texts: I've got a Droid X that's been operating fine since a did a hard reset on it a couple weeks ago. Recently however the vibration function has completely ceased. I can't seem to find a setting to set the "strength" of the feedback- is there such a setting? The phone is running Gingerbread (2.3.3) build 4.5.602.


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Is there a way to disable recovery mode so it won't be possible to factory reset your phone?

Basically what I am trying to do, is that it should be impossible to factory reset the phone as there is no recovery partition.

(Example format the recovery partition, or hide the option of factory reset on the recovery menu, build a custom recovery etc.)

P.S.. I was thinking of maybe removing a system app (example package installer) and making it a user app, and therefore when you factory reset the phone it won't start cause the system app is missing, but when I tried that, the phone wouldn't start even without resetting it, as the system needs the system app to start, ( I thought that maybe even though I removed the app from being a system app, the phone would still start as it's still there as a user app, and only after resetting the phone - that the user apps get deleted, the phone won't start as it's missing the app).

Thanks in advance


texts: Samsung Tab A6 won't leave battery screen or turn on

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I'm currently having issues turn my A6 on, in that it simply won't start up.
I have tried: Holding the Power and Volume Down button, Holding the Power button for 30 secs, changing cables, changing adapters, changing wall sockets, and trying all manner of button combinations. Unfortunately the issue still persists.
When I plug the A6 in, the battery charging screen is displayed but doesn't change or do anything. If I unplug it, the battery charging screen stays for about 5 seconds and the switches off, leaving me with a dead tablet again.

Is this something I can fix, or do I need to get a replacement?


texts: How can I figure out, if my phone recognises my headset correctly?

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Phone: HTC Desire 510
Headset: Samsung EO-HS1303

Problem: Phone refuses to output stereo sound on that headset.
Some exceptions: Occasionally after reboot and on first start of a few apps like bandcamp, there will be stereo sound. But only during the first track played.

Apparently the phone assumes to be connected to a monaural headset. How to find out why and how to fix it?

Update:
Phone is not rooted. Headset connected via 3.5 mm Jack. Headset works fine on Samsung Phone (one could expect that).


texts: Samsung Galaxy S3 keeps losing network connection and need to restart phone to reconnect

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I've had my S3 for around 6 months and never had a problem. But in the last couple of days it seems to be randomly losing connection to network (T-Mobile): I have to restart my phone to reconnect. Sometimes this only lasts a few minutes before dropping out again.

Anybody else had this problem? I have no idea whats causing it. I have changed nothing on the phone, and the area I am in has good coverage.

I dont get any error msg and all seems fine -- until I try to use it to access Internet; then it tells me "no internet connection" and the internet data signal disappears. If I try to text the text just fails to send, and I cannot receive or make any calls. People who ring say it goes straight to the mailbox.


texts: Left Align all menu items and texts in Android 4.4

texts: It's about Android 4.4. I would like to left align all menus including conversations from Whatsapp for example. How to do it? In fact, I upgraded from version 2.3.1 to version 4.4, and as we know Google made this change of alignment. Is someone unknown?


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Any app with the GET_ACCOUNTS permission, may retrieve all registered accounts and email addresses stored in Account Manager. I understand this imposes serious privacy and security issues, as a phone compromised with a potentially malicious app, could have ALL of their email addresses collected, and sent to unintended parties.

To tackle this issue, I know one could be prudent in choosing the apps I install, and use a 3rd party email app that does not use the Android account manager to store account/email credentials. However, there do not seem to be many of such email apps available to choose from. Most of them use the Android account manager, including of course the stock email app.

My question is, what are the best ways to tackle this issue? Since the choices one have is extremely limited.


texts: My Kindle Fire is stuck at the yellow triangle screen after installing TWRP. How can I fix this?

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I followed the instructions on the official TWRP site on how to install TWRP on the Kindle Fire. So I did

wget <twrp.img>
adb shell idme bootmode 4002
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery <twrp.img>

But now, my Kindle Fire wont boot. It just shows a yellow triangle. How can I fix it?


texts: Can I root locked Droid 3 and flash Cyanogen

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Before I purchase a Droid 3 from hong kong , I would like to know if I can apply the recently discovered root exploit on a locked phone that i can purchase there.

Pardon my ignorance in this locked phone area because I have rooted  phones here in india but all were available as unlocked devices.


texts: How can i root HTC desire 626s metro PC phone? Tried many ways. Cannot seem to find a way to turn s-off and edit code.


texts: fastboot seems to work, can transfer files but doesn't actually flash or boot images

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I bought a cheap Wiko Lenny 3 (MT6580 with Marshmallow) to replace my old Galaxy Nexus which died yesterday (after four years) from the infamous V3U00M bug.

I owned a couple of Android phones before the Nexus, and I often flashed new ROMs and recoveries, so I'm quite used to adb and fastboot (under Linux).

So, I'm trying to root this new phone but so far I've been unsuccessful. Unlocking the bootloader was quite easy: there was an item to check in the developer options, and then fastboot oem unlock did its thing. But after that, I'm stuck.

I'm trying to boot a custom recovery, the file seems actually transferred:

$ fastboot boot twrp3.0.2-lenny3.img
downloading 'twrp3.0.2-lenny3.img'...
OKAY [  0.446s]
booting...
OKAY [  0.065s]
finished. total time: 0.511s

The feedback on the phone seems to indicate that the transfer actually happened, but after that, it just sits there, instead of rebooting into TWRP. After a while, it reboots normally to Android.

Trying to flash the recovery instead of booting it ends up with the same result: the transfer works, all on-screen messages (both on the computer and on the phone) indicate success, but the stock recovery isn't overwritten.

I thought that there may be some kind of manufacturer script that checks the image's validity, but trying with the stock recovery image (extracted from a Windows executable provided on the manufacturer's website to recover corrupted phones), but the result is the same: the file is transferred, but nothing happens after that.

So I tried to install the SuperSU zip from the stock recovery, since it includes options to install updates from either an SD card or ADB sideloading (but I have a doubt about this, I used custom recoveries for so long now, that I forgot if a stock recovery including these options should be able to install any zip file, or only ones containing a full factory image). Unfortunately, it didn't work either: installing from the SD card failed with the message "Installation aborted", and the sideloading option, surprisingly, doesn't seem to even start an ADB daemon : adb devices returns an empty result, so obviously adb sideload can't work (needless to say, adb works normally when the real system is booted, and I can adb push and adb pull to my heart's content).

Can someone help me ? Are those non-functional bootloader and recovery a pattern with Wiko and/or MediaTek devices ? Either I'm too much used to Nexus devices and I'm doing something wrong, or this phone seems to be intentionally crippled by the manufacturer.

Interesting: by trying several key combinations to start the phone, I found a "Factory Mode" that I never saw on any Android phone so far, with a menu allowing to run tests; and, also, a "Meta Mode" which look like "Fastboot Mode" but doesn't answer to fastboot commands - I guess it's meant to be used with a special proprietary tool from this manufacturer. That's what makes me wonder if these MediaTek-based phones are supposed to be hacked with the usual adb and fastboot tools, or if they are completely different beasts.


texts: how to force the phone not to use wi-fi to upload video to youtube?

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I do not have wi-fi at home and I want to upload video I took into my youtube account. I have generouse data plan so I don't have to use wi-fi to upload larger files like the application forces me.

I am on HTC Desire 2.1


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I have a Samsung Tablet 10 and so far it recharged when connected to my computers usb plug.

Suddenly i am not able to connect my device anymore.

With a recharger cable I am able to charge the device.

Any thoughts ot help ?


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I rarely get 4G service on my HTC Rezound. I live in a city with plenty of access (Washington, DC) and visit cities which should also have access (Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York) and yet no matter where I am, the 4G is rarely active.

I have taken in my phone several times to Verizon, and all they do is replace the sim card.

What else can it be???

Thanks!


texts: Connection Time Out error while accessing Google Play Store in Samsung I9070 Galaxy S advance

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I have bought a Samsung I9070 Galaxy S advance. Whenever I enter Play Store (Google Play Store Version 3.4.7), it displays waiting sign and then Connection Time Out Error is shown. I use mobile data connection to access the network. Please help me to solve this asap

Phone Details:

  Device: Samsung Galaxy S Advance
    Android Version: 2.3.6
    Baseband version: I9070DDLI1
    Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-1194396  dpi@DELL163#2  SMP PREEMPT Thu Sep 13 22:11:28 KST 2012
    Build Number: Gingerbread.DDLI1


texts: 2.3 Tablet bootloop, trying to pull logfile with root adb

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I have an old android tablet (2.3) which I've had for a number of years now. I've been trying to get access to the application data storage, because I had some important documents stored in a notes application. Using ADB in the past I've pulled the entire user storage directory to my PC, which I still have a copy of.

But now, it's stuck in a bootloop. When it turns on it shows the Polaroid logo, then blue screens for a bit then starts booting up. It shows the android booting logo with the windows-xp-like slider going across the screen. After 10 seconds that freezes and the tablet reboots.

I'm still able to access the tablet's root shell using ADB (I see # instead of $) and I've been trying to pull the log file to see why the tablet has been unexpectedly bootlooping. This is funny because I've only been pulling files from the tablet using ADB, and there is no touch so I don't understand how it's managed to damage it's own filesystem.

Upon browsing through the filesystem in root ADB, I've found that files I've pulled in the past from the user storage, don't appear under /mnt/sdcard and I can't locate them in the /data folder.

Is there any way that I can use ADB to pull the log file off the tablet?


texts: Is there a way to speed up games with an accelerator?

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Title + what i'm looking for is like the cheat engine "speed hack" equivalent, or for another example, on the iOS jailbroken app, xmodgames there is an accelerator feature. Is there something like this for android?

Note: I am not looking for something to speed up my phone, I just want the game to be sped up so things move faster in-game.


texts: Is there a way to determine the charging current available?

texts: I have a Moto X that has recently stopped charging while in its car dock, even though it indicates that it's charging.   I will diagnose the problem by eliminating the USB cable, the dock, and the 12->5V converter one at a time, but I have to use the phone for a while to determine whether it's charging or discharging after each step.   Is there an app or other way to determine how fast the phone is charging or discharging?


texts: Can Android Device Manager remotely erase my stolen phone's data AFTER synced gmail account's password has already been changed by me?

