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I tried to place a 3G-324M video call to my Incredible, but the other phone says that mine doesn't support it.

On the web I found someone mentioned that Incredibles do not support video calls in 3G at all. Others mention that this is possible with Skype.

The question is - can I make my phone use 3G video calls without using a mobile Internet (as I think Skype is using Internet rather than native 3G video calls, thus I am paying for mobile Internet with Skype calls and not per rate specified per minute for 3G itself).

Or is Skype the only available option?


texts:
I have a Galaxy S2, running Android 4.0.3

I can open a photo attached to a text message. How can I save the photo (not the message)?


texts: Buying and Reading Books without Kindle or Nooks apps

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I want buy an e-book (theleanstartup.com)  and read on my tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab) .  Ebook is available for kindle and nook.  Also there is an Amazon link (probably kindle version).  There isn't pdf download option,  ofcourse.

Kindle and Nook's Android apps isn't downloadable for Turkey.

How can i buy and read this book?  Any ideas?


texts: Left Alt on External Keyboard Helper for use on JuiceSSH and Finch

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I like to use JuiceSSH to connect a remote machine which is running Finch.
Finch uses Alt as its hotkeys prefix, for example Alt+n to go to the next window.

I have an external Bluetooth keyboard which has a left Alt key and a right AltGr key. The AltGr key is working fine, my problem is with the left key. The only configuration I found in the Custom Keymapping is to put left Alt as left Alt modifier. But that's not what I want, I don't want left Alt to be a modifier, I want the application to receive left Alt as it is, so that I can use shortcuts like Alt + n, instead of getting the char ñ.

Basically, I want to be able to control Finch using the left Alt as the shortcut prefix.


texts: Can I kill wifi on my Android, similar to how kill -9 would work on a desktop, to force restart it?

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Since I upgraded to Android 10, wifi on my phone frequently "dies" and forces me to restart the phone. Is there a way to achieve something similar to what kill -9 does on a desktop system on the processes responsible for wifi to force it to restart?
The problem is that wifi is turned of and can't be turned on again. If I tap the wifi switch in system preferences it briefly goes to on but then immediately reverts to off.
The device is rooted.


texts: somehow newly saved contacts get disappeared

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I'm using MOTO-G Turbo edition. Somehow my newly saved contacts get disappeared. Sometimes it saves and works fine but sometimes it saves and did not show me in my contacts list.

Can anyone please suggest me what should I do in this case? Thanks in advance!


texts: Android 10 based LineageOS not rendering Indic languages

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I have tried going through many reference links for my below issue, but all of them are at least the pre-Marshmallow age so couldn't find a proper solution.
I have a Redmi 2 Prime mobile (2014 model) and I have flashed it with LineageOS 17.1 version (Android 10) (exact version is lineage-17.1-20200711-nightly-wt88047-signed.zip) along with OpenGApps pico version (open_gapps-arm-10.0-pico-20200725.zip).
The device came up fine, most other things which I have checked also is working fine, except for Indic language support. I am specifically looking for Malayalam (South Indian language).
When I try to add it in languages section, it shows the name of language itself as garbage (see item 2 in screenshot).
I tried adding GBoard and Google Indic keyboard, but when I select Malayalam->English, it says 'Your device does not support this language' (can be seen above the space bar of keyboard).
When I add Malayalam language (by typing in English and selecting the only option that comes), Google Play services is shown to check for some language support online but quickly stops and nothing happens.
I checked accessing a web page in this language in Google Chrome and it rendered nicely. But when I checked Malayalam version of Wikipedia, it is the same junk (both in Wikipedia and the Google search results for it)
Could someone help me with what I should try to get this fixed


texts: Is it possible to programmatically disable TalkBack's *explore by touch* option?

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Some applications cannot function properly when TalkBack's explore by touch option is active, but permanently disabling it isn't a viable alternative because not having it on would make using a touchscreen much more difficult for a blind person.

Temporarily disabling TalkBack through a short-cut is a decent work-around, but it becomes annoying pretty quickly when the problematic app is used often and for short periods of time, e.g. a braille keyboard.

Therefore I'm looking for a programmatic solution, for example a deamon configurable through a blacklist: whenever an application from the list is in foreground, the daemon disables explore by touch, and re-enables it as soon as an application not on the list comes to foreground. Disabling TalkBack tout court would do, too, if explore by touch cannot be disabled without restarting TalkBack.

So... does this exist already? If not, how hard would it be to implement it, if at all possible?


texts: What time does Google Play update apps when it is set to auto-update?

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I'm not getting on what basis Google Play will update apps when auto-update is enabled.

Is it time-specific, or something else?


texts: Difference between bootloader and Download mode in Samsung Galaxy tablets

texts: I'm working on Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets, specifically with Tab 3 (SM-T210) and Tab 4 (SM-T230), and being learning a bit about the boot and recovery images and the bootloader. I have not being able to find the answer to this very simple question: Is Download Mode Samsung's Bootloader? If not what is the difference?


texts: Hello good people of stack exchange, I am having trouble setting up my Ubuntu 11.04 boot to use for app development on a hardware device. I have followed the instructions here to try and recongnize the phone. However, when I run ADB devices or in eclipse, the device is listed as ?????? and can not be used to install an app to. Any advice?


texts: Nexus 7 2013 has 4G support, but I can't find any information on 3G support. If I get a Nexus 7 4G model, can I use 3G?


texts: I have a brand new Galaxy Tab 2 that is apparently not compatible with my bank's tablet app. Someone on another forum mentioned that they just use the phone version on their tablet, but they don't say how they got it. When I go to the google play store, I only see one version. I do have the app on my phone; is there any way to transfer it?


texts: Does Android log any details about full system crashes?

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My Samsung S3, which I rooted and flashed with Cyanogenmod 10.2 will randomly fully crash, and require a reboot (Power + Volume down for ~10 seconds). This seems to happen randomly, when just scrolling through a list, loading a webpage, sometimes when it's not even doing anything.

I'm wondering if any logs are stored anywhere which I can look at to see if there is one underlying issue causing these crashes.

This doesn't seem to be something that I can make happen, up to now I've not found something that will always crash the device.

EDIT: It actually doesn't seem to be a full crash, just a UI one. It's just happen now viewing a webpage, and I can't lock the device, scroll, no buttons do anything, but Spotify was playing a song in the background and that continued playing.


texts: Recover data of app not on Play anymore?

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Seems I deleted an app or a directory too much from my Android 2.3 phone. In particular I remember removing an app called App2SD or similar. Now, after booting the phone, I cannot see the apps anymore that were installed on the MicroSD card. However, I would like to access data from one app in particular. This app is called Epistle, and I was thinking about simply reinstalling it. However, it is not available on the Play store anymore.

What strategy can I use to get access to the data of that app?


texts: After I recently updated my phone about a day ago, this strange sign showed up on the top left that I have never seen before. Does anyone know what it means? Or how to get rid of it?


texts: What is the name of Android Device Manager Service

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When you turn on Android Device Manager in Google Settings, it is possible to locate your phone by going to http://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

I have a very small cellular data allowance on the phone, and I want to ensure that only the android device manager service is using cellular data.

I downloaded the NetGuard app, that allows me to control what can use cellular data at a very detailed level, however, I can't work out which service I need to enable for cellular data to make android device manager operational.


texts: NFC occasionally stops working. Fixed by battery removal.

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I have written an app utilising the NFC radio running on Android 4.4. The NFC radio stops working on 2 occasions :

After an APK update.
Occasionally at other times.

The NFC function is still turned on and the system says it is working.

Interestingly the only thing that seems to fix it is *taking the battery out
*

Powering on/off doesn't work and neither does switching NFC function off then on.

It's very hard to even find where the bug is occurring but given that battery removal works, my question is :

What does battery removal do to an android system that powering off completely doesn't do. Does it wipe a cache or reset something?


texts: How to backup contacts when my touchscreen is cracked?

texts: My touchscreen on my Samsung Galaxy screen is cracked. I am unable to use the screen. It has a pattern lock. When I use Kies 3 it says that my phone is locked. How do I unlock it with the pattern password enabled?


texts: Possible to restart the Samsung Bixby button handler?

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Is there a way to restart the service or handler that manages the Samsung (S10+) Bixby button (without rebooting the phone)?
My button has stopped responding. I know it's a software issue and gets fixed with a reboot, but I'm asking this for better understanding of its underlying workings, if this can be fixed manually without having to restart the phone, similar to restarting a service on Windows.


texts: I would like to install Clockwork Mod recovery on my Motorola Cliq running Android 2.1. Unfortunately, it seems that the app to install it is no longer available in Market, only in Google Play, but Play doesn't work in 2.1. I was able to download an image, but have no idea what to do with it. Can somebody walk me through the process? Sorry for the basic question but I'm rather new at this.


texts: IP blacklisted - unusual traffic - possible malware?

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Over the past month I've had about 5 or so occasions where Google force me to do a capture on a normal search, saying that there is unusual traffic from my device.
Recently, past few days, I've had a few specific websites and apps timeout while all other services work as normal.
So, I decided to look into my devices traffic. I found this quite difficult on an android device. But what I did find is that my ip address appears on two blacklists. One of the blacklists state the following:
This IP is infected (or NATting for a computer that is infected) with an infection that is emitting spam.

Note: [ip removed] appeared to be suspicious because it was using the following name to identify itself during email connections (port 25) via the HELO/EHLO smtp commands: ".".

I have installed avg antivirus and performed I full scan where no threats were found. The only email client I use is gmail which does not use port 25. Avg does not have a firewall so I have not yet blocked outgoing requests on port 25.

How might I find out what is sending requests over port 25?
How might I remove it
Are there any other steps I should take?

Please help.
Thanks.
Nokia 7.2 handset
Android 10 (up to date)
Using 4g connection
Edit 1: I have factory reset my device and have a different IP address. As soon as I went into chrome I was greeted with "we have detected unusual traffic from your computer network" and the new IP appears on two blacklists for the same reasons. Although the connectivity issues to specific websites have now been solved.


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I want to encrypt my apps and personal data, such as passwords to email etc.

If I have factory reset my phone (GS2sprint) and it is fully charged (over 90%) and plugged in. So I went to Settings→Apps→Security, and from there to Encrypt or Encrypt SDCard -- but it won't let me encrypt: The buttons are grayed out.

