texts: Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F / klte) Date/Time Issue

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I've recently upgraded from a Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300) to a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F / klte). The device seemed to be working as desired so I decided to go ahead, root, and install a custom ROM for enhanced functionality and customisation. Root process went smoothly, just running a simple CF-AutoRoot with Odin3 (voids KNOX, but no other problems), then installing PhilZ Advanced CWM Recovery.

From there I decided to install an unofficial build of 4.4.4 CyanogenMod 11. Flashing worked perfectly (and took rather little time!), but upon installation I noticed a strange problem. If I hard reboot (power off, power on) the device, with Wifi & Mobile Data off, the time and date are reset to incorrect values. Usually 01/01/xxxx and the time offset. Same problem occurs even if when I turned off Network-allocated time and and set time manually. I've even tried applications from the Playstore to attempt to sync the hardware clock.

The same problem occurred with other similar CyanogenMod based builds such as [AICP] and [AOSB]. I decided to restore back to the stock ROM and noticed that the clock and date were set correctly on reboot (and also works normally on custom versions of 4.4.2 such as SpeedROMv7).

I checked with the terminal the value of the 'hwclock' (from BusyBox) and it reported an odd date somewhere in 1970, but different to the ones in found on CyanogenMod and other custom roms etc.

Does anyone have any idea what could cause this kind of problem and how to fix such an issue? If anyone wants any additional information about my device, please don't hesitate on commenting in this post. Would be grateful for any feedback. Thanks!

TL;DR - Time/Date resets on hard reboot, (with no internet/data connection). The issue  only seems to occur on Android versions > 4.2.2. As stated in detail above, custom 4.2.2 ROMS are fine. The issue persists in all of the 4.4.4 and 5.0.0 builds i've tried.

Timezone is correct; it's not a timezone related issue.

*Edit: Problem does not occur with > 4.4.2 ROMs on the Galaxy S3; does anyone have any citation that this could be device-chain related? I would be very grateful if somebody with the same device could test this issue and drop me a line. Thanks.

Alfie.


texts: Will I damage my Android device by charging it using a generic microusb + car adapter?

texts: I need a second charger and a car charger for my Evo 3D and the same for my wife's Nexus S, but I don't want to pay exorbitant prices for them.  Will I fry or otherwise damage the devices using something like this couple with a cheap microUSB to USB cable priced about the same?  Will the devices complain about using "unapproved" chargers and refuse to charge like some iPhone models do with some 3rd party chargers?


texts: I have a Raspberry Pi with a Bluetooth Dongle and an Android Wear Device (LG G Watch). How would I connect my G Watch to my Raspberry Pi via Bluetooth? Thanks!


texts: How can I install ClockworkMOD Recovery on a Sony Ericsson W8?

texts: Is it possible to install ClockworkMOD Recovery on a Sony Ericsson W8 with Android 2.1? ROM Manager is asking for the phone model, and W8 is not listed nor any Xperia phone.  Is there a different version for my device?


texts: Side load apps on android wear watch through iOS app

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I am wondering if it's possible to side load apps on an android wear watch through Bluetooth debugging from the android wear app on iOS.

I have a Moto 360 2nd Gen and I recently bought an iPhone. I feel quite limited in terms of watch faces and apps In general.

Unfortunately, my watch doesn't have any ports as it charges wirelessly and the only way to sideload apps is by doing it through Bluetooth. Now seeming as there is a debug function on the android wear app for iOS (haven't seen this function yet, so correct me if there isn't) I can conclude that if i download the adb drivers for my watch, the computer can communicate with the watch, using the iPhone as a tunnel.

My main question is whether this is possible. I may have misunderstood something, in case of that please correct me and direct me towards the right way.

Thanks for your time, any help and suggestions are much appreciated.

Sid.


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I would like to know how to create a newline on the current android keyboard (for example in a sms).
And if it could be entered - would it be displayed?

Edit:
If you've got Android 4.1.

It is just below the delete button.

Edit2 :
For Android 2.X it still is the question, where to find it.


texts: Is the Nexus One battery charged when connected to a PC via USB?

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Do you happen to know whether the Nexus One's battery is charged while being connected via the USB cable to a PC?

If so, is this standard behavior for all Android devices that have a USB port?


texts: i have lost my images by deleting them but now i want them back

texts: last day my pictures were deleted by mistake i have tried to acquire them back by simply logging into samsung account . How can i get my pictures back by using my samsung account ?


texts: How can I figure out Android browser version?

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Our company is developing a web application and I have tested it with different browsers. I have noticed that the application does not work on the default internet browser on my Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. However, our developer is unable to find compatibility information, because I cannot tell him the name and version of the browser. It was already installed when I got the phone and it's called "Internet".

I suspect it might be Samsung Internet for Android (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Internet_for_Android), but I have been unable to confirm it or find any version information.

My question is: How can I figure out, what browser this actually is and if it is Samsung Internet for Android as I suspect, what is the exact version that I have installed. (I don't have Google Play installed on my phone.)


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Is there a way to turn on the display for new notifications arriving?
Use case: I enjoy having my display turned off but don't want to manually turn it on to check for new notifications on my lock screen.
Is there a native way to do that with Android 8?
I am using a Samsung Galaxy a3 (2017).


texts: How to replace the generic Google TTS service?

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I kind of hate the voice used for navigation, alarm clock. Seems everything is using that same voice. Too robotic for my liking. I found IVONA Text-to-Speech Voices | TTS Voices | Text To Voice

Not sure how good it is. Is there a better app than Ivona?


texts: Flashed my phone without rooting and now it doesn't work

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I have an international Samsung Galaxy SIII i.e. GT-I9300.

Few days after the official upgrade to v4.1, it started freezing.
So I removed the battery and inserted again and it did not boot and was stuck at the boot logo.
It doesn't start with the recovery mode either but it does start in download mode.

So I flashed it with odin to leaked Galaxy SIII v4.1.2 build.

Now it shows 'custom binary count to one'. But when I boot it, it still doesn't start. (same issue; it gets stuck in the boot logo).

I'd also like to mention that the phone was not rooted prior to flashing.

I don't care about data now, I just need my phone back.


texts: How to remove or disable pop-up alert()/confirm() box from build-in Browser from malware?

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My young niece install low rating free games from Store and she have no any security concern.

Some malicious application open malicious site which ask for money in alert() and confirm() message boxes.

Because of dumb way how official Browser works it is not possible disable or remove infinitely pop-up boxes or close malicious tabs.

How can I close this tabs?

I only think about factory reset but that method too radical.


texts: Can I lock desktop icons on X10 Mini Pro?

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Is it possible to lock the icons & widgets (i.e. disable the long-press-to-move function) on the Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro?

I saw this question - Lock widgets in place - but it seems i may need to root the phone, and besides this issue, i am quite happy with the standard user interface.


texts: How to enable voice-activation of S Voice when in car?

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I am only interested in using S Voice with voice activation (i.e. "Hi Galaxy!") when driving.

Is there any way to activate S Voice when I plug my Samsung Galaxy S3 into my car's charger?


texts: How to unroot automatically rooted mobile?

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My question is ambiguous because I am new for Android and I have no idea about how to root Android. But my phone suddenly say rooted device.
Actually I was not try to my phone make root. Or never try to run any super user command as per my knowledge.
My question is:

It is possible that smartphone can be automatically root itself by just installing app.
How to check root. how to unroot?

Why my phone say it's rooted device?

here is link of wifive https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wifiveapp.hotspot.wifi
Here is screenshot of device:

Screenshots: root checker status, my device (click images to enlarge)


texts: Not able to access the service menu on my Galaxy S3

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 from US Cellular and I'm trying to use it on a different carrier. I added the new SIM Card and I tried all the possible options to access the service menu and it always says "Mobile network not available". My phone model is SCH-R530U. Thanks.


texts: Sending calls to voicemail when I am in a meeting

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If my aCalendar, or any calendar for that matter, has an appointment, I would like the phone to recognize that I am in a meeting and the call then vibrates or is silent etc.

For instance:

If I am in church, I want the phone to register this and then direct the call to voice mail.
If I am in a meeting, I would like the option to have calls come through or go to voicemail.

I do not want a blanket approach, but I would like to be able to set this on a meeting by meeting basis. I have looked at the Llama app and may try to Tasker app, but there must be something built into the phone that will allow this.


texts: How to copy files from phone to cloud in ES File Explorer

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I use ES File Explorer and I really like it. I added my Google Drive accounts to it and I can download files from them.

However, when I want to upload my images and I select them and press Copy to, it shows 2 tabs: Local and Net. On the Net tab, I see nothing. How could I select my cloud drives to upload files to them?


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I am living in Afghanistan and here too many things get stolen every day especially mobile phones. Therefore, I want to know a way that if my phone gets stolen, it gets destroyed.

Is there any possible way I could do this?


texts: Copy contacts to sdcard from android 2.3

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how to copy my contacts from my sony ericsson wt19i android 2.3 to sdcard? I tried to do this by adb, but does not work. I do it like this:
adb devices

adb shell

su

mount -o rw,remount rootfs /

chmod 777 /mnt/sdcard

adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db /mnt/sdcard/tmp/contacts2.db

an error appears:

adb: not found

what should I do?


texts: Can I freeze/remove com.android.keyguard if I don't use the lockscreen?

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What is exactly com.android.keyguard?
Is it just handling the lockscreen?
If I set my device not to lock when screen is turned off, can I safely freeze/remove com.android.keyguard?

I'm using a galaxy nexus with cyanogenmod 11 (kitkat), trying to lower RAM usage.


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I'm having a lot of trouble with my phone; when I tap quickly, my phone thinks that I'm swiping, and this happens more often at short distances. The thing is that I poay rythm games, and this issue breaks the gameplay.
I have no problem with rooting or installing custom roms, and I know some basic programming so if changing stuff in files is needed I can do that too.
Btw, my phone is an LG K10 2017(The octa-core one). Thanks in advance.


texts: How to determine if my device supports USB Ethernet controller?

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I'm about to purchase USB-OTG Ethernet controller, but I read what it doesn't work on all devices. Furthermore, I've read what this functionality depends on Linux kernel been compiled with Ethernet driver or without it. So my question is in the title: how do I figure out the presence or absence of Ethernet driver in kernel?

Please feel free to correct if my logic above has any flaws.

I know already what my device supports several classes of peripherals via USB-OTG, namely mice, keyboards, mass storage.


