texts: How can I find better quality video streams to my Android phone?

texts: I'm looking for an app that will stream television and/or movies to my phone on 3G. I have a long commute and find that apps I've used (tv.com mainly) have poor selection or quality. Since Android does not have Netflix or Hulu available, what are some other apps that would allow me to watch streaming video without considerable lag?


texts: How to Restore notepad.db in Huawei P7 without factory reset

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kindly advise the following.

I have 2 huawei p7 phones, but only 1 sim card(used by the main phone ), and need transfer all the Notepad files to new phone.

The Main one :
although no problem access to internet, but unable to download any apps from Google Playstore, due to certain part of its mobile data reception ability got affected after the phone suffered too many times of hard hit previously.

Its android Beam NFC function also not working.

The secondary(new) one :
ready to replace the main phone, can download apps no problem.
But there are existing notes and other photo files in it.

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I have backed up the notepad in the Main phone using the Backup function in huawei p7. The backup file is a zip file.
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So my dilemma now is :
- How to Restore notepad.db in the new Huawei P7 above, without factory reset ?

I am trying to restore all the Notepad from the Main phone into the Secondary new phone, without affecting the existing notepad files in the new phone.
Is there anyway to copy the backup file Notepad.db to a path in the new huawei p7 in order to let the note files restored automatically ?

I only have these 2 mobile phones for any file transfer. No pc or laptop.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Can I disable USB Debugging on Android smartpones from Windows via adb.exe?

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I have to install Applications on dozens of android smartphones and I am currently writing a program to automate this process. I know I can't remotely enable USB Debugging, so my question is: Can I use ADB.exe to send a command to the smartphone that disables USB Debugging immediatly or puts the disable in a command queue to execute at next reboot?

Thanks


texts: "Can't play this video" error AFTER the video finishes playing

texts: I get this error AFTER the video plays. This comes up when the video ends. And it was recorded on the same Pixel phone where I play it. Tried different apps to play the video, same result.


texts: Picture converted to very low quality while sharing on Google +

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I'm using a HTC ONE X with Android 4.2.2 and HTC Sense 5.0

I took a screenshot from my phone : the picture has the same resolution as my screen which is 720x1280.

Then I share it on google plus :

go to 'Galery' app ( don't know if its the standard android one or an HTC specific app :/ )
choose my picture
touch 'share'
chose in the list 'Google+' which open the google+ app to choose the circles I want to share with.
confirm.

The picture shared is then 180x320 !
All text is unreadable so the sharing doesn't make sens anymore :/

Does anyone know why ? And how to prevent this ? I'm connected using wifi connection so there's no need to scale down the picture I can upload the full size...


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I have the original Samsung firmware on my Galaxy Mega 5.8

It doesn't have any of the Google Apps on it, so I decided to flash the G-apps. I got into recovery mode, and selected the appropriate G-apps ZIP, gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip

However, I keep getting the "E:failed to verify whole-file signature" error. I've tried downloading zips from different sources, including the CyanogenMod Wiki Downloads page, the problem seems to persist.

More

Here's a list of the steps I took: (My phone is rooted)

Download the G-apps zip file.
Put it on the root folder of the SD card.
Reboot into recovery mode.
"Install update from external memory", selected the g-apps zip file.
Got the error.

I would really appreciate any help that I can get.

I've also tried downloading the google services framework, play store and google login service APKs separately. However, the play store simply opens and closes. (Installing Google apps; "Google Services Framework has stopped" after installation )


texts: How can I see what calls were automatically rejected with the "only receive calls from contacts" option?

texts: I've been expecting a call back about a job and I just realized I've had my phone on only receive calls from contacts. Is there any way to recover those past calls or see if someone else has called me?


texts: I deleted/disabled my calendar on Galaxy S3

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I used the CleanMaster app on my Galaxy S3 to disable apps I do not use.
I then accidently deleted my calendar.
When I want to add an event, I get a noticification: 'You must at least have one calenar activated under My Calendars. Do you want to open the calendar list?'
When I hit OK, I just get the blank calendar list.
I have now also downloaded the 'Business Calendar' app - but this also notifies me that I have no calendars selected.
How do I reinstall or reactive my calendar then?


texts:
I'm in love with the Evie Launcher however one complaint I have is that there seems no way to hide apps in the app drawer. According to this article the Nova launcher has this feature but i like Evie a lot and I don't want to change my launcher.

Is there a way to do this in Evie launcher?


texts: After your Android phone uses OLED, does the graphics looks a little "frame by frame"?

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I have had iPhones and Android phones and when I play Pokemon Go, I do see that the LCD and LED ones have smooth animations, but on phones with OLED, the Pokemon when standing in front, when the player can throw the Pokeball towards them, appear choppy.
The graphic animation begin to look like 15 frames per second or maybe even 10 frames per second, while on the LCD and LED phones, they look like 30 or even 60 frames per second -- smooth to a point I can't tell whether it is 30 or 60 fps.
With movies playing, I found similar things: I can't see the lip frame by frame movements on LCD or LED display, but on OLED, I actually can see the frames.
I am wondering if it is due to OLED not dimming down fast enough as the LCD or LED can.
Is that the overall experience on Android phones with OLED too?


texts: I've searched and got many results. Some people were telling JB for Xperia U would be comming soon. Some were telling never. Is is possible to port Jelly Bean in XPERIA U? Did anyone succeed yet?


texts: Battery drain issue on idle phone, how to find out the culprit?

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Overnight, starting from a 100% charge, all apps closed, even from a fresh reboot, screen of course off, my phone (Redmi 6) ends up with a ~90% charge. I know this is abnormal, as my previous phone (Redmi 5A, with worn out battery) ends up with ~99% in the same situation.

That's quite annoying to know that something needlessly drains my battery! I'm pretty sure it's due to some software bug. Encountering the issue as well on MIUI 10 and 11.

I'd like to find out the culprit in order to fix the issue. What can I do?

For the record, my syslog receives the following two errors a lot (several per second):

BoostFramework() : Exception_1 = java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.qualcomm.qti.Performance
BoostFramework() Ux Perf : Exception = java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.qualcomm.qti.UxPerformance

(then, just in case, I went to the Developer options and fully disabled logging, who knows! But it didn't fix the battery issue.)

Also for the record, I have already done a lot of googling about that battery drain issue, and tried the following fix: Go to "Settings > App > Permissions > Autostart" and disable everything (in my case I only had "Camera" enabled). Sadly, it didn't fix the issue.

Update:

I've had run "Battery usage stats" during the day, and it reported me that the screen was most (like 90~95%, as I recall) using the battery, followed by a few % by the networks (cell, wifi).

But here I just looked at "Battery usage stats" and it gave me interesting results: Screen 35%, Cell standby 31%, Wifi 24%…

This is something I was also suspecting. It's highly possible the battery drain is caused by network (both cell and wifi) activity, which in turn could be caused by some software bug. Even though I made sure that no apps or widgets are running. What could I do to investigate further this path? Maybe there is some setting (possibly advanced) that could fix the issue?

Update 2:

As suggested in the comments, I tried "airplane mode" (i.e. cell and wifi networks disabled) and it seems to solve the issue. I think that both, cell and wifi, cause battery drain.

However, that adds an annoying handling step, and I cannot receive calls while in airplane mode. I wish I could avoid that extra handling. I usually don't use wifi, so I'll try disabling only wifi and see if it's sufficient.

The MediaTek chipset of the Redmi 6 definitely seems to be a bad pick. This chipset forbids almost any custom ROM, and now I discover it's not energy-efficient at all for networks…

Update 3:

Some feedback after an extensive period of testing. I can keep cell network and mobile data always on, turning the wifi off seems to be sufficient. Overnight, the battery goes down to barely 99%, it reaches 98% at the very worst… sometimes it even stays at 100% :)

Coupled with a good mobile plan, I just keep the wifi always off, and no longer think about this issue :)


texts: Where the values of tethering, usb and bluetoth internet are stored?

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I want to disable(or restore to default) the values of Tethering & portable hotspot, deleting the file/s that are storing the config.

Where is located that file?


texts: How to add Android StackExchange RSS feed to HTC news reader app

texts: I've been trying to add https://android.stackexchange.com/feeds to my RSS feeds in the News application on my HTC Desire Z. However it doesn't "find" any results. I just want to add this URL as it is instead of searching for it. Isn't this possible?


texts: How to configure android settings from Windows/Linux

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Let say i need to enforce some configuration into 100 same android devices, speaking: enable wifi with some config, disable NFC, Allow NonGoogle Play apps and few more.

How it can be done? (there are some approaches to install APK via cable and Android SDK).
My idea is ho write XML, attach mobile to PC, hit the button and it will be done.

Is it possible some how?

Thank you


texts: How to get rid of "SD Card blank or has unsupported filesystem" notification

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My Samsung Galaxy S II phone crashed and after I restarted it, there was an SD card notification icon that says "SD Card blank or has unsupported filesystem" with the only option of formatting the card.

However, the contents of the SD card like photos taken or videos is accessible just fine UPDATE: the card seems to be corrupt, at least it's not visible from my computer. I'll try formatting it.


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I'm running KitKat and can't locate the Car Home app on it. It's listed in the Play Store as "Installed" and also "incompatible with all your devices", also "not eligible".

There's a seeming incongruency in the app install versus availability, and an inability to access the the app on my devices: no icon, no ability to add a shortcut to the launcher?

I've not seen another app in the Play store reporting itself in this odd manner.  My immediate assumption is it has been discontinued and/or is installed in the Android OS but only makes itself available under certain conditions (e.g. a docking station is present).

There does seem to be discussion around the Internet about the Car Home app and docking station integration.

Back in Gingerbread days I used to open the Car Home app manually to use it.  I haven't checked for it in a while.

Currently I'm running a Nexus4 with KitKat but I think this doesn't seem to matter. The app also won't work with my Note 10.1 and is not available for the old Nexus S either (lost that phone though so I'm only going by what the Play store is reporting for it).

I've settled for using a third-party app for now, however if Car Home is part of Android and the Play store I would prefer to use it.


texts: Does CWM backup everything? Or just the actual system?

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I have just created a backup using CWM. A 3.2G backup of a clean factory reset. Mental.

