texts: How Google Play programs family is updated?

texts: In my previous question I asked about how Google Play Store is updated. And this question is sort of an extension to the previous one. What updates what? I know that Google Play Store updates other Google Services (like Google Games, Kiosk, Music itp.). Does Google Play Store update Google Play Services or does Google Play Services updates Google Play Store or do both of them updates themselves?


texts: Nexus5 not connecting to only my wifi network

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I have a very peculiar problem with connecting my new nexus5 to my wifi router @ home.

Here is the background:
I recently bought Nexus 5 and a new wireless modem/router(D-Link2750u)...The first day as soon as I got the router, I did the set up and both wired connection to my pc and wireless connection(WPA2-PSK) to my phone worked fine.

Now the problem is

Since the next day my phone does not enable me to connect to my home network. It always shows my SSID as 'Not In range' even though my phone is right next to the router.

My approach to the problem:

I thought since there are 2 devices involved... it can either be the phone's fault or the routers fault.

So, First I choose my phone, I went to my friends place my phone had no problem what so ever to connect to the wifi @ my friend's(Same ISP, same encryption different router) and I try to connect to 2 other different networks and it worked fine.

Now, the only other culprit possible: My router

My friend was able to connect to this network through his Samsung phone and he dint have any problem doing it so.

Now the question that boggles my mind...

who is the culprit in here? My Phone or the router?

I am not able to figure out what might be the problem, Any kind of help is greatly appreciated...

PS: I also tried doing a factory reset of the phone and also reset the router and then set it up, none of them solved the problem.


texts: Can't turn on my Galaxy s2 sprint SPH-D710

texts: I tried to root my Galaxy s2 Sprint. I turned my phone off and went to downloading mode, then I turned the odin and connected my phone to pc. After it, i hit start and nothing happened except saying "do not turn off the target." So I waited an hour and nothing happened or downloaded. SO i though theres so glitch in odin so i unplugged it and turned it off. Then tried to turn it on but it didn't. The screen is black on the blue light on. I tried to go back to downloading mode but it didn't respond. Now I can't turn it on or charge. When I stated to root my battery was full.


texts: any emulator (or app for an emulator) that will sleep/lock after timeout?

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I have tried different emulators on windows (Leapdroid, Nox MEmu, among others), and none seem to have the ability to automatically timeout on idle and go to the lock screen like almost every device out there. (Manual is not a problem, I'm looking for on idle.)  The screen never goes to sleep, the screen never locks.  In android, I have tried:

Dev mod -> uncheck "stay awake"
Modifying the sleep settings
Modifying the lock settings
Daydream settings

But can't get it to work in any of these emulators.  I have looked for and tried different apps, but also can't get them to do ANYTHING with the screen.  In order of preference:

time out with actual lock (need to enter pin) like a real device
time out sleep function that at least blanks the screen
Any sort of independent 'screen saver' workaround which at least blanks the screen somehow
Any sort of independent 'daydream'-style workaround

But I can't find any app that does any of these or even works when it says it does with android emulators.  Is there any way to have ANY timeout of the current screen state in ANY emulator? Thanks


texts: Android One slow internet over time (Wifi)

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I own a Xiaomi Mi A3 with Android One.
My phone gets reaaaally slow internet connection every few months and stays that way until I factory reset it. It only happens on wifi, not on data. The wifi is fine, other devices connect to it perfectly. It happens across apps (youtube, browser, banking apps) and it's actually quite unusable.
It is clearly a software issue, since resetting the phone gets everything back and running smoothly again. It runs smooth for 3-4 months or so before I need to reset again.
This has happened a few times in the past, but I always solved it by Factory resetting it. However, that is pretty annoying since I have to set everything up from scratch (internet banking, etc).
Does anyone have any ideas about what I could do to solve that? Does anyone else have that problem?


texts: how do i factory reset my tablet that has no physical volume buttons

texts: i have a TG-TEK tablet and i cant remeber my password and don't know how to factory reset my tablet because it has no physical volume buttons


texts: Copy Google talk chat messages to clipboard

texts: I got some message over talk that I want to copy to clipboard. That is not possible. Long pressing does nothing. Tried on 4.0.4-ICS and 2.3.7-Gingerbread without succes.


texts: Cat B15Q pairs with Toyota, but connection unusable

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I have no problems pairing my Cat B15Q (Android 4.4.2) with my 2013 Toyota Auris over Bluetooth. However, it stops there. As soon as I try to use the connection (make a phone call, play music, access the internet), the Toyota complains with a non-descript error message.

I have been able to successfully connect a WinPC with the phone (incl. file transfer).

Does anybody know any tricks? I have tried the obvious ones: deleting the connection, re-pairing. To no avail. The car can use my wife's iPhone 6 over Bluetooth. I have contacted Cat, but they say the problem is with Toyota. When I see the long list of phones compatible with my car, I can only wonder why my phone isn't working and why the problem should be with Toyota?


texts: How do I disable the 'click' sound on the camera app?

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When I take a picture it makes a 'click' sound. As this is default behavior, I would like to turn it off. Is there a setting to do so; or if I find+delete the sound file, will there be repercussions?

**Please note I am looking for a basically permanent solution rather than one that I would need to set/unset with each use of the app. I like the idea of a root solution, or an app solution; but for the sake of non-root memory-hog slow-camera-app-starting people who can't afford to run another background service, let's make a...

  Clarification: let's clarify that this is to do with the Motorola Droid (per the tag, sorry). I'm glad it works for other phone models, however to the best of my knowledge it is not a stock option (if I am wrong please point the way) from 2.0.1, 2.1, or 2.2 on the Motorola Droid. That is to say, unless you are referring to the overall volume controls, there is no volume control/mute for the camera application. (Settings options for camera are: zoom|flash|white balance|store location|focus/exposure settings).

I'd like to really tie this question's answer off with a bow: aside from the root option and app option, is there an option to turn off sound in the camera/system settings? [Temporarily muting the phone is a poor option.]


texts: The delay between me pressing the power button and the phone actually waking up is annoying. Is there any way to optimize this?


texts: How can I share my screen from Android device to another Android device?

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I hand my clients an Xoom (Android tablet) and I am holding a Xoom.

How do I simply have them watch what I'm doing on my screen? No video, audio, or anything else fancy needed. All I need is a simple screen share. Will be showing documents, webpages, and such.

Join.me and GoToMeeting only allow view mode, not share mode on Android. There has to be a program to allow this.


texts: Application to slide from area to start application?

texts:
I had an application before I formatted which would do something awesome: you simply slid from an active area on the screen, no matter what application you're in, and you were presented with about 12 different spots you could fill which would launch applications.

The problem is, I can't remember what this application is called. Can anyone remind me?


texts: How to be alerted when to get off the train?

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Let's say I'm playing a game, reading a book, surfing the net or watching a video and I'm getting close to my stop. Is there some way (perhaps an app) that can alert me that it's time to get off?

Other situations where this app would be useful

Dark platforms at night where it's difficult to see where I'm at
Crowded services where I just can't see out the window reliably
Travel in a foreign country where signage is in a different script
Travelling along unfamiliar routes
Useful for other modes of public transport as well

How it would work

I imagine an app like this would allow the user to configure the location of the stop via maps and set the amount of lead time (e.g. I want to be alerted five minutes before we arrive). The app would then monitor progress along the route and also estimate the lead time based on progress so far or some other smart means.

Any ideas?


texts: My Galaxy Ace was working fine until this morning. it's now failing to read any sdcard. I have tried factory reset but still it doesn't recognize the sdcard.


texts: How can I do a "next track" command in Apollo music player using speech recognition such as utter!?

texts: I know that the Apollo music player can perform the "next track" command when requested by external programs, e.g. when connected to bluetooth devices, or when I use the "Media Button Overlay"-app. But now I would like to use utter! to do this, but I haven't found a way to configure utter!. I can configure utter! to run any command, but I do not know a command to send the "next track" command. I'd like to be able to say "next track", or "computer: next track", while driving. Any suggestions ?


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Is there an adb command similar to "locate" or "grep" that would help me find a file on my Android device?

I'm curious about adb specifically, not a search app.

EDIT: "find" has been suggested, but on my ICS device:

hydrangea@turnsole:~$ adb shell find / -name *maps*
/system/bin/sh: find: not found

On my Gingerbread device it works, though. (Except I haven't rooted that device so it lacks permission.)

hydrangea@turnsole:~$ adb shell find / -name *maps*
find: permission denied


texts: How can I make anonymous calls for everyone but contact list?

texts: I want to show my caller id to everyone in my contact list but be anonymous for new numbers... do you know a method/app?


texts: How can I access the emulated sdcard for another user on a rooted nexus 10

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Is it possible to access other user's emulated sdcard storage on a rooted Nexus 10?

I have 3 users set up. If I log in as the primary user, I would expect to see /storage/emulated/10 (and 11) as well as 0 (and emulated), but I can't (even from a root shell created in ConnectBot).

If it is not possible, how does it work? Is a separate filesystem mounted, or what?


texts: adb pull says it pulled all of the files from my Android phone into my Windows PC but in reality it didn't

texts:
So I am using adb to copy all of my Android files to my Windows PC with this command: adb pull -a /mnt/sdcard C:\backup

And when it's done it says all x amount of files have been pulled, I can confirm that the number of pulled files matches the amount of files that reside inside the folder of my Android storage but when I check how many files are actually in the C:\backup folder, I see about 200 missing or in other words adb skipped about 200 files and did not copy them over to my C:\backup folder.

I understand that this could be due to path limit or due to some files containing characters in their filenames that Windows' NTFS file system just doesn't allow.

How can I see what files are actually being skipped? Is there a switch in adb or some trick?


texts: WhatsApp is getting downloaded but not getting installed

texts:
I have Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 running on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It had a problem with restarting by itself. As it restarted too many times at a stretch, it did a factory reset on its own. It did not delete any music or image file, but all the apps got uninstalled.

I successfully reinstalled all apps, except WhatsApp. WhatsApp was getting downloaded but it was not getting installed. I don't know why. I tried downloading it from Play Store and an app called Mobogenie. I even tried using ShareIt. The app is still not getting installed.

