texts: Are android's chrome cache different with laptop's chrome cache or are they both the same when using google sync?


texts: How can I remove a blank homescreen page once I've moved all the apps off it

texts:
I've consolidated my 5 'pages' of apps into 3 pages.

Now I have two blank pages that have no icons in them.
These are the pages that are represented by the small squares on the home page screen that take you to these various pages that have colletions of app icons.

Having moved apps/icon to other pages, the last two pages are now blank.  How can I actually remove them?

This is a Samsung Galaxy s5 running Android 4.4


texts:
Respected sir,
With due respect & humble submission I like to inform you that my Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos S6802 phone is lock due to many time drawing wrong screen pattern.

So, sir I request to you please solve my problem as early as possible


texts: What is a decent speed for a card that can be used as internal storage in marshmallow?

texts:
Marshmallow allows sd cards to be used as internal storage.

I would like to know what is the benchmark for the cards that can be used seamlessly with Marshmallow as internal storage.

It would be good if someone can the technical details of the cards to look at before buying cards for marshmallow.


texts: Can a Terminal Emulator on android do everything that a terminal on linux or mac does?

texts: I downloaded a couple terminal emulators onto my android phone and wanted to know what the limitations on them are. Is there anything that a terminal can do the emulators simply cannot?


texts: My phone galaxy GT-I9003 is stuck in flight mode and not able to detect Sim card.

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

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


texts: If I unlock the FRP on my Samsung S7, can I root my phone?

texts:
I'm having a lot of trouble to unlock the bootloader, but managed to unlock the FRP. Can I root the phone? Also, while on download mode, is it required to use a USB original cable?

My download mode info is:
ODIN MODE
DOWNLOAD SPEED: FAST
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G930F
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
FRP LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
Warranty VOID: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:8 K:6 S:7

Thanks


texts: Samsung Galaxy S20 doesn't see the NTFS part of the flash drive

texts:
I wanted to download the file and move it to a flash drive.
Fortunately, I have a flash with USB-C, so I plugged it directly into my phone.
However, I have the flash divided into two parts - FAT32 part and NTFS part. And the phone saw only that part of FAT32.
Why doesn't Samsung Galaxy S20 support NTFS and can it be solved somehow (without ROOT), please?
Thank you


texts: A wrongly 'I need help' text was sent from google maps

texts: I left my phone where I work and I needed a #. I asked a coworker to gain access. An 'I need help' text alert was sent to one of my groups and I recieved the same message from one of them. It was sent 20 minutes before it was discovered. Upon frantically calling to find out what kind of help was needed, I found that it was bogus. It was unnerving, to say the least. Aside from shutting it off, what can be done to correct this?


texts:
I want to compile (through make) on my Android phone. I have root access.

I have almost all the things set up.
But there's this hitch. All the configure files have a shebang of #!/bin/sh.
I can execute them by $SHELL configure
I've also set $CONFIG_SHELL
But some configure files execute other shell scripts and they give the /bin/sh: no such file or directory.

I'm thinking about creating a symlink /bin/sh -> /system/bin/sh
I've read somewhere that the root file system is the ramdisk and any changes to it will require to be done in the init.rc file.
So, if I want to accomplish this I'd need to first create a directory 'bin' then make a symlink 'sh' in it. I doubt that ln will work in init.rc.

I have this another idea.
Make a directory 'bin' somewhere preferably in Terminal IDE's (I'm using that) data directory. Then create a symlink in there sh -> /system/bin/sh.
Then create 'bin' in / through and use mount the first bin to /bin through init.rc

Thirdly, I can just mkdir bin and cp /system/bin/sh /bin/sh

Also, all of these methods will fail and result in boot failure if any of the source directories cannot be found.

I want to know which method will be more safe and if there exists a safer alternative?


texts: Cyanogenmod remains in a bootloader loop

texts:
Hello I have a Wildfire and I installed Cyanogenmod 7.2.0 following this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Wildfire:_Full_Update_Guide

After I did this the keyboard stopped working so I used Revolutionary to install this keyboard with the zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964663

And now it keeps rebooting with the cyanogen animation. And after that I get the Welcome to HTC Wildfire screen, but if I press anything or do nothing it reboots again.

How can I at least reboot normally, or preferably reinstall the whole mobile phone?

Thanks in advance!


texts: Configuring DHCP client on my Android board

texts: I am running Android on my development board and want to configure DHCP client on it. Can anyone tell the details of what steps to be followed to configure DHCP client on Android?


texts:
Android Pie does not allow background apps to have access to microphone or Camera. Is this valid in case of screenshot also?
Does the app needs to be foreground and visible for any of the above functionality to work?


texts: Other appsare terminated when I try to copy an auth code from the Google Authenticator

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I have the Google Authenticator app and I want to log into Stack Overflow with my Google account.

But if I leave the login page from app to look at the authenticator code, the SO application refreshes.

It can't use an application specific password. Any ideas?


texts: How to know which phone number Whatsapp is using on my phone?

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On my phone I used my T-mobile number as well as my Google voice number. I registered to Whatsapp using my Google voice number. How can I check in Whatsapp which number it uses?

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


texts: Presently i am using dual sim card (Grameen phone and Bangla Link) network in phone internet purpose, I have purchase internet package of 4GB data. Now I want to use this sim card internet 4GB data to my pc windows. My android phone verson is 4.4.2, So how can use this 4 GB data pack in computer. Please send me the procedure of using internet through USB cable (between phone sim net to computer).


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I wanted to copy an app to the system folder so I tried it using es file explorer but it said read-only so I looked up online and tried mounting it using this command mount -o rw,remount /system  but got this error, what should I do? btw I am using a rooted oneplus 7 with magisk

:/ $ su
:/ # mount -o rw,remount /system
mount: '/system' not in /proc/mounts
1|:/ #


texts: How to debug non-rooted Nexus 5 Android 5.0.1 tethering issue?

texts:
I normally use tethering a lot but hadn't since the 5.0 update and so didn't notice this issue. Now my Nexus 5 is at 5.0.1 and today I needed to tether and found that it doesn't work.

Phone is Nexus 5, with 5.0.1, build LRX22C. Computer is MBP OS X 10.9.5.

IP address is allocated on tethering, but every query results in "Server not found" error. I think that I found a related issue here:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82545

The additional problem I have is that using different name servers (8.8.8.8) does not solve the problem.

The surprising thing is that tethering works on my wife's phone with the exact same configuration without any problem.

I am at a loss how to debug this. Any pointers would be appreciated.

It goes without saying that my data connection works, the carrier isn't blocking it in anyway.

Edit 1: So looks like that statement was not entirely true. I am roaming in the US using Roam Mobility SIM card. And this is what I found on their site:
http://www.roammobility.com/support/Cannot_use_Hotspot_with_Nexus_5.html

So I switched the preferred network to 3G from LTE, and the tethering works. It is annoying to not understand why this happens. Any ideas?


texts:
I have an Xperia X10.
Suddenly my virtual QWERTY keyboard has vanished and has been replaced by some other layout.

When I enter the "Contacts" list an try to edit  I now get a standard phone keyboard layout instead of the QWERTY one.

What could have happened?


texts:
I have a Samsung tablet (not sure of model), running Android 4.0.4.

When I unlock my screen, I have four default options that I can choose from, or I can use the empty area to unlock the main screen. How can I add apps like my favorite games to this menu so I can go directly into those games?

If you need more information, please let me know. Please provide steps for getting the information also.


texts: stream audio from multiple android smartphones to pc or directly to an earphone and to listen

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I would like to know if it is possible to achieve a setup in which I'm able to listen to multiple android phones via streaming audio to pc which may be streamed through usb or via bluetooth.
Or if there is an alternative through transmitting to a device and just connecting that device with some earphones and I would be able to hear all devices at the same time?
Here is the overall picture of this last solution


texts: Why are so many apps using permissions that take my personal data?

texts:
I am again and again noticing that a ton of apps ask for ridiculous permissions, and I'm getting frustrated by searching for apps that don't ask me for too much - and frankly, I would download 3 times as much apps if they would ask for reasonable permissions. The one that I personally don't like to share is my phone id and your accounts, but there are various apps asking for permissions they don't need. Some examples:

A game that needs to load itself after boot.
A game that needs my accounts.
A game that needs my phone calls.
A browser that needs my phone calls and accounts.

Why are these permissions requests there? Are most of them doing some data collecting? Are the developers too lazy to check what permissions they really need?


texts: How is CyanogenMod's built-in root access different?

texts: I don't know a lot about Cyanogen but realizing Snapchat fails to detect the root in it catches my attention. Does it have a different binary than su for root access? What mechanisms are different which grants an app root access?


texts:
A little while ago I clicked a link in Firefox that led to an mp3. My thumb slipped and I tapped "always open with",  ES Music Player when what I really wanted was to just save it. Now every mp3 link spawns ES Music Player, and that's not what I want.

How do I reset Firefox so that it asks me again for these kinds of links?

I've already done to "2 finger Top Swipe: Settings: Apps: Firefox: Launch by default: Clear".

ES Music Player isn't in the settings app list at all, so I couldn't clear that.

ES File Explorer, which is the parent app for the music player shows "No defaults set" in Android settings. Internally it has it's own "Settings: Cleanup settings: Clear defaults", but that had no apparent effect either.


texts: ADB: device unauthorized on device without screen

texts:
I have special device, that have no screen at all. Only 3 buttons: volumes and power. So the problem that I've used hard reset option and after that on all my computers I got error:

error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your device.

The problem, that I can't check that dialog - no screen or input methods. I've tried to connect from recovery mode, but from it the same.

