texts: custom notification sound for facebook messenger

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i want to change the notification sound for messenger but i can't find a way to do it.
i tried doing it from my phone's setting but the sound always return to "app provided sound" on its own.
a while ago i found a random folder in my phone's files where i could put an audio clip that would be recognized by messenger but i had to factory reset my phone and i can't find the right location.


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I created a new folder inside /sdcard/ and something went wrong with it since  other 600 sub-folders (one inside the other) were created as well.
I noticed the problem when trying to rename the 'main' folder, as it returned a  "folder not found" error.

I know the number of sub-folders because I checked the properties of the main folders. There are also 160 files which I did not place there and I haven't checked what they are.

My phone is rooted and for the operation I used the CM built-in file manager.
I've been trying deleting the folders both via UI and through the shell but nothing works. If I run

rm -r /sdcard/<myfolder>/

It returns "folder not empty".
I've also tried the

-rf

option but nothing changes.
Rebooting didn't solve the issue.

I hope it's not about a corrupted partition...

Any suggestions?


texts: Best file system for an external SD card

texts: I have a Galaxy S5 with Android 5 and got a new 64 GB SD card. What is the best file system for the SD card? FAT32 is not an option because I want files >4GB. Which file system offers the best performance ? Thank you for your help.


texts: I have 2 phones with same MAC address and same iP address  Samsung grand and Samsung core with me I used my sim card in grand there is no sim in core I just use it for Internet through wifi is it possible to use same whtsapp account in both phones without using QR code once I tried doing it but when I open whatsapp in 2nd phone it request verification in my 1 phone


texts: Is it dangerous to change or remove company-brand boot logo?

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There are two types of boot animation:

Company-brand logo
ROM-based

I was able to change ROM-based animation by rooting the phone and using a custom ROM.
However, I'm a bit confused about how to change or remove the brand logo animation. Is it safe to do that? Will it increase the speed of the booting process?


texts: How to get driver for Sony C3 dual d2502?

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I can't find the driver of Sony C3 dual d2502 , almost website has not found that .
I'm android dev, therefore I need debug with my Eclipse
anyone can tell the link download .
Thanks for regrand


texts: Are there any ways to end a screen recording besides using the drop-down menu at the top of the screen?

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I love the new screen recording feature, but I'm frustrated that every recording has to end with me pulling down the top menu to end it. What I mean is that this action is included in the recording.
Is there any way to end a screen recording other than pulling down that menu and hitting the button? Some kind of shortcut that cuts it off automatically?
(I'm on a pixel 4.)


texts: Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 - MicroSD Card not recognized

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My Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000 rebooted unexpectedly and when it came back up all my app symbols showed a grayed out android image with SD written in the bottom right corner.

All my music was gone too. I went to check under "SD Card and Phone Storage" and under "Storage Settings" it said "Mount SD Card". I clicked on "Mount SD Card" and it turned into "Mounting.. Mount in progress" but nothing happens (15min).

I tried powering off the phone and removing the battery and SD card, putting everything back and powering up again, but no success.

I also tried a Factory Reset, the SD Card is not recognized.

I inserted the SD card into my friends Samsung Galaxy S2 and it appeared on his phone and he could copy pictures and music to it, but on my i9000 the card does not appear.

What do you suggest i do?


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My HTC Desire S (Rooted and installed with Sabsa Prime ROM) have Avast Mobile Security as antivirus. Recently I was given a free Premium Security code by Avast. But I'm unable to update the code on to Avast as the following error message is shown.

"Google Play Services, which some of your applications rely on,is not supported by your device. Kindly contact the manufacturer for assistance".

I have tried installing the Play Services via Google Play Store as well as manual apk installation, but still it doesn't work. Manual apk installation did say the installation success, but even after rebooting, the Avast says the same error message. HTC Desire S does support Play services, as said by Google Support page. Please help!!


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Newbie ICS question: how do I get back to my browser home page?

My Nexus S was OTA-upgraded yesterday to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 from 2.3 (Gingerbread), and I'm still finding my way around.

On Gingerbread's stock browser, I could hit the "search" button and it would show a list of frequently-visited sites. This wasn't exactly my home page but was close enough.

That list is gone in ICS, so I'm trying to figure out how to easily get to my browser home page without a lot of clicks. What's the trick?


texts: How can I manage bookmarks in Android Firefox?

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I have tried following the directions given here:-

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/828180

However, I am not seeing a Mobile Bookmarks folder on my PC's bookmarks section within Firefox 16.0.1 so do nto know how to get this working in two-way sync between devices.


texts: Can I get a shortcut to the Downloaded Files folder?

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When an file or app downloads from a browser (as opposed to installing directly), the downloads open up.

Otherwise, I can't seem to navigate in there.

Is there a way, on a stock, un-rooted Android, to navigate to the download list?

Update: browsing through "File Manager", I see I've been staring at /sdcard/download -- how does this view "normally" open after a file download?

I'm on an HTC Incredible, Froyo 2.2, but I'd expect this to be similar for most, no?


texts: Will installing cyanogenmod7 on my Samsung Vibrant require me to wipe my phone first?

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I'm interested in putting CyanogenMod on my Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S).  The FAQ on Cyanogenmod says:

  Q: Do I have to wipe my data before I install CyanogenMod?

  A: Short answer: Maybe. Long answer: Maybe.

I understand there's a possibility if something goes wrong that I might have to wipe my phone.  However, in the Vibrant instructions right after booting into ClockworkMod Recovery it says to "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition".  That seems to me to indicate that a factory reset is required, which I would think would wipe out everything on my phone.

Is it just that the Vibrant's instruction require a reset or am I not understanding something?  Thanks!


texts: AVD with custom userdata.img doesn't boot

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I have been trying to emulate a real android device using AVD by replacing the sdcard (sdcard.img) and userdata (userdata.img) pulled from my device.

  Xiaomi Redmi 1S
  Android 4.4.2

Only replacing the sdcard causes no problems. However, after replacing the userdata (even with a stock sdcard), the AVD fails to mount the /data partition (according to the kernel logs (-show-kernel), as a result of which the AVD never boots.
The userdata image is quite big (5.9G), and I have used a sufficient partition size (with -partition-size 7168).
Pulling (with adb pull) /dev/block/mtdblock1 (which is supposed to be mounted as /data) from the live AVD shows that it is actually an empty file (therefore running e2fsck with alternate superblocks has no effect).
However, e2fsck identifies userdata.img as clean, and file userdata.img says that it is a valid ext4 filesystem. In addition, I have mounted and found userdata.img to be a valid partition.

EXT4-fs (mtdblock0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: barrier=1
end_request: I/O error, dev mtdblock1, sector 2
EXT4-fs (mtdblock1): unable to read superblock
fs_mgr: Running /system/bin/e2fsck on /dev/block/mtdblock1
e2fsck: e2fsck 1.41.14 (22-Dec-2010)
e2fsck: /system/bin/e2fsck: Invalid argument while trying to open /dev/block/mtdblock1
e2fsck:
e2fsck: The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
e2fsck: filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
e2fsck: filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
e2fsck: is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck:     e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
e2fsck:
e2fsck: e2fsck terminated by exit(8)
end_request: I/O error, dev mtdblock1, sector 2
EXT4-fs (mtdblock1): unable to read superblock
fs_mgr: Cannot mount filesystem on /dev/block/mtdblock1 at /data
init: fs_mgr_mount_all returned an error


texts: Use the USB cable as an audio interface when the phone is plugged in

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Whenever I'm at my desk, my phone is plugged into my PC and I use both my phone's (internal) headphones and my PC's (external) headphones. The reason is that I use my phone for podcasts and my PC for everything else.

Is there a way (an app) to make the USB cable behave as an audio interface? So my PC would see an extra microphone (which would be the phone's audio output), and I could just set my PC's headphones to reproduce whatever is coming in from the phone. This way I could get both audios delivered through the same headphone, instead of having to use two.

I realize I could use a regular audio cable with two out's, but I'm trying to reduce the amount of cables running around my desk. :)
I'm not sure if I made myself clear. So please complain if I didn't.


texts: If each app on Android gets its own UID, then how are phone users identifed? Do they own some different UID or something? Or are they in special group "users"?


texts: Is there a way to memorize the split screen setup on Android?

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For one use case, I may open Pokemon Go on the top part of the screen, and run another version of Pokemon Go down below (such as the Galaxy store version).
But if I need to go to another app, such as settings or Activity Monitor, and then come back to split screen, then it will need to be repeated again: choose one Pokemon Go, click "Stop" and touch it, and choose "Split Screen", and then find and choose the other Pokemon Go.
Is there a way to just have a "virtual desktop" or have a memorized split screen setup of what is open top and bottom, instead of needing to set it up every time?


texts: Can I charge my Galaxy S9+ with a laptop charger

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I was wondering if i could charge my Samsung Galaxy S9+ safely with a USB C laptop charger.

here's what is says on it:

INPUT:100-240V~1.3A 50-60HZ
OUTPUT:20V--2.25A/15V--3A/9V--2A/5V--2A

For Lenovo information equipment use only

Theres a lot more stuff on it but I'm pretty sure thats the only stuff thats important.


texts: Long screen timeout on lock screen Oreo 8.0.0

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After the Oreo 8.0.0 update on MI A1, the screen timeout when the lock screen appears, takes the same value as the sleep timeout.

Usually when there was Nougat, the timeout on lock screen would be very short (5 seconds I guess).

Is this is a bug or intentional feature? Also is it only on Mi A1 or all phones running Oreo 8.0.0?


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I have a Samsung SM-T211 (India) tablet and am using it for 2 years. I have rooted it using ODIN and TWRP (android 4.4.2) based on online tutorials and it is working fine. Couple of days back when I connected to samsung Kies, it showed that there is an update. I have read in internet that updating through Kies only makes your OS updated resulting an unrooted device which I thought is OK.

Kies downloaded the program and installed on the TAB. It said the TAB would reboot after install. The TAB didn't booted to samsung logo instead entered a blank screen boot loop(I can see a dim light on screen).It is rebooting itself into blank screen. I have tried to enter DOWNLOAD mode but no key configuration is working. The TAB is not even connecting to PC. I have reinstalled Kies and USB drivers still no luck with detection.

