texts: How do I stop the "Connected as Installer" when connecting to computer? (LG G3 Lollipop)

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When I connect my LG G3 running Lollipop to my Mac, the phone connects as an installer. The Verizon Mobile finder window pops up and my phone notifies me it's connected as an installer.

I have changed the USB connection option to "charge only", but the phone continues to pop up the Verizon Mobile window periodically. It's not really running as "charge only"

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Android x86 not showing data usage settings

texts: I am using an android x86 project named prime os version 0.4.5beta and I'm trying to find the data usage settings but I can't find it, I have also used the other x86 project like lineage, bliss, and the stock android x86 but none of them show the option in the settings app and I would like to be able to control how my internet will consumed by apps. If somebody has a solution please tell me what to do to make the option available.


texts: Does the Nexus 7 [2013] (Wi-Fi) tablet update to Android 6?

texts: In my country, Nexus 7 2013 Wifi only tablets are still available. It comes with Android 4.3, but I was told that it updates to 6.0.1 (official update). Does anyone know if this is true? Also, is it stable on 6.0.1? And will Facebook, Instragram, Pintrest & Google Photos apps be stable on it?


texts: Wifi Problem; it often reconnects, while other devices doesn't. When connected, I sometimes have no internet access

texts: May I know how to solve my Android problem? I have a Huawei Honor 3C 4G, however its WiFi connects and disconnects very often. Other than that, when it's connected it sometimes doesn't have the internet access while my other devices and PC have internet access. I tried quite many things, change back and forth the wpa_supplicant file at /system/bin/etc/wifi. Doesnt work too. Hope some experts want to help, it's really annoying. My Android version is 4.4.2


texts: Make Hangout ring rather than the phone ring for incoming calls

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I have a lousy mobile service with weak signals. When I use wifi, I want to use Google Hangout to receive incoming calls.

I have associated the phone's number with my Google Voice number.

At first, I forwarded incoming calls to my GV to my phone (by checking the box before my associated phone number in GV settings), but then my phone's Phone app always hijack the incoming calls (I don't know if that is because I set up something on my phone), and I can't answer the calls using Hangout.
Then I stopped forwarding incoming calls to my GV to my phone (by unchecking the box before my phone number in GV settings), but then Hangout doesn't ring for incoming calls.

My phone is Kyocera Hydro Icon with Android 4.4.2.


texts: Sometimes I need to sign in to my WI-Fi and other times I don't. How is it SUPPOSED to work?

texts: Is there a document somewhere that explains what I can expect with regards to logging on to wifi networks ?  IE: When will I have to log on, if I enter a password, will the phone remember it the next time I log on to that specific wifi network ? Things like that.


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Is there a free location-aware todo list out there?

I need something, that: reminds me to buy milk, when I'm near to my favourite shop.


texts: Why is my Android activity showing up on myactivity.google.com?

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I never consented to this and there was no indication anywhere that activity on my Android phone would show up in Google's My Activity. I see stuff like "com.google.android.pack" and other stuff. How do I STOP this information from being sent to Google? How long has this been going on for?

What information gets sent? For instance, I just read My Activity has detailson the photos I've taken. What kinds of details? How does Web & App Activity differ from Device Information? Does Web & App Activity the setting that controls whether information about apps I use is sent to Google? Does it send my Chrome browser history to Google? It looks like it controls my Pixel's default camera app, too. Is there a way to keep search history on but not the camera info being sent?


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I'd like to know why F-Droid shows updates before Google Play Store. Typically these are apps like Hacker's Keyboard and NetGuard Firewall, etc. Wouldn't the developers of such apps submit changes at the same time to both?

F-Droid also tells me that the signing key is different as well. Is it a common practice to create new signing keys upon updating an app?

(Yes, I'm concerned about 3rd-parties using dirty tricks to gain access to my devices.)


texts: How to reset android phone which is locked and debugging mode is disabled, plus no recovery?

texts: Anyone know how to reset an android phone which is locked and asking for gmail id/pass and can't boot into recovery mode, plus debugging mode is disabled?


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I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace android 2.3.7 with cyanogen mod-7-20130301-nightly-cooper version.
It is not detecting the SIM card.

Is it a problem due to Cyanogen mod or something else?


texts: Indic font(Kannada) is not rendering properly in Android ICS

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I am trying to get the kannada font support for Android ICS. I rooted my Xperia Neo L phone which is running Android ICS 4.0.4 and installed Kannada font (Lohit-Kannada.ttf). I have also included the Lohit-Kannada font as family-set in fallback_fonts.xml in the framework. After that, I am able to see the kannada fonts render in browser but the complex script is not supported. Glyphs are not rendered in proper way, though it is just readable. Other indic languages like Tamil, Hindi, Bengali etc renders perfectly but my language is not rendering properly.

Someone suggested me to go thru this blog. But i'm not able to find out where to make those file changes. I mean where is that lohit-fonts directory, where is the android.mk file? I'm not able to find those folders or those files in my phone. Any help please?


texts: So I have a Nexus 7 2013 no root vanilla. I just recently flashed it with vanilla 6.0.1 since it could not update from 5.1.1. Then a few days ago an update came out and I updated. Now my nexus tries to boot goes to the colorful boot screen then the text comes up saying starting apps then shuts off and tries to boot once more. When ever I try to boot into boot loader with volume up and power button it says no command. Any idea on what I can do to fix this?


texts: What does it mean when I see "Throttle limit exceeded" in Dialer?

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I made a call to a local pizza place by dialing their number on my Nexus 5, running ParanoidAndroid 4.2 Beta 4.

The normal behavior that I would expect is the following:

Dial, then do all those phoney-things that I'm not interested in like connecting. (I just want pizza)
Conveniently(?) do an internet lookup of the phone number, then display the business name in my dialer so I know who I'm calling.

However, something weird happened today. It apparently tried to do the lookup, but failed. Instead of displaying "Blah Blah Pizza" in the Dialer, it displayed "Throttle limit exceeded". Everything else worked fine.

There's also a screenshot I managed to take very quickly.

Is anyone else seeing this? What's causing this? More importantly, how can I fix it? I'd rather not see "Throttle limit exceeded" all over my call history.


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I am thinking about rooting my Moto Droid but I don't know much about the subject, I've been doing some reading, but I'd like to know:

If I were to root and then wanted to unroot later on for some reason would my phone return to the state that it was before I rooted?
Also, if I were to "brick" my Droid is there any means of bringing it back to life?


texts: Checking SELinux permissions in Android?

texts: Is there a tool that will allow me to check what permissions an application has in a file or folder?


texts: Can I rotate my camera to landscape mode with broken gyroscope?

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A lot of sensors on my machine are destroyed, including the gyroscope and accelerometer, because I am a terrible phone owner.
As a result, the camera does not rotate and my steps aren't counted.
Anyway, is there an artificial way to rotate my camera in landscape mode?
Is there some setting or an application I can use to fix the camera precisely?
(I checked a dozen of apps that only rotate the screen, but the camera remains in portrait mode within the landscape mode of the screen.)
My device is Huawei P20 Pro and its OS is Android 10.


texts: Is it possible and practical to add a larger screen to an Android phone?

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I've been working on an Android navigation app, and to be able to use this on my motorcycle I need a waterproof device. Since I couldn't find a waterproof device that fits my needs, I was thinking of buying standard parts and recasing them.

Would it be possible to take a motherboard from let's say a Huawei P8 and attach a larger and brighter screen to it?

What would be some tips on doing this?


texts: Downloading from Play Store gives error 491

texts: When I try to download anything from the Play Store it shows error 491 and can't finish the download. I have a Samsung Galaxy S 7582. How do I fix this?


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I am trying to fix an Android tablet. As far as I know, it's stock, but that's about it. There is no inclination of the manufacturer.

Here are the pics:

Back and front (click images for larger variants)

I cannot simply go to check in Settings › About device as the device is trapped in a bootloop, and the stock recovery asks foe non-existant buttons (it wants a home button. There is none. The power button has no effect in recovery for some reason. The device has a power button, volume and mysterious silver button-like dot, but it doesnt do anything.

-EDIT-
Got it into recovery mode, though I cannot select ANY items, just navigate:

Navigating via Vol+/Vol- works, but I cannot confirm any entry: the power button yields no action. And though the second line in the screenshot reads "vol up/vol down, home, enter", there are no home or enter keys available. Pressing both volume rockers simultaneously only switches the screen off (can be turned on again by pressing the Vol- button).

-EDIT 2-
A blue light appears when I try to turn it on via LED

-EDIT 3-
Since its in a boot loop, I tried every button combo:

Power on its own - normal boot loop
Power +  up - recovery.
All buttons (not counting silver dot, I cant press it in.) - Recovery mode.
Power + down - normal boot loop

No combination brought me to safe-mode, so I cannot check Settings › About device there either.


texts: Recover from Encryption unsuccessfull on zte blade apex2

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I have an old Zte Blade Apex 2 with stock rom TIM-IT and stock recovery that can't start because of Encryption unsuccessfull error.

It can boot in recovery with power + volume+ so as a first step I tried to wipe data and cache but the issue persists.

The original rom is not available anywhere online, but some other provider's ROMs are available (movistar or Micro P UK), I tried to use one of those updates but the updater script will fail because of an assert on getprop("ro.build.product") which differs only by the network operator name.
Clearly changing the updater script inside the zip causes "failed to verify whole-file signature" error.

For this device there is a TWRP recovery available but currently it's not installed.

I can run adb sideload (in recovery mode) and adb shell without root (from FTM mode, power + volume-), but trying adb restart bootloader will start the device normally with the encryption error. By booting power with volume+ and volume- together (that should be fastboot mode) the red led is on and the device won't be recognized by Windows 10 (USB device not recognized) while on ubuntu with lsusb I can see the usb device id (which is different from the one in FTM mode allowing adb commands) but the command fastboot devices won't show any device and also trying to manually provide the device id won't work.

Any suggestion to recover this phone?

