texts: Android phone can't access anything through VPN on my Windows PC

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I have a Galaxy S (Android 2.1 Update 1), and a Windows 7 Pro machine configured to allow incoming connections (i.e the built-in PPTP VPN functionality).

I can establish a VPN connection to the laptop from the phone however I can't ping it or access a simple HTTP service running on 8081. Windows Firewall doesn't seem to be the issue as it doesn't work with it turned off either. It makes no difference if I use my house Wifi or disable that on the phone and connect via the phone's broadband connection.

I notice via IPCONFIG on the laptop that the subnet for the phone's RAS connection is 255.255.255.255 whereas the network is 255.255.255.0 - could this be a problem?


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I'm trying to set up a Tasker widget to switch between a static wallpaper and a live wallpaper.

I have no problem with coming up with the action for the static wallpaper, but I am unable to change my wallpaper for the live wallpaper. Hope someone with experience could help me out here.

I am using the latest version of Tasker and the live wallpaper I wish to set up is Koi Live Wallpaper running on a rooted 4.3 stock rom Samsung S3.

Thank you in advance.


texts: I'm wondering if there's a distinct, official version of x86 android that's different from the ones made through the Android-x86 Open Source Project (http://www.android-x86.org/). I'm asking since that project was started some time ago and predates versions of android that officially support x86. Also, I'm now seeing phones that use intel atoms running android like the Asus ZenFone 2, so do those phones use the same iso images provided by android-x86.org? If not, what's different about the x86 android os those phones are running compared to what you get from android-x86.org?


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I have a peculiar problem with my Kobo Arc, which runs on Android 4.1.1.
When this device connects to my Dynex router, it goes through the whole "Authenticating" "Obtain IP address" "Connected".  No problem so far on the Wifi screen.

But now when I go online, I get "drops" almost on a pattern, every few seconds the connection will drop (a Youtube video on Youtube app will load, then run 3 sec then never load again until you constantly refresh or reseek, and sometimes that doesn't even work.)

Wifi connection bar remains full and remains "Connected" throughout the entire time, because Router is right next door, and this happens when I'm sitting right in front of it.  I switched Channals from 1-11, I tried different encryption.  To no avail.

So what's the problem here?  It's not signal, and my desktop computer using a USB wifi thingy don't experience this drop.


texts: Headphone music controls not working correctly

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I recently purchased a set of earphones (HTC RC E160) with music controls (next, play/pause, previous buttons).

Strangely, they do not appear to work on my Samsung Galaxy Ace. The play/pause button works properly, but the 'next' button does the same thing as the play/pause button and the 'previous' button does nothing at all.

I've tried making a testing Android app which tries to capture the button presses and obtain information about them. The previous button just goes completely undetected, but the next and play/pause buttons both display identical information.

Does anyone have some insight into what is going on? I'm unable to tell if my earphones are faulty, or if there is a compatibility issue.

EDIT - just tried on a Samsung Galaxy Tab, all three buttons work, except the next and previous buttons alter volume instead. Confused.


texts: Is there any way to save data i.e. Screenshot/ photo to external storage by default

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I am using Moto G. It is Android 6.0. Internal storage 16Gb.
Now I want to store all screenshot and photo/ video taken using default camera app and whatsapp/ other social media data to external storage.
What is problem:
As I came to know the option to select "save to external memory" or selecting external memory as default is removed from android 6 and above.
I know there is no short of internal memory but I want to keep/ preserve these data on external card even if I remove/ swap the external card. say for legal purposes.
Now the problem is if I format external SD card as portable it there is no option to select this as default storage. If I format external SD card as internal storage I can not remove it without loosing data.
So Is there any way to make apps to save all data to external storage by default.
I don't mind where apps are installed. Only I care about screenshots/ camera photo/ audio recording/ video recording/ whatsapp data etc.
Thank You all


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How does Fast Charge work?
Does it actually charge your device faster, and if so,
Is there a downside to using it?


texts: Android Automatically open a Webpage using Chrome on boot

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I have an Android TV box plugged on a TV in a waiting room.

I would like to have a web page open on Chrome automatically when I turn it on.

Is it possible to do?

Thanks


texts: Is it the hardbrick. Phone is not turning on neither by forcing it by pressing vol up,down and power button

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I have flashed a stockrom downloaded from the internet from the given link to my qmobile z10 mtk6753, using SP flashtool
https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&confirm=45sO&id=0B_Wm2RQP1PtfcnVpaG1oVmhPLTQ

and it was successfully flashed into the phone by a tick mark. after that the phone doesn't turned on by pressing the power button neither by forcing it to be in the selection of recovery or factory restore options by pressing vol up vol down n power. now what? is it hard bricked?
Not turning on. just black screen. no boot logo, no recover or factory reset etc nothing.

Now when ever i connect the phone with the pc. it doesn't recognize the phone despite all drivers have been installed already. and gives unknown device. when i opened the device manager it gives this "Unknown USB device(Device descripter request failed)". I have googled it and found some solution to this generic problem by changing the power options etc and all the solutions on the internet. but it remains the same.
Is there any solution to this problem is it the hard brick? if it is how can i overcome this problem.?
thanks in advance


texts: How do I select the number of an incoming SMS?

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I received some SMSes that show up both in my SMS app and in Google Hangouts; however for the life of me I can't figure out how to just copy that number (in order to report it as a spammer), short of either adding it to my contacts (I don't want to) or writing it down on a piece of paper and re-entering it (which seems just plain silly).

Googling around, it seems there are quite a few SMS/MMS applications in the wild and I can't tell which one exactly mine is (it says "Version 4.1.1", but I can't find an ID), but I would expect either it or google hangouts to have that functionality somewhere ... so what am I missing?

(the obvious things - long press, short press, double click etc. on the number do nothing, and the menus only show me options for blocking the sender or adding it to my contacts)


texts: How can I remove the screen lock during phone calls on Android 4.4.4? I have a Samsung Galaxy Core 2, and whenever I'm on a call I have to tap the screen two times to unlock it. Is it possible to remove it?


texts: Having serious technical problems / crashing on my Samsung i9300

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300) that I've been using for slightly over a year. I am a rather heavy-duty user of the phone, and have used in intensively for that time. I do take care of the phone though, so I doubt if physical damage was a cause of my problems.

A few months ago, I moved from Cyanogenmod 11 Nightlies to CM11 Snapshot releases. When I updated to CM11 M6 a few weeks ago, I started noticing dramatically reduced battery life. Not immediately, but in the days following the update I noticed my battery would drain from full to emtpy in about 5 hours, even if I left the phone unused. I turned off all non-essential features on Android, don't run apps in the background, et cetera.

A week or so ago, I started noticing strange behavior. The phone would freeze up, and then spontaneously turn off. If I rebooted, it would sometimes reboot successfully, other times it would freeze during boot. I did a wipe and reinstall of CM11 M6, but the problem persisted. I noticed, though, that whenever the phone did this and I did manage to restart, the battery would be about 30% lower than it was before the crash. I also noticed that a few seconds before every crash, my screen would start to flicker, as if certain horizontal lines suddenly had their brightness levels fluctuated. However, if the phone did refuse to boot up and froze during boot, if connected to a power source by the charging cable, would be fine. I've also never had the phone freeze while charging.

I suspect that my phone's battery might be going. Am I right in this suspicion, or am I missing something?


texts: How can I edit Office documents on an Android tablet and keep compatibility?

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In our office, there's a new Eee Pad Transformer. It was supposed to replace a netbook for giving presentations and editing Microsoft Office documents on the go (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

There have been some issues:

The office solutions they currently tried can only read Microsoft Office files (like Documents To Go)
Polaris Office with write support produce Microsoft Office files that fail to open in Office 2007 Claim by the owner of the device, I can't try it.

The questions are:

Is there any way to produce PDF files from such documents? This would at least make it possible to just export presentations to PDF in order to share them.
Is there a (preferably free) office solution that guarantees compatibility with Office 2007/2010?
Any other workarounds?


texts: Drive letter for MTP connection under Windows

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In Android 3 the connection to PC as Mass Storage Controller feature was removed.

Is there a way to access MTP-mounted phone as a drive letter? I want standard file manager programs (e.g. Total Commander) to work.


texts: Custom Google Contacts list view in Xiaomi Mi4i

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I am an Indian residing in the UK, and the phone is bought in India.

Phone Model: Xiaomi Mi4i
Android Version: 5
MIUI Version: 6

Problem

I am an avid user of Google and I have my contact lists grouped this way in Google:

My Contacts
UK Friends
India Friends
Stack Overflow
Directors
Phone Contacts

As everyone know, the contacts can co-exist i.e., if Praveen is found in UK Friends, it can also be found in Phone Contacts. What I have done is, the group Phone Contacts has all the contacts that are supposed to be displayed in the phone, and currently I am using my Lava Iris 504Q phone, that shows my contacts in Custom View, where it displays only the contacts from Google (Account) » Phone Contacts (Group).

Currently using my Lava Mobile, what I can do is:

 (Click image to enlarge)

Step 1: Open the Contacts App. Tap the menu and tap on Contacts to Display.

Select Customize from the next menu, that displays all the Accounts that are configured in the phone.

The Define Custom View screen appears and again it shows all the Accounts that are configured in the phone.

This view provides me a checkbox view, where I choose to display whichever contact group from any account that is configured on this phone.

Is the problem understandable? Can this be sorted out?

But this process is not there in my new phone. Currently I have:

See the order of images as Step 1 → Step 2 → Step 3:

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References

The best reference for this issue I could find is on the MIUI Forums. The other reference for the custom contact view is here.


texts: Lost Android with no internet connection

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I was concerned that I lost my phone earlier and accessed Samsung's Find My mobile. Having gotten a "not connected to network" message I was concerned. Luckily my phone was in an odd place but when I went back into Find My Mobile, I still got the same message.

