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I want to get Google play on my Cyanogen 13 (6.0) and i discovered
openGAPPS.
Do you need Google play services in order for google play to work?
I'm concern about the privacy implications and permissions that putting google play with this underlying updateing service will bring.
Could someone explain to me how does google play behave?
What's happening under the hood so to speak?
Does it have power to monitor app usage of the downloaded apps from the store?
I wanted to install the pico install from openGAPPS becouse it does provides just google play.


texts: Removing or blocking default Android apps

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I have developed a software for a company, not for a personal use, and I need to block some app access on Android.

I need to block the user from making calls, sending sms, using the Android Market, using Gmail and several other apps.

As I see it there are two options:

1 - Uninstalling default apps with "Titanium Backup" and If need to use this device to do calls again I will reinstall the original ROM or restore a Titanium Backup.

2 - Use a software with a ignore list and this software will kill all the ignored process(Backgronud, Foreground), and this software needs to use a adminitrator password for configuration.

So does this software exists? Uninstalling is a good option? Are there other options?


texts: Google Voice typing no longer works in French, works in English

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Problem: voice typing broken

On a Samsung Galaxy S5 with latest OS (Android 6.0.1) setup to French language, Google Voice Typing worked great. I need it regularly in French (and sometimes in English).

A few weeks ago, it suddenly stopped working. It would write "Appuyez pour parler" and immediately "Reessayez" without any listening time.  English for that: "Tap to speak" and "Try again".  Connected via mobile or wifi or not at all does not change anything.

Note that the microphone icon in browser and Google search app still worked and recognized French. What fails (and what I need) is the microphone option built with the virtual keyboard.

Searched and tried before asking: voice typing broken, in French only

No real hint on the web or even a trace of someone having same problem (language-dependent brokenness).

I suspected conflict with some app, so uninstalled some apps. No benefit.

I changed global (Android-level) UI language to English (to see official labels for this question) and voice typing worked again... in English.

I changed global (Android-level) UI language back to French and voice typing failed again.

While keeping French UI, I set up English as primary language for voice typing, keeping French as additional, and it worked, in English, inventing English sentences if I spoke French.  As soon as French is primary language, voice typing fails again.

Can someone explain what happened?
How to get French voice typing working again?


texts: Streaming audio from smartphone to PC without bluetooth

texts: How should I do this if I wanted to stream Spotify using my smartphone but the audio comes from the speakers connected to my PC? I only have USB speakers that can't be connected to my smartphone using the 3.5 mm jack.


texts: The micro-USB port of my Xperia Arc with ICS it's broken. How can I enter to ADB by wireless, without connecting the cable? I am not root, and I need to enter to ADB to root my phone. I can connect to my phone from my PC by SSH. Or there's a another way to root it?


texts: Tasker - Play video using MX Player while another is currently playing

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I have an Android mini-pc connected to a television through a HDMI cable. I use Tasker to automatically start playing an mp4 video using MX Player when the device boots. MX Player then continues to play all the videos from the same folder in a random order and on a loop.

(the task contains one action - Open File - under File I have the path to the mp4 file )

The problem is I then have Tasker set to play another mp4 video (from another directory) using MX Player one hour after the device has booted but MX Player ignores this and continues to play the current video.

(the second task is the same as the first- it contains one action - Open File - under File I have the path to the mp4 file )

The reason why I need to use MX Player (instead of BS Player, VLC etc.) is because it has more options than the other players like the option to play all the videos in the same folder in shuffle and on a loop, resize the video so it fills the screen, play each video from the beginning and hide the video controls from the screen.

I have also tried using the Tasker action Send Intent

Action: android.intent.action.VIEW
Data: path to mp4 file
Package: com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
Target: Activity

But this produced the same results - As MX Player was playing a video this task would run telling it to play a video and MX Player would ignore it and continue to play its current video.

Is there any way of getting Tasker to play a video using MX Player while MX Player is currently playing another video?


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I have created a safe on the SD using the files app on my Huawei P20 Lite.
It worked fine, until I decided to create a second one. Now, it no longer asks for my fingerprint, but for my password. After entering it, it brings me to a safe selection screen.

Selecting the one that is in use does nothing. Selecting the other one brings me back to the password entry screen  after which the process repeats.
I have tried deleting all but one safe from the SD card, and resetting the password. Both methods do nothing. Creating a new safe lets me add files to it until I exit  at which point the process repeats.

Q: How do I enter a safe or reset it entirely so I can create a new one?


texts: External harddrive case to spin-down drive when idle

texts: I try to make external 2.5 hard drives automatically spin down when idle and connected to android devices. The device I have got in mind is a HDMI TV-Stick with USB connector. I tried a few cases/harddrives and found only one old 3.5 case which will spin down the drive when a .nomedia file is present on the drive to prevent indexing. Are there general differences between external drives which can influence their ability to spin down idle drives? Also I would be grateful for hints to android software which can trigger the spin-down and for explanation which requirements to make this work exist in general (for software, disk and case).


texts: How can I always get desktop version of web sites using Firefox for Android?

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Some sites offer restricted functionality based on mobile user agent.  Although the current Firefox for Android (67.2.0) offers the ability to select Desktop site from the menu, I'm required to do that every time I open a new tab.
In the past, I thought there was a way to always go to a desktop version of a specific site, but I can't find it now.  Is there some about:config setting that can help?


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How do I install zImage on Android 2.2 device? I have one galaxy tab 7.0 and one NVIDIA Tegra 250 delvel kit.

I was trying to using fastboot on NVIDIA Tegra 250 but I failed.

I could load zImage using following command

fastboot boot zImage

The device shows that it downloaded the image but nothing happened. If I forced to restart then the kernel wasn't updated.

As for the Gallaxy Tab, I was trying to load the zImage with odin. But the input format should be either .tar or something else not the zImage.

I have been trying to figure this out for two weeks and I am still stuck.
I will be very appreciated if you guys could help with that.

Thanks in advance..


texts: How to leave a Whatsapp group without informing the entire group?

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Gradually we realize that some Whatsapp groups are useless because what could be an important post is lost between tons of offtopic silly videos and images.

Mute the group still shows new images about new conversations.

Leaving the group creates discomfort among the participants.

How to leave a WhatsApp group without the other participants knowing?

Or is there any way to hide the group from the conversation list?


texts: Why Gallery and Music app are unable to read SD card storage while a file explorer can?

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I checked my phone after a while (after 3 hours), and I found that all of my photos and songs were not there anymore. I checked my ES file explorer, because by default, I have  Google files (which is not a good way to manage files). I saw everything was fine in ES explorer.

I rebooted the phone a couple of times and even pulled out and reinserted my SD card but it didn't work.

How can the problem be fixed?


texts: SyncThing, Lolipop, and "Transport endpoint not connected"

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I'm trying to get 2 way sync going with Syncthing on OctOS L (Lolipop, based on Cyanogen) with folders on the SD card.  Backup from Android to other Syncthings works fine.  The Syncthing devs say it's complicated to make things work properly on the SD card because of Google, and someone made a blurb on it.  Not sure why, but the fix doesn't seem to work for me.

I seem to be running into this issue, and the error I'm getting is weird, but more importantly, I'm not sure what Syncthing is doing to my SD Card.

Once Syncthing tries to write to the SD card, it fails, and then the SD card is unavailable to the rest of the system.  For example, Total Commander.  The only way I can get it back is to reboot the phone.  Using the built in Android tools, I cannot mount the SD card.

What does Syncthing do to the SD card when this happens?  Is it messing with the mount point?


texts: Text message notification- vibration during call

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I am on Moto G4+ with Android N, version 7.0.

I am facing a weird issue where any incoming text message causes the phone to vibrate even when I am in the middle of a phone call.

Is there a standard first party way to turn this behaviour off? This is really annoying.


texts:
I am trying to install Android-x86 6.0 marshmallow on Oracle Virtual Box. I was experiencing difficulty installing, but I read elsewhere to change the grub from android_x86 to x86, which I did with little to no difficulty, and successfully installed it.

On bootup, it gives the message: Failed to find cpu0 device node, but it keeps going. When it gets to the A N D R O I D message, it stops, unlike all the tutorials floating around on the internet.

I am a total beginner to android, so help would be appreciated. Thanks!


texts: How do I determine which calendar entry is breaking my Android calendar sync?

texts:
First a bit of background for those who aren't familiar: Just a few weeks ago Samsung released their ICS build of TouchWiz, and my phone (a Samsung Galaxy SII) updated over the air. Ever since none of my calendars have synced. It turns out there's a bug wherein recurring events that were present before the update (I think it's only them?) can cause calendars to stop syncing. (I've searched in vain for a concise link to the problem to reference... )

I've tried factory resetting to no avail and I've tried deleting all my extraneous calendars and the recurring events I could find, but sync still doesn't want to work. Is there any way that I can track down which events are causing the trouble more precisely?


texts: Touch input does not work right when phone is plugged in

texts:
Basically touch input either doesn't work at all, or works erratically.  This includes the the lock screen too.  It happens both plugged in to a USB port or to the outlet.

I've had this problem on two phones, and HTC Nexus One and and Samsung Nexus S.

Does anyone have any idea about what the cause of this and if I can do anything to fix it?  Have you seen this problem?


texts:
My situation is my Phone Asus Zenfone 2 last update by ASUS was in 2016.

Now few new apps are not supporting the old Android version.

Now I want to upgrade my android version in my phone (Rooted/UnRooted).

Is it possible? If yes then how can I do it?

Thanks,


texts: My gmail is going to my boyfriends phone

texts: how can I disconnect my boyfriend from my gmail. He says he is going to and still has not. He on his way over now and thought I might be able to do something


texts: Galaxy S6 and S7 not auto-connecting to WiFi

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I've had a problem with my phones  (Galaxy S6 and S7) not auto-connecting to WiFi. When I open up the WiFi settings it will connect.

Is there any way I can determine if an app is disrupting the ability to auto-connect?

I think it is not the phone because I just got a new S7.

I think it is not the router because this happens with multiple routers.

Thanks very much for your help.

Edit: This is close to being a duplicate of
AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 will not connect to WiFi automatically and
Galaxy S6 no longer automatically connects to my home WIFI

Edit 2: I have uninstalled a bunch of apps on my S6 and it now auto-connects without issue!