Its been a week and I have observed the following :

a) Some times it completely shuts off only enters boot loop when connected to wall charger

b) couple of times when tried to enter download mode, a blank screen with four lines showing ODIN, OS- CUSTOM appeared. It only happened twice randomly and I couldn't capture the image.

I also removed and reattached the battery connector according to  some tutorials with no result.

I have given it to samsung customer care, they said there is a display problem which I don't believe as it is flawlessly working for over two years and I can see OS status as custom briefly (as mentioned above)

I am pretty naive to android(and its terminology) and cannot come with own solution however I can follow any guidelines if given.

Please provide me your suggestions to solve this issue. Thanks in advance.


texts: Where does Firefox keep browsing history data?

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This linked question describes how to find the time a file was downloaded in Android for Mobile.

How does one do the same for browsing history?  What file is that information stored in?


texts: Will wipe request from Android Device Manager affect replacement device?

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I had a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 stolen, so a remote wipe was sent from Android Device Manager. I have a spare tablet of the same model that I need to set up with the same account as the stolen one.  When I sign into the Google account on the new device, will the pending remote wipe command affect it, or is that request somehow tied to the specific device it was originally issued to? I'm only concerned because the device is only identified by model number in ADM, rather than MAC or serial, so I want to be sure ADM won't send that command to the next thing signed in to with that Google account.
Thanks!


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I got an Allwinner-based no-name Android Tablet with 1GB RAM and a 1Ghz A8 CPU. The tablet came with Android 4.0.4, but later an upgrade for 4.1.1 was available. I upgraded my OS and while this newer version of Android feels a lot faster and responsive than 4.0.4, I got some random applications crashes which doesn't appeared on ICS.

The crashes occurs randomly and after an application dissapears from my screen there's no dialog to tell me that "Unfortunately, [application name] has stopped", making me wonder if is not the OS which kills the application. I don't know where to dig for some debugging data but while I was messing with builds.prop I found a line called dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file which pointed to /data/anr/traces.txt. I don't get any clue what is happening by reading that file, so I post it here hoping that someone will understand something from it. The most "crashy" application here is GTA 3 (most reproductible crashes), but crashes also occurs with Browser, Google Play, etc.

Do anybody have a clue about what could be the problem? Are 1GB of RAM insufficient for Jelly Bean? I post here my build.prop and traces.txt file hoping that it will be useful for solving my problem (build.props was sightly modified by me trying to get a solution for this problem). Please let me know if there's any additional information I should provide.

Thank you.


texts: If the owner installs an app can a secondary profile use it?

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It appears that in Lollipop secondary user profiles can no longer install APKs from unknown sources.

So, if I install an APK from the owner profile, can I give a secondary profile access to that app?

Suggested tag: secondary-profile


texts: Does the Android specification include minimum sensor parameters?

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Android apps can access sensor data.  How do I know how accurate the sensor readings are?  Is there a universal standard that specifies operational parameters of a sensor?

E.g., a temperature sensor on an Android device must be able to accurately read temperature with an accuracy of 0.01C over a temperature range from 0C through 100C.

If there is such a standard, is it available for reference online?


texts: Android system Webview installed but not used by apps

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I downloaded and installed the latest version of android system WebView from the app store on my android tablet (running 5.0.2).

But apps still go on using the old webview version (39.0.0.0).

How can I get them to switch ?

For info, I've tried disabling the old one, and it get re-enabled when I open an app that uses webview.


texts: How to reach Google Servers to complete the setup from China

texts: My phone fell from my pocket while on a bike. After a while it was giving me some problems so I decided to resetting it. I'm in China now and I forget that I have to do through all the processes but China is blocking Google's servers so I can't complete the connectivity check.


texts: I accidentally reset my user data on my phone, can I get it back?

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I forgot my password to my phone and it reset all my data, is there any way possible to get back my lost data?

Thank You.


texts: Epic 4g Touch: Choose to route calls through Google Talk or Sprint

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A friend of mine just got the Epic 4g Touch (a.k.a. the Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy s2).  He has installed the Google Voice app on all of his previous Android devices and there has always been an option somewhere to choose whether outgoing calls are routed through Sprint or Google.  This also changes which of his numbers shows up.  However, on his new phone, all calls come from his Google voice number and neither of us can find where to change it.

Is this a new "feature" intended to simplify the program?  Is it some restriction that the Sprint-branded software creates?  Or are we missing something?


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I have a oneplus two that was running android 5. Nothing was wrong until recently when I started noticing the exclamation mark on the WiFi icon. The phone successfully connects to WiFi networks but it cannot access internet. I have to use my 4G for that (yes 4G is still working). I don't recall installing any new app and this was not due to a system upgrade. I know the problem is with the phone becuase this happens at home, at work, and I even tried it at my friend's house. So it cannot be the router's fault. Plus all other devices work. I have tried several solutions that can be found online:

Forgetting all networks and connecting to networks from scratch
Turning WiFi OFF then ON again
Turning airplane mood ON and OFF
Restarting the router
Restarting the Phone
Wiping cache
using apps like this one: FXR WiFi fix and rescue (was not very happy to use it but I had to try)
I even upgraded to the beta Oxygen 3.0 (Marshmellow 6.0)
[did not try this one] Some people on the internet suggests using static ip address. I am sorry but this is not a solution. Especially not at work.

I have seen a similar question: How to reset Wi-Fi settings? but I couldn't really implement the same solution on my phone (maybe I am doing it wrong). Also the symptoms seems slightly different.

I am think that since it was working before, then it must be a software problem. Some file is corrupted or some hidden setting is messed up. So my very last resort is to wipe clean the phone and start fresh.

I do have programming background but unfortunately I am not as fluent in Linux as many posts assume (mainly why the solution in How to reset Wi-Fi settings? didn't work). Please if the answer involves adb or fastboot, do explain the steps for me. I think I have unlocked the phone already (because this is the first thing I usually do when I get a new phone) but I might not have rooted it yet. Is there a way to fix this problem without rooting or wiping the phone?


texts: Question on installation of android-x86-8.1-r2.x86_64.rpm on Ubuntu 18.04

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I installed the android-x86-8.1-r2.x86_64.rpm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using the following commands as suggested by Release Note 8.1-r2 but it didn't add boot entries to the grub2 menu.

sudo apt install alien
sudo alien -ci android-x86-8.1-r2.x86_64.rpm

  Question: What are the definitions of the boot entries I need to add to the 40_custom grub file in order to add android-x86-8.1-r2 to my grub2 boot menu?

Based on the answer below I tried adding the following menu entry to the 40_custom grub file. I also tried changing system.img to system.sfs.

menuentry "Android-x86 8.1-r2" --class android-x86 {
        insmod part_gpt
        search --file --no-floppy --set=root /android-8.1-r2/system.img
        linux /android-8.1-r2/kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=remix_x86_64 androidboot.selinux=permissive CMDLINE
        initrd /android-8.1-r2/initrd.img
}

Based on How to Install Android in Dual Boot with Linux I also tried adding the following menu entry to the 40_custom grub file.

menuentry "Android-x86 8.1-r2" {
search --set=root --file /android-8.1-r2/kernel
linux /android-8.1-r2/kernel quiet root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.selinux=permissive
initrd /android-8.1-r2/initrd.img
}

Neither of the two menu entries above work. When I update grub it produces the following output which seems to indicate grub isn't recognizing the menu entry, and my computer continues to boot directly into Ubuntu 18.04.

Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-25-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-25-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-15-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.18.0-15-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done

My computer hard drive has a single Linux ext4 partition, and the contents of /android-8.1-r2 are as follows:

drwxr-xr-x 2 root root      4096 Jul 21 09:40 data
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1358699 Jun 13 02:11 initrd.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7437056 Jun 13 02:11 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1424814 Jun 13 02:11 ramdisk.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 877621248 Jun 13 02:11 system.sfs


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Android ROMs and also Android custom ROMs are typically cryptographically signed.
Most users will only recognize this if they try to install a ROM and the signature verification on-device fails.
For verifying authenticity of a ROM it can makes sense to verify the signature offline, before installing the ROM and e.g. compare the used signature certificate if it is the one expected, e.g. if the ROM is a genuine ROM build by LineageOS.
What command do you have to execute for verifying the signature of a ROM (e.g. if you have the ZIP file) on a PC?


texts: Got weird noises with auxiliary jack while charging in the car

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I'm using Galaxy Note. And I got this weird noise with auxiliary jack while charging in the car.
There is no noise while music is playing, and there is no noise if the charger is unplugged.
How do I solve it?


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If the NSA tracks me via my HTC phone, they must think I am strange... My location never updated. Ever. I tried removing the cache from News and Weather.  Tried using GPS.  Tried using WiFi.  Nothing seems to work.

Is there a canonical way to re-set the location in Android?

Note: Phone is HTC Sensation XL. I have factory re-set it several time, no change: the first location Weather picks stays as the current one whatever I do.  Applications are any weather apps whatsoever. I installed several and none updated their location correctly.


texts: Make Google my default contact type on T-Mobile my touch 4G

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New contacts sync to T-Mobile instead of Google unless I manually change the contact type EVERY time I add a contact to my phone.

I want the default to be Google not T-Mobile


texts: How to rebuild or refresh slow Motorola Defy

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My friend has a Motorola Defy which is beginning to run very slowly and reboot itself at random. He's had it for a couple of years.

He doesn't have enough money right now to get a decent replacement so I suggested there might be ways to get a few more months out of the phone.

Installing a brand new/ clean operating system seems like a good plan. I've had a look at Cynogenmod but I'm not sure if that will achieve what we're after.

In the case of a slow Android phone is the best approach to install a new OS? Or are there ways of cleaning up/ speeding up the OS without going to that level?

If we were going to install a new operating system is Cynogenmod the best approach?

I noticed this question explaining how to return the Defy to it's original stock state: Return my motorola defy to its original state


texts: Why does my LG G3 with Cyanogenmod 12.1 run so slowly?

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I own a LG-D855 which I bought refurbished running the bundled modified version of Android that LG provide.

After a few weeks I installed Cyanogenmod 12.1 and since then I've been updating weekly.

When I turn the phone on for the first time it runs very quickly. However after using the phone with a handful of apps for 15 or 30 minutes the whole phone slows down to a crawl.

