texts: Where is the baseband firmware stored and how does Android interact with it?

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My searches on the web didn't provide suitable answers to these questions:

1) Where is the baseband firmware stored?

My understanding is that this particular firmware is a RTOS built for the Baseband Processor (BP/CP). BP is part of a SoC, so it uses its own RAM and its own storage for the firmware.

Is the firmware really stored in another eMMC than the Android firmware ?

2) How does Android interact with the baseband firmware?

Again, my understanding (which may be incorrect) is that the BP communicates directly with the AP via a serial connection UART trough Radio Interface Layer (RIL). This RIL interact with Android telephony services.

When does the baseband firmware take action ?

3) When the modem/baseband/radio partition is used  ?

It seems to me that it only contains the firmware.

One thing I've found is that this partition isn't mounted during Android runtime. Is it only mounted for modem firmware update ?


texts: boot loop after flashing partitions from stock firmware

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I have Arch linux installed and have installed android-tools(so fastboot and adb commands are available).

Because I had a problem with kingroot I needed to flash the phone to stock.

I had stock firmware downloaded and extracted it to see the sin files inside it.

I flashed partitions using these commands :

fastboot flash system system.sin
fastboot flash userdata userdata.sin
fastboot flash cache cache.sin
fastboot reboot

Now the first two succeeded but the third one failed saying partition not found(guess I don't have cache partition for some reason).

After that I got stuck in a boot loop.

Normally sony Xperia P boots with Sony word and then to Xperia word(which blinks) and then to android but it's stuck in the Sony word.

I tried powering off the phone and flashing the boot partition using this command :

fastboot flash boot kernel.sin

rebooted, the same problem.

I tried to flash FOTAKernel but I don't seem to have this partition.

I tried also fastboot reboot-bootloader and then reboot but the same.

I've read the boot-loop wiki, both Safe mode and recovery mode are unreachable.

I would try to flash the other .sin files But I don't know to what partition they belong and google didn't help me to get this information :3 .

So what to do ?

Update

I forgot to mention that I tried to flash .ftf file using FlashTool 0.9.19.10, this tool didn't work, I click the lightning bolt, I chose the Flash mode, I choose the .ftf file(after putting it in ~/.flashtool/firmwares), after clicking ok it tells me to plug my device in fastboot mode.

I click Volumne Up while plugging the device and I see the blue(somewhat purple) Led light on.

I wait and wait and even when Flashtool said "Device connected in fastboot mode" it doesn't do anything but telling me to plug my device :3 .

Device

Sony xperia P runing android 4.0.4, bootloader is unlocked but the phone is not rooted nor has custom recovery(so no CWM or TWRP here).


texts: Make an app behave as if it is on kitkat

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I have an app that worked well on my i9100 (Samsung Galaxy S2) with a custom Kitkat rom. Now, I have installed CM12 (Lollipop) and this app isn't working as it should have.

It shows a login screen, clicking "sign in" on which it throws an error (invalid login. server not responding. Please try again later). This didn't show up when the phone was on Kitkat.

Is there a way whereby I can tell the app that it is running on kitkat or run an app in compatible mode(?)


texts: Opening text file from Android SD in Windows

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I'm having some trouble recovering text files from an old broken cell phone from 2013.

How can such files be opened from an Android Micro SD in Windows?

Those files have an unidentified format, being marked simply as "File" in the Windows Explorer Properties dialog box.

When opened with NotePad, text files in Android SD's are mapped to incomprehensible strings of characters.


texts: What is this pop-in from the bottom of Chrome for Android?

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I'm suffering from a pop-in, coming in from the bottom of the screen, in Chrome for Android.

It seems to be doing a Google search with whatever text I may have tapped. There's no button to close, and it's much more of a nuisance than a help.
What is it, and how do I turn it off?


texts: How to get adb logcat to filter ONLY by specific app (package name)

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Would like to know how can I get the adb logcat of ONLY certain app, and all its errors and messages associated.
I've tried before with adb logcat -c; adb logcat | grep com.fitbit.FitbitMobile, but the thing is, it forces a grep on EVERY line, and sometimes there's a crash that involves multiline where needed information gets omitted.
I've tried the command on page Displaying and filtering with Logcat, however doesn't work. It just gets everything:
adb logcat -c && adb logcat com.fitbit.FitbitMobile:V

I've tried also the filtering option on Android Developers Documentation, but just mutes everything:
adb logcat com.fitbit.FitbitMobile:D *:S

Others commands that get the pid are not useful if the app is not running when I run logcat, and crashes immediately and is relaunched with a different pid.
Any ideas about the proper format?


texts: How can I check that my Samsung phone is original and hasn't been modified?

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How can I check that the mobile device that I am using has not been altered after leaving the factory?

By this I mean no changes whatsoever have been made to the device. Whether it's the whole OS (firmware)or just a single malicious app installed on system partition.

Is there some way I can check the md5 or sha256sum of the device? And if the firmware for my phone is available on the internet I could compare. Would this work? How could I do this on ubuntu?

Or is there some other way?


texts: Are there browsers that automate download time?

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Are there any browsers that automate downloading time? For example I want to download a huge file during a certain time that I would be unavailable with my device but I'd like the file being downloaded at that exact time. Are there any android browsers that support this kind of feature?
If there aren't what are the ways that I can achieve this?


texts: Unable to move apps to SD card after Gingerbread upgrade

texts: I upgraded my HTC Desire to Gingerbread via the official update yesterday. It wipes all settings, so I've been working through re-installing all the apps that I previously had on the phone. They all install fine and some move to the SD card fine too, but some just say "unable to move to SD card" when I select them. I suspect it's because they were on the SD card before and it's getting an error when trying to overwrite the existing files/directory. Where do these get stored and how can I work around this?


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On my Blackview Crown with Android 4.4.2 my position is only ever available when I am logged in to a WiFi network. Using google maps outside works in general, but unless there is a working WiFi connection it just stays where it last had one or does not seem to find my position at all.

I've tried all three possible GPS settings (phone only, with mobile Internet, and with WiFi and mobile Internet) and they don't make a difference when outside. Connected to a network only the one using WiFi works, and does so instantly. It is not enough to have it turned on, I actually have to be connected.

The phone is a bit less than a year old and used mostly as an MP3 player, for playing free games, and, well, as a phone. I don't know a lot about Android and GPS in general and I'm running out of ideas.


texts: Galaxy S3 keeps switching wifi settings to use a manual proxy

texts: I get no internet connection message.  I go to wifi settings, and something has changed it to use a manual proxy setting.  I don't have a proxy server.  it's a home network.  I switch it to no proxy, save, and all is good for about a minute, maybe less.  I look at network settings, and boom, it's using a manual proxy again.  How do I stop this?


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I'm now trying to backup my Android wear. I got the drivers from the official LG website, but nothing appears when I plug it in. Driver manager reports no errors, so i guess it didnt detect the watch. Usb 2.0. Can someone help me on what to do? Thanks.
Technical setup: Usb 2.0 (my connection) Windows 10, using charging dock.


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So I believe the Android keyboard shortcuts vary among version, but what are the stock android shortcuts?

I have not found a complete list anywhere.

I think this should be a community wiki.


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Can an app installed from Play Store being dropped support due to changing requirement in Android version?

If a very low percentage of app users still uses a very old Android version, and the developer decides to drop support for this old version, does the Play Store offer an option to refund the payment?


texts: How to change facebook profile avatar and cover photo from Android app?

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I cannot change my avatar and cover photo from within the Facebook app. I can do that using a browser.

Any idea?


texts: Disabling data limit notifications for disabled SIM?

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I have a Motorola G (2nd gen) with dual SIM. Only one SIM at a time can be used for mobile data. I have limited free data on both SIMs. When the first SIM reaches this limit, I switch mobile data over to the second SIM. Everything works as expected, except that the notification about the data limit being reached on the first SIM does not disappear.

How do I disable data limit notifications for the SIM where mobile data is disabled?

I can work around the problem by temporarily setting the limit too high for the disabled SIM and resetting them to the correct amount when I next activate it, but this is inconvenient. It is counterintuitive for a disable SIM to show data notifications.


texts: Contacts Sync problems: phone contacts not syncing to Google

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I had some problems syncing my GMail contacts onto my phone, so I:

did "Clear Data" for the Contacts app
re-imported all my Google contacts from a CSV file into the "Google" account on the phone.

It managed to sync contacts with GMail after that.

But new contacts that I've added to the phone since haven't synced to GMail — although contacts from GMail will sync to the phone. (And if I delete them on the phone, they don't get deleted on GMail.) I'm also getting "Sync is currently experiencing problems" messages.

The question is: How can I make it sync again?

And if I can't, how can I avoid deleting the newly-added contacts or creating duplicates?

(I'm using an HTC Desire Z with HTC Sense.)


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I'm try to remove bloatware on my old xperia, but then this is happening

shell@android:/ $ pm uninstall -k --users 0 com.google.android.apps.books
Error: Unknown option: --users

and then I try this, but same result

shell@android:/ $ pm uninstall -k 0 com.google.android.apps.books

Failure


texts: How to import contacts from galaxy s3 to nexus 5?

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How do you import contacts from a Galaxy S3 to a Nexus 5?
They're both Android devices, so is it a simple process?
Do I need to save them to a SIM card?


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I'm using Tasker, and maybe I'm just trying too hard, but I can't seem to set up multiple conditions in the way that I want to. Here's what I'm trying to do:

From M - F (8AM - 5PM), set the phone to silent mode... which is pretty easy. After 5PM rolls around though, I want to kick on the GPS/Network location listener.

If I have left the office, then I want to go ahead and switch off the silent profile, and back to normal. If I haven't yet left the office, I'd like the task to sleep for 15 minutes, and then try again (sometimes I work late).

It's the combination of these two separate tasks that I cannot seem to make work together. Can anyone help me out here?


texts: Why my DCIM folder is empty seen in the computer but not empty in the phone

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I am using HuaWeiNova device, and I tried to access it with aft-mtp-cli.
$ aft-mtp-cli
$ ls DCIM/

I got folders listed here:
|-photos
|-Camera
....

When I tried to list or download my photos in the Camera/ folder, I got nothing. Only the empty folders are listed and the folders that contains files are not shown at all. I am quite sure my photos are stored in the Camera folder in my cell phone. How come I could not access my photos with my computer ?


texts: Wi-Fi turned off but battery usage shows shows huge drain from it

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I have a problem with my Galaxy S3 4G. It's currently all stock and running Android 4.4.4.