UPDATE: I started the phone with power+both volume keys, lsusb gives ID 19D2:0112 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM QHUSB__BULK. while ./edl.py r recovery r.img keeps printing dots "Waiting for the device". In FTM mode ID 19D2:0500 ZTE WCDMA Technologies MSM Android I could run abd reboot edl but edl.py will return Library.sahara - couldn't find a loader for given hwid and pkhash :(
Now lsusb gives 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)
On windows it is recognized by MiFlash so it should be correctly in EDL mode, but how can I flash the TWRP recovery now?


texts: Dismiss the popup edit menu on Android > 5

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On older versions of Android, the Cut/Copy/Paste edit menu (i.e., the menu displayed when the user selects some text) displays at the top of the screen, and can be dismissed by clicking the back arrow:

On newer versions of Android (not sure when this changed), the edit menu is a popup. I don't see a back arrow here:

How does the user dismiss this menu on newer versions of Android? I realize that this is a complete newbie question, but I can't for the life of me figure it out, and Google searches result in lots of hits for programmatically removing the menu. I'm interested in what the user needs to do to dismiss it.

EDIT/UPDATE: I neglected to mention what the context is here. I'm working within contenteditable <div> elements in a web view. The user is an older guy who sometimes holds down his taps too long, triggering the menu by mistake (although I would imagine other users with mobility issues could do this as well). He just wants to dismiss the menu without leaving the web page.


texts: How to unhide apps that has been hidden in the play store?

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On the play store, I can hide apps I previously installed/bought by clicking on the "x".

How do I reverse this process? Thanks


texts: Is there any way to have the HTC Logo on the HTC One (between the home and back buttons) to be used as a multitasking button AND press and hold for a menu button?


texts: My Samsung Galaxy S III claims that a screenshot was "copied to clipboard". What?

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I'm used to the Palm Treo 700p, running Palm OS.  On Palm OS, the system  clipboard can hold only text.

I now also own a Samsung Galaxy S Relay, running Android "Jelly Bean" 4.1.2.  This is a phone rather similar to the Samsung Galaxy S III, but with a slide-out physical keyboard included.

I take screenshots in the usual way it's done on a Galaxy S Relay.  I hold the Power + Home keys at the same time for a few seconds until I see a white border around the edge of the screen.  (Not for too long.  I don't want my phone to suddenly power off without saving anything to disk.)

Now:

Like a Galaxy S III, my phone then saves a screenshot to a "Screenshots" photo album.
Like a Galaxy S III, my phone shows a notification labeled "Screenshot captured".  I can expand the notification using two fingers to see a preview of the top few centimeters of the screenshot, and then can tap "Delete" or "Share".
And, like a Galaxy S III, my phone displays a pop-up "toast" message at the bottom of the screen which says Copied to clipboard.

Hold on.  What?  The screenshot was copied to the clipboard?

Can the clipboard, in any version of Android, hold images?


texts: Why does the Play Store need access to NFC?

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In xPrivacy, I can see that the Play Store asks for getNfcAdapter.

What does it need it for?


texts:
Running Android x86 iso (5.1 rc1 or 4.4 r5) in my native resolution 2880x1800 fails with black screen with blinking cursor. Actually it is a prompt accepting commands but stops without any message or anything on screen.

Last commands visible on screen were:

I ran it with vga=ask parameter:

/kernel initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 nomodeset vga=ask SRC= DATA=

And chose the offered 2880x1800x32: 357

Same if I run it with parameters directly in a command line either the vga= or UVESA_MODE=2880x1800 or tried UVESA_MODE=2880x1800x24 or UVESA_MODE=2880x1800x16.

If I choose 2560x1600x16, it works well, except for the resolution is low.

I run it in Parallels Desktop on OS X.

How to run it in a native 2880x1800 resolution?


texts: Can I flash a custom boot.img to Nexus 5 when "Secure Boot" is enabled?

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I have compiled the Android Linux kernel for Nexus 5 with some modifications.

My phone is LG Nexus 5, whose bootloader has been unlocked, but the "Secure Boot" is still enabled.

As I understand, if secure boot is enabled, the bootloader will verify the boot.img when booting.

Obviously, my custom kernel cannot pass the verification.

In such a case, how to correctly flash my own boot.img?


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My Galaxy S Duos doesn't display a charging sign when I plug it in, even though it is charging fine. Secondly, when I use it while plugged in it charges very slowly. A 1% increase takes 4-5 minutes.

When I do a random reboot, the battery percentage decreases, especially when it's at 100%

Why this problem occurring?


texts: My Xperia J becomes little unresponsive after I make or receive a call. I have to restart the phone afterwards. I did a factory reset and it worked for 3-4 days, but the problem comes again.


texts: Nexus 7 (2012) no longer connecting via USB Mac OS X

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I plugged my original Nexus 7 into my Mac earlier today to build an application onto it for testing. It failed, and then I realized that the tablet did not appear to actually be connected to the computer.

Symptoms: Tablet charges, but no notification about being connected. Tablet does not appear in ./adb devices (nor in ./fastboot devices when device is in bootloader), and Android File Transfer will not find it.

Tried: Rebooted both tablet and computer, tried different USB cables and USB ports. Tried MTP, PTP, and neither. Tried USB Debugging on and off.

My Nexus 4 connects to the computer just fine. Both N4 and N7 are running Android 4.4.2

UPDATE: Tested my roommate's Nexus 7 (same model) on my computer, and it connected fine. Tested my Nexus 7 on his computer and saw the same lack of connection

EDIT: now fairly convinced that it's a faulty hardware USB port on the tablet. Wiggling the cable will cause the device to show "USB Debugging Enabled" and "Connected as Media Device" notifications, though the computer still doesn't recognize it


texts: Stuck in Fastboot after deleting almost all the content in my phone (Xiaomi Mi 9T)

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So I was trying to install Lineage OS (the unofficial version), because I think it works better with my phone. I already did that before, and I am not a newbie... But what I did today shows the contrary.
I downloaded everything on my PC and did a backup, and then I factory resetted my phone. After that, I activated the developer options and then the USB debugging and then I went straight into TWRP (I already flashed, I had a working, unlocked, MIUI ROM) and formatted almost everything (System, Data, Vender, etc, but not the USB option). I did something similar last time without any problems, so I thought this would be like the last time. But it wasn't.
After I did that, it sent me into Fastboot mode (kind of expected that), but when I tried entering some commands into the ADB console (like fastboot devices, or adb devices) it did nothing. The thing is, I tested it on my PC, and those commands were supposed to be working. I had the drivers and everything. I also tried to just flash back into the MIUI ROM (with the MIUI Flash tool), and it did nothing (it found my phone when I replugged it into my PC, but only for 3 seconds. Tried flashing and it didn't work). Also, I can't go into Recovery mode, it just sends me back into Fastboot mode.
I believe it's because of USB debugging not remembering my PC, even though I selected it to remember the PC. Also, I think the OEM is still unlocked, it has no reason to be locked as I did not enter any of those commands, I just... deleted my phone...
Any help?


texts: How do websites know if the device being used is an Android phone?

texts: I was browsing a website on Chrome on my Android 4.3 phone. The website immediately showed me a popup telling me to download its Android app. So my question is how does the website know what device the user is using? And is there a way to hide the identity of my device?


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Is a phone that supports the most network bands ideal if you are trying to get the best cellphone service?

I have noticed that for example the iPhone supports dozens of bands https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/ while many Android phones may only support a couple bands in 2G/3G/4G etc...  http://www.china-prices.com/phone/bands/10024/doogee-bl12000


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I want to try the CyanogenMod9 Alpha builds for the T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide [MT4GS/Doubleshot] and all the instructions say I need S-OFF.  The problem is that I have HBOOT 1.55 so software solutions like Revolutionary do not work and I am left with the JuopunutBear wire trick.  I am not up for that so I will stay S-ON for now.

Then, I found ROM Manager that claims to easily install custom ROMs easily, but I can not find if ROM Manager requires S-OFF for HTC devices.  Does anyone know if I can install custom ROMs through ROM Manager with S-ON?


texts: Installing "xyz firmware" vs Rooting on "xyz firmware".

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What's the difference between rooting on a particular firmware and installing a particular firmware?

Does that mean to root on "xyz" you must have installed "xyz" on your device?


texts: What could be the cause of not receiving push notifications through 3g (gsm)?

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When I'm on wifi I get push notifications normally. But if I go on 3g/4g only, I can use the net normally but I am getting no push notifications.

This is the same for several applications that get push notifications, so it's not an application's fault.

I was reading and there seems to be a single appplication in android that passes the push notifications? I was wondering if maybe that application had background traffic blocked by accident or what other reasons there may be.

If not, what other reason may be causing this?

I have mobile data enabled. Other internet stuff works fine.
My android is: 4.4.2

(this is a recent thing, I dunno what may have changed, but imagine a small child messed with my cellphone, it's possible)


texts: ALCATEL IDOL 2 6037k won't connect via USB cable

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My Alcatel Idol 2 running Android 4.2.2 , won't connect to my laptop but it charges. I tried

Installing "right" drivers on my laptop
I tried 4 different USB cables and it still doesn't work
I tried also to connect other phones via those cable and they charge but my Idol 2 won't connect to transfer some files
I also tried to connect to another 3 laptops (with different windows (7,10) and it won't connect either
I tried to turn on and off USB debugging. Also looked up for some USB settings and found nothing in mobile closed)
Safe mode and factory reset didn't help either

I need to flash a new ROM because my mac adress and bluetooth adress got somehow deleted, so I can't download nor send any softwares in it (i don't have enough internet data to download the ROM to my Idol 2, and I can't connect to any hotspot)

Any ideas how to fix it?


texts: How to show wi-fi password without rooting your phone?

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I have read this post, showing how to retrieve the stored wi-fi passwords. But I am not able to access the file.
And I have also enabled android backup settings for data. I think it also saves wi-fi passwords. But I don't know from which site I can access my android personal data.

I have recently purchased a new mobile and rooting will void the warranty.

Any idea how to retrieve without rooting.

Thanks in advance !!


