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I have an issue with MMS messages getting stuck.
I'm not sure if this is an Android issue (standard, custom rom, rooted, ect) or a carrier one.

I'll have backed up MMS messages with no indication, but if I toggle data off for ~10 seconds and then back on, they ALL come in. Sometimes over a day's worth. I've done this and gotten bombarded with upwards of 30+ pictures, group chat, etc all of which had no indication that they were there at all.

I'm on a 6.0.1 CM based Rom.
I'm rooted (systemless with Magisk)
I have Xposed installed
My phone is a Oneplus 3T


texts: All apps including google apps stopped working

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Please help!
I reseted my phone still stopped working messages are pop uping. No apps can be opened all stoped working. Mine is rooted phone. I thought I will uninstall system app that is Google play services but no app can be runned.
Plz help!

Shreyas Kumar


texts: Hexedit libmmcamera2_isp_modules.so to fix camera daemon crash

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I'm trying to get the camera working for the LG G4 (msm8992) in Android 10 (for almost a year now.
Can someone help me hexediting the camera blob (system/vendor/lib/libmmcamera2_isp_modules.so).
This blob seems to be a common cause of camera crashes:
https://github.com/search?q=%22libmmcamera2_isp_modules.so%22&type=Commits
I dont know what to look for to modify in the blob. I would like some guidance on what to look for once hexediting and debugging to find why the lib is causing the camera to fail..
Here is my log of the crashes during the startup of the camera app: https://github.com/aoleary/g4_issues/blob/main/Camera%20startup%20error
And the two tombstones :
https://github.com/aoleary/g4_issues/blob/main/tombstone_00
https://github.com/aoleary/g4_issues/blob/main/tombstone_01
These are the device trees :
https://github.com/aoleary/device_lge_g4-common/commits/q_cam
https://github.com/Suicide-Squirrel/Titan-Kernel-LG-G4/tree/staging/android-10.0
https://github.com/Suicide-Squirrel/proprietary_vendor_lge/tree/android-10.0


texts: How can I access to the files of a game with data?

texts: I have a game called for example "Shadow Fight 2" and I like it soundtracks, so I want to have the songs but this game has data and the songs  didn't exist in the .apk file ( I opened it with an Archive Manager ) and it downloads from Internet, so the question is how can I access to the data it has downloaded? and by the way my phone is rooted.


texts: Is it possible to update OTA a rooted android device?

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So my question is plain and simple, I have a Galaxy S6 with Android 6.0.1.

I want to root it but i was wondering whether this will stop me from receiving the upcoming Nougat update.


texts: How do you unlock bootloader on galaxy J3 (2016)

texts: I need it unlocked to move forward with customizing my device


texts: Rooting Samsung Galaxy Young 2 (SM-G130HN)

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I am having issues in rooting the Samsung Galaxy Young 2 (SM-G130HN).

I did search online and found a root file named G130HNXXU0ANH2_ROOT.tar. The method described in various android forums did not work : everything seems fine, but when I restart my phone and check with SuperSU, I am not root.

and I suspect the reason is that my phone has a different baseband number. Mine is G130HNXXU0APA2. Considering the name of the root file name, it might only work on baseband number G130HNXXU0ANH2.

I've checked on this list How do I root my Android device? and I'm afraid my phone is too old (for this sh**)...

Am I right in thinking that the reason of the fail could be the band base number? Is it possible to change this number so the file I have would fit?

Another solution could be having the right root file corresponding to my baseband number but I can't find it.


texts: Make my screen dimmer than the lowest setting available on my Moto Droid?

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I primarily use my phone at night and any screen that is white is super bright, even when the brightness is turned as low as it can go (0%).  Dolphin HD has an add-on called Dolphin Brightness that actually turns the screen's brightness down lower than the 0% setting in the Settings menu.  Unfortunately, as soon as I leave Dolphin HD, it goes back to the stock brightness level.  Is there anyway to dial the brightness level down like the add-on, but for every app and the home screen?

I have tried several apps that give you access to brightness control, like Quick Settings but they simply give you the same level options that the stock settings menu gives you.


texts: HTC One M7 use Sense 5.5 app in Sense 6?

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I updated to Sense 6, but to be honest I'm regretting it. The colors changed, the icon dock now feels too blended together, but whatever, I can deal with this.

What I can't deal with, is the native camera app. I want to use the camera app that came with 5.5 (with dual buttons for photo/video, instead of having to click a menu to choose whichever you want).

I tried extracting the Camera.apk from the ROM, but it fails to install.

I'm not on a rooted device.

Is there ANY way to have the camera app that was in sense 5.5 on sense 6?..

Thanks..


texts: Samsung Galaxy Note N7000 bootloop even after flashing rom

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Note GT N7000 India. It rebooted automatically the day before yesterday and then it got stuck at the Logo screen.

I have downloaded and flashed it with N7000DDLSC_N7000ODDLSC_N7000DDLS6_HOME.tar.md5 using Odin and also using the recovery mode from external card.

But on restarting the phone doesn't go further than the logo screen.

I even wiped the cache.

I dont have a backup of contacts, most of the contacts are in phone memory not in my Google account.

Is there a way to read the files using the download mode which we use for uploading the firmware using Odin?


texts: Audio & Video Codecs not working on Android 7.1.2 phone

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Since recently the phone i have been using for about 2.5 years has developed an issue with it's audio and video codecs.
Videos won't play in the Google Chrome app, in the YouTube app, not in Whatsapp or Telegram either. Downloaded videos won't play from the gallery except when i use VLC app (Which is known for having it's own codecs bundled).
Audio won't play either, i don't hear a ringtone when i am being called, when i set an alarm for in the morning it goes off but only vibrates (no sound), and music players either don't play the song or skip through all the songs at a fast pace.
I am not debugging something i wrote, this is my phone's system failing on it's own. I tried to unlock the bootloader 2 years ago but never got any kind of special access to the system. I also didn't get any updates on the system since i bought the phone sadly.
I used ADB to get the error logs from me setting an alarm with default ringtone, and it confirms a codec error like i suspected (vorbis codec this time, but other codecs also have the same issue):
[ 01-02 16:07:00.342 13560:13560 E/SoftOMXPlugin ]
unable to dlopen libstagefright_soft_vorbisdec.so: dlopen failed: library "libstagefright_soft_vorbisdec.so" not found

[ 01-02 16:07:00.342 13560:13560 E/OMX      ]
FAILED to allocate omx component 'OMX.google.vorbis.decoder' err=ComponentNotFound(0x80001003)

[ 01-02 16:07:00.342   611: 8727 W/ACodec   ]
Allocating component 'OMX.google.vorbis.decoder' failed, try next one.

[ 01-02 16:07:00.342   611: 8727 E/ACodec   ]
Unable to instantiate a decoder for type 'audio/vorbis' with err 0xfffffffe.

[ 01-02 16:07:00.342   611: 8727 E/ACodec   ]
signalError(omxError 0xfffffffe, internalError -2)

[ 01-02 16:07:00.342   611: 8727 E/MediaCodec ]
Codec reported err 0xfffffffe, actionCode 0, while in state 1

[ 01-02 16:07:00.342   611: 8726 E/NuPlayerDecoder ]
Failed to create audio/vorbis decoder

[ 01-02 16:07:00.342   611: 8722 E/NuPlayer ]
received error(0x80000000) from audio decoder, flushing(0), now shutting down

This goes beyond what i know about Android system, but a full reboot seems to fix the issue temporarily but this is not a good way to make sure your alarm goes off several hours later..
I pasted the full ADB log in a pastebin for those interested.
What can i do except do a hard reset or buy a new phone?


texts: Make Chrome tell the user that it is downloading

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When I click a link to download a file (example), the file gets downloaded without any toast, popup or any indication (except in notification panel) . If I refresh the page again, it asks me if I want to download again as in screen shot below

Chrome :89.0.4389.90 (latest on Play Store, but same behavior noticed on earlier versions too)
Device : Pixel 4a, Android 11, November update (also saw the same behavior on One Plus 7, Android 10)
How can I make Chrome tell me that it's downloading the first time? (including rooted means as a last resort).
I can check the notification panel or downloads but that is an unnecessary step. Similarly, I don't want to create an automated pop up.
I checked settings and flags (Chrome://flags) but couldn't find any way to change this  behavior


texts: Is it safe to factory reset my rooted HTC One M8?

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I rooted my android marshmallow M8 some time ago and didn't flash any custom ROM. Just used SuperSU and Xposed for some modules and that's basically it. Today the phone was forced shut-down at 13% battery (it had that problem for a while) and when I charged it and tried to turn it on, a message pops out saying that there's an internal problem and it may be unstable until I factory reset the phone. And there is indeed a problem. Messages keep popping out saying that google apps are crashing and I basically can't use it.

So, can I just factory reset it like that? Since it's rooted and everything.


texts: Android automatically corrects my volume

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I have a bit annoying problem. My Android 4.2 Jelly Bean automatically corrects volume down every few minutes. It is rather annoying than a problem.

I tried to find and switch off this functionality, but i was not successful.

Can somebody help me where i can find it and switch it off?

Tablet is not rooted.
This occure when I listen Google Play, when I am not listening to music, when i have switched on or off Google Play.
It happenes about every 10 minutes or something like that.
It happens when plugged headphones via connector or without it. Bluetooth not tested.

Thanks.


texts: Gestures setting on LG G3 running Android Marshmallow

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I have LG G3, now running on Android Marshmallow. Prior to Marshmallow, I had this setting under Settings - Gestures. Now, I can't find it on Marshmallow.

Did LG remove it? If not, where is it?


texts: The app "Sync" by Bittorrent claim to allow sync between devices without a cloud but when I click the "link device" on either of the two devies I'm trying to connect to the other I get a camera screen.  What am I missing?


texts: Other manufacturer's USB data cable for charging?

texts: Is there any harm in using a USB data cable of any other phone (say LG) for charging up a Nexus S? "Any harm" here means will it adversely effect my battery life or the Nexus S device in any way?


texts: I connected to a suspicious public wifi using my phone. Is it possible that my phone was hacked?

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I recently was outside looking for public wifi because my android mobile internet wasn't very good. I went past a garage that had free wifi apparently, so I went up there and connected to their wifi.