It seems the Wi-Fi will not turn off i.e. I can turn it "off" in the settings or notification bar, and this will stop Wi-Fi from being connected and device uses my mobile data instead, however in the battery menu the Wi-Fi is still being shown as on, even when it's turned off.

As you can see in the attached image, it's draining my battery really fast, and will only turn off when the device is in flight mode. I've checked and cannot see any rogue apps causing this, but after searching online and checking all option menus I seem unable to fix this problem.

Is there any way to stop this, save for a factory reset? Is this a KitKat wide problem, or just on my phone?

(Click image to enlarge)


texts: Is it safe to uninstall Google Play Services App?

texts: I am using Andriod 2.3.6 Gingerbread for the last 3 years. For the last 2 months the "Google Play Services" app is taking too much memory, Now I want to uninstall it. Is it safe to do so? Does it affect other apps and/or the phone's basic functionality?


texts: WhatsApp and Messenger not working on Auxus BEAST running Lollipop

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I just bought iBerry Auxus BEAST smartphone and I'm facing lots of issues with Lollipop. Apps like WhatsApp, Facebook is not working fine & it crashes rapidly. I could install the apps without any issues, but I cannot use them. Is there any solution to fix this issue?

--Support Info--
 Debug info: +919847081948
 Description: 2.12.5
 Version: 2.12.5
 Exp: 2016-04-22 22:26:45.000+0530
 LC: US
 LG: en
 Context: settings/about
 Carrier: IDEA
 Manufacturer: AUXUS
 Model: AUXUS_BEAST
 OS: 5.0
 Socket Conn: UP
 Radio MCC-MNC: 404-19
 SIM MCC-MNC: 404-19
 CCode: 91 9847081948
 Target: release
 Distribution: play
 Product: AUXUS
 Device: c211_jbl_a128_5m_hd_auxus
 Build: c211_jbl_a128_5m_hd_auxus_20150410
 Kernel: 3.10.61 #6 SMP PREEMPT Thu Apr 16 16:10:15 CST 2015
 Connection: M.O.B.I.L.E. (H.S.P.A.)
 Device ISO8601: 2015-04-26 12:08:23.698+0530
 Phone Type: G.S.M.
 Network Type: H.S.P.A.
 Diagnostic Codes: FE-VC


texts: Persistent download icon in Prestigio (4040 DUO multiphone) pull down menu - even with download over days ago. How to remove it?

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In the pull down menu of my Prestigio 4040 DUO multiphone, there is this persistent DOWNLOAD icon, it's just stuck there even though download was completed days ago. It came when I was doing some app DOWNLOADS and has refused to go away even after downloads were long over.

On the top icon row of the phone, the animated download icon also shows, has been showing for days, even with no downloads.

Rebooting does not get rid of the icons. And if you press on it nothing happens. Does anyone know how to get rid of this?

Thank you for your help.


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Why is my GS3 automatically answering incoming calls. I am not using a headset/bluetooth.
The phone can be in an entirely different room when a call is automatically answered.


texts: Can I connect an Android phone to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse?

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Is it possible to somehow connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse to an Android phone and then use it as a lightweight computer (netbook-like)? If it is, what Android version / phone type support it, and how can it be done?

I know that 2 years ago, the guys behind REDFLY presented a proof of concept working with their terminal; but I've heard nothing else about it and a lot has changed with Android over the past 2 years.


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My android tablet, a zoom, has started to download apk's at random without any initiation on my part. I have the don't allow foreign apk's to be installed thing checked so they can't get on to the tablet. Has anyone else caught this? I don't see anything else on the internet about it and I have done a search with Avast to no avail at finding anything.

I suppose that the easiest way to remove it is factory reset. If I do that does google remember all my apps and download them instantly?

Anyway any I'm grateful for any information.


texts: Can I uninstall preinstalled apps and reinstall them from Play store for enhanced security?

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I'm reading Android Hacker's Handbook, and it chapter 2 it says:

  Applications are typically broken into two categories: pre-installed and user-installed. Pre-installed applications include [..]. The packages for these apps reside in the
  /system/app directory. Some of these may have elevated privileges or capabilities, and therefore may be of particular interest. User-installed applications are
  those that the user has installed themselves, [..] .
  These apps, as well as updates to pre-installed apps, reside in the /data/app
  directory. [..] Android uses a special platform key to sign pre-installed app packages.
  Applications signed with this key are special in that they can have system user
  privileges.

So I'm thinking, is it safer to uninstall pre-installed apps using ADB for example, and then install them from Play store so they're stored under /data/app instead of /system/app and don't have system user privileges?


texts: Adb command(s) to get screen state and locked state

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Background:

I'm using automated tests on many different variants of devices (Samsung tablets and smartphones such as Galaxy A5, S8, S7 etc.) where the devices have different versions of Android (6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0 and 7.1.1) - all in varying combinations.

Some of my tests require locking the screen (turning it off) and then turning it on and PIN-ing in. I have not been able to find a (universal) adb-command to get the phones' state. Ideally, I would like one command to tell me in which of the following states the phone is in:

Screen turned off (Assumed locked as well)
Screen turned on, locked
Screen turned on, unlocked

My best solution so far is to use the following 2 (bash terminal) commands:

#1:
adb shell dumpsys display | grep "mScreenState"

#2:
adb shell service call trust 7

Command #1 tells me whether the screen is on, off or "dozed".

Command #2 tells me whether the phone is locked or unlocked.

Questions:

Is there a single adb command which can give me the information I need? Is this command compatible with the Android versions listed above?

On Android version 6.* command #2 always indicates that the phone is locked. What is the "Android 6.* compatible" alternative of command #2?  ----> By pure chance I found that "service call trust 6" works as expected on Android 6. devices!*

Note:

The resource I've found that most closely resembles my issue is the following SO question/response. However, not all of the devices have/use NFC so the following command (although compatible with most devices/versions) is not acceptable in my tests:

adb shell dumpsys nfc | grep 'mScreenState='

Since timing is an issue, the proposed solution (best answer in the link) is not acceptable either.


texts: Android phone keeps rebooting, how can I save my data?

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I hope this question fits this site, as in my opinion the problem is caused by Android.

My problem is that my phone froze all of the sudden while browsing settings, and ever since the first freeze it reboots all the time. It boots just fine, but after a short period it freezes then reboots again, in a loop.

I tried to leave my phone until the battery drains, then take it out for a day, but the issue is still present. I wiped the cache partition from recovery mode, the reboot is still occurs even in safe mode.

UPDATE: Safe mode seems to be working, at least I can browse my phone without it freezing. However it freezes in safe mode if I go to the "Application manager" in settings, thus I can't uninstall any applications.

I've read that a hard (factory) reset would probably solve the problem, however I have important information on my phone (contacts, messages, pictures) which I don't want to lose.

Since I assume that the hard reset would solve my problem, my question is, how can I save my data from the phone? Is there any utility that allows me to directly copy from the phone?

Phone: Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 (i8160)
Android version: 4.1.2
Kernel version:  3.0.31-1106830

The phone is not rooted or tinkered with in any way.

I know there are already similar question on this site, however they did not receive a working answer, and I feel like my situation might be a different issue.


texts: How to gain access to the SPI port on any Android phone

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I am a hardware developer and want to connect my hardware board by hacking into the SPI port of a form factor Android Phone.  My objective is to connect my board using jumper wires to a Smartphone to create a near form factor demo. (my board size is about 2" x 3")

My questions are as follows

Do any of you know an easy way to gain access to the SPI bus on any Android Phone?
Can these Android phones be re-flashed after making the required changes to the Kernel to support my board?


texts: Music start and stop automaticaly on my google pixel

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My pixel 5 automaticaly start and stop my music on YouTube music.
My YouTube and YouTube music apps are UP to date.
Should I send it back to Google ?
Thanks


texts: I was trying to make room on my cell which is a Huawei Ascend Y215 and I deleted Google Play Settings, Now my Google Play won't work. Please help!


texts: How do I remove the 'Slot 1: No SIM card detected' notification?

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I'm using my phone as more of a tablet computer and less of a phone (I'm not using cellular radio, only wifi Internet), so I didn't put a SIM card in it.

The issue is - the notification that I don't have a SIM card in my phone always shows up in the notification bar:

I am already running the phone in airplane mode and then enabled wifi, but the issue persists. I also tried force stopping the 'Phone' app and it does remove the notifications, but it comes back after phone restart.

How do I disable or hide these notifications permanently?

The phone is a Lenovo A536. Android version is KitKat 4.4.2.


texts: Rooted Motorola Moto G 2014 xt1068 OTA always loads up TWRP

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I've rooted my Motorola Moto G 2014, it`s using a standard ROM (I think).
Today I got a notification about the OTA update to lollipop so naively clicked it. It downloaded and then when it came to rebooting it turned off and booted into TWRP.
Every time I turn it off in TWRP then attempt to turn it back on again it gets to the unlock screen then powers off again and loads up TWRP...

How do I save my phone because its just repeating that process... is there any way to get it  not to go into TWRP and instead load whatever is meant to load to update the phone?


texts: "Last seen" on WhatsApp for same contacts on different phones is not shown

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I have 2 phones with 2 different WhatsApp accounts, not linked to each other at all.
Let's say I've got 3 contacts, contact X, contact Y, and contact Z on my WhatsApp profile "A" on phone "A", and the same 3 contacts on my WhatsApp profile "B" on phone "B".

I can see contact X "last seen" time and date on the WhatsApp profile "A" on phone "A", but at the same time not see contact X "last seen" time and date on the WhatsApp profile "B" on phone "B" of mine.
I can however see on WhatsApp profile "A" & "B" when contact X is online as both WhatsApp profiles "A" & "B" simultaneously indicate "online" when contact X is online.
For contacts Y & Z, I can see the "last seen" time and date as well as "online" simultaneously on WhatsApp profile "A" & "B" on phones "A" & "B".

Why would it be that I can see contact X's "last seen" time and date on WhatsApp profile "A" but not on WhatsApp profile "B" while I can see the "last seen" time and date of contacts Y & Z on both "A" & "B" WhatsApp profiles?
Other contacts which are also on both WhatsApp profiles of mine, I can see the "last seen" time and date on both WhatsApp profiles.


texts: How to install Android Package manually (without Google Play, adb install, or "Install" click)

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Backstory

Before we get into question, I will explain what happened in my android.

