texts: I have a Lenovo android pad with voice commands that will not display @ sign. When I say at sign it displays "at sign" only

texts: How do I display the @ sign using voice command.


texts: I currently switched to Samsung Galaxy s3! The first two days I would tap on the digital clock widget on the home screen to access the alarm. However, yesterday the software of the phone updated by itself. And after the update, when i tap on the  digital clock widget on the home screen, nothing happens. I cant access the alarm clock by tapping the clock widget anymore. please suggest.


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I have a question following up Locking applications to wifi only data connections:

I followed the guide given in its answer and notice some applications (like Android OS) don't have the option to be turned off. Is there any solution for this? At Data Usage the "app" called Android OS is using data but I don't wanna use data unless I'm on WiFi for that process.

What I'm trying to achieve (on the Xperia Z) is that on WiFi all apps have full access to the internet. On mobile data I only want Whatsapp and Gmail to be syncronised.

I disabled everything that uses data exept the mentioned apps above and I can't get

I also have My Data Manager installed. It says OS services is using 111kb so far, and it's going up. Another process called Android System has used 78kb.

In short again the question: some applications (like Android OS) don't have the option to be turned off in Data Usage. Is there a way to stop this process (and other processes) to use data unless I'm on WiFi?


texts: Mobile data not working until switching off then on again

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Any app on my Sony Xperia XZ2 Android 10 phone can't access mobile data until I go to Network > Mobile Network > Turn off Mobile data > Turn on Mobile Data.
If I close the app I need to do this again.
Example:

After a fresh restart, I open Firefox to do a Google search
"Unable to connect"
I toggle Off then On again my mobile data
Trying again my search in Firefox
Working
I open Google Agenda
"Sync Error"
I toggle Off then On again my mobile data
Sync successful
I switch to Firefox to do another search
Working
I close all apps via the "clear all"
I open Firefox
"Unable to connect"
etc.

This is the same for any app that use the Internet and its really tiring.
Toggling the Airplane mode works also instead of turn off then on the Mobile data.
Do anyone have a solution please ?
Already checked the APN it should be the correct one.


texts: Turning off cell broadcast messages in HTC One X Plus

texts: I have been receiving about 50 flash sms a day, with my service provider name TIM RS 51, from the number 50. As I read here, it might be a issue with activating and deactivating cell broadcast on the phone. However, I could not find the path suggested for the deactivation (Setting/Call/Other Call Settings). The option does not exist on this path. Any help?


texts: Where do I start if I want to learn custom modding an android device?

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I have some basic knowledge of android phones from a fan's point of view and have had a bit of experience with testing of custom ROMs but I really would like to start with basic development on my own.

I'm no developer, which is why I need some serious advice of where do I start and how do I proceed. What kind of prerequisite knowledge do I require ?

Any kind of tutorial or knowledge database which can help me get started would be very helpful.


texts: What is the difference between system memory and internal storage?

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I am using LG Optimus L3.

When I look into the app manager, there is a system memory of 157MB and an internal storage of 1GB. I can't install all the apps on internal storage. It's something like internal SD card.

Can I somehow extend the system memory and shrink internal storage?


texts:
On older (rooted) Android versions, Cryptonite was a great solution to mount EncFS encrypted folders, but on my new Android KitKat phone with an emulated storage, that fails.

I can successfully mount the encrypted folder in /storage/emulated/legacy onto another folder in /storage/emulated/legacy, but then the decrypted files are not visible to other apps. How do I mount an EncFS folder the right way?


texts:
I'm attempting to get into Android Rom development and as such I've compiled CM13 from source for my device (which is not yet fully supported, I've tweaked it so that it ought to work). However, due to the fact that this is my first foray into custom Rom development I have one rather serious issue.

How do I safely test my rom?

I want to be able to flash it to my device (Oneplus Two) using TWRP however, I need to be able to ensure that no permanent damage can be done to my device. How could I do this?

Any help will be appreciated hugely!


texts: Different contacts on multiple phones with the same google account?

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I own two lines (different carriers), and one of them is currently on my Galaxy S4. I am thinking of purchasing another (open) android device to place the other SIM on. Since I have purchased apps from the Play Store, I wish to install them on the new android device as well.

Obviously, I have different contacts on each phones and I want to keep it that way. Will it be possible to have different sets of contacts under one google account?


texts: How to make a reminder on the lock screen

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I would like to create a reminder on the lock screen so I can see it everytime I tried to use my mobile.

How can I do that?


texts:
How can I undo an edit in Gmail's compose field?

For example, I write a draft email, select the entire text and remove it, how can I undo my remove action to get the text back?


texts:
I tried to make an HTML and open it in a fullscreen browser, but it doesn't show the PDF.

Is there a way to open a PDF in full-screen, page fit 100% to screen, without blending effects, just the PDF without any menu?


texts: I am working on some project where I need to debug existing apps on android android market. I know by modifying androidmanifest.xml we can do so but for that I need to have source code. So is there any short way to to this task. Can "select debug app" option in developer options help ?


texts: My new Droid Razr, and Razr Maxx phones put a small delay in between each ring.  Some of the factory ringtones are designed to be a continous loop.  for example "medieval jaunt", "romancing the tone", and "Crayon Rock" are designed to be looped with no delay, and sounds odd with the short delay in between rings.  I saw I similar question from about a year ago, which there seem to be no answer, but that was someone with the opposite issue, of wanting a delay.  Thanks!


texts:
I have the same contacts but with different details, for ex:
I have contact 1-A which has the phone number and an email and contact 2-A which has the birth date and other phone numbers. When I select one of them and tap "Join" they successfully join.

Since I have two ROMs that I can boot between I want the contacts to be the same on both of them. When I go in contacts in the other ROM which is CM12.1 it tells me to connect to Google, that's what I do. Then when I check the contacts they are separated again.

I have an OnePlus 2 running stock OxygenOS version 2.1.1 on top of Android 5.1.1 which is my daily driver and CyanogenMod 12.1 also on top of Android 5.1.1


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I'm trying to change the MAC address of my razr d3, model XT915, android 4.4.2, but I didn't have success.

In my last try I was using busybox and the following command:
busybox ifconfig wlan0 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

The return is :
ifconfig: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Operation not supported

So I started to look for the nvram files and was able to find the file WIFI at /data/nvram/APCFG/APRDEB and edit my MAC address there. Unfortunately, it seems that the MAC address is set somewhere else.

Does anybody know if it is possible to change the mac address in this scenario and how?


texts: Hide device information pop-up on Galaxy S3

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In my Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300, rooted, SuperUser installed), I have a static pop-up that shows some information about my device hardware and doesn't hide. The pop-up has a background color and yellow text. It has some information like:

PDA:blah
Phone:blah
CSC:blah
and more...

How can I hide the pop-up?


texts: how do I set a ring tone for a specific contact?

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I've searched for this here and don't see it. I've set a custom, contact-specific ring tone before but don't recall how. It doesn't seem to be under the contact, which is where it should be.

Phone is a 2.x.


texts: Remove Snooze -button in Android Alarm-lock

texts: I always by accident hit the Snooze button instead of Alarm -and it is irritating, alarm starting afterwards again. Is there some better alarm -lock with better UI or how can I remove the alarm-lock "Snooze" that is totally useless?


texts: Don't charge the battery but use connected power to run the phone

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Answers to this question Is power consumed from battery to run the phone when charging? explain how charging while phone is in use does both - charging the battery and powering the on going activities.

My question is different — Can I stop charging the battery but use the connected power for ongoing activities?

Why do I want to do this?

I want to charge the battery within ideal limits (see Ideal charging / discharging percentage for maximum battery life?)

and

at the same time use the charging power to keep running the phone without any heat stress on battery, thus extending battery life.
Also the battery is not drained, enabling me to use the phone for longer time without charging

Edit : I am not looking for dedicated cables or hardware that can possibly do this


texts: I just installed Wget using Termux on my Android. But, when I download a file, I cannot find it's location. Can anyone please tell me where it's located? And how can I change that location to my desired directory?


texts: What is the difference between Opera Mini and Opera mobile?

texts: What features does Opera Mobile have the Opera Mini doesn't? Are there any other differences such as speed?


texts: Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will not enter recovery mode

texts: I have recently gotten a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (Wifi only). I am attempting to boot it into recovery mode for the sake of rooting the device, but it is not working as anticipated. When I start the device by holding down power + vol down I see the warning screen that prompts me to press volume up to "continue", or volume down to "cancel (restart tablet)". When I press volume up, it goes to the Odin Mode screen, showing the green android robot, and the words "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!". It remains that way indefinately until I hold down the power button to turn it off. Kies is installed on my PC, and I have tried to reboot it into recovery both with it plugged in to the PC and without. If it is plugged in to the PC while it is stuck at "downloading", eventually a popup appears in Kies stating "Device not responding. To resolve the issue reboot the device." Does anyone see something I am doing wrong? Thank you very much for any help!


texts: Android 7.0 - SD Card formatted as internal storage

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My Wileyfox handset recently upgraded to 7.0 and I'm getting nowhere with their support. My SD card is formatted as "internal storage". Despite over 30GB of free space on the card, I'm unable to add new apps or update existing ones and am getting lack of space error messages instead. I've reviewed the list of first aid options and these don't offer any solutions. I'm already using the SD card formatted as internal (i.e. not portable) storage.

WFox maintain that many apps will now not run on SD cards.

However, I thought that this related to "external" / "portable" SD cards and that formatting the card as internal memory would avoid this issue. WFox won't address this question. If my understanding is wrong, so be it, but it would be helpful if someone can answer this query for me.


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I only use my smartphone (Samsung Galaxy Chat) as a "pocket computer" (with WiFi) and don't use it to make telephone calls (I use a dual-SIM "dumbphone" for this). All the time it shows a cellular network signal indicator and reports that it can make emergency calls. Can I switch it off to save battery?

Some years ago, when I had a Benefon Esc! GSM+GPS phone, I could independently turn its GSM and GPS modules on/off. I wonder if this is possible in modern day smartphones.


texts: Will the uninstalling of apps leave file cruft in the root (Android's subsystem)?

texts:
Will the uninstalling of apps leave files in the root (Android's subsystem)?