I am wondering that once I have installed all the apps, and make a new backup....that backup will contain EVERYTHING? Apps, photos, music...and so on?


texts:
All my android phones so far have been Samsung's, with AMOLED screens.
One of the benefits of AMOLED is that black saves battery life.

So many apps though (including many big ones, even from Google) don't include a dark theme.
So you wind up with a lot of white, sucking down your battery.

This got me to wondering, seeing as the Android UI is built on XML with something essentially like CSS, is there any way to override the styles in apps?

I'm thinking something along the lines of the Stylish add-on for Firefox, which allows you to specify user stylesheets that can override all sites, or specific sites.

I am rooted, and was thinking maybe something on that Xposed Framework?
(I've never used any Xposed modules). Or any way really.

Thanks in advance.


texts: How to transfer apps, contacts and settings between two identical phones?

texts: I'm having trouble with my new Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant running 2.1.  It constantly reboots and I'm going to return it for a replacement unit.  How can I transfer all of my phone settings, contacts, apps, app settings and pictures/movies from the old phone to the new one?


texts: Are there any Reviews/audits verifying the security of the Adguard HTTPS filtering (interception)? I know that any MITM software is a security risk, but without this feature ads are not blocked on most sites. How save is it really to enable the feature? Are there good audits to verify that the HTTPS implementation of Adguard has a high security standard?


texts: How can I make two Android devices show the same video simultaneously?

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I would like to attach two Android tablets to the back of my car head rests so that my two children can watch films on long journeys.

I want them to be watching the exact same video at the same time, and I want them to be as in sync as possible, because the sound will be played over the car's speakers.

I am open to any solution: whether it's having a separate machine as a streaming server running Windows, Linux, or another Android tablet. Another solution might be that the two devices have both have the files on them, but control data is being sent from one device to another - master/slave style. In a truly ideal world, it would be controllable by a device by someone sitting in the front, but that's a nice to have.

My question is - are there any apps that allow any of these scenarios? I have been looking for about three hours myself and haven't found anything.

nb: Pressing play simultaneously on the two devices is not a viable option, and neither is getting the children to wear headphones.


texts: Endless spinning circle while "Listening" for "OK Google" voice training

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I have both a Samsung Galaxy S4 and an S5, as well as a Samsung Galaxy Note II and an Acer Iconia tablet, and I'm having the same issue on ALL FOUR DEVICES: whether I click the cue card "Set up Voice Match" via the Google Home app, or whether I go to the Google Now app's Settings | Voice menu and click on "OK Google detection" and choose "From any screen", either way, when the next screen appears to train the phone to recognize my voice it just sits there spinning a little circular progress icon with the words "Listening..." and never quite progressing past that even though I repeat the words "OK Google" loud and clear!

Something else I've noticed is that at times I get a small toast notification near the bottom of the screen saying, "Trouble with the microphone, please try again in a few seconds."

Has anyone had this issue and resolved it successfully?

Here's what I've already tried:

Rebooting
Disabling Samsung S-Voice (both via its settings and also freezing it using Titanium Backup)
Switching from WIFI to mobile data
Updating both Google Now and Google Home

None of the above has helped the situation any. There was a time where this worked just fine, but I can't tell when it stopped because it's been a while since I went back to it. Please help! Thanks.


texts: How can I change the default download location to the external SD Card?

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I have a Chinese tablet that runs Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) and comes with the default Download Manager. I googled for a way to change the default download location to the external SD card with no luck. Can anyone advise me how to do this? I don't have the my files app as stated in most solutions.

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texts: Problems with two-step verification on a new SIM

texts: I recently purchased a new SIM. When I try to install WhatsApp, it asks for a PIN that was apparently created by the previous owner for two-step verification. What should I do?


texts: CPU-Z shows 8 cores, but 4 of them are stopped

texts:
I am using CPU-Z to test basic things about the J7. It reports an Exynos Octa 7580, 8 cores, 8x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1.5GHz, r0p3, 28 nm.

At all times that I checked, only cores 0-3 are active, and cores 4-7 are stopped. Power saving is disabled.

Is there any way of activating all cores?
Is there any way of at least seeing all of them active, for testing purposes?

I have found a few posts around (here and here) mentioning that it may be the way the phone + OS kernel keep temperature in check, but I am not sure it applies to J7, and if so, how to circumvent it.

PS:
I find some times that my J7 is sluggish, so I wonder why would it have 4 processors idling if they could work (assuming the causes are processing several apps, which could be tackled by assigning different processors).


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Since yesterday my phone's front camera hasn't been working.

Not working on most apps, including native camera. While touching "switch camera" button in camera application, nothing happens.
Instagram images from the front camera displays a distorted, stretched image of the rear camera.
In Dialer keycode(secret code) #808 for Oneplus devices, "front camera preview" displays rear camera's image. But "camera test" makes the app close(force close) without any error info.
If I'm not mistaken, during a video call on WhatsApp, the camera froze along with the app, which became unusable until I restarted phone. After that the camera hasn't worked ever since.

What I've tried so far:

factory reset
safe mode
several camera apps
going back to stable (I was using beta)

Nothing worked. Any suggestions?


texts:
I have installed Samsung PC Studio on my notebook and connected my Samsung Galaxy S3 to it by USB.  The notebook picks it up and I can open it in My Computer.

But when I go to PC Studio 7, I "click here to connect a phone" and get a message saying "there is no available connection type and therefore connection cannot be established".

I go to Settings - Manage Connections - there is nothing in the Connections Available box.

I did a Samsung PC Studio 7 upgrade on my notebook, which worked fine until it got to a point saying "no phone connected". I had to repair the PC Studio installation.

Anyone able to help, please?  I can't see anywhere on the phone to activate the usb port, or suchlike!

Thanks


texts: Turn Bluetooth on so it stays on even when trigger app is closed

texts:
Hi Guys I am trying to make a profile to turn on Bluetooth when I open Spotify. That works but as soon I switch the app to browse something while playing the music Tasker turns the Bluetooth off ;(.

So I want an Event when Spotify is opened turn on Bluetooth even if I delete Spotify it should stay on ;)

Does anyone know a solution?

Thank you guys ;)


texts: How to put the Kindle Fire in airplane mode?

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I use the Amazon Kindle Fire (Android 2.3.4) model no: D01400 FCCID:ZEV-1229. I use this device in developing Android apps.

In my device WiFi is available, and also cyberoam for security purposes. I want to test the device is connected or not connected with WiFi.

I know if you want to check the network connection and you have cyberoam then you want put your device in airplane mode. How can I do that?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 does not appear on Windows computer or Mac?

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I'm trying to unlock a Samsung Galaxy S3 Gt-i9305 on EE running Android 4.3. I know how to unlock the phone however, when I connect the phone to my computer it does not appear at all. Usually, Android  phones have a notification saying the phone is connected as a media device or something but it doesn't appear.

I've tried this on Windows 10 technical preview and Mac Yosemite. I've tried the following:

Installing new drivers (however I don't know if they were the correct drivers I tried    several though)
Installing Kies and updating to the latest version on both Mac and Windows
Putting my phone in download mode to download drivers (no drivers downloaded)
Restarting the phone and taking out the sim

Is there anything else I can possibly do? Is it a hardware problem? I don't have USB debugging on either. Thank you for your help.

EDIT

I've tried different USB ports, they work with my S4 but not my S3


texts: Messenger pics iv sent to friends move sometimes to gallery

texts: Samsung Tab 4. Pics I send to friends on messenger (facebook) have started showing up in my gallery under messenger app , but only sometimes.Even ones I delete show up there sometimes . My second problem is stuff under messenger ,screensshots and Facebook apps in my gallery vanish . Please explain in easy terms if anyone got any idea as I don't know all the jargon yet . THANKS .


texts: Is it possible to play .3gp videos in browser on Android?

texts:
I am not able to play .3gp videos with Google Chrome nor Firefox on Android.
Chrome plays the video without image, only sound. And Firefox asks me directly to download the video.

I wonder if there is a way I can watch the video first in the browser, like a .mp4 video. Is it possible?


texts: Shaky, drifting compass an inevitability on Samsung Nexus S?

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I bought a Nexus S off eBay and found that the compass direction wanders even with the device laying still. Likewise, the display in Google Sky shakes around even with the resting on a stable surface, and it often doesn't align correctly with the stars. SkEye reports "Warning: Strange Magnetic field!". Calibrating using Advanced tools doesn't fix the problem.

I'm running ICS 4.0.3.

Doing some searching, I've found mention of other problems of the sort with the Nexus S. It's not clear whether these are just anecdotes suggesting that I have unit with a defect. Or perhaps there is a hardware or software design flaw and nothing wrong with this particular unit. Where does one look to determine if there is a pervasive problem with a given model and OS version? Anyone know specifically for Nexus S and ICS 4.0.3?


texts: Flashing CM 11 on Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 (SCH-I535)

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I have a Galaxy SCH-I535 from verizon (SGS3). It is not rooted, and I want to install CM 11 on it.

Is there anything else I have to do besides just running the installer?

I love my phone and don't want to break it. Do I have to root or install anything else before running the CM11 installer app? And, what should I use to back it up before hand in case anything goes wrong?

Could someone tell me what I should do step-by-step before actually running the CM 11 installer?


texts:
I have a bluetooth device that is paired with my phone.  The BT device can receive and send text.

How can I route incoming SMS text messages to the BT device?  And conversely, how can I have the BT device send an SMS via the phone?


texts: I have noticed that when I remove an app, which is placed on the SD card, this also frees up space on the main storage. The space freed up corresponds to the "data", which an app stores. My question is, therefore, why does an app, which is placed on the SD card, still choose to store its data on the main storage? Is it because it is impossible not to, or lazyness on the part of the developer?


texts: How to get rid of bogus "Phone storage full" message (cannot send SMSs)

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Possible Duplicate:
  Why am I getting a “Low on Space” warning and having other weird problems?

I tried to compose a new SMS (text message): I tapped "New Message" and I got this error message:
"Phone storage is full! Delete some files to free space".

So I deleted almost all the previously saved SMSs, and then also moved a few apps from internal space to SD card, and uninstalled some other apps. After this I had about 4MB of free internal space, but I still kept getting the same message.

So I cleared the browser's cache and now I have reportedly 15 MB (of 190) of free internal space (and more than 7 GB of free external SDcard space).

I still get the exact same error when I try to compose a new text message (I also restarted with no luck).