After calling Samsung directly I was informed the error was caused because I wasn't connected to wifi. So what happens when I'm out, and not connected to wifi? Is there really no way I can find my device? Location services were enabled, and I was connected to my mobile network. Is there anything working without wifi and over my mobile data connection or just my GPS? I'm running Android 5.0 which had made most apps I find incompatible.


texts: Gogle finance desktop shortcut stuck in weird state

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Siituation
I got into very strange state after sync of my old phone (Pixel 2) to my new one (Pixel 5). The phone (or chrome) thinks that the Gogle Finance shortcut for the widget is on the desktop but it is not. What I want is the shortcut not for the webpage that opens in chrome but the one for the widget app (not sure if it iis PWA or just part of the Google app on clean Android phones).
The problem and what I tired so far
When I open Chrome and go to google finance website, I don't get the option to add shortcut on the desktop. I can go around that by using incognito window or Google Go app. But in both cases when I press add shortcut, it doesn't do anything. I also tried deleting all permissions and data of the google finance webpage but it didn't help. Uninstalling Chrome updates and installing it again didn't do anything as well as deleting all Chrome saved data.
Update
I tried to log in with different account in Chrome, that displayed the popup to add the shortcut. When I press add the shortcut, it will try to open the google finance in the default Google application and fail. The page just doesn't load. I guess it's a problem with Google app then.
The Google app has one great disadvantage which hasn't been addressed since it was created. It's not a standard app. That makes it ridiculously difficult to control when using the phone. Switching between apps very often makes the app disappear and you always lose any state of the app you had. So it is very hard for example to read news, which is one of the core functionalities (considering Google actually made it as a separate desktop when you swipe left on your home screen).
Update 2
Basically this whole section is useless if you open it in Chrome and makes you see much less of the screen. Not to mention that icon on your desktop for Chrome link looks much worse than the one for the "native" app.


texts: GT Trash Is a free app available on play store. Ever since i installed it and tried deleting the recovery files (erase data for good) or over-writing them, off my sd card and phone storage my phone has become slower in processing. Everthing is just slower. Why? Need help!


texts: What needs to be set up in an Android device from another region for a Russian user in Russia, and how?

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We've got a Samsung Galaxy S from another region (China or Korea).

What needs to be set up in it for a Russian user in Russia?


texts: Neo V with 4.0 ICS update -- battery problem

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My Sony Xperia Neo V battery performance has gone down very badly after upgrading to ICS.

It mainly happens when I have my mobile data/internet turned on. How can I improve the battery performance?


texts: Google Nexus 4 suddely stop even battery is not empty

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My Google Nexus 4 suddenly began to stop unexpectedly at random times. After few times I could not even boot up the OS. I could recover by factory reset wipe from the recovery mode. Unfortunately sudden stop issue persisted even after factory wipe. Then I flash factory image according to this androidcentral post. Now OS is up and running, but sudden stopping is still there when disconnected from charging cable. Phone works fine when connected to main power line. Though phone stopped suddenly, battery is not empty, I can boot up again and live for few seconds still.

Is this a hardware failure or some battery cache?


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Google Play Service 9.2.56 drains battery within 30minutes

With the new version of google play service it drains the battery of older devices instantly. It gets incredibly hot, barely touchable.

There are tons of threads appearing on the web. Some here
Google Groups
Github

The only solution so far is to completely uninstall the service. You can not use older version since it will auto update itself soon or later. It does not care about update restrictions.

I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2 4.0.3

Anyone got an idea on how to solve it without uninstalling?


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I've ported a twrp 3.0.2 to my device (kitkat 4.4), all works nice, but when I try press backup, and select store, only shows the internal store...

Device description: Azumi a50c+ with rom Kitkat 4.4. Its a MT6582

NOTE: this works fine in twrp 2.7 but then try change to 3.0.2 the sdcard cant be select in the options

My partition is:

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Phone store: 8GB, divide in:
    Internal store >> 4.2GB
    ext sd card (this is a internal partition of phone store) >> 2.33
    System rom.....

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SDCARD: 16 GB

THIS IS THE PROBLEM, In the recovery sdcard 16gb is detected in this partition in mmcblk1p1 but cant see the sdcard in "select store" option of   twrp 3.0.2.

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What files of ramdisk should I modify?  check the images...

What is the best way to fix bug of my TWRP 3.0.2? Thank you very much


texts: Why root cannot access ".android_secure" directory on external SD card?

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I have an Android 9 tablet, rooted by way of Magisk. It has an external SD card mounted as sdfat on /mnt/media_rw/1234-5678 which is mounted on four other mount points, all as type sdcardfs, with some variation in owner and group.

From a terminal window I type ls -al /storage/1234-5678. Lots of files and directories are shown with one error message:

ls: permission denied: .android_secure

I try as root. I get the same result. Using /mnt/media_rw/1234-5678 and root, I can see the entry for .android_secure. I'm told that .android_secure itself is empty.

The external SD card is FAT32.  Anything on it has the same set of permissions.  How is .android_secure different from everything else on the card?
Even if .android_secure has different permissions from the other files in the directory, why is that stopping me from displaying the directory entry?
I become root and I still can't even display the directory entry for .android_secure. How can that be?

I tried stat. I tried lsattr. Still: permission denied.

I have read What does /mnt/asec directory contain? but it doesn't answer my questions:

If I have the permissions needed to list some directory entries, how am I being forbidden to list a specific entry in that directory?
How is it ever possible to deny root the ability to list a directory entry?  (And then change the protections on that entry.)

I can accept that the magic filesystem and/or SELinux makes it possible to have different protections on one file.  I just can't understand root being unable to even see what those different protections are.


texts: Notification icon that looks like "b" with segmented rings and a circle

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I have this strange icon that appears in my notification bar (on the right hand side) every once in a while. I have only seen it when running an app in fullscreen, and then checking stuff in the notification bar. It disappears after a few seconds when quitting the full screen app.

(I have HTC One M8 with Android 4.4.4)


texts: How to establish a LAN directly between an Archos G9 (Android 4.0, WiFi) and a linux box?

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I am buying an Archos G9 (Android 4.0). And a Raspberry Pi. I'd like to take them along for trips, and they need to be able to communicate over a network so I can use stuff like VNC etc.

How do I do this?

AFAIK ad hoc WiFi is annoyingly unsupported on Android, but can I connect to the Raspberry Pi if I manage to set the latter up in Master Mode with a usb wifi dongle? That might be hard though.

How about LAN over bridged usb cables? Does Android support that?

Any other ways of getting a network between this device and a generic linux box? It has WiFi, Bluetooth and Usb connections.


texts: Why does my phone burn out USB cables when plugging them into my car?

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I have an Oppo A73 phone, and over the last week it has started burning out USB cables (puff of smoke, cable no longer charges) when plugging it into my car (2015 Suburu Outback).
It had never done this previously, but I've lost 3 cables to it now. If the phone is plugged in before I turn on the car, it's fine, but if there's power in the cable when plugging it in... zap!
I'm assuming it's short circuiting against the phone's jack, but I don't know how to stop it happening. How do I stop it doing this? (And if you can suggest why it has suddenly started, that would be awesome too).


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I have bought Sandisk 32 GB MicroSD class 10 for my Lenovo Phab Plus . I am facing a problem . Card is need to be format Everytime I insert it after I connect it with my PC . It's working fine in PC , I have a old phone which even does not have  JAVA , It is working in that phone also. Sometimes it is not detectable .

When I re-inserted it I found this .

What should I do ?? I've already  replaced memory card once from Amazon . But same problem .
Moreover My device does not show as Media Device on my PC .  When I was using 8 GB SD card , it used to connect as Moung SD Card but now its not working .


texts: "Storage Space Running Out" even though plenty of storage remains?

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I've got a Samsung Galaxy i9000 equiv(T959) that has recently been showing "Storage Space Running Out".  I have been running Cyanogen 10.1 for a couple of years without any problems, until now.  But I have 400M free on my system partition and 3G on my SD partition.

From other posts I have read, options include:

deleting all logs in /data/log
*#9900# and selecting delete dumpstack
using adb shell to delete everything in /data/log
moving apps to the SD partition

However my /data/log foler is empty! (checked with ES file explorer and even Terminal Emulator).  And I have 400M free on the system drive!

With 400M free on my system drive (confirmed both with DataUsage and Storage Use), I do not understand where these messages are coming from!  I've tried wiping davlik cache, but that has not made a difference either.

Everything I have read points to log files being the culprit, but nothing I have run seems to detect any log file taking up room.

In the meantime, I can't seem to use the gmail client/app anymore (unable to sync), so cannot send or receive email.

I know that this may seem like a duplicate question, but I cannot find any postings that deal with this issue when there is actually significant space left on the device (>25%!).

From Terminal:

df:
Filesystem       Size   used    Free
/dev             198.5M  32K    198.5M
/mnt/secure      198.5M  0K     198.5M
/mnt/asec        198.5M  0K     198.5M
/mnt/obb         198.5M  0K     198.5M
/cache           17.5M   2.3M   15.2M
/radio           16M     14.3M  1.7M
/datadata        422M    395.6M 26.4M
/system          393.7M  334.4M 59.3M
/data            1.5G    1.1G   396.9M
/efs             12.5M   5.9M   6.6M
/storage/sdcard0 13G     9.5G   3.5G

There are also some app-specific mount points that I don't believe have value to list here.


texts: ICal Events Not Showing Up In Device Calendar

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I have a Sony Xperia Z with Android 5.1.1, and I'm trying to get events from calendars I subscribed to on Google Calendar's web interface to show up on my stock calendar app. Specifically, some of the calendars I subscribed to don't show up in the app. I tried checking if they were disabled but they aren't even in the calendar list on the sidebar.

Using this app I was able to find that the calendar subscriptions I wanted actually exist on my device but are listed with "0 events," even though their events show up on Google Calendar's web interface.

I have tried rebooting my device, checking that all calendars are enabled both in the stock calendar app and in settings, and manually syncing from settings.

How can I get the calendar events to sync and show up?


texts: How do I add album art to music on my Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)?