However, despite being somewhat close to the garage, the wifi signal was still poor. I looked and saw a few dozen meters away some apartments and I realised that I could be connecting to some unknown wifi in the apartments,run by someone bad. I then quickly disconnected and left.

The good thing was that I was only on the wifi network for about 10-15 seconds and I didn't visit any websites where they could look at my data. Also the signal was really really weak. Though I looked online and found this:

  Once a victim connects to the rogue Wi-Fi hotspot, the host hacker can then intercept data and even use tools to inject malware into the connected devices.

https://us.norton.com/internetsecurity-wifi-why-hackers-love-public-wifi.html

So I feel a bit uncomfortable. My phone also acted a little strange, saying it had 15% battery still and then suddenly 1% and switching off. Then when i plug it back in to recharge, it suddenly says it has 40% battery.

Just to clarify, I didnt visit any websites on that wifi. But i'm worried maybe it was a bad wifi which was able to infect my phone and access it remotely?


texts: After update to Jelly Bean I am asked to select the E-Mail protocol. Which one should I choose?

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Has anyone come across with sync-in email accounts using the native app?

For example:

I known a Bell.net account (Provided by Bell Canada), which uses Hotmail.com server. On Ice Cream Sandwhich I was able to punch in my email & password and it would automatically connect to my email no issues.

When I upgraded to 4.1.1 Jelly Bean it prompt me to select "POP", "IMAP" or "Exchange" setting. Is anyone else experiencing this with either a Bell.net or Hotmail.com accounts?


texts: Where does the Play Store store the apps I am currently downloading?

texts: I was downloading Facebook from the Play Store awhile ago when the phone suddenly hanged up so I forcefully shut it down by removing the battery. Now when I re-boot Facebook is no longer in the queue and I need to download it again. Now my question is, where did the Play Store temporarily store it while it was being downloaded? I fear that there's now a rogue incomplete Facebook apk file somewhere that's using up wasted space.


texts: After Uninstalling Google Voice, I cannot receive phone calls, busy signal

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I had Google Voice installed, but it was a very obtrusive and annoying application. For example it one day starts stealing text messages and requires me to press a 1 to receive the call, neither of these "features" can be disabled in the Google Voice settings on the phone.

Since the only feature I ever used with GV was voicemail transcription, the cons overweighed the pros, and I figured it's time to uninstall.

I uninstalled the app, went to the google voice webpage, and disabled google voice there. Now, I am unable to receive phone calls. The caller is greeted with a busy signal.

Settings > Call > Voicemail Service = My Carrier

The google voice number was set to my actual phone number.


texts: After formatting SD card "as internal", can the partitions be downsized?

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I've a 16 GB MicroSD card that's apparently faking its size. Using H2testw I found that only the first 7.8 GB are usable. Before buying a new one, I want to see if I can "fix" it. The idea is to have Android format the card "as internal", unmount it, and then either through a rooted Android or a Linux/Windows desktop downsize the three resulting partitions to fit inside the first 7.8 GB of the card.

Is there any reason why this wouldn't work? My only concern is that the Android phone might have its own record of the sector ranges of each partition, which I would be changing.

I'm not just trying it out, because I don't have a card reader on hand, and want to find out if it's likely to work, before I invest time into it.


texts: Sync Exchange 2010 notes, tasks and reminders

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My HTC Incredible S phone runs Android 2.2, and has the ability to sync e-mail, calendar and contacts with our Exchange 2010 Server at work.

Tasks, notes and e-mail reminders, however, aren't synced out-of-the-box.

I've been looking, but can't seem to find any lightweight apps on the Google Play Store that can fill this gap.

Does anyone know of such a product?

If a lightweight one does not exist, what would you recommend I do to sync these items? I'd prefer using the built-in e-mail, calendar and contact apps, and would rather avoid bloatware such as TouchDown.

I found this question which somewhat addresses this, but doesn't mention e-mail reminders and notes.


texts: Can I make S-Voice use my Exchange server contacts?

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Unfortunately, S-Voice doesn't recognize any of my friend's full names. When I say "Call [First Name] [Last Name]", it recognizes "Call [First Name] [Some dictionary word that sounds similar to Last Name]". Obviously, most of my friends' last names cannot be found in any dictionary.

Is there any way to tell S-Voice to somehow "learn" the names from my synced Exchange Server account? I have created a contact named "girlfriend" to be able to call my girlfriend while driving, but I really don't want to add a "dictionary nickname" for every single person I could potentially call.

Related, but unanswered question for some other voice recognition product: Android voice search doesn't recognize Exchange contacts. In case it is relevant: My S-Voice's language is set to German.


texts: listen to radio on xperia ray with wireless headset

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Does anyone know how I can still listen to the radio on my Xperia ray even with my Novero Rockaway Stereo Bluetooth Headset. I tried inserting a handsfree while connected to the bluetooth headset but it ignores the bluetooth handset alltogether and if there is no wired headset the radio won't start.
I know I can listen to online radio but I don't want that I want FM.

Thank you.


texts: I am not a developer and I have an application that I need to run on my Samsung 10+ which uses a plugin developed for the app to receive sensor data from a separate android device via Bluetooth connection. The Samsung 10+ is typically connected to the sensor via the Bluetooth MAC address. As the sensor data is received it is displayed on a map overlay on the Samsung. I don't have the actual sensor, as I don't need it for my purposes, but I have a script which can be run which is supposed to output representative data so that when I connect the two devices I should see the data displayed. What I need help with is identifying how you actually run a script on an android if you are not a superuser. Thanks for any assistance.


texts: View older "What's new" for Android apps

texts: Play Store shows "What's New" for the latest version of an app. Is there a way to see it for older versions?


texts: ii cant get into my gmail account forgot password

texts: I have a gmail I forgot my password and google won't help. I've reset my tablet but did press backup is there anyway I can get this important gmail


texts: How do I free up internal storage if I don't have any apps downloaded?

texts:
I have an Android Voyager, RCT6773W22B. It's version 5.0.

When I first got it, and years after that, I could download at least five apps downloaded at a time and have a great sum of pictures in my gallery. I would still have space after this. Over time, I would delete apps I didn't use anymore. If I wanted to download something else and there wasn't enough space, I would delete apps and/or pictures I don't need.

Now, I can't download anything due to internal storage. I have no apps, five pictures (not taken with the camera), and I've cleared the cache on everything except Chrome. It tells me my internal storage is completely full and I can't move anything to an SD card. What do I do?


texts: I had deleted the Google keyboard app and was using a third party keyboard app on my Motorola Nexus 6. Just now, I hard reset my phone and come to know that there is no default keyboard installed; making me unable to pass through the setup wizard. I am running Android 5.1.1 and because of factory reset protection, it's a must to pass through setup wizard, can't skip anything. Please help me fix this, thanks in advance.


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I've got an ICS device, when I send SMS messages, G+ messages or GoogleTalk message my avatar appears beside each email.

When I send emails through my GMail account in a browser my profile picture appears next to them.

Inside the GMail app a profile picture appears for each of my contacts but not for me.  The email address I send from is listed in my profile.

Can anyone tell me how to set this image?


texts: What version of Android Wear is on Motorola Moto Sport? I look lots of old news about plans to issue, but didn't googled any confirmation.


texts: Moto G 1st Gen - Mobile Data not working after upgrade to 5.0.2

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After upgrading to Lollipop from 4.4.4, mobile data doesn't work. I have tried all the solutions listed in various forums including,
1. Reboot
2. Reboot after re-inserting the sim card.
3. Manually add the APN (Got the settings from the service provider)
4. Toggle between the Preferred Network type (2G and 3G)

I have only one usable sim slot, and so cannot use sim slot-1. I have heard it worked for a few guys after putting the sim in the other slot, but unfortunately I cannot try that out.

Any suggestions?


texts: Apps install data in phone storage instead of sd card

texts: This is really annoying me. I had deleted a 1GB game to free up space and install a game but I set all download and install locations to sd card but the app store downloads the game to the phone storage and the game spreads out it's data in there aswell! Why does it not install on sd card when I set it so?


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Most apks have a /lib dir inside with .so files that can be several megabytes. Some even come loaded with libs for different architectures (arm, mips, x86). Libs for relevant arch are copied in /data/app-lib/[package name] at install time, so they take double the space.

I tried to strip the apk from the /lib folder, rewrite, zipalign and put back to install location /data/app or /system/app or /system/priv-appto reclaim some space.

Tried with Chrome v78, it went from 45 mb apk to 15 mb...
Other apps too.
Everything seems to work.

Anyone thinks it's a bad idea? IMO the very Android system should perform this operation by default at install time...

edit 13 Nov

I wrote a script to automate the strip operation, just have to copy the apk to strip in a dir where this script resides, along with zip and zipalign binaries.

#!/system/bin/sh
for filename in `find . -name '*.apk'`
do
        ./zip -d $filename "lib/*"
        ./zipalign -fv 4 $filename $filename.new|tail
        mv $filename.new $filename
        chmod 644 $filename
done;

On my device I can swap original with stripped apks on the fly and they (usually) run fine  without rebooting, even system apps.


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The NTAG216 can hold 800+ bytes of information.  But when I scan it with my Samsung S4, it will only show 5 lines of text followed by an ellipses (...) which is at most about 270 bytes.  I've tried it with 2 other Samsungs and an LG with the same result, so I think it's an Android issue. Even if you only put one character per line, it will only show five lines of text.  If I use an app it shows the full content of the tag, so I know all the content is on the tag and the hardware is reading it, Android just chooses to only show 5 lines.

I need the phone (any NFC phone) to show the entire contents of the tag, and I need it to work without using an app.  Any suggestions?


texts: Does Samsung KIES backup hidden photos in galery?

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I made a hard reset on a friend's SAMSUNG I9082 GRAN DUOS and he forgot to tell me about his hidden items.

On the KIES I selected all the possible options to keep, like a full backup (including configs, all pics and stuff).

I wanna know if KIES keeps these hidden items on backup. Because right after I've had restored the backup there were no more hidden items.

Is that possible that the item have missed his "hidden" property and it's still there or It really wasn't included on KIES backup?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Super resolution photos for phones with dual cameras?

texts:
Is it possible to use Android phones that have a dual camera system to combine both images to come out with a higher level of resolution and less noise?

