texts: How to access phone internal storage during flashing?

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I am flashing CM10 to my HTC One X.

I downloaded all necessary files and unlocked my boot loader.  I followed all steps on how to install this ROM, but I did one stupid thing.  I forgot to copy the CM10 zip file to my phone internal storage.

Below are the steps I followed, then I missed step 1.  How do I access my phone internal storage so that I can save the zip file, and continue flashing my phone?

  Copy the CM10 ZIP file to your phone’s internal SD card.
  On the PC, extract the Fasboot.zip. You will get a folder named Fastboot.
  Extract the boot.img file from the cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-028.zip file and place it into the
  Fastboot folder.
  Turn your phone off.
  Boot to Fastboot Mode. Hold down the Volume Down and the Power buttons until the screen turns on to enter Bootloader Mode.
  In Bootloader Mode, highlight Fastboot Mode using the Volume keys and select it by using the Power button.
  Connect your phone to your PC via USB cable.
  Open a command prompt on your PC and navigate it to the Fastboot folder.
  In the command prompt, type fastboot devices to check if your device has successfully connected to your PC. Your phone’s serial number
  should appear on the screen.
  Flash the boot.img by typing the following in the command prompt: fastboot flash boot boot.img
  Go back to your phone and select Bootloader to go back to the main Bootloader menu.
  In Bootloader Mode, highlight Recovery using the Volume keys and select it by using the Power button to boot into ClockworkMod
  Recovery.
  Select Wipe data/factory reset > Yes.
  Select Install ZIP from SD card > Choose ZIP from SD card > select the cm10_endeavoru-ota-eng.noeri-028.zip file > Yes.
  Select Go back > Reboot system now.


texts: Nexus 5 multitask button not working after upgrade to Lollipop

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I just upgraded to Android Lollipop on my Nexus 5 using the OTA update. For some reason, I don't seem to be able to use the multitask button. It works very rarely, but I'm having to revert to pressing Home then opening my apps from there. This never happened on KitKat.

Is this a known issue, and is there anything I can do about it? Restarting the phone doesn't seem to help.

The OS recognizes that I'm pressing the button, since it highlights and vibrates it.

On a related note, I've been having to tap the Home button twice for it to actually go the home screen.


texts: How to install ClockworkMOD Recovery on Sony Xperia Neo V (MT11a)?

texts: I have rooted my MT11a with UnlockRoot v2.4.2 and the "superuser" app has appeared. The tutorial said my phone should be requesting to upgrade 4.0.2.A.0.42 to another number ending in .62, but the Update Center says the phone is completely up to date. I should be getting the BusyBox after this update, but the update is not happening. Have I missed a step? The phone is working just fine. I downloaded the ROM Manager, and it is requesting to get "ClockworkMOD Recovery" in order to operate. All this I'm doing to get the cyanogen mod.


texts: How can I boot my Epic 4G Touch into CWM?

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Rooted using http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwEYVB_ut4 process. Boot in cwm and the enter button (power button) doesn't work or is locked. Long press of button will reboot the device though. Downloaded latest cwm via ROM Manager and hit "Restart into Recovery" from the ROM Manager UI. Power button still doesn't work in cwm, except for long press. Now though, the device will only boot into cwm. Pulled battery, start and same thing... cwm.

Reapplied http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EwEYVB_ut4 and still have the same issue, device restarts into cmw only AND the power button only works on long press so I can't wipe and install any other ROMs on my SD to try to get out of this.


texts: How to auto-answer video calls for telepresence/baby monitor/pet cam?

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I would like to leave a tablet on my shelf and be able to video call into it while away and talk/hear/see my home without anyone necessarily being there, just to be able to check in. I have looked for auto-answer settings in Skype and Hangouts.

The situation is that I have a baby I'm going to leave in my home with her grandmother, and other sitters and relatives, and I don't want to have to teach them except to say that I'll check in via video sometimes. This way I shouldn't ever disturb the peace with phone ringtone sounds, nor have to wait for someone to pick up, nor have to wonder why they didn't pick up.

Skype has auto-answer, but it doesn't turn on video from the receiver. What else can I try? I haven't installed everything in the Play store…


texts: How to convert/encrypt WhatsApp .sqlite to .db.crypt8?

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I have aa WhatsApp ChatStorage.sqlite file which was taken from an iPhone backup, and I don't exactly understand the structure of the data inside the database, but it's clearly not encrypted.
I want to use this file to "restore" the messages it contains into a newer Android phone. From what I know the current format WhatsApp uses to store message databases is .db.crypt8 which I assume is the same SQLite DB, only encrypted (but I may be wrong).
WhatsApp (2.12.317) on Android (5.0) doesn't seem to "recognize" the plain .sqlite file as a backed up DB on first setup. Is there a way to make it accept the file as a message backup? Can I somehow encrypt the DB file in the format it is expecting to receive?


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I'd like to import around 1000 contacts within a group into an android phone (OS 7.0). I have the vCard only. Is it somehow possible?

Hope this is the right place for that, thanks in advice.


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I have a logitech k270 and I would like to connect this to my S10+.
I have connected the keyboard dongle to the usb converter dongle but it doesn't seem to be recognized.
I installed "USB OTG Checker" and I get "#1 USB Received no device found"
I can connect the keyboard to my laptop and it works fine.
What do I need to do to get this working?
Thanks


texts: Galaxy S2, Hangouts app deletes incoming text messages

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Incoming SMS messages tend to get deleted immediately on my Galaxy S2. The original messages app does not cause any issues, but if I turn on hangouts it goes nits.

Edit: were talking about an unrooted galaxy s2 with the latest Samsung firmware. If I disable hangout sms feature everything is fine.  Funny thing there was a big period of time when hangouts worked flawlessly.  I guess the desire is to use hangouts for sms if possible.


texts: Missing internal flash memory: It does not mount

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I am using a Xtouch X718 tablet. It is very nice: at the beginning I could do almost everything.

It used to be connected in computer and one day I was accessing it through the computer. Afterwards I took it out and opened the gallery -- but it did not open. When I looked at the settings it said "mount sd card in internal storage". I tried, but it did not mount.

Next time I accessed if from my computer it asked "disk" instead and showed the external sd card; as there is no external sd card it is not connected. It just goes as if in process for hours.


texts: Motorola DroidX eCryptfs related Sources?

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I see over in this question that the Motorola DroidX uses eCryptfs to do its data encryption.

I'm trying to find the source code of the mount.ecryptfs that version of Android uses (as I am one of the authors and maintainers of the eCryptfs upstream project).

I found this site, but I'm unable to find any of the (GPLv2) ecryptfs related sources.  Any pointers?


texts: How to prevent characters from repeating when entering text with a Bluetooth keyboard?

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I have an Android phone running 4.0.4 (ICS) and a Microsoft Wedge Mobile Keyboard. I have paired the keyboard with my phone and it works all right most of the time.

However, every so often I will experience the following:

after pushing some keys, nothing happens
after a few seconds, the characters I have entered show up
one of the characters is repeated many times

For example, pushing:

t e s t

Will result in the following being displayed on screen:

  teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest

This only happens occasionally, but often enough to be a nuisance. I realize that there will always be unpredictable latency inherent with wireless communications (Bluetooth in this case) but I see no reason why characters are being repeated as if I held down the key (which I didn't).

Note that this is not a question about changing the repeat rate for keys being held down.

Edit: my device is a Samsung Galaxy Discover.


texts: Transferring Apps from sd card to another sd card(HTC Desire HD)

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Possible Duplicate:
  How to upgrade / swap SD card without losing data and installed apps?

I have a 2gb sd card and it's full I can't put more music,photos and videos.I will buy an 8gig sd card.I wonder if it will work if I copy all of my apps from the 2 gig to 8 gig I hope it will work


texts: Can I share my Android's VPN connection over a Hotspot?

texts: I recently purchased a Chromebook which doesn't support my companies PPTP VPN. As a workaround, would it be possible to connect to the VPN on my Android (4.4) and share that connection over a hotspot? If so, how?


texts: Instagram stories and local videos play in slow motion but sound is fine

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A friend of mine started facing this problem yesterday night: when she browses through her Instagram stories, the video plays at a slower rate than normal, however the sound is totally fine. She went ahead and checked the gallery as well - same problem there. In TikTok though, there are no issues at all.
As she did not provide any more information (she is not tech savvy at all) here is the info that I know about her phone: it's a Huawei Y5 2018, with Android 8.
I searched online about this, but I didn't come up with anything related to Android. Any help is appreciated.


texts: twrp crashes while trying to backup files

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Can someone help me with a crashing TWRP backup. I am using twrp 2.8.6.0

I have installed TWRP recovery for Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos gt-I9082, but it keeps failing and rebooting to the phone in the middle of 22% of the backup.

I am running Jellybean 4.2.2 Stock Samsung Android dist.

Has anyone ever faced this problem ?

Can anyone help ?


texts: How do people at service center check if the phone is rooted or not?

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How do they check it, in order to decide whether the phone is in warranty or not?
I am referring to the majority of the phone manufacturers who void the warranty of their phones 'as soon as they are rooted'.


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When I charge my Nexus 6P, the charging often stops (probably after the battery level becomes 100% once.) and it keep consuming power.

As a result, when I unplug the cable, it has often low battery or already shut down although I expect it is fully charged.

Is it well known issue?


texts: Play Store crashes when trying to open "Manage Instant Apps"

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Well, it's not like I want to use instant apps but this is frustrating me either way. When I open Play Store and go to Settings and try to open "Manage Instant Apps", the Play Store just crashes and starts again with a message.

I'm on stock Marshmallow, Play Services for Instant Apps version is 1.19.