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I was looking on some other forums on how to change the album art but for some reason I couldn't change it, no matter if I deleted the thumbnails thing or applied the art in Windows Media Player I just don't know how to do it.

Here you can see that the 'In Utero' album has art however I have not done anything to it, this is default for the album but for the other albums they just show the default icon.


texts: What does the charge counter in battery indicates?

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I have used the adb shell dumpsys battery command on my phone. It delivers the following results (posted on the image). Most of the terms, I can understand but not the charge counter. What does it indicate and why does it decrease whenever I connect my phone to the USB cable? What is the significance of charge counter for battery?

I tried googling but cant find the answers.


texts: Windows 7 ultimate, unable to detect my nexus 4 5.01

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My windows 7 ultimate laptop isn't recognizing my nexus 4 5.01. Tried to reinstall ADB drivers and android universal usb drivers, but no use.

can anyone please let me know how to overcome this problem?

thanks in advance!!!!!!


texts: want to see WhatsApp chat msg from old number

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My old number is recycled and now I have my whatsapp back up with that old number in my google account. how to catch up with old msg with that one group that still exists and just one person.

Please help.. I am in such a dilemma as I asked the mobile provider company. But they already recycled my old number and now it is in use with some other person.
Thank you


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Where can I find my Android backup in my Google account?
What is the name of my android backup in my android device?


texts: How can you remove notification of new Messages chat features

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A few updates ago on my Samsung Galaxy S10 added new "chat features from Google" and a notification of this new feature was flagged with the standard "N" icon:

Clicking the N icon brings up the Messages Settings

and clicking on "Chat settings" comes up with

I click on use without chat features and annoyingly the new feature notification N icon stays there.
I now know about the potential new features I don't want so the N icon should be gone.
How do I get that removed without accepting the new chat features?


texts: Is there a way to show the status bar in Adobe Reader in Reading Mode?

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Adobe Reader has a "Reading Mode" that is very nice for reading books and other documents but unfortunately, it hides the status bar on my Essential Phone.

This phone has a notch so when the status bar is hidden, instead of disappearing completely, it becomes blank instead. I'd rather see my notifications and especially the clock at all times.

I tried with adb:

settings put global policy_control immersive.status=-com.adobe.reader

but it still didn't force it, the status area remains blank :(

Is there some sort of other adb command that can override this application control to show the notification area as usual, around the notch?


texts: How can I uninstall the local Speech Recognition from Google?

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My Google Speech Recognition isn't working.  When I use it (in Google Now, Evernote, etc.) it crashes the app.

I'm guessing this is because I installed the local SR.
(I did a Factory Reset on the phone (Motorola Razr M) and the problem persists AND the local SR is still installed.

Update: What I've tried
I can't find any App (Running or Installed) that seems like Speech Recognition. So I've not removed anything.  The only thing I've seen that looks like it might be what I'm looking for is com.google.android.voicesearch but there's only an option to Stop and Disable it, not uninstall.


texts: How do I enable a keyboard if I can't open Settings?

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Apologies for the long story, feel free to skip.  :)

So I goofed up pretty amusingly the other day.

I bought a $10 LG Optimus Exceed, rooted it with Towelroot, then downloaded the jumobile System App Uninstaller to remove some of the Verizon bloatware since I have no intention of activating it.  I was careful not to remove any of the packages it flagged as important.  Now, this phone only has 4GB of disk space total, and that doesn't last long considering how monstrous the Google apps are these days.  So I saw the default LG keyboard taking up far more room than I thought should be necessary.  I removed it and installed a different one.  Mistake #1.

Some time later I tried to open Settings.  It crashed.

A smart man may have gone into that jumobile app and restored some of the apps to try and get it back.  Maybe that would have worked.  I wouldn't know because I did the worst thing.

I did a Factory Reset.  Mistake #2.

The Settings app still crashes.  In case you didn't know, apps that are installed as system apps don't get restored if you remove them as root.  So now I don't have a keyboard, and I can't enable keyboards.  I can't switch into USB debug mode.  I can't enable third-party apps, which means I can't root.  Through a fancy combination of voice input, the built-in clipboard manager, copying and pasting, and some luck that Google Play opens a little thing that allows me to do it without entering the Settings app, I have my Google account and my wireless set up.  But I can't get any further in getting my little $10 toy back in shape.

So, my Settings app crashes and I don't have a keyboard.  How do I enable one?

I'm a long-time Linux user, but the Android terminal is pretty opaque to me.  Still, I feel like it should be possible to enable a keyboard from the command line.  When I install a keyboard it tries to launch that activity directly, but that crashes.

So can I use the Terminal emulator to enable an installed keyboard?

If not, can I use the terminal to allow third party sources, root, and then do something that way?

Is there some way I can fix or replace my Settings app?  I can't clear the cache through the normal way (obviously), and third party apps to clear caches didn't work.

Is there any hope, or is this now just a glorified video player?


texts: Why are notification action buttons laggy?

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Let me explain my experience with the Android notification action buttons feature, where notifications from apps (often social media / communication apps) have buttons attached that can be used to like the message, retweet, reply, mark as read, etc.

Inconsistently, but frequently, when I press one of these action buttons, nothing happens for up to 10 seconds. If I don't wait for the notification to react to my pressing of the button, sometimes the button press never has ANY effect. And yet, sometimes the effect is instantaneous.

I have more success with some apps than with others. For instance, Android Messages is pretty responsive, Google Inbox is mediocre, and GroupMe is downright atrocious (I often have to wait more than 5 seconds after pressing "like" for the action to occur, and sending a reply with the action button almost never works).

Does anyone else have this experience? Is it just my phone? Or is it a matter of implementing this feature intelligently?

For context: I have a Nexus 5X running the latest Android 8.1.0.


texts: How to install the stock Browser app on Nexus 7 (2013)?

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I would like to run the stock Android Browser app on a Nexus 7 (2013) tablet to make sure that websites that I develop will work properly in the stock Browser. However, a Nexus 7 (2013) tablet comes with Chrome pre-installed and not the stock Browser.

Is there a way to install the stock Browser app onto a Nexus 7 (2013) tablet without unlocking or rooting it?


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I have a HUAWEI MediaPad M5 Lite 10 tablet I use it with a mouse connected to USB thanks to this adapter.
For some time with my mouse, I can no longer scroll through the pages of browsers like Firefox or Chrome where another browser.
Rather than scrolling the text from top to bottom or vice versa, it selects the text for me!
I can no longer also do a copy / paste in the web pages, it selects but without displaying "copy / paste" I reset my tablet but it doesn't change anything.
I reset my tablet by following this procedure but it doesn't change anything.
I changed the adapter, tried with another mouse, with a bluetooth mouse but it's the same :(
I sent my tablet to the after-sales service 3 times for this problem but it came back each time as repaired but the problem is still present.
The funny thing is that when I take control of my tablet with my computer and with teamviewer I use my computer mouse! Well it works.
I can scroll web pages through my computer. An idea ? Thank you


texts: How can I monitor my phone's activities?

texts: A couple of times I've found my phone turned off when I don't remember doing so, especially when I have a fully charged or nearly full battery.  Are there any applications out there that will monitor the events that get called and applications that call them so I can log what is happening in the background?  Thanks.


texts: Is there any way to install apps incompatible with Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)

texts:
After looking around on the Google Play Store, I've found a lot of apps that 'I like the look of'. But by tapping on them, quite a lot of the time it says "This app is incompatible with your Android version." Is there any way around that?

P.S:I don't have any other Android devices and no, I haven't edited any of the files.


texts: How can I get Tasker to set my Google Chat Status?

texts: I'd like my Google Chat status to update by task; specifically '@Work' and '@Home', on the obvious criteria. Is there a plugin or script that will allow me to set the status in a task? With additional work, could I do it via something like SL4A and trigger it from Tasker? I'd prefer to avoid a graft like this as a plugin would be more efficient, but it's better than nothing.


texts:
I manually upgraded my Galaxy S4 to Kitkat; since it was rooted, upgrade couldn't be done automatically. It was successfully done but thereafter my phone turns on automatically whenever a charger is connected.

I sometimes prefer turning off my phone while charging (to make it charge faster). This is impossible now. How can I solve this problem?


texts: Unable to associate company's Wi-Fi certificate with our Wi-Fi network

texts: I have a tablet running Android 4.0.3 that I'm trying to connect to my company's Wi-Fi that uses a security certificate.  I've obtained the certificate and successfully installed it on my tablet but when I go to the Wi-Fi settings to connect to the cooresponding Wi-Fi network, there is no where for me to specify to use the certificate for authentication.  Is this an issue w/ this version of Android, am I doing something wrong, or is there something wrong at the cert level.  We use the same cert on iPhones/iPads (converted for ios use) and the cert specifies which Wi-Fi network to connect to so I assume that is what's supposed to happen on my tablet.  Any help would be appreciated.


texts:
I need help closing an active connection in Android ADB on a rooted device. I tried everything that stackoverflow and Google can suggest for the past week. I even tried to uninstall the package. It worked for other active apps but not for this one. Any help will be appreciated.

1 active connections Connection Number: 0 Operating Mode: NORMAL com.android.server.display.DisplayPowerController | WakeLockRefCount 0 | uid 1000 | cache size 0 | max cache size 0


texts: Locus Tweak allows Google Maps download, not OSM!

texts:
I am going to develop an app for Android, and I'm trying to understand whether it is possible to store maps for offline usage (anyway I am not sure this is a question for developers).

Google Maps TOS is enough explicit about the fact that maps can't be stored (if not with some strict limitation), see https://developers.google.com/maps/terms?csw=1 (10.1.3):

(b) No Pre-Fetching, Caching, or Storage of Content. You must not pre-fetch, cache, or
 store any Content, except that you may store: (i) limited amounts of Content for the
 purpose of improving the performance of your Maps API Implementation if you do so
 temporarily (and in no event for more than 30 calendar days), securely, and in a manner
 that does not permit use of the Content outside of the Service;

while OSM provide public free API and resources for the exploiting of its knowledge base.