Why won't it let me encrypt? I have a new file that I have not seen before which is sprint extention. It will not let me stop it and like I said after Hard Factory reset it still will not let me encrypt anything.


texts: Is it possible to zoom in on any text in an app in realtime?

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I have an app that has tiny tiny writing that I need to read and I can't take a hundred screenshots to zoom in to read each one and the developer has yet to fix it but I was wondering if there was a way to have a magnifying thingy on top of this app and move it around the screen to enlarge whatever I can't read in realtime. Any tips?  And, the text is not able to be copied or pasted etc.

OS: 4.1
Phone: S3


texts: Can I use an external GPS receiver by connecting both GPS and Android device to a PC?

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I have an HTC One X which I like and carry everywhere, but the GPS is atrocious.  It takes tens of minutes to get a position, loses it easily and it's not even very accurate when it has a signal.  However, I also have a Garmin GPS which is fantastic at gaining and holding a steady and accurate GPS location.  I'd like to use the Garmin as an external GPS in combination with android's mock-location feature, in my car.

It is definitely possible to drive gpsd on a pc with the garmin - but I don't know how to use that to provide location data to android.  The phone is already rooted and I'm not averse to hacking it a bit more, but of course simpler solutions are preferred.  Initially I would be happy plugging the Garmin and HTC into a laptop but I'll move to a Raspberry Pi as soon as I know it works.  Not really bothered about using USB OTG to connect as this is for in-car use.

So: Can I use gpsd running on a PC to control a mock-location on Android?  If so, how?


texts: App to automatically download and view a list of web pages offline

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I have a very specific workflow that I can't find a simple solution for.

I want to be able to make a list of web pages to read offline. Not articles, whole web pages. And I want to keep them up-to-date.

I really want an app for Android (my phone: Galaxy S2) that does the following.

Lets me enter a list of webpages and maintain that list.
Hit a button in the app, and it'll update every page on that list and store a complete offline copy so I can pursue it while on the train.
Still maintain links, so I can click on them (so, no PDFs or whatever).
Optionally have the ability to set readable fonts.
Even better, if there was a way to export this list and modify it on my computer, share it, manipulate it etc. (or if there were a web serivce with an API).

My personal use case is very simple. I'm a Wikipedia administrator, and there are a variety of public noticeboards for discussions of interest to administrators, like the administrators' noticeboard and the usually drama-filled administrators' noticeboard for incidents. I'd say there's probably about 10-20 pages I want. I'd rather like it if I could get either my phone or iPad, wake up in the morning, push the "update" button, go brush my teeth and by the time I'm leaving for my commute, have all the pages up-to-date and readable on the train.

Answers you may suggest that are wrong up-front:

Instapaper/Readability/Read It Later: those are for saving things broadly like newspaper articles for later reading. They are optimized for extracting text. They are fantastic, but don't actually meet the use case.
Some combination of Evernote, Google Docs, AppleScript/Python/Ruby/Perl and sticky tape: I've got enough pain and broken software in my life already.
Anything involving RSS. Again, look at the links above. There are RSS feeds for individual changes to the page, but I'm interested in saving the whole page, not getting an RSS feed.

Basically what I'm looking for is an Android version of what they referred to as an "offline browser" back in the early days of the web. Is there such a thing that doesn't suck?


texts: How do you import CA certificates onto an Android phone?

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I want to connect to my University's wireless using my Nexus One. When I go to "Add Wi-Fi network" in Wireless Settings I fill in the Network SSID and select 802.1x Enterprise for the security and fill everything out.

The problem is that our university's wireless uses Thawte Premium Server CA certificate for certification.

When I click the drop down list for CA certificate I get nothing in the list (just N/A)

Now I have the certificate (Thawte Premium Server CA.pem) and have moved it to my SD card, but it doesn't look like Android automatically detects it.

Where should I put the certificate so that the Android wireless manager recognizes it. In other words, how can I import a CA certificate so that Android recognizes that it is on the phone and displays it in the CA Certificate drop down list.

Thanks for any help,

Tomek

P.S. My phone is not rooted

EDIT: After doing some research it looks like you are able to install certificates by going to your phone's settings > Location & Security > Install from SD card

Unfortunately it looks like the only accepted file extension is .p12. It does not look like there is a way to import .cer or .pem files (which are the only two files that come with the Thawte certificates) at this moment.

It does look like you can use a converter to convert your .cer or .pem files to .p12, however a key file is needed.

https://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-converter.html

I do not know where to get this key file for the Thawte certificates.


texts: Is it possible to get LineageOS working on Samsung Galaxy S6 T-Mobile USA (zerofltetmo, SM-G920)?

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LineageOS offers an official International Samsung Galaxy S6 build, which does NOT install on the T-Mobile USA S6, but there's an unofficial T-Mobile USA build that does, but after installing it just hangs on boot. (To install I used TWRP and adb sideloaded LineageOS, Stock Open gapps, SuperSU in that order)
Has anyone had success running LineageOS on the T-Mobile version of the S6?


texts: How to prevent shutdown when low battery?

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When I'm using my hacky backlight modulation program which toggles screen off and on fast enough to simulate ultra-dim brightness Android sometimes gets wrong info about battery charge (it sees 0% 0V sometimes for a short period) and starts shutdown unexpectedly for me.

How to turn off that shutdown on low battery?

Expecting something like:

Changing settings to forbid this behaviour
Temporarily locking battery reporting to some constant
Temporarily making it think that it is charging

Root access is present.

Update: After updating from android 2.1 to android 2.3 it does not shut down anymore when I run that program.


texts: Google Nexus 7 (2013 Wi-Fi) Boot freeze, no recovery options working

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I bought a Google Nexus 7 2013 edition, Wi-Fi only, from a yard sale. I have no clue what the previous owner did or tried but I cannot get it to boot. I'm not by any means an Android expert so if it seems I'm missing something basic, it's quite possible.

Basic Symptoms and Problems:
-Power on -> stuck at "Google" logo screen
-Recovery mode -> the Android guy on his back with the red "!"
-Cannot wipe data/factory reset or clear cache partition as both result in a  bunch of mount failures (e.g. "Failed to mount /cache (Invalid argument)
-Cannot unlock (freezes on "erasing user data" for indefinite time)
-Cannot use adb to send OTA as it sends the package but can't mount partitions and results in "Installation aborted"

What I CAN do:
-use adb and can see the device
-use fastboot and see the device

I have PC drivers installed. Running Windows 10 on my PC. I don't care about the data or anything. I just wanted to wipe and factory restore this device. It physically looks to be in great condition if relevant.

I'm not sure what my next step should be or if I'm working towards the right direction. Pretty much every solution I've check either gives me errors or every thread is abandoned without solution.


texts: Please help with Stock/Custom Rom for Bluboo s8a

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I was trying to root bluboo s8a with TWRP following this tutorial
When I reached step 2 of installing the ROM with sp flash tools, the ROM installed up to the end but the phone stopped powering (doesn't show anything). I tried downloading other customs ROMs for bluboo s8 but they were customized to be flashed with TWRP because they had no scatter files.

I landed on one custom ROM which I flashed into the phone with sp flash tools and the phone powered on and I could hear the sound when I press the buttons and when the phone is powering on but the screen shows a dark screen.

I would like to go back to the stock ROM or a working custom ROM. I took some screenshots of the settings of the About Phone before trying the rooting process.

About Phone (click images for larger variants)

Update: Now I have gotten some ROM from the seller's website. It's in a zip file with one .cpb file and a folder named dbs. The folder has two files. When I try flashing the .cpb file with QGDP, I get an error of CPB Package is not complete. How can I overcome this please?


texts: can only access SD card; cant access the internal storage on pc

texts: i need to delete 3 gigs of "pictures" from my internal storage,it says there is 3 gigs of photos in there but they dont show up in the google file manager and when i connect to pc it only shows the SD card and not the internal storage.


texts: How to download a file directly from a cloud service to an attached USB drive?

texts: I need to download a video file (700MB) from the cloud service Bitcasa to a USB flash drive but right now when I click "Download" in Bitcasa my only options are to download to the my S6 phone & then copy it to my USB key. Is there a shorter way? I can't seem to find a way to download directly on to the flash drive...is there a way?


texts: How do I verify that the USB debugging key fingerprint is correct?

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When I try to enable USB debugging on my Android device, I am prompted with this message:

The computer's RSA key fingerprint is:
FE:35:23:34:...

I see the public key in ~/.android/adbkey.pub
How can I verify that this RSA key fingerprint is correct on the computer's commandline?
Can I use adb?


texts: Fingerprint Scanner Problem with Samsung C5

texts: I have bought Samsung C5 recently. The mobile phone is very nice and slim to work with. But yesterday I was trying to configure my finger print on it for biometric security. I tried repeatedly on it but it is not scanning my thumb? Can anyone please help me regarding this?


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I recently bought an Android tablet with a keyboard, and would like to use it to take notes of conferences, lectures, meetings etc. On a Windows or Linux notebook,  I would use the excellent LyX system for this. LyX basically allows you to write structured text without worrying about the layout, saying "this is a #3 heading" or "this should be emphasized" instead of "this should be bold and a larger size". LyX then allows you to export your text as PDF, DOC, ODF, LaTeX and so on.

I am looking for an App that allows a similar approach to writing for Android. What I already tested:

Writer is almost what I'm searching, a minimalist text editor that understands Markdown and saves its document as plain text on the Android device (no network necessary). I'd like a few more formatting options and an export feature, though.
Write:Tablet doesn't seem to have many structuring features
Most "office" packages like Polaris Office do not offer format templates, but restrict the user to bold / italic / font size types of formatting
Google Docs needs a constant net connection

So, I'm aware that this is a very small niche I am looking for here, and such an app would probably not make sense on phones, but is there another interesting tool for structured text creation?


texts: Display multiple clocks from multiple timezones on a Nexus 5X lock screen

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I would like to display multiple clocks on my Nexus 5X running Android 7. I selected multiple cities like explanied here but it doesn't really work.

It should look like this:


texts: Problem importing server certificate to CyanogenMod 9.1

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I am having trouble importing a self signed server certificate to my Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S running CyanogenMod 9.1. I have tried everything that came to mind.