Edit 3: I have uninstalled a bunch of apps on my S7 and it now auto-connects without issue!!


texts: I just discovered I can listen to FM radio with my phone and a jack cable but I was wondering why is it limited to FM108? I tried another app and it still limited to FM108. The reason I'm asking this is that I would like to receive the international space station SSTV signal but the frequency is FM 145.8 or something like that. My device is an LG G6.


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I have a Samsung Galaxy J4. A few days ago, I suddenly was not able to unlock the screen of my phone. I don't recall doing anything special with it before that happened.

After some searching and playing with adb, I removed the files /data/system/locksettings.*, and /data/system_de/0/spblob/. And I was able to clear the screenlocker and get in to my phone.

However, when I tried to set a screenlocker again, the following error message appears in logcat:

04-29 14:00:47.103  3083  4440 I SyntheticPasswordManager: Device does not support weaver
04-29 14:00:47.109  2757  2757 D gatekeeperd: enroll ret = -1
04-29 14:00:47.111  3083  4440 E SyntheticPasswordManager: Fail to enroll user password when creating SP for user 0
04-29 14:00:47.114  3083  4440 E LockSettingsStorage: Cannot read file java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/system_de/0/spblob/0000000000000000.handle: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
04-29 14:00:47.117  2757  2757 D gatekeeperd: enroll ret = -1
04-29 14:00:47.118  3083  4440 E SyntheticPasswordManager: Fail to create new SID for user 0
04-29 14:00:47.119  3083  4440 D LockPatternUtils: isCredentialRequiredToUnlockUser: 1
04-29 14:00:47.119  3083  4440 E LockSettingsStorage: Cannot read file java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/system_de/0/spblob/0000000000000000.handle: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)

After that, it would appear like if there is no lockscreen set in the settings menu. But if I turn off the screen and on again, there would be one. Attempting to unlock gives the following errors:

04-29 14:03:01.453  3083  3083 E LockSettingsStorage: Cannot read file java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/system/password.key: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
04-29 14:03:02.770  3083  5292 E LockSettingsStorage: Cannot read file java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/system/password.key: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
04-29 14:03:02.771  3083  5292 E LockSettingsStorage: Cannot read file java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/system/gatekeeper.gesture.key: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
04-29 14:03:02.771  3083  5292 E LockSettingsStorage: Cannot read file java.io.FileNotFoundException: /data/system/gesture.key: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
04-29 14:03:02.771  3083  5292 E LockSettingsService: doVerifyCredential type mismatch with stored credential?? stored: -1 passed in: 2

It seems like the passcode was not properly saved. After reading the source code of SyntheticPasswordManager, I'm guessing it's caused by the gatekeeperd: enroll ret = -1 error, but I'm not sure what to do next.

Any help on how to continue debug this problem is appreciated.


texts: Allow WhatsApp calls in Priority Only mode in Android 8

texts:
In Priority Only mode in Android 8 I am receiving phone calls. But WhatsApp calls do not ring or vibrate. How can I make WhatsApp calls equivalent to normal phone calls? All calls should ring or vibrate.

I checked that WhatsApp notifications are enabled in the app and in the Android settings.

Priority Only is configured to allow all callers.

This is a Nexus 5X device which contains stock Android.


texts: Auto turn off switch for android phone according to battery status

texts: Looking for any switch with Bluetooth connectivity with mobile and auto turn off power to mobile charger according to battery barfing status. Would be great help for charging overnight. If it comes with alarm after full charging, even better, like i can charge my mobile while cooking without worrying to turn off after full charge.


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I'm trying to make a TWRP backup, but I'm getting an error because of encrypted files. The files are in /data/misc/bluedroid, but I don't really care about bluetooth (though if I can keep it, that would be a nice bonus.) I thought of pulling the files onto my laptop as a backup then deleting them on the phone so that the backup can proceed, but adb pull can't access the files either.

Is there a way to tell TWRP to skip those files?

The phone is an Honor 7x BND-L24 with TWRP 3.1.1-1.


texts: Why my Nexus 4 keeps blinking the notification LED?

texts:
The notification LED in my device is always blinking. There's nothing in the notification area and it keeps blinking.
Sometimes its a dark blue / violet and sometimes it changes to a white light.

I Don't understand if this is an expected or unexpected behavior. I presume the notification light should be related to the notification area and should stop when it is cleaned.

I read here LED wont turn off that I should try reseting it. I'll try it if works I post here again.


texts: How do I move past the ICS lock screen using a bluetooth keyboard? Or, alternately, what happens to the keystrokes I type while the lock screen is active? They're different versions of the same question, so I ask them together.


texts: How to efficiently install same apps on 2 phones?

texts: I have a main phone and a backup phone. Main phone is functional and has a bunch of apps installed. How do I install all the same apps on the second phone while using same Google account?


texts: What happened to real time tracking in Latitude?

texts: What happened to the real time tracking of friends in Latitude? The feature used to be there, but I cant find it anymore


texts: Disable bluetooth calling on Android Wear

texts:
I have a Huawei Watch 2 Sport and a Pixel XL connected together, and I have enabled Bluetooth audio on the watch. This was purely for the novelty value of the Dick Tracy style having a phone conversation via the watch.

However, the side affect of this is that the watch now seems to have grabbed Bluetooth audio.

Symptoms

When turning on a previously paired Bluetooth headset it would auto connect; now it must be manually connected
When turning on a previously paired Bluetooth car kit it would auto connect; now it must be manually connected
When making a call with a Bluetooth headset connected the audio would be via the headphones; now it appears that the watch is interfering with that

So while the ability to use the watch to make and receive calls is useful, it is very niche compared to the daily problems it creates.

So how can I either resolve the problems above, or disable that the watch handles calls? I would prefer a solution that doesn't involve factory resetting the watch.


texts: Why does Phone storage get full with ambiguous "Other" storage that wont let me use more than one GB of the supposed four that i have

texts:
My HTC keeps running out of phone storage, there is supposed to be four GB of storage but it always gets full at one GB of app data and 3 gigs of "Other" data which isn't cache and I can't even see what it is, I've had this problem with previous HTC phones, I've done what I can to move as many apps to my SD card but most can be moved there. What is this Other, is it important data, and can i move it or get rid of it.

Screenshot (click it for larger variant)


texts: I get the following message on my phone: "confirm if it's you recovering your account"

texts:
But I didn't do any recovery and of course I didn't press any button.
It happened already two times.
What does it mean? Does somebody is trying to hack my google account?
I have 2 factor google authentification, but didn't get any SMS, which is supposed happens if somebody is trying to change my password.
I found the following discussions on:
google community
reddit
but it isn't clear for me what does it mean and what should I do.


texts: Is there a way I could click photos using the volume button without opening the camera app?

texts:
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 on a custom ROM. (Alliance ROM - ICS)

Is there a way I could capture photos using the volume button without opening the camera app when the phone is sleeping (Locked)


texts:
I'm going to replace the screen on my HTC One X, but I'm nervous of buying the wrong LCD assembly (I did that with a version of the iPhone 4 before).

Somehow no one seems to have an answer for this - do all versions of the HTC One X use the same screen assembly? My serial starts with HT23, and not the GS23 that so many eBay advertisers have in their description.


texts: Can I flash same model but different operator firmware

texts: If I flash Telus SM-G920W8 firmware on my Bell SM-G920W8 device would there be any incompatibility issues?


texts: Remove "Recent files" from My Files app in Samsung Galaxy Core Prime

texts:
As you can see the "Recent files" in the picture, it's really annoying - it remembers every image which I just opened, thus violating my privacy.

Note that "Recent files" even remembers and shows my hidden images (which Images or Gallery won't scan and show).

I can make the "Recent files" forget about my recent images by going to Settings -> Application manager -> All -> My Files -> Clear data (check the second image), but that's just exhausted.

Is there anyway to completely remove this annoying "Recent files"?

In the past, I used Samsung Galaxy V and it doesn't have this  "Recent files", then why my Samsung Galaxy Core Prime has?

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texts:
My father did a hard reset on his Samsung A10 to give to me as a gift, but he forgot his password and Google email.

I checked the RootJunky video mentioned in this topic but it seems that is not working anymore.

Is there another way to bypass the "Verify the account"? The A10 is unrooted and I don't want to do it.


texts: Is there a way to send a video signal into an Android device?

texts:
I have Samsung 6 and I'd like to use it with Gear VR. I would like to send an external signal into it like my VCR or Laser Disc player (I'm joking I'm not that old, geewhiz). I'm actually thinking of sending a regular HDMI signal into it.

Is there anyway to do this? Even if it requires hacking? I remember at one point it was impossible to send the video signal out an Android device but now it's not so there is hope?


texts: How to use Visual Studio Code on an Android device?

texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 and it has cool features to replace laptops, but it is unfortunately running Android OS, and not many development apps are available for Android.
Is there an option to run VS Code at least on an Android device?


texts:
I have new android tablet (Archos 7) and lot of video files are not playable. The program ends with message "The video file cannot be played". The file type is avi, which is normally playble (I played many other videos). The videos which are not playble in tablet, are playble on my laptop (with Ubuntu). Is it possible to make the videos playble on tablet?

E.g. to convert them with ffmpeg to another form which will be playble, or is there some repair mechanism in Android?

I tried another player Act 1 Video Player, but that didn't help.

thank you for help


texts: How can I see which wifi channel / frequency is used by my android 4.4.2 device?

texts: How can I see which wifi channel, frequency is used by my android 4.4.2 device?


texts: Is there any way to edit files in sys folder? I want to do that because buttons backlight on new rom is off, probably because I turned it off on previous rom and now I dont have backlight buttons settings.


texts: How can I install google talk with video call support on CM7.1?

texts:
I I just installed CM7.1 on my SGS.  To my surprise, the google apps that I installed did not include the version of google talk with video chat.  The ROM I used to have was based on Samsung's stock Android (2.3.5), and did have this version of google talk.

How can I get this version on my phone?

Is it safe to install google talk from a backup created in my previous version onto CM7.1?


texts:
Something keeps lowering my alarm volume. I keep it at about 70% because I can be a heavy sleeper at times, but I keep finding that it's been lowered to about 40%. This has been going on daily for months. (One time it turned itself to silent and I slept through my first class)

Any ideas as to what's causing this or how to fix it?