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I'm not able to get fastboot to respond to any commands
There is no OEM Unlock Option visible in the Developer Options Screen
LG's tool does not support the LG G6

Are there other options I should be exploring?


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I created a folder for games on my homescreen. I added many apps to it, but now that I need to scroll I'd like to reorder them. Long pressing on an icon closes the folder (so I can drop the icon on my home screen).

Is it possible? Or do I have to remove and re-add them in order.

I have a stock Motorola XT720 running eclair.


texts: Disable email sync outside working hours

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Is there any way or a mail app where I can set a (per account) sync time? I would like the app to only fetch mails from my (work) account Mo-Fri 9-5 or if I manually sync.

I use k-9 mail since I got my first Android phone and it has a "quiet time" feature. But this seems somewhat broken in recent Android versions and I would like to have something even more aggressive if possible so I can set the app to not even download new emails from my email account at certain times.

Android version 8 (phone) and 9 (tablet).


texts: "Reject with message" disappeared from the incoming call screen on Samsung S2 Plus?

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I have Android 4.2.2 running on Samsung S2 Plus. I suppose that an update modified the configuration and now, when the phone is ringing for an incoming call I don't see anymore the option "Reject call with message".

For example: see screenshot below, you would find the  option "Reject call with message" option:

Screenshot - Incoming call (Click to enlarge image)

Any idea on how to restore it?


texts: Skylnmobi : Virus? Backdoor ? What is it?

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OS : Android 4.4.2

This process like thing (Skylnmobi) opens in background whenever any app is opened.

Even if I kill the process through app manager it still runs in background.

It also uses data when connected to internet (known by analysing data usage of the device)
I have tried many antivirus softwares but they have not detected any unusual behaviour related to this process.

I am not getting straight results through googling, so does any one know about it?


texts: How to make F-Droid hide data about incompatible packages?

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In 2019 with F-Droid v1.22 running on an ancient DROID Pro about 95% of the much newer software is incompatible and grayed out.  When browsing by category, these grayed out apps consume most of the screen.  On this hardware F-Droid would be much more usable if there were some setting that would just hide all those grayed out apps.

Can F-Droid hide data about incompatible packages?

Failing that, is there some Linux-based app that can browse an F-Droid repository and filter out incompatible cruft?

DROID Pro version number data:  System version: 4.7.3.XT610.Verizon.en.US, Android version: 2.3.4


texts: How to exclude specific apps from using the VPN connection on Android?

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I'm trying to exclude certain apps from using the VPN connection that is created on android so that those apps make a direct/proxy connection rather than through the VPN server. I use OpenVPN for Android (supports IP exclusions) and proxydroid (a proxy wrapper/proxifier app).

When I looked up, it says most of the VPNs supports an IP/CIDR/domain based routing rather than application specific routing.
And also certain apps can be forced through VPN by using a virtual machine(running VPN inside VM) based solution while the rest of apps make a direct connection. But I am not looking for a virtual machine based solution.
I also found two other methods to force only certain apps through the VPN:

Method 1) Configure and use a proxy at the other end of the VPN connection. Configure the client-side applications to use the proxy.

Method 2) Add another local IP to your network interface and bind all applications that need to be sent strictly through the VPN to this interface. On Linux, the use of the 'ip route' and 'ip rule' commands will allow you to define additional non-default routing tables and map to them based on the source address.

How do I use these methods on Android? I am thinking of binding a particular app to a particular IP and port using proxydroid and then use the force binding method. How do I use this force binding method on Android?

If it's not possible through that method, is there any other method (such as split tunneling)?


texts: Galaxy S2 launcher repeatedly crashes and reboots phone following software update 20/12/2011

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I updated the phones software using its own software update menu option.  As part of the update process, the phone rebooted automatically.  After that, the phone just keeps rebooting itself.  As soon as the media scanner finishes scanning, the phone reboots.  the cycle is about 20-30 seconds.  During these repeated reboots I saw once an error message saying the launcher has crashed.  Since the phone keeps rebooting, I can't open a menu or do anything with it.  It does not connect to the PC as the reboot cycle is way too short.

How can I recover from this mess?  Anyone can help me?  Thank you so much.

Is there any way to backup the data from the phone?  Is there a 'safe-mode'?

My galaxy s2 uses official software, and was updated to latest software a month ago.  I checked and found there is a new update for me, so I started the process but it turned out to be a disaster.


texts: ProcessManager and ActivityManager keep killing apps

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Process manager keeps killing many 3rd party apps like launcher or netflix or pubg frequently. It also kills some system apps like mi notes,android settings,browser and more. I checked in logcat for each process it shows a message of following format with the same pid and saying SwipeUpClean: Kill reason SwipeUpClean from pid=27156
I have redmi note 5 pro. Everything is up to date. Any help would be appreciated.


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I have a very simple problem: when I run Wifi Tether on my Galaxy S3 the computer won't get the IP address unless I disable DroidWall firewall.

DW runs in whitelist mode, but I ran across its menu to enable all wireless related applications it found. Nothing. I have to stop it at all to make DHCP server work.

What application in Android 4.1, or at least in the stock GS3 ROM, governs DHCP in wireless tethering and should be enabled with DroidWall?

Or else, how do I find it out without try-and-fail across a large number of applications.


texts: Backup all apks from device using adb: why this loop in bash script doesn't work?

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You can do adb shell pm list packages, and after reading through the list, do an adb shell pm path "com.yourpackage" to get the full path and do a simply adb pull.

Fact is: I want to automate this. I thought about a really simple bash script:

for apk in $(adb shell pm list packages | sed 's/package://g' | sort); do
    # If you just do an echo, IT WORKS
    # echo $apk
    # But here it doesn't work
    adb shell pm path $apk
done

But that simply doesn't work. It seems that "$apk" becomes lost or something and nothing is shown in that snippet. I don't know if it's a subshell problem, or some peculiarity when using variables that got through an adb shell.

Should I create a script apks.sh just using pm list, for and such, push it to my device, run adb shell only once and execute apks.sh?


texts: Can we install Android 2.3 on Samsung Wave Y GT-S5380K

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

I have a samsung smartphone Wave Y GT-S5380K with Bada 2.0 OS installed. Can one install android OS on this Phone ? If yes then how ?


texts: How do I edit my home address for Google Now/Maps/Latitude?

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I just upgraded to the Galaxy Nexus. In the new Google Now, the traffic for my home destination is listed incorrectly. I also noticed that the Home address for myself under the People listing is incorrect. If I try to edit my local profile, there is no field for address. Long pressing on the address only allows me to copy it.

How can I update my Home address?


texts: Is there an app which will force reconnects on remembered in-range wifi networks?

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I'm having some difficulties with my San Francisco handset, running 2.1

It seems to keep dropping Wifi connection randomly. I've got the wireless router sat next to me, and its connected OK, but if I walk downstairs (still within range) it will drop connection.

At the moment I manually have to go to settings > wireless and force it to reconnect, this is quite annoying

Is there any app which will periodically check for in-range remembered networks, and force reconnects if possible?


texts: Dark spots suddenly appear on the screen then phone reboots. Bug or virus?

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I have been experiencing this problem since I bought this phone, which is an Infinix HOT 4 Lite. I thought it was a virus because I installed a lot of applications then, so I did a Factory Reset. The problem was persistent. The following happens to the screen first:

Then it stops responding, until it reboots again. I noticed that this happens when I turn on the screen, but not always. OS version is Marshmallow (Android 6.0), and it is not rooted. I searched Google a bit but I couldn't find anything related to this case.


texts: Xiaomi. Unable to allow app run in background [solved]

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I accidently disabled play market run in background. As result when display is turning off play market stop upgrade apps in background. I'm trying to enable again. But there no play market in list.

Upd 1.

Yes, it's Google play store. I has another locale and trying to translate in English all names :)

I followed next way:

Permissions / Other Permissions / There no play store here

Here are screenshots:

Upd 2.

Two more screenshots:


texts: What is system partition? How its size is fixed? Can it be resized?

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I have rooted LG P500 (Optimus One) running stock 2.3.3. I recently updated to unofficial CM10 (Android 4.1) and observed few serious issues.

I observed that Google's My Location service was not working. Many apps like My tracks, Endomondo etc which were compatible with other phones with 4.1 were said incompatible. All microphone related apps were not working.

After several hours of breaking my head, I understood that my /system partition was absolutely full. It had only 4kb of free space out of 190MB total capacity. With my investigation I found that few files were not copied to the /system partition during the ROM installation and Gapps installation.  Many troubles are the result of such missing files.

My questions:

/system partition: it is 190MB in total size. Who or how it was fixed as 190MB?
Can the size of partition be increased? I tried a tool but did not help. After all the process completed without any errors, I still see no change in the size.  Are there any other ways to do it?
Hephappy, a ROM developer had commented in XDA page as "No space: P500 has 190MB for system partition." and hence he withdraws the plan of developing JB ROM for P500. Is it then a hardware limitation?

After all these issues, I switched back to my stock 2.3.3 and I still see my /system partition as 190MB but with lot of free space.  Does this mean that 190MB is sort of hardware size/limitation?

If it is so, then this would be one of the serious factors that are to be considered while buying the phone as the hardware in other means can accommodate the needs of JB except the /system partition size, which is a real shame.

Update:
Few screenshots carrying frequently asked info taken in CM10 ROM:

Free internal storage = 47Mb:

/system partition size = 190Mb.
Ext2 partition on SD card created to create symbol link for few apps that cant be moved to SD card:


texts: Photos not sending when attched to a sms on a UMI Touch mobie

texts: I have a UMI Touch mobile phone and when i attach a photo to a message it doesnt send.  It says sending but just sits and then says message failed.  Any clues.  Many thanks.


texts: Facebook woke up by Google Services and don't want to be Greenified

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Facebook and it messenger apps are eating up my Galaxy Note battery (rooted). When I Greenify them, they are activated by Google Services.

How can I stop their activation without uninstalling?