What can I do in that situation?


texts: Does mount /system in stock recovery work to root the Android system?

texts: I have an Alcatel Pixi 4 (5) 5040 on Android 6.0. I rebooted into the stock recovery for the first time, and to my surprise I found a Mount /system option available. Now my question is: Can this option be used to push the SU file into the /system partition to gain root access for my Android? If not, then what is the Mount /system option used for?


texts: Does MHL video out support both analog and digital signal conversion and output function?

texts: I have a Galaxy Note II, which uses MHL micro USB out to HDMI.  I'd like to run the video signal thru a composite video (RCA) converter cable to my old school device.  Does Android support this sort of video output conversion natively, or would I need to forget this cable and get an HDMI-to-composite converter box for in the middle?


texts:
I have an Xperia Play that was originally with Verizon and therefore using CDMA. I want to use it with the Rogers network now.

I've read that the Qualcomm chip inside supports both types of networks by default. Is it possible to change it to GSM?


texts: Move to SD Card Option Greyed out even for Compatible Apps

texts:
I am using a Motorola Moto E with Android Kitkat and I am unable to move applications to my SD Card even for Apps that support moving to SD Card.

I am using ART Runtime (Developer) instead of Dalvik.


texts: Using the SD card as Adopted Storage encrypts it. How can it be decrypted?


texts: Allowing app installs from “unknown sources” for Secondary Users on Android 4.4.2

texts: I see that "Unknown Sources" under Settings → Security on Android 4.4.2 is greyed out (I can't enable it) for my Secondary user on my Nexus 7, Is it expected behavior? Is there any way to enable it?


texts:
I came across a Google play app that says version 4.0.3 and up required and I have 4.1.  So do I have to upgrade because I rather not as my old apps ptobably will not work with 4.3.  My question is whether it's a typo and they meant to say 4.3 or is my OS 4.1 good enough?

Phone: S3


texts: How do I automatically save Downloads to a Dropbox folder?

texts:
The thing with the Dropbox internal folders is that Dropbox doesn't store its starred files as exact duplicates of the original file. So a starred PDF file on Dropbox isn't stored as a PDF file (although I haven't tried renaming it to see if it still works as a PDF).

I'd like to auto-save my PDF downloads to Dropbox so that when I annotate them, I'll be able to access them frictionlessly on my computer as well.


texts: Prevent Google Contact Sync in Work Profile on Android 10

texts:
Imagine the current situation:
With the help of Shelter (https://github.com/PeterCxy/Shelter) I created a work profile. I want to use this work profile as a container with less personal data than my main profile.
For this reason I deactivated the "com.google.android.syncadapters.contact" app.
With this setup I was able to add my Google account inside the work profile without having my contacts get downloaded on the device in this profile.

On Android 10 however this doesn't work anymore. The syncadapter is still deactivated (frozen) but the contacts sync nevertheless.

I'm aware of the fact that I can manually disable the sync in the settings of the work profile.
However I need a solution that a) can prevent the sync before adding the account (since the first sync already happened when I add the account and then go to settings) and b) can be done programatically since I'm writing my own app based on this.

So my question is if any of you pros know where the contact sync mechanism (of a google account) is defined since Android 10 and if you see another possibility to disable this again.

Regards,
David


texts:
My phone is huawei u8800 and it keeps restarting as soon as opened. Now it is closed and in adb, I tried

adb backup -all

but it gave the error

now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation

I don't want to lose data. What can I do?

I have CWM, I have backed up but I can't trust that if I reset, it can restore my data.

I can't open the phone so I cant use backup programs.


texts:
So recently a favorite app of mine has been taken down from Google Play Store. But even though the app is no longer available on Play Store, it is still on my phone and tablet (both from Samsung company) and works perfectly fine on both of my devices. Also, when I go to 'My Apps and Games', I still see the app on 'Library' and 'Installed' options.
I'm aware that in order for my favorite app to function properly, I must ignore software updates on my devices. Hence, I've been ignoring software update notifications ever since.
But what I really want to know is that, will I be able to install the app from 'Library' on a new device from Samsung or any other company even when it is no longer in Play Store? Or doing so will cause the app to malfunction across all my devices? Will the app still be safe on my old devices?


texts: Note taking app with handwriting recognition that includes math typesetting (latex preferably)?

texts:
Is there some notetaking app that can recognize math and typeset the result using latex? I recently came across with this website: [1] http://www.reddit.com/tb/p88ty that does recognize equations and display them using Latex and MathJax, but it's not a full fledged note taking app.

I do a lot of draft calculations (I'm a physicist) and if I could replace pencil and paper for my android tablet this would be a major organizational upgrade in my life. :P

I've tried a few notetaking apps (Quill and Supernote are the best ones I could find), that are ok, but none of them have handwriting recognition (with or without mathematical symbols).

Is there such an app that works like Quill, can save notes with multiple pages and would convert it to typeset text and math?


texts:
I have a HTC ONE M7 purchased from T-Mobile. I rooted it and have CyanogenMod installed in it. Recently, I switched to different carrier. Now, my phone rejects foreign sim card and asks for Network SIM card lock. The unlock code provided by T-Mobile doesn't work due to rooting the phone.

I want to go back to T-Mobile Android stock ROM and try the unlock code. What's the process for it? Here are some details from bootloader screen:

* TAMPERED *

* UNLOCKED *

M7_UL PVT SHIP S-ON RH

HBOOT-1.61.0000

RADIO-4T.35.3218.16

OpenDSP-v35.120.274.0718

OS-7.18.531.2

eMMC-boot 2048MB

Feb 11, 2015, 18:39:53.0

Apart from help in doing S-OFF, I would appreciate if someone points me to right link for going back to Stock ROM.


texts: Why do I need to remove my battery periodically to fix phone problems?

texts:
On my HTC MyTouch 4G (Android 2.3.4), twice now the diagnosis for odd failures was to take the battery out, wait a minute, and replace it.  (The first failure was loss of network; the second was web sites only partially working, e.g. I could read SE sites but not log in.)  Both times popping the battery fixed it, and my provider told me I should do this every couple months as "preventative maintenance".  This violates my mental model.  So, clearly, either my mental model is wrong or HTC and the folks at T-Mobile are having fun with me.  I'm going to start by assuming it's the former.

I power the phone down at least once a week.  I think of this as being like rebooting a laptop computer; when it's powered down I don't expect the battery to be retaining any state.  But if that's true, why does performance degrade over time?  What is my phone doing with its battery during these times?  Does periodically powering down do anything useful, like kill long-running processes?

I tried Google and reviwed the "battery" questions here before asking.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What are my most frequently used apps?

Is there any app, that can tell me which applications I use most?

I want to optimize my shortcuts to put most clicked icons first.


texts: zsh scp completion of remote files doesn't work when running SSHHelper

texts:
Running SSHelper is a great way to access files on your phone. But completion of remote files (scp and rsync) using zsh doesn't work though. While using sshfs is a workaround but sometimes you just want to pull/push a quick file, it's not really satisfying.

Where lies the culprit, and how can I get file completion working properly via zsh?


texts: When I take a picture with my android phone I can view it then goto "Share" and it will give me the option to email it to someone through gmail but it will only let me send 1 picture at a time. Is there a way to send multiple picture attachments?


texts: Is it possible to program on a Honeycomb tablet?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I do development on my Android device?

I was wondering if there are apps making it possible to program on an Android tablet?
I know it's not the best "work tool" out there, but I was wanting to get one, and was wondering if it's also possible to get some work done with it.

Is there some IDE app available for PHP or JavaScript?
Is it possible to program compiler based languages using some sort of IDE (like C++)?


texts: How can I use the stock Android settings app on an LG G2?

texts:
I've upgraded my LG G2 (AT&T D800) to Lollipop 5.0.2 and have been wanting to try out some new settings/features of the settings app. In particular I've been wishing I had the search feature to find a setting. But alas, LG has some custom settings app that seems to be missing some settings or just has things organized differently so it's hard to follow instructions for changing Lollipop settings.

Does the regular stock Android (AOSP) settings app exist on my phone? Or can I install it somehow?


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I recently updated my Droid X to version 4.5.621.MB810.Verizon.en.US. I can't accept incoming calls though. The screen that allows you to either accept or decline a call doesn't appear anymore.

The top notification bar also disappeared around this time if that has anything to do with the problem. Any suggestions? Thanks.


texts: Semi-Dead Zone on Touch Screen On Droid 1

texts:
I'm on a Droid 1 running the latest build of GPA (15) and have recently had problems with my touch screen.

This issue started long after GPA15 was flashed, so I'm not blaming the ROM at all. It actually appears to be a hardware issue.

Here is the actual issue. When held portrait with the home/options/back buttons at the bottom, about an inch or so up from those buttons there is a "dead" strip that runs horizontally across the entire touch screen. Of course, the keyboard pops up under this strip.

So what do I mean by dead? Well, sometimes choosing an option/box/item that's in this zone, flat out isn't being registered. When typing, it actually causes the touch detection to go haywire. When I tap a key, it usually registers me tapping that key AND one or two of the surrounding keys. Sometimes it doesn't register the intended key just the surround keys.

So, pressing i might return i, might return ui, might return iu, might return u. This behavior happens with most of the keyboard and is incredibly frustrating.

On very rare occasions when I press a letter, it also registers me pressing a key on the completely otherside of the keyboard. The worst example of this is when i hit backspace and it's also registering 'c' and/or 'v' with the click.

As to further demonstrate the issue, I downloaded a drawing app (Draw! if any one's curious) and drew a bunch of lines. It works perfectly when drawing straight lines (well, I'm human so they aren't PERFECTLY straight) up and down, and left and right on the screen.. except when I get to the deadzone. When I'm drawing down (perpendicular) through the dead zone, it works fine with no abnormalities.

But when I draw in a parallel (left to right) direction, when i'm inside the zone it basically draws my straight line has harsh zig-zag lines (ever seen a heart rate monitor?). Additionally some spots in the zone won't be drawn on at all.

Another note to further show that it's a consistent hardware issue: this zone stays in the same place, no matter if I'm holding it portrait or landscape. I'm forced to type on my phone with it being held upside down so the deadzone doesn't go through my keyboard.