At this point the message is clearly bogus, or at the very least the system is low on some other (god knows what) kind of space, NOT internal storage as it says.

WHAT on earth do I need to delete to free up this misterious kind of space that somehow got low?


texts: How to ping a local network host by hostname?

texts:
I recently wiped my phone and now I am unable to ping a machine by the hostname. Pinging by IP works.

I have a machine, let's say it is called NAS. From my Router and PC, ping NAS finds the machine. However, from my Android Phone, ping NAS returns ping: unknown host NAS.

I am rooted, so I went to /etc/hosts and added 192.168.1.### NAS and it was able to resolve NAS to an IP but what is the solution for making it ping all machines by hostname.

In my Wifi settings on the phone, DNS shows 3 entries: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, 192.168.1.1.


texts: Turning on the flashlight does not keep the brightness

texts:
I wrote a command to turn on the flashlight

echo 255 > sys/class/leds/flashlight/brightness

The flashlight turns on but after a second it shines darker. Why?


texts:
Need help w Moto XPure Edition tethering on Metro. The plan I have came with tethering on there Phone but my Unlocked MXPE shows other devices connected but no internet connection. The lady at Metro says that because its not a metro phone but it is unlocked. Everything else worked but the tethering. What should I do? Do I need to root? Is there anyway to extract their Mobile hotspot app from my Metro phone and install on my Moto. I can't find it on the metro phone except on one of the screens and not the apps setting. Thanks Please help.
Rawfah


texts: How can I ensure reliable updates for an Android phone/device?

texts:
My Android phone has been abandoned by the manufacturer and carrier. It's stuck on 2.2, and doesn't seem likely to get any updates in the future, nor can I find updated ROMs for it.

I'd be willing to purchase a new phone, but how can I ensure that it will be supported? Does Google, or any carrier, or any manufacturer, make any guarantees about providing timely updates for their phones?


texts: Tasker: How can I randomize a wait action?

texts:
I know how to make a randomize variable, but I don't see anywhere in the wait action to enter the variable.

I've been told to look for "crossed arrows" that will let me enter a specific value or a variable, but I don't see these crossed arrow anywhere.


texts: How to prevent app from showing its update in play store using titanium backup?

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I want to use the older version of ES file explorer (the one before it became bloated). Play store always shows me update for it, and I usually update all my apps in one go. I don't want to update it, I've even selected don't auto update for ES but still it comes up in list of app requiring update.
What i do is that I detach it from the market using Titanium backup pro. It works fine, the app is no longer in update list but when i restart my phone, play store again shows update for it. So how to prevent play store from showing me update for this?


texts: Is it possible to have a TCP/IP network using bluetooth?

texts:
I have my Android U8220 and I need to have a network with my laptop as if it was an ad-hoc wifi connection (tcp/ip). Is that even possible? If you want to know, I'm using bluez as manager in my Linux box.

EDIT

To clear doubts, I'll be more specific. There's a music program in my laptop called mpd. It is controlled by different clients in the network. One of this clients is in my Android and it works perfectly when I'm connected to the wi-fi network in my house.

I wanted to make a direct connection with my laptop, without the need of a router, so there are 2 options:

Ad-Hoc, which is not available for my phone (I don't know why)
Bluethooth which is the last option.

This is the link of the player, for those who want to know (although it doesn't have to much to do with the question.)


texts: The command 'adb root' works, but 'adb remount' results in "Operation not permitted" message

texts:
I'm trying to remount /system to copy some files to it. I tried the following with adb:

adb root
adb remount

The first command works fine (because my phone is rooted), but the second tells me that the operation is not permitted. If I open an adb shell and run su I can access the system folder without problems.

What could be the problem?


texts:
It runs Android 2.3.6 and has the 2.3.38.6-perf kernel version. I've already tried using SuperOneClick but it doesn't work. :(

I'm rather contented with it ( oh wait, it has this puny internal storage, 120+ mb, but I can live with that ) and I'd rather just leave it alone except for the fact that Huawei saw it fit not to add proxy support. My university network uses proxies so the smartphone is rather useless at school. I tried proxy apps but they all require the phone to be rooted. I hope somebody here can guide me in rooting this phone. Thank you for your time :)

UPDATE:

I tried SRSRoot as @Izzy suggested, unfortunately, it doesn't work either :(

    ---= SRS One-Click-Root v4.3 =---

11:29:51 PM - Starting ADB Server..
11:29:57 PM - Manufacturer: HUAWEI
11:29:58 PM - Model: HUAWEI Y210-0100
11:29:58 PM - Android Version: 2.3.6
11:29:58 PM - Build ID: Y210-0100V100R001C294B837
11:29:58 PM - Board ID: Y210-0100
11:29:58 PM - Chipset Platform: msm7k
11:29:58 PM - Getting OffSets.. : 0x8003 0x8005 (False)
11:30:00 PM - Query Server for Best Method.. Found Rootkit: 2

    ----= Start Rooting Process.. Please Wait =----

11:30:00 PM [+] Testing exploit: root2a (Please wait it can take some minutes)....
11:30:21 PM [+] Executing root2a exploit Failed, Proceed next...
11:30:21 PM [+] Testing exploit: root4 (please wait..)
11:30:24 PM [+] Device Reboot #1 (Wait till it's started)
11:33:23 PM [+] Executing root4 exploit Failed.  (Root Error: 0)
11:33:23 PM [+] Testing exploit: root4b (please wait..)
11:33:27 PM [+] Device Reboot #1 (Wait till it's started)
11:36:45 PM [+] Device Reboot #2 (Wait till it's started)

11:39:57 PM Auto Root Failed on this device. :(

11:39:57 PM Rebooting Device and try again...


texts:
I have a sdcard split into two partition: portable and adoptable.
Not long time ago my /data is formatted as F2FS, really unstable on my device. So I recently format it again to EXT4. I'm noticing that my adoptable storage is still F2FS even though I already format it again using
sm partition disk:***,** mixed 69

Is the adoptable filesystem following the device /data filesystem or it's default to something?


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Is it possible to connect PC to laptop with Android phone to share files between PC and laptop? I don't have a LAN cable, all I have is:

A PC without WiFi adapter.
An Android USB cable.
An Android phone.
A laptop with built-in WiFi.
Both PC and laptop have Windows 7.

What I'm trying to do is:
1. Connect Android to PC with USB tethering.
2. Then connect Android to laptop with WiFi tethering.
3. Then I want to share files between PC and laptop.

I don't know much about networking stuff.
Please tell me if you know.


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I cannot see the "select input method" command in the pull down menu like in Android 4.
By experimenting, I discovered you can select the input method if you long-press the space bar in Samsung keyboard.
I used this to switch to Hacker's keyboard.
But that keyboard doesn't support the space bar long press convention.
So, I cannot change back.

Edit: the long press method is a feature of Google Japanese Input, not the Samsung Keyboard, sorry. I can change the input method via Settings/Language and input/Default Keyboard. That is far too inconvenient for regular use.

Edit: I remember seeing on some Android version a good mechanism for this: a little keyboard icon displayed while in input mode. I feel it must be somewhere; I'm just not looking in the right place.


texts: How to revert setting change that caused bootloop?

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I have an ASUS Zenfone 2 with Cyanogen Mod 13 (not sure the version but it's from may).

I was looking at privacy settings and accidentally locked "google play service". as soon as I tapped it my phone froze, I waited a minute or 2 and nothing so I held power to reboot, and it just boot looped.

Is there a way to change this setting with out re flashing my phone? I do have TWRP installed.


texts: What happens when using a cellphone when charging?

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What happens when a phone is being used with the charger connected?

Will it take power from charger and save the battery usage?

OR

At one end, the charger keeps charging the battery and at the other
end, phone discharges the battery simultaneously?

(I am using Sony Xperia SP with Android 4.2.1)


texts: Android OS - strange UDP traffic on port 123

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I have a Redmi Note 3 (unrooted) phone running MIUI Global 10.2 [Android version 6.0.1 MMB29M]

I have installed AdGuard to monitor the traffic that my phone sends/receives. While checking the 'Filtering Log', I see few connections that the app "Android OS" makes to the remote address "118.189.138.5:123" (see screenshot). As you can see from the screenshot, the requested URL is having a "UDP" connection protocol.

Now, when I do a search for this IP address, I see that it belongs to "M1 Connect Pte Ltd" in Singapore.

https://www.speedguide.net/ip/118.189.138.5

I also noticed similar UDP connections to these IP addresses:

95.216.192.15 belongs to "D2 Internet Investment Ukraine ETTH broadband" in Ukraine 133.243.238.163 belongs to "National Institute of Information and Communicatio" in Japan and the strangest of all 202.12.97.45 belonging to "Ministry of University Affairs" in Thailand

So my question is why would Android OS make connection to this IP addresses. What are these connections for? Am I missing something here or are these some legit connections used for some 'good' work? Is my phone connecting and leaking some information?

Hoping that some expert on networking will answer this.


texts: Why do the photos taken on my HTC One X not have a date/time displayed on them?

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When I take a photo on my HTC One X, the date and time that the picture was taken do not appear appear (printed) on the photo. I can't set the date or time in the settings, either. If I use a third party application, I can set the date/time and see the timestamp on the photo.

My old HTC Legend (Gingerbread) had an option to choose whether the timestamp would appear or not.

Is it a feature not supported by Android 4.x, or is it just because of HTC One X model? It was not present on Ice Cream Sandwich or since I've upgraded to Jelly Bean.


texts: play store crashing when trying to download apps from it

texts: i have Haier w627 mobile (rooted), my play store is not working. Sometime it opens, sometimes it don't , and even if it opens , i can't download apps from it. Whenever i try downloading app or game,play store crashes.


texts: I'm using Samsung Grand Neo(GT9060) with 4.2.2. Now I want to upgrade it with 4.4.But there is no update available. Is it possible to upgrade??if so then how??


texts: How to return to the home screen with a terminal command?

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Is there a terminal command to go to the home screen?

I need to do this via ssh, so I cannot just push the "home" button, I need to send a command-line action..


texts: I have tried to edit build.prop for on screen navigation keys, but, unexpectedly get cleared build.prop file and got saved. What can be done to regenerate file? Should reinstall zip should solve it? Or can I copy file(build.prop) by extracting from ROM zip.


texts: After every call/message, my service provider (airtel) displays a popup which has the last call cost and current balance. Is there a way I could log them automatically and have the latest balance displayed as a widget in home screen? Is it possible to capture that using code? I am using a Galaxy S phone.


texts: All connections dropping down after a while

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Lately I started to have this degrading connectivity problem.