Here is the log when it comes to crashing:

08-30 01:39:42.436  2589  2787 I ActivityManager: START u0 {cmp=com.google.android.instantapps.supervisor/.SettingsActivity} from uid 10049 on display 0
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime: Process: com.android.vending, PID: 4385
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: Unable to find explicit activity class {com.google.android.instantapps.supervisor/com.google.android.instantapps.supervisor.SettingsActivity}; have you declared this activity in your AndroidManifest.xml?
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:1801)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1514)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3951)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3912)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4235)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4203)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at com.google.android.finsky.settings.SettingsActivity.onPreferenceTreeClick(SourceFile:299)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.preference.Preference.performClick(Preference.java:1004)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.preference.PreferenceScreen.onItemClick(PreferenceScreen.java:214)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.widget.AdapterView.performItemClick(AdapterView.java:310)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.widget.AbsListView.performItemClick(AbsListView.java:1188)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.widget.AbsListView$PerformClick.run(AbsListView.java:3105)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.widget.AbsListView$3.run(AbsListView.java:4096)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5551)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:730)
08-30 01:39:42.466  4385  4385 E AndroidRuntime:    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:620)
08-30 01:39:42.515  2589  3354 W ActivityManager:   Force finishing activity com.android.vending/com.google.android.finsky.settings.SettingsActivity

Any thoughts?


texts: Show volume indicator on notification bar (just like WiFi/battery)

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I want to be able to see the volume level of my phone as a scalable icon that behaves just like WiFi and battery. If the volume is on full, it shows up completely white, empty shows up gray, etc.

Is there a default setting that I can't access (going into Volume on my phone's Settings causes Settings to crash), and is this even possible with an app?


texts: Need someone to tell me the camera preview and picture resolutions in Samsung Galaxy S4

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I need to know the camera preview and picture resolutions that the Samsung Galaxy S4/S4 Zoom (SM-C101) supports for it's rear camera.

I'm building an application that does real time image processing on the frames received from the camera. By default, the highest resolution is set which makes the processing very slow. So, I want to know what resolutions are available so that I could set a range within which to select from at runtime.

I noticed that some common lower resolutions aren't supported on the S3, so I had to increase the range. So I need to know if I need to change it for the S4.

Someone on SO has created an application which records this data and makes it publicly viewable here. I guess using this would be easier than manually looking up the resolutions.


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I've updated my rooted, Nexus 5 with an OTA update to Android 5.0 Lollipop and since then I have noticed something that quite bugs me.

After the update has been added to the phone a new keyboard without any of my permission.

I don't need this keyboard and it just mess up all of my apps.
I've tried to delete it with ROM Toolbox, but as you can see it still remain in my settings menu.
And whenever I change my language key when I'm writing it's changes to this keyboard as well,
and the app crashes.

My phone is in Hebrew, But you can see there is a keyboard that called iWnn IME.
and ii says below in grey "Japanese" in hebrew.


texts: I using huawei 3C. Everytime I turn on the Wi-Fi, it takes time to turn on...I've been waiting for more than an hour but still unable to connect.


texts: Full Google apps access to location needed for maps with GPS?

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I have a HTC One S with Android 4.1.1 installed.

I recently got the "google settings" app and checked the settings in there. Under the field "location" is a switch to "Let google apps access your location" with a note that apps may access your location while the app is not being used.

If I switch that off, the GPS is not activated when I start google maps - and therefore renders it pretty useless for me. I even get a message telling me to switch google location on if I want to have a location based map. So here is the question:

When this setting is switched on, do I risk that other apps (google search or whatever else I have installed from google) will take my location from the Wifi connection or cell tower and transmit it to google for storage, or even the GPS data?

Is there any way to enable GPS in maps but not my location for all other apps, too? I am worried that the setting is a "Either you do not use Google maps, or we will know and record whenever, wherever you are". Is that the case?

I have so far only this question here but it seems to say there that the google location service does not affect GPS - but for me it does.


texts: Android App - Same phone - Different versions on App Store

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I'm using an Android application called 'Out of Milk'. I have it installed on two identical phones (hardware and software). However on one phone it is version 4.2.2 and on the other phone it is version 4.1.7.

Looking at the Google Play app store on both these phones, they each say there are no updates available. Looking at the info page of the application in the app store show that latest version is 4.2.2 on one phone and 4.1.7 on the other. Both phones are running the free version only - the unlocker (pro) app is not installed.

How can I make both versions identical?

[Android version is 4.1.2 on both.]


texts: Is there an Android known issues database?

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Does anyone know if there is a Known Issues Database for Android,
or some tool that one could search for known issues based on the version of some parts of the code such as the kernel.


texts: How do I understand the storage usage of an application? How do I solve my phone becoming slow?

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When I installed the FB application, the size was 49MB. As recommended, I then move it to the SD Card. I expected that the memory internal usage would not be so congested. The app was working fine initially. But later, the app and my phone was working very slowly, and many times stopped working. Then I checked, and I found the memory usage's status is very different between installation and the current. There are 237MB memory occupied (after I cleared cache the memory), and only 55.88MB stored on SD Card.

Then my question is, where is the rest of the app is stored? In internal memory? How do I solve my phone from being very slow?


texts: How to change my phone's firmware nationality?

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For some unknown reason the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini (GT-I9195) I bought in Switzerland is actually a Polish version, i.e. that's the default locale which I cannot uninstall and that's why only today I was offered an OTA to I9195XXUCOD3 instead of I9195XXUCOA2 back in February. While my question basically boils down to

  can I simply download the Swiss firmware image and flash that via Odin?

I'd prefer a general (not device-specific) answer for the following points:

How to figure out whether the firmware and device of two different countries are compatible (e.g. is the hardware sufficiently identical/compatible)?
how to modify the device's nationality, i.e. is it sufficient to replace the firmware or are other steps required?
does having the device rooted help/hinder?


texts: What ffmpeg options should I use to make video playable on Android Phone (specifically, LG Optimus)? I tried various bitrate and codecs and all combinations I came up with doesn't work (tried theora, mpeg4, h264).


texts: Is it possible to root the Samsung Galaxy Fit?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit. I am not able to find any guide on the web regarding how to root it. Is there some method suitable for beginners?


texts: Restore ALL information after factory reset

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I've done a factory reset on my Samsung galaxy A5 (2016) with android 6.0.1.

I've done a factory reset today,  then restored my account from Google drive.  Many things have been restored correctly,  although some are not restored,  like:

themes and background picture
organisation of apps on home screen
memos
alarms in clock app
cookies in chrome
...

Is there a way to get them back?
If not, then is there a way (app) to backup them?

Update

I'd to restore my phone as its gps wasn't working (I've tried various apps to fix / reset it without success)

Notes: I mean built-in notes app of my phone.

Theme & backound: no those haven't been restored


texts: How can I connect my A500 to an iMac for charging and file transfers?

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I have a Acer Iconia A500 and I am using an iMac. I cannot charge or share my device as mass storage with my computer over USB, though I am able to use bluetooth for transferring data.

Are there any special drivers needed? How can I get it connected with my machine?


texts: Why can't I see the +1 button on some apps in the Play Store app?

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In the Play Store app, I find the +1 button on some app pages, but not all app pages.  For example, Smart Tools and Asphalt 7: Heat are missing the button.  Why is this?

Interesting: This behavior is dynamic. Means, few minutes ago, I was unable to find +1 button on Smart Tools app page. Now, its there. And, few minutes ago, +1 button was on Camera Zoom FX app page. Now, its gone.

Some key information which might be useful:

I am NOT talking about web interface. I am talking about app pages in Play Store.
My device is Samsung Galaxy S with GB 2.3.5. Interestingly, my Nexus 7 (with JB 4.1) doesn't have this problem.
My Play Store version is 3.9.16.
My carrier is Reliance GSM in India.

I have taken screenshot of two of top paid apps' pages which doesn't have +1 button:

You can see in the screenshot that SwiftKey 3 & Tasks don't have +1 button.

The Dynamic Behavior:

You can see in the screenshot that Camera Zoom FX app page does have +1 button. Few minute later its gone:

Update:
Few minutes ago, SwiftKey 3 app page didn't have +1 button, but now its there:


texts: Does android use cellular data when connected to WiFi with no internet

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We have a WiFi hotspot setup with no internet.  A website has been hosted locally on a server connected to the same hotspot. Necessary DNS entries have been made in the Access Point to ensure the DNS query for a particular web address (say http://www.facebook.com) resolves to ip address of the server. Users are expected to access only single website (facebook.com) on the WiFi which is hosted on the server.
Some users that have cellular data turned on connect to the WiFi hotspot. These users when they enter web address (facebook.com), instead of the phone using the WiFi connection to get to the locally hosted website, the phone turns to cellular data and opens the website hosted locally.

Any clues why could this is be happening?

Is it because the user previously access the web address on internet and the ip address was cached by the browser. And now when the user enters the same url in their browser when connected our WiFi, the browser directly queries the router for the IP address. And since there is no internet on our WiFi, the phone automatically switches to cellular data.


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My box boots directly into the pin entry screen, Clock on left and keypad on the right.

I enter the pin correctly and the home screen comes up for one second and then goes back to the pin entry screen. I can't get it to do anything else.

The PIN is correct, If I leave it for a few seconds it just goes into the default screensaver.

Any suggestions please?


texts: Why does the GPS module hang on my Android phone after some hours?

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I record GPX tracks using Osmand.  I have set everything so that it tracks also in the background, with the screen switched off.  After some time (usually hours), I check the GPS and must realise that it doesn't get a GPS fix anymore.  I can wait for hours under a clear sky -- no effect.  But if I stop recording, and re-start it immediately, I get a fix in a second.  What can be the cause of this?

I have created a video at http://youtu.be/sqSjm7EUgbY which demonstrates the problem: Coming and going grey and yellow bars in "GPS Status", but after a short re-start, an immediate fix!

I use Android 4.1.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S III mini.  The background plugin of Osmand 1.7.5+ is active, as is the "keep fixing in the backgroud" option of "GPS Status & Tools".  However, it doesn't matter whether the latter is installed.  The polling time in Osmand is "continuously".

The same issue occurs with some other tracking apps.  At least "GPSLogger" and "Geotag Photos" are affected.  However, I can not reproduce the bug with Google "My Tracks".  Maybe this is due to the fix for https://code.google.com/p/mytracks/issues/detail?id=496 but unfortunately, no details of the fix are known.


texts: Moto E on Lollipop has KitKat's boot animation

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I have a Moto E 1st Gen. When I updated to Lollipop, my boot animation updated too, but a few months later I did a hard reset to my Moto E. All was great, but yesterday I noticed that my boot animation is back to what it was on KitKat.