Earlier, I got random bug in my Android that causing my OS got "Half-restored factory settings."

By the means Half-restored, some of my basic configurations are reverted to default (wallpaper, Settings, LINE, Facebook, Browsers, even Google Accounts) while some apps are not reverted. I wonder why.

Then I found that all apps that I installed on SDCard are considered uninstalled by my Android, though the ASEC files are still there.

And when I looked up into /data/data/, all data are still there as well.

Then, I tried to manually mount .asec files (tutorial here) and successfully mount the .asec into /mnt/asec//. APK, data, library and configs are there as well, too.

But unfortunately, even after I mounted the asec manually, it still considered not installed yet by OS.

Question

So those events and conditions raise me questions:

Is there any command, or configuration/text that I can edit to make those mounted ASEC apps considered installed?
How to reinstall those apps without losing orphaned data? (because if I reinstall the app, the app will go to /data/app partition and the /data/data will be overwritten)

Thanks for reading, I'll look forward for the answer.

Additional Info

For additional info, I use ZTE N986 on 4.2.1 Android Jellybean OS (official stockrom), rooted (obviously) + Xposed.

This accident occurs whenever the android has battery collapsed (0% and turned off by itself), though it's not always (even rarely). It's just I experienced this bug numerous times and this always happens when I have 0% battery.


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Last week, I decided to flash a custom ROM to my 2 year old Desire HD. I used the hack kit (AAHK) and flashed Jellytime R30. Everything is great... except for the non-existent GPS.

After looking around, I've managed to tracked the issue down to an incompatible/outdated radio on my device. My current baseband version is 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M.

According to the ticket, people were able to make the GPS work by flashing a new radio version 12.69.60.29_26.17.14.11_M. To aid me in flashing a new radio, I read a lot and figured out that I would need to do the following steps:

Requirements: S-OFF

Download the radio file
Rename it to PD98IMG.zip (this is important!)
Move the file to your SD-card root (not in any folder)
Download MD5 Checksum Checker
Make sure that the MD5 provided with the download link matches with your downloaded file!
^ If not performed, you might risk bricking your device!
If they match, you are ready to go! Power off your device.
Hold the volume-down and powerbutton simultaneously
^ This will boot you into Fastboot/Bootloader
You should see a screen with options
Navigate to Bootloader (if not already in it) and press the powerbutton
Wait for the flashing process to begin (it does automatically!).
Reboot your phone and you are done!

So here are my questions:

Are the steps I've laid out above correct?
Will radio version 12.69.60.29_26.17.14.11_M work for my device? It's HTC Desire HD bought in the Philippines on May 2010. (According to the thread, this is from an Inspire device)
Will this radio work in the Philippines? (I've read that radios are "region" specific. If they are, where can I download a radio for our region?)
According to a user, "flash ENG S-OFF and your device was shipped with Gingerbread you will mess your bootloader and radio won't be the main concern then". I'm currently on S-OFF (via AAHK) and my device was shipped with Froyo (I think). Will this be a problem? (I don't understand what he is saying).

That's all. Thank you in advance.


texts: how to remove my synchronised data from my gmail account

texts: I want to remove all data in my Mail Account. I want to delete all contact, image ,whatup-data and any all think which is synchronized in my account. how to remove all information of my Email account any Help please.


texts: Repeating Outlook calendar appointment on Android 2.3 calendar

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I synchronize my Outlook 2010 calendar via an Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account with my Samsung Galaxy SII (Android 2.3.5).

It works pretty good, except for appointments with repetition. I created a monthly appointment in Outlook with invited participants and then I see it as several sequential appointments per month on the Android calendar (e.g., I set last working day of each month in Outlook and instead of 8/31 only, it results in 5 appointments from 8/27 to 8/31 on the Android. After having had that for the first time, I deleted the appointment and created a new one, but with the same result.

Has anyone experienced a similar behaviour and knows how to work around that problem?


texts: Should I unlock bootloader before changing from Cyanogen to Lineage OS

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My phone is YU Yureka (AO5510) Which comes with Cyanogen pre-installed but not rooted. I bought it 2 years back and I am still at CM 12.1 which is based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and I am not getting any OTA updates.

I would like to change from CM 12.1 to Lineage OS 14

The question is,
 because of some internal issues, Cyanogen OS is dead and the code then forked and maintained as Lineage OS. Also the codename is same (Tomato for my device).

So, should I unlock the boot loader to install the Lineage 14 or without unlocking am I able to install it?


texts: Why do the system sounds keep turning on?

texts: Whenever I record with the voice recorder app on my Galaxy S5, the "system" sounds turn on— that is, the bloop sound whenever I click on something, the typewriter sounds when I type, the lock-click sound when the phone unlocks, etc. I would rather these sounds stay off permanently, and am tired of having to keep turning them off in settings.  How can I get these sounds to stay off?


texts: Can I get the account details or logged details of an application from the data / file system directory of phone?

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Can i get the account details or logged details of an application from the data file of the application in the file system. My device is rooted.

For example I have two Instagram accounts saved in the app. Can I get any details about the account from the file system of the application.


texts: Power saver turns display brighter. Shouldn't it be darker?

texts: When my battery is running low, the power saver turns on. When that happens, my display gets brighter. Shouldn't it be turning darker to reduce the power consumption? Is it normal to get brighter or not?


texts: How to copy files from tablet to PC - Not all files show up in PC

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When I connect my Xoom to my PC via USB cable I get a Xoom "Portable Media Player" showing up in my Windows Explorer.  When I browse the drive, I can only see half the folders compared to if I browse the SD card directly from within Astro file manager on the Xoom.

Why aren't all files and folders showing up?  In Android (3.2), I've tried copying a file from a "hidden" folder to a folder that I can actually see on the PC but the file does not show up.

Someone suggested it was because it didn't get mounted as "USB Mass Storage".

How can I copy the files?

(same functionality works fine from my HTC Desire)


texts: Is there a drag/drop ssh client for android so I can connect to my home server via ssh and easily transfer files from server to android phone? something like winSCP for Windows?


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I am looking for a third party VPN client that I can use to connect to my home VPN which is setup through Windows 7. I don't want to use built in Android VPN. Many of the VPN clients I've seen on the market solely connect to their own vpns and I haven't seen one that allows for you to enter custom address and information. I have a rooted Verizon Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.2 with the stock ROM.

Any ideas?


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I am using a Nexus 5, running 4.4.2 - not rooted. Sync'ing stopped working for my email. Below is what my log shows (I removed my email address). I use POP and Exchange and both are no longer working. I rebooted a few times, to no avail. Before I do anything more drastic, I'm wondering if anyone knows why this is occurring.

02-05 12:00:37.300 D/SyncManager(  754): failed sync operation <email_address_removed> u0 (com.google.android.pop3), com.google.android.email.provider, PERIODIC, latestRunTime 9040633, reason: Periodic, SyncResult: stats [ numIoExceptions: 1]
02-05 12:00:37.310 I/notification_cancel(  754): [android,-1971419177,NULL,0,0,0]
02-05 12:00:37.570 I/Email   ( 2225): ConversationListView hide sync status bar
02-05 12:00:37.780 I/force_gc( 2225): Binder
02-05 12:00:37.810 D/SyncManager(  754): failed sync operation <email_address> u0 (com.google.android.exchange), com.google.android.email.provider, USER, latestRunTime 9075555, EXPEDITED, reason: 10037, SyncResult: stats [ numParseExceptions: 1]
02-05 12:00:37.820 I/sync    (  754): [com.google.android.email.provider,1,3,13808728]
02-05 12:00:37.820 I/notification_cancel(  754): [android,-1235235863,NULL,0,0,0]
02-05 12:00:37.820 D/SyncManager(  754): not retrying sync operation because SYNC_EXTRAS_DO_NOT_RETRY was specified <email_address_removed> u0 (com.google.android.exchange), com.google.android.email.provider, USER, latestRunTime 9076485, EXPEDITED, reason: 10037

NOTE: Gmail is working fine.


texts: I'm opening a virtual router through my laptop, and my Galaxy S2 can see and connect to it fine. However, when I try to do anything that requires the network, it doesn't work (for example, I can't browse). The top bar shows the wireless icon and the connection appears perfect. What is causing this?


texts: How to find IP addresses of nearby Wi-Fi networks?

texts: Smartphone application show info about nearby Wi-Fi networks it finds, i.e. channel, SSID, MAC address of router, etc, except it IP addresses. Is it possible to discover IP addresses of nearby Wi-Fi networks without connecting to it?


texts:
I've just downloaded Kingo Android Root and after some minutes my Moto G 2nd generation soft bricked and now stays in the Moto logo forever.

Since I don't know anything about how to root a phone with safety, I simply didn't enable USB debugging before installing Kingo app. Also, I don't believe this app indeed rooted my phone.

I only managed to unlock my bootloader and that's all. I tried to put the XT1068 firmware.zip file in my SD card in order to apply this update from the SD card but it didn't work. Moreover, when I run the command "adb devices" on OS X, nothing shows up. But when I run "fastboot devices" the prompt returns "0010235101  fastboot".

And of course I tried to wipe cache partition and data, but it didn't work either.

Any suggestions of how to solve this problem will be welcome.


texts: bluetooth and wired headphones at the same time

texts:
When travelling, sometimes my girlfriend and I like to watch tv shows or movies together on my phone.

I have bluetooth headphones and she has wired.  Only one set of headphones can get the audio at the moment.

Does anyone know of a way to get android to put the audio out on both the 3.5 jack and the bluetooth headphones at the same time?


texts:
I have QMobile Noir LT250 running Android KitKat. As you can see on the image, two applications have strange icons. I have uninstalled one app and reinstalled it again, but it didn't solve it.

I have one option that I can perform a factory reset to solve it, but I don't want to do it.

Any suggestions?

Click to enlarge screenshot


texts: Can I connect Transformer Pad TF103C-A1 to an external monitor

texts: Any chance to mirror the screen of an Asus Transformer Pad TF103C-A1 to an external monitor? It can't be any type of an airplay, I need a wired connection. As the unit does not have an HDMI port the real question if it would work with a USB to VGA adapter.


texts: Play Store not registering my phone after root

texts:
I rooted my phone and after that for the 1st time, as I was just checking out stuff, Google Play recognized my device and registered it.