How to fix this and reinstall WhatsApp?


texts: Android WhatsApp chat export to gdrive failure - File location

texts:
In WhatsApp on my android phone I generally export some lengthy chat to gdrive. WhatsApp provides a variety of 3rd party programs to export into. I always use gdrive. After exporting I clear chat. This is done to save space locally. This has worked well for me.
Coming to the problem. Once the export failed due to lack of internet. Without realising the failure I cleared chat in WhatsApp. The error from gdrive was, "Upload failed - Failed to schedule 1 file for upload".
I believe WhatsApp would have created a temporary file of the exported chat. Gdrive wasn't able to upload this file. I assume the export still resides somewhere on the phones file system. Is this assumption correct? If yes, where can I locate the file. Please help otherwise I will lose the chat history.


texts: Restore/enable wifi when turning off tethering?

texts:
When I turn on WiFi tethering it disables the WiFi logically. But when I restore it doesn't turn it back on again, so I have to do it manually. Is there any way to do it automatically?

I have a nexus 4 which is rooted and running CarbonROM 1.8.
I tried Tasker, but I found no way to check tethering status.


texts: "Use Voice with Wired Headset" Notification Stops Music

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I have my Moto G plugged into an AUX port in my car which plays music from the car's speaker's via Google Play Music. Occasionally, the music will automatically pause and a notification will popup on my phone saying "Use Voice with Wired Headset."

If I try to hit play again, Google Play Music will show the music playing, but nothing is coming from the speakers. In order to get it working again, I found I need to kill the Google Play Music app, unplug from the AUX cable, then reconnect and open the app. The process repeats every time the "Wired Headset" notification pops up. The frequency of the notification is random when driving.

I'm guessing the phone is picking up the music from my car's speakers and thinking it's me trying to give voice commands. I turned off all relevant settings concerning voice commands (Settings > Accessibility; Google Assistant > Settings > Voice), but it still occurs and I'm afraid a I'm missing something.

Anyone familiar with the problem or have an idea for a countermeasure?

Thanks!


texts: Which Android x86 image from the official site will work for Dell XPS 15?

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I want to try to install Android x86 on my XPS 15. However, I don't know which image I should select. Which one would be close to my configuration? Also, is there a custom image I can use as a general build?

I have a 64-bit machine and so have doubts about the stability of the system.

My config :

Core        : i5 2nd gen
RAM         : 8GB
GPU         : 1GB nVidia 525M
Peripherals : Trackpad, 2MP VGA camera

Please comment if more info is needed.


texts: android - difference between running process and cached background process

texts:
In my running processes,

camera has 1 process and 0 services running. I don't have it open in the foreground so why wouldn't this be a cached background process? How can there be a live process if the app isn't in the foreground?

Could someone clear this up for me?


texts: How can I modify serial number on an off brand tablet?

texts:
I am trying to connect to a tablet with Android Studio.  The tablet is a Fusion5 Tablet F704B.  It's a low cost tablet with Oreo 8.1 OS.  I only have this tablet connected to my PC.   Android Studio does show 1 connected device, but it is labeled only as "Unknown"

When I hit the run app button in Android Studio, the gradle builds fine and then I see a "Error Installing APK"

I do more debug and run "adb devices" I see:

Note:  On the tablet, I do have developer mode enabled and have USB Debugging enabled.  I have tried USB Configuration to Charging, MTP, PTP, and USB Ethernet and nothing allowed allowed adb devices to see the tablet serial number.  I have also tried Multiple USB cables to connect the tablet, and that did allow the tablet serial number to be shown.  I have also connected other tablets I own, and they all show a serial number correctly.  I can run my app via android studio on 4 other tablets that I own.  Just not on this Fusion5 tablet.

I believe the lack of a serial number in this Fusion5 tablet is causing my issue with Android Studio.  After some research, I found that the serial number is contained in the tablet OS at /sys/class/android_usb/android0/iSerial.  This file needs root access to edit.  Using "adb shell", I can navigate to the directory, but can't view the file contents without root access.  I believe the file is has no content.  I believe this because the value iSerial shows as blank when I do a "lsusb -v" on my computer.

I have spent many hours researching how to give my tablet root access, but the first step involves loading the TWRP recovery image.  The twrp recovery images exist for many phones/tablets, but not for this odd offbrand cheap tablet.

I have also tried to bypass TWRP and perform an adp sideload , but fails with the default recovery routine that comes with my tablet.

Does anyone know of a way to edit the serial number field without root access?
Or is there some other clever way to get me root access I am missing?


texts: How can I get old Android updates again after a hard reset?

texts:
I have an AT&T HTC that was running Marshmallow 6.0.1 and Sense 7. That's the last update my phone will ever get since it's an older model. I factory reset it to wipe it clean, which returned the software to Lollipop 5.0.2 and Sense 6. I've checked for updates in the settings and it tells me it's up to date even though it's not. Do I just need to wait a few days to get the update notifications? Or do I have to take it to AT&T and have them update it? Or do I have to flash marshmallow myself?

Model HTC Desire Eye

Build 2.09.502.3


texts:
I'm looking for a way to prevent my phone from completely charging every time it is connected to my computer. I want to reduce the battery's capacity loss, as it is non-replaceable, and it seems to me that keeping the maximum charge at around 50% to 60% would be ideal. This chart, from this site, suggests that the benefit would be significant.

Capacity at    Discharge
full charge    cycles

100%           300 – 500
90%            600 – 1,000
70%            1,200 – 2,000
50%            2,400 – 4,000


texts:
My earphones took an unexpected trip through the wash today and now the right earbud is a little quiet. I used to own an iPhone and under the accessibility settings, one could change the Left-Right volume balance. I can't seem to find a setting like that. Is there an app I can use?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S II X (t989) with Cyanogenmod 10.1.


texts: Galaxy Note is getting slower and less responsive

texts:
I've had my Galaxy Note about 18 months. It's progressively getting slower and slower to respond to user input. Any tap has an unpredictable delay, up to a few seconds. Even typing has a noticeable lag to it. I frequently accidentally tap things twice because there's no response to the first tap.

Is there anything I can do? I'd happily completely wipe and start over at this point. It's at the stage where I barely use it for things like quickly looking up stuff on the net - it's just too tedious.

It's the stock Samsung Android 4.1.2. 350 MB free on the internal storage out of 2GB, 830MB free out of 11GB on the USB storage, and 1.7/14.7GB free on the memory card.

Any suggestions gratefully received.


texts: Does the auto factory reset reset the counting of 15 wrong attempts?

texts: I just set up a PIN to my device when I saw the option of enabling auto factory reset after 15 wrong attempts to unlock my phone and I now wonder: for how long are these 15 attempts valid? One hour? Day? Ever?


texts: How can I download entire folders/albums or songs from my PC (over wifi, BT, or USB) to my phone to take on the go

texts:
I have tens of thousands of songs on my PC organized by artist/album in folders, and would like to be able to view my collection and manage what comes with me when I travel. Ideally I could browse and select what to download to the device over wifi/BT/cable, with some sort of server app running on my PC.

Bonus points for some sort of "sync" type option where it maintains the directory of music that is on the PC (even when offline) so I can queue it for download as I remember music during my travels, then have it download it when I get home.  I'm not necessarily looking for it to be a music player - just something to manage my 250GB collection between my phone and computer.

I'm NOT looking for a streaming app, but for downloading. In fact, it doesn't really have to just be music - it could be movies, or even docs I guess...


texts:
I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 and use it to listen to music in my car thru an aux cable.

The problem is, when the aux is connected to the phone, its detect an "external microphone" wich capture no sound at all (because my car dont have an external mic).

So, when I try to make a voice record or send a voice message on whatsapp, there is no sound recorded.

There is a way to disable the phone from using an external mic?
I downloaded the app "soundabout", its solves the problem but create others (like pausing/unpausing when aux is connected), so I still need a full fix.

Ty!


texts: How to create folders in android 6.0 app drawer on an LG phone?

texts:
I cannot find how to  create folders in my new android 6 device's app drawer (the screen that comes after I press this button to show all the apps). Is this option disabled?

In android 4 if I remember correctly I had to press and hold an application icon and the 'create folder' option would appear.

How do I create folders in android 6.0?


texts: How can I add a reminder to a calendar event at a specific date and time?

texts:
On my Samsung Galaxy S2, I can't add a useful reminder time. The calendar only offers 5 minutes, 10 minutes, ... one day, two days, ...

This is utterly useless. What I usually need is "19:15 the day before the event" or remind me 12:00 on the 13th.

How do I do that?


texts: Why do I only get push notifications when I turn my phone on?

texts:
I rely on a specific app's push notifications, but if my phone has been sitting on the table for a while I don't receive the notifications when they come in.

Whenever I pick up the phone and press the power button to turn the screen on, then I suddenly receive all the notifications from this app and from other apps too, including gmail. I turn on the phone and suddenly get the push notifications from the app and also push notifications from gmail about new emails.

If I have recently used the phone, then I will receive notifications at any time.

So it seems like the phone is going into some kind of sleep mode after some number of minutes.

What exactly is this sleep mode and how many minutes does it take to turn on? And how can I disable this sleep mode so that I always receive push notifications immediately?


texts: The following happens in various applications such as more than one type of web browser and Adobe's PDF reader. I'm scrolling through text at a comfortable zoom level, and then suddenly, I touch the screen the wrong way, and it zooms way out.  How can we prevent this UI behavior?


texts: Android 7.1 certificates are going to expire, anyway to renew them?

texts:
starting from September android 7.1 and below users are going to have issues with the internet
so is there anyway to renew those certificates so i can use my phone properly?


texts: phone stuck in recovery and blank screen

texts:
so i have a condor plume L1 the the default rom was full of bloatware every 30 sec i get an add so i used adb to install twrp and wanted to install a custom rom but i had a problem with /data couldnt mount and stuck with that problems for days after that i decided to flash it and install the original rom using SP flash too everything looked fine but after its done andi unpluged the phone i got a blank screen when i press Power + vol up botton i get a menu

- recovery
- fastboot
- normal`

and when i go to any option its just blank screen adb no longer recognize my phone but sp flash tool recognize my phone when i choose fastboot


texts: CWM recovery can't find the kernel image

texts:
I wanted to root and upgrade my Galaxy i9003 to Jelly Bean. I followed this guide and flashed CWM on the phone. But then the phone doesn't boot in normal mode and Samsumg logo keeps flashing forever.

