texts: Bootloop using Sony Xperia Arc S (LT18i)

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Hey guys so I'm in boot loop. Yes I know there are many guides all over saying how to fix it but I have tried many of them and they didnt work.

What happens is I start the phone, it shows the boot image and then restarts after a time.

I can boot into the Recovery mode by spamming the back button when the Logo comes. And can install zip files from the SD card.
I also have tried flashtool to restore it to stock but when i try flashing it detects my device "Device connected in flash mode" but when i try toflash it, it gives an error "Error flashing. Aborted".

Any help?


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How can I upgrade my wildfire s to jellybean? Help anyone?
What are the risks? I tried to look up on google but couldn't find anything usefull..HELP!


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I have the Android smartphone “Lava Iris 455”. My phone is not rooted. Since last week I installed APK file from some website. After a second day I realize that a trojan is installed on my phone. It is downloading Android apps automatically when data connection is on my phone.

I installed AVG Antivirus from Google Play Store. It is showing following trojan is installed on my phone:

Name : netalpha 3.1.8
package : com.play.photo.json.alpha
location : /system/app/LibsCore.apk
installed Date : 2016/07/19**

AVG antivirus failed to remove this trojan.
Lookout antivirus shows un-installed unsuccessful
After factory reseting, it is getting back again.
I tried manually to force stop service, disable, clear data. it is getting enable automatically.

I searched this problem on Google, but I did not found a solution.

Last option is flash android stock ROM to phone with flashing software.

I have two questions:

How is the trojan installed on /system/app directory even if my phone is not rooted yet?
Obviously, if it installed on System App directory, then it should be removed without rooting my phone.


texts: Can Gmail be uninstalled on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)?

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Somehow the Gmail app has disappeared from my new Android phone (Motorola Moto G 3, Android 5.1.1 Lollipop).

I thought it was impossible to uninstall Gmail so I suspect a hardware failure or an Android bug.

A previous thread says that Gmail can not be uninstalled on KitKat:

How to (cleanly) remove Gmail app from KitKat? I have fully moved over to Inbox

But can Gmail be removed from Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)?

UPDATE: To avoid confusion here perhaps I should add that I can not find Gmail in Google Play under "Installed" apps and not in "Settings -> Apps -> All".

UPDATE 2: Today Gmail is back on my phone. (Yes, I am sure it was not there.) So I guess this was the automatic uninstall + reinstall that Android uses when there seem to be some problem with an app. However I am not sure why this happened. It can be hardware problem or a bug in Gmail that was hit because of my huge amount of mail messages. Is there some way to get information about this from Google/Android?


texts: Can't install AIR on Galaxy Android device

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I'm doing some AIR for Android development. When I try and launch my app, I am told I need to install Adobe AIR. After being taken to the Google Play site, I get the message that "Your device isn't compatible with this version."

I updated my OS on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 to Android 4.04, but I still get this message. How can I get Adobe AIR installed?


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I have Samsung Galaxy Ace.

I listen to music using headphones. If I press button on headphones, it pauses/plays music. It is really annoying that I need to take phone out of my pocket, unlock the screen, and skip a song.

Is there a way to press a button on headphone, have it skip the current song and move to the next song like on Nokia phones? Is there any music player supporting this?

Thanks in advance.


texts: Importing contacts from Windows Phone 10

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Trying to set up my new Galaxy S9+ today and I'm moving from a Lumia 950XL running Windows 10 Mobile - and for the life of me I can't get it to import my contacts.

The obvious solution would appear to be the Smart Switch app, however: I installed it on both devices, set the S9 to "receive" and connected the 950 to the Wifi network SS created, unfortunately it just sits on "Connecting.." on the 950-side (despite the S9 side claiming it's connected).

Other things I've tried:

Adding my One Drive account - Nope, no option to sync the contacts.
"Linking" the S9 to my Win10 laptop via Link My Phone - Nope, it shows as linked, shows up in my Microsoft Account when I log in there but no apparent way to sync anything.
Adding Microsoft account to Outlook - Nope, can't add it as it doesn't have mail associated with it.

What am I missing here?


texts: Root for HTC desire U dual sim not found

texts: I bought a new HTC Desire U dual SIM phone but did not find even a single rooting method. How do I root this phone?


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I'm using a two-week old HTC Sensation. A number of times now, I've tried to download apps (this is happening on multiple apps, not just one) and although they download, they never install. I can see the download happening and getting to 100% in the status dropdown, but it never continues on to install. I don't get any error messages; it just never goes any further.

This happens regardless of whether I download the app from the Market on the phone, market.android.com on my computer, or the Amazon app market.

Android version 2.3.3.

Any ideas?


texts: Is there a way to get device battery and memory stats remotely?

texts: I am searching for a way to get the device battery and memory statistics of my friend's device on my phone/web (definitely with his permissions, i don't intend to hack his device). Is there any web or android solution available?


texts: How do I turn off the "suggested news" stories on Chrome's homepage in v70?

texts: Chrome 70 - homepage now showing "suggested news" stories and is sucking up data and is slow. The flags solution is now gone in Chrome 70. How do I get rid of this stupid news feed?


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I have a tablet with 3 soft buttons (Back, Home, Recent) with Android 7.1.

Is there some way to hide them (and consequently use the full available screen), or at least dim them?

(They are disturbing when watching a video with my favorite old video player, which is not able to hide them.)


texts: Nexus 6P stuck on bootloop after rooting

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So today I bought a used Nexus 6P for the purpose of installing Kali Nethunter on it, and then after some searching I found out that I should root the device first.

So I followed this guide using SuperSU, I installed the SuperSU from this website, the phone then hung on the Google logo for like 30 minutes, then I found out that the SuperSU project is dead.

I said ok maybe because it's an older phone the root should work and then I entered recovery mode through TWRP and went to the terminal and I saw the # sign and to maker sure I ran the command whoami and it gave me root, and then I read that if I'm stuck in a bootloop I should reflash the ROM that I already have installed, but I said it wouldn't make a difference if I flashed Nethunter, it's a new ROM anyway, and now it's been stuck on the Google logo for another 30 minutes.


texts: I want to protect my phone in case of stolen, so i want add an app which will install after factory reset. I have root acces. I want to that app be automatically installed, and factory reset won't remove it. What do i need to do?


texts: How to turn on app notification badges in Aviate launcher?

texts: I have a Galaxy S3,  and I just installed the Aviate launcher. For the most part, I really like it, but I have one quibble - I can't work out how to turn on app notification badges. I've found this page but the solution there doesn't work for me - pressing and holding on the home screen doesn't bring up a settings button.


texts: Automatic time on Nexus 5X says it's 2017 already, one day ahead

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This morning I woke up to my phone, a Nexus 5X, telling me that it was already 2017, by saying the date was 1 January 2017. The time was/is still correct to the second, but it is only one day ahead.

My girlfriend had the same issue on her Nexus 5 this morning. Is there more people with the same problem? Can this be fixed or should it be reported?

EDIT: The problem was automatically resolved when I tried a day later


texts: Files corrupted when moved from internal memory

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I've been using an LG Q60 since May. Occasionally spot a few pics and videos that won't play. Assume corrupted.
Updated it to Android 10 last week and since then I can't transfer files from the phone's internal storage to the sd card. All files are corrupted during the move. Compressing files with winrar fails too.
Can anybody advise on a fix?


texts: Cross-device consistent symlink for internal storage

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There are many paths to internal storage:

/sdcard

/storage/sdcard0

/storage/emulated/0

/storage/emulated/legacy

/mnt/sdcard

/data/media/0

Several questions:

Which ones are most consistent (present) across devices?
Which ones are most likely to have Read+Write permissions? Do the symlinks alter this behavior?
Which one is the true storage location, where the rest of the symlinks point to? Does this also vary across devices?


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I moved from France to Italy, and it seems like my Play Store is stuck in France. The Operator is recognized correctly as Vodafone on the play store, but I still see the app recommendations in French and some Applications which should be available only in Italy are not downloadable (This item cannot be installed in your device's country)

How do I get play store to recognize that I have moved to a different country. My phone is a factory unlocked Galaxy SIII GT-I9300 with stock OS, purchased in France.


texts: Where can I get the software that installs google apps for CyanogenMod

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I installed CyanogenMod a while ago. Yesterday I uninstalled Google Play and Google Play Services. Now I need to reinstall them again.

I downloaded the gapps zip file but I need to know what was the software used to install them from my computer to the phone


texts: Cannot view PDF files inside an iframe on Chrome for Android

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I have this screenshot displaying a PDF in an iframe on Chrome for Android. My device is Samsung Galaxy S9+.

When I click on the open button, nothing happens.
I've also opened the same page in the default Samsung Browser and the PDF begins to download immediately.
Does anybody know what is going on with this PDF on Google Chrome?


texts: Google Play Music : Error retrieving information from server [RPC:S-7:AEC-0 xxxx-xxxx-xxxxx]

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When trying to subscribe to the trial of Google Play Music, I came accross this error.

I *had 2 accounts (removed secondly account while trying to resolve issue), primary is the only one active.

This account has a Card attached for purchasing,  which I use often. This card  appears in my Google Wallet.

What I have tried:

Clear data from :

Google Services Framework
Google Play Store

Uninstalled Google Play music
Removed(primary and secondary accounts)
Also removed card from Google Wallet

After each step except from data clearing which was done altogether, a reboot was done.

Any other possible solutions?


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How can I Chromecasting Spotify from an Android device?

App Image or only sound.
With or without Internet connection.
Utilizing Downloaded tracks, when available.
With my device as mobile Hotspot?  I tried Screencast, but it wants a Wi-Fi connection.  (Youtube works OK).
What about a Kindle?  (Now I have a Samsung phone running as hotspot, and a Kindle Tablet - if I could use the Kindle, I would also circumvent the hotspot issue).