Later I did a factory reset and now for some reason it is not registering my phone and I cannot download anything!

Entering the "My apps" section only lists the installed apps. No update options, no all apps section!

What happened? Now what should I do?


texts: Android 4.2 Nexus 7 Update "Assert failed: apply_patch_check()"

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When I try to update my Nexus 7 from 4.1 (Jelly Bean) to 4.2 (also Jelly Bean) it works fine up to a point where the little android (with the rotating shape) lays down and has a red warning triangle with an exclamation point. When I press the power and VolUp buttons simultaneously to see what went wrong, the log shows this:

Verifying current system
Assert failed: apply_patch_check("EMMC:/dev/block/platform/sdhci-
tegra.3/by-name/LNX:5013504:c48f8e86e73fb2c2ba1794f5ec98e27c9e206ed5:
5060608:319331fae14fec8a88063751475fce26bae328e0")

I searched for the error message online and couldn't find anyone with the same problem. I even removed the random letters and numbers after "by-name" (I assume these are device-specific), and still found nothing. I also tried factory resetting and still the same problem.

I'd like to know what went wrong, and how to fix it.


texts: Not all google logins should be equal on my phone

texts:
While setting up a new phone for a family member whose location I want to track and calendar to manage (yeah, Big Brother type for medical reasons), I logged from my phone to her google account as an additional account. So in most google apps and sites I have this dropdown like who am I currently using this service as - e.g. posting calendar meetings and events as her, which may be shared to other family members who'd be available to help at a particular time slot.

Unfortunately, in google find me (location and stolen device protection app) it works both ways - if she (or someone else) logs in as her account on her phone, there are options to e.g. remotely lock or wipe my phone - as it is logged into google. Which would be unfortunate.

Is there some way to avoid this and tell at least this particular app that only my account is almighty here? (I know security was revamped a lot in Android 8, but our phones range in Android 4 to 6)


texts: How can I automatically change volume/GPS/wifi/etc settings based on time and location?

texts:
I put Jelly Bean on my Verizon Samsung Galaxy SIII using http://www.cyanogenmod.com/blog/cyanogenmod-10-m2.

I like the "Profiles" feature, with which I can set ringtone volume, GPS on/off, wifi on/off, etc for different scenarios (work, home, traveling, etc).

However, I'd prefer that my phone just "know" when and how to change profiles.  E.g. at certain times of day on certain days of the week, it should be Profile 1.  If I'm at location X, it should switch to Profile 2.

I figure this should be possible since it has a clock and geolocation abilities.  I just haven't figured out how.


texts: How can I see the upcoming calender event in the always on display?

texts: I have a Galaxy 8 phone that I can customise the content of always on display in some limited way. I could not find any option to add the upcoming calender event to it. Is there any way to do that?


texts: I have μTorrent app, and I have a torrent file. I tried to open the file in standard file manager, but the manager shows "All apps associated with this action have been turned off, blocked, or are not installed". And there is no function in μTorrent to choose the file from memory.


texts: How to set signal strength threshold for switching WiFi on and off?

texts:
When the WiFi signal strength is low, the phone switches to a 4G
network.
When the WiFi signal strength is high, the phone switches to that WiFi
network.

This is normal behavior for any Android device and all too familiar to Android users, or to users of any WiFi enabled device in fact. But the problem I often run into is that the WiFi signal is too low to be usable, and too high to switch to 4G automatically.

WiFi signal strength 0 < x < 0.5 marks (bars), the phone switches to
a 4G network.
WiFi signal strength x > 0.5 marks, the phone switches to that
WiFi network.

These values are not real measurements. They are merely my own perceived points at which the phone switches between the two.

TL;DR:
Is there a way for me to optimize the auto-switching between WiFi and 4G to my own liking? Is it possible to set that threshold point manually? What I would like is to switch over to 4G as soon as the WiFi signal is below the 2 mark point.

What I am often forced to do, in order to get (usable) Internet access, is to enter the Settings menu on the phone and disable WiFi altogether in order to force my "smart" phone to switch over to 4G!

Would it not be better if the user could control the threshold at which the phone switches between WiFi and 4G? I think the default threshold is too conservative. It's set up to conserve 4G bandwidth by free-riding on available WiFi networks for as long as possible and whenever possible (available).

Devices are optimize to make use of WiFi as much as possible, due to associated data costs on 4G networks. But this is a nuisance! My Internet access is almost completely crippled for many of the WiFi networks I have access to, whenever the signal strength is below the 2 mark point. On the other hand, I have over 4 GB unused bandwidth on my carrier network, for which I have a much stronger signal, but I have to disable WiFi first in order to connect to 4G. That's not convenient when you're on the move a lot.

I have recently started using the 4G network almost exclusively. I have stopped using WiFi because I have had enough with enabling and disabling it back and forth, and having to remember to do it when I'm on the move. So I am looking for a more permanent solution to this.


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I'm trying to change to splash-screen / boot logo of my Sony Xperia Z4 tablet (SGP771)

I have already rooted my device.

With the help of the bootimg.exe tool I unpacked the boot.img - exchanged the logo.rle and repacked the boot.img.

My custom logo.rle I created with boot_screen_logo_creation_package.

However, when flashing the new-boot.img to my device (with fastboot flash boot new-boot.img) the logo is not changed. Still showing the Sony logo before the bootanimation appears.

My tablet runs the Marshmallow firmware and I'm using the corresponding AndroPlusKernel v31  (Z4T_SGP771_AndroPlusKernel_v31.zip).

Any suggestions what I am doing wrong?

Edit: I tried already diffent tools like bootimg_tools from an xda forum, or split_bootimg.pl from the android-wiki.

The one mentioned in my question I found in several forums (wordpress, miui, dark-cyanide-devs ...) I would post the links, but I'm do not have enough reputation for posting more than 2 links...

Most of the tools I tried already did not repack the image correctly (fastboot reported "remote: dtb not found") The tool I used, mentioned in the question, seemed to work for correcly unpacking and repacking. But as I said - the logo does not change -.-


texts: Link2SD error- "mount: Operation not supported on transparent endpoint"

texts: So I just rooted my Concord II, and installed Link2SD. I partitioned my SD card with MiniTool, and made a Fat32 and a ext2, both primary. But when after opening Link2SD and giving it root access, it gives me a popup saying select the file system of your SD card's second partition (see first screenshot below), and I select ext2 and press ok. But then a mount script error popup comes up saying mount script could not be created (see second screenshot). The error is "mount: Operation not supported on transparent endpoint". How can I fix this? These screenshots illustrate what's happening:


texts:
I am trying to change the 4 icons that are along the bottom of the screen on my Samsung Galaxy S. All the answers I have looked at say 'press menu and then select edit', but I don't have an edit button. When I press Menu I see:

All programs
Add to home screen
Wallpaper
Search
Notifications
Settings

Where is the edit button?


texts: How to unpack and edit boot.img for ROM porting?

texts:
I recently downloaded this ROM for my Allview P5 (Allview P5 is the equivalent of Gionee GN700W/FLY IQ441/QMobile Noir A8). It`s called Primonex ROM and is made for the Gionee version of the phone.

Firstly, I tried to install it as it is but it got stuck at the boot screen.
After some research I found out that it could be a problem with the boot.img file and I don't know how to extract or edit it...

Can someone tell me how to do it?


texts: How do I upload multiple photos at once to Picasa (Web)?

texts: Is there a way to select several photos and upload them all to Picasa?


texts: Why does Google Maps Display Routes/Waypoints Differently on Phone than on PC?

texts:
And how do I fix it?

I am trying to display a specific route between my origin and destination, rather than letting google maps choose the route.  So, I create the route in google maps on my PC and then email the route to myself so that I can open it on my phone.  For example:

Note the white circles on the blue route indicating that I have dragged the route away from its default.

The link is:

http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=22202&daddr=38.902418,-77.069841+to:38.908511,-77.053798+to:38.9456351,-77.0422782+to:39.00056,-77.03989+to:39.0174369,-77.0432333+to:20902&hl=en&sll=39.004912,-77.02652&sspn=0.089509,0.183506&geocode=FTzOUAIduXlo-yk34EFN2La3iTFBkycb6n588Q%3BFZKaUQId7wFo-yktwDKhRba3iTFCpG9KdYsdWw%3BFV-yUQIdmkBo-ym5an6ntbe3iTFJCATBLUUQZA%3BFWNDUgIdmm1o-ymfOuDwOMi3iTEfD6EAX58b7A%3BFfAZUwId7nZo-ykh5TBQz8i3iTHdODB7bMR3-g%3BFdxbUwId32lo-yn38LS2Mc-3iTEUl-sEkNiw-Q%3BFS7IUwIduXlo-ymj3f5RBc-3iTHt3MhgKrzmqQ&mra=dpe&mrsp=4&sz=13&via=1,2,3,4,5&t=m&z=13

When I click on the link on my phone and ask that it be opened in google maps (as opposed to the browser), I get the following result:

Clicking through the waypoints using the arrows at the bottom of the map, it seems like when I hit the 14th waypoint, the position of the waypoint jumps onto a previous waypoint, even though the text of the directions remains correct.  I haven't been able to discern a pattern to this remapping.

Why does this happen?  Is there a way to avoid it?

Note: I am using a Droid Bionic running Android 2.3.4.


texts: After mounting / instead of /system now phone not booting system

texts:
I used mount -o rw,remount,rw / command instead of mount -o rw,remount,rw /system now system not booting, please help. Every time restart and boot into fastboot but now system. TWRP working.
Infinix hot 8 android 10
i was trying to copy certificate file to ssytem/etc/security/cacerts so run remount command.


texts: How to flash and root OnePlus 3T on Linux?

texts:
I Recently bought a OnePlus 3T and want to flash and root it.

Most resource focus on OnePlus3 and on Windows.

How do I do that on Linux?


texts: Stream video to TV, but keep audio on phone/tablet

texts:
Does anyone know of an app or method that can be used to stream video to the television, but keep the audio on another device? The new Roku 3 has a headphone jack on the remote, but I figure something similar could be done with a phone/tablet, maybe either Plex, XMBC, etc...