I've installed an app which stops as many background processes as it can. After running this the phone speeds up again, but soon returns to it's previous state.

I bought an LG G3 as it rated very highly on lists of the best Android phones to buy.

Why am I having these problems? Are these common issues with the LG G3? What can I do to allow my phone to run more quickly?


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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone?

I am considering rooting my Motorola Droid, and I am wondering if it is possible to revert back to the exact state that my phone is in right now (ie unrooted, with all my apps, settings, etc).

I know I can backup all the files on my SD card (in fact I have that job running right now).  But how can I backup/restore the phone's internal memory?

Is this what SPRecovery does?  All of the 'how-to-root-your-phone' tutorials say that you start by installing SPRecovery, but I can't find any details on what, exactly, SPRecovery does, and how to use it.  I suspect it does more than what is necessary to load a rooted ROM, but I just can't find any details.


texts: Google Now Launcher is not displayed in Bluestacks emulator

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I have latest version of Bluestacks emulator(v 0.9.25.5401) installed on my Windows PC 64bit. I installed Google Now laucher from the playstore in the bluestacks. And after installing the launcher it requested to download also the Google search app which I don't want but installed it anyway.

After successfully installed both the apps I opened the Google Now laucher and it showed me to clear defaults of my previously installed Apex launcher and press Home button. I did clear defaults and after pressing home button Google Now laucher is not displayed in the list.

Its not available also in the Settings menu. I can access them only in the menu drawer and in desktop two icons are created. But I click the icon it shows to select a default launcher for Home which shows only three other 3rd party lauchers but not Google Now.

Screenshots - Click to enlarge images

How to make Google Now launcher as the default launcher for Bluestacks? Any ideas?


texts: Nexus S after update to JB doesn't show callers name

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I've installed the update to Jelly Bean on my Nexus S and when someone calls, it shows only the phone number of the contact (the contact was saved in the contant list) and not the name of the person.

When I updated to ICS some months ago, the phone number was there for few seconds (like 5 seconds or so) before the name actually appeared.

What's causing this and what can I do about it?

Something tells me that it has to do something with performance of the phone. On Ginger Bread it was all good. On ICS it took some time to show the name and now it doesn't show at all. The phone is incredibly slow and almost out of memory the whole time.

EDIT: When the call ends I can see in the history of calls that it shows the name of the contact.


texts: Why do I have enter all my logins on every app on a new Android phone?

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I've just got a new OnePlus 6. It's installed my apps from my old phone but every one is asking for my login.I have loads and remembering the logins will take ages.

On websites Chrome remembers this, does it not in apps? It doesn't stores all this stuff in the cloud as part of backup?


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I found out that Huawei P8 (not lite, not plus) supports dual sim, when I can insert only 1 sim and 1 sd, without possibility to swich sd for second sim. I tried micro and nano sim and none fits to sd slot.
Are there two versions of Huawei P8? Is it possible to check whether my phone supports dual sim?


texts: How can i transfer APK files from my old SD card to a new micro SD card?

texts: I just bought a 32GB micro SD card to replace my 8GB micro SD card for my x10. I have some apps that I've downloaded online (paid APK) and not from the market. They are currently stored in my 8GB micro SD.  I don't know how to transfer the files to the new 32GB card.  I don't know in what folder they should be placed in. Again, my unit is an SE x10 (eclair).


texts: SystemUI/lockscreen malfunction on DROID Turbo

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I have a Motorola DROID Turbo running Android 5.1, unrooted, and I cannot unlock the phone because the lockscreen does not appear. This problem started occurring after the phone ran out of battery and powered off normally (not forced shutdown).

With the screen on (black), I can hold the power button to bring up the power menu and reboot into safe mode. I can take screenshots, but I cannot change the volume. Hardware navigation buttons do not work (back, home, recents, or menu), and I cannot swipe up for Google Now. I can see my custom lockscreen, SlideJoy, and I can see the time, but I cannot interact with it, and the notification bar is also missing (telltale signs of com.android.systemui not running).

Here is what I have tried so far:

I have removed the SIM card to try to trigger the lock screen. Did not solve the problem.
I have wiped the /cache from recovery. Did not solve the problem.
I have booted into Safe Mode, so my custom lockscreen would not load. There is just a black screen when I try to turn it on. Touch inputs work (I can interact with power menu) but trying to interact with the black screen does nothing.
I have tried to connect it via USB to try ADB commands, but I have yet to permit any computer RFIDs.

I am only willing to wipe /data as a last resort.


texts: My samsung galaxy player 5 does not connect to the internet, but apparently connects to my router

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I have a cisco  linksys E1500 router, secured with WPA/WPA2 PSK. My samsung galaxy player 5, fresh out of the box, conencts to it but cannot access the internet. Based on this thread, I made myself a static IP of 192.168.1.12. It still doesn't work. This other thread talks about MAC cloning, but I'm not sure how to do that

EDIT: I remembered we have a messed up router/provider. We have to use DHCP addresses only, and set the DNS servers manually. How do you do this?


texts: Calendar widgets always prompt to select a calendar app when tapping an event

texts: I have two calendar widgets that operate like this. I emailed the developer for one of them, and he said that it was not the widget causing this issue. I've cleared defaults for all my calendar apps and set them again, and I still get prompted. Tapping the plus button or the title bar of these widgets will open my default calendar app (Google Calendar), but Android does not seem to save my calendar choice when clicking the event. Any fix for this? I have an LG V30 on Oreo.


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Is is possible to download older versions of Android applications?

Is there some kind of online archive for all versions of Android apps? Like how you can find older versions of some Windows app.


texts: Weird dot on screen that captures all input

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Forgive me for the unclear title. Some time ago, my HTC M8, which is rooted and runs on a Venom ROM showed something weird. Firstly, in the Google Maps App a mysterious blue dot appeared, that captures the screen completely and makes it impossible to quit or use the application. It looks like this (I could make a screenshot)

When this happens in Maps, the only thing I can do is a hard restart with Power+Volume Up.

Since I have seen this occasionally in the camera app as well, I suspect it is not a bug of Maps itself. I know that the Venom ROM is not standard but maybe this is connected to some setting and anyone has seen this. Btw, the Venom ran smoothly for almost 3 years now.

Question: Has someone a clue what this could be and how I can get rid of it?


texts: How to fix completely non-functioning Gionee S10C Android phone?

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My phone is Gionee S10C and I have Android 7.1.1 installed on it.
I was going to upgrade the Android version to 10, but Gionee no longer provides OS updates(Not sure whether the company even exists now), so I tried to flash Lineage OS 17.x from this site.
I connected the phone via USB cable, opens up command prompt on Android platforms folder and run adb reboot-bootloader to enter the bootloader screen of the phone.
And then I tried to run fastboot flash -w system lineage-17.x.x.img.
After rebooting, my phone is not longer running, but completely bricked. It keeps stuck in the Gionee logo screen and keeps rebooting when entering the Recovery screen.
I tried factory reset, but that didn't work out.
FYI, I forgot to run fastboot oem unlock.
The worst case is that I can't find the device on Windows, which means adb devices returns nothing even the phone is plugged in.(fastboot devices in the bootloader screen shows the device)
So now I'm going to re-install the original Android OS on the phone, so that I can use it, but no method works because of adb disconnecting.
I tried the steps from this site using various Flash Tools, but no tool can find the connected phone.
All I can do now is to use fastboot.
(I was going to use fastboot flash to overwrite the system partition with the one from the original ROM, but there are too many images for the system like system1.img, system2.img, .... - I don't know which one to use).
This is the files I have in the original ROM firmware.

Please advise me how I can get back to my original Android or install any other Android OS, so that I can use this phone.
Thanks.


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I installed a Gameloft game Brother in Arms. But the graphics of the game is shown as below.

Use 2.3.3 on Samsung S2

Any idea why its not being displayed ?


texts: Install from unknown sources on Nook Tablet

texts: I am using a rooted NOOK Tablet with Android Gingerbread, and am installing an application from an email. I am using the NT Hidden Settings application to enable the installation of apps from unknown sources. I check the box and click OK knowing the dangers of 3rd party applications. I go back to the email, click the attachment, and when I hit the installation screen, after I had just checked it, it says install blocked. I returned to the setting and the check box I had filled in was now empty again, and I am caught in the loop forever. What can I do to make the app install?


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I currently have iPhone 5, iPad mini, MacBook Air and iMac.
I use the iOS and OS X Photos apps to store my photos and to share select photos with family. My photos are stored in iCloud for purposes of personal storage, and shared with spouse and parents via iCloud Photo Sharing.
I am desperate to move back to Android for my phone device (probably Nexus 5X) but feel the photos part is locking me in to the Apple ecosystem.

If I return to my Android heartland after too long away, What, if any, ways exist that would help me sync my Android phone photos with my other iOS/OS X devices - and vice versa? In other words, how can I get as close as possible to having a single, cross-platform photo library on both Android and iOS/OS X? When I take a photo on Android, it would also appear in my Apple photo library on both iOS and OS X devices (ie. in iCloud)? Likewise, if I took a photo with my iPad or added a photo to the Photos app in OS X, it would appear back on the phone.

I am investigating Google Photos on iOS and web. I fear family won't want to use this on their iOS devices for sharing. I love the auto photo identification but other aspects of it look weak.

Really struggling with ecosystem lock-in.
How can I ween myself off but only partially?


texts: Once my friend login his google account in my device.Then he cleared my phone data by using lost my device option.Now how to protect my device from this type of problem?? Help me


texts: How to unlock Motorola Atrix 4G for other carriers?

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I bought a Motorola Atrix 4G MB860 and discovered that it is locked. I received an unlock code from AT&T but I receive the message "network unlock code unsuccessful" which according to AT&T means that it is locked to their network.

After reading a little it seems that I have two options, neither of which I am familiar with:

To wipe the radio on the device.
Sign up for a service on the Internet that claim to unlock the device for me (can someone recommend a reliable service)

Please advise what is the better option or if there are other options, and provide directions on how to proceed.


texts: Any Fast Charge Kernel for Nexus 7 grouper? Franco Kernel?

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I have the latest Franco kernel on my N7 2012 WiFi, normally it should be able to fast charge but I cant? Anyone have a solution or another kernel supporting fast charge for my device?

This wont effect multibooting right?


texts: How to troubleshoot wifi connection problem?