I know (well, pretty certain) this is a hardware issue and there's probably no real solution for this phone. But is there any documentation, known issues, reasoning behind this issue? It just started recently and I've had this phone (it's a 'like-new' replacement) for just over a year now.

Should I just bite the bullet and pay for the upgrade to Droid 3 next week?


texts: Is there a 'User manual' for Android 2.1?

texts:
The user guides that came with my Android 2.1 phone are pretty basic and mostly geared to the mobile company's interface and apps. I've come across this PDF guide to Android 2.2. Is there something similar for 2.1?

Update:
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) user manual now available here (PDF).


texts:
I have TitaniumBackup encrypting backup copies of app settings before uploading to Google Drive. In order to verify/restore applications I need to type my password.

I need to extract a backup outside of TB. The problem is that Linux won't read the encrypted .tar.gz file. AFAIK TB uses asymmetric cryptography, which I don't know being supported by Linux file managers (or Ark application).

The question is: how do I extract an encrypted Titanium backup in Linux?


texts: How to get files off of Nexus 5 Android when LCD Screen + Touchscreen doesnt work?

texts:
So I have a Nexus 5 Android 32gb phone that boots up but the LCD screen and touchscreen doesnt work. I know because it gets detected on my computer. Also the bootloader is still locked, which means I cannot flash a recovery image to it. Also I do not have usb debugging on so I cannot connect via adb.

I have a bunch of family photos on the phone and would like to get these files off. What other alternatives can I do to get these files off?

I even changed the LCD screen and that doesnt work neither. It's possible that some chip on the motherboard is fried, but I'm not even sure how to test something like that. However I do have the proper tools for micro soldering, but not sure how to go about this.

Another option I was thinking about is extract the SD chip on the board and implant it to another nexus system. This requires extreme micro-soldering work and reballing. The sd chip that the nexus 5 uses is the following: SDIN8DE4-32G

Totally loss on what to do next.


texts: How do I get a gmail account on my HTC Cha Cha?

texts: I live in China and when I go to Settings > Accounts it's not an option to add a Gmail / Google one, is there any software I can download ?


texts: Is it possible to repack an .apk to install it in an incompatible Android version? ('there is a problem parsing the package'/have 4.0.4-requires 4.1)

texts:
It's about an .apk (Inbox by Gmail) that requires Android 4.1 and up.
Trying to install it in my phone which has Android 4.0.4
it shows that "there is a problem parsing the package".
I have enabled installing .apk from sources that aren't from the Play Store on my phone.

As I've read this is caused because the .apk requires a different device API level than that of the phone.

Is there a way to convert/repack the .apk so that it can be installed to my phone?


texts: Trying to install ADB USB Drivers, but Nexus is never appearing in Device Manager

texts:
I'm trying to install the google-adb-drivers.zip file (obtained here) on a Windows 7 64-bit system. The phone is the Nexus S 9020T. USB connectivity works correctly for file transfer mode. When I enable debugging, I expect to see "Nexus" appear under "Other Devices" in Device Manager, but it doesn't. After checking USB Debugging under "Developer Options" in the phone, the computer makes the USB disconnected sound.

I was able to load the drivers on a different Windows 7 32-bit system, but that's not the system I want to use.

Why is the debugging port not being recognized on the 64 bit system?

I saw the other post with a link to download the SDK, but I also would like to avoid installing the entire SDK unless absolutely necessary.


texts: Is it possible to run a PS2 emulator through Android's DVM?

texts:
I have heard some random posts from people on forums claiming that Android's Dalvik Virtual Machine can't handle something of the magnitude of a PS2 emulator, such as this one ported somewhat.

Is this true?

Are there obvious limitations to a massive program running under Dalvik, or the DVM's workload?

With the obvious limitation being the hardware and most devices having major trouble with this for that very reason, is there any software aspect that may limit this, in short?


texts: Is it possible to filter Google Play search results by permission?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to search the Play Store by permissions?

I would like to exclude apps that require permissions I find too intrusive from Google Play search results like network access, reading SMS, location, etc.

Is it possible to filter search results by permission on Google Play website and Android app? Or maybe from other sites like Appbrain?


texts: How to recover phone from lost mi account?

texts:
I got a xiaomi mi4i from my brother a while ago which was lying with him for quite a while. So, after I got it, I did a factory reset and tried logging into mi account only to realize that the device has been associated with another account. I asked my brother about account info but he had given the phone to a friend and he doesn't remember the account. So, basically the phone is useless right now.

BTW, before anyone of you say so, this phone is not stolen and I have the proof of purchase with me.

So, is there anything I can do to remove the associated mi account?

I know I can downgrade the OS to unlock it, but as soon as I upgrade from it, it again locks the phone with a message "this device is locked". what can I do to unlock it?


texts: The "OK" button is deactivated in creating new AVD although I have provided all details. So what is the problem?

texts: The "OK" button is deactivated in creating new AVD although I have provided all details as below:


texts: I recently have gone from IPhone to Android. And my Google Play store is under an old email that has deleted its self. I have a purchased app that I need for school on this account, is there a way that I can change the email on my GooglePlay account without having to make a new account?


texts:
I've installed the SDK + emulator with both Android 11 and 8 images (separate AVDs).

The app that I'm interested in running isn't showing in the playstore but it shows just fine on my physical phone:
bank app
How is it possible for it not to show on emulator playstore?.

I've downloaded the apk from apk-pure and sideloaded into the emulator. The app starts (flash screen) and then crashes. Any way to decipher why?.

Thanks


texts: Transfer ownership of in app purchases to new email address?

texts:
I made some in-app purchases a year ago with email address foo@foo.com.

I have since changed my email address to new@new.com. Is there any way that I can transfer my purchases from my old email address to my new email address in the Google Play app?


texts: ADB can discover devices but not fastboot

texts:
I've searched on the web about this problem and it's usually solved by installing the appropriate drivers. Problem is I'm on a Mac.

When I plug in my device, it can be discovered when I run adb devices. I run adb reload bootloader and it goes into download mode (the mode you get when you hold Volume Down + Home button when powering up). Is this correct? I assume it is.

Anyway, when it is in this stage, adb devices or fastboot devices yields nothing.

I have tested this on i9100 and i9505.


texts: If I tap and hold on the homescreen, nothing happens

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I wanted to uninstall and move some applications from my homescreen, but when I tap and hold to get the menu for uninstalling and editing, nothing happens. The icon is selected, but there is no response. This was working fine earlier, but has been broken for the last month or so.

Does anybody know if this is connected to any settings, or would you guess it's an error?


texts: After phone reset - how to download all my apps from google play store?

texts: In the web front end all my apps are still there and I added the google account in my phone. Now how do I get the apps down to the phone?


texts: LineageOS for Samsung Galaxy Young (S6310)?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Young (S6310), which I'm re-tasking to play with as a secondary, mini-tablet (with no cellular access i.e. no SIM card inside, just wifi for internet access). My issue is space available on the device for applications, data, etc.

I don't want to use an SD Card, because the one which was in this phone has already been moved to a new phone. Plus, I don't want to buy a new SD card, because the point of this exercise, for me, is to see if (without spending any money) I can take this already-four-year-old phone and get several more years out of it.

I've already removed old pictures/videos on it, old messages, rooted it to remove some unnecessary Samsung and Telstra bloatware, etc. But I'm still not having a whole lot of internal memory available, so my next step (unless I'm missing something which would make the next step unnecessary?) is flashing a different ROM onto the phone. I used CyanogenMod in the past on a different phone, so I'm thinking I might try out LineageOS, CyanogenMod's successor. However, herein lies where I got stuck.

Checking out the download page for LineageOS, after expanding the Samsung models on the left, I can't see the Galaxy Young or its model number in the list of devices at all.

Am I correct, and a ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Young is not available/supported by LineageOS? And if so, could I use a different ROM instead?

For the latter question, I'm assuming "no", but asking anyway in case the answer is actually more along the lines of "not really, but you could, with certain risks".


texts: How do I force my MHL to DVI adapter to send 1080p video to my HD computer monitor?

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I bought this adapter: www.delock.de/produkte/F_697_MHL_65337/merkmale.html in the hope that it would send native 1080p video from my HTC One (M7) running CyanogenMod 12.1 to my Benq GW2265, which is a full HD monitor. But it won't. Somehow the adapter or the phone seem to get the impression that the monitor only supports 640x480@60Hz, so that's all I'm getting. I've also tried it with two different models of HP Compaq HD monitors - same result.

Now if I plug the same phone and the same adapter + a DVI-to-HDMI adapter into an HD TV, I get 1080p@25Hz output, so I know the phone and the MHL adapter can both reach that resolution just fine. It's just that these computer monitors for some reason aren't being seen as devices capable of displaying resolutions that high.

From what I've read online, one possibility would've been that the monitors were not reporting superior MHL-compatible resolutions like 720p@60 or 1080p@25/30 as being supported via their EDID blocks. But as it turns out, my Benq really is reporting 720p@60 as an available standard resolution in its EDID block (though not 1080p@25 or 30 Hz because computer monitor refresh rates don't go that low). So I still don't understand why the phone won't send 720p@60 to the monitor rather than 640x480@60.

Per some instructions found online, I've tried reflashing my monitor's EDID - figured maybe if I moved the 720p@60 value up the list so it gets reported as the first standard mode it might register at the MHL end. No dice, though: the monitor's EDID ROM is write-protected and I don't know how to disable the protection.

Then I found out the Android files/devices having to do with MHL output were sitting in /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb1/ and that some people had gotten results by sticking a value of 4 (corresponding to the 720p mode) in the video_mode file after connecting the adapter and monitor. Again no dice - the file seems to get immediately reverted to containing a "2" and there is no change in the image I'm seeing on the monitor.

I'm almost giving up here. Can this even be done? Would there be any use in getting an additional DVI-to-VGA converter to try to go through the monitor's other input? Or is there something else I can try?


texts: HOWTO: Convert android phone into headless linux machine

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I am looking for a way to convert my old android smartphones into headless 'over the network' linux devices.
What I am looking for is, I should be able to

SSH onto the device
Use linux command-line (BASH preferably), once I have SSHed onto the device
Run programs on the device (let us say java microserices to begin with)

Why do I want to do this?