Many thanks!!


texts: Unable to Block or Allow permissions on Google Chrome

texts: When I navigate to a website on my Android Phone I periodically get a prompt for me to Block or Allow a site permission to (e.g.,) use my location.  I try to click block or allow and nothing happens.  What is going on here?


texts: Flash Cyanogen version from Omni version

texts: I have Sony Xperia L(C2104)(jellybean). Rooted my mobile, unlocked bootloader and flashed Kitkat 4.4 with unofficial random Omni Rom from internet, which obviously have some bugs(bluetooth, gps etc.). After this Omni version is installed I'm not able to work with any rooted applications(eg:titanium backup)[ROOT ACCESS DENIED]. So now I want to flash some stable cyanogen version OS of Kitkat. Do I need to root the mobile and follow the same flashing steps. Please suggest the steps to follow to flash cyanogen version kitkat in my xperia L which has omni version kitkat now. Let me know if in case need of some more info.


texts: Phone call quality suddenly choppy, even though signal is good

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I have a Sprint HTC EVO 4G running the Fresh Gingerbread ROM. The call quality in my apartment has always been great. However, this week the call quality has been extremely choppy to the point of not being usable, no matter how I hold it. I haven't really done anything to the phone or my apartment, even though all its signal bars except one are full.

If I remember correctly I still have good call quality at work, so I don't think its solely a phone issue...

Any idea what's going on?


texts: Wifi won't turn on after using xender, Unless phone restarts

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Device: Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos (gt-19082)
Current ROM: CM13.O Unofficial port.

After using a Wifi file transfer app like Xender(turns my hotspot ON)
when I try to turn ON wifi, the toggle goes gray(unresponsive). The problem persists unless I restart the phone.

I am experiencing this problem from way back while I had CM12. Now I have upgraded to Marshmallow.


texts: How to view history of data/apps I sent using Wi-Fi direct to another phone?

texts: I did a bit of research on this topic, but I found no answer to this question. I am using android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) version of android on one of my phones. I want to see apps/files/data I sent to another phone using Wi-Fi direct. Is it possible to see apps/files/data I sent through Wi-Fi direct? I cannot find any option. I even searched "Files" but there was no option related to sent files/apps via Wi-Fi direct. Can anybody provide answers? Thanks!


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The solution from this page:

https://android.stackexchange.com/a/30484/43575

doesn't seem to work in Android 4.3

There's no home.apk. I found a Launcher2.apk file but it doesn't contain any integer.xml file.

Does anyone know how to do it in 4.3 too?


texts: Always On VPN on android does not reconnect

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I live in UK and recenlty I felt the need of getting VPN. Everywhere.

There is an option in android 6.x: Always-on VPN, but there are two issues with it:

It does not reconnect after lost connection. That usually means that whenever connection drops for some reason you have to Unlock phone -> Go to Settings -> More connection settings -> VPN -> More -> Always-on VPN, change server you like to connect to, click OK and wait ~5s for it to recconect.
Why wouldn't it reconnect automaticly (or maybe it doesn't do that only in certain situations)?
In case server is not available I would like to be able to establish more than one VPN service, so phone tries first one, if it can't connect than go to second one, than third etc. Is it possible?


texts: Samsung J5 : Use SD card as internal memory

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I'm actually trying to use my SD card as internal memory on my Samsung Galaxy J5 with 6.0.1 android version.
I saw some post on google and i follow this tutotial :

http://www.phonandroid.com/galaxy-s7-s7-edge-fusionner-memoire-interne-carte-sd-sans-root.html (It's in french because i'm french)

but when i try to use sm partition in adb shell nothing is happening... and my internal memory still the same.
As you can see on the tutorial other people got the same bug on Samsung J5.

If someone have a solution or a way to solve it.


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I've noticed that my Galaxy SIII has a very weak data connection at times. This occurs even when people around me with the same phone and carrier (T-Mobile) have perfectly adequate connections.

Are there settings somewhere I'm missing? I've looked at the app mentioned in this post, but would prefer not to install another app if this can be fixed with configuration changes.


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Currently, the reminders are carried out by a one-time vibration (which is too easy to miss)

What settings do you go to to make them say, do 5 loud beeps or something?

This is for note 3.


texts: Can GPS positioning work in "airplane mode"?

texts: I need to test positioning only by wi fi network .For this i turned on "airplane mode "and after this GSM transmitters/receivers were completely disabled. In indoor cases the location is not determined even when i conected to wi fi but in outside  (in open space ) location is determined. i want to understand the services locate me by GPS or wi fi ? Isn't Gps receiver disabled in "airplane mode" ?


texts: How to know what is causing a weird lock screen with ads to show up?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy J7 that just started displaying this as the lock screen. Sometimes, it displays my regular lock screen, but if I let my phone sit long enough, it will display this screen. It always pops up, not just when my phone is charging.

I don't know what it is, and the other questions I've found have suggested apps could be the culprit, but I don't have any of the problematic apps. I just want this thing gone, as it blocks my notifications.


texts: My Samsung S4 won't connect to my computer

texts: I have downloaded Samsung Kies 3, and the computer wont even find the device. I have tried different USB ports and nothing seems to work. I have tried changing it to a media device manually but I cant find the right spot. What else can I do to get the device recognized?


texts: What are TouchWiz easy home and TouchWiz home?

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I'm seeing the following screenshots on the Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo. I would like to know the difference between TouchWiz, TouchWiz home, and TouchWiz easy home.

Click to enlarge image


texts: Battery goes down from 100% to like 80-75% so fast

texts: Why does my LG L90 battery goes down from 100% to like 80-75% so fast (about 30 mins) and then the battery lasts quite a while? Is it because the battery has been charged only a few times? Because I bought the phone week ago.


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How much time it takes to enable android run time on Nexus 4.4.2 kitkat.
I have near 90 apps installed.

I start it and screen comes that displays optimizing 1 of 90 apps.
After it got completed (all 90), screen with 4 colored circles revolving appears(i think that's the boot screen or something same when the phone is switched on), but keeps on for more than 1 hour.


texts: Can I boost/improve reception on my Droid?

texts: With a rooted phone and an app you can overclock or underclock your processor.  Also, off Android, with some hacks you can boost power of a wifi router and wifi antenna.  It seems to me that if you can do those things you could boost the reception of your cell antenna some how.  Am I right?  If so, how?


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I have contacts from years ago (college friends, old colleagues, etc.) that I don't want to delete, but I also don't want to accidentally butt-dial at 3 am. How do I archive those old numbers for future use, but hide them from my phone app?
I've been told that I can put them all in a different gmail account, or under a different label, and then hide those from display in my contacts app, but that only works for when I'm using my contacts app. All those old phone numbers are still listed in my text and phone apps.
I've tried 4 different phone apps (Google Voice, Google Phone, Android Phone, and Should I Answer) and none of them appear to allow me to hide contacts or only view contacts from specific gmail accounts. Same issue with text apps (WhatsApp, Android Messages, Google Message, MySMS, etc.).
It really should not be this difficult to tell Android "I just want to see a list of numbers I created, not every single phone number I have ever saved in my entire life."


texts: MMS messages received on my Samsung S7 start a new text thread that include me and I receive my own text as another text

texts: I have a Verizon phone Samsung S7.  I moved to T-MOBILE.  When I start a text thread and someone on the thread replies to the thread a d/or adds a pictureto it starts a new text thread and adds my mobile number to the thread.  Meaning if I reply to anyone's text I get the same message I just text texted back to me.  How can I stop this?  It's quite annoying


texts: Is it possible to adjust aspect ratio on an Android device?

texts:
I have an Android device that has a 4:3 aspect ratio.

When I watch videos in full screen mode, sometimes the aspect ratio causes the video to be distorted.

Is there a way to temporarily adjust the aspect ratio?

I can see a couple different solutions:

Adjust the actual aspect ratio.
Add a black bar on the top / bottom of the display that effectively changes the aspect ratio.


texts: Is the CPU of Samsung Galaxy A10s 64 bit or 32 bit?

texts:
I really wanted to know the CPU word length of Samsung Galaxy A10s, running Android Pie. In the first appearance it looks like it has a 64 bit processor, since, it uses the MediaTek Helios P22 chipset, but I dont think apps/programs running in user space have access to 64 bit instructions etc. . Even __aarch64__ is undefined. The OS identifies it as ARM 7 and hence it cannot use AES instruction sets and other features. If it were the ARM Cortex A53 mentioned by MediaTek Helios P22 it should have an ARM architecture of 8.

Is this because the Kernel is 32 bit ?
Or is the Android permissions blocking it ?
How can I identify my Kernel is a 32 bit or 64 bit ?

Please do correct me, if I am wrong !?

Every help will be greatly appreciated!


texts: can't access recovery mode after flashing clockworkmod

texts:
I flashed clockworkmod through adb and fastboot but after fastboot reboot my phone goes into boot stuck in the logo. after that I turned it off and go to bootloader recovery mode but after selecting recovery it just starts like normal and stops at logo
-I tried resetting my phone through fastboot and nothing happened.
-Tried flashing the recovery again still cannot access recovery mode
Note** fastboot is accessible when connected to pc


texts: Can I restore an app I removed from list on my Droid Razr?

texts: I just got a Motorola Droid Razr M. I've deleted some apps by accidentally tapping Remove From List rather than just swiping them off the screen. Is there a way to get these back?


texts: How to safely root the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2017 (SM-T380)?

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I am wondering what would be a safe way to root my Samsung Galaxy Tab A 2017 (SM-T380)?

I understand there is CF-AutoRoot and such but I have no experience in rooting any device with that method and I'm extremely scared that if I attempt to root my tablet with CF-AutoRoot and such that my device will get bricked.

Details about the tablet below.

• Android Version: 7.1.1

• Security Patch Level: January 1, 2018

• Build Number: NMF26X.T380DXU1ARB3

• "OEM Unlock" option available ✔

I also have another question. The tablet has a pending update to Android Oreo, if I were to update the tablet and the tablet was rooted at the time I updated it would it affect my root?


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For some reason any link that comes into my gmail app inside an email is not clickable. Whenever I want to browse to the link I have to drag select the link. I have a default Nexus 5. I have not made any modifications or really changed any settings. Whats the deal???

* Update *

This is still a problem (03/15/2016). It makes trying to visit for example forum replies VERY difficult! Does no one else have this problem? Please help!

