "mtklog" on SDcard keeps getting full

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I have a Jiayu G3S android phone.
Its system is a rooted Android version 4.2.1.

I've noticed that a folder called "mtklog" on my SDCARD was getting full with files (log files, I guess) until there was no empty space left.

So I learned on the internet that there is a "MtkLogger" app. This app is accessible via the "Engineer mode" (or some MobileUncleTools app of sorts).
The solution found on internet was to check the "/etc/mtklog-config.prop" file on my cellphone.
I looked into it, and indeed it exists on my phone. It contains some tags like mobile.log.enabled=false.

The solution guided to set all to false. Much to my surprise, all of them were already set to false.
All the logs were disabled already.
(Another kind of line referred to was max log size=300, and I've already changed it to 0 and 1 with no effect)

After lots of tests and research, I opened the MTKLogger app, which I had never done before. I had never seen the app screen. It allows to log events of 3 types (network, disk and cpu).

Ever since, this app opens on startup with all logging options set to on. It even started appearing on running process accused by the terminal.

Now, when that happens, I open the app via the notification, and use the options to STOP all logs and Delete all logs.

But when that happens (That is, the MTKLOGGER is logging and showing me it is logging), the log files go to "SDCARD/mtklog/mdlog" or "SDCARD/mtklog/netlog". These folders refers to the different log types I mentioned earlier.

What is strange is that none of these is the folder that originally bothered me. (i.e. "sdcard/mtklog/aee_exp")
And this folder keeps getting filled even with mtklogger not logging anything.
So now I have 2 problems: 1) MtkLogger keeps opening by himself, showing on the notification bar, with all logs enabled.
2) I still haven't found out the cause for the aeeexp folder to get filled. My guess is that another app is using it.

I have a Terminal Emulator app (with busybox commands installed).

Here's what I've already tried:

I've tried to create a file with the same name of the folder, so whatever is trying to write there, won't be able to. With that, all the logs went directly to internal storage. (Didn't work well and I gave up on this approach)
When I cleaned the internal storage, I cleared some *.zip files with random numbers as name.
I've tried to delete "/system/app/mtklogger.apk" and all the mtklog files that appeared as a find result on terminal.
I've tried to check running processes on terminal but no logging one appeared to me.
(The only one is Mtklogger, with started to run only after I opened it for the first time)
Is there a way to check what app/process is writing on that folder?
How can I  really unninstall the mtlogger app once and for all? What files should I delete? It has no option on
How can I investigate further on this?

I'm sorry for the long text and story-like question, I just couldn't sort clearly what informations would be useful or not.


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I have a tablet and an older smartphone that I wish to use as a mini-tablet.  while the tablet does have Play functioning I cannot log in to google account for other purposes. It just says cannot connect to server.  WiFi is fine. Can surf web etc. no problem.

On the smart phone I cannot even log in to my Play account with the app. Same error but nothing seems wrong, just won't let me log in to install apps. Cannot connect to google account either.  This is a Chinese smart phone not being used for data/phone, just as a tablet.


texts: Getting confused by rooting and enabling wifi tethering

texts:
I'm trying to activate wifi tethering on my (verizon) Samsung Galaxy S4 mini through rooting. I'm getting a bit confused by the myriad ways to do this that I'm reading about on the web.

Could somebody help clarify the choices for me?

Here are some of my specific questions:

1) To the best of my understanding the process of enabling the wifi tethering begins with rooting your phone then enabling the "Mobile Hotspot" setting (under "Settings>Connections>More networks>Wireless and networks"). Then just installing a tethering app e.g. FoxFi, PdaNet, 1-Click-Tether etc, etc. Is this correct?

2) Is that all there is to it or is there more. For example, I've encountered a lot of posts talking about needing to flash a custom ROM for this. I understood that the purpose is so that you don't mess with your stock ROM so that you don't void the phone's warranty. But to flash a new ROM don't you also need to root your phone thus mess with your stock ROM?

Thanks much for any help.


texts: Google Account activation: What should I consider concerning privacy?

texts:
In order to be able to use google-play-store, I will need a Google Account, and activate this on my Android device. Does this give Google access to all my private data? Is there anything I can to to protect my privacy, and still use Google services?

Background: Not only recently, I've read a lot about Google collecting everything they can get hold of. While there are terms of service, it's not entirely clear to me where my data will end up. It's also reported that their latest changes weaken users' privacy, and that they are going to use my name and profile to sell ads to others. To me, this looks like really worrisome development on a system I originally thought to be "open".


texts: Exchange Email Notification doesn't clear

texts:
I have a couple Google Mail (apps and gmail) accounts linked to my phone. If I get email the phone notifies me. If I read the email on a PC, the notification goes away. I like that.

I also am using the "Email" app with an Exchange server for my day job. If I get email the phone notifies me. However, if I read the email on PC (outlook or outlook web access) the notification never clears. So, I see the notification on the phone, tap through and... find nothing new.

Is there a setting that I'm missing?

[edit] running 2.1, if that matters.