First, the usual method:

downloaded certificate in PEM format as cert.crt using FireFox on the SD card root
opening Settings on the phone, then Security, install from SD card.
phone asks for name, I give it and then the phone shows message that the certificate was successfully installed
if I go to Trusted Credentials -> User, certificate is not there and the site I downloaded it for still shows as untrusted
I also tried importing by uploading the certificate on the site and downloading it in the Android browser - same result - success message and now certificate imported.

Second, I tried to get it into the system certificates

first, the conversion with these commands (first command shows the hash used in the other two):

openssl x509 -inform PEM -subject_hash_old -in root.crt | head -1
cat root.crt > 5ed36f99.0
openssl x509 -inform PEM -text -in root.crt -out /dev/null >> 5ed36f99.0

then I moved certificates on the phone, remounted /system with write permissions, moved certificate to /system/etc/security/cacerts/ and changed its permissions to 655. Reboot.
After reboot, certificate shows itself correctly in trusted credentials system tab, but the website still appears untrusted.

The question is, is there another option to install the certificate, or to disable certificate check for site system-wide (I need an application to access this site also). Or does someone have a similar problem?

I should add that I also own an Xperia Arc (without S) running CyanogenMod 9.0, where the certificates are actually working via the first two methods.


texts: Reboot option in power button menu for Nexus 4

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In order to see the developer option in settings app you have to do the weird 7 tap on the version entry in the settings app (or something like this).

Isn't there as well a hidden way to enable a reboot option in the menu that appears when you long-press the power button ?

I know there are apps that do that for you, but why the hack wouldn't the stock Android that comes from Google for Nexus phones don't include a freaking restart option, only the Power off option ? I saw some phones with custom Android that have that option.

I know that pressing veeeeeeeeeeery long on the power button actually restarts the phone, but that looks to me like a final resort, in case your phone is stuck, or something, not a clean way to restart your phone.

Thank you!


texts: Sometimes Apps on SDcard Not Available As Clickable Icons

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I have an HTC Legend with Froyo 2.2. Occasionally it happens that after turning on the phone some icons on the home screen are not clickable, i.e. I only see the default icon as if I had uninstalled the app. This can happen to any app I have on my home screen, it's not related to just one. However, the Aldiko PDF reader seems to be affected more than others.

By now I know of two ways how to make the apps working again:

the ol' "have you tried to turn it off and on again?"
use a USB-cable and have my PC access it as a harddisk and then revoke that access and wait for the SDcard to initialise itself

In other words it seems to be a problem with the SDcard somehow.

Is there a shorter way to do this in case I have no USB-cable available, via the settings or something? Is there an app that can help me here? Can I code something?


texts: Colornote 3.9.82 SD card backup .dat files are not recognized after Android refresh

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I backed up all my files on the SD card (Nexus 4) and refreshed my Android.
I then reinstalled Colornote and placed the files (.DAT files) in the same directory (data\colornote\backup), but the files don't show up in Colornote backup.

Now in the Colornote FAQ they talk about 'SD card backup', but this option is not available in the Colornote settings. I use the latest version on Android. I already mailed Colornote about this, but no reply for weeks.
Does anybody know how I can do the 'SD card backup' in the latest version?


texts: Why does Google Play Music and other music apps display album artwork with such terrible quality? This occurs even when high resolution images are embed into the audio files. How can we fix this?


texts: How do I manually update my Nexus S to Jelly Bean?

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I bought a used Nexus S that is on version 2.3.6.

It does not seem to be reading any SIM cards and the baseband version is listed as unknown. I think it may be on a custom ROM because of this. I want to flash it back to a stock ROM but have no idea where to start. My Nexus S is I9020A so I downloaded 4.1.1 from here but have no idea where to go from here.

Are there any easy to follow guides? And am I even on the right track here?


texts: Provide APN settings from outside without Internet (i.e. SMS, QR Code)

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I'm looking for a way to provide APN settings to a device that doesn't have an internet connection yet.
It is intended to set up hundreds of devices more quickly by a variety of users across the country. They have sim cards for each device, but we need to change the APN settings for them to work. Testing has shown that our customers/users have the most trouble with this step.

Is it possible to provide APN settings via QR-Code or SMS?

You can prompt a user to go to WIFI settings etc. this way, but can you provide a configuration, too?

It of course doesn't have to be 'hidden', but we want to avoid people typing off these addresses, the easier we can make the set up process of their devices, the better.


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I'm using LG Leon on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. LG doesn't allow making SD cards internal storage. I have made my SD Card broken because I used adoptable storage.
I had to use a guide that required me to use ADB. So what I did? I opened ADB, wrote: sm list:disks or something similar, and then did type something to format the SD card as internal.
Everything worked for a day or more, and I moved an app (for some reason it didn't automatically save to SD card) and my phone restarted. Then it got into a bootloop, and it wouldn't turn on until I would get my SD card out of the phone. Then my SD card stopped being recognisable (yes, I tried to get it out of the phone and insert it back). Then I pressed "Forget SD card" or something similar. Now my card isn't recognisable on my phone or on my laptop.
Please help me.


texts: How can I remove Camera app on Cyanogenmod?

texts:
I am running Cyanogenmod on my SamSung phone.

Can you please tell me how can I remove the Camera app on the phone?


texts: Fdroid OTP Authenticator, how to move accounts to new phone?

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This is NOT the Google enabled Authenticator. This is https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.bierbaumer.otp_authenticator/

There is no signing in.

Is there anyway to move credentials / accounts over to another phone? At worst, it seems like you need to just re-add them to your new phone, but maybe I'm missing something.


texts: How can I enable adbd during boot on Cyanogenmod?

texts:
I am stuck during the boot process, at first before entering the passphrase for /data and now at the SIM PIN screen. At this point, adb is inaccessible (normally adbd would start up after unlocking /data, etc.).

How can I start adbd during boot? This is a CM 10.2 userdebug build for i9300 with /default.prop (from initrd) containing:

ro.adb.secure=1
ro.secure=1
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb

I have also tried the following to no avail:

Edit /init.rc, comment out the disabled line for service adbd.
Edit /init.smdk4x12.usb.rc, add start adbd to the property:sys.usb.config=mtp trigger.
Add persist.sys.usb.config=adb to /default.prop


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How do I turn off all notifications? (rather than each one individually).
I see this screen but I don't see an option to turn off all notifications.
Phone is an Oppo
I don't want silent mode because I want my alarm clock app to function. And since the last android update, my alarm clock app won't override silent mode. And I might want to receive calls. So, not silent mode.


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My Link2SD doesn't seem to be fully working. I noticed this when updating the Facebook application. Google Play prompted me of insufficient storage. I first uninstalled some apps but I got curious so I checked Link2SD's storage info, I got this:

(Click image to enlarge)

As you can see, the internal storage only has mere 70mb left. What's peculiar is, these are the only apps I have NOT linked:

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I tried moving one linked app (Amazing Alex) to the sd card (normal Android way) and sure enough, the free space on my internal storage got bigger by about an additional 20mb-ish.

Why is this happening? Why isn't Link2SD moving the data to my sdext2? How do I solve it?


texts: How Can I Pass Bootloader (Huawei Y200 stuck logo/ Boot-Loop)

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I have recently learnt a few things about Android and its system. I have a Huawei Ascend Y200, and I flashed it with ClockworkMod specifically for Y200 with a computer and it worked.

I rooted my phone by flashing it and was able to install Superuser.

When checking for swap partition I found out that my ROM doesn't support it. I got ROM Manager it prompted me with a message:

  ClockworkMod must be installed, do you want to insall it?

and I mistakenly tapped Yes .

Now I can't get past the bootloader (Huawei logo) - it freezes there.

I tried to reboot into recovery mode by removing the battery and pressing the UP + Power Buttons. I tried reflashing the first ClockworkMod. I was able to see the device on adb lists. I also tried factory reset.

None of this has helped. I still couldn't get my phone to pass the logo (before reflashing)

Further info:

I had access to the device's adb somehow. I reflashed it and now I can only see the adb device when in recovery mode and is stated "recovery" beside the device number and can't reflash, or access adb anymore (cmd promt says waiting for device forever).
Now that I don't have access to the adb device in bootloader (stuck) image, I can't do anything like reflashing ClockworkMod. Every time I plug it in the cmd prompt says device not found. When the phone is in recovery mode, the process in cmd prompt gets stuck at waiting for device, because now it shows as "recovery" beside the device number in the list, so as the device isn't responding to the process and won't restart as before.
Whenever the phone is off, if I plug the USB cable into the phone (with other end connected to PC) it does not charge, and goes directly into recovery mode. I don't see the charging indicator small lamp on.
I can press both UP and Down buttons + Power and I get a pink screen. I haven't really got much info about it.

Some, on the internet, say it's a never ending bootloop. And I've heard I can flash it to skip the bootloader screen and go into fastboot, but couldn't find proper instructions and won't be able to flash it anyway (can't see the device anymore unless in recovery mode but device will respond to any process).

I really need help; how can I pass the boot-loader again?

PS: Now, I've learnt that my phone is in boot-loop and needs to be flashed into a new ROM, or maybe get past the boot-loader also by Flashing.


texts: Why do certain apps crashes when I open the keyboard?

texts:
Since months ago I have had a problem with my device:

Hardware: MT6582
Model: OWN s4025 (Chinese Alcatel Pop C9)
Jelly Bean 4.2.2

With some apps like "Google Maps" or "Dcoder", when I open the keyboard (any keyboard app, even the original) that apps crashes and I don't know what is the reason. My device is rooted, has xposed (Is it maybe the problem? It is happening sinc 6 months before I guess) here is a adb logcat made with MTK Droid Tools:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CjSL2Bp5s6-LR4gxFEEWBpUSy65ojFmH/view?usp=sharing

I can't fully understand where is the error, I'm opening the keyboard in the logcat and the PID dies in the first lines. If any knows what's happening I'll appreciate it :)


texts: I have an LG G2, and I feel a little dumb asking this, but I have seen a G2 with the regular pattern lock screen with the dots (3×3) spanning the whole screen, but mine is much smaller (still a 3×3 but much less space between the dots), and I can't, for the life of me find a way to change this setting. And I dont think he had an app or anything. His phone was a day old, and he hadnt really used it because it didnt work correctly, so we were replacing the phone he had with a new one. Any tips??


texts: Lock screen shown when notification selected

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I am starting to get some strange behaviour with my Nexus 4 running the latest JB os. I get a notification such as an email or sms, so I unlock the screen before dragging the notification bar down and selecting it. Upon selecting the notification the lock screen pops back up asking me for my pin before sending me to the relevant app.