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Like some other people, I am plagued by the issue with gray wifi bars with a tablet running 4.2.2. I tried all recommended solutions: disabling power saving, switching between AES/TKIP on the router, making sure the clock was set correctly, etc. As you can well guess, nothing works

When I connect to the router, the bars are usually grey and I cannot connect to the Internet OR any local machine, including the router's web interface. After several minutes, the bars sometimes go blue, and sometimes don't. After they go blue, they can also go back to grey from time to time.

Obviously, this has something to do with the router because if I reset it, I can usually connect without a problem. But after a while, the bars go to gray again. The router has no filtering configured and all other devices (including several Android phones) have no problems connecting to and accessing the network.

The question is not about solving this problem, but rather about any ways of troubleshooting this issue. Is there a simple way I can get a shell, try pinging some hosts, get a look at ifconfig, anything? Are there some system logs that could show what is happening?

Thanks!


texts: saving route while still connected to wifi

texts: In Google Maps is there a way to save a route while you're still connected to wifi so that it saves your data plan? Does scrolling through the map while still connected to wifi help because then the points get cached?


texts: If both Android and Chrome OS are based on Linux, why is it not possible to install Chrome OS on an Android device?

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I've been searching online for a way to install Chrome OS on an Android tablet and every single answer I've come across so far is "No".
Why is it not a possibility? Both operating systems are based on Linux so (to my very basic knowledge and understanding) it seems like it should be possible.


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I just took a phone android, before I had an iphone.
I want to tune all my data (photos, videos and contacts) on my new phone.
How can I do? I do not know any solution to the problem.


texts: Is it possible to remove unnecessary letters from android-provided keyboard?

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I have got letters like ż ŗ ï æ ç ñ etc. on my phone's keyboard (generic android-provided keyboard). But in my language (Slovak), we don't use these. I often make typos when writing, so is it possible to remove them from my layout/edit the layout?

I would like to avoid using 3rd party apps.
I'm using CyanogenMod 10.1 Android 4.2.2 and the generic android-provided keyboard (AOSP ?)

I've made sure the language is set correctly (it is), and tried the different keyboard layouts available for it – but the problem remains.


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Can we use an Android phone as a Wi-Fi repeater?

Imagine situation when you can access a weak Wi-Fi signal from a free hotspot (coffee shop) signal near window, but want to work in the middle of the room. Then we can put the phone on the window sill to spread the signal over the entire home.

Is it feasible?


texts: After Rooting my phone, I get a black screen, followed by "[app] has stopped working" for every application, any idea what could be going on?

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I just rooted my Samsung Galaxy G4 I9500 today. It was working fine, I even restarted it a few times just to test everything was going nice and dandy. I also installed two apps to see if SuperUser was working properly (busybox and titaniumBackup) and both seemed to work fine.

Now, while trying to make a nandroid backup I entered recovery mode and touched "reboot device now". Afterwords, the device stopped starting properly.

As described in the title, the screen remains black with messages popping up saying something like "[x] app has stopped working". Trying to turn off the device gives me the usual windows (turn off/airplane mode/restart). Also, I can change the volume. Any idea of what could be going on?


texts: Is WiFi Calling possible over reverse tethering?

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For internet access on my smartphone I use reverse tethering via USB from my PC while having it in flight mode. Everything works great (WhatsApp, Chrome, etc.) except calls, of course.

I was wondering if it would be possible to use "WiFi" calls without WiFi but with internet over reverse tethering via USB while the smartphone is in flight mode?


texts: "Insufficient storage" when trying to install new app

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Every time I go to install a new app, I get the message "Insufficient storage", and an unable to install anything!

I am using Samsung GT19060 my internal memory is 8GB. I have not downloaded anything but anytime I try to download something it will tell me low memory space.


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I have a google calender that is sync to my Cellphone samsung Galaxy S2.

It does not working when I apply a new appointment time in my google calender in my android. It says that it's syncing but no appointment time will be displayed in the calender, both in android and website.

However it works perfectly when I apply the appointment time in my google calender at "https://www.google.com/calendar". When I apply the new date, I'm enable to sync it and see it in my android.

What should I do?


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So my audio stopped working after the upgrade to android 10.
And I can not roll back to Android 9.
Phone Samsung Note 9.
Android 10.
Need help understanding the start-up process in android. Which file detects the chips, tells it which driver to load, and then logs the results after loading each driver.
Which log should I look in for failures i.e. If I run Sound Recorder and hit record? The app just hangs.
I cant click on stop. And can only kill it in notifications.
Like in Windows I can go to devise manager and see the list of drivers loaded and the status of each component. And if its failed it will say failed to load driver xyz.
If I have this info I can pinpoint which chip is acting up. I know the phone has one amp chip 98512 and one Audio Codec Chip. I want to know which IC is acting up or if its just a corrupted driver file.
I did Odin the factory Image onto the phone. Just to be sure.
Funny thing is Audio works in Blue Tooth but over the mic / speaker / ear phone jack all dead.


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I know I'm asking for the close-to-impossible -- as a real full-backup certainly requires root permissions. But still there are many folks around not wanting to root their devices -- afraid of voiding their warranties or bricking their devices, or just not having their devices supported by any rooting method.

I also know there were a lot of questions asked already on this topic, and I checked all of them having the backup tag -- none covers the entire topic, all just have pieces, and especially people new to Android (but other non-power-users as well) would have a hard time figuring out the best way.

So I want a detailed canonical answer to the question:

Not involving root-solutions, how to achieve a backup as close as possible to a full backup?

Please do not give simple one-liner answers like "Use app xyz [full-stop]." If mentioning an app (and I doubt a single app would be the answer here), include what parts are covered by it -- as well as ideas on how to fill the gaps it leaves. (And to make it absolutely clear: I know the first thing coming to mind is Titanium Backup -- I use it myself, but this does not apply here: This question is strictly about methods for non-rooted devices!) Moreover, the answer should be as generic as possible in terms of applying to a wide range of devices (i.e. it should not be restricted to one device or manufacturer).

I already mentioned having investigated all questions here tagged backup. These will certainly be helpful providing details for answers here, so I will list up the topmost ones concerning my question:

How to backup an Android device?
How do I perform a full pre-rooting backup of an Android phone?
What info does Google backup?
How can data on an unrooted phone be backed up?
Could a non-root Android 4.0.3 smartphone's rom be backup?
How do I back up (and restore) my phone before installing a custom ROM?
Backup my Android without my Apps, Settings, Config's, etc.

All these provide some details for my question (so feel free to get inspired by them) -- but I feel there are still details missing. Also it would be helpful to have a summary -- say, an answer including the full description of "the maximum possible".

A last criterium: While I'd consider cloud-based solutions legit, I'd favour local solutions. If you can provide both: all the better. But some people value privacy quite high (I'm one of them), and thus would not trust their data to some cloud service.

Thanks to Ryan, we now have a solution for a really complete backup of all apps and their data -- which I didn't dare to hope for! The only disadvantage: His solution only works for less than 10% of all Android users; namely those whose devices are running at least with Android 4.x.

So again, I ask the close-to-impossible: Any solutions applicable at least on Gingerbread (2.3.x) or, better, even Froyo (2.2.x) -- so they cover the majority of current devices? These solutions may involve multiple tools (try to keep it as simple as possible though; think of your mother to follow your instructions ;)

And keep in mind: NO ROOT!

To further motivate high-quality answers (and hopefully avoid low-quality ones), I will be a harsh one here: As I rarely do, I will down-vote answers not fitting the mentioned criteria on one end -- but on the other end, I will setup a bounty for the best answer (which cannot be done immediately, but earliest after 2 days).


texts: Why am I Unable to login to playstore app after password reset when I can login with the same password in the desktop version

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It's almost an hour and half I had reset my password on gmail and selected log me out of all devices. So for which I need to re login to play store in order to view my apps. But the problem is that the play store is not accepting the new password.

I can login to gmail as well as the desktop version of the play store, the problem is only with the app version(When I enter the same password for the Desktop version of play store it even sends the pin which is required for 2 step verification).

In the app version it says the Email or password you enter is incorrect.


texts: What happens when bluetooth headphones run out of battery while playing music?

texts: I have a Motorola Xoom 3G with Android 3.0 and use it with a bluetooth headset. I'd like to know what happens when the headphones run out of battery? Does the music just stop in the same way it does when I unplug wired headphones?


texts: How can I access my Samsung Galaxy S5's modem with QXDM?

texts: I rooted my samsung sg-G900H. When I connect it to my PC and look for a COM port, there is no COM port, so I can't connect to it with Qualcomm eXtensible Diagnostic Manager (QXDM). How can I enable serial port access to the modem and connect to it with QXDM?


texts:
ICS does seem to take screenshots successfully on the Galaxy Nexus, but the files are all 0-byte long in "My Computer\Galaxy Nexus\Internal Storage\Pictures\Screenshots".

Has someone seen this? What's wrong?

Thank you.


texts: Problems receiving German characters in SMS

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I am learning German with a friend of mine, so we send texts in both German and English. I can send an umlaut (a/o/u with two dots above) to him, but when he sends to me it is replaced with a question mark. For example, when he sends me Grün, I receive Gr?n. Very aggravating.

I am using a Motorola XT1080 running Android 4.4.4 and using the native text messaging app. Can anyone tell me what setting I should look for? I think my buddy is using an iPhone, if that matters. Thanks much.


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It is constantly saying "Phone memory storage space is getting low" after I download app.
Even if I move that app to SD (some apps cannot be moved) it is still low memory, about 18mb of 156mb.
How to solve that problem?


texts: Why does my twrp custom recovery not work?

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I've recently wanted to root my phone I unlocked the bootloader and followed a tutorial of how to add the twrp custom recovery I complete it and everything seems fine but when I turn on my custom recovery it just shows the android recovery

My phone is a allwiev p7_pro
I've used the recovery file from XDA developers


texts: Monitor data connection based on location constantly

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I was wondering if there was way to ping google.com (or any other stable site) and record my GPS location. It would then append the result of the ping, GPS position, and the time to a log file on my phone. It would run every 10 seconds or so.

Basically, I just want to get a view of my phone's Internet connection throughout the day and at different times. After a full day running, I could then look at the generated log and figure out all sorts of interesting analytics for my phone.

