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I picked up a used Samsung Galaxy Core Prime offered by MetroPCS in the US for testing. The device is powered by Android 5.1.1. Testing requirements are a 64-bit ARM processor, but I'm not sure if I have met the requirements.

According to cat /proc/cpuinfo (see below), I see Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8916. That's a Cortex-A53, which is ARMv8a/64-bit architecture. But I also see ARMv7 listed, which is a 32-bit architecture.

Can anyone explain why I am seeing conflicting results?

$ adb shell cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor   : 0
model name  : ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
BogoMIPS    : 38.40
Features    : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part    : 0xd03
CPU revision    : 0

processor   : 1
model name  : ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
BogoMIPS    : 38.40
Features    : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part    : 0xd03
CPU revision    : 0

processor   : 2
model name  : ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
BogoMIPS    : 38.40
Features    : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part    : 0xd03
CPU revision    : 0

processor   : 3
model name  : ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
BogoMIPS    : 38.40
Features    : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt vfpd32
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x0
CPU part    : 0xd03
CPU revision    : 0

Hardware    : Qualcomm Technologies, Inc MSM8916
Revision    : 0006
Serial      : 000009f200000001
Processor   : ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)


texts: Why can't Wi-Fi be enabled in Android-x86 inside VirtualBox?

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If I enter the Wi-Fi settings of Android-x86 (currently v8.1-r1) inside VirtualBox (currently v6.0.4) and turn it on, why does it just immediately get turned off?

Some Android apps try to find devices inside the network so it's essential (e.g. if you want to use Chromecast and iRobot Home).


texts: As of vendors - whose bootloaders are easy to unlock, and whose not?

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The vendors differ in their attitude to unlocking the bootloader. Some require codes for unlocking, some not. Some require proprietary, Windows-only software, other not.

Which of the vendors are friendly to people unlocking the devices and which not? Which of them require obtaining tokens, which require proprietary and not-cross-platform software? Which treat unlocking the bootloader as voiding the warranty?

This is only devices which can run Android.

(I started the community wiki)


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I just purchased two identical Android tablet for my kids, running ICS 4.0, both using the same gmail account. I have the Google Play store installed on both of them, but only one of them show on my Devices list on Google Play. I could not find a way to make the second device show on the site.

As I said, they are using the same gmail account and sharing the same site-specific password (as I use two-factor authentication). What can I do to make the second device show on the Device list so I can send app to both of them?

Persio


texts: Fasboot Devices not getting attached XIAOMI MI A3

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I have the Xiaomi Mi A3 and I'm currently on both phone and PC latest stock update. I am using Windows 10 20H2 and I have tried everything – but still don't get it.
I tried another Mi A3 and it got attached normally. I've tried installing all kind of drivers and different ports, nothing. When suddenly it worked and I installed the stock ROM – but because the stock ROM is kinda laggy and ugly I want to change it. But I can't because I am also on stock recovery and I can't install another recovery because my device isn't recognized in fastboot mode.
My device is recognized in adb mode and in edl mode as well, only not in fastboot.


texts: Can I have more than one tablet on the same email account?

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I have two tablets for each of my kids and I set them both up with my email account on the app store to get them games. But when trying to use the PC to choose the games for me it will only let me select one of the tablets and not both.

Do I need to have to separate accounts for each of them or is there a way around it?


texts: Wifi password lost every time I reboot my phone

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VS985 - Verizon LG G3 - CM12 Nightly - 5.0.2

This has been going on for a few months now, and is just driving me bonkers. Every time I reboot my phone, and am home, my phone forgets the password for the wifi. All other devices in the house (iphone, ipad, laptops, kindles, chromecasts, etc.) do not have this issue.

This only happens for my home router – passwords for other networks are surviving reboots.

As I have my phone how I like it, I don't want to start from scratch. I tried wiping system, but it's like the password is a part of my personal data and that for some reason it is forgotten so often? Does anyone have ideas on how I could go about fixing this?


texts: Enable WiFi when a specific application needs it, then disable after N minutes

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I do not leave WiFi nor data transfer enabled on my Samsung Note 3. The only application that I would like to have access to the network is Ankidroid.

Is there any way to have WiFi automatically enabled when Ankidroid requests network access, and then have WiFi automatically disabled (perhaps after N minutes)?

Right now I am enabling Wifi, syncing Ankidroid, and then disabling Wifi manually. It would be nice to automate at least part of this process.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Note will not Turn On after Android 4.1.1 Upgrade

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I have downloaded Jelly Bean 4.1.1 for my Galaxy Note N7000.

While updating through the phone, it shut down and now it is not working.I cannot turn it on.

The battery was about 40%. I guess it is because of the battery level. What can I do to sort this out?


texts: No MAC address di iMX51_bbg froyo 2.2 Epad 8'

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I've bought an iMX51_bbg Froyo 2.2 Epad 8', but I cannot find the MAC address. Can you help me with that?

Is there any USB Modem compatible with this Android device? I've tried many and can't get them to work!  The phone works properly with WiFi, but it's annoying if I have to go to free WiFi place if I just want to surf.


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I rooted my old Galaxy J2 today, and replaced the stock firmware with LineageOS. It works great.
My next question would be to set Retroarch the first and only app on startup, which supposedly is kiosk mode, so as if the phone would basically run Retroarch as its own system. I researched a lot about this (it is called kiosk) but no clue on how to do this.


texts: How is screen recording different from a screenshot with respect to the way it is implemented?

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To experiment I used root privileges and Lspeed to make my screen monochromatic. Then I took a screenshot, surprisingly, the image was not monochromatic but in full colour.

To prove that I actually took a screenshot with a monochromatic screen, I decided to shoot a video with a camera. But then the inbuilt screen recording feature quickly came to my mind and I decided to screen record me taking a screenshot, fully knowing the likely outcome.
I was in for another surprise when I found the screen recording to be monochrome. I've converted it to a gif given below.


texts: Is it possible to use android phone as bluetooth headset for ps3?

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Does anyone know how to use the android phone as a bluetooth headset so that i can use it as a mic while playing several games (COD) for example.

I'm using Ice Cream Sandwich and i have a Galaxy Vibrant. I don't want to buy a bluetooth headset so i'm simply looking to use my phone as an intermediate adapter. I can connect my wired headphones which has a mic attached to it.


texts: Why has Google started asking questions when reviewing apps in Play Store?

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I went to review an app today after receiving help from the dev and after selecting the star rating I was then asked three questions about the app. "Does the app have whiteboards?", "Does the app allow you to make checklists?", "Does the app have online storage?", with options, "No", "Don't know" and "Yes" for each. After that I was able to write the review. The app was just a fun app that measures vibration, comparing it to earthquake intensity, so none of the questions are relevant.

I checked a couple of other apps. One didn't ask any questions, the other did but the questions were different and more relevant to the app.

I have not been able to find info on this. Does anyone know why Google are doing this and how they decide the questions? Would also be interested in knowing when they started doing this.

Thanks.


texts: Popups, dialogs, notifications, toasts: what's the difference?

texts: I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem with an unwanted pop-up message, and the person who's trying to help asked what kind of pop-up it is. It's just a message on the screen, what difference does it make? And how do I tell what kind it is?


texts: Red exclamation mark at top left when booting phone

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was experimenting( more specifically, trying to flash ROMs) with my Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace(rooted). It was all going well till I tried flashing the TWRP recovery mode. I followed all the steps mentioned on various xda forums but a red exclamation mark appears at the top left of the screen when I try to turn it on, along with the Samsung logo and it the phone just hangs. When I go to the download mode, it shows MDM Download : 0. I tried flashing, using ODIN, other versions of the TWRP for my phone model but the same error persists.

Is my phone soft-bricked?

How do I fix it?

I am trying to restore the original stock Samsung firmware now.

Many thanks.


texts: how you can lose / keep IMEI over after factory reset?

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Here it says as a solution for a type of a phone. There are other question ( upvoted) but closed by somebody marked as to localized. Of course it is localisez for each type... why don't want to allow to get help?

I am searching like a week how to solve my THL W8S problem.
I could go on others answers too, but those questions it seems they aren't active anymore.

Tried with MTK tools, and other tools, since this phone has a MK5689T version on it. Used the hidden engineering mode too with dialing a "secret" number. On that case I could set the old IMEI back, but that will be lost after factory reset.

Please correct me if  I am wrong:

/data/nvram/md/NVRAM/NVD_IMEI/MP0B_001

This holds the IMEIs (  I have dual sim )

/data is wiped after Factory Reset => IMEI lost after factory reset.

Question is what to do to make it persistent?

At /etc/firmware/modem.img I have the .img, but don't know how to read it, where to mount it,even on Linux after saving to desktop.
Has that img inside of him a MP0B_001 file? Would it work if I mount , unpack change the file and repack?

I have downloaded the official rom: http://www.thlmobilestore.com/news/

THL W8S ROM support: Multilang

Friday, September 27, 2013 2:34:40 AM America/Los_Angeles

Title: ThL W8S

ROM Version: ROM Android 4.2.1

Link: Here

The ThL_W8s.JB2.FHD.EN.COM.16P256_MT6589TV1.0.3_20130815 content is:

If I unpack  I see a boot.img
That file need to unpacked to get the modem.img?

Where it stored the phone serial number? - I  need to restore that too ( to original one)  I have found only which environment properties has it, not where it is stored. It is formatted the NVram accidentally by pressing the Format on a SP Flash Tool.

At baseband version I see: Moly.wr8.w1248.md.wg.mp.v7 and I see a file BPLGUInfoCustomAppSrcP_MT6589_S00_MOLY_WR8_W1248_MD_WG_MP_V7 there it should be written the SN + IMEI?

Thanks for any try to help.


texts: Buying an album from Google Play of which I already have some songs

texts: I want to buy an album, but I already have some songs from it which I bought from the Play Store. Will there be duplicates of the ones I already have? Also, will some money be deducted from the cost of the remaining album like on iTunes, or will I have to pay the cost of the whole album? Thank you!


texts: Android system cant start because of "No space left on device"?