Any ideas?


texts: Blurry screen on Galaxy Note 8.0 (N5110) running CyanogenMod 12

texts:
I have installed CM12 on my Galaxy Note 8.0 (N5110), but now nothing is as sharp as it used to be with original Samsung ROM; all icons, text, etc. are not sharp.

How to fix this?


texts: Google+ Auto Backup does not upload older photos. How to reset?

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I began to use Google+ Auto Backup for the photos, and I silly used the full quality option. So when I run out of space, I decided to switch back to standard quality, so not to use the allocated space.

Problem is, the already uploaded photos didn't switch to the standard quality and kept on occupying space. So I deleted them and tried to start over the back up with the standard quality. But it's only uploading new photos and I cannot find the way to make it upload the older photos in standard quality. How to solve it?


texts: How can I enable debugging on LG G Stylo smart phone?

texts: I looked through all the options and did not see any thing for developeer settings.  I cannot figure out how to turn on the usb debugging for my LG G stylo phone, I imagin it is something pretty simple.


texts: Has anyone found a solid way to root the VM HTC desire 510? I have search long and hard but haven't found anything substantial. I know the 510 is rootable, and I have found a few tutorials, but they aren't very clear ones. Has anyone written a really solid step by step tutorial for rooting this phone?


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I have a Xiaomi redmi note 3 pro and i have installed an application that control in real time your running (it take the Speed, the course)  thanks to the GPS.
But sometimes the GPS lose the signal and my results are not clear.
There are some settigs to change or the application has a problem?


texts:
Generally in Linux we install applications from source with

./configure
make
make install

I am supposed to run these steps in Android to install few source tars. How can I get required libraries for this installation.

Thank you.


texts:
A while ago I had my Motorola Xoom (1) charging on the dock.

It got stuck at the Motorola logo screen, the first screen that appears when the tablet is turned on.

Recovery puts me at the screen showing the android lying down on its back with an exclamation mark above.

Is this solvable? Can I get the device to function again?

Note: Before this happening the tablet used to occasionally reset on its own. I think it was also heating up when not in use.


texts: Sleeping Cat, Mint Room, and Giraffe. Anyone know what these files are?

texts: In trying to make room in storage on my LG phone, I ran across 3 "apps" or files that I have never downloaded nor heard of and I have no idea how to find out what they are. Sleeping Cat, Mint Room, and Giraffe are their names, my question is if anyone knows what they could be and if I can delete them safely.


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I want to create a different/new Play Store account in my new device, but when the Play Store asks me for my phone number, it says that it was used too many times.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks in advance


texts: How to specify the directory path on external memory card?

texts:
An app currently saves files to "mydir" on the internal memory:

/storage/emulated/0/mydir

Instead, I want the files saved onto external memory card, but I am unable to figure out what is the right path. The attempts below do not work:

/SanDisk SD card/mydir

/storage/SanDisk SD card/mydir

/storage/emulated/SanDisk SD card/mydir

Android 9 , Redmi 8

"SanDisk SD card" comes from a file manager app, not sure if the card is to be specified by this or something else.


texts: LG Aristo 2 and Xbox 360 Controller with USB OTG

texts: I'd like to connect my phone (LG Aristo 2) to an Xbox 360 controller. It is wired, and I've connected it to my phone via USB OTG. It doesn't function currently; no button presses make any action. Is there a way to get this controller working with this phone via USB?


texts: How to limit an app's access only to specific networks?

texts:
I'm currently using DroidWall to limit apps' access to the Internet - and it's working great.

Recently I've started to have the need of allowing certain apps network connectivity, but limited only to the current LAN (e.g. only to communicate with IP addresses 192.168.1.x)

DroidWall doesn't seem to offer this in any trivial way (except, perhaps via its custom scripts, for which there aren't any clear instructions for how to apply them only to an individual app).

How can I limit an individual app to LAN access only?


texts: Is it possible to connect my Android device to my computer's internet?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to set up reverse tethering over USB?

If I have a workspace with no WiFi, but I do have an internet enabled computer (through an RJ45 cable), is it possible to get an android device bridged to the computer's internet using a micro-usb cable? It looks like ADB has some point to point features, but all I could find is how to share individual sockets and not the full shabang. Although, I can't say I fully understand the adb ppp command I found on SO:

adb ppp "shell:pppd nodetach noauth noipdefault /dev/tty" nodetach noauth noipdefault notty localip:remoteip

There might even be some voodoo with adb forward?


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Looking for a way to turn off my wifi everyday at 9:30 pm.
And turning it back on at 7:00am the next day automatically everyday.
Tried a few profiles, none really worked.

Thanks for your help.


texts: Route Application through Mobile Data when on Wifi

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While on Wifi, Whatsapp won't work on my Galaxy Note 2 due to my work proxy. I have found no proxying application that will work, yet. (My work is using an HTTP Proxy).

Is there an application that will route certain phone apps (such as Whatsapp) through mobile data, while still allowing other apps to use Wifi access?


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I am using a MOTO-G6 and it runs on Android-8.0.0. the default SMS app is Google-Messages.

I am getting tons of annoying spam SMS from contacts with no numbers.
It just shows a name for example:

VKHLTCHK
HPFAMDOC
HPYESBNK
...
...

I can block these contacts, But I still do receive sms from these over and over again.

Has anyone have this kind of problem. How do you solve this? I am  willing to buy a paid app if it exists.


texts: Change Android Smart TV Box settings from tablet to TV

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I bought this Android based Smart TV Box from Amazon. It's complicated to navigate within the interface because the Android settings of the box are for tablet instead for TV.
That causes the problem that apps that are TV optimized (Netflix..) display the tablet interface instead of the TV one.
Is it possible to change the box settings to TV?

Details:

Android 5.1
Octa-Core 64bits CPU - Rockchip 3368 Octa-Core 64-Bit
ARM Coretex-A53 up to 1,5 GHz, 2G RAM.


texts: When i flash a new custom rom, does it get rid of other things that i've flashed before?

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I have a rooted Moto G 2014 and im thinking of flashing a new custom rom on it. It is currently running PacMan Rom and i have Xposed and Google Apps(gapps) flashed right now. I know that flashing a new rom will get rid of all my data, but will i lose gapps and xposed too? Also, does anyone know any good roms?
Thanks


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I want to know where exactly are stored the APNs that are added by the user on Android. I want to edit them manually using X-plore (or any other root file explorer).
I know that in /system/etc/apns-conf.xml are stored the APN that come preset with the device, but I'm looking for the XML file where the user added APN are stored instead.


texts: is eMMC dead?Cant fix encryprion unsuccessful

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After seeing encryption unsuccessful error I tried to wipe, format but nothing changed.Then tried to flash firmware with sp flash tool.First error was "to format code are is forbidden in this phone".Then disabled preloader and flash again.Now error was "sddmmc_read_failed ,err code 3148".When I tried to emmc test on memory test tab, it was giving me error again.So probably my emmc is dead.

My question is it a certain death of emmc, or can it be repaired or replaced?If it cant be recovered, what should I do, what are the options?Thank you.


texts: Skype Android: how to remove skype online status from notification?

texts: Skype keeps on showing my online status in the notifications. It's a irritating thing for me. Please help me to get rid of it.


texts: How WhatsApp send audio files or video clips instantly?

texts: When I try to forward any video clips that I downloaded to my phone from any other contact it sends immediately (ie without any uploading) . Also attaching some mp3 files are also sent instantly without showing any delay in uploading? How is this possible? I think they are storing all media files on their server.


texts: Autoboot Samsung Galaxy on Charger connect, but cannot run fastboot command

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I need to autoboot a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (SM-T510) when the charger is connected, I know that to do this, I need to issue the following command to the device fastboot oem-off-mode charge 0 but as I understand, I Samsung Galaxy's do not have a fastboot mode, so I am stuck now.
I've tried to root the tablet, but failed miserably trying now for last few days getting stuck with one thing or another.
Is there any other way to achieve this (boot device on charger connect)?
I've managed to get int adb shell, but cannot find any relevant files to edit to achieve this.
Thanks.


texts: Any way to disable the app crash dialog?

texts:
At least two times that I can remember, my phone has got stuck in a crash loop. That is, an app crashes, the OS starts it again in the background, then it crashes again. This repeats ad nauseam. This generally makes any attempt to fix the problem either impossible or spectacularly frustrating. Is there any way to disable the dialog, make it a notification, or limit the occurrences?

If it helps, I'm using CM 12 and have rooted.


texts: Would any of the advanced Linux/UNIX filesystems be viable on Android?

texts: I know ext4 is already used as an internal filesystem but I wondered if there would be anything gained by using something like btrfs or ZFS? I know they are meant for more server-oriented situations but I'm just curious if there are any features that might help on a flash memory based smartphone.


texts: Is there a way to enter a line break into a long node name in Thinking Space?

texts:
When editing a long node name in Free Mind on desktop you can enter a line break by using "shift-enter", then a simple "enter" would confirm the edit.

This same Free Mind mind map when transferred to Android and edited with Thinking Space would display the node with line break correctly. However, I couldn't find a way to enter that line break in Thinking Space. I tried the following input methods: Swype, TouchPal, Hacker's Keyboard.


texts: Battery duration instead of battery percentage

texts: I wonder if there is a way to modify my battery icon in order to present battery remaining in hours/minutes/etc and not in a percentage form


texts: revert back to android 2.1 in samsung galaxy 5 aka europa from cyanogenmod 7 gingerbread 2.3

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I have installed android 2.3 gingerbread in my galaxy 5 europa GT-I5500 following this post
Now want to go back to 2.1, any dictation how to do that? Thanks for your help.


texts: DLNA app that supports output orientation?

texts:
On the Samsung Galaxy S2 is a DLNA client / server application called AllShare.