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When fixing or recovering Xoom as described in How to Restore and Relock a Motorola Xoom Tablet to Stock using fastboot one needs to do following:

fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache

For this one needs images boot.img, system.img, recovery.img and userdata.img. Given Xoom is old now, I have serious trouble getting those images, links I have found so far are no longer working. Are there any recent and working links, if not for stock images, then for some alternatives?


texts: I have tried to reset my phone as was given by elder whom the owner is past of which the owner details are not know and I stacked on How to bypass “Verify your account” (Factory Reset Protection) on Nokia 5


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My Pixel phone is upgraded to Android 9.  I am having two different issues.

Voice to Text is not working
Callers cannot hear me on voice calls (callers can hear me on Bluetooth devices)

Anyone else experience this or know how to resolve?


texts: Hide certain numbers when picking SMS recipients

texts: So many of my contacts have both home and cell numbers in my contact list. But when I am typing in names I  the recipient field go sms pro), I don't really want to see numbers that cannot receive texts, like home phone numbers. Is there a logical way to manage this?


texts: Pattern Lock Nokia 7.1 even thought i gave correct pass code

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i am using Nokia 7.1 mobile phone. i have setup screen lock pattern and finger  print.
Now, i have problem with the phone like not able to unlock the phone eventhought i am giving correct pass code and finger print.
Now i don't know how to fix this issue in Nokia 7.1 phone, please suggest he to fix the issue. I have been restarted multiple time and i dont want to do factory reset.

Thanks in advance.


texts: Use another Google account in Chrome only

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My Android phone has 2 Google accounts set up. I see those when I go to Google > Account in my phone settings:

Google Account 1 (main user)
Google Account 2

Google Chrome is configured to use Google Account 1, and syncs history, bookmarks, etc.

Question: How can I configure Chrome to make it so that it's the history/bookmarks from Google Account 2 that are synchronized, while keeping Google Account 1 as the main user at the OS level?

What I've tried: From Chrome, go to Settings, then click my account: it brings me to a view where I can choose between Google Account 1 or Google Account 2 (or add another account). Clicking either account 1 or 2 takes me to a lists of the various accounts from various apps I have on the system (!?) (Airbnb, Facebook, Meetup, ...). This is the same view as System Settings > Accounts. I can't find any option to choose which account to assign to Chrome in there.

Android: 9

Google Chrome: 77.0.3865.92


texts: is it possible that my current chat on whatsapp is visible in my previously used phone?

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last month i have sold my phone to someone.
and now i got the information that my whatsapp chat was visible on that phone.
Now, is it possible that my current chats on whatsapp(the chats on my new phone) will still be visible on my old phone???


texts: How to move apps to external SD card on a non-rooted Android 4.4.2?

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I have an  Acer Iconia One 7 tablet running Android 4.4.2. I've plugged an external SD card in it,  and kind of expected that I could now "save" my data, such as my apps, pictures and videos, onto this SD card. The most easy solution I found was this button (which I don't have):

(Click the image to enlarge it)

After going through some forums, the most used solution I ran into is rooting your device and using some kind of app which makes the SD card writable.

My problem with that is, it's not user friendly at all, plus you might break the device (and lose your warranty).

Is there any user-friendly or one time setup way, to make it so that you can move your apps to the SD card or make the SD card the standard install location  without having to root your device?


texts: Transfer ColorNote data to new phone without SD card

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I'm trying (without success) to get back my old notes (I changed device). I had an Android Wiko Slim, but I changed for the Android OnePlus, and OnePlus has no external SD card. Instead, it has 64GB internal storage. I don't have the old SD card anyway.

I didn't know about online synchronization and stuff, so I did a raw copy (through USB cable of my old phone) and copied all the folders. I even have most twice, probably one of them being SD Card. So I tried to copy data/colornote/backup, replacing my old files. I did the same with Android/data/com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad.color.note and restarted my phone, but nothing worked.

What is annoying it that I deleted ColorNote folders on my new device before copying them, but I still have my one lonely note I did on my new phone.

Is there a way to do it, like simulate an SD card? Or just replacing manually the right files should do it? Also, which files?


texts: 'Charge This Phone' vs 'Charge Connected Device'

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When connecting my phone to my laptop, I have these two options

Charge this phone (Just charge this phone)
Charge connected device (Charge the connected device via USB)

I don't understand the difference between these two options.  However, if I try the second option, it fails with the error

Unable to use USB cable for Charge connected device

To the best of my knowledge, the ports I tried were USB3, so that nixed my guess as to what the problem was.  What is the difference between these two options and if the latter is better, how can I use it?


texts: How to disable captive portal detection? How to remove exclamation mark on Wi-Fi or signal icon in Lollipop?

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When connected to the Internet, the system checks if it's in a walled garden, which is simply trying to connect to Google. If it fails, in Android 5, there'll be an exclamation mark on the WiFi icon or signal icon.

In some situations, this is annoying. Say, in China, Google is blocked, the exclamation mark will always be there, which is meaningless.

How can I disable this check, and make the system assume, connected WiFi/mobile data is connected Internet?


texts: How do I transfer app data from one an s4 mini to a s5

texts: Is there a way to transfer my app data  from one phone to another. We've done saving it to a sd card and even downloaded a back app but it only saved the app. When I transfer my games I have to start from scratch again.. is there a way around this?


texts: How join an existing Google Meet meeting from the home screen, with an URL?

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This seems to be quite an edge case, as I can find no information on this.
Context
We have a regular "coffee chat" meeting in our group, and we use a Google Meet URL for this meeting, always the same, and we meet at known times a day. No need to have a calendar entry for this.
So, on the desktop computer, I can always easily reuse the URL (e.g. such one: https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hjk) like described here: https://support.google.com/meet/answer/9303069?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
Problem
But now I am mostly using my Android Tablet to join, and I wonder how to set up a Home Screen icon/widget/link with that URL.
I can use Google Chrome to paste the URL into, but it will automatically start the Meet app. I have no chance to create a shortcut link first. Also I have not found yet a way to create a link directly from the home screen.
Question
How to create a home screen icon/link/widget that directly opens a given Google Meet URL?


texts: Google Maps - prefer 'pleasant' route over fastest

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Is there a way of telling the Google Maps route finder that I would prefer the least number of junctions / traffic lights, or if traffic is heavy in areas, the route with least time spent 'sitting'.

A route that is 1 min faster than another, yet involves more stop/start driving can be more frustrating than one which is flowing.

Generally, when routes are within ~3 mins difference of one another, I'm not bothered about the quickest, I just want the least irritating one.


texts: VZW Galaxy Nexus exhibiting bizarre charging behavior

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Lately I've noticed some weird behavior with my Galaxy Nexus. I am rooted, but running stock ICS.

Here is what it's doing wrong:

Phone sometimes will not charge, I must turn it off for it to start charging
Taking phone off the charger doesn't remove the lightning bolt [charging icon] from the notification bar.
Phone begins alerting constantly at 14% battery.
Battery life seems shorter

Is this likely to be an app doing this? I don't want to wipe my phone if possible, so is there a way to track down the cause?


texts: Which application keeps port opened on android?

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Possible Duplicate:
  List of open ports on Android

On my nexus 7 rooted device some programs keep two ports opened (8080 and 8082). How can I determine what are those applications? Netstat from terminal can't help.


texts: Best designed android ROM for LG Optimus 2X P990

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Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?

I am really busy trying to find a ROM that fits my personality for my LG Optimus 2X P990. I have used CM7. CM9, CM10 and MIUI. I really like MIUI v4 and above, but i haven't found any MIUI v4 ROM that is stable enough for daily basis. I really like ROMS that has kind of flat buttons as seen in the metro UI and ics and above roms. I like it professional with not like big really graphic intense UI's. I have searched a lot, and i have looked into the Prada rom for the LG Optimus 2X, but i couldn't find a download link. Do anyone of you have a ROM that is fast, professional and stable enough for daily basis? Thanks


texts: On Android's root (/), what is the purpose of each folder? I want to learn the folder hierarchy structure. I would like to know the differences between Android 2.3 and 4.x, if they have different folders in "/".


texts: How to download files larger than 4 GB on Android external SD card

texts: So I wanted to download a file that is 7GB to my memory card on my Android phone (Lollipop). What should I do? I have heard that I should format my SD card to exfat, but I don't know how to do that. Any help will be appreciated.


texts: My Smartphone doesn't allow moving my apps to the external SDcard

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So, my smartphone aren't allowing me to move the apps installed to the external SDcard (32GB).
Follow a list with the things which I've already did:

I've upgrade the Android system for your lastest version.
I also already formated my external SDcard. Regarding with that one, it's reading/writing files and folders absolutely normal.
I've already enabled the option "Force allow apps on external" on the "Developer options" section.
I also tried to move other apps beyond Telegram. For example: VLC and some games.

Smartphone Model: Samsung Galaxy A01
Android Version: 10


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I had my work gmail setup on my phone. I just switched jobs and I got a notification that I've been signed out of my account (the account activity required notification). I click it and it's trying to get me to sign in under the old gmail, which is deactivated. I disabled gmail and it still won't go away.

My phone is signed into my personal gmail account. How do I get this notification to go away?


texts:
I have Droid Turbo I am having issue with battery draining about 70% by cell standby which is a huge percentage . Of anyone have issue same want to share.
Thanks.


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I guess most of you at least have heard about WakeLocks. Many of you will have experienced them already -- wether knowingly or not. Some may know how to deal with them in general -- but only few know how to deal with the "more complicated candidates".

For those who don't know, though above link leads to an explanation, a short summary: Apps may request a WAKE_LOCK to keep a device component from "sleeping", so they can perform a task even when the display is turned off. This is very useful in most cases (e.g. keeping the screen on while navigating, keeping WiFi active to stream music) -- but used in the wrong way, it causes your battery to be drained within short term (up to 25% per hour).

Most times it is easy to identify the source (usually a bad behaving app) -- I will show this in an answer below, as it might prove helpful to many users. But what to do if the app which requested the WakeLock exits without releasing it? The Android system will not take care of it. Sure, a reboot would solve the issue -- but it is not always an (desired) option.

So, from a users perspective (I'm not asking about development solutions, but how a user can handle things):

What can be done *by the user* to solve the issue and avoid further battery drain?

I prefer answers not involving root (so all users can benefit from it). However, "rooted solutions" are fully valid and welcome as well.


texts: In TWRP Wipe button, the description in the slider say "factory reset" but its other description doesn't seem so. Which one is correct?