Is it possible, perhaps using apps, script, or anything?


texts: Lock yourself out of your phone for a certain amount of time

texts: I check my phone (Android) more than I study. Is there any program or way to lock yourself out of your phone for a certain amount of time until you complete a goal? At the same time it should allow phone calls to come through.


texts: I usually use CamScanner to scan my documents. After updating to the last version, ESET told me I have to remove it, because this app has Trojan and it can provide remote access to the infected device. That was strange for me, and I think it's not correct. Anyway, I'm not sure. Shall I really remove CamScanner?


texts: My Pixel is warm enough to heat a small room, and runs the full battery in about two hours. ADB dumpsys cpuinfo shows system_server at 128%

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Uh...help?
adb shell dumpsys cpuinfo shows system_server at 128%, something called Zygote at 50%. That's...well over 100? I don't get it.
It's been four days now. I can't take my phone anywhere, it's too hot to even hold comfortably. Definitely can't put it in my pocket. And it goes flat in minutes anyway, when doing absolutely nothing.
The Battery Usage screen shows almost no battery usage, by anything, at all. Looks exactly as it did back when I was getting several hours per charge.
I tried turning it off and leaving it to cool, then turning it on. Did. Not. Help.
I'm running a Magisk-rooted OG Google Pixel on Android 9.


texts: How to resume reading document opened in google pdf viewer

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When I open a pdf in google chrome, I get the choice of opening it in google pdf reader, because I installed that app.

Now I want to resume the app to continue reading.

How do I list running apps to resume it?

It seems like I can click the downloaded file (in the notification area) to resume reading it where I was, but the notification area is something I clear regularily so that will not be an option.

Is there a way to get the download directory as an icon on the desktop?


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I believe it's somewhat well-known that the Nexus 5 has had more than a few hiccups with certain wifi networks.  However, I'm not sure that the main reasons for wifi connectivity issues is as well known (as it should be).  It seems that every other time I update the OS (Cyanogenmod 12/ 5.1.1) I find myself frantically searching for a solution to some wifi-related problem on the Nexus 5.

This week, after upgrading the OS I was confronted by the same issue once again--or at least I thought, as I hadn't exactly documented every previous case.  My search for a solution led me to the numerous troubleshooting procedures and potential causes of the problem:

IPv6 automatically connecting
Nex5 failed to delete AP properly
outdated radio/modem image

After gaining access to adb shell and executing logcat network:V I noticed that the network interface Associated with the Access Point and

 wlan0: CTRL-EVENT-EAP-SUCCESS EAP authentication completed successfully (based on lower layer success)

Then, immediately after that something failed, even though I thought the connection was successfully made!

wlan0: WPA: Failed to configure IGTK to the driver
I/wpa_supplicant( 5891): wlan0: RSN: Failed to configure IGTK

It turns out that IGTK meant something with Protected Management Frames (802.11w).  I should note that the router's configuration had the option set as "Capable", as opposed to "Required".  After disabling that feature on my router the connection succeeded.  Now, given that fact that ALL of my other devices had no problems with this, why did the Nexus 5 persistently fail to attain a connection to the Network with Protected Management Frames enabled? Is there a security risk with this issue, especially if the Network Admin compromises it for the sake of one device's flaw? How would one mitigate this problem on the android side?


texts: cannot sign in on my Android device - Google 2-factor authentication

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So I'm trying to add my google acct to my device and it seems to be working fine up to the point where's it's asking me for the code sent to my phone via SMS.

I correctly put it in but the page goes to my "My Account" page which is not normal. On other devices, the page would normally close automatically and it continues on with adding my acct.

I've tried:

updating Play Store services to 8.1.x. I made use the -xxx matches when I downloaded the APK.
I tried verifying using backup code.
I tried verifying using Google Authenticator app.

Any ideas on how to fix this? thanks! :)


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I have started using hangouts now that it has merged in with all my sms messages and it's cool.

However i was wondering if someone could explain the indicators that show up at the bottom left of the screen to me?

I currently know:

TinyPortrait(transparent) = current point user has read to
Dots (...) = user is typing

Unknown

TinyPortriat(Solid) = i thought this might mean they are up to date,
but considered it could be that they are watching the screen?
Small Phone Icon = No idea what this means.

Are there any others?


texts: How to use my phone to transfer Wi-Fi to other devices?

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I'm using Nexus S, recently I got a Kindle, however, the Kindle couldn't connect to my company's Wi-Fi (seems it doesn't support the encryption method), so I'm wondering this method:

My Nexus S connect to company's Wi-Fi
Nexus S performs like a adhoc  , create a new wifi
Kindle connect to the new Wi-Fi.

The problem is how to perform step 2. I found a software Wifi tether, but it can only tether 3G network to other devices, not Wi-Fi.

Any suggestions? my phone is rooted.


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The bookmarks on the home screens of my Galaxy Nexus have the same red bookmark icon.

Is it possible to automatically display the site's default icon (i.e., the one which appears in the URL bar) as the bookmark's icon?


texts: Is there a way to flash a boot.img from recovery without a computer?

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Is there a way to flash a boot.img on your SD card without having to connect to a PC?

Is there an equivalent of the fastboot command?

I'm on a HTC Amaze 4G currently.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Are there guidelines on how much free RAM a phone should have - specifically Samsung Galaxy S?
  0 ram free on ICS

My device (ASUS TF201, unrooted, stock Firmware) is running on Android 4.1 and has 1GB of RAM installed. However I noticed that only 200-300 MB's are left and marked "unused". Also I know that does not necessarily mean that all "used" RAM is really in use. For example cached Apps may be held in RAM for faster start-up and this RAM may be freed by Android if more memory is needed. So I tried the following steps to get more unused RAM as I am experiencing Force-Closes from another App which (may) result from insufficient memory available.

I checked running apps and force-closed some of them but this gave me not enough RAM. Although this list contains Apps which may be responsible for almost 100 MBs of RAM but not for 600 MB. So I checked which Apps are cached, and closed all of them giving me also only a few MB's.
I rebooted my device but after start-up 600 MB's are already used.
I performed cold-boot still 600 MB's are already in use.
I pushed the reset button which immediately shut down my device, but after reboot 600 MB's are still in use.
I performed a factory reset and did not installed any other app (nor did I perform a backup-restore, as I hadn't specified any Google account so far). But still 600 MB's are used.
I applied all of those memory task killers which all performed badly and killed only those apps I could kill myself. Except one profiler gave me a hint: It sayed that 300 MB's are used by the kernel and 300 MB's are used by apps. It also provided me a button for killing all running apps. Directly after this still 200 MB's are in use (it says "kernel memory") but after 15min again 600 MB's in use (with again 300 MB's per kernel- and app-memory). Is that normal that so much memory is used?, I mean this is factory reset no additional apps were installed by myself!
I also tried to to force-close and disable almost all apps which are currently running and which I don't need but still around 600 MB's are in use.

As I fear to lose warranty if I open the back of the pad I cannot put off power. (But of course I could wait until no battery is left) But I won't think that this will help, as this should have worked with a hardware reset or cold-boot as well.

So what can I do?


texts: A questions about "wipe" in CWM Recovery

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CWM Recovery has a many options for wipe and format partitions, and the options are:

wipe data/factory reset.
wipe cache partition.
format boot, system, data, cache, sdcard or sd-ext.
wipe dalvik cache.
wipe battery stats.

I wonder What is the difference between a wipe and format In terms of safe deletion of data?
How can I Completely Wipe Data from all partitions of phone device?
(I want do that before install a new ROM).
What is the overwriting Standard used in the wipe? ,thanx in advance.

Note: I don't know version of CWM Recovery but I'll use CWM Recovery from here:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-4c/development/honor-4c-root-cwm-recovery-inshaalmirza-t3177770


texts: Where is the "android_id" stored and when does it change?

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I want to build a device_id with android_id, any one knows the answer to these three questions?

Where is the android_id value stored?
When is the android_id value initialized, i.e. the first time the value is set?
In which cases does the android_id value change?


texts: flashing a rom on a different samsung note model

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i have recently bought a Samsung note 4 sm-g910H  (at least that what it says in the settings)  but upon opening it up i noticed that the USB module had sm-n910F typed on its ribbon connector ,and after lifting up the motherboard i noticed sm-n910C typed on the motherboard , is THIS normal , and if it is !! could i possibly flash a n910C ROM on the device because i am having issues with all sorts of connectivity on the device
1- Bluetooth restarting itself every like 5-15 minutes only when  connected to a WiFi network.
2-error when trying to tether my phone to a computer.
3-extremely weak reception.

thanks in advance.:)


texts: Manage Phone Audio Player through Car Stereo over Bluetooth

texts:
I spent yesterday evening looking through Q&A and I see this question asked in different ways, but not answered. I will try to make the question very clear.

I have a bluetooth-enabled car stero (Kenwood). I have a bluetooth-enabled Android phone (Samsung). I can pair the two without trouble. They automatically pair every time I get in the car. On the phone, I can enable bluetooth call control and  bluetooth audio control.

What I want to do is get in my car, turn on the stereo, and press the play button to start playing music from my phone. I cannot do that. What I have to do is get in my car, turn on the stereo, get my phone, open a music player app on the phone, press play on the music player app, and put my phone away again.

I downloaded a variety of Kenwood apps, but they are all USB apps, not bluetooth apps. Is there some way to make a phone start playing music by pressing play on the stereo?

In response to the comment below...
At lunch today, I went out to a coworker's car. She had her phone in her purse. She started her car and turned on the radio. She pressed "source" to change it from FM to BT. The radio showed playlists on her phone. She scrolled through the list and selected one. It started playing. She never took her phone out of her purse. She did everything from the radio. So, how can I expect the phone to respond to pressing a button on the radio? Simple. It does that for other people. I want mine to do it for me. I want to know how such a dismissive comment gets a +1.


texts: How google check the apps submitted for publication in playstore?

texts:
I knew playstore authority ( None other than google)  take some time to analyze the app and then gives permission.Am I right? What do they do to analyze the app?
and how they check all assets( image or audio or video) are used without infringing copyright ?


texts: Is there a way to visualize music from the microphone?

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With all the media and 3D graphics capabilities available on modern hardware I'd like to see a nice visualisation application that listens to the microphone.

