texts: How do I withdraw an app rights to enter internet in CyanogenMod?

texts:
On a rooted device it should be possible to forbid certain apps to contact internet connection

How is this possible in CyanogenMod 10.0?


texts: Contacts doesn't show up under account sync

texts:
I can't get my contacts to sync. In the contacts app (both google and default phone app) it shows "1 account" (won't tell me what, presumably the 'on device' since it still shows that if I remove my Gmail). If I try to add my Gmail account it tells me the account is "already on the device".  If I go to settings>accounts>my Gmail>sync there's a few switches, but contacts is not one of them. I can click my account instead of the sync menu and scroll over to People and Sharing and it tells me I have 480 contacts, and will open contacts.google.com and show them, but I can't get them on my phone.
I've tried deleting and re-adding my Gmail, clearing contacts app data, looked for a google contacts sync app (didn't have one). Contacts apps have all permissions granted.


texts: Why Have Some of My Widgets Disappeared After Switching Launchers?

texts: I recently changed my launcher from the default TouchWiz (I have an AT&T SGS3, with the official 4.1.1 installed) to Nova Launcher. I enjoy Nova, but I've noticed something strange: the Calendar and Weather widgets that were available under TouchWiz aren't there anymore. They're still there in TouchWiz (Home Switcher makes it easy to switch back and forth). What's going on?


texts:
I have an issue in my phone, and I lost hope I will find solution.

Phone:
* Xiaomi Redmi Note 4
Android Version:
* 7.0 NRD90M
MIUI Version:
* MIUI Global 10.1
Kernel Version:
* 3.18.31-perf-g4339b70

The problem:
I share internet via hotspot and everyone can connect to it with any devices but when I connect my tablet (Galaxy tab) or my other phone (OP 5T) I got an exclamation mark next to my wifi and "connected, no internet".

I don't understand why. Can somebody help me what is the problem?


texts: Mobile data is turned off but provider shows data trickle

texts:
I have turned off cellular data on my phone (Nexus 5, Android 6.0.1) but the data usage summary on my provider's portal is still (slowly) increasing.

Does Android still use a small amount of data even when told not to, or is it provider shenanigans?

Provider is Public Mobile.


texts: Why allow permission button is disabled?

texts:
Problem

Today I noticed strange behavior on my test phone, which is Nexus 5 with Android  6.0.1.

After opening test app that asks for permission to read contacts allow button is not working - after tapping on allow nothing happens, but deny works perfectly:

Also when I check Never Ask Again, it completely disables allow button:

Not sure what is happening here, but same app works perfectly on my OnePlus2 which uses Android 6.0.1 too.

The only strange thing about my test phone is that it does not have sim card currently.

Note that both phones have Google Account attached with same synchronized contacts.

Question

I am wondering what causes this?


texts:
One of my long-standing issues with allwinner Q8 is how its root, which was there when I brought it, can't seem to be used. No root manager came with it, so I installed SuperSU(Like a normal) to find that nothing can make requests at root. I can't even check the binary since I get a 'access denied' every time. Does anyone know how I can root functioning?

Again, Its a 'rooted' Allwinner Q8 On android 4.4.4 With stock recovery (but I'm 45% sure it has a custom ROM.

-EDIT-

An idea from Steve made me check terminal, and I ran su to get the line:

su: uid 10078 is not allowed to su

Errr... What? I assume the user is UID 10078(would make sense) or the su binary has been locking everything. Its only a one-user (in sense of Physical operator of device) system.   Help!


texts: Stopping an ongoing download without exiting Chrome

texts:
I have a file that has been stuck at "2 seconds remaining" for about a day. I feel it's never going to finish, so I want to know how to cancel it without quitting or stopping Chrome.

None of these have worked:

turning off data and WiFi.
force "Downloads" or "Download Manager" to stop.
clearing the data of "Downloads" or "Download Manager".
the suggestion to force "Download Manager" to stop and then press "Clear Data" does not work because "Clear Data" becomes grayed out after hitting "Force stop".
going into notification bar and pressing for some kind of cancel option.


texts: I installed Kingroot  and rooted my phone. I don't know how it happened but Kingroot became my system application and now it cannt be removed. If I open Kingroot and go to its settings and try to remove root, it says we have a problem removing root. Kingroot has became my system application and now what I can do is only disable it like other system apps


texts: Android devices don't show up on Chrome's "send to your devices"

texts:
I'm trying to share a link between my desktop and Android, I'm using Chrome on both and am fully synced.
On my Android, when I tap the link -> Share -> Send to your devices, I only see my laptop whereas I want to open a link on my desktop.
In Chrome History, under Tabs from other devices, the list appears to be empty.
Why is it not there?


texts: Red light/laser came out of back of s7 phone?

texts: Was taking a selfie and pressed the back of the camera on the phone, and a red light or laser came out from there is this normal ? Can someone Clarify what this is ?


texts: I had no problem using Authenticator for the first month.  Two weeks ago, my phone's operating system upgraded and now Authenticator will not work.  I have uninstalled it, re-downloaded it, and reinstalled.  No matter what function I choose (sync time, setup) I get an error message that Authenticator has stopped working.  Also, since I need the two-factoring for our website, that the codes stopped working on that.  I keep reporting the issue to Google but of course have had no response.  Any suggestions?


texts: Is there a special boot mode to boot into a system with root access (on Galaxy S)?

texts:
What if the Samsung Galaxy S I've got has already been rooted?..

Is there perhaps a special boot mode which would boot into the system with root access?

Or normally, a "rooted" device always boots the system with complete root access?


texts:
I need to do a factory reset on my HTC one M9. just for clarification, i have not rooted the phone ever. I'm trying to do a factory reset through the phone setting and once i do the reset it brings me to the bootloader. I'm not sure what to do from there. i try to boot it into recovery mode but it says "this build is only for development purposes only"

any help?


texts: New Android maps - how to show navigation without destination

texts:
Older version of Google Maps for android had a separate Navigation app, in it I could either set a destination for guided navigation or simple select "Display map" with would always show my GPS location as I travel (streets, turns etc.)

With recently updated map app, I can either see my static location on the map or choose destination for navigation.

How do I simple display dynamic navigation map that would display my current location as I drive?


texts: How do I grant su rights to the File Manager app?

texts: I'm digging around trying to find a Angry Birds save files but File Manager is lying about what's in each folder. How can I give that app su rights? Can I launch it from the command line after typing su or something?


texts: In Galaxy S7, cannot disable Samsung Reactivation Lock

texts:
Summary

I'm trying to install a custom build of LineageOS following the instructions here. I was attempting to load a recovery image using heimdall when I'm told 'Recovery Check failed'. It turns out Samsung has something called Reactivation Lock, but the settings to disable it aren't present on my phone. I actually called them and they said it had been replaced by Google's Android Device Manager, but there's clearly something preventing me from loading a recovery image.

I can't link to it because of reputation limits, but the recovery image I was using I built from source; it's linked on the home page of LineageOS. I did also try it with the images built by Team Win Recovery Project with no luck.

I appreciate any help you can give me.

Steps

I rebooted into 'download mode' using $ adb reboot-bootloader. Heimdall recognizes the device:

$ heimdall detect

Device detected

but when I try to load the recovery image I get an error:

$ heimdall flash --no-reboot --RECOVERY out/dist/recovery.img

Uploading RECOVERY
100%
RECOVERY upload successful
Ending session...
ERROR: Failed to receive session end confirmation!
Releasing device interface...

and on my android it shows SECURE CHECK FAIL : recovery in the top-left corner (in red, if that matters). Rebooting into recovery mode just reboots the phone normally.

Specs

Model: heroltevzw
Model number: SM-G930V
Android version: 7.0
Patch level: August 1, 2017


texts: How can I make tasker close these apps as though I've swiped them away?

texts:
I want to make it close all the apps in here.

I've tried this already:

But it doesn't do as intended, since the apps dont leave the recents. Any ideas?


texts: Why does my phone think it's low on space?

texts:
Before downloading a 1.14GB app on my Samsung Galaxy Phone, I had 1.24GB free in my internal storage. Strangely, I wasn't able to download the app and I got a message saying "Low on space. Phone storage space is getting low."

I don't understand why I only have 189MB left of internal storage on my phone when I didn't even manage to download the app. I already use Cache and Memory Cleaner and a task killer and I restarted my phone. I've tired looking through my internal storage folders on my PC, but I don't see anything that I can delete. What's happening here? Can anyone solve this?


texts: How do I find the incremental upgrades direct download links?

texts:
Some time ago, I found this page that contains links for incremental upgrades: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20843237&postcount=1

I'd like to know if there is a way to find such links for myself. If I try to go to http://android.clients.google.com/ I get a 404 error.


texts: How can I debug Droidwall blocking every app?

texts:
Starting some time ago, I have noticed that when Droidwall (1.5.7) is enabled, no apps can access wifi.

Although the app is checked, it doesn't work, until I turn the firewall completely off. This has happened for some time, is this a known bug with Droidwall or Android 2.2?

Running iptables -L shows this, among others:

Chain droidwall-wifi (4 references)
target   prot opt source              destination
droidwall-reject 0  --  anywhere             anywhere
droidwall-reject 0  --  anywhere             anywhere
droidwall-reject 0  --  anywhere             anywhere
droidwall-reject 0  --  anywhere             anywhere
droidwall-reject 0  --  anywhere             anywhere
droidwall-reject 0  --  anywhere             anywhere

Any ideas on what could be causing this?


texts:
I am using Google Assistant on LineageOS Android 7.1...

Using Assistant is like this:

"Ok Google"
1-5 second wait for beep
Speak command
5-10 second wait for Google Assistant app
2-5 second wait for analysis to show
5-15 second wait for application launch (such as TuneIn or Pandora)

Why is this so slow? I'm better off doing it by hand - which should not be. It should be like this:

"Ok Google"
beep
Speak command
Needed application launches

No waiting, no delays, "it just works."

To add to this - if the display goes to sleep Google Assistant doesnt respond at all, and all attempts to fix seem to assume that Android 7 = Android 7.0 (not 7.1).

I'm using LineageOS 14.1 (Android 7.1.2) June 29, 2018 on a Samsung S5.


texts:
Ever since the new update of Google Play app, I couldn't get the apps to automatically (in background) update.
But instead, they only update, when I open the Google Play app a few times

I have auto-update and notificatoins checked. I have auto-update apps ofer WiFi only set.