Because I have 2-3 old android smartphones lying around. I could leverage their hardware instead of buying a new laptop.
Because I am curious about it.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks.


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Would it be possible to emulate a Wi-Fi Protected Setup Server protocol on an Android device?

This way when using the device as a portable Hotspot, I could use a strong password and allow clients to connect using the WPS push button feature.


texts: How can I determine how much total RAM my device actually has?

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I bought a SIM locked ZTE v790 in Egypt. It tells me that it has 181MB of RAM, but it supposed to be 512MB.

Is there a way to check how much RAM my device physically has before deciding to get it replaced?


texts: Does installing GApps save space compared to PlayStore install?

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I am about to clean-install a Lineage ROM on my Android and I want to maximize the internal storage space left for the apps I want.
What I understand so far is:

The GApps package will reside in  the /system read-only partition.
Updates of apps from the GApps package will reside in the user partition.
Apps installed via the Play Store will reside in the user partition.

I see the two following options:

Install a lean GApps package (e.g. OpenGApps pico) and then install the apps I want from Google's Play Store.
Install a GApps package which includes additional apps (e.g. OpenGApps mini).

Question 1: Is there a drawback to making the /system partition as full as possible by selecting the biggest fitting GApps package?

Question 2: If I need some Google apps such as Maps and YouTube, which option maximizes the space left available to install other apps, updates and user data?

Additional information:

The device is a Motorola G 2015 (osprey) with 8Gb internal storage.
When comparing the difference between the mini and pico packages, the only apps I need from the mini package not included in the pico package are Maps and Youtube, all the rest is useless to me.
I can get the most recent OpenGApps package and it's ok for me to disable the update of apps such as Maps and Youtube if it results in more available user data space. (My aim is to extend the lifetime of my device by avoiding the lack of internal memory.)
I saw this StackExchange answer, but it didn't answer my question well enough.


texts: How can a web page get my phone number via the Google Now browser?

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I tapped on one of the cards in Google Now, which took me to breitbart.com. A few seconds later, I got redirected to cinemobi.club and was told that I signed up for a paid subscription to that web site, which was immediately followed by an SMS saying:

  FreeMsg:You've subscribed to Cinemobi for £1.99/week.Free for first 24hrs. Unsubscribe? send STOP CINEMOBI to 80206.Need help? Call 08009247988

How is this even possible? I didn't enter my phone number and I'd never entered any personal information in this browser (or Chrome) because I only use Firefox, except when opening a link in Google Now because they don't honour my browser preference by default.

Here's the link I opened originally: http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/04/13/venezuela-socialist-mob-assaults-archbishop-caracas-holy-thursday/

In case it helps, there must be some JavaScript code in that page that made a POST request to cinemobi.club, based on the screen I got when trying to go back:

I'm using a Nexus 5X with the latest patches.


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I'm trying to install CWM or TWRP for my D801 LG G2 and they both say "device not supported". TWRP doesn't give me any other options, but CWM shows D802 is supported. Can I install that or will it brick my phone?

Also, can I install CM11 with CWM or is that a TWRP only type of thing?

Thanks!


texts: Stuck in Air Plane Mode: How to Force Disabling Air Plane Mode?

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My Huawei Honour is stuck in air plane mode. I cannot disable it as the controls are greyed out.

I tried rebooting and resetting the system cache. What else can I do?


texts: How to remove a stored user name and password in Wifi Connection Settings?

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I've cleared all stored WiFi connections but the password prompt seen in the screenshot still appears. That user name and password is actually part of a VPN connection I had. I've deleted that VPN connection too. The prompt persists. How can I remove that stored user name and password?

Pixel 2 Android 8.0.0.
Security patch level: November 5, 2017.


texts: What does this button do in the Twitter app?

texts: I tried to find the answer online but I couldn't.  In the screenshot what does the circled button do?


texts: What determines the order of my contacts on the frequent contact toolbar?

texts: I am seeing a contact in recently contacted friends in whatsapp to whom I have not sent a message for a week now. All the other contacts are chronologically arranged except for him. Why is this happening? Is it that he is spying on me and my phone is sending him my history automatically? Or is it normal to be so?


texts: Regarding the "Error Downloading: insufficient space" error in the Google Play store

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I've spent a long, long time searching for a viable, long-term fix for this problem; though I'm beginning to believe that Google Play (or Google Play Services) is to blame. I recently factory reset my phone running KitKat 4.4.2, which has both 16GB of Internal Storage (not an internal SD Card) and a 16GB external microSD card. Even with over 12GB of space remaining (after the factory reset, I was free to download apps from the store with no errors for a while, though it was visibly running a different version), it gives me this error. This is 12GB of Internal Storage, I have over 7GB more on the SD card.

I'm currently at a loss about this. I've attempted to rollback both the Store and the Services apps, and it only clears me to download apps for 5-10 minutes (if that) before giving me the same old error. “Error while downloading There is insufficient space on the device”.

Update: While writing this question up, yet again I attempted to download three apps. The first proceeded through the process without any issue (keep in mind that I had not changed anything since the last time an error was encountered - I simply unlocked the phone and clicked install on the already-open Play Store page for Facebook Messenger), while the second and third spat out the same old error.

I have attempted to clear my cache/move it to another partition, clear the data on both the Store and Services apps as well as the caches, and several other things. APK files never fail to install when attempting to install from an external source. This issue is also not local to this phone alone, my previous model did the exact same thing without the allowance for one download that I just experienced.

Edit regarding "duplicate question": Whether this is a duplicate question or not, I have found no valid solution for this, regardless of how many threads I have looked at and how many different methods I have tried. I've purchased a new cellphone to try and bypass this error ffs. It is not my home internet, as I have attempted to update apps and download new apps from both my mobile internet connection and from several (more than five) different internet sources; inclusive of a USB-tethered internet connection shared from both my computer and a friend's computer. I would like to state that this question is different in the light that I have tried and exhausted every method I have come across, without a single ounce of lasting success.

To put it bluntly, I think that Google needs to get off their asses and fix the problems that so many people are so blatantly reporting.


texts: Why is there no internet connection only for specific apps?

texts: My internet browsers, and most apps on my phone work fine, but specific ones: Sync pro, McDonalds, Pocket Casts, Audible, and Snapchat have weird semi-functionality.  I know I'm connected to wi-fi and mobile data because a majority of the apps work, however these listed do not.  I also can confirm that the services are not down because I have confirmed they work on a friend's device.


texts: Change default account in "Add new contact"

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I have several accounts on my phone. When I add a new contact, my Google/Gmail account is always preselected, but I always want to add my contacts to another one, and quite often I forget to change the account.

Is it possible to change the default account so I don't need to switch account every time I add a new contact?

Phone: Lenovo Moto G4 Plus with Android 7.0


texts: Where does LineageOs store stock browser bookmarks?

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How could I export or backup my bookmarks in the LineageOS 14.1 default browser?

Several apps failed to retrieve bookmarks
The name of the browser doesn't appear anywhere in the browser itself
find /data/data | grep browser through adb doesn't give anything interesting
find /data/fata | grep "db$" does neither
Google doesn't help

It's a shame there isn't an "Export" option in the settings


texts: How to browse file:/// URLs on my Android device?

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I have some extensive documentation in HTML format that I want to carry around with me. On my old Gingerbread phone, I was able to save the entire "site" onto the phone's sd card and browse it with the url

file:///mnt/sdcard/mysite/index.html.

Unfortunately, this is not working with my new ICS phone (which uses Chrome as the browser); trying different urls produce either a 404 "file not found" or a 403 "access denied".

Can anyone point me to a read me on how to do this?


texts: Battery life cut in half recently - DrReadUsbStatus issue?

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My regular uptime on Samsung Galaxy S2 was around 6 days. For the last couple of weeks it is down to less than 3 days. The change was instant, but I was hoping it would come back - it did not. Running ICS 4.0.3 from Samsung. No change of activity - I primarily use my phone to talk, no games, browsing etc. I installed System Tuner, looked in the system log and found this event happening every second or so: "DrReadUsbStatus returns false USB is offline"
Similar problem on the internet:

http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Samsung-Galaxy-S2/Galaxy-S2-and-ICS-problems/td-p/1074013/page/2

According to some sources, it could be causing battery life issues.

Samsung suggest a hard reset - trying to avoid that at all costs.


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I have been informed that the digitizer in my Galaxy S6 may be damaged. Is there any way to fix it? And is it even worth it to fix it or should I just dispose of the phone?

Edit: I no longer have this issue but can’t delete the question. This question may assist others who have this issue so maybe it’s a good thing I can’t delete it.


texts: How to determine maximum capacity of a battery in mAh? - received fake battery

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Is it an increasable value ? I think its not.

I just bought an extended 3890 mAh battery for my Galaxy S4 GT I9500. The original Samsung battery is 2600 mAh.

This is my second purchase from a different seller, after discovering that the 1st was a fraud.
In Android tools, the new battery capacities say 2600 mAh only as maximum capacity.

I complained to the seller, and he suggests to do full charge cycles, re-calibration. However, that did not increase the capacity.

The seller is trying to prove that calibration can increase the capacity of the battery he has sold me to 3890 mAh as advertised. However, this doesn't look like it's gonna happen.

Most trusted tools for Android, CPUZ, 3CToolbox also say that the capacity is 2600 mAh only.


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I've just received a new Android phone (an LG G2 D802 32GB). I haven't put my sim card in, or signed into Google yet. I know there is an OTA to upgrade it from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2.

Should I root the phone and then start setting it up, or is it best to carry out the OTA first?


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As of last couple of weeks, my phone has been having problems automatically switching between wifi and 3G. When i leave home, I have to completely turn off the radio and turn it back on for it to pick up the 3G connection. When i come home in the evening, I have to turn off the wifi, and then turn it back on in order for it to kick in.