And is there already an app/program that can do this?


texts:
Today I was installing custom ROM on my xperia C. After installation completes, I reboot the phone. Now, it is not starting.
I tried pressing keys(power, vol up, vol down) with different different combinations but nothing happens.

The only response I am getting is either connecting to charge or connecting via usb cable to PC and that response is it is just showing RED light as notification only. It isn't getting boot in FLASH mode so that I can Flash it with new firmware.

The reason I concluded for this is that the ROM I installed wasn't for Xperia C.

Here's what I did that led to the current situation:

Copied a ROM of another device (I think it was of Micromax a116) on to my sd card. link to that rom
Rebooted my phone in clockworkmod and wiped all cache, partitions and data with dalvik cache.
Installed zip from sd card.
After successfull installation, again clean the dalvik cache.
Rebooted phone.

There it popped up an option I do not clearly remember, something like "flash recovery mode not installed (yes/no)". I just slide for back option and screen blanked out. After that nothing happens. Only RED Light after connecting USB.

Anybody help me!!


texts: Can you install a generic ROM on any device?

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I am relatively new to rooting and stuff. I have just rooted my android tablet. It's a Chinese tablet, not much about it is available on the internet.

Can I install ROM for another device on my tablet? I saw many videos on YouTube showing "How to install any ROM on any Android device". Does 'any' here mean that I can install, let's say, a Nexus ROM on my tablet?

Is there some generic ROM which can be installed on all androids? If so, can I install this generic ROM and then upgrade to a ROM of another device?

If no, is there a way to do so? (If not, then how do manufacturers put their ROM for the first time?)


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to configure BlueStack AppPlayer to use Proxy settings when connecting to Network?

I am using BlueStacks 0.7.7.813. I want to run apps like whatsapp on my laptop and the internet is connected with proxy. Is there any way to run apps like whatsapp on BluStacks behind proxy server?


texts: How can I know which app is giving me notification sounds?

texts: I've removed the permission for almost every app to show me notifications on the status bar but now that led me to a situation in that a lot of times during the day there will be a notification sound (which in my case is an annoyingly loud "boom", which I use because that's the only way I can hear the Redy Gym Log notification that my rest time is up with the loud sound in the gym) but I don't know from which app it came from. Is there any way for me to turn off sound notification? I can't find that on App Opps. Maybe an app that would show a behind the scenes system log would be great, if that kind of thing exists. I'm on a Galaxy Note 3.


texts: I change the custom ROM from CM to RR, but now some apps can't be granted with a root access. Even when i type "su" in the terminal no question is prompted to grand root access to the app. I have update the SU binaries to the latest version also, but this didn't help.


texts: unlink () and rmdir() errors when running adb wipe command

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I'm trying to wipe my device using adb shell su -c wipe all, but when I run it I get the following errors:
unlink() error on '/system/vendor/res/images/dock/dock.png' 'Read-only file system' and
rmdir() error on '/system/vendor/res/images/dock' 'Read-only file system'
except very many of them for varying files and directories. Is there something I should do before running the wipe command?

thanks!

PS. This occurs on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus with a slightly customized 4.3 OS. I don't really have anything else to compare against, but doesn't seem like a hardware issue, therefore no samsung galaxy nexus tag.


texts: If cyanogen forks off and comes up as a direct competitor to Googles version,can google prevent android apps from working on cyanogen or since both are android based all would android apps would work perfectly fine with cyanogen version of android.


texts: How to prevent Google aggressively associating my account to my searches?

texts:
I understand they can access my searches when I'm logged in, and of course know the search terms I use, but how can I prevent them to logging searches to my account when:

I'm not logged in
and in private mode
my account has search history turned off already (updated thanks to Izzy's answer)

I'm on Nexus One with CyanogenMod 7, using stock browser with no patches or add-ons.

Steps to reproduce:

open browser
enable private mode
clear all cookies
search for "asdf unique search"
close tab
clear all cookies/history/cache
exit private mode
close browser
open Google search
type "a"

Expected behaviour: Google knows nothing of my search
What happens: it autocompletes "asdf unique search"

Also, all my Google Accounts on this phone have history.google.com turned off.

Is there any way to stop this happening?


texts: Ok so less than 30 minutes ago my Note 3 was working fine! I put it in my pocket and looked at it again and it was off and wouldn't turn on. It had plenty of battery left at the time though I don't know exactly how much. First thing I did was take it to the charger. The battery icon wouldn't show up so I pulled the battery and tried booting into recovery. That did not work either. I tried to power it on without the battery in via the AC charger. (Yes some phones will boot without a battery). That also failed. I tried a different AC adapter of the same rating. It failed. I tried a different cable, fail. Etc etc. Any ideas? Also it's worth noting that when it was plugged up to the charger it got reasonably warm. The battery didn't get warm. The area around the Snapdragon 800 got warm. With and without the battery in whilst on the charger it still got very warm. (Like it was trying to do something very load intensive?)


texts: Automatically disable SIM 2 while SIM 1 has signal?

texts: Is it possible (via Tasker or otherwise) to automatically disable a SIM when the other one has a signal, and to similarly re-enable it once the other loses signal?


texts:
is it possible to enable/unlock developer options for a second user
Android-version: 7.1 nougat
does it reqire root access to enable it


texts: Chirping sound when USB is connected or disconnected

texts: I have a Motorola Moto E 2nd Edition running Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) and CyanogenMod 13.0. I get a chirping sound whenever I plug or unplug the USB connector. This behavior started recently, when I was having some problems with my SD card.  What setting controls this behavior?  If the chirping is warning me about something, what is it warning me about?  I can't find anything in the settings either for Notifications or for Sounds. It seems that on some phones, "Sounds and Notifications" is a single set of settings -- but not on mine.


texts:
I'm aware of a few questions that talk about controlling a PC with an Android phone:

control android device from pc
https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/2925/is-there-an-android-application-for-remote-control
How to Remote Control Android smartphone, if not in same subnet
How can I turn my android phone into a remote control (mouse/keyboard) through bluetooth for ubuntu/linux

Is there any support for Air Gestures of the Galaxy S4 in any of these products? I would love to place my phone on table during a presentation and wave my hands around to magically advance the slides.


texts: Startup and Wi-Fi problem with email, apps

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Had to grab a Samsung Galaxy Discover prepaid phone with 4.0.4 as a quick replacement.  Only problem is whenever I power up the phone, my Gmail and ISP's email accounts won't sync and my weather widget won't refresh.  Idisable Wi-Fi service and then everything starts working immediately.  I can then start Wi-Fi and it seems like everything works via wifi from then on until my next on/off.  No other carrier or Wi-Fi issues that I can see.

Any thoughts on the cause?


texts: Can CPU intensive apps cause sudden shutdowns?

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Lately my Droid Incredible has been shutting down spontaneously when using my GPS for periods over 30 or 45 minutes.  After the shutdown the back of the phone is pretty hot (and that's with a case on it).  I kept my other services to a bare minimum when using the GPS.

Could this be a battery overdraw (or overload with it connected to a charger)? If not, could some services (GPS, CPU-intensive games/apps, etc) or a combo of services cause the CPU to overheat and shutdown (much like a laptop when it gets too hot when the CPU is overworked with no additional cooling)?


texts: Android X86 – No Mouse Cursor in Oracle VirtualBox

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I have recently installed AndroidX86 (android-x86_64-6.0-r1.iso) in VirtualBox 5.1.12 r112440 (Qt5.6.2) following these instructions.

But I see no mouse cursor on the screen. Do I need to set some special preference?


texts: I moved some apps to SD, why haven't int/ext storage changed?

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The apps were all user-downloaded. Transfer size should have created generous internal storage "breathing room."

Details:
Samsung Galaxy S5 Android 5.0 Via Android App Manager(AAM) reported completion of each move 64GB Samsung SD Card (presumably undamaged) Internal storage 90-95% capacity. Phone was restarted after all the moves. Cleared each cache before moving.

Referred to the following, but it is dated and from a different platform.

Should apps take up any internal storage when installed to SD?

Editorial: Why, if so little storage is gained with a move, are SD cards so recommended as near-crucial in Android? After 6 months, my "Let the buyer beware" factor is growing with each swipe at each of Android's supposed benefits. Seems I need a PhD to embark on just about any change.


texts: No App working after system update to version 5.1

texts: I have Lenovo A2010-a  I  updated to latest system version 5.1.  after updating all  App  have stopped working , Message " unfortunately 'name of  App'  has stopped" appears repeatedly. Even system default App  like  Google  Play Service is  not  working  and  above  message pops-up.  I reset app preferences  , force stopped App, rebooted but nothing is solving problem


texts: Reasonably how much free space should one leave for best performance?

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(Reasonably because freeing space brings diminishing returns, correct or no?)
Background
I'm testing different SD card schedulers to get the best performance. I'm assuming that when I will have more free space and use the best governor for that situation the performance should be better than now with the best governor for now's situation.
Question
I want to find out if I can somehow find out the best scheduler and read ahead combination without having to test every combination.
So is there some way to calculate/find this? If not then what is the best way?


texts: Google play store: set language to the local language

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I am in Germany, I want to set up Play Store to display and search/install apps in German language.

My phone's default language is French. I do not want another language.

I did set up my Google account language to German as the main and only language

Still Play store will display all in French. I cannot find how to switch languages.

What to do to get it into German?


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Facebook Messenger for Android requires a lot of permissions - like reading my SMS and other stuff. I really don't like that. Is there any fb chat application which doesn't require such permissions?

In fact i would only need a notification when there is a new message.


texts: Oneplus 3 - Oneplus3 randomly shutdown with glitches in screen

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My oneplus 3 got this problem from last 2 days, i have unbrick my phone with Magic Unbrick tool for oneplus3. Even after that problem still persists
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texts: Samsung Galaxy emitting constant beeping sound

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My Galaxy (A8) is emitting a constant beeping sound every few seconds. I tried the following, per various online suggestions:

Wiping the cache (by entering into recovery mode)
Closing all applications
Reset the device
Update the firmware (there was a recent FOTA)

Any suggestions as to the cause or the ways to solve?


texts: Setting option for speech to text on Huawei mobile?