When we uninstall some program on Windows, it leaves some files along the system, does it happen on Android too? If this happens, would it be be wise to access the root to erase this files and free some space?


texts: Using Apple Lossless with Google Play Music

texts:
I have a lot of music encoded in Apple Lossless (ALAC), but Google Play Music doesn’t seem to support it.  Instead Google Play Music supports FLAC, but iTunes doesn’t support it.

I don’t care how encoded my music are, but want to encode these without any loss.  How do you guys manage your lossless music using iTunes + Google Play Music?  I believe it’s not only my problem.

Edit: Okay, I finally gave up, and encoded my all files encoded in ALAC/FLAC to normal AAC.  There seems no way to use both at a time as of now.


texts: Galaxy Note II slow due to lack of memory?

texts: I have a Galaxy Note II and it's too slow due to low memory, I bought a 16 GB memory card and it still is slow, what to do?


texts: Facebook Messenger camera is extremely dark for no known reason

texts:
When I try to take a picture using the Messenger app camera, it is incredibly dark, and I can barely see the photo it takes, even in broad daylight. To take a decent photo, I have to close the app, use my actual camera app, then upload it.

What could be causing this?

I have a HTC Desire 530, with an 8 megapixel camera


texts: How to find all previously installed apps deleted from history?

texts:
I'm looking for a game I played in the past that I'm willing to pay for today. I usually delete my history when you go to the Play Store - My Apps - All. That means all I have there are the currently installed apps on my phone.

However, I found these little marks on previously installed apps that aren't currently on my phone but have been deleted from my history.

Is there a way to find all apps with these check marks on them?


texts: I'm still learning how to use the terminal. I know the dangers of fiddling with it. But I want to use the terminal emulator app to navigate my phone(messaging, camera, launch applications, etc) from the command line. What are the commands and where should I start


texts: I tried to pull SystemUI.apk on my Samsung Android Pie/OneUI and it seems like it's either in some other directory than /system/app or has been renamed. I tried to pull this through adb. Tried different cases for it but didn't work. To anyone curious, I want to modify me status bar icons. Does someone know where it might be located?


texts: Making notifications easier to hear when listening to music

texts:
I would like to find some way to make it more likely for me to hear my notifications (mostly incoming SMS) while I'm playing music on my phone.

The phone does vibrate, but that is of little help if I'm not very close to it. And it does play the notification sound, but it easily gets lost among the music. It's very frustrating to miss a text message and answer it way too late even though you were right next to your phone.

Ideally, I'd want to make it so that the music's volume is cut for about a second of silence, then the notification sound would play, followed by another second of silence, and then the music would come back.

Actually that's the only solution I can think of, but I don't know everything. Surely, it's possible, since most media apps are able to cut their volume to play the ringtone if a call comes during playback. But does there exist a solution?

Details

Google Nexus 4
Android 4.3

Music applications in cause
(though I wish this not to be necessary, since a cross-application solution is required to be practical with several applications)

AlarmDroid (Internet radio stream)
TuneIn Radio
Rocket Player


texts: Whenever I try to download my software update. The download completes but at the end it gives a notification that my phone has already been modified. I don't know what it is but I can't update my phone's software. HELP ME WITH IT...


texts: How to remove pre-installed apps from Xperia E?

texts:
I recently bought a Xperia E and since I am not a Facebook user I'd like to remove it from my phone. That also applies for Google+ and other stuff which is installed on my phone by default but I am realy not going to use it so it just consumes my memory and battery.

I tried to go for example to Settings->Apps->Google+ but there is only disable option, not unistall like with manually installed apps.


texts: Bootloop & Cannot get into any recovery mode stock/CMW/TWRP

texts:
My Samsung s4 mini (I9190) is in bootloop.

I CANNOT go into recovery mode by power+home+volume up.

I CAN go into download mode by power+volume down.

"Firmware upgrade and initialisation" by Kies finished succesfully but it is still in bootloop.

"Odin + Sammobile firmware" finished succesfully but it is still in bootloop.

"Odin + CMW Recovery" finished succesfully but it is still in bootloop.
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2528136&d=1390237165 )

"Odin + TWRP Recovery" finished succesfully but it is still in bootloop.
(http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=file-thanks&fid=24052804347763027&mid=108&download_id=ovsrhlssjl8oa3tm4aanrrh1u0&tid=1453125230&hc=25a981cade4149663a73da4c332838c193eb9489524be94632c813efd7fed5f7 )

Any suggestions?

Details:

It was Android 4.2.2; the original OS in it when I bought it. Then one day I rooted it. I did not upgrade the OS. It was still the original TouchWiz on 4.2.2. (No CyanogenMod or anything....) Everything was fine for 1 year. Then one morning I clicked on a whatsapp message and my phone restarted & has gone into a bootloop.

I do not have an external SD card. I tried two different batteries, each works fine in another phone. I did not insert an SD card or SIM card during any of these processes.


texts:
Jellybean to KitKat was 4.3 to 4.4.

KitKat to Lollipop was 4.4 to 5.0, which is understandable because there were huge changes in runtime as well as interface.

But why is Marshmallow not 5.2? It doesn't seem to have wholesale changes from Lollipop.


texts: Can't uninstall apps from homescreen Android 8.0 after settings sync

texts:
I recently bought a Galaxy S9+ This would allow me to uninstall apps from the homescreen. If I did a press and hold on the app an uninstall option would pop up on the menu.

I just did a data sync which syncs settings from my old galaxy s7 edge running android 7. Now when I press and hold on an app in the homescreen a message comes up that says "Remove from Home" instead of uninstall.

How do I get the uninstall option back? I can't find anything in the settings that would change this.


texts: Where is the / or /sbin file system or directory mounted from on Android?

texts:
Where does the root file system (ie, / not /system) come from on Android? I can see that /system is mounted

cat /proc/mounts

rootfs / rootfs ro,relatime 0 0
  ...
/dev/block/mtdblock8 /system ext4 ro,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0
/dev/block/mtdblock6 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered,noauto_da_alloc 0 0

I can see that /system and /data are mounted from mtdblockX devices. And that / is mounted on the 'virtual' type 'rootfs'.

There are a bunch of files and directories in / (I'm interested in /sbin) that don't seem to be mounted on a mount point over /. Where do those files come from? (I want to get RW access to /sbin) Is this done with some 'chroot' magic? -- it it from some 'boot' image? (In this specific example I'm using a Minix Neo X5 with Android)


texts: I have used a GB of data in less than 24 hours, how is this possible

texts: I got my android phone a week ago. This morning I recieved an text from telus telling me I have used 75% of my data, then an hour later I recieved a text saying I used 95%. Since I was sleeping and was not using my phone I want to know if this is at all possible, I took my phone into telus and all the settings for wifi are off. Is someone taking internet from me? What should my settings be?


texts: Installing Android on Nokia N96 need help

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

I am using Nokia N96 mobile phone with S60 OS.

Is it possible to load Android OS in my phone.

From where can I download the OS.

Which tool I have to use for OS installation ( tools like PC suit/ OS installer )

After installing the Android OS is it possible to put back the old S60 OS?


texts: USB debugging turns off after restart on Android 7.0

texts: Recently, my Moto G4 running Android 7.0 has been turning off USB debugging under developer options whenever the phone restarts. Is there a way to keep it on all the time? I have already tried revoking and reauthorizing the USB debugging authorizations.


texts: Android Contacts lost but seen in Message app

texts:
I rooted my Nexus S and re-installed a stock ROM. I had my contacts on my SIM card before starting to use my Nexus and I never bothered to sync those contacts to Google. After rooting I don't see my contacts anymore (even in the import contacts screen). However when I try to open the messaging app and type something in the "To" list, auto suggest starts suggesting some of the old contacts.

As part of rooting, I deleted all of my data.

How is it possible that message app is able to fetch my old contacts but I am not able to see them?


texts: How do I get my phone to connect the internal SD by USB?

texts:
I recently rooted and upgraded my Samsung Galaxy S2 to version 4, ICS.

Since doing so, when I connect my device by USB to my Ubuntu computer, only the 12GB internal storage shows up on my desktop and in Banshee.

How do I get my 16GB SD card to also mount on Ubuntu, so that it is available for transferring music files and so on?

Update

According to one answer below, and also in instructions I've now seen elsewhere on the web, I should be able to adjust my USB connection mode by following the following instructions:

  1.Bring up Settings.

  2.Click More… (under Wireless and network).

  3.Then select USB utilities ~ Set USB cable connection mode.

  4.Select Connect storage to PC

However, I am stopped at step 3 because I do not have a "USB Utilities" option under Settings -> More.... What I have looks like this:

I don't know if this is the make-or-break factor that will get my USB connectivity as hoped, but in any case, shouldn't I have the option since everyone else seems to? What can I do to get it?

Details

Here is the storage settings as seen on my phone. As you can see, there are 2 entries of "Internal Storage", one of about 2GB, and one of a little under 12GB.

Then there is an "SD Card", which seems to have about 15 GB, but it is grey and I am unsure if this is really my SD card or not.

Then under "USB Storage", I have the option to mount an SD card, which is problematic, because I already have my card inserted, and seemingly mounted (as described after this image):

If I press the menu key while in the storage settings interface, I get two options:

For "USB computer connection", I have these settings which I don't think I want to change, because MTP does not work with my Galaxy Tab, so I'm not confident it will work with my Galaxy S2. I tried the camera option, but that made it so my phone appeared with a camera icon on my computer, limited the directories, and did not do much to help:

For "Storage configuration", I tried "Use internal Storage" both on and off, but it does not seem to make a difference:

Here is a screen shot from PowerAmp, which seems to think my music is located in a directory called "emmc". The music is accessible from within PowerAmp, but I can not access it when I connect my phone by USB:

PowerAmp tells me I can actually find the emmc directory, where my music seems to be stored, in two locations, /emmc and /mnt/emmc:

When I connect my phone by USB, it looks like this. Note no emmc directory, nor any Music directory, and if you look at the side, there is one 12 GB Filesystem, no entry for my 16GB SD card:

And lastly here is the 12 GB drive's properties:


texts:
A simple question on a ᴘᴄ.
But on Android, even the official reader doesn’t allows it.

This is for reading the video inside/with the ᴘᴅꜰ, not extracting it.


texts: call recorder for Moto G - clear opponents voice

texts:
Moto G 4G
android 4.4.4

I have tried many call recorders with different settings, and in all cases my voice is clear but not the one of the opponent, the person I talk to.

