texts: Is there a way to back up Amazon Market via Titanium Backup without 2Gb backup file size?

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I was trying to figure out what was taking to much space on my SD card, and found out the following file in Titanium Backup directory:

com.amazon.venezia-20120409-052438.tar.gz    - 2,020,523,913 bytes (2Gb)

This is obviously a backup of Amazon App Store.

I am guessing the size is so large because for some reason, the Amazon App Store app stores a copy of ALL the apps installed through Amazon App Store (including several very big games, thus 2G size).

Questions:

Is this theory correct? (the file being 2Gb tgz file, I'm somewhat hesitant to gunzip and untar it to investigate the internals).
If so, is the size due to storing a copy of installed .apk files in Amazon App Store itself, or the cache? (I suspect the former, since cache backup is turned off in my TitaniumBackup  preferences).
How can I back up just the Amazon App Store app and not all the apps downloaded from Amazon with it (since, obviously, those are backed up separately by Titanium Backup anyway)


texts: Does Cyanogenmod 13 support APT-X (on my Moto G)

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just a short question. Does CM13 have APT-X support built in? For my moto g, it has from stock (as it's website reads), and now I'm wondering if Cyanogenmod has it too, because its proprietary and has to be built into the bluetooth stack afaik (so, no ordinary codec).

Thanks :)


texts: Can't use ADB with Nexus 4 after 4.3 update

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Here's a funky issue. I've been using ADB without any problems on 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 on my Nexus 4 (Stock Android and some CM10-based ROMs). When I flashed a CM10.2-based rom (JellyBro, I believe?) a few months ago, I was never able to get ADB to work, so I restored a nandroid of my previous setup. After a while, I decided to flash the stock 4.3 image  and see if I still have the problem. I do.

The setup?

Phone: Nexus 4
Phone OS: Android 4.3 (Factory)
Computer OS: Linux Mint 15

Okay, the problem?

I cannot use ADB with my N4 on 4.3.
I cannot authorize my computer with my device.

What have you tried so far?

I just tried to use the default feature. The phone should prompt to authorize my computer, but I never get a prompt.
I checked /data/misc/adb/  and the directory was empty.

Even so, I decided to click the "Revoke USB debugging authorizations" option in Developer options.

I copied ~/.android/adbkey.pub from my Linux box and put its contents in  a new file named /data/misc/adb/adb_key on my device.

When that didn't work, I rebooted the device.
When that didn't work, I disabled/enabled ADB on the device.
When that didn't work, I killed adb on my computer, then restarted it.
When a-c didn't work, I did them all sequentially before trying again, which also didn't work.

Exactly the same as above, but put it in /data/misc/adb/adb_keys intead of adb_key (because XDA and other sites cite both filenames).
Clicked the "Revoke USB debugging authorizations" button again. Rebooted the phone, killed ADB on my computer. Still no prompts to authorize.
It only removed /data/misc/adb/adb_keys, not adb_key. So I'm pretty sure adb_key is the wrong filename (despite being cited at a frequency on par with the correct name).
Update my platform-tools and Android SDK packages. No dice.

Can't actually update; I have the most recent version (18.0.1)

Remove and reinstall platform-tools. No dice.
By the way, my permissions for the adb_keys file are 300. Owner is root. Group is root. Or in other terms:

ls -l adb_keys
-rw------- root root

Are you sure this is only happening to you on 4.3?

Yes. I have no problems after installing any 4.2 rom with recovery, or the 4.2.2 factory image with fastboot.

And it's exactly the same issue with factory 4.3 or a 4.3-based ROM?

Yes. Although I've only tried two or three roms, plus the factory image. There may be a magical rom out there somewhere that does work though.

Have you tried any other devices?

I tested adb with my girlfriend's 2012 Nexus 7 running 4.3. It had no issues at all.

Any other computers?

Unfortunately no. I only have my Linux Mint 15 box.

Okay, so that's basically the gist of it. Does anyone else have any clever ideas? (Or does anyone see where I was an idiot and made a mistake?)

File transfers over MTP also work fine.

Flashing the 20130910 nightly build of PAC-man actually gave me working ADB without the need to authorize my computer at all. This is fortunate, but the original question is still up in the air: Why can't I get it to work on stock?


texts: How do I change the delay between rings?

texts: I have an HTC EVO Shift running Android 2.2 (Froyo). When I receive an incoming call the ringtone plays constantly. Each cycle starts immediately after the previous cycle finishes with no delay at all. This happens regardless of which ringtone I select. Short of editing the audio files, is there any way to set the delay between subsequent ringtone cycles?


texts: Unlocking screen brings up Phone app on Lollipop

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I just updated my Nexus 4 to Lollipop. Now, every time I unlock my phone, the Phone app opens. Surely this is a bug and not a feature. It doesn't matter if I received a notification; and I'm not clicking the phone icon at the bottom - I slide to unlock, draw my secret pattern and am instantly taken to the phone app.

Does anyone know what's going on here?


texts:
I tried exporting my whatsapp conversation via email.
This conversation is received to mail box in .txt file attachment.
Once the file is downloaded to pc and opend with notepad as usual, the chat messages with our local language (hindi, india) are not displayed. Only square boxes are displayed in notepad. (making the conversation backup useless)
What i need to do so that all the messages are displayed in pc ?
(Eng msg are displayed correctly)(emoji not displayed is ok for me)

regards


texts: I have a Blackberry Motion and a Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro. When I zoom or drag on the screen of the blackberry, it has a delay to zoom or drag while on the samsung, it zooms and drags exactly as I do with no delays. The Samsung zooming and dragging response is similar to iPhone and is so fast. The problem on the blackberry always exists and it cannot be fixed even with Touchscreen Repair app. What can I do about it?


texts: How to enable task locking in Android 5.0 production devices

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This StackOverflow question explores how to enable a device owner app, and thus kiosk mode, in the Android L developer preview. As the method requires a userdebug build of Android, rooting the device, and copying an XML file into the root filesystem, it doesn't seem suitable for mass deployment of a single function Android device inside a company.

How are device owner apps going to be installed on production Android L devices?


texts: How do I set a custom SMS tone for a single contact?

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If it matters any I have an HTC Desire Z with the original Sense install.

We have this monitoring service at work that keeps an eye on the various servers and starts frantically SMS'ing me whenever things aren't working right.

I'd like to set a separate notification tone for SMS's from that one contact. How do you do that? Under the contact I have an option for the Ringtone, but there doesn't seem to be an option for the SMS notification tone.


texts: WiFi stops working when connected to Bluetooth box

texts: When I connect my Android 6 Huawei to my bluetooth box and play music my wifi decides to kill itself, while it is still on and connected.


texts: Nexus 4 screen goes blank while there is an incoming call

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I am using Nexus 4 running on Kitkat 4.4.4 and facing a weird issue since a few days.

Whenever there is an incoming call, I can only hear the ringtone/vibrations but no display.
If I press the power button, I can not see the incoming call screen. So, I can not receive the call at all, even if I unlock the screen.
After this, if I try to call back, the outgoing call screen is not seen but the call goes through and I can continue with the call - but without the outgoing call screen. That means, I can not hang up the call if the phone is only ringing on the other side.
This behavior is random but frequent. After a reboot, everything comes back to normal.

Any way out to stop this? Any pointers would be helpful.


texts: Is there any way to recover a camera view (photo) that I didn't take?

texts: So it happened that I asked a person to take a picture of me with Huawei P9 Lite smartphone. She said she took it but it happens she didn't because she didn't even press the button. I know this sounds crazy but is there any way to see that photo she had to take? I mean the camera was turned to me and the camera app was opened.


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I have Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus(GT-I9105) with rooted stock android 4.1.2.
So I thought of replacing touchwiz with Google Now Launcher. So, I installed Google Now from Play store. When I try to open it, It gives a message

"Touchwiz Home is currently your default launcher, go to settings, touch Clear Defaults and press the Home Button."

The problem is Touchwiz is not set to default (the button is disabled) as it is the only launcher I have.
Pressing Home button doesn't show Google Now Launcher.
I installed other launchers, and they work fine.Only Google Now has the problem. Is it a bug? Anything I should do?


texts: How to use your voice to add items to a shopping list?

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With iOS Siri, you can say "Add tomatoes to my shopping list" and it will add it to a list titled "Shopping List" in the "Notes" app, easy.

In Android, using S Voice or Google Voice, if you say "Add tomatoes to my shopping list" it will google that, which is unhelpful.

Ideally there should be a way to add items to lists generically in Google Now. Is there such a workflow?

I am aware Grocery IQ app has Voice entry, but then the workflow is tedious: Hold a button, say OK google, say Open Grocery IQ, then tap a mic, then Say tomatoes.


texts: How to deactivate Motoblur and undesirable services on Motorola Defy?

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Is it possible to deactivate Motoblur sync and undesirable services on Motorola Defy like:

FeedRecieverService
NewsRecieverService
WeatherService

(all lanched by app.)

Because I really don't care about Weather, news, feed, and must of all, I HATE this Motoblur account who "backup" my personal data without any possibility to limit him : It's just here, in the top of the synced accounts, with a little lock to the left...

If it's possible to do that without rooting the device or install a custom rom, it's for the best: I'm looking for the less intrusive method.

Thanks by advance for your help.


texts: Installing custom ROM with twrp | error executing updater binary in zip

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I have a rooted HTC One X with stock Ice Cream Sandwich (4.2.2) and I want to install crDroid ROM. I've tried to install multiple times, I've wiped Dalvik-system-data-cache, and every time I get error executing updater binary in zip (name of rom zip).

I have been searching for solution online for hours, but I didn't find anything that works for me. TWRP can't mount usb-otg (if it is related)


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Hey i have phone xiaomi mi a2 try install another OS but get this error any ideas? need faster, cuz i can't run phone stuck on android one logo

  PS C:\add> fastboot flash system C:\add\pixel.img
  target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
  sending sparse 'system' (524284 KB)...
  OKAY [ 16.264s]
  writing 'system'...
  OKAY [  0.002s]
  sending sparse 'system' (488200 KB)...
  FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))


texts: Disable all notifications from Exchange calendar

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I'm using a Nexus 5X, running Android 7.1.2 and using Google Calendar 5.7.20.