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I ran my app, which communicated with my server in every 5 minutes. 2 days later I can't turn on my tablet, because it stops at the boot image.
I'm getting all kinds of error in logcat like this.
My app did not use any database, so I don't know what went wrong, and how can I solve it..

E System  : ******************************************
E System  : ************ Failure starting system services
E System  : java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to boot service com.android.server.devicepolicy.DevicePolicyManagerService$Lifecycle: onBootPhase threw an exception during phase 480
E System  : Caused by: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDiskIOException: disk I/O error (code 4874)

W SystemServer: ***********************************************
E SystemServer: BOOT FAILURE making Lock Settings Service ready
E SystemServer: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDiskIOException: disk I/O error (code 4874)

I SystemServiceManager: Starting phase 480
E SQLiteLog: (4874) os_unix.c:29945: (28) write(/data/system/locksettings.db-shm) -
E SQLiteLog: (4874) disk I/O error
E SQLiteLog: (4874) os_unix.c:29945: (28) write(/data/system/locksettings.db-shm) -
E SQLiteDatabase: Failed to open database '/data/system/locksettings.db'.
E SQLiteDatabase: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDiskIOException: disk I/O error (code 4874): , while compiling: PRAGMA journal_mode
E SQLiteOpenHelper: Couldn't open locksettings.db for writing (will try read-only):
E SQLiteOpenHelper: android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDiskIOException: disk I/O error (code 4874): , while compiling: PRAGMA journal_mode

D AndroidRuntime: Shutting down VM
E AndroidRuntime: *** FATAL EXCEPTION IN SYSTEM PROCESS: main
E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to boot service com.android.server.devicepolicy.DevicePolicyManagerService$Lifecycle: onBootPhase threw an exception during phase 480

DropBoxManagerService: java.io.IOException: write failed: ENOSPC (No space left on device)

So how Can I figure out what allowed my space, and how can I resolve this problem, and start the device.
Currently I can't even use ADB commands because the device don't even start...


texts: switch phone to data when wifi signal is weak

texts: I am using Tasker.  How do i get my phone to turn wifi off when signal is low and turn data back on.  I also want it to check occasionally for a stronger signal.


texts: Google apps losing connection to the servers when on mobile data

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I'm struggling with a weird connection problem I have with Google Maps 6.14.1 (#6140011) on the Galaxy Nexus (running Android 4.1.2/CM10).

The problem comes with the following symptoms when on mobile data:

The app stops loading additional tiles from the network that haven't previously been cached (while displaying cached ones without any problems).
The app no longer synchronizes starred places.
Whenever trying to calculate transit directions, it gets stuck on the "Getting transit directions" progress dialog (there is no error message, the dialog just stays there forever).
When trying to find a location (any search query), it gets stuck on the "Searching for: X" progress dialog (there is no error message, the dialog just stays there forever).
When switching to navigation, it gets stuck on the "Getting driving directions" progress dialog.

Things I've tried:

Rebooting: has no effect whatsoever.
Switching to wi-fi. Then everything works. This might make it sound like my network provider (a T-Mobile US MVNO) is blocking Google Maps traffic, but read on!
Tethering my tablet (CM9) to the phone: Google Maps works fine on the tablet, leading me to the conclusion that it's not the network blocking certain kind of data. However, when putting the SIM card directly into the same tablet, it again doesn't work.
Stopping the process, then clearing all data: this fixes this issue "for a while" (a few minutes to a few hours). I haven't yet figured out what causes the problem state to come back. It could be a fixed amount of time, it could be the first switch from mobile data to wi-fi and back, I don't know. UPDATE: I've had it happen 5mins after a 'clear data' with wi-fi all the time disabled, so the next connection to wi-fi does not seem to be the trigger.
Connect ddms: Getting transit directions does not cause any warnings or errors to be logged.
Reinstalling Google Maps: same as 'clear data', it helps for a few minutes.

Potentially related problems:

Gmail doesn't load any images. Other than that Gmail works perfectly, including background syncing e-mails on mobile data. This problem also occurs when on wi-fi.
Goggles always says "Network error" and "Authentication failed" (again, it works fine while on wi-fi).
Google Now reports "Requested content '…' cannot be accessed. Access is not allowed for this user agent."
In GMaps -> Settings -> About -> Network, I see the following error "Error - Bad HTTP response code: 403 for 62,71,72 class java.io.IOException". I can't get any additional information for this however. It might be weeks old, as I see this even while everything works perfectly fine.
Some things in the Facebook app work (notifications are shown), but some just lead to a "cannot find secure connection" error message (navigating to an individual post).
Other apps using the WebView control in some cases do not show content properly. (NewsRob for example can synchronize just fine, but when trying to switch to the web view of an article that was not previously cached, it shows an error message similar to the one of Google Now above.)

Further notes:

The mobile network indicator is blue/green during all of this (indicating a working connection to the Google servers) and everything else seems to work perfectly.
This has happened on various builds, including the CM10 final, installed from a factory reset.


texts: How do I view and manage the list of Intents that launch what apps in my phone? How do I unregister these apps?

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During the day I notice that many of my installed apps run themselves automatically. For example, FB all of a sudden asks my GPS data or reads my contact list, without me launching the FB app.  FB does not have a persistent notification icon, so I do not expect it to be a background process.  Yet using Intents, apps do what it wants when it wants.

I want to be able to know -- then stop or control -- what apps launch by themselves in my device. I hope that's a fair thing to ask.


texts: How to install System updates in HTC ONE SU

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My handset HTC One Su (t528w) showing notification of system update to 4.1.1 from present 4.0.4 . When ever I click on install updates. it reeboted and log into bootloader menu . How can I install the updates ?

I searched on google but didnt get any help . This mobile I bought from China . So didnt find any useful help .


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In many languages word endings are adjusted. E.g. the plural s in English. (In other languages there are often many more.) GBoard often doesn't suggest these variations.
E.g. when I tap on the word suggestion 'language', the cursor stay right after the last letter. But when I tap on 's', GBoard will add a space and then 's'. This way I get "language s".

Why does GBoard insert the space only in last second? Seems counter-intuitive. Is there a reason?

Is there a trick to using a word suggestion and immediately modifying it? (Currently I always use space, backspace and then type the word ending.)


texts: The S Note application seems to have a limitation I can't get by. The only workable area is the exact size of the screen. Is it possible to change the size of the canvas?


texts: If you install another home locker program which one does Android chooses when it locks your phone?

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I asked a similar question regarding an alternate email program here My similar question about an email client, and got a logical answer. Thanks.

However, what happens, I now wonder, when you install another home locker program( I presume this is the name for the software that locks your screen , no ) ?

Since the device itself 'locks' your phone, you may not be around to choose the one you want to use.

Or does , installing another one, automatically disables the current ?


texts: Cannot find unzipped files from WinZip Android app

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I have installed WinZip for Android and unzipped a file. However, I cannot find the extracted files anywhere on my SD card. I always have to open the WinZip app and go to the last zip option to view all the files.

Is there any option to view the unzipped files on my SD card or to select the path/folder before extraction?


texts: Is it possible to listen audio via telephone hole?

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When speaking phone I can listen audio both via small ear hole and via loud speaker. But when I am playing audio like in web page I hear it only loud. Is it possible to pass sound via ear hole in second case too?

If not then why (design explanation required)?


texts: Corrupted or Fully Damaged, DEAD SD-Card? and what to do?

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I just recently tried to play music, then suddenly music app stopped working and my phone had a hard time from not responding, I restart it and after about 4-6 minutes it came up with everything not responding!!
I then tried to format the sd-card using my computer I get message of operation not completed successfully, I tried to erase data manually, funny thing is I can erase it easily but after I reinsert the card or refresh the folder the data that I erased is there like nothing happened, I tried to do re partition it everything says succeed but after a refresh nothing change! I cannot change anything on the card. I even tried use raw data viewer and put zero in the partition table and many other places, but after a refresh partition table and everything is there no problem. I can get the data but cannot change it, anyone can say what is actually going on? is the card completely dead? or there's some hope?
It is like a readonly sdcard!!
Thanks in Advance

EDIT: Looks like boot sector at partition 1 (sector 8192) is corrupted as DriverResotre says, however it cannot fix it though, I even tried to wipe things there but nothing happened, I tried zero one using wipe disk but no go, I tried fsck too but still didn't change anything.


texts: Tar.gz not working (Segmentation fault) on ext4 partition

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I have a strange problem with tar gz compression.

I used to have SD card mounted as a fat32 partition. However, now I changed it so that external sdcard is being mounted under /data/media/0 and is formatted to ext4 (or f2fs - makes no difference, because this error happens on either).

In the old setup, I could run

tar cvzf

on a folder in this partition without any issue.

However, in this new setup if I run it, I get

tar cvzf
Segmentation fault.

I discovered, that if I remove the z parameter, it proceeds just fine. But he resulting tar file is not gz-compressed and hence unfit to my applications.

I confirmed this behaviour on two different ROMs so far: CarbonRom JB 4.3.1 and CarbonRom KK 4.4.4.

Does anyone have any idea what could be amiss here? Is android unable to tar.gz files on non-fat32 partitions, or is it cause by some other problem?


texts: Flash the newer version of ROM over the old one on ART environment

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I've flashed Carbon ROM on my LG G2 (D802) device and when e new Nightly release, I download it and put it on my SD Card and dirty flash it (Only clean Dalvik cache and cache partition). Now I've changed my enviroment from Dalvik ro ART and it seems that everything except nandroid manager is working fine, my question is, when a new Nightly release, what should I do now exactly? should I dirty flash like the other ones? and when I flashed the latest Nightly, what will happen to my environment, will it change back to Dalvik or it will stay on ART environment?

Thanks in advance.


texts: The name "Alicia Han" appears to be calling!

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I think there's a bug in Android where some Alicia Han appears to be calling. This happens some times if you hang up on someone calling you, or you have a missed call. The name appears in the instant before the correct name of the caller appears on the phone. To be specific: In the interim between the phone screen turns on and the content is loaded on the screen.

All relevant hits I get on the subject is this tweet. So I'm not crazy!