Can it perhaps be difficult to find support for Kindle and Spotify, because the Chromecast intended for selling stuff for Google?


texts: Alcatel A574BL unrootable, FRP unbypassable

texts: FRP bypass unsuccessful have tried every method posted on YouTube. Managed  to get browser, download apps, etc. Certain limits that i really want to be rid of. Phone wont root trying superuser, kingroot..any suggestions would be appreciated.


texts: What is the difference between AMD Appzone and the original Bluestacks app player?

texts: i would like to know what is the difference between these two ? Is AMD Appzone just a launcher, or appstore, or what ? They have different UI, but is that the only difference ?


texts: Google calendar created on PC won't show on galaxy 4 active

texts: I have created a new calendar in my Google calendar and I can't get it to show up on my calendar on my Galaxy 4 Active.  I cannot locate a menu icon in the calendar app on the phone to add the calendar to this device.  Any advice out there???  Items added from my phone show up on the calendar on my PC if they are added to any of the other calendars that were previously created.


texts: How to transfer photos from internal storage to SD without impacting Google Photos and Dropbox?

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I normally use my SD card to store photos. Due to some changes, photos I was taking were stored in phone storage for some time. I am back to storing them on the SD card. I am therefore left with ~500 MB of photos on phone storage instead of the SD card.

When taking a photo, it is automatically uploaded to Google Photos and Dropbox. In both cases (when the photos were going to the phone storage as well as now, when they land on the SD) they were correctly uploaded to both of these services.

I would like to understand how I can move the images in the internal storage to the SD without impacting the online storage (that is: without modifying it). In particular I would like to avoir re-uploading them, duplicates and changes in the timestamp.

Are the online services resilient on changes happening on the phone? In particular:

is the uploading process making sure that the photo which has changed (in my case: location on the phone)
would a full re-upload of the photos modify the online content (it could be that the photos are uploaded but Google Photos and Dropbox realize that the file already exists and just discard it). I do not care about the upload bandwidth, what I am worried about is the possibility of duplicates or (if the images are overwritten), of a change in the timestamp.

Is the impact of such changes on the phone documented somewhere?


texts: How to enable Android USB Debugging option without the "Allow USB Debugging" popup?

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When we enable USB Debugging, there is automatically a popup that asks whether you want to authorize the PC to access the phone via USB Debugging. How do I enable it without the popup? Is there a command line query using which I can say "no prompt" or something like that?

Here is an image of the popup I am referring to:

Thanks for the help.


texts: Forcing home/back/recent apps bar to rotate

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I have a Nexus 4, running Android 4.2.1.

There is a bar on the bottom of stock Android with the buttons for navigation. Is there a way to force the bar to rotate with the rest of the screen, like on a tablet?


texts: After ADB reboot bootloader ADB Devices empty but fastboot device shows device

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Kind of a crazy situation. Attempting to pull full rom image of Nextbook Ares11 6.1 to upgrade another Ares11 having 5.1. Nextbook pulled their upgrade images so trying this.
Problem qith tblet booted to desktop, ADB devices identifies correctly via USB. After ADB Reboot Bootloader fastboot devices displays correctly but now ADB Devices is empty and is basically unattached. Fastboot remains functional and can boot TWRP Recovery.
Tried the kitchen sink of drivers, platform tool releases, different laptops, etcexact same behavior. I need ADB to pull partitions.
Please Help


texts: Get back lost picture after flashing ROM

texts: I'm guessing I know the answer to this but still wanted to ask. I picture got deleted and I would like it back. It was taken with the stock android camera. I flashed a new ROM and that's how it got deleted. It was the picture for the Owner profile/user/account. Any way to get it back?


texts: Where does Android store the "default application for file type (open with)" settings?

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Where does Android store the default application settings that connects each type of content with a designated application?
I mean which application open each kind of file or content type so if I got two PDF readers and I downloaded a PDF file android will use one of them without letting the user an option to choose.

I know I can clear the default settings of an application but it's not what I'm looking for.

I want to find the table/database/file that android uses for this.
Is it in a sqlite database file? Where is it stored ?


texts: Can you setup android gmail to play a sound when an email from a certain email address comes in?

texts: I have my work emails forwarded to my phone and I'd like to be able to give them precedence over emails to my gmail. Is this possible? Or can I setup my work email using POP and then use a different tone for those?


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I have a Nokia Sirocco 8.1 mobile phone, about 2 weeks ago now my mobile data turned off or stopped working, I contacted my carrier (Boost mobile who use the Telstra network in Australia) they went through all resetting data and checked my SIM activity, all good their end but phone still does not CONNECT.

I contacted Nokia support and they also went through all resetting options and suggestions, I even purchased a new SIM and tried it, still no connection, last thing was a full factory reset of my phone, but still no data connection, all other functions work on the phone, calls, text, wifi all PERFECT.

I have Youtubed for answers as well, tried everything all suggestions but still no Data: is there an inbuilt antenna that picks up data signal or is it a circuit board issue that needs replacing or do I just have a dud phone?

I have to say I have had the phone for over a year and have had no issues, I have used 650 Mbs of a 30Gb plan so I have plenty of Data available, please help me I am very frustrated at the moment.


texts: "Settings" hangs when scanning for WiFi since JB update on One X

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I have an HTC One X which has never before exhibited any connection problems.

Since the update to Jelly Bean around 2 weeks ago, it cannot reconnect to a WiFi network once it has lost the connection. It stays on the 3G network by itself. When I go to Settings and select WiFi, Settings sometimes freezes still showing the normal Settings screen but not reacting to touches, sometimes the screen becomes black (the bar with the network information and battery level is still visible). I can still use the Home button to start other applications. At some point, I get a message telling me that Settings is not responding, prompting me to terminate it.

When I restart the phone, it automatically establishes the connection to a known WiFi network. If I am somewhere where it doesn't find a known network, I can use Settings as usual to connect (scan for networks, choose one, enter password, connect). But after about an hour, I find that the phone is again on 3G and the above freezing happens when I try to reconnect.

I think this is not a problem of the way the networks are set up, as I had the same symptoms in 4 different home networks, using different router brands. Many other devices, including other Android phones, function in these networks without a problem.

A software update which came 2-3 days ago did not change anything about the problem.

The phone is running Android 4.1.1, firmware version 3.14.401.31. It is not rooted.

Any suggestions how to troubleshoot this? When I search the Internet for the HTC One X having WiFi problems, I only get scores of articles about known hardware problems.


texts: Hotmail option "Display as HTML" no longer works on my Galaxy SIII. Error message: "Connection failed"

texts: Recently, emails arriving via my Hotmail account have ceased to open when using the "Display as HTML" button option provided at the top right of the message. I just get an error message saying "Connection Failed", with the not too useful facility of being able to acknowledge this by pressing "OK"! This did not occur for the previous 7 months or so I have owned the phone. Is it a result of the latest update?


texts: How do I block private numbers from calling me?

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Android 7 on a motorola E4. This does not work for me as I simply don't have that menu.

How do I block private numbers from calling my phone?

I'm not looking for a 3rd party application. I'm thinking there must be some way to do this on an android level, maybe with some hidden code?

The phone isn't rooted, ADB isn't an option since data over USB on the phone is broken.


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My Xperia J has 756 MB of internal storage. After 2 months of use I hardly can install anything as my system directory is 600 MB. It seems that in system/apps I have 200 MB of not used apk files (system apps that could be activated I guess), and 400 MB of the system with its core and its installed apps. So basically 756 MB is around 200 MB at the first instant of starting the using of my phone.

I use Clean Master to delete 10-20 MB of cached data now and then but as my phone is not rooted, I am stuck. I moved every application to the internal SD card (I can't use the external SD card - because it is not listed in the application settings as an option)

What can I do to install more apps?


texts: VLC for Android -- resume from stopped position when clicking on History

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Let's say I'm listening to a 14 hour long audiobook (on VLC for Android). I pause at the 5 hour point.

Then I don't use VLC for a week.

Then I go back, and go to History, and click on the title of that audiobook. In my experience, it starts playing from the start of that file. I want it to start playing from the 5 hour point. Is there a way to do this? (If not, it would be a nice feature to have.)


texts: Turning off my android phone screen without actually turning it off

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I have a problem with my J7 Pro(SM-j730F) when i power off the screen and then turn it on again it flickers and takes a bunch of turning on and turning off(Pressing the power button or using fingerprint then pressing the power button again) tries to get it working again, And when it finally turns on i'm good to go aslong as i don't turn my screen off again.
What i want is: To be able to lock my screen without it actually being turned off. And i have tried Always on display to keep the screen on but the reason it doesn't work is because there is like a frame where the screen turns off completely before it goes to Always on display, So something similar to Always On Display would be great but without the part where it turns off for a frame.


texts: Battery charge drops very quickly while internet connection is on

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There are many questions like this, but mine is slightly different from those.

I am facing these weird problems with my phone, which are beyond my calculations:

My phone's battery charge drops very quickly when the mobile data connection is on.
Suppose, I am using my phone normally, the discharge rate is about 0.5% per minute. But, if I keep the mobile data connection on, then the discharge rate becomes about 5% per minute!!!.
Suppose, I am using my phone while I can see that the charge is 30%. Suddenly, I am notified of 0% battery and the Android OS shuts down. When I plug in the charger, it boots up and again shows 30% charge!!!
See this screenshot:

Suppose, I pull out the battery when the charge is 50%, after reinserting the battery, the charge either becomes 70% or as low as 20%, which are completely different from the previous observations.

All these happens when the mobile data remains on. I know that internet connection requires more energy, but according to me, it shouldn't be so much, isn't it?

I have two screenshots regarding this issue, where there are sudden sharp drops in the battery monitor graphs:

I had already factory resetted my phone and uninstalled every suspected battery draining programs, but it didn't solved the issue. Why does this happens and how to solve this issue? Please help me.

Note : My phone's model is Micromax Bharat 3 Q437 with pre-installed stock Android 7.0.


texts: Searching Installed Apps Marshmallow 6.0.1

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I installed an OTA update today on my Moto X Play which supposedly addressed some security issues. The install went smoothly with no obvious hiccups during the process however after the update and reboot some apps do not show up in search results for locally installed applications.