(one month ago) When connecting my laptop in tethering, through WiFi from the Android hotspot, the internet connection (on the smartphone side) was dropping completely; I needed to set the Airplane Mode fist Off, then On.
(last two weeks) I noticed that the internet connectivity was dropping (the usual H/3g/E/G symbols were not there) after some time from the restoring (still turning Off/On the Airplane Mode, or restarting the phone).
(last week) Together with the loosing of connectivity it started to not call or receive calls. Moreover the same exact thing happens at the same time for the WiFi connectivity.
Sometimes I could restore the functionality. Other times it didn't work for a lot of time, even restarting everything.
Note: the carrier icon shows a full/strong signal (but just doesn't work for real)

A couple of other infos:

in the last months the display has started to flicker; so I suspect there should be some battery problem (like not enough tension). But except for that everything always worked perfectly
I almost finished the space on the phone, so it is slowed down. But anyway everything for working fairly.

What could be the reason?
Is most probable an hardware problem? Should I change phone?
Or is something I could fix on the software?

My phone:

Huawei Y300
Android 4.1.1
Rooted
With Dr.Web antivirus


texts: Disable all non-Wi-Fi Internet connections

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I want my phone (running Android 2.3.5) to only connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi.

How can I disable all non-Wi-Fi connections, such as 3G or similar?


texts: Android Dumpstate Crash Logs Appearing Randomily

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I own a Galaxy Nexus, currently running Android 4.0.4 and ever since I've updated to 4.0.4 I've had problems in that it randomly asks me to share content (without saying what it is) and when I view the files it attaches I see that it includes a dumpstate log and a screenshot.

Is there a way to find what is causing this or stop this from happening?

Samsung support don't give me any help besides the usual battery in-out reboot and restore to factory defaults (which I have both tried already).


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When I connect the USB power source, it makes CPU to stay on (even though "Development->Stay awake" is off).

When charging from a weak power source if makes battery to drain even faster than is case of USB power is not connected at all (because of CPU stays on instead of sleeping).

How do I stop external power connectedness affecting CPU sleeping policy?

I'm not talking about screen being on, it's about CPU being awake (unfortunately it is not easy to see if CPU is on or off).


texts: How can I connect Android to my PC for backups?

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When I plug in my Android into a WIn7 or Win8 machine, they tell me that the device is unrecognized.  Yet the manual that came with the Android clearly shows this being done.  This is an RCA Viking Pro.

Question:  Are there drivers that need to be loaded on the PC first?  If so, where can I get them?


texts: setting to unblock installation of applications from PC

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I am starting android application development, and connected htc wildfire, started its sync software. And clicked on Application Installer. And it gives following errror message:

your phone is set to block installation of applications not sourced in android market

So I want to know that what settings can I change to unblock installation of applications from my pc. And from eclipse. I actually want to test applications developed by me.

thanks


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I want to know how the APK installing in Android exactly works. E.g. a downloaded APK is installed when I press 'install' but there is some process, right? I want to know that.

Inside the APK of the game called Mini Militia I found there are three folders inside the assets folder: HD, HDR and SD. The APK installs one of those according to the phone's resolution maybe, I don't know. I edited some files in the HD folder but my phone installs the files from HDR. My mobile is a OnePlus One. I want to know if I could change that.


texts: How can I determine the hardware video file decoding capability of my android phone?

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I have many video files. I want convert all the files to a playable format for my phone... would H264 or xvid work?
I just want to convert to a hardware decode-able format to save my phone battery.


texts: Add mega account to cloud storage on es file explorer

texts: I'm using es file pro version, I want to add mega account to cloud storage, the account addition section has "display as" so what should I fill in?


texts: Various Stutterings on Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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So I've had my Samsung Galaxy Nexus for a while now, round about a year, and it has this odd set of problems where some of the core functions of the OS stutter. What do I mean by this? The most egregious and obvious example is while typing, occasionally my keyboard will find it pertinent to, without prompting, close about 95% of the way, stall, then open and close in quick succession many times in an unpredictable fashion. This makes typing very difficult as when I go to type, the phone will sometimes make it impossible to access the keyboard. While it does this odd stutter, the normal "back" button shows the "close keyboard" icon. When tapped, the keyboard will continue its stuttering until it realizes I wanted it to close, when it closes. I've tried reinstalling the keyboard, resetting the phone to factory settings, and different keyboards like swiftkey.

Along with this keyboard malfunction is the unfortunate glitch in the phone itself, where if it feels like it, the phone will mute and unmute so fast that neither me nor the person on the other end can make out what the other is saying.

More recently some of the system sounds, such as notifications, have begun stuttering. In what sounds like a failure to buffer the sounds before playing them, it sounds like a skipping record player.

The reason I'm saying all of these in the same post is that I suspect my OS is to blame. One remedy that may or may not work (extensive testing not yet completed) is to make sure there are no finger smudges on the screen. My screen is in tact but has a very small scratch about half an inch long in the middle. I'd appreciate if anyone could point me in the right direction; either to reinstalling my OS from scratch or towards a new phone.

Thanks in advance.


texts: What is it like to call/text on 2 of 5 bands of 4G

texts: The phone I want (Xiaomi Pocophone F1) is only compatible with 1 Verizon band. I was wondering what it's like to call/text like this? Even if it's low quality, but I could still understand the person and speak to them and they understand me, that's all I need. EDIT/ANSWER: If a phone is only compatible with a certain network with not all the bands, you can look at a cellular map to see what bands of that provider are emitting from the towers in your area, for me, the bands that did work with my provider and my phone DID NOT work in my area, so it depends on area, and if you travel very big chance you won't have any service unless it is the most popular band used by the provider.


texts: Widgets and Notifications on Android 5 (w/ HTC Sense and Nova Launcher)

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On my HTC One (M8) I used HTC Sense UI and Nova Launcher. Until recently I was able to customize my lock screen, like adding widgets, and I could see all notification icons.

Now Android has been updated to Lollipop on the HTC One. Unfortunately I cannot add widgets to the lock screen any more, nor are there any icons shown in the notification bar (i.e. there is no notification bar at all on the lock screen).

Is this a Lollipop "feature", or is there any way for me to get back to the old Android 4 lock screen behaviour?


texts: Can I wipe a Galaxy S4 Mini with dead screen and digitizer?

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I have here a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (GT-I9195). It has met a terrible fate on a parking lot, and is damaged beyond repair: broken screen and digitizer, battery bent out of shape.

Apart from these terrible wounds, it appears to still be working fine: it boots and vibrates, the side and home buttons work fine, and USB access is operational. In particular, I was able to backup all that I wanted using MTP.

We are going to buy a replacement of course (though finding a good 4.3" phone is not easy nowadays). My question is: can I wipe this phone? If yes, how?

Obviously, anything involving reading or touching the screen is a no-go: that part is truly fully dead. I am hoping I can access and blindly use some kind of boot menu using only the side keys, or that I can somehow perform that over USB, or that I can press or short some internal reset switch inside the phone.

(Software would preferably be run from Linux, but Windows 7 or 10 is also possible.)


texts: Get the size of the navigation bar using ADB

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I want to know what is the size of the navigation bar in pixel using ADB.
Using adb shell wm size gives the complete screen size instead of only the navigation bar.
Is there any way to get it?


texts: How to provision an Android phone automatically?

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tl;dr: How can I write a short declarative description of the state I want my phone to be in, and then apply it to a phone?

After a factory reset or hardware change it's always a pain to get my phone back to a usable state. At the same time I don't trust any random third party service to store my settings:

I don't have fine grained control over what they actually store. They may sell or leak that information without my knowledge or consent.
They may be incompatible with future hardware/software, and I won't know until I try to restore.
They may be incompatible with my configuration (try updating Android after rooting your phone, for example).
They may at any time be shut down.
I'll bet none of them allow me to retrieve the data in such a way that I can migrate to another service.

Setting up this sort of thing for your own PC requires very little technical skill and a little time - I've already set up a repository to provision my own desktop and laptop. However, I've no idea how to do something similar on Android. I can't see any mention of a Puppet client, and I don't know if it's possible to provision a device in any sensible way without installing a custom kernel or rooting it.


texts: How to disable auto shutdown on low battery?

texts:
I'm using a custom ROM (danielpinto8zz6's Cyanogenmod 12.1 build for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, in case anyone is interested) and there's an issue with what I guess is the coulomb counting profile.

The battery drains incredibly fast under certain circumstances leading to a force shutdown. When I then remove the battery briefly and boot the phone up again it shows a realistic charge value instead (like 30% or even 80% depending on the circumstances). I guess removing the battery resets the coulomb counter and causes Android to rely on voltage only?

Anyway, is there any way to disable the auto shutdown without using the Xposed module? I can root the phone and edit the system partition -- I just don't want to keep it rooted afterwards.

Alternatively, can I force Android to always use voltage only instead of coulomb counting?


texts: How do you create a direct Google Hangouts contact on the home screen?

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This website described how to make a Hangouts contact.
http://webcazine.com/9363/how-to-create-a-hangout-contact-shortcut-on-an-android-phone/

But it opens the contact in sms mode if Hangouts is also the default sms app.

Is there a way to create a direct Hangouts link that opens directly in Hangouts mode?


texts: Is there a way to add Kindle Fire as a device on the Android Market

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I download an APK file from the Android Market?

I want to download APKs from the Android Market and sideload them to my Kindle Fire. I'm able to run APKs using ES File Explorer but not able to download them :(


texts: Galaxy s2 is recognised by computer but doesn't charge

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This is an odd one but today I noticed by S2 wasn't charging while plugged in. I tried connecting it to the computer and it came up as a media device as normal but still didn't charge, the battery percentage went down until it was 0% and the phone shut off.

Is there any way I can fix this myself?


texts: Problem with TWRP 2.8.7.1 on Wileyfox Swift

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I have a Wileyfox Swift. I installed TWRP 2.8.7.1 on it before. Now I want to install LineageOS on my phone. It shows an error:

unable to find partition size for '/recovery'

After that it shows a successful message for installing, but it reboots to recovery again.