I have JB 4.1.2 and Galaxy S3 GT-I9300.


texts: Why is Android phones' RAM capacity catching up with or even overtaking PCs'?

texts:
In the past few years the RAM capacity of Android phones have rised by a lot. A typically average Android phone has 1GB RAM in 2013, but 4GB in 2017. Comparing with PCs, the typical RAM capacity has only rised from 2GB to 4GB. Even 8GB phones start to show up.

This is somewhat unreasonable, at least to me. Because:

Phones and tablets are rarely used for "intensive productivity" like editing large photos, applying post FX to videos, doing 3D model building and so on.
Heavy gaming hasn't yet been possible due to other limitations (i.e. CPU & GPU). You want COD: Black Ops III on a phone?
Dual channel RAM is almost twice as fast as single-channel, but unlike RAID disks, this has nothing to do with capacity.

So why? How is such RAM capacity useful?


texts: If I lose the phone, someone may find it and try to reset the security pattern via recovery. How can I lock / unlock recovery via terminal?


texts: Share (through share menu) directly to own email address

texts:
I often send over images etc to my own email for forwarding or printing or what ever.

Problem is I have many contacts, and I have to type quite a bit to find my own email address.

I would really like to have a share-menu option that says "Share to [specific email address]".

Is there any application that provides such option??


texts: No Micro SD Card Inserted but phone detects it

texts:
I have an Android 4.0.4 Myphone A919 Duo.  I go to Settings > Storage.  Internal Storage: Total Space is 0.98 GB. Phone Storage: Total Space is 1.55 GB.  Then on SD CARD, it says Mount SD Card which is greyed out.

One of my apps, AppMgr III, shows an ON SD CARD tab with 1.55 GB of space.  The tab next to it is PHONE ONLY with 1005.93 MB of space.  I can tap on an app in the SD CARD tab and it gives the option to Move to Internal storage and the app launches and runs just fine with no errors.

I have another app, File Manager, that shows the directory /mnt/sdcard and a bunch of folders.

So basically with or without an SD card inserted, the Mount SD Card in Settings is greyed out and both apps are reporting an SD Card.  How can an app show an SD Card if there is no SD Card inserted and the Mount option is greyed out?  Does it have to do with cache?


texts: ADB screen record command to mirror Android screen to PC via USB

texts:
I am trying to mirror android device screen though ADB commands from the command prompt for quite a long time. Recently I saw a post in stackoverflow with the following command which mirrors the screen when executed in the command prompt.
adb exec-out screenrecord --output-format=h264 --size 540x960 - | ffplay -framerate 60 -framedrop -bufsize 16M -
From what I have read is that this commands stores the Frame buffer somewhere in a file, and my question is where is this file stored and how can I access this file(Frame buffer) in a desktop application for example written in C#.
Any help or hint will be greatly appreciated.


texts: How can I access EPST on the Motorola Droid 1 (Verizon)?

texts: I've tried "##778#", "##778 send", and "##778# send" but every time it dials the number giving me a "Welcome to Verizon..." message instead of opening the provisioning screen (except for option 1 which does nothing).


texts:
I have an HTC Sensation XE and the smartphone is becoming slower and worse every day, expecially compared to my Nexus 7 and Samsung Tab 2.

Android on the phone is slow and lagged ( I have to wait even 6-7 second after clicking somewhere), the battery depletes very fast and the phone itself becomes very hot if I do something "intensive" like using google maps.
the Android version on the phone is 4.0.3 and as far as I know, there is no update.

What can I do to improve the phone? It's market value makes it not worth to sell and it is still working, so I would like to find a way to fix it somehow, what can i do?
I like a lot the vanilla Android of the Nexus 7, there is any way that I can put a plain android on the HTC, keeping all the functionalities? I dont care of Htc Sense, but I want to be able to use the camera, 3g, wifi, GPS and so on.

Maybe some kind of reset would be enough to bring it bask to it's best days?


texts: How can you see your Facebook Groups in Facebook for Android?

texts:
I downloaded facebook for Android latest version just now.

This version is much better than the one which was pre-installed on my Samsung Galaxy S phone.

But can I see my Facebook groups somewhere in this version ?


texts: Market App Downloads always fails/never starts

texts:
Brand new LG GT540, everything works except for the Market. Clicking on Install on any App resultings in it sitting on 'Starting download..." for several seconds then as soon as it changes to "Downloading..." it fails with 'Download was unsuccessful, please try again'.

This is not a duplicate of 'Sometimes Market update get stuck downloading, how can I cancel?' which is 'sometimes' and about cancelling. The answers do not work/are not relevant. It is also not a duplicate of 'Android market - Application downloading problem' which sits at 'Starting Download...' for several hours.

There are several solutions floating around on the web, but like myself, it seems to not solve it for a vast amount of people. I believe there is more than 1 bug with downloading from the market but they are getting treated like one.

Firstly, there is the GTalk related issue. This is not relevant in this case. GTalk signs in correctly and works. Signing out of GTalk and back in does nothing to fix the issue. Neither does clearing the data out of the GTalk App and/or Google Apps and rebooting the phone. It is not a GoogleMail/GMail issue either as this is not in the UK and has always been a GMail account.

Secondly, it is not solved by clearing the cache/data out of Checkin Service/Downloader/Market, etc. I had done this clearing/force stop on ALL the applications suggested across the web and rebooting the phone. This has been done several times with no effect.

Thirdly a factory reset doesn't work either. Makes sense considering this behaviour has been straight out of the box.

EDIT: I have also tried unmounting the SD card, removing it, rebooting the phone and trying to download with no difference.

EDIT 2: Clearing everything and signing into the Market with a brand new account made no difference.

Any other ideas on what the cause of the issue is and how to fix it?


texts: Turn off notifications of Google Maps requests for information

texts: Google Maps is requesting information of places I've visited. For example: Google Maps - Starbucks - Answer quick questions to help others. How can I turn this notification off? I just want to disable these notifications, not all notifications from Google Maps since I think it provides notifications during navigation as well.


texts:
When I try to install a ROM with TWRP, I get

Could not mount /data and unable to find crypto footer.
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
Unable to recreate /data/media folder.
Updating partition details...
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
...done
Unable to mount storage
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
Full SELinux support is present
Unable to mount /data/media/TWRP/.twrps

Then when I try to "Factory Reset" under TWRP Wipe, I get

/sbin/e2fsck -fp /dev/block/sda18 process ended with ERROR: 8
Unable to repair Data.
Failed to mount '/data' (Invalid argument)
Error changing file systems
Repairing Data using e2fsck...

I am using a Samsung Galaxy S7.


texts: Is there a way to export Google bookmarks to another app?

texts: I currently switched to firefox and would like to keep my Chrome bookmarks, but I can't find a way. Also I'm looking for a bookmarks editor/organizer. Are there any practical solution? I can't find any on the net easily.


texts:
I have a Nexus 7 (2nd generation) on Android 6.0. I am able to rotate and fix the screen on landscape using adb shell content. I am also able to adjust screen dimensions and resolution using adb shell wm.
Now, the only thing I need to really do is figure out a way to rotate the entire device to actually be permanently in landscape mode so that when it reboots the Android logo and everything is in landscape.
Is there any way to do this? My device is rooted already if that helps.


texts: Where is the "enable wireless display" option on Motorola g6

texts:
When I Settings / Connected Devices./ Cast option on my Motorola G6, all I get is a screen saying "No nearby devices were found". (My TV is on the same network, it has screen mirroring enabled, works fine with Huawei Y6 and can be found from this phone in you're youtube app)

It doesn't even seem to spend any time searching for devices. One solution I've found online is that I should have "Wireless Display" enabled. But this screen doesn't have any sort of menu or options. Is that option somewhere else?

Screen Mirroring apps also seem to advise that this option be enabled but they all seem to just be links to this screen so that's no good...


texts: How can I restore my app data if I manually pulled it out before resetting and reinstalling my phone?

texts:
Yesterday I was stuck in this awkward situation where my Moto G with Cyanogenmod 12.1 got stuck in the boot animation after recent restart. It was working fine for a month or two before that.

Based on my limited knowledge and friend's suggestion I decided that simply factory resetting and reinstalling the OS through the custom recovery will work fine and keep my media as well (and it did). The thing is I really wanted to keep some of my app data but backup feature through adb wouldn't work because as I understood you need to confirm it on your phone which was bricked at the time.
I then pulled the data folder with all the app data into my pc and proceeded.

The thing is I have no idea how to restore it now, I could have screwed up somewhere. Pasting what I saved up back into my phone won't do anything.

How can I restore my app data now?


texts: I installed Bluestacks and  I am trying to access files downloaded via Bluestacks but I seem not to find these files (folder is empty). I have also installed ES file explorer . Can anyone provide a  good solution on how to access these files ?


texts: How to restore WhatsApp data from SD card or internal memory and not from Google Drive?

texts:
I changed phones and installed WhatsApp on the new one. I have a backup database file on an SD card and the same file copied to the internal WhatsApp folder and Google Drive.
However, during install, the restore process only checks in G Drive and says that no backup is available.

How do I restore the data from this backup file from the internal memory or SD card? There is no corresponding option during backup restore.

Adding a few points based on other QnA I went through. Hope they help.

The phone number has not changed. I am using the same number on the new phone as earlier.
I have copied the backup database file from the SD card to the internal memory and also to the G Drive
The backup file is named "msgstore.db.crypt12" It does not have the date in the name.


texts: Can I trust MoboClean to deny specific permissions of other apps?

texts:
A couple of articles on the Internet about how to block specific application permissions refer to some app called MoboClean.

It doesn't seem very popular and well-known trusted-by-users app so I wanted to ask for some more expert opinion about how safe this app is (it's not open source AFAIK) and whether should I bother installing it at all.

Moreover, it's not provided in the android market; you have to download the apk yourself and install it manually, which leads me to additional suspicion.


texts: Is it possible to leave some apps in the internal memory while using S2E?

texts:
Well, is it possible? I have a Galaxy Ace with the official CyanogenMod ROM. I only have a class 4 micro SD card and is using the SD Speed Increase app.

I was wondering if I could leave some apps (like handcent sms, go launcher ex, etc) in the internal memory while retaining other apps in the sd-ext partition. Thanks.


texts:
My HTC One has the capability to tune FM Radio stations.

And the Standard Edition comes with an app for using it.