For example, I used the eBay app this morning. I opened it the same way I normally would if it wasn't in my recent apps list by going to the apps menu and searching "ebay" then selecting the result. After the update, there is no result, but I can scroll down to find it manually.

I also noticed that at least one app (Firefox in this case) that had a shortcut on my homescreen is also unsearchable, and that it's shortcut had been removed.

Both these apps open no problem, and I was able to re-create the shortcut for Firefox which is functional.

I'm not aware of a way to rebuild a search DB, and after some Googling I wasn't able to find anything other than the suggestion to try clearing the partition cache, or if that fails to restore to factory settings and install apps from scratch.

I figured there was no harm in clearing said cache but I'm not keen on doing a complete wipe and restore.

TL;DR
Local search is broken.

Is there some sort of search DB/cache that I can trigger a rebuild of? Is this something that can be done in-phone or are there some adb commands I can issue to do this?


texts: How to create videos similar to Khan-Academy videos with a Samsung Galaxy?

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I would like to know what is the best option to create videos with audio similar to those of Khan Academy with Samsung Galaxy Tablets. Some of my colleagues have Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Note and some of them have Samsung Galaxy Tab. On the other hand, I have been able to create similar videos with audio using an iPad and the free ScreenChomp app (please see this video). The characteristics I like about the use of the iPad app ScreenChomp (and that my colleagues would like to have in a similar app for Samsung Galaxy Tablets) are:

It is easy to install (just find it in the app-store and download it)
I learned how to use it in five minutes
Once I finish a Khan-Academy-like video, I can upload it to the cloud (to a server of the ScreenChomp makers) and share the link by e-mail with my students, so they can see the video in their devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones, whatever) less than ten minutes after I created it
If I want to, I can download the video as MP4 in my laptop, so I am able to see it offline, and if I want, I can upload it to YouTube (which is Not necessary, as explained before, because students can see it directly from the link to the ScreenChomp site)
It is free.

I actually believed that the Samsung Galaxy Tablet would be a better tool to create this kind of videos (better than the iPad), however my student and I were unable to do it with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, and my colleagues that received a Samsung Galaxy Note do not know yet how to do it. Could you let us know how to do it? We are interested in solutions as simple to use as the ScreenChomp in the iPad, as described in the five characteristics above. Is it possible in the Samsung Galaxy Tablets?


texts: Instead of tabs, is it possible to save links and read them one by one?

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My reading style is as follows:

Open the main page of, say, a newspaper.
Review the entire main page and open the links I want to read in a new tab. This usually results in 30-40 tabs
Read and close tabs one by one.

Unfortunately, Chrome for Android crashes frequently if many tabs are open. So I'm looking for a way (addon, app) to a different workflow:

same
Review the entire main page and add the links I want to read to a reading list.
Walk through the reading list: read the first article, touch Next, etc.


texts: Can One Increase the Mobile AP Hotspot Timeout?

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I have a Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S) and I have an AT&T plan that includes tethering.  I can turn on the Mobile AP hotspot and then other devices can connect to it.

However, after several minutes, the Mobile AP turns itself off.  If I manually turn it back on again, it works fine again, but this gets pretty annoying.

Is there any way to make it stay on, or to lengthen the time it will stay on?


texts: Connect Galaxy S3 Wifi Connection to Computer

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I tried googling this, but it kept giving me the USB tethering option, which I don't want.

My laptop currently cannot connect to the Wifi we have at work, because there is a problem with Cisco, Windows 8, and Killer Networks cards not working together.

However, my Galaxy S3 can connect to the Wifi at work perfectly fine.

I know that you can take your phone's mobile data connection, and use that as an internet connection over USB or Wifi.

My question is, if your phone is connected to a Wifi network ALREADY, can you USB tether it to your computer, and use that to connect your computer to the same Wifi network?

Thanks.


texts: Why does Android require you to revert back to factory version in order to disable a system app?

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In Android, you can go to the App info page and do things like see how much data storage it's using, force stop the app, and uninstall it. If the app isn't installed via the Play Store or APK (ie, it's installed in the /system partition), the Uninstall button is replaced by the Disable button.

Why does the Disable button require the app to be rolled back to the factory version before it will disable it?


texts: Is iris really this useless or am I doing it wrong?

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Just tried to use iris, the supposed Siri clone for Android:

  Me to iris: "Remind me in two hours to get cascade"

  iris: "What is your real name?"

  Me: Why does it need that? "Josh"

  iris: "Definition of 'Josh': to jest or tease playfully"

  Me: "You're useless."

  iris: "Definition of useless: not fulfilling or not
  expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome"

  Me: "Exactly!"

Am I doing it wrong or is iris really just not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome?


texts: Google Play allows publishers to respond to users' comments?

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As far as I have known, and also read in the description of many apps on Google Play, it is not possible for publishers to respond to user's comments, but recently I have come across this:

Can someone give me more info on this? Also, if a publisher responds to my comment, how would I be notified about this? I do not see any Inbox or anything of that sort, also there's no option where we "Allow" Google Play to send up e-mails.


texts: Android devices not finding some devices on my network

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Some devices that I know to be on my network and working correctly I cannot find using my Android devices. My desktop PC and laptop have no issues and if I navigate to my router interface everything is showing as fine.
Devices in question are mainly Raspberry Pis and ESP8266 boards, but my Sonos devices are now not showing either.
I use the Android app Network Analyser to scan the LAN and this is failing to show several devices, though sometimes some of them will appear. If I use the app 3C all-in-one toolbox to ping the devices that I know to be on the network (as confirmed by my router interface), but not being shown by the network analyser on my phone, I get "Destination Host Unreachable".
Having just tried the Network Analyser app on a different Android phone I get a couple of the missing devices showing on that one and they ping fine on that phone.
Can anyone help me understand what is going on here, as, in the first instance one of the Pis is transmitting video that I would like to view on my phone, and I would also like to get my Sonos app reconnecting.
At the end of the day I would really like my phone to be showing me all of the IPs connected to my network.
Thank you.
In response to the request by Robert:
In my mind I was thinking that I may get answer along the lines of such and such a table needs clearing on your phone and all will be fine. It sounds like this may be getting very complicated and I might be out of my depth soon, but here goes.
The 'router' is a standard BT Home Hub.  There is only one ethernet device connected to it and that is a controller for my central heating.  Everything else is connected via WiFi. I have a BT Disk WiFi extender which my phone is currently hooked up to and all the devices reported as connecting through this disk are showing up in my LAN scan app and are pingable.
All the other devices on my network are showing on the BT Hub interface as connecting via 2.4Ghz or 5Ghz.  There are devices on each of these frequencies missing from the LAN scan and not pingable by my phone.  There are no Static addresses and all IPs are requested from the BT Hub (DHCP).
I think that is my networking knowledge exhausted now.
Thanks


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I am planning to root my android ICS phone. How can I create a backup of android OS before rooting it?

Will creating a backup brick my phone?


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I have some problems with the update feature for some apps. I cannot update them via Google Play, because there is no "Update" button, only the "Installed" button. However, there is clearly a new version (I've checked the version number of the installed app with the one offered by Google Play). Also, under "My Apps" in Settings, these apps are not listed, even though they are installed and run just fine.

What do I have to do, so that ALL apps can be updated, either automatically or manually through Google Play?

I am using a Nexus S with Android 4.1.2 installed.

Thank you very much for your time!


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I just bought a cheap Polaroid smart Tv that comes with Android OS.
The specs are the following:

OS: SmartTV OS
CPU: Cortex-A53 4Core(64 bit) 1.5GHz (DVFS)
GPU: Mali450MP 5 Core 750Mhz(DVFS)
Android version: android 7.1.2
ROM version: CV950XH_C42_SmartTV-V20190620

The Netflix app that comes with it is very old, Is there a website I can download a compatible Netflix .APK that I can install onto this Smart TV?


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Have Essential with current OS. Just recently my phone won't connect to at least 2 public WiFi providers in Canada. One is Datavalet and the other is ConnectivityCheck. These are used in all Starbucks and many chain restaurants.

The familiar Starbucks connect page just keeps loading and loading in a loop. The others style the connect page just times out. Clearly from looking around others aren't having the same problem. A waiter once showed me how his Apple connected without issue. I have no problem at home, work or independent restaurants and cafes.

My assumption is that an App is interfereing but I haven't installed any new apps. This is a new problem as well, just noticed it in the last few weeks. Anyone have any ideas?


texts: What is the reason why partial amounts of files show up while connected via MTP?

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This question is in reference to an ongoing issues brought up in the past about being able to see all files on a device through an file manager app, but only a partial amount showing in Windows Explorer while a device is connected to a PC via MTP.

Below are some recollections of this issues:

Not all files are visible over MTP
SD card not showing files when connected to pc
Nexus 4 not showing files via MTP

As for why folders and files do not show up in Windows Explorer while connected via MTP, it’s not exactly known what the cause or reason is. Kevin Panko in link #3 said that "The MTP cache gets out of date...", but I'm not sure if this is correct since there was no further explanation.

My hypothesis is that if you create content in any other storage location other than user designated storage, it gets transferred to the user designated location (e.g., /sdcard --> /storage/emulated/0), and does not directly communicate with Media Storage, avoiding the process of being added to Media Storage (a system app that contains the current state of the current user's storage). Thus, I believe Media Storage is programmed to only collect changes that occur when they are made directly in the user designated storage, or /storage/emulated/0 for example.

The Media Storage app dictates what is being shown in Windows Explorer. If you clear the Media Storage app, a user won't be able to see any content at all when plugging in their device into a PC. So therefore, if it never gets added to Media Storage it will never show up on a PC via MTP.

To add to this hypothesis, when you create a file in user designated storage, /storage/emulated/0 for example, that file will show up on a PC through MTP instantaneously, even while simultaneously connected via MTP. This does not occur when created in any other storage location.