I've put the CM 11 kernel on the external card but when I boot into recovery, CWM can't find it. The list of directories (on the sd card) it shows is not complete and it shows the same directories on the internal card even after I did a factory reset and wiped the caches.

Any way to save the day? Can I flash the CM 11 kernel using Odin?


texts: How to enable lock–unlock button on overview / recent apps screen?

texts:
I want to keep Google Drive's PDF reader open in the background. I found this question which solves my problem.

However, I do not see the lock–unlock button left of the X in the corner of my apps. Additionally, I have a split screen feature blocking some of the screen. I have attached a screenshot.

(click to enlarge)

I am using a Moto X Pure with the recent 7.0 OTA update. Maybe my phone's new stock ROM doesn't have this feature?

Furthermore, the asker of the question I linked in the beginning was using Marshmallow. When my Moto X Pure was running Marshmallow, I did not see this feature either.


texts: Transfer LINE account from a phone to another without losing friends and chat history

texts:
LINE is a messaging/call application.

I bought a new Android phone, and want to transfer LINE friends, chat history, call logs, groups, groups chat history, from my former Android phone.

How to do?


texts:
I've searched all over the place and couldn't find a solution.

I want to send around 30 contacts (names + phone numbers) by email, to someone. Now I can't seem to succeed with the feat! What can I do to send a simple list (or a table) containing the name and phone number of an entire group of people (they're already organized in a group).

Offering free cookies and upvotes for any good info!


texts: Does anyone how can I share my tablet's whiteboard app in Microsoft TEAMS?

texts: I have an exam in the upcoming days and I would like to know how can I share the screen of my tablet in Microsoft Teams,in which I will have opened a board app,and at the same time I want to share the camera of my notebook though Microsoft Teams


texts: How do I hide or lock Android's Internal Memory when connected to PC?

texts:
When connecting any Android Device to PC it will show both internal memory and external memory (SD Card), is it possible to hide or lock the internal memory to avoid deleting or messing with apps files?

The device we're using is a Chinese Android Tablet:

Name & Model: Eken E902
Build Number: astar_m900-eng 4.4.2 KVT49L 20160322 test-keys
Kernel Version: 3.4.39
Firmware is exdroid4.4.2_r2-a33-v2.1
O/S version is Kitkat 4.4..2


texts: Huawei 3e can't disable apps on Android 8.0

texts:
This is never a problem n7
As of yet the phone isn't rooted yet so any advice be helpful for some apps draining the battery


texts: Is there a way to turn off app updates when global and app-specific autoupdate setting is already set to Never/Off?

texts:
On Monday, January 18th, 2016, on a never-network-locked-or-branded Nexus 5, I've noticed that the Google Chrome app was suddenly updated, together with the user-installed "My Cricket" and one other app (possibly Visual Voicemail?), after doing an intended manual update of some unrelated app.  In all, 4 apps were updated, when only one was intended to be.

I've uninstalled the Google Chrome updates (which also resulted in the data-loss of the browser history and the open windows), but wasn't able to restore My Cricket to any prior version, since, being user-installed from the Play Store, there's no option to go back.

Today, Wednesday, 20th, the Google Chrome app was force updated again.  I've confirmed that its individual settings are not set to autoupdating, nor are the global settings set to apply the updates.  Moreover, one of the top reviews for Google Chrome was a 2-star one, dated 19.01.2016, also alleging a forced autoupdate!

How do I really disable the updates?  Like, for real, no exceptions?
Is there a way to see for sure which exact apps were updated?  E.g., what was that forth app that I allege must be the "Visual Voicemail" one?  (Only the first three apps were visible in the status in the notification bar, but it was mentioned that 4 updates were performed.)
Is there a way to backup my browser history and the open-windows, to prevent losing it all when uninstalling the unsanctioned update?
Is there a way to backup all my apps?

Please kindly note that a user-mistake is highly unlikely -- it happened twice, and was also reported by a highly-voted review in the Play Store.  Also note that the phone has been disconnected from Cricket many months ago; it's only used through WiFi; so, any sort of network interference is likewise a quite remote possibility (it still has the SIM, though, but it hasn't registered to any network in a very long time now, always showing no reception in the top status bar).


texts: Will adb restore increment the custom binary flash counter?

texts: With adb backup an archive of all apps and their data can be retrieved from the phone. I could not find any clear information which exact files and partitions are accessed during the process. If it modifies /system, could this affect custom flash counter found on most Samsung devices, when adb restore is applied?


texts:
I'm using an iPega Bluetooth controller with my HTC Desire 510. For most things it works great, but I am running into some issues with Ravensword 2. Ravensword finds my controller and connects fine, but when I start playing, certain actions can't be performed (attacking being one of them).

Is there a way to custom map my controller? I'm not on a rooted phone as I can't find a reliable way to root this device.


texts: How to use OTG cable in Motorola Moto G2?

texts:
Recently, I purchased an OTG cable model S-K07 to use with my Moto G2 mobile. When I connected the OTG cable with 4GB pen drive, FAT32 formatted, it did not work.  After some time, the pen drive got heated up and I removed the pen drive from OTG cable.  When I plugged the pen drive into my laptop, it was not recognized by the computer.

How can I use the OTG cable with my mobile?


texts: All app icons not showing up in my home screen

texts:
I have a Spice Mi-429 which I bought a few days ago. Since I was not an android user before buying this phone, I am unable to understand some features of the phone.

This phone is Android Kitkat 4.4, 1Ghz Processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB ROM.

Currently I am unable to set the icon shortcut of apps in home screen. Apps like Hangouts, YouTube, GMail are not showing up on the Home screen since they are already installed. I have to go to App Manager > All Apps > YouTube > Launch them.

Can anyone help me with it???

Here are the screenshots of my phone..

Click images for larger versions


texts: Chrome reopens previous tabs even after shutdown

texts:
On my Nexus 7 when starting Chrome it reopens the previous tabs.  I can understand doing this as I switch from Chrome to another running app and then back to Chrome, but not if I've shut the app down, and certainly not if I've rebooted the device. Yet for some reason Chrome assumes that I must want to look again at the last thing I was looking at. Rather presumptuous.

I would have thought there would be an option to turn that "feature" on or off, but I've not been able to find it.

Is it possible to disable the opening of previously viewed tabs?


texts: Remove second shutter button from S10e camera app

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The stock camera app on my rooted Sampung S10e is working fine, but since a few days there is a second shutter:

I can move it, but it is useless and troublesome wherever I put it.

How to remove it? I only need the default shutter button.


texts: Prevent my phone from showing messages in the wrong order if I reply quickly?

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When I access the Messages app that came with my phone and select a person I am presented with all the SMS messages my phone has stored between me and that person, in chronological order.

However, I get a message from someone and reply quickly, my message is permanently positioned above the message it is a reply to, not below it, even though it was sent at a later time.

What is causing this frustrating behaviour, and what can I do to ensure correct sorting order?


texts: Updating app that has newer version than the store it was bought in

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I bought an app in the Samsung Play store, only to find out later that there is a newer version available in the Google play store.

In case the developer doesn't update the Samsung offered version, is there some way to update it using Google Play?   When I got to the app in Google Play it recognizes that I have the app installed and even offers to let me uninstall (but not upgrade) it.  If I try to uninstall it warns me that Google play didn't install it and asks if I really want to uninstall so I'm not sure what dangers might lie there.  If I go through with it, might I perhaps be able to re-install from the Google Play store and get the latest version, or might something get totally messed up?


texts: Google Keyboard 'remove suggestion' not working

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I'm having an annoying issue with the Google Keyboard app on Android 6.0 (and on an HTC One M9 if that matters).

I like to be able to remove erroneous suggested words by long pressing on them and dragging them into the 'remove suggestion' trash can. That used to work fine, but recently when I do it nothing changes - the word is not removed, and keeps being suggested. I'm not entirely sure when this behaviour started. It was certainly after I upgraded from an HTC One M8 to an M9. But I can't remember whether it ever worked on the M9.

I've looked through the settings many times over, and searched Google for a solution, but I can't find anything of help.

If you can offer any advice that would be great. Ideally I'd really like to keep my personal dictionary intact, if possible.

Thanks for your help


texts: Folder that automatically uploads to phone

texts:
Here's something I that I want to do with my Android phone (Galaxy S2, CM9). I'll be happy if someone could tell me whether it's possible, and how.

I often want to transfer files from my computer to my phone. But it's a clunky process. the easiest way for me right now is to use AirDroid, but it's cumbersome. Connecting via usb is cumbersome too, because I need to enable the usb storage thing.

What I really want is this. I want a folder on my computer that I can put files into, and have them automatically uploaded to a dedicated folder on my phone's sd card without any further action on my part. It's important that this won't mean constantly having a heavy program working in the background on my phone, because it's slow enough as it is.

Any way to do that?


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I just tried to install my LG GT540 with a KDZ file that I downloaded from a site, hoping that my problem with the Android Market would be fixed but nothing happened.

My problem is that I can't revert the phone back to its original interface. It now has a Vodafone on the background screen.

Any idea on how I can revert it back?


texts: How to cancel sent invitation on LinkedIn via Android app?

texts: Is it possible to cancel a sent invitation on LinkedIn via the Android app? It can be done through the website.


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I have a Nexus 4 with Android 4.4.1 … I've read that we could root it without wiping the data …  well didn't work for me!

I wasn't scared, because I made a full backup using:

adb backup -apk -shared -all --nosystem

Two things I forgot

SMS are not restored
Google Authenticator data are not restored (the
same week I switch all my accounts to two-step auth, like MtGOX …)

However, the problem is this :

Almost everything is restored, except the Pictures ..