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When I access to the TWRP (version 3.2.1-0) and select the Wipe button, the screen says:

Wipes Data, Cache, and Dalvik (not including internal storage)
Most of the time this is the only wipe that you need

But the description of the slider says:

Swipe to Factory Reset

Is Factory Reset the same with Data, Cache, and Dalvik wiping? What is the difference between the data it is about to wipe and internal storage?


texts: Can't connect to mobile internet with CyanogenOS 13

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On Google, I found a similar problem on Reddit, which describes exactly what I've got right now: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyanogenmod/comments/3xm0mo/mobile_data_not_working_cm13/

The problem is that, even though I do have cellular reception, and everything (WiFi, SMS, calling) works just fine, whenever I turn off WiFi (or walk outside WiFi) it doesn't connect to the internet using a data connection (3G/4G etc).

What I've tried so far (based on that Reddit post's comments)

Reboot my phone
Toggle Airplane mode on/off
Switch preferred network setting to 3G and then back to 4G
Enable Data Roaming (even though I'm still in the country this should be active)
Going to Settings>Cellular networks>Access Point Names and trying each of the available options
Check my remaining MB-credit on my subscription (I still have >100MB remaining) - this is actually irrelevant since I do not have an exclamation point at my reception-icon

The only thing I haven't tried is some kind of reinstall/rollback of my OS. My Cyanogen version is 13.0-ZNH0EAS45F

When I go to my SIM 1 status, I see that "Service status" says "Data: In service", but (even though my WiFi is turned off) the "Mobile network state" is "Disconnected". Can I force my phone to connect to the mobile network somehow?

PS: This problem has existed for about 2 hours now. Before that it worked just fine.

Update: One of these things might have fixed it. I'm not sure. It suddenly started working again, even though between the time of posting and now I did not change anything about my settings at all. I have (after it started working) reverted all changes to my settings, and it still works. I have no idea how this worked, but it works.


texts: Need help recovering data from corrupted userdata partition (Galaxy S3 International)

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Phone: Galaxy S3 International i9300

The phone started bootlooping, and I tried to do a factory reset, but it seems my phone went off during the process.  I'm trying to obtain images etc. off the phone.

I could connect to the phone using adb after some help.  All the other partitions except the USERDATA (/dev/block/mmcblk0p12) mount fine.  Trying to mount this partition gives an error about a bad magic number on the superblock.  I pulled the ext4 partition with adb pull, and none of the other superblocks have a valid magic number: the lower numbers report invalid magic numbers, while for higher numbers I get:

e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open mmcblk0p12.img
Could this be a zero-length partition?

I tried regenerating the superblocks, but the subsequent e2fsck could not find the root folder so everything gets hosed that way.

I've also tried using foremost and recoverjpegas per https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery , both of which recovered zero files.

However, from what I have read (can not currently find source), I understand that the virtual SD card on the Galaxy S3 is a partition on the
USERDATA partition, so I'm not sure if it may be mountable in a loopback fashion, in which case it's possible these tools will not detect anything even if the data I'm looking for is there.

Questions:

What else can I try to repair/recover the file system?
Is my understanding about a partition within a partition correct, or am I grasping at straws?  (i.e. if foremost/recoverjpeg can't find a .jpeg, should I assume it is gone?)

Output of mke2fs -n mmcblk0p12.img

mke2fs 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
mmcblk0p12.img is not a block special device.
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
1703936 inodes, 6809600 blocks
340480 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296
208 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
        4096000


texts: changing the lock screen time and date display lg l5

texts: How do i change the design and look of the time and date display on my lock screen?  Where is the option that lets you change the design/way the time and date is displayed?


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On my Galaxy J510 I have primary sim for calls and secondary for data only. Operator 2 doesn't have 100% coverage and provides data on its own network only.

However after losing signal, phone warns and a couple minutes later switches to roaming and disables data connection. After network is available, roaming is not turned off. My current annoying way to regain data connection is:

Settings
Mobile Networks
Network Operators
SIM2
Search Networks
(wait ca. 30s)
My operator

I want phone to stay in SIM2 not connected mode forever until home network is available - connection loss is not a problem cos I can answer calls via SIM1.
Thanks fo any ideas.


texts: Scan QR codes automatically and continuously

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I want to put my Android device in a fixed position, and have the device's camera continuously scan for and respond to QR codes.

For example, I have a few QR codes. I want to be able to put the first QR code in front of the device's camera, and have the device perform the action attached to the QR code (e.g. open a web page). Later on, I'll put a second QR code in front of the device, and it will respond to that QR code. There should be no manual intervention as far as scanning for new QR codes, nor for performing the action in the QR code.

Is it possible?


texts: What are the command line options of Genymotion's player

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Can someone give me a list of the cli options of Genymotion's player command.  I see that I can get a  list of the devices via VituralBox's command:

$ VBoxManage list vms

Then I can start the desired device with:

$ ./player --vm-name "Samsung Galaxy S2 - 2.3.7 - API 10 - 480x800"

Now I'm looking for player command option to start the Genymotion from the last run state.  In other words have it resume where it was when the device was closed.

There's a chance the option might be in one of the possible cli arguments.  I've searched for a list, but so far my results are to how to start a VMS but not the full list of options that are available.

I also used -help and --help as a parameter, but it just gives and error.  Not the full usage options of the player command.

This is the list that I have compiled so far (found by running player without argument):

--vm-name
--quiet

It may be that those are the only options of the player command.  If it is I'd appreciate knowing so that I can stop searching.


texts: How to identify the cause of entering Safe Mode?

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I have a Motorola Xoom 3G tablet running Android 4.04 (latest system release) that has been stuck in 'safe mode' for some time now no matter how many times I restart the device.

I have been through the apps list and uninstalled anything I could remember installing recently but still the problem persists.

The device is primarily used as a wifi hotspot with my 3G internet around the house which still works fine - but I would also like to use the screen as an ereader from time to time - which the permanent 'safe mode' message gets in the way of.

Is there any way of tracing the cause of this safe mode loop?

Alternately is there a way of just getting rid of the 'safe mode' message while leaving it in safe mode?


texts: I deleted all the contents from my device and CWM does not allow me to install anything

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I have ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.4 installed on my Android device, I am afraid I deleted all the contents of my device and I cannot access Android.

When I enter the main menu, I see the "reboot system now", "install zip from sdcard", etc. options, but CWM cannot find any zip file with a custom ROM. If I select "reboot system now", I go back to the CWM main menu.

Can I update CWM? Can I install another ROM manager?


texts: How can I record high quality audio with my HTC Desire?

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I would like to record interviews, edit them on a computer and include them in a podcast. There is a 'voice recorder app' built in, but the sound quality is awful, much worse than a dictaphone.

It also records in .amr format, but I want a lossless format (either, flac or wav).
I would also like to record up to an hour, which should be possible as the SD Card is nearly 4GB.

Is there a solution for this?


texts:
Have an issue with my Ramos W16. Upgraded to the last firmware. Now I want to root device, but can't install drivers. Here is hardware Id's USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E22&REV_0231 USB\VID_18D1&PID_4E22

OS: Windows 7 x64. In Device management tablet is visible as USB Composite Device. I've tried a bunch of different drivers, but they don't work. Somebody help me! Tried USBDeview - deleted all drivers.


texts: my internal memory is empty but cant add new apps

texts: Not enough storage when loading apps to my phone why is this and my internal memory is empty, also new 4gb memory card is brand new.


texts: Is there any way to install android app without having internet?

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I just bought a Samsung Galaxy Mini S, but I don't have 3g or wi-fi internet - I have internet only on my computer. Is there any way to install android apps without internet, via bluetooth or using the USB cable? (I do have bluetooth on my computer).

If it's possible to install the apps than where could I download the apps? The Market doesn't let me download them to my computer.


texts: Unsure why Android has issues with certain Opus files

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I'm not 100% sure where to post this cause it's kind of a strange issue. I recently discovered the Opus format and converted all my songs to it, so they would fit on my phone. However a few cd's I've converted from MP3 to Opus are having a strange issue. I did have to rename all the files from .opus to .ogg so they could be read by media players, but what's odd is that some of the cd's I've converted seem to lose their information when I copy them over to my device (Nexus 6 running 7.1.1).

Like, all the tag information is gone and every media player that's able to see it says the song is 00:00 in time. Yet when I actually play the song, it works totally fine. I can't even edit the tag information in any apps because it just disappears. Is there any reason it would do this? I've tried re-converting the songs a few times but the same problem still happens.


texts: How do I get Livewallpaper on HTC Wildfire?

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I have a HTC Wildfire , and i have updated my android from 2.1 to 2.2 as i was developing application which creates the livewallpaper.

Now the problem is inside my application there a option to launch Livewallpaper chooser , but when i try to lunch it its giving me following error while testing on actual device.

android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.service.wallpaper.LIVE_WALLPAPER_CHOOSER }

apart from this since i have updated to android 2.2 i haven't seen the livewallpaper option in my HTC wildfire phone.

There is only "HTC Wallpaper" and "Gallery" Option under "Select wallpaper from".

so i don't know if there isn't any livewallper in HTC wildfire then how to get it.


texts: Add Play Music's download folder to the library of Samsung Music?

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I use a Galaxy Note 4 (Android 6.0.1), and I like the default music player more than Play Music's player, however, I enjoy to have my music everywhere, and managed by Play Music. I'm looking for a way to manage my music using Play Music and play my music using Samsung Music, however, files downloaded through Play Music don't appear in the library of Samsung Music.

Is there a way to add the following folder to Samsung Music's library folder?
/external_sd/Android/data/com.google.android.music/files/music/

I even thought of a symlink of some sort but it doesn't seem possible to do that without root. Also, my phone is not rooted and I won't root while still in warranty.


texts: Viewing using computer Chrome a HTML page downloaded on Arndroid Chrome

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I save webpages for offline reading by opening the three-dot menu icon and tapping the download icon up top, which will download a version of the page. I also take regular backups on USB drives.
Now if I wish to view these HTML pages on my computer's Chrome browser, how do I do the same?
These files do not have any file extension. I tried adding .htm to them and then trying to open but was not successful.
All help is sincerely appreciated.
Thanks


texts: Poweramp access songs from Google Play Music

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I have a Google Play Music subscription and I enjoy the unlimited music, but I don't like the audio quality on Google Play Music.