What is causing this issue?


texts: Why can't I set GTalk on my Samsung Nexus S to notify when a friend is online like it does on the computer?


texts: Installing Android on Nokia Lumia 520 Using MacOS Computer

texts: I am trying to install Android on my Nokia Lumia 520 so I can use it as a hardware device to debug my apps for Android app development. I use a Macbook Air (MacOS), and tried to search for tutorials to install Android on my Nokia Phone, but I can't find any tutorials for MacOS. Can anyone give me the steps for installing it on my Nokia mobile phone?


texts: Insufficient storage message when attempting to install app

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I am using a Samsung Galaxy S2. I have been trying to download apps, but get the insufficient storage message even though I have enough space free. However, the internal storage is almost full (200 MB remaining). Below is the amount of storage space which is used on my phone:

Internal Storage: Used: 1.8GB/2.0GB
Device Storage:   Used: 3.9GB/11.5GB
SD Card Storage:  Used: 4.0GB/7.4GB


texts: Error code (ERR_ACCESS_DENIED) Local HTML file on SD card with Chrome

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I cannot access local HTML files at external SD card on my Lenovo S6000 within Chrome. It is mounted at /mnt/extSdCard. Browsing to file:///mnt/extSdCard does show this message:

  The file at file:///storage/sdcard0/foo/bar.html is not readable. It may have been removed, moved, or file permissions may be preventing access.
  Error code (ERR_ACCESS_DENIED)

I've tried multiple browsers. Some show the app and doesn't work, some show the app and does work, some show the above error. Interestingly, I have 2 tablets. The one with updated firmware is the one that doesn't work. I held off on the update on the 2nd and Chrome works with local HTML files.

From comments:

$ls -l index.html
-rw-rw-r-- root  sdcard_rw  8097  2013-11-20 10:40 index.html


texts: Android 11 update for Samsung Galaxy S10 devices

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When will an update come to Android 11 for Samsung Galaxy S10 devices?
Currently Android 10 is installed.


texts: How to keep Pandora / Slacker music apps continue to play music after the display goes dark?

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I'm running android 4.4.2. When I play music via the Pandora or Slacker apps, it works fine. But if I stop using the phone while its playing, then the music stops playing once the current song ends.

So if a song is already playing when the screen goes dark, it will keep playing, but once it ends, it doesn't fetch the next song.

If I keep my display active, then the songs keep playing without any problem.

My research in this indicates that this is an issue with the wifi being cut off once the phone is inactive, which prevents the app from getting the next song. But I already have the setting 'Keep wifi on during sleep' set to 'always', but it has no effect.

Any ideas?


texts: Where are photos stored in an android backup?

texts: Recently I did a backup of my android using adb. I wanted to find my pictures from this backup so I extracted the .ab to a .tar file using Nikolay Elenkov's extractor. In the tar file I can't seem to find any photos. Did I mess up the backup or are the photos located somewhere else?


texts: Samsung Galaxy S10+ randomly switches to roaming SIM and forces enable data roaming!

texts: I have the latest firmware update, and I'm using it with 2 SIMs; Sim #1 is a Google-Fi on roaming, and Sim #2 is the local default sim. I choose SIM 2 to be the default for everything (calls, SMSs, and data). However, I kept seeing the mobile for some reason switches the data to SIM 1, however, I disabled data roaming, and surprisingly, the mobile still randomly changes to SIM 1 (Google Fi) and also consume data!!


texts: Galaxy J3 - Phone, Contacts, Camera and Messages icons are missing.  I tried following the directions someone else had posted; but, my application manager does not have a GENERAL TAB nor is there a TURNED OFF list.  Thanks!


texts: Where can I confirm that my HTC One XL is evita model?

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I want to double check that my HTC One XL is evita model.

I am almost sure I saw it in a menu somewhere but I cannot find it anymore.

Could somebody guide me where I can find such info?


texts: How to add website as a website link with Brave/Chrome to the Android home screen?

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On a Chrome or other Chromium browser (Brave, Kiwi..) on Android
When I click "add to home screen" from the Brave/Chrome menu, on some sites the icon that is added does not open website but instead opens a custom app created for the website (so called "PWA").
I want to create a simple website link that opens the website in a browser (so I can use search / see the url from the address bar and so on).
How can I do that with Brave or Chrome?


texts: How to make a restore image / export ISO to restore later?

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My Samsung galaxy S6 edge+ from Verizon came along with a lot of bloatware I really do not need.

First of all it has many pre-installed apps from google which is sadly the case for every android phone I bought till date. These apps can only be disabled under normal circumstances and cannot be uninstalled.
Secondly there are apps from Samsung as Galaxy add-ons which I know I will never use.
And lastly there are apps from Verizon like Verizon tones etc.

Saddest part is that most of them are redundant like I have two browsers (Chrome and Samsung Internet), two galleries (Google Photos and Samsung Gallery) and the list goes on. They eats up a lot of storage even when I have cleared all their data and disabled them. I decided to root my phone and uninstalled all unnecessary apps. Now everything is good.

But now I want to reset my phone and I know it will wipe out the whole content thing but will restore my phone to its initial state. Initial state means return of all those useless apps too. All settings, launcher preferences, gestures and automation things gone. Do I need to repeat the whole thing from  very beginning to regain current state? So My question is:

Is'nt there a way that I simply make a restore image or back up my current OS state to somewhere or export an ISO or whatever which I can restore later on to surpass all those steps?


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Using ADB tools for Android (my device had root), I executed the following command:

adb backup -all

After confirming the backup operation, I got a file titled backup.ab that is 350MB. A month later, my device booted with a System UI crash, and would not let me access anything on it. I got a new one (same model), and it is unrooted. What would running the command

adb restore backup.ab

restore to my Android? I want to know what is in the backup (and what restoring it would do), because I want to keep my current userdata. The new device also has a more stable system, so I would not want to restore that, either.

NOTE: This question was marked as duplicate and then ignored, so it has been deleted and reposted.


texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 1 and it has quit vibrating. All the options for it are turned on but it has quit working. What do I do?


texts: Problem with Play Store on Samsung Galaxy Note II: Play Store does not open

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I was a regular Galaxy SII user, recently moved to Galaxy Note-2 - so far so good, but since today, I am finding my Play Store application, is not working on Note-2 [it was, earlier], even from the PC, when I am trying to download an app via Google Play application, it says 'Installed', but actually nothing happens.

I click Play Store, the Home-screen comes back, Play Store is not activated.

Other than that, all are fine, Facebook, LinkedIn, SMS, Phone are healthy!!!

Can someone guide me please?

BTW the firmware as per KIES is "PDA:MB3 / PHONE:LL1 / CSC:MC1 (STS) and android is 4.1.2


texts: Possible to purchase (buy) an Android app from the Google Play store web site without installing it on any device?

texts: Is it possible to purchase (buy) an Android app from the Google Play store web site without causing that app to be automatically installed on a device?


texts: Provision/Availability of Android Updates

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My Nexus 7 receives Android updates directly from Google, regardless of the cellular service provider of the SIM card in the device.

My Galaxy S3, with a SIM card in it, receives updates when my cellular service provider releases them.

I have a Galaxy Note, running Android 4.3, without a SIM card in it. Where/when will it receive updates?

I did recently insert a SIM card into the Note. Will the device now receive updates according to the timetable of the SIM service provider?


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I am normally fairly astute at being able to change settings etc, however, I have hit a problem I cannot overcome and thought to ask here:

In android chrome, when I perform a search the searches (as of Wednesday) are all performed in google.nl and the results are returned in English.  This means the results are more appropriate for someone living in the Netherlands and not in the UK.  I was wondering how I change the default search location as I cannot find it in Android at all (My PC based Chrome works as normal, and I can change that quite straightforwardly).

Would love to know how to set the default google search location for chrome back to google.com or google.co.uk.

All assistance gratefully accepted!

Cheers!


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I migrated to a new phone yesterday (Nexus 5 -> Pixel 2) and wanted to restore my WhatsApp chat history on the new device. I've always used the Google Drive backup feature, so I thought this should have been relatively easy. However, during the restoring process, the progress bar gets stuck at 31%. Some minutes later, the app informs me that restoring the messages failed.

What can I do? The Google Drive backup file seems to be corrupted, so I also made a manual copy of the msgstore.db.crypt12 file, so that I could maybe use that in order to restore my history. However, the steps listed on the Whatsapp website (https://faq.whatsapp.com/en/android/20887921/) do not work for me, since it always tries to restore the backup found on Google Drive.


texts: I lost my photos which was  saved in gallery vault and I can't find it back.i have already tried to recover those in vault settings but  couldn't bargain back and it was found in help icon to contact with gallery vault @thinkyeah.com


texts: What are Cyanogenmod's profiles good for?

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I just installed ICS CM9 on my Galaxy Note and I am puzzled by the "Profiles" setting. It seems to allow me to set-up different profiles (home, work, etc) and associate settings with them, eg enable Bluetooth and disable GPS at home.

But I didn't see any way to automatically change profiles according to, for example, presence of a given WIFI network. So, my question is: what are those profiles for? Should I manually switch profile from work to home when I come back home? This make no sense!

I searched but didn't find anything relevant, maybe because "profile" is a very generic noun.


texts: My google play store keeps saying its stopped

texts:
Can you please tell me how to fix it. I have an LG android.
I have Force stopped it twice and disabled it and it's is still saying google play has stopped.


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Alpha and I have a problem. Sometimes a process named sp1 starts to run 100% on a single thread, causing a constant 12% of CPU (I have 8 cores).

I don't know how I can understand what applicaion is related to this process.
This problem is very annoying because if you don't see it in time all the battery will be drawn soon.

Any advice?


texts: Apps won't install or update after I cleared files and data

texts: My phone is a mess right now. I cleared some files and data. Now, my Play Store stopped functioning. All my apps won't give notifications anymore. What should I do to fix this huge problem? I just uninstalled all the apps, and they won't let me install or update them again.


texts:
For my introduction into Android I picked up a cheap tab 2 10.1 from Amazon as it was stuck in a boot loop.