Is there a problem, and what can I do?


texts: What are the chances of a malware being persistent if I dd to write system.img and userdata.img from twrp

texts: If I had a malware on my phone, say malware like xhelper, or strandhogg or something even critical than that, what are the chances of it being persistent even after using dd to write the system.img and userdata.img to the phone for eg dd if=system.img of=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/system to write system as brand new. Is it possible that the malware could snoop into /cache or /nvdata to attain persistence. Is it feasible to use dd to flash those partitions as well? Which places would a malware use to hide itself to maintain persistence even after stock image flashing?


texts: How do I get rid of "Network may be monitored" in KitKat?

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Ever since I've installed my own CA in the key store I'm getting warnings that the network may be monitored. Well, I guess that's a valid warning if I don't trust these certificates, but I really trust my own CA here; even more than the ones preinstalled.

How do I get rid of this warning I see at least once per day popping up?

This is on stock Android 4.4 KitKat on a Nexus 5.


texts: How do you turn off the message indicator in Hangouts?

texts: I don't want people to know when I saw their texts. Is there a way to turn the message indicator off?


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I'm looking for a way to disable and enable the phone's touchscreen via console, and possibly the physical buttons, so to prevent finger touches from being processed. The phone is a Samsung Galaxy Frame, Android 4.1.x.

Background:

I'm configuring an old Galaxy Fame to serve as sat navigator fixed on my car dashboard, aiming at using the up-to-date and free OpenStreetMap.

When I turn the key, the phone's usb is powered at 5V, when I turn off the car, the usb has no power. The phone is able to detect these events and I scripted some actions upon them, aiming at providing an instant-on and instant-off navigator service.

The phone remains always on, just switches to a power-save status when the car is off. The navigator app – OsmAnd – starts automatically at boot, but boot does not occur between a car-on / car-off cycle, because the phone remains on to detect the mentioned usb changes.

Currently, what happens when I start the car and the usb gets powered:

Display is lit (echo 200 >/sys/class/backlight/panel/brightness)
Sat receiver is activated
Cpu frequency set to max

What happens when I turn off the car and usb loses power:

Display's backlight off
Sat receiver goes off, along with wify and bluetooth, in case they might have been active
Cpu frequency set to minimum

Up to this point everything is working. My problem now is that, when the car goes off and the phone enters this quasi-standby mode, the touchscreen still accepts input and, if the phone is handled or touched for whatever reason, it will stealthily react to those touches while the screen is unlit.


texts: What is cleared when I restart my phone?

texts: I haven't restart my phone since the day I got it however decided I would give it a go since my contacts seem to disappear intermittently. Anyhoo, it prompted me that if I restarted my phone anything stored in memory would be cleared. How do I find out what is stored in memory and what is being cleared?


texts: Samsung GT-S7392 is locked because of attempting password too many times. Please help me out

texts: Samsung GT-S7392 is locked because of successive password attempts; and I could not access or log into the google account as well. The question is: Can I l get unlock through theses using my google account where I'm not the first user of the device. It also asks me for the back up pin. What actually is it and how do I solve 'unlock' this? Please help me.


texts: Some but not all music is showing in my phone's media player

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I have a Galaxy S7 Edge, and am using the 64GB SD card they gave with the phone when it first came out at BestBuy's. I've put music on my phone already and have had it stored on the SD card and have never had an issue changing up what I have on there until yesterday. I re did my playlist and put different music on and synced my phone only to get to work and find out certain songs do not show up in the default media player (even though they are songs I've had on my SD card before). So today I decide to re sync it and after it is done I went through Windows Media Player and it said all the music was "Already On Device". Go to the default media player on my phone to a specific artist, and only HALF of their albums are on there... And when I say half I mean, it basically skipped every other song on every album. So half the album is on and the other is not... But when I search files on my phone all the music shows up.

I know there were other people with similar issues that I saw but none were resolved, and none were having issues only with partial music not showing up. All my artists show up, but it's only putting HALF the songs they have from each album into the player...


texts: “Android is upgrading… Starting Apps” on boot

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My phone is still stuck on "Android is upgrading.. starting apps" on boot.

Earlier, my phone said "Unfortunately, Google Playstore stopped working" and I am unable to use my apps which needed Internet access so I turned off my phone and removed my sd card before doing a factory reset. The reset was successful however it's been booting for several minutes already. I tried removing the battery and putting it back on. I rebooted the device and it is now stuck on "Android is upgrading.. starting apps." I tried removing the battery again and started wiping cache partition, doing factory reset again and rebooting the system but the problem is still the same.


texts: Motorola Defy Plus - Apps are automatically closing few minutes after screen switches off

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This is driving me crazy.

I just bought a new Motorola Defy Plus (MB526) this week and plugged in a 16 GB SD card to it. Like the features it offered like Moto-Blur and all that.

So after 2 days of use I dumped some songs to listen while traveling to office. I started the playlist (in Connected Music Player,i.e., the stock music player provided in defy plus) to listen to music. But after 30 seconds or so phone goes to standby and song continues. But before song duration is complete, the sound shuts off. If I check the phone there is no app running. I tried listening to radio, and it was same thing with radio as well. I thought it was some sleep timer problem in music player, but I did not find any settings to do so. I browsed for solution in many places in Internet. But could not find solution. I found similar problem for Android v2.2. But my phone has Android v2.3.6. In between I tried using other apps such as Live 365 and Remote for VLC. Live 365 felt like it ran for little longer but even that closed too. Same problem persisted for Remote for VLC also, i.e., it's active for a while. After 5-7 minutes or so the app has closed completely.

Can I solve this problem by enabling Factory Reset? If I reset using that, I know that apps I installed will go away, and that is not a problem with me. But will the stock apps provided by Motorola go away too?

Sometimes I found the irritating Voice Command(I dont know what is called exactly, maybe - Listen app) window popping up. How should I turn that off?


texts: I am using Moto E with Lollipop 5.1 And I am having this trouble that whenever I am using 3G service, it automatically switches to 2G and i can't able to select 3G (3G selection is not available/showing). How to select the 3G.


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My lock screen is always portrait. Is there a way to make it match whatever rotation the phone is in? Weirdly, if I'm in landscape mode and lock my screen a landscape lock screen shows for a second occasionally but always flips to portrait. Can't see anything in CM settings.

Note 4 - CyanogenMod 12.1


texts: How can I make a full, restorable image of my pre-root Android hard drive, as in Clonezilla?

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In Clonezilla, one boots OS-1 (Clonezilla) on Drive-1 (USB stick) in order to make a full, restorable image of Drive-2 (which may contain OS-2) on Drive-3 (the backup drive). One does not need any permissions or "root" on Drive-2 or OS-2 in order to make this copy. In fact, one could perform this procedure on any drive at all, including your drives, without knowing any of the relevant passwords!

Question #1: How can I use free software on OS-1 (Linux, Windows, etc.) to make a full, restorable image of Drive-2 (brand new, untouched Android phone), including ROM, bootloader(s), and any other sections, partitions, etc.?
If you believe the answer is, "You can't," then..

Question #2: After I have rooted, how can I restore Drive-2' (the rooted and thus altered Android phone) to its original state, Drive-2 (brand new, untouched Android phone)?
If you believe the answer is, "You can't," then..

Question #3: Why should I not worry about this?

It seems odd that one must alter Drive-2 (rooting process) in order to make a copy of Drive-2', but it seems like ClockworkMod's NANDroid images (and others) do exactly this by requiring root. Perhaps I am simply confused.


texts: Find Exact Install Date of A FREE App From The PlayStore On A Older Phone

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I'm looking to find the instillation date of an app I had on my old phone.
I've tried looking on the play store  here  however it only shows be previous paid purchases.

I've also tried using a android emulator on my pc to view Google Play Games achievements, as it appeared it used to show you the time those achievements are unlocked, however checking it now just shows the achievements and not the times.

EDIT: To clarify the app is no longer installed, hence all answers in the other question are worthless as this is not the same question, as these only answer the question to when the app was installed on the current device, not when they were installed on another phone but are still linked to the account.


texts: SMS notifications on Moto G2 no longer appear

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Recently my Moto G2 device stopped showing text message notifications on the notification bar.

The device has been running on Android 5.0 (the upgrade caused no issues)
I am using the stock messaging app and there are no other messaging apps on my phone
Notifications are turned on
There is no option to enable or disable app notifications for the stock message app since it does not appear on on the "Apps" menu.
Notifications from other apps like Whatsapp are shown
I have not done a factory reset yet

I have uninstalled a dozen other apps like DU Batter Saver and Applock just to narrow down things that might be interfering with the stock messaging app. Powering off and powering back on does not work either.
I need some help.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Y phone, I use the Android App called as "Any.Do" to help me with my To-do list management.
One of it's widgets called as the "Any.Do Grande (4x4)" occupies the whole of my phone's homescreen.

Now, I know that the screen size of my mobile is relatively smaller than most android mobiles available in the Market.

So, my question here is: If a widget occupies the whole screen of my mobile, will it do so for mobiles of various different screen-sizes too?


texts: Unable to upgrade firmware from Samsung GT-I9000

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When I try to upgrade the firmware of a Samsung Galaxy S using Samsung Kies, it tells me "initialization not supported". Therefore I'm stuck with the original firmware.

Here's the details:

phone: Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000
android version: v2.2
No SD card installed

Samsung Kies: v2.3

Anyone can give a clue on how to solve this?

Many thanks beforehand.


texts: How to disable data for individual apps?

texts: I am using an Android 4.4, and I would like to know how to disable the wifi connection for only certain apps? Is there a third party app out there that can perform this function?


texts: Mount Galaxy A5 (2017) on Ubuntu via MTP

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I have been reading numerous articles on this, but nothing seems to work for me. I have a Galaxy A5 (2017). When I plug it into my Ubuntu 14.04 laptop, the phone is recognised and I can browse the folders and see files, however I cannot open any of the files, nor can I copy anything to the phone.