Now, I am really confused about the Locus Tweak behaviour. It allows me to easily store tiled maps by Google maps even for wide areas with good definition, when it would be supposed not to be allowed, on the other hand when I try to store OSM maps, the answer is:

Searching on Internet and the page http://support.locusmap.eu/hc/en-us/articles/200090132 is not of help, what am I missing here?

In conclusion: I would like to understand how an app downloaded by 100.000+ users can use this way Google Maps, and OSM which would have been my second choice, seems not to allow it.


texts: How to remove/hide "Likee Videos" from imo main menu?

texts: As shown in the picture below, Likee Videos appears between stories and recent chats? How can we get rid of Likee videos, so that it doesn't not appear there?


texts: Details to setup Microsoft exchange works on iPhone but not on Samsung S6?

texts:
I've tried to set up Microsoft Exchange on my new Samsung S6.  All the details used work on my old iPhone but will not work on the Samsung S6?

I've tried downloading Outlook and doing it from in there, but that won't work either. It says my server is not supported?


texts: Can user data be recovered after formatting and flashing stock ROM?

texts:
I am exchanging my old Android L phone for a new one. I have formatted the whole phone including bootloader and flashed its stock ROM using SP Flash Tool twice. I hope my data has been overwritten.
Are there any chances that my data may still be recovered?


texts: My Galaxy S3 has a white screen with grey lines and nothing is working. I don't know if the internal memory is overloaded or if the issue is in the hardware. Can it be fixed or not?


texts: I'm looking for a method of tabbing between web fields in the Android browser, similar to how one would with the Tab key on a PC.  Is there a keyboard or another app that will enable this?


texts: Android 6.0 Firefox Change Default App for media type?

texts: I pressed in Firefox "Open torrent file download in LibreTorrent" but I can not download torrent cuz I need be looged in. Now I don't know how to change it? I want Android Firefox download it with its Downloads option.


texts: USB Debugging is not showing in ADB devices

texts:
I Enabled USB Debugging on CyanogenMod 11 for LG Optimus L7. The Device is showing in Device Manager.

But, it is not showing in ADB devices list. And there is no notifications for USB debugging.


texts: How can I fix an android tablet which says data wipe error

texts: My tablet seems to have have got stuck when trying to reset it to factory settings after it got stuck in the boot loop. It keeps telling me "error, data wipe failed", then flashes something with regards to s.d card. Sometimes it comes up with the menu but won't let me click on anything?


texts: Is there a Japanese input method for tablets that fits the screen better than Simeji?

texts:
I do a fair amount of e-mailing in Japanese from GMail in Android. On my cell phone (Nexus One), I use Simeji to type Japanese characters, and it does a good job. However, I recently got a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, and I've found the Simeji doesn't scale well to the large screen.

Samsung's Android keyboard, the stock Android keyboard, and Hacker's Keyboard are all installed on my tablet, and all of them have a nice, large, easy-to-type-on display on the 10" screen. Simeji on the other hand, although functional, is displayed with keys sized more appropriately to a 4" screen, and is stretched awkwardly around the bottom 10-15% of the screen. At least this is true in landscape mode.

I'd like to have a Japanese input method for my tablet that makes better use of the screen real estate, and is easy to type on with two hands. Does anyone know of one? Or alternatively, is there some way I can change Simeji's configuration so it works better on a 10" screen?

Update on August 20, 2011

As of August 2011, I've noticed that Simeji has been updated to work well on a tablet now, so it's no longer necessary to have an alternative. Still, this question may benefit future searchers who just don't like Simeji for whatever reason and want an alternative.


texts:
My phone is kept always on vibrate mode. When the screen is on and I get an SMS I can see the pop up notification and that's fine. Problem is when the screen is off - SMS sender name is read out aloud " Message from [sender name]" preceded by two long vibrations

I find this highly annoying sometimes and found no setting to mute this ( to replicate screen on behavior). I don't  want to activate DND mode because I want to know that I have a text message waiting to be read via  vibrate buzz

Surprised to see that no one complains of this on the net so obviously no solution ( Imagine your phone is on vibrate in a meeting but your phone announces to the world message from AXAIRNF or some embarrassing contact name) I tried automation, some Xposed / Magisk modules but none worked

Edit These additional attempts didn't help

Switching off the notification of SMS app
Trying alternate apps such as Textra etc
Putting the device on low ringer / notification volume when screen is off
Suspecting Text-to-Speech to be the culprit, killed that service when screen is off - no luck

Any solutions # including rooted means?

Mia1 stock 8.1 rooted with Magisk and Xposed (had same problem on 8.0 too). Stock Messaging app

# If you want to suggest automating, please stick to MacroDroid (don't want to add another automation app just for this). Gravity Box doesn't help. If your solution involves an alternate messaging app, it should be good at blocking spam SMS / be able to control reading of sender name(Textra already tried)


texts: How do I change BlueStacks 2 WIFI MAC Address to a specific WIFI MAC Address. For example I want to specifically change it to 11:22:33:44:55:66?


texts: How do I separate contacts from work and personal Google accounts?

texts:
I have two Google accounts, one for work and a personal one for my Android phone.

I have both accounts synced to my phone because I often have work to do on the road. I recently noticed while logged in to my work account in GMail that all of my personal account's phone contacts appear in my work account's contacts. I never asked to have the contact lists merged together, nor did I add one to the other.

They may have been logged in together on a computer at one point before, but I can't remember. My personal account is not currently logged in on the same computer as the work account, so I'll be able to delete them from the list now. I just don't want this to happen again.

Is there a setting to suppress this behavior?


texts:
I have an Xperia L mobile , I'm from India and having AirTel Network Connection.
The problem is on the mobile network icon,it shows Roaming Symbol since I'm in home network.I made a call to the customer care,they replied that the problem is not on their side (they haven't charged for Roaming). Can anyone help to get rid out from the issue.

Does keeping the mobile data on for all time have an impact on battery ?


texts: Unresponsive when network is on, ok if off

texts:
Since a few weeks, my phone is behaving strangely, it works OK in airplane mode but when the network is on i get several of the following symptoms:

the phone becomes partially unresponsive, i experience freezes, lags
apps like twitter often crash and are very slow
the phone reboots by itself
the battery usage becomes very high (emptying a fully charged phone within the hour)
the phone overheats

I have also noticed that when networking is on the battery charging indicator is stopping and starting alternatively (like 1-2 secs work, 1-2 secs frozen). This does not happen when airplane mode is on (indicator progress is fluid).

How do i troubleshoot this problem? Are there some diag tools i could use or logs i could check?

What i have tried so far:

install all app updates (but i have trouble doing that as google play works erraticaly)
reset cache & davik partitions from the cm menu
clear the cache of twitter & google play
delete google play history

My combo:

Galaxy Note 1 - N7000
CyanogenMod 11-20160815-NIGHTLY-n7000
Android 4.4.4
Band version: N7000XXLT3

EDIT: This is not linked to a ROM update (last ROM update was 9 months ago and the trouble started about 1 month ago).


texts:
Any way to get a tab character out of a Google Keyboard on Android?

Checking through the various character sets etc. find nothing.

Searching the Internet finds nothing relevant.

The goal is to indent bullets in Google Keep to make sub-bullets.


texts: Huawei Ascend Y511 with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean lock screen Widgets

texts:
I cannot get the lock screen widgets to work no matter what I do. I do not have Corporate account added, just Google, Viber and Facebook. I searched the internet quite some times, but I couldn't find anything. I have the < / > icons next to the clock but when I try to slide it does not work.

The phone as said is Huawei Ascend Y511 (Bought 2 days ago, not rooted or anything) and the Android is 4.2 Jelly Bean.


texts: Strange status bar icon on Samsung devices after using Developer Options

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S8 phone running Android 8.

I have enabled Developer Options today and after I finished with it, I disabled it again.

The problem is that a strange icon has left on the status bar. This icon appeared immediately after I enabled Developer Options.

Here is a screen of it.

What's this icon and how can I hide it?

Thank you very much for your help.


texts: Is there a lock-screen that can unlock without swiping across screen

texts:
My father has an HTC Incredible, and a major source of frustration is that the Sense lock-screen uses a swipe gesture to unlock, which for some reason is very difficult for him, especially when trying to answer a call.

I can turn the lock-screen off, but this results in the answer and decline call buttons being active immediately, which could result in premature answering, or accidental hang-ups.

I've also looked into some of the security options, as replacing the swipe gesture wholly with a short PIN or password (skip the gesture, only enter the PIN) would likely solve this problem. Losing the ability to answer from he lock-screen is acceptable. Unfortunately, these options still require the gesture to get to them on Sense (and on my own phone running CyanogenMod, as well).

The hardware is out of warranty, so I can root and flash CyanogenMod if I need to lose HTC Sense to do something.


texts:
I recently installed a new SD card in my phone, so I moved all of my music from my phone to my SD. After I moved my music, I noticed that all of my soundtracks were corrupted. Each of them only had about 5 songs and I couldn't play them. I followed the instructions here, deleted my Music Player's application data, restarted my phone, etc., and then my soundtracks were completely gone.

Alright, something must have happened during the copy right? So I copy my soundtracks back to my phone, try to open them in my file browser, and it says:

Sorry, the player does not support this type of audio file

For mp3s that I was playing just yesterday.

So I restart my phone again, and what happens? My files aren't even there. Soundtrack folder is empty.

Anyone have any thoughts on what's going on?


texts: HTC U Ultra: Turn off automatic software updates completely

texts: I do not want to update any apps automatically. I want this to happen at home when I am not charged for data volume. Are these settings correct for my wish? If not, which settings do I have to change also? I do not care about possible security issues that may arise. I can update from home manually once in a while.


texts: Recover files from internal storage in Download Mode

texts:
I have an unrooted, unencrypted LG G4 that decided to randomly turn off and not boot up again last night. Upon booting into normal mode, the LG logo appears for a long time (longer than usual) and then disappears. If it is plugged in, Windows will detect it as an "Unrecognized USB device".