However, I can't find a way to use the FM Radio on a (non-rooted) Google Play Edition. Any ideas?

Running Android 4.4.2 ... if that matters.


texts: Push notifications are being sent only from 5 apps

texts:
I have bought yesterday a Xiaomi Redmi 3S. For some reason I get push notifications only from 5 apps: Whatsapp, Facebook, Allo, Gmail and Outlook. I don't get push notifications from any other apps.

What can I do?


texts: "Android broadcasting MAC when the Wifi is turned off" How authentic is it?

texts:
According to TheHackerNews latest article,

http://thehackernews.com/2014/02/chainfire-released-pry-fi-android-app.html
According to the expert, the latest versions of Android OS keep on
broadcasting MAC address of the Smartphone you are using; doesn’t
matter whether the Wi-Fi is turned ON or OFF.
“If your Wi-Fi is turned
on, even though it is not connected to any network, your phone will
periodically broadcast a unique number (the MAC address), as well as
all the Wi-Fi network names and addresses it remembers ever connecting
to. With newer Android versions this can happen even if Wi-Fi is turned off, due to a feature called "scanning always available", which**
helps your device better determine its location.”**

How true is this statement ? and what is the authentic source of this statement ?


texts: Borked my Cyanogenmod installation - please help! (LG Nexus 5x)

texts:
This was totally my fault but now I'm stuck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I just bought 2 nexus 5x phones and planned to install Cyanogenmod 13 on each. I succeeded on the first attempt but this is what happened on the second:

I forgot to re-enable USB debugging after unlocking the bootloader but managed to proceed with installing twrp and vendor.img. When it came time to push (adp push) cm13 to /sdcard, adp gave me this error: "adp: error: connect failed: no devices/emulators found". "fastboot devices" shows that the phone is connected and the recover mode screen shows fastboot mode. (install instructions: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_bullhead).

I can get into twrp but trying to boot the phone normally does not work. I get an error saying that the device is corrupted, and then the boot hangs at the weird google animated logo. The screen never shuts off and the animated logo just keeps going around and around.

I can't do a hard reset because I keep ending up at twrp when I try to follow the hard reset instructions.

What should me next steps be?

Thanks.


texts: Skip an OTA update straight to next version, on Galaxy S4

texts:
My not rooted Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 has received notification of an OTA update. By the size I know it's for Android 4.4.2 KitKat.

I know the phone provider has already released an OTA update for 5.0 Lollipop.

Can I skip the Kit Kat update and go straight to Lollipop? Or do previous updates need to be installed first?

Thanks


texts: Can I use my android phone as finger print, webcam, and mic for my windows 10PC?

texts:
I suppose I can buy a mic, a webcam, and a finger print censor for my windows 10.

But I have all those in android phone already.

Is there an easy way to do so?


texts: Go launcher Ex (german) not opening anymore

texts:
I am using Go Launcher Ex (or go launcher Z), german version, on my sgs5 and since the update last night (today is the first of march) I cannot access it anymore.
As soon as I press the home button or access it through google play --> open a message appears in the taskbar, saying that an unexpected error happened. Clicking on this message allows me to send a log to the Dev team, which I did.
But I hope that maybe this website is faster in answering because it's now been over 12 hours without any un-automated response. I understand that it's difficult to manage an app with so many users, but with SUCH a bug...

Anyways, I hope you have Ideas what I can do. I tried:
- clearing Go Launchers Cache
- stopping Go Launcher and restarting it by pressing home again
- search for the last stable apk on google, which I didn't find (also, the version displayed in the app details is Go Launcher Z version 1.0.0 ...)

I did not try to restart the phone because in that case, I might not have access to google play anymore which I use right now to start the apps I need to.

EDIT: There is an update available, but it only fixed the Problem for me until I rebooted - now nothing works anymore

Also, uninstalling go launcher through adb didn't help at all for me

EDIT 2: Some people reported in the go Launcher comments in play store that they could start the phone in safe mode and reinstall go launcher. (safe mode is usually pressing volume down while booting) Other people found that reinstalling brought the same error but at least the uninstall worked. For me, uninstalling didn't help but maybe it'll work for you

EDIT 3: after a not working update, they finally created a working update. I used a hard reset to fix the boot problem but I guess using Safe mode to reinstall Go Launcher should work too (Volume down and booting)


texts: How can I enter into download mode on Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2

texts:
I tried to put ClockworkMod recovery onto my Samsung GT-7582 and install CyanogenMod but it doesn't enter into download mode when I use volume up + Home + power. When I try this I see "Factory Mode" but for testing not for resetting the phone. ;(

How can I install CyanogenMod?


texts: Does 'Battery Protection Mode' turn on automatically?

texts:
I'm the founder of a company that deploys Android tablets into a hospital
Making sure our tablets are plugged in is really important to us. When devices get unplugged we alert hospital staff to plug them back in.
Devices are showing up unplugged when they’re plugged in, reducing staff confidence in us.
What we know..

Patients occasionally unplug cords to charge their phones
We had a bunch of low quality cords that were falling out. We replaced most of them yesterday
We’ve observed devices not charging when plugged in: the charging light flicks on, then immediately off after being plugged in
We have not changed any default battery settings
The problems have been mostly limited to a couple of devices
Our MDM solution (Esper) shows us battery level graphs that level off at 60%

.. we suspect that like ‘battery protection mode’ is being enabled automatically somehow
Some (potentially) useful context

Devices: Lenovo M8s running Android 9
Devices are in kiosk mode running our single (low battery use) app with screens


texts: Nothing on display, after attempting to replace screen

texts:
My I9505 screen was broken, so I attempted to replace the screen. After doing so, I noticed that the pins (on motherboard) to which the display cable connects too looked to be damaged.
After everything was connected etc.  I then turned my phone on. And although sound emerged and lights lit up, nothing appeared on the screen.
(I'm assuming the problem is with the pins described above)
A picture of the motherboard is below.

Is there anything that can be done to repair the motherboard, so images will be displayed on the screen. Without paying for a new motherboard?

P.S I have tested the new replacement screen on another I9505 and it worked perfectly ( so the fault is definitely with my i9505's hardware)


texts: Unlock phone with adb without text or keyevent input

texts: Is there a way to unlock an Android phone with adb using adb shell without a keyevent input?


texts: Use keyboard emoticons from Jelly Bean at KitKat

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How i can put at my KitKat Nexus4?

Thank you.


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I'm in a big trouble let me explain.
I have a GT-s5830i where I installed MIUI, I have also CWM Recovery 5.0.2.8.

Now for many reasons I would like to factory reset my device to it's original ROM, what I did:

Enter recovery mode
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Wipe data/factory reset

The system stuck here with this error message

Error Mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!
Skipping format...

Now I rebooted the device and for 1 hour is on boot Samsung logo, it do nothing, just stay on Samsung logo showing GT-s5830i

Please help me I don't want to buy another phone.
Thanks in advance
Sonia


texts: Moto Droid v1 disabling primary Wireless AP

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I have a Motorola DROID v1 that is running Froyo (2.2).  I've noticed that if my device sleeps for a while, when I wake it up it will not attempt to connect to the wireless AP in my home.  When I go to the wireless settings section, I see a note next to the AP entry that says 'disabled'.  If I click the entry and select 'connect', it connects right away.  It will remain connected until the next longish sleep, when it is again marked as disabled.

Is there any way to prevent this AP entry from being marked as disabled?


texts: Any way to recover photos that have been deleted from pacasa Or Google photos? Tried recovery software but get nothing.


texts: Battery Drains Way Too Quickly. What's Going On?

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I know there are many forums and posts already discussing battery issues, but I am posting here because I would like constructive and detailed feedback.

I have a S7 Edge running Nougat 7.1 not rooted, and a couple months ago, the battery used to drain by 5-10% overnight. Now, it drains by about 20-30%. I have tried different things to try to pin down the issue and/or alleviate it, but none seems to have worked.

Note that I have used the pm uninstall to get rid of some known bloatware and services.

I have tried 1) factory reset, 2) booting to Safe Mode, and 3) wiping the cache partition. The attached figures show the battery status at night and then the morning, and the captions indicate what action had been performed that night. I have pictures for all actions, but due to my reputation I can only post 2. Basically, the trend is that Android OS and Android System seem to always be in the range of 5-12% battery usage by the morning.

After all these methods, I really don't know what can be going on. Another interesting observation is that I lose more battery overnight, than during the day if my phone is just sitting in idle mode. Any constructive help/advice would be appreciated.

Update: Usually, the battery plot needs to stabilize overnight, indicating the phone is in deep sleep (or doze mode). I am thinking my phone is not able to reach doze and/or stay in that mode for a long time. Any ideas on that? I already have optimized all my applications.


texts: Can I boot into other OS (such as Ubuntu) from an Android OS tablet that have a USB host?

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I have the following scenario:

A user have a Android OS tablet that have Android 4.0

The tablet have a full USB port (not the mini USB port)

The user have a thumbdrive that have a boot from USB version Ubuntu.

Is it possible and how do the user goes about booting the USB Ubuntu on an Android OS tablet?

This also apply to any boot from USB version OS.


texts: Edit Whatsapp contact name in Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo?

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I wrongly saved one of my friend's name. Later renamed it with original name but when I searched contacts in WhatsApp I saw his name is still old one. I can't find a way to change name. I tried to edit via mobile contacts, but edit button in WhatsApp contact is disable. How to change WhatsApp contact that name in Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo?

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)


texts: How to reroute all traffic from Bluetooth tether to a VPN app

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Today i tried to use a Bluetooth Personal Area Network to connect to my phone from my laptop because my phone had a VPN on it. When i went to test my IP address i found that android was not rerouting my Bluetooth traffic through the VPN app like i thought but it was instead going through the WiFi normally.

So how can i make Bluetooth tethering work with my VPN app?

Android version - 4.4.2

VPN App here


texts: How can I remotely manage files on a usb drive attached to an Android TV

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I would like to

send files to a usb hard drive attached to my Android TV
from my (Windows) PC

How can I do that?

Both the Android TV and my PC are connected to the same Wifi Network


texts: What's the process for installing a new ROM after I've just completed one?

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I have a HTC Incredible running 2.2, successfully used the unrevoked method and rooted it, used Titanium Backup to back up all apps and system data, and ROM manager to install and run CM7. ok, that's all done, but now i want to try Miui, is the process still the same?

What i mean is, i'd rather not reinstall all the apps as I want to try a new rom, but want to go back to CM7 if i don't like it.