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As we know, Android comes with an in-built feature, speech to text. But I failed to find any setting options for speech to text on my Huawei Mate 9 phone.

Does my mobile use online speech recognition service offered by Google or a service by Huawei?
Does my mobile support offline speech recognition? How many languages have been supported? ...

Thank you in advance.


texts: Phone bricked? Stuck in boot (can't access ADB)

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Unfortunately my Moto G XT1543 is stuck in the boot. PWR + VOL DWN does not work, and adb returns the following:

  adb reboot bootloader

  daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
  daemon started successfully
  error: device '(null)' not found

The official motorola drivers can't recognize the device. I'm completely stuck. Any advise?

Regards


texts:
I have an LG Optimus V, rooted, with Cyangenmod 7.2.1 (BackSide-IHO) that has developed, lately, a weird network problem:

While on 3G (or wifi) every app on the system with the exception of the two browsers on the system work perfectly. The browsers, which are Opera and the "built-in" browser cannot get to ANY webpage. They act as though they have no internet connection. Whereas I can fire up an OpenVpn tunnel via WiFi or 3G and it connects fine. Every other network-using app on the system also works fine on either 3G or WiFi.

I have the "SetDNS" applet and have changed from Sprint's DNS over Google's with it. This change was LONG before this problem began.

As I'm familiar with Linux, I've poked around via adb shell to see if I can suss out the weirdness, but nothing jumps out at me. Everything I do at the shell command line having to do with the network works fine. It appears the browsers have something misconfigured.. I have no idea what...

Does anyone have any idea of what it could be, or what else I could test -- and how to get the browsers work normally again?


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I have bought a new Android phone (Intel Yolo Smartphone) and it runs on Android 4.0.4. However I can't seem to locate the My files (It is called that way in Android 2.3.6) folder so as to access the internal memory storage files.

In Android 4.0.4 the folder is called by which name?


texts: minimal hardware requirements for Android

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Possible Duplicate:
  What are the minimum specifications for Android?

I would like to know the minimum hardware (memory, CPU) to run Android, good documentation is also a good answer.

Versions : gingerbread or ice cream sandwich


texts: Did anyone help me to how to disable this M symbol from my notification area. I tried restarting my phone but it again came after some time. I have lenovo k5 vibe note.


texts: I want to advertise, but I don't want to publicize my personal#...unsure what options are available? (android handset Tracfone service)

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My understanding is there are options to advertise with a # that is-not my personal#, without getting a new cell-plan or new device.  What I don't know is whether I should be looking carrier-side, or android/handset side (I just swapped from a nearly-decade-long flip phone stubbornness just a couple weeks ago ;P )
Thank you for options to use "781 - 784 - 7707", or some randomly-generated #, to ring my personal handset as if the person really dialed my real number "123 456 7890" -- I know there are probably myriad options so any answer is appreciated, looking less for companies and more for what the landscape is for this (does VOIP come into play? Does it matter if I'm part of the futile crowd trying to 'limit google use on their android'? Have heard you can "play" google-voice to do call-forwarding for free, but imagine all calls are indefinitely stored...wouldn't really care, so long as it were reliable that I never miss a call to the business number, cannot afford it!!


texts: Is there a way to speedup keyboard popup?

texts: I used a lot of keyboards but all of them are very slow (not typing, just popup time). Is there a way to minimize that time or I should to buy phone with hardware keyboard? :-]


texts: Can USB charging (via mains adapter or from PC/Mac) of Android tablets be the main, primary method of charging? Or are there design issues?

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Are there design issues with tablets being charged by USB not seen with Android phones?

I saw this on another forum, what are your thoughts on this with regard to my question?
http://forums.androidcentral.com/acer-iconia-a100/112270-charge-via-usb-port.html#post1696260

  An important consideration in the design is the amount of current the
  usb connectors can handle. I figure the designers find that it is
  safer to design a separate charging and power connector because as the
  devices get larger they draw more current to operate and charge the
  battery. I think that is the reason they do that. Is there no 12 volt
  adapter for these devices? I don't own one yet, just leaning towards
  the acer 7 inch tablet.

I would prefer charging via USB (via mains or PC) when considering a tablet so that I don't have to carry around a specific charger.

Many Android phones use their micro USB port for charging - connecting the USB cable to a mains adapter or using the cable to connect to a full size USB port on a computer.

I see that some major brand Android tablet manufacturers (Motorola, Asus) as well as some smaller less know brands either use a separate power input (non micro-USB) or a dock.


texts: Is there a "hardware reset" for the Galaxy S?

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I have had my Samsung Galaxy S for less than a year, and never did anything like rooting it. Just normal use.

About 60 minutes ago I opened from it's "sleep" state to check a web page and left it on my desk where it went to "sleep".

Now about 10 minutes ago, I tried to open it again, but it's dead. Touching the screen doesn't bring up anything. I press and hold the power button which doesn't do anything. I don't remember the battery being low, but I plugged it in anyway.

The recharge screen doesn't come up and it still won't start even with the power cord plugged in.

What can I do ? Is there some kind of hardware reset I can do ?


texts: Android 5.0.2: Import contacts from sim card

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Yeah, I know - it's not the first question. But others just don't answer my question!

When I go to Contacts -> Menu, I got the next options:

Call History
New Contact
Settings

Why I don't see Import from SIM card option? Where is it?


texts:
Where are the contact images kept?
I have a contact image that is no longer in my gallery but it is one of my contact's avatar.  I remember taking the photo and making it the avatar.  I've went into my Google Contacts via the web but it is not there.  The contact does not have a facebook or any other type of account.  So it must be somewhere on the phone.

I have a Droid X with Gingerbread.


texts: Can I use Titanium Backup to extract and restore user apps from a Nandroid backup of a different model?

texts: Can I use Titanium Backup to extract and restore user apps from a Nandroid backup of a different model ? e.g., restoring user apps from a Galaxy S7's Nandroid backup on a Xiaomi MI Mix 2S?


texts: Wifi is not working after installing MIUI

texts: I have HTC Desire S and i was using android 4.0.4 ROM from HTC but it was too slow and I decided to install a new ROM - MIUI 3.2.22 for Desire S. When I installed it, my wifi didn't work. I tried to install other versions of MIUI but wifi didn't work in any of them. Can somebody help me?


texts: ICS - Automatically syncing all exchange account folders

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The standard e-mail client of ICS offers greater flexibility in choosing the sync. settings for individual folders of an exchange account.  I use an exchange server for my e-mail and use several sub folders on a regular basis.  Is there anyway for me to set that all folders automatically sync using the account defaults (push at all times)?  As it stands, I have to individually change the sync options for each individual folder by entering it and changing the settings.  This is very time consuming and something I'm keen to avoid in the future with new folders.

Many thanks,
Rich


texts: How to sync Facebook calendar in my Android phone calendar?

texts: Is there a way to sync my Facebook calendar with the inbuilt Phone calendar of Android. I know there are many apps, but I do not want to give them permission to access my profile details.


texts: Can I change gmail's format of displaying messages? Would like subject on top & bolded

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I recently updated form Droid Bionic to Droid Razr M.  Now that I have ICS, I have noticed that in the gmail app, the messages are listed with the sender in bold and on top and the subject line smaller and underneath.  This is very frustrating for me as its often the subject not the sender that I am looking for.  Is there a way to update this?

If not, is there a different app I could install that would be like the gmail app but give me this flexibility?


texts: How to have unused apps not take up resources

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Is there a way I can have unused apps not take up resources?  Especially Internal memory and other resources not on Sd card.

I am already using Link2SD to move what I can to SD.

I know you can back them up and re install, I was hoping for something easier, like avoiding autostart.


texts: How do I install the new Gmail app on Cyanogen?

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The same thing is happening with the new Gmail as happened with Voice Search. This again?

adb remount

adb shell rm /system/app/Gmail.apk

adb uninstall com.google.android.Gmail


texts:
I would like to create 2 widgets to turn Tasker on and off (Enable and Disable tasker).

If it helps, I have Secure Settings and Zooper Widget. My phone is also rooted.

Any help would be much appreciated.


texts: Accidentally deleted superuser from CyanogenMod installation. How can I re-install superuser again?

texts: I have rooted galaxy s3, but I somehow deleted superuser. I still have CWM, and my phone can boot into download mode. Am I able to flash CyanogenMod without bricking my phone?


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How can I control both volume and track skip on my Android device from my headphones? I.e with a set of headphones having 3 buttons

Button 1: Volume +
Button 2: Play/Pause/Skip Forward/Skip Backward
Button 3: Volume -

All android headphones I've seen to date only have a single button for skip control. I've been looking around the web for a clear answer very extensively, most of the answers revolve around either

Use Bluetooth headphones OR
Install app that converts the skip button to a volume control

Why can't android headphones have both features? Such controls have been available on Apple devices, Nokia Phones and Sony Phones etc. all through the simple headphones jack.


texts: How to restore corrupted OnePlus 5 from with a red triangle warning?

texts: This happened after a system update to Android 9. The device is working properly but I'm getting "Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly" with a red triangle warning every time I reboot. Formatting it didn't work. Any suggestions?


texts: Track down what is putting icons on my desktop

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Starting in the last week, something is putting icons on my desktop. I've not installed anything new on this phone (Android 4.2.2) in at least 2-3 weeks (and anything that was installed has been deleted). So far on the desktop I have icons for:

Game Of War  x2
Brave Frontier  x 3
GettingApps
EZ PZ RPG
DomiNations
Slotomania
Heroes Charg

None of those appear as installed apps in the "Installed" tab of "My Apps" part of Play store. In fact, every single app I have installed is by "Google Inc." (with a little blue icon next to it, which I'm guessing means it is trusted?).

Clicking any of these icons does nothing - ah, no, a click on the "Getting Apps" one brings up a dialog saying "Install Blocked: for security your phone is set to block installation of apps obtained from unknown sources".

I've tried a reboot, in case it was just a virus in memory, but it has survived that.

When I answer a call, then go to hang up, there is an ad on screen, which I then have to close. (This part is also new, just the past few days, so definitely related.)

Note: there is nothing appearing in the notification bar. The closest I've found to a duplicate question is this: Google Play is putting adds up when I'm doing anything on my phone. text, games, gallery etc  (from Apr 23rd this year).