When I first plug it in, this is the dmesg output:

[ 2168.258890] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 9 using xhci_hcd
[ 2168.276856] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
[ 2168.276860] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2168.276862] usb 2-1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[ 2168.276863] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[ 2168.276864] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: d31e7ed99d31e7ed

At this point, "SAMSUNG Android" shows up in Nautilus, with nothing in it.
The phone then asks me if I want to allow the connection, which I do. Then dmesg displays the following additional output:

[ 2190.116385] usb 2-1: USB disconnect, device number 9
[ 2190.417923] usb 2-1: new high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd
[ 2190.434886] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=6860
[ 2190.434891] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 2190.434894] usb 2-1: Product: SAMSUNG_Android
[ 2190.434897] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: SAMSUNG
[ 2190.434899] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: d31e7ed99d31e7ed

Another Nautilus window pops up and the contents of the SAMSUNG Android device now contain "Phone". When I open that, it displays the directory structure. Like I said, I can browse through it, but not actually read the files or copy anything to it.

The "Use USB for" setting on the phone is set to "Transferring media files"; "Transfer media files to a PC via an MTP connection.".

When I change this to "Transferring images"; "Transfer images and other files via a PTP connection if MTP is not supported.", then I can open images on the phone, but I am restricted to only directories containing images.

The Galaxy A5 (2017) runs Android 6.0.1.

Any ideas?

Thank you.

Marc.


texts: How do I create a reocurring calendar entry that ends at some time?

texts: I am taking a class at the same time on several date throughout the month. Is it possible to copy the calendar event from one week to the next without retyping the event each time. I will be attending the class a total of thirteen times.


texts:
Whenever I use Bixby Vision to scan a QR code or do other things, it makes a loud chime. This occurs even when my phone is in vibrate-only mode, and my media volume is muted.

How do I prevent this from happening?


texts: /system/bin/mediaserver and /system/bin/drmserver dont want these but Android disagrees

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I used this link Use Adb to disable Media Server

hoping to permanenenly disable the battery hogging media server process . It did not work Mediaserver still runs on my Android 4.4 Jiayu S3 phone as /system/bin/mediaserver and I found another just as pricky process called /system/bin/drmserver which shows up on adb # top .
So I mounted the /system in RW mode and removed -x from them both.
After that I killed the existing processes for these binaries. The phone just froze .  After a force restart it will NOT BOOT until I restored the -x bit again ( restored execute ) .
What do these do . How do I  ensure they don't run if they are not needed.


texts: Internet is working over Wi-Fi but Google Play Store says "reconnect" after few minutes

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I have a problem connecting to Google Play Store with some Wi-Fi.
My Wi-Fi at home works fine and I don't see any problem with other sites. But whenever I go to Google Play Store, it just keeps me waiting for a couple of minutes and says "reconnect".

I tried connecting to another Wi-Fi and it works. Then I tried using other phone on my Wi-Fi and it works fine.

It seems only my Zenfone 2 doesn't work on my Wi-Fi. I tried some simple steps I've read on forums like changing time, sync, toggle Wi-Fi and Airplane mode but nothing worked.

How do I fix the issue?


texts: android cast for windows with 30fps using usb?

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I am looking for a free solution that can cast (mirroring)
 to windows pc using usb so i can debug on my android phone but i don't have to use my phone to see the app
like this one https://github.com/yangh/sevensquare


texts: How can I make the button on my headphones control something other than the stock music player?

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When I press this button, it plays/pauses the stock music player. I don't use the stock music player--I use a comination of Last.fm, Grooveshark, and Winamp. I would like to make the button play/pause whichever player I am currently using. If this isn't possible, I would like it to simply control Winamp, instead of the default player.

I am using Android 2.1 (unrooted) on a Samsung Fascinate.


texts: How can I make an Android Smart TV stop listening on a specific port?

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So, I used the app "Remote ADB Shell" on my Android phone to grant the WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS permission to my AndroidTV (HiSense Smart ATV). In order to grant this permission I had to connect my phone to my TV on my network using RSA key authentication.
It has been a while since I did the procedure, however, I believe that I set the IP address of my TV (192.168.0.9) and a port number of my selection (5756). I got a prompt on my TV asking me to allow the RSA key, I pressed accept and was able to send the ADB command necessary.
However, now my TV still listens on port 5756. How can I stop the TV from listening on this port?


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I don't know what's wrong with my phone. Things are breaking left and right ...

To mount the phone so I can access files on it (I don't have an SD card), I:

Disable USB debugging
Enable Mass Storage Mode
Plug the phone in
Go to the home screen
Drag that bar down on the top of the screen
Click on the USB item
Click "Mount Storage"

Viola,  I can access my files. The problem now is that the bar at the top doesn't drag down. I fear that it's a hardware issue (is there some way to disable/enable it from the software side?)

Having said that, how can I now mount the storage to transfer files onto my computer? I have several (100ish) 1.5MB images I need to copy over.

I have a Samsung i7500g running Android 1.6.

I wrote my own app, which can trap events on the top bar part of the screen; it seems that it's only the home page bar that doesn't allow me to drag it down. Is there some setting I'm missing?

Edit: Even stranger, sometimes, the pull bar works perfectly.


texts: In the Hangouts app, how do I "mark all as read"?

texts: I'm using Hangouts for texting with my Samsung Galaxy S4. Usually the preview is enough to see the whole message. I hate having to open a message just to mark it a read. Is there a way to mark one, or several, or all messages as read without opening the message?


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I can turn on Wifi Direct on my LG G4, and I can connect to another phone. There is even a Wifi Direct icon on the notification bar. However, if I try to share something, I can not see it in the sharing options.

Also, if I try to share the other way around, the G4 never receives the file, not even a confirmation popup comes up.

The other device is a Samsung S7.


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please help i have a galaxy s4 value edition i9515.
google play store is not working mean it ceased at saying "Downloading" but nothing happened next, i have tried all the possible means. deleting updates/caches of framework play store and download manager which is also enable, restriction mode is not ticked, Reset the mobile makes a new google acount but no luck. thanks to all


texts: Main app's icons overlays in Nova Prime's widgets

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I've been using Nova Prime for about 5 years, which includes doing at least 10-20 settings backup-and-restore on various devices.
Today I made one another (on my Motorola Moto Z2 Play / Android 8.0 Oreo) and to my extreme surprise I have noticed that all my (restored) contacts widgets have a nasty "main" app (i.e. Contacts) icon overlay over each my contact's photo.
Picture worth thousand words -- before (left) sending Z2 to repair and after getting it back (right):

Analysis so far:

the problem is only with Contacts; other widgets (Wikipedia and Fancy Widgets in my case) have no "main" app icon overlay,
happens on both widgets restored from Nova Prime's backup and freshly added,
happens on Motorola Moto Z2 only (i.e. does not happen on Motorola One),
happens on Motorola Moto Z2 only this time (starting from this backup restore), since I hadn't this problem for past half year, prior to sending this phone for a repair.

Questions:

does anyone else experiences similar problem?
what is its source: is it caused by recent change to Contacts or Nova Prime?
is there any workaround or a way to get rid of this nasty little thing?

I am adding a contact-shortcut widget by:

opening Contacts app (default app under 8.0 Oreo?),
finding given contact and tapping it to get to details,
tapping three-dot and selecting Create shortcut from menu.

The only difference that I noticed is that prior to this backup restore (prior to sending my Moto Z2 for a repair and getting it back) and on every other device I am getting shortcut created right after above (right after tapping Create shortcut). While this time and on this Moto Z2 I see some new, additional Add to Home screen window, where I have to tap Add.
I assume (given above) that the problem's source is Nova Prime, not Contacts app.
I am using Motorola Moto Z2 Play (XT-1710-09) with Nova Prime 6.0 on board Android 8.0 Oreo.


texts: How do I configure ADB for the Samsung Galaxy Y?

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How do I configure ADB to recognize my Samsung Galaxy Y? I have installed the USB driver. but when I run adb devices it does not list anything. Following are the steps I followed.

Declare your application as "debuggable" in your Android Manifest.

Turned on "USB Debugging" on your device from Setting->applications-> development

I have my Google USB Driver installed.
I use windows 7 so to install driver I did these

Connected my Galaxy Y computer's USB port

Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer, and select Manage

Select Devices in the left pane.

Locate and expand Other device in the right pane. Now I just don't see my device listed there
I am new to the forum and cannot post images so here's the link for the screen shot what device manager looks like

http://www24.zippyshare.com/v/66454912/file.html


texts: I have Google searched this many times, but I only get "how to make a mobile version of your website" and such. I want to know if I am able to use my Android phone to write code/script and view the results. If so, how would I go about it?


texts: How can I mute the YouTube app while playing music on another player?

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I do love to listen to music while watching text YouTube videos, but I can't because YouTube can't be muted.

I use the respect audio focus in Musicolet Music Player.

I have tried App Volume Control but it did nothing!


texts: Hacked and left with messed up internal file system

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My Samsung Galaxy S3 Sprint was hacked a couple of weeks ago.  This happened after all of our laptops were hacked as well.  I have strong evidence to support all are now hosting botnets.  I THINK I could fix my phone if I could get it wiped.  However , wiping via Clockwork Mod , Factory Reset, etc...leaves me with files and folders that should be wiped.

I recall seeing some config file which stated "allow factory reset" = false.  I was able to make some progress by installing CyanogenMod until updates ran which put me back to square one.  I can't download GApps but managed to get the Amazon Appstore.  Other than that, I have fake system processes running. Such as "System UI" but when you open it up it says its actually "android.keylogger".  You can kill all processes and it still run so I'm assuming the real ones are hidden.

I've found the complete root file system in three places and it appears I might be mounted to their network or system. My firewall shows constant connections between three different "companies".  Same with the computers. If you block the app they are coming in through, they then say they are another app. Such as Akamai Technologies via the Amazon app. I block it and then that name and IP range starts coming through as Sprint or CyanogenMod.  I've looked up all IPs and most come back linked to a backdoor trojan /spy network.

My question, is there somewhere I can view the internal filetree so that I can compare? If I could see what doesn't belong, I should be able to get this under control via the terminal or Linux.  Before anyone asks, every virus grogram has been ran. The actual virus is gone. I'm left with the bots and a screwed up filesysrem. Once I find a way to actually wipe the device, the little nightmare bots should go too. This is 100℅ driving me nuts!  I'd appreciate any help!