How can i try Miui, then go back to CM7 if need be??


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I've checked the posts saying how a paid Google app can be shared between two devices, but no-one says how to do it. There's all this stuff about using the same Google account, but what does that mean - it takes me no further.

Can anyone help please with easy-to-follow explanation?


texts: Why can't my Galaxy S7 send and receive messages simultaneously?

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So I've had my S7 for several months now, and by and far the most annoying thing is that it can't seem to send a message while simultaneously receiving a message. Way too often I'll be texting back and forth with a friend, and I'll hit send at the same time my phone receives a new text message. This causes my message to "spin" (the circle next to it spins) for about thirty seconds, before the notification about the message failing to send appears. It's super annoying, because I'll usually copy & paste the text and send a new message before the failed message notification even appears, because the new one will send instantly, while the other still is spinning!

Is this a common issue for the S7? I don't recall it happening with my Galaxy S4. Or is this expected behavior for the messaging app?


texts: Do I have to install a custom ROM if I root?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Does rooting require a custom ROM?

I have an HTC Desire S with the stock ROM.

Can I root the phone but keep my stock ROM, that is the one provided by HTC ?

Or do I HAVE to install a custom ROM if I root?

And what is ClockworkMod. Is it a custom ROM ?


texts: Lollipop - mute notifications but not calls

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I'd like to have phone calls ring at full volume, and all other notifications be silent. Notifications should still vibrate and/or use the LED; whatever their default behavior is.

I can't figure out how to do this in Lollipop. Ring volume and notification volume seems to be the same slider, so I can't turn this down to zero without muting calls. I can use priority interruptions and say that only phone calls have priority, but this seems to turn off the LED and vibration for notifications.

In KitKat, I think notifications and the ringer used a different volume slider. The only workaround I can find in Lollipop is to configure the default notification sound to be silence, and turn off sounds for individual notifications where I can. Is there a cleaner solution for this?


texts: Low Quality Contact Photos on "Card" in Android Wear

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I own a Moto360. I use Google Hangouts as my default messaging app on my Nexus 5. When the "card" shows up on my smartwatch, the contact image on it is low resolution. It is noticeably blurry.

When someone calls my phone, the photo looks fine. It looks crisp and as high-res as could be. I'm guessing it's the specific apps that cause the low resolution.

Google Hangouts and Instagram both have low quality contact images showing up on my watch.

Is there some kind of solution to this? Am I the only one who has this problem?


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When the screen times out, a screen lock activates that needs to be swiped down. After 5 minutes, a phone lock pattern is activated. Now when I turn on the display I need to both swipe down and enter the unlock pattern.

Is there an option to not need to do both? Optimally, I want the first 5 minutes to require a swipe down and after 5 minutes to require the pattern

I'm using htc desire hd, android 2.2, unrooted (is there a fix when rooted?)


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Is there a way to identify the stock camera app on an android device? Browsing the installed packages using Titanium Backup didn't show any package with "camera" in its name.

With the app identified, i hope to find some info or documentation regarding the app's features.

EDIT:

To be more precise - i'm trying to detect the name of the camera app that came with the device. I own a Galaxy Tab 3 and a Fairphone - the camera apps on both devices differ regarding functionality.


texts: Does a minor software update effect rooting method?

texts: I'm a newcomer to Android, so I'm not very familiar with how rooting works on Android. In IOS minor updates such as going from 9.0 to 9.1 can sometimes result in a jailbreak method not working, I was wondering would that be the same if a Samsung S7 edge is updated with a minor security update from Samsung.


texts: Why can I not pull an IPv6 address from T-Mobile?

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I saw that T-Mobile has enabled IPv6 for its network, and I wanted to try it out.

I dropped off my WiFi network, changed my APN to the IPv6-enabled APN (epc.tmobile.com) and was unable to pull an address.

Turns out that they don't support it on this phone (a T-Mobile G2, a.k.a. HTC Vision/HTC Desire Z) yet; they say that only two phones work.

So, I have a couple of queries which led me to post this question:

Is the IP engine for the EDGE and HSDPA radio actually on-chipset in this phone?
IPv6 was of course a known thing on the horizon when the phone was released, so if the previous question is a “yes”, then is it at least part of the radio firmware that can be upgraded?


texts: how to view your accounts google play store money

texts: I bought a nexus 7 in 2012 and it came with a $20.00 gift card. When I went to install apps from the app store, it asked me to sign into my google account. I signed into my gmail account and received the $20.00 for the play store. I purchased one or two items but I'm positive I still have a good $15.00 left. Where do I go to check how much google play store money I have left on my account? I went to wallet.google.com and it asked me to create a payment method, but I know for a fact that I still ahve a good $15.00 left on that gift card... Do the gift cards expire?


texts: Reduce space between icons on home screen without changing icon size

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I would like to reduce the space between the app-icons on my home screen without changing their size, so that I could fit more icons on one screen. The size of text or buttons in menus should not be affected.

I‘m using Android 7.1 (with LineageOS 14.1) and a solution with adb would be ok.

The „Home Screen Settings“ give me the opportunity to turn off icon labels and I can modify the “Grid size” to from “Comfortable” to “Cozy” or “Condensed”, but that does reduce the icon’s size.

I tried changing the screen resolution:

adb shell wm size 1080x1920

as well as changing the density:

adb shell wm density 250

but both changes the size of the icons.

I attached a screenshot to illustrate how much space there would actually be left on the screen for more icons.

Thank you for any suggestions!


texts:
I recently try to update my OnePlus 3T and had some trouble (boot loop and freeze) as I was using SuperSU 2.79 to root it.

Everything was fix when I used 2.82 to root.

I realize now that I met this issue several times with different OS (CyanogenMod, OmniRom, etc.)

why does SuperSu need to be updated with every new OS version?

Why do I need to


texts: Easily tabbing to previous or next field

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I'm new to the Android UI and I'm looking to see if there's something similar to iPhone's 'next' and 'previous' buttons you see when filling out a form. Currently I have to hit close keyboard then tap on the next field. I tested this in both an app and in the web browser.

Android version 2.1 on HTC Hero.


texts: Oneplus 8T stuck in bootloop after flashing patched boot.img

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I'm a complete newbie following a guide to root my phone, but it got stuck in a bootloop after rebooting, after flashing a patched boot.img created by Magisk. I have tried many things but with my lack of experience I'm stuck. One guide I'm following for unbricking your phone requires flashing all files from a stock (official) payload.bin file, but I can't run the commands because of a 'critical partition' error.
Running 'fastboot flashing unlock_critical' only prints out the syntax commands as if I just typed in 'fastboot' as is... I'm stuck, I'm clueless and I'm beginning to panic ._.


texts:
I currently own a Motorola Droid 3 on Verizon.

I wish to purchase a LG Nexus 4 directly from Google - will it work on my Verizon Network? Or would it be a waste of time?


texts: Why did Google block Facebook Contact Sync on the Nexus 5?

texts: Is there a particular developer clause that was violated? If so, why is the facility blocked only on the Nexus and not other Android based devices?


texts: In Bluestacks app when I am installing the XMod, the app says to root device. But how can I root Bluestacks? Please help.


texts: Does the Android emulator generate some sort of log file I can access if it crashes?

texts: Let's say I am working with the Android emulator, and get it to run one of my custom images/custom kernels, and it gets stuck in a boot-loop or crashes after a little while in booting up, does it produce a log file that I can look through?  And if so, where does it store this "boot" log?  (most likely somewhere in the Android build tree)


texts: Fastboot stuck on "Sending 'boot.img'" (TWRP, Moto G7 plus "lake")

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fastboot version 30.0.4-6686687
Trying to temporarily boot TWRP recovery image twrp-3.4.0-0-lake.img on my unlocked Motorola Moto G7 Plus.
Phone is connected via USB Type-C to Type-C cord from the box to my laptop running Linux (Manjaro 20.0.3) Live USB system.
When I run ./fastboot boot twrp-3.4.0-0-lake.img or ./fastboot boot boot.img (same file, renamed) with and without sudo, it always gets stuck at Sending 'boot.img' (30080 KB) doing nothing.
Bootloader logs section of fastboot mode shows cmd: download:01d60000.
The PC I use now is the only PC that helped me to actually unlock the bootloader. Other PCs I have were not able to send correct fastboot commands (for example, oem help transformed to oem helpersion, and oem get_unlock_data cut to oem get_unlock). Those PCs had regular USB Type-A 3.0 ports, so I connected them to my phone with corresponding 3rd-party cable. It might be of insufficient quality though.
All files are located near to the root of extrenal SSD connected to another Type-C port, so the absolute paths to TWRP image and fastboot executable should not be too long.
Type-C cords are new and OK.
Motorola doesn't distribute Linux drivers for their devices.
What else could be wrong here? Please help. Any advice is appreciated.
Will update this post later with my own findings as well for people who could stumble a similar problem.
Update 1
Tried fastboot boot boot.img on another PC. It is also running Linux (Ubuntu 20.04). Connection is from Type-A to Type-C. Wire is good. No noticeable changes. Main issue persists.
Update 2
Was able to perform fastboot.exe boot boot.img on another PC under Windows 10. Don't know why it worked. Specs are different than laptops', but cable is the same. Might be a driver issue.


texts: How to disable vibration in Google Keep Reminders?

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Every time I get a reminder in Google Keep I hear the notification sound and the phone vibrates.

I'd like to hear the notification sound but I don't want the phone to vibrate.

How can I disable the vibration?


texts: Read/Send SMS and Make Calls on Flip Phone via Rooted Android?

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I have a Verizon LG-VN251S Cosmos 3, and a T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S3 (rooted; custom android 7.1 Nougat ROM). The Cosmos states in its Bluetooth menu that it has the following "Supported Profiles":

Headset
Handsfree
Stereo
Phonebook Access
Object Push
File Transfer
Message Access

So-far, I haven't been able to find an app, program, or terminal command that can achieve this. Does anybody have a lead?


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How can I set up my Nexus 4 to receive Hangouts and phone call audio over a Bluetooth A2DP link? Even though my headphones are connected, in-call audio is routed to the earpiece or speaker and there's no option to send it over BT.