[edit] Feb 1, 2011. This is still an issue since the Android 2.2 update as well


texts: CM12 Nexus 4 (Mako) GAPPS failing to flash, error: Status 7

texts: I'm using a rooted, unlocked Nexus 4 with TWRP. I succesfully flashed CM12 but whenever I try to flash GAPPS it fails with error code: Status 7. Which GAPPS.zip should I be using for a Lollipop Nexus 4 CM12?


texts:
I have the habit of leaving my phone in charge all night while I'm sleeping, but I've read that this is going to make the battery last less time.
Would it be possible to automatically stop charging the battery when it reaches 100%?
I have a Samsung Galaxy A3 with Android Kitkat.


texts: Is there anything like live CD for android phones?

texts:
We can go into recovery mode in android phones, which is usually home+volume up+power for samsung phones

This answer says that the recovery mode is like a simple OS that the device boots into. This OS then is not restricted by protections and folder permissions implemented by android, so it can see root folders and write to it if needed. I have also once seen (not sure of all the steps I did but I remember doing it) that a zip file in the sdcard root can be used to temporarily change this recovery screen software to something else (I think it was CWM recovery zip file, but it was the type where once you restarted the phone and went to recovery mode again, you would have to run the zip file again to get back to CWN recovery screen. There was a way to permanently replace the recovery screen with a CWM recovery but I didn't try it)

If that is the case, is there anything like a live CD for android? preferably also with a touch screen gui, and able to install and run apps from the phone's internal memory or sdcard? Has this been done or is it technically unfeasible? Would it have to be separately made for different phones?


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I am using Ubuntu at the moment, and cannot get my company's VPN to work reliably using openconnect. I can, however, connect via the Pulse Connect Android app.

Clearly, I could then tether my laptop to my phone. I'm not interested in adding tethering to my phone plan.

I really only need to use this setup over WiFi (no need to use cellular data or involve the phone company).

I imagine there is some way to route my laptop's connection to the VPN via my phone without using cellular data.

When I disable cellular data and enable USB tethering in settings, the modal hangs, presumably because it is trying to check with the phone company over their network for "permission".

Thanks in advance for any help!


texts: Can I use the Nexus-S GPS as an external GPS for another device (via Bluetooth)?

texts: Is it possible to use the Nexus-S GPS as an external GPS for another device (via Bluetooth) ?


texts:
I see no generic option to cast in either my pull down tray or in settings > connected devices, as no screen share available.
Is my only option to download an app from Google play?


texts: How can I monitor the device battery consumption?

texts: I need information about which applications or hardware features discharge the battery. Built-in Android option for this doesn't fit because not all devices have it. Also it would be a great advantage if the solution would send statistics via email.


texts: How do I see my sent SMS messages? I can search my text messages, but it's not obvious how to simply see a list of my sent messages ordered by time.


texts: How can I change the Icon of a Shortcut on my Home Screen?

texts: I have a couple direct dial to landline shortcuts that I use at work regularly.  There are no avatars associated with those contacts and the Homescreen icon just shows a generic Android Avatar so they are indistinguishable.  I have a couple other contacts whose avatars are still indistinguishable because they are so small.  I'd like to be able to set a shortcut icon instead of having to mess with making custom avatars.  Any apps to do this?


texts:
Is there any way to install the Motorola USB drivers on Windows 8? I downloaded MotoHelper, but it won't install, saying that the OS Version is unknown. Is there some other way to get ADB to see my Droid X, or can I somehow extract the drivers from the installer?

I am not worried about stability - just playing around with the OS for now. Unfortunately, not being able to do Android development is making it less than fun.


texts: Good Day to all I need help, after flashing the stock room of Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7582 my phone turn to black screen help please how to fix this ...???


texts: External keyboard behaviour: "I replaced by Ï and so on

texts:
When trying to write using an external (USB) keyboard, any combination of [(speech marks)(letter)] results in conversion of the character pair to the umlaut version, if it exists (if there is no version, nothing happens). Same issue happens when trying to use a Bluetooth keyboard. Turning off auto-punctuate/correct makes no difference. This issue doe not exist when using the onscreen keyboard.

This appears to be global; anywhere I type that kind of thing I get that behavior.

Device: Samsung Galaxy Note II running 4.1.2, not rooted.

I have done some searching, but have not found this issue mentioned so far anywhere, any ideas?


texts: Wrong language in a new Chrome private window and in integrated data

texts:
I have a problem with my Motorola G1 smartphone. Recently, I did a factory reset and since then I have a problem with the language. My phone is set in English and I live in the Netherlands, but when I search something using the search bar in Chrome in a private window, Google is set to French. This is weird, since I do not have anything in French: not the language of my smartphone, nor the keyboard, nor my IP. And when I search, Google is set to google.nl, so the IP localization is right, but there is something wrong with the language, that is set to French. You can see this in the first picture.
I noticed that I have the same problem when I have "integrated data" (I don't know if there is a better expression for this), for instance when a website reports an Instagram or Twitter post. An example is in the second picture. There you can see an Italian website, with my phone set in English and with a Dutch IP, however, you can see that the Instagram post reported in the website is in French.

I have really no idea how to fix this. I checked in Google settings, I changed the search language in Chrome to English, but every time I open a private window I see the results in French. Any clue on how to fix this?


texts: Android phone cannot connect to internet via wireless, other devices can

texts:
I recently installed a new cable modem.  After getting everything up & running, I can connect to the wireless router, and then to the internet, through laptops, desktops, and a Roku device, but I cannot access via my Android phone.  It connects to the router, but cannot get to the outside world.  If I turn off the wifi, then I can connect via my data plan, but I cannot connect via wifi.

Some details:

The phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3, and the Android OS is 4.1.2
I use Comcast for cable internet.
The (old and unchanged) wireless router is a Netgear device.  (I am not sure the model number, but I can get it if that seems pertinent.)
The new cable modem is also Netgear.  It's model CMD31T and it is DOCSIS 3.0, while the old modem was quite old and I have no idea what it's level of throughput.
I changed to the new modem because the old one was becoming "spotty" -- it would occasionally lose signal.  The new modem has so far been consistently on, and with strong signal... it's just that the phone cannot connect to it.


texts:
I got an issue with GPS on my Sony Xperia M phone with Android 4.3, which seems to work but only intermittently. When it works the lock is acquired quickly, but sometimes it seems that sattelite searching is not even initiated.

the phone is searching for sattelites / the searching doesn't seems to be initiated (click images to enlarge)

For example, above screenshots show how it looks when the phone is searching for sattelites (left), and when the searching doesn't seems to be initiated (right; notice the missing indicators from upper-left). If in the first case the lock is acquired quickly, in the second case the lock is not acquired until the GPS indicator appears on screen (sometime after minutes of waiting).