UPDATE: For the moment I've cleared away all the icons from the desktop, and done another reboot, so it is clear again as I type this. (I did the same thing earlier in the week, but only removed a couple of them at that time to see what would happen.)  I just tried calling the phone, and there was no dialog popup, nor new app, this time. So, perhaps the icons were able to keep breeding as long as one remained, and getting rid of all of them was key? I'll keep an eye on it and report back.

UPDATE #2: It did come back. Each of those pop-ups seems to create a desktop icon even though I click the close button in the top-right. I should've said I had already tried AirPush Detector, and it found nothing. Just trying CMSecurity, as suggested by Mason's answer. It has found 7 "danger" problems: (Er, I only count 6 - not sure what the 7th was!)

3 apps with privacy issues: Messaging, YouTube, Email.
BroadAnywhere system vulnerability
FakeID Exploit system vulnerability
SMS Phishing vulnerability

(It also found 8 search history entries, 107 browser privacy issues, 156MB junk; I let it deal with all them, too. It did not say it was required, but I also did a reboot.)

So, again, I'll report back if the problem comes back!

UPDATE #3: Problem still happening. CM Security tells me everything is virus-free. I have nothing to try uninstalling - everything there is one of the built-in Google apps (except CM Security). (The best I can do is "uninstall updates to this app", and I'm thinking that might do more harm than good?) I'm going to try watching the "running apps" screen for a while, to see if anything changes before/after a new desktop icon appears.


texts: FBE - Why does each user get a separate DE key

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I've been reading about how File-Based Encryption and Direct Boot work. There's one thing I don't understand.

According to https://developer.android.com/training/articles/direct-boot

  Device encrypted (DE) storage contains data encrypted with a key that is only available after a device has performed a successful verified boot.

If I understand correctly, if an application stores data in DE areas, that data is available after the device boots up even prior to any user authentication (i.e prior to the device being unlocked).

Then, according to https://source.android.com/security/encryption/file-based

  Each user in a multi-user environment gets a separate encryption key. Every user gets two keys: a DE and a CE key.

...

  An application may be able to interact freely across the DE areas, but one user unlocked does not mean that all the users on the device are unlocked".

Question: If an application has access across the DE areas, what is gained by generating a separate DE key for each user?

Potential answer

Initially I assumed that user in the above quoted sections refers to a physical user as described here

  User. Each user is intended to be used by a different physical person.

But user can also refer to an application user as described here

  The Android operating system is a multi-user Linux system in which each app is a different user.

So I'm thinking:

When an application stores data in DE storage, the data is encrypted using the application user's DE key.

When an application stores data in CE storage, the data is encrypted using the currently active physical user's CE key.

If the above is correct, A physical user's DE key and an application user's CE key is never used.

I don't know if the above makes any sense so it would be great if someone with the appropriate knowledge would chime in.


texts: Moved out with my router : Location services don't get it

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So I moved out, carrying along my WiFi router. I set it up at my new place, but now, every time I use a location service, it recognizes my router and places me at my old address... Any way I can force the new location to be recognized for my router?

Thanks!


texts: Any Android phones that don't support Bluetooth?

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Does anyone know of any current Android phones that do not have Bluetooth? We are trying to test our application on phones that do and don't support Bluetooth, but having a tough time finding any phones that don't have it.

Any pointers to sites that may help me track this down would be appreciated.


texts: Significant latency with touch/stylus tracking when using notetaking/sketch apps?

texts:
I am using a Adonit Jot Pro stylus for sketching and hand writing notes. On my Nexus 5X and even more so on my iPad Air (2013 or 2014), the responsiveness to the stylus is acceptable and/or great.

On my Android tablet (Project Tango Yellowstone dev kit, specs below) the lag is so significant that when trying to sign my name at normal speed in cursive, the last few characters look like a low amplitude sine wave. It's as if the stylus contact gets so far ahead that whatever interpolation code used to draw is sampling at a very low rate or the contact gets so far to the right of the current 'drawing position' that it just flattens out the letters.

Comparing the Nexus 5X with the tablet via Google Keep hand written notes, the phone is much more responsive. On the iPad Air, the responsiveness is excellent.

So what determines this latency and is there a way to address it?

Specs

Screen: 7.02" 1920x1200 HD IPS (323 dpi)

Processor: NVIDIA Tegra K1 with 192 CUDA cores

Mem: 4 GB RAM

Storage: 128 GB


texts: Listen to Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packet

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Can an Android application generate or listen to ARP packet without root privilege ?

Thank!


texts: When the GPS is enabled but not in use, does it drain battery?

texts: If the GPS is enabled (in the notification view at the top, the GPS icon is enabled), but the app doesn't use it, does it drain battery? I understand that GPS drains battery because it requires a different component to be charged up. Or does the fact that the GPS is enabled only mean that the App can use it?


texts: Why is there no direct message widget on my Galaxy S6 stock?

texts:
On a brand new Samsung Galaxy S6 in Europe with Android 5.1.1 and Nova Launcher there are widgets for adding a shortcut into a contact and to call a contact's phone number, but the one for text messages/SMS that I know from older versions. On my S5 with 5.0 I have this widget. I have not installed an additional messaging app that replaces the stock SMS application.

How do I get a shortcut for sending SMS to a contact?

On Android 5.0, the widget is there (1st pic) | On Android 5.1.1, it's not (2nd pic) – click images to enlarge


texts: How to use camera without unlocking phone? (Jelly Bean on S3)

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I put Jelly Bean on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII using http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m2.

I know that it should be possible for me to use my camera to take pictures quickly (without unlocking my phone). (See Is it possible to use the camera without unlocking first?)

But I haven't figured out how.

I use a 4x4 pattern lock screen.


texts: Is it possible to run flash applet with microphone support on Android?

texts:
I have an applet with microphone support which works fine in all desktop browser. But on Android it says "can't obtain microphone".

Is this obstacle principal or can be overcame?


texts: Can Android detect of bad sectors on external SD Cards when reformating?

texts:
Title:   Can Android perform surface analysis (Detection of bad sectors) on external SD Cards?

Reasons for asking:
 1. At one point, I found tons of old pictures and videos in the 'LostDir' folder.
 2. My tablet and Windows 8 computer ocatilny fail to recognize the card for extended amounts of time.  Often, however, and letting it sit for 1-4 months or less and plugging it in and then taking it out several time repeatedly it will start to work.
 3. A couple of times, my tablet claimed the card was corrupted.
 4. A friend's windows 7 computer was able to access shortly after both my Windows 8 computer and tablet couldn't read it.

Question
I would like to know if Android can do any of the following:

When reformatting an SD Card, can it detect bad sectors?
If it finds a bad sector, can it map around it, so that it does not affect the card.  What if I reformatted it with separate software or a different OS?
Also, are there any other ways to ensure the integrity of my Sd card?

System Information

OS:   Android 4.2.2

Model:  Samsung Galaxy tab 2  (Wifi)  GtP3113

Age:   About 6 years

SD Card age:  Between 4 and about 6 years.


texts: Open PDFs Automatically from Browser in Google Drive or Google PDF Viewer

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Is it possible to configure Android to automatically open PDF links in an application such as Google Drive or Google PDF viewer instead of clicking link, then selecting the PDF from Notification bar.

The following question Android Tablet - Download PDF and open it on browser is similar but the accepted answer with using pdf.js plugin in FireFox is a discontinued product.

We plan to deploy many Android tablets where users just use them to print PDFs, the default UI experience seems counter intuitive.

We just want user to select PDF in browser, open it, and select print; ideally replicating the simplicity of how iOS works for viewing / printing PDFs.

The tablet used in Galaxy Tab S2 running Android 6.0.1.

We cannot use Adobe Acrobat PDF viewer as the PDFs we need to print don't print correctly with Adobe PDF viewer.


texts: Backing up whatsapp to two different google drive accounts

texts:
I have had my WhatsApp account backed up to my personal Google drive account, taking up a total space of 841 MB. I now have access to a Drive account with more space, and I'd like to switch backup to there. I tried changing the settings on the phone to backup to the new account, but i only get 549 MB there.
Why would the two backups be so different? I'd like to delete the original one to free up space, but not if it means losing data.
Thanks


texts: How to mount an SMB share as a removable media?

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Is it possible to mount an SMB share to a folder that Android thinks is a removable media (external SD card or USB storage)?

Currently. I am using the following command to mount the share to Android's filesystem (I should mention that it doesn't work if the android device is in battery saving mode - took me a while to figure this out):

busybox mount iocharset=utf8 -t cifs -o username=guest,rw,noperm,iocharset=utf8 //192.168.0.11/xxx /data/media/0/xxx

But, I don't think it's the best way, because I had some media scanner crashes, random reboots and notifications about low internal memory, which I think are related to the mount I performed.


texts: how can you bypass the factory settings password of a display sample tablet

texts:
I was given a rca 9" tablet that I want to give to my 9 yr old daughter. it powered up but had a display video showing.  I followed video to get back to factory reset but it only gets to a point where it needs a password saying settings locked . I found out more about tablet it had a sticker that said not for retail sale this unit is a display sample and is not for consumer use . it has limited functionality and will not work for normal use.
am I waisting my time with this tablet ..how can I find out what the password is to unlock settings
it is a rca 9" display tablet model#RCT6293W23
ANY HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED


texts: How to restore stock firmware on HTC One mini

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I've bought HTC One mini as my first smartphone and I would like to know: how do I revert to a version of Android that my phone came with?

Will I always have this possibility by default, or should I do take specific measures to this end? (e.g. back up my firmware, back up certificates or have my phone rooted)


texts: Set a PIN to unlock my Tab before using. Worked fine for a long time. Today when I enter the PIN it loops back to the enter PIN screen over and over. Tried to reboot but the restart/power off screen loops me back to the enter PIN screen. Tried hard reboot: vol up/power down/home screen. No affect.


texts: Contacts are mysteriously disappearing from Moto G (1st gen)

texts:
I have a Motorola Edition G 1st Generation running Android Lollipop 5.0.