I want to view my work calendar on my phone, so I can see it when planning personal things, but don't want notifications, as I have a separate phone (and laptop) for work which go "ding" at the appropriate moment.

In Google Calendar settings, under that account I have set the "Default notifications" to be "No notification", but I still get notifications.

I think it might be due to notifications set within each event (These are useful on my laptop, I don't want to turn them off).

Is there a way to disable the notifications for that calendar, but keep it visible along with the others?


texts: How reliable age certification at Google Play is?

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So far I've been trusting in PEGI certifications nearly as in bible.

Today, I found Alchademy game, which has PEGI 3 age certification, but deeply in the game's desc you can find something like this:

  This game is not intended for children and may have some content that is inappropriate for children under the age of 13.

Please, explain, what am I missing? How can a game pass PEGI 3 certification with such a note?

Based on above, I come with the conclusion that PEGI certifications at Google Play are completely worthless and when deciding whether particular app is or isn't applicable for my children, I must always dig description or -- the best -- install and play the game myself.

If that's truth then what is the reason in fouling people with that whole PEGI stuff at all?


texts: Forgot my password to my samsung galaxy tab E

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My sister kept changing the password on the samsung tab until i tried the hard reset. but the issue is it asks to verify the account and the account was set on my grandfather who isn't here anymore. so we can't move forward without it.
what should i do?

thanks


texts: How do I get back to the regular camera?

texts:
I hit something by accident and now whenever I use the camera app it's using the front facing camera evey time.

How do I switch it back?


texts:
I want to wipe cache partition on android recovery mode. But I dont know how to close it. In my phone the screen is seems like this photo

After eipe cache partition what should I type to turn it off and go to my home screen


texts: I lost my galaxy ace duos. The sim card has been changed.  How can i trace phone or find the number of the new sim being used? I have several apps installed. can that help in anyway? Thanks for the help


texts: How can I search the contents of the books I added to my Google books?

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I want to search the contents of the books I added to my Google Books account.

The Google Books web site offers a search my library option.

But I want to search the contents of the books in my Google Books account from my Android device and from an Android application which is optimized for small screens.


texts:
I've found out how to switch between romaji with QWERTY and keitai-style flick keyboard, but I'd like to have ordinary kana layout similar to PC and Mac:

Is it possible with GBoard, or do I need a third-party keyboard app?


texts:
Does Android support IEEE802.1AE MACSec ?

This protocol enables data confidentiality and integrity over WiFi connections.


texts: How to properly downgrade a phone that shipped with a newer version of Android?

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I recently purchased two Samsung G5 phones from Amazon with the intent of ROM development on a downgraded version (the phone shipped with 5.0). I took one of the phones and successfully downgraded the device to an earlier 4x version without issue. It was only later when I attempted to do this on the second device that I ran into problems.

As it turns out, the same firmware I flashed on the first device does not seem to work with the second. After a bit of research I realized that the second device was of a different locale. Both devices, however, have the same model number. So this leaves me with the following questions:

What is it about different locales that may make firmware incompatible for same model devices? (Aside from carrier types: GSM, CDMA)
If a phone ships with a newer version, is it possible that downgrading may be impossible?
If not, what information, aside from the model number and region, is needed to select the proper firmware version for a deivce? (PDA,CSC, etc appear different across firmware versions)

Speaking to the third question listed above: I have attempted to flash countless 4x firmware images (for the correct model and region) only for the phone to get stuck at the Samsung splash screen.


texts: Unlock with fingerprint instead of PIN after Device reboot or Device Locked by admin

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Android has a security feature that requires the user to input PIN/Pattern/Password if the device was locked by an app using the Device Administrator permission or when the device is restarted.

Recently though, I've started using custom ROMs like LineageOS and Resurrection Remix. I happened to notice something interesting in Resurrection Remix: that it allows you to use fingerprint even after an admin device lock or device restart. Take a look at the screen capture below.

You'll find this setting typically under Settings > Customizations > Interfaces > Fingerprint settings.

Now, with that option enabled, it allows me to unlock device with fingerprint auth. regardless of the method with which the device was locked before.

I've since switched to LineageOS for reasons but I kind of want this feature and am looking for help. I've also looked a bit into the Resurrection Remix Sources but was unable to find anything helpful.

Perhaps, maybe, is there a build.prop hack/tweak/option I could use to get said feature in LineageOS too?

Any pointers in the right direction are greatly appreciated, Thanks!

Note: In before someone points out, I understand this option, if enabled, can seriously downplay device security but I kind of want to learn about why it works how it works. I do not necessarily plan to enable this but learning is always interesting. I also happen to understand code a bit, please feel free to use code instances (I was thinking about Android Keystore auth code) to make things more clearer should need be.


texts: Samsung galaxy S7 edge from HK soft/firmware

texts: I am a massive novice when it comes to this, please can you help? I bought a S7 edge SM-G9350 from hongkong but it did not GooglePlay etc. I live in the UK and wondered how to get my phone software to be the same as UK phones? I saw this link but it is a bit advanced for my understanding. Thank you.


texts: How much of an effect does it have on the phones battery life to keep applications such as the contacts application open. I ask because that app sometimes takes long to open the first time depending on how many contacts you have I guess. I'm running android 4.1.2 on an galaxy s3 if that makes any difference. But I'm wondering whats the best practice from an user as well as developer perspective with regard to keeping apps open as a posed to the old school conservative thinking of closing everything when it's not needed.


texts: Google Hangouts keeps history regardless of settings

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I use Hangouts to chat with friends. As I don't want to keep history, I set it to be turned off.
So whenever I chat, in the input line I see a constant message of "History is turned off".

However, when I open Hangouts again, I can see messages that were sent days ago.

A simple question: how can I see older messages with history disabled?


texts: Attempting to brute force Android security pattern through TWRP via adb

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Yesterday I somehow forgot the Android security pattern on my phone. Due to muscle memory I sort of know what it was, but can't figure out the true pattern. Therefore I'm attempting to brute force it to allow me to unlock the phone again.

Decrypt with pattern
Since I've TWRP recovery installed, I'm able to use the twrp decrypt 'passphrase' command for decryption attempts. I'm using a 4x4 pattern (OnePlus5, LineageOS, Android 8.1, TWRP clockworkx 3.2.3-1) for which each dot in the grid translates to a different character, you should concatenate to build your passphrase. I believe the 4x4 grid looks like this:

1   2   3   4
5   6   7   8
9   :   ;   <
=   >   ?   @

Having a line pattern from the top left to the bottom right would give a passphrase of 16;@, allowing you to decrypt your phone in TWRP using adb shell twrp decrypt '16;@'. (via)

Brute force attempt
Through this method I've attempted all possible patterns I believe could be it, but I didn't succeed decrypting it. The command always returns Attempting to decrypt data partition via command line. to stdout, and nothing else. I'm rapidly attempting each pattern one after the other with no delay, detecting whether any command output differs from the expected output (which hasn't happened yet).

Questions
Because I didn't succeed yet, I'm wondering if my implementation is correct. I don't have a phone to test with, so I have a few questions:

Does the twrp decrypt command output something else when decryption succeeds?
Does successfully decrypting create a block device at /dev/block/dm-0, which I can probe for?
Should I wait a few seconds after each attempt before probing for success?
Is there some sort of hidden timeout (required to wait 30 seconds after attempt)?
Is there another method I can use to probe for success?

Brute force tool
I did build the following tool for this brute force attempt, if that's relevant for what implementation I've used: apbf

I don't understand what is wrong with this implementation. It does not seems to properly decrypt the phone, making me wonder if the key could be corrupted.

I'm currently rebooting recovery after reach attempt, but that takes a lot of time for 1400 possible patterns. I'd like to be sure the attempt isn't useless.

Since I do know the approximate pattern length, am certain only the two right columns are used, and know that the dots in the pattern never have a distance greater than 1, I can greatly reduce the pattern search space and limit the possibilities.

Encryption is enabled on the phone, I believe it's file-based. When in TWRP, the /data/data and /sdcard directory seems to list encrypted file names.


texts: Need advice on deleting ".tmp" file in DCIM/Camera

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The DiskUsage app shows that I have a 1/2 GiB file under DCIM/Camera, called something like 20160701_173401.tmp
DiskUsage will run HexEdit and show me the file...so I can see it's an mp4 video file, but since the filename suffix is ".tmp", it won't play it for me.
I'd like to get rid of the file ...
Unfortunately, DiskUsage also won't remove the file :(
The Camera app, and other apps aware of videos/images, can not "see" the file (or, said more precisely, it probably ignores it due to the ".tmp" suffix).  (I've also tried several "file explorer" type apps...no luck.)
The phone (Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge) is not rooted.
Is there a way to delete this file, short of resetting the entire phone?
I haven't tried yet, but am willing to write a special-purpose Solar2d (Corona SDK) app to "open" and "remove", but I'm not sure that's going to work.
...nope.  Did that, fails for "no permission".
BTW, full name of file is:
/storage/224B-18F6/DCIM/Camera/20160701_173401.tmp
thanks,
Stan


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On my device, I have a bunch of stock applications. Some of them I don't need. Some of them are outdated. Here's what I want to do:

Root my device.
Uninstall all my unnecessary apps (no changing of roms).
Install the updates that my other stock apps need (like Facebook). Note: I meant I want to overwrite where the older version will be replaced. This is a common problem with stock applications. You can upgrade them but the older version is still around (possibly because of lack of root access), thus eating up unnecessary internal space.
Add some more other apps.
Secure some of the newly added apps so that they are uninstallable when I go back to being unrooted.
Unroot the phone.

As you can probably tell by now, I just want to overall change the applications on my phone. I also want to secure some new applications that I will be installing (e.g. make them act the same as the Facebook app wherein I can't uninstall it unless I have root). I don't want to install another rom, I don't want to overclock or anything. I just want to change the phone apps then return it back to being unrooted and be on my merry way.

Is this possible?


texts: What Percentage of Android Devices Run on a 64-bit Architecture?

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How many Android devices are using the ARM64 or x86_64 architectures, and how many are using 64-bit versions of Android that can run 64-bit apps?