After searching this forum I found a post related to 'unrooting' the tablet, and so I was able to 'unroot' it by flashing it with a new rom. I used slimrom to test and now I'll use a factory rom next.

Could someone please instruct me on how to remove the cwm so that I can completely return the tablet to near factory-like condition?

Thanks.


texts: Update to 4.4.4 from 4.4.2 Kitkat, mobile data unavaliable

texts: I hadn't updated my software since 4.4.2 on my S5 and just updated it today. However, after updating to 4.4.4, my mobile data stopped working, I can still make calls and connect to WiFi, but mobile data does not work anymore. I even tried a factory restore but that did not help. Anyone ever experience this problem?


texts: How to access the browser history beyond the last 7 days of the default browser?

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I know it's possible to view the entire browser history in other browsers. I can only see the last 7 days of my browsing history. How can I see which sites I visited beyond just the last week? Or are those getting deleted?

My phone: Android 5.0, Samsung Galaxy S5


texts: Android X86 Stuck on detecting android x86 on VMWARE with AMD CPU

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If there's a link to a fix in another thread please tell me, but for now here's my problem
I want to use Instagram on an android emulator to upload reels since my phone is dead and I'm under lockdown, Neither any of the Advertised emulators work, I tried Nox,Memu,Bluestacks and LDPlayer and all of them when I install instagram the app stop working.
So back to the point;
I installed VMWare and download an android X86 VMDK and iso image, both doesn't boot, The iso one restarts on detecting android x86 and vmdk one gets stuck on detecting android x86, I tried Virtual box, same result.
How do I fix it?
Specs: Amd Athlon II x45,4GB Ram,Nvidia GT 220


texts: Simple way to toggle between 2G and 3G connection

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TL;DR
Usually, I have my device locked to "2G only" for multiple reasons:

saving battery-life
no need for "high-speed" to simply be informed about new mail or doing the little contacts/calendar syncs (not much changes, either)

But from time to time, I could use 3G:

some area that has bad 2G coverage (data-wise)
the occasional "internet use" e.g. with a navigation app, looking up "a little more" on the web, or installing something from google-play-store

For those occasions, I find it impractical to navigate to the settings page and change that manually -- even when done via some "shortcut" placed on a homescreen. Preferably, I want to be able to automate this via tasker, to e.g. automatically switch when entering/leaving the "bad coverage area" or when one of those apps is in foreground (both conditions are covered by tasker, just the "action" is missing). I checked thoroughly on our site here, on the google-play-store, and even did an extensive Google search -- but all that turned up was either a shortcut or a kernel patch for specific ROMs, both no-gos for me.
Hence my...
Question:
Is there any easy way to switch between 2G/3G mode? As said, shortcuts to the settings page do not count (so Can anyone reccomend a 2g / 3g switching widget? is no option). Wanted criteria include:

not requiring more than one tap (preferably no tap to trigger the action, see below)
a big plus (and favorite wish): ability to be triggered via tasker
not depending on specific ROMs (should work with stock-rom)
preferably not involving root -- but options requiring root would still be fine with me
command-line hacks are fine with me as well :)


texts: What does "Keep wifi on during sleep" mean?

texts:
I couldn't find an authoritative reference that explains what this setting does in my Android phone: Wi-Fi -> Advanced -> Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep.

What does this setting do, exactly?


texts: Is there STB emulator for STB developers which runs on PC?

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We develop an STB app, we run it on actual STB boxes for testing, the boxes are slow and the development experience is so bad.
Many options on the STB are only accessible through a remote control. We use windows 10. We tried many Android emulators and bluestacks and whatnot, all of them boot the app but they boot it in phone layout, we're looking for

Free STB emulator that can be used for development and run on windows
The STB should open the app in STB layout, as if we're using an
actual STB BOX
The STB should map some keyboard keys as if they were TV remote control keys, such that everything we can do on an STB, can be done on the emulator


texts: where are the free books the kindle app offers?

texts:
According to its description on Google Play, in the third sentence, it says that the books are free. I installed the Kindle app and went to the Kindle Store and all the books I looked at so far all have to be purchased.

Where can the free ebooks be downloaded from? Because when I click 'books on device' in the kindle app, it shows none (so I'm guessing I need to download them from somewhere).


texts: How to reinstall corrupted Android applications with ease?

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The other day I woke up, my Android phone was frozen and only removing the battery helped to reset it. It looks like overnight something terribly went wrong as the memory card was not readable anymore and even after formatting it, it got a few bad sectors in the report.

I have about 150 applications installed and some of them which were moved to the memory card obviously do not work anymore. I had backup of my data but not the apps, as I thought I could always download them again. However, I can not find an easy way to do it. First of all, the corrupt applications still show up under settings/applications/manage applications, but the only way I can tell if they are missing or not is that their icon is some default Android robot with an SD card next to it and the names are not human friendly but more like com.biggu.shopsavvy.

I tried different apps to solve the problem, but I could not find any which would be better than doing it manually. What I need is to either reinstall all apps with a tap of a one button or install a list of apps in batch from the market.


texts: Google Account shows two Android Login Service in Connected Sites, Apps, and Services

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I have a HTC One X and when I go to my Google account's Security section -> Connected Sites, Apps and Services, it shows me two entries of "Android Login Service — Full Account Access". But I have only one Android device. Below is the screenshot:

Is this correct or there is another device which connected to my account?


texts: How to forward calls in Android without extra application?

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In Nokia, I did it by typing *71003584012345678 where 71 for the unanswered calls, 00358 for the Finnish country code and the phonenumber 4012345678.
I know there are many applications for the task but I do not want to use them.

I heard that some Nokia Android phones and Sony phones have a builtin feature for the call forwarding in their phones.
However, I cannot find such a feature in my Oneplus.

Phone: Oneplus 3T
OS: Android 7.1.1


texts: Transfer data from Samsung smartphone without unlocking

texts: I have Samsung A3. I accidentally broke display. Now I can't unlock the phone. I know I can change the display. But I want to know whether there is a way to transfer data to PC without unlocking phone. I generally use data cable for transfer.


texts: How can I easily copy files from an Android device to a computer wirelessly via command line?

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I need to copy jpegs from an Android phone's sdcard to a computer, ideally through command line (/storage/sdcard1/*.jpg to a remote location)

I've tried Izzy's solution from this post like so:

scp -p -P 2222 root@192.168.1.19:/storage/sdcard1/*.jpg ~/Desktop/pull/

but got this error:

sh: scp: not found

The scp and ftp commands are missing on the device, so is there a way to get this working ?

I've also looked at busybox and had some success doing so:

cd /storage/sdcard1 && for jpg in *.jpg; do ftpput -u user -p pass 192.168.1.33 ./Desktop/pull/$jpg $jpg;done

Another thing that worked is this ls solution but for single files and I'm not experienced enough with bash scripting for this to work on multiple files.

I'm looking for the simplest solution (with fewest install/setup steps).
What is the easiest way to do this ?


texts: How do I open an app that Play Store lists as installed, but that isn't accessible?

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I installed an app today on a six month old ZTE Axon 7.  I have installed many apps on this device before and never had a problem, and I have plenty of storage left on my phone.  This app downloaded and installed normally, including a playstore alert that installation was successful, but it never appeared on my home screen.  I went to look for it in my list of all apps, but it wasn't there either.  When I go back into Play Store and view the app's detail page, it only shows one button: uninstall.  All other apps also show an "open" button.

I did install this from the play store and not a browser.  I searched for it an installed from Play Store and did not follow a link to the details page.  The app works on my old Sony Xperia Ion, and Play Store lists it as "compatible with all your devices".  I tried uninstalling the app and then reinstalling the app.  I also tried restarting the phone.

I have searched Google and found many reports of other users having a similar problem, but the only solution reported to work is to download it from the play store (as apparently these users installed from a web link).  Just in case, I enabled the "allow installation of apps from unknown sources" and then reinstalled the app, but still got the same result.

What could cause this and how can it be fixed?

If it's relevant, the app is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nightscapecreations.anim3free&hl=en


texts: FastBoot recovery failed: partition 'recovery' not support flash

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My mobile is Lenovo S920 running official Android OS 4.4.2.

I am trying to install cwm recovery through fastboot.  I tried executing the command

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

But I am getting the error as partition 'recovery' not support flash. Please any one help me to fix this. Whether I need to change anything on the recovery partition?


texts: Japanese language for directions in Google Maps

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I am using Android 4.0 and latest version of Google Maps. The interface is in English. When I search for direction to some place say Kyoto, the interface is in mixed English and Japanese. See the attached screenshot to understand what I mean.

How do see the destination names in English?


texts: Can I copy data to be restored, if phone is stuck in bootloop?

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My phone is stuck in a bootloop. I can get into TWRP recovery, which has a file manager. I can also connect the USB cable to computer and see the phones internal memory. Is there a way to copy text messages and WhatsApp messages so I can restore them on another phone?
I'm afraid the filesystem may have been corrupted. When I go to /data/data/ I expect to see names like "WhatsApp" or "Facebook" but everything is random...like +NiZZaTrs3RFzYegpkEk


texts: Questions about "Speed Dial" screen on Nexus' Phones app

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The "phone" dialer app on my Nexus 6P (the app that launches when you press the "phone" icon from the homescreen's launchpad) is driving me insane. Is there any way to configure it to go straight to the dialpad when launched? Or at least the normal phonebook?

I'm specifically annoyed by the "speed dial" page it shows when you first launch the phone app:

It almost seems to pick contacts to display on it at semi-random, and as far as I can tell, there's no way to manually override its decisions about whom to show on the page.
The page is like a minefield of clickable tiles. The slightest accidental touch on 95% of the page (anywhere besides the tiny 2mm x 2mm zone around the three vertical dots used to trigger "other actions", or the ~1cm diameter action button for the dialer) will instantly and irrevocably trigger dialing the contact. If you accidentally touch somebody's icon at 4am and hit "end" instantly, there's nothing you can do. The call is going to be made, and show up on their phone as a missed call. On at least 3 occasions, I've accidentally dialed whomever was on the icon flanking the action button that launches the actual dialpad.
It also makes the phone almost completely unusable for one-handed use, at least, for anything besides accidentally triggering phone calls to random contacts with your thumb.