* Update *

Default gmail app - Ver 6.0.115979076

Android - Ver 6.0.1

* Resolved *

Turns out this is most likely due to Cisco corporate high security email and phone controls. I cant say for sure, but it makes sense that email links would be one thing they would disable with the security policies. Marking this resolved and awarding points. Thanks


texts: Plasma Mobile in MultiROM Manager on Nexus 5

texts:
I tried to install Plasma Mobile on Nexus 5. It is very important to me to start testing it in MultiROM Manager first (with some other mobile operating systems).
I followed this tutorial.
In section:

  Finally install the Plasma Phone

on:

  It will take while to download. After download is over, it will reboot to recovery, in recovery it will make real installation process, so drink a coffee meanwhile.. ;-)

I got error:

  cheching file device-687a931c47e1...d6b63d42054.tar.xz..FAILED

I checked "dev" (version 8), but I got same error on: "dev-proposed" (version 1).
I have:

OS version (official Nexus 5 latest update - 6 IX 2016):

  Andorid 6.01

Kernel:

  3.4.0-g4ad03fa-dirtytasadar@tyene #1Tue Feb 9 21:30:30 CET 2016

Compilation number:

  M0B31E

In MultiROM (patched - like in tutorial) I have installed:

  MultiROM v33

  Recovery 2016-02-10 (0)"

  Kernel: Stock 6.0 and 6.1

How can I solve this error message?


texts: Sky Pro-selfie apn settings are greyed out

texts:
I need to change my apn setting to enable mobile data and MMS on my Sky Pro-Selfie. apn SETTINGS ARE ALL GREYED OUT FOR BOTH SIM CARDS.
My phone has 16GB ROM = 1GB RAm Oreo 8.1.0 AKA Oreo Go
Info from About phone:
Model PR0-SELFIE
Android version 8.1.0
Adroid security patch level June 5,2018
Baseband version MOLY.WR8.W1449.MD.WG.MP
Kernel version 3.18.79+
Build number Sky_PRO_SELFIE_V06_20180625
APN settings are greyed out, and I can't find a way to enable them or to change them without rooting. I also can't find a way to root that works. I can't get mobile data or MMS to work for either sim card.


texts: Audio dropouts over Bluetooth on Nexus One

texts:
Ever since the Gingerbread update, my N1 has been experiencing random audio dropout problems every 5-10 minutes when connected to my car's audio system via Bluetooth. The audio will be streaming normally, then I'll hear a "pop" sound and the volume drops to zero, then immediately fades back in. The whole process lasts about three-quarters of a second, then everything is back to normal until the next dropout. This happens regardless of which audio application I am using. It does not happen when I am listening to the device over headphones or through the internal speaker. It did not happen under Froyo.

Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any idea about what might be causing it or how I can fix it?


texts: Upgrading my phone - what happens to the apps?

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I've got an HTC Incredible 1, going to be upgrading to a Rezound.  How do I get the apps (both free & purchased, some on the SD some on the phone) from my Incredible to the Rezound?  Free isn't that big a deal, I can re-download them, but I don't want to re-purchase anything.

Thanks!


texts: How do I sync only "My Contacts" from Google on Samsung Galaxy S?

texts:
Is there any way that I can limit my Galaxy S to only download & sync contacts from the google account that are in "My Contacts"? Right now, it downloads everything, in particular, contacts in the "Other Contacts" group which has people that I've only emailed one time (or responded to). This takes my contact list from <200 up to 500+. On the other side, any way to use the groups that I've included in my google account?

I'm not opposed to using a separate application to manage these. It seems to me that Samsung's contact implementation is just poorly thought out, and I really hope that they make drastic changes to it for the 2.2 update.


texts: Galaxy Tab S can't boot into fastboot mode

texts:
I want to install a custom ROM on my Galaxy Tab S. Therefore, I need to install TWRP as recovery. For that, I need to unlock my bootloader. I'm following this guide to unlock my bootloader: http://rootmygalaxy.net/unlock-bootloader-android-using-fastboot-commands/

I installed the appropriate drivers and ADB&Fastboot on my computer. Then, I enabled debugging on my Galaxy Tab S. Then, I opened the command console and typed: "adb reboot bootloader". My tablet then restart, but doesn't go into fastboot mode. Instead, it simply reboot normally.

I've tried this on both, Mac OS and Windows. It does the same thing on both systems.

I've tried to boot while manually pressing Home, Power and Volume down buttons. Then, my Tab S into a special mode: Odin mode. I know I've used Odin previously to upgrade my Tab S from Lollipop to Marshmallow. I don't know if the fact that I hve Odin doesn't allow my tablet to boot into fastboot. However, I would need to boot into fastboot to unlock my bootloader and, later on, to install TWRP in order to installer the AOSP 7.0 Nougat custom ROM to my Galaxy Tab S.

How can I do to boot into fastboot mode?

Thank you very much,

Blaccko


texts: Adjust long press of back button to kill app in CM7?

texts:
As you may know, CM7 has this nice feature where you can hold down the Back button to kill a misbehaving app (Settings > Applications > Development > Stop app via long-press).

Unfortunately this feature kills apps too quickly for my taste; I find myself killing apps that I didn't intend to kill at least a couple of times a day. Mostly this is a mere inconvenience, but I fear that at some point I'll corrupt some file by accidentally quitting an app that's writing to it.

Is it possible, perhaps through some hidden settings file, to adjust how long the long-press for this button must be? I'd like to at least double it.


texts:
Is there a way to disable missed call notifications? I haven't found it in any settings on the device, but I'm wondering if anyone knows a trick to disable them. Possibly an app that someone knows of?

Background: I use Google Voice, which also tells me about missed calls. When I miss a call that the phone itself gets, I get a duplicate notification that sticks around until I go into the call log. I don't want to lose the Google Voice notifications, because they also tell me if I missed calls outside of signal range or when the phone is off.

EDIT: I don't think there is a real solution to this, so I have submitted an Android feature request. If you are interested in this feature, please go star the issue or post your thoughts.


texts: I accidentally deleted everything from Sony Xperia P

texts:
I has Sony Xperia P(Rooted and Bootloader Unlocked) and I followed this tutorial to install Android 5.0.2 lollipop on it: Installation Tutorial, everything was running well, but after one weak, I accidentally deleted System Files, Dalvik Cache and other system files from it, I can't restore it, when I turn it on, I see only Xperia logo on the screen.

Please help, how to add files on it and install new OS?


texts: Need help. I'm going to install Android 4.1 on at&t HTC One X

texts:
I've just started upgrading of my HTC One X at&t version.
Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) released for AT&T HTC One X .... but how to install it on unlocked AT&T phone?
I followed this link.
There are instructions how to update it in the answer in this link.
When i entered into recovery mode, TWRP manager menu appears.
on the step 4:
-"Now, press and hold both the Volume Up and down key and then while holding them, press and release the power button. After releasing the Volume rocker key, you will get a Blue Menu along with a set of options which will indicate that the device has been successfully landed in the Recovery Mode."
but this combination of buttons just lock screen, and there is only Swipe To Unlock button.
Can anyone help me? what should i do in this case?
Thanks in advance :-)


texts: When I search the web, all I get is hits on how to transfer your "contacts".  "SIM" is an acronym for "Subscriber Identity Module".  So, as I understand it, there is more information on that little thing than just my "contacts".  I just got a new phone (with a new SIM card), and I want to move every bit from my old SIM to the new SIM, not just the "contacts".  How do I do that?


texts: Micromax a104 SP flash not detecting mobile and stuck in bootloop

texts:
Device Micromax A104. The phone is not rooted neither the usb debugging mode is on.

the phone was fully affected virus or some other bugs. It was hanging and responding very slowly. so i decided to factory reset. I went to recovery by pressing Power+Vol up. the result was an android robot icon with a red triangle mark and saying No command. but by pressing the Power button again i logged into system  recovery. there is selected wipe data/ factory reset selection was difficult because phone was not responding properly when i press the vol down button either Vol up button somehow i manage to select the wipe data/Factory reset and wipe cache partition.

after that i select "reboot system now" then i am stuck in bootloop.
i downloaded stock rom SP flash tool. but my laptop Windows 10 64 bit is not detecting the mobile. i downloaded ADB drivers and installed it manually and by exe files. In device manager it still says Code 10 Error device will not work properly Yellow triangle. tried a several website for drivers .. all failed. I tried in Windows 8 64bit system also. Failed again
Is there any hope left for this mobile??? is there any chance to save this phone?

SP flash tool is latest version and in Ubuntu Linux also SP Flash tool is not able to detect the phone.


texts:
What if system brightness control does not work ?

How to adjust brightness of android phone alternatively ?

I am on HTC One X. I just noticed my phone's system brightness control is not working as I recently got my phone repaired. My phone's display IC has been changed as display was not working as my phone got wet.

I doubt the one who repaired a phone changed display IC of other phone, that's why the brightness control is not working.

So, is there any alternative way to control the brightness in android phone ?

Whatever app so far I have installed regarding brightness control seems to do the same thing what system brightness control does. So, nothing worked for me.


texts:
com.browser.player suddenly appeared to my installed application when I connect to a wireless data. It periodically shows advertisement on the screen which is annoying.

I tried to uninstall from Settings > Applications > Manage applications but it's still there.

How to remove it?


texts: Have had to reflash CM 11 on my Nook HD+ several times

texts:
So I have Cyanogenmod 11 on my Nook HD+ and after just a month or so it starts performing awfully!
To the point I can't use it and have to reflash CM 11. I've had to do it several times in the last 5 or 6 months.

It will reboot itself randomly. It's also so laggy sometimes I can't even unlock it because when I swipe to unlock it, it either won't register the touch or the animation will seem to be so slow it turns the screen off before it gets to the lock symbol and I won't be able to give it anymore input.

I guess my question is: have I done something wrong with the flash or is this my HD+ dying?

On a side note after I flashed CM 11 for the first time if I let the battery die, I won't be able to turn it back on for days until it decides I can use it. I avoid this but just not letting it die.
Also the screen will sometimes turn to "snow"...? I'm not sure how else to describe it, it happens quickly but it looks like noise/snow on an old TV, and it usually happens on the lock screen.


texts: Why do I get "not enough space" when I copy an APK file to /system/app?

texts:
I recently rooted my HTC Desire Bravo because I needed read/write access to /system/app in order to be able to copy an APK file there.

I wrote here on stackexchange on the best solution to root the Desire and got pointed to Unrevoked. Everything worked fine and typing "su" in the adb shell gives me nice root access.