Have any of you seen this, and do you know what happens / who Alicia Han is?
This has happened haphazardly since I got my HTC Sensation XE a year ago.

Edit: I think the problem might be that there is a standard Label text for a Person entry (such as the ones in the Persons list) that is set to 'Alicia Han' and the label text is replaced when the Person information is fully loaded.

Edit: The bug is reproducible (at least for me) by hanging up an incoming call. The name Alicia Han appears for a few milliseconds before the real name is loaded.


texts: Google navigation stuck on "Checking navigation availability"

texts: I own a LG Optimus One with Android 2.2.2. Everytime I try to use the navigation provided by google, my phone remains stuck on Checking navigation availability. Is there a fix for this?


texts: SELinux prevents my init.rc exec command to execute

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I've added a exec command at the end of init.rc file.

on property:dev.bootcomplete=1
    exec u:r:shell:s0 shell shell -- /system/bin/am start -n com.example.package/com.example.package.MainActivity

This exec runs in u:r:shell:s0 SELinux context, from user shell and in group shell. But SELinux still believes in access denial:

[28.918751] init: Starting service 'exec 3 (/system/bin/am)'...
[28.920227] init: cannot execve('/system/bin/am'): Permission denied
[28.920356] type=1400 audit(22128374.236:11): avc: denied { entrypoint } for pid=3887 comm="init" path="/system/bin/am" dev="dm-0" ino=292 scontext=u:r:shell:s0 tcontext=u:object_r:system_file:s0 tclass=file permissive=0
[28.921791] init: Service 'exec 3 (/system/bin/am)' (pid 3887) exited with status 127

That's wonderful when I issue the very same following command in adb shell and it runs successfully, having SELinux enabled.

/system/bin/am start -n com.example.package/com.example.package.MainActivity

This is id of adb shell:

uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=2000(shell),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),1015(sdcard_rw),1028(sdcard_r),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet),3006(net_bw_stats) context=u:r:shell:s0

So, why does my exec command fail even though it has exactly the same identity of adb shell?


texts: I tried opening TWRP recovery but the phone turned off and then a splash screen appears and then turns off again (repeat). adb and fastboot are not recognising my device. But when i connect it to PC it makes a sound. My device is Intex aqua power hd.


texts: Please any ideas for installing settings.apk to system without root on 4.4.3?

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I will answer any questions you have for me....but I am just in need of an answer to the question as posted

I cannot access the settings on my device, as the settings app is not showing on the installed system applist.

Simply put, it seems the setting.apk must be replaced to save the phone.

non rooted
kitkat os 4.4.3
sgs4g
no usb hub working on unit
no recovery working
no settings menu access
(therefor, no dev settings menu either)

i have :
good full twrp recovery backup
good generic flash .image
(recovry can be set up once root is achieved)

Thus:

I have:
good apks/apps to get root access cable free
(but this can only happen when I am able to install apps from unknown sources)

I look forward to your comments

Thank you

and thanks Izzy for the suggestions


texts: Keyboard looking differently depending on application

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Running Android 6 on Honor 8.

When using Google Keyboard on Notepad, Messages I get my typos autocorrected with suggestions appearing for me to chose from.

When using Chrome, Gmail, PlayStore - autocorrections are not happening. Suggestions don't appear.

Please help me understand what can I do to fix this

--

I should mention that "Show suggestions" is turned on, along with "Next word suggestion" etc. They don't seem to appear on app applications though.

Very strange.

-- Edit

I disabled "Show suggestions" and in fact they were disabled on Notepad, Messages.
It's almost as if I am using 2 different types of keyboard...


texts: Not able to flash recovery on my Shield Tablet K1

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Important note: I used a Mac whilst doing this.

Also Important: I have the Android 6.0 update installed.

I got a Shield Tablet K1 for Christmas and attempted to root it. However, I'm having a lot of issues with it, and I'm worried I've messed up the recovery part of the tablet.

First, I unlocked the device, and set it up. This worked fine.

I went to flash the tablet with TWRP for the Shield Tablet, which I obtained from here: TWRP Shield Tablet

I used the command "fastboot flash recovery ", and it looked like it had completed.

However, it appears it has not completed.

Booting into Recovery Mode using "adb reboot recovery" brings me to a screen with the android lying on the floor, with a red triangle over him.

Attempting to go into recovery mode using the down volume key & the power button, usually brings me to the Nvidia boot screen, where the brightness increases after a few seconds but then it just sits there until it eventually reboots.

Then, after attempting to reflash the stock recovery.img that I got from here: Shield Open Source Drivers and Images it still gives me the a) red triangle and laying dead android or b) nvidia bootscreen that sits for a long time before rebooting.

I am completely lost. I can't tell why this isn't working - it should by all means be working, yet nothing is flashing.

If anyone can fix this, it will be much appreciated.


texts: Remove search bar from home screen in Android 9 ("Pie")

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I am using Xiaomi A2 Lite and I want to get rid of search bar on my home screen, preferably without and without installing custom launchers (that are likely to be the next configuration time sink).

In case that launchers are only way to do this without rooting phone - is there some good launcher that would allow me to remove this and out of the box is not changing anything (otherwise phone is acceptable and I prefer to avoid wasting day on configuring software)

I found info that in Android 4 it was impossible and that I can install launchers like Apex Launcher or Nova Launcher (not sure is it still going to help and what kind of downsides it will cause).

Nexus 5 also required custom launcher or custom ROM or requires rooting phone, none of which sound like something easy and without negative consequences.

The same answer mentions "long press on home screen on an empty space + toggle the hide/show button of the Google search bar" what is not working for me.

It mentions removing Google Now. The same functionality seems to be now provided as Google app and I disabled it, resulting in less offensive but still present gray rectangle.

Dragging or longpressing this bar has no effect whatsoever.

Xda forum claims that removing Google app is sufficient (what is untrue, it leaves inactive grey bar just to spite people that want to get rid of it). It also mentions launchers as alternative, and problems with launchers on unrooted phones. Xda thread recommends LawnChair launcher for unrooted phones to fix this.


texts: on grid view, when updating an app, this one is taken at the end of the grid

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In the app drawer, when an application is updated, its icon goes to the last page, in the last free place... Is that normal? Is there a way to make the application stay where I put it? I mean, I sort everything in folder, but after some days (and some updates) many apps are taken to the last page, outside the folder... This is annoying...

This happens on Samsung S2  Android 4.0.3

I try to explain it better:
in the app drawer, i have a lot of apps, i usually order them in "pages" and each page in folders, so i would like to have the page with all the folders containing all the "work apps" such as google drive, the email client, some editors and so on, then, i've got another page, with all the folders for all the games, i mean, i've a folder with arcade games, with 3d games and so on... now, after few days in this fantastic order, some of those applications get updated, automatically, by google play, you know, when there is that notification "application xxxx is been updated!", you know what i mean. well, when this happens, that particular application is deleted from the folder it belongs, and i found her in the last page, in the last free place, the example i've made has 2 pages, one for work apps, and one for games, if something gets an update, i'll find that app in the games pages, outside any folder, hanging around and looking at me... :D


texts: How do I print from Android through my LAN?

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I have a HP f380 printer, which doesn't have wifi connectivity. I managed to share the printer through a computer used as printer server and print to it from different computers. Now how do I print to it by using my android device?

I found HP ePrint and Google's Cloud print, but they tend to go over the internet to connect to my printer, which is quite the detour since I'm on the same network as the printer anyways. So is there a way to print directly to the printer from my Android device?


texts: My Phone Is Sony Xperia T2 Ultra dual plus I want Root Access

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I'm using Xperia T2 Ultra Dual, running on Android 4.4.3 (at 4.4.2, I had root but for updating I manually un-rooted). After updating there's no working method of rooting for my device.

Can you please suggest some working methods?


texts: How to hide the clock from Android screen?

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There is always a clock on the upper right corner of the screen? It is always visible, unless some app is running in full-screen mode. How to hide this clock, so that it appears only when the user wants it to?

Another solution could be to make the screen always run in full-screen mode, so that the clock is visible only when one drags the screen down.

Is this possible? Especially on a non-rooted phone...

Thank you.


texts: Root - patch/change installed application's smali code

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I want to modify an existing android application, but I want to have it keep its original signature, or at least its capabilities of auto updating and using Google Play services.

I am aware of Lucky Patcher being able to be used to patch the system to disable signature verification, however, there must be another way. Lucky Patcher itself is also capable of patching installed application's code, without invalidating any checks in any way. How is this achieved?

I have also thought of a custom apk installer, ran as root, that just forces the apk install by bypassing the package manager, but I can't find the low-level install process to execute this.

Is there any good solution to modifying an installed Android application and have it still have access to Google Play Services and the like, without patching the Android system?


texts: How to disable redirects from Google Search results to Android apps?

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I had the Wikipedia app installed a few weeks ago. It lacked the ability to switch between different languages (link to read the same article in a different language), and it still does. This bothered me a lot since I know more than one language and some articles are much better written in other languages. So I like the ability to easily switch language. This is something that works very good on the mobile versions of Wikipedia (e.g. m.en.wikipedia.org).
Here's a screenshot showing an example.

Click on the image for a larger view.
So I uninstalled the Wikipedia app in order to go back to browsing Wikipedia content normally via the Chrome or Firefox Web browser. But now when I do a search with Google, and I see a Wikipedia link in the result, it says "Wikipedia app" underneath it. If I tap on it, it tries to open it in Wikipedia app, and since it is uninstalled now, it brings me to the app page in Play Store.
Is there a way I can disable or disallow this behaviour? I certainly don't approve of it, but I was never asked about it either. I'm not interested in using the Wikipedia app any more. I just want normal Web browsing to be back. Is that too much to ask? I tried re-installing and uninstalling the Wikipedia app two times, it didn't help.
Update

You may have noticed that there is an "Open on wikipedia.org" link further down the page. This will certainly open the article in the browser, instead of insisting on opening in the Wikipedia app. But the problem with this is that it's much harder to pin-point the link, because it has smaller font size.
As for "Default applications" menu option, I don't have any option to disable Wikipedia or wiki links. I only have "Home", and "Message" options.