If anyone knows the G-Force winamp plugin they know what I'm talking about.


texts: Nexus 7 2013 error upgrading from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2

texts: The 5.0.2 update fails.  This Nexus 7 (2013) has not been rooted or anything special like that.  I double tap to install update, it reboots, starts the install, then just says "error" in red over the android.  It sits there for 30 seconds or so then reboots into the previous OS, 5.0.1., which still works fine.  In a day or so it want to try again and still fails with error.  Any ideas?


texts: Restoring messages from ClockworkMod backup

texts:
Here's the story. Today my phone (modded with Cyanogen mod) started bootlooping. So, I did a ClockworkMod backup and went about installing the latest version of Cyanogen mod. When that was done, I restored the backup, but it started bootlooping yet again. So now, I have a fresh install of Cyanogen mod but none of my texts or call logs etc, all my contacts were sync'd from my Facebook anyway so I can get them back easily.

Does anyone know how I can extract my text messages from the ClockworkMod backup without sending my device back into a bootloop?

Cheers!


texts: Switch to speaker when using a headphone with wearing detection

texts: I have a headphone with wearing detection, which pauses playback when I take off the headphone. However, with it off, I am not able to hear any notifications from the phone. I know iPhone has the feature of sending audio to the speaker when one takes off airpods. Do we have this feature in Android? Is it a problem of the phone or the headphone? In case it matters, I am using a SonyWH-1000XM4.


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When I switch from audio playback to a game the audio playback stops and the game audio starts.

How to prevent that? How to keep the audio playback and mute the game?

In partcular while using a Bluetooth audio connection.


texts: service is not running properly in android 10

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I have created script and i.e running via service in ini.rc.

init: starting service 'usbmountd '...

[ 1350.212500] init: Service 'usbmountd ' (pid 6923) received signal 11

[ 1350.212626] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'usbmountd ' (pid 6923) process group...

[ 1350.213261] libprocessgroup: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 0 pid 6923 in 0ms

[ 1350.213917] init: updatable process 'usbmountd ' exited 4 times in 4 minutes

[ 1350.221191] init: Init cannot set 'ro.init.updatable_crashing' to '1': Read-only property was already set

getting this log in dmesg.


texts: Can not use Alt - C in in android phone and mac laptop

texts:
I bought a Samsung galaxy a71 recently then I installed an app called alt-c in my phone and my MacBook air and it works fine, but the app can not copy text from my own  phone to my mac and a message appears in my phone and it says:

Alt-c could not paste text to pc: make sure you copied the text on your device.

and a notification appears in my mac and it says:

there was no text in the device's clipboard.

so anyone has a solution for that?


texts: Exposing Ports on Android with React-Native

texts:
I'm trying to serve files from a React-Native app. Im using react-native-tcp module but when I create a TCP server it isn't on a nmap output over the mobile device ip address. I've tried with an external client with nodejs but I get ECONNREFUSED. At the same time, If I try with a client inside the react-native app and an external server, I get the same result.

I don't know if there's a protection or the module doesn't work properly. I've also the android.permission.INTERNET in the manifest.

Also with curl command:


texts: Is it possible to clear the 'program installed' icons at the top notification bar?

texts:
When you perform an update of an installed program, the top notification bar displays a 'downloading' icon.

When it is downloaded, it displays a 'successfully updated' icon.

Is there a way to clear these 'successfully updated' icons?

I found no other way than to pull down the notification bar, and click the installed notification messages, but this always starts the updated program.

I was just wondering if you can clear these icons without having to start the program.

A minor thing, I know, but once I get a question like that in my head...


texts: What to do if my samsung tab keeps on resetting itself?

texts:
My Samsung Tab keeps on resetting itself upon powering on, it goes to home screen and after a while (about 10 seconds) restarts itself. This keeps on and on until i shutdown the Tab.

My Tablet has been drained of battery charge due to excessive playing of games of my nephews. So I Charged my Tablet for a while and left to get something in the kitchen. I Didn't see that one of my nephews immediately turned it on upon Minutes after I plugged it on the charger and this is what happened next, my other nephew accidentally unplugged the charger of my tablet. I saw what happened as I was returning in the living room. I heard 3 beeps and the tablet shut itself down immediately after.

I tried to charge it again and tried to open and this is what happened it keeps on restarting and restarting. I have not taken my tablet to a technician yet. What should I do?


texts: Format Android Samsung S20 with a secret code

texts:
Is there a 'secret code' which works for Samsung S20 phones, which will format everything, and if possible also reinstall the firmware?
I found the following online, however the article is very old, and I do not want to risk using it on my phone at the moment as there might not be any confirmation.

27673855#   It’s a complete wiping of your mobile also it reinstalls the phones firmware

If I just turned the phone on and then I wrote that where it requests the PIN, or if I pressed the Emergency call button to write the code there, what would happen?
What if the phone was already switched on, but on the key lock screen requesting the PIN?


texts: How to increase wireless speed supported by Android TV BOX CS928?

texts:
i have recently purchased Android Tv Box CS928 from Chinese site http://www.aliexpress.com/item/CS928-Android-4-4-kitkat-Rk3288-A17-quad-core-2GB-16GB-2-4-5-0Ghz-100M/1939723909.html

i bought this because it says

Network     2.4GHz/5GHz WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and 802.11 a/c. Support LAN 100M/1000M Base-T

so i was under impression that (802.11 n and 802.11 a/c means 300 Mbps) this will be perfect fit for my home wireless network which is working at 300 Mbps using wireless router TP-Link 1043ND

but when i connected my Android Tv Box CS928 to wireless network in my home i can only get 65 Mbps highest speed at the Android Tv Box CS928 , i even tried placing the my TP-Link router next to Android TV box but it didn't increase the Wireless speed , it shows signal strength as 100% but the wireless speed is 65 Mbps.

So i have tried forcing my TP-LINK wireless router to transmit and work at only at 300 Mbps speed by setting

Channel:    1
Mode:   11n only
Channel Width:  40MHz
Max Tx Rate:    300Mbps

but still the Android TV BOX connection status shows wireless speed as 65 Mbps

why is that ?

how can i increase the wireless transfer speed of Android TV box so i can watch HD movies streamed from my PC to Android TV Box?


texts: Configure Emergency Alerts on Android Pie

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My phone is in either vibrate or DND mode at night. I enabled developer mode in order to be able to allow the emergency alerts to ignore DND, since otherwise they make no sound at night (don't know why this requires developer mode, I would have thought it would be the default setting).

I would like more fine-grained control than just that setting. When I'm sleeping, there's no reason for me to be woken up by one of the frequent Amber alerts, since I'm not going to be much help from my bed. If there's an Incoming Ballistic Missile alert on the other hand, I wouldn't mind be roused for that.

Currently, it seems that I have the following options:

Prevent all alerts from breaking through DND - Makes alerts useless
Allow all alerts to break through DND - Get woken up constantly by
Amber alerts
Turn off Amber alerts and allow other alerts to break
through DND - Prevents me from helping with Amber alerts when I'm out
of the house

Is there a way to configure the alert settings between the various types of emergency alert in Android 9? Maybe an app that give me better control? I'm using an Essential PH-1, if the phone type matters.


texts: How to move app to sd card when it is not possible?

texts:
Tap Application Manager. Select an app you want to move to the microSD card. If you don't see a Move to SD Card button, the app cannot be moved.

How to move these types of apps to sd card?


texts: What are the hurdles that prevent upgradability?

texts:
Terrible title, so I'll elaborate, and if you have a better title go ahead.

Currently many people I know are stuck on older and vulnerable versions of Android for one of many reasons.  Let's assume for a certain population of less savvy users, the steps necessary to move to an open source Android version to overcome these hurdles is outside of their comfort zone.

I'm lost on what canonical advice I should give them for making intelligent decisions about phone choice in the future, such that they avoid such a situation.

For one, the focus of this question:

What factors lead to situations where a user will at some point no longer be able to upgrade Android on there phone?

I understand superficially some factors.  For example, the device manufacturer(or sometimes phone carrier) may have forked stock Android, and therefore they must integrate new versions of Android into their code base, test, and then push to their users.  This often leads to older phones, even those as new as a year, to be essentially abandoned where the manufacturer(or phone carrier) stops doing the work to release updates.

So factor 1: Manufacturer customized android.

Are there other factors?

I speculate that even if your phone comes with stock Android, there could be hardware incompatibilities with future versions?  Is it possible the manufacturer's hardware may have an issue with a future stock Android version.  Perhaps this is why manufacturer often have customized versions of Android, so they can control the pushing of updates only after they've been validated against there hardware.

I would hope however, that there are reference standards for the hardware such that the core stock Android is able to make assumptions that ensure upgradability.

I think I may be using the term "stock" incorrectly though.  I think if you are not pedantic, it is clear what I mean from the context.  Any suggested edits are welcome.


texts: How to identify which app is reading from my disk

texts:
Except for disabling one app at a time or all at once and then enable them all slowly again (The Elimination method) - How do I identify what app is reading my disk ?

it happens periodically and therefore very hard to debug.

What happens is that the phone slows down to an almost unusable state and when opening "System Monitor" (3rd party app) i see that the Disk is reading at 90MB/s. But i cant see WHAT APP is reading !

I've looked everywhere for monitor apps but haven't been able to find anything useful. None of the monitor apps i've found shows the CPU / IO usage of other apps, seems like Android 7.0 is limited in this aspect.

My phone (Sony Z5 Compact, Android 7.0) is NOT rooted !


texts: Is there a way to recover a deleted SMS?

texts: I deleted an entire SMS thread by mistake from my HTC Wildfire. Is there any way I can retrieve that thread ?


texts: How do I automatically back up my photos from my phone to Google?

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Last time I checked, many months ago, or a year maybe, whenever I took a photo with my Android phone, it would back up to Google Plus. Although I didn't want my pictures to be shared on G+, I did like that every photo was being automatically uploaded in case something happened to my phone.

Within the last week, I had to reformat my phone. Unfortunately, it was only after that I discovered that Google has made some changes. There is now a separate Google Photos service, separate from Google Plus. It seems now that my Google account has not been automatically uploading my photos. So, everything that was on my phone is now gone. Which sucks.

I tried to see if there was an option with the new Google Photos or Google Drive or somehow to make it so my phone automatically uploads pictures I take for backup, but I can't find any such setting.