I re-mounted /system like

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

That worked. However, trying to copy my APK file using adb push MyApp.apk /system/app/ didn't work and gave me a "permission denied". Alternatively I therefore pushed the app to /sdcard first and wanted to do a

cat /sdcard/MyApp.apk > /system/app/MyApp.apk

That approach has worked just perfectly on my rooted HTC Hero, on the Desire however it gives me

  "Cannot create /system/app/MyApp.apk:
  not enough memory"

Does anyone have a clue on what could be the problem here?  How can I push my app to the system folder so that it installs properly?


texts: How to deal with the "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxui has stopped" error message?

texts: I have Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 android phone. Whenever I connect my bluetooth headphones and start playing music, I receive an error message saying "com.qualcomm.qtil.aptxui has stopped". The only option is to dismiss the error message and everything works fine then. What does the error message mean? How can I avoid it?


texts: What will happen if I flash a custom rom for GT-I9082 on a GT-I9060c/m/i?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus/DUOS (GT-I9060C) and I would like to know what will happen if I FLASH A Custom Rom for the Galaxy Grand Neo DUOS (GT-I9082) Onto my phone (GT-I9060C)

Will it be Hard-Bricked,Soft Bricked or will it work fine

Custom ROM description : Lineage OS (Android 7.1)
Linux 3.0
Supports dual sim

Current rom: Rooted Stock rom 4.4.4 kitkat SuperSU  Pro running TWRP 3.0 For GT-I9060I (idk how gt-i9060i twrp recovery worked on the gt-i9060c
With AKAS security software (idk what that is)

Hmm So if i did flashed the rom and its soft bricked (repairable) will i still be able to use DownLoad Mode because i heard some people said that it will hard brick your phone (unrepairable) if you install roms that wasnt met for your phone. Also im on GT-I9060C not on GT-I9060I because i9060i doesnt have a magnetic sensor

Heres some description about my phone:


texts: Google Play Store is showing "top developer" sign randomly and wrong. Why?

texts:
I was trying to search for podcast apps. When the apps are listed, some of them have "top developer" sign (blue diamond), and when I select one app and go into it and come back to search results again, the "top developer" signs changes to some other apps.

For example, look at the following snapshots:

All apps are from top developers (click the image for full size)

Some of previous apps are actually not from top developers (click the image for full size)

Is this a bug or is my OS affected like in Mr. Robot?


texts: How do I turn off Stories to Read in Google Now?

texts: I do not want to see the Stories To Read cards in Google now. Is there any way to turn this feature off? I can only see an option to turn it off for particular websites.


texts: Where has the normal Energy Saving mode gone in Nougat?

texts:
When I had Android 6 on my Galaxy S6, the quick options drawer had two different symbols for saving energy: Normal and Extreme. Normal regulated background apps and dimmed the screen a bit, but wasn't too noticeable; Extreme turned off any themes and didn't let me start most apps.

After update to Android 7, there is only one such symbol left in the options drawer, and tapping it leads to a dialog "Maximum energy saving mode" which basically does what Extreme did before.

Now, how do I enable or disable the Normal energy saving mode?


texts: Can't Access iPlayer via Internet Pass-through - is there a workaround?

texts:
My HTC Desire HD plays nicely with Windows 7 and while at work I use it for personal web access, quicker than H/G/E connection and free.

However when attempting to view/listen to content on the BBC's iPlayer I get a message which asks me to switch to a wi-fi connection to access their content.

Is there a way of getting over this? Seems like very odd design ...

Thanks.


texts:
Notifications have a handy feature where lo g pressing brings up the App Info option, which let's you track down the source of strange notifications.

I keep getting toast messages and I can't figure out where they're coming from. Is there any way to track down what app is sending them?


texts: Can someone describe how publishing an Adobe Air file on Android works?

texts: I'm familiar with Adobe Air and I noticed it is on the Market. Does it accept .AIR files for install? If so, how does Air make adjustments for the small screen? Does air have access to all the neat features of Android? Such as access the contacts or the SD card? Need some help understanding how my Air application will perform on Droid. Should I still develop Android specif apps, or is Air ready for prime time?


texts: Can't add Google Apps account with SSO using ADFS

texts:
SSO - Single Sign-on

ADFS - Active Directory Federation Services

My school requires Active Directory authentication, where after logging in through Google you are redirected to an Active Directory login prompt. In KitKat this redirect happened naturally when I went to add a Google account.

On Lollipop, for some reason Google decided to redo the process where it doesn't give me the chance to sign in to AD and just redirects to the page you get when you mistype your AD credentials.

I have tried logging in to AD in Firefox and Chrome incognito prior to adding the account and nothing. I even tried disabling Chrome in settings to see if it would default to Firefox but it seems the Google account setup process has a built-in browser.

Is there some file I can modify or copy to manually add the account, or is there a way to inject authentication into the Google account setup process?


texts:
I've read in numerous sites that Android has supported HLS streaming since 3.0.

However, I've been unsuccessful in getting any HLS stream to play back as it should on devices I've tested.

HTC OneX running 4.0.x
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4.1.x

I can't find any definitive answers on true HLS support in Android. Does anyone have a good answer here or point me to an article describing the limitations?


texts: How to flash a custom recovery with heimdall (without touching the main system)?

texts:
The first recommended step in the installation of CyanogenMod on Samsung Galaxy S is flashing a custom recovery like ClockworkMod or the one from Replicant with a command like:

heimdall flash --kernel path/to/recovery.img

Now I feel that the instructions might be misleading:

I have done the first step wanting just to have a custom recovery mode, without proceeding to replacing the main OS on the device.

It seems I have done that wrong, because the device now always boots into the recovery mode.

What would be the correct heimdall command to just install a custom recovery system without touching the main system?


texts:
Every version on MTK Droid Tools on https://mtkdroidtools.com has a
 file "files_for_delete.txt" with comments in Russian. What's the meaning of that - should't it be in English to let everyone read it?
By the way, is this tool an Open Source and available for review? Otherwise how can one be sure that the code is safe?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S 2 Kies update problem: "does not support initialising"

texts:
I've been fruitlessly trying to get the new Android OS update for my s2 for quite some time now and I finally thought my troubles were over when I saw an update for Samsung Kies pop up earlier today but now I'm just even more confused. Before there just wasn't an option to update (the update button was greyed out) but now the firmware update and initialisation button is no longer grey but comes up with the error notice:

  GT-I9100 does not support initialising

What does this mean? I've spent quite a long time trawling through internet forums trying to find my answer to no avail; it seems no one out there has my problem. What does this error mean? Am I unable to update at all?


texts:
I am using a WiFi endoscope camera with an Acer Android tablet, for woodturning hollow forms. The camera points to a cutter on the same structure as the camera so that the camera is always focussed on the cutter.

I need to be able to superimpose a graphic that I have created over the live image of the cutter. Essentially the image is of the cutter, but with a margin drawn around it.

I have tried many apps that allow overlaying one saved image over another, but none of them work with a live camera "feed". I found one that does allow an image to be superimposed over a live camera feed, but it will only use the camera feed from the camera on the tablet.

Can anyone here help me with this?


texts: How to stop mobogenie auto-download in Android?

texts: mobogenie application auto download in my mobile. My cellphone is Sony Xperia J and my Android version is 4.1.2. Once, I removed it from my device, but it's downloaded automatically again. How to stop that?


texts:
Recently I got to know a thing called split apks, and found the slices as invalid apk files, only the base is. Unfortunately, this means the usual default package installer is unable to handle this, and as such I got to know another thing called SAI, a split apk installer, capable of working with or without root. However, being curious, I wondered how it all worked internally, and began to do a bit of research. I didn't get far, but I got to find out about pm install commands, and I happen to have root access which is apparently mandatory if I am to go this path, as the terminal won't let me run pm install-create without first running su.

The next step is pm install-write all the slices, and this is where I fall. The most obvious way for me was to cd to the directory of the slices and pm install-write them one at a time, which didn't allow me to do so, and it seems to be expecting an int rather than a directory string.

Questions (TL; DR):

Can I install split apks without any extra apps (in my example, SAI)?
Am I in the right direction with pm install commands?
If the answer to question 2 is yes, what am I doing wrong, and what should I be doing instead (it seems to want an int instead of a directory string, not sure how to convert)?
Are there any other methods I can explore (preferably rootless, but root is also fine)?

Thank you for your time.


texts: is it possible to mask esn of a smartphone?

texts:
On a computer, it's possible to trick a server that you are using a different computer by masking MAC address.

Is there something like that for android?
Rooted phones have full access. So I'd think it should be possible.
I don't mean wi-fi mac address, I mean 4g/3g alternative to mac, I assume it's ESN.

If that is possible, than there is a security problem. Someone can pretend that they are using your phone. Of course, there is still Google account password but still, is this possible?


texts: Do Android 3.0 tablets have standby/hibernate mode?

texts:
I am considering an Acer Iconia A500 device as a book reader. Having years of experience with using (and programming) different devices (PDAs, smartphones, tablet PC, book readers), I am used to charge the reading device (whichever I use) only once in a week or so. When I don't read, I hope to have it in sleeping mode consuming only minimal energy (as it's a bookreader, I don't need it running any background apps or hanging on the net).

So the question is - do Honeycomb devices have a true standby mode which can keep the battery for a week or so (and let the device power on in less than 10 seconds), and not just "sleep" mode we see in Android 2.2 smartphones?

Update: got myself the above mentioned device. It holds power for about a week when not used, so I guess this is close to what I would like to have with sleep mode.


texts: I am unable to record calls on my HTC device, and also there is not any app to record the calls. So I tried with the Third party apps from Play store, but then to I am just able to Listen my voice not the other person with whom I am in call with? So is this the issue with software or just with my device?


texts: Here maps - Am I able to search for business using offline map data?

texts:
as title.

I want to know if I can still search for business and not just street data while offline. For those instances when I'm out of coverage. Thanks :)


texts: Why does the system take up so much of the internal storage space?

texts:
I have a tecno c9 it has taken me about 2.5GB for apps and I still have system which has taken more than 5.5GB, so I dont understand why the system takes up so much space of the total 16GB that I currently have.

Is there a way I can optimise this internal storage space (16GB), because it really is a lot of space, however it seems its so little?


texts:
I have an issue with the LG G5. I bought it like 3 weeks ago and used it very carefully. Now just while using the fingerprint scanner went away. it said restart the phone. After restart even the option is gone.

The same issue is reported here as well but no solution:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/lg-g5/683019-fingerprint-options-missing.html

Can anyone help me please?
Thanks


texts: Stop screen from dimming while on charger

texts:
How can I stop the screen from dimming when my phone is charging? (the same thing the screen does when it's about to turn off).