I was wondering if it was possible to listen to GPM downloaded songs in Poweramp.

Note: I tried GMusic and I had problems with it. Mainly the method for downloading music


texts: I lost my android mobile, but I haven't logged out of gmail account, since using the device, I must log on. So if someone take it, he/she may access my gmail account. What should I do now?


texts: Android not detecting USB though it is connected

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I am using YU YUREKA that runs on Cyanogenmod 11.0 with Android 4.4.4. Suddenly I found that my device is not detecting the USB connection. Though my phone is getting charged, it shows 'USB not connected' in the tethering option. I have checked that with different computers and USB cables but without use.

Later I go to Settings > Developers options > Android debugging and enable the Android Debug Bridge (adb). Then my device starts to detect the USB.

But when I turn off the Developers option, again it stops detecting the connection. If anyone could help me in this matter.

Also is it safe to use tethered data connection with debugging mode turned on?


texts: Recovery Mode: Backup options not showing

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I want to put a custom ROM on my LG G2.

I have successfully applied root permissions using IORoot v25. However I am unable to create a backup of the stock ROM.

I have tried several ways using the ROM Manager app (v5.5.37):

Go to ROM Manager > Recovery Setup > [Install or Update] ClockwordModrecovery. Then tap Reboot into Recovery. The phone reboots into the recovery menu, but no options to back up are listed. (So I choose option to reboot).
With CWM Recovery still set, I tap  "Backup Current ROM" (underneath it says the backup directory will be /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup. Again, it boots into the recovery menu without any backup options so I select reboot. Yet nothing appears in the /mnt/shell directory.
Configure ROM Manager to use TWRP recovery. Then in ROM Manager, tap  option to go to recovery mode. Yet again, no backup options are listed, so yet again I choose option to reboot.
With TWRP Recovery still set, I tap  "Backup Current ROM" (underneath it says the backup directory will be /sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/0225b99d9a5159f0. Surprise surprise, no backup options, and no directory /sdcard/TWRP.

What am I doing wrong?

From what I understand, what I am seeing is the "stock" recovery [program/menu], and neither the TWRP nor the CWM recovery menus are showing. Perhaps they're failing to install, or failing to be run or something? The logs in the app SuperSU which handles root requests do not give any hints - I can find no mention of CWM or TWRP recovery.


texts: Blocking all external traffic and allowing only internal traffic through

texts: we are trying to use Android tablets in a production environment however we only want the users to be able to connect to internal ip addresses and block all external to lock them out of doing things they should not, we cant achieve this via the network or routers it needs to be be on the tablet that's blocking the external traffic, how can we achieve this ?


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Ok, so I have 2 problems.  A headphone icon popped up on my Lg G3 phone yesterday.  It won't let me hear phone calls if I call or receive them.  I also won't let me play music.  The only way I can hear anything is if I plug the headphones in.  I've tried cleaning out the headphone jack, making sure the hearing aid impairment was off, and I even reset my phone.  Nothing has worked and I still have the problem.  what can I do to fix this?

Also, I had done a reset and restore that saved my contact to the SD card, but after I did the hard reset my contacts won't pop up.  How can I get my contacts back on the phone? Thanks!


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I received an html text message from a Leah_Condello where I could not click MORE except to delete it, but I don't know anyone with that name and the code made me wonder if this is a new virus attempt, especially since I can't see the details of where's it's from (like an email address, phone, or any other information).  Plus, how is it possible that the person was able to send a text message with their name when this name isn't in my contacts at all?

This person was able to send information without details and have their name added to my contacts.  How is this possible, or is this something dangerous, and what should I do?


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I recently bought Huawei Ascend Y530 which is SIM-locked in a swiss provider, swisscom that is. I checked through the web to find how can a sim-locked phone be used with any sim, but surprisingly I couldn't find something usefull.

There are a lot of entries, about companies that give you an unlocking code, by providing them, the device's IMEI. Unfortunately this doesn't come free of charge let alone the questionable reability.

I contacted Huawei to provide me with the code, but they couldn't.

The most relevant information I could find was from xda-developers forum, where someone can find a lot of information about rooting or unlocking bootloader but not on how to unlock the sim.

Another interesting question was Is there a free way of unlocking an Android phone from a particular network?. There, someone can unlock the phone just by giving the IMEI number. Rather sadly however, this app can only be used for a certain provider and a specific device.

I don't know if I factory-reset the phone will be unlocked or even rooting it.

Does anyone know how to unlock the phone, so as to use any sim card? Is there a way to get access to the SIM-unlocking code, just like it can happen with a lot of Samsung devices?


texts: Would it be possible to sandbox apps with SELinux?

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Many apps require too much permissions that they do not need to function

Most apps needs internet connection to talk to some API (let's say updates checking or notifications.. etc) and need to access SD Card (for buffering/caching). But if we grant them this they can take all of my data.

It would be great if the OS is structured in a way so that we can grant apps access only to specific directories that only belong to it (think of browser cache, youtube buffer ...) and when the user promptly and consciously want to pass files (eg. upload file throw a web browser) they get staged/promoted/linked to that area accessible by the app.

till that happens, we have SELinux in many android phones can we use it to sandbox apps (the idea is there since 2009 see http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/28545.html)

here is the question: can we define a policy that says (if yes how)

those apps are not allowed to access my gallery directory (DCIM)
those apps are allowed to access my gallery but are not allowed to use network connection

in desktop Linux it was successfully applied (here it was applied on firefox http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/31146.html)


texts: Change brightness of screen by go to a new bright page in Lenovo tablet

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I have buy a new tablet by model "Lenovo Tab M7 2019". There is a wonderful problem that I can't solve it:
When I go to the new page that is almost white or bright, the screen start to be brighter slowly (gradationally) and when I come back to the previous page that is also white and bright the screen start to be darker gradationally (in fact, return to natural brightness). For example when I am in a first (main) page of tablet settings and then I go to a new page of settings options (for example "memory settings"), the screen start to be brighter and when I come back to previous page (main page of settings) the screen start to be darker and return to natural brightness (like always). This two page is almost similar. It is not only in settings app but this problem there is in bright pages of other apps too. There is also some notices that I say it:

This problem isn't only for white color! But there is for other bright colors too.
I am not found any switch in tablet settings to off this mode.
It seems that this tablet have not light sensor. However, I am not sure. In some tablet there is light sensor that change the screen brightness automatically but I am not sure that this tablet have this sensor and I am not found a switch to off automatically change of brightness.
This problem decrease by increase the brightness of screen. When the brightness of screen is set about 30 percent or lower this problem is sensible, But by increase the brightness to 60 percent or higher this problem is almost insensible.
The tablet version is last update.
Some times by swipe the page to up or down occure this problem.

If you have any way to solve this problem? If this problem solve by change some settings in softwares? This tablet is new and should be intact! If this tablet need to repair it hardware? Please guide me. Thanks.


texts:
How can I create a calendar event on Gmail android app?

(On the browser this feature is really simple:)


texts: How to make screen stay turned on while charging?

texts:
I have 2 devices: one with Android 4.2.1 (Emotion UI 1.6), one with Android 5.1.

Android 4 device has an option in "developers" settings to always keep screen turned on while charging. Android 5 device seems not have "developers" settings at all, and I couldn't find such an option to keep screen turned on while charging anywhere.

Could I somehow tell my Android 5.1 device not to turn off the screen after timeout, when charger is plugged?


texts: I was running an AVD on Android Studio and I got the following 2 errors. What do they mean?

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Error number 1:
Emulator: E0809 05:21:56.677723102 2704 socket_utils_common_posix.cc:201] check for SO_REUSEPORT: {"created":"@1596930716.677712232","description":"SO_REUSEPORT unavailable on compiling system","file":"/mnt/tmpfs/src/android/emu-master-dev/external/grpc/src/core/lib/iomgr/socket_utils_common_posix.cc","file_line":169}

Error number 2:
Emulator: KVM: injection failed, MSI lost (Operation not permitted)

The AVD works fine otherwise with no issues, I was just worried why I was getting these errors. I was not compiling an app or anything while running the AVD. The first error appeared when I started the AVD and the second error appeared upon shutting it down.
I get two other messages that don't seem to be errors but I am including them anyway (both of these below appear upon closing the AVD. Only the first error appears when the AVD is started):
Emulator: Process finished with exit code 0

Emulator: deleteSnapshot: for default_boot

The AVD is running Android Q (API level 29) x86_64 image with Google APIs and the device I am virtualizing is Pixel 3
Here are my PC specs:
16 gigs of RAM

16 Gbs of RAM
Intel i3-8100 CPU
Linux Kubuntu
120 gig SSD (that Linux installed on)
1TB HDD and another 240 GB ssd for Windows (unncessary info I think but I included it anyway)


texts: Accessibility services gets disabled automatically

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I have a Gionee p3s.  I was trying to use tasker when i observed that the tasker accessibility service gets disabled automatically after a few minutes. Not only with tasker, all apps requiring accessibility services are having the same problem.
My android version is 5.1. It will be helpful if some one can help me with this problem. :-)


texts: Can you damage the proximity sensor if you keep it always on?

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If you keep the proximity sensor always on (like for applications that turn on the screen when you tap the sensor a few times) is there a risk to damage it?

I'm assuming that the sensor works only in certain situations (e.g. phone rings and sensor is activated to see if phone is in pocket, during a call to detect proximity to the head etc) so I'm wondering if it's OK to keep the sensor on all the time.


texts:
When I use apps like Google Maps on my Nexus 7, I find that the compass drifts, with the indicated direction rotating counterclockwise over time (from north to west to south to east).  As a result, I am unable to rely on the direction information.

Is this a hardware issue?  Is there something I can do to correct this?


texts: How to emulate a NFC card with an Android phone?

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I have installed several "NFC tools" apps, and I am able to read a NFC door card. It seems to be able to duplicate it (when I'll have a blank NFC card) or even write new NFC tags.