Update 2

The problem is with Chrome
This problem is clearly related to Chrome browser only. Here are two screenshots of Chrome and Firefox respectively, showing the same Google search results.

Firefox on the left, Chrome on the right.
Firefox (version 32.0.3) clearly doesn't even have the ability to link to the Wikipedia app. Instead, it would show the article as a normal web page. Regardless of whether or not the Wikipedia app is installed or not.
There are no default options
As can be seen from the screenshot above, in first update, the "Default applications" option has no options to set or reset defaults for wiki links (or other types of app links in Chrome). Additionally, there are no default settings that can be reset under Application manager. Not for Chrome, nor for Wikipedia app. It just says "no defaults set".

Chrome on the left, Wikipedia on the right.
Latest Chrome update solves the problem
Chrome version 33.0.1750.517 came with the latest Android 4.4.2 (or a few versions below that, for this phone model anyway). In this version, tapping on a link for a Wikipedia article redirects to the Wikipedia app automatically. If the Wikipedia app is not present, it brings up the app page in Play Store. This behavior can't be change through setting in the Chrome browser or some default settings in the phone menu. However, updating Chrome to the latest version, which at the moment is 37.0.2062.117 does away with this problem. The first noticeable difference is that it presents the "Complete action using" dialog, which was not present with version 33.x.

Chrome 33 on the left, Chrome 37 in the middle, Wikipedia 2.0-r-2014-08-13 on the right.
The second difference is what's really good! When you uninstall Wikipedia, it no longer shows the "Complete action" dialog. Neither does it bring up the app page in Play Store. Instead, it opens the Wikipedia article like a normal web page. The normal behavior one would expect. Yes, it still says "Wikipedia app" underneath the link, but it opens like a normal web page. The same behavior as seen in Firefox.


texts: Android home buttons not work (e,g, back button/home and recent apps)

texts: I have a nexus 4, got it roughly 5 years ago, and it has been working fine up until today. When I boot it up, I can open the phone but sometimes, when I hit my passcode, it freezes and I have to reboot. When I get past that, I can use apps and get into them, but I can't get out because the bottom buttons don't work. I can still use the app just fine. Those buttons also work when I first restart my phone.


texts: Is there an non-engineer-friendly auto-"convert apk architecture" tool for linux/anbox?

texts: Non-android entheausist here, just wondering why "convert apk architecture" returned no search results on duckduckgo, as did my search for an x86_64 version of the Kindle.apk...


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I got a new Pixel 2 and wanted to load an TWRP backup from my previous Pixel 2 (with stock ROM) onto it, instead of setting it up freshly. So I

booted the new device
clicked through the settings
entered developer mode and oem unlock
rebooted
unlocked the bootloader
booted into TWRP (using fastboot boot)
copied my old /sdcard contents to the device using adb
used TWRP to restore the old backup (partitions boot, system and data.

At that point I hoped I was done, and could just boot into my system. But unfortunately, it always just boots into the bootloader.

What did I do wrong?

And what do I do now?

I tried to do a factory reset by using fastboot flashing lock, and it claimed it would reset the phone, but it doesn’t.
I tried to enter recovery from the bootloader, but it just boots into the bootloader.
I tried to flash an official image from https://developers.google.com/android/images#walleye using ./flash-all.sh but it fails to update the bootloader:

Sending 'bootloader_a' (38692 KB)                  OKAY [0.155s]
Writing 'bootloader_a'                             (bootloader) Updating: partition:0   @00002000 sz=0000B000
FAILED (remote: 'Command Flash Error')
fastboot: error: Command failed

and then fails do do more:

--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: mw8998-002.0059.00
Baseband Version.....: g8998-00008-1902121845
Serial Number........: …
--------------------------------------------
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
Checking 'product'                                 OKAY [0.000s]
Checking 'version-bootloader'                      FAILED

Device version-bootloader is 'mw8998-002.0059.00'.
Update requires 'mw8998-002.0076.00'.

fastboot: error: requirements not met!

I tried to boot twrp again, but that does not work:

$ fastboot boot twrp-3.3.0-0-walleye.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  0.115s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Failed to load/authenticate boot image: Load Error)

What else should I try?


texts: How can I fix my lined screen on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1?

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I was reading my Kindle app when suddenly the screen on my Galaxy 10.1" tablet went blank. The battery was low, so I figured it had just died. I pressed the power button to double check and my screen showed up, except that 3/4 of the screen was black and the rest had streaked lines where the background would be. I can't even do my unlock code because I cannot see it. There has been no water damage to it and it has never been dropped. I have also never altered the coding. I tried charging the battery, powering down and restarting but the screen stays the same. Please, help. Could it be the video card? I have only had it since December.

Update: I attempted a hard reset, but I can't see enough of the screen to continue the prompts. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Update: I attempted a hard reset, but I can't see enough of the screen to continue the prompts. Any suggestions would be helpful.


texts: What does this icon (screenshot) in status bar mean?

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(First, yes, I did RTFM and so my homework is done.)

My phone shows this  icon.

I looked into the manual of my phone, it lists about 20 status bar icons, but this one isn't among them.


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I have some doubts about how the Wifi-Direct (P2P) works. I want to connect an android device to a hardware able to use Wifi. I am not sure if I can use Wifi-Direct to connect the android with the hardware using an extenal wifi with internet (Acces Point) or they need to be only connected without any external wifi.

Question: Can I connect the android and the hardware using Wifi-P2P through an external network (Router) or only with a direct connection between them?


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The notification bar is no longer pulling down on my phone, this doesn't feel like a glitch, but some sort of setting which I've triggered with an errant finger press, here is a picture to illustrate my problem. Usually, I can just drag this down with my finger, and the 4 icons at the top (wifi, bluetooth etc) will expand into a grid with all the options. Is there any way I can return this setting?

I may be calling this the wrong thing, if so please correct me as to what this part of the OS is called, shortcut bar/status bar?

Edit: Phone brand and model: Motorola one, android version: 9, launcher: nova launcher


texts: Moto G WiFi reception severely affected by Bluetooth

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I suspect this may just be a hardware fault that I have to live with or have repaired, but let's see...

My stock 1st-gen 16GB Moto G running 4.4.4 has been working flawlessly for almost a year. A few days ago, we had some WiFi interference issues in our house, which isn't unusual as it's a dense residential area.

I managed to resolve those, but noticed my phone still wouldn't connect. Using WiFi Analyzer (which is an invaluable app btw), I could see that it was detecting hardly any signal at all, while the same app on my Nexus 7, which was connecting fine, showed a good signal from both the access points in my house (not to mention various surrounding houses).

I thought there may just be an unresolved interference problem, but when I took the phone into my office the next day, I had the same problem there.

After a bit of Googling, I read that similar symptoms on Nexus phones could sometimes be worked around by putting the phone into Airplane Mode, then re-enabling the WiFi. Sure enough, that seemed to the trick for me too.

On further investigation, putting it into Airplane Mode, turning on the WiFi, and then turning on Bluetooth too, caused the WiFi to drop out almost immediately again. Here's an example of what I can see where I'm sitting right now, before and after enabling Bluetooth:

As it happens, in this case the WiFi stayed connected when I turned the Bluetooth off, as the one AP I could still see is the one I was connected to. But it would probably have disconnected soon afterwards.

Has anyone else experienced a similar issue? Is a factory reset likely to fix it, or is it really a hardware issue? I can live with it if it is, as I rarely use Bluetooth (and even more rarely do I need WiFi access at the same time), though I'd obviously be concerned about any knock-on effects further down the line.


texts: I had a sony xperia C with a 16GB memory card... My internal storage kept filling up which made it unable to update or download any apps. The only apps i had was whatsapp and instagram. Sent my phone in. Had to pay for repairs, was in for 6weeks and got phone bback but still same errors... I got a new phone (Huawei G6), brand new 16GB and a new google play store account... phone set to default storge location is SD card.. moved all app that i could to sd card. I only have 10 songs and about 100 pictures... I clear cache everyday probably 500 everyday. I really don't know what I'm doing wrong please help.


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On my android phone, when i click the III icon at the bottom of the page (left of the home icon), the 4 recently used apps come up.
The problem is that there is usually a second or so delay and the icons MOVE...causing me to activate the wrong app.  Happens all the time.  Any way to stop that?


texts: Does the lock screen on a encrypted device provide different security than an unencrypted device?

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I am wanting to encrypt my phone and SD card. I have been reading around about it all week and still don't understand a few things. I though that the encryption was like blackberry encryption, where you put the password in every time you turn the phone on to the screen lock. After a bit of reading, I understand that the "decryption" is only done at boot up by putting the password in once. After that, you have to put the same password in at the screen lock simply because of a limitation of Android not allowing two different passwords. I do know that there are new ways to use a different password on the screen lock, and even a pattern lock, that's not my issue.

Here are my questions....

If the device is technically decrypted after boot up, is the screen lock the only security on the phone once it's turned on?
Does the screen lock of an encrypted device have any stronger security than that of an unencrypted device? If not, it seems like the phone is just as vulnerable to data theft as an unencrypted device if someone steals it while it is turned on.  I understand that it will encrypt again if they turn it off, but if it's on, what good is encryption?
If someone pulls the SD card out (which is encrypted) they can't read it with a card reader, but if they put it back in the phone while it's still on, won't the decrypted phone just mount it again so they can read it from the phone?
Finally, on a Blackberry, a wipe is performed by erasing the encryption key. This makes an almost instant wipe of the whole phone and SD card. I know an encrypted device has to be wiped the same as an unencrypted device, but is Android programmed in a way that the encryption key is wiped first, in case someone pulls a battery or forces a phone off during a wipe? I know that's far-fetched, just curious about how it works.

Not sure if it makes a difference, but I am using a Razr Maxx HD, rooted on OTA 4.1.1


texts: Append a string before opening external URLs

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I frequently read news articles shared on social media.

A lot of times, these articles are full of advertising and other irritating elements. I use a service that strips just the content and formats the article in a nice presentation.