Here is a part of the logs from log cat during the restore process

 adb shell logcat

I/BackupManagerService(  605): File in shared storage: 0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20130731_170638.jpg
D/BackupManagerService(  605): [discarding file content]
I/BackupManagerService(  605): File in shared storage: 0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20130731_170235.jpg
D/BackupManagerService(  605): [discarding file content]
I/BackupManagerService(  605): File in shared storage: 0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20130731_170116.jpg
D/BackupManagerService(  605): [discarding file content]
I/BackupManagerService(  605): File in shared storage: 0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20130731_170110.jpg

My question is, how to restore the pictures ?
There is no "adb restore -shared" option ..

In addition, it seem that all the android backup extractor solutions abe, perl, and the last version Titanium Pro, are not able to open encrypted android 4.4 backups …

Any ideas ?

UPDATE

Got a reply from Android Backup Developer (abe.jar) and this change + recompilation fixed the problem of extracting the backup. But this is not answering my initial question, why the photos are not restored using adb restore.

Full discussion here: https://github.com/nelenkov/android-backup-extractor/issues/7

  This is the result of the change described here:
  http://android-developers.blogspot.jp/2013/12/changes-to-secretkeyfactory-api-in.html

  and can be probably treated as an Android bug, because restring
  backups made with 4.3 will most likely fail on 4.4. File one at
  b.android.com if you can confirm this.

  The fix is to replace
  PBEParametersGenerator.PKCS5PasswordToBytes(pwArray) in
  AndroidBackup.java:413 with
  PBEParametersGenerator.PKCS5PasswordToUTF8Bytes(pwArray). There
  probably needs to be some flag to switch behaviour for 4.4 and prior
  versions.


texts: Whatsapp can access my microphone after disabling all sensors, other apps cannot

texts:
I've recently discovered the developer option "quick access toggle" for turning off all sensors on Android 10 on my Redmi and thought: "Finally a way to regain some control for when those apps can access the mic/cam"
But after testing it, i've noticed that some apps still are able to access the mic like usually. Whatsapp and the recorder app pick up everything like i didn't turn it off, in telegram, a voice message is silent, like it's supposed to be.
How is it possible for Whatsapp to just access the mic anyway?


texts: Problems installing Lineage OS 14.1 on Lenovo P2 (black screen/blue LED)

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I have a Lenovo P2 (42a) with Android 6, which I tried switching to Lineage 14.1, as my carrier hasn't provided any security/OS updates since 2016. I have previously done this with my old Motorola Moto G from Android 5.

I took a backup with adb (under linux mint), using the -system and -all options.

I unlocked the bootloader.

I flashed/booted TWRP 3.2.1.0 for this phone ("kuntao").

I transferred zip files. At one point the phone switched off while transferring with TWRP having mounted the "Internal Storage" partition, but it appears I got all things over on second attempt. It seems that sometimes TWRP gets stuck if the screen switches off while it is doing something, but the timeout can be increased if that is really the case.

I flashed the Lineage OS 14.1 file for the P2 ("kuntao").

I tried flashing the stock GApps zip, it let me know this was the version for 14.0 and I needed a different GApps file.

I then started over, flashing the Lineage OS 14.1 file and the GApps zip for 14.1 (Android 7.1).
This would stop in various places, at least 3 different ones.

I then started over with the Lineage OS 14.1 file and the micro GApps zip for 14.1.

This completed, but when booting I get a black screen, a single long vibration and a continuously blue LED.
The phone cannot switch off, only restart into bootloader or recovery, which at least isn't the worst news.

My adb backup does not restore - if I try this under TWRP, it seems to react to it, but get stuck, although with the screen on. When the command line process finishes, the result is the same as above.

Only issue I know of is that the provider can have added a few features, so that the flashing of the 14.1 file doesn't work exactly as intended. That would mean I need a complete image for Lineage OS or an image to restore to the "standard" Lenovo P2 state, as indicated here and here.

Any good ideas/procedures? Thank you.


texts: Sending email from an alias using Gmail app

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I use G-Suite for business. I have the main domain (Let's call it example.com) and a number of secondary domains (we'll use example.co.uk for this). I have set up aliases so that I can receive email sent to joe.user@example.com and also joe.user@example.co.uk.

Using GMail on the web I can select a default email address for outgoing email. So, although my primary address is joe.user@example.com my outgoing email appears to come from joe.user@example.co.uk

So far, so good.

Now I want to do the same thing on my Android phone and tablet.

How can I set up Gmail for Android to use my alias joe.user@example.co.uk instead of my primary address joe.user@example.com?

Note that I don't want to reset the phone and sign in with a different address. I just want to change the GMail alias.

One answer to this question suggests it's not possible, but that was five years ago. Has anything changed?


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What basically is I have ZTE ZMAX pro , and now I have factory reset it accidentally. All my pics and videos deleted.
I want to recover them at any cost.
I don't want to overwrite anything , so that my possibility of getting recovery of data decrease.

How do I recover, plz help,


texts: Need help unbricking my Google Pixel (sailfish)

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I was trying to downgrade my phone from android 10 to android 7.1 (stock firmware). I have done this before and it always worked, except this time the flash-all.bat tool stopped while extracting the system image. I tried switching USB ports, running the commands myself and this is when it stopped working: I flashed the bootloader, restarted it into the bootloader but it tried booting to system and failed. Now it's hard bricked. I did not lock the bootloader.
After I did some digging I found out I can use an EDL cable to force it into QEDL mode. However, i have never done this before and saw in YouTube videos that you need a processor specific .mbn file. I cannot find them anywhere so far (there was an arabic website with no download link to their unbricking tool).
TL;DR -
My phone hard bricked with the bootloader unlocked and I need help on flashing Qualcomm MSM8996 Pro SoC firmware. My PC still detects it as Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008.


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I've got an Xperia Z2 running CM11, and would like to switch to TWRP as my recovery.  TWRP's website has the instructions I followed
 for this device.

It states that "if you install current CM10 and CM10.1 nightlies and flash TWRP to the FOTAKernel partition, you will be able to use TWRP instead of the CWM that normally comes in a CM boot image" (I'd be amazed if this worked for CM10 and not CM11?)

I have downloaded the 2.8 openrecovery***.img file to my sdcard, and followed the instructions -

adb root
adb shell dd if=/storage/sdcard1/FILENAME.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/FOTAKernel

adb output:

23828+0 records in
23828+0 records out
12199936 bytes transferred in 1.579 secs (7726368 bytes/sec)

So adb seems to think it worked, and dd seems to think it found something called "FOTAKernel" to overwrite.
Reboot to recovery, and no sign of TWRP, it still puts me into CWM.
What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to use micro sd card as internal memory on samsung galaxy tab A

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I was reading on google that you can make a tablet recognize micro sd card as internal memory? How can this be done on a Samsung Galaxy Tab (Model Number SM-t350) running Android version 6.0.1.

If it can be done what happens to the 16GB of internal storage currently being used. I would prefer not having to root my tablet due to the fact that I know nothing of rooting. All I want to accomplish is more memory for my tablet whether I download apps or put books on my tablet.


texts: Lollipop : Mobile data toggle from lock screen

texts: Mobile data can be switched on and off from lock screen in android 5.0 lollipop. I casually leave my phone on desk for short time while I am nearby, somebody (suppose a kid) can toggle mobile data which can cause problems. For example it can incur a lot of charges if background data is enabled in my settings and somebody switches on the data. Or if I am downloading something in background then it can get interrupted if someone switches off data. Any solutions, tricks, etc. to solve this.


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How can I simply change the aspect ratio of pictures on Android 4.2.2? Say from 1920x1080 to 1920x1280.

Background: On my Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, I can take pictures using the native camera app and this gives normal results. I have a remote that needs its special camera app ("Snap remote"), and the output of this app comes in the wrong aspect ratio.

I wrote the developers but they haven't replied or fixed it.


texts: Android disconnects from Wi-Fi if I don't login to hot-spot. But there is no login needed

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Today I connected to a Wi-Fi network with two options:

Free access to intranet. No login required.
Paid access to full internet access. Login and payment required.

I just wanted to use the free service. But Android detected the connection as a hot-spot (login required),after about a minute it would disconnect from the hot spot, saying login timed out.

Really a bummer. The guy with iPad next to me wasn't having any issues.

Why does Android say it's a hot-spot and demand login when it's not necessary? How can I stop Android from disconnecting?

Samsung Galaxy S4, Android 4.3.

Thanks


texts: A cat randomly appears and disapears from the Google Search bar. What is this?

texts:
It looks like the Cheshire cat but I was unable to find anything on the internet about it.

This is a Pixel 2 phone with stock android.


texts: not able to access playstore after factory reset

texts: I am not able to access the Google Play Store on my Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 after a factory reset. How can I get it working again?


texts: Can adb backup/restore be used to root a device?

texts:
I have read a bit about the adb backup format, and it seems quite straight forward.

Is it possible to use adb backup restore with a specially crafted backup to root a device? If not, why not?

The idea is to restore something to some place on the device that usually could only be there when the device was already rooted. Like the adb backup service itself. It must run with quite high permissions. So why not restore a special tool with appropiate permissions?


texts: How do I use a U2F key to log into google account in firefox on android

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My u2f key is already setup and working as the second factor on my google account, and I've used it many times, including using it with this tablet via usb.

I now want to log into my google account in the firefox browser on my galaxy tab a. When I try, I only get the option to enter a backup code.

I checked about:config and security.webauth.u2f is set to true.
Security.webauth.webauthn is true.
Security.webauth.webauthn_enable_usbtoken is true.

What am I missing here?


texts: Can Puffin browser easily be uninstalled?

texts:
I have bought an online study course but I am told I need Puffin web browser to view the course. It appears I can install Puffin browser on my Android phone (Vodafone Smart Prime 7), but if I decide after completing the course to go back to normal Google Chrome browser, would Puffin easily uninstall?
 Will it cause any problem?

I'm afraid I'm not a big user of modern technology and do not want to bugger up my phone browser!


texts:
In the rare event that I get an app crash notification (unfortunately "app" has stopped working), I am never able to report the event. When I press the report button, I get a second notification, this time that Play Store has stopped.

In all other respects Play Store works fine.

This sequence of events always occurs no matter what app originally crashed.

I have already tried clearing Google Play cache and data.  I tried removing its updates. I tried reinstalling its updates.

I am running Kitkat on an AT&T supplied Samsung Galaxy S3 mini. Kitkat was an AT&T push upgrade.