Note that my screen already stays on, but it gets darker after an idle period.

Nexus 6P, stock Mashmallow.


texts: GTalk_ASYNC_CONN wakelock detailed report. Keeps draining batteries

texts:
It's been a month since I've tried dealing with this wakelock. I've read a lot of articles, including this. A week ago I was also dealing with NlpWakelockCollector, which sometimes gets stucked draining my battery and sometimes not.

This time the problem is GTalk_ASYNC_CONN. I really don't know what's the problem with Google. It's frustrating.
Here it is what I did.

Full Charge 100%. Didn't touch it for about ~2 hours.
Set the alarm clock and went to sleep at about 6am.
Woke up at 12.50pm and the first I did was to save the LogCat's log and check Wakelock Detector and GSam Battery Monitor apps. Screenshots here,

and this is my log from Logcat: http://tny.cz/8122229f

PS. I had uninstalled Hangouts and reinstalled it replacing Google Talk again, thereupon I logged out from Hangouts. This was two days ago.


texts: Developer options on. Select USB Configuration is MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). When I plug the USB into my Windows 10 computer it does nothing.


texts: please help me; my galaxy s duos2 keeps restarting

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I used wiping data by booting menu but that doesn't made any thing
I can't do anything because the phone always restarting within 15 seconds
I have installed firmware via "install ADB from sd card" but also nothing happened
another thing i can't ticking  usb debugging mode because its rebooting too fast
"com.google.gapps has stopped" this statement appear sometimes
i really want a help please!


texts: replaced screen now having issues :( galaxy s4 i9505

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Good afternoon guys and gals please bear with me as i'm new to this forum anywho i've recently replaced my screen on my galaxy s4 after attempting to replace just the shattered glass and failed! went to go power on the phone for the first time with the new screen and everything was great............................................. .................... for about 5 minutes the screen has freaked out big time on the odd occasion will display properly most of the time its just freaking out. Ive managed to do a factory reset using the android device manager and that seemed to help it out for 10 minutes until it returned to freaking out. Could this be software related? As it booted up fine before the freaking out and is still allowing me to use the touch screen as i can hear the phone unlock. Or should i be contacting the person i got the screen from asking for my money back? My phone was completely fine running wise until i had to change over the screen. i hope you guys canhelp me out as im stuck in a rut as to what to do

galaxy s4 i9505 international variant running stock touchwiz


texts: Can't connect to local server in any internet app?

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I have a local server set up on my network at 192.168.1.9

All of the other computers on my network can connect to it fine.

It's definitely on the same wifi network, and I've tried disabling mobile data to make sure it's only using the wifi.

When I try to connect to it on my phone, it just says 'This sit can't be reached.  ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE

I've tried Firefox and Chrome, and nothing is working. Is there some setting I don't know about that is preventing my android from connecting to stuff on the local network? I've also had trouble playing multiplayer mobile games in the past, which may or may not be related.

It's a Google Pixel 2.


texts: How to see the list of uninstalled applications?

texts: Is there a way to see the list of uninstalled applications (which are also removed from the list provided by Google Play) or the history of app installations? Does adb support any operations like this?


texts: Benefit of using Android encryption if my files are in sdcard?

texts:
I tried using Settings > Security > Encryption but found out it did not encrypt the sdcard.

My question now is, what kind of data is being protected by Android's built in encryption ? Is there any benefit to it if I am storing personal files to sdcard anyway?


texts: How can /proc/sys values be changed at boot (sysctl.conf does this on normal Linuxes)?

texts:
How can /proc/sys values be changed at boot?

sysctl.conf doesn't exist on Android and echoing values to the proc files isn't persistent.


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Is anyone aware of an existing or potential way to make an Android device run an NTP daemon which takes its reference time from the GPS hardware attached to it?

I'm talking about configuring the ntp daemon with a refclock from the list in http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/refclock.html (or an additional driver, if nothing in this list works).

I found http://time-server.android.informer.com/, which seems to enable the Android device to serve the time over the network to other devices using NTP, but it doesn't sync the system clock from the GPS time.


texts: Pressing Enter key with an external keyboard doesn't send SMS on Panasonic P100

texts: I am using a Panasonic P100. I want to use an external keyboard to SMS to my friend, but the Enter key is not working to send SMS.


texts: How to use ODIN with more than a dozen of mbn, bin, img, ext4 files?

texts:
I'd like to flash my SM-T813 because it's in a boot loop. I downloaded supposedly the latest firmware. I think it was a tar.md5 file, I peek into this tar file and it's a whole bunch of files:

ODIN has these slots: BL, AP, CP, CSC, USERDATA. I possibly want to lash the bootloader as well. How do I continue from here, which file is which? I see what are the slots here What do the terms "BL", "AP", "CP", and "CSC" mean in Odin?, but not sure which files is which. I guess .mbn means some boot record (?). System.img is the largest, but the other img files are probably important too (actually probably most files).


texts: How to boot into the Recovery mode without volume buttons and reset hole?

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I'm having a Chinese tablet Allwinner Quad Core A33. The tablet has only Power and Home buttons. No Volume buttons, no reset hole.
When it boots, it freezes on the Company logo.
The ADB devices command sees no devices.
I am trying to boot into the Recovery mode by holding down the Power and Home button, then releasing the Power button, but nothing happens (like pressing the Power and Volume Up buttons on other devices).
Is there any way to boot into the Recovery mode?


texts: How to disable double tap for page-home on Samsung Galaxy S2?

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After wondering and getting annoyed by my phone sometimes just jumping to the beginning of a web Page, I finally found out that it's a new Feature of the internet browser. Double tapping on the top of the phone jumps to the top of a web page.

How can i disable this?

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S2 running ICS 4.0.3.


texts: How can I autoconnect to miracast/chromecast (screen cast) device?

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I've seen it in a friends OS though not in most and not in any of the roms I have/am using.

What lets this happen for some but not others? They are all kitkat or later.

Is there any setting or app that lets me do this?

Tasker integration would be a huge plus.


texts: How to stop unwanted Nvidia Shield TV wake up?

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My Nvidia Shield TV wake up from standby mode undesirably (and wake up my tv).

So my first question: Is it possible to get a log to see what awakens it?

On a more empirical approach, I have noticed two behaviors somewhat contradictory and strange:

If I connect a wired gamepad, the shield tv wakes up more often.
Without internet access (but with a local network) the shield tv doesn't wake up

So, my other question is: what can I do to stop these wake up?

(My shield tv is rooted and I have sideloaded some apps, maybe it's related but I prefer to avoid a reset...)

Thank you.


texts: Backup/restore question for Moto G XT1033 converted to XT1032 GPE

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I have installed TWRP as my recovery and rooted my device. But I only had the space to backup the "system" and not the "data". Now I was going to install CyanogenMod.

My real question is, if things go south during installation, will I be able to return to system with Phone (sim) and Play Store apps working through the "system" backup?


texts: Is it possible for a phone to save video directly to PC hard drive?

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I want to use my phone as a camera, but at the same time not to use any recording software on the PC, because it drains a lot of processor speed and has lag.

As in to use a directory on the PC hard drive as the main save and temp directory.

I haven't seen any discussion on this topic so i was wondering if it were possible, if it is it would be highly useful.


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I'm super puzzled because my phone used to just appear when I plugged it in. It doesn't anymore and The development options are definitely set to allow USB debugging. The phone is charging via USB but doesn't appear in lsusb:

[0 amanda@luna android-sdk-linux_86]$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 17ef:4807 Lenovo UVC Camera
Bus 003 Device 012: ID 413c:1003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard Hub
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 08ff:2810 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2810
Bus 003 Device 013: ID 413c:2010 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 003 Device 014: ID 046d:c001 Logitech, Inc. N48/M-BB48 [FirstMouse Plus]

adb devices -l shows nothing.

Based on some instructions on the internet, I also went into my Wireless and Network settings and changed the USB connection settings to "Mass storage" -- they were set to "Ask on connection" though I definitely wasn't getting asked. I don't get any Click here to connect via USB alert either.

I wouldn't be surprised if I clicked some "stop asking me" button at some point, but I don't see how to undo that.  What else should I be doing to mount my phone?


texts: How to disable weather notifications from Google app?

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I cannot find a way to disable weather notifications from Google app. Every a few hours I get in the notifications list "How it is like outside" - temperature and clouds.

I searched all over the place and couldn't find a way to disable that.


texts: Sharing Browser Links between PC and Phone

texts: I'm starting a wiki to compile a short list of browsers, apps, extensions, etc. that allow users to easily link or bookmark webpages between their PC and phone. This is ultimately just a "best apps" question, so answers should be made CW. I placed an answer below. Any other suggestions are appreciated!


texts: newbie: how to get near-stock MotoG out of boot-loop?

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summary:

phone: near-original-condition MotoG {2013, 1st gen}, Android version==4.4.4

me: Android newbie, Linux vet

problem: infinite boot-loop

need: newbie-oriented instructions regarding how to fix or further debug

details:

I am very underinformed regarding Android and pretty much all things phone, and put off getting a smartphone until 2015. ~8 months ago I got a refurbished CDMA/Verizon MotoG (which I believe to be  {2013, 1st gen}) for an MVNO's BYOP program, but have been too busy to do much with it, other than

update it from Android version==4.4.2 to 4.4.4
twiddle some settings (e.g., configure wireless, copy some icons to the launcher)
lock the launcher (i.e., require PIN entry for access)
make phonecalls (I realize that's sooo 20th-century :-)

I.e., unlike all the posts I've looked at in the boot-loop tag-wiki, I have not knowingly done anything experimental to either the hardware or software (e.g., rooting, flashing ROM, replacing components).

Yesterday I squeezed its power button to wake the MotoG to check the time (probably my main use for it :-) and ... it booted: the MotoG showed its usual initial powerup screen (white with "powered by android" at the bottom), then the various HD Motorola planets, then the lockscreen. If it had stopped there, I would have been merely annoyed. Instead, almost as soon as I started to key in its PIN, it went back to first powerup screen, and then through the entire sequence. And again. Each time, it goes through the entire normal sequence of boot-time screens, then displays the launcher/lockscreen for ~5 sec (barely enough time to key in the PIN), then back to the initial boot screen. (Note that the MotoG restarts itself after the same amount of time in the lockscreen whether or not I key in its PIN.)