I want to automate copying and pasting those links. Basically I want to be able to click on a link on apps and have an option that attaches service.com/ before that URL and then opens it.

What I currently do

Long click the link on the social (non-browser) app
Share using a clipboard copier
Open Chrome
Type service.com/ and paste the original URL.

What I want to achieve

Click on the link on a non-browser app
Open service.com/original-url.com/etc on a browser

Some ideas:

A really simple app that registers a web intent, simply appends http://service.com/ to the beginning of the URL, and opens it on the browser. Unfortunately, I know zero Android programming.
An app that allows you to register custom intents and add custom actions to it. Is there such a thing? I was able to find those which are close, but not the same thing.


texts: Copying links off Google Search results directly

texts: I Googled for one document, a PDF file. If I navigate to that link using my device browser, the document starts downloading. However, what I actually want is the actual URL to the document copied to my clipboard, not the Google link which redirects.


texts: How to sync calendar with android without google?

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is there a way to sync an Ubuntu calendar application like Thunderbird Lightning or Evolution with an Android device without using google-calendar?

At the moment I am syncing my Thunderbird-Lightning calendars on different computers via Dropbox, what is much more reliable than google-calendar. Another big advantage over google-calendar is, that I can access my appointments offline as well, since the calendar files are synced onto the harddrive of each computer by Dropbox.

I'd like to access those calendars via my android device as well.

The Dropbox-app for android does not support automatic syncing yet, so it seems like I have to use another service.
Apart from that I guess I need to know an android app, that can access a calendar-file stored in ics-format.

Thanks in advance
YSN


texts: Are images received in Line messaging app saved without download?

texts:
Does LINE app automatically save the received images or only the ones we click save.
If It saves without saving than where can I find these?


texts: Does Samsung Galaxy S10 run Android version 12?

texts:
I'm reading about the Samsung Galaxy S10 here. It says The S10 range ships with Android 9.0 "Pie". I made an app and a user is reporting a bug on it with the S10.
What I Want To Know: If the S10 ships with Android 9.0, does that mean that these phones will always have 9.0 only, or would they get updated to later versions of Android? If so, what's the highest version they run?


texts: Is it possible to force a phone to use USB for data but not charge from it?

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My plan is to use my phone (Google Pixel) as a screen for a raspberry pi, and I'm worried that my power supply isn't sufficient. Is there a way to prohibit the Pixel from charging while still maintaining data flow? I haven't done much electrical work and I don't know if phones are equipped with this option, let alone if it's even possible. My power source is, if memory serves me, 3000 mWh, capable of 5 volt 2 amp (I can verify later if that turns out to be important).

UPDATE:

Upon some deeper searching, (not sure how I missed it to begin with), I found some posts suggesting commands such as echo 0 > /sys/class/power_supply/batterycharging_enabled/charging_enabled. My updated question is, then does this actually work? How does it work?


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I am playing clash of clans and I am trying buy premium item which is gem.

I am considering buying $30 google play store gift card.

And I am wondering if I can use google play balances to buy additional things in apps that are connected to google play.

If so, please tell me how to pay with them.


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I have a first generation Moto G (XT1033) with Android 5.0.

Often when taking screenshots, it gets stuck at the Screenshot is being saved message - then I have to forcefully close the System UI process if I want it to go away.

And the final file is corrupted (either the PNG file will not open on a PC or, for image viewers that are more tolerant to broken files, it will be black except for a small portion of the image). For an example:

See that the image is correct up to a point. It seems as if the file was closed before the system finished writing to it.

What can be causing this problem?


texts: Enabling both normal wifi and wifi hotspot to get RSSI values of wi-fi hotspots

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I want an android phone to have both 'normal wi-fi' and 'portable hotspot' turned on at the same time, so that I will be able to get the RSSI values of wireless networks as well as involve in an hotspot connection.

Scenario:
4 rooted android phones in CyanogenMod (2-Nexus One, 2-Galaxy S2; consider A,B,C,D).
Kernel version 2.3.3 in all the phones
Portable wi-fi hot spot enabled in all the phones.

I wrote an application to find the RSSI values of available wireless signals. But as the phones(A,B,C,D) are using wi-fi hot spot, the normal wifi does not turn on. Either wi-fi hot spot can be on, or normal wi-fi can be on.
i.e. If each phone(A,B, C and D) have a wifi hotspot created(AH, BH, CH, DH), then I am not able to use my application, as normal wifi  connection needs to be turned on to find the wireless networks.

So I want the phones to scan available wireless networks with portable wi-fi hot spot enabled. Is there a way to do this.?


texts: Facebook app uses a lot of data storage while not logged in

texts: I occasionally check my mom's Android phone to see if everything's still running smoothly, just regular maintenance. Today I noticed that the Facebook app on her phone uses 33.46MB of data storage besides the application's size of 27.62MB. Plot twist: she doesn't have a Facebook account and the app on her phone has never been used. Needless to say, the amount of data the app supposedly stores here even though it's not logged in is quite alarming. Does anyone here have any idea what Facebook might be storing and/or tracking here?


texts: Normal Internet surfing, without being redirect

texts:
Disclaimer: I'm new in the smartphone world.

So, I  have my new smartphone (LG5), I open the browser and I would like to surf internet as I do from my laptop.

I go to google, search a site, for example a newspaper page, I click and... I'm automatically redirect to a page starting with and "m" like m.normal.site.addres which is the page for mobile devices, and which is often a pay-service.

How can I see the normal web page without being redirect?

Thanks in advance for help!


texts: How can I re-install the stock Android 2.2 calendar?

texts:
I mistakenly deleted the stock Google Calendar application from my Android 2.2 phone (Samsung Europa GT-i5500). My phone is rooted. I can't recall what program I used for the deletion, but I have backups of 4 files saved on my desktop PC:

com.android.calendar-[big number].apk
com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].apk
com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].properties
com.android.providers.calendar-[big number].tar

How can I reinstall this application using these backups?


texts: How to change a pattern unlock from the phone settings without knowing the original

texts:
I have two unlock security options set up on my phone (HTC One). Firstly there is the facial recognition (which works well and lets me in) but on the occasions when it is too dark / doesn't recognise my face then it falls back to pattern unlock.

However, I have no idea what this pattern is as I set it up ages ago and the facial recognition works quite well so I've not had to use it.

I can get into the phone fine with face unlock, and can get to the security settings, but I can't change anything without first having to enter my unlock pattern.

If I can't reset this pattern that means I can't ever shave or change my haircut for fear of not being recognised by the phone!

Can I disable / reset the pattern security from within the phone? I have also got AirDroid set up on my laptop so that might open another route if I can't do anything from the phone itself.


texts: Photo albums incomplete after transfer to new phone?

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I had a Pixel 3, and I just switched to a Pixel 4 using the standard usb-c to usb-c transfer during phone setup. It seems all my photos are there, but they aren't all in the albums anymore. The albums have half as many pictures as they did, and the missing ones are simply uncategorized.

Why did this happen and is there any way to fix it?


texts: S2 randomly restarting / draining the battery

texts: For the past month my S2, SPH-D710, Android 4.1.2, will randomly restart throughout the day.  I took the battery out for awhile and that didn't change anything.  Sometimes it happens when I'm looking at it, sometimes it will happen as soon as I plug it into a charger.. at which point it appears to completely drain the battery.  Seems to be only one of my chargers though.  Other charger is fine.  There is no clear pattern to all this.  These issues don't happen all the time.  Sometimes I'll go through an entire day with no problem. Warranty expired on the phone. I have never installed a custom ROM on here.  Is this something that might be fixed with a custom ROM or is it completely hardware?


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 running Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). I know that the official support for Galaxy Mini ends here. But I have come across tutorials for upgrading from Gingerbread to ICS. What I want to know is, is it safe to upgrade my phone? Or will I encounter problems later on after upgrading?


texts: Any way to reboot device programmatically without root?

texts:
I don't switch off mobile phone at night. After several weeks of uptime my mobile phone becomes slow. When I reboot it everything is smooth again.

It's not possible to root my android 5 phone, there is no custom firmware, and no current one-click-root bugs. I would like to reboot my mobile every night while charging (wireless charger), but I have not found a way to do that. I could even write an app for that if it's somehow possible.

Is there any "legal" way to reboot phone programmatically? Maybe "device administrator" app permissions can help?

Thanks


texts: How can I prevent my Desire HDs battery from draining overnight?

texts:
I've recently got the new HTC Desire HD, which has a poor battery to start with (1230 mAh), but in the last two weeks I've had several nights waking up with a dead battery.

The first few nights, I suspect that wifi was still running and by default the radio didn't go to sleep when it's idle (changed that). I reduced syncing frequencies for most services to once a day, so that can hardly be the problem. When looking at the battery usage reports, it's mostly the huge screen draining the battery, but that's turned off at night. Last night I turned off any data connection and went to bed with 90% battery and woke up with a dead one.

So what on earth is crashing my battery so quickly? Does anyone have any suggestions other than the no-brainers mentioned here.


texts: galaxy note N7000 wifi disconnect and forgot wifi network

texts: i'm connecting to wifi home spot and after phone screen turn off wifi disconnect and forgot pasword ... in settings about wifi and sleep stays "Never"


texts:
When I had Android on my tablet (Smasung Note 10) I would long press the chassis button to access a list of running applications; the long press does nothing with LineageOS.

How can I access the list of running applications with LineageOS?


texts:
I try to use Symbol LS2208 (Barcode Scanner) with USB OTG on my Xperia Ray and nothing happen. I think my Xperia can use LS2208 because I using Logitect B100 (mouse) and work perfectly.

When I connect LS2208 into my Laptop with Windows 7 and UBuntu, LS2208 work perfect marked with beep.

Is there any driver for running LS2208 with Android?


texts: How to downgrade from Android 5 to 4.4.4 on an encrypted phone?

texts:
After certain troubles with Android 5 (see How to fix file permissions on Android 5 so that a certain app can access certain files?) I decided to go back to 4.4.4 on my Nexus 4 for the time being. Thereto, I restored a backup I made prior to upgrading using the TWRP 2.8.2 restore function. The restore in itself went well, and after reboot the familiar 4.4.4 boot animation came up.