I keep some system apps turned off: notably just about anything starting with AT&T or Samsung.

What could I be doing wrong?


texts: Sony Xperia Arc S, changing the "my number" in contact list?

texts: I've recently purchased a second-hand phone and my number is different than the one shown. How can I either remove it or change it? I've tried to add a field to it but that doesn't work either.


texts: Convert number in call log to Gmail Contact

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When I get a call from some number I know I want to convert it into a contact. I expected to be able to do something like long press, then type the contact name, but when I long press and select add to contacts, it just kind of disappears into my contact list.
I'm sure everyone does this all the time, and so I am missing a really obvious way, but perhaps someone can enlighten me how to do this easily.

[edit]
Samsung Galaxy S, with Samsung overlay on Android 2.2, TMobile


texts: Why is my News & Weather app using so much data (and battery)?

texts:
I'm running Android 6.0 on an HTC M9.

In the last 13 days, my News & Weather app has used 1.37GB of data. In that same period, Google Play Store used 1.22GB.

For a few weeks now I have had severe battery issues (from around 36 hours of light use down to 4 hours - 5 if I leave it on my desk and do nothing), and I'm now assuming that this is the cause. I don't know why a news app would use so much data, and it's all background data which makes it even more shady.

Has anybody experience their News & Weather app going out of control like this, and does anybody know how to stop it?


texts: Is there a way to get to the numeric keyboard when entering text fields

texts:
When you are entering text field entries on Android, you get the soft keyboard on my Samsung Galaxy S.

In the lower left corner there is the key that switches between the alphabetic characters and the keyboard with punctuations and digits (and smileys and so on).

Now if you have to enter a large number, this is a bit tricky - because the numeric keypad's keys are much bigger, it's much easier to enter numbers and digits.

Therefore, I was wondering if there is a way I haven't discovered , yet , to somehow switch to the numeric keypad, even when entering text entries.


texts: When will my phone get the Android 2.3 update (Gingerbread)?

texts:
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) SDK was released on December 6, 2010. (High-level user highlights)

Of course, not all devices will get this update right away and others won't get it at all. Each manufacturer and carrier often choose to add their custom modifications which tend to delay the official release.

When will each device get Android 2.3, either officially or unofficially, if ever?

See also:

When will my phone get the Android 2.2 update (FroYo)?
When will my tablet get the Android 3.x update (Honeycomb)?
When will my device get the Android 4.0 update (Ice Cream Sandwich)?


texts: There was a problem communicating with Google servers, try again later - Galaxy s3

texts:
Got the dreaded "There was a problem communicating with Google servers, try again later" error. This all started with notifications stating my account could not Sync with any of my apps. Seen many posts with possible solutions ...

Removed the account, then tried to re-add it and got the above message. Tried to add other accounts ... same thing.
Verified 2-factor auth is not enabled
Cleared cache and data from all Google-type apps on the phone, uninstalled all updates for the apps ....restarted
Verified the date/time setting and timezone setting are automatic and they look correct
The network and wifi are fine ... can browse to the Google sites
Non-rooted phone. Nevertheless verified the hosts file is legit
Not willing to do a factory reset yet since other posts suggest this does not always fix the issue and that would only lead me to likely throw my phone. Unintended consequences.
Tried unlocking Captcha on Google Account

This happens no matter which Google Account I try to add, making me think it is not account related rather something on the phone

I'm at my wits end now ... clearly there is a serious issue here and I can't put my finger on it. Does anyone have any suggestions.

Thx


texts:
I have a T-Mobile Vibrant i9000 SGH-T959 variant phone,

phone suddenly stops working error message:

movinand open fail

 E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or
 /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or
 directory) E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't
 mount SDCARD: copy default media
 content failed

Is there anything to fix this ?

I tried various odin roms, only one working: Eugene_2E_JK2_Froyo.tar.md5
phone booting up but, settings → sdcard and phone storage says: unavailable


texts: How to associate alternative app to stock Gallery app when launched from stock Camera app

texts:
I am running Android on a Samsung Galaxy SIII Neo (Android KitKat 4.4.2). I would like the stock Camera application to launch a different application than the stock Gallery application when the small square icon in the upper-right hand corner of the camera screen is clicked. Presumably, the stock Gallery app is opened via an intent, and I would like to associate a different app with the intent used to open the stock Galley app from the Camera app. I tried going to Settings -> General -> Application manager -> ALL and for both the stock Camera app and the stock Gallery app it says that there are No defauts set.

The reason I would like to launch another app instead of the Gallery app from the Camera app is so that I can use an app capable of adding EXIF data (which would allow me to enter EXIF memos alongside any picture's EXIF data).

How can I accomplish this?


texts: Why do I see a Smiley instead of Next button?

texts:
My relatively newly acquired Samsung Galaxy GT-I9000 running Android 2.1 should have a next button around the bottom right of the keypad as per manual/online information. However, I can only see a Smiley button which doesn't have newline as one of the options.
Is there a user configurable option to switch between Smiley and Next? If yes, how to invoke?


texts: Synchronizing phone numbers from android to gmail not working

texts:
I'm trying to sync phone numbers from my android (honor by Huawei) to my gmail account. I followed all the instructions, i.e. - I have my gmail account on the phone, I've gone to settings and enabled sync (including contact sync), it says that everything is synchronized but I can't see any of my phone contacts on my gmail (when I open it on my computer). Any ideas?

screenshot


texts: Set a password at boot before recovery mode on Android Q Huawei P30 Pro

texts:
on my old cellphone, I could set a password that was asked at startup to protect it I did not find any similar setting in Android 10

I need help to properly secure my cell phone in case I lose it


texts: Some Google contacts are not synchronized

texts:
I am a long time user of Android and Google and have all my contacts in Google Contacts, synchronized on my phone. So do my wife and my children.

Within the same domain (managed via Google Apps) I have one other account which behaves differently (my father's - the only person who does not do anything fancy with his phone).

Almost all of his contacts in Google synchronize to his phone. There are a few (10% maybe) which do not. They exist in his Google account and do not get synchronized. They belong to "My Contacts", like others which do synchronize. They are not special (the name is in ASCII, there is a normal email address and a normal phone number associated).

When creating a new contact on the phone,  it synchronizes to Google.
When creating a new contact in Google, it synchronizes to the phone.

Contacts from all accounts on the phone are set up to be displayed (and they do).

I deleted and recreated on Google one of the contacts which does not synchronize. It synchronized to the phone.

In other words, I am stuck with some contacts which for an unknown reason refuse to synchronize from Google to the phone (the other way round it works). What could be the reason?

Is there a way to reset the synchronization short of deleting/recreating the offending contacts (this is cumbersome as I do not know which contacts are missing, except if I review all of them one by one).


texts: How can I find out the current price of an app on Google Play after I've purchased it?

texts: After you buy an app, it'll just say "Installed" where the price tag usually is.  I'd like to look up the current price to ensure a sale is still going on as I pass it to others.


texts: How to upgrade a phone with only 8Gb. internal memory

texts:
A relative of mine has a Sony Xperia M4 (E2303), with only 8 Gb. of internal memory. Of course, it comes preloaded with all the Sony bloatware (games centers, music store, etc.) AND all the Google bloatware, and they can't be removed, AFAIK.

Currently, the phone reports only around 320Mb. of free internal memory, and therefore it can't be upgraded to new Android versions, even though they show up as available; when you try to download them, the warning about "not enough memory" appears. The same when you try to upgrade an app like Whatsapp.

We have already moved every app that we could to the external SD card, as well as every photo, music file, etc.; in fact, when you go to "Settings/Storage" to try to transfer data to the card, nothing shows up, because everything that could be moved has been already.

Given this, what are our options in order to upgrade this phone, or its apps?

If I have to install a custom ROM, I will, but I'd like recommendations on whether the existing ones for this model are stable.
If there's any way to delete the unneeded bloatware, that would be great.


texts: Replacing a new capacity battery and re-calibration

texts:
I am using redmi 2 for about 3 year and it's battery is dead. It was using 2200 mAH battery.

So I went to local vendor and bought a copy battery with the rating of 2000 mAH.

Now the new battery has less capacity of 200 mAH. But my smartphone is calibrated for 2200 mAH battery. So my smartphone will charge the new battery 200 mAH more.
This will deteoriorate the newer battery.

So I need way to calibrate the smartphone manually to 2000 mAH so to prevent overcharge of the newer battery. Is there any way to do this with using application and without rooting.


texts: Accidently dragged an app into the "trash". How do I restore it to home screen? Do not know how to retrieve the app from trash.


texts: How to use the S5 fingerprint scanner with full device encyption?

texts:
I am using the S5 and have decide to fully encrypt the device and the sd card. My biggest problem is that now the fingerprint is no a possible choice as a lockscreen security. Only password.

I believe changing lockscreen.password_type would solve the problem, but I have yet to find the value for fingerprint unlocking: (0 is for no locks, 65536 is for pattern lock, 131072 is for pin lock, etc)

Anyone can help?


texts: New firmware (with bug fixes) is available on the official website of the manufacturer - do I need to update via PC?

texts:
I have Cubot KingKong Mini 2 (Android 10 smartphone) and the new version of the firmware is available on the official website of the manufacturer: https://cubot.net/Support/id/60/cid/16.html#hh

It contains "minor bug fixes". They also gave instructions on how to update firmware: via PC, using SP Flash Tool.
My question is: does the "standard" update from Android app settings (System > Advanced > System update) also include the same bug-fixes? If so, then I don't have to do anything via PC & SP Flash Tool.
I tried to find the answer by searching on Google, and on some sites it says that "firmware update = Android update" (which means that I don't have to do anything via PC?), while on others it says that it is not (which means that I would have to update firmware via PC/SP Flash Tool?).


texts: Updating Droid X running leaked Gingerbread to official release without root

texts: I have a stock unrooted Droid X running a leaked version of the Gingerbread update (system version 4.5.588). How can I update to the official release (system version 4.5.596) without root?


texts: Is there any way at all to skip the setup process after factory reset on an android phone with an unresponsive touch screen?

texts:
I have an android phone with an unresponsive touchscreen. I, at first, thought it might be a software problem and did a factory reset with power button and volume up button as given here.