I can currently boot into Download Mode where it shows a "Firmware Update" screen. LG Bridge seems to recognize the device in Download Mode but I cannot mount it as a drive or anything. I have tried both Windows 10 and Linux.

I installed adb on my computers but upon running adb devices it does not seem to detect anything.

Is there a way to recover data from internal storage? I don't care much about the Camera folder or contacts/SMS as those were backed up automatically, but rather the folder I was using to transfer files between PCs.


texts: Duel Boot Android Issue with Lenovo x1 3rd Gen Tablet

texts: I have a Lenovo x1 3rd Gen Tablet. I cannot get android to boot no matter what I choose. I am stuck with a black screen and a cursor in the top left corner. I cannot get into the blue setup screen. I have tried many kernels and still have the same issue. Secure boot is off as well. Any help would be appreciated.


texts: I have upgraded Galaxy Note to Jelly Bean (v4.1.2). The problem is it does not have the S Memo application installed. Can I get that application and install it to my Galaxy Note? If not, then how do I get it back to its original state where I can use S Memo?


texts: Moving Nokia content to an Android phone

texts: What is the easiest way to move Nokia (Symbian E series) content, such as contacts, inbox, photos, etc. to an Android phone? I can extract a backup from the Nokia but it's in .nbu format


texts: How to disable browsing history in Android Firefox (Fennec)?

texts: Unlike in the desktop Firefox, there's no setting in Firefox for Android options to disable saving browsing history.


texts: I have HTC ONE M7 and I tried to root it . I did everything but it seems I did something wrong. It stuck at the recovery thing when I reboot it again and again it opens the recovery page. what should I do ?


texts: Ways to see notifications besides pull down bar

texts:
The notification status pull down bar is not working because the very upper part of the screen seems damaged (verified running diagnostics that pixels there are not active).
1) Can I see the notifications some other way?
2) Can I assume that screen replacement solves this?
Htc one X phone


texts: USB ethernet goes to sleep, has to be reconnected to restore

texts:
I have an old Nexus 7 tablet running LineageOS that still works but has poor battery life. I've set it up in a fixed location with AC power instead. Its location has poor wifi so I've added a UGreen micro-USB 100Mb ethernet adapter, which also provides power. It does work correctly when first plugged in, so the device is supported by Android - it gets an IP address and communicates without wifi.
Shortly after the screen goes to sleep, the NIC goes down. I assume this is some sort of power-saving mode. However, it doesn't come back up when the tablet is woken. It has to be unplugged and plugged back in to work. Is there a setting I can change that will leave the NIC enabled at all times? Or at least resume the ethernet connection when it wakes up.
Android version: 7.1.2
LineageOS version: 14.1


texts: Is displaying invalid content a violation on the play store

texts:
I have a suspicious app which requires all sorts of permissions Omega Status Bar.

I was facing an issue with the notifications,I reported this behavior to the developer and was surprised to know that the email-id given to contact them under the Email developer does not exist.(got a Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently error)

for which i have removed the app after that.Does google has any policy through which i  can report the app as an inappropriate app for having an invalid mail(invalid content displayed)

A link describing the related policy would be much helpfull instead of giving a simple yes or a no


texts: Custom ring tone for callers who block their caller ID?

texts:
How can I set a custom ringtone for callers who block their caller ID? I don't want the same ringtone for callers who don't block caller ID but are also not one of my contacts (otherwise, I could set a custom ringtone for all of my contacts and change the default ringtone).

Device: Moto X (2nd Generation) with Android 5.1, security patch level 2016-03-01


texts:
I have a Moto G5 with Android 7.0 and Phone 3.00.00.

It used to be the case that when I called one of my contacts, they would appear in the "Speed dial" tab of the phone app, just after my favorite contacts.  For some reason, my phone app's speed dial tab doesn't show any frequent contacts any more.  Only favorite contacts appear.  The call history tab still shows these calls, so I am using that for now.

Do NOT ask me to look for a "Show frequently contacted" setting.  I have checked both the phone app's settings and the contact app's settings and I don't see a setting for "Show frequently contacted" which seems to be a Samsung setting.


texts: Apps such as Timeservice are getting automatically installed but Unknown sources option is disabled already

texts: This has been happening for many days. Some applications are getting installed without my permission, even though I've disabled the 'Unknown Sources' option in Security Settings. Also, I've installed Application Install Blocker and other applications can't be installed, but apps named Timeservice, Data and others get installed.


texts: Is it possible to get a list of user activities? I want to know when the phone was opened, when it was locked, etc. Just the basic things.


texts: Watch and download youtube video simultanously

texts:
So I can watch a youtube video, great. But once I go out of range of wifi I can't play it.

So the other option, is, I use a program to download the video. But I can't play it before it's downloaded.

So is there like a program that you see the video, but after it has been downloaded, it's not discarded but permanently saved ?


texts: Is there any way to see when a text message has been read by the recipient on a galaxy s2 phone and where would I turn that on??? It shows that it has been sent but I need to see when it was read.


texts:
I have a 780 MB msgstore.db WhatsApp file that I recovered when my  phone data was corrupted ( from the available image - data recovery software).
now the issue is that I have the UN encrypted msgstore.db file available and the encrypted files that is dbcrypt or  whatever they go by - those were not recoverable
when I open this 780 MB file with a SQL lite reader I can browse the database so it is not corrupt.
I have yet another 580 MB msgstore.db
which is corrupt and the desktop software cannot read. this is the original file that I recovered from the corrupted image and I had hoped to restore this very file after i wiped  my data and Re installed  Stock ROM

after wiping and new ROM installation
WhatsApp went to the cloud (
Google Drive)
and created A 380 MB  msgstore.db
this file has a lot of my chats missing

so here are my questions please help me I am stranded without WhatsApp for the last two weeks
-- even though msgstore.db can be read on my desktop , if I remove 380 MB msgstore.db & put  the 780mb msgstore.db
in  /data/data/com WhatsApp/data bases and clear cache , WhatsApp gives a message that it has trouble reading my chats please wait while it tries to restore and then it will look for the DB crypt files.
- read about  WhatsApp xtractor
if I use this Python based bat script &
extract  messages as HTML from the 580 MB and 780 MB files,  how can I import them back to WhatsApp so that my chat is restored .
-also read a  method of merging > 2  msgstore.db files. but seeing the fact that a non corrupt 780mb file got rejected , is this a  viable option


texts: Check SD card formatted as internal storage for errors

texts:
I have and external SD card formatted as internal storage and I suspect that there may be errors on the disk since sometimes apps on the sd card are slow or crash.
My device is not rooted and is running Android 8.1. If the SD card are formatted as portable storage I could have simply checked it on my PC, but I don' think that is possible with an SD card formatted as internal storage.
What are my options to check the SD card for errors?


texts: Is there a way to use Google location service without tracking my positions constantly in background?

texts:
I want to use Google location service based on wifi or cell tower data without gathering and sending my (later anonymized) positions to Google in background when I do not explicitly make the requests. When I decline to send my location information for  in "settings - location", the location service is disabled.

I suppose this would be possible on a rooted phone only.


texts: How to Extract boot.img from Sharp Z3 Fs8009?

texts:
I'd like to extract the boot.img from this device in order to root it with Magisk.
Is it possible with adb commands?
Or another way maybe?

The firmware on it is 00WW_1_310 global version, and I can't find a place to download it and extract the boot.img.
The only link that had it is dead.

There's no custom recovery, the bootloader is locked but there's a way to unlock it with ntool.

Thanks for any help


texts: Do all Android phones have a GPS receiver?

texts:
That's pretty much it. I am developing an application which is utterly useless without receiving a GPS signal, so I was wondering if there are any phones which do not possess this feature.

Thank you


texts: Sensible method to edit contacts on a Samsung phone?

texts:
Currently the Samsung app for Contacts is driving me nuts on my S9+.

I used to have my contacts entered as I wanted them into the Phone address book (only one other phone number on the SIM). But then the Contacts app started to pester me about wanting to merge contacts. Dismissing those notifications by touching that X in the top right of the notification window ended up removing the one contact that was most complete for my significant other (in a sense the master contact which also contained address, birthday, siblings and stuff, aside from the phone numbers). Instead I now have her Telegram and Skype contacts as a single entry in the Contacts app. Alas, that single entry cannot be edited, only deleted. But given the intransparent handling of this stuff, I'm really afraid to delete it, because it warns me that the contacts will disappear from where ever they are defined (so presumably deleting this one entry from Contacts will end up deleting the contacts in Telegram and Skype respectively).

Anyway, so I figured I'd simply start creating a new contact for the Phone app to use, even though the phone number was already mentioned in the combined Telegram and Skype entry.

Guess what, when I create a new entry it cannot be named the same as the existing one, even though the existing one cannot be edited. I'm out of words for how badly this software is designed ...

How can I manage the contacts on my Samsung S9+ in a fashion that makes explicit where a contact is stored (i.e. where the respective data comes from), lets me merge them in either direction and lets me move them between the different address books of connected accounts (SIM, Phone, Google, mail provider)?

NB: I'd like to avoid any method involving syncing to Google or so ...


texts: How can I install the UPS Mobile app in Sweden?

texts:
If I visit the American version of the Google Play Store while logged in I can search and find the app. But I am met with a message that says I can't install it.

  This app is incompatible with your [device name].

There's also an additional line if I click the little plus button which gives some sort of explanation.

  This item cannot be installed in your device's country.

I'm not really sure how to tell if I am on the American version of the Google Play Store. My Google interface language settings are set to English, and my Google searches usually return web pages in English. It seems as if you can't set the search result language to be anything else than English if you are using English as interface language with Google products. And besides, the "localized" Google Play Store for Sweden is in English too. So how do you tell them apart? It beats me!