But when I entered my encryption password, I immediately (no discernible delay) got a "Try Again" message. I retried several times, but my password wasn't accepted. It was definitely the correct password I entered, for in TWRP, it works.

I now restored Android 5 from a backup I made immediately before restoring Android 4.4.4, and my password is accepted again, but of course the Android 5 problems are back as well.

So: how do I properly downgrade to 4.4.4 on my encrypted Nexus 4? Thanks.


texts: my phone stopped showing contacts or logs.

texts: First there was just a lag. Then it showed nothing but was able to use the search function to find the right contact in the list. Finally nothing works. Have to go to Google Contacts to find my contact list and type the number manually.


texts: Tablet sending Message automatically to a fixed number (everyday)

texts: I have same problem as described in My phone is sending SMS automatically everyday, but I have a Croma CRX-1125 tablet. It's deducting Rs 1.5 almost everyday, and it's sending message to Swipe telecom number. The Croma tablet is tied up with Swipe company; Croma doesn't have its own tablet.


texts: Changing Play Store default language and/or country

texts: I bought a Samsung S4 here in the Philippines but the default language in the Play Store is Korean. Also, the prices of the apps for sale are in Won (Korean currency). How do I change the language to English? And how can I see the app prices in Philippine Peso? Please help me!


texts: 64 digit Hex WiFi passphrase doesn't seem to get accepted

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I use a 64 digit hex passphrase on my router that I want to use with Android. However Android (CyanogenMod 7) doesn't seem to accept the password (no errors, just nothing happens when I enter it). I have also tried manually entering the information into the wpa_supplicant.conf file but to no avail.

What could be the problem?


texts: Does rooting (but no custom roms) trigger knox's void warranty

texts: Does it make Knox's "void warranty" = 0x1


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My phone is a Motorola MOTO G (first generation). Due to some troubles, I had recovered the factory settings of my phone. But I forget to backup some data of an app (Tricount). A this point my phone was not rooted.
My question is: is it possible to recover the data files of this application?
Currently, I just rooted my phone and I am currently making a RAW copy of the android system using command adb shell su -c "cat /dev/block/mmcblk0" | pv > mmcblk0.raw. My idea is to used extundelete command to recover the files after extracted the partitions using Testdisk.
Do you recommend to search files in a specific partition? I am not really familiar with the android filesystem...
EDIT: One other method (I don't have tested yet). In terminal 1

adb forward tcp:5555 tcp:5555
adb shell
su
/system/bin/busybox nc -l -p 5555 -e /system/bin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12

In terminal 2

adb forward tcp:5555 tcp:5555
nc 127.0.0.1 5555 | pv -i 0.5 > mmcblk0p12.raw

NB: websites:

http://www.df.lth.se/~jokke/androidfilerecovery/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705

EDIT: unfortunately, it seems that Android overwrites the files when you recover the factory settings (for security raesons) and so it is impossible to recover the files... :-(


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Is there something I can do to make my phone trust all computers to use ADB on my phone? I have root, Resurrection Remix on Android 7.1.1, and I am open to editing some files. I will only be plugging my phone into computers that I already trust, so I'm not worried about security.

The reason I want this is because I use a different school computer every day, and I don't like the pop-up. I trust those computers and don't need the prompt.

Can somebody please get an answer? YES, I ONLY PLUG MY PHONE INTO A USB PORT I TRUST!!!


texts: Need to force close the "Phone" (Dialer) app manually

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I have LG E612 (Jelly bean 4.1.2).

My problem is, my phone (dialer) app will not close automatically when I press "Back" from dialer to Home screen.

Phone app is still running in background, and I need to close it through a task killer.

Is this a normal behavior with all android phones? If not, is there any settings for this?


texts: How to remove unmarked icons from app drawer?

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I have few icons at the bottom of my app drawer, that are unmarked. I don't know what apps they represent and look like an unfinished installation. They look like this:

How can I get rid of them?

I already tried cleaning cache of Trebuchet and Play Store.
This may be a bug in OS, because I am running unofficial build of LineageOS 17 (Android 10 based) on my device. Nevertheless, is there a way to remove those icons?


texts: Captive Portal detection causing phones to disconnect from Wi-Fi in intranet environment

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Hello Android Enthusiasts!

I am the manager of an Internet Cafe on a cruise ship, and we're being plagued by a persistent problem that I can't quite solve.

We have a wireless network throughout the ship which can be used to access the Internet, but also includes a local intranet through which guests can view the daily events schedule, check their account, and use a free internal messaging service.

The issue we are running into seems to be with Captive Portal detection, and from my observations it appears to be affecting only Samsung phones (might just be S4 and higher), and has been observed on every OS from 4.2.2 and up. What happens is that they connect to the wireless network, and are then told that sign-in is required. A captive portal window will pop up, which does bring up our home page. If they then connect to the Internet, no problem. But if they just want to use the intranet, or if it takes them too long to fill out the user registration form, they get told that the network has been disconnected and we have to start over again from "sign-in is required."

I've done quite a bit of searching online for answers, and one is that the user must select "use network as is" from the captive portal options, but I see this option on very few devices. Other options have involved rooting the phone and running some terminal commands, which is obviously not something I can ask the guests to do.

We posed the issue to our shoreside networking team, and they came back saying they had whitelisted the following URLs and that this should fix the problem:

clients3.google.com/

apple.com/library/test/

captive.apple.com

connectivitycheck.android.com

connectivitycheck.gstatic.com

connectivitycheck.android.com/generate_204

clients3.google.com/generate_204

android.clients.google.com

It did not, phones are still being disconnected after about a minute if no Internet connection is made.

Is there anything else we can try? We are ultimately looking for a fix that won't require our users to do anything special.


texts: nexus 4 “storage space running out” issue

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I'm using Nexus 4 which is not rooted.

My phone started to giving me the low memory warning after have lot pic n video recording. I deleted stuff of about 400 MB, but still when I try to install an app, even very small ones, I get an error saying could not be installed, free up some space and try again.

Any suggestion how can solve this issue?


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I have a brand new Qmobile 400 dual sim tab with jelly bean android 4.2.2 version.
Downloaded facebook from play store but now unable to uninstall it. The message say" delete all the updates on this device" but not the app itself. How do I uninstall it???


texts: Android 4.2.1 - Operating System Storage is occupying too much space

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Dunno if this is a proper question to ask here, my problem is about the storage of my android on the internal memory. I have 16gigs of sd card, 16 gigs internal storage as well, but I am seeing this on my android's storage settings:

It looks so weird and I cant install apps, even though I choose sdcard for storage/installation location.

The brand is Coolpad 8903, possibly not on sale anywhere out of China, but this looks like os issue i suppose...

anyone knows how to fix this problem so i can free some storage?


texts:
I have a Google Nexus S with Android 2.3 in it. I want to tether/or enable Wifi HotSpot in it.
Do I have to root my phone?

How should I proceed?

Thanks!


texts: How can I direct all network traffic on my devices to 127.0.0.1 with a specified local port on an ssh that I setup on a separate android using termux?

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So far, I have only been able to do the following steps:
Install openssh on termux.
pkg install openssh

Then I turned on hotspot on my phone.
Then I found the phone's IP address using ifconfig which was 192.168.126.176 and user name by whoami which was u0_a195 on termux.
I setup the password on termux by typing passwd.
Then I ran sshd -dD on termux.
Then I connected my Windows 10 PC WiFi to the hotspot and opened CMD.
ssh -D 8123 -fqgN u0_a195@192.168.126.176 -p 8022

I typed up the password that I already setup to ssh in.
From here nothing else happens on the CMD
In termux, it said accepted password for u0_a195 from 192.168.126.69 port 60353 ssh2
Then I go to settings on windows10 global proxy settings and select manual proxy.
I set it up as 127.0.0.1:8123
I then tried to connect to the internet on the PC but it didn't work.
What am I doing wrong?


texts: Selectively remove Chrome (Android) browsing history

texts:
All I found is help on desktop based Chrome, like this:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18597884/selectively-remove-chrome-browsing-history

Is there a way to select a part of the history but in Android?


texts:
I am searching for a list of permissions that can be set with adb.

I could just iterate through all permissions and ignore the failed ones but i'd rather filter out the ones that i know can't be set before hand.


texts: How can I split files on the computer and then assemble them on android device?

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Would be a simple way to bypass the MTP protocol crap to transfer files to my android tablet. There must be app out there that I can split files in pieces on computer and then reassemble on android device.

Any suggestions?


texts: Need fonts of a different language to show up on android or atleast Instapaper

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My family is residing in USA and we are from India. Now my mom gets super bored at home! And loves to read the regional online newspaper and magazines from India on the Internet; problem is she doesn't know how to use a computer! Me or my dad has to sit with her and click links for her, I have never heard anyone say a simple back in a browser in so many ways!.

Interestingly, she didn't have a hard time in using my dad's iPhone 4, in which he managed to lose!

I already own a Asus Transformer 300t and I tried to instapaper the websites she visits Gujrat Samachar Sunday Special this she doesnt miss at any chance.

Problem is, those turn up beautifully on the desktop/webapp but the fonts aren't rendered properly on my tablet or any Android device, before I go ahead and get a Nexus 7 or Galaxy Tab 7, can I have this font show up on Android or at least, instapaper.

All I need to do is instapaper every article when I come home in evening (morning time in India, meaning the newspaper just came out), so that she can read it next day and as a trial run on my tablet!,

Also, those websites, at least the one mentioned above, don't implement RSS feeds or else I could have had my Calibre auto generate/fetch daily news and make an e-book every day and download it on the tab. But I also don't know if those fonts will be detected on Kindle app or any app for that matter!

I know I can try having it outputted as PDF but teaching her to go to PDF and then browse; that's too much for me to teach! The instapaper works smoothly, open instapaper, read headlines, tap that and read/scroll/read , press back next article... plus I still got to download that PDF for her to the tablet

Also reason I'm saying Instapaper often is cause only that will detect the actual title of article

Some screenshots: for following Article
Android Apps:

Instapaper
Readability
Pocket

Web Version:

Instapaper
Readability
Pocket

Android Web Browser


texts: How can I save my old, important Whatsapp chat messages from automatic deletion when export doesn't go all the way back?