Is it possible to automatically backup photos with my Google account?

Note just in case someone suggests it, I'd like to not use Dropbox for a variety of reasons that aren't worth going into here. So, please, only suggestions that utilize my Google account if possible. Thanks.


texts: How to use the power provided by USB OTG?

texts:
I know that USB OTG supplies at least 5V of power.
I am trying to run a small LED or other types of loads through the USB OTG, but I was out of luck! How to enable the power supply through the USB OTG ?
Note : My phone supports USB OTG and the test LED works well even with less than 5V power.


texts: Can't "Wipe data/Factory reset" due to broken power button

texts:
Alright, so a little background:
lately my Epic 4G touch has been acting up (restarting when it feels like it, power button won't work, going from 100% power to 20%, etc) and I decided to take appropriate action. I first purchased a new battery (as my previous one was "bloated" and had water damage) hoping that would fix my problems. Unfortunately it only reduced how often the problems occurred. My next course of action is to do a factory reset on my phone (it's rooted running CM 10) and get a new one from Sprint (I have insurance) which I did following this tutorial. Everything went well - as far as I can tell - but I am experience a boot loop as mentioned in the video. The remedy is to wipe the /data partition, which is where I'm stuck.

The problem:
As mentioned, my power button is broken, but in a very odd way. I can use my power button to get into Recovery Mode, but after that it almost never works (and if it does it's as if I'm holding the power button and my phone restarts after about 5 seconds). So due to this I can't select "Wipe data/factory reset" from Recovery Mode. I tried using adb to wipe my data partition, but since my phone is no longer rooted I get "Permission denied" and any attempt to use root or su (obviously) fail. I'm not sure what my options are at this point, is there anyway I can wipe the /data partition without root or a power button?


texts: How to use or uninstall a hidden app in Android?

texts:
This question is about a Nexus 4 bought in the United States and used in India.

Backstory: A friend from US gifted the phone to me. When I first switched the phone on, it had the app google earth. After configuring the phone with accounts and installing apps, the google earth application disappeared from the apps shown in the App Drawer. I initially presumed that the app may have been uninstalled after learning that Google Earth app is not available for the country India.

Few days later, I installed AppBrain, a third party app market app on the phone. AppBrain lists all the apps I have on the phone and even shows Google Earth. From the AppBrain app, attempting to open the Google Earth app gives the message "This app is not executable"; attempting to uninstall the app gives the message "Uninstall unsuccessful".

Questions:

How do I use this hidden app (or how do I unhide the app) on my phone now that I know its present and installed?
If I wanted to uninstall it, how would I be able to do it?


texts: Can't transfer files to galaxy S3 from laptop?Kies not getting Installed in lap?

texts:
I am having a galaxy S3, I can't connect it to my laptop.When I connect it with USB it's not getting mounted and so unable to transfer any files.

In my laptop Samsung kies is not installed, hope it may be the problem but in my laptop kies is not getting installed its showing "no internet connected!!" even if  am connected to WiFi. Am totally stuck and frustrated, please can anyone help.Its so painful to carry such a phone without file transfer :-(.


texts: Use USB as network access for an Android device (reverse tethering)?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to set up reverse tethering over USB?

Note I'm not talking about getting my PC network access through my Android device, I'm talking the opposite.

I sit in a dead spot at work and I'd like for my Android phone to be able to access a network over its USB connection with my PC. Does such a thing exist?


texts:
Honestly, I haven't installed and checked all irc clients for Android, nevertheless I wasn't able to google any.

Does it exist?

If yes, mention it, please :)


texts: Flashing Custom Recovery (TWRP): Are there risks involved beside the usual?

texts:
I am looking to flash twrp on my device. Are there any risks involved in it, beside the bricking,etc.

I understand that the bootloader will be unlocked, but is this any risk of something such as a privacy issue?

Twrp is supported on my device which is a Samsung Galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition smp605.


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I recently made an Android Application for a company and today they ordered 10 tablets (Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 3G GT-P5100) with my application. I created a Gmail Account for each Tablet and updated the software and I bought the first copy of my app with a credit card (it was succesfull and everything went perfect). When I tried to buy another copy of my app with the second Tablet I get this error:

I tested all my 8 Tablets, used another Credit Card, another internet connection (3G) but I wasn't able to buy my own application! I even tried to buy Fruit Ninja and I still get the same error.

The error is in dutch, this is the translated version:

  A technical problem occurs.

  We can not complete the purchase process because of a technical
  problem.

  Details of the problem:

  We cannot process this request. Any charges will automaticly be
  canceled in 24 hours. Try it again in 24 hours

I am very confused, I recently bought a few apps for my own. I think it's because I used the same credit card for multiple Google Checkout Accounts but I don't think that's the only problem (I tried another credit card). I even called my Credit Card company and they said Google didn't even charged me when the transaction failed so the problem cannot be my Credit Card.


texts: Creating a line break using Gboard on Signal and other apps

texts:
I want to be able to create a line break while using Gboard on Google Pixel 3X.  This will allow me to start a new paragraph while using Signal or another app.
Any ideas here?


texts: Possible to create offline (local/non-synced) contacts in Android Oreo 8.1?

texts:
In Android Oreo 8.1 (on a Motorola device), is it possible to create offline (aka "local" or "non-synced") contacts?

This was fairly easy on previous Android versions, but I'm not seeing a way to do it on Android Oreo 8.1.

On Oreo 8.1, everything seems to get synced to an account.


texts: Change file (pictures, videos) timestamp from filename

texts:
When moving files around tru different dirs and across PC / smartphone, timestamp for last modified date usually get reset to the very datetime of move / copy operation. This lead to files being non-chronologically sorted in some apps (Gallery), quite annoying especially for Images and Videos.

Usually these kind of files follows the naming convention of IMG_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg for Images and VID_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.mp4 for Videos.
So I thought about combining touch and extracting character from filenames, the timestamp being in effect part of the filename itself.

I found this script at Ephestione's HQ
for i in IMG*.jpg; do busybox touch -t ${i:4:8}${i:13:4}.${i:17:2} $i; done
but works in terminal only. I tried to make a script out of it but it doesn't work (see below)

#!/system/bin/sh
#change timestamp for images filename IMG_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.jpg
for i in IMG_*.jpg
do
    touch -t ${i:4:8}${i:13:4}.${i:17:2} $i
done

#change timestamp for whatsapp images IMG-YYYYMMDD-WAnnnn.jpg
for i in IMG-*WA*.jpg
do
    touch -t ${i:4:8}1234 $i
done

#change timestamp for videos filename VID_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.mp4
for i in VID_*.jpg
do
    touch -t ${i:4:8}${i:13:4}.${i:17:2} $i
done

#change timestamp for whatsapp videos IMG-YYYYMMDD-WAnnnn.mp4
for i in VID-*WA*.mp4
do
    touch -t ${i:4:8}1234 $i
done

Ideally I'd like to put a script like this in the top level DCIM or Pictures directory and have it process all the Images and Videos in the subdirs. Of course I'm rooted.


texts: Can't flash ClockwordMod onto Verizon GS4

texts:
I just got a warrentied Galaxy S4 (running VRUEMK2) and am trying to install ClockwordMod and CyanogenMod onto it like I had on my previous GS4. I rooted it, installed ROM Manager, and flashed ClockWorkMod Touch 6.0.4.4, and ROM Manager shows that it is in fact installed (top of the app shows current recovery as ClockworkMod 6.0.4.4). Problem is, when I reboot into recovery, I still see the stock Samsung boot loader. I think this is the root cause that is preventing me from being able to install CyanogenMod.

Tried installing it manually as well through here, but didn't do anything.

Any ideas? I've scoured most threads on multiple message boards and still haven't figured out what the issue is.


texts: How to trigger task when Play/Pause button is pressed on Podcast Addict widget or notification?

texts:
I would like to trigger a task when the Play/Pause button is pressed on the Podcast Addict widget or notification on lock screen.

I've tried using Receive Intent but that's not working (possibly because the intent itself isn't broadcast).


texts:
Is it possible for me to downgrade to kitkat... If it is can someone please tell me how. I am on a Lg G Flex 2, currently running on Lolipop 5.1.1..il leave further specs below.

Specs:

Lolipop: 5.1.1
Kernel: 3.10.49
Build: LMY47S
Software Version: V15c- TWN-XX
Model Number: LG-H959
Hardware Version: Rev.1.0


texts: Blank screen while installing Software Update -- htc one x

texts:
I was on 4.0.4. I saw a software update notification, and I clicked it. The update was about 35mb. It downloaded successfully. But when I selected to install it, it first took more than 30 minutes. Now, there is nothing, just a black screen. Not sure even if the phone is ON or OFF.

P.S. While doing all this, my battery was very low. So, I had the phone connected with my laptop to give it power. Now I can see only the black screen (as if phone is switched off) and the orange light near the speaker is blinking that usually blinks to indicate charging.


texts: How can I root the Posh Mobile Orion Pro x500A?

texts:
I recently bought a Posh Mobile Orion Pro (x500A running 4.4.2) as a new phone. It has good bones and I've been looking for methods of rooting to remove bloatware and to optimize some of the performance (battery and internal storage partition, in particular).

I've looked and looked but I can't seem to find a specific rooting method for this phone. One Click Root says there's no root available for this phone, but I don't know if that means it can't be rooted at all, or if there's no specific method for this particular device.

I'm interested in CWM or Cyanogenmod. Any help or pointers would be appreciated.


texts: Network disconnecting after returning from flight mode

texts:
Device: LG G4 with android 6.0

When I turn flight mode off, after a few seconds I get reconnected to my mobile carrier network. After a another few seconds though, the network disappears (showing 'searching for network' icon in notification bar) and I have to wait for a minute or so in order to be able to make a phone call or something.

The phone came with android 5.1.0 and I think this started happening after the first OS update (to 5.1.1 if I can remember correctly).

Why is this happening? Is there any way to fix it?


texts: My Samsung Galaxy Apollo only recognises voice instructions to dial about once in eight attempts.  Is this typical ?  Can it be improved ?


texts: Preventing device from accessing open WiFi networks

texts: How can I prevent my son from accessing open WiFi networks that do not require a passcode? I have my router restricted for adult content and I have my mobile provider set to restrict porn sites. But open WiFi networks are everywhere, and there is no way to prevent him from accessing these sites on other networks.  Does anybody have any suggestions?


texts:
I have a Stratosphere that I rooted a while back, but ever since, it has not been able to perform a system update. It would restart and everything, but then the update notification would still be there.

