texts: Galaxy S3 is unable to transfer files over USB: "USB device not recognized"

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I have Galaxy S3 with baseband version I9300XXLFB and I'm having problems when it is connected to the PC. I cannot transfer or retrieve any files or data over USB.

When I plug it in to my PC, it tells me USB device not recognized and the S3 does not appear anywhere for me to access it. I've tried different cables and PCs and they all seemed to exhibit the same issue. How can I get this working?


texts: Is it possible to unbrick an Allwinner Adroid tablet?

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A few months ago I got my hands on a cheap allwinner tablet. I wanted to experiment with running linux on it, but in the process of my experimentation I (stupidly) deleted/overwrote both the /boot and the (I think) /recovery directories.
Surprise surprise, now it won't boot. Won't event display the logo on the screen. Neither adb devices nor fastboot devices detect it. It only has 2 buttons, the power button and another tiny button on the side of the motherboard. I discovered that if I held both those buttons down while plugging in the usb cable into my computer, lsusb detects it:
Bus 002 Device 041: ID 1f3a:efe8 Allwinner Technology sunxi SoC OTG connector in FEL/flashing mode

dmesg also detects it:
[145566.567458] usb 2-3: new full-speed USB device number 41 using xhci_hcd
[145566.708277] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1f3a, idProduct=efe8, bcdDevice= 2.b3
[145566.708292] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

Is it possible to get the tablet back to a working state? If so, any pointers to instructions on how to do so are very welcome.
I'm running Arch Linux. Running adb/fastboot as root doesn't seem to make a difference.


texts: Are the AOSP Email and Calendar apps dead?

texts: Are the AOSP Email (com.android.email) and Calendar (com.android.calendar) apps dead?  I cannot find any information on their development, though they appear to have been stuck on version 6.0.1 for some time.  They are still distributed as part of CyanogenMod.


texts: deleted drafts remain in conversation chain

texts: In the gmail app, I keep finding conversations that display multiple draft versions of replies that have long been deleted via the drafts folder. Is there a proper way to remove drafts from all conversations, or perhaps a settings available to fix? v2.2.1, Samsung Charge.


texts: How Do I navigate using Waze using a voice assistant app (Google Now/AI Assistant)?

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Samsung S5, fully up to date. All defaults have been cleared for Google Search, Waze, and Google Maps.

However if you speak "Ok Google", "Take me home" then tap to navigate, it will ONLY open Google Maps, and will not ask to use another navigation app. Same for AI Assistant.

Tested on Samsung Galaxy S5 & S6


texts: Unable to upgrade rooted 4.2.2 with OTA update 4.3

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I bought my Nexus 4 from Google a while ago with 4.2.2 on it. It's using the stock rom, but it is rooted and has an unlocked bootloader.

When I try to install the OTA 4.3 update, the phone reboots and goes into Teamwin Recovery.

Then it looks like it tries to install it and then goes to the normal Teamwin recovery screen where I have to select Reboot > System to get back into the OS. And when I go back into the OS it's still 4.2.2.

What should I do? I think my best option is to manually install the update, but I don't know where it got downloaded to.


texts: I can't change my home app in lineageOS 14.1

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I'm having problems with the home app in lineageOS. I usualy have the Nova Launcher Prime as home app in my phone but now I'm unable to use it because when I'm going to change doesn't appear a diferent app.
If it helps I have a: Vodafone Smart Ultra 6, LineageOS 14.1, Android 7.1.2.
In the picture is writen Home Aplicarion


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I have an old rooted HTC Desire gsm version with custom recovery installed.
Presently it is running the stock 2.3.3 android provided by htc, but this rom contains no standard apps like maps or gmail, and it has an old "market" app. The market does not update do the play store because it's too old, and it crashes at startup, so I'm stuck without any app.

I remember that years ago I successfully installed the cyanogenmod rom, but unfortunately the site is down and I cannot download it again.

I just need a very lightweight rom (possibly 2.3.7) with no frills, I don't care about nothing but:

Gmail
Gmaps
Whatsapp
A browser

What can I do to bring my old phone back to useful life? Or at least, how can I update to a working play store?


texts: How to know the MAC and IP of my device?

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The screen shot of my device looks like this:

Screenshot (click image to enlarge)

Could anyone help me to know the MAC and IP Addresses please? My device runs Android ICS.


texts: ParanoidAndroid can't make bluetooth call

texts: I recently installed ParanoidAndroid onto my Note 2, and since then I can't make bluetooth calls from my car.  It worked before with the stock ROM, so I know it's the phone that's the problem.  It syncs fine and music plays, just the calls that are the problem.  If I make a call, it goes through but both sides just hear loud white noise.  After a bit of experimentation I found that I am actually hearing myself and the car noises through the speakers, not the other person.  I tried disable all the DSP options in case they were causing but it doesn't make a difference.  It there something obvous I've missed, or is it actually a bug?  If so, how would I go about debugging it?


texts: If I download and install a non-market application and then proceed remove it, does it mitigate any security issues?

texts: If I downloaded a non-market application and installed it and discovered it may be malicious, does removing it from the list of applications completely discard it and help mitigate any security issues? If not, does resetting the phone back to its factory settings mitigate any security issues?


texts: I upgraded my Moto G 2 mobile to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop and I have been using Clean Master notification toggle. After this upgrade mobile data is not working by pressing on the mobile data symbol in notification toggle. Pressing on that is taking me to Settings > Data Usage.


texts: What is LgeGnssLocationProvider and how do I stop it from keeping my phone awake all the time?

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After I have upgraded my LG G6 to 8.0 I've had this extremely annoying (partial) wakelock that keeps my phone awake all the time. It's LgeGnssLocationProvider according to BBS and is caused by the system. After some research I found out that GNSS stands for Glonass. When I turn of GPS completely this wakelock does not occur. The weird thing is that when GPS is on the wakelock does not happen always, but regularly. I used battery historian to figure out if something specific triggers it but I can't say for sure.

I have been struggling with it for quite some time. I rooted my phone to disable anything that had to do with GNSS but nothing worked. Over at XDA there are no answers either. I'm kind of running out of options. Any ideas on how to at least figure out what is causing this wakelock? Perhaps some way to trigger a notification as soon as the wakelock is detected?


texts: Checking for Updates loop after factory reset (Nexus 5)

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I messed around a bit with some system apps and had to factory reset from TWRP recovery. Factory reset was successful, no errors.

Now, when I boot the phone everything seems normal, but after connecting to a wireless network, it gets stuck on the "Looking for Updates" part. I've had it on for at least an hour. I've tried to reboot too, with no luck.


texts: I have a brand new 32GB SD card barely used, my phone even shows that it has 31.23GB of storage available, however when attempting to download an app it says I do not have enough memory. I have double checked that the SD card is the default storage on my device, but to no avail. Please help, I just got the memory card and can't even use it.


texts: Which Android handsets support in-line call recording?

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In-line call recording feature is not something that can be found in the specifications listed by the manufactures or on the websites aggregating such data such as GSM Arena. It is also a source of bad rep given to the developers of call recording apps because the general public does not understand that they own devices which do not support such feature for one reason or another and the app they use have nothing to do with it. A short trip around the Web only confirms that there is a lot of confusion surrounding this subject.

If you own an Android device and are able to verify whether it and its stock  ROM support in-line call recording please post the make and model. I'm not sure if the country of purchase is necessary but I would not be surprised if handsets sold in some countries had this feature enabled while in others disabled (in the same fashion as DVD players supported different regions depending on where they were sold).

The in-line recording should result in a recording where both the caller and the callee can be heard loud, clear and background noise free, just as they can hear each other during the conversation. It should be achievable while having the handset by the ear with the loudspeaker set to off.

Some information on handsets that do not have such feature can be found on the Google Play storefronts. I was initially going to pre-populate the below list with the 'unconfirmed' information from there but I think it will be better if it grows organically :-)


texts: Allowing my rooted Sanyo Zio to work with my Vista 64 computer

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I recently got my Sanyo Zio phone and I would like to upload my android programs that i coded earlier onto it. I installed the driver that I found on the website and then plugged in my phone and when prompted I located the usb driver folder. Yet the installation failed. I tried the same thing with a new driver i found for vista x64. The same problem reoccurred. (i found multiple drivers for both vista x64 and x84 and tried installing all of them) None of them have worked. I can access my phones SD drive no problem but i would like to upload my software from eclipse.

Because of the response I got from costumer service (locted below) I decided that I will root my phone if it allows me to upload my programs from my computer. Does anybody know of a rom that will work with vista 64 on sanyo zio.?

Anyone has any ideas??

Update: I have send a msg to the costumer service for my phone the response is quite upsetting

  Dear XXXXXX,

  Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. This email message is in response to your email about the difficulty of installing the Sanyo Zio device driver in a Windows Vista 64-bit PC and in a Windows Vista x86 PC.

  We are sorry to hear about the difficulties you are experiencing with your phone and appreciate the opportunity to assist you.

  Unfortunately the Sanyo Zio device driver will only work in your Window Vista x86 PC. If you are having difficulty installing the Sanyo Zio M6000 device driver in your PC, please try to download and install the Sanyo Zio SCP-8600 device driver.

  The Sanyo Zio will only work in your Windows Vista 64-bit PC if you set it as a mass storage device. To set it as a mass storage device, connect the USB data cable from your phone to your computer then from your Sanyo Zio just press "Mount".

  If you have any further questions, or are interested in purchasing, or information on accessories for your Kyocera Communications Inc. phone, please contact us at any of the phone numbers listed below:

  -E-Mail: phone-help@kyocera.com -Phone: (800) 349-4478 (Toll-free USA and Canada only) -Sanyo Accessories: (877) 204-1816 -Kyocera Accessories: KyoceraWeb@scp4me.com -International Access: (858) 882-1401 (Outside the USA) -Fax: (858) 882-1717

  Please help us improve our service by taking the survey. Click the link below:

  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VKK5RWC

  Thank you for contacting Kyocera Communications Inc. Ivan Technical Support Specialist

  Phone:
  Zip:
  Carrier: Cricket Wireless
  Feedback:
  I tried to install the usb driver on my vista x64 laptop. I then connect my phone and locate the driver but the installation fails. (i tried this with the driver for vista both the 64 and the x86 version)

Submitted via form: http://www.ziobykyocera.com/tech-support/

So any ideas on how to get my applications on my phone without installing the driver or how to install a driver anyways... Im kinda desperate :/

Update I have rooted my phone and I am willing to install a rom on it to make it connect with my computer. Will that help? If it would how would i go about doing that


texts: All of the Xposed framework zips I flashed gave me a bootloop. Why is that so?

texts: I have a Google Nexus 4 running stock 5.1.1. It's rooted. I'm aware that there is no official release of Xposed for SDK 22. I tried flashing more than two unofficial zips via TWRP. And all of them gave me a bootloop. Yes, I cleared the Dalvik cache. I badly want to get Xposed GEL settings.


texts: How can I remotely unlock my phone with a non-working display?

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I have a Samsung S5, model SAMSUNG-SM-G900A. My screen was already fairly damaged and I could not get a replacement yet, and today my phone fell and the screen is now completely black (although the touch keys at the bottom still light up when I press the power button on the side).

I thought I could maybe perform screen mirroring using Vysor to at least temporarily have access to my data (authenticators etc.), but unfortunately this requires the phone to be unlocked first.

I took a look at Google's Android Device Manager (where my device was already registered), but did not find an "unlock" option - only lock, ring and erase.

Do I have any options?

To reiterate:

The device itself is working, the screen is not.
I wish to perform screen mirroring (e.g. on my laptop) using Vysor or something similar.
I cannot do the above due to the phone being locked.
I only need the mirroring to be able to input my pass on my laptop.

Is there any way to accomplish this?


texts: Need to remove password on my Samsung s4

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While trying to remove the password on my device, it's giving me a message stating that it's "administration or encrypted is blocked."
Yes I have encrypted my phone

So please give me a solution to remove the password on my phone.


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I have a Lenovo s898t+ Golden Warrior, I was having problems trying to update it (the update was downloaded but not installing), so, I decided to install a stock rom from: http://www.needrom.com/download/lenovo-s898t/.

I followed the steps but the phone won't boot up, keeps restarting on a black screen, I didn't make any kind of backup.

¿What can I do?


texts: Is there a way to get Android Market on galaxy s?

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How can I get the android market on a Galaxy S on on the Turkish carrier Turkcell. I think that Google's absence in Turkey as a tax paying entity may be why the android market is missing.

Is there a way of sideloading the android market? If not, can you direct me to a ROM that does (preferably Gingerbread)?

P.S. It have 2.1 installed, and the phone model number is GT-i9000


texts: Is there a way to use Userscripts / Greasemonkey Scripts on the Android Browser or Dolphin HD?

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I would like to be able to use userscripts in Android.  Is this even possible?  I read that it was a couple months back and tried a tutorial which I can no longer find but it didn't work.

This question may be related to this other one I submitted but I believe they may have totally different answers.


texts: Gyroscope not working for some games on Samsung Galaxy SII ICS and JB

texts: The gyroscope works fine for most apps, and for all uses within the OS. But for some game apps, both temple runs and 100 Doors for example, it will not work at all. It's remained a problem after I've upgraded from Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean. Seems really strange, but perhaps someone knows what's going on and better yet how to fix it? Thanks.


texts: Why is Google Maps telling me that Offline Maps aren't available?

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So, I've been travelling around the world a lot over the last couple of months, and one thing that I've been doing to avoid big roaming data charges on my personal phone, has been using the cached offline maps feature in Google Maps. This has worked without any problems in China, Australia, the UK and the US.

So I'm now in Brazil, and I suddenly find that I can't download any offline maps of the local areas.

When I go to the menu in Google Maps and select Make Available Offline, I get the usual square overlay to select the area, and then it turns red and says "Offline maps is not available in selected area".

I've tried zooming in and out, and moving the selection area around, but no luck.


texts: Is cm10 compatible with cwm 5.0.2.8 on huawei u8160 ?

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I have a Huawei u8160 with CWM 5.0.2.8 .I have tried to flash cm10 using CWM 5.0.2.8 but it boot loops.I have waited for 20 minutes for it to boot ,but it didn't.

I've seen this discussion about cm10 boot looping and I did flash it using the same way that worked with him ,boot looped.And this discussion too ,but CWM 6 isn't compatible with my phone.

So, I am asking here ,What can I do to make it boot or it's not compatible?


texts:
8891h_01_enUs_GridClear.webp

Does anyone know what this is? There were three more like it, 4117h and 130h_01_enCA


texts: How can I turn off Facebook IM permanently?

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Since I got a new google phone (G2) the facebook app has been running constantly. I turn it off and it still is running for some reason. Not a problem except that it always looks like I'm screwing around on Facebook and people send me IMs like "go to bed" or "hello? you aren't replying" etc. I don't like that people can just IM me any time they want and that my phone says I'm available on Facebook when I'm asleep or at work or whatever the case may be. (it looks like I'm unproductive)

There doesn't seem to be a way to turn off Facebook IM from my mobile device. Does anyone have any suggestions


texts: Transfer phonebook Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3

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1) How to save the phonebook on the computer ?
2) Transfer phonebook to a new phone (with my computer) ?


texts: How can I run a startup script for GNURoot Debian?

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I've installed GNURoot debian on a rooted Android device and I can launch a debian shell programmatically using am, but I couldn't figure out how to run a command like starting dropbear.

What's the recommended way of running a command straight after launching and GNURoot Debian shell ?


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I want to know if there is an app or any possibility for customizing the details of the incoming calls.
For example.
I have a contact as Mr ABC XYZ AAA Corporation. If this contact calls me it drops a part of the name and then later on scrolls to show the full name. What i want is i want the caller details to sbe shown as

Name Of The contact ( Mr ABC XYZ )
Designation ( Marketing Head )
Company ( AAA Corporation )

i have a lot of contacts in my contacts book. i want to know in the first instant who is this guy calling me.
any help would be very much appreciated.
Thank You.


texts: What is the round circle next to the "do not dispose in household waste" icon on my Moto Droid?

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There is a round indicator of some sort under the battery cover approx 3/16" of an inch in diameter.  It is located to the left of the "Do not dispose with household waste" icon (looks like a trash can with an X over it.  The indicator appears white with red "X"s; I believe it has been this way since the phone was new, but I can't be sure.
What does this indicate?

Edit:  Added picture


texts: Migrating data from a Galaxy S3 Mini to a normal Galaxy S3?

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My sister has a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini, but for whatever reason she threw her money away purchasing a regular Galaxy S3 yesterday, saying she prefer the bigger form factor. (I'm not gonna get into that.)

She asked me yesterday if there is any way to move her currently stored data in the S3 Mini to the regular S3 phone (both of which, I figure, are running the same 'Droid version). This basically encompasses contacts, messages, and app data (like notes and so on), but not necessarily the apps themselves.

I am a complete neophyte in Android stuff, since the only thing I've done in it is basically rooting an old Xperia X8 phone running 2.1 Éclair in order to have screenshot utilities work and to be able to delete the disgusting default home screen UI the phone has, and even most of that was done for me by someone else.

If this can't be done, I'll settle for being able to move the contacts from one phone to the other and screw everything else. ¬_¬


texts: How to share files across multiple user in Android 10

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I am implementing a app in which I am creating one file using openFileOutput API in Android.
The file is saved to /data/data/com.xx.xx/files/

Now when I am switching to secondary user(multi user) I am not able to access that file from my app.

Earlier we used to have obb directly where we can share files across multiple users. But in Android 10 it is not possible.

So in Android 10 what are the ways to share files across multiple users?
Or
Where should I place my file so that it can be accessed from secondary user(multiuser) in my app.


texts: How to add/remove an individual song from device in May 2013 update Google Play Music app?

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I have poked around (and prodded) the three-dots menus in the new Google Play Music UI (app version 5.x) and, for the sake of all that is free storage space, it appears to only allow managing on-device/offline tracks on a group basis, e.g. by album. Not only can I not figure out how to pin only specific, individual tracks to my Nexus 4 (without resorting to hacks like pinning a playlist and managing it that way), but I also cannot find a way to remove a single track that has pinned itself to my device without waiting for the entire album to download just so I can unpin it.

Reading the official help page on offline listening was of no help, because I simply cannot find the pin icons described in the article.

Am I just thick? Or did Google decide that storage space on the Nexus 4 isn't scant enough and needs to be filled with even more unwanted music tracks?


texts: TWRP failed to install ZIP for Lineage 16 Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100 (t03g)

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I tried to flash the ROM for Lineage 16 to my Samsung Note 2 N7100 (t03g) with TWRP custom bootloader, but  there was an error which was:
Installing zip file '/sdcard/lineage-16-20200104-UNOFFICIAL-n7100.zip'
Checking for Digest file...
Unmounting System...
Warning: No file_contexts
Target: samsung/t03gxx/t03g:4.3/JSS15J/N71000XXUEMK4:user/release-keys
detected filesystem ext4 for /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
Patching system image unconditionally...
mkdir "/cache/recovery/8833b259bb088b2e13f62771d46006a40f54bc20/" failed: No such file or directory
E1001: Failed to update system image.
Updater process ended with ERROR: 7
Error installing zip file '/sdcard/lineage-16-20200104-UNOFFICIAL-n7100.zip'
Updating partition details...
...done

What I've tried to solve the problem were:

unzipping and rezipping the file
deleting the assert lines in /META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script
rezipping after deleting asserts

They still failed to fix the error. In between attempts I've wiped the cache, Dalvik, system, data as normal. Since ERROR: 7 is a very general problem, I think the problem is on line mkdir "/cache/recovery/8833b259bb088b2e13f62771d46006a40f54bc20/" failed: No such file or directory but for the life of me can't figure out what it means. I'm certain that mkdir is supposed to create a new directory from scratch, so I find the "No such file or directory" very odd.
I'm using Comico Team's custom ROM and TWRP version 3.4.0. At first I did want to ask over there but the creators seemed to be unresponsive. So, anyone here know how to fix this?


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When I woke up this morning, I found my good old Milestone² (aka Droid 2) in what first seemed a boot-loop: Google logo, CM boot animation, off, repeat – with the "off" state lasting a couple of minutes (turned out it already had depleted the battery, and that took a while to recharge). I finally managed getting into recovery, and wiped cache+Dalvik (Android 4.3 on the device).

After letting it charge up to 100%, I tried booting up again, it got stuck in the CM boot animation. Luckily, adb logcat already responded – and I could see the line

D/WifiStateMachine( 1620): VerifyingLinkState what=131155 NOT_HANDLED

repeated every 1..2s for several minutes (stopped watching it then). To get out of that, I tried to turn off Wifi via ADB – but the svc wifi disable command never returned (waited several minutes again, then aborted it with Ctrl-C).

As the above shows, I can get as far as invoking adb shell and getting root access. But I've got no idea what I could do to break through that hanging process. As the GUI is not loaded, I obviously cannot interact with it (neither via keyevents on the shell I assume), so turning airplane mode on via ADB wouldn't do that way.

I cannot tell what might have caused this state: when I put the device in its cradle yesterday, it was working fine. Last thing I did was updating 2 user-apps from Playstore, but they shouldn't have caused network trouble (Password Safe Lite should not be loaded at that stage, and neither should AlarmDroid). Before that, I've replaced BlankStore (a GooglePlayStore alternative for devices not running Google Apps). Though that being a system app, I very much doubt this was the cause – as I see no connection to the logs.

I've put all errors/warnings from Logcat on pastebin, just skipping irrelevant things like PackageManager skipping unknown permissions. Where that pastebin ends, the last message is repeated eternally.

Apart from a factory-reset: Any ideas what I could try to get the system up again?

Edit: last logcat with wpa_supplicant.conf "made virgin" (i.e. no APNs anymore, just the fresh file from the ROM), no other changes made. The "eternally repeating error" is gone, I'm still stuck in the CM boot logo. The initially wiped Dalvik cache has been rebuild on the previous boot already.


texts: Losing network operator on Samsung Galaxy SIII mini

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For some time now (I think it's from the latest Android update) I have this problem,
that time to time (on daily basis) people can not reach me, like I would lose connection to the Network.

I get an SMS after some time about all the calls I did miss. Sometimes I have a hard time to call as well.

I did call my operator, and they didn't had any report like this so far, and I did call Samsung service, and they didn't know about this issue, so I guess is on my side.

If you have any idea what would the problem be let me know.


texts: How to display photo locations over the top of the photo?

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I have a friend with a Note 4 who wants to display the location information of his pictures overlaid on top of the image itself (rather than go to Details to view the extra info). He saw another person do this on a S3. Couldn't see anything obvious to do it on his phone. He basically wants it to quickly go through photos and remember where they were taken, rather than going into individual photos 1 by 1.

Apologies, I'm not too familiar with Android, so not sure if I'm describing this correctly.

In particular we're looking for something that generally looks like this overlay http://i.stack.imgur.com/I9B9O.jpg (found from Can't view Location (textual desciption) information in Windows when opening picture taken with Camera app )


texts: Reduce time it takes for device to power on when pressing power button?

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I recently got my Nexus 7, and I love it.

There is only one thing that is bugging me: The amount of time you have to hold the power button to turn the device on.

Most of time I have to hold it for around 30 seconds - this is not ideal at all, as number 1, my finger starts hurting as I am pushing it in and 2 my finger easily slips meaning I have to start again!

SO, my question is this:

Is there any way, without flashing a custom ROM, to reduce the amount of time I have to hold the power button to power the device on? Flashing a custom kernel is ok.


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I wanted to move all inbuilt apps on my Samsung Galaxy On7 to the sd card to free up space. To do this, I followed this site.

However, even after enabling USB debugging, the desktop is not being able to show the device in adb devices list. I had previously uninstalked all android emulators (like BlueStacks) and have the full android sdk tools and Android versions 5.0 to 7.0 installed on my computer.

Anyone can suggest why this happens?

Any other way to move inbuilt apps to sd card without rooting the device?


texts: Reduce image size in Android Gallery Album view

texts: On OnePlus One Android version 5.1.1 and Cyanogen 12.1 when I open the Gallery app and select an album the photos in that album appear extremely large. Usually, I would be able to see approx 9-12 photos in the screen however now I see one and half photos. Is there anyway I can change the album view so that I can see multiple photos when I open up an album? I've searched a whole bunch of settings and online but no luck...


texts: HowTo : Android ICS Tethering & sending SMS from desktop

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I'm a long time Nokia user (currently on an E6) who is now considering the move to Android. I'm almost sold on the HTC One V. I will be buying the phone from a reseller, so no carrier restrictions will be in place.

Before I make the switch I wanted to know if the following are possible via Android apps or those specific to HTC.

USB and Bluetooth Tethering. Am not interested in WiFi tethering since that is definitely going to be a battery killer.
Sending and receiving SMS/text message via a desktop app for Windows 7 (over USB and Bluetooth)

Nokia Suite currently handles these two functions quite well. And frankly, these features are a must have for me to switch to Android on my primary phone.

Additionally, I'm not too keen on having to flash the phone with a custom ROM to enable these features.

Thanks for any suggestions!


texts: Does having CWM mean bootloader is unlocked?

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I flashed CWM using Rom Manager. Does this mean that my Galaxy S4 bootloader is unlocked?

I'm using Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337M) (Canadian Telus)


texts: Unable to install Google App on Motorola E6i

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Ultimately trying to install Android Auto which I succeeded in doing via the apk. It told me I was missing the Google app, Google Maps and Voice rec. I installed 2 out of 3 of these but the Google app refuses to install even from APK. It seems Google Go is factory installed with no way to uninstall so I just disabled it but still no success. Running latest Android 10.
Any ideas. Thanks in advance


texts: Today I upgraded to 2.3.4 Gingerbread MR2 but I wonder: what changed?


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My device order in Play Store web is currently like so:

I haven't even powered on the Nexus 4 in a month. How do I make Note 4 the default without disabling Nexus 4 altogether in Play Store Settings?


texts: Will joining notification be send to my contact number if he doesn't have it?

texts: Suppose I have synchronised my contact but the person in my contact do not have my contact number, will he receive my joining notification in telegram app?


texts:
I am trying to figure out why my apps don't work on tablets manufactured by the company Ainol.

USB debugging is already turned on, and I took a look at all of the settings that I could find on it, but the USB debugging bridge refuses to find it.

I figured out that it might be because the tablet ALWAYS connects the USB file transfer (either as mass storage, or media, or camera, but it ALWAYS connects, and I found no option to not connect).

How can I force ADB to find it somehow?


texts: How to turn off voice dialler Huawei Honor 7

texts: I looked over all settings and couldn't find any way to turn off automatic voice dialler. How do I do it? My phone calls people on its own.


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What does it mean when the connectivity icons in the status bar go white/gray?

I've been searching google for this and I haven't been able to find a clear answer for this. Some say it's "insecure connection to Google servers", others say it's only blue when it's syncing etc.

The idea is that connecting to two different WiFi routers I get different icons.
One shows blue, the other grey. The only difference between them is that the one that shows grey uses a certificate to authenticate, while the blue one uses a password, like any regular router.

So what's up?


texts: How to use lsof, netstat and ps commands with complete options on Android?

texts:
I tried T-ui and although it has the lsof command, it cannot do lsof -i for example, so I need to go through every single process in Android. My phone is rooted and I wanna know the PID of the process listening to a specific port. Thanks!

EDIT:
Oh yeah, netstat command also don't allow any option, so if you guys know some terminal with the complete netstat command that would do it.


texts: Galaxy s2 will not boot, wrong bootloader

texts:
My Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I1900 won't boot.

I tried to update to ICS with Kies which crashed, wherefore I unplugged the USB to start over.
Now my phone had no OS, and wouldn't respond to Kies anymore.
By mistake I flashed the downloaded original firmware into the bootloader section in Odin.
Now it just shows a screen that says Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100
Next I tried to recover with Odin. I flashed another firmware, and the old bootloader and attached a PIT file which worked for me earlier.

I want to now how I can make it work again. I have been looking for days for the following files:

Original .PIT file
Original Firmware
Original Bootloader

What should I do? I am using Odin v1.85.


texts: problem: cmd fastboot adb does not show device

texts: Debug active, in Mass storage, Sony ADb shows up in drivers with no errors. But fastboot adb keeps waiting for device in cmd but it never shows up no matter how many times I do volume up or down and USB plugged in. I am trying to get to the point where I can put in Bootloader code that I have. Any help would be appreciated.


texts:
I've an S3 and until yesterday I've PACMAN ROM running - previous: Paranoid Android

I made a Nandroid backup, in using titanium backup but I've forgotten to save my mobile data usage.

Now I'm searching for an way to get it back (without restore the backup, if possible)
Is there any absolute path to a file?


texts: Can a Factory Reset fix Malware Problem?

texts: This recent story appeared on Slashdot regarding various malware apps that had invaded the Android Market. Google quickly removed them (and I was not infected - I don't typically download apps), but I was curious - would a factory reset fix the problems that this malware caused (including rooting)? If so, why not?


texts: How to SCP files from a PC to storage in Termux

texts: I can scp files from my Linux server to Termux directory on my Android smartphone but Termux directory is not accessible through file explorer. What exactly should be the destination path for scp so that it places the file in the storage, say in the Download directory which is accessible through the file explorer.


texts: Can I restore a nandroid backup that was made on an older OS?

texts:
I was on Android 4.4.4 KitKat and I made a nandroid backup. Now I'm on 5.0 Lollipop and I'm wondering, do I have to reinstall everything and go through the setup  process again, or can I just use my 4.4.4 nandroid on my current 5.0 OS to get all my apps and stuff back?

I'm already rooted. I still have my recovery. I just need to know if I can restore an older backup to a newer OS or will it just revert me entirely back to 4.4.4.


texts: How can I disable the notification sounds while playing music?

texts:
I don't like the notification sounds overlaying my music playback, but I can't find any setting to disable notification sounds while playing music.

I also don't like the way the sound overlay works. The IPhone handles this much better.

Is there any way to set this up to behave more like the Iphone or turn off the notifications while playing music at all?


texts: Emulating Sony devices for Android Studio

texts:
I have a project that requires me to test it on a Sony device. Unfortunately, I don't have a physical device.
Is there a Sony emulator for Android Studio?


texts: Samsung Galaxy M11 and Samsung Galaxy M01s not able to install 64bit apps from google play store even while having 64bit chipsets

texts:
Samsung Galaxy M11 has a Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 chipset while the Samsung Galaxy M01s has a Mediatek MT6762 Helio P22 chipset. Going to their websites, on Qualcomm and Mediatek respectively, shows that they both support 64bit. However as mentioned in the title, the two phones are unable to install 64bit apps from the Google Play Store. I am suspecting that the reason for this is because their OSs might be 32bit. (I can't check personally because someone else has the phones and I am trying to solve a problem for them.) If that is the case, is it wise to flash a 64bit OS to the phones to be able to run 64bit apps?
Below are the links to the chipset specs on their respective websites:
https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon-450-mobile-platform
https://www.mediatek.com/products/smartphones/mediatek-helio-p22


texts: What do the terms "BL", "AP", "CP", and "CSC" mean in Odin?

texts:
I'm trying to Use Odin to download a OS to my phone (Trying to put Raspbian. Raspbian runs on the raspberry pi which has an ARM processor my android phone also has one so hopefully it'l work.)
(does something like an ISO file work? i dunno i'm gonna try and see)

when i use Odin i see these file types "BL" "AP" "CP" "CSC" what are they??

i have no idea but i really want to know and i want to know if my android phone has something like a BIOS where i can chose to boot from a USB flash drive(this might sound really silly.)

my phone has USB-OTG support but if it depends on some sort of drivers will they work in a bios (if android phones have one)please help!!

oh and ive already rooted my phone.


texts:
I am not sure if this is really an Android problem, but I have reasons to believe so. Please let me know if not.

I am trying to connect to a WiFi network. This network redirects me to an authentication page (in the HTML viewer). This worked perfectly fine until a few days ago. Now, in the HTML viewer, after I authenticate it just shows ERR_CONNECTION_RESET. I thought it could be a problem with the HTML viewer, so I turned to Google Chrome for authentication. This worked at first. But now, even Chrome throws an error 405 Method not allowed.

I think the problem could be the Android device, because I am able to connect to the WiFi with my laptop, which runs on Ubuntu. But, I am not really sure.

Any suggestions or solutions to solve or diagnose this?

My Android version is 6.0.


texts: Not able to install google apps after following the suggested steps

texts:
I have a retail tablet(Crystal Audio, GR) that after many tries I have managed to root it, with Kingo Root. I can the application SuperSu installed and when I am trying to perform root actions, it asks me for granting privileges. Everything godd, up here.

I have followed the steps described here (moved apks to system and try to install them etc) but I cannot install them. After tapping the apks and clicking install, it returns with an error "Installation not done". I have tried to do it with adb, but I am not allowed to remount /system as rw(kernel issue?).

How to proceed? Any ideas appreciated.


texts: Everytime I try to add a device (Alcatel) to google account or says login to original owners account

texts: Everytime I try to link my alcatel one touch to my google account or says login with original owners account. Ive reset this phone a hundred times and it says the same thing even though there is no account linked. What the hell do I do??


texts:
I think I updated twrp and adb seems to be working:
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ adb shell getprop | grep twrp
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ adb shell
shell@htc_m8:/ $
shell@htc_m8:/ $ exit
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ adb shell getprop | grep make
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ adb shell getprop | grep model
[ro.aa.modelid]: [0P6B16000]
[ro.chipset.model]: [MSM8974]
[ro.product.model]: [HTC One_M8]
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ adb shell getprop | grep manufacturer
[ro.product.manufacturer]: [HTC]
thufir@doge:~/android$

and am, I think, read to proceed with installing lineageOS but want to make sure I have the right files and am following the right sequence:
thufir@doge:~/android$ adb reboot bootloader
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ fastboot devices
SH4AYWM01306    fastboot
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ fastboot oem get_identifier_token
...
(bootloader)
(bootloader) < Please cut following message >
(bootloader) <<<< Identifier Token Start >>>>
(bootloader) 8638E3FC990E8996590950FC43B2597A
(bootloader) D3E768DE94AE44F0545422F4F610A2B1
(bootloader) 0D743BEB9D61A214A14203E5DEF9D3A7
(bootloader) 5E519C96B5DA53C4C2C3DA97A3CA584E
(bootloader) B2A07292DD46C6BD13C1F957106DCAF2
(bootloader) 8E9B3C1E660A93B2824622FEB9786109
(bootloader) EAE5E4C7F87D0F2CF41711CC713CAC69
(bootloader) 49ED4E9D2313AB7B8BC7DDF918067039
(bootloader) 448DD51FFD6CA2BEA7F2E03B9E4706F9
(bootloader) 377CE2210B1BCB3E8960B02A970C5430
(bootloader) B404427005C52B6A07A989CC2378C93E
(bootloader) 23D134B3CC30BD33B24B03BBD4C5CE93
(bootloader) 198734886FC83C5DC56044EE0C477786
(bootloader) 037C2393B758EDA5D03B968564561374
(bootloader) 159EA7D89F97C7E8631C5A5E7C1EF967
(bootloader) E64F871FF21B09A0120A302E8B8F6C89
(bootloader) <<<<< Identifier Token End >>>>>
OKAY [  0.069s]
finished. total time: 0.069s
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
target reported max download size of 1830612992 bytes
sending 'recovery' (21956 KB)...
OKAY [  1.755s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [  0.626s]
finished. total time: 2.382s
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$
thufir@doge:~/android$ fastboot boot twrp.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [  1.741s]
booting...
OKAY [  0.524s]
finished. total time: 2.265s
thufir@doge:~/android$

but what does this mean:

Sideload the LineageOS .zip package:
On the device, select “Advanced”, “ADB Sideload”, then swipe to begin sideload.
On the host machine, sideload the package using: adb sideload filename.zip

(Optionally): If you want to install any additional add-ons, repeat
the sideload steps above for those packages in sequence. info_outline

I should copy the zip file to the phone, then reboot the the phone while pressing the above keys?


texts: very slow performance of Galaxy Grand 4.2.2

texts:
After the new update of 4.2.2 on Feb 6,2014 my phone performs very very slow.. cant even run a single application.. cant even pick up the call as the screen remains blank...
Smart phone has become absolute dumb and for no use...


texts: How to stream an image into camera source?

texts:
This is basically the same question as
How to stream an image into camera source trough ADB?
I am trying to stream an image into the camera source of an Android device. This should ideally have effect on all apps that use the camera source.
The solution doesn't have to be by using ADB.
(Sorry my technical understanding is very limited. I was going to comment instead but didn't have enough reputation. Thanks!)


texts: I'm making a personal fitness tracker but I want to grab the days for sleep and heartbeat that gets stored on s health.  Where is this stored in the filesystem (maybe an SQL lite db)?


texts: Set Chrome to use desktop version of website

texts: How can you get Chrome to always use the desktop version of websites?  I am on a Jelly Bean tablet and I can't see any reason to use the mobile versions at all.


texts:
I have a ZTE N788 MTS352 CDMA Mobile unlocked to use any CDMA in India. Rooted it perfectly. Deleted unwanted APP, by mistake deleted one sys app "wall paper change"- after that mob. not working. when press combination volume up and power switch, following appears:

ANDROID SYSTEM RECOVERY <3E>
android system recovery utility

reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition

If from combination Vol. down and power button - FTM  appears.

Now nothing happens other than rebooting while clicking "reboot system now"

any body can help me. I am in a remote village of India.


texts: I am member of a whatsapp group. My name is present in the group member's list. Nobody has removed me. But when I send any message I get the error not a member of this group cannot send any message. Friends also confirm that message has not arrived. Strangely though I can read new posts in the group but cannot see the group icon. I have no clue about how this can happen.


texts: CM Note 2 Stuck Rebooting After Enabling Simulate External Screen

texts:
My Verizon Galaxy Note 2 running a nightly from a couple weeks ago is stuck rebooting over and over after I enabled the option in the developer tools to simulate an external screen. I selected the bottom option that mentioned 1080p. It immediately went to the CyanogenMod booting animation. Here's the sequence that repeats forever:

It shows the booting animation for about how long it usually shows it when booting normally. Then it shows a black screen with one white, pink, or red (seemingly randomly) pixel in the very top left corner. After a couple seconds it shows another black screen and some of the top right icons (battery and clock) appear quickly. Sometimes it loads the clock and a few other elements. Then it repeats by jumping to the loading screen.

When turning the phone on after pulling the battery out, a dim light above the phone flashes red quickly.

I can get into Odin mode. Buttons don't do anything on the phone while in the perpetual boot loop.

Please help.

Thanks.


texts: Change behavior of space on external keyboard?

texts:
On my PC, I am using TouchCursor, so that I can control the text cursor using key combinations such as:

SPACE+I/J/K/L: up/left/down/right
SPACE+H/N: page up/down

That way, and when using a keyboard with a TrackPoint, everything is reachable from the home row, and I don't need to move hands. TouchCursor reconfigures the space key:

to act as a modifier key when pressed together with I/J/K/L/H/N/..., and
to act as space, when pressed and released.

Can I get the same functionality with an external keyboard connected to a modern Android device?


texts: Is Android 3.0 Honeycomb only for tablets?

texts:
It wasn't long time since Android 2.3 Gingerbread was released and so for only a few phones has 2.3. And already a beta version of Android 3.0 Honeycomb is released.

What does this mean, is Android 3.0 only for tablets? If not, I guess that 2.3 will be very shortlived. If 2.3 is for phones and 3.0 is for tablets, that sounds like a fork of Android.


texts: Build android from source. Battery power incorrect

texts:
I added a kernel module to the msm flo kernel. I built android JB from source for my Nexus 7(flo). I flashed the device with the built OS.

My battery power seems to be stuck at 100% remaining. I also used the trepn profiler app for Qualcomm SOCs and it also gives incorrect measurements for  % battery power remaining and instantaneous battery power.

When I flash a factory image of JB 4.3 this issue goes away. Is there a part of the source tree that is responsible for giving correct battery power measurements? If so where is it located?

I booted into recovery and the battery power stats are still incorrect


texts: What is this notification icon with a person's head and a share icon?

texts: I'm just wondering if anyone knows, what application this icon goes with. It was a screenshot from someone else's phone, so I can't just pull down the status bar and check.


texts: unable to use whatsapp on wifi xiaomi a3 device

texts:
I am using Whatsapp on Xiaomi A3 device.
I am unable to use Whatsapp on Wifi of my home. I have a broadband ADSL router. Whose settigngs never changed. There are other people who use Wifi and their whatsapp works perfectly.
In my case it used to work but now it is giving problems. I am able to use internet using Wifi of my home on this Mi A3 phone.But I am not able to use whatsapp. I mean to say neither any message gets downloaded and neither any message is sent on whatsapp when I am connected to Wifi of my home. But when I switch on my data plan immediately all the messages which are pending to get delivered, in the que get delivered.
Also I receive the pending messages.I restarted the device after a restart I do get my whatsapp usable for 10 minutes on my Wifi. But after some time again the same situation is there.
I am using WhatsApp 2.20.108 (it is not business edition). The phone is android 9,model name M190F9SI.
What should I do?


texts: When my phone rings my screen is black - to unlock I have to press the button on the lefthand side which then ends the call.It used to automatically show the caller id but since an update I am unable to answer any calls :(. Hope some-one is able to help me please. Thank you


texts: On my phone I have a calendar synchronized via CalDAV-sync on a server of mine. On the desktop I edit them with Thunderbird, and since Thunderbird can associate tasks to a calendar, I was wondering, is there a way to see those tasks on Android too, since I can already see (and edit) the calendar itself?


texts: I have a Nokia 6.1 that has some ringtones that aren't in the system/media/audio directory.  Any idea where they'd be?


texts: How do I exclude songs from being ring-tones/notification tones?

texts:
So, I have amassed quite a collection of music on my phone, which runs Android 4.1 (yes, I know this is old… the phone works better than many newer devices)… about 3300 odd tracks.
I also have 3 files that have been on the SD card (actually, on a previous card, and they've been migrated from card to card for the past 8 years or so) which I actually wish to use as ringtones.  They're in MP3 format (in contrast to my music which is in Ogg/Vorbis format).

/sdcard0/music is where my music is being kept.
/sdcard0/ringtones is where my ringtones are being kept.

How do I exclude /sdcard0/music from being "seen" by the ring-tone selection screens, whilst still permitting the files therein to be "seen" by media players?  (Using features native to Android 4.1 please, NO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS.  Due to this device's age, I do not have Google Play Store available.  So this solution won't work for me as I can't install software from Google Play store.)

Reply to the comments:

The solution there in the link, have you tried it?

No, because I specifically stated NO THIRD PARTY APPLICATIONS.  I'm looking for a solution that uses the features shipped with Android 4.1.

Create a folder and place those files in it. In the same folder create .nomedia…

Kindly read the question again.  That excludes the files from everything, media players included.  I only want to exclude these files from notifications/ringtones.  I have a media program that excludes the ring-tones from the playlist, that's a solved problem, and NOT what I asked about.


texts: Plug physical keyboard to Samsung Galaxy SII

texts:
Possible Duplicates:
External hardware keyboards
Can I connect an Android phone to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse?
Bluetooth keyboard with Android?

Is there a way to plug a physical keyboard to my Samsung Galaxy SII? Ideally they would connect via Bluetooth.
I wonder if it is possible at all to do some advance text editing, something like programming on the phone, and I clearly feel that the virtual keyboard is a bit limited.


texts:
I had an LG Optimus I phone (LG E410f) with Android (can't remember the exact version now, but I believe it was 4.1.2) -- and I had OI Notepad pp installed  (app home is here). There were some very important notes saved on that notepad, but I accidentally did a factory reset while trying to boot into recovery (as far as I remember I did boot into recovery, but now everytime I boot it, the phone will start the initial setup again). I did not finish the initial setup after the accidental factory reset, so as to not overwrite any data in case it's possible to recover.

The device was rooted prior to booting into recovery (but I did not install alternative recovery/os/anything -- I just used some apps that needed root access).

So, my question is: is there any way to recover the app data?


texts: Where are the configurations to set the default dialer? I installed a new one and want to know where I set the default.


texts:
I have recently installed a custom ROM and cannot find the Play Store. It seems like all apps that belong to Google are missing.

How can I install the Google Apps Package (Play Store, ...) on my Android device?


texts: How to prevent android from auto-sync'ing gmail contacts and photos etc

texts: I just got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and when I go into my settings then add an account and add a gmail account, it gives me an option to choose what I want to sync. I unchecked 'photos' and 'contacts' and everything else except for 'gmail', but it still auto sync'ed my photos and contacts (and my apps and app data, even though I told it not to). I then deleted the account and tried again but this time, I didn't check anything at all (not even gmail) and it did not sync anything, which is good. But I want to sync only my mail, so then I went into the settings for my account and checked only the 'sync gmail' box and it synced everything again (app, app data, contacts, photos).  How do I make it stop syncing everything? I just want to sync my inbox.


texts:
When I'm trying to take photos, I get the error:
The application Camera (process com.android.camera) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

My phone is a Verzo Kinzo with Android version 2.2.
Factory reset didn't solve it.
What else should I do?


texts:
The setting:

I have two identical phones: Samsung Galaxy S5 neo (SM-G903F). Due to various reasons (in one I tried Lineage OS, the other I had to reinstall) and crashed backups made by TWRP I ended up having to flash stock ROM to both of them. I installed the latest same image downloaded from https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s5-neo/SM-G903F/

The ROM is NOT rooted, the Knox reports no flags - just as if it was a freshly bought phone.

The problem:

After a while I discovered that both of them have the same MAC address and therefore I cannot have them both connected to my home WiFi at the same time - both are assigned same IP address by router and in the end none of them has access to the internet. However, one connection at the time works.

Same goes with bluetooth pairing - when I connect one phone to a speaker and then disconnects, I cannot then pair the other phone with same speaker.

Questions:

How is that even possible? I thought MAC address is tied to hardware not ROM? Is there other possible cause? I didn't have this problem before I started flashing.
How can I solve the problem of assigning same IP?
I'm aware of MAC spoofers. Nonetheless, is there an option that doesn't require rooting?


texts: Android Verified Boot and generation of vbmeta image

texts: I'm in the process of unofficial device bringup, and I'm stuck unable to progress due to Android Verified Boot. As per specification Android Verified Boot can be disabled with the --disable-verity and --disable-verification flags. The device I'm working with does not conform to specification and hence is unable to disable Android Verified Boot. One of the solutions is to build a vbmeta image myself which will then be used to verify my custom generated boot image. The question at hand is how to properly generate such an image. The documentation on the topic is exceedingly scarce and looking up similar community made files with a hex editor yields little in terms of information for me. As mentioned here, I should be able to generate one with the avbtool, which I did, very likely wrongly, as it still refuses to even flash it via fastboot. The only way I've found of allowing such a thing is to flash a blank vbmeta image, which in term fails to verify the kernel and fails.


texts: I had started downloading a attached file from GMail app, suddenly it hang. When it resumed, notification bar was showing download process but it was not being downloaded in the app. i retried and downloaded it. Its been 3 days but notification bar still shows the file is being downloaded. I have tried switching off the phone but doesn't work. Can anyone tell me what I should do. Thanks for the help.


texts: Unlock Xperia Play R800i for use with CM9

texts: Is there any way I can unlock the bootloader for my O2 Xperia Play so I can install Cyanogen Mod on it? Sony announced today that they will not be releasing ICS for the Xperia Play. Now I want to unlock it and put Cyanogen Mod 9 on it. How would I go about doing this?


texts: Failed to change my mac address by Android terminal Emulator

texts:
I followed all steps in this article trying to change my mac address. https://geekeasier.com/change-mac-address-in-android-devices-without-root/4792/#comments.

Then when I entered ip link set wlan0 address XX:XX:XX:YY:YY:YY ,it shows request send failed:permission denied.

I was using mac address generator and didn't change the address prefix,I tried turn wifi on and off all still didn't work, don't know where do I go wrong.
Is the wlan0 above should be something else?

Or there is something I have to do with phone first?


texts: There is no option in Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8, Android version 4.2.2 as "Move to SD Card" in Application Manager.


texts:
The bad
Last week I totaled a Galaxy S9's screen which I owned for over two years. I liked the phone so I headed up on Facebook market to look for another one.
I discovered a phone that I liked and went on to buy it.
When I had the phone in my hands, before paying, I run a service code (#0011# to see if all sensors/screen etc worked). This passed so I bought the phone.
Also, the phone won't do Samsung updates. It would either throw an error after download (The downloaded file is not correct) or restart when attempting.
The ugly
Here's the harsh part: not long after leaving the dodgy seller, while going home, the phone started behaving really weirdly: sudden restarts, some screen glitches, and artifacts. The phone also loses battery pretty quickly, either due to the weird sudden restarts or else.

Note the purple glitches. I was able to record these with a screenshot, meaning it comes from the GPU chip?
The good
The first thing I looked at was the water damage sticker beneath the sim tray:

I then managed to charge the phone fully and log in with a Google account, which allowed me to do further diagnostics. I installed Geekbench and run a test. The phone has a normal score for this model.
I tried filming, calling, playing games on the phone and all seems well.
The only times when the phone restarts are after receiving an error like "Google Services App crashed" or "Samsung Services App crashed" or suddenly when I try to use a service or disable/uninstall blootware.
I also managed to get the phone to update through Samsung Smart Switch to the latest update (Security Patch 1 Dec 2020)
Resolution:
I have a few options for repairing this weird phone

Find what version of firmware I could flash on the phone and hope for a stock experience (including bootloader etc) - This option assumes that the hardware is intact, the chipset has no water damage, etc.

Open the, in which case I lose IP68 (assuming this is not lost already) and change the motherboard with my old phone's.

How to proceed from here?
I am a bit unfamiliar with choosing the right firmware etc. I have the following information in the phone's software info:

One U.I 2.1

Android 10

Baseband version: G960FXXSBETG8

Kernel version: 4.9.118-18847185 # 1 Mon Aug KST 2020

Build number QP1A.190711.020.G960FXXSBETH1

Knox 3.4.1 API level 30 TIMA 4.0.0

Service provider SW ver.: SAOMC_SM-G960F_CKH_DRE_QQ_0009 / 2b282a7f23017ece (DRE/DRE/DRE)

CSC: G960FCKHCFTK1

AP: G960FXXSCFTK2

CP: G960FXXUCFTJ1

I tried downloading this firmware version, but from what I've read the bootloader version here is too old and cannot replace the current bootloader. How can I determine the bootloader version on my phone? XDA forums say it's the 5th digit from the Build Number. However, my Build Number doesn't seem to respect the format of the above file.
Can anyone suggest what to do next? I'm itching to open the phone, but I think it's wiser to try and repair it from firmware.


texts: Cannot turn on WiFi and Bluetooth on Samsung Galaxy Tab 4

texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 running on Android 4.4.2. I just bought it 3 months ago. It's not rooted (I don't want root it). I also have "Terminal Emulator" (downloaded from Play Store).

I can't turn on WiFi and Bluetooth. MAC address and Bluetooth address also don't show up on settings. When I press the WiFi button (on the quick settings), it turns green for 3-6 seconds, then it turns back to white again (same as Bluetooth button).

Could someone point me what's the cause and how to fix it?


texts: Cannot install drivers for MTX65xx on Windows 10 64 bit for Telekom Puls Tablet

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The normal Tablets Name is "Telekom Puls" and is from a German ISP. When I turn Developer Mode and Debug Mode on, it identifies itself as "MT65XX Android Phone" in the Windows 10 Device Manager.

Hardware ID:

USB\VID_1BBB&PID_201D&REV_????&MI_01
USB\VID_1BBB&PID_201D&MI_01

Compatible ID:

USB\Class_ff&SubClass_42&Prot_01
USB\Class_ff&SubClass_42
USB\Class_ff

Device Instance Path:

USB\VID_1BBB&PID_201D&MI_01\6&3A3241C5&0&0001

I was looking at different websites on how to make universal adb drivers like this one , but it won't work, Windows 10 64 bit is complaining then that the .inf file has been tampered with and refuses to install it.

I looked into multiple similar posts, but none of them was conclusive. Does anyone have pointers or advice on how to make this thing work?

Also tried the ADBDriverInstaller by Koush, it says incompatible with Windows 64 bit. I also tried various other drivers from around the net, but none helped.

Is there any way to get this Tablet installed?


texts: Do wireless charging adapters interfere with NFC?

texts:
I've just got a Huawei P30 (standard, not Pro or Lite) and realised it doesn't feature NFC - with no less than 4 wireless chargers in my house and 2 in my office. But I use Google Pay all the time - in many ways I rely on it.

I've done some Googling and I can't find much info about this - the closest I came was an article about wireless charging slowly damaging the NFC controller chip over time in a Nexus 7 due to a circuitry flaw.

Would adding a Qi adapter pad inside a case affect the data-only NFC on the device? With it not being a native feature, I can imagine there may be some safety drawbacks to the internal antenna and circuitry.

But at the same time, Huawei had an official wireless charging case available. So, maybe it's not a problem for the P30?


texts: How to delete the entered number during call

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I found no backspace button to edit the number once inserted in keypad during call.

I found this when I called my mobile operator customer care service which uses DMT, and suddenly the customer care executive asked me to tell my Sim Message Center Number which I thought to find by typing *#*#4636#*#*.

How to delete the number.

My phone is Nexus 5.


texts: In my Nexus 4 i have successfully synced the contacts with their google plus and assigned them with their profile picture. The issue is when i call them (outgoing calls) i am able to get their pic in full screen. But when i receive calls (incoming calls) the pic is displayed partly at the top of the screen. What is the issue and how to solve this?


texts: How can I record the phone screen from the command prompt?

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I have been trying to record my phone screen (Nexus 5) through command prompt.  I have also downloaded the SDK. For some unknown reason I am unable to open or play the file saved using this script:

$adb shell /sdcard/video.mp4


texts: Difference between Super LCD screen of Nexus S and Super AMOLED screen of Samsung Galaxy S -- Which is better?

texts: I was wondering has anyone of you experience the difference among super LCD screen of Nexus S, and Super AMOLED screen of Samsung Galaxy S? Which type of screen is better?


texts: I have android phone with SD card. Malware has moved all files to other folder. Then I copied it to previous place. But now it doesn't show applications placed in menu. It shows it in settings. What to do? How does android application in SD card must be placed?


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Scenario:
- No Google account is attached to the phone
- No apps have been installed beside ones that where already on the phone (even after a factory reset)

Questions:
- Is it possible to let the apps update without entering any Google account?
- Can apps update in the background when no Google Account has been entered into the phone?

I could not find this information in the FAQ.


texts: Unknown host error in browser on mobile network

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I have a rooted HTC One X running a custom ROM. I use a firewall and Xprivacy for managing permissions. When on my Vodafone India 3G network, I can't open any site other than Google using the default browser because it reports a DNS error saying unknown host. All other apps work fine regardless of 3G or Wi-Fi. I've white listed the browser in Xprivacy and the firewall so it's not due to permissions being denied.
It works fine on Wi-Fi. Anything else I should check?


texts: Effect of removing the -k part in the ADB command

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I uninstalled two services using adb command without the -k switch, in particular I typed:
pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.bips
pm uninstall --user 0 com.android.printspooler
Is there a a proper command to restore them back? I tried: pm enable --user 0 & all it said "enabled" (as shown in screenshot), but I can't find them anywhere. I know that if I removed the user 0 switch then I'm out of luck but I kept this switch and just took the -k switch off to clean up any residual files with these services. Am I still out of luck?
one more question: Will factory resetting my device using the option found in Settings>System>advanced on my pixel 4a phone is enough to restore everything back to the state before applying ADB commands?
P.S. My device is non-rooted


texts: In google contacts where is the contact for me?

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I'm not sure if it matters but my phone has 'HTC sense'.

I have all my contacts sync'd with my google account.

I have a normal contact called "me" in my google contacts that through various merging has accumulated all my contact details.

However on the phone that shows up as a normal contact called "me" rather than going into the special "my contact card" thing.

I would like to fix this, but preferably without having to copy all the stuff over manually.


texts: Getting "Installing..." for too long, during any app installation attempt

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I cannot install any app on my Galaxy Note 8 N5100 tablet which is rooted and uses Android 4.4.2. It takes too much time with no result.

(Click image to enlarge)

And this is the status of my package installer app:

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Edit:
I think I found what's the problem. This is the battery usage of my device:
You see the usage of Google play services is very high about 47%

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I think it's the cause of these problems:

When I try to play a film, it stops time to time
Installation of applications takes a lot of time
Battery usage is very high
The devise is warm even if I'm not using it

What should I do to solve the problem?
It's not possible to uninstall Google play services and reinstall it


texts: Why are playlists breeding like rabbits on my device?

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I use Banshee 2.2 to synchronize music and podcasts to my Android 2.3 device. On the device, I'm using PowerAMP to play music.

When I open PowerAMP and look at the playlists, each one is repeated a dozen times. So, for example, I have a playlist called "Pop". After a dozen syncs with my computer, I now have 12 playlists called "Pop". 11 are empty, and one has the actual playlist in it.

At first I thought this was a problem with PowerAMP, but since I have tried the Android default music player and a few other music apps, the problem is repeated no matter what I use to play music. So it seems this isn't an app specific problem, but a system wide one.

I have scoured the onboard memory and the SD card, but I have no idea where the playlists are stored. (Note my phone is not rooted, nor do I intend to.)

How do I clear out the empty playlists and stop this behaviour?


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Android is connected to a WiFi network
The devices sleeps:

<6>[ 7917.653293] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done.
<4>[ 7917.660344] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.02 seconds) done.
<4>[ 7917.681675] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done.
<4>[ 7917.683022] Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
...
<4>[ 7917.701339] Suspend for wow mode
...
<4>[ 7917.855690] Wow enabled. Not allow to send tx data
<4>[ 7917.957487] Setup WoW suc<6>[ 7917.653293] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done.
<4>[ 7917.660344] Freezing user space processes ... (elapsed 0.02 seconds) done.
<4>[ 7917.681675] Freezing remaining freezable tasks ... (elapsed 0.00 seconds) done.
<4>[ 7917.683022] Suspending console(s) (use no_console_suspend to debug)
...
<4>[ 7917.701339] Suspend for wow mode
...
<4>[ 7917.855690] Wow enabled. Not allow to send tx data
<4>[ 7917.957487] Setup WoW successfully
...cessfully
...

I ping it from remote:

<4>[ 7917.958113] ar6000_pm_resume: enter status 3
<4>[ 7917.959225] android_ar6k_check_wow_status: WoW resume from irq thread status 0
<4>[ 7917.959377] Resume WoW successfully
<4>[ 7917.960300] WoW does not invoked. skip resume<6>ES209RA Audio Jack Driver : es209ra_audio_jack_resume START
...
<4>[ 7918.144031] Restarting tasks ... done.

The device wakes up (without turning screen on) and respond on network.
But then (after about 2-3 seconds) it suspends again:

<6>[ 7918.240298] suspend: exit suspend, ret = 0 (2012-01-15 11:48:35.684507919 UTC)
<4>[ 7918.967615] save exit: isCheckpointed 1
<6>[ 7918.972936] PM: Syncing filesystems ... done.

Now it does not resume on wireless.

When I press some hardware button, the phone resumes, sleeps and I have one more opportunity to resume it from wifi. But only once.

Why does it fail to resume from Wifi every time?


texts: How to make Line save pictures & videos to the SD card?

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Line is the application taking up most place of my internal storage ; this is because it saves many profile pictures and chat videos, to the internal storage.
How can I tell it to save them to my SD card instead?


texts:
When I run dmesg I see a bunch of these errors,
FF SUSPEND INT                  0 ?\x09
FF WAKEUP                       0 ?\x09
FF GAD SUS                      0 ?\x09

What do these mean? Is this normal?


texts: how to remove pattern lock in a rooted android phone?

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My Xperia is Running on RR-16 OS I have added 6x6 pattern unlock, it's been months I touched it so I forgot the password

is there any way to remove the pattern lock through ADB, I also have TWRP recovery installed in it so, is it possible to delete the file containing the passwords data

Thanks in advance


texts: Camera zooming by using Bluetooth buttons that act as volume buttons

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I have a Huawei P30 Pro and this Bluetooth camera shutter. The shutter had dedicated buttons for zooming.

Sadly, the volume buttons on the P30 just act as a shutter (the zooming buttons on the shutter just send the volume buttons signals too) and there is no customization option in the built-in mobile app to set them for zooming).
I found Adobe Lightroom  that lets you use the volume buttons for zooming, but it does not utilise the optical zooming of the phone and the shutter button will stop working (it will be similar to the zooming-out button)
Is there any workaround? Alternatively, any apps that can be installed to take photos instead of the factory app?


texts: How to check adb commands executed on an Android device without executing them?

texts:
In my city recently smart benches were added to some parks. They have WiFi, heating, cooling, wireless charging and USB ports.

They're really cool and stylish, but when I plug my phone in to charge it they ask for the ADB key, which makes me think it is executing some malicious code.

Is there a way to see what are the benches doing to your phone over ADB without actually running the commands?

I have access to a Windows 7 laptop and an Android 5.1.1 device.


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I have a simple problem with my phone's GPS:
I have Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo with Android 4.4.2 (unrooted)

Here's the problem:
GPS literally takes forever to load,
I connect to internet and wait some time and it picks up eventually.
But if I restarted my phone and NOT connect to internet and enable gps, it will literally go out of its way to NOT pick up a single signal. It will see more than 20 satellites, but not one of them will be used for fix. This happens anywhere from perfectly open air to indoors (in my case being indoors is absolutely not a reason for not getting a fix because when I do get a fix indoors it sees all the satellites it used to when I was outside)

My question is:
How can I make my phone to pick up signals from those satellites without connecting to internet and end this nightmare?

Thanks a lot

P.S. I have used most of those garbage apps promising "faster fix" "gps fix" and all that crap and none of them helped. In case as I am writing this I have the app GPS Status and toolbox on ""Looking" for GPS location" forever and not picking anything up.

What's the solution?


texts: Availability of security patches for Meltdown and Spectre on Pixel

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The security vulnerabilities Meltdown and Spectre are referenced as CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715 and CVE-2017-5754. Those three variants can be gathered under the more general case CVE-2017-13218 (source).

It is said in the Android security bulletin from January, 2018 that the security patch level 2018-01-05 contains the fix for CVE-2017-13218. According to it, this has been dealt with in the Kernel components, which are binaries. For those, the bulletin says: "The update for that issue is generally contained in the latest binary drivers for Nexus devices available from the Google Developer site". The Kernel is distributed as a binary, and consequently it is not possible to check if the security patch is actually contained in it. On the Google Developer site, the last release available for Pixel Android 7.1.1 (because that's what interests me here) is NOF27D. However this release is already dated from April, 2017. Moreover, the code name of the release (NOF27D) had already been set way before that in platform/build (February, that would be the release 35 of Android 7.1.1).

Hence my question: is the security patch level for Meltdown and Spectre included into the last release of Pixel Android 7.1.1 available currently (NOF27D)?

If yes, does that mean Google has had a patch ready for those issues more than a year ago? If no, where can I find the security patch?


texts: Why is my Samsung Galaxy S not utilizing all of its RAM?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Why is my device not utilizing all of its available RAM?

Samsung Galaxy S GT I9000 comes with 512 MB RAM but it shows only 326 or less. Why?


texts: Flickr is always opened after unlocking the screen on Note 4 running Lollipop

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Recently I have updated my mobile phone to latest firmware (3G Hutchson). All went fine, but there is one annoying thing happens almost every time I'm unlocking my phone. For some reason it's trying to load some Flickr page, every time the same: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/71393709@N06/7854822950

I'm not sure which application is causing it, but previously everything was fine and I have not installed any new app since update.

Is there a way to find out which app is causing it, as I'm not a Flickr user and not planing to download that app?


texts: How can I backup the entire Gallery (photos and videos) to my desktop computer?

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The Gallery on my Android device seems to show all the photos and videos, whatever the method to get them could had been (camera, whatsapp, bluetooth, and so on).

I would like to backup them all, but all I have found on the net refers to one nagging method, consisting of syncing it to some cloud (DropBox, for example) storage. This is painfully slow, and I prefer to store my multimedia on my desktop computer, for example by pluging the USB cable or transferring it via USB storage device, SD card... etc.

But the only way to backup the entire gallery to my computer I have found is just the manual method of copying each involved directory that could contain those files. This is like some sort of nightmare, due to:

There are multiple possible directories that I must (nearly) guess, depending of the program that got the photos/videos: camera seems to be at DCIM, WhatsApp at whatsapp, another directory for bluetooth ... etc.
There are two storage drives: the phone itself and the SD card. So the job must be done twice.
Some Windows system (my Windows 8.1 at least does, I don't know why) don't allow concurrent file transfers via USB cable, so I must seek&start the first transfer of files (say DCIM), wait until it finishes, start the second (say bluetooth) and so on.
Restoring such backup requires rebuilding the exact directory structure on the phone, but I could prefer to store all the photos and videos on the same folder on my desktop.

Isn't there a more simple way?
Both solutions involving Android's native or additional software (freeware preferred) are accepted.
If not possible, I could accept a solution involving to send the entire gallery to any cloud/internet and recovering it on the desktop.


texts: Change temperature unit on Total Launcher

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I'm using Total Launcher, from the makers of ssLauncher. It has a weather widget that uses OpenWeatherMap. The default string is %4.1f° and the widget shows Celsius.

I tried every letter in the alphabet in place of the f but most of them said invalid format and none of them gave an expected value.

Is it possible to change the unit to Fahrenheit?


texts: Does blocking notifications at the system level stop data usage?

texts:
If I go to

Settings -> Apps & notifications -> Instagram (or some other app)

and turn notifications off for that app, does that stop data usage on my data plan?  I ask because the message, when you turn notifications off for an app, is

  At your request, Android is blocking this app's notifications from
  appearing on this device

which would seem to imply that the Android OS will receive the notification, and swallow it up at the OS level.  Which would imply that the phone does receive the notification from the network, thus some data usage would occur against your data plan.

So does blocking notifications stop data usage, or not?


texts: Galaxy S3 Mini does not turn screen off anymore

texts:
Over a month ago, my Galaxy S3 Mini started having problems. It doesn't turn its screen off anymore even if I press power button.

Also, the pop-up menu appears suddenly a thousand times a day.

I also checked that there is no new firmware available.


texts: I recently discovered that my email, served via POP3 on a SquirrelMail server, and only accessed by the stock Android Email application, is all being marked as read on the server. Every one of them? Why is this happening? How can I stop it?


texts: Is there a way to temporarily disable hosts and flush the DNS?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  How can I flush the DNS Cache?

In order to visite some websites, i modified the hosts in the system/etc/hosts. But sometimes, the IP i write in the hosts file maybe invalid, but i don't want to remove it and restart the android phone again.

So how can i temporarily disable the hosts and reflush the DNS. Is there an app, or any other advices will be very appreciated.


texts:
I want my device to be connected to a certain wifi network only. Lets assume  WiFi named "xyz": so my device should connect to this particular "xyz" network only. It Should not connect to any other network.

More precisely: I don't want other user's to use my device with any other WiFi network. Basically I want to restrict user to access other network.

My device is rooted, so can I achieve this by doing some settings at OS level?


texts: lenovo a6000 plus on/off switch not responding

texts: I have a problem with my Lenovo A6000 plus. when I lock it and a few seconds later I want to open it does not happen any response. and when i plug the charge was no response at all. does not charge the battery, does not respond to its on / off switch, and clock becomes delay. I've replaced the switch on / off with the original one. but still have the same problem. whether there is a solution or any answer what is the problem on my phone?


texts: How to automatically crop text messages when SMS character limit is reached?

texts: Is there a way to prevent the Messages app from sending long texts? It's generally a nice feature, but my current plan has free SMS which I cannot use when overstepping the character limit - instead, the "long text" will be sent as an MMS and charged as such.


texts:
Honestly, I want for my kids not to use facebook.
But, they still use facebook app on the wifi network.

I successfully blocked facebook domain with the router management on my home wifi network.
So, this facebook website was blocked in windows system, and other android system.
But, facebook app still access to the facebook website(?).

How to block facebook app?
I cannot find domain address using facebook app.


texts: What type of headset will work for my Droid X?

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I'm shopping around for a nice pair of earbuds for my Droid X since I lost my other ones, and I was curious if I could get ones with a microphone to use as a headset.

What do I need to look for to make sure they're compatible?  Are all the 4-pin 3.5mm stereo jacks alike?  If it's iPhone-compatible will it not be with the Droid (especially ones with remote volume buttons)?


texts: "Set Warranty Bit : Kernel" text after rooting Samsung Galaxy

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I recently tried rooting my Samsung Galaxy Tab E 8.0 (SM-T377P) using Odin and TWRP. I have successfully installed TWRP and the latest version of Superuser. When I try and boot, it gets on a very slow boot loop on the Samsung Galaxy Tab E screen with the yellow text "Set Warranty Bit : Kernel".

I think this is from the Samsung Security telling me I have voided the warranty. I know some people say to boot into TWRP and clear cache and data, which I've already done, but it still shows.

Is there a fix for this?


texts:
I have been having this happen to me for a long time now but recently it seems like it has gotten worse.

What happens is that

A page loads, and you can see the webpage and almost all content while its loading. You can scroll and use as normal, but once the page fully loads it turns to a fully blank page.

Sometimes it happens really fast on light pages, other times on heavy pages you are able to see the page then when it does load it goes blank.

Even with a refresh the same thing happens.

The way to fix it is to clear the app from recent apps. Open back up chrome then it loads fine.

Its not every page its not all the time but its at least everyday. Its happened with 1 tab open to 10 tabs open. On all kinds of different sites and pages.

Any ideas on why this is? Anyone else experiencing the same thing?


texts: Insufficient memory. First aids tried. Everything is tried! Pls help!

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We have two phones with same problem.
1) Micromax Canvas A110
1GB RAM,  4GB Internal,  8GB EXTERNAL SD CARD
Ice cream sandwich 4.04

LATEST PROBLEM:

On rebooting( turning the phone and switching it on again), all APPS disappear!!

Contacts disappear. All downloaded apps are gone!
But their shortcuts are there on homescreens. When touched it says APP NOT INSTALLED.

Trying to download again is impossible.
ERROR : INSUFFICIENT MEMORY...

A) Tried moving all Apps to INTERNAL SD CARD. (only two options show,  Internal storage &  internal SD card).
Most apps are not movable. Show in Grey. Does not allow to move from internal.

B) Default write disk is EXTERNAL SD CARD

C) Tried clear cache. Tried clear data from Google PlayStore but it still does not allow to download!

2) MICROMAX CANAVAS A300 (Micromax Canvas gold)
32GB inbuilt memory. No expandable storage in any external SD Card.
I can't tell you how it has ruined my life..

Very much used to always cut paste apps,  pictures &  every other data to expandable SD card helps in Samsung Note 3 and other phones, an inbuilt restricted memory of 32GB still seemed ok.
Only that apps don't use it!

I still move to 'Phone storage' from 'Internal Storage'.
Because apparently 'Phone Storage' is better than 'Internal'.

But I'm still haunted by Insufficient storage. Insufficient space problems whenever I try to install a new app. I've to compromise and Uninstall a few apps and also run 360 to clean system junk files and residual files.

Pls help! I'm sick and tired of this! Badly need to have whatsapp messenger back in place for mom


texts: How can I disable the button on the earphones?

texts:
I keep accidentally pressing the button on the earbuds when it's in my pocket.

Any of these would be great for me:

Disable the button only when the device is locked
Disable the button always


texts: Where can I find a factory image for the Moto X 2nd Gen 2014?

texts:
I went to Motorola's site and requested one, but since it's Sunday, I don't think I will receive the file until tomorrow.

You would think that someone would host the image file somewhere just in Motorola's site went down or something. Is there a place I can download it from other than the manufacturers site that I do not know about?


texts: adb devices show phone in debug mod but not in fastboot mod

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When debugging mode adb devices , it will show my HTC magic.

But when the phone is in fastboot mod , I can't see my HTC magic in adb devices.

I am using ubuntu 10.10 ,
my /lib/udev/rules.d/11-android.rules

SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0c01", MODE="0666", OWNER="<your user name>" #Normal HTC magic
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0c02", MODE="0666", OWNER="<your user name>" #Debug & Recovery HTC MAGIC
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0fff", MODE="0666", OWNER="<your user name>" #Fastboot magic


texts: How to reset a non admin user password in Lollipop?

texts:
My son forgot his password in my Nexus Tablet. He does not remember the pattern to draw. Is it possible to reset it, or I must delete his account and recreate it?

It used to be possible. Android used to display an option after a number of failures, but it does not work anymore in Lollipop.

I have the password if the admin user. Lollipop does not display the forgot pattern link anymore. If I downgrade, I'll loose all my data.


texts: How to create a Local Area Network with Android device?

texts:
I want to use a TCP service running on my phone that needs its current IP to be known. So when the phone is connected to its internet as alone, I can know its IP.

However to speed up this task, I need to make a local network connection with my phone and know its local IP.

The USB/Wi-Fi tethering by phone with PC does all that along with sharing its internet connection, however in this scenario, I don't want its internet. I am already connected with LAN on my PC. and have no internet plan on my phone.

Any suggestion?


texts: Where did the SIP settings go to on my LG Optimus 4X?

texts:
About 3 months ago I bought my LG Optimus 4X HD (aka P-880), which shipped with Android 4.0.3. I searched the settings up and down, and was quite surprised there were no SIP settings available. I'm very sure SIP support was added to AOSP with Gingerbread, so it had to be there with ICS!

Did LG remove them from their Android installation? Is there any way to get them back?


texts: Locked Nexus 7 - no forgotten password option

texts:
My girlfriend forgot her password on her Nexus 7 and can't remember it. It's written everywhere on the web that you can use the gmail login after 5 wrong passwords but it doesn't seem to work anymore! It doesn't ask for the gmail account and never shows the forgotten password option.

I have tried to repeat the process on my Galaxy Nexus and there is no forgotten option either....

After 5 attempts it blocks for 30 seconds and I actually tried 30 times to see if after a while the gmail option appears but it's not the case...

How to use the gmail account to unlock the latest android devices (4.2.2)?

P.S. my phone isn't locked! I just try to redo her steps


texts: I have a Samsung GT i5800 and every time I turn it on, or just put a new SD card in it it says "Media search  is running" (@the notifications) - How can I turn this feature OFF? Is it needed? What does it do? Android 2.1update1


texts:
I realy want to root my samsung j7 (2016) phone and flash custom roms on it.
I know it has knox but i am not sure is it the one that can be reversed by triangle away app or it is efuse that can not go back.

Can somone tell me what was the first phone with KNOX efuse or when samsung introduced efuse. Also if you are not sure about answer you are giving please tell that.


texts: MicroSD card file system keeps getting corrupt for no obvious reason

texts:
Since when I got my current phone (May 2018) I had to reformat my MicroSD card about 3-4 times, probably because of file system corruption. (It's a SanDisk 8GB one, for those who are wondering. And the previous owner had installed it on 2 devices, the first was a tablet and the second was my current phone, no problems with them. Guess I was cursed!...)

One day I turned on my phone and noticed that several apps that had been moved to the SD card were no longer functioning (toast notification saying "The app is not installed"). The other three times it just happened out of nowhere. Even today (at the time of writing), I just moved an app from the SD card back to the phone's internal storage, then the Settings app crashed. I think this also happened because of corruption.

When this happens, I cannot move/copy/edit files to the SD card and a small percentage of my files get corrupt. (Thank God this time only some useless pictures got corrupted!)

Can anyone tell me why my SD card's file system is getting corrupt out of nowhere almost constantly?


texts:
I'm hoping this question is suited to this forum.
WhatsApp have just announced WhatsApp for the desktop browser (https://web.whatsapp.com).

One of the steps is to scan a QR code using WhatsApp. I can't seem to find the option to scan the QR code.

The instructions say to open WhatsApp -> Menu -> WhatsApp Web.

The problem is that my menu doesn't have an option for WhatsApp Web.

My phone is a Nexus 5 on Lollipop 5.0.1.


texts: Quantum joystick doesn't work on my xiomi redmi

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I have quantum ps2 like joystick which doesn't work on my xiomi redmi  HM 1SW.
My phone's android version is 4.3. I use a usb otg cable which works fine with keyboards,mouses & pendrives.
Whenever I attach the joystick,just the red light in the joystick blinks and nothing happens.


texts: Contacts not synced where WhatsApp Contact exists

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I used tine20 via MS-Exchange to sync contacts to my android device
I added WhatsApp. Some contacts are from both (tine20 and WhatsApp). All is fine.
I removed (accidentally) tine20 account from android device
Added tine20 again
Contacts which don't have WhatsApp are synced perfectly
Contacts which have  WhatsApp are not synced. Information from tine20 is missing. Via tine20 web interface I can see that all contacts are in tine20

What can I do to get all contacts from tine20 on my device again?


texts: Recovering Files from Broken Screen Nexus 5x

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I have a Nexus 5x that has an unresponsive and broken display (screen displays colored lines and doesn't respond to any touches) that I am trying to get files off of.  I can't seem to get my computer to recognize it, presumably because you need the phone to be unlocked, but i cant get through the lock screen without touching the display.  Is there any way to unlock my screen through recovery mode or something without wiping it?
Thanks!


texts: Where is "Call forwad" in marshmallow (Android 6)

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It seems its absoultely crazy question but really i cannot find answer:
after update my phone to android 6, it seems in the call forwarding setting is missed in setting menu! i also search it using filed button but i cannot find it, could anyone help me about the situation in this version? i have Huawi P8Lite. Thanks a lot.


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Ive got most of the way to getting native sshd working over usb (mainly for shell and winscp), but very murky and not quite there yet. I want to use the built-in sshd, not download an app for it.

Lineageos has a built-in SSHD and ADB allows forwarding from local host:XXXX to the phone on port 22. I've got a sshd_config file ready (password for now, RSA later), and Terminal + su all working. By trial and error I've found the sshd-start or start-sshd files and I'm probably most of the way there. But its hard to reproduce a trial and error approach and I haven't actually got it there yet.

The furthest I've got is that I can run ssh (client) on the phone and it'll at least try to connect to itself (in another terminal window), but doesn't yet fully reach a shell prompt. It gave errors on /var/run/etc and on missing an 'empty' dir which I manually created and seem to help but I don't really know if that's the right or best way to do it.

Assuming I have a valid config file and a clean install with no changes, what are the basic steps from the start, so.I can enable native sshd, start/stop it manually (not started with system), and access it across adb?

I would like to use /sdcard/sshdata for any keys/config, so they are preserved across installing, and for the moment, password over adb via usb only (not WiFi). I'm happy to mod some sshd-related files in /system and probably need to, but I don't know which I need to change.

What is the simplest recipe to get sshd available so that I can fire it up and connect when needed?


texts: Power Android phone with portable battery charger and internal battery removed

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Is it possible to power an Android phone (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S II) with its internal battery removed, using a portable battery charger?

This question is about phone with internal battery that is removable.


texts: Can not install apk, got navigated to Security page when tap on apk

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I need to install apk on my Motorola android 7, no root.
I did enable allow install app from unknown source
I dont have any screen filtering app running on my phone (so other thread on this topic doesnt work).
Everytime i tap on apk. The security page show up, not the install button.


texts: Getting Google to know I got my phone back

texts: My phone was stolen so I remotely locked it and now I can't open it(I managed to recover it) as it says  'the phone you are using is lost or stolen' How can I unlock the phone again?


texts: How to get Android to ask for my choice of phone dialer?

texts: I have the default Phoner Dialer on my HTC phone as well as the Doximity Dialer.  When I first installed the Doximity dialer, whenever I made a phone call it would ask which phoner dialer to use the native one or  Doximity and then followed by 'Just once' or 'Always'.  I made the mistake of choosing the native phone dialer and hitting always but cannot for the life of me figure out how do I reset so it goes back to providing me with the choice of a dialer whenever I make a phone call. I have gone under Apps and looked under both the apps properties but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Stopping Dolphin Browser Mini from reloading (Question about memory and cache)

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After opening certain amount of pages in Dolphin Browser Mini  (and I think Dolphin HD), the browser dismesses pages from memory as described here: Can I make the browser stop autmatically refreshing pages that haven't been displayed for a while?

The page includes a solution, which is using Swapper 2. Can anyone please explain how it works (not technically but the general idea) / what is it's limitations?

I was thinking of getting a 2GB tablet, since I thought it would be necessary for "multitasking", but this solution seems to work flawlessly for this problem and 2GB of RAM could be totally unnecessary, and hence the question.


texts: Recovery mode can't read fat32 sd card, only exfat

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I'm running CM 10.1 (based on Android 4.2.1) on a Galaxy S III i9300. I'running CWM-based recovery v 5.5.0.4.

I'm dealing with a conflict with my Sandisk microsd 32 gb card. When I format my sdcard to fat32 and run recovery mode, the phone does not read the sd card. However, if I change the format to exfat, the phone reads the sdcard in recovery, but then it won't mount the sdcard when I reboot the phone. I get an "sd card damaged" error.

Likewise, when I connect phone to PC via USB my PC does not detect the card within the phone; I have to use an sdcard adapter and insert it in my PC to access it.

When I use CM updater, the system reboots and gives me the following error message under "verifying update package...":

  E: failed to open /sdcard/0/cmupdater/cm-10.1-20130107-NIGHTLY-i9300.zip
  (No such file directory)
  E: Signature verification failed,
  Installation aborted

If I then pull the update from get.cm, I can access it from external storage, but I get this error message when I try to install it:

  E: failed to verify whole-file signature

  E: Signature verification failed

Everything is solved by converting to fat32--PC reads card, phone mounts card--except the issue of installing updates or flashing ROMs, kernels, etc in Recovery. This means that when I want to add media to my card I have to format it to fat32 and then re-format it to exfat when I want to access it in Recovery to do things like install updates to CM 10.

Am I missing something? Is there a way around this?

I read a post on XDA, though I can't remember where, that said that the size of the card (specifically, if it is greater or less than 32 gb) affects what format the S III will read it in. Is it true?