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My android phone has been stolen. The thief took out the sim and immediately turned it off.My Gmail account was synced to it and I tried to remotely ring,locate and erase data using gmail on PC.However, since the phone was off and having no internet connection, the access was being continuously denied.When I tried erasing data remotely, a message appeared "Request sent". After that I changed the password to my gmail account that was synced on the stolen mobile android device. Now I have the following concerns:
1) Since request for erasing password was already sent before the password was changed by me, does this mean that whenever my phone will be turned on, the android device manager will wipeout/erase all data or will it show an authentication error since the password has been changed and gmail is no longer synced.

2) If I ask the network service provider to block my phone, can it still be traceable by the imei number?

3) Any other information as to how to get my phone traced back or atleast erase all the data? (I have the Imei number with me)


texts: How to set default Home screen on Nougat/7.1.1?

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It's driving me crazy.

On a Moto G5s Plus (with Android 7.1.1) how do I set the screen I want as the default one, so that is shown when I press the Home button?

At the moment the left-most screen (of 3 screens) is the default. I wan to set the middle one as default one.

I already disabled Google Feed.
I already tried to long press one screen, get the setup view (change order, remove, Widgets, etc) but there is no icon (usually a "Home") at the top of the screen to be pressed for setting the default screen. I find this method everywhere but doesn't behave like that
I already tried to pinch-in with 3 fingers; nothing happens


texts: What's the recommended procedure when you need to stop using the SD Card?

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I have a ASUS Zenfone ZE520KL which has a hybrid card slot.

I've been using one SIM card and one SD card for some months and now I need to use two SIM cards.

I need to stop using the SD card so I can use the slot for another SIM card.

My phone's memory can hold all data in the SD card as of today.

So apart from physical procedure to exchange them what I need to do with some apps data on it?

Camera photos go to there and I know where to change but some apps deliberate use the SD card for some internal purpose and I don't know how to safely start to use all this data without corrupt anything.

How to proceed?


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I cant get to use adb with my S3 in Windows 7. I am using CM 10.2, when I run adb devices nothing is shown. I also tired adb kill-server and adb start-server

I tried in Ubuntu and worked perfectly. I would use Ubuntu if I could but the windows pc is the one at the office.

What do I need to do for it to work?


texts: Is there a way to connect an external microphone to android, while using internal speakers and charging the phone?

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I want to improve the microphone sound quality while using internal speakers. I also want to be able to charge phone while on the call. Is there a way to do it?
So far I only saw solutions that would require headphones to also be connected to the device.


texts: How to enable dual networking in Android shell?

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I have a rooted HR933 tablet running Android 4.4.2, and an embedded device with a Wi-Fi access point but no Internet access. I need the tablet's browser to be able to reach the device's web server via Wi-Fi, and also connect to the Internet via mobile data at the same time.

Super Download (see How do I connect to a wifi ap and 3g network simultaneously?) will not work because I need to browse, not just download files.

I'm trying to enable the Wi-Fi and mobile network adapters simultaneously as described here:

# enable dual-networking:
pkill dhcpcd
svc wifi disable
svc data enable
netcfg wlan0 up
cd /data/misc/wifi/.
wpa_supplicant -B -Dnl80211 -iwlan0 -c/data/misc/wifi/wpa_supplicant.conf
dhcpcd wlan0
ip route add x.x.x.x via x.x.x.y # add any desired local route

The problem is that as soon as I do svc wifi disable, the wlan0 adapter disappears. The script above implies wlan0 is still available after disabling Wi-Fi, but on this tablet it isn't:

netcfg
tunl0    DOWN
lo       UP
ifb1     DOWN
ifb0     DOWN
sit0     DOWN
ccmni1   DOWN
ccmni0   UP
ccmni2   DOWN
ip6tnl0  DOWN

So when I try netcfg wlan0 up, I get action 'up' failed (No such device).

EDIT:

After additional trial and error I've found that I can briefly get the dual network setup to work before the tablet disconnects itself from the embedded device's access point:

svc data prefer makes the mobile connection data preferred.
Manually enable wlan0 with netcfg wlan0 up.
Connect to the device's AP via the Wi-Fi UI on the tablet.

I then have about 90 seconds where I can browse the embedded device's web server and pull up Internet websites in separate Chrome tabs at the same time. After that time the tablet disconnects from the device's Wi-Fi and wlan0 is shown as down with netcfg. My logcat output includes this:

D/WifiStateTracker(  682): New state:CONNECTING, mLastState:CONNECTING
D/ConnectivityService(  682): ConnectivityChange for WIFI: CONNECTING/CAPTIVE_PORTAL_CHECK
D/WifiWatchdogStateMachine(  682): Network state change CAPTIVE_PORTAL_CHECK
D/ConnectivityService(  682): Captive portal check NetworkInfo: type: WIFI[], state: CONNECTING/CAPTIVE_PORTAL_CHECK, reason: (unspecified), extra: "EMBEDDED_DEVICE", roaming: false, failover: false, isAvailable: true, isConnectedToProvisioningNetwork: false, simId: 0
D/ConnectivityService(  682): Tear down low priority net WIFI

"EMBEDDED_DEVICE" is substituted for the actual SSID. That last line would seem to indicate it's a "low priority" network, but there doesn't seem to be a way to change its priority; it's also the only "known" network on the tablet.


texts: How to move apps from old Nexus7 to the new one? (multi users)

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I bought a new Nexus7 and now I'd like to move a few games from my old Nexus7 to the new one. On the old and new device I have two users. (if it matters anything)

I tried a few ways...at first I tried TitaniumBackup, but when I move my backup to the new one and check the integrity, titanium backup says that there are faults. When I try the restore, the app hangs at 0%.

Then I tried the adb backup with the Nexus Root Toolkit...but when I restore, the restore windows ever appears at the first user even though I'm logged in at the second user.

Then I thought about, I can do it manually..
I know that the main app data will be saved at /data/data/package and the specific user data will be saved at /data/user/0 or 10 etc /package. I tries to copy the files from one device to the other...but when I start the
app after the copy process, the app crashs.

So can anyone please help me?

PS: Google Backup Service did only work for a few apps.


texts: Is it possible to get a part of the screen by adb or anything else?

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I know how to use adb screencap to capture and fetch the file with adb pull, but if I'm only interested in a 16x16 part of the screen, it would be very inefficient to capture and transfer the whole screen.

I'm not an android developer and I'm doing this in python, is it possible to get a part of the screen with adb or any other methods?


texts: Can I save/transfer session data from the chrome app (like tabs) without root?

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I am trying to save / back up the current chrome app session, emphasis on the tabs, before changing the battery on a nexus 6p phone. I know the data is stored in /data/data/com.android.chrome/app_tabs but the phone itself isn't rooted.
Additionally, sync is not working. I also want to save each tabs' back & forward history (like here: How can I transfer tab data from the Chrome App to another phone - including back and forward data? ).
Is there anything I can do? Any advice would be welcome.


texts: Bricked Nexus 7, USB Not being recognised at all

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My Nexus 7 all of a sudden stopped sending data through usb OTG and i tried to erase cache through TRWP but ended up deleting the OS. Now I am stuck with a device with no OS. I cannot mount the USB for my computer to recognise it so that I can restore it. I tried ADB sideload but it doesnt load and gets stuck on starting...

If I click on Mount, I cannot click on the USB-OTG box. My computer does have the correct drivers for the USB as it used to work on it before but since the OTG stopped responding to data I am now stuck and cannot push a restore image to the device.  I tried different OTG cables, different computers. None of the computers even detect a device as plugged in. Whether I boot into bootloader or recovery I just cannot get the PC to even acknowledge the fact that something is plugged in. As a result I am just not able to flash it at all. I tried NRT with the soft-brick option but that fails too because it says no adb connectivity.

Any help would really be appreciated.


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I write my question in a search box (on stack exchange or wikipedia or Google.) when I press enter, it doesn't search.

This isn't a keyboard thing since I've tried swiftkey, android keyboard, Samsung keyboard, and swype.

It is an opera thing, since using default browser, the keyboard "enter" is replaced by a spyglass for search or a tick in a circle for "go" as expected.
I've not tried any other browsers.

I only noticed this problem after upgrading my galaxy tab to 3.2...


texts: Why is Caller ID not working since 4.0.4 update on Droid 4?

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I have a Samsung Droid 4. I keep all information about my contacts in Google Voice. In the past, this has always worked seamlessly.

However, since my phone updated it's operating system to version 4.0.4 last week, caller ID is no longer working. When people call me now, their telephone number shows up on the phone's screen. However, it doesn't match that phone number to their name from my contact list.

Is anyone else experiencing this problem? What is the fix? Why did this happen?


texts: Google Cardboard with 4.5 inch smartphone

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Has anyone tried the Google Cardboard (the carton equipment and the relative software from Play Store) with an android device of 4.5 inches like Moto G 1st gen? (I have the LTE - XT1039 version, so, it has gyroscope)

I am asking because I am about to order some of this equipment and I doubt that in less than 5" display the eyes will have the ability to focus and get a clear image...


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Motorola G4 Play, formerly with LineageOS/14.1 + TWRP 3.2
Made the mistake of trying /e/OS but before I did, I copied 2-TWRP full backups and a lot of other pics and data to my Mint 20 laptop. I have formatted an SD card to ext4 and created the .TWRP/BACKUP as suggested on another thread here from 6-years back and also tried the suggestion from another one here today. Cannot restore TWRP Backup because it cannot mount internal storage after reboot and the sdcard is mounted as suggested there.
Running TWRP I can see the sdcard and the TWRP folder (no preceeding dot shown), but nothing beyond that and I am unable to navigate.
How can I get to the backup to restore my phone to LineageOS. Should never have left, ahh, hindsight.


texts: Download manager with support of password protected sites and Content-Disposition: attachment

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I've already tried almost 10 most rated download managers and browsers (including latest Chrome and Dolphin) to download content from a password protected site. Neither one works.