My assumption right now is that it's still worth supporting 32-bit versions of Android for mobile apps, but these days more and more devices are 64-bit and make use of several GB of RAM. As of this month, Google is now requiring that new Android apps have 64-bit versions, so I'm wondering for how long it will be worth supporting both architectures.

Additionally, how powerful are average high-end 32-bit devices? Even if the marketshare of 32-bit devices is high, it could be worth dropping support if most 32-bit devices won't run any intensive apps or games anyway.

This question is related to another question about x86 usage.


texts: does call forwarding work with the cellular provider

texts: Android has a feature to set up call forwarding. Does this send a command to my cellular provider or is it something the phone does?


texts: How can I test functioning of internal component (sensors, NFC, pedometer etc...)

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I recently dropped my LG G3 in water. I opened it and let it dry for a long time.

It now work properly but some components does not seems to work anymore. For example light sensor, proximity sensor or pedometer seems broken.

Is there any way, or application, to have a full check-up of my phone component to see what is going on ? I want to see if all component are still detected or not and if I can do anything about it.

Thanks in advance for your help.


texts: Phone is discharging extremely fast.. How to stop this?

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I'm a moto gen 2 user, my phone is discharging extremely fast.. Just switches off overnight even with >50% charge .. But I'm able to charge properly.. Takes long, but its fine..
Tried the factory reset but both the soft and external reset not working. Please help. Customer care is a big task.


texts: Check OpenSSL version in Android with Java runtime or shell command

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I have a problem with checking OpenSSL version in Android device. I've tried to grep OpenSSL from system/lib/libssl.so with java runtime.exec, but it doesn't work?

Anyone can help me, how to make a command to check OpenSSL version in Android?


texts: My samsumg s3 is acting like its on silent

texts: My s3 wont make any tones to allert me to calls messages email or anything. Its as though its on do not disturb but isnt


texts: auto re-pair/sync Bluetooth controller on Android

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question: I want to use the same controller on Windows and on Android. Windows is HDMI1 and Android is HDMI2
Is it possible to auto re-pair the controller on Android without manually going through the pairing process?
Maybe there is already an Android App for my use? If not, is it possible to write a script that auto re-pairs the controller depending on the HDMI input?
Thanks guys!


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Is it possible to backup (local or Cloud) the keys from the keychain/keystore?

I know the KeyChain is a system daemon which provides secure key storage. The keyStore will provide app-specific key storage, but where are the keys located and is it possible to backup the credentials of (all) apps?

Thanks in advance


texts: Android - Limit app permissions *before* installing app

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Whenever I go to change app permissions for on app on my Android, I do it after it has already been installed. Is there any way I can modify those permissions before I do the installation?

Update:

With the traditional way a period of time passes, however small, between the time you install the app and the time you update/restrict its permissions. During this period the app could be accessing the data (and uploading to its server) that you are trying to restrict (contacts, identity, etc.). Right?


texts: How to make my android device remember my paired TV in You Tube?

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I successfully paired my android device with my TV, but unfortunately after turning down the TV, the association is forgotten. It is a nice feature to have them paired, but it is really  annoying to have to reenter the pairing number every time. Is it possible to make this pairing permanent?

I'm pairing the YouTube app in my Sony blu-ray player with my Nexus 7 android device.


texts: Verify if apps are fully compatible to the intended Android version upgrade

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I am on 4.4.2 and am toying with idea of upgrading to Marshmallow, mainly to use doze feature
I have 150+ apps and want to check how many of them are upgraded to work with Marshmallow, before upgrading (upgrading my device Huawei Honor 6 and rolling back is complicated and not fail proof)
I am looking for a way to list all apps (on my device) and compare with Play Store information to know which/ how many apps are upgraded to API 23  to take a call, whether to upgrade or not
Manual verification is an obvious way, which I don't want
Is there a way to achieve this? ( including app based )


texts:
I've installed CyanogenMod 10.1 stable for S III LTE (i9305), and noticed that my kernel version is 3.0.64 (I expected it to be 3.4 or something higher).

As I've said in this question, the kernel I had before was also from the 3.0.* line.

Which is quite weird - why is my kernel always staying on that version?

Could it be that CyanogenMod doesn't come with a kernel, but that the kernel is flashed somewhere else?

If not, what's the reason for such a low version number? Is it because my phone isn't all that well-supported? Should I manually flash a new kernel for my phone?


texts: (HTC One M8) No OS and recovery, locked bootloader, how can I flash stock OS on it?

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I've tried to do it for half a year now and I can't find anything that could help. I've already found aproppriate OS for my phone here.

Phone info:

(bootloader) version: 0.5

(bootloader) version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000

(bootloader) version-baseband: 1.29.214500021.12G

(bootloader) version-cpld: None

(bootloader) version-microp: None

(bootloader) version-main:

(bootloader) version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON

(bootloader) meid: 00000000000000

(bootloader) product: m8_ul

(bootloader) platform: hTCBmsm8974

(bootloader) modelid: 0P6B10000

(bootloader) cidnum: ORANG001

(bootloader) battery-status: good

(bootloader) battery-voltage: 0mV

(bootloader) partition-layout: Generic

(bootloader) security: on

(bootloader) build-mode: SHIP

(bootloader) boot-mode: FASTBOOT

(bootloader) commitno-bootloader: 76df2b54

(bootloader) hbootpreupdate: 11

(bootloader) gencheckpt: 0


texts:
Swype has a great feature of sliding between the Swype key and:

a - Select all
c - Copy
x - Cut
v - Paste
m - Open selection in Google Maps
g - Google for selection

It's much quicker than long-pressing and then (for example) going into the More menu for Select All.

Can SwiftKey do something like this?

(Feel free to tell me any other killer shortcuts while you're at it)


texts: Touch doesn't scale according to the changed resolution on Android Q/10

texts: I have an android device with a resolution of 1080px2160p and an aspect ratio of 18:9. I downloaded a resolution changing app from play store by the name of DPI Changer. It changes the device resolution and DPI to whatever values you input. I have tried changing resolution to 1080x1920, 1080x1080 and 720x1280. The resolution changes without any issues but the touch is not scaling properly according to the resolution [ the touch issue happens only when the device is in reverse landscape mode ]. There's a distance of 120px between the actual area touched and the area registered by the device. I have tried several different apps but all of them give the same issue. I am rooted and willing to try anything that would fix the problem.


texts: Push notification on Samsung Galaxy Note (GT-I717)

texts: Why is there no push notification or some notification for incoming messages in the screen when the phone is in locked state? I am using Samsung Galaxy Note. When my phone is in locked state, and when I click the power button I see the pattern unlocking screen. When new messages flow in, I just see a mail icon in the top status bar, but no other notifications in the screen. What needs to be done for that?


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For the last few months, my Android Pixel 2 XL (running 8, now 9) often shows me the login page on my frequently visited websites. I've managed to reproduce it with these steps:

Open Chrome (68.0.3440.85)
Visit facebook.com and login
Using tab switcher, swipe away (close) Chrome
Open Chrome again

Behaviour:
Returns to the facebook page, but asks me to login again

Expected:
A cookie is stored that ensures I'm still logged in

I'm not rooted, have tried rebooting, have ensured I have the latest Chrome version. I haven't tried a factory reset but would like to avoid that if possible. I also have a password manager (Dashlane) that offers to log me in, if that matters.


texts: Disable popups on cancelled Sprint service on LG G2

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I have an LG G2, and recently got a cell phone provided for by my place of work, so I cancelled my Sprint service.

I want to use the phone as a gaming device for my kids, but I keep getting error messages popping up regarding the fact that it cannot connect to the sprint network.

  LTE : ESM-0 EMM-19
  EHRPD : 5
  MIP : 67

They pop up very frequently, and I cannot find a way to disable them.

TL;DR: Is there a way to disable the popup error messages related to no service on a Sprint LG G2?


texts: My apps on my phone keep bugging out on me, but I can never catch them in the act. Is there any way to keep a black box of my phone state (perhaps polled every 1 minute) for the past x minutes so that when I catch a bug, I can save the last x minutes and debug them later?


texts: bring out stack view in Chrome for Android

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I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. I cannot bring out stack browsing in Chrome.
Although I have got an option for something like tilt scrolling in advanced settings but cannot find it useful any way even after enabling it. What may be the problem?

Here are some links for screenshots related to stack tabs:

I cannot find the button which is marked in the second screenshot, Also the browser in my tab looks a lot like the desktop one, with extremely small tabs at the top. Specifically the 'x' button used to close each tab, which is a headache but I use it a lot. It would help me if I manage to get the stack tabs feature.


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The notification show up on time but since yesterday the phone remains silent. Before there was a little sound with the notifcation.

I have checked the volume of the phone, the blocking mode is off, the notifcation sound in settings/sound and the settings in Google Calendar.
There are all set corrctly but still my notification are silent.

Notifications from other apps still make the sound Calenda should do.

Any idea how to solve this?

phone: samsung S3, KitKat, rooted


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 Exchange Email Problem when cc'd

texts: I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 and have it set up with my Exchange account and have the setting to download "All" for the email size.  This works fine for most emails.  However, when I am on the "cc" line on an email sent to me, the phone only downloads the first few lines and doesn't even give me an option to retrieve the remainder of the email.  Any advice?


texts: Controlling phone and making calls remotely

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I'm wondering if there's a way to connect to my phone via, say, ssh and be able to make calls and send texts remotely.

Use case would be for when I'm abroad but have internet, I'd be able to contact people without roaming and whatnot.


texts: Spotify cache on 5109MB on internal SD, 4464MB on external SD

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Spotify takes up about 10GB data on my phone. Half of this is used on the internal SD card, which is becoming a problem. I've had this problem before, have removed Spotify entirely, after which it started to use the external card. Since a while it has apparantly changed its mind, and now prefers the internal storage.

I don't mind that Spotify uses the internal storage for settings or for temporary cache, if that is necessary. I don't mind if that takes up 1GB, but I don't want this. Now I have to download 10GB music, which is a waste of time. Plus I lose the local settings, which albums I want to have locally.

When I look at the app specs in the Android settings menu, I see it reports 9.42 GB on the external card, and 1.48MB on the internal one. That seems like a bug?!