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I recently won an HTC One V and I want to sell it, but I'm not sure what carriers it supports. I won it from an HTC stand I went to, and all they said was that the phone was unlocked so that it could be used with any carrier. How can I tell if it's CDMA or GSM? I can't remove the cover to see an ESN or HEX number, and I don't see any spot for a SIM slot. On the label of the phone it has an IMEI number, an S/N number and a P/N number. Any ideas?

I see listings on ebay that say GSM and other listing that say GSM/HSPA. How do I tell?


texts: What is the status icon that looks like a house?

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There is a strange icon that shows up in my status bar only when I'm at a certain restaurant. It looks like a cross between a house and wifi.

I suspect it might be a free wifi hotspot or something related to a nearby phone store, but I can't find any information about it in manual for my phone.

See the following screenshot:


texts: Using VPN to proxy all data to a remote ssh gateway

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I have a ssh Client connectbot which I can use to connect to a ssh server and then use the  remote server as a gateway .
I have socks proxy setup at the locally on android .I can configure Mozilla to use the socks proxy
I apparently need to use all apps and connect them to this proxy.
So I am using a VPN functionality which can route the data how can we route the VPN data to a remote ssh gateway.


texts: How to copy files from Android root directory app to SDCard or PC (Rooted Device)

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I have an app which allows downloading videos too but it can be viewed only via app.
Now I've rooted my tablet but still unable to copy those videos from Root Directory App Data to SDCard or My computer using Total Commander.
Tried several method to pull app package from adb as well but no luck.
Files location: Data/data/com.app.package/app_files
Videos permission in the directory shows rw----- and when I do it from Root File Manager in my device, it crashes. When I try doing the same from Total Commander, it says Error Downloading file!
Commands I've executed on adb:

adb pull "/data/data/com.app.package/" Z:\Data
Result: Cannot find 'Data.....'
adb shell run-as com.app.package cp /data/data/com.app.package/
Result: run-as: Package 'com.app.package' is not debuggable


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I am running CyanogenMod (12.1) on my Moto G (first generation) and while using mobile data, the GPS is extremely inaccurate when driving. I use Google Maps driving mode which used to be great when I had an iPhone, but using Moto G, Google Maps always display wrong position.

I even had the GPS mode on High Accuracy but did not change much. Any suggestions?


texts: "APN settings are not available for this user"

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My phone is a stock Nexus 4 from Google with the 5.0.1 Lollipop image from Google.

I've mistakenly hit "reset APN settings". Instead of resetting them to defaults, it wiped them off and grayed out the "add access point" button. I don't know what to do to gain access to this back.

I've tried launching the "Settings" activity from the terminal with root access (using the "su" command), see this answer, but the "Settings" activity crashes right after its launch.

What can I do? There seems to be a user permission problem. I'm using the only user account configured on this phone, besides the "guest" user.


texts: How to minimize apps/games without restart?

texts:
Recently i playing a games called Clash of kings.
But when i minimize this game and opean again.
This game is automatically restart.
So, Is there any way to minimize this game and open again without restart?
note:i face the same problem in clash of clans.


texts: Cannot upload picture because browser refreshes

texts:
When I try to upload a photo to most sites, my low-end phone (an LG Optimus F6) refreshes the page after I select the file, regardless of what browser I use. Chrome at least explicitly tells me that it could not complete the operation due to a lack of memory. This is true regardless of whether I use the camera to take a new photo, or whatever app I use to choose an existing photo.

Has anyone else encountered this problem? Is anyone aware of a workaround?


texts: Can there be problems if I leave my old android phone alwys plugged to electricity?

texts:
I have an old Android phone. I want to use it as small router and media center.

I don't want to be pluging it all the time to charge, plus the battery is close to dead.

Is it ok  to leave it always plugged to electricity?

I am not worried with the battery life or even the device. I am mostly afraid of overheat, short circuit, or anything else that may create a risk other than the phone (fire, electrical circuit break, etc).


texts: Cant connect to my Wi-Fi due password length

texts:
Today I bought a LG L70 wich has android 4.4.2 and wanted to connect to my Wi-Fi, but after entering the password the "connect" button doesnt light up (it stay grey instead of black) it seems that the requiered characters to make it able to connect it's 5 and 13 characters, while my house password its 9 characters long, is there any way to make it able to input any lenght password?

My local wi-fi it's WEP, and I have no issues connecting to networks using WPA/WPA2, so this seems to be an issue with WEP only.


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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I view and examine the Android log?

Sometimes I get asked for a LogCat.

What is this?
What is it supposed to do?
How can I get it?


texts: I followed the instructions mentioned in this site and I partitioned my 8GB SD card alloting 512 MB to my second partition. I then used Link2SD and linked all my apps to SD card. Every time I install a new app I get the notification that the app is linked to SD. But my internal memory still get used up and I get the message "Low Internal Memory". After partitioning I set the Link2SD location to EXT2. But looks like my apps are not getting installed there. Appreciate any help! :)


texts: Restrict Internet access to a particular app only for a specific time period on an unrooted device

texts:
I have an app that behaves poorly. It is constantly uploading stuff in the background. I think I could get it to use less power if I could impose some sort of "parental control" type feature on it. I'd like the OS to tell this app (and only this app) that there is no network (wifi/data) connection whenever it asks, except for two separate hours of the day (then if I have a connection, the app can use it for that hour).

Is there any setting that does this?


texts: How can I securely store my private key I use for logging into my home PC

texts: I've been told that the SD card is a terrible place to store secure data because any app can read it.  How else can my phone store my private key I use to log into my home PC ssh server?


texts:
Device information:

Motorola Moto G5 16GB (Cedric)
Stock firmware, android 7.0
Custom recovery TWRP 3.2.1-0 (previously 3.1.0-0)
Bootloader unlocked (obviously)
Rooted, Magisk v15.0

I was just going to install Xposed framework, but there normal Xposed installer didn't work. I tried to flash the file using TWRP but I got error code 1. No /system partition. When I try to flash other zip files, I get similar error messages. When I exit TWRP it warns me and say: 'No OS installed, are you sure you want to reboot?' When I reboot to the normal system partition, it just boots back into TWRP, same thing when I turn the device on. If I boot into the bootloader and start the device from there it does work and turn on. Once turned on everything works like it's supposed to, including Magisk. I can't find anything about this online, but I do know I once messed up my phone and flashed stock firmware using adb and fastboot from my computer.

Before going back to stock, I soft bricked my device by installing PixelExperience ROM twice, first in December, the 12-11-2017 version, later in January I installed the 01-21-2018 version. This one however, didn't work at first. I installed a 64 bit version of TWRP and tried again, after which it worked. After installing it, my device didn't boot. Maybe it could, but I was sceptical since it automatically booted into recovery. But after flashing the stock firmware, it still didn't boot. I figured out on accident that booting via the bootloader did work. Possibly the custom ROM did work, but just didn't boot normally, just like the stock firmware.
Link to xda thread for the ROM:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/development/rom-t3710800
If you would like to look at the specific versions I installed, I still have them on my computer and will share them if asked. I completely reverted to stock and but it still wasn't fixed.

Edit:
I just saw this in TWRP, it says the system partition I've been having problems with is 17592186044369 MB, which is about 16777216 TB or 16384 PB. That's not correct of course. Can't seem to find anything about this only, though.

Oh and for my English, it isn't my native language and I'm only 14, so if you have trouble understanding it, please say it so I can explain it in another way.


texts: Why do I need more than 200 megabytes of disk space to install an APK?

texts:
I started to get not enough space errors when updating or installing APKs, but I have 200 megabytes of free space on my internal storage, 2,68 gigabytes on my internal sdcard, and 3,62 gigabytes on my external sdcard. I can't imagine what could use more storage than 200 megabytes in the process of installing a 4 megabytes APK. I'm constantly deleting apps, moving them to sdcard, but I only end up having less and less space remaining. How does this work? I want to understand the inner mechanism of how storage is handled when installing APKs, or in situations that can affect it, so maybe I could write an app to help this procedure.

Edit: I'm using BAM Android on a Samsung Galaxy S2 (i9100).


texts: Restart adbd as shell user on a non-rooted device without rebooting after the "setprop" operation

texts:
The setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555 worked on my non-rooted device, now I need to restart adbd as the shell user :

$ adb shell
shell@android:/ $ getprop ro.build.version.release
4.1.2
shell@android:/ $ getprop service.adb.tcp.port

shell@android:/ $ setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
shell@android:/ $ getprop service.adb.tcp.port
5555

I tried this to restart adbd, but the PID of adbd didn't change :

shell@android:/ $ ps -C adbd
USER     PID   PPID  VSIZE  RSS     WCHAN    PC         NAME
shell     161   1     4724   308   ffffffff 00000000 S /sbin/adbd
shell@android:/ $ stop adbd
shell@android:/ $ start adbd
shell@android:/ $ ps -C adbd
USER     PID   PPID  VSIZE  RSS     WCHAN    PC         NAME
shell     161   1     4724   308   ffffffff 00000000 S /sbin/adbd
shell@android:/ $ exit
$ adb connect 192.168.2.27
failed to connect to '192.168.2.27:5555': Connection refused

Then I sent a SIGHUP to try and trigger a adbd restart, but all it did was to kill adbd and now I cannot connect via USB anymore :

shell@android:/ $ kill -SIGHUP 161
$ adb shell
error: device offline

So now I HAVE to reboot in order start adbd which I've accidentally killed.

After reboot I also tried setprop ctl.restart adbd but it didn't work :

shell@android:/ $ ps -C adbd
USER     PID   PPID  VSIZE  RSS     WCHAN    PC         NAME
shell     176   1     4720   300   ffffffff 00000000 S /sbin/adbd
shell@android:/ $ getprop ctl.restart

shell@android:/ $ setprop ctl.restart adbd
shell@android:/ $ getprop ctl.restart

shell@android:/ $ ps -C adbd
USER     PID   PPID  VSIZE  RSS     WCHAN    PC         NAME
shell     176   1     4720   300   ffffffff 00000000 S /sbin/adbd
shell@android:/ $

Can you help me restart adbd on my non-rooted device without reboot ?


texts: Android: Manually alter the contents of an app's database?

texts: Is it possible to manually change the contents of the databases an app uses to store all it's formation.


texts: Why is ART not available on Nexus 7 (2012) or Nexus 10 running Android 4.4?