The site serves the content for download via file.php script (via GET request), which returns http header Content-Disposition: attachment;. It seems such scenario is not supported by popular Android apps.

Could someone suggest a download manager which supports such a thing?

Thanks in advance.

Appendix A

According to this blog post Android and the HTTP download file headers:

  "Another defect of the Android Download Manager is its inability to
  handle basic authentication. If you use authentication to control
  access to your download script, your downloads will fail with all
  browsers that make use of the ADM (e.g. Android stock browser and
  Dolphin)."

AFAIK, many others do use it as well, including Chrome.


texts: I got a nandroid backup of a stock android froyo firmware. The device (GT-I9003, Galaxy SL) is now running cyanogenmod 9. how can i transfer the contacts (and sms/mms optionally) from the backup to the running system?


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After weeks of trying to understand Android's storage management I'm left with more questions than answers.

I've already figured out how to force-move apps to external SD card, and to convince newly installed apps to directly install to SD card. But I'm still not sure who's against who. Of course, the fact that "SD card" is confusingly used to describe both the phone's own "hard disk" and external cards that you stick in doesn't help. Questions:

All the dozens tools that promise to force-move apps to SD card, one can assume they all mean "external SD card", correct?
Some parts of every app MUST remain on the internal storage, as far as I understand. Some basic core files. Which means: no matter how intensively you move apps to the external SD card, at some point your internal storage will run out of space. You may have an external 128-GB SD card in, but no tool in the world is going to save you from filling up your 5-GB internal storage sooner or later. Correct?
When Play Store tells me "not enough storage", which storage does it mean? How come I try to install a 50-MB app while having much more than that free in the RAM, the ROM, and the internal storage, and I get refused? (I understand that sometimes erasing cache and RAM solves this, but is it always so?) Is there a Store add-on or something like that that makes it all a bit more transparent, showing which downloaded file exactly doesn't fit in which type of storage?
I've heard that some elaborate games weigh 3 GB (never dealt with one myself). How would I theoretically go about installing such a game? I certainly have no such amount of any type of storage, except for the external SD card. Where will the files even be downloaded to?

Thanks!


texts: Is it possible to change the swipe unlock screen on the Galaxy S series?

texts: Is there any way to change the default swipe unlock screen on a galaxy S phone? I find that unlocking the screen usually requires a few attempts and is difficult for me to do with just one hand (heh, ironically the screen is too large to swipe across). I'm currently using a Captivate.


texts: Cant enter recovery mode Galaxy Tab S 8.4

texts: I have an issue on my device (Galaxy Tab S 8.4). I´m either stuck on boot loop (flashed with TWRP that worked fine for months until recently after a restart) or I can enter download mode and get stuck at the "Download... Do not turn off target!"-screen. Cant ever enter recovery no matter how I try... If I let the battery die it boots up into the boot loop as soon as I plug in the power chord. Is my device bricked or whats going on?


texts: Android 7.1.1 Moto Z Force Bluetooth Won't Turn On

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I have a Moto Z Force phone on android 7.1.1.

When I tap to turn on bluetooth, it looks like it has been turned on (but doesn't find anything) and if I tap away it shows that it's off.

If I go into advanced settings and hit the "On/Off" slider, it slides over to "On" and then the slider goes dark and becomes non-interactive. The bluetooth is still off and if I go to any other screen (or even shut the screen off on my phone and turn it back on) it goes back to Off.

This happened once before and it seemed to fix itself after an update. Now it's re-broken and no amount of resetting my phone has fixed it. I really don't want to have to do a factory reset.


texts: Android IMAP client with working search option

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OK, so far I've tried Gmail, K-9 and BlueMail email clients. I can correctly setup my IMAP server, and I'm able to send and receive emails.

The problem is when I try to search for an old email I received maybe a few months ago.

Gmail and K-9 return nothing. BlueMail returns and error. My mail provider is JustHost. As search is working under the web mail service, they say the server hasn't got any problem.

Is there a general issue in IMAP search? it's quite frustrating not been able to search my mails from my phone.

My device is a Nexus 5x with android 6.0.1


texts:
My HTC One M7 has been notifying me about a new update (v 7.18.111.35, Android Security Patch for libstageFright) for the past few months. And every time I try to install it, this is the result:

All I can do is reboot and the phone operates as normal.

It's not rooted, not modded in any way and I did a data wipe/factory reset about a week ago, but still it won't install.

My carrier is T-Mobile (although I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it)

Does anyone have experience with this?
And maybe have a solution?


texts: Cannot click Evernote clipper from Google Chrome for Android

texts:
Why can't I click the Evernote clipper from Google Chrome?

Is there a way to do this?


texts: How can I install a custom ROM on my Xperia S without unlocking the bootloader?

texts:
I have an old Xperia S and have rooted the device following the instructions here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2417672

From my research, people are saying that I don't need to have an unlocked bootloader to get a custom rom on the device but most guides are for devices with an unlocked bootloader (mine is not unlockable).

I have copied SimpleAOSP onto the storage card but not sure where to go from there as the phone wont boot into recovery mode (I think because the bootloader is locked). I've tried using FlashTool but am not getting anywhere.

Current Android version is 4.1.4. Build Number 6.2.81.96. I'd like to install SimpleAOSP from here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-s/s-development/rom-unofficial-simpleaosp-l-xperia-s-t3105420


texts: How to disable Notification Sounds on per-app basis?

texts:
I have an news app which gives me the option to get informed via push notification. I would like to receive this notification but I don't want it to make a notification sound. However the app doesn't allow me to choose a custom sound. Is there any other way to make it silent?

I do NOT want to disable the notification!

€dit: I'm on Android 4.2.2 ParanoidAndroid on Nexus 4


texts: Has anyone tested the remotedroid app? I tried (on windows xp and samsung galaxy 2), installed both server app and android app, but nothing happens. Are there any more settings I should make? Thanks.


texts: Problems searching and joining network with Nexus One

texts:
I have a Nexus One, unlocked from Google. It is not rooted nor running custom firmware. I am trying to use it with 2 different international sim cards, which have worked in other peoples phones. I have tried in four different countries, in all cases I get an error unable to search for networks.

Android version is 2.3.6

How can I troubleshoot and hopefully fix this?


texts: Running an Android phone as a pure phone - disabling the computer part

texts:
This question is not about pre-installed apps but more about apps which are part of Android.
What are all the apps (which come in the factory condition) which I can disable if I am planning to use an Android purely as a phone (i.e. make/receive calls, send/receive texts, store contacts etc).

The phone in question is a Moto E in factory condition. And one of the reasons for doing this is that person using this will not be requiring any app and wants to conserve battery as much as possible.

The phone will not be rooted.


texts: Google Play Authenticate to complete purchase, multiple accounts

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I'm using a device running Android 8.1. I'm trying to complete a purchase using Google Play where I'm facing a problem while authenticating myself after I selected my payment method. I have 4 Google accounts linked to my device. I wish to use my primary Google account to authenticate myself, yet the Google Play application picks the account I've added most recently (which is my dads').

For a few hours today and last night I have searched the internet and the settings of my phone trying to find out how I can change the account that Google Play requires me to authenticate with, but I couldn't find a solution.

Now I do have the password of the Google account that Google Play prompts me to use (because my dad gave it to me), but I do not want to use that account to authenticate as I want the purcahse to be logged/added to my own (primary) Google account.

How can I modify the behavior of Google Play so that I can choose what account is used to authenticate whilst completing a purchase?


texts: How can you tell if a notification is expandable or not?

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I've been loving the new expandable notifications ever since I discovered them by accident. However, I've just found out that according to the comments on this question: "Is there any way (as a user) to force all notifications to be expandable?", that whether a notification can be expanded or not varies by application.

Since expanding doesn't always work first time, but usually works depending on where your finger lands, how can I tell without trying to expand a notification 10 times if it's even possible to expand it in the first place?


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I got rooted SM-A700H(Samsung Galaxy A7) running Android 6.0.1. I could use vpn before but now I cannot connect to any VPN.
Tried Psiphon, Hotspot Shield, Windiscribe, 360,Master and etc. And my phone is rooted. Is there any way to fix it?


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I bought this tablet on Jan 7, 2013, and have allowed it to update whenever it asked, but I can't tell you what version of Android is has now. However, instead of the "X", I see four colored balls that move into the center, become one white one, and then move out...
     I have used it happily since then, until a week ago. I had recently installed an anti malware program, and that may be part of the problem. While I was websurfing, without warning, it went to boot: it went black screen, the four colored balls came in from the edges, and did the usual boot thing. Forever. So, I held down the power button til it shut off (I hadn't powered down in a while...mea culpa), and tried a reboot. Still did te 4-ball X thing forever.
     So, I held the power, up AND down volume, and got the screen with the recovery/start/reboot options that you can scroll thru with the volume buttons. Start and Reboot got me back to forever-booting. So, I tried recovery. I tried deleting cache: it said it did it. I rebooted, still looped. So...I bit the bullet, and did the "factory reset, lose all data" option. It said it did delete everything (so it's talking to me and making sense). So then I rebooted, expecting the welcome screen...IT'S STILL BOOT LOOPED!!

OK, so what can I do next? Is there a solution?

Thanks for ANY help!!


texts: Is there a way to disable telephone control (answer call, call) from bluetooth headphones? I just want to listen to music.


texts: Screen turns off during call due to problem with proximity sensor - Xperia Z3 compact

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I'm using Sony Xperia Z3 compact running Lollipop 5.1.1.
My proximity sensor is really faulty (Works only when I press hard on the top left corner of the phone).
I'm sure it's the proximity sensor because I used test apps and I can see it's detecting proximity all the time (unless I press hard on the corner).

Obviously, my biggest problem with that is that my screen goes dark when I make a call (Because the proximity sensor think the phone is near my ear). Trying to use the power button to turn on the screen didn't work so I set the power button to hangup calls (Otherwise I had to wait for the other side to hang up!).