I've got Creative WP-350 headphones that support both A2DP and HSP but the headset profile audio quality is unusably low, leaving no other option but to disable it in Android BT settings.


texts: I can not find informations about Hisilicon kirin 650

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I want to know if Hisilcon Kirin 650 is a heterogenous or a homogenous processor!!
(working all 8 cores or  4 by 4, not in the same time )
Please answer to my question !!


texts:
I have some gpx tracks recorded using OsmAnd. I can see the files using my browser and also the app "GPX Viewer" can load the files and display the tracks on a map. They are located on my external sd card at

(...) /Android/data/net.osmand/files/tracks/rec

However when I want to open the tracks in an editor, to change them, the "tracks" folder shows empty. This happens with all three apps I've tried: "GPX Track Editor",  "Rambler GPX Editor" and "Simple Track Editor."

Any suggestions?


texts: Galaxy S4 restarting and freezing after root

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I recently made the mistake of rooting my Galaxy S4, accompanied by a few more customizations.

Problems that occur:

TouchWiz freezes. One way to unfreeze is to hold down the Home button to see recently opened apps and then go back, so that Touchwiz wakes up. The other way is to pull down the Notification bar and click Settings or anything else from there that'll send me to a different app so I can avoid it. If I don't do any of these within 5 seconds the freezing occurs, the device restarts.
The device also restarts when the CPU is suddenly expected to work hard. For instance, within the first minute of a call, or when the screen is locked/unlocked, a couple seconds after opening a music file. This happens 3-5 times a day, depending on usage. The restart is not always preceded by a freeze, but often there's a freeze before the restart.

Recent changes that may be causing such behaviour:

Rooting using AutoRoot by Chainfire.
Giving CPU Master root permissions after SuperSU is installed.
Installing busybox.
Patching modded Google Play Store (involves patching Core.jar package)

What I did so far:

Uninstall CPU Master.
Delete cache and data of Touchwiz
Remove busybox
Remove all custom patches from core.jar
Install the original Google Play Store and update to latest version

I don't think Touchwiz is causing the crashes because somethimes the phone restarts while an app is in use.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I removed the original Samsung ROM altogether and switched to Cyanogenmod. Thus I may not be able to upvote/tick the replies from then on.


texts: How to stream an encrypted backup of the entire device to remote host?

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I have an Android device that has no free space and no SD-card that I can replace (thanks to OnePlus policy). I also have no free space on PC to accommodate the backup so I wanted to upload it to the cloud. I have SSH and root access to the device. I also have a remote FTP server space (that I not trust, though).

I would like to make a password protected tar or zip file and upload it there. I'm not sure if a zip of / is sufficient for backup purposes.

The problem is there is no free space left on the device so I need to create the zip file on the fly and "stream" it to the backup server (it's SFTP on port 30).

I checked that the SSH, rsync and zip commands are available but I'm not sure how to do a full backup, encrypted zip compression and SFTP upload without writing to the disk.

How can I combine commands to do that while connected to the device over SSH?


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The droidentify program allows to save a report of the information it gathers by using the send action intent. Source code extract:

    public static void shareReport(Context ctx) {
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            intent.setType("text/html");
            ...

On my device this results in Android presenting four possible recipients, all of which I do not want because I just want to save it to the local file system (/mnt/sdcard or wherever).

Are there any system configuration to enable file system as share target? Or do I have to install some program to do this? I am looking for a free one, with source code available if so.


texts: Can I get Apex Launcher's scrolling background to work on EMUI 4.1?

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I got my new Honor 8 this past Monday, and after extensive tweaking (including hair pulling and uttering of words not approriate in respectable company), I got it to work and look the way I want it to, except for one thing. The scrolling background of Apex Launcher simply refuses to work. I've browsed through the system settings and the Apex settings until I've gone blind. I've tried to change the background setting of Apex to non-scrolling, restarting, changing it back to scrolling and restarting again, but I simply can't find a way to get this working. Is there a way?

I'm using Wallpaper Changer as live background, but I've tried disabling it, and instead using EMUI's native function to randomly change the background image, but this makes no difference. I've also tried setting Wallpaper Changer to use static background rather than live background. This also makes no difference. The image is cropped to the physical screen resolution (1080x1920) and the leftmost part of it shown on all screens.

For example, this image

is shown like this, regardless of which screen I'm on

I've rooted, and because of issues with TWRP and SuperSU on EMUI 5.0, I won't upgrade until those are resolved.

I'm not in any way affilated with with any software mentioned above, I'm simply a user. The images above have been created by myself, and you are free to download and use them as you see fit.

UPDATE: This suddenly started working. I don't know what fixed it, so I don't think this can be classified as an answer. It started working after I shut down to replace the SIM, because the transfer of my number from my old carrier to my new one had just been done. After booting up again, the scrolling background was working. As far as I can remember, I had changed no settings since I last rebooted. I did receive an update to Wallpaper Changer, but that came after the scrolling background had already started working, and the changelog only mentions adding the ability to darken the wallpaper. A mystery, but I'll leave it at that, unless someone has any ideas about what has happened here.


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Phone is not starting at all. From the last few days it was showing LOW space notification as usual it does when the memory is low. But this time the phone is simply not responding. What will be the solution for the same. How can I enter into my phone to free up some memory space?

I have tried rebooting it several times.Also,  tried hard reset but hard reset screen is not showing up.

Phone Model -Micromax Canvas A116.


texts: Is TrimApp specific for Samsung phones or present on all 4.x Android Phones?

texts:
I'm confused regarding the Trim Video application. On my Galaxy Note it can be launched from the Gallery when I play a video and chose Trim from the menu.
I would like to know if this Trim application is available on all the Android 4.x phones or only specific to Samsung?


texts: Stop IMO messenger asking me to create account

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I use this to allow me concurrent sessions on my tablet, phone and computer...

...however, everytime I open the app it asks me to create a public profile and verify with my number.

Is there any way I can stop this? I don't really fancy having a public account and I'd prefer them not to have my number (but that's not so much of a big deal).


texts: It seems like all LineageOS builds are marked as nightly, which makes it impossible to pick out more stable builds from the not-so-stable ones. How do I find a stable build? Is there a plan to mark some builds as stable, or make snapshots as CyanogenMod used to? Should I hold off before moving to LineageOS until those appear?


texts: How to Disable File Verification while installing Cyanogen in Nexus One

texts:
When I try to install CyanogenMod through ClockworkMod Recovery process I get the following error, ‘failed to verify whole-file signature’.

I followed WikiLink for Cyanogen for carrying out the installation.

Is there any way to disable file verification or any other way through which I can overcome this error.

I am using Nexus One phone with,

Kernel Version   - 2.6.35.7.
Build number     - GRK39F.
Android version - 2.3.6


texts: Is it possible to re-install Android OS When the OS is practically useless

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As the title suggests I'am trying to re-install Andriod but their are several criteria that are preventing me

1. the Android operating system boots but upon passing the lock screen, all core processes such as launcher crashes meaning i'm unable to change settings (Even though sometimes I'm able to change the settings it just reverts back upon Reboot and the settings don't even work properly)

2. ADB does not detect the device (assuming because of USB Debugging)

3. Tried Android safe-mode it does pretty much the same thing as normal mode

4. Tried a factory reset but it just reboots and shows the Android recovery options instead of erasing

I'am currently out of options Please help

Thanks in advance


texts: Taking Screenshots in Micromax Ninja A89 ICS Mobile Device

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I have a new Micromax Ninja A89 Mobile phone which is not rooted. I want to be able to take screenshots in my mobile without rooting. What should I do? I have tried many of the freely available apps but they are not working.

Any suggestions please?


texts: Fail to find an Android device sound file

texts:
In the clock app (bedtime tab, sleep sounds) I can choose a device sound Deep space.
I would love to use it as my alarm sound.
Every file-exploring app that I have used hasn't found this file.
How can I?


texts: How to take screenshot with stock Samung Galaxy S4 from Google Play Store

texts: I have a stock Samsung Galaxy S4 fresh from the Google Play Store, and I can't get this phone to take a screen shot using the power and home button method. Without using an app, what else should I try to fix the problem?


texts: Why does the vertical size of the scroll bar change?

texts:
When I scroll down a web page the scroll bar appears and constantly changes size as I scroll
 What does this size relate to?


texts: Device does not boot after crash without power plug

texts:
In the last few weeks I'm faced with a somehow strange behaviour of my Android device (Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, GT-I9295, Android 4.2.2, Kernel-Version 3.4.0-2015525):

If the phone crashes resulting in power-off when doing some CPU or network intensive task, it is not possible to boot it afterwards unless it is plugged into the power outlet. Even using a so called Battery Power pack as external power supply doesn't help.

In some cases, it boots until the PIN input. In other cases, it completely refuses to boot.

Any suggestion?


texts:
How do I hide contacts that I sync from Google Contacts in the Sense? I removed them from My Contacts and filed them under an "Archived" group. I want to keep them, but not show up.

I can go to the second "tab" on the bottom to filter by group, but thats a hassle.


texts: How to reinstall Gboard after an accidental uninstall?

texts: I accidentally uninstalled Gboard from my tablet. Now, since I can no longer type words, I cannot locate Gboard on the Play Store in order to install it again. Do you know of any work around?


texts: Cellular Network Setting Won't allow to select preferred network type to LTE

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Android is not letting me select preferred network type to LTE for my 4G SIM, because I have selected the other SIM for data. The thing is, it only lets you select LTE as preferred network for a SIM which is selected as your DATA SIM.

The problem is the 4G SIM that I have, doesn't work on any network other than LTE. So if I am using data from my other SIM (3G), the network for my 4G SIM is gone.

Is there a way around it?


texts: Samsung S7 speaker phone not working (at all)

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My Samsung s7 (SM-G930F) works for making calls on 'normal' (non speaker phone) mode in all apps. but whenever i switch to speaker phone (regardless of the app i am using) the other side (the person I'm calling) can't hear me anymore. As soon as I switch to non-speaker-phone mode the other side can hear me again. It also doesn't work in video calls (the other side can't hear me when video calling).

Note: voice recorder also works just fine..
Note2: with headphones installed (via headphone jack) it also works (other side can hear me just fine)

I've tried the following:

reset to factory settings
clean microphone/speaker port+holes
checked microphone connector (if it was properly installed, it is)
cleared cache partition in android recovery menu (no change)
tried it in safe mode (problem persists)
and countless other 'fixes' which unfortunately did not work for me...