Why does this happen and how can I force Spotify to use the external storage exclusively?


texts: Getting "Storage space running out" message in Galaxy S4; *#9900# does not show any menu

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S4. I am getting the "Storage space running out" error message in my notifications bar, and some applications have quit working or updating. None of the usual solutions I've read about elsewhere on the site have helped me.

(Click image to enlarge)

The most common solution to this problem is to access a hidden menu by dialing *#9900#. When I try this, however, the menu does not appear:

Another common solution is to root the phone and delete /data/logs. Looking at what's taking up so much space on my phone, it does seem likely to me that the problem is my phone has lots of accumulated log files that aren't being deleted. I would rather not root my phone, however. I am happy with the functionality my phone has, even with bloatware and tied to my provider, and I don't want to take the time to root my phone for this one problem if I don't have to. =P

Finally, a third option I've read is to delete apps that are taking up a lot of space. I've attached a few screenshots below showing how my phone is using up space, though, and I believe that they show that my real problem is that there's something my OS is doing wrong, perhaps creating a lot of log files and not deleting them to save space. (Besides that, I've already tried deleting some apps I don't use often. The overwhelming majority of my apps don't take up much space at all, and the biggest space-wasters are also the apps I use the most and the reasons I have a smartphone.)

Is there another way for me to get back more storage space without rooting my phone?

If necessary, I'm willing to plug my phone into my computer and use developer tools to resolve this issue.

Here are a couple images showing that the biggest gain I could get for storage would be to delete some system files (which is why I'm guessing that the problem is accumulated log files). I have over 6GB that my phone categorizes as "Miscellaneous files:"

And of the files my Android includes in that category, over 6GB are generic "System memory" (again, I'm guessing logs) that, unfortunately, I can't interact with or delete from this menu:


texts: How can I configure an unlocked HTC Sensation XE for 3g connectivity in USA?

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I bought this phone in India and brought it home to USA. In India I had no issues in connecting to 3G network but after coming back to USA I am no longer able to connect to 3G network (AT&T). I know the phone operates in a different frequency but I wanted to know if there is a way to tweak this.

I got excited when I saw a similar link posted on another forum but that did not work on my phone.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks...


texts: Why can't my phone find pictures or music files suddenly?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace with its official CyanogenMod nightly build. And suddenly, it doesn't "see" my pictures, videos or music files. They don't show:

while selecting a notification/ring tone & default music player,
while viewing pictures in QuickPic or the default gallery, and
on Go Launcher Ex's videos and music finder feature.

However, ES File Explorer, the default File Manager, and PowerAmp clearly show the said types of files. I've done a NANDROID backup, wiped the partitions then restored the backup, still no go.


texts: A hub's USB-C port doesn't allow the phone to transfer files

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When I connect my phone to my laptop with the original cable, I get the option called transfer files. Now, I have Huawei Matedock 2,

and when I connect the phone to its USB-C port, I don't get the option. It's just charging the phone.

Is it possible to charge and transfer files using this hub on USB-C?


texts: Bulk manage Google Contacts with dual SIM card

texts:
I have a Archos NEON 45 with a dual sim option. Never had a use for it until my business phone stopped working. So I transferred the business SIM-card to my Archos NEON.
I also added by Google Business accounts in order to have the business contacts available on my phone. Now I have to choose which SIM-card to use when making a phone call.
There is the possibility to link a contact to a specific SIM-card. By now I have to edit all the business contacts manually to specify this link to the correct SIM Card. Is there a desktop app or Android app that can do this based on the groups I have specified in each contact?


texts:
I'm running Android device on version 5.1 and my device doesn't have any buttons except power and volume.

I want my volume up key to answer incoming calls. Is there any exposed or any other method to help facilitate the ask?


texts: Home button reopens the app instead of showing the launcher

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I am using a Samsung Galaxy A41 (Android 10, One UI 2.5) , and I am experiencing a strange behaviour: sometimes when I press the home button, instead of going to the launcher, the current app reopens itself.
As far as I remember, the problem started after installing Niagara Launcher and Sesame; I was actually convinced that the problem was in the launcher itself, but after uninstalling both the launcher (moving back to Nova Launcher) and Sesame, the problem still happens.
I have not found any pattern for it: it happens with different apps, and randomly. I've tried to change the navbar (buttons vs gestures), remove accessibility permissions to apps.


texts: how do I ignore a bluetooth device on my android phone?

texts: I recently received a Wyze band that I wear on my wrist.  The time on it did not change so I hit reboot which did not work.  So I selected reset on the Wyze and now I get an error message telling me I am not connected.  How do I ignore the bluetooth for Wyze on my android so I can reset it?


texts: Is there a Bluetooth earphone that can control the Music being played?

texts:
I'm looking for a bluetooth earphone set, or a device compatible with it, so that I can control the music (play/pause & next/previous) without actually touching the phone.

Is there any hardware that does this? The reason is, I'm getting home from work, in a crowded bus, standind, trying to hold on with one hand, and the other hand cannot reach into phone, unlock the screen, find the next button and press it. It's too hard :)

Or any way to use the volume button for previous / next ? This would be much cheaper, and fancier :)


texts:
I have a Huwaei mate 10 lite and it has internal 64 GB, I don't use memory card because I use two sims.

How much free storage should I keep? Is 10% enough? Or 20%?


texts: TalkBack: System language is different from TTS language

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I'm on a Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo with Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), and would like to use TalkBack.

Why are the system language and TTS language separate. What does this separation of tasks achieve? Anyways, I am trying to enable TalkBack. I tend to vary the system (user-interface) language between English (US) and Italian.

So, I'm stuck at the following message, which is preventing me from turning on and experimenting with TTS. Anyone know how I can handle this obstacle.

Here is a screenshot:

Thanks.


texts:
I have a HTC One X+ and I was using voice typing very well, however I accidentally turned this off or disabled it and I am unable to turn it back on. I am new to the Android system and this was done in error.

How can I re-enable voice typing?


texts: How to open web links in external browser like Chrome from Reddit?

texts:
I have a habit of using an external browser for web links to generally read articles, but wherever I click on any link it opens up in the internal browser which prevents me from using Reddit otherwise at the same time in my Android smartphone. How do I open web links from Reddit in an external browser like Google Chrome in my Android smartphone?

P.S. I am using official Reddit app for Android. Reddit for Android has its own browser to load web links. Is there any way to get rid of that and open web links in any external browser like Chrome?


texts: Is it possible to install an app and exclude some of its requested permissions?

texts:
Occasionally I want to install an application which requires certain permissions that I feel it really shouldn't need. Can I install the app without giving it these permissions? For example, GPS location, phone state, internet connection, etc.

Is it possible to change the permissions of an application once it is installed?


texts: touch screen and usb not working: any way to remotely control my phone?

texts:
I recently had my phone water damaged during my vacation. The phone still boots up but it doesn't respond to any touch input. When connecting to PC, a notification would appear on my PC that the device is not recognized.

So I'm wondering if there's still another way I can remotely control my phone. It is rooted but with ADB function not working because of USB damage, I can't use that feature anymore.  My phone is an Asus zenfone 2, looks like it doesn't have otg. Another option I thought was AirDroid, I can install it from google play. But then I would still need to input my udername and password to run the app.

Help! I just need to recover my data :(


texts: How to enable developer settings in android 5.1, instead of LOLLIPOP game

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I want to  access developer setting in my phone, but it is not showing all settings. It has developer options but there is only one switch button for switching Developer options and USB Debugging settings. I searched on internet and many sites, they said that in LOLLIPOP devices, developer settings are hidden. we can enable them by clicking 5 or 7 on Build-number in About section in the settings. In my phone, when I navigate to Settings>About Phone> there is no option with containing word 'Build'. but when I click 5 or 7 times on Android Version option it open a game of LOLLIPOP instead of developer settings. Can anyone tell me how can I enable developer settings in my android LOLLIPOP phone???
Thank you in  advance....

I have Q-Mobile i6i with android 5.1.


texts:
I changed my twitter password a while ago, and periodically, when my phone has been off or totally offline, I'll get an alert: "Twitter sign in failed" but the Icon looks like a twitter icon, not Seesmic or Tweetdeck, the two apps I use. I'm assuming the problem from the app perspective is that my password isn't working. From my perspective, the problem is that I can't even figure out what app is sending these prompts. Seesmic and Tweetdeck have my new password, and I don't see a "Twitter" app in my applications anywhere.

How do I even begin to figure out where this alert is coming from?


texts: New Message error message, PHONE STORAGE IS FULL, but it's not

texts:
I have a user who receives the "Phone storage is full." message when trying to create a new text message.  It appears immediately when clicking "New Message".  However the user has like 20GB free on his SD card, 6GB free in phone storage and 96MB free in system memory at the time.

How do I stop this obviously erroneous message from appearing?

I checked a couple other threads with similar titles but none included a fix for this.

Also tried restarting the phone of course.


texts:
I am looking for a way to record the setting changes I do manually, in order to be able to repeat them later by running the same script.

I tried the MacroDroid app, but it doesn't look it has a "record macro" feature.

Any suggestion welcome.


texts: How to import contacts from symbian mobile to android mobile?

texts: I had Nokia 5610 ( S40 v5 ) mobile, and recently i got a new Android mobile ( HTC Desire S ). Now, when i put my sim card in my new phone i get all contacts which were saved in SIM memory, but there were lots of contacts in phone memory. I would like to import those also. How can i do that?


texts: Removing the Chinese text "未写入google key和tee key" watermark on the screen

texts:
After flashing a custom ROM, there is a watermark in the top-right of the screen saying

未写入google key和tee key

I've googled it and have tried several of the solutions suggested, but none have worked. Interestingly, most people get a slightly different variation of this message, in red.
I've removed "FactoryTest" from my phone, but do not have com.mediatek.factorymode as some have suggested. I've messed around with my IMEI keys, this did not help. The message also still appears even with the SIM card removed.
Where on the phone could this be stored? My phone is rooted, so if I could locate the file responsible, I could easily delete it.


texts: How to copy the phone number of the sender of a text message?

texts:
I'm using a service to report SMS spam via text messages. First step is to forward the text message, and the second step is to send a text message containing the phone number of the spammer.