The file source wouldn't need to be the phone/tablet, as it could be streaming from a media server.

It looks like a similar question was asked, but it hasn't received an answer.

How to use Android Device as Wireless Headphones for TV?


texts:
My family has me in their contacts app (the google one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.contacts). If they enter my email for that contact my google account avatar will be displayed for that contact. I will probably change that avatar from time to time. The question is:
Will the avatar will be updated in a automatic way and if so how long does it take to sync?
Or maybe the avatar is imported only during manual contact creation/editing?


texts: Turn off ALL Daylight Savings Features in Android's calendar?

texts:
Thanks to Daylight Savings Time (DST) I have run into an issue. I live in Arizona where we don't participate in DST. I'm using the default calendar app that came with my phone. I have an outlook.com calendar that I sync between my phone, my desktop (Outlook 2007), outlook.com (the cloud) and my wife's phone. It has been working great until DST hit yesterday. Now all the Outlook appointments have shifted one hour.

In reading up on the issue it seems that Outlook relies on the computer's time setting to handle the time zone and creates its appointments with GMT +/- your time zone (so for AZ, it's GMT-7) rather than specifying the time zone explicitly (i.e. Mountain Standard Time - AZ). When another computer gets it, it looks at their time zone information on the recipient computer and adjusts accordingly (oh, AZ computer that's GMT-7 and NO DST adjustment). The problem is that the calendar app on the phone (and the new Google calendar app) just read the GMT-7 and then make the DST adjustment, but never factor in that we're AZ which get's no adjustment. So, it changes it to GMT-8 rather than leaving it at GMT-7. If I create the appointment on the phone, I can set the appointment to be GMT-7 (AZ) which then will display correctly across all devices, however I don't always create on the phone.

Is there any way to have the calendar(s)/the phone stop using DST altogether? DST doesn't apply to any of the calendars I have on my phone and I don't see it applying anytime in the future either. (I tried the new Outlook App for Android, but it's still beta - really beta).

I have an Motorola Moto G with Android 4.4.4


texts: No Google Apps on Android Device Emulator

texts: I have an Android Virtual Device set up on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, but it doesn't seem to have any Google Apps when I start. The main purpose is to do some app testing and security analysis, but I need to install a few apps for that. The system doesn't permit any downloading too (I tried to download the apk) as any download attempt results in a browser crash. I tried the drag and drop method, to flash the gapps.zip file, but that didn't work. As of now, I have no Play Store from where I can install other apps. Please help. The device is a Nexus 5.


texts: My Moto G (2014) stuck on a boot loop while plugged and now doesnt even boot to recovery while unplugged. Any solution?

texts:
My Moto G (2014) Indian Version seems to have stuck on a boot loop. When I long press power button to on the phone the sequence of loop is phone vibrates, notification LED blinks for once and the 'Unlocked bootloader' screen appears (before unlocking it was motorola logo) and then screen goes black. This keeps on repeating. And the problem further is this only happens when the phone is plugged in, phone is inoperable when its unplugged.
Solutions I tried:

Flashing the stock ROM: Still the same boot loop
Performed factory by pressing the power button: Nothing
Tried booting in to Recovery mode, but after pressing the Volume Down button the same boot loop starts

I would again like to emphasize the fact that I tried this only when the phone was plugged. Nothing happens when the phone is unplugged. Must be the problem of faulty battery? And also I tried different chargers, no change. Any help will be appreciated.


texts: Why there is one driver binaries file per android version?

texts:
As you can see on the first screenshot, Sony (it's the same thing for Google with his Nexus and Pixel devices) provides one driver binaries tree file per android version for each device to compile AOSP (here the Xperia M2) :

Why there is not one driver file compatible with all android versions ?

Secondly, how xda developers make to compile android 8.0 for the nexus 4 while android oreo 8.0 driver binaries are not available for the nexus 4 ?

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-4-android-oreo-port

Thanks !


texts:
After updating to Android 4.4.3 the magnetic compass deviates by 90 degrees. This is more than a lttle bit and recalibrating did not help.

Q1: Is this a common problem?

Q2: Is there a fix or workaround?


texts: Using SD card as internal storage and migrate date

texts:
I read this question, but I want to update the question.

Now with Android 6.0 we have the option to format the SD card as internal storage, and that's what I did. I also clicked that "Migrate data" option that moves pictures, music and such to the SD card storage.

However, I downloaded more music and now the internal storage is full. And the "Migrate data" option now tries to move data from the SD to the internal memory. So apparently you can only use it once #fail

The apps that consume the most space are precisely apps containing media that could go into the SD card (red arrows). Others are games that even allow the user to move the app to the SD card (blue arrow). For some weird reason, it always fails with a snack bar saying "internal error occurred".

Should I format the SD card as external? I'll never remove it, so this "format as internal memory" option seemed perfect.
How can I migrate all this media/data back to the SD card?

Am I doing something wrong here? I have a Moto G 2nd gen.


texts: I have an Lg V 20 that is stuck on Lg logo in other words boot looped can someone please tell me how to fix this thank you your help is highly appreciated


texts: Reset DHCP cache for Asus Memo Pad HD7 'Avoided due to poor connection'

texts:
Only the other day, my tablet now refuses to connect to any Wi-Fi spot.

I've tried resetting both the tablet and the router to no avail. After looking around, it seems to be some form of issue with the DHCP, as I can connect via a static IP address, but obviously this only helps on my home connection.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows how to clear the DHCP cache if that's even possible? Any help is appreciated.


texts:
Is it possible, using Tasker (or Tasker Plugin), to enable/disable the synchronisation for a specific account/app only, without changing the sync status for any other account?

e.g. only change the Sync enabled/disabled state "Sync Inbox" on my work Google Apps account.

I have been using Tasker and the Synker plugin, but this changes all the Accounts which existed when you setup the Tasker Plugin (e.g. if you change the settings from the Account Settings later, the next time the Tasker task runs the Synker plugin resets your changes) - unless those accounts didn't exist when you configured the plugin in which case it ignores them.


texts: Using PC to control Android (ex : using mouse or keyboard to tilt, rotate, emulate gyroscope, etc)

texts:
Is there any way to input fake sensor data from PC into your android phone (not the opposite)? Like using WASD from PC to make your android phone thinking they are being tilted, rotated, etc even though they actually aren't.

I want to try google cardboard applications. Most of them require gyroscope in order to run properly. Sadly my phone doesn't have gyroscope installed in it.

I'm thinking if there's already a bunch of options to use the data from the sensors from an android phone to do a lot of things in PC (joystick, etc), why not the opposite?


texts: Can't access my old files after switching ROM from AOKP to CM, even though they're still there

texts:
Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on /sdcard that I could see previously.

If I copy a "new" mp3 onto my Galaxy Nexus, it's recognized just fine by both Google Play and Apollo. However, none of my old mp3s are recognized. They were placed in /sdcard/Music, a folder that I cannot see when I plug in my phone, only from the file manager running on the phone. The issue persists if I move an "old" mp3 from my music folder out into the sdcard root, it's still not recognized. This makes me think this might be permission related, but the file manager says that all files are readable and writable.

I've tried running "fix permissions" in both ROM manager and the CWM recovery, but it makes no difference. Any idea what has happened, and how to fix it so that I can use all my old files again? :)

edit If it's any help, I just ran ls -al in a terminal emulator and I can't see any difference at all between folders I can and cannot see. Example: I can see /sdcard/media just fine, because I created that folder from Explorer in Windows. Music in that directory works. I cannot see /sdcard/music. Here's the permissions:

drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-18 media
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-16 music

This is a bit confusing.

edit2 When I try pulling and pushing a file with adb like so:

adb pull file.tar
adb push file.tar file2.tar

I get

failed to copy 'file.tar' to 'file2.tar': Read-only file system

As bk201doesntexist on the XDA forums pointed out, this is because you have to use an absolute path. However, when I do adb push file.tar /sdcard/file.tar the file gets transferred, shows up when i run ls, but it's invisible in the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer in Windows.

tl;dr When I push files with adb push they get transferred but don't show up in the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer. "Old" files from before ROM-switching do not show up. New files that I put in now work fine.


texts: Calendar widget showing the wrong event dates

texts:
Am I the only one experiencing this? The calendar widget is showing the correct day but the event shown next to it is in 2 days and it shows for tomorrow. Perfect example (see attached image): today is 2 November 2012 and daylight savings time in on 4 November 2012; yet it says it will occur tomorrow.

My phone specifics:

HTC Inspire 4G
Android version 2.3.5
HTC Sense 3.0

Screenshot (click image to enlarge)


texts: I am using Samsung Galaxy A7. Today I encrypted my device and secured it with a password lock. Now I need to permanently decrypt the device but I cant. When I go to settings and try encrypt option there is no option to deactivate it.


texts: Can I access both cameras, wide and normal at the same time?

texts:
Some smartphones have two cameras, working together as one implementing different parts of the zoom range.

Is it possible to use both of them at the same time?

With both at the same time, I do not necessarily mean reading the frames at the same time synchronously, reading both with 30 Hz from different threads would be great.

A problem could be if a camera needs to be initialized somehow, and only one can be in the active state at a time.


texts: How can I change screen timeout based on whether my phone is/not charging?

texts: I'd like my screen to stay lit while charging but have a timeout when just on battery. Is ther any way to do this?


texts: Is it possible to manually patch Stagefright?

texts:
Is it possible to manually patch the Stagefright vulnerability?

It looks like the latest OTA update that patches Stagefright also blocks many common avenues for rooting. Obviously, root + vulnerabilty = really bad. Is there some utility or console method of replacing, updating or disabling the affected media modules? If not: Why must I be so dependent on the manufacturer?


texts: Can I retrieve files from the voice recorder app after they've been deleted?

texts: Is there any way I can retrieve files that were accidentally deleted from the voice recorder on an HTC Thunderbolt?


texts: Why A2 MicroSD Card have less Random Writing Speed than A1?

texts:
Why A2 MicroSD Card have less Random Writing Speed?

As I know benchmarks are not ACTUAL OR ACCURATE as it vary  from device to device mobile phones  and many other aspects but still to get an IDEA that which  UHS I  can match with UHS II and internal memory speed i had  googled and founded a Benchmark for MicroSD card (but its for camera coudn't find resource for Pre Tested pre benchmark Android Mobile Phone).