At this point I did not even know the term boot-loop, but certainly knew what an infinite loop looked like (my {background, work experience} is IT, mostly Linux). I let the MotoG drain its battery doing its boot-loop, hoping that might cure the problem. It did not: as soon as I put it on its charger, it resumed boot-looping.

Can someone give me simple, Android-newbie-oriented instructions for how to fix or debug the problem? Or, better yet, pass pointers to existing, simple, Android-newbie-oriented content regarding how to fix or debug the problem. Extra credit if the content helps me (et al.) to learn more about Android and this hardware platform: I'd like to know more, but just haven't had time to learn.


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I've a Sony Ericsson XPeria Mini Pro with Android 2.3.3. I noted that the battery ends really fast.

I don't have enable GPS service, Mobile data, Bluetooth. Only phone and wifi. In less than two days the battery is drill out. I don't listen music and I don't play any games.

I'd like to know if apps are closing correctly but I can't find any app which tell me which apps are runing (without mixing with the running services).

My guess is that may be the services (facebook, what's app, etc) are trying to connect and if I'm not connected to wifi there is no internet so they will keep trying and trying... Could it be the cause?

Thanks!


texts: Currently I don't have PC but I need to execute some commands via ADB. Is there any way to access ADB from other phone or anyhow without PC?


texts: Is there any way to block Google Images while allowing Google?

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I am trying to do this for the purpose of not looking up inappropriate things on my Android device. I want to block Google Images without blocking the whole domain of Google. Please help and thanks in advance.
P.S: There has been a similar post however the information wasn't good enough.


texts: Avoid opening Play Store after NFC scan for unlocking with Smart Lock

texts:
I want to use the Smart Lock feature of Android 5.0 Lollipop together with NFC. I've configured it and it works well, but my problem is, that after scanning the NFC Tag (and also after unlocking the phone) the Play Store opens and wants me to download an NFC app.

I only want to use NFC for the Smart Lock feature, so basically I want the phone to do just nothing after an NFC scan. Is this possible?


texts: How to Transfer Files Into Chromecast with Google TV?

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The new Chromecast with Google TV has a few gigs of free storage space but I can't figure out how to place files in there? There does not seem to be an obvious way to do that but it lets people install VLC which, of course does not find anything,
How do I load media files onto the Chromecast with Google TV? If there is anything to do so that they are visible to the installed VLC, that would be good to know too.
NOTE: Posted this a few days ago on StackOverflow that has some Chromecast related questions but there were no answers. I will delete one of the two questions when there are answers on one.


texts: Why is the FrameBuffer missing on some Android devices?

texts:
I'm curious about the display device on Android. I know that on Linux, device devices are represented as /dev/fbX, which "fb" stands for FrameBuffer. I also heard that Android uses FrameBuffer as well

in Android it’s /dev/graphics/fbX, usually /dev/graphics/fb0
Kaustav - Introduction to the Android framebuffer

and

Android relies on the standard frame buffer device (/dev/fb0 or /dev/graphics/fb0) and driver as described in the linux/fb.h kernel header file.
Display Drivers | Android Open Source

However, on my device, which is OnePlus 7 Pro running Lineage OS, I could not find anything related to that. I even cannot find any device nodes called *fb* under /dev. However, I heard that someone has some devices with fb, and their other devices don't.
I'm just curious, why? Where is the display device on Android?


texts: I can't access the Google Play Store and I keep getting the following error when trying to access my Gmail account on my Samsung phone: "Gmail won't run without Google Play services which are currently updating". This has been happening for 2 days now. I have tried restarting my phone but this has not fixed the error. I would be grateful for any advice, thank you.


texts: What's the difference between a service and a broadcast receiver?

texts: I keep hearing about services and broadcast receivers. What's the difference between them, and how do they affect the operation of my Android phone from my point of view?


texts: Grand Quattro boot loop and can't go to recovery mode

texts:
Let's keep this simple...

I root my phone using Kingo ROOT and now can't boot.
This... https://www.dropbox.com/s/8v7fbrlep05oc3y/WP_20150308_15_34_19_Pro.mp4?dl=0
Note that my phone is grand quattro and not win
Can't go to recovery mode but can access download mode.
I have Odin.

What should I do? Format or something? :/


texts: Bluetooth transfer files between android and iOS devices

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I've been tinkering with this for a while, and am pretty sure it's not possible to transfer files using Bluetooth between Iphones (5s at least) and Android (I've tried with a J2).

Please, assume I don't trust the person in the other device, as many of us would like a general solution of file transference. (without the need of any Clouds -icloud, g drive, etc.)

Is this the case? Is it the only way to install an external app? Would you go any other way?

PS: I've also tried to transfer files from Iphone to my Lenovo 320 ideapad (ubuntu OS), and after hours I gave up. So I'd appreciate any tip on this too.


texts: Is it possible to play games from my HTC Desire HD on my HD-TV?

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Is it possible to play my 3d games on my HTC Desire HD and mirror the display to my HD TV?

I have a Sony Bravia 55HX820 3D LED TV with 240 Hz, which was top of the range when it came out in 2011. I don't think it has MHL technology but I know there are adapters so I can connect via MHL. Neither can I find anything that says my HTC Desire HD is MHL compatible as I don't think it is.

I can stream videos photos, music etc to my TV wirelessly via DLNA -- but does anyone know a way to play my games from my HTC DHD to my HD TV via HDMI? The phone doesn't support MHL mirror image to TV. I have a lot of high quality games on my phone.

Moreover: What would the quality be like -- as the phone screen resolution only is 400x800 -- but display in 1080p or even 720p on my TV mirroring my phones image.

My phone isnt rooted. I'm running Gingerbread 2.3.5. I'm thinking about rooting my phone and updating to Android JellyBean Rom. Does anyone know a possible way to do that without to much quality loss on the TV -- as it looks good on the phone but the phones resolution on my 55 inch tv would look horrible! Also, would updating to JellyBean make any difference?


texts:
Is it possible to root a Verizon LG G4?

I've done quite a bit of research, and have found that it is definitely possible to root a non-Verizon LG G4, but I have not found any way to root the Verizon model.

Prefer solutions not using KingRoot.


texts: How can I root my Verizon HTC Incredible 2?

texts: I am technically inclined, I work as a IT technician and study computer science and engineering. Does anyone have a guide or guides, or can help me root my HTC Incredible 2?


texts:
On my Oneplus Two android phone I recently updated to android 6.0. Since then my battery life has decreased drastically. Plugged into my computer I saw that a app is spamming the logcat even when the screen is tured off and the device should sleep.

04-23 22:49:48.278 666-666/? W/ipacm: type=1400 audit(0.0:19622): avc: denied { sendto } for path="/dev/socket/ipacm_log_file" scontext=u:r:ipacm:s0 tcontext=u:r:ipacm-diag:s0 tclass=unix_dgram_socket permissive=0

This message is spamed four times every ~5 seconds. Now my question is: How can I figure out which app is responsible for that message?

UPDATE:

I have done a factory reset and the waring still appears. So I guess it's a system app / service.
Note: The waring only appears while being connected to a wifi network. It could also be the case that the warning only appears while charging.


texts: Cannot edit mixer_paths_tasha.xml on android 10

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I wanted to edit mixer_paths_tasha.xml to change RX0 value from 84 to 95.
 I am currently using havoc 3.0 on oneplus 3.
Havoc os has low call volume bug which can be rectified by above changes.
But ever since I updated to android 10 I am not able to edit the above xml file.
It's location is /system/vendor/etc.
Editing using any root explorer results in error that given file cannot be moved from tmp folder to etc folder.
Please provide a way to edit the file.
It's a read only file system.
Please suggest a way to mount is at write file system


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I circumvent regional restrictions in the Android Market?

Google just released Chrome for Android and I want to use it. But, for some (pretty irrational) reason, it is only available to certain countries. I therefore need to change mine. How do I do that?

Thanks


texts: Ringtones directory won't update in settings

texts:
I removed some of the stock ringtones (from my ROM) that I didn't want from /system/media/audio/ringtones and added some new ones that I got from the xda forums via my SD card and RootExplorer.

When I open the Sound/Default Ringtone menus in settings, some of the old ringtones are listed and new ones are listed as well, none of them play. The only ones that do are the few that I left in /system/media/audio/ringtones and a few stored on my SD card.

How can I fix this issue so that my phone recognises that all files are in their proper directories?


texts: How to set a Google Plus photo as a contact-picture?

texts:
One of my Google Plus contacts has some great photos from a recent family reunion I was unable to attend. I would like to use a number of these as contact photos on my Android device (Galaxy Nexus GSM w/ CyanogenMod 10.0). I have the latest Google+ app.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to DO anything with the photos, whether setting them as contact photos or saving them to the device. The Google+ app likewise does not show up as an option when setting a contact photo and choosing an app to select a picture with.

How can I set a picture from the G+ app as a contact photo?

I would like to set the pictures on the phone rather than from my computer because that way it keeps much higher resolution versions than setting them through the gmail contacts functions.


texts: How to download OBB files without using the Chrome/Firefox Extension?

texts:
First of all, let me emphasize that I AM NOT TRYING TO PIRATE ANYTHING.

My situation is that I have this game which needs to be updated, but I have been failing to finish the update every single time.

My guess is that the Internet connection got disrupted midway through downloading the OBB file, and Google Play app is not equipped to perform a resumable partial download.

It really gets tiresome after a while.

I tried installing the "APK Downloader Extension" but it either failed to login (on Chrome) or does nothing (on Firefox).

If there's a way to get the URL of the OBB file, I can use Firefox's DownThemAll, and manually transfer it to my phone.

So, to repeat the question: Is there a way to download the OBB file without using the Google Play app on the phone?