The reset went fine and i rebooted the phone. It rebooted to the initial setup screen where you have to select a language. Now, the touch screen is still not working. Probably a hardware defect. And i am stuck in this screen unable to proceed.

So, is there something, anything i can do about it without needing to take to a repair shop.?

The phone is an honour h6


texts: Add more functions to the home button circle shortcut

texts:
When you swipe up from the home button in Jelly Bean you get a cute
semicircle with a Google Now shortcut on top. This circle shape
makes it perfect for adding other shortcuts.

For instance, you could have the Gmail icon on the left side of the
circle and the Chrome icon on the right side.

Is there any way to get this functionality (different launcher, some
rooted app, different ROM)?


texts: How to detect which driver is used for touch device?

texts:
I've connected an IR touch frame to my android device and it works great, however the touch input is rotated by 90 degrees.
I would like to find out which driver is used by the touch device, but I have no clue about how to do that.
Is there any command I could use to check that?

lsusb does not point to any drivers unfortunately.

Thank you


texts: Copy Album Art from One Song to Rest of Album

texts: I'm uploading music and Google auto-detects some of the artwork, but not all of it. Is there a way to copy the detected artwork to all of the songs in the album?


texts: How to enable an "Always on Display" mode in Nokia 9 for JUST notifications?

texts:
In Nokia 9 with Android 10, I set Settings=>Display=>Advance=>Screen timeout to 30 seconds, but I still like be aware when I have notifications waiting to be reviewed.
In Settings=>Display=>Advanced there are Glance view options:

The default Glance display duration is 30 seconds. But I like to see all of the notifications which I missed when I wasn't around my phone, so I've changed it to Always on...which got the screen to be constantly on!

True, it's not "fully" on. It's a black screen with a clock and battery percentage. But is there any way to keep the screen completely off and only keep the glance screen on if I actually have notifications waiting to be reviewed?
In other words, see how Wikipedia describes what I want:

Typically, an Ambient display solution which turns on the screen only when notifications are present, remains on, but turns off when they are dismissed.
- Always on Display, Wikipedia

Here is what I get when the screen is supposed to be turned off:


texts: How can I verify the authenticity of an APK file I downloaded?

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The latest update of Google Maps is unavailable in my country, so I downloaded a version by googling for "Google Maps 5.4.0 apk".  I did in fact find it, but now I wonder how I can tell if this is in fact the same version as in the market.

How can I be sure that it hasn't been tampered with? Are apps signed in any way? Is there any way of checking the signatures?


texts: What is the default resolution of a wallpaper that fits the homescreen exactly in an Android phone?

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On an Android phone the wallpaper spans across all of the home screens.

So what size should pictures be to fit properly as custom wallpapers?


texts: Will a shutdown Android phone wake me up (like feature phones do)?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Does the alarm work when my phone is turned off?

I have three devices with Android and I just wanna one of them alarming when turned off.

I turn off my devices to do not receive any alert type from sync, apps, calling, sms etc. and also to do not waste battery charge.

I know I could just switch devices to airplane or silent mode and connect them to power, but I would like to know just how to use alarm when device is turned off... I miss that feature from my old dumbphones...


texts: Unable to sync chrome passwords on Huawei P20: "Android system sync disabled"

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Recently, my passwords are no longer being synced to my phone, which is a Huawei P20.
When I open Chrome - Settings, it says: "Android system sync disabled". When I click on this, it says:

  Sync isn't working. Open Android settings and re-enable Android system sync to start Chrome sync.

How do I re-enable Android system sync?

I asked Google, but all I could find are answers for Android phones. When I go to Users & Accounts - Google - ***@gmail.com, it says "Auto-sync off, touch to sync" for all items. Moreover, when I touch to sync Chrome, it doesn't do anything. Also in Users & Accounts, when I click the three dots, the option to Auto-sync data is grayed out.


texts: options for solving one way audio issue during voip call?

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Buying a new phone may be one solution, but that would be a shame. :-)

Huawei G500 Pro (U8836D)  ICS 4.0.4

From the outset, voip/sip calls using any application would have the problem of what would seem to be one way audio; the person at the other end (whether initiating or receiving a call) can not hear anything being spoken (from the G500) but at the G500 the other party is clear as a bell.

I have read many articles across the internet, but there does not seem to be a definitive answer/solution and certainly not one that has worked for me so far.

I have tried many apps making changes to the various settings where facilitated. I have also tried the MTK engineer settings to adjust volumes etc in the hope it may cajole it to work.

In addition, a different ROM has been flashed (the one from BGCNGM [Bruno] on the xda developer site) for amongst other things to see if that fixed anything. It did not; same situation as with the stock.

If any one knows what the issue actually is (module missing or faulty, kernel issue etc) and has a solution(s) to try, that would be great.  I can live without it, but it would be nice to see if it could be resolved ?

Thank you for any ideas and apologies if it seems a bit of an open-ended question.


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Earlier this week, I saw below message on WhatsApp

 (Click for larger Variant)

What does this means to the User?

  With end-to-end encryption, messages are scrambled as they leave the
  sender's device and can only be decrypted by the recipient's device.
  It renders messages unreadable if they are intercepted, for example by
  criminals.

My question is: Does this end-to-end encryption applies to individual chat and to group chat between Android-only devices or it also works on other platforms, Since WhatsApp is available on iOS, Windows Mobile also.


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How to install app from command line (terminal)?

I would like to start a terminal window and do the apk installation from command line (shell script)

EDIT1: within the phone.
Also is it possible to install from Google Play from URL, instead just a local path?

I didn't get answer, how to install Google Play app from command line.


texts: How does Android WebView Update from Google Play work?

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One of the touted features of Android 5 is the updates of WebView through Google Play.

The official documents state:

  The initial release for Android 5.0 includes a version of Chromium for WebView based on the Chromium M37 release...

and:

  Although WebView has been based on Chromium since Android 4.4, the Chromium layer is now updatable from Google Play.

Does it mean that the default built-in "Android Browser" is now actually Chromium M37 after updating to Android 5.0?
Does it mean that the default "Android Browser" auto-updates itself like the evergreen browsers on desktop? Assuming Play Store account is set up.

After updating a Samsung Galaxy S4 to Android 5.0, What's My User Agent? shows that the default Internet Browser is "Chrome 34". What's going on?


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I'm trying to set up a VPN so that I can have a connection to my LAN from my phone (HTC Droid Incredible, Stock ROM, Not rooted) wherever I am.

AFAICT, everything is set up correctly.  The Domain Name resolves correctly, I forwarded the ports required by the how-to I was following, yet I still can't connect.

I have no idea what's wrong or how to get to any debug information.  The only thing I can think of that I haven't verified yet is the port, but I couldn't find a way to select one.

What Port Does Android Use For VPN Connections?

P.S.  I would really like to do this without rooting.


texts: Samsung Galaxy S2 wifi - Connected but no internet

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My Galaxy S2 (ICS I9100G) connects to my home wifi but sometimes does not actually transmit data. I took it to the shop and they did a factory reset (which I could have done on my own) and then was told to take it home and see if it was any better. It wasn't.

O2 tech support didn't really have much to offer so I tried various different online fixes. None worked.

We got another router (for the back of the house) which used WPA2 whereas the initial router uses WPA. My SGS2 works absolutely fine on this new router.

What's going on?


texts: the thing is I didn't even try to root or change its recovery, the phone switched off on its own and when I connected the charger it turned on but never went past the HTC logo and keeps rebooting,I have tried a few methods that I found out from a few forums but it doesn't seem to work, why is it still not able to boot properly ?


texts: How to root a Huawei G330D (U8825D) phone?

texts: The Huawei U8825D is on Android 4.0.4, and my computer is on Mac OS X 10.6.8.


texts: PTP (“connect as camera”) no longer working after update

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After updating my Samsung Galaxy Nexus to Jelly Bean, PTP no longer works:

When I connect the phone via USB to my MacBook Pro and enable PTP on the phone, it does connect properly as a camera device and is visible as such in iPhoto / Picasa. However, it’s usually displayed as empty, even though there are photos on the phone’s camera, taken both before and after the update, which haven’t yet been synchronised.

Sometimes it’s not empty but the images that are transferred are merely thumbnails, not full-resolution photos.

Has anybody else got this problem? Is it a bug? Is there a workaround?


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Someone I know has recently registered with Whatsapp and has been a heavy user of Video chats and other bandwidth heavy features. Today they've had an issue with sending and receiving messages, and got some kind of warning about network usage (I've not actually seen the warning).

I checked in the Network usage settings / statistics and the user has managed to send and receive a whopping 1GB (respectively) within one week :P. Does Whatsapp impose some kind of restriction on the usage of its network with regard to data usage? I'd just like to be able to work out whats causing the error, and how the user can best handle it :).

Thanks for any clues and your time, regards!

P.S. I have sent an email to Whatsapp's support, but I reckoned I might get a quicker response here :P !


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I am new to Galaxy S3 abd am trying to download apps. With each one I get the list of settings the app wishes to share/link. With the i-phone there is the yes/no option of allowing this control, but I am not able to do this with the S3. I do not particulary want the app to share/control me details etc.
Is there another way of downloading apps?


texts: The normal directories of storage of this app is empty. Does it got anything to do with my phone being unrooted?

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There is an educational app in my android phone that allows me to download videos for studying them offline. I have downloaded a lot of videos and have my storage filling up to the brink because of it.
I would like to transfer those videos from my phone to my android emulator on my PC.
I have opened

Internal Shared Storage > Android > data > com.emedicoz.app

It turns out to be empty! I have got 3.5 GB of data for this particular app and there is nothing showing over here!
I have accessed data of other apps using this similar directory and been successful at it. But this app's data shows empty.
I have tried backing up this app using third party apps but they are not successful in backing up any data more specifically any videos. They only backup some configuration and settings.
How do I access the data of this app? My phone is not rooted and I don't have an SD card on it. Does it have any bearing?
PS: I have Android 9 PKQ1.18


texts: Contacts and calendar no longer syncing between google and phone

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I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 that has suddenly stopped being able to sync my calendars and contacts with GMail. Every time I try, I get the message sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly.