I have a custom ROM installed (I tried to find something as close to the stock ROM as possible). I previously had Lineage OS 16.0 Herolte installed but on that ROM Roaming did not work so that's why I decided to install a different ROM. Currently installed ROM I am not 100% sure of, will check tonight. I believe I followed this video tutorial so I should have the android 8.0 ROM installed from sammobile.com: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvPL6hskf6w. On the current ROM Roaming does work.

I believe the current ROM causes the issue since speaker phone was working on lineage OS previously.

Are there any other fixes/tests I could try to determine/fix the issue?

Any recommendations on where to find/download stock Android 8.0 ROM for the SM-G930F?

Thank you!


texts: Prevent Wifi and mobile broadband from being turned off when phone is locked

texts:
On my old android 10 phone (an LG) if I pull down the shade when the phone is locked and try to turn off wifi or mobile broadband, it asks me for my password.  My new phone doesn't do that.  Is that a setting somewhere? or do the manufacturers change that for you?
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Actually my old phone also doesn't let me power it off without the code.


texts:
I'm trying to unlock my phone using this tutorial.
It stated that:

Prerequisites

A computer with DROID 4 adb drivers installed. alternate link
Enable USB Debugging on your device by going to Developers options.
Download RAZR BLADE exploit by djrbliss from here.

But there are no Linux driver, or is it not needed for Linux?

Why I need this?
because I need to remove /system/app/VZWPhoneService.apk and /system/app/VZWPhoneService.odex. then reboot., because the other way already expired. So I could use this phone using another carrier.

The alternate method also requires Windows OS.


texts: Change the default app in "Open with" dialog

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I have at one point chosen Truedialer as the default app for opening contacts.

I would now like to set Google Contacts as the default app.

I have cleared the Launch by default setting for Truedialer.

However, when I click on a contact (found using searchbar) I get a dialog stating

Open with View contact
                  [JUST ONCE] [ALWAYS]
Use a different app
Contacts

(View contact is the Truedialer app, Contacts is the Google Contacts app)

Now, I can choose View contact as ALWAYS, but I cannot choose Contacts as ALWAYS, I can only click it to use it once.

This same dialog shows up every time, no matter how many times I search for a contact. It only gives me the option of setting View contact as default, never Contacts.

How can I set Contacts as default?


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I have the Samsung galaxy A5 2016 (SM-A510F) and recently upgraded it with the russian nougat firmware (i'm from Europe). Everything worked (even the wifi and mobile data). Later I rooted my phone and put TWRP on my phone (the same zips I've used earlier on android 6.0 wich worked perfectly). I've succesfully gained root acces on 7.0 and the recovery also works. The only thing that stopped working is my wifi after the TWRP and root (I did them at the same time so I don't know what caused it)

Thanks,
Niels


texts: Nexus 5 whole battery drained in a single night

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I charged my phone to 100% before going to sleep. I used it for only few minutes and found out my phone was off in the morning because all the battery was drained. I charged it and saw battery stat and it showed as:

It shows that the screen was totally off the whole night. What caused the battery to drain so fast?

Another stat view:

It is the first time this has happened.


texts: LG G5 Apps/services keep crashing . . . Hardware Issue?

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for the past few weeks my LG G5 has been unexpectedly restarting, apps have been crashing, and I've been getting messages like "Unfortunately Bluetooth has stopped" but for pretty much every app/service. Also, I've had the phone get stuck on boot loops which has made removing the battery the only solution to getting it to start again.

I've tried restarting the phone, resetting network connections, even doing a  factory reset twice, none of which help. Even after the factory reset, before even putting in my Gmail account, I get a message "Google Play Services keeps crashing" and then "Google Duo keeps crashing", repeatedly to the point where I can't even do a internet search due to these messages popping up ever 1 second. If I do anything even a little memory intensive, the phone will restart which makes me wonder if it's a hardware issue with the memory.

I've had the phone for less than a year (It was a refurbished unit that was replaced under a third-party warranty I bought when I first about the phone from Costco). Otherwise the phone is in great condition. Not sure if it's just time to get a new phone. Any ideas?

Thanks.


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In June this year I experienced what I've found to be called the "Selfmite" worm on my Nexus 5 smartphone.

On 24.06 and 29.06 it sent the message "Dear [contact name], Look The Self-time, http://goo.gl/[...]" to 13 of my contacts, chosen in what seems to be a random order.

Once I realised this had happened, I looked the issue up on Google through the phrase used in the message and found that this worm should actually install itself as an app called "The self-timer" that you should be able to uninstall, but I could not find this after looking through all of the installed apps listed in the settings page.

At the time I had enabled the security option within Android that allows the installastion of apps from unknown sources and I realized my mistake then, though I do not know how the worm actually reached my phone since I had never clicked any dodgy links in messages or the internet.

After this I disabled the installation of apps outside of the Play Store, and installed the avast! Mobile Security app for whatever help it may be in the future.

It wasn't until this Saturday, on 23.08, that the messages were sent again to the same contacts. I had not touched any security settings, nor had I accessed any sketchy sites, and once more I have found no unusual app to have installed itself.

My question now is, does anyone know of a way to prevent another occurence of this without actually wiping my phone clean? Though I wouldn't know if this would even help as I don't understand how the worm exists in the phone in the first place.

Would activating Avast's firewall within their app be of use? Rather, I'm asking if going through the hassle of rooting the phone is worth the trouble.

Thank you in advance to anyone who has advice or opinions to offer.


texts: How do I make /sdcard link point to external SD Card on Android 4.4.2?

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I've got a Samsung GT-I9505 phone with Google Edition Rom installed. As my phone comes with 16Gb internal storage, I bought a 32Gb microSD. However, the phone still uses emulated SD card to store all data.

I looked through the filesystem and found two places which might be of interest:

  symlink: /sdcard -> /storage/emulated/legacy
  symlink: /storage/sdcard0 -> /storage/emulated/legacy

My actual SD card, however, is at /storage/extSdCard

As far as I get it, apps use the first symlink to access SD card. I tried to use terminal emulator with root permissions to make these symlinks point to the right direction, however, it says that the filesystem is read-only.

This is where I got stuck and ask for your help to make my phone use the right SD card.


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When I turn on my device's GPS, Android issues the following:

  Use Google's location service?
  Let Google help apps determine location.  This means sending anonymous location data to Google, even when no apps are running.   [  ] Don't show again

That seems like a bad idea.  So I click 'Disagree' each time.  If I select the 'Don't show again' checkbox and then click Disagree, will Android interpret that as a permanent Agree or Disagree?

My experience is that sometimes what you think will happen with these sorts of options is not what really happens.


texts: My Camera on my android tablet isn't letting me take any pictures. help?

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The camera on my Android tablet doesn't let me take any pictures. It says Insert an SD card before using the camera.

I didnt need an SD card before. I put an SD card in and it still says the same thing!

Is there a solution to my problem that would help? I already tried the solution proposed in Sophix tablet will not work without an SD card, but it didn't solve my problem.


texts: When I create events on Google Calendar, they don't end up in Jorte. Does Jorte truly sync events with Google Calendar or does it just import events when you set it up and then forget about it?


texts: How do I get a full screen caller photo id?

texts: What do I need to install/change so that when I get a call the picture of the caller is in fullscreen mode instead of the regular small image.


texts: Facebook Android - Too Many Server Redirects Error

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I have posted a bit.ly link on Facebook, which got converted to an epi.us link (it was an epicurious.com link to begin with). Everything works as normal in most cases, but on the Facebook Android app, there is an error when I click on the link. It states:

  Data Connectivity Problem - The page contains too many server redirects

This is with the latest update to Facebook (just updated today 12/8/11). I am running Android 2.2 (Froyo). Is this something that can be fixed by using a different url shortener?


texts: S3 On CM 14.1: Made SD Internal Storage, Reversed, Now "Empty" Internal Shared Storage On PC

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I have a Galaxy S3 on CM 14.1 (Android 7.1.1).  I formatted the SD Card as internal storage.  Then I couldn't access my internal storage from my PC, so I switched back.  I formatted the SD Card to portable storage.

Now, my internal storage (now listed as "internal shared storage") is "empty" when I connect it to my PC.  I've tried:

wiping data, cache, and reinstalling CM 14.1
taking out my SD Card
reconnecting to PC as PTP, etc.
using another USB cable, port, etc.
restarting multiple times

Nothing seems to work.  What can I do?


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So, WhatsApp contacts also displays contacts that don't have WhatsApp account as Invite contact.

How can I hide that Invite Contact list of contacts that don't have WhatsApp account??

I checked the settings and haven't found any option..


texts: How can I set a server address to automatically sync my device time?

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My Institute has a server which has a IP address 192.168.1.xxx
I want to set my sync server to that IP address.
All other time sync servers are blocked so I am asking this.
If it is possible then please reply.

In Android there is no option to manually add server address like it is there in windows time setting.


texts: If I delete my WhatsApp account, will my other devices continue to receive messages?

texts: If I delete my WhatsApp account, will my other devices with my account on keep receiving messages that were sent to me?


texts: How do I get a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids to preference the SD card?

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My son's Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids edition is running low on space after I added several applications.

I added a micro SD card (external card) to compensate for storage.  I confirmed I was capable of standard Read-Write-Delete tasks against files on the external card from within the standard files app.

Unfortunately, I discovered that the system is unable to move applications to the external card (the option is simply never offered!).  I'm also having problems setting various applications (camera, music, etc.) to preference storing their data to the external card rather than the internal card.

Android version 4.1.2, Model number SM-T2105.

How can I best leverage using the external SD card?


texts: How can I create a keyboard shortcut for a phrase?

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On Apple iOS, there is a section in the settings where you can assign a letter sequence ("shortcut") to any text you want.  When you type that letter sequence, the text you assigned to it shows up as the default replacement if you enter a space.  Of course, there is another "replacement" available which is the letter sequence itself so that you can still have that letter sequence in your typing.

EXAMPLE:
I assigned mmb to the address of my rented mailbox.  When I type mmb on my iPhone, my rented address is the default and replaces the "mmb" I typed if I tap the space key.  If I want it to say "mmb" then I have to tap the replacement option that has "mmb" in quotes.

In this way, I can send my rented mailbox address to anyone who needs it by typing mmb.  There are several other short letter sequences that I also use on my iPhone.  I'm switching to Android, so I'd really like this functionality on my Android.

I have a Samsung Galaxy 4 running Android 5.01.  Apparently, there is no longer a "personal dictionary."  I installed the "User Dictionary Manager" which allowed me to create a shortcut, but when I'm sending a message, the shortcut is ignored.