EDIT: I've realized that it would probably be useful to talk about some of my settings.
I have Do Not Disturb scheduled for "Priority Only" from 10pm to first alarm daily.
I keep my ringer on mute or the first/second setting.


texts: LiveSuit (or other similar tools) for Linux or BSD

texts:
I need to Flash a new ROM on to a Allwinner A13 tablet. But I have no access to a windows Box.
Is there any tools like LiveSuit for Linux or BSD.
Also if/how to install tablet device driver.


texts:
It appears that Google Maps app I'd tagging my photos with the Camera and displaying an notification even when I am not using the Google Maps app.

How do I turn this feature off?


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P7510/M32 32 GB. I can't get it to charge. I plugged charger in one time and showed the battery was empty and had a yellow triangle with exclamation point point in it. I tried a different charger and that didn't work either. It did power on and go off because of dead battery.


texts: Sharing emails / open in browser from Inbox/Gmail apps?

texts:
Is it possible to share emails from the GMail or Inbox apps?  The content of the intent isn't incredibly important.  It could be the full content of the email or be limited to the subject line or even just be a HTTP link to that email on gmail.com.

Alternatively:

Is it possible to open an email in the browser from GMail / Inbox?  There are numerous possibilities in that case.


texts: In order to root a new device, I try to follow the tutorial to port CWM for an unrooted device. When I do dump_image boot/sdcard/boot.img I got dump_image: permission denied. How can I resolve this? does it means I need to root it first before I can dump the boot image?


texts: Using ADB, what command can I use to break/permanently destroy a Galaxy S5?

texts: I really need to know how to completely fry an S5 (don't ask why) using ADB while attached to a USB to my computer. Someone had posted the instructions for an S4 but the command only turned it off and on again when I used it. If there is any other method I can use to do this (break it I mean, but not physically), let me know.


texts: Could a thief reset a stolen phone from its default config + screen lock?

texts:
For this scenario let's assume the following:

The phone is stolen and locked. The thief does not know the lock combination and cannot determine it.
There is no external SD slot.
USB debugging is disabled.
The bootloader is locked.

In case it matters, the phone is a Moto G from Motorola (i. e. not the Google play edition)

Is this enough to hinder a smart thief from resetting or flashing my phone? If not, what else could go wrong?


texts: Lost all sms data but database seems to be in the folder

texts:
I own an HTC desire(android 2.3.5) and suddenly the phone rebooted, and after a minute, it rebooted again (I hadn't typed in the pin)...
When I opened my sms app (handcent) I got no messages...

I've searced in /data/data/com.handcent.nextsms and found a .db file of 6MB...so it must be my sms...

What can I do to restore my sms?


texts:
Both my Motorola Bionic and OG have bad audio jacks that require significant jiggling around to get a constant connection almost every time I plug them in. Once it's "good" I can leave it alone and it works great but if I bump the connection it could disconnect again.

Is there any resolution to this? Is this true for other phones as well? It doesn't matter what OS version, it's the hardware connection itself.


texts: Can I replace the OS of a Samsung Galaxy S?

texts:
I was attracted by the hardware specifications of the Samsung Galaxy S.

However, I don't like the default TouchWiz skin developed by Samsung. I'd prefer to use the native Android UI, as in the Nexus S and similar devices.

Is it possible for me to perform "self installation" of the stock Android OS, after I bought the Samsung Galaxy S? If yes, how? Will I void the warranty of my phone by doing this?


texts:
Whenever I am trying to change my mobile data from SIM 2 to SIM 1 its not working, it says data subscription change in progress but it never change actually.

Settings - Sim cards - preferred sim for mobile data. Moto G2 - 6.0

I tried all the scenarios changed SIM card disable enable all scenarios but no luck.

Can someone please provide me some guidance on the same so that i can switch data to other network.

Thank You.


texts: Why do launchers not support all widgets?

texts:
Why is it, that when you attempt to add widgets to two different launchers on the same device, that each launcher seems to present a different list of available widgets? There are always some widgets available to both launchers but others are available only to one or the other.

For example, I have just purchased an LG G3 and quite like the look of its Home launcher. But it doesn't seem to offer shortcuts like Nova launcher does so I thought I could simply recreate the look of the Home launcher in Nova launcher, but most of the widgets that were on the Home launcher desktop by default are not available to Nova launcher.


texts: What happened to the sound profiles that were in Lollipop?

texts:
I recently bought a new phone to replace my old one. The old phone is running 5.1 (Lollipop) and has "Predefined [sound and notification] profiles" (see screenshot). However, there seems to be no equivalent in 8.0.0 (Oreo), and as a result this new phone has been sitting on my desk all but unused for almost a month now.

Searching around it would seem I have to install some overly convoluted app with features I don't need (or want) to achieve the same result, but that can't be right, can it?

I don't think I need to explain what I want to accomplish, but in case I do and in case my twice-daily routine triggers someone to suggest an even better solution: I have one email account (of four set up in a third-party mail app) that I need to alert me 24/7. Nothing else needs my attention 24/7. So every time I go to bed I turn off notifications for the other three email accounts, turn off notifications for the phone, turn off notifications for text messages, turn off notifications for BBM, turn off notifications for a VoIP app and set my sound profile to "sleep". The sleep profile has all sounds and vibrations turned off so that, other than the very occasional sufficiently important incoming email, my using the phone won't disturb my wife. In the morning I reverse all of that.

I'd be happy with just having the sound profiles back -- the twice-daily routine is a bit tedious and ridiculous, it seems to me, but it's not that onerous -- so that's the main thrust of this question. Thanks.

Screenshot of "Sound & notification" profiles in Lollipop:


texts: I have a rzr hd and one of the stock ringtones was an ice cream truck. About a month ago, it disappeared from my phone. Any ideas? I don't know the name of it, but I haven't added any ringtones to my phone or connected it to a USB. The ringtone is just gone from the menu.  Thanks!


texts:
Hangouts shows a green phone icon when someone is on a voice call.

Is it possible to hide this indicator to other users so nobody knows if I'm on a call?


texts: Suppress "battery charged, unplug" notification in Android 9

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There are some older questions about this (2013 for 4.0: How do I get rid of the "Battery fully charged, unplug charger" popup screen? ; and 2010 with a 2016 answer: How to disable battery full notification sound? ).
Is that really the state of things? My phone, Cat S61 with Android 9, used to alert me perhaps once every half hour about "battery full, unplug changer" and respected my 11pm to 8am do not disturb. That was mildly annoying if I wanted to sleep in past 8am, but not terrible. Recently, however, it has started alerting perhaps every 30 seconds and it will alert even if the battery is not 100%.
All of the apps suggested as fixes in the previous answers are either 404 links, no link provided and too generic to identify (looking at you "Sound Manage"), explicitly don't work, like Tasker, or require rooting (AFAIK, no root available for my phone).
There are no options in settings for setting volume on other alerts, and only turning down ring volume seems to work, at the cost of it vibrates every thirty seconds instead and pops up an onscreen alert if the phone is unlocked. I have searched for "battery" in settings for everything possibly related.
Turning the phone off to charge does work, but is a drastic solution. Is that really it? Has nothing improved in four years?


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My friend recently purchased a RCA tablet second hand, he came to me to root the device as i have helped him before. Although I have made a mistake this time. I factory reset the device with a google account still on the device. My friend can no longer get in contact with the original owner. I've looked everywhere and other FRP bypass guides don't work because the have all been patched. I managed to bypass setup and open settings, but when pressing on build number many times, and nothing happened. I installed a app that would pull up developer options, but it just says that it's not available for this user. I've factory reset via settings, no luck. I've force killed the setup application, home button reappears, but doesn't do anything when pressed. I disabled google in a attempt to prevent it from asking for an account to be setup, still no luck. I've now run out of ideas, and I'm wondering if anyone can help me.

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texts: SELinux restricting my system app even while it was signed with the same key as the previously shipped one!

texts:
Well, I have something weird going on. I was thinking fiddling around with Dotcase.apk from CyanogenMod 13, so I was able to rebuild the apk. I even made sure to sign it with the Platform Android test key (I checked, the original APK was signed with this exact same key! I extracted the CERT.RSA and compared the certificates - they are the same!).

Then I replaced the APKs in /system/priv-app/Dotcase, swapping the Dotcase.apk for my own built - basically the same as the shipped one, no code changed, just built by myself.

The Dotcase app is using UEventObserver and opening a "DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/switch/cover"

And this is where the problem arises. SELinux is giving me a headache with the message:

07-29 01:07:56.918  4902  4902 W UEventObserver: type=1400 audit(0.0:1229): avc: denied { create } for scontext=u:r:platform_app:s0:c512,c768 tcontext=u:r:platform_app:s0:c512,c768 tclass=netlink_kobject_uevent_socket permissive=0

after that the app crashes, taking with him com.android.systemui, with:

07-29 01:07:56.960  2558  4902 E AndroidRuntime: java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to open socket for UEventObserver

while the same app with the same code and the same signature key is fine.

I tried some tricks which involves usage of something like supolicy from SuperSU, etc, to no avail - seems like the app (which boots as android:sharedUserId="android.uid.systemui") is starting before anything else is kicking in.

Now the questions:

What I did wrong?
How to fix it?
Is there maybe a possibility to disable SELinux completely by patching something in /system - at least for the time being while I'm fiddling around with it?
Or the only option is to built the whole cyanogenmod rom image with my changes each time I need to test a small change? :(

PS: device is HTC M9 GSM (himaul)


texts: Can I play DRM music from iTunes on my Android?

texts:
I thought that DRM content on iTunes could only be played on iTunes, but then I saw SongBird, a non-Apple application that can play DRM protected music.

Is there an app for that uses similar technology that can play my old iTunes purchases?

Is there any other ways I can play my music on my Android (Wildfire)?


texts: How to have one-button access (on HTC incredible) to do voice dialing or voice commands?

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My wife finds her HTC Incredible incredibly difficult to make a quick call without having to look at the screen.  She'd like to have a one-button activation of the voice dialing or voice commands "call <   >" or ""

I thought one option might be to reprogram the optical trackball button.

This is rooted with CyanogenMod.


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" Plus -- adb drivers

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" Plus tablet on my hands, and I am trying to test my "large" scale layouts. The device shows up in harddrive mode on my computer (Win XP), but adb does not recognize it as a device (Note: it doesn't show ??????, it doesn't appear at all). I also tried using Samsung "Kies"- no success. It doesn't even recognize that the device is attached.

As a first step, I do have debugging mode enabled under developer settings.

Am I missing some drivers for the tablet? I checked here, but no drivers are offered- just Kies. Any help is welcomed, thanks!