I tried unrooting it, which at least got rid of the warning symbol when it boots, but it's still stuck on 2.3.5. (Although the update notification has disappeared).

I checked if it was still rooted, and ConnectBot still lets be do su, so it looks like the unroot didn't work.

Why can't I unroot?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How to root the new version of the ONE X

How to root HTC ONE X from AT&T?

What exactly does rooting a phone mean?

What is the boot loader?

Is installing boot loader and rooting the same thing?


texts: I've occasionally used Stylish to improve usability of websites on the PC. Is there an equivalent for Android - either plugin to FireFox, the default browser (mine is a Galaxy Note), or other. Basically, there are some sites that don't have mobile-specific stylesheets that I'd love to improve with a bit of CSS...


texts: What can I do to slow down battery degradation of portable power bank for my Android phone?

texts:
I just got Inland USB-A 5,200mAh Power Bank w/ LED Indicators for my android phone. It has a one-year warrantee, which  seems to tell that its battery might degrade significantly after one year of uses.
The power bank came fully charged. I don't have  a plan of using it sometime soon, except for something unexpectedly, and will just set it aside for weeks or even months. I was wondering how to slow down battery degradation as much as possible?
For example:

In what percentage of charge shall I leave it, when I set it aside? Emptily, fully charged, or somewhere between?

Does its battery degradation depend on how many times it has been  discharged and then charged, and how often it has been ?


texts: How can I find out which devices allow installations of up to date custom ROMs easily?

texts: When I purchase an Android phone, I prefer to install a custom ROM on it, instead of using the manufacturer's version of Android. Is there a way for me to quickly figure out if a given phone supports custom ROMs or not? Ideally I want a way to list down every phone that supports custom ROMs by date and price, so that I could quickly figure out which are the latest/cheapest phones that fulfill my requirements.


texts: (ROOTED PHONE) Using WiFi and LTE Simultaneously

texts:
I have a rooted Google Pixel 4a and an IoT device which I connect to over WiFi. This WiFi network does not have internet connectivity and simply serves as a way to control the IoT device. I have a termux process (it is run within an Ubuntu chroot jail) with which I want to be able to get information from the IoT device (over WiFi) and then POST it to a server (over LTE). I have tried so hard to get this to work. I'm fairly sure this should be possible with root access but I've exhausted my options at this point. Here's what I've tried:

Connecting to WiFi normally. Doesn't work because even though Android knows the WiFi has no connectivity, it still attempts to connect through it. To be clear, I have mobile data always on and I'm able to ping through LTE interfaces while connected to my IoT WiFi. It baffles me why Android doesn't direct traffic to LTE for non local IPs when it knows WiFi is down. This functionality should come out of the box in my opinion.

Changing the routing tables. This doesn't work since the LTE interface being used tends to change names at seemingly random times so the entries must be kept up to date. I can't seem to bind processes to interfaces from the command line either (but you can from the ConnectivityManager), as far as I'm aware. This is the disadvantage of circumventing the system commands for these things and directly modifying them. I am not notified of any changes or any other things going on and stuff simply stops working.

Assigning my IoT network a static IP with no gateway. This works on Apple phones but not on Android. It still attempts to access the network through the WiFi even with a 0.0.0.0 gateway.

Bypassing the GUI WiFi connection system to try to connect to WiFi from the terminal. This involves turning WiFi off, then using iwconfig to link it to the right network so Android still thinks it's in LTE only mode. Doesn't work because wlan0 interface doesn't permit this action on Android, even with sudo (couldn't figure out how to give myself permission to do so).

[PENDING] I'm trying to see if I can build a wrapper app that runs this process from inside it. Then, using the ConnectivityManager, I can bind the process to use the LTE interface. Then, I run a second process which is piped into the first which handles all communication with the IoT device, and I bind it to use WiFi. I'm not sure whether this strategy works but it seems very hacky. Also, I'd prefer a more elegant solution.

Looking at the Android source to find out how ConnectivityManager's bind process to network interface works and if there is an equivalent instruction for the command line. I have not found anything yet.

If any of you has insight on new strategies or has suggestions on how to fix my approaches to any of the above, let me know! Thanks in advance for your help!


texts:
I have a problem, I have a phone with Famoc & KNOX enterprise security applications. I was able to root the device with Odin, I've installed twrp-2.8.7.0 & SuperSu.

I've removed this Famoc application, but it seems there's still something wrong, since it can't connect to the Internet at least using UI interface.

I've connected the device to the ADB Android debugging console via USB cable, I can execute commands as an admin (using SU privilege), I can ping whatever server I want and it seems the Internet connection works fine using shell, but when I try to connect to the Internet with Chrome (or anything else) on the phone itself - it doesn't work.

Now my question is, what else can block an Internet access from the phone itself, how to check it (any apps?) or how to enable it? I need some pointers. Thank you :)


texts: Will Google play store auto update in future if I install latest store APK manually for now?

texts:
I'm desperately waiting for play store to update to 4.9.13, now it's been three weeks since update release and I'm losing control now. I want to ask that for now if I update play store manually with the latest APK from android police website, will I receive next update as an OTA or will I have to update it manually? And will there be any problem if I install play store update manually with APK?

Thanks in advance!


texts: My phone's wifi does not connect any router (doesn't turn off)

texts:
Samsung J7 2015 - Android 6.0.1
When I turn on the wifi, select a SSID to connect: The "connecting..." flag appears and disappears instantly, the "connecting..." shows again and disappears... infinetely.
The wifi keeps on, but it does not connect.
I can choose any wifi that I know the pass but I get the same end.
I wiped the phone. But it remains the same.
The only difference is that after the "connecting..." flag disappears nothing happened.
The wifi still keeps on, but it does not connect.


texts: ES File Explorer suddenly not able to view root?

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My tablet is rooted, and all the "root" features on ES File Explorer are on. It's just that for some reason, after I do a search, the root files suddenly (and mysteriously) fail to show up, and then I have to disable the "root" features on ES File Explorer and re-enable them in order to see the root files again. And then it repeats itself.

I'm using a Lenovo ThinkPad tablet. Has anyone else seen this happen, or know what I could do?


texts: How can I keep track of all types of contact interactions in one place?

texts: I'd like to record the interactions with different companies (e.g., the cable company) and document my interaction with them by recording the phone calls, uploading photos/pdfs of paperwork and set reminders...  Is this functionality possible in Android, and if so, how would I accomplish it?


texts: In Ubuntu Desktop my Arduino Uno shows up as /dev/ttyACM0 .... where is it in android?

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When I connect an Arduino Uno via USB to my Linux Ubuntu Desktop 14.04, the arduino shows up as /dev/ttyACM0 .... When I connect it via usb to an android phone the device is powered and recognized in Android apps, but I can't seem to find it when i look in a terminal emulator at the /dev folder. When I browse android's directory structure using terminal, where can I find the analogous device?

Further elaboration:
On the desktop I can access the USB arduino device with no trouble, using

screen /dev/ttyACM0

or I can even pipe characters to it directly such as:

echo -n w > /dev/ttyACM0

On the android device, there are no tty* devices in that folder at all.

Someone I know recommended I install a full linux distro on top of android, GNUroot Debian, and maybe it would be there. I did this on both an LG Nexus 5 with android 6.0 as well as a Moto Droid 4 with Android 4.1.2, in hopes that those familiar devices /dev/ttyACM would show up, but they didn't.

Is there any similiar thing to /dev/ttyACM0 in android?

Thank you!

android-controlled-robot


texts: XT1064 - 5.0.1 - Rooted - Issues with writing to /sdcard

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I just rooted my Moto G 2014 XT1064 running 5.0.1.

I used this article to do the root process: http://maktechblog.com/how-to-unlock-the-bootloader-and-root-the-motorola-moto-g-2nd-gen/#Root Which evolved unlocking the bootloader (which caused data to be erased, of course), installing TWRP, then copying SuperSU.zip over adb, then going back to TWRP recovery and installing SuperSU through TWRP.

Since then, /sdcard seems to be acting like its mounted as read only. I cannot seem to get anything written to it. I've tried to adb push files to /sdcard, but I keep getting the same "Permission denied" error. Taking screenshots don't work either, I get a "Couldn't capture screenshot" error. And I've also noticed the Twitter app is unable to display profile pictures nor pictures inside of tweets.

I've tried numerous things, but I'm stumped.

I've tried to see if its mounted as read only. Via adb shell, and su to get root, and mount to view the mounted file systems. Everything dealing with /sdcard, /storage/emulated/legacy, and /data/media are all mounted as rw (Read & Write, of course).

Remounting them doesn't produce any errors, but has no effect.

The file system for /sdcard seems to be just fine, as I can adb shell in, and use  ls /sdcard/, from either regular shell or root. And via TWRP, it was able to successfully save a recovery.log to the /sdcard/ file system, indicating nothing should be preventing things from being written to the file system.

I am also unable to copy files to it via Windows, it tells me "Cannot copy [file name] ... The device has either stopped responding or has been disconnected", and OS X still doesn't seem to recognize it at all despite installing drivers from Motorola, which has happened before I rooted it.

What I found particularly weird is that I can download and install apps still. I installed a root checker app just after rooting it, and it worked, and I wanted to screenshot it, and then I noticed the issues happening.

And I've even tried a free app from Google Play which uses SuperUser permissions and attempts to fix the sdcard file system and make it mount right. Still, I am unable to write anything to it.

I've also tried to see if restarting adbd as root via the 'adb root' command would work, only to be disappointed because it doesn't work on production phones, despite my phone already being rooted.

I'm pretty new to android in general, including rooting, but I've definitely gotten a good feel for how it works, when I installed 5.0.1 onto it a few days ago (It came with 4.4.4 and didn't have an OTA update yet). But now I'm really confused about why this happened after I rooted, and after a bunch of googling to find nothing helpful, I have to ask here.

Any suggestions?

Edit: Just to be clear, Settings also reports I have 2.4 GB available space, and the file I am trying to copy over is far less than that.