Any app and settings that can register clearly the opponent s voice for Moto G?


texts: Use Socks proxy on Android without rooting in Android 5.1

texts:
I have a Socks5 proxy and I need to configure it in my mobile so that all traffic of the apps goes through that proxy. How can I configure Socks5 proxy without rooting the mobile ?

I have seen 'ProxyDroid' on 'Google Play Store' but it needs the phone to be rooted. Tried Another app 'Drony' but not able to successfully make the connection. I might be doing something wrong.

Please suggest a solution .

Environment

Android Version  ::   5.1
Mobile           ::   MOTO E  , Samsung J2


texts: Galaxy SIII SCH-I535, Android 4.4.2 - High Battery Drain

texts:
I am not quite sure where else to turn with this issue. It's been happening for about a week now. When looking at the stock battery section in Settings, I see that "Android System" is always using 35%+. It's up to 45% right now. Whereas I usually would not need to charge my phone for a few days, now, even though I still haven't changed my phone usage habits, i need to charge almost every day.

I do not have my phone rooted, or anything really special on the phone. But I am wondering why this would be so high, and how I might be able to figure out what's going on. I can provide any information that is needed.


texts:
I own a Samsung Galaxy S4, which has the Blocking mode feature.
It is very useful because it mutes notification sounds during certain hours (I use it to automatically keep my phone quite while I'm sleeping).

It works perfectly for all the applications but WhatsApp.
It seems to be a known issue, and I found a workaround that involved a led notification management application.

I don't like that solution because it is not clean and I'd like to find a better one.
I come from the iOS world where all the applications are forced to pass through system notification center and I can't really get what's happening on my phone nor how WhatsApp can deliver me notifications.


texts:
The title says it all.

Running android 7.1 not rooted device, I am running sshDroid on android device, ssh into it from my laptop.

When I ssh into the device and check the permissions for the SD Card it's owned by root.

Without ROOT access, can I ssh and copy files to the SD Card from my machine?


texts: Can I use an Android One device without a Google account?

texts:
I wish to buy an Android One device and install only apps from F-Droid. I don't own a Google account and don't wish to register. I don't wish to install LineageOS or other alternative firmware.
Is it possible to use Android One device without a Google account?
What are the restrictions (without Google account) except that i can't use Google cloud services and Play Store? For both there are alternatives.


texts: Downgrading Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 Downgrade Confusion

texts: My Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 is currently running Android version 4.3.0. I wanted to downgrade it back to 4.1.2 and got confused with which values to look for when selecting a rom. I know that my carrier is TEN (Telenor) Norway and that my PDA is I9300XXUGNG3. Looking up that combination I managed to verify that my carrier is indeed Telenor. Based on that, can I pick any 4.1.2 firmware that is associated with my carrier?


texts: Re-updating an Android phone for test purposes?

texts:
For a network test, we require an Android phone to perform an OS update.
  We have a Nexus 6P and a Samsung Galaxy S8+.

The issue is that once we perform an update, it's updated, and no more updates can occur.

Is there a simple way to 'reverse' an update, and re-get the latest update?


texts: New SIM activation: Do I need to reboot?

texts:
I recently received a new SIM card from the telecommunications service provider I switched to (I kept my mobile number).  This is what I have done so far:

Went through the "activate SIM online" process
Powered off my mobile
Replaced SIM cards
Started my mobile again

The mobile appears to have detected the new SIM alright (I can see the new provider's name) but it says "emergency calls only".  I checked with the new provider's support and they said it may take up to an hour to get activated.

Now I am wondering, do I need to reboot my phone again before the new SIM can connect to the network, or are there other means of forcing the SIM to try to reconnect, such as

switching mobile data off and on again,
turning on flight-mode temporarily
...anything else?


texts: Erronous Low Data Space Error on Droid Incredible

texts:
I've see this question asked a lot, but I haven't seen any real answers.

I'm getting the low application data space error, but I have 440MB/750MB free on my internal storage.

With more than 50% free how can I be low on space?
Is there any solution to this other than deleting things?  It seems that the error goes away at around 460MB free, but it's ridiculous that I would have to maintain that much free space to now be "low".

Any thoughts on what I can do about this?


texts: Tt the time before installing i had 322 MB free storage and was about to get Dead Trigger 2 but I didn't have enough space so it stopped and now I have only 77 MB free? Did it keep half the app on my phone still?


texts: Mediaserver is eating my phone's battery?

texts:
I'm using dual boot on my SGS2 with CM10.1 and JellyBam and both running fine but with some issue of mediaserver draining my phone's battery like a crazy nut. I have checked on Google and got many threads about this without any proper solution. This question already exist on this site but that solution doesn't work for me and rebooting every time is a big pain.

Screenshot of "Battery Usage" (click image for larger variant)

I've also deleted all media files on my Sdcard but it still trigger to eat my battery.


texts: i did a hard reset on my rooted Moto E android device since the Wi-fi was not somehow turning on. Now it has rebooted, and after entering the preferred language, its got stuck on the second step : Select Wi-Fi, and shows the text "turning Wi-Fi on...". ( the same problem for which I did a hard reset in the first place). Why is the reboot stuck at this point and what can I do about it?


texts: How do I hard reset Samsung Galaxy S2 without going into Recovery Mode?

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I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2, which was flashed with CyanogenMod some years ago. I have forgotten the pattern to the lock screen, so I would like to hard reset it.
I tried all possible key combinations for going into recovery mode - Power + Home + Volume up/down/both etc. Nothing seems to work. It just boots normally whatever I do.
Is there a way to hard reset it, maybe reinstall an entire OS onto it? I just want to use the phone again.


texts: Preview Facebook Messenger's message on lock screen

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I had this feature on for like 24 hours, but now it's gone. It's when Facebook messages would pop up onto my lock screen and I could see the message without having to actually turn on and unlock my phone. Now I cannot find how to change this.

Where is the setting for this feature?


texts: Change USB connection mode while on Fastboot mode

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I would like to unlock the bootloader of my Huawei P8 that has Android 6.0 and is not yet rooted.

It is shown as connected to the PC when running "adb devices" before rebooting to Fastboot&Rescue mode but after that I cannot change the USB connection type so that it can be connected to the PC in order to unlock it.


texts: what is amigo in gionee s6? how to update android version?

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what is amigo in gionee s6?
whenever i do update it updates system version.
Currently android version is marshmallow.
How to update android version?


texts: Android disk encryption - using as a removable device

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I'm about to upgrade my Desire HD to ICS so that I can use the full disk encryption functionality.

Does anyone know if its possible to still use the device as a removable disk when plugged in via a USB cable?

If this is possible, am I right in assuming that the device will need to be unlocked with the PIN/password before being mounted (as this surely defeats the purpose of it, if you can access the SD card without unlocking)?


texts: How to get my Android device to connect in USB Debugging Mode?

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I have videocon (vt10 - android v4.1 jelly bean) 10 inch tablet.

I want to connect my device to my computer (Windows 7 32-bit) in USB DEBUGGING MODE.

I searched a lot and didn't find any USB drivers for my device, I also contact Company Customer Care but they said that they didnt made any kind of USB drivers for that device.

I also installed PDAnet software for connecting android devices but nothing happens.

Please any one tell me how can I connect this device in debugging mode ?


texts: How can I change LauncherPro shortcut intents without using the Shortcut option on my NookColor?

texts: I have a rooted NookColor and am using launcherpro as my home app. I would like to change the dock's shortcuts to different applications but the problem is a rooted nookcolor does not support the shortcut intent. If you try to use it, it will crash launcherpro. Is there another way I can change the shortcuts?


texts: How do I set battery charge min-max range to make it degrade with time less?

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As far as I know, LiIon batteries should be kept in about 40%-80% range in order to degrade more slowly.

On my laptop I use the following commands to make it change battery conditionally, only when it's lower than 45% and up to 90% instead of to 100%:

tpacpi-bat -v -s ST 1 45
tpacpi-bat -v -s SP 1 90

How do I do the same for Android? I can control the charger from software, so it should be definitely possible.

Device: Huawei Honor 6 (H60-L04)


texts: Kingo Root fails and gives error code 0x11f116 (Xiaomi Redmi Note 9)

texts: I unlocked bootloader on my Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 and tried to Root it with Kingo Root mobile and desktop. Both keep failing and mobile gives error code 0x11f116. Now mobile version crashes when lauching. I couldn't find any information about that code, so can anyone help?


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I have Galaxy Note2.

Is there a way to tell it to auto connect to open wifi when availble?

Whitout me needing to scan and choose open wifi?


texts: Making an app into a full screen widget (no source code)

texts: Is there any way to convert or declare in the main activity of an app without having access to the source code or using smali? I'd like to have an app as a full-screen widget in nova launcher.


texts: What if I don't want my music on the cloud?

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I just got my Nexus 7 tablet and I was trying to load some music/videos to it. I have about 10 gigs worth of .mp3 files with no DRM in my computer. Since this is Android, I figured I would not be subject to the pain that is iTunes and I would simply be able to drag the music into a "Music" folder if I plugged in the tablet to my computer. Sure enough, I saw a folder named "Music" and tried dragging a couple of files to it. When I go to my Nexus, however, I don't see the files. I started reading up on this and it seems that the way to do things on Android is to use the Google Music Manager which would then put my songs in "the cloud" and make them playable from any device. That's all nice and everything, but is there any way to simply put a couple songs into my device locally without any of that funny business?

TL;DR: I don't want to use Music Manager, how do I locally upload a song/video to my Nexus 7?


texts: Titanium Backup - sync via Windows File Sharing (SMB) after backing up?

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I have Titanium Backup Pro with sync after backup option, but I don't want to sync to clouds, instead I want it sync backups to my PC via SMB.
I also have Foldersync which supports SMB syncing but it works with scheduling only, what I need is syncing right after the backup procedure is done.
Any suggestion ?
Thanks


texts: Can't get rid of icons with green locks on them

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I would like to know how to get rid of these icons with the lock, every other app just goes but not these three. I used the small broom icon but these remained there and it didn't happen before. I'm using Android 4.2.2 in a Lenovo vibe x s960 smartphone.

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texts: The device is not ready warning on Samsung A50s for USB transfer of data

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I want to transfer data from my mobile phone to my external USB hard disk.
The data stored in mobile is approximately 60Gb.
But during the transfer I get error the device is not ready.