Note: If running "adb devices" shows your device as ??????? kill & restart the server as described here. This is a separate issue.


texts: Why can't I download apps from the Android Market via my PC?

texts:
I was trying to find a free french dictionary for android, and indeed I found many. But I can't download them.

The problem is, I don't have access to the internet right now from my cell phone, and what I want to do, is to simply download the application to my computer (where I have access to the internet) and then transfer the installation package to my cell phone, and then install it.

Is it a wrong expectation? Is it an unusual practice for installing applications on mobile devices?

However, every application either wants me to directly connect to the internet and android market to download the application, or to use my cell phone to download it. Why it is so? What is the philosophy behind it?


texts: No files accessible after upgrade to CM10

texts:
I understand that Cyanogenmod 10 is still in early access, but I installed a cm-10-20120910-NIGHTLY-i9100 build to my Samsung Galaxy S 2 anyways. I had a stock 4.0.4 before. I heard that this problem happened with previous CM versions, but couldn't find a fix.

Now, all my files are still on the internal SD card, but built-in apps like Play Music or Gallery can't see them. I can still access these files with PowerAmp or Root File Explorer. Even if I take a picture with the camera, it puts the file in DCIM\Camera where all the other pictures are, but it can only see the picture that I just took. There's no difference in file permission or owners between the files, all of them belong to system and group is sdcard_rw.

If I connect the device in USB storage mode, I can access all the files from my computer. In MTP mode, I can only see new files.

I tried to chmod 777 all files; it didn't work.

Does anyone know what I should do? Is there a way to tell android to see my files?


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I have multiple Google accounts on my Galaxy Note 9 and i have sync enabled for just one account of them and for the rest it is turned off (so that others' contact don't mix up with my contacts).
But since last few days I'm facing a issue that whenever i connect to Wifi and My phone is on charging contacts from every google account is syncing to my device and it is all mixed up.
Sent error report to Samsung Team, but as usual except safe mode, hard reset and blah-blah no helpful response from them (although I've tried that also, but no help).
Please if anyone have any solution, it would be much appreciated.
Thank you !!


texts:
I have a stock Nexus 5 and I want to root the device so I can tether it with a laptop.  I see instructions on doing this, and it all looks plenty easy, I am just concerned with what's going on and the mention of images.

In the end, I just want to be left with my same stock android, just with the ability to do some things with elevated privileges.

After the root process is the phone executing any other code or was that code just a temporary thing as part of the process to root the device?

Also, if/when a new Android OS update comes along, will I still receive it like I normally would?


texts:
So I am using my Sony Xperia Neo L, and I accidentally dropped it on the ground and the battery comes out. This has happened hundreds of times before. When I insert my battery back in, the flashlight just turns on and the phone does not switch on. This happened for about half an hour. I then put my other battery to check (Yes I keep a spare) it does the same thing. Hours later, the flashlight doesn't come on, but when I try to switch it on, the red light is just beeping (as if the battery is low, but both my batteries are charged)..
What do I do? :(


texts: Build kernel module on locked bootloader

texts:
I have an device with locked bootloader, but i have the kernel source and prebuilt kernel. I have two questions:

Do i need the kernel to be built to get a module working?
Can i get an module to be built on the prebuilt kernel?


texts: I have plugged my phone up to my through the usb and on my phone it says connected as media device. But when I go to the usb in the settings on my tv it says there no device connected. Any ideas?


texts: How to upgrade / swap SD card without losing data and installed apps?

texts:
I have 2GB Micro SD card in my Android and want to upgrade to 4GB.

How can I achieve it without losing anything from my 2GB card? I mostly use this card to store images/music and most of the apps.


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I am trying to access an ims core from the ims client in my Android device, however I need to modify the dhcp client to add the ip of the core as one of the DNS. In case of a Linux OS the following would do the job::

cd /etc/dhcp3/ ; vi dhclient.conf ; /* add the line:: prepend domain-name-servers 152.xx.xx.xx(ip of ims core) / sudo dhclient ; / to restart*/

Now the issue is how do I achieve the same in my Android?


texts: Fastboot oem get_identifier_token - FAILED (remote: unknown command)

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Hello Everyone!

I am trying yo unlock the bootloader with no success. Basically, the following command
Code:

Fastboot oem get_identifier_token

is hitting the error of:

FAILED (remote: unknown command)

Please, your help will be greately appreciated. Thanks in advance for reading my question.

Device State:

OEM unlocking: is enabled from the developers options.
USB Debugging: is enabled from the developers options.

Software Status: Official
Software State: LOCKED
Software Security: S-ON

Device Information:
Model Number: HTC One M9
Android Version: 5.1
HTC Sense Version: 7.0
Software Number: 2.10.401.1
Baseband Version: 01.04_U11440601_71.02.50709G_F
Build Number: 2.10.401.1 CL576582 release-keys
Kernel Version:
3.10.49-perf-g901e7f1
and@AABM #1
SMP PREEMPT


texts:
I own a large screen phone and am wondering if I could make it recognize itself as a tablet, as in:

The navbar should stay at the bottom instead of rotating to the sides
Notification shade doesn't occupy the whole screen width in portrait / doesn't stay in the middle in landscape
Apps that support tablet layout will use it

AFAIK, a sufficiently small DPI (LCD density) value will trigger the change, but naturally I want the UI elements to stay at a visible, comfortable size. There's supposed to be a trigger (an if-else condition?) that calculates whether tablet UI should be activated based on device metrics and the above DPI value, however I don't know where the actual trigger is or how should I change it to make it always say "tablet". I've seen similar things done to Android versions below 5.0 via Xposed modules, but those are quite outdated by now.

The answer could be using Xposed (not preferred but still alright, since I still need to stay on Nougat for a while), modifying SystemUI, or even modifying the Android source code and building (I have the know-how for that) - one just have to tell me where and how.

Any ideas?


texts: Huawei bought in China, can't access Google Play (g510 t8951)

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I bought this huawei cellphone in China and I can't access the google store. I can access some apps through Baidu Store but then some doesn't work because I don't have Google Play Service. I've tried installing it through Baidu Store, it just crashes, and through "Google downloader" (an app on baidu) and now Google Play launches but doesn't connect (no connection).

I don't know what to do anymore, any idea?

I'm willing to root etc... but there is no thread explaining how for my phone.


texts: Remove Google Apps mini and install another version - LineageOS

texts:
I have installed LineageOS 14.1 (+TWRP) on Samsung S5 g900f (klte) with Google Apps mini. I followed this guide:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/klte/install

I also added Google Apps Mini zip during the installation phase.

Question:
Is there a way to remove Google Apps mini and install Google Apps nano (or pico) package? (Without reinstalling from scratch)

Regards


texts: Can I block specific apps from using GPS?

texts:
I like to leave GPS enabled so that it's ready to go when I open Maps or certain other location based apps.

However, one app that I don't want to access GPS is Facebook. There is, as far as I can tell, no option within the Facebook app to prevent it from trying to access GPS whenever it starts.

Is there another app or setting I can use which will allow me to leave my GPS enabled, but block specific apps, like Facebook, from accessing it?

Note: I took a look at this question, which suggested using Tasker to essentially whitelist certain apps. I have Tasker installed, but I can't get it to do what I want, which is essentially blacklist specific apps.

Note 2: My phone is not rooted, and I hope to find a solution that does not require rooting.

Note 3: I have Android 2.3.6


texts: All system audio being transmitted over calls

texts: So I have a Huawei Y9 (2018) running Android 9 with EMUI 9.1. Whenever I'm on a call (I've only observed this with Messenger calls so far), all the audio from my notifications and media (if any) also get transmitted over the call and the other person complains about having to hear them. I don't know what's going on really. Any help?


texts: Link2sd made apps unable to re install after sdcard currupted

texts: I was using Link2sd and linked some of my apps to sd card including internal data. Recently the second partition somehow got currepted. I deleted the partition and re formated it. Now I cant install any of the apps previosly linked. It shows insufficient space error, but there is plenty of space in internal memory, sd card as well as sd card 2nd partition, and I can install any other apps. I tried clean up option in link2sd. It cleaned up dalvic cache of old linked apps, but it didn't work. What to do now?


texts: Android x86 7.1 rc1 fails to load on restart

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Background:
Device is Toshiba WT8-A
Partition is FAT32 EFI grub and Android x86, all Windows partitions have been deleted.

I have tried various installs from Marshmallow, Bliss and Nougat. All with varying successes. I can link to the files that I installed if requested.

Marshmallow had many failures (ie GPS, WiFi, rotation etc) but would boot. Bliss had the same failures but would boot. Nougat Android x86 had none of those failures but would not boot.

I can consider going back to Lollipop if need be. But firstly let me explain what is happening:

I can install fully, including the grub and I can load Nougat and everything runs smoothly. If I then reboot, an endless loop occurs and Android does not load.

I have looked at the command line and there is nothing to change. I tried a different EFI from a previous install and changed the targets, but I guess there is far more to change than just that, it did not work.

I reinstalled fully Nougat and instead of starting Android x86 I rebooted (as one of the options) and Android rebooted. I updated the apps Google wanted to update, rebooted and then the endless loop occurred again.

I can get to the point where it has detected Android and is trying to boot, but instead of booting, the tablet appears to switch off and start again.

Does anyone have any solutions? Troubleshooting guide or help?

TIA


texts:
So my Galaxy Nexus has been fine until now. It has been running Android 4.2 and it was going perfect, then like a day ago I go to plug it in and it just won't connect via USB. It charges on USB but that's it. The drivers are installed and the problem is not my computer; I tried it on another computer as well, I haven't changed anything at all. The last option I think for me is to do a factory reset, which I reaaally don't want to do.

It won't even come up with USB connected on the phone.

Any ideas?

UPDATE

I sent mine back for repairs and the mobo was screwed on it. No idea what caused it.


texts:
I'm trying to port newer kernel versions onto my Nexus S device.

Most newer kernels panic very early on in the boot process. I would like to debug this.
However, since the phone has been provided to me by my school, I cannot get a hold of a serial port (if it does exist..not sure)

Is there any way I can obtain the messages via usb onto my PC?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S not displaying contacts, only unknown is shown

texts: My Galaxy S Duos only shows unknown on the display when I have saved phone book contacts calling me? How and what do I do to get numbers to be displayed?


texts: How to delete a message from WhatsApp Group Chat

texts: I'm a member of one group of our college friends in WhatsApp. There is one specific message that I want to remove. I know if I try to delete it, it will only be deleted from my phone, but I want to know is there any way that I can permanently delete it. I don't want anybody in the group to see that message.


texts: Using Android/Desire as a bare bones GSM modem

texts:
Older GSM phones could be hooked up to a PC and you could access the baseband chip through e.g. minicom or hyperterminal and give it AT commands, usually through a serial/rs232 or USB connection between the phone and the PC.