Did anybody noticed this issue? Rebooting the phone helps, but only for a while.


texts: Bricked Oneplus Two and can't access files in computer

texts: I have a Oneplus two. I tried rooting it, and badly failed. The device boots up but doesn't go past logo screen. Which says "Powered by Android" along with Oneplus logo. I would be able to fix it myself by accessing the internal storage and factory resetting it. However, my computer doesn't recognise the device as plugged in. The device does charge when I plug it in however. I tried installing drivers and that didn't help. When I was trying to root it, I did have USB debugging enabled to transfer files but now it doesn't have an effect. My query is how do I fix this problem? I tried to take it to a repair shop and they said the LCD is broken? But my screen is fine? PLEASE help me, I don't want to have to buy another phone.


texts: Low battery temp and wont charge galaxy note 5 after phone got wet

texts: The top of my Note 5 was wet, I dried it off and placed the phone in rice. 2 days later it began working again, 2 days after that I received the error msg that charging is paused due to battery temp too low. What can I do?


texts: SMS messages disappear right after being received

texts: I have LG Optimus one with android 2.3. I get text messages (SMS) and notification appears in the notification bar. But I can't find them (messages) in the "messages" app. They simply disappear!


texts: Application reloads from the launch activity when icon clicked in some devices?

texts:
Our application relaunches from the launch activity on some devices when the icon is clicked in the launcher, while on others it resumes its current state when clicked in launcher.  The application uniformly resumes its current state when resumed from the application history.

The behavior is different even in different phones that are the same running the same OS i.e. two Galaxy Note 2's both running 4.1.2.


texts: Does Verizon Prepaid Mobile Broadband work on Android PHONES?

texts:
According to this page:

  Prepaid Mobile Broadband usage is not
  available on any PC cards. Only
  available on Express-Cards, USB
  modems, Intelligent Mobile Hotspots
  and Mobile Broadband Built-In on
  select notebooks/netbooks.

Note how cell phones are missing from that list. Does this mean that Android phones are excluded from Verizon's Prepaid Mobile Broadband?


texts: Getting unwanted message "There are trespassing signs. Check it in Observer Settings screen."

texts:
There are trespassing signs. Check it in Observer Settings screen.

I am getting the above message whenever I open a new app on my Android 4.1.2 Samsung Galaxy Grand DUOS. This has started suddenly when my child was just playing a simple ABC kind of rhymes.
Following things have been tried by me, in the given order, but without success:

Check out which was the last 3-apps installed and uninstalled them
Cleared App-cache
Did a restart

Any pointers or solution is welcome.


texts: This is a minor niggle, but I am sure that OK Google used to let me say 'cancel' to cancel it; now, it's doing a Google search for 'cancel'!  Is there a way I can get it to actually cancel instead?


texts: How can I restore a local backup of WhatsApp to a specific data profile created using Titanium backup app?

texts: In Titanium Backup app I have multiple data profiles for WhatsApp. I am using WhatsApp in 1st data profile and I need to restore a local backup of another WhatsApp number to 2nd data profile. How can I do it without uploading it to Google drive ? Where are the data of apps stored for each Titanium Backup profile ?


texts: I was just normally using my S4 when it restarted, and when it turned back on, it said Android is upgrading. The last time I saw this, I was notified of a software update, and I manually clicked install, IIRC. This time, it was sudden and unprecedented. I think this is a virus, though I don't know how I got it.


texts: How to get more information about Android random restarts

texts: Android randomly restarts - where would I find an error log or some other way of enabling information gathering from this process? I want to attempt to troubleshoot this.


texts: Connect android phones through adhoc wifi network

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I want to connect my android phones (two Galaxy s2 and two nexus1 phones) in adhoc mode through wifi connection. Something like peer to peer network so that I can transfer messages with mobiles in my adhoc through wi-fi connection.

Does android support creating an adhoc connection?


texts: notification alert without unlocking screen on Lollipop

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Before my phone got upgraded to lollipop, I was able see that I had a missed call,SMS text, other app notification without having to unlock my screen.

Now I have to unlock my screen just to see if I have any notifications, how do I bring back the old ways?


texts: No wifi after changing provider / sim card

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Last Monday I changed provider and got a new simcard. I can use the phone and send SMS/text messages. Internet didn't work anymore. Wifi didn't work anymore. Both have not worked since. I do see the 3G or GPRS icon in the statusbar. I see the Wifi icon, and it's connected to the right network. I've tried this on several locations.

The provider says they have a problem since Tuesday (not Monday), so 3G does not work. What baffles me is that wifi doesn't work anymore.

Last weekend I've tried to get a paid proxy service working on my laptop, which didn't work for some reason. I installed OpenVPN on my phone. I didn't configure the proxy service on the phone however. I removed OpenVPN yesterday to be sure. I have used internet on the phone since installing OpenVPN, so I guess that can't be the problem.

On Twitter I read about someone using the same network who could still use Whatsapp, so I tried that, and then saw a popup "unable to resolve host ota.avatarrom.com" (or something like that - it disappeared too soon). I've installed Avatarrom several months ago, and although I have problems with it (Settings crashes on and on), it works reasonably. Whatsapp couldn't connect by the way. The phone: Samsung Galaxy S2.