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I just updated my Nexus 7 to Android 4.4 KitKat and was looking forward to testing out ART, but that option isn't available. I got word that the Nexus 10 also lack this option, but I can't find any info as to why that is.

Anybody have anything to share? Of course, they would need an AOT compiler for that platform, but how big of a difference is there between Nexus 7 and Nexus 4? They are both ARMv7, although Nexus 4 is A5-based and Nexus 7 is A9-based (according to my research). Why would that make a difference?


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I have a Moto E with kitkat 4.4.4.
I can not hear the caller's voice unless I put my phone on speaker.
noticed this problem yesterday only.. earlier it was working fine.
Will appreciate any help regarding the issue.


texts: Can I install a custom recovery and the Xposed Framework from the recovery in Samsung galaxy C7 pro?

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No one can deny that one of the greatest advantage of having a rooted device is having the Xposed Framework running under the hood. But that needs rooting my device. I'm unwilling to do that as it's my dad's new phone and is less than 6 months old. I've recently hypothesized a way to install the framework without rooting the device. But I cannot test it as I mentioned the phone is damn new, so an advice is welcome.

In the android recovery there is an option to apply update from sd card. I think I can flash the image file of the custom recovery TWRP from the recovery. After I'm done and things go the right way I can flash the Xposed installer .zip file from TWRP and then will get Xposed working fine.

Note

The Xposed Framework after installation behaves as a system app and can work fine without root access, it only needs the root access while installation of the .zip file.

It would be a great help if anyone can help me. Please guide me through the process so that I can have the Xposed Framework w/o rooting my phone.


texts:
I like to root and tinker around with old Android devices, be it smartphones and tablets. I want to use root access to install Kali Linux, but I want to know what features this version of Kali Linux has to offer. I'm not expecting much, but the file size is pretty big, so it should be something.

wasn't sure if this can be posted here or on the Unix site.


texts: How can I test if my GPS has a hardware problem?

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Some days ago, my GPS stopped working. It doesn't lock, no matter how long I leave it on.

I've read this question but had no luck.

Sometimes it reports that it found one GPS satellite available, but most of the time it gets none.

I also read about stability test, but is doesn't seem to report GPS problems.

So, is there any test I can perform to detect if I really have a hardware GPS problem?

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S2, with android 4.2.


texts: How to Play Sound from Termux when using Linux?

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I have a problem with audio streaming that I can not listen audio from Pulseaudio when using VNC with a Linux Desktop Environment.

However it works if I export the audio to XSDL. But the problem is that after I exit the application the sound does not work in the background.

I know that Pulseaudio only supports Xorg servers, so how to stream audio to VNC or any other application on Android and to run it in the background.

I know that there is an application Simple Protocol Player that listens to pulseaudio sound from Xorg Server, but it does not work for me and I do not know the reason.


texts: first time trying to install custom ROM on Samsung Galaxy Win (SHV-E500L)

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I have an old Samsung Galaxy Win (SHV-E500L) Korean version (Android 4.4)
 which I want to experiment on

I searched for custom ROMs for this model online but I haven't been able to find any

I am thinking of risking it and trying custom ROMs for The E300 phones (they are Galaxy S4 phones if I understand correctly)

One of the things I have read is that installing ClockworkMod is the first step to installing custom ROMs, and the wikipedia for ClockworkMod says it

  ...replaces your Android device's stock recovery image. Using this
  recovery image, various system-level operations can...

What are the risks associated with doing this? At the moment I can go into recovery mode on this phone by pressing home+volume up+ power button simultaneously. Does ClockworkMod replace this built in recovery mode? If it is, is there a way to get it back in case something goes wrong? I have used Odin to download stock firmware on this phone before. Ideally, I want to be able to do it again multiple times and get it back to it's factory condition if something goes wrong.

If I manage to get ClockWorkMod on this phone, will I still be able to get the phone back to it's default settings using Odin and stock ROM in case something goes wrong? I do not have any special hardware for doing this so ideally any problems with the phone should be fixable through the standard USB port. The deice will not be used as a phone and only be used for it's camera and wifi.

Some details about the phone:

These aren't probably important details, but would still like to point them out. This phone previously had a problem where it would boot up to the telecom company logo but not go any further than that. The Download mode was still working so I managed to use Odin to download the stock ROM and the phone worked worked normally after that, but there were many background processes that would suddenly stop, giving an

Unfortunately, xxxx has stopped working

error box. This happened especially more frequently with Samsung Touch Wiz (which was fixed by installing Google's launcher) but started happening later on with other system apps as well. The problem happens more frequently if resource heavy programs such as games are run on the phone, but doesn't happen as much if it is just used for basic internet surfing and youtube from the browser. I am assuming there is some kind of problem with the phone's RAM related hardware, so I'm hoping that downloading some lite weight custom ROM without any bloatware will make the device run more smoothly.


texts: Understanding Excessive Battery Drain on Note 8 (Nougat 7.1.1)

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I'm suffering from excessive battery drains on Note 8, Nougat 7.1.1. The battery drain is excessive when on idle mode/when the phone is asleep. I have installed BetterBatteryStats (gave it all permissions) and tested with different settings for a couple days.

My findings:

I strongly believe the issue is with my wifi.

Day 1: I kept wifi on, turned off "adaptive wifi" and "wifi power saving mode" and set "keep wifi on during sleep" to always. Battery drain was very excessive at home. In BBS, wlan_rx_wake and powermanagerservice.wakelocks were very high and phone didn't doze much. When I left home and went to the library and was connected to my school's wifi, the phone dozed, and the two wakelocks mentioned didn't occur any more. In fact, from the screenshot you can see the two flat regions are those when I was at the library, and the downhill regions are when I was home.
Day 2: I kept wifi on, turned on "adaptive wifi" and "wifi power saving mode" and set "keep wifi on during sleep" to never. No change. The results were just like day 1. Excessive wakelocks and battery drain. In fact, funny enough, the wakelocks occurred more often as if "wifi power saving mode" was doing the opposite of what it was supposed to.
Day 3: I turned off wifi completely, and was on cellular the whole time. Battery performance was amazing. Lost 5% over 10 hours, and I actually used the phone during this time. I made calls, surfed the web and texted. Additionally, the are no excessive wakelocks, and the battery plot is nearly flat the whole time.

In conclusion, I am really confused. At home, wifi kills my battery. At school, wifi doesn't do anything weird. It makes me feel like this is more than just some setting on the phone or some bug with Nougat. Maybe some networking issues with my wifi at home? At any rate, I seem to have found the problem. But I was hoping I could get some insight as to why this is happening. Additionally, I'm wondering if there is a fix, because I would like to use wifi instead of cellular the whole time.

Notes

I was at home, I had wifi turned off, and during this time I experienced great battery life (~4-5% every 12-14 hours). Then, I turned on wifi just to test things, and the battery life noticeably got worse. I'm talking ~1% drain every hour. I turned it back off.

For those wondering, I experience wifi-related battery drain even if Wifi-Calling is off, so it's not that. Also, I have factory reset many many times so that is not a solution either.


texts: How to prevent tracking or hacking of a used phone

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The used phone's IMEI is clean, so it's not stolen.
Looks like its seller did a factory-reset before selling it.
But how do I make sure that it doesn't have any malware or backdoors, and that its seller can't later mess with it, hack it, track it, or falsely report it stolen?

I know that if the phone is rooted, some anti-theft apps and malware can survive a factory-reset.
To make sure the phone is truly clean, should I flash the ROM, or is there a way to tell if the phone was ever rooted?

I suppose these questions could be asked by a thief, but a lot more people buy used phones than steal them.


texts: Leaving home area feature for Tasker // IFTTT

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I was wondering if there was any way I could trigger anything, from a note to a full-tasker script, when leaving home.
I know it'd doable due to things like ifttt connections with Wyze cams and such, but is there a GPS way?


texts:
How can I recover my clock-style lock screen after it failed to return on my HTC One X? I let the phone's battery run out. Then I recharged and turned my phone on, but I can't see my clock-style lock screen.

My screen is also cracked, just to let you guys know. I also tried many times to fix it in the settings but it still doesn't work. Also none of the other lock screen options work.


texts: How to prevent someone from powering off an android device?

texts: I have a Nexus 5. Even if I enable security passcode or pattern, someone can still switch off my mobile using the power button. How can I prevent it?


texts: My skullcandy earbuds with built-in mic only partially work with my Maxx.  The earbuds do their part broadcasting sound, but I have to talk directly into the phone's mic to be heard.  The earbud's mic, which I assume is opposite its volume control, does/perceives nothing. Any clues?


texts: Why aren't there notifications for updates to built-in applications?

texts:
On July 29th, Google released an update for the Gmail application, that brought it to version 2.3.5. Since I had version 2.3.4, I was expecting to be notified of the update shortly as I had for updates to other applications including ones that came pre-installed on my phone, such as Google Maps.

Alas, I still haven't received the notification, even though I can see the update available in the market (yes, I realise I can download it manually).

I have since surmised (though this is a guess on my part) that the difference is that gmail is considered a "built-in" app, but Google Maps, while pre-installed on my device, is not considered built-in.

Is this right?

If it is, why are built-in apps treated this way? Is there a technical reason, or are they somehow considered more sacrosanct, because of their status n the platform?

Update:

Apparently, the SDK doesn't list Google Maps as built in, but it does list the "email" app.  Furthermore, Google Maps is listed as a "Downloaded App" but Gmail isn't.


texts: Nexus 4 auto dialing extension does not work

texts:
I used to own a T-Mobile Mytouch 4g before, which had the pause character before extension otherwise 'p' on that handset and it was working fine.

Now, I own and use a Nexus 4 and I understood that the pause character on the Nexus 4 is ',' (a comma).

I replaced all the contact entries that had a 'p' with ',' (a comma) in my contacts. And now it is not working, basically, what happens is when I make the call using that contact's number, the number gets called but the extension is not dialled automatically.