A lot of software also exists to use GSM phones as e.g. SMS gateway - which basically works by getting a serial connection to the phone and communicating with AT commands. Can one do the same with a HTC Desire, or other Android phones ?


texts: Please check your user name and password error message when I am trying to log in andFBChat1.3.0

texts:
I installed andFBChat app on android emulator and when I am traying to log in using my facebook account , it says wrong username and password although they are right

why !!


texts: Add Google calendar reminder numbers as one contact

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I would like to put the numbers of the google calendar reminders as one contact into my
 phone. This way they will be grouped as 'Google Reminders' in my message overview, instead of a torrent of random numbers.

The only problem is that google calendar sends reminders from random numbers, all starting with +456099.

I could add each number to one contact as I receive them, but because it is a different number every time it's endless work.

Is there a way to add a contact that has a regex expression as a number?


texts: Android: something is using up all my wifi

texts:
This is the problem I have, and it just started today. When I start my wifi, everything seems alright. I can use the internet. Then, something kicks off that uses up all the wifi, and at that point, nothing works.

Based on what's happening in the apps, it looks like all of their requests are timing out. The icon shows that I'm constantly uploading/downloading, despite their being no apps on.

I've turned it on and off multiple times to no avail.

What could be doing this? How can I track it down?

Thanks!


texts: Camera switches off randomly with some apps

texts:
Samsung Galaxy S II running Android 2.3.3.

Layar: camera switches off about a second after loading a layer and stays off. App unusable.
Google Goggles: camera switches off and on rapidly in a loop. App unusable.
Barcode Scanner: camera switches off and on again sometimes.
Built-in Camera app: No problems.

What's causing this? What to do?

Correlations: this started happening this morning after I ran phone's battery dry yesterday, recharged it overnight, and installed Layar. It also crashed and rebooted once this morning when I tired opening Skype.


texts:
I am trying to add a Facebook account in my account settings, but as I do so I am sent back to the settings menu. I simply cannot add a Facebook account.

How can I solve this?


texts: Automatically adjust ringtone volume Marshmallow

texts:
Some time ago (Android 4.1) I used to use Llama app to automatically adjust the ringer volume and dim the screen when my phone connected my work WiFi.
That was a fantastic functionality.

I've just got a Bluboo Picasso 4G (Android 6.0) and want the same.

Llama is not able to change the volume nor brightness anymore. I tried Automate app (newer solution from Llama's author), and it has the ability to choose one of the predefined profiles: silent, vibrate, normal, but it cannot switch to an user-defined profile (only the standard three are available; trying to use variables do not take any effect).

Now I'm testing PhoneProfilesPlus (3.5.0.6) and this seems not to work as well.

Does anyone know a working solution? All I need is: set some not-very-loud ringtone and dim the screen when connected to my office WiFi, and revert once disconnected.


texts: Is there any way to dump the Data Usage log through the ADB shell?

texts:
The reason I would need to dump these data is because in smalls display (S5301) doesn't fit everything and data is cut. I couldn't do anything to move that graphic.

Look,

I've searched in Google but without success.


texts: Error: Unfortunately [every app] has stopped working

texts:
I recently updated my Lenovo A2010-a via OTA  and after the update, it shows "Unfortunately, [every third party app] has stopped working"
Only system apps work now.
How to fix it?


texts: sharing windows 7 cable internet connection to nexus 4 via WiFi

texts:
I am connected to the internet via an ethernet cable on my laptop pc. I want to share my PC's internet connection with my Nexus 4(Android 4.4.2).

I have created an ad-hoc network on my windows 7 pc but this network doesn't display in the available networks on my Nexus 4.

How can I share my PC's internet connection with my phone?


texts:
Since purchasing my Samsung Nexus S I have been bombarded by 'New Tag Collected' Tag Type 'Unknown'.

I have since learned how to turn this off, but I was wondering what these Tags are and where are they coming from?


texts: Why is the maximum value of the light sensor from my phone stuck at 85745.0lx?

texts:
My lightsensor of my Samsung Galaxy S3 doesn't return good values.
I tested it in different places, p.E. outside in the sun or indoor with and without light.

The value outside was a bit confusing because the result was the proper value of 85745.0lx. This value is first of all 4 times higher than in comparison with my tablet. At a second Samsung S3 (with Stock-OS) it was about 18'000 lux. Second point: it was a fix value, it didn't change between ~200lux all the time.

After the tests I tried to find out, why that happend. The function maxvalue = light.getMaxumumRange(); shows me, that the maximum value of the light sensor is 121240.0 lx.
Could it be, that this value is, because I have an custom rom on my phone (Team UB)? Or does anyone know an other reason for this difference?

Thanks for your answers.


texts: When I uninstall WhatsApp from Android device, would my chats'/msgs' data stay on device?

texts: so i made this stupid mistake of uninstalling whatsapp then giving away my phone without resting it to factory settings, so the other person now have my device, could he by a way or another retrieve my uninstalled whatsapp data? In other words, when we uninstall whatsapp, does all the data related to our whatsapp msgs and chats get deleted or do they stay in some form that could be retrieved? I don't know the guy very well so i don't trust him and i'd really appreciate to know what's what so maybe i could make a plan. Thank you.


texts:
I have sensitive information in my Google Docs.

I enabled two-step verification with my Google account; but just noticed that Google DOCS on my phone doesn't require any type of PIN number or password when I open it.  Is there a way to secure this app?

NOTE:  I also have a PIN number that must be entered after swipe.


texts: How to enable the SD card to be written on by all apps [Mrashmallow]

texts: Is there any way without rooting the device? My device is a Sony Xperia C4.


texts: Delete Status bar Icon downloaded from web

texts: I joined way2sms to send free SMS from my laptop. Now I find an app icon downloaded to my status bar in my Samsung Galaxy Y mobile. Also, I get debited for calls not made. I am losing money in this scam due to this app downloaded and it does not show up in my running apps menu. I need to find and delete this app.


texts: My phone was working fine until one day I left it outside for a few minutes. I went back inside and checked my phone. I tried to watch YouTube but it had no sounds.


texts: micromax yureka after Lollipop upgrade data transfer from mobile to laptop not working . Laptop is unable to detect the device


texts: Is there any way to save a raw image from my phone's camera?

texts: I have an Android mobile with a 5MP camera. Is there any way to save raw images (similar to Canon CR2, Nikon NEF, etc.) from my Android device?


texts: Prevent music player from closing while closing all apps

texts:
Is there a way to prevent the music player from closing while performing a clear all recent apps from the recent apps menu? I mean the app is technically in use so ideally it should not be closed along with the other apps. Is there any way to prevent this?

The app is Google Play Music if that is important.
Android ver: 4.4.4
Device: OnePlus One


texts: Can I flash a Motorola Charm with a T-mobile update?

texts: I recently bought a Motorola Charm with a Motoblur logo on it, but it doesn't appear to actually have Motoblur installed! There's no message widget, no Facebook update widget, no sign in for first use - nothing. Just a normal Android system. I am wondering what phone I actually have, and if I can update my phone with T-mobile's "Blur_Version.0.2.6005.MB502.T-Mobile.en.US" image.


texts: Delete pre installed apps under oem/apps folder?

texts:
I have already rooted my android tablet. I am able to access internal system locations e.g. data/data/com.example.src.

However, I am unable to delete aps's under oem/apps folder. I have already tried "RootAppDelete" app to uninstall thses apps, but this app says it has no root access. But the data/data/packagename location only becomes accessable after rooting the device, and as I mentioned above I am able to access this location.

Can someone tell me how to delete apk's under oem/apps folder?


texts:
I have Alcatel 5054D with Lollipop (5.1.1) on board. I noticed that some apps are not starting on boot or on events that are fired by the OS. For example, when my phone was not rooted I tried to install Truecaller, Truemessenger and Textra. They simply didn't work just after reboot or if I removed them from the recent apps list. What is worse SMS apps won't start on new incoming SMS, the message just disappears without any reaction from Textra or Truemessenger. But everything works fine when I start these apps manually and keep them in the background.

Then I rooted my phone, installed Link2SD and noticed that it fails to start after a reboot too! I have to launch it manually for the paths to be rebinded.
I installed autostarts manager and it showed that all the events (receivers) for these apps are enabled.

On the other hand standard SMS app, Whatsapp, Viber, GMail do autostart and work properly.

I have no task killers installed and cannot figure out the reason of the issue.


texts: Need to flash Galaxy Tab PRO 10.1 to recover data

texts:
Hope you can help with this issue:
Samsung Galaxy Tab PRO 10.1 SM-T520 Kitkat 4.4.2

This is my wifes tablet and it recently stopped booting at the second Samsung logo.
This is the one that happens after the purple swirly (sorry for the technical term).

I went through some simple things to try and fix it including reboots.
I also disconnected the battery for some time while pressing the power switch.
I hoped this might clear the issue but it did not.

I tried connecting to my wifes PC where it wasn't recognized (used to work there).
I tried my system as well, I had no SW installed to I tried the latest Kies SW.
Also tried an older Kies version and also Samsung Smartswitch. Later I also tried Odin.
Nothing recognized the tablet as being plugged. Tried several cables to no avail.
If I look in the HW manager on both PCs no tablet shows up.

It seems as if the tablet USB is dead or the SW isn't running far enough to enable it.

Did some research and got into recovery mode, here is what comes up.

Android system recover <3e>
KOT49H.T520UEUANF4

Dead android with "no command" below

In my research I found out that you can update an image from the SD card.
So I found two US (XAR region) roms for Kitkat 4.4.2, I have tried both.
I used "apply update from external storage" in the recovery menu and selected the ROM.
They seem to start loading/extracting on the tablet and then I get the following;

E:footer is wrong
E:signature verification failed

The above message happens twice. The only reason I haven't just resorted to factory settings is my wife did not back up the tablet in the last 6 months and the previous backup has empty directories. While nothing is critical on the tablet she has save a lot of free quilting/clothing patterns to it.

So whatever I do I am trying to preserve the data, hence my efforts with the ROMS.