This can direct audio, video and images to a DLNA consumer on the network the phone is on.

In my case, this happens to be a Samsung TV.  This works automatically, I push out a video or image to the TV, and it appears (without doing anything to the TV, very cool).

The only hitch is the video and image orientation isn't taken into consideration, so all images and video appear in a single orientation (landscape), regardless of the orientation they were captured in.

Does anyone know if there is a way to get the TV to recognise the orientation, or get the S2 to orient what it sends to the TV?

Perhaps there is a DLNA app that can support on the fly rotation?


texts: Disable alarms for all day events in google calendar

texts:
When I have an all-day event in my calendar (a friend's birthday perhaps) I find that my phone will notify me to the start of the event at 11:50pm the previous day and every few minutes after that.

Generally I don't need a notification for all day events, but find notifications for events with a specific time to be useful.

Is there a way to disable notifications for all-day events?

Or is there a way to disable calendar notifications between say 11pm and 8am (I'd be happy if the alerts sounded after I woke up) but I imagine that's harder to set up.


texts:
My phone started rebooting all by itself all the time after I did 2 things with it. Installed Snapdragon BatteryGuru and put it on learning mode (for an estimated 3 days I guess) so that I could start saving battery by the app learning my behavior, and cleaned RAM with CleanMaster. These were the only changes I've done, I don't remember which was first but soon my phone started rebooting whether I was handling it or not at random intervals. I've also noticed the phone was hot all the time, the Note 3 runs into some hot period with some frequency but not with that frequency.
I've uninstalled both apps and it didn't work, wiped cache and it didn't work. The phone was still rebooting even on safe mode. After I wiped Dalvik with the help of TWRP, I thought the problem went away but when I hit the power button to turn the screen off, the phone rebooted and it will now always reboot when the screen turns off, even if it's just from the phone being inactive. Note 3 SM-N9003 VJUBMI6


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

texts: I removed a system app (com.android.mms) and I have the .apk needed to restore it, however it won't install through the standard channels (running the .apk gives me "application not installed"). What's the proper way to install a system app's .apk?


texts: Could I install certain custom ROMS for other devices e.g. Samsung tab 3 Stock on Samsung Galaxy tab 2? If so, how, and what should I do?


texts: Is it safe to update my Samsung Galaxy Neo to KitKat?

texts: The Samsung Galaxy Neo is officially receiving a KitKat update, which is supposed to bring fixes and performance improvements. Will I experience any problems if I update to the latest version, like lag, shutdown problems or battery issues?


texts: Where should issues with Google Play Services (e.g., fused location provider) be reported?

texts:
Google is bundling a number of services, including Location Services, in the Google Play Services application instead of including them in the open-source Android platform.  Main reasons behind this are to support frequent updates of core services without requiring OEMs to update the entire platform, and to hide the implementation of some proprietary services.

The problem is that there doesn't seem to be a good forum for reporting issues with Google Play Services and Location Services (e.g., problems with the new fused location provider).

Here are the current options for reporting Android issues that I'm aware of, and none of them seem like the right place to report a Google Play Services issue:

"Support" link at bottom of Google Play Services page - Most obvious place to start, but it redirects to the generic Android Developer Support page.
Google Product Forum for Android - This forum seems on-topic for Google Play Services, but was closed as of Sept 3, 2013.
Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) issue tracker - This is where the "Report a platform bug" link on the Android Developer Support page points.  This issue tracker is for AOSP, and since Google Play Services is independent of AOSP, issues related to Google Play Services and network Location Services implemented by Google (including the older network provider) are off-topic here.
android-platform Google Group - Also aimed at AOSP, not Google products.
android-developers Google Group - Description of the group says to post bugs/feature requests to the AOSP issue tracker (#3 above).  Also, it appears most questions related to location/ Google Play Services posted to this group are rarely addressed by the Android team and replies mainly come from other developers.
StackOverflow - There are Google Play Services / location tags here, but there is no indication that any issues are being observed or triaged by Google.
Google Maps API Issue Tracker - Android Maps API v2 - This feature of the issue tracker is specifically for the Android Maps API v2 (which is part of Google Play Services), but not Google Play Service in general and not for Location Services, which are separate from the Maps API v2.

What is the proper location to report issues with Google Play Services and Location Services?

I'm primarily interested in reporting issues from a developer's perspective.


texts: How do I get my Nexus 7 to show up in the adb devices list?

texts:
So I have a Nexus 7 that I'm trying to connect to my Windows computer for debugging over adb. Adb works fine with my phone, but when I plug in the tablet and run adb devices in Windows I get an empty list back:

C:\android\sdk\platform-tools> .\adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

C:\android\sdk\platform-tools>

The tablet is running stock Android 4.2.2 build JDQ39. USB debugging is enabled, I did click on the build number 7 times to get the developer options enabled, and I've tried connecting both as a Media device (MTP) and as a Camera (PTP). The tablet is not rooted and I have not unlocked the bootloader.

The computer is running Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x64. I have the latest adb version, 1.0.31. The SDK manager tells me I have SDK Tools rev 22.0.1 and SDK Platform-tools rev 17. I've tried using the Google generic usb driver version 7.0.0.1 and 6.0 as well as the Asus usb_driver_r06 from http://support.asus.com/Download.aspx?SLanguage=en&m=Nexus+7&p=28&s=2. Each driver I try does show the tablet as connected in device manager as either "Android Composite ADB Interface" or "Android ADB Interface"

If I plug the tablet in to my Macbook Pro and run adb devices, I get the the RSA fingerprint dialog as I would have expected to see in Windows:

Also if I start the tablet in fastboot by holding down the power and volume down buttons. I can see it with the fastboot utility:

C:\android\sdk\platform-tools> .\fastboot devices
015d262e32540802        fastboot

I am completely out of ideas here. Any and all off the wall suggestions would be welcome.


texts: How to install Google Camera on Nokia TA-1053

texts:
My phone Nokia TA-1053 is almost stock android with a couple of apps from them here and there. I really dislike their camera app. So, I tried to install Google Camera(since all other apps are from Google).
Now Google Camera app is not available in Play Store(at least for my phone). So I tried to side-load it from Apkmirror. My phone's android version in 9 and it supports API 28.
I downloaded the apk, installed it and when I was trying to open it, the app just won't open. It instantly shuts down the app and shows error messages. What should I do?


texts: Cannot seem to lock GPS, what else can I try?

texts:
With the other answers outdated, I'm asking again: what can I do to make my GPS work? It worked before, but for some reason it just ceased to lock. I haven't done anything to the phone to make it not work.

Phone: LG G3 vs985 - CyanogenMod 12.1 8/27 nightly build - stock kernel - 8/24 GAPPS

GPS is set to high accuracy. WiFi is on. The phone has been restarted, wiped, restored, yelled at, and it still cannot lock.

FasterGPS has the configuration set to NA/US. I had reset it originally, and recalibrated my phone with the GPS Status app. No GPS lock was had.

The phone is literally outside of the building with clear skies.The case and the back is removed, and it still cannot lock GPS.


texts: Increasing max # of items in Firefox for Android history

texts:
A couple days ago I decided to give Firefox for Android another chance, and it turns out its history only goes back 100 items! How do I fix this? I want unlimited history, as I've set up on my Pale Moon on PC, or at least a way to backup and import, as the FEBE extension does on PC (I don't have root on my phone).

I tried the places.history.expiration.max_pages method, but it does nothing (probably because, as I gather, FF for Android doesn't use places.sqlite). Other FF Android clones I tried have the same problem.

(Frankly I'm a little disturbed by the amount of extensions aimed at deleting history. In this day and age of ubiquitous internet traffic logging, why do people want to be the only ones not to have access to their browsing history?)


texts: How to transfer my photos to PC wirelessly?

texts: I have an Android phone, and I have many pics stored there. Now I want to free up my phone space and transfer them to my PC. I don't want to use USB cable. Is it possible to do it wirelessly?


texts: How to edit doc from mail attachment in drive?

texts:
I have an email with a .doc or .xls attachment and I wanted to copy some text from it. JB 4.2 opens it by default with the "document viewer app", which doesn't allow copy/paste.

I tried downloading it, then sharing to Drive, but Drive doesn't show it as an editable document, and it still opens it with the "document viewer app", not with Drive editor.

Is there a way around this?


texts:
I am looking for a photo editor app or website that will let me sharpen photos, preferably using unsharp mask.

I tried several free photo editors from the market, but none of them lets me sharpen photos. I don't mind paying for an app, I just don't want to unless I know it is a good choice.


texts: Is there any Android 2.2 updrate available for Samsung Galaxy S?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)?

if yes, how to upgrade it with out going service center.


texts:
My phone is a Nokia 8 with the latest update (Android Pie). I use to listen music/videos with wired headphones with some remote control buttons and a microphone. The buttons are not designed for Android phones so only the main pause/play button is working.

My phone recognizes these combo jack headphones very strangely. Once I plug the jack in, there is temporary state when the sound is correctly played for about 1 sec. Then the media is paused like if the jack is removed. Finally, when I unpause the media, the sound is played again but with different volume settings.
My guess is the phone is switching between combo mic and normal stereo headphones. This is not happenning with headphones without microphone.

My main problem is that the minimum volume in combo settings in the Android scale has continuously raised over time. Now even the first step results in a sound too loud for a quiet environment, which makes my headphones unusable. I have the impression that the volume rises every time I use the remote pause button, but that's very uncertain.

I tried many apps to reduce volume or force my phone to recognize my headphones as only stereo. I also investigated the android normal and developper settings. And the Nokia 8 is unrootable...

Any idea about how to solve this strange behaviour from Android ?
Thanks


texts: If your phone was compromised by a government body, how would you return it to it's original state?

texts: Say your phone was confiscated and consequently compromised, how would you ensure that it is no longer bugged?


texts: Can't mount first-gen Kindle Fire in TWRP

texts:
I have a rooted Kindle Fire running TWRP that I let my kids use. Last week the battery ran low and it shut off, but my three-year-old son somehow booted it into TWRP and wiped the device. Now the Fire hangs at the Kindle logo during boot.