I achieve the first step by doing a long press on the message itself, then I have a forward menu.
But I can't find a reasonable way to do the second step.

I can see the phone number in various places, but never in a selectable text field. So I have to create a new contact for the spammer, give him a name, tap the phone number  text field, copy, and go back a few steps to create a new text message, then paste the previously copied phone number.

Is there a faster way to do this ?


texts: Does moving apps to SD card make launcher load time longer?

texts:
I've been experiencing longer and longer times for the launcher to load when removing my phone (Moto Droid, 2.2.1) from the car dock or media dock, or when running the clock application for a long time (overnight).   I understand from other questions on this site that the delay is related to memory management time to re-load the launcher, but the time seems to be getting longer and longer.

I've been moving more apps to the SD card over time and was wondering if the launcher is requiring more startup time to fetch icons from the SD card?    If so, would it help to put SD apps in a folder or remove them from the home screens in order to speed up the load time for the launcher?

I have not added any new widgets for quite a while, but I do have a couple Tasker profiles, although I don't think the additional slowdown corresponds to changes in the Tasker setup.


texts:
I formatted my SD card in my Lenovo Tab 4 as internal storage in order to free storage etc, but then realised how I can no longer read the card on my computer.
Is there any way to either have the computer read this SD card or to download files onto it?
Or at least can I unformat it?
Thanks so much


texts: Droid RAZR MAXX encryption downgrades max camera resolution

texts:
After submitting my DROID RAZR MAXX to the whims of my company's OLA for getting access to work mail, calendar, and contacts, it was encrypted, including the storage.  Encryption notified me, before proceeding, that my HD video recording resolution would be downgraded from 1080p to 720.  Sure enough, after it was complete, the max video recording resolution option was "DVD (720 x480)".  However, my front-facing camera can still do 720p.

Was this documented anywhere? Or is this something an ActiveSync admin can push? This cuaght me by surprise.


texts: Can't receive text messages; everything else about phone works fine

texts: Starting at exactly 3pm (EST) on Sunday two weeks in a row my phone could not receive SMS text messages.  It could send SMS, send and receive calls, and send and receive MMS (mutli-media messages).  I was using the stock messaging client.  This is on an Samsung Rugby Smart running Android 2.3.6, with AT&T as the carrier.  How do I get text messaging to work again?


texts: lost all photo in mobile in samsung galaxy core 2

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I have a phone name Samsung galaxy core2, my problem is my all photo is save in SD card but it is not showing in the gallery I have even try to remove the SD
card n restart it but then also it is not showing any photo n then I again insert SD card n restart it this process I have done near by 5 time but then also photo is not showing in gallery, please try to help in collecting my all important photos.

Thank you
angle.


texts: Setting an external keyboard to the Colemak layout

texts:
I have found soft keyboard applications that provide the Colemak layout for the virtual keyboard. However, I need the layout when touch-typing on a physical keyboard.

In my case, I'm using a regular USB keyboard plugged into an Iconia A500 tablet. The keymap should be freely customizable by modifying system files, but I'd prefer to do this without rooting.

How can I remap the keys of a physical keyboard to the Colemak layout?


texts: Can't mount disc image file, "The Disc Image File is Corrupted"

texts:
Recently, I tried rooting my phone, a Huawei Honor 6x.
I had troubles when trying to flash the TWRP file, however.

I downloaded the disc image file directly from TWRP's website, here.
What I was supposed to do next was use Command Prompt to flash this TWRP disc file. It produced the following error:

Intuitively, I then opened the disc file directly, and it gave the error, "Couldn't Mount File, The Disc Image File is Corrupted"

I think this may be the problem, but on the directions I received, it said that I should download the "platform tools from the Android SDK", and "From the SDK Manager, download only the platform-tools to get adb and fastboot binaries." Now, I have already downloaded adb and fastboot, and once I finished downloading, it opened a program called Android Studio, with no information about platform tools.

I read about a similar question here, but the answer was unclear to me. If anyone could explain his answer, or figure out my problem, that would be awesome.


texts: What's the most common name/brand for my EM73_SIS_ALL android tablet?

texts:
Some time ago (around 2 years) I was offered an Android tablet from a friend that went to China. It's an intersting equipment, but  it moves slow and the power management is very innefective.

I was thinking on updating it with a new rom, just to see if I could improve it's usability a bit. Unfortunaly I have no idea what model this is.

The model reported in the definitions menu tells that is a EM73_SIS_ALL. It comes with android 2.3.3

I googled for this model but I get no relevant information.
There is no visible information on the exterior case except for some chinese characters.
I think this is probably a "white-label" model and it's sold with other brands/names in Europe.

Anyone knows what model this is and how it's known in the Android world?


texts:
I'm trying to exit WhatsApp, but it seems that there is no "Log Off" button. Currently, when I want to exit, I turn off my Wi-Fi/cellular data.

How do I log off from WhatsApp?


texts: Wiped everything with TWRP, re-flashed CM13 and filled the internal storage with dummy data. Is my data now gone?

texts:
I sold my OnePlus One and needed to remove files from the internal storage and re-install CM13. I deleted all photos and videos by hand in Windows. Then I selected all the options available inside TWRP and wiped it. After, I installed CM13 from an image. Then I filled the phone in Windows with dummy data by copying. My phone was not encrypted before wiping.

Can I consider my data more or less gone? I'd imagine at least most of the photos and videos are gone with overwriting but what about application data such as SMS, Facebook etc. messages? If they're still on the phone, how hard would it be to bring them back to life?


texts:
How to create a custom boot animation for my Android device?

My device is an HTC HD2 with Cyanogen Mod 7 installed.


texts: What is this triangle icon [Samsung Galaxy S9+]?

texts:
It appeared recently. And I can't even imagine what is it.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)


texts: Google Maps navigation popping up eratically

texts:
Whenever I'm using Google Maps to navigate to a destination, Maps keeps popping up. It doesn't matter which app I'm in, Maps comes up on the screen and ALWAYS restarts (!) navigating to the last destination I specified.

Sometime it even pops up on itself, asking "do you want to stop the current navigation"

This happened about 2 weeks ago. I used to be on the beta channel for maps, but I quit that. Same with the current stable. I already tried removing the app and clear all app data, to no avail.


texts: How does SIM unlocking work under the hood?

texts:
I know what SIM unlocking is and how to do it, but my question is how does SIM unlocking work under the hood? What is actually going on that prevents me from just popping another carriers SIM in there?

More importantly, since many of us have root access, unlocked bootloaders, and S-OFF for the HTC folks why are there no easy "flash this ROM\file and unlock your phone" scenarios?  Is the locking mechanism physically present on the Qualcomm chip and not actually part of the Android system? I would think it would be in the radio partition or EFS.


texts: Hands-free/Driving Mode: How to change the reading voice's language (and voice: male/female etc...)?

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Is there a way to change the language and voice for reading out the information on hands-free mode. Even better, it would be nice if the language and voice for the alarm could be set on a per-alarm feature. Anyone knowing if and how this can be done, please don't hesitate to reply.

Thanks.


texts: Galaxy S4 Video Recording: File Size Limit & Frequent Blurring

texts:
I'm trying to use Galaxy S4 as a video camera for recording offline usergroups. Apart from whether it's a good idea, it's generally succeeding, but there are some critical problems:

Android file system does not support files larger than 4GB. At 1280x720 resolution, this is about 40-something minutes, which is sometimes less than what I typically need (some sessions take 60+ minutes), which causes a sudden video stop, and if I'm conscious enough, I press the recording again, and lose about a minute or less in between.

I'm thinking this problem might be solved by rooting the phone and buying one of the programs that allow mounting NTFS for Android, formatting an SD card as NTFS as well. Would you expect this to work? Any luck with any of this programs and recording to memory card?
Sometimes the phone blurs the text it records and afterwards the text becomes clear again. Sometimes this happens quite often that it becomes annoying to anyone watching the video. I have tried disabling video stabilization but this doesn't seem to improve it much. It still insists on blurring text at random times. It probably is trying to help me with some autofocus thing, but it's only doing harm.

I'm short of ideas for this one. Anyone managed to stop it?

Not sure if this should be split into 2 questions, but would appreciate help on either anyway. Thanks a lot.


texts:
I tried almost every readymade app like Framaroot, Root Genius, etc. to root my Samsung Galaxy Core i8262 , but I didn't succeed.

I want to root it manually but did not have Linux laptop. I have a Windows 8 laptop. How to root it with that?


texts: Invalid WI-FI Networks showing in "WI-FI Networks" list

texts:
In my WI-FI list, I see 5 password protected WI-FI networks that appear to be in range. The problem is, I know these networks are not in range. It appears as if I was in range at some point and when I got out of range they did not go away. They show as available at home, at work(20 minutes from home), at the cottage(2 hours north of here) and anywhere else that I go.

I have never connected to these and I do not know the password to any of them. If I press and hold on them, the only option I have is "Connect to a network" so I cannot "Forget" them as I was never connected in the first place.

What could have caused these to start appearing in the list? Is there a way to get these out of my available "WI-FI Networks" list?


texts:
When I first got my Droid Bionic, if I pressed the power button on the top it would lock the screen; pressing it again would display the keyguard, requiring me to slide to unlock. I had it configured so that if I pressed the power button in less than 5 minutes from the time the screen went off, I got the keygoard and then was able to use my phone. If I pressed the power button after 5 minutes past when the screen turned off, I had to enter my PIN.

On my new Samsung Galaxy SIII, the behavior is not the same. It's acting like my Bionic did for a short period, which was resolved by updating the Bionic to Android v1.4.2: If I press the power button less than 5 minutes after the screen turns off, then I am right into the phone, with no keyguard and susceptible to pocket dialing or deleting.

The behavior I want is:

Power button turns the screen off
If the screen is off for less than 5 minutes, power button activates the "swipe to unlock" screen
If the screen is off for more than 5 minutes, power button requires a PIN to access the phone
If the screen is off, something should be required to get back into the phone, either "swipe to unlock" or a PIN. I should never be able to get back to the last app/homescreen without doing one or the other (or both) to prevent pocket dials or accidental UI actions.