But I'd like to do something else:

How to make my Android device act as a NFC tag?

Example: since I can read and get the hexadecimal codes from my NFC door card, I'd like to make my smartphone act as a NFC card, so that, if I forget my door card, my smartphone could serve as a NFC tag.

How to do this?

PS: it is surely possible, because when paying with a smartphone ("contactless payment with phone"), the smartphone acts as a NFC device indeed for another reader (typically the shop credit card reader).


texts: Refund Google Play apps but haven't got my money back

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I had purchased a game on Google Play but later I realized that it was too bad, so I requested a refund. I've received a refund email from Google but I haven't received my money back. Is that a problem?

When I opened the Payment History page, it writes Canceled next to that game. I purchased that game using my phone bill.


texts: I have six Samsung Galaxy Avants that I can't do much with

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The owner of my company upgraded our employee phones to something more current. He was going to literally just throw away six perfect condition Galaxy Avants with cases and chargers until I asked if I could have them since they were trash to him. He said sure.
So here I am, stuck because the company software is still on here. I can't really delete because I need admin permission and the application that we used is actually no longer in service (our admin and her team built a new app for the new phones)
I don't really know how to word this, because I have not really been in this situation before...But how can I get these phones back to factory settings? I have the passwords to get into the UI like you would normally but it's still recognizing that it is a phone for my company, with the no longer working app, and no ability really to navigate the phone because it wants me inside of this app.
Thank you in advanced, sorry to be vague.


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I updated my Nexus 5 to the official Android L factory image yesterday, and Twitter was working fine for a while after that. Now, however, the app won't load any images at all--no tweet images, no profile pictures, nothing. If I tap an image I get an icon like I'm disconnected and it can't load.

I've tried clearing the data and force stopping the app, then uninstalling it entirely, but neither approach worked.

How can I get the app to show pictures again?


texts: Least harmful way to disable APN temporarily?

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I installed Quick Settings and turn off my mobile internet with this app. I have a motorola milestone with 2.1

However, that causes some trouble sometimes. When disabling it I lose more often my wifi connection. Android seems to try switching to APN when going to sleep. Turning on APN also does take a lot of time occasionally. Worst thing happened to me a few months ago: I had my APN turned off through Quick Settings. This app got an update and all of a sudden I couldn't connect to the internet over APN anymore. I had to do a full reset of my Android because of that.

Can you suggest a way to turn off APN in a less harmful way? (I still wonder why Android doesn't include that.)


texts: Is there a app or something for android that let's you type through your PC on your device? Pecking on your small android screen seems so painful, I'd really prefer if a hostspot or wifi connected  existed that let you type from your computer's keyboard.


texts: Is there anyway to change Swype from QWERTY to something else, like AZERTY?


texts: Got weird fullscreen ad when visiting website

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When I vistit on my nexus one the website alternativeto.net and open a subpage then suddenly I see a fullscreen ad with the title "liferay.com" and the address cat.m.ifortune.mobivillage.de

I see the desktop version of alternativeto.net when I visit them

Is it a problem of alternativeto.net or is there some virus on my smartphone?

It doesnt happen on other websites while surfing with my smartphone

if it is not android related, please move it to the right board (didnt know if i should post it in superusers?)


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How I can change a layout or add a new layout to physical keyboard of  Xperia mini pro phone?

I want for example remap ? to ''ə'' and shift ? to ''Ə'', or س to ی in Persian layout or even add new layout (Persian 2 layout).

You can find build-in layout here, actually I want to add a new layout to them.


texts: How can I configure Android so that any selected text is copied to clipboard automatically?


texts: I want to use dual sim phone with one number registered with whatsapp and another number with data pack , is it possible?


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I installed DNS66 to use a custom hosts file to prevent access to certain websites. However it's easy to disconnect from it because a notification shows up permanently. I could use a blocking app to block access to the DNS66 app but I don't have a way to block access to the notification. Is there a way I can keep the VPN on permanently and make it difficult to disable?

Samsung S7 on Android 8.0.0


texts: How to enable ajax access to local files in any Android browser?

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On Desktop, some browsers provide an option to enable ajax access to local files. For Chrome, it's the command line option "--allow-file-access-from-files". For Firefox, it's the config variable security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy. By enabling ajax access to local files, we can use javascript to load local files dynamically, which is essential for developing no-backend web apps.
Is there an equivalent way to enable ajax access to local files in any Android browser?


texts: Open a new tab in chrome from a shortcut or app

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Problem
Since updating to Android 5.1.1 I started using the new tab switcher merged with recent apps, however, every time I click on chrome I have to wait for it to open the last tab only to open a new one anyways, and if I wanted the old tab I could have opened it from the recent apps.
I tried creating a bookmark to use about:blank, which works except I don't have access to any bookmarks or history as from the new tab page, but when trying to link directly to the new tab page I am unable to find a method which works.
Using "about:newtab" I am given a transparent overlay on my launcher which shows as Chrome in recent apps.
Using chrome://newtab or chrome-native://newtab I receive a toast from the launcher stating "App isn't installed.".
I thought about creating a simple app with no UI which simply opens chrome to a new tab, or using Xposed to change it to open in a new tab on click, but am unsure how to go about this.
Question
Is there some file in system I could change to add Chrome as a handler for "chrome://" links?
What other method I could try in order to create a shortcut on my launcher to open a new tab for chrome?
More Info

Launchers Tested: Nova Launcher, Google Now Launcher
Chrome Versions: Chrome 45.0.2454.94, Chrome Beta 46.0.2490.34
Android Version: 5.1.1 LMY48M
Device: Nexus 5


texts: Can I safely uninstall Flash and Facebook apps?

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From this question I known how to remove vendor installed apps.

However is it safe to uninstall Flash and Facebook? I guess that the Android browser depends somehow on Flash and might brake after I remove Flash package.

I simply want to have more space for other apps and don't want to be reminded every time about updates for Flash and Facebook.

Update:
From my point of view both answers are correct. In general it is not safe to uninstall vendor installed apps. However my HTC Desire won't have any new OTA updates so in my case is it safe to delete them.

I just found out that latest ROM update (with Android 2.3) for HTC Desire isn't available as OTA update, you have to install it manually. And Facebook app is already removed from the ROM.

Unfortunately I cannot mark both answers as correct therefore I choose the answer with higher number of votes as correct one.


texts: Saving a PDF file downloaded from browser

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I have the need of downloading and forwarding a PDF receipt downloaded from Firefox (Firefox runs in Honeycomb, not on PC!). I know that the PDF should be "protected" because Adobe Reader on PC says so, however in Adobe Reader for Android I don't have any option more than "Info on Adobe Reader" to save or forward the file in an email.

My stock ROM comes with the shareware Docs To Go that wants me to buy the full version for saving/forwarding a file.

Am I missing something in Firefox to show some kind of open/save dialog instead of directly opening the file in a reader?

Thank you


texts: Lock screen security - reboot after X invalid PINs

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I used following methodology to create a strong boot password on the phone, at the same time keeping a weaker PIN for screen unlock. Now I want to make sure that if someone tries to pick up a PIN, that the phone reboots, which would make it fallback to a more secure password prompt.

The default setting is to put a 30-second delay after 5 invalid attempts. I wonder if I can tweak these settings in any way to lower 5 to smaller number, and replace cooldown with a reboot.

If stock Android does not offer that experience, maybe there is a 3rd party application?


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I have a Motorola Moto G 2014 XT1068 (Titan) with an unlocked bootloader. I am running the stock ROM, recovery, kernel, etc. for my device and my device is not rooted. After I download the latest TWRP image for my device from here, I run the command fastboot boot twrp-2.8.6.0-titan.img.html whilst in fastboot mode. The output on the PC looks fine: downloading boot.img... OKAY [0.358s] booting... OKAY [0.229s] finished. total time: 0.587s. The device then displays the Motorola boot logo briefly before a blank screen appeared. The device then repeatedly flashes up the logo (for even less time than it did immediately after the command) before displaying a blank screen for around 5 seconds. This goes on until I hold down the power button to boot back into Android, which works fine. I have tried these steps twice now and both times they have failed. How can I successfully boot into TWRP recovery? Please note that I do not want to flash the recovery, but boot it. I am able to run the same command for the appropriate TWRP image on my Nexus 7 and it works fine.

Many Thanks.


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I just want to access the files on my Verizon LG G3 phone from my Linux PC.

I have adb installed and I followed this ArchLinux tutorial but adb devices outputs the following:

[grease-lightning]/home/lucas$ adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

I also followed this xda-developers tutorial but the MTP tool does not seem to detect my device properly.

I have usb debug on, and MTP mode on, (via Settings > Storage > usb/pc connection > "MTP" (default was PTP) on my Android phone).

I also tried running the commands mtp-detect with this output and mtp-connect with this output, but I cannot seem to access the file system. Most notably, it seems that the vender and product id are not detected, as quoted here from the mtp-detect output:

Device 0 (VID=1004 and PID=627f) is UNKNOWN.
Please report this VID/PID and the device model to the libmtp development team
   Found 1 device(s):
   1004:627f @ bus 3, dev 25

As instructed in the xda tutorial, here are the contents of my udev file:

[my-pc]/home/lucas$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTR{idVendor}=="1004",ATTR{Product}=="627f",MODE="0666"

and here is the lsusb info for clarification:

[grease-lightning]/home/lucas$ lsusb | grep LG
Bus 003 Device 039: ID 1004:627f LG Electronics, Inc.

So, after trying these tutorials using the mtp and adb approaches, how can I connect to the files/media on my Android phone? Any suggestions?

I am using ArchLinux if that matters, and I would prefer a simple CLI approach to accessing the files on my phone.


texts: Can I trigger a media scan via the command line?

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Is it possible to trigger the media scanner to update its DB via the command line?

I have an SSH server installed on my Android device and I copy files to/from over the same link. It would be great if I could also trigger a re-scan for the media scanner.

I am aware that there are applications on the market to do this via the UI but this is not what I want.