I've gotten to the point where I've started having anxiety attacks every time I have to make a call, terrified that I'm going to accidentally trigger some unwanted action while attempting to get away from that quick-access screen and get to the actual dialer or the real phonebook app.

Is there a settings page somewhere to do things like disable the "speed dial" screen, or at least choose who's on it and/or what the default action is for touching somebody's tile on it?


texts: Can people tell whether I've read their SMSes?

texts: I'm using Google Hangouts on Nexus-5 with 4.4-KitKat. I wonder if people can tell when I read their SMSes? Does my setup do automatic receipt notification without asking me?


texts: How do I make my Android tablet ask for a password when I try to exit a specific application? There should be no way to exit the application without giving the password.


texts:
After rooting my lg LS840 I wanted to get rid of bloatware it was working fine till I restarted but now my phone wont boot it just says security error.

I already spent hours trying to fix using lg support tool but keeps hanging tried on two different computers I also goolgled how to return to factory but coudn't find anything that worked


texts: Factory reset did not remove malware problem on my ZTE zmax blade. What do I do at this point?

texts: Surveillanceware or a worm of some sort has highjacked my Android and Facebook and email accounts. I'm unable to scan with my premium plus lookout account because the virus has disabled lookout and doesn't allow me to enable it. The Facebook app is uninstallable which I believe to be one of the infected apps. My phone didn't come with Facebook preinstalled before but now it's showing as a system file. I've factory reset and I still have issues. I'm being prompted to reset my password on my Gmail n Facebook sign in page when I know I just reset it and I'm typing it correctly. My photos have vanished. Please someone help me. How do I bring my Android back to health if my antivirus app can't even b enabled. When looking at my apps list I notice apps that I didn't even install and I can't remove them . I started in safe mode and proceeded to uninstall Facebook however Facebook wasn't on the list but when I go to running apps Facebook is there n shows it's running. Help me please, anybody?


texts: Rooting trouble - Using Odin3 but unable to flash device

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Rooting Method: mrRobinson

Phone: Samsung Galaxy SIII

Model number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I747

Android version: 4.1.1

Carrier: ATT

Downloaded: Odin307 and root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5

Sumsung Driver: Updated

Kies: Stopped and Disabled

What I did:

Extracted the root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 from the .7z file I downloaded.
Used Odin, put phone into download mode [with phone off, hold vol. down + home + power ], connected to computer and opened Odin.
once in odin clicked the PDA field and selected the root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 I downloaded.
Left Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked.
clicked start and...

Message in Odin:

<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> root66_ATT_I747UCDLK3.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

Nothing else happens, click on Start again and "All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" shows again.

What am I doing wrong? Please help!


texts: Will an Android 4.3 upgrade rewrite my custom /etc/gps.conf file?


texts: How to get a rid from "Warning: Camera failed" error?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy J7. It's camera was destroyed by an accident. So everytime I open camera, snapchat etc apps it shows "Warning: Camera failed". For a reason I need my phone to take at least a black screen on snapchat by clicking on the button. Is it possible to edit the rom to make the camera take at least a black screen instead of showing "Camera failed" and how?


texts: How to turn off Viber's new SMS income message notification

texts:
I am getting double SMS notification, i.e. one from system SMS app and another one from Viber. I don't want Viber SMS notification and need to turn it off.

I'm looking in Viber app's setting but I cannot find where to turn it off. All I can find is the below snapshot; but I guess it helps to reply the SMS message via Viber text message and save my mobile fee. I don't want the notification though!

Any work around for this please? Great appreciate.


texts: Will gingerbread system apk apps upgrade over froyo's?

texts:
On my froyo , I just found several apk files of gallery, FMradio, etc etc inside "/" directory using filemanager.. I was wondering if gingerbread's system apps can be used to "upgrade" over these froyo system apps.. Would it void my warranty? would it cease OTA upgrades?

If anyone could also give the sources to gingerbread system files apk's it would be good.


texts: com.google.android.gms destroying my battery

texts:
Something happened around two months ago. Since then, 2 or 3 times per day the app com.google.android.gms begins to consume battery like crazy (rooted Android 4.4 in a Galaxy Note 4). I think this is for some kind of sync of Google.

Logcat shows the strange behavior, with tons of messages like these:

W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#
V/AlarmManager( 3363): waitForAlarm result :8
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [ContextSpecificAclFactory]LocationConsent failed, ULR opt-in status is: false, account#-63XXXXX32#
W/ctxmgr  (25335): [AclManager]No 2 for (accnt=account#-63XXXXX32#, com.google.android.gms(10015):UserLocationProducer, vrsn=10084000, 0, 3pPkg = null ,  3pMdlId = null). Was: 2 for 1, account#-63XXXXX32#

The only way I found to stop this is to kill com.google.android.gms by hand, but sooner or later it resurrects again.

It seems that Google is trying to make my life misserable because some Location Consent was not given?


texts: A friend's Motorola Moto G (titan) on Android 5.0.2 (Stock) shows this really weird battery graph. Does anyone know what's going on here or how to fix it?


texts: Atrix 4G update via OTA with unlocked bootloader?

texts:
I am running 4.5.91 currently on a rooted and unlocked Atrix.

Will I brick my phone by updating to 4.5.141 from OTA source?

Can I re-lock the boot-loader if that is the issue?


texts: Samsung Galaxy GT-s7562 rooting using (Arch)linux

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Trend II Duos (GT-S7562) bought from China.(I live in Ireland) Hence, I am not able to access any google services through apps (no access to Play Store, Google based apps).

I guess I have to root my phone and maybe install a custom ROM. However, I see that most of the guides on websites are for windows machines and need Samsung kies/drivers. However, I use Arch-Linux as my only OS for Computer. I can connect my android phone using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol)

Q1) Do I need to install Samsung driver/Kies on my linux machine. If yes, then how?

Q2) Can I install custom ROMs meant for other countries on my phone?

Q3) How should I do all these on Linux? (which does not have odin and other popular tools)

Sincerely,
Android Newbie

Model Number: GT-S7562
Andorid Version: 4.0.4
Baseband version: S7562ZCMH1
Kernel version: 3.0.8-1219573
Build number: IMM761.S7562ZCAMH!


texts: How mount (or auto mount) an usb stick formated with ext4 and be visible or working with apps on Android 5 , Marshmallow and later versions

texts:
The question appears in variate forms [1] just to say it is ridiculous on Android that ext4 is the default file system doesn't recognize usb pen formatted with ext4 (but android 4.4 reconize it without any problem), as a Linux user this is a big regression , and I still not found a way to usb be detect as usb , like pens with FAT32 or NTFS. I have root on my device .

[1]
Mounting a ext4 formatted sdcard on Android Marshmallow

Partition gets unmounted automatically in Android Oreo

External Ext4 card mounted only for root (!) on Android 5.1 64 bits

How to use an ext4 formatted sd card as external storage with working app permissions?


texts:
My phone's model is Gionee P5L. For the few days I am facing this stupid and annoying problem. I don't know why and how but I have multiple copies of the same apps in my phone... For example I have 2 facebook lite, 2 opera mini, 3 google settings, 2 play store. Can anyone let me know how to fix this ? Here are two screenshots.

Thanks in advance.


texts: unrecognized message, now all locked out

texts: I allowed my nephew to play with my Samsung tab 3 and it is now saying that I have accessed an account without being authorized and is asking for a password that I have never set, what can I do, without doing a factory reset?


texts: Does Android block any ports when tethering?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini running Android 4.1.2. I have a regular 3G voice & data plan with an Optus reseller in Australia. I often access the Internet from my laptop via bluetooth tethering on this phone and it works beautifully, except for one small problem.

I have several web servers that I access via SSH but I have configured the SSH servers to listen on non-standard port numbers. Although I have selected very large port numbers (ie. greater than 33,000), according to the TCP/IP standard they are valid numbers so they should work fine. Indeed, I have been happily SSH-ing to these servers for years on my wired connections at home and work, but have never been able to access them when tethering.

I have just spent several hours searching the web trying to find out if this is a carrier issue or an Android issue but found nothing useful.

[Additional Notes] The configuration is as follows: laptop is paired via Bluetooth to the phone. The phone has "Bluetooth tethering" enabled so that I can share the phone's Internet connection with the laptop. So the laptop connects to the phone, the phone connects to the Internet via 3G.


texts: "Unable to launch event error" when opening .ics file from browser or downloads

texts:
I have a Nexus tablet running Android version 5.0.1, Chrome 60, and Google Calendar 5.7

I'm unable to view .ics calendar files when downloaded from a website.  These .ics files work on every other device tested.  I know this was an issue for Google Calendar 5.0.1, but it was supposed to be fixed in 5.1.  I've also read that this issue has since resurfaced in more recent updates.  Is there a workaround to get .ics files to work?


texts: How to send a special keyboard sequence using Microsoft Remote Desktop

texts: I use official Microsoft client and I need to "press" Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl+Alt+End. How do I do that?


texts: Can APK expansion files be moved to the SD card without root on the Moto G (Android 5.0)?

texts:
It seems as if Motorola has reimplemented the ability to move apps to the external SD card on their recent devices.

Does this only apply to an app's .apk file, or will Motorola's implementation also move the (usually much larger) APK expansion files a.k.a. OBBs to the SD card when moving an app?

I understand that the app's data and cache files will not be moved unless the developer specifically implements SD card support.


texts: Schedule songs as alarms that sound ONCE with no need to touch 'Dismiss' or 'Sneeze' or anything similar

texts:
I would like my Smartphone to play certain sound tracks at certain hours each day (quite similar to military-style buggle calls for waking up, assembly, lunchtime and so on). But I want the device to play the sound without asking me to confirm that I have heard it. No "Dismiss" / "Snooze" / "OK" buttom. Simply the sound at the scheduled time played once and nothing more.