TWRP still works, and I've attempted to mount /sdcard in order to upload cyanogenmod. Strangely, the Kindle is not talking to my Ubuntu PC: when I plug it in, lsusb reports no additional devices and dmesg reports that the device is disconnecting almost immediately:

[450654.465431] usb 1-4.7.2: >new high-speed USB device number 14 using ehci_hcd
[450654.558614] usb 1-4.7.2: >New USB device found, idVendor=18d1, idProduct=0100
[450654.558622] usb 1-4.7.2: >New USB device strings: Mfr=5, Product=1, SerialNumber=2
[450654.558627] usb 1-4.7.2: >Product: kindle
[450654.558631] usb 1-4.7.2: >Manufacturer: Amazon
[450654.558634] usb 1-4.7.2: >SerialNumber: 0123456789ABCDEF
[450657.586116] usb 1-4.7.2: >USB disconnect, device number 14

I'm at a loss for how to diagnose this further. The fk/FireKit tools can access the device but only while it's booting up, and despite using fk to reflash TWRP I have noticed no improvement.

Edit: As my answer indicates, I solved the problem by unbricking the Kindle with a different computer. This shouldn't have helped. I'm still very open to any answer that helps to identify the real issue.


texts: Sudden battery drain on Samsung Galaxy Ace 2x

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2x that is not yet a year old.  For the last 6 weeks, the battery has been draining very quickly, even though I have turned off everything that would cause this (GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) I have an unlimited mobile browser, and since this started to happen, I have noticed that my data consumption has jumped considerably even though I am doing nothing different (normal usage was between 500-700 mB per month, now 3-4 gB per month). For some reason it seems that the data is constantly on, or the phone is searching for a network, even when I am not using it. I have to charge the phone at least twice a day.  Any ideas??


texts: Restore functionality to press home button to go to home screen

texts:
On my Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) with Android 8, I used to be able to press the home button to directly go to the home screen.
Some configuration must have changed because now when I press the home button, it only activates the screen but doesn't take me to the home screen.
I need to press the home button to activate the screen and then swipe to go the home screen.
Anyone can help me restore the previous functionality?


texts: Moto X app screen suddenly scrolls vertically

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My Moto X, for as long as I've had it, has had the classic panes of apps in the all apps section (where you can just swipe horizontally to browse through the apps).

However, now I have a vertical sliding system with the four recently used apps at the top of the screen.

Is there any way to get back to the old way that stock android had been displaying all apps?


texts: How can I remove myself as an admin of a group?

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There is a group that I was a member of. Suddenly one day, all of a sudden I became admin of a group.

How can I remove myself as an admin of the group? And how can I make someone else an admin of that group?

Any help appreciated.


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I am using Verizon and coverage is poor at my home. Is there any app or service that would allow me to use WiFi calling while at home yet still keep my Verizon assigned phone number? I don't want to use a service that requires callers to use the same app to receive calls. Something like Skype works well except when I make calls through Skype, callers see my Skype number rather than my Verizon assigned phone number.

Built-in WiFi calling would be the best but who knows when Verizon will actually implement that.

I am using Android 5.1.1 on a Galaxy Note 5.


texts: Beginner's questions on tweaking non-branded Android phone (rooting, update recovery, update rom)

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I have some beginner's questions for clarifying some concepts in Android phone.

I am using a non-branded phone (ASK SP404) running Android 4.0.3. The Android OS in the phone comes from the manufacturer and it is non-rooted. I could use normal apps from Google Play but not the more powerful ones that need root privilege. Recently, I want to find a way to backup and restore my phone's rom (like Norton Ghost). However, from my previous thread : Could a non-root Android 4.0.3 smartphone's rom be backup?, I know that this operation seems impossible without some serious tweakings of my phone. "Tweaking" involves risks so I want to clarify some concepts before performing such potentially danger tasks.

My questions are :

Does every Android phone has a Boot Partition, a Recovery Partition and a Rom Partition ? (Boot Partition stores the Linux Kernel, Recovery Partition stores the BootLoader and the Rom Partition stores the other Android system and application files)
Is every Android phone's BootLoader locked ? How could I tell whether it is locked or not ? (Supplementary Info : I could go into the Factory Mode of my phone by turning on my device with "power on" + "home" key, the Factory Mode has the following menu items :

Factory Mode
Full Test
Item Test
Test Report
Version
Reboot

It seems that my BootLoader does not let me to backup/update my phone's rom. I can't tell whether it is locked. Moreover, when I enter the "Version" option, the following information is listed :

IMEI1 : 35958561001666
IMEI2 : 35958561001666
S/N code :
MT012345678901234567
10
SW Ver. : HTC_A100_V401
Custom Build Verno : 1331982298

I am not sure whether this phone has used a HTC A100's firmware rom ! ]
Must I unlock the BootLoader if I want to update my phone with a custom rom (e.g. CyanogenMod) ? What exactly is the meaning of "unlock" ?
Must I unlock the BootLoader if I just want to root my phone to run some rom backup programs such as "romdump", "titanium backup" etc ? If not, would I void my phone's warranty by just rooting my phone ?
I know that the "SuperOneClick" program could be used to root many Android 2.2/2.3 phones. Could this program be used to root an Android 4.0.3 phone ?
If the "SuperOneClick" rooting process fails somewhere along its way, would the failure hurt my phone and brick it ?

That's all my concerns before I would actually perform some serious tweakings to my phone. I am sorry if I have asked too many naive questions and/or I am looking for too much, but I hope the answer(s) in this discussion may be beneficial to other Android tweaking beginners.

Thanks for your attention. Any suggestion ?


texts: Why an android device overwrites the header named message-ID?

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I do not understand why android devices (I think mobiles devices in general) overwrite the mail header named message-ID. I need to pass some parameters through this header to build threads but each time I try, is overwritten.
My apps works very well with webmail and mail clients like Outlook and Thunderbird.
Any idea? Do you know some apps to debug mail headers within android devices?
Thanks
Adam


texts: Android will not open PDF files from notification bar

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I have Samsung galaxy s3 and i recently got system update to 4.1.2 Before update there was no problems with visiting a website, downloading a pdf file and opening it from notification bar. Now after update it says it cannot open this type of files but adobe reader or polaris office still works if i open file from file manager (downloads folder).

Is there any solution for this time consuming problem?

Or can i downgrade this part of android or maybe whole system? It worked like a charm before

EDIT

i have made some more testings and some pdf files are openingand some are not. The ones that im interested in are located on this website (its volleyball statistics)

link to pdf files

Is something wrong with these pdf files or is it a android or adobe reader related problem?

Has someone successfully downloaded one of these files and opened it from notification bar?

Also i have noticed that if i open downloads app (latest downloaded files) it shows as if he cannot determine which app should run the file. But then why it works from file manager or adobe reader itself?


texts: How to protect my Wi-Fi password from being displayed by Android phones when sharing it with QR code?

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I would like to know if there is any workaround to protect or hide my TP-LINK Wi-Fi router password from being displayed on phones using Xiaomi (Redmi) phones.

If we go to Wi-Fi in a Redmi phone and tap on previously connected Wi-Fi, then the phone allows us to share the Wi-Fi network by scanning QR code by some other phone or the same phone.

See the screenshots below for a better understanding of my question:

And if I scan this QR code with any other phone, then we can easily see the password:

So how can I protect my Wi-Fi password?


texts: I bought a used Pixel 1 (non-Verizon). I have OEM unlocked it, and restarted into bootloader through adb. At that point, my MacBook can't recognize the device any more. It's not there when I use "system_profiler SPUSBDataType" and fastboot doesn't see any devices. I've tried new cables (I bought a belkin one), and I tried connecting to a Raspberry Pi (I don't have any PCs). I have the same issue no matter what. I've been trying random advice for the last week, but no luck. Can someone please help?


texts: Change default font and remove bloatware without rooting the phone

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I have Lenovo S90 and I want to change the system default font and to delete some pre installed applications as well. Based on my initial research, the only possible way on how I can do what I want is by rooting my phone. My system is already running at Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. I was reading online tutorials about rooting this device and found them really troublesome and complicated as I am not a "techie" type of a person.
Is there a possible way that you can suggest with regards tot his matter?  Would appreciate your response a lot. Thank you.


texts: I am trying to browse on my Samsung android phone using Chrome and I keep on being redirected and having all this kinds of popups coming up. I have tried all solutions offered online and none is working. Please help me out because this is really pissing me off!!


texts: Is there a (decentralized) open source "Google Latitude" alternative?

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Is there an open source application which allows to share my location in real time? I'm looking for a fully open source solution, that is open source client as well as open source server software.

It doesn't have to be scalable or anything, I just want to share my location to whoever has the link to the application on my server.

This is not a duplicate of Alternative to Google Latitude? - I want a self-hosted application (on my own server), not on some non-Google third party server


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I'm running Android 4.2.1 and recently the Play Store app updated to version 4.8.20 and since then I'm facing icon issues within the store.

Click for larger version

As you can see, there's a weird black background for every app icon, this is the case for every page within play store, all the icons have this kind of background. I once tried un-installing Play Store updates and fell back to pre-installed version 4.1 of Play Store, which solved the icon issues (but left me with older version of Play Store). And obviously, the Play Store again updated itself to latest version and I again have same issue.

Note that there isn't any such problem on my different Android phone (which is running Android 4.2.2 but has same Play Store version, 4.8.20).

I've tried clearing Play Store cache, App Data, and as said earlier, uninstalling updates (which momentarily solves the problem), but nothing seems to solve the problem with this version of Play Store, only option I haven't tried is hard resetting my phone, which I want to avoid.

Is this a known bug with this version of Play Store? what are the options I have to fix this?


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My Galaxy S6 Active (and from looking around online, the Galaxy S6 in general) sends some animated .gifs properly, but others just get sent as a still photo.

I search the web for a gif, find it, and save to my phone.  (For this example, I'm trying to send this gif).  I am able to view in the gallery as a .gif, yay!

However, when I go to send it, and attach - it is a still image (not sure if it's the whole .gif, just not animating, or if it's just the first frame).

Other gifs I can send fine.  I have yet to find a rhyme or reason some work and others don't.  I've seen some comments saying that the Galaxy/Android cuts the file size down when it changes the text to an MMS, and this could be stopping the gif?

Thanks for any ideas.  I'd rather not have to root or install a third-party app..I'm mainly interested in learning if this is just a fact of life for my phone, or if there's a fix.