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So, I just scrolled all the way back in a couple of chats and found that the earliest available message was mid-conversation. Everything before that is gone. It seems Whatsapp has been silently deleting old messages. This is highly disturbing to me because the oldest period of messages available right now relate to the last months of my now-deceased mother. A lot of very important messages pertaining to that period are now gone!

Automatic backups to Google Drive have been on, but I just found that Google Drive won't let me download them on my own. The only options it gives me are to turn off the updates or delete the backup. It really pisses me off that Google gives Whatsapp more privilege to access my data than me.

I tried the export chat feature of Whatsapp, but it doesn't export everything. In my most important chat, I can scroll all the way back to September 2017, but the exported file only has from December 13, 2018, a week ago, onwards.

I tried the local backup, the Whatsapp directory in internal storage, but everything there is encrypted! What's it encrypted for, I wonder? So the user can't use it outside of Whatsapp! Great work Whatsapp team! I'm about to flip my bolted down desk!

It seems the only option available to me is to screenshot everything manually from last year onwards (that's gotta be thousands of messages to scroll through and screenshot), but I hope that someone here can give me a better idea to get the plaintext. I don't shy away from complex solutions, and though I'm not an Android developer, I am a programmer with a lot of Linux experience.


texts: How to know if USB drive was detected using OTG from dmesg output?

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I am trying to get OTG to work with my phone (Samsung Galaxy Win SHV-E500L, previous question here)

I have used an externally powered USB hub and connected it to an OTG cable connecting it to my phone, and the USB drive is inserted into the hub

Here is the dmesg message before connecting the USB drive:

https://pastebin.com/29fHksyz

This is the content of the dmesg.log file.

Here it is after:

https://pastebin.com/rGdgzfBm

The two look different so it must have detected something, but I am not sure what to look for. How can I determine if my phone can use OTG or not from these messages?

EDIT 1---

Here is the output after doing as instructed in the comment :

  Please post the output in understandable form. There is a time frame
  missing in between both of your outputs. Do dmesg -C; dmesg -w 2>&1 |
  tee /sdcard/dmesg.log. Immediately connect USB. Within a second or
  two, as soon as some output comes from kernel, break the command (Ctrl
  ^C). Share dmesg.log file.

https://pastebin.com/BKaPCT3L


texts: How to "adb push" files from linux to android without the non-permissive symlinks

texts: I want to push over 120K small files including symlinks using "adb" but without those links if they fail in "remote symlink failed: Permission denied" to Android device.


texts:
I ordered this brand new xperia V a few days ago and recieved it today. everything's working fine (the power key, volume buttons) the phone starts up good but the phone doesn't respond to touch inputs.
I've talked to the vendor and they asked me to send it to them for replacement but i really don't want to wait another week (maybe more) to use this device

Can it be a software related problem? If yes, What should i try? sony update or something else?


texts: I have an Aakash android tablet. The tablet was locked by too many patten attempts. Now I have to give my google account to log in. But the WiFi is not turned on in the tab. So I cannot log in with Google account. There is no hard reset in this tab. Tryed to go to recovery mode my pressing volume and power on. It too didn't work. Now what can I do??


texts: Home Key pressed when not even touching it?

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I've been going insane since yesterday. When typing or selecting things on the bottom half of the screen, every so often the app I'm on erratically closes because the home key thinks it was pressed. I removed my scratched screen protector, but all that accomplished was the problem being more consistent.

I found that when ever I press/swipe my finger within 5-10mm above the home key, it activates and I'm back on the home screen. It's especially bad when my finger slows down, so I guess it stops registering the swipe and thinks I tapped.

Anyone having this problem on Android? Or do you think my phone is giving up the ghost? I tried booting in Safe Mode, still same problem.

Phone: Sony Xperia E4g

Android version: 4.4.4


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I prefer Google Calendar over Samsung's built in calendar app on the S4, for notifications. I don't need to remove the latter, and can't seem to; I just don't want it to display notifications. So I change the relevant settings, but periodically they revert.

I completely turn off notifications in S Calendar (no tone, no vibration), and turn them on in Google Calendar (with a specific sound and vibration and popup notification). In Google Calendar I also turn on "Show week number" and set "Week starts on" to Monday.

After some testing it seems these settings stay in place for as long as the device remains on. After turning it off and back on again, all of the settings in both S Calendar and Google Calendar, including the ones I mentioned not related to notifications, have reverted to their defaults (with notifications ON from S Calendar and OFF from Google) with the exception of the tone that I set for Google.

I'm fairly sure that having my phone turned off and then on again is exactly what happened each previous time I've noticed that my settings reverted.

I've looked at this post, and none of those solutions (for non-rooted phones) work; the settings still get reverted when I change them, and Samsung's calendar can't be turned off in Application Manager. If both calendars are having this issue I'm not even sure removing S Calendar would fix it.

A commenter on the first answer there seems to have the same issue, apparently since a recent upgrade. That may be the case for me too, because I bought this phone a year ago, but now both the device info and the app info for S Calendar have Android 4.4.

Why would these settings be reverting on every restart? How can I fix this, besides just not turning my phone off?


texts: Can't launch Google Play Store from within other apps

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Recently, I am having a problem with my Android phone. Generally, when an app tries to show something in the Play Store, the Play Store app opens up. But, recently I noticed that Play Store is no longer opening up from other apps, instead, I get an app chooser which asks me to choose between the two browser apps installed in the phone.
Screenshot:

When I choose a browser app from the app chooser, then also Play Store doesn't launch.
So, I think that the system can't find the Play Store app. What to do?

I have Micromax Q437 mobile with Android 7.0.


texts: How to disable "Flash while ringing" on the Xiaomi A2 Lite

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My Xiaomi A2 Lite flashlight illuminates whenever I get a phone call. How can I disable this feature?

I tried looking at Settings > Apps & Notification > Phone > Phone > App notification > Incoming calls. Unfortunately there is no "Flash while ringing" option there.


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I have a Sony Xperia Z1 that suddenly decided not to react when I pull down the status bar.

I restarted my mobile and also tried to use the developer options to show touches, but it still didn't work.

When using the developer options on Nexus 4, the Y coordinate changes from 0 to over 1k. On Xperia Z1, the Y starts from 87 and then moves as it should be downwards.

Aka. the touches over the status bar is not registered in the device... Any idea why?


texts: Micromax A110Q shows blank screen after waking up

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I am using Micromax A110Q. It turns on perfectly and displays
 everything fine. But whenever I turn off the screen or it sleeps
 automatically, the next time I press the power button to do something
 screen doesn't display anything, although the button icons on the
 touch-pad lit up.The device was working fine before I made the following changes.

I rooted the device and installed CWM and uninstalled some of the default apps offered by Micromax. Then after installing a few things I made a backup using CWM and then again flashed my device with v2 of the stock ROM (I was learning the basics of flashing).

I then used CWM recovery to undo the changes i.e.I restored the backup which I made just before flashing. Now when my mobile boots it sometimes display:

  Unfortunately, com.google.process.gapps have stopped working

but the problem persists even when the error doesn't occur.

How should I resolve the issue? And let me know  if you need other  details.


texts:
Does anyone know how to create a new label using an Android Tab s.
I have tried all the Internet pages with no success.
Kind regards
Paul


texts: Why wasn't contents visible on SD card? Is there a write buffer?

texts:
I am using a SMS backup app that stores a local copy in /sdcard/sms_backup/. After running the app and making a backup, I connected the phone to the computer, by a USB cable, and nothing was there. I verified using File Manager, that on the phone the folder did have the backup files. I found restarting the phone fixed the issue, and I was able to view them on the computer.

Is there some sort of bufferthat makes it so contents don't get written to the sd card immediately?


texts: How does "Restrict background data" work?

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In "Settings"->"Data Usage" there is a "Restrict background data" checkbox.

How does it work, exactly? What does "background" mean here? And is this setting enforced by the OS, or is it a hint that the apps are free to disregard if coded improperly?


texts: My Samsung galaxy s GTI9003 stuck in flight mode

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I want to disable the airplane mode in order to return to normal state. After a long press on power button, I do have the "device options", however nothing happens when I press Airplane mode (airplane mode enable). I am stuck in airplane mode

I tried restarting, SIM change, removing battery ....but nothing worked.

Have you experience this? Is it a known bug? How can I disable airplane mode.


texts: How to downgrade to Stock Rom [HTC One X 3.20.401.1 CID HTC_203)

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I have a rooted HTC One X with JB 4.1.1 (3.20.401.1), I deleted some unnecessary softwares but still using stock ROM.

Yesterday I relocked the bootloader and tried to install original stock rom by using 3.14.x.x RUU file. But it gave me "Bootloader version error".So I'm stuck. I have no Nandroid backup for my CID :( I could not find the 3.20.401.1 RUU file nor related Nandroid backup anywhere on the internet.

Does someone has any suggestions? I would like to revert to Stock rom to be able to get official Sense 5 OTA update which will be released very soon by HTC.


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I cope with a problem which more android users have to deal with. The well known android.process.acore fc or something similar. The constantly appearing fc notifications would be caused by your crashing contact list. However i cannot find a solution for this anywhere while many users have this problem. It is really annoying when you have to open whatsapp 3 times because the whole system freezes.. Isn't there a way to hide those notifications? I'm really getting sick of it.. Any help would be appreciated, if there's already a similar post, i would be thankful if you could refer me to it. Thans in advance!

I've installed Android 4.1.2, Galaxy S Advance

Edit: I've tried the options they give in force close wiki
but reboot and reset obviously wouldn't help, and deleting contacts isn't the solution.
When i really can't use those fc's at a moment i just temporalily freeze my contactlist but it is such a hassle to do everytime. i also tried to avoid the fc, but logcat is turned off and it doesn't help.


texts: Remove bloatware from a Samsung Galaxy S4

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I just bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 and I'd like to get rid of a lot of applications I found installed but I'm not going to use.