Has anyone else experienced this problem or know how to fix it?

EDIT:

The problem is that the phone doesnt automatically switch from WIFI to 3G and vice versa. If I go out of range of a known wifi hotspot, my 3G data connection should be established (indicated by the 3G icon in the top row), but it never shows up. If i work-around this by going in and out of airplane mode, the 3G connection is re-established.

My carrier is Optus in Australia, but i dont think that matters, given that it USED to work and only in the last couple of week has this problem occured.


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My friend has a little trouble getting around his new Linux system. I'm fairly knowledgeable in that topic so I want to SSH into his machine to take a look for myself.

Problem is he lives in a student hall, so he can't simply forward a port in the router. My idea was to create a Android WifiHotspot, connect his computer and forward port 22 to his local address. I tried that at home but none of the apps really work or want to do what I want (I don't want to SSH into my phone, I want to forward a port in my phone to a computer) and the questions asked to the topic are mostly 'opening ports for games' or 'SSH into my phone from my computer' but not really what I want.
There us the app 'Port Forwarder' that seems to do what I want but it didn't really work.
On the flip side, I couldn't even ping my phone, so there might be something more wrong.

Can someone help?


texts: What happens when you connect an Android phone to another Android phone?

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I've just connected my HTC Butterfly to a Galaxy Note 3 (micro-USB to female USB -> Male USB to micro-USB)...

And nothing really happened. What is supposed to happen? Am I able to view the other phones' storage, and vica versa? It did say something regarding keyboard(s), assuming it thought it was a keyboard?

I've been doing a couple of tests, using file manager, trying to transfer files, play music, etc... But nothing seems to work.

Is it possible to transfer files like that? (Not that it's handy; I just want to know if it's possible.)


texts: Images deleted after taking taking memory card

texts: i used 2gb memory card for 5 months in my HTC mobile, i have unmounted it and removed it safely to replace it with 16gb. but now when i try to connect the 2bg card to system and copy the images through adapter, they are lost...every other data is there except the Pics which i took using camera. please help me to recover that pics


texts: How to uncompress a password protected zip file?

texts: I have a password protected zip file, but ASTRO does not let me enter a password. What should I do?


texts: What are the risks to overclocking my CPU?

texts:
What are the risks to overclocking the CPU on one's phone?

Bonus Question: What's the max profile I should set on my Motorola Droid 1 to get the most performance (with no regard to battery life) but without making it explode (if that's even possible)?


texts: Possible to use another application as default camera application?

texts: Many apps let u use only the default built-in camera app. They not allow you to choose a third party app, such as the app "fake camera". Is there a way to remove/replace the default camera app? Any ideas?


texts: Nexus 7 2013: Bricked in recovery and no way of transfering data to it

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Ok so i kinda messed up while flasing a new rom and now i have a Nexus 7 2013 in recovery without a OS installed. I have tried for mabye 4 hours to fix it.

ADB fails to push files to it and ADB sideload get stuck at 0%. Fastboot stock image fails to and i have no idea how to fix it.

So if anyone knows how to transfer data or fix sideload Please help


texts:
I would like to prevent Firefox from loading images, due to 3g data limit.

I was googling for an anwser, but it seems that option is not available, and, to my surprise, I did not find any posts mentioning it does not exist.
There is no option in about:config that looks like the one permissions.default.image in the desktop version of Firefox.
No extension (in particular, the Image Block) seems to be installable in Firefox 16.0 for Android.

Can you suggest a solution, or a browser, which supports this feature?


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Shortly said, my mobile hotspot doesn't work.

I can connect my laptop to my phone but I can't get on the web. Mobile data on my phone works flawlessly.

What I've tried:

Putting my SIM card into another device
Connecting other devices to my phone's hotspot
Connecting my laptop to other hotspots
Putting another SIM card into my phone

All of the above, except the second point, work.

I was thinking it's my phones fault, but the last list item confuses me.
Why does it work, when I insert another SIM card? I didn't change any settings. I even let the hotspot run and just switched SIM cards.

I already asked my mobile provider if there are any special settings, either on my phone or on my laptop, I have to make. But they don't know about anything.

Has somebody ever encountered a similar problem or has an idea what else I could try?

I have another problem which I thought is somehow connected to the above one:

I rooted my phone and tried to unroot it again for OTA updates. But the phone doesn't properly restart. It always boots to the bootloader and I can't get into recovery.

But since my hotspot works with a different SIM card I don't think these two problems are connected.

I think the cause of my hotspot not working is the special constellation of my phone with my SIM card.


texts: S7 mobile is continuously coming up with a warning on a blue screen ,OS and ODIN are written in capitals then a screen shows with download do not turn target off and just freezes on that page


texts: HTC 626 bricked when trying to root the phone. What to do now?

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I have bricked my HTC 626. I was trying to root my phone.

I installed a recovery. As you can understand that I flashed recovery after unlocking bootloader. But I have s-on on phone. I then got some file on Google searching it for ways of recovery, super su, and boot.img.

I tried to open the phone in recovery mode but recovery wasn't working.
Then I thought flashing boot.img will work so I flashed it.
On the tutorial I found on the net there was a command for erasing the cache. Now it is not booting up. I tried to switch s-off. Didn't work.

Recovery did not work. I can only go through fastboot mode. ADB commands are working. I found some details that ruu.exe could help. But it is more complicated that I couldn't find proper ruu.

I did download HTCdev source file.

Here is getvar all details version: 0.5

version-bootloader: 3.19.0.0000
version-baseband: 1.0.U20402.1@50313
version-cpld: None
version-microp: None
version-main: 1.10.709.2
version-misc: PVT SHIP S-ON
imei2: Not Support
meid: 00000000000000
product: a32_ul
platform: hTCBmsm8916
modelid: 0PKX21000
cidnum: HTC__621
battery-status: good
battery-voltage: 0mV
partition-layout: Generic
security: on
build-mode: SHIP
boot-mode: FASTBOOT
hbootpreupdate: 11
gencheckpt: 0
mfg-name: 1001

What should I do to unbrick the phone?


texts: Is ARM EABI v7a System Image and Mips System Image important?

texts: I noticed that what makes installing SDK packages so slow is because these two packages take too long to be downloaded and sometimes it hangs on these two. Do you really need to download these two packages on every API version in the SDK Manager.


texts: How to enable USB connection mode on Samsung Galaxy Fit?

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How to enable USB connection mode in Samsung Galaxy Fit mobile?

When I connect my mobile to laptop via a data cable, I am unable to transfer data between PC-mobile and mobile-PC.

The option "USB settings" under Settings tab is missing in my mobile. I have enabled USB Debugging mode under Applications tab in my mobile.

I tried all the viable options but still am unable to select the mode as Charge mode/USB mode etc on my mobile.

What could I have missed?


texts: Is it possible to install the Google Keyboard on 4.1.1?

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I have a HTC Desire X running 4.1.1. I want to use the google keyboard - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin - but I get a device incompatibility and the playstore doesn't allow me to install it.

I found an APK here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312179 - there is a link there to v3.0.19423.1102675a.

I was wondering if there is any harm in trying to install the keyboard through the APK - anyone tried it. Keyboards are the first thing you use to interact with the system - so I am worried if something goes wrong, I may not even be able to uninstall it or something.


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I'd like to test the different solutions available to sync Outlook with Androphones through USB.

To start from a clean state, is there a way to wipe out the contents of Calendar and People, so I don't have to delete each item manually between each try?

Thank you.


texts:
I see that there are some projects about installing Linux on an Android Device, but how is the Hardware support?

If I install linux, can I have access to the hardware via Python, like in Android?


texts: Can I make a Google Doc shared with me more accessible on my Android device?

texts:
A friend of mine shared a Google document with me. If I use my Gmail app on my Android device to open the email that includes the link, I can see the document in the Google Drive app.

However, I can't seem to find any way to mark that document using the Google Drive app so that I can get back to it easily. Every time I want to view the document, I have to find the email in which my friend shared the link, and then click that link.

Is there no way I can bookmark or add that document so that it is available without me having to search for it? Ideally, I could leave it open in the Google Drive app so that when I reopened the app it would show me the document without me having to select it again.


texts: Can WhatsApp video calls be restored/reviewed?

texts:
In WhatsApp, one can view the detail of video call history by tapping the entry on it.

The video calls have a volume on the device, so can they be restored and reviewed?


texts: How to permanently set one handed mode on Android or shift screen size?

texts: My Xiaomi Redmi 4 prime's display has broken from left side. So I have to use one handed mode which is miui's default feature. Is there any way I can Shift my phone's display to 4 inches from right side? My phone is rooted and Magics installed. Also I it has a custom recovery (OrangeFox)


texts: Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini asking for network unlock Code

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The things is that I bought this phone from Amazon like 2 years ago and it was unlocked. Now suddenly its asking me for the Network unlock code.

I know I can just pay for a services to get the code, but the thing is that all this services are asking me for the Mobile Company the phone is currently locked on. And I have no idea, because as I said, I bought it unlocked.

How can I know to which Mobile Company is the cellphone locked on?

P.S: It doesn't have a logo in the battery nor the lid.


texts: Can I use side buttons of my phone to turn (by holding) next/prev track without root?

texts:
I have xperia M. It has normal walkman player. But choosing music is not comfortable, it needs taking out my phone from a pocket. How can I custom side volume buttons to turn next/prev. track by holding it a while? (How it was in old walkman telephones)

Thank you in advance.


texts: How can I read OL Chiki characters on Android?

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OL Chiki characters are not displaying on Android phone whose Unicode range is [1C50-1C7F] .

I know of only two processes to display such characters:

By installing OL Chiki Unicode font. But my Android phone does not support font installation.
By rooting the phone for installing fonts. But I do not want to root.