I've seen many (many!) posts about this issue and tried all the apps who claimed to turn off the proximity sensor and non worked (including using the service setting at *#*#7378423#*#*) :

KeepScreen
Screen On Call
Screenbl - Screen On/Off Sensor
Smart Screen On Off
Disable Proximity Sensor
Proximity Fix
Proximity Screen Off Lite
On Call Proximity

I gave them all admin permissions and whatever they asked, but they all failed... The proximity sensor is just too strong for them I guess...

My only hope is to find an actual dialer app that has an option to ignore the proximity sensor (Used to be a popular option in the past). The Xperia Z3 compact default dialer does not have this option, nor the following dialers I've tried (At least I couldn't find that option):

Turedialer
DW Contacts & Phone & Dialer
Dialapp: KitKat Dialer
Reactiv Phone Dialer
Contacts+
KK Phone (KK Dialer, Lollipop)
Ready Contacts + Dialer
pixelPhone Pro

The only app I've found to have this option and it actually worked really well was: Viber, but unfortunately Viber cannot be used as a regular dialer but only as viber-to-viber dialer or viber-out dialer (like Skype credit).

So please, if you know of a dialer which you're sure has the option to ignore proximity sensor (or: 'keep screen on during call' as it sometimes called), please share it with. Any other original ideas will be welcomed as well.


texts: Note 4 contact quit syncing with Outlook

texts: I have a Note 4 running Marshmallow that suddenly stopped syncing contacts with Outlook, with no changes to the exchange account or Outlook app (that I know of).  I have researched this and tried all the fixes I've found, i.e. making sure it's set to display the right contacts (tried all and the outlook service), making sure syncing is enabled (it is), and deleting the account from the Outlook web UI, restarting the phone, and resyncing.  Nothing works.  I found one post that said this could be caused by an invalid entry from the phone in contacts, but the instructions it gave for looking at the logs on the outlook webapp were from an older version and I can't figure out how to do it on the latest one.  Can anyone tell me how to troubleshoot this?


texts: Gmail app syncing contacts automatically

texts: I have multiple gmail accounts on my phone. I only want 1 account to sync contacts. I know how to stop it from syncing contacts in the future but I do not know how to stop it from syncing the contacts when adding the G-mail account originally.


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I have an app that works fine in both Landscape and Portrait mode, but it demos best in Portrait mode. I'd like to show this app on a phone with HDMI output (either from MHL, Slimport, or micro-hdmi) and screen mirroring to an external display.

Presently, I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus. However, as has been pointed out by many, this phone forces the orientation to Landscape when an HDMI display is attached through the MHL adapter (see Set up portrait video output from Galaxy Nexus, HDMI/MHL possible in portrait mode?, HDMI output, Portrait mode?)

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can do HDMI Output with mirroring and keep my phone in portrait mode?


texts: Unable to unlock Android phone from Android Device Manager lock

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My phone is a Huawei P8 Lite ALE-L21 (Running Android 6.0). An hour ago I was testing if the Android Device Manager worked for the phone by locking it and it did. Thing is when I want to unlock my phone it doesn't let me to.

The unlock screen has a number pad with 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 0. There is a delete button and an Emergency Call button but there is nowhere a submit button. I cannot submit the unlock code when I type it. It says 'Your unlock password is required after a restart'. When I restart the phone it displays 'Locked by Android Device Manager' and gives an option to go to the Emergency Call screen or to input the unlock password.

I cant take a screenshot because well my phone is locked and I cant access anything except the unlock code input.

I've tried recovery via ADB but that's not an option since my glorious phone decided to unauthorized my computer.


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currently am using a samsung galaxy note-2 with custom rom (slimkat 4.4.2.built 4 official)

from last few days some time my media scanner is not working properly.
sometimes after restarting it work fine.
but not always.

i already tried few media scanner from google play store
but when i run than apps ,they are crashed

It scan only my phone content not my sd-card, while using phone browser

i can acess the card contents . but my galery ,musics players are not able to scan sd card media

can anybody have a solution for that
or else i have to wait for slimkat net update

thanks in advance


texts: Android-System causes my smartphone to lag

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The Process Àndroid-System causes my Smartphone to lag very often since it uses much CPU and drains my battery.
Restart does not work.
There is no other process using as much CPU.

MediaServer seems not to be the problem.

Phone: LG G2 "LG-D802"

Android 4.4.2

Kernel 3.4.0

How can I fix this problem?


texts: I am using Nexus 5 and recently did factory reset. Now I have Proxyserver as Home button in Android settings along with Google launcher and because of that I am able to see annoying Google ads on screen. Have any solution?


texts: Add applications to the original Android ROM

texts: How can I add applications to the original Android ROM installed by manufacturer, and not lose them after a factory reset?


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The US Department of Defence (DOD) uses a Common Access Card (CAC) for authentication on a number of externally available websites. It is possible to use the CAC with Firefox on Linux (e.g., see the Arch Linux wiki). From my understanding, the CAC is a fairly standard smartcard.

Are there smartcard/CAC readers and web browsers that are compatible with Android? If not, are there technical limitations that prevent it?


texts: What is the difference between rooting and unlocking the Boot Loader in reference to Android?

texts: I have heard these two terms the most, whenever people talk about Android OS. One of them is Rooting or root access, and the other one is unlocking the Boot Loader. Are these two terms exactly the same ? If not, kindly let me know the differences. P.S I am a beginner to android, and already searched a lot on the google, but could not come to a conclusion. A specific answer would be really helpful. Thanks in advance.


texts: Proxy/tunneling options for the Android platform

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As the possibility of connecting to a public Wifi is increasing in our cities, the opportunity of proxying/tunneling the traffic is gaining importance.

I strongly believe it would be interesting to come up with a list of applications/procedures that can setup or manage different kind of proxies/tunnels like:

http/https
socks v* (also on top of SSH)
openvpn
pptp
...

My hope is to gather all the knowledge w.r.t. the topic building a community wiki page.


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I installed TWRP in my rooted Sony Xperia L using the TWRP Official App. The app said that the flashing was successful. Then, when I give adb reboot recovery command, it boots into the stock recovery. Even when I try to reboot into recovery from the TWRP Official App, it boots into the stock recovery.
There is no TWRP whatsoever. Even when I try to boot with the hardware keys and/or fastboot, it either shows a blank screen with the blue notification LED ON or boots into the stock recovery. Please tell me what to do...


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I've got an app that refuses to open according to how I'm holding my phone.  So, it makes it uncomfortable to use it so I uninstalled it.  I do have auto-rotate on but I guess this app doesn't recognize it.  Is there a safe way to get apps that run upside down to work the right way?  I can't function without the home button near my left hand.

OS: 4.1
S3


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My phone is Samsung galaxy j2 prime, Android 6.0.1.
When I try to move app from internal storage to SD card, it shows 'Not enough storage' even there is 4.6 GB free in my SD card. Anyone please help me.


texts: How do you "Share via" email & wifi option from gallery ? It's missing

texts: I recently upgraded to ICS (4.1.2) and have lost the ability to share photos from the gallery via email and wifi. The option was there before the upgrade. But not now. Is this a bug ?


texts: When I ask Google Now to tell me my appointments, it tells me appointments from some of my calendars, but not Other ones added from URL. How can I get it to recognise these other calendars?


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My HTC Wildfire will not boot up. When I boot normally with the SD card in, I only get a screen that says "Fastboot" with the options bootloader, reboot, reboot bootloader and power down. It says to use the volume keys to select the option and press the power button to select. Using any of these buttons does nothing.

I then need to take the battery out, and power up while pressing the volume up button. I get an HBoot menu with the options fastboot, recovery, clear storage and simlock. The volume button does not allow me to select anything, but when I press the power button to select fastboot I get a number of messages saying SD checking load image [xxxx.zip] No image found This happens too quickly for me to see the name of the files missing.

I am able to connect my phone to a computer using USB, but I can do nothing there also.

Anybody got any suggestions?


texts: Override WhatsApp contact image with the chosen Contact Image

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I dislike how people use full body pictures for their contact images when it's a small image. When I link the accounts in my Android, I chose a picture that looks good and helps me identify them easily. But in WhatsApp, when these people chose their profile picture, they override my selection.

Is there a way to fix this?


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I've just got a new phone and downloaded the new Google Maps. I cannot find the written driving directions in this version. There used to be a list of the directions that appeared together with white circles showing where you need to change directions on the map.

Is this still there? Where can I find this view?


texts: Deleting images on SD card is sometimes painfully slow, how can I speed it up?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with about 3G available storage on the device, and 40G available on a SD card. The Camera settings are to store photos on the SD card. When using the stock Gallery app to browse photos, deleting them is often painfully slow. When it's working properly it takes less than a second, but when it's not could take maybe 20 seconds or more.

What could this be caused by? What could I do to diagnose and fix the problem?


texts: Resetting SIM card connection without rebooting phone

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Sometimes my phone (running LineageOS 14.1 / Nougat 7.1) will lose proper SIM card access, showing a "No SIM card" or "Invalid card" message and not allowing any cellular network accesses anymore. This is always resolved by a reboot.
However, I would prefer to only reset the SIM card access without rebooting the whole phone. Is this possible anyhow? Ideally programmatically?
I tried to switch flight mode off and on using /system/bin/settings put... and /system/bin/am broadcast..., but the issue persists when I do so.


texts: Keep getting "Error retrieving information from server. [RH-01]" from the play store

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It used to work fine but now when I open the Play Store app it says "Error retrieving information from server. [RH-01]" and I can't do anything. I tried clearing the cache of the Google Play Store and Google Play Services but it still has the problem. Gmail still works from the phone so I don't think it's a problem connecting to my google account.

I have an Xperia Arc with custom rom, which turns out to be the problem. See accepted answer.


texts: How to hide the mouse pointer after I finished using a bluetooth mouse?

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i recently bought a bluetooth mouse for my android tablet (galaxy tab 7 p1000 running gingerbread) and every time I stop using the mouse, the pointer stands where it was, only thing that makes it go away is a reboot.