Any help fully appreciated.


texts: my computer is not recoginizing my phone but charging it

texts: 3 days ago my phone would connect to my computer perfectly fine, but now it isn't working. At first I thought it was the usb cable, but after purchasing a new cable it still doesn't work. It isn't my computer because my dads samsung connects to my computer. I noticed usb tethering is off and greyed out. Is that the issue? If not, what is?


texts: I recently swtiched from my iphone 7 to a Samsung galaxy s10. However, for some reason when I send emojis, the recipient receives two question marks. I've exchanged my phone, but the problem remains. How can I fix this?


texts: Android phones that don't require a battery to run properly

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My Android phone apparently requires a battery in order to function.  If I take out the battery before boot, it shows an empty battery with a question mark on it and refuses to boot no matter how I press the power button.  If I pull the battery during the boot process it boots up just fine, but as soon as it finishes booting I get a dialog box telling me the battery isn't present and it automatically starts the shutdown process.  If I pull the battery after boot is completely finished, it instantly reboots as if I pressed shift+alt+del on my slide-out keyboard.

Is this standard Android behavior, or is this something unique to my phone?  If I ever replace my phone in the future I have a list of required features, and being able to run without a battery is one of them.  So, I need to know if this is going to restrict my options.


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I was looking for a way to add custom emoticons to Whatsapp, and since this method simply replaces existing emoticons with new ones I thought about replacing characters from a language I won't use (for example Tangut, the language this iOS app used) with the desired emoticons

I wanted to know how to replace some (or all) of the characters of said language in Whatsapp using a changed font that could be installed on other phones as well


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I use Moon+ Reader software to read pdf files on a Sony xperia tablet. Instead of swiping on the screen to scroll the pdf, I would like to use a mouse with scrolling wheel instead to scroll. Is this possible and what do I need?
Using 4.2.2.


texts: Is there a way to restore a Titanium backup from PC to a crashed ROM?

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If I have complete Titanium backup copied to my PC (where I imagine the ROM is copied too).

More than 200 files.

Now I have a crashed ROM (boot looping).

Is there a simple way to restore this backup to my phone via USB without installing a new ROM (nor TWRP)?


texts: Now that the latest update has been pushed, is there a way to install Swype on the Kindle Fire without rooting it?


texts: How to control Android based tablet from Windows or iMac desktop?

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I have a setup in office where on a desk is fixed samsung galaxy tablet on a stand. On the same desk I have Windows PC or iMac. Customer is looking at the tablet. I am the desktop user and I want to control tablet from my desktop to demo a website. Customer looking at tablet should not see any part of my desktop other than the website. Since the stand secures the ipad and hides home button on ipad, I want to be able to access the home button from my desktop to wake up ipad from sleeping.

What is the solution for above?


texts: Boot HTC Desire S into recovery mode without power button

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Hi Android Enthusiasts,

The power button of my HTC Desire S is broken (no response whatsoever), so I have to connect my phone to a usb cable to get it out of stand-by mode. I understood that with a custom rom I can use a volume button for instance to get it out of stand-by mode. However, for flashing the rom onto the HTC Desire S I have to boot it into recovery mode. Which involves pressing the power button...
Any alternative ways to boot the phone into recovery mode?


texts: Why is com.google.android.gsf.login warning me that I need to install Google Play Services?

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This is a Nexus device running the latest stock OS version (v4.4.2), I already have Google Play Services installed (v4.2.43 according to the App Info in settings). Why is some unknown app asking me to update it? (I realise that the com.google.android part of the package name indicates that this probably an app made by Google that is probably part of their Google layer on top of AOSP Android, but why the odd error message and lack of proper app name)?

  An application requires installation of Google Play Services
  Requested by com.google.android.gsf.login

What is com.google.android.gsf.login and why should I do what it is asking? It doesn't have a store page and it doesn't appear in my apps list with that name. A bit of investigation with Android System Info's more detailed Apps view shows that Google Services Framework is com.google.android.gsf and the Google Account Manager is the com.google.android.gsf.login that we're looking for.

Clicking the notification from Android's notification bar takes me to the Play Store's page for Google Play Services where the latest version mentioned in the "What's New" section is 4.2.42, which is older than what I've already got installed, and I don't have an Update button (which suggests I'm already running the latest version).


texts: Is there a compass sensor or a software emulating a compass in each Android smartphone? Or maybe is there a solution for it problem starting from Android 4.0 ICS?


texts: How to use Google apps with VPN on? (Android 10)

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I am using VPN because Google apps only work via proxied connections but recently all of the Google apps stop working if I have the VPN mode on (if I switch to NAT mode they works). I think Google detects VPN and disable its apps' network requests.

P.S. the servers work. The same phone running Android 9 works. Also other devices running Android 5 / 6 /7 works too.


texts: tts or some other notification sounds not playing at right time when screen is off

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tts stops reading the next paragraph when screen is off , notification sounds from some apps don't play while screen is off.
But when I turn on the screen it starts playing again, even if I don't unlock.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy s3  SGH-I747, I had rooted the phone and had success and tried different ROM's before deciding one I wanted to go back with and stick with.  I had booted my phone into recovery however and left it laying out (ADHD sidetracked me) returned and discovered a friend had accidentally wiped everything- INCLUDING MY BACKUP-he thought I said the backup was on the external sd card, which he noticed wasn't in.  So I have no back-up, no operating system and no firmware because of something with Kies? (it says this on the phone screen???)  which has me completely baffled, because I rooted with Odin.  So, no os, no rom, nothing.........what do I do?


texts: My huawei phone is not receiving text messages?

texts: My huawei Y3II was working fine and receiving messages without any problem. But, one day I realized that one or two weeks have been passed and I did not got any text message. Then I checked by sending message from another phone but, I did not received. I have not done anything with my phone then, what could be the problem.


texts: What's the difference between the 5 Samsung Vibrant models?

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I have a T-Mobile Galaxy S Vibrant, which has the Samsung model number SGH-T959.  However, Samsung's download page has 5 different sub-models: SGH-T959ZKATMB (appears to be the "default"), SGH-T959ZKDTMB, SGH-T959ZKMTMB, SGH-T959ZKBTMB, and SGH-T959ZKBTMK.  The only difference in the downloads is that the ZKBTMK doesn't have any manuals or instructions.  Apart from that, all the files are dated the same across all 5 versions.

What are the differences between these phones?  And how can I tell which one my device is?


texts: How to select content language on Google Play Movies

texts: I'm in Germany and I want to download movies in English from the Google Play store to watch my Android tablet, however I can only get movies in German. How can I get the English versions?


texts: I remember android has disabled app exporting to SD card since i dont remember which version, but a person has showed me his 7.0 or 7.4 LG which actually is able to move apps to SD card. Why is this happening and how can i do the same at 7.0 androd? Preferably, without having to format SD card as internal storage


texts: Recover files from Samsung Galaxy with black screen

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How can I access the files on a phone that has a black screen?
When I connect to my PC it only recognises the phone as a portable media player  and I can't see any files.
Is there any way I can get round this with software or something?
It's a Samsung Galaxy A5, about 2015


texts: How to allow google to save & sync wifi passwords?

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My Galaxy S7 is not saving wifi passwords. I think the reason behind this is that I refused google to sync wifi passwords with my account. I searched for a way to enable that feature. I'm supposed to open the Settings app, click on "Google" and change the Networking settings. The problem is that there's no "Networking" option in the "Google" section.
I can't root my phone because it's still on a warranty period so most solutions suggested on this question-board don't apply to my case.
I tried to clear the cache of the Google Backup Transport, but it doesn't have any data to clear (0.00B of internal storage used).
Passwords are lost only after disabling and enabling wifi. If the wifi is turned on all the time, I can reconnect to my wireless network without the need to enter a password.


texts: Android Lollipop not displaying H or E symbol when Data is on

texts: I just updated my Moto G (1st gen) from KitKat to Lollipop. Everything is great except two days after loading the update, the symbol displaying 3G (H) or 2G (E) stopped showing either even when data is up and running. Any suggestions?


texts: Does the IR Blaster on an Android phone receive as well as send?

texts: Is the IR Blaster communication two-way or only one-way? I have seen many remote control apps for my Android phone but none that learn from an existing remote.


texts: How is the resolution of round watches calculated?

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I'm seeing these Android Wear round watches with specs of like 320x320 resolution.

What does that resolution mean on a circular screen?


texts: Due to the Android Wi-Fi Driver issue, I like to disable the Wi-Fi during the boot time. Even if Wi-Fi is enabled in the setting, it should be disabled forcefully. User have to enable it after booting the device. Is there any specific property setting is available? If yes, how to disable during boot time?


texts: I am working on a project which requires the capabilities of remotely modifying files in android. Is there any way to do that? In fact, any malware with a similar goal will also suffice?


texts: Is it possible to simulate a gyroscope using the camera?

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The title says it all. So, basically, I want to know if it would be possible to use the camera as a gyroscope, similar to how panorama mode works in most android devices. That's also the kind of quality I'd like. Not too impressive, and not completely horrible.

I'm not looking for alternatives. Don't suggest anything other than what I asked for.

Thanks for any help you offer.


texts: Restore an android system that will access my google account

texts: Hi I bought my tablet in China but they have blocked access to my get to my google account. How can I install the core component that allows me to access my google account and download apps from the playstore?


texts: Home screen icons vanishing, and unable to restore some of them

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My Alcatel Onetouch idol 3 currently runs Android 6.0.1, since Alcatel doesn't launches updates, as of this version. At the opposite, it often updates its own "over-layer", and I suspect this part to be responsible of my problem, as follows.

From about a couple of months, I noted that some of my home screen icons had suddenly vanished. Then it continued later, some other icons vanishing at successive random times.
Note: not only alone icons but folders vanish as well.

So my first question:
What may cause icons to vanish, and how to prevent it?

Beyond that, I obviously wanted to recover them, and sure it was pretty simple, selecting them from the Apps drawer.
But... two apps (Gmail and Notes) doesn't appear any longer in Apps drawer, although they keep showing through Params|Applications!
So I can't restore this ones.

So my second question:
How to make these icon go back to Apps drawer?


texts: Only charges through USB when screen is locked

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I have a Moto G running 4.4.4.