The provider can't tell when their problems are over. I'm curious if that will solve anything, we'll see.

Can you explain this? What can I do to get Wifi working again?


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When I click on Gmail app, it takes me directly to my inbox. I cannot get out of it. I also cannot find my contacts, or the sign-in or sign-out page. I tried to uninstall it, but it would not let me.

Can you help me?


texts: Where does the movie downloaded from "Play Movies & TV" get stored in external SD card?

texts: I recently bought and downloaded a movie from "Play Movies & TV" application. It is not automatically detected by any other video player. So, where does the movie downloaded from "Play Movies & TV" get stored in external SD card?


texts: what is the path the file system location where SMS messages stored?

texts: Where in the file system are SMS messages stored? plese list the path


texts: Can I mod my phone with bootloader locked?

texts: I have a Motorola Defy ('jordan') that I have just recently rooted. I would like to add a mod to it though as it is running on Android froyo still but my bootloader is locked so i'm not very sure how to go about this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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I was pretty excited to hear Android 4.2 brings lock screen widgets. But after updating my Nexus 7 tablet, I'm not able to do that: I just have a clock widget that I can remove (it reappears after sleep/wake), but I can't add any widgets in any way. At first I was able to swipe right and I got a "+" where I presumably could add them, but now that's gone.

Could it be because I have a corporate (i.e. exchange) account configured and because that forces me to have a password? Or is it some glitch? I have tried rebooting it.


texts: My Galaxy Nexus can't connect to unsecured web using wi-fi at home

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My Samsung Galaxy Nexus can't connect to unsecured web using wi-fi at home.

I have to edit the url with https:// to load the webpage. Some pages work but most of them just won't load.


texts: Memory is filled with nothing (dumpstate/logcat?)

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I have a Nexus 5 that says that I don't have enough space on the phone. I have checked the storage settings (see screenshots) and it is missing half of the space.

I have searched and people recommend deleting dumpstate/logcat with *#9900# command, but when I enter the command nothing happen.

Any ideas?

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texts: Authorize ADB connection from another connection

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Let's say that I have access to the phone via serial port (edit: FTDI USB Serial Device converter). I want to install apk, so I need to have working adb connection. But I don't have an access to the touchscreen, to accept authorization dialog. Phone is also connected to the same WiFi networks as my computer. Is there a command in phone shell to accept incomming adb connection?
--edit--
It looks like I don't have enable "Developer options", and what is worse there is no possibilities to activate. Is this blocker issue for authorizae adb connection?
--edit2--
After @Rober suggestions from comments, I have issued activity manager from shell to show developer options am start -a com.android.settings.APPLICATION_DEVELOPMENT_SETTINGS, but I'm getting message that it is not available: Error: Activity not started, unable to resolve Intent


texts: Android (Galaxy S8) not showing Bluetooth "Available Devices" screen

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My Galaxy S8 is no longer showing "Available Devices" screen when I enable Bluetooth. I used to be able to see a list of available devices when I enabled Bluetooth.

Can this be fixed? Thanks in advance.

https://www.techjunkie.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-and-galaxy-s8-bluetooth-pairing-mode/


texts: Is PNC Bank's Virtual Wallet accessible from Android?

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I am a college student in need of a new bank account. PNC Bank's Virtual Wallet service really appeals to me, except I have one unanswered question: Will I be able to keep an eye on it from my Android phone?

Virtually every major bank appears to offer some sort of free downloadable app for Android, but I read comments that the standard PNC Bank app does not work well with, specifically, a Virtual Wallet account, due to it's three-fold Checking-Reserve-Savings system. Nowhere on PNC's website do they clarify this issue.

Seemingly in response to this issue, PNC Bank has published an app specifically for Virtual Wallet customers, but this app appears to be available only on the iPhone, not for Android.

Since a real app does not seem to exist, one might wonder whether the Virtual Wallet website is well-behaved in the standard Android mobile browser, and how much functionality I might be able to expect. There appears to be no way to find out except to open the account first and try it for myself, which is unacceptable, hence my question here.

Can anyone with a PNC Virtual Wallet attempt to log into the administration website from their Android phone (I have a Droid2) and tell me if it's even slightly usable?


texts: google play services do not support your device

texts: When I open some application it says Google play services it says "Google play services which some of your applications rely n do not support or device"..what should I do about it?


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When I'm at work, I'd like to put my Nexus 5 (Marshmallow) on silent. My definition of silent is: for incoming calls the phone should vibrate, for everything else (i.e. messages) I don't want any sounds or vibrations. How can I get this working? Do I need a 3rd party app? Thanks a lot!

Fuad


texts: How to disable Vibration in Android devices?

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I find vibration super annoying and utterly useless, especially in tablets.
I want to totally disable or even destroy, if needed, the vibration feature or part of all my 6 Google Nexus phones and tablets, and 1 Samsung tablet.

Anybody can help?


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I want to listen to mp3 files of a lecture while viewing pdf files (containing the lecture notes).

How do I load the MP3 files onto the Nexus?

(The MP3 files currently reside on my hard drive.)


texts: What is this part responsible for? The one behind the sticker in Galaxy S3

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Below is an image. What is that part responsible for?

I'm asking because lately I had some problems with the GPS in my Galaxy S3, and I found out this sticker doesn't stick well. I think, but am not 100% sure, that when I hold it with my finger, the GPS works better.