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Please could someone clarify this, if you have the answer:

You download messenger on your android phone and you register with the number of the sim card which is in your phone.

Do I need to have the sim card in the phone for it's sms messages to go to Facebook messenger?

What if I took that sim card out and replaced it with another sim card and number would I still get the old sim card and numbers messages through Facebook messenger, if I left the old number on FB messenger?

The reason I say this is I am waiting for my old sim card number to transfer over to a new network and instead of forwarding texts, I wonder if Facebook messenger would pick them up....I understand this would mean Facebook would  have to be connected to mobile networks...is this the technology Facebook is using or is it straight from the sim in the android device that messenger is on?


texts: Want to add Persian and Arabic on Samsung Galaxy Phone running Gingerbread OS

texts:
Peace be on you All...

Dear all...
I wan't to Add Persian and Arabic suppport on my Samsung Galaxy Ace having Gingerbread OS, All of my applications running in these languages show broken texts and fonts hence making it very difficult to read.

To get Persian I even added 'Iran' into my locale using 'morelocale 2' though the phone language got changed but the fonts were broken everywhere.

Tried using bluestacks on my PC, even bluestacks doesn't have support for both of these languages.

I've observed this issue on All of the Samsung Galaxy phones including Note and SIII.

In Sony and HTC phones this problem doesn't exist they've got great versatality in supporting diffrent languages.


texts: How do I migrate my SMS (text messages) from iPhone to Android?

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I want to export my SMS history from an iPhone and import them into a new Android phone, including timestamp, message direction (incoming|outgoing), and correspondent (sender or recipient).

My specific scenario is this, but perhaps a generic solution exists -
Source: iPhone 4 running iOS 5 (jailbroken, if it helps)
Target: LG Nexus 4

This old question seems relevant except that it's aimed at Samsung devices, and it's 1½ years old.
Also, there's this alarming comment:
The problem with faked.org/isms2droid is that it doesn't correctly extract the iMessages correctly. It gets the wrong timestamp, and leaves the address empty and the type (which represents sent or received) is always 1 (received).

I'm thinking that there could be newer solutions that are worth mentioning?


texts: Stuck in fastboot, unable to access recovery or system (oneplus 3)

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I've clearly done something stupid and desperately need your help!

I have a brand new OnePlus 3T that I've managed to get stuck in a bootloop. I can access fastboot but no recovery or system. OEM is unlocked.

Things I have done:

Tried to install TWRP recovery. Fastboot says this was successful, but I haven't been able to boot into it.
Tried booting directly to TWRP recovery img. This freezes the phone and it says FAILED (too many links) in fastboot
Tried installing stock OP3 recovery. Same problem as before.
Tried hard brick recovery tool. Everything lights up green with installed:ok but still I'm stuck in this bloody bootloop.
Tried installing ColorOS through the Chinese install tool. Comes up Failed every time.

I am at my absolute wits end trying to sort this out and I literally have no idea what to do. I have been Googling this all morning to no avail.

Any help anyone can give whatsoever would be really, really appreciated.

EDIT: Some additional info from fastboot screen -

PRODUCT_NAME - msm8996
VARIANT - MTP UFS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - [EMPTY]
BASEBAND VERSION - [EMPTY]
SERIAL NUMBER - b2411609
SECURE BOOT - enabled
DEVICE STATE - unlocked

EDIT 2: more weirdness. I changed the USB cable from a micro USB with USB-C adapter to the proper USB-C that came in the box, and the phone booted into the OS. I tried to download the latest Oxygen update via the software update tool but that just boots me back into fastboot.

EDIT 3: I think it's just my recovery partition that's busted. Tried reinstalling stock recovery and that didn't work, so currently I have fastboot and OS but with no recovery - given that this is a separate issue I'll do some research before asking further questions.

@EHH - thanks for helping me figure this out. Really appreciate your time :)


texts: How to force wpa_supplicant to connect to AP and skip scanning

texts: I have been using wpa_supplicant to connect to an AP on an Android device running ICS. I have defined a few APs within the network block in the wpa_suplicant.conf file. The problem is every time the device restarts, it does a fresh scanning which takes up a lot of time. What I would like to do is to force wpa_supplicant to just try re-connecting to one of the APs present within the network block of config file and not undergo a full scan. Am I missing an option somewhere (either command line or in config file) to achieve this without making changes to wpa_supplicant code?


texts: Can't find other options in the "Ok Google" detection settings page

texts:
I have already re-installed the google app, factory reset my phone, but I still can't find more options fron the 'Ok Google detection' page.

This is what I see:

Click image for larger version

My Phone: Sony Xperia C3 Dual

Android version: 5.1.1 (lollipop)


texts: Which file contains autocomplete suggestions for email address in Gmail, and can I clear it?

texts:
When I compose a new message in Gmail on my Android phone I'm offered several suggestions for the recipient (i.e. for the email's To: field) via an autocomplete function. These are often very old/unknown contacts which I'd like to no longer see as autocomplete suggestions, but I can't yet work out how to clear this list.

The contacts suggested appear to have come from an old list of "Other" contacts, i.e. people that I've contacted infrequently and who were not actual contacts that I ever added to my contact list. These only show up when I compose a new message in Gmail on my phone, and the autocomplete works as expected when on a non-Android device (laptop). My list of "Other" contacts have been wiped clean in my Google account, but after a sync I still get these autocomplete suggestions in Gmail on the phone. I get no such misbehavior when I compose an email in Gmail through Chrome on my laptop.

I've tried all manner of account syncs, remove and restore my account, clear data and cache of the Contacts and Gmail apps, reinstall factory versions of those apps, etc., all to no avail. I know enough Linux that I'm not too scared of getting into the filesystem and monkeying about, but not so much that I don't feel the need to ask for help from experts who might help keep me from bricking my phone.

My hunch/assumption is that the Android Gmail autocomplete function is reading these outdated contacts from a list stored somewhere in a file on my phone which is impervious to the contact sync process or somehow not being cleared as expected otherwise.

My idea is to somehow search Android's filesystem for a file that contains the unwanted contacts and if found then wipe that file clean. Is this reasonable, and if so can anyone suggest guidance that'll make this less of a wild goose chase?

My phone details:

Model: Nexus 5X
Android version: 7.1.2
Baseband version: M8994F-2.6.37.2.21
Kernel version: 3.10.73-ge570678
Build version: N2G47F


texts: How to adjust ringer volume while listening to music?

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When listening to music on my phone (running Android 4.0.4 ICS), I am unable to adjust the ringer volume with the hardware volume controls. Pushing either of them adjusts the music volume and not the ringer volume.

If I hold down the power button, a menu appears that provides me with the choice of turning off the ringer completely, enabling vibrate-only mode, and restoring the ringer volume to its previous level. However, there appears to be no way to actually adjust the ringer volume level.

Am I missing something?


texts: can I transfer a game app from galaxy s3 to galaxy tab 2

texts: just got a galaxy tab 2 today and I would like to transfer the fashion story game my daughter plays on my galaxy s3 phone to it so she doesn't have to start from scratch... she's 8 and found it sooo long to get where she is at


texts:
I have an Android phone. I accidentally deleted some of my SIM contacts which were not synchronized with my gmail account (actually, I hadn't synchronized my SIM or Phone contacts ever). Is it possible to recover those deleted SIM or phone contacts using software or any other method?
Please someone help.
Thank you.


texts: Delete file with special characters from un-rooted device

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How can I delete a file with special characters from an un-rooted Android device?

I used a web site to download a YouTube video to my mobile phone. The video name contained special characters (emoticons and alike) and the Android browser downloaded the file right away, so I could not rename it.

Now I'm stuck with a file that I cannot delete with the stock file manager of my phone. It is a Wiko device with some shady file manager app. I also tried AndroZip, which is usually more reliable.

However, the file has a size of 0 bytes and I can neither delete, nor rename or move it. I do not get any error message, simply nothing happens. In AndroZip the file does not even show up, so I'm not sure whether the Wiko app cached the file name somewhere and, in fact, it does no longer exist, or if AndroZip cannot display the file due to the special character, even though it exists.

Long story short: The device is not rooted and I want to get rid of that broken file. What can I do without resetting or rooting the entire device? Is there any helpful app that can handle special characters? Is there any safe mode option that would be of use?


texts: Message Memory Full in Samsung Galaxy Young Duos & Screenshot transferring

texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Young Duos. I got it for Christmas in 2012 and recently it has begun to tell me i have insufficient storage etc. Today it told me " Cannot receive message, Device to full..."
It's really annoying, what can I do?
I've been deleting messages but it's not helping D:
Thanks !


texts: How can I fix a bootloop on my Nexus 5 running Cyanogenmod 11?

texts:
I've been running the Cyanogenmod nightlies on my device. If I remember correctly, I was running the nightly from 2014-09-07 (7th of September).

Yesterday I flashed the M10 release without totally understanding what it was all about. I thought it was newer than the nightly but apparently not.

My phone is now stuck in a bootloop. It boots all the way to the home-screen for split second and the whole process repeats all over again.

I've messed this up real bad and don't want to lose all my data. Is there a way I can fix this? Can i just side-load the latest nightly and flash it onto the device or do I flash the same nightly that I was running?

This sort of question has been asked so many times before but I couldn't find one that explains how to resolve this. Thank you.


texts: Does Android have a "router setup page" when acting as a wireless or wired hotspot?

texts:
I can edit all the crucial aspects of my hotspot/router within the setup options for the hotspot/router configuration.

I am confused as to how the DHCP works when using up the Android phone as a wireless hotspot/router and wanted to figure that out.

One of my attempts to get this information for myself was to try and navigate to 192.168.6.1 via a web browser - this is, of course, the phone's IP address.  I was hoping to see some sort of router setup page as you would normally see when configuring a normal ethernet wired/wireless router via a web browser, but unfortunately, there was no such page.

I did some research and found out that you can get some basic information about the phone's IP configuration by downloading a terminal emulator and running a few basic *nix flavored commands.

I was looking for something more - a GUI would be excellent, but I'll take any suggestions on how to access the phone's routing configuration specs.

Is there any sort of "router setup page" that I can access when I enable my wireless hotspot on my Android phone?


texts: Resize Android screen resolution at top and bottom because of dead zones

texts:
I need to resize and move my Android screen in order to be able to use the drop-down notification bar since the top and bottom parts of the screen are dead.