I should mention that I was unable to find the app when I did a search for it on my Android device using the Play Store app. So does this mean it is restricted for users in Sweden? And if so, how can I trick it to install anyway? I tried finding the APK file for the app for manual installation but all the websites that host the file are bollocks! They require registration and some of them just point to the Play Store, and what not...

I use UPS on a daily basis. I am clueless as to why they would want to block their customers in Sweden from using their app. What do they have to gain with that?... this is no music or video service we're talking about, there should be no licensing bullshit involved here.

I did check the system requirements and my device should be supported. So I don't think that's it.

Is anyone else, outside the US, able to install this?...


texts: Can I turn on my Android phone from my computer?

texts:
I have an Android phone (Moto Z) and for some reason the buttons stopped responding. This wasn't an actual issue until one night I let the battery die... the phone accepts the charger AND charges but since the buttons don't work I can't turn it on.

When I plug the phone into my computer, and I can see it as a USB device (lsblk). What now? Is there a way to issue a command to the device from my computer (Arch Linux) telling it to turn on?


texts: Gooluck wins app is missing from google playstore

texts: I installed GooLuck Wins on my previous phone but it was stolen. I got a new phone but I can't find the app on Play Store. Even after I signed into my Gmail account, the app is not still reflecting in my Play Store. I tried re-installing but it says 'item not found'. Please what do I do?


texts: Voice over Ethernet without WiFi in airplane mode

texts: Is it possible to make calls with an active Ethernet connection only (with an Ethernet adapter) without a mobile & WiFi connection? Effectively Ethernet-Calling, like WiFi-calling.


texts: Are there any rowhammer resistance phones?

texts:
It's taken 31 years but someone finally get around to implementing rowhammer for the arm instruction set.

So are there any ECC or MEU RAM chips available for phones or currently in use in any phones?


texts: How to disable unread group notifications in Whatsapp?

texts:
The "mute" option allows you to stop receiving notifications. However, I can still see the number of unread messages for a group that has been previously muted.

In addition, this group keeps coming at the top of the list of groups every time a new message is sent to it.

Is there a way to disable this without having to leave a group?


texts: turning off email preview on lock screen after update

texts: Galaxy S4 just updated to latest Android and now my email is previewed on my lock screen. Any way to turn this off?  I'm using Gmail. Thanks


texts:
I was in 4.1.2 of Samsung Galaxy Note 2 which I unlocked using *#197328640# but today I updated to Kitkat Based DN3 ROM. It says "Emergency Calls Only"

Is there a solution out? How about unlocking? DO I have to buy a new IMEI or is it free?

Any help will be highly supportive. Thanks


texts: Google Talk not working over Corporate Wifi. What can I do?

texts:
Whenever I'm connected to our corporate wifi, google chat goes offline (i.e. the contact list fades to grey).

I think this is due to a port setting. As far as I know only 80 (http), 443 (ssl) and ftp (21) are allowed from inside my company.

The problem is, that my android device automatically turns off the 3g connection as soon as wifi is available.

I tried to find a setting for the Access Point, but couldn't find one. Likewise, I don't know if there is any setting in Google chat.

Android 2.2, LG-P500, Firmware V10-OCT-01-2010, Kernel 2.6.32.9

Do you have any suggestions?


texts: I'd like to remove the pictures that are in messenger's shared content. Both of us have tried deleting the conversations and the shared content still shows up after we send a message to eachother.  We have also both tried blocking eachother, uninstalling messenger & Facebook from our cell phones. Please help thank you.


texts: How do I disable Google Dictation - Voice to text?

texts: My Wife's phone suddenly started sporting Voice to Text on Messenger and WhatsApp. I have tried everything to disable it, but to no effect. In settings I have gone into System, Language Input and it states that Google Voice to Text is on Automatic and the on/off button is greyed out so I cannot alter it. The settings on WhatsApp say go into Google, but when I do it starts talking about subscriptions, voice to text for my organisation or team and the need to have administrator rights. I am at a loss and have spent nearly all day ploughing through the phone which is a Xiaomi A1.


texts: Can I configure my device or computer to stop trying to install software when I connect them?

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When I plug my HTC ONE into my computer via a USB cable, it always wants to try and install a bunch of random things on my computer that I really don't want nor need. Just plugging it in with the current drivers installed, it shows up fine in my Portable Devices list on Windows 7, as seen here:

Even with it working perfectly fine already, it still insists on installing other stuff. It wouldn't let me capture a screenshot of the User Account Control dialog:

Do you want to allow the following program to make
changes to this computer?
Program name: TL-Boots Application
Verified published: HTC Corp.
File origin: CD/DVD drive

Is there any way I can configure either my phone or computer to stop trying to install all this crap ever time I plug my phone into the computer? It's really annoying always having to click No on that popup every time I plug it in. I really don't want all their excess software that I'll never use on my computer. I can't seem to find anything in the USB settings that mentions auto-installation. Last time I installed this junk it made my simple storage access through My Computer stop working (my phone stopped showing up in the list when connected). That's literally the only feature I even use, so that was rather inconvenient.


texts:
i have a sony xperia z2 d6503 running on android 6.0.1
and has two users. ive forgotten the pin for the owner account and using the guest account i created for my kids
now i want to factory reset but havent been successful. please help


texts:
My father's LG G3 has stopped working. after logo screen it just shuts down.

Is there a way to boot the phone as only a hard drive from a PC ?

He has important notes on the phone that he needs to restore.

Thanks


texts: Disable all blackground apps when using some apps (possibly with Tasker)

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Is there a way to disable all background apps (gmail, google notifications, messaging apps, etc...) when a certain/any app is running? I would like to do this because I play a certain game (Sine Line) which requires you to press the screen for short periods of time, in a very controlled manner, and any lag kills me.

I assume this could be useful for other resource-intensive apps, such as maps/gps, or image editing.

Either disabling/killing background apps when a certain or any app is running are acceptable solutions. Tasker is also acceptable, however Tasker itself is quite resource-intensive so avoiding it would be best.

Thanks


texts: Termux - How do I create a directory of files accessible outside of Termux?

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I discovered that the files and directory that are created in (default) Termux, are not accessible to other apps on non-rooted phones.

Where is the folder that Termux defaults to?

How do I set it to use a folder / filespace that I can access through an app like ES File Explorer?

Or perhaps slightly differently, how in Termus would I change to, let's say, the default "Download" folder?

Cheers.


texts: Can android devices be controlled/tracked (including on/off control) by IMEI?

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Phone lost having sensitive data that cannot be deleted, The owner(my cousin) has gotten mentally unstable. Tried every possible solution to track it like google's find my device. I also tried to track it by the service-provider/carrier number but couldn't achieve any result so the SIM card has been blocked/disabled. Lastly I reported to the proper authorities to track down the device but strictly advised not to erase the data. They asked for IMEI-number of device which i provided to them on spot. No response whatsoever has been recieved that could even provide a grain of hope for recovery. My cousin is considering sucide but only me being a trustworthy person for him have been controlling him by giving him lies and false hope. The device has not been connected to the internet or even turned on since lost so that it could be tracked down (info by google's find my phone app). The authorities told that it can only be controlled or tracked by its IMEI-number. IS IT POSSIBLE
My email-id is/was also activated on that device. Proper documents and all original accessories along with box and IMEI sticker can be shown for proving ownership of the device
Device: LG-Q60


texts: Use 4G while being connected to a WiFi direct printer

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Is it possible to use 4G for internet while being connected to a wireless printer with WiFi direct?

If not, are there any alternatives to use both, the printer as well as the internet, simultaneously without requiring another WiFi access point?

(The printer in question is the Epson L3150 Wireless Printer)


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I am connected via an USB port and have the screen constantly on, with the lowest brightness settings - by using the Lux app, that lowers that below the allowed level, making the screen barely visible.

Nevertheless, the phone is discharging fast.

Nexus 5 stock rom, rooted.

Only one process running in the foreground (an official play store app) which I am trying to automate via adb.

This didn't happen with a chinese MTK tablet, which stayed 100% charged all the time.

What can I do to work around this issue?

Thanks.


texts: Recovering broken ecryptfs on SD-card with lollipop

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This morning my phone froze and I had to hard reset it. Now when I boot and I insert my SD card, I get the following two messages:

Preparing SD card/checking for errors.
A dialog offering to encrypt my SD card. Here I can pick disable or continue, entering my device password.

So far I have only tried continue, with device password - then I have "sd card encryption encrypting sd card" alongside checking for errors.

So I've started digging. Firstly

$ mount | grep -i extsdcard
/dev/block/vold/179:65 /mnt/media_rw/extSdCard exfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1023,gid=1023,fmask=0007,dmask=0007,allow_utime=0020,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,namecase=0,errors=remount-ro 0 0
/mnt/media_rw/extSdCard /storage/extSdCard sdcardfs rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1023,gid=1023,derive=unified 0 0
/storage/extSdCard /storage/extSdCard ecryptfs rw,seclabel,nodev,relatime,ecryptfs_sig=094f421508772d43,ecryptfs_cipher=aes,ecryptfs_key_bytes=32,ecryptfs_enable_cc,ecryptfs_passthrough 0 0

So I can see I'm using ecryptfs and the sdcard is formatted exfat (yuck, but never mind). I was suspicious about the state of the exfat filesystem, so I followed the top voted answer from this question. fsck.exfat /dev... returns "no errors" so it is happy. I can browse to the sd card in the shell and see the files, but obviously not their contents, so the exfat filesystem appears intact.

So the problem I have is clearly with the ecryptfs layer. My question is therefore:

Is there a fsck-like tool I can run with some actual output to know what is going on for ecryptfs?
Failing that, can I extract from the device the key used to encrypt the sd card files?
If I just wait, will it fix itself? I guess not...

Ideally I'd like to recover those files, however there's nothing in there that's critical.