So I wanted to change TWRP, but I can't install another version, because adb doesn't recognize my phone now.

Now, I just have a recovery menu only without any OS!!

How can I change the TWRP, or make the PC recognize the phone, or install another OS on my current TWRP?

Tnx!


texts: Can video recording on an Android smartphone be paused?

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I've got an HTC Wildfire with Android Froyo 2.2.
When I record videos with it, I want to be able to pause the recording, in order to pick up recording at the exact place where I paused.

This is not supported by the built in video recorder. Is this common for Android phones, or are there phones out there that support pause in video recording?


texts: Is there any way to auto-reconnect with a specific PPTP connection on Android?

texts:
Every time my phone switches between networks (e.g. 4G to Wi-Fi) the established PPTP connection drops.

I know there is a feature called Always-on VPN, but that seems to only apply to L2TP or IPSec connections.  When I select that option it says "Select a VPN profile to always stay connected.  Network traffic will only be allowed when connected to this VPN."  However, the only option listed is "None", even though you can clearly see a PPTP config behind this window.

I am attempting to use proXPN service in particular but suspect this problem is generalized to PPTP sessions.  For what it's worth the phone is running Android 4.3 and has not been rooted.

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.


texts: how do i manually copy my cellphone numbers from my cellphone to my computer

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i am having no luck with syncing my phone numbers to my google account.
so i would like to copy the numbers from my cellphone and save them on my computer.

if i connect my computer to my phone.
where do i find all my contact numbers on my phone. it is an LG E975K. i assume the tele numbers are somewhere in 'internal storage'.

i assume i can somehow download the telephone numbers as i do the photographs.
anyone can help?


texts: Does Android allow swapping processes to memory?

texts: I'm  currently  doing a project  on Android  in which there are certain  questions  one of them is this one which is quite  difficult  to find. Please  help it out


texts: Sync Chrome Mobile with Desktop Firefox?

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On my desktop computers, I use Firefox with the Firefox Sync service but on my mobile Android device I prefer using Chrome Mobile. Is there any way to sync Chrome Mobile with Firefox Sync? (I thought of syncing at least history, bookmarks and password).

Comment:
For now, I'll use XMarks and LastPass to synchronize my bookmarks/history (and passwords for Chrome Desktop only). But that's indeed not the ideal solution because I need a running Chrome to have the synchronization with my Chrome Mobile running. Because of this, I plan to write a small tool, that hooks into the web APIs of Firefox Sync and Chrome Sync to sync them against each other.


texts: Chome flag "Overscroll history navigation" by default

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I have casually found this feature without having enabled anything in
chrome://flags.
Suddenly the option has disappeared.
Why this behaviour? I don't understand why the feature was enabled, and I can't see why it suddenly has disabled (I've found Default mode checked in flags section).
EDIT
Chrome version 81.0.4044.96


texts: Internet & Play Store problem on Micromax Yureka on Lollipop

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Yesterday, I got an update to upgrade my Micromax Yureka mobile to Cyanogenmod 12 which upgrades the Android version to Lollipop.

After this upgrade, following issues came into existence:

Internet is not working
Play store is not working
Apps are not downloading

These issues didn't occur on KitKat. Please give me a solution.


texts: How to login only to Google Music and not the other Google services?

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I have Google Music All Access and I have an old unused Huawei Honor floating around. I want to set it up as a Google Music playing device for the kitchen.

I am wondering now: How do I login only for Google Music?

I want to allow guests access to the device in a sort of kiosk mode, but I would not like them having access to my mails and other private data.


texts: Acer DA241HL - system reset from bootloader

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The Acer DA241HL is a 24" Smart Display which has Android installed but also had HDMI input so you can use it as a second screen for a laptop or similar too.

Anyway, I've been able to reboot into the bootloader using adb with the Acer DA241HL connected.

However, it doesn't show up on fastboot devices nor adb devices and only stays on the boot options screen for about 5 seconds before it seems to turn off completely.

At the top, it explains that pressing  or  allows you to move up/down in the list of options (bootload, restart, shutdown, reboot ? something like that), and then pressing the power button to select the option... however this is not a tablet or a phone, it's a "Smart Display" and the Volume Up/Down options don't do anything but turn the volume up and down for the screen (it's like it's not sending those buttons directly to Android, but only to the screens built-in speakers).

Pressing the power button when on the bootloader doesn't seem to do anything either, I've had to press the power button multiple times before the machine reboots back into Android otherwise it continuously boots into the bootloader and then shuts off after a 5 seconds.

Does anyone know how I can fully system reset (as in roll back all the firmware updates I performed) this device?

I've tried pressing and holding Volume Up with the Power button to boot into the bootloader 'manually' instead of using adb but it didn't seem to work...


texts: Is there a reason Google Reader drains this much battery?

texts: It doesn't strike me as normal that Google Reader should drain more battery than even my screen. Is this a known bug, or is it a settings issue? I'm using 4.1.1


texts: How does carriers blocks Internet connections on phone…

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I just changed my ISP, and whatever the tethering method (usb or Wi‑Fi or bluethooth) I’m using, I’m redirected to a captive portal of my carrier on my PC web browser’s stating that I’m not allowed to use my connection for tethering (everything from DNS to ping is blocked).

But when I use ʟᴛᴇ from my phone, everythings works fine…

I thought tethering works like setting up a router… How does my carrier can detect the data comes from my laptop instead of my phone ? Does rooting the phone would allows to bypass this restriction.


texts: native email client on galaxy S2 does not attach original message when I reply back to the sender?

texts: When i reply back to the sender or people in CC, The email client shows me the original message while i'm typing my reply but somehow it gets removed/deleted when i send the email and it appears to come as a new message to the person.


texts: Prevent Permission Monitor from resetting

texts:
The new Permission Monitor keeps resetting the exceptions that I give it.

Often, when I send or receive texts using Next SMS (previously Handcent), the Permission Monitor gives me a notification telling me that Next is using the "Send SMS" permission in the background.

Since this is my chosen SMS app, I'm obviously ok with it sending texts.

The problem is, even though I've told the Permission Monitor repeatedly to add Next to the whitelist, it keeps resetting my preferences and sporadically starts giving me warnings again about the permission usage.

It seems to reset every time Next is updated, but it seems ridiculous to reset the settings associated with an app every time it's updated, even when no new permissions are required.

Is there a way to stop the permission preferences from being reset constantly?

Note 8, Android 7.1.1


texts: What is the baseband and do i need to update mine?

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I have a Samsung galaxy note which I've rooted and installed Cyanogenmod. I've always been using Cyanogenmod and always used the inbuilt updater.

My radio has been giving me trouble. For example I can't see the signal strength anymore and I've not been able to resolve it. No one on this forum had an answer either.

Why is device not showing the phone signal bars anymore?

I thought I'd update my phone's baseband but I don't know what it is and whether I should update it? My current baseband is XXALIE and my phone is a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (GSM. Intl. edition).

Here's a list of basebands I found on XDA but I'm not sure if it's a good idea to update it. I can't even find my baseband on the list. Since I'm using the XX baseband, can I download any of the XX basebands for Android 4.3 basebands from the XDA page.

(If someone could shed some light on this whole baseband thing, it would be great.)


texts: When I transfer files from computer using USB (MTP), I can't access them on device

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Trying to set up my shiney new Nexus 7 (2013 edition) I used MTP to transfer files (music and ebooks) to the device from my Win7 PC. It seemed to work, but then when I ejected/disconnected the tablet, it registers that there is space being used in the folders, but doesn't show any of the files (when looking at Storage it says there's 600MB worth of stuff in the folder, but when I tab on it there's no files listed, and my music player and e-reader apps don't see anything either).

What gives?

Thanks in advance for your help!


texts: How to set data limit to a metered wlan?

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For Android 7, we can set a WLAN (wifi connection network) to a metered WLAN, which work similar like a cellular network.

For cellular network, we are able to set data limit.

So, the question is, how do we set data limit to a metered WLAN?


texts:
Hate to post this - however, I searched all other posts related to this and have not found a solution or the exact same problem so here it goes.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy SII X

Android: 4.0.4

This is so bloody annoying. During any call whether on speaker or using the phone in the traditional manner, the screen shuts off after a minute or so, even though my display is set to shut off after 5 minutes of inactivity.

I have taken the following actions to no avail:

my screen protector does not cover the proximity sensor;
the proximity sensor is clean;
I have disabled proximity sensor (phone>call settings>turn on proximity sensor);
I have disabled automatic brightness (settings>display>brightness); and
set the Bluetooth visible time-out setting to "never time-out" (settings>bluetooth>settings>visible time-out)

All of the above have been suggested within this and/or other forums. However, none of these solutions corrected this most annoying problem.

Some have suggested that the phone is the issue - however, I suspect that there may be a software issue and that a patch or fix may be available and would hate to have to exchange phones yet again.

Any and all suggestions would be most welcome.


texts: Deleted Stock Dialer App, Not Receiving Call Notifications

texts: So, I have the BLU STUDIO 6.0 LTE and am rooted. I deleted the Stock Phone app, replaced it with Reactiv Dialer. I can make calls just fine. But I hear the ring when someone calls but no screen pops up for me to answer. Any apps that would give me third party notifications for PHONE CALLS?


texts: Can I transfer my phone contacts to my Gmail address book for use on my PC?

texts: I spent a lot of time organizing my contacts on my Galaxy S (Android 2.2) and want to know if I can transfer them to my Gmail address book on my PC. My PC OS is Ubuntu 12.04 and my Gmail desktop client is Thunderbird.


texts: Experiencing slow downloads for Android SDKs in Android Studio

texts: I've tried to download SDK sources for Android APIs. Earlier, I used to get well around 100 Mbps, the bottleneck was my internet speed, now I'm getting less than 1 Mbps average speed. I've tried 3 different OSes(considering there may be different sources for an OS and traffic maybe more on Windows than Linux) but still the same, anyone else noticed?


texts: Google Play doesn't recognize my Genymotion device

texts:
I run Android 4.4.4 in Genymotion. I installed the Google Apps, which include Google Play. I logged into my Google account, and I see in the Google Play application on my phone that I'm logged in.