I have contacts that have been synced thorough Google Contacts and are cross synchronized through 4 Google Accounts. Some of my contacts, specifically the important ones, have started to disappear for no reason at all.


texts: From the technical details it seems that HTC one (m7) has 2Gb of RAM, but if I check the RAM usage the smartphone shows that I am using around 900 Mb of 1.5Gb. There is something that I do not understand?


texts: Google account was hacked: how do I get my phone working with my new account?

texts:
My Google account was hacked, I think because somebody SIM-hacked my T-Mobile account. (Thus the Google account recovery process was short-circuited.) I've asked Google for help via the recovery process but I'm not at all hopeful. In the meantime (as the recovery process suggests!!!) I've got a new Google account.

Now I'd like to get my Android phone (ZTE Axon 7) working with the new account, but even after a factory reset it still wants to access the Google account it thinks is associated with the phone. In other words, from the "Let's get started" screen, it won't take my new account login, instead insisting that I provide the password to the former account.

Can anything be done to deal with this problem?


texts: Unable to download apps from Market, after factory reset

texts:
Problem description

I did factory reset of my phone, (Droid X), and I changed primary email, and I am not able to download any application from market. I get a message like application will be downloaded, but its never download app .

And I am using this same email id, as test account in developer account.

How can I download application from market? I am using wifi network.


texts:
I want to increase my ability to remain anonymous, or at least make it harder to track me. I want to remove Google Play completely from a Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 5.0.1.

Android works fine without Google Play. I've been running Cyanogenmod without it for a few years. Besides a few dysfunctional/crappy apps that crash because there's no Advertising ID, everything works fine.

I also don't play games or use their app store. When I find something I want, I build it from sources and install it over adb. Or I write it myself since I have a development background.

I tried to remove and disable all the Google Play stuff through Settings, but nothing has worked to date. Usually the option to remove or disable is not available (its greyed out). Or if I disable it, then the phone ignores my wishes and immediately re-enables it.

How do I remove Google Play services?


texts: Trying to update WhatsApp but having insufficient storage

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Recently I tried to update my WhatsApp as it won't work unless and until I update it. When I try to update it says "There is insufficient space on the device."
I deleted all that I possibly could have to free some memory. Moreover, I don't have any other apps except Google settings and WhatsApp on my phone. In the device memory, I have 165 MB used and 25 MB free.
What am I suppose to do to get my WhatsApp back?


texts: Clicking instead of dragging to expand the notification bar

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Is there anyway to configure the notification bar so that it gets expanded when I click on it (i.e. no need to drag it)?

I use a Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900A with Android 4.4.2.


texts: Can I convert Samsung Omnia WinMobile to Android OS phone

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

I have Samsung Omnia I900 one of first line Omnia devices on WinMobile 6 OS,
Since phone is now near end of its life, Ill like to try BOOT Android on it.
Is that possible, Does exists any tutorial for that.
I once fund one site which was on way to boot android on Omnia, but they in that time did not have all drivers for Omnia.


texts: How do you remove locked apps without rooting? With Android SDK?

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

I really don't want to root my phone. It works fine as is, except for having the extra unwated apps.

Can one remove unwanted pre-installed apps on a non-rooted phone?


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I've tried several ways to root my Micromax A25. In every case, SP Tool displayed "Partition Size Change" error.

Did anyone yet root successfully?

PS: My A25 firmware version A25_0201_V0409


texts: Unlocking HTC HD2 and installing Android

texts: I have HTC HD with Windows Mobile 6.5 installed and it is locked with Vodafone (Germany). If I want to install Android on it, do I have to unlock it first? Or it will be automatically unlocked in the process of installing Android?


texts: Hand shields bluetooth antenna in Google Pixel 4a 5G?

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Is it a reported issue with the Google Pixel 4a 5G, that the bluetooth connection of the device is disturbed when having it in your hand?
My headphones work flawless if the pixel sits on my desk, but stuttering begins when it is in my hand..
I wonder whether the issue is specific to my device.


texts: Locked out of Galaxy S Duos - Failed lock pattern

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I have Samsung Galaxy S Duos S7562 which is now locked with too many failed pattern attempts. I don't remember the pin for it.

I've changed my password for Google account from laptop and I wanted to login from the locked out phone but it says wrong password/username.
But I can log in on laptop. I'm using mobile data connection to sign in to google account.

Please someone help me as I don't want to hard reset, I have important data on it.


texts:
So i captured a couple of SLO mo videos with my LG V35 Camera and they play fine on the phone (showing the SLO motion), but when I copied them to my Windows PC and used Adobe Premiere and VLC to play them back they played at reguly speed, how do I see them in SLO motion.
I suspect the 240fps is encoded but how can I just get the SLO mo video without having to re-render it?


texts: Restrict apps from accessing the internet at the background without the end-user knowledge

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Is it possible to restrict app from accessing the internet at the background without the end-user knowledge. (Assume the phone is not rooted)

In other word, are there apps that can inform the end-user that some apps is trying to access the internet at the background?


texts: New owner of phone and I need to get admin access!

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I have a Samsung Galaxy SII that I got from work. When I got it it was on a vodafone plan and linked to the work gmail account. I left the company but bought the phone off them, returning the sim card.

My new sim works fine, but the phone seems tied to the old email account. I can't update many of my apps as I am prompted to enter the password for the work email account which I dont have! When I try to remove that email it says I cant as it is required by some apps and I will need to do a factory reset.

Is there any other way I can get control over the phone? If not what will I need to save before doing the factory reset? Im not fussed about reinstalling apps but should I save all my pictures etc first?


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I have 2 phones.
 1. Android 4.4.4 - When OTG USB is connected, it automatically mounts with no problems and I can manage files, watch movies from it, etc.
 2. Android 6.0 - when OTG USB is connected, phone fully ignores it (does nothing).

Why can't second phone mount it exactly like a first does? Do I have to install some application that takes care of it? First phone is rooted, second is not. Can that be a problem?


texts: Alternative to 'Tab' for external keyboard hyperlink selection/navigation?

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On Chrome for Windows using Ctrl-F to search for link text and then Ctrl-Enter (or Esc then Enter) to open the link is a method. But it doesn't appear to work on the mobile version (on my Nexus 7 with USB keyboard, at least).

Has anyone had this work, or found an alternative method? Or another browser (perhaps uzbl-like) that is decent for keyboard-only browsing? Or an extension for Firefox Mobile? I am having no luck in any of these directions and endless Tabbing is getting me down.


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Ok so, my screen battery draining stats is 122%, Android system 52%, Android OS 27%, Media Servers 25%, and suprising ly my games 25% or below. How to fix this? Cause if you combine all the percentages in my Android Lollipop 5.0.2 tablet,(It is a Samsung Tab 4, and it is NOT rooted). it would be over 300% battery drain stats. So... again, how do I fix this?

Edit: Every minute a play: -3% battery percentage on average.


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In the Deezer Android app, when I play any music, it displays a button "play in shuffle mode". When I click, the track starts playing, but in the track window:

I can't go to a specific position in the song, the progress bar is thinnest and even when I click,the track window just minimizes.
Isn't there a progress bar where I can go to any position?


texts: Send Navigation Audio to handset but music to bluetooth

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I have a DROID 3 and use it both for navigation and listening to music in my car via Bluetooth (Ford with SYNC). In the BT profile for SYNC on my phone, I can turn off media output over Bluetooth and get navigation audio over the phone but still make calls via BT. However, I would also like to have music and podcasts play over BT but still have navigation over the phone. Sometimes I will listen to a CD or radio and still want navigation, but when media output over BT is turned on, I con't get any nav audio, since the car is not switched to the BT media mode.

In older versions of Android Nav, the audio was not over the media channel so this wasn't a problem. Is there a way to switch it back so that nav audio is ALWAYS over the handset speaker?


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Fairly easy question. I have a Samsung S3 GT-i9305 LTE rooted, Android 4.4.4. sadly it's coming to the end of its life and its time to upgrade to a phone with a much newer OS (Android 8+). I have a full TWRP backup of my current phone. In principle, can anybody tell me if it's possible to use this backup to restore all my data to a new phone - (it will be a Samsung device of some type). I understand how to root and install TWRP on devices. I'm only asking the question as I cannot find the answer to this rather obvious situation which many people must encounter anywhere. I'm not at all bothered about transferring the apps as they will probably function better as fresh installations on the new device. I also use Titanium backup.

TIA people.

Tim Smith


texts: Continual "Google Play Services has stopped"

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On my Samsung phone (not sure which model), every few seconds I get the message "Google Play Services has stopped" with options to "Close app" or "Send feedback".

Regardless of choice, the message appears a few seconds later.

"Force Stop" and "Disable" are both disabled for Google Play Services. Uninstalling Google Play Services produces an error that uninstallation failed. And Google Play Store doesn't work.

How do I fix (or at least disable) the thoroughly broken and persistent Google Play Services?


texts: How to save an image inlined into an email using the stock Email app?

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I received an email containing an inline photo (not as attachment, but inside the message body) and I would like to save this image as a file, so that I can for instance open it in my gallery.

I'm using the stock Android Email app (com.android.email, version 4.4.4). I see no menu indicating how to do it, and a long touch on the image opens no menu either.

If there's no way to do it from inside the application, I'd accept indications on how to do it from e.g. a terminal if possible (my phone is rooted, but I don't know if email inline images are separately saved as files).


texts: psiphon connects successfully but blocked sites are still blocked

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I've installed psiphon and I launched it in vpn mode and it connected successfully. However, the sites I know are blocked in my country were still blocked.

This didn't use to happen, psiphon used to work great but now it seems like the device isn't tunneled at all.

Android version : 6.0.1
Psiphon client version is 164

Again it connects successfully but the effects I expect aren't there.


texts: Transferring files between PC and Android Sony Z1 Compact (KitKat) without needing app (i.e. via standard USB mass storage)

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When I plug my Sony Z1 Compact Android phone into my Mac or PC, the phone prompts me to install a program on the PC/Mac.

Can I not just have the phone behave as a standard, common USB Mass Storage class (i.e. like a USB pen drive, hard drive, or SD card), without having to install a program on the host PC?

This is an inconvenience as if wanting to transfer to a PC that's not my own, I may not be in the position to install such a program.

Update
This was so easy on Android 2.3 on a HTC Desire Z - plug it into a Mac, PC or Linux desktop (i.e. the host), phone asks which mode it should be in, select the USB storage / harddrive option and then the phone appears as an ordinary external disk on the host machine.


texts: Is there a way to have my device say the callers name when the call is coming in?