Is there any way to hide the mouse pointer when the mouse is no longer in use without rebooting?


texts: Prevent apps from pausing Google Play Music

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Some applications tend to pause my music. I know it is paused because the Google Play Music widget shows the play button and pressing it resumes the song. Is it possible to remove that function or privilege?

Music : Google Play Music

App : Learn SQL

Phone is LG G3.
Android 5.0

Phone is not rooted. Problem is not intermittent and can be reproduced by clicking on a course inside the Learn SQL app while music is playing.

I am also using Avast Battery Saver.


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is there a way to run adb shell commands via windows?

I would like to run a batch script such as this

adb shell
mount -o rw,remount /system
exit

Currently when i run the batch script it only runs the first command adb shell


texts: Phone not recognized by computers at all. No adb, usb, lsusb, fastboot

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For over a year my phone had no issue connecting to my computer via usb cable. I could transfer files back and forth via adb no problem. It stopped being recognized about a month or two ago, So I've been using adb over network.

It doesn't even show up in lsusb.

I thought maybe it was the cable, so I tried a different cable.
I thought it was the usb port on the computer, so I tried other usb devices. Phone charges when plugged into computer though.
I thought it might be the connections of the cable to the phone and computer, So I cleaned them with alcohol.
I thought maybe the connections on the mainboard of the phone, So I pulled the phone apart and cleaned the connections with alcohol.
I thought maybe adb needed to be updated/reinstalled, so I did that.

So here's my predicament. I was updating LineageOS and there was a problem with the firmware so I reset my phone without thinking. That deleted all my files on the sdcard as well as the system. So I'm only able to use twrp (recovery, no OS). But the phone should be able to mount still since twrp allows MTP.

Any ideas what I can do to get the phone to be recognized by the computer.

Stats:

phone: OnePlus 3T - up to date TWRP only, formerly LineageOS

computer: Ubuntu 18.04, up to date adb and fastboot


texts: how am I suppose to remotely delete my google account on a device that is accessing a specific app

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I recently added my account on a device so he could access my game app whick is the Clash of Clans (COC)

now that person is controlling my COC using his device and cursing my clann mates via coc chat..


texts: Is it possible to root Nexus 4 Lollipop from the phone, without needing to connect to a PC of some sort? Since Lollipop update, Android file transfer cannot find my phone.


texts: Error: Secure Check Fail : aboot, when trying to update firmware on Samsung Galaxy Core Prime using Odin

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The things I did to update firmware from Android 4.4.4 to 5.0.2:

Installed latest Samsung usb drivers for mobiles
Installed latest Samsung kies and through that I installed device drivers.
Downloaded Odin v3.10.6.
Put my phone in odin mode.
Connected my phone to my pc via original usb cable.
ODIN -> AP -> lollipop firmware (G360FXXU1BOD9_G360FOXA1BOD9_G360FXXU1BOD9_HOME.tar.md5) -> start.

After that this happened;

And my device showed this error in red color : SECURE CHECK FAIL : aboot.

Any suggestions, how can I get 5.0.2 lollipop on my core prime?

Edit : I recently put phone to format, then removed micro SD, and then did everything from step 4 but no luck. It's a new Samsung Galaxy Core Prime SM-G360F (nearly 5 days old).


texts: Is it possible to get the password from a wps wifi connection?

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At school we have two wifi networks, one for teaches and one students, but the teacher network is much faster and is available everywhere in the building. I could connect to it by pressing the wps button on a repeater, but some of my classmates could not because they have iphones (iphones don't have wps). I would like to help them by telling the password, but i don't know if there is a way to retrieve it from this kind of connection. And this is what i'm asking your help for: Can i get the password somehow?

Thanks for your time.


texts: How does boot animation affect booting time. And how can I decrease the booting time?

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What if I load a lite boot animation in my device.
Does is decrease the booting time?

And how to decrease booting time as well as improve my phone's features.

device: Samsung Galaxy y duos GT-s6102
OS: custom ROM XDV3 by XDA Developers


texts: How do I add another keyboard layout to my ICS phone?

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I speak English as my first language, but I also am fluent in French and I'd like to occasionally write in French on my Android phone. I have ICS, and whilst I can easily change my language to French, I cannot change the keyboard layout to an AZERTY or QWERTZ layout.

How do I add another language keyboard layout to my phone?


texts: Lookout - Which application is trying to access the system with no authorization

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Is there any log where I can check which unknown source app is trying to access the phone without authorization? Lookout keeps popping up this message but don't tell me which application is! It happens whenever I connect to Wi-fi/3G. The application says that everything is normal after a scan. I don't want to remove all applications installed from unknown sources!

I couldn't get the message in english just switching the phone language, it only shows partially in english:


texts: permission denied on files created via adb in recovery

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I stumbled upon a strange issue - after installing new ROM (CyanogenMod 12.1), I used adb push (still in TWRP) to copy some backed up directories to internal storage - so far so good. But then in fully booted system I found out, that I have read only permission for these dirs even when logged as root (I can still remove them from recovery though; also I don't have this problem, when I use adb when normal android is running).

I thought that it could be a selinux issue, but ls -lZ shows the same permissions/context for everything (and I also tried calling the restorecon on these dirs)

Any idea what causes this?
(note: I'm looking just for explanation, I can solve this easily by deleting it in recovery)

EDIT: in case it was relevant, my device is Kindle Fire HD (tate)


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I am abroad and when I enable the Mobile data option, i get a warning triangle in the notification area with the text "You have lost data connectivity because you left your home network with data roaming turned off."

Turning Data roaming on does not help. Apps claim I have no internet connection.

What is wrong?

One way to understand the message is that data roaming should have been enabled before leaving the home network. Could that be the reason?

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S3 (i9300) with Android version 4.3


texts: Is there any way to get Google Assistant to work on CM13 x86?

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I have tried everything. Installed CM13, got Xposed to work. Installed Assistant enabler, Android N-ify. Tried more versions. x86_64, CM14 (Kept constantly rebooting), Pure Android N. Nothing. Spent more than 8 hours on this. I'm Using VirtualBox on Windows 10.

Does anybody know an actual way to work this out?


texts: Google voice having trouble recognising some of what I say

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I'm English with a thick southern accent, and while Google voice does quite well about a 3rd of the time, it struggles with words such as slack (thinks I'm saying slap, flac, etc), medium (thinks I'm saying museum), slap (thinks I'm saying map), etc. I have repeated these words over and over, hundreds of times and it's not getting any better. I've tried speaking slower, louder, really enunciating my words, but nothing is helping.

I wanted to use Google voice as a way to quickly record my thoughts during the first stage of writing articles but it looks like that's not happening any time soon as I've tried saying whole sentences and short paragraphs over and over, but again, it struggles with that. It gets it right maybe 1 or 2 times out of 10.

Is there a knack to this? Is there a way to spell out words it struggles to understand so that it "remembers" these words for future use?

I'm using Marshmallow if that makes any difference, and the language is set to UK English.

Any tips?


texts: Sending all contacts *with number* via Bluetooth

texts: I would like to transfer all my contacts to a different phone from my Android 2.2 device. In my phonebook I disabled showing contacts without numbers. When I choose sending via Bluetooth however all contacts show up, thousands of them without number. I would like to send only those that contain number. I have the option "select all" but this includes and sends all contacts. How could I send only the ones with numbers?


texts: KitKat 4.4.2 error 'unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped working

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On Android KitKat 4.4.2 an error comes up 'unfortunately, the process com.android.systemui has stopped working.

Now I can't turn it on or off as the error keeps popping up and won't let me do anything.


texts: Disable Cyanogen 10.1 notification drawer widgets

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I want to remove the notification drawer widgets, but despite having System > Notification Drawer > Power Widget unchecked, it keeps showing up.

When I have new notifications, pulling down the drawer reveals them; but if I do it a second time, without any unseen items, I'm treated to a screenful of widgets I don't really need and have to manually switch back to the notifications list.

How can I disable this, and have a plain old notifications dropdown?


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In a non mobile application which is powered by a battery and it has to be powered on during weeks without recharging it.

Is Android suitable? Or an embedded Linux is better ?

Android has a power management feature, but can we control it or is it something "automatic" ?


texts: I have an android 4.2.2 phone. When I connect it to my desktop PC, it is not charging (Showing as charging and disconnected repeatedly). Checked by changing USB cable, connecting to different PC, connecting to different phones with same cable etc. Using same cable I can charge other mobiles like lumia, android 4.1 phones. Also I can charge my phone with same cable through charger. When I google it, I found that USB charge only option is removed in 4.2.2 (It was der in earlier versions). My model is XOLO Q1000 Opus and android version is 4.2.2. Please help me


texts: Do you know, or is there a way to find out which apps can be disabled or uninstalled without compromising the rest of my Android 5.1.1?

texts: First of all, I thank you for the info from my earlier question. I'm not really having problems, just trying to learn. I have trouble finding answers to specific questions on the web. Now I am having some problems with not having enough room and the general behavior of this Android. There are so many apps that I have absolutely no idea what they are or how they got there. (Also, is there someway to find out what they are without having to go to multiple sites?) By the way, I'm not sure what tags do either, so I just picked one from the list.


texts: I have some problems with google play after updating to 4.0.4 on my Motorola xoom. The store doesn't open and gives Server error!!


texts: How do I read Hike messenger back up files?

texts: I am trying to restore the backup of Hike messenger but have been unsuccessful, but for some reason it is not recognizing the old backup. Is there any way to open it or read it on the PC?


texts:
hardware: Samsung Galaxy S8+ (SM-G955U)
software: Android 7.0 (Nougat)

In December, I installed Samsung's "White Winter" theme. Then I installed "For Snowy Porch" in January followed by "winter tree" in February. The problem I'm having is that there are elements of the White Winter theme that remain on the phone even after installing two other themes afterward. Here are the elements that remain and that I now wish to change to something that better matches the theme I currently have installed:

The left and right app shortcuts on the lock screen (the phone and camera). Note that I am not trying to change the apps that are launched by these shortcuts. I am trying to change the appearance. I want to replace the icon.
The background image that appears when the settings menu is pulled up. It is currently set to the background image for the White Winter theme. I would like to change it to something else.
Similarly to #2 , the background image that appears when I bring up the phone app (showing "recents", "contacts", or the number pad). It shows the background image for the White Winter theme, and I would like to change it.
Also on the phone app, when I display contacts and scroll down to contacts just after "frequently contacted", there is a section for contacts that start with symbols. The section is labeled "&". E.g., "#BAL", and "#DATA". The icons that display to the left of those contacts are from the White Winter theme. I'd like to restore them all to the way they were. I could do this one by one, but I was hoping there was a way to just replace the entire icon pack at once.