What options do I have?

Surfing the web it seems that I cannot do it without rooting and the only option I have is to disable the applications I don't want. Is that the only option?

Alternatively I saw that a lot of web site links to TrulyClean but it seems to be discontinued.
Is there any alternative script I should look for?

I see that there is the possibility to install other ROMs (Maybe the one that Google uses for the version of the device it sells on the play store). Would that help me getting rid of all the bloatware?

These were the options I found searching the web, would you recommend me to go down for any of these three paths or is there any better option?
I'd like to know which are the pros and cons of each of them so that I can come up with the best decision for my needs.


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I have tried a few alternative ROMs, and underclock using SetCPU, but I can't seem to find a truly effective way to have my Samsung Skyrocket's battery last for more than a day.  My average usage time adds up to around 1 hour per day, comprising mainly of sending texts or looking up something with the browser.

Is the Skyrocket just battery-inefficient by design, or is there something I am missing?

EDIT: It seems that formatting everything/factory resetting/reapplying stock ROM seem to help significantly enough that it's no longer an issue.


texts: need further info on how to recover a bricked Asus Transformer Pad TF300T

texts:
I've got the exact same problem as the fellow over at https://android.stackexchange.com/a/126418/170164

I'm not a programmer or developer by any means - only came across this site searching for an answer to the problem - but I'm pretty good at poking around & following instructions, and ultimately problem solving.

So I don't quite get some of the instructions in the answer provided.

Yes, I've got adb.  And I got the right drivers.  And I edited the Windows path so I can more easily use adb.

So here's the original answer:
If you can make your device appear in a PC, in recovery (teamwin) then just move the above file to a folder on the Transformer's SD card. Then on your device, pick "install update from sd" and find that file. Tap it, then wait. If it succeeds, you WILL be on CM 10.2 (Android 4.3) now, but its better than the alternative.

adb devices command does show my device in recovery

So, if I understand, I use the adb push command to move the file (which I saved in my downloads).  So, is this right?
adb push c:\locationofthefile\filename.zip /sdcard/filename.zip
(assuming lower/upper case doesn't matter?)

I got that far.  cmd is waiting on my next command.  I don't know how to access the device (since being able to access it, is, after all, what I'm trying to do here) in order to install the file from the sd card.  I assume it's something I have to do with adb, but haven't a clue where to start.

So, how do I follow the rest of the answer: "pick "install update from sd" and find that file. Tap it, then wait."  ???  Please help!


texts: How can I adjust my screen's color temperature?

texts:
Redshift is a Linux application similar to Windows' F.lux, which gives the screen a red tinge automatically at night. Supposedly, it reduces eye strain and helps prevent sleep problems.

Is there any way I can adjust my screen's color temperature to create the same effect on Android?


texts: Get homescreen icons back to normal size

texts:
My dad's phone (google pixel 4a, latest android version) seems to have changed the size of the icons on the home screen while in his pocket. Is it somehow possible to get this back to normal?
We have so far tried the following things:

check display & font size in the accessibility menu is set to default
there is no option to customize the icon size by holding an empty spot in the screen (only the ability to switch the launcher)
we weren't able to find an option to change the grid layout on the home screen

There is no custom theme/home screen/launcher installed


texts: Emmc replace (inbuilt memory card mounter) with external memory card mounter

texts: Hi friends i want to increase inbuilt memory at infinity level by replacing Emmc holder (inbuilt memory card mounter) with external memory card mounter, can it be possible? If yes how? If NO Why??


texts:
So a couple of minutes ago I rooted my phone ( well I think I did anyway ). Then all of a sudden, it went to the lock screen. So I tapped the bar where you put in your password and it was kind of glitching, I don't know how to explain it. I put in the first two letters of my password and it switched off. Pressed the power button, and it wouldn't turn on. I held it down for about a minute. Still nothing. I tried pressing the home, volume and power button at the same time but still nothing. I know at least half of you will say "That's why I hate 'one-click' rooting" or "Should have done your research!" but I'm not good at this stuff, and I knew it was a bad idea. I just wanted to get cheat droid for a game I really like. I don't understand these things. I'll give you some information, but I don't know if it will help.
( By the way, my phone doesn't have a sim, it's my moms old phone, I have another question up telling what happened, but that's fixed )

Battery Percentage: 100% and it was charging

Version: 5.1.1

Name of phone : Samsung Galaxy Core Prime

Root app name: 360 Root

Please help me. I'm terrified, I never did this before :( Thank You.

EDIT : Alright, so I just restarted it somehow and it's on, turned out its not even rooted...?
I didn't link it up to my computer, as mine is broken. Does anyone have any idea on good rooting apps that are easy ( KingRoot won't work, and I don't have a computer that's working as I just said )


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 keeps getting Status 7 when installing CyanogenMod

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I'm trying to install CyanogenMod rom on my Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100.

I have root (checked with root basic app).
Successfully installed SuperSU Pro.
Downloaded the third+fourth Cyanogenmon from here: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=i9100&type=nightly (I tried installing both files since the first wasnt installed)

And it gave me the Status 7 error.

I edited the first part of the "updater-script" file as said in any tutorial on the web and tried to install - I got the same message.
I tried enabling "Toggle Signature Verification" and still doesn't install it.

What can I do?

Am I doing something wrong?

Am I using wrong versions?


texts: Is there a TODO app with nested todo lists?

texts:
There's a sea of todo apps out there, with all kinds of bells and whistles. I only need one feature: nested lists. I should be able to start with a general goal ("finish that course") and specify it further ("buy course literature", "turn in homework", "prepare bribes" etc) without cluttering the main list. Is there any app with this feature?

Except for that, I just want it to be simple. I don't need alarms, due dates, syncing, colors, etc.


texts:
I'd like to understand how contact linking in Android works - or to be specific I'd like to understand it pretty deeply, almost from an algorithmic point of view.

What I've observed on my phone is that some contacts were linked automatically, some were not (even though when you go to manual linking screen Android will suggest pretty good matches) and I'm confused about this.

So my specific questions are:

What is the trigger for automatic contact linking? When does it occur?
Say that the answer to 1) is "when new contact is added, either manually or via account sync". So when this new contact is added what will happen? Will Android go through all existing contacts and try to find out if the new contact is just a linked contact?
When will Android recognize the new contact as a linked contact? When names match? Phone numbers? Emails? Some combination of those?

Any insight would help clearing this up for me, thanks.


texts: Root checkers fail to complete on my now non-rooted device

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In an effort to get Netflix to run, I removed both Magisk and SuperSU from my Nexus 10 tablet running Omnicron Marshmallow and also flashed boot.img and reinstalled Netflix. It worked! A by-product of this is that, when I run any root checker app, it just hangs after the 'go' button is pressed.

My intention is to reactivate root once Netflix and the rest of the system is happily running. Something is wrong in there. Any idea what it is and how I can clean it up? It's been a long business with multiple reloads restarts and fiddling about and I don't want to repeat it all unnecessarily...


texts: Unable to connect phone to pc. Phone charges only

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My phone model is Huawei G7-L11. Android version is 6.0
Hey there, I want to connect my phone to PC to be able to unlock its bootloader. When I connect to PC, It charges only and that's it.
What I did:
1: I tried to connect to pc using Huawei HiSuit but that didn't worked. It does not show anything to PC or mobile as well, just charges the phone. I tried to connect another Huawei phone and that succeeded to connect to PC, But my Huawei G7 is not connecting to pc... Yes of course I turned on the USB debugging as well as allow hdb thing, I also disabled it and re-enabled it but that also didn't worked.
2: I tried to use adb to detect my phone... I typed adb devices as well as fastboot devices but that also didn't shown my devices.
Note: yes I know about MTP and other options, But my device is not connecting at all to PC.. It is not showing any option either. Just charges. I Installed the Huawei G7 drivers as well as snapdragon driver + universal ad drivers. I am 100% sure my USB cable is fine and I am not using any USB hub.
Please Help me... I want to unlock bootloader... Help me connect my device to PC.


texts: How to dismiss configurations from my lock screen in Android 6?

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I have just bought my first Android phone (Hauwei P8 lite). It came with Android 5.0, but it updated to Android 6.0.
I have configured it to have notifications on the lock screen, which I like. What is really bothering me is that I cannot dismiss them from the lock screen. Even if I swipe them to the right, it asks for my password and if I enter the password, the app that sued the notification is opened.

Is there any way to remove the notifications, clearing the lock screen, but not opening the app?

(By dismiss I mean that I want that single notification to go away, but I expect new notifications from that app to appear, so I do not want to change the configurations)


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I'm having this weird issue that I can't find any solutions online. A few days ago my SD card was showing that it was corrupted and I had to format it to get it to work, losing all my data (which was fine). It worked well after formatting (I formatted it on my phone itself). Today it began to show as 'Corrupted' again. Every time I try to format it shows this java.util.concurrent. TimeoutException: Thread Binder:2980_4 gave up waiting for partitionPublic after 180000ms error.
Can anyone help me fix this? It's a Samsung 16GB card and I've been using it for almost 2 years without any issues until now. Also my phone's a Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime. OS: Oreo 8.1


texts: Redeeming Google Play Gift Card to Change Country

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I wanted to change the country of my Google Play from Philippines to US. Which you can find in a similar post here.

I've tried changing my "Home address" in the settings section of my Google Wallet
Tried removing my Google account on my smartphone and putting it back
Uninstall updates and cleared the data of my smartphone's Google Play
I also tried using VPN

And still, none of it works.

I can't fill the "Payment Method" because I don't have a US Visa or US Credit Card.

Will it work if I load a USD Google Gift Card? Will it change the apps to be displayed on my Google Play? I wanted to ask here first before I buy myself a USD Google Play Gift Card to make sure.

I wanted to do this because there are apps that I wanted to download which are only available in the US.

EDIT: I just loaded $10 (USD) to my Google Wallet account. Cleared the data of my Google Play. But the applications I wanted to download are still not available. Looks like the only solution is to fake your location and use a VPN (which did not work for me, instead, my phone becomes vulnerable to a malware which drains the battery of my phone when it is on idle).