I've been in a phone repair center, and I've been told that this is not related to the GPS, and that the GPS antenna is in the right, but they couldn't answer as of what this part is for.


texts: Can I change battery for my Motor G (Motorola)? My smartphone's battery was damaged. What can I do with it? It say that I shouldn't remove the battery


texts: Prevent volume rocker from disabling silent mode

texts: On my Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, everytime I bump the volume rocker the phone comes out of silent mode. I hate this. The only way I want my phone going into or coming out of silent mode with a hard button is by holding the power until the modal shows up. Is there any way to prevent the volume rocker from knocking the sound back on when in silent mode?


texts: New Samsung Galaxy S2 doesn't play audio files. I tried using different players, but none worked. The track ether plays for 1-3 seconds or mixes different tracks into one. Considering trying to return the phone. Does anybody have solution?


texts: I have an OnePlus Two and I'm currently running stock OxygenOS. I would like to try a beta CM12.1 build without having to delete my data and to be able to boot between the two until the CM build would be stable or suitable for me to use rather than Oxygen. Is there an app that flashes the other ROM and boots to it ? How do you actually do it ?


texts: Viber deleted, but my account is still shown on my friends' Viber contacts!

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I have deleted Viber app from my phone, but my account is still shown on my friends mobiles as a Viber user.

Is it a bug? What do I have to do to remove my account from my friends mobiles?


texts: How to use a Droid 2 without Verizon service activation

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I purchased an old Droid 2 with a clean ESN today, rooted it, installed Droid2Bootstrap, loaded Monster_D2_2.3.2_4.5.153 onto the sdcard, cleaned the cache, wiped the data, rebooted into recovery, loaded the new images, rebooted. Came back up just fine.

Now, here is a problem you may not have experienced before. I am not a Verizon customer. Just wanted the phone to develops Apps and play with.

How can I get past the phone number activation requirement?


texts: Show size of biggest folders and files in system data

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1. Summary

I don't find, how I can view, which folders and files are the biggest in my system data. So I can manually decide which files to delete and which not.

2. Expected behavior

Ideally to have behavior as in SpaceSniffer Windows program.

SpaceSniffer can show sizes of system Windows files.

I can't get similar behavior for Android.

3. Data

ASK Benefit S401
Android 5.1.1
CyanogenMod 12.1 ROM
Rooted

When I install CyanogenMod, system data size — ~700 MB; at the time — ~1,5 GB.

Several hundred megabytes — apps data, for which I would consider the possibility of removal.

4. Not helped

4.1. SpaceSniffer Android alterntaives

All doesn't show system data files and folders.

DiskUsage

DataSize Explorer

Grid Size File Manager

I don't find another DiskUsage alternatives, that can help me.

5. Do not offer

Yes, I understand that operations with system Android files may be risky. I understand that I do actions at my own risk.
Yes, I know about SD card partitioning, and I move all my apps to SD card use Apps2SD.
Yes, I can view system data files, use any file manager, that support root — I use Amaze, — but I don't find file manager, that:

correct sort folders and files in system data
show files/folders size of all files in screen.

6. Related questions

My question is not duplicate for these questions; please look carefully.

How to see what is stored in System memory area?
Huge «system data» file on SD Card
How do I get rid of “System Data” that takes up half my hard drive?


texts: Moto G5 Plus Xt1687 failed to validate recovery image. Can't reboot, can't go to recovery

texts: Something really weird happened to my 6-month old Moto G5 plus. I had an android update, I downloaded the update and during setup, the phone suddenly froze. I was not able to turn it on, so I decided to use recovery mode, and I can't. It reads: "failed to validate recovery image". So I took it to technicians. 4 of them. They all failed, because once they download the OS onto their computers, they cannot install it on my phone. I'm in the US until Wednesday and I need to solve this problem before I get back to Argentina, as I will need my phone to get around the airport and stuff. Is my phone dead for good? Is there anything I can do?


texts: So recently my do not disturb priority only and silent mode keeps switching to just that from the volume being all the way up sometimes right before my eyes I can see it changing and all the settings are set to not go into silent mode never and then it'll switch to always just like that what is wrong with my phone? Please help!


texts: Google play website shows all Apps under "My Apps" as "Installed" even uninstalled ones

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I am looking at "My Apps" in Google Play Store and Google Play website.

In Google Play Store, it marks properly the apps that are currently installed as "installed" and the apps which have tried earlier and uninstalled shows up with a "x" mark that deletes the selected app from "My Apps" list.

But in Google Play website, it shows "installed" for all apps under "My Apps".
Is there any option to see the uninstalled apps in google play store?


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Recently I tried to root my phone using KingoRoot. The result was a BLU Life One XL that wouldn't load past the BLU logo.

The first thing I tried, was going into Recovery Mode and clearing cache and reloading, then clearing user data and reloading. Neither worked. After some research, it looks like I'll need to flash stock or some other compatible ROM to my phone.

As such, I downloaded a ROM from the XDA forums, stuck it on my miniSD card, and tried to install it through the recovery mode menu. However, the result was an error dealing with signature verification failed and installation aborted. To get past this, apparently I need TWRP, CWM, or some other custom recovery where I can turn of signature verification. I've tried adding these from the SD card both as zip and Bootable SD card, but neither worked. I can't even get to the bootloader since if I choose the reboot to bootloader option from the Android system recovery, it just gets stuck at the BLU loading screen.

So, how can I flash a ROM to my phone without being able to load past recovery screen? I think if I can only get custom recovery on my phone it should work, but I can't figure out how to do that.


texts: Set up and install non play store apps to multiple devices?

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I set up roughly 10 android tablets running version 4.4.2 a day, running through set up manually, customizing the settings and downloading an .apk and setting that up.

I was wondering if there is an easier way to run through all this, whether it's a software that could allow me to remote control all of them at once since they all go through the exact same steps, using a script or anything really?