I can't change any settings on the tablet, I can't get the USB to work and I keep getting errors with the ROMS. I have seen it suggested that slow downloads can corrupt the zip files I am downloading. I don't want to pay for the download. Is there anywhere to get ROMS free at a decent download speed to rule this out?

Anyone have any ideas for anything else I can try.

Thanks


texts: How to install app in playstore without Google playstore in android emulator

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I had installed AndroVM to use Android apps in computer. But when it comes to games like shadow fight even with OpenGL support enabled, AndroVM couldn't run many games such as Hill Climb racing, Gunship battle etc. Hence I tried Genymotion. When I installed Genymotion, it automatically detected AndroVM installed in Virtual Box. And I could only run Hill climb racing and rest of them didn't work. So I finally installed Android SDK and followed all instructions to add packages(Tools, extras and System Images). Even if I have installed Google play services and Google repository, I couldn't find Google playstore in the android emulator. Even this post suggests how to install Google playstore in emulator,it also have discussions about piracy and legal issues(in comments) and the apk's (GoogleLoginService.apk , GoogleServicesFramework.apk , Phonesky.apk) are not official packages. Hence

Can any one suggest how can I install apps inside emulator without using Google playstore, and
Why can't I find playstore even after I install Google play services and repository.

These are the packages I've installed. And I'm using Ubuntu 14.04

Update
If you cannot open the image. Here I've copied exact names of the packages.

Tools:

Name                              API   Rev      Status
Android SDK tools                       23.0.5   installed
Android SDK platform tools              21       installed
Android SDK build tools                 21.0.1   installed
Android SDK build tools                 20       installed

Android 5.0(API 21)

documentation for Android SDK     21    1        installed
SDK platform                      21    1        installed
Android TV ARM EABI v7a System    21    1        installed
image
ARM EABI v7a System image         21    1        installed
Sources for Android SDK           21    1        installed

Extras:

Android support Library                 21       installed
Google Play services                    20       installed
Google Repository                       12       installed


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Android 9: How do I deactivate sounds from apps such as WhatsApp, but let the alarm and the phone stay on 100%?
I only want alarm and calls to be activated.
Thank you!


texts: How can I delete these files? Doesn't work from file browser.


texts: Flashing Nexus 5 factory image fails on writing userdata

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Recently, I purchased a used Nexus 5. I would like perform a full reset, so I’m trying to flash the factory image using Google’s official instructions.

However, I keep getting the message FAILED (remote: 'Bogus size sparse and chunk header') for the Writing 'userdata' step.

Am I doing something wrong, or is something wrong with the instructions or image from Google?

(Possibly) relevant info:

I'm running macOS Mojave 10.14 (18A391) on my computer.
I'm using fastboot from the Android SDK Platform-Tools version 28.0.1, installed using Android Studio 3.2.1.
I tried the two most recent images of Android version 6.0.1 (M4B30X and M4B30Z), both give the same issue.

The full output of the flashing process can be seen here:

$ ./flash-all.sh
Sending 'bootloader' (3124 KB)                     OKAY [  0.310s]
Writing 'bootloader'                               OKAY [  0.516s]
Finished. Total time: 0.923s
rebooting into bootloader                          OKAY [  0.108s]
Finished. Total time: 0.108s
Sending 'radio' (45489 KB)                         OKAY [  1.640s]
Writing 'radio'                                    OKAY [  3.130s]
Finished. Total time: 4.867s
rebooting into bootloader                          OKAY [  0.104s]
Finished. Total time: 0.104s
extracting android-info.txt (0 MB) to RAM...
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: HHZ20h
Baseband Version.....: M8974A-2.0.50.2.30
Serial Number........: ***redacted***
--------------------------------------------
Checking product                                   OKAY [  0.100s]
Checking version-bootloader                        OKAY [  0.100s]
Checking version-baseband                          OKAY [  0.100s]
extracting boot.img (8 MB) to disk... took 0.037s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'dtbo.img'
archive does not contain 'dt.img'
archive does not contain 'odm.img'
archive does not contain 'product.img'
archive does not contain 'product-services.img'
extracting recovery.img (9 MB) to disk... took 0.033s
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'super.img'
extracting system.img (996 MB) to disk... took 7.816s
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
archive does not contain 'vbmeta.img'
archive does not contain 'vendor.img'
mke2fs 1.44.3 (10-July-2018)
Creating filesystem with 7137786 4k blocks and 1785856 inodes
Filesystem UUID: aab8dc10-d114-48a0-b9dc-c7ebdd24c79d
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
    32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
    4096000

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

mke2fs 1.44.3 (10-July-2018)
Creating filesystem with 179200 4k blocks and 44832 inodes
Filesystem UUID: 2d2b45ab-678b-43ba-8b3c-83827764dbc8
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
    32768, 98304, 163840

Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (4096 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

Sending 'boot' (9154 KB)                           OKAY [  0.510s]
Writing 'boot'                                     OKAY [  0.776s]
Sending 'recovery' (10012 KB)                      OKAY [  0.564s]
Writing 'recovery'                                 OKAY [  0.832s]
Sending 'system' (1020665 KB)                      OKAY [ 36.364s]
Writing 'system'                                   OKAY [ 69.147s]
Erasing 'userdata'                                 OKAY [ 14.079s]
Sending 'userdata' (4272 KB)                       OKAY [  0.360s]
Writing 'userdata'                                 FAILED (remote: 'Bogus size sparse and chunk header')
Finished. Total time: 133.541s


texts: Is it possible to enable USB Debugging in a bricked phone? my phone is not started so for Fastboot mode it requires usb debugging mode enable. but i didn't enable it. Is it possible?


texts: Twitter for HTC Sense claims multiple accounts are not supported

texts: I deleted internet data and other data to get more space on my internal memory. Now Twitter for HTC Sense will not work again and keeps telling me "multiple accounts are not supported". I do not have multiple accounts. But I can't get into this app to change anything. What should I do?


texts: Azpen tablet android 4.2.2 won't recognize my usb keyboard. I downloaded external keyboard and a usb host controller and it doesn't work. I connected it to my pc and the keyboard works just fine. Any suggestions?


texts: Most versatile encrypting option for SD? (without root permissions)

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I want to protect my data in case of robbery or loss of my phone; but also to be able to recover my data in case my phone becomes unresponsive/breaks.

Internal memory

This is protected by authentication (PIN/Biometric).
Should I also encrypt it? Is already encrypted?
And would there be any way to access its files from another device? (e.g. my PC)

SD-Card / External memory

Here will reside most of my personal data.
I want to prevent the sensible data from being read without authorization.
But should be readable from outside the Android device (in case the phone breaks; or if it needs to be reset to factory defaults).

Not everything strictly needs to be private though.

Spotify cache doesn't need to be encrypted.
photos/videos, WhatsApp medias or other specific apps' data need to be encrypted.
Dropbox, Evernote and other apps are indifferent as they are implemented already with encryption.

# Implementation

I thought to eventually create two partitions of my SD: one encrypted and the other open. But maybe it's overkill.

Android native encryption

This prevents any other devices to access the SD, when took it out and plugged somewhere else.

Also in case of factory reset the access to the encrypted SD is lost completely. What if I have to because of some technical problem that makes my phone unresponsive?

This answer give some insight of how it works.

Generic encrypted filesystem

I am not aware of the options but would be great to have encrypted partitions that ask a verification/authentication when mounted.
Ideally Android would manage it automatically (encryption password associated to the system user), authenticating to the SO; while instead mounting the partition on other devices would require to type the auth password manually.

Practically, like the native Android encryption, but with the ability to mount the partition somewhere else, if the password is known.

Does anything like that exist?

Private Area (or similar, depending on the phone brand)

My device provides an encrypted Private Area; but I guess it won't allow any other device (let's say a laptop) to access it.

I don't want to be dependant just on some specific proprietary software, running just on a specific device, in order to secure my data.

Is there any other option using the same approach? (selective protection/encryption/sandboxing)

#UPDATE: I found Parallel Space that seems promising. Not sure if the technology is the same; didn't try it yet, so maybe doesn't fit for encrypting data on SD

Other options

I need to keep most of my personal data and settings on the SD; to have the SD encrypted; and being able to unlock & read it on other devices, inserting a password (either to copy files or to backup in case my Android device doesn't work anymore).
All this without rooting the phone.

What are the options available to realise this? Or alternative approaches?


texts: where is the location of google drive folder in android phone

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Look for the location of google drive folder in an android phone, Realme v3 5g.
Expect the location be something like "android\data\com.google.android.apps.books".


texts: My Android phone screen is un-usable, how do I transfer all my data to a new phone?

texts: My current phone (Samsung Galaxy POP) running Andoid 2.2 has all its data including contacts and messages stored in the SD card + SIM card. However the touch screen of that phone has been damaged and so the phone is unusable now on it's own. I have purchased a new phone (Xperia SL) online which which runs Android 4.0 and does not have an SD card slot, it only has an internal memory. My question is, how do I transfer all my data including contacts and text messages from my old phone to my new phone. Since my old phone is practically unusable, I'll have to connect it to my PC and prob back up my data and thereafter transfer it to the new phone. Could somebody suggest me some resources which will guide me on how to backup my data between phones by using the PC as a medium. I tried looking up on Google for help and could not find any good solutions for this issue.


texts: Creating and handling an encrypted folder on sd-card for unrooted devices

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I'm looking for a way to create an encrypted folder on the sd-card and provide password protected access to its contents. Ideally, this would provide a UI to encrypt new files by moving files to it and retrieve them back.

I know there is EncFS but it only works in rooted devices.
And also BoxCryptor which is only for Google Drive or DropBox.

I need a solution which would work with sd-card folders and on unrooted devices.


texts: If you root a phone can you still get the upgrades to to the O/S?

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If I root my Motorola Droid Razr M, can I still get O/S upgrades?
If so, will they just happen automatically? Or do I need to install them (and if so where might I find instructions for that) ?


texts: Intermittent scrambled panels when browsing on Chrome for Android 7.0

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The client has intermittent scrambled panels when browsing on Chrome for Android 7.0. They display randomly as pages are loaded.

Image resized. Click for the full image.
The phone in use is LG K8 (2017)
Is this simply a breakdown in hardware or could there be a security issue?


texts: How does power usage for data over WiFi compare to data over 3G? (Ignore LTE for now)

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If you have unlimited data over 3G so that cost is no option, which is more power efficient?

Using the WiFi or 3G connection for data usage?