Which application would do it? - Preferably a GNU program. Or any other kind of free software without advertising (it seems an odd petition, but we Linux users are used to that).


texts: How to get shell with busybox on android?

texts: I installed busybox free on my android device. I have super user and stuff. When I click on the busybox widget, it gets me to the configuration utility where I can install / uninstall. It is installed. How can I execute the busybox binary now?


texts: adb devices -l not showing USB qualifiers?

texts:
I've read in several places that calling

  adb devices -l

will return the both the serial numbers and USB qualifiers for the attached devices. However, when I issue the command I only get the serial number and product information about the device. What can I do? This is important to me because I'm trying to target two of the same phone, which both have the same default serial number (0123456789ABCDEF).


texts: Updated to CyanogenMod 12.1, tablet now stuck in bootloop with TWRP

texts:
I just updated my tablet (Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1) to the latest CyanogenMod 12.1 snapshot, via the built-in updater. It worked perfectly, and booted into my homescreen just fine. I decided to factory reset it because I had some issues with Google Play, but when it restarts, it shows the tablet's logo, then flashes the TeamWin logo, goes black for a split second, then shows the logo again. I waited a few minutes, but it doesn't stop that loop.

I tried restarting, then getting into recovery mode by pushing Power + Volume Down (as well as Power, volume up and the home button, and various combinations of that), but I can only get into the screen where it says "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!".

I've tried to look this problem up, but nearly all the suggestions involve getting into the recovery, which doesn't seem to work. This is probably a terrible question, but I'm unsure on how to proceed here, without making it worse.

I've tried plugging it into a laptop, and booting it into that download screen while it's plugged into a laptop, but that doesn't change anything. Do I need to reinstall TWRP in some way, then install CyanogenMod from scratch somehow?


texts: How can I know the top dowloaded apps in my country

texts:
How can I know the top downloaded apps (by category, say messaging apps, etc.) from the android store in my country?
How can I access Apple Google's Family Store?


texts: How do I increase the task response timeout window?

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300 running CyanogenMod 11 (Android 4.4.4). Over time I have noticed that most of my system stability issues are because Android appears to have a "timeout" period for tasks, and if a task does not respond within a certain time (e.g. when I try to load a web page with enough Javascript to put significant load on a latest generation Mac), the OS declares that the task has hung and axes it. This has been happening with increasing frequency as mobile websites have been expecting me to have an increasingly powerful phone, e.g. it does not happen on my Samsung Galaxy S5 nor on a friend's Galaxy S6 Edge.

I tried looking under my sysctl and build settings on System Tuner for a setting that controls this "activity response timeout" but couldn't find any. Is there a way to increase this timeout?


texts: Substitute Win7 USB drivers for ADB mode

texts:
Under Mac OSX there is no need for a USB driver for ADB mode.  Under windows, apparently, there is.

I'd like to be able to adb shell to my android tablet from my Win7 PC.

This table gives a list of where to get USB drivers for Windows for different OEMs.  My Android Advent Amico tablet's manufacturer isn't listed in the list.  Is there a list of what can substitute for what somewhere?  How, in general, can one determine which one(s) would be best to try?

EDIT:
The tablet came with a utility called 'Advent Transfer Companion' for use in mass storage mode.  I've uploaded and installed that from the tablet, but it appears to be no more than a pretty way to write files to the tablet from PC - i.e. mass storage mode only, and no USB driver installed.


texts: Is there a way to block incoming calls from specific phone numbers?

texts:
I want to block a number from calling me. I don't even want to know if the person even tried to call me. Don't want any notifications. The person on the other end should not get a ringing sound when he try to call me. He shouldn't even know that I've blocked him. If possible I would like to block text messages from that number as well.

The specifications of my device can be seen from the attached image:

Is there a way to do it?


texts: Can a user create a "work profile" for an enterprise account?

texts:
So I added a work related Google for enterprise account but it's now showing up along side my personal accounts. I know there is a way that the enterprise admin (which is not me) can force the account to be separated from my personal accounts (different gmail/calendar/drive apps, separate file spaces, restrictions on transferring data, etc.), but they seemed to have not elected to do that.

Is there any way I can cause that to happen without having to involve them?

Note: I've found the option for adding multiple users, but that's not what I'm looking for as that seems to be a only-one-is-logged-in-at-a-time thing where as the thing I've used before has only one session just with duplication and isolation of the apps.


texts: What does it mean to "link" my contacts?

texts: I just got an android today and I'm entirely lost with how it works. I was looking at my contacts and noticed the "link" option, so I tried it and clicked on another random contact, and nothing happened. What does the linking do exactly?


texts: My Lenovo tab 4 M 10 is frequently switching off its own. How can I resolve this issue?

texts:
Can anyone say how to resolve this?
Frequently it is turning off its own.


texts: Is there a method to freeze and thaw an application vs uninstall/reinstall?

texts:
On a non-rooted Android 5.1 phone, is there a way to "freeze" an applications, settings, and data?

I don't want to uninstall or need to consistently kill a process. I would like to archive an application, and when I need it, take a brief moment to "thaw" it, use it, and freeze again when done.


texts: How do I load an unsigned Kernel Module to my signature enforcing Kernel?

texts:
I compiled a kernel module (wacom.ko) using the proper kernel source for my device and Google toolchain. When I tried to insmod the module, an error message popped up saying

  required keys not available

I researched and found out that you need to sign the module to load it into the kernel if the latter uses signature enforcement (which in my case, it does). I assume there is no way of obtaining the private key which the kernel used originally while compiling. But it also doesn't make sense when I think about how any developer would be able to extend the kernel by writing modules if this barrier is in place.

Is there a way to disable signature enforcement of the kernel and load the module that I created? Alternatively, can I somehow sign my module and load it?


texts: TWRP recovery: "pm install /path/to.apk" not working

texts:
I'm making a flashable zip for TWRP, to debloat my phone. I also want to install apps in the same script.

However, when I do "pm install /path/to.apk" (whether in a script or through the terminal) I get the following error:

Error: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke interface method 'android.os.IBinder android.os.IServericeManager.getService(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference

I get the same error when I try other pm commands, but when I input only "pm" I do get the help message.

Is it not possible to install .apks this way or is something else wrong?

Thanks!


texts:
After updating to 5.0.1, I had bad problems with wifi connections. After trying every possible solution without success, I decided to do a backup and reset. First though, I copied both the card and phone folders to my laptop.
After the reset, the wifi problem seems to be fixed, but now all the contacts are gone. For whatever reason, they were not synced with my google account.
Can I find the contct data somewhere in the folders that I copied onto my laptop?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Simon

Samsung S4


texts: Why did my Nexus 4 download the Jelly Bean 4.3 update again?

texts:
I've got a stock, non-rooted Nexus 4 which I updated to Jelly Bean 4.3 when the OTA update came out a month or more ago. Just today I got another message that there was a system update available. It said it would update to 4.3, and I double-checked (and took a screenshot), and  confirmed I already had it in "About phone."

Nonetheless, I went ahead with the update to get rid of the notification, and it went through the usual process. The before and after screenshots of the about screen confirm that I had the exact same Android, Baseband, and Kernel versions, as well as the same Build Number. I can't find any differences after the update. Does anyone know why this might have happened?

Before screenshot, taken 2013-08-23 16:28:04, before the update was started about a minute later:

After screenshot, taken 2013-08-23 16:36:14 after the update finished and it restarted.


texts: Synch a phone to Linux PC without Google

texts: Is there a way to synch the SMS/Calendar/Contacts/what not (I am not talking about files, and pictures, etc.) to a Linux (Ubuntu) PC? The quirk is to bypass Google in the process.So I would envision an App running on the phone sending all data to the PC in, say CSV or something like that... Can you advise?


texts: Which rights are needed to add widgets to the desktop?

texts:
I installed xprivacy on my rooted device and blocked all privileges to the "Google Search"-app. Now i cannot add any widgets any more.

Which rights do I have to allow and how could I find out such questions my self?


texts: My Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 is not starting

texts:
I was installing a custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy GT-S5360. The installation aborted abruptly and I lost all data from my phone.

Now my phone won't start and is stuck at the Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 logo.

I tried to flash the stock ROM via Odin but it is not detecting my device.


texts: Most of the apps crashing after editing platform.xml

texts:
I tried making writing to SD possible, so I edited platform.xml to add <group gid=”media_rw” /> to “WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE“.

When I rebooted everything started crashing. I cannot open any apps. It says it connects to Wi-Fi but cannot access the internet.

I tried:

Restoring original platform.xml - nothing good.
NAND backup -> restore to previous backup -> copy .xml from there and restore it - nothing good again.
Dirty flash the ROM which made me unable to even go to Recovery - had to re-flash TWRP.
Backup all apps via ADB and restore them on my previous backup, but all the settings are messed up.

Is there anything I can do to fix the platform.xml issue? What could be causing everything to crash like that? I restored the .xml, so why is it still broken?


texts: Where is the SMS "Drafts" folder on the Xperia Play?

texts:
The manual says when typing a text, if you stop to answer a call, whatever you were typing is placed into a "Draft" folder or is saved as a draft. The thing is, that I have never seen or found any "Draft" location other then when I use the browser to go online and goto my email site, and hat isn't where its going.

I was typing a huge text and I am really upset that I will have to re-type the entire thing, knowing it is in my phone somewhere, unless the manual from Sony Ericsson written specifically for this phone is totally wrong. Even though the manual says it is saved, it also is too vague on conveying where this draft folder is.