I was able to work with bottom buttons (back, home, recents) after using:

wm overscan [reset|LEFT,TOP,RIGHT,BOTTOM]
wm density [reset|DENSITY]

as described in this existing question. This worked for the bottom dead zone, but not for the top. I'm still not able to use the notification bar by swiping down from the top. Is there any way to resize the area of effect of the notif. bar to achieve this or anything similar?

My screen resolution is 720x1280 - 320 dpi. It's a Sony Xperia Z3C.


texts:
I have a Lenovo Tab3 10 running Android M. It allows to configure multiple users but no more than 5 (including guest user).

Is there a way how to enhance the limit to configure more users?

5 multiple users could be enough for me but the 5th one is reserved to guest user. I've tried to disable guest user feature with no effect. There is still guest user that allocates 1 of 5 multi-user slots.


texts:
I have an Android device which had a custom os..It was for educational purposes and I could not even open another app on it. After the end of the subscription period I thought of using the device. I tried opening it's recovery mode but instead opened some factory or diagnostic mode which was in Chinese. By mistake I pressed the power key to select an option ending with "emmc" and now It boots but shows a black screen with navigation buttons and time...Any keys pressed make no effect and I am unable to shut it down. When I press the power key for a few seconds it reboots but shows the same screen. I just want to shut it down somehow. Please Help!!

Edit: I found a way to shut my phone down. I connect it to my pc and then press the power button for 10 seconds then the screen goes off and the charging percentage shows up after a couple of seconds, I pull the usb cable out and the screen disappears and voila ! My phone is switched off.

Thanks for all your response.


texts:
I have accidentally disabled Samsung Home (process.com.sec.android.app.twlauncher) from my Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830.

Now apps won't open so I can't access settings etc to try to rectify this.

How can I restore the aforementioned twlauncher?


texts:
On my Samsung Galaxy Tab, I have contacts stored on the Device Contacts and Google Account Contacts. Since only the latter get synced, I want to change the former in Google Contacts format.

I read to achieve this I have to export device contacts to the SD card. Delete all device contacts. Import back contacts on the SD card, specifying to import them to the Google Account.

The problem is the option Export to SD card is greyed-out.

I am on Honeycomb.


texts: How can I get edits done in aCalendar to sync?

texts:
Any changes I make within aCalendar (e.g. adding an event, changing the calendar for an event, adding or deleting a calendar) aren't reflected within the local Google Calendar app or from the Google Calendar website. The changes may be reflected in other calendar apps on the same device (e.g. Business Calendar). Moreover, opening one of these other calendar apps may cause the changes to propagate to the local Google Calendar app and the Google Calendar website. Within aCalendar's "Manage calendars" screen, the Google Calendar account has "io-error" next to it.

The phone is connected to WiFi and the cell network. Account sync is turned on for the Google account, and synchronization is enabled for Google Calendar. Data saver and battery saver are enabled.

How can I get aCalendar to synchronize its changes?

System info:
LG V20
Android Oreo 8.0.0
Google Calendar 6.0.56
aCalendar 2.2.7


texts: Device got stolen. How to see its activities using my computer?

texts:
I have 2 mobile devices using the same Gmail account. One of them got stolen. The thief has used my Gmail account and also search.

How can I see the browsing history of the stolen mobile? I already searched in Google activity, and it shows activity for the device I still have. How to find the activity of the stolen device in my Google account? And how to trace the stolen mobile's IMEI and find out which person has it?


texts: How to improve app loading speed in custom ROM?

texts:
I have installed Official Cyanogenmod 14.1 ROM on my Redmi 1s. I have installed only 20 user apps(out of 20,6 are google apps).I am facing app loading delay for some apps like dialer, settings, camera like that. It will take about 5 seconds delay to open up. Earlier, it was faster than this.

Steps I have done:

I install Night-lies as a fresh install(clears internal storage) sometimes, and restores some apps using titanium backup (Contacts, Sms, Whatsapp).
Sometimes, I will clear cache and data of major apps like Google, Gmail, Browsers etc
Prevents data usage for rarely used apps.

But, still it continues. How to speed up?


texts:
I have Acer E39 phone (Android 4.4.2) that has 3 SIM. Today, when turned on, it didn't start normally but instead, I got the following options.

What does each of the options mean?

How do I debug further what the issue is?


texts: Ways to consume Linux and open-source related news on Android device?

texts:
I would like to read Linux and open-source related news from my Android device. My current solution is a gReader Pro, which supports 4x4 widget and I have configured it to display RSS feeds from multiple sources:

The problem is, that often those RSS feeds show only the title or short summary and one still needs to visit the web page to read the whole article. Is there a way around this or only solution is to use RSS sources which publish full articles as RSS? In addition, I tried with few "personal magazin" apps like Flipboard, but I still ended up at the news-source web-page.


texts: spell check for more than 1 language in Android

texts:
I try to make the spell check work for more than one language on my Android 8.1 Pixel 2 with Gboard.

My question is NOT about auto correction or word predection.

The spell check is activated and the two languages (UK and German) are activated in Language preferences and Gboard preferences.

Changing the language while typing via space bar does not solve the problem.

So far it is only working in Google Docs:

I read these stackoverflow answers, but it did not solve the problem:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20197421/adding-a-second-dictionary-to-the-spell-check-in-android-4-3

I guess a solution for SwiftKey is even more difficult?

Thank you very much.


texts: Copy YouTube APK from Android Phone to PC

texts:
My Question is specific to copying the YouTube APK file from My Android device (Micromax Canvas 4 - Android 4.2, Non-rooted device)to PC/Laptop.

The YouTube App is a system app in my device. Below is the path for it.

/system/app/YouTube.apk

I used adb shell pm path com.google.android.youtube command to find the exact path of YouTube APK.

I tried to use adb pull to copy the APK as below:

adb pull /system/app/YouTube.apk

This throw below error message:

remote object 'C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/system/app/YouTube.apk' does not exist

I am also fine if I can copy this APK to external SD-card which is mounted in my Android device (in case if I cannot adb pull it)

Any Hints?

Device Details:Micromax Canvas 4 (Android 4.2) Non-rooted device


texts: set Video as Ringtone in Samsung Galaxy s4

texts:
Is that possible to set Video as a ringtone in Samsung Galaxy S4? It's perfectly working in my NOKIA Lumia 630. But no in Samsung Galaxy S4.

Any ways if you have. Thanx


texts: Why can't I sign into google map when being away from my apartment and using mobile data?

texts:
My phone is Kyrocera Hydro Icon, with Android 4.4.2. I am in US and using Sprint network.

When I am in my apartment, google map will automatically log into my google account, no matter whether my phone is using mobile service or wifi.

When I am away from my apartment and my phone is using mobile data service, google map app will say that something link "can't sign in using my google account". The result of that is I can't retrieve the history of places which I have looked up, and I can't access the places which I have saved.

Why is the problem, and how can I solve it?

Thanks.


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I read a review of a dual core mobile recently and the reviewer was of the opinion that dual core processor helped the usb transfer speeds.

This doesn't seem to make much sense to me. When the phone is plugged in then it is usually not busy. That is if the processor is even involved in the transfer at all.

Can anyone post any experience with usb transfers on dual core devices?


texts: Google Maps failed to save offline maps on Lollipop

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I'm using Nexus 5 32GB, Android 5.0.1. I'm trying to save maps offline, but it's showing me an error whenever I try to save.

It seems the issue is on external storage; it's not writable. The issue started when I used TWRP Updater from Google Play Store, and it added an SD card write patch. How to fix this?

Below is screenshot of error


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I have Android 5.0.2. A notification showing in Line 1 "Downloading English (US) and Line 2 "Queued". I long touched on it and the text changes to Download Manager. How to get rid of this annoying notification?

Screenshots (click images for larger variants)


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How can one reduce Microsoft Outlook's background mobile data usage?

For example, today I wrote only one email (text only), received 5 text-only emails, and open 5 conversations (also text only), yet it used 16 MB of background mobile data:


texts: Why can't I synchronize Outlook contacts in my Android 10 phone?

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I launch Contacts app on my Android 10 phone. In there, I see contacts in my Google account I have originally used to log into the phone. I have my emails and contacts with Microsoft and want to add an Exchange (Outlook.com) account. I go to Hamburger menu > Settings > Accounts > Add account and I pick Exchange option from there. For reason unknown to me, the Exchange option has a Gmail icon next to it. I enter my Outlook.com email address and choose Next. Momentarily, I see a screen with text Getting account info, which as an Exchange logo in the middle and shows an error after a brief moment:
Can't reach the server. Try again later, or contact your IT admin
Unfortunately I have no IT admin available to me, and I have been trying later and later for several weeks now. Upon clicking Cancel (the only option) I am put into the Gmail app (not into the Contacts app).
How can I use my Outlook contacts?


texts: The ps command shows many repeating processes named "app_process". Why?

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as of today my phone (Samsung Galaxy Nexus (4.1.1) slows down a lot. I noticed following:

root@android:/ # ps | grep -c app_process
136
root@android:/ #

and here is few details:

root@android:/ # ps | grep app_process | tail
root      3651  1     429424 12600 ffffffff 40061c74 S app_process
root      3667  1     429420 12596 ffffffff 400e3c74 S app_process
root      3680  1     429420 12596 ffffffff 4013cc74 S app_process
root      3681  1     429416 12596 ffffffff 4003bc74 S app_process
root      3682  1     429432 12608 ffffffff 400b4c74 S app_process
root      3711  3710  429424 12600 ffffffff 40102c74 S app_process
root      3722  3721  429424 15244 ffffffff 4004fc74 S app_process
root      3726  3725  429416 15236 ffffffff 40049c74 S app_process
root      3727  3723  429420 15240 ffffffff 4004ac74 S app_process
root      3728  3724  429420 15240 ffffffff 40014c74 S app_process
root@android:/ #

I just boot my phone run adb logcat on my laptop and it's been 15 min already and screen already off yet I still see something going on through logcat. Is this normal?

I cleared /cache and dalvik cache - that didn't help


texts: Is it possible to get the SHA256 of an APK solely through ADB?

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I am currently working on a project which will identify malware that are residing on a device.

My aim is to make a hash-based detection of Android malware on a device by only accessing the ADB port of the device and getting the SHA-256 (MD5, SHA1, etc could also work) of the base.apk which resides in the app's data directory.

Is there any way to get the hash of an .apk file that is installed on a device using ADB, but without installing another app?