Thanks!


texts: How can I see which websites use up most of my foreground data?

texts:
Every month I use up most of my mobile data in Chrome. This is the foreground data, not background data, so the data saver settings don't do much.

My plan is to avoid those websites that use up most of my data. But to do so I need to find out which websites do so.

My mobile data usage only charts per app, and while I know it's chrome, I have no indication which website is most to blame.

Is there a way of recording this, either in the browser via flags/policy/settings or on a system level (system settings or another application)? I've used VPN apps as a  firewall previously but they ended up using a lot of battery.

How can I track website data usage on chrome?


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I have an HTC One m8. It's running android 6.0.

If I attempt to boot up the phone it instantly shuts down when reaching the Google Logo.
If I plug it in to a power source (AC/usb), it lets me boot, but once I unplug the power source it instantly shuts down.

The battery is indicated to be close to 100%.

This really does sound like a hardware issue with the battery, but I can still enter the bios (Power + Vol Down) and leave it open for a few hours without it dying (probably longer, didn't test it for longer). It only shuts down when I attempt to either boot or enter recovery.

I've already re-flashed the OS to stock with:

fastboot oem rebootRUU
fastboot flash zip rom.zip
fastboot reboot

So my question is: is this a hardware issue or software issue?

Is it because entering the bios requires such a minimal amount of energy, my device will allow me to enter it even when it's on extremely low battery? Or is it because the software is somehow incorrectly detecting the battery level and shutting down?


texts: Broken SONY SD Card, formatting, "shredding", adding/deleting files to no avail

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Whole story

(Feel free to skip to the "The Problem" section. This section is included for completeness, and just in case if it actually is related.)

SMARTPHONE: SONY Xperia E C1504
Specs:
-RAM: 512 MB
-DATA/SYSTEM space: < 1GB (~700MB)
-DATA/SYSTEM used out-of-the-box: ~ 300-400 MB
-INTERNAL STORAGE: ~ 2 GB
-PROCESSOR: Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
-STOCK ROM: SONY: Android 4.1.1 - based ROM

SD Card: SONY 32 GB microSDHC Class 10 (U1)

The stock SONY ROM that comes with the phone is too bloated, filled with unnecessary features, apps, and other stuff that make the phone (close to) unusable. Not only that, but even more space is wasted with some "SONY PC Companion" installer that I don't really need (download it from internet, maybe? and NOT WASTE VALUABLE SPACE!!!)

It's so crazy, that I can't even update all the apps in the phone (even without installing other apps in Google Play) without getting "Can't update : Insufficient space available.". Not only that, but 512 MB of RAM struggles to keep up with Facebook/Twitter! (Yes, they come pre-installed.). Way to go, SONY.

(barely) Survived for 2 years, after rooting using KingoRoot, removing loads of system apps, getting an SD Card, and installing Link2SD. After that, some apps just stopped. Knowing an update was pending, decided to Unroot -> Use PC Companion to do clean install. Still SLOW, and storage problem persisted, so decided to Unlock Boot Loader -> Install TWRP -> Install CM10, CM11, or CM12, whatever was available. Latest that worked was CM11, but without camera (bummer), so CM10 was used. So much for Lollipop. :(

Running CM10 smoothly, updated everything, and installed a couple of apps, and now only 150 MB available. :(.

The problem

Installed Link2SD, created mount scripts, and rebooted. Now some apps that were previously on SD card, including Play Store, Play Services, Nova Launcher, etc. appeared magically. Since some were installed in CM10 after wiping, the were replaced by their respective SD card versions.When opening any of those apps, I am greeted by "Unfortunately,  has stopped.". Recreate mount scripts / relink apps / etc, and prompted for a reboot.

Except the reboot eliminated all trace of those apps. Means Google Play Services is GONE!

Next logical step: delete those files and start over. Used an adapter, and it mounted it read-only!!! Tried other adapter: (seems) perfect. After deleting, unmounted SD Card. Surprise! Everything is back again!

Tried GParted (deleting all partitions and creating new ones, as well as destroying old partition table), and to no avail. Everything is back!

Even tried shred -f -v -z -x /dev/mmcblk0, and no errors reported.

So I'm left with yet another SONY product that doesn't work as it should. And it's a shame as I used to trust SONY products, as I thought they were of good quality.

Non-working or impossible:

-Buy a new phone.
-Deal with it, and just use the phone for calls and SMS. No WhatsApp, Telegram / Plus Messenger, etc.

Help? Please?


texts: File explorer is empty for nougat emulator?

texts: In Device Monitor File Explorer remains always empty.why? For other emulator is works perfectly fine.Please Suggest me solution


texts: How to access BTsync files in Pebble with Gadgetbridge?

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I would like store only some most critical files as encrypted in my Pebble, stored in BTsync.
Pin code protection of Sync files is not possible in Android 5.x-6.x because files are stored in a file system access to which Sync cannot close (BTsync).
The storage of critical files in Pebble should be now technically possible with BTsync 2.3 of Android >=5.0 but I am using 6.0 Marshmallow.
I received answer from the BTsync support

  If yes, then this shall be possible with Sync 2.3 released recently. You just need to save Pebble app files to a Sync's folder either via android's document provider feature or a file manager. This is already done in Sync and now it depends on the Pebble app - whether it'll let share or access its files.

Motivation

some security keys in Pebble
some critical documents only locally in Pebble (BTsync is working for Bluetooth connection for local network devices)

Pebble and BTsync

The work which they can make is to consider how the development plan of the BTsync App in Pebble assuming that Bluetooth connection exists in BTsync.
There can be other limitations. The front-end of BTsync Pebble must be limited in selective sync. I think its control center can be in your phone.

BTsync

  [Y]ou need to save files to a sync share. You can either copy them from Pebble app folder to sync share, or add the Pebble add folder to Sync - however this might be not allowed if pebble app exclusively locks the folder.
  [T]o sum up: if you want Sync to sync files from Pebble app on your phone, you need to add a folder with these files to Sync.

Development Plan

BTsync Bluetooth support for local network etc between Pebble - Android/PC. So the BTsync app can detect Pebble and sync selectively files there. (here about the development of bluetooth 4.0 in BTsync)
Some Pebble app OR system feature to allow access to Pebble's files, so in that can you can simply copy them back and forth after syncing.

OR copy files back and forth in Pebble after syncing.

Plan

Use Gadgetbridge to make the connection te Pebble. Maybe, it can allow the read of files on the gadget.
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Phone: Oneplus 3
OS: Cyanogenmod 13 stable
Pebble: Classic
Connection client to Pebble: Gadgetbridge


texts: Activate Android app by pressing thumb on timeout / locked screen for few seconds

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This might seem  like a strange question. Is there some sort of way for an  app to launched by pressing the screen for a few seconds on touch screen phones? the reason why I ask is because this would be a great feature for like a panic button. of course the app will have to calibrate to the owner's thumb to prevent accidental pressing from objects in purse or pockets.

Regards.


texts: Seems like my SD Card just died... can I insert a new one?

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So today my HTC Desire randomly froze, then started acting strangely - only showed the background image, nothing else. Didn't respond to power-off or anything so I pulled the battery.

After this, it simply would not boot up, just gets stuck on the boot up screen.

The phone is flashed with InsertCoin ROM so I can still get into fastboot but can't make backups - it can't load the SD Card. Error given is: E:Can't Mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (Invalid Argument)

When I try to mount the SD Card to my computer it fails (ie. computer doesn't recognise it at all). Tried other random SD Cards and they mount no problem (thus shouldn't be a problem with the reader)

Main question... can I insert the original SD Card that came with the phone, and will the phone bootup and be usable? (note: this SD Card would be pretty much 'as-is' since I used a diff SD Card pretty much from day 1)

Sub question... anyone with ideas on if I can salvage what is left of this original SD Card? (can't seem to get anything to recognise it at all...)

Thanks in advance!


texts: Tvheadend on Android DVB-S2 TV Box(AML8726-MX)

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I have Android DVB-S2 TV Box
CPU: Amlogic AML8726-MX
TV-Tuner: AVL6211

I need to install Tvheadend server to the device. To play video in the browser (on the same device) via RTP (or nativ android app - VideoView).

I found Tvheadend compiled under Android. It starts, but the TV tuner was not recognized correctly.

Can someone have a successful experience in installing this software?

If you have experience in writing android applications for such hardware, please tell me where to start!


texts: what is the accuracy of the wossip app`s USAGE menu drop down? Does it reflect actual usage of the monitored account or some other state?


texts: Got mail with URL pointing to an APK called com.android.fixed.update, what is this?

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One of my relatives sent me an email pointing to this URL:
http://www.flugversuch.at/cnu/kbdjobbwclikw/nbopigxdb/pxcbaolinizdg/qfktoohwzplsjsp

When I got there, it automatically downloaded an APK called com.android.fixed.update. What could this be and should I install it?


texts: Widgets of installed apps do not appear in list

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I just bought my father a chinese phone, seems to be working great except after I install an app, it does not appear in the widgets list.
I have tried several apps (Wifi Manager, Gsam Battery monitor) on several launchers (Default, Zeam, GO Launcher EX). I even set English instead of Hungarian, nothing helped.
The default widgets (Bookmarks, Calendar, Gmail, etc) are in the list.

Is there some setting I am missing?