Extending battery life being the goal


texts: Tablet doesn't respond to touch neither when mouse is plugged in, at all

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Recently my Colorfly E708 Q2 tablet stopped working. First time this happened a message box popped up, with the text "Unfortunately System UI has stopped" or something like that, but i wasn't able to close the pop-up box, because the system didn't respond to any user interaction. So i decided to restart the tablet.

Display doesn't work, doesn't respond to touch, nor to mouse when connected through usb. I need to mention, that when the mouse is connected, the mouse cursor shows up on the screen, and does even track the movements of the mouse, but as i said, it does not respond to clicks.

I've seen on some forums, that the only thing that would help to fix the tablet would be if i'd replace the firmware. Sadly, since the developer options aren't enabled on the tablet, i was not able to reboot into a boot menu. The device has no physical sound buttons (only power, home and reset) , so what would work with other devices, doesn't work in my case.

Is there any way to fix the system ui, or re-flash it in any way? I mean it was cheap, but it worked for me so I don't really want to buy a new one.

UPDATE:
I plugged in an USB keyboard, but the only thing I could achieve was to adjust the volume of the device.
+ A new box popped up, with the message "Launcher stopped working", with two actions: wait and close. Of course its not possible to select either.

Documents:
Tech Specs
User Manual


texts: Upgrade Android on a really old tablet (SM-T210)

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I've recently been given a free tablet, a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 (SM-T210) and I want to experiment with custom ROMs and related stuff on it.
Since there is no official support for it and it still runs Android 4.4 I decided to do a search on xda and found no non-4.4 ROMs for it. Therefore, and because I heard it is possible to compile Android specifically for my device, I reached out to you for some help...
What information I have available:

Custom Kernel
I was able to flash TWRP 3.0.0.0 via Odin
The 7 inch variant has a Marvell PXA988 SoC (I heard it's more difficult to develop for?)
Stock ROMs readily available all around the web (multiple regions).

What knowledge I have:

Experience with flashing Custom ROMs and Recoveries in multiple devices and brands though I have never built my own.
Know my way around Linux and more specifically Ubuntu.

I really hope that somebody out there is able to help me and tell me if it is possible to create a custom ROM for it. Why noone has compiled a newer version of Android and all custom ROMs out there have 4.2/4.4 as a base?
Thank you so much in advance!


texts: A reader for big HTML files and/or zipped HTML bundles?

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I'd like to read a moderately big HTML file - about 3M. Another option is to have it split in several interlinked HTMLs.

Cool reader is the closest. Though it:

either crashes/gets out of memory, I don't know, on certain pages of 3M HTML file (3M not that much, actually, for a 50M free memory).
or doesn't support links to files lying in the same directory/zip file (in a form: a href="file.html#anchor")

Are there any other options around?


texts: Wiped data, cache and everything on Sony Xperia Neo V MT11i, now it's stuck at Sony Logo!

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I'm new to the enter flashing and rooting business. So I would like to get some assistance from you guys regarding this issue of mine... here's what I did:

Installed CWM via APK on my Xperia Neo V Mt11i
Got into recovery soon
Wiped the data, cache and everything...
I tried installing a ROM from the zip file, turns out it was for "Mt11a!"
And I exited the whole thing, pulled my SD out and got another ROM...this where things went wrong, my phone's stuck in the "sony" logo now... and I'm not able to get into CWM either...

Here's what all I tried and what I got in result:

Tried flashing the phone using flashtool, but I keep getting "error processing of loader.sin ended with errors" and flash is cancelled!!
Next I tried CWM install, it says "ADB server is out of date, killing"...

I'm out of options guys, please help me out and tell me what best can I do resolve either those 2 errors or just a new method! Please help me out!


texts: How to delete Google account from a factory-resetted phone?

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I have an Android 5.x smartphone ("phone 1"), which was using my Google account. Recently, I've started using different one, so I've (pretty confident that I've) dropped Google account on "phone 1", and then after having all things set up on "phone 2", I've made a factory reset on "phone 1"

However, when my son is now trying to begin using "phone 1", the initialization procedure REQUIRES him to use the account that was used on this phone before !! I presume this is good for protection against thieves, but how can I allow him use this phone ? I don't want to login under my account on that phone again


texts: Internet Connection disabled automatically on Samsung Galaxy Ace

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I am using Internet on my phone using packet data connection since many months. From few days I am facing a very weird problem. My phone stops showing the Edge symbol after sometime. When I switch Off my phone and then switch it on, it runs fine for few minutes. But after that it again stops working.

I have an unlimited connection , so In settings - > "Use Packet Data" is always checked mark. I never unchecked it. But not getting the reason for the problem and how to fix this. Please help me out!


texts: Tethering not working on rooted phone (both WiFi and USB), free third-party apps also fail

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I recently rooted my Huawei GL07S and switched to an operator which explicitly allows tethering (I inserted the new SIM card into the GL07S).

When I go to Settings>Wireless&Networks>Tethering&Pocket WiFi I get this screen:

"Pocket WiFi" is a term used by my previous operator to describe tethering, I suspect them of having modified it to work only on their network. I can't use CyanogenMod/similar as they don't support the GL07S, which is a rare phone.

Default USB Tethering

When I press "USB tethering", the white circle becomes green with a check, and Pocket WiFi active or Tethering appears in the notification bar, but the connected Ubuntu does not see any connection:

Default WiFi Tethering

Alternatively, when I press "Pocket WiFi", the item becomes grey, the caption becomes Turning Wi-Fi on…, and it stays like this forever:

Meanwhile adb logcat keeps outputting things like forever (longer log):

E/WifiStateMachine(  341): DefaultState: cannot get Soft AP current connected stations list
D/WifiService(  341): getApLinkedStaList
I/TetherSettings(17288): set PROPERTY_USBTETHERING_ON: false
I/WifiApEnabler(17288): set iswifihotspoton = true

To get it back from its grey state, the only solution is to restart the phone.

Barnacle Wifi Tether

When I press Start, I get:

Open Garden WiFi Tethering

When I press Start Open Garden Tethering I get this crash:

... and logcat says:

D/TETHER -> TetherApplication( 4591): Reporting stats: {fbon=false, ffox=false, nflt=true, fbok=0, root=true, phon=true, fbau=false, aid=e2a4f1ff707f9812, inst=1433847285, ertm=false, coac=0, sfap=true, c2dm=false, aver=4.1.2, side=1, mno=NTT DOCOMO, blth=true, setu=default, tver=47, rssc=0, bdwn=0, devi=default, asdk=16, imei=869065010878620, fbcr=0, pkg=og.android.tether, dtyp=generic, loc=35.6653574,139.733107, fbco=0, widg=0, fber=0, stat=1, comc=0, bup=0, mfr=HUAWEI, idrv=wext, temp=360, bin=true, uuid=E2A4F1FF-707F-9812-021X-XR2136017743, actl=true, tpow=true, mdl=GL07S}
D/TETHER -> TetherService( 4591): Service started: true, state: 1
D/TETHER -> TetherApplication( 4591): onlyEncryptionOrNothingFailed()
E/AndroidRuntime( 4591):        at og.android.tether.TetherApplication.displayToastMessage(TetherApplication.java:1341)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4591):        at og.android.tether.TetherApplication.readLogfile(TetherApplication.java:1421)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4591):        at og.android.tether.TetherApplication.onlyEncryptionOrNothingFailed(TetherApplication.java:1438)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4591):        at og.android.tether.TetherService$1.run(TetherService.java:256)
D/TETHER -> ServiceReceiver( 4591): onReceive:Intent { act=og.android.tether.intent.STATE flg=0x10 cmp=og.android.tether/.TetherServiceReceiver (has extras) } state:1
D/TETHER -> TetherApplication( 4591): Reporting of stats complete
W/ActivityManager(  349): Scheduling restart of crashed service og.android.tether/.TetherService in 5000ms

[ClockworkMod][8]

ClockworkMod is the only tethering app that works reliably (over USB). It is not free, though, so I would like to make it work with the built-in solution or with the open source Barnacle.

EasyTether

It has worked the first time I tried it. Since then, no way to use it anymore, it always says cannot claim USB interface: Device or resource busy.

FoxFi

When I push Activate WiFi Hotspot, it says WiFi Hotspot Ready, I can connect to the WiFi network from Ubuntu, but unfortunately all HTTP and HTTPS requests fail:

$ ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.43.1 icmp_seq=1 Destination Net Unreachable

Actually, the phone itself also loses Internet connectivity:

Question

What is going wrong?
How can I use Internet on my Ubuntu using my phone's LTE data connection? (preferably without having to install a computer-side agent)


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To move and use apps on its SD Card my droid suggests I use a "fast" SD card. https://www.cameramemoryspeed.com/sd-memory-card-faq/fastest-memory-card/ Ranks SD Cards by WRITE Speed and READ Speed. Interestingly, the same chips seldom appear in both lists.
If I want to use my SD Card to store and run apps, is fast WRITE speed or is fast READ speed the most important quality to look for.


texts: Manually edit the bluetooth pairing list, phone keeps overwriting it with old list. How to stop that?

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I have an Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I wanted to connect my phone to an old HTC Rhyme docking station via bluetooth so I can use the speakers in it. I have all the data needed for the connection (ID, LinkKey, etc.) and I've edited the pairing list (path of it is in my case /data/misc/bluedroid/bt_config.xml). In that folder also was an bt_config.old file which was the same as the bt_config.xml file, I assume this is a backup file so I overwrote it as well after editing the list. This is how the part I added to the list looks like:

<N19 Tag="DC:DE:CA:0B:EF:C4">
        <N1 Tag="Timestamp" Type="int">1398527119</N1>
        <N2 Tag="Name" Type="string">HTC CR M540</N2>
        <N3 Tag="DevClass" Type="int">2360340</N3>
        <N4 Tag="DevType" Type="int">1</N4>
        <N5 Tag="AddrType" Type="int">0</N5>
        <N6 Tag="Manufacturer" Type="int">10</N6>
        <N7 Tag="LmpVer" Type="int">5</N7>
        <N8 Tag="LmpSubVer" Type="int">8953</N8>
        <N9 Tag="LinkKeyType" Type="int">4</N9>
        <N10 Tag="PinLength" Type="int">0</N10>
        <N11 Tag="LinkKey" Type="binary">a5c095e620e190f248f4b8a8b3291ed3</N11>
        <N12 Tag="Service" Type="string">0000110b-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb 0000111e-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb</N12>
        <N13 Tag="Aliase" type="string">htc dock test</N13>
    </N19>

When I overwrite the edited list with the original one everything looks fine until I restart my phone. After that somehow the old list gets loaded and I have no idea how that is possible. Either when I shut my phone down it saves the list that is already loaded or it has another directory for the pairing list which I need to edit as well.