Settings I currently have set under Settings > Lock Screen:

Screen Lock: Secured with PIN
With Swipe Lock: Enabled
Lock Automatically: 5 Minutes
Lock instantly with power key: Off (On requires PIN immediately after power key. I want the swipe, and PIN after 5 minutes)

How can I restore the functionality where the keyguard (swipe to unlock) activates instantly but the PIN lock activates only after 5 minutes?


texts: No USB connection mode available; PC shows the error: "USB device not recognized"

texts:
My Huawei Honor 7 is unable to be detected by my computer. Whenever I plug it in, my computer shows the error :

  USB device not recognized.

My phone automatically starts charging but there are no options to connect my phone to the computer.

I've already enabled the USB debugging mode (not sure what it does) but it still just charges whenever I connect it to the computer.

I just want to be able to transfer my files from internal storage across.


texts: Protect your Android phone from loss or theft

texts:
It's an unfortunate fact that the pricey pocket computers we carry around with us at all times are prime targets for thieves—as well as very easy to leave behind in subway cars or on coffee shop tables. Now that we all rely on our smartphones for so much, having one stolen or misplaced can feel like the end of the world.

We are not bothered about the life-saving apps until we lost our Smart Phone or PC. Once something happens badly, we will run behind the apps to track the device.

But, by taking the correct Preemptive Measures/precautions beforehand, we can reduce the likelihood of crooks accessing our data, and make it easier to find our phone’s location. We can even make the phone itself pretty much useless to the thieves or anyone they sell it to.

And my question is what are the Preemptive Measures You Should Do Before—And After—You Lose Your Phone?

Safeguarding android device


texts: How to take a screenshot on Android 4.4.2 on a Nexus 4?

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I read that you need to hold the volume down button and power button simultaneously to take a screenshot. I've tried this many times and I just can't get it to work. Most of the time the volume lowers, sometimes the screen locks.

Update: Sometimes it's very easy to take screenshots, but usually it's impossible. It's likely a hardware or software defect. Many times I'm also unable to unlock the screen on my Nexus 4. I'm confident it's not a timing issue.


texts: My son has an impression tablet 10 and has forgot the lock pattern. How can we reset it without knowing the code?


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I have a Sony Xperia C2305 with Android version 4.2.2.

I was trying to free up internal space using Titanium Backup Pro by moving applications over to the SD Card.

I converted Chrome to a user application and then moved it tot he SD Card.

When I run it i now get the following error:
"Critical functionality required to run Chrome is missing; either your Chrome installation is incomplete or not compatible with this version of android".

I attempted to do the following:

Moved back to Internal Memory and Converted to System Application - Same Error
Rebooted - Same Error
Converted to User Application & Uninstalled - Downloaded from Play Store - Same Error
Converted Downloaded & Installed Chrome to System Application - Same Error

How can i get a working version of chrome back on my phone?


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I have a Xaomi Redmi Note 4G and have installed PAC-ROM-asrupesh-UNOFFICIAL-PORT.zip from XDA - [ROM][PORT] PAC ROM UNOFFICIAL for Redmi Note 4G Single Sim. I followed the steps from the forum to install the ROM.

Now I do not have my Gmail Calendar. If I go to Calendar -> Settings I can see my Gmail account but no other calendar. If I hit Add Account there is no Gmail account.

If I go to Settings -> Accounts -> Google Account and click my Gmail account I want the calendar to be in my mobile, but I cannot see an option to sync calendar. It is not there.

Any idea how to add the Gmail Calender to my current ROM?


texts: How to Remote Control Android smartphone, if not in same subnet

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I'd like to "Remote Control" my Android 2.3.x (Oxygen 2.3.2 ROM) from my PC. I know that there are VNC servers available and also apps like "Remote Web Desktop".

This works fine, but only if the mobile phone and the "controlling PC" are in the same subnet, or if traffic from PC -> mobile phone is routable.

At work, this isn't the case for me… :/ The Wifi devices are in a seperate subnet, and the office network devices cannot reach the Wifi devices. That's done on purpose and is to be accepted as an unchangeable fact (at least for the time being).

If the mobile phone were a normal PC/Mac/Linux system, I'd install TeamViewer on it and be all set. But there's no TeamViewer server for Android, is there?

Well, what are your suggestions? How can one remote control the Android smartphone from a Linux (or any…) system, if the PC doesn't "see" the mobile phone?

I do have USB and Bluetooth available, if this helps.

Cheers,
Alexander


texts: Android photo viewer that doesn't blank screen

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I have many photos of my family on my phone. I like to draw with my daughters and I invariably end up drawing family members. It would be really nice to have an android phone app that displays a photo and simply leaves it there without allowing the screen to dim or to lock the phone. Certainly such permissions are commonly used by video player apps, but photo viewer apps seem to always allow screen dimming and phone locking.

Is there such a photo viewer app? I would expect a handful, but haven't been able to find one.

(Yes, I know display costs battery, and that if I don't close it my battery will be drained.)


texts: Screen-casting/screen-capturing the camera view (appears black)

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For demoing an Augmented Reality app, I would like to do a screencast of the Android device's screen (HTC Desire S).

The open source project androidscreencast works fine, except for the camera view. The overlays on top of the camera show through, but the actual camera view itself just shows up black. I have the same issue with the ddms tool that comes with the Android SDK - I can capture the screen, except for the camera view which appears black.

Here's the image I get using the ddms tool if I try to capture the screen when I have the normal camera app running: http://twitpic.com/83uztm

Please does anyone know why this is and how to get around it? Is it some kind of security feature, or a bug?

I came across something earlier that looked like a code workaround someone had come up with, but I don't have access to the app's underlying source code, so I need a non-programming method of getting this to work.


texts: View "What's New" in landscape in the Play Store

texts: When I'm on my Nexus 7 (2013) in landscape mode, the Play Store shows me the permissions list, but nothing about what's changed in the application being updated. In portrait mode I get the full details. Is there some way to quickly view application details in landscape mode?


texts: "Clear data" does not clear login details

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I was under the impression that "clear data" clears everything, but apparently it does not. Tested with a few apps, including Facebook.

I stopped the app, cleared cache, cleared data, opened it - and by some miracle it still remembers my login details! How does it do it? How can I disable this?


texts: Does the installation of the custom rom like "resurrection remix" need root?

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I was wondering if root is required or only unlocking the bootloader will do for custom ROM installations?

I already have TWRP installed.


texts: Need a way to prevent phone wakeup when slider opens

texts: Is there a way to stop my phone from waking itself when the slider opens? Because my phone does things in my pockets :(


texts: Allow an app to override Do Not Disturb in Oreo

texts: In Nougat, there used to be a per-app option to control which apps could override Do Not Disturb. In Oreo, I only see the Low/Medium/High/Urgent options, none of which say that they override Do Not Disturb. Is there still a way to do this for Oreo apps? If so, how?


texts: Can you set Google Play and Android OS updates to specific WiFi only?

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I know I can set my phone to update only on WiFi. But can I set it to update only when connected to a specific WiFi? E.g. update only when connected to Home WiFi or Office WiFi. This is both for Android system updates as well as App updates via Google Play.

What I specifically want to avoid is to trigger updates while using a 4G hotspot.

If it matters: Android 6.0


texts: How to install EdXposed on Android 11? What about safety net?

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Further to these questions:

What are the alternatives for Xposed framework on Pie? Preferably without triggering Safety Net?
How to install EdXposed on Android 10 without triggering safety net

How does one install EdXposed on Android 11?
Notes:

This is a self answered question consolidating information from several threads on XDA / Github/ Twitter and my experience on Pixel 4a to give a helpful start to that dying breed who like to install xposed-framework modules . Edxposed is still in beta and Android 11 is recently released, so there would be many changes to this answer in future. Since I do not intend to update this answer with developments, others are welcome to add and modify - sadly, in the previous two questions, there hasn't been a single edit barring mine :(. Moderators are welcome to make this a community wiki if warranted.

Answer is generic in nature and for issues relating to installation / modules you are better off asking in respective device/module threads in XDA.


texts: I can get Internet Access, Though I cannot Use Instant Messagings (LINE, Zalo, Viber)

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I have a problem regarding the internet connection to my android applications, e.g. Instagram, LINE, Viber, etc.

I use Android x-86 version 5.1 (Lollipop) on Vm-ware.

Actually, I have internet connectivity, I can access internet via web browser. Though I cannot use my android application that I mentioned above.

How to solve that problem. Please help me out. Thanks in advance.


texts: Inexplicable lack of internal storage on Asus TF701T tablet

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I own an Asus tablet, model TF701T 32GB internal memory. The tablet is rooted and contains the last snapshot build of Cyanogenmod 11 (Android 4.4.4). The tablet works well without any issues except the free space in internal memory.

The problem is that there is only 600MB of free space as shown in the screenshot but the summed space of all items is much less than 32GB.

Note that the ratio of available storage (Beschikbaar) is weird. The gray bar is longer than the green bar while green means 8,79GB and gray 603MB only.

Things that I tried already:

Cleaning the tablet by using Clean Master Phone Boost
Booting in recovery mode and wipe cache and dalvik cache
Using root explorer to show properties of the content of the internal storage and the app displayed approximately 9GB of total content.

I installed pretty much games on the tablet that can explain 8,79GB of apps and its data and some megabytes of pictures on the tablet but what will eat up the other 16GB memory? Last week my free space was 5GB and without installing any new apps it dropped down to 603MB now.

Does anybody know how to find why this 16GB of memory is lost and how to empty this memory?

I scanned my internal storage with the app DiskUsage and the result is:


texts: Terminal emulator in android just hangs when I type su?

texts: I'm fairly new to Linux so sorry for my noobiness. Anyways I just wanted to check that my phone was rooted since I need an app that requires it to be rooted, but nothing happens in the app. I wanted to double check that it was rooted so I typed su in the terminal emulator but nothing happens. I still type but the next terminal line doesn't appear even after 10 minutes. No error or permission denied, it just skips to the next line and does nothing. If it helps, I rooted using Kingo.


texts: YouTube app bug "Connection to Server Lost"

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YouTube app says "Connection to server Lost/ Tap to retry" When a video is played. The same bug presented itself on 3 different devices with the youtube app version(5.7.38) as the only common feature.