However the Samsung A50s mobile phone is connected and from computer
I am able to access the folders.

I am not able to understand how can I transfer mobile phone content to USB hard disk in this case.


texts: Sd card COMPLETELY unrecognizable after rooting

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Around a year ago, I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab T-113. I cannot find the respective rooting thread anymore, so I cannot provide any links :/

I do remember that the thread told me from the start, that the external sd card (Sandisk class 4 32GB, used for rooting) would be locked to the device after rooting it.

The external sd card functioned without any issues for a while, until the device got into a bootloop. I restored the device to factory settings after which the sd card became unreadable, not even recognized as corrupt by the device.

I then tried formatting the sd card through Windows, but Windows doesn't recognize my sd card either.. no sound, no cards in device manager. It can't even be recognized by other phones/laptops (tried multiple)

Is anyone aware of any rooting tools which actually locked the sd card to the device? I'm trying to find the method, in order to find a solution..

Or does anyone know how I can retrieve the data from the sd card? (maybe through additional purchasable hardware for sd card recoveries?

Thanks in advance! :)

P.s: the sd card was never exposed to extreme temperatures or water.


texts: With the Pixel 2 supporting USB Audio Class 1/2/3, which USB audio devices work? Or *don't* work?

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https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/phone-by-google/Yvy0RfOPFfU

  Pixel 2 supports audio adapters and headsets that communicate digitally over USB-C as defined by USB Audio Class 1/2/3.  Pixel 2 does not support an analog audio signal over USB-C and subsequently will display an unsupported notification warning when an analog audio device is attached.

Here's the spec documents from USB.org:

http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/

So it got me thinking, what kinds of USB audio devices are actually supported?

Audio mixers, like this one from Behringer? Or does it only support USB output, not input? I have such a mixer, but I don't have a Pixel 2 to test.
Car stereos, to my knowledge, have never supported any USB Audio Device class. I hope this changes, but all I've seen is support for USB mass storage mode (only old versions of Android), then MTP (only plays formats that the car stereo supports; no FLAC, maybe no AAC), and then AOA v2, which seems to have been abandoned for some reason (Pixel 2 doesn't support it, nor does the Moto X4).
USB headphones: some recommended models are listed on the Google post I linked above. Are there any that you've found not to work?
USB DACs/amps: here's a thread, they seem to be well supported.
Speaker docks: they only support iPhones, don't they? Has any manufacturer chosen to make one for the Pixel 2, or are there any that support a class of USB Audio?


texts: Where is the data for "Contacts Storage" located?

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Settings -> Applications -> All tells me that "Contacts Storage" uses 2.5MB which must be my contact data.

Since I had to revert to 4.03 after a faulty update to 4.1 my contacts seem inaccessible although the data seems to be there.

Could you please tell me where to find the associated data(base) for Contacts Storage? My phone is rooted.
And no, my contact data is not on GMail and I honestly don't know why...


texts: No folders showing up when connecting Moto G4 via MTP

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I just recently bought a Moto G4 and I'm trying to put files on it, however upon attempting to use the MTP mode, neither my SD card or internal drive show up in the phone's MTP folder.

Moto G4 clearly shows up. However..

There is nothing in that drive. I have switched it between PTP and MTP just to see if it could detect either, but neither showed up at all. Developer settings are enabled, along with adb/root. My phone is using Lineage 14.1's latest nightly.

What do I do?

EDIT: I've discovered that the SD card can show up, so long as it's formatted to be portable. It will not show up if it's formatted for internal.


texts: Hardware factory-reset for Philips TV (PFH5500)

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I'm trying to boot a Philips TV (model 48PFH5500/88) into recovery mode. The television is stuck in the Philips logo splash screen and is essentially bricked. The front LED is pulsing every 1 sec, which I've read is an indication of an issue.
Tried the following:

Connecting to it via adb to boot into recovery - the device is not seen.
Hardware reboot by holding the joystick in the back on the "down" position when plugging in the TV and keeping it there for several minutes.
Unplugging for 1 to 10 minutes and re-connecting.
Entering support codes via the remote (per support manual) to enter service default mode (SDM) or factory mode.

All of these did not yield any response.
I'm looking for a hardware based reset/factory-reset method. Is there any trick I could try to force the device to start anew?
Thanks.


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I have a Huawei Mate 9. Somebody thought that using more than half of the memory is evil, so the system kills (yes, actually it does a hard kill, they're even removed from the task switcher etc.) random apps (even low-memory ones, freeing up only a few megs) over and over again (it's sometimes a constant flow of restarting/killing/restarting/killing for a while), when the free memory is around ~ 1.8 GB out of the ~ 4 GB, just to "improve performance" (yes, that's what support guys said).

This line is logged for a few times (and searching for AwareMem_Kill in the internet doesn't bring up results):

<datetime> 1024 12427 W AwareLog: AwareMem_Kill: updateGroupList package: move high frequent=<fancy-app>, uid=<uid>

Any idea how to disable that "feature" and why Huawei has that weird engineers doing hard kills when 2 GB of RAM are available and not using the Android functionality? Or does the device even not have 4 GB and they're only claiming that and trying to hide the fact? I have no idea ...


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On my Logitech Revue, different glyphs are rendered for the chess symbols than on my computer.

Computer:

Revue:

Using Panopticlick, I've ascertained that the fonts installed on the Revue are:

  AndroidClock
  AndroidClock Highlight
  AndroidClock Solid
  Clockopia
  Droid Sans
  Droid Sans Arabic
  Droid Sans Fallback
  Droid Sans Hebrew
  Droid Sans Mono
  Droid Sans Thai
  Droid Serif

However, applying these to the chess glyphs (using @font-face) on my computer gives the same glyphs as with no font selected. What font are the glyphs I'm seeing, and why doesn't it show up to Flash (Panopticlick reports that it got the list from Flash)?

If this is the wrong place to post this, I'm sorry, but there isn't a Typography Stack Exchange, and this does involve Android.


texts: How to add Exchange calendar to Sunrise calendar app

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I'm trying to add an Exchange account to the Sunrise calendar app, but I get the error: There is no Exchange accounts available on your device.

Where should I add this Exchange account?


texts: How to configure custom quick app in Quick Settings with GravityBox?

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I am using Android Lollipop and my phone is rooted with the current version of Xposed framework and GravityBox is installed. I want to add an app shortcut with GravityBox, but can't do it. Here's the problem:

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Here is the screenshot of the GravityBox app:

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Now after adding the quick app shortcut I can't configure it.

Can anyone please help me with this? As I am on Lollipop I am bound to use third party apps to handle the situation.


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While charging my Jellybean 4.1 device at my PCs' USB, I see the following red battery icon in the notification bar:

What does the red color indicate?


texts: Some apps not connecting to Internet on Galaxy S6

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so I have a Galaxy S6 that is driving me nuts! I keep getting a 'cannot connect to a network' error on some apps.  But it is only some apps.
As a (terrible) example my phone will run the McDonald's app perfectly fine but the Taco Bell app tells me it can't connect to the internet.
My spouse has the same phone and it is perfectly capable of running both the mcdonalds and the taco bell app!
Any ideas about why my phone hates taco bell? I've tried messing around with the settings but I can't solve this problem! Thanks!


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I'm trying to record audio played by a phone by routing it through a computer running Windows 7. Specifically, I want to record voicemails playing from a Galaxy Note 4, which I was trying to do by playing the audio through the computer and recording with Audacity.

I have one male-to-male 3.5mm cable. By connecting that to my computer's mic jack and the phone's headphone jack, I can get a different phone (Galaxy S6) to play through my computer's speakers and can record like I want to, no problem. Also, plugging headphones into the Note 4, the audio plays perfectly through them. So, the cable works, and the phone's jack works.

But when I plug the cable into the Note 4, only half of the audio gets sent; I hear all the high-pitched parts through the computer's speakers, and all the low-pitched parts still come through the phone. Bizarre, to say the least. I would try using a different cable, but I only have the one, and it works fine on the other phone.

The voicemails are stored on my provider's server, not the phone, so I can't just copy them through USB, and trying to record them through the phone's speakers hurts the quality too much (lot of background noise here).

Ideally, I'd like to know what could be causing this strange problem and how to fix it, but any method of saving these voicemails will be enough. Can anyone help me out?


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Does the command:

adb backup -all -f backup.ab

include contacts in the backup?


texts: Disable swipe lock screen on Galaxy S4 running JellyBean

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Every since my Galaxy S4 phone was upgraded to Android 4.3 (Verizon), I have had a problem disabling the swipe lock screen.

I go to Settings -> My Device -> Lock Screen -> Screen Lock:

If I set the option to 'Swipe', I get the swipe lock screen, as expected.
If I set the option to 'None', I still get the swipe lock screen.
If I set the option to 'PIN', I get the swipe lock screen and the PIN lock screen. (It is annoying to unlock the phone, and more so when I receive a call.)

I test this by using the power key.

Is there a bug in the software or is there no legitimate way to disable the very annoying swipe lock / swipe lock screen?

Is there a 3rd party way to allow a PIN lock without having a swipe lock as well?


texts: How can I group duplicate contacts from different sources (Google, WhatsApp, etc)?

texts: I have installed an ICS ROM (Virtuous Inquisition 4.0) on my phone. In my address book I am syncronizing all contacts from my Gmail, Google+ and WhatsApp accounts with the consequence that some contacts have THREE entries! Is the ICS address book not able to group them together by default? I know this question is similar: How do I remove duplicate contacts from Google+?, but the proposed solutions don't seem to work or are not really adequate.


texts: Samsung Kies program on my PC can't restore contacts to Samsung Galaxy S

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I downloaded a new program, and I already did a backup using the Samsung Kies program installed on my PC, but now I can't restore the contacts because the program is not recognizing the phone, and I can't choose the restore button.

How do I fix this problem?


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I've been looking into this a good deal, including the solutions here. Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck. Whenever I type certain words, such as "bear" or "home", after hitting the spacebar, an emoji suggestion will appear. This started very recently - within the last few days. Here's what I've tried:

Removing the emoji language from my keyboard: no such language exists.
Disable show emoji and show sticker suggestions options.
Disable predictive content search.

Is there anything else I can do to completely remove non-text suggestions?


texts: Parental lock: use parental lock app on my profile, or use restricted profile, or use full account with parental lock app?