Edit: With the two answers below, one partial solution is to use another messaging app.  I tried Google Messenger, and was able to successfully attach a .Gif that I couldn't with the default messenger.  However I still can't send those gifs, it says the file size is too large for an attachment.  I understand that carriers put a limit to MMS size, but I'm 99.9% positive my friend with an iPhone can successfully send the same gif that I am not able to. Hmm.

Edit: April 2016 - While it doesn't really answer the question of the .gifs getting cut down, I downloaded Google Messenger, and it seems to be sending .gifs that the default program wouldn't.  Not a perfect solution, since it involves downloading an App, but it's the best I've found so far.

Edit: March 2017 - while not a solution to the MMS sending/not sending gifs, in addition to Google Messenger, both WhatsApp and Signal work fine with .gif. However I believe it's mainly due to their use of the data plan/wifi which allows for the greater file size to be sent.


texts: Facebook for Android app no longer displays og:image of website served via home computer's IP

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I've followed the advice given in this post. I have updated the Facebook cache, and shared a website on Facebook on my Facebook timeline (shared only with me for testing purposes) via a web browser. When I do this, the image in the sharer looks fine, and when I go to my Facebook page I can see the shared link details as well as its corresponding image, which is a 1200x630 PNG (the text is displayed immediately but the image takes about 6 seconds to load, despite the fact that I thought such image would have been stored in the FB cache).

The story is different on my Facebook for Android app. I had previously shared a website whose site image is a 1200x630 PNG, and I can still see that image on my FB Timeline despite the fact that it's been removed from my site a few days ago and replaced with another image. The problem is that the newer og:image I've updated on my website, which is the same size and format as the older one it replaces, displays fine on my mobile phone's web browser and on my PC's web browser, but does not show up in my Facebook app for Android, and a blank ligh-gray rectangule with the shared og:title and my home computer's IP but no og:image shows up in the shared post. A whole day has gone past since I've updated the FB cache, and I've tried the Facebook Debugger Tool once again, but the image just won't show.

How do I fix this?


texts: Android 6 Home screen sweep right (stock)

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(in stock Android, no any UI gadgets installed)

At home screen I can sweep to right direction
(screens right of home screen) and more screens appear to put my icons...

In old versions of Android I could also sweep to left direction
to put icons... but now appears a google search screen...

How can I configure Android get the old behavior...
same as saying... sweep to left and appears a empty screen to put my icons...

Thx


texts: How can I use Google Assistant on Android 7 to play a show on my TV on Netflix on Windows 10? - Super User

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So here's the setup:

I have a phone running Android 7.1.1. It comes with Google Assistant.

I have a TV, which is connected to a Windows 10 PC. I use it to watch Netflix via netflix.com in Chrome.

How can I use my phone to watch shows on my TV via voice commands? Like "Play Stranger Things on my TV" or "Play Stranger Things on Netflix on my TV".

I know Google Home and the Pixel phones can control Chromecast. Surely there's an app for Windows 10 that will allow me to control it too?


texts: how to work around "Your device does not qualify for bootloader unlocking

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I've followed the guides but stupid Motorola is telling me that I can't unlock the bootloader so I'm blocked with

sudo ./fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.2-0-surnia.img
(bootloader) has-slot:recovery: not found
target reported max download size of 268435456 bytes
sending 'recovery' (16152 KB)...
OKAY [  0.509s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.921s

I'm working from an Ubuntu box.


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I have deleted some files by mistake on my Android mobile, and I'd like to get them back. I tried using Dr. Fone, but it brought me A LOT of documents and images back which are not even deleted, for example it showed me icons used in Viber, icons used in Skype. It showed ALL documents even non deleted. And on top of that, when I tried to recover a document, it asked me to pay and so on. I'd like to have a free solution for this.

I tried an App called: Undeleter, but it asked me to if my device is rooted or not, and it told me that my device does not appear to be rooted. (I don't know what rooted means). What should I do? I am an absolute beginner and any hint is appreciated.

Thanks.


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I am testing Wi-Fi calls with Asterisk, a SIP server.
I tried using CSipSimple and mizurdoid.
In both the cases the voice path establishes very rarely
Most of the time no call goes through.
After thee call the CSipSimple says unexpected error and recommends force close.
I am using Samsung Galaxy Y. Please advise.


texts: Workaround for lack of "hide sensitive content" setting for lockscreen notifications in CyanogenMod 13?

texts: I have recently installed CyanogenMod 13 on an Android One phone (i.e. the 'sprout' version of CM).  I installed the release version.  In the notification settings, under "when locked", I was surprised to find that the setting "hide sensitive content" is missing.  I.e. I can either choose to have all my notifications be completely visible, or I can choose to have them be completely hidden.  Neither of those is a convenient setting.  Is there a workaround for this?


texts: How dangerous is the fact that SELinux is in "Permissive" mode? What should I be wary of?

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I have installed a certain ROM which comes with SELinux in "Permissive" mode. This is the only (good) ROM that properly fits my device and there is no way to change the state of SELinux.

Now I'm not really sure what are the consequences of such a decision and would be happy if someone could explain it to me (I have googled it and know what it is theoretically... just not in practice).
Said ROM has its root on "disabled" so the device is supposedly unrooted but how does that fits with the SELinux I'm not sure.


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I was using my Chrome on Android 4.1.2 on Samsung Galaxy S II and phone suddenly crashed. When phone restarted it looked like all apps are gone, even Google Play.

App Drawer shows only standard apps like Camera, FM radio, Internet, Messaging, Phone, Samsung Apps etc. but all other cannot be seen there.

Application Manager lists my apps under DOWNLOADED label, but instead of apps names (e.g. Chrome or Viber) it shows app IDs (com.android.chrome or com.viber.voip) and instead of app icons it shows some gray icon with labels Android and SD. Under ON SD CARD label it there are no apps. I don’t have external SD card.

I used Android System Recovery to wipe cache partition and it wiped cache for all except Chrome cache.

What can be problem? How can I get my apps back?


texts: Get rid of duplicate songs on phone when using Google Music

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I've uploaded my mp3s to Google Music. I also physically have the files on my phone. But now when I use the Google Music app it shows the songs on my sd card and the songs I've uploaded to the cloud.

Apart from deleting the files on my phone, is there a way to tell Google not to sync songs I already have?


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I know that the phone's kernel contains the clock speeds but is there a way to add your own clock speeds?
What do I have to do to edit the kernel, where is the the clock speed data stored?


texts: Accessing favorite/hearted images when choosing an image with Samsung's Gallery app

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In the Samsung Galaxy Note 9's Gallery app, there isn't a separate Favorite Photos folder. Instead, a button on top of the albums page labeled Favorites opens up hearted photos.

The problem with this is my favorite/hearted photos don't appear as a separate folder in WhatsApp when I try to attach a photo. For example, I press the attach button, Gallery, and there is no separate folder for my hearted/favorite photos.

How to quickly access those photos?


texts: HTC software update causes phone to reboot in the TWRP recovery mode and does not update. How to fix it?

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I just rooted my HTC One (M7) according to LINK. It is s-on, and TWRP (teamwin) recovery is flashed.Rooting is successful and everything seems fine. Except:

When I go in the "setting, about, update software" in the phone, it downloads the HTC updates. But when it tries to run the downloaded updates, it reboots, and it goes into "recovery" mode, where TWRP shows up. What should I do from there?
I choose system reboot from TWRP and it phone is up as normal, but the updates are still waiting to be run.

How should I apply updates?

Thanks


texts: Sensitive information in the About screen

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Which of the following information from the About screen (Settings -> System -> About) is considered sensitive and shouldn't be shared publicly?

IMEI
IP address
Wi-Fi MAC address
Bluetooth address
Build number


texts: Enabling free form windows in android O causes buttons in recent apps menu to overlap

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I have searched for a way to enable free form windows. I've used the adb way,

adb shell settings put global enable_freeform_support 1

But I couldn't use it because the close button is overlapping free form button:

My phone is Huawei P20 Lite (ANE-LX1) with EMUI 8.0.0 and android 8.0.0 with nova launcher.
Close button works like a charm when clicked

Any ideas what to do (rather than disabling the free form ) ?

It is okay to replace closing button with free form button if that's available.

Any solution without root is preferred.


texts: Weird app on my andriod. Unable to uninstall it

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Here is this weird drawer/app I am getting when I swipe on bottom left corner of my screen.

I tried to uninstall it, but can't find it in the list.

I believe it is some malware/adware, as it shows random keywords in the search box (in screenshot, it is showing india vs australia). This app came out of nowhere without being preinstalled. I have another phone of same brand/model which is without this creepy app.

I am using Xiaomi Redmi 2


texts: How can I upload photos from my Android (4.1) to Picasa without resizing to 2048 resolution?

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I am paying for additional storage, so the storage limit doesn't concern me.  I would like to upload full-resolution pics from my phone to my Picasa albums, but when I choose to upload a picture from my Android to a Picasa album, the picture ends up being resized to 2048 pixel max resolution.  Is there any way to disable this or bypass it without using something like Dropbox instead?

Using Nexus S running Jelly Bean.


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I wanna move ALL my photos, videos, music, etc. to the SD card, so I can give my phone to a friend.

This is the space used by all that stuff and what I see when I click "Transfer data to SD card":

Only 1 file! (The previous screenshot.) So, why can't it see the half Gigabyte of "Pictures, videos" from the first image, as well as the Downloads, Misc...?

EDIT

I'm using Android 4.4.2 on a Sony Xperia D2104.


texts: My SGH-i777 running 2.3.4 is saying my firmware is current, but I don't believe it is

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I have a Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 through AT&T. It runs on 2.3.4 Gingerbread and when I try to update my phone says that there are no updates available.

When I try to update through Kies, it says my phone doesn't support initialising. How can I fix this? I want to root my phone but I wanted to update first. Is that smart or should I update after root?


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During an OTA update the tablet went into a boot loop.  I let this continue a few times until I was fairly certain it wasn't going to resolve itself.  I never had a reason to unlock the tablet or use ADB so I never enabled those options from the developer menu.  I am able to see the device from a PC using fastboot, same from my linux laptop.  When I attempt to flash anything I get permission issues, same with the oem unlock command.  ADB devices shows nothing, so I'm not sure if there's a way to update or sideload something or if I'm just screwed.