Samsung Galaxy S Duos|JB 4.2.1
Micromax Canvas HD|JB 4.2.1
Asus Nexus 7|KK 4.4.4

Rest of the features are working so its not a network problem. Even YouTube ads play, but not the videos.

The problem is same on both WiFi and Data

Similar questions have been asked before but the troubleshooting methods DO NOT work.
Any help woild be appreciated.


texts: How to remove "calendar events" from the lock screen?

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I think I used to have the clock and the alarm time being shown on the upper part of my lock screen.
All of a sudden, since a couple of days ago, I'm now being shown the calendar on the lock screen.
How did the calendar get into my lock screen, and how do I remove it?
If relevant, my device is a Samsung Galaxy Nexus.


texts: What app notification is this? I tried googling for it but could. It’s for a google pixel.


texts: Does increasing cache size of memory translate to higher I/O speeds?

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Hello Android Enthusiasts!

I recently came across this app SD Booster on the Play Store that claims to increase I/O speeds. On installing it, it showed me that the default cache size for my device is 128KB and the optimal size is 512KB.

My question is, will increasing the cache size to 512KB actually increase I/O speeds? Also, can changing the system defaults cause any adverse effects?

Any help is appreciated.


texts: How to put a lock screen with security code on a Arnova 10 G 2?

texts: I have a Arnova 10 G 2 with Android 2.3 which works very well, but it has no unlock screen and no security options. Does anyone know of a way to put some kind of security code on the device, either swipe pattern or password or pin-code? I guess there must be some kind of simple app for this ...


texts: Is ART on Lollipop the same as on KitKat?

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I have issues with skype on my KitKat phone with ART enabled. None too serious, but launching is very slow.

Will the same issues plague me on Lollipop when my phone gets it?


texts: Powering Samsung Galaxy J7 using an external DC power supply

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I would like to turn on Samsung Galaxy J7 using an external power supply. The problem is that it uses 4 pins (+,*,-,*) to connect to its battery. The first pin is the positive and the third one is negative, the other two I think are used to transfer data to the battery.

When I connect my external power supply to the positive and negative pins, the smartphone stays on just for a few seconds, then it shows a message that the battery is low and turn off.

Can anyone help me how to cheat the smartphone in order to make it "think" that my external power supply is its battery?


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I'm having out of memory problems with rsync in CYM11. However, I realized now that the problem is more serious. For some files, when I simply try to list one single file with name somefilename in the terminal emulator, I get:

 $ ls somefilename
 ls: somefilename: Cannot allocate memory

If I do ls over the somefilename parent folder (with 30 files only), I see several files but not somefilename.

But then, after a wile, the error is gone...

Clues? Maybe a card problem?

Thanks!

L.

PS: [rant] I'm having too many problems with CYM11! [\rant]


texts: How can I display image formats not supported by the email app, e.g. TIFF?

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As I'm using K-9 Mail for my email app, sometimes I get a tiff attached to the mail, but I cannot watch it. Even Tiff2PDF will fail :(.

Any idea how I can get this to work?


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how can I transfer nokia lumia 8 data to samsung galaxy 3
I tried Transgo the usb cables would not connect to the PC even after I bought good quality cables.


texts: Droid Incredible has 4 buttons below the screen that are very bright at night. I'd like to turn these off when I'm reading from the screen. Is there any way to do this without rooting the phone?


texts: How can I get notifications from two Android phones to one Android Wear watch?

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I have a Nexus 5 as my personal phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5 as my work phone, and an LG Urbane watch.

Currently my watch is linked to the Nexus 5 and due to Android Wear limitations it seems I can't connect a second phone to it. Surprisingly it doesn't look like I can find any workaround anywhere online to force the watch to allow multiple connections, however I'm sure there is some way I can at least get limited functionality.

So my question is does anyone know how I could get this to work? The two phones are ALWAYS together so I was hoping for something even as bare minimum as call and text notifications on the Samsung being forwarded over bluetooth to the Nexus that will then send it to the watch.

My Nexus has all the fun Android Wear stuff on it, I just need call/text/email notifications from the Samsung, I don't even need to be able to interact with them, just need to see it. Also rooting may be possible if required, for any device watch included. And I'm okay with paid apps (free is better) but monthly charges are a no-go ever.


texts: How to access the internal ringtone folder on rooted 2.2?

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I have a rooted Samsung GT5510 running 2.2.
I have tried in vain, using different file explorers, to locate the built in ringtones (folder).
Can someone please point me to the right path? Is it inside some APK, in which case how do I unzip it to access the internal contents after saving it on my computer?


texts: Google Play Store suddenly popping up and suggesting apps in development

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. For the last 3 weeks, I constantly get pop-ups (10-15 times a day) from the Google Play Store, suggesting apps that are in development.

It happens when I am doing everything from email, searches, playing games, on a call, and even when I am using a hands-free app in my car.

I have turned off notifications, but nothing has stopped it.

How to stop this annoying and distracting behavior?


texts: This app promises to run "fstrim" without root but I am not sure if it works

texts: I am not sure if this app works. Can someone please help me? My phone is new and in its warranty period so I can't root it yet. I tried this app but I am not sure if it actually did something. Unlike the other famous app on the PlayStore for fstrim, it doesn't require root access which is quite incredible.


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Evening Superusers,
What are the limitations of running nmap on android as a non-root user? Which tasks cannot be performed? I can only find a little bit of information on the official nmap website.


texts: How can I get the contents of a webpage from the command line? On my mac I use the curl command, but there is no such command for the android command line. what command do I use?


texts: How to prevent S3 from turning on when charging

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I'm trying to charge a new battery with my phone turned off.

As soon as I plug the phone in to the wall charger, the screen turns on and the phone tries to immediately boot instead of staying on the 'battery' screen pre-boot. I've tried an XPosed module to disable the dock settings to see if that was the problem but it's still attempting to boot when plugged into the wall.

I just want to charge my battery! The SuperAmoLED screens are battery hogs and having it on with a dead battery is really going to affect the charging speed. :(


texts: Always open links from apps in a new browser tab

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I often catch up on feeds (twitter/facebook/rss/email) when off line. There are often web links included that I want to check out, however, as far as I can tell, Android limits each link source application to one tab and, more annoyingly, if the same app sends a second link it creates a new tab in place of the old one with no browsing history+ - so I can't just go back and forward through the links i've tried to access while off line.

Is there any way to:
Force the browser to create a new tab for each link clicked on an app - even if it means many tabs related to the same app being open at the same time.
Or add these sites to the history of the tab (even if not loaded successfully) so I can get to them via the back button.
Store links (ideally with information about their source) for later investigation?

Nb Since I'm on android 3 these are real tabs - with no limit to their number i've found - rather than the 8 cards/slots on earlier versions.

I'm minded to raise this as a bug. It seems daft.


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i am stuck in bootloop with no recov.img installed.
My usb debug is off too.how enble usb debug in bootloader ?


texts: How do I change permissions of a file on SDCard?

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I am making an image file of the partitions on my phone's internal memory. The images are being stored on the phone's SD card (for obvious reasons, I can't store them on interal memory).

I'll need to view these files in Windows later. However, dd is creating them so only root can see them.

Apparently, changing permissions of files on the external SDCard is difficult, but I need to do it.

Alternatively, how do I make dd create the file with the right permissions in the first place?


texts: Reset the password of multiuser account with root

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my daughter changed her password on out multi user tablet to a complicated PIN and afterwards forgot the PIN :-O ... My other daugther did this already with her account but used a pattern which she forgot. This was at least no problem because I could reset the pattern by the android recovery feature "too often wrong pattern - did you forgot your pattern, enter your google account" !!! No Problem, BUT with the PIN - this dialog does not apear .... you can enter es much wrong PINs as you want - the recovery button ("forgot PIN") does not appar on this device !!!

Anybody help? I've root rights with the main account, but what to so?


texts: How can I use my device as a wifi keyboard and trackpad for my computer?

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I have three different MBP's that run XBMC off and on, connecting to our home theater systems.  Is there an app that I could install on my droid and the mac's that would allow the droid to act as a keyboard and trackpad when the MBP is connected to the TV?

I know about XBMC remote and it's great, however I'd also like to be able to use the machine for web browsing or basically anything I could do with it in my lap (albeit slower with a small keyboard).


texts: Keep the home launcher from being killed

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I have a Motorola Milestone, and I've come to learn that it has a relatively low memory (runtime memory, not storage capacity). The problem that comes with this is that whenever too many apps want to run in the background, the android system starts killing stuff, and with my Milestone that happens very easily.

That wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't for the fact that android seems to think the home launcher is the least important app of all (which is absurdly wrong). For instance, right now I have a series of apps poluting the background, some important (like Swype) and some pointless (like Facebook). If I open up even a simple app like Messages or Contacts or Settings the homelauncher gets killed in the background. Once I press the Home button, I am greeted with an empty home screen, and have to wait around 1 or 2 minutes for everything to load again.

This happens with all home launchers I tried, though it happens more easily with the heavier ones. So far, I managed to live with this behavior by religiously avoiding apps that run in the background (as well as widgets).  But this solution is not perfect. It still happens more often than I'd like.

Is there a way to change android's priorities when it comes to killing background apps?  But why does the home launcher rank lower than Google Maps' location service and Facebook's (inactive) uploader  and everything else? I want the home launcher to be last thing that gets killed when memory is low, or as close to last as possible (e.g. it obviously can't rank higher than the currently active app, but you get my point).

I currently have Cyanogen mod 6 installed, but it also happened on the stock android OS, and I am willing to install absolutely ANY custom ROM to solve this issue.


texts: How can I tether my phone's Wi-Fi connection to a PC over USB?

texts: Today in my work the people from security are going to block internet access and only admit enterprise local pages. Luckily, there is a free Wi-Fi connection which I have access from my Motorola Milestone. Is there any way for me to tether the Wi-Fi connection over USB to my computer?


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I will try to keep the story as short as possible just so you can have a more clear view of what is my concern. While, I was browsing the Internet on my phone using the Chrome Browser App, I got a notification that I am downloading a file. The notification showed that the file which was being downloaded is an MP3.