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I want to use a single tablet for myself and the kids: 1 adult, a 6-year-old, and a 3-year-old. But whichever path I choose, I seem to run into problems. This is the only really related topic I found on this entire site, and it's 2½ years old and doesn't help me.

I have googled a lot but couldn't find a good resource to address this, so I'll try to summarize my options below. TLDR: What's the "best practice" for child-proofing a shared family tablet?

--> Which of these options is "best"? (use your personal interpretation of "good")

option 1: use my own profile + parental lock app

The tablet runs with my Google Account. I use this with many of my own apps and I certainly don't want the kids to mess with any of my apps. I installed the excellent parental-lock app "Kids Place" as well as a scheduler plugin to limit the time per day it will run.

Pros:

I can set up both kids inside the lock app, no further Android user accounts necessary.
I only need to install each app once.
I only need to pay for each app once!
The parental-lock app linked above is really sensible! (In particular: daily time limit, app selection, lock down the system)

Cons:

App data (game progress!) is shared among both kids and myself.

option 2: use restricted profile for each child

Pros:

Simple; no parental-lock app required.
Separate app data (game progress) for each profile.

Cons:

Restricted profiles are not good enough! Too many settings and features remain exposed. The entire "Settings" remains available, as well as lots of system things like Google Now. No time limiting available!
I need to install each app in each profile.
I need to pay for each app in each profile! WTF??
I can't turn a restricted profile into a full profile later on (when they grow old enough); would have to delete the profile and reinstall desired apps (losing all data).

option 3: use full profile for each child + parental lock app

Pros:

The parental-lock app linked above is really sensible!
Separate app data (game progress).
I can remove the parental-lock app, and they'll have a full account. Easy.

Cons:

I need to set up each kid's settings in their respective profile. Twice the work!
I need to install each app in each profile. Twice the work!
I need to pay for each app in each profile! (again, WTF??)

Most glaringly, I don't want to pay for any app several times over especially when it's all on the same device. And while Google's built-in restrictions are a good first step, they're really not enough. As I said, I can't believe nobody has asked or blogged about this yet - it must be a common challenge for parents?

No, I don't want to purchase a separate tablet for each person in the household. Even if I'd want to spend the money, I'd still be faced with most of the drawbacks listed above (but then it would make some sense to buy the same app several times; once per device).

So far, I'm going with option 1 simply because it's the least trouble and the drawback is the least painful to deal with. But I'm not happy with it - call me a perfectionist :-)

Update 2016-05-27:

As noted, I chose option 1, and it has served me fine. The tablet is locked with a pin code, and the parental lock app is also locked with a pin code. This works very reliably, and is really easy to handle. The one contra argument I listed still seems to be the only one, and it's not a real problem.
Incidentally, as it turns out, the tablet in question gets used very rarely - good thing we got a cheap one!


texts: need help Nexus 9 stuck in endless reboot loop

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need help here. I to tried rooting my Nexus 9 and have ended up getting it into an endless loop of it trying to optimize apps.

I did see Firelord's post to do this...

Using Firelords' and Jan's suggestion is was able to unbrick my device and get it working again.

Downloaded the Lollipop 5.1.1 image for Nexus 9 on this site: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Unpacked all the files into the folder where I had fastboot.exe.
Started my tablet by holding down the power button and the volue up botton to get into some kind of recovery mode.

Being new, what I don't understand is how do I get that file into the Nexus 9 if I can't get it to stop the boot cycle. I am pretty good following directions if there is some step by step way to get out of this mess.

Thanks for any help!


texts: How can I wipe cache partition in ASUS Fonepad 7 (K00Z) tablet?

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I'm running ASUS Fonepad 7 (K00Z, with KitKat updates installed). Here is what I already tried by referring to this and this guide:

I started the phone in fastboot bootloader by pressing the Power + Vol-up button, but it has only these five options:

Reboot.
Reboot fastboot.
SDCARD Download.
Factory Reset.

There is no Recovery mode where I can delete the cache partition.
I also turned on the developer options in settings and then run this command from my linux laptop: adb reboot recovery. But the tablet just starts and quits the recovery screen saying "No command found" or something like that.

Is there any hope of being able to delete the cache partition?

Edit

The issue is still unresolved, but I went a long way towards learning new things in Android testing, thanks to @Izzy. Primarily,

USB Debugging using Android SDK is very helpful. For instance, adb reboot-bootloader will restart the phone/tablet to the bootloader. Of course, the device must be recognized by the computer connected through USB which leads to
UDEV rules should be properly setup (for Linux OS; I'm using I'm using Ubuntu 14.04) or the proper vendor drivers should be installed (for Windows). This Q/A is very helpful in this regard.
fastboot erase cache was supposed to help me, but somehow, my ASUS device isn't being recognized by lsusb while the tablet is on bootloader screen (and thus, logically, neither by fastboot devices). I've raised a ticket about this with ASUS and awaiting a reply from there.


texts: APK file keeps getting deleted after receiving via SHAREit

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My APK files are getting deleted automatically from QieZi folder after receiving them via SHAREit app and this is happening when I don't install them instantly.

Why this is happening? Is it Clean Master that deletes all the apps while cleaning the junks or something else?


texts: How to restore old screen power-off effect on android 5

texts: I upgraded to android 5 and the screen power off effect which was imitating power off of these old CRT monitors is lost. Is there any way for me to restore it?


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I have an Acer Liquid Metal with Froyo and an Alpine Car Stereo (bti 114).
I can use the stereo as headset perfectly and I've noticed that I can also hear the phone notifications when using it.
Can I stream phone mp3s to my car audio?
Any detailed information is very welcome :)


texts: Problem with camera concerning file names und photos app

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Short version:
How can the camera app be brought to save pictures again with the regular format "IMG_2021....jpg"? On my Nokia 7.2 this is not the case anymore (see picture).

Long version / additional explanations:
Before I bought my Nokia 7.2, I used the SD card already in a Samsung Galaxy Note und hatte and had stored on it (among other) several pictures. For the new pictures, a new folder was automatically created and the old pictures remained saved.
Sometime, an additional folder was automatically created without that I had anything to do with it, maybe due to an update. After that there were three subfolders in DCIM, both on the device and on the SD card:

100ANDRO (probably from Galaxy Note, but I'm not sure anymore)
Kamera
Camera
From then on, the pictures got stored in the folder "Camera". Until that point, everything was allright.

At the end of last year I noticed that new pictures don't get stored anymore with the regular format "IMG_2020....jpg" but instead with an unlogical file name, see screenshot of Windows file explorer. Only newly created videos still get stored with with the regular format.
A few days ahaid of that, the following had happend:
The "Fotos" app from Google suddenly claimed that there was no access to delete pictures (which had always worked before) and that I should use the gallery app for that. Therefore I installed Google Gallery and for comparison one or two additional gallery apps. I then could delete pictures directly again and didn't have to switch to the "Files" app or another one.
When I realised the new file naming of the pictures I first thought, it might have something to do with the installation of the gallery apps and I removed them again. However, that had no effect.
My next attempt has probably caused a subsequent problem, but didn't solve the original issue: In the system settings I deleted the cache and data of the apps "Kamera" (Google Camera) and "Fotos" (Google Photos). Since then, new pictures are still stored with the 'wrong' file name.
On the other hand, I noticed - just a few days later - that many old pictures are missing. The folders "100ANDRO" are both empty, both on the device and the SD card. At least the folder on the SD card had contained several pictures before. The two "Kamera" folders have vanished with the containing pictures. From all the created pictures I don't have anymore those from about 1 1/2 years.
I find it disturbing that pictures made with the camera are removed when deleting the data of any app. From my point of view, the folder DCIM does not belong to any app at all, as opposed to f. ex. the folder WhatsAppImages in WhatsApp > Media. Anyhow, I probably have to live with that; a restore of the deleted pictures is rather time consuming and/or expensive.
But how can the Google Camera app be brought to store the pictures again with the regular format "IMG_2021....jpg"?
Thanks for your help or any tipps.
By the way, why does the Camera app frequently change the storage folder from sd card to device? (If I'm not mistaken, this didn't only happen after installing updates.)


texts: Application cannot be installed in the default install location (all apps)

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I am updating 30 apps, and they are all giving me this error. I'm trying to update through the normal Play Store. I have tried restarting my phone, no luck.

I have the Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Android 4.0.4.

I thought I might be out space, but I checked and I'm good. "Device memory, available: 250MB. USB storage, available: 164MB"

What could be wrong?


texts: Is there an effective way to browse through loads of images on an Android tablet and rate and sort them easily?


texts: Flashlight comes on for no apparent reason

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I have a Samsung A5 running Android 8. Every so often when I pull it out of my pocket the flashlight is on.  The screen will be locked due to timeout and there is no indication that I somehow pocket dialled it.  This doesn't happen often but it is totally wierd.

I suspect that this may be caused by inadvertent use of some physical shortcut or hack that turns the flashlight on, but I have searched carefully and have not found it.

Can anyone offer some ideas?


texts: How can I use multiple accounts with Telegram?

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There is a question here but that is for Ubuntu on PC.
I have the same question for an android device.

  Is there a way to have two copies of telegram app in Android each with
  a different account?

I'm using the version Kitkat 4.4.


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I recently rooted my nexus 5 phone and lost all of my photos :( I was wondering what rooting actually does. Is it like formatting the disk and updating file tables or is it like deleting all the sectors? In the former case is it possible to recover my photos?

I used chainfire for rooting the phone. For that, I turned off the phone and turned it on while pressing +- volume buttons. Then I ran the script contained in http://download.chainfire.eu/363/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hammerhead-hammerhead-nexus5.zip Later I realized that all of my apps, photos, etc are gone. I don't care about the apps because they were automatically installed after setup. Just need to recover my photos.


texts: Anyone knows of way to compare your mobile with a 'standard' installation set?

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone, running Android 2.1, and am very pleased with it (can't compare though, since it's my first device with Android).

When I had some problem with the installed Facebook application, and got some answers here fro the site, it seemed that I was using a 'Facebook S!' application and not the 'standard' Facebook for Android.