Environment: rooted lollipop samsung s5, stock firmware, custom recovery (twrp), busybox, supersu.


texts: Redirecting incoming calls to different numbers depending on WiFi connectivity

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Can we have an android application which will direct any incoming call to:

The cell number in case WiFi is disabled
Office extension number through Jabber client in case WiFi is connected (when I am in office, I want to receive calls on my extension instead of cell).

Is there any Jabber client is available which has such settings, or I need to develop an Android application (In java) which can achieve this?


texts: How to take a screenshot of an entire scrolling activity?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Y, and I have an application that has a scrollable activity. I wanted to take a screenshot but the "Home button - Power button" combination only captures the contents that are visible on the screen. What I wanted is to capture the full activity of the app including the unscrolled parts... I hope I explained it well ...


texts: i can't get rid of my android mannager lock

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yesterday i lost my phone, but i used android mannager to track it,put a message on the screen to that i know the location and to put a lock on it.
Today i went to where google showed me my phone was located and went and got my phone back.Only i can't get rid of the lock, first it just ask's for my pin when that is correct it ask's for the google password i had to pick with android mannager,but when i enter that one correct as wel it shows me the message i entered with android mannager while the phone is stil locked. if anyone knows what i need to do and can help me is verry appriciated. sry for the spelling, i speak dutch.


texts: Help! My phone becomes unbootable suddenly

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It is Samsung Galaxy Note 2, unrooted.
I factory reset my phone to stock ROM about a week ago. Suddenly it became unbootable today. I didn't do anything risky. If my memory serves, I simply updated an app one day before this incident.

It always stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 logo screen.
I can boot to recovery mode and download mode.

The following errors displayed when I booted to recovery mode:

Android system recovery < 3e >
KOT49H.N7100ZSUFNL1

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

# MANUAL MODE #
--Appling Multi-CSC
E:failed to mount /system (No such file or directory)
can't mount '/system' (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
can't mount '/cache' (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
E:can't mount /cache/recovery/last_recovery
E:failed to mount /data (No such file or directory)
E:can't mount /data/log/recovery_log.txt
E:failed to mount /system (No such file or directory)
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)
E:can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/log
E:failed to mount cache (No such file or recovery)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or recovery)
E:can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_install
E:failed to mount /cache (No such file or recovery)

I tried to wipe cache partition. It didn't help.

How could I backup data in this case?
I just need to get back my photos.

How could I fix and restore my phone?

Please help. Thanks a lot.


texts: Only one head phone (Right) working on my andrioid razor

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Has anyone had this issue on their android where only one headphone is playing music. I use Pandora and I already did a factory reset and still nothing. Anyone have any other ideas?>

Thank you


texts: Why does Android disable HSDPA/EDGE communication while calling?

texts:
My ISP currently has a severe outage, which is why I'm tethering my Android phone and a MacBook over WiFi. The Android phone is a HTC Desire GSM running Cyanogen 7. I have a stable HSDPA/EDGE connection.

Now, as this is my only phone, it rings from time to time. But whenever it does and I accept a call, the mobile data connection is lost or cancelled. Same for placing calls. Writing texts won't cancel the mobile data connection.

So, whenever I am on the phone, the internet connection goes dead.

Why is this? Is there any technical limitation that won't allow one to call and send/receive mobile data at the same time? If not, can you somehow trick Android into not cutting the connection?


texts: something permanetly reset my email accounts from installed mail applications (Samsung Note II stock and Gmail app)

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I've met with a very annoying and strange issue regarding email applications on my Samsung Galaxy Note II. My search in Google across multiple Android forums has has not given any result. I used for about a year on this device Samsung's stock email application to work with my mail accounts at some local mail servers and Gmail server. Also I used Gmail stock email app to work with my several Gmail accounts (some of them are the same as in Samsung's stock email app and some are different).

One nice day several weeks ago I've suddenly disclosed, that all my mail accounts in the both apps are totally removed, that is all accounts settings and data (incoming messages loaded in the local cache, my drafts etc). When I called any of these two app, it starts as the very first time, that is offers me to configure any account before I can start using the app.

Futhermore, the default Google account in the general stock settining ssof the account has been removed too.

I have restored all accounts in the both apps and the default Google account in the device`s general settings. But several days later I've suddenly found out, that the both apps had reset and were empty again. Well, I've configured them once more... and now they are empty again.

I suppose, that this issue is very probably conncted to the fact, that I use the same Google account as default account on two different Android devices, that is Samsung Galaxy Note II and LG G-2. Well, I have read here at the forum many different topics with the same questions, whether it is OK to use the same Google account as a default one on multiple devices, and the answer was always "Yes, without any problems". But seems, that the matter is not so simple. Anyway I can not imagine any other reason for such strange behaviour. Furthermore I suspect, that the problem occurred the first time after I've bought and configured my second device LG G2. I'm not 100% sure, but it seems to be so.
What seems to be essential, all data and setting of these email accounts on my LG device is not affected any way.

Are there any ideas how could I detect and fix this issue? It is impossible use my Note II this way.
Many thanks in advance!


texts: How does the Android interface work Unix permission wise?

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I'd like to know how the backend/permissions work for Android(I'm using v4.1.2 on a s3 mini).

On android, I'm capable of running GUI applications which have different UID/GID-s on the system as seen in ps/top output.

On a linux desktop, all applications you run as your user, unless you use sudo/su to run software as someone else.

So how does android run GUI apps without throwing up permission denied errors and asking for password from the start?

I've looked around on search results and haven't found anyone discussing this.


texts: what's my IP address location.. 22.87.160.96

texts: Need help to figure out why my IP address keeps changing and how I can stop people from hacking my phone


texts: Game won't update: difference between Play Store and manual Install ? (Plants vs Zombies 2)

texts:
my "Plants vs Zombies 2" won't update (it never did).

I wonder if the reason is that, for the rush to have the game, I probably installed it manually downloading it from the internet.

BUT, Play Store says the game is already installed, and won't update it.

Do I have to manually remove it and then install it ?
How do I have to backup my savegame ?


texts: Can I use whatsapp with a number belonging to another phone

texts:
I currently have a Samsung S5 phone but find it bulky to carry and as I use it mainly for old fashioned calls I was thinking of moving my simcard (and therefore phone number) to my old Motorola Razr.
I understand that the S5 will effectively become like a small tablet and the email will still work on the S5 but will whatsapp if I am using the number on another phone?
Will my whatsapp contacts notice any difference or will it work exactly as it currently does?
Thanks


texts: Can I rollback the stock system by just installing an older image zip?

texts:
I received the 4.2.x updates on my Nexus 7 and the performance has been awful.  I tried the Forever Gone hack and it helped but it's still much worse than 4.1.x.  I'm not so excited about doing a factory wipe in order to make my system almost as good as it was a month ago.

I've never tried rolling back a stock system before, is it possible to download the official nexus image zip and install it from CWM recovery?  Or do I have to do a more involved wiping and flashing process?  My system is stock 4.2.1 rooted and unlocked, with custom recovery.


texts: How to forward traffic from eth0 to ppp0 on Android

texts:
I am using Android 10 on a custom device. The Android image has been generated by AOSP.
I need to forward the traffico from the eth0 to the ppp0 (LTE module) interface.
I've managed to enable the ppp0 interface by using the pppd script (i.e.: pppd call my-connection-info) and I can see that I receive the two DNS server addresses and my public IPv4 successfully.
Now the first weird thing: If I ping to 8.8.8.8 I receive "connect: Network is unreachable" meanwhile if I specify the ppp0 interface with ping -I ppp0 8.8.8.8 I can successfully ping the target.
Now I want to forward the eth0 traffic to the ppp0, to do so I've tried the following commands:
$ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
$ iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE

But the PC on the other end of the eth0 interfce still prompts "From 192.168.10.1 icmp_seq=xxx Destination Net Unreachable" where 192.168.10.1 address is the Android device (which acts like a gateway).
This is the content of netstat -rn command:
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway     Genmask     Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
0.0.0.0         10.64.64.64     0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 ppp0
10.64.64.64     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.255 UH        0 0          0 ppp0
192.168.10.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0

This is the output of netstat -rn:
default via 10.64.64.64 dev ppp0
10.64.64.64 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 10.53.117.129
192.168.10.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.10.1

This is the output of iptables -L (which I've flushed with iptables -F, iptables -X and iptables -t nat -F):
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination

Which is the issue here? Thank you.


texts: Prevent alert tone when scanning / identifying an NFC intent

texts:
Perhaps I'm missing something but when I scan an NFC tag via a Galaxy Nexus, the phone always makes the default alert tone.

Is there a way of switching this off? I have scoured the menus / preferences and can't find a way of doing this. The next step ... ICS source code :-/


texts: Remote erase of Android phone that's been turned off

texts:
I am trying to do a remote lock and factory reset of my Android phone (Samsung S7 Edge) which has been stolen. I've gone to Android Device Manager and Google's "Find your phone" page and both say the phone last synced an hour ago and can't locate the device, which means the thieves probably turned the phone off.

Anyway, I've set up both the "Lock" option (where a password is required to open the phone) and the "Erase" option (where the phone is reset to the factory default), and both try and fail to find the phone. If I then refresh the respective pages, the options are available once again, without any demonstration that my previous requests were stored.

Does this mean that I can only request these operations when the phone is on? Or does the request remain registered in the system and, as soon as the phone powers on and connects to the network, it performs the requested operations?


texts: Sony Xperia Z4 stuck at boot after upgrading to Android 6.0

texts:
A few minutes ago, my sony xperia z4 tablet noticed me to upgrade to android 6.0.
Now my tablet no longer boots. There is just a text "Error" and a little lying android man.

I tried to Reboot in Recovery Mode by Holding Power and Volume Up Key but it does not work. Nothing happens.