Thanks in advance


texts: Recovery boot not working properly - cannot select items

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I am working towards installing CM7 on my HTC Incredible and have hit a snag. When using 'Reboot into Recovery' from ROM Manager v4.3.3.0 the phone reboots into Recovery, but the menus do not function properly. I can scroll up and down with volume control, but pushing power to select an option blanks the menu and takes the watermarked Icon for ROM Manager at center of display and makes it solid with nothing else displayed. Action does not happen. If I press power again, it toggles back to showing the menu and I can scroll up and down, but no action can be selected. I have to take battery out to boot again. I thought it might be due to doing this first time with USB connected to computer since install guide states:

Known Issues

Shutting down the phone with USB plugged in will start ClockworkMod
Recovery in an unreliable mode.
Shutting down the phone and then plugging in USB will also start
ClockworkMod Recovery in an unreliable mode.
The HTC Battery charge icon is replaced by ClockworkMod. Charge with
the phone running in standby mode.

But upon retry without USB plugged in same result. I tried 'Flash Alternate Recovery' to "RA_GNM Recovery v2.2.1" in Rom Manager and it gets: "An error occurred while flashing your recovery." I tried 'All ClockworkMod Recoveries' to move back to v3.0.0.7 and then back to v3.0.0.8 and it still fails in same fashion.

Phone appears to be rooted properly, but I cannot do this last step.

Please suggest how to get Recovery to function properly.


texts: Sahara error while sending programmer to bricked phone

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I flashed a bad aboot partition on my Idol 3 and I'm now stuck on a black screen. Plugging my phone in gives me a "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" on COM11 (rather than the usual COM7 in EDL). I have a backup of the old aboot, but when I try to flash with QFIL, I get the following error:

Download Fail:System.Exception: Unable to download Flash Programmer using Sahara Protocol

   at QC.QMSLPhone.Phone.QPHONEMS_SaharaArmPrgDownload(String sFileName)

   at QC.SwDownloadDLL.SwDownload.QPHONEMSSaharaDownloadArmPrg(UInt64& version, String armPrgPath)
Download Fail:Sahara FailSahara Fail

Using the official Mobile Upgrader Q tool from Alcatel, I get a "read terminal information failed" error message, and the Panasonic Download Tool (which also used to work with Idol 3) gives me "Load NPRG Error. (Error code = 5002)"

What's going on? Why can none of these tools send the programmer?

Edit: A more recent version of QFIL (version 2.7.460) gives a much more detailed error message (SAHARA_NAK_MEMORY_DEBUG_NOT_SUPPORTED): https://pastebin.com/K0FN6nG6


texts: Google Listen doesn't register Play/Pause commands after upgrade to ICS

texts: I have been using Google Listen as podcast player on Samsung Galaxy SII paired with Plantronics BackBeat 903. It worked well until I upgraded to ICS and now the play and pause buttons won't be registered by Google Listen. The play/pause button only unmutes/mutes the sound while the podcast continues to play. This was not the case prior to upgrade. Anyone else noticed this and have a fix for this?


texts: How to allow a specific "unknown source"

texts: I would like to be able to install applications from a specific "unknown source" (it's our company continuous integration server).  Is there a way to do that?  (Using a Samsung Galaxy 7 if it matters).


texts:
I own a Vodaphone 875 model phone, which I rooted previously using Cydia Impactor. Installed SuperSU, everything was fine and dandy, and when I needed to transfer it to another person who wasn't comfortable with a rooted device, I used the standard master reset button within the Settings page. However, on startup, I discovered that SuperSU was still installed, and, knowing that it was now a system application for whatever reason, I attempted to reroot with Cydia Impactor again. However, something changed, I have no clue what (probably a Google update or the like), and the exploit no longer works for my phone. A quick google search resulted with people having this problem, on different devices, with the solutions being a flashable zip, which I have no intention of doing.

Therefore, my questions are as follows:

How do I remove SuperSU from my device, permanently?
Is there a flashable zip for my device?

Any help would be extremely helpful, as I have been looking for a solution for over two months now.


texts: instant upload of camera pictures into Google picasaweb without Google+ app?

texts: Is there any option to have instant upload of camera pictures into Google picasaweb without the Google+ app? I have an HTC Chacha 2.3.5 which runs short of memory (even when moving apps to SD), and I can't be bothered of having Google+ installed, but would like to keep the instant upload of camera pictures into Picasa. Right now the Camera app (HTC Version 2.6.2119262927.162876) in the phone can only do instant upload into Flickr or Facebook, but I would rather prefer have them in Picasa. Any ideas?


texts: How can I cancel and delete OS Software update of Andoroid KitKat?

texts: Initially I would like to update my Android OS from KitKat to Lollipop. Unfortunately, it will decrease around 950MB it internal memory/RAM. Then I decided will not continue to update it. But, how can I canceled it and delete all the dawnloaded files (548.71MB of OS software)? Only INSTALL button available.


texts: android 4.1.2 apps shortcut disapperead from home screen

texts: I am using Huawei phone with android 4.1.2. Currently I'm losing the app shortcut on my home screen after a crash of the system recently. During the crash, I dragged the Whatsapp and Hoiio apps shortcut to the bottom menu (phone shortcut, browser and messaging by default). After a while, the phone turned off due to battery dry. But after I restarted the phone, the shortcut for the apps disappeared, although the apps are still installed (as shown in Google Play Store). After a few times of re-installation of the apps, the apps shortcut keep disappearing from the home scree. This android does not have applications page, only home page. How can I fix this and make sure that my apps shortcut can remain on the home screen?