Anyone would know how to fix my issue?


texts: Can I use Tasker to enable and disable WiFi hotspot functionality?

texts:
I have an Android tablet (Nexus 7) and an Android phone (HTC One) and I use my phone as a WiFi hotspot so that my tablet (which doesn't have it's own internet connection) can access the internet when I'm out and about.

Since running a WiFi hotspot is a very battery intensive activity I was looking at using something like Tasker to disable it under a specific set of conditions;

Whenever the HTC One is in range of a specific WiFi network (SSID is Pegasus), disable the WiFi hotspot
Whenever the HTC One is not in range of the same specific WiFi network (SSID is Pegasus), enable the WiFi hotspot
Whenever the HTC One is outside of range of the Nexus 7, disable the WiFi hotspot

Is this possible with Tasker? I suspect that the first two steps would be but since it's the Nexus 7 connecting to the HTC One and not the other way around the last one might not be possible?

If this isn't possible with Tasker, is there anything that can provide this kind of functionality?

Any ideas on how I can achieve this?


texts: Chromium: Option to save passwords and change encryption greyed out

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I am using Chromium build 353428 on PacROM 5.1. After signing in with my Google account,  I tried to set a separate sync passphrase (using instructions given here). However, when I click on my account name second time (with caption "Please update your sign in details"), the next screen has entries for "Password" as well as "Encryption" greyed out. Curiously, in Settings → Save Passwords, the options to save passwords is active.

Do Chromium builds support saving passwords and encrypting them with separate passphrase? If yes, what might be causing the above mentioned behavior?


texts: Nexus 5 stuck on boot when trying to update to Android 5.0 Lollipop

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I was trying to update to Android 5 using Nexus Root Toolkit. I clicked the "Start" on my Nexus 5 by mistake. Now, my phone stucks on the Google logo.

I tried to wipe and restore so I can start over, but the same thing happens; it stucks on Google logo. How to fix this?


texts: WiFi port turns off randomly in Blaupunkt Cape Town 945

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I use Blaupunkt Cape Town 945 all-in-one system in my car. That is audio, DVB-T, reversing camera, navigation, blue-tooth for phone etc, etc. This unit based on Android 4.1.1 Firmware version is 1011403920001_SW_20151223 + root + Google Play, the latest available.
My problem is that WiFi interface turns off always when WiFi source (like my phone with GSM/LTE to WiFi router tethering facility) disappears. It is important for me because I use it for example for on-line navigation, traffic jam info and so on. From my point of view - it is s/w bug. I want to find out workaround.
Is any possibility to keep WiFi interface always on even after lost of WiFi source? Maybe additional application must be installed from Google Play. Can anybody recommend me such app?
Blaupunkt support does not answer me for my question. So maybe somebody on this forum?
This unit is mounted and powered from car accu. So power saving facilities are not important for me.


texts: What could be the cause of my phone going into safe mode?

texts:
I have a Huawei phone and I have been using it for several years but recently it sometimes ( very rarely) goes into safe mode. The android version is 6.

I do not have any external cover so no buttons are being accidentally pressed.


texts:
My Android doesn't mount my SD Card after reboot. I need to get out the SD Card slot and put it back in. Can I fix this?

By the way I have a Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017).


texts:
Device: Nokia 6.1, 32 GB model
Systemdetails: Android 10
Build number:
00WW_4_16B
Kernel Version:
4.4.192-perf+
tldr / Question Summary: Storage/system shows 13 GB of used storage, whereas other sources I found state half of that. Is this normal?
Longer Question: The last couple of months I often find myself without much storage space on my Nokia 6.1. The /system area of Android's Storage app shows 13 GB of used data, which is about twice the size I found online. Sadly, I have no second Android 10 device on hand to compare, so I would like to ask if anybody can shed some light to this issue. Is this normal? Is it a second/redundant system for security reasons? Or something else?
Thank you all for your time.


texts: How can I remove Amazon Prime Video from my Android device using the Android Debugging Bridge (ADB)?

texts:
I'm following this guide to remove bloatware on my Android device. So far I was able to remove the apps that I didn't want on my phone, but whenever I try to uninstall Amazon Prime Video using ADB I keep getting thrown this error:

Failure [not installed for 0]

The command that caused this error to appear was:

pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.amazon.avod.thirdpartycilent

Why am I getting this error and how can I remove Amazon Prime Video from my phone? I can see that the app is installed for me (see below) but it shows up as if it isn't installed whenever I try to uninstall it using ADB.

My phone's model is an LG G8 ThinQ and it runs Android 10.


texts: how or any app that can block users from removing apps?

texts:
We are planning to give 19 employees smart phones running Android 6.0. Keeping the story aside, we want to install one application on the phone that must not be removed at all. The application simply sends map coordinates to a cloud when our employees go on out reach program.

I am told rooting the devices is the only option but they are brand new and i am sure rooting comes at a security risk (as i have being told as well). So, I was wondering if there is a way to guarantee the application will never be removed and will run no matter what?


texts: automatically choose voip service when dialing?

texts: Is there a way to setup my phone so that when I dial someone who has an account with a voip service (skype, viber etc.) it will use that instead of the regular call? (I need to be registered with the service and the contact is known in the service app's contacts)


texts:
At my company we use Sophos MDM solution, witch forces all user to set a PIN on their lock screen. I use a Samsung S3 (android 4.1.2) and the lock screen is only a huge numeric key pad. The oterones using iPhone can have their phone to show lost cals, incoming mail, sms etc as a banner on the lock screen.
Is it possible to have the same features on my Samsung device? Is it possible to customize the lock screen?
Have tried to download some apps, like GO Locker, but they appear before or after my lock screen so it doesn’t work as intended


texts: Persistent malware despite factory resets

texts:
I'd love your thoughts on this. Several months ago I mistakenly clicked a popup on a website, and since then have been getting intermittant popups says "your sim card is infected...etc" and it tries to direct me to the play store to install some sketchy "antivirus" app (which I have never downloaded).

The issue is, I've done multiple factory resets, but after a few days I get the popup again. I've tried 10 antivirus apps from the play store, google chrome's malware detector, but everything comes up clean. Most recently, I used TWRP to completely wipe all data from my phone (wiped Dalvik, system, storage, data, cache, everybox I could check), and before reinstalling Oreo 8.1 I wiped all my data being synced by Google. Still, a few days later, I get the popup, without visiting sketchy websites or downloading non-standard apps in the interim.

I figure there is either something that is being synced to my phone from my Google account (I use google Fi and it requires I use my google login), or there is some niche in my phone that is not getting wiped. The only other thing I can think of is that these are just regular popups, and not part of malware, but that seems unlikely since I didn't get them before I clicked the banner that one time.

Any suggestions on how to get rid of this thing? Thanks!


texts: How to boot Ubuntu persistent live USB on Android?

texts:
I'm discovering the possibilities offered by persistent live USB using Ubuntu 19.10 and I was wondering if it would be possible to boot with Ubuntu on Android (i.e. using your computer capabilities through your smartphone) using those multi-plug USB sticks which have both USB3 and micro-USB2.

In other way: can I get some kind of a boot menu on an Android device in order to boot with a persistent live USB in order to access my Linux computer tools and setup from a wider range of devices?


texts: How to put bluetooth prompt on notification bar when receiving files [incoming file no option to select yes or no]?

texts:
Okay, I'm not sure how to phrase this question but what I am trying to achieve is to have a bluetooth transfer prompt right on the notification shade instead of having to pull down, then tap on the transfer request.

I think images will work best to describe what I'm trying to achieve. Here is how it appears on my primary device (Redmi Note 4, MIUI 9):

I want it to appear on the notification bar like this:

Basically I want the accept or decline prompt right on the notification bar, rather than tapping the notification first. (Any methods welcome, I have Tasker if its needed) or even third-party apps are okay.


texts: How to size wallpapers to not be cropped on Motorola Xoom WiFi

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What is the default resolution of a wallpaper that fits the homescreen exactly in an Android phone?

Hi I'm running EOS nigtlie #102 (although this is a problem no matter what rom) but how do I size images so that they arent cropped. I see alot about 5 screens and what not but I dont have the 5 screen feature never have since ICS. So what resolution should my images be so that they arnt zoomed when i apply them as a background.


texts: Do fast charge technologies wear down the batteries quicker?

texts:
There are plenty of fast charge technologies out there, now seemingly going up to 120W, which can supposedly:

  ... capable of fully charging a 4,000mAh phone battery in just 13 minutes ...

Now I am no expert in physics or material technologies, but intuitively thinking increasing the effect (without changing the input current) could result in wearing down the batteries on the long run, assuming that the batteries burst into flames first.

I was wondering if there is any information out there available, with respect to how well the batteries hold in the long run, with these newer, high powered charging solutions.


texts: Can't boot into 7.0 Nougat in VMware Fusion

texts:
I followed these instructions on how to Install Android 7.0 Nougat on VMware.

I am using VMware Fusion on a Mac.

I've found little difference between VMware Fusion and the instructions provided.

I can boot into grub, and select the OS (note: this is not a screenshot from my Mac):

but after I select the first Android entry, I receive the following:

where the cursor blinks and nothing else happens.

If I reboot, and select (Debug mode) from the OS selection screen, I get to the following, and no further:

If I reboot and choose (debug nomodeset), I reach the same place.

Same happens when selecting (Debug video=LVDS-1:d).

I run Windows 10, and Ubuntu through VMware Fusion fine.

Troubleshooting advice appreciated.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 headphones do not plug in

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3, 2 months old, and I have an issue with headphone.
No, not the ' I can not see the headphones icon ' issue rather the headphones do not plug in fully.

I tried pressing them slightly harder but still the white metal portion slightly remains outside the body. At that point, the headphones do get detected but a even a slight touch can make them undetected.

What seems to be the issue here ?

I tested the headphones on my old Nokia and they are detected fine. I am sensing something has to do with them not going in fully ?


texts: Can I upgrade my Android if i have low resolution?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Y Pro, which is a touch-and-type device, so the screen is small (2.6"), and I was wondering if i upgrade from my android 2.2 to android 3.0, will the display be as it should, or not? Many apps that are not designed to work with small screens will turn sideways, and i'm afraid that's going to happen if i upgrade my android.


texts:
I found an Android chess app with network here but I can't install it.