I was just wondering just now: is there a way to compare an Android on your device with a standard installation ? I , for one , would like know that applications have been written by my mobile manufacturor and my mobile operator, and which are standard.


texts: Apple Earpod one-click/Double-Click not working on Sony Xperia Z1, Android 4.4.2 Kitkat

texts: I have Sony Xperia Z1 loaded with Android 4.4.2 Kitkat. My Apple earpods were working fine on Android Jelly Bean ie one-click will pause/play & double-click will play next song (Volume controls don't work on Android), but after upgrade to Android 4.4.2 Kitkat the one-click doesn't pause/play & double-click doesn't play next song. Please help me out. I don't want to miss the awesome sound from my apple earpods.


texts: How to install core GMS packages on Huawei 7 Plus?

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I have a Chinese phone and I don't know what to do with that. I have Huawei 7 Plus (Android 7, EMUI 5.1.1 B223).
How to install core GMS packages on it?


texts: Nexus 7 (2013) Won't Boot Normally or into Recovery After Attempted Root

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So I thought it would be a great idea to try and root my brand new 2013 Nexus 7. After checking out a few tutorials online, I found one for mac, and downloaded the toolkit at:

http://www.androidrootz.com/2012/12/nexus-7-one-click-toolkit-for-mac.html

I opened up the bootloader by holding down Power + Volume Down and opened the included script on my computer, which unlocked the device. I then attempted to restart it into recovery mode. I pressed Power + Volume Down on startup and opened up the bootloader. I then scrolled to Recovery Mode using the volume keys and pressed Power to select it and boot into recovery.

This is where everything went downhill.

I could open up the bootloader, but when I attempted to boot into recovery to load SuperSU onto my device, it got stuck on the Google logo with an unlocked padlock icon at the bottom of the screen. So I tried to boot normally, and it got stuck on the same screen.

All the forum posts I have come across so far to fix a bootloop all require the ability to boot into recovery mode or normally. I cannot find a guide that tells me how to relock and return to factory settings if I cannot boot at all.

Basically I need to unbrick my 2013 Nexus 7.


texts: Nexus 7 Share Dialog No Longer Showing Up After KitKat

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Before the KitKat upgrade, tapping "Share" in apps would bring up a dialog that lists all apps that you can share to. After upgrading to KitKat, tapping this button only copies the link to the clipboard.

I should note that this only happens on some apps, like these listed below:

Chrome
Bacon Reader
Hacker News 2
Trello

Is there a way to bring back the old functionality?


texts: What settings does Sprint Gingerbread (2.3) update reset?

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After installing the Gingerbread upgrade on my EVO, I noticed that my alarms have been reset.  Now I'm wondering what, if any, other settings were reset or changed.

I have not been able an official list anywhere.

Which settings get changed or reset with the Sprint Gingerbread update?


texts: adb pull - copy whole folder to computer

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How do I copy a folder from my android device to a certain folder of my computer?

if I use this command:

adb pull efs

It copies the contents of the efs folder to my computers root directory. I want to copy the whole folder with it contents to a certain destination to my computer.

I have tried with the following for instance, without success

adb pull efs C:\Users

(my android is rooted)

I am using a window shell


texts: Moto G5 will not boot, what are my options to recover user data?

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I have a Moto G5 (XT1676), which is stuck in a boot loop. It will ask for my pattern to unlock the partition, and then the motorola / lenovo logo spins forever and the phone will not boot.
What are my options to recover the user data ?
I am able to access the recovery, and I have tried already tried to clear the cache partition, with no luck. There is no option to backup the user partition in the stock recovery.
I could flash TWRP recovery and backup the phone from here, but my booloader is OEM locked, and unlocking it requires wiping the phone.
Is there a way to unlock the bootloader without wiping the phone ?
Or is there a way to backup the user partition from the stock recovery ?


texts: i need help for my samsung galaxy note 4

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Does anyone tried or knows how to root a LOCKED Samsung galaxy note 4 exynos versions without changing or replacing the stock firmware safely? The reason is, I just want to install the galaxy s6 or s7 theme on my note 4 just to change the user interface for a new look. For example like changing the orange color sms interface. However, I don't want to use any third party sms app.

Model number-  SM-N910C
Android  version-  5.1.1 lollipop
Android security patch level-  2016-07-01
Baseband version-  N910CXXU1COJ5
Kernel version-  3. 10. 9-6035384
dpi@SWDD6014 #1
Wed Jul 6 18:32:42 KST 2016
Build number-  LMY47X.N910CXXS2CPG1

References- http://androidflagship.com/12039-install-galaxy-s6-theme-engine-on-galaxy-s5-s4-and-note-4
http://www.androidsage.com/2016/05/04/download-samsung-galaxy-s7-apps-and-features-for-note-4-5-s6-more/


texts: Keep contacts local (not google account related already disabled) from other accounts on phone ie hotmail

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I've had my nexus 5 for a while now and still haven't found a solution to the particular problem I am having, I want to keep all of my phone contacts local without syncing them to an account, now I've disabled Google Contacts Sync, which stops the phone syncing contacts to a google account, however when using any other account with the built in email application (either corporate, imap or POP3) it begins asking me to sync contacts with that account. It is frustrating to say the least, any insights that you guys might have would be really valued as another question showed me how to disable Google Contacts Sync!

Edit - if its any use I think it as attempting to sync with something related to exchange.


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Is there anybody could help me explain this situation?

By the way, something malicious I don't know (not cpu-z) cause battery drain whereas anti-virus software tells nothing.


texts: Unsafe certificate protection in Android?

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Maybe I'm wrong. If so, please let me know.

Here is my question. I've followed the instructions here and installed my personal certificate stored in a pfx file (PKCS#12) in my Google Nexus (ICS 4.0.4). A little problem here is that it is not listed in "User" tab in "Credentials". It works anyway.

But the big problem IMHO, is the way Android protects your certificates by default. It only requests the user to set a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock the screen. I'm missing a password-protected access to my credentials like IE does in Windows for instance every time your certificate is requested by a site.

Is there a method to enhance security of your certificates in ICS?

Thank you


texts: Why does my device turn Wi-Fi on by itself?

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Similar to Why does HTC Incredible S turn Wi-Fi on by itself?, it seems my Samsung Galaxy Victory will turn on Wi-Fi at random times. It establishes a connection if certain networks are in range (i.e. any open Wi-Fi).

I notice a Wi-Fi setting which allows this phone to keep its Wi-Fi on during sleep, but this is currently disabled.

Is there a way to prevent the device from looking for Wi-Fi networks?  If this is specific to Samsung devices, has anyone figured out how to take care of this issue?


texts: How can I remove the notification header in Android 4.3? (Big hour, date, clear all button, notification/quick setting switch)

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As shown in below screenshot: is there a way to remove the notification header, or at least replace it with a transparent image, on Android 4.3?

Screenshot (click for larger variant)


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Background Story :
The S5 belongs to my friend. One day, he was no longer able to make or receive calls and he came to me for help.

As you can see above, the baseband version of the phone is "unknown". When I checked the IMEI, it says null.

So I searched forums for the solution. It turned out that the EFS partition was either corrupted or deleted ( source :
http://techbeasts.com/how-to-restore-and-back-up-efs-data-on-samsung-galaxy-devices/ ).

According to the site, I need to get my phone rooted to use the EFS recovery software.

However, I encountered another problem there. I used the latest version of CF-AutoRoot to get the phone rooted. Despite Odin showing success, the phone enters a boot loop. I manage to get out of it ( by wiping cache, etc ) only to find the phone not rooted.

Long story short : is there a way to recover EFS without rooting? Or is there a way to root the S5

Note : Other people on the internet managed to root their S5 ( same model ) but their build was different (XXU). Is there a possibility that the build of this S5 (XXS) is causing the error.


texts: How to host Wordpress site on Android device

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I am trying to host a Wordpress site on my old Android phone, but so far I have been unsuccessfull...

I tried with KSWEB and Ulti Server, extracted the Wordpress.zip in the sdcard, and when I try to connect to the server I am getting error with the database...

Error establishing a database connection

Does it also has to run some other SQL server on the phone for everything to work?

I really don't know what am I doing, and there aren't any good explanations on the internet, so please help me


texts: Jelly Bean OTA Update failing on Nexus S ("assert failed")

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I've got a Nexus S phone. It was never rooted or modified. It currently runs the most recent version of Ice Cream Sandwich (that was installed as an Over The Air update, without any issues).

Couple of days ago I received a notification from my phone about Jelly Bean upgrade being available. Unfortunately every time I try to install it there is a problem. The phone reboots and starts the upgrade process, but after about 30 seconds it stops and displays an image of a red triangle with an exclamation mark. When I press power+volume up to see what happened, this is the message it displays:

  Finding update package...

  Opening update package...

  Verifying update package...

  Verifying current system...

  assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/etc/gps.conf", "[random letters and numbers - probably a hash]", "[different combination of random letters and numbers]")

  E:Error in /cache/9ZGgDXDi.zip

  (Status 7)

  Installation Aborted.

I tried "wipe data / factory reset" and "wipe cache partitions" options, but the issue persists.


texts: Can we connect VGA from PC directly into android

texts: I want to use google cardboard as VR monitor from PC with my phone. So I want to know is it possible to just connect from my PC VGA to android USB port and override android screen


texts: How to set home launcher in Android 7.0 Nougat and 8.0 Oreo

texts: I could not find the way to set/change the default launcher in Android N (Nexus 6P). I think it is not there. Any help?


texts: HTC One X Has Started to Constantly Disconnect From My Network Even at Close Range

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I have a HTC One X (not rooted) running Android 4.1.1 but unfortunately it keeps disconnecting from my router when I am at home. The router in question is a Buffalo AirStation WZR-HP-G300NH2 running DD-WRT and the issue occurs even when I am less than one meter away from it. The phone shows the WiFi signal as full strength, but most of the time it will constantly disconnect and reconnect.

The router is running in 802.11g/n mixed mode at 2.4GHz.

Here's the thing: the phone was previously working fine with my network for several months yet nothing has changed that I am aware of and I have not updated the firmware of either device in some time. I still have no problems connecting to my neighbour's router (which I have been granted access to) from the same phone even though the signal is understandably poor. Also, no other devices have trouble connecting to my router.

My router was configured to choose a channel automatically. Using inSSIDer on the phone I could see that the router was picking channel 6 - this seems to be logical as there does not seem to be anything else using it. I manually set the WiFi to channel 6 to be sure, but the issue remains.