However, when I go to the Google Play on my computer's browser, it doesn't recognize my Android 4.4.4 in Genymotion device:

Is there any way to fix it, so that I can install applications Google Play on my computer's browser?


texts: Micromax A26 USB Debugging mode Not working

texts:
I am having a Micromax A26. I have enabled the debugging mode of my phone and when trying to root it doesn't show up. One of my friends is a android developer he tried to use my phone for development purpose and he is also not able to detect my phone on android emulator even if the debugging mode is on. Everything else is working. USB data transfer and stuff works. But even if it is enabled debugging mode it doesn't detect. Can some one help me find a solution for this?

Thanks in Advance.


texts: Downloading certain apps on CM 12.1/13 causes it to bootloop

texts:
I flashed Cyanogenmod 12.1 on my 1st Gen Motorola Moto G (aka. Falcon) successfully through TWRP. Afterwards, I flashed gapps on my device (from OpenGApps.org) successfully. I set up my google account on it and everything with no problems.

However, after I had started downloading WhatsApp on my device, it crashed and restarted. Instead of giving the the "Warning: Bootloader Unlocked" message, it cut straight to the Cyanogenmod logo and started bootlooping. This would stop if I went into TWRP's File Manager, and deleted the files for the app in /data (or if I did a factory reset, which would also delete those files).

This had happened to me multiple times with multiple apps with both versions 12.1 and 13 of Cyanogenmod. Is there a way for me to have these apps on my device without it bootlooping?


texts: Getting "App2SD is not supported" error when trying to move an app to my SD card

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I’m using an Android LG Tribute phone, which I have rooted.  I want to move some apps to my SD Card and so I installed the “LInk2SD” app (because there was no “Move to SD Card” for any of my applications in the Settings -> App section of my phone).  When I go into Link2SD, select an application, and click the “Move to SD Card” button, I get the error

App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card.

I have read in other posts that the solution is to link instead of move, however in each application, the “LINK TO SD CARD” button is greyed out.  I don’t care particularly about Link2SD but I am interested in how I can start moving some stuff to my SD Card.  Any advice about fixing the above error message is appreciated, - Dave


texts: How to update HTC desire 630 to Android 7 without rooting the phone?

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I would like to update my HTC desire 630 to Android 7 without rooting it. I currently have 6.0.1 installed.

Have anyone done it? Are there any good articles? I found this one, not sure if to try it out.


texts: Default rotation direction for landscape apps

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My device is Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android lollipop.

Some games run on a landscape mode and the top-side becomes left-hand side and bottom becomes right-hand side.
Can I change this so that top goes right and bottom goes left?
I don't want to rotate my phone every single time I run these apps.


texts: I can not connect my tablet with my PC through ftp or http from file manager

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I have android kitkat on my asus tablet and when I open the asus file manager and try to make PC transfer the app give me a url to use in the browser like this: http://192.168.0.11:4433 but I get timeout error also when I try other file manager apps that give me ftp access through windows explorer I get same problem !!

I have windows 10 64bit pro updated to latest version

what I should do to fix this problem ?


texts: Is there a Google Docs editor for Android that actually works?

texts: I have tried several Google Docs editors for Android and none of them has fully featured editor functionality. Selecting things like fonts and colors is absent and I have actually tried two editors that completely messed up a document I had initially created using a computer. I read several reviews stating similar things. Does anyone know of a way to edit Google Docs documents using Android?


texts: How do I share latitude & longitute of a starred location in Google Maps?

texts: The question title speaks for itself. How the heck do I do that in Google Maps. If I try to share a starred location, I get a link but not the coordinates.


texts: Settings app crashes on (re-) enabling work profile

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I have work profile enabled on my Android Oreo 8.1 device and I disabled (turned off) the work profile from the notification drawer menu. Now, when I tap the button to enable (turn on) work profile again, it asks for my pin and then settings app crashes (Settings has stopped", without enabling the work profile. This keeps happening.

Any idea of this is a bug with Android or something wrong with Xiaomi's build? Are there any workarounds to enable (turn on) work profile again? I tried from the settings menu also, but results in the same crash.

Specs:

Xiaomi Mi A1 with Android version 8.1.0 and security patch 5 June 2018

Kernel version 3.18.71-perf-g4a631fd (gcc version 4.9.x 20150123 (prerelease) (GCC) )
builer@mi-server #1
Wed Jun 20 14:23:03 WIB 2018

Build number OPM1.171019.019.v9.6.3.0.0DHMIFE

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texts: Can I recharge my Android smartphone at any USB port?

texts: My girlfirend has just installed a new CD Player on her car that comes with a USB port to connect external devices(Flash card, external hard drive, etc). My question is based due the fact that I told her that if she want to recharge her Android smartophone on her car, she must buy a 12V car adapter to USB(which is very expensive on Brazil). Now, with the new CD Player, I'm wondering if she can use it's USB port to recharge her cellphone with the USB cable. It is feasible? There is any limitations on recharging an Android smartophone on another types USB ports(I mean from another host not only the CD player)?


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I just got a HCT EVO and was thinking about getting car stereo with bluetooth, car mount, and car charger to go with it (for my 2005 Civic).

First of all, are there any products that will do all of these?  A mount/charger that can also be hooked into the car audio?  It doesn't even have to be bluetooth if it can just directly hook my phone into the car speakers, but I haven't been able to find anything like this.

Otherwise, I am having trouble finding a minimal bluetooth device... I don't really need anything features except routing bluetooth to my car audio, because my phone does everything else.

I am also concerned that I've read some reviews that say they only work with the phones bluetooth calling and not with playing media.  I'd like to be able to listen to pandora in the car.  How can I make sure that when I see "bluetooth" I can know it supports both?

Can anyone give me some tips on what to look for or where to look?  Are these things hard to install yourself?


texts: Nexus 10 won't boot after attempted unlock/root

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I have a brand new Nexus 10 which is supposed to be a present for my partner for tomorrow.

I wanted to have it rooted and set up for her before I gave it to her, so I installed WugFresh NRT on my work computer (WinXP x32) and went through the same unlock/root/flash procedure I've been through a million times with all my phones/tablets.

After unlocking, it went into TWRP and I was told by NRT that I should do a factory reset manually from TWRP - a step I've never had to do before. I followed the instructions, but the factory reset failed.

I rebooted the Nexus 10 and it just sits at the colourful 'X' forever. I can hold the power button to try again, but I can never get past this. No problem, I'll just flash CM from TWRP, right?

Well, I can get into fastboot from power + vol-, but fastboot is frozen. It doesn't matter if it's connected to my PC or not, I have "start" selected, and I cannot select anything else. Fastboot.exe won't detect the tablet, and there's pretty much nothing I can do.

I can press power to select "start" from the fastboot menu and it begins booting normally, and freezes as before.

So basically I'm stuck here. I know how to push across a recovery and re-flash the system, but I can't actually get to that stage. I'm not sure if it's a driver issue - my experience tells me it probably is. I've tried 2 different cables and all the USB ports. I can try on my home computer that has the drivers all installed, tested, and working - but I won't be home for another 12 hours or so. I actually can't even turn off the device!

I've tried the naked drivers, the google drivers, the Samsung drivers, I can't install the PDANet drivers because it wants me to install the ADB drivers first - but I can't do that because the device won't boot!. This XP machine is now a cocktail of drivers that don't work. I do actually have an "unknown device" associated with the tablet, but I have NFI what it is or what driver to install. I've tried them all, and windows just keeps saying that the driver location I've chosen doesn't have any appropriate drivers for this device.

Any suggestions?

Edit: Hmm, I've managed to get my hands on a Win8 laptop and got the drivers working so that Fastboot and ADB recognise my Nexus 4 phone. When I plug the Nexus 10, it doesn't show up in Fastboot devices.


texts: How to prevent Samsung Pay from launching on Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge without adding an account and without rooting the phone?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge phone. Recently, due to nothing that I've done to it (maybe an OS update?), it now has "bar" at the bottom that acts upon an upward swipe operation that brings up the Samsung Pay app. I never use Samsung Pay, and never want to use it, so I want that to stop being used as the upward swipe gesture.  I've searched on the web and everything leads to having to go into Settings under Samsung Pay, but each time I do, it puts up a login wall whereby I have to sign into a Samsung account. I do not want to have to add an account to disable the swipe gesture, as I certainly don't want to allow Samsung to mine my email address.
Is there anyway to just disable it completely, or somehow prevent the upward swipe to launch Samsung Pay, and just do what it used to do before "they" made this Samsung Pay be associated with that upward swipe gesture, and all without rooting the phone?

Current half-baked solution: I was able to go into the phones settings, under Apps, and select Samsung Pay, and then click Force Stop. That caused it to disappear.  Is that the way? Restarting the phone did not cause the bar at the bottom to show up again, so this might be the solution, but not certain it will be if a new system update occurs and re-enables the Samsung Pay again.


texts: Are there any specific advantages to using the Amazon Android App Store over the Google Android Market?

texts: Is the new Amazon Android App Store just another marketplace or are there any specific features or benefits that the Google Android Market doesn't have?


texts: How do I run the latest version of rsync as root with SimpleSSHD?

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SimpleSSHD is a free (open source, no ads) SSH server based on dropbear that supports scp, sftp, and rsync.
How do I run the latest version of rsync as root when accessing my phone from a remote host?


texts: GSM signal lost - howto get signal back without restarting

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Several times a week I have the problems where the GSM signal is lost on my phone, due to bad coverage in that area. The real problem for me is that when that happens, and when I move to a place with known coverage, the signal doesn't come back. The only solution I know is to restart the phone. Switching to airplane mode and back doesn't help.

Is there an app or method I can use to avoid the restart?

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S2
Android: Jelly Bean 4.2 (Avatarrom)


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It pops up randomly when I'm using my phone. However, it ALWAYS pops up when I open Google maps. It then seems to emulate a repeated clicking motion, which freezes my phone to the point I have to do a hard restart.

I am using am HTC One m8

(I'm not sure about this but I'm pretty sure I saw a literal mouse cursor come out of the blue dot one day)

I'm naming it the BDOD (Blue Dot Of Death)


texts: Lenovo IdeaTab showing a screen with Chinese characters

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I'm using a Lenovo IdeaTab S6000. As I was watching videos, suddenly my tablet turned off. The buttons did not work and I was unable to restore it or turned it on. On the display, there were exposed these Chinese characters as they were changing with the abbreviations WIFI, GPS and MMC.

What is this screen? Is this a virus? How to fix this?