I've done a good amount of research and found people who have said they were able to sideload, but I'm not sure if ADB is like the unlock option -that it has to be enabled from inside the OS? (Aside: Why would they do this?!?)  Unlocking isn't an option it seems, so are there any other workarounds people are aware of?  Is there a way to unlock or enable ADB from the recovery menus?

Note: need help Nexus 9 stuck in endless reboot loop does not work for me as fastboot sees the device, but ADB does not.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  This is the worst flagship device I've ever used and seriously has me considering an iPad...  With much angst.  I just can't believe a device that is less than 2 years old that gets bricked on an update, that I would have to pay to repair and not have a tablet for weeks.  Just not acceptable.


texts: How to install Google Play services on an Android 6.0 emulator?

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Is there a way to install Google Play app on an Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) AVD?
I have found the Open Gapps for Android 6 here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087008996

To install them you need to boot into Recovery mode and install that zip file, but
an emulator does not have a recovery partition, so the steps target the case of a
device.

Do you know, how I can do the same for the emulator? I tried to unzip the file and
put the 4 APKs described here (for Android version 5):
http://www.flinkd.org/2015/02/instal...i-21-lollipop/

but after rebooting the emulator, although the icon of Google Play appears in the launcher,
when I tap on it, then the emulator crashes with some fatal exceptions in logcat.
I tried to install the packages one at a time, rebooting the emulator after each installation,
and found out that the crash happens after installing the Phonesky.apk no matter if you
click on the Google Play icon.


texts: Using phone's computing power to assist in PC's calculation

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Is phone cluster or cluster with PC and phones possible?

I was thinking if recoding MOSIX or using any other program/software to connect your phone with PC and let the PC use phone's computing power in calculations is possible.

I know that it won't boost it a lot, but mostly just for an experiment.


texts: Should SD card be formatted before putting into new phone?

texts: I got a new phone and want to put the SD card from my old one into it. Should anything be done to it, such as formatting or deleting files? There is a lot of funky stuff on the SD card, from TWRP and Titanium Backup etc. On the other hand I'd rather not delete just for the heck of it as there's a lot of stuff and some I do want to keep.


texts: "App Updates is running" warning happening very often

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This week I upgraded to Android 7.0 and since then, everytime I turn on mobile data and enter/exit an app, this notification appears

.

  App Updates is running
  Preparing to install apps...

I unchecked all types of notification in Google Play Store, but nothing happens. Is someone experiencing this as well and maybe know a fix? The device it's LG G5.


texts: Are Android 2.2 applications compatible with Android 3.0 and 3.1?

texts: Are apps built for Android 2.2 compatible with Android 3.0 and 3.1?


texts: How do i remove family link supervision after 24 hours

texts: So I went into the app family link and I clicked stop supervision. Then I waited 24 hours so I can stop, but after 24 hour it wont remove it and it says remove supervision failed. There is also a retry button there but when I click it, the message comes up again. Does somebody know how to fix that because I cannot access my phone now because of that, thanks.


texts: Music player with labelled regions or time markers

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Do you know a music player that allows to add labels to parts of the audio file so later on I can easily find the region and play just that part of the audio file?(Like in Audacity.)

Or at least time-markers?


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I have created a profile with Tasker to accomplish a simple function, activate WiFi every 10 minutes and if the phone connects to a network leave WiFi on, otherwise turn it off and scan again in 10 minutes. This is my setup:

Profile Big / Task Big

WiFi Scan profile never activates (it doesn't get green and the Tasker notification says "no Active Profile"). When I activate Tasker it turns off my WiFi but never turns it on again. It is very strange; is it a Tasker bug? I am running Android 4.1.2 on a Galaxy S2.


texts: Disable Camera on Android using ADB Shell

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I am using 4.1 JB Rooted Device & want to completely disable Camera on my mobile as it is not allowed at my work place. Currently I am using 'Disable Camera device' app but one can easily Enable camera using this app.

I am looking for a way where without a PC & connecting through ADB one should not be able to Enable camera. Technicians at our workplace should also not be able to enable the camera.

I have got the following codes from one of the Camera Disabled app... How to use them?

Support Shell command line operation

> adb shell
$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n jp.ne.neko.freewing.DisableCameraDevice/.CameraDeviceDisable
$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n jp.ne.neko.freewing.DisableCameraDevice/.CameraDeviceEnable


texts: Clear Google Maps search history without removing the cached maps?

texts: I've been using the Google Maps app to cache the maps on certain places where I might be going in the future. I don't always have internet access which is why I'm doing this. Now that I've cached most of the places I might possibly go to, I want to clear my search history to remove the clutter. I don't want to clear the whole shebang. Otherwise, my "pre-caching" actions would just be wasted efforts. I just want the search history on Google Maps to be cleared. How do I do this?


texts: Oneplus3 lineage os - Switch on without power button

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I have an OnePlus3 with lineageOS installed in it. My problem is that Power button doesnt work and my mobile is switched off.
whenever I plug in my charger, I get the recovery options menu on pressing the volume buttons. How Can I select the restart option in the recovery options menu WITHOUT POWER BUTTON?
P.S. If I dont press the volume button, it just goes to the next screen and shows the charging animation.
please help. Any help is appreciated.


texts: I added a new calendar using my laptop, but my Android phone can't find it after syncing

texts: I used my laptop to remove two calendars and add one calendar to my Google Calendar account. After syncing, the Calendar app on my Android (2.2) phone knows that I deleted the two calendars, but does not know about the calendar that I added. Is this a common problem? How can I fix it?


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Few months ago, I restored a full Nandroid backup which was created few hours ago. When I booted up, everything went fine, but Gmail & Google+ went out of sync. Perhaps, it was a timestamp problem.

Problem was this: If I read an email on web, the read status was reflected to app, but reverse wasn't true. If I read an email on app, the read status wasn't reflected to web or other devices/apps.
The exactly same thing was with Google+ notification read status.

I cleared data of Gmail app and the problem was fixed. I did the same thing with Google+ app, but no benefit. I even uninstalled & reinstalled the Google+ app, but again no benefit.

I left that for months. I have notified Google, updated to every new version, but the problem is still here even today.

How to fix it? Don't suggest factory reset, please.

Device: Samsung Galaxy S with ICS (rooted)


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I have a first generation Nexus 7. It was getting so slow as to be useless, so I did a factory reset and it is not much better. It then informs me that an upgrade to Android 4.3 is ready. So I do that, but it doesn't seem to take because a day or two later, it informs me again that an upgrade to 4.3 is ready. I look and I see that the current version is 4.2.2. What is wrong?

Don't know if this matters, but before the reset, it was rooted, and so after I assume it is not and that's fine.


texts: Ways to remove android device encryption

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Since I still encounter issues with modified boot images and recovery images I want to remove the device encryption from my Nexus 4 (running 4.3).

I known that there is no "official" way to to this but since this is an encryption it can be reverted. So please don't tell me that it is impossible (I already know that android don't want you to do this).

So I came up with two ideas but I could not find anyone who already did this and want to be sure before wiping my data partition. My device is not rooted but the bootloader is unlocked.

Making a backup with adb backup, format the data partition and restore the backup. But I could imagine that adb is unable to restore backups on non-encrypted devices if they were made on an encrypted on. (Can tell me for sure?)
Starting a modified boot image with fastboot that just decrypts the data partition (should be perfectly possbile but I havn't seen such a tool)
Any other idea?


texts: Unsolicited Tabs keep Appearing On Chrome On My Samsung 7 Mobile Phone

texts: New tabs containing questionable sites/malware warnings etc. keep popping up unsolicited on Chrome on my Samsung 7 mobile phone.  Sometimes as many as 10+ in an hour.  Sometimes I can be using a different app and I will automatically be redirected to a new unsolicited web page in Chrome.  I have tried everything including clearing cache etc. and various antivirus/malware scans.  Even cleared nonessential apps from my phone.  Would like to uninstall and reinstall Chrome, but understand that's not possible.  Any ideas?


texts: How to replace Android's Download Manager by an other default app?

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I got enough of the poor functionality of com.android.providers.downloads

So I decided for a better alternative download manger.

But how can I choose the alternative as preferred download manager? My alternative download manager is listening to my clipboard. But this does not help me, because not all addresses to online files can be easily copied into Android's clipboard.


texts: How to prevent brightness when battery reaches high?

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I leave my phone (Samsung Galaxy 4 GT-I9506, Android 5.0.1 lollipop) charging on my table when going to sleep. It reaches full after some hours often. It is so annoying when the display becomes bright after battery reaching full, awakening me.

I know the thread How to prevent brightness from going to full when the battery low popup appears? about the prevention of bright display when the battery goes low. The rooted device seems to be the only choice to change the default behavior. I have unsuccessfully installed CyanogenMod in the device a few times. I am open about other ways to root this device and change its default behavior.

Settings > Display does not have any features by which you can alter the brightness mode. It would be great to customize the brightness in different modes, etc when the battery is low. In the link, the user did not want to consume extra battery with display when the battery was extremely low.

I installed Firelord proposed, Tasker, where I am working the automation. I probably need to root my phone for sufficient change.

How can you prevent brightness when battery reaches full in Android?


texts: Is there any way to return the AM/PM to my status bar?

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This is specific to a carrier-locked (VZW) Samsung Galaxy Note 9 running v9.0 Pie. Samsung decided to take away the AM/PM indication in the status bar clock, likely to save space for the "hole punch". They didn't even see fit to make it an optional toggle. My web searches have returned no result apart that people other than just myself rely on it being there. Does anyone here have a solution of any kind? The key here is the ability to note the meridiem at a glance from any screen

Also: Yes, I know the "Always On" screen has faces that include AM/PM. That doesn't quite work for what I need.

And please, don't respond with "why can't you just look out the window?" like somebody in every other forum I've searched. Some of us don't have windows or operate on a normal human schedule.


texts: Cant go to last week of month in calendar

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I can't seem to find a way to navigate to the last week of a month, meaning 24 is the last day i see this month March 2012 (in month view), when navigating to next month, first day is 1 whilst week 13 is completely skipped.

Any idea what that can be?

Here is what it looks like: