texts: Full Backup of non-rooted device in 2017

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My Galaxy S7 has developed a problem with it battery (where it is continually turning off / rebooting) and so I need to get it repaired/replaced by my insurer.

The only issue is that, for data protection, they wipe every device before repairing.

Although I have back ups of most of my apps, all my photos, contacts & sms messages I have a lot of settings, multiple non-web based email accounts etc. set up on the phone so having to start from stratch would be a real hassle.

I therefore want to back up the entire phone, like a drive image, onto my Macbook so that I can simply copy the backup onto my new/repaired device once the battery issue is sorted.

I thought I had found a solution in this thread: Full Backup of non-rooted devices

However that is nearly 5 years old and so the instructions do not match the current version of Android SDK, seemingly now called Android Studio (the previous instructions ask you to locate a folder called 'platform-tools' but this isn't created by the current version of the SDK).

Anyone know of any updated instructions on how to do this?

Thanks!


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Just received my Honor 7 and imported my outlook.com stuff to a corporate account. Everything is imported and working correctly, except that birthdays are not displayed in the calendar.

They do get displayed after I remove them from a contact, save, and then add them back in. This is a lot of work so I'm hoping someone can suggest a better alternative?


texts: How to disable the smart text selection feature in Android Oreo?

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Android Oreo came with a new "smart text selection" feature that uses AI code to make smart decisions about selecting text such as addresses and phone numbers.

However, in my experience this works very poorly on my Nexus 5x where I write (and select) a roughly equal amount of text in English and Swedish (system language is set to English). In particular the smart text selection results in Swedish are complete garbage. I have yet to see the smart text selection feature make an accurate guess of what text to select. On the contrary, it very often makes completely illogical selections when tapping words in regular text flow (ie. text not structured as addresses, phone numbers or similar) that seem to have rather random starting and ending points. I always have to tap the intended word again to get the actual word I want to select, and the number of times I have accidentally deleted a large chunk of text due to this feature is driving me nuts.

Here's an example (that works fine in English, but not in Swedish):

If I were to tap "newspaper" in the following sentence the "smart text selection" feature would accuretely select this word (newspaper).

  "Regarding the newspaper subscription: I'd like to have it cancelled
  by the end of the tryout period."

If however I were to write that same sentence in Swedish and again tap the (Swedish word for) newspaper the "smart text selection" feature would select all text from the word "newspaper" to the word "cancelled", which makes no sense. (Note, this example is made up and of course depends on the exact translation of the example sentence)

Please, is there any way I can disable the disable "smart text selection" feature. I have looked all over the settings menu and googled for information, but I have failed to find an answer. Thanks.

Harware: Nexus 5x
Software: Android: 8.0.0


texts: Recover deleted content from userdata partition?

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So it came to pass, that Amanda did have a blonde moment and deleted all her threads in the SMS app by mistake. Yeah, "Delete all threads" probably shouldn't be quite so easy to invoke.

The phone's a ZTE Blade, with all its user data inconveniently stored on a YAFFS2 filesystem.

I have an old back up, but the SMS I need to recover are from since then. There are probably some on the SIM card, so I've ordered a SIM reader. I suspect that the twenty or so it holds are mostly network operator spam, anyway.

So, I curse my ineffectual backup plan and vow to back up SMS to GMail in future.

Meanwhile, I resolve to recover mmssms.db, or what's left of it.

First up, I connect adb and check the mounts, then attempt to copy the block to an image on the SD card:

dd if=/dev/block/mtdblock6 of=/sdcard/data.img

No such luck. I reason forcibly dismounting would be a bad idea, and probably won't work in any case.

So, I upload a statically linked copy of busybox to the SD card and use the conv=noerror option.

What I ended up with was a file that kept increasing in size until the SD card filled up.

What am I doing wrong?
Does ClockworkMod take an image in the true sense or does it just back the files up and pack them into an image?
Is there a YAFFS2 recovery program? (The two papers I've read make it seem feasible but I haven't seen even PoC code)

Any clues gratefully received/

Edit: The phone is rooted. Very rooted :)

Further edit:

Most of the messages found in mmssms.db-wal:

ls -al /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases
drwxrwx--x    1 radio    radio         2048 Jul 17 20:16 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 radio    radio         2048 Oct 26  2011 ..
-rw-rw----    1 root     root         60416 Jul 17 20:16 mmssms.db
-rw-rw----    1 radio    radio        32768 Jul 17 16:18 mmssms.db-shm
-rw-rw----    1 radio    radio       628832 Jun 30 19:23 mmssms.db-wal
-rw-rw-rw-    1 root     root         60416 Jul 17 20:16 mmssms.db.xxx
-rw-rw----    1 radio    radio       132096 Jun 18 13:25 telephony.db
-rw-rw----    1 radio    radio        32768 Jul 16 22:14 telephony.db-shm
-rw-rw----    1 radio    radio       106928 Jul 16 22:14 telephony.db-wal

With any luck, SMS Backup & Restore will allow a merge.


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Are there any solutions to the Google Nexus 4 weird sound problem? This is how it sounds.

Will Google replace the phone?

I am in Singapore and bought this phone through a friend in the US.

There is no proper support information for this phone from Google / LG. I tried calling '855-83-NEXUS' but they are closed for the day. I will try calling them tomorrow.


texts: One device has my Sim card, the other one only the internet connection. Both devices have already been verified by my number. Will I get incoming messagges in both devices?


texts: how to change hotspot auto-off time using ADB command o Root?

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Hi guys I'm looking for a solution on how to change the auto-off time of the hotspot with ADB command o Root, defatul is set to 5 minutes: "the hotspot will be turned off if no device will connect within 5 minutes" ... it's really stressful. .. does anyone know the command o root solutions? many thanks in advance...

PS: phone I have to use it only as a hotspot, I dont care about the battery or anything else, now its use is only as a hotspot...

specifications:
Model: Meizu M2 mini
O.S: Android 5.1 Lollipop
Root: at the moment I removed the root because I restored it to use it only as a hotspot, but I can ReRoot in 5 minutes without problems.
WiFi: good WiFi power, dual band 2.4 & 5Ghz.


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I have a full backup from Cyanogenmod 12. I need to extract the Contacts and add them to Cyanogenmod 13. I found attempting a restore just breaks things because it restores dalvik data and system caches, which are simply wrong between these versions.

How do I either (1) restore only the contacts; or (2) extract the Contacts from the ADB backup for manual restoration?


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I was trying to boot from the sdcard, as I thought it was a boot order issue, I disabled the boot flag on the boot partition. Now my phone will not turn on, or enter bootloader. I have found various guides to booting from an sdcard, however they require flipping a switch on the board, which does not appear to be there. Any ideas on how to fix this situation. I would like to be able to get the phone to a working state again, without having to wipe it.

Edit: Having looked a bit more, the phone is detected by the kernel, as it displays in dmesg and is also listed by lsusb. This is on ArchLinux 5.2.13 I have tried qmicli but that appears to only work if the driver is cdc-mdm whereas it is using qcserial. when connected, it generates /dev/ttyUSB0 and /dev/bus/usb/002/* which is a character unbuffered device file.


texts: How to clear space on your internal storage, other than the trivial measures?

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After 3.5 years of use, my Android  device (a Xiaomi RedMi 3S) has its internal storage full almost to capacity. I can run its cleaning routine, I can remove photos I snapped and music files I may have stored on it - but over time, more files beyond just that seem to add up. Using the system settings cleaner - same thing: It helps somewhat, but over time, stuff accumulates that it doesn't clean.
I would like, or rather, I need, to remove more data. To do so, I need to be able to differentiate between apps themselves, their reproducible data, their logs/junk leftovers, and the history of interactions, messages and other artifacts due to use. I also need to know what can be deleted and what requires some app-specific deletion facilities.
Obviously I'm not asking for a long list of all of this information for every app; but I would like your advice on how to gather such information. Alternatively - other courses of action for clearing up space which I might not have thought about (Maybe - migration of data to my SD card?)
Note: In case it matters, my Settings | Storage screen says:

Apps & app data: 13.37 GB
Pictures, Videos: 1.94 GB <- Where are those hiding? :-(
Audio: 4.72 MB
Cached data: 539.65 MB <- After running the cleaner
Other files: 2.86 GB
System Storage: 6.24 GB


texts:
I've just found this photo on CNET:

I want to know which clock-weather widget app is that?


texts: Reasonable OneNote alternative for Android

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I just wanted to know if there's a OneNote app for Android, that would allow me to actually use it to its full potential (unlike that crap released by MS).

I am thinking about getting a Transformer and it is very important to me since all my notes from classes and lectures are in OneNote. I found many apps that would allow me to work with Word, Excel or PowerPoint. But everybody seems to be forgetting about OneNote...


texts:
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764): java.lang.NullPointerException
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at com.htc.music.browserlayer.fragment.HtcMusicFragment.initLyricsView(HtcMusicFragment.java:8905)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at com.htc.music.browserlayer.fragment.HtcMusicFragment.initialUI(HtcMusicFragment.java:2305)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at com.htc.music.browserlayer.fragment.HtcMusicFragment.onCreateView(HtcMusicFragment.java:662)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.moveToState(FragmentManager.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.app.BackStackRecord.run(BackStackRecord.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl.execPendingActions(FragmentManager.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.app.FragmentManagerImpl$1.run(FragmentManager.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java)
01-02 15:30:21.361: E/AndroidRuntime(3764):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-02 15:30:21.541: E/EmbeddedLogger(2496): App crashed! Process: com.htc.music
01-02 15:30:21.541: E/EmbeddedLogger(2496): App crashed! Package: com.htc.music v522301810 (5.1.2320352112.658919.648253)
01-02 15:30:22.081: E/EmbeddedLogger(2496): Application Label: Music

I open Music app in Android but it force close. I have taken logcat and found this problem causing.

At Line 8905 here is the code :

> if-eqz v11, :cond_1
>
> const-string v11, "[HtcMusicFragment]"
>
> const-string v12, "onServiceConnectedHandle, mActivity is null


texts: Whats the difference between the "OK Google" function and the new "Google Assistant"?

texts: I've had OK Google on my Galaxy S7 since I bought it. Now I see Google Assistant coming out. Whats the difference?


texts: Prevent user from installing any applications

texts: I have Galaxy J1 smartphone with OneUI and I have to prohibit installing any applications on it. I tried disabling appropriate activity in PackageInstaller, but that can be bypassed with Factory Reset in settings. Installing any AppLock applications does not help, because then can be easily removed by just booting into "Safe Mode". Is there a way I can achieve my goal?


texts: Notification icon text background has changed

texts: If you see the image for ex the wifi name's background has changed to white. I might have unknowingly changed something, but I don't know how to change it back. This problem is there for other situation also. If you see second image you can get an idea.


texts: Is there currently a method to install Android as the main OS for Lumia 640 LTE?

texts:
Sorry if this has already been answered. I've scrounged for recent answers about whether it is possible to replace a Lumia 640 Microsoft phone OS with Android, but as far as I can tell it's not yet possible. I figured you guys would have a better idea than myself.

Long and short of my asking is that I bought one, and I just don't like the OS at all. I'm very much a novice with rooting and any sort of software manipulation, so I came here hoping for some good news.


texts:
My mobile device doesn't detect any Wi-fi signal even though there is an active network available in the area.
Can anyone help me to find a solution to this problem??
Device: Samsung galaxy-s-duos.
android version: jellybean


texts:
I'm trying only to get a root shell, not persistent, don't want to flash any kind of image or install closed/proprietary apk, nor run scripts/exploits that write/erase/modify any flash.

For a newer device has been just a matter of few mins, found an exploit, compiled, pushed, executed, got the root shell, instead this one seem to be unbreakable, already spent hours trying different approaches :-|

2.6.35.10-g53a84f9 (htc-kernel@and18-2) - Android/2.3.3

Suggestions?


texts: What browsers are compatible with Adobe Flash Plugin?

texts:
Even if Flash Player on Android is no more supported by Adobe, it is still very easy to obtain it (eg, via Aptoide). The problem is that Chrome is not compatible with it. On my Galaxy Note 10 I can use it with the stock browser (it works like a charm). Unfortunately my friend has a Nexus 7 Tablet. We were successfull at installing flash but we can't find any browser that supports it (we tried Dolphin).

Any recommendations?


texts: How do I identify and remove this spammy malware "Suggestion" app?

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Recently these spam ads have started showing up on my phone from an app calling itself "Suggestions". I never installed this thing itself and I don't see it on the apps list.
It runs periodically throughout the day by itself. Maybe once/hour? Generally when I turn on the phone and unlock, its there. More rarely it pops up in front of the active app if I've been using the phone for a while.
Presumably it tagged along with something else I installed, but I can't recall that it started occurring at a corresponding time with any other app being added.
Generally once I minimize it, it disappears entirely.
Is there a way to identify & remove this?
The ad shown below is just an example, they vary.

While this was on the screen, I long pressed the square Android apps button to go into split screen, somehow this triggered the following site to open up:
(don't click it - just for info)
https://yourphoneboost.com/landers/external/cleaner-update/landing.html?device_name=Motorola%20o&language=en-US&device_brand=Motorola&device_model=o&uclick=17m7e8xr0&uclickhash=17m7e8xr0-17m7e8xr0-gm-sy-9z-wf0-tw3y-7a9e36#

This phone is a Motorola G4 running Android 7. The security patch level was April 1, 2018.

(click images for larger variants)


texts: read the chip info from built-in NFC chip in mobile phone

texts: As I know, there is built-in NFC chip at the back of mobile phone such as samsung. So I would like to read the built-in chip info from that mobile phone. Is that possible or silly question?


texts: Problems with drivers for Nexus 10 when building Android 4.3 from source

texts:
I followed the steps in the Android Source web page to download android-4.3_r1 and build it for Nexus 10.

What is the problem?

When I download and install the drivers for Nexus 10 for Android 4.3 (JWR66Y) form the drivers web page, the device stucks at the Google logo.


texts:
I need a way to temporarily disable all notifications with ONE CLICK ONLY, for example via widget or EQS.
I don't care if it is for all apps or just whatsapp, as long as it prevents vibration and especially the notification light.
Is there any way to do this?

On Rooted Android 4.4.2, HTC Desire 816 dual sim


texts: How to use in-app payment without Google Play?

texts: I downloaded the apk for the app Contacts Optimizer and had it installed via sideload. I would like to upgrade the app to PRO. This is done using an in-app payment. Trying to use this tells me that "Cannot initialize connection to in-app payment server, please try again later." I guess the reason is, because I have no Google App store on my phone. How can I use in-app payment without Google Play?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Is there a way to block access to or wipe my Google data for a lost/stolen phone

I would like to know what is the best/recommended practice to prepare myself to the day when my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy Ace) will be stolen.

In the ideal world I would like to be able to accomplish (in order of importance):

Secure my personal data stored on the phone. In particular, by personal data I mean emails accounts, calendar etc. Furthermore, by secure I can live with remotely permanently erase the sensitive data.
Enhance the chances of retrieving the phone. This can be accomplished basing on:

Physically locating the phone (using GPS)
Communicate with the finder/thief
Turing my phone into as unique one (making loud noises or blinking screen)

Remotely manage/access the phone

These are the main things I could think of as important in this future case. If you think I missed something, feel free to correct me. If I used non standard terminology please let me know.

Thanks.


texts: Are there any Android market alternative that support PayPal payment?


texts: Hi i would like to ask you if you know about a way how to use Trinus VR with cable using gear VR . I could disable booting oculus app with Package Disabler Pro , but i'm not sure if i could pair pc and cellphone with cable since it's through gear VR . Anyone knows if it works ?


texts: Error trying to access my tablet from my PC

texts:
While trying to transfer files over Wifi from my PC to my Android tablet I use the Files Manager app, which opens a server in my local network with the IP and port http://192.168.0.5:5544.

But when I try to put this address in any browser I get
Error: The connection has timed out.
What is the reason for this ?

Router: ADSL router Netgear DGN3500


texts:
I'm working with an InForce 6540 board that has 5.0.2 Lollipop installed.

I am trying to connect a display device that has a max resolution of 720p at 60hz. I am using a micro HDMI connection.

The 6540 detects the display as a 1080p dislplay and uses that resolution.

I tried to change the resolution with adb root.

adb shell cat /sys/devices/virtual/graphics/fb1/edid_modes
( to check which modes the display device supports)

adb shell setprop hw.hdmi.resolution 13
(or other supported number, checked the .cpp file to see what each number means for resolution.)

adb shell stop

adb shell start

This did not work, and I tried it on a different display device that supports more resolutions, and it did not work either.

I have also tried the command wm, but that only resizes the amount of screen it is currently using. (It scales versus changing actual display resolution)

My display shows static on the bottom half, and on the top, it shows the whole display but cut. The right side of the display is cut and displayed on the left with everything shifted to the right.

Any help would be appreciated. I know this is not a normal problem.


texts: How do I enter Recovery mode without keyboard or Home button?

texts:
The phone is Samsung Galaxy S2 (GT-i9100) with SlimROM installed recently.

I was using Paranoid Android, and today I flashed SlimROM 4.4.4 and a gapps package. The latter one occured to be wrong for this version of Android, so now I don't have any keyboard to use (keyboard won't show, and I constantly get an error message).

So now I want to install another ROM/gapps for my phone, but the Home button is broken.

Therefore:

I cannot install Terminal Emulator to use ADB command line for entering Recovery mode upon the next reboot. That's because I cannot even log in to my Google Play account.
I cannot use Volume Up/Down + Home + Power combination to access Recovery/Download modes while booting. So this also makes it quite hard to consider using Odin as an option.

I have done a research on keyboard and Home button issues, but it seems that no-one has experienced them both at the same time before. Seriously though, can you suggest something to do with my situation? Thank you, and feel free to ask for any clarifications.


texts: Monochrome v. Colour logo in search widget

texts:
Following Google's recent rebranding, the three Lollipop devices in our household all got the updated search widget.

My wife's 2nd-gen Moto G got the usual coloured one (this image from the web, not a screenshot):

while her 2nd-gen Nexus 7 and my 1st-gen Moto G got a rather more tasteful monochrome version (screenshot from my Moto G):

Why the difference, and is there any way to swap between the two?


texts: Issues while accessing system files with su in Chinese make Tablet. (Android 4.0.3)

texts:
I have a cheap chinese tablet with Android 4.0.3.

I'm a linux enthusiast and of course I wanna explore the Android capabilities deeper.(I own Nokia N900 and without rooting its nothing).

So my tablet is WM8850.

The interesting is that I can browse in the /, but when I ask for root
privileges  su , it says that:

I'm not allowed to access prompt with su priviledges.

UID XXXX not allowed to  su.

So do I need to do the all rooting process or I just have to install the super user package?


texts: Obtaining Ip address loop for LG Escape 3

texts: I recently came back home from vacation and attempted to reconnect my phone to my home wifi, only to find myself in a great struggle to get my phone to loacte the IP address. It continues to insist that my connection is poor and conveys the words "avoided poor network". However I know the truth to be quite the opposite for all the other devices in my house connect without issue. But for some reason my phone refuses to obtain it. Need help to resolve this problem please!


texts: Suspicious "push" directory in Android phone storage

texts:
Android version: 5.0
Directory: push > locks > [files]

There's more than 3000 files in that locks directory. Each file has a name similar to 55ee5f08..._1471113497966 in length 38 characters. Each file has no file extension, and is zero bytes in size. The entire locks directory is zero bytes in size as well.

What is the purpose of this directory? Can I safely delete it?


texts: Moving app from "/data/app" to "/system/priv-app" leads to reboot (Magisk, Android 8.1)

texts:
I have a rooted device Samsung SM-T590 (Galaxy Tab A, 2018, 10.5, Android 8.1.0)

I have Root Explorer app installed

When I try to move some app from "/data/app" to "/system/priv-app" (using Root Explorer) the device reboots and nothing is being saved at "/system/priv-app"

I want to make my app a system one

This method works ok on many other devices

But something wrong with this device

Any ideas how to solve this problem?

I think system apps Device Security and Device Maintenance prevent me to do it.

I tried to delete them using Titanium Backup but phone reboots and they are installed again

Also there is Samsung Knox security technology

It's not a duplicate because this question is about Magisk and not SuperSu


texts:
I rooted my android KitKat recently and most of bloatware permanently. Today my phone was causing some problems. It showed Service exchange error, play store won't open, accounts won't sync, since i deleted my phone app as well and realised exDialer was just to improve UI of stock dialer and not a complete standalone dialer. I was angry and angry people can't think much. I removed my root access and factory reseted my mobile.
Now I realise my swiftkeyboard is also gone and can't type wifi password and I don't have a mobile data plan.

How can I fix my phone?


texts: OnePlus one is charging but is recognized in device manager only when in debug mode

texts:
my oneplus one device (version 4.4.2) is not recognized anymore by the computer (OS WIN8) in the device manager, only when in developer mode - in usb-debug, does it show on the device manager (and even then it is not recognized as a storage device), I have installed the drivers successfully, but the moment the developer mode is turned off it was not recognized again.

Now, I haven't dropped the device and it is protected with a cover, what leads me to believe it may be a software issue.

I have tried already to format the cache partition, and it did not help.

Please help...


texts: How can I only backup photo's I make after I turned on automatic backup?


texts: How do I remove an automatic bug/virus premium messaging/MMS box from popping up and stopping sending texts?

texts: I have a Google Pixel phone and I received a shady message saying something like: "You have been subscribed to such-and-such and are paying such-and-such amount. To unsubscribe text whatever to whatever".  Unaware of the the malice I foolishly replied to the text. A box popped up saying "this may cause charges on your mobile account remember my choice" Instantly I knew I made a mistake to I tried to rectify it with my my phone provider. As I tried to text them, the same box popped up. I closed it I tried to contact an alternative number provided by my phone company and the same thing happened. I used a different SMS app from the play store. Same thing. I factory reset my phone, then hard reset it. Same thing. How do I get rid of it? What do I do?


texts: Is there any way to control the stereo balance of the audio playback

texts: I cant find any controls/settings that allow this...not all of us have perfectly balanced ears


texts: LG Optimus P690 - how to launch silently

texts: Is there a way (without rooting) to skip the startup sound on LG Optimus P690 if sound was not disabled before turning the phone off?


texts: How to 'Forget' Password to Google account on my Mobile?

texts:
On my phone, when I go on the browser to the google homepage it asks you if you want to sign in and when you click sign in it doesn't ask me for my password, it just automatically remembers it now.

I don't really want it to do this, is there any way I can stop it?

I went into the browser setting and disabled "Remember form data" and "Remember passwords" but that still hasn't worked.

I'm usuing a Motorola Razr i


texts: A question about Android recovery disk image and partitions

texts:
In this video, the host is trying to modify an existing TWRP disk image file and flash the modified image in his Moto G. What surprised me is the content of that TWRP recovery image. The video shows the contents of the TWRP recovery image as:

zImage (Kernal)
initrd.img (initial ramdisk)

How is that possible? I was under the impression that the kernel and the initial ramdisk reside in the /boot partition. He simply booted the image without giving any partition argument for fastboot:

sudo fastboot boot <recovery.img>

So, where would that disk image file go? /boot or /recovery? Flashing the kernel and its ramdisk (with init.rc script) into the boot partition makes sense, but I am confused because he was working with a recovery disk image, which he should have flashed into the /recovery partition. Does the recovery image also have its own kernel and ramdisk? I tried to download and see the contents of an Android recovery disk image by myself, but I couldn't open the .img file in Windows.


texts: ADB - Not able to wipe data. Tried a lot of things

texts:
I tried wiping my old Lenovo tablet using the following methods but none work

Factory reset through the phone

Erase all data using Google's Find my Phone

'wipe data/factory reset' -> 'Yes -- delete all user data' reset using the bootloader

So I installed ADB through android-tools on my latest Manjaro Cinnamon as well as android-udev and tried the following but they don't work either.
$ recovery --wipe_data
/system/bin/sh: recovery: not found
127|shell@android:/ $

$ wipe data
Wiping /data
Error opendir'ing /data 'Permission denied'
Done wiping /data
shell@android:/ $

$ adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR
Broadcasting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MASTER_CLEAR }
Broadcast completed: result=0

The device won't load as fastboot nor is there an option to fastboot under recovery or developer tools. So 'adb reboot bootloader' or 'fastboot' devices does nothing either. No root access option in developer tools either. So:
$ su
/system/bin/sh: su: not found
127|shell@android:/ $

and
$ adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds

$ rm -rf /data/*
rm failed for -rf, No such file or directory

So I don't know how to proceed and feel like I am out of options. Can someone help me please?


texts: Is less than 2 hours of battery life normal for Galaxy S2 with

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Screen darker than | 5 times darker than normally possible thanks to Screen Filter app,
removed more than 70 system apps (I have less than 40 now) with the rest except absolutely essential being frozen,

WiFi GPS and all the rest turned off,sound muted, CPU and GPU undervolted and underclocked,(flashed 4.4.2 ROM and Dorimanx 10.43v98.4 Kernel which noticeably boosted battery life, especially after tweaking with the settings) disabled error reporting and everything else battery using I could think of while playing any game?

I doubled the battery life thanks to all the changes I made (read above) because the battery lasted barely an hour, often less.The issue was ever since I got the phone and I thought it was caused by the Samsung bloatware and Android 2.3.4.Being very UNsatisfied with the battery I bought a new one and it doesn't help except that I have double the battery life again (4 hours max) which is still very bad for Me.

The screen gets hot but the battery is even hotter and the area around the SoC (CPU, GPU etc) gets the hottest, I believe

So is this normal? What else can I do apart from the improvements I wrote above to improve the situation?


texts: Can I configure more than one gmail account in the gmail app without syncing everything?

texts: I have two gmail accounts, think of them as "work" and "play". The phone is registered on the "work" one, but most of the mail I get on the "play" one. Is it possible to add both of them to the gmail app but have the phone pull contacts and everything else only from the "work" one, that is only use the "play" one for reading mail?


texts: Can't erase cache using fastboot on OnePlus2

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My OnePlus2 (I think using OxygenOS) displays start icons (normal logo and fastboot, depending on how I boot it), however, afterwards the screen always remains black, while the phone responds to key presses.

Booting in recovery mode starts up the phone too, but never displays anything.

I tried to clear the cache using fastboot (following the fastboot-info on here), but get this response:

$ fastboot erase cache
******** Did you mean to fastboot format this ext4 partition?
erasing 'cache'...
FAILED (remote: device is locked. Cannot erase)
finished. total time: 0.020s

When I tried to unlock, following the -help suggestions, e.g.:

  flashing unlock                          Unlocks the device. Allows flashing
                                           any partition except
                                           bootloader-related partitions.

But it doesn't work:

$ fastboot flashing unlock
...
FAILED (remote: unknown command)
finished. total time: 0.006s

And another command I read about seems disabled:

$ fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: oem unlock is disabled)
finished. total time: 0.009s

Is there another way I can erase the cache using fastboot or adb? I hope clearing the cache might resolve the black screen issue on my phone.


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I deleted the Google Settings App on my Xperia and now I can't use Play Store anymore. The reason I did this in the first place is that I was trying to update my whatsapp but insufficient storage error kept occurring so I thought I would delete those applications I don't use. Now that I know I shouldn't have deleted this one in particular, how can I get things back to the they they were?

Thanks


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On my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 running LineageOS 16 with Opengapps, some apps are not being updated to the latest versions. In particular there is Google Meet and Sheets. Meet is stuck on a version dated August 2020 whereas my phone offers a version dated November.
I tried installing Aptoide apk store and it offered updates to both of these apps (and some other too). I installed them and they work, so it is not a question of incompatibility with my system. However, I would like to stick to the Play Store.
Why is this happening? And what could be done to get the latest versions?


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My mobile was stucked while updating android 7.0 . tried ODIN still it was stucked in bootloop. so i decided to downgrade it into 6.0 but in ODIN i am getting this error... how do i fix this?

I am having s6 Edge Plus SM-G928I


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I have a bootleggers ROM (Android 9 pie) installed on a Motorola Moto E 2015 phone and it lights the display (ambient display) every time a new song starts playing on the phone. There is a setting to toggle the "music ticker" in the bootleggers dumpster > lockscreen settings, which is turned off, but the ticker still appears.

Is it possible to disable the music ticker somewhere else?

Or maybe this is a bug of the ROM. If anybody is using Bootleggers ROM 4.2, pie, could you comment about the behaviour of the music ticker on your device?


texts: Configure custom AdBlock Plus filter lists subscriptions

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Using a desktop PC version of AdBlock, I can subscribe to any combination of filter lists, and so I do subscribing to EasyList + Czech, Russian and German lists (I am a polyglot user using many languages actively) as well as EasyPrivacy, Fanboy's Annoyances lists, etc.

But in the mobile AdBlock Plus, I could only find a set of exclusive (choose-one) EasyList + a national list couples, not even featuring a Czech list at all.

Needless to say, I could neither find a way to set up custom filters of my own.

Any ideas?


texts: How to determine the amount of app space available?

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I have recently experienced the "Can't install app in default location" error (code -20), despite 700 MB still free on my phone (no SD card present). Having googled and read, I now know that not all memory can be used to install apps. So while I have some space available, the app-partition (?) space may be up.

But I've never encountered any partitions on my phone. So the question is: how can I determine how much space I have on my phone for the apps?

I use Samsung Note 2, Android 4.4.2.
df output (using Terminal Emulator; please note that by now I have already uninstalled several apps, so the available space might have increased. I still don't know how to see it in this listing):

/mnt/secure/asec: Permission denied
/mnt/shell/container: Permission denied
/mnt/shell/emulated: Permission denied
Filesystem                   Size     Used     Free   Blksize
/dev                       892.5M   140.0K   892.3M      4.0K
/mnt/secure                892.5M     0.0K   892.5M      4.0K
/mnt/asec                  892.5M     0.0K   892.5M      4.0K
/mnt/obb                   892.5M     0.0K   892.5M      4.0K
/system                      2.0G     1.7G   253.6M      4.0K
/efs                        19.7M     9.5M    10.2M      4.0K
/cache                       1.3G    21.9M     1.3G      4.0K
/preload                   551.2M   141.9M   409.3M      4.0K
/data                       10.5G     9.8G   702.1M      4.0K
/storage/emulated          892.5M     0.0K   892.5M      4.0K
/storage/emulated/0         10.4G     9.8G   682.1M      4.0K
/storage/emulated/legacy    10.4G     9.8G   682.1M      4.0K


texts: Android App unavailable for download in Isle of Man

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I'm having the same problem as the BBC iPlayer app for Android where our Android app is not available for download in the Isle of Man, from the Google Play store.

As IoM is part of the UK, it should be available already as the UK is a selected territory.

Does anyone know of a workaround apart from our users travelling to the UK and downloading it?


texts: GBoard app: Initializing of voice-to-text takes forever

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I use GBoard on my Poco X3 and the keyboard sporadically takes forever to initialize when using Voice Typing. Sometimes it's fast, sometimes it isnt. Sometimes it shows "initializing" and than aborts - sometimes it goes over into speech-recognition mode. Very unreliable :(
Not sure why... Occurs on Wifi, as well as on mobile data connection. Havent found a way to reproduce it reliably.
Any ideas why?
Latest updates installed. Cache already cleared.
Different things tried, nothing yet worked :(
Thanks!


texts: How to disable default calendar notification on Samsung Watch Active 2

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I have the Samsung Watch Active 2, and use Google Calendar app on my phone, which also has event notifications on my watch, which is great.

However, the default Samsung calendar notification also shows up, but it would lock up the screen and require me to explicitly dismiss the notification to use the watch. Is there a way this notification can be disabled?


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I have this cellphone for my CDMA card and also it is my fav cell phone as gifted from my first girlfriend. It went in bootloop. However I got the flash zip file on internet. But couldn't find the better tool to flash this zip. If I want to flash via android recovery then external SD card is not getting in that. From which I could flash that zip. I want this cell phone back to work. Least ABD tricks may you know guys? Pls help me.

PS : our english teacher got hit by bus.


texts: Screen going black when I press dial button in Lenovo P770 Android 4.1.1

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After press call screen goes inactive

When I press the dial button in the mobile screen the screen goes inactive but the call is in-progress at back end, It does not come back on when I move it from my face, only when the call has ended by the called person. I cannot check call waiting, internet, contacts, call duration, use speaker phone or anything during a call.

Before the problem when I press the dial button the screen is active condition when I place the head set near to my ear the screen is in-active i.e. screen light is off then I bring the head set out of my ear suddenly screen is active i.e. screen light is glow THIS OPTION IS NOW NOT WORKING, How I can overcome this problem.

NOTE In Simple

My screen goes black when i press call button & Screen works again only when the call is finished. I know about the feature when you put the phone on ear it goes black and the second you remove the phone from your ear , the screen turns on again. But now is different

My phone model is Lenovo P770
OS Version - Android 4.1.1


texts: I'm having issues with my LG G3 CM13. Whenever it's locked and I double tap the screen or press the button on the back, it takes about 5 seconds for it to wake up. Could anyone help me with this issue?


texts: Amazon Fire TV stick adbLink Device Unauthorised

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When following the tutorial to disable the annoying 20 minute Amazon Stick sleep timer and using the method that changes the sleep time value in the core shell, you might not be able to connect to the amazon stick using adbLink with the error: Device unauthorised press refresh or see help.”

The tutorials that you will find will be completely useless, they will be a horrible video of the developer pressing the refresh ADB button, and a badly written developer tutorial that tells you to delete some files somewhere on some device.


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I am following these instructions to root my Galaxy Light - http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-galaxy-light-sgh-t399-install-twrp-recovery/. Part 1 seemed to work fine, but I am not able to boot into TWRP recovery with Vol Up + Power + Home, it's still the regular recovery mode with the volume up and down buttons to select options. How can I get to the TWRP recovery mode? I have a locked bootloader.

Odin Message:

<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-gardalte.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/006> recovery.img
<ID:0/006> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/006> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/006> RES OK !!
<ID:0/006> Removed!!
<ID:0/006> Remain Port ....  0
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)


texts: How to assign default app to unlisted file type

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in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, is it possible to assign a default app to a file type that isn't listed yet? Specifically, I have *.notes for plain text notes, and *.md files for markdown. Windows is set to open them with my editor.

Is this possible in Android? So far, I can only assign default apps to file types that are already listed. Not to ones that aren't yet. From here etc., I find several different apps all called 'default app manager'. None of them seem to offer what I want.

Any suggestions?


texts: How to stream audio_out from pc to android using wifi?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I use my phone as an audio device via Wifi?

Does anyone knows if is there a way I could stream the whole audio from my computer to my Nexus S via wifi?

I'm not looking to share my song library (which winamp does quite well). What I want is to make every sound that my computer does to be streamed to my phone.

The idea is to use my droid as wireless receiver. That way I could play, lets say, grooveshark on the PC and have my droid connected to the stereo or whatever.


texts: Send predefined sms/text message to group with a shortcut

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I would like to install a "panic button" on my phone's home screen or lock screen that would send a predefined sms/text message to a selected group of people.

I am NOT looking for a group sms app where you first need to wait for the app to start up, then need to select the group, then type a message, then handle various menus/screens/popups/confirmations to send it.

It should be quick and easy (with hopefully only one or two clicks or swipes) to send the predefined message to a group in a life threatening situation.  It should enable me to notify e.g. my neighbours, police, security, family, etc. immediately and simultaneously in a case of emergency.

Is anyone aware of such an app or any way to customized an existing app/feature to get this type of behaviour?


texts: How can I transfer/copy open chrome tabs from an android phone to a windows pc?

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There is already a question regarding this exact same topic here: Android Enthusiasts

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The reason I'm posting this query again here is because I can't comment on the answers available there since I don't have 50reps yet. I urgently need someone to please clear this up for me as it's very important. I need to format my phone and sell it asap which is why I'm asking this question

The solution mentioned by Louis Madox on the original question isn't a step by step guide and since I'm not a developer which is why I'm having trouble understanding. I have successfully opened the chrome dev tools on my pc and connected my phone. After that how do I add the line of code mentioned there in the open dev tool window? I mean exactly which option do I click?
and since the code keeps changing for every new chrome version as added by Codebling, my chrome version on pc is 80.0.3987.163

Thank you in advance to anyone that helps me out by answering.


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SuperOneClick freezes when I try to root my Sony Xperia Tipo Dual.

I did unlock the bootloader.


texts: How to distinguish Nexus 7 (2012) and Nexus 7 (2013)

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I am having trouble with Bluetooth Low Energy (BT 4.0) on a Nexus 7.  I think I may have a 2012 model.

How to tell if I have a 2012 or 2013 version of the Nexus 7?


texts: Can't find low battery threshold setting (Samsung Galaxy S3)

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When the phone's battery reaches ~20%, I get the message to connect my charger on the lock screen. Is there a way to lower the threshold for the notification -- similar to the setting for a laptop?

For clarity, I want to change the settings so that the "Connect your charger" message appears when my battery is at 5%, instead of its current threshold, ~20%.

I should mention that I'm looking for a setting that's on the phone, without the need to modify back-end files. Also, I've actually gone through the whole settings section looking for the option and didn't find anything. Hopefully, I didn't overlook it.


texts: How to play YouTube or any audio from my desktop Linux and send the audio playback to Android?

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I have many music lists and local files which is playing in my Fedora, Ubuntu, ArchLinux, Solaris, FreeBSD.

How can I send the playback audio to my Android so that I can hear using my headphone from my smartphone? Where my laptop is actually playing the audio because in Android I can not play the music how Iwanted.

How can it be done?

Follow up:

A) Ubuntu Desktop where my music are playing I do:

$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server
[sudo] password for sun:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
openssh-server is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 27 not upgraded.

$ vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+ AllowUsers ssh-client
:wq
$ sudo useradd ssh-client
$ sudo passwd ssh-client
Enter new UNIX password: 1234
Retype new UNIX password: 1234
passwd: password updated successfully
$ su - ssh-client
Password: 1234
No directory, logging in with HOME=/
$ sudo echo helloworld
[sudo] password for ssh-client: 1234
ssh-client is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported.


texts: How can I eliminate duplicate notifications when I have a custom notification on a Gmail label?

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I've set up a custom notification on a particular Gmail label (call it [special]).   However, when an email with the [special] tag arrives, I get a notification for both the [inbox] and [special].

The audio notification plays the first half-second or so of the mailbox notification, and then switches to the [special] notification.
In the notification bar, I get two Gmail icons, both with the same message when I slide the notifications open.

Without removing the [inbox] label from these messages, is there a way to eliminate the duplicate notifications?

I'm on 4.0.4.


texts: How do I safely "copy" my gpg keys from kgpg on Linux to an Android app like openkeychain?

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The title says most of it. I have a key pair setup on kgpg running under Kubuntu 12.04 Linux on my notebook. My smartphone (Galaxy S3) has no SD card slot.

I want to be able to transfer files between my notebook and my smartphone. Since I don't have a card reader for the phone yet, I figured I could do it using email or dropbox.

But both of those ways expose the files to other people and I would prefer they were encrypted.

The first file I want to send is my password vault from my notebook and although it's encrypted itself, I really need to be sure it's locked tight before it gets anywhere near the Internet.


texts: Whatsapp: could it be that messages from some contacts are received but not from others?

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"My mum and her phone are driving me crazy" must probably be an entry in many personal diaries by now...

The thing is: my mum claims that she sends whatsapp messages to some of her contacts (there's a double blue tick and everything, so they've read them) and she doesn't get any replies. However, she does get replies from some other contacts. And I just tried myself: messaged her and the message arrived instantly.

Could there be a reason for whatsapp not getting messages from specific contacts only? (I just checked her phone settings and no contacts are blocked).


texts: How to log into Google Keyboard on Samsung phone?

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I am using Samsung S6 and I installed Google Keyboard on the device.

When I was using Google Keyboard on Nexus device, it was logged into my Google account. On Samsung, if I go to Settings -> Language & Input -> Google Keyboard -> Accounts & Privacy, the Change Accounts preference there shows No accounts selected and does nothing upon tapping.

Is there a way how to make it log into my Google account so that I can sync my dictionary and use other functions of Google Keyboard only available when logged in?


texts: How can I check whether an app is installed on internal storage or the internal SD?

texts: I asked another question about problems with the default launcher and one user suggested that I might need to check that my app is installed on the internal storage or the internal SD card, but I can't find anywhere in the app settings that shows that. How can I check where the app is installed?


texts: How does Battery Management System work (at the hardware-interface level) ? And how is idle self-discharging of batteries handled?

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I came across the following when I was reading up about fully drained batteries in phones:

If the phone is OFF for a month, then it is probable that the battery has gone down to a point that the BMS has shut it down. The BMS won't allow you to charge the battery because, in its own assessment, the battery is dead. Best way to test this case is to have another same phone with a good battery (or just a new battery altogether), detach the cable from that and test on yours.

Referring to the above, do Android phones have their BMS as part of their bootloader or kernel? Or is it a part of the Power IC itself?
Are there any safety mechanisms related to booting up a device with fully drained batteries? If so, why?
(Came across something similar)

I've had difficulties with phones in the past after batteries have fully discharged - eg the Moto G5 had some battery protection "feature" that stopped it starting up if it thought the battery was fully discharged - it was a bit over sensitive so would sometimes assume the phone was fully discharged when it wasn't. Try leaving it on charge for 24 hours or so then holding down the power button for for at least 20 seconds with it still on charge.


texts: Deleted files causing my phone to function incorrectly?

texts: I accidentally deleted files from a folder located on my Android phone and now my phone isn't functioning properly. If I replace those files will my phone now function correctly? Should I replace the deleted files?


texts: "Unknown" vs "Private number" on the Samsung Galaxy S3's stock call log

texts: I've recently got two calls on my Samsung Galaxy S3 with stock (TouchWiz) firmware. One was marked as coming from a "Private number", while the sender of the second one was apparently "Unknown". Neither of these displayed a phone number when selected in the call log. Can anyone explain the difference between a "Private number" and an "Unknown" one?


texts: Why if I delete a file or folder from root (/) it comes back when I reboot?

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I have a rooted Samsung S4 mini(Android 4.4.4), I noted that there are certain files/folders(for example /dev) that when I delete them they come back when I reboot the phone. Why? Is it possible to delete them permanently?

I know that this is very risky and may brick my phone, but:

I'm very curious about this.
It is my guinea pig device.
I can re-flash it(I did it several times ;-)).


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I have no idea what happened, but the last few times I have connected my Galaxy S4 to my Mac OSX to try and transfer music files (or any files for that matter) I get the message "can't access device storage If your device's screen is locked, disconnect its USB cable, unlock your screen, and then reconnect the USB cable."

Only problem is my screen is Not locked when I connected it in the first place. I have tried disconnecting, locking my screen, unlocking my screen, and then reconnecting but that doesn't work either…

Is there a way to fix this? All and any answers would be greatly appreciated.


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Is there a way to display full screen video on Android TV on a wide screen 21:9 monitor?

I'm using the Xiaomi Mi box, if that's relevant in any way, as my understanding is that it must be a feature supported by the OS, not hardware.

This is a screenshot showing the problem.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (N910a), and the WiFi doesn't work. I think it's because it has an old firmware version, so I tried to update it, but when in recovery and trying to update from the SD card, it says "Update from external storage is disabled." the same thing happens with adb.


texts: Folder hierarchy messed up after upgrading my phone to Jelly Bean!

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my HTC Desire X recently got an update to JB 4.1.1 but after the update, the folders are not getting diaplayed in their original hierarchy in the music player apps like PowerAmp and also the default HTC Music player.

Like lets say I have three folders A, B, C and they each contain three more subfolders A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3.....

But in the folder view of PowerAmp, all the folders are listed recursively in a single list e.g. A,A1,A2,A3,B,B1,B2,B3,C,C1.C2,C3!!! Also note that in this case the folders A, B and C are only containing files other than those three subfolders.

I initially thought this was an issue with PowerAmp but since it's happening with the default music as well, I came to a conclusion the issue lies somewhere. Any way to fix this?


texts: How to root Acer Liquid Zest (Marshmallow)?

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Please help me for those who are truly great in rooting devices.

My Android version for my Acer Liquid Zest is Marshmallow (v6.0) .


texts: How can I remove the "Install Google Play Games" prompt in apps?

texts: I uninstalled the Google Play Games app on my phone to get rid of the other annoying prompt, but now I'm left with this one. Is it possible to remove the prompt shown above?


texts:
I am playing around with the ADB shell to control a Samsung Galaxy S9 remotely.
I can do most of the things I wanted to but I struggle finding a way to switch / toggle the camera modes.

I searched everywhere and found very little information about this. I only found how to switch between front or back facing camera but I want to be able to select my slow motion mode.

Maybe I am not looking at the right place...

Does anyone have an idea how could I do this?

Any help is very much appreciated

thank you


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My new s7 has been locked and it doesnt let me use my fingerprint aince it restarted. i have tried to use android device manager to lock the phone. it sends instruction to the phone and when I enter the temporary password it doesnt accept and goes back to the same message ; try again in 60 mins, I am not able to use find my phone feature as I havent added my samsung account to my phone when I was able to use it.
Please help

thanks


texts: How can I see the fingerprint of my adbkey?

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You should know that Android 4.2.2 (or just before) introduced RSA key checking for adb access. – The device asks now if you want to allow access.

To avoid asking every time, the computer presents an RSA key, which can be permanently accepted.

The dialog on the phone shows the RSA key fingerprint. – On Linux, the public/secret key pair is here: ~/.android/adbkey(.pub).

How can I show the fingerprint of that key file? (I’m looking for a command line to do that on the Linux system.)


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I read about the update for LGD802 (G2) to Android 5, but if I run the software update by phone by LG Mobile Support Tool I did not find any available update. Now my phone is update at version 4.4.2.
Am I wrong or it should update to 5?


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I have a new Samsung Galaxy Note 3.  I love the device, but sending a quick video MMS seems to be a challenge.

On other devices I have used, the video will automatically get compressed to a very low quality and will just send it.  This is all I want.  I don't need to send super clear video, just a small compressed video to family and friends.

Are there any apps that will handle this automatically without making me upload to a cloud service and sending a link or some cumbersome process?

I also don't want to have to choose a low quality recording beforehand, I would like the good quality stored on my phone, but send a simple low quality clip over the air.


texts: How is it that Rooting is always possible?

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Having spent some time researching what actually goes behind rooting an Android phone, the main reason that leads to the ability root is an inherent vulnerability on the Linux kernel that leads to the exploit and getting the 'su' binary to be installed.

My question is: How come the OS is not hardened yet? Who is responsible? This is a Linux OS we're talking about, which is considered "secure". Yet, people always find a way to get in and root devices.


texts: How to Have Google Keep Button in Chrome of Android?

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I would like to add content to my Keep as easily as in Desktop in Android.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9506
System: CyanogenMod 13


texts: How to Root Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A) running Lollipop 5.1.1?

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Background:

I currently am in the process of trying to root an Android smartphone with the following device info:

  Device Model: Samsung-SAMSUNG-SM-G900A
  Android Version: 5.1.1
  Build Number: LMY47X.G900AUCS4CPA3

While I have attempted to use all of the following products, they all failed to root, leaving a message that my device was "Not Supported":

Kingo Root (Android App)
towelroot (Android App)
OneClickRoot (Windows App)

My Questions:

Given these device stats, is there ANY way for me to root my device?
If yes, how can I go about it?
If no, why not?


texts: Prevent zooming when clicking a link on Chrome

texts: I'm pretty good at clicking the link I want to click. Most of the time it magnifies and makes me tap again when the first tap was sufficiently centered. I want it to just assume I got close enough and go to the link closest to the center of the area I tapped. Is it possible?


texts: Can I install Android on my non-Android device?

texts: Many people want to try/use Android without buying a new Android phone.  How can I install Android on my current phone or device running Nokia Symbian, Maemo, or MeeGo; Microsoft Windows Mobile or Windows Phone 7/8/10; Apple iOS (iPhone); RIM's BlackBerry OS; Palm's WebOS; Samsung's Bada; HP's WebOS; Mozilla's Firefox OS; or other phone / operating system?


texts: Where can I find the 4.3 Camera app with Photosphere?

texts: I just updated Cyanogenmod 10.1 to 10.2 (nightly) and noticed that the Camera app (not Focal) no longer has the ability to take Photospheres. I'm guessing it's related to this. How can I get the "regular" Camera app for Android 4.3 on my Nexus 4?


texts: Is it possible to temporarily disable the screen timeout?

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Often, during updates/downloads or backup operations I would like to temporarily disable the screen time ( found under the 'menu - settings - Display - Screen timeout' ) without having to navigate to the above menu setting .

Anybody knows of a good widget which does just that : either disable the screen time ( by just clicking the widget ) , or by setting it to a high value / back to short value ( also by just clicking the widget ).

Or is there any other easy way I have missed ?

I am running Froyo on Samsung Galaxy S.


texts: Why does Android Device Manager not changes my password?

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I have an Android phone with password, but I don't remember it. I have access to the phone through Android Device Manager. I tried to change the password with it, but when I set the new password, Android Device Manager says:

  The phone has a password, the password you just entered will not be used

How can I change the password? I have not logged in with Samsung and adb does not recognize the device.


texts: SD can't mount and mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising MMC card dmesg error

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My android device (Samsung Galaxy S with cwm) stop mounting properly the internal SD card to /sdcard/ mountpoint: normal boot fails and cwm recovery says "Can't mount sdcard" while trying.

Through adb shell terminal, I've seen that mmc* devices are not recognized at all

shell@android:/ $ cat /proc/partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

  31        0       7680 mtdblock0
  31        1       7680 mtdblock1
  31        2     256000 mtdblock2
  31        3      17920 mtdblock3
  31        4      12800 mtdblock4
  31        5      16384 mtdblock5
  31        6     176128 mtdblock6
  31        7      11264 mtdblock7

shell@android:/ $ dmesg | grep mmc
<6>[    0.000000] sclk_mmc: source is mout_mpll (6), rate is 51307692
<6>[    0.000000] sclk_mmc: source is mout_mpll (6), rate is 47642857
<6>[    0.000000] sclk_mmc: source is mout_mpll (6), rate is 47642857
<6>[    0.000000] sclk_mmc: source is mout_mpll (6), rate is 47642857
<6>[    3.073948] s3c-sdhci s3c-sdhci.0: clock source 0: hsmmc (133400000 Hz)
<6>[    3.074154] s3c-sdhci s3c-sdhci.0: clock source 2: sclk_mmc (51307692 Hz)
<6>[    3.075282] mmc0: SDHCI controller on samsung-hsmmc [s3c-sdhci.0] using ADMA
<6>[    3.075468] s3c-sdhci s3c-sdhci.1: clock source 0: hsmmc (133400000 Hz)
<6>[    3.075675] s3c-sdhci s3c-sdhci.1: clock source 2: sclk_mmc (47642857 Hz)
<6>[    3.075966] mmc1: SDHCI controller on samsung-hsmmc [s3c-sdhci.1] using ADMA
<6>[    3.076208] s3c-sdhci s3c-sdhci.2: clock source 0: hsmmc (133400000 Hz)
<6>[    3.076413] s3c-sdhci s3c-sdhci.2: clock source 2: sclk_mmc (47642857 Hz)
<6>[    3.076671] mmc2: SDHCI controller on samsung-hsmmc [s3c-sdhci.2] using ADMA
<3>[    4.682865] mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising MMC card
<3>[    6.288432] mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising MMC card
<3>[    7.897690] mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising MMC card
<4>[    7.959521] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (50 bytes)
<4>[    7.971173] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (7 bytes)
<4>[    8.009624] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (3 bytes)
<6>[    8.022843] mmc1: new SDIO card at address 0001
<4>[    8.062894] bcmsdh_sdmmc: probe of mmc1:0001:3 failed with error -110

Is it an hardware problem or can I try to fix? Thanks.


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It's bugged me for awhile that Gmail shows a "Recent Labels" list when viewing the labels.  Does anyone know how to clear this list or even remove it?

Gmail: 4.7.1

OS: Jelly Bean - 4.1.2


texts: Boot up Nexus 7 through induction charging

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I have Nexus 7 (2013, rooted). I have seen plenty of examples of people being able to successfully modify Android system scripts such as chargemon to essentially hijack the few scripts running when an Android device is turned off, but plugged in through USB to charge. However, it doesn't seem that induction charging is able to offer any kind of trigger that can be taken advantage of to automatically boot up the device. Is it possible to achieve this goal without a factory hardware set, no modifications?

I'm not a hardware guy, so I really don't know anything about what I could/should do in that respect, but if hardware changes are my only option then it's not something I wouldn't look into. Are there even hardware modifications that could be possible to achieve this functionality?


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I wanted to use the Google Authenticator app to set up two factor authentication. However when I click on the button to scan a QR code, it opens up a camera with 'NAB Banking' at the top (my internet banking app). When I scan a code, it says 'Oops! This isn't a valid BPAY code.' (see screenshot below)

Is there some settings related to using the camera for QR code scanning, that my internet banking app has taken 'hostage'?  (That I might hopefully be able to clear?) I didn't have the NAB app open at the time, and as far as I remember I have never used the QR code scanning from within it.

Versions:

Google Authenticator 2.49
NAB: 3.0.1
Phone: Samsung Galaxy S3, GT-19305, Android version 4.1.2


texts: If I set up a VPN, does *everything* go over it?

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If I set up a VPN connection for Android, what gets routed over the VPN?  Just web browsing?  All internet connections from all apps?

In Cyanogenmod, in the Add OpenVPN config, "Advanced" settings, there is an option for "Redirect gateway - Force all traffic to berouted thru the VPN tunnel", which is off by default.

With this off, which apps/communications get routed through it?

The other VPN types do not have this option.  Do they work this way or not?

After setting up a VPN, how can I verify that it's working?


texts: How to get an overview of which app are allowed to background data for Android 7

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A user can enable or disable background data usage by following the following steps:

From the Home screen, tap the app slider, then open "Settings".
Select "Data usage".
Select "Cellular data usage".
Select the app you want to limit background data on.
Toggle "Background data" to "On" or "Off" as desired.

The question is - is there anyway to do it on a mass scale for all apps so that a user do not need to keep repeating the five steps as described above?

Example, a user just need to follow the following steps:

From the Home screen, tap the app slider, then open "Settings".
Select "Data usage".
Select "Background data usage", which will list all the apps. Each row will display the app name, the app version and a "On/Off" switch. If the app was "On" for background data, it will be a "On" for that switch.
Toggle "Background data" to "On" or "Off" as desired thru scrolling on the same page.

(Step 3 should look something like the picture below, which the picture illustrate which WIFI to be "On" or "Off" as a metered Wifi network.)


texts: Flashing a firmware for SC-02H model on SM-G3950 model of Samsung Galaxy 7 Edge

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Problem:
I have a phone I bought from HK and using in Japan. It has been working perfectly fine for 2 years until recently when I changed the service provider. Unfortunately, the service provider has washed its hands off the problem claiming
the country of origin.

Possible Solution: I read in many forums that it could be an issue with the CSC. So I am presuming that if I can start updating the phone with Japanese OTA it might work so I intend to flash my phone with the Japanese firmware though I can't find a reference where the different firmware are claimed to be compatible.

My concern are the following:

Where can I determine if the firmwares are compatible and if the
worst comes to pass can I reset my phone to default factory settings?
If I download a HK firmware and reset CSC to SMB (I think it is for
Japan), will i actually receive OTA updates for Japan even though the firmware itself is for another location?


texts: The last App update keeps downloading after reboot

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When I update an app everything works fine. Android Market shows that the update was succesful and nothing is downloading. Also there are no items in "downloads". But when I reboot, the progress bar of the update that I've just installed reappears in the notification area and the download stars again and it finishes without installation. After another reboot it stats downloading the update again and so on.
There is only one update that is being continuously downloaded after reboots and it is always the last update that I've made.
I've already tried clearing Android Market's cache and checking if there are some items in downloads.


texts: What can be removed from Android Tablet?

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I was recently given a roverpad tesla 10.1 tablet :

(https://www.imei.info/phonedatabase/16842-roverpad-tesla-101/)

It is total garbage as a tablet but I would like to use as a controller for a mini robot via an android app (via bluetooth). So in order to get a better experience I would like to remove all the unused features (multi apps ? multi screens ? logging screens).

Right now even after doing a 'one click root' = KingRoot (but it is not a total root, so I can delete apps but cannot change the OS) and deleting all the non system apps from the tablet it is still quite laggy (but battery life is way better).

Would you have some advice on how I can optimize it for one single usage (running an app to control a robot via bluetooth) without routing it (well if someone knows a way to root this poor soul, that would be quite awesome).

Thank you in advance,

Artiom


texts: Ok, so my tablet is a 4 gig and has no space. I factory reset it because it had some major problems. Anyways, when I go into the settings I go into the apps part and it says 147mb free yet I have nothing installed or downloaded so I don't know what to do. It's stupid and pissing me off. I've tried alot of things. I've taken all the updates out of the apps and still no space. Please give me some direction. Is there a program to root, because if so I need it bad because this tablet sucks.


texts: I'm looking for a USB driver for my phone Samsung GT-S7582 S Duos 2. Can't find it in Samsung Official Site. Someone please help me.


texts: How to disable pop-ups and notifications?

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I have Android 5.1. I use my phone as navigation when I`m driving and I need to disable all notifications and pop-ups. I know I can block notifications from settings, but this takes too much time to disable all apps and enable them again after driving. Also, Facebook and other apps have those pop-ups ("Chat heads" ), which are really disturbing.

Is there any app that can prevent them to appear on my screen ?


texts: phone is on recovery mode , usb debugging is disable and power button is not working ? how to on or format the phone (samsung j7 2016)

texts: i have samsung j7 2016 when i take out the battery and put it back it on without pressing power button and directly takes me to the recovery and I cant select anything because my power button not working plus my USB debugging is disabled


texts: Why I Can't Use Wifi for anything except whatsapp?

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I can't use WiFi for anything except WhatsApp on my Samsung Galaxy S3 mini.

I already turned on WiFi on my phone. But I can't do anything except WhatsApp. I can't browsing via WiFi, and can't open Play Store either. But when I use mobile data (via my Internet provider) I can do anything, except that I can't browse Play Store either.

When I use WiFi via my computer it can work, but can't work again via my phone.

The password is correct. I already check it, but nothing's work.

What should I do? Please help me!


texts: Does Google publish search trends for the Android market?

texts: Does Google publish the searches on the Android market? Is there any way to see top searches or anything?


texts: Where can I find the "hack4legend" or "Legend Downgrading Tools"?

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In my quest to Root my HTC Legend, I have run into many problems. Now I am stuck with the fact the I seem to have to downgrade my phone to a previous version of android before I can root it.

I have come across two guides:

The unlocker
xda-developers.

The first tells me to download "Legend Downgrading Tools" and the other tells me to download "hack4legendv5.zip". The links in the guides are not working (or are sending me to some malicious looking download site). I can't seem to find them when googling for them either.

If there is another way to downgrade or root my phone, I'm also open to that (If an answer gives me another way, I'll change the title of the question to match).

The z4root app suggested here doesn't seem to work for me.


texts: Firefox Focus crashes after uninstalling Google WebView

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I uninstall Android System WebView with adb shell using the following commands.

pm uninstall com.google.android.webview
pm uninstall --user 0 com.google.android.webview

Now, when I launch Firefox Focus and type any website to visit, it crashes and shows the warning, but the normal Firefox Browser works without any issue.

Question: Though Play Store shows "Android WebView is a system component powered by Chrome", does Firefox Focus (FF) depend on that Android WebView? Can FF be run without WebView as normal Firefox?


texts: How to change the browser of a web-shortcut?

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An incompatibility between F-Droid's current version of IceCat and Android 8, makes it that I can't Add to home screen from IceCat (well, I can, but it doesn't do anything other than jump back to Trebuchet).

How can I create a web-shortcut to IceCat in that case?

I figured I could create a web shortcut with another browser, but it seems those shortcuts are "bound" to their original browser, so even though IceCat is my default browser, the web shortcut opens up in another browser.

Maybe another way to ask this, is: how to create a web shortcut which is not specific to any browser, so when I click it I get asked which browser to use.


texts: Prevent Trebuchet from showing up in Recent Apps?

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Here's the setup I have for my phone right now:

I am running on a custom ROM that has Trebuchet for the home application.
The custom ROM is ICS-based.
I have somewhat successfully gotten Google Now (the Jelly Bean feature) to work on my phone.
I decided to use Home2 Shortcut to map double-clicking on my home button to launch Google Now's voice input.

The above setup works fine aside from a single caveat. When I view the Recent Apps menu while inside another application, I can see Trebuchet on the list. This is not the behavior I was looking for and from what I can tell, it is appearing on the Recent Apps because I've set Home2 Shortcut as my new home app (to handle the double-clicks) and then Home2 Shortcut opens Trebuchet as regular application.

So yeah, now I want to know how I can make Trebuchet not appear on Recent Apps. Is there some kind of manifest-editing that I can do to make Trebuchet act that way? If not, what other approaches can I try?


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I've googled about application side-loading (i.e., installing an application on an Android device without having to go through an app store), and most instructions mention that the device might need to be rooted to do that.

I am looking for an Android tablet to host a custom-built application, but I don't want to root the device (for reasons of warranty, stability and support). Do most devices officially support sideloading of applications? I've tried googling but only found results related to particular devices.


texts: Why is there no app from Google like LastPass?

texts: I am asking this because Google is already managing password in Google Chrome password manager. Having a dedicated app like LastPass would make everything easier.


texts: Instagram Login Error - sorry there was a problem with your request instagram

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Instagram Login Error -

What is the reason for receiving this error message in the Instagram?


texts: Examples of mobile broadcasts being used

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I recently found this page of settings in on my phone under Cyanogenmod, I had never even heard of this system before.

mobile broadcast settings (click to enlarge)

Are there any examples of this system being used in the past?


texts: Why does my Samsung Galaxy S6 show more used space?

texts: Recently, I noticed that all my music(copied from my computer) disappeared from my phone. Since I wasn't really listening to it, I figured that I might have accidentally deleted it when I was cleaning some files. However, my phone still shows as much used space as before deleting it. I looked at everything in my phone using my computer and I noticed something very weird: while it says that it has a bit over 23GB of data, all the files in it (including hidden files) amount to 4.69GB.


texts: call drop after upgrading moto g 1st gen to lollipop

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After upgrading my phone moto g 1st gen to lollipop (5.0.2) update then, when some one is calling then its only one beep nothing else and it's showing as a missed call.

How to fix it?Please help


texts: How can I set the language in Opera Mini 6?

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Opera recently upgraded itself, and for some reason the update installed the Hebrew version with Hebrew menus (that's not completely surprising, since my phone is in Hebrew, but it's partly surprising, because the previous version was in English).  The problem is that Opera did a bad job of translating their browser to Hebrew, because Hebrew is written right-to-left, but the menus are all left-to-right.

How can I change the language of the menus and settings in Opera to be in English?

For the record, if it's relevant, I have a Samsung Galaxy S with Froyo.


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I upgraded my Karbonn Sparkle V to Android 6.0 recently. after a couple of days the battery drains quickly. hence charging the phone also takes hours. this was not at all a issue when it had lollipop 5.1.1.

yesterday the battery was 54% at night 12:00. closed the web browser, all apps, locked the phone as usual and slept but in the morning when I saw it had 4% battery remaining.

when I saw battery settings morning 4 new menus displayed, apart from display(6% usage) and chrome(4% usage), viz. Phone Idle, Wi-Fi, Android OS, mobile signal. they all used 1% of battery each. what might be the problem. Wi-Fi was always on from the day1 of purchasing the phone no issues at that time. only now issue arises. what might be the problem?

and I saw this post(Android 6.0 drains my Nexus 5 battery within an hour).
It only changes settings and display like a new one but battery issue is same.


texts: Is there a widget or setting to allow taking/making a one-press Evernote PAGE CAMERA

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Evernote has this new feature: Page Camera which is sort of like a camera/scanner.
It crops the photo down to the page you're taking a photo of and adjusts the contrast, etc. Very slick.

But it's buried in the menu.

There is a widget for taking a photo note but I can't find one for quickly (one button) creating a  Page Camera Note.


texts: Similar to: Where does the LINE app store pictures and video files? , but in that folder I can't see any profile picture


texts: Google Timeline error - "Can't connect to Maps, try again later" only on certain dates

texts: I have been using Google timeline successfully for many months without problem but in the last few days I have getting this error on all my devices (phone, tablet and desktop) but only on some dates


texts: Make system app remain uninstalled/disabled permanently

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I already know that I can uninstall an android system app using adb pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.package.name, which is quite useful but not enough.
There are some system apps that I have to continuously uninstall and reinstall for several reasons, and connecting my smartphone to the pc every time is something I would gladly avoid.
Is there any method (possibly apart from rooting my device) to prevent a disabled/uninstalled system app from being reinstalled?
Thanks in advance

EDIT:
As suggested by @Robert:

Model name: Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
Android version: 10 (Q)
MIUI version: 12.0.4
Package name: com.google.android.youtube (mainly)


texts: How can I install apps from unknown sources using my Google account on the web?

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I was wondering whether or not I can somehow remotely install applications from "unknown sources" i.e not having to copy the .apk file onto my device and then installing.

For example, using the Google Playstore on the web, I can manage all my apps using a browser on my laptop or pc. However those are in-store apps. How would I go about installing out-side the store apps remotely on my device using Google account (if that's even possible), or perhaps any other way without having to physically connect my device or having the .apk on my device.

Note
*Since it obviously isn't possible to do it from the playstore using a browser as it only allows playstore apps to be installed, any app would do. *


texts: In Android Studio, which system image should I choose for a Pixel 4 emulator?

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In Android Studio, I'm adding a Pixel 4 virtual device. It asks me to select a System Image, and has the following one selected by default:
Release name: Pie
API Level: 28
ABI: x86
Target: Android 9.0 (Google Play)

There are others with API levels 29 and 30 that are shown but that I haven't downloaded yet. How do I decide which System Image to use for a Pixel 4?


texts: LG K4 K120E Unrooted after an update and won't root again

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I have rooted my LG K4 K120E (2016) a long time ago using KingRoot, however after the phone got an update the phone was unrooted and KingRoot just won't work anymore. What would be the safest rooting method for my phone without loosing data?

EDIT: Tried kingroot and kingoroot again and got a ram dump screen (like BSOD) but the phone is ok


texts: Why "Services Exchange" drains my battery since Marshmallow update?

texts: I have a simillar problem since Marshmallow. Unfortunately, as suggested I did clear the cache and I did a factory reset but the problem persists... "Services Exchange" continues to drain my battery in less than 3h without using my phone at all, which never happened with Lollipop before. Any ideas on what to do next?


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I got a problem with my Samsung Galaxy S2 I9100.
I have it for round about 8 monthts now and experimented with some custom roms. I installed cynogenmod 9, 10, 10.1 tested Syah Kernel and installed AOKP in DualBoot and so on.
Everything was fine until I installed CM10.1 as single boot.
There my phone started to turn off randomly and I thought that it would be a software mistake and reinstalled the Samsung stock rom. But the problem is still existing.
I dont use a firewall or antivirus program and did not checked up anything.
Can you help me with this issue or tell me how I should start detecting or solving the problem?
Thanks for your help!

Edit:
I installed awg Antivirus and scanned my phone. Beside SWFPlayer there was no app which is "dangerous". And my "marked" settings were "Enable Debugging", "Allow Third Party Apps".

Edit 2:
I now updated my phone via Kies to Android 4.1.2 but the problem still exists.

Edit 3:
I think I got the problem. I already wrote it in my last comment. The batterie infalted and I think  that's the problem. I ordered a new batterie and hope that's it. If not I don't know what it might be...


texts: recover whatsapp conversation after hard reset

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i just installed nougat on my galaxy s7 forgetting to backup whatsapp conversations.
Now is all blank,sd and memory, can i recover them?


texts: I recently purchased a Motorola Moto G4. My husband has the LG wireless headphones. I tried to pair but every time I would get a phone call the voices would come over garbled like they were under water. I thought it was the headsets due to I also fought this with my last phone LG Phenix 2, so i went and bought another pair. These are called Warrior BT2. When I finished charging them up i paired them and made a phone call, same problem. i was ok as long as i held the phone but if i even went 1 ft from the phone it would cause issues. Where i live I don't have great service so when i find service i have to leave my phone in that spot. What can I do to fix this or do I need to go purchase the higher end ear phones? my husband's was 70 dollars and i still fight this. Please help


texts: Change language for one application (Google Now voice recognition, root available)

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I normally run my phone in French. But unfortunately, Google Now will only support voice commands if I set the phone's language to US English.

I tried setting Google Now > Paramèters > Voix > Langue to anglias. This allowed me to perform Google searches using English. But I still couldn't use commands like "call…", "navigate to…" or "set an alarm…". These only seem to be available if I set the phone's overall language to English, which I don't want to do.

Is there any way to change the phone's language on a per-application basis? This would presumably require root access, which I have available. Basically, I'm looking for a root app which will chance the Unix locale for selected apps, or something like that. I want to make Google Now work without changing every other application to English. Thank you!


texts: How do i prevent screen dimming for specific apps?

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My phone has 4.0.4 (ICS). Now i use several apps for reading like browser, wikipedia, adobe reader, etc. Only adobe has a screen dimmer setting.

Is there an app or setting that allows me to stop screen from turning off while i have any of these apps open for reading?


texts: How to remove a system app from the Play Store updates list

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I wonder how I can remove SwiftKey Keyboard form the updates list.

Notes

It's a system app.
Its Disable button is grayed out.


texts: Error Connecting Nexus 7 to Ubuntu 12.10

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I have a 32 GB Nexus 7 (idVendor = 18d1, idProduct = 4e41, if that helps...), and my laptop runs Ubuntu 12.10, and have tried connecting using K.K. Patel's answer here, to almost no avail.  What happens is that the "GalaxyNexus" folder is created, and then when I try to navigate to it, it has two sub-folders "Playlists", and "Internal Storage" (I cannot add a file or folder here, which is the first point of concern).

When I navigate to "Playlists", the folder opens to a nice blank screen and I guess that's to be expected (I haven't been able to put music onto it yet).

When I try to open the "Internal Storage" folder, it opens a new window that is the same as the first ("Playlists", "Internal Storage").

So I tried going in through the terminal to a similar fate.  Anyone experienced this problem and/or know what to do to fix it?  I really just want to be able to transfer files to the device.


texts: Kindle screen suddenly became very dim on LG tablet running 4.2.2 Can't increase brightness

texts: How can I increase brightness of Kindle screen on my LG tablet running 4.2.2? Screen suddenly became very dim. Thanks.


texts: How do I block this (carrier) advertisement dialog?

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I receive this kind of messages almost every day, and I'm tired of them.

Screenshot (click image for larger variant)

I want to block them, but I have no idea how are they called.  I'm looking for a way to block this messages, either via an app (doesn't matter if it needs root) or programatically (if I can detect these messages, perhaps I would be able to create an app to block them).

EDIT:
The message icon is the same as the SIM Toolkit. Could this be related? As far as I know, Cell Broadcasts don't show with "OK" and "Cancel" buttons as this message.


texts: Android 6.0 Website doesn't render Mobile View LG G4

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I got a brand new LG G4 H815 Running Android 6.0. I've searched everywhere with no answer to the issue I'm facing.

For some reason, Mobile View in either Chrome, Firefox, Stock Browser, WebView doesn't render properly the website. i.e: This is what I see using Chrome:

Now, If I activate Request Desktop Site, it works like it should

This is getting really annoying as I'm unable to use the phone as it should, every app that uses WebView doesn't render properly.

Any ideas?


texts: When will I get Android 4.4 KitKat update on Nexus 4 in Romania?

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I am in a bit of worry because I own a Nexus 4 device, and I noticed many articles on the web stating that an OTA update to 4.4 is out but I didn't receive any notification on my device. Also, when I check for updates, the update is not showing up.

Should I be concerned about this, or does it just takes more time for the update to get to me? I am in Romania.

UPDATE

For those of you who are really eager to install the new update you can check up this link: It's still an OTA, nothing will be wiped on your device and the update files are the official ones provided by Google!

Link: http://phandroid.com/2013/11/21/download-the-nexus-4s-android-4-4-kitkat-krt16s-ota-directly-from-google/


texts: Pulling Android data usage statistics from settings

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Is there a way to pull or display the Android data usage statistics from the settings on a day by day basis? Currently the Usage section in settings shows a range of days but it doesn't show how much was consumed on each day.

The phone is rooted if that helps at all.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Note Tab Pro 12.2 with several users defined.  I would like to side-load on-device some APKs not available in the Google Play Store to the other accounts — specifically, to first side-load F Droid then use it for further apps.  I managed to do that in my Moto X Force, but not in the Galaxy, I guess due to it using an older Android version.  Is there any user-definable setting to do that?


texts: I have been having a lot of trouble trying to extract a boot.img. Its one of Samsung's with the funky headers so none of the scripts work. I tried HEX editing it so it is a gzip (1f 8b 08) and removing whats in front of the 1f (kernel i believe) but to no avail. All i need to do is get to init.rc and edit it then re-pack.


texts:
I am trying to run metasploit on Android using Termux.
I've already installed it but when i try to run msfconsole command i get this error:

ruby: No such file or directory -- /data/data/com.termux/files/home/metasploit-framework/msfconsole (LoadError)

Thanks for response

EDIT :

Second EDIT


texts: How to prevent the screen from turning on on incoming calls?

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I carry the phone in my pocket and when I take it out it often accidentally accepts or rejects the call because the screen automatically unlocks on incoming calls? How can I prevent this, preferably without setting a password or pattern for incoming calls, as I can do with some apps. Ideally, I'd like to take the phone out of the pocket, press the power button and see exactly the same screen as I usually see on incoming calls, where I can accept or reject the call by just swiping.

The phone is Samsung Galaxy J1 2016, if that is of any help. Android 5.1.1.


texts:
I have a Micromax A25 running Android version 2.3.6. The camera no longer works on it. When I open up the camera app, it closes with an error message saying .com.mediaket.camera has stopped unexpectedly.

What should I do?


texts: How can I mount an ext4-formatted SD card with correct permissions (with root)?

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I see some mentions here of creating an ext4-formatted SD card, but no guide. This closely-related question suggests there is no way to do it, but my question differs in that my phone is specifically rooted.

I formatted my card as ext4 (GUID partition-table); my Cyanogenmod phone mounted it at /mnt/fuse/sdcard1. I followed instructions here to mount the card at /storage/sdcard1, by creating the following script at /data/local/userinit.sh

#!/system/bin/sh
REALMNT=/mnt/fuse/sdcard1_real
if ! [ -d "$REALMNT" ]; then
  mkdir "$REALMNT" || exit 1
fi
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 "$REALMNT"
sdcard "$REALMNT" /storage/sdcard1 1023 1023 &

I restarted and attempting to copy a file (using ES File Explorer) and paste it into its parent directory, which failed:

/storage/sdcard1/foo/bar.mp3: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied).

I can actually play the file fine, so I can open it. FWIW, when I try copying from the original mount point (/mnt/fuse/sdcard1), I get a slightly different error:

Failed to copy the file bar.mp3

I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 with Cyanogenmod 10.2.0-i9300.

==EDIT==

su
ls -l /mnt/fuse
drwxrwxr-x media_rw media_rw   2014-03-04 22:08 sdcard1

That was all. There is no sdcard1_real in this directory, so I suppose the script is failing?

==EDIT2==

I tried modifying the script to troubleshoot. The script begins fine, but then fails on mkdir "$REALMNT" with the error /data/local/userinit.sh[6]: : not found.

==EDIT3==

I know that the script doesn't work, so fixing it might solve my question, but I thought the following was interesting. I formatted my SD card in my Linux computer, and transferred some files to it. Oddly enough, permission errors only occur in the subdirectories that I created. In the root of the partition (via /storage/sdcard1), I already have write permission.


texts: Is it possible to wipe the phone without uninstalling the apps?

texts: I'm having problems with my Google account in my phone and because of that I want to remove it and add it again. When I try to do it, it tells me that I can't remove it unless I restore to factory defaults. But I don't want to reinstall every app. Is there a solution?


texts: Set two languages simultaneously for the stock keyboard?

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I want to have both english and german prediction and auto correction at the same time for the stock keyboard (Jelly Bean here).

My use case:
Multi-tasking between english and german domains on my tablet where I both need the keyboard (e.g. Google Talk with my german friends and editing/answering questions on Android Enthusiasts in english). Problem: I don't want to switch off prediction/auto-correction nor do I want to switch to an alternative keyboard. At the moment I have to manually switch between en/de keyboards when I switch tasks (from Google Talk to the browser and back). This is annoying. I don't mind the keyboard layout (QUERTZ or QUERTY) but would prefer the english one.

How can I have simultaneous multi language prediction/auto-correction in the stock keyboard?


texts: Connect XOOM to internet using a USB UMTS Stick

texts: I have bought a XOOM WiFI, and would like to know if it would be possible to connect it to internet using an external USB UMTS Stick (Huawei E122 HSPA USB Stick). I am aware this is not supported out of the box, I would like to know what would entail trying to connect it to a USB key which by default comes with drivers for desktop operating systems.


texts: Recover data from Samsung Galaxy A40 after factory reset

texts:
I’m trying to recover data (especially the contacts and photos) from a Samsung Galaxy A40 that was recently factory reset. Syncing data to the Google account was disabled, so that route wasn’t successful.
I tried to get an image of the internal flash. However, with adb shell, I can’t access /dev/block/mmcblk0 because of missing permissions.
I didn’t find anything particular helpful in the stock recovery. Running a custom recovery seems to require unlocking the bootloader. However that potentially opens security holes. Will that further wipe the data?
Do you have any other ideas how to recover the contacts and photos from the device?


texts: Touchscreen partially not working, digitizer broken? (image included)

texts:
I have an Xperia V and two rows on the touchscreen are not responding. I dropped my phone but there's no scratches on it, so I don't know if its software issue or hardware as I noticed this problems hours after the incident. I Guess it's the digitizer. I opened it but everything seemed intact. Anyone had the same issue? How can I repair it or the display should be replaced?
Many thanks in advance.
P.S. I´ve factory reset my phone but the problem remains. Some repair shops told me to replace the whole display but I´m not sure if that´s necessary.
Here's the touchscreen test image, almost half of the screen not responding to touches(although works with a mouse attached to phone via OTG cabel):


texts: Is there a way to display current weather on lollipop lockscreen?

texts: It seems lock screen widgets have been removed in lollipop. Google now has a weather notification but it does not show up on the lock screen. Is there a way to get this or any other weather information on to the lock screen.


texts: How can I set the default Google Drive account used?

texts:
I have two Google accounts set up on my phone, both are also present in Google Drive.

When I open the Gallery app and chose to share a picture via Google Drive, it will always be shared with the same account. Of course, I want it to use the other account.

I can not figure out how to do it. I would happily accept it if the wrong account was completely removed from Google Drive on my phone.

I tried disabling sync for the account I don't want in Google Drive, but that didn't have any effect on the problem. I don't want to completely remove the account from my phone, as I have purchased apps with that account and I fear that I won't be able to install/use them otherwise.


texts: I cannot gain access to an internet connection

texts: I had to do a hard reset on my device!Now i cannot log into my google apps at the set up of my phone, nor can i get any internet connection. Can you help? Im not sure how to fix this problem.


texts: Next week I will go on holiday to a foreign country and for this I bought a prepaid SIM card because with my phone's current plan I have little to none data in Roaming. My problem is that I will be using my phone with this new card, but I would still like to use my current Whatsapp account. The only solution I have come up with is changing my number in my Whatsapp account's settings, but I wouldn't really want to do that because it notifies all my active conversations. So, is there anything else I can do so that I should be able to still use my Whatsapp with this prepaid SIM card?