The only thing I've tried to do is to remove and then re-instate my account, but still no joy. Has anyone had this problem before? What have I done or am I doing wrong?

I don't think it's anything new that I've installed because it was syncing fine up till about a month ago, and that's long after I installed non-native apps such as Go contacts.


texts: connect my google accont in a new device

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I use my google account with a PC and with an ASUS tablet.
Now I'm trying to connect a new smartphone (new for me... it was the old phone of my daughter...)
First of all, I resetted the device to the farm setting, and now when I try to define my account I always receive a message like this "account or password not valid... "
Of course the account and the password are correct...
I need some other settings on the phone? any idea
Thanks in advance, for your help
The smartphone is a Samsung GT-S5670
Android version 2.3.6
Kernel version 2.6.35.7-1210226
Build version GINGERBREAD.XWKTO

RedKite


texts: Can I use multiple Android devices with a single Google account?

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Surprisingly I haven't found a satisfactory answer for this in a FAQ somewhere or anything.

I have a Motorola Droid (with froyo, if it matters)
I am thinking about getting a Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Pretty simple question:
What will happen if I attach the same google account to the tablet?

What I do not want to happen is for the new device to automatically download all of the same apps from my phone, especially the ones that don't make sense on a Wifi-only non-phone device.  And especially if the installed apps on both devices need to always stay synchronized.

What I want is to be able to sync contacts, gmail, calendar, etc, on both devices.

Bonus Question

It would be nice if my paid apps were available for re-download on the new device, but that isn't even necessary. So I was thinking about creating a new google account just for the sake of apps on the new device, and adding my gmail account as a "secondary" on the tablet.  So, the bonus question is: would this option be a better plan (if it would work at all)?


texts: How to stop Workplace app's notification sound in Alarm & Calls only (DND) mode?

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Although I've set "Do not disturb/Priority only/Alarm & Call", Workplace app still "ting ting" everytime someone chat with me.

How can I make my Sony Xperia XA1 Plus (Android 8) to a "profile" that everything should be silenced except Alarm and Call?


texts: Why deleting system files on a rooted Android says "device or resource is busy"?

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I have FX Explorer, I was trying to delete some stuff in /system/app (the stuff are just empty folders) but it keep saying The operation isn't permitted on a mounted filesystem. What should I do to fix this?

(This issue is new, I used to delete whatever I want without problems)

I tried with the terminal, it says device or resource is busy.


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I have a Htc Desire SV Dual SIM mobile. Today when I got call then I surprised that it is not showing name or number on display.

I tried changing settings, changed the wallpaper but still this problem persist.

You can see in the below screenshot which I captured at the time of incoming call. Here only two button option is there Decline and Accept.


texts: Unable to flash recovery image into the device

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I am trying to flash recovery image into my HTC Explorer phone.

The issue is i keep getting waiting for devices message when issuing fastboot command. the CMD is running with administrative rights leaving the only possible reason be the drivers not installed. However i have also done that.

And when i boot my phone normally the device shows totally ok in device manager but when into fastboot mode the device manager shows a yellow mark on the device.

even if i try to install the drivers from there it says drivers already upto date.

Why is this happening and how can i solve this please help?


texts: How to install apk in 2nd user of android 5.0 without playstore

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So, android 5.0.2 doesn't allow side loading of apks for 2nd user (irrespective of whether it is guest or standard user). "Unknown Sources" is disabled and is uncheckable. And I use a pure Cyanogen Mod 12 (android 5.0.2) without any Google apps. So, there is no Play Store app.

But I have root access.

As shown in the pics, Unknown Sources is Uncheckable and installation is blocked.

(Click image to enlarge)

With this situation, how can i install apks on to the 2nd user account??

EDIT:

It seems Google intentionally (in the name of security) blocked sideloading apks for 2nd user in android 5.0.2. There is a bug report here. And sideloading was reenabled in android 5.1.

I will post how to sideload apks on lolipop 2nd user using adb. If this can be done without adb please post.


texts: How do I resize internal storage of an Android Studio AVD image that's stuck at 200MB?

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When I try to resize the internal storage partition size in AVD (Android Virtual Device) manager to anything larger than 200MB, the darn thing stays at 200MB. This mounts to /data directory. The problem rears it's head with Android API 19 / KitKat 4.4.x images and possibly others.

I'm on a Mac.


texts: HTC Sensation sent screenshot to Google+ Instant Upload?

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I got a notification on Google+ this morning showing a screenshot of my HTC Sensation's home screen.

I checked my phone, and in the 'Camera Shots' album, there is the same picture.

I never actioned a screenshot to be taken, and didn't know my phone even took screenshots!

Why and how has this happened?


texts: Is it possible to create 100+ tasker profiles from a spreadsheet?

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I'm looking to create multiple tasker profiles that trigger based upon DOB of a client and send a SMS wishing them a happy birthday.

That's easy enough, but replicating the same thing time after time over 100 times is pretty time consuming. Does anybody know of a way to achieve this externally to Tasker and then just importing them in? I have all the DOB and names in a spreadsheet so I'm hoping it could be simple.

Or, is there a way for Tasker to check DOB in your contacts folder and auto send an SMS if the date matches?


texts: How to fix a software bricked android smartphone?

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Two days ago i began to look after advantages and disadvantages of rooting a device, and i thought that rooting my phone would be helpfull. I rooted my phone succefully using vroot
and i had not any issue after rooting.
     After installing Chainfire 3d which is only for android 2.3(according to my actual knowledge), when i installed the driver asked by this program the phone rebooted and get stucked at the vendor logo and nothing happens after the logo appears on the screen.
My phone model is ALLview A5 Smiley.
     I do not have any backup at my disposition but i can access Recovery mode(vol up + power on).
Please tell me how to fix this.


texts: How do I export my Google Fit data to iPhone and keep it in sync in the future?

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I have used Google Fit on my Android phone for a while, and recently switched to the iPhone. How do I import my step counts and other fitness data into Apple Health on the iPhone from Google Fit?

Are there cross-platform cloud services that store this data in the cloud and have both iOS and Android clients so that I don't have this problem again the next time I switch phones?

I posted the same question on apple.stackexchange.com to get answers from iOS users.


texts: What lurks behind these Gmail/GTalk permissions?

texts:
I just stumbled upon some permissions which sound clear at first sight (noticed them already quite a while ago, just decided to dig deeper right now). Thinking about possible implications, I'd really like to know what features/data they give access to, as this might get quite personal/sensitive:

com.google.android.gm.permission.READ_GMAIL: often the reason given is "to access attachments" (such as PDF files to be opened with a PDF reader). But is that all? Or could an app equipped with this permission read the entire mail?
com.google.android.gm.permission.WRITE_GMAIL: could an app with this permission write and send mails on my behalf? Or even delete existing mails (including the "written-and-sent one", to hide its activities)?
com.google.android.gm.permission.READ_CONTENT_PROVIDER: one app describes its use as "read Gmail labels and get unread count". Another one writes "Used to update the unread email count on your lockscreen. Email content is not sent to our servers." Which suggests this permission can be used to access the entire mail content. And other contents?
In some source code I found the comment Permission required to access android.content.ContentProvider, which suggests a lot of content getting accessible this way if it means THE content provider, including contacts and calendars. Not being an Android dev, I cannot really tell without being told first.
google.android.gtalkservice.permission.GTALK_SERVICE: Yes, please?

I've "googled" them all (the above is already the result of my research). And of course I started with my favorite sources when it comes to permissions:

the permission reference at Android Developers
explained permissions at AndroidForums.COM
some framework source code at Github
more framework source code at Android Source
our very own reference at What do the permissions that applications require mean?

But the above is all I could come up with. Can somebody shed some more light on those? From a user's perspective, what can be accessed with those permissions, and what are the privacy implications? A "good cop/bad cop" play would be appreciated, naturally :)


texts: BBM Android chat lost after Android crash

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I've recently been experiencing Android crashes (5.0), and the BBM app seems to be particularly volatile and could be the cause of the crashes.

I had a single contact and chat history with that contact, and both the contact and chat history have disappeared.  If I check the dedicated BBM folder on the device storage, the photos and documents from the chat are still there.

My question is: in BBM, if you delete a contact, will the opposing phone have both the contact and the chat deleted?  Or is this likely to be caused by a data-loss during the Android crash, and if so, where would I usually find chat history in order to investigate?


texts: All of my launchers keep crashing, my only fix is to factory reset. I need help for backing up valuable data

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I have a Galaxy S2 running on ICS. It is not rooted.

Recently it keeps crashing. No app will start with the exception of lock screen and the notification curtain. My menu button does not work so during my research on this problem the "download GO Launcher and set as default > clear data" solution will not work. I want to keep this post as short as possible so here are some links on my first problem:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417244

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1541223

(These two posters fixed their problems due to their menu buttons being able to function).

Looks like my only fix is to do a factory reset (though if anyone has a few suggestions, please post them!).

Unfortunately not being able to access any apps means I cannot do back ups. I want to restore my phone to the pre-crash state as much as possible. I have a valuable memo on the "Memo" app that comes with TouchWiz. Can this be done?

EDIT: Forgot to mention that it's best not to void my warranty by flashing or rooting. My S2 has some screen burn ins that I need to get fixed and they'll be checking.


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I just bought a Samsung Galaxy 2, coming from a Nokia 3600.

My old cell phone had a quite simple calendar app but when it was supposed to alert me it kept ringing and vibrating until I dismiss it.

I could quietly use an alert as a morning alarm if I knew, for example, I'll have to wake up at 6:00 on next 12/25.

In new one calendar just beeps once and I already missed a ton of appointments this way.

Moreover I started using alarms but there's no vibration available and it's limited in time setting.

I'm looking for an app to suit my needs, possibly syncing with Google Calendar, not too much bells and whistles but not mandatory.

Any advice?

Thank you

Edit:

As a note to who, gently is answering how to set calendar notification:

Please let me know also how to set it the way I need i.e. to make it ring until dismissed (or after, say, max 1 minute in case I'm far from the phone).