To select top UHS I MicroSd SDXC Memory cards for making it Adoptable storage /Swapping/Link2SD (linking the apps)  the Internal and external memory but coudn't be certain and have few queries in the result so

i m giving  below table and value of benchmark i have founded for 128 GB UHS I card and later on will ask some questions  from it

Benchmark Comparison Of UHS I MicroSd Card

Yellow Marked Values are Low values as compared to others
Orange Marked Values are lowest values as compared to others

I want to find from above cards which matches my phones internal memory speed and speed of UHS II cards and give good performance . I want to use my external MicroSd card for Adoptable/Swapping/Link2SD linking apps storage . So i am finding speed card main preference is application speed

Now My questions are:-

Which one is out of 4 cards with result are best for performance for adaptable/ swapping / Link2Sd
Why  MicroSDXC UHSI U30 A2 Class Benchmark Values Have less Speed in Random Writing QD1 and QD32
Is it ok for android MicroSDXC UHSI U30 A2 Class Benchmark Values Have less Speed in Random Writing QD1 and QD32 will it work fine as in many website its remarked commented that A2 speed of Random  writing is less as compared to A1 for android
By this bechmarks whats  your advice is A1 good or A2 card which one is  better for android.
A2 have far good sequential Read and write speed than A1 cards but they are poor IN QD1 QD32 and IOPS output

From Studying above benchmark finally and kindly suggest me what will be good memory card for storage  and which value is better for Adoptable/swapping/ Link2SD

  Waiting for your precious Expert Advice at the earliest thank a lot in advance for  your precious advice and time for replying and giving answers


texts: How can I read epub or mobi files with Kindle?

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I have purchased some ebooks which I have received in both EPUB and MOBI format.

Can I read these MOBI or EPUB files with the Kindle application ?

I copied the MOBI files into the kindle folder, but they do not show up in my Kindle main screen.


texts: Why does my Moto G 2nd gen show H and not LTE?

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I just switched from T-Mobile to Cricket today, for 2 Android phones. One is my existing OnePlus One and it shows LTE next to the signal strength. The other is a (new) Moto G 2nd gen, which I read supports LTE but shows "H" next to the signal strength. And boy does it seem slow.
In addition, if I go to the Preferred Network Type in Settings, only 2G and 3G are listed. No LTE listed.
Is this correct or do I have a bad SIM?
Thanks.


texts: Android-x86 stuck at black screen and a static underscore _

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I have a very similar problem to e.g. here.

I installed Android-x86 on a partition on my Acer Aspire Switch 10E next to Windows.

I added Grub as trusted boot option in the UEFI and let Secure Boot enabled.

Using this I can completely boot and reboot into e.g. Android x86 version 8.1-R2

But the problem is: in this version my Realtek RTL8723BS is not supported -> No WiFi/Bluetooth!

So I worked my way back to older versions (I need at least Android 6.0). Using CM 14.1-R2 and Androidx86 7.1-R2 I have a strange behavior:

Right after the installation if I select "Run Android" everything works fine, it boots normal, WiFi/Bluetooth everything fine!

But I am not able in any way getting it to run again after a reboot. It is forever stuck on a black screen with only displaying a fix (not blinking)

_

I already searched for two days and tried a lot of parameters and settings in the Grub entry like nomodeset, xforcevesa etc ... nothing worked so far.

I also tried both 32bit and 64bit versions (the device is 64bit) but it made no difference.

I don't understand what I am doing wrong or why it boots all fine the first time if not going for the reboot but directly to the Run Android option. So I guess it can not be due to unsupported hardware since the system basically works ... I just can not boot into it anymore after shutting down / reboot.

Does anyone have a solution for that?

Note: I am not speaking about a Virtual Machine here!


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I know how to select text (in a view) using the touch screen.

Is it possible to do the same via keyboard only?

If possible, please provide a way to do this on the emulator (I need this for a programming task).


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I spent almost entire day looking for decent apps for maps (decent = free, up to date, being open-source is a plus).

I ended up with TrekBuddy, GoPenS, RMaps, Maverick, OruxMaps (the emphasized ones look the best, in my opinion).

However, now I have another problem -- how to prepare maps for those apps (please help me with one, and hopefully I will manage the rest) for off-line usage?

I would like to go on a ride, pick up the phone somewhere in the forest and see on the map where I am. For now it works only with internet connection, but without it I have a huge-scale map and after zoom-in blank space or "loading" icon.

In short -- QUESTION -- how to feed phone/apps with maps, so I could zoom-in/out map freely when I am in the wild (offline)?

I would like avoid tricks like relying on caching -- so "solution" to scan interesting region with all possible scales and in such case acquire off-line version of the map is a no-go!

Clarification: I am not looking for another app (however thank you for the hints/links), I am looking for maps (data). I want to get map from on-line version (which are automatically downloaded) to off-line one.


texts: Android/Google Play store: How to find app available in different languages?

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I have a German friend who doesn't speak English. How can he find apps made in Germany using the German language?

Right now for example if he searches "rennen" which means "racing" in english he is shown all racing games in the english language. There has to be developers making apps and games for people in languages other than english, right?


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Is there a way to list all the running processes in an Android phone from a PC? Maybe using adb?

I remember a mode in the old Eclipse version of Android Studio, was called LogCat. Is it possible to have something similar from console ?


texts: How to make the page number in a PDF file match with the one inbuilt in the app?

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I have a PDF file, which shows page numbers after a few pages, like preface, index etc. However, I use the Drive PDF viewer, which starts counting pages from the preface page itself. Is there anyway, to make it start counting after a few pages, so that to match it with the book itself?

This maybe an off-site question, so instead of downvoting, please suggest me where else to post this question.


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Right, so this is a weird one.

LG G4 on Rogers running Android 6.0

I'm randomly getting a loud notification sound late at night that wakes me up, but has no notification that comes with it (so I can't tell what app it's from).

Here's the weird stuff:

Sound, but no notification.
Happens exactly on the hour, but not a consistent hour. I've had it happen at midnight, 1am, and 2am. I can't say with 100% certainty that it doesn't happen during the day, as my phone is on vibrate at work, but it hasn't happened on the weekends.
Not every day. The last two times were last night (friday), and on monday?
Plays the default notification sound.
I have a Tasker profile set up that mutes my notification volumes at night. The only thing that has volume is the ringer. Which means that despite playing the default notification sound, the sound is coming through as either a ringtone or an alarm??
I installed and monitored a Notification History app
When it went off last night, I checked it immediately. But according to the app (which seems to monitor damn near everything), there hadn't been any new notifications in over an hour! (Which is true, with respect to every other notification.)
I've also double checked my email app to confirm no new emails arrived that it wouldn't show notifications for (like promotions). Nothing.
Because I've seen it as an answer on other mystery sound threads, I'll confirm that NFC is indeed off.

Help?


texts: My keyboard got removed when updating to Android 8 Oreo

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Yesterday I updated my Samsung S7 (SM-G930F) to Android Oreo version 8.0.0.
After the update I do not have any keyboard, just the Google's Voice Typing is showing up when I would like to type something.
Before I had the original Samsung swedish keyboard that came with the phone.

The numpad is working when I'm looking for typing number e.g. when dialing.
But whenever I need to type something else than just numbers, I do not have a keyboard.

Under settings -> Keyboard: There is only Googles Voice Typing and I have tried everything without any luck.

I do not want to reset the phone to default.

Anyone got any hints what to try?
Remember that it is very hard to try anything without a keyboard...

(All is in swedish so the translation might not be the correct one)


texts: I can't retrieve my contacts from Google I back them up with my old phone I've got a new phone and it won't give them to me


texts: How to install carliv touch recovery on my MediaTek MT6572

texts: I own a spice mi 356 which have a dual core 1.0 ghz processor. It is a MediaTek device with MediaTek version MT6572. Now, my question is to install carliv touch recovery(a clockworkmod based recovery) on my device. I cant install CWM because my device doesnot support it. I found on google that any mtk device which is not supported by cwm can install carliv as it is based on cwm and easy to use. I studied many sites on google that had the way to install carliv but they were out of my mind. So can anybody clearly understand the steps to me. My device has gone into bootloop twice and I know if i have a backup, I can easily restore my device so please anybody help me. If you want some details, comment it. I will surely give it out.


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(I previously asked this on StackOverflow and was directed here.)

I'm hoping for some clarification on the requirements and/or process of flashing a custom build of Android to a device. I've built a stock version from the AOSP and tried a few different times to flash it on my Droid X, all unsuccessful. I was thinking (or hoping) that the process of rooting the device would also unlock it to allow this, but maybe that's not the case. It looks like the phone still can't be touched at kernel level.

Anyone know what's up here? There's a lot of ROMs for the DX, so it seems like there's a way, or do all those ROMs modify only a superficial level of the Verizon image? I just want to know what's going on under the covers.


texts: Is there an efficient way to calibrate the battery than using some apps?

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Is there an efficient way to calibrate the battery of my tablet in order to prove or disprove the very low battery backup than using some Apps.?

The context is that my tablet is giving a very low battery back up and when I contacted customer care, they are asking me to do a battery calibration by using some app. But, by some other posts in this forum and other help, I was able to understand that Battery Calibration apps does not make a much difference in battery backup improvement or to prove that my battery is really problematic. And there rises this question.

Thanks for your suggestions in advance.


texts: Running a tasker task via SSHDroid (or adb shell)

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I'm trying to run a tasker task manually from ADB Shell, via SSHDroid. I'm
running the following in putty (Windows SSH client):

am broadcast -a net.dinglisch.android.tasker.ACTION_TASK -es task_name
Silent

On which I get:

Broadcasting: Intent { act=net.dinglisch.android.tasker.ACTION_TASK
dat=Silent }
Broadcast completed: result=0

However, despite the existence of task "Silent", nothing happens.
Could it be because SSHDroid doesn't have the
net.dinglisch.android.tasker.PERMISSION_RUN_TASKS permission? If so,
how can I fix that? If not, what else can be the cause?

Thanks!


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My S5 stock email app flags emails for 'next week' when should be 'no date'. how to fix this?

Other email apps flag ok.
I can see this in my s5 tasks and notes and in my outlook to do.
I tried samsung support and they had no solution.
I have seen other S5 users with same issue...and have seen others without but have a slightly different 'look' to their stock email despite same software version.