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I just found out that some apps that I uninstall from my tablet are still listed in "all apps" section by my device, although marked as "not installed":

Apps List (click image for larger variant)

How can I fully remove them? Please note that those are not system apps or pre-installed apps by manufacturer.


texts: Problems using bluetooth tether on a cheap chinese tablet

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I'll save you all from the backstory, because I am short on time. I have 4 iDeaUSA CT8 cheap chinese tablets running android 4.2.2 that I bought from fry's electronics for $99. It was a great deal, and the tablets are surprisingly good considering the price and power.
Basically, I need to bluetooth tether tablets to smartphones (or any other cellular device) for use in a venue where wifi is banned. However, the tablets will not work. I have followed instructions for bluetooth tethering, and the tablets act like they are connected and everything but when I try to load google.com it just loads for a couple minutes before timing out. It happens on any device I try to connect to, including a GalaxyTab 3, Droid Turbo, and another off-brand. I know the problem is with the tablets because I can follow the same steps on my phone and other tablets, and it works just fine.
I have seen some evidence of similar stuff, but have found no working solution.
What do I do?!? I have 3 days to get this working, and I don't want to resort to reverse usb tethering to a laptop.
Is there some sort of glitch with the software that is patchable? I doubt it is hardware, because everything looks exactly like a working setup.


texts: Unresponsive menu button on several Android apps

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I have noticed on several apps there is a menu button/icon (three vertical dots) but it is unresponsive and I'm wondering if it's just me or the app. I initially assumed it was just the app, but I have noticed it in several apps now. The menu button responds to a tap, in that I hear the "tap" sound and the button highlights momentarily, but nothing happens - there is no menu?!

Three apps I have noticed today that have a "do nothing" menu button:

Compass (called "Tiny Compass" in the Play store)
BBC iPlayer
Stack Remote

Is this really a "problem" in the app?


texts: Why is my Wi-Fi connection saying "no account found" when I try to connect via wireless networks?

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I have enabled Wi-Fi.  I try connecting to various networks, and during the IP address obtaining process, the notification will popup from the Wi-Fi app saying:

"No account for ___________ network. Try again."

It does this with many different Wi-Fi apps, including the stock app (the one that comes default), other apps, etc. It also does this with any network, within range, yes, and still the same problem arises. I checked all system written logs and there's no errors, or anything that could explain this issue.

There's nothing wrong, I believe, with the hardware on my phone, nor the software(for the most part).

However, this has been suddenly happening with any wireless network. What could be causing this?


texts: Can any computer connect to a SSH server running on an android phone connected to a wireless mobile network?

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I run a ssh server on an Android phone using SimpleSSHD.

When the phone is connected to a wifi network, I can connect to the SSH server from a computer in the same wifi network.

When  the phone is connected to a carrier's wireless mobile network, I found an IP address on the android phone in "Settings-> About Phone -> Status". How can I find out if the IP address is a public IP address for the phone's network interface, or shared by many devices in the same LAN? Can any computer connected to the Internet connect to the SSH server using the phone's IP address?
It seems that I can't, and I was wondering why?

$ ssh -p 2222 11.22.333.444
ssh: connect to host 11.22.333.444 port 2222: Connection timed out

Thanks.


texts: Generate different thumbnails for videos in Gallery

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Device:  Nexus 7
Android: 4.4.2
Gallery app: 1.1.40304

I have a series of videos with a similar first 30 seconds. The thumbnails for all of them look identical. Is there any way of making the Gallery app calculate a different thumbnail for these videos?

Alternatively, is there any way to display the filename along with the thumbnail? I have to go through to the details menu for each to see the filename.


texts: I have a Redmi 4 phone , what are possible reasons for internet issues in it?

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There are some locations where internet in my Redmi 4 phone works very fast and every time.
But there are some locations (like the place currently i am living) where it shows full network but most of the times internet stops (becomes very slow , like just keeps buffering and never loads even a simple web page). During late night it runs without any hassle at same location.
Now at same location , when i use some one else phone (LYF) , internet works throughout the day .It becomes sometime slow but then also is able to load 360p video on you tube.

Problem is not in sim card.

Any possible reasons and solution for this.


texts: can you connect a wired controller through a pc to an android without plugging it into the tablet itself

texts: i say this because i dont have an usb otg cable or whatever its called and i dont want to go out and buy one


texts: Why are these short USB cables not connecting my Android device?

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I have a Galaxy S2 and a Linux Mint laptop. For a while I was using a long USB cable, maybe 1 metre in length, to connect my Android device to my laptop. It worked fine, but the extra length was unnecessary and sometimes got in the way. So I went to my local electronic store and bought a 20 centimetre USB cable.

With the shorter cable, it would recharge my phone, but I could not connect to the file system on the phone in any way. No USB related activities, such as connecting to the device from Eclipse or transferring music files from within Banshee would work.

I thought maybe I was just unlucky and got a bad cable. So I went and bought a second 20 centimetre cable, and it was the exact same situation.

Bad cables are rare enough that it seems unlikely that I got two in a row. In any case, I'm a little hesitant to just go and buy another until I know what's going on. My 1 metre cable still works, so I assume there is nothing about the system that is failing.

Why would the 20 centimetre cables behave any differently from a longer cable? Is there a type of cable I need to be getting? Is there something else I need to know when buying cables?

This is what my 20 centimetre cable looks like:


texts: Possible to use laptop's keyboard to type in Android?

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Is it possible to use a laptop's keyboard to type in Android? If so, how?

Note my current setup:

Freshly unpacked Samsung S4 mini
Prefer solution which does not require rooting
Laptop running Ubuntu (Linux), with Bluetooth etc

Further: Any security concerns?


texts: List of all devices connected to my network

texts: Is there any way to get list of all devices connected to my Wi-Fi network?


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How can I disable various social apps from updating while I'm at work (where I work with my laptop anyway)? The main point is conserving battery. (I have HTC Desire HD)

I don't want to turn off wifi completely since I might want to work with the phone occasionally


texts: What is my phone doing when the boot takes a long time?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S with stock Android 2.3.3 (with carrier modifications, regretfully).

Usually, when I reboot the phone, it shows the boot animation for a few seconds, then goes to the lock screen while it finishes booting.  Every once in a while (though more often lately than it used to), the boot animation screen gets stuck for about 5 minutes before showing me the lock screen.

This happens both on clean boots (i.e. shutting it down from the power button menu and then restarting) as well as when the phone freezes and I restart it, or when it crashes.

What is the phone doing at this time?

Why does it do it sometimes and not at other times?

How can I avoid this?


texts: How can I get Android devices to see a classless static route?

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This seems to be a problem that a few people are having. I have DHCP set up on a Windows 2008 server. Amongst all the options I have set, is option 121 (Classless Static Routes). I have two routes set up going over two VPNs, one to one datacentre and one to another, both going through different gateways.

We have a wifi network here with no restrictions to the network once you're connected to it.

The Android devices connecting to the wifi can connect to machines going over one of the routes, but not the other.

The Windows PC I'm currently typing this on also gets its IP address from the same DHCP pool and I have no issues with connection to machines in both datacentres.

Just in case it's useful to know, the DC that I can't seem to connect to is Amazon Web Services.

My device is a Samsung S4 with 4.4.2


texts: Can I implement firewall-like internet blocking from ADB on a per app basis on stock Android?

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Instead of using 3rd party app freezers, I've been using "pm disable-user" / "pm uninstall" for years to disable/uninstall bloatware. However, some apps, if uninstalled (or even disabled sometimes), bootloop the device or just break basic functionality.
So, I wish to block internet access to that bloatware which indirectly prevents me from removing it.
Is there an adb command to implement internet blocking on a per app basis, like "pm uninstall" is for uninstalling?
(Yes, there are plenty firewall apps, but why rely on a 3rd-party app for something you can do yourself?)


texts: How to remove the bootloader unlocked sign while restarting device

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Ever since I unlocked my Nexus 6p to root the device, I started getting the boot-loader unlocked sign with a big flashing yellow icon telling me to go to some link to reset my device. It is quite annoying when this happens. Is there a way to remove this icon without re-locking the device?
Android: 7.1.1 Nougat (rooted w/ TWRP)


texts: I have an overlay #1 1280x720 213 screen taking over my whole android smartwatch It won't let me touch any thing on the screen

texts: So I have an android smartwatch works exactly like a android phone with batteries. And on the settings I accidentally added a developers overlay screen. Now it won't allow me to touch the screen, I could see the wallpaper and the time changes correctly and I could turn it of and on but I can't power off because I have to confirm that on the screen and that doesn't work. I took out the batteries but when put back in is still the same thing. I try to zoom out the overlay screen but all it says on it is overlay #1 1280x720 213 dpi.


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I have an LG G6 (LG-H870) with android oreo 8.0.0, kernel version 3.18.71
I want to root in mainly to recover a couple videos I've deleted.
If there is a way to recover the videos without root that would be great, if not then I need some help rooting my device because I've never done it before.
The videos I've deleted were locked and I have "permanantly deleted" them as they don't go in the trash.

I've found this : https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g6/development/tool-tool-one-driversunlocktwrpfactory-t3674088

Also, I know that rooting my phone voids my warranty so I was wondering if there was a way to unroot my phone in order to get back my warranty after I'm done recovering my videos/photos?

Basically...
Is there a way to recover deleted videos/images without rooting my device and if not then how do I safely root it?


texts: Hardware ID missing on Galaxy S3 after Windows update

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A few days ago I accepted Windows Update's Samsung drivers for Galaxy S3 running rooted Jelly Bean. It worked fine as USB MTP device until then.

Now, every time I connect the USB cable I get the error "Hardware ID missing. Contact manufacturer..." and I can't see my device's file system.

Switching to PTP or enabling Debug doesn't work.

How to fix it?


texts: Phone app shows all contacts even when contacts app is set to show only gmail contacts

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I have two source of contacts in my phone(Lineage 14.1), gmail and whatsapp.

In the contacts app, I have set the option to only show gmail contacts.
It works properly (first screenshot). But in the phone app, all contacts are shown, thus getting most contacts twice (once from gmail, and once from whatsapp; second screenshot):

I tried using different phone app, but the result is same.
I tried merging the contacts using the mergings apps on play store, but somehow the contacts reappear after using whatsapp.