For an unknown reason, the installation requires the program to be able to send SMS.
When I try to install this app (I trust the author of the app), the installation program warns me and ask me if I really want to install the program; I click on "Install" but nothing happens. It's an Xperia Z3 and the installation from unknown sources is allowed.

On Archos 50 Helium, the installation works though. Can you help me?


texts: Why did the app name "Android OS" suddenly spike in data usage?

texts:
I have a couple of questions here.  I am using the 2nd generation Nexus 7 tablet (wifi only) that was connected to my personal mobile hot spot.
Yesterday, I saw a spike in my data usage that was lumped under a process called "Android OS" that I had not seen before, in the few months that I have owned this device and started tracking its data usage.

In the course of 1 hour, it devoured about a gigabyte of (background) data according to the "data usage" under the settings.

I also have the Onavo app.  In that same time, it reports the data usage under the process "Streaming Media".

I presume "Streaming Media" and "Android OS" are the same underlying process.   Am I correct?  If so, why are they reported differently in these apps?

I have just discovered "Mobile Hot Spot" spot setting so I'm hoping that will help.  As I had not seen this process usage this much database before, I had not thought to look into tweaking this setting until I started Googling around.

Can someone fill me in a little more here, or why I might have seen this sudden spike in data usage which I hadn't seen before?  The only big streaming app I used yesterday was Spotify.


texts: Adobe Acrobat signature field does not make other fields “read only” when signed on android

texts:
We are using adobe acrobat pro, and creating a simple form that a user can sign on an android tablet. The problem is that when the users sign the document, the fields do not become "read only". If I open the documents on my desktop, I can edit all the fields except the signature field, even if it was signed by another user.

I'm sure it's some silly setting issue, but we've already used the document security settings and adjusted the digital signature form field settings to "make all fields read only" and "locked" the signature field.

Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!


texts: Why does my notification bar get stuck on Galaxy S?

texts:
The notification bar on my Samsung Galaxy S with Froyo has a nasty habit of getting stuck.  When this happens and I try to pull it down, the (I don't know what to call it) "dragging bar" appears, but I'm unable to pull it down.

I can access the notifications bar by going to the home screen, tapping the left button and tapping "notifications", but I can't access it any other way.

Is there a way to keep this from happening?

Is there any way to unstick it, other than restarting the phone?

This is the screen before I try to pull down the bar:

This is the screen after, with the notification bar stuck:

(I actually took the screenshots in opposite order, which is why the clock is out of order in the two pictures).


texts: How can I speed up image transfer from my Android to the internet?

texts: I have installed an app on my Android phone which can be used for uploading photos to the web. The problem is images can't be upload due to network weakness. Does anyone know a way in which I can speed up my uploads?


texts: Replacement SD card not mounted properly in device

texts:
I have an Android 8.1 device (encrypted, not rooted) that is configured to use an SD card as internal storage. That SDcard broke down and needed to be replaced.
After inserting a fresh replacement card, the device recognized it and asked how it should be formatted. I chose "internal", and the format went though without issues. The card shows up under "Storage" with the correct capacity, just as the old one did.
However, using this card is not possible. All apps that try to access it (like camera, browser downloads, file managers) show "SD card not available" errors.
When I connect to the device through adb shell to check how the file systems are mounted, I can see a difference. This is what shows up when the old card is inserted:
bbb100:/ $ mount
[...]
/dev/block/dm-3 on /mnt/expand/beb7cb3c-0c09-43cf-83b8-ce1eac90a92b type ext4 (rw,dirsync,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime)
/mnt/expand/beb7cb3c-0c09-43cf-83b8-ce1eac90a92b/media on /mnt/runtime/default/emulated type sdcardfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,fsuid=1023,fsgid=1023,gid=1015,multiuser,mask=6,derive_gid)
/mnt/expand/beb7cb3c-0c09-43cf-83b8-ce1eac90a92b/media on /storage/emulated type sdcardfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,fsuid=1023,fsgid=1023,gid=1015,multiuser,mask=6,derive_gid)
/mnt/expand/beb7cb3c-0c09-43cf-83b8-ce1eac90a92b/media on /mnt/runtime/read/emulated type sdcardfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,fsuid=1023,fsgid=1023,gid=9997,multiuser,mask=23,derive_gid)
/mnt/expand/beb7cb3c-0c09-43cf-83b8-ce1eac90a92b/media on /mnt/runtime/write/emulated type sdcardfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,fsuid=1023,fsgid=1023,gid=9997,multiuser,mask=7,derive_gid)
bbb100:/ $

and this appears when the new card is inserted:
bbb100:/ $ mount
[...]
/dev/block/dm-3 on /mnt/expand/49d563a3-0905-4173-a1b3-8c29e3917d2c type ext4 (rw,dirsync,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,data=ordered)
bbb100:/ $

So it seems the new card is not initialized correctly and/or several directories do not get mounted for whatever reason.
Things I tried to no avail:

re-formatting the card
eject, mount
reboot the device
ran sm partition disk:179,64 private in adb shell just to see if there are any errors on the console (via) - there is no error
tried with different SD card (also brand new) - same behavior
copied device- and partition UUIDs (PTUUID, PARTUUID) from old SD card to new card using gdisk, hoping that Android would recognize the new card as "known" and mount it. It doesn't.

What's going on here and what else can I do to make the card work?


texts: Fast Charging by Qualcomm 3.0- impact on battery?

texts:
I am thinking of buying HTC one A9

My only concern is with fast charging . I have read this thread How does fast charging work? and understood the downside is mainly on battery life. Accepted answer seems to be  based on Qualcomm 2.0 and not the latest

HTC one A9 uses the latest Qualcomm 3.0 technology which is claimed to be 38% more efficient.  I am confused , whether less charging time means less damage to battery life or more?

My question

Is it better or worse for battery life compared to earlier technology and how / why?


texts: Does the Kindle Fire original have a camera?

texts:
It may be too late to ask for such a thing... I checked my Kindle Fire 1st generation model and found a camera on the top left of the device. At least, it just looks like the camera on any phone or camera enabled device.

The listing of features on original Kindle Fire shows that there is no camera. Is this something any others have experienced?

Or is it something different from a camera?

I have not tried to download any app to use camera on the device. Any interesting info would be helpful.


texts:
I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 T989d and my phone is stuck in a bootloop with CyanogenMod. I want to get some pictures off of the internal SD before I wipe it and install the stock rom. I tried getting them off of CWM by mounting my phone but it doesnt work for some reason. I can mount my micro SD from my phone but I can't mount my internal memory.

Help would be deeply appreciated!


texts: What does "staged" mean in the context of dictionary download?

texts:
Google search can't answer my question
What does staged mean?
Sorry I'm a pretty new to the tech thing


texts:
I'm using a relatively new G2, and when dialing today, the call did not complete. It stayed in dialing forever. The hangup button did not work. I tried to force a connection failure with airplane mode, that did not work either.

Any ideas on what do in this situation? Ideally, I would like to know how to gather more data on the problem, so I can report it to T-Mobile and/or Google.


texts: Unable to root Falcon running CM13 (6.0.1)

texts:
I have always run the nightly cyanogenmod builds as I've never found any major bugs. My device was rooted when running CM12, and since, I've received an update to CM13 through the inbuilt updater. However, I have noticed that since updating, I cannot get root access and have tried (multiple times/ways) to reroot my device, and I have not been able to.

Should I be able to root my device, or is this some feature of CM13 that I am as of yet unaware of?

If you want build.prop or any other information, please just ask. Thanks!

PS. The methods I've tried:

http://www.android.gs/root-moto-g-any-android-firmware/ (using a rooting boot.img)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639583 (Philz Touch)
Using Clockworkmod Recovery to install root ("Root access lost, fix root (/system/xbin/su)" dialog)
Clean wipe and reinstall of the latest CM13 nightly

EDIT: Yes, I've enabled root access in Developer Options (to both apps and ADB) and yet when apps request root access, no dialog shows up and they just fail. I've tried root checkers, I tried to install CWM using the app rather than flashing through fastboot... Neither worked.


texts: Why doesn't my Macbook see my phone (droid incredible, cyanogen)?

texts: I an Android newbie and software developer.  I just got this used HTC Droid Incredible and installed cyanogen on it.  I read that when I plug it in to the laptop with a USB cable I should see a notification at the top of the phone's screen, and then be able to copy over music, etc.  But I plug it in and nothing happens.  What's wrong?  What can I do?  The first thing I wanted to do was load some music.


texts: How to turn off automatic android emojis?

texts: When I type in :-) or <3 into my messages app on my galaxy s8, it changes the text into these dumb green android emoticons. How do I turn this off so that it displays the actual '<3', ':-)', etc instead of these dumb green android emoji's??


texts: I have thousands upon thousands of text/picture messages on my Samsung Galaxy S 2, ice cream sandwich. When I go to open a conversation, the phone stops for a good 30 seconds, even after a fresh reboot. I don't want to delete my messages, but I'm sure if I could somehow limit it to, say, the last 100 messages by default, it would load much quicker. Again, I don't want to delete them, and I still need access to most of the messages, but only on demand


texts: Keep getting strange words in Google Keyboard's dictionary

texts: I keep getting strange words getting predicted by Google Keyboard's dictionary. I know I've never used them and doubt they would've come with the keyboard. One example is "Lync". I think some are names like "Bahar". Also slang words that I don't use like "kiddo" and abbreviations like "MSI and "SV". Also just the prediction seems strange, like I tried typing "something" and it came up with "softcover", which is a word I rarely use. How do I make it stick to more common words? I've tried resetting the custom dictionary but it didn't help.


texts:
All of the adb cheat sheets I've found are woefully out of date.
examples of "cheat sheets" with outdated info (for the snarky response about this not being a game or that there aren't any cheat sheets):
https://www.automatetheplanet.com/adb-cheat-sheet/
https://technastic.com/adb-commands-list-adb-cheat-sheet/
https://fazlerabbi37.github.io/blogs/adb_cheat_sheet.html
Does anyone have something as recent as Android 10 or 11 they'd suggest?