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Is there a way to activate Voice Actions from the lock screen?

I've abandoned the iPhone world, and only miss this one feature. On my iPhone I could press and hold my home button to activate Siri. From there, I could run all kinds of voice commands... The way I see it on my lg-nexus-4 is that I have to unlock the phone and swipe up. Then say "google" to activate Voice.


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Good Afternoon All,

I can't seem to find a solution to my problem when I do a google search so I'm hoping you all can help me.

I have an app on my phone which alerts me to nearby first aid incidents (GoodSAM), what I would like is to enable notification from that app to override any do not disturb or sound settings, I typically have my phone on silent or vibrate and in this instance it would be good to have it screaming out.

Any help would be most welcomed.

Kind regards,

Ollie


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (SM-T235) tablet running Android version 4.4.2. It is 7 inch, which is nice, but sometimes (for example, when walking) I would like to be able to hold my device in one hand and only use my thumb to interact with the app that I am using. Perhaps even change the resolution so that is like a regular mobile device.

Basically I would like to have a way to run apps in a smaller resolution and have it not scaled to fit the display so that I can reach everything with my thumb using only one hand.

See the image below for an example that i have in mind.

I have complete root access and am a developer (I don't really need 'simplified' answers, give me the tech details!)


texts: Doing the equivalent of "adb pull", but initiated from the Android device, not via adb

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I have a rooted Oreo Android device, and I can use "adb pull" from my linux machine to retrieve copies of files and directories from my device.

However, I want to get a full copy of each and every file and directory on my device, starting from the root filesystem. I know I have to do "adb root" in order to allow this to happen, but when I do so, I get the following error ...

adbd cannot run as root in production builds

So what I'd like to do, if possible, is to get this data onto my linux machine in the opposite manner: i.e., to be su'ed on my android device, and from that device, to cause a complete recursive copy of everything from root on down to somehow be sent out to my linux machine.

Any ideas of how I can do this?

Thank you in advance.


texts:
Asus Memo Pad 8 tablet, running KitKat 4.4.2, doesn't allow me to create a third user.
Is this an undocumented 2 user limit or is there a bug in the Settings app? Is there any workaround?


texts: Wifi and Data switching on automatically in my HTC Desire 820 device

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This morning I got a notification on my HTC Desire 820 running Android 4.4.4, about update of 1.22 version for network. I thought it was normal and I updated it.

From then my device is turning on both Wi-Fi and Data automatically. Many times I tried to switch it off but it again turns on.


texts: How to enable/disable apps using ADB (Android 8.x)?

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I cannot get apps enabled or disabled using ADB.

Android: 8.0.0
Device: Samsung Galaxy A520 (SM-A520F)

I don't have root access to my device.

To get the list of the disabled packages I use:

$ adb shell pm list packages -d
package:com.samsung.android.game.gamehome
package:com.microsoft.skydrive
package:com.google.android.webview
package:com.google.android.videos
package:flipboard.boxer.app
package:com.samsung.android.ststub
package:com.sec.android.emergencylauncher
package:com.samsung.android.dlp.service
package:com.samsung.upsmtheme

Q1: Oddly, this list doesn't seem to include the apps I really disabled in the Apps section:

Briefing
Google Play Movies & TV

Why is that?

Then I run through the list and enable every package, e.g.:

$ adb shell pm enable com.google.android.webview
Package com.google.android.webview new state: enabled

Q2: Despite some packages are reported as "enabled" they are still in the disabled list:

$ adb shell pm list packages -d | grep com.google.android.webview
package:com.google.android.webview

Why is that?

Q3: How can I get the list of packages that I myself disabled in the Apps section and how can I manage this list using ADB?


texts: Can an OTG cable, micro B male to USB A female, be used with the cell phone if connecting to a PC either with a USB A Male to Male lead or with a standard A Male to Female lead plus a standard A Femal to Female adapter?


texts: How do I activate Google Translate in Chrome?

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When I go on a page that's totally in a foreign language the "do you want to translate" option comes up but how do I make Chrome translate a page that has 90% English and a few lines in another language. Is there a button I can install or something because the Google Translate thing doesn't come up when only a few sentences are in another language.

OS: 4.1
S3


texts: How to change Gmail sync frequency in ICS?

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I am using a stock Nexus S that has been upgraded to ICS 4.0.3. I have noticed that Gmail syncs far less frequently since the upgrade - at the moment it appears to be syncing approximately every 8 hours.

I cannot seem to find the menu screen that allows me to configure the frequency of the the sync.

Settings > Accounts & Sync gives me access to switch on or off syncing and would seem to be the logical place for this functionality to live, but I cannot see anything that lets me control frequency.

Similarly there appears to be no settings around this within the Gmail app itself.

Am I being blind or is this functionality no longer available?


texts: managing multiple contact sources as gmail contacts

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I'm on a google nexus 4 (up to date, non-rooted) and I'm using gmail and google contacts for my contact/messaging needs. Additionally I'm pulling contacts from facebook, linkedIn, xing (German linkedIn clone) and google plus.

Is there an easy way to merge contact info from other networks into the gmail contact when joining/linking contacts from gmail and other networks like facebook and linkedIn?

I wouldn't mind using a third party app to do the footwork (joining, unduping, etc.) but I'd like to keep and update the data in my gmail contact list as I am using this list half of the time on my desktop. I don't mind using another contacts app for viewing/browsing and calling/texting my contacts but I don't want to depend on one forever and I don't want to redo everything again and again everytime I switch my phone and/or contacts app

I know that Smartr and Rapportive (Desktop only) can do a lot of association stuff but in  the end all the data that happens in Smartr stays in Smartr.

Things I'd like to have:

Data

Contact Name
Picture (assigned by me, default g+ with facebook or linkedIn as fallback)
Nickname
basic gmail stuff, multiple numbers, mails, addresses, birthday, other dates, urls
other network profiles as "profile URLs" or sound "other URLs"

Functionality

easy linking/joining and un-duping
data storage in gmail contacts as fas as possible
compatibility with other apps like smartr or rapportive


texts: Factory reset Samsung Galaxy S3 without screen

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The screen on my Samsung Galaxy S3 has bitten the dust, and is now remains completely black. The phone otherwise seems to be working, however (sounds play, the notification lights light, the touch screen seems to respond, etc.)

I think I'll give it away to anyone who wants it for parts. But first I want to wipe my data off it. Unfortunately, since I can't see the screen, instructions such as "Scroll down to 'Factory reset'" won't work.

Can anyone tell me the exact sequence of button presses to do a factory reset from the bootloader, without seeing the screen?

(Unfortunately, the phone isn't set up with Android Device Manager.)


texts: My Samsung tablet was working just fine. Now it does not connect to the Internet via our hotspot. It does not even scan and see the available connections. When I try to turn WiFi on, it turns ON momentarily and then again turns back OFF saying To see available networks, turn on wi-fi


texts: VoLTE is working in preinstalled Cyanogen OS but not in CyanogenMod

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I was trying to use VoLTE in my phone but eventually landed up with result:

CyanogenOS can run VoLTE based SIM card
CyanogenMod can't run them.

Tried
1. Setting LTE Only option in ##4636##
2. Setting APN in Sim Settings
3. Also kept the VoLTE in SIM Slot 1

But nothing worked in CyanogenMod.

Does any one have idea how to use both VoLTE and CyanogenMOD both?
Currently my phone's CyanogenOS is allowing me to keep only one at a time :)

But I want to use cyanogenMod as it is marshmallow and nightly build updates are released.


texts: How to find local IP when connected to VPN?

texts: I have connected an android device to a VPN using the native Android VPN client feature. I need to know the IP the device has been assigned on the VPN subnet, but I can't find it on any Android menu nor with any tool.


texts: Is it possible to change Android font in all apps?

texts: Is it possible to change the Android font in all apps, including the keyboard? I have successfully changed the system font, but here and there I find odd fonts, such as in Flipboard and on my keyboard, Fleksy. I have a rooted Moto G running SlimKat.


texts: Can I ask If what will be the effects if I will Disable my Built-in android launcher and replace with the launcher that I have downloaded??


texts: Downgrading from Lollipop 64-bit to Kitkat 32-bit hard-bricked Micromax Yureka device?

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Update:

I didn't receive any answer here. Look's like my question didn't had enough research to deserve an answer. Here are some updates:

I posted the same question on OnePlus forums (I hang around) and received results here.
I looked for terms downgrade on Yureka Forums and out of 159 threads, didn't find any satisfactory result. I found only one argument worthy enough to be mentioned in step 3.
A OnePlus forums user mentioned that the 64-bit bootloader could be incompatible with 32-bit Kitkat in the event of downgrading, thereby, resulting a hard-brick. A Yureka forums user mentioned similar thing here.
As per this guide on XDA by a known member of OnePlus forums, and this info of all the partitions in a device here, I can conclude that a fastboot type ROM can flash any bootloader and similar partitions required at first stage of booting.
I read about bootloader and the name of the involved partitions from here and here.

A flashable ROM zip through recovery can hard-brick which is understandable here. However, if a fastboot type 32-bit Kitkat ROM is flashed on Yureka device running 64-bit Lollipop, should it be bricking it?

Note: This question is not meant to be open-ended, inviting discussion/opinion or chatty in nature. My question is only to know : Is there really a technical reason behind the warning or not?

Previously:

There is a post on Yu forums by a Community Manger here which says in warning the following:

  Once device is updated with Lollipop (64-bit), downgrading to Kitkat (32-bit) is not supported and may hard-brick the device!

The users on the forum seems to follow the same warning whenever someones creates a thread regarding downgrade to Kitkat. The same warning can be seen on this website too.

However, nowhere it seems anyone cared to mention the reason for such hardbrick. May I know why 64-bit to 32-bit is a nightmare for this phone, or for that matter, any phone? Could it be just a gimmick to keep users at latest OS?


texts: Why chrome shows video in android device, but opera does not?

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Opera has built-in proxy and presser of traffic - it is very useful for me. But opera, instead of to show a video, downloads it. It isn't I want.
How can I (without root and with android 4.3) learn opera to show a video as well as chrome does?


texts: copy contacts from gmail account to phone memory

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I have imported my contacts from my old phone into my google account which now shows up on my phone (this was the only way I could do it), but I would like to keep my contacts off 'the cloud' and so would like to move them to the 'phone' contacts section.