Is there any solution? A similar question was asked years ago How to show only gmail's contacts in the Contacts app? , but it doesn't have an working answer.


texts: Keyboard shortcut to enter commonly-used email address

texts: Is there any keyboard shortcuts on Android? I want to enter my commonly-used email address  easily, because most apps require an account.


texts: Can I delete multiple emails with the standard Android email app?

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I am using LG L3II E430 mobile with standard Android email app.

Can I delete multiple emails?


texts: Google Hangouts chat not sending notifications

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I am using Hangouts for both google chat and for text messaging. When I get a chat message my phone doesn't notify me, but when I get a text message I do get a notification. I have missed many messages via chat because of this. Is there anything that I can do to fix this issue?

This used to work, and all of a sudden it stopped working. I have no idea what happened, if it was an update or if I changed a setting not realizing it would affect this.

I have looked through all hangouts settings and I can't seem to find anything that would be causing the issue.

I have tried clearing the data, and I got a few notifications right away, but it didn't solve the issue.


texts: Clearing user data for Google Play Services

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I am using Samsung Galaxy On7, Android 6.0.1.

My phone internal memory is quite small, 8GB. Moreover, apps like MS Word and Excel, which can be moved to sd card, come inbuilt, as a result of which I cannot move them to sd card. So, I clear user data for apps as much as possible, so that space can be freed up.

Now, I see that Google Play Services is using up 68MB of data. I want to clear this data, but as this is one of the basic apps on which the phone runs, I want to know what might be the ill consequences of clearing this data. Will apps no longer run or I'll face grave troubles if I clear this user data?


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I´ve CM 12.1 without the gapps. I would like to know the importance of the "SIM tools kit" app (I don´t know if that´s the exact name in english, in Spanish for me it´s "Kit de herramientas de SIM"), and if removing it will damage something, although the only thing it does is to show me publicity of my SIM´s provider.

And I also want to know if that apps meets the definition of free software according to the GNU project. Or at least if I can see its source code and license.


texts: WiFi info popup broken and not showing all info on Lollipop

texts: So my popup window for WiFi info is broken on Nexus using android 5.0.1. That's not that bad, but i was also wondering why is it not showing other important WiFi information's, such as IP address? I need my IP often and its hard for me to go to terminal and type ip addr show each time i need it. Is that info removed or is my popup somehow broken?


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I bought Android Multimedia system for my car:
Model: MGCOL1
Ver: 4.4.2
Ver: MPSS.TR.1.0-01780-M8626AAAAANAZM
Core Ver: 3.4.0 - fengxunyi@fly-server-24core #1
Build: msm8226-userdebug 4.4.2 KVT49L eng.fengxunyi.20150828.144551 test-keys

But is seems that the Android is blocked: no file explorer, no browser (but there is an app with WebView with Google), no Google Play Store and no Developer options for adb (I have tried to click on the Build Number and nothing happened).

How can I unblock it? I want to install some apps but I don't know how.


texts: Is it possible to configure the phone to charge when the battery left X amount of juice?

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Illustration: I plug in an android phone to either a power bank or a charger. However, I do not want it to start charging immediately. I want to configure the phone such that when the android phone battery reached certain level (e.g. 35% or below), then it will start charging.

So, is it possible to configure the phone to charge when the battery left X amount of juice?


texts: Mobile phones or tablets come with limits like it has expandable memory of 32, 64, etc GB. I was wondering how this is determined? Does it mean that higher capacity sd cards won't work or this limitation is due to performance reasons? Please explain


texts: What are workable/straightforward methods for using external game controllers (bluetooth, USB) with the Android platform?

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I own an Archos 43 IT running Android 2.2.  It is my understanding that the Archos devices in this product line support USB Host and Bluetooth.

What are workable/straightforward methods for using external game controllers with the Android platform?

I am aware of the WiiMoteController project, and the capability of hooking up a Wii Classic Controller to a Wii Controller via bluetooth for emulator usage such as here.

The thing is that I don't already own any Wii controllers and it seems like a waste to go out and get those controllers if I already own several Logitech Dual Action USB gamepads, and could use those instead.


texts: Expand RAM on Micromax Canvas A76- Android 4.2.2

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I want to use my SDcard to expand my RAM. I am falling short of RAM memory and due to which I need at least 500 MB more RAM space. For this, I have a class10 8 GB microSD card. Can anyone suggest how do I expand my RAM on my device. If any efficient apps are available in the Play Store, please let me know.

P.S. I am a new Android user.

Suggestions and help are always welcome! :)


texts: Can't delete app because it is suddenly uncompatible

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I downloaded SoftkeyEnabler, but it turned out it wasn't nice for my smaller Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 (CyanogenMod 10.1). So I deleted the app, but the softkeys keep showing up! I tried all kinds of things, but when I look in superuser, active apps etc. It says there is nothing running. When I look at the app in the play store it says that it is not compitable with my device.
What could I do?

Thanks in advance!


texts: No menu entry for mobile network mode after installing CyanogenMod

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My phone doesn't get a mobile signal anymore after installing CyanogenMod 10.1.3-i9100 on my Samsung Galaxy S 2. The IMEI is the same as printed in the battery compartment, Wi-Fi is working fine, and it finds mobile network operators, but even after setting it to "Choose automatically" it doesn't connect. When I try to phone someone, it says "Mobile network not available."

According to a CyanogenMod FAQ there should be an option Settings → Wireless & Networks → More → Mobile Networks → Network Mode, but there is no such option.

In "Wireless & networks" I see the following:

Aeroplane mode
VPN
Tethering & portable hotspot
Mobile networks
Mobile broadcasts

In "Mobile networks" I see the following:

Data enabled (checked)
Data roaming (unchecked)
National data roaming (checked)
Access Point Names
Use only 2G networks (unchecked)
Network operators

According to the Android Testing Menu (*#*#4636#*#* → Phone information)
 the network type changes between "HSDPA" and "GPRS". I'm not sure if the "Set preferred network type" setting is the same thing as the "network mode", but changing it from the original "WCDMA preferred" to "LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL)" doesn't seem to help (tried restarting radio afterwards as well).


texts: Why doesn't my SIM card does allow a connection to this network?

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In Android 2.2 from a HTC Desire Z I am frequently finding my phone disconnected from my mobile provider.

When I select my provider from the Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Mobile networks -> Network operators -> Search networks -> <My Provider> I get the message "Your SIM card does not allow a connection to this network".

The only fix I can find is to restart my phone. Problem appears to widely affect Android phones.


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Is there any method to replicate the interfaces as in HTC Sense 5 on other android devices ?

I have nexus 4 and samsung galaxy s III and I would like to have the recent app and blink feed as on Sense 5 ROMs.

Is there any Sense 5 ROMs for those mobiles or is there anything that would make it possible to have these features on mentioned devices ?


texts: How to do a full nandroid backup via pc using adb or anything or any software specialised for it.


texts: Apps to draw on top of a picture or text document?

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What apps can be used to draw (like with a finger or stylus) on top of a text document or a picture?

What I envision is being able to send a document to the app (or take a picture/scan the document if necessary and load the image) and then be able to sign in an appropriate place with a finger, and then save/email/print the resulting document.

I would have thought something like Evernote would do this, but apparently not.


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I have a china tablet named Quest. I have accidentally repeated pattern lock more than 5 times. Now I have also forgotten the email address.

So for a factory-reset of my tablet I simply booted it into recovery mode. But it shows an Android bot lying with red exclamation mark. After a spending hours I found a shortcut i.e, vol + and power to access recovery menu. But my tablet doesn't go to recovery menu even when I pressed the keys.

So I simply connected my tablet to my pc via USB and installed drivers. In adb command prompt I typed adb devices. Now my tablet is listed as 20110301 recovery. I can simply use only adb pull, adb push, and reboot commands. But I cant access adb shell to unlock my tablet: it simply says exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2).

What can I do?


texts: Show a piece of a Google Spreadsheet document on Andriod main screen

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I have a Google Spreadsheets document that is frequently updated and there are some cells in it that show a kind of short summary. Let it be a 2x2 block of cells that contains two headers and two values. I want to see those cells on the main screen of my Android 6 device as a widget to be able to check those values at a glance without actually opening the Spreadsheets app.

Is there any relatively simple way to get this result? A page of code on Google Apps Script and/or some tricky use of IFTTT maybe?


texts: Hosting a hotspot without signaling metered connection

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Currently, I am running a hotspot from an Android phone as my home network. The cellular plan for this phone has unlimited data.
When I host the hotspot, connected devices detect that this hotspot has a cellular connection behind it, and treats it as a cellular connection. This, for example, limits connected Android phones to not back up photos via Google Photos if the "back up over cellular data" option isn't enabled.
Can I somehow edit the way the hotspot is being run, so that it doesn't signal to connected devices that there is a cellular connection in the background?
The hosting phone is rooted, and I have no trouble using a terminal-based setup (with hostapd or similar)
EDIT:
Additional information:
 raphael:/ # netstat -lntup | grep -E ':53|:67'
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      22525/dnsmasq
tcp        0      0 192.168.166.70:53       0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      22525/dnsmasq
tcp6       0      0 2a00:801:237:80f8::c:53 :::*                    LISTEN      22525/dnsmasq
tcp6       0      0 ::1:53                  :::*                    LISTEN      22525/dnsmasq
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:5353            0.0.0.0:*                           17668/mdnsd
udp        0      0 127.0.0.1:53            0.0.0.0:*                           22525/dnsmasq
udp        0      0 192.168.166.70:53       0.0.0.0:*                           22525/dnsmasq
udp        0      0 0.0.0.0:67              0.0.0.0:*                           2243/com.android.networkstack.process
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                17668/mdnsd
udp6       0      0 :::5353                 :::*                                17668/mdnsd
udp6       0      0 2a00:801:237:80f8::c:53 :::*                                22525/dnsmasq
udp6       0      0 ::1:53                  :::*                                22525/dnsmasq

raphael:/ # cat /proc/22525/cmdline
/system/bin/dnsmasq--keep-in-foreground--no-resolv--no-poll--dhcp-authoritative--dhcp-option-force=43,ANDROID_METERED--pid


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