So, how can I install these Unicode, or how to read or display these Unicode characters on my phone?


texts:
So when I installed Kinguser,it was a old version like 2 years ago ver,and there is no root uninstall/uninstaller.
It also doesn't allow me to connect to my wifi for some reason,and I can't remove it using android,can only disable it.
How can I get rid of it??Is there any way?


texts: How to export the activity of my phone in the last 8 hours?

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Is it possible to download or export the activity or logs of my phone in the last 8 hours?

My phone has been stolen but was found shortly after and I would like to know what apps were started and what exactly happened throughout that time. Is this possible?


texts: Extract DB from accidentally formatted /data

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I had to factory reset my Samsung Galaxy Note i717 (1stGen AT&T), and I forgot to backup before formatting /data.

I need to extract the messages DB from it, because I have many important messages from my phone that I require.

So far, I have (after rebooting into CWM):

$ adb shell mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 on /cache type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered)
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 on /external_sd type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28 on /sdcard type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 on /data type ext4 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered)

Then I unmounted data from CWM, and then:

$ adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 of=/external_sd/data.backup bs=4M
512+1 records in
512+1 records out
2149580800 bytes (2.0GB) copied, 226.108215 seconds, 9.1MB/s

$ adb shell ls -l /external_sd
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         16384 Mar 18  2013 2
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         16384 Apr 20  2013 Android
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         16384 Dec 14  2012 DCIM
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root         16384 Mar 20  2013 DriveDroid
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root         16384 Dec  5  2012 LOST.DIR
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root        360448 May  1  2013 TitaniumBackup
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         16384 Dec 16  2012 clockworkmod
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root     173194344 Apr 25  2013 cm-10.1-20130411-EXPERIMENTAL-quincyatt-M3.zip
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         16384 Dec  5  2012 data
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root     2149580800 Nov 14 10:43 data.backup
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root         16384 Dec 22  2012 media
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root        102400 Apr  8  2013 mmssms.db
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root       7686144 Feb 16  2013 recovery.img

Next I DL'ed the backup file to my computer:

$ adb pull /external_sd/data.backup
8224 KB/s (2149580800 bytes in 255.223s)

$ ls -l
total 2099204
-rw-r--r-- 1 haneefmubarak haneefmubarak 2149580800 Nov 14 02:56 data.backup

So now what I have is an image of my /data partition (ext4). How can I file-carve for the messages (SMS) DB file? I have a nandroid copy from a while back that has some of my old messages (I set my SMS to never delete), would that help?

Model: SGH-I717
Manu.: Samsung
Carrier: AT&T
ROM: CM 10.2
AOSP: v4.2 Jelly Bean
code: quincyatt


texts: How can I sync my Google Work Calendar with my Android Phone

texts:
I don't want to add my Gmail(Work) on my phone because it requires all those device admin profiles and the Admin controlling that will control my phone.

I've managed to sync work emails via IMAP in the Gmail App, now I have issues with the calendar. Is there a way to sync the gmail work calender?

eg myname@mycompany.com (Google Apps for Work) Calender with my Android Device.

I know I can share the calendar with my personal account and then access it, but is there a way I can add that calender to my phone?

I see there is an Exchange Account on Android 5.1 would that do the job?


texts:
With the Facebook Android app I can add and remove friends from existing friend lists but I cannot find a way to create a new list.

Am I missing something? If not, is there an app available that does this?


texts: Is there a TRUE brightness controlling app?

texts:
I need to set my brightness below what Android allows me, and thus I'm testing a bunch of "dimming" apps. What they all have in common though is that they put on a filter over other apps so while they protect your eyes they do nothing to get you more battery life.

Is there an app that has low-level access to the screen brightness so that when you go beyond the default minimum brightness it actually gets you more battery life?

RootDim might be fitting, but I need something without root access.


texts: Are modified boot images for rooting OS specific?

texts:
I'm trying to figure out how to root Oreo on Nexus 6P

The guides I was able to find are all Marshmallow (6.0) specific, and include requirements for 3 files: (1) Modified boot image, (2) TWRP recovery and (3) SuperSU

Obviously, the latter two are OS independent and I simply get the latest versions.

But can I use the same modified boot image for Oreo 8.0/8.1 as I did for Marshmallow 6.0? Or do I need OS specific modified boot image?


texts:
I got a strange icon I've never seen before on my Samsung A3. It's in the top left corner, shaped like an 'o' letter, but with the top right quarter of the circle broken. Its not a sync icon (that has arrows and it's broken in two halves). Does anybody know what it means? I could not find it anywhere on the web. In the notification swipe screen there is nothing that points at its meaning.

See answer


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 shuts off when plugged in: screen goes black then a grey empty battery appears

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Samsung Galaxy S2 shuts off when plugged in. The screen goes black then a grey empty battery appears for a second then disappears. This "flashes" several times in about 4-5 second intervals. I can not turn the phone on unless the phone is unplugged.

If I try to holding the power button for around a minute it then goes to the "charging screen" (the battery with the charging level in green). This happens even if the phone is partially charged. If my phone is on and I plug it in it stays on for almost a minute then the screen goes black, grey battery appears blinks for about 3-5 minutes same as I mentioned above. When the phone is fully charged, when I get it to that state, it does stay charged.

I have taken out the battery, I have tried a different charger. I am convinced this is a hardware problem. Also this started happening about 3 days ago. Any ideas as to what may be wrong are welcome.


texts: Honor play won't install apks and apps from unknown sources

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can't find any specific info on the honor play and why I cant install apks and unknown sources apps. The menus seem to be a little different to general android advice and I feel I've got the right options checked but I'm confused as heck. For info it's an honor play, android version 9, don't want to root the device, trying to install older update on Google play services pre March 2017 so I can spoof location but no apks seem to work.

Whenever I try to install any 3rd party apps or apks I get this message or similar, I've checked the options and on honor play there's a list of programs such as browsers and apps where I can allow them to install programs and they all have permission. There isn't a general option that covers everything like on most other android mobiles.


texts:
I've noticed that when actively downloading a lot of data, the Wi-Fi radio uses much less power than the 3G radio.  However, when the phone is not being used much, the 3G radio will sleep but the Wi-Fi radio will not.  This actually means that if I leave Wi-Fi on, my battery will drain about 2.5 times faster than if I were using 3G.

Is there a way to get the best of both worlds?  When in range of a Wi-Fi signal I'd like it if I could leave Wi-Fi on and it would sleep in a similar manner to the 3G radio.  Is this possible?

Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings > Menu > Advanced > Wi-Fi sleep policy > After 15 min
doesn't appear to do what I want.  Basically, Wi-Fi will always be on and then if not used, will turn off after 15 minutes and turn on the 3G radio.  And then the 3G radio won't sleep at all!  Which is really horrible and not what I want at all.


texts:
I'd like to be able to hit a URL with CURL from my laptop, and have it cause my android phone to initiate a phone call, on speakerphone if possible.
I'm using a Linux laptop with Firefox browser, and I have tel: links set to run a bash script.
I'd like my script to send a GET/POST to some google cloud API which subsequently sends a command from the cloud to my phone that causes my phone to initiate a phone call hands-free to a number I send in the GET/POST.
I will use this to make tel links clickable in my laptop's browser.  Browsing on android sucks.  Calling from a "hangouts tab" in the laptop sucks.  Combining in this way will avoid the most things that suck, which is my new years resolution.
I may also use this to automate calls to appointments/meetings that I need to attend.  i.e. at the correct time, my phone simply auto-joins whatever zoom meeting, without me having to remember it.  Bonus points if this API can also, optionally begin the call on mute.


texts: ID a caller regardless of custom number prefix and/or suffix

texts:
Where I'm living right now people can call you with reverse charges by adding 99 prefix to the call.

The problem if that the received call ID appears with 99 as prefix and suffix, and unless you know their number you have no way of knowing who's calling.

Example:

  Let's say John's number is 5 123 4567 and he calls me with reverse charges. My phone caller ID will then display that 995123456799 is calling.

What I would like to do is to get the phone to both tell me it is a reverse charge call and who is the person calling.

Is there a way to do this other than creating an extra contact per person named "Reverse Contact"? (e.g. "Reverse John")


texts: What are the differences between different versions of Angry Birds Space?

texts:
I own both an Android phone and a tablet and I am trying to figure out what the differences are between these Angry Birds Space versions:

Angry Birds Space
Angry Birds Space Premium
Angry Birds Space HD

One is free and the other two are paid apps, but looking at the description they seem to have the same content and features. Can someone clarify the differences?


texts: How do i recover data from internal memory on a dead Xperia Z1?

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I have a Xperia Z1 and when i try turning it on nothig happens. When i plug it in i get a flashing red LED. I have important photos on the internal memory inside it so i wonder if i can in some way recover the data from it.

EDIT: The phone is rooted.


texts: G1 Misbehaving -- can I (should I?) reinstall donut?

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I have an unlocked G1 (b/c I am stuck with an AT&T contract) that recently started to do a lot of weird things all at once. Most notably, it rings but does not show the caller or allow me to pickup. The home key no longer does anything, and when I hold down the power key I see only the "power off" option -- no airline mode or silent mode.

I can make calls just fine but this is obviously an issue.

I've managed to get root on the phone (via UniversalAndroot) and BusyBox and i've been reading this: http://gailly.net/android/android-tips.html but I'm not really sure where to start troubleshooting this. I think I need a development OS to actually run adb root. I'd like to at least try installing or upgrading my OS.

Am I barking up the wrong tree? This is my only phone.


texts: Android Wear odd behavior after factory reset

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I did a factory reset on both my phone, and my smartwatch, which has now left me with a few problems, and I'm hoping someone can assist me in resolving them, or help me cope with the agony :(

The watch is a Moto 360 Sport running Wear 1.5. The phone is a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Android 6.0.1.

The first problem is the button on my watch, normally, you'd press it to exit an app or switch to/from ambient mode. But currently, it only turns my screen on and opens the app drawer when held down. It does not turn off my screen or take me back to the previous activity like it did prior to the reset. It's not a faulty button, if it was, it would not have worked at all. It's never behaved like that and it's not the first time I did a factory reset on my watch.