Is there anyway I can do this?


texts: Can contact information from my lock screen be available without a password on startup?

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I just got a Samsung Galaxy S9 with Android 10. In my current configuration, I have observed this rough state machine as it starts up.

The Settings > Lock screen > Contact information is a great feature. However, I see no way to ever see that message in any of the grey states without the password. Is it possible to configure Android so that the contact information is accessible from any state, or at least from powered-off or out-of-battery, without disabling all security features?


texts: How to disable popup on Chrome for Android?

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I have once opened a website on Chrome for Android. By mistake, I allowed the popup.

Now I am not able to find how to disable this popup. As a result, every time I open the URL (which is quite often), the pop-up is opened which is a pain.

How to disable the popup for a website for which it was enabled earlier?


texts: Does it mean that Memory usage of app same as size of app

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This is a conceptual doubt I have. Request some one to resolve my doubt. I have an app of size of 4.5MB and I am calculating memory usage of processes in the app. I am getting each process memory usage as 16MB...

final Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
rt.gc();
final double startSize = rt.totalMemory()-rt.freeMemory();

What I am getting is correct or wrong?Does it mean that Memory usage of app same is same as size of app?


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Sometimes when I am typing the keyboard suddenly vanishes and the blinking line at the place where I was typing also disappears. Even after persistent tapping it doesn't respond (right when I was typing this very sentence it happened). It doesn't matter what keyboard I use, be it Swiftkey or Stock Android keyboard.

Can someone please help me. I really want to see my phone the way it was before.


texts: how to change boot logo without using fastboot

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I know how to change the boot logo(logo.bin) from fastboot, but the problem is how can I change the boot logo without using fastboot.

I can't go to fastboot mode because I think my device(ME-702) doesn't support fastboot (I tried adb reboot bootloader but no benefit).
My device has not any recovery too.

Is there any way to change the logo in adb mode?


texts: Will Android Lollipop be pushed to Nexus 7 device again

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I received a push update for android 5 and was not installed as selected later as the timing of the notification wasn't the right time.  My device now says the system is up to date

Just wondering, will the update to android 5 be pushed again and when is likely timing?

Thanks for help.


texts: How can I recover the files in LOST.DIR on my SD card, and what are they?

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I've always had a LOST.DIR folder on my external SD card, which until now has been empty.  Today my phone complained that my SD card was damaged and wouldn't mount it, so I pulled it out and looked at it on my computer.  There's now a 70237 file inside LOST.DIR which is 128 MB.  It starts with something like "ë<MSWIN4.1", seemingly to indicate that it's a dump of a Windows 98 FAT boot sector (which makes no sense).

What did Android dump here and and why?  (I think I may have disconnected my phone from my PC yesterday without ejecting the drives first, so that might be the "why", though it was from Windows XP and not Windows 98.)  Is there a simple way to recover the information in this file?


texts: Could Static Electricity interfere with HP Pavilion Active Pen?

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My HP Active Pen worked for two months with my new HP Pavilion x360.  They are sold together.  Then it stopped.  I changed batteries and it worked again, for a day or two.  Then it stopped.  Changed batteries again, but it would not work.  Put it aside a few days, now it works again.  I am wondering if placing it on the end table by the couch with my cell phone, my cell phone QI charger, or possible drips from drinking glasses could have short-circuited it.  Also, there is a lot of static in the house this year,  Every time I pet the cat, he backs up from the static.  Could that interfere with how the pen works?  This pen does not use bluetooth, only a single AAAA battery.
Can anyone explain this to me?


texts: I am trying to install swype (by going to their page and entering my e-mail) on my thunderbolt.  But the e-mail I get from them won't show the install link.  Is there another way?


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TLDR: I'm wondering if it's possible to connect a android device to a device(lets say usb flash drive) while staying connected to the computer.

I'm developing a app that requires a ftdi chip to be connected to my device via USB. I connected a OTG cable and everything works just fine. The problem is that I want to do some debugging(i use android studio) and i need the PC connected to the tablet at the same time.

I tried multiple ways to connect to a adapter using a otg cable and normal cable

At this point i'm wondering if it's even possible to do that.


texts: How to switch off the sounds appearing while locking screen or swiping down notification bar?

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Few days ago I have reseted settings on my phone, then the problems started.
My phone is making annoying sounds while locking the screen, when I swipe the notification bar down or when I swipe specific notification away.
I tried to go through sound settings and I have the lock screen sound off etc. Nothing works.
I use Android 10 on Huawei p30 lite.


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So, unfortunately I brought a Tencent Branded ASUS ROG II phone and paid a hefty amount for something ASUS calls unofficial
Consequences:

No Android Security Update
No Software Update since August 2019

Even after having the latest hardware and more RAM and Storage than my Laptop I am stuck at older software which is annoying.
I tried looking stuff to manually update to Android 10 as my device is not reciving any FOTA Updates but it says the Product ID, Fingerprint and the ROM should match i.e to WW ( Considering this is a Chinese phone flashed with global firmware / ROM) fortunately on my device it does but I still can't manually download ( Keep it in root) a FOTA Update and apply it(After Restart). It just fails, so I am skeptical to actually unlock the bootloader and do fancy stuff and end up bricking my device!
Is there a way I can completely get rid of the issue of manually upgrading the software ( by manually I mean connecting to a PC and flashing the latest FOTA)?
Some way I can just download the latest update keep it in root restart the device, it detects an update and does it automatically?
Product : WW_l001D
Fingerprint : asus/WW_l001D/ASUS_l001_1:9/PKQ1.190414.001/16.0631.1908.12-0:user/release-keys


texts: How to set default contact store location, android 4.4.2, LG L9 II?

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I need to set up  the default store place for contacts as now every time it wants to save to sim card which is not as functional. I have to change it, dismiss the warning about lost information (even with zero info entered and phone allowing for more information to be entered).

I read the answers here, but they do not work. In contacts>settings there are only:
- the display options (contacts to display, sort search results by, sort list by, view contacts names as, only contacts with phones)
- general info (sync now, accounts & sync, online search, transfer type)

I do not believe that it's impossible to choose the default store location. Even 10 year old phones are capable of these settings. I just can't find these settings. Hopefully someone knows


texts: Play audio while USB microphone is connected

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I am using a USB condenser microphone to record audio on my Galaxy Tab S6/Android 10.  The trouble is that I cannot play back audio while the microphone is plugged in.
Is there a way to split input from output audio in Android so that I can listen to audio either using headphones or built-in speakers while the microphone is plugged in?  I don't mind not hearing audio while I'm recording, I just want to be able to listen to my recordings without unplugging the mic and restarting my DAW (Audio Evolution Mobile).
I've tried to use the "Separate App Sound" pairing Audio Evolution Mobile to Bluetooth headphones, but that just seems to allow me to hear system alerts, e.g. when I get email.


texts: Will I loose manufacturer updates if I root my phone

texts: I have ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser with Marshmallow but I want to root my phone fot certain reasons but don't want to loose OTA updates from manufacturer. Please let me know if any work around is possible.


texts: Chrome New Tab Page Different/Changed. Samsung Tab 3, Android Kitkat

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Usually my chrome://newtab looks like this:

When I opened chrome recently and made a new tab, it looked like this (PLEASE NOTE! This is an image I took from chrome beta to recreate the image as I cant recreate it on chrome version 36, as after I cleared chromes data in application management,  it was gone.)

I first noticed there was a Google search bar, and tapping just moved it to the top like the beta did. It looked exactly like the beta one, but how did it end up on my normal chrome? I searched the settings and could not find anything. I had just been browsing reddit and superuser, and was on youtube. When I came back to make a new tab it was different.  I cleared the data for chrome and it was gone, so thats why I installed beta and took a screenshot for comparison.  Any explanation?


texts: How to Fix Nexus-4 sensor problem while on calls

texts: I am having nexus 4 from my friends and I had a small issue with that.When i lift the call and place it my ear the screen was turning off when i remove from my ear then again it wont turn on please tellme which sensor will able to do that and I want to disable that sensor can any one tell me how to disable sensor


texts: Android 9 Pie says 'encrypted', but phone can receive calls after reboot (before entering screen lock password)?

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I have a new Optus branded ZTE phone (Android 9 Pie). I added a screen lock password. Apparently it is now automatically encrypted -

Settings / Security & location / Advanced / Encryption & credentials / Encrypt phone = "encrypted"

When I reboot the phone, I had expected for the phone to request my password before it got to my home screen (my older phone did this). However, to my surprise, upon reboot... the phone boots to the home screen. How can it know what my home screen looks like before I even enter the password?

In addition, it can receive calls? Further, if I swipe down and click 'Screenshot'... it will perform the screenshot and add it to Local / Phone / Pictures / Screenshots

What am I missing?


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I bought my HTC One V exactly one year ago, at first everything went really smoothly and it worked like a charm.

It didn't take long before the phone crashed from an unexpected error. The phone spent most of the time in my pocket then, I would notice it because it vibrates then or the next time there would be that error-sign in the upper left corner.

I started living with the fact it sometimes shut itself down, but now the messaging app is beginning to lag:

When I want to send a message (or make a call), it happens that I cannot see my contacts. (which are imported from Google) But it could also be that I have to wait a minute or more because the messages for that contact are loading.

How can I fix these problems with my phone?

My Android version is 4.0.3


texts: Does USB Internet option require root access?

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Hi I want to reverse tether from PC, OS Win 8.1 to android device but is it required root?
In Activity in Local Area Connection Status (Local Area Connection is my Remote NDIS...) I get increased Sent values but this increase is very slow(i.e 168 bytes and after few seconds 210 bytes, and another secs 252 bytes) and not fluent, Received values increase proper and relatively faster than Sent values

I have on the phone 'USB internet active' notification, on PC
I have in Connection section in General

IPv4 Connectivity: 'No network access'

the same with IPv6

Media State: Enabled

Duration: (8 minutes and is increasing)

Speed: 425.9 Mbps

Ethernet is my PC connection with speed 100 Mbps but I live in dorm and really I have lower speed
Phone Model: Quantum 350

I have tried enable sharing tab

and when I launch Opera mini go to some website i.e www.google.com then browser loads and loads and after few minutes I get confirm dialog with info that cannot connect but during the 39 minutes my phone received 395,000 bytes and increasing now (during 45 minutes) I have 460,000 and increasing