When it's connected to a PC, it will only charge if the screen is locked: as soon as it's unlocked it will stop charging. In this situation, even if I lock the screen again it will not go back to charging.

When it's connected to the charger, it charges normally regardless of being unlocked or not.

What can be causing this problem and how to solve it?


texts: I am trying to dump the emmc of my Zenfone ze552kl. The bootloader is locked. I tried to dump the emmc from edl mode but it required a programmer to do so and none of the programmers I found online worked. Some of the programmers just didn't work and some rebooted the device. I can access fastboot and adb when I use "fastboot oem adb_enable". Is there any way for me to dump the emmc of this device without unlocking the bootloader? Or is there a way to unlock the bootloader without wiping on this device?


texts: WiFi hotspot turns off by itself + WiFi turns on by itself

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My honor 8 lite (Android 7.0) started to do strange stuff:

While WiFi tethering works, and my PC is connected, the tethering turns off after a few minutes.
Even after turning WiFi off, it turns on by itself.

Apps permissions:

Additional permissions


texts: Why can a new battery suddenly drop its charge?

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I've been using my Lenovo A328 for less than a year, when its battery started suddenly dropping its charge from ~80% to 15%, then even to 3% and less and the phone switched off. I've now replaced the battery, but after several charge/discharge cycles it started to behave very similarly. Here's its typical charge history:

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Since the battery has been replaced very recently, I conclude that it's not the battery's fault. But what else can be the reason? The phone lies in my pocket most of the time, and I occasionally take it to make some calls or use GPS or WiFi. It doesn't seem to be a heavy use, and even if it were, I'd expect battery meter to show a smoother charge curve.

Can it be an OS fault (but I did upgrade firmware to latest version, without any difference)? Or does my device need to be repaired?


texts: Why do APKs never seem to be available directly from the developers, but only through third-parties?

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I'm playing with my first Android device.

First thing I discovered is that Google Play isn't installed. If I search for an APK for Google Play Store, the results are from third parties such as apkmirror.com rather than from Google itself.

This seems to be the norm. When I discovered how many permissions Google Play wants for itself, I declined and experimented with looking for APK files individually.

Same story, APKs seem to be available through myriad third-party websites, none of which I trust not to repackage an apk with malicious code.

This device is just for experimentation, so I've been installing things anyway just to see what happens. I'm amazed that there seems to be no indication whatsoever that app developers are publishing cryptographic signatures or SHA hashes or offering any sort of authoritative statement that an apk is authentic.

Generally speaking, if I google apk site:foo.com I get no results, or only a link to get the app through a store.

Why don't developers release the raw APK files or any means to verify the APKs available through third-parties?


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I've had a few missed calls from private numbers now, and I'd like to see who it is.

Is there a way to do this with a Galaxy S4 running Jellybean 4.2?

I installed the app 'CIA caller' but that simply listed the private number as '-2', and when it looked up that number, it unsurprisingly said 'number not found'.

Any ideas how to get at these private numbers?


texts: Google Music eating battery life while idle

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Device: X9076 Find7, Nameless ROM 5.1

gMusic is hammering my device. Normal battery burn is about 4.8% per hour. Fine, I can live with that no problem. I've used GMAA since it became available but problems only for the last little while. Actually listing seems fine most of the time, battery use is a little elevated but nothing major. But then idling battery just plummets. I'll take my phone out of my pocket and it'll be on the verge of overheating while doing nothing. If I freeze gMusic then its fine, but obviously regular freezing-defrosting is a pain.

I've uninstalled, re-installed, wiped data etc. Problem persists.

At one point BetterBattStats found it had used 1GB on LTE and 350MB on wifi over the space of 5.5hrs which is really excessive. The usage then "disappeared" from the list 10 mins later.

Any suggestions as to how to resolve it? Interestingly the gMusic chrome plugin has a bug at the minute that causes excessive CPU usage and with the plugin removed you get major memory leaks. On the verge of cancelling my sub now.

UPDATE: Regarding answer below, blocking wakelocks resolved it, blocked loads without and behaviour issues.


texts: Command or script to read a binary file and skip some bytes every X bytes

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I am trying to find an Android shell command that is able to read a file but that has the power to skip, for example 512 bytes every 1024 bytes.

Does such a command exist and is available for Android devices?

I have looked at dd documentation but couldn't figure out if it is possible to use dd for that purpose.
You can make dd skip bytes at the beginning of the file, you can make it read X bytes from a file, but I do not see how to get the feature that I described.

EDIT:

For my purpose the command/script should output to stdout, and the processing will read the output like a stream, so it will not be something like "cat a file, do processing, cat a file". It is like "while true; do cat a file; done | processing".

The list of available commands is here: http://www.busybox.net/downloads/BusyBox.html


texts: Problem with creating an ext3 partition on SD card

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I'm trying to partition my SD card with a ~31gb FAT32 partition and a 1024mb ext3 partition for A2SD. I've tried making the partitions with CMW-Alpharev Recovery v2.5.1.8 and with gParted (on a bootable live USB stick) and neither works. Basically, whenever I try to create a second partition on the card, the second (or later) partition doesn't work anywhere. It's not recognized by my phone, Windows or gParted (even right after parttitioning). The first partition does work, though. So if the ext3 is first, the FAT32 doesn't work and vice versa.

I have no clue as to what could be causing this or how to fix it, any suggestions?


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I am currently using Samsung Galaxy S2. Recently I found that there are a lot of different language application in the Google play store. I can understand both English and Chinese but It seem like I am getting application of different languages. For example, in the bottom list in google play lifestyle top new free app, it show me application of languages that i don't even know how to read it.

Is there a language setting where i can display app that shows only English?


texts: How to download photos (of others) from Instagram?

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By download, I mean saving to SD card for later use. I have already explored the app for this option, but without luck. :(

I think, there must be a way to trap from cache.

If you've screenshot based suggestion, please don't answer...


texts: How to avoid factory reset and bypass unlock pin on my kyrocera 2.2 froyo

texts: I forgot my unlock pin but i dont want to hard reset my kyrocera M9300 HOW CAN I BYPASS


texts: Does Android locally encrypt your fingerprint?

texts: I got myself a Nexus 6P with a fancy fingerprint scanner. So far I'm a bit reluctant to use it because I can't find any info on how Android Marshmallow stores those fingerprints. Are they hashed (as SHA2 or whatever), or are they in they stored in the clear? Is the fingerprint data kept on the device, or does it get sent up to the cloud?


texts: Nexus-5 pulse notification LED wont work after lollipop OTA update

texts: I got OTA update for my nexus 5 and one thing I noticed is my pulse notification light won't work after the update..no matter its a call or a watsapp message. Then I tried installing light flow it worked properly..but I don't want to use any third party apps. And my pulse notification is enabled at settings FYI. Is it a bug on lollipop? Any solution?


texts: How do I enter a new line in a cell in Google Sheets?

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When accessing a spreadsheet in Google Drive on a computer with a keyboard, I can enter a new line in a single cell by pressing alt+enter.

My keyboard on my Android doesn't even have an alt key.

How do I enter a new line on my Android device?

For a keyboard on my Android, I'm currently using Swype, but I am assuming, and hoping, there is some kind of general approach that is not specific to a particular keyboard.


texts: How can I format my thumb drive so that I can be read by Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet

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I have a  Samsung Galaxy Tab with an usb adapter.
how can I format my thumb drive so that it can be read by Samsung Galaxy tablet when attached?
And it also need to be readable by Windows OS so that i can transfer files between my tablet and my desktop?

I have tried 'FAT32' but Galaxy Tab can't read that format.

Thank you.


texts: What's the native wallpaper resolution of HTC One?

texts: I don't mean 1080p, but actual unscaled image size so when I set the wallpaper to an image with that size, it won't ask me to crop. It will fit without scaling.


texts: Use phone's built-in Visual Voicemail on T-Mobile USA?

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Is there any way to get Visual Voicemail working using the Phone (dialer) app on T-Mobile in the USA?

I have two open-market phones - one a factory unlocked handset from China (Unihertz Titan) running Android 9, the other a formerly-locked (to Telstra, if that matters) Galaxy S10+ running Android 10 - and neither can access visual voicemail through their in-box Phone apps. I've never had this problem before, with older Androids (back around the Android 4 days) or with the Windows phones I used until EoL (everything from WP7.x through W10M, VVM worked out of the box perfectly).

T-Mobile has a VVM app on the Play store, but even aside from the inconvenience of needing a separate app for what all my previous phones had integrated, it is... bad. It's rated 2.5 stars, and it earns it (not all voicemails showing up, generally clunky and unreliable).

I've been on the phone with T-Mobile, Samsung, and even Telstra; none could help. On the Titan, the VVM screen always says "Visual voicemail is not activated yet, please try again later". On the S10+, the VVM toglle is just outright missing from the built-in phone app.

I haven't rooted either phone, and they're both running stock ROMs. I have ADB installed, if that's needed.


texts: Only my phone cannot connect to only one specific WiFi

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Ok so Ive seen plenty of problems where peoples phones can't detect any WiFi networks, or if a particular router can't connect with mobiles, but I don't have any of those problems. My problem is very specific: My office WiFi is not visible on my phones WiFi list, but everyone elses phones can connect just fine. However, my phone can connect to every other WiFi with no problem. In fact, every other WiFi (21 of them) on my laptops list is also visible on my phone. It is only my office WiFi which is not visible. This happened after a WiFi upgrade a few months ago. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

Android version: 6.0

Phone: Moto G 2nd generation


texts: How to solve EmergencyData app appearing on Huawei Ascend G630?

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My Huawei Ascend G630 (G630-U00) only shows an app titled EmergencyData with 2 options and 1 button, all in Chinese.

I can't do anything to close this app or continue using the phone.

How to fix this?


texts: Is it possible to prefetch an area of Google Maps on a tablet?

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Suppose I wanted to download a particular state (of the U.S.) so that I could use GPS while not connected to wireless or 3G/4G on a tablet. Is this possible?
The device I have now is a Samsung T530NU.


texts: Prevent apps from getting list of installed apps on phone

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How I can prevent apps from knowing which apps I've installed?

Is there something in premissions in settings or hack or trick with root access apps?