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I have a HTC Desire Z with Froyo . I am trying to find a way to have my device speak the caller name. I have tried SayMyName but it only works if you are connected to the internet. I want a similar solution that works even if the device is not connected to the internet.

Thank you in advance.


texts: Google play services keeps crashing every 3 to 10 seconds, and everything google related on my tablet won't load. It started this morning when i powered on my tablet. I'm using a Samsung Galaxy TabA 8.0 with Android version 7.1.1. What can I do to be able to use my tablet again?


texts: How to specify a different audio player for use with Google Reader?

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When I use the Google Reader app for audio podcasts -- e.g. linked MP3 files -- it pops up a simple player overlay to play the file (shown in screenshot). Is there a way for me to choose an installed audio player to use in place of the one used by the Google Reader app as the default player for the app?  Ideally I'd like the app to pop up an intent that asks me for the audio player to use, like many apps pass off responsibility for a well defined purpose.

The Google Reader app is here.


texts: How do I make my Samsung Galaxy S8+ use wifi first before my provider network?

texts: I have weak network coverage in my office.  My phone is connected to our office wifi.  I'd like my phone to use the wifi first, rather than the network connection


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Most threads I find on this information is pretty old, so I wanted to see if anyone has come up with a workaround.

My headphones are the RHA SA950i (wired), which are wonderful. However, the headphone controls (Volume Up, Pause/Skip, Volume Down) only slightly work. The center button, Pause/Skip works, but Volume Up/Down do not. I have a Google Nexus 6. I was wondering if there have been any apps or other workarounds created that allows for me to use Volume Up/Down? Also, I do have a custom ROM (OmniROM) with Root access.

Thanks!


texts: How do I turn off USB tethering or restart USB connection via computer/PC's terminal?


texts: Droid Turbo Bluetooth Microphone with Touchless Controls?

texts: Can you use a bluetooth microphone to activate the touchless controls on the Droid Turbo? ("The "Ok Google Now" feature)


texts: PDF with capital Letters can't be opened

texts: On my Android tablet it is not possible to open a PDF where "PDF" is written in capital Letters. If I rename the file it is opened with Google PDF viewer. The error is: "File cant be opened". How can I fix this issue?


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Lately whenever a missile is fired upon us, I receive cell broadcast alert about it.
In my area of living the city alarms are working loud anyway but the cell broadcast sound is extremely alerting and is over stressing my 3 years old kid.

I looked in the menu (Settings -> More -> Cell broadcasts) but and I found I can make it sound for only 2 seconds (instead of four).

I would like to keep the cell broadcast but change the tune. any ideas how can I do that?

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


texts: Disabling SMS notifications except in the top bar

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Whenever I receive an SMS I have 3 on-screen notifications. How can I disable them without disabling the notification in the top bar?

Text program/menu/settings/notifications/uncheck only disable the notification in the top bar, which I don't want:

I use Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.1.2.


texts: What is the downside of using GO SMS Pro and / or Handcent?

texts: All I've been seeing about these apps are the positives. I want to know the negatives of using them, apart from me having to install an additional app to do something that the phone can already do by default. I'm looking to using one of the two because of the built in support for backing up SMS and MMS, something that will come in very handy especially since I text often.


texts: Can't access phone as forgotten work profile password

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A while back I set a password for my work profile. For the life of me I cannot remember it (tried so many different combos).
I want to access my phone but it's asking for the password, which I don't know. I tried quite a few times and it eventually said if I input the wrong password again my work profile would be deleted. This would be fine as I could gain access to my personal account and set up my work profile again.... but no, after inputting another incorrect password, it just says try again in 30 seconds.
I can't even access my personal account as it's just asking for the password.
I don't want to go "nuclear" option to factory reset my phone as not all my data is backed up.
Is there anything else I can do to gain access to my phone?


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anyone can figure out what's the 2nd icon from the left ?

Thanks


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I use the standard ADW Launcher that ships with CyanogenMod 7 and have noticed a problem with the dockbar. NOTE this is the "hidden dockbar" you can reveal with a swipe, not the normal Android dock (LAB/RAB).

There is enough space for 6 icons on my dockbar but I can only add 4 before they start flowing off-screen to the right. In other words positions 1 through 4 have icons but positions 5 and 6 can't be used (first screenshot). Dragging a new icon onto them places it at position 7, which can only be revealed by scrolling the dockbar sideways (second screenshot). It's as if ADW thinks there are icons at 5 and 6 already but there aren't.

I have tried using Reset ADW in the settings but while it reset many ADW features it did not reset the dockbar, or solve the problem.

There was a time when only position 5 was locked as blank and position 6 held an icon, but in dragging icons around to try an get one to go into position 5, position 6also became locked as blank.


texts: My Gmail account has many emails. If I add another Gmail account to my phone, can I make the new Gmail primary and still use my apps

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I have an (old) Android phone (HTC Incredible ADR6300) which I have configured with 1 Gmail account. I have downloaded a bunch of apps from Google Play. Most of the apps are Free, but I have a few dollars worth of purchased apps.

Over time, that Gmail account now has many emails (over 2 Gigs). This seems to be a problem for the phone as it won't finish syncing emails with Gmail anymore (appears to hang), and it probably uses lots of phone memory and time trying.

I know I can associate another Gmail email address with my phone, but I'm not sure if that will work in my situation.

I'd like to use the new Gmail address for emails (as the "Primary" email address for the phone), but still access the apps I have, which are associated with my old Gmail address.

I guess there are a few ways I can do this, but I'm not sure which (if any) will work:

I can add another email address to the phone under:
Menu -> Settings -> Accounts and sync -> Add account
but I don't know if it will allow for me to choose this new account as the "Primary" email address for the phone, for syncing emails, etc.

If it does allow that, will Google Play be able to figure out (or will I be able to tell GP) which Gmail account to use to authenticate the apps I already have?
Similar to #1, on the phone under:
Menu -> Settings -> Accounts and sync -> Manage accounts -> [old-Gmail]
I see an option: "Remove account"

I could (perhaps in some specific order) add a new Gmail account, then remove the old account, then add back the old Gmail account. (Will this make the new Gmail account "Primary" ?)

Again, I don't know if this will work, but if it does, it should solve the email sync issue, but I might still have the issue with Google Play and my existing downloaded apps.
I could back up the phone (as much as possible), and do a factory reset (I will probably do this at some point anyway), and configure the new Gmail account as the "Primary" email address for the phone. I should then be able to sync Gmail, etc. And, I could add the old Gmail account under:
Menu -> Settings -> Accounts and sync -> Add account

This would probably be the best option, but I might still have the issue with Google Play and my existing downloaded apps.
I could just start over. Reset the phone, configure the new Gmail address, re-download (and some re-purchase) my apps, and forget about using the old email address on the phone. This will work for sure, and it might be the only  way, but not the best way if other options will work.

So, will the easier options #1 or #2 work, or perhaps the more involved option #3? Or am I stuck with the least desirable option #4? (Perhaps some other option I'm not considering?)


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I'm following this tutorial about how to unlock bootloader on Moto.  My device is a Moto G5, and my computer has windows 10.

On the command line, I can type

adb devices

and it returns my device.  I then do

adb reboot bootloader

and it turns my phone into bootloader mode.  But when I do

fastboot devices

it returns a blank line.  According to this source (the second answer), I need to update some the "Unknown 'Android' device".  However, I don't have anything like that.  The closest I have is Other devices->Fastboot potter S.  Do I update this driver?  If so, how?  If I choose "Search automatically for updated driver software," it doesn't find anything.  If I choose "Browse my computer for driver software" and then "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer", I have to "Select [my] device's type from the list below." but I don't know which one I'm supposed to choose.

How do I fix this problem with fastboot devices?  What drivers am I supposed to update?  How do I fix them?

If this question is better suited on another stackexchange such as superusers on account of it's being more about windows than android, let me know.  I tried asking it there first, but the "android" tag said that the question would be off topic.


texts: unable to download apps from Google play store using mobile data

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I am using letv and i am trying to download Google applications from play store when i click on install it displays "waiting for wifi"
I am using mobile data but it's not downloading through mobile data .
How can i download through mobile data


texts: How can I disconnect a phone from Google's data backup service?

texts:
Right now, I have two phones - my now-old Galaxy Nexus and my new Galaxy S5. I want to keep my Galaxy Nexus around as a Chromecast controller and (via wi-fi) streaming media device. As such, I want to remove apps that aren't useful to me for this purpose without affecting my Google backups that helped me set up my S5 quickly. However, when I go to uncheck the "Back up my data" option on the Backup & reset menu, it says that disabling it will delete all my data from Google's servers. I don't want this, since my S5 should continue to use this service.

Is the fact that I have an S5 with this setting enabled sufficient to prevent my backup data from being wiped from Google's servers? If not, how I can unlink my Galaxy Nexus from this service? Or, alternatively, do I need to? The only thing that I'm trying to avoid is unnecessary syncing of apps and settings to a device that I want relatively free of apps.

In the event that I'm running on some false assumptions, I want the apps and settings on the S5 to be the ones restored on a new phone or following a reset. I effectively want the apps and settings on the GNex to be ignored as far as other devices are concerned.


texts: Android App (Lego Speedorz) will not run in restricted profile, crashes instantly

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I have two little kids and for obvious reasons I'm not to keen to let them use my account. Since I have Android 4.4.2 on my Nexus 7 I set up a limited profile today and enabled the kids games for the profile.

Sadly one App (Lego Speedorz) keeps crashing instantly when started. Since there is close to nothing one can setup for apps in restricted profiles I'm at a loss here :-(

Any hint what I could try to get the game running?


texts: How can I get the history list of times I started using an application?

texts:
I want all the timestamps of every time that an app has started running.

I tried searching in the Play Store but I didn't find one. I downloaded an app called AppUsage which shows the Last Launched timestamp but I want all the timestamps


texts:
I have no Contacts / People app in my ICS tablet (bq Maxwell Lite). All the other google apps are there (calendar, playstore, gmail, talk).

There seem to exist other tablets with the same problem.