What can i do?


texts: "Software installation failed" error when booting up

texts:
I got stuck at Huawei Logo and it won't start, then I followed this instruction

  Download the same build you had before getting stucked or newer one, Extract it and transfer "dload" folder to the root of FAT32 MicroSD, Put the SD in the phone, Hold Vol+ and Vol- with Power button to boot into Upgrading mode

Then when the installation shows up it automatically says "Software Installation Failed". How to fix this problem? I found that some say that it must upgrade a transfer package provided by R&D, and I don't know how to update it. I'm stuck in Huawei logo.


texts: Battery Percentage Recalculate (Not Calibration Reset)

texts:
When I'm busy and don't want to reboot, I put the android phone on charge and pull out the battery and put a charged battery in quickly (without reboot)

But the battery percentage level does not goes up immediately. (Of course,it goes up in 1% steps,whether charging or not)

How do I force the device to read the replacement battery percentage immediately,  without waiting for it to increment in 1% steps?


texts:
In an unrooted Android tablet, is there any way to restore web browser history searches that have been cleared?
It is Chrome web browser, and it's not linked to a Google account. Android version 6.0


texts: Connecting an android phone through the wifi with proxy

texts:
I am currently abroad. I have internet on my PC via a RJ45 cable on Win7 PC. It works fine through a proxy (address + specific port).

Now I want to use my smartphone but there is no wireless connection in my room ...

So how to create a hotspot from my PC (which has a wireless card) so I can go online with my smartphone (which also has the wifi function)?

I tried the virtual router solution manager and Connectify and the classical solution proposed sites (control-> Network and Internet-> Network and Sharing-> new connection-> ad hoc wireless network -> name + password + WPA2) then share the map. But without success ... I mean the Android phone says I am connected but I can't reach anywebsite with chrome or the preinstalled Android Internet browser. Usually I succeed with this virtual router goal time is not working probably the raison de proxy application!

PS: If it's easier I'm also starting to connect my pc to the internet via usb cable. But rooter my smartphone as my smartphone procedure is complex ...


texts: I use Samsung Galaxy S2, Currently running on 4.1.2 JellyBean. I have downloaded an App called, 'Espier Dialer iOS 7' and I want that to be my default Dialer. I tried to goto Application Manager > Clear Defaults for Phone and tried to make this app my Default Dialer application, but the selection only shows 'Phone' and 'Skype' Any help guys?


texts:
I have a verizon HTC One M8 running Android 6.0.  I recently noticed that the network name that appears on my routers DHCP list for this device is "X2E GmbH".  I confirmed that this device is indeed my phone by comparing the MAC address, but I can find no information where this network name came from.

This seems awfully suspicious as the first result for X2E GmbH on google results with a German company which sells datalogging equipment. This is not a rooted phone, so it seems more likely that the network name change may have come from something malicious within my computer network.

Does the network name originate from my phone?  What should a default network name be?


texts: HTC EVO with Evernote App - pictures upside down

texts:
I'm trying to use the Evernote app to take a photo and upload it.
I create a note, take a picture of a business card.  I'm holding the camera sideways, aiming down at the card on the table in front of me.  When I see the note in the Evernote app on the EVO or on Evernote site, the business card is upside down.

I've even tried rotating the pictures in the gallery and attaching them, but they always come out upside down.

I'm new to the phone, so could be I'm doing some really wrong. Or maybe Evernote has a limitation for the "free users"?

Update: I just uploaded pics to my PC, and they were upside down there to.  So the rotate/orientation on the EVO must own be for display there, not in the actual photo-file itself?

I'll try flipping the camera the other way... seems like I tried that last night, but will try again.


texts: How to flash stock ROM .DZ file on a semi-bricked LG Android phone?

texts:
Is it possible to flash a .DZ stock ROM on a LG Android phone (Doubleplay / C729 / Flip II) that doesn't fully load (T-Mobile logo repeats itself)? If yes, how exactly?

Details:

Recovery mode has no options, it only displays an unpacking icon for a few seconds.
USB debugging is not enabled.
USB connection with PC is stable and working.
A .DLL file is included with the .DZ file.

Thank you!


texts:
What is the meaning ot the different colours of the letters in android contacts?

I use Nexus4 with standard 4.4


texts: Enable charging while in MTP mode on Android

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When I connect my Android device (a Samsung Galaxy Tab E with Android 4.4.4) to a PC in MTP mode, the tablet always shows the USB charging being disabled, which makes sense because the USB port of a PC might not be designed to drive a high current.

Now I have a Y USB cable that allows two inputs (one for power connecting wires GND and VCC and one for data connecting wires D+ and D-) to connect to a single output that is my Android device.

I want to force my Android device to both communicate in MTP mode with the PC and charge its battery through the same cable. How can I do that?

FYI I am perfectly OK with the idea of flashing a custom Android image to my device.


texts: Is it possible to manually update any Android Device?


texts: How to flash Official ROM on SAMSUNG GALAXY S6 EDGE

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I was offered a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge a few months ago and I discovered over time that applications installed themselves on my phone and performed operations in the background and my ins such as activate the microphone , play music or send sms. I tried several factory values reset but nothing changes, each time I have the internet connection activated they reinstall completely. This has the effect of heating my phone and reducing the life of the battery.

So I decided to flash my phone with an Official ROM that I did on SamMobile But when I launched the flash with Odin and my phone in download mode the operation failed!

I haven't been able to solve this problem for months already that's why I come here to ask for your help.

when the flash fails, my phone displays the error "SECURE CHECK FAIL: (BOOTLOADER)

I would like to make some clarifications:
- my phone is an SM-G925F (This is what is written behind it is also what is displayed in the settings)
- In download mode I rather see Product: name SM-G925L
- in the developer option, I don't find the "Unlock OEM" button
- When I click on "Software update" in my phone, nothing happens
- I don't know if it's important to specify it but I live in Cameroon

I need help please!


texts: Android stopped informing me about app permissions. Why?

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Since I upgraded to Marshmallow (Verizon LG-G4), I never get the little dialog that asks me to approve new permissions for applications I'm installing/updating, nor even the "no new permissions needed" notice.

Is this a Marshmallow issue? Did I accidentally do something to turn those off? If so, how do I turn them back on? I can't find any settings that govern this.


texts: Can we connect external Bluetooth Dongle in Android Tablet?

texts:
For my survey I want to attach an external USB Bluetooth Dongle to an Android Tablet. Actually I want better range of the bluetooth, so I will use an antenna for the external bluetooth. I want to know :

Which Android version supports it?
Can an external Bluetooth work if the Tablet already has an internal Bluetooth ?
Any suggestion of Android Tablet in the market ?


texts:
I've bought two Galaxy Nexus phones about a month and a half ago. I'm experiencing phone freezing on calls on both hence I doubt it has anything to do with the phone but rather with software.
When does the phone freeze

Someone calls me.

I drag to green to initiate the phone call
Display changes to in-call mode which displays the big red stop the call button
Phone freezes

I try calling someone.

I open contacts
Select a contact and phone number
The moment I select Phone calling app (because I also have Skype and it asks me which one to use)
Phone freezes

I tried un-installing Skype but there was no difference.
Other possible candidates
I haven't tested thoroughly but I suspect if I have a phone number in my contacts saved with spaces (or whatever that blank button on contact number keyboard is - could be some dialling pause maybe?) my phone freezes. When I removed spaces I usually was able to make a call. But I haven't tested this thoroughly and am not 100% sure of it.
I should point out that freezing doesn't happen on every call. It's sporadic but often enough to be extremely annoying. Makes me look ridiculous in the eyes of others what kind a phone I'm using.
As I read on the web others are having same freezing issues on their Nexus phones. Some indicate it may be a problem with battery status info reporting back to phone hence battery removal solves the issue for a day... But this problem has apparently been present for almost 2 years and it seems to be related to OS without any relation to installed apps.
It's interesting/sad/worrying that something primarily supposed to be a phone became incapable of being one. :)
Info

unlocked Galaxy Nexus bought on Amazon.de
non-rooted Jelly Bean 4.1.2
UI language is English (UK)


texts:
I flashed my Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830) with the Cyanogenmod 7.2 release, the install went fine without any errors.

Powering the phone on shows a black screen with the word "ANDROID" in white, and it stays there. I left it alone for up to 30 minutes to humor the "may take up to 5 minutes" caveat.

I tried this answer without success (broken link to PDA zip, the one I googled is obviously incorrect). Looking into this issue more, this answer also yields broken links. (Seems a common issue for fast-paced firmware releases. . .)

I cannot seem to find a firmware for GT-S5830, which I could update via Odin. I can still power on into recovery mode, so installing from sd card is also possible, but I'm lost for what to install if the CMod did not work.

Edit: I had the phone reset by the store staff. I am a bit jaded that I could not install a nicer release on it, but hope to get this right next time!


texts: Remove Lollipop status bar tint over color?

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Is it possible to remove the tint over the status bar color in lollipop? Currently, the bar color will change to a slightly darker version of the app's color.

Example of how it is now:

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I would like it the be the same color as the rest of the app, no darkening.

EDIT:
I've managed to modify Lolistat to color some apps the same color, my dilemma now has two parts: White status text on white text bars and the apps which Lolistat doesn't touch (ones with predefined colors)

Two working apps:

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texts: ES File Folder Remote Manager is disconnect by auto?

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I am using ES File Folder for exchanging the file from Mobile to PC.
The issue is , the Remote Manager is automatically disconnected in times.
I want to manual set to Start (the connection) and to Stop the connection. Is there is any way to achieve this ?


texts: All of my texts disappeared, what can I do?

texts: All of my old text messages disappeared. What might I be able to do to recover them?


texts: Send fake sensor value to an Android real device

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Is possible to simulate an event on a Android real device?

More precisely, I want to test an application which does something if a particular temperature value is detected. Is there an adb command, or somethings else, to send a fake sensor value to the device in order to check the application behaviour?

Thanks.


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I have some problems with my touch in my lenovo phone. For example, when I touch in two places that the distance between them is less than 2 inches, the phone thinks that it's only one touch. To fix this and more problem with the touch, I need to know how to change some parametrs of the touch. So… Do you know where those params is stored or how to change them?

My phone (lenovo s8+) is rooted, and I have terminal emulator on it.