EDIT: My watch doesn't inform me of incoming calls anymore either. Normally it would've showed the incoming call and allow me to answer but now it's just not doing anything when I receive a call so I tend to miss them when my phone is on silent, which is pretty much all the time since I got the watch. Another problem is that my WiFi and Bluetooth menu items are missing, and when I googled the issue, someone had similar problems with an iPhone but according to that forum post, it's an iPhone only issue: https://www.reddit.com/r/moto360/comments/3ousbu/wifi_settings_missing/

The other issue is my Google Play Music app. Normally it would've shown a card on my wear device during playback that allows me to pause, play and when opened, it allowed skipping etc. But currently a card only appears when I pause the playback, and when I open that card, it's not the same interface that I had prior to the reset, but it's the same version of the app though.

Hopefully, someone has experienced and resolved these issues before and can point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.


texts: cannot see option to turn off my google news feed

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I am using a Moto G7 Power ,  android phone

When I open the Google browser (chrome I suppose), it says on the bottom
"discover, updates, search, more...".   If I choose "more..." and then 'settings', then it says

I see no news option to turn off


texts: System modifications don't stay after reboot

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I wanted to port treble to the LG V20 I made all the things needed a new partition and made the flashable zip and after flashing from twrp when I used file manager and checked everything was correct but when I rebooted the phone it when back to the normal type of vendor instead of the modification I did it undoes all my changes.
Is there any way to prevent this from happening


texts: How can I access USB tethered device from WiFi hotspot?

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So I found out the hard way that the USB tether IP is 192.168.52.x and the WiFi addresses are 192.168.53.x.

My goal is to be able to access the USB tethered device (Raspberry Pi) from WiFi as if it's the same network.

If I had to specific ports, that'd be ok, but I'd like to avoid that if possible. I found this XDA post about reverse tethering (sharing a PC's internet connection over Android WiFi) which I think is really close to what I need, but in a different configuration.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

To add further clarification, let's say there are three devices: an Android phone, a Raspberry Pi, and a Macbook. The Raspberry Pi is tethered via USB to the phone. The Macbook is connected to the phone via WiFi. I want to connect to the Raspberry Pi from the Macbook.


texts: How to prevent Android from creating LOST.DIR on SD card?

texts: After the phone restarts, there is a LOST.DIR folder created on the external SD card. Is it possible not to create this folder if nothing is lost?


texts: How do I upgrade my Sony Xperia X10 mini to Android 2.1?

texts:
I would like to explain to my friend who lives in another country how to upgrade their phone to Android 2.1 so that they can use WhatsApp.

How can they do this?


texts: My photos disappeared from my Samsung S5 sd card. Trying to recover photos or find hidden files

texts: My photos disappeared from my Samsung S5 sd card. I know sd cards get corrupted but there were a couple of weird things that happened in conjunction with the disappearance. I saw a message on my screen briefly saying something about my photos not being gone. About a week later I saw them again just once when I went to look at other photos on the Google + app. I saw a suggestion to try to do a disk check on a computer to recover corrupted files. Disk check says the info cannot be directly accessed.I also have read that some files can be hidden. I need some help with this. Any ideas?


texts: Baby locked phone through android device manager can't unlock

texts: I think somehow my baby locked my phone and i can't unlock it I even tried changing the password and that doesn't work. I have an HTC One M8. Any clues how I can get back into my phone? If my baby locked it there's no way of guessing a password that would unlock it


texts: How can I get rid of emulated External SD storage, to allow using a real SD?

texts:
I have a Visual Land Prestige Elite 10Q tablet (KitKat 4.4.2, rooted with KingRoot), and have discovered that even after rooting and using a utility to "fix" the SD to be writable from KitKat, I can't move applications to the SD using X-Plore or App2SD, though I can now write files and create folders there.

Based on the error messages I've received from App2SD, this appears to be due to the manufacturer of my tablet having created an emulated external SD using dynamically allocated space in the internal storage (16 GB, so I'm not short on storage yet, at least).  I believe that if I can get rid of this internal_sd storage, move its contents to external_sd, and change the appropriate OS settings so it looks for external_sd, I'll be able to move/install apps to SD.

There don't seem to be any specific ROMs for this device, so flashing to Lollipop or Marshmallow is risky -- I'd prefer to get KitKat to behave, if possible, though I'll consider forcing an upgrade if I must.  I also don't have dozens of hours to spend fooling with this thing.

So, the real question: how can I convince the device to ignore or delete the internal_sd and use external_sd instead?

Update: I've installed a root terminal app, and appear to have access (as su) to the root file system, but I don't find /system/etc/vold.fstab.


texts: Find lost device without Gmail account configured and without SIM card

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I recently misplaced a phone that did not have gmail account configured and did not have a SIM card in it either. Is there any way I can track it ?

All of the tracking apps either require sending an SMS (needs SIM card) or OTA install(needs Gmail account).

I do have the IMEI number of the phone.


texts: How to root MicromaxA116 running on CM11

texts: My phone is Micromax A116, have installed CM11 ROM, but this phone is now showing your phone is not rooted, I am not able to root phone by previous softwares which are for Jelly Bean


texts: Unable to detect Android device with ADB on Mac but can detect it through Fastboot?

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I am unable to view my Android device, an Oppo Find7, with ADB. I can view it with Fastboot. As I use a Mac, I followed this guide to install ADB and Fastboot.

More generally, I am having issues with my phone which is stuck on boot-loop and I can only access Fastboot (no bootloader or recovery working). I'm hopeful I can fix this once I get ADB working again! But if anyone knows if I can get the Oppo unbricking tool for Mac I would be very grateful :)
I've only found it for Windows, and unfortunately, the official Oppo support forums no longer exist.

Typing

Fastboot getvar all

gives me

 All:

Not a good sign I think.

Thank you!


texts: Unwanted Apps (Maybe malware) downloaded and installed on Android device

texts:
Off late, I have been observing some unwanted apps getting downloaded and installed on my Android device without my knowledge. Upon noticing I uninstalled those apps. However, the next time I switch on my data or connect to Wi-Fi, in no time does it re-install those apps. Is there a way in which I can troubelshoot this ?

Below are the couple of apps that are getting installed (please not none of these are available on Play Store):

Content Visual
VedioZone
UC News
WhatsApp (This is not the original WhatsApp with a slightly different icon)

I tried doing a Factory Reset with no success

I also tried resetting the device by going into the recovery mode with no success.

I disabled allowing apps to installed from unknown sources.

The Quick Heal anti-virus does not detect any threats.

Edit 1: I could see multiple instances of the above listed app as shown in below image:


texts: Boot loop, adoptable storage, did factory reset but screwed up by putting sd card in again

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My device is a LG H440n. I did use adoptable storage aka external SD card as internal storage. I had quite a few games on my phone. Yesterday it has gone into boot loop, I can't rember what I did unfornuately.

When I see the graphical UI, it says that the process system has stopped wirking and restarts immediately almost every time. Yesterday I managed to get in the menu and do the factory reset and the device was ok again. Then I got cocky, put in SD card again and now it's in boot loop again. Today It won't let me.

I cant get to the factory reset through pushing buttons on boot, either Im doing it wrong, what I doubt or the buttons are not reacting.

I tried adb then:

#!/bin/bash
echo " "
echo "Wating for device..."
adb start-server
adb wait-for-device
echo "fu "
adb -d shell stop
adb get-state
adb status-window

Tried adb again:

#!/bin/bash

adb wait-for-device

echo $(adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed)
A=$(adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed | tr -d '\r')

while [ "$A" != "1" ]; do
        sleep 1

        A=$(adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed | tr -d '\r')
        echo $(adb shell getprop sys.boot_completed)
done

echo "something"

I also used watch with adb devices

watch -n 2 "adb devices >> testt"

Nothing showed up anywhere.

What to do?
Any help is greatly appreicated, I dont have the money for a new phone.


texts: W/GAV2 Exception sending hit: HttpHostConnectException

texts:
I'm using Samsung Galaxy Nexus Verizon (toro) w/ stock ROM, and I constantly see this in my logcat:

W/GAV2    (  903): Thread[GAThread,5,main]: Exception sending hit: HttpHostConnectException
W/GAV2    (  903): Thread[GAThread,5,main]: Connection to http://www.google-analytics.com refused

any ideas what this is? do I really need it? Can I disable it? is it eating more CPU(battery)?


texts: What does the hyphen and number that comes after an installed package name mean?

texts:
For example, if I install Google Chrome on my phone (assume it's not prebuilt), whatever the original name of the apk is, it will usually be installed to /data/app/com.android.chrome-1.apk but sometimes /data/app/com.android.chrome-2.apk and even xxx-3.apk or xxx-4.apk
My question is what the number in that case mean and how is it generated? It's often varying and I haven't found any clue.


texts: New contacts added to my phone get deleted after sync with my Google account

texts:
Any time I add a new contact to my Google contacts, the second I turn on my WiFi it gets disappeared. It's been for over a month on Android 4.3 and 4.4 I have tested. This is new and I have not had this before. I guess the problem lies with the synchronization with Google account.

Note that this is not the case with Phone or SIM card contacts. That's why I am sure the problem lies somewhere in sync.