Otherwise changing from blip to din don won't help that much because I already tested it losing some appointments. :)


texts: WhatsApp media is not showing up from WhatsApp account when migrated from old phone

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I bought a new phone, so I took a backup from the old phone's WhatsApp account and installed in the new phone. Now at the time of installation I chose the "Restore" option from the backup so it can restore the messages and media.

Now I was using an SD card as the storage device in my old phone for WhatsApp. So all the images are on the SD card, and I can view them in Gallery. But when I am trying to go to any contact's "Media" option I am not able to see any images/videos which I was able to view from old phone.

So how do I see the media from a contact's home in WhatsApp which are in gallery?


texts: How to make spotify play all songs in the search results

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On the Windows desktop version of Spotify, when you search and start playing one song in the search results, Spotify will play all the subsequent songs in the search results when the song ends. It even shuffles the results if you have shuffle turned on. The Android app used to have this function as well, but it appears it was removed because it annoyed people sometime in 2018 (really, if you just want the one song, add it to the queue and skip once; it's not hard). Is there a workaround to still have this feature? Someone on the Spotify forums claimed that Spotify now creates a playlist based on search results:

  The overhaul follows Spotify’s recent update to song search; now when you search for a song with a common name, Spotify will create a playlist, an actual list, based around the song instead of playing every version of that searched song in order.
  You can learn more by reading this blog post and this article of what's new with Spotify Premium.

The blog post in question was vauge and had no instances of the word "playlist" on the page, and the article concerned something about the artists radio, so I'm going to assume that person has no idea what they're talking about, but it's my only lead so I posted it in case someone can clarify this feature

The main question is: Is it possible, in any way, to make the Spotify android app play all the songs in the search results?


texts: Please explain the android partition structure to me?

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I've tried finding the answer myself, but everything that I am able to see seems to miss out the really basic first steps.

Here's my logic:
FIRST
Look at the phone's specification. Lets say Samsung galaxy S series.
There are three elements: Memory (e.g. 1Gb); Storage (e.g. 16Gb); and removable storage which may or may not be present (e.g. upto 32Gb - I have 8Gb.)

SECOND
Now the systems settings of Android 4+, there is an "Apps" item which shows at the bottom of the screen a label "Internal Storage". In my case it will say 1.4Gb used and 627Mb free. That's 2Gb.

If I swipe right, will will say "SD Card storage" 4.6Gb Used and 6.9Gb free. That's 13Gb or so.

THIRD
If I use an app like "Hardware info" it says:
System RAM 790Mb
Internal Storage 2Gb
External Storage: 11.7Gb

So, my question is how do I correlate these?
1. On which physical storage does "Memory" sit.
2. On which physical storage does "Internal storage" sit
3. External storage is easy - that's the removable card.


texts: I want to add ADDRESS to one of my contacts.  I can "add a field" and it works fine.  Then I choose another contact, and I can't get that option.  Why is that?


texts: What can I do to increase battery life on my Android tablet?

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Tablets have different usage profiles than phones. So many of the "Phone" suggestions don't apply.

So, what can I do to get better battery life on my Android Tablet.
(TechPad 7" Tablet from Chinavasion, S3C6410 Android 1.6;)

Works well, except something unexpected is consuming power; Just having the tabled turned on will drain the battery in 2-3 hours. Also, the power status shows 40% of my battery is always being used by "cell standby";

While this tablet has Wifi, it is disabled. It also has no built-in cell phone, so what could be draining the battery?


texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  Difference between Super LCD screen of Nexus S and Super AMOLED screen of Samsung Galaxy S

On the US site of Nexus S they say it have Super AMOLED screen. In my country, Serbia, cell network is selling this phone but states that Nexus S have Super LCD screen. Do diferent Nexus S devices have different screens? Is Super LCD to bad comparing to Super AMOLED?


texts: If I relocate to another country, will I still be able to access the Play Store and use my purchased Apps, Books, Magazines, Music, Movies and TV?

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I have a friend who shall be moving to Switzerland during the early part of 2013. He wishes to know is their a Swiss Google Play Store, or do Swiss residents use the German Play Store? If this is the case what happens (if anything) to his UK account and is the transition relatively straightforward. If this is not the case and a Swiss Google Play Store does not exist, neither do Swiss residents use the German Play Store - is their a way around it.

Would he still be able to access the UK Google Play Store ?

In order to do so doesn't he have to still be a resident (can he use someone elses  address ?)
In order to access it, is all that is required is to maintain a British Bank Account ?
Is it simply a case of you can access any Play Store from where ever you are residing in the world ?

What happens therefore if he wishes to order a Nexus device from the UK store in terms of postage costs and import duty ?

If he is able to register at the German Play Store would this be a more viable option as surely postage and import duty would be less than that from the UK ?

He has heard that even though Google has a HQ in Zurich, most Swiss are heavily iOS orientated.(He is reluctant to follow that path if it can be helped)

Perhaps a Swiss person can give some clarification or advice regarding the above matter for him (or what do the people who work for Google in Zurich do & what did the employees who came from countries such as Germany, USA & UK do with their accounts ?)

Thankyou for your understanding regarding this matter


texts: Google video hangouts on 2.3.5 Android phones?

texts: Can one use Google's video hangout on a 2.3.5 Android phone with front camera? My phone has both a front camera and a back camera.


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Say you only want to route the traffic of a single application through a VPN.

(Because the application lacks proper encryption support or the remote service is only available on a cooperate network.)

Other stuff like web-browsing should go through the normal data connection.

How to configure this on a recent Android device (>= Android 4.0)?

Concrete motivation: Unfortunately, quite a few VoIP gateway providers do not provide encryption of data (voice and signaling) - thus using a VPN is necessary (at least when connected via WLAN). One provider (sipgate.de) even provides its own VPN (and no other SIP/RTP encryption methods).


texts: Chrome on Android displays minimalistic list of tabs

texts:
For a couple of months now the default Chrome web browser on my Android device has changed the way it displays tabs when thr Tabs icon is tapped. Previously it used to roll out all of my open tabs in mini windows that allowed me to preview the content of the webpage and also had the title of the tab at the top of the window.

Suddenly, however, this changed and at the moment whenever I tap the Tabs icon, I get a minimalistic, text-only list of the tabs:

According to some suggestions in different forums and articles, I tried to wait it out but nothing has changed for months now. I also tried clearing the cache, disabling the application and then enabling it again but nothing has helped.

Some sources say this was a bug in the Beta of a certain Chrome version but I am well past it, currently with Chrome 72.0.3626.96 and Android 8.0.0.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit: Tabs are diaplayed the old way if I swipe down from the address bar on any tab, but this is not preferable to the normal single tap gesture. However, it is to show that the old way is still present but the functionality seems to be swapped.


texts: VPN to an android TV box via a MikroTik routerboard

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I have a threefold question:

Is it possible to control an android TV box over the internet at a remote location?
What program is suggest by the community.
And if this is possible how does one set it up?

Keep in mind that this is for a remote site that cannot accept user input and has a MikroTik RB that I will be using to port forward to the devices in question.


texts: Nexus 6P Bootloop - Flash "Google" on dark background keeps going on and off forever

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I own Nexus 6P, and am having nothing but problems with it. Definitely, the worse device I ever owned. It was rebooting daily (note past sense as this is not my main problem) often multiple times for no reason but the main issue is that it ended up in an infinite reboot loop.

Here is the description of problem: 2 days ago, phone suddenly rebooted but this time, "Google" text would show up, then black screen, and this would repeat endlessly, phone would never reboot and ends in bootloop.

What I tried to fix this?

Press Power button and Volume Down and hold until menu shows allowing you to do following and description what happens:

Restart,
restarts phone but ends in infinite boot loop again
Reboot bootloader, - no changes
Recovery mode, - no changes but see 2 below
Barcodes, - shows barcodes
Power Off. - turns off the phone

I tried all of these without success - phone is still in endless boot loop showing "Google" text on black background

Press Power button and Volume Down and hold until menu shows, then select Recovery mode. Soon after, "No command" shows on screen with little green android icon with red triangle. Next, press Power button and Volume Up and release. This bings Android Recovery screen with yellow text at the top showing google/angler/angler, 8.1.0, etc etc and blue menu at the bottom with options to:

Reboot system now - tried it, nothing changes

Reboot to bootloader - tried it, nothing changes

Apply update from ADB - havent tried it, dont know what to do with it

Apply update from SD card - tried it, get "cannot mount /sdcard" Installation aborted

Wipe data/factory reset - formats /data and /cache but nothing is fixed, still infinite reboot loop

Wipe cache partition - same as above, just formats /cache

Mount /system - nothing changes

View recovery logs - shows number of logs

Run graphics test - shows "Installing system updates" and then shows "Error". No changes

Power off - turns off the phone

I also tried every single of these options as described above but nothing will boot the phone. It always ends up in infinite boot loop with "google" text on black background showing and disappearing forever.

I have found that phone rebooting and above described infinite boot loop are so common that there are many complaints and even a law class suit going on against google and Huweii as per link Google and Huawei Will Face Class Action Over Nexus 6P Bootloop Issues

I have tried many suggestions, Google one's are useless as they all assume phone actually boots up, so ridiculous, and have no resolution.

How to fix this issue? How to install manually Android OS on my phone if I cannot do anything else to resolve this?

You can fix this issue according to Google only if you can somehow enable EOM but to do that you need to boot your phone.  Some suggested to put phone into fridge or heat it up with hair dryer or heat gun.  If you are lucky with this, you may get change to boot it up briefly and go to setting to enable OEM, then you can attempt to fix using fastboot but even this is not working all the time and will significantly downgrade performance of your phone

I tried both without success, heated it up for 1 hour, it was scorching hot but it would not boot up.  PUt it in fridge and freezer overnight, still no way to boot it.


texts: Is this android mobile device credit card payment system secure and safe?

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Mobile device credit card payments and credit card readers are appearing everywhere, but then we all know any payment app's security is nought if the android device is rooted.

Before I give my credit card to be read, how can I check that this merchant's mobile device payment system app is legit, and that her phone is not rooted?


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I've a Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro.

When I put some .m4a files on my device from my computer, I can't play them. I always have to convert the files from .m4a to .mp3 and then I can listen to them.

How can I solve this problem?