Can any one help me? This had been am ongoing issue and this "unfinished draft" location must have 400 messages in it by now. I am totally confused. The manual said to goto the "Time Save" app but I don't even think that's correct.


texts: Make Gmail default for new contact instead of AT&T Address Book

texts: My wife chose AT&T Address Book as the default for her contact storage on her new Motorola Moto-X. I want to change it so that by default her contacts store in Gmail instead of AT&T Address book. I cannot figure out how to switch it. It's Android 4.2.2. Thanks


texts: How to find out if my Device's Kernel has Loop Device Support

texts:
I would assume most all of you know why I am asking this, but for those who don't, Loop Device Support of a Kernel on an Android device is utilized to mount a Linux Distro IMG file (Ubuntu or Debian, & a couple others) to run the linux img in a Chrooted environment to run side by side next to your Android System.

So there is tons of information on what Loop Device Support is (if you need a good explanation see  Wikipedia's article.), and why you need it, but there is a great lack of explaination as to how you find out if your device supports it. The most information relating to it is that "most roms support it"...

So down to the issue, how would one discover if my device currently supports it? Is there some script I can look at or something in the kernel I can view to find out if my device supports it?


texts: If I charge Nexus 4 with a wireless charger will it charge considering red LED error

texts:
I've had a red LED error in my Nexus 4 for a week and it won't turn on or charge. I've tried everything, pressing the power button for 60 seconds, etc. I even opened it up and removed the battery and plugged it back in. It just won't help. I think it's due to very low power levels in the phone and it won't even charge. I was thinking that if I charge with a wireless charger will it charge or not?

Also if I charge it with an iPad charger the LED becomes stable red otherwise it's blinking using LG's original charger. So what's the issue and how can I resolve it?


texts: Can I prevent home screen shortcuts from getting deleted or moved around?

texts:
I had recently gifted my Mom a Nexus 7, with a hope that she will like to read books. She is old with poor eye sight and can't read English that great. I find her eager to learn and she had made a good progress in reading few books. Since she is not used to these gadgets, I am trying to keep settings in  her tablet constant. Recently I observed that the shortcut in home screen for PDF reader disappeared and resulting in discontinued  reading till my arrival. The frequency of this sort of interruption has increased now a days. Rather than finding how the shortcut is being deleted, I think preventing changes to home screen is sensible.

Hence, I would like to know about any means to keep the icons or shortcuts in  home screen  and in launcher  constant, immune to long press and drag and drop operations.

Device info: Nexus 7, running stock 4.2.1, unrooted, but willing to root if required.


texts: Is it possible to connect Samsung Galaxy Ace with USB but without Kies?

texts: I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace and my problem is that I am unable to connect the USB to my PC, without starting Kies software. Is it possible that I can connect my Ace to my Laptop without using Kies, because if I have to connect my mobile to any other PC, that may not contain the Kies?


texts: Delivery List (DL) or Mailing List for Texts

texts:
I have a group of friends who like board games, and want me to text them any time we have a board game pick up night come up. But as friends move away or new friends are made I want to update this list.

At this point the list is a couple dozen people long and so manually texting that many people on short notice is hard. I'd like a 'few button clicks away' way of sending all of them a single, simple, text. IE "Board games tonight at my house at six!"

The Question

Is there a series of operations (on any app) that will let me keep a list of phone numbers that I can conveniently group text?

Complications

I will routinely add and remove numbers from this list. (basically a Delivery List)
I won't have access to other communications platforms for these people. (can't make them use an app or connect to their facebook or anything like that)

Other Notes

I'm willing to use pretty much any app if it does this (and isn't blatantly evil)


texts: Will my new Xiaomi RedMi Note 2 prime work for LTE network?

texts:
I just bought this smartphone, and I am confused if it will work in my area and if it will work for 4G and LTE. I called the support of T-Mobile, and they said if it configured correctlly, it will have LTE for 2100 frequency in LA area, but many posts online say the opposite.

Device:
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_229219.html#customer_review

Frequencies for this device:

2G: GSM 900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100MHz
4G: FDD-LTE 1800/2100/2600MHz

T-MOBILE frequencies:

**T-Mobile network coverage**

Created by tmo_ian on Oct 16, 2012 8:55 AM. Last modified by tmo_kim on Oct 13, 2015 8:26 AM.
Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
VoLTE (Voice over LTE) allows you to place and receive calls on our LTE data network. Phone calls are connected with a clear and rich experience. You never know when you might need to check Facebook while talking to your mom and sharing your Mobile Hotspot with your friends. All of this, on our amazingly fast 4G LTE network. Here's some of the highlights:

Switch between 4G VoLTE and Wi-Fi without dropping a call!
Enjoy crystal-clear calls with our new HD Voice service.
Browse the web with speed while on a call.
Placing a call connects twice as fast.

4G LTE
T-Mobile's advanced 4G LTE network is smoking fast! With incredible speed, you can do more using our nationwide 4G LTE network. 4G LTE delivers up to 50% faster speeds then 3G. If you're in an area served by 4G LTE, you can expect blazing fast speeds because of our expanded capacity. Check out our coverage map to see all the places we have 4G LTE.*

Frequencies: Band 2 (1900 MHz), Band 4 (1700/2100 MHz), Band 12 (700 MHz)

4G (HSPA+)
With 4G, theoretical maximum download speeds range from 21 Mbps up to 42 Mbps. You can take advantage of incredibly fast download speeds, and even use voice and data services at the same time.

Frequencies: Band 2 (1900 MHz), Band 4 (1700/2100 MHz)

L700
This is also referred to low-band spectrum, it adds increased building penetration as well as covering greater distances. This will be used in metro areas to improve in-building coverage and in rural areas to improve our LTE footprint.

Frequencies: Band 12 (700 MHz)

L1900
L1900 is being used primarily to update our current 2G towers to LTE. Many of our current LTE devices already support L1900 band 2. Check out this device list for phones that are compatible.

Frequencies: Band 2 (1900 MHz)

3G (HSPA)
With 3G, theoretical maximum download of 14 Mbps. With 3G, you can use voice and data services simultaneously.

Frequencies: Band 4 (1700/2100 MHz)

2G (GSM, GPRS, and EDGE)
EDGE, our enhanced 2G service, delivers a theoretical maximum download speed of 236 kbps. GPRS, our 2G service, delivers a theoretical maximum download speed of 114 kbps. Typical speeds are between 35 kbps and 45 kbps. Keep in mind, voice and data services cannot work simultaneously when on GPRS or EDGE.**

Frequencies: Band 2 (1900 MHz)

Requirements
It's important to use a device capable of the network type you desire, and you should be in a location that has cellular network coverage. Check out our coverage map to see what areas we service, and check out Phones & Devices for device specifications.

Should I return this phone ? :)


texts: Can SwiftKey be moved to the system partition?

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I want to move the SwiftKey app from my standard user partition to the system partition (I have root). I am able to use Titanium Backup or Link2SD to turn an app into a system app, but anytime I try that with SwiftKey, it continuously force-closes. With most apps, if they start acting up right after changing them to system apps, you simply reboot and it works. However, rebooting doesn't solve the problem with SwiftKey.

I have also tried clearing cache and dalvik cache, but it seems like this particular app hates being a system app.

According to this forum thread, I need to move a library over to the system lib folder, but I don't see any library needing to be copied.

Reinstalling the app looks like it works, but it doesn't really. Because updates to system apps are not stored in the system partition, 'updating' the Swiftkey app makes the app work again because the main binary that is running is running from userland, not systemland. If I then use Titanium Backup or Link2SD to Integrate the update into the system partition, it starts crashing again.

Has anyone been able to successfully move the SwiftKey app into the system partition?

Edit: I have tried clearing the cache, clearing the data, uninstalling completely and reinstalling (then moving to system), and I even tried the same steps on another phone of the same model (Optimus V).

I have also tried manually copying the .apk file over instead of simply using Titanium Backup's or Link2SD's built-in mover. SwiftKey simply refuses to run properly if installed as a system app, but works just fine as a user app.


texts: How to activate Google now voice commands from the lock screen like siri?

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I just switched from an iPhone, and I want my android to have the same behavior as iOS where you hold the home button, and siri starts listening.

With my android, I have to wake up and unlock the device, then hold the home button to get to the google now screen, then I have to either say "okay google", or hit the microphone button.

This process takes way longer and makes voice commands in the car unsafe, which is primarily what I used siri for

Please any help would be appreciated


texts: How can I get the latest compatible app version?

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I once had Acrobat Reader and Seesmic installed in my LG GT540 (Android 2.1).

I had to uninstall them to free some space. After a few days I tried to install those apps again, but their updates made them unavailable to my Android version.

Is there anything I could do to install the latest compatible version?


texts: I'm using Android 4.4.2 (samsung galaxy s duos 3 ). I've a PC at home which has highspeed broadband internet connection. I don't have wireless router or access point. I just want to use PC's internet connection on my phone. I've tried multiple methods but none seems to work.


texts: How to open gmail message links in Gmail Android app?

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Suppose I have a link in some app of:

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?search=query&view=tl&q=braun#inbox/158c682e555e391aJ

When I click on the link, the Android system launches the default browser and opens up Gmail. However, the browser does not open up on the specific email thread but instead opens up the Primary message view.

How do I associate these specific links with the Gmail Android app, and also arrange it so that when I click on those links that it opens up that specific message thread?


texts: System Set Permissions Accidentally, and is Corrupt

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My phone's system folder at /system was corrupt.  I accidentally set its permissions to rw-r--r--.  Then, I reboot my phone, and nothing is working.
Here's what I mean:

1st reboot: power off;
2nd automatic reboot: automatically went to Recovery Mode;

When I reboot, it doesn't go to the Operating System.  It just sends me to Recovery Mode.

Offline Charging is (I think) also not available.  It powers on the device, but it doesn't play the Boot Animation (because the System Folder is corrupt), so it just send me to Recovery Mode.

What should I do?  How could I set the permissions of the system folder back to its default state rwxr-xr-x?

I had think of 3 possible ways:

chmod the system folder using TWRP Recovery's Built - in chmod.

I need to find the "Octal Code" of the permission rwxr-xr-x.

Install the stock ROM (in this case, CM 12.1) through recovery.

I don't know if this one will work.

Wipe the System Partition, and install the ROM.

I have no idea if this will work, or not.