texts: Adding Stock image as secondary rom in multirom?

texts: I have a nexus 5, and root. I also use multirom application. I want to create a secondary rom from stock. However I cannot flash factory images hence need to make flashable zip out of it. How do I do it? What other method is recommended?


texts: When multiple apps update in one batch they trigger a single system notification saying X apps updated and listing about two of them. Then it takes one to Google Play app where "recent" updates are listed - but this list includes multiple last update batches so even more than X apps are listed. Is there a way i can see the real X app names that updated in the  very last batch only?


texts: Can I see business hours in my local timezone on Google Now and Maps?

texts: It would be useful to have a business's hours displayed in both the business's timezone and my own.  As of now, search results only shows the time in the business's timezone, forcing me to convert before I try making a phone call.


texts: Cannot find device to restore google data and settings

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I am trying to restore my google account on a new device but it cannot find any of my previous devices under
"Restore your apps and data from one of these devices"

I verified that my old devices have been backing up to google. Not sure how to get them to appear.


texts: How to resolve a bug where documets and media files are not indexed to MediaStorage

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I have encountered a problem with several file managers which I have failed to resolve.
Files in my device are not properly indexed and hence are not recognised by the file managers at least to my understanding.
Instead of choosing a desired category in the file manager e.g documents or video etc, it shows as empty yet  have several files of that type. I have to manually dig through the internal Storage to find the specific file see image:

I understand in some devices running MIUI, the culprit apps usually are Downloads and MediaStorage so I have wiped their data and even uninstalled updates yet the problem still persists. Funny the problem does not in second space (multi user space), anything that I am missing.
Android 9, MIUI 11 Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (mido)


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How do I clear caches (app, individual apps, Dalvik, ART if possible) via ADB?

Using apps, recovery, or doing it through Settings are not options for me.  Also, my phone is not rooted.


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In Android Settings, under Battery, there is a setting called Battery Saver.

On multiple devices, changing that setting to On simply results in it changing back to Off within a few seconds.

What is causing this, and how can it be corrected?


texts: How can I track my days activities on Android (Similar to Track and Share on iPhone)?

texts:
There is a app called "Track and Share" available for iPhone.

This app helps us track as to how we spend our day, doing what activities and doing what category of activities.

I wonder how I could do the same on Android. Maybe a similar app exists?


texts: How can two apps access the microphone simultaneously?

texts:
If an app tries to access the microphone while the microphone is already being accessed, it fails.

How can I make two or more apps access the microphone at the same moment?


texts: Does "Data Saver" also apply to metered Wi-Fi?

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The section Use Android Nougat’s "Data Saver" (Android 7.0+) under this site How to Restrict Background Data for Metered Wi-Fi Networks on Android mentions:

  Android 7.0 Nougat introduced a much more granular way to take the reins on your mobile data with a new feature called Data Saver.

  Basically, this allows you to limit background data used by apps, but whitelist anything that want to have unrestricted access. This means background data is disabled for every app by default, then you can pick and choose where to grant unlimited access

  And that’s all there is to it. It’s worth keeping in mind that this only applies to mobile data-all apps will remain unrestricted while on Wi-Fi.

My question is whether this Data Saver option applies to Wi-Fi that you set to metered, meaning metered WLAN?


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With 4.3 enabling the support for TRIM (though I read that it was present since the first JB). I was wondering if there is a way for me to force TRIM on my device? Is there an app that I can sideload and have it issue it? I have a rooted chinese Tablet running on 4.2.2 JellyBean release.

Just to add, it's a PiPo M1 Max tablet.


texts: Re-placed GPS with Fake GPS Free (Honor 6 H60-L04)

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I used /system/app mover ★ ROOT ★(https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.systemappmover&hl=en) to replace my GPS. But it didnt work as i want it to, so i tried to remove it but it didnt work. It keeps giving me error notes saying not mountable and others. i even adding other GPS apps to replace it but couldnt.
I Hard Reset the phone but its still there.. Please Help.


texts: What is the unlock code for Motorola Droid Pro?

texts:
I brought my Motorola Droid Pro back from the USA to Switzerland. It has never been actively on any network, as i bought it through Amazon as a "spare phone" on a Verizon network. I never activated the verizon chip. I am now back in Switzerland and when I try and put in my Swiss SIM card and access the network, it asks me for "SIM network unlock PIN".
Does anyone know how to unlock it?
thanks.


texts: Establishing MTP connection for Android Studio

texts:
I am trying to connect an Android device to my PC in order to use it to test an app created with Android Studio. After connecting the device, I don't get the usual USB connection notification on my device and nothing shows up in my PC's file manager either.
I tried using both my Honor 5x (Android 6) and Nexus 9 (Android 7) as well as Windows 10 and Elementary OS and multiple ports/USB cables. On the Nexus 9, I enabled the developer options and set the connection mode to MTP.
Is there something obvious I'm missing?


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I've got Samsung A3 Android version 5.0.2 (lollipop) and some time ago I installed few live wallpapers but they are not showing in installed apps so I can't uninstall them.

With WiFi Transfer app I can look through the whole file system but I can't locate them to manually delete it.

Anyone knows where in my system version they are being kept?


texts: I was wondering if there's a way that I can download apps from google play to my external sd card because every time I try downloading a game or a app it says "sorry, there's not enough storage on the device" and I have a 32gb sd card in and I tried going to applacation manager and moving apps manualy but some don't allow  me to move to my sd card and i have my default write disk on sd card and I have a samsung galaxy s5 mini


texts: Is there a grayscale mode for the Samsung Galaxy S5 (and other Samsung phones) on Marshmallow?

texts:
The Marshmallow update for Samsung phones (mine is a Galaxy S5, but the Note series has the same problem) seems to have removed the ability to turn on grayscale mode when activating power saver mode.