Flag on the go is important for those messages you do not want to miss but no time to read on the go.. and to view using your 'to do' on desktop or mobile task manager later


texts: Unable to take screenshots, "Couldn't save screenshot, storage may be in use" error

texts: I am just trying to take a screenshot of my starbucks rewards card, so I can print it out. Apparently a lot of apps like netflix, hulu, and starbucks recently have been restricting screenshots for obvious reasons. All the screenshot tools I try give me an error (I have root access). The error is always " Couldn't save screenshot. Storage may be in use".


texts: Can I disable e-mail notification sounds streamed to a bluetooth hands-free car radio

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Is there a way that one can automatically turn off the email notification when one is connected to a bluetooth-enabled car radio, ie. while driving, and only respond to incoming call notifications? Once the bluetooth connection is broken, the suppressed e-mail notifications should then be delivered.

Alternatively, if the e-mail notification is sounded, the phone should not maintain a bluetooth streaming mode status to the hands-free kit and the radio should revert to whichever audio/radio mode was previously in use.

The phone is from the Samsung Galaxy range.


texts: Swiftkey - How to handle Auto Capitalization with URL and Email Strings

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I like a lot about Swiftkey. But after a few years of using it, some of the annoyances haven't been fixed and I haven't "eventually got used to" the nuances of it like I thought I might.

This one has me stumped.

Enabling auto-capitalization means typing out a web address, or email (or anything with a period in it for that matter), adds spaces and capitalizations throughout the string. Trying to get it to type out correctly, while the fragmented string is also changed to auto-corrected words is unimaginably infuriating.

So I gave up and turned off auto capitalizations, lowering myself to texting like an imbecile, all in lower case (because who's got time to hit the shift key - am I right?).

Enter a second bug.

Swiftkey, when I can be bothered manually capitalizing a word at the beginning of a sentence, seems to think I want that text saved to the custom dictionary. So, for example, the text: Swiftkey drives me crazy. Absolutely throw my phone against the wall crazy. Will result in the word Absolutely being saved to the dictionary. Next time I go to use absolutely in a sentence it comes in capitalized as Absolutely.

Enter a third bug.

Swiftkey has a neat feature where you can long press on a predicted word, and elect it not to be predicted again. Great, if it worked. Long pressing Absolutely and selecting this, removes the word from the custom dictionary, completely, including the original, correct word. Next time you go to type absolutely and type accidentally type abbsolutely or some other fumble, it is not corrected to absolutely because that word is gone. Instead something else is dropped in. absolute for example, or worse perhaps, your mistake goes in abbsolutely.

Ideally I'd rather use auto caps. And have some way to enter strings with periods better. But with it off there is an unacceptable series of bugs that I think need to be fixed.

Am I doing something wrong?


texts: How can I fix or troubleshoot my Internet connection problem?

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I am using a Sony Ericsson Xperia running Android 2.3.4. When I try to access online applications like Gmail, Facebook, Android Market etc. I get an error that says No connection, retry? or No data service provider.

How can I overcome this problem?


texts: How to fix "Unable to connect to Samsung Pay temporarily"?

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I'm trying to setup Samsung Pay on a new Galaxy A8 2018 but I get this error message every time, even after re-installing Samsung Pay and resetting the phone as well as clearing Samsung Pays data.

Connection Error
Unable to connect to Samsung Pay temporarily. Try again later.

I've looked through the Samsung Account data and entered all I could.
The phone has "Magyar" as default region when I start it, could that be it?
I don't have any SIM card in it but when I try putting one in I still get the same error message.


texts: How to bypass only position independent executables (pie) are supported on android N?

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How can I bypass

  only position independent executables (pie) are supported

on android N(lineageos 14.1,vega Iron)?
This xda thread made me infinite rebooting. Also I cannot rebuild the app.. Please help!


texts: How to set static IP address for wi-fi connection?

texts: How can I set manually the IP Address for wifi?


texts: What is the basic functionality behind the Odin buttons & checkboxes?

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⚠ EDIT: Note that there's now a slightly different but highly related, relatively newer question on the same subject. See "What do the terms “BL”, “AP”, “CP”, and “CSC” mean in Odin?".

There's a good question on what the Odin tool is. I understand now that it's an internal Samsung tool for flashing firmware, which explains why it's so hard to find info on the (rather cryptic) options and buttons. Can anyone here perhaps enlighten us with a basic description for the following:

Options:

Re-Partition (checkbox)
F. Reset Time (checkbox)
Phone EFS Clear (checkbox)
Phone Bootloader Update (checkbox)

Buttons and files:

PIT (button to select a *.pit, *.xml file)
PDA (button to select *.tar, *.md5, *.smd file)
PHONE (button to select *.bin, *.tar, *.md5 file)
CSC (button to select *.tar, *.md5 file)
ETC (button to select ???)

For reference, here's a screenshot of the App showing these various options and buttons:


texts: I got the ota update for kitkat and after that installed the android launcher ripped from nexus 5 rom. The result is that my icons look too big. Is there any way to decrease that or use a custom rom to change the size?


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I am currently using an unrooted Huaweii LYO-LO1 and I am trying to change my mac address using Andriod Terminal Emulator. I found a website that told me to find out things like my current MAC address and I did all that. The last part told me to type the command:

"ip link set AAAA address XX:XX:XX:YY:YY:YY"

I did that by typing "ip link set wlan0 address 84:9F:B5:0A:95:1F" but the output said

/system/bin/sh: ip link set wlan0 address 84:9F:B5:0A:95:1F: not found

I tried reinstalling the app, rebooting my computer, everything but it's the same result. Still the same MAC address. Anybody know the solution?


texts: Can't find text message that was to a group

texts: When John Doe texts to a group that includes me, it appears as a notification in the upper left corner, but then when I go to the text message conversations between me and John Doe, its not there. Where is it?


texts: App not installed error while sideloading and Install failed UID changed via adb [Not rooted]

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I am having hard time getting an app installed since none sideloading nor adb install work...since I dont have root i cant delete the app's data folder from the data/data folder..

seems delete that folder will easily fix it but I am wondering is there any other way.

Error via adb install  is Install failed UID changed
I dont wanna root is there any fix for this.....

BTW my phone is Moto g


texts: How to fix 'Your SIM cannot be registered' problem with Moto G2 on Marsh Mallow

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I have moto g 2nd generation mobile with android marshmallow 6.0.

The problem is suddenly one day, one of my SIM doesn't get signal at all and I tried these steps:

settings>More>Cellular Networks>Connect automatically then a prompt saying your SIM cannot be registered or Cannot connect to this network right now. Please try again later.

Then I tried to select manually the network that my SIM belongs to. This time the prompt is No Service Selected network unavailable

I did removing SIM and inserting in other slot, rebooted, turned on air plane mode and off etc.. nothing worked

If I insert this SIM in other Mobile it works.. and other SIMs work fine in my mobile.

I also tried dialing *#*#4636#*#* and did Turn off radio and also selected GSM only GSM auto(PRL) wcdma only etc but nothing helped.

Finally I tried factory reset, even this doesn't work.

Device detials:

Moto g2 XT1068

OS: Android Marshmallow 6.0

SIM that has problem: BSNL.

This issue is not there in the beginning and I remember I didnot install anything new or change a setting.

I couldn't get a solution even on the community or on google. Please do help me.


texts: where can I find information about my phone by imei? I want to buy a second hand phone, but I heard that many are declared stolen or lost and after you buy it, police will come and take it away. The phone I want to buy is  htc sensation with android 2.3


texts: Problem with WiFi connection -Android tells me it is not secured

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I didn't find a anwser to my question yet on the forum, but as I am new, I may just have overlooked it.

I had a trip to Warsaw today and had troubles connecting to WiFi. I would select the wifi network (either at the airport airport, or at my working place in Warsaw where I have a business trip) and then I would select the option "connect to ". This is usually where I need to put the login and the password. But this time, for these networks, he gives me a sign with a barred lock (I guess it means it is not secured?)
On my laptop he also tells me that it is not secured but he still gives me the option to go ahead anyways, which Android does not. I trust the network (it is the wifi network of the Polish academy of sciences...) and I would love to be able to do the connection whatever Android thinks of it.
What should I do?
I don't know if this helps, but my phone is a wiko rainbow 4G.


texts: Is there a "clean" Android I can reinstall on my Galaxy S4?

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I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 and the OS that came with it has many problems IMO. It feels equivalent to the bloated Windows install that would come on my Dell PCs in the 90's, so I'd like to re-install a "clean" version of Android.

Does such a thing exist?

Is it the case that there is a "clean" Android with a basic UI, Apps container, wifi functionality etc. from which most other distributions extend? Or do I have to search all the various ROM forums and try different ROMs out (hopefully I'm using the right terminology here) until I find one that I like?

I want something as close to iOS features as possible - just a sticky list of apps at the bottom of my screen, app groups, minimal number of pre-installed apps to name the main features I'm hoping for.


texts: Outlook accounts not showing in the Accounts setting page

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A user came to me with an intermittent issue with his old handset. I replaced the handset but when it came to set up his outlook account the app wouldn't sync contacts as the option to sync contacts was missing from the outlook app. Everything else worked but that. I checked in the accounts page in settings and the account isn't displayed there. I re-installed the application and updated the phone but to no avail. I then tried adding the account in the accounts screen, the account was added no problem but still the account isn't showing in on that page. I try to re-add for the 3rd time and this time an error message pops up telling me that the account has already been added to this device. I then tried to set up the old device as I know that it was working on there before I set up the new device. Again the same issue occurs.

Does anyone else have this issue with outlook on android or any other email application on android?

As a last resort I have set up exchange activesync using the default email application but I would like to have the user back on outlook as all the support material we have references Outlook Android.

-Rezz


texts: Not getting any internet on my phone even though it says I'm connected to wifi

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My internet works fine on every other device in my house, and it connects correctly on my phone(Samsung galaxy S2), however when I try to load up any page on the browser, it says I'm not connected.

Can anyone suggest what may be the problem and what I can do to counter it.


texts: odin twrp install hangs galaxy s7 edge G935

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I have a new Verizon S7 Edge.  I want to flash twrp using odin.