I've tried to retrieve the Contacts and ContactsProvider apks from /system/app on the SDK emulator, but these fail to install

Third party contact managers just crash on startup.


texts: Mounting debian img issues, on the Kindle Fire [linuxonandroid]

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I've been stuck on this issue for about 2 months now.

Everytime I try too run LinuxOnAndroid I get the following error:

mount: mounting /dev/block/loop255 on /data/local/mnt: Invalid Argument.

My /proc/filesystems show I support:

  ext2
  ext3
  ext4

If I try too mount /dev/block/loop255 the with -t ext1 the error becomes

mount: mounting /dev/block/loop255 on /data/local/mnt: No such file or directory.

My /proc/config.gz shows my rom DOES support loop devices.

And, I'm using a Kindle Fire first GEN.

I have no idea what's going on, if it helps it used too run untill I had too hard reboot the tablet once. I have filled a bug report with LoA but havn't been gotten back too for 2 months so far.


texts: What creating bootloop when flashing TWRP?

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I follow this XDA tutorial to flash TWRP and rooting Samsung Galaxy J250F. However, after flashing TWRP via Odin, the phone only boots into recovery, not system. Even factory reset or empty the misc partition cannot help. I have to reflash its stock ROM. This erases TWRP and replace with the stock recovery.
This is what the tutorial says, which I follow exactly:

Flash with ODIN in the AP slot.
Put your device in DOWNLOAD mode.
Uncheck Auto reboot.
Load the respective file below into the AP slot and hit start.
After flashing and ODIN reports PASS immediately reboot to recovery by holding POWER + HOME + VOL DOWN.
As soon as the screen goes blank change to VOL UP whilst still holding POWER + HOME.
You should now see TWRP recovery.

Yes I see TWRP recovery, but now the system cannot be booted.


texts: How to keep files downloaded via Dropbox after uninstalling app

texts:
I want to know whether there is any app on the Google Play Store which

stores all dropbox files to memory card whenever there is net
available
Leaves the files in my memory card even after I uninstall the app


texts: How to keep my old number in whatsapp old sim deactivated

texts: I have a new phone number and a new phone but I want to keep my old number to use in whatsapp but I don´t have that sim card anymore.


texts: Why is not every Android Modification Open Source?

texts: Ok, this might sound a bit weird, but I am really wondering why not every manufacturer like Samsung or Oneplus has to make it ROM public under the GPL license? At least the kernel would have to be under the GPL 2 license because it is a Linux modification and the license includes that anybody has to make the changes public to anyone. Also the Apache license under which android is published should make it legal to edit and redistribute code, but you also have to give the source and state which changes are from you. So, my question is: Why is not every Android System sourcecode public to anybody?


texts: How to easily switch keyboards on Android 9 (MIUI)

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My old phone (Android 8 I believe) showed a little icon on bottom right side to allow switching keyboards, from Gboard to Hackers' keyboard or else.

My new phone on Android 9 (also a new brand, Xiaomi, MIUI) after installing several keyboards, does not show the switch.

Does someone know how to switch keyboards easily on Xiaomi's Android 9 (as I could do previously on older Android) without having to go everytime into Configuration menus.


texts: Can I block calls based on a specific number prefix or pattern?

texts: Is it possible to block calls starting with a specific number? For instance, I want to block calls from numbers starting with 1408 as they are all spam calls. The digits following these four, keep changing.


texts: Sony Z5 Compact Nougat accidentally wipe data and unable to mount

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My phone is Sony Z5 Compact Nougat.

What I had done is as below:

Unlock Bootloader
Use the following command to flash twrp recovery

fastboot boot recovery.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img

The file are from this link : https://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/orig-development/twrp-z5-compact-t3235161

Version of twrp : 2.8.7.0
Wipe > swipe and factory reset.

So now when I try to reboot, it says No OS Installed! Are you sure you wish to reboot?
I tried to flash both Paranoid Android (Official) and Carbon Rom (Unofficial) both in the format of .zip and it show me below error message:

mount: failed to mount /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system at /system: No such file or directory
unmount of system /system failed: no such volume

Tried few times but same problem
I then also tried Advance > ADB Sideload, my command are as below

adb sideload carbon.zip
adb sideload paranoid.zip

The error message is also the same as above

As far as I concern I cannot find twrp version that are above 3.0 for this device, and now I cannot boot into any os as there are no os that I can boot into, hence cannot perform the step for recovering stock rom .ftf using flashtool, what should I do in order to get back to at least stock Rom or any way to fix the failed to mount problem, which I suspect it is because of the old version of TWRP.

Additional : I am very sure that my firmware version is the latest version.


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I have a Samsung S-3 which was updated OTA to Android 4.3. Trying to get root, I downloaded saferoot (source) from xda.

The exploit works, the process gets root permissions (remounting partitions, read/write system directory, and I was able to add setuid bit to a su executable).

From there, I disabled all KNOX related processes. However, the "system" function doesn't work (permission denied) and neither do any "setuid" executables in /system/xbin.

I suspect it's because SELinux.

Did anyone experience these problems, and what did they do to solve them?


texts: PLEASE HELP E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)

texts:
I have a problem every time I turn on my phone (Karbonn Sparkle V) and I tried to google to solution and I couldn't find any

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: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E: Can't open mount /cache/recovery/log
(These errors then repeat in various order)

Please do help as soon as possible!


texts: "Connected, no internet" for my phone only, network otherwise working

texts: I have a local WiFi (composed, if it helps, of a main router and another wifi accesspoint with the same SSID, but the problem persists even when turning it off), all devices connected to it seem to work properly, even if the internet connection is quite poor (in a rural area). My Android phone, however, in the last two days has started giving me the "connected, no internet" error, and is indeed not connected to the internet. Pinging the router works, pinging the outside world results in the router responding "destination net unreachable". I'm not even sure how to start troubleshooting this, since the other devices work. Unfortunately I don't have access to the router's admin panel. Thanks.


texts: How to evaluate generic no-name tablets?

texts:
I have pretty much decided to buy a cheap Chinese generic / no-name tablet before I leave Taiwan.

This will be my first Android and my first touchscreen device of any kind. I'm buying something very cheap because right now I don't have much disposable money and don't need a serious bit of hardware. This will be more or less a toy to play with the tech.

That being said I still want to avoid the worst pieces of hardware and get the best value for my money. But of course reviews for generic devices are hard to find and sometimes they don't even seem to have brand names or model numbers.

So what should I do to evaluate an Android tablet that I physically can play with in a consumer electronics market?


texts: I'm trying to log-in to my tablet, which I haven't been on in about 2 months. I can't remember my PIN. It's not giving me a chance to log-in with my Google account, so I don't know what to do.


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I have an ASUS Zenpad 10 that I travel with a lot, as in I'm connecting to other people's networks where I have zero control over the router settings.

Since upgrading to Nougat 7.0 the tablet now permanently prefers connecting to the faster, but usually weak and spotty 5 GHz networks instead of the slower but much stronger and much more reliable 2.4 GHz networks. They're still fast enough to stream Netflix so they're fast enough for me.

The tablet won't upgrade beyond 7.0, I assume this is controlled by my carrier, Verizon?

I would love to find a way to convince my Tablet that 5GHz simply doesn't exist. Is there a third party app for this or something?


texts: One click (or easy) way to Root Motorola Droid X with Morotola update 4.5.621

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I read that the new  DROID X  build 4.5.621 prevents the most common Rooting methods.
There is a more complicated method but I'm hoping there is a one-click method (less chance of me screwing up and bricking my Droid)

I have Android v 2.3.4.


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Is there any extention or function to manage whatsapp to send delayed messages?

I would like to send every day a message at the same time but I do not find this function?

The message is different every day and there are images or text


texts: How do I Delete the 5.0.1 OTA Update on my Rooted Nexus 4?

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A while back I rooted my phone with the stock 5.0 image, and was then pestered by the OTA 5.0.1 update that came shortly after.
Research led me to find a way to disable the event listeners that pop the notifications -- FANTASTIC!  This worked for months...

Today, Snapchat decided to reboot my phone (as it regularly does) in a spectacular fashion that included a long vibration while the screen went dark.   Since my phone's come back online, the "System Update Downloaded" notification is sitting at the bottom of my notification tray; something that wasn't there before.

I've dug through my event listeners and confirmed the correct ones are still disabled, but now I'm hunting for a means to delete the downloaded update so as to remove the notification (Hopefully?)...

Most of my search results show the files should be .APK files in the /system/apps folder, but I have a /system/app folder -- no /apps.  Another post mentioned they'd be in the /cache folder --- they are not....

Does anyone know where these OTA Updates are stored on Lollipop 5.0 so I can nuke 'em?

Thanks in advance for your assistance!


texts: You have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming turned off

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I get a "you have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming turned off " message whenever I turn on my 4G connection. The problem is my sim card if from the same country I live in now. This problem somehow remained since I moved, from my old sim card, and now I can't seem to get rid of it. I also see an R next to the connection indicator.

My phone is a Huawei Ascend Mate 7. Anyone have any idea on how to solve this?


texts: How To Install/Root Vegan-Tab GingerEdition on Viewsonic gTablet

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I recently purchased a Viewsonic gTabet and want to root the device with the Vegan-Tab Ginger Edition.  I'm an absolute newbie when it comes to Android, I've been a Windows guy my whole life.

I'm looking for some instructions for "dummies" on how to get this OS installed on the tablet.  I found this site here, but I'm not sure if this is enough detail.  It looks like some of these steps assume prior knowledge of Android.

Does anyone have any detailed, step by step instructions on how to do this?
Thanks for the help, looking forward to exploring this new world.


texts: Google Now Launcher still exists inside launcher settings

texts: I have used Google Now Launcher on my Redmi 1S that runs Lineage OS 14.1. And, now I am using Nova Launcher as home app(launcher). I have uninstalled Google Now Launcher, and also, its not present in app list. But, it is still listed in launcher settings (Settings->Apps->Configure Apps (settings icon)->Home App). I have tried to clear cache from recovery, but have no result. I have uninstalled Nova launcher, but still it shows Google Now launcher, and Trebuchet to set as Home App. May be it got saved somewhere permanently, otherwise I have tried to make Google Now launcher as system app, it may be happened due to this. How to solve


texts: What is the difference in Auto Backup and Instant Upload?