I'm having trouble working out whether the phone or the router is to blame. I'm guessing that there could be some kind of interference on the channel I'm using, but I don't want to change to another one because no other devices have a problem using it and I'm guessing that performance could be reduced due to interference from other networks.

Any help in diagnosing the problem would be appreciated. Both devices have been restarted yet there was no improvement.


texts: HTC Desire - ran out of storage - can't interpret solutions offered - need help!

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Possible Duplicate:
  How can I free up more space on my Android (2.2 Froyo) phone?

I have been trying to understand how to solve my phone's problem by reading threads/questions dealing with this problem. However, I cannot interpret the techno-babble. Apparently, I need to 'root' my phone, but I also saw it wasn't for the 'faint-hearted,' of which I am one.

Could someone please direct me to a guide that can explain this process in the easiest terms? Where do I start, how do I proceed, what programs/operating systems do I need, etc. I don't even know what questions to ask at this point.

All I know is that my phone has progressively run out of space, despite my deleting everything I can. It's now running very sluggishly and reboots on its own, and I have to take the battery out often to reset it, etc.

I just don't have the know-how or time to sift through all the threads/websites discussing this. Can someone please help?

Thanks so much!


texts: I am having Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300XXELLA (O.s JB 4.1.2). Its update not available throught phone. So can I manually download JB 4.3 of I9300XXU. will it work or my phone with I9300XXELLA.


texts: How do people use videofiles as a capture source for cameras?

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Sometimes you see people streaming videos through apps that are only supposed to use the device camera. My question is, how can you choose a video file to be your capture source for the camera? I'm thinking it may not be possible to achieve on the regular Android phones. In this case, is there a certain program or Android emulator for PC, which you can configure to capture a certain videofile as if it were a camera input?
Thanks in advance.


texts: Booting TWRP custom recovery from SD card

texts: I have a bootloader locked nokia 6.1 PL2 2018 and I want to temporarily boot TWRP for backup using an SD card. is it possible???


texts: asus transformer tf300tg - will this 3g work in uk/usa?

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I'm looking to buy the 3G version of the transformer TF300, but due to its availability I'm buying it from Taiwan. I currently live in the UK but next year I move to the USA so I'm trying to figure out if the 3G on it will work in both the UK and USA. The relevant specs are:

  "HSPA+ UL:5.76 Mbps/DL:21 Mbps |
  3G :
  WCDMA :
  850/900/2100 |
  2G :
  GSM : 850/900/1800/1900"

I'm having trouble figuring out if this would work in other countries. Can anyone help me out? I found a wiki page titled 'UMTS frequency bands' which looks like what I need but I still can't figure it out, haha. My UK sim card is with Orange at the minute but I'll obviously be changing it when I go to the USA. Thank you!


texts: How to upgrade android version in spice Mi 350n

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I have a android phone spice Mi 350n, android version is 2.3.4. I want to upgrade it, is it possible, if yes upto which version?

Any link for tutorial is helpful.

Thanks!

Edit - Come on guys, if you are a android user you must know that updating android is not a general question can be asked for all android smartphone. Update depends on particular device/hardware etc.


texts: Banner Ads on bottom of different apps- Is this a Virus?

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I have Android 4.4.2. On a couple of apps (like Huffington Post and NBC 4 LA)I've noticed different banner ads that appear on the bottom of the screen inside different apps. The thing is these banner adds on the bottom of the page look very similar. I don't know if these apps use the same advertising company or what the situtation is. They're right on the bottom of the page so when you're scrolling you often hit them when I don't want to.

Are these normal or do i have a virus that installs adds inside some of my apps on my phone?

EDIT: I've added an image of the type of ad. This type of banner ad appears on the bottom of the screen inside different apps on my phone. Is this normal?


texts: Unable to move files to external SD card on SGS2 XXLP2

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Running a rooted Galaxy S2 with ICS XXLP2 official leaked rooted build. I have a 32GB microSD card mounted at /sdcard/external_sd in addition to the 16 GB internal storage. I'm unable to copy files to it now, it says write error or permission error.
I use a terminal emulator to create a file

touch /sdcard/external_sd/test

and this works fine. If I use a file manager (ES File Explorer, which supports browsing / on rooted devices), I can't copy files from internal storage to the external SD card. Also, earlier I used the external card as the camera photo storage location, now I can't do so and the camera defaults to internal storage (which is low on space).

If I do an ls -l of both sdcard and external_sd, I see the difference - sdcard has all files listed as belonging to sdcard_r, while external sd lists them as '1023'.
So is this a leftover UID from a previous ROM install?

I'm scared to do

chown -R sdcard_r:system /sdcard/external_sd

Is that the way to go about it..or is there any other way to fix permissions?


texts: I own a galaxy s5 out of the USA, I want to install the new Galaxy S5 VERIZON Lineage 14.1 ROM on my phone, i am not sure what dows the VERIZON part means and if i can install the ROM on my phone, could anyone explain me that?


texts: How to move SMS from hangouts to messenger app

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My Nexus 6p has 2 messaging services. Google Hangouts and the stock Google messenger app. I usually use the Google messenger app to send SMS, but the problem is that the message they respond with always comes through the hangouts app. Is there any way to change that so that all SMS always comes from the messenger app?

OS: Android 6.0.1
Carrier: Google Project Fi
(The phone is not rooted)

Any help would be much appreciated


texts: Terminal app launch and subordinate intents

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I'm using Tasker to open an app at certain time and state. I wanna open the Run log menu of Tasker at the end of the app launching task.

I know that's no need to flash on screen this log but when I tried, I haven't found a way. I
can only open tasker but not launch a subordinate intent of this app.

Any help about this basic programming question will be appreciated.

Tnx in advance!

This is the description of the Tasker Manifest.xml:


texts: What should I do about this pop up on my android device?

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Any ideas what this is? It keeps popping up randomly on my device. I can be completely ignoring my browser, and going through my gallery and apps and it pops up.

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I recently re-activated an old phone with my carrier. (To give you an idea how old, it is running Android 2.3.3, whereas the latest available for this phone is 2.3.4) It doesn't have the latest OTA update, but when I try to check for new updates ("Settings":"About Phone":"System Updates") I get the message

"Checking for available update. Please wait..."

and a spinner which just spins and spins.  It never progresses past this point.  If I back out and try to check again it usually doesn't even get to the spinner, sometimes I have to tap it many times before the spinner will even come up - some taps appear to do nothing and some appear to flash the "Checking..." for a split second.

The phone has been rooted, but as far as I know that shouldn't affect an OTA update (although I understand the update will remove the rooting).  Is it possible that OTA updates are discontinued after a while?  This update is 2-3 years old.  Is there anything else I can do to troubleshoot what the problem is?

(I realize I could try wiping the device, in case there is something on the device that is preventing the update, but my concern is that if OTAs do expire then I would be stuck with an even older version on the device.)

Update: It looks like the BlurUpdater_VZW.apk (and odex) were missing.  However, the only copy I found appears to be from the 4.5.629 update and not the 4.5.608 that is on the phone, and it exhibits the same behavior.  If I run the 4.5.629 version on a device with 4.5.629, I get a message that no updates are available, so maybe this means that if I can find a 4.5.608 version of the BlurUpdater files, that will work?


texts: Permission denied reading /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 as root

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I will list my main objective first, dependencies after. If there is a better path to my goal, please show me the way....

I want to install Lollipop on my HTC One S. (Or a later version, if one is compatible with the One S, Google Play Services included.)
For this I need HBOOT 2.16
For this I need S-OFF
For this I need Super cid: 11111111

(Phew, what a hassle!)

I am working up from the bottom of this list: the instructions for Super cid begin

adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4

This gives me a permission denied error. Here is the full contents of the shell:

#> adb shell
shell@ville:/ $ su
255|shell@ville:/ $ dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4: cannot open for read: Permission denied
1|shell@ville:/ $ ls -al /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
brw------- root     root     179,   4 2017-02-28 20:35 mmcblk0p4
shell@ville:/ $

I find it odd that su seems to change the user to 255 and the failure of dd seems to change the user to 1, but what do I know?

Why is this permission error happening and how do I fix it?

The phone currently runs Cyanogenmod.


texts: Is there an internal algorithm for calculating UUIDs of a flash filesystem?

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I've been doing some experimenting with a MicroSD card formatted as ExFAT and have come across something that perplexes me.

It seems that my new Android phone mounts the MicroSD card as /storage/[UUID], so for example rather than /mnt/sdcard-ext as I'm used to, it's currently /storage/0CCE-1C48.

Because that's fairly arbitrary, I thought I'd change it to something easier to remember, like 1234-DFDF (my initials in the second half).  I used tune2fs to specify a new UUID, and was able to confirm the change by opening the raw disk in a hex editor.

I actually discovered the UUID is stored at hex offset 0x100064, at least for my particular disk. And because of the Endian-ness, it's stored backwards (so 481CCE0C is parsed by the device as 0CCE-1C48).

Anyway, I was able to verify that it changed to 0xDFDF3412, as it should. I put it in my phone, turned the phone on... voila! It was now /storage/1234-DFDF.

BUT... as soon as I unmounted and remounted the card (or rebooted the phone, etc.) it changed right back to 0CCE-1C48! How can this be? I changed the UUID, replacing the original one with a new one!

This makes me wonder if there's some algorithm built into ExFAT that generates a UUID based on... anything... the partition size, the label, whatever.  The phone is obviously trying to "validate" the serial number and keeps overwriting my custom one with the arbitrary one I was given when I first formatted the disk.


texts: Can't connect Samsung Note 3 to Windows 7

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I am having problems connecting my Samsung Note 3 to Windows 7 64bit on my laptop. I have installed Kies and drivers already and still nothing. Under device manager it is still labeled "Unknown Device". When I plug in my Note 3 in it will attempt to install device driver but ends up saying "Device unplugged".

I tried both of my USB port on laptop and none of them works. However when I plugged it my desktop it work straight away. Also the weird thing its that the first time when I plugged my Note 3 into my laptop it actually worked for a while. I could access the files in my phone but all of a sudden it just stopped.

Any someone give some advice?


texts: Is there a micro usb OTG otg to HDMI adapter available?

texts: can a tablet with a micro usb OTG port connect directly to HDTV hdmi? how about HDTV USB port?


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I'm by no means an android developer, so excuse me if that's a stupid question.

I'm trying to debug an app from my (Austrian) bank, which doesn't let me access my NFC-SIM - some problems with the OpenMobile API.