I am using

Windows 10
Odin 3.10.1
twrp-3.0.0-1-hero2lte.tar.md5

My phone settings are:

USB debugging on
OEM Unlock on
Android 6.0.1
Build number APB1
Phone model SM-G935V

When I run odin it hangs when flashing the image.  Here is the output:

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> twrp-3.0.0-1-hero2lte.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

After waiting for a few minutes I unplug the phone and odin dutifully complete with these three lines:

<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Removed!!

As far as I can tell, all of the other threads about this type of problem are not specific to my model phone.

In the past, I have used odin to flash twrp onto various phones including a Samsung Note 4 with no problems.

What am I missing?


texts: Disable info popups on YouTube app ("ⓘ")

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When viewing videos with the YouTube app, constant info message popups during playback shows. Videos that show those info popups show a white circle with the letter 'i'.

Is there a way to disable that?


texts: There is no corresponding notification in the pull-down.


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I have a Sony Xperia Z1 on Android 4.4 KitKat and a Google Play Service, but when I want to save my account, it's not possible. Why?

I even made a second Google Play account to save my progress on Clash of Clans, but nothing happens: loading ring just rotate for a while and then nothing. Please help me, I don't want to lose my progress.

I tried to make more than one account, but nothing works.


texts: How to reinstall the uninstalled system apps (that arent availble on Google Play)

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What if you accidentally deleted some important apps and couldn't install them back because Google Play doesn't have them? For example android system, com.android dun server and com.android.lgsetup wizard (i.e. any prebuilt system apps). And every few seconds this message would appear:

Sorry! The process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

And I cannot even go to the browser or Task Killer because every time I do, it would force quit. How can I reinstall those apps? I think I cleared all data for those but I did not clear the browser and so why can't I open the browser?
Do I really need to send it for repair or can I fix it?

Device: Nokia-X


texts: Find what app is causing popups, NOT in notification bar

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I am getting these popups regularly. They do not appear in the notification center so I can't find out what app is causing them. The only app I can think of that I have installed recently, I have already deleted and they still appear. I am using the Nexus 4 Android 4.2.2. None of the ad detector apps have found anything.

How can I determine what is causing this?

Here is a screenshot of an ad, and a screenshot of my task manager immediately after. I am not sure if the app would have to be running to show the ad:


texts: Portable storage: do I have to re-grant app permissions when switching microSD cards?

texts: I'm using a Moto Z2 Force running Android 7.1.1 with a 128 GB microSD card installed. I wanna upgrade to a 400 GB card. Would I have to re-grant microSD access app permissions for the new card, or do those permissions cover any card inserted into the phone?


texts: It is on a Sony Xperia T. The first icon from the left that looks like a battery in hands. I checked the manual and asked around. No one knows... There is no information when I drag down the Notification Area.


texts: How to schedule downloads in Advance Download manager?

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I installed Advanced Download manager to schedule my downloading for night time. I know how to schedule and it works as long as the app is open. So I put some files for downloading and schedule it for a late night download. But the app closes by itself after sometimes, resulting failure in downloading the intended files. How can a tweak it so that I can schedule my downloads for the desired period?

thanks.


texts: Dial between two emulators does not work

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Today, I had installed the latest Android SDK and created two emulators (Nexus 6), I then tried to dial from one emulator to another.

Based on Make incoming call in Android emulator without command code,
I just dial 5556 from the emulator of 5554.
But there is no receiving call in emulator-5554.

The name of the second emulator is emulator-5556 so I guess that it is correct to just dial 5556, right?

I tried to reinstall SDK, but it still the same.

Is there any idea what's wrong ?


texts: Is there any way to put a password to avoid someone from hard resetting my phone?

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I have a Moto G, and I am very careful in protecting my data. I currently use CM Security App from the Google Play Store and it's very helpful in taking a photo to a person who tried unlocking my phone twice without success. Also I have locked my settings to avoid people from turning off my internet and GPS; in that way I will still able to track my phone via GPS. My phone is also locked to avoid people from uninstalling apps without my password. Additional, I had also disable USB debugging to stop someone from wiping my phone directly from a computer, but all this efforts will come down if the hard reset is enabled.

Is there any way to put a password to my boot settings to stop someone from making a hard reset to my phone? I already investigated, and encrypting my phone will not work for this.


texts: What determines power management policies in Android?

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I am just approaching to the Smart Phone and Android world and have a couple of doubts:

  Which modules (and SW or FW?) decide the policies with which power is
  given to any component of the Smart Phone that requires it?

furthermore

  Are power management modules on Smart Phones implemented in the
  Android OS or in some special dedicated firmware?

Obviously power management must work also if the OS is not yet loaded, but who is responsible of it?

And to what extent can I modify the power management with an application running inside of the OS?

(I hope these questions are not Off-Topic, in case can you please direct me to the correct Stack-Exchange site?)


texts: Iam going to perform a factory data reset on my phone but i don't want to lose my 8.45 GB of youtube offline videos , What do I do now??


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Context:

I'm having some difficulty locating a specific .apk to synchronize the time on a specific watch.

What are the challenges associated with running some type of NTP sync over USB between a very inexpensive watch and Linux?


texts: I download a lot of songs on my phone which have been there for a long time and just the other day I went to play something and it said no songs playing? I didn't delete anything either. Is there a way to get them back?


texts: Updated Samsung galaxy A5 to Marshmallow but look and feel remains that of Lollipop

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I have a Samsung galaxy A5 (SM-A500H) I didn't get a notification for an update from settings so I grabbed android 6.0.1 from Sammobile, I downloaded the South African version since there's no version for my country.

Everything is working and if I go to settings about phone, I see it's 6.0.1 and if I tap I get the marshmallow logo and the game that looks like flappy bird. And everything is working.

But it still feels like Lollipop. The color is still blue rather than black, the marshmallow themes and wallpapers are missing. When the phone boots I don't see the marshmallow animation, the scrolling in the app drawer is horizontal not vertical etc.

Is there a way to verify that what I'm using is really marshmallow? Could it be a knockoff?


texts: No keyboard after factory reset. Can't install keyboard on phone with bluetooth, google play, sd card, etc

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I have a Coolpad Quattro with Gingerbread 2.3. I didn't like the keyboards that came with the phone so I deleted them and got another one from the app store.
Because my phone was running slowly, I did a factory reset. This is the second time I did it.
Only this time, it didn't restore my keyboards. Now I have no keyboard to use, and I cannot sign into the play store on my phone, so I can't install a keyboard from Google Play. I have tried to send a file via bluetooth, but that doesn't seem to work either. I really need to use my keyboard, and I have reset the phone three times now. What can I do?


texts: I have a 16gb sdcard which freezes in my huawei u8160 or vodafone smart after using it for sometime. It works fine in other phones so I am wondering if the phone just cant handle sdcards that big?


texts: How to properly set the Scrolling Wallpaper?

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I've set a scrolling wallpaper, but it only accepted 2/3 of the complete image. I've seen some google apps whose wallpapers are 16:9 aspect ratio and still don't overlap and move from extreme left to extreme right. So how can I do the same with my own wallpaper?

And not only the app, If I apply a theme, the wallpaper in that theme also doesn't overlap and moves from extreme left to right.

Refer these images to see what the app is capable of doing, and what happens when I try to do the same with my edited wallpaper. The app in talk is Wallpapers of The Witcher

Using Redmi Note 5 Pro. Other specific details of the phone in screenshot included in the above imgur link.

First time posting here. I've asked this question at 3 different sites with 0 response. I hope I'll get some answer here. I know what I want is possible as the apps are capable of doing so. Also, I found one question asked before with the same thing asking, but it isn't answered. Coincidentally, the previous asker wanted to apply the same wallpaper that I'm interested in.

Thank you.

PS: The art is not mine. It is from Deviantart artist astoralexander.


texts: Green/red widget icon or notification tray app to indicate if internet is available (tablet)

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Consider a tablet user without data plan using only wifi connections at public places (e.g., hospital, hotel) that often die after 2 hours after accepting terms of use.
(and is not running skype or other app all the time to show connected status)

Is there a widget (similar to battery-big text % of battery in the time top system line) that would show green if internet is available to the tablet and red if internet "died" (due to inactivity or other glitch).


texts: How to switch a Google account without resetting a phone?

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On my Android LG Optimus Dynamic phone I originally entered an incorrect email when setting up the Google account to use. I want to switch emails now, but when I add the correct account and then try to delete the first account, it says it is required by some applications, and that I can only delete it by factory resetting the phone. However, that message does not come up when I try to delete the second account, and it removes fine.

How do I delete that original account so that I only have the new one left without factory resetting my phone? (I don't want to lose all of my apps and my contacts).


texts: Battery of Samsung Galaxy S5 drained in 5 hours on Android 5.0

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I received the over the air android 5.0 update a week ago for my Samsung Galaxy S5. I installed the update and since that the my fully charged battery is depleted in 5 to 8 hours. Before the battery was depleted in 24 to 36 hours.

I have a spare battery with the same behaviour.

Below screenshots of the battery usage. Note the second battery:


texts: Can't start Android 8.0 Oreo on emulator: "Decryption unsuccessful"

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I recently downloaded system images for API Level 26 (Android 8.0), on my SDK emulator but unfortunately I can't boot the virtual device all the way to home screen.

I'm stuck on the following screens:

One which request a description password;

(and  the other showing that description want successful (which is confusing me)

I have tried different things to no avail:

tried wiping user data whilst starting the AVD
tried deleting/swapping user data.img
tried starting the AVD from command line
swtching google_apis_playstore image with google_apis image(which never boots)

And all these instances still I can't start successfully the virtual device.

Is there something I'm missing or is there a workaround to bypass the screens?


texts: Incorrect Phone labels for Google+ contacts

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On the Samsung Galaxy S3 contacts synced from Google+ will have their phone number labels garbled.
In the following image you can see the three phone numbers associated with my contact. They are labeled (in swedish, english translation in parentheses):

Arbete (Work)
Personsökare (Pager)
Annat (Other).

In Google+ they are however labeled correctly, (swedish translation in parentheses):

Home (Hem)
Mobile (Mobil)
Work (Arbete)

I've tried all I can think of to get the labels correct but no luck:

Syncing with Google+
Delete and re-add the contact.
Changing the phone number labels in Google+ and re-syncing.
Deleting cache and data from Google+ app.
Deleting cache and data from Google Contacts Sync.

Doing some Google searches yielded only one relevant link. Same problem, no solution.
Does anyone know if this is a confirmed bug or is there a fix?