Short after that before I even had the time to react and stop the downloading process the file was already on my phone. I immediately deleted it from the Download folder using the File Manager on my phone. However, I noticed that the file format was missing. The file name didn't have any ending such as .pdf, .mp3, .apk, etc.

After that I scanned my phone with several anti-virus software apps and all returned that my phone is safe. However, I am not really sure if I can fully trust them.

I decided to put my phone on quarantine until I got more information regarding this problem. I turned off my Wi-Fi and removed the SIM card from it just in case if it is an actual virus to prevent it sending data or messages to an unknown direction.

I have the following questions:

If the file format was unknown to the system does this mean that the system was not able to execute the file?
If I never tried to open the file does this mean that the file was never been executed?
If I delete the file can I say that I fixed the problem or I should actually do question 4?
Should I return the factory settings on my phone, so I can wipe everything and have a clean device once again?

PS: I will be very grateful to everyone, who share their thoughts about this with me. Thank you in advance.


texts: How to cancel a download on Android 4.4 KitKat

texts: I (accidentally) started downloading a 350 MB file from Google Chrome and I can't find the option to stop it, the downloads app just shows the files that have already finished but not the downloads in progress. The notification on my top bar just opens the downloads app.


texts: Manually selected mobile network changes when signal strength drops

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Although this might seem quite unusual, it is essential for me. I live in a border area and I have two sim cards in my phone (however, I think this problem also affects single sim devices):

SIM 1 is from a French operator
SIM 2 is from a Swiss operator
The SIMs should be connected only to their home countries and should be unavailable if the network of the operator is unreachable

So if I am in Switzerland, only SIM 2 is active, if I am in France, only SIM 1 is active - and if both operators are available (= I am near the border, 80% of my life) both are operating.

I have an ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser ZE500KL, stock Android 6 without rooting (and I would like to keep it that way if possible). The behaviour described above is the default thing what happens on a Windows Phone and that's why it really grinds my gears why Android tries to be so creative. Basically this happens:

selecting the network provider manually is OK
however, signal is lost sometimes (e.g., in the garage) so the Swiss card starts roaming in a random French operator's network
the phone only switches back to the Swiss operator if the "random French operator's" network is unreachable (or if I do it manually)

I know that this is an edge case, but it is really essential to me. Unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to try it on other Android phones (according my colleague he has the same problem, with a Samsung "god knows which mid-range model with Android 4.4").

I am looking for a solution/workaround which does not involve regularly pressing a setting or changing sims and preferably does not need rooting. APN Lock for me did not work.


texts: External SD Card Detected, Files Not Showing

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Being a BLU fan, I have a BLU Neo 4.5. A few days ago, I had this really strange experience; I have my 64 GB external SD card inserted and my phone's storage setting detected it. 64GB. However, when I went to my file browser, it said that no contents were available and when I tried to move an app to the SD card, it said "Could not move app." I rebooted the phone and perfect. I could do it. However, later, the apps no longer worked. Does anyone know any possible reason as to why this is happening? I'm running Android 4.2.2

What I've Tried, My Guess & More Info

My guess is that I also used this same exact SD card on another phone, moving the same exact apps to it. Maybe formatting the SD will help? I already formatted my phone (factory reset) and so far, the file browser has not yet said that the SD card was empty.

What do you think I should do next? Format the SD Card to be safe, or carry on as it seems to be okay after the device's factory reset? Usually, is something like this more hardware or software-related? From what I know, it's usually software-related.

Also, on a side-note, it says that the phone only supports a 32GB SD, but I have a 64GB inserted and it works just fine, seemingly. Could that also be it?

Update: It stopped displaying the files again, even though it says the external card is mounted in Settings. I tried a new 32GB (supposedly "compatible") SD card so hopefully that'll work. If not, what do you presume is the case?x


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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I install an app given only its APK file?

First, as I understand, if I do not have the SD card slot on Android phone (e.g. Samsung Nexus S), the only way that I can install the .apk file is to either download from Android Market or use the SDK (description is e.g. here http://www.talkandroid.com/guides/install-apk-files-on-android/) and the USB cable (With SD card I'm copying the .apk to SD card and then I'm using the ASTRO file manager).

Installation by sending .apk file over Bluetooth (like it is done on Symbian) is not possible, I guess - at least I was not able to send an .apk on any Android phone (the Bluetooth transfer was always rejected by the phone).

How can I install an .apk file on an Android Phone which does not have a SD card slot?


texts: ADB detects my device but fastboot doesn't

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i am wanting to unlock the bootloader on my Samsung Galaxy A5 2017. The problem that I have encountered is that fastboot doesn't actually detect my device but adb does!

I have tried 'adb devices' and that finds my device but when i try 'fastboot devices' it doesn't appear with anything.

If you have any solutions please tell me!


texts: Android Bluetooth Profile - AVRCP Version on JellyBean

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My Car audio system supports AVRCP v1.3 which, when my iPhone 4 buddies play music over BT, the song title is displayed on the radio... I have just upgraded to JellyBean and find that i am still not having any luck with my android device

Phone Specs

Samsung Galaxy s i9000
Android Version 4.1.1
ROM MIUI-2.10.5 JellyHeff

Wikipedia quotes:
AVRCP has several versions with significantly increasing functionality:

1.0—Basic remote control commands (play/pause/stop, etc.)
1.3—all of 1.0 plus metadata and media-player state support The status of the music source (playing, stopped, etc.) Metadata
information on the track itself (artist, track name, etc.).
1.4—all of 1.0, 1.3, plus media browsing capabilities for multiple media player Browsing and manipulation of multiple players Browsing
of media metadata per media player, including a "Now Playing" list
Basic search capabilities

Any Ideas where the problem is?


texts: Is there any way to erase personal information from my phone that has already been stolen?

texts: My phone has been stolen. I do not want the thief to have access to any of my personal information such as calls, texts, and information saved in the phones contents. Is there any possible way I can get this information erased from my phone?


texts: What is master key vulnerability in android?

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What is master key vulnerability in Android? From looking at a few different sites, I understand that it is bypassing the authentication provided by signing of apps.

How can I detect an app is vulnerable to master key vulnerability. Can anybody please give an example?


texts: Video footage from a 'face down' camera - orientation issue

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Using a  Samsung S5 Neo (SM-G903F), Android 5.1.1

I have filmed a few short clips, facedown, ie, towards the floor.

I am guessing that this is a Samsung/Android issue, seen as even when I watch the clips in Windows media - they are vertically oriented. Must be a sensor issue?

I have tried filming with the camera both ways (volume buttons towards me, or away from me) and there is no change.

My question is what can I do to return as high Resolution as possible? When i rotate the videos to the correct orientation - I am losing quality (my estimate is from 1920x1080 down to 1080x607, right?).

Are there any tricks that can be done? either at filming or editing stages? So far the only thing i have found, it to start shooting in regular landscape mode, and then pan downwards to wards the floor, and then it plays in the correct orientation.

Thanks!


texts: XIAOMI Redmi 6: how to change or remove the pin of the sim?

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I have XIAOMI Redmi 6 phone, model M1804C3DG. Android version: 8.1.0, kernel version: 4.9.77+ .

There is no options in the menu to remove or change the pin of the sim.
I have enabled developers options too, but no options are displayed related to the pin of the sim.
If I insert this sim in another phone (ios operating system), the options to remove or change the pin is displayed in the menu, and it works: this means the sim works properly.

How to remove the pin, using this XIAOMI Redmi 6 phone?

Thank you


texts: the last number that used whatsapp on my blackberry

texts: How do I check the last number that used whatsapp on this my blackberry handset because I downloaded it bt am asked to give the last number that used whatsapp on my phone


texts: Is kernel mode of operating system and root permissions in android same thing?

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As written in book of Peter Baer Galvin's Operating System Concepts , there are two modes of operation -

  1.user mode
  2.kernel mode

So, my question is when we root our android do we alter the linux kernel to get permissions of kernel mode ?


texts: adb unable to recognize Google Glass on Windows 7

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On Windows7, I've updated the Google Glass android_usb driver configuration file to reflect the correct VID and PID and it does show up on Device manager as Android ADB interface.

While the device driver version is correct, it is showing up as SAMSUNG Android phone.
More IMPORTANTLY, it still doesn't connect to adb.


texts: Undo removed prediction in swiftkey android app

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I have by mistakenly removed some predicted texts and confused how can i get them back ? this has happened without my awareness when the phone was in pocket without display lock.

I have lost many of my words and finding it very hard to text using swift key nowadays.


texts: How to enter "carriage return" in Android Google Keep in checkbox view?

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I'm trying to add a new line in checkbox note items in Google Keep app using Android Keyboard (AOSP); but instead, a new checkbox item is added when I do :

double tap on shift key → enter
drag from shift key to enter
long press enter key

I can accomplish the purpose nicely in PC (Google Keep Chrome Extension) with Shift+Enter combination; but how to in Android !?


texts: Meaning of version code name on Google Android ROMs?

texts: While watching this, I wanted to find out the meaning of version code names like KRT16M? Is there any documentation for decoding what it means, or is it just a random hash code?


texts: Export SSL certificates from Chrome for Android

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I have a Nexus 5 with the latest Android 4.4.2. I'm registered on using Chrome. They use client certificates to authenticate the user. I installed the certificate and could successfully use the site on my mobile. However, now I want to use the site on my laptop, but Chrome does not seem to sync these certificates.
I did not find an option in Chrome on my mobile regarding certificates. I also could not find anything in Settings > Security > Trusted credentials
Is it possible to export these client certificates from my Android device, so I can import and use them on my laptop?


texts: How to copy wireless networks list from one android device to another?

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I got a very long list of free hotspots and friends/family networks on my phone.

Recently I bought a tablet and I'm trying to find a way to copy the wireless manager list to this new device. Any idea how to do that? Both devices are rooted and running ICS.


texts: Block all connections except a single host server ? (block by server not by app)

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My mobile company offers a free package for facebook with unlimited bandwidth , however when I open my 3G connection the mobile automatically connects to unknown servers (maybe google) and the mobile company charges me for that connection.

The question in simple words:
How can I make all connections blocked (even google) except facebook.com?