Is there any official issue that I'm not aware of?


texts: No internet connection in my S3 even though it's connected to my computer with internet and Kies already recognizes it

texts: I have no internet connection in my Samsung Galaxy S3, even though it's connected to my computer with internet and Kies already recognizes it. I'm trying to update my games and application using the USB connection to my desktop (Desktop has internet connection).


texts: Set fixed BSSID in LineageOS16 / Android

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I'm searching for a way to set the BSSID my OnePlus One (running LineageOS 16) is connecting to. I started adb shell as root and tried to change the BSSID in /data/misc/wifi/WifiConfigStore.xml, but when restarting the WiFi connection, the *.xml file gets set to default.
Can someone tell me which file needs to be edited that the MAC Address of the BSSID may get written to the *.xml file, or in which format the change needs to be made so that it won't get set to default?
EDIT:
I found a configuration documentation which tells about editing a Public String, but I don't know what needs to be edited and how.
Thanks in advance.


texts: How can be deleted the com.android.cts.priv.ctsshim?

texts: I have been told this is a compatibility test suite, but it is safe to delete? if so, how can be deleted from the device?


texts: Can Android Device Manager only locate your phone if it is signed in to your Google Account?

texts:
My phone was stolen two days ago, and I have only just had internet access to start looking up ways to find it - or, more specifically, at least recover the photographs on it.
While I had tried to back up the images by loading them onto my laptop, for some reason the phone wasn't showing up under "My Computer" so I gave up...ironically this was the day before it disappeared (it was a new phone).
I am pretty sure it was signed into my Google account, but I hadn't changed any other default settings. I tried searching for the phone on Android Device Mananger, but it can't locate it - presumably because the thief/ves wiped it? I guess I'm just hoping that maybe the device manager can't locate the phone because it's off...
Otherwise, is there any other way at all that I can retrieve my photographs?

Thank you (:


texts: How to unlock my device after locking with “Find my device”?

texts: I now have my phone(Xiaomi Redmi 4), but it's locked from Google's "find my device". Everyone keeps talking about a password option in find my device, but nothing like that exists! How do I unlock my phone without erasing the data. Here's all I see on googles find my device:


texts: Can't un-silence ringer without reboot on 5.1.1 / Nexus 5

texts:
I turned the "bell" volume down and now it won't turn up again!

When I press volume up, I see the slider appear next to a bell symbol, but the slider is at zero, and doesn't budge when I press Vol Up. If I drag the slider it struggles to follow my finger, strobing between where I'm trying to drag it to, and zero. As soon as I let go it goes back to zero.

Anybody else found this? Is there a fix? Turning it off and on again seems to work.


texts: Google "Play Music" app constantly running!

texts: Why is Google Play Music constantly running on my galaxy s4? I don't use any music app.


texts: Note 3, Android 4.4.2, forgets wifi password

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since an update 5 months ago my note 3 occasionally forgets my wifi passwords. Sjnce I have it set to jump to 4G cell data, I am accidentally using up my mobile data allowance.

This happens only every 2-3 weeks and I cannot find any logic to it.

Is there a way to see what has occured?

Any advice greatly appreciated.

PS. It is an Australian Telstra branded unrooted phone.


texts: Backed up and formatted SD card, now "app isnt installed" error

texts:
So i was having this error on my laptop which didnt allow files to be copied or moved to and from my SD card. The error happens mostly when copying to my sd card. When i try it says something like the device disconnected or isnt responding

Anyways after googling the problem, i came across a solution that said to format my SD card, so i backed it up onto my laptop, formatted the sd card and put the original files back onto the sd card (it didnt fix the problem, putting the files back on was a struggle and eventually had to put them on my web server on my laptop and download from my phone)

While the sd card was formatted, i got the problem with not being able to load any of the apps, it said "app not installed" (this was expected since most of my apps were on the SD card) and i thought the problem would be fixed when i put the files back on however i still get the "app isnt installed" error. I cant move the apps to the internal storage from the settings since it says the app doesnt exist

So

Issue #1: how do i get the apps back? Re downloading them is a pain since my internal storage is pretty full already and i dont have much space for downloading apps

Issue #2: how do i prevent the error message from happening when copying files to my SD card? Ive tried using different cables, ports, uninstalling drivers and even tried it on a different laptop but it still doesnt work which makes me think its something to do with the phone. For some reason it allowed me to copy the sd card content to my laptop so im not sure why that was.

Thanks for reading, i hope someone is able to help. Thanks


texts:
If I delete a message with a single tick, does it just get deleted from my local device, or does it stop the message from being delivered to the recipient?

I posted a message in a group and it just shows a single tick. I don't want a particular person in that group to see the message.


texts:
I'm hoping someone can help me here. Yesterday I was doing some research for an essay when I clicked a website (very dumb of me, who never clicks suspicious websites or links) that redirected me. I immediately backed off, the page didn't load. If anything I spent about a second there. Being the paranoid person I am, I have malware bytes installed, scanned, clear. Avast, clear. Sophos warned me about a PUA, which was a .com.google.chrome(some letters) file. Immediately deleted it, but then again Sophos also warned me about another app being a PUA, when it's in fact, safe.
I cleared the google chrome cache. I'd like to note that I DID NOT download anything, I didn't click any links, I didn't click anything but the back button, I didn't give any permissions. I'm on android 10, Xiaomi redmi note 7 (encrypted), and updated to miui12 last night. My phone isn't acting odd or anything.
I'm just extremely worried about being infected. I checked that website on hybrid analysis which came back as malicious (attack method as hooking), virus total said the same, but google safe browsing didn't detect anything, this site was detected as malicious on 2-3 checkers. I was on google chrome at the time.
Should I be concerned?
I don't do banking on my phone as I have a separate apple device for that.
Is there anything else I can do, for peace of mind? Thanks in advance.


texts: How can I know which Android phones support multiple users profiles?

texts:
Android (Stock android) has a feature that enables Android to support multiple user profiles. Note this has nothing to do with online accounts such as a Google account.

Within the phone you can define profiles and switch from one account to other effectively running apps and other staff separately.

This is what I mean: https://www.howtogeek.com/333484/how-to-set-up-multiple-user-profiles-on-android/

In practice I found out most phones disable this feature. For instance Samsung and Oppo devices do not have it. Others have it. In the specs of the phones they never mention this feature, i.e. by looking at the specs of a phone I cannot know if it is enabled or not.

Is there any way to get a list of all devices which offer this feature?


texts: "No command" in recovery mode after flashing with CF auto root

texts:
Using a Samsung 5 (Model J500FN).
I used Heimdall to flash the partitions (from CF-auto-root), which completes in download mode.

I then reboot the phone into recovery mode and just get a "Installing system updates" (or a message to that effect) and then a "No command error".

What am I doing wrong?


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I have a Sidekick 4G running 2.2.1.

I've had a problem with both stock and custom ROMs randomnly losing the BT connection to my Plantronics Pro headset.  Sometimes hitting the connect button on my headset will reconnect it, but eventually it always loses it permanently and I have to unpair, delete it and then re-pair it.  If I try to just re-pair, I get this message: "Unable to pair with PROPlantronics. Incorrect PIN or password."

This is, needless to say, hugely annoying and oft times very inconvenient (such as when I'm driving and discover my headset can't be used).

Anyone have an idea of how to fix this?  I never had this problem with the headset on either my G1 or my og Droid...


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I'm trying to follow this advice on checking USB connectivity status which suggests using ADB, "or from a shell on the phone" where I should execute:

cat /sys/class/typec/typec_device/current_detect

The latter seems great. But I can't find out how to start a shell on my Nexus 6P with Android 6 (not rooted). Basically, I'm asking a variant of the question: "terminal on real android device from PC", but again: I'd prefer not having to use ADB.

Is this possible? Or does this require an app and/or my device to be rooted?


texts: Bundled Microsoft apps keep getting updated even though they are disabled

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My phone came with several non-uninstallable "factory apps". Three of these are Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Even though I have disabled these, and uninstalled any updates to save space, the updates keep getting re-installed.
How can I find out why this happens and how can I prevent this? The updates take more than 500 MB of space, which I don't want to waste on something I don't use.

More details:

This is a Samsung S7 running Android 8.0.
I disabled updates for these specific apps in Google Play (I had to temporarily re-enable them to be able to do this). I disabled all auto-updates in the Samsung Galaxy Store. There are no other app stores on this phone.
The apps stay disabled, yet updates are still installed for them, taking up storage.
These are the only factory apps that get forcibly updated. Other factory apps that I disabled don't get updated.


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I have an HTC One (4.2.2) & I need to reset my settings ONLY, just the settings.
Is there any way not to lose my data, without making a backup?
I mean I want a factory settings for the settings only.
Thanks.


texts: how do i rename the video file after i export it?

texts: I downloaded some videos to my android tablet from drop box. I then edited the videos together as one file and am ready to upload to a business site which the files are required to be named a specific way.  I cannot figure out how to rename the the completed file and meet the requirements of the site. When I click on the file in my video folder the only option I get is to delete the file. Can anyone help?


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I get very poor GPS reception on my Droid X.  When I turn GPS on, the little icon in the overhead bar has a flashing center, which means it hasn't found a satellite.  It takes forever to lock on, if at all.

I've found it's better if I move around -- if I walk a 100 yards or so, it will often lock on, but not always.

This seems to have changes recently.  It was great, then something changed.  I just hard-reset the phone, so it has fresh settings (and I was having the problem previously, so it's nothing I did then reset).

Is something wrong with the phone?


texts: What's the default Nexus 4 indicator LED behavior?

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What is the default behavior of the Nexus 4 indicator LED? When is it lit, in what colors, and why?

Google's official Nexus 4 documentation doesn't apparently cover the LED. I googled and found apps or articles on how to customize the LED behavior, or reviews mentioning the LED without further details, but no descriptions of how it's supposed to work by default.


texts: How to automate sending my current battery percentage to PC over the internet every 5 minutes?

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I'm using Android 9 on my device, there are many times when I'm away from my phone and it is charging in a different room or someone else is using it, is there was a way to send over the battery percentage say bp over to my PC at regular intervals via the internet.

There maybe apps that can do this but I'm interested more in a script or terminal based approach

Ideas I'm thinking of are:

using a script manager on my phone like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.androidideas.scriptlauncher
crontab with a script that sends out bp to a copy pasta and my PC can have it's own script reading that
using cat /sys/class/power_supply/battery/capacity or dumpsys battery | grep "level:" | awk '{ print $2 }' once my device is rooted as mentioned here : How to get battery status in terminal? and doing that every N minutes using cron

I have Termux installed and my device is not rooted yet how do I proceed.