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I have a Xiaomi Redmi 5A with mi-globe MIUI 11 ROM, with Magisk 20.0 root. Yesterday, Play Store updates suddenly stopped working. I checked the logcat and it appears it's trying to link /data/app/com.google.android.apps.photos-Q_Pb6hixcLrelRKL6ammsw==//oat/arm64/base.odex to /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp//oat/arm64/base.odex. The "//" directory does not exist of course, but I don't know why is it trying to link. Here is the full logcat:

10-27 15:49:49.350   761  2417 E installd: Failed to link from /data/app/com.google.android.apps.photos-Q_Pb6hixcLrelRKL6ammsw==//oat/arm64/base.odex to /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp//oat/arm64/base.odex: No such file or directory
10-27 15:49:49.354  1552  1619 E PackageInstaller: Commit of session 1427524294 failed: Failed to inherit existing install: failed linkOrCreateDir(/oat/arm64/base.odex, /data/app/com.google.android.apps.photos-Q_Pb6hixcLrelRKL6ammsw==, /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp): android.os.ServiceSpecificException: Failed to link from /data/app/com.google.android.apps.photos-Q_Pb6hixcLrelRKL6ammsw==//oat/arm64/base.odex to /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp//oat/arm64/base.odex (code 2)
10-27 15:49:49.360   761  2417 E         : Couldn't opendir /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp: No such file or directory
10-27 15:49:49.360   761  2417 E installd: Failed to delete /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp: No such file or directory
10-27 15:49:49.365  3533  3533 E Finsky  : [2] qgv.onReceive(19): Error -506 while installing com.google.android.apps.photos: INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE: Failed to inherit existing install: failed linkOrCreateDir(/oat/arm64/base.odex, /data/app/com.google.android.apps.photos-Q_Pb6hixcLrelRKL6ammsw==, /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp): android.os.ServiceSpecificException: Failed to link from /data/app/com.google.android.apps.photos-Q_Pb6hixcLrelRKL6ammsw==//oat/arm64/base.odex to /data/app/vmdl1427524294.tmp//oat/arm64/base.odex (code 2)


texts: Is Cerberus capable of surviving phone flashing?

texts: If I install Cerberus on a rooted phone, will it survive flashing the phone?!!


texts:
I'm facing a very weird problem on my SGS2, using CM9 9.1.0 stable making me crazy. My device go to in deep sleep in 12-24 hrs once when I'm using Siyah kernel while CM9 stock kernel do it  once or twice in a day. :'(

I have Googled for it and got this thread where the problem is same. Cm9 Phone Shuts Off By Itself, phone actually doesn't switch off it just go to in deep sleep and start to eat battery like a crazy nut, also I can call on my ohone and caller can hear up the ring but there is no life sighn at that moment in my phone.

How can I resolve this, I have did a clean install but no success, also battery of my phone is just new.


texts: Android Device Monitor does not list Application for events?

texts:
I'm worried about some activities showing up in logcat, but the "Application" field is empty on every entry.  Is there some way to get this populated?

WalletGuns and GnsSdk are related, but I can't identify what app is throwing the errors.


texts: Why does the CM7 Radio FM app require bluetooth to run?

texts:
The FM Radio app on my stock ROM(s) (Samsung 2.2 and 2.3) only required to plug in earphones. And that was the case with any phone radio app on any cell phone.

But why does the app which comes with CM7 require both bluetooth turned on and earphones plugged in?

(Apparently, from the "about" page in the settings, it is developed by MIUI)


texts: Do I need to revert to stock firmware and/or wipe data before installing a custom ROM?

texts: Several sites I've visited mention that I need to revert to the stock firmware and possibly wipe my phone data before installing a custom ROM. Is this recommended or completely necessary?  I have a Samsung Captivate (Galaxy-S), running Froyo 2.2 (installed via Kies).  My phone is rooted.  In case it matters, I have Windows XP.


texts:
On XDA, at times I see users requesting for boot partitions of a particular version of stock ROM and some people helping out by uploading and linking them.
I am not sure if it is a good practice, mainly because
a)  it may contain sensitive information
b) it may create problems for the recipient, if they use it as John Wu creator of Magisk mentioned in the context of patching boot images
I searched around for answers, but no luck. To localize the problem consider that the question relates to devices with A/B Partitions, while a broader answer is welcome


texts: Whenever i open .pdf file from file explorer it automatically opens with wps office but when wps office is unstalled it ask to choose app to open the pdf..How to make file explorer ask to choose program when i click on pdf file.I tried clearing default of all apps


texts:
Device: T-Mobile G2 (UK) / HTC Hero OS: 2.1

I have a primary gmail account, a second Gmail account, and a Google Apps account. I'd now like to add another Google Apps account.

However, whenever I try, I get a "you don't have a network connection / This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. lease try again when connected to a mobile network, or connect to a Wi-Fi network. If the problem continues, call Customer Care" message. However I've tried this from 3 cities, across a few weeks, from where I'm always able to access internet and Google accounts.

I presume there's no limit of 3, so what else can I try?

Edit - 3rd Jan - I just tried removing an existing (working) gmail account. I can't add the new account, or put back the removed account - new error is "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server./This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call Customer Care.". This is on WiFi and 3G - whilst the process was trying I received (pull) email! There's something really wrong.


texts: Backup to Google Drive - Disabled by your admin. Why does my device show is? It's preventing me from restoring my backed up apps.

texts:
I'm trying to restore my apps that are backed up to Drive. I  keep getting this (screenshot) and cannot change so I can restore my apps. I even did a factory reset and was not offered the option to restore my apps. I don't have any idea what was done to make it return this now about the admin. It's my personal phone and nobody else uses it. I don't have a school or business account either which is where the help tells you to go and change admin.

Any help please there to resolve this. Any input would be greatly appreciated.


texts: I have recently got my SIM card replaced, and lost all contacts as a result. I was wondering if there is a way to copy them from Google Contacts to the SIM card. It would type them one by one but it seems like a waste of time. Surprisingly, though, I haven't been able to find an easy way to do it. Is there a way to dump contacts from the google backup to the SIM card?


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When reading on the Google Play Books app, there can be a lot of names or locations to remember. What would be perfect is a way of editing the dictionary to allow custom entries in which I can enter information about these things.

Although that is the ideal solution, I'm happy for similar things: other apps which give me blank or custom dictionaries that will work with google play books, for example.

I'm not massively familiar with Play Books yet, though I tried achieving this with the note function but it only added the note to that exact word (so later occurances of that word do not show the note).

This might not be possible at all, but any help would be great.


texts: Add calendar event via freeform text w/documented, unambiguous syntax?

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Is there any way (probably thirdparty app, assuming it's not some secret hidden option in CM10.1) to add calendar events on a Galaxy S3 running 4.2/CM10.1[RC5 at this moment] with a syntax like:

on Monday [or "next Wednesday" or "July 7"]
at 3pm
call 3055551212,99988877#
re call with somebody important
for 30m
notify 10m,14h

via some method that's actually

documented somewhere,
has deterministic & unambiguous syntax, and
Allows you to set the 'location' field of the calendar event to a clickable phone number that includes comma (pause), additional digits, and trailing '#'?

Over the years, and with various ROMs I've installed, I've seen "quick input" methods like this seemingly come and go at random, with basically undocumented syntax and unreliable handling of "clickable phone number as location that includes pause & extension#".

I know that someone, somewhere, SOMEHOW, has to have actually gotten this right... but who? (Or, where's the option, what's it called, and where is it documented)?


texts: How to solve the "APN settings are not available for this user" issue?

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After upgrading my ASUS Zenfone 5 to Android Lollipop, I am unable to access HSPA/3G data. In Brazil we have to manually input APN settings, and when I try to do so, I receive the following message (in Portuguese, here tentatively translated into English):

Access point Name settings are not available for this user.

As my phone is rooted, I have tried solutions proposed by this topic and also by this. None gave me results, even provided that I followed every step without any errors or warnings (chmods and chowns were all effective and edits to content://telephony/carriers were persistant). I also tried to re-generate telephony.db file by deleting it (thus forcing Android to populate it again). A factory reset (as suggested here) had no effect as well.

So far I have nothing to celebrate. My only access to internet is Wifi at home and at work. No mobile data access, and I know it is available (this week I had a try with CM12.1 and data connection worked perfectly. Unfortunately had to revert to stock ROM because CM12.1 is still too buggy). No better suggestions came from googling around other sites and forums.

I hope someone can give me some light over this issue, as I should rely on my mobile internet access to perform various things when commuting or away from wifi.

Heads up: the bounty was automatically awarded by this site yet the problem was not solved. Still awaiting a valid response.

Final update: please refer to my answer a the bottom of this page. The problem is (finally!) solved by the latest (v. 3.23.40.78) released by ASUS.


texts: Restart touch screen without rebooting phone

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Occasionally my screen becomes completely unresponsive to any touch event. Possibly some lower level touch screen driver crashed (?).

Is it possible to only restart the touch screen system without rebooting the entire OS?

I am using a Nexus 6P and have root access.


texts: How can I use one Android device as mouse and keyboard input for another Android device via bluetooth?

texts: I've already seen lots of ways to do this for Windows PCs, but is there a way I can do the same thing but for another Android device?


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I have just got a Samsung S3 and am having trouble getting it working on the internet properly, I've put in all the settings required from the giffgaff site and checked the network coverage link on giffgaff website and it says the area I am in has a strong signal strength. I've sent an agent on giffgaff an email to ask if my SIM has a bar on it as couldn't access the internet very good either in my iPhone just before I got this Samsung. So I know it's probably something to do with the SIM and the settings and apn all entered.

I am unsure if the phone is locked to only one network but when I brought it in the title it said it was unlocked to all networks. Can anyone else suggest anything else before I have to put in a new SIM card and have a different number?


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I have rooted phone and installed TWRP ,magisk installed without problems,
but i want install SUPERSU every time get:

Decompressing ramdisk
failed
--- Failure, aborting

I tryed a lot of zips but unable to install supersu.zip


texts: How Doze (marshmallow feature) work during playback?

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We know that Doze mode starts the 'ultra power saving' when the device isn't moving.

But what happen if we leave the device on a table playing music with the screen off?

EDIT: I experienced the volume decreased after sometime when playing with Google Music app. Is this a feature of the app or some intrusion of the Doze ?


texts: How to prevent Firefox from killing music?

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I have this problem constantly when I try browsing the web while listening to music. It doesn't happen on every page, but probably somewhere around 80% of pages will cause my music to stop playing. This happens with both streaming music via the Pandora app, and when I'm playing mp3s from my SD card through the native music player app. Does anyone know of a setting, either in Firefox, one of the other apps, or universally in the Android settings, that can stop this from happening?

This is an LG Optimus F3Q running 4.1.2.


texts: How to make a screenshot with Android 2.3.5?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to take a screenshot with an Android phone?

How to make a simple screenshot with my HTC Desire S with the Android 2.3.5 version?