While viewing a logcat of the app, I discovered some strange characters (one Arabic ٻ and one supposedly Canadian ᒲ) and wondered if this is just some mistakes of the app/log or if this universally stands for something in android logs. I didn't find anything regarding these characters, so I thought I'm just gonna ask here. What are these strange characters in the logcat?

Here are two lines:

02-19 16:29:30.597 14595 14595 E ٻ      :       at o.ﺕ$ˊ.onSecureElementNotAvailable(SourceFile:123)

02-19 16:29:30.597 14595 14595 W ᒲ     :      at o.ت$ˊ.onSecureElementNotAvailable(SourceFile:123)

If this does matter somehow, I have a OnePlus 6T.


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Whenever I sent a message it is in

  Sending...

status all the time. I've checked the SMSC settings and they are entered correctly. Restarted phone several time. Still the problem is there..

I can receive messages, can make call also


texts: Google Play Store - "An unexpected error has occurred. Please try again later"

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Since Yesterday I have been getting this message from the google play store when ever I try to save something to my wishlist. This has occurred both on the app and the web version of the play store. This is a problem I would like to resolve as fast as I can.

My questions are:

Is there a workaround for the google play store app (Important)
Has this happened to anyone else or is just on my google account (Off topic as it is Android Independent, feel free to remove this part of the question)


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Can we read RFID like QR-bar code without NFC in Android? I am confused because we can read QR-Barcode with simple apps like Bar Code Scanner. After searching 2-3 hours I found NFC with every detail where RFID is defined.

So I have to consider that it is impossible to read RFID without NFC.


texts: How to make fennec(firefox) not reopen and automatically load the last open tab?

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After removing the Firefox Android browser (Fennec) activity and reopening it again, the lastly open tab appears and loads the webpage.

How can this be disabled?
(by this, I mean that the tab that was last opened, is reloaded automatically upon reopening the firefox activity.)

background

I do want open tabs to be conserved during cycles of closing and reopening the firefox/fennec activity.
However, it is annoying that this setting to keep tabs, provokes the last open tab (which was displayed at the moment the firefox activity was closed) to be automatically reloaded. More often then not I do not want to revisit this exact webpage, but was expansive mobile data volume and time for this.


texts: Clearing out most recent emoji / emoticons?

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Whenever I use an emoji / emoticon from the Google keyboard on Android, it gets added to the recent / most-used list of emoji.

This is generally useful, but there are times when I use an emoji just one time, and I prefer not to have it stored in the "most used" list.

Is there any way to remove just one or a few emojis from the most used list? Or even clear out the entire list and start from scratch?


texts: Nexus 7 (2012) Omni 6.0.1 Install failure

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I was trying to follow the instructions at http://www.teamandroid.com/2016/01/20/install-android-601-omnirom-nexus-7-2012-marshmallow-custom-rom/2/, which walk through downloading omni-6.0.1-20160115-grouper-HOMEMADE.zip, copying it to the root of the sdcard storage, and using clockwork recovery module to wipe the device and install it. I ran into a problem when trying to install the ZIP file downloaded from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24369303960685419 (which I was able to successfully select). An error is reported:

  ApplyParsedPerms: removexattr of system/bin/backuptool.sh to 0 failed:
  Operation not supported on transport enpoint

Subsequently a Status 7 failure causes the installation to abort. The failure happened quite early (fortunately?) so I am still able to reboot and use the freshly wiped device, but I'd like to install this ROM because 2012 model Nexus 7s are notoriously unusable on Android 5.1.1, which is the latest OS formally available to them.

How do I get past this? The page I was following was supposedly specifically for the 2012 model of Nexus 7, which I have, so I thought this should have worked.

Update: Looking at the updater-script, I suspect this is the line that's failing, but I don't know enough about the design of this package or alternate ROMs to understand whether the problem is in the script or somewhere else:

set_metadata("/system/bin/backuptool.sh", "uid", 0, "gid", 0, "mode", 0755, "capabilities", 0x0);


texts: How to uninstall AVG which isn't listed under My Apps?

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That's pretty much it, my Sony Xperia Z3 Compact came with AVG antivirus preinstalled and I can't see how to uninstall it, since it does not show up in Play Store under My Apps / Installed (or anywhere else).
My Android version is 4.4.4 .

Note that my problem is not the one mentioned in this question. In my case under Settings > Security > Device administrators the checkbox next to AVG was already unchecked.
Instead my problem is simply that I don't know where to start the uninstallation process (and I don't understand why all my installed apps do show up as expected under My Apps but AVG does not).


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Some Background

My Note 2 has strange slow down after hours of use. After hours of usage system_server and maybe kworker use a lot of CPU, mostly during apps open and switch, it lags badly. I also have around 200 user apps installed, and mostly greenified, so I expected that my device shouldn't be slowed down like this even with a lot of apps installed. I used to experience system_server and kworker using a lot of CPU on Tab 7.7, but less than 30 user apps installed. Even safe mode, changing ROMs doesn't fix the problem; finally wiping both /data and internal SD fixed the problem. It is now fast.

So I would like to try running various user apps on safe mode, to see if it still slow down after hours of usage. Or I have to wipe both /data and internal SD to fix the slow-down problem like I did in Tab 7.7. I have a lot of data and apps in the internal SD, free space is 1.5 gb/10 gb. I feel lazy to backup and restore (it's a lot of data) and try the fix of wiping data, so I would like to try running a lot of user app in safe mode first. There are some exploits in TouchWiz ROM which allow that:

I'm using this 4.4.2 firmware. On this firmware, I can do it partially. By adding apps to lock-screen shortcut. Those apps can be opened in safe mode. In DN3 Rom before Kitkat update, user apps added to Samsung Note 3 Touchwiz Launcher home screen can also be opened, but not anymore in Kitkat update.

When I installed custom ROMs on Note 2, I never wiped internal SD, I wiped only /data partition, an this probably is the cause of lagginess in Tab 7.7.

My question

So is there any more ways to open user apps in safemode?


texts: How can i run Wifi direct in my andrioid ICS tablet?

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i have an android ICS tablet (no bluetooth) , I want to share files wirelessly...
but in ICS wifi direct is not there.I heard that wifi direct is not any hardware plugin - it is based on OS and can be run in android ICS.
So please if u know tell me step by step instruction.
...


texts: What does my Samsung Galaxy 5 consider an App?

texts: After a recent phone update (which took too long due to "too many apps") I saw the total apps updated was over 700.  I only have 69 apps on my phone.  Why the discrepancy?  What does my android phone consider an "app"?  Can I delete these others?


texts: I wounder if my Nexus One has support for EGNOS? to get better GPS accuracy. If I check the GPS Accuracy value, it's sometimes 2 or 3m which is pretty good.


texts: I was rooting my XT1068,after rooting root checker displayed root accesses is not complete.i thought it was because of old superSU so downloaded latest superSU v2.67 installed it in fastboot and rebooted my phone. and from them my phone is stuck in warning display [warning bootloader unlocked] phone not turning on... plz juys help.. and if any one has stock fermwear to restore plz direct me thank you.


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I've noticed that for each app i see different comments if i'm going from the web version or mobile version of the market althought I click "Read All User Reviews" on both.

Have you also noticed this?

What is the reason?!

App: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vodafone.mCare

Web Version: http://d.pr/WJz5 (Logged with my Google Account)

Mobile Version: http://d.pr/ldxN (Logged with other Google Account)

Ps: Nevermind the language, it's portuguese, it's an example.

UPDATE:

I've confirmed it has to do with the Google account that you'r logged in. But what are the criteria?! Shouldn't we all see the same?! (at least if we're not the app owner).


texts: Why do notifications stop for WhatsApp after few minutes?

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I have Nokia 5.1 Plus with Android Pie.

Now, since a few days, I'm facing this irritating problem. When the WhatsApp is open, it works fine. You receive push notifications, and messages are not delayed.

When you minimize it (i.e., open other apps) and leave the phone away, I don't notice any problem for 10-15 minutes. Even when screen is locked, I receive WhatsApp notifications.

After 10-15 minutes, WhatsApp kind of freezes. When I try to send message from other phones to my phone, I see nothing. When I use phone and open WhatsApp (which wasn't closed, just minimized), I see it takes 2-3 seconds to fetch pending messages. So it kind of stops.

I have removed all battery optimizations settings for this app. Did reset of the app, still can't solve this issue. How can I fix it?


texts: Your battery has been infected with 2 viruses. Click to remove. Phone vibrates like crazy :'(

texts: My colleague was surfing the net with my NEW android in my absence. I do not know what he surfed but when I clicked "back" in the browser ..It took me to a website called "cookmobiapps.xyz" and my mobile just started vibrating continuously with a message "your battery is infected with 2 viruses, hit OK to remove. DO NOT LEAVE WEBPAGE" Everything on the screen froze so I clicked OK, then a screen appeared asking me to download an app from googleplay (which I didnt). My phone works fine now and I have not tried hitting the back button again. Why did this happen? What was that message about? Its a new phone and Im very worried :'(


texts: Can an antivirus really stop the broadAnywhere threat?

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I had a look at the diff where the broadAnywhere threat is fixed, and it's basically just mPendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, new Intent(), 0); replaced with:

  Intent identityIntent = new Intent(); identityIntent.setComponent(new
  ComponentName(SHOULD_NOT_RESOLVE, SHOULD_NOT_RESOLVE));
  identityIntent.setAction(SHOULD_NOT_RESOLVE);
  identityIntent.addCategory(SHOULD_NOT_RESOLVE); mPendingIntent =
  PendingIntent.getBroadcast(this, 0, identityIntent, 0);

I installed an antivirus on my mobile, and it said it is now defending my mobile against the broadAnywhere threat.

But since applications are sandboxed in Android and the identityIntent is going to be passed from one application to another, how on earth is an antivirus going to be able to detect what identityIntent is being passed between applications? Will an antivirus really be able to defend/protect a mobile phone from the broadAnywhere threat?


texts: My phone is sending out mms messages to unknown numbers

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My phone is sending out MMS messages without my consent to random unknown numbers and out of my contacts,
The message that is sending out on my phone is as follows :
You have received an MMS message. Read here then there's a http address I won't put it here don't know what on earth it is,can someone help me please,  I've ran an anti virus app do I need to do a factory reset?