Anyone have any idea how I could fix this overwriting problem? Obviously both the Note 2 and my old HTC Rhyme are rooted or else I could never get the bluetooth data. If more information is needed I can provide it.


texts: Any way to dial international calling codes automatically based on my location?

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I do a fair amount of international traveling (currently mostly between the U.S. and Mexico, but will be visiting Europe, Africa, and South America soon, too), and am looking for a dialing app that lets me set international dialing rules, so to speak, for each of my contacts.

This post describes pretty well what I'm looking for, and an app for PalmOS that apparently did it pretty well.

In short, I should be able to:

Specify a country for each contact phone number
Specify the country where I am located (either automatically by GPS location, or I can select my location, or a dialing profile, or whatever)
Then when I dial, it will automatically dial the appropriate country code before the number.

Example scenario:

  I have a contact entry for Bob, who's phone number is 123-555-1234, and he is in the U.S.
  When I am in the U.S., Bob is automatically dialed as 123-555-1234
  When I am in Mexico, Bob is automatically dialed as 00-1-123-555-1234

or

  I have a contact entry for Alice, who's phone number is 33-33-12-34-56, and she is in Mexico.
  When I am in the U.S., Alice is automatically dialed as 011-52-33-33-12-34-56
  When I am in Mexico, Alice is automatically dialed as 33-33-12-34-56

Please note this question is not about how to select the cheapest calling plan for each number, or making international calls with Skype or another VoIP service.  It's simply about dialing the proper international exit codes when doing standard "direct-dial" with whichever mobile provider I'm using.


texts: Boot loop Samsung GALAXY Note 10.1 N8013

texts: My tablet is stuck booting. I can't get it into recovery. When I hold Power+VolumeUp it goes into "Custom OS ..." with exclamation sign in yellow triangle. Then I press VolumeUp again to go into ODIN download mode. But when I try to flash CWM recovery (or anything else) it goes into "waiting for debugging mode" or "waiting for adb mode". Windows ODIN shows COMM and allows to flush boot loader, but without any difference. I tried everything, including opening up the unit and disconnecting the battery. I can't even turn it off - the screen turns off but when I press power again - it comes right back to Samsung logo. Please help! Thank you.


texts: Is it possible to attach phone with USB c port to PC and 3.5mm audio out at the same time

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I have a google pixel 3. It only has a USB c port, no 3.5mm audio jack. I would like to be able to connect my phone to a PC via usb to enable adb access and at the same time get audio out of the phone with a usb c to 3.5mm jack type adaptor. I had thought that I could achieve this with an adapter like this:

However, I got one of these and while the audio output works, the usb C connection only allows charging and no data connection to the pc. I was looking at usb c hubs but I am thinking that these would only work with the phone as the host/master and the devices plugged into it as slaves.
Is there any way to achieve what I want?
The reason I want to do this is in order to use scrcpy to remote control the phone from the pc while also getting audio out of the phone.


texts:
Frequently I am in the range of WiFi. Still when waking up my phone (Motorola Milestone) it usually makes a GSM data connection (visible in the top bar), and only after few seconds the WiFi connection is made.

I understand that WiFi takes some time to connect to. Is it possible to somehow stop the GSM connection opening so quickly? I get billed for each such connection, and even though it is a very small price (0,01PLN/100kB), it is annoying to see all such attempts in billing, one by one.

I think it would be enough if I could defer any internet connection for few seconds after wakeup to give WiFi channel to get opened.

I do not want to block all GSM data connections, it would be a chore to unblock it when I really need it, and then I would keep forgetting to block it again when in WiFi range.


texts: How to go to the App Screen when "Swipe down for notification panel" is on?

texts: On my Galaxy Note 10, how do I quickly go to the App screen when I enabled "Swipe down for notification panel" in the Settings Menue?


texts:
I have connected my Nexus 7 to my Macbook, and I am using the app Android File Transfer.

I want to place an .mp4 movie, but I am not sure where to place it. I have tried placing it in the Movies folder, but then when I go into my Nexus and go to Play Movies and TV, is not there.

Where am I supposed to place that file, so that I can open it from Nexus?


texts: How can I embed youtube videos so they play on my HTC Wildfire?

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I have created a youtube video and embedded in on this page:

http://tanguay.info/test169.htm

I tried to play it on my HTC Wildfire in the default browser, but it says there is no flash player installed.

However, I know I have played youtube videos before on this device, so it must be possible.

What do I have to change so that my HTC Wildfire can play embedded youtube vidoes that I produce?


texts: A different boot loop after flashing BLU phone

texts:
This is the same BLU Life One X as in Cannot get into recovery mode from boot-loop on BLU phone:

I followed the instructions and flashed the phone with BLU_L0070UU_V12_GENERIC.

I am still in a boot loop, but less predictable:

It shows 0%
BLU/Bold Like Us
Android is starting/optimizing app AAA of BBB
Android is starting/starting apps
Select language
Checking connection
(Sometimes) updating software
(Sometimes) starting the cellular service
Enter email/password of the account to which the android was synced

At any point in the above, the phone may go dark and restart.
I never managed to finish typing the Google account password.
At some point, it also asked for a WiFi password, it no longer does and, apparently, can connect to my hotspot.

Recovery still does not work:

Pressed Power + Volume Up + Volume Down.
Got two teeny lines: Recovery Mode: Volume Up and Factory Mode: Volume Down.
No matter what I press, the screen goes dark and nothing happens (boot cycles).


texts: Samsung OTA Update is published but the update is not yet available on my phone

texts: I have a Samsung phone and would like to update it because there already is an update.   However when I try to update my phone it says I already have the latest update. How can I update my phone?


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I have an HTC One M7 (4.4.2), and the battery is starting to deteriorate. It may be that I have some misbehaving apps, but I'd be curious to find out the number of charge cycles my device has used since purchased (like you can do on a laptop).

Is there an app out there that will do this?

My device is rooted.


texts: What Percentage of Android Devices Runs on x86 Architecture?

texts: This question might be redundant or a possible duplicate but I am using an NDK library that runs only on ARM devices. Is there a way I could know what percentage of Android devices can my app support based on CPU architecture just like these statistics on Android Platform Versions?


texts: Should I turn off Galaxy S7 Fast Charging

texts:
My wife just got a Samsung Galaxy S7.  She said it gets really hot when charging the phone, even if its just a regular charger, not a fast charging charger.  Also, if she is using GPS in the car, the battery will drop even when plugged into the car.  I am trying to figure out if there is any benefit to disabling fast charging in the settings.  For example, using a 1.0 amp charger (i.e. a non-fast charger), will the phone charge less quickly, more quickly or the same if Fast Charging is disabled, compared to the default setting of fast charging on the phone.

Thanks


texts: How do I stop my phone from announcing the name of who is calling me on my Droid Razr Maxx? I've gone into my settings and can't find out why this is doing this.


texts: How to watch Youtube with screen off on any Android without a Youtube Premium subscription

texts: How can I listen to Youtube with my screen off without a Youtube Premium subscription


texts:
I have an Acer Chromebook 13 with Termux installed. I've run termux-setup-storage and I have nodejs installed (no errors). I'm trying to make a small node app under the downloads directory -- as termux references it: /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/downloads/_dev/base_app/api

I have created a package.json file there, and when in that directory, I ran npm i -s express

this seemed to run ok, but it didn't update the dependencies in the package.json file.

npm install express --save produced a long list of warnings (the same one over and over - tar EPERM: operation not permitted, futime) and then an. I failed to copy the error at that point.

then I tried running npm install mongoose --save had similar behavior. The error I got then was

npm ERR! path ../semver/bin/semver
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno -13
npm ERR! syscall symlink
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../semver/bin/semver' -> '/storage/emulated/0/Download/_dev/base_app/api/node_modules/.bin/semver'
npm ERR!  [OperationalError: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../semver/bin/semver' -> '/storage/emulated/0/Download/_dev/base_app/api/node_modules/.bin/semver'] {
npm ERR!   cause: [Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../semver/bin/semver' -> '/storage/emulated/0/Download/_dev/base_app/api/node_modules/.bin/semver'] {
npm ERR!     errno: -13,
npm ERR!     code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!     syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!     path: '../semver/bin/semver',
npm ERR!     dest: '/storage/emulated/0/Download/_dev/base_app/api/node_modules/.bin/semver'
npm ERR!   },
npm ERR!   stack: "Error: EACCES: permission denied, symlink '../semver/bin/semver' -> " +
npm ERR!     "'/storage/emulated/0/Download/_dev/base_app/api/node_modules/.bin/semver'",
npm ERR!   errno: -13,
npm ERR!   code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR!   syscall: 'symlink',
npm ERR!   path: '../semver/bin/semver',
npm ERR!   dest: '/storage/emulated/0/Download/_dev/base_app/api/node_modules/.bin/semver',
npm ERR!   parent: 'api'
npm ERR! }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! The operation was rejected by your operating system.
npm ERR! It is likely you do not have the permissions to access this file as the current user
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you believe this might be a permissions issue, please double-check the
npm ERR! permissions of the file and its containing directories, or try running
npm ERR! the command again as root/Administrator (though this is not recommended).

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.npm/_logs/2019-05-27T01_18_24_536Z-debug.log

side note: tsudo doesn't work. ANy command I run with tsudo tells me Permission denied.


texts: LG Volt LS740: Device under boot-loop after I agreed to update it. Hard/soft reset didn't work

texts: My phone LG Volt LS740 asked me to update, so I did. And before it continued it said it will turn off and then start the new update. I agreed. Now my phone keeps powering off and on like crazy and won't stop until the battery is out. It keeps restarting for no reason. I tried hard reset and soft reset, but nothing works.


texts: "Failed to delete" message when deleting files from SD card

texts:
I use smartphone with Android version 5.1.1 Whenever I try to delete files (videos, images, ebooks, etc) from my SD card I get the "Failed to delete" message. I looked for the solution to the problem online but didn't find the matching. What I tried was I unmounted my SD card and mounted it to my PC. Then I ran cmd as administrator and tried these commands in order:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1 (which pointed to my SD card)
attribut disk clear readonly

It didn't work out.

What do you suggest to do?