Is there a way to re-enable this feature?


texts: Possible to turn ON phone with ADB ? (Galaxy S6)

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S6 with a broken power button. (It only works occasionally)

Do you know if there is a way to use ADB (or any other way) to turn the phone on? (When it for some reason has shut down)

I have used "ADB devices" and "ADB reboot" which are working fine. (Tested with phone turned on)
However they do not work when the phone is off. (Phone still connected to PC and charging) The device is not detected.

I have not been able to find a solution myself. (None of the "long press methods" with volume buttons/home button etc. have worked on my phone)

I hope one of you have the knowledge I don't to turn on a S6 without the power button.
Thanks. :)

Device: Not rooted.
USB debubbing enabled.
Power button: Only working occasionally. (And of course not when the unit turns off)


texts: cannot see device anymore when connecting to PC via USB

texts:
Lately I'm experiencing this problem when connecting my LG G2 smartphone to the PC: I cannot see it anymore in explorer.
I can actually connect to it tru ADB and push/pull files no problem. Also ADB shell works, developer options / debug USB enabled.
In Windows registry / System I got a critical error event id 10110 - 10111 DriverFrameworks-UserMode each time I connect it to usb.

Drivers are installed, cable is ok, I tried on several PC and can't see it, also tried with Linux, same problem.

If I dmesg | grep usb I got these two errors:

<3>usb_bam_ipa_create_resources: Failed to create USB_PROD resource
<3>init: cannot find '/system/bin/usbdebug-manager', disabling 'usbdebug-manager'

I'm 100% sure is not a problem PC side, but smartphone side.
I've been repacking /system/app and system/framework app to slim down my system, but I cannot figure out what is wrong.

LG G2 KK modified stock rom, Dorimanx Kernel


texts:
I want to activate text to speech in Google hangouts in my nexus 5 phone so that messages can be read aloud . I couldn't figure it out. Please guide me.
Can this service be used in Gmail and whatsapp. If yes then how


texts: Can I connect a Samsung Galaxy A9 by an ethernet cable (no wifi)?

texts: Has any other member been able to do this? I believe that you go to Settings - Developer Options - USB/Internet/Ethernet. If this last option is not there then it will not connect. I must confirm this before I purchase the phone as I need to open the box to check. Thanks.


texts: Does the GPS hardware draw power when no app is using it?

texts:
That is to say, does the hardware itself do any periodic updating/searching for satellites, etc, if there an no running apps which require GPS information?

If so, what sort of effect does it have on battery life?


texts: Tap screen to turn it back on after timeout

texts:
I noticed that on my Samsung Galaxy S II (Android 2.3.5) after the display is turned off (per Settings -> Display -> Screen time-out) you have to press the physical Home or Power buttons to get it back on. Tapping the screen doesn't do anything.

Obviously the screen should get locked soon, so that you can put the phone in your pocket when the screen is off, but letting you tap the screen immediately after it turns off to wake up the display shouldn't hurt.

Is it just me, or how do you handle this? Is there an app to fix this specific issue? Do you know if this was discussed on the official issue tracker or if it's just my phone/my OS version?

(Aside: I know there are apps that let you configure timeout per-app (see e.g.
Screen timeout when reading), but I'm getting hit by this independent of the app I'm using, and anyway I wouldn't like to have to lock the phone manually to save power when the active app prevents the screen time-out. I think the screen time-out should be based on whether I'm actually using the phone, not on the active app.)


texts: Installed app got replaced with the Andy Android icon and doesn't start

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Backstory: I went to pick up my phone to play Clash of Clans. The icon was the Android. When I tapped on it, it said, "app not installed". I went to the app menu and it disappeared.

What causes this issue?

Other info: I took out the SD card, could this have contributed?


texts: Wirelessly cast phone to PC monitor with DisplayPort and DVI, but no HDMI

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I have a Moto G phone that's about a year old.  I also have a spare HP Compaq LA2405wg monitor that I'd like to wirelessly cast my phone to so I can watch Netflix in the bedroom.  The monitor has Displayport, DVI, and VGA, but not HDMI.  All of the solutions I've seen available such as Chromecast and Anycast require HDMI and converting to Displayport reportedly will not work.

Is there a solution where I can cast my phone to the monitor?  I'm sure I'm not the only person with extra PC monitors hanging about that would make nice casting devices.


texts: How to connect USB device to a phone doesn't have OTG

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What are hardware and software difference between OTG support and non-OTG support devices (android)?
Is there a way to connect non-OTG device with a pendrive (or other) via USB? Is there any hardware limitations if the slave device is powered externally?
Does the OTG feature comes with kernal/OS or any android OS (6.0 or later) is capable of OTG if hardware supported? If yes, is it same for Android ONE and AOSP?


texts: Preventing apps from detecting other apps

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I have an app that does not allow me to enable certain settings because another app is installed. Every time I try to enable these settings it says "You cannot because app x is installed". I know they are both compatible but it has to do with buying certain features from the first app that are free in the second.

Is there a way to prevent the first app from detecting the second app is installed?

Device: Nexus 4
OS/Build: 4.4.4/KTU84P
MODs: Xposed
Rooted: yes (obviously)


texts: Can we connect a normal earphone / headphone to a Android device?

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Can we connect a normal earphone / headphone (those that we connect to the Desktop PC) to the Android phone or devices?

This is because I notice that the one on the left (the original one that come with the phone) have 4 connector but the one we use on Desktop PC have 3 connector.

Was wondering if it will short-circuit and damage the phone or the port itself.